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Shamsh Kassim-Lakha: "Magnanimous Kyrgyz people that created such a great epic as "Manas" have a promising future".
The guest of Saturday page, Mr. Shamsh Kassim-Lakha: "Magnanimous Kyrgyz people that created such a great epic as "Manas" have a promising future".
Our guest today is Mr. Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, Diplomatic Representative of the Aga Khan Development Network (AKDN) in the Kyrgyz Republic and Executive Chairman of the Board Executive Committee of the University of Central Asia. Our conversation was about the organization he is leading, which has been working in Kyrgyzstan for 15 years, and culture and traditions of Kyrgyz people.
- Mr. Shamsh Kassim-Lakha, people in Kyrgyzstan are well aware of the activities of AKDN in the country. Nevertheless, could you please provide brief information on your organisation's activities in the country for the last 15 years?
-First of all, I would like to thank "Kabar" News Agency for inviting me to be a weekend guest. I hope that our collaboration will contribute to the development of Kyrgyzstan.
We started our programs in Kyrgyzstan in 2001 and this year we celebrate 15 years of our work in the country. However, I should note that we started some of our activities in social and economic development in the country even earlier.
The first time I visited Kyrgyzstan, as a member of His Highness the Aga Khan's delegation, was in 1995. In the 1990s, the AKDN provided humanitarian aid to people of Murgab and Gorno-Badakhshan Oblast of Tajikistan as these areas faced economic hardships at that time. This aid was transported across the territory of Kyrgyzstan. During that first visit of His Highness to Kyrgyzstan, the country's leadership requested the AKDN's assistance to Kyrgyzstan. When we asked what kind of help is needed, the Kyrgyz authorities requested our assistance in education and economic development. Therefore, in 2002 the Aga Khan School in Osh city was established. Today this school has a good reputation among the local community and the Ministry of Education as an institution providing high quality education to young generation of the country. Thereafter, Kyrgyz Investment and Credit Bank (KICB) was founded with its headquarters in Bishkek and operations in all regions of the country. Additionally, the First MicroCredit Company (FMCC) was launched with its head office in Osh and country-wide operations. Then, an idea to establish a regional University with campuses in Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan emerged. When the charter (an International Treaty) of this University was ratified by the Parliaments of all three countries and registered with the United Nations, the land for construction was provided and feasibility studies were conducted.
-As the result of your 15 years of activities, this year the University Central Asia in Naryn will admit its first cohort of students, as announced…
-Yes, I am glad to share this good news through your news agency that the University, which is being constructed in three countries, will start classes in its Naryn campus on 5th of September. Thanks to the support we have received from the local and central government authorities of Kyrgyz Republic as well as all necessary conditions in place, the construction of the first University campus has been progressing on schedule.
-Overall, how many phases of construction will there be and how much funds have already been spent?
-The campuses will be built in four phases with US$ 90 million spent for the Phase 1 by the AKDN. Taking this opportunity, I would like to thank the Government of Kyrgyz Republic for its support of this project through fiscal benefits and land allocated for it. The Charter of the University, signed in 2000, is an International Treaty. In accordance with its Charter, the University operates on non-profit basis, as non-denominational educational institution that will admit students on their merit and regardless of their economic conditions.
-People say that UCA will be a Harvard in post-soviet area. Thus, could you please about about the quality of education?
-Thank you for such a positive question. But, we should be very humble. For Harvard it took 300 years to reach its current level. But, I hope that over time our university can become a world class institution given our focus on quality of students and faculty. We in the AKDN have gone through such an experience before. For example, the Aga Khan University in Pakistan educates specialists of international quality and has campuses in 7-8 countries in Asia, Africa, and Europe.
- Many international investors tend to work in Bishkek. What is the reason for you to select the mountainous Naryn Oblast with a small economy?
- You have asked a very good question. During the planning phase, the Presidents of all three countries suggested to construct the University in their respective capital cities. However, we understood that given that there were many universities in the capitals there was no need for one more. Since our main goal is to support economically-underdeveloped regions, we came to the conclusion to construct the universities in its chosen locations. This is common in all mountainous regions of the world and not unique to these three countries. The higher the altitude in which people live, generally the poorer they are. In such circumstances, often people are more vulnerable to radical ideas. If they are educated, they will contribute to the economy. Naryn, Tekeli and Khorog cities need such help.
Over time, these three locations will become "university towns" and contribute to economic development throughout the region. Even today, some international companies expressed their interest in cooperating with us. For example, one international private company is willing to establish its representative office in Naryn and considering hiring IT specialists from our University graduates. Recently, the Prime Minister of Kyrgyz Republic, Mr. Temir Sariev, during his working visit to Naryn with a delegation of university rectors and school directors stated that the University Central Asia will shape the face of the region.
-What regions will your students and faculty members be from?
- At the moment, the undergraduate admissions process is on-going with the deadline for submission of applications April 15th. We are currently planning to admit 70 students for the upcoming academic year and so far we have received 450 applications. Applicants are from not only Kyrgyzstan, but also Tajikistan and Kazakhstan. About 40 percent of applicants are from Kyrgyzstan – from Naryn, Osh and of course Bishkek.
As for the faculty members, we thought about it in advance. Four years ago, we selected 35 young scientists from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Kazakhstan, and other Central Asian countries and sent them to Universities in Russia, China, Germany, United Kingdom and Canada to acquire post-graduate degrees. They are now coming back having completed their studies and will form the core of our faculty. We will also try to attract talented specialists from Kyrgyzstan, Kazakhstan and Tajikistan who are currently working abroad.
- As you have mentioned earlier, will graduates of the Aga Khan School in Osh graduates be able to apply to UCA?
- Of course. But everyone will be admitted on merit. Graduates of the Aga Khan School will go through the admission process and take exams like everyone else from other schools.
- What is the projected number of students and faculty members at the University?
- During the first phase, each campus will educate 150 students. By the end of the fourth stage, each campus will have 1,200 students so that the total number of University students will be 3,600 students.
There will be over 100 faculty members in each campus, and our student-faculty ratio is 9 to 1. I should note this year we are enrolling students only for the University undergraduate programmes. However, 10 years ago, in 2006 we established a School of Continuing and Professional Education in Naryn. Today, this school is operating successfully, providing short-term vocational training courses. We have similar schools in 11 different locations in Central Asia and Afghanistan and so far 85 000 students graduated from our courses.
- What will be the language of instruction at UCA?
- The primary language of instruction is English, but Russian will also be taught. Certainly, in every country we will teach the national languages as well.
-As a guest of Kyrgyzstan, living here for many years how would you assess traditions and culture of Kyrgyz people? You have a lot of national souvenirs and pictures in your office…
- I am delighted to be and happy to work in Kyrgyzstan. It is sad that people outside this region are not sufficiently exposed to the beauty of the country and warmth of the hospitality of the peoples of Kyrgyzstan. I have had the great fortune of enjoying the good hospitality of so many peoples from Kyrgyzstan and I find it very easy to relate to them. In terms of culture, I have lots of affinity, in terms of religion, we have the same religion. I see there is a lot of pride of local people about their culture, language, literature, the famous writer Chingiz Aitmatov and great Manas epic, for example. I like it when the nation has the pride in its own roots. It's a small country, but has a rich historic heritage. I also admire the openness of the society, the democratic traditions that this country has demonstrated. It is setting a good model for other countries.
- This year World Second Nomad Games is going to take place in Kyrgyzstan. What do you think about this event?
- This is a great idea. By holding the Second Nomad Games, people of Kyrgyzstan demonstrate their ancient history, rich culture and traditions to the world and this will help raise the future generations in this spirit.
- Do you like the Kyrgyz national dishes, for example, Beshbarmak?
- Yes, I like Beshbarmak very much. I also like roasted lamb prepared in a traditional manner, which is very delicious. I tasted it recently during my visit to Batken. Local fruits and vegetable is also of a high quality, especially the sweet apricots of Batken. In Batken we took part in Sumolok cooking with the townsfolk during which I enjoyed a very pleasant conversation with some elders. Certainly, I would like to visit this region once again and see the blossoming Aigul flower, the fortress of Khudayar Khan and other historical sights of this wonderful place.
Interviewer: Emilbek Momunov.


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Born in Lviv in 1877, Bałaban was the first to use modern scientific methods to research the history of Polish Jewry, contributing to a great progress in historiography of the Polish Jews. He believed, which was reflected in his books and articles, that the Polish Jews were one of the most important and creative communities in the history of Jewry in the whole world. His works on the Jews from Lviv, Cracow and Lublin still today are important compendiums on this subject matter. He emphasised the significance of research on the Polish-Jewish history as both an integral part of the world history of the Jews and key component of the history of Poland.
During the First World War, he served as a military rabbi in Lublin. During the interwar period he taught, directed the Rabbinical School in Warsaw, was a professor at the University of Warsaw and the Institute for Judaic Studies, whose tradition is maintained today by, located in its former edifice, the Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute. Even during the Nazi occupation, imprisoned in the Warsaw ghetto, Bałaban did not stop doing research work. He died at the turn of 1942/43.
Majer Bałaban is also a patron of a biyearly contest to reward the best graduation and Ph.D. works about Jews and Israel.
The idea for the contests was born in the Jewish Historical Institute in 1990. We decided that it was necessary at the time. After the political transformation, works in the field of humanities which broke various taboos cultivated in the preceding era started to be written. One of such terrae incognitae was the history of the Jews in Poland. We knew that in various research facilities, young researchers were taking up this subject. However, we did not know where and what kind of works were being written. We wanted the JHI to become a place where these works could be stored, serving others. And so it happened, outr Archive has assembled an extensive collection of contest works. Today, we can proudly say that our Institute has become the only-in-Poland information centre about the areas of undertaken research on the Jewish subject matter.
The first contest (in 1991) encompassed only master's theses, as at the time there were not enough doctoral ones on the subject of our interest. All subsequent editions of the contest (the second one in 1993, the third in 1996, the fourth in 2009 and fifth in 2011) included both master's and doctoral theses. Every year more and more entries were submitted, always a few dozens.
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With the launch of the the Russell Realty Group in North Reading in January, Russell Realty Group has wasted no time before jumping in and giving back to the local community by supporting and sponsoring both a North Reading Girls U8 Softball Team and a North Reading Little League Farm Team."
It is important to give back to the community, especially by supporting youth athletics at the younger ages,"
"It is important to give back to the community, especially by supporting youth athletics at the younger ages," says Evan Russell, Broker/Owner of Russell Realty Group.
Not only is Russell's company sponsoring both programs, but Russell is head coaching both teams as well as being actively involved with the programs. In addition to softball and baseball, Russell can be seen on the flag football field coaching Play60 North Shore Flag Football, as well.
Russell Realty Group is creating a local presence all over the community by supporting the North Reading Parks and Recreation
Department in the seasonal brochure, along with signage and banners at the Arthur J. Field and Benevento Little League fields. "By creating a strong presence in a small town, we are showing the residents and local businesses we are here to stay and will be as supportive of the community as possible," says Russell. We want to be recognized by folks in our community for providing genuine service to our friends and neighbors in both a social and a professional context.
Russell Realty Group is a North Reading based real estate office with over 50 agents that cover the greater Boston area, and the Russell family have been North Reading residents for the past 8 years and attend the JT Hood Elementary school.


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A new footbridge designed by John Wardle Architects and NADAAA in collaboration has opened in Melbourne.
The Tanderrum Bridge traverses Batman Avenue roadway and links the parklands of Birrarung Marr, on the Yarra River's north bank, with the outer courts of Melbourne Park, home to the annual Australian Open tennis tournament.
The project is the second successful collaboration between John Wardle Architects and Boston-based NADAAA, following the completion of the Melbourne School of Design in 2014.
Physically, the bridge provides a direct and uninterrupted pedestrian path from Melbourne's main train station Flinders Street to the sporting precinct, improving access and safety for spectators.
But John Wardle Architects and NADAAA's design has an added layer of connection, joining together two significant places of democracy and egalitarianism.
On one side of Batman Avenue is Speakers' Corner, a heritage-listed place of historical and social significance, which according to its heritage statement, is "important for its long associations with the rights of assembly and free speech." The site has been associated with a number of key moments in Australia's democratic history from conscription to women's suffrage. "Today, nine stone edged speakers mounds set in a grove of 36 mature elms stand as a silent reminder of a public space once filled with passionate oratory and conflict," the statement of significance reads.
Tanderrum Bridge begins at Birrarung Marr's lower terrace. But instead of continuing linearly towards Melbourne Park, it makes two deviations into the canopy of the elms to provide a protruding "upper dress circle," as John Wardle describes it, to Speakers' Corner, giving "a new vantage point to a historic civic place."
John Wardle Architects and NADAAA also made a design decision to site the other end of bridge at the outer courts of Melbourne Park, which is accessible to players of any ranking, or in other words, a very egalitarian sporting venue. In addition, a new public lawn has been created, which is oriented to the north, the city and the outer courts.
The bridge brings people to "a place where they can congregate freely rather than being just something that delivers people to the centre of action," Wardle said.
"We thought that was a nice linkage of the journey across, past Speakers' Corner and then landing in a place that was more every person's place."
The bridge is constructed from a flat steel girder structure encased in concrete, which is then wrapped in a lightweight "filigree" skin of steel rods. The filigree establishes "a project logic" that forms the non-structural elements of the bridge such as balustrades, gateway elements and lighting.
"The idea of the filigree came out of observations about the site in the initial competition," said Mathew van Kooy, a senior associate at John Wardle Architects. "The entirety of Birrarung Marr used to be an extension of the rail yard. One of our initial site visits was in winter when all the oaks drop their leaves and we thought there was a kind of synergy between the transient nature of the trees and the beautiful branches and the Victorian paraphernalia of rail yards. "The [brown] colour particularly blends in with the existing red gums in the swale and the cycads in the embankment. It's extremely sympathetic with the setting and context."
As Wardle explained, "The filigree allows the structure to be revealed without distracting from this second layer. It neither conceals or endeavours to fully integrate with the structure.
"It's an interesting approach because with some bridges, their primary architectural quality is the structure and you can do that beautifully. Or they can be a very simple or dumb structure and wrapped in an architectural outer casing. This one we feel is both."
Tanderrum Bridge is part of the Victorian government's $338 million stage two redevelopment of Melbourne Park that also includes an eight-storey administration and media centre by Hassell and the refurbishment of Rod Laver Arena by Cox Architecture.


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Member of the House of Representatives, representing Ondo East and West Federal Constituency, Hon Abiola Makinde has appointed Mrs Adegboyega Ajanaku Ajibola as Special Assistant on Women affairs.
This was made known to newsmen in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Prince Segun Adesemoye.
Until her appointment, Mrs Ajibola was the Central senatorial Women leader of ADC in Ondo State.
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She was an active member of the Legislator's campaign committee for the 2019 elections.
Mrs Ajibola is to lead all women groups, coordinate their activities and be responsible for advancing their interest in Ondo East and West Federal Constituency
The appointment is with immediate effect.


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Introduction: Great Sounding LM386 Audio Amplifier With Bass Boost
Make a Great Sounding LM386 Audio Amplifier with Bass Boost
In this tutorial, I'll first show you how to make a basic audio amplifier with an LM386 IC to demonstrate the minimum parts needed to build a functional amplifier. Then I'll build a much better sounding amplifier by adding multiple de-coupling capacitors to the power supply and the input and output signal lines. Lastly, I will add a bass boost control to the circuit.
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Step 1: LM386 BASICS
In this tutorial, I'll show you how to build a great sounding audio amplifier with the LM386 Low Voltage Audio Power Amplifier. I built about a dozen different audio amplifier circuits with the LM386 but most of them had way too much noise, popping, and other interference. Finally I found one that sounds great, so I'm going to show you how to build it.It's not a "minimal components" audio amplifier. I added a bunch of extra capacitors to reduce the noise, and I added a bass boost control as well to make it sound even better. But before we start building, it might be helpful to get a little background information first…
The LM386 is quite a versatile chip. Only a couple resistors and capacitors are needed to make a working audio amplifier. The chip has options for gain control and bass boost, and it can also be turned into an oscillator capable of outputting sine waves or square waves. There are three varieties of the LM386, each with different output power ratings: LM386N-1: 0.325 WattsLM386N-3: 0.700 WattsLM386N-4: 1.00 Watts
The actual output power you get will depend on your supply voltage and speaker impedance. The datasheet has graphs that will tell you. I used a 9V battery for the power supply and it works great, but you can go down to 4V or up to 12V.
Step 2: GAIN VS VOLUME
The LM386 is a type of operational amplifier (Op-Amp). Operational amplifiers have a basic task. They take an input potential (voltage) and produce an output potential that's tens, hundreds, or thousands of times the magnitude of the input potential. In an amplifier circuit, the LM386 takes an audio input signal and increases its potential anywhere from 20 to 200 times. That amplification is what's known as the voltage gain.
GAIN VS VOLUME After you build this amp and play with the volume and gain controls, you'll notice that both appear to raise or lower the intensity of sound coming out of the speaker. So what's the difference then? Gain is the amplification of the input potential and is a characteristic of the amplifier. Volume lets you adjust the sound level within the range of amplification set by the gain. Gain sets the range of possible volume levels. For example, if your gain is set to 20, the range of volume is 0 to 20. If your gain is set to 200, the range of volume is 0 to 200. Gain control can be achieved by connecting a 10 μF capacitor between pins 1 and 8 . Without a capacitor between pins 1 and 8, the gain will be set to 20. With the 10 μF capacitor, the gain will be set to 200. The gain can be changed to any value between 20 and 200 by placing a resistor (or potentiometer) in series with the capacitor. A MINIMAL LM386 AUDIO AMPLIFIER Now that we have a little background information on the LM386, let's start by building a bare bones LM386 amplifier with the minimum amount of components needed to make it work. That way you can compare it to the better sounding one we'll build later on.
On the top is the schematic and the way you have to wire it if using a bread board.
In the wiring diagram above, the audio input ground flows through the same path as the audio output ground. The output ground is "noisy" and will cause distortion in the input signal if it's wired this way. The audio input ground is sensitive to any interference and any noise picked up will get amplified through the amplifier.
Make it a goal to keep the input ground separate from other ground paths as much as possible. For example, you can connect the grounds for the power supply, input, and output directly to the ground pin (pin 4) of the LM386 like this:
Step 3: THE GREAT PROJECT
Now that you've seen the bare minimum of what it takes to make an audio amplifier with the LM386, lets build a higher fidelity version with an adjustable gain control. Note: Most of the component values in this circuit aren't critical. If you don't have a particular value, try substituting something close and it will probably work.
Several things in this circuit make it sound better:
A 470 pF capacitor between the positive input signal and ground, which filters radio interference picked up by the audio input wires.100 μF and 0.1 μF capacitors between the positive and negative power rails to decouple the power supply. The 100 μF capacitor will filter low frequency noise while the 0.1 μF capacitor will filter high frequency noise.A 0.1 μF capacitor between pins 4 and 6, for additional decoupling of the power supply to the chip.A 10K Ohm resistor and a 10 μF capacitor in series between pin 7 and ground to decouple the audio input signal.
One thing to keep in mind when you're wiring any audio amplifier is that the cleanest sound will result from keeping all wire connections and components as close to the chip as possible. Keeping the wires as short as possible will also help.
Step 4: THE LM386 AUDIO AMPLIFIER WITH BASS BOOST
A cool feature of the LM386 is the option to add an adjustable bass boost to the amplifier. You'll probably find that this is the best sounding circuit. The bass boost is basically just a low pass filter, and it removes most of the noise not taken out by the decoupling capacitors. All you need for the bass boost circuit is a 0.033 μF capacitor and a 10K Ohm potentiometer in series between pins 1 and 5:
An easy way to connect the audio input in these circuits is by cutting the 3.5 mm audio jack from an old set of headphones and wiring it to breadboard pins.
Thanks for reading! Hope you had fun experimenting with these amps as much as I did. If you're ready to build some even better sounding and more powerful amps, we have tutorials on a few others:
The LM3886 is by far the best sounding amplifier, but it's a fairly involved project. If you're just starting to build audio amplifiers, I'd recommend working your way up to it by starting with the TDA2003, then moving up to the TDA2050.
Hoping for positive responses for my hard efforts ! :)
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Columbia Records is set to release GIVE, the eagerly awaited new studio album from The Bad Plus, on Tuesday, March 9, 2004.
Arguably the biggest jazz breakout story of 2003, The Bad Plus--Reid Anderson (bass), Ethan Iverson (piano), and David King (drums)--connected with the jazz world and beyond with These Are The Vistas, the renegade jazz trio's debut album on Columbia Records. In addition to receiving outstanding critical praise from Newsweek, Esquire, Blender, The New York Times, NPR, The New Yorker, The Fader, Washington Post'and countless others, These Are The Vistas, was recently hailed by Rolling Stone as one of the Top 50 Albums of 2003, Ranked #1 Jazz Record of the year by CMJ New Music Report and came in at #6 on Jazz Times' 50 Best Albums of the Year list.
With GIVE, The Bad Plus ups the ante on the promise of 'These Are The Vistas' and delivers the group's most challenging, and satisfying, collection to-date. For the trio's new album, The Bad Plus has teamed up once again with the Grammy-winning producer Tchad Blake, whose experimental signature sound has graced projects by Peter Gabriel, Pearl Jam, Los Lobos, Tom Waits, Elvis Costello as well These Are The Vistas.
GIVE is The Bad Plus at its best, a pure and formidable musical experience, a rollicking sonic adventure combining engaging and sophisticated new group compositions alongside witty and provocative cover versions of songs by the Pixies ("Velouria"), Ornette Coleman ("Street Woman"), and Black Sabbath ("Iron Man").
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Many of us would love to get ourselves a pet, but we always put barriers in the way of it. We use excuses like we don't have any time to look after a pet, when we could just choose something that takes very little looking after. We say that we don't feel lonely, when every weekend we are sitting at home by ourselves with no friends to turn to. Then others say that a pet is expensive to feed when you could just buy a lizard and feed it some flies occasionally. Maybe it's time you stopped making excuses for not getting a pet and try to think of the reasons why you should get one.
Before deciding on what pet you would like, you need to consider pet insurance for your chosen animal. You may not be aware of the kinds of insurance that are out there, so get yourself online and check out the pet insurance reviews in Australia that are all over the Internet. Once you learn about the right health insurance, then you can start to consider the benefits of getting yourself a new pet because you know that you can take care of them if they get sick.
The following are some of the many benefits for owning a pet in Australia.
- Depending on the kind of pet that you choose, they are going to keep you fit. The dog is the best animal for this as it will want to go for a walk no matter if it's raining or snowing outside. Even when you don't feel up to it, they will keep gesturing to go outside until you eventually give in. Once you are out there in the fresh air, you will be glad that your dog forced you out of that armchair.
- If you live alone or if you pass your partner in the hall because you both work different shifts, then a pet is a welcome thing to see when you come back from work. It will always be there waiting at the front door on your return and it will gladly listen to your stories as you recall what happened that day. Good or bad, it doesn't matter as they will sit by your side and look interested anyway.
- Any doctor will tell you that having a pet reduces your stress levels and lower stress levels mean less issues with your heart and the likelihood of a stroke. Just brushing your dog, stroking your cat as you listen to it purr, or just watching your fish swim around their aquarium is enough to reduce your blood pressure and that can only be a good thing.
- A pet helps you to make new friends and even friends for life. Owners meet at the park when they walk their dogs and friendships can begin there. You can compare stories and offer solutions to other dog owners.
Getting yourself a pet is a smart move both for your physical and mental health and you will have a new friend for life.


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"WORLD VISION (the US organization) has just announced they will now hire "married homosexual employees", 'same sex-committed Christian couples". How sick and sad!
World DI-Vision has now lost my support, and the support of the church I pastor.
They have caved to political correctness, showing cowardice
precisely when moral courage is needed!
There will be much more of this weakening, wimpy, spineless Christianity displayed soon, but it will only serve to highlight the TRUE church of the Living GOD, which will never bow to baal!" Myles Holmes Ministries
Feed & love & pet a Dog, it thinks YOU are god!
Feed & love & pet a Cat, it thinks IT is god!
Feed and bless a Human, shower him with daily blessings and miracles, put him on a planet that is a miracle itself, just the correct distance from the sun- closer, we'd burn up, further away, we'd be a frozen ball- beautify that earth with 400,000 different species of flowers, show that human the power of love, the wonders of the universe, the miracle of human birth, bless a human like that and it thinks, THERE IS NO GOD!
The FOOL says that in his heart! " -Myles Holmes-
An honest talk about PASTORS LEAVING THE MINISTRY!
The stats have been pretty consistent the last several years. Every month, an average of 1500 pastors in America hang up the towel, turn out the lights, and leave full-time pastoral ministry.
Now, I want to be clear and compassionate, honest and humble in what I share. In no way do I intend to add to any pain anyone has experienced. I am one who cares, and believe me, I have my own scars.
It must be said, however, that not everyone who has left the ministry was actually called by GOD to enter the field. Some thought it was an easy, glamorous one-day-a-week job where you give a rousing speech to an always-admiring crowd. They were shocked to realize it is actually 24 hr spiritual warfare, with a real enemy who is out to destroy.
The people-pleasing preacher, who has no gut-level, heart-consuming, mind-enlightening conviction of the veracity of GOD's Word, does so much eternal damage in the pulpit. This kind of pastor is not as comforting as a stuffed teddy bear, so their loss to the church is an actual gain!
That being said, it must be acknowledged that within these 1500 men and women there must be scores if not hundreds of faithful servants who were worn down, stripped to their last ounce of strength, had nowhere to turn, and nobody who would stand beside them, no one to talk to, and they had no choice but to give up.
This is beyond tragic. In my many years of personally counseling with hurting ministers, it is a repetitive theme, "It was not the wounds of my enemies that caused me so much pain, it was the SILENCE of my friends."
It is so easy to send cards and texts of loving, prayerful support, but somebody has to SPEAK up when it counts. Somebody must shield the wounded soldier. Someone must stand up to the carnal, political, Pharisaical powers that will not release control.
If you have any heart for the Kingdom, decide right this moment to MARK the divisive, and avoid them. That's BIBLE!
(If you have been a divider, step back and look out, you have touched the LORD's Anointed! Repentance is in order for your future safety!)
And LOVE your Pastor! Pray for your preacher. Support them! Encourage them! Give them gifts! Send them on an all-expense paid vacation! Create a prayer-chain for them! She or he is no more perfected than I am, but if they have stuck it out this far, they are called of GOD, and they may need a few Aaron's and Hur's! They need a few cheerleaders, defenders and prayer-warriors! They need YOU!
To the pastors, let me share one final bit of advice that my mother shared with me many years ago when facing a small group of vicious critics… "Myles, you just need to to decide that you are going to either OUTLOVE them or OUTLIVE them!" I DID!
If you need to share your heart, preacher, email me at email@example.com . You have a friend in St. Louis!
Myles Holmes Ministries
PERSECUTION of sincere Christians & our beliefs & practices is coming to America.
Unless we see a mighty culture and world-view-shaking REVIVAL, the True Church will be attacked with vengeance on 2 fronts… the homosexual 'marriage' issue and the islamic-jihadist issue. FREEDOM of Speech, Assembly and Religion are already being threatened on these 2 issues.
Yet again, I strongly urge your careful and prayerful reading of BONHOEFFER by Metaxas. You will be shocked by the parallels between an anemic German church, and America's lethargy today. Appeasement and accommodation will destroy America. Resistance and SPIRITUAL Revolution is critical! You simply must decide to STAND, and stand alone if you must! But there is another option.
The better option is to make certain that you are partnered with a Bible-preaching church, with a blazing pulpit and a fire-baptized preacher who understands the battle!"
Myles Holmes
"Tears of self-pity fall at your feet to water the weeds of despair.
Tears of compassion for the hurting fall at their feet to bloom into
fragrant flowers of hope.
Tears shed with a burden for the lost fall at the foot of the Cross and water the Harvest the Lamb died for!"
Myles Holmes
"The technological singularity, or simply the singularity, is a hypothetical moment in time when artificial intelligence will have progressed to the point of a greater-than-human intelligence, radically changing civilization, and perhaps human nature. Since the capabilities of such an intelligence may be difficult for a human to comprehend, the technological singularity is often seen as an occurrence (akin to a gravitational singularity) beyond which the future course of human history is unpredictable or even unfathomable."
Some are PROMOTING the "Singularity", others are predicting it, many others fear it.
I suggest something else could be on the horizon, that has the potential to radically change civilization and human nature!
A sudden and holy convergence of millions of GOD's people worldwide, giving themselves to prayer, repentance, radical Faith, righteous living, Unity and Love in the Body, Bold Obedience to CHRIST, resulting in a Global Awakening to the Greater-Than-Human-Heavenly-Wisdom, and sparking the Great Last Day's Revival & Harvest!
Will anybody believe and work with me?
GOING FOR REVIVAL!! Myles Holmes Ministries


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- SfEP Proofreading Mentoring Scheme
- 2015 and 2017 SfEP Conference workshops
- Chapterhouse Certificate of Competence in Proofreading
- BA English Language and Linguistics
I am a Professional Member of the Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) (formerly the Society for Editors and Proofreaders (SfEP).
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BritBox Arrives on U.S. Shores
Taking aim at the red-hot SVOD market, BBC and ITV have moved ahead with the U.S. launch of BritBox, a service that specializes in British television and sells for $6.99 per month following a seven-day free trial period.
BritBox is starting off with a library with "thousands" of hours or programming, with most exclusive to the service. Its "Now" category will stream out certain British soaps and other shows as soon as 24 hours after their U.K. broadcast premiere, including EastEnders, Emmerdale, Holby City and Casualty, among others. Premieres slated for the U.S. include New Blood and Tutankhamun.
RELATED: 'BritBox' to Hit U.S. in Q1 2017
BritBox's library also features a slate of British dramas and comedies (i.e. Miss Marple, Inspector Morse, Blackadder, Sherlock Holmes, Are You Being Served?, Agatha Christie's Poirot: The Early Cases, the original version of The Office, the premiere of The Moonstone), and exclusives such as Upstairs Downstairs and Brideshead Revisited.
The service will also include curated playlists such as "Very British Beginnings" (a showcase of actors such as Daniel Craig, Emily Blunt, and James Corden early in their careers), "Best of British Comedy," "Iconic Detectives," and "Literary Adaptations."
BritBox, which will tangle with competitors such as Acorn TV, is debuting on several platforms, including Web browsers, Apple TV devices and iOS and Android mobile devices, with plans underway to extend access to Roku players, Chromecast streaming adapters shortly after today's launch.
"We will be the home of the largest collection of British television" in the U.S, Soumya Sriraman, president of BritBox, said.
RELATED: Soumya Sriraman Takes Helm of BritBox, North America
BritBox isn't revealing any subscriber forecasts for its ad-free service, but Sriraman said she's "pretty confident that we will probably be the biggest SVOD launch this year. We are feeling good about consumers are responding to us...and are asking about this service."
Though BritBox is starting off under a direct-to-consumer strategy, Sriraman said the service will also seek other distribution channels, acknowledging the emergence of aggregation services like Amazon Channels and the push by some MVPDs to integrate OTT and SVOD services with their set-top box platforms.
RELATED: Amazon Channels Tunes In 'Heera'
AMC Networks, which has a J.V. with BBC Worldwide for cable net BBC America, is an investor in BritBox with a non-voting minority interest. BBC Worldwide and ITV have an equal majority stake in the BritBox venture.
RELATED: Sharpening the Aggregation Edge (subscription required)
More about the BritBox service, its strategy, and what features are on its road map will be featured in a Q&A with Sriraman that will appear in the Next TV section of the March 13 edition of Broadcasting & Cable.


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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday said that after many decades, the country has given a strong mandate and a government was voted back into power.
While referring to the Emergency, Modi said: "Today is June 25, it was this night that country's soul was crushed. India's democracy wasn't born out of constitution but it was born out of India's soul. All of India was reduced to a jail, all the laws and constitutions were crushed on June 25," said PM Modi while referring to the Emergency that was imposed in 1975 under Indira Gandhi.
"We remember this (Emergency) not because we want to criticise somebody but because we must not forget what happened. It is important for all of us to remember. This black spot on our democracy will stay forever," PM Modi added.
Taking a dig at the dismal performance of Opposition in the 2019 national elections, Modi said: "The people's journey from 'why don't do they do it (power, fuel, houses, roads) to why do they do it' has been very long. Some people are so high that they no longer see the ground, they are so high that they are now uprooted, they are now so high that they look at those on the ground with contempt,".
"This Lok Sabha elections have shown that more than themselves, the people of India are thinking about the betterment of the country, this spirit is commendable," Modi said, addressing the Lok Sabha.
He said he never thought about polls in terms of victory and defeat.
"The opportunity to serve 130 crore Indians and work to make a positive difference in the lives of our citizens is special to me. The people saw us work for five years, we were given the fruits of our hardwork," Modi added.
Referring to UPA, Modi said, "We were given a chance to rule in 2014 as people thought it was a way of escaping from "them"."
He said that he understands that it takes time to change things which have been existing for last 70 years. They did not divert or dilute from their main goal.
They have moved forward, be it regarding infrastructure or in space, Modi said.
He was replying to the Motion of Thanks on the President's address.


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This paper offers a multi-disciplinary review of knowledge acquisition methods in human activity systems. The review captures the degree of involvement of various types of agencies in the knowledge acquisition process, and proposes a classification with three categories of methods: the human agent, the human-inspired agent, and the autonomous machine agent methods. In the first two categories, the acquisition of knowledge is seen as a cognitive task analysis exercise, while in the third category knowledge acquisition is treated as an autonomous knowledge-discovery endeavour. The motivation for this classification stems from the continuous change over time of the structure, meaning and purpose of human activity systems, which are seen as the factor that fuelled researchers' and practitioners' efforts in knowledge acquisition for more than a century. We show through this review that the KA field is increasingly active due to the higher and higher pace of change in human activity, and conclude by discussing the emergence of a fourth category of knowledge acquisition methods, which are based on red-teaming and co-evolution.
To address modeling problems of brain-inspired intelligence, this thesis is focused on researching in the semantic-oriented framework design for image, audio, language and video. The Multimedia Neural Cognitive Computing (MNCC) model was designed based on the nervous mechanism and cognitive architecture. Furthermore, the semantic-oriented hierarchical Cross-media Neural Cognitive Computing (CNCC) framework was proposed based on MNCC, and formal description and analysis for CNCC was given. It would effectively improve the performance of semantic processing for multimedia information, and has far-reaching significance for exploration and realization brain-inspired computing.
An empirically based cognitive model of real-world decision making was implemented in Shruti, a system capable of rapid, parallel relational reasoning. The system effectively simulates a two-tiered strategy associated with proficient decisions makers: Recognitional or reflexive activation of expectations and associated responses, accompanied by an optional, recursive process of critiquing and correcting, regulated by the stakes of the problem, the time available, and the remaining uncertainty. The model and implementation are inconsistent with the conventional claim that decision makers fall back on formal analytical methods when pattern recognition fails. Instead, they learn simple metacognitive strategies to leverage reflexive knowledge in novel situations. In addition, the model suggests that the development of executive attention functions (metacognitive strategies) may be necessary for, and integral to, the development of working memory, or dynamic access to long term memory, and that strategies developed for uncertainty handling may accelerate the reflexive learning of remotely connected concepts.
I propose that the notion of cognitive state be broadened from the current predicate-symbolic, Language-of-Thought framework to a multi-modal one, where perception and kinesthetic modalities participate in thinking. In contrast to the roles assigned to perception and motor activities as modules external to central cognition in the currently dominant theories in AI and Cognitive Science, in the proposed approach, central cognition incorporates parts of the perceptual machinery. I motivate and describe the proposal schematically, and describe the implementation of a bimodal version in which a diagrammatic representation component is added to the cognitive state. The proposal explains our rich multimodal internal experience, and can be a key step in the realization of embodied agents. The proposed multimodal cognitive state can significantly enhance the agent's problem solving. Note: Memory, as well as the information retrieved from memory and from perception, represented in a predicate-symbolic form.


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Open Road
Uncovering Arkansas
From an ambitious new art museum to cutting-edge restaurants, our neighbor to the northeast has plenty of surprises in store.
When you imagine the world headquarters of Wal-Mart, the retail behemoth founded by Sam Walton in 1962, you probably don't imagine a town like Bentonville. Located in the far northwestern corner of Arkansas, near the state's borders with Missouri and Oklahoma, this town of about 40,000—roughly the size of Friendswood—has a pleasant, small-town feel. The quaint, tree-lined town square is ringed by homey cafes, local attorneys' offices, a 19th-century courthouse, and the kind of mom-and-pop stores Wal-Mart has become notorious for putting out of business across the country.
One of those mom-and-pop stores is, as it happens, the original Walton's 5 & 10, which has been turned into a hagiographical museum devoted to the empire builder himself, known locally as Mr. Sam. Unlike most of its big-box successors, however, the original Wal-Mart doesn't overawe its neighbors. Instead, it's just one store among many in an area that, except for the late-model vehicles parked along the roads, hasn't changed much in the past 50 years.
After peeking into some various cafés and bistros in search of lunch, I eventually settled on a spot a block off the town square, Tusk & Trotter American Brasserie, which French-trained chef Rob Nelson opened in 2011 in a midcentury building that once served as Mr. Sam's general office and warehouse. As its name suggests, the restaurant is devoted to all things pork, especially those wild hogs known as razorbacks that the state is famous for. The walls were covered with razorback-related paintings and photographs, and hog meat featured prominently on the menu. But this was no greasy roadhouse; Tusk & Trotter has won statewide awards for best restaurant, best chef, and best bartender.
As soon as the food began to arrive, it was easy to see why. My mango habanero margarita—complete with a sugar-and-cayenne-pepper-coated rim—delivered just the right kick. Having to decided to go, yes, whole hog (when in Arkansas, etc.), I ordered the Hogzilla sandwich, a porcine monument that included a wild boar patty, house-made bacon, face-bacon jam, and Gorgonzola aioli on a locally made potato bun. It was utterly decadent and utterly delicious.
Thanks to its distinction as home to the world's largest retailer and private employer, Bentonville boasts a few attractions that other similarly-sized cities can only dream of, the most famous of these being the Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. Founded by Mr. Sam's daughter, Alice Walton (herself the 13th-wealthiest person in the world), it opened in 2011 in a spectacular complex of buildings designed by the internationally renowned Israeli-American architect Moshe Safdie. Walton lives primarily in Fort Worth but decided understandably to build the free-admission museum in the town that gave rise to her fortune, which means that art-lovers from around the world now flock to northwestern Arkansas to see one of the world's most important new art collections.
Her family's wealth may have come from selling discount merchandise, but Walton paid top dollar for the museum campus and its enviable collection, which includes "Kindred Spirits," an iconic landscape by 19th-century artist Asher Durand, a Gilbert Stuart portrait of George Washington (a version of the one on the dollar bill), and countless others, forming a collection that includes masterpieces of American art from every period from the 18th century to the present. When I visited this past July, a gigantic purple Jeff Koons heart hung from the ceiling of the museum restaurant; the artist himself spoke at Crystal Bridges later that day.
Situated along a natural ravine, the 93,000-square-foot complex consists of a series of wood and glass pavilions encircling two spring-fed ponds. Like Frank Lloyd Wright's Fallingwater, the museum seems to blend into the natural landscape, its organic, undulating forms complementing rolling hills and winding creek beds. Inside, it provides some of the best natural lighting for a collection that I've ever seen.
Again and again on my trip through Arkansas, I was forced to revise my preconceptions about "The Natural State," the motto emblazoned on all its license plates. Yes, there is indeed an abundance of beautiful flora and fauna, and the drive through the Ozark Mountains, past deep, heavily-wooded valleys tufted with low-hanging clouds, may be one of the most scenic in the country. Hot Springs, the popular Prohibition-era resort town nestled in the Ouachita Mountains, is still a tourist magnet, home to the Hot Springs National Park (although only a few of the original spring-fed bathhouses remain in operation). I stayed at the cozy Lookout Point bed and breakfast on the shore of Lake Hamilton, where I could sit on my private balcony drinking Junior Johnson's Midnight Moon moonshine (named after the legendary Nascar driver/bootlegger), listening to motorboats blasting Alan Jackson across the wide lake.
But as I'd already discovered, Arkansas isn't just for lovers of the outdoors. In Little Rock, the state capital and its largest city, with a population of around 700,000 (this in a state with a population smaller than Houston's), I found a remarkably cosmopolitan ambience. When I checked into my room at the historic Capital Hotel, which was built in 1872 and has long served as the informal center of Arkansas political life, I found a copy of the Oxford American, the high-toned literary quarterly founded in its Mississippi namesake but now published in Little Rock. After enjoying drinks on the hotel's grand balcony, where it was easy to imagine cigar-wielding politicos wheeling and dealing, I went for dinner one door down from the Oxford American's offices, at the trendy restaurant South and Main, which often co-hosts readings and other events with the magazine.
Like Tusk & Trotter, South on Main is housed in a renovated historic building, which in this case featured a coffered ceiling, exposed brick walls, and wooden booths, filled with stylish Arkansans sipping cocktails. I decided to join in, starting with a King Creole cocktail, a hearty concoction with a hint of gumbo flavoring, which paired well with my order of pickled beets and herbed goat cheese. For an entrée I went with the rabbit leg (when in Arkansas, etc.), which was served on a bed of lentils and carrot mash. Like Arkansas itself, the meal reflected a mixture of Southern, Cajun, and local influences.
Bill Clinton may enjoy a mixed reputation elsewhere in the country, but the former president's home state proudly claims him as a favorite son. Clinton-related tourist attractions are scattered everywhere—you can take a "Billgrimage" that includes visits to the house in Hope where the president was born, as well as Bill and Hillary's first home in Fayetteville, where Bill taught law at the University of Arkansas. The William J. Clinton Presidential Center opened in 2004 in a contemporary-style building cantilevered over the Arkansas River in Little Rock, where Clinton served two terms as Governor. Predictably, the building, which is supposed to evoke Clinton's promise to "build a bridge to the 21st century," offers little in the way of historical objectivity. Adulatory handwritten letters from actors Dom DeLuise and Whoopi Goldberg and life-size stuffed animals resembling Socks and Buddy, the White House pets, set the tone.
For more sobering historical reflections, I also visited the Little Rock Central High School National Historic Site, commemorating the nine African American students who, following the Supreme Court's 1957 Brown v. Board of Education decision ruling segregation in public schools unconstitutional, attempted to enroll at all-white Little Rock High, only to be blocked by state police called in by the governor. The event drew international attention and helped shape the way we think about the state, even to this day. The school is still in operation—with a roughly equal number of black and white students—so the historic site devoted to the Little Rock Nine is housed in a visitor's center across the street, which features a moving exhibition documenting the bitter fight for integration at the school.
On my final morning in Little Rock I had breakfast at The Root, a funky, vegetarian-friendly shack crowded with health-conscious, workout clothes types. The menu provided plenty of vegetarian and even vegan options to go with locally-roasted RoZark coffee. After finishing my distinctly non-vegetarian biscuits and gravy, I wandered across the street to the Green Corner Store, which stocks organic cleaning products, organic seeds, and locally-made preserves, and boasts a soda fountain dispensing all manner of allegedly healthy libations. I decided to order a kombucha-infused iced tea for the road.
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Sweating about an interview coming up where you're going to be applying as a Accounting Analyst? No worries! On this page, we've listed some of the most common Accounting Analyst interview questions along with sample answers. Read on!
What experience do you have (if any) as a Accounting Analyst?
Here, you'll obviously want to speak to your specific skills as they relate to the position you're applying for. What happens if you don't have any experience? By thinking about the question ahead of time, you can have a reply at your fingertips. Your interviewer will appreciate your ability to relate skills gained in one position to another.
Answer Sample:
I believe that in order to be an effective x you really require a great deal of y. In college, I worked with z for 2 years and really belive I gained a strong sense of what its like to succeed in x
What are some of major challenges the accounting industry faces looking ahead? How will it impact the role of Accounting Analyst?
There are a variety of ways to answer this one. Try discussing 'buzzworthy' topics like AI, software, and inexpensive labor. However, be prepared to explain why you answered the way you did – and do some research ahead of time.
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Its hard to know for sure with industry factors such as x and y changing so many things – all I can say is that Im excited for the challenges that come with that
What do you to ensure error free work?
Hey, no one is perfect – but when it comes to accounting & finance, perfection in numbers is expected. While you may be a caped crusader with superhuman error-free work skills, your interviewer won't buy it. What they're seeking here is some method you deploy for QA.
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While it sounds quirky, Ive developed my own system for QA that I call the x – its bailed me out more times than I can remember!
Tell me about a time you used graphs, charts, and data to drive home a point?
Numbers don't lie. Here, it isn't about you being right or a client being wrong, it's about finding the facts through data. A great example here would be anything relating to a decision where your data made a difference.
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A client had struggled with x for nearly a decade until I was able to clearly present the issue visually – a lightbulb went off, and the clients business is better than ever
Has there ever been a time you were required to deliver critical feedback?
Difficult feedback is difficult for a reason. Your interviewer realizes that everyone makes mistakes, and they're not looking to hang you out to dry. The interviewer here is looking for one thing in particular: how you reacted in the situation. Was there ownership of a mistake, or deflection? By showing your cool in the reaction itself, you demonstrate leadership characteristics that employers love.
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Ive been on both ends of critical feedback, and clear, consice presnetation of facts is paramount, as is accountability
Give me an example of when your attention (or lack of attention) affected the outcome of a project. Why?
The devil is in the details – and even more so with accounting! As an accountant, this is a serious requirement. Once again, saying it is one thing, being able to prove it is another.
Answer Sample:
My careful attention to x and y prevented a major audit last year
Which software and/or applications are you proficient in?
Every modern accounting practice will require some level of proficiency when it comes to software. If your experience is limited, make sure you at least have a basic understanding of industry standards prior to the interview. Do some research and investigate new platforms or recent developments in the software field.
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The bulk of my experience lies with the x platform, but Im fascinated with some of what the y system is capable of
Culture is important to us here. Which style of work enviornment do feel most productive in?
Every company wants to find the perfect culture match for their organization. It's more than simply 'the way things are done', it's how things are done and why. While you may be a chatty extrovert, be mindful of your response here and how it may be perceived by the interviewer.
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I succeed when expectations and accountability are in place, and equally enjoy a balance of working solo / working as a team"
Without revealing too much info – why are you leaving your last job?
Tread lightly! This question can be a dealbreaker if answered improperly. Your need for better pay or indicating that your 'old boss was an idiot' may leave your interviewer with the wrong impression of you. Even if you were let go, keep it short and concise, and avoid drama at all costs.
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My last position came to an end rather organically, and its now time to seek new opportunities


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Panagora Group
Short Term Technical Experts
Panagora Group: Panagora Group is a woman-owned small business providing novel solutions in health, development, and learning globally. Panagora Group believes that focusing on integrated approaches to health and development will yield the best long-term results.
The Monitoring, Evaluation, Research, and Learning (MERL) Activity supports USAID/South Africa's bilateral Health Office by working collaboratively with health office staff to achieve their overall goals by creatively finding innovative solutions, supplementing and complementing their existing staff capacity, and as appropriate enhancing capacity in performance management; evaluation and research; and systematic collaboration, continuous learning, and adaptive management.
We are looking for creative, dynamic, results-focused and experienced professionals to be part of a pool of consultants that we can call on to support USAID/South Africa's bilateral Health Office with a variety of needs in the area of HIV and AIDS. Specifically, we are looking for people with the following areas of expertise: quantitative and qualitative data analysis, data visualization, graphics design, facilitation and program management, evaluation experience, communication and presentation skills, care and treatment, health systems, prevention, capacity building, strategic planning, human resources for health, strategic communications and many more.
- Minimum of 7 years of experience in health-related field
- Experience with PEPFAR-funded and USAID programs preferred
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to work with individuals from diverse professional backgrounds
If you have a background in any of these skills, please apply on our consulting portal at https://panagoragroup.net/jobs/


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Preschool kids who sleep fewer than 9 hours a night may be more likely to have behavioral problems, such as aggression and impulsivity, than kids who get more sleep. Medscape Medical News
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Strong Clinical Marker for Suicide Attempts Identified
Psychotic symptoms in teens, particularly in individuals with existing psychopathology, appear to be a strong clinical marker for suicide attempts. Medscape Medical News
Stimulants May Protect Against Drug Abuse in Kids With ADHD
Stimulant medications in adolescents with ADHD appear to have a protective effect on the development of substance abuse disorders in this patient population. Medscape Medical News
'Bath Salts' Manufacturers Staying a Step Ahead of Regulators
Greater awareness of synthetic stimulants appears to have slowed their use, but manufacturers are staying one step ahead of regulators with a new generation of similar, equally dangerous products. Medscape Medical News
Neuroimaging May Predict Best Treatment for Depression
A pretreatment PET scan may pave the way past the trial-and-error approach to picking a first-line therapy for major depression, new research hints. Medscape Medical News
A National Dialogue
June 3 marked the first White House Conference on Mental Health in 14 years. President Obama opened the event by describing how many people "suffer in silence" rather than seeking help: Source: WhiteHouse.gov We see it in the veterans who come home from the battlefield with invisible wounds of war, but who feel like seeking treatment is somehow a sign of weakness – when, in fact, it's a sign of strength. We see it in the parents who would do anything for their kids, but who often fight their mental health battle alone – afraid that reaching out would invite judgment or reflect badly on them.
Meditation's Antianxiety Effects Visible on Brain Imaging
After brief training in mindfulness meditation, specific brain changes that correlate with reduced anxiety are visible on imaging, new research shows. Medscape Medical News
Smartphone 'Addiction' May Affect Adolescent Development
The overuse of smartphones and the Internet may lead to significant problematic behaviors in adolescents, including depression and aggression — and the greater the use, the greater the risk. Medscape Medical News
Chronic, Noncancer Pain Boosts Suicide Risk
Patients with certain types of noncancer pain, including back pain, migraine, and psychogenic pain, have been found to have a significantly increased risk for suicide, new research suggests. Medscape Medical News
DSM-5 Release Likely to Steal the Spotlight at APA Meeting
Although there are a myriad of clinical topics up for discussion at this year's annual meeting, it's unlikely that any will garner as much attention as release of the DSM-5. Medscape Medical News


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Time for another Foodie Extravaganza!
Foodie Extravaganza is where we celebrate obscure food holidays or cook and bake together with the same ingredient or theme each month. This month – Camilla of Culinary Adventures with Camilla is hosting – she invited bloggers to come up with creative ice cream creations.
So during this first full month of summer, it's all about ice cream. But that can include gelato, semi-freddo, and even popsicles. Go wild!
We hope you all enjoy our delicious frozen creations this month and come back to see what we bring for you next month.
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I decided to make Éma'a (Syrian Ice Cream). Most homemade ice creams are made with an egg yolk base. This one is a bit different. Instead of eggs, the texture is created with a combination of sahlab (or cornstarch) and mastic gum. This helps the ice cream be a little more heat resistant for the high temperatures outside (it will still melt, just takes a little longer).
I originally tried another recipe, but it called for double the amount of mastic gum and tree was the first flavor that came to mind when I tasted the ice cream. I wasn't sure if it was an acquired taste, but looked around for other recipes. I found one on An Edible Mosaic that called for a little less mastic gum and rose water. I liked this version a lot more. So if you are not used to it, be careful with how much mastic gum you use. The resulting ice cream (I have also come across articles referring to it as Booza) has a creamy milk flavor with hints of mastic gum and rose water. The pistachios are a must for a bit of texture and additional flavor. Check out An Edible Mosaic's post for photos of the Bakdash Ice Cream Parlor in Damascus, Syria that made this dessert famous.
Sahlab (Sahlep) is a ground flour from the tuber of the orchid genus Orchis. It is most often used as an ingredient for the drink with the same name. I was unable to find it (looks like it is now illegal to export from Turkey), so I used an equal amount of cornstarch and added a small splash of orange blossom water with the rose water after cooking.
Mastic Gum is an aromatic resin (hardened sap) from the Chia tree (Pistacia Lentiscus var. Chia) in Chios, Greece. In addition to its medicinal and cosmetic uses, it is also added to food for the elastic texture it produces. It is especially popular as a chewing gum. You can purchase Mastic Gum in small jars in the form of tear shaped crystals. I used a mortar and pestle to break the crystals into a fine powder, but this can also be done by placing the crystals in a plastic bag and hitting them with a heavy object. Adding a little sugar makes it easier to pound into a powder. Mastic Gum can be found in some International Markets specializing in Greek or Middle Eastern food. I was able to find it on Amazon: Gum Mastic, JAR, approx. 17g.
Rose water is becoming more available in larger grocery stores. You can also try international markets featuring Middle Eastern or Mediterranean ingredients. If you don't have these options, it is available on Amazon: Cortas Rose Water, 10-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 4). If you are also using Orange Blossom Water, it is usually located next to the Rose Water in the grocery store. It is also available on Amazon: Cortas Orange Blossom Water, 10-Ounce Bottles (Pack of 4).
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Chocolate Malted Whopper Ice Cream by My Daylights
Crushed Pineapple Ice Cream by Food Lust People Love
Custard Cream & Strawberry Swirl No Churn Ice Cream by Baking in Pyjamas
Éma'a (Syrian Ice Cream) by Tara's Multicultural Table
Fruity Fruit Popsicles by The Freshman Cook
Lemon Basil Ice Cream by Our Good Life
Lemongrass Ginger Coconut Ice Cream by The Joyful Foodie
Maple Bacon Ice Cream by Cooking With Carlee
No-Churn Chopped Macaron Vanilla Bean Ice Cream by Rhubarb and Honey
No Churn Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream by Fearlessly Creative Mammas
No Churn Reese's Chocolate Peanut Butter Ice Cream by NinjaBaker.com
Oat and Dulce de Leche Swirl Ice Cream by Passion Kneaded
Peach Cobbler Ice Cream by Cherishing a Sweet Life
Rhubarb Ice Cream by From Gate to Plate
Root Beer Barrel Ice Cream by Cindy's Recipes and Writings
Tahini and Lemon Curd Ice Cream
by Sew You Think You Can Cook
The Bees' Knees Semifreddo by Culinary Adventures with Camilla
Éma'a (Syrian Ice Cream)
Adapted from An Edible Mosaic
~5 cups
2 1/2 teaspoons Sahlab or Cornstarch (if using cornstarch, add a small splash of orange blossom water with the rose water)
4 1/2 cups + 2 tablespoons whole milk, divided
1/8 teaspoon mastic gum
1 1/4 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon rosewater
Chopped pistachios for topping
Place the sahlab or cornstarch in a small bowl. Whisk in 2 tablespoons milk until smooth.
Use a mortar and pestle to grind the mastic gum into a fine powder.
In a medium saucepan, whisk together the remaining 4 1/2 cup milk, cream, and the ground mastic gum over medium heat. Stir often and bring to a boil.
Gradually whisk in granulated sugar. Continue to stir to dissolve sugar and bring to a boil. Pour in the dissolved sahlab or cornstarch and boil for 5 minutes, stirring frequently.
Remove from heat and whisk in the rose water and orange blossom water if using.
Refrigerate until chilled, 4 hours to overnight.
Pour into prepared ice cream maker and churn according to manufacturer's instructions. Transfer to freezer safe bowl and freeze to desired consistency.
Serve covered with chopped pistachios.


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EUGENE, Ore. – Despite her status as the most decorated female sprinter in U.S. history, Allyson Felix is still fine-tuning as she rounds the turn heading toward her 30th birthday later this year.
She recently embraced a "clean eating'' diet and commissioned Chris Talley of Precision Food Works
in Los Angeles to deliver meals prepared specifically for her athletic needs. That meant she had to say goodbye to such guilty pleasures as Cheetos and powdered sugar donuts.
"Those are not in the plan,'' she said, a little wistfully. "I love to snack. I'll have ice cream, in moderation. This is the first year I started taking nutrition seriously. I've been able to train harder and recover faster.''
It's working. Felix opened up in the 200 meters at the Doha Diamond League meeting on May 15 and surprised herself with her fastest furlong since 2012 with a world-leading 21.98 seconds. She ran her first 400 of the season at the Prefontaine Classic two weeks later, turning in a time of 50.05, but more important, turning back 2012 Olympic gold medalist Sanya Richards-Ross, a well-beaten second in 50.29.
In contrast to her Olympic debut in 2004, when she ran straight off the track instead of taking a victory lap for earning the silver medal in the 200m, Felix took a long, slow tour of the Hayward Field track, signing autographs and otherwise interacting with fans. (Felix said her mother was very unhappy that her daughter did not take a victory lap at Athens in 2004 but such was her naiveté as an 18-year-old.)
"It's important to me just to appreciate the people that come to support us,'' she said. "It's definitely special. I love coming here. I love the fans – they're so knowledgeable. There's so much history here. I always want to have a good performance.''
As for her Pre 400 win, Felix said, "It felt good. It was my first 400 of the year, so I really wanted to see where I was and what needs to be worked on. I've focused on the 200 for so long, I just wanted to explore the 400 and see where I can go.''
Because she is the 2014 Diamond League winner in the 200m, Felix has a bye into the 2015 IAAF World Championships in her signature event, so she'll do some more exploring this season in the 400, where her most noteworthy result was a silver medal at the 2011 World Championships in a PR of 49.59.
At 29, Felix is at the zenith of her career as an elite sprinter, having won 16 medals in Olympic and World Championship competition, 12 of them gold. She recovered nicely from the hamstring injury that felled her at the 2013 IAAF World Championships in Moscow and even with another World Championships looming, she's also allowing herself a peek over the horizon a bit at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. And then the 2017 World Championships after that.
"It's going well. I feel my training is good. It's good to feel healthy,'' she said. "Things are going in the right direction. I want to progress as the World Championships approach. Rio is always in the back of my head. It's definitely building toward Rio. You have to have a foundation. Starting off strong this year is a testament to being able to train healthy.''
Like many elite athletes, Felix believes that to have success in an Olympic year, it's vital to lay down a good season the year before. She's off to a good start in that regard in a season that will culminate domestically at the USA Outdoor Championships, June 25-28, at Hayward Field.
In her most recent race at the Diamond League meeting in Birmingham, England, Felix and American Jeneba Tarmoh finished in a dead heat in the 200 meters at 22.29, although Tarmoh was awarded the victory several minutes later.
"You want some momentum,'' Felix said. "You want to feel healthy and take advantage of the full training year. That base definitely helps you. This year I want to run more 400's. I always knew I had potential in the 400. Depending on how my season goes, I did (the 400) in 2011 (winning silver at the Worlds). I'd like to have another attempt at it.''
However, a 200-400 double is not possible this year at the IAA World Championships in Beijing. Felix will not have an opportunity to do at the Worlds what France's Marie-Jose Perec did at the 1996 Olympics or what American Valerie Brisco-Hooks did at the 1984 Olympics and win gold medals in both long sprints.
"That's not an option,'' Felix said. "An hour before the 400 final there's the 200 semifinals, so no.''
That's a shame, since Felix has elite ability in both events. She's run sub-50-second times four times in her career in different years. Consider that in 2014, a non-championship year, only two women ran sub-50 times, compatriots Francena McCorory (49.48) and Richards-Ross (49.66). Felix ran one 400 a year ago in 50.81.
"For me, it's my first one in over a year,'' Felix said of her one-lapper at Pre. "It's about seeing where I'm at, what I need to work on. I love the 200 and I always will. I definitely want to run fast in the 200. I'm definitely not leaving it. I just want to explore the 400 more.''
The Pre 400 showed the results of the speed-endurance training Felix does under coach John Smith in Los Angeles. She weathered a challenge from Richards-Ross on the backstretch and used her superior 200 speed to keep her rival at bay as the two drove toward the finish. Novlene Williams-Mills, the Jamaican who ranked No. 1 in the world in 2014, was never a factor in the race as she finished sixth in 51.89.
"When you're running really fast and when it's clicking, it doesn't feel hard,'' Felix said. "They're few and far between. The effort doesn't feel like much. It's great when it works like that.''
For the way in which she bested a field that included five women ranked in the top 10 in the world last year – Richards-Ross, Williams-Mills, Stephanie Ann McPherson of Jamaica, Natasha Hastings of the U.S. and Libania Grenot of Italy – the Felix of old might have treated herself to a powdered sugar donut.
The new Felix probably went with something along the lines of kale and quinoa. After all, it's working.
Previous TTUSA stories by John Crumpacker:
Jager hopes to lower U.S. record in steeplechase
Best still to come for U.S. triple jumper
Olympian inspired by motherhood
John Crumpacker was a sportswriter for the San Francisco Examiner and San Francisco Chronicle for more than three decades. In that time he won seven national writing awards and covered 10 Olympic Games. He was president of the Track & Field Writers of America on two occasions.


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UNESCO facilitates consultation on Right to Information Law in Myanmar
UNESCO and the Ministry of Information facilitated a consultation meeting on the Right to Information (RTI) Law in Yangon on 9 March 2016. The meeting was widely attended by diverse stakeholders, including News Media Council (NMC), journalist associations, media houses, national and international Civil Society Organizations (CSOs), and senior representatives of the National League for Democracy (NLD), which will form the government on 1 April 2016.
The meeting was opened by Sardar Umar Alam, Head of Office, UNESCO Myanmar, who noted that the objective of the consultation was to provide a platform to build a common understanding on the core principles comprising the Right to Information (RTI) Law for Myanmar, and to deliberate on the strengths and weaknesses of the draft prepared by the Ministry of Information. The draft law was shared with CSOs and Media stakeholders prior to the meeting, and various stakeholders including Centre for Law and Democracy, Article 19, SEAPA, Mizzima Media Group and the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative provided in-depth technical feedback, and recommendations to overcome the gaps and shortfalls of the draft law for further discussion at the meeting.
"Ms. Yin Yadanar, Programme Officer, Article 19 presenting an overview of the Right to Information legislation, and comments on the draft law" ©UNESCO
Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Information, U Tint Swe, highlighted that the "comments and feedback from participants on the draft law will be included in the handover to the incoming government and newly elected Parliament, who will pursue further the adoption of proper legislation to ensure and strengthen the Right to Information in Myanmar". There was a consensus that the draft law should be seen as a way to initiate a discussion on different elements, keeping in mind the broader context of the Right to Information. Welcoming the efforts to refine the draft law, U Aung Shin, Chair of the Central Information Committee of the NLD, reassured stakeholders that the incoming government will make the Right to Information a priority. Prior consultations on the media reforms and the way-forward have been in progress with NLD, who also proactively participated in the Media Development Thematic Working Group (MDTWG) meeting held on 8 February 2016, and the 4th Myanmar National Media Conference in December 2015.
Toby Mendel, Executive Director of the Centre for Law and Democracy, participated in the meeting, having provided technical assistance to the Ministry of Information on drafting the RTI Law, pointed out the strengths and weaknesses of the law, and provided a comparative analysis of the draft law with respect to international standards and best-practices. Overall, the feedback from stakeholders identified three major areas which need to be considered in further refining the draft law. Firstly, the law should provide for an administrative system of complaints or appeals, which may be in the form of an Information Commission. Second, there should be provision of a robust package of promotional measures, including setting standards for record management, raising further awareness and capacity building for government officials and bodies who will be implementing the law. Finally, during the consultation, it was noted that there should be a provision in the draft RTI law for allowing access to exempt information, if it is in overbearing public interest.
Local CSOs represented in the meeting highlighted the importance of further raising awareness and capacity-building on the Right to Information, as an indispensable step prior to conducting future consultations that will eventually lead to the final RTI Law. In early 2016, 36 NGOs across the country established the Myanmar "Right To Know" Working Group to further pursue this goal. It was agreed that in the coming weeks and months, more efforts will be put in place to raise awareness about the right to information law, and the role of civil society in development of the law will be highlighted and enhanced.
The consultation meeting was organized under the umbrella of the Media Development Thematic Working Group (MDTWG), chaired jointly by UNESCO and the Ministry of Information, which includes both national and international media stakeholders.


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The #OscarsSoWhite Twitter campaign has generated a veritable storm of attention following the Academy Of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) announcement of all white shortlists for the main categories of the 2016 Academy Awards. Whilst belonging to an under-represented demographic should not in itself be a passport to a nomination, the furore certainly highlighted the alarming lack of diversity in the Academy members who actually vote on who should be shortlisted and, ultimately win the most prestigious awards in the film world.
Many keyboards were bashed in anger as the implications of a membership that is just 25% female and 8% BAME sunk in. And it would appear that the Academy got the message as it promised to double its female and minority membership by 2020. Now further evidence of this commitment has emerged with the announcement of new membership invitations to join AMPAS, 46% of which are female and 41% non-white.
But even if all the invitees accept, there's a long way to go to reach AMPAS's target. At least 400 new female members a year will be required, which is a lot more than were even invited this year. And the starting point of just 568 non-white members means that achieving a doubling of that number is not much of a challenge and would still leave that minority severely under-represented.
There has been some cautious support for the measures AMPAS are taking. But are they really doing enough to reflect diversity, and if not then what do you think they should be doing?


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Chalet Modrova near Piestany 163
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text: This program is sold out.Email email@example.com to get on the Wait List.Don't miss out on future programs like this.As a Smithsonian Associates member, you will receive ticket-buying priority.Join today Secrets of the Mediterranean Kitchen: Living and Eating with Pleasure and Health Evening Program with Book Signing and Reception Thursday, July 25, 2019 - 6:45 p.m. Code: 1M2034 Tickets Resize text remove add Amy Riolo in an Egyptian spice bazaar in Istanbul (Photo: Luigi Diotaiuti) The cuisine of the Mediterranean is renowned for its delectable flavors and fresh, healthful ingredients. All of the varied cultures of the region consider preparing and enjoying food as one of life's greatest communal pleasures, and in each a respect for time-honored culinary traditions runs deep. Join cookbook author, culinary tour leader, and Mediterranean lifestyle expert Amy Riolo for a journey that winds through the markets, kitchens, and tables of France, Italy, Greece, Spain, Morocco, Turkey, Lebanon, and Egypt. She examines how the foodways of this diverse range of countries reflect the shared heritage of the Mediterranean region in highly distinctive and delicious ways. Discover the history behind culinary customs and favorite dishes, the health and nutritional benefits of eating the Mediterranean way, how to procure and cook with the highest-quality ingredients from the region, and tips on how to reproduce the mouthwatering flavors of a rural kitchen, an Ottoman palace, or an island villa here at home. The evening concludes with a reception of foods inspired by the Mediterranean region. Riolo's books The Mediterranean Cookbook and The Mediterranean Diabetes Cookbook are available for sale and signing. RECEPTION MENU Soudsoukakia Beef meatballs scented with Greek spices in a sweet and spicy tomato sauce North African Spice-Dusted Sweet Potato BitesRoasted sweet potatoes seasoned with olive oil, seal salt, ground pepper, cinnamon, and Mediterranean spices Petite Focaccia SandwichesGrilled chicken, Swiss cheese, pesto aioli, and caramelized onionsProsciutto, fontina cheese, olive oil, and arugulaEggplant, pesto aioli, smoked mozzarella, sun-dried tomatoes, and spinach Spinach FritattaWarm Italian vegetarian egg tart served with roasted red-pepper sauce Olive Oil, Cherry and Almond CakeA moist and dense almond-and-olive-oil cake baked with cherries and dusted with powdered sugar BeveragesMint limonada (spiked with vodka)Still and sparkling water S. Dillon Ripley Center1100 Jefferson Dr SWMetro: Smithsonian (Mall exit)