Think Cloud When You Think Digital Transformation
BoatyardX’s approach to the cloud uses scalable, flexible Kubernetes technology. For businesses undergoing digital transforming, it is the wisest strategy.
Digital transformation is not new. We have been talking about it for at least 15 years and many organisations have already completed the process. But we are now entering a new phase where the need to transform has been heightened by the impact of Covid-19.
Client initiatives the company has worked on recently have involved the sudden requirement to integrate at scale to third party platforms, providing large analytics solutions and building out new eCommerce channels. All have required the ability to respond quickly to large increases in traffic and computational needs.
Companies which had already begun their transformation journeys are at an advantage. “In our case, BoatyardX is part of a group of companies with teams and clients distributed around Europe, the USA and Canada. The change to working from home and serving clients had no impact on us because we were already set up to manage that,” Darkin says.
That flexibility was thanks to BoatyardX’s commitment to the cloud. “Companies that hadn’t started their cloud journey had to rush to put the infrastructure in place. The lesson for businesses which hadn’t started is to look at those who had managed to keep going with no disruptions,” he says.
While the cloud is central to digital transformation, companies need to be cautious. Rushing into what may appear to be an alluring offer from a cost point of view may not in fact be so inexpensive in reality.
“It is getting a lot cheaper to move to the cloud,” Darkin says. “You can do it with very few upfront costs and those costs are coming down all the time. But people need to be aware of the total cost over time. Some cloud companies will provide significant amounts of free credit that can be hugely beneficial for a company, but it is important to be aware of the potential to become locked in to the provider and take steps to avoid this .”
With many providers to choose from, some of the bigger names include Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft and Google. “There are lots of different reasons to go with one or the other. Do you double down on one or do you go with multiple cloud providers is the question,” Darkin says.
“A lot of large companies including banks, for example, opt for the multiple cloud option. Start-ups tend to go with one cloud at the beginning, but they might want to move to another provider when the free credit runs out, only to find they are locked in.”
This is why he recommends a cloud-neutral strategy. “We don’t tie our customers down to any particular cloud.”
BoatyardX can do this thanks to a technology called Kubernetes. It is an open-source system for managing applications across multiple hosts including different cloud services and physical data centres. It provides mechanisms for the deployment, maintenance, and scaling of applications in the cloud.
Kubernetes is the future
“Kubernetes came out of Google but is now an open-source platform for managing the cloud environment and applications running in it,” Darkin explains. “Our proposition allows firms to get up on the cloud on Kubernetes infrastructure very, very quickly, with no licence and no tie in. It has seen massive adoption in the enterprise space.”
The beauty of Kubernetes is that it makes applications truly portable and almost infinitely scalable. Applications will run anywhere, meaning that companies can move them from cloud to cloud, or even have them running on two or three clouds at once – or indeed in a data centre.
This latter point is important for certain sectors, he says. “If a company has customers in financial services, they may want to run their software on their own infrastructure for security and other reasons. Kubernetes means it can go from the cloud to the data centre with no difficulty.”
Scalability is also vitally important. “A customer of ours in the entertainment business needs scale to cope with massive spikes in traffic during sports events,” he points out.
“That’s vertical scaling. Horizontal scaling, on the other hand, caters for growth in customer numbers and may be more gradual. Using Kubernetes, companies don’t have to worry about capacity limits. Kubernetes also gives companies the ability to outsource lots of the technical complexity to a partner like BoatyardX while they focus on building their product.”
He explains that customers can still build their own applications and only use BoatyardX for the complex areas. “The Twelve-Factor App methodology is the industry standard for building software-as-a-service applications (SaaS). If they use that methodology the application will sit on Kubernetes with no difficulty. They can build the product and then partner with BoatyardX to handle all the complexity.”
BoatyardX can also look after the security aspects. “This has been an increasing concern and that has been heightened by Covid-19. There are more bad actors out there trying to exploit the vulnerabilities created by remote working,” Darkin says.
“If you start building an application from ground zero you have to build the security controls yourself and do the testing and so on. We have done all that with our reference architecture which has been benchmarked against the Centre for Internet Security (CIS) industry standard. When a client comes to us they are getting all those security controls from day one.”
Kubernetes continues to evolve. “Lots of other capabilities are being packaged in terms of monitoring, search, and caching. These are the plumbing and pipework for the cloud and the open-source route offers a much more flexible platform,” Darkin says.
“There are going to be more and more digital platforms and how you acquire and engage customers on those will be key success factors in the future. You need to be match fit to be able to connect into platforms that exist now and will come in the future. That’s why it’s so important to have a flexible cloud partner,” Darkin says.
While the future may be uncertain, Kubernetes has stood the test of time. “Its technology stack has been battle-tested over time and has won the contest to become the cloud operating system of choice,” Darkin says. “At BoatyardX we’re doubling down on Kubernetes to ensure our clients get the maximum benefit from its deployment.”
This article was first published in the Irish Times.
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As expected, the special showing of Napoleon at New York's Radio City Music Hall was one of the most spectacular movie events in recent memory. Like Tolstoy's "War and Peace," Abel Gance's 1927 film is one of those obligatory masterpieces that succeed on every level, including sheer entertainment. The similarities end there; Gance's views of napoleon -- and war, and peace -- are decidedly un-Tolstoyan. But a more exuberantly romantic fling doesn't exist in the world of cinema. Let's hope Carmine Coppola's rousing new symphonic score is soon recorded directly onto prints of the film (reconstructed to about four hours by motion-picture scholar Kevin Brownlow) so its renewed glory will be readily available in theaters everywhere.
It can be invigorating to find new uses for traditional equipment. The other night I attended a recital by La Monte Young, who has his own way of tuning a piano, based on "rational numbers" instead of the usual tempered scale. As his solo improvisation ("The Well-Tuned Piano") develops for more than four hours, nonstop, the sonic overtones take on whole new configurations. In the most striking and celebrated effect, there are times when you can actually "hear" various instruments of the orchestra, notably horns and flutes.
I suspect a similar instinct motivates filmmaker Ken Jacobs, who also likes to find new vlues in old objects and procedures. Long interested in 3-D, he has invented a method whereby two projectors are aimed at the same screen, showing the same film, and Jacobs operates them in quick alternation. This is called the Ken Jacobs Nervous System, and it's supposed to provide an illusion of depth , even to a spectator watching with one eye.
Jacobs recently brought his gear to the Cineprobe series at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, where the projection booth proved inhospitable, and the Nervous System broke down. Prepared for anything, Jacobs immediately flung another film onto the screen, shown in the ordinary way. It turned out to be "Urban Peasants," a randomly edited compilation of home-movie footage shot by a relative of Jacobs, preceded and followed by excerpts from a phonograph record called "Instant Yiddish.
AS Jacobs acknowledges, this stuff is "just barely art," despite the charm and nostalgia of its images. But it casts light on Jacob's perennial preoccupation: Instead of making lots of new films, he wants to "mine" films that already exist, probing them for new "information" by showing them in radically new ways. This can mean showing home movies at the Museum of Modern Art. Or recycling Jacob's favorite raw material -- a 1905 film called "Tom, Tom , the Piper's Son "that may have been shot by the great cameraman Billy Bitzer -- through the two-projector Nervous System.
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Former smokers relying on vapor products to satiate their nicotine cravings are criticizing an attempt to ban public vaping in Hartford, Conn.
City Councilman Larry Deutsch proposed the crack down Wednesday, which would also raise the legal purchasing age in the city from 18 to 21. The proposal is frustrating former smokers who have ditched the deadly habit, arguing the city is punishing vapers for making a health conscious choice, reports the Hartford Courant.
Deutsch sent the proposal to the council’s health committee for further review, which he hopes will bring it forward for a vote sometime this summer. It would amend the city’s ordinance governing tobacco products to include nicotine devices like e-cigarettes. While he says the move is about preventing youth use of the products, critics argue the restrictions will undermine public health in the city. (RELATED: A Majority Of Adults Still Falsely Believe Nicotine Fuels Tobacco Cancer)
“It makes no sense,” Javier Llantin-Cruz, a 21-year-old resident who quit smoking with a vape, told the Hartford Courant. “You can’t get secondhand smoke from vaping … And it’s a good thing to get into, because it’s healthier. I just don’t see why they’re trying to ban it.”
Vaping largely eliminates the harms from conventional cigarettes because 95 percent of the carcinogens that cause tobacco-related illnesses are released through combustion, according to Public Health England. E-cigarettes simply heat liquid nicotine, creating an aerosol vapor.
Vape shop workers in Hartford, who note they adhere to age restrictions on vapor products, are calling the proposal “preposterous.” They argue they are simply serving adults in the community looking for an alternative to combustible cigarettes.
Vape advocates also say the ban will force them back into smoking areas, negating the harm reduction benefits of quitting combustible cigarettes.
“There is no logical reason to ban using a product that’s been proven to be safer than smoking cigarettes in a public place,” Michael Boyea, manager at Songbirds Vape and Smoke, told the Hartford Courant. “When it comes to any of these products, it’s helping people get away from something that is proven to kill them.”
Research published in the Journal of Aerosol Science in January shows that chemical levels in the vapor released from e-cigarettes are well below the safety limits suggested by both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and the World Health Organization, posing no secondhand risk. The study also determined that vaping is statistically 5,700 times less harmful to users than combustible cigarettes, drastically reducing the risk of developing smoking related illnesses.
Advocates of smoking alternatives say alarmism over vaping misses the larger point about e-cigarettes, namely that they are a harm reduction tool helping millions of smokers quit worldwide.
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In 2018, The Ohio State University embarked on a new initiative to combat the opioid and substance misuse epidemic that is plaguing the state. Initially, our group worked with 9 counties to implement the PROSPER delivery system, an evidence-based model that has proven successful for nearly two decades in eight states across the country, originating from Iowa State University.
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For more than 100 years Ohio State University Extension has worked throughout every county in Ohio to promote strong and healthy communities and families, focusing on critical leadership, youth, family and environmental issues. One increasingly critical issue facing Ohio is the opioid and substance misuse epidemic. In January 2017, OSU Extension held A Campus Conversation on the Opioid Crisis to develop a plan to coordinate the efforts of the many organizations, colleges and programs working to address opioid addiction in communities across Ohio. It was there that the seeds of the Ohio Youth Resilience Collaborative were first planted. The next step was identifying collaborators within The Ohio State University and securing funding for the project.
In 2018, OSU Extension and the College of Food, Agriculture and Environmental Sciences received a grant from the United State Department of Agriculture’s National Institute of Food and Agriculture, the College of Public Health received a grant from the Ohio Department of Higher Education, and the College of Education and Human Ecology received a grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. Each of the grant recipients were tasked with providing education and resources to communities throughout Ohio to address the impacts of the opioid crisis, to strengthen youth and families, and to encourage them not to misuse medication or substances like illicit drugs or alcohol. The partners formed the group now called the Ohio Youth Resilience Collaborative, and began working together to implement evidence-based prevention programs in counties across the state. Our team’s mission has always been to strengthen communities, schools and families through programs and classes that emphasize education. Now, nearly five years later, the Ohio Youth Resilience Collaborative continues to expand to further our reach to Ohioans across the state.
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A year later when violent protests led to a government crackdown against the Tehreek-e-Labbaik (TLP), Pakistani government led by Prime Minister Imran Khan has lifted the ban on the radical Islamist group.
The end of the government’s prohibition of the radical Islamist group comes after reaching an agreement between the party and Prime Minister Imran Khan’s government that stated that TLP would call of its proposed march to the country’s capital, Islamabad. It must be noted that Saad Rizvi, the leader of the hard-line conservative party was arrested in the wake of the protests and charged under the anti-terrorism act.
The government’s agreement to lift the ban and to release Rizvi came as the piled up pressure from the radical group. Last week, Pakistani authorities released more than 1,000 detained members of the Islamist party.
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7th Pay Commission latest news: Good news for Haryana government employees as the government has issued orders for implementation of the revised House Rent Allowance (HRA) from August 1 as per the recommendations of the Seventh Pay Commission. State Finance Minister, Captain Abhimanyu said, "the state government has issued these orders under the compliance of Chief Minister Manohar Lal's announcement. He also said that revised HRA will be received by eligible government employees posted in various towns and cities.
The finance minister added: As per the revision, cities with a population over 50 lakh will be covered in category 'X'and employees in such cities would get minimum of 24 per cent or 5400 rupees as HRA. Cities with a population between 5 lakh and 50 lakh will be covered in category 'Y' and the employees posted in such cities will get a minimum of 16 per cent or Rs 3600 as HRA. Cities with a population less than 5 lakhs will be covered in the category 'Z' and the employees posted in such cities would get a minimum of 8 per cent or Rs.1800 as HRA.
He also added that TriCity Chandigarh, Panchkula and Mohali would be considered as a unit and they would be kept in the Y category.
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A project in Cyprus aims to reduce and reuse the waste produced by the construction industry – and in the process, help to create safer and better insulated buildings.
The method is technologically advanced – using robots and 3D cameras – and offers Cyprus the opportunity to join leading nations in the overhaul of how modern countries are made.
The Cyprus Mail spoke to Dr Demetris Nikolaides, associate professor at the civil engineering department of Frederick University, who is spearheading the movement.
He explained that construction and demolition waste (CDW) represents about one third of the total waste generated by the economy and households – but that there is a way to turn that waste into a value-added product.
“The majority of buildings constructed, mainly post-1974, are now almost 50 years old and the way in which they were made at the time – in a bit of a rush – means their quality is not great,” Nikolaides told us.
“We are now in a phase where either we have to demolish these buildings or renovate them – so at the moment there is a huge amount of construction and demolition waste being produced.”
And that is exactly what he aims to tackle, through the Defeat project: to cut down on the waste in landfills by instead turning rubble into reusable goods.
As he explained, legislation for the management of construction waste has been in place since 2011 but it lacks teeth and substance.
“But now there is pressure to recycle this material as the legislation has been beefed up,” he said.
But how does it work, and why are robots involved?
The goal is ‘material separation’: the rubble from a demolished building must be sorted into its various components – bricks, ceramics, metals, glass and so on.
The rubble is transported to a sorting facility on the island, which then goes through a type of conveyer belt – at which point the different types of materials are sorted according to their category.
Robotic arms, assisted by cameras and image identification, sift through the rubble and glean what can be reused.
And for the Defeat project, that mainly means bricks and ceramics – the materials which are otherwise heaped into a landfill.
“The final product will be fire-resistant and better insulated, meaning that new or existing buildings can be fitted with the finished material,” Nikolaides emphasised.
Up until now, the sector was largely producing the waste without properly processing it primarily because it added extra cost to their work – and instead they just dumped it.
“We have to ask: why are they not recycling? And the reason is that it’s an extra cost to their business – so they don’t do it,” Nikolaides said.
“But the idea now is to recycle the material and if it can be utilised for value-added goods, then the industry will have incentives to recycle – this is the principle of the Defeat project – we’re identifying which materials can have value added to them.”
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Bon Secours broke ground Tuesday on its $80 million Bon Secours Harbour View Hospital, which is expected to be completed in 2025.
The hospital will be 98,000 square feet and have a surgical focus, with 18 medical/surgical beds and up to four operating rooms. It will serve as an extension of other services on the Health Center at Harbour View campus, which has an emergency department, outpatient imaging, an ambulatory surgery center, outpatient lab services and physician practices.
“We are thrilled to break ground on our new Harbour View Hospital and celebrate this major milestone for our ministry and the northern Suffolk and western Hampton Roads communities,” Pat Davis-Hagens, market president of Bon Secours Hampton Roads, said in a statement. “This hospital will make a significant difference for the residents of Suffolk, who will be able to receive advanced surgical care in their own community. We look forward to continuing to expand access to quality, compassionate medical care for this community, now and well into the future.”
The new hospital will have a 15-bed emergency department, on-site lab services and imaging services in addition to the 18 beds and operating rooms.
Bon Secours first filed for a certificate of public need approval in 2018. The architect for the new hospital is Cincinnati, Ohio-based Champlin Architecture, and Richmond-based Hourigan Group is leading construction.


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With the five-point victory over Utah on Saturday, the Cougars are just one game away from the number one spot in the MWC latest standings. Utah, CSU and UNM are all currently tied for first place with identical 9-3 records. Wins at home this week can put BYU in a great position for next week's conference tournament in Las Vegas.
Last Week Wrap Up
It had been eight years since BYU had beaten Utah at the Huntsman Center, that record was broken last Saturday afternoon with the 46-41 win for the visiting Cougars. Sophomore Lisa Osguthorpe, from Orem, Utah came off the bench to led the BYU effort with a game-high 10 points and six rebounds in a very defensive low scoring contest. Jennifer Leitner topped the list in rebounds with a game-high 10 boards for the victorious Cougars.
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BYU fans can go to the internet for both Air Force and New Mexico games this week by clicking on www. kbyu.org/sports/wball. Chris Twitty will call both games. The BYU vs New Mexico game will be heard live on KSL Radio 1160 AM with Geoff Flynn and former BYU standout Amanda Covington Baker. KBYU-TV will also air the Cougars and Lobos game live. Play by play will be by Holly Rowe with Kim Free as the color analyst.
BYU Probable Starters
l 32 Lori Cuff - 6-1 F, Sr (7.3 ppg, 4.0 rpg)
l 35 Cady Williams - 5-11 F, Sr (11.5 ppg, 3.8 rpg)
l 33 Jill Adams - 6-3 C, Jr (13.2 ppg, 6.3 rpg)
l 11 Erin Thorn - 5-10 G, Fr (13.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg)
l 22 Stacy Jensen - 5-6 G, So (7.7 ppg, 2.7 rpg)
BYU Players Off The Bench
l 31 Lisa Osguthorpe - 6-0 F, So (4.4 ppg, 2.9 rpg)
l 21 Jennifer Leitner - 6-1 F, Fr (7.2 ppg, 5.7 rpg)
l 44 Caroline Beus - 6-1 C, Jr (2.7 ppg, 1.5 rpg)
l 05 Alisha Griffeth - 6-0 F, Sr (3.8 ppg, 1.4 rpg)
l 04 Renae Hansen - 5-11 G, Sr (1.8 ppg, .8 rpg)
l 00 April Hayes - 6-3 C, Jr (2.8 ppg, 1.9 rpg)
Cougar Quickie Stats - After 26 games
l Shooting from the field - .450 (625-1389)
l Shooting from the free-throw line - .719 (314-437)
l Shooting from the three-point arc - .363 (177-488)
l Averaging 69.6 points per game
l After averaging 21 turnovers in the first 11 games of the season, the Cougars are averaging 16.3 in the last ten games played.
l The Cougars have a 4-2 record when playing on Thursday and a 8-2 record when BYU plays on Saturday
l BYU has gone on a four-game winning streak and a six-game winning streak
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BYU Player Quick Facts - After 26 games
l Stacy Jensen had a career-high 30 points in the UNLV victory on 2/10/00
l The entire Cougar roster, minus injured Cady Williams, got some playing time and scored in the 98-81 win over UNLV on 2/10/00
l Jennifer Leitner had her first double-double of her career with 19 points and 10 rebounds in the 2/10/00 UNLV Cougar victory
l Jill Adams has scored in double figures in 17 of 20 games
l Erin Thorn has scored in double figures in 18 games to date
l Jill Adams has rebounded in double figures in four games
l Lisa Osguthorpe had her first double-double of her career against Air Force on 2/3/00, picking up 11 points and 11 boards
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BYU Team (12 Conf. Games Only - Top Five)
4 2nd in scoring offense - average 71.2 ppg (899 points)
4 4th in scoring margin - 71.2 off, 63.4 def +7.8 margin
4 1st in free throw percentage - .724 (168-232)
4 2nd in field goal percentage - .438 (303-691)
4 3rd in 3-point field goal percentage - .355 (81-228)
4 4th in 3-point field goal percentage defense - .345 (71-206)
4 4th in field goal percentage defense - .426 (274-643)
4 2nd in 3-point field goals made - average 7.36 (81)
4 1st in rebounding defense - average 33.2 (398)
4 1st in steals - average 10.83 (130)
4 3rd in assists - average 16.58 (199)
4 4th in blocked shots - average 3.00 (36)
4 2nd in offensive rebounds - average 13.92 (167)
4 1st in turnover margin - BYU 192, avg. 16.0, OPP 229, avg. 19.1, margin+3.08
BYU Players (12 Conf. Games Only - Top Five)
4 Erin Thorn - 4th in 3-point field goals made - average 2.83 (34)
4 Lori Cuff - 2nd in field goal percentage - .580 (47.81)
4 Stacy Jensen - 5th in free throw percentage - .791 (34-43)
4 Jennifer Lietner - 4th in offensive rebounds - 2.75 (33)
4 Jill Adams - 4th in blocked shots - average 1.17 (14)
4 Erin Thorn - 3rd in asst/turn ratio - (asst 42, 3.5 turn 23, 1.9 avg, ratio 1.93)
4 Stacy Jensen -4th in asst/turn ratio - (asst 43, 3.6/turn 28, 2.3avg, ratio 1.54)
4 Stacy Jensen - 4th in steals - average 2.50 (30)
Cougars In National Stats
4 Erin Thorn - 7th in 3PT FG Made Per Game - average 3.0 (65)
4 Erin Thorn - 22nd in 3PT FG PCT - 45.1 (65-144)
4 Brigham Young - 21st in 3PT FG PCT - 37.4 (164-438)
4 Brigham Young - 8th in 3PT FG Made Per Game - average 7.5 (164)
Scouting Air Force (Mar. 2, 5 p.m.)
This week the Air Force Academy is in eighth place in the MWC standings with a 1-11 record and 4-21 overall. In last week's games, the Falcons hosted CSU and Wyoming, losing both contests. Mollie Peters leads the Air Force in scoring with 13.8 points and 5.0 rebounds a game. Megan Thiedeman also scores in double figures with 13.2 points and 3.7 rebounds. Rozalyn Russ leads in the rebound category, grabbing an average of 6.0 rebounds per game. The Falcons are shooting 60.0 points a game while opponents are tallying 76.6 points. The Air Force shoots 35 percent from the field and 65 percent at the free-throw line.
Air Force Probable Starters
l 34 Samantha Clifton - 5-11 F, So (4.0 ppg,4.0 rpg)
l 35 Mollie Peters - 6-0 F, Sr (13.8 ppg, 5.0 rpg)
l 25 Rozalyn Russ - 5-8 G, So (9.9 ppg, 6.0 rpg)
l 33 Lindsay Payne - 5-11 G/F, Jr (2.9 ppg, 1.1 rpg)
l 11 Morgan Bennett - 5-9 G, Fr (6.1 ppg, 4.2 rpg)
Series Against Air Force
Series Record: 3-0 favoring the Cougars. During conference play earlier this year, BYU played in Ft. Collins wit the Cougars picking up the 93-64 victory. Five BYU players scored in double figures including Erin Thorn with 25, followed by Stacy Jensen and Jill Adams with 13 points a piece. Lisa Osguthorpe contributed 11 points with Jennifer Lietner coming off the bench for her 10 points.
Scouting New Mexico (Mar. 4, 4 p.m.)
The Lobos come to BYU's Marriott Center with a 18-7, 9-3 record and are tied for first place along with Utah and CSU in the MWC. On the road UNM has a 3-2 record in conference action. Their three conference losses have been twice to UNLV and to CSU. Two Lobos score in double figures to date. Miranda Sanchez tops the list with 12.0 points and 5.8 rebounds. Freshman Jordan Adams tallies 11.7 points and 4.6 rebounds. UNM averages 67.2 points and allow opponents 57.6 points a game. The Lobos shoot 43 percent from the field, 34 percent from the arc, and 67 percent at the free throw line. Opponents are getting 38 percent shooting from the field and 33 percent from three-point range.
UNM Probable Starters
l 21 Miranda Sanchez - 6-1 F, Jr (12.0 ppg, 5.8 rpg)
l 23 Sonya Bryant - 5-11 G,Sr (8.2 ppg, 3.1 rpg)
l 40 Jordan Adams - 6-3 C, Fr (11.7 ppg, 4.6 rpg)
l 12 Molly McKinnon - 5-8 G, So (8.4 ppg, 4.6 rpg)
l 44 Nikki Heckroth - 5-8 G, Jr (3.6 ppg, 3.4 rpg)
Series Against UNM
Series Record: 30-11 in favor of BYU. In their earlier meeting this season, the Lobos defeated the Cougars 59-65 in front of a record 18,018 fans at "The Pit" in Albuquerque. Jill Adams led the BYU effort with 18 points including a career record four from behind the arc. Freshman Erin Thorn also scored in double digits with 15 points. Jennifer Leitner led all scores in the rebound category with 12
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BYU RICKS COLLEGE
1999-00 18-7 1994-95 33-3
1998-99 16-13 1995-96 19-11
1997-98 15-14 1996-97 19-12
Totals 49-34 (.590) Totals 71-26 (.731)
Coach Trent Shippen Quotes
(On the Cougars) The win over Utah on Saturday was big for us because now we're just one game out of first place and it probably helped us as far as the NCAA tournament is concerned. The two games here at home this week are very important for us because it gives us a chance to get 20 wins before we go to Las Vegas for the conference championship. Our practices are going well and we've got to come ready to play right from the start.
(On Air Force) They are still one of the best three-point shooting teams in the league. We need to be aware of Megan Thiedeman in particular. If they get rolling we will have our hands full.
(On New Mexico) New Mexico is tied for first place and so this game is very big for us especially if we can knock off the number one seed. They have good depth and play a lot of players. We have to be able to contain Jordan Adams, we didn't have an answer for her in our first game against them. The team is also very balanced from the inside and outside. We have to play an outstanding defensive performance to get the win.
Up Next For The Cougars
After these two final regular season conference games, BYU travels to Las Vegas to participate in the inaugural MWC Women's Basketball Championships, March 8-11. The seeding for the tournament will be announced at approximately 9:35 p.m., MT on Saturday, Mar. 4 by the conference office.
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Not Just Paranthas is a chain that officially serves North Indian cuisine but it is wildly innovative in pulling the Mughlai, Italian and many other types of cuisines and blending them in perfectly. We tried the outlet located at 1st floor, Cyber Hub, Gurgaon.
The Ambience of the pace when you look inside is more like Café style rather than any Parantha or North Indian outlet, but ya when you look at the sitting and their not spoon and Knife policy then you get a feel of north Indian style.
In their Menu Card you will find a huge variety of dishes and that too innovative dishes which is fairly priced (according to the cyber hub) as well. The Service I found was a little slow, not that much but it was peak time hence no complains.
Coming to Food and drinks. We had Tadka Chas(4.7/5): Perfectly spiced butter milk which was served in a shake bottle (0.3 deducted for the same). Virgin Mojito (3.5/5): Normal good old Mojito. Watermelon Mojito (4/5): Interesting and nice Mojito having lemon and watermelon.
Malai Broccoli (4.5/5): Interesting Broccoli tikka healthy yet sooo tasty. Mushroom Galoti Kebab (4.8/5): Loved the concept presentation and Taste as well. Dahi k Kebab (4/5): Yummy dahi k kebab very rich creamy and presented in unique fashion. Bharwan Papad (3.2/5): Stuffed papad that could have been a little better.
Gazab ka tikka (2.5/5): Was not actually that gazab ka. Bland chicken sausage presented well with fluffed egg white. NJP special Mutton seekh kebab (4.8/5): Very juicy and amazing mutton seekh kebab. Probably one of the best mutton seekh kebabs that you will cherish. Lamb keebeh Kebab (4/5): Beautifully presented mutton kebabs.
Aam Panna Chuski (5/5): Aam panna plus Hajmola Chuksi. was Amazing. Nihari Gosht with Olive Kulcha (5/5): Both were awesome and amazingly complementing each other. super yummy.
Sharabi parantha (4.5/5): Amazingly presented flaming Alcoholic parantha, good for alchohol lovers. Calzone Pizza pocket parantha (5/5): Fully stuffed pizza paranthas a must try. Soya Keema Matar Masala (3.5/5): Okish mutton keema mixed evenly with soya granules with unwanted peas. Bhutta Mushroom Saagwala (3.5/5): Classic spinach and corn.
Dal makhni (4.5/5): Classic makhni dal with loaded butter and redder than usual. Murg Tikka Lababdar (4.6/5): Well presented yummy murg tikka curry. Khasta Churi parantha (3.8/6): Pyaaz chur chur parantha. Jodhuri Parantha (4/5): Classic jodhpuri prantha with perfect amount of ghee in it.
Paan Parantha (4/5): Classic meetha pan with a twist of parantha. Presented very nicely. Anjeer and Walnut kulfi (4/5): Super cool kulfi with the heat of anjeer (fig) in it.
Verdict – Very right place to have a meal in Cyber Hub. You can try innovative dishes. I really liked the whole concept.
Ambience – 4/5
Food – 4.5/5
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Value for Money – 4/5

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Alarm for India? Pakistan on course to become world’s 5th largest nuclear power
India will likely be unsettled by the news its arch-nemesis Pakistan is being tipped to become the fifth largest nuclear power in the world. US researchers have branded the development “concerning.”
Pakistan’s nuclear capability has become of “considerable concern” to the US and other countries as its nuclear warheads are set to increase in number to between 220 and 250 by 2025, a new study carried out as part of the Nuclear Information project reveals.
The projections by the Federation of American Scientists far exceed those by the US Defense Intelligence Agency in 1999 which predicted Pakistan would have 60 to 80 warheads by 2020.
If the projections turn out to be true, Pakistan would become the world’s fifth largest nuclear power.
Pakistan is understood to have boosted its nuclear capability as a “full-spectrum deterrent” designed to fend off not just nuclear attacks, but also an Indian “conventional incursion into Pakistani territory.”
The study was likely alluding to a potential incursion by India in the mountainous region of Kashmir – the scene of a 67-year dispute between India and Pakistan. Both countries claim full sovereignty over the territory, which is currently divided between the two.
According to an assessment in July by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, (SIPRI) India trails Pakistan in terms of the number of nuclear warheads, possessing between 130 and 140.
But in July India said its deterrent capability is “robust” and that is ensures “survivability” for retaliatory strikes, while the modernization of its nuclear armament continues.
“This development has created considerable concern in other countries, including the United States, which fears that it lowers the threshold for nuclear use in a military conflict with India,” the ‘Pakistani nuclear forces 2018’ report reads.
Pakistan currently has 140 to 150 nuclear warheads and the stockpile is expected to increase to 220 to 250 by 2025 if the current trend continues, according to the latest report by authors keeping a track of the country's nukes.
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Modern recycling processes that utilize the implementation and development of technology could increase recycling rates dramatically in the United States. Implementing technology into current processes and developing new technologies for a circular economy could elevate current recycling efforts and ultimately reduce carbon emissions. Current recycling rates in the United States are low, with thirty-two percent of waste being either recycled or composted and a majority of our waste in our landfills. This is largely due to a lack of awareness of what to compost or recycle and consequential contamination. From business to consumer, investing in and utilizing technology could add convenience to recycling processes and curb confusion about the recyclability of different materials.
From a business perspective, it may seem like companies don’t have very much control over product life cycles and their final destination in landfills. However, by investing in technology that supports a circular economy, businesses can not only gain insight on a product’s life cycle, but actually impact consumers’ recycling, ultimately increasing recycling rates. Big Green Egg is a producer and manufacturer of kamado-style ceramic charcoal barbecue cookers that recently partnered with recycling software company CIRT, in an effort to educate consumers on the recyclability of Big Green Egg packaging. Using CIRT geo-spatial technology, consumers can determine whether a material is recyclable in their area with the click of a button. Recycling is complicated and can be tedious with variations in regulations city-to-city, but with technology, sorting materials doesn’t have to be difficult.
Big Green Egg packaging is largely recyclable, yet without technology, that information would not be easily accessible or readily available. All consumers have to do with this technology is insert a zip code, generating location specific data to answer the question, Can I Recycle This? In Athens, Georgia, Big Green Egg packaging is mostly recyclable through a curbside program. Only Silica packs and zip ties need to be thrown away, with flexible plastic film needing to be dropped off at an accepting location. This makes the process of recycling materials much easier, and these materials become less likely to be thrown in the garbage. Technology is crucial to the education of consumers on material recyclability.
By increasing awareness of the recyclability of materials, the actual recycling of those materials increases. Currently in the U.S, eighty-five of the plastic waste from packaging ends up in landfills. With convenient access to dynamic data, plastic packaging can be diverted from landfills and recycled instead. CIRT technology streamlines the research process of recycling for the consumer. In modern recycling, with software development and recycling data becoming easily available to consumers, recycling processes are simplified, raising recycling rates in the country.
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Religion is often seen as a barrier to gender parity. Stories abound of gender-based violence done in the name of religion. As a result, in many cases, the issues of religion and gender parity are often dismissed as too complicated to address. There appears to be no way to unwind this rather complex multi-institution.
However, a critical factor overlooked in this conversation is religious freedom. Unless there is religious freedom, minority groups, including women, will not be at the table and their vital, productive and creative voices will not be heard. Corporations and economies will suffer if they miss out on the contribution of women.
The denial of religious freedom contributes to gender inequality throughout the world. Extremist ideologies such as ISIS represent the complete loss of religious freedom, and when respect for a diversity of religious beliefs and practices disappears, gender equality suffers.
Religious minorities are especially vulnerable when the right to freedom of religion or belief, as recognized by the UN Declaration of Human Rights, is not protected. ISIS justifies its rampant disregard for life by citing ideological superiority. Hiding behind this claim, it carries out ethnic cleansing, killing Yazidi men and boys, calling the women and girls “pagans” and selling them into slavery if they refuse to convert.
According to a recent study by researchers from Georgetown University and Brigham Young University, any solutions will need to address issues such as religious freedom, because religious freedom is not only tied to gender equality but also to more stable economies. Religious intolerance affects women’s ability to engage in and contribute to the economy. The study gives clear linkages between religious freedom, economic stability and women’s empowerment.
The case of Amira Osman Hamed from Sudan is an example of government restrictions impeding growth. She was expected to stand trial for refusing to wear a hijab, a scarf worn by many Muslim women to cover their hair. Hamed was charged with violating a Sudanese law, that states: “Whoever does in a public place an indecent act or an act contrary to public morals or wears an obscene outfit or contrary to public morals or causing an annoyance to public feelings shall be punished with flogging which may not exceed forty lashes or with fine or with both.”
Sudan is one of an increasing number of countries where the government regulates the wearing of religious symbols or attire, such as head coverings for women or facial hair for men. The Pew Research Center’s latest report on global restrictions on religion finds that, as of 2011, 53 of the 198 countries included in the study (27%) have such restrictions, up from 21 countries (11%) in 2007.
In addition to government regulations, in many countries private individuals and groups also try to enforce norms related to religious attire. The Pew study finds that the number of countries in which women have been harassed by individuals or groups for violating religious dress codes has increased in recent years. In the latest year studied, such social hostilities over religious attire were found in 50 countries (25%), including Sudan. Five years earlier, such incidents were reported in just 14 countries (7%).
While there may not be a direct causal connection between government regulations and social hostilities involving religious attire, the data shows that harassment of women over religious dress occurs more often in countries where the wearing of religious symbols and attire are regulated by any level of government.
To close the gender gap, strengthen economies and empower women, it is imperative that religious freedom become a factor that is taken seriously and acted upon.
The Global Gender Gap Report 2015 will be published on 19 November.
Authors: Brian Grim is the President of the Religious Freedom and Business Foundation; Jo-Ann Lyon is the General Superintendent at Wesleyan Church. They are members of the World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Role of Faith.
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These are glasshouse bulbs as the genus is not hardy in the UK, but they can be dried off in winter and stored in the house, restarting them in April-May. Ours are grown under frost-free glass, in deep beds of sandy loam, enriched with humus matter, under glass. These are maintained at a minimum of 40°F during the winter, when they are kept quite dry.
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My honours thesis explored the practices of arts collectives in the urban context of Vancouver, with a particular focus on the strategies and resources that are used by community-based arts collectives to navigate the housing and livability crises that characterize our city.
I conducted this research as an ethnographic study of community-based arts organizing in central Vancouver, working closely with a collective that focuses on place-based community-engaged arts installations, events, and collaborative workshops. This exploration of their group dynamics, practices, strategies, and artworks revealed that the ‘commoning’ of social, cultural, spatial, and economic resources can be a potent strategy to enable collective artistic practice, within a context of escalating housing and economic instability and precarity. This commoning is enacted through relationships, collaborations, and negotiations with members of the local neighbourhood, community service organizations, larger non-profit organizations, local businesses, and municipal government programs and representatives.
Ultimately, this research shows that a habitus of commoning, as it is enacted through community-based arts practice, in turn enables powerful forms of grassroots community governance and self-determination.
How did you get interested in this topic?
My interest in this topic emerged from conversations I had been having with artists and other people in Vancouver who were struggling to carry out their artistic practices due to the increasingly insurmountable costs of housing and living in our city. These conversations turned into an intense sociological curiosity about the interacting dynamics of the politics of urban space and the cultural sociology of artistic practice, which in turn brought me to explore how artists are navigating these urban issues and sustaining their artistic practices within these conditions.
What was the most difficult part of this learning journey? What was most satisfying?
The most difficult part of this learning journey was honing my sociological focus, defining and committing to a clear and concise idea of what I was investigating and writing about. The topic of collective artistic practice within the politics of urban space reveals so much to investigate, and I wanted to ask, learn, and write about it all!
Both of my supervisors, Dr. Carrie Yodanis and Dr. Ana Vivaldi, were incredible teachers, mentors, and guides through this process. They helped me not only understand the fundamental importance of having a clear, concise, and feasible research question, but also showed me how to hone, develop, and do justice to this question through each stage of my research process.
What skills did you develop or strengthen as a result of this project?
Of the many skills that I was fortunate to learn about and practice through this project, collecting and coding qualitative data collection were amongst the most challenging, empowering, and rewarding. This project gave me the opportunity to collect data through participant observation, interviews, focus groups and collective mapping activities. My supervisors provided exceptional guidance as I learned about and navigated the dynamics, ethics, and skills of these processes. I am also incredibly indebted to the community of artists who generously shared their experiences, critical insight, and artistic practices with me.
How do you think you will use what you’ve learned in this honours project in the future?
I hope to continue to learn about and practice qualitative research methods and to apply these in ways that can make urban life sustainable, survivable, and fulfilling for citizens of this and other cities. I intend to take what I have learned from my mentors about engaging respectfully, meaningfully, and reciprocally with research participants, and to apply this within and beyond academic research.


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How DJ Kitty Ca$h Is Creating Space For Black Women Through Animation
An interview with the artist about Kitty's World, her new virtual talk show that's picking up where BET's Cita's World left off.
Kitty Ca$h is an artist, producer, DJ, and universe all unto her own, having worked with everyone from SZA to Rihanna. In the midst of one of the most destabilizing pandemics of the modern era, Ca$h worked to find and reclaim a happy space for herself and others, combing through the archives of her text messages and the routines that have long brought her comfort.
Through that excavation arrived Kitty’s World, a new IGTV series, and digital reinvigoration of the feeling of running home to watch the BET classic talk show Cita’s World from the early aughts. Reprising the titular role through a contemporary lens, and pushing the vanguard of couture, digital collation, vulnerability, and community, Ca$h created a bridge between generations through the purview of an avatar — each episode a reflection of the different layers of a Black woman’s experience, anchored by contemporary music. From challenging gender norms to honoring the Black Lives Matter movement through music, the cultural innovator worked to bring prescient conversations to the forefront of her animated series through a combination of uninhibited creativity, sharpness, and trust in a collective vision of voices.
NYLON recently spoke with Kitty Ca$h about the series and her hopes for the next season.
When did you first start thinking through this idea?
It started when COVID first hit. Realizing that I would not be able to be outside was very daunting because I am a child of the night. I love being around people, I love the energy. Still, wanting to live in the space of being a curator and being around music, and being abreast of what's going on in the news outside of just COVID — I still want to be able to talk about music and culture and other things that we are having discourse about. Then I just did my research on some animators, and I found Liniya and it just came together so seamlessly.
As someone who grew up watching 106 & Park and Cita’s World, I was excited to watch it. You got a whole gang of girls together to put this together.
Yes. Our animator is Black and trans, and then our writers were all Black women. I thought it was really important to put together a collective of women that have very polarizing opinions, but are also very aware of the environments that we live in. One of the writers, she's an activist and a body positive model, so she is always speaking about that — you know, “Ca$h, you've been slim all your life. I understand you don't think about [expletive] like this, but it's very real for me in my reality that I'm not accepted in certain circles.” I didn't want to feel like I was leaving out any part of our community because I'm not living in that reality every day.
What were the hardest parts to lock in before even starting the episodes?
The hardest part and biggest lesson is not being a perfectionist. For so many creatives, we have ideas all the time, and execution sometimes is the hardest thing to do because you want it to be perfect before you release it into the world. With this, there were so many kinks and things that went wrong. I mean you are trying to do a whole animation of yourself from scratch. I was like, “It's not going to be cute, unless it's my face and my outfits.” We loved Cita because she was funny and cute and, like, a chocolate drop, with those little crop tops and miniskirts, and I want to bring that into my space. At first it was very much like, I'm doing too much. And then it was like, actually, this was genius that you did too much, though.
The second episode took like a very abrupt shift in energy, starting with George Floyd and honoring him through music with the Screwed Up Click. Was that done in response to what was happening outside?
We actually had a whole different episode that was going to launch. I was outside protesting back to back in LA, and I literally told the team, “Hey, I don't know who's in the streets, who's not in the streets.” You know the animator, she's Black and trans, she told me she didn't even feel safe, and that alone was a lot. I was outside living and breathing it, and I literally called the team and I was like, “I'm not doing an episode unless we're talking about what's going on.”
A lot of my friends overseas told me after this episode came out that it allowed them to understand the sentiments that we were going through, and I thought that was so beautiful. But honestly, it was just a reflection of how I felt in the moment, and maybe because she was an avatar, this is an interesting way to dissect and intake this information. I felt like it was the only thing we could do as Black women. Having this show was to speak about it in real time. Transmuting that pain into art and encapsulating the times. I was really proud of that episode — that episode also gave me the confidence and the realization to be like, “Wow, people are paying attention, and they're listening.”
The hardest part and biggest lesson is not being a perfectionist.
What I think is a consistent theme, even in the more socially aware episodes, is that, no matter the topic, you’re going to make sure that everyone’s actually having a good time.
That’s because of this group of women. Even though we're talking about real life, heavy conversations — I think it's the way that only Black women could really commune, make light of and joke about our weaves but then literally in the next 30 seconds, you know, reference Toni Morrison and then jump back into City Girls or Lil’ Kim… It always reminds me of the type of women that I grew up with that have all of those layers, and they're able to not compromise who they are.
I think it's also a really positive way to engage the younger generation, the way you did that episode around sampling. One of the things that I think is a little strange is how people are angry at Gen Z kids for not knowing things.
I think it's like a person going to a museum for the first time. It can be a bit scary, or can be pretentious. You start to give information and contextualize. I'm at a very specific line in between generations, you know, I knew life before Instagram, knew life with a Nokia 33. I had the Motorola Razr, I had a Sidekick, so I can speak to the younger generation, because I also understand it. But I can also speak to an older generation and have respect for the generation even above me because they're my mentors, so I can bring context. Like how we know Cita’s World. A lot of the young kids are like, “Oh, I never heard of that.” The samples episode was fun because so many people were like, “I had no idea,” and it's like, "Of course you wouldn't. You're like 13! What the hell do you know about Johnny Gill, child?"
The education part of it is really fun and also reeducating myself, or learning something new for me is also so much fun. It’s like making a playlist for me every week, and then actually digging and diving deeper behind that playlist and then talking to y'all about it; that's kind of how I look at it. When you have a platform period, if you can educate anybody on anything, I think we owe it to our audience, you know, in ways that's true to us. So, whether it’s with fashion or it is with culture or with books that I'm reading or anything like that, I'd love to share that.
That in itself is an interesting case study for me — how people are taking to the avatar and are able to digest the information that comes from the avatar versus a human, real person.
You were willing to expose so much of yourself in a time when everyone is talking about protecting Black women. How did that feel — having you and your team come together to share more of yourself and your point of view in a time when people feel like that kind of protection isn’t necessarily there?
I was a little scared. Like many Black women, you have your sisters, whether they're blood or chosen, as your biggest cheerleaders and supporters and protectors. My team — I love them so much because I am so raw and real and very hands-on and so are they, and everyone's like, “Hold back for what?”
I love the show because it's given me the confidence to be OK with sharing those parts of myself. When you go online and you see how quick people are to rip somebody down for something that they said, it doesn't feel like a safe space to come out and be opinionated all the time. We are human, yet there's barely any room for human error, especially on social media. I definitely felt like I had to take a chance on myself, and believe that “Hey, this is who you are” and I need to be more open in this space regardless, because I am very vocal and I do have a very strong perspective.
Do you feel like it's safer to express more of your personality through the digital avatar of yourself?
Yes. It’s like an alter ego that I can turn on. I may not have all of that, like I give her some more hips, [but] this is how I am in my mind. Having the avatar is almost like having something to protect you because it's not my face always there. And I think, for whatever reason, people also take to that a bit more, because it is a bit intriguing and a bit funny, but she's saying real shit as the voice of a human person. I think that in itself is an interesting case study for me — how people are taking to the avatar and are able to digest the information that comes from the avatar versus a human, real person.
For someone who's coming into seeing Kitty's World cold, what would you want them to take away from the experience?
I just want them to take away that this is a show created by a Black woman with a crew of Black women that have a very strong perspective on culture, music, history, and art, and that we are just creating a safe space to share these thoughts, get feedback. And have a good damn time while doing it.


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Complete listings for all Wyoming in Ride Guide
Atlantic City to Lander Loop
Atlantic City, WY
Ride Distance: 41 miles
This ride starts in Atlantic City WY 27 miles south of Lander on a gravel road and is a century old ‘ghost town’. From here this ride will take you northwest through the Bridger National Forest past Louis Lake then Fiddlers Lake and Frye Lake.
Beartooth Highway Cody to Mammoth
Ride Distance: 253 miles
The ride from Yellowstone National Park starts in Tower Junction and heads east towards Cooke City MT and then heads back over the Montana-Wyoming border and then back south to the WY 120 Road then around through Cody and then the magestical Yellowstone Lake and the Yellowstone National Park that offers so much to see.
Big Horn National Forest Loop
Ride Distance: 260 miles
Big Horn National Forest Loop will run you through a couple of different points of the famous Bighorn National Forest and leave you wanting to stay a bit longer.
CDR Motocross Track
Ride Distance: 1 mile
Wyoming motocross racers can visit CDR Motocross Track outside of Casper. The track is open to members only with season passes or day passes can be purchased with deposit.
Devils Tower Loop
Ride Distance: 186 miles
This amazing ride takes you through the Keyhole State Park, Devils Tower and the Devils Tower National Monument and Sundance which is the home of the Sundance Kid and Wyoming Black Hills. Stop and stay a while taking in all there is to see.
Douglas Motor Sports Park
Ride Distance: 1/4 mile
Douglas Motor Sports Park features an NHRA approved quarter mile dragstrip. They host a complete schedule of racing events so check official site for details.
Killpecker Sand Dunes
Rock Springs, WY
Ride Distance: 20 miles
Many of the dunes are very steep on the lee or downwind side. Use caution when approaching the crest of a dune. Even in this desert environment there are small ponds of water. Most of OHV on public lands: the ponds are on the lee side of the dunes.
Ranchester to Yellowstone Lake
Ride Distance: 209 miles
This ride takes you into the Bighorn National Forest and next to the Buffalo Bill State Park before ending in the Yellowstone Lake.

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Two new species of cichlid fish from Lake Victoria are described by biologists from Naturalis Biodiversity Center (Research Department Marine Zoology) and the Institute of Biology Leiden (Section Integrative Zoology), the Netherlands. One of these species is named in honour of Tijs Goldschmidt, author of Darwin’s Dreampond. This book, published in nine languages, describes the dramatic extinction of hundreds of cichlid species in Lake Victoria in the 1980s due to the introduced Nile perch and other human induced environmental changes.
In 1985, Leiden biologists made a survey in the Tanzanian part of the lake, with an old ferry as floating lab, to establish the status of the rapidly declining cichlids. During this expedition Tijs studied the egg spots on the anal fin of cichlids for their possible role in the rapid speciation of these fish. In the Emin Pasha Gulf, among a species nicknamed Haplochromis "argens", individuals were found with aberrant egg dummies and lacking red in the fins. Just the kind of example Tijs was looking for to test his theory of speciation by sexual selection. The aberrant individuals were provisionally named H. "dusky argens".
Both "species" play a part in Tijs’ PhD thesis and in other studies. However, a taxonomic description was never made and whether H. "dusky argens" was a separate species or a colour morph remained unclear. In 1987, most cichlid species from the offshore waters of the lake had disappeared, and with them the urge of taxonomic descriptions.
Now, 25 years later, about a quarter of the cichlid species have recovered in the "Nile perch desert", some of them became even more abundant than in the past, but the former common H. "argens" is still extremely rare. The status of H. "dusky-argens" is unknown as it was only caught in the remote Emin Pasha Gulf, which is not sampled nowadays. Research on successfully resurgent species shows that they were able to adapt morphologically to the new environmental conditions. Their body shape, for instance, changed, so that burst swimming to escape predators improved. Preliminary results suggest that such a response is not found in H. "argens".
The above observations triggered the present taxonomic study as a baseline for further research. It shows that several taxonomic characters differ more between the co-occurring populations of H. "argens" and H. "dusky argens" in the Emin Pasha Gulf, than between populations from different locations. This suggests that they are indeed two species, which are morphologically driven apart at places where they co-occur. In case of H. "argens" the nickname was upgraded to the formal name, while H. "dusky-argens" is now named H. goldschmidti.
de Zeeuw MP, Westbroek I, van Oijen MJP, Witte F (2013) Two new species of zooplanktivorous haplochromine cichlids from Lake Victoria, Tanzania. ZooKeys 256: 1–34. doi: 10.3897/zookeys.256.3871
Goldschmidt T, de Visser J (1990) On the possible role of egg mimics in speciation. Acta Biotheoretica 38: 125-134.
van Rijssel JC, Witte F (2012) Adaptive responses in resurgent Lake Victoria cichlid over the past 30 years. Evolutionary Ecology. doi: 10.1007/s10682-012-9596-9


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Kim Gordon has been a member of Sonic Youth for nearly 30 years now, but that's not all that she does. Gordon also runs Mirror/Dash, her own clothing line, and we know she's an ordained minister because she [presided over Rufus and Lily's wedding on "Gossip Girl"](http://pitchfork.com/news/36792-watch-sonic-youth-on-gossip-girl/ "presided over Rufus and Lily&squot;s wedding on "Gossip Girl"" ). ("Gossip Girl" is basically a documentary, right?)
According to Artinfo, the book's theme is Gordon's experience onstage and "what she sees when looking at her audience"; the idea of being watched, and the insecurities that it brings, is explored.
Performing/Guzzling features Gordon's paintings, watercolors, photographs, and words, as well as essays by artist Jutta Koether and New Yorker writer Hilton Als. The first 3000 copies of the book will come with a signed print from Gordon.


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THE more than 100-year-old Campbell Street market, being one of the oldest markets in George Town, will be upgraded at a cost of RM3mil.
State Local Government, Traffic Management and Flood Mitigation Committee chairman Chow Kon Yeow said the Penang Women Development Corporation (PWDC) had been appointed as the agency to carry out a survey from the public and traders on the project.
“The survey is to obtain public feedback on the proposal of the upgrading works.
“There will be four stages in the survey and it will be conducted in four languages namely Bahasa Melayu, English, Chinese and Tamil,” he said before launching the survey at the market in Campbell Street yesterday.
PWDC will hold the survey from March to June.
Chow said the Penang Municipal Council (MPPP) would also conduct its own survey to obtain public feedback.
The survey started yesterday and will be carried out until the end of April.
Among the upgrading works proposed are the repair of the market’s roof, to rearrange and upgrade the interior, to upgrade the piping and drainage system and others.
PWDC board of directors committee member Dr Cecilia Ng said the four stages of the survey were census, focus group discussion, dialogue with the community and detailed planning of the project.
There are 52 licensed traders operating at the market currently.
The market is located within the buffer zone of the George Town Unesco World Heritage Site and is a Category 2 heritage building.
Campbell Street market was built in the 1900s on a piece of land which was formerly a Muslim cemetery.
The Municipal Commissioner bought the land in 1899 for the purpose of building a market.
It was reported on Feb 18 that the market would be closed for upgrading works in June.
Tanjong MP Ng Wei Aik had said that the market would be closed for 18 months.
He had declined to reveal further details about the project.
Ng however, had said that there was a proposal to develop the market as a major tourist destination, with the heritage aspects of the place being retained as the site is located in the George Town heritage enclave.


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UNDERGRADUATES’ EXPECTATIONS ON THEIR ONCOMING EMPLOYABILITY
National Research University Higher School of Economics (RUSSIAN FEDERATION)
About this paper:
Appears in: ICERI2013 Proceedings
Publication year: 2013
Conference name: 6th International Conference of Education, Research and Innovation
Dates: 18-20 November, 2013
Location: Seville, Spain
Abstract:Employability of students is becoming one of the key measurements of education quality today. In the time of the transforming relationship between higher education and labour market the new kind of mentality, certain type of knowledge and skills are necessary to adjust to change and stay afloat.
This paper examines the way students perceive and manage their employability, preparing for the transition from the higher education into the labour market. It is based on the study of 139 undergraduates of the National Research University - Higher School of Economics, Russia. The participants answered a questionnaire about their oncoming employability – how they approach and construct it, and what role they attribute to the higher educational setting in fostering it. So, the questions were categorised into three blocks:
• labour market orientations;
• labour market strategies;
• evaluation of educational outcomes.
The study revealed students’ general optimism and belief in their strengths. At the same time entrance into the labour market is viewed as a challenge. Hence, students appear to use strategic behaviour to increase the number of their “selling points”.
Despite the respondents' positive thinking about the future on the labour market, they are less confident about the probability to find the job they like. Moreover, receiving employment overseas rather than on the domestic job market is preferred by a considerable number of the respondents. Besides, some employability qualities of the participants were found to be underdeveloped inside academia. Thus, educational and social policy need to pay closer attention to employability enhancement and providing guarantees for graduate employment.
Keywords: Employability, undergraduates, labour market, higher education, expectations.

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The policeman convicted of slaying seven Israeli tourists in the Sinai on Oct. 5 was pronounced dead today in his hospital cell, where he was found hanging from the bars of a window, according to the state-run Middle East News Agency.
The official statement did not specify whether Suleiman Khater, 24, had committed suicide, apparently leaving the matter to an autopsy that it said would be performed.
Khater's brother, Abdul-Monaim Khater, and one of the dead policeman's lawyers, Abdel-Halim Ramadan, both questioned how he could have hanged himself under what they said was a heavy guard.
"He has 11 guards in the same room. How can he commit suicide?" asked Ramadan, adding that two days ago Khater had asked his family to bring him a new suit and books to continue his law studies.
"They killed him in the jail," Ramadan charged.
Abdul-Monaim Khater told Reuter, "We think he was murdered by agents with the collusion of the Israeli and Egyptian governments."
Ramadan said he and family members have sent telegrams to President Hosni Mubarak and other officials requesting access to the body for independent medical examination.
The circumstances surrounding Khater's attack on the Israeli tourists and his conviction and sentencing to life imprisonment on Dec. 28 by a military court had become a sensitive domestic issue here and, at one stage, a possible barrier to better relations between Egypt and Israel.
The death of Khater, who had been acclaimed a hero by many foes of Israel here, sparked a rampage in Khater's home village of Ikyad, northeast of Cairo, where crowds set fire to the police station and at least one train car, Reuter reported.
"There will be a lot of feeling from all sides, and interpretations will be at extremes," Mohammed Sayed Ahmed, a leftist political commentator here, said. "He was made a hero. It makes sense that he will be made a martyr."
According to the MENA report, a guard discovered Khater hanging from a rope made of bed linen during a routine check on the inmates of the prison hospital, where Khater was being treated for bilharzia, a parasitic disease that is common in rural Egypt.
Khater attacked the Israeli tourist group in the Sinai, killing four children, two women and a man, four days after the Israeli raid on Palestine Liberation Organization headquarters in Tunisia, in which at least 60 persons were killed.
The Sinai attack was perceived by anti-Israeli groups here as justified because of the Israeli raid, and during student demonstrations and in the opposition press, Khater was called "the hero of the Sinai."
Mubarak had been accused by opposition groups of submitting to Israeli pressure in his handling of the trial, as the government turned down requests to move it to a civilian court.
Israel had insisted on quick and "appropriate" punishment for Khater, and had raised the issue during talks about the disputed Sinai territory of Taba. But Israeli Ambassador Moshe Sasson had expressed satisfaction with the sentence.


The Rise of China's Auto IndustryBreaking News
“[China's] annual vehicle output has increased from less than 2 million vehicles in the late 1990s to 9.5 million in 2008. In terms of production volume in 2008, China has surpassed Korea, France, Germany, and the United States, trailing only Japan.”
“China’s automobile industry has continued to expand despite the global economic downturn. From January to October 2009, more than 10 million vehicles were sold in China. If such growth continues, China is on its way to becoming world’s largest auto market,” the CRS said.
See “The Rise of China’s Auto Industry and Its Impact on the U.S. Motor Vehicle Industry,” November 16, 2009.
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Thomas Cook says it is hopeful of opening another 10 youth-focused Cook’s Club hotels next year.
Cook’s first Cook’s Club hotel opened in Hersonissos, Crete, in June, and has so far delivered occupancy levels of 93%.
Prospective new locations include Spain, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Egypt, The Gambia and Bulgaria.
Cook says eight additional Cook’s Club hotels will launch next year, with “advanced discussions” ongoing over a further two.
In total, the 11 Cook’s Club hotels will provide nearly 2,000 rooms.
The brand, says Cook, is designed to appeal to a “new generation of travellers” by bringing “urban cool” to the beach.
Hotels will combine contemporary design with street-food canteen restaurants and cocktail bars and a day/night soundtrack curated by top DJs.
It will also feature escape rooms and rage rooms, VR gaming and private discos, Cook revealed last month.
Cook’s Club Hersonissos saw Cook take a traditional beachside resort hotel and transform it into a stripped-back, design-led property. Besides the 93% occupancy rate, the hotel has since doubled its average daily room rate on last year.
The launch of the new brand, said Cook, builds on the success of its Casa Cook brand, which features the same design-led ethos projected onto larger properties.
Enric Noguer, Cook’s chief hotels officer, said: “It’s clear from just the first few months that customers love the new Cook’s Club concept. We know it works. We’ve created a brand that can attract an entirely new type of customer by bringing together great modern design and reflecting the best of our city culture – in food, drink and music – in a popular beachside resort.
“The customer feedback has been great with high occupancy throughout the season and people willing to pay more to get a holiday that better matches their lifestyle. The fact we’re able to announce a further ten openings for next year shows the appetite in the hotel community for this type of hotel.”
Launching Cook’s Club earlier this year, Cook said it hoped to open “10-15” Cook’s Club hotels by summer 2019.
Three of the proposed new Cook’s Club hotels will be refurbishments of existing Cook own-brand properties. The remaining seven are new acquisitions, underlining Cook’s commitment to its own-brand portfolio.
The first will open in May 2019, with further openings throughout the summer and into autumn and winter.
Cook’s Club is one of eight Cook hotel brands, comprising more than 40,000 hotels worldwide.