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This past Thursday's Disunion in the New York Times has an interesting but disturbing piece by Edward L. Ayers, President of the University of Richmond, and noted historian of the Civil War and the American South, entitled "The Causes of the Civil War, 2.o." In it, Ayers highlights an apparent disconnect between academic historians and the public over Civil War causes. While academic historians since the late 1960s generally have agreed that slavery was the principal cause of the war, Ed Ayers, citing a recent poll by the Pew Research Center, notes that 48 percent of the public believe the war's main cause was states' rights, while only 38 percent believe it was mainly about slavery.
Hence, the Pew poll reveals that the last generation of scholarship has yet to have influenced a majority of Americans when it comes to their view of the Civil War's causes. "Of course, there's no denying that states' rights played an important role as the language of secession," writes Ed Ayers diplomatically. "But how might historians convey a more precise, comparative sense of the role slavery played in the states' decision to secede?"
Ayers asks a good question. Unfortunately, his answer helps highlight why academic historians have had relatively little influence on public understanding of the Civil War. Rather than deal with Civil War causes in an appealing way, he instead uses the platform of Disunion in the New York Times to showcase his and his colleagues' rather technical scholarly work to the public. He provides a description of their computer-assisted textual analysis of the language used by delegates to Virginia's 1861 secession convention, which reveals (not surprisingly) preserving slavery was by far their main concern. There is much to recommend about this analysis by University of Richmond faculty especially for the scholarly inclined, but it is not likely to impress a public that mostly likes their history in story form and/or through the prism of biography.
The Civil War Sesquicentennial is a golden opportunity to reach the public, as their attention has turned to the conflict in a manner that has not been seen since Ken Burns' The Civil War hit the television airwaves in Fall 1990. Ken Burns' series on PBS was popular precisely because he is such a good storyteller. So it is incumbent on professional historians to communicate with lay people in a way they find appealing, not just to share the findings of their academic research and hope it has a popular impact.
A good example of an approach professional historians should be taking in writing for the public to show them the centrality of slavery to the causes of the Civil War is exemplified by the columnist Richard Cohen in his recent op-ed in the Washington Post, "Dispelling the Myth of Robert E. Lee." As the title implies, Cohen attacks the heroic reputation of the Marble Man. He writes of Lee:
Whatever his personal or military virtues, he offered himself and his sword to the cause of slavery. He owned slaves himself and fought tenaciously in the courts to keep them. He commanded a vast army that, had it won, would have secured the independence of a nation dedicated to the proposition that white people could own black people and sell them off, husband from wife, child from parent, as the owner saw fit. Such a man cannot be admired.
Later Cohen continues:
After the war, the South embraced a mythology of victimhood. An important feature was the assertion that the war had been not about slavery at all but about state's rights. The secessionists themselves were not so shy. In their various declarations, they announced they were leaving the Union to preserve slavery. Lee not only accepted the Lost Cause myth, he propagated it and came to embody it.
So if academic historians are to influence public opinion during the Sesquicentennial, they must resist the temptation to promote their own scholarly work in popular publications, especially when it is rather dry and technical, and write more pieces like Richard Cohen taking on the heroes and symbols that help camouflage the fact the Confederacy went to war to preserve an inhumane institution. Especially when they call attention to the problem of popular perceptions of why there was an American Civil War.
Personal Note: I hope the readers of Civil War Emancipation will not take this post as a personal attack on Edward L. Ayers. I am critical of his piece in Disunion, but I have nothing but the highest regard for his scholarly work, especially his Valley of the Shadow website, which is a pioneer in using the web as a scholarly resource on the Civil War and which Ayers developed at considerable personal sacrifice. My point is if academic historians want to change public opinion on why the Civil War occurred, we should be trying more to write for the public in a way they will find appealing as well as convincing. Professional historians have something to learn from journalists in that regard.


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Bands formed in high school rarely achieve longstanding success. The Sindicate is a significant exception. With a ferociously exciting sound inspired by reggae and grungerock. The Sindicate formed in senior year of high school out of eviction, when three members were kicked out of their parents' house. They promptly moved in together, taking advantage of their vacated situation by throwing nightly house parties that became the talk of their Northwest hometown. The parties were epic, but they realized something was missing: a band. The Sindicate were formed to liven up a great party, and over one decade later they continue to pack in crowds with a fervent and invigorating sound.
Initially inspired by the West Coast's vast beauty, The Sindicate has evolved since their high school beginnings into a group that touches on a variety of powerful themes. Their album, Sasquatch, features the riveting single "Decomposed", which expresses dismay over the automated direction of music today. The album isn't all social critiquing, though. There's plenty of vintage party fun to be had. Whereas "Moon Song" shows frustration over the mass media brainwashing, the thrilling "Sindicate Bomb" shows The Sindicate's partyhard beginnings. The track was written when they were in high school, and serves as an infectious embodiment of their roots.
On stage, The Sindicate is renowned for their energy and chemistry. The art of live performance is one they have been perfecting since their high school house parties in 2005. Within the past year, they have opened for Tomorrow's Bad Seeds, The Wailers, Slightly Stoopid, and Street Light Manifesto. The Sindicate are also Northwest festival favorites, winning spots and prizes at 2011's Portland Hempstalk and 2012's Seattle Hempfest. With more shows to come this summer, The Sindicate is bound to make waves in support of Sasquatch, out soon.
With all four members being raised in very musical families, The Sindicate's first several releases show an innately veteran musicianship. They released their debut fulllength album, Generation Y, in June 2011, and followed it up with a threetrack EP, Party Pressure, in December 2012. Both releases are available on Bandcamp. With Sasquatch being released this July, there's no knowing what party The Sindicate will take over next. What's certain is that they will liven up the vibe of every venue or basement they play, just as their explosive hybrid of reggae and grungerock has been doing for over a decade.
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If you think a place called Furnace Creek would be hot in the summer, you're right. The town in California's Death Valley is expected to hit 128 degrees Saturday. And weather forecasts say, the heat will stay on full blast through Tuesday, at least. At night, the mercury will drop to a refreshingly cool 96 degrees.
The heat wave scorching the Southwest is dangerous, as 170 concert goers found out Friday evening in Las Vegas, according to the fire department. Ambulances plucked them out of 110 degree heat in an open air musical venue and drove them to a shady spot, where they could sit down and drink water.
Civic and emergency officials throughout the Southwest say that if there was ever a time to worry, this would be it. The reason isn't just the oppressive heat that is plaguing the region: It's the fact it is expected to hang around, and possibly even get worse, over the next few days.
Many of the excessive heat warnings issued by the National Weather Service extend through Tuesday night, with advisories from northern California, including Sacramento, all the way to southern Arizona. Forecasters say temperatures through the weekend could rival a 2005 heat wave that killed 17 people in the Las Vegas area.
The culprit is a high pressure dome that's blocking cooler air coming down from the Pacific Northwest, CNN meteorologist Indra Petersons said. That system won't begin to break up until early next week, she said.
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London's Kenwood House collection comes to U.S.
HOUSTON -- A collection of paintings including works by Rembrandt, Anthony van Dyck and Thomas Gainsborough has left its home at London's Kenwood House and will travel to museums around the U.S. while the stately home undergoes renovations, marking the first time many of the works have been seen outside of the neoclassical villa on Hampstead Heath.
The collection's first stop will be at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, where the exhibit "Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Gainsborough: The Treasures of Kenwood House" opens Sunday, running through Sept. 3 before going on to the Milwaukee Art Museum, the Seattle Art Museum and the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock.
"The draw will be big-name artists, sumptuous paintings and a nice trip through history," said Suzanne Ramljak, curator of exhibitions at the American Federation of Arts, which organized the traveling exhibition.
Almost all of the 48 works in the exhibit were given to England by Irish brewery heir Edward Cecil Guinness, the first Earl of Iveagh, who also bequeathed Kenwood House to the nation.
Lord Iveagh acquired most of the works in the exhibit in a short span -- from about 1887 to 1891 -- focusing on portraits, landscapes and 17th century Dutch and Flemish works characteristic of English aristocratic collections.
"It's a wonderful selection of masterpieces," said Susan Jenkins, senior curator for English Heritage, which oversees historic sites across the nation, including Kenwood.
One particularly notable work is a Rembrandt self-portrait called "Portrait of the Artist" from about 1665 -- one of his last self-portraits.
"For me, this whole exhibition is really about painting. Every picture here is a winner, but so many of them are just tour de forces of the act," said Edgar Peters Bowron, the Houston museum's curator of European art.
One room in the exhibition is devoted to full-length portraits of elegantly dressed women including Gainsborough's "Mary, Countess Howe" from 1764 with the subject clad in a pink gown as she walks down a path with an overcast sky behind her and Joshua Reynolds' "Mrs. Tollemache as 'Miranda,"' portraying the subject as a character in William Shakespeare's "The Tempest."
"(Lord Iveagh) obviously just loved their elegance, loved the way they were painted," Jenkins said.
She said Iveagh, a father himself, was also drawn to pictures of children. The exhibit includes Sir Thomas Lawrence's "Miss Murray" from the 1820s, which shows a beautifully dressed little girl in ringlets.
"She's sort of between a hop and a skip and a curtsy," said Bowron, who added that it was one of the post popular paintings of the 19th century, with the image reproduced on everything from boxes of chocolates to biscuit tins.
A handful of paintings in the exhibit were not part of the Iveagh Bequest but were added to the collection because of an association with the house, for instance "Three Long-Horned Cattle at Kenwood" by Julius Caesar Ibbetson from 1797 depicts cattle in the field near the home's dairy building on a lovely day, with fluffy clouds billowing in the sky.
Kenwood House, built in the early 17th century, was remodeled by the architect Robert Adam in the 18th century. Lord Iveagh bought Kenwood in 1925, planning to move his art collection there, but he died two years later, never living at Kenwood or placing the works of art there.
Jenkins said that she hopes those who see the exhibit in the U.S. are inspired to visit Kenwood House when it reopens in the fall of 2013, not only to view the paintings in their home setting but to also see some of the additional paintings that are part of the Iveagh Bequest but that did not travel with the show.
"On a sunny day, it is incredibly beautiful. It's on the edge of Hampstead Heath, which is this gorgeous, gorgeous, quintessential English parkland," Jenkins said.
Kenwood may also familiar to movie-goers for its cameo "Notting Hill," its white exterior appearing in the background in the scenes when Hugh Grant's character visits the character played by Julia Roberts on a movie set.
"The house itself is a star in its own right," Jenkins said.
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REMBRANDT, VAN DYCK, GAINSBOROUGH: THE TREASURES OF KENWOOD HOUSE: Exhibit runs June 3 through Sept. 3 at the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1001 Bissonnet, http://www.mfah.org. Adults, $10; ages 6-18, seniors 65 and up and students, $5; free for 5 and younger and active duty military. Free admission every Thursday. Open Tuesday-Wednesday, 10 a.m. -5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.-9 p.m.; Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.-7 p.m.; and Sunday, 12:15 p.m.-7 p.m. Closed Mondays, except Monday holidays.
EXHIBIT SCHEDULE: After Houston, the exhibit goes to the Milwaukee Art Museum from Oct. 4 through Jan. 6, 2013; the Seattle Art Museum from Feb. 14, 2013 through May 19, 2013, and the Arkansas Arts Center in Little Rock from June 6, 2013, through Sept. 8, 2013.


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The Argentine boss acknowledged the contributions of every one of his players as the Rojiblancos exorcised their derby demons to lift the Copa del Rey
Diego Simeone has applauded his Atletico Madrid players for banishing their fear of arch-rivals Real Madrid in their 2-1 Copa del Rey final victory at the Santiago Bernabeu on Friday.
The Rojiblancos needed an extra-time goal from defender Miranda to end their 25-match winless run against their city neighbours and triumph in the domestic cup competition for the first time in almost two decades.
And their coach was delighted with the commitment made by each and every one of his players on the night and in the wider context of their "incredible" progress since his appointment in December 2011.
"It was an incredible game. We had the luck needed to win the trophy. What these players have been doing for the past year-and-a-half is incredible," Simeone told reporters.
"They finally lost their fear and the hearts of each player combined to win the match, and it was amazing. We were fortunate because in football, teams that win have a slice of luck. We believed that we'd win the game.
"What brought us these achievements has been this – you see Diego Costa running 50 metres back, see Koke, [Radamel] Falcao and Gabi all sacrificing themselves for the team.
"I'm speechless. Now we have to think about the next game if we want to keep on developing. That's the only way we know."


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Building PTOpenGUI requires a Borland toolkit which isn't itself Open Source software, making PTOpenGUI extremely difficult to distribute for different platforms such as Linux or OS X. This is why the project was abandoned in favour of hugin.
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I'm a computer science student, I'm not a mathematician, I don't know anything about number or group theory.
I'm looking at RSA, and I want to understand it. I know what Fermats's little theorem and Euler's totient function are, and this is what I've got:
- $p, q$ primes, $n=pq$.
- $d$ relatively prime to of $\varphi(n)=(p-1)(q-1)$.
- $e$ so that $ed \pmod{\varphi(n)}= 1$.
- Hence $x^{ed} \pmod{n} = x$.
For encryption I have to use $c=w^e \pmod n$, and for decryption $w=c^d \pmod n$. But I don't understand what has happened beyond, and how those formulas are linked.


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CARL AZUZ, CNN ANCHOR: Hi. Welcome to CNN STUDENT NEWS. It`s the day after the debate, so we have a lot to cover from last night. Plus, Hispanic Heritage Month coverage and the sports experience seven years in the making. It all starts right now. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) JIM LEHRER, DEBATE MODERATOR: Good evening from the Magness Arena at the University of Denver in Denver, Colorado. I`m Jim Lehrer, the PBS News Hour, and I welcome you to the first of the 2012 presidential debates between President Barack Obama, the Democratic nominee and former Massachusetts Governor, Mitt Romney, the Republican nominee. (END VIDEO CLIP) AZUZ: That was how it began. In the first of three presidential debates, President Barack Obama and Republican presidential nominee, Mitt Romney started out an agreement to begin by thanking each other, the moderator and the University of Denver which hosted the event. The most of the 90 minutes that followed was spent outlining their disagreements on some major issues. They covered President Obama`s health care reform law, they talked about the role that they each think the federal government should play in things like education. But the issue that dominated the debate is one that has dominated the headlines for years: the U.S. economy. President Obama and Governor Romney each criticized the other`s plans for how to improve the economy, and they talked about what has and what hasn`t happened over the past four years. (BEGIN VIDEO CLIP) MITT ROMNEY, REPUBLICAN PRESIDENTIAL NOMINEE: I`m concerned that the path that we are on, has just been unsuccessful. The president has a view, very similar to the view he had when he ran four years ago. That a bigger government, spending more, taxing more, regulating more, if you will trickle down government, it would work. That`s not the right answer for America. BARACK OBAMA, PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA: We`ve tried both approaches. The approach that Governor Romney is talking about is the same sales pitch that was made in 2001 and 2003. And we ended up with the slowest job growth in 50 years. We ended up moving from surplus to deficits, and it all culminated in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression. ROMNEY: I just don`t know how the president could have come into office facing 23 million people out of work, rising unemployment, an economic crisis at the kitchen table, and spend his energy and passion for two years fighting for Obamacare instead of fighting for jobs for the American people. It has killed jobs. OBAMA: Over the last 30 months we`ve seen 5 million jobs in the private sector created. The auto industry has come roaring back. And housing has begun to rise. But we all know that we`ve still got a lot of work to do. And so the question here tonight is not where we`ve been, but where we are going. (END VIDEOTAPE) AZUZ: If you go to our homepage, cnnstudentnews.com, you`ll see more of our election resources, and you`ll see a lot more on last night`s debate at cnn.com The next presidential debate will be on October 16th, but before that, the U.S. vice presidential candidates will face off. That debate is one week from today. As part of our Hispanic Heritage month coverage, we are looking at some of the places that Hispanic Americans come from. It`s this week`s Fab 5. First off, what country has the largest Spanish-speaking population in the world? Mexico declared its independence from Spain in 1810, and shares its northern border with the United States. What Latin American country is home to the world`s driest desert? In Chile`s Atacama desert, you`ll find copper mines. You might remember that 33 miners were rescued there in 2010. Chile is also the word`s longest country measured north to south. Number three in the Fab 5 list, what country is home to Machu Picchu, a world heritage site? The ancient ruins in Peru`s Andy`s mountains were built by the Incas. Now, what Caribbean island and current U.S. territory was taken by American forces during the Spanish-American war? Control of the island of Puerto Rico changed hands in 1898. Puerto Rico isn`t a state but its residents are U.S. citizens. Last but not least, what Latin American country do more than 30 ships pass through each day? Panama has been in control of the Panama Canal since the end of 1999. Built in the earlier 20th century, the canal cut the shipping distance between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans by up to 8,000 miles. In the United States, Hispanics make up more than 16 percent of the population. That means, they are the largest ethnic or racial minority group in the country. Now, let`s say you are a presidential candidate. Winning over the country`s largest minority group could mean a lot of potential votes. Miguel Marquez takes a look at how this year`s presidential candidates are trying to win the Latino vote. (BEGIN VIDEOTAPE) MIGUEL MARQUEZ, CNN CORRESPONDENT: It might sound like Mexico, but this is the fight for the White House. Welcome to Washoe Country, Nevada, the frontline in this battleground state. Washoe County`s 250,000 voters are expected to decide whether Nevada goes blue or red, and Latinos, about 30,000 votes here, could make the critical difference in a race that could come down to a few thousand votes. Here is how Nevada`s 1.4 million votes break down, and why Washoe is a battleground within the battleground. Most of the votes here are in Clark County, that`s Las Vegas, it leans left, and rural Nevada is solidly Republican. The state almost evenly split. It leaves Washoe County and that biggest little city in the world, Reno feeling like -- well, the biggest little city in the world. For Democrats here, the ground war is on, busloads of party faithful, some from other states already knocking on doors appealing directly to Latinos. Republicans, too, seeking favor with Latino voters. The candidate`s Spanish speaking son on one of many trips by the candidate, his family and surrogates all descending on Nevada. Obama, the first lady and their surrogates doing the same. A massive effort on both sides for Nevada`s six electoral votes. CRAIG ROMNEY, CANDIDATE`S SON: That`s why you saw my dad here Friday and mom here, yesterday. We`ve got, you know, this is -- this state is very important to us as are many of the states across the country, but, you know this election is going to come down to just a handful of votes probably in the entire country. MARQUEZ: The growing Latino population decisive here, in Nevada and across the country, if only it voted. PROF. ERIC HERZIK, UNIVERSITY OF NEVADA, RENO: Well, the Latino voter is in the sense an untapped resource in many instances. The registration level, the turnout level in the Latino community lags badly other groups. MARQUEZ: In 2008, nearly 20 million eligible voters nationwide were Latinos, but less than 10 million actually showed up to vote. The White House in the balance, Latino voters could help either party win. Miguel Marquez, CNN, Reno, Nevada. (END VIDEOTAPE AZUZ: Here at CNN STUDENT NEWS, we get a lot of "Shoutout" requests though email, through Facebook, through Twitter. There is one way to get a "Shoutout". Teachers, what do you do as you take an original photo of your school, not something off the Web sit, you`ve got to take it yourself. And then submit it to us at "Ireport.com/cnnstudentnews. Once you`ve done that, keep an eye on your inbox for our email and we`ll tell you the next step. 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You want the explanation on this? Check out the transcript from Tuesday`s show at cnnstudentnews.com. In fact, that`s where you find transcripts of all the shows we`ve done this school year. There is a surfing competition in California. And you can`t really say it`s gone to the dogs, because it always was for them. These radical rovers are hanging 10, they`re hanging 20 in the surf city surf dog competition. It`s been going on for four years now. It gets a pretty good turnout. This year, there were nearly 50 paw-ticipants. I guess the event has been building a wave of excitement. The trip out into the water is a lot of work, with all that doggy paddling, but is it worth it to ride the wave back in? For sure. You know which breed is probably the best surfer? A border collie. Some of our puns are great, some you just have to surf-er through, but we will be bark tomorrow with more. See you then. END


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John Griffiths
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Welcome to the latest edition of Ask John where renowned rugby historian John Griffiths will answer any rugby-related query you have!
So, if there's something you've always wanted to know about the game we love but didn't know who to ask, or you think you can stump our expert - then get involved by sending us a question.
In this edition John answers questions on players with the most Test wins, Welsh players in Italy, the conversion kick and provincial representation in All Black Teams.
I read after the second All Blacks Tri-Nations win against South Africa that Richie McCaw had set a new All Black record in winning his 75th Test as a player. I'm interested to know who holds the all time record and what that record is? Philip.J.Fry, New Zealand
He overtook Sean Fitzpatrick's New Zealand record and played in his 76th winning Test against Australia in Melbourne on July 31. The top twelve Test winners (up to August 1 2010) are as follows:
George Gregan - Australia - 93 (66.91%)
The three All Blacks are the only ones in the top twelve with win percentages exceeding 80%.
You mentioned Tri-Nations players plying their trade in Italy in a recent Ask John. What about the swarm of first-class Welsh players that went to Italy in the 70s & 80s, do you have a list of them? Kerry Phillips, Scotland
The point about the Tri-Nations players was that they enrolled with Italian clubs for complete seasons, their own southern hemisphere commitments allowing them that opportunity. Many of the Welshmen from the early 70s who appeared in Italy often did so for short periods of time, some just nipping over for Sunday games when their club commitments at home allowed. The Italian season of course coincided more or less with the Welsh club season.
In the mid-1970s an Italian club placed an advertisement in the Western Mail for players, offering jobs as accountants or labourers with an Italian firm near Venice. It was reported that 40 interested Welshmen responded immediately.
Adverse publicity followed and the Italian Rugby Federation (FIR) became unhappy with allegations of veiled professionalism. They took steps to regulate the movement of players into Italy, mirroring a similar move made by the French Federation a couple of years earlier to insist that all foreign players required a special licence to play.
In November 1975 the WRU secretary, Bill Clement, was able to give full details of the registration requirements. Players needed a written invitation from the FIR and approval from the WRU before the special licence was issued.
The following list is probably not exhaustive, but from Italian club records these Welshmen are listed as having appeared in the top flight of their club game during the 1970s and 1980s. (Most clubs only supplied players' surnames - not all given names or even initials are available).
Kevin Bowring - Torino - 1975-76
Can you confirm whether, in the 2010 Bledisloe Cup opener, Drew Mitchell became the first player a) to be dismissed in a Bledisloe Cup Test, b) to be sent off playing for Australia in a Test; and c) to be sent off in a Test on the technicality of receiving two yellow cards? Anon, Australia
He is the first man dismissed during a Bledisloe Cup match and only the second Aussie to be sent off in a Test. David Codey was sent off by England's Fred Howard early on in the third/fourth place play-off match between Australia and Wales at Rotorua in the penultimate match of the 1987 Rugby World Cup.
Mitchell follows Percy Montgomery in receiving a red card for a second yellow offence. Montgomery was twice carded for dangerous tackles by Stuart Dickinson during the Wales - South Africa Test in Cardiff in 2005, thereby earning a red card and sending-off.
Eleven provinces were represented in the All Blacks team (including subs) for the second Tri-Nations Test against South Africa this year. Is that the record for the most provinces represented in a single All Blacks Test team? What about in a single All Blacks starting XV? The most I could find for the latter was 10 provinces in the third Test v Australia in 1938. Paul Johns, New Zealand
Given Canterbury and Auckland's recent dominance of New Zealand domestic rugby it is a remarkable statistic, but surprisingly not a record. The New Zealand Test sides of the late 1960s which, under Fred Allen's coaching, created a world record of 17 consecutive wins, were often drawn from even wider provincial representation.
There were thirteen different provinces - Canterbury and Hawke's Bay were the only ones with two players - involved in the 33-12 second Test victory over Wales at Auckland in 1969 when the side was:
Fergie McCormick (Canterbury); Malcolm Dick (Auckland), Bill Davis (Hawke's Bay), Ian McRae (Hawke's Bay), George Skudder (Waikato); Earle Kirton (Otago), Sid Going (North Auckland); Brian Lochore (Wairarapa, capt), Tom Lister (South Canterbury), Ian Kirkpatrick (Poverty Bay), Colin Meads (King Country), Alan Smith (Taranaki), Alister Hopkinson (Canterbury), Bruce McLeod (Counties), Ken Gray (Wellington)
A fortnight earlier there had been a dozen provinces represented in the first Test, where Grahame Thorne (Auckland) and Brian Muller (Taranaki) had been involved instead of Skudder and Hopkinson respectively. Twelve provinces were represented earlier in Allen's reign when New Zealand beat England 23-11 at Twickenham in 1967 - Otago managing to supply the first-five/half-back pairing of Earle Kirton and Chris Laidlaw. There were also a couple of New Zealand Tests in the 1970s when a dozen different provinces were represented.
Please give an account of the origins of the conversion kick and its analogues in other sports. A Soviet book from 1935 states that the conversion should be taken from the 22-metre line. Was that ever the case? Zaal Guiguineishvili, Kazakhstan
The conversion kick is as old as rugby itself. Running with the ball became the accepted and distinguishing form of football played at Rugby School in the 1830s and the act of "running in" - i.e. crossing your opponent's goal line and touching the ball down - gave the scorer's team the opportunity to "try for a place-kick at goal." Running in became known as scoring a try and the act of "trying for goal" became known as the conversion.
In the game's infancy results were determined by the team that was the first to score two goals, and matches at Rugby School sometimes went on for several afternoons before the winner emerged. A goal could be scored by a drop-kick in open play, by a place-kick after claiming a fair catch, or by a place-kicked "try at goal" after a "run-in". Penalty goals did not become a scoring action until the 1890s.
Eventually it became the norm to place a time limit on the length of a match and the team scoring the majority of goals was declared the winner. When the number of goals was equal at the end of the prescribed period of play the game was left drawn.
The records of the Varsity Match show that the match played at Kennington Oval in December 1874 was left drawn, even though Oxford scored two tries to nil. Neither of their tries were converted. Soon after (in 1875) the Laws of the game were adjusted so that if the number of goals was equal (or no goal was kicked at all), a match could be decided in favour of the side scoring the majority of tries. Scoring by points was not introduced until the late 1880s.
The place-kick at goal has an interesting history. Originally, the opposing team could charge a place-kick the instant the ball was put on the ground (except at a penalty kick where, as now, no charge was allowed because players had to remain motionless until the kick was taken).
It was therefore virtually impossible for a kicker to place the ball himself and step back and take any kind of run-up to kick for goal after scoring a try. Teams therefore had a designated placer - often the scrum-half - who timed the placing down of the ball to synchronise perfectly with the kicker's run up, eliminating the possibility of the opposition charging down the kick at goal (like the conversion that takes place in American Football after a touchdown, the most obvious analogue of rugby's conversion kick retained in other field games).
In rugby union the Law relating to the place kick at goal after a try changed in 1958 to read: "The kicker may place the ball. The opponents may charge as the kicker begins his run or offers to kick." Placers thus became redundant.
There has never been any Law stating that the conversion should be taken from the 22-metre-line. There is, however, an optimum spot (geometrically) that maximises the angle for the conversion kick after a try. The textbook you refer to is probably giving the 22 as a suggested position that in most cases allows for both angle and the need for elevation, rather than as any legal requirement.
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Teacher Strikes: Is There a New Form of Protest?
I have to admit ambivalence about today's NUT strike in London. I went to work today, not because I disagree with the concept of fighting for my pension, but for the rather more prosaic reason that I belong to another union, who did not choose to strike this time.
Where does this ambivalence come from? From weariness, perhaps. From sheer, dogged tiredness at fighting something that seems so unfair. From the fear that no matter how many times we teachers go on strike, it does not and will not change the relentless march towards 'reform' touted by our government and those they have appointed.
This is 'reform' that seems not to care whether I am there at the end of this journey. The house must be cleaned, the bath water thrown out and the baby with it. In fact, 'reform' is so high on the agenda, I am all 'reformed' out: my teaching has been thoroughly scrubbed and investigated, my progress over time is hanging out on the washing line and my pension has been turned inside out and given a good whacking with the dust beater. I should be feeling squeaky clean, but actually, I feel…quite wiped out. It is now, at the age of thirty-one, that I have come to realise that protest is exhausting.
How long have I been protesting? I can tell you I was there on the NUS march in Central London over ten years ago, standing under the University of Warwick banner, protesting against tuition fees. I shouted as loudly as them all: "What are fees? Cheeky! How cheeky? Very!" My academic year was the first to pay them. I did pay them and accrued a considerable amount of debt – most of which I am still paying. I was there at the NUS march against top-up fees, to prevent a generation of students being in a worse position than I was. Top-up fees were introduced and duly increased to what for some families might be astronomically inaccessible levels. My insides have protested against other aspects of education for the ten years I have been teaching – most recently against Boris Johnson's assertion that the riots last summer were caused by poor schools who did not do enough to raise levels of literacy. In the same ridiculous public ramble, he stated that "there are some boroughs like Hackney that are very good at tackling this problem in schools" and that there are some schools that are "chillingly bad". Boris, my inner placard read, Hackney was at the centre of the riots even though most schools in the borough have outstanding results – and ironically, the other borough where there was a distinct problem was Enfield, the site of two mayoral academies. Maybe my inner placard wasn't loud enough to be heard.
I'm not the only one tired of protesting. The news today barely covers the strikes in London – shortage of fuel is more alarming than teachers walking out of their classrooms and withholding their labour. The story doesn't make it onto the headlines on the BBC News website. Squint and you might see it in the education section, no bigger than the story about the anti-insect wheat trials being underway.
Does that mean I have given up, moved beyond caring? No, definitely not. When Nick Gibb says: "This deal is as good as it gets and takes the right balance – guaranteeing teachers one of the best pensions available, but keeping a lid on rising costs for the taxpayer", I have to laugh because if I don't, I might cry instead. I am not just a teacher, I am the taxpayer. My costs have risen every year, but my cost of living allowance has been frozen for the last two years. My taxes pay for nuclear defence programmes when I'd much rather they paid for teachers' pensions. In attempting to balance the books in this way, the government has failed to see one major flaw in the plan: the economy may be saved, but the damage to the collective consciousness of the teaching workforce may be irreparable.
My protest today took entirely a different form. I did not form a picket line, or hold a placard because from my own bitter experience, I can see that has not worked to change educational issues. I decided that the best form of protest today was going into work and doing my job to the best of my ability so that Sir Michael Wilshaw can't say that I am not doing it properly. I helped Year 11 students become more literate so that Boris Johnson can't tell me that it was my fault that London burned and so that my students could go on to live productive lives. I supported my colleagues by creating and sharing resources so that I could model to those in government what collegiality means in education. I arranged mentor observations so that I could help young teachers become good at their jobs and so that they could alter futures, change society and address educational disadvantage. I did what Mahatma Gandhi said I should do: "Be the change that you want to see in the world." I wasn't on the streets, but my soul was there, chanting: "What are pension changes? Cheeky! How cheeky? Very!"


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Loews Coronado Bay Resort
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California 92118
Offerings at this hotel include a fabulous oceanfront setting, luxury – amenity filled accommodations for all level of travelers, and a restaurant specializing in farm-to-table sustainable dining with many items sourced from their onsite 3,800 square-foot organic herb garden. Dogs are allowed for an additional one time pet fee of $25 per room, and they must be declared at the time of reservations. They also offer a VIP Pet Program for their canine visitors that include a gourmet room service menu, specialized bedding, dinnerware, a toy, treats, pet food, waste disposal bags, and info for local dog friendly venues.
DogFriendly.com, with tens of thousands of places listed to take your dog to, will be releasing on it's Dog News blog, Facebook page and on Twitter a list of 200 Top Places that you can take your dog in the U.S. and Canada. This list, while intended to highlight top places that are especially pet-friendly, is not designed to be the absolutely top 200 places that we could find, but a sampling of the top places so that all regions, types of attractions, hotels, B&Bs, vacation rentals, parks, beaches, shopping and more can be considered. No doubt each of you will find many other places not on this list or our full list of dog-friendly places at https://www.dogfriendly.com. Please let us know about them by commenting on the blog or emailing us at email@example.com. You can also let us and our readers know if you agree or disagree with the selections, or your experiences there. Please keep in mind that places often change their policies regarding dogs and thus may have different policies at any time in the future.
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In the summer of 1962, a young man wandered into Greenwich Village to hear some folk music and was mesmerized. The artist was Bob Dylan and the young man, this writer. Half a century later I got to see him again at the WinStar World Casino and Resort
"How to Beat a Bully" is a delightful 83-minute comedy on Amazon Video and Google Play that can give kids and parents some smiles and laughs, yet still open up a conversation on bullying
The new Indie film, How to Beat a Bully, is a family comedy with an anti-bullying theme that will be repped at the 2014 AFM in Santa Monica on Nov 5 – 12. Humor is an effective way to spread the word to stop bullying
Getting to the hip cocktail lounge and restaurant of the Sanctuary Hotel is a cinch. It's on the roof! Step into the private elevator, press the button and you are there. Walking out, we found ourselves in a most appealing spot: Haven Rooftop
When we arrived on Friday afternoon, we were greeted by an energetic, smiling man who was wearing a shirt displaying the words "Chief Hugger" Then we were hugged and welcomed to the historic Lily Inn in Burlington, NJ
Does NYC need another great steak place? Likely not. Does it need Desmond's Steakhouse? A resounding "yes"
It was straight out of "Close Encounters of a Third Kind." If you were out early Saturday morning, near Walnut Creek Park in North Austin, spotting over 100 searing LED mountain bike lights piercing the dark may well have been frightening
Here I am at Texas Cycle Werks in Austin, Texas, picking up my new Giant Anthem X0 29er. TCW is the exclusive Giant Bicycle dealership in Austin
This is a story about a product that I had never heard of before using it. Yes, you can
They like to eat in Taiwan. No matter where you go, at any time of the day or night, there is some kind of food available. Want a late night snack? Find a Night Market. One has 539 food stands
At 6 am, November 5, 2011, approximately 1,000 bicyclists gathered at the starting location of the 2011 Taiwan Cup International Cycling Road Race to see how well they could ride on the same course the professional racers would use
King Liu, the charismatic elder statesman of Giant Bicycle Company has a love for bicycle riding and a passion to transform Taiwan into a "cycling paradise."
Taiwan, known around the world to lead in many high-profile industries including pro-level bicycle manufacturing, welcomes international cycling teams to compete at the Taiwan Cup in Hualien County.
The moment you enter this vibrant Italian restaurant, a friendly graciousness embraces you, while smiling faces welcome you.


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With spring almost here and warmer days upon us, it's the perfect time to host an afternoon tea party. Spring is the season for tea parties! Follow these tips to help plan your own afternoon tea party.
*Decide on a budget and theme. Do you want a formal or informal party? Spring themes often focus on spring holidays like St. Patrick's Day or Easter. Other common themes are: "Alice In Wonderland" or "big hats for a garden party."
*Finalize a date, time and location. Afternoon tea parties are typically around 2 to 5 p.m. Will the party take place indoors or outdoors, in a garden?
*Make a guest list and send out invitations accordingly. Evites (evites.com) are an easy, eco-friendly and free way to invite 10 or more people. Facebook (facebook.com) invites are also a great way to get the word out. If you're having a more intimate gathering, it might be nice to get crafty with a handmade invitation or a phone call would suffice.
*Create the food and tea menus. Make sure to buy or make a variety of sweet and savory treats to complement the teas. Food infused with tea is an excellent way to showcase the tea. Try some of our favorites made by Katie Kirby, our social media maven. Click on these links to past posts for recipes: Matcha Cupcakes, Tea Truffles and Earl Grey Chocolate Cake.
Tea party menus typically include a mix of pastries and sandwiches. Think bite-sized appetizers or finger food. You can find many recipes on Pinterest.com with or without an account.
Select teas that will pair well with your food options. Here are Art of Tea recommendations:
Black Teas: Earl Grey, Earl Grey Crème, Tali's Masala Chai, English Breakfast, Starry Night
White Teas: White Coconut Crème, Silver Needle, White Acai, Amore
Green Teas: Jasmine Pearls, Green Pomegranate, Happy Tea, Sencha
Oolong Teas: Mandarin Silk, Iron Goddess of Mercy, Plum Oolong
Pu-erh Teas: Naked Pu-erh, Pu-erh Tuo Cha, Coconut Cacao Pu-erh
Herbal/Tisanes: French Lemon Ginger, Egyptian Chamomile
If you want to serve one tea at a time, we recommend tasting light to dark for a smooth transition for your palate. Take your guests on a tea journey starting with white; then green, followed by oolong and ending with black or pu-erh tea if adventurous. If you are new to pu-erh teas, refer to this two-part article on re-steeping pu-erh: Part 1 and Part 2. You should also have herbal blends available to accommodate guests who do not want caffeine.
Lastly, since tea is the star of the party, you may want to share more fusions or unique teas like blooming teas such as Halo or Beach Flower. If you want to go a step further, you can make tea cocktails or tea-tinis! Check out these recipes from past posts: Happy Hour with AOT's Blooming Teas and Hibiscus Cooler cocktails.
Learn about recommended steeping times. We recommend 1 tsp per every 8 oz.
*Make sure you have the proper teaware and accessories-teapots, teacups, kettle and water heater. Get some teaware tips from the last post on: How To Choose The Right Teapot. If you don't have enough mugs, you can ask your guests to bring their favorite teacup, which will also add to the party décor.
Hope these tips were helpful! Enjoy sharing cups of tea with great company. Cheers!
Melissa is the Business Development Manager at Art of Tea. Contact her directly with any feedback, ideas or questions via Google+.


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Industrial Processes and Operations
Duration: Varied from several days to several months
Duty Station: Home-based, and/or at UNIDO Headquarters and/or in the field around the world
Organizational Context: UNIDO provides a variety of technical cooperation services to assist developing countries in reducing poverty whilst protecting the natural environment by means of adding value to the output of their productive sectors. The range of these services incorporates a number of thematic components centered across industrial development. The focus of the project interventions, in which UNIDO is engaged, aim at achieving tangible results, often in specific industries, clusters of industries or entire subsectors, including air-conditioning, automotive, cement industry, packaging, pesticide production, pharmaceutical, refrigeration, metallurgy, and many others.
Tasks: Under the direct supervision of the respective UNIDO Project Managers at HQ and/or in UNIDO Regional/Field Office, the Consultant will perform one or several of the following tasks:
1. Perform analytical, diagnostic and assessment activities for the purpose of project identification, implementation or evaluation, as the case might be
2. Deliver advisory, consulting, methodological, capacity building, evaluation and/or other specific professional services pertaining to the accomplishment of the project's outputs as per the respective specific Terms of reference
3. Prepare, design, hold and/or oversee workshops, briefing and debriefing sessions, field visits, trainings and other project events
4. Facilitate project advocacy including but not limited to liaison with project's government counterparts, partner UN agencies and other project stakeholders to ensure smooth project identification, implementation or evaluation
5. Monitor overall project progress, fine-tune project strategy, activities or operation, as well as perform overall project supervision and administration over financial and manpower resources
6. Develop clear and concise inception, periodic, final, strategy, assessment, identification, planning, mission, training or ad hoc reporting frameworks and/or specific reports in relation to project activities, and maintain accurate project documentation.
Against this background, UNIDO is soliciting applications from highly qualified national and international individuals, in order to expand its Roster of consultants and enhance its capacity to respond quickly to demand for specific technical assistance.
Qualification requirements:
a.) Education: Advanced university degree (Masters or equivalent) in a relevant field
b.) Experience: Relevant progressive practical experience at professional level acquired through work in a respective industry, central or local government, academia, non-governmental or professional services sector. Proven experience in one or more of the following areas: industrial production; industrial processes optimisation; industrial automation; specific industrial subsector operations in packaging, automotive and machinery, pharmaceutical, electronics, refrigeration, air-conditioning, pesticide production, metallurgy, cement industry and so on; industrial machines and devices upgrade and optimization (e.g. pumps, fans, furnaces...): industrial unit operations, or an associated field. Prior experience in technical cooperation / technical assistance in developing countries is a distinct advantage
c.) Language skills: Fluency in English, working knowledge of the other UN official languages (Arabic, Chinese, French, Russian and/or Spanish) is an asset.
Further details on the duration, duty station, organizational context and qualification requirements may and will be provided to one or more preselected consultants for a specific assignment at the discretion of UNIDO responsible staff.
Registration into the Roster does not constitute in any form a commitment on the part of UNIDO for taking a particular application into consideration in the recruitment process for a specific vacancy.
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The Collect.
ALMIGHTY God, who hast given us thy only-begotten Son to take our nature upon him, and as at this time to be born of a pure virgin; Grant that we being regenerate, and made thy children by adoption and grace, may daily be renewed by thy Holy Spirit; through the same our Lord Jesus Christ, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the same Spirit ever, one God, world without end. Amen.
¶ This Collect is to be said daily throughout the Octave.
The Epistle. Hebrews i. 1.
GOD, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son, whom he hath appointed heir of all things, by whom also he made the worlds; who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high; being made so much better than the angels, as he hath by inheritance obtained a more excellent name than they. For unto which of the angels said he at any time, Thou art my Son, this day have I begotten thee? And again, I will be to him a Father, and he shall be to me a Son? And again, when he bringeth in the first-begotten into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him. And of the angels he saith, Who maketh his angels spirits, and his ministers a flame of fire. But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever: a sceptre of righteous-ness is the sceptre of thy kingdom. Thou hast loved righteousness, and hated iniquity; therefore God, even thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. And, Thou, Lord, in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth; and the heavens are the works of thine hands: they shall perish; but thou remainest; and they all shall wax old as doth a garment; and as a vesture shalt thou fold them up, and they shall be changed: but thou art the same, and thy years shall not fail.
The Gospel. St. John i. 1.
IN the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. The same was in the beginning with God. All things were made by him; and without him was not any thing made that was made. In him was life; and the life was the light of men. And the light shineth in darkness; and the darkness comprehended it not. There was a man sent from God, whose name was John. The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all men through him might believe. He was not that Light, but was sent to bear witness of that Light. That was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. He was in the world, and the world was made by him, and the world knew him not. He came unto his own, and his own received him not. But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name: which were born, not of blood, nor of the will of the flesh, nor of the will of man, but of God. And the Word was made flesh, and dwelt among us, (and we beheld his glory, the glory as of the only begotten of the Father,) full of grace and truth.
¶ If in any Church the Holy Communion be twice celebrated on Christmas Day, the following Collect, Epistle, and Gospel may be used at the first Communion.
The Collect.
GOD, who makest us glad with the yearly remembrance of the birth of thine only Son Jesus Christ; Grant that as we joyfully receive him for our Redeemer, so we may with sure confidence behold him when he shall come to be our Judge, who liveth and reigneth with thee and the Holy Ghost, one God, world without end. Amen.
The Epistle. Titus ii. 11.
THE grace of God that bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men, teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly lusts, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly, in this present world; looking for that blessed hope, and the glorious appearing of the great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might re-deem us from all iniquity, and purify unto himself a peculiar people, zealous of good works. These things speak, and exhort, and rebuke with all authority. Let no man despise thee.
The Gospel. St. Luke ii. 1.
AND it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Caesar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. (And this taxing was first made when Cyrenius was governor of Syria.) And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David) to be taxed with Mary his espoused wife, being great with child. And so it was, that, while they were there, the days were accomplished that she should be delivered. And she brought forth her firstborn son, and wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them in the inn. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.


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MobilityCIO necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 22 diseños de 6 diseñadores freelance.
MobilityCIO is a new high tech consultancy. We are a group of experts focused on designing and implementing leading edge mobile solutions. We help companies devise a mobile strategy, design the mobile applications and then build and deploy those mobile solutions.
We specialize in business oriented mobile solutions vs. consumer grade solutions. We've worked with global leaders like Coke, P&G, Pepsi and Pepperidge Farm to build solutions for their mobile workers. We have also worked with several smaller software companies to extend their solutions from the back office to field workers.
Think along the lines of the FedEx delivery guy, or an Electric Company meter reader as opposed to an iPhone gamer as the user of the solutions that we design/implement for our customers.
Our differentiator is our expertise with the latest mobile technologies, and mobile best practices.
We target 2 types of businesses as our customers:
1) Small/Medium Software companies that need to extend their solution to run on a mobile platform.
2) Large enterprises that have a mobile work force (repair technicians, delivery people, sales people...) and want to empower their work process with a mobile application.
We need these companes to percieve us as professional, smart and focused on mobile technologies. We are the mobile technology experts that they need in order to be successful with their mobile project.
The people we target in the sales process are typically the CEO of the small/medium software company, and High level operations or IT manamgement in the enterprise accounts.
We are looking for a logo that includes the name of the company (MobilityCIO), conforms to the principals of Feng Shui color use... specifically the Water element.
We would like to be percieved as experts in the mobile technology arena, but want to stay away from specific mobile iconography... since it changes so rapidly.
The current logo is attached... not bad, but kind of generic...
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This one has loved dinosaurs for as long as I can remember.
Journaling: Youve been totally all about dinosaurs for several years now. Dinosaur Train is still your favorite TV program. Youre gone in school when its on, but we record it on the DVR, and when you have a little free time, theres nothing better than kicking back with some dino friends to watch an episode or two. Its true Dino-Love. November, 2012
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COLUMBUS: Gov. John Kasich is launching an effort to stomp out human trafficking in Ohio.
The Republican governor signed an executive order Thursday directing state agencies to work together to identify the most effective ways to rescue victims, get them help, and prosecute those who abduct and exploit them.
Kasich is joined by Attorney General Mike DeWine, who has set up a hotline and website educating the public to spot signs of human trafficking.
Kasich, the father of twin teenage daughters, grew emotional as he described Ohio teenagers being �snatched� and forced into prostitution. He said abductors are �despicable human beings� who must be imprisoned.
He will be appearing with Theresa Flores, a human trafficking victim, in televised public service announcements as part of the effort.


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JPA recognizes two types of persistent classes:
entity classes and embeddable classes.
Each persistent instance of an entity class - each
entity - represents a unique datastore
record. You can use the
EntityManager to find an
entity by its persistent identity (covered later in this chapter), or use
Query to find entities matching certain criteria.
An instance of an embeddable class, on the other hand, is only stored
as part of a separate entity. Embeddable instances have no
persistent identity, and are never returned directly from the
EntityManager or from a
Despite these differences, there are few differences between entity classes and embeddable classes. In fact, writing either type of persistent class is little different than writing any other class. There are no special parent classes to extend from, field types to use, or methods to write. This is one important way in which JPA makes persistence transparent to you, the developer.
JPA supports both fields and JavaBean properties as persistent state. For simplicity, however, we will refer to all persistent state as persistent fields, unless we want to note a unique aspect of persistent properties.
Example 4.1. Persistent Class
package org.mag; /** * Example persistent class. Notice that it looks exactly like any other * class. JPA makes writing persistent classes completely transparent. */ public class Magazine { private String isbn; private String title; private Set articles = new HashSet (); private Article coverArticle; private int copiesSold; private double price; private Company publisher; private int version; protected Magazine () { } public Magazine (String title, String isbn) { this.title = title; this.isbn = isbn; } public void publish (Company publisher, double price) { this.publisher = publisher; publisher.addMagazine (this); this.price = price; } public void sell () { copiesSold++; publisher.addRevenue (price); } public void addArticle (Article article) { articles.add (article); } // rest of methods omitted }
There are very few restrictions placed on persistent classes. Still, it never hurts to familiarize yourself with exactly what JPA does and does not support.
The JPA specification requires that all persistent classes have a no-arg constructor. This constructor may be public or protected. Because the compiler automatically creates a default no-arg constructor when no other constructor is defined, only classes that define constructors must also include a no-arg constructor.
Kodo's enhancer will automatically add a protected no-arg constructor to your class when required. Therefore, this restriction does not apply when using Kodo. See Section 5.2, "Enhancement" of the Reference Guide for details.
Entity classes may not be final. No method of an entity class can be final.
Kodo supports final classes and final methods.
All entity classes must declare one or more fields which together
form the persistent identity of an instance. These are called
identity or primary key
fields. In our
Magazine class,
isbn and
title are identity fields, because no two
magazine records in the datastore can have the same
isbn and
title values.
Section 5.2.2, "Id" will show you how to denote
your identity fields in JPA metadata.
Section 4.2, "Entity Identity" below examines
persistent identity.
Kodo fully supports identity fields, but does not require them. See Section 5.3, "Object Identity" of the Reference Guide for details.
version field in our
class may seem out of place.
JPA uses a version field in your entity to detect
concurrent modifications to the same datastore record. When the
JPA runtime detects an attempt to concurrently modify
the same record, it throws an exception to the transaction
attempting to commit last. This prevents overwriting the previous
commit with stale data.
The version field is not required, but without one concurrent threads or processes might succeed in making conflicting changes to the same record at the same time. This is unacceptable to most applications. Section 5.2.5, "Version" shows you how to designate a version field in JPA metadata.
The version field must be an integral type (
Long, etc) or a
java.sql.Timestamp. You should consider
version fields immutable. Changing the field value has undefined
Kodo fully supports version fields, but does not require them for concurrency detection. Kodo can maintain surrogate version values or use state comparisons to detect concurrent modifications. See Section 7.7, "Additional JPA Mappings" in the Reference Guide.
JPA fully supports inheritance in persistent classes. It allows persistent classes to inherit from non-persistent classes, persistent classes to inherit from other persistent classes, and non-persistent classes to inherit from persistent classes. It is even possible to form inheritance hierarchies in which persistence skips generations. There are, however, a few important limitations:
Persistent classes cannot inherit from certain
natively-implemented system classes such as
java.net.Socket and
If a persistent class inherits from a non-persistent class, the fields of the non-persistent superclass cannot be persisted.
All classes in an inheritance tree must use the same identity type. We cover entity identity in Section 4.2, "Entity Identity".
JPA manages the state of all persistent fields. Before you access persistent state, the JPA runtime makes sure that it has been loaded from the datastore. When you set a field, the runtime records that it has changed so that the new value will be persisted. This allows you to treat the field in exactly the same way you treat any other field - another aspect of JPA's transparency.
JPA does not support static or final fields. It does, however, include built-in support for most common field types. These types can be roughly divided into three categories: immutable types, mutable types, and relations.
Immutable types, once created, cannot be changed. The only way to alter a persistent field of an immutable type is to assign a new value to the field. JPA supports the following immutable types:
All primitives (
int, float, byte,
All primitive wrappers (
java.lang.Float, java.lang.Byte, etc)
JPA also supports
byte[] and
char[] as immutable types. That is, you
can persist fields of these types, but you should not manipulate
individual array indexes without resetting the array into the
persistent field.
Persistent fields of mutable types can be altered without assigning the field a new value. Mutable types can be modified directly through their own methods. The JPA specification requires that implementations support the following mutable field types:
Entity types (relations between entities)
Embeddable types
java.util.Collections of entities
java.util.Sets of entities
java.util.Lists of entities
java.util.Maps in which each entry
maps the value of one of an entity's fields to that entity.
Collection and map types may be parameterized.
Most JPA implementations also have support for persisting serializable values as binary data in the datastore. Chapter 5, Metadata has more information on persisting serializable types.
Kodo also supports arrays,
This section detailed all of the restrictions JPA places on persistent classes. While it may seem like we presented a lot of information, you will seldom find yourself hindered by these restrictions in practice. Additionally, there are often ways of using JPA's other features to circumvent any limitations you run into.


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Ellen Skinner, Ph.D., Professor of Human Development & Psychology Chair, Department of Psychology
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Research Interests
Research Interests
- Life-span developmental psychology. Developmental systems theory.
- Dynamics of motivational development during childhood and early adolescence.
- Development of coping.
- Study of how self-system processes promote engagement and become motivational resources for children's coping with obstacles and setbacks.
- Special focus on how social contexts and close relationships make it easier (or harder) for children to cope adaptively.
- Interest in theory development and measurement construction.
Background. I was trained as a life-span developmental psychologist at the Pennsylvania State University, teaching at the laboratory preschool and focusing on the study of "curiosity and "enthusiasm." After four years, I received my Ph.D. in Human Development in 1981. I spent the next seven years as a Research Scientist at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Education in Berlin, Germany, where I was part of a research team, including Michael Chapman and Paul Baltes, that developed a new conceptualization of children's perceived control (confidence and efficacy), studied the differential development of its components during elementary school, and investigated its role in children's achievement in school; I received tenure there in 1983. In 1988, I moved to the University of Rochester to work with the Motivation Research Group (MRG) in the Department of Psychology and the College of Education and Human Development, where I received tenure in 1990. Through working with the other members of the MRG, including Edward Deci, Richard Ryan, and James Connell, my perspective broadened to elaborate the components of "engagement" and to incorporate key self-system processes in addition to perceived control or competence, specifically perceived autonomy and a sense of relatedness. These constructs became critical ingredients as we developed our motivational theory of coping (with James Wellborn). I moved to Portland State University in the Fall of 1992, where I was promoted to Full Professor in 1996. Here at PSU, I have continued to work with teams of faculty, post-docs, and graduate and undergraduate students, pursuing empirical and theoretical questions about motivation, the self, engagement, and coping during childhood and adolescence.


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International Standard Bible EncyclopediaHAND
(yadh, "hand"; kaph, "the hollow hand," "palm"; yamin, "the right hand"; semo'l, "the left hand"; cheir, "hand"; dexia, "the right hand"; aristera, "the left hand" (only Luke 23:33 2 Corinthians 6:7), or euphemistically (for evil omens come from the left hand; compare Latin sinister, German linkisch, etc.); euonumos, literally, "having a good name"): The Hebrew words are used in a large variety of idiomatic expressions, part of which have passed into the Greek (through the Sepuagint) and into modern European languages (through the translations of the Bible; see Oxford Hebrew Lexicon, under the word "yadh"). We group what has to be said about the word under the following heads:
hand'-wep'-un (Numbers 35:18 the King James Version).
pam (kaph): The Hebrew word which is used in a variety of senses (see HAND; PAW) is usually translated "hand" in English Versions of the Bible, but the translation "palm" is found in 5 passages of the Old Testament, in 3 of which the Hebrew text adds the word yadh ("hand," 1 Samuel 5:4 2 Kings 9:35; Daniel 10:10). It would properly mean the "hollow hand" (root kaphaph, "to bend," "to curve"), which receives or grasps things. It is therefore used in reference to filling the priest's hands with sacrificial portions (Leviticus 14:15, 26). The palms of the hands of Dagon are mentioned as cut off, when the idol was found mutilated in the presence of the ark of Yahweh (1 Samuel 5:4), from which may be inferred that this idol probably was represented with hands spread out in blessing, as we find in numerous Babylonian representations of divinities.
Greek1188. dexios -- the right hand or side
... the right hand or side. Part of Speech: Adjective Transliteration: dexios Phonetic
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5496. cheiragogeo -- to lead by the hand
5495. cheir -- the hand
4400. procheirizo -- to put into the hand, to take into one's hand ...
5497. cheiragogos -- leading by the hand
2021. epicheireo -- to put one's hand to, hence to attempt
3860. paradidomi -- to hand over, to give or deliver over, to ...
1764. enistemi -- to place in, to be at hand, perf. part. to be ...
5500. cheirotoneo -- to vote by stretching out the hand, to ...
4474. rhapizo -- to strike with a rod, hence to strike with the ...
Strong's Hebrew3225. yamin -- right hand
... 3224, 3225. yamin. 3226 . right hand. Transliteration: yamin Phonetic
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3231. yaman -- to go to or choose the right, to use the right hand
3027. yad -- hand
3233. yemani -- right hand, right
3028. yad -- hand
3709. kaph -- hollow or flat of the hand, palm, sole (of the foot) ...
8168. shoal -- hollow hand, handful
7061. qamats -- enclose with the hand, grasp
6447. pas -- palm (of the hand)
6446. pas -- flat (of the hand or foot)
The Withered Hand
Man with the Withered Hand.
On the Other Hand, I Find in Myself a Vehement Impulse to Turn ...
The Master's Hand
He Touched Her Hand.
The Offending Hand, or Foot, or Eye.
On the Other Hand, those who Say that we must Never Lie...
"My Times are in Thy Hand"
Of Arsenius, and his Hand which was Said to have Been Cut Off.
The Eye or Hand Allegorized.
ATS Bible DictionaryHand
Often put of strength, power; so to be "in the hand" of any one, is to be in his power. Joining hands, or striking hands, is a very common method of pledging one's self to a contract or bargain; just as persons among us often shake hands in token of an agreement. To "lift the hand," means to make oath. "At the right hand of God," is the place of honor, power, and happiness, Psalm 16:11 45:9 110:1 Mt 26:64 Colossians 3:1. The right hand meant towards the south, the Jews being wont to speak as if facing the east. The "laying on of hands," signified consecration to office, and the bestowal of a blessing or of divine gifts, Genesis 48:14 Numbers 8:10 27:18 Mark 10:16 Acts 6:6 19:6 1 Timothy 4:14. The hands of the high priest laid upon the scapegoat, as if transferring the guilt of the people to his head, represented the work wrought by Christ in order that the sinner might not be "driven away in his wickedness." See WASHING.
Easton's Bible DictionaryCalled by Galen "the instrument of instruments." It is the symbol of human action (Psalm 9:16; Job 9:30; Isaiah 1:15; 1 Timothy 2:8). Washing the hands was a symbol of innocence (Psalm 26:6; 73:13; Matthew 27:24), also of sanctification (1 Corinthians 6:11; Isaiah 51:16; Psalm 24:3, 4). In Psalm 77:2 the correct rendering is, as in the Revised Version, "My hand was stretched out," etc., instead of, as in the Authorized Version, "My sore ran in the night," etc.
The right hand denoted the south, and the left the north (Job 23:9; 1 Samuel 23:19). To give the right hand was a pledge of fidelity (2 Kings 10:15; Ezra 10:19); also of submission to the victors (Ezek. 17:18; Jeremiah 50:15). The right hand was lifted up in taking an oath (Genesis 14:22, etc.). The hand is frequently mentioned, particularly the right hand, as a symbol of power and strength (Psalm 60:5; Isaiah 28:2). To kiss the hand is an act of homage (1 Kings 19:18; Job 31:27), and to pour water on one's hands is to serve him (2 Kings 3:11). The hand of God is the symbol of his power: its being upon one denotes favour (Ezra 7:6, 28; Isaiah 1:25; Luke 1:66, etc.) or punishment (Exodus 9:3; Judges 2:15; Acts 13:11, etc.). A position at the right hand was regarded as the chief place of honour and power (Psalm 45:9; 80:17; 110:1; Matthew 26:64).
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary1. (n.) That part of the fore limb below the forearm or wrist in man and monkeys, and the corresponding part in many other animals; manus; paw. See Manus.
2. (n.) That which resembles, or to some extent performs the office of, a human hand
3. (n.) A limb of certain animals, as the foot of a hawk, or any one of the four extremities of a monkey.
4. (n.) An index or pointer on a dial; as, the hour or minute hand of a clock.
5. (n.) A measure equal to a hand's breadth, -- four inches; a palm. Chiefly used in measuring the height of horses.
6. (n.) Side; part; direction, either right or left.
7. (n.) Power of performance; means of execution; ability; skill; dexterity.
8. (n.) Actual performance; deed; act; workmanship; agency; hence, manner of performance.
9. (n.) An agent; a servant, or laborer; a workman, trained or competent for special service or duty; a performer more or less skillful; as, a deck hand; a farm hand; an old hand at speaking.
10. (n.) Handwriting; style of penmanship; as, a good, bad or running hand. Hence, a signature.
11. (n.) Personal possession; ownership; hence, control; direction; management; -- usually in the plural.
12. (n.) Agency in transmission from one person to another; as, to buy at first hand, that is, from the producer, or when new; at second hand, that is, when no longer in the producer's hand, or when not new.
13. (n.) Rate; price.
14. (n.) That which is, or may be, held in a hand at once
15. (n.) The quota of cards received from the dealer.
16. (n.) A bundle of tobacco leaves tied together.
17. (n.) The small part of a gunstock near the lock, which is grasped by the hand in taking aim.
18. (v. t.) To give, pass, or transmit with the hand; as, he handed them the letter.
19. (v. t.) To lead, guide, or assist with the hand; to conduct; as, to hand a lady into a carriage.
20. (v. t.) To manage; as, I hand my oar.
21. (v. t.) To seize; to lay hands on.
22. (v. t.) To pledge by the hand; to handfast.
23. (v. t.) To furl; -- said of a sail.
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Right-hand. Rightfully, Right-hand. Right-handed . Noah Webster's
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On Dec. 29, 2011, at sunset on Cape Coral Beach, Jason and Danielle exchanged romantic vows. The couple traveled from their home in Kentucky to get married and honeymoon in Cape Coral. Here, the couple tosses a rose in the water in memory of their daughter, MyaAlice, who recently passed away from a rare medical condition at the tender age of 53 days old. The day was a remembrance of their daughter, as well as a new beginning because the couple is now expecting another child. When one door closes God opens another. The couple now resides in Indiana.
Their ceremony was witnessed by Greg and Maui Okon, a Cape Coral couple, they met at a Cape deli on their wedding day. They mentioned they were getting married at sunset that same day and talked with them about the devastation they were suffering from the loss of their daughter. An immediate bond was formed, and they invited their new friends to their ceremony. Their new Cape friends arrived with a bottle of bubbly to toast them after the ceremony. It was a very special surprise to the newly married couple.
Lee Flowers, ministerial/notary officiant and owner of A Amore Weddings in Cape Coral helped plan the wedding and performed the ceremony. Professional photographer, Pete Fournier, took the ceremony photos.
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In March 1988, the County entered into a contract with We Tip, Inc., to receive reports of possible welfare fraud.
These hotlines are available for anonymous use by the public. WFP&I receives thousands of calls reporting fraud each year through these two hotlines. WFP&I staff checks computer records to determine whether there is a case record for each call, and if so, its status. When a record of a welfare case is found, the referral is assigned to an investigator for follow-up.
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This was sent to me by a friend today. It is certainly something I had not given any thought to. The text of the email stated-
" When you purchase a bike, make sure the color of the seat is taken into consideration. "
We have all been warned.
Saturday, February 13, 2010
Quasi Appropriate E-Mail
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- AnonymousFebruary 13, 2010 at 6:19 PM
What my grandmother would call - "oh, my dear, so unfortunate"!ReplyDelete
Emma J
You ladies are all the same. Always seeing it were it isn't.:{)ReplyDelete
Emma- We have the same Grandmother : )ReplyDelete
OF- Well you know, sometimes the build up we are given clouds our vision ; P
that certainly made the blog rounds ;-)ReplyDelete
Too late. I also have a brownish saddle!ReplyDelete
Ha ha. Brown Betty has a brown saddle, but I'm darker so hopefully I'll never have this problem.ReplyDelete
i want a brownish saddle, and i'm brown...i will have to take this picture under serious consideration! :DReplyDelete
You are good if you keep the skirt a little longer than "Oh my! That could be just what I think it is" length : )ReplyDelete
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The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, which some may recognize as a founding father of the Internet, is developing antisubmarine warfare drones and has released a video game hoping to crowdsource some of the tactical AI behind them.
The ACTUV Tactics Simulator, released by DARPA just a few days ago, is a simulator challenging players to "keep track of elusive submarines" in ways that have "never been thought of before."
"Can you outsmart an enemy submarine commander and keep him from escaping into the deep?" DARPA asks.
Players will be put in charge of the Anti-Submarine Warfare (ASW) Continuous Trail Unmanned Vessel (ACTUV), basically a sub-hunting drone. The submarines they'll be chasing are working from AI that incorporates "actual evasion techniques" used by real commanders.
It's more than a cerebral challenge; it appears to feature single- and multiplayer campaigns, and leaderboards. And it's free.
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Nicki Minaj has never been shy about flaunting her, uh, assets and her 'Anaconda' cover art is no exception!
The singer-rapper made jaws drops when she posted the cover art for her new single earlier this morning (July 24.) The revealing photo shows Nicki squatting with her back to the camera. She's wearing a pink sports bra and a barely-there pink thong with blue sneakers. In the picture, the songstress looks seductively over her shoulder and smolders into the camera. Wowzas!
We weren't the only ones stunned by Nicki's sultry photo. Less than an hour after posting the single art, Nicki shared a screenshot from Twitter, showing "#ANACONDA" as one of the social media network's top trends. Everyone was buzzing about the photo!
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