I had my cataract surgery last month with Dr. Van Inwegen and as I expected everything has turned out wonderfully. I have worked at River Drive Surgery Center as a nurse for over fifteen years with Dr. Van, and I have seen him perform thousands of successful surgeries. I had complete confidence that I would get great results. I would like to add a special thanks to his staff for their assistance with scheduling and their professionalism.
I've been a patient of Dr. Van Inwegen at New Jersey Regional Eye Care for over 15-years. Having Type 1 Diabetes since I was 5-years old (over 55-years ago), and losing the sight in one eye in my twenties, it is critical that I have an ophthalmologist that I can trust to care for the remaining sight that I have. From the first time I met Dr Van, I knew that he was extremely attentive to my needs. He and his staff are friendly and extremely thorough during every examination. When I needed cataract surgery, I had no doubt in Dr Van's skills. He gave me back a level of vision that I didn't think was obtainable. It is without reservation that I recommend him to my family and friends whenever I can.
Dr. Van Inwegen gave me back what was taken away from me as a child; my eyesight. For that I am truly grateful. I thank God for his talent, and that I was the recipient of it.
Thank you so much for working with me on my eye surgery. It was a bit of a shock to find out that I had cataracts, but you helped to make the process very manageable and comfortable. I am now living in a completely new world. It blows my mind to see how sharp every line is, and how vibrant colors have become. Thank you again so much – you helped drastically to improve my vision, and I am so thankful.
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Bailey Van Buren of Santa Paula will speak on behalf of the traditional undergraduate degree recipients. A first-generation college student from a low-income household, she first set foot on the Cal Lutheran campus as a high school student in the TRIO Upward Bound program and decided it was her dream school. As an undergraduate, she worked for TRIO and Student Support Services and she traveled to Washington, D.C., in March to lobby for continued funding for these programs. Van Buren nurtured her lifelong interest in teaching as a history pedagogy major in preparation for working with middle or high school students. She studied abroad at the University of Aberdeen in the Scottish Highlands for a semester and volunteered at a nonprofit resort for children with life-threatening illnesses through the Alternative Winter Break program. She has served as a Presidential Host, Global Ambassador, International Peer Mentor and Student Ambassador. She was also involved in the Black Student Union and Latin American Student Organization.
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Alexis Ghattas of Lancaster will speak as president of the Associated Students of Cal Lutheran. She first crossed a commencement stage in her mother's arms when the 21-year-old received her high school diploma. She has earned a degree in exercise science and a minor in religion, becoming part of the first generation in her family to graduate from college. In addition to her student government role, Ghattas served as president of the Exercise Science Club and treasurer of the Muslim Student Alliance.
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1. "Extratextual Factors in Translation Text Analysis" Lecture 1. Systematic Framework for External Analysis Introduction Most writers on translation theory agree that before embarking upon any translation the translator should analyze the text comprehensively, since this appears to be the only way of ensuring that the source text (ST) has been wholly and correctly understood. Various proposals have been put forward as to how such an analysis should be carried out and how particular translation problems might best be dealt with. These tend, however, to be based on models of text analysis which have been developed in other fields of study, such as that of literary studies, of text or discourse linguistics, or even in the field of theology. But what is right for the
literary scholar, the text linguist is not necessarily right for the translator: different purposes require different approaches. Translation-oriented text analysis should not only ensure full comprehension and correct interpretation of the text or explain its linguistic and textual structures and their relationship with the system and norms of the source language (SL). It should also provide a reliable foundation for each and every decision which the translator has to make in a particular translation process. For this purpose, it must be integrated into an overall concept of translation that will serve as a permanent frame of reference for the translator. The factors of the communicative situation in which the source text is used are of decisive importance for text analysis
because they determine its communicative function. I call these factors "extraj textual" or "external" factors (as opposed to the "intratextual" or "internal" factors relating to the text itself, including its non-verbal elements). Extratextual factors may, of course, be mentioned, i.e. "verbalized", in the text, and in this case we speak of "metacommunicative utterances". The interplay between extratextual and intratextual factors can be conveniently expressed in the following set of "WH-ques-tions". Depending on their relationship to either the communicative situation or the text itself, these questions can be assigned to the extratextual or intratextual factors of analysis. Who transmits On what subject
matter to whom does s/he say what for what by which medium (what not) where in what order when using which non-verbal elements why in which words a text in what kind of sentences with what function? in which tone to what effect? Extratextual factors are analysed by enquiring about the author or sender of the text (who?), the sender's intention (what for?), the audience the text is directed at (to whom?), the medium or channel the text is communicated by (by which medium?), the place (where?) and time (when?) of text production and text reception, and the motive (why?) for communication. The sum total of information obtained about these seven extratextual factors may provide an answer to the last question, which concerns the function the text can achieve (with what function?).
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U.S.-led air strikes hit grain silos and other targets in Islamic State-controlled territory in northern and eastern Syria overnight, killing civilians and wounding militants, a group monitoring the war said on Monday.
The aircraft may have mistaken the mills and grain storage areas in the northern Syrian town of Manbij for an Islamic State base, said the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights. There was no immediate comment from Washington......
Although Turkey seem to have deployed a dozen tanks or so to a part of its long border with Syria, it remains to be seen if this nation that has been facilitating jihadis to walk through their borders into Syria and letting jihadis wearing their black flag T-shirts in full view of nervous Turkish public transit commuters in Istanbul, will actually fight the ISIS/ISIL/IS/xyz they helped create. I will tell you right here and now that they will pretend to fight them but it will be a half-hearted effort. Turkish soldiers are better at targeting their own citizens, especially those who show a secular bend.
From PressTVIran:
Turkey has deployed a number of tanks and armored vehicles to an area near the Syrian border as the ISIL Takfiri group intensifies its movements in the region.
According to reports on Monday, at least 15 Turkish tanks took position in the border town of Mursitpinar which lies just northwest of the Syrian border town of Ain al-Arab, which is also known as Kobani to the Kurds......
There are now 3m+ #Syria'n refugees. Massive solidarity MUST be shown by the int'l community - http://t.co/RUO4zxiIyw pic.twitter.com/Qaes4ezllC
— UNHCR United Kingdom (@UNHCRUK) September 29, 2014
Doublespeak from the USA as usual. I would rather believe the Iraqi officials than the lying Obama who keeps insisting that there won't be boots on the ground.
From GlobalResearch:
Iraqi officials say that the United States is due to send 13,000 soldiers to Iraq, despite its claims of complete military withdrawal from the country.
The vice president of the local council of Iraq's Saladin Province made the announcement on Thursday, adding that the troops, along with their vehicles, would be stationed at the Speicher airfield in the city of Tikrit, located 140 kilometers (87 miles) northwest of the capital, Baghdad.
Washington has already sent 1,600 troops to Iraq, most recently on September 10, when an additional 475 soldiers were deployed to the country. The US claims most of them serve as advisers to Iraqi and Kurdish forces or provide security for the US embassy and the international airport in the Iraqi capital.
Washington has also been conducting airstrikes against the positions of the Takfiri ISIL militants in Iraq.
The Iraqi official, meanwhile, confirmed that there are dozens of military advisors on the ground in the province.
The deployment comes as US President Barack Obama said earlier this month that he would not pursue another ground war in Iraq after US troops' pullout from the country in 2011......
This vid throws a lot of sunshine on Obama's and McCain's beloveds in Syria, the "moderate jihadis."
The Lebanese army said on Thursday one person was killed and two wounded during a search for suspected militants at refugee camps near the border with Syria.
Soldiers shot at three people on a motorbike who were trying to set fire to parts of a refugee camp during the raids, killing one and wounding the other two, it said.
After dark, the army fired artillery at suspected militants who tried to infiltrate from the border zone, apparently setting off land mines as they did so, a security source said. There were an unknown number of casualties among the militants....
.....Security sources said the number detained in the past two weeks had reached about 450.....
Somewhere in Syria, Allah Akbars are shitting all over themselves
From RTNews:
Retaliation for US-led airstrikes in Syria will follow, Al-Qaeda offshoot vows
The US-led air campaign against terrorists in Syria amounts to a war against Islam, Al-Qaeda-linked Nusra Front group has claimed, promising retaliation against those states involved in the bombing of the 'caliphate' instead of targeting Assad forces.
"We are in a long war. This war will not end in months nor years," group spokesman Abu Firas al-Suri said as cited by Reuters. "It's not a war against Nusra Front, it's a war against Islam."
Dozens of Al-Nusra Front fighters were reportedly killed after the anti-ISIS coalition launched the first round of its airstrikes on Tuesday, and the audio message released on Saturday is the group's first reaction to attacks....
Two major malls evacuated in Amman,Jordan,this comes after US Embassy Amman warned Americans to stay away from Malls in Amman #ISIS
— Mudar Zahran (@Mudar_Zahran) September 24, 2014
I don't know if this site is supposed to be like the satirical Onion. But, on the other hand, nothing surprises or shocks me about certain leaders of the world.
From AWDNews:
The so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) intends to inaugurate its first diplomatic mission in Istanbul in order to provide consular services for all who wish to join the extremist group in Iraq, reported Turkish daily Aydinlik as saying.
Abu-Omar Al-Tunisi, the ISIS de facto head of foreign relations issued a statement, saying that the Islamic Caliphate is determined to launch its first diplomatic mission in a friendly and Muslim country. He further noted that the ISIS hopes that the bilateral relations with Ankara will witness more developments under the aegis of newly-elected president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan.
ISIS also claims that its consulate in Istanbul will pay the hospital bills of all wounded Islamist militants who traveled to turkey to receive medical treatment.
CHP (Republican People's Party) , a leading Turkish opposing party issued a communique condemning Turkish government decision to allow ISIS to open a legal diplomatic office in Çankaya - the central and elegant metropolitan district of the city of Istanbul........
Turkey helped create the terrorist jihadi army in their desire to oust Assad. The influx of refugees in Turkey is what Turkey should have expected. One pays for one sins .... sooner than later.
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Phase Five New Music Video – 'Upside Down'
By Cara Harrington
If you tired of the boy band drama surrounding a group of Brits in tight pants, then turn to Phase Five. The group has released their new music video for 'Upside Down. Their Debut EP "The Rise" is due out on June 9th, with a Deluxe Version featuring two Exclusive tracks out on June 16th. '
The song encompasses all the elements of pop. Those older fans who once pledged their undying love to the *NSYNC boys will understand the beats of what the group calls a "powerful pop piano song that quite literally turns Upside Down."
Nelson hails from Puerto Rico, Alex calls Belgium home, Lee brings the sexy UK accent, Jeremiah comes from Florida, and Jay is an Indiana boy. Each member of Phase Five has come to call California their new home with the goal of making it the music industry. The urban pop quintet is still in the early stages of their career, but they are already working with Boy Rekless and hoping to combine their skills with his talent to create another chart topper.
While most paths of this nature never cross, the members of Phase Five use their diversity as strength to fulfill their destiny; to entertain. The power of five has been seen before in pop music, but with the unique tones, musical influences, high energy, dance grooves, and images, Phase Five is aiming for the top spot in music history. With a great degree of commercial success since their formation, with major buzz occurring in the United States, Phase Five has been gaining international acclaim as a unique and diverse band, thanks to its sizeable following on social media platforms.
You can stay current with all the things Phase Five is doing by following them on Twitter – @PhaseVMusic.
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Lawmakers reach $900bn stimulus deal as UK hit by new coronavirus strain
On Sunday evening, lawmakers reached a deal on a near $900bn stimulus package to help sustain the US economy as the pandemic continues to ravage the country. Recent economic data has highlighted an urgent need for stimulus, with weak retail sales figures and increasing jobless claim figures, demonstrating the fragility of the US economic recovery. The package includes an extension of the paycheck protection programme, funding to aid Covid-19 vaccine distribution, and $600 payments to American adults.
At the US open today Tesla's inclusion in the S&P 500 will be officially complete, with the electric car maker becoming the fifth-largest company in the index market cap-wise. Ahead of the addition, Tesla stock jumped 6% on Friday, with trading volume running at more than four times the daily average, however out of hours trading is indicating it is currently down 5%.
Closer to home, the UK is still reeling from the coronavirus lockdowns imposed across London and the South East on Saturday after a new, mutated version of the virus was flagged. A number of EU countries – including Germany, France and Ireland – have now halted travel with the UK, while millions of peoples' plans for Christmas have been affected.
Brexit talks continue this week between the UK and EU, with the deadline for the UK to exit the EU now just ten days away.
Tech stocks, small caps outperform
All three major US stock indices were in the green last week, with the Nasdaq Composite out in front with a 3.1% gain. Technology shares and small-cap stocks outperformed during the week; the S&P 500's information technology sector up 3.3%, and the Russell 2000 index up 3.1%. Apple was one force driving the major indices higher, as the $2.2trn market cap giant added 3.5% during the week, taking its one-month gain to 8%. Energy shares had a tough week, with the S&P 500's energy sector sinking 4.2%. Chevron fell back 5.7%, tempering its recent gains, although the stock is still up by 11.5% over the past three months. Similarly, Exxon Mobil fell 2.4%, with its three-month gain standing at 14.9%.
In other news, Intel's share price fell by 6.3% on Friday, after reports that Microsoft plans to design its own chips in a bid to become more self-sufficient.
S&P 500: -0.4% Friday, +14.8% YTD (+1.3% last week)
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The FTSE 250 substantially outperformed the FTSE 100 last week, gaining 2.5% versus a 0.3% loss. A bump in the value of the pound as Brexit deal talks continued was one factor, as the companies in the FTSE 100 make the majority of their money overseas. Pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca was one of the biggest weights on the FTSE 100, losing 8% over the course of the week, taking its loss over the past three months to 14.2%. The loss follows the company announcing a surprise $39bn deal to buy Alexion Pharmaceuticals, which takes the firm into new areas of drug research. In the FTSE 250, private air travel firm Signature Aviation led the way with a 50% plus gain, after news broke that the company is in sales talks with investment firm Blackstone.
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Factset Research Systems: Financial data firm Factset has gained nearly 30% in 2020 and is one of the only other significant names to be reporting earnings in the week leading up to Christmas. In the previous two quarters, the company has beaten earnings expectations by a wide margin. In September, FactSet announced plans to migrate some of its functions to the cloud using Amazon Web Services, which is a potential point of interest on the company's Monday earnings call. Currently, analysts are split between hold and sell ratings on the stock.
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There were reports last week that a path to a Brexit trade deal before the end of year deadline, albeit a narrow one, still remains. But this week is very much crunch time for the UK, particularly as the parties involved said terms would need to have been agreed by Sunday December 20th in order to be voted on by the end of the year. Investors will be watching for movement on the key remaining issues this week, such as fishing rights, as well as statements from negotiators on both sides detailing whether paths to a deal still remain.
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He also claimed other major US firms on the S&P 500 stock market index could follow suit and boost Bitcoin's value further. Musk responded by asking the bitcoin enthusiast whether transactions on such a scale are "even possible", according to reports.
Prior to this exchange, bitcoin had already jumped above $24,000 over the weekend as the cryptoasset's mind-boggling run upwards continues. Peaking at $24,195, Bitcoin dipped back below this level in morning trading, although it remains at $23,875 per coin, equating to a return above 500% from lows.
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A British Family History Society researching SOLE, SAUL, SEWELL, SOLLEY and similar names
The Lost Colony of Roanoke
By Rosemary Bailey
This article was published in the December 2018 edition of Soul Search, the Journal of The Sole Society
In last December's journal there was an article I had written about coming across a couple of people with our surnames whilst on holiday. Well the same happened this year while we were on holiday on the beach in the Outer Banks of North Carolina. Before we went I had a quick look at what there was to do in the area; we were actually staying about a mile from where the Wright Brothers had taken the first powered flight and there was also something called the Lost Colony of Roanoke about 9 miles away.
The Wright Brother's Memorial was excellent and later in the week we visited Roanoke Island Festival Park to find out about the Lost Colony. Briefly, in 1587 an attempt was made to start an English colony in the New World when 117 men, women, and children were left on Roanoke Island. The plan was to keep them resupplied with more colonists and goods. However three years later in 1590, when English ships did return to bring supplies, they found the island deserted with no sign of the colonists. And after nearly 450 years the mystery of what happened to the colonists remains unsolved.
Roanoke Island Festival Park was very interesting, as well as a museum there was a replica of Elizabeth II, one of the ship that brought the colonists, a replica of a Native American village and some examples of how the colonists might have lived. As we were leaving we followed some other visitors into the Outer Banks History Centre, which we discovered was like our County Record Office. Ever on the lookout I thought maybe I could find something that I could turn into an article for the journal. The first thing the archivist did was look on the list of the Lost Colonists to see if there was anyone with one of our surnames. Little chance of that, I thought; however to my absolute amazement there was a William Sole (and a couple of Baileys)!!! So I did a bit of research both at the centre and on the internet.
The story starts in the early 1580s when, realising that England was being left behind in colonising the American continent, Elizabeth I granted a charter to Sir Walter Raleigh to
'discover, search, find out, and view such remote heathen and barbarous Lands, Countries, and territories… to have, hold, occupy, and enjoy..'
…as well as to set up a base from which to carry out privateering!
On April 27, 1584, an initial expedition led by Philip Amadas and Arthur Barlowe left England to explore the eastern coast of North America. They arrived on Roanoke Island NC in July and soon made contact with the local natives, the Secotans and Croatans. They returned to England with two Croatans who, having learned English, were able to describe the politics and geography of the area to Raleigh.
Following Amadas' and Barlowe's favourable accounts of the area a second expedition led by Sir Richard Grenville left in April 1585 taking out colonists and supplies they would need. After a bad journey in which the flotilla became separated in the Bay of Biscay and the main ship was flooded losing most of its food supplies they landed on the Outer Banks in late June. Relations with the local Native American population were not good on this occasion, with Grenville destroying a native village after a silver cup was stolen.
Despite this incident and a lack of food, in August 1885 Grenville left 107 men led by Ralph Lane to establish a colony at the north end of Roanoke Island in Pamlico Sound. The plan was to return the following April with more colonists and supplies. A small fort was built on the island.
Arrow show approximate position of Outer Banks, NC. Photograph lithograph reprint of a 1621 map by Anthony Jacobsz. PD – US
April 1586 passed with no sign of a relief fleet. Grenville's attack on the native village had the effect of angering the natives who on the visit by Amadas and Barlowe had been friendly Now they were unwilling to help the colonists in any way, even going so far as to attack the colonists' fort. When Sir Francis Drake stopped at the island on his way home from a raid in the Caribbean (yes really!), the colonists, lacking food and other supplies, returned to England with him. Grenville's relief fleet arrived shortly after they had left with Drake. Grenville returned to England but left fifteen men to maintain an English presence and to protect Raleigh's claim to Roanoke Island.
Artist John White was part of this failed attempt at colonisation and his drawings provide the first information about the native people and the local landscape. He was to be the leader of the second attempt, The Lost Colony.
Also part of the colony was Thomas Harriot whose skills as a naturalist were of particular use to the colonists. After studying the areas flora and fauna Harriot compiled a notebook, which unfortunately did not survive. He also wrote an account of the time on the island which, although considered as over enthusiastic has proved an invaluable resource for Roanoke's history.
The plan for the third expedition, led by John White the artist, was to land first on Roanoke Island and then at some point later to sail north to the Chesapeake area to set up a new settlement there in a more favourable area.
White's pregnant daughter Eleanor Dare and her husband Anainas Dare were to accompany him along with others making a total of 113 men, women and children who left in May 1587. The expedition's navigator was Simon Fernandez who by all accounts was not amenable to instruction by John White for he landed the colonists on Roanoke Island and refused to take them any further saying that 'Summer was farre spent'.
The colonists repaired what they could of the 1585 settlement and also looked for the 15 men left by Grenville's relief fleet – of which there was no sign. In general, relations with the Native Americans weren't good although there were friendly ones, and from one group they learned that the 15 men were killed by native warriors. Relations with the locals deteriorated further when the English attacked a native village and killed friendly natives instead of the hostile ones they were expecting to be there.
Native mother and child by John White
Virginia Dare, daughter of Anainas and Eleanor Dare was born in the colony on 18th August 1587. She is considered to be the first English child born in the New World.
Baptism of Virginia Dare, lithograph by William A Crafts, 1876
All this time Simon Fernandez had remained in the area and when the time came for him to return to England with his ships the colonists decided that John White should return with him 'for the better and sooner obtaining of supplies and other necessities'. The main problem facing the colony was that they were expected to have been landed by Fernandez in the Chesapeake area and so resupply ships already despatched would have been looking for them there rather than on Roanoke Island.
Unfortunately for all involved when John White returned to England, hostilities had broken out with Spain and it wasn't till 1590 that White was able to return to the colony and his family as part of a privateering operation which agreed to stop there on its return to England. On landing on Roanoke Island there was no sign of the colonists and the only clue to their whereabouts was the word 'Croatan' carved onto a tree. This was the previously agreed way of the settlers indicating where they had gone – in this case to the Croaton tribe. The other signal was to be a cross which would be carved if they went there under duress. The fact that there was no cross and that all the settlers' houses had been dismantled suggested that they had gone of their own accord. A big storm was brewing and unfortunately the decision was taken not to explore further.
Two further attempts were mounted, in 1602 and 1603, to find the colonist both of which failed to even land on the island.
Jamestown, Virginia, was founded in 1607 and attempts were again made by the English to find the lost colonists. The first news came from Chief Powhatan, of the Tsenacommacah tribe, who told the then governor of James Town, Captain John Smith, that the settlers had been living with Chesepians tribe about 120 miles north of Roanoke Island and had been killed by Powhatan's warriors. It was reported that the English had been living peaceably with the American Indians for over 20 years and that they were massacred because of a prophecy that Chief Powhatan would be overthrown by people from that area. However no bodies or archeological evidence was ever found. One theory is that the English slaughtered by Powhatan were the 15 left behind by Grenville in 1586.
Also around the time of the Jamestown settlement there were reports of English living with Native American tribes, one of which reportedly had two-story houses with stone walls. Again these may have been the 15 men left by Grenville.
In the 17th to mid 18th centuries there were reports of Native Americans living in the area of Roanoke Island with blond hair and grey eyes. One group could reportedly 'read in books' and speak English.
It is generally thought now that, in accordance to what was carved on a tree at the abandoned colony, some settlers moved to Croatan and some either directly from Roanoke Island or later from Croaton moved inland, possibly in two or more groups. If Powhattan had slaughtered some of the colonists he would have been likely to have spared the women and children. It is likely that some of the colonists remained alive for many years, possibly as late as the time the Jamestown Colony was established. It is therefore likely that there were descendants of the settlers and a DNA project is trying to find them.
So who were the Colonists, and can we identify William Sole? Well, we don't know who William Sole is because the records are too scant, but we have clues to what kind of man he might have been.
London at the time was plague ridden, crowded, violent and dirty and it is understandable that people would have wanted to leave the city. However to be prepared to take a perilous trip in by today's standards a small wooden ship to help set up a new community in a new land took some doing. So colonists were likely to be brave, fit, resourceful and importantly have some kind of skill. The adults were likely to have been aged 18 – 35. The kind of skills that would be needed were smiths, carpenters, surgeons, wheelwrights, farmers, tailors and a few people with fighting experience would have been useful. Many needed to be wealthy as although they were guaranteed 500 acres in the New World by Sir Walter Raleigh they would have had to fund themselves and any dependants, including servants, on the journey. It is likely that they sold any businesses and property before leaving England. There would obviously have been the servants of those paying for their passage, and William may have been one of these.
There had recently been an attempt to colonise Ireland by setting up plantations following confiscation of land by the English crown and the taking over the land with settlers from the island of Great Britain. The Munster Plantation, which hadn't been entirely successful had recruited settlers from Cheshire, Lancashire, the south west and Hampshire so it is unlikely there were many from these areas left who would be willing to travel to the New World. It is thought that John White recruited the Roanoke settlers from London and the south east, and at least some would have been known to him prior to the enterprise. He may well have looked within the trade guilds for people having the kinds of skills needed. In London there may have been skilled and unskilled labourers from the provinces competing illegally with the established craftsmen who would have been pleased to start a new life.
All this is speculation and with so few records of the time it is unlikely we will know any more about who William Sole was. However I was absolutely caught up in the story and thoroughly enjoyed all the research involved in putting together this article. The archivists at the Outer Banks Research Center were particularly helpful (and of course loved my accent!). Thanks also to Jaye Massecar of Friends of Elizabeth II who not only provided an image of the ship but kindly sent me a t-shirt saying Don't ask the locals for directions, they've already lost one colony!
Elizabeth II, replica of a pinnace, the type of vessel left with the Lost Colonists by Simon Fernandez. Photo courtesy of the Friends of Elizabeth II, www.friendsofelizabeth2.com
Roanoke Island, the Beginnings of English America, by David Stick
The North Carolina Historical Review, April 1957, article: Roanoke Colonists and Explorers by William S Powell
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Family fall victim to attempted..
RUMOUR CONFIRMED: A family out on a Sunday drive have managed to escape after an attempted carjacking in Melbourne's outer south-east.
Tristan told Ross and John he was driving around the Clyde North area looking for a basketball court to play on with his wife and children.
"We go past the school, here's this Sudanese bloke laying in the middle of the road," he said.
The family managed to escape and contact police.


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February Comments 2/25/18
"Reform", Charter, Choice, and Voucher Travails
New Zealand has a full choice system and no neighborhood schools. Results null to negative. Choice and competition didn't improve performance and some measure declined. http://hechingerreport.org/actually-happen-gave-parents-chance-pick-childrens-schools/?utm_source=The+Hechinger+Report&utm_campaign=457f97ac82-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_20&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d3ee4c3e04-457f97ac82-322591845
A poignant tale of the damage school closings have done in Chicago and a plea to halt closing four high-schools by the leader of the community based Mothers Against Senseless Killings https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/12/opinion/save-chicago-public-schools.html?action=click&contentCollection=opinion&contentPlacement=1&emc=edit_ty_20180213&module=stream_unit&nl=opinion-today&nlid=50191918&pgtype=sectionfront&region=stream&rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fopinion&te=1&version=latest and see one advocates fight against closing a Chicago school http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-public-fools/2018/01/an-act-of-prejudice-against-our-school-closing-nta/
John Merrow castigates Washington, DC misplaced "reform" efforts based on test results. https://themerrowreport.com/2018/02/21/educational-anorexia-bulimia-in-washington-dc-and-elsewhere/
Similarly, the Washington Post reports on ongoing scandals in the district throwing into question touted results. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/dc-politics/dc-public-schools-were-once-a-success-story-are-they-now-an-embarrassment/2018/02/01/fb15dd4c-069d-11e8-b48c-b07fea957bd5_story.html?utm_term=.139881272dc2
The latest CREDO report finds turnaround efforts in New Orleans and Tennessee fail to produce results. http://nolai3eval.stanford.edu/sites/default/files/downloads/CRM%20Executive%20Summary.pdf
Princeton professors find that charter schools in Texas produce no improvements in test scores and negative results on later earnings. https://www.princeton.edu/~wdobbie/files/texas_charters.pdf
We estimate the impact of charter schools on early-life labor market outcomes using administrative data from Texas. We find that, at the mean, charter schools have no impact on test scores and a negative impact on earnings. No Excuses charter schools increase test scores and four-year college enrollment, but have a small and statistically insignificant impact on earnings, while other types of charter schools decrease test scores, four-year college enrollment, and earn- ings. Moving to school-level estimates, we find that charter schools that decrease test scores also tend to decrease earnings, while charter schools that increase test scores have no discernible impact on earnings.
Gary Rubinstein, similarly, finds that 5 of the 6 schools in the Tennessee Achievement District failed to improve after six years and remain tin the bottom five present. https://garyrubinstein.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/tennessee-cusp-list-2017-5-of-6-of-original-asd-schools-still-in-bottom-5/
Even the Wall Street Journal reports that vouchers are ineffective. https://greatschoolwars.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/milwaukees-experiment-suggests-an-answer-wsj.pdf
Diane Ravitch quotes Bill Phillis on how Ohio wasted $10 billion on charter schools. https://dianeravitch.net/2018/02/01/bill-phillis-ohio-wasted-10-billion-on-charters/
Larry Cuban, Spilling the Beans on Personalized Learning https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2018/02/21/spilling-the-beans-on-personalized-learning/
EdSource's article, The Jury is Still Out on Personized Learning https://edsource.org/2018/jury-is-still-out-on-personalized-learning-approaches-taking-hold-in-california-and-across-the-country-research-finds/593716
An article by Anya Kamentz blows the whistle on virtual schools and their political use of parents. https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/02/13/576449036/inside-the-virtual-schools-lobby-i-trust-parents
Another in a continued series of articles showing students in on-line schools fall significantly behind. https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/1/29/16945540/online-charter-schools-learning-k12-connections
A virtual charter scheme in Maine slammed. https://www.pressherald.com/2012/09/01/virtual-schools-in-maine_2012-09-02/
Award-winning expose finds Florida scholarship voucher program rife with fraud and chaos. http://www.miaminewtimes.com/news/mckay-scholarship-program-sparks-a-cottage-industry-of-fraud-and-chaos-6381391
What Tax Payers Should Know About School Choice. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2017/01/26/what-taxpayers-should-know-about-the-public-cost-of-school-choice/?utm_term=.4ecbb0505ceb
Jeff Bryant reports on the use of the Puerto Rican disaster to justify closing and selling of the island's public schools. http://educationopportunitynetwork.org/puerto-rico-braces-for-wave-of-school-privatization/?link_id=1&can_id=cea050dcef20333abf235c3ba9bc6d51&source=email-puerto-rico-braces-for-wave-of-school-privatization&email_referrer=email_298485&email_subject=puerto-rico-braces-for-wave-of-school-privatization and in the same vein https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/07/crippled-puerto-rico-offered-school-privatization-as-quick-fix-for-woes/
Mercedes Schneider laments that Florida's voucher tax credit scheme creates "a la carte" education. https://deutsch29.wordpress.com/2018/02/03/floridas-2018-education-savings-accounts-a-vehicle-for-a-la-carte-education/
Diane Ravitch reports on a New Jersey poll which shows overwhelming parental support for public schools but opposition to too much testing. https://dianeravitch.net/2018/02/14/new-jersey-overwhelming-majority-of-parents-love-their-public-schools-but-say-there-is-too-much-testing/
Jeff Bryant writes about the closure in Ohio of one of the largest online schools in the country, the troubled ECOT, strands 12,000 students and is ignored by choice advocates. http://educationopportunitynetwork.org/largest-charter-school-fail-ever-doesnt-faze-school-choice-fans/?link_id=1&can_id=cea050dcef20333abf235c3ba9bc6d51&source=email-largest-charter-school-fail-ever-doesnt-faze-school-choice-fans&email_referrer=email_292071&email_subject=largest-charter-school-fail-ever-doesnt-faze-school-choice-fans
Another in a string of reports of charter schools closing and leaving students adrift. This Rocketship charter in Nashville closed a few months after it opened due to low enrollment. https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/education/2018/02/01/nashville-achievement-school-district-rocketship-nashville-partners-community-prep/1087161001/
Diane Ravitch reports on an Arizona school that went bankrupt while the CEO withdrew a million dollars. Arizona has almost no accountability for charter schools. https://dianeravitch.net/2018/02/04/arizona-shuttered-charter-school-ran-out-of-money-but-ceo-withdrew-1-million/
A high profile charter school leader in Atlanta pleads guilty to stealing half a million dollars from charter school funds. http://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/former-charter-school-director-expected-to-plead-guilty (He did)
Claire Smrekar, quoted in Larry Cuban's blog asks, What We Can Learn from Closure of [an All Girls] Charter School That DeVos Praised as 'Shining Example' https://larrycuban.wordpress.com/2018/01/31/what-we-can-learn-from-closure-of-charter-school-that-devos-praised-as-shining-example-claire-smrekar/
Steven Singer highlights a "reform" groups findings that charter school expansion has significantly slowed. https://gadflyonthewallblog.wordpress.com/2018/02/02/nationwide-charter-school-expansion-slowing-down/
John Thompson laments many participants in a high-level meeting by "reformers" on why Bush and Obama reform efforts produced such few results demonstrate continued hostility to teachers. http://www.livingindialogue.com/autopsy-nclb-reveals-contempt-teachers/
Merit pay produces trivial growth. http://hechingerreport.org/new-evidence-indicates-paying-teachers-bonuses-raises-student-performance-small-amount/?utm_source=The+Hechinger+Report&utm_campaign=9e0f4fba13-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_01_29&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d3ee4c3e04-9e0f4fba13-322591845
Build and Support Efforts that Work; Money Matters
California's increased funding and ambitious improvement efforts are paying off. https://edsource.org/2018/californias-ambitious-education-reforms-paying-off-in-higher-graduation-rates-and-math-scores-study-finds/593223?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email
Tale of two states: Oklahoma irresponsibly cut taxes on the wealthy causing a massive budget shortfall and now public schools are on a shortened week schedule; California raised taxes on the wealthy and invested in its public schools. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/education/with-state-budget-in-crisis-many-oklahoma-schools-hold-classes-four-days-a-week/2017/05/27/24f73288-3cb8-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html?utm_term=.88a733d288a0
Aspen Institute report on the best ways to organize professional learning systems for teachers and education staff around student learning. https://assets.aspeninstitute.org/content/uploads/2018/02/Developing-a-Professional-Learning-System-for-Adults-in-Service-of-Student-Learning.pdf
How to teach the hard facts about slavery. A poll showed only 8% of students picked "protecting slavery" as the reason the South seceded https://www.tolerance.org/frameworks/teaching-hard-history/american-slavery
Studying the humanities pays off. https://www.alternet.org/culture/dont-want-robot-replace-you-start-reading-literature?akid=16759.2679055.wDfuDv&rd=1&src=newsletter1089105&t=7
Learning Forward's report on how the best schools systems support continuous learning around a high quality curricula. http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/learning_forwards_pd_watch/2018/02/how_systems_can_support_high-quality_curricula.html
The gap between what is known about teaching beginning reading and how it is being taught. https://www.npr.org/sections/ed/2018/02/12/582465905/the-gap-between-the-science-on-kids-and-reading-and-how-it-is-taught and here is a link on how to do it right. https://achievethecore.org/category/1206/ela-literacy-foundational-skills
The benefits of "Strength Based Learning" http://hechingerreport.org/strength-based-learning-magic-bullet/?utm_source=The+Hechinger+Report&utm_campaign=b5bec3df36-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2018_02_05&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_d3ee4c3e04-b5bec3df36-322591845
Privatization and Other Anti-Public School Measures
A heartbreaking story of why money matters. One of the best public schools with highly dedicated teachers forced to make devastating cuts from funding reductions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/answer-sheet/wp/2018/02/09/this-is-what-inadequate-funding-at-a-public-school-looks-and-feels-like-as-told-by-an-entire-faculty/?utm_term=.4c013ad95988
Jeff Bryant on how the Koch brothers plan to sabotage public education. http://educationopportunitynetwork.org/how-public-schools-became-the-koch-brothers-lowest-hanging-fruit/?link_id=1&can_id=cea050dcef20333abf235c3ba9bc6d51&source=email-how-public-schools-became-the-koch-brothers-lowest-hanging-fruit&email_referrer=email_295269&email_subject=how-public-schools-became-the-koch-brothers-lowest-hanging-fruit
Diane Ravitch in the New York Review of Books reviews two important books about how big money forces in this country, both radical and corporate, are harming public education. One is Nancy MacLean's Democracy in Chains: The Deep History of the Radical Right's Stealth for America. The other is Gordon Lafer's The One Percent Solution: How Corporations Are Remaking America One State at a Time. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2017/12/07/big-money-rules/
An article in American Prospect shows how religious extremists dupe the charter movement. Proselytizers and the Privatizers; how religious sectarian school voucher extremists made useful idiots of the charter movement. http://prospect.org/article/proselytizers-and-privatizers
Atlantic article on how the GOP/Trump tax bill subverts public education. https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2018/02/the-new-tax-laws-subtle-subversion-of-public-schools/552356/?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=atlantic-weekly-newsletter&utm_content=20180209&silverid=MzM0NTY0NzMyNzIyS0
The Center for American Progress lists how Trump and DeVos's budget continues to undermine our public schools. https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/education-k-12/news/2018/02/12/446423/trump-devos-continue-undermine-public-education-proposed-fiscal-year-2019-budget/
Educators say that Trump's proposed budget cuts will devastate science education. https://edsource.org/2018/trumps-proposed-cuts-to-science-education-would-be-devastating-educators-say/593381
Technology and Social Media
Undercover high-school attendees find seven major differences with students in high-school today and the pervasive effects of social media. http://www.businessinsider.com/undercover-high-teenagers-lives-2018-2/#social-media-has-changed-the-game-1
This entry was posted in Building Better Schools on February 25, 2018 by BillHonig.


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Q: Insert into table using For In Range and keys of the value I have a query (sql1) that populates data, and I am trying to insert the outcome of this data (sql1) as well as other inputs into same table.
Here is first query (sql1).
sql1 = ' Select Creator_Id, Record_Id, max(Course_Num) + 1, SiteCode ' \
       ' from ' \
       ' (Select Creator_Id, Record_Id, max(Course_Num) + 1, SiteCode from Courses ' \
       ' where ( Record_Id not in ("Test") ) ' \
       ' group by Record_Id '

cursor.execute(sql1)
all = cursor.fetchall()

I am not sure bottom code is correct (where fields %s comes in and rest fields).
for Creator_Id, Record_Id, Course_Num, SiteCode in all:
    sql2 = ' Insert into Courses ' \
             ' ( Creator_Id, ' \
             '  Record_Id, ' \
             '  Course_Num, ' \
             '  SiteCode, ' \
                ' coursename, ' \
                ' datestamp ) ' \
           ' VALUES ' \
           ' ( %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s ) ' \

How do I express/complete something like on the bottom on this case (where I have two more columns to insert)?
I got this sample from other post, but not I am sure how to apply Key(s) of the value.
Sorry, I need some guidance regards to what I am doing here.
 cursor.execute(sql2, (Cretor_Id, Record_Id, Course_Num, SiteCode), "UniqueCourseName", "")

A: You can just do something like this:
for creator_id, record_id, course_num, site_code in all:
    cursor.execute(sql2, (creator_id, record_id, course_num, site_code))

fetchall() should return a list of tuples. You can unpack the tuples in the for loop to make the code easier to read.
Also, it looks like you're missing an opening ( after Insert into Courses

A: the second part is correct but instead of put this ( %s, %s, %s, %s, "UniqueCourseName", CURDATE() ) use this ( %s, %s, %s, %s, %s, %s ) and:
cursor.execute(sql2, (all[i]['Key1'], all[i]['Key2'],
                       all[i]['Key3'], all[i]['Key4']),"UniqueCourseName", CURDATE())

if you print(all[0]), you will se something like
'Creator_Id' :'value1'
'Record_Id,':'value2'
' Course_Num':'value3'
             ' SiteCode':'value3'
               ' coursename ':'value4'
               ' datestamp':value5

and 'Key' make reference to creator_id, because is a dictionary.
if return a tuple then:
cursor.execute(sql2, (i[0], i[1],
                       i[2], i[3]),"UniqueCourseName", CURDATE())

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Do We Need "Asteroid Day"?
By: Jan Hattenbach June 26, 2015 11
Are we really doing enough to find asteroids, especially the smaller ones that could destroy a city? A private initiative urges a rapid ramp-up of the search effort — but not everyone agrees.
"There are a million asteroids in our solar system that have the potential to strike Earth and destroy a city, yet we have discovered just 1% of them."
This is the premise behind Asteroid Day, a private initiative backed by well-known science communicators, celebrities, astronauts, and scientists that calls for a "rapid hundred-fold acceleration of the discovery and tracking of Near-Earth Asteroids to 100,000 per year within the next ten years." To raise the public's awareness of the threat from space, they've declared June 30th "Asteroid Day" — as a reminder of the Tunguska event, during which a 40-m-size space rock devastated a large, but mainly uninhabited area in Siberia on that same date in 1908.
Asteroid Day is intended as a global day of education and awareness about asteroids — especially those that threaten Earth.
Sentinel / B612 Foundation
Asteroid Day's 100X Declaration, an online petition, does not include details on the means or cost of the proposed goal — or about who should pay the bill. Eric Christensen, who leads the NASA-financed Catalina Sky Survey, is already bothered by its premise that "millions" of asteroids potentially threaten our cities. "The vast majority of these objects have essentially zero chance of impacting our planet within our lifetime," he explains, "and if one were to impact, there is only about a 3% chance that it would impact over a populated area."
"The most likely effect would be a spectacular light show that nobody sees, and a few meteorites that get dropped into the ocean," Christensen adds. He sees the B612 Foundation as one of the driving forces behind Asteroid Day. Established by former astronauts Ed Lu and Rusty Schweickart, this organization is trying to raise funds to build and launch a space-based infrared survey telescope to search for NEOs. "The B612 foundation has provided a steady stream of fear-based press releases over the last few years in order to scare up funding for their project," says Christensen. This tone is also found in Asteroid Day's declaration, he adds. "It is full of language that turns asteroids into menacing killers, injecting an inordinate amount of fear into what could be a reasoned discussion about the asteroid-impact threat."
If private funding can be found, the B612 Foundation plans to launch its Sentinel spacecraft in 2017 to scan for near-Earth asteroids from a Venus-like orbit around the Sun.
Timothy Spahr, former director of the IAU's Minor Planet Center, concurs: "Much of the B612 Foundation commentary on smaller objects is fear-mongering. Yet its proposed Sentinel space-based telescope, Spahr notes, is designed to discover larger objects — not the 30- to 50-m "city killers" that are being spotlighted. "In my opinion there is no need for an Asteroid Day," Spahr states flatly, "and if there is to be an Asteroid Day, then including other scientists such as experts in the NEO field would make sense."
Asteroid Insurance
Signatories of the 100X Declaration disagree, of course. Schweickart disputes that the initiative is just a fundraising stunt for Sentinel: "Asteroid Day does not propose any particular system or project. It is an event to help educate the general public about the asteroid impact threat that recognizes the current low rate of asteroid discovery and calls for a significant acceleration."
This plot of known near-Earth asteroids (shown in red) looks menacing. But space is a big place, and none of these are predicted to strike Earth within the next two centuries
Minor Planet Center
The actual risk of a small asteroid hitting a city might be small, but investing in asteroid research is like investing in car insurance, Schweickart explains: you might never need it, but you probably would not take the risk and do nothing. "And this 'insurance' can preclude the accident itself, not just mitigate the cost of it should it occur," he says. "Furthermore, economic judgments (sound and unsound) are traditional when tax dollars are involved, but donors to privately funded systems should be loudly thanked for their public service."
"I suppose 'hype' is inevitable when you are trying to promote something", adds Clark Chapman, a senior scientist at the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. Chapman has signed the declaration, too: "It is not a scientific publication but a call to the broader public to consider asteroids and their potential harm." Even a very low risk should not be ignored: "I believe that society should make some attempt to address all threats, even low-probability ones, like deaths from airliner crashes, terrorist attacks, or asteroid impacts."
Thanks to NASA's Spaceguard search effort, started in the 1990s, we know the orbits of 95% of all NEOs at least 1 km across. Not one of them is on collision course with Earth — for now there's no danger of a mass-extinction event. But our knowledge of the smaller ones is still fragmentary, a fact beyond dispute among experts. And even small ones locally can cause severe harm.
Pay Less, Wait Longer?
Barringer Crater, near Flagstaff, Arizona, is one of the youngest impact craters on Earth. It was excavated about 50,000 years ago when an iron mass (or perhaps several) struck flat-lying sedimentary rocks at more than 11 km per second. Between 15 and 20 megatons of kinetic energy were released during the impact, which left a bowl-shaped crater 1.2 km in diameter and 200 m deep.
D. Roddy & K. Zeller / USGS
The poster child for What might Happen is Barringer Crater, created 50,000 years ago when a 40-m-wide metallic asteroid slammed into what is now northern Arizona. Had the space rock that exploded over Chelyabinsk, Russia, in 2013 been a little larger than 20 m, instead of 1,500 injured there might easily have been thousands of fatalities, says Alan Harris, coordinator of the NEOShield project financed by the European Union. "If we want to take the risk, then we can sit back and just carry on as most of the NEOs will eventually be discovered by ongoing search programs, but the smaller you go, the longer it takes." For Chelybinsk-type objects, at the present rate and with present telescopes Harris estimates it will take probably hundreds of years.
"Pay less, wait longer, is an option", Harris says. "Pay more" would mean spending a lot more, however. Spahr estimates that to meet the 100× goal within 10 years, the goal of Asteroid Day's proponents, billions of extra dollars would be needed. As part of the existing, "pay less" approach, astronomers are building the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope in Chile. When it begins observations, perhaps by 2019, LSST is expected to provide a sharp jump in NEO discoveries — but maybe not to the extent Asteroid Day proposes.
The 100X goal might be unrealistic or economically unsound, as some critics argue. But it wouldn't hurt to do a little more, says Harris, who has not signed the declaration: "Worldwide we are currently looking at probably $50 or $60 million a year [spent on the NEO threat], which, let's face it, is really a trivially small amount of money for a worldwide effort." More should be spent on follow-up and characterization studies of known asteroids, he says, useful details were one of them comes too close.
A spacecraft called OSIRIS-REx (short for Origins Spectral Interpretation Resource Identification Security Regolith Explorer) will be launched in 2016, land on asteroid (101955) Bennu, and return a sample of its surface to Earth in 2023.
OSIRIS-REx, NASA's forthcoming asteroid sample-return mission, will provide such insight. Ed Beshore, principal investigator of the mission and former CSS collaborator, recommends focusing on intermediate-size asteroids, those massive enough to do considerably more damage than the Barringer-size objects that could wipe out a single city. "Concerning the estimates of the consequences of such small objects impacting the Earth, I think the risk to lives may be overstated," says Beshore. "But I fully support the search for larger objects of a couple of hundred meters and larger, because the consequences of those impacts are very large, even if the likelihood is low."
There is no doubt that asteroids pose a threat for our planet, he affirms. But dramatization does not help: "At the risk of being ignored, science must work very hard to paint an accurate picture of the risks that mankind faces."
For a quick snapshot of the current known threats from potentially hazardous asteroids, check out the risk pages maintained by NASA's NEO office and by the University of Pisa's NEODyS-2 effort.
Thanks for this clear, thorough, and reasonable report. I too have been put off by the fear-mongering of the asteroid hunters. The costs and benefits of assessing the statistically minuscule but potentially catastrophic risks of death and destruction from asteroids (and comets -- we wouldn't see one coming until a few months before impact) need to be weighed against those of aggressively reducing and remediating the undeniable environmental destruction we ourselves are doing to our planet. Shall we fiddle with satellites while the Earth burns?
By the way, this article doesn't include a bio for author Jan Hattenbach. Here's his profile on about dot me:
Free lance science writer, physicist, passionate amateur astronomer and photographer. Contributed to Sterne und Weltraum, Spektrum der Wissenschaft, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (Germany), Sky&Telescope (US), and others.
Topics: Everything about astronomy and astrophysics (professional and amateur), light pollution, astroparticle physics, elementary particle physics and cosmology.
Blogs: SkyLights (English), Himmelslichter (German).
Richard Kowalski
Anthony. please note that "Asteroid Hunters" are NOT the ones doing this. It is a private team that is, in my opinion, fear mongering to raise funds. You will notice in the article, that the actual hunters are criticizing this event, not participating.
Catalina Sky Survey
Discoverer of 2008 TC3 & 2014 AA
Richard, thank you for the clarification. I'm sorry to have tarred you with too broad a brush.
Sorry, but if you look at the people who signed this declaration, there are no active asteroid hunters. In fact, the only person on that list who ever discovered a near earth object is Carolyn Shoemaker, and David Jewiit and Janet Luu codiscovered the second transneptunian asteroid. It's kind of surprising to find David Morrison in that list, while not an observer, he should know better. The others are not asteroid hunters. People who know a bit about asteroid surveys know that first the goal set by this project is not really useful, we really don't need to find all asteroids which are 20m large, and if you wanted to discover them in 10 years, you would need to spend more money that is spent yearly in the whole of astronomical research worldwide for several years. It won't happen. I mean if, like you do, people still have their feet on the earth and look around... Then again, sometimes I have doubts...
Alain, I am sorry to have used the term "asteroid hunters" when I should have referred specifically to the people who are promoting this particular scheme. Thank you for the clarification.
bwana
As some point an asteroid/comet will pose a threat to Earth; not if but when!?
Humans (and all life on Earth) will ultimately be wiped out by something; not if but when!?
Humans are renown for procrastinating about serious decisions. This is one serious decision. However, knowing that something nasty is going to happen is distinctly different from knowing how to mitigate the problem, be it climate change, an asteroid, a pandemic, the aging/expansion of the sun, a gamma ray burst, whatever... I'm not too sure if I really want to know there is going to be a major extinction event on Earth if we are helpless to do something about it!?
I suspect humans will wait until the last minute and probably be too late to avoid the inevitable. The planet will then start evolving new species to replace all the ones that went extinct in the "big one"...
Humans may be the most advanced species to have evolved on Earth but that doesn't mean we are immune to the worst nature can throw at us! It is always nice to have a little insurance.
GH Martin
No one has remarked about the 70% probability of an object impacting in the ocean rather than land. Think about the consequences if the Tunguska object had exploded and created the tremendous pressure wave over the North Atlantic instead of Siberia. The resulting tsunami would have washed over New York City, London, Lisbon, Savannah, Charleston -- everywhere around both sides of the Atlantic. The point is, a "city killer" doesn't have to hit a city to be catastrophic. In fact, the effects are much worse if it doesn't strike land.
It's only been since 1979 and the work of the Alvarezes et al that we have come to recognize the danger. Public awareness of the problem is extremely low. And as Anthony Barreio pointed out above, comets are an even bigger problem because of so little warning time.
We need to not only be looking for these incoming objects, but have a means of intercepting and diverting them as well. We now have the technology to not only see an extinction event coming, but to do something to prevent it -- if we have the political will to spend the money to design and build the craft needed.
Tunguska was an airburst, estimated as equivalent to about 10-15 megatons of TNT, similar to (but substantially bigger than) that at Chelyabinsk. It would not have created much of a tsunami had it struck over the oceans (its surface effects were mainly to flatten a great many trees), that would have required a far larger event.
I beg to differ. I realize Tunguska was an airburst -- "...if the Tunguska object had exploded and created the tremendous pressure wave over the North Atlantic instead of Siberia.
That pressure wave was strong enough to completely flatten the forests over a 50 mile diameter, and compressed the air to such a degree that the trees were charred. Such an airburst over an ocean would almost certainly create a large tsunami.
But that's not the entire point. A 40 meter iron siderite hitting land results in a city-killing explosion creating a mile-wide crater. The same siderite impacting an ocean (70% probability, mind you) creates a huge tsunami capable of killing scores of cities as it inundates the coasts on both sides of the target ocean.
Yes, the odds are slim that such an event will happen in our lifetime. But the odds are 1::1 that such an impact will happen at some point in the future -- unless we prevent it.
I believe having an Asteroid Day serves a valid purpose.
Greg-Redfern
I respectfully submit that the Chelyabinsk bolide is the "Poster Child" for asteroid threats as this event was extensively studied and reset the bar as to the threat posed by so many similar sized asteroids. Several factors contributed to the lessening of damage and injuries from this event: size (as pointed out in the article), shallow approach angle, the previously fractured structure of the meteoroid.
Chelyabinsk also came in from the Sun and was never detected. There have been numerous instances in which asteroids were discovered AFTER their closest point of approach to Earth which contributes to the value of a asteroid detecting spacecraft in a Venus proximity orbit.
It must also be remembered that this is a "When" and not "If" event. We ARE going to be hit again and one must prepare accordingly. Having multiple space and ground based assets searching the skies will always be a good thing. Adding responsible private assets to the government mix has shown its worth - "Space X" anyone?
A final thought. In today's very dangerous world will a political leader take time to determine that the mushroom cloud over their territory is from an impact and not a nuclear weapon? The late Carl Sagan eloquently posed this question. Fortunately Chelyabinsk had no mushroom cloud and I have never heard or read of what the response was within the walls of the Kremlin in the first moments after the event.
Asteroid Day educates and highlights the very real threat posed by future impacts.
Found a Happy Asteroid Day card at Walmart yesterday. Opposition is futile...


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The smoothest and most comforting voice in all of entertainment, along with it's current human host, Morgan Freeman, is still going strong as an actor, with upcoming roles that includes a return to the world of billionaires with mental issues, for the Dark Knight Rises, scheduled for next month.
As for projects beyond that, Freeman is looking to spend a little downtime in Sin City, with pals Robert Deniro and Michael Douglas, as the trio embark on a stag night that they'll never forget.
Wonder if they'll wake up with the mother of all Hangovers?
Douglas and Deniro are already signed up for the flick, with Freeman currently in negotiations to join in on the Vegas fun. Last Vegas has Douglas tying the knot, after years of chasing tail and being the swingiest of all bachelors, and in order to do so, he decides to invite his closest friends with him for a stag night of note.
But it's more than just a chance for his old friends to reunite with him, as Douglas and Deniro have an old score to settle, about a romantic rivalry that resurfaces in their memories, once the booze starts flowing.
Jon "National Treasure" Turteltaub is currently in charge of the flick, based on a script from Dan Fogelman, Adam Brooks and Alan Yang, with principal photography beginning in September.
And I'm really hoping that Freeman lends his dulcet tones towards a cast and crew commentary when the DVD of this flick arrives.


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The "new" Polynesian Cultural Center
Posted by Mikaele on Apr 12, 2018 in News | 8 comments
…or rather, the re-new-ed PCC
The Polynesian Cultural Center has been open now for 55 years, and in addition to its age and the routine wear-and-tear from working with many millions of visitors, Hawaii's beautiful natural environment can also wreak havoc on the Center's upkeep.
For example, "the "life cycle of air conditioners is pretty short here," said Jerome Uluave, PCC vice president of Facilities Management (pictured at left in the photo above). Uluave, a Laie native, first worked at the Center as a teenager. After obtaining a degree in construction management and more practical experience, he rejoined the PCC in 2014.
"Our gentle trade winds cool us, but also carry salt spray that can be 'corrosive' in the long run; and our tropical climate encourages hungry termites to devour traditional building materials." Consequently, he continued, "the first thing we always want to do is make sure we take care of what we have, so that our existing facilities last longer than the normal."
To do this, Uluave shared that about 10% of all PCC employees, including an even higher percentage of senior missionary volunteers, are directly involved in maintaining and improving the facilities.
Using their skills, plus outside contractors when needed, the PCC has recently completed a multi-million-dollar overhaul to almost all our physical facilities over the past decade.
Getting prepared for the second 50-years
David Duffin (pictured at right in the photo at the top), PCC Facilities planning manager who earned a degree in facility and property management from BYU in Utah said that starting about 11 years ago, PCC began planning the years-long round of adding new capital improvements, renovating virtually every major facility at the Center. "The 'bucket list' they generated from 2008-2010 has all been completed."
Duffin and Uluave pointed out a selection of these key projects and improvements — the same changes you might notice, if you haven't been to the Center for a while, during your next visit to the Polynesian Cultural Center.
Senior missionaries work hard to update many areas around the Polynesian Cultural Center. Pictured are Elders Green (left) and Nelson. (Photo by Mike Foley
Getting ready for PCC's new canoe celebration this summer
■ Most recently, for example, the PCC added a deck by the lagoon, near the Hale Ohana luau venue and Hawaiian Mission Home Settlement, that seats about 900 guests. Their view will be perfect when the Center's new canoe celebration, "Huki" premiers this coming summer (more info to come on this exciting development).
Duffin said it took the PCC "blue-shirt team" about three-plus months to build the deck, designed by a senior volunteer missionary who previously worked in that business. When a moth infestation affected the normal supply of Hawaiian ohi'a logs from the Big Island, the Center substituted ironwood rails from nearby Kahuku.
"We've had a lot of good senior missionary volunteers helping us," said Uluave.
■ Meanwhile "behind the scenes," the senior volunteers have created eight new fiberglass molds for the new production's canoes, and revamped the carvers shop. Nearby, original PCC labor missionary and long-time master carver Sione Tuione Pulotu is busy creating drums for Huki drummers
■ A combination of contractors and PCC "blue shirts" recently reroofed the PCC employee building, which houses laundry and costume seamstress operations, along with the Center's large central kitchen; and they redid the exterior of the training building and fixed several drainage issues.
Balancing and improving human resources…
Duffin explained using in-house people vs. contractors "is generally a question of resources. Any time we use in-house workers, we're sacrificing something in terms of maintenance and preventative maintenance. So, we're careful when we calculate those on the planning side, and we're getting better and better at it."
Duffin is also involved in upgrading the in-house staff through National Center for Construction Education & Research (NCCER) training, a nationally accredited trade-specific training and certification program. "We use our skilled senior missionaries as master trainers to teach our men."
"We're actually a certified NCCER location," Uluave added. "This is one of the ways we allow our people to grow and provide them with opportunities they wouldn't otherwise be able to afford."
David Duffin, Facilities Planning Manager at the Polynesian Cultural Center shows the beautifully machine milled wooden doors in the Fijian Village. The Center recently acquired milling equipment from the estate of a former Sunset Beach man.
In the public eye…
The PCC has completed a number of large capital improvement projects as part of the overhaul:
■ The 24,500 square-foot Gateway dining and multipurpose venue was one of the earliest facilities the PCC renovated. On Nov. 11, 2011, hundreds of VIPs, industry leaders and other special guests attended the grand opening ceremonies, and for the first time saw its magnificent 5,000-plus square-foot mural sequences — one of the largest in the world — and huge Polynesian design elements.
In addition to the hundreds-of-thousands of meals served there on a daily basis, the PCC's Gateway — originally opened about 40 years ago — has also hosted concerts, royal receptions, employee and community meetings, and even our 50th anniversary ball.
■ During the PCC's golden jubilee celebration in 2013, we completed the complete renovation of our large-format media center into the Hawaiian Journey Theater — turning the design motif into a volcano, and premiered our own 15-minute media experience, Hawaiian Journey, on March 29 that year. The film portrays the deep feelings of native Hawaiians to their ancestral islands with stunning imagery
"That was a big project," Duffin said, noting that in addition to the extensive exterior changes to the building, the inside of the theater got all-new digital audio and visual equipment as well as special seats that enhance the Hawaiian Journey experience.
■ The PCC partnered with the Polynesian Football Hall of Fame in 2014 to create the permanent PFHOF museum display in the Welcome Center, opposite the Gateway venue. Each January since the PCC and PFHOF participate in an annual enshrinement program in Laie. Tongan architect Norman Harris designed the museum. Each January the PCC and PFHOF participate in an annual enshrinement program in Laie. As with other features of the Hukilau Marketplace, admission is free.
■ The recent free-admission Hukilau Marketplace has been a big hit since it opened to the public on Feb. 20, 2015, after several years of extensive work. Its more than 40 shops, eating and entertainment options have become popular with visitors, community residents and kamaaina [Hawaii residents] ever since.P
■ In March 2016 the PCC finished a complete makeover of our Mahinalani Gift Shop on the edge of the Hukilau Marketplace, which included adding the Ukulele Experience, where guests can see how ukulele are made, and even take a free ukulele lesson.
Aerial photo of the popular Hukilau Marketplace now at the entrance to the Polynesian Cultural Center.
And in the villages…
"We've 'touched' every village and rehabbed them since the projects began," Duffin continued. Some of the specifics include:
■ The Hawaiian Village got a complete facelift in timed for the PCC's 50th anniversary in 2013 and held grand opening ceremonies on March 29th. Recent new additions include the permanent hale wa'a [canoe house] for BYU-Hawaii's 57-foot Iosepa, a traditional twin-hulled sailing canoe that capable of traveling interisland — and does, from time to time.
■ Also in 2013, the PCC completely refurbished the Islands of Aotearoa, bringing back Taka Walker from New Zealand, the last surviving member of the carvers team which created the original panels in the Maori Village.
Duffin also pointed out that they rebuilt the tititorea [Maori stick game] hut, added new sidewalks, improved drainage, and reinstalled the magnificent 40-man waka taua [war canoe], which Center carvers have completely restored. In addition, Uluave noted the Maori carvers building has also been remodeled, and will reopen in approximately one month.
The king and queen of Tonga in front of the quarter-scale replica of the late Queen Salote's summer palace at the Polynesian Cultural Center.
■ In perhaps one of the most celebrated facelifts, the current king and queen of Tonga came to the Polynesian Cultural Center on June 10-11, 2016, to "reign" over the grand reopening of the Tongan Village. Of couse, that visit meant lots of Polynesian protocol for HM King Tupou VI and HM Queen Nanasi Pau'u.
In one of the more subtle changes to the Tongan Village facilities, Uluave pointed out that PCC crews dismantled the replica of the late Queen Salote's summer palace, which she originally authorized for the Center in 1962, so they could raise height of the paepae or foundation, thus appropriately lifting the unique building higher than all other structures in the village.
■ Uluave also said the PCC has most recently completed renovating the Fijian Village.
Restoration projects at the Pacific Theater, which hosts Ha: The Breath of Life, have been very successful.
And still more…
■ When electrical power to the PCC is interrupted, guests are usually not even aware of an outage. This is because one of the overhaul projects included adding a 2 megawatt generator with automatic switching capabilities several years ago.
■ In 2017 PCC made structural improvements to the 2,700-seat Pacific Theater, "and we're currently redoing the Pacific Theater roof," Uluave said. He added this does not include the many theater technology changes recently made for the PCC's world-famous evening show, Ha: Breath of Life; "and next year, we're going to work on the 'mountain' [four-story volcano backdrop]."
Future projects already slated include increasing the number of solar panels at the PCC, as well as expanding the capabilities of the Center's nursery, which currently covers seven acres.
Duffin shared that PCC continues to work on future master planning. "I think we've made a lot of progress, not just ticking projects off a list, but also in developing relationships all around and getting better at what we do.
"I love our team, but I'm never satisfied," Uluave said. "I'm glad I came back. I love the company. Our group is always looking to improve. It's good to be a part of a group that's progressive, and we have fun while we do it."
Story and photos by Mike Foley, who has been a full-time freelance writer and digital media specialist since 2002. Prior to that he had a long career in marketing communications, PR, journalism and university education. Foley learned to speak fluent Samoan as a Mormon missionary before moving to Laie in 1967 — and still does. He has traveled extensively over the years throughout Polynesia, other Pacific islands and Asia. He is mostly retired now, but continues to contribute to PCC and various other media.
When he was a student worker at the Center in the 1960s, Foley recalls the maintenance shop was the size of a car garage.
8 Responses to "The "new" Polynesian Cultural Center"
Norm & Lynette Haugen says:
We truly miss the eighteen months we served at the Mission Settlement Home. We were blessed to have such great couples to work with.
Nina Jones says:
The people of the Polynesian Cultural Center awaits your return.
Maureen Hooper says:
We love Hawaii and the PCC and will be returning next month for another visit (from So Cal)! We also love the Ukulele Experience. We're so glad that so much love goes into the Center and its offerings!
Mahalo. We are so glad that you love the Polynesian Cultural Center as much as we do. The Ukulele Experience is such a fun store and the walk-thru museum showcasing how ukuleles are made is a special addition. We try very hard to honor the beautiful Polynesian culture and are very happy you are returning soon.
Carol Gentry says:
I think there is a typo in the caption for the picture of the Tongan King and Queens's replica palace:
CAPTION: The king and queen of Tonga in front of the quarter-scale replica of the late Queen Salote's summer placer at the Polynesian Cultural Center.
(SHOULD BE "palace", not "placer", right?)
Thanks for the heads up! We have it fixed.
Gwen Sandberg says:
I read this article for specific mention of the Lagoon…didn't find anything.
We have fond memories from 1998 as senior missionaries helping to clean the lagoon, section by section, working from early morning and getting bridges etc. back in place by 12 o'clock each day for the guests to start arriving. My husband, elder Woody Sandberg, left a supervisory report of the cleaning project and possible ideas for the future.
Oh how we enjoyed our time at PCC, and how we loved the people. We are sending every wish and prayer for continuing success and improvement.
We send our aloha from StGeorge, Utah..
Mahalo for sharing your memories. We would love to have you come back to see how beautiful the lagoon is now. The waters are clear, the bridges have been refreshed with new senet and are sturdy and strong. We have coy and tilapia thriving and our waterway to the ocean are kept clear as the blue shirts work hard to keep the debris clear. There are some other changes, such as landings, AND we are looking at a new guided tour soon!
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