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The Akwa Ibom State Government has announced its withdrawal from all activities organized by Akwa Ibom State Association of Nigeria, AKISAN in United States of America till further notice.
Subsequently, the state government delegation to the 2017 AKISAN convention in Atlanta Georgia, USA, has boycotted the convention.
In a phone chat with our reporter, the state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Mr Charles Udoh cited the politicization of the convention and infringement on the protocol of the state leadership.
AKISAN convention is a yearly congregation of Akwa Ibom indigenes in the diaspora for the promotion of indigenous culture, and galvanizing of professional interests for investments in the state.
This year's event, according to the State Government, turned out to be an orchestrated political manipulation to embarrass the government and people of Akwa Ibom state for political reasons, hence the boycott.

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SINGAPORE-Svetlana Kuznetsova hacked off her own hair with a pair of scissors and burst into tears before saving a match point and beating the defending champion Agnieszka Radwanska 7-5 1-6 7-5 at the WTA Finals on Monday.
Despite appearing on the verge of exhaustion and close to breaking down, Kuznetsova somehow summoned up the energy to win her opening round-robin match in dramatic fashion, less than 48 hours after she qualified for the prestigious end-of-season championship.
Spectators at Singapore's Indoor Stadium looked on in stunned disbelief when the Russian gave herself an impromptu haircut early in the deciding third set, asking the umpire to get her a large of pair scissors before proceeding to chop off the end of her ponytail and tossing the loose strands onto her seat.
"It was bothering me a lot. I was trying to put it behind my headband, but my hair is very thick and heavy," Kuznetsova explained. "When I was hitting the forehands every time I would hit a good shot...it would hit my eye every time and I had struggle. I thought, 'ok, what's more important now? My hair, which I can let grow, or the match?' I thought, 'okay, I've got to go for it right now', and that's it." Radwanska said she did not even realise her opponent had cut off her locks during the match. "I didn't even know that," she told reporters. "Good thing she didn't cut her anything else. I think hair is not very important."
Later, at the next change of ends, Kuznetsova returned to her seat and began to cry, sobbing into her towel before she regained her composure, wiping the tears from her cheeks and returning to the court to continue a gruelling contest which lasted almost three hours.
Her efforts looked to have been in vain when she dropped her serve to fall 5-4 behind and Radwanska got to match point but the Pole, who blew a 4-1 lead in the opening set, squandered her lone opportunity and Kuznetsova reeled off the last three games on the trot to register one of the bravest wins of her career.
"It's what you have inside of you, something comes from the heart," Kuznetsova said. "I always work very much and then being on the court, I knew I have to stay tough. You always have a chance to come back. I was trying as much, as hard as I can to fight and just be there."
A two-time grand slam winner, Kuznetsova was appearing in the WTA Finals, restricted to the world's top eight players, for the first time since 2009 but the physical and emotional effort of qualifying appeared to take its toll. The 31-year-old needed to win the Kremlin Cup in Moscow on Saturday to leapfrog Britain's Johanna Konta for the last spot in the field then had to fly straight to Southeast Asia to be ready to play her opening match.
Meanwhile in other White Group match, Czech Republic's Karolina Pliskova defeated Spain's Garbine Muguruza 6-2, 6-7 (4-7), 7-5.


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Music signal transmitted over a digital radio link
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A music signal has a bandwidth of 50 Hz to 10 kHz. The signal is sampled, converted to a serial bit stream, transmitted over a digital radio link, and recovered as an analog signal at the receiver.
a. What is the sampling rate for this signal if sampling occurs at 1.2 times the Nyquist rate?
b. The ADC used at the transmit end of the link has 12 bits. What is the link serial bit rate?
c. After the signal has been converted back to analog form by the DAC in the receiver, it is passed through a low pass filter. If the filter is an ideal brick wall LPF, what is the maximum frequency the filter should pass? With a real filter, what cut off frequency should it have?
d. What is the quantization signal to noise ratio SNRQ at the receiver output?
e. If the SNRQ were to be raised to 96 dB, how many bits would the ADC and DAC need? What would be the bit rate on the serial link?© BrainMass Inc. brainmass.com October 10, 2019, 3:55 am ad1c9bdddf
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a. Nyquist Rate = 2* Bandwidth
For Base Band Signals Bandwidth is upper bound i.e. 10kHz in this case
So, Nyquist Rate = 2* 10kHz=20kHz
Sampling Rate =1.2*Nyquist Rate= 1.2*20kHz=24kHz
b. ADC has 12 bits, so while transmitting bits serially, 12 bits will be sent for one sample
Serial bit rate=12*24kHz=288kHz
c. Ideal brick ...
Solution Summary
This solution addresses a sequence of problems related to the music signal transmitted over a digital radio link. Sampling rate requirement, ADC choice and link serial bit rate are calculated. The filter cut-off frequency and SNRQ at the receiver output as well as the variation in SNRQ and its effect on the ADC/DAC are analyzed.


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New consortium expresses interest in purchasing Hudson Bay Rail lineWritten by Mischa Wanek-Libman, editor
On May 3, a consortium of Manitoba First Nations, led by Chief Glenn Hudson, and in partnership with iChurchill Inc., a private Canadian company, said it entered into an agreement to purchase the Hudson Bay Railway (HBR), the Port of Churchill and associated assets.
HBR, which is owned by OmniTRAX, Inc., has had service suspended since May 2017 following damage that was the result of severe flooding.
Chief Glenn Hudson, leading member of the First Nations consortium, said, "I stand together with my Northern Colleagues to welcome in a new day in Manitoba. A day that shows Canada the strength of First Nations, that shows how true partnerships are formed and ensures that together, the First Nations will build a stronger North, a stronger Manitoba and a stronger Canada. This is a true opportunity for all levels of government to put reconciliation into action."
Merv Tweed, president of OmniTRAX Canada, said the iChurchill group is one of several offers being evaluated and no transaction has been completed.
OmniTRAX Inc. entered into a Memorandum of Understanding in December 2016 with Missinippi Rail and One North on a potential sale of the Hudson Bay Rail line for a reported CA$20 million (US$161.18 million). In November 2017, a Toronto-based holding company, Fairfax Financial Holdings, had expressed interest in a partnership with Missinippi Rail and One North to buy the northern Manitoba rail and port infrastructure.
Should the iChurchill group formally execute the transaction, it plans to post a Request for Proposals for repair work shortly to "ensure repairs are well underway in advance of the fall/winter season."
In October 2017, the government of Canada gave OmniTRAX 30 days to fix the line or face legal action. The government followed through with its ultimatum Nov. 13, when it filed a breach of contract lawsuit against the shortline holding company.


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It's the last day of our blog hop and our topic for today is homeschooling. Let's face it, as busy as we are, homeschooling during this season can be challenging!! I usually try to lighten up our schedule, reducing our elective classes to a couple of days per week. We always take the entire week of Thanksgiving off, and usually we have a 3 week Christmas break. This isn't a big deal for us, we just school until we finish everything that needs to be done, and we get to enjoy more of the holiday season together.
I also try to focus some of our instruction on the holiday season. Usually we take a break from our regular bible studies to study something more topical. Last year, we used two unit studies from Notgrass for this purpose. The first, was Celebrate Thanksgiving, which had 15 cross-curriculum lessons focused on the history of Thanksgiving and included making a "Thanksgiving scrapbook" which was pretty cool! For Christmas we used Celebrate the Savior which consisted of lessons focused on the events surrounding Jesus' eventual birth. With this study, my boys made a "baby book for Jesus" which I know is going to be a keepsake for years to come!!
In addition, I am always on the lookout for "freebie" activities on line that I can use, and sometimes you find some good ones. I usually add these in on days where we are feeling that "holiday slump" and we aren't very motivated to do school. I also check out as many holiday books from the library as I can, and use these for read alouds. This year I am looking at holiday unit studies from Hands of a Child. We have used some of their unit studies in the past, and we enjoy them and they are very affordable. I will probably try to download at least one by the end of the month.
In addition, my husband and I like to do a special focus family devotional that runs from Thanksgiving to Christmas. Last year we used Celebrate Jesus at Christmas by Kimberly Reese. It's a really nice family devotional that incorporates the figures from your nativity set as they journey to Bethlehem. I also used the book, The Angel and the Christmas Rabbit, which is just amazing!! It has 24 advent stories, told by the main characters, as the angel tries to think of a present he can give to baby Jesus for his birthday. I got both of these books from my library last year, but I am going to order this one for myself!! In the past, we have also done a Jesse Tree, and I just used resources I found on the internet for that!!
For this year, I have been searching my library again, and I have a few books in mind for our devotional activities. I will probably start checking some of them out soon to see which ones I want to use. Some of the ones I am looking at for now are:The ADVENTure of Christmas, by Lisa Whelchel, Momma's Enchanted Supper by Carol Dechant and Let Every Heart by Thomas Pless.
Of course, we always read some of our old favorites from our picture book collection, like Merry Christmas Little Mouse, and The Polar Express. For me, the focus of our holiday homeschool is really about celebrating the amazing things God has done for us, and enjoying as much family "cuddle time" as we can. If you have any great ideas for unit studies or books I can use, leave me a comment and let me know!! Be sure to see what all the other crew members have to say about homeschooling during the holidays by clicking here:
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My husband and I grew up in the heartland. I was the girl next door and he was my brothers friend. We dated only a few times, but it wasn't romantic at the time, he was too much my a buddy.
Almost 20 years later we met again. Back in the heartland that he had never left. He had been farming and raising his family here for 15 years. I had just ended a marraige with a man who was controling and abusive. Though my heart said no man shall ever enter here again, there was a trusted friend who also was going through a painful situation. "Lucille" left him with 4 hungry children and a crop in the field..not just a song anymore not here.
We spent time with our familys together on odd weekends when the children were home. We would go to church and take an outing. Trying to go places with no emotional ties from their past, but rather new places and adventures so that they could create new memories. We were all hurting. The kids got along well and seemed to really support one another when it came to their other bio parent.
After a few years, we decided we'd rather raise our children together with support as man and wife rather than alone at the hads of two not so stable x's. We married.
Our parents embraced our marraige with encouragement and joy. Everyone was so supportive of the blending of our familys. 3 generations of friends and family in our little township patted us on the back for what we were doing for our children. Life was good.
With everyone except the x's. Once we married they both began the disneyland affair with the kids. Loyaltys shifted with the children. Accusations, jelousy, defiance were witnessed almost daily in our home. Phone calls from my step-childrens' mother would send them up the walls. Crying, complaining, even making up stories of desperation when I was standing right there. That is when I first felt invisible in my new life.
I had found a family therapist that would come to our home. She spent time bonding with us all and the younger kids especially loved her visits. By now my step daughter KT really wanted to live with her mom. We couldn't help her find peace with her little life. She was beginning to alienate friends and push herself away from those who loved her. She talked about plans of running away.
The therapist was so helpful and seemed to ease KT's pain. She helped her sort out the truths in her life. Her mother had started telling the children that their dad was mean to her and had abused her. Since that had been my past life, I really had to sit back and look at our situation. No where could I see evidence of this with my husband. He was gentle, kind, understanding, hard-working, etc. what more could a woman want? The kids began to build resentment. Once we conquered that- then the next issue became my meanness (is that a word).
When they went to mom's house they would be encouraged to tell stories that portrayed me as a demon in their lives. KT was reported as telling on her brothers if she saw them hug me,smile at me, or to have minded me in anyway. They would be chewed out. This is so crazy I still can't wrap my mind around it. They told my children about this. They laughed about it, sharing these stories in time brought my oldest son against me as well. Wanting his older step brothers complete approval, he turned.
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Magical Re-thinking: Minneapolis Ceramic Artist Ginny Sims
Imagine a room where tables float from Crayola-painted panels and shelves of pottery teeter forth. One part Dr. Seuss and two parts Bloomsbury Group, it's a pop-up book of breakables, the white box transformed into a trippy parallel universe. But once the whimsy wears off, the fragile looms. A plate of erased bodies hangs from a daffodil wall, twin boxers clock each other's blank faces, mugs blur at their centers methodically rubbed out.
Welcome to the uncanny world of artist Ginny Sims. Whether due to the ubiquity of registry culture or the dual rise of the HSN and QVC, domestic ware would hardly seem to be objects of resistance—and that's where Sims seeks to shake things up. Mining the history of English pottery, she infuses traditional forms with allusions to contemporary exigencies. Hers is an art of quiet upset—an urn that yearns, a kettle that unsettles, a vase effaced of figurative clarity. A monolithic wall appears on a commemorative plate; on another, a comic bubble simply reads "No."
Raised in Little Rock, Arkansas, Sims moved north to pursue an MFA at the University of Minnesota. She now teaches ceramics and art history at the Minneapolis Community and Technical College, as well as at the University of Minnesota. Her recent residency at The White Page, a studio and gallery space in South Minneapolis, led to her fall 2017 exhibition, "Six Towns."
"It's sort of a mash-up of English style and my aesthetic," she explains of a series of bright vases, the final inspired by Italian architect and designer Ettore Sottsass. "I actually spray-painted that one. My own humorous nod to high design."
You pick up on past ceramic traditions, but as your artist statement reads, you are also invested in "forgotten, implied and traumatized senses of self, family and community." What does that mean with respect to ceramics?
Those words might seem pretty heavy when it comes to objects so rooted in commonplace domestic tableware. But I do look to moments in ceramic history for my ideas—it's my biggest inspiration. I'm always looking at past ceramic forms and reinventing them—in ways for my own contemporary self, but also for the socio-political moments that we're living through now. The language of trauma also opens up a way for me to include my own stories—about family, loss, abandonment and then relating that to the collective human spirit.
So your work sounds like a cross between the historical and deeply personal. Does that feel accurate?
Definitely. I like to marry the two. There's no end—ceramics history is so vast and contains both. I teach art history, and I'm always still learning about prehistoric ceramics—Chinese storage vessels will have the same effect on me as a Korean vase from 800 B.C., the whole linear progression of what they were used for, and the fact that these were actual containers that betray information of all kinds: the social, political. Everything.
Right now what I'm tapping into are the factory wares from 18th-century England. I got a grant to visit the northern industrial part of England in the summer of 2016 and got to see a lot of the old factories. What's fascinating to me is how in the beginning of factory ware, the evidence of the artist's hand survived production. I love the naiveté of the actual hands involved—objects getting messed up, hands interfering in the molds of ceramics, the sloppiness that took place before it became more refined. That's partly what my new work is based upon.
Visiting that region and seeing how devastated that part of England is now—how it took such a toll on the people—also really interested me. I became really interested in the social messages emblazoned onto teapots. When we think of commemorative plates today—of Princess Di and Prince Charles, for example—those came from a history of political propaganda on teapots in the 18th and 19th century. I'm interested in borrowing that way to put a message on a piece.
The whole reason I got into factory wares was because of the potters' sketchbooks that I saw at the Victoria and Albert Museum—these beautiful 300-year-old sketchbooks, covered in dirt from the factory workers' hands. It was so powerful to see these hand-drawn profile views of pots. A lot of my work is made to look like those drawings.
To what extent do you see your work as functional versus meant for display?
That's a hard question for me. Ultimately I'd love for them to be used, but there's nothing wrong for them to be admired on their own. I'm getting to a point where I can't crank out work. I think maybe subconsciously I'm slowing down my process to make each piece more unique and more loved, and maybe more of an art object than a mass-produced, wheel-thrown pot for everyday use.
You have a past installation called a "Room for Jean Cocteau." Does his philosophy still influence you?
It's definitely still a concept that's important to me, and I've revisited it with my most recent show. With that room for Cocteau, I was looking at magical, surrealist imagery. I wanted to convey this living space based off of a Cocteau film called "Beauty and the Beast." The characters are completely unaware that the objects around them are alive and following them throughout the home. In my show, I wanted my ceramics to capture that kind of heartbeat in the room, a room that's alive with no actual living thing.
You grew up in Little Rock, and now you're based in Minneapolis—a place with such creative energy. How has it shaped your outlook?
I've always been in the middle of America. I'm from Little Rock, moved to Kansas City, and ended up in Minneapolis. Growing up, I actually always wanted to live on the coast, but for someone interested in ceramics, you first need to prioritize having room. Ceramics studios in New York City, for example, leave barely any room for things to happen. The schools that are bigger ceramics centers tend to still be in middle America—Indiana, Ohio, Nebraska—places where there is a lot of space. What are you most excited about right now?
With my new work, I'm getting at some things I've wanted to do for some time. For my current show, I'm painting directly onto the wall, creating a more colorful, detailed space than I have before. I've been looking a lot at the Charleston Farm House in England—the Bloomsbury Group with Virginia Woolf. A lot of that group didn't have formal art-making skills, but everything from the paintings to the vases on the wall were really inspiring.
It seems like in so many ways you pull from a diverse history and apply it to today's tumultuous zeitgeist.
In terms of today's political moment, it can't be ignored. It's not something I touch on directly—no emblazoned images of Trump. But there is this feeling of erasure in a lot of my work right now—these framed spots on my mugs and teapots that would normally have a silhouette of a person now represent a darkness or void. That is my way of making the work political, of thinking about what's happening today and relating that to pottery. It's hard to make political work without being overt about it, but I'm more interested in the feelings rather than a direct message.
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Taiwanese food has always had a hold on me. I love the strong flavors. Being keen on strong flavors, I've increased the amount of spices used. Also being a fan of noodles, I added noodles to the Braised Pork dish to make Taiwanese Braised Pork Noodle Soup. It is a great dish to warm up with on a cool winter's day.


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Hi there i'm newb in OpenSUSE and linux in general.
I'm currently using OpenSUSE11.1 32bits and i want to install the OLPC SUGAR, i added the repositories of sugar to YaST and when i tried to install a message prompt saying that SUGAR needed Sugar activities journal rpm, then i search in the repositories files and it was there i tried to install it but it need the "libpython2.5.so.1.0" and i don't know how to install that.
i currently have python 2.6 and installed a lot of things related to python but non of them seemed to work.
Thank you in advance


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The Office of Government Ethics will now allow lobbyists to contribute anonymous gifts to White House staffers' legal defense funds — including those caught up in the current Russia probes, per a Politico report. Lobbyists were previously banned from doing so.
Why it matters, as Politico's Darren Samuelsohn writes: "The little-noticed change could help President Donald Trump's aides raise the money they need to pay attorneys as the Russia probe expands — but raises the potential for hidden conflicts of interest or other ethics trouble."


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I really liked the title of this guy's website, apart from the interesting information it contains. Two selections: the world's smallest, lightest gas stove, and how to refill hiking gas canisters:
World's Lightest Gas Stove – 25 grams: You can find this little guy available in a variety of places under different pseudonyms. I don't know whether they are all the same. it has had mixed reviews. Folks who haven't stressed it out too much seem satisfied it will do the job.
Refilling gas canisters: https://adventuresinstoving.blogspot.com.au/2017/03/the-g-works-r1-gas-saver-refilling.html
The gadget which will do this is probably illegal in Australia (what isn't?), but would probably work, and save you money. Howevr, LPG is highly explosive, and gas canister stoves have other drawbacks, so maybe proceed with caution:
For most trips the weight of teh emty gas canister, (and not knowing how much fuel it has left) precludes using them at all. Esbit is the most weight efficient system (and I have pointed out a way to simmer with it here: ). My personal choice is meths (aka alcohol stoves). If you are only boiling then Minibull's 'Elite' stove is impossible to beat. Mine weighs <7 grams (https://www.minibulldesign.com/productcart/pc/viewPrd.asp?idproduct=195&idcategory=2 ). Otherwise you can try the 'Supercat stove ( ). The advantage of meths is that you can calculate (before you leave exactly how much fuel you will need to cook all the things you are taking and only take that amount of fuel (I usually carry it in a small platypus bottle).
Minibull Elite Stove
Supercat Stove
Also worth considering is a wood fuelled stove. I have both the Bushbuddy and the Suluk (as you will see here http://www.theultralighthiker.com/bushbuddy-stove/ and here http://www.theultralighthiker.com/suluk-stove/. I also have a Caldera Cone: http://www.theultralighthiker.com/cookset-woes/
You could try making my Egg-Ring Stove http://www.theultralighthiker.com/the-egg-ring-ultralight-wood-burner-stove/as it only weighs 7 grams and makes a stable emergency stove in case you ever run out of fuel (or your jet blocks up if you are using a canister stove).
Bushbuddy Stove:
Caldera Cone:
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With the price of gas going up, as well as food, etc., I've decided to go through and analyze our personal spending plan. This is a principle that Debby and I learned as we took Crown, so we are tracking our spending for the month. Sure, we could get by without it, fudge here and there to make things work out right. But it's probably the wise thing to go through and analyze our change in spending based on current economic conditions.
Crown Financial Ministries has many great resources. Also, I've included a link to a blog that I read that gives some great encouragement during these financial times.
What about you? What are you seeing in your own personal financial situations during these times?


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Lourey engages in personal destruction--posted by Tony Garcia on 3/30/2006
(H/T: Anti-Strib)
When Coleen Rowley used the Nazi image (hidden with the facade that it was from a TV show--the intent was still diabolic) I said that tactic made Rowley "officially fit[] in with the rest of the looney wing of the Democrat party" because they constantly attempt to destroy people on a personal level by comparing them to Hitler, Nazism, etc. Some of the more brazen Lefties do it outright. Some (like Rowley) do it in subtle ways.
Enter Becky Lourey's effort at the same.
On the page is the following text:
First they came for Governor Ann Richards and I did not speak out-- because I was not a Texan.The intent is obvious as it is placed next to an image with the poem by Pastor Martin Niemöller:
Then they came for Senator John McCain and I did not speak out -- because I was not a Republican.
Then they came for Senator Max Cleland, a decorated Vietnam veteran, and challenged his military honors, but I did not speak out -- because I was not a Georgian.
First they came for the JewsLourey then continues on:
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for the Communists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a Communist.
Then they came for the trade unionists
and I did not speak out
because I was not a trade unionist.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left
to speak out for me.
Then the "swift boaters" came after John Kerry, but because I wasn't on the campiagn, I sat back and waited for someone else to respond.Now let me mention who Lourey is likening to the Nazis. The Republican Party of Minnesota.
The list goes on, from Carol Moseley Brown [sic] to Bill and Hillary Clinton. The right wing extremists have become masters of the politics of personal destruction. I am deeply troubled by this kind of hateful politics.
Like many of you, far too often, I am frustrated by the lack of strong and principled response from Democrats. We have watched for too long as good public servants have been attacked without equally strong and coordinated responses coming from their friends and allies.
I don't pay that close attention so maybe I missed it. Can someone please direct me to the articles where the Republican Party Minnesota went after Braun (who was legitimately criticized in her campaigns for financial issues and campaign spending that was shady at best). I missed the RPM going after Sue Richards. And going after McCain on his positions is ABSOLUTELY fair...unlike what Lourey is doing. (Yeah, have you caught that yet...Lourey is doing what she is accusing others of doing: personal attacks. Hypocrite. - 3)
Going after Bill Clinton (whose license to practice law was revoked because of his ethical challenges simply relating to the legal profession) and Hilary (Whitewater development, commodities exchange profits) is also based on issues of integrity and character.
Lourey instead makes a (unsubstantiated) link between Nazis and the GOP. There is no evidence to back up her claim. Becky, please show me the concentration camps. Are you being thrown into a shower for being subversive to the government? Shut the hell up then with the comparisons.
I do not tolerate very lightly comparisons to Nazis, Hitler, etc. for several reasons.
First, the target is 99% of the time not even close to the level of considering such considerations. As evil as Hilary is she is not close to warranting comparisons to Hilter (even if the Vince Foster and Ron Brown deaths were not suicide/accident she is not the level of Hitler).
Second, if the strongest a person can articulate their disagreement with another person is to call them, compare them or hint that they are like a Nazi they lack the intellect to even have a discussion with. As a candidate they simply prove their unworthiness of holding public office since they are absolutely unable to articulate real ideas.
Third, constantly comparing those with whom you disagree to Nazis cheapens what evil the Nazis and their leaders actually were. I promise that if this line of rhetoric continues coupled with the substandard education that the youngest generation is receiving there will be no real understanding of what actually happened in the world in the 1930s-1940s. The magnitude of the horrors will be lost, cast away as simply another bad leader. Even Sadaam Hussein pales in comparison to Hilter but the kids of today (and each generation after them) will not understand that. They will, as long as Democrats keep using this Nazi-rhetoric, believe that Sadaam and Hitler were on the same level.
The damage to the country and the future is too large to allow these things to continue. The destruction of constructive discussion of differences is hastened by Lourey's actions - 5. (I may revisited this penalty on the scoreboard for both Lourey and Rowley...these may need to be larger penalties.)
Finally, the point of Lourey's message was a facade. The true intent was the Nazi reference to smear Republicans in general. I will address her point anyway.
This past week we have witnessed a horrid display of the politics of personal destruction. The Minnesota Republican party leadership and their radical fringe supporters have coordinated a smear campaign against Senate Majority Leader Dean Johnson to advance their radical right wing agenda. These relentless and vicious attacks have become a frequent tactic of far-right Republican groups.Becky, if you really cannot understand what the complaint was, well, I can understand. I personally think the whole thing was blown out of proportion. (Unless what he said was TRUE in which case this should have been blown out of the water even more.) But the contention was about his character and truthfulness. To some Republicans these issues matter (to others truthfulness and integrity and equality matters only when it benefits their campaign and is a non-issue when it becomes a hindrance to the candidate). The issue that the GOP had with Johnson was about him using his position to lie with the purpose of rallying support. Surprise. He's a typical politician. But it is not a "smear campaign" by any stretch. The very fact that you are unable to understand the difference between a "smear" and fact is probelmatic for a gubernatorial candidate (- 2).
(I think that is a deduction of 10 points bringing her new total to -55.)


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Our colleague has prepared a report on starlings with his Italian photographer friend (Sergio Pitamitz) and professor of Italian ornithologist Alessandro Montemaggiori. Sergio in Italy, József Baranya followed the life of the birds. The big article appeared in the National Geographic Magazine in Italian, and the opening picture captures the starling of Baranya coming to her branch with food. The report is shown in the December issue of the paper.


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On the outside it may seem that I have my life together. I own a house that is within walking distance to the Pacific Ocean. I have a wife that is my best friend and a woman I fall deeper in love with every day. I drive a German automobile and have a job that allows me the opportunity to learn and work with people who bond together like family. I have set and achieved goals that many people only dream of. My phone rings daily with requests for guidance, advice and direction.
On the outside it may seem that I have my life together, but I realize more each day that nothing could be further from the truth.
I am broken. I find myself judging the world around me in some sort of convoluted effort to validate my own failures. No matter how successful I have become, I wonder why I am not as successful as the next guy. Why my townhome in San Diego isn't a house on the beach with a guest house in the back yard. Why my paycheck takes care of my mortgage, but doesn't allow me to buy the latest road bike. Why I pass by the homeless, but spend $5 on a latte. I wonder why, although I have been blessed with so much, I'm not as far along as I thought I would be at this stage of my life.
I had lunch this week with a friend of mine. He is an older-than-me gentleman from my church that works in my same industry. After chatting off-and-on about business opportunities, I brought all of this stuff up. "Am I doing the right things in my life to be successful?" I asked him. "Should I be looking for more?"
I look at my friend, and he is nearing retirement age. In my eyes he is a down-to-earth successful guy who appears to have it all together. He would surely have the answers.
"Have you ever stopped to think about that life is not all about you?" he asked me. "None of this is about us. It is about serving others, being a good friend, living with integrity, and connecting your passions to a bigger cause. If you are living this way, God will take care of the rest."
This has to be one of the hardest things in the world to embrace. While every media outlet is telling us that life is about self-gratification and success, there is also something very liberating about not living life to this standard. My perspective shifted the second he told me, "it's not about me." Why am I here at my job if it's not about me? There are greater reasons behind it all. Who can I bless by being here? What skills can I learn that will help someone else down the road? How can I bring success to those around me?
It's a fresh breath of air to be honest, and I know I need to work on it more and trust in a greater plan. I am not prideful enough to think I have it all together, but I do have to say that looking at things from the outside, I am an incredibly blessed individual. For the first time, I realized that this success has all come from a genuine passion for helping others. From my work to my hobbies, I want everyone around me to succeed. The second I turn inward and get selfish about it, my life gets stale. It is liberating to look out at the world and give it all up. It will always be a process for me…
2 Corinthians 4:16-17
Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day. For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all.


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APEX Insight: Travelers flying with Eurowings as of August will have the option of trying innovative food products from startups selected by a jury comprised of representatives from Eurowings, NX-FOOD and Retail inMotion.
Eurowings has partnered with Retail inMotion and METRO's NX-FOOD (Next Generation Food) to test startups' culinary products in flight, with the goal of offering passengers new, trendy dining options. NX-FOOD, a company that helps startups bring food solutions and concepts to market, is currently accepting applications through its website.
"We are excited to make our start-up products available at the 30,000 feet altitude," said Clément Tischer, program manager at NX-FOOD. "Eager to promote innovative food to the wider audience, we offer our NX-FOOD start-ups an access to more than 2,000,000 passengers on around 20,000 of Eurowings flights within over 50 countries every month."
A jury comprised of representatives from Eurowings, NX-FOOD and Retail inMotion will select up to four startups per batch of applications. Beginning in August, the chosen startups' products will be rotated in Eurowings' Wings Bistro menu for a three-month validation period, after which new products will be rotated in. The jury will then make a decision, based on sales data and customer feedback, whether or not the products will remain on Eurowings' menu permanently.
"Supporting these pioneering start-ups is clearly in line with our Eurowings brand values," said Katrin Rieger, vice-president, Customer Experience & Product, Eurowings. "We are thrilled to be taking this step with Retail inMotion and NX-FOOD and expect that the participating products will be a great addition to our Wings Bistro."
"Healthy snacking is a particularly strong trend … so it would not be surprising if one or more of the initial products come from this category." – José Lirio Silva, Retail inMotion
Each module of Retail inMotion's digital retail platform that is used by Eurowings will be used to support the back-end and payment facilitation of the new products, according to José Lirio Silva, head of Onboard Retail Europe for Retail inMotion. This includes modules like vPay and vPOS (for onboard payment management) and vPACK (for trolley packing).
While the jury isn't looking for food products that that fit a specific category, "healthy snacking is a particularly strong trend in the market at the moment, so it would not be surprising if one or more of the initial products come from this category," Lirio told APEX Media. "However, that is not a requirement and we are looking forward to seeing the innovative products that are submitted!"


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I am so excited to post these photos!! A few weeks ago I got to pack up my bags and fly back to Texas where I grew up, and photograph one of my best friends weddings.
Jessica and I met when she was in 7th and I was in 8th grade. Her big sister was our Youth Intern at church so she introduced us! Jess was a skinny little thing, probably didn't weigh 80 pounds sopping wet, and her sweet spirit was just as fragile as her skinny little self was. Jessica is a deeeeep deeep lover and when she cares for people, she truly cares for them. Her heart & spirit are so incredibly soft and sweet that I remember thinking while we were growing up, can someone be that sweet??
By the time Jessica was 18 she decided to go to the same college as me. I was beyond thrilled and was so excited to welcome her to my college campus!! I loved having her so close to me!! I watched Jessica grow from a sweet little girl into a beautiful young lady over the course of our college experience. Jess was there with me when Drew and I started dating, she stood on the very same stage that she was married on to support me in my marriage, and she has 100% encouraged me through my marriage, starting my own company, and she has loved my sweet little Carsyn like she is her own niece.
Needless to say, Jessica is like a sister to me and I feel so so blessed to have been able to capture her wedding day for her. When she called me to tell me she was getting married in August I quickly asked if I could be her photographer instead of trying to squeeze into a dress 5 months pregnant. She was thrilled that I offered and I was so thrilled that she would except the gift!!
When I arrived at the Rehearsal I was so excited to meet this Caleb guy that I had heard so much about. I was definitely hesitant to except this boy that was marrying my sweet little Jess, but Caleb is hard not to love. His love for Jessica is just as deep as hers. I loved watching him take care of her through out the weekend. He is such a leader and I know that he will lead their family in such a Godly way. So Caleb, I totally approve of you marrying my girl Jess ;) thanks for being so good to her.
Ok, now on with the photos! I barely had to give these two ideas. They were just overflowing with love that I just followed them around and shot away. Thank you guys for such a special day!!!


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Glacier National Park
National Park Service
PO Box 128 West Glacier Montana 59936
West Glacier, MT 59936
Wednesday, October 4, 2017
The Sprague Fire
Sprague Fire (5 miles northeast of West Glacier): 16,982 acres. The Sprague Fire was reported the evening of August 10th and is located on the east side of Lake McDonald in Glacier National Park. Because of its location and threat to structures, fire crews immediately began suppression actions. Hot and dry weather conditions and strong winds caused intense fire behavior and rapid growth of the fire. Crews and aircraft were used to slow the fire's growth and to protect many structures on the north end of Lake McDonald. Cooler and wetter weather arrived September 9 and helped slow growth of the fire. Asprinkler system was installed along the trails between the Sperry Trailhead and Johns Lake to moisten fuels above the trail. This was to help firefighters hold the fire if it spread that far. Fire activity is now minimal with creeping and smoldering in downed logs. Crews have removed all excess equipment from the fire and is being prepared to return to the regional fire cache. Crews will continue to monitor fire activity from the road and trails. Smoke is likely to be visible until the fire is covered by snow.
Adair Peak Fire (18 miles north/northwest of West Glacier): 4,074 acres. The Adair Peak Fire was reported the evening of August 12th and is located south of Logging Lake in Glacier National Park. A few smokes are visible from the west edge of the fire and may be visible until snowfall. Fire personnel will monitor the fire from the Northfork Road and aerial reconnaissance.
Elder Creek Fire (40 miles north of West Glacier on the US/Canada Border): 659 acres in Glacier National Park, total of 4,067 acres. This figure reflects changes in IR data between 9/14/17 and 9/29/17. There has been minimal growth since 9/23/17. Smoke may be visible until snow falls. Aerial reconnaissance will be utilized as needed to monitor the fire.
Smoke and Weather Conditions: With cool fall weather fire activity will be minimal but smoke may still be visible along the fire perimeter; you can monitor current smoke and visibility conditions in Glacier National Park at: http://go.nps.gov/glacwebcams.
A pre-evacuation WARNING remains in place for private residences in the Lake McDonald Lodge, Lake McDonald Ranger Station, and Kelly's Camp areas. The Going-to-the-Sun Road remains closed to all public access at the foot of Lake McDonald due to ongoing firefighting activity.
MOST areas of the park remain OPEN: The Going-to-the-Sun Road from Saint Mary to Logan Pass, Two Medicine, Many Glacier, and Apgar are currently open. Please check the park website for current conditions as weather may impact closures: https://nps.gov/glac.
Inciweb: https://inciweb.nwcg.gov/incident/5510/
Facebook: https://facebook.com/GlacierNPS
Twitter: https://twitter.com/GlacierNPS
Montana Wildfire Smoke Updates: http://svc.mt.gov/deq/todaysair


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Aeromexico to Deploy High-Speed Satellite-Based Wi-Fi on Additional Planes
Aeromexico announced that it plans to offer Gogo's high-speed Internet on an additional nine Boeing 737-800NG aircraft.
The carrier will install the Internet provider's 2Ku satellite technology on the planes, bringing Aeromexico's total number of planes equipped with the service to 29. The airline currently offers the connectivity on 20 of its aircraft.
The additional aircraft are expected to be outfitted with the 2Ku technology by the end of this year.
Gogo's 2Ku system offers speeds of a minimum of 70 Mbps to the aircraft, seven times faster than Gogo's fastest air-to-ground network. It uses two Ku-band connections to send and receive data between the plane and an orbiting satellite.
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Preparation of chromium trioxide (chromium(VI) oxide; chromic anhydride)
The addition of sulfuric acid to a solution of either a chromate or a dichromate liberates chromic acid which is very soluble and can exist in solution in the different forms, H2CrO4, H2Cr2O7 and CrO3, in equilibrium with each other. With the addition of a large excess of concentrated sulfuric acid, water is withdrawn from the hydrated forms and the chromium trioxide separates in the shape of red needles. Chromium trioxide could also be obtained from potassium dichromate, however, due to poor solubility the synthesis is more complicated.
100 grams of sodium dichromate are dissolved in 250 ml of water and the obtained solution is filtered. 200 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid are dropwise added with constant stirring until a slight permanent precipitate of chromium trioxide is formed. The mixture is cooled for half an hour or longer, then slowly, while stirring, 200 ml of concentrated sulfuric acid are added dropwise. The reaction mixture is left to stand over night in order that the crystal meal may become somewhat coarser. The larger crystals (and purer) of chromium trioxide could be obtained by heating the solution with crystal meal with stirring to 100° C and allowing to cool slowly. If this process is repeated once or twice, a more satisfactory product will be obtained. The obtained crystals of chromium trioxide are filtered with a Buchner funnel with a sintered glass disc instead of the usual paper filter (chromium trioxide is a strong oxidizing agent and will oxidize organic material). After draining the crystals completely and pressing the surface and treating with 15 ml of concentrated (65-70%) nitric acid. The nitric acid is removed by suction and the operation is repeated twice with 10 ml of nitric acid each time. Finally, the red crystals of chromium trioxide are dried by suction as much as possible, transferred in a dry evaporating dish and by gentle heating the remaining nitric acid is removed. Dried product is stored in a stoppered bottle. Yield is 60%.
If necessary chromium trioxide is purified by recrystallization. 300 grams of chromium trioxide are dissolved in 180 ml of water. The obtained solution is carefully decanted from any undissolved residue. Very slowly concentrated sulfuric acids is added to the decanted solution. The required amount of sulfuric acid is 100 ml for every 100 grams of the crude chromic anhydride. When the suspension has cooled to room temperature, The crystals are collected, washed in the same manner as in the original preparation using 60 ml of concentrated nitric acid for the first washing and 40 ml each for the second and third washings. The crystals are drained very thoroughly with suction in order to remove as much as possible of nitric acid, then transferred in a porcelain dish and gently heated on a hot plate. When after several hours nitric acid vapors ceases to come off, the pure chromium trioxide is transferred in a stoppered bottle.
Synthetic inorganic chemistry, by A. A. Blanchard, 324-325, 1936
Preparation of chromium trioxide is presented in following video by Doug's Lab.
Electrochemical synthesis of chromium trioxide
The following synthesis description for the preparation of chromium trioxide was submitted by Jared Ledgard from Kings Chem Guide, 3th edition
Into an apparatus as illustrated in the following, pour into the anode compartment a salt solution prepared by adding and dissolving 100 grams (3.5 oz.) of potassium dichromate into 700 milliliters (23.7 fluid oz.) of warm water.
Thereafter, pour into the cathode compartment, a salt solution prepared by adding and dissolving 400 grams (14.1 oz.) of Epsom salt into 1700 milliliters (57.5 fluid oz.) of water. Thereafter, put in place the electrodes as illustrated, and then attach the power clamps; thereafter, turn on the power supply and electrolysize the cell at 6 to 12 volt at 6 amp DC for 24 hours. After about 24 hours, discontinue the power supply, open the cell, remove the electrodes, and then pull-out the clay pot and pour its contents into a clean beaker. Thereafter, filter this anode liquid to remove insoluble impurities, and then pour the filtered anode liquid onto a shallow pan or tray and allow it to air-evaporate forming beautiful dark red crystals of pure chromium trioxide. The cathode liquid will contain allot of white precipitate of magnesium hydroxide, which can be collected by filtration if desired; after removing the insoluble magnesium hydroxide, the filtered liquid will contain dissolved potassium sulfate, which can be collected by recrystallization if desired or simply discarded.
Kings Chem Guide Third Edition, by Jared Ledgard, 293-294, 2014.
IUPAC Name
InChI Key
Canonical SMILES
MeSH Synonyms
chromic anhydride, chromium trioxide
Depositor-Supplied Synonyms
Chromium trioxide, Chromium(VI) oxide, trioxochromium, Monochromium trioxide, Chromtrioxid, CHROMIC OXIDE, CHROMIC TRIOXIDE, Chromsaeureanhydrid, Anhydride chromique, Chromium(6+) oxide, CrO3, Chromium(VI) trioxide, Chromium oxide (CrO3), Chromium anhydride, trioxyde de chrome, Chrom(VI)-oxid, Chromia (CrO3), Chromic acid, solid, Red oxide of chromium, Chromtrioxid [German], Chroomtrioxyde [Dutch], Chromium(6+) trioxide, Sintered chromium trioxide, Anidride cromica [Italian], Chromium trioxide, sintered, Chroomzuuranhydride [Dutch], Chromium oxide (Cr4O12), Puratronic chromium trioxide, [CrO3], Chromsaeureanhydrid [German], CCRIS 160, Chromium(VI) oxide (1:3), Cromo(triossido di) [Italian], HSDB 518, Chromic acid, polymer-supported, Chrome (trioxyde de) [French], CHEBI:48240, EINECS 215-607-8, UN1463, Chromium trioxide [Chromium and chromium compounds], anhydride, Chroomtrioxyde, chromic acie, Anidride cromica, Chroomzuuranhydride, Cromo(triossido di), Chrome (trioxyde de), chromic acid (misnomer), Epitope ID:158535, AC1L24SL, Chromium trioxide, anhydrous, 07404_ALDRICH, 07404_RIEDEL, 232653_ALDRICH, 359823_ALDRICH, 523577_ALDRICH, 675644_ALDRICH, 27081_FLUKA, MolPort-003-925-559, 27081_SIAL, 232653_SIAL, 236470_SIAL, 523577_SIAL, Chromic acid on Amberlyst(R) A-26, LS-769, AKOS005259906, Chromic acid on Amberlyst® A-26, Sulfuric acid-chromium trioxide mixture, Jone inverted exclamation markas reagent, AN-49108, BP-30107, Chromium trioxide solution in sulfuric acid, FT-0694904, CHROMIUM TRIOXIDE (CHEMICAL MIXTURE STUDY), 3B4-1941, Chromium trioxide, anhydrous [UN1463] [Oxidizer], Chromium trioxide, anhydrous [UN1463] [Oxidizer], I14-18129, 12324-05-9, 12324-08-2, 65272-70-0
Removed Synonyms
Chromic anhydride, Chromium oxide, Chromic(VI) acid, Chromosulfuric acid, Anhydride chromique [French], UNII-8LV49809UC, CID14915, 1333-82-0, C028801


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In The News
Research Stories
Desjarlais and Bonilla Receive Outstanding Student Research Awards
April 14, 2018 Cerynn Desjarlais and Celestina Bonilla were recently honored with 2017 Alan Allery Awards. The awards honor outstanding American Indian graduate and undergraduate student health researchers. Selection criteria for the awards include quality, impact, and significance of the research conducted by the nominee. Read the whole story here.
Clinton works on reading comprehension assessment
Virginia Clinton, Assistant Professor of Educational Foundations and Research, is a Co-Principal Investigator on a funded grant through the U.S. Department of Education's Institute of Education Sciences. The grant will support research to develop, refine, and validate a reading comprehension assessment originally designed for use with late-elementary school. Students for use with postsecondary students. The $1.4 million, three-year grant is headed by her colleague Ben Seipel at California State University, Chico, and includes collaboration with the University of Oregon, University of Minnesota, and Georgia State University. Read the whole story here.
Tomkinson study finds American children among least fit in the world
An international research team co-led from the University of North Dakota and the Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario (CHEO) studied the aerobic fitness levels of children and youth across 50 countries. The re/sults were just published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
"If all the kids in the world were to line up for a race, the average American child would finish at the foot of the field," said Grant Tomkinson, associate professor of kinesiology in the UND College of Education & Human Development and senior author of the study. "Canada, on the other hand, fared moderately well placing just above middle of the pack. This study is the largest of its kind so it's exciting to have this evidence at hand."
Sagini Keengwe publishes two reference texts on teacher education
Professor of Education Sagini Keengwe has edited two reference textbooks on Social Justice and Leaner-Centered Pedagogy in Teacher Education. The latest release: The Handbook of Research on Promoting Cross-Cultural Competence and Social Justice in Teacher Education elucidates the benefits, challenges, and strategies necessary to prepare teachers and teacher candidates to meet the needs of an increasingly diverse American public schools. … Read more.


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- CBD decreases ethanol-induced liver injury
- CBD reduces ethanol-induced oxidative stress in livers of ethanol-treated mice
- CBD treatment prevents JNK activatio
- CBD reduces ethanol-induced oxidative stress in CYP2E1-expressing HepG2 cells
- CBD stimulates autophagy in vitro and in vivo
By Lili Yang, Raphael Rozenfeld, Lakshmi A. Devi, Defeng Wu, and Arthur Cederbaum
Acute alcohol drinking induces steatosis, and effective prevention of steatosis can protect liver from progressive damage caused by alcohol. Increased oxidative stress has been reported as one mechanism underlying alcohol-induced steatosis. We evaluated whether cannabidiol, which has been reported to function as an antioxidant, can protect the liver from alcohol-generated oxidative stress-induced steatosis. Cannabidiol can prevent acute alcohol-induced liver steatosis in mice, possibly by preventing the increase in oxidative stress and the activation of the JNK MAPK pathway. Cannabidiol per se can increase autophagy both in CYP2E1-expressing HepG2 cells and in mouse liver. Importantly, cannabidiol can prevent the decrease in autophagy induced by alcohol. In conclusion, these results show that cannabidiol protects mouse liver from acute alcohol-induced steatosis through multiple mechanisms including attenuation of alcohol-mediated oxidative stress, prevention of JNK MAPK activation, and increasing autophagy.
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Lemonade With Cucumber
- ½ cup sugar
- 1 large Kirby cucumber
- ¼ cup fresh lemon juice
- Combine 1 cup of water and the sugar in a saucepan and stir until the sugar dissolves. Heat to boiling and simmer over low for 5 minutes. Pour the syrup into a 2-cup pitcher and let cool, about 20 minutes.
- Meanwhile grate the cucumber into a bowl. Squeeze and press juice from the cucumbers through a sieve placed over a pitcher containing the syrup. Add the lemon juice and stir. Pour into ice-filled glasses.
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text: One of Kansas City Scott Gallagher's core values is the education of both players and coaches. To support that mission the KCSG Soccer Club will budget a set amount each year from Club fees to be available for reimbursements to coaches seeking continuing education through licensing clinics, coaching seminars or other types of coaching education approved by the Board. This does not include instructional CD's, DVD's, subscriptions, equipment or other written materials. The following guidelines have been approved by the Board and must be adhered to by coaches wishing to obtain financial reimbursement from the Club for some or all of their continuing education:


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Although many mother and father consider that any resolution to house faculty their children is a radical departure from the norm and a direct challenge to the state education system, an examination of the history of house schooling and the philosophy behind it might effectively change your view. The existentialist offers emphasis on the character of the learners in determining the content material of its curriculum. This philosophy of training goals to have a accountable citizen especially in choice making based mostly on learning experiences.
Pedagogy is a term that helps us to grasp and describe how lecturers domesticate, nurture, maintain and indeed rework learners. It encompasses the goals, the skilled knowledge and beliefs, the collection of curriculum, the design of learning, the classroom organisation, the instructing and learning methods, the style of lesson supply, the nature of student interaction, the forms of control and self-discipline, and the methods of evaluation chosen by the teacher and enacted within the classroom.
College students always look up to their trainer and therefore, it becomes vital for you to have ideas to encourage them. Organization Profile: Genext College students Private Limited – by You'll have numerous academic price educators assembled underneath a solitary stage.
Social reconstructionism is a philosophy that emphasizes the addressing of social questions and a quest to create a better society and worldwide democracy. Reconstructionist educators focus on a curriculum that highlights social reform because the purpose of education. Theodore Brameld (1904-1987) was the founding father of social reconstructionism, in response in opposition to the realities of World Conflict II. He recognized the potential for either human annihilation via know-how and human cruelty or the capability to create a beneficent society utilizing know-how and human compassion. George Counts (1889-1974) acknowledged that schooling was the technique of making ready folks for creating this new social order.
Plato's writings comprise a few of the following ideas: Elementary schooling can be confined to the guardian class till the age of 18, followed by two years of compulsory army training after which by greater education for individuals who certified. Whereas elementary education made the soul attentive to the environment, greater education helped the soul to search for reality which illuminated it. Both boys and girls obtain the same form of training. Elementary training consisted of music and gymnastics, designed to train and blend mild and fierce qualities within the individual and create a harmonious particular person.
Every college can be based with its personal philosophy. This philosophy serves as the means of the school in reaching its mission-vision in direction of having quality education and guarantee of having competent residents of the nations.


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SEOUL, July 6 (UPI) -- South Korea fears the trade dispute between the United States and China, which escalated Friday, will bring an impact on its economy heavily dependent on exports to both countries.
United States-imposed 25 percent tariffs on Chinese goods took effect Friday, and the Chinese Commerce Ministry announced it would "make a necessary counterattack."
"The trade dispute between China and the U.S., the two biggest export destinations of South Korea, has intensified and the uncertainty over our economy has heightened as export industries raise concerns," Baek Woon-kyu, minister of trade, industry and energy, said at a government-expert meeting discussing the impact of the trade dispute, Newsis reported.
Baek predicted the conflict would not have an immediate impact on the level of South Korean exports to the two countries.
South Korea's state-run Korea Institute for Industrial Economics and Trade estimated Seoul's exports to China and the United States would fall by $190 million and $50 million, respectively, if the two countries impose higher tariffs on $34 billion worth of imports.
The privately-run Hyundai Research Institute predicted the dispute would reduce South Korea's exports to China by $28.2 billion, and 20 percent of the total South Korean exports to China.
"Initially, people expected the trade dispute will be resolved at an earlier stage, but things are moving unexpected, which makes us hard to make an accurate prediction," said Park Jin-woo of the Korea International Trade Association in the meeting, Yonhap reported.
The Hyundai Research Institute predicted in its March report South Korea's export-oriented economy will suffer from the intensifying global trade dispute, and a decrease in exports would disrupt economic growth and reduce employment.
South Korean stocks and local currency fell last month amid concerns over the trade war.


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This category covers both traditional craftspeople including master craftsmen and women, and artisans, such as cabinet makers and furniture restorers; and also those who upcycle and renovate old furniture.
Whether you are looking for a unique piece to be built, or some Up-Cycled and Updated Furniture to add some charm and individuality to your home or office, our gifted and talented members can help you.
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Andree Jürgens
Andree is a master craftsman in cabinet making and trained as antique furniture restorer. He makes bespoke furniture, contact him direct to commission a customised and unique item to treasure.
Florentinta are the Portuguese distributors of Frenchic Chalk Paint and associated products. Gail Priestnall has over 30 years' experience in Fashion Design and Retail and using her creative skills she is now using the Frenchic Products to upcycle old furniture. She also undertakes commissions.
Geraldine Tetlow-Sequeira
Geraldine is based here in the Algarve and up-cycles old Portuguese furniture, using chalk paint and wax, to give new life to old pieces of interesting but tired or dated furniture.
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Samantha believes that everything deserves a second chance, hence her love for furniture upcycling. She takes something old and gives it a new look, which allows an old piece to be incorporated into a modern setting.


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There is growing interest in knowing the future of the Middle East with the emergence of new crises that may ravage the entire region. There is no global peace and prosperity without the stability and security of the Middle East. This cannot be achieved in 2018 in the event of turmoil and uncertainty after the incidents of the Arab Spring. Several countries resort to protect their strategic interests with dismantling existing brotherly alliances, replacing them with an association of interests, which may shift and end quickly once the end of the interest.
The Middle East is undergoing instability which will last for many years. An unpredictable American administration with other international opportunistic countries including Russia and China as well as some regional powers which try to cover their own internal fallacies and loopholes by instigating troubles away from their borders, this would aggravate insecurity in the Middle East and North Africa region, as long as the inter and intra-relations amongst nations has turned out to be based on energy, economic and security needs rather than on brotherly relations which was the case in the Arab region. A number of countries in the Middle East which seek to satisfy their the superpowers in the West and East through back channels are using the so-called soft power, which means using money, media and lobbies to pressure countries to achieve a policy or to pass specific papers to influence the shape of the map of the region, which is currently being done by some Arab countries in the United States and other countries through the race for influence and satisfaction to the White House and the Kremlin and "Downing Street."
The next phase will witness the formation of an Arab alliance which would group countries that are interested in naturalising ties with Israel as a de facto without any terms and conditions to open a new page between Arabs and Israelis at the expense of other Arabs who, in spite of having peace agreements with Israel, have not transgressed and trespassed the borders of naturalisation at the expense of other Arabs including Jerusalem issues.
This would lead to further pressure on Arabs from both sides to accept or not to accept the American-Israeli terms and conditions or to be isolated in the coming few years as there are other resources that can provide Europe and the US with since the dependence on hydrocarbon energy is declining.
The coming year will witness a confrontation regarding the 5 permanent member states arms race to have bases in the Middle East including China and France: China in Syria and France in Lebanon while Russia in Syria and the USA in the Gulf and Jordan.
The Iraqi and Syrian wars on terrorism are almost over and the reconstruction process would start any time next year. this would lead to a conflict among countries as the stagnation and recession in some regional key powers would drive them to either contribute to reconstruction of both Iraq and Syria or would contribute to further conflicts to lubricate the regional powers economies. The upcoming presidential elections and predicted victory of Bashar al-Assad to be the coming president of Syria, some Arab countries which were against him will be find themselves isolated as they are the ones who were opposing a ceasefire in the country and because he will not accept any naturalization of ties with any of these states in the near future. Syria will accept Jordan, Iraq, Turkey and Lebanon to open their borders to start trade and reconstruction process without giving any other countries any role in the building process except for those who supported Syria in its ordeal. No ties with the Gulf states is going to be the feature of the coming few years not only because Al Assad does not want it, but because the Syrian people at home will not accept relations with the Gulf states, some of which contributed to the war that displaced more than half the population of Syria, destroyed its economy and wiped out more than 400,000 of its people.
In 2018, Syria will have a Middle East affair in which everyone takes into consideration. The main reason for the war was oil in Syria which has been discovered by the Russians and Chinese in large quantities and the gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea and in Qara in the outskirts of Damascus which was most controlled by armed opposition.
With the US decision to move its embassy to Jerusalem and to recognise it as the capital of Israel, the chances of having extremist and terrorist activities are slated to rise and that new forms of terrorists would be established.
Alliances are expected to change in the region with Jordan getting closer to Iran and Turkey as both countries have recognised the Jordanian right to be the custodian and guardian of the holy sites in Jerusalem.
For decades to come, the region will witness a state of insecurity and instability with some regional key players benefitting from this scenario, instigating sectarian wars and conflicts to export their own internal issues to other countries. Raising the issue of the minorities in some countries will be the main headings in the western and some regional media coverages, igniting wars in the name of saving the minorities fueled by regional economic deterioration, fiscal austerity, high joblessness and political corruption.
In short, the Middle East is in a whirlpool that would live in in the few years to come the "big bang" theory which many countries breaking down into smaller states.
Since the population of the Arab world is almost 380 million and the young generation is more than 75 per cent in most of these countries, constituting almost 300 million. According to the International Labor Organisation's statistics, the Middle East and North Africa regions continue to show by far the highest youth unemployment rates – 28.2 and 30.5 per cent, respectively and rates have continued to worsen since 2012, particularly for young women.
In a number of countries in the Middle East, the youth have lost their identity and they would be a source of insecurity to their communities as they have nothing to lose more with new job opening, low salaries, low purchase power, high inflation rates, nepotism, misrepresentation in the parliament and in the government which have led to the state of "statelessness" among the youth to their countries and that they would be ready to put their hands in the hands of their enemies to destruct their communities. In other words, they can be easily attracted to the camps which are opposing their countries via media. Many countries in the region are suffering huge deficits in their budgets that would lead to a social uproar regardless whether these countries are royalties or republics as the gap between the rich and the poor is getter wider.
Expected scenarios for the Middle East:
In the aftermath of the demise of Daesh in both Iraq and Syria, some of the terrorist factions' leaders (Al-Qaeda and Daesh) have been moved from their headquarters in both countries to other countries in the region to start a new war game that would turn the region into chaos for years to come. This time the international intelligence services and the establishment of camps in the desert areas in the MENA are aimed to use these leaders to have new targets, namely the Gulf States.
The attrition of some Arab armies would neutralise them in any coming war regionally and would lead to the mushrooming of terrorist factions in neighboring countries that would serve as a springboard to take action against targets in countries where some international players are not satisfied with their regimes.
Despite the American hostility to Iran and its warning to Tehran of the consequences of continuing its program to develop ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons, there is a preliminary agreement between the two countries that politics is not militarism; reciprocity of announcement on both sides against each other and the escalation is just for domestic and regional purposes. Neither Washington nor Tehran is serious about military warnings. The USA seeks to loot the money from its Arab allies and Iran is benefitting from this situation by expanding in the Arab region at a time it is seeking alliances with Turkey, Syria, Russia, China and Qatar.
The return of Syria and Iraq to the regional arena means the sharpening of nails of those who have manipulated in the two countries' security and stability for many years under the pretext of sectarian wars. This means the transfer of sedition to the heart of those countries that are suffering from internal social and political disorder.
This will be supported by the slow growth of these economies of the region due to security risks, terrorist threats and lack of investor confidence in the future of the region as a whole, which means more unemployment and more social and political pressures on governments that if they continue their austerity policies on the majority of the people while they proceed further with their extravagant expenditures on a less than 1 per cent of the population and even they started their strict policies against other Arab allies who have been serving their interests.
For this year, at best, the best growth rate expected in the region will not exceed 2% with a decline in the wheel of production compared to 2010 before the Arab Spring, as the growth rate of the economy in a number of countries recorded 3-4.6%.
Therefore, the Arab arena is expected to witness the following:
First: A game changer which means that countries that have been affected by terrorism will move to a new stage of reconstruction and peace as terrorism moves to hit other countries in the region.
Second: The spread of sectarianism is the most dangerous scenario. The recent sectarian tensions in the region, especially in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, increase the chances of a full-scale war between the Sunni and Shiite forces, and may divide the new Middle East into self-governing groups on a sectarian basis in accordance with its political orientations and interests in the region.
Third: The new authoritarianism and oligarchy in the MENA means the decline of the support of the middle class, which would lead to lack of balance in society in light of the rise of regimes which are new dictatorships as they play on the contradictions of religious, political and social society.
Fourth, countries in the Middle East will witness a severe shortage of economic and financial resources, resulting in huge financial deficits due to military and security tensions in the region that will make oil prices higher than $85.
Fifth: The security threats will divide Arab societies between the pro-government and pro-Islamic groups, including the organization of the "Muslim Brotherhood", and in light of the previous economic factors, sectarian affiliations and government entities as well as terrorist and extremist groups. This split will create the incumbent hub for further deterioration in stability.
The mid-August visit to Moscow by Gen. Khalifa Hifter of the Libyan National Army (LNA) did not stir a lot of interest. It appeared to be just one among numerous visits by international guests to the Russian capital. Several articles on Russian policy in Libya and even a Kommersant interview with Lev Dengov, head of Russia's Contact Group for Intra-Libyan Settlement and a man who seldom talks to journalists, failed to break through the overall monotony and routine. Arguably the most significant event of the visit was that Hifter was met at the airport by Libya's ambassador to Russia. Hifter, based in Tobruk, is vying for control of the country against the Tripoli-based so-called unity government, or Government of National Accord (GNA), which the ambassador represents. The standard diplomatic routine of Hifter's visit has clouded the major question about the aim of his visit earlier this month.
The general said he had traveled to Moscow to focus on lifting the UN-backed international arms embargo, to establish ties and to promote military cooperation. This explanation, albeit interesting, does not appear to be plausible. Moscow has already voiced its view on these issues, and repeatedly affirmed its commitment to international obligations, and is therefore unlikely to change its position. Speaking off the record and on the condition of anonymity, some sources close to senior officials in Hifter's LNA have said the purpose of the visit was to inform Moscow about matters addressed at the Paris peace talks in July.
Mohamed B. Almontaser, a London-based Libyan political analyst, thinks Hifter's visit will undermine the peace process. "Hifter feels emboldened by the new wave of high-level contacts with Paris and Moscow, and he will certainly use that to further his sole ambition," Almontaser said, referring to Hifter's desire to become Libya's version of Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi. "His remarks after both meetings seem to indicate his disagreement with and dislike for [Libyan Prime Minister] Fayez al-Sarraj and his categorical refusal to work under a civilian political leadership," Almontaser told Al-Monitor.
Almontaser's sympathies lie with the Tripoli government, but still, his reasoning makes sense, as the Moscow trip allows Hifter to score political points back home. Hifter's attempts to strengthen his position by parading Moscow's support — though such backing has not always been apparent — have been central to the military commander's strategy in the international arena.
In turn, Moscow had its own reasons for inviting the strongman for a visit. The Kremlin is looking to pave a way toward building a solid foundation for further interactions with French President Emmanuel Macron's administration. As Moscow sees things, Macron's pro-active stance in the Middle East along with his common sense and clear-headedness, which distinguish him from his predecessor, Francois Hollande, suggest a brighter outlook for future relations.
Meanwhile, the Libyan peace process is apparently deadlocked. If this were not the case, Tripoli and Tobruk would have jointly appealed for lifting the arms embargo. Instead, the parties directly or indirectly accuse each other of torpedoing the peace process.
Hifter told France 24, "Sarraj is a good man," but added, "He cannot implement what he agreed to." In eastern Libya, which Hifter controls, people often describe Sarraj as a weak politician. They cite his failure to eject the Muslim Brotherhood and al-Qaeda from the areas his government controls.
There is, of course, an opposing view. As Almontaser notes, "There are many obstacles to the peace process and even to a dialogue at the moment. The eastern bloc in [the legislature] was and still is strongly opposed to the [Libyan] Political Agreement," the pact signed in 2015 that created the unity government.
Thus, supporters of one party, are in essence criticizing the other's leader as weak and unable to consolidate power. Even Tripoli's supporters, however, acknowledge that Libya's western regions still pose a deadly threat to the peace process.
Almontaser said, "There are also a number of militias in the west of the country — who are afraid of losing their influence and of becoming targeted by the law for their crimes — who are taking a tough stance against any process or reconciliation that does not include them." As it turns out, far more players would rather see the peace process derailed than move forward.
Another part of this picture that must be considered is the Misrata militias. Despite their absence at the peace talks in Abu Dhabi in May and Paris, the militias remain of crucial significance in the Libyan military and political arenas. Sarraj's proponents have consented to a key role for the militias in any inter-Libyan dialogue, but Hifter does not welcome it.
The militias' ties to Moscow are of particular interest, along with the positive assessment Dengov gave them in his Kommersant interview. A lot is riding on how Moscow approaches the militias, according to LNA-allied sources who spoke with Al-Monitor off the record.
An LNA-allied source told Al-Monitor, "Iit depends on who makes contact with Misrata from Moscow. If it's the Foreign Ministry, it is normal, as [the ministry] usually stands in the middle and opens links with everyone. If it's the Defense Ministry, or military agencies, it will be not accepted on LNA's side, and it will cause a huge problem. The Misrata forces have recently paid a visit to Qatar to announce their decision to amass their own army. Moreover, they have refused to make an apology to eastern Libya. This is aggravating the situation on the ground."
Moscow seems cut out for the task of bringing about a rapprochement between Hifter and the Misrata militias. Its diplomatic role in sponsoring an inter-Libyan dialogue could emerge as an indispensable factor for success. Russia could also assist in accomplishing another mission.
Though the scenario seems inconceivable in Libya's current poorly institutionalized and extremely pluralistic political system, Hifter may well be pursuing presidential ambitions, or at least some people from his inner circle think so.
It is questionable whether Tripoli, the Misrata militias and some of the other players would accept him as head of state. It is not just about the blood already shed, but also about anti-Islamism, which has become the ideological cornerstone of Hifter's army and scares many (basically moderate) politicians from regions in western Libya.
Meanwhile, the negotiating process could allow the military commander to evolve into a political leader, if he's able to present a more-or-less clear political platform. It could actually provide the basis for a dialogue with other stakeholders.
Considering all this, it appears Moscow's support could positively contribute to the Libyan political process.
Article published in Al-Monitor: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2017/08/russia-moscow-strategy-libya-hifter-national-army-policy.html
Photo credit: REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin


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The Breakdown
Louise is working with SPAsigma promoting their courses on negotiations and the Myers Briggs personality awareness method. The courses are designed to help businesses progress and grow by using these techniques. In February 2018 they will begin shooting a new season together with a new location and some other tasteful surprises. The first few videos […]
Music with a View
Louise hosts for Balcony TV LA every month so keep your eye on their website or social channels to see the latest videos drop.
Myers Briggs Method
Louise is working with SPAsigma promoting their courses on negotiations and the Myers Briggs personality awareness method. The courses are designed to help businesses progress and grow in the way they want to. The first few videos are available to watch via their facebook page.
Club des Chefs
For the 3rd year running, Louise put on her blue dress and headed off to IFA in Berlin to present Samsung's latest built in kitchen appliances with 5 of the worlds best Michelin starred Chefs. Michel Troisgros, Michel Roux, Elena Arzak, Kihak Lim and Choonghu Lee, prepared a three course lunch for invited guests on […]
The Slanted Lens
An online show designed to offer tips to budding photographers. Each week they release a new video and Louise stepped in to help shoot two videos coming soon to THE SLANTED LENS (The link will take you to the show)
Games Show
Louise recently shot a pilot episode for a new games show which turns the usual structure of general knowledge questions and Answers on it's head. All other information is top secret right now, but we will reveal more when we know it.
Saying Goodbye to the Brandenburg Gate
At Studio 4a, with a backdrop of Brandenburg Gate, Louise hosted the final shows of Euromaxx before the 12 year old show takes on a whole new look back in the main house at DWTV. Pictures of Kristina Sterz
Leadership 2020
Since January 2016, Louise has been working for DAIMLER on their new Leadership initiative. This May sees the annual get together of all the board members, management and people involved in the project as they begin to implement a new way to shape the future of the company.
Louise will be back in Berlin and in the new studio designed for Euromaxx in 2018. Keep you eyes peeled for dates and find out all the latest lifestyle news from around Europe on the show.
Louise was shooting up in Beverly Hills, LA working for HIGHSTREET TV Together they shoot an Informercial for PEDICURVE which will have UK and possibly European distribution.