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The one-shot library instruction survival guide
For Immediate Release
American Library Association
CHICAGO — Faced with planning a one-shot library instruction session, librarians can feel hard-pressed to squeeze in all their library has to offer along with tips on the research process. Authentic learning with student interaction may seem unattainable in only an hour. But it’s not. As “The One-Shot Library Instruction Survival Guide,” published by ALA Editions, demonstrates, the keys are communicating clearly with the course instructor, developing a realistic plan and employing effective teaching strategies. With more than 30 years of combined experience in teaching information literacy, authors Heidi E. Buchanan and Beth A. McDonough invite librarians to turn everyday challenges into instruction that is meaningful and relevant for students. Supplying the knowledge and tools to make it happen, their guide:
- provides communication and collaboration strategies to help librarians co-design information literacy sessions with course instructors, including “conversation starters” and talking points;
- helps librarians focus on how to provide the most useful, relevant library instruction within the limited timeframe of a one-shot session;
- presents active learning strategies and classroom assessment techniques that facilitate meaningful learning;
- shows how to match the best hands-on activities to students’ stage in the research process;
- gives solutions to common problems, like handling a less-than-ideal teaching environment, what to do when you’re running short of time and dealing with difficult students;
- suggests practical ways to use teaching strategies as assessment, enabling librarians to improve teaching and learning;
- offers numerous real-world examples and case studies of one-shot library instruction.
Buchanan and McDonough have more than 30 years of combined experience teaching information literacy. An MSLS graduate of the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill and head of research and instruction services at Western Carolina University, Buchanan is a graduate of the ACRL’s Information Literacy Immersion program and is certified as a master trainer by the State Library of North Carolina. McDonough holds an MLIS from the University of North Carolina– Greensboro, and is completing a dissertation about critical information literacy for an EdD in leadership of curriculum and instruction from Western Carolina University. She is a National Board certified teacher in school library media and currently works as a research and instruction librarian at Western Carolina University.

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Sailhouse is not a story about traditional neighborhood development and New Urbanism, even though this recently opened neighborhood in Corona del Mar, Calif., has been touted as such.
|Situated on a 7-acre parcel sandwiched between Pacific Coast Highway and MacArthur Boulevard in Corona del Mar, Sailhouse marries the best of the old city architecture with the finer features of modern-day beach towns.|
Sailhouse is not a story about traditional neighborhood development and New Urbanism, even though this recently opened neighborhood in Corona del Mar, Calif., has been touted as such. “Sailhouse is a great example of product design that responds very specifically to the site, the personality of the surrounding town, the upper-end buyer and our need for optimal density,” says Dan Nahabedian, director of product development for Sailhouse builder John Laing Homes. “Now people are visiting and looking at the pedestrian focus and the alleys and labeling it TND, but that was not our goal.”
Sailhouse architect Mark Scheurer agrees. “The old beach homes of Crystal Cove here in Orange County were our inspiration,” he says. “Then we looked for modern-day beach towns that work well, and notable examples emerged from Florida’s Panhandle — Rosemary Beach and Seaside chief among them. From those points, we sought the right solutions for this site and these buyers.”
Thus, what Sailhouse exemplifies is intelligent ways to meet the planning, design and marketing issues of most infill parcels: complicated entitlements, challenging site characteristics, particular buyers and pricing that can offset high costs. And while Sailhouse presents some TND elements, it is more a case study for the rewards of the painstaking pursuit of excellence and the commitment to buyers and community.
“This parcel represented a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity,” says Larry Webb, CEO of John Laing Homes. “We wanted to create something that would be part of Corona del Mar from the start, something that would look like it’s been here for at least 50 years, something that will be holding its value 50 years from now.”
Laudable goals for any parcel of land, these objectives are especially critical when buyers are affluent and expecting something special. Thanks to cohesive team dynamics, sound market knowledge and a fusion of some of the industry’s top performers, Sailhouse appears to be a winner on every count. In a less-than-hot market, 22 of 27 homes released have sold, at premium prices for the high-density format (base prices of the attached homes are from $568,990, and detached are up to $794,990), to a diverse array of buyers. So what did the team do? And how?
Sailhouse is situated on a bit more than 7 net acres sandwiched between Pacific Coast Highway and MacArthur Boulevard in Corona del Mar, a tiny beach community at the tip of Newport Beach. Zoning allowed for up to 140 units, and a 40-year-old rental complex occupied the site with some 120 apartments. Above was a detached enclave, circa 1970s, that overlooked the overgrown landscaping of the apartment complex.
Laing invited competitive architectural proposals without a preconceived idea for how to handle the site, and Scheurer was an easy choice, Nahabedian says. “This is his back yard, which makes him more knowledgeable and more passionate about what needed to happen here. He also has a tremendous track record for this market area, with projects like Castaways and One Ford Road.”
Scheurer began with the desire for something contextually appropriate to the width, size and scale of Corona del Mar’s older homes. Most keep the garages in back, sit on 25- to 30-foot-wide lots and rarely top two stories. “We started with a goal of as many units as possible, consistent with this concept,” Scheurer says. “We thought 90 was a good unit count. It allowed for better square footages and more detached homes in the mix.
“If we had elected to try for-sale units at the allowable total, we would have been looking at stacked flats with underground parking and probably an average of three stories for the building forms. This was not compatible with the surroundings, and we would have run into some strong opposition from the neighbors. So we looked for ways to make the economics work, with concepts that fit with Corona del Mar’s historic character.”
That character is defined by street-facing architecture, with garages in alleys, on narrow lots. Sailhouse is adjacent to Goldenrod, one of the “flower streets,” or simply “the flowers,” a local designation for a series of streets with prototypical Corona del Mar housing and names such as Magnolia, Carnation and Poppy. The town is loaded with walkable areas for people who want to stroll, sip coffee, eat on the run or dine at leisure, shop, do errands, enjoy the theater or book it to the beach.
Scheurer says Corona del Mar itself is thus the example of TND, with Sailhouse merely fitting into an established setting. “Everything Sailhouse is missing in the classic definition of TND, Corona del Mar has,” he says. “It’s close to a major arterial, Pacific Coast Highway. It has a mix of retail shopping, including proximity to Fashion Island. It offers a variety of building types. It’s walkable, with streets that go straight to the amenities of a central commercial spine, without strip development. We saw Sailhouse as a new component that fits into a historically great town.”
Ideally situated as this new component, Sailhouse is only one block from the intersection of Goldenrod and PCH. A signal crossing offers safe passage for pedestrians aiming for village destinations. “From anywhere on our site, you can walk to the corner of PCH and Goldenrod,” Nahabedian says. “We turned the fronts of a big chunk of this project toward the street to emphasize the focus on pedestrian lifestyle. Some would apply the neo-traditional label because of that, but that was not our aim.”
Webb says the need for a pedestrian-friendly neighborhood was also driven by diverse local sources. That included research with the best-selling brokers in Corona del Mar, intensive tours of the area’s old and new housing, random conversations with locals, focus groups and architectural studies. “We put a lot of effort into trying to understand the soul of this community,” says Webb. “That soul is small-town, casual and walkable.”
Start to Finish
Converting concept to reality took some five years, with complex entitlements and a case-by-case eviction of the tenants of existing apartments. Laing further delayed the eviction process to allow families with children to finish the school year. And while purchase and entitlements added to costs and complexity, Laing gained the luxury of time, Nahabedian says. “We had the time to really examine our market, our buyer and the community. That knowledge enabled us to create the designs you see at Sailhouse, and we think the response validates the approach.”
|An internal paseo system of raised boardwalks at Sailhouse encourages foot traffic in the neighborhood or into Corona del Mar.|
The Sailhouse site plan knits itself into the Corona del Mar framework with an internal paseo system of boardwalks that encourage foot traffic within the neighborhood or into Corona del Mar. Separated and some 8 feet above street level, the paseo system is part of the attempt to make public space as pleasing as possible and easily negotiated without encroachment from cars. As described by Morris Newman in California Planning & Development Report, the paseos act as a linear courtyard, enriching the compact, gated front yard of each home, with residents able to expand their party spaces just by opening the gates.
The density tops 12 to the acre, with a combination of triplex and detached buildings in square footages of 1,367 to 2,383 — relatively modest by luxury pricing standards. The Bungalows are triplex units that line the curving, east-west perimeter street. Well-scaled, detailed architecture gives the look of detached homes. Garages sit behind the homes, and principal rooms receive maximum light. Three plans, including a carriage unit, offer 1,367 to 2,334 square feet of living space, with one- and two-car garages, two to three baths and up to three bedrooms. A pathway at every third triplex building connects these homes to interior circulation points.
Behind and above the triplex units are The Cottages, small-lot detached homes on short streets aligned with existing, surrounding residential streets. The two-story designs sit above two-car garages in tuck-under format. “Some passersby thought we were building townhomes,” Nahabedian says. “Now that we’re open, visitors can see that the boardwalk concept allows complete separation of foot traffic from the automobile, and this combines with our alley system to fully support the pedestrian focus that defines Corona del Mar.”
The Cottages provide 1,818 to 2,383 square feet of living space, with two to three bedrooms and 21/2 baths. An expanded master bedroom and a study are among layout choices. Large laundry and service areas on the garage level add convenience. “These are great spaces for stowing bicycles and beach gear, and cleaning up before coming upstairs to the living spaces,” says Lorry Zaffina, home counselor for Sailhouse. “It’s akin to the mud rooms in other parts of the country.”
The staggered levels of living above and garages below for The Cottages preserve views from second-floor spaces over The Bungalows. “We were able to take up some grade with this concept,” Scheurer says. “That was important because the site falls about 41 feet in total.”
|In the homes at Sailhouse, exposed beams and trusses appear in such unexpected places as the kitchen and master suite.|
The triplexes and the detached homes share architectural landmarks that help identify key pedestrian intersections on the site. These include seating and gathering areas, lookout decks and trellises, enhanced by benches, awnings and fireplaces. Adding interest to the high-density format, the landmarks also define circulation through the community, Scheurer says.
The homes are warm and enveloping, with well-proportioned rooms, an abundance of light, and spaces that offer ease of use, comfort and convenience. Those seeking architectural drama might be disappointed, but for those who see the best life as cozy and casual, the Sailhouse designs are ideal.
Exposed beams and trusses appear in such unexpected places as the master suites and kitchens. Some fireplaces feed two rooms. Woodwork throughout offers the refinement of much older homes. Luxury abounds in an understated way, with civility more the focus than excitement. “We’ve been labeled the warm and fuzzy architects,” says Scheurer. “We’re fine with that.”
Exterior architecture is orderly and finely detailed, combining stucco and siding that recalls Florida’s colonial past. Identifying elements include narrow gathered windows and a stucco/siding combination that reflects the two-tiered building history of St. Augustine. “The Spanish came first and built stucco homes, and then the British stacked siding-wrapped levels above,” Scheurer says. “Today, the rationale puts stucco below because of its low maintenance, with the detailed siding above growing more prominent as the landscaping matures.”
Colors also responded to historical precedent. Selected and coordinated by Miriam Tate Co., the palette was inspired by the studies of architectural teams that visited Rosemary Beach and Seaside. Returning, they handed Tate a raft of information and some 75 photos. “One thing we were very sure of was that we wanted very much not to be too nautical or Cape Cod,” Scheurer says. “This translated as no pastels, no white trim. We wanted distinction.”
Tate took it from there, with the goal of capturing the eclecticism that she says defines Corona del Mar. “Corona del Mar is such a complex, interesting, vital place, with the mix of everything that makes life interesting,” she says. “It’s full of independent thinkers who want to be intellectually and artistically stimulated. We wanted to do a proper extension of this mind-set.”
Sand, water and sunset colors influenced the resulting palette, says Jim Kerins, project manager and vice president for Miriam Tate Co. The architecture’s colonial context mandated rich, full-bodied hues for the wood-sided wall planes, with a variety of base colors that include custards, Navajo, shell and bright whites. “We play on the values of 25 color families, cross- referencing so that you see that play as the street scenes evolve,” he says. “We also added colors to the window forms, which was fun and useful in adding animation to the planes of the first floors. No two houses will be alike. To the extent that we can build a production environment and treat it with this level of individuality, we’ve been successful.”
Tate adds: “I see a wonderful happiness quotient in the colors here. Sailhouse offers architectural charm that supports the energy and diversity you see in Corona del Mar. We believe in the power of color to affect your emotions, and we think the power here is one of playfulness and joy. Mark’s architectural lead was enlightened and fabulous, and we responded to that with a color design that is deliberately avant-garde and unexpected.”
Tate’s color treatments extended to a lengthy retaining wall that restores the slope below the old Harborview homes; 25 feet at its highest point, it is of reinforced concrete with tieback rods. New, it is stained in light earthen hues. Over time, it will be covered with the greenery being established by Collaborative West landscape architects, ensuring an established patina even here.
Critics will no doubt object to such definitive theming in a town such as Corona del Mar, but Nahabedian says Laing is happy to create a distinctive look. “We wanted to pay homage to the context of Corona del Mar, and we think the architecture and pedestrian focus of the site plan does this very well,” he says. “At the same time, we did not want the pale grays, blues and brick of old Corona del Mar. We could have pulled that off, but we were searching for something fresh.”
|Homes at Sailhouse are warm and enveloping, with well- proportioned rooms and an abundance of natural light.|
An enriched spec level adds to the upscale presentation. Standard features include slab granite for kitchen countertops, antique nickel hardware, granite face and hearth for the fireplaces (both wood-burning and non-wood-burning are included per plan), oversize casing and molding, and five-burner gas cooktops, plus microwave/thermal-convection oven combinations. Less showy, equally thoughtful touches include closet storage systems, Category 5 pre-wiring, laundry sinks and recycling drawers.
While a few buyers have gone for lavish upgrading, most do not, says Donna Morrow, home counselor for Laing. “We have one buyer who spent about $150,000 on options. For most, the included features and finishes are very satisfactory.”
Quality and detailing were paramount to successful marketing, says Marianne Browne, vice president of sales and marketing for John Laing Homes. “Our buyers have money, but they have no need to show it. They are independent, secure in their tastes and seeking value. For them, quality and attention to the details of living translate to value, not extravagant design and splashy options.”
The quality quotient is also part of the trade that buyers are making in return for surrendering a piece of their individuality. Condominium ownership includes the constraints of Covenants, Codes and Restrictions, and an association. “The houses had to be great,” Nahabedian says.
Neither walled nor gated, Sailhouse also omits the customary private recreation center. “The immediate surroundings offer Starbucks for breakfast, terrific places for evening wine, for shopping and for fun at the beach,” Browne says. “A rec center was totally unnecessary.”
Scheurer agrees, adding that he does not consider Sailhouse a shining achievement as a stand-alone project. “Its contextual relationship to Corona del Mar is what shines,” he says. “Academic founders of New Urbanism are aspiring to create whole new towns, but smaller projects with some of the qualities of New Urbanism are more typical. Our job is to get as much of the philosophy of New Urbanism into smaller, infill locations like this one. Few of us will have the opportunity to create a new town, so our goal is to create great projects that deal with reality.”


text: - Most of the blood tests aiming for breast cancer screening rely on quantification of a single or few biomarkers. The aim of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of detecting breast cancer by analyzing the total biochemical composition of plasma as well as peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMCs) using infrared spectroscopy. Blood was collected from 29 patients with confirmed breast cancer and 30 controls with benign or no breast tumors, undergoing screening for breast cancer. PBMCs and plasma were isolated and dried on a zinc selenide slide and measured under a Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) microscope to obtain their infrared absorption spectra. Differences in the spectra of PBMCs and plasma between the groups were analyzed as well as the specific influence of the relevant pathological characteristics of the cancer patients. Several bands in the FTIR spectra of both blood components significantly distinguished patients with and without cancer. Employing feature extraction with quadratic discriminant analysis, a sensitivity of ~90 % and a specificity of ~80 % for breast cancer detection was achieved. These results were confirmed by Monte Carlo cross-validation. Further analysis of the cancer group revealed an influence of several clinical parameters, such as the involvement of lymph nodes, on the infrared spectra, with each blood component affected by different parameters. The present preliminary study suggests that FTIR spectroscopy of PBMCs and plasma is a potentially feasible and efficient tool for the early detection of breast neoplasms. An important application of our study is the distinction between benign lesions (considered as part of the non-cancer group) and malignant tumors thus reducing false positive results at screening. Furthermore, the correlation of specific spectral changes with clinical parameters of cancer patients indicates for possible contribution to diagnosis and prognosis.

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Gareth Bale is one of the best footballers in the world right now.
The Welshman is the world’s most expensive player and is showing exactly why Real Madrid forked out an incredible £85 million with his performances.
Bale is currently Euro 2016’s top goalscorer with three goals in Wales’ three group matches and is currently demonstrating his incredible ability on the international stage.
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But it hasn’t always been like this for Bale.
After signing for Tottenham from Southampton, the winger was regarded as something of an unlucky charm.
Under Harry Redknapp, Spurs went 24 matches without winning in matches that Bale had featured. Little did Tottenham fans know that the player ‘responsible’ for their winless run was about to turn into a world beater.
But Spurs’ fans weren’t on their own in thinking Bale was holding back their side. Even legendary manager Sir Alex Ferguson was surprised to continue to see him in the team.
“It was not so long ago that Sir Alex Ferguson was even advising me not to play him because he was never on the winning side!” Redknapp wrote in his Telegraph column.
“Gareth had that horrendous statistic hanging round his neck of not winning a game, which went to 24 games, and Sir Alex actually said to me that he wouldn’t have played him. We were playing at Old Trafford and after the game he said “bloody hell Harry, this must be difficult for you to put him on the field'.
“Alex was big on superstitions and I’m still not sure to this day whether he was joking or not but it was clearly a huge topic. It wasn’t a nice thing for Gareth to deal with and it must have affected him. Whether he started the game or came off the bench Spurs didn’t win and it became a bit of a joke outside the club – and inside the dressing room as well.”
Finally, Bale was involved in a Spurs victory and he has hardly looked back since. He went on to score 55 times for the north London side before earning a move to the Spanish capital where he has enjoyed three successful seasons - winning two Champions League trophies in the meantime.
He’s certainly proved plenty of people wrong, including Sir Alex!
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There are more than a few companies out there that specialize in the restoration and customization of the Land Rover Defender, but nobody does it quite like Legacy Overland. The team at Greenwich, Connecticut’s leading LR builder has been in the game for quite a while now, and their most recent project, the 1988 Defender 90 Heritage Edition, is a testament to the company’s passionate pursuit.
The 1988 Land Rover Defender 90 you see here is the definition of unrelenting craftsmanship. It took several thousand man-hours to build, following strict adherence to the client’s powerful love for interior design, and Singer Porsches. As you might expect, Legacy Overland went out of their way to create one of the most immaculate interiors around, introducing a dashboard, seating, and internal liners that have been covered in chestnut-colored full-grain leather from one of Italy’s finest artisan tanneries. Metal peripherals serve to complement the vehicle’s handsome interior. On the outside, you’ll find that the Defender has been dressed in a shade of Heritage green, pairing perfectly with the SUV’s vintage grille, Terrafirma roof rack/rear ladder, and a set of outdoor-oriented BFGoodrich All/Terrain 265/75×16 tires. To round everything out, Legacy opted to replace the vehicle’s original 2.5-liter diesel engine with something a bit more capable, introducing a rebuilt Land Rover 3.9-liter V8 and automatic gearbox to push the vehicle further into modernity.


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What is Litecoin?
Litecoin is a peer-to-peer Internet currency that enables instant, near-zero expense payments to anybody on the planet. Litecoin is an open source, worldwide payment network that is totally decentralized without any central authorities. Mathematics secures the network and empowers people to control their own finances. Litecoin functions quicker deal verification times and improved storage efficiency than the leading math-based currency. With substantial market assistance, trade volume and liquidity, Litecoin is a proven medium of commerce complementary to Bitcoin.
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Bitcoin vs. Litecoin: What’s the Difference?
Over the past numerous years, public interest in cryptocurrencies has actually changed drastically. While digital currencies do not currently influence the same impassioned enthusiasm that they performed in late 2017, more just recently investor interest in cryptos has resurged. The primary focus of this interest has actually been Bitcoin, which has actually long been the dominant name in cryptocurrency. Because the starting of Bitcoin in 2009, however, numerous other cryptocurrencies have actually gotten in the scene. It has proven increasingly challenging for digital coins to stand out offered the level of crowding in the field, Litecoin (LTC) is one non-Bitcoin crypto which has actually handled to stand up to the competition. LTC presently trails behind Bitcoin as the 7th-largest digital currency by market cap, since May 2020.
Litecoin transactions are verified quicker than other cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin due to the fact that it produces a block every 2.5 minutes as opposed to Bitcoin’s 10 minutes. This implies your money gets to its destination quicker.
Litecoin keeps a record of every transaction in its blockchain, which is near impossible to alter because of the method it is protected through miners and a high hashrate. Basically, the journal Litecoin develops can not be modified.
Whether sending large or percentages, Litecoin transactions have incredibly low costs. Payment processing fees are also far less than those sustained by credit cards and other forms of payment, a perfect function for businesses.
Litecoin is regularly amongst the top coins in terms of liquidity. This implies it is more readily offered for everyday purchases and conversions into regional currencies.

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No One Writes to the Colonel: and Other Stories (Perennial Classics) (Paperback)
Written with compassionate realism and wit, the stories in this mesmerizing collection depict the disparities of town and village life in South America, of the frightfully poor and outrageously rich, of memories and illusions, and of lost opportunities and present joys.
About the Author
Gabriel García Márquez was born in 1927 in the town of Aracataca, Columbia.Latin America's preeminent man of letters, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1982. García Márquez began his writing career as a journalist and is the author of numerous other works of fiction and nonfiction, including the novels The Autumn of the Patriarch and Love in the Time of Cholera, and the autobiography Living to Tell the Tale. There has been resounding acclaim for his life's work since he passed away in April 2014.


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Keowee Mountain Serenity
Keowee Mountain Subdivision is located just off of Highway 130 about half way up Lake Keowee on the opposite side of the road from The Reserve at Lake Keowee. Here is an excerpt from their Web site.
OK, maybe it’s not the summer camp you remember, short-sheeting the bed and putting frogs in the counselor’s shorts. But it’s just as fun here at Keowee Mountain, located on beautiful Lake Keowee. You can hike a trail and then kick off your shoes and cool your feet in one of our pristine waterfalls. Or take out the boat for an afternoon of fishing with the kids.
But don’t let the natural setting fool you. Keowee Mountain is most definitely a resort. With resort amenities like The Lodge and pool area with 360° views of the surrounding mountains. With lake vistas, mountain views, estate home and lots, and cottage homes all woven throughout roughly 700 acres of beautiful natural settings. All of this, at prices that allow you to breathe a lot easier.?
The community has a couple hundred properties. Most of them are wooded or view lots. There is one section on an off shoot of Lake Keowee that is slated to be a Lakeside Park. For more information about this or any Lake Keowee Waterfront Subdivision, please call Mike or Matt Roach at 866-371-2911.

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Professional Development Funding: St. John's & Grenfell Campuses
If you are teaching as a Per-Course Instructor on the St. John's Campus in the Fall semester, you may be eligible to apply for Professional Development funding from MUN and matching funding from LUMUN. Please read on for further information.
The next deadline for the triannual award of the Memorial University of Newfoundland Professional Development Fund For Per-Course Instructors will be
- St. John's Campus: Friday, 15 September [N.B. This is the deadline for the Academic Head to submit the application to the Dean; the PCI should submit the application to the Academic Head before this date. The Dean will forward eligible applications to the Provost by 30 September.]
- Grenfell Campus: Monday, 2 October [N.B. This is the deadline for the PCI to sumbit the application to the Dean, who will forward eligible applications to the Vice-President (Grenfell Campus) by 16 October.]
Submit the following to the Head of your Academic Unit (St. John's Campus) or to the Dean (Grenfell Campus):
- A letter addressed to the Head of your Academic Unit, indicating clearly how the academic conference or other relevant professional development opportunity is related to your employment history (as a Per Course Instructor at Memorial) and to your usual teaching assignment.
- Any supporting documentation on the professional development opportunity (e.g.,notice of a conference or training opportunity, notice of acceptance at a conference, any known associated costs, etc.)
- A completed Travel Request Form (available also from the Department of Financial and Administrative Services (AA2022)
a. ST. JOHN'S CAMPUS: the deadline for applications for this round of funding is 15 September 2017; applications shall be submitted by the Head of the Academic Unit to the appropriate Dean by this date. GRENFELL CAMPUS: the deadline for this round of funding is 2 October N.B. instructors on the St. John's Campus should be mindful of the extra step in the approval process.
b. you must be on the Seniority List in the academic unit; if you are on the Probationary List, you are not eligible for funding.
c. you must hold a Per Course Instructor appointment at the time of application
d. if you were hired under clause 13.08 of the MUN-LUMUN Collective Agreement, you are not eligible for an award.
e. the academic conference or relevant professional development opportunity must be related to your employment history (as a Per Course Instructor at Memorial) and your usual teaching assignment
f. if your costs exceed $500 – the maximum award from the Vice-President (Academic) – LUMUN may contribute up to $500 towards your costs. Contact the union for more information.
g. you will be asked to provide a detailed account of the costs, as well as the relevant receipts
h. once an application for funding is approved, you shall have up to 8 months from the date of approval to use the funds
i. in cases where demand for professional development funds exceeds the availability of funds, the VPA shall give priority to applications on the following basis:
1. Requests to present a paper at an academic conference or to present creative works or performances in an equivalent context
2. Requests to participate in a panel discussion at an academic conference
3. Applicants who have not previously received professional development funds
4. Applicants who have not previously received professional development funds in the past three years
5. If all of the above are equal, the applicant’s seniority will be the deciding factor


Design, Development and Performance Evaluation of Eddy Current Displacement Sensor Based Pressure Sensor with Target Temperature Compensation
Keywords: Eddy current principle, Non-contact transduction, Piecewise linearisation, Calibration, Harsh environment
AbstractIn Aerospace applications, pressure measurement plays a vital role as it serves as one of the input to onboard controller to aid decision- making on initiating or terminating some of the critical events. In this paper, the design aspects of pressure sensor using linear eddy current displacement sensor (ECDS) are presented along with its performance evaluation. The static calibration is carried out to select the best position of ECDS in the proposed pressure sensor. The effect of target temperature on sensor output is presented with test results to aid compensation. A compensation algorithm is developed to minimise the error due to target temperature. The developed compensation algorithm is validated using thermal calibration. The designed pressure sensor is calibrated using Arson dynamic pressure calibrator to evaluate its bandwidth. The calibration results are analysed to aid future sensor design towards improvement of accuracy, bandwidth and miniaturisation.
How to Cite
Gobi, K., Kannapiran, B., Devaraj, D., & Valarmathi, K. (2018). Design, Development and Performance Evaluation of Eddy Current Displacement Sensor Based Pressure Sensor with Target Temperature Compensation. Defence Science Journal, 68(2), 203-209. https://doi.org/10.14429/dsj.68.11765
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Thursday, July 24, 2014
Hello again. Second batch this summer is almost complete. I decided to make a grapefruit IPA after having a Stochasticity Project Grapefruit Slam IPA a while ago. That beer was awesome.
After searching around I found an IPA recipe that appeared be a good base to start with.
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Well folks, brewing went into hibernation over the winter. My basement turned into a wood shop as I was constructing corn hole boards instead of brewing beer. Then, I was a little bummed out over having to install gutters instead of building a shed to clear out my garage so I could build my Brutus 10. The gutters hit the wallet hard so the Brutus 10 will have to wait another year. At least, I managed to dust of the brewing equipment and get a batch going.

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COVID-19 Guidelines and Considerations
Please review and sign the 2020 OVSL Infectious Disease Waiver using the link below. Any player without a signed waiver on file will not be permitted to participate in the Fall 2020 Season. Please contact firstname.lastname@example.org for questions, or to request a hard-copy waiver to sign.
Guidelines for Fall 2020
The below guidelines are to be followed for all OVSL participants and spectators. These guidelines are tailored after The Ohio Health Department's complete Responsible Restart guidance for Youth Sports. These guidelines are subject to change in accordance with any future guidance from the CDC, Ohio Health Department, or the Washington County Health Department:
- Players and coaches must be assessed for symptoms of COVID-19 before each practice and game; any participant who experiences symptoms of COVID-19 must stay home
- All participants and spectators are to wear face coverings when social distancing cannot be maintained, with the following exceptions:
- Players, coaches and referees are not required to wear a mask while actively engaged in on-field activities or competitions
- Health-related exceptions outlined by The Ohio Department of Health
- Players may not share gear, water or snacks— this includes goalkeeper jerseys and gloves
- Player, coach and referee gear must be kept separated on the sidelines by at least six feet
- Participants and spectators may not congregate before or after games; this includes pregame huddles and post-game handshakes
- Participants and spectators must must keep six-feet social distance while not actively participating in competitive play or practice
- Seating/Standing locations will be marked out on the sidelines of each field. Families are to sit together at these marks to ensure social distancing from other families. Each team will be assigned one half of each field during games for spectator separation (home/away)
- Coaches are encouraged to incorporate more drills that focus on individual skills to reduce the need for full contact practice drills
- Coaches must review CDC's Video "Youth Sports: Tips to Protect Players from COVID-19"

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I've had 2 bad falls in the last 2 years--one on the basement stairs, and one on my bike. No broken bones, but huge bruises one which will be permanent. So I'm paying attention and have learned some odd things: whites are more likely than blacks or Hispanics to have fall injuries and death; the death rate for men is 40% higher than women; the death rate from falls has gone up sharply in the last decade; 75 is a lot more dangerous than 65; there are over 258,000 hip fractures and the rate for women is almost twice the rate for men; hip fractures are much more common in white women than black.
- Twenty to thirty percent of people who fall suffer moderate to severe injuries such as lacerations, hip fractures, and head traumas. These injuries can make it hard to get around or live independently, and increase the risk of early death.
- Falls are the most common cause of traumatic brain injuries (TBI).
- About one-half of fatal falls among older adults are due to TBI.
- Most fractures among older adults are caused by falls. The most common are fractures of the spine, hip, forearm, leg, ankle, pelvis, upper arm, and hand.
- Many people who fall, even if they are not injured, develop a fear of falling. This fear may cause them to limit their activities, which leads to reduced mobility and loss of physical fitness, and in turn increases their actual risk of falling.


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Global Excavator Market Report: 2016 Edition
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Excavators are one of the major segments of construction equipment industry. These are used extensively in numerous fields ranging from construction of roads, building structures to mining and extraction of gold and diamonds. There are several types of excavators present in the industry, based on their size and machinery.
There are many types of excavators, out of which demand of hydraulic excavators is discussed in the report. The demand of the hydraulic excavators declined worldwide. The decrease was mainly due to the downturn in hydraulic excavator demand in China, Japan and Asia & Oceania during 2015 despite continuing steady sales expansion in North America and Europe.
The key factors driving the growth of the excavator industry are rising urbanization, growth in construction expenditure and growing economy. Some of the noteworthy trends and developments of this industry are growing demand for fuel efficient excavator, introduction of new product and usage of high efficiency hydraulic fluids. However, the expansion of global excavator industry is hindered by high maintaining cost for hydraulic excavators and strict regulatory compliance imposed on producers.
The report “Global Excavator Market” provides an in-depth analysis of the excavator market along with a detailed study of the Chinese market. The major trends, growth drivers as well as issues being faced by the industry are being presented in this report. The four major players in the industry, Caterpillar, Komatsu, Hitachi and Kobelco are being profiled.

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About Tadoba National Park
Increase in the awareness among people about various issues
Tadoba Tiger Reserve is Maharashtra's largest National Park with one of the highest densities of tigers in the country. A dry deciduous forest with beautiful topography, Nearly 300 species of birds are found in this region and offers some of the best sightings of tigers, wild dogs, leopards, and others are seen frequently. The jungle and areas surrounding the Lodge are excellent terrains for birding and walking safaris.
Herbivores include the gigantic gaur, sambar, Nil Gai or blue bull, spotted deer, Monkey etc. Some other interesting mammals are the jackal, fox, jungle cat and hares. The large water body in the park have crocodiles which can be seen basking on the banks.
Teak is the dominant species of tree along with Mahua, Tendu, Flame of the forest, Golden Shower and Bamboo. The thickets of trees are interspersed with large grasslands and lakes which make for a very interesting landscape.


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Posted on April 06, 2020
A team from the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Department of Statistics in collaboration with other international universities has developed what is believed to be the first interactive app in the country that provides real-time data on COVID-19 using R-Shiny (a statistical software package).
As at Monday 6 April 2020, Global COVID-19 infections had exceeded 1.2 million, while the number of deaths was approaching 70 000. In South Africa, there were more than 1 600 infections and 11 confirmed deaths.
The data for the dashboard is collated from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States, via GitHub (an online repository on which worldometer.com also bases its information).
The data for the dashboard is collated from the World Health Organization and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the United States.
Professor Andriëtte Bekker, Head of the Department of Statistics, says the power of this app is two-fold. “It produces downloadable plots of COVID-19 counts, which includes the number of people infected, recovered or those who have passed away. The user can sort this by country or continent.” There is also an interactive setting whereby users can shift days since the first infection on a scale and see how the data has changed over time. In other words, the dashboard shifts power and autonomy to the user.
The team that worked on the dashboard includes Prof Bekker, senior UP lecturer Dr Johan Ferreira, and Professor Mohammad Arashi and Dr Mahdi Salehi, who are from Iranian institutions Shahrood University of Technology and the University of Neyshabur respectively. Prof Arashi is also an Extraordinary Professor in UP’s Department of Statistics as well as the National Research Foundation Chairholder of the South African Research Chair’s Initiative’s Research Chair in Computational and Methodological Statistics. Dr Salehi is a postdoctoral fellow. Postgraduate students Foad Esmaeili from the University of Neyshabur and UP’s Motala Frances, who is completing his honours degree in Mathematical Statistics, are also valuable contributors.
Professor Andriëtte Bekker, Head of UP's Department of Statistics.
“The investment of this app is human capital,” says Prof Bekker. “We are leveraging the joint intellectual capital of postgraduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and staff of UP, Shahrood University of Technology and the University of Neyshabur to develop and refine this dashboard. This also exemplifies what can be achieved with collaboration among universities.”
Dr Ferreira explains that the app was developed in statistical software R, which is free and open source and is based on the component (package) called “Shiny”, which creates real-time interactive web apps straight from R software. He says statistics has always been considered the premier discipline both in academic and daily life as it helps make sense of data.
“We have tapped into this historic legacy of statistics to be vital in understanding and exploring the cause and effects of, in this case, epidemiological modelling: for example, Florence Nightingale was not only the founder of modern nursing, but applied statistical techniques to understand disease modelling of British soldiers during the Crimean war in the 1850s.”
The app was developed in statistical software R, which is free and open source.
The idea for the app was based on Motala Frances’s honours research, which was under the guidance of Dr Salehi and initially aimed at producing an interactive web-based app in the education sector. But due to the rapidly changing global environment of the past few weeks, the project was realigned into an interactive web-based app for visualising and understanding data for any user based on COVID-19 data, says Prof Bekker. “This shows that necessity is the mother of invention, but in our case it was teamwork that realised this plan. However, Mr Motala and Dr Salehi worked tirelessly, and without them this would not have been possible.”
“Statistics has always had an indisputable legacy when it comes to data,” says Prof Bekker. “And in this data-driven era, we are bombarded with data from news outlets, social media and the like. Our department’s joint effort in this initiative aims to put the power of statistics at the users’ finger tips.”
UP’s Department of Statistics serves about 7 000 students in undergraduate programmes and more than 100 in postgraduate programmes annually. It is the biggest in the country. The department has wide-ranging research interests that include biostatistics, and computational and methodological statistics.
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Catholic Health welcomes Labor's dental care for poor
Catholic Health Australia has welcomed the ALP's commitment to establish a public dental program for low income and disadvantaged people.
Federal opposition leader Mark Latham announced at last week's Federal Labor Conference that all concession card holders would receive free dental check-ups and subsidised treatment through a $300 million scheme.
Describing dental health care as "crucial", CHA CEO Francis Sullivan said dental care has been a "glaring omission in public services since 1996".
"Evidence demonstrates that when dental care becomes expensive too many people are forced to forego what otherwise would be a necessary service," he said.
Mr Sullivan argued said the Federal Government has "abrogated its responsibility in dental care despite the growing waiting lists and the obvious disadvantage experienced by low income, poor and elderly Australians".
The Labor leader said the Australian dental care program would clear the backlog of 500,000 people currently waiting up to five years to have their teeth fixed and substantially cut waiting times.
The scheme would cost $300 million over four years - providing up to 1.3 million extra procedures - and $120 million a year thereafter.
Meanwhile independent Catholic lobbyist PolMin last night expressed disappointment in the ALP's proposed asylum seeker policy.
After vigorous debate within the party on Friday, members voted for a unified stand to support the retention of the mandatory detention of asylum seekers should it win government at this year's expected Federal Election.
PolMin - the Australian Political Ministry Network Ltd - argued that Pope John XXII's encyclical Pacem in Terris asserts the "personal right of any person to enter a country in order to claim asylum from that country".
"The retention of [current] policy clearly suggests that the ALP's new policy on asylum seekers is smoke and mirrors because asylum seekers will not be able to enter Australia to claim asylum."
PolMin last night called on Catholic MPs to work with it for the restoration of the right of any person to enter a country to claim asylum thereby upholding Catholic social teaching.
Dental Program Welcomed (Catholic Health Australia 30/1/04)
ALP's asylum seeker policy ignores Catholic social teaching (Australian Political Ministry Network Ltd 1/2/04)
Free dental check-ups under Labor (AAP 30/1/04)
Aged care spokesman welcomes ALP dental plan (ABC The World Today 30/1/04)
Opportunity for All: Keynote Speech To The ALP National Conference
Latham to MPs: get in line on refugee policy (Sydney Morning Herald 31/1/04)
Lawrence treads fine line on refugees (ABC 7:30 Report)
Pacem in Terris
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MIAMI: ANGEL IN CORAL GABLES (Transcript)
After averaging double figures and earning All-Big 12 honors as a sophomore in 2012-13, Angel Rodriguez transferred to Miami and hopes to do similar things for the Hurricanes this season. But Rodriguez does not expect to sneak up on any ACC opponents when Miami begins ACC play come January.
“By the time you start conference play, everybody knows the scouting report and everybody will know what you like to do and what don't you like to do,’ Rodriguez said. “It's just a matter of players, whether they want to pay attention to the scouting report or not. Some players don't appreciate it as much. I take it serious. I think it gives you an advantage if you pay attention to it. It's up to whoever is looking at the scouting report.”
After sitting out last season in accordance with NCAA rules, Rodriguez got a chance to assess the ACC and compare and contrast the league with the Big 12.
“The Big 12 has a lot of very good teams, so I think the level is still going to be the same” Rodriguez said. It's going to be as high. But it's a new experience because pretty much every team I have not played against yet besides Virginia Tech my freshman year. So there's a lot of new faces, maybe a new style of play. I don't know if the tempo is faster or whatever the case might be, but I'm still playing at the highest level, so there's not much you should have to adjust to.”
WAKE FOREST: NEW MAN(NING) ON CAMPUS (Transcript)
Wake Forest’s returning players weren’t quite sure what to expect from former All-American and NBA standout Danny Manning when he took over as the Demon Deacons’ head coach last spring. But they soon found out.
"He' very assertive, oriented to detail,” Wake guard Codi Miller-McIntyre said. “He's humble, but he can get on us like no other. When he tells us something, we have to listen.”
Miller-McIntyre said Manning has quickly blended into the Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem communities.
“He is a people person,” Miller-McIntyre said. “I say that because I've been walking around campus with a group of friends, and he will come up and sometimes won't even speak to me first won't even say, ‘What's up, Codi?’ He'll introduce himself to my friends and ask them about their majors and little things like that. I think that's one big thing that he does which will get the community more involved and coming out and supporting us because now the fans aren't really looking at him as, ‘This is Danny Manning.’ It's more, ‘Okay, I met him at Subway or met him at Benson or in The Pit’ or little things like that.”
VIRGINIA TECH: NO TIME TO LOSE (Transcript)
Virginia Tech guard Adam Smith knows most aren’t expecting big things from the Hokies this season. That doesn’t mean he or his teammates have to accept that assessment.
“We're at the bottom of the conference, we have like a lot of doubters, and not too many supporters,” he admitted. “But I think it's more about proving ourselves right than kind of proving everybody wrong.
Most look at this season as the beginning of a rebuilding project for first-year head coach Buzz Williams, who inherits just two starters from last season’s team that finished 9-22 and posted a 2-16 mark in ACC play. But Smith said he and his fellow upperclassmen don’t have the luxury of extended that time. That is more than enough motivation to try to make something positive happen quickly.
“We don't want to look at it as a rebuilding year, because rebuilding, it takes a long time,” Smith said. “It's a process. We're ready now. We're trying to make noise now as soon as possible."
DUKE: REGROUPING AND RELOADING (Transcript)
Duke forward Amile Jefferson says the Blue Devils’ stunning loss to Mercer in the second round of last year’s NCAA Tournament still burns. And he and his teammates are on a season-long mission to make sure nothing similar happens again.
"March is brutal, and if you're not hungry things like that will happen,” Jefferson said. “We want to have that hunger now so in March it's in our nature."
The Blue Devils will regroup behind a strong veteran cast and a recruiting class of Jahlil Okafor, Tyus Jones, Grayson Allen and Justise Winslow that nearly all analysts rate as the best in the nation. Jefferson, noted that the incoming freshmen were well-familiar with one another from travel teams and All-Star games, displayed an instant, positive chemistry.
“The balance has been great,” Jefferson said. “ I think that's partly due to how close those guys were when they came in. You know, their bond was something special even before coming to Duke. They were already best friends. So it was kind of like we just all fit around that, around that real close‑knit bond that they had, instead of it being vice versa. I think that really helped for everyone to become really, really tight and really, really good friends on and off the court.
“That really helped the balance, so it wasn't like upperclassmen head‑butting with the younger guys. It was just like everybody coming in as a collective unit.”
GEORGIA TECH: SLIMMING DOWN BUT THINKING BIG (Transcript)
Georgia Tech guard Corey Heyward receiving some strict orders from head coach Brian Gregory at the end of last season. Heyward took them to heart – and to stomach.
“Coach told me to lose weight and body fat,” Heyward said. “I lost about 20 pounds. I can't tell you the last time I was at McDonald's."
Heyward doesn’t mind missing a few meals if it helps the Yellow Jackets improve on last season’s 16-17 showing that included a 6-12 mark in ACC play. Heyward emerged as one of the players the Yellow Jackets were counting on in the future, starting 14 of the Yellow Jackets’ final 15 games with a 2-1 assist-to-turnover ratio and committing zero turnovers in seven of his 15 ACC starts.
“I see ourselves as a team that's fighting to make an imprint, especially in the ACC and college basketball, and we are a team of guys that want to fight and sacrifice and kind of your guys that will ‑‑ blue collar, definitely,” Heyward said in sizing up this season “We have something to prove, especially with the new guys coming in, as well, have something to prove and kind of be a big impact on the team and the conference, as well.”
PITT: IT’S ALL WRIGHT WITH THE PANTHERS (Transcript)
Pitt found ACC basketball to its liking in its first year as a conference member. Coach Jamie Dixon’s troops won 26 games, including 11 in league play, and advanced to the semifinals of the ACC Tournament. The Panthers earned their second straight NCAA Tournament berth and their 10th in 11 seasons under Dixon’s watch.
"Basketball is basketball,” senior guard Cameron Wright said. “But play in the ACC is a little faster, which I like."
Wright, the recipient of the 2014 Skip Prosser Award as the league’s top-scholar athlete for men’s basketball, hopes to keep the Panthers running full steam despite the losses of standouts Lamar Patterson and Talib Zanna from last season. Wright is capable in contributing in many ways, as he proved last season by averaging 10.5 points while ranking first on the team in steals (66) and ranking third in assists (92). Wright’s scoring average was a 6.2 ppg improvement over the 4.3 he averaged as a sophomores.
Wright doesn’t dwell much on personal stats as he sizes up how the Panthers can be a stronger squad in 2014-15, but he does aim high.
“A successful season would be having great practices every day, taking it one step at a time, and obviously everybody wants to be No. 1, at the end of the year, being the conference champions and then going to Greensboro (at the ACC Tournament) and finishing at that No. 1 spot and going to the NCAA Tournament,’ Wright said. “And it would be ideal to win that as well.
NC STATE: STEPPING ON UP (Transcript)
Ralston Turner began asserting himself as an NC State leader last season
"He's Mr. Consistency and a humongous leader on and off the court," teammate Kyle Washington said. “He's a big brother to me in a lot of different ways. He was my roommate on the road last year. He just taught me all the ropes. He said coming to practice every day, and he said, ‘I expect you to be a leader in a lot of different ways, but I expect you to go hard and show energy.’"
Turner played some of his best basketball down the stretch of the 2013-14 season, his first with the Wolfpack after transferring from LSU. Though often overshadowed by the presence of ACC leading scorer and All-American TJ Warren, the Muscle Shoals, Alabama, native emerged by scoring in double figures 19 times, including three games with 20 points or more. He averaged 16.5 points and 4.0 rebounds in NC State’s two NCAA Tournament games.
Turner knows he may be asked to take on more of the scoring load in Warren’s absence, but he hopes to contribute in other ways as well.
“I think that's one of the things I will need to do is step up my scoring a little bit,” he acknowledged. “But also, TJ, he did a lot of things well. He got rebounds, he was in a defensive spot. (I need to) not only score, but also be able to rebound more and do other things, as well.”
Washington is confident Turner will help provide whatever the Wolfpack needs.
“You can look at his stats, you can look at his tenures at LSU and NC State, he's just a huge leader and he leads by example, Washington said. “I'm extremely proud to be his teammate.”
SYRACUSE: LIGHTS OUT … DEFENSE (Transcript)
Syracuse junior guard Trevor Cooney is known for his outside shooting accuracy. It is a reputation well-earned, as his ACC-leading 2.65 made 3-pointers per game last season will attest. In one eye-opening game against Cornell last season, Cooney knocked down 10-of-12 shots from the field, including a 7-of-8 effort from 3-point range.
But Cooney does not think of himself as a shooter first.
"I hang my hat on defense,” Cooney stated. “That's what keeps me in games and helps win games"
It went unnoticed by many, but Cooney had the numbers to back up that statement last season as well. His 1.88 steals ranked second in the ACC, trailing only teammate Tyler Ennis.
“If you can play good defense, you're going to be in any game that you're playing in,” Cooney said. “ That's what Coach Boeheim tells us, and we go out there and we want to execute the 2‑3 zone well. If you're going out there and playing hard, defense is going to win you games.”
CLEMSON: COLLECTIVE REASONING (Transcript)
Clemson point guard Rod Hall doesn’t deny the obvious: Replacing K.J. McDaniels won’t be easy. No one loses 17.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 100 blocked shots off a 23-13 team and pretends it is simply business as usual.
But Hall believes the Tigers can collectively fill the void as they move forward without their departed All-ACC performer in 2014-15.
“K.J. is going to be a tough loss because you can't replace the blocked shots and the put‑back dunks that brought the energy to the team,” Hall said. “ But we have to focus on the team we have now. Everybody got better over the summer, and we moved the ball pretty well. I think it's going to be a better opportunity for everybody to just take a chance with the ball and just get a good shot.”
Will Hall, who averaged 9.7 per game last season, emerge as Clemson’s next “go-to” scoring guy?
“I mean, I don't think anybody really averages 17 points this year,” he said. “I think it's just going to be pretty much balanced out. I think I'm just going to take care of the things I've been doing, getting everybody shots and taking shots when I'm open. So that's going to be my main focus.”
FLORIDA STATE: JOKING ASIDE, FSU PLAYS TO WIN (Transcript)
To outsiders, Leonard Hamilton often appears to be taking an “all business” approach to the game. But junior guard Montay Brandon says the veteran Florida State coach keeps the Seminoles laughing and loose.
"I know he doesn't smile much to you guys in the media but off the court he's always cracking jokes,” Brandon said.
Hamilton’s burning desire to win is no joke – nor is it a secret to those who follow the ACC. In addition to the 2012 ACC Championship, Florida State is the league’s third-winningest program over the past nine years. Hamilton needs just 18 wins to become the winningest coach in school history, and he already ranks among the top 12 winningest coaches in the history of the ACC.
“We play as hard as we can for him, because we know he truly cares about all of us,” Brandon said. “On the court we know that once we step out there it's war. With the pregame talks he gives us, we're all out there ready to prepare for battle.”
VIRGINIA: BROGDON ... EXPECT MORE ‘SURPRISES’ (Transcript)
Last season’s ACC Operation Basketball preseason media poll tabbed Virginia for a fourth-place finish. Not disrespectful to the Cavaliers by any means, but junior guard Malcolm Brogdon and the Cavaliers felt they were even better. They proved as much by winning both the ACC regular-season and tournament championships, tying a league record with 19 total wins against ACC opposition and reaching the NCAA East Regional semifinals. The Cavaliers finished 30-7 ovearall.
With key seniors Joe Harris and Akil Mitchell having graduated, Brogdon does not expect Virginia to be picked at the top of the 2014-15 preseason poll either. But Virginia returns a talented nucleus, led by Brogdon himself, who was voted first-team All-ACC by the league’s head coaches after averaging 14.8 points in conference games and ranking second in the league in free-throw percentage. And he believes he and his teammates are ready to surprise again.
"This program thrives on being underdogs and being underestimated,” Brogdon said. “We have a chip on our shoulder."
LOUISVILLE: HOME AWAY FROM HOME (Transcript)
Montrezl Harrell grew up in Tarboro, N.C., as an ACC basketball fan. Now, thanks to a unique set of circumstances and the two-year winding road that brings Louisville into the conference for his junior season, the Cardinals’ preseason All-American will be playing in the league with which he is so familiar.
“ My transition into Louisville was kind of crazy,” Harrell said Wednesday. “Coming out of high school I really wasn't heavily recruited like that by any big teams, either in North Carolina or outside of it, honestly.”
Harrell attended Hargrave Military Academy with designs on enrolling at Virginia Tech. But after the Hokies made a head coaching change at the end of the 2011-12 season, he reconsidered his options.
“I ended up getting my letter of intent back and reopened my recruiting, and that's when I started getting recruited heavily by a lot of North Carolina teams,” Harrell said. “But I just looked at the roster and just looked at all the teams and the key pieces that they had, and I really felt that Louisville was a better choice for me. I went up there and took a visit, and I kind of felt the same way I did when I went to Virginia Tech. I kind of felt like it was a home away from home.”
BOSTON COLLEGE: WELCOME BACK (Transcript)
A knee injury has stalled Boston College center Dennis Clifford’s collegiate basketball career for nearly two full years, but the redshirt junior believes he is finally healthy and set to make a contribution as the Eagles launch the 2014-15 campaign under first-year head coach Jim Christian.
“I think I've learned a great deal,” Clifford said. “When you have to sit out and watch the game, it kind of teaches you a lot of lessons, just like seeing what was going on with our team and stuff like that. I kind of learned how to slow myself down when I'm on the court personally. I think that was very important for me to learn, and that was definitely the first, like, major part of adversity that I've ever faced on the basketball court. I've always been pretty successful in my individual play and my team.
“I think it taught me to be grateful, definitely, every second that I'm on the court. So I think that's definitely pushed me harder in the last few months that I've been healthy. “
Clifford is hoping his improvement picks up where he left off as freshman in 2011-12, when he was one of five Eagles to appear on all 31 games and ranked third on the team with 25 starts. He averaged 9.1 points and 4.7 rebounds per game.
“He had a bumpy year last year, but had one of the best summers in terms of getting better, getting back on the court,” teammate Olivier Hanlan said. “He's been playing pain‑free and he's been having a good time with it, so I'm happy to see him out there. And it just makes it so much easier on everybody when you have a seven‑footer in the key.”
NORTH CAROLINA: LOOKING FOR CONSISTENCY (Transcript)
After countless hours in the weight room over the summer, North Carolina junior forward Brice Johnson enters this season bigger and stronger. But more than anything else, Orangeburg, S.C., native wants to establish himself as a more consistent player in 2014-15.
"Coach (Roy Williams) has been preaching that to me for two years,” Johnson said. “This year I want to do good things without taking steps backward."
Johnson took made strides in that direction as a sophomore, scoring in double figures 19 times, including 10 times versus ACC opposition. He shot 66 percent from the floor and blocked at least two shots in 13 games.
Now Johnson, who ranked fourth among UNC players in scoring and second in rebounding last season, wants to constantly deliver those kinds of numbers over the course of 30-to-35 games.
“I've had good times, and I've been doing some great things, and then all of a sudden one day I just go backwards,” Johnson said. “I just need to be consistent with my play and keep doing those great things and not go backwards and just show (Williams) that I can be that player that he really needs.”
NOTRE DAME: STILL ON THE COURT (Transcript)
Notre Dame senior guard Pat Connaughton had several options after being selected by the Baltimore Orioles in the fourth round of last June’s Major League Baseball Draft.
After a solid collegiate pitching career for the Fighting Irish, Connaughton proved more than capable in a six-game minor league stint for the Aberdeen IronBirds. Connaugton worked 14.2 innings and compiled a 2.45 ERA while striking out 10 batters for the Class A short-season squad.
That was all good with Notre Dame head basketball coach Mike Brey, a Maryland native and an Orioles baseball fan. But Brey planned on having Connaughton back as a senior leader on this year’s Irish basketball team. Connaughton, who has not ruled out pursuing an NBA career path, was happy to oblige.
"I wanted to see what I could do in basketball this year,” he told reporters Wednesday at the ACC’s 46th annual Operation Basketball. “I wasn't ready to end my basketball career."
Connaughton has done plenty in basketball already. He enters the 2014-15 season with the longest streak of games started among active ACC players (82). He is coming off a junior season in which he averaged 13.9 points per game and led the Irish in rebounding (7.1). He needs just 10 points to reach 1,000 for his career.
“My baseball definitely helps my basketball, just because when you're on the mound pitching, you're really the only one out there, so no matter how you perform, you have to learn how to pick yourself up and learn how to calm yourself down in important spots and really focus on how you're going to proceed and succeed, even when you're not having the best of success,” Connuaghton explained.
“And then vice versa, you just don't see as many athletic pitchers, and I think basketball has really helped me with that, just to show my athleticism, gain my athleticism, and incorporate it on the mound.”


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This beautiful representation of a young woman is directly taken from the design left by Francois BOUCHER.
The Portrait shows a lovely lady, her head slightly bent in reflection with a lovely infused by the excellent strokes of the highlighting white touches of chalk and the light red chalk tones.
The lovely piece has a cartouche for François BOUCHER, 1703/1770, however this is surely a ‘School of’ Boucher and not the master himself.
It remains an absolutely gorgeous piece.
The Frame is lovely, simply done with gilt wood.
A lovely Find!
The Drawing measures 7.61 inches by 5.31 inches
It was purchased in Paris in September 2018.


Ross County boss John Hughes was full of praise for recent signing Jordan White who helped County to a notable win in the battle to avoid relegation.
White, who recently joined Ross County from Motherwell, scored the equaliser and set up Billy McKay’s winning goal in the 2-1 win over Hamilton. The win saw Ross County move four points clear of last placed Hamilton in the relegation battle.
Hughes was pleased to see White, who was making his County debut, make such an impact on the game.
“I’m pleased for Jordan. Most of the guys we’ve brought in this year we’ve had to work to get them up to speed. If you work them too hard you get injuries” he said.
“But Jordan came in really fit and his numbers are good. It was touch and go if we were going to start him. But I’m pleased he has come on” Hughes continued.
The Ross County manager now seems pleased with the squad he has in place. Indeed, he has suggested that all his players will have a role to play in keeping the team in the Premiership.
“Plenty of numbers”
“You want them on from the start, but you can leave the back door open. With the covid and everything we’ve got plenty of numbers. The problem is keeping them happy.
“They’ve all got a part to play between now and the end of the season. Competition is healthy and that’s a good result” he concluded.
Ross County is next in action on Saturday when they take on Dundee United.


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Tube strikes hinder London commuters
Monday 06 September 2010
Commuters in London faced difficult journeys to and from work today as the first in a series of Tube strikes got under way. Maintenance staff on the Jubilee and Northern lines began a 24-hour walkout at 7pm last night in protest at a below-inflation pay offer.
A separate 24-hour stoppage across the network by members of the Rail Maritime and Transport (RMT) union and the Transport Salaried Staffs' Association (TSSA) begins at 5pm today over London Underground's plan to cut 800 station staff. Drivers, signallers and station staff will walk out at 9pm and managers and clerical workers will refuse to work overtime.
Transport for London (TfL) said it would put an extra 100 buses into service and responded to strikers' concerns by insisting there would be no compulsory redundancies. But the RMT leader Bob Crow accused TfL of "playing fast and loose with safety" and also blamed the Mayor, Boris Johnson, for the cutbacks.
- 1 Forget 'The Dress': Here are five of the biggest news stories you might have missed
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- 3 PornHub turns masturbation into energy in bid to save the planet
- 4 The remarkable archaeological underwater discovery that could open up a new chapter in the study of European and British prehistory
- 5 Saudi Muslim cleric claims the Earth is 'stationary' and the sun rotates around it
Boris Nemtsov shot dead: Outspoken Putin critic who had expressed fears for his life is killed near the Kremlin
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The Pups Save Christmas!Book - 2015
It's up to the pups of Nickelodeon's PAW Patrol to save Christmas in Adventure Bay! Boys and girls ages 3 to 7 will get into the spirit with this hardcover storybook featuring full-color illustrations.
Publisher: New York, NY : Golden Books,
Copyright Date: ♭2015
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Shah Rukh Khan's mid-week getaway with his friends from Bollywood on his birthday is all what the Internet can talk about right now
It was Preity Zinta and Bipasha Basu's first Karva Chauth
Shilpa and Raj celebrated the latter's birthday and it was star studded.
Anil Kapoor celebrated his birthday at his Mumbai residence on December 23. It was a jhakkas celebration as we spotted the Boss - Salman Khan at the party, who looked smart in a blue tee and denims.
Actor Ranveer Singh lead the celebrity roll call at the screening of his upcoming film Bajirao Mastani, which will hit the screens on December 18
Several film insiders shuttled between Diwali parties on November 11. Actor Salman Khan, looking rather un-festive, was photographed at Anil Kapoor's do, one of two parties he attended in the evening.
Kangana launched her limited edition collection, 'Marquee', for a fashion label at an event in Mumbai
It was a family affair at the Kapoors this Ganesh Chaturthi
Salman Khan's sister Arpita Khan Sharma celebrated her birthday bash with a gala party at her Mumbai residence on July 31 with friends and family by her side
Showbiz faces were spotted at Mumbai airport on April 14 leaving in droves for Goa where a new resort with interiors by Gauri Khan is opening.
Actor Salman Khan's sister Arpita revisited her wedding destination, this time with actress Huma Qureshi.
Bollywood's who's who attended the party thrown by ace director Karan Johar at his residence in Mumbai on July 26

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It shall be the duty of all the Officers of the City to report annually to the Board of Aldermen, such reports to embrace a full statement of the receipts and expenditures of their respective offices, and such other matters as may be required by the Board of Aldermen, by ordinance, resolution or otherwise.
The Mayor or Board of Aldermen shall have power, as often as he/she or they may deem it necessary, to require any officer of the City to exhibit his/her accounts or other papers or records, and to make report to the Board of Aldermen, in writing, touching any matter relating to his/her office.
[CC 1987 §21.115]
Each member of the Board of Aldermen, and every other elected or appointed official, officer and employee of the City of Gerald including members of any boards or commissions, and his/her legal representatives, shall be indemnified by the City against liabilities, expenses, counsel fees and costs reasonably incurred by him/her or his/her estate in connection with or arising out of any action, suit, proceeding or claim in which he/she is made a party by reason of his/her having served the City in any such capacity; provided that such indemnity shall not apply with respect to any such matter, claim, suit, or proceeding where the person to be indemnified hereunder has valid, collectible insurance coverage for such liability, loss, cost or expense; and provided further, that the City shall not indemnify any such person with respect to any matters as to which he/she shall be finally adjudged in any such action, suit or proceeding to have been liable for negligence or misconduct in the performance of his/her duties as such member, officer, official, or employee.
[Ord. No. 441 §1, 4-8-1999; Ord. No. 741 §1, 4-8-2014; Ord. No. 804 §1, 3-10-2016; Ord. No. 806 §2, 4-4-2016]
The following, and such other days as may be designated by the Mayor and/or Board of Aldermen, are paid holidays for full-time employees:
New Year's Day
Martin Luther King Day
Fourth of July
When a holiday falls on a Sunday, the following Monday shall be considered the designated holiday. Whenever a holiday falls on Saturday, the preceding Friday or following Monday shall be considered the designated holiday, as determined by the Mayor. Holidays which occur during vacation leave shall not be charged against vacation leave. Any employee required to work on the designated holiday, shall receive their hourly rate of pay for number of hours worked plus their normal compensation.
[Ord. No. 457 §1, 10-12-1999]
A "Personnel Policy - General Provisions", "Substance Abuse Policy", "Drug and Alcohol Testing Policy", "Harassment Policy" and "Employee Job Descriptions", a copy of which is marked "Exhibit A" to Ordinance No. 457, is on file in the City offices and made a part hereof, is hereby adopted.
[Ord. No. 762 §1, 12-11-2014]
For the purposes of this Section, the following term shall have the following meaning:
- SURPLUS PROPERTY
- Property belonging to the City of Gerald, Missouri, which is no longer needed, used or which has become obsolete, worn out or scrapped, including but not limited to vehicles, major equipment, furniture, office equipment and supplies.
There is hereby established the following policies and procedures for disposition of surplus property owned by the City of Gerald, Missouri:
All department heads shall submit to the City Clerk annual reports showing stocks of all surplus property with recommendations for disposal. The list will be circulated to all department heads. Upon request, items may be transferred to another department.
Department heads shall have the authority to exchange such personal property on new supplies, materials and equipment.
Surplus property whose estimated value is in excess of five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or titled asset, shall be sold by formal sealed competitive written bids or public auction to the best responsible bidder, after due notice published in a newspaper of general circulation a minimum of seven (7) days before such disposition. Department heads may also solicit bids from potentially interested parties after the public notice is published.
Sales of surplus property whose estimated value is less than five hundred dollars ($500.00) and/or titled asset shall be made by the department head establishing a selling price, schedule and advertising a sale date. The department head may sell to the first qualified buyer meeting the sales terms. Sales of these items may also be made by public auction.
Transfer with little or no remuneration and no competitive bids.
The department head may transfer surplus property without remuneration or only nominal remuneration without competitive bids to the following:
Another public agency;
Any sheltered workshop, work activity center or group care home which operates under contract or agreement with or grant from any State agency and which is certified to receive Federal surplus property; or
Any recognized non-profit agency which is certified to receive Federal surplus property.
The department head may transfer such surplus property subject to the following conditions:
Surplus property shall be stripped of all City identification prior to any transfer or other disposition.
Items which cannot be readily sold may be sold as scrap by the department head.
No employee of a disposing department shall directly or indirectly purchase or agree with another person to purchase surplus property if the employee is or has been directly or indirectly involved in the purchase, disposal, maintenance, operation or preparation for sale of the surplus property. The department head is authorized to waive this prohibition when the sale of surplus property is implemented by competitive sealed bidding or by public auction.


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55th SW in Alki, something of a hotspot for development, is getting a water-main upgrade, according to Seattle Public Utilities. They’ll be notifying neighbors starting tomorrow about a week of work to replace 80 feet of a six-inch water main. Here’s a PDF of the official notice that people in the area will receive, according to SPU’s Ingrid Goodwin. The notice says the work will include:
*Temporary water-service shutdowns (those affected will get at least 48 hours notice)
*Saw-cutting in the street starting this Friday (May 31); then the rest of the work is planned for next week, Monday-Friday (June 3-7), 8 am-4 pm
*Street closure between SW Lander and Alki SW
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You should definitely show it a dermatologist or general surgeon. You say those knots can disappear completely? Do they hurt? A few things come in my mind- neurofibromatosis (but then you would have knots elsewhere), some kind of lymphdrainage problem I have never heard before, lymphnode enlargement due to infection or tumor (but then they wouldnt disappear again), fibroma or lipoma (benign, not dangerous tumor of fatty or connective tissue, which is located deeper between muscles and prolapses through muscle fibers. When muscle contracts, it causes pain, when you push it deeper back in the pain goes away and the lump disappears. When you sleep, muscles relax and the tissue slide between muscle fibers out again.)
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How Does Mobile Tracking Work?
Mobile tracking at its core relies on what is called “Network-Based Tracking”. This refers to the non-obtrusive collection of data from a service provider’s network and use of data analytics to determine the location of individual phones (identified by their IMSI, IMEI, or similar identifier). Locations are determined utilizing the passive network communications exchanged between phones and base stations to assign a general area for each phone based on the known locations of base stations. Advanced systems such as Septier’s further refine this data by analyzing the relative signal strength and antenna patterns of the received signal. This data can be combined with phone ownership data to track the movement of specific individuals, or with geolocation data to track any phones entering a certain area. This approach has been employed as far back as 1996 and has been publicly reported to be able to pinpoint a location to within 50 meters in an urban area with sufficient base station density.
Such a system usually requires the pre-installation of monitoring equipment in the service provider’s network infrastructure. Since the 9/11 Patriot Act and Enhanced 9-1-1 Act in the USA, which both required North American service providers to comply with the installations of infrastructure, the number of countries which have employed similar legislation has skyrocketed, leading to a corresponding rise in the number of such systems installed. The reasoning may be to provide location-based emergency services, support for anti-terrorism and law enforcement, or as has become recently common to enforce quarantine measures and collect data for public healthcare analytics, however, the end result is that every year more service providers around the world are installing the needed infrastructure to provide Network-Based Tracking data, however, there are also some solutions that can be employed in emergency situations and bypass this requirement.
In recent years, as phones have become more complicated and begun to collect additional signals that can be used to pinpoint their location (such as GPS and WIFI signals) a new approach known as “Handset-Based Tracking” begun to emerge. Handset-Based Tracking commonly requires the pre-installation of software on the device, allowing access to the location data collected by the device. The advantage of such approaches is inside building or in similar locations that lie beyond the ability of traditional Network-Based Tracking. This approach is commonly employed by phone applications like Google Maps to pinpoint your location.
For some situations (such as tactical use) a greater level of accuracy is required; that is where “Hybrid Systems” come in. Hybrid Systems utilize a combination of the Network-Based and Handset-Based Tracking approaches, sometimes utilizing subversion of the device to collect the device’s location data, allowing pinpointing of the device to a great level of accuracy.


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