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Total demographic loss of the Soviet Union in the Soviet-German War is 28 million people. This includes 26,6 million estimated loss in excess of expected deaths calculated by ADK, the 1,1 million deaths due to war-related causes of people expected to die in the time frame in accidents and of natural causes and 0,3 million expected deaths due to Soviet repression. Of the 28 million loss 2.7 million is migration loss and 25.3 million is actual war dead. Of the second figure 1.5 million deaths are due to Soviet state repression and 23.8 million are due to war and policies of the occupier.
Military Deaths
Of the 25.3 million deaths due to war up to 11 million are what are usually deemed "military deaths". These, however, include 3.1 million deaths of Soviet POWs in German custody (not all of whom were actually military personnel), 20,000 POW deaths in Finnish custody and 135,000 Red Army men executed by Soviet military tribunals, as well as 7.25 million deaths of Red Army men due to combat, accidents and disease, 250,000 deaths of Soviet partisans and militiamen and 250,000 deaths of Soviet citizens who fought as part of non-Soviet forces, mainly in German service.
Not counting prisoners of war and soldiers condemned in courts martial who were the victims of enemy states and of their own state, and fighters who died as part of non-Soviet forces, the proper Soviet military dead adds up to 7.5 million regulars and irregulars, of whom more than 300,000 due to frostbite and disease and 150,000 in accidents.[45]
Civilian Deaths
Of the upwards of 14.3 million civilian deaths 7.5-8 million occurred due to general privation associated with the German invasion and occupation. Just over half of such deaths occurred in the western USSR mainly due to ruthless economic exploitation of the occupation. The remainder occurred in the interior USSR mainly due to the fact the German advance eastwards had cut off the Soviet Union from the majority of its food surplus areas. A further 0.9 million civilian deaths occurred in blockaded Leningrad, and 200,000 among Soviet forced laborers in German-run Europe and children born to them. 1 million perished in the course of the war in the prisons, camps and colonies of the Soviet penal system, and 300,000 during deportations or internal exile, again mostly due to malnutrition, exhaustion and disease.
2.55 million Jews, citizens of the Soviet Union, were murdered in the course of the Jewish Holocaust, mainly by application of direct violence. The Germans further shot or otherwise killed some 850,000-1,050,000 non-Jews. Mainly in anti-partisans reprisals, but also as part of killing policies or repression against Communists, the Roma, the intelligentsia, the urban underground and in forced evacuations accompanying their retreat. Some 100,000-200,000 civilians perished in German bombing of Soviet cities and towns, and some 200,000-400,000 were killed in the course of, and in the aftermath of battles between armies by German and Soviet battle munitions — shells, rockets, land mines and the like. The Soviet state executed 65,000 Soviet civilians for political, or ostensibly criminal offenses, and the Soviet partisans killed probably about 60,000 in reprisals against perceived collaborators. A further 50,000 civilians were murdered in the course of the Polish-Ukrainian conflict in western Ukraine.
Roughly speaking there were just over 4 million civilian deaths due to hard violence by all sides, as well as just over 10 million such deaths due to privation and associated deterioration in health.
POW and Civilian Deaths Inflicted by the Germans
3.1 million Soviet prisoners of war, who were neither exclusively soldiers, nor were they actually afforded the privileges of POW status perished in German custody. Majority of them in 1941 and 1942 when the Wehrmacht carried out a conscious policy of eliminating its Soviet POWs by deliberately arranging for them to starve to death. 0.9 million Soviet civilians perished in besieged Leningrad. These died as a result of a starvation blockade of the city that occurred in the course of a battle, but which the Germans intended to put up even had they broken the resistance of the Soviet defenders of the city. 200,000 Soviet forced laborers and their newborn children died having been deported to Germany, or German-occupied Europe. 7.5-8 million civilians died during the war due to general privation and shortage of food, mainly caused by the German invasion and exploitation under the occupation. Of these just over one half among the 60 million under German occupation, and just under one half among the 130 million (including the 16 million refugees from the west) in the interior Soviet Union which had been cut off from its agriculturally most productive regions by the German advance.
2.55 million Soviet Jews were murdered in the Nazi program to exterminate Jews across their empire in Europe. The German security apparatus shot or killed using other violent means an estimated 650,000 people in anti-partisan reprisals in the countryside. Some 200,000-400,000 Soviet civilians were murdered in all other German policies of mass killing and political and social repression. 100,000-200,000 people died in German bombing of Soviet cities. 200,000-400,000 civilians may have perished due to military battles, probably at least one half due to German munitions.
In total the Germans inflicted some 15.7 million deaths among Soviet civilians and soldiers they had already captured and disarmed. Of this figure million one quarter were killed due to hard violence such as being shot. Three quarters died due to privation, mainly of hunger and disease.
Deaths of Soviet Citizens Inflicted by the Soviet Side
A quarter of a million Soviet citizens died serving in various non-Soviet fighting formations, mainly the German-organized auxiliary police (Schuma), the SS, the Wehrmacht and the Ukrainian Insurgent Army (UPA). One million Soviet citizens, victims of Soviet repression, perished in prisons and as forced laborers in camps and colonies of the gulag, mainly due to malnutrition, exhaustion and disease. 300,000 Soviet citizens, also victims of Soviet repression, perished of much the same causes in internal exile after being deported, mainly in nationality-based deportations. 65,000 Soviet citizens were executed by Soviet civil authorities and probably some 135,000 citizens serving in the Red Army by Soviet military authorities. If military battles killed 200,000-400,000 people Soviet munitions accounted for a big portion of that, possibly even one half.
In total the Soviet side directly inflicted about 1.9 million deaths among inhabitants of the USSR, of whom more than 200,000 were Soviet citizens in German service fighting against the Soviet Union.
Table 1 - Total Soviet Losses
|Calculated loss in excess of expected deaths (Andreev, Darskii, Kharkova)
|War-related deaths of people expected to die in the timeframe of other causes (Harrison)
|Expected deaths due to Soviet repression
|Total deficit of the Soviet population in the war
Table 2 - Soviet Losses by Cause
|Demographic loss of the Soviet Union in the Soviet-German War
|Of that losses in migration deficit (Ellman, Maksudov)
|Total Soviet war dead
|Of that losses due to Soviet state repression
|Total Losses due to war and occupation
Table 3 - Losses due to Soviet State Repression
|Deaths in prisons, camps and colonies of the gulag
|Deaths in deportations, internal exile and the labor army
|Executions by civil authorities
|Executions by military tribunals
|Total deaths due to Soviet state repression
Table 4 - Losses due to War and Occupation
|Red Army and NKDV losses due to combat, accidents and disease
|Soviet partisan deaths
|Opolchenie militia deaths
|Soviet citizens killed fighting in non-Soviet formations
|Deaths of Soviet prisoners of war in German captivity
|Deaths of Soviet prisoners of war in Finnish captivity
|Deaths of Soviet forced laborers in German-run Europe and children born to them
|Jewish citizens of the Soviet Union murdered in the Holocaust
|Civilian deaths in the Siege of Leningrad
|Non-Jewish Civilians killed in German anti-partisan reprisals in the countryside
|Non-combatants killed in the Polish-Ukrainian conflict in Galicia and Volhynia
|Killed in reprisals of the Soviet partisans
|Civilians killed in all other German killing policies and repression
|Civilian deaths in the German aerial bombing of Soviet cities and towns
|Civilian deaths due to battle munitions in, and in the aftermath, of battles
|Civilian deaths due to general privation due to invasion and occupation
|Total deaths due to occupation and war
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45. 270,000 Soviet regulars died due to disease, but there would have been tens of thousands of more such deaths among Soviet partisans.


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MOSCOW — Few people looking to buy a trendy, state-of-the-art smartphone anywhere in the world today would even think about a Russian model, but the makers of the YotaPhone aspire to change that.
The start-up's quest to break into the cutthroat global market for cellphones even got a boost from President Vladimir V. Putin, who has lately renewed a push to make innovation the next big thing for Russia's bedraggled economy.
During his "pivot to China" trip to sign a fistful of economic cooperation agreements last fall, Mr. Putin presented two of the dual-screen phones to his Chinese counterpart, Xi Jinping.
"Is there cooperation on this phone too?" President Xi asked, eyeing the two screens curiously, and Mr. Putin responded hastily, "There will be."
The very idea of an "innovative Russian consumer gadget" tends to provoke mostly gag lines, reminiscent of the old Cold War joke about how Russian Playboy featured a naked woman lying across a tractor, then the centerfold featured just the tractor.
Even after throwing off the yoke of Soviet central planning, Russia failed to translate its wealth of scientific and engineering talent into competitive, marketable products. If anything its efforts declined after the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991, when the Kremlin stopped demanding that the military industry match the United States and many scientists left for the West.
Mr. Putin first began preaching innovation a decade ago, but the goal foundered amid the boom in commodity exports. Now, many Russian political leaders wax nostalgic for the Soviet era, when the country produced all its own industrial goods, however dubious their quality.
Dmitri A. Medvedev, the substitute president between Mr. Putin's two times in office, championed a grand, $4 billion project to cultivate a Russian Silicon Valley in the suburban Moscow village of Skolkovo. Starting in 2009, a graduate technological research university and a state-backed innovation foundation were established under the tutelage of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
It never blossomed, and Mr. Putin has shown scant interest in Skolkovo. Last year, however, he resurrected innovation as a key objective after the crisis in Ukraine prompted Western economic sanctions, in particular limiting the import of some advanced technology.
Mr. Putin has said repeatedly that the current tensions will benefit Russia by weaning it from Western goods and technology. But that is not as simple and straightforward as it sounds, as the brief history of the YotaPhone illustrates.
The phone's creator, Vladislav Martynov, 45, had been working abroad for a decade, including a stint as a global troubleshooter for Microsoft, when a friend lured him back to Moscow in 2008 with the idea of building a better smartphone.
While inspired by gifted Russian software developers, Mr. Martynov subscribed to a main tenet of globalization: that few products emerge from one country alone.
"Today, there is no nationality when you create a globally competitive product in the high-tech sector," he said. The YotaPhone project's roughly 100 employees include software engineers in Russia, Finnish hardware designers and multinational engineers who established the production line in Singapore. His main marketing focus this year is China, along with Latin America. (Carrier control over the American cellphone market makes it among the toughest to enter, he said.)
The YotaPhone prototype introduced in 2012 wowed international tech conferences with its novel two-screen design, with one face acting like a standard smartphone and the other like an e-reader.
The second screen supports various functions without draining the battery, such as keeping a boarding pass handy or tracking every ripple in the dollar-ruble exchange rate — a local fixation.
In late April, Mr. Martynov presided over a packed news conference to introduce a white version of the YotaPhone 2, hoping through that simple stroke to create the kind of cachet — and sales — that has so far proved elusive, even in Russia.
The loudest burst of sustained applause greeted Mr. Martynov's introduction of an inaugural line of colorful rubber bumpers. Previously, dropping a YotaPhone often meant breaking it.
That underscored a critical problem hindering a range of new Russian products: developers tend to work in isolation. Mr. Martynov appealed for developers to create applications for the second screen. There are now roughly 40, he said, a drop in the ocean compared with the iPhones favored by the Russian elite.
"You have to create an entire ecosystem for all the simple stuff," said Alexander Galitsky, 60, a computer scientist who went from developing Soviet spy satellites to pioneering Russia's nascent venture capital industry.
Many experts trace the problems with innovation to the Soviet Union. The attitude that change starts with an order from the top has not quite gone away.
In addition, though much of Russian manufacturing died after the Soviet collapse, the government does not subscribe to globalization. When Mr. Medvedev, now the prime minister, was handed an early YotaPhone, he asked when production would start in Russia.
"If we fail to become part of the global technology chain, we are lost," Mr. Galitsky said.
He and others believe that Russia should exploit its strengths in developing state-of-the-art software to become a design hub in the international supply chain, with the manufacturing done in China or elsewhere. Instead, given the current economic climate, not to mention the crackdown on Internet freedom, countless young Russians with I.T. dreams are decamping for the United States or other places with better prospects.
Young technology buffs in Moscow gave the latest YotaPhone mixed reviews. They called the white version expensive at about $800, not much less than an iPhone 6, and not cutting-edge given its older Android operating system. They were skeptical that the dual screen was more than a gimmick.
Mr. Martynov defended the cost and the technology, emphasizing the effort that went into creating the second screen, extending the battery life and making the whole thing easy to use.
Perhaps the phone's main attraction for the young techies was that it was developed in Russia. "Maybe it is a kind of first step for Russian devices," said Valeriy Istishev, who runs Droider.ru, a Russian website about gadgets. "It is good, but not the best. It cannot be the best at the beginning."
Tensions with the West are a key factor in the innovation equation.
While recent tensions have prompted Russians to think harder about making their own products, they have also made the task more difficult by cutting off access to some technologies and investment capital.
Russian high-tech companies engaged in computer security and telecommunications also found themselves facing a problem they thought they had conquered: the old spy vs. spy stereotypes that resurfaced with the Ukraine crisis.
"People are suspicious about the origins, so many Russian companies hide and pretend not to be Russian," said Mr. Galitsky. "It is better to be an Estonian engineer, or a Czech engineer, but definitely not a Russian engineer."
Finding investors locally is not easy, either. Private venture capitalism is still largely deemed too risky, and failure is considered an unacceptable outcome for anything funded by the government.
Anatoly B. Chubais, the godfather of privatization in Russia (and still vilified for it), who now runs a government-supported technology incubator called Rusnano, commissioned a study to determine whether the Russian mentality somehow thwarted innovation. The study concluded that Russians are perfectly capable, he said, but the topic remains hotly debated.
"In general, Russians are very skeptical about themselves and their ability to create something good," said Mr. Martynov of YotaPhone.
Some are determined to try, particularly to end the failure to transform groundbreaking research into usable products.
The Russian Quantum Center, established in 2010 at Skolkovo, aimed to close the gap between science and business by recruiting leading physicists and their graduate students, about 100 over all, to conduct research that could be commercialized.
Four of the center's projects, all involving highly complex research in quantum physics, are in progress, financed largely by state money. They include creating unbreakable cryptography for banks and government agencies; photonics to improve the sensors inside products like the Apple Watch; and various uses for magnetic fields including cardiovascular imaging.
"The innovation ecosystem is being shaped, and I see positive dynamics, but as of now we are still very far behind," said Ruslan Yunusov, the head of the center.

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In an attempt to turn the tables on Mayor Konstantina B. Lukes, District 5 Councilor Frederick C. Rushton has challenged her to join him in pledging to serve no more than three two-year terms as mayor if elected Nov. 6.
Mrs. Lukes said she agreed with the sentiment, but questioned Mr. Rushton�s decision to float his proposal with the press rather than with her.
In coming out for term limits, Mr. Rushton, one of four mayoral candidates, grabs hold of an issue that Mrs. Lukes was championing as far back as 1991, when she supported a nonbinding ballot question asking voters whether they would favor term limits on elected officials. Mr. Rushton said the stance seemed ironic, given Mrs. Lukes� long service on the City Council.
�In the years since Konnie has been on the City Council, property taxes have skyrocketed,� Mr. Rushton said. �I am the only candidate in this campaign who has offered new ideas on how to grow our tax base and bring jobs to Worcester to lessen the burden on residential ratepayers.�
Mrs. Lukes, serving a partial term that began when she succeeded Timothy P. Murray when he became lieutenant governor, said she was unsure what Mr. Rushton�s proposal would mean for her.
�Will I be able to do three and a half? Does he want me to quit in the middle of the year?� she said.
Mr. Rushton directed his comments at Mrs. Lukes and did not mention the other two candidates in the race, Councilor-at-Large Gary Rosen and William S. Coleman III, who petitioned the council to put the question on the 1991 ballot.
Mr. Rosen one-upped Mr. Rushton, saying he would serve just two terms. Mr. Coleman recalled his advocacy of terms limits back in 1991 and said he believes Mr. Rushton�s aim is to open the charter and look at the issue.
Mrs. Lukes, at the time serving her first term on the council, attended a public hearing on the proposal and said the turnout showed people in Worcester wanted change in city government.
�There�s a clear sense of dissension and distrust of city government,� Mrs. Lukes said at the time. Term limitation �is one of many issues that ought to be discussed. There is an attitude among some public officials that once they are elected to office, that seat belongs to them. That has to change. Those seats belong to the public.�
Voters backed term limits proposals for municipal, state and federal officials in non-binding referendums by margins of almost 3-1 in November 1991. But a year later the council voted against asking the state Legislature to authorize an election to add term limits for the mayor, City Council and School Committee to the city charter. Mrs. Lukes was one of two councilors who voted to get the council involved with the term limits issue again.
In issuing his challenge yesterday, Mr. Rushton once again made reference to Mrs. Lukes� description of the mayor�s office as a ceremonial position, saying he believes it holds far more promise than that.
By contrast, he said his has been the most substantive of the campaigns for mayor, pointing to his economic development plan and noting he is the only candidate thus far to release a comprehensive education plan. He promised to release by next week a plan �to strengthen neighborhoods and improve public safety.�
�The charter defines it as part-time and ceremonial,� Mrs. Lukes said, adding that she understands that the public expects more because of past precedent.
�We have to start thinking about having a paid lobbyist,� she said, noting that Boston has several such positions devoted to state and federal government.
�I know my shortcomings; I am not a lobbyist,� she said, adding that no one who serves in elective office in Worcester is qualified to act as one. �I can�t do it, and the charter says I shouldn�t do it.�
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Friday night football games were a way of life for me in high school. I was the ultimate band dork! I had dreams of attending Ohio State and being part of this prestigious band that dots the "I" in script Ohio. Ultimately I did not attend Ohio State, rather I stayed in Florida to build the life I have today.
Fast forward 12 years to present day. I have three beautiful children, I am finishing my degree in Special Education in May of this year. I have an amazing husband that supports me. He helps me find myself when I lose myself in the family roles and the delicate balancing act that these roles require.
This year my mom helped one more of dreams come true. I got to see Ohio State play live and in a bowl game no less. My amazing Hubby took over parenting duties for the day so I could be free to be me. For one night I was able to go out and know that my children were being taken care of by their daddy. As I got ready I realized I was doing things for me that I rarely do anymore. I shaved my legs, I put on pants that were not sweats or yoga pants, I did my hair and I did my make up. I left for the game feeling like a woman and not just a tired mommy and wife.
With two children with special needs and one who is as typical as can be but still needs more attention to combat the amount of attention that the younger two need, it is easy to forget to take care of yourself. It's easy to forget that before you were a mommy or a wife you were a woman. Not only did I get to feel like a woman. I got to spend a lot of time with my mom and my sister bonding in a way we have not done in a very long time. My mom has been a strong support to me throughout all of my life. She has stood there and pulled the strong hand when she had too, even though I know it nearly killed her to do it. She knew when to push me and when to let it slide. She did all of this so that I could become the best version of me. That is what a mom does, this is the type of mom I strive to be for all of my children
In the midst of this great night and getting to be the part of me that is rarely seen these days because of all the other roles I have to fill in, I came to a realization. In order for me to be the kind of mom my mom is, I need to take care of me. I am not just a mom, wife, teacher, advocate, friend, sister or any of the other roles I take on. I am all of these and more. If I intend to keep going at the pace I do for any length of time without burring out I need to take time to take care of me in the process.
Sometimes we just need to put our make up on, a pair of nice jeans, some heals and live it up like the beautiful women we are.
Here's to remembering to put your sexy jeans on, do your hair and make up, get your drink and celebrate being the best version of you!


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this time i wanna share all about him
my mr. joker la...hihi
who is he?
what i like about him?
what he like to do?
i tell all about him..but not at all..
beastly rapper from beast. i think i am in love with him badly..haha he compose lot of rap for other singers and i just love the way he presented on songs. I really wanna hear him sing in 5 years to come. i think his voice would be even fierce.he's voice ermm not bad..he can sing very well..
Yong Jun Hyung is a main rapper of Korean Boy Band Beast. Before debuting as a member of BEAST, Jun Hyung was first a member of XING, known by his stage name as Poppin' Dragon. Yong Jun Hyung can be recognized very well with his unique hairstyle and tattoo.
Stand at 179 cm, Yong Jun Hyung is the third tallest member of the group after Yoon Doo Joonand Son Dong Woon.
His real name was 'Yong Jae Soon'. The reason behind his decision was because during his school days he
received a lot of stress from it and at the end decided to change it.
Jun Hyung also said to be really embarrassed about this and not even his members knew about this.
Well for the fans it doesn't matter if he is 'Yong Jae Soon' or 'Yong Jun Hyung', all they know is that he is their beloved idol.
i always support you bother!
Yong Jun Hyung profile :
Name : 용준형 (Yong Jun Hyung)
Role : Rapper
Stage Name under Xing: Poppin' Dragon
DOB: December 19, 1989
Nickname: yonggun
Education: Anyang Arts High School
Specialties: Dance
Height: 179cm
Weight: 64kg
Blood Type: O
Hobbies: writing lyrics, watching movies, and dancing
Info: He was first debuted with group Xing and he rapped for AJ's
Wiping the Tears.
We share something in that are same u know..hehe
lau kwn2 yg knl sy mesti prasan our date of birth is same!!!
mine Disember 19, 1991
mine Disember 19, 1991
yaaaa..i like it!
|1) Known as the naggy one in the band.
1) Is into fashion with bandmate Hyun Seung.
3) Featured in Hyuna's 'Change'.
4)Has been sleep deprived lately.
actually more and lot of him i want to share..
tp xpela..biar i taw sendiri je k..hihi


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Several blocked drainage points on Plough Hill Road, including at this location
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A modern day scholar of French history will be honored for her distinguished contributions to Vincentian historiography on Sept. 27, the feast day of St. Vincent de Paul, the 17th century French priest who devoted his life to serving and caring for others.
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The Vincentian Studies Institute has just completed a content update of its acclaimed virtual exhibition: Saint Lazare as a Women's Prison, 1794-1930:
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The Vincentiana Collection in Archives/Special Collections at DePaul University's John T. Richardson Library has recently acquired this 1947 press photo. The text reads:
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Lecturer: Rev. Edward Udovic, C.M., Ph.D.
Wednesday, September 25, 11:30 a.m. Richardson Library, Room 115. - Fr. Udovic will present a lecture on the topic: "St. Vincent's Reading List"
"St. Vincent's Reading List" represents a variety of rare seventeenth century works that are known to have been read or recommended by St. Vincent (as evidenced by his own written testimony); can safely be presumed to have been read by him; or are political, legal,…Continue
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The Vincentiana Collection at DePaul University's Richardson Libarary's Archives and Special Collections Department has recently acquired an early example of a St. Vincent de Paul Society fundraiser for the poor. The lottery took place in Bordeaux in 1855-1856. The various prizes for the lottery are listed on the ticket which cost one livre. From its origins,…Continue
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March 3, 2016
INJAZ Al-Arab Named Top Twitter Account for MENA
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The members of the lower house of the parliament have summoned Minister of Commerce and Industry, Acting mayor, and chairman of the protection of the environment department for increasing of pollution in Kabul city on Saturday to provide more details over the issue.
Criticizing significantly increasing of pollution in Kabul, MPs urged that there is no plan and policy to decrease the pollution.
Member of the house Ubaidullah Ramin said, " none quality of fuel, increasing of garbage's and pollution in the capital city of Kabul have caused severe illness, where most of the cancer disease is coming from the pollution, demanding the Government to in place a sophisticated policy to decrease pollution."
"Kabul mayor is responsible to protect the environment, people do need healthy environment," Law maker Zakaria Zakaria said.
Meanwhile Minister of Commerce and Industry Humayon Rasa stated that based on the law the quality of fuel is coming into Afghanistan is the responsibility of the Afghan National Standards authority Standard Bureau, but we continue to cooperate to protect environment according to our authorities.
He said, "Based on the Law the Afghan National Standards authority is tasked to control the quality of fuel, if we are asked to do controlling we are will launch necessary measurements."
"We will not have protected and healthy environment unless huge amount of investments is to be made over controlling of the pollution and sources causing pollution in Afghanistan." Chairman of the protection of the environment Shahzada Mustafa Zaher said.
Acting Mayor of Kabul city Abdullah Habibzai said, "20 years of strategic plans to protect the environment of Kabul has been designed, efforts are underway to implement the plan soon."
Increasing of pollution in Kabul cause hundreds of the Kabul residents including women and children to plug with different diseases, where dozens of the ills specially the children lose their life due to severe pollution, most of the Kabul residents using firewood to keep the houses warm in winter season.
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The rabbits are sneaking up on the houseplant behind me. The cat is at the door, scratching first on the inside, then on the outside. The other cat is on the couch trying to convince J to nap with her. Just a normal evening at our house. The sun descended behind the sky's ragged hem of blue mountains, all streaks of pink and orange fire framed by branches yet to leaf out. This morning it did the same thing but in reverse and with a great deal more magenta.
We drove out to the lagoon to look at birds through battered binoculars. Ever-present and yet-to-be-properly -identified gulls wheeled around and hopped playfully on the beach of broken shells. Mallards, pintails and widgeons dabbled in shallow water in the late afternoon light. In a moment that was like a rush of breath, two swans flew in close over our heads and then disappeared on the horizon, their graceful bodies huge. It felt like a gift.
Recently, I had a thirty-minute wait after work before J came by with the car. I found a bench in the sun and sat quietly with myself, the sun in my eyes and its warmth on my skin. I have fallen out of the habit of daily meditation, and it felt so good to come back to myself there, the warmth and light of spring awakening me too to the present. We have gotten lazy about our evening yoga too, but small poses work their way through my body in the course of the day.
Today when I got home, I found a sunbeam. I carried blankets and pillows to where the floor in the front hallway was a crisscross of light and painted relief of many years' scratches. Spring here is so delicious this year. It is everything I hope for in a spring. I know it's early for most of the country but these are the rhythms I was raised with and I often found myself impatient with the mountains' slow melt and fickle reruns of winter.


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Monday, November 13, 2006
Here she is, Miss Cutey-Pie. My first attempt at a knitted toy. My 6 y.o., on a LYS outing, picked out the book "Knitted Babes" by Claire Garland, and requested this little cutey. Aforementioned 6 y.o. rarely commits to wanting any knitting-type projects. She has a whole closet full of fabulous sweaters, but wears nary a one. So to fill this bizarre, DNA-driven maternal need to knit for my children, I agreed and knit up the dolly. I must say, it was fun to knit, and I even SEWED a dress for her, yes, uh huh, sewed. Better yet, my own little cutey-pie LOVES the doll!! Only downside? She is wondering when she gets "the brown doll, and the pink and red doll, and all her other friends?"
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Time to Take Action
Time to Take Action
Weekly Reading
April 2, 2017
Yang, Seven of Bows-Clearance, & The Fates Reversed
Spring lends itself to new growth and expansion, but only if you release the old. This week is perfect for taking action, moving forward and creating. There's a lot of forward momentum and creative energy that you can tap into. Take advantage of this and create something new and beautiful.
However, this doesn't mean that this energy won't bring its own set of challenges to your door. Before you try to tap into the forward motion and change things, a little bit of preparation is required. It's time to "spring clean." In order to welcome this new energy in, you need to get rid of the old energy that is holding you back. It's all about creating space in your life. You can't welcome something new if there's no room for it.
Start cutting away what isn't working for you and what you no longer need. Maybe it's emotional stuff you're holding on to or perhaps a relationship that whose time is up. It could even be physical stuff you've collected in your house over the past year. The key to success in this "spring cleaning" is knowing what to let go of.
It's also about understanding what you have control of and what you don't. You'll only get frustrated if you try to change something that isn't within your control. Ask Spirit to guide you to see the things you can change and give you the grace to understand the things you can't. Then clean up what you do control with gusto and watch things grow, change and unfold before your eyes!
The decks used today were Wisdom of the Oracle by Colette Baron-Reid, published by Hay House and The Wildwood Tarot by Mark Ryan, John Matthews, illustrated by Will Worthington.


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Announcing 'Dear BFF: A Podcast'
So, you probably know what I'm going to say: Yes Poetry is now creating a podcast series, and it's called Dear BFF, hosted by founding editor, Joanna C. Valente. Each episode will focus on a chosen theme and will just be an intimate conversation about the theme. It's simple: We're just talking honestly and authentically, giving insight and perspective into a given topic.
We want to foster community, honesty, and what life is like for different people. We want to be able to give people of all backgrounds a platform to tell their stories, because telling our stories helps us live better, more fulfilling lives. It helps us be more honest with our partners, family, and friends. Better yet, it helps us ask the questions we need to ask, and hopefully, with time, begin to answer them for ourselves.
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Description: Westphall tries to deal with his critical sister-in-law and a reluctant hospital board. Luther becomes Axlerod's personal trainer. Roxanne asks Chandler to her recital. Rosenthal worries about threats to an assaulted teenager. Caldwell's questionable behavior continues at the hospital. Craig proves to be of little help to his grieving wife.
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MSK lived in a secluded village in Johor unmarked on any map, not even Google Earth.Read More »
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In memory of the victims of the Sichuan Earthquake
TOC writer, Gilbert Goh was in China when the earthquake struck in 2008.Read More »
Letters of praise and criticism – and one to two ministers about TOC
"I urged our dear Ministers to do something to stop these unscrupulous people in TOC from conveniently using religion for their own gain in solidifying influence at the expense of our harmonious society," said one letter addressed to two ministers.Read More »
Singapore sees abortions rise amid recession
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Retrenchment as a last resort – Lim Swee Say
We continue to see job losses in USA. We continue to see unemployment rates going up in USA. While the world may be starting to gamble with their money in the stock market, here in Singapore, we cannot afford to gamble the job of workers. What we have to do is to continue to stay on course. We continue to …Read More »
Help the homeless in Singapore!
Shelter for the homeless to raise funds for homeless in S'pore.Read More »
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Published at Saturday, August 03rd, 2019 - 19:10:02 PM. Vanity. By Estelle Godin.
Vanities are one of the most exciting purchases in a bathroom renovation as they can have a huge impact on the design of the room. Seriously consider these few helpful tips and you can purchase your new bathroom vanity with confidence.
Below are some helpful tips on how to shop for and buy the ideal vanity for your bedroom and also a vanity for your bathroom. Use these tips when you shop and you'll discover that you'll have an easier time finding both a bedroom and bathroom vanity that is a mirror image of you.
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Love Bomb 2014: DAY FOUR
For this year's LOVEBOMB we are getting naked... well metaphorically. We are stepping behind the independent lingerie brands to look at the women behind the brands.
Each day, starting from today, each brand will have a special promo and giveaway as we all introduce our fans to one another. For details of each brand's giveaway, make sure you check their facebooks!
It's our turn!
Well that is me and all the ladies that work on the brand. I created Playful Promises as I had a love for much more expensive pants and wanted to make them affordable. I also wanted to make them sexy. There is plenty of affordable every day lingerie but the seductive sexy lingerie like Myla and AP is just too expensive. I wanted to make something with design detail at an affordable price.
We are offering 30% off our website for 24 hours with code LOVEBOMB2014
We are also running a giveaway on our facebook page!
One of the nicest things about doing the LOVEBOMB this year was when all the ladies came to our studio at our office in London to do the photoshoot. It is so nice to speak with other women in business and see how they juggle all the commitments in their lives and discussing the trials and tribulations we all face as small independent female run brands.
One of the sad points of the day is that we didn't have Velda Lauder who usually joined us for the LOVEBOMB due to her untimely passing last year. The inspiration she gave to us other female entrepreneurs was missed.


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Much to the disappointment of my dolls, I've been distracted by knitting myself some things.
I just completed a pair of socks (details in the Gallery).
I have another project on the needles just for myself, but I will have to attend to the dolls' needs soon. I've watched one too many scary movies, and know that all it takes it some freak lightening storm, or other such phenomenon, to bring those dolls to life to wreak their little dolly vengeance on me for ignoring them.
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Beautiful home with raised/vaulted ceilings throughout! Open floor plan for living, dining, kitchen and breakfast areas; wood burning fireplace; additional office with built-in bookcases; divided floor plan with master bedroom on opposite side of house with spacious walk-in closet; master bath has double vanity, separate shower and tub. Only small pet allowed. Available September 14th.
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SUN Behavioral Health celebrates ribbon cutting in Kentucky
Please join NK Architects in congratulating SUN Behavioral Health and St. Elizabeth's Healthcare as they cut the ribbon and open the doors of their new behavioral health hospital in Erlanger, Kentucky. The 149,000 square foot facility includes nearly 200 beds for children, adolescents, and adults and fills a critical need in their mission to help patients with mental illness and substance abuse disorders. Congratulations to our tremendous clients on their foresight and hard work in accomplishing this important project for northern Kentucky!
Below is an excerpt from NK Architect's Erin Newton, a member of NK's Healthcare team with a focus in design for Behavioral Health. Erin shares the following passage from "Newton's Notes" on Archinect:
NK Architects and their Behavioral Healthcare Architecture Team exhale, as SUN Behavioral Health, in partnership with St. Elizabeth Healthcare, opens its newly constructed doors to the community of Northern Kentucky.
On President's Day,February 19, 2018, SUN and St. Elizabeth's will have a Ribbon Cutting & Dedication Ceremony for their New Behavioral Health Hospital, located on 13 acres of land in Erlanger, Kentucky.
For years NK Architects has been working on designing and supporting the construction of this new building. From the early planning days, through the challenges of construction (which included the installation of a 6 foot diameter stainless steel sphere in the welcoming area), the team worked to see the vision through to completion with a sense of dedication to the population to which it would serve.
The mission of SUN Behavioral Health is to partner with communities in solving the unmet needs of those suffering from mental illness and addiction disorders. They do this by partnering with community partners, community hospitals, medical professionals, schools, private charities and government officials to fill in the gaps in behavioral healthcare. see: sunkentucky.com
SUN Behavioral Health's motto is "solving unmet needs."
The company's President and Chief Executive Officer Steve Page sheds some light on what its team looks for when going into a new community:
The NK Architects Behavioral Healthcare team has been working with SUN & St. Elizabeth on Behavioral Healthcare Projects around the country for many years and values the role that architects and design professionals have to empower inhabitants and the greater community.
- As active members in their communities, making efforts beyond the design work to be advocates for Mental Health, the NK Behavioral Healthcare team seeks to:
- Push the boundaries of possibilities;
- Provide work that rises above the very cold institutional buildings that are often equated with "psychiatric hospitals", and,Provide intelligent, healing, calming, and comfortable environments, regardless of the many constraints affecting this challenging, important area of work.
This Behavioral Healthcare experience and advocacy inform the architectural work and drive the design process for the team. Understanding and designing for the Behavioral Health patient population is further supported by active pursuit of extra knowledge, through education, research or involvement in other mental health concerns.
Fundamentally functioning from a position that Behavioral and Mental Health is Essential to Wellness, is a key driver behind NK Architect's Behavioral Healthcare Architectural approach and in the design of the new building in Kentucky. Wellness includes function, material and the immaterial. A safe, comfortable atmosphere for patients and staff must harmonize many elements all working in chorus:
- Open free space
- Close safe space
- Access to outdoor areas for recreation
- Access to natural light & good interior light
- Materials that are pleasing and calming,
- Zones that allow for creativity, flexibility, activity
- Security-focused materials, including windows and doors that are impact- and tamper-proof, and appropriately safe hardware, as well as pick-proof finishes, throughout the building.
Some of the ways the new building offers these are with:
- Creative open islands, softly flowing in the center of large day spaces, establishing a sense of gentle movement and flow.
- Living rooms, with arm chairs that are set up around televisions, creating a home cinema experience.
- Two and four top café tables, and various configurations of spaces serving to create inclusiveness while gently expanding to provide appropriate boundaries.
- Deep nurse stations that open up to the patients, on floor plans strategized to maximize sight lines for the staff (without making patients feel "on watch").
- Group rooms at the end of each wing are surrounded in natural light, which subtly emulates into the wings.
- "Kentucky ranks 49th (second worst) in the number of people suffering from depression and 49th (second lowest) in mental health well-being. Suicide in Kentucky kills more people every year than automobile accidents. "(From: Edward L. Smith Jr. Published May 3, 2015 Cincinnati.com/ USA Today )
- Mental Illness can affect persons of any age, race, religion or socioeconomic status.
- One in four American adults experiences an episode of mental illness per year.
- Individuals, both diagnosed and undiagnosed, with mental illness are those around us – our neighbors, our friends, family and co-workers.
- Four million children and adolescents in this country suffer from a serious mental disorder that causes significant functional impairments at home, at school and with peers.
- Mental health disorders account for more disability that any other illness, including cancer and heart disease reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
- https://naminky.org/about-mental-illness/
- MH1 High school data: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2016). 1991-2015 High School Youth Risk Behavior Survey data. Retrieved June 30, 2016, from http://nccd.cdc.gov/YouthOnlin...
- MH2 Depressive episode data: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2015). 2013-2014 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Model-Based Prevalence Estimates (50 States and the District of Columbia). Table 26. Retrieved June 30, 2016, from http://www.samhsa.gov/data/pop...
- MH3 American Psychiatric Association (1994). Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (4th Ed.). Washington, DC, American Psychiatric Association.


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The infamous Cryptopia hack of January 14, which led to over $16 million in stolen Ethereum (ETH) and ERC20 tokens, has been under close investigation by New Zealand police and specialists worldwide.
Thanks to the open nature of cryptocurrencies on the blockchain, analysts and investigators have been successful in tracking the stolen crypto funds, leading major cryptocurrency exchanges to liquidate $3.2 million in stolen tokens on February 4.
Blockchain analysis firm Elementus has been keeping close tabs on the proceedings following the Cryptopia hack, and announced via Twitter the liquidation of $3.2 million tokens on major crypto exchanges.
Cryptopia update
As of this morning, the hackers have liquidated $3.2m in tokens, with the bulk of that going to Etherdelta pic.twitter.com/QVbb8mSszX
— Elementus (@elementus_io) February 4, 2019
The Cryptopia Hack
The New Zealand-based cryptocurrency exchange Cryptopia suffered what's being called the first major security breach of 2019. When the exchange was initially hacked, Cryptopia told users they were undergoing unscheduled maintenance. They issued a number of updates before finally revealing on January 15 that they had been breached.
There was much uncertainty regarding the sheer scale of the hack, because Cryptopia kept any details on the downlow, as they were working closely with authorities. However, as previously reported by IIB, blockchain analytics firm Elementus brought to light an array of information regarding the security breach.
At first, it was thought the hack resulted in the loss of around $3.6 million worth of crypto, until Elementus informed the crypto community that a staggering $16 million was actually stolen.
Following the initial attack on January 14, hackers continued to withdraw crypto funds from 17,000 wallets for 2 weeks, resulting in an additional 1,675 ETH ($175,875) stolen. Some Cryptopia users were even repeat victims, seemingly unaware of the hack, who had replenished their wallets following the attack.
$3.2 Million of Stolen Funds Liquidated
Fortunately, the Cryptopia hackers should have a very difficult time trying to sell the stolen crypto funds, as the stolen cryptocurrencies' transactional data is publicly available on the Ethereum blockchain. As such, investigators and specialists are keeping a close eye on their movements.
When the breach first happened, hackers quickly tried to sell a portion of stolen funds on Binance, the exchange was quick to react and froze the funds.
However, according to Elementus, as of February 4, a total of $3.2 million in stolen tokens from Cryptopia have been liquidated by various crypto exchanges, most of them going through Etherdelta.
How much do you think the hackers have been able to sell thus far? Will the hackers ever be able to sell more of the stolen funds? Let us know what you think in the comment section below.


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Attorney Dana Fortunato '05 Joins Mirabella, Kincaid, Frederick & Mirabella
September 11, 2018
Dana B. Fortunato, a 2005 graduate of DePauw University, has joined Mirabella, Kincaid, Frederick & Mirabella LLC as an associate attorney. Practicing in Wheaton, Illinois, she focuses her practice on family law, criminal defense, juvenile law, and traffic law.
"Fortunato has more than a decade of experience in Illinois courts, including the past nine years as a DuPage County Public Defender," notes an announcement. "She served clients in matters ranging from petty traffic tickets to non-probational felonies. Prior to being a public defender, Fortunato worked at the Katz Law Office, Ltd., in Chicago and the Domestic Violence Legal Clinic."
A religious studies and Spanish major at DePauw, Fortunato earned a J.D. from John Marshall Law School.
"Outside of work, Fortunato volunteers with organizations such as DuPage County Public Action to Deliver Shelter and Fox Valley Literacy Volunteers."
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*Snaps soulfully* Timmy, Timmy Turner.
Last month, Desiigner dropped his first mixtape, New English, despite having a a chart-topping single, the mixtape didn't get the best of reviews. However, Desiigner's name started buzzing again when XXL released his freshman 2016 freestyle. The 45-second clip showed Desiigner snapping and singing about Timmy Turner. Despite it being a freestyle, we can't say there was much- or any- rapping at all. Desiigner showcased something more like a hymn, one that was catchy enough to get lots of attention on social media. There have been remixes and parodies made of the song.
About a week after the freestyle was released, a video of Mike Dean and Desiigner surfaced, which showed them working with the freestyle acapellas. Rumors were going around about the freestyle being produced into a full song. Today, the rumors have been proven to be right. Mike Dean and Desiigner managed to make a 4-minute song off of Desiigner's snapping and mumbling.


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We are finally here, we are done. Continue reading
So, it starts with my top fifty songs of 2016, the reason I brought it back this year is because there were so many songs that I obsessed over that were released as singles or on EPs/albums that didn't make it in my top albums list. Dig in! Continue reading →
Here is the second and final part of my top releases of 2015, these are the biggest highlights in the year for me. Don't forget to lemme know what your favourites were or to link me your own list. Hope you all had a great start to 2016! Continue reading →
I know that my links to reviews on other websites don't seem to get viewed much, but this time I urge anyone who sees this to check out my review of Wales' own Intensive Square's debut album "Anything That Moves" here. This album has been a long time coming and fully deserves your attention and ears when it comes out on the 29th June, via Black Bow Records. The thing is an absolute monster in the tech metal realm. Plus, you can't go wrong with some Zorn-esque sax too.
So I went to Temples Festival again this year and you can read what I had to say on it over on the Echoes And Dust site (here) by extending the Richard Owens tab. There's some Pig Destroyer worship in there…
This is it, these are my top fifteen albums for 2014. There's some great stuff here that I hope you check out and become as obsessed with as I did. Hope you all have a merry Christmas and a fantastic time with your friends and family. See you in 2015! Continue reading →
Here's the first half of the top 30 albums of 2014! While this year didn't impress me anywhere near as much as last year, there were still dozens of great releases, especially in the second-half of the year. I guess as well, since this year has been very quiet for the Rich Reviewz blog (for personal reasons – 2015 will be the return of regular posts), you can see all the albums I'd wish I could have spoken about. Continue reading →
This is the second (and final) attempt at reviewing the weekend because the original draft reached 1,250 words by the time I covered Electric Wizard – the headliner of the first night – and I know no-one loves music enough to read an essay. So here's my run at a brief cover of the weekend, to make it less painful for you and me. Continue reading →
'Kin Hell Fest is the brainchild of Paul from No Fucks Given, which is on next weekend, and caters mostly to fans of crust, grind, thrash, death and all other extreme types of metal with the likes of Napalm Death, Undersmile, Massacre, Jesus Cröst and more playing across the whole weekend. Yorkshire Riffer is a sort of little brother to this main event, acting as a warm-up gig (just like the Salvation gigs are to Damnation festival). Despite this being the smaller gig, that doesn't mean the line-up was anything less than great with the likes of doomsters Eagle Twin, Palehorse and beer-loving grinders The Afternoon Gentlemen ripping the audience apart for the night. Continue reading →


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What is CBD E-Liquid?
CBD e-liquid is just like standard e-liquid, except it is infused with CBD rather than nicotine. Both are used as the fluid for electronic cigarettes (e-cigs) or vaporizers (vapes).
CBD e-liquid is also known as CBD vape juice or hemp e-juice. It is considered a convenient and beneficial way of consuming CBD. Consuming CBD e-liquid will not get you high.
What is Cannabidiol (CBD)?
CBD is a member of a group of chemical compounds called cannabinoids, which are found in the resin glands (trichomes) of the hemp plant. Particular species of hemp are grown to be high in CBD.


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Book Review: Double Cross by DiAnn Mills
I received this book as a gift from the publisher in exchange for my honest review.
Being a mom is the hardest thing I've ever done, but it has brought me so much joy! I want to encourage other moms on their journey, I'll share motherhood tricks, spotlight tips I've learned from friends, and I hope you will share your ideas. I will focus on secrets that help families stay balanced, healthy, frugal, creative, and closely knit. I will also share favorite fiction and nonfiction books that I have enjoyed. Many blessings to you on your mothering journey!
These are super yummy and easy cookies that only take minutes to mix. And we almost always have the ingredients on hand. I can't remember where we got the recipe from, but I've been told that it's easy to modify with other flavors of cake mix too. Enjoy! And try not to eat all of them by yourself!
On a whim, I picked up the book "How to Get Dressed: A Costume Designers Secrets for Making Your Clothes Look, Fit and Feel Amazing". It's very well written. The author's writing is funny, practical, well-organized and easy to read. She talked about finding your style, making sure clothes fit well, fixing clothes that need extra help, clothing hacks, laundry, shoes and stains. I even learned a little bit about the history of the fashion industry!
I have found a new parenting resource that I love. It's the
I love the worship song Jesus is Better! As we were adjusting our hearts to the surprise of baby #4 (8 years after our 3rd child), this is one of the songs I sang over and over again to train my heart to believe that Jesus knows best. Great lyrics!
recipe from the 36th Avenue blog! And I bet we can make it with splenda instead of sugar to make it just a bit more healthy. :)
I have found a new parenting resource that I love! And I'm thrilled to be a part of a giveaway for the book and other cool stuff! I hope you will enter the contest, and check out this action plan for growing your children in character and godliness. I love that the book walks you through the various steps in the action plan, allowing space to ponder the personalization of your plan. It's like having a family counselor in your home!


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Sonics land Oden with No. 2 pick!
OK, so actually that's only according to ESPN.com's mock draft unveiled today. Usually, I think mock drafts are stupid, if only because they almost always seem to play it safe with conventional wisdom.
Well, conventional wisdom goes out the door when Bill Simmons is involved.
This mock draft is a tag-team effort between Simmons and NBA reporter Chad Ford, and it involves some pretty funny -- and insightful -- running commentary. Simmons was the guy to pick first, and had Portland take Kevin Durant. His reasoning?
(Durant's) a cold-blooded killer. I hate pre-draft workouts, but didn't you findErgo, the Sonics land Greg Oden with the No. 2 pick. To which Ford says:
it interesting that Oden was nervous, awkward and apologetic during his workout
in Portland, but a confident Durant strolled in there two days later and blew
everyone away? You know what's funny about that? I knew that was going to
happen. One guy plays basketball because he was created to play basketball; the
other plays because he was bigger than everyone else and it seemed like the
logical thing to do. If there was a pickup game and Oden was on one side, Durant
was on the other, and your life depended on the game, you'd pick Durant. You
Bill, on behalf of the citizens of Seattle, Sam Presti, Ray Allen, Rashard LewisIt's pretty good stuff. And, if you're curious, Simmons took Texas A&M's Acie Law in that No. 11 spot the Sonics would acquire if they ship Luke Ridnour's sorry butt to Atlanta (more on that later) -- Mike Conley Jr. and Corey Brewer already were off the board. And if you're still curious, Simmons selected Spencer Hawes at No. 13 for the New Orleans Hornets.
and all eight remaining Sonics season ticket holders, I want to thank you. Not
only did you pass on the best big man to come in the draft since Tim Duncan in
1997 ... you handed him on a silver platter to your biggest rivals.


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NPA Web Design – Subject page LIVE
As announced in a post before the Christmas break, the subject page for the revised NPA Web Design (GN57 45), at SCQF Level 5, was being set up. I can now confirm that the subject page is live and can be accessed via the SQA website. The subject page for the revised NPA Digital Media at SCQF Levels 4 and 5 will follow shortly.
The NPA Web Design is a revision of the NPA Web Design Fundamentals (G8HD 45). The 'old' award will enter into its lapsing period on 31/07/2018 and will finish on 31/07/2021.
You can access all relevant information regarding the NPA Web Design via the subject page (eg Group Award Specification), but if you have other queries, you may wish to consult the FAQ for this award.
For more information on this award or any other queries, please do not hesitate to contact me.


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Unit 5: 2500 square feet (interior space)
2 Bedrooms, 2 Baths
You are at the top of your game and on top of Lynchburg! Welcome to upscale loft living boasting original flooring, exposed brick, ceiling beams, and upscale designer lighting. With 2 bedrooms and en suite baths, this unique space is home to the building's original "lift" circa 1800's that has been reimagined into a wet bar. Try your hand at being a master chef in this designer kitchen with granite countertops and stainless appliances complete with washer and dryer. Entertain on the rear private deck with a glass of wine with your guests for an evening of people watching and star gazing.


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We just got a whole bunch of awesome Nintendo Switch game announcements in today's Nintendo Direct, but as usual, Japan got a little bit extra. Here are the announcements you didn't see if you didn't watch the Japanese Direct.
SaGa Scarlet Grace. Screenshot: Square Enix (YouTube)
SaGa Scarlet Grace, the latest in Square Enix's long-running series of really complicated RPGs originally released on Vita, is coming to Switch this year.
Taiko no Tatsujin: Nintendo Switch Version will come to Japan this winter. The surprise: You'll be able to drum along to songs from Splatoon 2 and Super Mario Odyssey, including "Jump Up, Super Star".
Bandai Namco told Kotaku it has no news to share about the game's prospects for overseas release.
Finally, Phantasy Star Online 2: Cloud, announced last year, got an update: It will include Breath of the Wild costumes and equipment. This will launch on April 4 in Japan. Sega's American branch told Kotaku it had no news to share today about the game.
Reminder: The Switch is region-free! OK, maybe that doesn't help you with these RPGs if you don't read Japanese, but at least you can just import Taiko if it doesn't come here.


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TYesterday, Amar Ujala, a leading Hindi Daily, did a story on the career prospects in Indian Army. The title of the feature was: Career in Indian Army — Safe Borders, Secure Career. A day before Independence Day.
Today we Indians are celebrating our 67th Independence day. Today is the day to think about things which make us feel good about our country. Today is the Day when we must talk about our own behavior which has somehow stagnated and blemished the true character of our Nation.
Some anomalies are there in every Nation's independent years. But still if a Nation managed to walk 67 years on its own, then it's no meagre achievement. Let's Congratulate our Nation for giving us so much, which we can never ever be able to return in our life times.
So Let's confess to our Nation, things which we did consciously or unconsciously, that we think haven't helped our dear Nation.
11-15 Things to Think about on India's 67th Independence Day! – Part 3
11) Plain Rhetoric and Statements that matter: Only yesterday, BJP's PM candidate Narendra Modi in a speech in Gujarati tried to draw a parallel between his Independence Day speech at Lalan College in Gujarat and Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's Independence Day address from Red Fort. Mr. Modi exhorted the nation to compare the two speeches. In his words, while his speech would give people dreams and hopes, that of Indian PM would be of despair.
Both the speeches have already been made today. And obviously, the Nation listened to the one made by the PM from the Red Fort.
There's a big problem with people who fancy themselves as great orators. They most of the times forget an important difference between plain rhetoric and statements that matter. Narendra Modi may be a brilliant speaker, he may also be PM material; but unless he's the real PM, no one in his/her sane mind will ever compare his speech with that of the Nation's PM.
The PM of India can't indulge in big words, as his position doesn't allow him of such a behavior. A person who is not the PM (not holding an important position) can say anything he wants to, and promise even the Moon to the Nation. No one cares.
Should we segregate Plain Rhetoric from the Statements that matter?
12) Need to Relook at the definition of Minority: Of late, Muslim Appeasement has become a popular phrase in India. Speak a word in support of muslims in India, and the entire statement is trivialised as Muslim Appeasement. If the governments want to take some affirmative steps for the betterment of the Muslims in the country, the steps are instantly tagged as Muslim Appeasement or Minority Appeasement. Interestingly, the question of appeasement never arises when the minority in focus is Sikh, Jain, Buddhists, Christians etc. This makes one assume that the Nation needs to relook at the definition of Minority. Else, the country will have to stop doing any positive for the minorities.
The hate for minorities is quite natural. This hate emanates from the majority's reluctance to share resources with minorities. Given an option, no majority in any nation will ever acknowledge the right of minorities in the resources. Still, good nations do acknowledge the rights of minorities in the country's resources.This not only acknowledges the good work done by minorities in nation building, but also gives minorities a fair chance to grow & not get overwhelmed by the majority group. Nations do so by reserving a certain percentage of resources — jobs, admissions, scholarships etc. for the minorities. Even in USA, Indian migrants avail quota, as their right as a minority group or less privileged group.
India as a nation has a demographic advantage. It has the biggest percentage of Young people in its population. In an increasingly aging world, these young men and women can be a big asset for India. Only problem is – A large section of this demography is being indoctrinated to hate minorities. If said in other words, young men and women who belong to majority groups have started Thinking Like a Minority. They have started believing that minorities are the cause of their problems, and if minorities are encouraged, they will lose jobs, and everything to them.
This perception has no logic to it. If people who are most numbered in a country, fear a minority; then imagine what the minority, with no number advantage, may be feeling about the majority.
Practically speaking, People lose their jobs, not because of minorities, but because of their lack of competence. Jews, a minority in most nations of the world, made a place for themselves in almost every country's richest people, as they are highly educated and had competence. They are hard working as well. Jains in India, make for a miniscule share of India's population, but account for one fifth of India's total Wealth. Parsis and Anglo-indians in India may be insignificant in number, but they created India's biggest and most respected businesses. If seen the other way, minorities seldom take jobs, if given opportunity they create jobs, just like competent people in majority group do.
Hate for minorities among a section of young men and women will not help india, if it wants to benefit from its demographic advantage. If Indian youth has to establish big businesses in India and abroad, become great academics, world leaders, become competent, then they have to come out of their 'Hate for Minorities'.
Is Indian majority being indoctrinated to Think Like a Minority?
13) Going overboard on anything is Bad… Including Patriotism: Yesterday, Amar Ujala, a leading Hindi Daily, did a story on the career prospects in Indian Army. The title of the feature was: Career in Indian Army — Safe Borders, Secure Career.
Why you think people join Army? Patriotism is there, but the decision is also a career decision. The way, many of us want to be bureaucrats, doctors, engineers, teachers, scientists, businesspersons… some like to have career in Indian Army.
Another question which can be asked here is: Those who are not in Army, are any way less patriotic?
The answer to this question is, no they are not. Irrespective of our profession we do have loyal feelings for our nation.
Like it or not, the decision to go to Army is first a career decision and then patriotism. If India starts a 10 year war with some country and soldiers start dying in big numbers, then enrollment in Army will decline.
Amar Ujala's story on the career prospects in Indian Army, with the title: Career in Indian Army — Safe Borders, Secure Career, unknowingly spoke the same fact.
Of late, a section of Indians is going overboard with patriotism. Indoctrinated by the Indian Electronic media (who has its role model in Western Media) , whenever a soldier is killed, many Indians start criticising everyone from Government, to PM, to Defence Minister, to Indian Diplomacy. A soldier trained to fight for india and handed over a gun, can sometimes get the bullet too. This doesn't mean one should go berserk and start blaming the elected Government of the Nation. Today we have the Congress Government, may be in 2014, we have the one of BJP. Blaming the elected Government on a soldier's killing will be equally wrong then.
In 2006, when Officers of Indian Army staged a protest on the question of salaries at Delhi, the then minister and now President of India, Pranab Mukherjee, expressed his sadness at Army staging a protest. He called it a politicisation of Army.
We as responsible citizens of India don't wave the patriotism flag so much that it derails us from more important issues the nation is facing. That apart, an always non critical attitude towards our Army, Paramilitary and Police also makes them laid back and encourages corruption. And that's not good for India.
The soldier casualty on job to Army strength ratio for India is not very bad. This means that the country's conflict resolution policy with its neighbours is correct. Waging a war on one's neighbour, can never better this ratio. Wars take the lives of soldiers in a big number. In recent times, we saw Kargil. the number of soldiers killed in the span of two months was significant; when one assumes that the situation could be controlled without a War.
Thus, even though the death of a single soldier at job, is unfortunate; it's inevitable. And that's what the soldier is trained for. Every country has to see the unfortunate instances where its soldiers get the bullet securing the borders.
Are we going overboard on patriotism?
14) Bickering on small issues: What is the test for patriotism? Saying Vande Mataram?
What if someone doesn't say Vande Mataram? Will that make him/her less loyal to the nation.
Although Hindu rituals, like lightening of lamps, breaking a coconut, Saraswati Vandana have become a part of even Government functions in India; but what if someone chooses not to participate in such rituals or slogan chanting? Should we bicker on such instances?
We know that even an Arya Samaji doesn't worship idols; and a Shaivite doesn't worship Vishnu. Do we bicker then?
That apart, those who say Vande mataram, seldom say Inqalab Zindabad or Hindustan.
Slogans serve a political agenda. So why bicker about them? India is a multi ethnic, multi religious nation, why not respect each other's beliefs?
Are we bickering on small issues?
15) Are we judging Corruption by its shade and scale: Political & Ruling establishment in any country is Corrupt. This corruption is fueled by enormous power, contacts and discretionary decisions, political & ruling class has at its disposal. But are we judging Corruption by its shade and scale?
In recent times, whenever we have a political corruption debate in India, it gets reduced to an exercise where in the participants start judging the corruption by its shade and size.
That's a corruption of Rs 1 crore is much lesser a crime than one involving Rs 100 crore.
How the corruption in the current Government is much harming than the one in the previous Government.
Isn't it true that the corruption of even a single Rupee is bad?
Isn't a person embezzling Rs 100 today, is likely to embezzle Rs 1 crore tomorrow. Isn't it all about opportunity?
Are we judging Corruption by its shade and scale?
This was the Part 3 — 11-15 Things to Think about on India's 67th Independence Day! You may agree or disagree with these five points. But agreement or disagreement is not the objective here. The objective is to Think.


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"Memory Loss" is an art piece that takes you on a journey, symbolizing how our memories are being lost through social media. I was interested in both physical and emotional ruin and explored this idea by using found photographs that each holds a story and a memory that can no longer be recalled. Today's photo album is Facebook, a social networking site that enables users to live in the moment, but rarely look at the past. To help symbolize this I physically ruined the found photographs by burning, ripping, tearing and crumpling them. These photographic remains should have been stored in family photo albums but instead they have become forgotten stories.


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"I'm trying to see which ones I'll take," Boone said. "For right now, I feel real comfortable with Texas Tech and my decision."
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Today was Melissa's birthday, one of my best friends, and as she works round the corner from me I decided to treat her to lunch at a restaurant of her choice. She chose HUSH Restaurant, Mayfair London. A restaurant in Lancashire Court with a pretty little outside courtyard to sit in and enjoy the sun…well the weather had other ideas.
Hush Restaurant, Mayfair is in the Mews behind Claridges Hotel so I'd asked for an outside table if possible. When we arrived it was raining but we were shown to one under a huge umbrella with outside heaters so we decided to sit there rather than go inside. We ordered a glass of wine each, a Chianti for her and a Malbec for me. A bit extravagant for a working lunchtime but it was a special occasion!
We were served our wine while we looked at the menu. Suddenly the heavens opened. Feeling fairly smug about being undercover we chatted and looked at the menu as the rain came down harder and harder. Suddenly we both realised we were getting wet. The rain was coming through the joins in the umbrella so we hurried inside to order and eat.
I picked the pistachio crusted, seared tuna steak with fennel salad, roasted vegetables and horseradish mayonnaise. True to form, I forgot to photograph it! Well nearly, I was already part way into it when I remembered so apologies for the half eaten dish! It really was very good. I had asked for my tuna rare and it could have been even rarer for my taste. I understand though, that not everyone is as keen on that as I am so it was a pretty good compromise. If I was making the dish I would probably have roasted the pistachios a bit first. I feel that brings out the flavour a bit more and makes them taste a bit nuttier which would have been a nice contrast. The horseradish mayonnaise was perfectly spicy and the fennel was crisp and refreshing alongside.
The rain stopped just in time for us to take our coffees back out into the courtyard and enjoy the brief sunny spell. A bunch of flowers and a cute card rounded off her celebrations. Happy Birthday Milly!!!!
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