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Yesterday, my wife Jody went down to our laundry room to iron some clothes and she said to me, ŌĆ£Rob, we have to get another iron, this one isnŌĆÖt very hot, I can almost touch it with my hand. (I had noticed lately that when I used it, the iron didnŌĆÖt have much steam coming from it.)┬Ā I said, ŌĆ£ItŌĆÖs brand new, IŌĆÖll look for the receipt and take it back.ŌĆØ Then Jody went into the bathroom and plugged the iron into the outlet there, and it got so hot, that she didnŌĆÖt dare to touch it.ŌĆØ In our laundry room there is a power bar that we have had mounted on the wall for the last 4 years and it always seemed alright. The light was on, indicating that it was working. It was only ever used for the iron. It never occurred to me that there was anything wrong with it; I thought that it must be the iron. Today, I changed the power bar and the iron got so hot and there were clouds of steam rolling out of it.
I think some of you can see where I am going with this. Afterwards, as I was ironing my clothes for work, this situation with the power bar got me thinking. I started to get a message brewing in my belly. The power bar was plugged into the wall, the light was on, and everything looked OK. (External) Something was wrong, but I did not see the root cause. (Internal) I blamed the iron, or the outward manifestation of the lack of heat! If we represent the iron, and the power bar represents the source of our supply, what level of voltage are we connected to? If the power supply is faulty and not delivering the correct electricity, we are never going to walk in the ŌĆśdunamis powerŌĆÖ of the Holy Spirit and walk in a life of victory. (Everything looked Ok with the power bar, remember, the light was on, but the correct voltage was not coming through.) I was trying to operate the iron with insufficient voltage, but I did not know it! There was not enough current coming through to get the job done! I blamed the iron! We have been using the iron this way for the past couple of months, and it would get just hot enough to take the wrinkles out, if you went over it enough times. It still worked, but it only did a mediocre job, with extra effort to compensate for the lack of sufficient power.
What are you feeding on in the Word of God? What is your current leader teaching and preaching about? Which TV preachers are you listening to? Are you hooked up to a ŌĆ£purpose-driven churchŌĆØ or a ŌĆ£presence-driven churchŌĆØ? Are you laying up your treasures on earth or in heaven? Do you have enough power to walk in victory? OrŌĆ"is there a blockage in the flow that leaves you wanting more, and not understanding why very little in your life is really changing? Do you seem to be in a dry place? (IŌĆÖm not talking about the wilderness, as it is a place of intimacy with God; a place to purge the stale and deepen your roots)
You need to check the voltage coming from your power supply! Maybe you have been connected up to a faulty electrical system that has just enough power to keep the light on, but not enough oomph to spark a fire in your heart. You and I need to find out where the lack of power is, and what is blocking the full flow of potential energy.
Do the people you listen to preach a ŌĆ£Destiny/Prosperity MessageŌĆØ about living a luxurious, peaceful life of more fulfillment for you and your family. Are they saying that you can be a better ŌĆśyouŌĆÖ; and that you can be ŌĆśthe best you that you can beŌĆÖ? (There are definitely too many ŌĆ£youŌĆÖsŌĆÖ in that last sentence, donŌĆÖt you think?)
I believe that God has had enough of these false doctrines that are spewing out of the false teachers, into the ears of the many thousands who come to hear the ŌĆ£soft messageŌĆØ. It fills the pews and gives a false sense of security for the deluded masses that flock to see ŌĆ£The Big ShowŌĆØ every week. What are we doing? We are plugged into the soul realm, and not the realms of the Spirit.
Here are the works of the flesh, from Galatians 5:19-21:
ŌĆ£Now the works of the flesh are evident, which are: adultery, fornication, uncleanness, lewdness, idolatry, sorcery, hatred, contentions, jealousies, outbursts of wrath, selfish ambitions, dissensions, heresies, envy, murders, drunkenness, revelries, and the like; of which I tell you beforehand, just as I also told you in time past, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God.ŌĆØ
Here is the promise of victory over the works of the flesh: ŌĆ£This I say then, Walk in the Spirit, and you will not fulfill the lust of the flesh.ŌĆØ (Gal. 5:16) Our victory lies in walking in the Spirit and obeying GodŌĆÖs Word for our lives. Victory is not gaining more stuff and improving our ŌĆ£self-esteemŌĆØ so that we are not so afraid, as we climb the corporate ladder to the ŌĆ£American DreamŌĆØ. We need to crucify the lusts of the flesh daily and allow the Lord to renew our minds in the truths of His Word. ŌĆ£And they that are ChristŌĆÖs have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts. If we live in the Spirit, let us also walk in the Spirit. Let us not be desirous of vain glory, provoking one another, envying one another.ŌĆØ Galatians 5:24-26
Plug your power cord into a ŌĆśfresh flowing manna ministry speaking the fire of His WordŌĆÖ led by men and women who have not succumbed to the fear of man. Hook up with ministers whos lives are clean before God, so they can speak out against sin and corruption, with a clear conscience. When your conscience has been sullied by uncleanness, you cannot speak messages that will expose your heart before a holy God, without suffering the reprisals of your confessions. Is this why we hear so few people preaching an uncompromising message today? Or is that age-old ŌĆ£love of moneyŌĆØ that puts a damper on the fire of GodŌĆÖs Word?
Get plugged in to a ministry led by a ŌĆśfire-breathing-man or woman of GodŌĆÖ who have sold out completely for the Gospel and will speak truth into your lives even if you resent them for it. Get linked up with ministers who will not ŌĆśpamper you with diapersŌĆÖ when what you really need is to be equipped with His strong armour to fight the ŌĆ£good fightŌĆØ that you are called to. Find a preacher /teacher who will equip you for the battle that looms on the horizon, as the enemy is preparing his ŌĆśhordes of hellŌĆÖ to do battle with the Church of the Messiah. He has already infiltrated into our congregations, and has been spreading his doctrines of lies, in an attempt to fix the outcome of the battle. The ŌĆ£Grand DelusionŌĆØ is not going away folks; it is getting deeper. The deeper it gets; the less we are aware of it! Get out of the ŌĆśputrid cloud of compromiseŌĆÖ while you can still see the light. Wake up before it is too late! The plumb line has dropped and the separation is in full swing! Which side of the fence will you be on, when our hearts are measured before our fearsome and holy God? The ElijahŌĆÖs have been let loose on the earth to ŌĆ£Declare the Way of the LordŌĆØ to those who have ŌĆ£ears to hear what the Holy Spirit is saying to the churchesŌĆØ. Pray for discernment to distinguish between the truth and the proliferation of lies that are rapidly gaining ground! Wake up man or woman of God, the time is short! Stand up and be counted as members of the true army of God, ready to give your lives for your King.


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The Economy Ministry said Monday that industrial production rose by a monthly rate of 2.6 per cent in August, according to figures adjusted for seasonal and calendar factors.
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Young people in Hull aged 11-14 have been challenged to take part in a prestigious painting competition as part of a public art commission to be unveiled at Hull Central Library on 25 March. The competition is looking for anyone who fits into the age-bracket to get involved, no matter what their perceived artistic ability may be. This is about being creative, expressing ideas and taking part.
All paintings entered will be displayed throughout the library, alongside commissioned works by acclaimed British artist and previous Turner Prize nominee, Mark Titchner, whose contemporary pieces of work often feature bold, thought provoking pieces of text. The competition has been launched by Networked Narrative, an exciting arts partnership formed between Hull Culture & Leisure Ltd and FACT (Foundation for Arts and Creative Technology) in Liverpool, which offers young people the chance to work closely with renowned artists and have a say over the art displayed in public community spaces.
I was delighted to be asked to sit on a panel of judges for the competition in my role as an artist and culture columnist alongside Titchner himself, members from Hull band, Bud Sugar and a representative from the James Reckitt Library Trust. Together we will be picking through, assessing and studying the entries before selecting the winners and runners up. Having worked on creative projects at several schools in and around the city I personally can't wait to get started and see what Hull's young people can come up with.
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Cook, Alison, Packer, Claire, Stevens, Andrew and Quinn, Tom (2004) Influences upon the diffusion of thrombolysis for acute myocardial infarction in England: Case study. International Journal of Technology Assessment in Health Care, 20(4), pp. 537-544. ISSN (print) 0266-4623Full text not available from this archive.
OBJECTIVES: To investigate the factors that influenced the adoption and diffusion of thrombolysis in acute myocardial infarction in England and to verify usage data from 1981 to 2001. METHODS: Survey of cardiologists in England using a pre-prepared time line of historical events and a plot of thrombolysis diffusion since 1981. The cardiologists were divided into three groups that were provided with (i) the time line only, (ii) the diffusion curve only, and (iii) the time line and the diffusion curve. RESULTS: The GISSI and ISIS-2 clinical trials were perceived to have had a significant influence upon the initial diffusion of thrombolysis in England occurring over the 3 years after launch. Other positive influences included the initial listing in the national formulary, the change to administration in emergency departments, the rise in evidence-based medicine, and production of national guidance. CONCLUSIONS: Although it is apparent that the overall influences on adoption and diffusion of thrombolysis were multiple; clinical trials, service developments, and national guidelines all were judged to have played a part. The GISSI and ISIS-2 clinical trials were confirmed as the major influence on initial adoption.
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Dream: I'm on the Rehoboth Beach, Delaware boardwalk at a take out stand ordering food. When the food comes up it is not what I ordered. I tell the guys behind the counter, "No this is not what I ordered." They say – "Oh sorry we will re-make it." A woman standing next to me, turns and says "thank you." I wait while they re-make my order. Now I see 6 huge brown bears in two rows (3 and 3) rolling out of the ocean – all sandy, tumbling up to shore in the ocean waves. It is astonishing! Am I really seeing this? WOW! Amazing.
For years I didn't speak much within my dreams. I thought a lot of things but I didn't say them out loud. This reflected how I operated in life. There was a way that I held back my words. It was a life long habit. Maybe it is something I started early in life when speaking up didn't serve me well. Humans have an amazing ability to speak – but so many of us hold back.
Sara Bareilles struck a chord in me with her song "Brave." "I wonder what would happen if you, Say what you wanna say, And let the words fall out, Honestly, I wanna see you be brave…" I sang this song over and over as I practiced letting the words fall out.
I love this dream because it shows how I am changing. It may not seem like much to say, "This is not what I ordered." But my MO before was to think things but not speak them. I might think hey, this is not what I ordered but not say anything. It has taken years to undo the non-speaking up habit. Dreams have shown me again and again the way I've lived in my head instead of speaking. Dreamwork is a mysterious process. It has a way of supporting you and encouraging you to be who you are meant to be. Somewhere along the line I finally started developing more courage to speak.
When we speak easily, genuinely, letting the words fall out, people appreciate it. Like the woman who turns to me in the dream after I speak saying "Thank you."
Being genuine and open with our words, expressing how we feel, expressing what is true for us can open us up in some pretty wild and spontaneous ways. In the dream, when I "let the words fall out", something magical happens!! Six bears start rolling and tumbling out of the ocean! These bears are energetic, silly, lively, funny and spontaneous. This is the kind of energy that can be accessed! How crazy and awesome is that?
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(Do?) We Recycle
June 7, 2019
China no longer buys and reuses America's recycle waste due to the lack of knowledge around recycling. America's lack of understanding created China's "National Sword" policy. The Chinese policy bans the importation of certain waste products and establishes strict contamination limits on the goods that are able to be recycled. This has drastically increased problems and raised prices all over the U.S, especially the West Coast.
With the refusal of recyclable waste, many of these "could be" recycled items are ending up in Landfills. The extreme new contamination rule of .5% has caused the redirection of 40% of America's papers, plastics, and other recycled items. China's refusal to take the waste has diverted the material to Southeast Asian countries: Thailand, Vietnam, and Malaysia. Not ready to receive such an increase of volume, these countries have now placed their own restrictions.
The U.S is looking for alternatives to smaller markets. The hope is these markets will develop later on, but it will take time. To counteract the struggles, many Washington counties have increased their recycling rates. Waste Management NW asked Arlington City Council agreed to increase recycling by 68 cents a month, amounting to $8.21 per customer.
"What is holding us back [from better recycling policies] is the cost. Garbage containers are expensive even if they are painted blue," said Arlington's Public Works Director, Jim Kelly.
A recent rumor around the high school suggested the alleged idea that the City Of Arlington does not actually recycle waste items. Whereas private companies, such as Waste Management NW, that the private consumers go through do. This rumor was debunked by Kelly. The City of Arlington does, in fact, does recycle.
"I was really upset, I make sure to clean all of my water bottles, which are not actually recycled," said Alaina Duskin(12). She was a spokesperson for the group in Browns first period discussing the issue. She had heard about the rumor, and how the closest recycling plant shut down, and sending garbage to the next plant was too costly to do.
Most of the recycling bins are in downtown Arlington on Olympic Avenue. Whereas over the rest of Arlington, bins are more scarce and have not been placed in all city parks. All of the public offices and facilities have recycling, which is provided and picked up by, Waste Management. To help improve recycling in this town, small business have been offered two 296 gallon recycling containers by Arlington and Waste Management. Of which, 300 businesses have agreed. Recycling is also offered at all town festivals and events by state law through the program Clear Stream.
Sadie Collins is a junior at Arlington High School. She participates in NHS, Interact and French Club. Sadie's interest in journalism peaked freshman year...


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Laura Gonzalez-Murphy, PhD Director, NY Department of State Office for New Americans
Dr. Gonzalez-Murpy has been director of the NY Department of State Office for New Americans (ONA) since October 2015 with a specialty inU.S Mexico Relations/Immigration Policy, U.S. Immigration Law and Policy, and State-Civil Society Relations. She also serves as the Departments' Language Access Coordinator. She has also been a Research Assistant Professor for the New York State Research Foundation through SUNY at Albany with the Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy. Before her position as a director, Dr. Gonzalez-Murphy was an Empire State Fellow with the Department of State, assisting the program administration of ONA and helping promote the Governor's Anti-human Trafficking campaign.
Her publications include a chapter on Tackling Southern Turbulence in Imtiaz Hussain ed. "Border Governance and the Unruly South, Theory and Practice" and an analysis of the changing role played by civil society in the formulation and implementation of government policies, particularly with migration policy for Routledge titled, "Protecting Immigrant Rights in Mexico: Understanding the State-Civil Society Nexus." Dr. Gonzalez-Murphy is a Rockefeller College alumni where she received her PhD in Comparative Politics and International Relations.
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Camila Campisi, Empire State Fellow, NY Department of State Office for New Americans
Ms. Campisi is an Empire State Fellow, joining the NY Department of State Office for New Americans in September 2016, developing policy and support programs for immigrants and refugees throughout New York State. She currently manages the Liberty Defense Project, an initiative of Governor Cuomo to provide free legal services and direct representation to immigrants throughout New York State. Prior to her fellowship, Ms. Campisi was a UN Representative at the Quaker United Nations Office (QUNO) from 2010-2016, leading the organization's work on peacebuilding with a particular focus on civil society inclusion at the United Nations. She was also an Advocate and Advocacy Associate for Refugees International from 2006-2010, where she carried out multiple assessment missions to a variety of countries in Africa and Asia, with a particular focus on advocating for the protection and humanitarian needs of refugees and internally displaced people. Her publications include co-authoring "Filling the gap: How civil society engagement can help the UN's Peacebuilding architecture meet its purpose" and an article on "Preventing Sexual Violence" in the Democratic Republic of Congo edition of Forced Migration Review. Ms. Campisi holds a master's degree in International Relations from the Maxwell School of Syracuse University.
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Rey Koslowski, Master of International Affairs Program Director and Professor in the Department of Political Science in Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Professor Koslowski's primary teaching and research interests are in the field of international relations dealing with international organization, European integration, international migration, information technology, and homeland security. He is the author of Migrants and Citizens: Demographic Change in the European States System (Cornell University Press, 2000); editor of International Migration and the Globalization of Domestic Politics (Routledge, 2005) and co-editor (with David Kyle) of Global Human Smuggling: Comparative Perspectives (John Hopkins University Press, 2001). His articles have appeared in International Organization, International Studies Quarterly, The Journal of European Public Policy, Journal of Common Market Studies, The Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, The Cambridge Journal of International Studies and The Brown Journal of World Affairs. Prior to arriving at the University at Albany, Professor Koslowski taught at Rutgers University, Newark. He has held fellowships of the Transatlantic Academy at the German Marshall Fund, the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Center of International Studies at Princeton University and the Center for German and European Studies at Georgetown University. His research has been supported by grants from the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation and the National Science Foundation.
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Vy Lam, Democracy Fellow on Human Rights, US Agency for International Development, Bureau for Democracy, Conflict and Humanitarian Assistance; Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights, and Governance, Human Rights Division
Vy Lam is a Democracy Fellow on the Human Rights Division at USAID's Center of Excellence on Democracy, Human Rights and Governance in Washington DC. Vy joined USAID in 2012 and works to integrate vulnerable communities and their concerns into USAID's policies and programs. Vy has provided technical support to missions across Africa, Asia, Europe and Eurasia, and Latin America and the Caribbean on the protection of human rights and strengthening civil society. In Washington, Vy contributes to interagency discussions; reviews agency policies, guidance and operations; and provides technical assistance to field offices. Prior to joining USAID, Vy was an interdisciplinary scientist with background in bioinformatics, microbiology, cardiovascular diseases, and tissue engineering. Vy received his Ph.D. from University of Wisconsin, Madison.
Patrick J. Hannon, Director, Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center
Mr. Patrick Hannon joined the Human Smuggling and Trafficking Center (HSTC) in July 2017. The HSTC is an interagency Center, designated in law with a mission to provide multi-source and multi-agency data fusion and analysis to assist law enforcement and policymakers in preventing trafficking, protecting victims and prosecuting traffickers.
Mr. Hannon was promoted to the Senior National Intelligence Service in 2014 at which time he served as the Director, Mission Engagement Division. In this capacity, Mr. Hannon worked directly for the Intelligence Community (IC) Chief Information Officer (CIO) and interacted with stakeholders from across the IC to ensure that customers took advantage of advanced capabilities to generate new mission insights, increase their speed to delivery and improve their confidence levels. Prior to this role, Mr. Hannon served as the Chief, Needs Analysis & Program Assessments Group for the IC CIO.
Before joining the IC CIO, Mr. Hannon served as Chief of Planning and Evaluation for the National Intelligence Manager for Counterterrorism within the National Counterterrorism Center (NCTC) and worked as a Federal Civil Servant at National Geospatial Agency (NGA) where he had previously been a consultant. Prior to his service within the IC, Mr. Hannon served with distinction as a United States Air Force Intelligence Officer.
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R. Karl Rethemeyer, PhD, Interim Dean Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy.
R. Karl Rethemeyer is currently serving as Interim Dean of Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany - SUNY. Rethemeyer's primary research interest is in social networks, their impact on social, political, and policy processes, and the methods used to study such networks. A graduate of Harvard University's John F. Kennedy School of Government, Rethemeyer has presented work at numerous conferences, including the Academy of Management (AOM), American Political Science Association (ASPA), Association of Public Policy Analysis and Management (APPAM), and the National Association of Schools of Public Affairs and Administration (NASPAA).
Additionally, through the Project on Violent Conflict, Dr. Rethemeyer is currently co-investigator for two projects. The first focuses on organizational terrorist networks and is funded by the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence. His work has focused on how networks affect the use of various forms of terrorism (including suicide terrorism and CBRN attacks), the lethality of terrorist organizations, the propensity of such organizations to attack soft targets, and the propensity to choose or eschew lethal violence.
Dr. Rethemeyer is also lead investigator for a second project funded by the Office of Naval Research that examines counter-insurgency efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan. This project seeks to answer the question, "What organizational factors in the counterinsurgency organizations are related to "successful" or "unsuccessful" counterinsurgency efforts?
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Victor Asal, PhD, Chair of the Department of Public Administration and Professor at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Victor Asal currently serves as Chair of the Department of Public Administration and as a Professor in the Department of Political Science. He received his PhD from the University of Maryland, College Park. He is also, along with R. Karl Rethemeyer, the co-director of the Project on Violent Conflict. Dr. Asal is affiliated with the National Consortium for the Study of Terrorism and Responses to Terrorism (START), a Department of Homeland Security Center of Excellence. Dr. Asal's research focuses on the choice of violence by nonstate organizational actors as well as the causes of political discrimination by states against different groups such as sexual minorities, women and ethnic groups. In addition, Prof. Asal has done research on the impact of nuclear proliferation and on the pedagogy of simulations. Asal has been involved in research projects funded by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, Defense Threat Reduction Agency, The Department of Homeland Security, The National Science Foundation, and The Office of Naval Research.
Prof. Asal teaches courses on world and comparative politics, political violence and oppression, negotiation and research design. He has worked as a negotiation trainer in a variety of academic, governmental and military settings, and in conjunction with the ICONS Project, created simulations on varied topics. Victor Asal is also a past Director of the Center for Policy Research.
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Niloufer Siddiqui, PhD, Post-doctoral fellow at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Niloufer Siddiqui is currently a post-doctoral fellow at Rockefeller College. In September 2018 she will join the Department of Political Science as an Assistant Professor. Niloufer completed her PhD in Political Science at Yale University in 2017. Her book project examines why political parties engage in violence and the variation in violence strategies that they employ. Other research interests include political behavior, the politics of religion and ethnicity, electoral dynamics in developing or transitioning democracies, and voters and foreign policy. Siddiqui previously worked at the International Crisis Group (ICG) and the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Islamabad and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) in New York. She has an MA in International Relations from the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies and a BA in English from Haverford College.
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Matthew C. Ingram, JD, PhD, Associate Professor Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Holding a law degree (2006) and a PhD in political science (2009) from the University of New Mexico, Ingram studies the political origins of institutional change and judicial behavior in the region's justice systems, focusing on sub-national courts in Brazil and Mexico. He draws also on a family history in Mexico (dual citizen, U.S. and Mexico), extensive fieldwork in Latin America, and seven years of professional experience in law enforcement in California. Ingram's academic work has appeared in several peer-reviewed journals and edited volumes. His book, Crafting Courts in New Democracies: The Politics of Subnational Judicial Reform in Brazil and Mexico (Cambridge University Press, 2016), examines the causal role of ideas in shaping local court reforms in Latin America's two largest democracies and markets. The book combines statistical analysis and in-depth qualitative work, drawing on two years of fieldwork and more than 100 interviews with judges and other legal professionals.
Ingram's research has been funded by the National Science Foundation, the Social Science Research Council, and the Fulbright Commission. Prior to arriving at Rockefeller, Ingram held post-doctoral fellowships at the UC San Diego's Center for U.S.-Mexican Studies (2009-2010) and Notre Dame's Kellogg Institute (2011-2012). He was also an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth (2010-2011). In 2012-2013, Ingram will offer courses in Comparative Judicial Politics, Comparative Criminal Procedure, and Latin American Politics. Prof. Ingram, born and raised in Mexico, speaks English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
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David E. Guinn, JD, PhD, Senior Associate at CID and Research Professor Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Dr. David E. Guinn is a Senior Associate and Research Professor of International Law and Human Rights. He is currently the Project Director for the Legislative Strengthening Program for Cote d'Ivoire and previously served as Project Director for the Afghanistan Parliamentary Assistance Project (2010-2013) and the Project to Support the Lebanese Parliament (2011-2012). Dr. Guinn also served as Chief of Party for the Afghanistan Project in 2013. Dr. Guinn has written extensively on issues of national and international human rights, pluralism and law and is currently working on two new books: Constantine's Standard: Meditations on Religion, Violence, Law, Politics and a Faith to Die For and Encyclopedia of Religion and Society (Vol. 5) - Religion, Law, Politics and Economics. Dr. Guinn obtained his law degree from Fordham University Law School and practiced entertainment and creative rights law for almost 15 years. He subsequently received an MA from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from McGill University in Montreal.
You can read more about him on his Faculty Spotlight
Gina Volynsky, Director at CID and Adjunct Professor for the Master of International Affairs program at Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy
Gina Volynsky is a 25 year veteran of international development, which includes fourteen years living and working in developing countries. She has gained a deep expertise of the work, operations, and issues confronting global non-profit organizations by working with nearly every type of entity involved in international development. Gina had senior level appointments at two major multilaterals, representing the MIGA of the World Bank in Russia, and running a 27 country portfolio on trade and inclusive development for the United Nations Development Program in Central Asia and Eastern Europe. At Deloitte and Touche, Gina run in the Ural region, the most successful of eight regional programs of USAID's flagship economic development program in Russia. When she returned to the US, she lead the business development divisions at Crown Agents USA, and later at CARANA. Before coming to SUNY/CID she worked with USAID where she advised the agency on strategy and thought leadership of partnering with the private sector to solve development issues. Gina Volynsky has a Bachelor of Economics, and a Master of International Development.
William B. Hedberg, Senior Vice Provost and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
William B. Hedberg joined the University at Albany in 1974 as a grants coordinator in the Office for Research. Rising through successive positions over 37 years, Dr. Hedberg has been instrumental in the University at Albany's growth as a modern research university. He has influenced every aspect of the academic enterprise, including personnel, budgeting, programming, support services, and academic facilities. Serving seven provosts since joining the Office of Academic Affairs - currently as associate vice president for academic affairs - his presence contributes vitally to the continuity of university administration. He is widely admired for his deep knowledge of the institution and abiding commitment to the University's purposes and people. His counsel is sought across the campuses for its positive, diplomatic, creative, incisive, and practical analyses of complex situations. Dr. Hedberg received his bachelor's degree in chemistry from the State University of New York College at Brockport, and his doctorate in Educational Foundations from the University at Albany. William Hedberg is a model of public service in higher education and one of SUNY's own.


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The Shoemaker and the Elves
Cynthia Birrer and William Birrer
This traditional story was given an extra touch of wizardry by Cynthia Birrer in the hardback original through imaginative use of collage and stitchcraft in which the pictures were finely executed. Her skill which almost matched that of the elves was well served by the high quality of the design and printing. Unfortunately, this paperback version loses much of the original's magic. Instead of allowing the embroidered scenes to fill the page they have been reduced and printed within a yellow frame which results in a marked loss of definition and an altogether cruder appearance. The colours too compare unfavourably with the original. Those who have not seen the hardback will very likely find this a worthwhile purchase but my over-riding feeling was of disappointment.


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Still Fuming: Guru pokes Vodafone Ghana Music Awards Board
Rapper, Guru is not ready to forgive the Board of Ghana Music Awards 2013 for their snub of his hit track, Lapaz Toyota from the 2013 Ghana Music Awards anytime soon. Making an appearance on e.tv Ghana's Late Nite Celebrity Show, Guru talked about how peeved he is about the rejection demanding that MUSIGA take steps to stop such unnecessary dismissal in future. "The Ghana Music Awards organizers have got some personal issues with certain artistes. How can the personal attitude of somebody come into the game?," he asked hostess Dzifaffanie. "I am an artiste and for my song to run for like eight months, I was expecting some sort of recognition." "I know what it is for your song to be number one and how much it costs. And after all that you come out to tell me 'you don't deserve it' because of your own reason and the whole board will be like 'ow okay, let us clear Guru out of this game,' then it is funny." The hip-life artiste after the Ghana Music Awards Board of nominees revealed their list of nominees found out that his song was conspicuously missing though it massive airplay on Ghanaian airwaves for a very long time even as the number one hit song on charts. Accra based Joy FM DJ and presenter, Nii Ayi Tagoe who was drafted onto the Board this year is reported to have given reasons why Lapaz Toyota was dropped though he did not admit or deny that he is the reason behind the rejection. Guru who seems to have had an earlier confrontation with Nii Ayi Tagoe however insisted that the presenter was the reason behind the snob. "The reason is there was this show that I played, which is the Joy FM Old School reunion. And he turns out to be the official DJ behind the machine and I was like 'everything about my CD is planned so man, you can't play, so they should get me my DJ to rock' and they were like No" he said. "So the moment I stepped on stage, some funny tunes started coming up and they sort of confused me." "And I was like 'what is happening' and the fans were like 'it is the DJ' and so they were like away, away," Guru recounted. "So I confronted the DJ and was like 'I am sorry for what happened' but he came out to tell somebody I know that I don't respect and so because of that he came out to say 'Guru's Lapaz Toyota doesn't deserve to be in this competition." Though Guru indicated that "I respect the people and the committee for their decision," he had something for the Board of GMA and MUSIGA for apparently sitting unconcerned for such rejection to be done. "The people taking care of Ghana Music, how can you sit down for this to happen? If you people are fighting for the youth, you should fight for the people trying to do their best and the people who deserve to be there. "You are like my song doesn't deserve to be in the categories because it was released in 2011. And my record label is telling you that my song was released in the first week of 2012. "So are you telling me the record label that pay taxes, you don't respect their views or what? He asked rhetorically." Guru is known on the Ghana music stage for a number of hit tracks including the much popular 'kasie bo' with Obrafour.]]>


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Sadly, we are forced to continue our quest to expose the blatant abuse of our trust via the CBC News. Before we begin examining the propaganda of the day, please allow us to present our previous summary posts dated 07 August 2014, 24 August 2014, 27 August 2014 along with two related summary posts from earlier today, 29 August 2014 approx 7:00am EDT and 29 August 2014 approx 4:30pm EDT.
The propaganda piece of the day takes a real ugly and very noticeable twist and is probably the most obvious of all. Not only have the typical subtle things been "updated" such as the title, url wording and link, but the entire article has been pretty much rewritten from the top to the bottom. We were rather fortunate to catch a snapshot of the very first version, before the initial "update" this time.
While the choices being made by the upper echelon of the CBC News Network have been opaquely shrouded, their "modus operandi" is rather transparent. They are hell bent on justifying and hard selling an unnecessary war based on speculation and a false narrative along with all the armaments and munitions necessary, period. The one thing that "We the People" know is that they will never actually fight in any wars because they are cowards. Not only that but based upon the history of modern warfare, not only will their children, families and cohorts not fight in this war, they will indeed profit handsomely while remaining safe and secure.
Oddly enough, it now becomes crystal clear that the Kiev Regime is looking for a handout from our hard earned tax dollars and the Harper Regime will be more than willing to donate as much of our money as possible. Damn the costs, their Loyalists, caucus and constituents will never pay a dime, nor spill a single drop of their own blood. They are nothing more than vampire capitalists funding their vampire oligarch comrades ethnic cleansing campaigns across the globe.
In other words, the Harper Regime along with their nefarious globalist minions, trolls and Loyalists are nothing more than criminals, cowards, carpetbaggers, liars and thieves. This has been proven from the torture cover ups of the Afghan detainees, the air-support and bombing campiagn in Libya that allowed cover for terrorists to seize control and destroy the infrastructure, to the "non-letal" aid provided to the Syria that fell into the hands of IS/ISIL/ISIS. Now they have sent 2 planeloads of armaments and munitions to Kurdisatan (Iraq) to battle their own creation along with millions of our tax dollars. They have sent at least 3 planeloads of "non-letal" military equipment to Ukraine already (we weren't' even notified there was a second, were we?), much of which seems to have been transferred to the oligarch funded militias such as the ultra-far-right wing Right Sector and Azov battalions that are not under the command nor control of the Ukrainian Military. It has also been rumoured that the equipment delivered to Ukraine may have included retired Javelin advanced anti-tank missile weapon systems. Strangely, Ukraine has announced $3 billion USD defence spending boost, which is a far cry from how the Harper Regime treats out own currently suffering Veterans as opposed to remembering old wars, let alone our own Military whos budgets have been gutted by approx $30 billion. If that weren't enough, harper is ratcheting up the rhetoric about Russia while at the same time committing to aggressive NATO posturing that will certainly place our ill-equipped forces in harms way while Canada's NATO delegation engages in a flame war via Twitter.
How much ideological idiocy is enough already? Does the Harper Regime really think this is some kind of game or are they just insane? Who are they trying to impress and at what cost?
Moving forward to what the focus of this summary is all about. Below you will find a very simplify presentation as the previous summary articles. First you will see a numbered list of general details, followed by the snapshots of the "article" as the updates were captured. Like we stated above, a summary comparison is really not necessary, the pictures are worth a thousand words. All one needs to do is focus on the initial version and the last to see how the "story" was completely transformed. Please note that as of this draft there were 8 versions of this "article" prior to the publication of this summary post…
Article Titles and General Details
- Ukraine crisis: Putin urges safe passage for surrounded government troops
Statement comes after U.S. says Russia lying about role in escalating conflict
The Associated Press
Posted: Aug 29, 2014 3:25 AM ET | Last Updated: Aug 29, 2014 3:27 AM ET
13 shares
8 Comments
- UPDATED Ukraine crisis: Rebels agree to give Ukrainian troops safe passage
Ukrainian troops must first lay down arms, top rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko says
The Associated Press
Posted: Aug 29, 2014 3:25 AM ET | Last Updated: Aug 29, 2014 5:50 AM ET
19 shares
14 Comments
- UPDATED Ukraine crisis: Rebels agree to give Ukrainian troops safe passage
Ukrainian troops must first lay down arms, top rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko says
The Associated Press
Posted: Aug 29, 2014 3:25 AM ET | Last Updated: Aug 29, 2014 6:40 AM ET
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76 Comments
- Ukraine crisis: Rebels agree to give Ukrainian troops safe passage
Ukrainian troops must first lay down arms, top rebel leader Alexander Zakharchenko says
The Associated Press
Posted: Aug 29, 2014 3:25 AM ET | Last Updated: Aug 29, 2014 7:46 AM ET
3 shares
102 Comments
- Ukraine crisis: Pro-Russia rebels control coastal town
Rebels want to eventually push to major port city of Mariupol, leader in coastal town says
The Associated Press
Posted: Aug 29, 2014 3:25 AM ET | Last Updated: Aug 29, 2014 10:02 AM ET
120 shares
516 Comments
- UPDATED Ukraine seeks NATO membership to gain Western military aid
European foreign ministers meet, discuss further economic sanctions against Russia
Thomson Reuters
Posted: Aug 29, 2014 3:25 AM ET Last Updated: Aug 29, 2014 12:52 PM ET
140 shares
648 Comments
- UPDATED Ukraine seeks NATO membership to gain Western military aid European foreign ministers meet, discuss further economic sanctions against Russia
Thomson Reuters
Posted: Aug 29, 2014 3:25 AM ET | Last Updated: Aug 29, 2014 3:39 PM ET
169 shares
980 Comments
- Ukraine seeks NATO membership to gain Western military aid
European foreign ministers meet, discuss further economic sanctions against Russia
Thomson Reuters
Posted: Aug 29, 2014 3:25 AM ET | Last Updated: Aug 29, 2014 3:50 PM ET
180 shares
1164 Comments
Article Snapshots
Brief Summary
Version 2 seen a change in the title as well as the url "wording" and link edit to reflect the changes. This seems like the most genuine "update" as it included the response from Alexander V. Zakharchenko, Chairman of The Council of Ministers of The Donetsk National Republic to Russian President Putin's request.
Version 3 seen a sudden drop in the number of shares and the the diplomatic and positive tone shifted. The bottom segment "Obama rules out military action" was removed and replaced with "More economic sanctions considered". This seems at odds with the previous "demands" that President Putin must do more to deescalate the situation.
Version 4 seen a rather odd image swap. The header photo was replaced with the caption "Servicemen sit atop an armoured vehicle as they drive east away from the Ukrainian border in Russia's Rostov region." that seems to speculate the they are Russian servicemen. BUT, the flag on top of the vehicle is clearly not a Russian Flag, nor the flag of the Federal State of Novorossiya. It seems like it is a white flag, which suggests that it may be Ukrainian troops traversing through the safe passage via the "humanitarian corridor" towards Russia.
Version 5 sees the title, url "wording" and link changed and the previously swapped image becoming an embedded video link with the caption "Putin calls for escape corridor for Ukraine troops 2:46". The problem here is that the clip of the report from CBC News Network that is embedded features more NATO war-mongering propaganda based upon speculation. The "tone" is beginning to drift further into the propaganda abyss. Version 5 also seen a dramatic rise in the share count.
Version 6 seen the "article" being swapped from an AP (Associated Propaganda) piece to a Thomson Reuters credited piece as well as the title url "wording" and link edit. This is not the first time this has occurred during this manufactured crisis. It also seen a title change to proclaim the original goals all along of annexation and occupation by NATO. It also acknowledges what has been fairly evident to any independent researcher that Ukraine is definably loosing the battle to cleanse the East of the Russian speaking Ukrainians. It is also apparent that oligarchs that control the Kiev Regime have effectively looted the National Treasury and has exhausted whatever IMF funds it may have received up to now. Ukraine is flat broke and an utterly failed state at this point and is desperately looking for a handout by seeking NATO membership in order to gain free Western military aid and cash.
Versions 7 and 8 pretty much massage the narrative and presentation for general consumption to the ill-informed masses that have been spoon-fed non-stop false propaganda by the MSM for several months.
In summary, the false narrative and deceptive propaganda has reached a dangerous level, desperation has reared it's ugly head and those that pushed for the putsch have reached the point of not return. Based upon the incompetence of the Kiev Regime and rush towards conflict as opposed to dialog, we should expect something rather stupid sooner rather than later. They will need to prepare for new opponents as the Right Sector, Azov Battalion and other ultra-far-right oligarch funded "volunteer" militia (mercenary) groups head West to Kiev. if lucky they may be able to stay in power long enough to rush through NATO legislation before the proposed election and/or General Winter storms in. Make no mistake as these groups have made no bones about it, they will not accept the EU nor any other outside forces to control or occupy their territory since their motto is Ukraine is for Ukrainians. It might be wise to keep an eye on the moves by the Svaboda/Svoboda Party since they have the most control, contrary to popular assumptions.
In closing, let's just state one last observation, Harper is in over his head!
As an additional footnote, for those that may wonder why there are "so many" of our youths joining in the fighting in Syria with the likes of IS/ISIL/ISIS and who actually began the recruitment drive a few short years ago, take a gander at the following three articles. You'll notice a seemingly forgotten yet often repeated proclamation by Harper's own John Baird. Maybe these young men feel that it is their patriotic duty to serve and are simply following the mandate set by the Harper Regime and have headed the call to action?
Syria's Assad 'must go,' Baird warns
By Edmonton Journal
March 5, 2012 dumpharper
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird condemned the continued violence and aid impasse in Syria as heavy shelling continued in Homs over the weekend, saying that Canada is considering new measures to make clear that Syrian president Bashar Assad "must go."
"The depravity and reprehensible acts of the Assad regime continue to sink to new lows. Assad and his regime are blocking humanitarian aid from getting to the Syrians who need it most, while making life miserable for countless others," Baird said in a statement late Saturday.
"Canada is considering new measures to make clear that Assad must go. Change will happen. Syrians will have their day – and Canada stands with them in their calls for a better brighter future."
The Red Cross delivered aid to areas around the battered Baba Amro district of the Syrian city of Homs on Sunday, but was blocked from entering the former rebel stronghold itself, three days after anti-government fighters fled a month-long siege.
In a further indication civilians were being caught up in the conflict, up to 2,000 Syrians fled into neighbouring Lebanon, the UN Refugee Agency said.
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) said it had been prevented from entering Baba Amro by Syrian ground forces despite receiving government permission, a move activists said was to prevent aid workers witnessing army "massacres."
After a month of bombardment by President Bashar Assad's forces, concerns mounted for freezing, hungry and wounded civilians in Homs, which on Saturday had come under renewed shelling by government troops, anti-Assad activists said.
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon said on Friday he had received "grisly reports" troops were executing and torturing people in Homs after insurgents abandoned their positions.
Late last month, Canada issued a stern warning to those opposing As-sad's regime that the protection of religious minorities and good relations with the country's neighbours must be a priority for any post-Assad government.
The demand, delivered by Baird in Tunisia, highlights the complex nature of the uprising in Syria as Canada and its allies struggle with a response to the crisis.
Baird and foreign ministers from the U.S., Britain, Qatar and other western and Arab countries were in Tunis to discuss ways to end the violence that has killed as many as 8,000 Syrians, and to begin a transition to democracy.
The ministers, meeting for the first time as the Friends of Syria, called on the Assad regime to stop its attacks on civilian areas and let in humanitarian aid – including $1.5 million in assistance announced by Baird at the conference.
They also indicated a willingness to work with the Syrian National Council, which has sought to position itself as a legitimate alternative to Assad's regime.
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Baird calls for end of violence in Syria
11:29 am, January 22nd, 2014
OTTAWA — Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird says the top priority in Syria needs to be ending the violence.
Baird spoke to reporters from Montreaux, Switzerland, where he is attending the Geneva 2 peace talks on Syria to try to find a political solution to the civil war that has raged for more than two years.
Canada's top concerns include humanitarian access and "the number of extremists and radicals" entering Syria, Baird said.
Baird reaffirmed that Syrian President Bashar Al Assad must go, and said "Canada strongly believes that those who commit war crimes should be held to account."
One day before the peace talks began, hundreds of thousands of brutal images allegedly depicting the torture and murder of thousands of civilians at the hands of the Assad regime were smuggled out of the country and released to the media.
Baird called the images "deeply disturbing, shocking" and "frightening."
Baird is representing Canada at the peace talks, which are attended by 40 countries and groups including the Arab League and the UN.
More than 2.3 million refugees have fled Syria and roughly 9.3 million Syrians are in need of humanitarian aid.
Oxfam says "millions of lives are riding on this event, which offers the best chance of ending the violence and alleviating the suffering of the millions of Syrians caught up in the conflict."
The aid group also urged the international community to agree to a "complete halt" of arms and ammunitions transfers to Syria.
Canada targets Assad family by stepping up sanctions against Syria
Agence France-Presse | March 30, 2012 | Last Updated: Mar 30 4:46 PM ET
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Syria president Bashar al-Assad's family the target of Canadian sanctions
MONTREAL — Canada tightened the sanctions Friday on Syria, targeting President Bashar al-Assad's wife, mother, sister and sister-in-law a week after the European Union made a similar move.
Stepping up its sanctions as fighting raged after an embattled Assad said he had accepted a peace plan to put an end to a year of violence that has left over 9,000 dead, Canada said it sought a "Syria that respects the fundamental rights of all its people."
"Canada's position is clear: Assad must go," Foreign Minister John Baird said in a statement.
The four Assad relatives were among 12 people and two oil companies added to an existing Canadian blacklist now totaling 127 people and 41 entities.
Under Canada's seventh round of Syria sanctions, those cited will be subject to an asset freeze and a prohibition on economic dealings.
"These latest sanctions target in particular those who profit from their association with the regime and those closest to Assad, including his wife Asma," Baird said.
"Assad's family may be kept shielded from the misery of the average Syrian, but they will not be immune from international will."
A stylish Western-educated former investment banker, Syria's British-born first lady was widely expected to give the regime a more human face and shatter the isolation of the secretive Assad family.
But she became the focus of sharp criticism this month when Britain's Guardian newspaper released e-mails showing the ruling couple shopping for luxury goods as the country slid into bloody chaos.
Baird is due in Istanbul on Sunday for a Friends of Syria meeting to head off the crisis.
The United States earlier hit Syria's Defense Minister Dawoud Rajiha as well as the army's deputy chief of staff and the head of presidential security with sanctions, with the Treasury Department saying it would hold individuals accountable for the bloody crackdown.
The EU sanctions — the union's 13th round in less than a year — were announced a week ago. EU foreign ministers reiterated a plea for Assad to "step aside to allow for a peaceful and democratic transition.
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Trauma Care
Neurologic trauma continues to be a major public health problem, even with modern trauma care in the 21st century. Appropriate management of a traumatic brain or spinal injury requires knowledge of the pathophysiology involved.
Brain Injury
The brain has several features that distinguish it from other organ systems. The most important of these differences is that the brain is contained within the skull, a rigid and inelastic container. Because of this, only small increases in volume within the intracranial compartment can be tolerated before pressure within the compartment rises dramatically, causing neurological sequelae. This concept is known as the Monro-Kellie doctrine, which states that the total intracranial volume is fixed by the inelastic volume of the skull. This volume is divided into three compartments: the brain parenchyma, the blood volume, and the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). When a significant head injury occurs, cerebral edema often develops, which increases swelling in the brain. Because the space inside the skull is fixed, the pressure within this compartment rises unless some action occurs to decrease in the volume of one of the other intracranial components.
In pediatric head trauma, the child's brain presents a different developmental substrate for injury. It has greater water content than the adult's, and is relatively resistant to damage from hypoxia. However, coma may still result from brainstem injury, or bilateral hemispheric damage.
Spine Injury
The diagnosis of an unstable spinal injury and its subsequent management can be difficult, and a missed spine injury can have devastating long-term consequences. Therefore, spinal column injury must be presumed until it is excluded. The main concerns are which patients can be cleared by clinical exam alone, which imaging studies are necessary, and when should additional imaging be used. An assessment for ligamentous injury in the absence of a fracture is also important, especially in unconscious patients who are unable to complain of neck pain or tenderness.
Imaging studies have become of increasing importance in the evaluation and treatment of head and spinal trauma in the past 20 years, and recent advances have made CT and MRI more accurate and quicker for the assessment of traumatic injury. CT remains the investigation of choice even following the advent of MRI, due both to the ease of monitoring injured patients and the better demonstration of fresh bleeding and bony injury. MRI is the more sensitive of the imaging studies, having better resolution and greater sensitivity than a CT scan. However, it can't be used if the patient has IV lines and ventilation equipment or pacemakers, because of its magnetic field; and the confined space of the MRI make it difficult to use in emergent situations. Yet, as valuable as these diagnostic tools have been in guiding intervention in acute management of the severely injured brain, normal scans do not rule out even life threatening brain trauma.


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Rocking the Spectrum
We all can provide our children with a fun and motivational environment to help them in the areas of strength, movement, sensory processing, communication, positive behavior modification, social interactions, and self-care skills. Our community of parents and professionals is here to guide you through the day-to-day journey of life with someone with special needs.
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Human Rights House Tbilisi (HRHT) and its member organizations are concerned with imposed travel ban over the Azerbaijani human rights lawyer, Emin Aslan.
Emin Aslan is a human rights lawyer and has lodged applications to the European Court of Human Rights against the Government of Azerbaijan on behalf of Azerbaijani activists and human rights defenders; he is the author of the number of critical articles about the Government of Azerbaijan. Since 2015, he lived in Georgia and cooperated with HRHT.
On July 18, 2018, Emin Aslan was banned to cross the Azerbaijani-Georgian border. He was told it was because he had the travel ban. Before that, Emin Aslan did not have information about the restriction but as he found out later, the travel ban was issued on May 30, 2018. On that day, Emin arrived in Azerbaijan from the USA, where he received master's degree at the Syracuse University. Several days after arrival, on June 4, 2018 people in plain clothes kidnapped Emin Aslan from the Baku city center. Later he was found arrested in Baku police. According to the official reports, Emin was arrested for resisting the police officers (Article 535.1 of the Administrative Code of Azerbaijan) and was sentenced to 30-day administrative detention. However, as Emin did not violate the law, his detention was arbitrary and related to his human rights activities.
Unfortunately, illegal persecution and violation of the rights of human rights defenders from the side of Azerbaijani authorities still continues. Arbitrary detention and travel ban to Emin Aslan is a clear example of this. This proves that the authoritarian regime of Azerbaijan fights against and persecutes independent, critical individuals and this is inadmissible.
HRHT member organizations hope that the litigation for the defense of freedom of movement of Emin Aslan in Azerbaijani judiciary will be successful. At the same time, HRHT calls on the Government of Azerbaijan to stop the illegal persecution of Emin Aslan and violation of his rights.
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Books: The Ever-giving Gifts
In the past week, thanks to TV and radio commercials, the chilly weather and knowing that this week includes "Giving Tuesday," I have been gently prodded into thinking about what gifts I might give for the upcoming holidays.
Of course, my favorite gifts to give are books. Virtually every book could make a terrific gift for somebody, so the makes every visit to a brick and mortar bookstore visit or an online bookseller's website a wonderful opportunity to play matchmaker. Yet choosing books for others, much like choosing a partner for someone else, can be a risky business.
I recently read that soon there will be 150 million book titles available around the world from which to choose at any given time. That's a big number and likely means we'll never run out of book choices. It also means the matchmaking process as it relates to gifting books will become more lengthy and complicated.
Being a lifelong teacher, the same considerations I make for determining what lessons kids might respond to at a particular time go into choosing a particular book for them. I try envisioning the influence of books, predicting the recipients' enjoyment and thinking how the book's content might fit into in their conversations.
In hopes of finding some tips beyond my own experience, I searched the Internet for "Choosing a gift book" and found some nice coaching on this matter. Most of it focused on knowing the recipients and their personal tastes in general, and their book preferences in particular. Basically, if we can find out the last good book someone has read, we're halfway there.
There also is reliable expertise available in classrooms, libraries and bookstores. Those who know their way around books are likely to be expert in all matters related to books, particularly for their own areas of interest or people they know. If such an informant knows a person on my list, they are my first stop when trying to zero in on a gift book for our shared acquaintance.
But sadly, some folks really don't ever want to read a book. That's good to know for gift giving, too, because it offers an opportunity to give them a very carefully well-chosen book—one the is about a topic they like and is at a level they're ready for—that might spark their interest in reading. What a gift that would be!
So this holiday season, remember that a book is a gift the receiver can open again and again. Give generously.


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Greyson joined the Eckel & Vaughan team in 2014 as an Account Specialist and was responsible for the development, execution, and optimization of online advertising campaigns, as well as content creation and communication strategy support.
Prior to joining the E&V team, Greyson worked in Washington, D.C., where she helped lead Eagle Publishing's health division, Newport Natural Health. A graduate of Wake Forest University, she is a Raleigh native and currently resides there with her husband. Greyson's a gifted musician and has even written songs and recorded in a Nashville studio.


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155 Lilleys Lane, Ecklin South | Acreage in two lots
- Bed 4 | Bath 1 | Car 6
- Expressions of interest (close June 6)
- Agent: Tom Luxton, Elders Rural Services Warrnambool, 0427 528 548
- Inspect: By appointment
Located in some of the region's best regarded, high rainfall areas and only 25 minutes east of Warrnambool, this medium-scale property is an opportunity to secure significant dairy acreage in one of the most tightly held districts.
The property comes in at about 202.34 hectares (500 acres) and will be sold as a whole, or in two lots of 260 and 240 acres.
It features two brick homes - they are both four-bedroom brick residences, with one situated in a delightful, established garden setting.
Improvements include a 28-unit swing over dairy with cup removers, 12,000-litre vat, 450-cow yard and a 30 megalitre dam.
Extensive shedding includes 40x60-foot machinery shed/hay shed, a 100x40-foot workshop and a gravel pit.
The property has been divided into 69 paddocks, which are watered from two bores to large troughs and mostly accessible via laneways.
This is superbly balanced country with a strong fertiliser history. The rye grass pastures are predominantly Matrix.
The property is for sale now, or by expressions of interest closing on Thursday, June 6.


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Sad news from the family of boxer George Foreman. His daughter, Freeda Forman, was found dead in her home Saturday in Atascocita, according to TMZ.
Freeda's body was found by a family member and no foul play is suspected, TMZ reports. She was 42.
Freeda followed her father into the ring and grew up to become a professional middleweight boxer herself. Freeda won her first five bouts before losing a year later. She finished her professional career 5-1 with three knockouts, before leaving the sport to focus on raising a family and becoming a boxing promoter.
She had previously stated her famous father was dismayed by her boxing flirtation.
"Dad never wanted any of his kids to see him fight," she said in a 2000 interview with London Mirror. "He always protected us from that world."
Her father was an Olympic gold medal-winning boxer who went on to a successful professional career that included bouts against Muhammad Ali, Joe Frazier and Ken Norton. Since his retirement, he has become an equally successful entertainer, TV pitchman, and marketer of products, such as his George Foreman-brand grills.
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Check out this behind the scenes featurette with director Joss Whedon which includes some behind the scenes footage of Avengers: Age of Ultron and can be seen in the DVD & Blu-ray edition of Guardians of the Galaxy.
Plot summary – When Tony Stark tries to jumpstart a dormant peacekeeping program, things go awry and Earth's Mightiest Heroes, including Iron Man, Captain America, Thor, The Incredible Hulk, Black Widow and Hawkeye, are put to the ultimate test as the fate of the planet hangs in the balance. As the villainous Ultron emerges, it is up to The Avengers to stop him from enacting his terrible plans, and soon uneasy alliances and unexpected action pave the way for an epic and unique global adventure. Stars Robert Downey Jr., who returns as Iron Man, along with Chris Evans as Captain America, Chris Hemsworth as Thor and Mark Ruffalo as The Hulk. Together with Scarlett Johansson as Black Widow and Jeremy Renner as Hawkeye, and with the additional support of Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury and Cobie Smulders as Agent Maria Hill, the team must reassemble to defeat James Spader as Ultron, a terrifying technological villain hell-bent on human extinction. Along the way, they confront two mysterious and powerful newcomers, Wanda Maximoff, played by Elizabeth Olsen, and Pietro Maximoff, played by Aaron Taylor-Johnson, and meet an old friend in a new form when Paul Bettany becomes Vision. Written and directed by Joss Whedon, produced by Kevin Feige.
Marvel's Avengers: Age of Ultron is set to be released on May 1, 2015.
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Here at The Ox Cheltenham we're really proud of what we've achieved and we believe our brilliant team are the secret to our success. From the chefs working behind the scenes in the kitchen, to front of house ensuring that our guests have the perfect dining experience, we're passionate about creating a great working environment and developing careers within our restaurant.
The Ox Cheltenham opened just over two years ago, building on the success of our two Ox restaurants in Bristol. Over the years The Oxs have won multiple awards including Best Steak in the Bristol Good Food Awards two years running, as well as being voted 47th best restaurant in the UK in the National Restaurant Awards.
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Sunday, October 28, 2018
Music Monday Posts
By now I'm sure you know how much I love music. I've decided to start a new series of posts, which will go up every Monday morning. The purpose of Music Monday is to share a good song that captures the essence of an artist that I really like. The first one goes up tomorrow. Hope you enjoy it! 🎶
October 28, 2018
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