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"All-round Easy-to-use test tool for the Daily Operation Accelerates Access Network Trouble Resolution"
Anritsu Instruments Company, a subsidiary of Anritsu Corporation, a global provider of operational support solutions for advanced and converged networks, announced today the availability of new ATM measurements options for its CMA 3000 all-in-one field tester.
The ATM-over-SDH option allows both active testing with one transmitter and one receiver and simultaneous bi-directional monitoring of ATM traffic with two receivers. This makes CMA 3000 the ideal instrument for both in- and out-of-service transmission-quality measurements.
With this operators and equipment manufacturers can now quickly test and measure access network communication lines based on ATM and SDH transmission. In the near future another option for the instrument will support testing of ATM over PDH (E1/E3). Further options support testing of Ethernet, E3 and V-series interface lines, which together with the powerful E1 test capabilities for the basic CMA 3000 makes it a very versatile test solution.
Thanks to the bidirectional monitoring capability the user can quickly verify that both sides of the ATM connection are working properly with the new ATM option for the CMA 3000. For in-service troubleshooting of ATM channels on SDH links the CMA 3000 provides powerful bidirectional statistical measurements for analysis of up to 30 ATM channels.
As you can combine ATM and SDH testing with Ethernet and E1/E3 testing in one self-contained unit, the field technician is well equipped to solve the problems in the access network.
"ATM is widely used in the access networks of today. In the mobile environment the 3G access networks are based on ATM. In the fixed line access networks ATM over SDH is used to transport data to ADSL customers" said Ole Soerensen, Product Manager, Anritsu A/S. "Therefore it is important for field technicians installing and maintaining these types of networks to have a universal tool like the CMA 3000 to test ATM together with all the other technologies they have to take care of."
CMA 3000 ATM options highlights: -Bi-directional monitoring of ATM streams -In-service bi-directional ATM analysis of up to 30 ATM traffic channels -Powerful testing of ATM channels through SDH and PDH systems with 1 foreground channel and up to 14 background channels -Easy to use operation with intuitive setup pages on the large color screen
About CMA 3000 CMA 3000 is Anritsu's next-generation field tester designed specifically for field technicians who install and maintain mobile-access and fixed-access networks, transmission networks and switching. CMA 3000 is a powerful tool for a wide range of applications, from fast first-aid troubleshooting to comprehensive, in-depth and all-layer analysis of transmission problems. The modular design provides a clear and cost-effective upgrade path, allowing operators to expand the CMA 3000 from a full-featured transmission line quality tester to an advanced signaling analyzer.
General CMA 3000 highlights: -Test interfaces for SDH and PDH -IP and Frame Relay testing -GSM, GPRS/EDGE, UMTS -Intuitive user interface, with large color touch-screen display and easy-to-understand graphical symbols -Comprehensive out-of-service testing for installation, provisioning and propagation time analysis -In-service, bi-directional monitoring at all speeds for fast troubleshooting, traffic monitoring, identification of synchronization problems and error performance measurement -Performance analysis -Physical line monitoring -Easy-to-install options -Battery powered (high-capacity LiIon battery)


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The United States is a melting pot, which makes for some great potlucks.
The United States is a melting pot, which makes for some great potlucks.
And San Joaquin County's rich diversity means holiday meals are laden with family favorites steeped in cultural tradition.
Because these dishes can be labor intensive, that special recipe can take all day to make - often in big enough batches to send some home with everyone.
Whether it's raviolis, lumpia, sausage, tamales, baklava or another special recipe - the holiday feast in our town has a whole lot more going on than a turkey and its staid trimmings.
Today, two Stockton sisters will be gathering with their extended family to make pounds and pounds of tamales, a stuffed dough wrapped in a leaf or corn husk then steamed, in an assembly line of several generations.
It's a tradition that goes back as far as anyone can remember.
"My great grandparents came here from Mexico and the tradition was, they would make tamales on Christmas Eve and then go to midnight Mass," said Jessica Mindnich, a mother of two. "Now, that the family has spread out and grown up, it's hard for everyone to get together that day so we do it the Saturday before Christmas."
Today's tamale party, or tamalada, will last six to eight hours with everyone pitching in on a task - depending on their age and experience.
"There's a hierarchy. You start out as a spreader," Mindnich said of the first job she was allowed to do as a little girl. "You have to spread the masa just so. There can't be any lumps."
Her own mother has moved up the line and is now a supervisor.
"It's a very special and magical day for us. It's our heritage," Pat Dalesandro of Stockton said. "It's so filled with rich tradition and emotion. It reminds me of my mother and her mother before her. And now I am so happy to be doing it with my two daughters, my three granddaughters and everyone else who takes part."
Dalesandro took all day Friday to prepare. She estimates they will churn out as many as 120 tamales while wearing special aprons also steeped in history.
Mindnich and her sister, Maia Aguirre, were given their aprons by their grandmother, who passed away in fall 2010.
"Those were hers and we don't wear them for anything else - we only wear them for tamale making," Aguirre, a mother of three, said of the aprons that are so precious to her and her sister. "Making tamales is a really fun and special day. It reminds you of what family's all about."
When they gather, they won't just be whipping up pork tamales.
They will be eating, drinking, laughing, reminiscing and maybe even indulging in a little good-natured gossip.
"I remember when I was little, the grownups would speak in Spanish when they wanted to say something they didn't want us to hear," Mindnich said, laughing at the memory. "That made me really want to work on my Spanish so I could understand what they were saying."
The tamale tradition is important to these sisters. And it's something they hope their little girls will continue.
Starting out, of course, on the spreading line.
Contact reporter Jo Ann Kirby at (209) 546-8256 or firstname.lastname@example.com. Follow her on Twitter @jkirbappeal.


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Presley collapse reports 'completely untrue'
A spokesperson for LISA MARIE PRESLEY has spoken out to reassure fans the singer is in good health following reports she collapsed at her home.
A U.S. tabloid had reported that Elvis Presley's daughter had fallen ill after embarking on an extreme diet and losing over 50 pounds (23 kilograms) in the space of five months.
The star was said to have jetted back to the U.S. from her estate in the U.K. to receive emergency treatment.
But a spokesperson for Presley insists the star is well, and currently in Los Angeles to record her third album.
The representative tells People.com, "It is absolutely and completely untrue. The National Enquirer puts Lisa on the cover every few months with manipulated photos and horrendous stories of supposed 'meltdowns,' and has since she can remember.
"She is happy and healthy and working hard. The rest is absolute garbage. Not a bit of truth to any of it."


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ASU to open new campus in September
Manama, April 14, 2013
Applied Science University (ASU), one of the first private universities in Bahrain that teaches in both English and Arabic, will move to its new campus in September, a report said.
The campus has been established according to international standards comparable to European and American Universities, and green building standards in an attempt to contribute to the development of Tubli Bay, added the report in the Gulf Daily News, our sister publication.
So far, 90 per cent of the work has been completed on the campus which has a total cost of BD13 million ($34.25 million). The cost of the land on which the campus is being built has reached BD4.5 million. The cost of establishing academic and administrative buildings is around BD7 million, while furnishing them cost BD1.5 million.
In conjunction with the opening of the new campus, ASU intends to introduce new disciplines, including Faculty of Engineering, and also to host academic programs in collaboration with the best British and American universities, so that ASU's certificate is awarded alongside certificates from the hosted universities.
ASU also plans to build separate residential complexes for male and female students after attracting students from Arab and foreign nationalities.
The total built up area of the campus spreads over 24,000 sq m and is designed to accommodate around 2100 students at the same time, to reach a capacity of 6300 students distributed over mornings, evenings and weekends, which is ideal for staff and students alike.
Dr Waheeb Al Khaja, the President of ASU said: "The buildings conforms to international standards proposed by the Advisory Office in adopting the design requirements of the Gulf, European and American universities."
Bahrain-based Ismail Khonji Associates (IKA)'s manager, Mohammed Abdulaziz said: "The campus is designed to provide a suitable educational atmosphere in accordance with the highest international and local standards using the latest electronic means in classrooms, including design studios, lecture halls, computer labs, language and specialized laboratories, as well as a high-tech library and a theatre with 320 seats well-equipped to hold seminars and cultural activities, in addition to tennis, handball, volleyball, basketball and badminton courts. Wifi connection will be available across the campus."
Ghazi Nass, manager of Nass Contracting, the contractor of ASU's new project said: "The work began in March last year and 75 per cent of the buildings have been completed so far. The project is progressing restlessly in an attempt to meet the scheduled delivery date in June. Around 200 to 300 construction workers are currently working on the project." – TradeArabia News Service


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What is SleepIn?
Sleep In is for those neighbors and friends that can't join us at the SleepOut site, but want to join in support and in the spirit of helping our most vulnerable neighbors. SleepIn at your own home, spending the night focusing on the issue of homelessness and raising funds to help The Lord's Place.
- To register for SleepIn click on the "Register Individual, Create or Join a team here!" button. Fill out the information and when you get to the step that asks you how you will be participating, click "I will be sleeping in!"
- Those Sleeping IN are asked to make a donation in the amount of one hotel night stay. Motel level: $50; Hotel level: $100; Suite level: $500; and Penthouse level: $1000.
- Those Sleeping IN are asked to post a photo or video on Instagram and Twitter of their SleepIn in their home or backyard with the hashtags #SleepOut2018 #TLPSleepOut #TLPSleepIn and are asked to challenge their friends, families, co-workers and neighbors to do the same. This way, everyone can participate whether they SleepOut or SleepIn!
Information and activities to share with your family or group
Following are materials to help members of your family or group learn more about homelessness and how your participation in SleepIN is helping The Lord's Place break the cycle of homelessness in our community. The discussion points, activities and resources are divided into age appropriate sections to share with various age levels within your family or group.
Ages 7 and under
Discussion Points
- It is important to care about those in our family
- It is important to care about others in our community
- Discuss the importance of families being together and showing that you care about each other
- Others live in different circumstances than our family lives.
- It is important to respect people who are like us as well as people who are different than us.
- All people need to feel love and need a place to live and food to eat.
- Build a "home" for the night such as a tent made out of blankets or house made out of cardboard boxes.
- Discuss how it feels to sleep in a house that is different from your normal home
- But how the most important thing is that you are together and that you care about each other.
- Read together as a family one or more of the recommended books and discuss.
- Sleep together as a family in your "different" home for the night.
- Post photos of your SleepIn on social media #SleepOutWithUs, and make a donation on our site (Donate) and shout out to your friends to do their own SleepIn event.
"The Berenstein Bears Help the Homeless" by Jan Berenstain 2012. Ages 4-7 years. The spooky, old house on Spook Hill would make the perfect homeless shelter for Bear Country. The Good Deed Scouts and Old Tom better get busy with repairs!
"Shoebox Sam" by Mary Brigid Barrett 2011. Grades 1–4. Delia and Jessie spend Saturdays with Shoebox Sam, who teaches them about making old shoes new again and helping those in need.
"The Lunch Thief" by Anne C. Bromley 2010. Grades 1-4. Rafael notices the new kid stealing lunches (including his), and uses his mom's advice to use his voice & not his fists to resolve the problem.
"December" by Eve Bunting 1997. Grades 1–4. Simon and his mom live in the tiny cardboard house they've built for themselves. On Christmas Eve they don't have much, but it's more than the woman who comes knocking on their door has. Does their generosity bring them a miracle?
"Fly Away Home" by Eve Bunting 1991. Grades PreK–3. A young boy talks about his and his father's lives living in an airport and has hope for himself when he sees a trapped bird find freedom.
"A Shelter in Our Care" by Monica Gunning 2004. Grades K–3. Since moving to America from Jamaica after her father died, Zettie and her mom live in their car while they both go to school and plan for a real home.
"Sélavi: That is Life: A Haitian Story of Hope" by Youme Landowne 2005. Grades 1–4. Haitian street children band together and work to create a life for themselves.
"The Lady in the Box" by Ann McGovern 1997. Grades K–4. When two siblings discover a homeless woman living in their neighborhood, they discover how easy it can be to make a difference in someone's life.
"I Can Hear the Sun" by Patricia Polacco1999. Grades 2–5. A boy without a real home, Fondo feels lonely and unwanted. Then he meets Stephanie Michele, who takes care of the waterfowl at the pond and shares his sensitivity for nature. She teaches him how to help take care of the geese, especially one with special needs. When Fondo finds out he's to be taken away, he looks to the geese for a miracle.
"The Can Man" by Laura E. Williams2010. Grades 2–5. Tim's family doesn't have a lot of money, but he really wants a skateboard for his birthday. When he sees Mr. Peters, "The Can Man," who is homeless, collecting cans, Tim gets the idea to collect enough cans to pay for his skateboard, even though that means Mr. Peters gets less … it's only until Tim's birthday, after all. Tim really wants that skateboard, but a couple of encounters with Mr. Peters give him pause about what to do with the money he's earned.
"A Home for Dakota" by Jan Grover and Nancy Lane 2008. Grades 1–3. Dog #241 lives in a dark crate on a puppy mill, until she is rescued and learns to trust humans again. When the puppy (now named Dakota) meets a young girl who has been as traumatized as she, healing begins for both of them.
"Mutt Dog" by Stephen Michael King 2005. Grades PreK–2. Mutt Dog is brave and fast and gentle and loyal and smart, but he's also hungry, and he doesn't have a home. Then one day his luck changes, and he at last finds a family–and a cozy, loving place to belong.
"Two Bobbies: A True Story of Hurricane Katrina, Friendship and Survival" by Kirby Larson and Mary Nethery 2008. Grades K–3. A dog and a blind cat abandoned during Hurricane Katrina evacuations manage to find each other and stick together until they realize a happy ending.
"Go Home! The True Story of James the Cat" by Libby Phillips Meggs 2000. Grades K–3. Cat has been lost for a long time. His collar has grown too tight, and he's always hungry and thirsty. One day he finds a house with a kind family, but they think because he has a collar, he has a home. It's not until he's badly injured that the family realizes just how much the cat needs them.
"The Stray Dog" by Marc Simont 2003. Grades PreK–3. A family picnicking in the park encounters a little stray dog. The children play with him and name him Willy. But the parents won't let Willy come home with them. Willy stays in their hearts and heads, so the next week they go looking for him … but so does the dog catcher.
Ages 8-12
Discussion Points
- It is important to care about those in our family
- It is important to care about others in our community
- Our family is fortunate to have a home where we can live in comfort
- Not all families have a home to live in
- All families need a place to call their own
- Why is it important to have a place to call home?
- How would you feel if you didn't have a home?
- By Sleeping IN tonight, your family is helping The Lord's Place help other families who don't have a home.
- Children can do important things to help the homeless, including
- showing respect to everyone;
- plan and hold your own fundraiser like a lemonade stand or a garage sale and donate the money you make to The Lord's Place to help the homeless.
- Save up part of your allowance and donate it to The Lord's Place to help homeless families.
- Participate with your school or neighborhood or religious group in an activity that helps the children at The Lord's Place Family Campus. Call 561-494-0125 to volunteer.
- Decide as a family where you will SleepIn – in your living room, in the backyard, in a tent, in a "homemade home" of blankets or boxes.
- Read a portion of one or more of the recommended books together and discuss
- Watch one or more of the movies together and discuss how it made you feel and how you think not having a home affects children and their parents. Does being homeless make it difficult to go to school and get your homework and projects completed? Do children who are homeless have access to the same technology and play and learning opportunities that you have? How might this affect their outlook on life and how they see their future.
- Post photos of your SleepIn onsocial media #SleepOutWithUs, and make a donation on our site (Donate) and shout out to your friends to do their own SleepIn event.
- What can you do as a young person and as a family to help the homeless?
- show respect to everyone;
- take a tour of The Lord's Place Family Campus to see how homeless families are helped to get back on their feet.
- plan and hold your own fundraiser like a car wash, walkathon or a garage sale and donate the money you make to The Lord's Place to help the homeless.
- Participate with your school or neighborhood or religious group in an activity that helps the children at The Lord's Place Family Campus.
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- The Little Red Wagon
- Pursuit of Happyness
- Blind Side
A kids' guide to hunger and homelessness: how to take action by Cathryn Berger Kaye.
Almost Home by Joan Bauer. 2012. Sixth-grader Sugar and her mother lose their beloved house and experience the harsh world of homelessness.
Body of Water by Sarah Dooley. 2011. After their trailer home and all their belongings are burned, twelve-year-old Ember and her Wiccan family move to a lakeside campground where Ember's anguish over losing her dog, as well as her friendship with the boy she fears started the fire, stops her from making new friends and moving on.
The King of Dragons by Carol Fenner. 1998. Having lost access to the old railroad station where they had been staying, homeless Ian and his father move into an unused city courthouse and try to avoid being discovered by the authorities.
Monkey Island. By Paula Fox 1991. Forced to live on the streets of New York after his mother disappears from their hotel room, eleven-year-old Clay is befriended by two men who help him survive.
The Planet of Junior Brown by Virginia Hamilton. 1993. Already a leader in New York's underground world of homeless children, Buddy Clark takes on the responsibility of protecting the overweight, emotionally disturbed friend with whom he has been playing hooky from eighth grade all semester.
Slake's Limbo by Felice Holman. 1974. Thirteen year-old Aremis Slake, hounded by his fears and misfortunes, flees them into New York City's subway tunnels, never again — he believes — to emerge.
Paintings from the Cave: Three Novellas by Gary Paulsen. 2011. In these three novellas, Gary Paulsen explores how children can survive the most difficult circumstances through art and the love of dogs.
Tinfoil Sky by Cyndi Sand-Eveland. 2012. When Mel and her mother leave the home of an abusive man, Mel allows herself to dream of a secure place to live, but that dream soon falls apart when the grandmother that they looked to for shelter is not as expected.
Ages 13-18
Discussion Points
- It is important to respect people who are like us as well as people who are different than us.
- All people deserve a place to live and food to eat.
- There are many reasons that people become homeless but all deserve the opportunity to live in a place that is safe and comfortable.
- Before participating in SleepIn, select one or more of the suggested books and have a discussion of the book during your SleepIn.
- Watch one or more of the suggested movies and discuss how you feel about the character in the movie who is homeless and those who help him or her.
- SleepIn with your family and/or friends in a location in your home different than where you normally sleep, or sleep outside in sleeping bags or in a tent.
- Post photos of your SleepInsocial media #SleepOutWithUs, and make a donation on our site (Donate) and shout out to your friends to do their own SleepIn event.
- Young people can contribute to breaking the cycle of homelessness by:
- Showing respect for all of their fellow students and community members
- Share your feelings about helping the homeless with your peers.
- Tour The Lord's Place Family Campus
- Volunteer at an activity at The Lord's Place Family Campus.
- Mentor a younger child at The Lord's Place Family Campus.
- Organize informational events about homelessness at your school.
- Organize a fundraiser at your school or in your neighborhood to raise funds for the families at The Lord's Place Campus.
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- The Little Red wagon
- Pursuit of Happyness
- Blind Side
Tyrell by Coe Booth. 2006. Fifteen-year-old Tyrell, who is living in a Bronx homeless shelter with his spaced-out mother and his younger brother, tries to avoid temptation so he does not end up in jail like his father.
My Lost and Found Life by Melodie Bowsher. 2006. When her mother is accused of embezzling a million dollars and vanishes, spoiled, selfish Ashley must fend for herself by finding a job and a place to live.
Being with Henry by Martha Brooks. 2000. A teenage outcast, a grieving old man, and an untold story come together in unexpected ways in this moving novel about losing family — and finding it.
Shelter by Beth Cooley. 2006. Following her father's death and the discovery of his debts, high school sophomore Lucy moves with her mother and brother from their upper-middle-class neighborhood into a homeless shelter where she tries to come to terms with her new life.
Ten Mile River by Paul Griffin. 2008. Having escaped from juvenile detention centers and foster care, two teenaged boys live on their own in an abandoned shack in a New York City park, making their way by stealing, occasionally working, and trying to keep from being arrested.
Theories of Relativity by Barbara Haworth-Attard. 2005. Dylan is living on the streets because he's been cut loose by his unstable mother, and lost most contact with his two younger brothers. He has nothing but his backpack stuffed with a few precious belongings and his theories. Like how every fourth person throws him spare change; how no one does anything for anyone without a price; and how he just might be able to find a place in this complicated world.
Pieces of me by Darlene Ryan 2012. Maddie is living on the streets, trying to protect herself and make enough money to get a place to stay and find a way to go back to school. When she meets Q, she is wary but welcomes his friendship. And then she meets Dylan, a six-year-old boy, living on the streets with his family. When Dylan's father asks Maddie to watch the boy for a while, she is happy to help. But Dylan's parents don't come back; and Maddie and Q are left looking after him. Trying to make a life together and care for her makeshift family, Maddie finds that maybe she has to ask for help.
Runaway by Wendelin Van Draanen. 2006. After running away from her fifth foster home, Holly, a twelve-year-old orphan, travels across the country, keeping a journal of her experiences and struggle to survive.
Sketches by Eric Walters. 2008. After running away from home, fifteen-year-old Dana finds friends on the Toronto streets, and, eventually, a way to come to terms with what has happened to her.
Hear These Voices: Youth at the Edge of the Millennium by Anthony Allison. 1999. Presents case studies of teenagers living with homelessness, prostitution, alcoholism, and neighborhood violence and interviews with staff members from organizations committed to helping teenagers in crisis.
No Place to Be: Voices of Homeless Children by Judith Berck. 1992. The stories and poems of actual homeless children depict the reality of homelessness in America, illustrating what it means to be deprived of the things most people take for granted.
Lives Turned Upside Down: Homeless Children in Their Own Words and Photographs by Jim Hubbard. 1996. Two girls and two boys, ages nine to twelve, talk about their own personal experiences with homelessness and life in shelters.
Anyplace But Here: Young, Alone, and Homeless: What to Do by Ellen Switzer. 1992. Examines the problems that lead young people to live on the streets and what life is like for them there. Also provides information on how they can get help.
Discussion points:
- Today there are more than 30 former program participants employed by The Lord's Place, leading productive lives.
- The Lord's Place is looking for more employers who will partner with our agency to employ our formerly homeless men and women.
- Mental Health is an issue that sometimes leads to homeless.
- 85% of those who completed The Lord's Place mental health program were stable and taking their medications at time of transfer to the local community mental health system.
- 97% were connected with a medical home at time of discharge.
- 95% had health insurance.
- 90% were stably housed.
- 55% were employed or receiving Social Security Disability benefits.
- Society benefits when the homeless change their lives through the programs and services of The Lord's Place:
- 81% of The Lord's Place alumni have remained free of emergency room visits.
- 86% have remained free of criminal convictions.
- 86% have remained free of psychiatric hospitalizations.
- Today there are 1,423 participants in the various programs of The Lord's Place,
- The Lord's Place continues to work with alumni of its programs to help ensure their continuing health and well-being. Today there are 475 participants in our Alumni Program.
- Select a book on homelessness to read before SleepIn. Have each member of your family/group participating in your SleepIn read the book.
- Decide when and how you are going to SleepIn: on sleeping bags in your home, outside in a tent or sleeping bags, etc.
- Post photos of your SleepInsocial media #SleepOutWithUs, and make a donation on our site (Donate) and shout out to your friends to do their own SleepIn event.
- The night of your SleepIn, set time aside away from cellphones, to focus on the issue of homelessness and your role in addressing the problem.
- Discuss the book on homelessness you decided to read; and/or watch and discuss a recommended movie related to homelessness.
- Review the discussion points provided and discuss how you feel about the provided facts and figures.
- Select one or more programs and services of The Lord's Place and contemplate what you want to do to support a particular program or service.
- Schedule a tour of one or more of The Lord's Place programs or campuses including The Men's Campus, The Family Campus, Burckle Place program for single women, The Thrift Shop, our Job Training and Placement Program, Café Joshua, Café Joshua Catering.
- Contribute financially or volunteer to support the programs and services of The Lord's Place to help break the cycle of homelessness in Palm Beach County.
- Become a monthly donor. Click here to learn more.
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- The Little Red wagon
- Pursuit of Happyness
- Blind Side
- The Soloist
The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls
Hold Fast by Blue Balliett
Almost Homeless by Joan Bauer
Sorta Like a Rock Star by Matthew Quick
How to Steal a Dog
Another Bullshit Night in Suck City
Same Kind of Different as Me
The Family Under the Bridge
Homeless at Harvard by John Christopher Frame
Tell Them Who I Am: The Lives of Homeless Women by Elliot Liebow
On behalf of the homeless families and men and women we serve, thank you for supporting The Lord's Place through your participation in SleepIn.


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So lovely, right! This is a shoot Elizabeth and Lisa did just for fun and sent it our way..thanks, ladies!!!
Photography by Elizabeth Messina
Design by Oh How Charming!
Florals by Mindy Rice
Hair and Make up by Erin Skipley
Dresses by Claire Pettibone
Hair pieces by Twigs and Honey
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Oh so simple and pretty!
her hair in that first picture… love! what a beautiful shoot. xo
So lovely and fresh.
Seriously crushing on this post… the yellow POPS and looks wonderful with the peach/blush tablescape!!
Oh my gosh. I LOVE THESE PICTURES. I'm crushing on her dress and his fedora. SO cute.
really really pretty! i'm loving the bride's hair with big messy bun on one side and the over-sized accent on the other. and all those yellow flowers and soft lighting, lovely!
so very pretty!
My favorite color scheme… so beautiful!
GORGEOUS! And it's no wonder….the line up of creatives behind the shoot is an amazing combo! Love watching what these ladies can do! Absolutely stunning! P.S. Love seeing the daffodils!
it's just too beautiful. thanks for sharing!
So lovely! Elizabeth's work is always beautiful!
I absolutely LOVE the second dress– the lacy flower one!
SImply gorgeous.
oh wow how gorgeous!!
Perfect combination beautiful dresses by Claire Pettibone, awesome photographer.
oh me, oh my… this is toooo pretty!
Dreamy. . .I love Messina's work and the beautiful florals by Mindy Rice.
Beautiful! Love her dress!
I would love my wedding to be a spring wedding, looks amazing, looks wonderful.
love!my wedding will be in yellow too and in spring (21st may)..
great inspiration..
love her make up and hair. Very beautiful
I would die for that dress
this shoot is so beautiful!!! so elegant and soft! i love it all!
Beautiful and delicate pictures!! love this kind of intimate weddings.
I'm loving your work here. I just created a "oncewed (favs)" folder in my markers to collect my faves… this is so inspiring!!
Great work!
Lovely post, thank you! I'm using this dusty peach color in my August wedding and wonder if you could tell me where to find the man's hat and fedora (relatively soon since my wedding is just around the corner?) Thank you!
So beautiful!
This shoot is stunning. That red-headed model is going on my girl crush list. Absolutely lovely!
love the dress! does anyone know who the designer is?
So pretty! I love the peach and yellow colors together. Very fresh and sophisticated!
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5 takeaways: Affirmative-action ruling
The Supreme Court's decision upholding Michigan's affirmative-action ban was far from a shock, but it generated considerable strife on the high court, producing five different opinions in which the justices traded charges and countercharges on the polarizing issues at stake.
Tuesday's splintered, 6-2, ruling continued what appears to be a steady march toward the demise of the use of race in higher education and offered new insight into just how eager some justices are to accelerate — or resist — what appears to be an inexorable trend.
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In the panoply of opinions, the justices assumed various roles. Some acted as rhetorical bomb throwers, either for left or right. Others sought to mediate and moderate — or perhaps just gave the appearance of doing so in order to calm others' fears. And one liberal justice defected from his ideological cohorts, to their chagrin.
( Also on POLITICO: The woman who killed affirmative action. Twice)
Here are five takeaways from the justices' decision holding that voters have the right to implement bans on racial preferences in higher education, hiring and contracting:
1. It's all about affirmative action — or not
Justice Anthony Kennedy's announcement of the court's ruling began in a defensive crouch, flatly denying that the decision was about affirmative action before anyone had the chance even to level the charge.
"It is important to note what this case is not about. It is not about the constitutionality, or the merits, of race-conscious admissions policies in higher education," Kennedy wrote. "This case is not about how the debate about racial preferences should be resolved. It is about who may resolve it."
Perhaps. But many of the other justices seemed unwilling or unable to cleanly separate the issues.
Justice Sonia Sotomayor's 58-page dissent does a deep dive on affirmative action, including three charts from The New York Times and one from The Wall Street Journal showing how enrollment of African-American and Latino students in certain California and Michigan schools declined after race-based preferences were halted.
( Earlier on POLITICO: SCOTUS upholds ban on affirmative action)
"These statistics may not influence the views of some of my colleagues," Sotomayor wrote. Their desire to end affirmative action, she argued, "ignores the importance of diversity in institutions of higher education and reveals how little my colleagues understand about the reality of race in America."
Sotomayor sounded like such an advocate for affirmative action that Chief Justice John Roberts wrote his own concurring opinion complaining about what he saw as transparent lobbying on the subject.
"The dissent devotes 11 pages to expounding its own policy preferences in favor of taking race into account in college admissions, while nonetheless concluding that it 'do[es] not mean to suggest that the virtues of adopting race-sensitive admissions policies should inform the legal question before the Court,'" Roberts scoffed.
And Justice Antonin Scalia, joined by Justice Clarence Thomas, also felt compelled to throw in a few sharp words on affirmative action, noting Justice Sandra Day O'Connor's 2003 observation that use of race in higher education "will no longer be necessary" in 25 years.
( PHOTOS: 21 landmark SCOTUS rulings)
"Grutter's bell may soon toll," Scalia wrote, referring to that 2003 case. "The battleground for this case is not the constitutionality of race-based admissions — at least not quite."
2. A win for ballot measures?
For decades the court has said that it judges all kinds of governmental enactments with the same yardstick, be they congressional or state legislation, city council ordinances, mayoral or police orders or ballot measures approved by voters.
But Kennedy's core opinion in the Michigan case seems to exalt referenda as a kind of direct democracy that the courts should be particularly reluctant to disturb. That might be a problem for same-sex marriage opponents if a future Supreme Court challenge involves a state law or constitutional amendment enacted by voters.
"Michigan voters exercised their privilege to enact laws as a basic exercise of their democratic power," Kennedy wrote. "Michigan voters used the initiative system to bypass public officials who were deemed not responsive to the concerns of a majority of the voters with respect to a policy of granting race-based preferences that raises difficult and delicate issues."
( PHOTOS: Who's who on the Supreme Court)
Some analysts saw Kennedy's celebration of referenda as notable because for decades many in the legal system viewed such enactments as particularly suspect because they could represent a kind of backlash spurred by ugly motives. Experts also pointed to Kennedy's roots in California — a state that has long seen robust use of ballot measures.
"The Kennedy plurality opinion [makes] a measure passed by initiative seem more worthy of protection as an expression of a kind of pure majoritarianism — of what people really want," said University of California at Irvine law professor Rick Hasen. "This doesn't change the legal standards on judicial review of initiatives, but I do think it sets a mood that says there should not be suspicion of what the majority wants."
"It looked like the court is saying this process should be given some deference," said Bob Stern of the Center for Governmental Studies.
But Kennedy's record of deferring to voters is a mixed one. In the case over California's same-sex marriage ban, he stood with California voters at least as far as the right of initiative proponents to defend the measure in court. (Five of his colleagues disagreed, tossing the case on that procedural grounds.) And in 1996, Kennedy authored a 6-3 ruling striking down a constitutional amendment Colorado voters approved banning any policies giving privileges or protections on the basis of sexual orientation.


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Scherenschnitte: Designs and Techniques for the Traditional Craft of Papercutting
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Flowers Daycare Center
We are a tech-savvy early education center for children 18 months to 5 years old. We're aiming to establish an explosive web presence and an unrivaled level of connectivity and communication with the parents of our students.
Our site will facilitate a high degree of communication between staff, parents of enrolled students, and parents of prospective students.
Our parents are very familiar with the internet and social websites like Facebook and Twitter and would like a look and feel that is familiar to sites with frequent content updates.
Website is run on a proprietary CMS offering a high level of layout flexibility though the current positioning of content elements is preferred.
This site is about the care and education of 18 month to 5 year old children. Design needs to be COLORFUL, vibrant, energizing, modern and PLAYFUL. A prospective parent should be placed into the world and frame of reference of their child and should be eager to explore the rest of the information the site provides.
The daycare system director has given the following feedback for all designs:
# No cartoon characters
# More diverse children
# Welcome should read: Welcome to Flowers Family Day Care Center (FFDC) "Where Children Grow," An Early Learning Center
We'd like to experiment with "glass/glossy" menus and other design elements, as well as less gimmicky but still fun and contemporary designs.
The proof of concept site should be used for layout inspiration but the look and feel is totally flexible.
Original proof of concept site is available at: http://test001.agapesystems.net/
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The page context menu on the proof of concept is static and doesn't change when clicking menu links to other pages. On the actual website, the header color and text and the menu items appearing on the page context menu will change to reflect the currently selected top navigation menu item and its related sub-sections and pages. Its something like a table of contents or site map for the selected website section. Feel free to play around with the design of the page context menu as well.
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In the screen capture, the calendar has color coded lines indicating different events as well as their approximate start times and duration. We're not interested in indicating time or duration, just that something is occurring on a given day so a simple dot or square is sufficient. Maybe the dots could be stacked vertically or horizontally when multiple events occur on the same day.
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General capabilities are a key dimension of the Australian Curriculum. They encompass knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions that, together with curriculum content in each learning area and the cross-curriculum priorities, will assist students to live and work successfully in the twenty-first century. They play a significant role in realising the goals set out in the Melbourne Declaration on Educational Goals for Young Australians (MCEETYA) 2008 that all young people in Australia should be supported to become successful learners, confident and creative individuals, and active and informed citizens.
The Australian Curriculum includes seven general capabilities. These are:
Information and communication technology capability
Critical and creative thinking
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For further information on the general capabilities and to access learning continua, visit the Australian Curriculum website and select the menu under the F−10 Curriculum tab.
In the Australian Curriculum, general capabilities are addressed through the learning areas and are identified wherever they are developed or applied in content descriptions. They are also identified where they offer opportunities to add depth and richness to student learning in content elaborations.
ACARA has published a set of general capabilities materials on the Australian Curriculum website as a resource to help teachers:
develop a shared understanding of the nature, scope and sequence of the general capabilities in the Australian Curriculum
confirm their understanding of intended learning wherever general capabilities are identified in learning area content descriptions and elaborations
plan for and guide students' development of the general capabilities in school and classroom learning programs.
The materials for each general capability are in three parts:
an introduction that describes the nature and scope of the capability, its place in the learning areas and its evidence base
organising elements that underpin a learning continuum
a learning continuum that describes the knowledge, skills, behaviours and dispositions that students can reasonably be expected to develop at particular stages of schooling.
First published in 2010, the general capabilities materials were developed to inform the writing of learning area curriculum (Foundation – Year 10) and to ensure the strong and coherent inclusion of the general capabilities in the Australian Curriculum.
General capabilities materials have been developed by writing teams with expertise in the particular capabilities in consultation with the General Capabilities Advisory Group , together with advice from academics, focus groups of teachers and curriculum experts from state and territory education authorities and from a national consultation process. The materials build on significant state and territory initiatives and practice, and are informed by national and international research.
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General capabilities materials were revised in 2011, following national consultation conducted between June and August 2011. ACARA received 367 responses nationally to the online questionnaire and 43 written submissions. The final report is now available. The report on the consultation is available.
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Canucks, inspired by Tortorella timeout, rout Bruinsby Kevin Woodley
VANCOUVER - Vancouver Canucks coach John Tortorella was so unhappy with the way his team started the second period that he called a timeout after the Boston Bruins tied the game. He used the brief break to tear into his team.
It worked.
David Booth put the Canucks back in front 80 seconds later and Chris Higgins doubled the lead a little more than three minutes after that, sparking the Canucks to a 6-2 win on Saturday night.
"That was 10 out of 10," Booth said of Tortorella's finger-wagging and screaming. "He was fired up there and it got the guys going. We're professionals. Sometimes you don't need it and sometimes you do. That was a turning point for us and changed the outcome."
Unfortunately for the Canucks it won't change what happened the last time Boston visited Vancouver. The Bruins won Game 7 of the 2011 Stanley Cup Final the last time they were here, 2 1/2 years ago.
"It's nice to win, but they still have the Cup," said captain Henrik Sedin, who set up Yannick Weber's goal that made it 4-1 early in the third, then scored on a power play midway through the period. "We didn't talk about [the Cup Final] before the game. For us it was a great opponent coming in, but nothing more than that."
It seemed to mean more to Roberto Luongo, who made 39 saves to win his first game against the Bruins that Game 7 loss.
"I thought we really rose up to the occasion," Luongo said.
Jannik Hansen opened the scoring with a shot from outside the blue line late in the first period, and defenseman Christopher Tanev scored Vancouver's final goal on a shorthanded 2-on-1 rush midway through the third period as the Canucks swept a five-game homestand and extended their season-long winning streak to seven games.
The players credited Tortorella for his timely timeout.
"You see how passionate he gets," forward Ryan Kesler said. "I think that passion bleeds into this team. It was a wake-up call and guys respect him."
Unlike a bitter Cup Final and the animosity-filled first rematch on Jan. 7, 2012, this game was intense but mostly tame until early in the third period. A scrum between Kesler and Brad Marchand ended with the Bruins agitator appearing to mimic lifting the Cup in front of the Canucks bench, earning scorn from both sides after the game.
"I did it after [Kesler] was eye-gouging me," said Marchand, who also pretended to kiss a ring. "My emotions were a little high after that."
Boston coach Claude Julien wasn't impressed.
"Sometimes his emotions get the better of him," Julien said. "The perception it gives our organization is not what you want to see with those kind of things. … From what I hear, what happened, that's definitely not something we will accept in our organization."
Dan Hamhuis and Jarome Iginla traded gloved punches a short while later. Iginla, who left the game in the first period with an apparent dislocated finger but returned for the start of the second, got the extra penalty and Sedin converted the power play.
"The only difference is we were up this time and in the Final they seemed to be up in every game when it got heated," Sedin said.
Reilly Smith, who missed the morning skate because of a flu bug that has ripped through the Bruins, scored both goals as Boston wrapped up a four-game road trip with its first loss in five games.
With six regulars out to injury and suspension, Julien was impressed with how his team played on the road trip.
"We've been through a lot this week, battling the flu and we came out of this road trip 3-1, so I can't complain," Julien said. "I can't say enough honestly about how our guys battled through it all, and the score tonight is unfortunate because it wasn't indicative of our effort and the character and the guts our guys showed."
It might have ended better if not for a rare off night for goalie Tuukka Rask, who was back in net after backing up Chad Johnson in a 4-2 win against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday while battling the flu. Rask stopped 19 of 23 shots before being replaced after Weber beat him with a one-timer 1:34 into the third period.
"I'm not going to make any excuses. I was pretty bad," Rask said. "I thought we played a good game. I wasn't able to help too much."
Rask got caught jumping up awkwardly when Hansen's shot from well outside the blue line hit Zdeno Chara's stick and dipped dramatically between the goalie's legs before he could get down.
"It was going six feet up then it was a foot off the ice. It was pretty crazy," Rask said, comparing it to a knuckleball. "Now I know how the baseball players feel."
The Bruins appeared to lose Iginla during a fight with Kesler early in the first period. The ring finger on Iginla's left hand was bent almost 90 degrees as he left the ice in obvious pain. But Iginla was back to start the second period, and his return seemed to spark the Bruins.
Boston had the first five shots and tied the game 4:11 into the period when Smith intercepted a bad pass by Hamhuis, skated in alone and lifted a backhander past Luongo before running him over.
Tortorella promptly called his timeout and spent it pointing his finger and yelling at his players as they gathered around him on the bench.
"That timeout really stalled us and brought them back to life," Boston defenseman Torey Krug said.
It wasn't long after that Booth blew a shot past Rask's glove on a rush off the left wing at 5:31, and Higgins made it 3-1 after a dominant shift by Mike Santorelli at 8:46. Santorelli took the puck through the crease only to be denied twice by Rask, but he won a battle for the second rebound and hit the far post with a backhander from the right slot that bounced right to Higgins for an easy empty-net shot.
"We came out slow and after that little pep talk we got we came out strong and finished off the right way," said Santorelli, who had two assists. "There was a little extra at stake there, but we were just happy we finished the home stand off the right way."


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This weekend is the NFL Combine, where the new crop of rookies run and jump and are analyzed by professional scouts before the annual draft. Among this year's crew is Manti Te'o. You may have heard of him. He dated a girl that didn't exist. A lot of reporters had questions for him.
Seriously, look at all these reporters:
This is what Te'o could see:
Thankfully he's not scared of public speaking. Somewhere, someone is looking at these pictures and starring at their very worst nightmare come to life for this kid. But the stood up there and answered questions like a pro. He said every team he's spoken with so far has asked him about the incident, but that it doesn't bother him anymore. He said if he was still embarrassed he never would have come to the Combine. "I cared for somebody, and that's what I was taught to do from an early age," Te'o said, addressing the incident. "When somebody needs help, you help them out. Unfortunately, that didn't end up the way I thought it would." He talked a little bit about the way he and his family handled the post-scandal fallout. "It was a whirlwind of stuff for me -- a 21-year-old kid, trying to get my thoughts straight," he said. "We wanted to let everything come out, and then have my side out there. The way that we did it, I felt, worked best for me. I'm just very grateful to those who helped me get through that time. I think it went as smoothly as it could."
The general consensus from reporters attending the press conference (and judging him on Twitter) was that he handled the press conference well. The only complaint, that we saw and agreed with at least, was Te'o's sartorial choice:
Someone get that boy into the NFL so he can afford a personal stylist.
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The last place in the world you want to take your boat
Guess we had another one. Heard it hit Saturday night. Around 10:45pm, a 24- to 25-foot boat hit the Rockhold Creek jetty on its way in. No moon, apparently traveling too fast without using a spotlight and apparently missed the channel entrance light marking the end of the jetty and entrance to the creek. Seems it was moving along at a good rate of speed to get this high on the wall.
The wide waters of the world are full of wonderful places to take your boat. The last place in the world you want to go is on the rocks. Yet let there be a hard place — whether deposited there by God or human hands — and a boat is sure to land there.
In Maryland waters, luckless boaters have left few hard spots unvisited. Channel markers, buoys, lighthouses, bridge supports and dams are among the last places many an ill-fated boat will encounter. Their sad stories make long chapters in the reports of the Maryland Natural Resources Police.
Among all the hard places, none may be more visited than the pair of 900-foot-long jetties guarding the Deale harbor at Rockhold Creek.
Since childhood, Doug Roberts has had a ringside seat on the action.
"I live only a few houses from the jetty where they hit and can see the jetty from my front yard," said Roberts, who's out with a camera to document most hits.
The first jetty, built in 1939, attracted its fair share of boats.
"The first one I recall was when I was young and we would stay down here at the beach house in the summer," Roberts said. "It was an old wooden work boat that came in at night when the jetty wasn't as tall and the tide was very high. It was in the late 1960s or early 1970s. My dad and I went out to help them that night."
Jetties appear on nautical charts, but those are paper or electronic.
In real life, a series of illuminated aids guide boats through the narrow channel between them. But darkness flattens the pathway into an apparently two-dimensional color-scape of flashing red and green.
Boats lack headlights, and spotlights are typically an add-on. So unless you know what to look for in the darkness, the jetties are all too easy to find. Most years, at least one boater crashes on that hard lesson.
Beyond profound embarrassment and a big hole in your boat, the cost is often injury. Once, at least, death.
Unusual: This makes two in one year … so far.
Water was calm but the night moonless. This one must have gone quite a ways up the jetty and turned, since the stern is on the jetty and the bow is in the water. Only the captain was aboard, and he wasn't hurt.
The name of the boat is What's Next. So many comeback lines to that one.
A boat ran up on the end of the west jetty heading into the entrance of Rockhold Creek. I heard they were simply unfamiliar with the harbor and entrance.
At 12:58am, the Maryland Natural Resources Police charged Michael Shawn Stewart, age 57 from Deale, with operating a vessel while under the influence of alcohol and negligent operation of a vessel. Two of the seven passengers on the vessel were treated for non-life threatening injuries at Anne Arundel Medical Center.
At about 11:15pm Wednesday night, a boat came totally out of the water and crashed into the jetty, where it currently sits at a 45 degree-angle. I heard the crash and called the accident in.
Harry L Taylor Jr., 77, of Owings in Calvert County died from injuries he sustained when his 23-foot Parker Sport Cabin ran aground on a stone jetty. Gerald Gregory Bowen was a passenger in the vessel and was not injured. Anne Arundel Fire and Rescue responded to the scene and transported Mr. Taylor to shore where he was pronounced dead.
A cigarette boat came in too fast, high tide again at night, and almost went over the jetty. It actually pushed some of the large rocks on top out of place.
"I heard most of these hit," Roberts recalls, "loud enough that I could hear the collision with all windows and doors closed. The engines would then always over-rev before they're shut down. In the eeriest ones, the engines are revving and you can hear the propeller hitting the rocks as the boat sits stationary on the wall. After hearing the noise before, you instantly know what it is associated with. You wonder if anyone is hurt.
"You go out to look and you can hear people; sometimes they yell, as they are often confused on what happened. But there's no easy way to reach them. You call 911 and it seems like an eternity before the fire department arrives. Then everyone shows up …"


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13th September 2018
"Africa's innovators should be embarrassed. We should not continue to have a hoe as the symbol of our farming efforts."
That was the message that Strive Masiyiwa, Chairman of Econet and renowned Zimbabwean entrepreneur, had for the 2,800 delegates at this year's African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF) held in Kigali, Rwanda from 5-8 September.
In short, agriculture in Africa has a PR problem.
As industry leaders, Heads of State, 'agri-preneurs', farmers, and agriculture experts gathered for the 8th annual AGRF, there was an overwhelming consensus that the image portrayed of the agricultural industry in Africa is a relic of days gone by.
I was fortunate enough to attend AGRF 2018, along with my Grayling colleagues, as we supported the communication effort for this year's Forum on behalf of our client, AGRA. As PR professionals, it became increasingly apparent throughout the four-day event that agriculture needs a 'rebrand' of sorts. As we heard from more and more experts, there were unanimous calls for a more nuanced portrayal of the industry in order to capture the hearts and minds of Africa's most valuable resource – its youth.
Despite being home to the youngest population on the planet, the continent faces a significant challenge in attracting youth to the agricultural industry. As Mr. Masiyiwa noted, "We live in a continent where the average age is 19 but the average age of the farmer is 60." Unfortunately, this outdated representation of the average African farmer is a pervasive image that has entrenched itself in the minds of young people.
To that end, he has a message for the industry: re-imagine rural. From curriculum materials, to employment fairs, to marketing brochures and advertisements, to storytelling and testimonials – agriculture and farming must be repositioned and reimagined as a viable, profitable, and fulfilling career choice for Africa's youth.
It was confirmation of what any communications professional is acutely aware of – perceptions matter. The stereotype of a career in agriculture is all-too-often misrepresented by an image of that agrarian, elderly farmer – and that image has taken hold.
While farming is an important part of the agribusiness value chain, it is only one piece of a bigger puzzle. In the dozens of sessions at this year's AGRF, expert speakers emphasised the importance of representing the entire farm-to-table supply chain, not just the individual farmer. Agriculture career opportunities span a range of roles and expertise, from production to post-harvest handling, to industrial processing and farming technologies, to name a few.
In order to harness the value of this opportunity, we need to move beyond the image of the farmer holding the hoe, and instead better represent the breadth and scale of the industry.
The good news is, for those attending this year's AGRF, it was clear that Africa's agricultural leaders plan to do just that – the status quo is simply not a viable option any longer.
By 2055, the continent's youth population is expected to be more than double the 2015 total of 226 million. This demographic potential, combined with the fact that 60 percent of the world's uncultivated arable land is in Africa, presents an immense opportunity for change.
Evidence of this change was no more apparent than in the 26 'agri-preneurs' at this year's Pitch Agrihack competition, held at AGRF. Organised by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), this talent initiative brings together young innovators from African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries to solve agriculture's most pressing challenges.
The start-up projects were ripe with innovative spirit and testament to the types of stories that need to be told in this industry in order to attract more talent. The profiles of these aspiring leaders could not have been further from that of the farmer with the hoe – they were financial specialists, IT experts, environmental activists, legal advisors, and change-makers. They truly represented the entire agriculture value chain, forming a microcosm of what the future will look like for the broader industry and its disruptive potential for the continent.
As His Excellency, Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda, said, "We require a rapid shift in the mindset of our young people towards agriculture as a career choice. With the knowledge and technology available, there has never been a better time for young Africans to get involved in agriculture."
If Africa can continue to change minds, reframe perceptions and reimagine agriculture, that shift will be well underway.
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Thanks to the partnership with the World Heritage Centre, internet users can visit many World Heritage properties via Google's World Wonders Project. Other sites from the List can be viewed on Google Street View, Google Earth, and Google Maps.
Sites of outstanding universal value inscribed on the World Heritage List -- the Palace of Versailles in France, the historic centre of Prague in the Czech Republic and the old town of Cáceres in Spain -- can now be explored online by internet users around the world, thanks to an alliance signed by UNESCO and Google. The agreement makes it possible for Internet users to visit many of the 962 World Heritage properties via Google's Street View. The sites are located in Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, the Czech Republic and the United Kingdom. Street View provides nearly spherical panoramic (360° horizontal and 290° vertical) views taken by cameras mounted on vehicles, bicycles, or sometimes even carried by people. Once obtained, these images are overlaid on Google Maps' satellite views -- the process can take several months. Internet users can visit many World Heritage properties via Google's World Wonders Project. Other sites from the List can be viewed on Google Street View, Google Earth, and Google Maps.
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RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Latvia's prime minister resigned on Tuesday after accepting political responsibility for the collapse of a supermarket roof in the capital that killed 54 people.
RIGA, Latvia (AP) — Latvia's prime minister resigned on Tuesday after accepting political responsibility for the collapse of a supermarket roof in the capital that killed 54 people.
Valdis Dombrovskis' decision means that his center-right government automatically falls. He was the longest serving prime minister in Latvia's history.
"Considering the … tragedy and all the related circumstances, the country needs a government that has a majority support in parliament and can solve the situation that has arisen in the country," Dombrovskis told journalists after meeting President Andris Berzins.
Last week's collapse of the Maxima supermarket was the worst disaster since Latvia declared its independence from Soviet Union in 1991, and has caused outrage among Latvians.
Police have opened a criminal investigation into the cause of last week's tragedy. Possible explanations for the disaster include a flawed design, substandard construction materials, and corruption.
Berzins has accepted the resignation and is now searching for a candidate who will need to put together a new coalition, the president's office said.
Dombrovskis came to power in 2009 as Latvia's economy was sinking into a deep recession and was charged with leading harsh budget cuts and tax increases while at the same time implementing tough structural reforms demanded by international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund.
Dombrovskis was re-appointed twice as prime minister since then, and is widely credited with preventing the small Baltic nation from going bankrupt.
Latvia's economy has returned to growth and was the fastest growing in the European Union over the past two years.
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Wabash College's Visiting Artists Series will present WACONGO Dance Company at 8 p.m., Wednesday, September 12, in Salter Concert Hall in the Fine Arts Center.
The WACONGO Dance Company is a traditional ensemble of master drummers, musicians and dancers, residents of the Democratic Republic of Congo, who perform the ancestral songs and dances of Central Africa. WACONGO's mission is to inspire and educate audiences about African heritage and culture.
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Catalog ID: 550566 ISRC: US5UL1032740
Description: Three flutes, a violin a piano a tympani and very, very creepy. Similar in feel to the quiet orchestral cues in The Shining. Ghostly counterpoint between flutes and piano lead to an anguished violin solo and the final chords of quiet doom. Good for horror or experimental drama.
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Keywords: Bela Bartok Horror Stanley Kubrick Vampires Vampire Crypt Graveyard Death Doom Dying Coffin Hallowe'En Halloween All Hallows Eve Nightmarish Nightmare
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Horror Music | Theme | Psychological, nightmare, disturbed mental state
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Duration: 2:15 Tempo: Med Slow BPM: 80
Arrangement: Chamber Ensemble
Instruments: Flute, Piano, Violin, Timpani, Alto Flute
Vocal Mix: Instrumental
Use Restrictions: Use in products or productions advocating racial, sexual or similar discrimination or bias prohibited
Moods: Anguished, Cautious, Creepy, Dark, Defeated, Dissonant, Foreboding, Helpless, Hopeless, Mysterious, Nervous, Ominous, Quiet, Scared, Scary, Sinister, Somber, Strange, Terror, Ugly
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Tuesday, Wednesday, and Friday's Superleague Scores
Denis Kazionov was scoreless in Novokuznetsk's 4-3 loss to Dynamo.
Anton But was scoreless in St. Petersburg's 6-4 loss to Ufa.
Evgeny Artyukhin was scoreless in Omsk's 4-3 overtime loss to CSKA.
Albert Vishnyakov had Spartak's only goal in a 4-1 loss to Novgorod.
Alexei Glukhov was scoreless in Cherepovets' 2-1 win over Khabarovsk.
Dimitri Kazionov scored his first goal of the season as Kazan squeaked by Chelyabinsk 5-4. Vasily Koshechkin improved his record to 2-2-0 on the season with the win.
Evgeny Artyukhin was scoreless as Novosibirsk shut out Omsk 2-0. R2 had 2 penalty minutes in the match.
Both Albert Vishnyakov and Denis Kazionov were scoreless as Spartak defeated Novokuznetsk 2-1. Visnyakov had 2 penalty minutes in the game.
Anton But was scoreless in St. Petersburg's 2-1 win over Novgorod. But had 2 penalty minutes in the match.
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Cordless handset (with PCM telephone only)
There is a cordless handset available for your PCM.
Using a handset when driving is not permitted in all countries. Therefore, please observe the country-specific laws and regulations.
Once the internal telephone is switched on, the SIM card inserted, and the PIN number entered, most of the functions of the internal telephone will also be available to you on the handset. You can even enter the PIN number on either the handset or the PCM.
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