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Defensive duo sit out for Dons
AFC Wimbledon will still be without defenders Jack Smith and Andy Frampton for the home game against Hartlepool.
Smith misses out again with the knee injury he suffered at MK Dons earlier this month, although he could be back in action next week, while Frampton is still recovering from a broken ankle picked up in pre-season.
Teenager Will Nightingale is fit after a thigh injury while fellow defender Adam Barrett has extended his loan spell from Gillingham until January.
But winger Chris Arthur, who has made just one substitute appearance so far this season, has been loaned out to Conference side Woking.
Hartlepool will have Charlie Wyke in their squad after bringing the Middlesbrough striker back to the club for a month-long loan spell.
The 21-year-old netted twice in 26 appearances for the club when at Victoria Park for the 2012-13 season and has since spent three months with Saturday's opponents last term, bagging another couple of first-team goals in 17 games, including a debut strike at Wycombe.
Stuart Parnaby is a doubt after coming off in Tuesday's loss to Dagenham with a hamstring problem and Lewis Hawkins has sustained an ankle injury in training, but Tommy Miller could be fit to return after missing the midweek match.
Manager Colin Cooper said of Miller's absence: "Tommy's back went into spasm after the game on Saturday. He wasn't able to play on Tuesday night but the physio is pretty confident he'll be okay for Wimbledon so we will wait and see."
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What is Sever’s disease?
Sever’s disease is also known as calcaneal apophysitis. It is the result of inflammation or swelling to the growth plate in the heel.
Sever’s disease is a very common cause of heel pain in children. Children who is active tends to experience the heel pain more. Sever’s disease usually occurs during the growth spurt of children. Sever’s disease is unlikely to affect older teens as their growth plate has harden.
Sever’s disease is similar to Osgood- Schlatter disease, which this condition affects the knee.
What are the causes of Sever’s disease?
During the growth spurt, some children’s heel bone may grow faster than the muscles and tendons of the leg. This causes stress to the muscles and tendons and in turn affect the heel and the growth plate. Over a period of time, this stress is causing stress repeatedly to the heel, and cause swelling and inflammation.
Children who are highly involve in sports, or stand for long periods have a higher tendency to get Sever’s disease. Poor-fitting shoes may also contribute to the heel pain factor as well.
The below conditions increase the chance of the children in getting Sever’s disease:
- Pronated foot
- Flat foot
- High arch foot
- Short leg syndrome
- Overweight or obese children
What are the symptoms of Sever’s disease?
Children may experience the below symptoms for Sever’s disease:
- Pain in one or both heels
- Swollen heel
- Unable to weight bear
- Stiffness to the feet first thing in the morning when your child wakes up
- Pain increase when the heel is squeeze from both sides
How to diagnose Sever’s disease?
Physical examination by our specialist on the heels. Squeeze test to the heels. X-ray may be recommended for some cases.
What are the treatments for Sever’s disease?
Sever’s disease is usually treated conservatively. The treatments to Sever’s disease include:
- Anti-inflammatory medicine
- Cold compress and elevation of the foot
- Compression stocking
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For student-athletes summer brings a different type of fun. Conditioning, workouts, and preparation for the upcoming fall season keep them very busy. But due to COVID-19 things have been a little different. The world of sports came to an abrupt pause in March. Now that society is slowly opening up people are itching to know “Where are the sports?”
FAMU’s Athletic Department aims to ensure that the physical health of their student-athletes is protected. With guidance from the NCAA and the MEAC, they have developed a COVID-19 Response Team. This team formulated a strategic plan laying out guidelines that will be implemented for the re-opening in the fall. Below are a few of these guidelines.
- Football, Basketball, and Volleyball student-athletes will return to the campus four weeks before the fall semester.
- All other student-athletes participating in fall sports will return to campus with the general student body.
- All student-athletes will be administered COVID-19 testing determined by the NCAA/MEAC.
- Athletic trainers are required to abide by safety rules set by the CDC when interacting with the student-athletes.
- Adoption of enhanced sanitization practices for uniforms, athletic equipment, apparel, and practice facilities
The possibility of face-to-face teachings for the fall semester will be determined based upon classroom capacity. FAMU said that it will be reduced by more than half of the standard occupancy. Therefore, it brings the idea of weekend class times and online classes to reduce campus traffic and classroom accommodations. All faculty, students, and staff will be required to wear face masks while on campus.
As FAMU gets closer to opening the hill to new and returning rattlers the school wants to make sure that they provide a safe space for learning, community growth, and overall excellence. With this task plan in hand the school is sure to continue carrying out their mission to “Strike, Strike and Strike Again!”, but of course at an acceptable six feet distance.
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WE ARE A JEWELLERY GALLERY
AND A STUDIO, AND A SHOP, AND A MEETING PLACE, AND A LABORATORY, AND A WORKSHOP, AND A LOVELY PLACE. JUST COME BY AND DEFINE IT.
PLATINA Stockholm AB
Tegnérgatan 4, 113 58 Stockholm
PHONE: + 46 8 300280 or + 46 739 805906
We are usually open Tu-Fr 11.00-18.00 Sa 11.00-15.00.
It happens that we work elsewhere with, for example, external exhibitions. If you want to be sure that we are open, you can always contact us before your visit and make an appointment under CONTACT.
PLATINA was established 1999 to provide an audience the art of jewellery. Since the start, many contemporary jewellery artists have been invited to exhibit and sell unique pieces in Stockholm, artists we think are working with contemporary issues and expressions.
Within the space we have a gallery, shop and studio and we cooperate with other institutions, galleries and museums with magic things as exhibitions, popup events, experimental projects, lectures, education, seminars and more. During the years we have been working internationally with amazing artists and clients from all over the world. At your visit you find unique pieces made by jewellery artist and pieces made in our studio. You are welcome to place an order. We make jewellery as wedding rings and unique pieces as gifts for all kind of special occasions.
PLATINA opened up for the public at Odengatan in Stockholm by Sofia Björkman, Åsa Skogberg and Marie-Helen Bornhall. Since 2009 Sofia Björkman is the owner. The interior was designed by the Swedish architect group OUR. Their assignment was awarded 2001with the prize for best interior design by Swedish design magazine Forum. 2013, 12 years later, Sofia Björkman was awarded by the organisation Svensk Form, for the work she has done with the gallery. In september 2021 PLATINA moved to Tegnérgatan 4 in Stockholm. The gallery is supported by The Swedish Arts Council.
PLATINA is located on the street level with one step at the entrance. Don´t hesitate to ask for more information regarding availability.
(Photo : Urban Jörén)
JULIA MARIA KÜNNAP
- The perfection of an idea is visualised in the faceting diagram, where a gem is described by a formula: a table of faceting angles, indexes and instructions…
Julia Maria Künnap is a jewellery artist from Estonia. She works with natural gemstones and has developed a technique to combine the facet cut and free form engraving.
Künnap graduated from Estonian Academy of Arts, Jewellery Art Department 2004. She has also studied at Alchimia School of Contemporary Jewellery, Florence and Konstfack University of Arts and Crafts in Stockholm.
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Chancery silk, former farmer and now chairman of the Bar, Geoffrey Vos talks to The Times’ Legal Editor
How do you know if your barrister will be any good in court? Barristers are expected to be competent advocates but until the case comes to trial there’s no certainty — not even for the instructing solicitor, unless that barrister has been tried and tested or comes by word of mouth.
Now, though, barristers are to become the latest profession to be graded or, in the jargon, “quality assured”. In a drive to maintain standards and boost public confidence, thousands of young barristers will be sent for compulsory advocacy training and those doing publicly funded work will be “road-tested” to
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Castelli opted to break out their warmer line into simple thermal and protective options .Leg warmers are a great choice for those cold mornings that quickly heat up after an hour or two. It is better to go out warm and protecting your joints, then remove the warmers when you get too warm. The Nanoflex 3G offers light thermal fabric that is water-repellent and blocks enough incoming air to keep you comfortable, but also carries thermal properties to keep you warm and dry at cooler temps. Castelli invented the category of water-protective thermal fabrics, and their proprietary Nanoflex is often imitated but never equaled.
The highly breathable Nanoflex fabric is relatively light weight and flexible. Castelli uses a single seam construction, with flatlock stitching on the seam and cuffs. The fabric offers plenty of stretch, but the design has also been aligned anatomically, with moderate compression.Holding the warmer in place on the thigh, dual-sided silicone gripper elastic prevents sliding down, utilizing the skin and short material. An ankle zipper allows for quick and easy removal. Rated for a 46°-64°F range, this leg warmer is a crucial component of every cyclist's wardrobe. Castelli finishes the 3G Legwarmer with sleek, subtle embossed wordmark logos.
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Experience Legendary Pebble Beach Resorts in HD
Explore one of the most exceptional destinations in the world. View our breathtaking oceanside landscapes, world-renowned golf courses and award-winning accommodations, and imagine yourself here! Your trip of a lifetime is just a click away.
Since 1919, Pebble Beach has been renowned as one of the most legendary destinations in the world. Here’s why…
Since 1919, Pebble Beach has played host to the best golfers, the biggest stars, and the most talented amateurs in the world. Now, it’s your turn to be part of golf history.
Whether you want to dine overlooking the Pacific Ocean or relax by the fire pits as the sun sets, the culinary options at Pebble Beach are as spectacular as the scenery.
Experience luxurious accommodations, outstanding restaurants, and an award-winning spa to fantastic activities, stunning views, and legendary golf.
From the moment you arrive, you sense the storied past and grandeur that make Pebble Beach Resorts such a remarkable place for hosting your next legendary meeting or event.
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15mm Scale Miniatures
Laserburn Battle Rules. Imperial Commander Rulebook
Battle rules for Laserburn. Includes full rules for actual war and larger battles in the Laserburn universe. Also quick reference sheets and army lists.
(A4 format, 32 pages)
This rulebook deals with battles of around 50 miniatures per side.
This is a stand alone set for use in the Laserburn universe.
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Walk through the core parts of the system, see what is where. Haasbot crypto trading botswana, lets do another quick script that will showcase what we do, this time lets do a Forex bot that trades all the pairs on WC, and it will use the following technical strategy. Discussion should relate to bitcoin trading. A very low latency cryptocurrency market making bot.
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These include overlap studies, momentum indicators, volume indicators and volatility indicators. CryptoTrader Review Making money with automated Trading You will notice that this strategy uses three signals to determine if a stock or in our case a pair is overbought sell or underbought buy. Programming a simple bitcoin trading bot with bitfinex API Part 2 will go over making your bot talk to all the exchanges and even attempt to discern price discrepancies, building real-time GDAX straddle-bot using about five Forex strategies and even setting up Bowhead as an API.
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CONCORD, N.C. (AP) Greg Biffle is not celebrating yet. But he believes Roush Fenway Racing is improving after a couple of down years trying to catch up to its rivals.
Biffle had a strong two weeks at Charlotte Motor Speedway, capped by a second place in the Coca-Cola 600 - his best on-track showing this season. Throw in a fourth place in Charlotte qualifying and a win in his Sprint Showdown race to make the All-Star event two weeks ago, and Biffle has plenty of hope for better times ahead.
''It's been well documented how we've been running, so it feels good,'' Biffle said.
The Sprint Cup finish was just Biffle's second top 10 of the year (he was 10th in the Daytona 500) and only the third for Roush Fenway drivers this season. The other was Ricky Stenhouse Jr.'s fourth-place finish at Bristol last month.
Trevor Bayne, in his first year with the No. 6 car, hasn't fared better than a pair of 18ths.
Biffle is 19th in the points standings, staring up at three drivers apiece from Stewart-Haas Racing, Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing. Is Roush Fenway closing the gap?
''We've been wondering that for two years. Just, hopelessly, can't find a crumb on the floor,'' Biffle said. ''But it's turned around in the last few weeks, small gains.''
Incremental improvement has rarely been the standard at Roush Fenway, which Jack Roush built into a championship program with skilled drivers, genius mechanics and race cars with the power to win titles.
Matt Kenseth won the Sprint Car crown for Roush in 2003 and Kurt Busch followed that up with a championship a year later. But Kenseth left for JGR after the 2012 season. Roush Fenway star Carl Edwards followed Kenseth this past offseason.
''It's been a tough challenge altogether, even last year when Carl was there,'' Biffle said. ''It was really tough finding anything to get our cars to go.''
At All-Star race qualifying two weeks ago, Biffle wondered why his teammates' cars weren't showing the same speed his was. But Biffle debriefed with Stenhouse after the Coca-Cola 600, the young racer sharing that his car was stronger than its 37th place finish Sunday night.
''I'm looking forward to those guys, both Ricky and Trevor, running faster so we can use a little bit of the data from them, too,'' Biffle said.
Stenhouse said after his high Bristol finish his team needed more from the car to contend and lead laps. He hasn't finished better than 24th in the four events since.
''Hopefully, we will get this misfortune behind us soon,'' he said after mechanical problems ended his Charlotte run.
Bayne was a virtually unknown racer when he stunned NASCAR with his victory in the Daytona 500 in 2011. Roush Fenway picked Bayne to restart the No. 6 car successfully run by Mark Martin, who won 35 races in 19 races as a Roush racer. Bayne has finished outside the top 20 in nine of 12 races this season.
It's difficult for Roush Fenway Fords to compete with the Chevys run by Hendrick and Stewart-Haas, Biffle said.
''We are nowhere near catching them,'' he said.
What he watched at Charlotte, though, is a definite sign things are turning back in Roush Fenway's favor.
''We've met our first goal, at least my first goal, to run in the top 10,'' Biffle said. ''We haven't been able to do that in a year-and-a-half.''
Biffle also liked how his crew kept him near the top in NASCAR's longest race, then gave him a chance win when it gambled on fueling up well ahead of his front-running competitors. Biffle nearly chased down race winner Edwards in the final laps before ending second.
''We ran 600 miles virtually in the top 10, so that's a huge improvement for us,'' Biffle said. ''Now, we'll just work on trying to get into the top five and then the wins will come after that.''
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My name is Carin and I live in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. I don’t believe in rules for fashion, you can wear whatever you feel comfortable in. For me that means wearing dresses and skirts, lots of colour and fun prints, sometimes with a retro vibe. Accessories are also an obsession of mine, I collect shoes and bags (don’t we all?); I could run a marathon in high heels, if I could run a marathon.
Follow my posts for fun fashion pictures, with sometimes a touch of my beautiful city, Amsterdam.
ps: Why CatoInAmsterdam? Cato is my nickname, first two letters of my name and surname!
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DemDaily: Inaugural Week Logistics & Links
January 16, 2017
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day. Today we honor the great man; this week, in his spirit, we prepare to raise our voices.
"We cannot walk alone. And as we walk, we must make the pledge that we shall always march ahead. We cannot turn back." - Reverend Martin Luther King, Jr
An estimated 1 million people will descend on Washington this week for events and activism surrounding the January 18-21st Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies.
More than 200,000 of those people are expected to march on Saturday, while another 700,000 will be participating in 400 sister marches and protests in every state and six continents.
In the interim, some resources for those in the field - or on their way!
Events, Logistics & Resources
DemList is a Proud Partner of The Women's March on Washington
The WMW is a women-led movement bringing together people of all genders, ages, races, cultures, affiliations and backgrounds -- to stand together in solidarity on January 21st "for the protection of our rights, our safety, our health, and our families," and to send a message that "women's rights are human rights. We stand together, recognizing that defending the most marginalized among us is defending all of us."
When: January 21st, Saturday
Time: 10:00am - 1:15pm
Where: Washington, DC, near the US Capitol
Starting Point: Intersection of Independence Avenue & Third Street, SW
Presidential Inaugural Ceremonies/JCCIC
For your organizational info, on the DemList Calendar we included the rundown on the 9 formal Presidential Inaugural events -- as planned and executed by the non-partisan Joint Congressional Committee on Inaugural Ceremonies.
Schedule & Blue Inaugural Calendar
The DemList Calendar provides a list of alternative happenings and information on the march, protests, forums and cool events.
Submit Events: Submit your events in DC, or in the states, to promote and inform to the public!
The Woman's National Democratic Club is serving as the Clubhouse for the March, organizers and activities. Check out their events, kicking off this Wednesday with a Congressional Welcome Reception including the Reverend Jesse Jackson and actress Fran Drescher!Transportation
The Best Links!
Car Parking & Road Closings: WTOP Transportation
Plane, Train or Metro: Getting around
WMATA Trip Planner
Guide: Washington Post
Tip: Buy a Metro Card in advance to save time!
Bus Information & Registration
Walking Routes: See Secret Service Map
Disability Access: WMW DC Access
Follow this Daily political column for updates and pass it on!
Connecting you to The Party
Connecting you to Each Other
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Sinn Féin call for an Artists Studio Spaces Scheme in Budget 2018 – Senator Fintan Warfield
Sinn Féin spokesperson for the arts, youth affairs and LGBTQI rights, Senator Fintan Warfield has called on the government to initiate a capital project in Budget 2018, for the development of an ‘Artist Studio Spaces Scheme’.
Such a scheme would develop State owned cultural infrastructure that offers security of tenure to artists across the country.
Senator Fintan Warfield said:
“Sinn Féin believes that designers, musicians, dancers, visual artists, web developers, and performers can and should be offered insulation from the commercial rental market and that such security of tenure can be provided through affordable, State owned spaces, rented to artistic tenants for short and long term tenancies that ensure fairness in access.
“In our Alternative Budget, we have ring-fenced a fund of €5 million in year one that will allow a number of Local Authorities repurpose and refurbish existing vacant Local Authority buildings for use as state owned artist studio spaces.
“An Artist Studio Spaces Scheme could also allow for the waiving of rent should the artist be engaged in cultural activity for the benefit of the local community.
"A percentage of artist space could also be reserved for young, emerging artists."
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The votes are coming in, and thumbs are extended upwards….in praise of the new Yo La Tengo CD “I Am Not Afraid of You and I Will Beat Your Ass.”
At MetaCritic, the aggregated review site, Yo La Tengo is sitting with a very high 89 score. It looks like the CD of the early fall.
Sure wish I could go to the band’s 9/29 Jersey City gig, but a very special woman’s very special birthday party supercedes that gig on that date. Next time.
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Source: Colombo Telegraph,MORE OPINION,Opinion , December 17, 2015
By Lukman Harees
“Freedom of expression constitutes one of the essential foundations of [a democratic] society, one of the basic conditions for its progress and for the development of every man. Subject to paragraph 2 of Article 10 [of the European Convention on Human Rights], it is applicable not only to ‘information’ or ‘ideas’ that are favourably received or regarded as inoffensive or as a matter of indifference, but also to those that offend, shock or disturb the State or any sector of the population. Such are the demands of that pluralism, tolerance and broadmindedness without which there is no ‘democratic society’. This means, amongst other things, that every ‘formality’, ‘condition ’, ‘restriction’ or ‘penalty’ imposed in this sphere must be proportionate to the legitimate aim pursued.” (Handyside v. the United Kingdom judgment of 7 December 1976, § 49).
“… [T]olerance and respect for the equal dignity of all human beings constitute the foundations of a democratic, pluralistic society. That being so, as a matter of principle it may be considered necessary in certain democratic societies to sanction or even prevent all forms of expression which spread, incite, promote or justify hatred based on intolerance …, provided that any ‘formalities’, ‘conditions’, ‘restrictions’ or ‘penalties’ imposed are proportionate to the legitimate aim pursued.” (Erbakan v. Turkeyjudgment of 6 July 2006, § 56)
President Ford conceived a country for the American people as a place where they can disagree without being disagreeable or distasteful. This sums up the essence of balancing the freedom of expression with the need to prevent all forms of expression which spread ,incite ,promote or justify hatred based on intolerance. Hate speech is speech that offends, threatens, or insults groups, based on race, colour, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or other traits. Should hate speech be discouraged?
The answer is easy—of course! However, developing such policies runs the risk of limiting an individual’s ability to exercise free speech. When a conflict arises about which is more important—protecting community interests or safeguarding the rights of the individual—a balance must be found that protects the civil rights of all without limiting the civil liberties of the speaker.
We all saw the ill-consequences of hate speech in Sri Lanka during the post-War MR Regime when some extremist hate groups posing off as champions of Sinhala Buddhist people, raising majoritarian cries, initiated and launched a highly destructive well-orchestrated hate campaign against the minorities particularly against the Muslims. The Mini 1983 styled ‘Aluthgama’ communal attacks against the Muslims was one such result, which arose directly and indirectly from Ven. Gnanassara’s venomous hate speech.
Unfortunately the obvious offenders were allowed to let go scot free while their patron saints in the MR regime attempted to label the victims as perpetrators, even at the Geneva HR Forum. Thus, the intellectual civil community raised concern about allowing these hate groups to spread communal venom without fear or sanction and faulted the government and law enforcement authorities for failing to use even the available legal remedies to act against the offenders. Minister Vasudeva was instrumental in attempting to ban hate speech and was seen to take measures to introduce specific laws in this regard, however with no success. In this scenario, an imperative need was felt to introduce more specific laws to ban hate speech , in the best interest of communal harmony and to avoid repetitions of the enormous damage done by groups like BBS. Thus, this became one of the key promises of Maithripala Sirisena, the challenger to the mighty MR at the January 8th Elections.
The Maithri-Ranil government elected in August 2015, is now seeking to introduce and propose specific provisions and amendments to the Penal Code to deal with hate speech/crimes. The Bill to amend the Criminal Procedure Code seeks to introduce a two-year prison sentence for anyone guilty of “causing or instigating acts of violence or religious, racial or communal disharmony or feelings of ill-will or hostility by the use of words spoken, written or intended to be read, or by signs, or by visible representation or otherwise.”. Further, the proposed amendments in the draft bills also stipulate that a
warrant would not be required to arrest persons violating these laws.
It is interesting to note that the measure has immediately run into hot waters with many objections being made not only within the Parliament , but also outside as well- both civil and legal activists taking arms against these measures. Obviously BBS, the culprits who pushed the society to take these measures has now objected to these amendments stating “If the Acts were amended every coconut tree could be used as gallows and every government school and institutions would turn into prisons,”. It will be funny if they don’t raise hue and cry on this matter! The Tamil National Alliance (TNA) too also called for the withdrawal of the Penal Code (Amendment) Bill, placed on the Order Paper, citing that its provisions were identical to those of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA). They allege that the previous government used this very provision to target persons from the Tamil and Muslim communities and to deprive them of their freedom of speech and expression guaranteed under Article 14(1)(a) of the Constitution.
Many in the legal fraternity too remarked in a similar tone, stating that it is extremely unfortunate as the new provision is basically identical to Section 2 (1) (h) of the Prevention of Terrorism Act (PTA) and a loose and vague definition of hate speech would result in a very constricting environment in which no one will feel safe even speaking the truth. ‘”The issue is to what extent hate speech is restricted. Incitement to
violence must be drawn the line at. There are all forms of expressions. As this is a multi-ethnic and multi-religious society, if violence is caused, whoever is responsible must be dealt with under the law. This is the litmus test’. ‘There is no definition given and since what has been presently put down is too broad, illustrations and examples as in the cases of defining theft or murder in the Penal Code should be specified’. The legal hawks also query: What about online content and electronic media? Is this only for public speeches, offline private speeches and newspapers? Is the Computer Crimes Act No. 24 of 2007 going to be amended in parallel? The Government must clarify. Arresting without a warrant can also fall under arbitrary arrest.
The dilemma any government faces in dealing with hate speech/ crimes while protecting the freedom of speech of people is reflected in the two cases given at the beginning of this article. There is a range of approaches to ‘when hate speech might be regulated?’. On one end is the libertarian perspective; on the other, the communitarian. Libertarians believe that individuals have the right to free speech and that government should be able to limit it only for the most compelling reasons. Most libertarians recognize fighting words as an example of a sufficiently compelling reason to limit free speech. Notwithstanding the libertarian viewpoint, the courts have been careful to interpret this exception narrowly. Communitarians take a different approach. They believe that the community’s well-being is society’s most important goal and that an individual’s right to free speech may be limited in the interests of community harmony. They believe that treating people with fairness and dignity justifies at least some free-speech restrictions-that eliminating or reducing hate speech is a sufficiently compelling goal to justify government regulation.
Communitarians would expand the fighting words doctrine to allow for increased government regulation.
Should legal provisions therefore be introduced to ban hate speech? The answer is Yes! But there are few vital aspects which must also be looked into without hastily doing so , as the same provisions may be used to curtail permissible speech and socio-political critique in the public forums. Firstly , can a middle ground be found—away to accommodate both the communitarian and libertarian perspectives? Perhaps so. Government has the obligation to protect speech by disallowing laws that are too restrictive, yet it can also encourage individuals to respect each other. Laws and policies which are not clearly and narrowly drafted can violate freedom of expression, and may also be counterproductive to efforts to eradicate racial discrimination and prejudice/hatred against particular communities. It is therefore important that the provisions must be more specific and clear , and also serve a legitimate aim under international human rights law while being necessary and proportionate to achieving that aim. It is clear that even courts and other bodies have struggled with definitions. Therefore defining such concepts clearly is imperative as
laws which restrict freedom of expression must be “formulated with sufficient precision to enable an individual to regulate his or her conduct accordingly.
Secondly, as Amnesty International says; Efforts to prohibit “hate speech” or otherwise restrict expression in the interest of non-discrimination should reflect the principle that “All human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated.” Indeed, it has been argued that “nowhere is this interdependence more obvious than in the discussion of freedom of expression and incitement to national, racial or religious hatred.” Freedom of expression is related to other rights and is essential for their realization. Excessive restrictions on freedom of expression may therefore undermine many other human rights. The interdependence between the rights to freedom of expression and non-discrimination requires States to pay detailed attention to laws and policies on “hate speech.”
Thirdly, it must be clearly understood that mere prohibition of hate speech per se will not be effective. The prohibition of “hate speech” can only be truly effective when undertaken as part of a holistic approach to combating prejudice and discrimination that goes beyond prohibition of expression. As the Joint submission by the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of opinion and expression, the Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, and the Special Rapporteur on racism, racial discrimination, xenophobia and related intolerance, argues,
‘Hate speech is but a symptom, the external manifestation of something much more profound which is intolerance and bigotry. Therefore, legal responses, such as restrictions on freedom of expression alone, are far from sufficient to bring about real changes in mind-sets, perceptions and discourse. To tackle the root causes of intolerance, a much broader set of policy measures are necessary, for example in the
areas of intercultural dialogue or education for tolerance and diversity. In addition, this set of policy measures should include strengthening freedom of expression…..’
What will ultimately work thus will be a holistic approach to preventing racial discrimination and racial/ religious hatred, that avoids over-reliance on legal prohibition and sanction and focuses on positive measures, especially education, to combat racial intolerance and discrimination.
Fourthly, also importantly, government officials and political leaders should lead by example by promoting the values of equality and diversity and condemning instances of discrimination or discriminatory rhetoric by government officials. This approach was woefully lacking during the MR Regime, when the government and its’ spokesmen themselves became patron saints of the hate groups and tried to blame the victims without acting against the perpetrators both firmly and decisively.
As the same aforesaid joint UN statement stated, ‘The strategic response to hate speech is more speech: more speech that educates about cultural differences; more speech that promotes diversity; more speech to empower and give voice to minorities, for example through the support of community media and their representation in mainstream media. More speech can be the best strategy to reach out to individuals,
changing what they think and not merely what they do’. This should be our long term goal and what will be a sustainable approach.
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What do you do with a helpful book on an important subject written by a man who is in serious error in a central and crucial area of Christian doctrine? In this case, the error is so fundamental that some would even call him a heretic, or at least that he believes or teaches heresy in this one area.
I’m talking about N. T. Wright who has written a short book on the Psalms and why we should sing them, a subject that is especially dear to my own heart. He writes so eloquently, so originally, persuasively, so TRUTHFULLY.
And yet Wright has also been responsible for popularizing one of the most dangerous and devastating redefinitions of justification by faith in history, a distortion that is continuing to wreak havoc in churches and in individual lives.
I started reading Wright’s book on the Psalms a few days ago, not really expecting much from it, and was immediately overwhelmed by the power of his prose, the force of his arguments, the startlingly fresh insights, and especially the beauty of his writing. I posted a couple of quotes on social media and within minutes: “How can you quote a heretic?” emails started arriving.
I’d love to review the book on this blog, summarize Wright’s insights, provide sample quotations, point to strengths and weaknesses, etc.
But should I?
What are the options?
1. Don’t read anything by Wright on any subject because he’s in such error in a central Christian doctrine. But that would rule out people like C.S. Lewis, John Stott, Alexander Whyte, and Thomas Chalmers, all men who wrote outstanding Christian books, and yet who made serious errors in other important areas, at least at some points in their lives.
And where do we draw the line? Is John Piper off limits because he believes in continuation of the charismatic gifts? Is Tim Keller off limits because he believes in some version of theistic evolution?
2. Read the book and learn from it, but don’t tell anyone, share anything from it, or review it favorably. For my work, I have to read quite a lot of books that I wouldn’t want to publicly discuss because of the possibility of younger Christians reading them without discernment.
It’s been argued: ”We have other reliable articles and books on Psalm singing. OK, they are not very accessible or enjoyable, but at least they are sound.”
Whatever else the Wright conundrum teaches us, it’s that we need to work and pray for far better communication skills. Why is it that the devil is so skilled at dressing up ugly error in beautiful clothes, while we seem to be experts at covering up beautiful truth in ugly layers of literary mediocrity?
3. Read, review, and even recommend the book but repeatedly point out that Wright is in error on justification (though it doesn’t appear in this book). The problem with this is that some may not pick up on the warnings. They might hear, “Oh David Murray recommended N. T. Wright on the Psalms,” go off and buy it, enjoy it as much as I did, and it becomes a gateway drug to theological heresy. Throughout his book on the Psalms, Wright repeatedly references and recommends other books he’s written, all of them attractively titled, but some of them containing dangerous error.
So I’m torn; pulled in different directions. Wanting to bless people by using this book to advance the cause of Psalm singing. Yet, terribly afraid of being a curse to people by opening the door to soul-destroying error.
I started out this post inclining towards #3. But as I close, I’m inclining to #2. Much though I’d love more Psalm-singing, you don’t need to be a Psalm-singer to get to heaven. But go wrong on justification by faith, and the consequences are terrifying.
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The Don Is Done
By Jeffrey Goldberg
Published: January 31, 1999
There is no one associated with organized crime who doesn't believe that Gotti ordered Castellano's death. Joseph Castellano, whose life was turned inside out by the murder, says he doesn't believe it. ''I know they say that Mr. Gotti'' -- he is careful to employ the honorific -- ''was the one who murdered our father,'' he told me recently. ''But I don't know. I have no proof of this. The Government says this is true, but what do you want from the Government? My father was watched by the Government for 40 years, and then on the day he gets killed, what happened? Where was the F.B.I.?''
Don't get him started.
''I don't believe anything,'' he said, convincingly. ''It's like 'Star Trek,' fiction. Clinton, Nixon, Gotti, it's all the same.'' His doubts, he said, have led him to question the existence of the crime family the Government says his father led. ''What is a Gambino crime family?'' he asked. ''Does this Gambino crime family have an office? Does the office have a plaque on the door that says, 'Gambino crime family'?''
Joseph Castellano is a 60-year-old pizza-maker with heart trouble and a fierce desire to live out his days in peace, which might explain why he defends his father's killer. We were talking about Gotti while seated at a corner table in Big Louie's Pizzeria on Sunrise Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale. Castellano is ordinary in appearance. He was wearing a white windbreaker and tinted glasses, which made him look very much like the retirees who line up each afternoon in restaurants across South Florida in search of the earliest early-bird special.
Except for his nose. The nose is extraordinary -- a giant, kingly nose. It is his father's nose, the nose that prompted Gotti and other traitors inside the Gambino family to refer to their boss -- behind his back, of course -- as ''Nasabeak.''
Like his father before him, Joseph Castellano is a wealthy man. Along with his brother, Paul Jr., he owns the Big Louie's on Sunrise, along with five other Big Louies in Fort Lauderdale. They also own a chain of popular and affordable rib restaurants called Bobby Rubino's, as well as a poultry wholesale business and a pasta concern.
Like his father before him, too, Joseph lives in splendor, in a million-dollar home behind a tall gate near the ocean. The Castellanos have always favored extravagant homes. When his father served as boss of the Gambino crime family, he lived in a Staten Island mansion so regal it was known as the White House. It was not the sort of house Carlo Gambino, Castellano's cousin and predecessor and a hater of flamboyance, would have liked. ''It was a hell of a nice house,'' Castellano's cousin, Peter Castellana, a reputed Gambino family soldier, once told me. ''Not my idea of a home. I like a ranch-type, five, six rooms, a nice den, end of story. But Paul liked the big houses.''
Despite his wealth and surname, Joseph Castellano never appears in the Florida newspapers, and law-enforcement officials in Fort Lauderdale have no photographs of him. He lives a life of near-complete anonymity. But he made no attempt to hide his identity when, after surveilling the nose, I approached his table. He was initially reluctant to talk about his life, but he became animated when I turned the subject to Paul Castellano's revenge.
''What do you mean, revenge?'' he asked.
I offered up a theory proposed to me by a one-time Castellano partisan: that the woes of the Gotti family -- John Gotti's imprisonment for life and his cancer and his son's coming trial on racketeering charges, charges that could land him in jail for 20 years -- can be seen as a kind of payback for the grief Gotti visited on the Castellanos.
To accept this theory, Castellano must accept Gotti's guilt, which, publicly at least, he doesn't, and he must accept an unorthodox definition of revenge. ''I don't know of any revenge,'' he said, and in fact, his father's murder was never avenged in the traditional Sicilian manner. By rights, John Gotti should have been killed for violating a basic tenet of mob life, which is, Never kill a boss without permission of the other bosses.
It is true that the history of the Gambino family is laced with regicide. The first boss, Vincent Mangano, was killed by the second, Albert Anastasia, who was himself betrayed by the third, Carlo Gambino. But traditionally, most boss hits have been sanctioned. It is said that Vincent (Chin) Gigante, the recently jailed boss of the Genovese family and the last great mafioso of the century, tried to have Gotti killed for breaking the rules. But he didn't succeed.
The Gambino family accepted Gotti as the new boss at virtually the same moment John Cardinal O'Connor denied Paul Castellano, the slain boss, a public funeral mass. Further humiliation was to follow. The Castellano brothers, who were running their father's food wholesale company, Dial Poultry, were soon visited by their cousin, Tommy Gambino, a captain in the family and Carlo's son. Tommy Gambino, like most everyone else in the family's ''white collar'' faction, was frightened cold by the louche and murderous Gotti, and he carried a message from his new boss to the Castellanos: ''He told them that what happened happened, let it go, and start paying tribute to Gotti,'' says J. Bruce Mouw, who until last year ran the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Gambino squad and is the Federal agent most responsible for the Gambino family's downfall. ''This was their blood cousin telling them this.''
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SOLENT SAILING SCENES | Second Edition
19 June 2018
- Once you are clear of the Harbour Entrance you are in the Solent, approximately 20 miles long and between 1 and 5 miles wide. In Roman times the Solent was much narrower with it believed to have been possible at low tide to walk between the mainland and the Isle of Wight. Imagine that!
- Beside the Isle of Wight one of the first things you may notice are the four circular Forts. They are collectively names Solent Forts. Built in the mid-19th century by then Prime Minister Lord Palmerston to guard against a perceived French threat, due to the threat being over by the time they were finished they were nicknamed ‘Palmerston’s Follies’
- The three larger ones, Spitbank, Horse Sand and No Man’s Land are all owned by Amazing Venues. Spitbank was made into a boutique 8 suite luxury hotel with and opened in 2012. In 2015 the No Man’s Land also opened its doors as a hotel with 23 bedrooms. Horse Sand Fort has been preserved as a living museum but currently not open to the public.
- St Helens Fort is privately owned and not open to the public. However four times a year the tide is low enough that you can walk across the causeway to the Fort and is a popular summer event with shore side BBQs!
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Today I was part of the team that evacuated an injured walker from high in Wadi Ghalila and I feel fortunate to have witnessed such selfless hard graft and co operation from the large team that completed the task so successfully.
Yesterday (30/1/2011) in the early afternoon a walker took a tumble on a scree slope while descending from the well know Stairway to Heaven in Wadi Ghalila, RAK. He sustained a lower limb injury as well as other knocks and scrapes. He was a member of a well equipped party with experienced leaders and they were able to stabilise him. They decided they would not be able to move him without help so they made a call to a member of the UAE mountaineering community they knew and he inturn rang around. By 5pm that evening there were 20+ mountaineers heading up the mountain to assist.
It was decided that because the casualties injuries were not immediately life threatening that an evacuation in the dark was not the best option. Some climbers stayed up with the casualty while the rest descended with the remainder of the walking party. They then gathered together food, water and more equipment, grabbed a couple of hours sleep and then reascended in time to start the evacuation at first light.
The ground below the Wadi Ghalila Headwall is steep, broken and uncompromising, it’s very difficult to evacuate an injured person through. To evacuate through ground that a fit able person could ascend in 1.5hrs took 6hrs and 29 people! It is easy to under estimate just how difficult the task was.
The large expert team worked impressively hard throughout the whole task. I can’t recall a better example of teamwork I’ve ever seen and for no other reason than to help a fellow mountaineer.
Well done to all involved today, mission accomplished!
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The Manser Practice was founded in 1961 by Michael Manser, now Non-Executive Chairman, who built an initial reputation for designing one off modern houses, a number of which are now listed. Whilst we still occasionally design houses, the past 50 years of output have seen the business involved in an enormously wide range of projects both in terms of sector and size. This has allowed us to have offices in London and Leeds and to start an interior design division which works both independently and as part of a fully integrated and co-ordinated design service for clients.
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To the black students who walked out of schools across the country yesterday: We see you. We watched as you stood there, brown skin shining, braids swinging, voices booming, taking charge and walking in the revolutionary tradition of your ancestors. We saw the fire in your eyes. We felt it burning. Hold on to it. Nurture it—because as Angela Davis teaches us, “Freedom is a constant struggle.”
We are so very proud of you.
“Baby, what would you do if you’re driving or riding in a car and police pull you over?”
Dash, my 9-year-old son, was sitting in the back seat of the car playing Roblox on his iPad. He looked up, adjusted his glasses and said, “Ummm, I’d reach for ... ”
I gripped the steering wheel. Hard. “NO. You do not reach for anything; do you understand me? Do not reach. When you see the lights, turn on your camera phone and press record. When you pull over to a stop, place both of your hands on the steering wheel and wait. Do not reach for anything. Do not make any sudden movements. Do you hear me?”
“But won’t they want to see my ID?” my innocent baby asked.
“They might, but wait until they ask for it,” I responded. “Then tell them that you are about to follow their instructions. Tell them where your ID is located and repeat that you are following their instructions. Your goal is to make it home to me. Do you understand?”
He nodded quietly, eyes darting back to his game.
“No, I need to hear you say it,” I told him as I adjusted the rearview mirror to see his face, anxiety clawing at my throat.
“I won’t reach for anything,” he recited back to me. “I’ll put my hands on the steering wheel and ... ”
On Valentine’s Day, in the wake of Nikolas Cruz, 19, opening fire at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., killing 17 people and injuring at least 15 more, Dash and I discussed what to do if a shooter opened fire at his school. On Wednesday, after tens of thousands of students walked out of schools across the nation in solidarity with Douglas High students—and to protest negligent and reckless gun laws that place their lives at risk every single day—I sat in the parking lot of a Baskin-Robbins trying to teach my son, who is on spring break, how to survive an encounter with public servants who are sworn to keep him safe.
Some of the white Douglas students have voiced similar, if not identical, thoughts: For the first time, they feel unsafe in supposedly safe places. For the first time, they realize that the U.S. government does not value their lives over guns. For the first time, they feel compelled to stand up, walk out and demand change, because they know their lives depend on it.
Not for the first time, I wondered where in the world is safe for my sons.
It is not in schools where they can be beaten to death and rolled up in a gym mat, their assailants never brought to justice.
It is not in schools where security officers can violently flip them over in their desks.
It is not in schools where white predators can sexually assault them in the locker room and hurl racist slurs at them in the classroom.
It is not in schools where black students face discriminatory punitive action.
They are not safe in parks.
They aren’t safe walking home.
They aren’t safe swimming.
And as we witnessed with the peaceful protests in the wake of Baltimore police officers leaving Freddie Gray’s neck nearly severed from his spine, without the canopy of whiteness, my sons aren’t safe organizing walkouts to protest state-sanctioned violence and injustice, either.
All of the students around the country—including the black and brown students in Broward County, Fla., who walked out Wednesday—are doing something revolutionary. Despite allegedly being mocked and threatened by some so-called educators for walking out, they continued to stand their ground. They continued to demand that their safety be prioritized, and they have taken to the streets to do so.
Still, many people have asked the question: Where was the outpouring of public support when black children were being teargassed in Ferguson, Mo.? We have wondered how Oprah Winfrey dared to call the Douglas students “freedom riders” when she had nothing but criticism for Black Lives Matter. We listened as former President Barack Obama said that these students are whom the nation has been waiting for, that he had their backs. As if black youths have not been risking their lives to protest the state-sanctioned gun violence of police with no unequivocal support from the White House. As if some of the Douglas students have not credited the Black Lives Matter movement as the blueprint for their fight against injustice.
There is a reason that BLM can serve as the blueprint: because whiteness is the monster that stalks us, haunts us, kills us all—just some more than others. Still, there has been no reckoning with white, male violence, slightly more emphasis placed on male. We know that with mass murder, particularly in public places, the shooters are overwhelmingly white, cisgender, heterosexual men, some with a history of intimate-partner and family violence. We know that they have been neurodiverse, meaning that neither mental illness nor mental disability has been a determining factor across the board, despite the ableist fearmongering that would warn us otherwise.
As for school shooters specifically, most have been white boys or white men—approximately 90 percent—so if we know one thing, it should be this: We cannot afford to divorce whiteness from any conversation around gun violence. We cannot erase police officers from conversations around school and gun violence.
Deep down, we know that all children don’t matter in this great, white nation of ours, even though our children matter to us. We know that when our children go to school, the violence is already lurking inside the walls.
Yet here we are, rightfully cheering on the beauty of this movement, marveling at the power of it, holding on to what feels like tide-shifting change. Hoping against hope that this time, unlike Sandy Hook, legislators might be so moved by the bodies of slain white children that they pass laws to keep all of our children safe when they walk through doors to learn—doors where, almost 60 years ago, black children had to face white supremacist violence just to enter.
I, as have many people, cried as I saw children of all races and ethnicities take to the streets without militarized police and dogs breathing down their necks. I cried because it felt transformative.
I cried because I know that if the predominant narrative focused on black students who organized walkouts in Broward County, mainstream public support would be reduced to a whisper, and the racist Chicago dog whistle would take center stage.
As I looked at my son, my baby, in the back seat playing his game, unaware of the monsters in our midst, I was left with a burning question.
How do we create a world where proximity to whiteness isn’t the only thing forcing those in positions of power to give a damn—or pretend to give a damn—whether black children live or die?
We must be intentional about naming white male violence—indeed, whiteness itself—as a structural weapon that must be destroyed, because strengthening reckless, flimsy gun laws alone won’t save black children.
If a brutal history that is not yet past has taught us anything, let it be that.
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My White // Wood minimal jewellery collection was conceived during a week long break to the English seaside. Whilst camping in the wilds, with the sea air for company, the sights and sounds of British weather conjured a connection with nature for me. Whilst taking a quiet beach stroll, the raw beauty of my surroundings unveiled themselves, not in the far reaching views but in the textures discarded on the dunes.
Reach out to nature with these delightfully delectable, incredibly tactile pieces of nautical & minimal jewellery.
Sea shaped worldly wood, smooth, wisdom holding pebbles and seaweed entangled, fisherman’s ropes. Beach wandering on holiday in search of driftwood to take back to the studio and harness in to something that showcased brilliantly the beauty of nature. With raw materials in hand, I then looked to minimal jewellery and Nordic inspirations, which constantly unveiled themselves to me. Following this I created the simplicity and bold designs of my White // Wood collection you see before you.
Like many of us, in the hectic whirlwind of modern life, I often seek ways to find a certain sense of ‘hygge’ in my everyday and my jewellery collections often reveal themselves to be a reflection of this. This intriguing Danish word (pronounced hue-gah) sits at the very core of Saloukee’s being – explained a feeling or mood that comes taking genuine pleasure in making ordinary, everyday things more meaningful, beautiful or special. This sense is something I hope I am able to impart on my wearers.
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A Day, a Life: When a Medic Was Killed in Gaza, Was It an Accident? – The New York Times3 Gennaio 2019
When an Israeli soldier killed Rouzan al-Najjar, Palestinians called her an innocent martyr. Israel portrayed her as a threat. The truth is more complicated.
KHUZAA, Gaza Strip — A young medic in a head scarf runs into danger, her only protection a white lab coat. Through a haze of tear gas and black smoke, she tries to reach a man sprawled on the ground along the Gaza border. Israeli soldiers, their weapons leveled, watch warily from the other side.
Minutes later, a rifle shot rips through the din, and the Israeli-Palestinian drama has its newest tragic figure.
For a few days in June, the world took notice of the death of 20-year-old Rouzan al-Najjar, killed while treating the wounded at protests against Israel’s blockade of the Gaza Strip. Even as she was buried, she became a symbol of the conflict, with both sides staking out competing and mutually exclusive narratives.
To the Palestinians, she was an innocent martyr killed in cold blood, an example of Israel’s disregard for Palestinian life. To the Israelis, she was part of a violent protest aimed at destroying their country, to which lethal force is a legitimate response as a last resort.
Palestinian witnesses embellished their initial accounts, saying she was shot while raising her hands in the air. The Israeli military tweeted a tendentiously edited video that made it sound like she was offering herself as a human shield for terrorists.
In each version, Ms. Najjar was little more than a cardboard cutout.
An investigation by The New York Times found that Ms. Najjar, and what happened on the evening of June 1, were far more complicated than either narrative allowed. Charismatic and committed, she defied the expectations of both sides. Her death was a poignant illustration of the cost of Israel’s use of battlefield weapons to control the protests, a policy that has taken the lives of nearly 200 Palestinians.
It also shows how each side is locked into a seemingly unending and insolvable cycle of violence. The Palestinians trying to tear down the fence are risking their lives to make a point, knowing that the protests amount to little more than a public relations stunt for Hamas, the militant movement that rules Gaza. And Israel, the far stronger party, continues to focus on containment rather than finding a solution.
In life, Ms. Najjar was a natural leader whose uncommon bravery struck some peers as foolhardy. She was a capable young medic, but one who was largely self-taught and lied about her lack of education. She was a feminist, by Gaza standards, shattering traditional gender rules, but also a daughter who doted on her father, was particular about her appearance and was slowly assembling a trousseau. She inspired others with her outward jauntiness, while privately she was consumed with dread in her final days.
The bullet that killed her, The Times found, was fired by an Israeli sniper into a crowd that included white-coated medics in plain view. A detailed reconstruction, stitched together from hundreds of crowd-sourced videos and photographs, shows that neither the medics nor anyone around them posed any apparent threat of violence to Israeli personnel. Though Israel later admitted her killing was unintentional, the shooting appears to have been reckless at best, and possibly a war crime, for which no one has yet been punished.Rouzan al-Najjar, 20, was killed by an Israeli sniper on June 1 while she was treating the wounded at protests at the Gaza border.CreditIbraheem Abu Mustafa/Reuters
3:45 a.m., Friday, June 1
The last day of her life begins well before sunrise. Ms. Najjar fries sambousek, small meat pies, to share with her father for the predawn meal before the Ramadan fast. She shows him a new suit she bought for her 5-year-old brother, Amir. They pray together before going back to sleep.
When he awakens that afternoon, she is gone.
Just around the corner from the Najjar home in Khuzaa, visible from their rooftop, is a barren field that has been turned into the stage for one of five protests along the Gaza-Israel border fence. Nearly every day for the past nine weeks, hundreds of Palestinians have flocked here for demonstrations. On Fridays, there can be thousands. The protests often culminate in rocks or firebombs thrown at the Israeli side, and Israeli tear gas and gunfire in response. The protesters’ stated goal is to break through the fence and return to their ancestral homes in what is now Israel. But the immediate focus is the 11-year-old Israeli blockade of Gaza. The blockade, which is also enforced by Egypt along Gaza’s southern border, has choked Gaza’s economy and left its 2 million residents feeling imprisoned.
Today, the medics are hoping for a low-key Friday. But around 5 p.m., the protest gains energy. A crowd surges toward the fence and the Israelis unleash a suffocating barrage of tear gas.
There has been no gunfire yet. It is still possible to kid around. “Let’s go get martyred together,” Ms. Najjar teases Mahmoud Abdelaty, a fellow medic. “Go on and get hit so I can take care of you.”
“Are you scared of death?” she asks Mahmoud Qedayeh, another member of their team of volunteers. “You only die once.”A mural in Bethlehem depicting Ms. Najjar. In death, she became a martyr, famous throughout the Palestinian territories.CreditThomas Coex/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images
‘Everybody Knew Her’
For the Israel Defense Forces, she was a nightmare of a victim: a photogenic symbol of nationhood, youth and compassion.
On March 30, the protests’ first day, Ms. Najjar became the youngest of three volunteers tending to the wounded, and the only woman.
To the young men in skinny jeans and T-shirts hurling rocks at Israeli soldiers, she seemed to appear beside them almost as fast as they fell, bandaging burns, splinting fractures, stanching gunshot wounds, offering encouragement, sometimes hearing last words.
Journalists noticed. Practically overnight, she became a fixture of news reports, with a growing social-media following. “Everybody knew her,” said another medic, Lamiaa Abu Moustafa.
Over the next nine weeks, shrapnel pelted Ms. Najjar’s legs, a flaming tire burned her, a tear-gas grenade fractured her arm. She cut off her cast the same day and went back to the protest.
Others cowered when Israeli soldiers fired at them. Not Ms. Najjar. “The gunshots we hear will not harm us,” she told a colleague. The implication: You won’t hear the one that kills you.
She inspired other women to become medics, despite social conventions in this deeply conservative Muslim territory that reserve dangerous work for men. “I wanted to become like Rouzan, brave and strong and helping everybody,” said Najwa Abu Abdo, a 17-year-old neighbor, explaining her decision to volunteer.
Unmarried and uninterested in marriage for the time being, Ms. Najjar remained very much the star of her own drama. She sent affectionate texts to peers who each believed they were her closest friend. She lied about her credentials, pretending to be a college student. She obsessed over backbiting and jealousy within her social circle.
Yet she had more on her mind.
For Ms. Najjar, the protests were not just an opportunity to vent at the barbed wire that made Gaza feel like an open-air cage. They were an opportunity to gain medical experience, to make a name for herself and perhaps, by making an impression, to further her goal of making nursing school affordable.
By late May, she seemed well on her way.Around 5 p.m., the protest gains energy. A crowd surges toward the fence and the Israelis unleash a suffocating barrage of tear gas.CreditMohammed Saber/EPA, via Shutterstock
Tear gas is everywhere. The Israelis have not yet fired live ammunition, but the acrid fumes are overwhelming. “Like a dense fog,” says Fares al-Qedra, another medic.
It’s a giant dance: Protesters run toward the fence, soldiers launch gas grenades, the protesters back off. Repeat.
Ms. Najjar, noticeable in her white coat and red lipstick, scurries around spraying saline solution in people’s eyes to wash away the gas. So many need her help that she cannot keep up.
A 54-year-old man is hit in the forehead by a gas grenade. Ms. Najjar rushes to him, bandages the gash, then runs alongside as he is carried to an ambulance.Long coils of barbed wire stretch across the Gaza side of the security fence with Israel. Behind them, the fence and sand berms used by Israeli snipers.CreditYousur Al-Hlou/The New York Times
A Flimsy Fence
Gaza had not always been locked up behind barbed wire, sensors and bunkers.
Before 2005, Gaza residents could work in Israel. But rocket attacks and bombings after the Second Intifada erupted in 2000 prompted Israel to cordon off the strip and eventually abandon its settlements there. When Hamas seized power from the Palestinian Authority after a weeklong civil war in 2007, Israel imposed a punishing blockade, severely restricting travel and trade.
By 2017, after three wars with Israel, Gaza’s economy was a shambles and the authority’s president, Mahmoud Abbas, was determined to finish off Hamas. He laid off thousands of Gaza workers and cut electricity to a few hours at a time.
Just as support for Hamas was cratering, young Gazans called for a mass protest against the blockade. Hamas jumped at the chance to redirect popular anger against Israel. Officials promised nonviolence but nonetheless encouraged protesters to try to break through the fence.
With imams urging people to attend and Hamas chartering buses, crowds grew quickly. The protests became a kind of nationalist circus. Mothers brought children, vendors hawked falafel and families slept in tents. Nearer the fence, young men burned tires, crept up with wire cutters or improvised firebombs — and presented Israeli snipers with easy targets.
Bloodshed served Hamas’s public-relations purposes, winning international attention and sympathy. The Israelis obliged.
For Israel, the protests touched a nerve: The border was demarcated by a fence, not a wall — a relatively flimsy contraption designed to detect intrusion, not prevent it. Technically, it was not even a recognized border, only the armistice line drawn in 1949, after the Israeli-Arab war.
Fearing an onrush of thousands, the army warned Gaza residents that anyone coming close to the fence would be shot.
Later, Israeli officials explained that military policy permitted deadly force only as a last resort, against an imminent threat of violence, and after exhausting lesser options like verbal warnings, tear gas and warning shots. Spokesmen insisted that commanders had to approve each shot and, in one subsequently deleted Twitter post, that “We know where every bullet landed.”
But the first day of protests alone left more than 20 dead and hundreds wounded. Since then, one Israeli soldier has been killed by sniper fire. The Palestinian death toll has reached 185.
The victims include two women and 32 children. Journalists. A double-amputee in a wheelchair. A young man who had a tire in his arms and was running away from the fence when he was shot in the back.
A new friction point has opened up: A few dozen protesters have drifted about 200 yards north along the fence, past the point where a bunker on the Israeli side had loosely marked the protest’s northern boundary.
Some of the protesters begin tearing at the barbed-wire coils about 40 yards in front of the fence.
Israeli soldiers quickly drive up and take defensive positions on the other side. They’ve shot people for less. For now, they fire only a warning shot and more tear gas.Photos from Ms. Najjar’s childhood, and her passport.CreditHosam Salem for The New York Times
Like a Prisoner
Except for a visit to Egypt in 1997, at three days old, Ms. Najjar spent her life confined to the cramped Gaza Strip, mainly in Khuzaa, a tiny border village where nearly everyone is a Najjar — descended from refugees who fled in 1948 from Salamah, near Jaffa.
Rouzan was precocious, entering kindergarten at 2, picking up English words and reciting poetry. And happy: Her mother, Sabreen, given to melancholy, recorded her laughing. “She would move worlds when she saw me sad,” she said.
But Rouzan was a daddy’s girl. Her father, a lanky entrepreneur named Ashraf al-Najjar, spoiled her, when that was still possible. He worked in Israel for months at a stretch, buying appliances or furniture to sell in Gaza at four times what he paid. There was meat for dinner.
“To be honest, I long for those days,” he said.
As a little girl, Rouzan reached for toy stethoscopes. Her father expected to send her overseas to study medicine someday.
But then came the rockets, the blockade, the wars. No longer able to work in Israel, Mr. Najjar opened a motorcycle-repair shop. It was bulldozed by the Israeli army during the 2014 invasion. He went bankrupt and took handouts from siblings. Rouzan skipped school field trips to scrimp.
Khuzaa was largely reduced to rubble in the war. Two of Rouzan’s best friends were killed, one of them along with more than 20 of her relatives. She saw a cousin’s body torn apart. The Najjars’ home was damaged, the recordings of her laughter lost. When they returned from shelter, the dead and dying lay in the streets.
Rouzan said she wanted to learn how to help.
Opposite the Israeli bunker, Ms. Najjar rushes toward the fence to help a teenager, as Israeli soldiers look on. Someone behind her throws a rock at them, using her as cover.
Two protesters are trapped near the barbed wire, lying on the ground.
She and several other medics — among them her friends Rasha Qudeih and Rami Abo Jazar — make their way forward again to try to help. They raise their hands to show the Israelis they mean no harm.
Two shots ring out overhead. Ms. Najjar waves at the soldiers, who are only about 50 yards away, not to shoot. But as she edges closer, another shot, much closer, kicks up the sand.
A soldier emerges from behind a jeep, leveling his rifle. “The sniper is aiming at us!” Ms. Qudeih yells.
The medics turn and run, as a fresh barrage of tear gas descends on them. Ms. Najjar is the slowest to retreat.A portrait of Ms. Najjar in her family’s home.CreditHosam Salem for The New York Times
Fearless at 15
Nearly everyone who saw Ms. Najjar at the protests was struck by her readiness to place herself in harm’s way. Again and again, there she was in video clips: the first to those in trouble, the last to safety.
“She was reckless,” said Eslam Okal, a trauma nurse from Rafah who volunteered at the Khuzaa protests after hearing about Ms. Najjar. “I told her, ‘Your first priority is safety.’ We had many arguments over this. But her bravery won out.”
In high school, she was the alpha of a clique of mildly rebellious teenagers who bridled at the dress code of their all-girls school: white scarf and hijab, dark trousers. Ms. Najjar wore bright colors and accepted the scoldings that followed.
Other girls were quiet in class. But Ms. Najjar interrupted the teachers with questions, stood her ground when chastised and talked back constantly, though usually through a smile.
How she became so fearless and outspoken is impossible to pin down, but several people who were close to her cited a traumatic experience when she was 15.
During 10th-grade finals, Rouzan returned home to a tense situation in her family’s four-story building. Her aunt, Nawal Qedayeh, whom Rouzan adored and who was seven months pregnant, was being treated like a pariah by Rouzan’s paternal aunts and grandmother, who refused to let her use the communal kitchen. When Ms. Qedayeh was caught scrubbing pots there, a fight broke out, and Rouzan watched as her grandmother pushed Ms. Qedayeh down the stairs. Both she and the fetus she was carrying were killed.
Rouzan, the only eyewitness, had a choice: She could stay silent, forgoing justice for her aunt’s killing and following the social expectation for a young woman to leave weighty legal matters to the men. Or she could tell the truth and potentially send her grandmother to prison.
Rouzan testified. Her grandmother was convicted of accidental manslaughter and spent more than a year in prison.
Nisreen Abu Ishaq, Rouzan’s high school religion teacher, said the ordeal made her “stronger and more daring.” After that, said Suzan Mahdi al-Reqeb, a school administrator, “nothing stood in her way.”
Money did. Knowing she couldn’t afford college dejected her. She had also failed part of the entrance exams. Yet she scarcely gave up.
“On the contrary,” her mother said. “She stomped her feet and said, ‘I’m not going to waste years waiting for things to get better — I’ll find another way.’”
She began taking basic first aid courses and discovered that she could simply “forget” to pay the fees: “Don’t be an idiot,” she told a friend who almost paid $5 in tuition.
She hung around emergency rooms, running errands, observing surgery, pretending to belong until the staff realized she didn’t. When Seif Abdel Ghafour rushed his dying uncle to Nasser Hospital, he was bewildered by the place until Ms. Najjar led them where they needed to go. “She didn’t know us,” he said. “But she treated us like we were her brothers.”
The protests would let her test her skills. When the Health Ministry made about 200 volunteer medics take a written exam, Ms. Najjar scored 91, the highest in her group. She was given an identification card, lab coat and white-and-pink paramedic’s vest.
She wore them like armor.
To the north, past the bunker, at least two protesters throw homemade firebombs at the Israelis. No damage is done, but it’s a significant escalation from slinging rocks.
Ms. Najjar is recovering from the tear gas she inhaled. Nearby, protesters start cutting away a new section of barbed wire.
Suddenly, there’s a rifle shot. A young man in the group to the north is hit in the leg.
That is where Israeli forces are instructed to aim, a tactic, Israeli officials say, intended to minimize fatalities. But they fire a heavy battlefield round, one meant for targets hundreds of yards away. At 100 yards, ballistics experts say, a missed shot could bounce like a skimming stone.
“If I missed, and it will hit a rock, I don’t know where the bullet will go,” a senior Israeli commander says.Mohammad Abu Mustafa, who was hit by a canister of tear gas and aided by Ms. Najjar on the day she was killed.CreditHosam Salem for The New York Times
‘A Daughter of Men’
Nearly every protester in Khuzaa has at least one story of Ms. Najjar coming to his rescue. Some have many.
When Mahmoud Abu Shab, 26, a kafiyeh-wearing rock thrower, was shot through the hand in March, she stanched the bleeding. One day in April, when he failed to get out of the way of a stretch of barbed wire being dragged from the fence, she bandaged his wounds.
He didn’t know that she had bought the medical supplies herself. She was collecting a shekel a day from a group of supportive young women. She even sold off a gold ring to buy supplies.
“She wanted to always be at the fence, to be a daughter of men,” said Nada al-Laham, another volunteer, using an expression for a woman driven by a strong sense of national identity.
Her father said he urged her to take a day off: “She’d say, ‘No, Baba, there are people who need me.’”
Her mother visited the protests, but said their chats ended abruptly: “Suddenly there would be a wounded protester, and she’d just stop talking and say, ‘I have to go, there’s someone I need to save.’”
Ms. Najjar saw her role as part of the Palestinian struggle as much as those burning tires or wielding wire cutters. She became a practiced spokeswoman, never refusing an interview request, not always waiting to be asked.
“We want to send our message to the world: I’m an army to myself, and the sword to my army,” she told The Times on May 7. “We have one goal, and that’s to rescue and evacuate, and to send a message to the world, that we — without weapons — we can do anything.”
Her Facebook posts could be florid. She once wrote that her bloodstained uniform carried the “sweetest perfume.”
The protests became Gaza’s biggest social event. Matches were made, engagements announced almost every day. Young men and their parents paraded through the Najjars’ home seeking betrothal to the now-famous Rouzan. “Ten or 12 just during Ramadan,” her father said.
She turned them all down, he said: “She had her own goals in mind.”
After the protests ended, she planned to retake and ace the college-admission tests. Somehow, she would find her way to nursing school.Lamiaa Abu Moustafa was Ms. Najjar’s closest friend among the medics.CreditHosam Salem for The New York Times
Ms. Najjar is back on her feet beside her colleague, Ms. Abu Moustafa, her closest friend among the medics. Protesters tugging at the barbed wire scramble by them toward the south, hoisting their long rope over the women’s heads.
Ms. Abu Moustafa is concerned. The Israelis often shoot at the rope pullers, she says. She urges Ms. Najjar to leave.
The rope pullers finally make off with a small coil of barbed wire. Much of the crowd follows. The clamor around the two women subsides.Ms. Najjar, center, at the protest on the day she was shot.CreditAdel Hana/Associated Press
Air of Mortality
As the protests took on a sense of permanence, Ms. Najjar’s bravado became alloyed with increasingly frequent allusions to her possible demise.
“When my life finishes, make me a sweet memory for those who know me,” she wrote on Facebook on May 5.
“They said to me, ‘Bend a little, as the bullet is on its way to you,’” she wrote later. “I said to them, ‘The bullet chose me because I do not know how to bend, so why should I change my way?’”
She texted one friend an apology in case one of them was martyred.
“Say a nice prayer for my memory,” she told another on May 24.
Her parents said such morbid talk was uncharacteristic. While many in Gaza speak of death as preferable to the here-and-now, Ms. Najjar “clung to life,” her mother said. “She never wanted to be a martyr. She loved life.”
One of her happiest days ever, friends said, was Tuesday, May 29. She cashed a $100 check — a one-time gift to each member of her team of medics, the Palestine Medical Rescue Service, from its overseers in the West Bank — and joined colleagues on a small boat that left the Gaza City marina, hoping to catch up to a flotilla that was challenging the blockade.
They were on the water nearly three hours under the brilliant Mediterranean sun before being turned back by an Israeli gunboat.
“I said I hoped we wouldn’t get hit,” said Mr. Abdel Ghafour, the man she had helped at the hospital and who had since befriended her. “She said, ‘So be it! We die as friends.’”Mohammed Shafee, a medic, was sprayed in the chest and pelvic area by fragments of the bullet that killed Ms. Najjar.CreditHosam Salem for The New York Times
Sunset is coming and with it, the end of the fast. Things seem to be quieting down at the fence.
An Israeli soldier looking across at where Ms. Najjar stands now might see a man waving a Palestinian flag aloft, a few straggling protesters ambling around, and a cluster of medics helping a protester on the ground recover from tear gas. No one in the area is doing anything menacing. The tear gas is doing what it is meant to: making the use of lethal force unnecessary.
Suddenly, there is another gunshot.
Mohammed Shafee, a medic, sees things “fly into my body.” He’s sprayed in the chest by small bullet fragments.
Mr. Abo Jazar perceives an explosion on the ground, then screams in pain. He’s grazed in the thigh.
Behind them, Ms. Najjar reaches for her back, then crumples.
As Ms. Abu Moustafa looks on in shock, Ms. Najjar is picked up by protesters she had treated just a few minutes ago. As they carry her off, blood pours from her chest.
To Shoot or Not to Shoot
Three medics down, all from one bullet. It seemed improbable.
But The Times’s reconstruction confirmed it: The bullet hit the ground in front of the medics, then fragmented, part of it ricocheting upward and piercing Ms. Najjar’s chest.
It was fired from a sand berm used by Israeli snipers at least 120 yards from where the medics fell.
The Israeli military’s rules of engagement are classified. But a spokesman, Lt. Col. Jonathan Conricus, said that snipers may shoot only at people posing a violent threat, like “cutting the fence, throwing grenades.”
To deliberately shoot a medic, or any civilian, is a war crime. Israel quickly conceded that Ms. Najjar’s killing was unintended.
“She was not the target,” Colonel Conricus said. “None of the medical personnel are ever a target.”
But no Israeli soldiers reported accidental shootings. After-action reports said snipers aimed at four men that day and hit them all, the army said.
The Times found the first, third and fourth of those protesters, each shot in the leg exactly when and how the army said they were. But The Times could not corroborate the army’s description of the second person it said was shot, which matched the time Ms. Najjar was killed.
The army said it was a man in a yellow shirt who was throwing stones and pulling at the fence. But the only man in a yellow shirt anywhere near the line of fire was not doing that or much of anything else, The Times found. He stood about 120 yards from the fence and posed no threat.
Even if the man was a legitimate target, there remains the question of the medics standing behind him.
Former Israeli and American snipers said it would be reckless to shoot if anyone who was not a legitimate target could be put at risk. Reckless killing can also be a war crime.
Prof. Ryan Goodman, a New York University expert on the laws of war, who was a special counsel to the Pentagon on war crimes and targeting rules, said the key to whether a war crime was committed was whether the sniper was aware of a high risk that civilians would be harmed.
“The laws of war would not want any military personnel to deliberately fire in the direction of the medics,” Mr. Goodman said. “I’m not saying it’s close to the line. I’m saying it crosses the line.”Ms. Najjar’s funeral in Gaza.CreditHosam Salem for The New York Times
Mistakes Add Up
A senior Israeli commander told The Times in August that 60 to 70 other Gaza protesters had been killed unintentionally, around half the total killed at that point.
Yet the Israeli army’s rules of engagement remain unchanged, the military says.
That alone may constitute a separate violation of international humanitarian law, experts say: After enough civilians have died, commanders have a duty to make changes to ensure that they aren’t needlessly targeted.
“You lose the right to say, ‘Oops,’” said Noam Lubell, a professor of the law of armed conflict at the University of Essex.
The large number of accidental killings, and Israel’s failure to adjust the rules of engagement in response, raise the question of whether they were a bug or a feature of its policy.
Colonel Conricus said that not all those killed unintentionally had been shot unintentionally. Sometimes soldiers had aimed at the legs of people they considered to be legitimate targets, he said, but killed them instead of wounding them.
Israel considers members of Hamas fair game whether they are armed or not, an interpretation of international law that is not universally accepted.
Colonel Conricus also said the rules of engagement were merely an upper limit on the use of force, and that the army was doing other things, such as training troops when they are first assigned to the fence, to curb civilian casualties.
Israeli military lawyers conceded there had been some misconduct but said that no soldiers were suspected of intentionally killing anyone they knew they shouldn’t have.
On Oct. 29, nearly five months after she was killed, Israel’s military advocate general began a criminal investigation of Ms. Najjar’s death.
But the senior commander told The Times in August that no recordings of the shooting from the Israeli side existed. He had no idea exactly when Ms. Najjar had been shot. He learned that from The Times.
Israel seems content to say that protecting its border is a messy business. “Unfortunately, yes,” said Colonel Conricus, “in a situation like that, accidents happen, and unintended results happen.”
An ambulance races Ms. Najjar to a triage tent, where she is deposited in the “red zone” for trauma cases.
She had wanted so badly to belong here that she used to visit the tent often, even when she was not escorting patients. Now, the professionals crowd around frantically trying to save her. The doctor who intubates her is the same one who administered the Health Ministry exam she aced back in April.
Three people record the scene on smartphones, a reminder of her celebrity.
Ms. Najjar takes her last breath even before she is rushed to a nearby hospital, where she is pronounced dead at 7:10 p.m.
“Why kill her?” cries her shattered father. “She was an angel of mercy.”
Ms. Najjar has joined the ranks of those lionized as Gaza’s martyrs. Her smiling portrait will beam from walls and billboards across the territory. She has become a symbol, perhaps not of what either side had hoped, but of a hopeless, endless conflict and the lives it wastes.
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IR Film Review: DUMBO [Disney]
The texture of “Dumbo” is an unusual one. The original, one of the first films from the animation studio at Disney, was barely a feature and buried in the lingo and perception of the time. Like “Pinnochio”, the perception was not on reality or magical realism but purely an simple surrealist fantasy. There was an edge of darkness for sure but yet the story seemed very intimate. It was not a story told by humans but by the animals themselves. The texture of a mouse and an elephant becoming friends and overcoming obstacles against those who would make them perform. The aspect of the dark world and the unknown coming towards the innocent while blended in the wonder of flight. These thematic bases are textures that were essential in “Pinnochio” and even “Bambi”. Tim Burton creates a mileau to understand “Dumbo” in the modern context (even though the story again takes place in the early 1900s). The story points are sound and the essence of whimsy is inferred in many points. But as a fable despite the ultimate resolution, the essence of risk seems candylike.
Most of the characters are painted in saccarine colors and disposition. In many ways, there is a reflectivity of 1950s nostalgia in many ways. Unlike the previous “Dumbo”, the parallels are in a pair of children who have lost their mother and a father unable to connect after returning from the war. The reconnection of both Michael Keaton and Danny DeVito as a circus ringleader and a big time promoter in their first pairing in a way since “Batman Returns” seems to not have the crackle their scenes so richly deserve. In many ways this may be the way the characters are drawn which come off muted at times and two dimensional but nonetheless the archetypes even seem stilted. Granted this is meant to work in an almost hazy way.
However when push comes to shove at the end, it is the circus folk who help propogate the progression of the third act that really harken back to true Burton when the mechanics of the ideas fuel the intention and, by extension, the eccentricities of the characters. The character that should have the most empathy is Dumbo, and that is the success of the movie since, by taking away the muse in Timothy the mouse, forces the texture even more so. While certain aspects of surrealism from the cartoon couldn’t cross over sensibly in a narrative based production per se, Burton does find a way to include pink elephants (which undeniably would be a good reason to take on the show from the get go) although the matter of approaching them is quite different.
Both Colin Farrell and Eva Green take on thankless roles per se that progress the story but adhere to the essence of Burton. But what Dumbo essentially is is Burton-lite, using his talents for a broader, more subdued audience. There is nothing wrong with this at all…it tends to make most of the film though very passive…effectively done…but in many way inert both characterwise and in a way creatively. There is the essential world building that Burton is known for but even the Danny Elfman score has lightness to it. Again, no problems but nothing that lifts the heart undeniably.
There is a glimmer in Dumbo’s eyes as he watches the pink elephants but that is fleeting. But there is also nothing quite like the moment in the animated film where Dumbo’s mother cradles her young baby in her arms from her jail and swings him back and forth. “Dumbo” makes its story in the modern era through an essence of nostalgia and human fraility but in doing so loses a little bit of the magic of being separate. There is a mythic structure in the final shots that bears ode to “The Lion King” in an ironic way. Also, listen to the final notes of the closing credits where that aspect of the original lingers…just a tiny bit.
By Tim Wassberg
Posted on March 28, 2019, in Film Reviews and tagged cable television, Colin Farrell, college television, Danny DeVito, disney, Dumbo, Eva Green, film colleges, film review, inside reel, Michael Keaton, Sirk TV, Tim Burton, tim wassberg, tv colleges. Bookmark the permalink. Leave a comment.
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Eastern students say Eastern’s new duo security requirement for email, paw, and D2l login is annoying and unnecessary.
On August 15th, all enrolled students received an email from Eastern notifying them of the Duo security authentication code that students would need to sign up for when school starts. The email also stated that Eastern faculty and staff have been using the Duo security system for over a year.
On September 7th, duo security became available to students. This was an invitation for students to sign up and register their accounts. After September 14, Duo security would be required automatically and students would be forced to create an account.
Students must download the Duo Mobile app to set up an account in order for students to be able to sign in.
Essentially, when students want to log into their email, paws, or D2l account, they will encounter a screen asking how they would like to authenticate that they are logging in.
The options students have to confirm they are are:
- Push notifications via the Duo Mobile App. Students would need to confirm or deny that it is them to access the account.
- Receiving a phone call on the registered mobile device and inserting a code.
- Entering a six-digit passcode located on the Duo Mobile app.
If a phone isn’t the best option for students, they can buy a YubiKey from Martin Luther King Jr. University Union that others can use to sign in.
The extra layer of security was a bit impractical, according to students. When they log into their accounts, they are delayed by the double verification system, potentially impacting limited time moments for students logging in and on the go.
Jaden Woerner, a freshman major in psychology, commented negatively.
“It’s kind of annoying when I try to log into the D2l, then I have to go to my phone to prove it,” Woerner said.
The purpose of secondary security is to make it harder for people to hack into other people’s accounts.
“I think it’ll help if someone tries to hack into your account or something if they know the password, but other than that I think it’s just kind of annoying,” Woerner said.
Miya Bills, a sophomore in Human Services, also commented negatively on the extra security measures.
“I think the duo safety is pretty unnecessary,” said Bills. “We already have a password to access our own email. So I feel like we need to hand in our homework, it’s extra work having to bypass a security login.”
Cam’ron Hardy can be reached at 581-2812 or at [email protected]
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- Brush your teeth for 2 minutes, twice a day using a toothpaste containing fluoride.
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Since I don’t think I am the only one who is starting to get really tired of all the Marvel and DC movie and TV adaptations, with an annoying lack of ideas and with some unoriginal plots that it is impossible to call the attention to any sector of the audience that is the not die-for fans of the franchises, it is always a pleasure to see filmmakers who decide to give a new twist to the subgenre. After titles like James Gunn’s Super (2010), Defendor (2009), Kick-Ass (2010), and the recent Project Power (2020), now we gotta add one new movie to the collection of alternative superheroes, Archenemy (2020).
Archenemy (2020) has been directed by Adam Egypt Mortimer, after he made himself a name in the industry with his previous horror and fantasy films Some Kind of Hate (2015), Daniel Isn’t Real (2019), and the segment “New Year’s Eve” in horror anthology Holidays (2016). He has also been the author of the story and has written the screenplay together with Luke Passmore, also the writer of The Day (2011), co-writer of Slaughterhouse Rulez (2018), and one of the main people behind The Walking Dead: Webisodes (2011–2013).
The movie centers on a teenager name Hamster who meets a mysterious man named Max Fist who claims he lost his superpowers after arriving from another dimension. Together, they take to the streets to wipe out a vicious crime boss and his local drug syndicate.
The movie is starred by Joe Manganiello, who is already familiar with superhero productions since he starred as Flash Thompson in Sam Raimi‘s Spider-Man (2002). Skylan Brooks, Zolee Griggs, Paul Scheer, Amy Seimetz, and Glenn Howerton complete the main cast.
Elijah Wood’s SpectreVision banner is producing the movie. It had its world premiere at Beyond Fest on October 7, 2020. It was also part of the Sitges Film Festival where it was nominated as Best Motion Picture in the Official Fantàstic Competition section. RLJE Films owns the distribution rights of the film, that is available on-demand since December 11, 2020. Here you can watch the trailer for Archenemy (2020).
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There are two types of people: those who think Porsches should be air-cooled and ass-engined, and those who think the Porsche crest on their key fob will likely get them laid. Today’s Nice Price or Crack Pipe 944S caters to the latter group, but does it come with a price that means getting screwed in a completely different way?
BOOM! There it is. Yesterday’s 1999 Isuzu Amigo came with an ominous disclosure of a bad coil, but also a price tag lower than a 4K TV, which was good enough to win it a solid 82% Nice Price win. Looks like it should be somebody’s new Amigo very soon.
It’s kind of hard to believe it, but winter is coming, and in fact it will be here in not much over a month. Hell, in Canada I’ll bet it feels like it’s already here, and that’s a good thing because today’s 1987 Porsche 944S is in Canada, and is being proffered by its seller as a great car for “tinkering over the winter.” I don’t know anything about that as I don’t think I’ve ever tinkered in my life. Well, maybe once, when I was a teenager.
Anyway, back to the car. This is an S, which stands for Super, just like the brand on the Man of Steel’s chest. The model was introduced in ’87 and featured a 187-bhp DOHC edition of Porsche’s 2.5-litre four. The cars also got suspension and brake pieces from the 944 Turbo. In fact, I’d like to take just a moment to point out something about those suspension pieces.
You can generally divide 944s into two eras: the pre-1985.5 and the post.
The earlier cars had a lot in common with the 924, the same dash structure, console, and a lot of the suspension pieces. Then Porsche made some major revisions to the 944, updating a lot of the parts and making the 944 both more upscale than the 924 but also vastly more competent.
There was a price to pay for the achievement however. If you go to a parts house and price front-end ball joints for an early 944 you’ll find that they can be had for as little as twelve bucks a side, and are in fact shared with a number of other cars in addition to the 924. Look for the same part on the later cars and be prepared for a shock as they run over six hundred bucks each. That’s because they are only obtainable as part of the cast alloy lower control arm. You can choose to rebuild the balljoints using an aftermarket kit but that’s a hell of a job.
Remember what we were saying about tinkering with this 944S over the winter?
What all might this car need? Well, hopefully it’s not ball joints, that’s all I can say. In its ad, the seller says the car is a good running example of the marque, but is in need of some minor fixes and an interior restoration. It’s not as though a moose took a dump in there or anything, it just looks like the driver’s seat has split its seams and maybe the whole thing needs a good cleaning. Well, maybe by a Hazmat team
On the outside, the purple paint looks a bit rough around the edges in the badge picture, but otherwise the car doesn’t exhibit any obvious signs of rust or damage. Factory phone dials hold the car up, and there’s 190,000 kilometers (118,000 miles) on the clock.
With winter on the way somebody better act fast on this Porsche project, and at $2,200 in Maple Money pretty much everybody potentially could. That’s about $1,646 American, or 1,484€ for you Euro-philes. What do you think about this 944S for that paltry amount of cash? Does that have you shouting OH CANADA? Or, does the warning about tinkering have you thinking even that price is too high?
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Press Conference on Gene Patenting Legislation, March 14, 2002. Packet of materials distributed at the press conference including: Statement by Rep. Rivers; Letters and statements endorsing the gene patenting legislation; Section-by-section analysis of H.R. 3966, The Genomic Research and Diagnostic Accessibility Act of 2002, and H.R. 3967, The Genomic Science and Technology Innovation Act of 2002 Rivers, Lynn N.; Raslavicus, Paul; Dorman, Diane E.; Leonard, Debra G.B.; Shestack, Jonathan; Andrews, Lori; Annas, George J.; Greenberg, Daniel; Norsigian, Judy; Young, Quentin D.; College of American Pathologists; National Organization for Rare Disorders; Association of Molecular Pathologists; Academy of Clinical Laboratory Physicians and Scientists; American College of Medical Genetics; Association of American Medical Colleges; CyGene, Inc. (2002-03-14)
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James Niven, of Niles
Published 3:59 pm Monday, February 1, 2021
Sept. 20, 1956 — Jan. 21, 2021
James Niven, 64, of Niles, passed away at home, surrounded by his loved ones on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021.
He was born to the late Albert O. and Beverly Jean (Danford) Niven on Sept. 20, 1956, in South Bend, Indiana
After graduating from high school, James enlisted and served with the U.S. Marine Corp.
On July 5, 2014, he married Mary A. VanParys at a ceremony in Niles.
Jim lived his life to the fullest. He will be remembered for having the biggest heart and most gentle soul to walk on the earth. Jim had many hobbies: gardening, fishing, camping, being outdoors and his animals. He loved his wife and family more than anything. Jim was one of a kind and taught many how to love one another.
James is preceded by his parents; his former wife, Judy Niven, and a sister, Liz Ann Carbon, of Tampa, Florida.
He is survived by his wife, Mary Niven, of Niles; his daughter, Sue (Charles) Stallings, of Jacksonville, North Carolina; two grandchildren, Mike and Josh Stallings; and his siblings, David Niven, of Niles, Barbara (James) Bibler, of Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio, Terry (Janet) Niven, of Buchanan, and Scott (Krislyn) Carbon, of Mishawaka, as well as many nieces and nephews.
In keeping with James’ wishes cremation has taken place and his family will be remembering him privately.
Photos, condolences, or memories can be left for James’ family at BrownFuneralHomeNiles.com.
Arrangements have been entrusted to Brown Funeral Home & Cremation Services, Niles.
James lived by this quote that hung in his home; “Self-respect is the price a man puts on his time. Pride is the Price a man puts on his product, either way a man has his price.
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3 cups Quaker Corn Bran or Oatmeal Bran cereal
1 cup Quaker oats (quick or old-fashioned)
1 cup coarsely chopped nuts
1 tsp. cinnamon
¼ tsp. salt
½ cup butter or margarine
1/3 cup honey
¼ cup firmly packed brown sugar
½ cup raisins, optional
Heat oven to 325 degrees. In large bowl, combine cereal, oats, nuts, cinnamon and salt.
In small saucepan, combine butter, honey, and brown sugar. Cook over low heat, stirring constantly, until butter is melted and ingredients are well blended. Pour over cereal mixture; mix until thoroughly coated.
Spread evenly into 15x10 inch jelly roll pan. Bake 20 to 25 minutes or until mixture is golden brown, stirring occasionally.
Immediately spread mixture onto waxed paper covered cooling rack. Stir in raisins, if desired. Cool completely. Store in tightly covered container in cool, dry place.
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In response to this indulgence I question all who view the path,
too riddled with obstacles before ever being approached.
A man’s entitled to imagination but if the path was clear before –
then still it is the same.
The passengers you bring are side by side with you
Not up ahead vying to be mowed down by you
and so in early morning eloquence
I share my thoughts that music brings.
Aside a street, a pavement tucked inside a cafe/bar:
the beer a tortured parody
non-alcoholic – as I’ve been trying to be.
The spring outside is heating up but forecasts tell of cold to come.
All obstacles are in the mind for if snow arrives then one last time,
I’ll build a snowman, pull a sledge,
and when it’s melted,
and blossoms instead shall fill with fragrant epitaphs
the death of Old Man snow at last,
then I’ll embrace like I do now –
The present moment,
The here and now.
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Because he plays such a prominent role in the New Testament and the tradition of the church, the apostle Peter has been the focus of much scholarship over the centuries. One wonders whether there can be anything more to say about Peter. Indeed, there is. In "Four Times Peter "Richard Cassidy takes a narrative critical look at Peter in the story of each gospel individually (rather than studying Peter via a side-by-side analysis of the gospels). Cassidy looks first to the character of Jesus in each of the gospels and then to the group of apostles as a whole before turning to Peter.
In the end, "Four Times Peter" allows an intriguing portrait of this apostle to emerge. Readers discover a portrait of Peter that would have been familiar to the earliest Christian communities. And it is this ancient portrait that gives modern readers a refreshing new sense of Peter.
"Richard J. Cassidy, STL, PhD, is Professor of Sacred Scripture at Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, Michigan." This book is part of the series Interfaces.
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Sociolinguistics and Language Learning in a Study Abroad Context
University College Dublin
This article will focus on the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence by second language learners during a period of study abroad. Various aspects of sociolinguistic competence will be discussed and some of the principal factors which affect it will be described. Factors which affect sociolinguistic competence emerging from research in the area of study abroad include some which are central to the acquisition of second languages in general: context of acquisition, level of proficiency, degree of contact with native speakers, role of input, individual differences and the issue of native speaker norms. The research described will outline what we know about the sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects of study abroad. The literature which exists to date on this aspect of second language acquisition (SLA) will be reviewed, including both quantitative and qualitative studies. Finally, we will address the question of the benefits (if any) of studying abroad for the acquisition of sociolinguistic and sociocultural competence. Where possible, an attempt will be made to see how this experience compares with that of learners who have not been abroad. Some of the studies to be discussed in this article were carried out with the explicit intention of focusing on the sociolinguistic area (Marriott 1995; Regan 1995; and Siegal 1995). There are also other year abroad studies which, although not focusing specifically on the sociolinguistic aspects of the process, nevertheless reveal further information about what happens during a study abroad period, for example, Lafford (1995) and Lapkin, Hart and Swain (1995). Various aspects of the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence are addressed in these articles.
The investigation of the learning environment as one of the causal variables in second language (L2) acquisition has built up an important literature in the past twenty years. This is obviously crucial to the area of study abroad and SLA. Likewise, research seems to indicate that second language acquisition is characterised by a drive towards approximating native speaker behaviour and accommodation to native speech norms. Many learners with a desire to integrate into the second language community need to understand what it is to sound like a native and so are motivated to master native speech norms. Those who go abroad for a period to live in the native speech community are thus motivated to find what it is linguistically which makes them “fit in.” Another area related to sociolinguistic competence is knowledge of native speech variation. Ferguson (1991) says, “Every human language shows variation in linguistic structure depending on the occasions of its use.” He points out that variation is “a fundamental characteristic of human language, and it has not received the attention it deserves in linguistics or in the study of second language acquisition.” Variation in the native speech community is a feature of what the learner must grasp. As much research shows, the learner in a study abroad situation becomes sensitive to the choices the native speaker makes in relation to possible variants of variables in the L2.
Sociolinguistic competence is an aspect of SLA which has received increasing attention in the past twenty years. Whereas in the 60’s and 70’s syntax and morphology received most attention from researchers, it has been felt increasingly that second language learning research could not be confined simply to a limited number of these areas, despite the important work done on these and despite the fact that these were indeed crucial to an understanding of the process of language acquisition. Increasingly, interesting work has been carried out in the areas of sociolinguistics, pragmatics and discourse.
Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition
The connection between sociolinguistics and language learning has been seen in a variety of ways, and very different definitions of sociolinguistic knowledge have informed research in second language acquisition. The definitions have been more or less tightly characterised and can have a wide range of meanings. At one end of this continuum of meaning there is the question of variation in language. Issues arise such as the acquisition of sociolinguistic norms of the target language community as understood by Labov. Labov sees the use of alternative forms by the speaker as systematic and non-random. The native speaker makes a choice in relation to the variants of the variables available; whether, for instance, the speaker chooses in certain circumstances to use the velar in ‘walking’ [g] or the apical in ‘walkin’ [n]. This choice will be conditioned by a host of linguistic and extra-linguistic factors. Here the interest is in the acquisition of the detail of the grammar of the native speaker, including sociolinguistic variation (Adamson 1988; Bayley and Preston 1996; Bayley 1994; Regan 1996; Young 1991, among others). Sociolinguistics also looks at the wider social-psychological aspects of language. Sociolinguistic competence can also be spoken of in terms of a more general knowledge of appropriate linguistic and non-linguistic behaviour in a particular context; for instance, see Kramsch (1991).
One of the problems with the area of sociolinguistics in relation to second language acquisition is the notion of “culture,” which is often present, either implicitly or explicitly, in discussions of the general area of “sociolinguistic competence.” Culture has been understood in many different ways, but is often summarized as the set of beliefs and values held, in common, by a social group. Terms such as the acquisition of “culture” or “cultural competence” or “cultural knowledge” are sometimes used as if they were interchangeable. There has been an assumption that language and “culture” are co-terminous and that there is some simple correspondence between learning a language and learning a “culture.” And “cultural experience” is invoked as if there were some sort of monolithic culture one should acquire when one is learning another language. Ethnographers and anthropologists in the past have been satisified to entertain notions of culture, usually in relation to non-Western societies, where it could indeed be argued that there was some sort of integrated set of beliefs and values understood by members of a particular community, who all shared the same language. However, in many late twentieth century societies, and particularly Western ones, the notion of culture is much more problematic. Now, culture, if spoken of at all, is perceived as much more fragmented, certainly in industrial societies, and probably even in non-indus-trial societies (for recent discussions, see Archer 1988, Fox 1991, Hannerz 1992). In industrial societies, social scientists talk of urban culture versus rural culture, middle-class culture, organisational culture, and so on. These are not subsets of a larger culture, as they intersect and overlap with each other, and individuals seem to mix and match different “cultures.” Is French “culture” the same in Rabat or Quebec or Lyon? What should the learner be acquiring precisely in relation to these areas? It is clearly problematic for the second language researcher to talk about the acquisition of one culture (see Dittmar, Spolsky, and Walters, 1998 for discussion of a model for sociolinguistic/sociocultural analysis).
The difficulty of definition, however, does not mean that the issue is not an important one in relation to the acquisition of a second language. We may not be sure what culture the learner acquires, but it is certainly different from the learner’s own culture and this difference is an important part of the learning experience. Researchers are aware that acquisition is a multidimensional phenomenon and entails linguistic, pragmatic, sociolinguistic and sociocultural aspects (Dittmar et al. 1998). We know that the learner acquires more than simply “linguistic” knowledge narrowly defined. And the context of this acquisition must certainly affect what is acquired, especially on the sociolinguistic level. In relation to language learning abroad specifically, context is a crucial aspect of acquisition: “The post structuralist revolution in the language sciences has given ever more importance to the notion of context and variability in language acquisition and use” (Kramsch 1991). We know context of acquisition is an important causal variable. The learner plunged into a new social and linguistic environment is obliged to communicate and yet may not have all the necessary means at his disposal to do so. He is forced inevitably to use some sociolinguistic strategies. The learner thus must learn and communicate simultaneously. In this sense, we can say that sociolinguistic strategies promote acquisition. One of the tasks for the researcher is to explore the relationship between exposure, intake and use, but we need to develop some way of charting and measuring it. Freed (1993) rightly points out in relation to study abroad in general: “studies tell us little about actual language use. We need a range of linguistic variables (phonological, syntactic, semantic, sociolinguistic and discourse features).” Until recently there was little data in relation to specifically sociolinguistic features. The field of SLA and study abroad was enlarged in 1995 with the appearance of a cross-linguistic and cross-cultural volume (Freed, 1995) which focused on research on SLA in a study abroad context.
Kramsch (1991) points to the question asked by administrators in the US: “Is a foreign culture learned best in a domestic instructional setting or by living and studying abroad?” Administrators in Britain funding year abroad programmes such as ERASMUS and SOCRATES ask similar questions (Coleman 1995). Kramsch says “there is to date no conclusive evidence to show that study abroad per se leads to cross-cultural understanding, or to the development of the cross-cultural personality.” It is clear we need to investigate further what it is exactly students learn when they go abroad in relation to sociolinguistic and sociocultural issues as much as we need to investigate other aspects of acquisition. There appears to be a general feeling in the year abroad literature that “cultural aspects” are important (cf. Parker and Rouxville 1995). The qualitative data — reports, surveys and so on — provide a general picture of what the experience abroad is like. On the linguistic gains alone, Freed (1995) provides the best evidence to date. And, whereas there is growth in research in the sociolinguistic area of SLA in general, there is so far very little empirical data on the sociolinguistic aspects of acquisition in relation to year abroad learning specifically. If, as Freed points out, evidence is scarce in relation to SLA and the study abroad issue in general, it is especially scarce in relation to sociolinguistic language use.
The acquisition of sociolinguistic knowledge in relation to the study abroad experience can be affected by many things. These include the kind of stay abroad involved. It could be an interprovincial exchange in Canada for Canadians or a Junior Year Abroad in Europe for Americans, or a stay in a Japanese host family for Australians. The culture of the host country can significantly affect the acquisition of sociolinguistic knowledge. The purpose and motivation of the learner can equally affect the kind of sociolinguistic knowledge acquired. The level of proficiency may affect gains in this area.
I will now discuss what seem to be the principal issues in relation to the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in a study abroad context:
context of acquisition
degree of contact with native speakers
level of proficiency
role of input
native speaker sociolinguistic norms
While these can be seen as separate issues, they are frequently found to be interacting with each other. Given the multifactorial nature of language acquisition, it is important for research in this area to take into account the interdependence of factors in order to provide the best explanation and description of the process.
Context of acquisition, degree of contact with natives and the study abroad experience
The learning environment is one of the causal variables in L2 acquisition. In the US and Europe, classroom research has yielded an increasingly complete picture of how learning happens. Naturalistic learning has been investigated in detail by European researchers who have sought to describe as fully as possible the interaction of learner internal and external variables in acquisition. This European-based research focuses on SLA through everyday contacts with the social environment. It ranges from the Zisa (Zweitspracherwerb Italienischer, Spanischer und Portugiesischer Arbeiter) Project in the seventies to the Gral (Groupe de Recherche en acquisition des Langues) in Paris and Aix-en-Provence, the Heidelberg project, a very strong tradition in Holland, and the European Science Foundation project. All of these projects focused on immigrant workers. All were interested in SLA in social context. Now in the 80’s the European Science Foundation — coordinated by the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics in Nijmegen — is pursuing a further and deeper investigation of acquisition in context in relation to specific aspects of the grammar, with the particular aim of shifting interest from product to process. Ultimately it is an understanding of the interaction of internal and external variables which will give us the most complete picture of acquisition, and especially of the area of the year abroad experience.
Many studies show that the context of acquisition and the degree of contact with natives is important. Freed (1990) shows that activities and interaction of a social or oral nature seem to benefit students at the lower level of proficiency, while students at upper levels appear to profit from involvement with a variety of media that provides extended discourse in reading and listening. Dewaele (1992) finds that amount of contact with native speakers while on holiday in France, as well as frequency of reading, listening to radio and watching TV, determined variation in the omission of “ne.” In relation to the sociolinguistic aspects of acquisition, Marriott (1995), Siegal (1995), Lapkin, Hart and Swain (1995), Regan (1995), and Lafford (1995), all find, to varying degrees, that the amount of contact with native speakers is an important factor in the acquisition of sociolinguistic and sociocultural knowledge. This is particularly noteworthy in the light of the fact that these studies involve very different linguistic and cultural groups. The second languages involved are as different as Japanese and French.
Marriott (1995) and Siegal (1995) both studied the acquisition of Japanese L2, and particularly the acquisition of politeness forms. Marriott’s study was quantitative and Siegal’s qualitative. Marriott studied Australian secondary students who participated in exchange programs in Japan. Politeness forms constitute a crucial area of sociolinguistic competence in Japanese. This includes a knowledge of the honorific system and involves both linguistic and non-linguistic knowledge. Knowledge of this area is also crucial in the perception of learners by native speakers. Marriott, in relation to the acquisition of norms of politeness, asked the following research questions:
which aspects of politeness do the learners acquire?
how does previous level of proficiency affect the acquisition of politeness?
which factors contribute to the acquisition of politeness?
The subjects lived in an immersion situation: that is, they lived with Japanese host families and attended regular school with native Japanese students. They received a minimal amount of individualised instruction in the L2 at the school. The speakers had maximum opportunity for exposure to Japanese, with lots of contact with native speakers.
Similarly, Siegal studied two Western women in their everyday interactional encounters while abroad, both of whom had equally large amounts of exposure to native speaker input. Lapkin, Hart and Swain studied over a hundred English-speaking adolescents from three Canadian provinces who spent three months in Quebec as participants in a federal-ly-sponsored bilingual exchange program. They stayed in the homes of francophone “twins” whom they had hosted the previous autumn, also for three months. The exchange students were integrated into the target culture by living in their twins’ homes and attending their secondary schools, where, however, no special programming was provided for them. In relation to context of acquisition the learners in this study were similar to those in Marriott’s study. These students were placed in a similar immersion situation. These learners, like those in the Marriott study, were also adolescents. Like the students of Japanese, no special instruction for foreigners was provided. The fact that they lived in an integrated way in the host community meant that, unlike many older learners in a study abroad situation, they had no difficulty interacting with native speakers. Students in a study abroad program frequently have difficulty accessing native speakers due to the fact that the learners have to live in university residences or in homes where there are other non-native speakers. The only opportunity for interaction may be at mealtimes. Like Marriott’s learners of Japanese, the Canadian interprovincial exchange students had one-on-one contact with native speakers and generally a relatively intense contact with the host community. The data analysed were both quantitative and qualitative (test results and questionnaire findings) as in the Marriott study.
Regan (1995, 1996) studied anglophone learners of French in France. The variable chosen was the deletion of “ne” in the expression of negation. “Ne” deletion appears to be a highly sensitive sociolinguistic variable and a powerful indicator of formality, issues of power and solidarity, style and register. It was therefore felt to be an appropriate variable for the exploration of the acquisition of sociolinguistic norms in French as a second language. The question was how usage of this variable is affected by their stay abroad. The data for the study consists of controlled sociolinguistic interviews of between 45 minutes and an hour, on average. The first interviews were carried out just before the students left for France and the second set took place just after they returned. These interviews were based on modules developed by Labov and cover topics thought to elicit spontaneous speech. They were adapted to the lives and situations of the speakers who spent a year abroad. They covered areas such as relations between anglophone and francophone speakers, life in the cité universitaire (the university “dorms”), crime in the streets in France, comparative French and Irish male-female relations and the classic Labov “danger of death” module. The interviews were then transcribed in full and each token of “ne” was coded.
The subjects of the study were six university students who participated in a programme (ERASMUS), funded by the European Union, which helps university students to spend an academic year in another European country. Five of the six were in universities in France, and one was in Brussels. During this year the students attended the regular courses at the university and got credit for these. They generally lived in university residences. There was a system in place in which the students were assigned a host French family which invited them on occasion to spend time in their home. This was taken up by the students with varying regularity. In general, the amount of contact with native speakers in interactive situations varied with the individual. Although there was no quantitative data on the effect of native contact on language acquisition, the study would suggest that amount of contact did indeed result in better performance in relation to the variable studied. All of these studies attribute the relative success in the acquisition of the L2 partly to the fact that the learners are living in the native speech community and partly to the amount of contact with native speakers.
The Role of Input
Research in the past decade has focused increasingly on the central role of input. In particular, the importance of negotiated input and learning through interaction has been noted in Day (1986); Doughty (1991); Gass and Varonis (1994); Pica (1992), among others. Interaction is central to the social processes of SLA and is closely related to context of learning. Clearly, the type and amount of input available is conditioned by the environment and interaction with interlocuters. In relation to the study abroad environment, the role of input is related to where the learner is learning and how much contact and feedback he is getting from native speakers in the speech community in which he is living temporarily.
The studies of the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence show that the type and amount of input is an important factor. Marriott’s subjects were eight students who were aged 15 to 18 years. The speakers were interviewed by native speakers before they left for Japan. They were also interviewed on their return to Australia. All interviews were videotaped. Native speakers judged the acceptability of the politeness patterns. The speakers had maximum opportunity for exposure to Japanese, with lots of contact with native speakers. Marriott studied the use of native speaker variation rules. Variation rules apply to the use of Standard and Common Japanese, politeness styles, formality, written and spoken language and code switching. Politeness styles involve addressee and reference honorifics which communicate distance between speakers. The students’ ability to manage variation rules was analysed in the pre- and post-exchange interviews. Four variables were examined in the study: honorific style, requesting behaviour, openings and closings and personal reference forms. Before the stay in Japan, the students all used the polite honorific style, and almost never used the plain form. After the exchange, all increased their use of the plain style. However, the non-native use of styles was not according to native speakers’ norms. Their mixing of plain and polite forms was largely haphazard. Marriott concludes that they did not acquire the ability to switch according to native norms. In relation to requesting behaviour, all of the students managed to transmit adequately the request and employed a range of polite patterns, even if grammatical deviations occurred. In relation to personal reference forms, the students learned to use a diverse range of third person reference forms for family referents. However, the speakers after the stay in Japan showed a number of deviant forms in politeness. The two beginners had successfully learned the rules for the use of appropriate forms.
Marriott concluded that, of the four major variables examined, the learners became very competent in handling polite formulaic expressions after their year abroad. This was seen in their native-like management of appropriate formulae in the opening and closing sequences of the interview, and also in the opening and closing segments of the role play in which they took part. They were not able to do this before the stay abroad. They had most trouble with the selection of style, tending to use a mixture of plain and polite styles which was not the Japanese norm. Marriott proposes primarily an input explanation for the lack of complete mastery of sociolinguistic competence in this area: the non-reciprocal nature of variation. The learners in this case did not get the polite form in the speech of older native speakers to them. As well as the input problem, Marriott suggests interference from the first language, English, which lacks such explicit stylistic variation rules, and also the complexity of the Japanese system.
Marriott’s study shows the importance of input in relation to the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence as regards politeness forms. Because the learners did not get any negative feedback from natives, they concluded that they were acting appropriately. In addition, this area got limited attention in instruction. Marriott suggests in relation to future strategies for classroom instruction in Japanese that exchange students cannot acquire addressee honorifics unless they receive and utilize corrective feedback, whether this comes from interlocutors or as part of some form of instruction. She suggests there is also need for practice, that is, output. This was not available in Japan, and so deviations persisted. She proposes the need to look at the use of these forms by the learners when they get back to Australia, and ultimately to provide explicit instruction. She refers to a longitudinal case study by Hashimoto (1993), who found that the speaker on her return to Australia (who had used only the plain form in Japan), had switched back to the polite form as a result of negative feedback from her teacher.
Siegal (1995) also carried out a study of the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence by English L1 learners of Japanese. As in the Marriott study, the very important politeness forms in Japanese were studied. Siegal focused on individual differences in relation to the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence. She studied two individual women learners and their everyday encounters during their stay abroad in Japan. The two speakers studied were Western upper-middle-class women, older than the adolescent speakers in the Marriott study, and they were advanced learners, as opposed to the low-proficiency learners of the Marriott study. Seven types of data were collected and a discourse analysis approach was used in the analysis of the speakers’ interaction with natives in Japan.
The research questions posed were:
what was it like for these women to use honorific language?
what choices the speakers made on what kind of language depending on how they saw their presentation of themselves.
Siegal points out that the representation of self is complicated for language-learning adults speaking a language in which they are not completely proficient. The learners want to maintain or construct a “face” while presenting themselves in Japanese. They want to present an image to their Japanese interlocutors, and this with limited linguistic means.
The question for these speakers was how to create a face while following the guidelines for appropriate behaviour. Their difficulties resided in the fact that: (a) they were not proficient enough in Japanese, and (b) they found it difficult to accept certain Japanese societal rules concerning the conduct of everyday behaviour. Siegal comments on the conflicting needs of the learner in relation to sociolinguistic competence:
the need to speak pragmatically correct Japanese, the need to get things
done, the need to maintain face and the value that is placed on non
native speaker pragmatic competence within the larger society.
As in the Marriott study, the role of input is a crucial one in the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence. The performance of Speaker 1 in this study was directly related to input. She had a difficulty often experienced by learners in a study abroad situation. They are confronted with different kinds of conversational forms which do not appear in the input they have had in the classroom, are not aware of the different meanings these forms have in the speech community, and therefore have pragmatic difficulties in interaction with natives.
Regan (1995) finds that in relation to the deletion of “ne” in French L2, the learners who have been living in France and have had contact with young native speakers tend to overgeneralise the use of non-prestige forms. Given contact with the native speech community they apply the native speaker behaviour which uses the prestige form in monitored more than casual style. But they also, after the stay in France, delete more “ne” in monitored style. This seems to be a case of “covert” prestige described by Trudgill (1974) for native speech. Adamson and Regan (1991) reported a case of second language learners using high rates of non-prestige forms in monitored style in order to accommodate to a covertly prestigious native-speaker form. A possible explanation may be due to input. These young speakers, whose general behaviour values non-traditional mores, develop a resistance to the prestige norm during contact with native French speakers of their own age and values, precisely those speakers who have the highest deletion rates in the native community. Therefore the non-natives do not use the prestige variant. They adopt the non-prestige form and reject the prestige one. A likely possibility (although difficult to quantify due to lack of precise data on this issue) is the issue of contact with native speakers. The students may not have come into contact with as many speakers of the prestige norm. They would have had minimal contact with university lecturers but much more with French students of their own age. A second point to be made about these learners is that several of them actively sought contact with native speakers. Gardner (1979), in explaining accommodation for integrative purposes by minority groups to majority languages, says that these speakers will actively seek out contact with natives. These speakers wish for further integration into the French-speaking community. Many professed a strong desire to live and work in France ultimately, at least for an extended period of several years.
From these results, it may be that input on the form of contact with native speakers and interaction with them is a crucial factor in the usage of these L2 learners, in relation to “ne” deletion. Those who had never been to France previously deleted not at all, and contact with natives during the year in France, increased their deletion rate substantially. On the other hand, the speaker who had had contact with natives previous to the year abroad, and who did not have much contact with natives during the academic year, actually decreased.
All of these studies, then, show the importance of the role of input in the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence. Marriott’s study points clearly to an input explanation for lack of mastery in one area of sociolinguistic competence. Regan’s shows that contact with native speakers and the consequent nature of the input had an important effect on the acquisition of sociolinguistic native speech norms. It seems also from all of these studies that the input may have to be modified or negotiated for best effect.
Level of proficiency
An important factor in relation to the acquisition of language in a study abroad situation is level of proficiency. In general, the research in this area seems to find that lower proficiency learners seem to make the most obvious advances (Brecht et al. 1990; De Keyser, 1991; Freed, 1995; Marriot, 1995; Hart, Lapkin and Swain, 1994, 1995; Ginsberg, 1992.). All of these studies found that lower proficiency learners made the greater gains initially. What is not yet clear is whether this finding holds true for the acquisition of sociolinguistic and sociocultural competence. Kasper (1986) says: “it may be that advanced learners are better able to grasp the sociolinguistic aspects of an L2.” She feels that the advanced learner is better equipped to learn the subtle registers in pragmatics — politeness registers, for example — than the beginner (Kasper 1996). Many studies suggest the importance of the level of proficiency as a variable in acquisition during a stay abroad. De Keyser has noted that there is a differential effect of experience abroad as a function of the students’ level of achievement before the period abroad. This may be related also to ability profiles and personality traits. Möhle (1984), in relation to French learners’ improvement of their grammar in German during a stay in Germany, suggested that this could be due as much to the lower proficiency of the French students at the beginning as to the highly inflected character of German.
Another factor which may well interact with level of proficiency and play a role in the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence is the degree of contact with natives. Freed (1995), for instance, points out that advanced learners sought more contact with native speakers. Bialystok, (1990), Dewaele, (1992) and Regan (1995) are among the studies which find amount of contact with natives to play an important role in acquisition in general.
The studies of sociolinguistic competence and the study abroad situation appear to bear out the results of previous research. In Marriott’s study, most of the speakers had studied Japanese at secondary school — some for about five years and some for three years. They were classed as low-level proficiency speakers. Two had not studied at school but had participated in a Rotary International exchange program, and these were treated as beginners. Marriott’s low proficiency learners all learned to use appropriate native speaker politeness forms (although not quite like native speaker use). The two beginners showed a performance similar to the other learners on politeness forms. On requesting behaviour they scored slightly lower, but this was due to the fact that the amount of speech was less overall. In terms of accuracy, one of the beginners performed better than the other. There was not conspicuous variation in the expression of politeness between the two beginners and the students who had previously studied Japanese.
Level of proficiency was a central focus for the study carried out by Hart, Lapkin and Swain on the acquisition of French by anglophone Canadian speakers. Their principal research question was whether the greatest linguistic gains are made by the least proficient learners. This issue was explored by examining three main areas:
what gains in French language proficiency are made during the three-month stay in Quebec?
do gains differ by skill area? (speaking, listening, reading, writing)
do gains differ by proficiency level prior to the exchange?
These secondary school students in grades 10-12 had a background in either core French or immersion. Core French means a “traditional” program in second language instruction with 40 minutes of instruction in French as a second language daily. French immersion programs fall into two categories: early immersion begins at kindergarten and involves instruction only in French (later some English is introduced); late immersion begins at grade 8 and up to 80% of the day is devoted to instruction in French. This continues until the start of secondary school where both early and late immersion students may take two to four school subjects through the medium of French each year. The students’ use of language while in Quebec was analysed. One issue looked at was the role of out-of-class or informal contact with the target language in the development of proficiency, which seems to be an important issue in the study abroad experience (Regan 1995, Dewaele 1995, Marriott 1995, Freed 1995).
Students were asked halfway through the stay about how frequently they engaged in speaking and writing activities. Immersion students reported a far higher frequency of extended speech activity during a typical day than did core students. However, by the end of the stay, the initial gap between immersion and core students had narrowed considerably, with the core group reporting a far greater increase in more extended speech patterns. The students reported that “with friends” was the context most frequently used followed by “with the twin’s family.” The francophone classroom did not provide many opportunities for interaction.
In relation to general French language skills, improvements were reported by almost all of the students. Only a tiny minority reported no improvement. Substantial majorities in all groups felt that their oral skills and confidence in speaking had improved a great deal. Specifically in relation to gains in sociolinguistic skills, the students’ perceptions were solicited. There were five questions dealing with matters of style on both pre-test and post-test questionnaires. The first item was meant to gauge the relative importance students attached to command of formal aspects of language in general. The students were asked to agree or disagree with the following statement: “The important thing is to say what you want to say not how you say it.” On the pre-test questionnaire, students were split on the question. Just over half of the core French students and almost half of immersion students agreed. On the post-visit questionnaire the students are less divided: a majority in all groups agreed with the statement.
Another area explored by the questionnaire was the command of different styles. The first item states that the students writing style was “pretty much the same” whether they were writing a friendly letter or a formal essay. The second and third items stated respectively that “I would-n’t know the right style to talk in formal situations such as meeting a visiting teacher from France” and “to talk to French teenagers.” Students were asked to agree or disagree with these statements. On both the pre-and post-visit questionnaires, most of the students in all groups claimed to be able to use the different styles involved in writing a friendly letter versus a school essay. Only in the case of immersion students is the post-visit majority notably larger. The question of formal and informal speaking styles, however, provided different results. On the pre-visit questionnaire, students in core groups were much less confident about mastery of formal style than the majority of immersion students. On the second item, just over half of both core French groups agreed that they didn’t know how to talk to French teenagers, and just over half of immersion students indicated that they did. Post-visit responses are dramatically different. About two-thirds of core French students and 86 % of immersion students disagreed that they would not know how to talk in formal situations. Virtually all students, regardless of program, now indicated that they know how to talk to French teenagers. Based on these studies it appears that the gains in sociolinguistic competence during the stay in Quebec were significant. So the initial hypothesis that students with initially lower French language proficiency will make great gains as a result of submersion in a French environment was supported.
Regan’s quantitative study of the acquisition of sociolinguistic native speaker norms finds also that the lowest proficiency speakers made the most progress in relation to “ne” deletion. The two speakers who had never previously been to a French-speaking country had significantly higher rates of deletion after the stay abroad and made greater advances in deletion rates than the speakers who had had previous contact with the native speech community.
In general, then, level of proficiency as a factor in relation to the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence seems to behave in the same way as it does for gains in other areas of acquisition in the study abroad situation. Marriott, Regan, Lapkin, Hart and Swain, and Siegal all find (like Freed 1990, Lapkin 1995 and Ginsberg 1992) that lower proficiency learners made the greatest gains and the lower-level learners behave in the same way as the more proficient ones after a stay abroad.
Focus on native speaker sociolinguistic norms
It seems generally true to say that second language acquisition is characterised by a drive towards approximating native speaker behaviour and accommodation to native speech norms. Many learners with an integrative motivation (the desire to identify with native speakers of the culture, as Gardner defines it) want to become like members of the linguistic community, if we take community to mean a network of relationships. How to “fit in” to the native speaker community frequently seems to be a goal for those who go abroad to live for a time in the native speech community. It seems equally clear that this accommodation involves more than structural and grammatical knowledge. It is not clear, however, what makes the speaker sound native. Defining the notion of nativeness or “sounding like a native” may be connected with sociolinguistic knowledge, and the perception of the speaker as native-like may be related at least in part to sociolinguistic competence. This competence involves linguistic as well as pragmatic and general cultural knowledge. Issues of fluency, of native speaker norms, dialects, context and style shifting, knowledge of variation in the target language and use of formulaic phrases may all be among the aspects which appear to form part of what is perceived as the improvement after the stay abroad. These are important issues in the perception of non-natives by natives.
Freed, for instance, points to the difficulties of quantifying the notion of fluency which may be part of “sounding native” (Freed 1995). She suggests that fluency involves features like rate of speech, fillers, modifiers, and use of formulae. Several studies indicate that these features seem to create a perception of nativeness and can be seen as related to sociolinguistic competence. Möhle and Raupach (1984) studied German learners of French and French students of German in a study abroad context. They found that grammar, in terms of frequency of mistakes or length and syntactic complexity of sentences, did not change in any noticeable way as a result of several months spent in France by the German students. What changed was the speech rate, the number of pauses (which decreased) and the length of stretches of speech between pauses (which increased). Raupach (1984) showed how the fluency of a German learner of French after a stay in France was largely due to her use of formulae, standardized “fillers,” “modifiers,” and “organisers” (bon, vraiment, c’est). He found that a German speaker of French L2 seemed more fluent because of her use of formulae. DeKeyser (1991) found that whereas there was not a great difference in oral skills between the abroad group and the stay at home group, there were improvements in fluency in the study abroad speakers. Also, De Keyser, in his study of the use of ser and estar by American students who spent time in Spain, examined communication strategies. In relation to two different learners who had very different communication styles, he found that one wanted to be like a native. The other wanted to be seen as a learner. The first speaker used language “as a garment that was to make him look more like the natives.” He also used lots of fillers such as pues, bueno. In a presentation of a few minutes in a history class , he used pues 3 times, u todo 6 times, bueno 6 times and es que 10 times. In response to their respective proficiency, natives were positive about the first speaker (who wanted to appear native-like) and negative about the other. The difference in style between these speakers and their preference for certain communication strategies had a considerable impact on the way the learners were perceived by native speakers and were sought out or avoided for informal contact as a result of these differing styles.
Equally in relation to fluency, Freed (1995), in a study of American students studying in France, found that these students spoke more and at a faster rate. They had fewer pauses and the students who lived abroad had less likelihood of small clusters of dysfluencies than those who had not studied abroad. In addition, their uninterrupted or fluent speech runs were longer. Laudet (1993) found that Irish students of French for Business had a substantial increase in fluency as a result of residence abroad. The native-like quality of the students’ speech was enhanced by a reduction in pauses, appropriate native sounding “drawls” for hesitations. She suggests that these are used as a strategy which allows the learner additional time for thought and language processing. Lafford (1995) found that learners of Spanish L2 who study abroad develop a broader range of communicative strategies for initiating, maintaining and terminating a communicative situation, while their speech is more rapid and contains more repairs. Towell (1995) finds evidence for the crucial importance of residence abroad to the development of fluency in the second language. Walsh (1994) finds gains in fluency in learners of German L2 during a stay abroad, and the Canadian school-level studies report improved fluency after a stay in the speech community (Clement 1978, Gardner et al. 1978). Again the evidence from the sociolinguistic studies would seem to bear out the findings on fluency in general.
Variation and native speaker norms
Variation is central to language and variation in the native speech community is a feature of what the second language learner must grasp. First language literature and variation linguistics tells us that children are sensitive from a very early age to sociolinguistic speech norms (Roberts and Labov 1995). As we have seen earlier, a central tenet of a variationist approach to language is that the alternative forms of linguistic elements do not occur randomly. Their occurrence is due to the type of linguistic entity itself, style, and social factors. The position of the entity in relation to the evolution of language and language change is also important in the context of its appearance. The native speaker makes the choice between linguistic forms in a predictable way. The second language learner must ultimately move towards similar choices to those of the native speaker. A knowledge of community speech norms is important for the learner if s/he is to be accepted as a member of that community.
A related area to community speech norms is the issue of pedagogical norms (see Valdman 1998). Second language researchers are concerned with how learners relate to classroom norms. Do they do as they are taught in classrooms when they go to live in the native speech community, or do they accommodate to native speech norms? For instance, the Canadian study by Lapkin, Hart and Swain, shows that exchange students struggle to cope with a “standard” dialect different from the Parisian model they have been taught, and with regional dialects and stylistic differences of the teenage subculture. Another question which has not yet been fully considered is whether these speakers decolloquialise when they return to the classroom after a stay abroad. Other issues related to variation include the question of native speaker prestige norms and second language learners. Are they aware of these? Do they choose to use prestige variants or community vernacular norms? What influences this choice? What is the role of input in relation to this? Does it depend on those with whom they have contact? The sociolinguistic studies discussed will focus on a range of such issues, from sociolinguistic native speech norms to politeness strategies.
Regan’s study (1995) of the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence focuses on the use of native sociolinguistic speech norms. This study takes a variationist approach. This variationist perspective pays attention to areas of acquisition which are unavailable to many other research approaches in second language acquisition. Where other approaches can tell us about general directions, variation work has access to the detail of the learner’s grammar. In this instance, for this study, the learner’s grammar can be compared to the native speaker’s grammar and the relationship between the two can be explored. The use of language during the stay abroad was addressed here. The subjects were six advanced Irish learners of French L2. The study focused on one sociolinguistic variable: deletion of ne, the first particle of the negative in French. It was felt that a quantitative study would best arrive at a precise and detailed description of the changes which take place as a result of the stay in France.
An analysis of the combined data from the two interviews — before and after the stay abroad — was carried out to ascertain whether the stay in France made a difference to ne deletion rates. It showed a dramatic rise in the rate of deletion. Several factors were hypothesised to affect this variable. Among those which were shown to affect ne deletion was lexicalisation. Whether the speaker used a lexicalised phrase like Je ne sais pas or Ce n’est pas or Il ne faut pas, or, on the other hand, a non-lexicalised phrase, has a strong constraining effect on the deletion of ne. This is similar to the behaviour of native speakers. However, the non-native speakers deleted more than natives. They overgeneralised.
Style also had an effect on ne deletion, with monitored style favouring the retention of ne, and casual style deleting more. Not much change takes place from before and after the stay abroad. The native speaker pragmatic norms in relation to negation are: “when you are being formal in French, you retain ne, and alternatively in casual speech, you delete.” The non-natives seem to understand the native speaker rule. There is a slight tendency to delete more in informal style on the part of the non-natives, but style is not nearly the constraint on ne deletion that it is for the native speakers. After one academic year in France, they have not quite learned the native speaker norms, as they are overgeneralising. It could well be that after a further period in France, they would eventually nuance their frequency of ne deletion to approximate more precisely the native speaker norm.
In relation to ne deletion rates as a barometer of the acquisition of sociolinguistic speech norms, the effect of the year abroad is very striking. The rates of ne deletion more than doubles after the year abroad, which suggests that something important is happening in relation to the adoption of native speaker community speech norms. It seems as if at this stage the learner is sensitive to dialect issues in the second language. The speakers become more non-standard due to contact with natives. They are acquiring the grammar of the native speech community, so just as the “normal” French person has a variable system, we have empirical evidence of the second language learner also acquiring the details of variability, precisely in the drive toward integration into the native speech community. So the data shows that a period spent in the native speech community affects the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in an important way. It also seems that this is affected by the amount of contact with native speakers while abroad and that individual variation plays a role.
Regan suggests the future usefulness of seeing if further time spent in the community would result in a refining of the rule which would take it closer to the native speaker norm. In any case the study suggests that contact with natives for advanced learners is necessary for the acquisition of a community dialect and sociolinguistic competence and ultimately integration into the native speech community. This confirms the results of Marriott, Siegal and Lapkin, Hart and Swain.
The use of formulaic language seems to be an important phenomenon in learner language. There is evidence that both early learners and more advanced learners use this kind of routinised formulaic speech segments for a variety of reasons. Often the learner uses these almost automatic phrases to “buy” time for decisions on other areas of language use (Nattinger and De Carrico 1992, Raupach 1984). From Mc Laughlin’s (1987) perspective from cognitive psychology, acquisition is the passage from controlled processes to automatised ones. Raupach (1987) has argued that the quantitative difference between performance before and after the stay in France can be attributed to procedural learning and automatization resulting from practice.
In Marriott’s study of Japanese L2, all of the speakers used a wide variety of routine formulae: they had successfully acquired polite formulaic utterances. In relation to openings and closing, a comparison was made of the students’ use of formulaic routines in the opening and closing sequences of the interviews, and their ability to produce a self introduction was considered. The data showed the students’ management of formulaic routines with their use — appropriate or otherwise — in the opening and closings of the pre- and post-exchange interviews. The study demonstrated that at the end of the stay in Japan the students had successfully acquired polite routinized expressions for use in both the opening and closing sequences of the interviews. They used rapidly-spoken utterances, had achieved ease of delivery and the ability to select an appropriate level of politeness. Speaker 2 in the Siegal study makes much use of formulaic phrases, which serves as a strategy to cover up her difficulty with the complete incorporation of concepts such as the beneficial relationships between people. Regan found that formulaic phrases favoured ne deletion in the successful approximation of vernacular native speech norms.
Individual differences seem to play a major role in the acquisition of second languages in the context of the year abroad. Much research has found that there is a greater range of individual variation among learners who spend time abroad than those studying at home (Huebner 1995, De Keyser 1986; Freed 1995, Guntermann 1995, Regan 1995). De Keyser (1986), in his study of Americans studying abroad, found that the differences between his abroad group and the stay at home group were much less significant than were individual differences among students in the year abroad group. There were clear differences, however, within the overseas group in monitoring style and in preference for certain communication strategies. These differences had a strong impact on the way the learners were perceived by the native speakers, and were consequently sought out or avoided for informal interaction.
In relation particularly to the studies of sociolinguistic competence and the study abroad experience, individual differences also seem to be an important factor, which interact with others such as level of proficiency and amount of contact with natives. De Keyser suggests that personality differences, for instance, can influence the amount of contact with natives sought by the learner. Regan’s study of the acquisition of sociolinguistic norms found important individual variation between the speakers. This individual variation between the speakers may be due in part simply to the fact that there will always be variation in all sociolinguistic sampling, but there were also differences between the speakers’ experience which would account for some of the variation. For instance, the amount of contact with native speakers in interactive situations varied with the individual. This information was elicited both by the interviews, which contained much detail about the experience abroad, and also by a questionnaire filled in by the students after their return. Issues addressed in the questionnaire and the interviews included: number of years of study, previous trips to French-speaking countries, place of residence abroad, (university residence, with a native family, separate apartment) amount of contact with natives, attitude to native speakers. The study identifies group patterns as well as individual variation among the speakers. It demonstrates that while individual variation undoubtedly exists in relation to learners, in this instance, after the stay in France, there was less variation between individuals. They were more similar in relation to this particular variable at least, after a year abroad. Now they are all deleting ne to a noticeable extent (though, of course, variation between them still exists).
Siegal’s study focuses primarily on individual differences. In the detailed study of two speakers learning Japanese she describes the acquisition of pragmatic and stylistic competence. The factors influencing their acquisition of these areas were knowledge of how Japanese women speak, the overlap between politeness and “women’s language” and their view of Japanese women and themselves while they were in Japan. Siegal found that differences occurred because of the images the speakers wanted to present and the contexts they interacted in. She suggests that the learning abroad experience is important for learners of Japanese for elements which they do not manage to pick up in the classroom. Similarly, as we have seen earlier, Marriott’s quantitative study of the acquisition of Japanese by secondary-level Australian students shows that there was great individual variation in the acquisition of politeness norms, and also, like Siegal’s and Regan’s speakers, their performance deviates from the native speaker norm. It seems that, as with other areas of competence, individual differences play an important role in the acquisition of sociolinguistic and pragmatic competence.
In general, it seems we can draw the following conclusion from the recent research into the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence: study and living abroad has significant benefits for the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence. Input is important in this context, as is contact with native speakers. Lowest proficiency learners made the greatest initial gains. However for greatest effectiveness, it is important for the input to be modified. Stay abroad periods significantly affect the acquisition of native speaker variation, a variation ranging from low-level phonological aspects of language to issues of style and formality. Several studies showed that a period in the native speech community affects sensitivity to dialect issues. Related aspects of language use by the learner such as fluency and use of formulaic phrases are influenced by living abroad. Significantly, advances made on the acquisition of sociolinguistic skills were reported from studies which adopted very different research perspectives and methodologies. Similar evidence and results were found in studies using very different approaches. The general self-reported improvements by Canadians was confirmed by empirical data on a specific variable used by Irish speakers. Both quantitative and qualitative studies concur in finding that a period abroad affects the acquisition of sociolinguistic competence in an important way.
However, despite the very considerable improvements, stay abroad alone does not seem to produce complete native speaker competence. Several studies show that there was still a gap between even proficient L2 learners who have studied abroad and native speaker linguistic behaviour. In the light of these difficulties, some researchers point to the implications for (1) stay abroad arrangements prior to departure, and (2) classroom interventions on the return of the speakers after the time spent away.
In terms of research in the future in this area, in order to arrive at the most complete picture of this area of acquisition and its relation to living abroad, more fine-grained studies are needed. These will provide the most reliable evidence in terms of both product and process for the way sociolinguistic competence is acquired.
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Decision No. 15,471
Appeal of M.W., on behalf of her children M.C. and J.C., from action of the Board of Education of the Brockport Central School District regarding transportation and residency.
Decision No. 15,471
(September 26, 2006)
Harris Beach, PLLC, attorneys for respondent, Linda G. Kelly, Esq., of counsel
MILLS, Commissioner.--Petitioner appeals the refusal of the Board of Education of the Brockport Central School District (“respondent”) to provide transportation for her children, M.C. and J.C., based on its determination that her children are not homeless within the meaning of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 USC �11431 etseq., “McKinney-Vento”). The appeal must be dismissed.
During the summer of 2005, petitioner and her family moved out of New York State so that her husband could pursue job opportunities. When these opportunities did not work out, the family was evicted from their home and moved back to New York State to live with a relative. On or about October 26, 2005, petitioner was permitted to enroll her children in respondent’s schools based on her representation that, due to a loss of housing and economic hardship, she and her children were homeless and sharing the housing of another person who resided in the district.
On or about December 1, 2005, petitioner notified the district’s registrar and homeless liaison (“homeless liaison”) that she had rented a house on River Street in Rochester, New York, outside of the district. By letter dated December 7, 2005, the homeless liaison advised petitioner that a determination had been made that her children were not homeless within the meaning of McKinney-Vento and that they would not be provided transportation to and from the district’s schools. According to the homeless liaison’s affidavit, petitioner was advised that, even though the district would no longer provide her children with transportation, they could continue attending the district’s schools for the remainder of the school year. This appeal ensued. Petitioner’s interim request for relief was denied on January 18, 2006.
Petitioner contends that her children are homeless within the meaning of McKinney-Vento and, therefore, are entitled to receive transportation between the River Street residence and the district’s schools. Petitioner claims that she and her children lack a fixed, regular and adequate night-time residence and that they are sharing the housing of another person due to loss of housing and economic hardship. Petitioner further alleges that her current residence is temporary because she did not sign a lease and intends to move back to the district. She claims that initially she could only afford one month’s rent and that she did not pay a security deposit. Petitioner also maintains that removing her children from the district’s schools would be harmful to them because school is the only stable and consistent factor in their lives.
To substantiate her claims, petitioner submits a letter from the landlord stating that he offered his River Street rental property to petitioner and her children as a temporary solution. Petitioner also submits a letter from the district’s Committee on Special Education (“CSE”) that recommends that petitioner’s daughter receive special education services. In addition, petitioner submits a letter from her daughter stating that she wants to remain in the district’s school until she graduates from high school, because she has moved many times and does not want to begin again at a new school.
Respondent contends that petitioner’s children are not entitled to transportation to and from their River Street residence and the district’s schools because they are not homeless within the meaning of McKinney-Vento and Education Law �3209. It submits photographs of the River Street residence to substantiate its contention.
Education Law �3209(1)(a) defines a homeless child as:
(1) a child or youth who lacks a fixed, regular, and adequate night-time residence, including a child or youth who is:
(i) sharing the housing of other persons due to a loss of housing, economic hardship or a similar reason;
(ii) living in motels, hotels, trailer parks or camping grounds due to the lack of alternative adequate accommodations;
(iii) abandoned in hospitals;
(iv) awaiting foster care placement;
(v) a migratory child ... who qualifies as homeless under any of the provisions of clauses (i) through (iv) of this subparagraph or subparagraph two of this paragraph; or
(2) a child or youth who has a primary night-time location that is:
(i) a supervised publicly or privately operated shelter designed to provide temporary living accommodations...; or
(ii) a public or private place not designed for, or ordinarily used as, a regular sleeping accom-modation for human beings. . . .
Both Education Law �3209 and �100.2(x) of the Commissioner’s regulations conform to the definition of “homeless children and youths” in McKinney-Vento.
Petitioner’s children do not fit the definition of homeless children under either State or federal law. The record shows that petitioner and her family reside in a house outside the district. They have a fixed, regular night-time residence and there is no evidence in the record that such residence is inadequate. There also is no evidence they are sharing the housing of other persons due to loss of housing and economic hardship. While it is unfortunate that petitioner and her children were evicted from their last home and that they were forced to move several times in the past year, there is no proof in the record that petitioner lives in a shelter or other accommodation described in Education Law �3209. Consequently, neither the provisions of Education Law �3209(2) and McKinney-Vento regarding choice of school district for homeless children (Appeal of a Student with a Disability, 44 Ed Dept Rep 94, Decision No. 15,108; Appeal of D.R., 43 id. 133, Decision No. 14,944) nor the provisions of Education Law �3209(4) and McKinney-Vento regarding the transportation of homeless children are applicable in petitioner’s circumstances.
Additionally, petitioner has not established that her current residence is temporary or transitional. The petition contains only conclusory statements by petitioner that her current residence is temporary. The fact that petitioner is renting a house on a month-to-month basis and intends to move back to the district does not make the residence temporary or transitional. Furthermore, there is no evidence that she needs to vacate her current residence. In an appeal to the Commissioner, a petitioner has the burden of demonstrating a clear legal right to the relief requested and the burden of establishing the facts upon which petitioner seeks relief (8 NYCRR �275.10; Appeal of Patton, et al., 42 Ed Dept Rep 226, Decision No. 14,832; Appeal of Pope, 40 id. 473, Decision No. 14,530). Under these circumstances, I find respondent’s determination -- that petitioner’s children are not homeless and, therefore, not entitled to transportation -- reasonable.
THE APPEAL IS DISMISSED.
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November 20, 2014
Courtesy UMass Amherst News Office
Hospital epidemiologists and others responsible for public health decisions do not declare the start of flu season lightly, Reich explains. In hospitals, a declaration that flu season has started comes with many extra precautions and procedures such as added gloves, masks and gowns, donning and doffing time, special decontamination procedures, increased surveillance and reduced visitor access, for example.
“There’s also healthcare worker fatigue to consider,” he adds, “it’s a lot to ask of healthcare workers to continue these important preventative measures when they just aren’t seeing a lot of flu around their workplace.”
“All the extra precautions cost time and money, so you don’t want to declare flu season too early. For hospitals, there is a strong incentive to define a really clear period as flu season. It does not start the moment you see the first case in the fall. If you begin the full response too early, you set yourself up for a long slog and too much effort will be spent on too few cases. You want to be as effective and efficient as possible in your preparations and response.”
Details of the new open-source, publicly available tool designed by Reich, with Dr. Trish Perl of the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and others in Colorado, Florida and New York, appear in the current issue of Clinical Infectious Diseases.
The authors say their algorithm, or statistical technique, which they call Above Local Elevated Respiratory Illness Threshold (ALERT), will help to signal that influenza transmission is rising in a given region and will assist public health officials, researchers, doctors and hospitals with prevention and healthcare delivery.
ALERT should not require doctors, nurses, hospitals, clinics or public health departments to collect any new data, but instead uses routinely collected information such as weekly counts of laboratory-confirmed influenza A cases.
To develop the new metric, Reich and colleagues used years of surveillance data of confirmed flu cases at two large hospitals in Baltimore and Denver. They obtained weekly counts of confirmed influenza A cases at the 200-bed Children’s Hospital at Johns Hopkins and the 414-bed Children’s Hospital of Colorado from 2001 through 2013.
They used 2001 through 2011 data to create the algorithm, then tested its performance in the 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons in the two locations. At Johns Hopkins, 71 and 91 percent respectively of all reported cases fell in the ALERT period, while at Colorado Children’s the ALERT period captured 77 and 89 percent of all cases, the authors report. Results suggest “that the ALERT algorithm performs well at predicting the beginning and end of a seasonal period of increased influenza incidence,” they add.
To use the algorithm, hospital epidemiologists upload as many years of their own institution’s historical flu data as possible to the web-based ALERT applet and then “tune the dials” that control the algorithm to customize the results for their purposes, Reich says. “The more years of data you have, the better,” he notes. “We have applied it in places with only three to five years of data and it’s still been a useful tool, but the more years you have the more accurate it will be.”
The ALERT algorithm helps users pick a threshold number of new cases per week that will signal the start of the season. But as the authors point out, choosing the right threshold poses a challenge. “To guide the user to an evidence-based decision, the ALERT algorithm summarizes data from previous years as if each of several thresholds had been applied.” For each threshold, it calculates and reports a set of summary metrics, from which the user can select one that meets their local needs.
Based on local historical data inputs, the tool defines a time window or “ALERT period” when elevated incidence is estimated to occur.
Reich explains, “People will look at the output from ALERT and do a cost-benefit analysis. We don’t try to do this for them, but the algorithm can help you to estimate the threshold at which you should start to think about declaring that flu season has started. And, very importantly, your staff can have a sense that it will not go on forever, but that for the next 11 or 12 weeks, for example, you’ll be taking the extra precautions.”
This work was supported by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
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I’ve heard that there is a connection between eating salt and high blood pressure. Is that true?
A lot of people assume that if they have high blood pressure levels, they need to cut all salt out of their diet. I would argue that they certainly need to reduce the amount of salt they consume, but they should guard against eliminating it entirely.
The reason you shouldn’t cut salt out altogether is that you need a minimum amount of sodium in your system to maintain proper electrolyte balance. This is true regardless of your blood pressure level. If you have high blood pressure levels, I would recommend limiting your salt intake to no more than 1,500 mg a day, but I wouldn’t let it fall below about 500 mg a day. Get more details on intake of salt and high blood pressure. Also, learn how to achieve the proper sodium-potassium balance to manage high blood pressure levels.
Keep in mind that most of the salt we eat is hidden in processed foods like canned spaghetti sauces, dill pickles, soups, nuts and sauerkraut, to mention a few. (See my complete list of the top salt-heavy foods.) Many fast-food restaurant offerings are also high in salt, containing enough that you can easily surpass the healthy limit for salt intake with just one meal. This “hidden salt” is a real problem for those trying to lower high blood pressure levels, so read labels carefully.
WATCH: The High Risk of Eating Processed Foods if You Have High Blood Pressure Levels
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About fifteen of us attended this event, emceed by President Bill Potts and led by Program Chairman and historian Wayne Luney. It mainly consisted of remorse for the outcome of the November election, with some wishful thinking mixed in. However, several of the audience did urge taking action in order to effect change.
Suggested actions include resistance to moves by the new Administration seen as deleterious to human rights; phoning/writing elected officials to register objections; and participating in public demonstrations.
The message I took from this interesting meeting was that wishful thinking—maybe he’ll be impeached or resign or stub his toe or whatever—is less than productive. Similarly, ruing November 8, 2016 is silly because no one can alter the past. But informed resistance to un-American actions that may be taken by a potentially authoritarian regime could work. And it would be infinitely better than crying over spilt milk.
Thank you, Bill and Wayne, and everyone who participated in the discussion. You have given us hope, reminding us never to forget the battle cry of the American oppressed: ˇSí se puede!
Report prepared by Roger Zabkie
Click below to return to the list of 2016 or 2017 Meetings or to go to the previous or next meeting report.
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LILLE, France, Dec 10 (Reuters) – A P&O ferry with more than 300 people on board which had run aground in Calais harbour in northern France has been refloated and all passengers have disembarked, a P&O Ferries spokesman said on Sunday.
The Dover-bound “Pride of Kent” had run aground on a sand bank around midday as she tried to leave the Calais harbour in stormy weather. Nobody was injured.
The ship, supported by two tug boats, was refloated as the tide came in early evening and all passengers have disembarked.
The spokesman said most passengers would continue their journey to the UK on other P&O ferries tonight, while some would stay overnight in Calais on P&O’s expense.
UK-based P&O operates 20 ferries which carry nine million passengers per year between France, Belgium, The Netherlands and across the Irish Sea. (Reporting by Geert De Clercq and Pierre Savary; Editing by Peter Graff)
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Nov 12, 2019
When Inflammation Becomes Chronic EP014
Inflammation is supposed to be a good thing. It's an immune system response that works to keep foreign invaders out of the body. Chronic inflammation, though, can lead to many health issues including chronic pain. Left unchecked, that chronic inflammation can result in chronic illness.
In this episode of Self Powered Healing, I'm talking about chronic internal inflammation: what it is, what causes it, how it shows up, and, if left unchecked, what it can lead to. As well as some tips on how to reduce it.
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A Nigerian young girl spent two years of her life serving customers in Russia as her best friend sold her to a pimp.
It was previously been published how two other heart-breaking stories of Nigerian girls who went to Russia to either study there or to earn enough money to continue studies in Nigeria. The girls took part in a photo project of Russian photographer Tatiana Egorova about victims of human trafficking.
Blessing, 23, who also fell into the hands of a Russian gang said: “I had to leave school as my family is very poor. My father works as a driver, and my mother works at market. I put my braiding skills to practice to earn some money, but I still wanted to get an education.
“My best friend told me about an opportunity to study for free in Russia. However, when I arrived, my friend sold me to a Russian woman and her Nigerian companion. They used to beat me and leave outside without clothes to freeze when I refused to serve clients.”
“I even begged my clients to help me, but they did nothing. When my father found out about my sex slavery in Russia, he said I should blame myself for becoming a prostitute,” Blessing added.
After Blessing got new passport at the Federal Migration Service, she agreed to be deported from the country. “I’m afraid to come back home as my pimp called my mother and said I owned them a lot of money,” Blessing said several days before her departure to Nigeria.
Blessing admitted that she would choose to die instead of becoming a prostitute ever again. “You never know what a client would do to you. He could beat, torture, trow you down the stairs or even kill, and you would never see your family again,”Blessing said.
Blessing and three other Nigerian girls were rescued by a charity organization. The organization provided an accommodation in a dormitory and paid for girls’ new passports.
Majority of Nigerians who unwillingly become prostitutes in Russia don’t know local language and are afraid to go to the police. The only way for them to survive and don’t starve to death is to submit and do whatever their pimp orders.
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The National Science Foundation (NSF) and Semiconductor Research Corporation (SRC) today announced nine research awards to 10 universities totaling nearly $4 million under a joint program focused on Secure, Trustworthy, Assured and Resilient Semiconductors and Systems (STARSS).
The awards support research at the circuit, architecture and system levels on new strategies, methods and tools to decrease the likelihood of unintended behavior or access; increase resistance and resilience to tampering; and improve the ability to provide authentication throughout the supply chain and in the field.
“The processes and tools used to design and manufacture semiconductors ensure that the resulting product does what it is supposed to do. However, a key question that must also be addressed is whether the product does anything else, such as behaving in ways that are unintended or malicious,” said Keith Marzullo, division director of NSF’s Computer and Network Systems Division, which leads the NSF/SRC partnership on STARSS. “Through this partnership with SRC, we are pleased to focus on hardware and systems security research addressing this challenge and to provide a unique opportunity to facilitate the transition of this research into practical use.”
NSF’s involvement in STARSS is part of its Secure and Trustworthy Cyberspace (SaTC) portfolio, which in August announced nearly $75 million in cybersecurity awards.
The STARRS program expands SRC’s Trustworthy and Secure Semiconductors and Systems (T3S) program, engaging 10 universities across the U.S. Initial T3S industry participants are Freescale, Intel Corporation and Mentor Graphics. NSF is the first federal partner.
“The goal of SRC’s T3S initiative is to develop cost-effective strategies and tools for the design and manufacture of chips and systems that are reliable, trustworthy and secure,” said Celia Merzbacher, SRC Vice President for Innovative Partnerships. “This includes designing for security and assurance at the outset so as to build in resistance and resilience to attack or tampering. The research enabled by the STARSS program with NSF is a cornerstone of this overall effort.”
SRC is a university-research consortium for semiconductors and related technologies.
A number of trends are motivating industry and government to support research in hardware and system security. The design and manufacture of semiconductor circuits and systems requires many steps and involves the work of hundreds of engineers — typically distributed across multiple locations and organizations worldwide. Moreover, a typical microprocessor is likely to include dozens of design modules from various sources. Designers at each level need assurance that the components being incorporated can be trusted in order for the final system to be trustworthy.
Today, the design and manufacture of semiconductor circuits and systems includes extensive verification and testing to ensure the final product does what it is intended to do. Similar approaches are needed to provide assurance that the product is authentic and does not allow unwanted functionality, access or control. This includes strategies, tools and methods at all stages, from architecture through manufacture and throughout the lifecycle of the product.
The first round of awards made through the STARSS program will support nine research projects with diverse areas of focus. They are:
· “Combating integrated circuit counterfeiting using secure chip odometers” – Carnegie Mellon University researchers will design and implement secure chip odometers to provide integrated circuits (ICs) with both a secure gauge of use/age and an authentication of provenance to detect counterfeit ICs;
· “Intellectual Property (IP) Trust-A comprehensive framework for IP integrity validation”- Case Western Reserve University and University of Florida researchers will develop a comprehensive and scalable framework for IP trust analysis and verification by evaluating IPs of diverse types and forms and develop threat models, taxonomy and instances of IP trust/integrity issues.
· “Design of low-cost, memory-based security primitives and techniques for high-volume products” – University of Connecticut researchers will develop metrics and algorithms to make static RAM physical “unclonable” functions that are substantially more reliable at extreme operating conditions and aging, and extend this to dynamic RAM and Flash;
· “Trojan detection and diagnosis in mixed-signal systems using on-the-fly learned, pre-computed and side channel tests” – Georgia Institute of Technology researchers will leverage knowledge of state of the art mixed-signal/analog/radio frequency for detection of Trojans in generic mixed-signal systems;
· “Metric and CAD for differential power analysis (DPA) resistance” – Iowa State University researchers will investigate statistical metrics and design techniques to measure and defend against DPA attacks;
· “Design of secure and anti-counterfeit integrated circuits” – University of Minnesota researchers will develop hierarchical approaches for authentication and obfuscation of chips;
· “Hardware authentication through high-capacity, physical unclonable functions (PUF)-based secret key generation and lattice coding” – University of Texas at Austin researchers will develop strong machine-learning resistant PUFs, capable of producing high-entropy outputs, and a new lattice-based stability algorithm for high-capacity secret key generation; and
· “Fault-attack awareness using microprocessor enhancements” – Virginia Institute of Technology and State University researchers will develop a collection of hardware techniques for microprocessor architectures to detect fault injection attacks, and to mitigate fault analysis through an appropriate response in software.
· “Invariant carrying machine for hardware assurance” – Northwestern University researchers will develop techniques for improving the reliability and trustworthiness of hardware systems via an Invariant-Carrying Machine approach.
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|Reviews for Calling Atlantis|
| Dreamers-Requiem chapter 2 . 5/5/2013
[her brother didn't even attend this…party.] sounds a bit off. Not sure if the … really works, either. Maybe just (her brother hadn’t even attended the party.) One thing I heard a while ago, and I think it’s very true, is don’t use italics for emphasis. They’re not needed, and they can jerk a reader from a story. Feels like there’s too much telling in some parts, rather than showing. Especially in the longer paragraphs – you may want to split them up a bit. As they are, on screen they can be a little bit of a pain to read, and some readers may switch off during them. When is this set? Because I originally thought it was an older era, but the paragraph about her sister makes it feel a lot more modern. I think you need to establish the time of it, and if it is older, don’t use phrases like ‘arm candy’. And…not sure if ‘dumb blonde’ has been around all that long as a concept? Just something to consider.
The last part, with the arrival of the man at her bedroom, felt a bit rushed. There wasn’t really time, as a reader, to feel much tension, so maybe build it up some more. I still feel like Elise isn’t all that interesting as a character, so maybe play around with her a bit more to give her more life? Just a few suggestions – hope this helps!
| Dreamers-Requiem chapter 1 . 2/17/2013
As a NaNoWriMo novel, I think it's a pretty decent start. Reading it, there is the feeling of a plot building up but it's not as strong as it could be, but that may be due to it being NaNoWriMo more than anything else. (For me, anyway, I have no idea where my NaNoWriMo is going to go when I start.) I think, when you come to edit this, the main thing you want to work in for this chapter is building it up a bit more, putting in a bit more plot-wise to keep the reader intrigued, and focusing on showing rather than telling. At times there was a lot of telling information, rather than showing, and I think if you turn it more towards showing it'll help get a stronger grasp of Elise's character. Right now, she just seems a bit...I don't know. Bland, maybe, because the only thing here is really about her inability to do what she wants to do. Which is important, but I think adding a bit more into her character early on will really help a reader connect. But like I said, for a NaNoWriMo first draft, it's a good start. Hope this helps.
| Nalledia chapter 2 . 12/20/2012
It's good to see you expand on the characters, it makes them more real, as well as how everyone turns away from Elise. I'd like to point out a few things, though: 'Elise's not feeling well.' can't really be said that way, using 'isn't' is much better, and how you have it makes it seem as if 'not' could be a noun. Secondly, when describing Melanie, 'The woman was twenty, three years Elise's junior'… if Melanie is 20, and Elise is 17, there is no way Melanie can be younger (junior) than Elise! You're looking for the word 'senior', or change the sentence so that it reads as Elise being Melanie's junior.
Now, all of that aside, this man sounds like an interesting creature, and I'd love to know more about him soon. All in all, a good chapter.
| Nalledia chapter 1 . 12/14/2012
This seems a fair start to this story - I just wish there was another chapter! You've set the scene nicely, I think, without dragging out every single detail, which is nice. So far, I have nothing else to say, only that I hope another chapter comes soon.
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Dr Nicolas Hart
Edith Cowan University
Oncology and Carcinogenesis, Exercise Medicine
Dr Hart is a cancer researcher, focusing on the ability of targeted exercise to slow tumour growth, prevent new tumours forming, delay disease progression and increase survival in advanced cancer patients. In particular, his research examines how tumours in the human body respond to different types of exercise in patients at the advanced stages of cancer, and how these changes can help current cancer treatments work more effectively. His research also focuses on patients with cancer that has spread to their bone, which forms over 80% of all advanced cancer patients. Given that cancers in the advanced stages are currently incurable, this research importantly aims to help find ways to delay disease progression and improve overall survival, currently in breast and prostate cancer patients; the two largest cancer groups in Australia.
Through his research, Nicolas has developed strong collaborations with many organisations in the medical, public and allied health disciplines, allowing him to communicate his research to clinicians, cancer patients and to the broader community. He has written ‘expert articles’ for Breast Cancer Network Australia and regularly presents at national and international cancer conferences.
As a researcher and clinical communicator, he also travels across Australia, delivering a national roadshow for cancer and exercise to accredited exercise physiologists working with cancer.
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Cameron calls on governor to end targeting, discrimination against faith-based gatherings during COVID-19
Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron called on Gov. Andy Beshear Tuesday to end his targeting of faith-based gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic and allow in-person church gatherings to resume, consistent with Centers for Disease Control recommendations to prevent the spread of the coronavirus.
Cameron stated that if the governor does not immediately rescind his executive orders targeting faith-based gatherings, he will file a lawsuit against the governor for violating the First Amendment rights of Kentuckians.
In a press conference Tuesday, Cameron highlighted the disfavored treatment that faith-based groups have received as a result of Gov. Beshear’s March 19 executive order banning mass gatherings.
“The First Amendment provides the citizens of this country with the specific, enumerated right to practice their religious beliefs, free from targeting and discrimination,” said Cameron. “By specifically banning faith-based mass gatherings while allowing other secular organizations and activities to continue operation, Gov. Beshear has deliberately targeted religious groups. This pattern of targeting continued when the Governor ordered state police to track the license plates of those who attended a faith-based gathering on Easter Sunday, and it continues even this week as he allows some businesses to resume operations.”
Gov. Beshear’s March 19 executive order expressly prohibits faith-based mass gatherings while allowing for exemptions for secular organizations and activities, including typical office environments, factories, and retail or grocery stores. The order acknowledges that even though these types of secular activities involve the presence of groups of people, they should be allowed to continue so long as individuals “maintain appropriate social distancing.” The order provides no such exemption or accommodation for faith-based gatherings. Other states have placed similar restrictions on mass gatherings but have allowed exemptions for those that are faith-based, Cameron said in a news release.
“Kentucky law gives the Governor broad power during a state of emergency, but it does not give him the power to violate the First Amendment by discriminating against faith-based practices,” added Cameron. “We cannot, in good faith, move forward from this health crisis together if we have allowed faith-based groups to be unfairly targeted during the process. Governor Beshear should immediately rescind the executive orders targeting faith-based gatherings, and, if he doesn’t, then we will be forced to file a lawsuit and allow a judge to determine whether his order, as it pertains to religious groups, is constitutional.”
Cameron also announced Tuesday that his office will continue to support the First Amendment rights of Kentuckians in two ongoing federal court cases, Maryville v. Beshear and Roberts v. Beshear, by filing amicus briefs. Both cases question the constitutionality of Gov. Beshear’s executive order banning faith-based mass gatherings.
During his daily news briefing Tuesday, Beshear said that none of his orders have banned in-person church services as such.
“We ban all mass gatherings. No one is singled out at all there. My comment to it in both cases, we have had early rulings by a judge indicating that they are likely to rule that everything we have done is legal,” Beshear said. “Folks, I am not trying to set rules that are difficult. I am not trying to set rules that are controversial. I am just trying to set rules that save people’s lives. We have safe opportunities to worship. Right now they are virtual and drive-in services.”
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As our guest we’ll wow you with our quiet attention to every detail of your stay – both at Riverhills and on your Manawatu excursions. Whether you choose to relax in the luxury of our lounge or ride a bike along the riverbank walkway, we’ll delight in assisting you create an experience you will want to have again.
The home was specially built to take advantage of the awesome views of the Tararua Mountain Ranges and the Manawatu River. Delight in finding the Milky Way and Southern Cross among the stars or enjoy a spectacular sunrise.
We invite you to sample the comfort of the Riverhills haven and our unobtrusive hospitality. Book now to avoid disappointment.
Located just 5 minutes drive from the City Centre and close to Massey University.
41 Dittmer Drive
$140 – $150
Other Important Info
7 am to 8 pm
No wheelchair access or pets. Not suitable for young children. Riverhills is smoke free. Conditions apply.
Extras available: Cooked breakfast, evening meal, selection of drinks, laundry facility.
Max capacity: 6 persons
Facilities / Features
Please note this information should be used as a guide only. To help ensure your safety we advise you review our safety page and contact the individual provider for up to date information on their compliance with all Health and Safety and regulatory requirements.
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Published on: February 1, 2013
Source: The Star
Author: Tan Shiow Chin
Hypnosis helps Vel Kavadi bearers feel less pain while being pierced by sharp skewers or hooks.
Although some claimed that the reason behind of not feeling the pain was the holy ash that was soiled on the parts of the body. But not many scientific studies have been done on this property of cow’s dung as a component on the holy ash.
Moreover, many psychiatrists say that in order to understand pain, one must realize that pain is composed of both sensory and emotional experience.
Before the piercing of hooks to Kavadi bearers, they all undergo deep preparations such meditation and practicing vegetarian diet.
Assoc Prof Dr Mohanraj shared that it has also been scientifically proven that the state of mind affects the body. Bearers went to a state of trance where they are more susceptible to suggestions. With the bearers’ deep concentration and focus, one can diverse the thought of pain thus resulting to lower the distress or anxiety felt.
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There are many excessive sports activities being obtained by existence that individuals arrive at take pleasure in at the moment. Lots of them fluctuate in terrains and approaches, with many requiring loads of protecting gear though some merely want come as you might be. One from the most well-liked excessive sports activities these days is cliff diving. There are a number of people who find themselves becoming a member of in with this exercise given it provides them an adrenaline rush that may’t be matched. If you happen to’re planning to participate on this sport, you could possibly probably need to know the place one can achieve this. Under are 5 spots contained in the continent of Asia the place one can soar off cliffs in your coronary heart’s content material: Longqing Gorge, Chine – This can be a 164 foot drop that exist fairly lower than 60 miles removed from Beijing. The drop is encompassed by clear waters and grass crammed mountains. There’s no want for that you simply truly put on protecting gear only for this, and you may even anticipate the instructors to push you off the cliff when you’re all set. Ariel’s Level, Boracay, Philippines – Except for being this sort of beautiful seaside that numerous vacationers the world over go all 12 months lengthy, Boracay now provides an authentic cliff leaping expertise. There are 5 totally different platforms to select from, with all the best being 13 meters. Nonetheless, should you’re not up only for this exercise, it’s attainable to nonetheless embark on some snorkeling, rafting and different enjoyable actions which can certainly offer you quite a lot of ale. Ba Ho Waterfalls, Vietnam – Situated simply north of Nha Trang quickly in your method Doc Let, you will discover a string of monumental boulders to climb, treating you with such an enormous and luxurious valley that is flanked by actually clear waters. You’ve three spots in the place you’ll be able to soar. The best spot measures practically 40 ft, and this may be sufficient to allow you to scream all the best way down in the direction of the waters. Gili Islands, Lombok, Indonesia – This can be a location which does not present an organized gang of cliff divers to work with, that means it is primarily free for a lot of to take advantage of. The soar could go of as much as 25 meters, which can be enough to let you moist your pants, although the encircling surroundings will place you at an actual calm mind-set that you’ll solely start to really feel the thrilling inside your veins when you’re in your method right down to the waters. Railay, Thailand – There are a number of islands whereby you’ll participate in cliff diving. You will be guided alongside by a lot of from the native folks, and uncover the paramount attainable spot, which might include low to fairly tall heights.
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MAPLE PARK – Kaneland High School sophomore Andriy McFarlin said he felt exhausted at school Friday and wasn’t really looking forward to his task that night, as the stage manager for “The Laramie Project” at the school’s black box theater.
“The Laramie Project” deals with a heavy topic, focusing on reaction to the 1998 murder of Matthew Shepard, a gay man who was found beaten, tied to a fence and left to die in Laramie, Wyo. The two men charged in the murder are serving life sentences.
But McFarlin, as part of a discussion forum after the performance, said an incident that happened hours earlier during the school day provided him all the motivation he needed. He said a student made anti-gay remarks at McFarlin, who is president of the school’s Gay-Straight Alliance.
McFarlin said it reminded him of the important work on the play.
“This is the best thing I’ve done in my school so far,” he said.
The Kaneland Arts Initiative billed it as the first performance at the more intimate black box theater. There were three dates for the show, with Friday’s performance delayed a week because of weather concerns. About 150 total watched the three shows.
The performances were demanding for the actors, with each character playing several roles, some of them rolling right into the next character seconds after delivering the lines as the previous character.
The cast wore all black, as if at a funeral, and the story is told as a series of interviews and scenes, moving from one right into the next. The cast included a blend of student and adult actors. The performances were presented by the KAI, in partnership with the Kindness Campaign, an organization that has formed in the Kaneland area to combat bullying with a positive message. Leigh Ann Reusche, one of the founders of the Kindness Campaign, was in attendance.
The play’s message is not so much about bullying as it as about hate and acceptance, as those profiled talked about their feelings toward Shepard and provided insight into how residents in Laramie viewed the situation. In the post-performance discussion, actors and audience members expressed frustration that more people didn’t watch the performances.
Diane McFarlin thought that was a good point, and she was heaviliy involved in the show. She is Kaneland High School’s assistant principal and was the show’s director. She is Andriy’s mother and is married to school board member Peter Lopatin, who played several characters in the play.
“We’re beginning the journey together,” Diane McFarlin said, adding that “we had 150 wonderful people see the production.” She said her colleagues were invited, and many didn’t attend. But she said she understood, and noted that, at times, Reusche and Renee Dee of the Kindness Campaign have had difficulty even spreading their message.
“They’re just talking kindness, and sometimes they get the door closed on them,” Diane McFarlin said. For instance, Reusche said some who attend a Kindness Campaign event might question why groups such as the Gay-Straight Alliance are on board.
Lopatin said it would be “really easy to think about who is not here ... but we are grateful for the people who are here.”
Douglas Orlyk, another onw of the adults in the performance, said he felt for Andriy McFarlin, saying it’s “really easy to say to Andriy that it will be better.” But he also had what he thought would be a more impactful answer – “how about you and I make it better.”
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December 2015 Monthly Activity Report
Total calls received by Lee County Dispatch Office 6,909.
Total calls received, deputies responded to 901. There were 233 calls dispatched to the Fire Warden, Conservation Officer, V.D.O.T., Juvenile Services, Department of Social Services, Animal Control, State Police and the Towns of Jonesville and Pennington Gap Police Departments.
There were 247 rescue squad calls and 4 ambulance calls.
There were 35 fire department calls dispatched. Deputies escorted 11 funerals.
Deputies unlocked 55 vehicles for the citizens.
Deputies served 133 felony and misdemeanor warrants, 233 Subpoenas, 32 show cause summons and 329 civil papers for the three Lee County Courts.
Deputies served 46 protective orders. Deputies processed 77 people on 133 charges.
Lee County Sheriff's Office Executed three search warrants.
Deputies traveled a total of 67,392 miles with 2,886 miles being on transports.
Deputies transported 1 juveniles, 8 mental health patients, and 3 prisoner from other jurisdictions.
Inmates from the Regional Jail along with Deputies picked up 421 bags of trash from Lee County roadways.
The Lee County Sheriff's Office Reserve Officers worked a total of 96 Community Volunteer hours this month.
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Home Improvement 101
Home improvement, also known as home renovation or remodeling, is a broad category of projects that focuses on upgrading an existing home. These projects can include both interior and exterior remodeling. It’s a popular way to make a home look better and increase its value. There are many different ways to improve a home, including adding a kitchen, bathroom, or new flooring.
Before beginning any home improvement project, you need to know exactly what you want and need. This will help you negotiate with contractors and lock in firm prices. It’s also useful to know the deadlines and details of the project. You should also ensure that the contractor has a valid license and is fully insured. Additionally, he or she must be aware of all inspections and permits required to work on your home. You can find out about these requirements by checking with your local building codes office. It’s also a good idea to compare prices and timelines from several contractors.
If you’d rather finance your home improvement project yourself, home equity loans and personal loans are both great options. A home equity loan may be a better option if you need the money all at once, while a personal loan is better if you’d like to make the project over time. Home equity lines of credit can also help if you don’t want to pay in one lump sum.
While a lot of Americans are DIYers, a growing percentage plan to hire professionals to complete their projects. A recent survey by Axiom found that nearly half of those who are self-employed plan to spend more money on their projects than they did in 2017. In fact, half of all people who plan to perform home improvement projects in 2021 plan to do it themselves.
While some home improvements may increase a home’s value, others may actually decrease it. Whether you’re looking to sell it in a few years or in a few months, home improvements can help you make the most money from your home. But be sure to choose wisely. Not all home improvements will increase the value of your home, and some may actually turn off potential buyers.
While home improvements may be expensive, government programs can help you fund them. For example, the Weatherization Assistance Program provides free services to improve a home’s energy efficiency. This can help families reduce their heating bills and improve the safety of their home. It also helps families upgrade their energy-consuming appliances. You can even get cashback rewards by purchasing home improvement items through a credit card.
Another option for financing a home improvement project is a personal loan. Although personal loans typically carry a higher interest rate than home equity loans, they are a flexible and affordable option for people with good credit. And unlike other types of loans, a personal loan doesn’t require collateral. But you must carefully examine the options before committing to a personal loan. Remember that your home improvement project should increase your home’s value and improve your quality of life.
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State Senator George Onorato (d-queens) Today Sent The Following Letter To New York City Department For The Aging Commissioner Edwin Mendez-santiago Regarding The Potential Closure Of St. Mary's Senior Center In Long Island City
Dear Commissioner Mendez-Santiago:
I recently learned from a number of concerned community members that the New York City Department for the Aging is contemplating the closure of St. Mary's Senior Center in Long Island City, as well as a plan to bus area seniors to other centers. If this is so, I want to express my strong opposition to this move, and to ask why local elected officials and community members were not consulted on this wrong-headed decision.
St. Mary's is a very active senior center, and an integral part of our senior services network in my Senate District -- providing breakfast and lunch for many seniors and also delivering meals for the homebound. Those who are served by this center should not be displaced, and I ask that you contact me with regard to this issue as soon as possible. I urge you to work with me, other elected officials and concerned community members to find reasonable alternatives to this potential closure.
I look forward to hearing from you at your earliest convenience.
State Senator, 12th District
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I just couldn't resist this little guy! I went to Wal-Mart to pick up some groceries today. Nothing big. Just some things I couldn't find at Albertson's. Then I spotted this guy. I think someone was buying him for Christmas.
I had to get this Glow Worm. I'm already done with my shopping. But I thought Mikey might like this little guy. I know I loved my Glow Worm when I was little!
4 years ago
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- About canteringhearts
- I'm pretty much your average sixteen-year-old horse-loving gal, located in the country.
- Gulf Shores, AL
- Horses, writing, dog training (surprise!), and more horses.
- Current Status
- exhausted. Going to go sit down and watch some Supernatural.
Showing Friends 1 to 1 of 1
- Green Broke
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By Susan Davis, USA TODAY
WASHINGTON — Congressional Republicans failed to move forward Tuesday with a piecemeal approach to fund popular parts of the federal government to lessen the impact of the first government shutdown in 17 years.
House and Senate Republicans had offered short-term funding plans to keep open national parks, the Department of Veterans' Affairs, and other government services in the nation's capital. House Appropriations Chairman Hal Rogers, R-Ky. said the piecemeal approach would "continue to move the ball down the field" towards finding an agreement to resume full government funding.
But the GOP efforts failed to win the necessary support in the House to advance to the Senate. The votes fell well short of the two-thirds threshold needed to suspend House rules.
The Senate had already warned that the plan would meet fate there as every previous attempt by the House to amend the stopgap funding bill. In that chamber, Democrats maintain the only way to end the shutdown is for the House to allow a vote on a stopgap measure to fund the government through mid-November that does not include legislation affecting President Obama's health care law.
Senate Appropriations Chairwoman Barbara Mikulski, D-Md., said she did not support funding the government in "bits and pieces."
"We're the entire United States of America. You keep the whole government going, that's what you're supposed to do," she said. "All they have to do in the House is let the House vote on the Senate (bill) and let the House work it's will."
The White House agreed. "These piecemeal efforts are not serious, and they are no way to run a government. If House Republicans are legitimately concerned about the impacts of a shutdown — which extend across government from our small businesses to women, children and seniors — they should do their job and pass a clean CR to reopen the government," said Amy Brundage, a White House spokeswoman.
Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., said Democrats were not against debating some of the proposals that Republicans offered in the weeks leading up to the shutdown on the Affordable Care Act. He cited as an example a proposal to repeal a 2.3% tax on medical devices enacted to help pay for the law. However, Durbin said Democrats would not negotiate on the stopgap spending bill, or on a pending vote to increase the debt ceiling, the nation's borrowing limit.
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"After the CR and the debt ceiling, I have been open to that," Durbin said, "Doing this with a gun to your head, as we've said over and over again, is not the appropriate way to bargain."
House Republicans huddled in private earlier Tuesday, and lawmakers showed no signs of losing cohesion on the first day of the shutdown. Republicans are bullish about the politics of a shutdown and they have reason to be, said David Wasserman, an analyst for the non-partisan Cook Political Report.
"Democrats have always believed a shutdown would finally make voters pay attention to how 'extreme' House Republicans are. So far there's not a ton of evidence that the game has changed," Wasserman said.
Kanye West is the latest name being thrown into the mix to join American Idol next season, TMZ.com reports.
The producers reportedly reached out to West about the judging gig. Although he expressed interest, West is unsure about signing on, according to TMZ. The report also suggests that Fox would have to fork out at least $18 million to West in order to match Mariah Carey's salary. Fox had no comment on the report.
Report: Nicki Minaj to join American Idol
Last month, Fox announced that Carey would fill one of the vacant seats on the panel left by exiting judges Jennifer Lopez and Steven Tyler. Nicki Minaj, Nick Jonas and Sean "Diddy" Combs are among a group of celebrities who have also reportedly been in the running for the gig. It remains unclear if longtime Randy Jackson will return this season as a judge or how many judges will be on the panel.
Season 12 kicks off in early 2013. Do you think West would make a good judge?
View original Is Kanye West Joining American Idol? at TVGuide.com
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Fantasy Crew had this silly idea, they loved the fact that they were helping all types of artists get their voices and music heard, so they figured; "Hey, maybe we could help in another way? in an easier?". Fantasy Crew decided to make a website called "WHHA Social", with WHHA social, everyone is happy! WHHA Social is for people like YOU to promote yourself, and it's an easier way to get your music played on WHHA Radio, the perfect oppertunity, the perfect idea! "Who wouldn't want free promotion?" said KK.
We are, DJ's, Songstress, Actress, Poetess, Writers, Performers, Dancers, and also Artists.
South Side Family Productions©, Fantasy Crew© 2011-2014All rights reserve©
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It must be getting close to Christmas.
After bugging me for the last several weeks about playing Christmas music in our cutting room, Dana finally convinced me today to put some on. For the last few hours that we were in the office we worked away to the gentle melodies of the Glenn Miller Orchestra’s “In The Christmas Mood” volumes one and two.
When I was growing up there were two Time-Life cassettes of Christmas music that my parents had and for me those songs really represent the spirit of the season. Unless my memory is playing tricks on me, I think the series was called “Home For The Holidays”.
Time-Life doesn’t sell it anymore but thankfully a few years ago I discovered that they had a new set of CDs with nearly the same track list, “The Time-Life Treasury Of Christmas”. I gave those as a gift to my mom that year and now I insist that if she’s going to put on some music when I visit her, those have to go into the rotation.
Christmas music is one of those festive holiday things, but I can’t take a lot of it. I hoping that we don’t have to listen to it everyday for the next three weeks.
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elenium is needed to activate glutathione peroxidase, a powerful antioxidant that protects the body from free-radical damage. Nutrition 21 food-form Selenomax selenium is grown using a specifically selected strain of baker's yeast - Saccharomyces cerevisiae. The selenium is metabolized by healthy, growing yeast cells. The result is a pure food-grade yeast rich in Selenomethionine and other seleno-amino acids - the natural food forms of selenium.
* Note: Unless otherwise noted, this product has not been evaluated by the Food and Drug Administration. Our natural products are not intended to diagnose, treat, cure, or prevent any disease.
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Mt Pleasant 26m
The 26 m telescope is at latitude 42d 48m 18s S, longitude 147d 26m 21s (east of Greenwich) and is 43 m above sea level. The telescope is equipped with a variety of receivers which operate between 660 MHz and 22 GHz. The large number of available receivers makes the telescope suitable for a variety of research projects within the University and its location makes it a vital element in the Australian Long Baseline Array (LBA) VLBI network.
Observatory Specific Documentation
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Fall marks the return of oversized sweaters, cozy weather, and everything pumpkin. It’s hard to ignore the fact that as soon as September arrives — pumpkin is in. This fashionable orange gourd has many by-products, including the popular pumpkin spice. The traditional pumpkin spice mix, often added to the Thanksgiving favourite, pumpkin pie, is similar to a mixed spice blend using common flavours in the fall.
This blend includes nutmeg, cinnamon, ginger, all spice, and cloves. Yes, you read that right, pumpkin spice doesn’t actually contain pumpkin, which is the most ironic part. Popular brands like Starbucks are celebrating over 10 years of the famous Pumpkin Spice Latte (or PSL) and it was only in 2015 that it was announced the drinks would actually contain real pumpkin puree instead of a mixture of artificial ingredients and colours.
There is no denying the pumpkin spice obsession. Almost every café has caught on to the fall trend of pumpkin scented or flavoured products. But, where do you draw the line? Here are some of the weirdest, unusual, and not so usual pumpkin/ pumpkin spice products you can find.
Pumpkin Spice Pizza
A New Jersey pizza joint, Villa Italian Kitchen, added something new this fall, with the pumpkin spice pizza. The pizza is your usual dough with savoury cheese— but forget the pepperoni; this one is topped with spoonfuls of pumpkin pie filling. Once out of the oven, even more filling is added. This one is a pumpkin pie overload.
— 11Alive News (@11AliveNews) September 26, 2017
Pumpkin Spice Deodorant
I really wish I was joking with this one, but Native, an American company that manufactures all-natural deodorants for men and women, recently released their latest inspiration. This deodorant is a limited–edition pumpkin-spice-latte-scented product. The product description reads, “Inspired by the PSL, this deodorant makes the perfect holiday gift. Subtle notes of pumpkin, cinnamon, nutmeg and clove.”
I really can’t think of a better way to describe your love for PSL—by smelling like it.
Pumpkin Spice Soap/ Lotion/ Scrub
If the deodorant is not enough for you, there is a very real trend of people making homemade pumpkin spice soaps. There are lists of various recipes people have used to make this pumpkin spice scented product. The Farmers’ Market Soaps even offers this product made using organic avocado, blueberry butter, shea butter and added hints of pumpkin spice preserves. This one is less of a shock considering brands like Bath and Body Works, which literally offers every fall scent from marshmallow-roasted, spiced, and pumpkin-apple products.
Pumpkin Spice Rum
You can now get intoxicated on pumpkin spice! Once again, I am not making this one up. Captain Morgan Rums has added pumpkin spice to their traditional alcoholic beverage to “add some fall spice to your favourite cocktails.” Pumpkin spice alcohol is definitely a growing trend, as this rum joined the already existing pumpkin pie vodka from Pinnacale and the list of craft pumpkin beers available at the LCBO. This pumpkin spices rum is called Captain Morgan— Jack-O’Blast and is sold in an obvious pumpkin shaped bottle. Because pumpkin!
Captain Morgan’s Jack-O’Blast Spiced Rum is a limited time shot that delivers seasonal flavors of pumpkin spice mixed with spiced rum. pic.twitter.com/f7F8zE2zfw
— Waugh Chapel Liquor (@SpiritsVillage) September 18, 2017
Pumpkin Spice Pet Treats
Your pets can enjoy pumpkin spice just as much as you do. Greenies’ dental treats is just one small example of chewable dog treats in pumpkin spice flavour. There is also a long list online where people can find the recipes for these treats for their canine pet.
I think I’ve said the word pumpkin enough times for today. Let us know in the comments below some crazy pumpkin spice themed products you’ve come across.
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Bad Company Rock the Los Angeles County Fair – 9/22/2018
Review and Pictures: Joe Schaeffer
Bad Company took the stage at 8:00 pm sharp. Throughout their 75-minute set, Paul Rodgers’ vocals were as spot on as back in the day, while the chemistry among the Bad Co. bandmates was so strong, it made all the ensuing years melt away within minutes.
Joining Rodgers on stage were Simon Kirke on drums, Howard Leese on guitar and bassist Todd Ronning. And speaking of swagger, Kirke the other founding member in the current lineup, remains ideally suited to his role behind the kit, driving the beat with authority while also singing on occasion.
The band is without guitarist Mick Ralphs as he is on the mend from a stroke he suffered nearly two years ago. The band is once again touring as a four piece ensemble. Longtime guitarist Howard Leese handled all guitar duties flawlessly for tonight’s event. Leese, a Rock and Roll Hall of Famer in his own right with the band Heart is not only a solid guitarist but has played with both Bad Company and in Paul Rodgers solo band and is very familiar with the material.
From the launch of “Can’t Get Enough” through their set closer “Rock and Roll Fantasy“, it was clear the reinvigorated Bad Company meant business, and besides displaying the band’s classic rock backbone, the players also liberally applied their bluesy influences.
The hits were non-stop, “Live for the Music”, “Feel Like Makin’ Love” and “Gone, Gone, Gone” were next being performed. Leese even dropped a little piece of the “Barracuda” riff from his Heart days during “Gone, Gone, Gone”.
Rodgers moved to the baby grand for the 1976 album title track “Run with the Pack”. Moving back to front and center he gave a shout out to Ralphs, the composer of “Ready for Love”. It was closely followed by the mega hits “Movin’ On” and “Honey Child”.
During “Shooting Star”, Rodgers got the crowd really into the song by having them sing the chorus over and over, and they sounded great doing it.
By the encores of “Bad Company” and “Rock Steady“, the guys looked like they were ready to ramp up to the arena circuit again.
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Thank you for shopping with CQ Butchers & Catering Supplies. When you are finished browsing you can log out here.
CQ Butchers and Catering Supplies have been providing butcher supplies to the public in Mackay, Queensland for the past 12 years. We sell direct to the home butcher and the public from our shop in 2 Lawson Street, Mackay or online from this site.
Whether you are looking for butcher supplies for sausage making, or general equipment such as an electric mincer, meat saw, or butchers knives, we have the products you need.
From the meat mincer to start the process, to the sausage casings to capture your creations, and vacuum sealer bags to package your products, we supply everything you need to complete the job - right down to the vacuum sealer and vacuum sealer bags.
Add to all that experienced, reliable and honest staff to give you customer support and help you with any advice you need. You can even shop from home creating your own account (my account) making it easy to keep track of current and previous orders from the view my cart section.
Quite simply, we are a one-stop-shop for everything you need to make your own sausages, bacon, corned meat and biltong. If you are a sausage maker in particular, you’ll love our range.
There are very few companies that manufacture sausage making machines, and in order to select the most suitable machine for your work, it is important that you consider your requirements. Sausage making machines are available in a number of sizes and working capacities, and before you select any machine, consider these factors.
If you need anything for sausage making, come see us. From the sausage machine to the sausage skins we have every item for every step of the sausage-making process – except for the meat!
We can help you become a gourmet sausage maker with an extensive range of sausage meals, glazes, marinades and seasonings from all the well-known suppliers – Denco, Vadals, Flavour Makers and Heinmans. As well as the sausage casings to put your tasty creations in and vacuum sealers to keep them fresh!
We stock more butchers knives than you might expect – in fact over 95 different types of butchers knives from all the popular brands – Victorinox, Swibo, F Dick, Geisser and Dexter Russell.
All the necessary machinery for the home butcher – band saws, meat mincers, sausage fillers, and knife sharpening machines are available here. Whether it’s an electric mincer or a manual meat saw you are after, or a sausage machine and sausage skins, no matter what the product we can supply it for you.
Need a vacuum sealer and vacuum sealer bags to package your tasty creations? We’ve got what you need. We stock a wide range of all types of vacuum to keep your products fresh.
CQ Butchers and Catering Supplies maintains full stocks of all product lines to ensure speedy delivery of your valued order. If we haven’t got the butcher supplies you want, just ask and we’ll get it for you.
For the best in butcher supplies please contact us for an excellent supply of products, prompt delivery and everything you need delivered with friendly, personal service and fantastic customer support!
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Batman is a very popular hero and his popularity has led to plenty of action figures being cast to look like him. There are hundreds and hundreds of these collectibles and each one holds a special place in the minds and hearts of all Batman fans. After all, without these toys we would not be able to relive the wonders of Batman. Here is a look at some very nice Batman accessories.
This Batman toy that represents one of the first Batman toys to be ever made. It has graced homes across the world for many decades and was very popular till the advent of the DC Direct figures and good quality statues became available. This Batman figure is the only one of its kind to be modeled after Adam West. Even though the likeness is not all that strong, there are many that feel that it does resemble West. Megos are articulated well and even if we judge the figure by present day standards we won’t have much to complain about. The only trouble with the Mego Batman is that the figure is held together by some rather dainty rubber bands, which if they were to snap would cause the entire figure to collapse. However, this toy does have a lot of nostalgic value.
Green Lantern Batman
DC Direct makes the Green Lantern Batman statue toy. The aim of the company was to improve on the popularity of their toy line by adding a Batman figure. Even so, this figure does represent a rather unusual take on the well-known hero called Batman. The costume used on the figure has only once been shown in Green Lantern Number Nine. However, there is no denying the fact that when we see Batman using a Lantern ring the image will live long in the minds of every true Batman fan.
This particular Batman toy is a great work because the sculpting is very sleek and dynamic and it captures the look of Batman perfectly. The only trouble with using this toy is that it has a DC logo on the chest.
DC Superheroes Batman
This Batman toy has been produced by Mattel, which copied the toy business’s formula employed by Marvel Legends and came up with an excellently articulated figure that is sure to adorn the cabinets of collectors of action figures. The figure strikes an excellent balance between looks and articulation. In this, the DC Superheroes Batman is much better than earlier figures. The new and dark paint scheme seems to suit the figure very well. The nice thing about this particular Batman toy is that unlike others, especially the newer Batman figures, this one is sold with a nice assortment of accessories. The only thing that is not nicely done is the head sculpting which is a bit too ugly. However, Mattel has otherwise done a good job with this particular Batman toy.
No matter what kind of Batman toy you are looking for, there are plenty of toys for you to choose from. From Batman figures to Batmobile to Bat Cave, there are a whole lot of toys that you should add to your collection.
For more info about Batman and video games visit wecollectgames.com.
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Italian Weddings are a Big Deal :)
Growing up in a predominantly Italian immigrant community in Toronto, Canada let me tell you, weddings are a big deal. With Italian-Canadian relatives in the Montreal Quebec area too, travelling to another province for a wedding was an important family obligation - again, we take our weddings seriously! Keepsake favours
are not only traditional giveaways for reception guests, they're an integral part of the whole affair. Now, some would say Italian wedding bomboniere are over the top and overdone, but it's the sense of giving something meaningful that said "thank-you" for often very generous wedding gifts brides and grooms receive in the Italian culture. Whether wedding bomboniere in our parts or "bonbonniere" for my Quebecois friends and family, I have some great ideas for substantial bombonieres that don't have to cost a fortune. My Italian culture might have something to do with me making a career out of wedding bomboniere. My creativity is unlocked as favour ideas are endless, from practical wedding party favours to keepsake gifts that are just oh-so cute. I remember growing up, my parents used to come home with all kinds of things - from teapots to wonderful porcelain figurines. Most all these bomboniere went on display - often along the top of the kitchen cupboard uppers (ring a bell, anyone?). I'll be honest, the funnest part for me for a while was eating the sugar coated almonds that often accompanied the bomboniere - the confetti!
Hand Picking Wedding Bomboniere Favourites
When I launched my wedding favour business many years ago, I loved the fact I'd be dealing with brides excited about their upcoming wedding, and that I had a hand in creating their fairy tale wedding experience. Always very selective about the favours we'd stock, I always asked - is this "good enough" - would my Italian relatives approve and is it worthy of the kitchen cupboards? Fast forward a few years and I've learned that there are all kinds of tastes when it comes to wedding bomboniere - some guests adore practical favours while others love something they can put on display. The bomboniere I love most do both. These days, relatives often ask about the latest bomboniere designs and styles, and what brides are asking for the most - after all, we talk to thousands of brides each and every year! I love giving favor suggestions. For those that will ask, as I've been many times, "What bomboniere did you have at your wedding?" A set of four shot glasses - great wedding bomboniere still today if you ask me (and many brides do). They're one of those practical bomboniere that you can actually use among friends, and when not in use proudly displayed in your bar or glass kitchen cabinet (ok, so you won't see them on top).
UPDATED: Designing My Own Line of Bomboniere!
Today, though, I seek out more and more favours that are European inspired sure to please my Italian and other European friends who share very similar favour giving traditions. With items like hand painted olive oil bottles, customized espresso coffee cup sets, and even display-grade espresso makers, we're finding that the world has embraced "bombonieres" as the Italians invented - or so at least I thought as a little girl! A particular line has become my favourite - my line! Yes, bomboniere by Artisano Designs
- sister company to this one - are largely my work - from concept to production to our website here and shops across Canada and North America. Nobody said this was a hobby ;) Whether you're looking for Italian wedding bomboniere for your wedding in Toronto or New York; or giving wedding bonbonniere a la my Montreal
, Quebec cousins - make sure to do your famiglia proud and give party favours that are worthy of the kitchen cabinets! About the Author: Mary Maesano is a wedding favour industry veteran expert. Mary is the Founder and President of Greater Toronto Area based online wedding favour retailer In Casa Gifts and founder of Artisano Designs giftware. Original Article from CanadaWeds.ca - Updated by In Casa Gifts - used with permission.
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Grand - Google Coding Club - Hablamos español
- Date: 01/17/2018 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
- Location: South San Francisco Grand Library
306 Walnut Avenue
South San Francisco, California 94080
- Introduction: Technology
Learn computer programming with Google Code Corps. We will explore different themes including sports, fashion, art, social media, and music. While learning computer science in a fun and social environment.
Google Code Corps is a collaborative partnership between Americorps VISTA, Google, and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America. Our goal is to enable children to be successful through a computer science education.
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Whistle for Willie
By Ezra Jack Keats
Since it was first published in 1964, Whistle for Willie has delighted millions of young readers with its nearly wordless text and its striking collage artwork depicting the story of Peter, who longs to whistle for his dog.
Published by Puffin Books
0.12" x 7.32" x 8.86" / 0.23 lbs
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Interesting fiber Art.
A site chronicling Barbara Hillery Van Elsen’s adventures with fiber: freeform artwork and art to wear, teaching and love of fiber in general.
Eye of the Storm was exhibited as part of the Generations 5 exhibit at the A.I.R. Gallery in NYC from March 9 to April 1, 2006. It is now in a private collection.
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I seriously cannot believe it’s been almost a year since I’ve posted a life lately update, better known as a ‘let’s get caught up’ post. This may be a sign of age, but I feel like time is in hyper speed. It’s absolutely crazy to be that we’re almost halfway through October. If you’ve been around here for awhile, you know that it’s been a pretty epic year. If you’re new- welcome and thanks for joining me!
The point of this post is to fill you in on some more personal details of what’s happening in my life and some things I’m loving lately. I hope you’ll enjoy!
Some things I’ve been up to lately:
Officially getting into the swing of married life, name change included. Many people have asked, “how’s married life?” My answer is that it’s the same… but different. :) Brian and I have lived together for almost four years now but it definitely feels like a new + exciting next chapter! On another note, we are patiently and anxiously waiting for our Martha Stewart Weddings feature!
I’ve been traveling A LOT. It seems that things are really busy for me September through November, which I’m SO grateful for. In the past month, I’ve been to Sonoma County, Florida, Sodus Bay, NYC, Chicago, NYC again and this week I’m headed to Miami then San Francisco. It’s definitely exhausting and it makes me appreciate my low-key at home time even more.
Celebrated one of my best friend’s weddings. She got engaged before me and married three months after me so it was fun to be able to go through all of it together!
I’ve been growing my business. I am really guilty of having tunnel vision and constantly focusing on the next thing without stopping and appreciating the progress I’ve made. This year has been filled with growth and growing pains but I definitely feel more secure in my path and where I’m headed. I don’t really believe in “5 year plans” but I believe in setting goals and crushing them. I’ve strengthened my relationship with social media manager, Julian and I’ve recently signed with Estate Five to help with social media related jobs.
Some things I’m loving lately:
A good bra! If you’ve been following me for awhile, you know that I’ve been loving all things Elomi lately. Elomi designs beautiful lingerie and swimwear for the curvier figure and is all about making you look and feel fabulous. Elomi is a size inclusive brand that offers a wide range of choices ranging from a 32-48 band and up to a (UK) K cup. A proper fitting bra is SO essential and it’s something we often neglect for ourselves. If you ever need any suggestions or sizing questions, feel free to DM or email me anytime. Here are a few I’ve been wearing on repeat lately:
Rent The Runway Unlimited: I’ve had a crazy schedule with all different climates and dress codes. I’ve been loving being able to try new items that I’d NEVER buy or be able to afford. I’ve rented dresses, sweaters, jackets and purses so far- I can’t get enough! Use “CARALYNPERK40” for 40% off your first month. Here a few of my recent rentals:
All things fall!! The weather in Buffalo is just starting to turn, I’ve definitely been getting in the spirit. I’ve put pumpkins, mums and a cornstalk out front of my house- which makes me happy! I’ve been searching for some new soup recipes but Skinnytaste recipes never fail me. If you have any healthy-ish ones, I’d love to hear!
Madewell: I may be a little late to this party but DAMN, I LOVE THIS STORE! Like, take all my money, I love this store! When I was in Chicago recently, my mom and I had the best time shopping and trying on all of the things. Their sizing is incredibly generous, making it size inclusive and their quality is fantastic. They’re having 20% off of 100 of 30% off of $200 ending today so if you’re thinking about trying, do it! Here are some of my recent purchases that you will be seeing on repeat:
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Gertrude Mtsweni COSATU Gender Co-ordinator
COSATU has congratulated the South African Government on taking a bold step and providing progressive leadership on a topic which was previously considered ‘hands off’ in the United Nations.
The UN Human rights Council has passed the first ever resolution, sponsored by South Africa, and supported by Brazil, that affirms the universality of human rights and notes with concern acts of violence and discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. It aims to “open the long closed doors of dialogue”, and states that “Everyone is entitled to all rights and freedom without distinction of any kind”.
This resolution represents a historic opportunity to highlight the human rights abuses and violations that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people around the world face, including rape and killing based on their identity and relationships. We hope that this resolution will open up a broader global discussion on how to best promote and protect the human rights of LGBTI people. Everyone has a right to be protected by law; no one should be excluded simply because of sexual orientation and identity.
The resolution requests the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights to commission a study to document discriminatory laws and practices and acts of violence against individuals based on their sexual orientation and gender identity and how international human rights law can be used to end violence and related human rights violations based sexual orientation and gender identity.
Based on the outcomes of the study, the High Commissioner is to convene a panel discussion during the 19th Session of Human Rights Council, and to have constructive, informed and transparent dialogue on the issues of discriminatory laws.
COSATU congratulates the SA government for their firm and bold leadership in such a complex and multilateral space, this is quite a great move and very victory for the workers, community who have been subjected to human rights violation based on their status and who have been subjected to family and social exclusion, and excluded from the labour market even though the laws and the constitution are against discrimination.
First published in Cosatu Today 22 June 2011
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Workout regimens – When people go to the gymnasium and carry out different manoeuvres with the weights, they have to perform it in the proper method. Sometimes a wrong move will be harmful to the physical body in type of sprains, muscle pulls, and occasionally bad for the extent of muscle or ligament tear. Injuries of muscle, bone and spine have emerged in people, who workout in the gymnasium. When the different steps are carried out without the knowledge to do it in the right method, they will property up harming their body.Computerized systems used in clinical investigations, imaging workstations and software are required to end up being validated before data is definitely collected in support of regulatory submission. During her demonstration, she presented two case research that described methods to computer system validation. Understanding the ongoing work procedure simulated by testing is key to the overall performance qualification portion of computer software validation.
Affimed Therapeutics files Form F-1 registration statement intended for public offering of common stock Affimed Therapeutics today announced that it provides filed a registration statement in Type F-1 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission relating to a proposed initial general public providing of its common shares.
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From ever-present smartphones to increasingly sophisticated gaming consoles to on-the-go electronic devices, today’s families rely more heavily on technology than ever before. Where families once functioned with essentially a desktop computer and a gaming console, they now view technology as integral to their daily lives and have incorporated a succession of computers, tablets, mobile devices, apps, games, and social media platforms that allow them to work and play in ways never imagined.
On the heels of the 2012 Consumer Electronics Show and through trendspotting in the Mom space, here’s our list of the Top 5 Trends for Today’s Digital Families, along with some examples of hot new products:
As families become fully immersed in today’s digital times, they’ve realized they can’t afford to let their ever-present devices – phones, laptops, tablets, GPS, digital cameras, and more – run out of power, either at home or on the go. From creating batteries and power packs as slim as possible to getting more efficient power at home to charging multiple devices while on the road, maintaining “Power-on-the-Run” emerged as a key focus for innovators and consumers alike.
Break-Through Product Protection
With families investing financial resources in buying, maintaining, and updating electronic devices, significant interest surrounds making sure these innovations stay protected – whether from the elements, overall use, or worse. This year’s CES featured a whole host of products that protect our digital tools from the inside to the outside.
Amplify with Accessories
As much as families enjoy their electronic gadgets, they can always be made better with the addition of accessories or apps that heighten and enhance their effectiveness. From an app that turns our iPhones into a postcard delivery system to a lens that clips onto a Smartphone, these accessories serve to make electronic devices all the more indispensible.
Smart Home Evolution
New innovations continue to emerge that bring families one step closer to the ultimate wired smart home. From high-tech locking devices to enhanced in-home phone systems, homes continue to evolve for the better.
For most families, the television set remains a centerpiece of relaxation and downtime, and parents and kids alike have marveled at its evolution. Despite competition from an assortment of electronic gadgets, televisions continue to advance with a never-ending stream of innovations, devices, and gaming options that keep viewers on the edge of their seats.
Disclosure: We received samples of several products included in this post, including the Skype GE 31591, Slingbox Pro-HD, Ollo Clip, 3M Privacy Screen Protector, Highway Pro, Powerbag, Postcard on the Run, LoJack for Laptops, and ZAGG Sparq 2.0.
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History of the Theory of Evolution
Evolution implies a change in one or more characteristics in a population of organisms over a period of time. The concept of evolution is as ancient as Greek writings, where philosophers speculated that all living things are related to one another, although remotely. The Greek philosopher Aristotle perceived a “ladder of life,” where simple organisms gradually change to more elaborate forms. Opponents of this concept were led by several theologians who pointed to the biblical account of creation as set forth in the Book of Genesis. One prelate, James Ussher, calculated that creation had taken place on October 26, 4004 B.C., at 9 a.m.
Opponents of the creationist argument were encouraged by geologists who postulated that Earth is far older than 4,004 years. In 1785, James Hutton postulated that Earth was formed by an ancient progression of natural events, including erosion, disruption, and uplift. In the early 1800s, Georges Cuvier suggested that Earth was 6,000 years old, based on his calculations. In 1830, Charles Lyell published evidence pushing the age of Earth back several million years.
Amid the controversy over geology and Earth’s age, French zoologist Jean-Baptiste Lamarck suggested a theory for evolution based on the development of new traits in response to a changing environment. For example, the neck of the giraffe stretched as it reached for food. Lamarck’s theory of “use and disuse” gained favor, and his concept of “acquired characteristics” was accepted until the time of Charles Darwin, many years later.
Charles Darwin was the son of an English physician. As a naturalist on the ship H.M.S. Beagle, Darwin traveled to remote regions of South America and other destinations. His observations on this trip led him to develop his own theory of evolution. Darwin was particularly interested in the finches and tortoises of the Galapagos Islands. He pondered how different species of animals could have developed on this remote set of islands 200 miles west of Ecuador.
Darwin returned to England from South America in 1838 and continued to ponder the theory of evolution. He was influenced by Thomas Malthus’s Essay on the Principle of Population. In his book, Malthus pointed out the human population’s continual struggle for survival and that a population’s natural tendency is to produce more offspring than can possibly survive. Darwin applied this principle to animals and plants, and his theory of evolution began to develop.
In 1858, another English naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace, developed a concept of evolution similar to Darwin’s. Wallace wrote a paper on the subject and corresponded with Darwin. The two men decided to simultaneously present papers on evolution to London’s scientific community in 1858. The next year, 1859, Darwin published his famous book, On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. The book has become known simply as The Origin of Species.
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August of 2011, God began to speak to me about encouragement. He began to pour into my spirit about the need for encouragement, especially among women. All of sudden there it was–Encouragement Party! He had given me a fresh, new idea to spread encouragement. I grabbed a pen and paper and my brain was going so fast that my hand could barely keep up! Some of you may remember me writing about the Encouragement Party. If not, please check it out here.
God had given me an outline for the purpose of the Encouragement Party (which you can also view by clicking the link above) and I threw an Encouragement Party for my church ladies on September 8th of last year. We had a wonderful time! As I spent the week getting things together, I came across an advertisement in the mail that let me know the National Day of Encouragement was coming up on September 12th. Something I didn’t even know existed. Don’t you love how God works?
You may be wondering how we were able incorporate encouragement into our festive night of fellowship and food. Here are just a few examples:
*Each lady got to take home a paper with their name written at the top. Underneath their name, every other person there had written something positive and uplifting about that particular lady.
*Each lady was given a piece of Dove chocolate. Why? #1, it’s chocolate! #2, every Dove chocolate wrapper has a fun, cute saying. My favorite is “You look good in red!” I decided to hang that one on the fridge for a while. Who doesn’t love a compliment?!
*We had door prizes to give away and guess what–we ended up with just enough door prizes for each lady that was there to get one. God is always prepared.
*Each lady wrote their name/address/phone number/email on an index card and we put them in a stack. They then took turns drawing an index card out of the stack. They were asked to send a card to the woman whose name was on the index card they drew, or maybe give her a quick call just to see how her day is going, sometime in that coming week.
I know these seem to be simple things, but when it comes to encouragement, simple is BIG. Nothing is too small for encouragement!
This was when I became so crazy about encouragement and becoming an encourager. Our Week of Encouragement (we celebrated from September 10-14 this year, if you missed it, please go back through our blogs!) came to me this year to help celebrate the National Day of Encouragement. I hope and pray that it wasn’t for just me, and that you all enjoyed/needed it, too.
Something else I added this year was a name/number/email/address exchange with all the ladies in my Sunday School class. I sent a card to the woman whose name I got. The woman who got my name called me one afternoon and we had a long chat that was such a blessing to me and really put some light into my day. We all enjoyed it so much that we decided we would exchange again several times and not celebrate only once a year.
If you celebrated, or are still celebrating (like we all should be!), please feel free to let us know how. We’d love to know what encouraging ideas you have so please, please, please share!
Just because Encouragement Week is over on Sticky Hands doesn’t mean encouragement is over for good. Encouragement is a necessary tool, as a giver and receiver, to get through life. I’m definitely going to continue on in this uplifting movement, and I hope you plan to do the same.
Think of something special (big or small) that someone has done for you in your life. Remember how amazing it made you feel to know that someone cared? That’s why this is so important. I know how great it feels when someone shares encouragement with me, and that’s why I have been so adamant about sharing it with all of you.
I pray you have enjoyed this week as much as I have. Stay tuned— I’ll be writing a follow-up blog to let you know how I celebrated this week with my family. I can’t wait to hear about the many different ways you have all celebrated, so please be sure to share with us!
To all of you that participated this week, no matter how much or how little, from the bottom of my heart I thank you!
“And let us consider one another in order to stir up love and good works, not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as is the manner of some, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as you see the day approaching.”
I have a small gift for you today— two printables! One printable I created for you so you can have a few encouraging scriptures on hand. Use these scriptures, but don’t stop there! God’s word is absolutely full of encouragement for us and He meant for us to USE it. We need to dig deep into His word for ourselves and for those around us.
The second printable I created simply to use as a reminder. A reminder of what encouragement is, a reminder that God wants to use us to uplift others, and a reminder that He has sent people into our lives to uplift us. We can’t forget the little blessings!
I know it isn’t much, but I hope you can use these once in a while to make a difference. Have a happy and joyful day!
Don’t forget to enter for a chance to win Conversation Starters for Girlfriends by DaySpring!
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Today is the actual day for the National Day of Encouragement. Today is the day that inspired me to make it a week long celebration! How was it founded? Wikipedia says,
“The National Day of Encouragement in the United States was announced in 2007 and occurs each year on September 12.The Encouragement Foundation at Harding University in Searcy, Arkansas launched an effort to get Americans to participate in this Day of Encouragement. The first proclamation for the Day of Encouragement was made by Mayor Belinda LaForce of Searcy, Arkansas on August 22, 2007. In September Mike Beebe, the Governor of Arkansas, signed a proclamation making September 12, 2007 the “State Day of Encouragement” for Arkansas. Later, President George W. Bush also signed a message making September 12 the official “National Day of Encouragement.””
Whatever the founding details, I sure am glad we have this day to celebrate! And in case you haven’t figured it out yet, I’m doing my very best to spread the word about the National Day of Encouragement. I know each and everyone of you are helping me and I honestly appreciate that. And to show my appreciation for your help and support (and encouragement!), we’re having a giveaway!!!
One of you will win your very own Conversation Starters For Girlfriends from DaySpring. It comes with 31 adorable Question & Verse Cards to help start faith conversations with your girlfriends. These are great for hanging out with the girls, your Bible study group, Sunday school class, or women’s meetings.
Make sure you all enter for chance to win below! And thanks so much for being a part of our Encouragement Week! 🙂
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If you couldn’t tell by my earlier posts, let me just put this out there….I’m a super big fan of snail mail! Any time I get a card or letter in the mail, my entire day gets ten times better and my smile becomes about a foot wide. I don’t assume that I am the only one with a snail mail obsession, so from time to time, I try to be sure I send a card or letter to others. I love, love, love buying cards to keep on hand. I have tons on standby, just waiting for me to get hit with the urge to send.
In keeping with the celebration of Encouragement Week, I have decided to bring the cards out and start sending…….to you! If you love snail mail and uplifting moments as much as I do, send an email with your name and address to email@example.com along with the words “Seeking Encouragement” in the subject line. If I receive an email from you, then get ready– your snail mail is on the way! It may be the same week or it may be the next month, but if you aren’t watching and waiting, it just might pop up and surprise you!
I’m looking forward to hearing from you and I’m really looking forward to using my cards! Have a blessed and encouraged week!
Today is the kickoff to our Week of Encouragement. The world we’re living in is a place full of hate and discouragement. That being said, a little word or gesture of encouragement goes a long way. We all love to be encouraged, and we all need to be encouraged. There’s no better way to start a move of encouragement when you need encouragement than by becoming an encourager yourself.
What does it mean to encourage? By definition, encourage is a verb, meaning to inspire with courage, spirit, confidence or hope. A verb implies action, therefore, you cannot be an encourager without DOING. I hope all of our readers will become involved and active with us as we celebrate this week.
Chances are, you already have someone in mind that you feel could use an extra dose of encouragement. Maybe even more than one someone. You now know what it means to encourage and since you have that down, let me add some simple tips on how you can be an encourager this week (and in the future):
For more ideas, you can also check out a previous blog of mine entitled Uplift Someone.
Once you’ve read this blog, you won’t have any excuses when it comes to uplifting others. Use this How-To and have a fun-filled week encouraging the people in your life. Do you have any ideas to add to our list? Be sure and share them with us on the comment section below. I’d love to hear about how you became an encourager or how someone else encouraged you!
A friend loves at all times… Proverbs 17:17 NKJV
This calling is a rather obvious one… but I would like to still touch on the topic of friendship.
What does it mean to be a true friend? Is it just a social thing? Obviously, it is not. If it were, we would not become so emotional when a friend is lost. Does it mean to be dependable? How about caring? Being a good listener? Offering advice when requested? Understanding and compassionate? I think all of those things and so much more are what make a good friend.
How many times have you been having a bad day, but a good friend called and you instantly cheered right up? I know for me, personally, I have just a few friends that I can vent to. Isn’t it nice to have someone who you can rant to and know that they won’t think differently of you for it? How about knowing you have someone praying for you when you need it? Or a friend who will be honest when your hair color washes you out and you’re jeans make you look great? And of course, it’s great to know you can turn to someone, pour your heart out, and know that anything you tell them won’t be passed on to someone else.
We should always strive to be a good friend, not a mediocre one. We can’t be perfect, but we should try to not be flaky, negative, or distant. Reliable, uplifting, close, and available as much as possible.
What are some ways you can minister to a friend though?
Remember, you can’t choose your family… You CAN choose your friends… CHOOSE WISELY!!! Never let anyone walk all over you in the name of “friendship.” Show God’s love, yes. Be a door mat, no.
And now, in honor of Karen and her love for nostalgic television, I leave you with this… Get the cheesecake!
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In Disney movies, there are always magical birds who befriend the princess, sing along with her, cheer her up and help her get prince charming. As a kid, I wanted to be a Disney princess, complete with my own set of magical birds to wake me every morning.
And now, I do have my own birds, but they are SO not the Disney fairy tale. In fact, they are driving me f*cking crazy.
The ledge outside my bedroom window is a popular gathering place for birds in summer. Why? I have no idea. At first I thought it was kind of charming, having birds greet me when I wake up, but then those little bastards starting singing at 5 a.m. even on weekends and, well they DON’T STOP.
While I lay in bed, trying to squeeze out the last few minutes of peace before my day starts, those little shits are outside my window, cat calling to each other, or whatever they’re doing in bird language.
I won’t lie, I can get a little…testy…when I’m woken from a nice slumber, so while birds sing to me early in the morning, I cover my face in my pillow and scream back, “PLEASE FOR THE SWEET LOVE OF GOD SHUT UP!”
They don’t understand me. It’s almost as if they do it now to purposefully irritate the sh*t out of me.
The other morning, I was woken up early by one in particular that was chirping just outside my screen and I got up and hit the glass, sending him away in fear. Gosh if that works, imagine what will happen when the BB gun or air rifle come out :)
I’ll trade the birds for Prince Charming, or the above mentioned gun. Really, I’m not picky, the cosmos can pick for me.
I know it goes with “apartment living” but is it really necessary for birds/car alarms/neighbors to do this to us? What sounds or noises wake you up or keep you up late at night?
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Catbert is standing on the boss's desk. Catbert says, "I fired everyone who used the internet for personal stuff." Catbert continues, "The only wrinkle in that policy is that you and I are the only employees left." Catbert says, "And frankly, I use the web for personal stuff too." The boss says, "Can you teach me how?"
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Just finished up the carcass of this project. I will be making this completely out of Atlantic Birch plywood and edge-banding anyone the exposed surfaces. This is destined for a walk-in closet and more of a contemporary look but having difficulty figuring out if I should paint or stain it! It is designed to maximize a full sheet of 48×96 plywood. Now its time to make it pretty!!
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BY ROGER CLEAVELAND REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
This season marks the second time in the history of the women's tournament and the first time since 1989 that all four No. 1 seeds have advanced to the Final Four. While some may perceive that as a negative commentary on the lack of parity in the women's game, don't count UConn coach Geno Auriemma or Notre Dame coach Muffet McGraw among them.
McGraw was more impressed with how all four teams stood up to the pressure of being targeted from the beginning of the season as the four finalists for the national championship.
"I think my team did such a great job of managing expectations all year long," McGraw said. "I think when you go into the season and people are talking about you're going to be a Final Four team, that is a big target on your back and one we hadn't faced before.
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[6 November 2013]
There’s a certain method to a Stephen King story that has been notoriously difficult to capture onscreen, either due to the limited length of a motion picture in comparison to a novel, or the fact that King’s characters and their most important mannerisms are developed silently in the pensively introspective moments when each character remembers his or her own experiences.
King has a penchant for jumping around in time and slowly revealing pieces of his stories until the full tapestry comes into view. These silent moments translate to the screen in either obvious and melodramatic ways or not at all. The action generally works, but the thoughtful character evolution is replaced by expository dialogue and a closeup on a character’s face for a quick wink, nod, or emotional reveal that can feel forced, even if it matches the source material exactly. Otherwise, the story elements are either deleted out of necessity or left as a mystery.
There’s no shortage of mystery in the first season of CBS’ Under The Dome, but the question is whether these mysteries are truly answered or resolved during the run of the 13-episode first season. Many of these shifting mysteries, from the overarching (no pun intended) question of what the title dome is and why it appeared over the small town of Chester’s Mill, to the episodic and small story-arc questions necessarily must remain unresolved to keep the show going beyond the one-week timeline of the novel the series was based on. With the series’ renewal for a second season already announced, fans may get the answers they deserve and with such divergences from the original novel, many of these resolutions can’t be found in the source material or its Wikipedia page.
As the first season debuts on Blu-ray without the cliffhangers before commercial breaks, some of the suspense is lost in this saga, but the high definition image looks better than ever. The premise concerns an invisible, impenetrable and inexplicable dome slams into Earth and encapsulates a small town and imprisons everyone inside. The government is baffled, the citizens are frightened and the resources inside are dwindling. The beauty of the image and sound make the premise of the saga all the more tangible and enthralling. While the dome itself is invisible, a light glare or reflection looks incredible on this disc. As the dome is sprayed with water or covered by monarch butterflies, the picture looks like something out of a dream.
The society of Chester’s Mill and the lack thereof is the cornerstone to the drama we find here. The lone remaining city councilman, a smooth used car salesman named Big Jim Rennie (Breaking Bad‘s Dean Norris) takes charge of the city government while the police department finds its numbers falling fast, either due to isolation or death and the small, local radio station becomes the sole disseminator of news and announcements (even cell phone reception is interrupted). This paves the way for former army veteran Dale “Barbie” Barbara (Mike Vogel) to become a hero for the city and a pillar of the community in spite of the fact that his past is as mysterious as the reason why he’s in the town in the first place.
The examination of this microcosm of humanity trapped together and fighting to survive when the every staple of society (from citizenship to law and order) becomes questionable takes center stage, much more than the science fiction element of the reason for this isolation. With no one able to enter or leave the dome, does money, power or citizenship matter anymore? The directors and producers (the latter including Stephen Spielberg and King himself) do an excellent job of postulating and hypothesizing what might happen in a situation this bizarre.
However, when the story gets too deep into itself a certain episodic predictability lessens the mystery, especially in the second half of the season. While Under the Dome never stops being engrossing and watchable, a certain melodrama kicks into high gear in later episodes, especially when the writers attempt to link the dramatic and tense moments with the science fictional and the mysterious. The two sides of the dome do not always balance well and for all the strangeness of the premise, there are several textbook television moments that the audience would be hard pressed to not see coming.
That said, there’s a lot more to this show than weirdness and surface tensions. In general the drama is remarkably well done, with tense suspense and a believable look at realistic people in an unbelievable and unreal situation. In short, Under the Dome is an addictive and exciting show that’s hard to quit. Like many of King’s better works, Under the Dome gets better with repeated experiences. Re-watching the first season reveals much more of the underlying and interlocking plot points and allows the show to rise above its occasional flaws.
When Under the Dome is good, it’s very good. When Under the Dome falls flat, it’s still good enough to stay tuned for the next installment and see where this saga is going. For a more artistic and challenging look at a similar premise, see the 2012 German-language film Die Wand (The Wall), in which an individual person is trapped inside her own microcosm behind a very Dome-like wall.
For an exciting and addictive TV show that is fun to watch each week, Under the Dome is worth getting trapped in. The Blu-ray package is packed with documentaries, interviews and deleted scenes, including a detailed comparison between the book and series to date and Stephen King’s own analysis of the show and its evolution.
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Q. I am involved in a long-term debate with a relative. I'm a late night/early morning dog walker (my favorite time is about 4:30 a.m.), and I almost never carry my wallet or ID. I've been told that if ever I encounter The Man on these walks and can't produce ID, it means a trip downtown - and I'm having trouble accepting that a person could be arrested solely on the premise that he can't produce identification. So, what's your opinion - ID mandatory?
- Jim Bennett, Huntington Beach
A.Jim, Honk's opinion doesn't matter. He didn't want to pay $193 to steam-clean carpets. Mrs. Honk did. The carpets and Honk's wallet are both now clean as a whistle.
The opinion of Officer Dan Johnson of Huntington Beach P.D. does matter, though.
"You are not required to carry an ID,'' he said.
Another reason walking remains the best mode of transportation.
Q.Is it illegal to walk on the freeway, whether your vehicle is broken down or not?
- Jerry Pollack, Buena Park
A.Generally, it is illegal to take a stroll or a bicycle ride on freeways. At most on-ramps, there is a sign saying this.
But the Bible of traffic law, the California Vehicle Code, is full of exceptions.
One, said Officer Gabe Montoya, a CHP officer and spokesman, is when leaving a stranded vehicle by walking along the right shoulder or median to the nearest exit in either direction. If you find yourself in the median, it is probably best to wait for help rather than risk crossing lanes.
Kudos of the week:At about noon Sunday, a purse-snatcher was getting away when a witness gave pursuit. Pete Mallozzi, an Orange County Transportation Authority bus driver, saw what was going on; he was along Tustin Avenue in Orange about to take over a bus route.
The suspect tripped. Pete and the other witness detained the suspect until Orange police arrived.
"They did a good job,'' said sheriff's Lt. Jim Rudy.
Fact of the week:Three hundred motorcycle cops will converge on Huntington State Beach on Oct. 7 for the 37th annual 2009 Motor Rodeo.
They will pay $10 each to compete by maneuvering through mazes of cones; there also will be a raffle for a 2009 Honda motorcycle and an auction.
The Orange County Traffic Officer's Association hopes to raise $5,000 to $10,000, which, combined with past fundraising, would allow the group to send $40,000 to the families of the four Oakland officers killed March 21, said Steve Spernak, the association's executive director. Nine children lost their dads.
The public can watch the motorcycle officers compete. For information: www.octoa.org and contact the group's president.
Contact the writer: Got a question? Contact Honk at email@example.com or 714-704-3740. See Honk online: www.ocregister.com/honk.
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2013-06-20T09:23:24Z
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“We’re going home, we’ll have our crowd, we got to do something with it.” –Mike Babcock
That quote comes to us via Khan(!). Mike Babcock had a few interesting things to say after Sunday’s loss. That first quote is my favorite – but I also found this one provocative:
“I don’t know about getting in your head. When they beat you, they beat you. I think our belief in ourselves and our plan, the execution we have, I don’t question that whatsoever.”
Interesting that he used the word “execution” in that quote. Especially after scoring all of two goals in 60+ minutes of hockey.
That play that got Zetterbeg his first goal of the play-offs. It looked easy, didn’t it? That was the perfect power play set up and execution. The opposition had four players – one was challenging the puck carrier, one was covering Holmstrom in front of the net, and two were covering the points. That is four players covering four players. Guess what? That leaves one of us open for a pass and a shot. Zetterberg snuck into the slot, got the puck, and shot it in the net. Simple. Not so simple when you’re playing against San Jose? No. Every team at every level can succeed with a play like that.
Teams can pass the puck around the perimeter all that they want – it’s what the penalty killers want. Detroit needs to get the puck inside of the Sharks four man box and shoot the puck quickly. That play worked once, it will work again if they execute it correctly. It’s the simple little things that Detroit has been doing wrong that have lead to their impotence in the goal scoring department.
And please, please, please Tomas Holmstrom – please stop just swatting the puck around the boards when it comes to you. Holmstrom can handle the puck, but lately – he looks like he has little confidence in himself and wants to get the puck away from him as quickly as possible. So if it comes to him on the boards, he’s swatting at it and causing a 50/50 puck…which Detroit has been losing a hell of a lot more than 50 percent of the time.
We need to start doing the little things right. If Mikey Mo and Kris Draper are going to do those things…then get them the hell into this lineup.
Execution is the word of today. And tomorrow.
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2017-11-18T04:23:45Z
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I first came across Judy Cassab when I was quite young, twenty two in fact. Oh dear, that seems a long time ago. A friend invited me to a showing by Channy (Chandler) Coventry held in his Sydney motel room. This included a Cassab. Channy had yet to leave the property outside Armidale to set up his gallery, but he was already addicted to art.
Judy Cassab was not a New England artist. However, in the exchange that followed my first reference to her, Judith Ross Smith pointed out that Judy Cassab had done a portrait of husband Paul Lamb,
I had forgotten that, and decided to search to try to find a copy of the painting, I could not. Instead, I found another New England writer, poet Edwin Wilson. Edwin came up because he went to Armidale Teachers' College and was taught by Paul.
I hadn't heard of Edwin. Now I have! He is a Northern Rivers' poet, one who has retained his links despite the need to move. Here I just want to record the links to two of his books. They are:
I am very much into New England writing at present. I am trying to show both the depth and the way our writers illustrate the different aspects of New England experience. If we don't tell other people about our writing, how do we expect them to realise the unique New England elements? How will we recognise this ourselves?
I will return to Edwin at a later point. Now, I just want to get the links down.
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2017-09-21T10:34:29Z
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Tonight, a friend of mine and I were walking in a McDonald's parking lot on a side of town that we usually don't explore. It was late and there was only one other car (a van) parked in the lot, but I didn't really think anything of it because nothing seemed suspicious. It's a Sunday night. Most people are getting ready for work tomorrow.
Anyway, we got out of my car and suddenly, this guy appeared from inside of the van and asked us if we had a second. Of course, I said yes because he seemed like he might have been having car trouble or something. It turned out, he was looking for money. He asked me for about fifty dollars and when I hesitated, he got really close to me and it really made me nervous. He seemed very desperate and the way he was walking/talking/moving suggested to me that something wasn't quite right. He may have had a weapon. I'm not sure. Anyway, I was glad to find that I had about fifty dollars to give him.
I would've given it to him anyway, even if I didn't feel threatened. As a matter of fact, I was reaching into my pocket to get my wallet when he got inside of my personal space. His wife got outside of the car, too, seemingly to thank me, but she was moving strangely as well. It seems that I might have avoided a fight tonight by simply giving the guy what he wanted. I just have this feeling, based on the way the two were acting, that had I told them 'no', they would've taken it by force.
I am broke now, and I probably will be for the rest of the month, but at least I'm not broken! I still have my head. I'm not hurt...and neither are they. Any kind of fight may have cost someone their life tonight. What if that guy had had a gun? What if he really did have a knife? The way he was moving suggested a weapon of some sort...as did his wife's movements. The way that he invaded my personal space suggested that he was desperate and perhaps willing to take drastic measures to get what he wanted. There was no need for that since I gave him what he wanted willingly.
The lesson here is that it's better to lose something that seems important to you than to lose your life. We have to die to ourselves in order to gain eternal life in heaven. This means that we must sacrifice what we think we need, here on Earth; we must change ourselves and leave behind who we were in order to become who we need to be.
It's much better to lose your life and gain heaven than it is to gain the entire world, but lose your soul. Likewise, losing fifty bucks means that I'm going to have some trouble paying for some essential things that I need this month, but I still have my life. I am not hurt. I am not dead.
Overall, a very obvious success.
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2017-09-23T21:58:02Z
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The Sean Bell Verdict and Beyond
May 01, 2008
from 12:00 PM to 02:00 PM
|Contact Name||Nate Moore|
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Most of you are fully aware of the verdict announced on Friday morning in Queens, closing one phase of the trial of those indicted in the tragic death of Sean Bell, a member of the Jamaica community. As at the time of the incident, the York College community continues to mourn this tragic loss and we remain keenly aware of the strong emotions being manifest within Jamaica, Queens and in other New York City neighborhoods, as well as within our college.
On a very local level, to assist with the healing process, York College will make counselors from the Division of Student Development available beginning on Monday, to meet individually with students, faculty and staff who would like to speak privately with a professional about their concerns.
Second, the dialogue initiated on campus shortly after the Bell incident, will continue this week with a screening of the film “365 Days of Marching: The Amadou Diallo Story,” by Veronica Keitt. The event is co-sponsored by the Social Work Club, other interested students, and the Behavioral Sciences Department. Faculty who are interested in participating in the event are asked to contact the Behavioral Sciences Department.
I ask that all members of the York College community be sensitive to the emotions that such discussions may evoke and further request that we approach our response thoughtfully and respectfully in the coming days and weeks.
I welcome your comments or ideas regarding any further steps the college may take to assure that students have the opportunity to process and express their thoughts about this tragedy in a way that will assist them both intellectually and emotionally.
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Major Problems Faced by Foreigners Of Malaysia Sdn Bhd Company
There are many new policies changes in recent few months from Malaysia various authorities and bankers which made many foreigners trapped after they registered their Malaysia Sdn Bhd company. The major problems faced by foreigners of Malaysia local company Sdn Bhd is as follows:
1. Foreign investors unable to open a company’s bank account.
2. Foreign investors unable to set DP10 working permit approved due to the newly set up company with a profile.
3. Foreign investors may not able to increase his/her company’s paid-up capital.
4. Foreign investors required at a minimum of RM1 million paid-up capital and the WRT license to approve the 100% foreign ownership applicable only to “unique” business concept where Malaysians cannot do.
5. Unable to renew various business license and/or work permit due to non-compliance of company records, tax and licensing requirements.
Registration of Local Resident Sdn Bhd Company- Facts you should know!
Company secretary or local friends may agree to provide the service of local nominee directors and shareholders, as such you may be able to get:
1. Company bank account opened. This arrangement will require the nominee to be one of the signatories controlling the bank account. There is still a risk of DP10 work permit application which may or may not approve by the Immigration Department. The approval is very subjective, the company is new, no profile to justify.
2. Lower paid-up capital of only RM350,000 instead of RM 1 million and waived of WRT license.
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Under the CCM (Companies Commission Malaysia) Company Act 2016, all directors are required to sign company documents and resolutions. A company status is deemed a “local resident” company where minimum 50% shares of the Company is owned by local Malaysians.
But you may face real risk is at any one time in near future, where the nominees may not turn up for any company meetings, signing company resolutions, financial reports, etc for company compliance or the nominees’ names may be possibly blacklisted in the central bank system if they do not take care of their personal finance.
Any of these happen will jeopardize your day to day company operations, not compliance with relevant authorities on licensing, etc and also the onward renewal of your working visa with the Immigration Department.
Also, the expansion can be limited. As a start when the company is new, the investment is small, it is pretty alright. However, when the capital or sales size ballooned up to a few million, you may have sleepless nights thinking of how to safeguard your interest in the company all the time! For those who have assigned nominee as the cheque signatories, the issues are even more serious if the nominees refuse to further co-operate to sign cheques and assist in the banking!
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CASE EXAMPLE NO. 1- Rejection by the Immigration Department
A typical case scenario which happened all the time to foreign investors who opt for a local nominee with the “right” as bank signatory.
Mr. John, UK nationality, came to Malaysia with a tourist visa to explore business set-up in Malaysia during his business trip. After much consideration, he set-up Malaysia Sdn Bhd with the help from local “agent” for local nominee directors and shareholders owning 51% shares with the paid-up capital as RM350,000 (a minimum requirement by Immigration Department) to eligible to apply for DP10 two(2) years’ work permit under the company.
Office tenancy and telephone lines are part of the requirement before any Company can lodge their work permit application in the Immigration Department. Approval is slim, due to the new company which has no profile and any transaction.
The approximate investment losses incurred by Mr. John will be as follows:
- Registration of Company Malaysian Sdn Bhd of Authorised Capital of RM500,000 – RM4,500
- Secretarial Fee for 4 months: RM400
- Nominee fee for Director and Shareholder: RM10,000
- Rental of Office with 3 deposits and advance 24 months rental @ RM1,200: RM32,400
- Telephone line deposit, installation and one month fee: RM1,000
- Strike off a company and secretary misc. charges (close the company) : RM2,000
Note: Most office rental lease for a commercial is 2 years’ period and you are legally bound with tenancy agreement with no exit clause during the tenancy period. This means you need to honor the 2 years rental or faced legal suit. He also needs to withdraw the RM350,000 paid up capital that he has injected into the company bank account and this will require the local nominee to sign the cheque or make the bank transfer out. To close down the company and all matters, Mr. John would need at least 6 to 9 months to complete the procedure.
CASE EXAMPLE NO. 2- Unable to Open Bank Account for Newly Set Up Company
Due to the recent 6 months, there are a lot of changes in the banking policies for an opening account which foreign directors, many foreign investors caught off guard!
Ms. Khyum, Vietnam, came to Malaysia on the tourist of 90 days to explore business set-up in Malaysia. He intends to set-up 100% foreign ownership to safeguard his investment of RM 5 million. The company intends to do importing and exporting goods from her country and sourced Malaysia goods to sell to Yemen.
She set-up Malaysia Sdn Bhd company with Authorised Capital of RM 1 million which is the requirement for 100% foreign ownership by the Ministry of Trade Consumerism for WRT license. With the WRT license approval, her company will be able to apply for her two(2) years’ work permit at the Immigration Department. However, she faced problem in opening the company bank account with the bankers in Malaysia where the bank account can be opened provided all directors have the valid work permit under the company.
Without the company bank account, she could not deposit the capital monies into the Company! Malaysia Ministry Trade Consumerism required minimum paid up capital of RM 1 million while the Immigration Department required RM500,000 paid up capital. No work permit, no bank account! No bank account no WRT license! No WRT license, no work permit!
CASE EXAMPLE NO. 3- Wrong Type of Visa
Mr. Shamsul, Bangladesh, an MM2H visa holder went ahead to register Company and realized it is not possible to open a bank account as bankers required valid work permit under the company he registered. Any other form of visa ie MM2H, student visa, guardian, a dependent and professional visa is not permitted to open the company bank account for the company they owned.
The company bank account will not be able to open for:
1. Student Visa
2. Guardian Visa
3. Professional Visa which is not issued by the Company
4. Spouse Dependent Visa which is not issued by the Company
5. MM2H Visa
6. Malaysian who are the bad ‘cheques’ offenders
7. Malaysian or foreigners whose name blacklisted in the Central Bank System
8. Malaysians who have declared “bankrupt”.
CASE EXAMPLE NO. 4 – WRT License Rejected
Without WRT license for a foreign-owned company, Malaysian Sdn Bhd company is not eligible to lodge their work permit application for a work permit with the Immigration Department. Mr. Lee, Singaporean started a franchise business with Malaysian famous “Kopitiam” which has been approved for a franchise and apply for WRT License. WRT required a minimum paid up capital of RM 1 million which he did the paid up but the approval of WRT License is rejected with the reason this franchise is not a “unique” business where Malaysian can do. Mr. Lee is stuck with his RM 1 million investment with signing the Franchise Agreement, renting a shop, etc!
CASE EXAMPLE NO. 5- Wrong Company Structure
Registration wrong company structure happened all the time to foreigners! Many foreign investors often confused the meaning of Authorised Capital and Paid-Up Capital. Authorized Capital is a limit of capital allowed to put into the company.
Eg. If you registered a company with Authorised capital of RM100,000, you can put in paid-up capital up to RM100,000. Anything more than that, you are required to change your Authorised Capital to a higher limit. To apply for a work permit, the Immigration Department’s guidelines required the following structure of paid-up capital:
Local Resident Company with Malaysian Joint-Venture – minimum RM350,000
Foreign-owned company – minimum RM500,000
Many foreigners are disappointed to find out that they are unable to apply for any working permit under their new company with such a low paid-up capital which is wrongly recommended by “agent”.
Authorized capital of the company is not “real” capital injected into the company and do not make the company qualified for the application of a working permit.
In order to increase the paid-up capital of a company, you will need to complete the following processes which will take about 5 to 7 days:
a) Do a change on the authorized capital to a higher limit
b) Deposit real “cash” into the company’s bank account as “Share Application Monies” as paid up capital
c) Request the company secretary to prepare the necessary documents (resolutions and lodgement forms)
d) All directors & shareholders must approve & sign all documents
e) After signing & payment of the fee, your company secretary will lodge the documents to CCM for registration
CASE EXAMPLE NO. 6 – Unable to Get Renewal of work permit
Mr. Hassan, a shareholder, and director currently on Malaysian Sdn Bhd company 2 years’ work permit went to Immigration to renew work permit for another 2 years and was rejected. This is due to annual turnover as reported in Audit Account is “too low” to justify the need for an expatriate for the Company. He is stuck with the past 2 years’ investments and time spent on setting up Malaysia Sdn Bhd company. This similar scenario goes to Mr. Tan, Singaporean trying to renew his WRT license and found that it cannot be approved!
Why Malaysia Sdn Bhd is difficult for foreigners to own? This is simply due to “protection of earning policy” as Malaysian Sdn Bhd company is targeting the local market. This is normal for any Government to protect their netizens for certain businesses or industries from foreign competitions.
It is advisable to find out more before you register any company in Malaysia to avoid any complications and lost in investment. Get advise from us to minimize your risk. We “simplify your investment” in Malaysia! Contact us at +630-2181 2882 or whatsup us at +6012 6089809 for an appointment today!
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2023-06-04T00:39:51Z
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If you have been reading the reviews for the new Verizon 4G LTE devices, you have probably heard that the devices perform amazingly (even though they lack a dual-core processor). This is because the HTC Thunderbolt and the LG Revolution (not the Droid Charge) carry Qualcomm’s new generation Snapdragon processor.
In the video below, Qualcomm wants to explain why their single-core processor, combined with Verizon’s 4G LTE network, would bring you a better experience when compared to “the competition” (Motorola Atrix 4G on AT&T’s HSPA+ network). In a few words, this is because Qualcomm works on both the network and the processor, ensuring that the components are optimized to work with each other.
We would like to know what you guys think about this demonstration. It may seem like the comparison may be a bit unfair, since they are testing data speed. It is a given that Verizon’s 4G LTE data speeds are about the fastest (for now), so Snapdragon has an advantage from the get go (even if the processors were equal, the data speeds on a Verizon device should be faster anyways).
What do you guys say? Is this a fair demonstration? Do you prefer the new generation Snapdragon over its dual-core competitors? Check out the video and let us know what you think.
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2017-01-20T19:00:41Z
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With the most recent update syncing between windows computers has had some real problems. First of all upon installations of the program amongst various brothers that have PC the speakers no longer showed talks. I had to copy the data from a Mac and install it into the windows folder for the talks to reappear. I can no longer assign speakers from other congregations to their congregation name. Hence in the schedule where the congregation name should appear it only shows (). The option to assign congregation is greyed out for everyone other than local speakers. Changes to meeting times do not sync amongst computers.
I’m not clear what I should press when conflicts appear. Keep local changes or whats in the cloud? How does that affect the database. Say I made changes and another brother made changes to the same field, how would either option affect the database when syncing?
With this update if I sync changes to a computer that were made in another computer the changes don’t show unless I shut down the program and restart it. Before they would automatically refresh when it was done syncing.
Unfortunately our coordinator will have to replace his computer because his is a 32 bit. He is no longer able to use the program on his computer. That’s an expense I don’t think he is able to take on right now.
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2020-06-05T15:39:56Z
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- 00:00 – Intro
- 00:30 – Moving and Transforming
- 02:05 – Big Nuts
- 02:39 – Remeshing
- 03:55 – Making Virtual Cast
- 05:20 – Boolean Modifier
- 05:19 – Splitting The Cast
- 06:39 – Real Life
In this video I’m going to share how I made a virtual mould in blender, of a peanut which I then 3D printed and used to cast a positive object.
I made this 3D model of a peanut by taking several photos and using a process called photogrammetry. That workflow was documented and is available in the previous video which I will link to it in the information card above.
To start with I import my STL file into blender and saved the document.
Once imported I then right click on the model and selected Set Origin and Geometry To Origin.
For this to work you want to make sure the 3D cursor is on X=0 Y=0 Z=0 which is a virtual coordinates, and will help with keeping this concentric later. If the cursor isn’t where you expect you may need to press Shit+S on the keyboard and select Cursor to World Origin before setting the geometry.
I then orientate the model so the top of the peanut is facing upwards and the seam intersects with the X Axis. If the Transform tool is not visible you can select the tiny arrow and pull that outwards. By clicking on the Axis letter the view re-positions and I can use the transform tools to make my adjustments.
I also change the scale. The longest dimension of the model peanut is nearly 83cm and I’m not sure that that is. But I’m going to change that to 145mm which is roughly what size object I’d like to 3D print. I then copy the scale factor over to the different axes.
Once I was happy which took an entire bottle of wine, I pressed Ctrl+A while the peanut was selected, and clicked on All Transformations to Delta. That sets the current rotation and location to zero, and scale to back to one. This will also save me having to do any maths if I have to fine adjust anything later as well notice if anything moves out of alignment by accident.
Now for some reason the dimensions of the peanut are much bigger than what they were in real life – and if I exported 3D model from the photogrammetry software Agisoft, directly into the Prusa-Slicer I got this error and it was roughly half the size that it should have been. If I then rescaled and exported an STL from prusa-slicer into Blender the peanut was 40 meters long – it was a giant peanut. This side of things confuses me a little so I’m just going to work with what I can see on screen.
My mesh is open at the bottom and I will need to close this, but before that I make a copy of the model and hide one viewpoint. I may make more copies as I go along so I can compare processes and easily repeat stages if I need to.
Now to close the hole in the mesh I will use a modifier. While the visible peanut mesh is again selected, I go to the Modifier Properties, and then the Add Modifier drop down menu and finally Remesh. I also toggled off the real time display and render as this slows the process down, and I’ve already done a trial of this and I know which settings work.
I select Sharp and change the Depth from 4 to 11 and the Scale to 0.99. And as I’m easily impressed, I commit to this by pressing CTL+A or the dropdown arrow and Apply. The software does a little processing, and the spinning wheel of doom appears, but eventually this will plug any gaps in the model. I can also compare this with my originally imported peanut. I suspect there’s another way to do this so if you know a way please share this in the comments section as this software is a massive piece of headache.
Anyway, moving on. I’m now going to import or create another shape into the scene which is what I’ll subtract the peanut from to create the mould. I press Shift+A and select Mesh and Cylinder, and then use the Transform Tools to change the dimensions to what I require.
If these are concentric to one another when you click between the cylinder and the peanut the origin should not move. You can also compare this between axis views. If for some reason your origin is not set to the cursor (or X0Y0Z0) or when you select the two shapes they are not aligned, you can right click on the shape and select Set Origin and Origin to 3D cursor. And then geometry to origin. And then Ctrl+A and Location to Delta. It gets a bit confusing so you may need to repeat your stages to identity where you’ve created a problem.
I also reposition the cylinder, so the base of the peanut intersects base of the cylinder, and becomes the opening for pouring the casing materia. Once that’s done, I also press Ctrl+A while the cylinder is selected and press All Transformations To Delta.
I’m now going to subtract the peanut mesh from the cylinder. I select the cylinder, navigate to Modifier Properties, Add Modifier and Boolean. I select difference, and under Object select Peanut. To commit to this, I either pressing Ctrl+A or Apply in the dropdown menu. The spinning wheel of doom appears again, and I have to wait. If I hide the peanut from view and orient to the bottom I can see into the cylinder and the negative space within.
The next stage will be to slice this cylinder in half and to do this I begin by pressing Shift+A and select Mesh, and then Plane. I transform the plane to a smaller size and rotate it to interact along the peanuts seam. I can hide the cylinder from view and reveal the peanut to help me see what I’m actually doing.
I duplicate the cylinder and use the Boolean modifier to split the mesh along the plane. I use Difference on one and Intersect on the other to create the two halves. You can split the virtual mould in as many segments as you need and even add additional pouring holes and vents to let air escape if necessary. I have made two half moulds and one that splits into quarters, and I’ll show you that now away from the virtual world on my camouflaged kitchen table.
Ok this is the last mould that I printed. And it’s done in four section and I also chamfered the edge ever so slightly so I could place a wick through there because this is going to be for a candle.
And these are a couple other ones I made from a different scan. The texture is a lot more detailed here. While this one still has the gaffa tape on. You can only imagine what Eduardo Paolozzi would have done with a 3D printer and photogrammetry.
And these are a pair of semi-spent nut candles he says with a silly grin on his face. You can see a little detail, but I guess the point with wax is they change shape and become covered in drippings over time.
Just a note – when working with molten wax and making the candles I made sure to heat the wax at a low gentle temperature, and to not rush. I also made sure to avoid working anywhere where other liquids were present, especially water as if wax comes into contact with water this can cause an explosion. I have a vivid memory as a child while sitting in candle lit darkness after a power cut, my brother though it would be a good idea to pour water onto a candle – and nearly setting the kitchen on fire and set him on a path of religious devotion and a receding hairline. On that note I’ll leave this video here and you with this question – what should I scan next? Should it be a cheese – the vest answer will get scanned or is it photogrammetrasied.
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2022-12-05T15:47:26Z
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Two Appalachia-to-Southeast takeaway projects continue to encounter obstacles as they plot routes through rural stretches along the border between West Virginia and Virginia.
Both Atlantic Coast Pipeline LLC (ACP) and Mountain Valley Pipeline LLC (MVP) are seeing still more pushback as they seek FERC’s blessing to begin construction.
Late last week, Friends of Wintergreen (FOW), a nonprofit advocating for the interests of the Wintergreen Resort ski area in Nelson County, VA, filed an alternative route for ACP with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. The group said ACP’s current route cuts too close to Wintergreen’s entrance and would have “adverse environmental and economic impacts” on the resort and the surrounding area.
Also late last week, the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) wrote in a letter to FERC that MVP’s current plan to cross the Appalachian National Scenic Trail is “inadequate because it does not meet the scenic integrity objectives” of the government’s land and resource management plan for the area.
Friends of Wintergreen Pushing Back Against ACP
The route submitted last week by FOW was the fourth detailed alternative route proposed by the group, and like the previous three it generally aims to mitigate impacts on the Wintergreen Resort. FOW, represented in its FERC filing by international law firm Greenberg Traurig LLP, enlisted environmental and technical consultants to develop the alternative routes.
The group alleged in its most recent filing that ACP backer Dominion did not adequately consider its three previous alternative routes, which were referenced in supplemental data requests from FERC. FOW argued that its alternative routes are “both technically feasible and less environmentally and economically damaging than ACP’s Proposed Route.”
Dominion finished responding to FERC’s supplemental data requests last month (see Daily GPI, April 18). A significant portion of those filings pertained to an alternative route developed in response to USFS concerns about ACP’s path through the George Washington and Monongahela national forests (see Daily GPI, Feb. 12).
“Despite the very serious economic, safety and environmental impacts of the Proposed Route in the Wintergreen area that have been detailed for over six months, the Dominion Response to [FERC’s data requests] refused to identify any alternate route, including minor route variations, that would eliminate or even reduce the damage to the Wintergreen area,” FOW wrote. “Instead, Dominion’s response to the Data Requests has been to identify alternate routes that are unworkable from both a legal and engineering perspective and then to reject them.”
FOW said ACP’s route change to accommodate the USFS “inexplicably and sharply turns northeast” to reconnect with the original proposed route. The group said the route change “creates an excellent opportunity to avoid all the damage identified by FOW” and proposed an alternative route branching to the southeast that would bypass the Wintergreen Resort area.
FOW argued that FERC should “expressly direct Dominion to fully evaluate each of the four specific route alternatives or deviations” described in its filing and “either adopt one of these alternatives or explain in detail why they should not be adopted.”
Asked about the alternative routes submitted by FOW, Dominion spokesman Aaron Ruby told NGI that the company has “given those alternatives the careful consideration they deserve. However, our analysis found a number of significant construction challenges and federal land management restrictions that would prevent us from using those alternatives.”
A number of the FOW alternatives “cross federally managed lands that do not allow utility corridor crossings,” Ruby said. The proposed alternatives also present constructability challenges related to “extremely steep terrain and severe side slopes,” he said.
“We’ve looked at more than 6,000 miles of potential routes in order to choose what we believe is the best 600-mile route that has the least possible impact on landowners and the environment,” he added. “We’ve studied the route for close to two years; we’ve surveyed more than 500 miles on the ground; and we’ve worked with hundreds of individual landowners to address their input; not to mention the extensive consultations we’ve had with more than a dozen state and federal agencies.”
FERC recently reopened the scoping process for ACP to gather additional input on its latest route changes (see Daily GPI, May 3).
USFS Tells MVP To Rethink Appalachian Trail Crossing
In its filing with FERC last week, USFS said MVP “should develop and evaluate additional construction alternatives and/or mitigation measures…in order to gain consistency with the scenic integrity objectives” for the Appalachian National Scenic Trail.
The USFS recommendation came after a site visit last month at MVP’s planned crossing of the trail that was attended by representatives from USFS and MVP, as well as other stakeholders.
As proposed, MVP’s “conventional bore site on the south (Virginia) side of the [trail] would be visible to hikers traveling west…and the removal of tree canopy associated with the pipeline corridor will be visible to hikers traveling in both directions. The proposed bore site on the north (West Virginia) side of the footpath would be visible to hikers traveling in both directions and the removal of vegetation, including understory and overstory, will be visible to hikers traveling in both directions on the footpath,” USFS wrote.
MVP spokeswoman Natalie Cox told NGI Tuesday that the project’s environmental team has been working closely with USFS throughout the siting process. MVP “will evaluate potential alterations that are able to meet MVP’s technical and constructability requirements, as well as those of the USFS. We are confident that any route modifications will lie within the existing study corridor for which MVP survey activities have been completed; therefore, we do not anticipate any additional delay to our proposed schedule.”
The latest obstacles for MVP and ACP come as the Pennsylvania-to-New York Constitution Pipeline, another Appalachian Basin takeaway project, has been stalled over a permit denial in New York state (see Daily GPI, April 25). The legal battle over the pipeline’s future began to heat up this week, with New York’s attorney general calling on FERC to investigate Constitution for allegedly cutting trees and taking other unauthorized actions for the project (see Shale Daily, May 16).
ACP and MVP both submitted applications with FERC last fall and have similar aspirations of connecting producing areas in the Appalachian Basin to markets in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic (see Daily GPI, Oct. 23, 2015; Sept. 18, 2015). Both are targeting in-service dates in late 2018.
The 1.5 Bcf/d, 600-mile ACP is backed by Dominion, Duke Energy, Piedmont Natural Gas and AGL Resources. The 2 million Dth/d, 301-mile MVP is a joint venture between EQT Midstream Partners LP, NextEra US Gas Assets LLC, Con Edison Gas Midstream LLC, WGL Midstream, Vega Midstream MVP LLC and RGC Midstream LLC.
© 2020 Natural Gas Intelligence. All rights reserved.
ISSN © 1532-1231 | ISSN © 2577-9877 | ISSN © 1532-1266 |
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2020-11-28T17:39:53Z
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From 1893 to 1956, the Danish Meteorological Institute (DMI) created charts of observed and inferred sea ice extent for each summer month. These charts are based on compiled observations of ice conditions reported by a variable network of national organizations, shore-based observers, scientific expeditions, and ships as detailed in each report; in cases where no observations were available, the lead mapmakers extrapolated further ice cover using their knowledge of ice movement. Except for where direct observations are indicated, caution is advised in using the charts’ ice edge because there is no way to quantify the assumptions used in extrapolating ice edge or the error involved in this method. See the note on reliability for further discussion of potential error. The charts were scanned at the Icelandic Meteorological Office (IMO) and are being made available here as a service and in cooperation with DMI and other contributors. In all, there are 266 image files containing 291 images.
Arctic Sea Ice Charts from Danish Meteorological Institute, 1893 - 1956, Version 1
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As a condition of using these data, you must cite the use of this data set using the following citation. For more information, see our Use and Copyright Web page.Danish Meteorological Institute and National Snow and Ice Data Center. Compiled by V. Underhill and F. Fetterer. 2012. Arctic Sea Ice Charts from Danish Meteorological Institute, 1893 - 1956, Version 1. [Indicate subset used]. Boulder, Colorado USA. NSIDC: National Snow and Ice Data Center. doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.7265/N56D5QXC. [Date Accessed].
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2016-12-04T08:48:40Z
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At Unravel, we call any and every family that is fighting or has fought against pediatric cancer, Warriors. This is why...
You can honor a loved one, a warrior child, by simply just letting us know. We have many options to join the fight against childhood cancer research, see the options:
Honor a loved one and support other families in need. Create a honor or memorial page to unite your family and friends in the cause.
Each honor page allows you to:
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Any fundraiser, big or small, will bring awareness in your community to the critical need for funding. Run a lemonade stand, host a coin drive, run a car wash, the possibilities are endless! Any way you can think of to honor your warrior, we want to help out.
Here at Unravel, we are all about meeting people where they're at. If you need support, you're unsure of where to get started, or you don't know how you can help - please fill out the form below and one of our Warrior Moms will reach out directly.
Thank you for getting in touch.
We will reply to you within 48 hours.
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2020-10-27T23:11:38Z
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More revision control in WordPress: create revision on demand, delete revisions and show a revision history.
I personally prefer GitHub. The plugin code is here: GitHub
Use the GitHub Repo rather than the WordPress Plugin. Do as follows: 1. If you haven't already done: Install git 2. in the console cd into Your 'wp-content/plugins' directory 3. type 'git clone email@example.com:mcguffin/wp-revision-request.git' 4. If you want to update to the latest files (be careful, might be untested on Your WP-Version) type 'git pull'.
Either post it on GitHub or—if you are working on a cloned repository—send me a pull request.
Requires: 3.5 or higher
Compatible up to: 3.6.1
Last Updated: 3 years ago
Active Installs: 100+
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2016-02-11T09:03:57Z
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The Pittsburgh Pirates got a poor effort from a starter in the opener of this four-game set against the Philadelphia Phillies. Now it's Erik Bedard's turn to try to reverse his road woes.
Bedard has been awful in dropping his last three outings away from home heading into Tuesday night's matchup with the Phillies, who made him a tough-luck loser on opening day.
Pittsburgh (38-34) activated Jeff Karstens before Monday's contest for his first start in two months, but that backfired when the right-hander gave up seven runs over five innings in an 8-3 defeat.
Bedard (4-7, 4.13 ERA) is next in line after going 0-3 with an 11.08 ERA in his last three road starts, failing to get through the fourth inning in his previous two.
The left-hander turned in a better performance Wednesday as he yielded one run over six innings and did not get a decision in a 2-1 home loss to Minnesota.
Philadelphia (35-40) is 8-16 against left-handed starters, but one of those wins came April 5 at PNC Park when Bedard gave up one run over seven innings in a 1-0 loss as he was outdueled by Roy Halladay. Bedard fell to 2-1 with a 1.61 ERA in four starts against the Phillies.
This is his first outing at Citizens Bank Park since July 3, 2004, when he allowed four runs over seven innings for Baltimore.
Bedard has limited Placido Polanco to four hits in 16 at-bats and Jimmy Rollins to 3 in 14. Those two Phillies were among the hitting stars Monday, combining for four hits and three RBIs.
Philadelphia jumped on Karstens for four runs in a first inning in which Pittsburgh committed three errors.
"We were aggressive, they started throwing the ball around, starting making mistakes and that helped us get four runs," manager Charlie Manuel said.
Carlos Ruiz had three hits, scored three runs and stole a base as he increased his average to .354. The catcher may be getting even more playing time now that backup Brian Schneider was placed on the 15-day disabled list Monday with a sprained right ankle.
Pittsburgh matched a season high by finishing with four errors. Right fielder Jose Tabata had two on one play in the fateful first inning.
"It happens," manager Clint Hurdle said. "Everybody plays that way some time."
The Pirates have dropped back-to-back games after winning six of seven. Andrew McCutchen is 1 for 8 in these last two defeats after going 15 for 28 with eight RBIs over his previous seven games.
Catcher Rod Barajas left Monday's game with a bone bruise in his left knee. He will be re-evaluated Tuesday.
The Phillies have lost the last four games started by Vance Worley (3-4, 2.78), who is 0-2 with a 2.25 ERA in that span. He has received a total of seven runs of support in that span, yielding two runs over seven innings Thursday in a 4-1 loss to Colorado.
The right-hander, who has no record and a 3.75 ERA in two career starts against the Pirates, has a 3.90 ERA at home compared to his 1.89 mark on the road.
McCutchen has two doubles in five at-bats against Worley.
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2017-01-24T22:55:09Z
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