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Partition of India
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This page is about the break up of British India. For the break up of Pakistan, see Partition of Pakistan.
The Partition of India split British India into the countries of India and Pakistan in 1947. This partition was part of the end of British rule over the Indian subcontinent, called British Raj. The partition was caused in part by the Two-nation theory presented by Sir Syed Ahmed Khan, due to religion issues. Pakistan became a Muslim country, and India became a mainly Hindu country. One of the main leaders of the Partition is a Muslim called Muhammad Ali Jinnah, and he then became the first Governor-General of Pakistan.
However, when the partition happened over very short notice to the Indians, it caused violence on the borders and people debate about whose fault the violence was.


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CocoaMAP – A Global Sustainable Cocoa Platform
July 1, 2012
In 2012, the World Cocoa Foundation (WCF) will design, develop and launch Cocoa Measurement and Progress (CocoaMAP) — a global platform of critical cocoa sector indicators developed with multistakeholder input. CocoaMAP will track progress in the global effort to achieve sustainable cocoa production through a set of indicators and measurements that have been credibly verified. By measuring and evaluating progress in the cocoa sector, all partners can learn, improve and grow to support future cocoa farms and strengthen farming systems. CocoaMAP will provide the big picture of how much cocoa is produced, how many farmers are involved, how much land is used and the price of cocoa. It will also show the impacts of cocoa production, including the health and prosperity of farming families and communities, the environment, sustainable practices, certifications and future generations. Producers, farmers and cooperatives will benefit through this tool that shows best practices and their impacts.
This article was originally published in The Manufacturing Confectioner.

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At this moment in time, millions of people throughout the world use ginseng in order to increase their endurance and stamina, while also strengthening their bodies. With this in mind, Ginseng represents one of the world's most popular dietary supplements. There have been numerous reports discussing its main uses, some of which include an increased endurance and stamina, a stronger body, a better immune system, alongside with better mental and physical performance.
Surprisingly, regardless of the wide variety of positive effects that Ginseng has on the body, medical scientists from all around the world are still not aware how the substance works, and manages to achieve all of these uses.
What should I know prior to taking Ginseng?
As it is a dietary supplement, you don't necessarily need to be consulted by your physician prior to consuming Ginseng. However, it is recommended that you avoid taking it in case you are allergic to any of the substances included, or if you are about to have surgery, or are experiencing bleeding or blood clots. Additionally, it is recommended that you stay away from the substance in case you are pregnant or planning to become so, if you are taking any other herbal-based medicine that could interact with ginseng, if you do not clearly understand your allergies, or if you're suffering from low or high blood pressure, diabetes, heart problems or an estrogen-dependent form of cancer. Men and women who are currently undergoing a water pills-base treatment should also avoid the dietary supplement.
In case you are unsure about the possible interactions behind Ginseng and other substances, you can always ask your doctor or pharmacist.
How should I go about taking Ginseng?
Ginseng should be taken either as directed by your pharmacist and/or doctor, or by following the directions placed on the prescription label. With this in mind, it is recommended that you take the supplement alongside with a meal, and avoid taking it before bed as it has been proven to cause sleep problems for some people.
If you're taking a pill-based Ginseng treatment, then make sure to swallow the pills directly (without crushing or opening them up), with a full glass of water.
Generally, it is recommended that you avoid taking Ginseng for a long period of time, and that you do not give it to children, as it can cause a couple of unpleasant side effects.
What are the most common side effects associated with the dietary supplement?
Just like many other substances, Ginseng also has a couple of common side effects, including trouble sleeping, headaches, diarrhea and nervousness. In case any sort of severe side effect or allergic reaction occurs, then seek emergency medical attention. You should follow the same procedure in case you have taken an overdose (symptoms include insomnia, difficulty breathing, swelling of the feet, face, hands or ankles).


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About The Teacher
Donna Adams
Barre addict. Lover of all things health and fitness. Mother of 2 spirited boys. Always dreaming of long Summer days.
Donna is a certified Barre Attack teacher and Spin Instructor, with a Certificate lll in Group Exercise. Health and fitness have always played a major role in her life, and she has participated in many events including marathons, triathlons, Tough Mudder and the Oxfam 100km walk.
Donna was introduced to Barre Attack after the birth of her first child and was immediately hooked! The benefits she gained physically and mentally made her realise this is what had been missing in her training program.
"Barre Attack has transformed my body! After babies, I've regained core strength, lengthened and toned my muscles and dropped the baby weight, my body feels as strong and healthy as it ever has.
Donna is the founder of The Barre Studio in Sydney, Australia.


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Keep Your Kool Tonight at Trees.
The thing about Thursdays in this town is that they are never quiet and the night's options are never dull. Take tonight, for instance, when one can experience some culture with a photography exhibit at Kettle Art or gain some perspective with a historic Dallas film at the DMA. Elsewhere, you can laugh your ass off in Addison, witness the spectacle of a wheels-off performer at Trees or experience an extra special night of music in Denton.
Dallas on Film: Juke Joint at Dallas Museum of Art
Spencer Williams, who was employed by the Dallas-based Sack Amusement Enterprises, was one of the few African-American directors making films in the '40s. His 1947 film about a seedy Dallas juke joint will be shown tonight at the DMA free of charge.
Kool Keith at Trees
Kool Keith's latest tour is appropriately called "Who Am I?" and that makes sense for a performer with so many alter egos (see also: Dr. Octagon, Dr. Doom, Black Elvis, Rhythm X). These days, Kool Keith performances are an off-the-wall blend of attention-deficit hip-hop and weird diatribes that illicit a Kaufman-esque is-he-a-crazy-genius-or-just-crazy vibe.
Gutterth Live at Denton Square Donuts
A who's who of local and former local singer-songwriters will perform tonight at Denton Square Donuts, including Delmore Pilcrow, Kaleo Kaualoku and Daniel Folmer. Making the gathering extra special are sets by Joey Kendall, Har Herrar and Morzsa Records, who have all since moved from the area. The latter includes former members of The Heartstring Stranglers, who are on tour from their new home in Budapest.
Bryan Callen at Addison Improv
After spending the first 14 years of his life growing up in places like Greece, Lebanon, India and Pakistan, Bryan Callen moved to the States and has since become a well-rounded performer. He splits time as a stand-up comedian and actor with credits that include everything from being an original cast member of Mad TV to appearing in movies like The Hangover.
Vista at Kettle Art Gallery
Why is it that when magician David Blaine holes up in a plexiglass box above the Thames River in London, it's called an "endurance stunt," yet when Dallas artist Erica Felicella exiles herself in a clear acrylic box behind the Kessler Theater for two days it's called "performance art"? Starting tonight, Kettle Art will be presenting a series of landscape photography by Dallas artists, and the whole thing is curated by Felicella.


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I guess the reason why I am not a very good gift giver is because I am also not a very good shopper. It takes me forever to find what I want, and I get overwhelmed looking for items that seem to hide in plain view. I forget what I am looking for, and remember it only when I get home. Lists don't help. The sheer number of objects out there makes my head spin.
Monday, December 10, 2012
I am not gifted in the art of gift-giving.
Giving gifts gives me anxiety. The idea that someone will receive something that I chose for them, and the very real possibility that they will hate it, already have it, or worse yet, pretend to love it and then take it home where it disappears forever tweaks me out a little bit.
I am a sensitive sister, I know. But the fact that each one of these scenarios has happened to me, in addition to the one time I provided a gift that I personally loved to an anonymous gift exchange and that it was received with jeers and laughter – everyone thought it was a gag gift; it wasn't – leaves me with butterflies when the season of gifting comes around.
Forced gift-giving leaves me cold. Exchanging names to buy for one person a gift, usually with a specific price point at which only fanatical shoppers with extraordinary couponing skills can find an appropriate and meaningful item, brings me to my knees. When searching for a specifically priced gift, I scour stores looking for the price tag, and when I find it, I buy it. No matter that I just bought a pine-scented candle for the friend who is deathly allergic to pine trees. Look! It was 50 cents off! What a bargain.
In my quest for the perfect gift I've tried gift-giving websites where you input parameters about the person you are trying to gift, and it gives you an appropriate gift that promises to be perfect for that person. Usually these gifts cost two hundred and ninety three thousand dollars, and I'm not Beyoncé, even though people say I look a little like her.
I'd rather just give some cash. It fits everyone, and I've never known anyone to not be able to use it. Yet cash among friends at Christmas is considered tasteless. When did we decide that cash isn't an appropriate gift? My husband and I used the cash we were gifted at our wedding to eat all the meals on our honeymoon. Without the gift of cash, we might have been reduced to looking in garbage cans for our meals, making it a very different, yet no less memorable trip.
Gift cards are regarded as thoughtless gifts, yet rare is the time that I receive a gift card and think badly upon the giver – I'm too busy thinking about what I'm going to buy instead of thinking that gift-giver as thoughtless. After all, when I give gift cards, it is because I have no idea what a person has or needs, but at least I know where they like to shop. Thoughtful, yes?
People try to help when I whine about my predicament. They say, "Shop online! It's so easy!" I laugh at this. If you think going into a mall is overwhelming, think about the internet, with its fifty bajillion websites from which to choose the same item at 790 trazillion different price points. Plus then you have to wait for delivery, which is not convenient for me since I tend to do all my shopping last minute. They say "Stockpile gifts that can be given to anyone!" Not for me – as a rule, I am against hoarding. They say, "Give practical gifts!" And I think of stamps and aluminum foil, jars of spices and a pound of good butter, all things that I would love, but that others wrinkle their noses at. Plus, how do you keep butter from melting as it waits to be opened?
So what do I, the reluctant gift-giver, do? Stress out about every event that comes where gifts are expected? So far, this is my strategy. That and just give gift cards and cash, and once in a while I will buy a gift that I know is weird and inappropriate. At least it's better than being the one who doesn't give any gifts at all. I've been that person too, and trust me, it stinks.
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Oh, girl. I feel your pain! I was just in a frantic "Jesus, Christmas is 2 weeks away! Buy some damn gifts NOW!" freakout and I got your email. I have absolutely no answers to our shared predicament. Just right there with ya...ReplyDelete
I think the problem is we've allowed ourselves to be convinced that the stuff of gift giving is what matters. Seriously, as trite as it sounds, why isn't it the thought that is important? Why does it have to be all this pressure to perform? I say it doesn't. Let's rebel.ReplyDelete
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Cheshire-based PDQ Specialist Courier Services has taken delivery of seven brand new multi-temperature refrigerated vehicles from Burnley-based CoolKit Ltd, fitted with high quality refrigeration systems and the latest state of the art temperature monitoring and tracking equipment.
Accurate temperature control is essential to PDQ, which specialises in the pharmaceutical, hazardous and scientific analysis industries, with a customer base covering the UK and Europe. The vehicles from CoolKit will be used in the handling a variety of temperature-critical consignments, including pharmaceutical and pathology samples, new and controlled drugs, radioactive and flammable materials, as well as frozen embryos and a range of children's medicines for neo-natal and premature babies.
PDQ Business Development Manager, Luke Devlin explains: "Temperature is at the heart of everything we do at PDQ. All our deliveries are temperature-critical and the need for real-time, perfect information is paramount.
"Such is the variety and complexity of loads being carried that we require highly specialist vehicles. The CoolKit vehicles have both dual and triple compartment bodies, and the latest technology from Seven Telematics. Up to three independent temperature probes provide our customers with the highest level of information possible during transit. We ensure traceability throughout the delivery process and can log into any vehicle, at any time, all over Europe and this includes when they are on ferries too. The detailed analysis even monitors the length of time of every door opening during a delivery cycle."
CoolKit's Sales Director Cameron Javed comments: "It has been a pleasure to design and manufacture these bespoke refrigerated vehicles for PDQ. It is always exciting when we can work with different industries and provide the correct solution to specific requirements. With a full in-house team of experts from sales, through to design, manufacturing and customer service, we are well equipped to deal with a variety of enquiries always creating the best possible temperature controlled solution keeping the customer's specification in mind throughout the process".


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From a list of more than ten shows I'm watching in the Autumn/Fall 2017 season, Inuyashiki continually makes me think the more than any other. Now, that does not necessarily mean I think it is the best. But, often incitation of thought is what I'm searching for… maybe above all else. I believe that a concrete requirement of an artistic medium is for it to make you think; to make you think in new ways, and with new perspectives that may never before have seemed obvious. The great thing about Inuyashiki is that it offers you the option to think in many ways, not just one.
Setting the Scene
In any narrative, setting the scene is vitally important; initially, more than anything else. Especially in visual mediums like anime and film, this is done at the beginning of a scene, usually using what is called an establishing shot – setting where and when we are, giving the viewers exposition – an inclination on how we might want to feel, given the current situation.
The same can be said for characters; for their characterisation.
In literature, there are two ways of relaying information to the reader; through passive and active means. Passive is given directly through the narrator – we're told what is what, and who thinks what. Active is derived through the characters, (mainly the focal character) and through their interactions with other characters, and the world around them. It can be summarised as 'show not tell.' Not that it's always a negative to show, just that by revealing information in an active way, we get to know the character on a much more personal level.
At first, Inuyashiki is completely unassuming. We follow Ichiro, (a man in his late fifties, who in fact looks seventy…) who has been diagnosed with a swift, and incurable form of cancer; he loses hope in his world. But this only occupies a minority of the first episode. For it is not important to know where he has come from and who he is, but where he is going and who he will become.
Inuyashiki is a story of character, of morals, and of doing what one believes is right. It's about finding balance and recompense, in a world in a world that is lacking in the two. It's about personal experience, and making decisions based on this. It's not about good vs evil, because there are no such concrete distinctions in the real world.
Creating Reasons to Care
Inevitably we – the majority of us – feel emotion when we're told a person is certainly going to die – even if that person is fictional. Therefore, we sympathise with the sadness in Ichiro, with how much pain it causes him to know, and to know alone; whilst being unable to tell his frankly disrespectful and negligent family. Because, for Ichiro and many of the older generation, society doesn't see you – even recognise that you exist, that they are people, and that they were once young too. Ichiro is young once again. He realises it is something he cannot waste.
With Ichiro's new body, comes a new worldview. He is no longer the frail older man who had little time left to live. Instead, possibly the strongest, the most adept, and the most unique 'person' in the world. Though the idea of 'person' is an abstract thought here. Is Ichiro the same? Can a person still be identical without their own body? How does this change their identity, or is it only the brain that contains the notion of what it is to be human? Could you fundamentally question whether Ichiro and Hiro are human?
What is not questionable is we perceive Ichiro and Hiro as human, and therefore we attribute human values and qualities to them. This is why many narratives make use of 'monsters,' because they are not human, because we cannot easily sympathise with them, with things that have never existed, things that have never being experienced.
Hiro is a monster in terms of ideology, but he is still human, and he remains relatable, regardless of his changing self – the change that his childhood Naoyuki witnesses first-hand. Despite this, we are clueless to his motives, we're not sure even he understand them, beyond the desire to kill. Something each of us have felt to varying degrees. However, in light of a conscious, these are feelings that are just that… feelings. So, does Hiro posses a conscious? Does he feel anything at all? The only times we see an inkling of this are in moments with Naoyuki, and his mother.
What Makes us 'Uneasy?'
Humans get scared, just like any other living creature on Earth. It's in our natural instinct to survive, no matter what.
So, what makes us scared? Clowns? Lunatic woodsmen with chainsaws? Spiders? Capitalism? The possibility of being murdered by a robot-man? It's not that Inuyashiki is 'scary' per se. However, it is very close to home. And, often things that are subtle, but relatable in their fear, instill a deep sense of unease in us. In the same way that Chucky isn't 'scary,' but films like The Shining, Psycho, and Get Out are. Because, they are closer to home, they could happen in our reality. This is what causes fear in us. In realising, no matter how remote, it might happen to us. We might be a part of something that could tear our world to tiny pieces.
Inuyashiki is not horror, that's for sure. It is action/drama, and in some loose sense, slice-of-life. Though, however useful genre is in defining something, it is not always applicable in all cases. Very rarely something fits into one genre, more likely spanning over a number. Because, for a show to be succesful, and for it to appeal to more than a singular group of people, it has to be at least partially diverse in what it offers.
I cannot help but feel moved whilst watching Inuyashiki, and not in a comfortable way. It's that sense that something is just around the corner, something we can never expect nor understand in any rational sense. Much like that tapping you're not sure you hear in the middle of the night, or walking into a room to notice an open door that you were sure you closed.
Being Subtle is a Fearful Thing In Itself
Hiro is the antagonist. But what's more interesting, is that's he's not simply a stereotypical villain. This is because he has more than one side; he's not built on 100% evil. This enables us to feel something for him – even for the person who, without thought, murdered an entire family. And, this scares us; the notion that we may relate – even in the smallest ways – to a person who could do this. It's psychological, in the sense that it makes us think, and it makes us wonder what we might be capable of, especially if we were granted the same kind of body as Ichiro and Hiro are.
What would you do with it? Good? Bad? Nothing…?
When people are given an opportunity, they either spring, or they don't. It's a difference in personality, in what one feels comfortable doing, and what one doesn't. From Hiro's backstory, it's understood that he is a somewhat troubled person, but of course, this is no excuse for the things he does – the things that are inherently monstrous. And yet, we've all seen hundreds of films exploring murder; in a way, we've become desensitized to the act of it. For it is not the act in Inuyashiki that instills us with that sense of sublime unease, it is the character surrounding the act – Hiro. The way in which his mentality is portrayed, often unmoving and nihilistic. It makes us wonder, what made him snap? What made him feel the need to kill dozens of people?
Could that thing be dormant in ourselves, no matter how slim the possibility? It is this subtle suggestion, this hint of irrational, demonic humanity that gets our hearts beating, and gets our minds wondering… what if…?
It's in asking this question what makes Inuyashiki so brilliant. In asking… Who am I?
What do you think of Inuyashiki, and the themes it presents?
Thank you for reading, as always!
-Chris (Follow me on Twitter, and consider supporting Peach's Almanac on Patreon!)


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Liulian Piao Piao (2000)
Directed by Fruit ChanRun Time - 111 min. | Countries - United States | MPAA Rating - NR
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Synopsis by Rebecca Flint Marx
Fruit Chan's second feature of 2000 takes its title from the durian, a fruit whose large, ungainly exterior and delicious taste serve as a metaphor for the film's Hong Kong setting. Yan (Qin Hailu) and Fan (Mak Wai Fan) are neighbors in Hong Kong's Mong Kok district. Yan is a 21-year-old prostitute who works for a pimp and spends her off-hours watching TV in her miniscule apartment or hanging out with other prostitutes at a local cafe. She has come to Hong Kong from mainland China to make money and on her more profitable days services nearly 40 men. Fan, on the other hand, is just a child; like Yan, she is from the mainland and has moved to Hong Kong illegally, but she has come with her family so her disabled father can more easily make a living. Fan spends her days washing dishes with her mother in a restaurant, but she witnesses Yan's activities and the two eventually become friends. Midway through the film, Yan's permit expires and she returns to her home in the cold north. After cutting off her hair, she divorces her husband and thinks about returning to Hong Kong with her savings.


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Table of ContentsDefinition / general | Terminology | Clinical features | Microscopic (histologic) description | Positive stains | Negative stains | Differential diagnosis
Cite this page: Parakh R Undifferentiated carcinoma. PathologyOutlines.com website. http://www.pathologyoutlines.com/topic/bladderundifferentiated.html. Accessed December 7th, 2019.
Definition / general
- Rare poorly differentiated pleomorphic carcinoma that cannot be otherwise classified
- Includes large cell undifferentiated carcinoma, but large cell neuroendocrine carcinoma, osteoclast-rich urothelial carcinoma and small cell carcinoma are described separately
Clinical features
- Very rare if exclude other undifferentiated carcinomas with distinct histologic features indicated above
- Advanced stage at presentation with nodal metastases
- Poorer survival than urothelial carcinoma NOS of similar stage (Pathology 2010;42:364)
Microscopic (histologic) description
- Sheets of usually large polygonal or round cells with moderate to abundant cytoplasm, distinct cell borders
- Usually 90%+ of tumor is composed of large cell component
- Tumor is either infiltrative or has solid expansile nests with variable dyscohesive growth
- By definition, no features of other histologic types are present
Positive stains
Negative stains
- AFP, beta hCG, PSA, vimentin, synaptophysin and chromogranin


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VBS 2019 at Schoharie Valley Community Camp
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July 18, 8:30 am - 4:00 pm
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An event every day that begins at 8:30 am, repeating until July 19, 2019
July 15-19
- Morning Camp: Children age 4 thru entering Grade 2: 8:30 am-12:00 pm
- Full Day Camp: Children entering Grades 3-8: 8:30 am – 4:00 pm
- After-Camp Care for Full Day Campers is Available on a limited basis: 4pm – 5:30 pm
- All persons entering 9th grade and up are invited to use your gifts as volunteers for camp.
- Schoharie United Presbyterian Church
314 Main Street, Schoharie, NY 12157
Telephone: 518-295-8177 or 518-295-8931
- Click here for more information or to Register
Be sure to register early as there is limited space and these two sections have filled very quickly in the past!


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Tuesday, June 22, 2010
Spakle and Fade
While the Everclear Draft Weekend doesn't start until Thursday for the FOHS fateful, that's what June 22, 2010 was for most people. Probably the most exciting non-game/event day in the recent memory of the NHL; thanks to all the news made. It had everything, but when it came to the main cog-- it fell a little short.
-First, it's started with the NHL schedule being released, the earliest in a while. While I personally didn't care, most NHL road-trippers did. I just wondered the start time of the Heritage Classic and to see if I can weasel my way into the event in some way, shape, or form. Other than that-- check out the Sensational Sean Leahy's write-up about anticipated games.
-Then, we had the trade that had the Boston Bruins picking up Nathan Horton and Greg Campbell from the Florida Panthers for Dennis Wideman, the 15th overall pick in the Draft, and a third-rounder in 2011. For the Bruins, the acquisition of Horton is an improvement, considering he has five straight seasons of 20 goals or more, something the Bruins have missed-- although the injuries issues is something that the Bruins could and should be concerned about. At least they also got the disciplinarians son in the deal as well. Wideman had a season to wipe-away, though he will be the cornerstone in the Panthers rebuilding defense. If he can improve his +/-, the Panthers may have something.
-At the same time, the Edmonton Oilers announced that Pat Quinn had stepped down as head coach and moved to Senior Adviser to the GM, making way for co-coach Tom Renney to take over. Renney was going to get this job eventually, but the fact the rebuild is in full swing, it's better they did this sooner than later. Renney's last job was with the New York Rangers and replaced Quinn once before in Vancouver. While his style isn't exciting, it's often successful for Renney. Whether it will work with the new look Oilers will remain to be seen.
-After that, the NHL said good-bye to Scott Niedermayer; as the defenseman called it a career after 18 years and leaves on 42 players left from NHL '94. Niedermayer won wherever he went and really shouldn't be waiting long after the waiting period to be elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. I mean, four Stanley Cups, two Olympic Gold, World Juniors Gold, Memorial Cup Champion, World Championship Gold, and he ate the bowl. Not much else you can say, because it says it all in his stats and what he did when he was there. Sadly, we'll miss one of the best playoff beards ever because of this retirement.
-Then the main event-- the Hockey Hall of Fame nominees. This year, it was an allotment for four players, two women's players, and some builders. There was a lot of ruckus around who was going in, who wasn't-- but it created for great off-season debate.....but seemed to be a huge letdown in the end.
Though it is fitting, the first year that the women are introduced, they will be the majority as Angela James-- the Gretzky of women's hockey to start off with; and Cammi Granato will be going to the Hall. James was an innovator in the women's game for Canada, where she was a big fish in a developing small pond and really gave something younger girls could aspire to in Canada. Same goes with Granato, who was basically the USA version of James, only on a smaller scale. Granato did a lot for the women's game in the US and really helped pass along the torch in these new times.
That being done, only ONE spot was filled in the male side, that being Dino Ciccarelli. For a long time, many have wondered when he would get his chance. 600+ goals, 1200 points on the nose; but for some reason-- mostly media unfriendly and a bad rap from the ice-- Dino was always overlooked and pretty much pushed aside. However, in a seemingly weak class; they couldn't avoid him or the outcry of some fans now. Even though he never won a Cup, he did well on so-so teams at the start of his career, but couldn't be a hanger-on in his later years. He did enough to be the Hall of Famer he is now.
It's sad that there's only one. The debate about Adam Oates, Joe Nieuwendyk, Pavel Bure, hell-- even Eric Lindros being on the dias this year, and nothing came of it. Is it something where it was a wide-open field and other votes canceled out others?? Was the hype about this year's class something that was overdone and they weren't the spectacular to begin with?? Maybe we'll find out soon, but it seems like that many could have been looking too deep into the whole thing and overestimated the voters of the Hockey Hall, per usual.
Another thing I'm ticked about is the exclusion of Pat Burns in the Builder's category. We all know that Burns is dealing with Cancer and it would have been the best time to put the great coach into the Hall, but the voters did not. Sure, we shouldn't dismiss the fact of Jim Devellano of the Red Wings and the late Daryl Seaman of the Flames should be there-- but you would have hoped that the voters in the Hall had some kind of heart to include Burns....but....here we are.
That was the day it was. A lot of opening acts and a somewhat disappointing headlining gig. In the end, it'll only create for more of a debate in next year's Hall of Fame-- but that's what the off-season is for. We saw new beginnings, transitions, endings, and the map for next season. It was every possible emotion fans could have in one day and not have any games played. Hope fans savored it, because it could mean we're in for a long off-season if this is the most exciting day.
Posted by ScottyWazz at 7:35 PM
Labels: Anaheim Ducks, Boston Bruins, Edmonton Oilers, Florida Panthers, Hall of Fame, NHL '94, Retirement, Trades
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- Johnny Wrath said...
I hope we have at least a few more days of newsworthy events after the Draft, because there's no summer league down here...
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BMW i3 is a game-changer in electric cars world
It's been simmering under the surface for a long time now, electric power in a car.
Car companies are taking it seriously and it's not just because Tesla motors are making headlines every time Elon Musk blows his nose, there's a desire for cheaper, greener motoring out there.
Back when the Horse was the only form of transport most of them had a hard life, they were frequently beaten to death because they were too tired to go on any further. Horses had to be delivery trucks, taxis, fire brigades, ambulances and personal transport pulling around large families to everything. They were working animals and they worked every day.
Today everything is done by some sort of combustion engine and leaving horseracing out most Horses have a fairly good time of it, there's even laws covering animal cruelty, in a way the car saved horses from the hard lifestyle that we humans imposed on them.
Now the electric engine will begin to save the humble fossil fuelled lump that sits outside your door.
You see more and more car makers are becoming electric bound, for some it's a mixed bag of hybrid with battery back-up and for other's it's more about total electric.
There's a new kid in town though, the BMW i3 and it's a proper game-changer. The i3 is an all-electric car that, in my real world testing, can do 120kms even when you zip about on the motorway. Added to that, my test car came with a range extender that is to say there's a 700cc engine in the boot provided from a BMW motorbike. That can give you another 120kms from good old petrol.
The big upside to this is that I can finally travel right across the country in an electric car; the petrol engine serves its power to the battery so there's only a small hum from the back of the car when it's running.
The outside of the i3 is quirky but in a very good way, it attracts attention and smiles from everyone you pass. There are five doors but the two rear doors can only be opened when you open the front doors. The up-side here is when you open the two doors access to the rear is easy the downside is you have to open the front doors for anyone in the back to get out.
The interior is superb, a mix of recycled materials mixed with top class plastics, there's a real sense of luxury and it's nicely mixed with tonnes of electronics that allow you to track your consumption and even get the news read out to you by an electronic voice.
If the BMW i3 is the direction electric cars are going I want to get one, it's a proper fun drive thanks to the massive torque from the engine. I bet I'd get away from the lights faster than anything fossil-fuel powered.
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Weezer (Blue Album)
|Studio album by
|May 10, 1994
|August–September 1993
|Electric Lady Studios, New York City
|Ric Ocasek
|Weezer chronology
|Singles from Weezer
Weezer, also known as the Blue Album, is the self-titled debut studio album by American rock band Weezer, released on May 10, 1994 by DGC Records. It was produced by Cars frontman Ric Ocasek and recorded at Electric Lady Studios in New York City from August to September 1993. Founding guitarist Jason Cropper left during the recording, replaced by Brian Bell.
The album reached number sixteen on the US Billboard 200, and was certified triple platinum. It was supported by the singles "Undone – The Sweater Song", "Buddy Holly", and "Say It Ain't So", which brought Weezer mainstream success, helped by music videos directed by Spike Jonze. By 2009, the album had sold at least 3.3 million copies in the United States and 15 million copies worldwide.[1]
Weezer was formed on February 14, 1992, in Los Angeles by singer and guitarist Rivers Cuomo, drummer Patrick Wilson, bassist Matt Sharp, and guitarist Jason Cropper.[2] Although they performed future hits including "The Sweater Song" and "Say It Ain't So", Cuomo said they struggled to engage audiences, who wanted to see grunge bands instead.[3]
In an effort to create buzz around LA, Weezer recorded a demo, The Kitchen Tape.[4] This attracted attention from major-label A&R reps looking for alternative rock bands to perform on the same bill as That Dog.[5] Weezer were signed to DGC Records on June 26, 1993, by Todd Sullivan, an A&R rep from Geffen Records.[6]
While preparing for the studio sessions, Weezer focused on their vocal interplay by practicing barbershop quartet-style songs, which helped Cuomo and Sharp feel more comfortable collaborating during rehearsals. Sharp, who had never sung before joining Weezer, developed his falsetto: "I had to sing an octave higher than Rivers. After a lot of practice, I started to get it down."[7]
Weezer rehearsed 15 songs in New York in preparation for the Electric Lady Studios recording sessions. Four songs from this rehearsal would not be attempted for the album: "Lullaby for Wayne", "I Swear It's True", "Getting Up and Leaving", and a reprise version of "In the Garage". The other song, an ode to two women who ran the Weezer fanclub called "Mykel & Carli", was attempted during the Electric Lady sessions, but was also abandoned (this recording was later released as a digital bonus track on the 2010 compilation Death to False Metal). A later recording of "Mykel & Carli" was featured as a B-side on the "Undone – The Sweater Song" single.[8]
The band considered self-producing, but were pressured by Geffen to choose a producer. They decided on Ric Ocasek, who had played with the Cars.[9] Ocasek convinced the band to change their guitar pickups from the neck to the bridge, resulting in a brighter sound.[10] Sharp and Cuomo imposed several rules on recording, banning reverb and insisting on all downstrokes on guitar.[11] According to engineer Chris Shaw, the "overriding concept" was to treat the guitars and bass as a single, 10-string instrument, playing in unison. Weezer insisted that the guitars were mixed as loud as those in the Radiohead song "Creep", burying some vocals.[11]
During the recording, Cropper learned that his girlfriend was pregnant and began acting erratically. Weezer collaborator Karl Koch said: "He wasn't handling it well ... he always said he was fine, and then 20 minutes later he'd be up on the roof of Electric Lady screaming or something."[12] According to Cropper, Cuomo told him he could not allow him to jeopardize the band's work and asked him to leave. In 2014, Cropper said Cuomo had made the right decision.[12] Cropper was replaced by Brian Bell.[13] While Bell's vocals appear on some tracks,[14] Cuomo re-recorded all of Cropper's guitar parts.[15] Ocasek recalled: "After [the album] was completely recorded, Rivers came in and said, 'I'm firing the guitar player, and I'm going to do all his guitar parts over.' I said, 'You can't do that!' But he did. In one take."[16] Bell is still credited for playing guitar in the liner notes. Cropper received a credit on "My Name Is Jonas" for writing the intro.[17]
The album artwork, photographed by American glamour photographer Peter Gowland,[18][19] features Wilson, Cuomo, Sharp, and Bell standing in front of a plain, blue background.[20] Adobe Photoshop was used to digitally alter the cover. Cuomo stated that, while the band liked the photo, Sharp was not happy with the way his head looked. The Geffen Art Director used Photoshop to swap out the head with one from another shot.[21] The image was used prominently in the advertising of the album.[22] The cover received many comparisons to the Feelies' album Crazy Rhythms.[22]
On some vinyl pressings of the album, the cover does not crop off their feet. On the Deluxe Edition case the feet are presented on the back cover, and the band sold an official T-shirt with a shot of the band's feet after the deluxe edition release.[23]
Inside the album booklet, Cuomo pays tribute to his past metal influences with a photo taken in the group's garage on Amherst (this same garage would be featured in the "Say It Ain't So" music video). A poster of Judas Priest's album British Steel is featured on the left side of the photo, while on the right a Quiet Riot concert poster is displayed. The Deluxe Edition features additional photographs of the band and hand-written lyrics for each song.[24]
The first single "Undone – The Sweater Song" was described by Cuomo as "the feeling you get when the train stops and the little guy comes knockin' on your door. It was supposed to be a sad song, but everyone thinks it's hilarious."[25] The video marks one of the early directorial efforts of Spike Jonze, whose pitch was simply "A blue stage, a steadicam, a pack of wild dogs."[26] The video became an instant hit on MTV.[27] The final single, "Say It Ain't So", was inspired by Cuomo believing his parents split up when he was four because he thought his father was an alcoholic.[25] The music video, which was directed by Sophie Muller, was less successful than the previous Spike Jonze-directed video. It featured the band performing in the garage of their former house, and the bandmates playing hacky sack in the backyard.[28]
The Blue Album was released on May 10, 1994.[29] It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) just under seven months later on December 1, 1994, and was certified platinum by the RIAA on January 13, 1995. The Blue Album was certified 2x platinum by the RIAA on August 8, 1995. The album was certified 3x platinum by the RIAA on November 13, 1998.[30] The album peaked at No. 16 on the Billboard 200.[31] As a single, "Undone – The Sweater Song" peaked at No. 35 on the UK Top 40, and "Buddy Holly" and "Say It Ain't So" peaked at No. 12 and No. 37 on the UK Top 40 respectively.[32] In the U.S., "Buddy Holly" peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 Airplay chart.[33]
A "deluxe edition" of the album was released on March 23, 2004, including the original album and a second disc, Dusty Gems and Raw Nuggets, containing B-sides and rarities.[34] As of December 2007, the "deluxe edition" had sold 86,000 copies.[35]
Critical reception[edit]
|Professional ratings
|Review scores
|Chicago Sun-Times
|Entertainment Weekly
|Rolling Stone
|The Rolling Stone Album Guide
The Blue Album was well received by critics.[47] Rolling Stone praised the album in their year-end review, saying "Weezer's Rivers Cuomo is great at sketching vignettes (the Dungeons and Dragons games and Kiss posters that inspire the hapless daydreamer of 'In the Garage'), and with sweet inspiration like the waltz tempo of 'My Name Is Jonas' and the self-deprecating humor of lines like "I look just like Buddy Holly / And you're Mary Tyler Moore", his songs easily ingratiate."[48] Robert Christgau of The Village Voice was less complimentary and awarded the album a "neither" rating.[49] The "Buddy Holly" video won four awards at the 1995 MTV Video Music Awards, including prizes for Breakthrough Video and Best Alternative Video.[50] It was ranked number 299 on Rolling Stone's list of The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.
The Blue Album has become one of the most highly regarded albums of the 1990s, appearing on many "Best-of" lists. In 2003, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 297 on their list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time,[51] and 299 in a 2012 revised list.[52] In 2002, the readers of Rolling Stone ranked the album the 21st greatest of all time,[53] and 299 in a 2012 revised list.[citation needed] Blender named the Blue Album among the "500 CDs You Must Own", calling the album "Absolute geek-rock, out and proud."[54] Non-U.S. publications have acclaimed the album as well: New Zealand's The Movement placed it at number 39 on a list of "The 101 Best Albums of the 90s",[55] and Visions of Germany ranked it number 32 on a list of "The Most Important Albums of the 90s."[56] In November 2011, the Blue Album was ranked number three on Guitar World magazine's top ten list of guitar albums of 1994, with Bad Religion's Stranger than Fiction and The Offspring's Smash in first and second place respectively.[57] The album also peaked at number 25 on Guitar World's "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994" list.[58]
Reviews of the album when its deluxe edition was released have reflected its rise in stature continuing to be positive. In 2004, PopMatters gave the album a very positive review, saying "I'd go so far to declare the 'Blue Album' one of the greatest records of the last 20 years."[59] And Rolling Stone reiterated their original positive review by further describing it as "big, vibrant pop-rock that would inspire thousands of emo kids."[44] Blogcritics Magazine gave the album a score of 10/10 and asserted that "this is one of the most important debut albums of the last ten years."[60]
In naming Weezer the 26th best album of the 1990s, Pitchfork summed up the album's critical recognition:
An album so substantial the band misguidedly attempted to tap into its resonance through cover graphics a mere two releases later. In 1994, 70s rock had come to mean either a bastardized version of Led Zeppelin or a bullshit reconstruction of punk rock. As guitar nerds, Weezer sought influence there but found true inspiration in forgotten bubblegum power-pop like Cheap Trick, Raspberries, 20/20, and The Quick. Most impressively, Rivers Cuomo rescued the thrilling guitar solo from finger-tapping metal and disregarding grunge/punk. A decade later air-guitaring to the album feels far less embarrassing than singing along. With the help of Spike Jonze, Weezer kept joy alive in arena rock, making the critical repositioning of Weezer as some emo touchstone even more absentminded. They called themselves Weezer, knowingly, for chrissakes.[61]
NME claimed that the album "pretty much invented emo's melodic wing".[62] AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine gave the album a full 5/5 stars, explaining "What makes the band so enjoyable is their charming geekiness; instead of singing about despair, they sing about love, which is kind of refreshing in the gloom-drenched world of '90s guitar-pop."[36]
Since its release, the Blue Album has featured heavily in various "must have" lists compiled by the music media. Some of the more prominent of these lists to feature the Blue Album are shown below; this information is adapted from Acclaimed Music.[63]
|500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die[54]
|Music Underwater
|Top 100 Albums 1990–2003[64]
|No. 10
|Stylus Magazine
|Top 101–200 Albums of All Time[65]
|No. 177
|Pitchfork Media
|Top 100 Albums of the 1990s[61]
|No. 26
|Rolling Stone
|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time[51]
|No. 297
|Rolling Stone
|The 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time[66]
|No. 35
( * ) designates lists which are unordered.
Track listing[edit]
All tracks are written by Rivers Cuomo, except where noted.
|"My Name Is Jonas"
|Cuomo, Patrick Wilson, Jason Cropper
|"No One Else"
|"The World Has Turned and Left Me Here"
|Cuomo, Wilson
|"Buddy Holly"
|"Undone – The Sweater Song"
|"Surf Wax America"
|Cuomo, Wilson
|"Say It Ain't So"
|"In the Garage"
|"Only in Dreams"
|Total length:
Deluxe edition bonus disc[edit]
The 2004 deluxe edition included a bonus disc titled Dusty Gems and Raw Nuggets.
|"Mykel & Carli"
|"Susanne" (remix)
|"My Evaline"
|"My Name Is Jonas" (live)
|Cuomo, Wilson, Cropper
|"Surf Wax America" (live)
|Cuomo, Wilson
|"Jamie" (acoustic live)
|"No One Else" (acoustic live)
|"Undone (The Sweater Song)" (demo)
|"Only in Dreams" (demo)
|"Lullaby for Wayne"
|Cuomo, Wilson
|"I Swear It's True"
|"Say It Ain't So" (original album mix)
|Total length:
The tracks on the bonus disc originally appeared on the following releases:[24]
- Tracks 1 and 3 from "Undone – The Sweater Song" single (1994)
- Track 2 is from the soundtrack to Mallrats; an earlier mix of the same song was included on the "Undone" single
- Track 4 from DGC Rarities compilation (1994)
- Tracks 5 and 6 from "Buddy Holly" single (1994)
- Tracks 7 and 8 from "Say It Ain't So" single (1995)
- Tracks 9–11 previously unreleased, and part of Kitchen Tape demo (1992)
- Tracks 12 and 13 previously unreleased, pre-production recordings done with Ric Ocasek just prior to Weezer's recording (1993)
- Track 14 is the version featured on the original release of the album. The mix was changed for the single and was later added to newer versions of the album. The single mix is the version included on Disc 1 of this Deluxe Edition.
- Rivers Cuomo – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, keyboards, harmonica
- Brian Bell – rhythm guitar (credited), backing vocals
- Matt Sharp – bass, backing vocals
- Patrick Wilson – drums
Additional musicians
- Mykel Allan – spoken intermission on "Undone – The Sweater Song"
- Karl Koch – dialogue, piano outro on "Undone – The Sweater Song"
- Jason Cropper – guitar, backing vocals on "Jamie"
- Ric Ocasek – producer
- Chris Shaw – engineer
- Hal Belknap – assistant engineer
|Chart (1995–96)
|Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[67]
|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[68]
|Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[69]
|Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM)[70]
|Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[71]
|Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[72]
|German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[73]
|New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[74]
|Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[75]
|UK Albums (OCC)[76]
|US Billboard 200[77]
|Peak positions
|US Modern Rock
Hot 100
Hot 100
Top 40
|"Undone – The Sweater Song"
|"Buddy Holly"
|"Say It Ain't So"
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External links[edit]
- Weezer at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
- Weezer (The Blue Album) at MusicBrainz
- Lyrics for Weezer – The Blue Album


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The 39 Indian workers held hostage by Islamic State jihadists in Mosul in Iraq since the past two months "remain in custody", the government said Wednesday, adding that in "war situations, there is no certainty about safety, especially in custody".
External affairs ministry spokesperson Syed Akbaruddin, said at a press briefing that the Indians who were working for a Turkish construction company in Mosul when they were abducted in mid-June, continued to remain in custody, according to the "last information" that the Indian government received about the men four-five days ago.
"In war situations, there is no certainty about safety; in conflict situations there is no certainty about safety, especially in custody," he said. The situation in Mosul was dynamic and they were keeping in touch with the Indian nationals who are in custody, he said.
"Our last information, which is not outdated, was that the Indian nationals remain in custody," he said of the Indian workers, who mostly hail from Punjab.
He also said that following the IS militants expanding their hold, including into Kurdish areas, India was monitoring the situation and what its impact will be on India's national interests and on Indian nationals.
Mosul was overrun by militants of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, who now call themselves the Islamic State, in June. The militants have over-run large swathes of area in northern Iraq and are currently on the verge of taking over Mosul Dam, thus controlling the source of water and electricity.
Earlier, 46 Indian nurses who were stranded in Tikrit were set free by the militants after hectic negotiations. India has flown home hundreds of Indians from Iraq following the surge by the militants.


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This study explored the perspectives and experiences of eight women active within a particular location of the collective social media landscape. One aspect of the research centered around critiquing mainstream media diets for encouraging fat stigma and deepening the negative effects of stereotyping larger bodies. The research questions centered around transgressive media diets, specifically those that were body positive, and focused on if they could help to eradicate fat stigma and educate the masses on false stereotypes. To examine this, eight plus-size fashion bloggers and/or plus-size models were interviewed following a semi-structured format. These women, as bloggers and Instagrammers with …
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2023 E Dove Road Southlake, TX 76092
Build your Dream Home on this beautifully treed, premiere lot in the heart of Southlake. Just under 1 acre, this lot is surrounded by other large parcels and new construction homes. The original house was removed and this land is ready for construction. Close to Lake Grapevine and Southlake Town Square, with quick access to Highway 114. Topography report available. Bring your own builder. No HOA.
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This listing 2023 E Dove Road, Southlake, TX 76092 is a land and lots listing on a lot of 37,026 sqft (or 0.85 acres). 2023 E Dove Road was built in 1959. 2023 E Dove Road is located in Southlake and in ZIP Code 76092. It has been listed on our site since 2019-11-18 09:53:58.Note:
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Myths about Roma education are widely used in the academia produced by governmental and non-governmental agencies. One of them says "Roma parents frequently do not regard education as necessary and do not encourage their children to stay in school" (Friedrich Ebert Schtiftung, 2002, 19) such statements are very dangerous because they produce different stereotypes and prejudices, which very often result in the exclusion of a particular group. Nevertheless, the socio-economic situation of Roma also plays a significant role in this process. Combined all of the above mention dimensions produce exclusion and xenophobia of Roma minority. However, one of the major problem that Roma minority face is the school segregation. In the latest Human Right Report by United States Department for Hungary it is stated:
"Segregation of Romani schoolchildren remained a problem. NGOs and government officials estimated that one-third of Romani children were educated in segregated classes and that school officials placed 20 percent, without justification, in remedial classes for children with mental disabilities, effectively segregating them from other students. Schools with a majority of Romani students employed simplified teaching curricula, were generally less well equipped, and were in significantly worse physical condition than those with non-Romani majorities" (Human Rights Report 2013, 1)
Reports such this from the United States Department, just confirms the assumption that Roma children are exposed to study in segregated schools without any justification, the number of 20% is frightening. On January 29th, 2013 the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) ruled that European governments must end segregation and discrimination against Roma children in schools. In the case of Horvath and Kiss v. Hungary, the Court found that Hungary had violated the European Convention on Human Rights by segregating Romani children in a special school – following a legal struggle that began in 2006. The Court noted that Roma children had been over-represented in the past in special schools due to the systematic misdiagnosis of mental disability. Still is believed that most of the Roma children are placed in the special schools due to their ethnicity and social status.
Europe in the 21st century is facing a serious problem so called "asylum seekers." Visa liberalizations provide benefits to the Macedonian citizens, but not to the Roma minority living in Macedonia. In this content analysis, you can read more about how European policies are affecting third world countries that include and the Republic of Macedonia. Also, you will perceive what are the main challenges faced by the countries of the third world, but also the European Union and other institutions within the EU.
With the Single European Act of 1986 was made a major milestone. With the Act is envisaged (Article 8, later Article 14 of the Treaty of Amsterdam)[1] creating a single internal market based on the four freedoms:
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- Capital
The free movement of persons throughout the European Union without internal borders is raised to the level of fundamental aim in accordance with implicit determination for creating an appropriate legal and institutional structure that would guarantee the new principle, by accepting the so-called "Compensatory measures", such as strengthening the control of external borders and building a common policy on asylum and immigration.
One of the most interesting anthropological and political topic in the late XIX and XX century was the study of the history of nations, their distinct cultures, and identities. Throughout the history, European nations have endured and surpassed challenges preserving their sovereignty and territory. Today, the subjective political world depends on the interests of the nation states and the power to dominate the international scene. Roma as a nation inhabited the European continent in the XII century[1] without any opportunity and tendency for territorial, cultural unification. However, the "white" continent continuously evolved throughout history, groups of people unified in nations protecting themselves and their interests through their national states. They protected their cultural heritage and upgraded for unity and unification, while Roma, who settled in the existing nation states as the "others" had to adjust to the conditions set by the majority of the countries that they settled.
This paper aims to analyze and deconstruct the concepts of formation of a nation, cultural development and identity with the emphasis on the Roma in the process of creating a multi-state nation with unified culture and identity. In this paper, I also present facts and the literature arguments that establish the standardization of widely accepted understandings of the concepts mentioned above.
When we search for an adequate explanation about politics, there are various definitions from different historical periods. Up to the 19th century, the philosophers defined it as a skill for governance, which was related to warfare, conquest and superiority of nations[1]. The modern definition of politics started in the 20th century, and it was directed towards the institutional governance and maintenance of law and order in the state.[2] The different types of political regimes and ideologies influenced the understanding and definition of politics and political processes. Throughout the history of social development, a division of ideals and political persuasion appears. Organized groups of like-minded people about the political processes, governance and understanding of society are institutionalized in political parties.
According to Schreyer и Schwarzmeier parties' development depends on the structure of the membership in the electoral districts, social structure, organizational structure, goals of the party, ideologies, access to the political system and access to governance[3]. This division in the democratic system of governance, as the most effective way of ruling, improves parties' profiles so that they would compete for the citizens' trust. Political parties use different methods in order to gain voters' trust and to represent their interests.
According to the definition every attempt to organize people themselves through same ideology and to achieve certain goals should be considered as a social movement. This means that any attempt on formal or informal group of Roma through particular idea and achieving certain interests is considered as a movement. It is important to note that every social movement has its own life cycle: it is created, achieve success or failure and eventually turns into something else, or cease to exist[1].
It is assumed that more serious attempts of creating Roma movement started in the early 90's with the self-organizing of Romani activists by the formation of NGOs. The attempts of creating the Roma Union and initial ideas of self-definition are still present and as such they are taken into consideration this analysis. The beginnings of the Roma movement viewed through a historical perspective can be considered from 1971 by keeping the first Roma Congress and the creation of the Roma Union. Beginnings of the so called "Roma movement" cause a significant change in the behavior towards Roma in the society. It can be freely say that before coping with the political and social reality of the Roma was defined "outside" by various systems of power and the majority population.
By introducing the pluralism in the Republic of Macedonia, Roma gained the right to take part and to contribute for democratic development in the political and legal system of the state. The practice of the democratic culture among the Roma community does not significantly differ from the overall democratic and political environment in the country. Every democratic country is undergoing a process of implementation of conditions such as rule of law, high level of civil and political liberties, freedom of expression, freedom of the press and freedom to form and join organizations.[1] After 20 years of practicing pluralism in the country, the development of the political culture of Roma is presented in two periods – before the Ohrid Framework Agreement and after the Ohrid Framework Agreement. According to the results and the behavior of Roma political parties, it is evident that the parties failed optimally to utilize the given opportunities initiated by the principles of the Ohrid Framework Agreement.
The modifications of the Constitution in 2001 preloaded new principles with the Framework Agreement, which was a balance in the redefinition of the constituent elements of the state. This included major communities and the Roma community as well. This act represents an opportunity for the Roma political élite and at the same time commitment to support the multi-ethnic character of the state. In the period from 1990 to 1998, the Roma community in Macedonia formed three political parties represented by one Member of Parliament and lack of institutional representation. While in the period from 2002 to 2006 there were five more parties registered. This process was counterproductive for the Roma community due to the division of the Roma electorate instead of consolidation derived from the new constitutional changes. The Roma political parties entered the process of fragmentation of the electorate that further reduced the value and impact of the voice of the Roma community.
The purpose of this paper is to analyze the political competition of Roma political parties in the period from 1991 to 2013 by using the behavioral theory by Kaare Strom. Furthermore, it explains how Roma political parties emerged and what the benefits of the Ohrid Framework Agreement were. The concluding remarks are presented at the very end of this paper.


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We've designed a minimal watch, made of the highest quality machined parts and the best available Japanese movement. The top glass is beautifully blurred, giving you a moment of pause and intention when you need it the most.
A good life for us means being able to enjoy every moment of it. To be able to dream, to let time pass and to leave time for the unexpected. A good life for us means to be able to free ourselves from time pressure, which we all know so well from our busy daily lives. Would it not be great if time became stretchable, blurry and undefined, to be able to enjoy small things in life just a couple of seconds longer? This thought was the main driver that made us pursue this poetic approach to time. We created a timepiece that shows the time in an emotional blurry & undefined way.
In collaboration with a Japanese watch manufacturers, we created hundreds of frosted glass samples to achieve the perfect balance of movement and time, simplicity and meaning. Finally a carefully chosen combination of frosted glass finish, glass opaqueness, hands and watch face color gave us the result we were aiming for.
We worked closely with a specialized glass maker, who through hundreds of iterations created the frosted glass that gives us the appearance we were looking for. Finally a carefully chosen combination of frosted glass finish, glass opaqueness, hands and watch face color gave us the result we were aiming for.
How do we make time visible, yet just beyond our comprehension? How can we show impermanence in a directly emotional way? Our inspiration was always around us: the moods of foggy mountains and lakes surrounding us. These places we love so much were the inspiration for the frosted glass finish. A constant reminder of the beauty in those places and those moments.
When you look at the relax watch, it manages to give you the time you need to know, while also giving you the rush of being in the fog, of watching waves crush the dunes.
With our Relax Watch we are creating an intentional statement. We created a timepiece that encourages people to pause and consider. Every moment you look for the time, is more than just looking at a watch.
We are Begüm Tomruk & Mirko Goetzen, the founders of StudioDWAS. We have a very simple passion: Storytelling in design. StudioDWAS stands for Studio Design With A Story and we are excited to be able to share the story of the Relax Watch with you. Together we have been working in large companies for over 15 years, bringing many products to life. This time, we are bringing our idea to life. Thank you for joining us.
In a life full of complexity we wanted to design a simple and decluttered product. Our intention was to create a design that sets the focus on the message, the frosted glass. Therefore our main direction is a minimal approach. Only with this minimal design approach the focus of the product would lay on the blurry indicator.
We spent many months discussing with the supplier about even the smallest details to bring this product to perfection. Plenty of prototypes were made and evaluated before we now have the final result in our hand. We are proud to be where we are.
Welcome to StudioDWAS. Our beautiful loft is based in Düsseldorf, Germany. We believe that you can create great designs if you are surrounded by a great atmosphere. We designed our loft according to our design philosophy.


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Load Bearing Capacity of PolyurethaneOpen Cast Polyurethane has far greater load-bearing capacity than other conventional elastomers of comparable hardness. This high load-bearing capacity, coupled with the superior abrasion resistance and toughness, is a very important advantage in applications like press-on tires, caster wheels, industrial rolls and press brake or punch press die forming pads. The table below compares the compressive stresses required to make a 10% deflection with samples of open cast polyurethane elastomers versus neoprene rubber.
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36505 W Valley Hwy S
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1.92 acre parcel, level and sloped, with 399 ft frontage on W Valley Hwy. Access driveway currently has barricade in front. 56th Pl S borders the property on hillside above but is barricaded off at the hwy. Mt & territorial view, power along hwy, buyer to verify availability of other utilities. Zoned R1, lightly treed. Seller has no reports or survey. On west side of hwy, just south of boat yard.
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SCRAMP Ahead of Improvement Schedule; Tracking 16.5% Increase in Overall Season Ticket Sales
Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca and the entire Laguna Seca Recreation Area are experiencing rapid improvements ahead of schedule. The Sports Car Racing Association of the Monterey Peninsula's (SCRAMP) two biggest events, the Superbike World Championship July 7-9 and Rolex Monterey Motorsports Reunion Aug. 17-20, are just around the corner and the facility will be looking its best in many years.
Owned by Monterey County and managed by SCRAMP, most buildings have been painted, many trailers have been removed and replaced, and extensive landscaping continues. Demolition of some buildings, such as the paddock classroom and restroom, was long overdue, and is a welcome sight. Engineering plans for a permanent all-new paddock restroom and showers are underway.
"There's much more on the horizon in store for this facility," says Gill Campbell, CEO and general manager of Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. "The SCRAMP team has really come together with the County with enormous pride to continually upgrade the facility to enhance the customer experience."
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text: Ready or not 2014 is here, and now is the perfect time to start setting some new financial goals for the New Year. Studies suggest that people who have become very successful business entrepreneurs are about 30 per cent more likely than the average person to set and track personal financial goals for themselves. If you are hoping to have a more prosperous and successful year than last year, one important step is to create a set of financial goals to guide you through the year. However, it is equally important that you set the right type of financial goals that will help improve your overall finances and your quality of life. Below is a look at several things to keep in mind when setting your 2014 financial goals. This tips will help you create the right type of goals that will keep your motivated and boost your success. Your Future Even before you set out to write down you list of financial goals, the first thing you want to do is to ask yourself where you want to be in five, ten or fifteen years. Think you where you want to be or things you want to accomplish, such ...Read More »