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Heppenheim Pipe Organ Samples
Heppenheim Pipe Organ Samples is a symphonic virtual pipe organ chromatically sampled stop-by-stop from Saint Peter's Church Heppenheim, Germany. The organ was built by Wilbrand in 1997. The instrument has 43 stops on 3 manuals and a pedalboard.
Besides its photo-realistic modeled and full-featured console, the Heppenheim Pipe Organ Samples contributes financially to the upkeep of the original instrument.
Key features
- The real pipe organ
- the 1997 Wilbrand pipe organ of the St. Peter Church in Heppenheim, Germany
- 43 stops, 3 manuals (with 56 keys) and pedal (with 30 keys)
- 2 tremulants (tremolos)
- The recording
- All stops were sampled chromatically
- Advanced Pipe Organ Measurements (APM)
- The sample set
- 48 kHz / 32-bit format, 2-channel stereo samples
- Natural sound image — the samples authentically preserve all spatial information
- Multiple loops and releases per sample/key stroke
- Hybrid Tremulants
- One-click assignable keyboards to divisions supporting your console configuration
- Optional organ engine sounds and noises
- Touch sensitive keyboard noises
- Multiple pages and touchscreen-optimized for 4:3 landscape displays
- Portrait graphical interface included for 16:9 displays in Hauptwerk 4.x
- Shipping
- download
Heppenheim (HEP) Pipe Organ Samples is a fully playable, freely configurable, intuitively manageable and MIDI-controllable virtual pipe organ for the Hauptwerk™ virtual pipe organ software, for PC and Macintosh computers, delivering the sound of the 43-stop Wilbrand symphonic pipe organ of the Saint Peter Church, Heppenheim, Germany, to your computer.
The sample set
The real pipe organ has been entirely virtualized, including all sounds of all of its pipes, all functions including the original tracker sounds are provided, allowing realistically sounding repetitive notes. With the KeyboardMass functionality, the inertia of the mechanics of the key action is modeled. By providing the additional feature of adjustability the response speed of the pipe speech when a key is released can be changed to your taste. Thus you can make the keyboards feel very heavy by increasing the slider values, or extremely responsive by decreasing.
Sample format
The final sample set has been made available in 48 kHz / 32-bit 2-channel stereo. Multiple, lengthy loops were carefully selected for each sound sample.
The natural church acoustics representing the recording conditions are embedded in the samples with multiple release sample layers; the acoustics heard in the sample set corresponds to the sound heard in the church. The sample set is recorded in a way that it is also fully compatible with dry acoustic spaces and additional convolution reverberation.
Multiple release samples and multiple loops
Multiple loops and release samples are provided for each sample. Triggered to play back randomly, this elaborate looping results in sustained notes of unmatched realism. The loops were calculated in a well-planned way, yielding both shorter and longer loops for each sample. Multiple release samples provide realistic, note-off-triggered pre-recorded reverberation for different lengths of notes. For example, a short note, with sound not fully developed will produce a different reverberation than a long sustained note. This quality is preserved in the sample library by providing multiple release sample layers.
Hybrid tremulants
Stops with the tremulant engaged were recorded separately on this pipe organ. Some of these stops are included in the sample set as 'sampled tremulants', while others - using a proprietary analysis method - were included using LFO-based tremulants. This hybrid model supports using the minimum amount of additional RAM and polyphony while providing a rich tremulant sound.
Advanced Graphical User Interface (GUI)
The graphical interface of this organ was carefully modeled by employing hundreds of photographs and measurement in full 3D and the interface was implemented in a non-orthographical, perspective console view that is fully photo-realistic and operational at the same time. The keys move while you play, and every button responds appropriately to your actions. Both multiple- and single-screen operation is possible: the large number of stops can be operated conveniently from a wide choice of interface pages displayable on multiple touchscreens. Alternatively, convenient single screen operation is also provided.
Availability and shipping
Heppenheim Pipe Organ Samples is available from 1 November 2014 (pre-order) and 7 November 2014 (shipping) in download delivery.
|Feature type
|Trial Edition
|Personal Edition
|General features
|Keyboard compass (manual/pedal)
|Multichannel format
|stereo 2.0
|stereo 2.0
|Available acoustics
|Chromatically sampled
|Multiple loops
|Multiple releases
|sampled and LFO
|sampled and LFO
|Engine noise optional
|Touch sensitive tracker noise
|Single touch screen support
|Multiple touch screen support
|Portrait screen support
|All functions MIDI & GUI controllable
|On-screen combination actions
|General combinations
|General combination memory frames
|PerformanceSequencer™, a combination action for organ settings
|Remembering sliders
|Advanced features and helpers
|Single-click keyboard to division assignment
|Additive crescendo and EasyCrescendo™ programming
|Programmable crescendo banks
|Dynamic KeyboardMass™ feature
|Swell pedals
|All divisions enclosed
|Download size (GB)
|Product delivery options
Did you know? With the features equivalent to the Personal Edition, a time-limited Trial Edition is also available as a free download, just click on the Try icon above.
The organ and the church
The first reference of the St Peter's Catholic Parish Church situated in Heppenheim is dated back to the year 755, named as Basilica Sancti Petri. The present church was built between 1900 and 1904, designed by Ludwig Becker. The monumental neo-Gothic church is also known as Cathedral of Bergstaße. This name earned by being visible from kilometers around and from the famous Bergstraße Route ("Mountain Road").
The new church maintained and integrated the old tower while is made up of three naves, one transept and the choirs including a main choir and two side choirs. The long nave and the transept reflects the enormous dimensions of the church with the crossing in the heart of the building. After the Second Vatican Council the church has its first renovation period between 1968 and 1969. The interior of the building is changed by removing the pulpit and moving the lithurgical center to the crossing. The centre of the sanctuary is dominated by the altar. During the restoration in 2002, the pulpit was rebuilt in its former shape, a new ambo was put up under the dome and the baptismal font was also moved here.
The first of the four previously known organs is built in 1700, and damaged by lightning in 1703. The repaired instrument was destroyed in a church fire in 1732. The new organ, built in 1742, did its service until the demolition of the church in 1900. The next pipe organ, which was a small intstrument, was designed for the temporary church - later town hall - in 1900 by the organ builder Voigt. In 1904, this organ was built in the new church, the "Cathedral of Bergstraße".
There were plans to build a larger organ from 1909, but the First World War and the economic crisis allowed only in the 30s to think of the construction of a new organ. The church contracted with the organ builder company Klais, Bonn, but the contract was terminated in the Second World War.
In 1955, for the 1200th anniversary of city of Heppenheim, a new organ was built by Kemper from Lübeck. This instrument was kept reasonably playable until 1996. Then this organ was dismantled and replaced by a new organ by the organ builder Wilbrand in 1997, integrating the still usable pipes in it.
The west window of high artistic value had to remain free, so the pipes are arranged in separate cases. The Hauptwerk and Schwellwerk are on the left, the Pedalwerk is on the right, and the Rückpositiv is on the balustrade of the gallery. The organist sits with his back to the case of the Hauptwerk.
The disposition of the new organ is almost the same as the Kemper organ. It has 43 stops on three manuals of 56 notes and a 30-key pedalboard. The pipe scale and the intonation emphasize the dark richness of sounds, so the instrument is suitable to play romantic as well as symphonic music.
Specification of the Wilbrand organ at St. Peter Church, Heppenheim
|Pedal C–f1 (30)
|I. Hauptwerk C–g3 (56)
|II. Schwellwerk C–g3 (56)
|III. Rückpositiv C–g3 (56)
|6 Prinzipalbass 16'
|20 Prinzipal 16'
|33 Prinzipal 8'
|46 Quintade 8'
|10 Subbass 16'
|19 Prinzipal 8'
|36 Rohrflöte 8'
|47 Holzgedeckt 8'
|4 Quintbass 10 2/3'
|23 Bourdon 8'
|34 Salicional 8'
|45 Prinzipal 4'
|5 Holzoktave 8'
|24 Holzflöte 8'
|35 Unda maris 8'
|48 Rohrflöte 4'
|11 Rohrflöte 8'
|18 Oktave 4'
|32 Prinzipal 4'
|44 Waldflöte 2'
|3 Prinzipal 4'
|25 Spitzflöte 4'
|37 Spillpfeife 4'
|49 Quinte 1 1/3'
|12 Gedecktflöte 4'
|17 Quinte 2 2/3'
|38 Nasard 2 2/3'
|50 Sesquialter III
|2 Posaune 16'
|16 Doublette 2'
|39 Blockflöte 2'
|43 Scharf 2/3' III-IV
|1 Trompete 8'
|15 Mixture 2' III-IV
|40 Terz 1 3/5'
|42 Krummhorn 8'
|14 Zimbel 1/2' II
|31 Mixtur 1 1/3' III
|41 Tremulant
|13 Trompete 8'
|30 Bombarde 16'
|29 Trompete harm. 8'
|28 Oboe 8'
|27 Clairon 4'
|26 Tremulant
System requirements and recommendations
It is intended (and required) that the Heppenheim Pipe Organ Samples be operated within Hauptwerk, a virtual pipe organ host software application (purchased separately). The Heppenheim Pipe Organ Samples work with Hauptwerk V and later, and a valid license for Hauptwerk is required to load the organ.
|System requirements for the Heppenheim Organ
|Host software
|Hauptwerk version V or later
Advanced Edition is recommended, Basic Edition is required
|i7 or Xeon or better is recommended
Dual-Core or equivalent is required
|Sound card
|ASIO compatible recommended
The Trial Edition requires the presence of a Hauptwerk USB key with a valid license for Hauptwerk.
For further information, please refer to Hauptwerk's detailed requirements on Hauptwerk's website.
Detailed RAM and polyphony guidelines
Hauptwerk loads all samples in the computer's RAM, with several loading options available according to your computer's specification. For wet sample sets offering built-in long reverberation, most of the RAM usage is due to the release samples. If you have convolution or other reverberation technology available, less RAM and polyphony will allow you to load and play the full organ. If you have more RAM, you can load the full organ with the release samples and enjoy the original sound. We recommend using Hauptwerk's built-in lossless memory compression to reduce the loading size. Below we have summarised the RAM requirements with their corresponding quality options.
|RAM requirements for the Heppenheim organ
|Loading setup
|Required RAM
|Computer RAM*
|Personal Edition
|Full organ, 43 stops
|250 ms (all)
|Full organ, 43 stops
|For convolution reverb
|120 ms (single)
|Trial Edition
|All 43 stops
*The Required RAM column above is the memory requirement that also includes Hauptwerk*'s own memory consumption, so this represents the RAM the sample set and Hauptwerk* together will use, but some additional RAM may be required for the operating system itself, (not included in these figures). The measures were obtained on a Windows-based computer. The Computer RAM column shows a recommendation on the amount of RAM your computer should have as a minimum for a given loading setup assuming that some additional RAM is used by the operating system. This value might be different for each case so we recommend the maximum possible amount of RAM installable in your computer for this sample set, except if you are working with external reverberation or in a dry acoustic environment. Also note that on the Mac you may require more RAM in the computer than the value indicated above, due to the Mac OSX RAM allocation behaviour. Also note that Windows is capable of loading more content than your available RAM, loading (paging) the additional sample data to your hard drive, reading it once the sound is needed (played). In some cases this will cause glitches in the sound when played in real time since the hard drive is slower to access than the computer's RAM, but makes the full library usable in offline music composition and recording even if you do not have the required amount of RAM.
Hauptwerk V platform
- Hauptwerk V license is required for the operation of the sample set
- No license update or activation procedure is needed to use this sample set
This sample set comes in an encrypted format compatible with Hauptwerk v5. Both the full and the Trial editions of the sample set require the presence of a Hauptwerk v5 evaluation, subscription or perpetual license.
Modifications and customization
If you are planning a custom or commercial application that requires a different setup what this sample set offers out-of-the-box, please contact us for making a customized version for you.
Modification or disassembling the contents of this sample set through the CODM interface of Hauptwerk is not supported since the variety of functions and the availability of the sample set's certain special features already offers most of the functions the CODM interface may offer. The complexity of the Organ Definition File shipping with this sample set is uniquely high and building custom variants requires a certain amount of special expertise. Legally, the end-user license of this sample set is permitting using the samples as a whole, as they ship.
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Huawei P9 family with Leica cameras launch today; here's what to expect
Later today, from 2pm onwards UK time, Huawei will unveil its latest flagship phone. Or should I say phones, as the P9 is likely to form a family of phones – with varying specs and sizes.
Thus far, various details have leaked but often with contradictory data. This may be down to the fact that there could be a small, normal, pro and max model – similar to the range that was launched last year with the P8.
I'll be at the launch event this afternoon, and I will be available on Twitter to take your questions about the new phones – in particular the 'normal' P9 that should come with a 5.1 or 5.2-inch full HD display, and powered by Huawei's own Kirin 950 or 955 SoC.
Unlike last year's P8, it seems certain the P9 will improve on the disappointing Wi-Fi support (2.4GHz 802.11mn only) in favour of dual-band Wi-Fi with 802.11ac, but it's not clear if it will 'only' support Cat 6 4G or higher categories for future high-speed 4G services, such as the 600Mbps speeds currently on test by EE.
The big new feature that is in no doubt, however, will be the dual-camera set up, as well as it being the first phone to reveal Huawei's recent tie-up with Leica to boost credibility, and hopefully quality.
The cameras are rumoured to be two individual 12-megapixel image sensors, which follows from Huawei's earlier dual-camera phone, the Honor branded Honor 6 Plus. This time around, it is possible that there is some more clever tech going on – as hinted in some pre-event photos on social media. (One such photo also hinted that perhaps this time around the P9 might also be waterproof, but who knows?)
This could include taking a photo at different exposure levels on each sensor to take better photos in scenes with wildly varying lighting conditions. Sort of like HDR mode but in real-time. You can also expect other features like bokeh, and possibly the use of each sensor to produce better low-light photos (a feature that the Honor 6 Plus had, which worked extremely well – especially using Huawei's excellent Super Night Mode).
Of course, I won't know the full details until the event kicks off, so please keep an eye on my Tweets and then back here later for my first impressions of the device that I should be getting after the event. This will then enable me to start on the obligatory photo galleries in the coming days, and my full review after that.


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Tip n°6: breathing exercises (Conclusion)
Probably At the beginning it will be hard to be alone with yourself, eyes closed for 15 minutes. The thoughts will go in all directions and unpleasant emotions will surface. This is quite normal and it will get better with time.
The important thing is to be consistent in practicing and accept the thoughts and emotions that arise without judging them. Your body will slowly release negative emotions. Your mind will be calmer. All this will take you to a better sleep.


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In the tunnels of Detroit's Comerica Park, a clubhouse attendant, much like a carrier pigeon, delivers a message that will echo in a country thousands of miles away. It's a simple request for a meeting between two shortstops, intended to avoid a full-fledged controversy — a polémica, as they say in Colombia. The attendant enters the Tigers' clubhouse and finds Edgar Rentería. "Edgar," the clubbie says, "Orlando Cabrera says he would like to speak to you." But Rentería does not wish to speak to Cabrera, his counterpart on the White Sox, his fellow Colombian. The day before, Rentería explained why to a reporter: "I won't accept dealing with him. I think he's disrespected so many baseball people in Colombia who have been working to improve the sport. And that's not something I can accept, even with an apology from him."
Apologizing wasn't what Cabrera had in mind before the third game of the season's first series between the AL Central rivals. (Both players are with new teams and playing in the same division for the first time in 10 years.) Cabrera was looking to make peace, or at least ask for clarification. But one thing is clear: The two best baseball players in the history of their country are not on speaking terms.
The reasons are rooted in Colombia, a soccer-loving South American nation where baseball struggles to take hold along a coastal stretch of highway. On this main road, Highway 90, high-rise condos sprout one after another, poor indigenous country folk sell fried foods and local cheeses from shabby huts, and soldiers man roadblocks searching for rebels and bombs. The highway connects Cartagena, the majestic tourist city where the 33-year-old Cabrera grew up, and Barranquilla,its industrial rival 72 miles to the northeast, which produced the 32-year-old Rentería.
In retrospect, it seems obvious that the two stars should never have done business together. "Really, there has never been a relationship with Orlando," says Rentería, an 11-year major league veteran. "We've never been friends." But last year Team Rentería, a family business that runs the four-team Colombian winter league and a youth baseball academy in Barranquilla, was looking for investors. Edinson Rentería, Edgar's older brother and the league's president, offered to sell the Cartagena franchise to Cabrera, who'd already opened a competing academy in his hometown. Cabrera put in $25,000 to buy the Indios but sold them back to the Renterías at the end of the season, in January, when, he says, his interest waned. Despite many disagreements with Edinson over such issues as TV-rights fees and ticket sales, Cabrera believed the separation was amicable. In fact, it was not.
"He wanted to buy one team so he could wreck everything that's been done with the league," Edgar says. "I think he did it out of malice. You should ask him what he has against the Renterías. For several years, people have told me that he's jealous of me. People have always known me more in Colombia than him, and I think that bothers him."
As Cabrera listens to a recording of these comments, his jaw drops in disbelief. This is Colombia's baseball ambassador, the tactful Rentería? Cabrera seems more surprised than angry. "These are ignorant comments from an ignorant person," he says. "I've always respected Edgar as one of the smartest people on the field, who, because of his intelligence, has excelled beyond his abilities. For him to make comments like that is disappointing."
To understand how the relationship between the two shortstops got to this point, you need to start with a simple scouting report. When Jolbert Cabrera Sr. was scouting for the Marlins back in 1992, he tried to sell his bosses on his second son, a 5'9" middle infielder named Orlando. (His first son, Jolbert Jr., was already in the Expos organization and would later spend seven years in the majors, mostly as a bench player.) But the Marlins weren't interested in Orlando. Too slight, they said. Who else do you have?
There is this one boy, Jolbert Sr. replied, a soccer player from Barranquilla who also has tremendous baseball skills. He's the perfect size, more than six feet tall. He's 17, and raw, but he could be great.
The boy's name? Edgar Rentería.
The old scout's sales pitch would ultimately bring wealth and fame to the Renterías, who lived only a few blocks from Barranquilla's baseball stadium. Edinson and Edgar were two of eight children; when they were very young, their father, Francisco, died suddenly, leaving their mother, Visitación, to raise the family alone. Edinson, who is eight years older than Edgar, earned money working as a street vendor alongside some of his brothers. But he was also a talented ballplayer, and he would eventually spend nine years in the minors as an infielder for the Astros and Marlins, sending his meager paychecks home to help provide for his brothers and sisters. "I always was in awe of him and of what he did for us," Edgar says.
Edgar reached the majors in 1996 and became a national hero in Colombia the following year when he singled in the World Series-winning run for the Marlins in the 11th inning of Game 7. "When people think of me, they think of that hit," he says. "It opened the door for me."
Cabrera, playing in the Arizona Fall League at the time, watched Rentería's epic hit on TV, cheering when the ball glanced off Indians pitcher Charles Nagy's glove. It was a great moment for Cabrera, who had attended Rentería's pro debut in Florida and even used an Edgar Rentería model glove. "How could I be jealous of Edgar when I've grown up my entire life being known as Jolbert's little brother?" Cabrera says.
Baseball was actually Orlando's second love, but Jolbert Sr. forbade him from pursuing basketball beyond high school and never once watched him play hoops. In his father's mind, Orlando would either make it in baseball or go to college in Colombia. But to Orlando, it seemed that everyone thought Jolbert Jr., who is two years older, deserved to get to the majors first. Jolbert Jr. says his dad bribed Venezuelan officials so that he could cross the border for a tryout with the Expos. The two Jolberts giggled as they drove to the field. "Orlando didn't really have those types of moments with Dad," says Jolbert Jr., who's still playing Triple-A ball for the Reds.
Orlando finally signed a pro contract in 1993, with the Expos, for a measly $7,000 bonus. When he was promoted to the majors four years later, he called home and was greeted by his mother, Josefina, who immediately asked, "Why wasn't Jolbert called up instead of you?"
After nearly seven years in Montreal, Orlando was shipped to the Red Sox in 2004 as part of the four-team trade that landed Nomar Garciaparra with the Cubs. Cabrera quickly established himself as a leader and played an important role in helping Boston end its 86-year championship drought. One afternoon in the middle of the playoff chase, Manny Ramírez asked for the day off because of a headache. Cabrera approached him and said, "There's no way you're coming out of the lineup. I've never been in the playoffs." Ramírez acquiesced, and Cabrera walked into Terry Francona's office and told him, "Manny is going to play."
After the Sox won the World Series, Cartagena celebrated its native son. Civic leaders sent a fire truck to pick Cabrera up at the airport and take him directly to a ceremony at City Hall. But not long after that, Red Sox management decided that the free agent was no longer in their plans. There were rumors that Cabrera partied too much, according to a source close to the organization. (Orlando's second wife, Katie, whom he met the following year, while with the Angels, says her husband leads a much tamer life these days.) The Red Sox also coveted a guy on the team they had just swept in the World Series, a guy who carried no off-the-field baggage. His name? Edgar Rentería.
Of course, Rentería didn't handle the pressures of playing in Boston as well as Cabrera had, and after making a career-high 30 errors in 2005, he was sent to Atlanta. But for all of Cabrera's success, he will never surpass Rentería on the very short list of Colombian major leaguers. Rentería is a five-time All-Star; Cabrera always gets those three days off.
A few years ago, Cabrera flew home to Colombia to take care of some personal business during the break. At the airport, he was harassed by a customs agent who demanded to know why he'd come all that way for such a short stay. Cabrera explained that he was a professional ballplayer. "I've never heard of you," the guard said. "The only Colombian baseball player I know is Edgar Rentería."
Cabrera readily admits he doesn't trust many people. Jolbert Sr., who died in 2000, forfeited his son's trust through his drinking and blatant womanizing — even keeping a second family on the side. When Orlando is home in Colombia during the off-season, he hurries through checkpoints because he fears being kidnapped, and he and Katie keep a pistol in their car for protection.
Mistrust may be Cabrera's most Colombian quality. Living in the shadow of a government that wars with its own people — a country that has been mired in a decades-long conflict with guerrilla forces, not to mention drug cartels and run-of-the-mill kidnappers, murderers and thieves — will do that. Even though the crime rate has dropped significantly, the beloved Rentería still has
machine-gun-toting guards protecting his home.
People from industrial Barranquilla tend to mistrust those from touristy Cartagena, so maybe it was inevitable that Cabrera and Rentería would have a falling out. It was a surprise that Cabrera bought the Cartagena team in the first place. While the crowds in Barranquilla and Cartagena were big and enthusiastic, and his Indios made it to the finals (Cabrera played shortstop; Rentería, who did not play or coach, is more of a figurehead at this point), Cabrera and Edinson Rentería had numerous squabbles over issues large and small. At this point, the most significant one is the $35,000 Cabrera says the league owes him for his cut of advertising, ticket sales and TV rights, among other things. The elder Rentería claims it is Cabrera who owes the league money. "He's a liar, and I will sue him if he continues to make disparaging remarks about us," Edinson says. "If he has something personal against us, if he wants to cause damage to our project, he's mistaken, because we won't allow it. We don't need him to have baseball in Colombia. People in Colombia know what type of person he is and what type of people we are."
Cabrera says it was Edinson's mismanagement of the league that caused him to walk away, and he's stunned by the personal attacks. "That's what happens when you deal with people who can't separate business issues from personal issues," Cabrera says. "My intent in what I've said publicly has been good for the league. It's promoted the league to move forward, to be recognized."
This dispute won't soon be resolved. The Tigers and White Sox have 12 more games this season — another dozen opportunities for uncomfortable moments on the field. During their first meeting of the year, when Cabrera reached second base in the fifth inning, he tried to engage Rentería in conversation, saying, "Man, it's cold out here, huh?"
Rentería, planted at shortstop, stared straight ahead. He did not say a word.


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It's important to know that Baccarat is mainly a game of chance. This doesn't mean that you don't have to do anything in order to win...
Winning In Online Casino Baccarat: Simple Techniques To Win The Game of Baccarat. People from all walks of life play baccarat. It was invented in Italy and online you can find plenty of Baccarat variations. It's a an easy to learn game and the payouts are quite terrific.
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It's important to read all the instructions before putting your cash on the line.
Play for free and gradually get into more advance games that involve spending money.
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Winning in Baccarat also has to do with your experience and skills. If you are good at another similar game, don't think that the knowledge and experience you already posses will automatically transfer itself to playing Baccarat.
You have to progress gradually, step by step, in order for you to be good at playing Baccarat.
Play a lot of hands in order to understand how the game works.
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Your fast and easy success will not necessarily translate into long term success.
Challenge yourself and don't believe that your level of performance is set in stone. Your beliefs may be incorrect and influenced by a very small sample of data.
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Card counting is more useful when playing Blackjack. When playing Baccarat, it's not that easy to count all of the cards involved.
You've got more chances of winning the game of Baccarat than winning slots, Blackjack or Roulette. But this doesn't mean that card counting will work for you.
Before the game starts, you are given the choice of how many card decks you want to use. You should choose the lowest amount possible.
Also make sure your casino doesn't charge additional commissions for each bet. Sometimes, you can bet on the banker and when you do this your chances of winning increase substantially.
Money management is key. Do not start playing until you decide exactly how much money you are going to invest and how much money you are willing to lose. And most importantly: you should stick to your limits. Do not risk your life's savings. Do it for fun and stop yourself when you see yourself losing a lot of money. Don't believe that things will turn in your favor in some magical way. It rarely happens that way.
Each hand is random. So don't think that when you win a couple of hands in a row you will continue to win. It doesn't necessarily happen that way. The cards are being dealt randomly.
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It will be the Republican establishment versus the evangelical base in Alabama's GOP Senate primary runoff on Sept. 26. That's the story after former Alabama Supreme Court Justice Roy Moore and appointed U.S. Sen. Luther Strange finished first (but short of a majority) and second, respectively, in Tuesday's primary to compete for the seat vacated by now-Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Democrats, on the other hand, put themselves into the strongest position — one that is still nonetheless incredibly weak — to win the December general election by nominating former U.S. Attorney Doug Jones in their primary.
The main action on Tuesday night came on the Republican side, and it played out pretty much as expected. Moore, riding strong support from evangelical voters, won 39 percent of the vote to Strange's 33 percent. Moore's 6-percentage-point edge over Strange1 is right around the 7-point Moore lead that polls predicted. U.S. Rep. Mo Brooks, meanwhile, finished third with nearly 20 percent of the vote — again, as the polls had suggested he would.
There was some concern among Republicans that Strange, despite currently occupying the Senate seat that is being competed for, wouldn't make the runoff. But he was able to maintain his advantage over Brooks in large part because of the backing of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell; the pro-McConnell Senate Leadership Fund spent heavily on attack ads against Brooks during the campaign. Strange also got a last-minute endorsement from President Trump.
The question going into the runoff is whether McConnell's and Trump's backing will be enough to get Strange past Moore. The limited runoff polling that has been released so far shows Moore and Strange finishing first and second — just like they finished in the first round. And McConnell is a polarizing figure among Republicans. But Strange will have more time to trumpet his Trump endorsement, and the president could visit Alabama, where he is incredibly popular among Republicans. Still, that Moore won comfortably on Tuesday demonstrates that Trump's pull may only mean so much and a lot of Republican primary voters are still looking for an outsider candidate.
Two other questions: Where will Brooks's voters go in the runoff? Will they shun Strange because of the negative ads that were run against Brooks on Strange's behalf? Some might, but Moore is sure to be on the receiving end of a lot of those negative ads over the next month.
On the Democratic side, despite trailing in some polls, Jones easily beat Robert Kennedy Jr. (66 percent to 18 percent). Jones is perhaps best known for prosecuting the 16th Street Baptist Church bombing defendants. There was some thought that Kennedy, who is not related to the famous political clan of the same name, might be able to win on name recognition. But as I previously noted, many voters probably weren't tuning in to the race until late. Additionally, pollsters who found Kennedy leading may have been surveying too wide a swath of the population and not accurately capturing the more politically clued-in voters who eventually turned out.
Democrats are hoping that Moore wins the Republican runoff, thinking it would give Jones a shot in December. That may be true. Moore is a hard-core conservative. He also got kicked off the Alabama Supreme Court in 2003 and suspended from it this past year for failing to follow a higher court's order.
Remember, though — Alabama has a deeply conservative, deeply religious electorate. This is a state that Trump won by 28 percentage points in 2016 and where a Democrat hasn't been elected to the U.S. Senate since 1992. Even if Moore wins the Republican nomination, he will be heavily favored in December. Strange would be an even bigger favorite in the general. A Democratic win is a long shot either way.


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We checked out of the hotel at 12, took a taxi to the airport and hung around until we were allowed to board at about 4. Dallas airport is big and boring, we had a sandwich and just sat and read for a bit. The flight was 7 hours long, the film was one we'd seen, so I read for a bit and dozed. We arrived in Lima at midnight.
The biggest reason for coming to Peru was to walk up the Inca Trail and see Machu Picchu, and we didn't know how long we'd have to wait for a tour to take us there, and what sort of organising it would take. It was also recommended that we spend a coupleof days acclimitising to the altitude, so we decided to go straight to Cuzco, the town where all the tours were organised. We'd get a flight in the morning, so that way we could work out how much time we'd need where.
Customs and immigration took very little time, and we emerged into the arrivals hall to be greeted by hundreds and hundreds of people waving placards with names on them. It's one of my ambitions to be met at an airport by someone withmy name on a sign! But we hadn't booked anything, and we were looking for an airport hotel. We ignored all the shouting people and tried to battle our way through the crowd. Then a lady grabbed us, realising that we didn't really know what was going on, and tried to book us into a hotel. The little tourist office at the arrivals gate was only big enough for a couple of people, and there were five in there already and someone's luggage trolley, which meant I had to relay everything the lady said to Mikey, outside with out luggage. The next flight to Cuzco was at 6am, and it was now about 12.30, so we decided to wait in the airport rather than get a taxi to a hotel for a couple of hours and then come back. The lady led us to another lady who took us to the tiny office of an airline called Tanns Peru, which was the other side of the airport.
Lima smelled of fish. It was quite nasty. I don't know if that's normal, or just the airport, but it was very fishy. We paid for our flights, about $60 each, and then went to wait in the airport again. It seemed like a good idea, but there were no chairs anywhere and the air conditioning was being taken out, so it was warm and fishy and not very comfortable. We found an internet cafe and mailed a few people, then sat around on our bags for a bit. There were a whole bunch of backpackers sleeping on the floor, something I'm hoping that I won't resort to! At 4am we could check in for our flight, and by 5 we were waiting in another departure lounge.We boarded the plane at 5.30, and landed in Cuzco at 7am. Once again the tour guides were out in force, and we were accosted by a very determined lady. We needed a hostel quite soon, and she offered to show us a couple so we accepted. We liked the first one she showed us, so we agreed to let her send someone round to talk to us about tours later, and checked in. The owner of the hotel was really nice, she made us some coca tea and let us sleep.
Cuzco is about 3700m above sea level and it takes a while to get used to the altitude. Coca leaves, the plant from which cocaine can be made, is used in tea (leaves in hot water, tastes like straw) and is considered an effective remedy toaltitude sickness and stomache problems and colds and virtually everything. We hardly drank anything, but, when someone knocked on the door at 1.30 and woke us up, we felt a lot better.
He was a guy from the tourist office who wanted to organise our stay in Peru. And, after an hour and a half, he had. I know that it would have been cheaper to go round the five thousand tour operators in town and compare prices, and to hire camping gear from someone and book other things in other places, but it was a lot easier this way. We will be climbing up to Machu Picchu on Friday, all our camping gear and food will be provided and carried by porters, we have tours of the Sacred Valley and the city organised, flights to Nazca to see the lines, hotels booked everywhere and a day or so in Lima when we've finished. Having paid for it all, we went for a walk around the town.
Cuzco was the largest city of the Quecha (Inca, although 'Inca' meant 'Quechan King') empire, and apparently the town is laid out in the shape of a puma, but we haven't seen that yet. Our hotel is on the main square, which had catherdrals on several sides and is very pretty. Every shop seems to be an internet cafe or a tour operator, with a few market places thrown in for good measure. If you stand still for more than a couple of minutes someone will come up to you and try to sell you something, and they all speak English which makes it harder to ignore. We had a bit of lunch in a cafe, bought a few souveneirs and wandered some more. We walked very slowly because even stepping up a curb seemed to makeus out of breath, which was strange but funny. It got dark at about 6, and every time a taxi saw us it stopped to offer us a lift. It was very hard work refusing everything all the time! We eventually got back to the hotel, Mikey found HBO on the telly and was happy for a couple of hours and I fell asleep!
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Loss of bladder control; Uncontrollable urination; Urination - uncontrollable; Incontinence - urinary; Overactive bladder
Urinary (or bladder) incontinence occurs when you are not able to keep urine from leaking out of your urethra. The urethra is the tube that carries urine out of your body from your bladder. You may leak urine from time to time. Or, you may not be able to hold any urine.
The three main types of urinary incontinence are:
Mixed incontinence occurs when you have more than one type of incontinence, usually both stress and urge urinary incontinence.
Bowel incontinence is when you are unable to control the passage of stool. It is not covered in this article.
Causes of urinary incontinence include:
Incontinence may be sudden and go away after a short period of time. Or, it may continue long-term. Causes of sudden or temporary incontinence include:
Causes that may be more long-term include:
If you have symptoms of incontinence, see your health care provider for evaluation, tests, and a treatment plan. Which treatment you get depends on what caused your incontinence and what type you have.
There are several treatment approaches for urinary incontinence:
Lifestyle changes. These changes may help improve incontinence. You may need to make these changes along with other treatments.
For urine leaks, wear absorbent pads or undergarments. There are many well-designed products that no one else will notice.
Bladder training and pelvic floor exercises. Bladder retraining helps you gain better control over your bladder. Kegel exercises can help strengthen the muscles of your pelvic floor. Your provider can show you how to do them. Many women do not do these exercises correctly, even if they believe they are doing them correctly. Often, people benefit from formal bladder strengthening and retraining with a pelvic floor specialist.
Medicines. Depending on the type of incontinence you have, your provider may prescribe one or more medicines. These medicines help prevent bladder muscle spasms, relax the bladder, and improve bladder function. Your provider can help you learn how to take these medicines and manage their side effects.
Surgery. If other treatments do not work, or you have severe incontinence, your provider may recommend surgery. The type of surgery you have will depend on:
If you have overflow incontinence or you cannot fully empty your bladder, you may need to use a catheter. You may use a catheter that stays in long-term, or one that you are taught to put in and take out yourself.
Bladder nerve stimulation. Urge incontinence and urinary frequency can sometimes be treated by electrical nerve stimulation. Pulses of electricity are used to reprogram bladder reflexes. In one technique, the provider inserts a stimulator through the skin near a nerve in the leg. This is done weekly in the provider's office. Another method uses battery-operated implanted device similar to a pacemaker that is placed under the skin in the lower back.
Botox injections. Urge incontinence can sometimes be treated with an injection of onabotulinum A toxin (also known as Botox). The injection relaxes the bladder muscle and increases the storage capacity of the bladder. The injection is delivered through a thin tube with a camera on the end (cystoscope). In most cases, the procedure can be done in the provider's office.
Talk to your provider about incontinence. Some providers who treat incontinence are gynecologists and urologists that specialize in this problem. They can find the cause and recommend treatments.
Call your local emergency number (such as 911) or go to an emergency room if you suddenly lose control over urine and you have:
Contact your provider if you have:
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Lentz GM, Miller JL. Lower urinary tract function and disorders: physiology of micturition, voiding dysfunction, urinary incontinence, urinary tract infections, and painful bladder syndrome. In: Gershenson DM, Lentz GM, Valea FA, Lobo RA, eds. Comprehensive Gynecology. 8th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2022:chap 21.
Newman DK, Burgio KL. Conservative management of urinary incontinence: behavioral and pelvic floor therapy, urethral and pelvic devices. In: Partin AW, Dmochowski RR, Kavoussi LR, Peters CA, eds. Campbell-Walsh-Wein Urology. 12th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2021:chap 121.
Resnick NM. Incontinence. In: Goldman L, Schafer AI, eds. Goldman-Cecil Medicine. 26th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2020:chap 23.
Reynolds WS, Dmochowski R, Karram MM, Mahdy A. Surgical management of refractory overactive bladder and detrusor compliance abnormalities. In: Baggish MS, Karram MM, eds. Atlas of Pelvic Anatomy and Gynecologic Surgery. 5th ed. Philadelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2021:chap 90.BACK TO TOP
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Innovation, performance and improvement of Australia's rural industries is largely driven by investment in research, development, technology transfer and adoption.
In 2017-18, the 15 Rural Research and Development Corporations (RDCs) invested around $750 million in RD&E to improve the profitability and sustainability of rural industries and communities. The funding is a combination of levies on production paid by producers, and contributions from government, paid by taxpayers.
As managers and stewards of this money on behalf of the government and industry, it is imperative that the RDCs are fully accountable and transparent for expenditures, and able to demonstrate the impact and performance of the work they do.
Check out our case studies for more information about the work and impact of the RDCs. Or see our catalogue of performance and evaluation-related reports.
To assist this program all RDCs support and have implemented a set of guidelines for impact assessment (updated 2018). See below for the links to these documents, along with a companion document that outlines key changes made in the most recent update. Individual evaluations undertaken by the RDCs can be explored through our catalogue.
In 2016 the Council of Rural RDCs commissioned Agtrans Research and Consulting, AgEconPlus Consulting and EconSearch to review the completed evaluations and generate an aggregated analysis of the results. The report from this project is available now: 161021 CRRDC Cross-RDC Impact Assessment 2010-2015 [FINAL REPORT].
Follow the links below to download:
- The Council of Rural RDCs Impact Assessment Guidelines, which provide guidance and establish criteria for the RDCs and consultants when conducting economic evaluations of RD&E investments
- Accompanying the guidelines is a revised Procedures Document, which provides advice on what will be evaluated and how it will be aggregated
- The Companion Document explains key changes between the current and previous versions of these guidelines and procedures
- The report from the aggregated impact assessment completed in 2008 (Measuring economic, environmental and social returns from Rural Research and Development Corporations' investment)
- The report from the impact assessment analysis published in January 2010 (Impact of investment in research and development by the Rural Research and Development Corporations)
The next analysis from the RDCs aggregating results across multiple impact assessments is scheduled for 2018.
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You've read our articles! You've followed our social media! Well, good news, because it doesn't have to stop there…
Welcome to our very own podcast entitled The Tangles! As an extension of our blog, The Tangles is another branch to help us achieve our goal of creating a meeting point between anime (along with all connected forms of media) and Christian spirituality. We hope that this will help to continue to foster an open community where Christians and non-Christians alike can engage in conversation about anime, manga, and belief.
The Tangles updates on the last Thursday of every month, and features JP (Japes/Japesland) and Sean Elfers as co-hosts, with a different guest speaker every episode.
In our Announcements section, we update you on all that is new on our blog. In Otaku Diet, the hosts and guest discuss the media they're currently partaking off that is related to otaku culture. In the Discussion segment, we chat about a recent anime-related article or topic. And finally, we also include Listener Mail, in which we answer your questions.
Feel free to stream the episodes through the episode links below, subscribe on iTunes, or check out our RSS feed. Also, be sure to email us with any questions you would like included in our "Listener Mail" portion, including the name you would like stated in the podcast and your website or blog for us to share!
- Episode 1 (8/28) – JP, Charles, and Lauren chat about Otakon 2014 and geek journalism
- Episode 2 (9/25) – JP, Kaze, and Annalyn share their experience with "otaku introversion"
- Episode 3 (10/30) – JP, R86 join the Reverse Thieves, Alain and Kate, to talk sports anime
- Episode 4 (11/27) – JP, Charles, and Marina chat about anime with profound impact.
- Episode 5 (12/25) – JP, Charles, and Frank discuss notable Christmas anime.
- Episode 6 (1/29) – JP and Sean talk about what makes an animation and "a philosophy of action."
- Episode 7 (2/26) – JP, Sean, and Tek7 discuss humanism in Japanese games.
- Episode 8 (3/26) – JP, Sean, Kaze, and Aspirety converse on adult content in visual novels.
- Episode 9 (4/30) – JP, Sean, Charles, and Alex answer questions about anime and religion/atheism.
- Episode 10 (5/28) – JP gives his impressions of Japan while walking through the mountains of Kanazawa.
- Episode 11 (6/25) – Charles interviews JP with questions about Japan from Tangles listeners and readers.
- Episode 12 (7/30) – JP, Kaze, R86, and Zeroe4 discuss their unique experiences in Japan.
- Episode 13 (8/27) – *New Format* Interview: Lauren, Otaku Journalist; The Year in Review.
- Episode 14 (9/24) – Interview: Tommy, Anime Bowl; The Intersection of Interests and Anime.
- Episode 15 (10/29) – Interview: Casey Covel, Beneath the Tangles; Cosplay, Conventions, and Christ.
- Episode 16 (11/26) – Interview: Tony Yao, Manga Therapy; Anime and Psychology.
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French Pass in the Marlborough Sounds is a narrow gap between headlands through which tides pour. A massive amount of water that has banked up in Tasman Bay gushes back out to Cook Strait once the tide drops, and when the tide rises, it rushes back in. Tidal currents can reach 2 metres per second in this stretch of water, making it very dangerous for ships.
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Lemongrass is a fragrance that completely reminds us of Nepal. Each time we smell it, we're reminded of having morning tea in the courtyard of our favorite hotel in Kathmandu. Its cheerful scent is often used in aromatherapy as a mood stimulator. It repels negativity, clears the mind, and uplifts the spirit.
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Spotlight Music: Just the Two of Us are Harder, Better, Faster, Stronger than You (3x SU mashup)by Emeraldat 7:00 PM
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That animation is flippin' sweet! I hope the artist makes more. Take a gander at more cool art below!
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Someone uploaded the SDCC Adventure Time and Steven Universe panel!It doesnt have clips from the upcoming episodes, the main Steven Universe part starts around 24:25, with the Q&A stuff starting at 31:56. It's really only small hints, teases, and minor spoilers (the BIG stuff was in the clips) but I'm sure some people might appreciate having the firsthand source.Thanks to @TheGreyPotter for sending this in!
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An Amethyst AMV for all you purple gem fans! Paramore songs seem like they would fit Amethyst pretty well.
Comic: Gemception 2 / This is Punishment / Snacks / Good Mechanic / Piccolo Mom / Shapeshift Chipby Emerald
Entertainment Monthly put out a short interview, with some quotes from the Crewniverse. I didn't catch any super cool new information, but it's worth a read!
SDCC 2015: Steven Universe Creator Rebecca Sugar on the Future of the Gems for this Season
Thanks to Ryan for sending it in!
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That Guy With the Glasses is back with two new vlogs for both Cheese Burger Backpack and Together Breakfast! If you enjoy Doug's style of analysis and his reaction to the SU episodes, check on after the break for his two latest vlogs!
Thanks to Pantha for sending it in!
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Well, this is an interesting way to do an ask blog! The creator answers questions by recording the answers in their best Peridot voice. They just passed 100 followers, and they've only been going for a couple of months. Head on over and give Peridot a listen!
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I am convinced I am in a fairy tale. The town of Cluny where our course will take place looks like it is straight out of a storybook. Specifically, walking around Cluny this first day reminded me of that opening scene from Disney's Beauty and the Beast. You know, the one where Belle strolls past bakeries, cheese shops, charcuterie shops, and the town square on her way to the book shop to pick out a new book, getting intercepted by friendly townspeople at every turn. I swear that scene was based off of the town of Cluny!
This first introduction to Cluny came after meeting the class and Dr. Haggblom at the Gare de Lyon train station, taking the high speed train and bus to Cluny, and we dropping off our luggage off at our hostel- which used to be used for candle-making back in the 900's for the nearby abbey. After our short introductory walk around town with our professor, the majority of my classmates and I decided to have dinner at a restaurant in the center of town. As I am a huge fan of French cuisine, I was excited to try two classic dishes: ratatouille and crème brûlée. Although this ratatouille was not exactly what I had imagined it would be like- granted my preconception was mainly based on yet another Disney movie- both were delicious!
#FoodSciOrDie Fun Fact: Differences in heating methods during the process of making crème brûlée are responsible for the contrast between the creamy and crunchy textures of this famous French dessert. The "crème" part of crème brûlée translates to "cream". A hot water bath is used to evenly coagulate the egg in the creamy custard, as steam heats its top while the bottom is heated indirectly via the hot water. If you baked the crème brûlée instead of using a hot water bath, you'd end up with scrambled eggs! The "brûlée" part of crème brûlée translates to "burned". A torch is used to burn a thin layer of sugar atop the final custard, melding the sugar into a crunchy glass, an identifying attribute of this sweet.
Throughout dinner, my classmates and I began to get to know each other and I could already tell that we were all going to get along pretty well! Sure, the introductions started out with the obligatory exchange of names/ majors/ years, but soon conversation began to flow naturally. As the late evening sun faded over the village as we walked back to our hostel, I was really looking forward to the upcoming two weeks!


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MMJ Licenses and Gun Licenses Don't Mix in Ninth Circuit
Just because a half of the states in the union allow the sale of medical marijuana to holders of an MMJ card, doesn't make it legal. In fact, under federal law, marijuana use is still illegal. However, the administration seems to have let this oversight go pretty much untouched, and there aren't federal agents trolling the cities looking for pot smokers to put away. Yet, when the issue of another federal law gets thrown in the mix, a legal quagmire erupts. According to the federal government, the right to own a gun and possess an MMJ card are mutually exclusive.
Last week the 9th U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives
(ATF) order to gun sellers not to sell firearms to those who possess a medical marijuana card, because cardholders meet the definition for "unlawful drug users." The decision is in response to a Nevada case where a woman's denial for a gun license was based on her possessing an MMJ card. The court in its decision said it was "reasonable for federal regulators to assume a medical marijuana cardholder was more likely to use the drug."
It would seem the first issue to sort out is whose definition of "unlawful drug users" is correct, the state or federal government? The state of Nevada, and 25 more states, don't consider marijuana an unlawful drug. The federal government, in this case the ATF, does consider it unlawful. And, since licensing a gun involves passing a federal background check, it would seem the fed control has the upper hand.
But, wait, there's more…in the 9th Circuit case the only way the gun dealer knew the proposed buyer had a card was because she told him. There is no MMJ federal database that gun dealers check to comply with the law – it's merely up to the applicant's honest answering of any questions regarding marijuana use. Further, this case doesn't even address a real medical marijuana user's use, because the defendant doesn't even partake, but merely got the card in an effort of solidarity in praise of medical marijuana's positive legal status.
So, what did this decision tell us, other than possession of an MMJ card precludes gun ownership. Well, it tells us a couple of things. First, the federal judicial branch is not sympathetic to state laws where marijuana is legal. Second, the disconnect between laws is sure to spur similar legal controversy in other jurisdictions. With hot topics like guns and pot used in the same sentence, the state and federal divide on this issue may get larger, if not more convoluted.
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Nigeria's government is committed to transforming its education system. Its 2020 vision places education at the heart of the development of its people and future economic success.
However Nigeria's education system is not functioning effectively and is threatening the country's chances of future social and economic prosperity. Only around 70% of children of primary school age are receiving a formal education.
Our experts in Cambridge Education have designed and are now managing ESSPIN, funded by the UK's Department for International Development.
ESSPIN has been designed to help develop an education system in which every child in Nigeria is given the opportunity to receive a basic standard of education.
As programme designer, we are assessing educational shortcomings and supporting government, teachers and the communities to create the enabling conditions in which an effective learning environment can be nurtured.


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Indigenous women face the same causes and risk factors of violence as all women; yet they also face many risk factors related to the past and present marginalization of indigenous peoples. In their Companion Report to the UN Secretary-General's Study on Violence against Women, the International Indigenous Women's Forum (FIMI) found that "for indigenous women, the systematic violation of their collective rights as Indigenous Peoples is the single greatest risk factor for gender-based violence—including violence perpetrated within their communities." A variety of factors cause and increase the risk of violence against indigenous women, including a history of oppression, development policies that ignore the needs of indigenous women, armed conflicts, and impunity for perpetrators.
Since colonization, indigenous peoples have faced violence, displacement, discrimination, and forced assimilation. In reports on violence against indigenous women of the United States and Canada, Amnesty International discusses how the legacy of colonization has impacted indigenous women. In the U.S. and Canada, indigenous peoples have been evicted from their lands, forced to assimilate at abusive boarding schools, and subject to discriminatory government policies. The legacy of these policies is poverty and marginalized social status. European colonizers imposed their ideas about gender roles onto indigenous cultures through missionary work and refusal to trade with women. As a result, indigenous women's status in their communities was lowered, creating a greater power imbalance between men and women. Racist and sexist attitudes toward indigenous women, caused by this history, can precipitate violence. An attitude that indigenous women have less value than other members of society makes them a target for violence. In many other parts of the world, indigenous women have similar histories of oppression.
Development policies that ignore indigenous women's rights and needs are the contemporary parallel to the legacy of colonization. Indigenous people continue to be displaced from resource-rich lands, now in the name of development. According to the International Fund for Agricultural Development, indigenous people currently have the right to live on only 6% of all available land, and in some cases those rights are limited. In a report focusing on Costa Rica, Chile, Colombia, India and the Philippines, the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People, Rodolfo Stavenhagen, found that the effects of large-scale development projects include "the loss of traditional territories and land, eviction, migration and eventual resettlement, depletion of resources necessary for physical and cultural survival, destruction and pollution of the traditional environment, social and community disorganization, long-term negative health and nutritional impacts as well as, in some cases, harassment and violence." Sometimes companies, police, or military groups use violence and threats to shut down opposition to development activities.
Portrait of Asian Indigenous Women, a publication by Rights and Democracy, outlines the ways development has led to violence against indigenous women in Asia. Development projects bring the sex industry to rural areas and increase the risk of sexual exploitation or trafficking. Depletion of natural resources, often an effect of development projects, impacts women in a number of ways. In indigenous societies, women's roles are often tied to caring for the land and to providing food security. When food security is threatened, women lose status in their communities and power relations become more unequal. Reduced water and fuel supplies result in longer walks for women and a greater risk of harassment or sexual assault. When women can no longer provide food through subsistence agriculture and foraging, they often become factory or migrant workers, increasing the likelihood that they will be victims of sexual assault, sexual harassment, disappearance, or murder.
Many indigenous women live in areas affected by armed conflicts. Indigenous lands may be the subject of a conflict, especially if they contain desired natural resources, or they may simply be the site of conflict. Indigenous women are frequently targeted for violence even if their peoples are not involved in the surrounding conflict. Minority Rights Group reports that Twa women in Central Africa have been victims of sexual assault, murder, and genocide as a result of conflicts in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Burundi, and Rwanda. During the Rwandan genocide, up to 30% of the Rwandan Twa population was killed, and many surviving women were victims of brutal sexual violence. Though the Twa have not taken sides in these conflicts, they are attacked by all factions due to a "if you're not with us, you're against us" mentality. Indigenous women in Colombia and Asia have faced similar patterns of violence.
Impunity for perpetrators is a significant issue in cases of violence against indigenous women. An Amnesty International report on indigenous women in western Canada found that police have failed to protect indigenous women from crimes and perpetrators have not been adequately prosecuted. In the U.S., complex rules about jurisdiction on indigenous lands slow the investigation process or prevent it from even starting. U.S. Department of Justice statistics show that Native American communities have only 55-75% of the law enforcement resources available to similar non-indigenous communities. From "Maze of Injustice," Amnesty International (2007).
In the Pacific Islands, traditional forgiveness and reconciliation practices may prevent prosecution, finding of guilt, and punishment in both informal village courts and national courts. To regain his social standing, all a rapist must do is make a formal apology, which may include giving gifts to the victim's family. Participating in traditional apology practices may also greatly lower the severity of punishment for domestic violence. Apologies cannot be rejected, displaying a higher value of social unity than women's safety. From Imrana Jalal, "Harmful Practices against Women in Pacific Island Countries: Customary and Conventional Laws," Expert Paper for the Expert Group Meeting on Good Practices in Legislation to Address Harmful Practices against Women (2009).
Compiled from:
"Mairin Iwanka Raya: Indigenous Women Stand Against Violence," International Indigenous Women's Forum (2006).
"Stolen Sisters: A Human Rights Response to Discrimination and Violence against Indigenous Women in Canada," Amnesty International (2004).
"Maze of Injustice," Amnesty International (2007).
"Statistics and Key Facts about Indigenous People," International Fund for Agricultural Development (Accessed 16 July 2009).
Stavenhagen, Rodolfo, "Report of the Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms of Indigenous People," United Nations Economic and Social Council E/CN.4/2003/90 (2003).
"Portrait of Asian Indigenous Women," Rights and Democracy (2007).
Jackson, Dorothy, "Twa Women, Twa Rights in the Great Lakes Region of Africa," Minority Rights Group International (2003).
"Leave Us in Peace: Targeting Civilians in Colombia's Internal Armed Conflict," Amnesty International (2008).
Jalal, Imrana, "Harmful Practices against Women in Pacific Island Countries: Customary and Conventional Laws," Expert Paper for the Expert Group Meeting on Good Practices in Legislation to Address Harmful Practices against Women (2009).
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Something I wrote as advice about two years ago. Thinking about it now; maybe worth sharing to a wider audience:
You can regret, and still build from where you are. Regret is not the end. It puts you in a place. But that place says "the past is what it is." It cannot be changed. All we can control is the future. The best regret can do is help us make better decisions in the future. And those decisions have to start from where you are, not where you wish you had been.