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Healings and salvation in Canaries!
We've just facilitated a MissionXP in the Canary Islands. Working with the MissionGranCanaria team who have a vision to plant 100 churches across the Islands – we trained workers at the MissionBase and then teams were sent out to preach, heal and plant new Churches. There were healings, a baptism and a number of households that are open to discovering more about Jesus. You can read more here and here. To join a MissionXP contact us today!
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text: Tennis has it's roots in the French game 'Jeu de Paume', which was played indoors. In the 18th century the English played this game on short mowed grass ('Lawn Tennis'). In 1877 the rules of tennis had been established by Major Wingfield in England, and the game spread through Europe and the USA in the following decades. The International Tennis Federation was founded in 1913. There are 4 major pro championships every year, the so called Grand Slam tournaments: Australian Open, French Open, Wimbledon and US Open. For more info see Wikipedia.


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Back to making dolls now that I've ended my penguin ornament craziness. (Sorry to anyone who wanted some. I ran out of stock quickly and was making them per order.) This first one is a present for my daughter (aka Snarky Girl). It's her and she'll be dressed in her College soccer uniform. I've been working on this in front of her and she has no idea it's for her! The problem will be getting it dressed, doing the hair and hiding it so she doesn't realize it is her. Wish me luck!
Because of so many penguin ornaments and Tardis custom orders I fell behind in some projects I really wanted to do so I am starting two of them even though they won't be finished till after the holidays. Not going to tell you who they are. How about everyone guesses? Here are some hints: They are a couple and they are a little on the heavy side. Hee hee!
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Some quick WIP
4 comments:
- Kaerie Faerie said...
nice work, I love your felt dolls
- December 9, 2010 at 10:03 AM
- Jingle said...
This is looking great! I can't wait to see her finished!
- December 9, 2010 at 11:14 AM
- MAB Jewelry said...
Who are they? Who who?
- December 9, 2010 at 2:21 PM
- yoborobo said...
Are they me and my hubby? lol! I love that you are making a doll for your daughter! I am trying to finish 4 gifts for my kids. Before 2025. :)
- December 9, 2010 at 7:41 PM
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Bamboo can cause issues for flooring installers when trying to calibrate moisture meters due to the fact bamboo does not have a uniform density. Home Depot is also a good place to get bamboo, because its salespeople can provide tips on flooring, and it has competitive prices: Residence Legend, one particular of its least expensive brands, starts at around $three.50 a square foot, plus shipping, with some of the flooring engineered. They are cut to similar lengths and can be stained, varnished, or simply utilised as is. They are then nailed down to wooden beams or bigger pieces of bamboo stems. According to the Australian Timber Flooring Association (ATFA), bamboo flooring (solid or engineered) fees amongst $90 to $170 per square metre, supplied and installed.
The high quality of our bamboo floor and the encounter of Bamboo Floors has seen bamboo flooring installations in Melbourne, Sydney, Canberra as effectively as by way of out New South Wales, Victoria, ACT and Tasmania. Even so floors produced from this material have an benefit over hardwood as they are environmentally sustainable and can be installed at rates substantially reduce than traditional hardwood.
The Yanchi item range is really extensive with bamboo floors offered in distinct thickness gauges and finishes, strand woven or horizontal, added wide planks, and even 15 selections that can be installed more than underfloor heating systems. They supply carpentry, painting, plumbing, and commercial flooring installation services. Bamboo flooring is chosen for its warmth and durability and has assumed a high profile in the sector. There are some other frequent problems individuals encounter with bamboo on the job website.
Engineered bamboo floorboards consist of many layers of wood (such as plywood or HDF) that have been bonded with each other with adhesives, heat and stress, hidden behind a prime layer of bamboo veneer and covered with a robust, protective finish. Overall, top quality has enhanced in the bamboo flooring sector, and several of the quality issues that we see nowadays are from producers who are cutting corners because of pressure from us, the purchasers, to keep charges as low as achievable.
Tarkett delivers wood, laminate, and vinyl flooring beneath its own brand, along with luxury vinyl tile from Nafco. At least a single flooring installation business in my town refuses to install bamboo flooring. I got my bamboo floor installed by The Timber Floor Centre at six/200 Lots Road, Preston, Vic 3072 final October. As a composite, it is much tougher and, in most cases, a lot more dimensionally steady than traditional bamboo flooring. Some bamboo flooring can be indented with a fingernail or effortlessly scratched with a pet's claw.


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Apple, Inc Earnings: Look Who's Buying the iPhone
As the smartphone market becomes increasingly saturated, many analysts have feared that Apple would be unable to grow its iPhone sales in its second quarter. Nonetheless, Apple surprised investors with 17% year-over-year growth in iPhone unit sales last quarter, and management gave us a bit more information on who, exactly, are buying all these iPhones.
Google investors, get prepared to cringe at some of these numbers. A lot of iPhone buyers are switching from Android.
What's more, Apple's iPhone 4s is successfully fulfilling its role as the "entry-level" option for iPhone purchasers and proved very popular last quarter in emerging markets. Apple also likely benefited in China from the partnership with China Mobile .
Android switchers
During Apple's conference call, Tim Cook gave us some great insight into the number of people switching from Android to iPhone. Some 62% of people who bought the 4s switched from Android, while 60% of the people buying the 5c came from Android as well. Cook neglected to give a number for the 5s, however, which could indicate that the number might not be as strong for that model.
Investors shouldn't get too excited -- or too worried, in the case of Google. Although the numbers show Apple is able to attract new customers from Android, Apple didn't have much competition last quarter. Several new flagship phones were released this month and could hamper Apple's conversion metric the next time it reports. We'll see if Cook is as eager to share those numbers on the next conference call.
Where are all the previous iPhone purchasers?
Numbers this high for Android switchers raise a couple questions for Apple, however. First, is its brand loyalty as strong as originally thought? iPhone sales climbed 17%, but a huge portion of iPhone purchasers were Android buyers. What happened to all the previous iPhone purchasers?
The explanation could be found in the second question: Are upgrade cycles getting longer? Perhaps iPhone purchasers are holding onto their phones longer due to changes in the telecom industry. This would have a negative effect on iPhone sales, as owners aren't as compelled to buy a new phone.
Cook addressed a question on the latter issue during the conference call, and basically said it's too early to tell. He did point out that the upgrade cycle for some subscribers may increase due to changes, "because there are some areas where customers can pay a bit more in the beginning and have the ability to essentially upgrade each year."
Cook was also keen to point out that this has a major effect only on U.S. consumers, and the U.S. represents only about 30% of Apple's revenue.
Entry level dominance
If you want a low-end smartphone, Android is pretty much your only option. Apple's lack of a low-end smartphone has allowed Google to dominate the global market, especially emerging markets where disposable income is generally lower.
Apple did very well in the emerging markets last quarter, led by China. iPhone sales grew 28% in China during the quarter, while IDC forecast 20% growth for the year. As a result, Apple likely gained share in a market where analysts believe it can't compete without a low-price option.
China Mobile helped a bit, adding a few million iPhone sales during the quarter. The largest wireless provider is hoping to regain share of the Chinese market that it lost when its competitors started offering the iPhone. While the company is using the iPhone to promote its 4G network, the 3G iPhone 4s proved its worth this quarter.
Management attributed its strong performance in China and emerging markets -- as well as the $41 decline in average selling price -- to the 4s. The data show that the 4s appeals as an entry-level smartphone -- just as Apple intended. About 23% of iPhone 4s purchasers were first-time smartphone buyers. Comparatively, only about 9% of 5c purchases were from first-time smartphone buyers.
A look ahead
The high number of Android switchers and the growing number of 4s sales as entry-level smartphones gives credence to the idea that Apple will gain global share from Android in the long term. The trend is already evident in the United States, as more people switch from Android to Apple than vice versa. Apple's share of the smartphone market jumped 240 basis points, year over year, for the three-month period ending in February.
The same appears to be happening in China on the back of the deal with China Mobile, but Apple will have the pleasure of relying on that basis only for three more quarters. In the broader emerging markets, the entry-level option from Apple is finally attracting low-end Android purchasers. That's what will drive iPhone sales going forward.
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Not the first and certainly will not be the last, the U.S. government seems to be getting ready to start using iPad officially in their bodies. At least this is what can be gleaned from a report published by Bloomberg.
According to the publication, a company oped CACI International Inc, which specializes in providing IT solutions to the U.S. government, is securizando thousands of iPad for use in government organizations of all kinds. Apparently there is a security improvement software of Apple's tablet, but the company is "castrating" some features of the device to prevent potential security issues.
The U.S. government is preparing thousands of iPad for government use
To our knowledge, the company may be changing wireless connectivity and camera devices. This will avoid photos or recordings are not allowed and also a change in the connectivity to avoid "information leaks".
In October last year had appeared some papers that claimed that the U.S. defense department was planning to implement at least 162,500 devices which would be much iOS devices. In addition, other U.S. government agencies also made the jump from BlackBerry to iPhone over the last year. In case the Bloomberg report is right seem to be happy with the changes that have made BlackBerry to iPhone and have welcomed the integration both could now be thinking also incorporate iPad to your "arsenal" of electronic devices.
There is no doubt that both the iPad and the iPhone are two devices that generally enlarged to anyone who uses them. At first many people stay amazed with the possibilities of the devices, but as they discover and use all possibilities offered by the devices, the relative ease to create great applications through the API and the entire ecosystem around them ( App Store, iTunes Store, iBook Store, accessories, etc, etc ...) are really hooked on them. Of course there are people who just will not convince people who claim and new innovations, but still not currently have a really worthy opponent, at least not if we add the devices themselves and their ecosystem. A proof of this is that many governments are betting on these devices and of course the great success with the public and domestic business.
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With 60 million members worldwide and over 18 million travellers every quarter, BlaBlaCar is creating an entirely new, people powered, travel network.
BlaBlaCar is continuously innovating, most recently developing a new algorithm that can dynamically unlock millions of possible local meeting points and, in effect, turn every highway into a major transport line that can be joined at any point. It is also innovating beyond its core developing innovative insurance solutions for carpooling and exploring new ways to revolutionize mobility through a new app dedicated to short-distance carpooling.


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E-Discovery Product News Update
New products and upgrades in the e-discovery industry include a software to authenticate digital photographic evidence, improvements for legal holds, and an updated vendor directory from the folks who brought us the EDRM.
Fourandsix announced FourMatch, an extension for Adobe Photoshop CS5 and above that authenticates "signatures" on JPEGS from cameras and mobile devices. According to the company, when a JPEG is stored on hardware or software it results in a unique product signature. When an image is edited and saved on software, the file signature changes to match the software rather than the original device that captured it. Fourandsix can detect whether a JPEG's signature has changed — and whether the image has likely been altered.
Apersee is an e-discovery directory developed by the Electronic Discovery Reference Model's George Socha and Tom Gelbmann to help clients search for service providers. The service, which opened in February 2011, has received an overhaul and now offers text search. Vendors report mixed results with the service.
In the legal hold realm, Business Intelligence Associates announced improved enterprise support for its free TotalDiscovery product. TotalDiscovery can now connect with employee directory servers such as Microsoft Active Directory and Novell eDirectory, allowing a company's tech staff to add and manage large numbers of custodians to legal holds using their existing systems.
Zapproved has made changes to LegalHold Pro, giving users the ability to search custodians by department, location, and title. Applied Discovery is now a reseller of the software.
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- Meghan Markle wore a semi-affordable diamond ring during her first public appearance of 2018.
- The ring is by the brand Zofia Day and features pavé diamonds and comes in several colors.
- The Bar Stack Ring can be purchased online for $715.
Now that Meghan Markle is officially engaged to Prince Harry, the days of stalking her hands for evidence of an engagement ring are long gone.
But even though we're rightfully obsessed with Markle's engagement ring (which is one of a kind and reportedly worth up to $350,000), we're still swooning over the rest of the jewelry she's sporting, including a brand new, reasonably priced diamond ring on her other hand.
The "Suits" alum debuted another gorgeous gold ring during her first public appearance of 2018 with her soon-to-be husband at local radio station Reprezent 107.3FM in Brixton to support the station's mission to teach and empower young people through music and media. If you were focused on Markle's engagement ring, you very well may have missed her new ring from Los Angeles-based jewelry brand Zofia Day.
The soon-to-be newlywed wore the brand's Bar Stack Ring in 14-karat yellow gold, which retails for $715 and features pavé diamonds and multiple color choices. Designer Lisette Polny gushed about Markle wearing one of her creations, telling People, "It's such a simple design. My company is still quite small, so for [Markle] to select me was really quite an honor. I think it says something about her — I don't think big brand names define her."
The ring is still available online if you're looking for a semi-affordable diamond ring to emulate Markle's classic style. After all, Valentine's Day is around the corner!
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In welcoming foreigners, Slovakia forgets the basics, like saying "Hi."
While Slovakia has, on the paper, committed to a number of ambitious goals regarding the integration of foreigners, there is still a long way to making this a reality.
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While there are approximately 80,000 foreigners in Slovakia, this number is likely to rise given societal demographic changes and economists' suggestions that the country might need a new labor force. But what exactly is the state doing to support social cohesion and to make sure newcomers become part of society?
Integration might as well be one of the most confusing terms in public policy. While it is clear, that migrants should accept the norms of a host country, otherwise a conflict-free coexistence might be difficult, full assimilation is rarely possible. By migrating one gains a new identity, but never fully loses the original one. 1
Integration is thus a search for mutual accommodation.
In Slovakia, social cohesion is still perceived mainly in economic terms – as solidarity between the wealthy (individuals, regions) and the poor. Yet cohesion is a much broader concept with a cultural dimension.
While stakeholder engagement in decision-making is a precondition for social cohesion, in Slovakia, relations between the majority and minorities are often regulated in hierarchical terms. It is the majority who determines which rights minorities can have and how they engage in decision-making.
Social cohesion is an important theme in most European countries. Regarding migration, the Council of Europe (CoE) used the term "mutual accommodation" to underline that integration is a two-way process. Already in 2009, the CoE had called for policies that would encourage the elimination, "of mutual suspicions and create an institutional environment, that would enable cultural diversity to be a basic factor of progress leading to a content life for all inhabitants." 2 Successful integration requires equal access to rights, and a possibility to pursue friendships across ethnic and cultural lines. 3
Importantly, the approach has to be intercultural, i.e. should encourage positive interactions between diverse cultural groups. While conflict cannot always be avoided, mechanisms for conflict resolution should be adopted to avoid potential alienation.
From documents to policy
Slovak policies are based on a number of framework documents adopted at the EU level. Starting with Tampere (1999) and followed up by The Hague and Stockholm programmes, the EU adopted a number of joint guidelines on migrant protections and common European policies that asked for the coordination of member states. Integration was viewed as a two-way process, and one that should strengthen cohesion. The EU framework has gradually developed into one that prioritizes solidarity and responsibility, while also responding to the needs and respecting the rights of both EU citizens and migrants. 4
At the same time, the framework documents highlight the importance of local and regional authorities, and the need to adopt specific supportive measures, like offering language courses and assistance accessing the labor market, as well as combatting discrimination. The most important Slovak strategy document regarding migrant integration, "Integration Policy," was adopted in January 2014. 5
The document drew heavily from the intensive engagement of experts from non-governmental sector, who often substitute the role the state should play in migrant research and support. The strategy, in line with EU framework documents, emphasizes migration's positive aspects and its importance in national development. It supports a multi-stakeholder approach, including close cooperation between the government and NGOs, media and research institutes. It also puts emphasis on the engagement of migrants and the organizations that represent them. 6
Yet, the strategy's implementation has been problematic. Very few of the proposed measures regarding education, the labor market, housing, cultural integration and civic participation, have been put into place since 2014, because the strategy was not underpinned by financial resources. Real political commitment to address this issue has been lacking, and individual ministries have shown only limited eagerness to implement proposed measures, until now.
Labor market integration: moving away from the "migrant as burden" paradigm
A changing demography is not unique to Slovakia. Most European countries have seen decreasing birthrates and aging populations. Decreasing fertility rates have been observed since the '90s and this trend will probably continue. Parenthood comes at a later age because of young people's changing value systems, and as a consequence of longer occupational preparations in an effort to find stable place in the labor market. 7
In Europe, fertility rates are currently 1.3 children per every woman, while a satisfactory societal reproductive rate would be over two children per every woman. Demographic estimates for Slovakia suggest that even if we factor in the most optimistic predictions of increased fertility, it would not be probable that it could reach 1.5 children per every woman by 2020. 8
Life expectancy in Slovakia for men is 73.3 and for women, 80.5. 9 Yet while the country's population is not aging as fast as the rest of Europe, by 2050 that age will have increased to 81.3 – 85 for men and 85.5 – 89 for women. 10
This is likely to pose a number of challenges. Economist Vladimír Baláž of the Slovak Academy of Sciences says that by limiting migration, Slovakia is committing a "demographic suicide". Baláž argues that by 2030 the country will see a 400,000 person decrease in people of a productive age. He argues: "To maintain the current ratio of economically active people and retirees, we would need at least 10-15,000 migrants per year." 11
Yet, while the trend is upward, the actual numbers don't yet match this expectation: in 2015 the number of migrants rose to 8,000, up from 5,000 the previous year.
Companies are already having a hard time finding employees and some of them are comparing the situation with the one in 2008 when they looked for welders as far away as Vietnam. A number of companies cannot increase production because they do not have enough labor, thus economists are increasingly supportive of the notion that the labor market needs more migrants. 12
Presently, conditions vary depending on a migrant's country of origin, immigration status and type of work (employment/entrepreneurship) pursued. It is rather difficult to navigate through the complex web of laws regulating foreigners' activities in the labor market.
If a migrant comes from a non-EU/EEC country, they must obtain a residence permit with the purpose of employment/entrepreneurship along with a work permit. 13
However, an employer cannot staff a foreigner in a position if there is also a Slovak applicant. If a foreigner comes from EU/EEC country, they do not need a residence or work permit, but the employer has to submit a so-called information card to the labor department. 14
Refugees can work under the same conditions as Slovak citizens, but people who are still waiting for their asylum decisions can neither work nor run a business for the first nine months after beginning the procedure. 15 Business owners often say they are discouraged from employing foreigners because the legal framework is too complicated.
The 2014 Integration Policy is a push to simplify the administrative burden that comes along with accessing the labor market, avoid brain waste (migrants taking jobs below their qualification levels), and attract a qualified labor force from abroad. Most of the measures contained within seem to be focused on social protections and the elimination of migrant labor exploitation, while highlighting women and children's specific vulnerabilities as well as health handicaps. But while employment and social issues seem to be the most comprehensively addressed issues in the strategy document, very few measures have been adopted since 2014 that would attract new people from abroad, or contribute to migrants' labor market integration.
Much of the policies and discourse have revolved around the need to, "protect the domestic labor market," and so what has prevailed is a perception of foreigners as a potential burden on the labor market or social/welfare system.
Yet migrants, including those seeking international protection, can make a significant contribution to the labor market's development. Restaurant or hotel owners, for example, offer jobs to local populations, and this certainly contributes the economy in regions with higher unemployment. This is one more reason integration policies are important – they also send signals to the host society that migrants are not a burden.
Integration in education: more than asking people to learn the language
Education is important for foreigners' integration, and thus education policy has a strong potential to influence migrants' successful integration into society and the labor market. Let's just take one segment of the migrant population: school-aged children.
The right to an education is enshrined in the Convention on the Rights of the Child, 16 of which Slovakia is a signatory. All children of foreigners (be they migrants or refugees) have to attend schools, where education is provided under the same conditions for Slovak citizens. 17
The quality and accessibility of education has important impacts on the further success and integration of migrant children. This includes instruction in the host country's language – something usually provided by the state. Education creates social capital, and school is a space where children meet their peers and get exposed to different environments. In a way, it is a micro-society: children can create bonds that outlive school.
For parents, schools can provide a platform through which they can make contacts with other parents and communities. For this to happen, education cannot be segregated according to cultural or social backgrounds.
However, the Slovak education system still does not enable foreigners' children to fully take advantage of its integration potential. While the foreigners are not segregated (like many Roma), they are met with number of obstacles. 18
On the one hand, the law guarantees that foreigners will not face discrimination and that they'll have access to the same education conditions citizens have. 19 Yet on the other hand, it is rather vague about specific measures that guarantee that access – e.g. language education.
Research carried out by the Centre for Research of Ethnicity and Culture (CVEK) in 2011 showed the education system's total unpreparedness for serving foreign children. 20 Integration assistance is often left to schools, or to individual teacher's capacities.
While these children clearly have special educational needs, the state is not able to provide services, like the addition of teaching assistants. Slovak is rarely taught as a foreign language and existing language courses are considered insufficient. So foreign children are enrolled in lower grades, and there is no possibility for flexibility (enrollment in several grades simultaneously, appropriate to their achievement levels). Also teachers are not provided with specialized teaching methods or expert support. 21
Thus, while the law is technically fulfilled, foreign children receive a lower level education than citizens, and do not in fact have equal access to education.
In everyday practice, everything depends on teachers and their willingness to spend extra time with children beyond what is prescribed. For instance a teacher at a school in central Slovakia created a picture dictionary for a student of Chinese origin, and taught her Slovak after school, by putting stickers with Chinese signs and Slovak translations on the school walls so the girl could learn the language more quickly. She also gave her the opportunity to teach the other children things she was more knowledgeable about.
At another school something completely opposite happened. The school, citing the law, approached one student under "with the same conditions" principle: the teachers left her to catch up on her own with material she was not even familiar with yet. She was expected to adapt, but she could not do it alone. Eventually, as a consequence of her teachers' indifference, she resigned from school.
So equal conditions are not always enough. Individual teachers may be ready to handle the situation if they only have a few foreign children in their class, and if they have been trained in special needs education. If the number of children grows though, the state's role will become more relevant.
It is difficult to evaluate the concrete impacts having no supportive measures has on foreign children, as there has been no such research on the topic. According to all available statistics, there are currently only 500 foreigners in Slovak high schools, and this low number suggests that some do not continue from elementary school. A high school education is crucial in the creation of social capital, and it leads to higher living standards and a healthier lifestyle. 22
But Slovak integration policies do not sufficiently reflect current research findings. Although the policies state that education is important, the 2014 Integration Policy only proposes one measure for elementary and high school-level education: "to create a teacher's training program for teaching Slovak as a foreign language." 23
All other measures in the policy are focused on language education for foreign adults and the recognition of their qualifications and education certificates.
Cultural integration starts with saying "Hi"
Cultural integration is a process of balancing respect and the recognition of diversity on one hand, and the shared values so important for social cohesion on the other. Thus it is important to support a mutual dialogue. There are a number of studies that show that migrants feel more at ease and acclimate more readily when met with friendliness and recognition from people with whom they come into contact with everyday. A UK study found that migrants consider being recognized and greeted by neighbors in the street to be of utmost importance. 24
While cultural integration is extensively addressed in the 2014 Integration Policy and there have been a number of state subsidy opportunities in recent years, one could hardly argue that migrants now feel like full-fledged members of society.
Research carried out by IVO/CVEK in 2015 shows that while migrants do live in Slovakia, they are largely invisible in society. 25
Although there are no substantial conflicts between ethnic Slovaks and migrants (representatives of state institutions say: "we do not have a problem with foreigners"), people live side by side, but not together. A friendliness is lacking. While many foreigners are well integrated in the labor market and their children attend school, they are not full members of society.
Foreigners usually only attain visibility if they enter the public space – open a restaurant, sell ice-cream or offer salsa classes. A mutual sharing of private spaces and deeper bonds with the rest of society is still lacking, as the IVO/CVEK research illustrated.
Role of local governments: recognizing "our people"
While the state creates an integration framework and should provide the financial and expert support, integration itself takes place in the town, where people reside and work, where their children go to school and where they practice hobbies. It is the neighborhoods and friendships that really enable sense of engagement and belonging.
Migrants can bring economic activity and development, new ambitions and new ways of thinking and behaving, but without successful integration, segregation, xenophobia, poverty and conflict can result.
While the Slovak Integration Policy also emphasizes regional and local governments' role, 26 the state provides no support for the implementation of a strategy, and thus communication between municipalities is insufficient and the prioritization of migrant integration suffers as a consequence. 27
In 2014-15 the Association of Towns and Municipalities of Slovakia (ZMOS) in partnership with CVEK carried out a project meant to help local governments create their own integration strategies. However, it became clear after a series of trainings, that representatives from more than 20 local governments knew almost nothing about the foreigners residing in their municipalities, interpreting a conflict-free coexistence as evidence of successful integration. This invisibility may be the product of migrants' large reliance on their own social networks, in lieu of placing demands on local authorities.
Our further cooperation with seven pilot towns illustrated the barriers migrants still face, but municipalities can help them. These pilot towns proposed their own local policies and created their strategies that would make life easier for immigrants. They organized meetings with newcomers, and the town mayors expressed their appreciation for the foreigners and their contributions. Once again embodying the symbolic importance of a recognition and a greeting.
Recognition is an inevitable condition for the emergence of trust between two entities. And without trust, host societies and local governments can hardly map the barriers to integration the migrants face and then respond with appropriate measures. When the municipality representatives realized this, they started calling the foreigners that resided in their towns "our people" (našinci).
The towns involved ended up adopting needs-based measures – some focused on language education or positive press, while others focused on coexistence and the creation of community centers. Some decided to create a point of contact that foreigners could reach out to in time of need.
The number of foreigners in Slovak towns (especially in the smaller ones) is still rather low, and thus integration strategies do not require many resources. They are mostly aimed at preparing local communities for life in a more diverse world. This type of philosophy, based on migrant needs and focused on the strengthening of social cohesion, is also relevant for the integration of other disadvantaged groups.
The basic principles of integration – an equal access to resources, a sense of belonging and shared values, and participative decision-making – are basic preconditions for cohesive societies. Minorities and newcomers' integration cannot only be a one-sided demand for their "assimilation" or conformity to the lives of the majority. All societies change, and insisting on the preservation of the status quo means you must deny progress and not take advantage of its potential.
This article is a shortened and edited version of a study originally published in Slovak and available in full-text here.
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Today's REI Classroom Lesson
When you have a deal that has multiple investors involved, there's the opportunity to distribute different aspects of the benefits to each investor.
REI Classroom Summary
Depending on each investor's needs, you can divide out the capital gains, cash flow, depreciation, etc and divide them all out as desired from each investor.
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Mike: Welcome back to flipnerd.com REI Classroom where experts from across the real estate investing industry teaching quick lessons to take your business to the next level. And now, let's meet today's expert host.
Jack: Hi. My name is Jack Shea, and I'm going to be hosting this session. I'm at jackshearealestate.com where I have various information on trusts, and notes, and options, and 31 exchanges, IRAs in that. But one item, a way that in partnering with people which I often do is that you can take on different partners and you can divide the benefits, the various benefits, of say a real estate investment in a different apportions.
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Jack: And say you have $100,000 house and you have a doctor has money to invest and he doesn't want to be involved with management or maintenance but he's in investments for capital gains, long-term capital gains. So you can, say investor A is going to get the majority of capital gains. Then you have investor B is going to be your property manager, and he's an investor but he relies on an income to pay his bills. And so investor B is interested in cash flow. So of the, let's say, you have $400 a month passive cash flow. He's in the real estate business for income and cash flow. So let's say he can be divided with 80% of the positive cash flow.
Then you have another investor, partner of yours, he's interested in all three, so cash, can hold on for some capital gains. And there's depreciation. If you remember, there's income, there's depreciation, there's equity build up, there's appreciation, and there's leverage. So all these have benefits from real estate can be parceled out to different people to make the best use of that benefit. And say partner C will get 10% of the cash flow and 10% of capital gains, and some of the depreciation, whereas, the manager got 80% of the depreciation which he can use to offset his other stuff.
And then, your partner D who is the deal maker and you put this deal together. You are in for some cash flow, some capital gains, the buy down on the mortgage, and leverage. And this is a common practice in partnerships where people get in a partnership and you can divide the benefits, not exactly as according to the dollars invested but you can divide them into who provides what service, who provides what funds. And this is legal and it's covered in your partnership agreement or if it's in a trust, then it's called an agreement among beneficiaries, and you define who gets what, what gets the various benefits.
So the doctor's laid out whenever the property sells, he's in for the long term and he gets the majority of the capital gains. So he knows that ahead of time, a tenant wants to buy it or somebody makes an offer, he gets that. The manager is happy. He does the work, keeps the property rented, maybe puts it up for sale. He get his share. And your friend is an investor like you, he gets some cash flow, he'll get some of the payoff at the end and he'll get you some of the depreciation.
And you're the guy that put things together and you can take your share in these various wages. So all the benefits are used up, spread with the knowledge equally or to the benefit that each person likes. At the end of the day, everybody's taken care of and proceeds. So none of the benefits go to waste because, say, the doctor who is an IRA investor, and, let's say, the depreciation doesn't do him any good. He doesn't need that. So if he had any, he wouldn't depreciate it. He wouldn't be able to use it.
So these things can be divided up in various ways and make everybody happy, and the machine runs along, everybody doing their job. So I hope you can do this by sharing the benefits equitably and it's covered in your agreement among beneficiaries. So I hope you can put this to work profitably in your business and I'll see you next time.
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Android and Amazon have developed a unique and long-lasting relationship with one another. Everyone who follows up with the latest devices should be well aware of Amazon's Kindle tablet line but not everyone knows that Amazon competes with Google with its own appstore which is on the Android OS.
For many people who own Android devices from other countries like China, there is no real Android Market or Google Play Store as it has been removed. Attempting to install a borrowed Play Store.apk file onto one of these devices usually results in nothing happening. For many of these people, to get the latest apps for their Android device, here in America, they have no choice but to install the Amazon AppStore.
First, we had Apple's AppStore, then Google's, and now we have Amazon that has jumped in the game. They have been in the app game for around a year and a half now, if I'm not mistaken, which would surprise people as to why they'd do so well if they came so late. What usually happens when a new product comes into competition with others, is that certain incentives are given that the competitors either don't or can't afford to do. Amazon has a unique program which has been commonly known as "1 Paid App for Free per Day". I had known about this since day one of owning my first Android device, but never paid it much attention until one day when I desperately needed an app and couldn't afford it, one other member referred me to Amazon's AppStore and said that it was the free app given for the day. Ever since then, I and many other users, flood Amazon's servers to check what the new app for the day is.
I'm not sure what kind of deal Amazon has, but for 24 hours, one of the apps that they host for pay is listed for free. Users that "purchase" this app are allowed to carry that app with them wherever they go and download it to other devices as it remains in their purchase list as if they had actually bought it. The catch is simply that you cannot run one of these apps (unless somehow cracked) on a device without the Amazon AppStore installed and without the purchaser's account linked. For instance, you will not be able to get the free app and send it to your friends and let them use it because it won't work without the Amazon unique signature.
I highly recommend every Android user to check out this AppStore for themselves. The highly anticipated game, Jetpack Joyride, was on iOS devices for a few months until finally coming to Android. When it did hit Android, it first came to the Amazon AppStore and has now finally come to the Google Play Store.
To get this store, you can visit Amazon's website on your Android device or you can download Amazon's official market app and download the appstore from there. Once done, you will need to either create or log in to your Amazon account to download the apps listed. Every day, the free app of the day will be listed on the first page at the very top of the app's screen.
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WIGAN took full advantage of Manchester City manager Stuart Pearce's festive spirit to make it three wins in nine days as an explosive seven-goal Boxing Day thriller unfolded at the JJB Stadium.
Pearce opted to give his players Christmas Day off, allowing them to spend quality time with their families, while in contrast the Latics high-fliers were enduring a training session.
It ultimately backfired as boss Paul Jewell's side produced a stunning performance, although in the end were forced to weather a remarkable City fightback.
After five successive league defeats recently, Wigan are now firmly back on track, dismantling the visitors in a dramatic first half as easily as City did to Birmingham in their last outing nine days ago when they cantered to a 4-1 win.
The Latics, though, did it the hard way as they went a goal down with just 115 seconds gone on the clock as City continued where they left off against Steve Bruce's relegation strugglers.
They made it look easy as David Sommeil collected a short throw from Trevor Sinclair before curling a cross to the far post where Antoine Sibierski outjumped Pascal Chimbonda to power a downward header past Mike Pollitt for his second goal in successive matches.
But unlike Birmingham, this Wigan side are not low on confidence and know how to hit back, doing so in emphatic fashion via a combination of skill, power, passion and hard work.
They served notice of their intent three times in a matter of minutes after going behind, with Jimmy Bullard initially forcing David James into a fumbled full-stretch save.
Henri Camara then drove wide after being teed up by captain Arjan de Zeeuw before an angled shot on the turn he dragged wide of the right -hand post.
They eventually made their breakthrough in the 11th minute thanks to a significant helping hand from City skipper Sylvain Distin.
The French centre-back made a hash of clearing a through ball from Gary Teale after he had received a long throw from Pollitt.
That allowed Jason Roberts to run into the area and beat James with a 15-yard right-foot shot in off the post.
Distin could have suffered further woe soon after, but was lucky not to be penalised for a shove in the back of Roberts inside the area.
If Wigan were aggrieved, they swiftly took out their frustration on a City defence continually finding themselves brutally exposed.
Camara's trickery down the left set up Teale for a cross into the heart of the area where Lee McCulloch powered home a header from 12 yards.
City, though, could have been level a minute later as Joey Barton's pass into Darius Vassell ricocheted off the heel of the striker and back into the path of his midfield team-mate.
A delightful lob over Pollitt followed, only for the ball to bounce back off the left-hand post for Matt Jackson to hack clear.
After a handball shout against Leighton Baines was turned away, and Graham Kavanagh bravely blocked a Sommeil shot, City continued to play suicidal football at the back.
Another raking throw from Pollitt picked out Camara just inside the Blues half, but after splitting covering defenders Claudio Reyna and Sommeil with a curled pass into the path of Teale, the winger was denied by a fine save from James.
City's relief, however, lasted just six minutes as Wigan duly added a third on the stroke of half-time.
Camara punted a hopeful ball forward that Ben Thatcher inadvertently nodded on to Roberts whose strength and power allowed him to hold off Distin before again coolly slipping the ball past James for his fourth goal in a week and eighth of the season.
City came close to pulling one back just over two minutes after the restart with Sibierski setting up Barton for a drive superbly saved by Pollitt.
However, the rebound looped off the goalkeeper and back into the path of Barton for a goal-bound header Chimbonda cleared off the line.
The midfielder then had a third crack at goal a minute later, turning Baines inside out before unleashing a right-foot drive from 20 yards that flashed a yard past the post.
After Pearce made a double substitution, bringing on Richard Dunne and Andy Cole - both surprisingly on the bench after serving one-match bans - for Sommeil and Reyna, City regained fresh impetus.
Barton .125again.375, Vassell, Sinclair and Cole all went close, with Pollitt making three excellent saves, before Wigan seemingly killed the game in the 71st minute.
Camara scored his seventh goal this season after turning inside Dunne, and that appeared to the end for City.
But they countered via the deserving Barton, cracking home a stunning volley, and then Cole with just three minutes remaining - but ultimately there was to be no late reprieve for City.
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The Stratford-upon-Avon Studies are a new series concerned with literary and theatrical subjects of major interest. The individual studies are neither regular histories nor collections of critical essays written from one particular point of view; rather they are books for any reader seeking a full and informed participation in the literature and drama of which they treat. Because they are the result of the collaboration of groups of writers with varied skills and interests, each book offers not one guide but several, and reflects many kinds of appreciation. This volume on Elizabethan poetry is the second of the series.
Elizabethan Poetry is a vast theme: as William Webbe wrote in 1586:
Among the innumerable sorts of English books and infinite fardles of printed pamphlets, wherewith this country is pestered, all shops stuffed, and every study furnished, the greatest part I think, in any one kind, are such as are either mere poetical, or which tend in some respect (as either in matter or form) to poetry.
In this new account of the 'poetical' kind, we have placed the emphasis on the shorter poems; by this means a wide variety of voices may be appraised, and the many ways in which Elizabethans thought, wrote, read, sang, and used poetry. At the centre of the book is a detailed study of a 'courtier, soldier, scholar' and of his poetry; and this indicates the important bias of the whole. Franklin Dickey describes the anthologies in which many Elizabethan poems were first printed; Muriel Bradbrook discusses one poet's 'career' and Donald Davie another's practical and personal use of his art. Our readers will be invited not only to admire and appraise, but also to consider uses and modes of poetry which in the twentieth century are almost forgotten: perhaps this is no more so than in 'the manner of poesie by which they uttered their bitter taunts, and privy nips or witty scoffs'.
The assessment of the individual achievements of Elizabethan poets is conducted in whichever way was considered most suitable. As in other volumes of Stratford-upon-Avon Studies, we have not sought a consistent style of presentation: three chapters are by poets who write . . .


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Colombo, March 7:
Armed Sri Lankan fishermen have allegedly abducted seven fishermen from the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu, demanding a ransom from their families, local media reported.
The fishermen from Pamban town of Tamil Nadu were abducted by the Sri Lankan fishermen when setting out to sea late on Wednesday, Xinhua reported on Friday.
The Sri Lankans called the relatives of the abducted fishermen on their mobile phones, asking for money.
The amount of ransom was not disclosed by the media, quoting the abductors as saying that it could be "negotiable".
Fishermen from India and Sri Lanka have crossed border, resulting in arrests and boats confiscation.
Talks are held between Indian and Sri Lankan fishermen associations in an attempt to defuse tensions.
Meanwhile, Indian External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj arrived here on Friday to participate in the third round of a high-level bilateral meet and lay the ground for Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to the island nation next week. IANS


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The boy in this portrait is said to have crossed the Atlantic to Liverpool as a stowaway, and was discovered by local Pre-Raphaelite artist William Windus on the doorstep of the Monument Hotel. He was apparently reunited with his parents after a relative saw the portrait in the window of a frame-maker's shop, although it is not certain if this touching anecdote is true or not.
Before the American Civil War, Black Americans in particular found the prospect of living in England tempting. It was a potential haven where their freedom was guaranteed and where they could move in a less hostile atmosphere. However, on arrival in England, stowaways who had managed to escape were often forced onto the streets. English attitudes towards the Black in the mid-century ranged from egalitarian friendship to open racist hatred. Despite this, those who fled to England publicly testified to the improvement in their condition.
There have been people of African descent in Liverpool since at least the 1700s.
Some Africans were sold in the town in the 1760s and 1770s but very few enslaved Africans were brought to Liverpool directly from Africa. A number of merchants brought slaves from the West Indies to work as servants in their homes.
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text: Hi (apologies if this is not the right place to ask) Is there any plan to support the D programming language in lldb? gdb already supports it (but only on linux, not OSX), but it would be nice to have support in lldb. The D patch for gdb is actually pretty small, just a few minor edits scattered throughout. Currently, if I compile a main.d file with dmd (dmd -g main.d), lldb will not see any variables with fr v. It works better with ldc2 though: ldc2 -g main.d followed by lldb main does show variable with frv, however it (obviously) doesn't understand D name mangling. (lldb) fr select 5 frame #5: 0x0000000100000d3f main`_Dmain + 79 at main.d:39 36 37 int main(string[]args){ 38 int x=std.conv.to!int(args[1]); -> 39 return fun1(x); 40 } (lldb) fr v (<anonymous struct>) args = { length = 2 ptr = 0x0000000100200990 } (int) x = 11 (lldb) bt * thread #1: tid = 0x1f03, 0x0000000100000c11 main`cfun1 + 33 at main.d:15, stop reason = EXC_BAD_ACCESS (code=1, address=0x0) frame #0: 0x0000000100000c11 main`cfun1 + 33 at main.d:15 frame #1: 0x0000000100000c99 main`_D4main4fun4FiZi + 25 at main.d:27 frame #2: 0x0000000100000c70 main`_D4main4fun3FiZi + 16 at main.d:24 frame #3: 0x0000000100000c50 main`_D4main4fun2FiZi + 16 at main.d:21 frame #4: 0x0000000100000c30 main`_D4main4fun1FiZi + 16 at main.d:18 frame #5: 0x0000000100000d3f main`_Dmain + 79 at main.d:39 frame #6: 0x000000010004cf0f main`_D2rt6dmain24mainUiPPaZi7runMainMFZv + 31 at dmain2.d:530 frame #7: 0x000000010004ce9a main`_D2rt6dmain24mainUiPPaZi7tryExecMFMDFZvZv + 42 at dmain2.d:505 frame #8: 0x000000010004cf64 main`_D2rt6dmain24mainUiPPaZi6runAllMFZv + 68 at dmain2.d:540 frame #9: 0x000000010004ce9a main`_D2rt6dmain24mainUiPPaZi7tryExecMFMDFZvZv + 42 at dmain2.d:505 frame #10: 0x000000010004ce06 main`main + 406 at .:550 frame #11: 0x0000000100000b94 main`start + 52 What needs to be changed to allow for the following (in order of priority): 1) detect language (command-line option? from mangled name signature?) 2) display correctly demangled D symbols (we can use dmd's std.core.demangle as a library function) 3) write expressions in unmangled form, eg: expr (void)_D4main4dispFiZi(100) //currently works expr (int) main.disp(100) // desired (or even expr disp(100)) 3) D-aware command completion 4) support for printing basic D types: arrays, associative arrays, structs etc. The mangling seems to be in lldb/llvm/tools/clang/include/clang/AST/Mangle.h but that's not very helpful... -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.llvm.org/pipermail/lldb-dev/attachments/20120708/54246d02/attachment.html>


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You know those movies where people are driving around, lost in the woods or on some back road? You know the ones. No matter what they do, they just can't seem to find their way to the highway. Generally, they end in the suggestion that they have been dead the entire time, died in a car accident or something, and the entire film was their purgatory. In Fear masquerades as one of these films, but it's not. All of the familiar elements are there. I even turned to my wife while watching, and told her I already knew how the film would end. I guess I should be happy that they didn't take the predictable approach, and instead surprised me, right? Well, I would probably be grateful if there were any sort of ending to the film. It's not that I felt the goings on needed to be explained as a supernatural occurrence, or even fully explained at all. I would have liked some sort of reason for the film to have existed in the first place, though, and I don't think I was given that satisfaction, or anything near it.
The tragedy in this, is that up until the end of the film, this was one of the most intensely suspenseful film of its kind that I have seen for a very long time. I am a huge fan of Dead End, and even Reeker, so even if they did end the film on the same note as those, I would have walked away satisfied. Unfortunately, all that buildup, is met with no release whatsoever. I know, this is the point at which I am supposed to give you the plot rundown, but honestly, there isn't much more to explain beyond the fact that a new couple are driving around, lost on back roads, trying to locate a hotel. It is suggested, sort of, that something supernatural is afoot, because no matter which way they go, no matter which road they take, they end up back at the same place. It is sort of explained later on, with the suggestion that somebody might be "messing with the signs", but that doesn't explain it to me, when they would go out of their way to avoid the signs, and still end up back in the same location.
Eventually, they happen across another person, standing in the road. And, when I say "happen across" I mean, plow through his ass, so of course they feel obliged to give him a ride afterwards. Once he barges his way into the car, he tells them a story about people that have been hunting him in the woods, so they go about on their car ride, thinking they have a common problem. I'm not going to spoil anything further, but my reaction to the movie from this point on is a nice, long farting sound. This is really disappointing, because as I said, I was pretty much loving it up until this point. It is a well made film, with solid acting, great camera work, and builds some of the most brutal tension of any film that I've seen for some time. At times, it made me so uncomfortable that I had to pause it and walk away for a few minutes. So for a film to accomplish such a feat, and then just end on a note like that, well, I described it up above as a tragedy, and I sincerely feel this way. I think director Jeremy Lovering has an epic horror film inside of him, so hopefully we'll get that one day. Unfortunately, it appears that he's already been ticketed for a ride on the remake train that so many promising new filmmakers get swept up in. It was recently announced that Jeremy would be directing the remake of The Changeling. After seeing this, I have no doubt that he can do that film justice, I just wish he wouldn't allow himself to get shoehorned like that.
What started out as very promising, dropped the ball at the end. It doesn't change the fact that the first two thirds of this film are extremely suspenseful, and pretty terrifying. The payoff is most definitely not rewarding, but the ride to get there is worth a rental, at the very least. The video and audio quality on the Blu-ray is in line with most new release Anchor Bay titles. It looks and sounds great. It is a new movie after all. Unfortunately, another trait on these Anchor Bay releases is an almost complete lack of extras. There is one single behind-the-scenes featurette on the disc, and that is it. If you like the film, however, you may as well go ahead and pick it up, because this is the best it is ever going to get. Anchor Bay isn't known to double dip on anything other than certified classics that they know fans will buy regardless of how many releases they've bought prior. This, however, we probably won't see re-released until the next "ultimate" home video format comes along, if even then. In Fear is now available on Blu-ray and DVD from Starz/Anchor Bay. You may find your own copy here.


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Sarojeni Rengam feels very strongly about pesticides and their harmful effects on workers, particularly women and children.
"The impact of pesticides on workers' health is serious. I have witnessed the nails of workers turning black, while some have lost their nails completely. Their skin is discoloured (turning white) and some complain of it being very itchy. I have also seen their skin turning black and being very itchy after using glyphosate," said Sarojeni, over an email interview.
In her interviews with workers, they also complain about vomiting, bleeding through their noses, dizziness, body pain and loss of appetite.
"Workers are also suffering chronic ill health but this link to pesticides that they use have not been investigated and documented well. The studies that are being done are mainly in developed countries, although the link to chronic effects is now slowly being looked into by scientists and public health professionals in developing countries including Malaysia," she added.
It was while conducting a study for a consumer organisation many years ago that she first found out about the poor working and living conditions of plantation workers.
"They were not only suffering due to the use of pesticides, but also from low wages, appalling housing conditions and their children unable to go to school due to the long distances involved. Some of this has not changed, particularly the use of pesticides where even now workers are being exposed to pesticides daily in the plantations and farms," she said.
Knowing all that eventually led her to work for the Pesticide Action Network (PAN) Asia Pacific (Panap), of which she is currently executive director. PAN is a global network dedicated to the elimination of harm upon humans and the environment by pesticide use.
For her efforts in championing women's issues in various campaigns against toxic pesticides over 25 years, Penang-based Sarojeni received the Gender Pioneers for a Future Detoxified Award given by the Basel, Rotterdam and Stockholm (BRS) Conventions in May earlier this year in Geneva, Switzerland.
Based in Switzerland, the BRS Conventions are multilateral agreements that aim to protect human health and the environment from hazardous chemicals and wastes. The Gender Pioneers award is part of its activities on gender equality.
Sarojeni is also known for her work on issues related to women, farmers, indigenous groups and other marginalised societies.
She has initiated a special programme called Women and Agriculture in Panap to study and look into aspects of women's land rights and to expose the role of corporations in promoting highly hazardous pesticides.
When contacted, she talked about pesticide monitoring by the community, and the challenges she faces in her work at Panap.
Here are excerpts from the interview:
Can you share more about the Women and Agriculture programme?
Panap started working on documenting the impact of pesticides on women way back in the early 1990s and we published two reports, "Victims Without Voice: A study of women pesticide workers in Malaysia" in 1992 and 10 years later, "Poisoned and Silenced: A Study of Pesticide Poisoning in the Plantations".
The reports documented the impact of pesticides on women plantation workers in Malaysia and spearheaded the work on women and pesticides.
It exposed women workers spraying pesticides without training, pesticide impacts on their health, the lack of personal protective equipment, and the use of highly hazardous pesticides such as monocrotophos, methamidophos and paraquat in the plantations.
These reports resulted in two important developments; an ongoing campaign to reduce and eliminate pesticide use, particularly paraquat, one of the most hazardous pesticides that has no antidote.
Panap also went on strongly to address the issue of women, their marginalisation and their assertions of their rights, and also organised our Women in Agriculture programme.
Later, we also worked together with regional and national networks and groups to form the Asian Rural Women's Coalition or ARWC.
When did the community pesticide action monitoring (CPAM) initiative start and which communities does it involve and where?
We started to discuss the idea of CPAM in 1994 with three partners – Tenaganita Malaysia, PAN Philippines and Gita Pertiwi, Indonesia and developed modules for information and training.
CPAM was developed to document and create awareness of pesticide impacts on human health and the environment. It aims to empower communities to address their situation themselves, document the practices and impact of pesticide use at the local level and get actively involved in solving their problems.
This approach drives the changes required to reduce the use of pesticides, adopt more ecological and sustainable agricultural practices, and pressure governments for the implementation of better pesticide regulations and international conventions on pesticides.
Panap's CPAM programme has evolved for over a decade now and training has taken place all over Asia and Africa.
What are some of Panap's achievements and challenges so far?
Through Panap and its partners' efforts, the biggest achievement was the inclusion of a toxic pesticide, endosulfan, and other highly hazardous pesticides in the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants (which would initiate the reduction and ban of these pesticides globally) and the Rotterdam Convention on the Prior Informed Consent Procedure for Certain Hazardous Chemicals And Pesticides in International Trade (which is information sharing).
In addition, at the national level, Panap and its partners have worked to ban key pesticides like paraquat in Sri Lanka and Vietnam and there is an ongoing campaign in Malaysia.
In addition, endosulfan is banned in China and India due to efforts of our local partners. Panap together with its partners have also organised trainings on women's leadership and sustainable agriculture known as the Irene Fernandez Leadership Training of Rural Women, reaching 2,960 women in nine countries in Asia and three in Africa.
What other campaigns or efforts are you currently involved in in Malaysia?
We are currently documenting impacts of pesticides on communities in a few areas in Malaysia. Our campaigns include the ban of highly hazardous pesticides, particularly paraquat.
Our public awareness campaign is focused on the impact of pesticides on children called "Protect our Children from Toxic Pesticides".
Children are more vulnerable to pesticides as their exposure to them is high (at a time when their bodies are still developing and therefore, less equipped to protect themselves) through the food they eat, water they drink and air they breathe, and it affects their health and their intelligence.
Is it true that even the air in Cameron Highlands is very unhealthy due to the high concentration of pesticides being sprayed over the crops?
There are studies done by researchers on the air quality in the Cameron Highlands but so far, I have not seen the studies' results, so it is difficult to comment. However, a study done by Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) showed that both the drinking water and the river's water is contaminated there.
Again, not much is being done, even though Panap has made recommendations to all the relevant government bodies about helping farmers to move away from pesticide use to more agroecological practices.
What is the most challenging part of your work at Panap? How do you tackle that?
A key challenge is the lack of urgency by government bodies and policy makers to deal with the impact of pesticides on human health and the environment.
Another challenge is the influence of the plantation and pesticide industry on government policies and regulations. For example, the government announced the ban of paraquat in 2002 after a study on the health impact on plantation workers and the existence of alternatives to paraquat.
But due to pressure from the plantation industry and the producers of paraquat, the ban was later lifted. This is the challenge of the work we are doing, when profits become more important than the health of Malaysians.
What motivates you in your work?
The women farmers and workers at the forefront of the campaigns who have dedicated their lives to addressing these issues against all odds (motivate me). When I meet them and discuss their efforts, campaigns and struggles, I am inspired and know that this is where I need to put my efforts.
In addition, after three decades of work, pesticides and gender issues are being recognised both internationally and nationally.
As a result, more work is being undertaken to address these problems and so I feel that I am contributing to ensuring a toxic-free future for children and communities around the world.
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School Days: Day 1
9/7/07By Karen Mahoney
SALEM — When Peggy Van Aken learned that she was expecting a baby, she was stunned. After all, her only child, Chelsea was already 13 years old. Five years, two months and 28 days after she was born, Claudia Van Aken was ready Thursday for her first day of kindergarten at Salem Grade School. Her teacher will be Linda Fisher, the same teacher big sister Chelsea had for kindergarten. In a scene that took place so many times this week, here's how one little girl got ready for the first day of what will be her main activity for the next 13 years:
6:20 a.m. The Little Einstein's lunch box sits on the kitchen counter with packs of SpongeBob Cheeseits and SpongeBob fruit snacks sitting beside. "We packed all of that last night," said Peggy, "She's also bringing a peanut butter and jelly sandwich and broccoli, she just loves raw vegetables."
6:30 a.m. Peggy climbs the stairs to Claudia's bedroom, bends over and plants a kiss on her cheek. "This is your big school day," she announced. Rolling over, Claudia whispers, "I know Mommy, but you waked me up too soon!" Still half asleep, Claudia sits up, rubs her eyes and carries "Tick," her teddy bear, and "Bluebird," her stuffed bird, down to breakfast.
6:40 a.m.
"Good morning sunshine," Claudia's father, Chris, says, giving Claudia a hug and a kiss. "What do you want for your breakfast?" Walking toward the refrigerator, Peggy opens the freezer and pulls out a square box, "She asked for pancakes," she says. "Well, make sure mommy makes you some bacon too," Chris says, winking to Claudia.
"Good morning sunshine," Claudia's father, Chris, says, giving Claudia a hug and a kiss. "What do you want for your breakfast?" Walking toward the refrigerator, Peggy opens the freezer and pulls out a square box, "She asked for pancakes," she says. "Well, make sure mommy makes you some bacon too," Chris says, winking to Claudia.
6:45 a.m. "This is one thing that has changed since we sent Chelsea to kindergarten so long ago, I used to make everything from scratch, now I just microwave it and it's ready," Peggy says. Claudia eagerly eats her pancakes and bacon and, between chugs of chocolate milk, wonders, "What about Mommy's breakfast?" Sheepishly, Peggy retorts, "Well, I had a Diet Pepsi."
6:50 a.m. Chris announces he is leaving for work. "Aren't you going to stay until she leaves," Peggy questions. "No, I can't stay back here and watch you cry," Chris says. "Hey I am not so bad, I might not even cry at all," responds Peggy. Chris gives Claudia a kiss, "Have a good day sweetheart …" he adds."Hey Dad," Claudia giggles, "don't make me come over there. Bye-bye daddy."
7:10 a.m. Dressed in a lime green, polka-dotted knit dress, white socks and matching lime green Crocs, Claudia is nearly ready — except for her hair. Sitting behind her, Peggy sprays her hair while combing through the tangles. "Don't squirt me in the face!" yelps Claudia. "You have so many curls underneath, I have to comb them," explains Peggy.
7:20 a.m. Claudia licks the top of the toothpaste tube after placing the paste on her toothbrush. "Hey don't lick that tube, I use that stuff too," Peggy says. Claudia giggles and brushes her teeth.
7:23 a.m. Standing in front of her parents' full length mirror, Claudia gives herself a 'thumbs up.'
7:25 a.m. Peggy and Claudia fill the lunchbox and zip it up. "Ta-Da I am finished," Claudia shouts. Claudia hurriedly replaces the folder, crams her lunchbox inside the backpack. "There goes the sandwich," groans Peggy.
7:30 a.m. Peggy places the backpack on Claudia's shoulders to adjust the straps. "Let's see if we can get this to fit you right," she says, pulling them snug. Claudia tilts her head to look at the backpack and mumbles, " The backpack feels fi ne Mommy, but when I squish my arms up against the straps, it sticks."
7:35 a.m. Claudia spends a few minutes in the playroom before leaving for the bus, picks up several Bionicles and Star Wars creatures, talking to them while she plays. According to Peggy, Claudia has never been interested in dolls or dressing up as a princess. "She'd rather play with Star Wars stuff and dress up as Darth Vader than wear a feather boa," she says.
7:45 a.m. Peggy announces it's time to put on the backpack and walk to the bus. "Do we have enough time, still?" asks Claudia. "Yes, you do have time," says Peggy as they walk out the door. "My mind is racing as to what I am going to do today … The malls don't open up this early, do they?"
7:48 a.m. Claudia greets children in the neighborhood as a group of eight congregate at the bus stop. "Hi Kyle" says Claudia, waving her hands. Peggy strokes Claudia's hair. "Are you going to be OK?" Claudia shrugs off her mom's hand, "Yes, mommy, I am not scared!"
7:50 a.m. The bus pulls up and Claudia hops on, turns once more to catch a glimpse of her mom and turns to sit down in her seat.
7:52 a.m. "Well, that's that," admitts Peggy. "I'll be going home now and both girls won't be there. I wonder what I'll do now?"
8:10 a.m. Claudia is the first student off the bus and greets 13-year-old Dakota Berry of Trevor. Berry, an eighth-grader, is assigned as one of the school's many 'Helping Hands" to assist students in kindergarten through second grade in locating their classrooms. Grasping Claudia's hand, he walks her through the long hall into Room 106, where Mrs. Fisher is waiting at the door.
8:15 a.m. "Hello Claudia!" says Mrs. Fisher. "I am so excited to have you here. I remember teaching your sister Chelsea a long time ago."
8:20 a.m. Sitting in the middle of a row of students, Claudia unloads her backpack and at the instruction of Mrs. Fisher puts her lunchbox on top of the room's refrigerator. "You can also put your backpack on the hook in your cubby," her teacher says. Claudia hangs up her backpack and points to a pair of sneakers on the shelf above the hook, "Those are my fast shoes up there." Class is about to begin.


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