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I have spent the past ten years working with kids in different contexts and there have been a few stand-out features to me. Kids have plenty of energy, they love to have fun, and they ask lots of questions. Lots of questions. About almost any topic.
But one thing that has really intrigued me over the years, and has been the topic of high interest amongst kids of all ages, is God. Whether it was in my job as an outdoor educator, in school scripture or at Sunday School, kids love to ask about God.
Who made God? What is his favourite food? What is heaven like?
How can we trust the Bible? Why did Jesus have to die? If God loves us, why do people get sick?
So many great questions. And, from my experience, kids of all ages love getting to ask their questions about God, and love getting answers to their questions. It is like they are thirsty to know about God.
So, it got me wondering. Where do all these questions come from?
In our modern times, full of superheroes and singing princesses, isn't God boring? Why would a Year 6 boy prefer to sit and talk about God rather than go abseiling? It's like they almost have a desire implanted in them.
'Question time with Dale' is often my students' favourite part of the scripture lesson. Why? Because they want to know about God.
Whatever world view we hold to, it is hard to deny that we all have a yearning for something more, whether we call that God or not. This is very obvious in kids.
Scripture in schools is one of those few opportunities that kids have - in a safe, familiar environment - to satisfy their curiosity. To ask their questions. To quench their thirst.
Scripture is not about teaching kids right from wrong (although it is a part of it), it is about teaching kids about God. It is not about teaching kids how to make good decisions (although the implications flow), it is helping them understand their spirituality.
This is why ethics will never be a good replacement for scripture, for they are trying to do different things. Ethics (which I have no problems with) aims to teach kids how to make decisions. Scripture aims to teach kids how to know their God.
Does God belong in schools? Of course.
To take Him out is to deny our kids the opportunity to ask the questions that are embedded deep within. Whether they accept or reject Him, we at least owe it to our kids to teach them holistically.
They want to know about God. Who are we to deprive them?
Young children are curious about most things, especially fantasies involving magic. Of course they are. Of course the Bible has entertaining stories, they've been passed down for up to 10,000 years. Noah getting on an ark and God drowning 99% of all species is truly an amazing story. It's virtue is its fantasy, not it's truth - it never happened - are you teaching children that it did happen or as an allegorical tale? Incredible stories are not evidence in favour of pushing YOUR religion on to them. It indicates they are curious and like great stories - it should not provide a licence for priests to teach myths as if they are truth and to attempt to gain disciplines. Which is why you are there - why not just admit it? Muhammad ascending to heaven on a winged horse is an incredible story - do you tell that one? This reflects an unrepresentative and undemocratic policy given 80% of Australians feel religion has no importance in society. Also reflected by the fact that less than 17% of Australians attend church. If you are teaching Creationism then you are teaching science, or rather disproved science, for which you, as a supposed 'teacher' in a school should be at least be intellectually aware, if not ashamed.
The two studies of ‘Religion in Life’ I referred to are: Prof Marion Maddox BA Hons, PhD (Theology), PhD (Philosophy) Macquarie University: ‘The Access curriculum offers students only a very narrow segment of how some members of one faith forms such understandings. International research repeatedly confirms that students, especially in multicultural and multifaith societies, are better served by social studies programs, taught by qualified teachers to the whole class (no faith-based segregation) as part of the normal school curriculum, which introduce them to a range of faith and non-faith traditions that make up the “global village”.’ ... and David Zyngier, Senior Lecturer in Curriculum & Pedagogy, Monash University: ‘Students across all the student workbooks are not being challenged to think independently as the vast majority of student tasks are based on what we in the profession call “busy work”. … Typically these activities minimize student intellectual growth, provide no scaffolding support to guide students through the learning process. … The teaching materials do not support the AusVELS …’ Most of the other examples of SRE/SRI program materials, such as Godspace, are similar in many ways to those used by Access in Victoria (which is also in use in NSW). That the Anglican church approves such material is no surprise, as the Anglican church has very active evangelistic and child ministry departments. But are parents told that the material is not endorsed by the Education Department? Are they told that SRE is instruction in a religion rather than education about religions? The merits (or lack thereof) of creationism are neither here nor there because I’m not telling you that you don’t have the right to hold your beliefs, or to have your own children instructed in the tenets of your beliefs. I'm saying that a state school, and especially a state primary school, is not the place for religious organisations to proselytize to and attempt to recruit children. That mythology should be framed as and taught as mythology and fact as fact in state schools. And that state schools are no place for religious segregation and discrimination. But is it proselytization? Hmm…"the attempt of any religion or religious individuals to convert people to their beliefs". You say ‘I am not out to convert kids to my religion. I am out to teach them the message of the Bible - which tells them of their Creator, Jesus Christ, dying for them and rising again as the king.’ (Tells *them* of *their* creator, dying for *them*. Not Christians' creator, dying for Christians). “The natural implication of someone accepting this message as true is for them to become a Christian, and thus find forgiveness in Jesus. Of course I want to see this happen.” “Does this mean I will still teach that Jesus calls them to respond to him? Yes I will.” This is proselytization, but it is a particularly vile form of proselytization. Because we are not talking about the targeting of adults here. The targets are children who have been taught to respect their teachers and their school, and when you have an adult at the front of the classroom who looks like a teacher and whose ulterior motive is to convert children to their own religion this is a terrible deception. Children are being coerced by this, because they are children who have undeveloped critical thinking skills and trust their schools - this trust is exploited. These are minors who at school do not have their parents on hand to protect them. A state school classroom should NEVER be used for this purpose.
Christine, I'm not entirely sure about the state of SRE in Victoria, or in every system in NSW for that matter. In the Anglican system, in which I find myself, all teachers are required to teach the material provided by the Anglican Church which is signed off by the Archbishop as conservative teaching of the Bible. This is a measure to prevent radical teaching that isn't true to the Bible. Obviously it won't work perfectly, but that is true of any teaching discipline. I have had teachers tell me contradictory things on various occasions, despite the fact that they were teaching the same syllabus. And a syllabus that was approved by the education department! Also - I'm not sure who these 'academics' who have reviewed the program materials are, but the conclusion they have drawn seems to me to be a little ridiculous. Children are going to learn about God and learn about what the Bible says about him. That is the subject of their education. If they are being taught about God from the Bible (which I would be amazingly surprised if they weren't in a scripture class) then there is educational merit. There may be little scientific educational benefit, but I wouldn't expect there to be in a scripture class, for that is not it's purpose (though it should still concur with scientific observations). I expect similar lack of scientific value from a drama class or music perhaps, because they are teaching something other than science. But I think your biggest issue is well worth speaking about. The problems of creationism and proselytisation. However, I think you will find both to be far more reasonable and rational than you would first imagine. Creationism presents the idea that God created the world. This is a theological assertion, not a scientific one. Science is very helpful in observing the universe. That is its purpose. It examines the facts and allows us to draw observations and see patterns. The Bible has no problem with science. And neither does creationism. The theology of creation presents a view on the origins of the universe. This is simply the Bible's teaching, and one that you'd be hard pressed (to put it gently) to deny by the means of science. Now while there are some different interpretations of how this played out (some of which I admit do have a distinct lack of scientific evidence and ought to be disregarded) the theological assertion is one worth interacting with, for the notion of a creator God has massive implications for any human if it is true. Furthermore, the very nature of learning and being educated requires one point of view to be put forward to be assessed and deemed true or untrue. According to the facts, creationism is a very reasonable conclusion of the origin of the universe, and therefore seems to me to be an appropriate perspective to be considered by everyone. The issue of proselytisation is also an interesting one. I am not out to convert kids to my religion. I am out to teach them the message of the Bible - which tells them of their Creator, Jesus Christ, dying for them and rising again as the king. Again a message which is full of historical merit, but is essentially a theological consideration. One which, ought to be taken seriously by all humans (whether accepted or rejected after considering) for again the implications are massive. The natural implication of someone accepting this message as true is for them to become a Christian, and thus find forgiveness in Jesus. Of course I want to see this happen. However, it is not my place to force this upon someone or coerce them into it. I have no need to, for I am convinced that it is the truth and as (if I can say this humbly) a reasonable person I am keen to let the facts speak for themselves. Does this mean I will still teach that Jesus calls them to respond to him? Yes I will. For that is what the historical man Jesus did. If I didn't, then perhaps I would fall into the category of bringing 'no educational merit' for I would be poorly presenting the God of the Bible - and in scripture that is my aim is it not?
Excellent conversation encouraging to see our humble response dale and the respectful questions. Dale, Continue running the race until you reach the finish line. Keep up the good work teaching the good news to a confused world.
Dale "Certified curriculum"? Certified by who or what? The Education Department? No! All the program materials I have seen have been instruments of promotion of creationism and proselytisation. Nothing more. Several academics have reviewed the program materials in use for the past decade in Victoria (also recommended by the Uniting Church for use in NSW schools) and concluded it has little or no educational merit at all. As for instructors straying from the program content - every Christmas there is a stream of complaints from parents relating to what their local SRI instructor has told their children about Santa. You can ask an evangelical instructors not to proselytise, but it's rather like inviting a comedians in and requesting they don't tell jokes. There is more than enough testimony from current and ex-instructors to very safely conclude that recruiting disciples is the name of the game and God's instructions win over government instructions every time.
Ron - I appreciate your concern. And that is always going to be a danger when you get volunteers in to teach. Actually that is a danger whenever you get anyone in to teach any subject. I can look back to my own schooling where I was taught things that weren't correct. Whenever you have human minds teaching, there will always be a margin for error. Now we want to be extremely careful with that - and particularly in religious areas (and I imagine I would feel more passionate about get the facts about God right than most) where the implications can be massive. That is why in SRE there are important precautions taken, namely the implementation of certified curriculum. As a scripture teacher I must teach the curriculum. And, for protestant scripture, that is teaching the core message of the Bible - Jesus Christ lived, died and rose again to take away the sins of those who would trust him. This is a message that ought to be held up to historical scrutiny (and often is in my class), and when it is taught through the curriculum, ought to leave a small margin for error.
I am curious about this comment of yours Dale "Scripture in schools is one of those few opportunities that kids have - in a safe, familiar environment - to satisfy their curiosity. To ask their questions. To quench their thirst." My worry is that their thirst may be slaked with the answers that are patently wrong. According to Gallup Poll, roughly 44% of Americans believe God created human beings in their present form at one time within the last 10,000 years. I am not suggesting that you would teach that, but clearly there are a large variety of answers going around.
@Edwin. People can go to church/mosque/temple to find out as much as they want. There are religious schools but no truly secular schools due to the presence of divisive religious instruction (it is NOT education). Why must the religious insist on having a piece of every single pie in the name of 'rights' all the while trampling on the 'rights' of others? Unbelievable.
Julia, SRE is a different issue. Dale is talking here about the fact that children have a load of questions about God, faith, spirituality, etc and are entitled to receive honest, thought out answers to such questions. I have also spent years working with children and have found the same thing - if a child can formulate an intelligent question, they deserve an intelligent answer. This can and does happen anywhere - not just in SRE lessons. Now, in my opinion, a person of faith is usually best placed to provide such answers, naturally from their perspective. On the matter of SRE, though - I spent a few years teaching in the UK where General Religious Education takes the place of SRE, and I found it difficult to provide deep answers to questions when teaching about the various world religions of which I have little expertise. I gave the approved, text book answers, but these were skin deep and straw man statements at best. This was not intentional - I would have loved to have a muslim or hindu parent come and give the benefit of their knowledge and expertise, but that kind of thing has been pushed out of the UK education system in favour of dry, bland and forgettable religious education. In Australia, at least we have the chance for our children to learn from someone who cares so much about their faith that they would volunteer their time to explain it to others; to put their money where their mouth is, and then give our children the chance to question, listen, reflect and truly think for themselves.
@ Edwin. Every religious group only has the chance in the sense that our pluralistic society allows for freedom of religious practice. SRE in schools, however, segregates children in what is supposed to be an inclusive environment to teach them about just one faith. That does not offer them the chance to learn about multiple religions. I'm fine with comparative religious studies delivered by tertiary qualified teachers, where children aren't separated and they learn that different people have different beliefs, and some people don't believe in any gods. I am opposed to segregated, doctrinal instruction in schools. Go to church/mosque/temple for that and return the lost curriculum time to everyone.
Some people believe we landed on the moon in 1969, others don't. Some people believe the claims about Jesus, some don't. When answering questions about the moon landing, for example, we can acknowledge that some dispute it ever happened, but history is still taught in a conclusive way that reflects the evidence we have of the time. Likewise, regardless of whether some aren't persuaded by the historical claims about Jesus, the historical evidence and accounts can still be taught in an objective way. When conspiracy theorists started claiming that the Holocaust never happened, it wasn't as if we were no longer allowed to speak of the Holocaust objectively as history and fact.
Julia, your response to Dale's article raises a good point. There are many faiths which we could teach our children about. How we could construct programs to teach children about different religions is a tricky but important question. I don't intend to provide a solution to this. However, I'd like to respond to your closing point. You wrote that no one can definitively say what the answers are. I'm assuming that you mean no one can provide an objective truth to questions such as "Who is God?", "Is God real?", "Why does the world exist?" & etc. You also wrote that the 'answers' are different for different people. It seems that you have in fact put forward an objective truth, in saying that the answers to these questions are relative, indefinable. The problem is that, in saying these answers are dependent upon the individual, you must also put yourself in that category. That is, your claims suggests that all answers to these questions are different for individuals, and yet this is presented as a universal statement for all.
Julia, naturally each person will answer kids' myriad questions from their perspective. That is the only thing a person can do. Dale is probably not an expert in, say, Islam or Hinduism, but I'm sure he'd be happy to sit side by side with someone who is and answer questions accordingly. Every religious group in Australia has the chance to do such a thing.
Dale, I can't think of a better bloke I would have teach my kids about God. My kids think you are a legend as well..
Hey Julia. Great observation. As a Christian I do teach them about the God of the Bible. I teach them that I am convinced that he is the one true God. But there is a difference between telling them they ought to believe this 'just because' or 'because that's what you should believe' and my approach of encouraging them to engage with the God of the Bible as he presents himself in the scriptures. I don't want kids to blindly start following "my God". I want kids to be kids who are thinking people, who ask critical questions (and they do!). Christianity is a religion with very strong historical backing and my aim is that as kids encounter the historical man Jesus in the Bible, they will be convinced that he is who he claimed to be - the Son of God. I find myself in a position where I believe in a powerful God who works today and is able to cause people to believe in him. Therefore I have no need to try to coerce children (a method that has sadly been used by people of all kinds of faith in many varied ways and is NEVER appropriate) in believing. If I did, then I wouldn't actually be believing in the God I am teaching about. I welcome all questions about other gods and aim to answer them as fairly as I can, for I am convinced that the facts will speak for themselves and they will see Jesus as the most impressive person - as I do - and recognise him as the living God. But its not up to me to force that upon them.
Which God, Dale? I assume you answer their questions as if there is only one god. This hardly reflects the fact that thousands of gods have been posited by humans over time. By all means provide children with religious education - by which I mean teach them about religions (plural) so they know that the 'answers' to their questions are different for different people. Because, when it comes down to it, no-one can say definitively what those answers are, and that's okay.


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Ryan Strome scored the overtime winner, as the Rangers bested the Toronto Maple Leafs for the second straight time, and their first win in March. The Blueshirts were once again dominated by the Leafs, surrendering a 65% shot advantage. However Alex Georgiev, the Bulgarian Brute, stood tall again. For whatever reason, he has the Leafs’ number. He made 44 saves in this one, which was less than he had to make in the prior win (54).
Pavel Buchnevich scored in the first minute of the third to break the scoreless tie. Zach Hyman answered eight minutes later. But it was Georgiev, especially in the third, who was the difference maker. He made 19 of his 44 saves in the third, with the leaves getting a whopping 78% of the shots in the third period.
This was not a close game at all, but sometimes goalies steal one. Or in Georgiev’s case, he always steals one against the Leafs.
Brady Skjei took a sharp angle shot that Freddy Andersen left in front for rebound chances. Chaos ensued, and Buchnevich found a seam to the loose puck after both Mitch Marner and Zach Hyman missed him on the coverage. Buch also clipped Marner on the way in, sending him to the ice. Incidental contact.
Mike Reilly’s shot took an awkward bounce off Georgiev, and the Rangers couldn’t clear the elevated puck. John Tavares got there in the confusion as Hyman cut to the slot. No one picked up Hyman and the passing lane was open for the easy goal.
Strome and Boo Nieves had a great 2-on-1 that Andersen made a terrific save on. But with so few bodies on the ice, Nieves was able to get the rebound to Strome behind the net, who tucked it into the empty net.
If I told you nothing about the game other than the shot differential, this is probably the heatmap you would have drawn. Toronto has a scary offense. The Rangers do not defend well. Nothing new to see here.
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Never thought they’d pass nj but now passing Anaheim is in jeopardy.
Side note : how has john gilmour been in the ahl this whole time. that was the best I’ve seen from him.
Actually I didn’t think the shot discrepancy was necessarily that indicative. In the first place I’m leary of so-called SOG totals at some “home” arenas. Secondly I thought Anderson played well himself (not up to Georgi’s play, but pretty well). Yes the Maple Leafs overall had the better of play, but the Rangers played well.
I think that Quinn’s coaching has a lot to do with it. He takes the time to talk to the players and explain what they need to do to improve. If they don’t seem to get the message, he sits them for a period, or a game, but he also makes it clear to them why he’s doing it, and he gives them another chance to show that they can do it. Buchnevich is playing the best he’s ever played for the Rangers, and he’s enjoying the hell out of it. Tony D is playing the most consistently he’s ever done, and showing his talent, too. Chytil is starting to use his size and strength instead of tippy toeing around. Let’s give the coach credit when he deserves it.
I think you are spot on Joe. I have warmed up to Quinn’s style now that I understand it better. Buchnevich and DeAngelo were two players who needed some intensive coaching and both tough love and a little TLC. It seems to have paid off very well. Do you all remember the mess the team was at the outset of the season in AV’s last year? Quinn would never ever let a squad go out as unprepared as that. I like this guy a lot.
Agreed about Quinn, it’s worked out well with those two — now I wish he would try a little of “that” with guys like Pionk … but whatever it is that turned Buch it seemed to coincide with Zucc sitting out/getting traded — and I’m not talking about how he’s playing, I’m referencing his MOOD, his animation. He’s played well before in stretches only to be bumped back to the 4th line after a mistake (mostly AV) or he’s gotten injured. Maybe it was something said to him around the trade deadline.

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Graham just an idea. Perhaps once a month or so (or whenever suitable photos are available) a life after Plymouth posting of former Plymouth vehicles.
There are no coaches on the X1 yet for stagecoach. 250 and 252 are now in swoop with the slogan every journey taken care of. 712 was running the 35/35A/61/62. 320 and 321 are now in city coach livery.
"There are no coaches on the X1 yet for stagecoach"
The coaches only ran on 1 April.
256 now out in swoops working the 74 on the 11/4/17 and your city bus fleet list needs updating.
They were seen working the 7D last week.so the PCB and TT fleets require an update. Feel free to reply.


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Well, like most US gamers this weekend, we are GenCon bound. Don't look for a booth, though. We are there to simply have fun (like the last few times we've gone.) We're looking forward to fun and shopping and seeing all the pretty booths. Of note, we really can't wait to shake hands with DriveThruRPG and TheGameCrafter companies that publish our games for us. Great sites and great folks.
Speaking of http://www.TheGameCrafter.com, if you poke around on their site, you will see the new 2nd Edition versions of all our 100 Points card games. We wanted to get this out on Game Crafter before we went to GenCon so that it wouldn't be bugging us in our (lack of) sleep at the Con. Feel free to get in on the new 2nd Edition goodness now, before we go and market it for the rest of the world (and update our website accordingly). You can get 100 Points Four Square for $6.99 + shipping now!

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Beautiful tract of land that is bordered on one side by The Toogoodoo River and on the backside by the Fritz Hollings Federal Wildlife Refuge. Located 5 minutes to the Dahoo Bridge where you will find a public boat ramp on the Intracoastal Waterway. Drive only 10 minutes to the Edisto River where you will find another boat ramp. Both Edisto Beach and Charleston are less than 30 minutes away. Want to fish or kayak right from this property...it can be done !A real Lowcountry piece of property and a must to see.
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Known as the "Golden City of 100 Spires," Prague boasts a fairytale medieval Old Town, historic churches and synagogues, and perhaps Europe's largest castle. A good way to introduce yourself to the city, its layered past, and its resilient people is with a walk across town, starting on lively, urban Wenceslas Square, weaving through the atmospheric Old Town, and ending at the picturesque Charles Bridge.
Huge Wenceslas Square, lined with great buildings and loads of history, is the focal point of Prague's modern, New Town Quarter. It's named for King Wenceslas, the "good king" of Christmas-carol fame, sitting astride the big equestrian statue at the top of the boulevard. The statue is a popular meeting point among locals, who like to say, "I'll meet you under the horse's tail."
Wenceslas Square has been center-stage for much of modern Czech history: The creation of the Czechoslovak state was celebrated here in 1918. An inspiring memorial here commemorates Jan Palach and Jan Zajíc, two college students who set themselves on fire in 1969 to protest the Soviet Union's invasion of the Czech Republic the year before. Twenty years later, giant crowds converged on the square, jingling their key chains and chanting, "It's time to go now!" in the lead-up to the peaceful overthrow of the communist government.
From the bottom of Wenceslas Square, it's a short walk down skinny, tourist-clogged Melantrichova street to Prague's quaint, compact Old Town Quarter. On the way you'll pass the wonderful open-air Havelská Market, a thriving hotbed of traditional-though-touristy Czech culture. Here you can browse for handcrafts, including fun "kitchen witch" marionettes meant to hang in your kitchen for good luck.
Whether in a crowded market, restaurant, or taxi cab, be aware of your surroundings — Prague is awash in pickpockets and con artists. Wear your money belt, pay with cash instead of a credit card at restaurants, and find out the going rate for taxis before you get taken for a ride.
A couple of blocks from the market is the Old Town Square, surrounded by gloriously colorful buildings in a diversity of architectural styles: Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Rococo, and Art Nouveau. Chief among them is the towering Gothic Týn Church, topped by fanciful spires. The square's centerpiece is a memorial to Jan Hus.
A short detour up the uniquely tree-lined Parizska ("Paris") street leads to the poignant Jewish Quarter, with museums, synagogues, and cemeteries. For me, this is one of the most powerful collection of Jewish sights in Europe.
Parizka ends at a bluff that once sported a 100-foot-tall stone statue of Stalin. Torn down in 1962, it was replaced in 1991 by a giant ticking metronome, its concrete base now favored by skateboarders who love to film themselves "skating at the Stalin." From oppression to counter-culture, Prague has come a long way.
Back at the Old Town Square, Karlova street (and a gaggle of tourists) zigzags down to the river to one of my favorite places for a stroll — the Charles Bridge. Under the communists, this pedestrian-only bridge crossing the Vltava River was empty, its big Gothic towers and statues of saints coated in black soot. Today it's a celebration of life, with a festival of artists and musicians all along its length.
If you were to continue across the bridge, you'd reach the charming Little Quarter, and beyond that, the Castle Quarter, topped by the massive, must-see Prague Castle. A visit to the castle complex, with its quarter-mile stretch of churches, courtyards, and palaces spanning a thousand years of Czech history, can fill the better part of a day.
The mythical founder of Prague — the beautiful princess Libuse — named her city "Praha" ("threshold"). The Czechs have always been at a crossroads of Europe — between the Slavic and Germanic worlds, between Catholicism and Protestantism, and between Cold War East and West. Despite these strong external influences, the Czechs have retained their distinct culture…and their enviable ability to find humor in life's challenges.

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Mukesh Surana toughed it out through a jam-packed field of 196 players and over 19 hours of gameplay throughout this 2-day event. That very first KO fired up Surana’s momentum and he was leading the charge all throughout Day 2 eliminating player after player. The player on the getting end was Neelabh Baranga, who had to make his method to the exit when Surana’s Ace pair beat him. In all, 13 players were eliminated prior to the very first break of the day and amongst the 23 that continued to be were huge stack Pavan Jain followed carefully by Mukesh Surana.
The 30k Big Game (Main Event) of the India Poker Championship (IPC) drew to a close late on Sunday night with Chennai’s Mukesh Surana emerging as champion. Surana toughed it out through a jam-packed field of 196 players and over 19 hours of gameplay throughout this 2-day event.
The cash bubble burst soon after that very first break with Ujjwal Rana being the regrettable one knocked out by Naveen Valluri’s pocket Aces. Agarwal was running red hot too making the huge moves and knocking out a couple of players himself such as the double removal of Jigar Patel and Sailesh Lohia with his pocket 10s. Karan Khushlani’s run for a 2nd IPC main event title was spoiled by Dmitry Marhol, who knocked him out at the 17th position.


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Miami-Illinois (Myaamia [mjɑːmia]) is an indigenous Algonquian language formerly[clarification needed] spoken in the United States, primarily in Illinois, Missouri, Indiana, western Ohio and adjacent areas along the Mississippi River by the Miami and Wea as well as the tribes of the Illinois Confederation, including the Kaskaskia, Peoria, Tamaroa, and Mitchigamea.
Since the 1990s, the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma has worked to revive it in a joint project with Miami University in Oxford, Ohio.
Miami-Illinois is an Algonquian language within the larger Algic family. The name "Miami-Illinois" is a cover term for a cluster of highly similar dialects, the primary ones being Miami proper, Peoria, Wea, Piankeshaw, and, in the older Jesuit records, Illinois. About half of the surviving several hundred speakers were displaced in the 19th century from their territories, eventually settling in northeastern Oklahoma as the Miami and the Peoria. The remainder of the Miami stayed behind in northern Indiana.
The language was documented in written materials for over 200 years. Jacques Gravier, a Jesuit missionary who lived among the Kaskaskia tribe in the early 18th century, compiled an extensive and detailed Kaskaskia–French dictionary. Based on an analysis of its handwriting, it appears to have been transcribed by his assistant, Jacques Largillier.
Gravier's dictionary contains nearly 600 pages and 20,000 entries. It is the "most extensive of several manuscripts" which French missionaries made of the Illinois languages. The original document is held by Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut. During the 18th and 19th centuries, the Illinois were subject to extermination by hostile tribes, as well as encroachment by European settlers. The French abandoned the Kaskaskia mission.
Eventually the surviving Illinois speakers went to the Indian Territory, later Oklahoma where the group became known as the Peoria. All of the Wea and Piankashaw were also forcibly relocated to Oklahoma, where they merged with the Peoria. About half the Miami proper remained in historic territory of present-day Indiana, the other half also being relocated to Oklahoma, eventually settling next to the Peoria. Because of the decline among the number of Miami-Illinois speakers, the language was not studied as extensively as many other Algonquian languages. It was not until 2002 that the manuscript was edited and published, by Carl Masthay.
There is an extensive amount of data on the Miami-Illinois language. The problem with much of the data collected is that little of it was collected by trained phonologists and thus much of it is incomplete or incorrect. David Costa has written extensively on this language, compiling much of this data and correcting it in his book The Miami-Illinois Language.
Miami-Illinois has four short vowels, /i e a o/ and four long vowels, /iː eː aː oː/. Costa (2003) notes that "/a/ is a low non-front vowel however it can also be pronounced as a [ʌ] by some speakers. /o/ is a back round vowel ranging from [o] through [ʊ] to [u]. /e/ is a non-high front vowel ranging from [æ] through [ɛ] to [e]. Finally, /i/ is a high front vowel ranging from [ɪ] to [i]." These differences can occur from speaker to speaker and also from word to word.
The most important rule in the phonology of the vowels of the Miami-Illinois language is the iambic metrical rule, which is referred to by David Costa (2003) as the strong syllable rule (SSR). Syllables in this language are considered either strong or weak depending on whether they occur in an even or odd numbered spot within the word. Counting from left to right, the even numbered syllables are strong and the odd numbered syllables are weak. However, a long vowel is always considered strong and the syllable count is restarted from this point. Anytime a short vowel comes after a long vowel it will always be weak because the count will have started over and it will occur in an even-numbered syllable.
Aside from the "Strong Syllable Rule" (Costa, 2003), there is separate system of accenting in the Miami-Illinois language. In this rule, the syllable count begins at the end of the word and goes backwards towards the start of it (unlike the Strong Syllable Rule, which begins at the beginning of the word and goes forwards). Vowels in both weak and strong syllable can be accented. It is most common for words in this language to take accents on their penultimate syllables, though if a weak syllable is subject to devoicing, it can not receive an accent. This shows that the devoicing rule comes before the accent rule.
Since the mid-1990s, the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma has embarked on a language revitalization program. Many Miami members have described the language as "sleeping" rather than "extinct" since it was not irretrievably lost.
The Myaamia Center is a joint venture between the tribe and Miami University. The Center's mission is..."to advance the research needs of the Miami Tribe of Oklahoma with a focus on myaamia language, culture and history."  It is directed by Daryl Baldwin, who taught himself Miami from historic documents and studies held by the Smithsonian's National Anthropological Archives, and has developed educational programs. Baldwin's children were raised as native speakers of Myaamia. Center staff develop language and culture resources using material that is often from translated missionary documents.
a compilation of traditional stories from the Miami and Peoria tribes, recorded in the early 20th century when the language's last native speakers were alive.
The revitalization effort is based on the work of linguist David Costa. Based on his extensive studies, he published The Miami-Illinois Language in 1994 as his Ph.D. dissertation and as a book in 2003. The book reconstructs the Miami-Illinois language and all its grammatical features. A related project at Miami University is one on ethnobotany, which "pairs Miami-language plant names with elders' descriptions of traditional plant-gathering techniques."
Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA; oonseentia is Myaamia for the Liriodendron tulipifera, the "tulip tree" or "yellow poplar"
^ "How the Miami Tribe got its language back". Public Radio International.
^ Hammarström, Harald; Forkel, Robert; Haspelmath, Martin, eds. (2017). "Miami". Glottolog 3.0. Jena, Germany: Max Planck Institute for the Science of Human History.
^ a b c d e Costa, David. 2003. The Miami-Illinois Language . Nebraska: University of Nebraska Press.
^ Leonard, Wesley Y. (2008). "When is an 'Extinct Language' not Extinct? Miami, a Formerly Sleeping Language", in Kendall A. King, Natalie Schilling-Estes, Lyn Fogle, Jia Jackie Lou, and Barbara Soukup (eds.), Sustaining Linguistic Diversity: Endangered and Minority Languages and Language Varieties. Washington, DC: Georgetown University Press, pp. 23–33.
^ "Statement of Purpose". Myaamia Center. 2013. Retrieved 2013-10-23.
^ Cornwell, Lisa (2013-03-11). "Ohio university project keeping Miami Tribe's native language alive". Tulsa World. Retrieved 2013-03-24.
^ Gugliotta, Guy (2014-01-20). "Smithsonian archives preserve lost and dying languages". The Washington Post. Retrieved 2014-02-27.
^ "Breath of Life conference to help California Indians save endangered languages". Imperial Valley News. 2014-05-26. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
^ a b Shulman, Robin (2002-06-24). "No loss for words: Movement tries to preserve nearly extinct languages". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved 2010-02-20.
Costa, David J. (2003). The Miami-Illinois language. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN 9780803215146.
King, Kendall A.; Schilling-Estes, Natalie; Fogle, Lyn; Lou, Jia Jackie; Souky, Barbara (2008). Sustaining linguistic diversity: endangered and minority languages and language varieties. Washington DC: Georgetown University Press. ISBN 9781589011922.
Leonard, Wesley Y. (September 2012). "Reframing language reclamation programmes for everybody's empowerment". Gender and Language, Special Issue: Gender and Endangered Languages. 6 (2): 339–367. doi:10.1558/genl.v6i2.339. Pdf. The paper uses the context of Miami language reclamation programmes to examine how gender roles are manifested, understood and promoted.
Masthay, Carl (2002). Kaskaskia Illinois-to-French dictionary. New York: Carl Masthay. ISBN 9780971911307.
McCafferty, Michael (2008). Native American place names of Indiana. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252032684.
This page was last edited on 6 March 2019, at 12:43 (UTC).

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Year after year, as we commemorate the martyrdom of Macli-ing Dulag, we are faced with issues that would seem the same and that solutions seem to be remote if not possible to achieve. But just as our parents and their parents before them did, we face these issues as they bear upon the future generations of Igorots specifically and Filipinos in general. This gathering will surely name these issues as it did so in the past.
Even as we do, there are several values of our identity as Igorots and people of the Cordilleras that we need to affirm. Chief among them is our rootedness on the land. The way we understand our relationship with the land could either be our sustenance as an indigenous group of our undoing. We are grateful that in the thick of the struggle to affirm that value. Macli-ing Dulag stated what it is: “Land is Life!” This we need to affirm time and time again as there are forces out there, including our government system, employing all means to break that relationship.
Second, is our understanding of our culture as a way of life. Our culture is neither a thing of the past nor an obsolete value that does not find a place in this time and age. In fact, it is precisely for this destructive period that the values of our cultural practices were perhaps preserved for. All over the world, indigenous peoples are calling for a renewed reverence for creation. Our cultural practices speak not only of our songs and dances but also of our calls to go back to the good practice of community-affirmation and the sharing that characterize that community. This is the statement of the indigenous people against greed, covetousness and individualism.
Third, is the need to continue struggling for the preservation of these values, not for preservation’s sake but because it is our particular contribution in the preservation of the human race. Systems and powers race for their perpetuation as if it was all that matters. In the process, they continue to degrade creation and make people suffer. It is not easy to stand our ground. In our days, those who do are labeled terrorists as a way of vilifying and as a license to oppress. Let us not be confused with terminologies and labels. Rather, let us remain focused in upholding our rights and dignity.
May the God who inspires our mothers and fathers to ensure our survival today teach us to ensure the survival of the next generation.


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Palestinian medical sources in the Gaza Strip reported on Wednesday evening that four Palestinians were killed and nine others were wounded after the Egyptian security forces sprayed a border tunnel with Gas. The sources identified the slain residents as Mohammad Abu Jamous, 25, his brother Osama, 22, Khaled Al Ramly, 20, and Nidal Al Jady, 20, while nine residents were wounded.
The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza confirmed that the four were killed after the Egyptian border police sprayed a tunnel with toxins, and denied reports that the tunnel was detonated leading to the death and injury of the residents.
Adham Abu Salima, media correspondent of the Military Medical Services in Gaza, slammed the Egyptian Authority and stated that this act violates the International Law and the basic principles of human rights.
Abu Salima added that instead of being part of the siege on Gaza, Egypt must act to open all border crossings and allow the entry of the urgently needed medical equipment and medications.
He also stated that Egypt must allow the patients to be able to enter the country for medical treatment, and should allow the entry of basic supplies into the coastal region.
The Egyptian authorities stated a wide campaign against all siege-busting tunnels in the Gaza Strip, detonated several tunnels and sprayed other tunnels with toxins and with waste-water.

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Just after six in the morning, the moon still hanging in the sky with the sun rising in the East, the three of them, father and son, Jubal in the middle, took off in Randall’s pickup truck headed for the “super secret fishing spot,” as Randall called it. They looked like an advertisement for Bass Pro Shop.
Randall was not a talker. He was prickly, easily agitated and had not mellowed in his 60s. Wayne made the decision before he arrived that he would not initiate a conversation unless the moment absolutely presented itself. In the past, idle chatter when they were together only resulted in more prolonged periods of silence. It was better to speak only when spoken to.
However, after a few miles of driving, Wayne seized on a topic he felt might have traction. “Where’d you get Jubal?” he said.
The dog pricked his ears and looked at Wayne, his tongue hanging out.
“That’s a long haul for a dog,” Wayne said.
Wayne stared out the window. Log homes sat off the road, hemmed in by thick woods suggesting a rugged, frontier lifestyle, but these houses started at $400,000 and were designed with every amenity found in civilization. “What’s the mix?” Wayne said.
“He looks like a dingo,” Wayne said.
“Well, if he’s wild, he’s got to be some kind of mix,” Wayne said.


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Historically, HR may do a paper-based exit interview when an employee leaves the organization in order to investigate employee turnover in a qualitative way. An HRMS gives you more in-depth data analysis if you can identify key data elements to capture as an employee is exiting. Further, an HRMS can provide or integrate self-service functionality to enable a former employee to complete an exit survey online later, as often more clarity can be gained once an employee has left.
Does a line manager or HR know what company property is held by an employee? While a laptop or corporate credit card may be obvious, what about home broadband, conference lines or any specialized equipment? Tracking such items in the HRMS allows for easy identification of them, and subsequent retrieval or cancellation of such services.
Often, managers know of candidates internally who can replace an employee. Many times, however, there is a great internal resource who works in another department and is unknown to the line manager. Here is where your HRMS can really shine! If you are tracking education and skills, it’s only a matter to compare the prior incumbent’s profile with existing employees to mine the data and find ‘hidden’ candidates. Pain free recruitment is the perfect tonic for employee turnover issues.
If you store skills, certifications and training completed in your Learning Management modules of your HRMS, it becomes quite easy to see where gaps exist in the knowledge held by the former employee and the newly hired replacement. It is then possible to proactively create a training plan rather than waiting for such gaps to be noticed via on the job performance.
HRMS vendors continue to create new offerings and improve their products. Many of these innovations focus on employee management so be sure to stay up-to-date on the latest HRMS products with the HRMS Software Guide.


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Mikel Prieto, M.D., has clinical and research interests in kidney and pancreas transplantation in adults and kidney transplantation in children. He is also interested in the evaluation and surgery of living kidney donors. Specifically, Dr. Prieto studies methods to maximize living donation and pre-emptive kidney transplantation.
Paired kidney donation. Some transplant candidates have a potential donor or donors that are either incompatible or unsuitable for them. In this context, paired kidney donation offers the option of exchanging kidney donors so that every recipient receives a suitable kidney. The logistics and factors determining these processes are still under development and research.
Pre-emptive kidney transplantation. Most patients with kidney disease get transplanted too late — frequently after months or years on dialysis. Mayo Clinic is uniquely able to transplant many patients with a living donor before they reach the need for dialysis. Dr. Prieto's research focuses on how to offer this option to an increasing number of patients.
Laparoscopic nephrectomy for polycystic kidney disease. Patients with autosomal dominant polycystic kidney disease (ADPKD) frequently present an additional challenge to the transplant surgeon. The size and symptoms associated with large ADPKD kidneys may require a simultaneous or sequential bilateral nephrectomy. Dr. Prieto addresses this challenge with a multidisciplinary team focused on providing the best individualized care for each patient.
Dr. Prieto's goal is to maximize the number of patients who are able to receive a successful kidney transplant from a living donor. Given the present organ shortage, the option of a living-donor transplant represents the best opportunity for patients with end-stage kidney disease to return to a full productive life and expect good long-term outcomes.


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According to our database1, Jayadev Misra authored at least 92 papers between 1975 and 2017.
IEEE Fellow 1992, "For contributions to the algorithms and theory of distributed computing.".
Mapping among the nodes of infinite trees: A variation of Kőnig's infinity lemma.
A Denotational Semantic Theory of Concurrent Systems.
A personal perspective on concurrency.
A secure voting scheme based on rational self-interest.
Virtual Time and Timeout in Client-Server Networks - (Extended Abstract).
Quicksort: Combining Concurrency, Recursion, and Mutable Data Structures.
Preface to special issue on software verification.
A timed semantics of Orc.
Simulation, Orchestration and Logical Clocks.
A Language for Task Orchestration and Its Semantic Properties.
Verified Software: Theories, Tools, Experiments Vision of a Grand Challenge Project.
Active and Concurrent Topology Maintenance.
A Programming Model for the Orchestration of Web Services.
Brief announcement: concurrent maintenance of rings.
Derivation of a parallel string matching algorithm.
A Simple, Object-Based View of Multiprogramming.
In memoriam: Edsger W. Dijkstra 1930-2002.
A Theory of Hints in Model Checking.
The Case against a Grand Unification Theory.
Orchestrating Computations on the World-Wide Web.
Designing a Calculational Proof of Cantor's Theorem.
A walk over the shortest path: Dijkstra's Algorithm viewed as fixed-point computation.
A Programming Model for Wide-Area Computing.
Toward a theory of maximally concurrent programs (shortened version).
Object-Oriented Programming for Wide-Area Computing.
An Object Model for Multiprogramming.
Seuss: What the Doctor Ordered.
Proof of a Real-Time Mutual-Exclusion Algorithm.
Powerlist: A Structure for Parallel Recursion.
A Constructive Proof of Vizing's Theorem.
A Perspective on Parallel Program Design.
Specifying Concurrent Objects as Communicating Processes.
A Simple Proof of a Simple Consensus Algorithm.
Equational Reasoning About Nondeterministic Processes.
Specifications of Concurrently Accessed Data.
Parallel program design - a foundation.
A Message-Based Approach to Discrete-Event Simulation.
Parallelism and Programming: A Perspective.
An Example of Stepwise Refinement of Distributed Programs: Quiescence Detection.
Axioms for Memory Access in Asynchronous Hardware Systems.
Detecting Termination of Distributed Computations Using Markers.
A Distributed Graph Algorithm: Knot Detection.
Termination Detection of Diffusing Computations in Communicating Sequential Processes.
Distributed Computation on Graphs: Shortest Path Algorithms.
Proving Safety and Liveness of Communicating Processes with Examples.
A Distributed Algorithm for Detecting Resource Deadlocks in Distributed Systems.
The use of performance models in systematic design.
Proofs of Networks of Processes.
An Exercise in Program Explanation.
Asynchronous Distributed Simulation via a Sequence of Parallel Computations.
A Computer Modeling System Based on a User-Extensible Modeling Library.
Distributed Simulation: A Case Study in Design and Verification of Distributed Programs.
Space-Time Trade Off in Implementing Certain Set Operations.
Deadlock Absence Proofs for Networks of Communicating Processes.
Some Aspects of the Verification of Loop Computations.
An Approach to Formal Definitions and Proofs of Programming Principles.
A Technique of Algorithm Construction on Sequences.
A Linear Sieve Algorithm for Finding Prime Numbers.
A nontrivial example of concurrent processing: Distributed simulation.
Prospects and Limitations of Automatic Assertion Generation for Loop Programs.
A Linear Tree Partitioning Algorithm.
Some Classes of Naturally Provable Programs.
A principle of algorithm design on limited problem domain.
Remark on "Algorithm 246: Graycode [Z]".
Optimal Chain Partitions of Trees.


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This past weekend I had the pleasure to discover the Gravel Bar Winery portfolio of wines from their Washington winery over a wonderful dinner at the Semiahmoo Resort-Golf-Spa.
Canapes were served at the reception along with the Gravel Bar Pinot Gris and the Chicken liver mousse and Pork belly with jalapeño marmalade.
A 5 course sit down dinner then followed paired with these fine wines.
Truffle White Bean Soup; Paired with Gravel Bar 2014 Chardonnay; a beautiful pairing.
Riesling poached Salish Sea Sable fish, paired with 2015 Gravel Bar Riesling, this was my favourite dish and pairing of the night, loved the flavours of the fish with the paprika potatoes.
Beet Tartare with mustard notes paired with 2014 Alluvial red by Gravel Bar Winery, this was the vegetarian dish that I enjoyed for this course.
Pesto Linguine with goat cheese and asparagus paired with Gravel Bar red mountain reserve, this was the vegetarian dish that I enjoyed for this course.
Goats Milk caramel Cajeta shortbread with Creme frache ice cream paired with Pacific Oasis Riesling.
Joshua Maloney, Winemaker along with other principles from the winery were in attendance welcoming everyone and educating us all on each of their wines that were presented and paired during this dinner.
Semiahmoo Resort-Golf-Spa features their winemakers dinners monthly, the resort is located at 9565 Semiahmoo Pkwy in Blaine, WA.

industry_corpus2: Hospitality & Catering


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Posted on April 7, 2015 April 7, 2015 by Life in the Wylde West	This entry was posted in health and diet. Bookmark the permalink.
I tried to read your new squarespace blog. But it wouldn’t let me log in. I tried to join, and I googled how to join to read blogs but I couldn’t figure it out. I’ll keep trying to read your blog!!
gosh learning really is hard. hum. I tied two other ways.
Kate! you’re so smart. I have no idea how to put other blog sites in my WP reader? Well, I won’t be using the WP reader so much more. I get emails when you post:) I’m glad you will still follow me. That makes me happy.
Today I would like to nominate my blogging friend Tracie over at Life in the Wylde West. This is her new blog…I’m so excited to see where she goes with this. Tracie is also my cosmic twin. Though we have never met, we have so many parallels in our lives, it’s almost scary (but in a good way of course). She is so very talented, photography, film-making, stories…I sure hope I’m not adding too much to her already busy life.


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• Fe, P and dust additions could stimulate N2 fixation of Trichodesmium.
• Novel nutrient acquisition strategies have been discovered for Trichodesmium.
• Fe could be the ultimate limiting factor for N2 fixation.
• Ocean acidification may be beneficial for N2 fixation of Trichodesmium.
• Ocean warming may not play an important role in N2 fixation of Trichodesmium.
Biological dinitrogen (N2) fixation by diazotrophic cyanobacteria has great biogeochemical implications in nitrogen (N) cycling in the ocean as this process represents the major source of new N input to the oceans, thereby controlling the marine primary productivity. Numerous factors can affect the extent of N2 fixation. A better understanding of the major environmental and nutrient factors governing this process is highly required. Iron (Fe) and/or phosphorus (P) are thought to be limiting factors in most oceanic regions. Special attention has been given in the present study to evaluate the effects of mineral dust deposition which is believed to stimulate N2 fixation as it increases the availability of both Fe and P. Through three laboratory bioassays (+Fe, +P, +Dust) via incubation experiments performed on Trichodesmium IMS101, we found that each addition of Fe, P or desert dust could stimulate the growth and N2 fixation of Trichodesmium IMS101. Several adaptive nutrient utilization strategies were observed, such as a Fe luxury uptake mechanism, a P-sparing effect and colony formation. In addition, during a field study using natural phytoplankton assemblages from the temperate Northeast Atlantic Ocean the critical role of dissolved Fe (DFe) was again highlighted by the remarkably enhanced N2 fixation rate observed after the addition of DFe under low temperature and P-depleted conditions. At the time of our study no Trichodesmium filaments were found in the studied region, the diazotrophic community was dominated by unicellular cyanobacteria symbiont (prymnesiophyte-UCYN-A1) and heterotrophic diazotrophs, therefore demonstrating that DFe could as well be the ultimate factor limiting N2 fixation of these smaller diazotrophs. Recently, the effects of ongoing climate change (ocean warming and acidification) on N2 fixation drew much attention, but various studies led to controversial conclusions. Semi-continuous dilution growth experiments were conducted on Trichodesmium IMS101 under present-day and future high pCO2 (400 and 800 µatm, respectively) and warming seawater (24 and 28 °C) conditions. The results indicate that higher pCO2 and therefore ocean acidification may be beneficial for Trichodesmium growth and N2 fixation. However, our observations suggest that Fe or P limitation in oligotrophic seawaters may offset the stimulation induced on Trichodesmium IMS101 resulting from ocean acidification. In contrast, ocean warming may not play an important role in Trichodesmium growth and N2 fixation with a 4 °C increase from 24 °C to 28 °C. Nevertheless, ocean warming is predicted to cause a shift in the geographical distribution of Trichodesmium species toward higher latitudes, extending its niche to subtropical ocean regions and potentially reducing its coverage in tropical ocean basins.
Li X., Fonseca-Batista D., Roevros N., Dehairs F. & Chou L., in press. Environmental and nutrient controls of marine nitrogen fixation. Progress in Oceanography. Article (subscription required).

industry_corpus2: Water Resources & Marine


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PARIS – French children go to school four days a week. They have about two hours each day for lunch. And they have more vacation than their counterparts almost anywhere in the West.
It may sound a bit like the famously leisurely work pace enjoyed by their parents, most of whom work 35 hours per week as dictated by law.
But the nation's new government says elementary school kids risk classroom burnout, and is moving to help them cope. The issue: French school days may be relatively few, but they are at least as long as a day of work for adults. Even 6-year-olds are in class until late into the afternoon, when skies are dark, attention flags and stomachs rumble.
As a candidate, President Francois Hollande promised to change things by adding a fifth day of classes on Wednesday while shortening the school day. For France, it's something of a revolutionary idea that would overturn more than a century of school tradition. The thinking is that the days are too full for young children under the current system and that Wednesday free time could be put to more productive use.
"France has the shortest school year and the longest day," Hollande said at the time, promising change.
His education minister, Vincent Peillon, will decide this month how to carry out the reform. He has said he may also compensate for a shorter school day by trimming France's sacred summer vacation. A panel of experts will present their conclusions on Friday, and the president is expected to address the issue on Tuesday.
No proposal affects tradition — and potentially family and municipal budgets — as much as what the French call changes to the "scholastic rhythms."
There's been a midweek break in French primary schools dating back to the 19th century, a government concession to the Roman Catholic Church, which wanted children to study the catechism on their weekday off. In today's secular France, Wednesdays currently are a blur of sports, music, tutoring for families of means, or a scramble for working parents struggling to get by — who must either find a sitter or send their kids to a full day at a state-run "leisure center."
Things aren't exactly easy for French kids.
Despite long summer breaks and the four-day school week, French elementary school students actually spend more hours per year in school than average — 847, compared with 774 among countries in OECD, a club of wealthy nations. But the time is compressed into fewer days each year. The French school day begins around 8:30 and ends at 4:30 p.m., even for the youngest, despite studies showing the ability of young children to learn deteriorates as the day goes on.
But many parents are afraid that the changes will force them to figure out extra childcare five days a week, especially at schools where the afterschool program amounts to sitting silently at a desk for two hours or near-chaos in the play areas. Under the education proposal, school would end at lunchtime on Wednesday.
"It's completely unrealistic," Valerie Marty, president of the national parents' organization, said of the proposed timetable. "They have to figure out who will take care of the children after school, who will finance it."
In France, the answer is usually the government.
The state is expected to provide for just about everything education-related: Classes come under the national budget, and lunches and leisure are the domain of municipalities. So if school lets out most days at 3:30 p.m., under the plan most recently floated, more working parents than ever would need afterschool care — and towns would have to figure out what to do with restless children. That would almost certainly involve something more constructive than sitting quietly at desks, kicking around a ball, or playing cards until the evening when parents get out of work.
The Education Ministry has proposed more organized extracurricular activities like sports, theater and art to replace the relatively free form time children now have after school. But that means trained staff and, of course, more money from local budgets already strained in difficult economic times.
Marty, who has three children, proposes something entirely different: lengthening lunch to three hours.
"After a meal, children have a moment when they're tired. They're not ready for intellectual activities and could do something more relaxing," she said, suggesting theater, or quiet time in a library for others. Afterward, she said, classes could resume until evening.
Trimming the hallowed summer break is another tricky proposition. The school year ends at the beginning of July. Some families take July off, some August. But nearly everyone takes a month, and many French families travel for the entire period.
Peillon said he was flexible about vacation time: "If the question of vacation is blocking things, I'll propose that the prime minister leave it alone."
Eric Charbonnier, an OECD education expert supports the proposed changes. He believes the current system isn't working for the children most in need of a good education.
"A schedule with long days and lots of vacation is not one that will help the students who are having problems," he said.
Peter Gumbel, a British journalist who has lived in France since 2002 and written a book about the country's education system, said the length of the school day is only part of the problem. He says that French schooling is outmoded, dull and grinding. His take is clear from his book's title: "They Shoot Schoolchildren, Don't They?"
"You have to tackle head-on the fundamental questions of the classroom," he said, citing "the sheer heaviness of the national curriculum, the enormous amount of hours, the enormous amount of unbroken attention required, and the sheer boredom and tiredness."


text: MacNEIL (Montrose) Peacefully, at home, surrounded by his family, on Tuesday, November 6, 2018, Dr. Donald MacNeil MBChB, aged 89 years, beloved husband of the late Nancy, very much loved dad of Shona, Alyson and Elaine, a dear father-in-law, brother and an adored grandad and great-grandad. Funeral service at Parkgrove Crematorium, Friockheim, on Friday, November 16, at 12:30 p.m., to which all relatives and friends are respectfully invited. Family flowers only, please. Donations in lieu, if desired, may be made towards R.N.L.I. (Montrose) and Marie Curie Nurses.


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Véa is a new snack portfolio from Mondelēz International that delivers real ingredients in unique combinations crafted from globally-inspired recipes.
This snack combines ingredients like sweet potato, butternut squash and quinoa. Véa provides a wholesome snack for those interested in discovering something new. The entire Véa portfolio contains no artificial colors or flavours, and is non-GMO Project Verified.
Véa is available in three formats and six different recipes. Véa Seed Crackers are available in Greek hummus with olive oil flavour with chickpeas and sunflower seeds. The Mexican garden herbs variety has ingredients such as sunflower seeds, black beans and herbs. Véa World Crisps are available in Tuscan herbs with roasted garlic flavour and makes use of pearl barley. The Andean quinoa and spices variety uses quinoa sourced from the Andes and cayenne pepper. Véa Mini Crunch Bars come in Thai coconut flavour with ingredients such as coconut and sweet potato. The Peruvian sweet potato variety contains sweet potatoes sourced from Peru and brown rice.
The Véa portfolio is available in a 1.7 oz. bag, a 5 oz. bag, a 20 oz. bag and a 12x1.2 oz. carton.


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We are leading the way in innovation in Oakland, Berkeley, Alameda and other East Bay cities with our environmental-friendly practices. An increasingly large percentage of our vehicles administer an environmentally sensitive alternative to commonly used fuels, called Compressed Natural Gas (CNG). Since CNG is lighter than air, it disperses quickly when leaked or spilled. This is just one of the ways we are doing our part in helping Oakland and other cities meet ambitious targets for a cleaner and greener community.
Friendly Cab is currently renovating our headquarters to create make a more positive impact in our East Oakland neighborhood. Recycled water is already being used for our car-washing facility, and upgraded buildings will improve energy efficiency, reduce waste, and promote the use of public transportation and bicycles by our employees. Our facility will have a pleasant, attractive, and high-quality street presence, improving our neighborhood and its businesses as well as the global environment. Construction is underway.
One of Friendly Cab's most important initiatives in 2009 is the launch of a hybrid taxi fleet. These greener vehicles will not only lower our emissions but create visibility and buzz around hybrid car ownership in the East Bay. As a leader in taxi technology and transportation efficiency, we hope that taxi companies worldwide will follow our initiatives to help make the environment cleaner and safer for generations to come.

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VIRGINIA BEACH, Virginia, May 24, 2018 – RE/MAX Alliance has made a difference in Virginia Beach and the overall Hampton Roads community by receiving the Miracle Office designation by fundraising over $166,000. Primary funds are generated by the Miracle Home and Miracle Property programs, RE/MAX Associates can make a donation to Children’s Miracle Network Hospitals® after each residential and commercial transaction that the company has streamlined to make it an easy process for their agents. All donations benefit Virginia’s only free-standing children’s hospital, Children’s Hospital of The King’s Daughters (CHKD), the local CMN Hospital. Miracle Office is a designation awarded exclusively to RE/MAX brokerages through their national partnership with the Children’s Miracle Network organization. The Virginia Beach office has successfully achieved this designation for 22 years, ever since the launch of the Miracle Home program and partnership. This office is to join just two other offices total with this privileged designation for 2018.
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text: Sure, you could just use the cord that comes with your phone. But is that cord rainbow colored? Is that cord five feet long? Will that cord teach you the value of friendship? This one won't do that either, but it is rainbow colored and five feet long! And it'll keep your phone charged so you can talk to your friends 24/7, so who knows? Maybe it will teach you something about friendship.

industry_corpus2: Computing & Telecommunications


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Fast trains from Eastbourne to Gatwick Airport take around 50 minutes, covering a distance of approximately 53 kilometres. There are frequent services on the rail route between Eastbourne and Gatwick Airport.
1. Are there direct trains from Eastbourne to Gatwick Airport?
Direct trains from Eastbourne to Gatwick Airport have been found.
We usually find around 65 direct trains on the route from Eastbourne to Gatwick Airport every weekday.
2. How long is the train journey from Eastbourne to Gatwick Airport?
The Eastbourne to Gatwick Airport train travel time is normally about 50 minutes, whatever time you make the journey.
3. What are the Eastbourne to Gatwick Airport train times and schedule?
On weekdays the earliest direct train to Gatwick Airport is usually scheduled to depart Eastbourne around 04:49 and the last train is around 22:25. At weekends the first train of the day leaves Eastbourne around 05:02, and the last at 21:25.
What's the Eastbourne to Gatwick Airport train price?
The earlier you book the better, and the cheapest tickets we've found for trains from Eastbourne to Gatwick Airport are $6.54.
When to book Eastbourne to Gatwick Airport train tickets?
Trains in the UK usually open for booking around 3 months in advance. If booking is not yet open for your dates then you can set a booking alert to receive an email on the day that the cheapest tickets are released for your journey from Eastbourne to Gatwick Airport by train.
Which train companies operate between Eastbourne and Gatwick Airport?
Southern is the train company that operates on the route from Eastbourne to Gatwick Airport.


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The average maximum daily temperature — 30°C in August. Average maximum night temperature — 19.2°C in August. The average minimum daily temperature — 7.1°C in January. The average minimum night temperature — 2.8°C in January.
Average maximum temperature of the water — 25.9°C fixed in August. The average minimum temperature of the water — 9.1°C fixed in February.
Maximum precipitation — 133.2 mm It was recorded In November. Minimum precipitation — 54.1 mm It was recorded in August.


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General Motors (GM) sold 3.65 million vehicles last year in China, which retained the title of the biggest market for the leading U.S. auto maker.
GM released its 2018 year-end report on Wednesday, saying that in the midst of a softening auto market in China, it delivered 3,645,044 vehicles there, down 9.8 percent year on year.
Still, it sold more units in China in 2018 than its home market, where GM delivered nearly 3 million vehicles.
Cadillac deliveries in China surpassed 200,000 units, rising 17.2 percent for the year, while the brand's global sales increased 7.2 percent.
Through Dec. 31, 2018, the company sold 8.4 million vehicles globally, 12.7 less than the previous year.
GM reported a net revenue of 147 billion dollars in 2018, with a net profit at 8.1 billion, 2.35 percent more than the previous year.
The auto maker contributed the results to strong pricing and surging crossover sales.
Meanwhile, GM Financial generated 2018 full-year earnings before tax of 1.9 billion dollars, up 58.3 percent compared with 2017.
"We navigated significant headwinds in 2018 to deliver another year of strong results, demonstrating the earnings resiliency of this company," said GM's Chief Financial Officer Dhivya Suryadevara.
General Motors (GM) sold 3.65 million vehicles last year in China, which retained the title of the biggest market for the leading U.S. auto maker.


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There are 2 types of photos in the world – Pre-Photoshopped and Post-Photoshopped!
I don’t quite understand the need or obsession to use Photoshop on every single photo; in fact, I actually like the raw and unexpected outcome of old-school cameras that use film. That’s why I also collect Lomos and Polariods – you can try your best to get a good photo but there’s no way you can reverse or change the final result (unless you do something with the film when you are developing it).
Nonetheless, since we have been experiencing an intensive rainy season in Hong Kong for the longest time I can remember this year, Photoshop sometimes really comes in handy! For example, for this set of photos, it was pouring with rain and there was very little natural sunlight; however, with some Photoshop skills (mainly adjusting the brightness and moving the bar on the colour saturation… :p), the photos don’t seem that dull or “grey” anymore. Yay!
There’s a popcorn shop called Garrett Popcorn in the IFC mall in Central, Hong Kong and I have been a loyal customer of theirs since the day they opened! Getting a bag of their Chicago Mix (Caramel & Cheese) popcorn has always been a good cure for any kind of miserable day – so I grabbed a bag to cheer me up! Do you think replacing your clutch or handbag with a bag of cheerful and tasty popcorn could become a new trend?!