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The easiest way to say it – it's Snapchat for social networking. Voycee is an incognito social network. You create your post and send it. People read the post then it disappears into the night.
I talked with Ilfan Radoncic of Voycee – suited up like the Men in Black – who showed me the network. He states there are certain celebrities and sports stars that want to post something and not have it blow up on social networks.
With Voycee, there is no timeline, no archived posts. Nothing to say that post existed. You can say something that people can read in the moment and then let it go in the wind.
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There used to be some advantages connected with living in a small midwestern college town. I just returned from a walk on this beautiful fall day, and found that the huge sound system that the local university installed at the end of its athletic field effectively covered up the sounds of nature I might have heard. The banter from athletic events now permeates the air on weekends. You can hear the voices clear as day from two miles away, and the city itself is only about four miles long and four miles wide, and the stadium's speakers are sitting pretty much in the physical center of town. I do like to listen to the sounds of nature when I walk, but I also like to listen music or podcasts. Today the sound system was (and is, I can still hear it blaring through the closed doors and windows of my house) turned up so loudly that I could clearly hear the names of the people competing in the athletic event of the day through my Bach, Handel, and Haydn. I imagine that these sounds send the birds elsewhere.
That this state-of-the-art sound system was set up by the university athletic department using money donated by alumni, including the rich and famous Tony Romo, a distinguished alumnus of the university. I imagine it was designed for use in a large city stadium, where the audio for athletic events has to project over the sounds of car traffic, trains, planes, sirens, people, and general city noise.
On my hour-long walk today I saw half a dozen cars. There are places for sound systems like this one, but this town isn't one of them. There's nothing anyone can do about it either.
Rant over.
Saturday, October 06, 2012
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Luton Airport is one of the busiest airports in London. It is known as the fourth largest airport in London, which is also indicative of how busy it can prove to be. In 2014, more than 10.5 million people have used the airport. It has flights serving Europe, as well as Asia and North Africa. Because it is one of the busiest airports in the city, it is important to take care of your land transportation needs. With this, booking Luton airport transfer can prove to be essential.
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In the fifth place of the list was the McLaren 720S.
This year a number of the world's automakers presented a variety of their new products, among them quite luxurious and premium models.
European automotive experts have ranked the cars that can surprise not only the performance but also an impressive price tag.
First in the ranking was the Italian supercar Lamborghini Huracan Performante, which was able to win a record time at the Nurburgring. The novelty is equipped with a powerful 5.2-liter V10 engine, which is capable of generating 640 horsepower. The supercar is estimated at 232 000 euros.
Also not to mention luxury SUV Mercedes-Maybach Landaulet G650, public premiered at the Geneva motor show. Sales should begin this fall – the circulation of the car is 99 copies, the cost of each of which is 400 000 Euro.
The British company Rolls-Royce has created a special Ghost, the body is decorated with real diamonds. In addition, the diamond twins were added in the body enamel. The cost of this car is at least $ 300,000. In addition, the rating includes such models as the Ferrari Superfast 812 (320 000 euros), McLaren 720S (210,000 pounds), and also Lamborghini Aventador S ($300,000).
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Do I really need insurance?
This is the question that millions of Americans ask themselves every day. Is insurance necessary and what will happen if I don't have it? Not having insurance can put you at risk for severe financial heart ache if you have a catastrophic event (no insurance plus an emergency surgery = mayhem). But many Americans pay for insurance without any incident. How do you know when to buy or risk it?
Let's get a few things straight: Insurance is not a crystal ball. It will not stop bad things from happening. However, it is a financial safeguard in case something bad happens. You are buying security in the event of a storm. If nothing happens, you are just out the money. However, if something does happen, you are saved a lot more money. The average person might believe that he or she is immune from any potential catastrophes, but it is those who prepare who are smarter.
Most insurances are optional with the exception of car insurance (at this point, at least). It is a law for all drivers to have at least collision insurance. If President Obama's health care law goes through it will soon be required for all Americans to have some form of health insurance.
These two insurances– health and car– are the most common types of insurances for Americans to carry. People can imagine themselves driving and visiting the doctor, and those who do not have insurance often see the aftermath of those decisions. Plain and simple: having insurance will save you money in the long run. You are getting insurance to save you.
Life insurance is a different game. You aren't getting life insurance to save yourself from financial trouble. You are getting it to save your family. You see, life insurance is in the event of your death. It won't benefit you, but it will benefit your family. Life insurance is payable upon death to those previously specified. Think of it as a monthly payment to ensure that your family will be taken care of after you are gone. This can help with medical expenses, funeral costs, or just life costs.
The problem is many Americans aren't even thinking about getting life insurance. The tricky thing is not many people think about their death. And if they do, it rarely involves what will financially happen to those left behind.
Think of a stay-at-home mom who recently lost her husband. A payout from his life insurance could keep her and her young children from financial ruin. It is a way to provide financial protection to those you love.
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Perfect by itself or under a table desk, this mobile pedestal is a great addition to your home office. Use the top two drawers to hold small office supplies, and place large files in the bottom drawer. This piece also has casters below, so it is easy to move around your space. Adorned with a chic Cappuccino finish and silver accent hardware, this piece is simple with a touch of modern style. For a larger work space, this piece can also be used as a part of the coordinating L-shaped desk in this same collection.
The Skylar Mobile Pedestal with 3 Drawers and Casters by Coaster at A1 Furniture & Mattress in the Madison, WI area. Product availability may vary. Contact us for the most current availability on this product.
Take the hassle out of outfitting your work space with the versatility and functionality of the Skylar home office collection. A chic, contemporary design and understated Cappuccino finish characterize this complete home office set - an exceptional fit for your modern home. A stylish L shaped desk combines the storage capabilities of an under desk file cabinet with the extended work space of two rectangular table desks. A pullout keyboard drawer adds computer ready convenience to the left side of the desk, which offsets its generous work space with the hidden storage offered by a three drawer file cabinet on casters that slides neatly under the desk's surface. On the right, a corner desk and simple table desk add even more room for storage, display or work purposes. A bookcase with four shelves and a pullout drawer complements the desk with even more storage space. Stack books or decor on its shelves and use the lower drawer for hiding office supplies, papers and related items neatly out of sight. Silver accent hardware complete the clean lines and chic cappuccino finish of the Skylar home office collection with just a hint of shine.
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San Francisco (CA) – In a report released this morning, Shaw Wu, an analyst at American Technology Research, cut his 12-month share price target for Apple Computer more than 25% – to $75 per share from $101. The single reason, Wu cited, is what he perceives to be a likely delay in Apple's introduction of new 4 GB and 8 GB models of the Ipod nano, on account of the company's transition from PortalPlayer as its provider of multimedia system-on-a-chip (SoC) processors to Samsung.
In this morning's report, Wu says it's likely that the higher-capacity Ipod nanos will be released in the fourth quarter of this year rather than the third, skipping over the critical back-to-school season when Ipods have traditionally seen sales peaks. Share prices for Apple immediately took a nosedive, falling by 3% in value by mid-afternoon to about $55.68, and refusing to level off.
Apple's move from PortalPlayer to Samsung was first revealed by the losing party itself, which lamented the loss of business during a conference call last April. Apple's 2005 selection of PortalPlayer as a multimedia processor supplier for Ipod was heralded as a contract that could put the small, San Jose-based ASIC manufacturer on the map. Without Apple as its key customer, PortalPlayer has had to drastically scale back its operations, announcing earlier this month the termination of 45 employees – 14% of its workforce – as it struggles to provide integrated multimedia chips to customers such as Acer and Asustek.
But industry observers believe Samsung was able to sway Apple's opinion by making it an offer it couldn't refuse. In Isuppli's teardown analysis of the nano, analyst Chris Crotty estimated it was paying as much as $77 per unit for integrated circuits – such as the PortalPlayer ASIC – alone, and $54 per nano for flash memory. 2 GB nano models currently retail for only around $200, and 4 GB models sell for around $250. Samsung was already Apple's principal flash supplier; a deal with Samsung could have lowered Apple's cost of goods significantly.
But, in the end, at what cost? The AmTech report this morning seems to indicate that Apple's factory process may have to retool significantly, for what may end up being a radically different nano on the inside. If Wu is correct, Apple could end up introducing an Ipod nano in the fourth quarter with at least a slightly different appearance, both outside and in. Historically, cosmetic changes to the Ipod have not been marginal, but often touted and marketed as world-changing events in themselves.
Shaw Wu was one of the first analysts to correctly predict the sales curve for the 2 GB Ipod nano, which he foresaw last November as much stronger than others had anticipated for the holiday season. In a statement last week for Forbes, Wu indicated he didn't believe the Ipod + Itunes combination had any likely challengers in the near future, among them clearly not Microsoft, which launched its URGE music service in conjunction with MTV Networks last month.


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Cape Sounion, Attica Region, Greece-000533810084, originally uploaded by giovencato.
Cape Sounion (Modern Greek: Aκρωτήριο Σούνιο, transliterated Akrotírio Soúnio, pronounced [akroˈtirʝo ˈsuɲo]; Ancient Greek: Άκρον Σούνιον, Άkron Soúnion; Latin: Sunium promonturium; Venetian: Capo Colonne - "Cape of Columns") is a promontory located 69 kilometres (43 mi) SSE of Athens, at the southernmost tip of the Attica peninsula in Greece.
Cape Sounion is noted as the site of ruins of an ancient Greek temple of Poseidon, the god of the sea in classical mythology. The remains are perched on the headland, surrounded on three sides by the sea. The ruins bear the deeply engraved name of English Romantic poet Lord Byron (1788–1824).
The site is a popular day-excursion for tourists from Athens, with sunset over the Aegean Sea, as viewed from the ruins, a sought-after spectacle.


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The Office of Career Strategies will present a work on The Essentials of Grant Writing on Wednesday, April 30. Grants are an important source of funding for today's musicians. The workshop will be led by Elaine Carroll, Executive Director of the New Haven Symphony Orchestra. It will take place 4:30–6 pm in Leigh Hall 402. Ms. Carroll will explain the essentials of successful grant writing, including a comprehensive review of the following topics:
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Fifth Harmony have announced a certain support act for the '7/27' tour and we're a bit like, who the hell are they?! So we did a bit of digging to discover this babe, Jake Miller.
Jake is a 23 year old pop rapper and songwriter from Florida and he's ready to take over the world. He's already released his debut album 'Us Against Them' and a ton of EPs (which you NEED to check out) and not too long ago, he signed to Warner Bros Records.
You'll be able to catch Jake out on tour with 5H on selected dates, which you can find below. To make things more exciting, he'll be performing songs from his new EP 'Overnight' and releasing a single at the end of July!
Here's the dates Jake will be supporting at. You're a lucky bunny if you get to catch this guy.
19th August – Raleigh, NC Red Hat Amphitheatre
20th August – Charlotte, NC Charlotte Metro Credit Union Amphitheatre
21st August – Nashville, TN Chevy Woods Amphitheatre
26th August – W. Palm Beach Perfect Vodka Amphitheatre
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* Any views expressed in this opinion piece are those of the author and not of Thomson Reuters Foundation.Scientific community needs to fill gaps left by apathetic leadership as climate change imperils people's health
The evidence is clear that the climate crisis is a major threat to public health. Heat waves increase air pollution and illness. Severe changes in weather and drought threaten crops, water supplies, natural resources, and the very ability of people in some countries even to feed themselves. Yet the importance of this connection between the crisis and health already receives too little attention, and in the United States, we now face an emerging policy environment that is, at best, indifferent and, at worst, antagonistic to climate action.
However, political change cannot be allowed to slow action on climate change. It succeeded in cancelling a major summit on climate change and health to be hosted by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), but only for a moment. Our organisations joined with former vice president Al Gore and other groups stepping up to host a similar summit. We recognise the need for these urgent issues to be addressed, understood, and confronted by effective policy - both at home and abroad.
We know that the climate crisis is not some distant, far off threat: it is already having an impact on the lives and health of people around the world. The World Health Organization has called climate change "one of the greatest health risks of the 21st century," and The Lancet, one of the world's leading medical journals, has argued that it poses "an unacceptably high and potentially catastrophic risk to human health".
We do not have to look far to see the proof. Almost 17,000 in the UK and France - and more than 70,000 throughout Europe - were killed in a 2003 heatwave that has been directly attributed to climate change. In 2015, back-to-back brutal heat waves struck the Indian subcontinent claiming at least 2,500 lives in India.
An explosive outbreak of the Zika virus infected at least 200,000 Brazilians since 2014, with the climate crisis a major factor. Heavier than normal rains and abnormally warm temperatures have helped the mosquitoes that carry the virus thrive in Brazil and to spread throughout the Americas.
Nor is the danger of spreading disease limited to the Americas. In central China, warmer temperatures and increased rainfall has brought about a reemergence of malaria.
The impacts of the climate crisis can be perilous and even fatal. Heat stroke and heat exhaustion from longer and hotter extreme heat events are the most obvious dangers, but warmer temperatures also make the very air people breathe more deadly. Heightened levels of ozone and other local air pollutants during ever-hotter summer months spike the rates of asthma attacks and additional ailments.
Other climate impacts are also potentially lethal. Changing weather norms are already altering the transmission patterns of infectious diseases, resulting in unexpected outbreaks of malaria, dengue fever, cholera, tick-born encephalitis, and West Nile virus. Floods, which are increasing in regularity and severity, create more breeding grounds for disease-carrying insects. Unpredictable and inconsistent precipitation patterns and higher temperatures are also reducing crop yields, causing more widespread malnourishment and nutrition deficiencies.
Tragically, these burdens are being - and will be - borne the most by children, the elderly and the economically disadvantaged populations that have done the least to cause the climate crisis.
The threat of extreme heat to public health should be obvious, but some public officials are slow to even recognise the dangers: just last week, India's environment minister said - contrary to established science - that "there is no conclusive data available" on the link between pollution and mortality. Clearly, in the United States we now have our own challenges in facing skeptical public and elected officials. The global community must not be slowed to action by those who would deny science.
Because of this, the scientific and research community bear a particular responsibility to fill the gaps left by apathetic leadership and constrained government agencies and make the best research, science and solutions accessible to all. Citizens are already taking a public stand, committing to march on Washington, D.C., on April 29 to stand up not only for science but also for decisive climate action at all levels and across all political affiliations.
Make no mistake: the climate crisis is solvable. But unless we all work together on this toughest of global challenges, the health and well-being of the world's citizens will be at greater and greater risk.
After the U.S. election, world leaders at the annual United Nations climate talks recommitted to the Paris Agreement, assuring the global community that no single nation - even China, the world's largest historical greenhouse gas polluter - could scuttle planet-wide climate action.
As American researchers, scientists, public health professionals and climate change advocates, we will continue the critical work of protecting public health and protecting the environment, doing all we can to ensure that science drives decision-making and policy.
Ashish Jha is director of Harvard Global Health Institute, Georges C. Benjamin is executive director of the American Public Health Association, Ken Berlin is president and CEO of The Climate Reality Project.


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Hungarian NGO considering lawsuits on behalf of asylum-seekers
Hungary has taken yet another step to make the lives of asylum-seekers more difficult. However, a recent ruling by the European Court of Human Rights suggests it might have to take a step back.
Wikimedia Commons, Author: Adrian Grycuk
In 2016 alone, 29,432 people registered as asylum-seekers in Hungary. 1 In that same year, Hungary had Europe's lowest recognition rate of international protection based on asylum claims. While the EU average was 61%, in Hungary only 9% of applicants got international protection. 2 This low recognition rate is particularly significant given that almost a third of the asylum-seekers in the country were under 18 and over a fifth are women. 3
67% came from Syria, Iraq, and Afghanistan, war and terror-torn countries. 4 However, Hungary rejected 91% of the Syrian, 87% of the Iraqi and 94% of the Afghan asylum claims in 2016. 5
As for those still waiting for an answer from Hungary regarding their asylum claim, the latest data provided by the Hungarian Helsinki Committee (HHC) shows that there are 264 people in asylum detention facilities, 105 hosted in open camps and a dozen people held in transit zones. 6
14 more people are being held in a community shelter managed by the Hungarian Immigration Office; some of them are asylum-seekers, while others are migrants who have been expelled from Hungary but cannot return to their home country. As early as the summer of 2015 Hungary started erecting fences on its Balkan borders, part of which is now patrolled by 3,000 Hungarian border hunters, volunteers whose recruitment is ongoing.
The new law
On March 7th, the Hungarian Parliament approved a bill amending five laws related to migration management. 7
The bill was signed by Hungarian President János Áder on March 15th and took effect on March 28th. The new law significantly changes conditions for asylum-seekers in Hungary. "Migration is the Trojan wooden horse of terrorism. We are still under attack and the storm has not blown itself out," Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán said in a speech delivered to border hunters on the day the bill was approved by Parliament. 8
"The pressure on Hungary's borders will not cease in the next few years because millions more people are preparing to set off in the hope of a better life. The people that come to us don't want to live according to our culture and customs, but according to their own, at European standards of living," he added. 9
Since July 5th, 2016, Hungarian police have had the right to catch anyone who managed to climb across the southern border fence within 8 kilometres of the border and take them back to Serbia. 10
Those who get caught are not questioned, registered or fingerprinted.
Under the new law, the 8-kilometre rule has been extended to the entire country. "In principle, if illegally staying foreigners are caught by the Hungarian police trying to cross the Austrian border, the policemen have the right to take them to the Serbian border and make sure they go across the fence," Márta Pardavi, co-chair of the Hungarian Helsinki Committee – a human rights NGO – tells the V4 Revue. 11
Once in Serbia, asylum-seekers who want to apply for international protection in Hungary have to wait for their chance to be granted access to a transit zone. 12
This is where immigration and asylum procedures are conducted and where the buildings required for conducting them and housing applicants are located. These zones were intended to hold people for no longer than 4 weeks, but the new law removes that limit. Starting from March 28th, 2017, the transit zones will replace the aforementioned asylum detention facilities, open camps, and community shelters. They will become the only place where asylum-seekers are allowed to stay with the exception of unaccompanied minors under the age of 14, who will be held in child welfare facilities. That's why the two transit zones of Röszke and Tompa, established in September 2015 on the Hungarian-Serbian border, have been expanded and equipped with shipping containers to hold people. 13
Under the new law, once asylum-seekers are allowed to enter the transit zones they will have to stay in detention for the entire duration of their asylum procedure. Only those who get a positive decision will be able to enter Hungary. Those whose asylum claims are refused will be told to go back to Serbia without any further legal procedure. As for the almost 400 people in Hungary who have been waiting for a decision on their asylum claims, "every single one of them will be transferred to the transit zones," explains Pardavi, stressing that "the 14 to 18-year-old unaccompanied minors who are now in child welfare facilities will end up in the transit zones, as well as people who have previously been detained and had been released by the Immigration Office."
On the Hungarian side of the fence, people who applied for asylum and have been staying in open reception centres will be escorted to the transit zones. As for the Serbian side, "We don't know how many people per day will be allowed entry into the transit zone; it could be ten, it could be one. It's completely arbitrary because there are no benchmarks and no criteria in the law, it's all up to the government," says Pardavi.
More work for the European Court of Human Rights?
Cécile Pouilly, spokesperson for the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR), argued that "It means that every asylum-seeker, including children, will be detained in shipping containers surrounded by high razor wire fence at the border for extended periods of time. It violates Hungary's obligations under international and EU laws, and will have a terrible physical and psychological impact on women, children and men who have already greatly suffered." 14
Gauri Van Gulik, Deputy Director for the European branch of Amnesty International, also criticised the bill: "We are urging the EU to step up and show Hungary that such illegal and deeply inhuman measures have consequences," he said. 15
According to Pardavi, "The legal breaches are clear cut for an infringement procedure against Hungary by the European Commission with the advent of this law that lets people be detained without a detention order, including unaccompanied minors between 14 and 18 years old. This is a flagrant disregard for EU law: both asylum laws and human rights law." Therefore, the Hungarian Helsinki Committee asked President Áder not to sign the new law, but to refer it to the Constitutional Court instead. However, Mr. Áder didn't listen to this appeal.
International criticism of the new law does not seem to worry Viktor Orbán's government. One month before the new law was approved, Zoltán Kovács, the government's chief spokesman, stated, "No migrants, not even those who have already issued their request for asylum, will be able move freely in the country until there is a legal decision about whether they are entitled for political asylum, refugee status or anything else." 16
Pardavi believes that "The Hungarian government is aware that this new system goes against EU law, but they still want to go ahead with an agenda which, they say, is going to 'save Europe' from migration."
Yet the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) has recently reached an important decision. Ilias Ilias and Ali Ahmed, two asylum-seekers from Bangladesh, were detained for 23 days in the Hungarian transit zone of Röszke in September 2015 and then expelled to Serbia. On March 14th, the ECHR decided that they were "deprived of their liberty without any formal, reasoned decision and without appropriate judicial review." 17
The judges in Strasbourg also found a violation of article 3 of the European Convention on Human Rights 18 as the expulsion of the two men to Serbia meant that they were exposed to a risk of being subjected to inhuman or degrading treatment. 19
The Hungarian government may try to appeal against this ruling in Strasbourg at the Grand Chamber of the ECHR. If the appeal is not upheld or is rejected, Hungary will have to pay a compensation fee of 10,000 Euros to each of the two men and a further 8,705 Euros to cover their expenses and costs under the ruling. 20
For the Hungarian Helsinki Committee, this is an encouraging decision. Pardavi says, "This decision means that what we could do is take every single person to Strasbourg, which is probably what we will have to do.' from now on."
- 'Hungary to detain all asylum seekers in border camps,' BBC, March 7, 2017, http://bbc.in/2nhwrxJ (accessed on March 25, 2017). ↩
- Eurostat, 'Distribution of first instance decisions on (non-EU) asylum applications, 2016 (%) YB17,' March 15, 2017, http://bit.ly/2nGnjCQ (accessed on March 25, 2017). ↩
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee, 'Hungary: Key Asylum Figures as of 1 January 2017,' http://bit.ly/2j46z3R (accessed on March 25, 2017). ↩
- Ibid. ↩
- Hungarian Helsinki Committee, 'Under Destruction: Dismantling Refugee Protection in Hungary in 2016,' March 2017, http://bit.ly/2nmWujV (accessed on March 25, 2017). ↩
- V4Revue interview with Márta Pardavi on March 19, 2017. ↩
- The bill "On the amendment of certain acts related to increasing the strictness of procedures carried out in the areas of border management." amends five acts: the Act of Asylum, the Act on the Admission and Right of Residence of Third-Country Nationals, the Act on State Border, the Act on Minor Offences and the Act on Child Protection and Guardianship Management. Hungarian National Assembly, 'A határőrizeti területen lefolytatott eljárás szigorításával kapcsolatos egyes törvények módosításáról,' February 20, 2017, http://bit.ly/2nkcyCL (accessed on March 25, 2017). ↩
- Wintour, Patrick 'Hungary to detain all asylum seekers in container camp,' The Guardian, March 7, 2017, http://bit.ly/2mA0wZ2 (accessed on March 25, 2017) ↩
- 'Hungary to detain all asylum seekers in border camps,' BBC, March 7, 2017, http://bbc.in/2nhwrxJ (accessed on March 25, 2017). ↩
- 'The new 8km law allows to push back people to the Serbian side of the fence,' Migszol.com, June 22, 2016, http://bit.ly/28Per8k (accessed on March 25, 2017). ↩
- An interview of the author with Márta Pardavi on March 19, 2017. ↩
- Asylum Information Database, 'Border Procedure Hungary,' March 2017, http://bit.ly/2nmVNqw (accessed on March 25, 2017). ↩
- Nielsen, Nikolaj, 'Hungary to detain asylum seekers in shipping containers,' Euobserver, March 7, 2017, http://bit.ly/2mCg0cu (accessed on March 25, 2017). ↩
- UNHCR, 'UNHCR deeply concerned by Hungary plans to detain all asylum seekers,' March 7, 2017, http://bit.ly/2n9Ht4p (accessed on March 25, 2017). ↩
- Ibid. ↩
- Wintour, Patrick 'Hungary submits plans to EU to detain all asylum seekers,' The Guardian, February 7, 2017, http://bit.ly/2kCaQfn (accessed on March 25, 2017). ↩
- European Court of Human Rights, 'Border-zone detention of two asylum-seekers was unlawful and their removal from Hungary to Serbia exposed them to the risk of inhuman and degrading reception conditions in Greece,' March 14, 2017, http://bit.ly/2mSpjs7 (accessed on March 25, 2017). ↩
- European Court of Human Rights, 'European Convention on Human Rights,' http://bit.ly/1foTq0D (accessed on March 25, 2017). ↩
- European Court of Human Rights, 'Border-zone detention of two asylum-seekers was unlawful and their removal from Hungary to Serbia exposed them to the risk of inhuman and degrading reception conditions in Greece,' March 14, 2017, http://bit.ly/2mSpjs7 (accessed on March 25, 2017). ↩
- 'European courts says Hungary detained migrants unlawfully,' Reuters, March 14, 2017, http://reut.rs/2nqCcGw (accessed on March 26, 2017). ↩


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President's Message
Welcome to the Trauma Anesthesiology Society (TAS) website. We hope you find it to be a source of beneficial information about TAS and, more importantly, about how to improve the care of patients who have sustained traumatic injury. Since our Society was founded in 2010 our mission has been to enhance the art and science of trauma anesthesiology and related fields though education and research. To accomplish this mission, TAS has instituted several initiatives. We publish a monthly editorial on this site addressing topics of current interest, authored by individuals with national, if not international, reputations. Our research committee provides a forum for those who want to survey the Society's members for insights about the practice of trauma anesthesiology. For a less formal approach, e.g. to answer a clinical question more quickly, TAS provides a forum to post these questions to the entire membership. I am always impressed by the number and quality of enthusiastic responses, many from our international members, that such questions generate. These responses bear testimony to our members' commitment to TAS' mission. Furthermore, because these discussions have been so well received we are making the archive searchable so that members can identify questions of interest and their respective posted answers. We are also collaborating with other organizations to improve the education and training of all anesthesia providers in trauma anesthesiology, to increase the number of fellowships in trauma anesthesiology, and to generate interest among the next generation of anesthesia providers in the practice of trauma anesthesiology and in TAS. As TAS continues to mature, we want to increase our members' participation in the Society's committees, to provide further structure to the policies and procedures of the organization, to develop guidelines for the practice of trauma anesthesiology, and to increase our support for research. We hope that you agree that these are exciting times for our Society and that this website meets your needs. If you are not already a TAS member, we encourage you to consider joining our efforts to improve the care of patients who have sustained traumatic injury receive. If you have ideas on how we can improve this website or enhance TAS's mission, please e-mail me at email@example.com with your suggestions.
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Does the Severed Tower grant wishes or death for the children of the Conquered Earth?
Teenage Freebooter Mira, her bounty-hunter boyfriend, Holt, and their young, strangely powerful charge, Zoey, survived the destruction of Midnight City and are on their way to the Severed Tower at the heart of the Strange Lands. There, reality is warped by deadly Anomalies, and only experienced Freebooters with instructional Lexicons like Mira's survive. However, several factions of Earth's conquerors, the alien Assembly, are after Zoey for different reasons. When one of them snatches Zoey and Holt, Mira must team with the pirates known as the Menagerie, who have placed a price on Holt's head and have business of their own in the Strange Lands. Mira must overcome self-doubt as she tries to fulfill her promise to Zoey to get them to the Severed Tower. Mitchell's second Conquered Earth title would be rough going without knowledge of the first, especially near the beginning. But action will keep pages turning, as the characters are constantly in peril. The mechanisms of the artifacts created in the Strange Lands are clearer than in the series opener, and the science-fantasy explanation of the tower itself is good fun, as is the setup for Book 3 in a much-changed world.
A good-enough read to make it worth plowing through the first weighty installment to get to this one—and that's something. (Fantasy. 14 & up)


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The glaciers flowing between the towering peaks of the Karakoram range on the Pakistan-China border have grown in size in the last decade, according to new research.
The impact of climate change on the ice in the greater Himalaya range has been controversial because of an unfounded claim by the United Nations' climate science panel over the rate of melting in the region The new study shows that glaciers in one important part of the mountain range are growing. "We provide a detailed glacier-scale evaluation of mass changes in the central Karakoram," said Julie Gardelle, at CNRS-Université Grenoble, who led the research published in Nature Geoscience on Sunday. "In our warming world, there are regions of the Earth where, for a few years or decades, the atmosphere is not warming or is even cooling.
This sentence is prime double speak- "In our warming world, there are regions of the earth that are not warming or are even cooling"
Therefore our "WORLD" CANNOT be warming if some parts of it are staying the same and others are cooling.
The earth is always in a state of change. As a living organism it is evolving.
Always has been. Always will be.
From long before you and I were here, till long after we are gone.......
The scientists used 3D altitude maps obtained from satellites in 2000 and 2008 to track the changes in the glaciers. Prof Graham Cogley, of Trent University in Canada, who was not part of the research team, called the approach a "ground-breaking" advance.
Who do there darndest to explain this away, minimize or downplay it...
A French team used satellite data to show that glaciers in part of the Karakoram range, to the west of the Himalayan region, are putting on mass.
The response of Himalayan glaciers to global warming has been a hot topic ever since the 2007 report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which contained the erroneous claim that ice from most of the region could disappear by 2035.
Amongst so many other "erroneous claims"
The French scientists, from the National Centre for Scientific Research and the University of Grenoble, compared two models of land surface elevation derived from satellite observations, for 1999 and 2008, and report their findings in the Nature Geoscience journal.


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U.S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY, Colo. -- The Navy has a promotional campaign warning against spice; the Army has allowed commanders to order mandatory drug-testing for the first time; and Airmen at the Air Force Drug Testing Laboratory are working to find ways to detect the substance in servicemembers.
Spice is a synthetic compound created in laboratories, it has properties similar to marijuana, and has been shown to be dangerous and deadly. Once sold legally, the drug is now outlawed in 45 states and in all four service branches, the result of users suffering from hallucinations, violence and organ failure.
Spice is reportedly gaining popularity among military personnel, but U.S Air Force Academy's Chemistry Research Center and the Chemistry Department have teamed-up to solve the problem.
To do this, they must answer two questions: How do they detect a new chemical compound in a routine drug test and how do they detect it for longer periods after a person takes it?
The results of their work have been promising. Last year, research teams discovered a common metabolite used in synthetic cannabinoids like Spice, a generic term used for all types of the synthetic drug mimicking the effects of marijuana.
Former Cadet 1st Class Alexa Gingras, now a second lieutenant, spent the summer of 2012 at the laboratory and discovered strategies to improve the sensitivity of the Air Force's drug tests and devised a shortened method of preparing urine samples for analysis. For her research, Gingras received the Moore Award, an honor presented to the cadet with the most influential summer research across all academic disciplines.
The Academy's spice research continues, with chemistry professor Dr. Timm Knoerzer and Cadet 1st Class Jacob Krimbill working to develop extended testing protocols for the drug with the goal of increasing analytical testing of samples.
Krimbill, a senior biochemistry student, first began researching spice in the spring of 2013. He also conducted a summer research project at Air Force Drug Testing Laboratory, where he assisted in devising new protocols to increase the rate at which samples can be tested. His research continued throughout the fall semester and he gave up part of the semester break to continue working on the project.
The pair are trying to find ways to detect spice metabolites even weeks after it's been used.
"One main component in spice (UR-144) is easily metabolized, but readily degrades either in the body or during the testing protocol," Krimbill said. "Our intent is to synthesize and test for the degraded metabolite which may ultimately lead to a more precise and sensitive test."
Getting to this point will take work.
"Once this particular metabolite breaks down, it takes on a different chemical makeup," Knoerzer said. "The standard test doesn't check for it. We're designing a test that will check for the degraded metabolite directly in urine samples."
But first, Krimball and Knoerzer must recreate the metabolite in the lab.
"How to develop the synthesis of the compound doesn't exist in literature," Knoerzer said. "You can buy it, but not in pure form. So, an inherent need exists to synthetically produce the metabolite in larger quantities and with better purity. So, that's what we're trying to do is take advantage of our skills as synthetic chemists."
But they don't expect to be waylaid for long.
"We have identified several alternative strategies and we are aggressively screening these methods for effectiveness," Knoerzer said. "We plan to present our findings at the American Chemical Society National Meeting in Dallas this March.
Both researchers believe their project could lead to a commercial product.
"I think drug testing laboratories would be interested," Knoerzer said. "But right now, we're focused on developing the system and publishing a paper on it."
The Air Force as a whole will benefit from the research, as will their Army counterparts, who are also working with the Air Force lab, the doctor said.
"It has real-world applications," he said. "It has Air Force applications. That's one of the things that makes this so inherently interesting. We're filling a void."


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This is Gus the wonder dog! He's my brother's dog and he is 11.5 years old. Gus is a bull terrier and by far the sweetest dog in my world. He is solid and loves to cuddle. I think he thinks he's a lap dog!
A year or so back, Gus disappeared. He was missing for several weeks in the countryside and every weekend my brother and sister-in-law returned to the same spot and searched for Gus. Signs were posted and miraculously someone called to say they saw him in the woods. They found Gus huddled under a tree, tired and thin from hunger with porcupine quills stuck to his nose!
Gus truly is a wonder dog! He bounced back and was very happy to be reunited with his family again. He loves cheddar cheese and can clear out a room with his farts. But we all still love Gus.
The above painting was commissioned by me as a gift for my brother and sister-in-law. As Facebook connects people far and wide, I found the artist through Italian Reflections. The artist lives in Ireland, so how I got from an Italian Facebook group to an artist in Ireland is a bit of a mystery but there you go…wasn't it Walt Disney who coined the phrase "it's a small world, after all"?
The artist's name is Eimhin Mcnamara
He's an animator, illustrator and well I think a pretty good artist. I emailed him some photos of Gus and he did this fantastic painting.
As most of my readers already know, I am a big art fan and have a huge admiration for such great talent. The process was quite easy and at a good price too. Everything was communicated through email, paid with paypal and the final original was mailed to my brother in Canada. Eimhin even emailed me a link to the high-resolution file. What a sweetheart!
If you get the chance to visit Eimhin's (pronounced Evan) website watch the short animated video with the rooster; It's positively charming. I've been waiting patiently (ok, not really patiently), for the package to arrive in Canada and on Valentine's day it did!
Thank you Eimhin for sharing your incredible talent and impressive professionalism.
Peace out! Leah


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Community Events Omaha
Giving Back To Our Community
Craters & Freighters of Eastern Nebraska understands the importance of giving back to our community. In May of 2009 Craters & Freighters hosted a fundraiser for the American Cancer Society Washington County Relay For Life. We were able to raise over $1000 with the support of our vendors and volunteers. Craters & Freighters has also been apart of project Wee Care for the Millard Business Association for the past 4 years. By volunteering at donation sites, wrapping gifts and being an official drop off point for food and toy donations to be given to those in need in our community.
Craters & Freighters of Eastern Nebraska sponsored a canned food drive for the Omaha Open Door Mission from Nov. 1st until Dec 18th. With donations from our customers and vendors we were able to raise 300 lbs of food as well as $350.00 in cash donations.


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The Dance Dome is a collaboration between Coreo Cymru and 4Pi Productions UK which takes the best of Welsh contemporary dance and presents it to new audience in full 360°.
Submergence presents the fulldome movies 'The Beautiful' by Taikabox and the 2012 Innovation Prize Winner at Domefest, USA, 'The Sublime' by Harnisch-Lacey Dance Theatre.
Fulldome film based on Eartfall´s most critically acclaimed stage production which itself has toured to sell-out audiences in Wales, England, Ireland and mainland Europe.


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Vocabulary and Reading in Secondary Schools (VaRiSS) is an ESRC-funded project running from 2013 to 2017. The project aims to investigate how vocabulary knowledge and reading develop and change as pupils move from Year 7 to Year 9 of secondary school (age 11 to 14 years).
Are you a pupil, a parent, a teacher, or a speech & language therapist interested in taking part? Wonderful! Please click on one of the links at the top or the right hand side of the page.
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It's the end of the year and Christmas in the ATL. A time to power off your web proxy and get social with your colleagues, friends, and security researchers from OWASP ATL. We're getting together on Thursday, Dec. 16th, 2010 for a little holiday social where drinking, shop talk, and being merry will be the focus in lieu of injection attacks or input validation. Join us next Thursday at the Tilted Kilt off of Cobb Pkwy for this sponsored event.
OWASP ATL Christmas Meet:Year End Review, 2011 Thoughts, Emerging Holiday Web Hacks
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10 Books I'm Currently Wanderlusting Over
Open a book. Escape the mundane. Travel and imagine and explore. Turn each page. Bend each spine. Revel in the smell of mold and mildew and life. Books help us escape our minds. Travel helps us escape our reality. Books sedate our wanderlust,… View Full Post
My Trip to Chicago!
I know I haven't posted on here in a while, been busy with work and traveled a bit. Check out my photos from my recent trip to Chicago! It was FREEZING! 45 degrees and raining when we got there, a lot colder than New York, surprisingly. All photos taken by me.
This photo was taken on "The Ledge" at Willis Tower, formerly known as The Sears Tower. I wanted to do the Skydeck so badly, happy I can now check it off my bucket list! You can see Lake Michigan from it as well as four states!
The beautiful city of Chicago and Lake Michigan behind it.
As you're on line waiting for the elevators, (you have to go up 103 floors to get to the top) they have interesting information on the walls to keep you busy while you wait. Here, it tells you the four states you can see from the Skydeck and where exactly the tower is located. (Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana & Illinois)
Photo isn't too great but it shows how far down it is and how everything you're sitting/stepping on is ALL glass! So cool!
Here is another image the tower has on one of the walls as you're walking up. ICONIC CHICAGO!
Some fun facts!
Roaming the streets of Chicago (the very clean streets I may add)
Wrigley Field set up for a concert. We saw Zac Brown Band play. This was my third time seeing them and they were still amazing! I definitely enjoy concerts more when there's lawn seating, though.
Millennium Park
Not too great of a photo, but this is "The Bean" at Millennium Park.
Our reflections in The Bean 🙂
Hope you enjoyed my vacation photos! xoxo
Thursday's Travels: The Sahara Desert
The Sahara Desert – the world's hottest desert. Located in North Africa.
The Sahara Desert is the world's third largest desert.
It covers almost all of Africa, making it almost the same size as the USA or China.
The surface of the desert ranges from large areas of sand dunes, to stone plateaus, gravel plains , dry valleys, and salt flats.
[All photo sources: Google]
Palm Tree Overload – My Trip to Puerto Rico!
Routine is Lethal
10 Things I Would Tell My Younger Self
I always think back to when I was younger and how I had specific expectations about my future, not having any clue as to what was ahead. If I could go back in time and prepare myself for anything, it would be the following:
1. Save more money. Every time I received money for holidays, birthdays, etc. I quickly spent it. Now, at the age of 24, I wish I had some more money to fall back on when needed.
2. Make the most out of your college years. If I could do it all over, I probably would go away for college and actually try my very best to finish. I would have stayed on top of financial aid and anything else that went along with schooling. I went to a local school and sometimes I feel I would have had a better college experience if I went away. Your college years only come around once, make them count.
3. Don't bother trying to fit in. After high school, no ones gives a crap what "clique" you belonged to. Don't stress over silly people who one day will probably be out of your life forever. The only person you should care about impressing is yourself.
4. Things will change – be prepared. You don't realize when it's happening but things change constantly and you never realize until you're looking back on things. Your friends will change, your relationships will change, your looks will change. The only constant in this life – change.
5. Take advantage & be thankful for all the things you have access to. We don't realize until we're older all the things we received as children that are now not as easy to get as adults. This goes for a couple of different things… anything from food, hot water, health insurance, schooling, a roof over our heads. If you were fortunate enough as a child, your parents or guardians made sure you had all these things growing up. All the necessities. Now as an adult, you hope you don't get injured because getting health insurance through your job is too expensive so you just don't have any at all. Everything comes with a price.
6. Keep a journal/diary. Write down all the big moments in your life so you can read it ten, twenty years from now. You'll get a good laugh at how silly you were as a kid and it will remind you of some fun childhood memories. It's nice to take a walk down memory lane and you will want to once you're older.
7. Listen to your parents when they tell you to brush your teeth. This may sound funny but it's so true, they're telling you this for a reason and if you don't listen you will most likely pay for it when you're older. The dentist sucks – plain and simple. And it costs money.
8. Be adventurous as much as possible. Go everywhere you can and cause some trouble. Paint the town red and enjoy every minute of it before adult responsibilities get in the way.
9. Eat the cake… eat the candy… eat the ice cream. Eat it all. One day your metabolism will slow down and you will definitely not be able to eat like you used to. Feed your sweet tooth.
And most importantly…
10. Stop rushing. I remember being young and wanted to be a "grown up" so badly. Ugh, now I ask myself "why?!" You have no responsibilities when you're a child, nothing to worry about. Enjoy it, stop rushing to become an adult because when it happens you're going to wish you could go back to a time when things were much simpler.
Excerpt from Into The Wild
I absolutely love this. I am in the middle of planning a missionary trip to Belize!! This excerpt jumped out at me today. I am beyond excited!


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A man was killed during the robbery of a southwest side gas station Friday evening.
Houston police say Saturnino Aguerta, 57, was leaving a Conoco gas station/convenience store about 6:30 Friday evening when three men entered with ski masks. They robbed and shot him, police say, then robbed the store.
The robbers left in a white, two-tone Ford F-250 truck, which was driven by a fourth suspect.
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Intel and Micron Technology May 29 announced that their joint venture R&D project will skip the "4x" generation of process technologies for their NAND flash development and will jump from 52 to 34 nanometers.
The two companies will use this technology to produce a 32-gigabit (throughput), 4GB-capacity flash chip that can fit in a standard TSOP (thin small-outline package). Flash chips are commonly used in MP3 players, cell phones, and handheld devices of all kinds.
It is the smallest flash process geometry on the market. The 32G-bit chip is the only monolithic device at this density that fits into a standard 48-lead TSOP, providing a cost-effective path to higher densities in existing applications.
Shipments of customer samples begin in June and mass production is expected during the second half of this calendar year, an Intel spokesperson said.
The chip is currently sampling to select customers and controller makers, the spokesperson said.
Intel and Micron entered the market with 72-nm chips in 2006; at the time, they said they believed they were about two years behind competing chip makers Samsung and Hitachi. Both companies now contend that with this new development, they have surpassed the competition, the spokesperson said.
New Product Is Gamble in an Oversupplied Market
What does this mean to the NAND flash market?
"The market is oversupplied; there is no question about that," Jim Handy, an analyst with Objective Analysis, told eWEEK via e-mail.
"At the onset of an oversupply, prices collapse to cost, then follow the cost until the market returns to a shortage. We expect today's oversupply to continue through 2008," Handy said.
This does not mean that prices will follow the cost of the IMFT device, Handy said.
"At a die size [they are using], the price of a 32Gb chip will be just shy of $4, which works out to about 99 cents/GB. The companies will be the first to break the $1/GB barrier with this product," Handy said.
Today's NAND prices are hovering near $2.50 per gigabyte, Handy said.
"With a 99 cents/GB price, the new IMFT chip can be expected to reap impressive margins as long as NAND prices stay above their competitors' costs," he said.
On the other hand, Handy said, a shift to 34 nm could cause the NAND market to continue to be oversupplied for perhaps longer than Objective Analysis' December 2007 projection of the middle of 2009. Such a move might cause an oversupply to last an additional quarter.
"All in all, we see this move as one that will perhaps lengthen today's oversupply while allowing the new NAND competitors-Micron and Intel-to either profit during these difficult times, or at least to suffer smaller losses than will other suppliers," Handy said.


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Journalist Kathleen Noonan at Yeronga State High's Yconnect project that measures the impact of arts and cultural participation for young people.
We are counting borders. Was it four or five? I can't keep up, looking over scribbled notes. Is that four or five countries? We are gathered in a school theatre at Yeronga State High School and, on stage, students are describing their journeys.
Don't worry, these are actual journeys, not those things contestants on MasterChef go on from accountant to opening a dessert bar. Many of these students are refugees and these journeys involve – in some cases – thousands of kilometres, some on foot, five or six countries, fleeing murderous regimes, packed refugee camps, random gunfire, wide seas, many years, and empty promises. Some involve leaving family members behind. All involve leaving something profound behind. Like Estella: "I was born in the Congo, then moved to South Africa where life was difficult so we moved to Tanzania then to a refugee camp in Malawi where we stayed for 10 years, and then moved to Australia."
She, like others, tells her story in shorthand, quietly, quickly. It's over in a sentence. Blink and you'll miss it. It's not that the story is too small. It is that it may be too huge, as if it might engulf and swamp the ship, if entirely allowed out of the bag. Listening to her is like seeing only the top 5cm tip of the summit of Everest and thinking you understand every step of the mountainous, dangerous climb. So, you need to do research.
It is not difficult to understand why anyone flees the Democratic Republic of Congo, the most dangerous place on Earth to be a woman today, where it is riskier to be a female than it is to be a soldier. In a country of more than 67 million people, 87 percent live on less than $1.45 a day. And what's a refugee camp like in Malawi? Well, Dzaleka Refugee Camp – Malawi's primary hosting ground for refugees – has swelled to 26,000 people, most women and children – as more cross the Malawian border in hope of escaping political insecurity. About 90 percent of food for refugees is made up of humanitarian assistance – maize, pulses, fortified vegetable oil and fortified, blended food to prevent malnutrition. With shortages, refugees are forced to adopt negative coping mechanisms, including early child marriage for girls. Consider all that, and the fact that Estella is sitting on a stage in leafy Yeronga, Brisbane, Australia, on a lovely winter's day telling her story, is nothing short of incredible.
These students, from Sri Lanka, India, the Congo, Zambia, Iran, Vietnam, Afghanistan, you name it, have gathered to kick around the idea of resistance with Adele Rice AM, one of the most inspirational educators in the state. After 28 years at the helm of Milpera, Brisbane's state high school for refugee and migrant students, she understands they have witnessed guilt, grief, terror and adjustment after being torn from their roots. They were encircled by history. It takes forces beyond your control – civil wars, disasters, dire poverty, ethnic hate, persecution or unrest – to take to your heels. Of this group of Years 11 and 12, aged 16 to 20, many have just one parent in Australia. Some have none. Two have babies. For a few, home life is extremely challenging with parents overwhelmed with trauma and grief.
Drama, art and creative play have been a significant part of their healing and learning. They have all been part of The YConnect project at Yeronga State High School and many students have also spent time at Milpera School, working on English literacy so that it is not an albatross in future life, and learning coping mechanisms through HEAL, Home of Expressive Arts and Learning. Formed in 2012, it exists to provide creative arts therapy to young people of refugee backgrounds through the provision of mental health services and settlement assistance. They are familiar with art, music and drama as a tool for unpacking the unspeakable. "I faced much war in my country,'" says Mary, a Tamil from civil war torn Sri Lanka. "My dad was in the war. He died when I was three months. It's so difficult to forget my dad. I moved to many different countries to come to Australia – Sri Lanka, then to India in a refugee camp, then to Malaysia for three years, then moved to Indonesia, and came by boat. It was very hard." Somalian-born Sadia, now in Year 12, moved from country to country.
"When we crossed a border, it was hard to cross. You can see people lying there, injured and you can't do anything."
Some of the students recently visited QPAC's Lyric Theatre to see the latest revival of irresistible hit musical My Fair Lady. "Oh my," says Hanifah, originally from Uganda, holding the sides of her face with her hands, rocking, big eyes closed in mock ecstasy. "It was the most beautiful thing. The dresses… the stage… all of it." Wouldn't George Bernard Shaw be bemused to see his 1913 Pygmalion story on which the 1956 musical was based, travel 100 years – leapfrogging countries, class divides, language gaps?
On paper, it shouldn't. It's the tale of a cockney flower girl and a phonetics professor, forgawksake, so not immediately refugee-relevant material. Yet, it is a tale of a vulnerable human being plucked from a precarious life and parachuted into a foreign world, struggling with the language and culture, while fighting for identity. All while trying to learn to speak English perfectly. They left the theatre alongside the Brisbane River singing "The Rain in Spain".
As the students onstage explore the idea of resistance, I am doing the arrogant thing journalists do – pen poised – believing if I just find the right words to sum up their complex collective history, I will somehow be able to nail it to the page, like a scientist pins a collected butterfly specimen. Foolishly striving to shoehorn something unruly and messy into a neat box, I write down a bunch of words – resist, combat, counter, oppose, defy, refrain, desist, struggle, fight, bear, battle, counteract, refuse, repel, stonewall, thwart. (Hmm, those daily crosswords have come in handy.) In scientific terms, resistance is 'the capacity to withstand the effects of a harmful physical agent'. Yet that doesn't quite encompass what's on display. Until I realise… we are watching young people capable of absolute adaptability. It's a survival tactic honed in high school, as well as hostile countries. Let's stay close to this kind of strength for a while. It's not a rigid unbending resistance but the exact opposite: rigid suggests inflexible and therefore prone to breaking under pressure. These students have revealed – in all their different ways – a durability, a tensile strength, expanded and shrinking when they had to, to survive – every camp, every country, every move, every home, every school, and every new language. Morphing, shape-shifting. It's a hell of a stunt.
Like Remi, now in Year 11, from the strife-ravaged Congo. "There was hunger and danger in my life, shooting. I could pretty much hear the shooting. On the way here, I was pretty terrified. I have been here nine years and have got used to it. I'm not scared anymore." So, patience also is a form of action. I scribble 'ultimate tensile strength', in my notebook, underline it. From an engineering mate, I know scientists conduct experiments to test for it involving two vices applying tension to, say, a metal beam by stretching it to breaking point, testing its capacity to withstand load. A thing's ultimate tensile strength is its resistance to being pulled apart. Then, ideally, at some point with the pressure off, the object can return to its original shape and size, without too much distortion or hardening. That's the big trick: without distortion or hardening. Looking at these students – laughing, warm and quietly articulate – it's clear they have more ultimate tensile strength than the Sydney Harbour Bridge. What a nation-building resource they are.
The action switches to a drama game. Professor Judith McLean, Scholar in Residence at QPAC, is directing students as Meriam acts out navigating her way to where she wants to go – university. A little play is, first and foremost, a blueprint. So, if their form of resistance is a kind of tensile strength, then drama and arts, surely, is non-destructive testing. It's taking the deadly grenade apart without any danger of it going off in someone's face. Quiet and slim as a reed, Meriam, originally from Somalia, aspires to go to university to become a social worker but knows she will face considerable hurdles – at home, financially, academic demands. There is laughter as unexpected words spill out, solutions to challenges found. "Drama helps me a lot," says Meriam.
"Before I used to be scared to talk to Australian people and I only talked to people like my cousins. Since drama, I feel much better talking to others. You share ideas.''
Komi is keen to talk. His deep, corduroy voice fills the theatre. His parents were born in the small troubled nation of Togo in Africa, then moved to Ghana where he was born. He topped his lessons from Year 1-6 in Africa but on arriving in Australia – with no English – struggled. "I used to have anger issues,"' he says. "But having to be around a lot more people in drama helped me in different ways to handle rage building up. Having different people to talk to when something is triggered… does help me in terms of handling anger." He experienced bullying in primary school. "I was short fused. A lot of the time I'd react to something that's not worth reacting to… Now I love the arts – performing and creative arts." Robert Dessaix, one of Australian's finest writers and broadcasters writes in his latest book The Pleasures of Leisure, "When we play we are most intensely ourselves. Your chosen play or leisure is not what you have to do or are expected to do. It is what you choose to do. It is what sets you apart from our sister, brother, parents, because it is yours. It is utterly you. The essence of exactly who you are". Could it be that these students' ultimate resistance is holding on – in all circumstances – to what is essentially themselves without distortion or hardening, despite everything. Existence can be resistance but living a good life, flourishing with moments of joy, is surely resistance in full flight.
Can we talk about resistance without referring to the subversive everyday work of love and hope, in the face of random casual racism on the street? All that 'fitting in' can be exhausting. And being in a safe country and welcoming school does not mean all pressure simply falls away. There is the push-pull of a new culture versus your old culture, and of course, what all students complain about in high school: parental expectations. Out of school, Komi loves computer gaming, sports and playing drums. He is thoughtful and articulate. "You could be a diplomat" a teacher says. His father wants him to pursue engineering or architecture. How is the maths? "It is laughable, Miss!"
Female refugee students often must negotiate rockier shoals. Imagine as a bright young woman, even contemplating pursuing university and a career when your family and cultural inheritance has only marriage and babies planned for you. Try even harbouring that radical thought. Whispering that three-letter word: uni. That's outlaw territory. That's rebel thinking. Among this group is Masoumeh, a UN refugee from Afghanistan, who received serious burns to her body in a fire that killed her father and brother. Her hands were so severely burnt, she needed 30 operations at Brisbane's Lady Cilento Children's Hospital. For much of her young life, she has been at the whim of world events and terrible circumstances. Quiet for most of the session, now Masoumeh takes the microphone. "Drama has helped me with my confidence. I'm now comfortable talking to other people.'' The most rebellious act can be sharing words. Masoumeh aspires to be not an actor but a theatre director, the person who oversees and orchestrates the staging of a play. The head honcho, in charge of the destiny of the whole damn thing. Of course she does. The bell rings. They pick up their gear and wander back to class
YConnect project is a research partnership between Griffith University and Yeronga State High School.
It measures the impact of arts and cultural participation for young people.
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Kathleen Noonan is a journalist and columnist who has reported in South Africa, the UK and Australia for more than three decades. Her weekly column, 'Last Word/, has appeared in Saturday's The Courier-Mail for 14 years. She has a longstanding interest in what makes society fair. Raised on a sugarcane farm in North Queensland, Kathleen did her early news reporting in the Mackay district. After working in South Africa through the dying years of apartheid and the transition to democracy, she returned to Australia, working as a senior features writer with various newspapers and magazines. Kathleen is chair of Second Chance, the only charity in Australia that raises money exclusively for homeless women, which also supports at-risk women and children in domestic violence shelters.


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Molecular modelling of composite matrix properties; Interfacial damage modelling of composites; Multi-scale predictive modelling of cracking in laminate composites; Modelling the strength of fibre-reinforced composites; Cracking models; Multi-scale modelling of cracking in cross-ply laminates; Modelling damage in laminate composites; Progressive multi-scale modelling of composite laminates; Predicting fracture of laminate composites; Modelling the compressive response behaviour of monolithic and sandwich composite structures; Modelling composite reinforcement by stitching and z-pinning; Finite element modelling of brittle matrix composites; Wear modelling of polymer composites; Modelling impact damage in composite structural elements; Modelling structural damage using elastic wave-based techniques; Modelling the fatigue behaviour of bonded joints in composite materials.
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Hello, this is Kim HyunJoong
Came to DaeJeon, it's a little far that's why I am late, sorry I'm late for about 15 minutes
I thought I would see a lot of DaeJeon fans here in DaeJeon, but seems like most of you I've already seen in Seoul before
Are there people from DaeJeon? (audience : Yes~~~)
It is still meaningful for me to come here
Friends in Seoul are greedier, so~
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Today's fan sign event has ended, I am very happy to be able to meet with fans in DaeJeon
Of course, I am happy to see fans who came from Seoul too, also fans from Busan, Daegu, Gangwon-do
It is the first time I've met with a father-fan since I had fan sign events, seems like he came on behalf of his daughter~
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Ambulance paramedic Lyn Sinclair, along with husband Ian, started Sirens of Silence last year and this year officially amalgamated with local Perth running club Rogue Runners. Image – supplied.
By Kate Dzienis
It's not uncommon to see runners raising money for charity groups in remembrance of a loved one or for a cause that is close to their heart, aiming for anything from $100 to more than $5,000 in the hope that their achievement inspires friends and family to donate.
But this year an entire Perth (WA) running crew, which has been established since 2011, has officially partnered itself with a not-for-profit and dedicated its membership base to fundraising and awareness.
Rogue Runners Club Australia were previously an incorporated group and encouraged its members to raise money for charities including the Leukaemia Foundation, the Motor Neurone Disease Association and the Australian Childhood Foundation.
Since establishing itself, Rogue Runners have become a strong presence on the Perth race calendar, always setting up a marquee at events like the Perth Marathon and Perth Half Marathon and cheering every runner in the field with words of encouragement and ringing cowbells for all to hear.
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Rogue Runners founding member Peter Shinnick said with the group's aim to make a difference in the lives of other people it was simply natural to become amalgamated with SOS and continue its successful fundraising goals.
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Visit sirensofsilence.org.au for more information about the not-for-profit or go to mycause.com.au/events/roguerunners to make a donation.
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Runglobal gives virtual high fives to all those running on the tracks and paths, beaches and trails, and raising money for such a worthwhile cause.


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