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Kosovo artist gives alternative view on EU project
The story of Kosovo, a story intimately linked with the EU project to pacify Europe, is often told in the language of UN resolutions or acronyms such as Eulex, the name of the EU's Kosovo police mission. But it can also be seen through the eyes of one Kosovo Albanian, his love of the Lupc landscape and the previously unpublished words of the Kosovo national anthem.
The Anthem of Kosovo (translated from Albanian by Ekrem Krasniqi)
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Kosovo our motherland,
Country of bravery, of pride,
Eyrie of love,
Where the sun is warm, the stars shine,
The country of our ancestors,
May you be blessed,
For ages long (for always),
We adore you,
We stand by your side.
Composer Mendi Mengjiqi wrote the lines at his farm in the village of Lupc i Eperm, in northeastern Kosovo, on 9 February 2008, shortly before his instrumental piece, entitled Europe, was performed for the first time as Kosovo's national anthem at Pristina's declaration of independence on 18 February last year.
In a place commonly associated with little more than kalashnikovs and poverty, Mr Mengjiqi's words were inspired by walks in the Forests of Lupc, which see heavy snow in the winter, hot sunshine in summer and which are home to a native population of rare Booted Eagles.
Until now, he kept the text to himself because he believed that an administration designed to accommodate ethnic Albanians, Serbs, Turks and Roma, would consider any words too provocative to give them official approval.
The "frustration" which led him to speak out is an aspect of Kosovo's broader existential angst: 18 months down the line there is no prospect of recognition by five EU states or of a seat at the UN, the economy is moving backwards under a new ruling class and suicide rates are soaring.
"I became a man without a voice," Mr Mengjiqi told EUobserver in a recent interview. "Logically you would think that since 90 percent of people are Albanian the anthem should be in one language. But you would have to have it in three or four. Even in this remote place where I live, where there has not been a single Serb for centuries, all the signs have to be in two languages [Albanian and Serb] because of the formalities imposed upon us."
Mr Mengjiqi was born in Lupc i Eperm in 1958. He left Kosovo in 1991, when Serb authorities closed Pristina's Music Academy, to study in Krakow with the eminent Polish composer Krzysztof Penderecki. He returned to Kosovo after the war in 1999 and now teaches at Pristina University. During the conflict, he lost contact for months with his parents when they fled into the countryside. His uncle's family was killed by Serb paramilitaries.
Man of peace
Above all, Mr Mengjiqi sees himself as a man of peace. His major work is a tribute to the Kosovo Albanian nun, Mother Teresa. The music of Europe stands out among the other anthems of the former Yugoslav countries by its absence of martial references.
"I wanted to share a feeling of peace, pride, solemnity and joy. It's a plea for peace," he said. "Usually anthems have a military format and character. I didn't want that. Spiritually, we are tired of wars here in the Balkans."
Unaccustomed to political commentary, the musician is sympathetic to the complexities of life for Serbs in the new Kosovo.
"For the Serbs [reconciliation] will take time because they used to feel that they own the place and now it's like they've lost a part of themselves," he said. "It's hard, because you don't have a sign on your head saying whether you were a criminal or just a decent citizen who did nothing wrong."
But he also feels aggrieved at what he sees as the EU's privileged treatment of Serbia in the face of its unrepentant attitude to war crimes and its attempts to sow division in Kosovo.
The EU plans in January 2010 to grant visa-free travel to Serb passport holders and has encouraged its formal application for EU accession. Meanwhile, Kosovo citizens have just a vague promise that EU officials will draft a "strategy" for new visa rules at an unspecified future date.
"People have this horrible feeling, they say 'OK, so the criminals are being rewarded. They can go to Europe without a visa. But the victims cannot'," Mr Mengjiqi said. "They [Serbs] still have all the power. They have the diplomacy. And European politicians prefer to side with whoever is strong instead of looking for justice."
When the composer becomes "depressed" over double-dealing in international politics, corruption in Pristina and his own guilt for spending the war in Poland, he escapes to his farm and his work. "Sometimes I lose it hard. I just shut down and go to my music and do what I know best," he said.
Shades of optimism
The turn is reminiscent of the story Candide by the French philosopher Voltaire, in which an optimist becomes disillusioned by world affairs and decides that human happiness can only be found in tending one's own garden. But the comparison would be unfair to Mr Mengjiqi, who left the salons of Krakow and Vienna to return to war-torn Kosovo and who sees "darkness" creep into his music even in the sanctuary of his Lupc attic.
"An anthem is a short piece. But when I compose larger pieces I cannot avoid that [darkness]. I want to change it. But somehow as an artist I have these imprints deep down in my feelings and I cannot avoid them," he said.
The optimism voiced in The Anthem of Kosovo remains a greater part of Mr Mengjiqi than his bitterness. The changes in Kosovo and its far-off perspective of EU membership nourish his positive side.
"I feel good now. At least I'm not scared. I feel free. There's lots of problems here but at least when I walk down the street in Pristina I'm not scared that some policeman will harass me, or interrogate me and beat me up," he told EUobserver.
"I will die with shame and regret if I don't see my dreams come true: To complete my opera on Gjergj Kastrioti, to see it performed in the Palais des Beaux-Arts in Brussels and to see Kosovo become a full member of this wonderful project called the European Union."
Gjergj Kastrioti Skandenberg was an Albanian convert to Christianity who rebelled against the Ottoman empire and defeated an Ottoman army at the Battle of Torvioll in 1444.
"In a way, I wish I lived in a more developed country. But this landscape is fixed in my heart. It feels like home," Mr Mengjiqi said. "In this valley, the seasons are perfect. It's green in spring. Then the hills are full of colour in autumn. And in winter, there's so much snow. It's so white."


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(SB1) Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program FAQs
Senate Bill (SB) 1, Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017, created the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Program (RMRP) to address deferred maintenance on the State Highway System and the local street and road system, and the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) for the deposit of various funds for the program. A percentage of this new RMRA funding will be apportioned by formula to eligible cities and counties pursuant to Streets and Highways Code section 2032(h) for basic road maintenance, rehabilitation, and critical safety projects on the local streets and roads system.
Cities and counties receiving RMRA funds must comply with all relevant federal and state laws, regulations, policies, and procedures. Expenditure authority for RMRA funding is governed by Article XIX of the California Constitution; Revenue and Taxation Code, Division 2, Part 5, Chapter 6, section 11051; and Streets and Highways Code, Chapter 2, Division 3, section 2030 (b). Program requirements include Streets and Highways Code sections 2034, 2036, 2037, and 2038.
The following information is intended to provide guidance on specific questions relating to the RMRA-Local Streets and Roads (LSR) funding. The list is not all-inclusive, but covers the most frequently asked questions about the RMRP. To obtain additional information, contact the State Controller's Office (SCO), Division of Audits, Local Government Bureau by email at firstname.lastname@example.com or by telephone at (916) 327-5733.
Frequently Asked Questions
Use of Funds
Can a city or county spend its RMRA-LSR fund apportionments prior to receiving the funds? Can a city or county incur expenditures for eligible projects using other funds and reimburse these other funds once it begins to receive its RMRA-LSR funding?
- Yes. Streets and Highways Code section 2034(c) states that "[p]rior to receiving an apportionment of funds under the program pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 2032, an eligible city or county may expend other funds on eligible projects and may reimburse the source of those other funds when it receives its apportionment from the Controller over one or more years."
Can a city or county use the RMRA-LSR funds for the costs of utility relocations?
- Utility relocations are generally not allowable unless there is a legal street or road obligation to do so.
Can the RMRA-LSR funds be expended on phases of a project including planning and engineering?
- Yes. RMRA-LSR funds can be expended on all phases of eligible projects that are street‑related or road‑related.
Can a city or county use RMRA-LSR funds to pay street or road crew salaries for major maintenance programs and for purchasing materials?
- Yes. A city or county can use RMRA-LSR funds to reimburse the costs of work performed by its own employees on street‑related or road‑related projects that are otherwise RMRP-eligible and in compliance with applicable state laws and regulations.
Can a city or county use RMRA-LSR funds for bridges and culverts?
- Yes. Cities and counties may use RMRA-LSR funds for eligible maintenance and rehabilitation projects provided that the bridges and culverts are street‑related or road‑related.
Can agencies pool resources by developing Memoranda of Understanding to share RMRA-LSR funds locally in order to implement projects sooner?
- No. The Streets and Highways Code does not allow agencies to pool resources with funds apportioned under Streets and Highways Code section 2032(h)(2).
Will the city or county need to submit invoices for reimbursement in order to receive the RMRA-LSR fund apportionment?
- No. Cities and counties need not submit invoices in order to receive the RMRA-LSR fund apportionment. However, the city or county should retain sufficient supporting documentation for all expenditures and retain such documentation consistent with the record‑retention requirements applicable to its jurisdiction.
Can a city or county carry over allocations to future years?
- Yes. A city or county can carry over unexpended RMRA-LSR funds apportioned under Streets and Highways Code section 2032(h)(2) to subsequent fiscal years.
If a city or county accounts for the RMRA-LSR funds in its Gas Tax Fund or Road Fund, can the city or county simply allocate all interest to the fund itself and not allocate it to each individual funding source?
- Yes. A city or county can allocate RMRA-LSR interest earned at the fund level (Gas Tax Fund or Road Fund).
Can a city or county issue bonds for RMRA funded projects and use RMRA-LSR funds for debt service payments?
- Article XIX section 6 (b) of the California Constitution allows "[u]p to 25 percent of the revenues allocated to any city or county" from revenues imposed by the State on motor vehicles to be used "for the payment of principal and interest on voter-approved bonds issued by that city or county" for purposes specified in Article XIX section 2 of the California Constitution.
Where can a city or county view the existing state records that show expenditures that the city or county reported for fiscal year (FY) 2009-10, FY 2010-11, and FY 2011-12?
- A city or county can view the SCO-compiled Annual Streets and Roads reports at http://sco.ca.gov/ard_locrep_streets.html.
Can a city or county amend the annual street or road reports filed for FY 2009‑10, FY 2010-11, and / or FY 2011-12?
- No. The SCO does not accept amendments to annual reports that a city or county has filed once the deadline for the report has passed. Specifically, Streets and Highways Code section 2151 requires cities and counties to file an annual report of expenditures for street or road purposes with the SCO on or before October 1 of each year. The deadlines for the annual reports filed for FY 2009-10, FY 2010‑11, FY 2011-12, were October 1, 2010, October 1, 2011, and October 1, 2012, respectively. Therefore, no amendments to these reports will be accepted.
Will the SCO provide a mechanism for a city or county to request an adjustment to the maintenance-of-effort (MOE) requirement?
- Yes. At the end of August 2017, the SCO sent each city and county a MOE Calculation Summary Sheet that must be completed and returned to the SCO by October 17, 2017. The MOE Calculation Summary Sheet shows the average general (discretionary) fund expenditure for FY 2009-10, FY 2010-11, and FY 2011-12 based on expenditures reported by the city or county in its streets or roads reports for those fiscal years. The city or county can either accept the MOE as calculated or request specific adjustments.
- The SCO may deny or approve requested adjustments after a review of the adjustments.
- If your city or county has not received the SCO's MOE calculation letter, please contact the SCO by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Will the SCO consider economic hardship and grant a city or county additional time to meet its RMRP MOE requirement, or allow a city or county to expand the number of fiscal years it uses from three years to five years when calculating the MOE amount?
- No. The Streets and Highways Code section 2036 establishes the RMRP MOE requirements; and does not provide for economic hardship considerations to allow additional time to meet its MOE, other than as stated in Streets and Highways Code section 2036(f), or to expand the number of fiscal years for MOE calculation.
If a city or county has an existing MOE requirement for another program, can the General Fund expenditures used to satisfy the existing MOE requirement also be used to satisfy the RMRP MOE requirement?
- Yes. The General Fund expenditures that satisfy the MOE requirement for another program can also be used to satisfy RMRP MOE requirements.
Can a city or county use RMRP fund expenditures to satisfy the RMRP MOE requirements?
- No. RMRP funds are not considered discretionary funds, and therefore cannot be used to satisfy the Streets and Highways Code section 2036 MOE requirements.
A city or county reported General Fund street-related engineering costs in its FY 2009-10, FY 2010-11, and FY 2011-12 annual streets/roads report. Can the city or county have these costs removed from the average General Fund expenditures for these fiscal years or, alternatively, can the city or county include these costs in its annual General Fund expenditures to satisfy the MOE requirement?
- All General Fund street‑related or road‑related costs should be included in a city's average General Fund expenditures for FY 2009-10, FY 2010-11, and FY 2011-12. These costs, if still incurred, satisfy the MOE requirement.
What revenues qualify as "one-time allocations" that will not be considered when calculating a city's or county's annual General Fund expenditures?
- Streets and Highways Code section 2036(b) describes one-time allocations as funds that may not be available on an ongoing basis. If a city or county believes that one-time allocations have been included in its average General Fund expenditures for FY 2009-10, FY 2010-11, and FY 2011-12, it can request an adjustment to remove these allocations.
Will the calculation of the MOE requirement (the average General Fund expenditure for FY 2009-10, FY 2010-11, and FY 2011-12) be updated in the future using amounts from more recent fiscal years?
- No. The MOE requirement will be calculated once and will not be updated.
Can a city or county include non-General Fund money to satisfy its annual MOE requirement?
- Yes. Any unrestricted funds that the city or county may expend at its discretion may be included to satisfy its annual MOE requirement. The funds do not have to be from the General Fund.
Streets and Highways Code section 2037 states that a city or county may spend its apportionment of funds under the program on transportation priorities other than those allowable pursuant to this chapter if the city's or county's average Pavement Condition Index meets or exceeds 80. Does this impact a city's or county's MOE requirement?
- No. This section does not impact the MOE requirement.
A city currently receives Measure M2 Local Fair Share funds from the Orange County Transportation Authority and uses these funds for street-related expenditures. These fund expenditures are reported as "Other Discretionary" in its annual street report. Can the city use these expenditures to satisfy its MOE annual requirement?
- Yes. If these funds are discretionary, the city can use the expenditures to satisfy its annual MOE requirement.
Would a city or county that fails to meet their Maintenance of Effort (MOE) requirement pursuant to Streets and Highways Code section 2036 (a) and (b) lose their funding eligibility for future years?
- No. A city or a county that failed to meet their MOE requirement in a particular fiscal year would not lose their funding eligibility for future years. Failure to meet the MOE requirement in a given fiscal year only affects a city's or county's eligibility for that fiscal year.
Fund Apportionment
How can a city or county obtain or view its apportionment of RMRA-LSR funds?
- Monthly apportionments, once made to cities and counties, may be viewed at http://www.sco.ca.gov/ard_local_apportionments.html
If a city or county does not submit a project list to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) by October 16, 2017, what happens to the funds that were apportioned to that city or county in the corresponding fiscal year?
- Pursuant to Streets and Highways Code section 2034(a)(1 and 2), the CTC will submit to the SCO an initial report of eligible cities and counties. The SCO will apportion available RMRP funds to eligible cities and counties included in the initial report. If a city or county is not included in the CTC initial report, the SCO will retain for 90 days, the monthly share of funds that would otherwise be apportioned and distributed to that city or county. If the SCO receives a subsequent report from the CTC within 90 days of receiving the initial report, that a city or county has become eligible to receive an apportionment, the SCO shall apportion the funds retained to that city or county. Any RMRA funds retained by the SCO for a city or county that still remains ineligible after 90 days from the initial report to the SCO by the CTC, will be reapportioned to all other eligible cities and counties.


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text: Index IntroductionPurpose To state the reason behind the report.Objective.What is to be accomplished by the report.DiscussionOverview and descriptionTo identify and skim the website.Main featuresIdentify and elaborate the features of website.AspectsPositive AspectsIdentify the positive aspectsNegative AspectsIdentify the negative aspectsExternal reviewOpinion 1Opinion 2Tools Used for reviewAdvantages of such toolsDisadvantages of such toolsDescribe the tools used to analyse the website.Similar Tools availableRecommendationBased on analysis give recommendation if changes are needed or why if not.Recommendation for Tiny display( Portrait and Landscape)Recommendation for Medium display( Portrait and Landscape)Recommendation for Large Display( Portrait and Landscape)ConclusionTake decision after analysing.References Cite the articles referenced in the report.Responsive Web Design (RWD)Introduction.1.1 PurposeThe purpose of the report is to provide an effective evaluation of the Website: https://www.qut.edu.au. Our main focus is on the Responsiveness of the website i.e. whether it can be properly viewed on different devices with ease.The above website shows the content related to Queensland University of Technology (QUT).I Reviewed https://www.qut.edu.au website using Google Chrome's device simulator.1.2 ObjectiveRWD (Responsive Web Design) is a web design technique aimed at designing webpages that are optimized for a wide range of devices keeping this in mind the objective of the report is: To prevent undesirable outcomes like image distortion, text-misalignment, etc.To check if the website has aesthetic appeal to the user.To analyse if the User Interface is intuitive.Make sure that the website is easy to use on different devices like smartphones, tablets and computers. To make sure that the concerned website meets Responsive Web Design standards.2. Discussion2.1 OverviewThe concerned website provides details about Queensland University of Technology(QUT), the courses it offers, research opportunities, news of the university, alumni chapters. It consists of a Header: QUT logo, Contact details, search bar, Login page linkNavigation bar: Study, Research, Industry, About, Alumni, International Students, News, Professional development.Carousel : Carousel consists of four images with one button each.Also, it has two buttons for sliding carousel images left and right.Content area: Details about courses, research at QUT, services for industry sector and campus map and the facilities offered. Footer : Links to various sections and sub-sections of website, social-media icons, and other copyright, disclaimer, privacy, etc informations.I went over the pages linked by the navigation bar. Most of them except Research have similar design and are differing only in the content area. The professional development page differs a bit, but does not lack in aesthetic appeal or information organisation.2.2 Main FeaturesMobile Compatibility6: The site is mobile friendly and is easy to navigate but the aesthetic appeal is decreased in the content area due to lists.Information Architecture: The information is presented in an organised manner so that required information can be accessed easily.1Content Formatting: The content is concise enough to skim quickly but also contains enough details for user to understand easily about what it contains. Contact Information:The contact page provides necessary details like phone numbers, emails and is categorized based on type of enquiry. It also provides the staff's contact details.Media Queries:The media queries are properly used on images and videos making it compatible with all types of devices. Load Time:The load time is really quick on computer but it can be optimised by removing external CSS file links and combining JS files if possible.2Browser Consistency:The site is compatible on all major browsers like Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Internet Explorer, Microsoft Edge.Color SchemeThe color scheme is good enough in most parts but it lacks in some areas like content area.32.3 Aspects2.3.1 Positive AspectsWebsite is nicely designed. It is device compatible on all types of devices.Content on the home page is highly abstract.Clear, user friendly navigation.All media follows w3c standards and consists of alt attribute for media contents.Navigation Bar is responsive and changes to side slider with vertical orientation to fit to smaller screens.Website works well in both portrait and landscape layoutMedia queries are working satisfactorily on all media elements2.3.2 Negative AspectsUniversity logo in header section is not noticeable enough for mobile screen.Footer contents gets crammed for small screen sizes.Content area is not attractive enough and looks like a list.2.4 External Review External review is important in the life cycle especially development phase of any product. The developers may have a bias towards their product so external reviewers can provide an unbiased opinion which can highlight different aspects requiring change. So we asked two persons from different backgrounds as to review the website and provide their views.2.4.1 Opinion 1NameBryan BrownAge34GenderMaleProfessionMechanical EngineerBryan's opinion The website is good looking and informative, the header and carousel especially stand out. It's a little bit clumsy, it feels like so much of the data is been thrown at you.One of the links7 I tried to visit is broken and gives 404 Not Found error .2.4.2 Opinion 2NameMr. Sam RasheyAge51GenderMaleProfessionBusinessmanSam's OpinionSecond I asked to review my friend Mr.Sam Rashey, He said, the colour combination is good and using it doesn't lead to eye strain.He added, website is equally informative and easy to use in all type of devices. So, anyone can access it using any device without degradation in experience. Navigation bar is well structured, but the footer needs to be lightened as it contains a lot of data which makes it look clumsy and less useful.-2.5 Tools Responsive Web Design is a web design technique which is compatible and easily readable in each and every type of device. Thus, to analyse a website is responsive or not, we need to use advanced emulator tools.Emulator tools are a common platform where the display of website can be seen in different types of devices.In the emulator tools we can analyse the website and its features in different screen sizes by increasing and decreasing screen width-height. 2.5.1 Advantages of using an emulator are:No need for different devices to check website on different resolutions.Saves time as it is quicker to use.2.5.2 Disadvantages of using an emulator:Rendering Engine of the emulator may be different from the actual device.Sometimes there are few differences between the Emulator's rendering and the actual device view.2.5.3 Tools Used for analysisI have used Chrome Emulator for my testing of Responsive Web Designing. Its very helpful and advanced tool for emulation of website on many different types of devices and check about the responsibility. Chrome Emulator provides us with advantages like – ViewportUser AgentDifferent user agents can be selected like iPhone, Nokia Lumia smartphone, computer screen, tablet screen as to provide simulation of most common screen sizes. Also, custom screen sizes can be applied and corresponding changes can be analysed.Allows manipulation of the emulated deviceWorking with screen propertiesProvides a huge number of choices based on the type of device,screen sizes, and even different brands.2.5.4 Similar tool availableVarious tools that can be used for cross-browser testing and RWD testing are as follows:Firefox SimulatorBrowserShotsBrowser SandboxnetrendererMydebugbarMicrosoft EdgeWebshotBrowseraBrowserStack3. Recommendation3.1 Recommendation for Tiny display Fig 3.1.1When width of device becomes tiny pictures get cut as Media-Queries are not working in 'About' page. Carousel image gets cut in smaller width devices5It must be checked that media queries work properly in all widths of devices.Fig 3.1.2Footer in clumsy, text is not clear enough, footer items must be arranged with ample amount of space between them3.2 Recommendation for Medium Display SizeFig 3.2.1Left sliding arrow overlaps with the image , thus proper css and media queries must be used to make it look good.Fig 3.2.2Navigation bar transforms to Navigation Menu on decreasing screen width, The navigation bar that appears is very basic and unattractive, so navigation bar can be made more attractive.4Fig 3.2.3Size of Logo decreases with size of screen, thus after a certain width logo becomes unattractive thus, logo in the header must be made of a fixed width such that it can be visible even in low-width devicesFig 3.2.4Appropriate spaces must be left in between the footer contents for low-width using media-queriesFig 3.2.5The university motto and 'Contact Us' link are too close. The 'Contact Us' link can be replaced by an icon of a telephone.Fig 3.2.6Map-Size is not proper , instead map should be of full device width.Fig 3.2.7Part of some text on the right side is hidden and no horizontal scrollbar is available. Here also we can use media query.Fig 3.2.8Search bar and navigation bar on the top are only half visible. Media queries can be properly used here3.3Recommendation for Large Display Size Fig 3.3.1Logo is not of proper size, header background colour must be kept different from logo text colour4. ConclusionI have thoroughly analysed the website https://www.qut.edu.au using chrome emulator and found some bugs and thus made some recommendation based on the bugs identified.I have analysed the website in basically three types of devices having tiny, medium and large screen sizes. I also asked two of my friends to review and got their suggestions. Thus finally using the observations and findings, recommendations and user-reviews I have finally made the following conclusions.Conclusion of my analysis on the given website https://www.qut.edu.au are as follows -Colour Combination – Colour Combination is nice, it makes website strain free and an interesting formal look.Mobile Compatible – Excluding some of the errors of 'not working media queries' as discussed in recommendation website is well designed to be mobile compatible. Navigation Bar/Menu – Website has navigation bar for long widths and menus for less width devices, which makes navigation bar easy to use and provides good UX. But a lot of work needs to be done on the UI of navigation bar and navigation menu to make it more interesting.404 Errors – There are some broken links which must be fixed or removed as soon as possible.Media Queries – Media Queries aren't working properly in many of the pages, due to which some of the pictures and text gets hidden or cut in smaller devices.Carousel – Carousel is nicely designed, but for smaller device media queries needs to be used in images so that pictures of carousel don't get cut.Footer – Footer looks very clumsy due to a lot of information put together, also, in smaller device it becomes difficult to differentiate two items, so spaces must be increased between all the items of footer and some of the things must be shifted from footer to content-area.5. ReferencesTo analyse the given website we used various resources in our report to learn and understand about the Responsive Web Design and to check the characteristics of the same. Here are the resources we have cited in our report. 1https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/top-10-characteristics-qualities-good-website-mahmudul-hasan2https://tools.pingdom.com/#!/GnOhu/https://www.qut.edu.au/3https://neilpatel.com/blog/website-color-scheme/4https://medium.com/level-up-web/20-responsive-navigation-solutions-examples-codes-21644390afeb5https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/Media_Queries/Using_media_queries6https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSZLC2_7.0.0/com.ibm.commerce.starterstores.doc/concepts/csmaurorarwd_dup.htm7https://www.qut.edu.au/study/fees-and-scholarships?a=564699


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High Fidelity (2000)
Rob, a record store owner and compulsive list maker, recounts his top five breakups, including the one in progress.
Thirty-something Rob Gordon, a former club DJ, owns a not so lucrative used record store in Chicago. He not so much employs Barry and Dick, but rather keeps them around as they showed up at the store one day and never left. All three are vinyl and music snobs, but in different ways. Rob has a penchant for compiling top five lists. The latest of these lists is his top five break-ups, it spurred by the fact that his latest girlfriend, Laura, a lawyer, has just broken up with him. He believed that Laura would be the one who would last, partly as an expectation of where he would be at this stage in his life. Rob admits that there have been a few incidents in their relationship which in and of themselves could be grounds for her to want to break up. To his satisfaction, Laura is not on this top five list. Rob feels a need not only to review the five relationships, which go back as far as middle school when he was twelve, and try to come to terms with why the woman, or girl as the case may be, left him, but also, in the words of Charlie Nicholson, number four on the list, "what it all means" for why he has ended up where he is, which is nowhere, personally or professionally, close to what he envisioned. He also has to come to terms with what it means that Laura has moved on to Ian Raymond, a man for who neither had any respect when they were together.
High Fidelity follows the 'mid-life' crisis of Rob, a thirty-something record-store owner who must face the undeniable facts - he's growing up. In a hilarious homage to the music scene, Rob and the wacky, offbeat clerks that inhabit his store expound on the intricacies of life and song all the while trying to succeed in their adult relationships. Are they listening to pop music because they are miserable? Or are they miserable because they listen to pop music? This romantic comedy provides a whimsical glimpse into the male view of the affairs of the heart.
Rob gets ditched (yet again) by his current femalething. This catalysts a sordid self examinatory process about all his failed relationships. It's centred around his record shop, and coloured by his two motley socially inadequate assistants.
Arrested development confronts 30-something Rob Gordon when Laura, his smart and successful lover, leaves him because he hasn't changed since they met. He reviews his top five worst breakups (he constantly makes top five lists, though usually about music). He recalls each breakup, reconnects with these former loves to find out why they dumped him, and wallows in misery from losing Laura. Much of it plays out at his vinyl record store where he and two clerks, socially-inept savants, live and breathe obscure contemporary music. Rob makes fruitless attempts to win Laura back, indulges in new relationships laced with fantasy, and tries introspection. What will Laura do?
- The film centers on Rob Gordon (John Cusack), a self-confessed music geek whose flair for understanding women is over par for the course. After getting dumped by his current girlfriend, Laura (Iben Hjejle), he decides to look up some of his old flames in an attempt to figure out what he keeps doing wrong in his relationships.
He spends his days at his record store, Championship Vinyl, where he holds court over the customers that drift through. Helping Rob in his task of musical elitism are Dick (Todd Louiso) and Barry (Jack Black), the "musical moron twins," as he refers to them. Dick is quiet and reserved, Barry is loud, boisterous and confrontational. Armed with an encyclopedic knowledge of all things musical, they compile "top five" lists for every conceivable occasion, openly mock the ignorance of their customers, and, every so often, sell a few records.
Rob and the staff have a strong dislike for two shoplifting skateboarder teenagers, Vince (Chris Rehmann) and Justin (Ben Carr). One day, he listens to a recording that they did (actually "The Inside Game" by Royal Trux) and offers them a record deal, starting his own label called "Top 5 Records". During his off hours, he pines for his lost girlfriend Laura and does his best to win her back.
Rob also finds out that Laura has taken up with an older man who lives in her building. Ian (Tim Robbins) is a flighty, hippie type who stops by the store one day to politely ask Rob to stop bothering Laura. Rob imagines three separate scenarios; one where he insults Ian and tells him to leave, another where he lunges for Ian and has to be held back by Barry and Dick and the last where all three beat him viciously, possibly killing him. In the end, Rob lets Ian say his piece and leave unharmed.
Rob soon hears that Laura's father, who liked Rob, has died, and attends his funeral with Laura. Shortly after the reception, Rob realizes he never committed to Laura and always had one foot out the door. In the process, he neglected his own future. Afterward, he and Laura move back in together again, and she organizes a celebration of the recently released single by the two delinquents, where Barry's band plays "Let's Get It On" and is delightful (to everyone's surprise). In the final scene, Rob finishes his advice about making the perfect mixtape, and says that he is now making one for Laura.


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One doesn't need to revisit 1948 to regularly hear about racism, anti-Semitism and violence perpetrated against synagogues and their worshipers.
However, looking back in the form of "Driving Miss Daisy," a play that takes place between 1948 and 1973, can provide a window into the conversations among those living those experiences, which may also impart wisdom to those experiencing – or simply trying to learn about – such prejudice and discrimination today.
To kick off its 71st season, the Gallery Players theater troupe will perform the play from Sept. 14 through Sept. 22 at the Jewish Community Center of Greater Columbus' Roth/Resler Theatre.
The 1987 play, written by Alfred Uhry, tells the story of Daisy Werthan, an elderly Jewish woman, and Hoke Colburn, an African American man who is hired to drive Daisy around after she crashes her car, and the friendship and mutual understanding that develops between them.
Director Matt Hermes said because the play is set in Atlanta, it chronicles aspects of the South's resistance to ending segregation – and with it come natural parallels to ongoing racism in modern-day society.
"I'm trying to show, from the relationship with Daisy and Hoke, how they're dealing with it, but also putting them in a context of what's going on in America as a whole," Hermes said. "And so that hasn't changed – we are still having this conversation today obviously. That's, again, every day in the news."
Gallery Players began when many theaters did not allow Jews to perform. In response, a group of Jewish women met to organize theater productions that were inclusive and related to their community, which became Gallery Players.
"We felt that ("Driving Miss Daisy") was a perfect fit, perfectly connected to our mission with Jewish themes ... and we've never done it in 70 years," said Giselle Siegel, Gallery Players artistic director.
Siegel said the production also reflects on Jewish identity in regard to Daisy and her son, Boolie.
"They are southern Atlanta Jews, and a lot of what drives (Daisy) is her Jewish identity," Siegel said. "(She) and her son are very proud of being Jews, but they are also sort of – just like Jews were in general, but especially in the South – trying to kind of assimilate within everything in the community there while still maintaining their Jewish identity. So, a lot of different stereotypes come up."
Daisy, Hoke and Boolie are the only three characters in the 90-minute play. They are played by Cheryl Muller, Troy Anthony Harris and Mark Shuliger, respectively.
Hermes, who also directed "The Action Against Sol Schumann" at the JCC several years ago and has acted in Gallery Players productions as well, said he liked that "Driving Miss Daisy" is character-driven. He also added a projection screen to the stage, which is used for both scenery and to show clips of what was going on in the world at the time related to the issues depicted in the play.
Moreover, Hermes said the actors who star as Daisy and Hoke bring personal experiences living through the time in history presented. He also said as a white, non-Jewish man, he worked to be "collaborative" with the stars to bring those Jewish and black experiences to the production.
"They've been able to really bring that context to the roles, which is fantastic," he said.


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September 2013
This is the full-text, online version of the NASTF Newsletter.
Next month the 2014 Nominating Committee will present a slate of candidates for election and on January 1, 2014 NASTF will have a fully populated Board of Directors. While the Board is rightfully populated more with independent shop owner/techs (3) and OEM representatives (3), there are nine other board position categories (see table) and NASTF should be proud to have the most industry-diverse Board in our entire automotive industry. (You can read the new NASTF Bylaws published on the NASTF website.)
Even though you may not care to know the insides of NASTF governance, like sausage, it does matter how it's made.
GAPS IN SERVICE INFORMATION between independents and dealers are discussed in an interview Elliot Maras of Vehicle Service Pros did recently with Skip Potter of NASTF. Questions addressed include OEM service information, the price of service tools and the need for education resources. Hear the interview in the Vehicle Service Pros News video. Click HERE.
Automotive Recyclers Association - NASTF Executive Director, Skip Potter, visited the offices of the Automotive Recyclers Association in Manassas, VA during August in response to the group's interest in NASTF projects. ARA's CEO, Michael Wilson and his government affairs team of Betsy Beckwith and Jessica Thomas were particularly interested in the constructive and cooperative interactions common in NASTF discussions involving OEMs and the aftermarket. Potter invited ARA to join NASTF committees, making clear that NASTF is an organization for the entire automotive industry.
NASTF@SAE OBD Conference, Indianapolis, IN - September 25-27, 2013 (Attendee only)
NASTF@ASRW (NACE/CARS), Las Vegas, NV - October 17-18, 2013 (Exhibit only)
NASTF@AAPEX/SEMA, Las Vegas, NV - Wednesday, November 6, 2013 (Fall 2013 General Meeting)
NASTF@CIC, Las Vegas, NV - Thursday, November 7, 2013 (Presentation to the CIC Standards Comm.)
NASTF@ASA-Midwest VISION 2014, Overland Park, KS - March 7-8, 2014 (Exhibit only)
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The Memory-Keeper
by: Ygrawn
Character(s): CJ, Toby, Andie
Pairing(s): CJ/Toby, Toby/Andie
Category(s): Romance, Drama
Rating: R, for like, one swear-word.
Summary: She was wondering about it the other day, whilst she was waiting in line at Starbucks - she can't remember why she's in love with Toby.
Author's Note: General Season 4.
One of these days, CJ will sit down and
attempt to remember why she's in love with Toby.
It's important that she remembers, because
she is the memory-keeper in their relationship. Well, that's not entirely true,
because Toby remembers just as well as she does, only, CJ is the one who says it
out loud. CJ is the one who tells their stories - about campaigns in
California, plane flights across the country, being stuck in an elevator for
seven hours in Chicago, evenings and early mornings in New York, Toby's sisters,
the disaster of the cake at his and Andie's wedding, and the one time she saw
Toby swim in a pool, a story none of the others believe.
CJ knows all these things and more and she
is not afraid to share them. Sometimes, in fact, she shares them openly and
unremittingly, simply because Toby does not.
But - and she was wondering about it the
other day, whilst she was waiting in line for her grande, extra-strong espresso
at Starbucks - she can't remember why she's in love with Toby.
There was a red-haired woman standing behind
her, on her cell phone to a friend, talking as loudly as she possibly could
about how outrageous her tax bill was this year, and the guy standing in front
of her was reading an article about Leo, and CJ realized she can't remember why
she's in love with Toby.
Which is fine, because Toby isn't in love
with her anymore. He was once, and it was one of things he never told her, but
Toby doesn't tell anybody anything important. He showed her, and CJ noticed,
because she's perceptive, and that was enough for them. She was in her
late-twenties, naive and impassioned, and he was in his early-thirties, already
balding, already brilliant, and her life was an enormous ocean and she couldn't
comprehend that her horizon would too quickly begin to lessen and contract,
that it would diminish and leave her stranded.
She's certain there are reasons. She knows
there are reasons that she loves him. There were once, and are now. Reasons
that gave her chills and butterflies, and made her laugh and ache
simultaneously. Only, she can't remember them. All she can remember are the
number of times Toby has looked at her, and she's known - absolutely known -
that he wanted to fuck her, and she's looked away, walked away, ignored him.
After collecting her coffee, CJ walks the
rest of the way to work, and she passes a mother walking her children to
school. The boy is dragging on his mother's hand, and obviously wants to go
home. He whines with a particular tone of petulance that sends shivers up CJ's
spine. She steps around them with her long legs and smiles at the hot dog
vendor on the corner. She doesn't know his name, and she's never bought a hot
dog from him, but she walks past him every day and they recognize each other.
She finishes her coffee as she walks
through security and smiles at Kevin, the security guard on morning shift. She
says hello to Ginger and they update each other on Sam's campaign. It's the
last sane moment of her day.
Everyday is like this. Absolutely insane.
Total chaos. And it's her job to control it. The others fuel the chaos, move it
around, add to it, subtract from it, and sidestep it, but ultimately, CJ is the
one who has to control it.
She's damn good at it. She's damn good at her
job, she is in the prime of her career, and that's the only consolation for the
memory of all those times she walked away from Toby. It's a consolation for all
those times they could have made love, but she didn't let him.
Because she can point to things in her life
- achievements and successes and the fact that she's brilliant at her job - it
doesn't mean so much to say she let Toby slip through her fingers. It doesn't
hurt so much to think it. She can gag the voice in the back of her head, and shut
it out. She's getting damn good at that too.
Fifteen hours later, she's sitting on her
couch, drained and exhilarated by her last press conference. Her feet ache, her
calves are seizing up, and her eyelids are sand. She can't muster the energy to
go home, and she's hungry, but too tired to eat.
There's movement in her doorway.
"Josh," she says.
"Hey." He sidles over to the couch, sits
next to her.
CJ slides her shoes off and drops her feet
into Josh's lap.
"And I'm supposed to what with these?"
"Feet. They're called feet, Joshua. You
could try rubbing them."
"Have you been taking to Donna?" he asks
"What? No."
"Oh. Okay."
Josh touches the ball of her left foot
lightly, and CJ bites back her moan. He presses harder, longer, begins to
massage her foot. There are these things about Josh - when you're not paying
attention or if you really pay close attention - he shows you how ridiculously
kind and loving he is.
It's rare, so CJ has learnt not to expect
Josh's affection but enjoy it when it appears, brief, fleeting and lovely.
That's why she loves Josh; because he is madly affectionate and caring, but he
doesn't show it, can't show it; because he wanders around in circles and needs
her to show him the straight line. Because he's here even when he's not;
because there's not a moment, even when she's frustrated with him to the point
of screaming, that he doesn't make her smile.
"Where is
Donna?" CJ asks, in a lower, more relaxed voice.
"Getting dinner," Josh tells her.
"It's like..." she flaps her hand in way of
explanation. "Way past the time of eating dinner for normal people."
"It's nine-forty-five," Josh supplies.
"See, way past the normal time."
"She's getting something for you," he adds.
Josh flexes his thumbs up into the arch of
her foot, and CJ can't help it: she groans, loudly.
"Good God, Joshua. Run away with me now, and
make me the happiest woman on earth."
He chuckles. "Okay."
"No, I'm not kidding..." She breaks off to
groan again. "We could go to a little island in the Bahamas
and drink fruity drinks and you could rub my feet all day."
"Would there be beer?" he asks. "I'd prefer
beer. Those fruity drinks give me reflux."
"We could probably get beer and good food
and people would hand it to us on silver platters. Well, maybe just wooden
ones. But we would never have to move again."
"Sounds perfect."
Josh uses his knuckle under her toes. CJ
moans again.
"Uh...I've got dinner, but I can come back,
if you too want a little privacy." It's Donna, richly amused and not at all
CJ opens her eyes and lets her head fall
back to see Donna, back-lit in the doorway, gold and silver and lovely. "No.
Dinner and a foot-rub is my Holy Grail."
"Huh." The blonde steps into the room with
her various bags and containers. "You're easy."
"What's your Holy Grail, Donnatella?" Josh
asks. His fingers move up to the balls of CJ's feet and she groans again.
"A boss who takes me to Hawaii, has a
punctual watch, and doesn't randomly yell my name and expect me to appear in
2.5 seconds." She grins. "And an endless supply of Jimmy Choo shoes."
Josh moves to CJ's other foot.
"You are seriously good at this," CJ tells
"Mm," Donna agrees and CJ wonders about
that agreement. How would Donna know? But she's tired and reading these two the
riot act is pointless. "I got you okonomiyaki, CJ. We went Japanese."
"Actually, Donna went Japanese. I would
have preferred a burger and fries with a Coke on the side."
"Not on my watch," Donna retorts.
Donna sits at CJ's desk, and CJ thinks,
idly, that she looks good there. They eat their dinner in silence, trading udon
noodles and yakitori and sushi. Josh, after he finishes his meal, returns to CJ's
feet and begins baiting Donna again.
CJ listens to their dance and wonders what
she'll wear to their inevitable wedding.
It's a strange age, when you're not longer
young, but you're not yet old.
CJ has been hovering at this age for a
while now and whilst she would like to say that it's made her reflect on her
life choices, it's mostly made her slightly irritated that she's expected to do
exactly that.
Her life choices have led her here, and
it's hard to question that, or regret it, even. You can't pick and choose with
regret - you either regret all the things that could have been, or you decide
to get on with your life.
CJ belongs to the latter school because
there's so much to regret with Toby. It's funny, because she doesn't regret the
others: Will with his gorgeous car; Jay who had revolting back hair but a
fascinating mind; Lewis' giant laugh and his giant heart; Nick who she really
did love.
But she regrets Toby, who she thinks she
might have once loved only she can't remember why anymore, and the question is
really beginning to haunt her. The question takes corporeal form and follows
her around. It sits in the press room; perches on the edge of her chair in
Senior Staff, dogs her steps in the hallways and bullpens of the White House.
It's not quite a shadow, but something of a different colour. It's not quite
menacing, but something of a different fear.
It is uncertainty and loneliness.
She talks to Sam, across the country. He's
distracted by everything going on around him, but she gives him some advice on
his last press conference and he listens and thanks her and tells her, with a
voice that makes her heart break, that he misses her.
Sam is beautiful and soft; Sam is the kind
of guy every woman wishes she could be in love with, and Toby is the kind of
guy every girl does fall in love with, against her will, without even realizing
it, in an unusual, unromantic way. Josh is the kind of guy most women think
they're in love with, but only a few rare, particular women can actually go the
The next day, Andie visits the White House for
some meetings. She's visibly pregnant now, and she's doing the glowing thing
that expectant mothers do. She looks incredible. She wanders through the halls and
bullpens of the White House with Toby, and the two of them bicker about names,
about their arrangement, about politics, about everything.
One of the twins kicks when they're
standing in the Communications bullpen, and Ginger tells Carol, who tells CJ,
how Toby touched Andie's stomach, reverently - cautiously - and jumped back
when one of the babies kicked again.
Andie laughed and rested her hand over Toby's.
CJ can picture it perfectly, even though
the image of it comes to her third-hand. Her throat tightens and she has to
read a memo three times before she takes any of it in.
It's not because of Andie. CJ likes Andie.
A lot. Andie Wyatt is a fabulous woman, an excellent Representative and a great
person. She has a lot of time for Andie, for her passion, her fire, her patience,
her humour, her intelligence, her commitment to doing the right thing, not the
expedient thing.
A friend of hers, Janie, was once in love
with a friend of theirs, Michael, who married another woman. Janie hated the
wife, absolutely hated her. And she told CJ that hating the wife was harder
than liking her. If she liked her, Jamie reasoned, she could be happy for
Michael. She could be reasonable about the situation, because she would feel that
Michael was married to a good woman.
That was six years ago, when Andie and
Toby's marriage was breaking up, and CJ knew that it would have been harder for
Janie to love the wife, because then she would have had no claim to Michael. As
long as she hated the other woman, Janie could hold out some hope that Michael
would wake up and leave his wife for Janie.
But Andie, Toby and CJ are grown-ups, and
they like each other individually, and respect each other, and enjoy working
with each other. Under those dimensions is a different world: where Andie is
pregnant, and CJ has never stopped loving Toby, but Toby has never stopped
loving Andie and wanting CJ, and it's all hollow and pointless.
So, when Andie comes to visit her later
that afternoon, whilst Toby is in a meeting, CJ smiles happily and the two women
go down to the Mess to have coffee and cake. They talk about the House, about
Danny's latest article, about the latest sex scandal that one of the FOX News
anchors is embroiled in. They talk about Sam's campaign, about Abby's upcoming
speech to NOW, about fashion and food and mutual friends and holiday locations
and hair stylists and how much they love a good piece of cheesecake.
They do not once talk about Andie's
Toby is the same. Aside from telling her, he
hasn't included her in this huge change to his life. He didn't show her the
sonogram; he hasn't discussed names with her. He certainly hasn't discussed his
feelings over impending fatherhood with her. Before, he would have. He would
have shared everything without reservation, because CJ and Toby pride
themselves on really having an honest relationship.
With everyone else, CJ tells white lies,
lies of omissions, lies of practicality, and even lies of malice because she
knows that the truth always leaves a deeper wound, a wound that never heals,
and always aches.
But with Toby she is true, and she's never
been more hurt in her life, than the two times Toby lied to her: the
India/Pakistan thing, and the way he couldn't look in her in the eye, after his
meeting with the President and Leo, nearly two years ago. She isn't sure which
was worse.
He is withholding this from her. This new
life he has - the idea that he will finally be a father - he is withholding it
from her, and CJ realizes that she does mind. She wants to know how he feels,
she wants to see the animation in his eyes, hear the fervour and excitement in
his voice.
CJ realizes she's angry. She takes the last
bite of the cheesecake and realizes that she's angry with Andie for getting
pregnant, Toby for always loving his ex-wife and not sharing with her.
She's angry at herself. Desperately,
hopelessly angry at herself for something she can't fix, the decisions she
can't take back, the time she cannot recapture. She's angry at herself for
never allowing herself to be angry.
They go upstairs, and CJ heads off to do
her last briefing of the day. It's a slow day, and the reporters only have soft
questions and enquiries to double-check their facts. CJ finds herself staring
at the space at the back of the room, where Toby once stood and placed his
hands on his chest, like the nervous flutter of a moth.
CJ's halfway through a non-answer about the
Budget when she remembers why she loves Toby.
He stood there and put his hand on his
heart, his hand like a moth, hesitant, lovely and white. Toby stood there with
an expression on his face that told her all the things she could ever want to
know about love. He has always wanted her even though he's always been in love
with Andie, and that's all there is to it.
He's Toby, and she's CJ, and that's why she
loves him, and CJ doesn't care if that's a non-answer.
It's an answer that makes sense to her.
Three days later, CJ goes into Toby's
office. He's clacking at the keyboard and his brow is furrowed in a familiar
line of concentration and exasperation.
"Yes?" he says without looking up.
CJ shuts the door. "Do you...do you have the
picture of the sonogram?"
His fingers pause over the keyboard. "Ah..."
"The one of the twins. I haven't seen it."
"I'm kind of..." but he trails off, and then
reaches into his back pocket for his wallet. "Sure."
CJ crosses the room and sits on the corner
of the desk. Her hip bumps his elbow.
"That's...that's them." He hands the picture
over and points to various grey blobs against a grainy black-and-white background.
"That's the head...and the arms...and that line of white circles...there, is the
CJ tilts her head. "I can see two spines.
This is amazing, Toby."
"Yes." The pride and love in his voice is
incredible. "Andie...Andie has another appointment in a few weeks, so I'll have a
new picture."
"It's...they're gorgeous, Toby." CJ hands the
picture back.
"Well, me procreating...it's a strange
"Not so strange," CJ says softly. Her
throat is tight again, locked-up with the restraint of remaining silent. "Not
very strange at all. They're...you...I'm happy for you, Toby."
"Thank you."
"Andie looked amazing, the other day."
"She said the two of you had coffee."
That sentence doesn't really mean anything,
only it does to her. Andie doesn't know about CJ and Toby. CJ knows that Andie
doesn't know, and Toby has always been a little wary about leaving the two
women alone.
But there are things CJ knows that Toby
doesn't, so, really, of the three of them, she is still the only one who knows
everything, who knew that Toby was always still in love with Andie even when
was in love with her, and she knows how awful he felt about that. She knows that
Toby still wants her now although he's in love with Andie, and she knows how
awful it feels about that, too.
She knows how much Toby wants children.
"We went down to the Mess," CJ finally
replies. "It was nice to catch up with her." She stands up. "I just wanted to
see the picture. You hadn't shown me."
Toby rubs his forehead. "It's not that I
"I know, Toby. I know." She rests her hand
over his for a brief moment. "You can share it with me. I want you to."
"Are you..." Toby twines his fingers
through hers. "You're brilliant, CJ. Evanescent."
"And I...I..."
CJ pulls her hand away. "I know you do,
Toby." She swallows with difficulty. "I forgot for a little while."
His eyes are wide, limitless. "Did you
She's not going to tell him why she loves
him; she's not going to tell him that she's angry, that she's lonely; she's
going to store it all with the memories she has, that she's going to tell
herself it's enough, even though she knows that it isn't.
"Good," Toby says, softly.
"You'll show me the new photo? When you get
He nods. CJ smiles, and leaves his office.
She walks through the Communications
bullpen and over to Operations, because she needs to talk to Josh about
something. He's arguing with Donna, and the two of them are vivid, mesmerising,
and alive.
CJ realizes, with a start, that had she not
had the abortion, she and Toby's child would be almost nine years old.
She walks over to Josh and Donna, and
wonders, briefly, what they would have called her, because she is certain she
and Toby would have had a daughter. CJ has wondered this many times over the
years, and has finally settled on a name.
They would have called her Hannah, and she
would be almost nine years old.
And only CJ knows this.
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Re: Rules an Yardish's Writing Sysem
Sam Stutter <[log in to unmask]>
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You could always use Braille. Caccigga only uses the Latin alphabet and Nauspayr has only "had" an alphabet as of two days ago. Knowing me, I'll change the alphabet again in a week's time.
It is *your* language, so use whatever is easiest for you. It may not even have a writing system of its own, just the one some fictional linguist has used to describe it. Or you could use Braille (or your own modified tactile alphabet) and simply say "the speakers of my language use a tactile alphabet by default". I know very little about Braille or ancient writing: but couldn't a culture derive their writing system from the one they used to, e.g. Inscribe clay tablets, bronze, etc?
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On 15 Feb 2012, at 10:25, Петр Рихардович Кларк<[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> On Wednesday, 15 February, 2012 09:00:28 you wrote:
>> How should I create Yaardish's writing system, since I know some print, the
>> only real writing system is braille, i'm not sure how to create it.
> The authorative version: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/latex-for-
> conlangers/message/108
>> Also,
>> how many grammar rules can a language have. Nicole Andrews
> Most conlang experts prefer the A4-x rule. That is, rather than count
> the actual number of rules, simply list them all on an A4 size piece of paper
> (at 9pt font size). The more pieces of paper used (x), the more complicated
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> Some natlang examples:
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> A4-2: English
> A4-3: German
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> A4-5: Arabic
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|patricia [ Sat Nov 26, 2005 12:35 pm ]
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Dear All
The results are only a week away, I believe this can be the most stressful time for parents, children, grandparents etc etc. Probably not a good time for trawling 11+ forums.
My children's junior school used to do circle time on the afternoon of results day. The head would tell the children it wasn't about success or failure but about selection and non selection.
Some concerns made by the children were very sad indeed ' scared I am going to let my parents down' 'scared my best friend wont talk to me if I pass and she doesn't'
The children, and their parents were told not to open the letters on the playground but to take home. We were also told not to tell our children their scores as this only created another ' bitching' session 'my score was better than yours'
All I am saying is, please be careful how you approach the subject, whatever the outcome. I told my children that we would go out to dinner on result day whatever their score, that way they didn't think they were being praised just for passing
|Catherine [ Sun Nov 27, 2005 7:54 pm ]
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I contacted another forum member today and ,oh surprise, he also had an identity complex. It's a very small world here.
|patricia [ Sun Nov 27, 2005 10:47 pm ]
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Dear Catherine
I know curiosity killed the cat - but who?
Only 5 days to g. It will be the longest 5 days anyone will ever experience.
Good luck to parents and most importantly the children
|catherine [ Tue Nov 29, 2005 4:30 pm ]
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I can't say who. Just say that I was looking for a second opinion but got the firts one.
|Guest [ Wed Nov 30, 2005 10:57 am ]
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Rolling Eyes What a long week!
|patricia [ Thu Dec 01, 2005 2:21 pm ]
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Its not the TYPE of school your child attends but HOW your child performs in that school[whether its a grammar or an upper]
A child could get into a grammar and may not perform.
Grammar school doesn't mean ' well behaved '
On the other hand you may have a child who flourishes in an upper.
We tend to want a grammar school education for our children [because the system is there] but it isn't the end of the world if your child does't make it.
One day to go....
|bucksparent [ Fri Dec 02, 2005 9:21 am ]
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Can't help feeling a bit nervous today (results day). I think it's worse than with my elder daughter as my younger is more nervous and has a number phobia! It could go either way. She also didn't finish either paper (had 6-8 questions left). And suffered all the usual angst when friends told her they were "easy". Was getting 65-68 in practice papers after I coached her a bit so it will be interesting to see if that's enough (didn't usually finish the practice papers either). But she has a June birthday so maybe that'll pull her up a bit.
Anyway, I think I'm just writing to ease the tension so feel free to join in! I'll put a post when we know her results. Might be useful for people in general to see rough level of Bucks pass rate.
Good luck everyone.
|Essex mum [ Fri Dec 02, 2005 10:51 am ]
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Good luck, I will be thinking of you all today.
|Mel [ Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:04 am ]
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Hi Bucks Parent and all the other parents waiting anxiously today.
I have never known anxiety like it. Like you I don't feel totally confident. Not like I did when my son first did the test. He was scoring similar to your child in practise and he did finish both tests but it doesnt make it any easier to know. He himself is quietly confident as he feels he done enough and the fact that that the DH at our school said you need about 65 correct gives him hope. I only hope he is right.
The worst thing is my son has an after school club today so we wont know until quite late.
Keeping everything crossed until then.
Good luck to you and your child and to evryone here going through the same.
|Guest [ Fri Dec 02, 2005 11:26 am ]
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Hi Bucksparent, Mel and other Bucks parent, and may be other parent,
Is anyone, not from Bucks expecting results today?
I haven't much to say today. My mind is totally blank.
Good luck to you all
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The incident happened at 10:09 p.m. Tuesday in the 1300 block of West Greenleaf Avenue between Glenwood Avenue and Sheridan Road, police said.
A 22-year-old man was in his apartment with his friend, a 20-year-old man, when they heard a knock on the window, police said.
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Servername: RACEDEPARTMENT USSECUP
Mod: Saleen Mustang SE Cup V2
Track: 1970 Daytona
Weather: Dry
Start Time: 21:45 EST / 18:45 WST / 01:45GMT (thursday)
Practice: open server
Qualification: 15mins (9:45 PM EST)
Warmup: 10mins
Race:13 Laps
Qualification: 15mins (9:45 PM EST)
Warmup: 10mins
Race:13 Laps
Notes: Click here to read the password and golden rules!
We have a new way of reporting and punishing incidents in the Racing Club, using an infractions system - read more here
You are actively encouraged to use this system - we like to keep driving standards high - so if you feel you were wronged in any way during an event simply send the event organiser a private message detailing the incident including a youtube video. Do not post reports/accusations in the thread itself - negativity and anger gets us nowhere.