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Madison_030.JPG LOS ANGELES, CA, USA - NOVEMBER 23: Bailee Madison arrives at the 2014 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 23, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Xavier Collin/Celebrity Monitor) USA, United States, United States Of America, California, CA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles - California, City Of Los Angeles, Event, Red Carpet, Arts Culture and Entertainment, Red Carpet Event, Editorial, Arrival, Attending, Celebrities, Arts, Culture, Entertainment, Full Length, Headshot, Posing, Portrait, Smiling, Eye Contact, Fashion, Looking At Camera, 2014, People, Awards, Award Show, American Music Awards, Music, Music Industry, American, 2014 American Music Awards, American Music Awards 2014, Award, Nokia Theatre, Nokia Theatre Los Angeles, L.A. Live, LA Live, Bailee Madison Putin inspects massive Russian war games, lauds his troops By Sheetal Sukhija, South East Asia Post 13 Sep 2018, 22:06 GMT+10 The Russian President attended Russia's biggest-ever war games and lauded his troops on Thursday Russia's biggest-ever war games involves about 300,000 Chinese troops this year Vostok 2018 manoeuvres will last throughout the week is speed across Siberia, the Far East, the Arctic and the Pacific Oceans MOSCOW, Russia - At its biggest ever war games, Russia has deployed hundreds of thousands of soldiers, several aircraft, tanks, combat vehicles and cruise missiles all coming together for week-long maneuvers known as Vostok 2018. Dubbed as Russia's biggest-ever war games since 1981, Vostok is being held on the largest scale in almost four decades and has been defended by the country as a major test of military readiness. This year, Russia is also fulfilling another agenda through the war games - displaying the country's burgeoning military ties with China at a time when both the countries are dealing with problems from the U.S. Nearly 300,000 Russian troops along with 1,000 Russian planes, helicopters and drones and up to 36,000 tanks, armored personnel carriers and other vehicles, as well as up to 80 ships and other combat vehicles are part of Vostok 2018, which this year, also involves over 3,000 Chinese troops. The week-long manoeuvres span vast expanses of Siberia and the Far East, the Arctic and the Pacific Oceans and officials in the country have stated that the exercise surpasses even the biggest Soviet maneuvers in 1981. Officials have also stated that China has sent about 3,200 troops, 900 combat vehicles and 30 aircraft to join the drills at a Siberian firing range. China's deployment was seen as a sign that the country is shifting towards a full-fledged military alliance with Russia and the emerging military alliance will send a strong signal to U.S. and Japan. According to Chinese media reports, the People's Liberation Army involvement in the drills is being seen as the country's largest-ever dispatch of forces abroad for war games. On Thursday, speaking at the Tsugol firing range, which is close to where Russian and Chinese troops are performing joint drills, the Russian President Vladimir Putin lauded the troops for their skills, saying they "demonstrated their capability to deflect potential military threats." He further added, "Russia is a peaceful nation. We do not and cannot have any aggressive plans" but noted that the country needs to strengthen its military capability to "be ready to protect its sovereignty, security and national interests, and, if necessary, support our allies." Earlier this week, China's official People's Liberation Army Daily said that the drills were aimed at maintaining regional peace, was not aimed at any third party and did not "have anything to do with the regional situation." It said

Madison_030.JPG LOS ANGELES, CA, USA - NOVEMBER 23: Bailee Madison arrives at the 2014 American Music Awards held at Nokia Theatre L.A. Live on November 23, 2014 in Los Angeles, California, United States. (Photo by Xavier Collin/Celebrity Monitor) USA, United States, United States Of America, California, CA, Los Angeles, Los Angeles - California, City Of Los Angeles, Event, Red Carpet, Arts Culture and Entertainment, Red Carpet Event, Editorial, Arrival, Attending, Celebrities, Arts, Culture, Entertainment, Full Length, Headshot, Posing, Portrait, Smiling, Eye Contact, Fashion, Looking At Camera, 2014, People, Awards, Award Show, American Music Awards, Music, Music Industry, American, 2014 American Music Awards, American Music Awards 2014, Award, Nokia Theatre, Nokia Theatre Los Angeles, L.A. Live, LA Live, Bailee Madison Putin inspects massive Russian war games, lauds his troops By Sheetal Sukhija, South East Asia Post 13 Sep 2018, 22:06 GMT+10 The Russian President attended Russia's biggest-ever war games and lauded his troops on Thursday Russia's biggest-ever war games involves about 300,000 Chinese troops this year Vostok 2018 manoeuvres will last throughout the week is speed across Siberia, the Far East, the Arctic and the Pacific Oceans MOSCOW, Russia - At its biggest ever war games, Russia has deployed hundreds of thousands of soldiers, several aircraft, tanks, combat vehicles and cruise missiles all coming together for week-long maneuvers known as Vostok 2018. Dubbed as Russia's biggest-ever war games since 1981, Vostok is being held on the largest scale in almost four decades and has been defended by the country as a major test of military readiness. This year, Russia is also fulfilling another agenda through the war games - displaying the country's burgeoning military ties with China at a time when both the countries are dealing with problems from the U.S. Nearly 300,000 Russian troops along with 1,000 Russian planes, helicopters and drones and up to 36,000 tanks, armored personnel carriers and other vehicles, as well as up to 80 ships and other combat vehicles are part of Vostok 2018, which this year, also involves over 3,000 Chinese troops. The week-long manoeuvres span vast expanses of Siberia and the Far East, the Arctic and the Pacific Oceans and officials in the country have stated that the exercise surpasses even the biggest Soviet maneuvers in 1981. Officials have also stated that China has sent about 3,200 troops, 900 combat vehicles and 30 aircraft to join the drills at a Siberian firing range. China's deployment was seen as a sign that the country is shifting towards a full-fledged military alliance with Russia and the emerging military alliance will send a strong signal to U.S. and Japan. According to Chinese media reports, the People's Liberation Army involvement in the drills is being seen as the country's largest-ever dispatch of forces abroad for war games. On Thursday, speaking at the Tsugol firing range, which is close to where Russian and Chinese troops are performing joint drills, the Russian President Vladimir Putin lauded the troops for their skills, saying they "demonstrated their capability to deflect potential military threats." He further added, "Russia is a peaceful nation. We do not and cannot have any aggressive plans" but noted that the country needs to strengthen its military capability to "be ready to protect its sovereignty, security and national interests, and, if necessary, support our allies." Earlier this week, China's official People's Liberation Army Daily said that the drills were aimed at maintaining regional peace, was not aimed at any third party and did not "have anything to do with the regional situation." It said

, "The Chinese officers and soldiers participating in the drills will demonstrate the determination and ability to maintain regional peace and stability with practical actions." Get a daily dose of South East Asia Post news through our daily email, its complimentary and keeps you fully up to date with world and business news as well. Publish news of your business, community or sports group, personnel appointments, major event and more by submitting a news release to South East Asia Post. © Copyright 1999-2019 South East Asia Post. All rights reserved. Sky as Frontier Fighting in the Great Crusade Cold Days in Hell How Terrorism Ends With the 41st Division in the Southwest Pacific Tennesseans at War, 1812-1815 The Wrong Stuff How War Began In Passage Perilous Life and Death in the Central Highlands Patton's Pawns The Darkest Days of the War War, States, and Contention This Destructive War Thwarting Enemies at Home and Abroad How to Be a Counterintelligence Officer William R. Johnson Book published by Georgetown University Press A classic in counterintelligence, Thwarting Enemies at Home and Abroad is a unique primer that teaches the principles, strategy, and tradecraft of counterintelligence (CI). CI is often misunderstood and narrowly equated with security and catching spies, which are only part of the picture. As William R. Johnson explains, CI is the art of actively protecting secrets but also aggressively thwarting, penetrating, and deceiving hostile intelligence organizations to neutralize or even manipulate their operations. Johnson, a career CIA intelligence officer, lucidly presents the nuts and bolts of the business of counterintelligence and the characteristics that make a good CI officer. Although written during the late Cold War, this book continues to be useful for intelligence professionals, scholars, and students because the basic principles of CI are largely timeless. General readers will enjoy the lively narrative and detailed descriptions of tradecraft that reveal the real world of intelligence and espionage. A new foreword by former CIA officer and noted author William Hood provides a contemporary perspective on this valuable book and its author. William R. Johnson worked in U.S. Army intelligence in World War II. He went on to serve in various positions around the world with the CIA, including head of the Agency's Far East counterintelligence operations and Saigon base chief, until his retirement in 1977, when he and his wife Pat returned to Colorado. Mr. Johnson died in 2005. “Johnson's book is easily the best introduction to the frequently misunderstood world of counterintelligence. This classic work, packed with timeless principles and highly readable, is a vital addition to the bookshelf of any intelligence professional.” —David N. Edger, former CIA operations officer, and visiting professor, University of Oklahoma “Counterintelligence, without question, is the toughest job in the world of spying. And, historically, we haven't been as good at it as we should. That needs to change. One glaring shortcoming in recent years has been the lack of a good treatise on the 'art' of counterintelligence. William Johnson's book, which has been out of print for years, fills that gap. He gets it right. Only a respected CI pro like [Johnson] could have described so clearly our arcane business of dangles, doubles, defectors, and deception. Thwarting Enemies at Home and Abroad will not only be a fascinating read for the general public but will also serve as a text for a whole new generation of CI trainees.” —James M. Olson, former chief of CIA counterintelligence and author of Fair Play: The Moral Dilemmas of Spying Best Business Books 2016 October 31, 2016 / Winter 2016 / Issue 85 For the full issue subscribe now and download s+b digital edition Best Business Books For the 16th edition of our Best Business Books of the year section, we've assembled a team of learned, expert, and stylish guides. See also Best Business Books 2016 — in Pictures. by Daniel Gross Illustration credit: ImageZoo / Alamy Stock Photo In an age of 140-character snippets, vanishing texts, video

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. 2, Beethoven Tempest sonata first movement Op. 31 no. 2, Classical era piano sonata, classissima, classissima.com, Journal of a Piano Teacher from New York to California, Ludwig Van Beethoven, pianist, piano, piano addict, piano instruction Beethoven "Tempest" Sonata op. 31 no. 2, piano lesson, piano lessons, piano street, piano teaching, Piano World, piano world wide, playing piano, Shirley Kirsten, Shirley Smith Kirsten, video piano instruction, Word Press, wordpress.com, You TubeLeave a comment Beethoven, Beethoven "Tempest" in Dminor Op. 31 no.2, Beethoven Tempest Sonata first movement, blog, blogger, blogging, blogging about piano, Classical era, Classical era piano music, classical music, Classical period sonata, El Cerrito, El Cerrito California, El Cerrito piano instruction, MTAC, musical inspiration, musical phrasing, musical phrasing and breathing, Oberlin, Oberlin Conservatory, pianist, pianists, piano, piano addict, piano blog, piano blogging, piano blogs, piano instruction, piano lesson, piano pedagogy, piano playing, piano studio, piano studio in El Cerrito, piano technique, pianoworld, pianoworld.com, playing piano, playing the piano, playing the piano with a singing tone, practicing piano, Shirley Kirsten blog, shirley kirsten piano teacher in El Cerrito, shirley s kirsten, Shirley Smith Kirsten, shirley smith kirsten blog, slow mindful practicing, supple wrist in piano playing, talkclassical.com, teaching piano, teaching piano to adults, video instruction, word press, word press.com, wordpress, wordpress.com, you tube video, yout tube Piano Instruction: Part FIVE, Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata, Op. 31 no. 2 Measures 93 to 158 (Development, Recitative, submerged pedal) April 5, 2012 April 5, 2012 arioso7: Shirley Kirsten This is a hauntingly beautiful section of the first movement. After the composer has devoted so many preceding measures to the key of A minor, he decides to travel at quick intervals through a series of different keys. Such fast-paced modulations occur primarily with the return of the crossed-hands portion of the piece, beginning in… Continue reading Piano Instruction: Part FIVE, Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata, Op. 31 no. 2 Measures 93 to 158 (Development, Recitative, submerged pedal) Tagged Beethoven, Beethoven "Tempest" Sonata Op. 31 No.2, Classical era sonata, classissima, classissima.com, First movement Beethoven "Tempest" sonata op. 31 No. 2, Journal of a Piano Teacher from New York to California, Ludwig Van Beethoven, Part 5 instruction Beethoven "tempest" sonata op. 31 no. 2, pianist, piano, piano addict, piano instruction, piano instruction Beethoven "Tempest" Sonata op. 31 no. 2, piano lesson, piano street, piano teacher, piano teaching, Piano World, piano world wide, playing piano, Shirley Kirsten, Shirley Smith Kirsten, video instruction, videotaped instruction, Word Press, wordpress.com, You Tube2 Comments Beethoven, Beethoven "Tempest" sonata op. 31 no. 2, Beethoven Tempest Sonata first movement, blog, blogging, blogging about piano, blogs about piano, Classical era piano music, classical music, classisima.com, classissima, Journal of a Piano Teacher from New York to California, pianist, piano, piano lesson, piano teacher, piano teaching, piano technique, playing piano, practicing Beethoven's Tempest sonata movement one, Shirley Kirsten, Shirley Smith Kirsten, shirleyu smith kirsten, tutorial, whole body listening, whole body music listening, word press, word press.com, wordpress, wordpress.com, you tube, you tube video, you

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t tube Piano Instruction: Part TWO, Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata, Op. 31, No. 2, Hand Cross-over, with tremolo in the middle voice A tricky chromatic scale with a turn-around at its end ushers in a stormy, impassioned section with cross-over hands. Some players observe the notation to a tee, and avoid these hand-over-hand maneuvers, but I, like many other pianists do the re-arranging in the interests of smoothly trailing a melodic line that starts in the bass… Continue reading Piano Instruction: Part TWO, Beethoven’s “Tempest” Sonata, Op. 31, No. 2, Hand Cross-over, with tremolo in the middle voice Tagged Beethoven, Beethoven sonata op. 31 no. 2, Beethoven's Tempest Sonata, Classical era sonata, classissima.com, Journal of a Piano Teacher from New York to California, Ludwig Van Beethoven, pianist, piano, piano addict, piano street, Piano World, piano world wide, playing piano, Shirley Kirsten, Shirley Smith Kirsten, teaching Beethoven's Tempest Sonata5 Comments I pay taxes now and also when I die? Ask the… I pay taxes now and also when I die? Ask the lawyer By Ron Sokol | [email protected] | Daily Breeze Q: Many of us spend a lifetime seeking to make enough money, and to have enough assets so we can retire and if possible leave some for our loved ones. We pay taxes during our lifetime, but get taxed again when we die? -K. C., Rancho Palos Verdes Ron Sokol A: The estate tax is also referred to as an inheritance tax. But, perhaps derogatorily, it is also on occasion called a “death tax.” It is a levy on a beneficiary’s portion of an estate, most often on assets and other financial inheritances received by the heirs. But, this is not a tax applied to a surviving spouse, and the heirs (or beneficiaries) only pay the tax when the amount of the estate inherited exceeds the exclusion established by the IRS. As of 2019, the estate tax exemption is $11.4 million per individual, so the “good news” is many estates do not qualify for taxes. Efforts continue to abolish the estate tax all together, but to date that has not occurred. Q: Is there a way, if you have a good-sized estate, to reduce it for tax purposes? -K.J., Los Alamitos Can marijuana legally be part of a Church service? Ask the lawyer Can I prohibit websites from selling my personal information? Ask the lawyer What if I’m falsely accused of shoplifting? Ask the lawyer Who can shut down a restaurant in LA County? Ask the lawyer Can you sell your organs for money? Ask the lawyer A: There are certain deductions (and, in special circumstances, reductions to value) that are permitted in establishing the “taxable estate.” These deductions may include mortgages and other debts, the expenses of estate administration, property that is left to a surviving spouse, and qualified charities. Further, some operating business interests or farms may have value that can be reduced for qualified estates. Certain gifts made during lifetime also are exempt from tax, and can reduce the size of the estate. Bottom line, consult with a qualified professional — don’t be penny wise and pound foolish — carefully review matters and go from there. Funny? Since the column this week addresses two rather heavy items that are said to be unavoidable — death and taxes — how about a little light humor attributed to Soupy Sales: “I figured out why Uncle Sam wears such a tall hat. It comes in handy when he passes it around.” Ron Sokol is a Manhattan Beach attorney with more than 35 years of experience. His column, which appears in print on Wednesdays, presents a summary of the law and should not be construed as legal advice. Email questions and comments to him at [email protected] or write to him at Ask the Lawyer, Daily Breeze, 400 Continental Blvd, Suite 600, El Segundo, CA, 902

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the Sun Belt and has received votes in the coaches' poll. Are you feeling The Daily Squeeze? BREAKING NEWS: Train fares are up 36% under the Tories. From your pocket to your train carriage, commuting has become The Daily Squeeze under the Tories. Rail passengers are short-changed yet again as the Tories hike up train ticket prices to record levels. The average train fare is up by 36% and the cost of some of Britain’s most expensive season tickets have risen by more than 45% since the Tories came to power. The cost of the average train ticket has now increased more than three times faster than wages, and the British public now pays some of the highest rail fares in Europe. The Tory Government could have used its power to cap regulated fares. Instead, they have let train companies off the hook again and failed to stand up for millions of passengers. The next Labour government will end The Daily Squeeze and put the ease back into train travel. We’ll put passengers before profits by bringing our railways into public ownership and reform transport networks to deliver better services and value for money. We’ll cap train fares and end the Tories’ inflation-busting fare rises. We’ll reinvest the profits currently being made by private operators to improve the quality of rail services. We’ll invest in transport infrastructure – like Crossrail networks – to boost economic growth and rebalance the economy. The Tories are failing rail passengers across the country. Back Labour’s plan to get rail back on track and put the ease back into train travel. With your email address the Labour Party can keep you updated via email and online advertisements on the latest campaigns, events and opportunities to get involved:. Find out more about how we use your information. Make sure the news about train fares reaches its next destination by sharing this with your friends. Mentorship/Professional Coaching is available through a network of WCASS members with varying levels of experience. All WCASS members may seek assistance in this area by calling the WCASS Executive Director, Gary Myrah at (608) 245-2511 or by emailing him at [email protected]. A mentor/professional coach will be contacted on your behalf. Typically we seek mentors/coaches that are within your region to promote active engagement as issues arise. In some cases, it is necessary to offer a connection with someone that may have similar demographics as you, such as a large school population or a high poverty area. As an organization we try to establish connections within regions since this offers the greatest opportunity for support and contact, especially if you are attending other meetings together, such as CESA RSN meetings. This is a no cost service offered to you as a WCASS member. We’re not generalists. We don’t help everyone. Cascade Insights specializes 100% in market research and competitive intelligence for B2B technology companies. Clients like Salesforce, Symantec, Dell, Microsoft and Cisco work with us because we deliver detailed insights that other firms just can’t provide. Read some of the things our past clients have said about us. We deeply understand the needs of market research teams, product managers, marketers, and CI teams. The information we provide will help you deliver the best information and recommendations possible to your internal stakeholders. Our podcast titled B2B Revealed and our “Read Like An Analyst” newsletter are just two examples of our commitment to keeping our clients informed. 2012 VOLKSWAGEN GOLF|TDI|SUNROOF|LEATHERETTE UPHOLSTERY|BLUETOOTH|ALLOY WHEELS|CRUISE CONTROL|AC|HEATED SEATS AND MORE. Powered by a 2.0L diesel engine paired with a DSG transmission. Features include a sunroof, navigation, Bluetooth connectivity, heated front seats, leatherette upholstery, cruise control, AM/FM radio, AC, CD player, 12V/Aux plugins and more. Take this Golf for a test drive here at Southgate VW. The health department of every nation has to be always on their toes. They can never be lenient in accepting related to health of the person of the nation. Talking on the same line the US Food and Drug Administration

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(FDA) is working tirelessly for creating laws that would ban E-Cigarettes makers from multiplying their businesses. Vaping has been termed as the substitute of smoking tobacco cigarette. According to the professionals of the FDA the makers of the E-Cigarettes have found a new way to make sure that the business is not shut down. A marketing technique of advertising about E-Cigarettes is doing the rounds. In reality the concerned organization has beefed-up their work. All this is to make sure an important message is delivered. That is if the user s looking to purchase E-Cigarettes, then, a minor is not to be seen in proximity to the E-Cigarettes. So, a 60 day time-period has been put on the manufactures and within this selected time a complete halt on the sale of E-Cigarettes is to be followed. In the present time period the students are seen enjoying vaping with total disregard towards their health. As it is the sale of the tobacco cigarettes was a problem. This is why the agency is looking to make sure that apart from educational programs people supplying E-Cigs to students are also apprehended. No other way is sufficient for tightening the noose in the sale and distribution of E-Cigarettes. The results being derived from the census that almost students were getting inclined to the use of Vaping. Students on the other hand, are not having a clear idea or knowledge about how the health can get deteriorated. It was during its nascent stage that no one was really aware of the impact that was going to be caused. Well, the moment a new things come-up people in general do get attracted or at least quite curious. The-Cigarette made its appearance in a very impressive and eye catching manner. So, people were fascinated and specially students. Juul Labs Inc. was the leader in the sale of E-Cigarettes in the market. Total of 72% of the market was occupied and once valued, and then it was declared as approximately 16 Billion Dollars. Apart from the E-Cigarette, the company had also launched pods and multiple flavors. All this was enough to make the government agencies irritated. You May Also Like : Why Ban on E-Cigarette Is A Bad Idea? The argument amongst the companies and the respective form of agencies trying to stop the flow of E-Cigarettes broke loose. Reason behind it was that company’s representatives were saying that it had stopped people from smoking tobacco. Which was the primary objective of the government? This is where the concerned people of the regulatory body felt that a cheeky approach was being taken. As the flavors inside the pods were – Bubblegum, mint, banana, strawberry etc. These flavors were in a way quite popular amongst the younger generation and specially the students. So, how could one keep them away from it? According to the agencies the idea of segregating the kids from such things was twisted by the companies. The public statement issued by the spokesperson of – Juul Labs Victoria Jones declared that all work will be carried out in accordance with the directives of the Food & Drug Administration (FDA). She also mentioned that company will press on the fact that underage kids will be not permitted the possession of a Vaping Device. Plus, the added flavors do play an important role in determining the adults looking for a switch a bit more convenient. The representatives of Food & Drug Administration (FDA) are very particular about the health of the people. Although the primary goal, of making people quit smoking is picking up the pace. Having said this, the researchers say that although inhaling of E-Cigarettes is far less toxic than tobacco cigarettes. The vaping process means consumption of Nicotine just shoots up. The younger generation does not understand the danger their young brain goes through. FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb said – that one needs to closely scrutinize the after-effects of the people looking at E-Cigarettes like an alternative form of smoking tobacco cigarettes. The kids should be guided in a proper way and not allowed to just follow a trend and make it a fashionable statement. The end result would be to nullify the chances of deteriorating health of the kids. The authorities have in a categorical

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ction of the great pyramids? Did the Ancient Egyptians call their land a ‘part of Africa’? Do you really believe that there were ‘black skin’ and ‘white skin’ and ‘red skin’ and ‘yellow skin’ before the Flood? We are all the children of the same father. And are only African Americans those who are today in “dire need” of a multifaceted ‘revolution’ that I should rather call ‘alternation’ and ‘return of the Spirituality’? All men are indeed in dire spiritual need – worldwide. And is it the humans or the Spiritual Realm that arranges who leads and who follows this – much needed for all – alternation? That’s why you must not view your effort as limited only within the circle of your community. Perhaps your community will have to lead the world. It is then a universal effort. This (: the decision about who leads and who follows) is not something that humans can arrange; it is already difficult for us to comprehend the will of the Divine. I am willing to discuss with you these issues in the depth and the width that you may wish. 4. Being & Becoming / Being & Non-being Who knows? We may have met in the distant past, if it truly exists! I say so, because for many (and for the Ancient Egyptians) there is no time at all. Everything is an eternal recapitulation under different forms. That’s why Being and Becoming were for the venerable Kemet people the two axes of the Existence always in indissoluble unity and in absolute independence. And out of the wisdom of the Five Elements, they realized that Being and Non-being (or Nothingness) were the two axes of the Creation. Do you know the Brethren of Purity? 300 years after the Prophet Muhammad they lived in Basrah (South Iraq) and they reinstated the reality that Being is merely an emanation of forms – exactly like the Ancient Egyptians knew 3400-3600 years before the times of those Muslims. Did these Brethren live in Asia, in Africa? Were they Black, White, Red, Yellow? Where to find the best explanation of the spiritual – material process of the emanation of forms? Only modern criminal gangsters, impersonating the ‘Egyptologists’, dared malignantly and malefically ‘translate’ the Holy Texts rw nw prt m hrw (The Book of Coming Forth into Light) as ‘book of the dead’. This happened because most probably those ‘Egyptologists’ were already dead (while they appeared as alive) and wanted the entire mankind to be dead. That’s why Jesus was right saying ‘Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God’. 5. The Kingdom of Heaven: Personal Transformation into Ethereal Body Even this sentence of Jesus was translated erroneously, because the ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ as term is conveniently vague and unclear. In Greek, Βασιλεία των Ουρανών (Vasilia ton Uranon) means ‘the kingdom of the skies’, but in reality it means ‘the Kingdom of Ether’ or ‘the Prevalence of Ether’, i.e. ‘the ability (of one human) to act (or prevail) at the ethereal level’. This involves a higher spiritual proceeding (or exercise, if you want) in which the human manages to achieve the full elimination of the other four elements (Soft Waters, Air, Earth, and Salted Waters) at the very material level of his own body. This proceeding is tantamount to absolute personal control of one’s own Ether and subsequently to complete transformation of one’s body (which is made of five elements) into a material body made of purely Ether. This is achieved through abstinence, imagination, fasting, prayer, and meditation, i.e. faith! ============== SECOND LETTER ============== Понедельник, 6 ноября 2017, 6:07 +02:00 от K P <[email protected]>: Thank you, for you in-depth response. You have much knowledge and wisdom. I am willing and open minded person on a journey to seek truth and knowledge. I would be honored to learn from you. I believe in paying respect to Nature and the honorable

ction of the great pyramids? Did the Ancient Egyptians call their land a ‘part of Africa’? Do you really believe that there were ‘black skin’ and ‘white skin’ and ‘red skin’ and ‘yellow skin’ before the Flood? We are all the children of the same father. And are only African Americans those who are today in “dire need” of a multifaceted ‘revolution’ that I should rather call ‘alternation’ and ‘return of the Spirituality’? All men are indeed in dire spiritual need – worldwide. And is it the humans or the Spiritual Realm that arranges who leads and who follows this – much needed for all – alternation? That’s why you must not view your effort as limited only within the circle of your community. Perhaps your community will have to lead the world. It is then a universal effort. This (: the decision about who leads and who follows) is not something that humans can arrange; it is already difficult for us to comprehend the will of the Divine. I am willing to discuss with you these issues in the depth and the width that you may wish. 4. Being & Becoming / Being & Non-being Who knows? We may have met in the distant past, if it truly exists! I say so, because for many (and for the Ancient Egyptians) there is no time at all. Everything is an eternal recapitulation under different forms. That’s why Being and Becoming were for the venerable Kemet people the two axes of the Existence always in indissoluble unity and in absolute independence. And out of the wisdom of the Five Elements, they realized that Being and Non-being (or Nothingness) were the two axes of the Creation. Do you know the Brethren of Purity? 300 years after the Prophet Muhammad they lived in Basrah (South Iraq) and they reinstated the reality that Being is merely an emanation of forms – exactly like the Ancient Egyptians knew 3400-3600 years before the times of those Muslims. Did these Brethren live in Asia, in Africa? Were they Black, White, Red, Yellow? Where to find the best explanation of the spiritual – material process of the emanation of forms? Only modern criminal gangsters, impersonating the ‘Egyptologists’, dared malignantly and malefically ‘translate’ the Holy Texts rw nw prt m hrw (The Book of Coming Forth into Light) as ‘book of the dead’. This happened because most probably those ‘Egyptologists’ were already dead (while they appeared as alive) and wanted the entire mankind to be dead. That’s why Jesus was right saying ‘Let the dead bury their own dead, but you go and proclaim the kingdom of God’. 5. The Kingdom of Heaven: Personal Transformation into Ethereal Body Even this sentence of Jesus was translated erroneously, because the ‘Kingdom of Heaven’ as term is conveniently vague and unclear. In Greek, Βασιλεία των Ουρανών (Vasilia ton Uranon) means ‘the kingdom of the skies’, but in reality it means ‘the Kingdom of Ether’ or ‘the Prevalence of Ether’, i.e. ‘the ability (of one human) to act (or prevail) at the ethereal level’. This involves a higher spiritual proceeding (or exercise, if you want) in which the human manages to achieve the full elimination of the other four elements (Soft Waters, Air, Earth, and Salted Waters) at the very material level of his own body. This proceeding is tantamount to absolute personal control of one’s own Ether and subsequently to complete transformation of one’s body (which is made of five elements) into a material body made of purely Ether. This is achieved through abstinence, imagination, fasting, prayer, and meditation, i.e. faith! ============== SECOND LETTER ============== Понедельник, 6 ноября 2017, 6:07 +02:00 от K P <[email protected]>: Thank you, for you in-depth response. You have much knowledge and wisdom. I am willing and open minded person on a journey to seek truth and knowledge. I would be honored to learn from you. I believe in paying respect to Nature and the honorable

Ancestresses and Ancestors who sacrificed so much for future generations. Kemet is my passion and something I have been studying for the last decade on my own. I really want to dedicated my life to study the culture and history of Kemet. Thank you again for your willingness to even hear me out and take time to respond to me. ============= SECOND RESPONSE ======== Thank you for your response ….. ! I have been in the States several times back in the 60s and the 70s (with my parents) and in the 80s. …………… I know that the first foreign language that Americans have the tendency to learn is Spanish, and this is normal due to the vicinity of the Hispanophone world. 6. Important languages for Egyptological Bibliography However, when it comes to Orientalism, Egyptology and African Studies, Spanish is of lesser importance, because only recently Spanish specialists delved into the different branches of Humanities that focus on Asia and Africa. More particularly about Egyptology, the main languages that one must learn in order to have access to the enormous modern bibliography are: French, German, English, Italian and Russian. Even before 1850, there were chairs of Egyptology across today’s Italy (which was not one country at the time), but a Spanish Egyptologist is something that comes with the 2nd half of the 20th c. You can’t therefore compare Italy to Spain when it comes to Egyptology; the latter is an academic dwarf, and the former a giant. And I don’t even mention the still colonized countries south of the US. Not one of them was allowed to develop Orientalist departments. The worst case of all is the fake country Brazil whereby archaeological excavations have been prohibited by law for the entire coastal zone and for a 50 km distance. You may want to ask why; the answer is simple. Numerous archaeological teams would excavate more Ancient Phoenician, Carthaginian and Egyptian antiquities than those unearthed in today’s Lebanon, Tunisia, Algeria, Libya and Egypt. Hundreds of temples! Thousands of inscriptions! As a matter of fact, History as ‘officially’ taught is a well-orchestrated, total fallacy. I would say that for Egyptology, the three languages, namely French, German and English, are the minimum. Some other European countries do indeed offer departments of Egyptology in their universities, so Dutch, Danish, Polish, Czech, Hungarian, Swedish and Finnish can also help. Of all the other countries of the world, only Japan, Israel, Egypt and Sudan have specialized departments of Egyptology, so Japanese, Modern Hebrew and Modern Arabic can be useful too though to lesser extent. I believe that the first thing you have to do is to find where close to your place you can find a university with a dept. of Egyptology or Ancient Near East. Would it be possible for you to pursue two curricula at the same time? From now on, you can also set your own targets and start reading about Ancient Egypt. In this regard, I could come up with suggestions, if you let me know your very specific interests in the matter. But I have to warn you from now!!!! 7. Hindrances in the Path of Studying the Oriental Past Reading is one thing and truly learning is a totally different thing. The world is filled with people who read much during their entire lives and still learned nothing or almost nothing; this is valid indeed for professional Egyptologists who teach in different universities across the Earth. In this regard, you will surely face (like everybody else) two major obstacles: First, if you compare today’s scholars to those of the 19th c. – early 20th c. academics, you will realize that there are almost no pioneers anymore. There are few real explorers; most of today’s specialists lose their main topic’s overview because of their over-specialization. They think that ‘academic achievement’ must be sought only in the specific, far-fetched detail that was not noticed before and not in 1) a fresh interpretation of the material record or 2) a new standpoint / look over their topic. Today’s academics became conventional administrators and the disciplines of Humanities look rather like divisions of a ministry whereby no particular initiative is tolerated if coming from the bottom or the outside, and not

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United States. In later years Owen frequently participated in socialist congresses, and he wrote extensively. His Book of the New Moral World (written in seven parts between 1826 and 1844) contains the most complete statement of his doctrines. In 1833 Owen helped found the first British trade union, which soon failed. His ideas, however, bore fruit in the international cooperative movement, launched at Rochdale, England, in 1844. Owen died on November 17, 1858, in his hometown, Newtown. More Korean BBQ spin-offs by K-Plate Korean BBQ, street food by Sunhee's Farm and Kitchen, pad thai and Saigon spring rolls, as well as Asia-inspired beverages by Superior Merchandise Company and Yesfolk Tonics. Featuring music by DJ Don Datta, an outdoor ping pong table, and more fun to come at this night-market style community block party! THIS COMING FRIDAY NIGHT at the 4th Street Municipal Lot between Congress and Ferry in Downtown Troy. This venue is hosted by Jackielynn Cabrales. Broadway Executive Office’s is located at 7454 E. Broadway, and is a fully developed building with Class A Office Spaces and Conference Rooms. It is a transparent modern plaza that invites productivity. The energy and excitement of Broadway Executives and the Community within the building, is attracting the highest quality of individuals in a variety of fields of work. If you're interested in Granite Hexagon Paving Stone, just feel free to contact us, we will keep providing quality products and excellent service for you. Li Chuncheng, deputy secretary of the Sichuan Provincial Party Committee, investigated the stone industry in Baoxing County. Yesterday morning, Li Chuncheng, deputy secretary of the provincial party committee, led the provincial-level relevant department heads to investigate in Baoxing County. Li Chuncheng expressed his appreciation for Baoxing's scientific development and utilization of resources, long industry chain, and strict environmental protection. Li Chuncheng and his entourage first came to the Hanlong Stone Industrial Park in Baoxing County to conduct research on the development of new industrialization and the development of “two interactions”. The industrial park is an industrial park integrating mining and stone processing and sales. The company is mainly engaged in the processing of blocks, large plates, thin plates, special-shaped plates, heavy calcium powder, process carving, artificial stone and plastic steel. The park was opened in 2008 and will be fully completed this year. After the project is put into production, the output value will be 800 million yuan, the tax revenue will be 80 million yuan, and 500 people will be employed. The person in charge of Baoxing County introduced that by the end of the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", the stone industrial park will become a 10 billion yuan industrial park. Into the production workshop of the park, two modern production lines have been put into production, two large modern equipment is automatically cutting white marble jade slabs, and the various types of plates after cutting are filled with workshops. In another engraving workshop, a variety of Chinese white jade carving products are dazzling. Li Chuncheng asks about the production, development and operation of the enterprise while watching the county. The county fully relies on local stone resources and follows the requirements of new industrialization development. "Interactive" road, expressed its appreciation for the efforts to build China's white marble stone industry base. Once upon there was a girl, looking for her place in this world and how she can bring her contribution for a better world. In her search she discovered a project, the Achieve project. She felt that this project might help her in finding what she’s looking for, so she sent her application and not long after, she received the answer that she was accepted, you can’t imagine how big was her joy in that moment. The adventure started and step by step she was introduced to eco-soul centric and positive psychology development and an inside journey towards self-discovery. While taking part at the activities, like talking to a tree, daily yoga and meditation, fasting, spending solo time in nature, deep and meaningful conversations on topics like, happiness, trust, love, inner strengths and mindfulness, the way of council, the dance in darkness and other rituals

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—THEN I would say identification will allow your gifted student to enjoy school more. Unfortunately, these school programs are few and far between and with the current state of our education budget as a nation and class sizes increasing, I don’t see much hope ahead for this type of gifted program. SO what can you do to encourage your bright or gifted child? Encourage your child to think outside the box AND the book. Create lots of opportunities for your child to explore his/her areas of interest. Free up your child’s time so that he/she has lots of opportunities to create and invent new games/projects/ideas. Get your child a journal so that he/she can record his/her thoughts, ideas, and dreams. Provide an area in your home that is your child’s work space. Fill the area with paper, pencils, markers, crayons, wood, nails, glue, clay, wire—anything your child can use to create models, sculptures, figures, and drawings of his/her ideas. AND never stop encouraging creative play. Never squash an idea with an adult’s version of what will work or not work. All great inventions and inventors experience failure and learn from it. So whether your child is gifted or just bright—encourage creativity and learning through hands-on projects. You never know what they will invent. This entry was posted in education, parenting styles by Veronica. Bookmark the permalink. Teachers have no idea how powerful they are sometimes. I wish all teachers could have the professional training necessary to identify gifted children with the correct set of criteria in mind. I am glad that you had the determination to move past the teacher and seek help from the guidance counselor/principal. Good job Mommy! Oh, this blog strikes home. My youngest son is gifted. We saw many of the qualities listed in the right column and recognized them early, as my oldest is also in gifted classes. We approached his first grade teacher and asked that he be tested, as he was quite “bored” in his regular classroom…despite giving him many creative opportunities outside of school. She saw him as disruptive, as he would finish his work early and want to get up out of his seat. He hated being done early…and she would never have “extra” things for him to do. At the time, the teacher was the only person who referred students for testing. I contacted my older son’s gifted teacher & asked how to override the first grade teacher. Long-story-short…I emailed my request for testing to the guidance counselor and principal. It didn’t occur until the summer…but he surpassed the older one’s scores and started in 2nd grade. Three years later, he writes complete chapter stories (on his own, no prompts or “ideas” needed). I cringe at how his first-grade teacher stifled him and disregarded our concerns. The First Tee of San Joaquin will begin its Summer Tour for boys and girls ages 5-17 on June 15th. Children will learn sportsmanship, respect and other core values while learning the fundamentals of golf. The nine-week sessions are held every Saturday morning in Stockton & Copperopolis and Wednesdays in Lodi. Equipment will be provided. The cost is $60 and includes a logo golf cap. Visit www.TheFirstTeeSanJoaquin.org or call 209-915-8300 for more information. Moore Tire Center provides Interior & Exterior Lighting Repair services to Silver Lake, KS, Topeka, KS, Manhattan, KS, and other surrounding areas. Why Should You Have Interior & Exterior Lighting Repair Services Performed at Moore Tire Center? We proudly service the Interior & Exterior Lighting Repair needs of customers in Silver Lake, KS, Topeka, KS, Manhattan, KS, and surrounding areas. It IS OK To Have Different Tastes In The Ukulele World. Hang on though, I love music (and spend far more than is probably healthy on my record collection), how can I possibly not enjoy these performers? I mean, they are musicians, right? I like music, therefore I must like them? Right? Wrong. And I know I don't need to explain why that is. Some readers may be big fans of them, and that is cool. But I think any right minded fan of music in its many forms would recognise that we

—THEN I would say identification will allow your gifted student to enjoy school more. Unfortunately, these school programs are few and far between and with the current state of our education budget as a nation and class sizes increasing, I don’t see much hope ahead for this type of gifted program. SO what can you do to encourage your bright or gifted child? Encourage your child to think outside the box AND the book. Create lots of opportunities for your child to explore his/her areas of interest. Free up your child’s time so that he/she has lots of opportunities to create and invent new games/projects/ideas. Get your child a journal so that he/she can record his/her thoughts, ideas, and dreams. Provide an area in your home that is your child’s work space. Fill the area with paper, pencils, markers, crayons, wood, nails, glue, clay, wire—anything your child can use to create models, sculptures, figures, and drawings of his/her ideas. AND never stop encouraging creative play. Never squash an idea with an adult’s version of what will work or not work. All great inventions and inventors experience failure and learn from it. So whether your child is gifted or just bright—encourage creativity and learning through hands-on projects. You never know what they will invent. This entry was posted in education, parenting styles by Veronica. Bookmark the permalink. Teachers have no idea how powerful they are sometimes. I wish all teachers could have the professional training necessary to identify gifted children with the correct set of criteria in mind. I am glad that you had the determination to move past the teacher and seek help from the guidance counselor/principal. Good job Mommy! Oh, this blog strikes home. My youngest son is gifted. We saw many of the qualities listed in the right column and recognized them early, as my oldest is also in gifted classes. We approached his first grade teacher and asked that he be tested, as he was quite “bored” in his regular classroom…despite giving him many creative opportunities outside of school. She saw him as disruptive, as he would finish his work early and want to get up out of his seat. He hated being done early…and she would never have “extra” things for him to do. At the time, the teacher was the only person who referred students for testing. I contacted my older son’s gifted teacher & asked how to override the first grade teacher. Long-story-short…I emailed my request for testing to the guidance counselor and principal. It didn’t occur until the summer…but he surpassed the older one’s scores and started in 2nd grade. Three years later, he writes complete chapter stories (on his own, no prompts or “ideas” needed). I cringe at how his first-grade teacher stifled him and disregarded our concerns. The First Tee of San Joaquin will begin its Summer Tour for boys and girls ages 5-17 on June 15th. Children will learn sportsmanship, respect and other core values while learning the fundamentals of golf. The nine-week sessions are held every Saturday morning in Stockton & Copperopolis and Wednesdays in Lodi. Equipment will be provided. The cost is $60 and includes a logo golf cap. Visit www.TheFirstTeeSanJoaquin.org or call 209-915-8300 for more information. Moore Tire Center provides Interior & Exterior Lighting Repair services to Silver Lake, KS, Topeka, KS, Manhattan, KS, and other surrounding areas. Why Should You Have Interior & Exterior Lighting Repair Services Performed at Moore Tire Center? We proudly service the Interior & Exterior Lighting Repair needs of customers in Silver Lake, KS, Topeka, KS, Manhattan, KS, and surrounding areas. It IS OK To Have Different Tastes In The Ukulele World. Hang on though, I love music (and spend far more than is probably healthy on my record collection), how can I possibly not enjoy these performers? I mean, they are musicians, right? I like music, therefore I must like them? Right? Wrong. And I know I don't need to explain why that is. Some readers may be big fans of them, and that is cool. But I think any right minded fan of music in its many forms would recognise that we

don't all like the same things. You see, it's perfectly OK to like different things in music. I like to think I have a pretty broad taste in music and am as happy listening to The Beatles as I am to Charlie Parker, as happy with Neil Young as I am with Mozart. But I do have many eclectic choices too and when growing up would find myself shocked when I had to retort, 'What? You mean you don't like Frank Zappa / Tom Waits / Nick Cave' . But as I say, I was young, and enthusiasm is a powerful thing. But you soon realise that music is a broad church and there really is something for everyone and not everyone likes EVERYTHING. Instruments too may have their fans, and it would be right to say that my music collection is heavy on guitar based instrumentation, but I also like piano, keyboards and lots of electronic music too. I also have a fondness for the traditional and have been known to go weak at the knee at the sound of an autoharp... But again, tastes differ. Which got me thinking of another oddity in the ukulele world. The assumption with some that 'because he / she / they are playing a ukulele you MUST like them because you play one too.'... Excuse me? I adore the playing of Jimi Hendrix on an electric guitar and Richard Thompson (on a guitar of any variety) but should it therefore follow that no matter who records a piece of music on one of those instruments should automatically get my affections? Of course not. So what gives with the ukulele then? I decided that in penning this blog post that it was probably best to keep off individual names, ( I don't have time for all the angry email it would generate, even if that would serve to prove the point) but here's the thing. Just because a performer plays a ukulele, it doesn't follow that I automatically adore them just because I write about the instrument. Like any instrument or genre, I have my preferred tastes. It's hard to pin down, but music that moves me, speaks to me, or damn well just makes me tap my foot can do it. And personal tastes (and you all have them) mean that some things don't flick that switch for me. Yet I never fail to be surprised by the reaction I get if, on public social media, I would 'dare' to say 'actually, no, he / she / they are not by cup of tea'... I've seen it all - a genuine reaction of confusion at best, and horror at worst that other ukulele players genuinely don't understand WHY I may not like performer X... I am sure it's not just me, but it still doesn't half amaze me how many there are who get confused in the first place. This slots in to a bigger observation about the ukulele I suppose, and something that spawns the endless MEMES that circulate along the lines of the 'keep calm, play your ukulele' or 'So then she said, why do you need more than one ukulele?' variety. I understand the passion, certainly. But I don't understand the 'obsession'. There is a difference. I love the instrument, but not at disregard to my own tastes and love for other forms of art. To do so would be obsession. Surely we all like a bit of variety, and a world in which we all had exactly the same record collections would be a dull world indeed. I mean, you would NEVER get tickets for any band because surely EVERYONE would be trying to get them. Every album would share the number one spot. And so on and so on. And dare I say it, but, I don't think it's particularly good for the image of the instrument. The ukulele already gets pigeonholed as something of a joke or toy instrument, and having people get rabidly obsessed with it no matter what hardly helps in my book. Yet why do we have so many players / clubs / bands who all kind of dress the same and play what is essentially the same song book? A desire to be part of a community for sure, and I am not disrespecting that, but can we not be part of a community with some individuality? The professional acts certainly differ, and that is one of the things I like so much about the Grand Northern Ukulele Festival I recently reported on. VARIETY. There was, naturally, a LOT of ukulele music that weekend, but the

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8, Testudo tentorius verroxii Smith, 1839, Testudo trimeni Boulenger, 1886, Testudo verreauxii Boulenger, 1889, Testudo verroxii bergeri Mertens, 1955, Testudo verroxii Smith, 1839, Chersinella tentoria hexensis Hewitt, 1933, Psammobates tentorius Fritz & Bininda-Emonds, 2007, Psammobates tentorius tentorius (Bell, 1828), Psammobates tentorius trimeni (Boulenger, 1886), Testudo geometrica nigriventris Gray, 1855, endemic Notes References South African animal biodiversity lists Стратфорд-апон-Ейвон () — місто в графстві Ворикшир у Великій Британії, розташований на річці Ейвон. Стратфорд-на-Ейвоні знаходиться за 35 км від найбільшого міста графства і другого за величиною міста країни Бірмінгема та за 13 км від адміністративного центру графства Ворика. Населення міста 2001 року становило 23 676 осіб. Місто є Батьківщиною Вільяма Шекспіра. Історія Стратфорд був заснований 1196 року єпископом Вустера на своїх землях. Назва походить від староанглійського слова strǣt (street, ) і ford (). Того ж року Річард I хартією дарував Стратфорду право щотижня проводити ярмарки. Надалі Стратфорд розвивався як торгове місто. У XV столітті багатий купець Г'ю Клоптон, який народився в околицях Стратфорда і став Лордом-мером Лондона, провів масштабні роботи з доброустрою міста: замінив дерев'яний міст через Ейвон на кам'яний, який стоїть досі, вимостив дороги, перебудував місцеву церкву, створив систему громадського піклування. Починаючи з середини XIX століття протягом приблизно ста років на чолі міста стояла сім'я Флаверів. Багатство сім'ї принесла пивоварня, заснована Едвардом Фордгем Флавером 1832 року. Представники чотирьох поколінь родини ставали мерами міста, а пивоварня була одним з найбільших підприємств. Чарльз Едвард Флавер профінансував будівництво Королівського Шекспірівського театру і як мер особисто відкрив його, а його нащадок мер Арчибальд Флавер організував його реконструкцію після пожежі 1926 року. Останні роки життя в Стратфорді-апон-Ейвоні провела Марія Кореллі. Вона витратила багато сил і грошей на відновлення історичного вигляду міста, як він виглядав за часів Шекспіра; в будинку Кореллі в Стратфорді зараз знаходиться Шекспірівський інститут. Театри 1769 року прославлений англійський актор Девід Гаррік вирішив провести в Стратфорді фестиваль, присвячений Шекспіру. Він побудував дерев'яну будівлю, яка простояла недовго і була змита під час затяжної зливи. На початку XIX століття поряд з Шекспірівським маєтком був побудований маленький театр під назвою The Royal Shakespeare Rooms, але до 1860 він був покинутий. 1864 року, до трь

8, Testudo tentorius verroxii Smith, 1839, Testudo trimeni Boulenger, 1886, Testudo verreauxii Boulenger, 1889, Testudo verroxii bergeri Mertens, 1955, Testudo verroxii Smith, 1839, Chersinella tentoria hexensis Hewitt, 1933, Psammobates tentorius Fritz & Bininda-Emonds, 2007, Psammobates tentorius tentorius (Bell, 1828), Psammobates tentorius trimeni (Boulenger, 1886), Testudo geometrica nigriventris Gray, 1855, endemic Notes References South African animal biodiversity lists Стратфорд-апон-Ейвон () — місто в графстві Ворикшир у Великій Британії, розташований на річці Ейвон. Стратфорд-на-Ейвоні знаходиться за 35 км від найбільшого міста графства і другого за величиною міста країни Бірмінгема та за 13 км від адміністративного центру графства Ворика. Населення міста 2001 року становило 23 676 осіб. Місто є Батьківщиною Вільяма Шекспіра. Історія Стратфорд був заснований 1196 року єпископом Вустера на своїх землях. Назва походить від староанглійського слова strǣt (street, ) і ford (). Того ж року Річард I хартією дарував Стратфорду право щотижня проводити ярмарки. Надалі Стратфорд розвивався як торгове місто. У XV столітті багатий купець Г'ю Клоптон, який народився в околицях Стратфорда і став Лордом-мером Лондона, провів масштабні роботи з доброустрою міста: замінив дерев'яний міст через Ейвон на кам'яний, який стоїть досі, вимостив дороги, перебудував місцеву церкву, створив систему громадського піклування. Починаючи з середини XIX століття протягом приблизно ста років на чолі міста стояла сім'я Флаверів. Багатство сім'ї принесла пивоварня, заснована Едвардом Фордгем Флавером 1832 року. Представники чотирьох поколінь родини ставали мерами міста, а пивоварня була одним з найбільших підприємств. Чарльз Едвард Флавер профінансував будівництво Королівського Шекспірівського театру і як мер особисто відкрив його, а його нащадок мер Арчибальд Флавер організував його реконструкцію після пожежі 1926 року. Останні роки життя в Стратфорді-апон-Ейвоні провела Марія Кореллі. Вона витратила багато сил і грошей на відновлення історичного вигляду міста, як він виглядав за часів Шекспіра; в будинку Кореллі в Стратфорді зараз знаходиться Шекспірівський інститут. Театри 1769 року прославлений англійський актор Девід Гаррік вирішив провести в Стратфорді фестиваль, присвячений Шекспіру. Він побудував дерев'яну будівлю, яка простояла недовго і була змита під час затяжної зливи. На початку XIX століття поряд з Шекспірівським маєтком був побудований маленький театр під назвою The Royal Shakespeare Rooms, але до 1860 він був покинутий. 1864 року, до трь

охсотліття з дня народження Шекспіра, місцевий пивовар Чарльз Едвард Флавер побудував ще одну дерев'яну будівлю театру, яку було розібрано через три місяці. Приблизно через десять років він подарував муніципалітету кілька акрів землі для зведення театру. 1879 року був побудований Королівський Шекспірівський театр. Театр згорів 1926 року, і для нього на тому ж місці за проєктом архітекторки Елізабет Скотт зведено нову будівлю, яка існує донині. На відкритті театру 1932 року був присутній Принц Вельський Едуард. Крім Королівського театру в Стратфорді діють ще два театри: Swan Theatre і Waterside Theatre. Примітки Міста графства Ворикшир Населені пункти, засновані 1196 Wolfgang Hans Zacharias (* 28. Oktober 1941 in Gauting; † 26. April 2018) war ein deutscher Kunst- und Kulturpädagoge. Leben Wolfgang Zacharias stammte aus der Regensburger Künstler- und Malerfamilie Zacharias. Er war der Sohn des Grafikers und Pädagogen Alfred Zacharias und seiner Ehefrau Irmgard, Enkel des Hoffotografen Rudolf Zacharias und Neffe des Kunstmalers Günther Zacharias (1913–1943). Sein Bruder ist der Künstler und Hochschullehrer Thomas Zacharias, seine Schwester Veronika Zacharias ist Kunstmalerin. Zacharias studierte in München, Stuttgart und Paris und machte den Doktortitel in Philosophie. Er war Mitbegründer der Initiativen KEKS und Pädaktion, außerdem Vorstand der Pädagogischen Aktion SPIELkultur e.V., stellvertretender Vorsitzender der Landesvereinigung kulturelle Bildung Bayern e.V., Vorstand des Bundesverbands Jugendkunstschulen und kulturpädagogische Einrichtungen (BJKE Unna), Mitglied im Sprecherrat der Landesgruppe Bayern der Kulturpolitischen Gesellschaft e.V. und seit 2005 Honorar-Professor an der Hochschule Merseburg für Kulturpädagogik/ Spielpädagogik und arbeitete hier in der Lehre (BA Kultur- und Medienpädagogik, MA Angewandte Medien- und Kulturwissenschaft). Von 1983 bis 2006 war er im Kulturreferat der Landeshauptstadt München beschäftigt. Werke (Auswahl) zusammen mit Gerd Grüneisl: Die Kinderstadt: eine Schule des Lebens. Handbuch für Spiel, Kultur, Umwelt, Reinbek bei Hamburg, Rowohlt, 1989 zusammen mit Hildegard Bockhorst und Vanessa-Isabelle Reinwand (Hrsg.): Handbuch Kulturelle Bildung (Kulturelle Bildung, Band 30), kopaed verlag, München 2012, ISBN 978-3-86736-330-3. Vermessungen – im Lauf der Zeit und in subjektiver Verantwortung, Hamburg University Press, 2006 Kulturpädagogik, Opladen, Leske und Budrich, 2001 Kultur und Bildung, Kunst und Leben, Essen Klartext-Verl., 2001 Interaktiv – Medienökologie zwischen Sinnenreich und Cyberspace, München : KoPäd-Verlag, 2000 Gelebter Raum, München : Pädagogische Aktion, 1989 Sinnenreich, Essen, Klartext-Verlag, 1994 Weblinks Einzelnachweise Kunstpädagoge Pädagoge (20. Jahrhundert) Pädagoge (21. Jahrhundert) Herausgeber Sachbuchautor Träger des Bundesverdienstkreuzes am Bande Deutscher Geboren 1941 Gestorben 2018 Mann Nové Město () je

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The Docks” starring the face of Gaultier’s latest campaign, Jarrod Scott, Jean Paul Gaultier emerged from the backstage area to answer questions and thank his shocked fans for attending. Though the press swarmed Gaultier at the end of the lecture, the designer turned to embrace Segura through the crowd. Gaultier’s exhibit will remain open in Brooklyn until the end of February 2014. A must see. JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Sidewalk to Catwalk comes to New York selects Brigitte Segura, written by Emily Tantuccio. Photos: Emily Tantuccio for FashionDailyMag CIC Raps UGC For Not... CIC Raps UGC For Not Disclosing Course Details Sought As Genuine Academic Queries [Read Order] Arunima Bhattacharya 13 Oct 2016 7:01 AM GMT The CIC held that the UGC being an academic regulatory has statutory duty to inform/educate the people about the courses/degrees and their validity. It was agreed by the CIC that any conclusion without reading the enactments of the RTI and UGC together would lead to undue denial that amounts to abdication of UGC’s duty to inform, which was prescribed by two statutes that being its... The CIC held that the UGC being an academic regulatory has statutory duty to inform/educate the people about the courses/degrees and their validity. It was agreed by the CIC that any conclusion without reading the enactments of the RTI and UGC together would lead to undue denial that amounts to abdication of UGC’s duty to inform, which was prescribed by two statutes that being its basic function. The Central Information Commission (CIC) in Ram Kishan Sharma v. PIO, UGC, has directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to make available information sought by a petitioner regarding a course offered by IGNOU, as it refused to do so under the garb of section 2 (f) of the RTI Act, 2005. Central Information Commissioner Prof M Sridhar Acharyulu (Madabhushi Sridhar) said he was surprised by how public authority UGC refused to clarify the doubt of the petitioner by taking shelter under technical interpretation of right, according to section 2(f) of RTI Act and iterated that the RTI Act must be read with the UGC Act. Ram Kishan Sharma had sought for the following directions: (a) details and list of appropriate education programmes of comparable quality specified or approved by the UGC for the purpose of career advancement scheme etc, and (b) whether training programme for ‘script development for preparing audio video tapes’ conducted by IGNOU, New Delhi, is specified or approved by the UGC as appropriate continuing education programme of comparable quality as mentioned in career advancement scheme of the UGC. Under Secretary and PIO Mr. Satish Kumar stated that the information couldn’t be provided and shielded this response under section 2(f) RTI Act. After not getting relief from either the PIO of First Appellate Authority, Ram Kishan Sharma approached the Commission. The CIC observed that the clarification sought could be done by UGC or IGNOU, but they did not write to each other on this question. Section 12 of UGC Act read with RTI Act 2005 clarifies that the UGC has a duty to collect and provide information to the citizens seeking it. The CIC reminded that the UGC emblem contains a motto sentence in Sanskrit, “jnaan vijnaan vimukthaye (Knowledge liberates)’, thus imposing a duty to provide at least information, if not the ‘knowledge’. It observed that ‘information’ in the form of ‘clarification’ also liberates those asking for information under RTI Act from certain doubts. The CIC held that the UGC being an academic regulatory has statutory duty to inform/educate the people about the courses/degrees and their validity. It was agreed by the CIC that any conclusion without reading the enactments of the RTI Act and UGC Act together would lead to undue denial that amounts to abdication of the UGC’s duty to inform, which was prescribed by two statutes that being its basic function. Such lapses were considered as

The Docks” starring the face of Gaultier’s latest campaign, Jarrod Scott, Jean Paul Gaultier emerged from the backstage area to answer questions and thank his shocked fans for attending. Though the press swarmed Gaultier at the end of the lecture, the designer turned to embrace Segura through the crowd. Gaultier’s exhibit will remain open in Brooklyn until the end of February 2014. A must see. JEAN PAUL GAULTIER Sidewalk to Catwalk comes to New York selects Brigitte Segura, written by Emily Tantuccio. Photos: Emily Tantuccio for FashionDailyMag CIC Raps UGC For Not... CIC Raps UGC For Not Disclosing Course Details Sought As Genuine Academic Queries [Read Order] Arunima Bhattacharya 13 Oct 2016 7:01 AM GMT The CIC held that the UGC being an academic regulatory has statutory duty to inform/educate the people about the courses/degrees and their validity. It was agreed by the CIC that any conclusion without reading the enactments of the RTI and UGC together would lead to undue denial that amounts to abdication of UGC’s duty to inform, which was prescribed by two statutes that being its... The CIC held that the UGC being an academic regulatory has statutory duty to inform/educate the people about the courses/degrees and their validity. It was agreed by the CIC that any conclusion without reading the enactments of the RTI and UGC together would lead to undue denial that amounts to abdication of UGC’s duty to inform, which was prescribed by two statutes that being its basic function. The Central Information Commission (CIC) in Ram Kishan Sharma v. PIO, UGC, has directed the University Grants Commission (UGC) to make available information sought by a petitioner regarding a course offered by IGNOU, as it refused to do so under the garb of section 2 (f) of the RTI Act, 2005. Central Information Commissioner Prof M Sridhar Acharyulu (Madabhushi Sridhar) said he was surprised by how public authority UGC refused to clarify the doubt of the petitioner by taking shelter under technical interpretation of right, according to section 2(f) of RTI Act and iterated that the RTI Act must be read with the UGC Act. Ram Kishan Sharma had sought for the following directions: (a) details and list of appropriate education programmes of comparable quality specified or approved by the UGC for the purpose of career advancement scheme etc, and (b) whether training programme for ‘script development for preparing audio video tapes’ conducted by IGNOU, New Delhi, is specified or approved by the UGC as appropriate continuing education programme of comparable quality as mentioned in career advancement scheme of the UGC. Under Secretary and PIO Mr. Satish Kumar stated that the information couldn’t be provided and shielded this response under section 2(f) RTI Act. After not getting relief from either the PIO of First Appellate Authority, Ram Kishan Sharma approached the Commission. The CIC observed that the clarification sought could be done by UGC or IGNOU, but they did not write to each other on this question. Section 12 of UGC Act read with RTI Act 2005 clarifies that the UGC has a duty to collect and provide information to the citizens seeking it. The CIC reminded that the UGC emblem contains a motto sentence in Sanskrit, “jnaan vijnaan vimukthaye (Knowledge liberates)’, thus imposing a duty to provide at least information, if not the ‘knowledge’. It observed that ‘information’ in the form of ‘clarification’ also liberates those asking for information under RTI Act from certain doubts. The CIC held that the UGC being an academic regulatory has statutory duty to inform/educate the people about the courses/degrees and their validity. It was agreed by the CIC that any conclusion without reading the enactments of the RTI Act and UGC Act together would lead to undue denial that amounts to abdication of the UGC’s duty to inform, which was prescribed by two statutes that being its basic function. Such lapses were considered as

a policy-deficit in public authority exposed by such RTI applications. The RTI Act mandates the UGC under section 4(1)(c)&(d) to voluntarily disclose such aspects of their educational policy to the people affected, including interested parties such as Ram Kishan Sharma in this case. Further reflecting on the duties of the UGC and its efficiency in handling these, the Commission said: “…the UGC has to understand the doubts of such students or parents and recognize the need for clarification arising out of such RTI applications and prepare the FAQs accordingly. The increase in the number of RTI applications seeking such clarifications reflects on the public authority leading to an inference that the UGC is not properly communicating to the people about the validity of courses and degrees.” The Commissioner also warned that refusal to provide the clarifications would compel the Commission to initiate penal proceedings and also direct the public authority to pay compensation because appellant’s RTI request was a necessity arising out of non-performance of its duty under section 4(1)(c) & (d) of the RTI Act. It was noted that public authorities generally plead that section 4 is not directly enforceable by the Commission. However, the Commission emphasised upon the fact that information sought in this appeal was supposed to be voluntarily disclosed under Section 4 of RTI Act. The CIC iterated that a citizen’s RTI request necessitates enforcement of right by the Commission. Thus, the UGC or any public authority could not have refused to give clarifications, if it is part of their duty. Under such circumstances, the Commission held that the Section 4(1)(b),(C) and (d) will become enforceable and it has every authority to initiate penal proceedings under Section 20, as the information was disclosable under these three sub clauses of Section 4 in this RTI application. The CIC said that dutifully, the policy of the UGC must include providing clarifications for such genuine academic doubts. The CIC pointed out that although technically section 2(f) is held true, sheltering such doubts of petitioners under this section will leave the student community in confusion regarding validity of a course. The Commission said not informing the validity of a course amounts to abdication of their duty to inform, as that duty was prescribed by the statute and that is their basic function. The Commission issued the following direction after hearing the case: The Commission directs the respondent authority not to refuse to give clarifications. The information sought not is not prohibited by any exemption and refusal to respond to these would attract penal proceedings under section 20. PIO Mr. Satish Kumar was issued a show-cause as to why penalty should not be imposed against him for refusing to inform and abdication of responsibility both under the UGC Act and the RTI Act Directed the UGC to explain why it should not be ordered to pay compensation/costs to Ram Kishan Sharma, within 21 days from date of receipt of this order. The PIO was directed to file a compliance report complying with the directions in this order within 30 days from date of receipt of this order. Thus, with these directions, the second appeal was disposed of accordingly. Read the order here. This article has been made possible because of financial support from Independent and Public-Spirited Media Foundation. Raise Your Voice in Cheer! Tickets Now on Sale for the Finding Neverland Tour in Boston May 6th, 2017 | By Broadway.com Staff What a show! What a night! How the world's delight! Tickets are now on sale for the national tour of Finding Neverland in Boston. The Broadway.com Audience Choice Award-winning musical will open on August 8 at the Boston Opera House and close on August 20. Finding Neverland follows playwright J.M. Barrie as he summons the courage to become the writer—and the man—he yearns to be. Barrie finds the inspiration he’s been missing when he meets the beautiful widow Sylvia and her four young sons: Jack, George, Michael and Peter. Delighted by the boys’ hilarious escapades, Barrie conjures the magical world of Neverland and writes a play unlike any the high-society London theatergoers have ever seen. It’s a tremendous risk, but as Barrie himself has discovered—when you believe, you

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was created. From 2003, Fabien Gaglio & Co allegedly planned and operated money laundering layering structure of off-shore companies with the help of accomplices, with bank accounts mostly in Switzerland, UK and Hong Kong. This money laundering mechanism was partially related to a network of famous international money launderers serving also organized crime, corruption, fraud and tax evasion, in particular in East Europe and Italy. From 2003 and 2009 the money laundering schema laundered about 500 Mio EUR around the world. Geographically, the network of off-shore companies operated on the California-Italy-Russia-Hong Kong and France axis, mostly involving the film and sport industry, the art industry and the pyramidal marketing industry. In Russia, for example, the structures are related to the Azimut Bank in Moscow which lost its bank license in 2015 due to severe irregularities and money laundering and subsequently terminated its activities because of bankruptcy. By coincidence, of course, the bankruptcy of the Azimut bank happened at the same of bankruptcy's day of the Hottinger & Co. Bank. In Italy, as second example, many structures were related to a trustee based in Lugano, Filippo Dollfus de Volckersberg, well known by the prosecutor in Milano. Dollfus offered his cleaning services to the Italian nomenclature (in part related to Mediaset). He was convicted in 2016 in Milano for a scheme of money laundering moving about 800 Mio EUR. Additional investigations show other accomplices of the schema residing in Italy, some of them in the film industry.... Office of Professional Conduct Office of the Ombudsperson ADB Supporting Region's Development Needs Through Strategy 2030: ADB President News Release | 3 May 2019 Read time: 3 mins NADI, FIJI (3 May 2019) — Responding to the changing needs of Asia and the Pacific will be at the center of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) actions to implement Strategy 2030, said ADB President Mr. Takehiko Nakao in his opening address today at the 52nd Annual Meeting of ADB’s Board of Governors. ADB is preparing seven operational plans as well as action plans for private sector operations and knowledge management to advance implementation of Strategy 2030. ADB’s new lending and grant operations in 2018 grew to a record $21.6 billion compared to $13.9 billion in 2013, an increase of 55%. Speaking to an audience of ADB member government officials, academics, business leaders, and civil society representatives, Mr. Nakao said going forward, ADB will intensify its focus on quality and innovation in its operations, while maintaining moderate volume growth. Mr. Nakao highlighted six areas that ADB considers essential to the strategy’s success. First, he said a key priority for ADB will be to continue addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities across Asia and the Pacific. “We will strengthen our support to the poorest and most vulnerable countries in the region, including those in fragile and conflict-affected situations and many small island developing states,” said Mr. Nakao. ADB is supporting this year’s G20 initiative of universal health coverage. Second, ADB is accelerating progress in gender equality and will develop a strong pipeline of projects that integrate gender equality designs into a range of operations, including transport, energy, and urban infrastructure. ADB is also supporting a transformative gender agenda such as promoting women’s land title ownership, which is a basis for women’s economic empowerment. Third, climate mitigation and adaptation efforts across the Pacific will be an important focus for ADB. Countries most vulnerable to climate change, including in the Pacific, will receive a wide range of ADB assistance. Mr. Nakao called attention to ADB’s increase in disaster contingent financing in the Pacific, thereby allowing countries to access financial resources immediately in the wake of a disaster, based on predetermined criteria. Fourth is ADB’s continued support for regional cooperation and integration. Building on ADB-led subregional cooperation platforms, ADB will further enhance regional connectivity, promote regional public goods, help strengthen cooperation in financial

was created. From 2003, Fabien Gaglio & Co allegedly planned and operated money laundering layering structure of off-shore companies with the help of accomplices, with bank accounts mostly in Switzerland, UK and Hong Kong. This money laundering mechanism was partially related to a network of famous international money launderers serving also organized crime, corruption, fraud and tax evasion, in particular in East Europe and Italy. From 2003 and 2009 the money laundering schema laundered about 500 Mio EUR around the world. Geographically, the network of off-shore companies operated on the California-Italy-Russia-Hong Kong and France axis, mostly involving the film and sport industry, the art industry and the pyramidal marketing industry. In Russia, for example, the structures are related to the Azimut Bank in Moscow which lost its bank license in 2015 due to severe irregularities and money laundering and subsequently terminated its activities because of bankruptcy. By coincidence, of course, the bankruptcy of the Azimut bank happened at the same of bankruptcy's day of the Hottinger & Co. Bank. In Italy, as second example, many structures were related to a trustee based in Lugano, Filippo Dollfus de Volckersberg, well known by the prosecutor in Milano. Dollfus offered his cleaning services to the Italian nomenclature (in part related to Mediaset). He was convicted in 2016 in Milano for a scheme of money laundering moving about 800 Mio EUR. Additional investigations show other accomplices of the schema residing in Italy, some of them in the film industry.... Office of Professional Conduct Office of the Ombudsperson ADB Supporting Region's Development Needs Through Strategy 2030: ADB President News Release | 3 May 2019 Read time: 3 mins NADI, FIJI (3 May 2019) — Responding to the changing needs of Asia and the Pacific will be at the center of the Asian Development Bank’s (ADB) actions to implement Strategy 2030, said ADB President Mr. Takehiko Nakao in his opening address today at the 52nd Annual Meeting of ADB’s Board of Governors. ADB is preparing seven operational plans as well as action plans for private sector operations and knowledge management to advance implementation of Strategy 2030. ADB’s new lending and grant operations in 2018 grew to a record $21.6 billion compared to $13.9 billion in 2013, an increase of 55%. Speaking to an audience of ADB member government officials, academics, business leaders, and civil society representatives, Mr. Nakao said going forward, ADB will intensify its focus on quality and innovation in its operations, while maintaining moderate volume growth. Mr. Nakao highlighted six areas that ADB considers essential to the strategy’s success. First, he said a key priority for ADB will be to continue addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequalities across Asia and the Pacific. “We will strengthen our support to the poorest and most vulnerable countries in the region, including those in fragile and conflict-affected situations and many small island developing states,” said Mr. Nakao. ADB is supporting this year’s G20 initiative of universal health coverage. Second, ADB is accelerating progress in gender equality and will develop a strong pipeline of projects that integrate gender equality designs into a range of operations, including transport, energy, and urban infrastructure. ADB is also supporting a transformative gender agenda such as promoting women’s land title ownership, which is a basis for women’s economic empowerment. Third, climate mitigation and adaptation efforts across the Pacific will be an important focus for ADB. Countries most vulnerable to climate change, including in the Pacific, will receive a wide range of ADB assistance. Mr. Nakao called attention to ADB’s increase in disaster contingent financing in the Pacific, thereby allowing countries to access financial resources immediately in the wake of a disaster, based on predetermined criteria. Fourth is ADB’s continued support for regional cooperation and integration. Building on ADB-led subregional cooperation platforms, ADB will further enhance regional connectivity, promote regional public goods, help strengthen cooperation in financial

sector and macroprudential policies, and encourage knowledge sharing, including in such areas as education and agriculture. Fifth, Mr. Nakao said ADB will continue to expand its private sector lending, equity investments, and guarantees to reach one third of total operations in number by 2024. This will bring ADB into new markets and broaden its business reach to education, health, and agribusiness. ADB is bringing its private sector operations closer to clients by outposting more staff to resident missions. ADB will open an office in Singapore by the end of this year to facilitate engagement with private sponsors and financiers. Finally, ADB will use concessional resources effectively and will develop a detailed proposal for the next Asian Development Fund replenishment: ADF 13. ADB is also seeking strong donor support for its trust funds and actively mobilizing concessional resources from bilateral and multilateral partners such as the Green Climate Fund and Global Environment Facility. ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. In 2018, it made commitments of new loans and grants amounting to $21.6 billion. Established in 1966, it is owned by 68 members—49 from the region. Davis, Robert ADB administration and governance Speech: Moving Together as One Wave for the Future of Asia and the Pacific — Takehiko Nakao Speech: Opening Address at the 52nd ADB Annual Meeting – Josaia Voreqe Bainimarama News: ADB Releases Annual Report, Financial Results for 2018 Strategy 2030: Achieving a Prosperous, Inclusive, Resilient, and Sustainable Asia and the Pacific Fiji 2019: 52nd Annual Meeting of ADB's Board of Governors News from Country Offices | 13 January 2022 News from Country Offices | 28 December 2021 Subscriber Services Subscribe to ADB's Newsletters, Alerts and RSS feeds. Follow ADB: The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable Asia and the Pacific, while sustaining its efforts to eradicate extreme poverty. It assists its members and partners by providing loans, technical assistance, grants, and equity investments to promote social and economic development. 6 ADB Avenue, Mandaluyong City 1550, Metro Manila, Philippines Browse ADB.org Other ADB Sites Asia Regional Integration Center Asian Bonds Online ADB Knowledge Events © 2022 Asian Development Bank. ADB Contacts Es tut uns sehr leid. Diese Seite ist in der von Ihnen bevorzugten Sprache noch nicht verfügbar. Wir zeigen Ihnen stattdessen die Originalfassung. eso0323 — Organisatorische Pressemitteilung President Elect of the International Astronomical Union (IAU) The General Assembly of the International Astronomical Union (IAU), meeting in Sydney (Australia), has appointed the ESO Director General, Dr. Catherine Cesarsky, as President Elect for a three-year period (2003-2006). The IAU is the world's foremost organisation for astronomy, uniting almost 9000 professional scientists on all continents. The IAU General Assembly also elected Prof. Ron Ekers (Australia) as President (2003 - 2006). Dr. Cesarsky will then become President of the IAU in 2006, when the General Assembly next meets in Prague (The Czech Republic). Dr. Cesarsky is the first woman scientist to receive this high distinction. "The election of Catherine Cesarsky as President-Elect of the IAU is an important recognition for a scientist who has made impressive contributions to various areas of modern astrophysics, from cosmic rays to the interstellar medium and cosmology", commented the outgoing IAU President, Prof. Franco Pacini. "It is also an honour and an important accolade for the European astronomical community in general and ESO in particular." Dr. Cesarsky, who assumed the

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arians to play a role in protecting children. Mme France Gélinas: I'm pleased to rise today in support of this bill, a bill that protects the children of Ontario. Child protection is a very serious matter; it is serious to everybody in this House and it is serious to everybody in this province. It's probably serious to everybody in this country and all over the world. It is horrific that one can find images on the Internet and elsewhere of children being abused. In my previous work, I've had the opportunity to work with families and children who have been abused. I've seen the devastation to those children's and families' lives. I've also worked with the abusers, to try to turn their lives around. It makes for a lot of misery and a lot of hardship. Anything that will work toward preventing those horrific crimes from happening is something that I will support. This bill is looking at ways to stop the abuse that is coming from the Internet. It is a bill that can proactively prevent children from being abused, and I don't think there's anybody in this room who does not understand that this is a bill worth supporting. Il me fait plaisir aujourd'hui de parler en faveur du projet de loi 37, la loi pour protéger les enfants. J'ai eu l'expérience dans ma vie antérieure de travailler avec des enfants et des familles qui ont vécu la violence et qui ont vécu l'abus, et les effets terribles que cela a eu sur ces familles-làet sur ces enfants-là. J'ai également eu l'expérience de travailler avec les « abuseurs ». Puis ça non plus, ce n'ètait pas plus gai. C'est le genre de projet de loi qui était mis de l'avant par le membre de Etobicokeâ€"Lakeshore et qui parle de la promotion de la prévention de ces actes, surtout lorsqu'ils sont distribués sur Internet. C'est le genre de loi proactive qui va protéger les enfants et qui demande l'appui de tous les membres de cette Chambre. The Acting Speaker (Mr. Jim Wilson): Further debate? Seeing none, Ms. Broten has moved third reading of Bill 37. Be it resolved that the bill do now pass and be entitled as in the motion. Third reading agreed to. The Acting Speaker (Mr. Jim Wilson): Orders of the day. Hon. Kathleen O. Wynne: Speaker, I believe we have unanimous consent to call the remaining orders in the following order: M124, M111, M98. The Acting Speaker (Mr. Jim Wilson): Do we have unanimous consent to call the orders in that order? Agreed. The honourable minister. Hon. Kathleen O. Wynne: I call M124, An Act to amend the Smoke-Free Ontario Act with respect to cigarillos. The Acting Speaker (Mr. Jim Wilson): The Deputy Clerk reminds me that the unanimous consent was to do M111, M124 and M98 in that order. So, would you like to call M111, Minister of Education? Mr. Peter Kormos: On a point of order, Speaker: With respect, if it hasn't already been sought and obtained, consent to varying the order as indicated in the earlier motion agreed to. The Acting Speaker (Mr. Jim Wilson): Okay. Do I have unanimous consent to vary the order? Agreed. The honourable minister has calledâ€"oh, whatever you want. Hon. Kathleen O. Wynne: I'd like to call M124, An Act to amend the Smoke-Free Ontario Act with respect to cigarillos. UN ONTARIO SANS FUMÉE Mme Gélinas, on behalf of Mr. Levac, moved third reading of the following bill: Mme France G

arians to play a role in protecting children. Mme France Gélinas: I'm pleased to rise today in support of this bill, a bill that protects the children of Ontario. Child protection is a very serious matter; it is serious to everybody in this House and it is serious to everybody in this province. It's probably serious to everybody in this country and all over the world. It is horrific that one can find images on the Internet and elsewhere of children being abused. In my previous work, I've had the opportunity to work with families and children who have been abused. I've seen the devastation to those children's and families' lives. I've also worked with the abusers, to try to turn their lives around. It makes for a lot of misery and a lot of hardship. Anything that will work toward preventing those horrific crimes from happening is something that I will support. This bill is looking at ways to stop the abuse that is coming from the Internet. It is a bill that can proactively prevent children from being abused, and I don't think there's anybody in this room who does not understand that this is a bill worth supporting. Il me fait plaisir aujourd'hui de parler en faveur du projet de loi 37, la loi pour protéger les enfants. J'ai eu l'expérience dans ma vie antérieure de travailler avec des enfants et des familles qui ont vécu la violence et qui ont vécu l'abus, et les effets terribles que cela a eu sur ces familles-làet sur ces enfants-là. J'ai également eu l'expérience de travailler avec les « abuseurs ». Puis ça non plus, ce n'ètait pas plus gai. C'est le genre de projet de loi qui était mis de l'avant par le membre de Etobicokeâ€"Lakeshore et qui parle de la promotion de la prévention de ces actes, surtout lorsqu'ils sont distribués sur Internet. C'est le genre de loi proactive qui va protéger les enfants et qui demande l'appui de tous les membres de cette Chambre. The Acting Speaker (Mr. Jim Wilson): Further debate? Seeing none, Ms. Broten has moved third reading of Bill 37. Be it resolved that the bill do now pass and be entitled as in the motion. Third reading agreed to. The Acting Speaker (Mr. Jim Wilson): Orders of the day. Hon. Kathleen O. Wynne: Speaker, I believe we have unanimous consent to call the remaining orders in the following order: M124, M111, M98. The Acting Speaker (Mr. Jim Wilson): Do we have unanimous consent to call the orders in that order? Agreed. The honourable minister. Hon. Kathleen O. Wynne: I call M124, An Act to amend the Smoke-Free Ontario Act with respect to cigarillos. The Acting Speaker (Mr. Jim Wilson): The Deputy Clerk reminds me that the unanimous consent was to do M111, M124 and M98 in that order. So, would you like to call M111, Minister of Education? Mr. Peter Kormos: On a point of order, Speaker: With respect, if it hasn't already been sought and obtained, consent to varying the order as indicated in the earlier motion agreed to. The Acting Speaker (Mr. Jim Wilson): Okay. Do I have unanimous consent to vary the order? Agreed. The honourable minister has calledâ€"oh, whatever you want. Hon. Kathleen O. Wynne: I'd like to call M124, An Act to amend the Smoke-Free Ontario Act with respect to cigarillos. UN ONTARIO SANS FUMÉE Mme Gélinas, on behalf of Mr. Levac, moved third reading of the following bill: Mme France G

élinas: It is an honour to rise before this House today to speak on Bill 124, which will ban the sale of flavoured and individually sold cigarillos that are targeted at children. I'm ecstatic, as an MPP, that MPPs from all sides of this Legislature have come together in support of my very first private member's bill. Applause. Mme France Gélinas: Thank you. It is a bill that will help to protect the health of our children. I send a special thank you to Dave Levac, the member from Brant, who has co-sponsored this bill with me. I also want to thank the many groups who have supported this bill. They include the Ontario Campaign for Action on Tobacco, the Ontario Lung Association, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario, the Ontario Medical Association, the Non-Smokers' Rights Association, and the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario. I came to Queen's Park to make a difference in the lives and the health of Ontarians. After being here for over a year now, I feel that I have been able to create some positive change, and this is something that means a lot to me and certainly brings me a great sense of fulfillment. I know that private members' bills very rarely become law in Ontario, but the passage of Bill 124 today in the Legislature I guess shows that with hard work and perseverance, this kind of job can be done. I look forward to working with the Ministry of Health Promotion to ensure that Bill 124 is implemented because, as I tried to do in committee this morning but wasn't quite successfulâ€"the government did not agree to a proclamation date, which was in the bill, as is usually the case, especially the Smoke-Free Ontario Act, which came with dates on it. Rest assured, I will continue to hold the ministry's feet to the fire and make sure that we do get a proclamation. That said, for me, today is a day of celebration. Together, we are calling for immediate action on cigarillos and sending a clear message that new regulations must close the gap in Ontario anti-smoking policies. Together, today, we will help prevent a new generation of young people from becoming smokers, a new generation of young people that could have filled up the ranks of the 60,000 Ontarians a year who die because they became addicted to tobacco products. We are protecting the health of children, and this is something we should all be proud of and celebrate. For that, I'm really proud and I thank everybody. J'aimerais remercier les gens qui ont parlé en appui et qui nous ont aidé àmettre de l'avant le projet de loi 124, un projet de loi qui va empêcher la vente de cigarillos àl'unité et les différentes saveurs. C'est mon premier projet de loi et il me fait extrêmement plaisir qu'il va aller de l'avant pour devenir loi. J'aimerais remercier tous ceux qui y ont travaillé. Thank you. Merci. The Acting Speaker (Mr. Jim Wilson): Merci. Further debate? Mr. Dave Levac: I have to start with a thank you to the member from Nickel Belt, not only for her determination to see this bill through and her first introduction of a private member's bill, but also to her and her staff for their co-operation, their goodwill and their trust. Far too often in this place we have lost that capacity to look each other in the eye and say, "We're going to make this work." So it was an honour to work with her, and the other organizations, on the importance of this particular piece of legislation. We need to point out that this was all based on a loophole. Just because there was a loophole in our first attempt to make us smoke-free, somebody found that loophole and they went from selling 50,000 units in Canada in 2001 to selling 80 million units in 2006. You cannot tell me that this wasn't about getting kids hooked. So I want to thank the member. I appreciate her passion and I want to tell her that the government understands the importance of this bill. The

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Ministers ordered the expropriation of most of the land. Five years afterwards a government representative informed locals the town now belonged to the State. Locals were now squatters in their own town. Some people started to leave and many of those who stayed for a bit longer had to rent their own houses. How awful that must have been! The town was actually never flooded, but people couldn’t work on the land anymore. Getting there became a difficult task. Water surrounded the town and flooded all access roads but one. Even today, the only way to get there is via a pot-holed road from Zarza de Granadilla or Abadía. The last families left in 1964 and for some years Granadilla was a target for looters. They even stole the main altarpiece from the local church. Some people moved to Alagón del Río, a new town built to take in people from Granadilla. Others moved to bigger towns and cities. In 1980 they declared Granadilla a Historical-Artistic Ensemble. Soon afterwards they included it in a list of ghost towns to be restored. Since then, many student groups have come here to take part in educational activities. They also help restore buildings and take care of vegetable gardens. Some 15-20 houses around the main street and the square have been restored. Granadilla has recovered part of its lost charm with a touch of colour. Main highlights Castle and city walls. The current castle was built 1473 on what they think it was an Arab tower. It deteriorated badly after people left and at the end of the seventies it underwent its restoration process. Although small in size, the tower offers incredible views over Gabriel y Galán reservoir. It also gives you a good idea of how big the town was. The entire town is within the city walls, which allow you to have a nice circular walk back to the castle. Church. Built in the 16th century, it is the only building in town that wasn’t expropriated, due to the bishop’s opposition. Main street (calle Mayor). The town had two main gates connected by this street via the main square. Most of the houses here have been renovated and they are occupied by builders and gardeners. Plaza Mayor. The main street leads to the square, where you can find some interesting buildings. The picture below shows the former local bar (the house with the columns) and the biggest house in town called Casa de las Conchas (House of the Shells). Things you can do during your trip: Water activities. In the Gabriel y Galán reservoir you can swim, fish and practice water sports, such as kayaking. Birdwatching. It’s part of a bird protection area, so you may want to bring binoculars if you like birdwatching. Visit other nearby towns. Granadilla is a 40-minute drive from Plasencia and a 35-minute drive from Hervás. Plasencia is the biggest city in the area and a good place for a cultural city break and to enjoy tapas and nightlife. Hervás is a picturesque town with one of the best-preserved Jewish quarters in Spain. Opening times. (Winter) Tue-Sun from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 16:00 to 18:00. (Summer) Tue-Sun from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 17:00 to 19:00. Mondays closed. How to get there. Granadilla is only accessible by road (CC-168) from Abadía or Zarza de Granadilla. The road is a single carriageway at times and a single-track road at others. We arrived to Granadilla from Hervás (via Abadía) and stayed the night in Ahigal. Distance: 292 km from Madrid, 116 km from Cáceres and 41 km from Plasencia. Granadilla on a map Puebla de Alcocer, or the Spanish castle with the best views of Siberia 10 things you’ll experience in rural Extremadura The incredible little house with the rock inside A castle, a cemetery and ‘jamón’: visiting Montánchez, in Extremadura Quirky place names in Extremadura translated into English Garganta la Olla, the perfect

Ministers ordered the expropriation of most of the land. Five years afterwards a government representative informed locals the town now belonged to the State. Locals were now squatters in their own town. Some people started to leave and many of those who stayed for a bit longer had to rent their own houses. How awful that must have been! The town was actually never flooded, but people couldn’t work on the land anymore. Getting there became a difficult task. Water surrounded the town and flooded all access roads but one. Even today, the only way to get there is via a pot-holed road from Zarza de Granadilla or Abadía. The last families left in 1964 and for some years Granadilla was a target for looters. They even stole the main altarpiece from the local church. Some people moved to Alagón del Río, a new town built to take in people from Granadilla. Others moved to bigger towns and cities. In 1980 they declared Granadilla a Historical-Artistic Ensemble. Soon afterwards they included it in a list of ghost towns to be restored. Since then, many student groups have come here to take part in educational activities. They also help restore buildings and take care of vegetable gardens. Some 15-20 houses around the main street and the square have been restored. Granadilla has recovered part of its lost charm with a touch of colour. Main highlights Castle and city walls. The current castle was built 1473 on what they think it was an Arab tower. It deteriorated badly after people left and at the end of the seventies it underwent its restoration process. Although small in size, the tower offers incredible views over Gabriel y Galán reservoir. It also gives you a good idea of how big the town was. The entire town is within the city walls, which allow you to have a nice circular walk back to the castle. Church. Built in the 16th century, it is the only building in town that wasn’t expropriated, due to the bishop’s opposition. Main street (calle Mayor). The town had two main gates connected by this street via the main square. Most of the houses here have been renovated and they are occupied by builders and gardeners. Plaza Mayor. The main street leads to the square, where you can find some interesting buildings. The picture below shows the former local bar (the house with the columns) and the biggest house in town called Casa de las Conchas (House of the Shells). Things you can do during your trip: Water activities. In the Gabriel y Galán reservoir you can swim, fish and practice water sports, such as kayaking. Birdwatching. It’s part of a bird protection area, so you may want to bring binoculars if you like birdwatching. Visit other nearby towns. Granadilla is a 40-minute drive from Plasencia and a 35-minute drive from Hervás. Plasencia is the biggest city in the area and a good place for a cultural city break and to enjoy tapas and nightlife. Hervás is a picturesque town with one of the best-preserved Jewish quarters in Spain. Opening times. (Winter) Tue-Sun from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 16:00 to 18:00. (Summer) Tue-Sun from 10:00 to 13:00 and from 17:00 to 19:00. Mondays closed. How to get there. Granadilla is only accessible by road (CC-168) from Abadía or Zarza de Granadilla. The road is a single carriageway at times and a single-track road at others. We arrived to Granadilla from Hervás (via Abadía) and stayed the night in Ahigal. Distance: 292 km from Madrid, 116 km from Cáceres and 41 km from Plasencia. Granadilla on a map Puebla de Alcocer, or the Spanish castle with the best views of Siberia 10 things you’ll experience in rural Extremadura The incredible little house with the rock inside A castle, a cemetery and ‘jamón’: visiting Montánchez, in Extremadura Quirky place names in Extremadura translated into English Garganta la Olla, the perfect

Spanish rural getaway destination Lauren Pisoni on 11/09/2019 at 7:22 pm This is the most inciteful piece of information that I have been able to find about this village. Do you have any other history or information you could share about this village? My family roots go back to this village. My great grandparents left behind loved ones in 1914 for America. I have letters my great grandmother wrote to loved ones back “home” and all letters have a symbol on top of the stationary. Do you happen to know how to find records of my long lost relatives, or how to find a final resting place for this village? It is hard to find any information on this village and its history. By any chance, do you know of (or one that use to exist) of a street called Alamo? One document shows that is the street they lived on. Irene Corchado Resmella on 16/09/2019 at 11:25 am Hello Lauren, Thank you for your comment. I think your best option would be to contact the nearest Civil Registry Office (Registro Civil) to their place of birth, as they may have details on where your relatives were born and lived and other information you may need to keep researching. The church must also have some kind of record of those born in the area. As the village was flooded, I am not sure where any records are now kept. A good starting point would be to contact local authorities in Zarza de Granadilla, perphaps. I am afraid I cannot be of much more help here. Good luck with your research and thanks for stopping by the blog. Autonomous shuttle on public roads. Source: Keolis Twitter Digital Transformation Technology City of Toronto closer to launching driverless shuttles on public roads Meagan Simpson @megesimpson Published: December 11th, 2018 Imagine a shuttle bus that gets you to that transit stop that’s just too far away to walk to – now imagine that shuttle has no driver. Well, that’s exactly what the City of Toronto is working on, autonomous shuttles to solve that “last mile” problem. The City of Toronto is teaming up with the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and Metrolinx to pilot an autonomous shuttle program, set to run on public roads, hoping to have it go live as soon as September 2020. Ryan Lanyon, chair for the automated vehicles working group at the City of Toronto “This is really a once in a generation, maybe once in a century chance to help shape our transportation system,” Ryan Lanyon, chair for the automated vehicles working group at the City of Toronto told ITBusiness.ca. “We’re looking at places where there is not existing transit service, where it can fill a small gap, a local gap, what we call the first or last mile from a rapid transit station.” The idea is to use these driverless shuttles to solve an unmet need in the existing transit infrastructure, Lanyon explains. Still in the early, exploratory stage, we don’t have all the answers to how and where exactly the pilot program will run, but we are getting closer. The City of Toronto, TTC and Metrolinx put out a public request for information, which closes Dec. 12th. It calls on those in the tech industry working on automated shuttles to share information on potential suppliers, related software, and solution providers so the City can have a better understanding of what’s available on the market, and what some limitations might be. Lanyon explains that once that process is finished the City hopes to have a plan in place in the coming year that will outline exactly how the pilot will operate. This autonomous shuttle project was first announced in July and its part of the city’s three year Transportation Services Automated Vehicle Work Plan that is investigating the role autonomous vehicles will play in the transportation system. Lanyon says it was identified early on that automation needs to be transit-centric or at least have a transit focus. The project received $365,000 in funding from Transport Canada as part of the federal government’s $2.6 million program to help regions across the country prepare for changes surrounding automated vehicles. How will it work? While there isn’t an exact plan for what Toronto’s autonomous shuttles will look like just yet, there are similar projects that already exist that

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phrase, anyway. We know, at most, what we want best. It’s fine to discuss that and disagree — even in public — as long as we acknowledge it’s primarily about us and our desires. The evidence we have is problematic. I try to understand data I have about Armitage in good faith. But: Richard Armitage gets asked a question; he thinks about the actual answer; he negotiates in his mind what he can / should / must say; he tries to communicate the result of that negotiation to the interviewer; the interviewer writes about his answer; the interview is edited; I read it and you read it; you read what I’m saying about it. What a game of telephone. Humans misunderstand as much as we understand — sometimes accidentally (failure to consider certain perspectives may exist — hence my encouragement to would-be analysts to turn their perspectives inside out), sometimes on purpose (refusal to acknowledge that the world could differ from our perceptions). We have no choice but to reason via approximation, but while there are better or worse approximations of any evidence, all of them are inexact, including those we make about ourselves. (Think how often you’ve thought, “I can’t express exactly how I’m feeling” or made a statement that’s imprecise, but appropriate to a situation.) Certain of his behaviors and speech patterns look particularly recognizable to me — and some of those make up a big part of my attraction to him, frankly — but this recognition pertains to my frameworks, not about his behavior. Richard Armitage has some choices available to him about publicity but not all potential options. He can possibly say no to a particular venue but not determine which offers will be made to him. I would love to see him interviewed in the New York Review of Books about his reading habits, for instance, but that’s not likely. Mr. Armitage chooses from among options he has, whether these are offered or he works to make them available. Since his minor role in Captain America: The First Avenger garnered him two lengthy interviews in The Scotsman and the Daily Telegraph, there’s no reason to think that his options are not likely to continue to expand and improve. Right now, the publicity machine for The Hobbit makes most of Richard Armitage’s decisions about interviews, not Richard Armitage himself, and barring the announcement of a new major role for him with its own promotion apparatus, that will likely continue to be the case for quite a while. His past ongoing presence on British television meant that he had to be visible to remind potential audience members to tune in. The PR team for The Hobbit obviously has a different strategy. I expect Richard Armitage to continue to fulfill his contractual obligations in this regard, particular as regards any information embargoes that may be in force (see message of May 29, 2011). Deer in the flashbulbs? Richard Armitage leaves the Old Vic Theatre, London, England, after the 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala, November 21, 2010. Screencap from this cell phone video. The place where Pinup started on this theme had to do with materials that appeared on Richard Armitage Confessions about Armitage being crowded out by other actors and or not getting something he deserves from his work The Hobbit, or being less lucky than other actors with his publicity team. And that issue — the statements we make about Armitage’s retiring nature — has interested me for a long time. I imagine that most of this discussion has emerged in response to the “drought dynamic” we’re experiencing and from which some fans have been suffering intensely. In the place of data, our imaginations naturally jump in — unsurprisingly — to fill in the blanks. What’s interesting to me is that this particular discussion fills this particular blank — that in a situation where little to no publicity is appearing, one response is to discuss the possibility that Armitage is being accidentally or purposefully damaged by himself or others. Of course, that conclusion is one reading of the evidence. The explanations that emerge to explain Armitage’s apparent reticence tend to follow relatively predictable patterns or tropes (topoi) that we use to describe Mr. Armitage. All of these tropes have evidential arguments available both for and against them, and because the evidence for them is so broad, they can be made to serve many purposes. We encounter a few of them quite regularly.

phrase, anyway. We know, at most, what we want best. It’s fine to discuss that and disagree — even in public — as long as we acknowledge it’s primarily about us and our desires. The evidence we have is problematic. I try to understand data I have about Armitage in good faith. But: Richard Armitage gets asked a question; he thinks about the actual answer; he negotiates in his mind what he can / should / must say; he tries to communicate the result of that negotiation to the interviewer; the interviewer writes about his answer; the interview is edited; I read it and you read it; you read what I’m saying about it. What a game of telephone. Humans misunderstand as much as we understand — sometimes accidentally (failure to consider certain perspectives may exist — hence my encouragement to would-be analysts to turn their perspectives inside out), sometimes on purpose (refusal to acknowledge that the world could differ from our perceptions). We have no choice but to reason via approximation, but while there are better or worse approximations of any evidence, all of them are inexact, including those we make about ourselves. (Think how often you’ve thought, “I can’t express exactly how I’m feeling” or made a statement that’s imprecise, but appropriate to a situation.) Certain of his behaviors and speech patterns look particularly recognizable to me — and some of those make up a big part of my attraction to him, frankly — but this recognition pertains to my frameworks, not about his behavior. Richard Armitage has some choices available to him about publicity but not all potential options. He can possibly say no to a particular venue but not determine which offers will be made to him. I would love to see him interviewed in the New York Review of Books about his reading habits, for instance, but that’s not likely. Mr. Armitage chooses from among options he has, whether these are offered or he works to make them available. Since his minor role in Captain America: The First Avenger garnered him two lengthy interviews in The Scotsman and the Daily Telegraph, there’s no reason to think that his options are not likely to continue to expand and improve. Right now, the publicity machine for The Hobbit makes most of Richard Armitage’s decisions about interviews, not Richard Armitage himself, and barring the announcement of a new major role for him with its own promotion apparatus, that will likely continue to be the case for quite a while. His past ongoing presence on British television meant that he had to be visible to remind potential audience members to tune in. The PR team for The Hobbit obviously has a different strategy. I expect Richard Armitage to continue to fulfill his contractual obligations in this regard, particular as regards any information embargoes that may be in force (see message of May 29, 2011). Deer in the flashbulbs? Richard Armitage leaves the Old Vic Theatre, London, England, after the 24 Hour Plays Celebrity Gala, November 21, 2010. Screencap from this cell phone video. The place where Pinup started on this theme had to do with materials that appeared on Richard Armitage Confessions about Armitage being crowded out by other actors and or not getting something he deserves from his work The Hobbit, or being less lucky than other actors with his publicity team. And that issue — the statements we make about Armitage’s retiring nature — has interested me for a long time. I imagine that most of this discussion has emerged in response to the “drought dynamic” we’re experiencing and from which some fans have been suffering intensely. In the place of data, our imaginations naturally jump in — unsurprisingly — to fill in the blanks. What’s interesting to me is that this particular discussion fills this particular blank — that in a situation where little to no publicity is appearing, one response is to discuss the possibility that Armitage is being accidentally or purposefully damaged by himself or others. Of course, that conclusion is one reading of the evidence. The explanations that emerge to explain Armitage’s apparent reticence tend to follow relatively predictable patterns or tropes (topoi) that we use to describe Mr. Armitage. All of these tropes have evidential arguments available both for and against them, and because the evidence for them is so broad, they can be made to serve many purposes. We encounter a few of them quite regularly.

The boundaries between them are not entirely clear, and they are not mutually exclusive, but they are all fascinating. In what I say below, while I link to evidentiary justifications for the tropes, I’m not linking to examples of the tropes as they appear among fans, because the point of this piece is emphatically not anything that might appear to be personal criticism, and I’m just as guilty of filling in the blanks following my own tastes and worries as anyone else. In short, if you recognize your own attitudes in some of what I write: I am not throwing stones. Rather, I want to explore the tropes and talk about why they appeal or don’t appeal and what that says about all of us as fans involved in the fascinating but futile project of trying to figure out who Mr. Armitage really is. Richard Armitage, publicity photo, 2009. Source: Русскоязычный Cайт Pичардa Армитиджa “I want to be [let] alone Armitage” One possible explanation is that Mr. Armitage is actively staying out of publicity or avoiding public appearances for reasons of personality. This hypothesis relies on the assumption that Armitage is almost painfully personally shy or (in extreme readings) would prefer, in the best of all possible worlds, never to have to encounter fans or publicists. The latter reading relies heavily on evidence like newspaper reports that note his ambivalence about fan adoration, as well as, I assume, on an early message in which he mentioned liking Keane’s “Hamburg Song,” with its chorus, “I don’t want to be adored” (July 24, 2006). A variant reading that I occasionally encounter is the sentiment that at the beginning of his career he liked his fans, but has changed his mind about them either out of bad experiences referenced in his messages (e.g., 29 April 2007; 22 April 2008) or simply out of greater awareness that he can’t have an open level of involvement with us (or out of frustration with the press coverage and the career problems it generates — see below). Never having met him, I have no context for judging his personal behaviors, but it seems to me rational to conclude on the basis of statements made by interviewers in the press and reports of fan encounters that while it is sensible to preserve a space between oneself and fans, and while he is perhaps innately modest (or was socialized to be), mild-mannered, and / or introverted, he is not abnormally aversive of other humans, including fans who appear in appropriate venues and behave themselves. If we look at this report of a fan encounter last weekend, while Armitage was not shoving himself in people’s faces, there’s no indication that he was running away from attention, either, or consciously avoiding fans. He was there to aid in a fund-raising effort and did what was asked of him without exhibiting noticeable personal tics that indicated fear or distaste for the people around him. He regularly poses for pictures with fans and we see them and he never looks uncomfortable (or if he is, he hides it successfully for the purposes of the picture). Consequently, I admit that I’ve never been convinced that Richard Armitage is actually or consciously hiding from the limelight. “Bloody Internet!” Richard Armitage as Lucas North in Spooks 8.2. Source: RichardArmitageNet.com “Press-Hater Armitage” Another possibility is that Armitage actively avoids publicity because of distaste he feels for the press and / or reading opinions about himself. This position is supported by a statement about how he stopped reading his press because a single negative comment would stay with him. A frequent corollary of this position that emerges occasionally in discussions among fans (although he has never made this request, despite occasional comments on the honesty of his fans in evaluating his work) is that we shouldn’t say anything that risks offending him anywhere where he could read it, because it would hurt him. We also have speculated more than once that he hates answering certain questions over and over again (“the circus”; “the pants”), although his demeanor doesn’t strongly indicate impatience on his part (apart from one interview in which the impression of frustration was as much created by the reporter’s editorializing as it could be extrapolated from his own statements).

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in 1981, by the United Nations General Assembly, the International Day of Peace was to coincide with its opening session. The first Peace Day was observed on September 21st, 1982. In 1982 the Soviet Union was increasing its troop presence in Afghanistan and facing fierce fighting throughout the provinces. Thirty years later Afghanistan is still at war. The opponents have changed, and the weaponry has changed. The War on Terror, Armored Humvees, IED’s, suicide bombers, night raids, smart bombs, and drones have all entered the American lexicon. The constant through all these years is the suffering of the non-combatants. Just this week, a van was blown up by an IED in southern Helmand province, killing 9 women and 3 children. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast. A drone strike before dawn in Laghman Province killed 8 women gathering firewood and injured 8 more. I spoke with a father of six children in ParwanSa refugee camp. He has been an Internally Displaced Person for 11 years, living in a small mud-brick enclosure with a plastic, canvas, and cardboard roof. I asked if the government had offered any assistance for the coming winter. He said the government has done nothing; he could only count on God to take care of his family. Oct 7th will mark the 11th anniversary of America’s war in Afghanistan. 11 years and $550 billion dollars later, peace is still elusive. The war has pushed the Taliban out of power, but the current government is full of the very same warlords that were carving up Afghanistan prior to the Taliban’s rise. These “representatives” have very little backing among the people, mainly because they have continued to line their pockets while their constituents suffer. The call for peace may fill their speeches, but to work for peace distracts from their income. The International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) as well as the Afghan Army and Afghan Police force, often employing strong-arm tactics, struggle to bring a semblance of security to the countryside. Security in Kabul is tentative as well, with suicide bombings and armed attacks on the rise. On Sept 18th, a woman rammed a car full of explosives into a van containing 9 foreign workers, killing herself, all 9 foreigners, their Afghan translator, as well as passerby. While temporary security may be imposed with an iron fist, peace cannot be forced. On Sept 19th, an Afghan holiday in the remembrance of the death of Burhanuddin Rabbani, a warlord turned “peace envoy” who was killed by a suicide bomber in his home, President Hamid Karzai called on Afghans to pursue peace. A generation that has known nothing but war has little faith in government calls for peace while the very same government loots the country. The government led peace initiative seems to have died with Rabbani a year ago. A partial list of American military involvement since 1982 includes Lebanon, Grenada, Chad, Libya, Honduras, Bolivia, Columbia, Peru, Philippines, Panama, Iraq, Kuwait, Somalia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Haiti, Serbia, Afghanistan (currently, America’s longest war), Sudan, Iraq (again, after years of crippling sanctions that killed half a million children), and Libya (again). This is not an exhaustive list, it doesn’t include covert attacks, special operations, or America’s special relationship with Israel, which has rained down horror on Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza. Israeli drones continue to kill people in Gaza on a nearly weekly basis. American drones are currently killing people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. Syria and Iran loom on the horizon, with American threats of intervention and war ramping up. Death is a top American export. On the anniversary of Sept 11th, a hate filled Anti-Islam movie trailer was a catalyst sparking widespread protests and attacks across the world, leading to 30 deaths. On Sept 19th a French satirical newspaper, under the guise of “free speech” released vulgar cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace be Upon Him) adding fuel to an already

in 1981, by the United Nations General Assembly, the International Day of Peace was to coincide with its opening session. The first Peace Day was observed on September 21st, 1982. In 1982 the Soviet Union was increasing its troop presence in Afghanistan and facing fierce fighting throughout the provinces. Thirty years later Afghanistan is still at war. The opponents have changed, and the weaponry has changed. The War on Terror, Armored Humvees, IED’s, suicide bombers, night raids, smart bombs, and drones have all entered the American lexicon. The constant through all these years is the suffering of the non-combatants. Just this week, a van was blown up by an IED in southern Helmand province, killing 9 women and 3 children. No group has claimed responsibility for the blast. A drone strike before dawn in Laghman Province killed 8 women gathering firewood and injured 8 more. I spoke with a father of six children in ParwanSa refugee camp. He has been an Internally Displaced Person for 11 years, living in a small mud-brick enclosure with a plastic, canvas, and cardboard roof. I asked if the government had offered any assistance for the coming winter. He said the government has done nothing; he could only count on God to take care of his family. Oct 7th will mark the 11th anniversary of America’s war in Afghanistan. 11 years and $550 billion dollars later, peace is still elusive. The war has pushed the Taliban out of power, but the current government is full of the very same warlords that were carving up Afghanistan prior to the Taliban’s rise. These “representatives” have very little backing among the people, mainly because they have continued to line their pockets while their constituents suffer. The call for peace may fill their speeches, but to work for peace distracts from their income. The International Security Assistance Forces (ISAF) as well as the Afghan Army and Afghan Police force, often employing strong-arm tactics, struggle to bring a semblance of security to the countryside. Security in Kabul is tentative as well, with suicide bombings and armed attacks on the rise. On Sept 18th, a woman rammed a car full of explosives into a van containing 9 foreign workers, killing herself, all 9 foreigners, their Afghan translator, as well as passerby. While temporary security may be imposed with an iron fist, peace cannot be forced. On Sept 19th, an Afghan holiday in the remembrance of the death of Burhanuddin Rabbani, a warlord turned “peace envoy” who was killed by a suicide bomber in his home, President Hamid Karzai called on Afghans to pursue peace. A generation that has known nothing but war has little faith in government calls for peace while the very same government loots the country. The government led peace initiative seems to have died with Rabbani a year ago. A partial list of American military involvement since 1982 includes Lebanon, Grenada, Chad, Libya, Honduras, Bolivia, Columbia, Peru, Philippines, Panama, Iraq, Kuwait, Somalia, Bosnia, Macedonia, Haiti, Serbia, Afghanistan (currently, America’s longest war), Sudan, Iraq (again, after years of crippling sanctions that killed half a million children), and Libya (again). This is not an exhaustive list, it doesn’t include covert attacks, special operations, or America’s special relationship with Israel, which has rained down horror on Lebanon, the West Bank and Gaza. Israeli drones continue to kill people in Gaza on a nearly weekly basis. American drones are currently killing people in Afghanistan, Pakistan, Yemen, and Somalia. Syria and Iran loom on the horizon, with American threats of intervention and war ramping up. Death is a top American export. On the anniversary of Sept 11th, a hate filled Anti-Islam movie trailer was a catalyst sparking widespread protests and attacks across the world, leading to 30 deaths. On Sept 19th a French satirical newspaper, under the guise of “free speech” released vulgar cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad (Peace be Upon Him) adding fuel to an already

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existing Inga I and II facilities to Angola’s Cabinda province, a spokeswoman for Angola’s Energy Ministry said in a WhatsApp message. She said she wasn’t aware of the letter. Angola’s government spokesman was unavailable for comment. Advocacy groups have questioned the Inga III project, saying most of the electricity generated by the dam won’t benefit ordinary Congolese. South Africa in 2013 committed to purchasing 2 500 megawatts and late last year indicated it might double that amount. Inga III is part of a long-delayed plan known as Grand Inga that’s eventually intended to harness as much as 40 000 megawatts of power, almost double the amount generated by China’s Three Gorges dam, currently the world’s biggest. The Angolan letter was addressed to the Agency for the Development and Promotion of the Grand Inga Project, or ADPI, which falls under Congo’s presidency. The head of communications for ADPI, Patrick Kabuya, declined to comment. © 2019 Bloomberg L.P. To comment, you must be registered and logged in. MORE Africa Kenya aims to halve its budget shortfall in four years 20 January 2020 / David Herbling, Bloomberg Britain’s CDC adds $400m of investments in Africa push 20 January 2020 / Karin Strohecker, Reuters Zimbabwe electricity woes worsen as flood takes out plant 20 January 2020 / Ray Ndlovu, Bloomberg How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe 19 January 2020 / Ellen Fungisai Chipango Locust plague devastates crops in Horn of Africa 17 January 2020 / Giulia Paravicini, Reuters Stories For Kids Learning Kitchen HOME SIGN UP Authors Short Stories Long Stories Funny Stories Love Stories Stories For Kids Poems Essays Nonfictions Plays Folktales Fairy Tales Fables Learning Kitchen Free Classified Website Without Registration Free Classified Website Daniel Company Please consider making a donation of $1,$5,$100 or whatever you can to protect and sustain Fullonlinebooks. USD EUR GBP CAD AUD JPY ZAR CHF HomeShort StoriesThe Tragedy At Three Forks Famous Authors (View All Authors) Alfred Castner King Francis Thompson Rex Beach Alfred Henry Lewis George Barr Mccutcheon Robert W. Service Talbot Baines Reed Edward Payson Roe John S. Adams William Cullen Bryant Arthur C. Benson Post by :John_Cabral Category :Short Stories Author :Paul Laurence Dunbar Date :April 2011 Read :2347 Click below to download : The Tragedy At Three Forks (Format : PDF) The Tragedy At Three Forks It was a drizzly, disagreeable April night. The wind was howling in a particularly dismal and malignant way along the valleys and hollows of that part of Central Kentucky in which the rural settlement of Three Forks is situated. It had been "trying to rain" all day in a half-hearted sort of manner, and now the drops were flying about in a cold spray. The night was one of dense, inky blackness, occasionally relieved by flashes of lightning. It was hardly a night on which a girl should be out. And yet one was out, scudding before the storm, with clenched teeth and wild eyes, wrapped head and shoulders in a great blanket shawl, and looking, as she sped along like a restless, dark ghost. For her, the night and the storm had no terrors; passion had driven out fear. There was determination in her every movement, and purpose was apparent in the concentration of energy with which she set her foot down. She drew the shawl closer about her head with a convulsive grip, and muttered with a half sob, "'Tain't the first time, 'tain't the first time she's tried to take me down in comp'ny, but--" and the sob gave way to the dry, sharp note

existing Inga I and II facilities to Angola’s Cabinda province, a spokeswoman for Angola’s Energy Ministry said in a WhatsApp message. She said she wasn’t aware of the letter. Angola’s government spokesman was unavailable for comment. Advocacy groups have questioned the Inga III project, saying most of the electricity generated by the dam won’t benefit ordinary Congolese. South Africa in 2013 committed to purchasing 2 500 megawatts and late last year indicated it might double that amount. Inga III is part of a long-delayed plan known as Grand Inga that’s eventually intended to harness as much as 40 000 megawatts of power, almost double the amount generated by China’s Three Gorges dam, currently the world’s biggest. The Angolan letter was addressed to the Agency for the Development and Promotion of the Grand Inga Project, or ADPI, which falls under Congo’s presidency. The head of communications for ADPI, Patrick Kabuya, declined to comment. © 2019 Bloomberg L.P. To comment, you must be registered and logged in. MORE Africa Kenya aims to halve its budget shortfall in four years 20 January 2020 / David Herbling, Bloomberg Britain’s CDC adds $400m of investments in Africa push 20 January 2020 / Karin Strohecker, Reuters Zimbabwe electricity woes worsen as flood takes out plant 20 January 2020 / Ray Ndlovu, Bloomberg How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe 19 January 2020 / Ellen Fungisai Chipango Locust plague devastates crops in Horn of Africa 17 January 2020 / Giulia Paravicini, Reuters Stories For Kids Learning Kitchen HOME SIGN UP Authors Short Stories Long Stories Funny Stories Love Stories Stories For Kids Poems Essays Nonfictions Plays Folktales Fairy Tales Fables Learning Kitchen Free Classified Website Without Registration Free Classified Website Daniel Company Please consider making a donation of $1,$5,$100 or whatever you can to protect and sustain Fullonlinebooks. USD EUR GBP CAD AUD JPY ZAR CHF HomeShort StoriesThe Tragedy At Three Forks Famous Authors (View All Authors) Alfred Castner King Francis Thompson Rex Beach Alfred Henry Lewis George Barr Mccutcheon Robert W. Service Talbot Baines Reed Edward Payson Roe John S. Adams William Cullen Bryant Arthur C. Benson Post by :John_Cabral Category :Short Stories Author :Paul Laurence Dunbar Date :April 2011 Read :2347 Click below to download : The Tragedy At Three Forks (Format : PDF) The Tragedy At Three Forks It was a drizzly, disagreeable April night. The wind was howling in a particularly dismal and malignant way along the valleys and hollows of that part of Central Kentucky in which the rural settlement of Three Forks is situated. It had been "trying to rain" all day in a half-hearted sort of manner, and now the drops were flying about in a cold spray. The night was one of dense, inky blackness, occasionally relieved by flashes of lightning. It was hardly a night on which a girl should be out. And yet one was out, scudding before the storm, with clenched teeth and wild eyes, wrapped head and shoulders in a great blanket shawl, and looking, as she sped along like a restless, dark ghost. For her, the night and the storm had no terrors; passion had driven out fear. There was determination in her every movement, and purpose was apparent in the concentration of energy with which she set her foot down. She drew the shawl closer about her head with a convulsive grip, and muttered with a half sob, "'Tain't the first time, 'tain't the first time she's tried to take me down in comp'ny, but--" and the sob gave way to the dry, sharp note

in her voice, "I'll fix her, if it kills me. She thinks I ain't her ekals, does she? 'Cause her pap's got money, an' has good crops on his lan', an' my pap ain't never had no luck, but I'll show 'er, I'll show 'er that good luck can't allus last. Pleg-take 'er, she's jealous, 'cause I'm better lookin' than she is, an' pearter in every way, so she tries to make me little in the eyes of people. Well, you'll find out what it is to be pore--to have nothin', Seliny Williams, if you live." The black night hid a gleam in the girl's eyes, and her shawl hid a bundle of something light, which she clutched very tightly, and which smelled of kerosene. The dark outline of a house and its outbuildings loomed into view through the dense gloom; and the increased caution with which the girl proceeded, together with the sudden breathless intentness of her conduct, indicated that it was with this house and its occupants she was concerned. The house was cellarless, but it was raised at the four corners on heavy blocks, leaving a space between the ground and the floor, the sides of which were partly closed by banks of ashes and earth which were thrown up against the weather-boarding. It was but a few minutes' work to scrape away a portion of this earth, and push under the pack of shavings into which the mysterious bundle resolved itself. A match was lighted, sheltered, until it blazed, and then dropped among them. It took only a short walk and a shorter time to drop a handful of burning shavings into the hay at the barn. Then the girl turned and sped away, muttering: "I reckon I've fixed you, Seliny Williams, mebbe, next time you meet me out at a dance, you won't snub me; mebbe next time, you'll be ez pore ez I am, an'll be willin' to dance crost from even ole 'Lias Hunster's gal." The constantly falling drizzle might have dampened the shavings and put out the fire, had not the wind fanned the sparks into too rapid a flame, which caught eagerly at shingle, board and joist until house and barn were wrapped in flames. The whinnying of the horses first woke Isaac Williams, and he sprang from bed at sight of the furious light which surrounded his house. He got his family up and out of the house, each seizing what he could of wearing apparel as he fled before the flames. Nothing else could be saved, for the fire had gained terrible headway, and its fierceness precluded all possibility of fighting it. The neighbors attracted by the lurid glare came from far and near, but the fire had done its work, and their efforts availed nothing. House, barn, stock, all, were a mass of ashes and charred cinders. Isaac Williams, who had a day before, been accounted one of the solidest farmers in the region, went out that night with his family--homeless. Kindly neighbors took them in, and by morning the news had spread throughout all the country-side. Incendiarism was the only cause that could be assigned, and many were the speculations as to who the guilty party could be. Of course, Isaac Williams had enemies. But who among them was mean, ay, daring enough to perpetrate such a deed as this? Conjecture was rife, but futile, until old 'Lias Hunster, who though he hated Williams, was shocked at the deed, voiced the popular sentiment by saying, "Look a here, folks, I tell you that's the work o' niggers, I kin see their hand in it." "Niggers, o' course," exclaimed every one else. "Why didn't we think of it before? It's jest like 'em." Public opinion ran high and fermented until Saturday afternoon when the county paper brought the whole matter to a climax by coming out in a sulphurous account of the affair, under the scarehead: A TERRIBLE OUTRAGE! MOST DASTARDLY DEED EVER COMMITTED IN THE HISTORY OF BARLOW COUNTY. A HIGHLY RESPECTED, UNOFFEND

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In Kebbi State, respondents of the simple citizens’ evaluation scorecards indicated that most of the MDGs may not be actualized with the present pace of development in the state. One major highlight of the campaign this year was the anti-poverty march procession to the Government House with clear MDGs demands boldly written in both Hausa and English. The rally procession, led by our Kebbi campaign partner, Mindset Community Development Action Initiative, demanded to be addressed by the governor. In Zamfara State, our partner, Millennium Development Centre Gusau, organized a one-day awareness raising programme for the physically challenge on their role in holding government accountable for their promise to achieve the MDGs. The event was meant to be a platform for increasing the awareness of the MDGs among the disabled community while also providing a unique opportunity for increased advocacy on the need for more inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in key policy making process in the country. The crux of the event was the drafting of a communiqué by the participants on key issues affecting people with disabilities and the attainment of the MDGs by 2015. Our campaign partner in Kaduna, Prime Initiative, collaborated with Civil Society’s Coalition on Education for All CSACEFA to organize a one-day event on Civil Society’s advocacy for the MDGs. A major highlight of the event was the commitment obtained from the government representatives and other stakeholders who attended the event by signing on the MDGs campaign ball. In Sokoto the campaign team led by Community Centre for Development Sokoto paid an advocacy visit to the Sultan’s Palace to further garner support for the MDGs by enlisting the sultan’s ownership of the campaign. PADEAP will continue to support citizen’s voices from the grassroots as they continue to call on government and other stakeholders (local and international) to expedite action towards achieving the MDGs; holding them to the promises the have made to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2015. We will continue to mobilize the people to remind their leaders that the minutes are counting! More in this category: « Peace Education Sport For Change And Development - ‘Wasanni Don Wayar Dakai’ » New PADEAP research launched in Uganda The following study presents a situational analysis of… Pan African Media Imperalism in Africa PADEAP Nigeria Projects Peace Education The practice of peace education is diverse, yet… PADEAP Uganda Projects Citizenship Programme In Partnership with Global Pan African Movement, the… Copyright PADEAP 2011 Designed & Developed by 260 Web | www.260web.com I Took the NFL's Cognitive Exam and Here's What I Learned Finally, definitive proof that I'm smarter than a linebacker! By Ari Notis May 23, 2018 By Ari Notis Everyone has experience with standardized testing. Even though, in recent years, some 800 U.S. colleges have stricken the SAT admission requirement, there's still the PSAT, the ACT, the GRE, the LSAT, the GMAT, and the MCAT. For those who've engaged with the American education system at any degree, the chances of experiencing at least one of these exams are close to 100 percent. And that's just education. If you venture into less-rigorously defined fields—like psychology or romance—you'll come across standardized exams like the Myers-Briggs Exam or the Five Love Languages quiz. And then, of course, you know the big one: the IQ test, which purports to define just how smart you actually are (generally online, in the form dubiously credible questionnaires; you'll need a professional to administer if you want to take it for real). But lately, a new type of standardized exam has received some buzz: the Wonderlic Test. Invented in 1936 by psychologist Eldon F. Wonderlic, the test is commonly known as a cognitive "sorting hat" for the NFL Draft. But it's also used by the United States Armed Forces as a screener. And large-scale staffing agencies, like Criteria Corp., use it is

In Kebbi State, respondents of the simple citizens’ evaluation scorecards indicated that most of the MDGs may not be actualized with the present pace of development in the state. One major highlight of the campaign this year was the anti-poverty march procession to the Government House with clear MDGs demands boldly written in both Hausa and English. The rally procession, led by our Kebbi campaign partner, Mindset Community Development Action Initiative, demanded to be addressed by the governor. In Zamfara State, our partner, Millennium Development Centre Gusau, organized a one-day awareness raising programme for the physically challenge on their role in holding government accountable for their promise to achieve the MDGs. The event was meant to be a platform for increasing the awareness of the MDGs among the disabled community while also providing a unique opportunity for increased advocacy on the need for more inclusion and participation of persons with disabilities in key policy making process in the country. The crux of the event was the drafting of a communiqué by the participants on key issues affecting people with disabilities and the attainment of the MDGs by 2015. Our campaign partner in Kaduna, Prime Initiative, collaborated with Civil Society’s Coalition on Education for All CSACEFA to organize a one-day event on Civil Society’s advocacy for the MDGs. A major highlight of the event was the commitment obtained from the government representatives and other stakeholders who attended the event by signing on the MDGs campaign ball. In Sokoto the campaign team led by Community Centre for Development Sokoto paid an advocacy visit to the Sultan’s Palace to further garner support for the MDGs by enlisting the sultan’s ownership of the campaign. PADEAP will continue to support citizen’s voices from the grassroots as they continue to call on government and other stakeholders (local and international) to expedite action towards achieving the MDGs; holding them to the promises the have made to eradicate extreme poverty and hunger by 2015. We will continue to mobilize the people to remind their leaders that the minutes are counting! More in this category: « Peace Education Sport For Change And Development - ‘Wasanni Don Wayar Dakai’ » New PADEAP research launched in Uganda The following study presents a situational analysis of… Pan African Media Imperalism in Africa PADEAP Nigeria Projects Peace Education The practice of peace education is diverse, yet… PADEAP Uganda Projects Citizenship Programme In Partnership with Global Pan African Movement, the… Copyright PADEAP 2011 Designed & Developed by 260 Web | www.260web.com I Took the NFL's Cognitive Exam and Here's What I Learned Finally, definitive proof that I'm smarter than a linebacker! By Ari Notis May 23, 2018 By Ari Notis Everyone has experience with standardized testing. Even though, in recent years, some 800 U.S. colleges have stricken the SAT admission requirement, there's still the PSAT, the ACT, the GRE, the LSAT, the GMAT, and the MCAT. For those who've engaged with the American education system at any degree, the chances of experiencing at least one of these exams are close to 100 percent. And that's just education. If you venture into less-rigorously defined fields—like psychology or romance—you'll come across standardized exams like the Myers-Briggs Exam or the Five Love Languages quiz. And then, of course, you know the big one: the IQ test, which purports to define just how smart you actually are (generally online, in the form dubiously credible questionnaires; you'll need a professional to administer if you want to take it for real). But lately, a new type of standardized exam has received some buzz: the Wonderlic Test. Invented in 1936 by psychologist Eldon F. Wonderlic, the test is commonly known as a cognitive "sorting hat" for the NFL Draft. But it's also used by the United States Armed Forces as a screener. And large-scale staffing agencies, like Criteria Corp., use it is

a pre-employment filter, too. On top of all that, the American Psychological Association has given the Wonderlic Test a stamp of approval as an effective and legitimate means of measuring cognitive ability. In other words, it's kind of a big deal. Perhaps to get a deeper understanding of what the test is like, perhaps to find out if it's a total farce or not, or perhaps just to subject me to some serious public embarrassment (the most likely motivation), my boss had the brilliant idea to have me take the test and report back what, exactly, it's like. Here's what I learned. And for more instances of where my higher-ups have asked me to take brain-wracking tests, check out what happened when I took the same cognitive test that the president "aced." There's a short test and a long test. When undergoing a sample Wonderlic Test, you're given two options: a short test, and a long test. The short test requires you to answer 15 questions in three minutes and thirty-six seconds. The long test requires you to answer 50 questions in twelve minutes. Good thing I've memorized the 13 Tips For A Sharper Brain. It's not exactly consistent. At this point, I had no idea what type of test I was getting myself into. So I decided to warm up by taking the short test a few times. My scores were as follows, with percentiles shown parenthetically. (The test kindly informs you how you stack up against others.) Attempt 1: 10/15 (95th) Attempt 3: 9/15 (86th) My boss tapped my shoulder during a math question on that last one… Yes, there's a lot of math. If you're anything like me—horrible at math and numbers-related stuff—you're not going to like this test. The test asks you do tackle some on-the-fly arithmetic, like: Janine's shoes cost $44.50, her pants cost $20.80, and her t-shirt cost $14.95. What is the total of her purchases? Or this doozy of a problem: A 5-foot-tall woman is standing near a flag pole [that] casts a shadow of 21 feet on level ground. If the woman's shadow is three feet long, how tall is the flag pole? (Enter numerical value only.) Questions like this might be difficult for any math-deficient individual. It's an entirely other (way more difficult) story with the added pressure of a timer. But there are also non-math number questions. And yes, they're painfully easy. For instance: Which number represents the smallest amount? And questions based on "logic." We're putting logic in quotes because of this question: The eighth month of the year is: And this question: Assume the first two statements are true. All soccer players wear cleats. John is a soccer player. Does John wear cleats? As you can see, it's not exactly the LSAT. The test is randomized. Now's probably a good time to mention that you won't ever take the same Wonderlic Test twice. There are hundreds—or even thousands (the exact number is not reported)—of various questions. But each test has, at most, 50 questions. So when you take the test, you're taking an algorithmically-curated selection of different types of questions. In fact, during my four attempts, only one question popped up twice: Unscramble the letters to form a word: M A A A R G N Oh, how fun. An anagram anagram. Yes, there's word- and letter-play. Like pattern-themed puzzles: What is the next letter in this sequence? N P O Q P R Q And fill-in-the-blank ones: Choose the word that correctly completes the following sentence: Although we would like a bigger office for our company someday, our current one is _____, and we are happy with it. You have to pay to see a detailed report of which questions you got right and wrong. No thanks! I'll take my 38 out of 50 (98th), pretend that it wasn't a fluke, and refuse to look into it any more than I need to. I bet you're curious to know how football players do. As I mentioned

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