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Название: 21st-Century Jewellery Designers An Inspired StyleISBN: 1851497293 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781851497294 Издательство: Antique Collectors Club LtdРейтинг: Цена: 4368 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.)Описание: '21st-Century Jewellery Designers: An Inspired Style' is a stunning survey of the contemporary jewellery that's being designed and created across the world today. From the great JAR, to James de Givenchy and Nicholas Varney in the West, and Michelle Ong, Wallace Chan and Bhagat in the East, 'Inspired Style' is an exploration into the designers' worlds, helping the reader to discover the jewels that great jewellery artists are creating now. Interviews with each designer featured reveal their inspirations and passions, their favourite materials, designing processes, and how their personalities influence their designs. Designers include: JAR (France); Kaoru Kay Akihara (Japan); Walid Akkad (Lebanon/France); Lorenz Baumer (France); Bhagat (India); Sevan Bicakci (Turkey); Luz Camino (Spain); Wallace Chan (China); Edmond Chin for Etcetera (China); Lydia Courteille (France); Michele della Valle (Italy/Switzerland); Patrice Fabre (France); James de Givenchy for Taffin (USA); Vincente Gracia (Spain); Hemmerle (Germany); Anna Hu (USA/Taiwan); Michelle Ong for Carnet (China); Suzanne Syz (Switzerland); Nicholas Varney (USA); Stephen Webster (UK); Dickson Yewn for Yewn Heritage (China); Rami Abboud (Lebanon); Tomasz Donocik (UK); LaMouche (China/France); 10 Royale (France).
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Автор: PerryНазвание: Traditional Jewellery in Ninteenth-Century EuropeISBN: 1851777296 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781851777297 Издательство: AbramsРейтинг: Цена: 3104 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: Although less well-known today, European jewellery was highly fashionable in nineteenth-century Britain. This book draws together a wide selection of beautiful pieces, originating from across the continent - from Iceland in the north to Cyprus off the shores of Asia - to demonstrate the wonderful variety of this jewellery.
Автор: Richter, AnneНазвание: Gold Jewellery of the Indonesian ArchipelagoISBN: 981426038X ISBN-13(EAN): 9789814260381 Издательство: Thames & HudsonРейтинг: Цена: 7242 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: Features more than 700 masterpieces from the tribal, ethnic and courtly gold body adornment traditions of Indonesia`s outer islands Sumatra, Sulawesi, the Lesser Sundas and Southeast Maluku. This book focuses on the gold jewellery of the Indonesian archipelago.
Автор: Lanchner, CarolynНазвание: Willem de KooningISBN: 0870707884 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780870707889 Издательство: Thames & HudsonРейтинг: Цена: 719 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: Willem de Kooning was a pioneering figure among Abstract Expressionists, one of the most influential champions of the dynamic, process-driven painting that brought NewYork to the centre of the art world in the 1950s. This essay accompanies each work, illuminating its significance and placing it in its historical moment.
Название: Jewellery In IsraelISBN: 3897903962 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783897903968 Издательство: ACC-distribution titlesРейтинг: Цена: 3971 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: Based On The Most Outstanding Representatives And Most Fascinating Current Developments, This Publication Is The First Comprehensive Presentation Of The History And Development Of Jewellery Art In Israel.
Название: Celebrating Jewellery: Exceptional Jewels of the Nineteenth and Twentieth CenturiesISBN: 1851496165 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781851496167 Издательство: ACC-distribution titlesРейтинг: Цена: 7838 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Success, wealth and privilege have many ways of manifesting themselves, not least through the purchase and display of beautiful jewels. Some of the greatest and most iconic pieces from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries are included in Celebrating Jewellery, by David Bennett and Daniela Mascetti. Every example is synonymous with style and luxury, from the formal tiaras, suites and ornaments of the Victorians through to the innovations of Belle Йpoque and Revivalism, to the geometric and linear designs of the Art Deco movement, and the bold, colourful jewels of the late twentieth century.
Celebratig Jewellery also includes a number of the most famous jewels in history, such as the Cartier 'great cat' and flamingo jewels for the Duchess of Windsor, and other lavish and illustrious examples created for European royalty. This is a truly magnificent volume, which will provide lasting inspiration and pleasure to anyone with a love of the great jewels of the last two hundred years.
The jewellers featured, in order of appearance, are: Gabriel Lemonnier, Mellerio dits Meller, Garrard of London, Chaumet, Vever, Lalique, Vever and Lalique (short collaboration), Boucheron, Castellani, Giuliano, Cartier (Cartier Paris and Cartier London), Marcus & Co, Van Cleef & Arpels, Lacloche Freres, Rene Boivin, J.E. Caldwell, Charlton and Co., Black, Starr and Frost, Herz-Belperron, Raymond Templier, Sterle, Vaillant and Duverne, Jean Schlumberger, Repossi, Bulgari, JAR and David Bennett.
Contents: Foreword; Nineteenth Century and Earlier Jewellery; Revivalism Jewellery; Belle Йpoque Jewllery; Art Deco Era Jewellery; Twentieth Century Jewellery - The Nineteen Thirties and Later.
Название: Designed For Fashion: Italian JewelleryISBN: 1851496815 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781851496815 Издательство: ACC-distribution titlesРейтинг: Цена: 4703 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: In Italy there has always been a tradition of making jewellery from semi-precious metal, as copies or prototypes of fine jewellery pieces. 'Designed for Fashion: Italian Jewellery from 1950' moves chronologically through the last 100 years, with pieces from the beginning of the 20th century, through to the years spent under fascist rule, when pieces had to be strictly made with local material such as wood, cork, straw, venetian glass and coral. The 50s and 60s allowed for the very first big names in fashion jewellery to arise: Giuliano Fratti, Emma Caimi Pellini, Coppola e Toppo, Luciana de Reutern, Canesi, Ornella... The book reserves a special place for an important phenomenon that took place in Milan at the end of the 1970s - 'Made in Italy' - when Italian fashion entered - and dominated - the international scene, and Italian designers such as Armani, Versace, Ferre, Moschino and Prada found incredible success all over the world. Throughout the eighties and nineties, and well into the year 2000 further names in fashion jewellery were pushed to the fore: Ugo Correani, Sharra Pagano, Carlo Zini, Angela Caputi, Maria Calderara, Giorgio Vigna, Fabio Cammarata, Emilio Cressoni, Robert Tomas, Irene Moret, Silvia Beccaria, among others. The final section of the book is devoted to new talents, selecting ten designers whose jewels are particularly interesting and innovative. This section also contains lists of the major museums, galleries, schools and magazines in Europe that are dedicated to contemporary jewellery, illustrating that the line dividing the contemporary artist's studio jewellery from contemporary fashion jewellery is becoming more and more difficult to define. 'Designed for Fashion: Italian Jewellery from 1950' applies special focus to the most important, interesting pieces, through both period images taken from exclusive fashion magazines, and through stunning photographs of actual pieces, resulting in almost 400 illustrations. Famous houses that the jewellery was made for include: Bijoux Bozart, Biki, Carlo Zini, Chanel, Chloe, Coppla E Toppo, Edoardo Saronni, Emilio Pucci, Etro, Fiorucci, Flos Ad Florem, Gianfranco Ferre, Giorgio Armani, Giuliano Fratti, Irene Galitzine, Karl Lagerfeld, Luciana De Reutern, Marni, Missoni, Misterfox, Moschino, Prada, Roberto Capucci, Schiaparelli, Sharra Pagano, Ugo Correani, Unger, Valentino, Versace.
Название: Elisabeth J. Gu. Defner: Man - Nature - Cosmos Jewellery and Objects: Schmuck und Gerat. Mensch - Natur - KosmosISBN: 3897903539 ISBN-13(EAN): 9783897903531 Издательство: ACC-distribution titlesРейтинг: Цена: 5016 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: This Publication Presents The Unique Work Of Elisabeth Jesus Defner- Jewellery In A Previously Unknown Style: A Unity Of Man, Nature And Cosmos.
Автор: Muller FlorenceНазвание: Piaget: Watchmakers and Jewellers Since 1874ISBN: 1419716883 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781419716881 Издательство: AbramsЦена: 5690 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: From Paris to New York to Hollywood, from Geneva to Beijing, Piaget represents stylish elegance and technical prowess. This beautiful book traces the history of Piaget since its founding in 1874 to the present. Piaget's sophisticated creations have been worn by artists such as Dali and Warhol and some of the chicest women in the world, from Elizabeth Taylor to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis to Marisa Berenson. This spectacular book, filled with stunning new photography, offers a behind-the-scenes look into a world of unparalleled craftsmanship, sophistication and beauty.
Автор: Cappellieri, AlbaНазвание: Twentieth-century JewelleryISBN: 8861305326 ISBN-13(EAN): 9788861305328 Издательство: Thames & HudsonРейтинг: Цена: 6207 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.Описание: From Art Nouveau to the Present.
Автор: Koones SheriНазвание: Prefabulous World: Energy-Efficient and Sustainable Homes Around the GlobeISBN: 161769083X ISBN-13(EAN): 9781617690839 Издательство: AbramsРейтинг: Цена: 2275 р. Наличие на складе: Есть (1 шт.)Описание: Prefabrication offers a simple way to construct incredibly energy-efficient, green homes. Showcasing the unlimited possibilities offered by prefabrication, Prefabulous World includes homes from Auckland, Copenhagen, Tokyo, Toronto, Los Angeles and elsewhere. The book specifically highlights the energy-saving elements of each home featured, covering a wide range of new technologies. With floor plans, multiple images of the exterior and interior of each home, and an extensive resource section that lists the architects, builders, designers and suppliers that worked on each home.
Название: Georgian Jewellery 1714-1830ISBN: 1851495398 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781851495399 Издательство: Antique Collectors Club LtdРейтинг: Цена: 3451 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ. Описание: Celebrates the quality and style of the eighteenth century and of the endless ingenuity in design and workmanship that produced such wearable pieces of jewellery. This book includes portraits and character sketches of famous Georgians in their finery, fashion tips, gossip, and some rather outrageous cartoons of the time.


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"We knew we would have lots of work to do, but we didn't care, because we fell in love with its shape, the land, the view," Roseline Glazer says of the shingled cottage on Martha's Vineyard that she shares with her husband, Bill. Originally built by Roger Allen in 1930, architect Joseph W. Dick helped with the renovation. A brick courtyard wraps around the entrance to the kitchen, at the rear of the house. "The chokecherry tree over the cottage is nature's umbrella," Glazer remarks. June 2008
When Paul and Heidi Danilchik decided to build guest quarters at their home in a small waterfront community on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, they looked to the trees. They now own a distinctly unordinary arboreal refuge in the style of a Tyrolean chalet, a deft combination of state-of-the-art engineering and storybook charm held aloft by two venerable western red cedars. "We wanted a guesthouse that would have both privacy and a view of Puget Sound. The only way to do that was by building in the trees, an idea we loved," says Heidi Danilchik. Above: Constructed by TreeHouse Workshop, the wood-and-stucco cottage floats 20 feet above the ground. February 2006
"I wanted to create a summer atmosphere typical of Mackinac Island residences," says Carlton Varney, who did the interiors for Dan and Missy Musser's Sunflower Cottage. The 19th-century clapboard house reflects the resort mood of the island, where no motor vehicles are allowed. Originally located on the other side of the island, the residence was moved in 1890, using horse-drawn conveyances, to its present site facing Lake Michigan. The house is reminiscent of the island's Grand Hotel, built in 1887, of which Dan Musser is president. August 1992
A group of dwellings on Mount Desert Island, Maine, is all about "romance and fantasy," says owner Thomas F. Leddy, who was inspired by English follies, Russian dachas, Scottish castles and Asian pavilions. Although the architecture is eclectic, an "unstudied sense of harmony was the goal," Leddy comments. "The unifying elements are Maine, wood shingles and the color maroon." Pictured: The finial atop a guest cottage was copied from one of Catherine the Great's palaces. June 2005
"We wanted a mood rich with intimacy and informality appropriate to the location," Thomas Britt says of a cottage he designed for a couple in Old Naples, Florida. A block and a half from the beach—with only two bedrooms and a yard—its size is a far cry from that of their previous house: small, yes, but soulful. Pictured: A guesthouse is visible from the patio, where the clients frequently entertain. Britt wanted the space to "call up images of Havana and New Orleans, two romantic cities that mean a lot to the wife, who's connected to both." March 2000
Toad Hall is the rustic home of Kreis and Sandy Beall on a picturesque 32-acre site in the wooded foothills of Tennessee's Great Smoky Mountains. Tadpole Cottage was "built from a simple sketch," says designer Suzanne Kasler. "The builder just put it together." Its function, defined by Kasler, could be said to be the universal function of all that Toad Hall embraces: "charm and folly!" June 2009
Golfer Greg Norman and his wife, Laura, renovated a charming beach cottage on their Jupiter Island, Florida, property. In 1992, after Hurricane Andrew just about washed it out of their lives, "we constructed a seawall, lifting the 1,800-square-foot structure up on stilts," says Laura Norman. "When you're in it, you feel like you're on the ocean. Frankly, I could live there." However, she has a bevy of other choices, since the Jupiter Island pad boasts, as she puts it, "22,800 square feet under air-conditioning." March 2004
Architect Bernard Mapes Wharton's guest cottage, with two bedrooms and a living room/art gallery, is a freestanding addition to his Connecticut house. "The guest cottage is designed to have a strong presence but not to compete with the house," Wharton says. "The scale was important—I have an affinity for small-scale enclosures." June 1999
Legendary decorator Sister Parish first visited Maine at the age of two weeks, when she went to her parents' house on an island near Camden. Forever afterward, she claimed the Summer House, as it is known, as the place where she felt most at home. "The smell of fir and pine, the feel of clean salt air and the sound of the waves against the rocks were indelibly stamped into my psyche," she once wrote. "Much of what was there needed freshening," designer Libby Cameron says of the Cape Cod–style cottage, one of two she updated for the late decorator's daughter Apple Bartlett. June 2006
Stephen Shadley restored six cabins at his Catskills retreat. Before, "the cabins were white with green trim, so they popped out of the landscape too much. I wanted the structures to fit the surroundings," says the designer, who painted the exteriors "a rich Adirondack red." Pictured: Pine Cabin has been converted into an eating and changing facility. "The dining area was a vacant box with sagging floors," says Shadley, who refurbished and painted the floors and added pine paneling. February 2003

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Childhood Disability:
Supplemental Security Income Program
A Guide for School Professionals
This information is for school professionals who may teach or provide therapy, counseling, and/or other services to children with disabilities. It outlines the kinds of evidence that the Social Security Administration (SSA) needs to determine disability for a child under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program.
The SSI program can provide valuable monthly cash payments to children who are disabled under SSA rules and whose families have little income or resources.
Determining whether a child is disabled under SSI regulations is a collaborative effort among Federal and State officials.
We rely upon your professional expertise and judgment to help us. Your information is not the only information we consider when we determine if the child qualifies for SSI, but it is very important to us. We make our determination based on all of the medical, school, and other information that we get.
We greatly appreciate your time, assistance, and support.
Under the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, Social Security can provide cash payments to children with disabilities. A child who is eligible for Federal SSI cash payments is also eligible, depending on the State, for State supplemental payments, Medicaid, Food Stamps, and other social services. This financial, medical, and rehabilitation support may enable a child to improve his or her level of functioning. When coupled with various work incentives provided by the disability program, this support can ultimately lead an older child to independence so that he or she can leave the disability rolls.
There are two sets of eligibility criteria for receiving SSI: (1) financial criteria based on the income and resources of the child and family; and (2) medical criteria about the child's impairment or combination of impairments. The local Social Security office decides if a child's income and resources are within the SSI limits. In making that decision, the Social Security office must consider the income and resources of parents who are living in the same household with the child. The Disability Determination Services (DDS), a State agency, obtains the necessary information and makes the medical determination in childhood disability claims for SSA, using SSA rules. A DDS team, consisting of a disability examiner and a medical or psychological consultant, makes the disability determination.
Income includes earnings, Social Security checks, pensions, and non-cash items such as food, clothing, or shelter. The amount of income a person has each month affects the amount of SSI payment he or she can receive.
Resources include things like bank accounts, stocks, bonds, and property. Certain things usually do not count as resources, such as personal belongings, the family home, and family car.
Social Security reviews every SSI case from time to time to make sure that people receiving cash payments are still disabled, and are receiving the correct amount. SSI recipients (or their payees) are required to report any changes in their situations, such as changes in income, resources, household composition, school attendance, marital status, and improvement in medical condition.
Representative Payees
When a child is eligible for SSI, SSA usually makes the cash payments to a responsible person or organization, known as a representative payee. Typically, a parent or other relative with whom the child lives serves as payee. In some cases, though, a family member or other person cannot serve as payee, and SSA appoints a qualified organization to be payee for the child. Whether a person or an organization, the payee must use the SSI payment for the benefit of the child and ensure that his or her current needs are met.
The payee's first priority, then, is to provide food, clothing, shelter, medical care, and personal comfort items for the child. Once these needs are met, the payee may spend funds on other items, such as life insurance, burial arrangements, renovations needed to make the child's home safer or more accessible, furnishings for the child's use, medical equipment, dental care, and school expenses.
The payee must save any funds not used for the child's current needs, and must account annually for how he or she used the SSI payments for the child.
If you believe a representative payee is misusing a child's SSI payments, you should call the local Social Security Office.
Definition of Disability for Children
Under the law, a child is considered disabled for SSI purposes if:
he or she has a medically determinable physical or mental impairment (or combination of impairments); and
the impairment(s) results in marked and severe functional limitations; and
the impairment(s) has lasted (or is expected to last) for at least one year or to result in death.
What is a medically determinable physical or mental impairment?
To meet the statutory definition, a child's impairment(s) must result from anatomical, physiological, or psychological abnormalities that are demonstrable by medically acceptable clinical and laboratory diagnostic techniques. The impairment(s) must be established by medical evidence consisting of symptoms, signs, and laboratory findings, not only by a statement of symptoms.
We need evidence from acceptable medical sources to establish whether a child has a medically determinable impairment(s). Acceptable medical sources are:
licensed physicians (medical or osteopathic);
licensed or certified psychologists (includes school psychologists, for purposes of establishing intellectual disorder/learning disorder/borderline intellectual functioning);
licensed optometrists (for the measurement of visual fields or acuity);
licensed podiatrists (for purposes of establishing impairments of the foot, or foot and ankle, depending on the State);
qualified speech-language pathologists (for purposes of establishing speech or language impairments ); and
other individuals authorized to send us copies or summaries of the medical records from a hospital, clinic, or other health care facility.
Once we have established the existence of an impairment(s), we may also use evidence from other medical and non-medical sources to show the severity of the impairment(s) and how it affects the child's functioning. Other medical sources not listed above include, for example, physicians' assistants, and nurse practitioners. Non-medical sources include, for example, schools, public and private social welfare agencies, parents, guardians, licensed clinical social workers and other caregivers. Educators and other school professionals (counselors, nurses, early intervention team members), in particular, can provide the specific, reliable information we need about how the child has functioned in school over the last 12 months. This information gives us an insight into the child's day-to-day functioning, which is very important in determining childhood disability.
Role of the School Professional
School records and appropriate educational personnel are two of the best sources of evidence about how a school-age child is functioning.
DDSs ask school administrators to ensure that appropriate points of contact with schools and with school personnel are set up year round. This is vitally important to ensure timely disability determinations for children throughout the year, especially during the summer.
In general, we ask schools to provide the following:
- Copies of a child's school records, including records of:
- Academic performance, psychological evaluation, attendance and behavior;
- Standardized and other specialized testing;
- School-based therapeutic interventions (e.g.,
speech and language therapy) and the use of other special
services, including placement in special education classes or other specially adapted settings;
- Individualized education programs (IEP); and
- Other periodic assessments of the child; e.g., comprehensive triennial assessments.
- Assessments by teachers and other qualified
personnel about the child's activities and functioning; that is:
- what the child can and cannot do, or is limited in doing. We use a federally approved form, the Teacher Questionnaire (SSA-5665), to request information from teachers.
Description of Other Information We Need from
Teachers and
Other Educational Personnel
To fully document a child's case, we need information from sources who know the child well and are familiar with how the child functions from day-to-day in all settings, at school, at home, or in the community. The information you provide about a child's day-to-day functioning in school will help us to determine the effects of a physical or mental impairment(s) on the child's ability to function in age-appropriate activities compared to that of other children the same age who do not have impairments. We need this information from you even if the child has been (or was) in your class for only a short time. Your information is not the only information we will consider when we determine whether the child qualifies for SSI, but it is very important to us.
SSA considers all of the mental and physical limitations resulting from a child's impairment(s). We address those limitations in terms of the following broad domains of functioning:
Acquiring and Using Information
We consider how well a child:
learns or acquires information, and
uses the information he/she has learned.
Learning and thinking begin at birth. A child learns as he/she explores the world through sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. As a child plays, he/she acquires concepts and learns that people, things, and activities have names. This lets the child understand symbols, which prepares him/her to use language for learning. Using the concepts and symbols acquired through play and learning experiences, a child should be able to learn to read, write, do arithmetic, and understand and use new information.
Thinking is the application or use of information a child has learned. It involves being able to perceive relationships, reason, and make logical choices. People think in different ways. When a child thinks in pictures, he/she may solve a problem by watching and imitating what another person does. When a child thinks in words, he/she may solve a problem by using language to talk his/her way through it. A child must also be able to use language to think about the world and to understand others and express him or herself; e.g., to follow directions, ask for information, or explain something.
Attending and Completing Tasks
We consider how well a child:
is able to focus and maintain attention, and
begins, carries through, and finishes activities, including the pace at which the child performs activities and the ease with which the child changes them.
Attention involves regulating levels of alertness and initiating and maintaining concentration. It involves the ability to filter out distractions and to remain focused on an activity or task at a consistent level of performance. This means focusing long enough to initiate and complete an activity or task and changing focus once it is completed. It also means that if a child loses or changes focus in the middle of a task, he/she is able to return to it without other people having to remind him/her frequently to finish it.
Adequate attention is needed to maintain physical and mental effort and concentration on an activity or task. Adequate attention permits a child to think and reflect before starting or deciding to stop an activity. In other words, the child is able to look ahead and predict the outcome of his/her actions before acting. Focusing attention allows a child to attempt tasks at an appropriate pace. It also helps determine the time needed to finish a task within an appropriate timeframe.
Interacting and Relating with Others
We consider how well a child:
initiates and sustains emotional connections with others,
develops and uses the language of his/her community,
cooperates with others,
complies with rules
responds to criticism, and
respects and takes care of the possessions of others.
Interacting means initiating and responding to exchanges with other people, for practical or social purposes. A child interacts with others by using facial expressions, gestures, actions, or words. A child may interact with another person only once, as when asking a stranger for directions, or many times, as when describing his/her day at school to parents. A child may interact with people one-at-a-time, as when listening to another student in the hallway at school, or in groups, as when playing with others.
Relating to other people means forming intimate relationships with family members and with friends the same age, and sustaining them over time. A child may relate to individuals, siblings, parents or a best friend, or to groups, such as other children in childcare, friends in school, teammates in sports activities, or people in the neighborhood.
Interacting and relating requires a child to respond appropriately to a variety of emotional and behavioral cues. A child must be able to speak intelligibly and fluently so that others can understand; participate in verbal turntaking and nonverbal exchanges; consider others' feelings and points of view; follow social rules for interaction and conversation; and respond to others appropriately and meaningfully.
A child's activities at home or school or in the community may involve playing, learning, and working cooperatively with other children, one-at-a-time or in groups; joining voluntarily in activities with the other children in school or community; and responding to persons in authority (e.g., parents, teacher, bus driver, coach, employer).
Moving About and Manipulating Objects
We consider how well a child:
moves his/her body from one place to another and
moves and manipulates things.
These are called gross and fine motor skills.
Moving one's body involves several different kinds
of actions:
Rolling one's body; rising or pulling oneself from a sitting to a standing position; pushing oneself up; raising one's head, arms, legs, and twisting one's hands and feet; balancing one's weight on one's legs and feet; shifting weight while sitting or standing; transferring from one surface to another; lowering oneself to or toward the floor as when bending, kneeling, stooping, or crouching; moving oneself forward and backward in space as when crawling, walking, running, and negotiating different terrain (e.g., curbs, steps, hills).
Moving and manipulating things involves several
different kinds of actions:
Engaging one's upper and lower body to push, pull, lift, or carry objects from one place to another; controlling shoulders, arms, and hands to hold or transfer objects; coordinating eyes and hands to manipulate small objects or parts of objects.
These actions require varying degrees of strength, coordination, dexterity, pace, and physical ability to persist at the task. They also require a sense of where one's body is and how it moves in space; the integration of sensory input with motor output; and the capacity to plan, remember, and execute controlled motor movements.
Caring For Yourself
We consider how well a child:
maintains a healthy emotional and physical state, including how well the child gets his/her physical and emotional wants and needs met in appropriate ways;
copes with stress and changes in the environment; and
takes care of his/her own health, possessions, and living area.
Caring for and regulating oneself effectively, with the degree of independence appropriate to a child's age, depends upon the ability to respond to changes in emotions and daily demands of the environment. Caring for oneself is characterized by a sense of personal autonomy, or independence and mastery, or competence. The effort to become independent and competent should be observable at birth and should continue throughout childhood. Emotional well-being requires a basic understanding of the body, including its normal functioning, and physical and emotional needs.
To meet these needs successfully, a child must employ effective coping strategies, appropriate to his/her age, to identify and regulate feelings, thoughts, urges, and intentions. Such strategies are based on taking responsibility for getting needs met in an appropriate and satisfactory manner. This includes establishing and maintaining adequate self-control when regulating responses to changes in moods and environment, and developing appropriate means to delay gratification.
Caring for and regulating oneself means becoming increasingly independent in making and following one's own decisions. This entails relying on one's abilities and skills and displaying consistent judgment about the consequences of caring for oneself. As a child matures, using and testing his/her own judgment helps develop confidence in independence and competence.
Health and Physical Well-being
We consider the cumulative physical effects of:
physical or mental impairments, and
their associated treatments or therapies on a child's functioning.
A physical or mental disorder may have physical effects that vary in kind and intensity, and may make it difficult for a child to perform activities independently or effectively. A child may experience problems such as generalized weakness, dizziness, shortness of breath, reduced stamina, fatigue, psychomotor retardation, allergic reactions, recurrent infection, poor growth, bladder or bowel incontinence, or local or generalized pain. A child may have difficulty with senses, including reduced hearing or visual acuity.
In addition, the medications a child takes (e.g., for asthma, depression) or the treatment a child receives (e.g., chemotherapy, multiple surgeries) may have physical effects that also limit performance of activities.
A child's illness may be chronic with stable symptoms, or episodic with periods of worsening and improvement. We will consider how a child functions during periods of worsening and how often and for how long these periods occur. A child may be medically fragile and need intensive medical care to maintain his/her level of health and physical well-being. In any case, as a result of the illness itself, the medications or treatment a child receives, or both, he or she may experience physical effects that interfere with functioning in any or all activities.
All requests for this information will be accompanied by a release-of-information form signed by a parent or guardian (and/or by the child, if appropriate).
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I've taken some time to express below why I feel the way I do about situations like this one. Feel free to offer counter-arguments if you think I got any facts wrong, there's a lot of hearsay going around. I'm okay with nobody changing their minds based on what I think and write. To me, this is just another example of why I feel strongly that medication reform is very much needed in this sport.Catalina wrote:Let's see if I recall this right: You are not supposed to race a horse on steroids because it enhances performance. Nor are you supposed to work a horse that is on steroids, because it encourages steroid-induced muscle growth.BaroqueAgain1 wrote:IIRC, Ellis is not claiming "that he didn't do anything wrong." He has acknowledged the drug overage, explained how it happened and taken responsibility for his decision.
IMHO, however, I supported his suggestion to remove ONE DAY from his suspension, while adding a year of probation, so that his stable didn't have to disband...and his stable hands weren't suddenly all out of work.
If TVG allows him to work from the studio, they might be showing support for that. Not for illegal med use.
There's seems to be some confusion about CHRB regulations and BC regulations. I admit I have some sympathy for Ron Ellis because, in this current racing environment, I think any of us racing fools could find ourselves in similar situations.
At the time of this infraction in 2016, CHRB allowed horses to be treated with anabolic steroids as long as they go on the vet list and not race for 60 days after it was administered. CHRB regs also prohibit horses from testing positive for ANY amount of anabolic steroid.
The first reg was inconsistent with the NUMP/ARCI model rule at the time, which was NOT completely adopted by the CHRB. The ARCI model rule required a horse to not race for 60 days, but also have a negative drug test to ensure the substance was no longer in the horse's system. This inconsistency, I think, caught the BC off guard and embarrassed both of these racing bodies. I think they were also embarrassed that the state vet knew about the prior positive and didn't inform the BC.
After this incident, ARCI updated its model rule "to require a horse who receives an anabolic steroid treatment to sit out of racing for at least six months." But remember, states are not forced to adopt ARCI rules, some tweak the model rule (as CHRB did in this case) and others don't adopt the rules at all. Even when there's agreement to adopt rules, that can take a very long time. The BC recently adopted the new ARCI rule to avoid the inconsistencies among state regulators, but now we have yet another racing body adding their own version of inconsistent racing regs.
Most experts agree that the picograms found in Masochistic was not enough to affect performance on race day. These tests have gotten so sensitive that they are even picking up trace amounts of caffeine, antihistamines, and any other drug that may be present in a horse's contaminated environment. Racing does not do a good job making judgements that distinguish between environmental contamination and drugs directly administered to the horses, but that wasn't the issue in this case. Ellis fully admitted he administered the drug and when. He tried only to negotiate a settlement that would preserve his livelihood and the jobs of his stable staff.
There are legitimate therapeutic benefits to using anabolic steroids. It can be a life-saving treatment in cases of some diseases that cause wasting. It's well-known that anabolic steroids help a horse recover from exercise, improve appetite, and build muscle mass. Masochistic seems like a "hard keeper" who benefited from its use during breaks between races, and that was perfectly legal under CHRB regs at the time which in turn wasn't an issue under BC rules at the time. The only issue was that it wasn't long enough after treatment to completely leave the horse's system and he tested positive post-race for trace amounts.
CHRB issues guidelines for medication withdrawal times. For anabolic steroids, the guideline is 60 days. I think Masochistic's race day positive was 67 days after treatment. Obviously, there is a wide disparity between horses in how they metabolize these substances, which is another problem these rules create for trainers and owners when they are written as zero positive, that is NO trace of this drug can be found in post-race tests whether or not that trace amount can affect race-day performance.
Ron Ellis is by far not the only trainer who sees the therapeutic value of anabolic steroids and uses it when he thinks it can be beneficial. Masochistic was put on the CHRB vet list each time, again following the rules in place at the time, and the vet list is very public, not hidden from bettors or anyone else. It is published on the CHRB website, anabolic steroids is categorized under "medication": http://www.chrb.ca.gov/misc_docs/VetList.pdf. And, yes, this drug like many others can be and is abused. And the "golden boys" large-stable trainers use it too.
There was no prohibition that I know of that kept horses who were on the CHRB vet list from training. Masochistic did have published workouts during the time he was on the vet list: http://www.equibase.com/profiles/workou ... registry=T. I've heard no outcry from CHRB or BC that this too was in violation.
The backsides of race tracks have ears and tongues, and news travels fast (remember, before the Internet, this was our main means of spreading news quickly). Believe me this situation was discussed widely inside barn walls. Ron Ellis is known as an ethical and honest horseman, not a frequent user of hard core drugs. He competes is a high-profile circuit and tries to do right by his horses and owners. I am fairly sure that his decision to take a risk and race Masochistic under these circumstances would have been discussed with his owners, at least one of which is a big user of Twitter. I don't remember any Tweets from her expressing outrage at this decision to race.
I also recall hearing (either from racing pubs or backside chatter, not sure) that Dr. Arthur did not tell Ron about the Positive test for several days after he knew about it and, when he did tell Ellis, it was three days before the race. Ellis tried to get a more current test run then, but he could not find a testing lab willing or able to do such a quick turnaround. Yes, he took a risk and he lost big time here. I and many others think the punishment in this case does not fit the crime.
So, the status quo may be acceptable to some folks but, I think there are too many good guys who try to play by the rules and actually make a living in this sport and get burnt by it. Ron Ellis is known to many people as one of the good guys. I can't support seeing people like him crucified when they make a mistake or misjudgment under rules and regulations that are ambiguous and inconsistent. There are other good guys caught up in situations that seem terribly unreasonable when you look through the eyes of other horsepeople. Just look up Graham Motion who has been caught in a "trace amount" situation from 2015 in Kentucky. Motion wasn't even allowed to present evidence to support his case during the appeals phase. The case has since snowballed like crazy and, besides due process, involves the "absolute insurer" rule. http://www.drf.com/news/motion-ruling-c ... er-statute
What's the solution? Here's one from the Jockey Club website:
http://www.jockeyclub.com/Default.asp?s ... story=1021Since its inception more than a decade ago, the Racing Medication and Testing Consortium (RMTC) has worked to develop and promote uniform rules and testing standards at the national level, which culminated in the creation of the National Uniform Medication Program (NUMP) in 2012. A review of the rules of pari-mutuel racing conducted between July 19 and November 16, 2017, shows that not one of the major racing jurisdictions has adopted NUMP in its entirety.
Component 4 - Adoption of the current version of the ARCI Penalty Guidelines for Multiple Medication Violations (MMV) by state racing commissions - has been fully adopted in the most current version by nine of the states reviewed: Arizona, Arkansas, Indiana, Maryland, Montana, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia. Note those absent from this list.
After a decade of trying for voluntary adoption, the Jockey Club is supporting the Horseracing Integrity Act of 2017 (H.R. 2651).
Horseracing may not have too many more decades to spare. There are too many people who care more about these horses than they care about wagering or who gets the biggest trophies and eclipse awards.When enacted, H.R. 2651 would provide the horse racing industry with a single set of uniform drug testing rules and enforcement protocols that would be managed by an independent, non-governmental, not-for-profit anti-doping organization.
Passing this act might be a good place to start, but I'm no longer convinced that this alone will solve the many issues facing racing. It looks to me now that it will take a National Commission Office to enforce consistency and uniformity on issues other than medication use, like aftercare and the financial structure of the sport, and to successfully market it. I seriously doubt we'll make horse racing popular again if we don't make some drastic changes very soon. And we will keep losing participants - owners, trainers, breeders, fans and the wagering public - until it's no longer sustainable.


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Ubellacker kicked things off in the 100-yard freestyle, touching in second place with a time of 44.01. With his time of 43.92 this morning, he crushed his own MIT school record of 44.45 from earlier this season. This past week was an outstanding one for the senior, who took the national title in both the 50-yard freestyle and the 100-yard butterfly, breaking a 13-year-old NCAA record in the latter. The senior, who is a six-time All-American this week alone, was also part of the 200-yard medley relay that finished first and the 200-yard freestyle relay that placed second.
In the consolation final of the 200-yard backstroke, freshman Bradford Jokubaitis (Newtown, Pa.) came fifth with a 1:49.84. This morning, he swam a 1:49.43, cutting a few hundredths of a second off his time from NEWMACs last month. Senior Brendan Deveney (Newtown, Conn.) and freshman Alex Lednev (Glenmont, N.Y.), who swam times of 1:48.58 and 1:48.77 respectively at prelims this morning, snuck into the championship final in seventh and eighth place. Deveney moved up to sixth, touching in a 1:48.93 and Lednev stayed true to his seeding, finishing in eighth with a 1:50.73. Deveney's prelims swim was just under his MIT record of 1:48.88 from NEWMACs.
In the final individual event of the meet, the 200-yard breaststroke, junior Michael Liao (Newport Beach, Calif.) finished in sixth place in the consolation final with a time of 2:03.52, cutting over four seconds off his time from NEWMACs. In the championship final, sophomore Ben Bauchwitz (Hershey, Pa.) came in eighth in 2:04.39. In prelims, he finished in fifth place with a 2:00.75, also cutting four seconds off the time he swam at the conference meet last month.
To close the championship, Deveney, sophomore Austin Fathman (Hamilton, Mich.), junior Craig Cheney (Sherwood, Ore.) and Ubellacker swam the 400-yard freestyle relay. In prelims, the Engineers touched with a time of 2:57.39, breaking the MIT school record from the 2011-12 season by over two seconds and placing them first. Due to an early relay start, however, the quartet was disqualified.
At prelims, Cheney tied for 19th place in the 100 free with his time of 45.26. Fathman was 27th with a 45.51 and senior Tony Chen (Clemmons, N.C.) placed 30th in 45.68. In the 200 back, freshmen Sean Corcoran (Huntersville, N.C.) and Bo Mattix (La Canada, Calif.) finished in 23rd and 24th with times of 1:51.75 and 1:51.76 respectively.
Over the span of the four-day, eight-session meet, the Engineers earned 20 individual All-America nods for finishing in the top 16 in their respective events. Four of the five relays also earned All-America accolades.


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What are they talking about at the Synod for Evangelisation? This article by Sandro Magister tells us that the Bishops have broached the taboo subject of conversions from Islam to Christianity. It makes interesting reading, despite the rather ponderous translation, (read the original here ) and I was particularly struck by this section of it, which I beg readers to consider carefully:
Particularly well developed was the reflection of Archbishop Joseph Absi, auxiliary and protosyncellus in Damascus of the Greek-Melkites in Syria, who noted that the "openness of some Muslims to Christianity, undoubtedly helped by today's means of communication" and the fact that "some of them have even reached the point of discovering in Christ the loving face of God the Father."
But since, he added, "The Muslims do not see the difference between Christians and Westerners, because they do not distinguish, themselves, between what is religious and what is political and social. What precedes the Westerners is perceived by the Muslims as preceding the Christians. Now, Western behaviour, especially on the cultural and political level and in a general way, harms the religious and national sensitivity of the Muslims, their values, their ethics and their culture. Consequentially, this forms an obstacle to their openness to Christianity and to their possible evangelisation."
In fact, he explained, "The majority of Muslims are convinced that the relaxing of mores, the exploitation of weak and poor peoples, the disdain of the Muslim religion that they feel from Westerners, comes from Christians. What can be done to stop the Muslims from confusing Christianity and the West, Christians and Westerners, and to not feel ridiculed and frustrated? The Synod, in its configuration of new evangelisation, should lean towards this question, to learn how to avoid, as much as possible, tensions and misunderstandings and what to do so that the Muslims may be more receptive with regards to the Church and to the Gospel."
What the Archbishop pinpoints is the problem of inculturation, which is a major point of interest for all missionaries. If Christianity is perceived as a Western phenomenon then it will not be welcomed by people in the Muslim world. But of course Christianity is not a Western phenomenon, but a universal one, and can be joined to any culture without destroying what is good in that culture. Being Christian and being, for example, Syrian or Egyptian, can and do go together. It is simply not true that the Christians of the Middle East are somehow Western plants or the agents of the Great Satan, the United States. In fact, the Christians of the Middle East predate the rise of Islam by many centuries.
History proves this point about inculturation. The Church's most successful mission was that to the lands of the former Aztec Empire, which were converted to Christianity within a generation, because the missionaries presented the faith as something that would complement and complete the Aztec culture, rather than replace it. The Church's least successful mission, which made scant progress despite huge efforts in the nineteenth century, was the mission to Japan, which won over few Japanese, who perceived Christianity as a foreign faith, and as alien to their culture.
There has in fact been, I have read, a very successful mission in certain parts of the Muslim world, where many have been won over by Evangelical Protestant missionaries who have presented Christ and Christianity as the fulfilment of Islamic culture, rather than its contradiction. As Catholic missionary theologians always say, Christ comes to fulfil culture, not replace it. Nor do we, in inviting people to become Christian, impose any one culture on them. But this successful mission is not trumpeted abroad, because converting Muslims is, as Sandro Magister observes, a taboo subject.
It is worth pointing out that the Catholic Church has an absolute and God-given right, indeed a duty, to proclaim Jesus Christ everywhere, in season and out of season. So, there should be no taboos. This I think was the reason the Holy Father baptised Magdi Cristiano Allam at the Easter Vigil in 2008, to show us all that this was a perfectly legitimate act. And where the Holy Father leads, we should all follow. We should certainly all of us pray that he word of God be proclaimed ever more insistently among all peoples, Muslims included.


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Laura1208 necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 88 diseños de 32 diseñadores freelance.
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Starting a film company this year and though I have an "independent" sensibility do not want to be pigeon holed into something too indie that it cannot cross over to commercial films. But definitely looking for something cool.
ALL. very open right now on this subject. Interested in doing all kinds of films. Maybe NOT animated or children's films. That's all I know at this point.
Maybe a better way to describe what I want is by telling you how I came to this name...
Having been in the entertainment business quite some time in a climate that is very much of "when you're hot, you're hot...and when you are not, you. are. not" I find myself always uttering the mantra "just keep right sized" ie. mean keep your ego in check, you know? Not the Queen of the Universe when you are "hot" and not a piece of sh&% when you are not.
So, artistically the literal of actually playing with the sizes of fonts on this one could be as simple as that. Maybe "right" being lower cased by a larger bold "sized" or vis-verse? Some kind of juxtaposed (sp?). I don't know you guys are the artists.
Feel free to think outside the box on this one as I would eventually like to do a moving logo.
Look forward to seeing some cool designs peeps!
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Man oh man...you guys are crazy talented artists!!! Really cool ideas. I am really loving #1 (shout out to Ali). And #5 , #6 , & #7 are pretty cool too. Wondering if we could also somehow do a play on the concept of thinking "outside the box"? Meaning a play on boxes fitting into another to reflect the "right sized". Note: still needs to be legible and somewhat simple. This idea could be cool when doing an animated logo as boxes could go into boxes; or a box could flip open somehow ie. you know like those Russian dolls that fit into one another? Just thinking...you guys INSPIRE!!! Love it!!! Thanks, and can't wait to see more! - Laura
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Generate dynamic content in response to client requests
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Sun Java System Web Server includes a number of software modules, which are discussed in the following topics in this section:
Web Server content engines are designed for manipulating customer data. The following three content engines make up the Web Publishing layer of the Sun Java System Web Server architecture:
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The HTTP engine represents the core of Sun Java System Web Server. The Web Server architecture resides on top of this engine for performance and integration functionality.
The Content Handling engine enables you to manage your server's content. You can create and store HTML pages, JavaServer Pages files JSP™, and other files such as graphics, text, sound, or video on your server. When clients connect to your server they can view your files provided they have access.
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The U.S. Census Bureau today released the first-ever report examining the prevalence of non-degree certifications and licenses among American adults and their importance to the employment market. The report found that alternative credentials provide a path to higher earnings, underscoring that traditional educational attainment is just one way for workers to attain the skills needed in today's global economy.
A skilled workforce is an essential part of a modern, innovative economy. However, many U.S. employers today are struggling to find workers with the skills to fill some of the 3.9 million open jobs. That is why, for the first time, the Commerce Department is focusing on skills training as part of its Open for Business Agenda.
The report, Measuring Alternative Educational Credentials, found that in fall 2012, 50 million U.S. adults, or one in four, had obtained a professional certification, license or educational certificate apart from a postsecondary degree awarded by colleges and universities. The report shows that, in general, these alternative credentials provide a path to higher earnings. Among full-time workers, the median monthly earnings for someone with a professional certification or license only was $4,167, compared with $3,433 for one with an educational certificate only; $3,920 for those with both types of credentials; and $3,110 for people without any alternative credential.
This report makes it clear that Americans who pursue non-traditional education have the opportunity to obtain get good-paying jobs in emerging fields. Among the adults included in the report, 12 million had both a professional certification or license and an educational certificate; 34 million had only a professional certification or license; and 7 million had only an educational certificate.
The Commerce Department will continue to work with the Departments of Education and Labor to ensure that workforce training investments are aligned with employer's current and future hiring needs, leading to high-quality jobs for workers and a productive workforce for employers. This collaboration across federal agencies will refine our understanding of non-degree credentials, adding to the critical data that the Census Bureau and others provide to support smart business decisions and sound public policy in workforce training. Release
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Sherif Elsayed-Ali is head of refugee and migrants' rights at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International. The views expressed are his own.
A tense political situation deteriorates; violence rapidly escalates with dire effects on the civilian population – people are killed indiscriminately, property is destroyed and what starts as a slow trickle of refugees into neighboring countries becomes a mass displacement.
That was Iraq in 2006. In 2012 it's Syria.
And there's a tragic irony because Syria is not only Iraq's immediate neighbor, but also a country that was host to more than one million Iraqi refugee at the height of the displacement crisis.
It's not only Syrians that are leaving everything behind to flee the horrors of war. It's also the Iraqi and Palestinian refugees and others who had found safety in Syria, now twice displaced.
I returned from Jordan last week, where I was looking into the situation of refugees from Syria. The journey out of Syria is rife with dangers. To make it into Jordan, refugees have to go through areas filled with Syrian military troops. Typically, the Free Syrian Army (FSA) escorts them while they sneak between military outposts and until they reach the Syrian side of the border with Jordan.
If they are discovered – and it happens – they are shot at with heavy gunfire. Refugees report that the shooting is indiscriminate; single men or families with children, all are targeted. That people continue to take these risks is testament to what they have suffered and witnessed.
UNHCR, the U.N. refugee agency, has so far registered more than 35,000 Syrians in Jordan, but the unofficial total is believed to be much higher.
In Syria itself, the number of those displaced is estimated at between one and one and a half million, in a country of 22 million people. In four of Syria's neighbors including Jordan, plus Lebanon, Iraq and Turkey, about 120,000 Syrian refugees have been registered by the United Nations, but again the actual number, including those unregistered, is much higher.
Badly hit neighborhoods, even whole towns, have seen a mass exodus – sometimes within Syria, sometimes with people making the perilous journey across borders.
Inkhil, a town of about 30,000 people in the Dera'a governorate has been one of the worst hit. Those who fled describe continuous, indiscriminate shelling in the past few weeks.
People have been taken from their homes by government forces and militias, in front of their families, and executed within earshot. There are reports of mainly men, but also women, being abducted and subjected to enforced disappearances.
So far, borders have largely remained open to refugees from Syria and must remain so. Recent statements from Iraqi and Jordanian leaders that this remains the case are reassuring. Worrying, though, was a statement attributed to the Israeli Defense Minister on July 19, where he stated his intention to prevent "waves of refugees" fleeing increasing violence and widespread human right abuses in Syria, from entering Israel via the Israeli-occupied area of the Golan Heights.
Countries must allow refugees fleeing war and persecution to enter their country and reach safety, be they Syrian nationals or others residing in Syria, such as Palestinian refugees. It is a legal obligation, not just a moral one.
But neighboring countries shouldn't have to bear the humanitarian effort on their own. There's a real economic and resource impact on countries from sudden, large scale refugee flows.
Local schools and health facilities have to accommodate thousands that weren't planned for, and there's increased demand for employment. Jordan, for example, is also suffering from serious energy and water constraints.
There have been promising signs in recent days, such as a pledge by the United States that it will give Jordan $100 million, in part to help host Syrian refugees, and another pledge for a similar sum by the Arab League.
Yet, as of July 24, the $192 million U.N. Regional Response Plan for Syrian Refugees was only 26 percent funded. Another U.N. humanitarian appeal to support Syrians inside their country had, as of July 20, only received $38 million of the $180 million needed. What are the countries that purport to support the Syrian people waiting for?
Countries with the means to do so – in the Gulf, Europe, North America and elsewhere – should fund the humanitarian appeals for the Syria situation.
And they should do it now. They should increase direct support to neighboring countries to help them provide adequate reception for all refugees from Syria and adequate assistance to the communities hosting them.
No one knows when the conflict in Syria will end, and when it does, no one knows whether it will be safe for displaced Syrians to return. Even if the conflict in Syria ended tomorrow and it was safe for refugees to return, the process wouldn't be quick. Infrastructure has to be rehabilitated and homes rebuilt. Schools, hospitals and local services have to start operating again. This is a crisis that needs long term commitment and neighboring countries should not bear the brunt of it on their own.
Many of the refugees I talked to complained that for the past 18 months, there has been nothing but empty words. They asked what the international community has done for the Syrian people?
The very least it can do is help those who escaped to live in dignity.
Respected, Mr. Sherif Elsayed Ali Garu, There is no refugees and there is no crisis. These all are U. S tactics.In Syria, so many people not awared about U. S malpractices, And C N N news channel also doing malpractices together.Syrian people will fight againest U.S reptile administration.shortly.
Saeed... I'm afraid that you're confusing the United States of America with some other country. The US DOES NOT resort to terrorism, it's what Lebanon, Syria, Iran, the Palestinians, the various fighting groups in Iraq are doing.
Number of refugies escaping to Turkey is not a Braodway version of USA plot. It is a reality. It is high summer here and the day temperatures his 44-46 degrees C. Think of this when you drink your next glass of iced water.
Indeed Turkey has taken a lot of refugees from Syria. Other neighbours do the same. The pflight of refugees is heart-wrenching. Hence it's wrong that Israel intends to close the border on the Golan Heights to prevent Syrian refugees from entering the country over the occupied Golan Heights,
The Iraqis who fled their country in 2006 and took refuge in Syria, have to flee again, only to find themselves in another inferno in Iraq.
So let me get this straight j.von, you state that the poor muslim refugees from a muslim country should be allowed into the Golan Heights so that they can attack Israel? And if Israel does not allow this, then Israel is a human right's abuser. At some point we thought that maybe, just maybe, you were a muslim with some brains but you insult the civilized world's intelligence with that heartwrenching plea.
Nina, those are Human beings you talk about, this kind of paranoiac actions are creating more escalation between Arabs and Jews. Israel is a relatively new country and seems like not aware of the fact that trying to secure the existence of a country with only one ally is never a good idea. The only think doesnt change in this world is the change itself, so if I were a Jewish politician who really cares about other Jews I would try to make some friends instead of loosing the last ones. Because people will remember what you said today and act on it accordingly some day.
The following are allies of Israel:
Brazil, Canada, European Union, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Ja pan, Malawi, Paraguay, The Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, United Kingdom,
United States and Uruguay to name a few.
If you are interested in reading more facts go to IIACF's site http://www.iiacf.org/
Which countries are allied to the gypsies of the ME?
Syria's growing refugee crisis
By Sherif Elsayed-Ali, Special to CNN
Sherif Elsayed-Ali is head of refugee and migrants' rights at the International Secretariat of Amnesty International. The views expressed are his own.
my comment is this: any views expressed are always better than those suppressed.
UNLESS: expression is a LIE, and suppression is the TRUTH...and with a world agency of AI, I doubt sensation-ism plays a card of discontent. And with an International Secretariat no less. All the events we are shown have already been cataloged.
"The media has already 'calmed' the masses, now we change history".™ a recent off-air quote of an Elite.
The only way to help these people is by having both the Arab league and the NATO countries quit sending in arms and ammuntion to these so-called "rebels" so that they'll sue the Assad regime for peace and an eventual cease fire. The problem here just like anywhere else is that the M.I.C. in Washington want to take over in Syria through the collaboration of these "rebels" just like they did in Libya last year!
If the so called rebels and the Assad regime did not have arms and ammunition, they would kill each other with knives and stones because that is the muslim mindset.
That was well put, Nina. Soon, if I'm elected, we'll replace this ASSad with a right-wing stooge who'll gladly carry our our orders without question or hesitation!!!
I hope that happens.
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This new edition of the established standard text on policy-making in the European Union has been extensively updated and rewritten to take into account all the most important recent developments in EU affairs. The new edition is even more comprehensive than its predecessor. It now includes 15 case studies of European Union policy-making in a range of different fields. In addition, there are updated introductory chapters on EU institutions and policy processes, and a new chapter explaining the various theoretical approaches to the making of policy in the EU.
Major recent developments examined include the move to a single European currency, the expansion of common activities in justice and home affairs, recent initiatives to strengthen common foreign and security policy, negotiations on eastern enlargement, and efforts to reform the Common Agricultural Policy. Core policy fields covered include budgetary policy, trade, competition, and the Single Market. Case studies of environmental policy, social policy, and north-south relations illustrate the range and diversity of EU policy-making. Two entirely new case studies examine the common fisheries policy and the struggle to develop a common approach to biotechnology. The expert contributors come from six EU member states and from the US.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Willy Irwin of Concordia (Ore.) has been named NAIA National Men's Outdoor Field Athlete of the Week and Derik Douglas of Oklahoma Baptist has been tabbed as the NAIA National Men's Outdoor Track Athlete of the Week, the national office announced Wednesday. Irwin and Douglas were selected based on their performances from April 1 – 7.
Irwin, a junior from Clovis, Calif., claims his third field athlete of the week honor this season, after winning the shot put and discus at the Willamette Invite, hosted by NCAA Division III Willamette (Ore.) on April 6. Irwin set a shot put meet record and new school record with his toss of 19.10 meters (62-8). His shot put throw was the best NAIA throw since 2009 when Chad Smith of Concordia (Calif.) launched a heave of19.15 meters (62-10). Irwin also upped his season best in the discus with a 55.14 meter (180-11) effort.
Douglas, a senior from Houston, Texas, had a NAIA best time in the 400 meter hurdles by clocking a time of 52.74 seconds in the NCAA Division I Texas Tech Open on April 6. Douglas also compiled the second best time in the NAIA with a time of 14.25 in the 110 high hurdles. He also helped his 4x400 relay team to a third place finish in a time of 3:11.18.
For the complete Athlete of the Week calendar, click here.
Track Nominees: Seth Boomsma, Dakota State (S.D.); Nathan Swanson, Corban (Ore.); Robert Altenburger, Judson (Ill.); Tyler Powell, Berea (Ky.); Ty'rell Fields, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Robert Barnes, Wiley (Texas); Troy Jones, Texas Wesleyan; Matt Porter, Northwest (Wash.); Wes Jones, Evergreen (Wash.); Sam Atkin, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho); Taiheem Pleasant, Concordia (Neb.); David Walters, Langston (Okla.); Kyle Hall, Indiana East; Brandon Sherier, McPherson (Kan.); Jonathan Gears, Cumberlands (Ky.); Jeremiah Gerardy, Bethany (Kan.); Dustin Brummel, Davenport (Mich.); Cedrique Smith, Sterling (Kan.); Terrell Shannon , William Woods (Mo.); Raimon Clay, St. Ambrose (Iowa); Gabriel Green, William Penn (Iowa); DeMarcus Jackson, Central Methodist (Mo.); Miguel Flores, Great Falls (Mont.); Logan Moore, Siena Heights (Mich.); Robert Dickey, Taylor (Ind.); Ricky Williams, South Carolina Beaufort; Alex Xavier, Warner (Fla.); Carlos Cox , Friends (Kan.); Hunter Gibson, Shawnee State (Ohio); Tyler Davis, Missouri Valley; Tyler Mize, Tennessee Wesleyan; Dareyus Person, Indiana Tech; Eric Kieffer, Webber International (Fla.); Jeff Cherry, Aquinas (Mich.); Donovan Graham, Grace (Ind.); Billy Funk, Goshen (Ind.); Casey Gauss, Indiana Wesleyan; Joash Osoro, William Carey (Miss.); Alphonso Cooper, Midland (Neb.); Stephen Broadhurst, Oklahoma City; Monte Larsen, Morningside (Iowa); Dylan Reyes, St. Francis (Ill.); Andy Reidsma, Trinity Christian (Ill.); Jordan Reeher, Concordia (Ore.); Isacc Placencia, Lubbock Christian (Texas); Sean McKenzie, British Columbia.
Field Nominees: Kodey Salow, Mount Mercy (Iowa); Jacob Ybarra, Corban (Ore.); Joe Reisinger, Olivet Nazarene (Ill.); Cy Williams, Grand View (Iowa); John Murray, Lewis-Clark State (Idaho); Garrett Tenney, Jamestown (N.D.); Marcus Eggleston, Langston (Okla.); Jerwaine Hall, Florida Memorial; Jermaine Jones, Culver-Stockton (Mo.); Paul Rotering, McPherson (Kan.); Adim Rogers, Ottawa (Kan.); Albert Huntley, Cumberlands (Ky.); Mauro Parnell, Doane (Neb.); Joshua Kles, Lindsey Wilson (Ky.); Anthony Stockton, William Woods (Mo.); Danny Parks, Southern Oregon; Kaz Johnson, St. Ambrose (Iowa); Dilan Simmons, Central Methodist (Mo.); Bryndon Douglas, William Penn (Iowa); Richard DePalma, Siena Heights (Mich.); Corbin Slater, Taylor (Ind.); Joseph Tanner, South Carolina Beaufort; Michael Cassidy, Warner (Fla.); Derek Racette , Friends (Kan.); Jeff Crouch, Missouri Valley; Joshua Gregory, Tennessee Wesleyan; James Allen, Indiana Wesleyan; Heath Conner, William Carey (Miss.); Kameron Turner, Embry-Riddle (Fla.); William White, Union (Ky.); Josh Smith, Midland (Neb.); Isaiah Lintz, Indiana Tech; Raheem Cowan, Briar Cliff (Iowa); Christopher Kennie, Xavier (La.); Lorenzo Dolphus, Wayland Baptist (Texas); Conner Carpenter, Wayland Baptist (Texas); Jordan Boekhout, Northwestern (Iowa).
2013 Men's Outdoor Track & Field Athletes of the Week (Field, Track)
Week 1 (March 20): Willy Irwin, Concordia (Ore.), Dontaey Paige, Indiana Tech
Week 2 (March 27): Willy Irwin, Concordia (Ore.), John Darmody, St. Ambrose (Iowa)
Week 3 (April 3): Zack Lindsley, Doane (Neb.), John Gilbertson, The Master's (Calif.)
Week 4 (April 10): Willy Irwin, Concordia (Ore.), Derik Douglas, Oklahoma Baptist


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Jorge Riveras, a new visiting assistant professor of Strategy & International Business at the Sawyer Business School, brings more than 22 years of global business experience to the classroom.
"The global business focus of Suffolk University is in-line with my background and experience," said Riveras, who has served as an adjunct professor for the last four years at the Sawyer Business School. Riveras is particularly interested in the areas of strategic alliances, global marketing, sales management, and the political impact on business. This fall, he will be teaching Managing in the Global Environment, Strategic Management, and Globalization.
Shortly after earning a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the Universidad Central de Venezuela, Riveras founded PLS de Venezuela. The company represents global manufacturers of analytical instruments for quality control and research fields.
Riveras went on to earn his MBA from Sawyer Business School and his PhD in International Business from Southern New Hampshire University. In 2000, he served as the international sales manager for a Massachusetts-based company that provides technology and responsiveness solutions to predict and prevent capital equipment malfunctioning.
In 2007, he was promoted to vice president - director of sales and marketing for the company, where he managed over 45 world distributors, as well as sales and marketing personnel. He developed strategic alliances, negotiated contracts, created promotional material, and conducted market research.
Riveras was also responsible for training a global sales force. After leading seminars on business and technology in more than 30 countries, Riveras became interested in academia.
Teaching at Suffolk felt like a natural fit for Riveras. "The faculty and students are very diverse, and the small classes allow for a perfect environment to share my international experiences in class and learn from other colleagues with vast global experience," he said. Riveras is bilingual in English and Spanish, has a working knowledge of Portuguese, and has traveled to more than 60 countries.
In the classroom, Riveras' goal is to help students "understand the concepts through real events," he said. "I learned first-hand the difficulties and complexities of dealing with different cultures, organizations, and business environments, and this has been something that I have used in my studies and bring to class to present an international perspective when it comes to business and channels of distribution," Riveras said.
He hopes his students will become "active participants" in classroom discussions and express their opinions through respectful debates. "In my opinion, support, encouragement, and guidance are key to a student's success," he said.


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Rick Santorum complains that GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney and his allies are outspending him. He laments that he doesn't have as beefy an organization as Romney. He insists Romney is trying to change the rules of the campaign in the middle of it, and is running unfair ads.
GREEN BAY, Wis. — Rick Santorum complains that GOP presidential rival Mitt Romney and his allies are outspending him. He laments that he doesn't have as beefy an organization as Romney. He insists Romney is trying to change the rules of the campaign in the middle of it, and is running unfair ads.
It apparently isn't easy being Santorum — and he's telling everyone who'll listen.
"I'm not complaining. I'm not going to be whining about this," Santorum insists.
Yet lately, as the party's nomination slips further out of his reach, Santorum has seemed to do just that. He has peppered his remarks with what he considers to be the injustices and inconveniences of being the unlikely challenger in the Republican presidential fight.
It may be part ploy. The public tends to love an underdog, and Santorum often plays to that notion.
It also may be a side effect of fatigue and frustration as the GOP race heads toward its fourth month and Santorum refuses to drop out despite badly trailing Romney in the hunt for delegates to the party's nominating convention in August.
Or, as the case has been for nearly every presidential candidate at one point or another, it may just be Santorum longing for a simpler time when he wasn't always in the media spotlight.
In recent days, the former Pennsylvania senator has almost seemed to bow to the reality of the increasingly uphill fight facing him. He has floated the notion that he'd accept a vice presidential slot from Romney — although he's said Romney is the worst Republican to run against President Barack Obama.
Whatever is fueling Santorum's gripes, his willingness to publicly share what he sees as the hardships of running for president as a long-shot candidate on a shoestring budget sheds light on his personality and, perhaps, how he'd behave during dark days in the Oval Office.
Even in victory, he has complained.
"If I'm the winner by that big of a margin, why am I not on TV?" Santorum asked of no one in particular last Saturday after Louisiana's primary as he stood near a shuffleboard table and watched Romney's wife, Ann, being interviewed on CNN.
Presidential campaigns are tough even for candidates with the infrastructure to support their travel, coordinate their schedules and pay for TV ads.
Santorum doesn't have that. Sometimes he's prideful of it, but appears frustrated at other times.
"No teleprompters. No pollsters, right? No pollsters. No speechwriters," he griped in Sheboygan.
He can't keep pace with Romney's television advertising and that financial disadvantage sometimes becomes the stuff of self-pity.
"Twenty-one-to-1. That's what we were outspent," Santorum lamented after this month's Illinois primary, even though the ratio was more like 7-1.
He has at times likened the primary fight to "being sort of the David and Goliath figure here, going out here and going up against the big guys with the big money." He also has claimed, without offering anything to back it up, that Romney isn't running an above-board campaign.
"Gov. Romney is out there trying to spin this thing because he's not been able to win this on the battlefield. He's trying to win it by changing the whole rules of the game. We're going to keep playing," Santorum said in Mobile, Ala.
In person and in fundraising appeals, he often casts the campaign as besieged by elites and now, too, the news media.
Santorum recently complained about the reporters who've been covering his campaign. "They're all trying to go home, get off the road and stop writing about this thing. They're all tired. They're sick of writing the stories. They want this thing to be over. I get it," he said in Bellevue, Wis.
Then, he added: "I've been on the road too. Since June 1 of this year, I've been home for complete days for five whole days. Two for Thanksgiving and three for Christmas. I'm tired, too.
It showed when he swore at a reporter for The New York Times. Yet, he tried to turn that incident into a fundraising appeal, too, incorrectly claiming that he was goaded by the reporter.
That take-pity-on-me pitch may be working — to a point. Santorum raised $9 million in February despite losing four of the seven contests that month. He remains far behind Romney in convention delegates, with 273 to Romney's 568.
Days ago in Franksville, Wis., Santorum talked about tough times on the trail and said he'd rather be home where he could "make a little money and tend to my own garden and take care of my family and friends."
With Romney apparently on his way to the nomination, Santorum's wish could soon come true.
Copyright 2012 The Associated Press.


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The Wire was probably the most successful show ever on television with a predominantly Black cast. But wait. Before anyone pats themselves on the back, what other shows have had a predmoninatly Black cast?
David Mills goes throught quite a few, but his list ends in 1984. Since then, we've had ROC, Cosby spinoffs, Martin, Everybody Hates Chris, and…well…that's about it except for the WB and UPN.
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