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2nd Commando Regiment (Australia)
The 2nd Commando Regiment is a special forces unit of the Australian Army, and is part of Special Operations Command. The regiment was established on 19 June 2009 when the 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Commando) was renamed. It is based at Holsworthy, New South Wales. The 2nd Commando Regiment often trains and deploys with the Special Air Service Regiment, is highly regarded by coalition special operation forces abroad, and has been involved in operations in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan, where it was used in a direct action warfighting role. It has also been involved in a number of domestic security operations including the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2014 G20 Leaders Summit.
|2nd Commando Regiment
Badge of the 2nd Commando Regiment
|1 February 1997
(as 4 RAR Cdo)
19 June 2009 – present
(as 2nd Cdo Regt)
|Australian Army
|Special forces
|Special operations
|One Regiment
|Part of
|Special Operations Command
|Holsworthy Barracks, Sydney[1]
|"Foras Admonitio"
(Without Warning)[2]
|East Timor
|Unit Citation for Gallantry[3]
Meritorious Unit Citation[4]
|Unit Colour Patch
Part of Special Operations Command (SOCOMD),[5] the 2nd Commando Regiment is one of three combat-capable units within SOCOMD[6] and operates in conjunction with other SOCOMD units, services and interagency organisations in joint and combined operations.[7] The role of the regiment is to conduct large scale offensive, support and recovery operations beyond the scope and capability of other Australian Defence Force (ADF) units.[8] Army doctrine specifies that the role of commando units is to "span the gap between conventional infantry operations and unconventional operations", focusing on advanced force operations and direct action missions.[3][7][9] Formed to complement the Special Air Service Regiment (SASR), according to Blaxland the regiment is designed to be a "self-contained flexible and rapidly deployable force" and is structured for both special operations and domestic counter-terrorism.[10] In its domestic counter-terrorism role it provides the Tactical Assault Group (East) to respond to high-risk incidents on the eastern coast of Australia beyond the capability of state/territory and federal Police Tactical Groups to respond to.[11] The regiment maintains a high readiness element which encompasses the parachute company group role that the 3rd Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (3 RAR) had maintained prior to being re-roled as a light infantry battalion.[12][13] In 2010, the then-Chief of Army stated that as part of the future amphibious ready group based on the Navy's new Canberra-class it will be necessary to rotate a Commando Company to support the infantry battalion.[14]
In 1995, as part of an expansion of the number of Australian Army infantry battalions, the 2nd/4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment—then operating as a standard light infantry battalion—was delinked into separate battalions which resumed their original identities as the 2nd and 4th Battalions.[15] The decision was then taken that the 4th Battalion would become a Regular Army commando unit and on 1 February 1997 the unit was renamed to 4th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (Commando) (4 RAR Cdo). The unit would be structured for both conventional operations and domestic counter-terrorism, with an initial establishment of a battalion headquarters, Tactical Assault Group, two commando companies, logistic support company, logistic support company, operational support company and a signal squadron.[16] Initially, both Regular and Reserve members were given the opportunity to undertake special forces training provided by the Commando Training Wing of the Reserve 1st Commando Regiment, or elect to be posted to a conventional forces unit.[17] In 1998, General Reserve positions ceased to exist in the new structure, and reserve members discharged or posted to other reserve units.[18] It was planned that 4 RAR (Cdo) would eventually take over the SASR counter terrorist role.[18][19]
The initial years were busy with the unit creating a structure and recruiting members suitable for commando training, while conducting sub-unit and unit training activities.[20] B Company was raised in 1997, followed by C Company in 1999, both of which took 24 months to reach full maturity.[20] A small team from 4 RAR (Cdo) deployed to East Timor as part of the International Force for East Timor (INTERFET) in September 1999 providing close personal protection for the media and also as interpreters in the initial months.[21] In 2000, elements were involved in the evacuation of Australian nationals from the Solomon Islands in June.[22] While later that year, 4 RAR (Cdo) assisted with counter-terrorism at the Sydney Olympic Games as part of Joint Task Force 114, with C Company on standby as a response force such as providing a cordon around an incident site in support of the SASR.[23][24] In 2000, it was decided that the counter terrorist role should remain with the SASR.[19] A period of rapid capability development, equipment acquisition and training subsequently followed. The unit that was developed as a result is highly regarded by coalition special operation forces abroad, and has conducted operations in East Timor, Iraq and Afghanistan. It has also been awarded a number of citations for bravery and meritorious service.[3]
On 19 June 2009, the battalion was renamed the 2nd Commando Regiment.[25] Regardless, the name 4 RAR remains on the Army's order of battle and its history, colours and traditions have been preserved, ready to be re-raised as a regular infantry battalion in the future if required. All awards and battle honours received during the time as 4 RAR (Cdo) were passed onto the 2nd Commando Regiment, while those awarded before the transformation to a commando battalion were retained by 4 RAR.[26]
East TimorEdit
The 2nd Commando Regiment, then known as 4 RAR (Cdo), was deployed as a part of the United Nations Transitional Administration in East Timor (UNTAET) in 2001. When notified to replace 1 RAR in East Timor, 4 RAR had not long previously been raised as a commando battalion, developing special forces capabilities to supplement those of the SASR. With the commitment to East Timor continuing, however, 4 RAR was re-roled as a light infantry battalion for deployment to East Timor as AUSBATT IV. This involved reorganising from the existing two commando-companies structure to a light infantry battalion with four companies and a growth in the unit from 220 to 670 personnel.[23] This saw B and C Company remain commando-qualified. A Company was formed in June 2000 followed by D Company in November both filled with Regular infantry soldiers posted in to the unit.[23] The battalion took official control over Area of Operations (AO) Matilda in the northern border region on 25 April under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Jeff Sengelman.[27][28]
During its time deployed as a part of UNTAET, the battalion established a security partnership with the East Timorese, focusing strongly on languages and maintaining the relationships previous Australian battalions had established, as well as transferring new technologies to the local security forces. This "intelligence-led" but "people-focused" approach saw the battalion group conduct the majority of its operations in close proximity to the Tactical Coordination Line (TCL) on the border with Indonesian West Timor. The battalion saw few contacts while in East Timor. These included a TCL violation on 5 May 2001 which was intercepted by a section from D Company, an outbreak of violence involving a grenade attack by militia members at the Maubasa markets on 29 May which resulted in several people killed and about 50 wounded, and shallow cross-border militia raids in June, including an attack on a section patrol from A Company. The battalion was withdrawn and replaced in October 2001.[29][30]
Expansion and domestic securityEdit
Following the battalion's return from East Timor it was again restructured to resume its role as a two-company commando battalion.[16] However, in 2001 the Australian Government directed the permanent establishment of a second TAG to be based on the east coast of Australia.[18] The TAG is supplemented by clearance divers from the Navy Clearance Diving Branch who form the Water troop.[31] A Company was subsequently raised as a commando company in 2002.[18] Following the creation of SOCOMD in 2002 and the Bali bombings in October that year, further resources became available.[32] The battalion was subsequently involved in security operations for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) in Queensland in 2002.[18] Elements of the battalion were also involved in the boarding of a North Korean freighter, the MV Pong Su—which was suspected of drug smuggling—off Newcastle on 20 April 2003.[33][34][Note 1] In 2005, a fourth commando company was subsequently raised, with D Company being formed.[18] Later, the battalion was tasked with supporting the security arrangements for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne.[35] In 2014, elements of the regiment were deployed to Brisbane to protect the G20 Leaders Summit held in the city on 15 and 16 November.[36]
The battalion provided a commando force element as part of the Australian contribution to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, known as Operation Falconer. A reinforced commando platoon formed an element of the Australian Special Forces Task Group (SFTG), which also included 1 Squadron, SASR, a troop from the Incident Response Regiment, and three CH-47 Chinook helicopters from the 5th Aviation Regiment. The commandos formed the "quick reaction" element for the task group. The SFTG operated in western Iraq where it was successful in securing its area of operations, including the huge Al Asad Air Base.[37][38] After the invasion was complete, the 40-man commando element provided security to humanitarian assistance missions and other security operations, later providing close protection for Australian officials in Baghdad as part of Operation Catalyst.[39] In 2004, claims appeared in the media that Australian special forces were involved in counter-insurgency operations inside Iraq, although this was denied by the government.[40][41] The last commando element was withdrawn in 2006.[42]
Timor LesteEdit
Later, in May 2006 a commando company group was deployed to Timor Leste as part of Operation Astute, after relations between the East Timorese government and military forces broke down.[43] The commandos operated alongside the SASR as part of the Special Forces Component[44] and were tasked with advanced force operations in preparation for the arrival of follow-on forces, focusing on Dili Airport. In March 2007, the commandos, along with elements of the SASR, took part in the Battle of Same during which five rebels were killed during an unsuccessful attempt to apprehend the rebel leader, Alfredo Reinado. After the battle, the commandos and SASR elements were withdrawn at the request of the East Timorese government in order to start negotiations with the rebels.[45]
Meanwhile, in August 2005 an Australian Special Forces Task Group (SFTG) was deployed to Afghanistan as part of Operation Slipper, operating in the southern province of Uruzgan. The SFTG, based on similar structure deployed during Operation Falconer, was made up of elements from the SASR, a commando company and a troop from the Incident Response Regiment. Two CH-47 Chinook helicopters from the 5th Aviation Regiment were deployed to Afghanistan in March 2006 to support the SFTG.[46] A forward operating base was subsequently established at Tarin Kowt.[47] During this deployment the Commandos were involved in Operation Perth which resulted in the death of over 150 Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters in nine days of fierce fighting in the Chora district of Uruzgan Province.[48] The SFTG was withdrawn from Afghanistan in September 2006 and replaced by a Reconstruction Taskforce made up of engineers and conventional infantry.[46] During this period the task group was on patrol for 306 days and involved in 139 contacts and sustained 11 soldiers wounded.[49][50]
A 300-strong Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) was subsequently deployed to support the Reconstruction Taskforce in April 2007, including a commando company group, elements of the SASR, and an integral combat service support team.[51][52] In the latter part of 2008 the commando company conducted a disruption operation in Helmand province as part of Operation Eagle's Summit, which was a major coalition operation conducted in support of the transport and installation of an additional turbine for the Kajaki Dam hydroelectric facility.[53] In March and April 2009, SOTG killed 80 Taliban fighters in a major four-week operation in Helmand Province, without suffering any casualties.[54] Further operations undertaken include the Battle of Gizab in April 2010, and the Shah Wali Kot Offensive in June 2010, which resulted in heavy insurgent casualties.[55][56] The bulk of SOTG was withdrawn from Afghanistan in late 2013 as part of a drawdown of Australian forces, although some special forces remained after this date as part of the small Australian force maintained in the country.[57] The Regiment lost 12 personnel killed while deployed to Afghanistan, along with one killed during a pre-deployment exercise.[2][58][59]
The regiment served in 20 SOTG rotations in Afghanistan, with deployments ranging from about four to six, seven, and eight months.[60][61] For its actions, the regiment was collectively awarded the Unit Citation for Gallantry[3] and the Meritorious Unit Citation.[4] On 26 March 2013, it was announced that Special Operations Command would receive the first battle honour awarded to an Australian Army unit for actions since the end of the Vietnam War for its performance during the Shah Wali Kot Offensive in Afghanistan from May to June 2010. The battle honour, titled "Eastern Shah Wali Kot", was awarded in recognition of the operational actions of the SASR and 2nd Commando Regiment from Australian Special Operations Task Group Rotation XII.[62] A number of the regiment's personnel have also received individual decorations for their actions in Afghanistan. A posthumous Victoria Cross for Australia was awarded to Cameron Baird for actions in Uruzgan Province in June 2013.[63] In addition, as of October 2010 six Distinguished Service Crosses, eleven Distinguished Service Medals, seven Medals for Gallantry and three Stars of Gallantry had been awarded to 2nd Commando Regiment personnel for service in Afghanistan.[64]
Military intervention against ISILEdit
In September 2014, as part of Operation Okra the Australian Army deployed a Special Operations Task Group (SOTG) of approximately 200 personnel to the United Arab Emirates in preparation for operations to assist and advise Iraqi Security Forces following an offensive by Islamic State forces.[65] The soldiers were expected to be deployed to Iraq when a legal framework covering their presence in the country was agreed between the Australian and Iraqi Governments.[66] The majority of the SOTG was reported to be made up of C Company, 2nd Commando Regiment.[67] It began moving into Iraq in early November.[68] The 2nd Commando Regiment was tasked with training the Iraq government's Counter Terrorism Service.[69] Personnel from SOTG have also been involved in co-ordinating airstrikes remotely to assist Iraqi forces engaged in clearance operations.[70] From September 2015, the strength of SOTG rotations were reduced to approximately 80 personnel.[71][72]
Current organisationEdit
The regiment consists of a headquarters, four commando companies, a logistics support company, an operational support company and a signals squadron. It is believed to currently be organised as follows:[16][67]
- Regimental Headquarters
- A Company
- B Company
- C Company
- D Company
- 126 Signal Squadron[73]
- Operations Support Company
- Logistics Support Company
Incorporates the role of Tactical Assault Group (East) (on rotation).
Uniform and equipmentEdit
Following the renaming of the unit, a new badge was chosen to reflect the history and traditions of the Independent Companies that served during the Second World War, by including the distinctive "double diamond" unit colour patch shape in the regimental badge, along with the traditional commando knife.[2] The unit's motto is Foras Admonitio, which is Latin for "Without Warning".[2] Qualified commandos are awarded the Sherwood green commando beret.[64] Distinctive commando parachute wings are worn, depicting a parachute backed by a pair of black drooping wings on a green background.[74] The Australian Army stiletto dagger is also worn on ceremonial occasions.[75] A garter blue lanyard is worn.[76]
A variety of weapons systems are used, including the M4 carbine, Heckler & Koch (HK) HK417 and KAC SR-25.[77] Sidearms include the Browning Hi-Power and HK USP Tactical.[78] The HK MP5 submachine gun is used in the counter-terrorist role.[79][80] Sniper rifles include the Blaser Tactical 2, Accuracy International AW50F and Barrett M82A1.[81] Support weapons include both the FN Minimi Para and Minimi 7.62,[82] as well as the FN MAG.[83] Direct and indirect fire support weapons used include 66 mm M72 LAWs, 84 mm M3 MAAWS, FGM-148 Javelins, M2-QCB Browning .50 BMG machine guns, Mk 47 Striker grenade launchers, and 81 mm mortars.[84][85][86][87] The Long Range Patrol Vehicle will soon be replaced by the Special Operations Vehicle – Commando (SOV-Cdo), based on Supacat's HMT Extenda MK2, 89 of which are currently being acquired (including several of the SOV-Logistics variant).[88][89] The Australian designed Bale Defence Industries lightweight Rough Terrain Vehicle (RTV) is being trialled.[90] Watercraft operated include the Zodiac F470 inflatable boat and United States Marine, Inc. 11m Air Drop Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (ADRHIB).[91][92]
Selection and trainingEdit
Any member of the Australian Defence Force may apply for entry into the 2nd Commando Regiment.[93] Applicants may also be accepted via the Special Forces Direct Recruitment Scheme (DRS), where selected and screened civilians undertake an accelerated 80-day infantry training program prior to commencing the Special Forces selection process.[1] If a candidate fails any part of the selection course they will be returned to their unit, or transferred to one of the infantry battalions of the Royal Australian Regiment if they are a DRS candidate. Candidates must complete the Special Forces Screen Test and if successful move onto the six-week Commando Selection and Training Course (CSTC) conducted at the Special Forces Training Centre (SFTC), in Singleton, New South Wales. Further training then is undertaken during Commando Initial Employment Training, also known as the "Reinforcement Cycle". Upon successful completion of all courses soldiers are posted into one of the Commando Companies where further specialist training occurs.[1][94][95][96] Counter terrorist training is conducted at the Special Forces Training Facility (SFTF) based at Holsworthy Barracks with an indoor range complex, aircraft mock-up, method of entry facility, urban training facility and sniper range.[97] In 2013, a four-hour documentary Commando was produced on the selection course and reinforcement training.[98]
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- Walters, Patrick (6 October 2006). "Unfinished Business". The Australian. Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: News Limited. p. 11. ISSN 1038-8761.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
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Further readingEdit
- Macklin, Robert (2015). Warrior Elite: Australia's Special Forces – From Z Force and the SAS to the Wars of the Future. Sydney, New South Wales: Hachette Australia. ISBN 9780733632914.
- Allen, Clyde; Caldwell, Brett (1997). Red Phoenix: A Pictorial History of the Re-raising of the 4th Battalion, the Royal Australian Regiment and Its Conversion to the Commando Role. Holsworthy, New South Wales: The 4th Battalion, The Royal Australian Regiment Association. ISBN 064634322X.
External linksEdit
- Media related to 2nd Commando Regiment (Australia) at Wikimedia Commons


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'I write to ask you if you will… exhibit at the South Kensington Museum a set of Prints of my late series of Photographs that I intend should electrify you with delight and startle the world' – Julia Margaret Cameron to Henry Cole, 21 February 1866
To mark the bicentenary of the birth of Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-1879), one of the most important and innovative photographers of the 19th century, the V&A will showcase more than 100 of her photographs from the Museum's collection. The exhibition will offer a retrospective of Cameron's work and examine her relationship with the V&A's founding director, Sir Henry Cole, who in 1865 presented her first museum exhibition and the only one during her lifetime.
Cameron is one of the most celebrated women in the history of photography. She began her photographic career when she received her first camera as a gift from her daughter at the age of 48, and quickly and energetically devoted herself to the art of photography. Within two years she had sold and given her photographs to the South Kensington Museum (now the V&A) and in 1868, the Museum granted her the use of two rooms as a portrait studio, likely making her the Museum's first 'artist-in-residence'.
150 years after first exhibiting her work, the V&A will present highlights of Cameron's output, including original prints acquired directly from the artist and a selection of her letters to Henry Cole. Cole's 1865 diary, in which he records going 'to Mrs Cameron's…to have my portrait photographed in her style' will be on view, along with the only surviving Cameron portrait of Cole. The exhibition will also include the first photograph to be identified of Cameron's studio. Entitled Idylls of the Village, or Idols of the Village, it was made in about 1863 by Oscar Gustaf Rejlander, possibly in collaboration with Cameron, and depicts two women drawing water from a well in front of the 'glazed fowl-house' Cameron turned into her studio. The print has been newly identified and has never before been exhibited.
Best known for her powerful portraits, Cameron also posed her sitters – friends, family and servants – as characters from biblical, historical or allegorical stories. The exhibition will feature a variety of photographic subjects, which Cameron described as 'Portraits', 'Madonna groups', and 'Fancy Subjects for Pictorial Effect'. These range from Annie, a close-up of a child's face that Cameron called her 'first success', to striking portraits of members of Cameron's intellectual and artistic circle such as poet laureate Alfred Lord Tennyson, scientist Charles Darwin and Julia Jackson, Cameron's niece and mother of Virginia Woolf. Also on display will be Renaissance-inspired religious arrangements and illustrations to Tennyson's epic Arthurian poem, Idylls of the King.
Julia Margaret Cameron will be structured around four letters from Cameron to Cole, each demonstrating a different aspect of her development as an artist: her early ambition; her growing artistic confidence and innovation; her concerns as a portraitist and desire to earn money from photography; and her struggles with technical aspects of photography. This final section will offer insight into Cameron's working methods – an arduous process which involved handling potentially hazardous chemicals. It will include a group of her most experimental photographs, recently discovered to have once belonged to her friend and artistic advisor, the painter and sculptor G.F. Watts. Cameron's photographs were highly innovative: intentionally out-of-focus, and often including scratches, smudges and other traces of her process. In her lifetime, Cameron was criticised for her unconventional techniques, but also appreciated for the beauty of her compositions and her conviction that photography was an art form.
The exhibition is part of a nationwide celebration of Julia Margaret Cameron's work during her bicentenary year, including the exhibition Julia Margaret Cameron: Influence and Intimacy at the Science Museum's Media Space, which displays prints given by Cameron to the astronomer Sir John Herschel, and a series of exhibitions and events at Cameron's former home, Dimbola Museum and Galleries, on the Isle of Wight.

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How Your Favorite Brand Fits
Real Simple busted out the measuring tape on some non-stretch work pants—all size 10—to illustrate the disparities.
Do you wear an 8 in one brand and a 12 in the next? Ever tried on 15 pairs of jeans and fit into none? Retail demands, shifting populations, the obesity epidemic, and, yes, vanity sizing have all contributed to big, confounding disparities among designers.
In a 2003 study, Tammy Kinley, a professor of merchandising and digital retailing at the University of North Texas, found that size 4 pants varied by up to 8.5 inches in the waist, and size 6 pants varied by up to 13.2 inches in the length of the crotch seam. So, no, you're not imagining those disparities.
Brands develop sizes to fit the women who buy their clothes—or sometimes to fit the women a brand wants to buy its clothes. "High-end brands tend to size smaller; their size 8 is going to be smaller than a mass-market brand size 8," says Kathleen Fasanella, a patternmaker and the author of The Entrepreneur's Guide to Sewn Product Manufacturing. Furthermore, some brands that market themselves as contemporary are designed to fit young or college-age women, who are typically straighter in the hips than they will be later in life. And most major brands have now gone international, so you'll see European sizes on labels today.
RELATED: 11 Bra Picks for Every Body Shape and Style
And then there are those jeans and pants sized by the waist measurement: 28, 29, 30, and so on. Sounds like a move in the right direction, right? Well… For a new study that she is conducting, Kinley says, "Just today I measured size 27 pants in the lab that were 32 inches in the waist. Even when the system gets more specific, it's still arbitrary."
Here, a look at how vastly a size 10 varies at 11 top brands, so you can finally find clothing that actually fits like it should:


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Nowadays, even your super can job-hop with you. The question is: how do you know when it's time to leave?
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Jorge has more than 25 years of experience in the financial services industry in roles encompassing trading, risk management and managing global trading businesses. He is currently a member of the management team at BACIT Ltd, a UK investment trust which donates investment management fees to various charities including the Institute for Cancer Research, having previously been Chief Executive Officer and partner at London-based hedge funds Polygon Investment Partners and MKM Longboat.
Lindsey is the managing partner of Pollen Street Capital (PSC), a private equity firm in London. She has been a private equity investor for more than 15 years with a particular focus on the Financial Services sector. Prior to forming PSC, Lindsey led the Special Opportunites Fund at RBS. Prior to RBS, Lindsey spent 6 years at Cabot Square Capital Ltd., a London based private equity firm where she was a partner. Lindsey is involved in several philanthropic ventures focussed in developing youth social and entrepreneurial skills in the UK and Africa and has run the Marathon de Sables twice in aid of various charities.
Jake is the CEO of The Social Investment Consultancy, a firm that specialises in social impact advisory through its offices in London, New York and Dubai. He has over ten years' experience working in the charity and social enterprise sector as an organisational development expert.


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Aurehøj Gymnasium
The overall strategic goal for Aurehøj Gymnasium is to be an upper secondary school that encourages students to realize their academic potential in the best way possible while also creating a thriving extracurricular working climate that will enrich the education of each student.
We encourage each student to utilize his or her special competences to their full extent. The overall goals of the Danish upper secondary school system concerning general education as well as preparation for higher education must always be inherent in the activities of the school. It is our goal that every student completes higher education after graduation from Aurehøj Gymnasium.
Aurehøj Gymnasium must be an attractive working place for its employees, who should be able to feel a balance between performance and return. Each employee must feel that his or her immediate superior is easy to approach.
The school board and the principle discuss improvements of the physical teaching environment on a regular basis and take initiative to carry out embellishments of buildings and classrooms.
The effect of the strategic work at Aurehøj Gymnasium can be seen every day in the high-quality teaching that takes place. The progress of each student is monitored closely. The strategic work is also visible in the statutory Quality Development Plan of the school. Every third year the School Board chooses three new focus areas according to a recommendation from Aurehøj's Pedagogical Committee (consisting of the Principal and democratically elected members of staff), the focus areas of the three previous years are evaluated, and a plan of action is compiled.
Fundamental Values
- We actively wish to preserve the tradition of prioritizing music and the artistic elements especially.
- This tradition is maintained through fellowships across classes and years and in the mutual respect from allstudents and teachers for the institutions supporting the school spirit.
- The joy of learning and the desire to know more and open up to new insights and competences are valuedhighly by both students and teachers.
- All teaching must have a high and diverse professional quality and use varied teaching methods, enabling thestudents to utilize their abilities and options optimally.
- The relationship between teacher and student must be characterized by mutual respect, candour, and dialogue,and teacher and student share the responsibility for the outcome of the teaching.
- The school must maintain a high level of information and there must be openness concerning both financialand pedagogical decisions and priorities.
- In accordance with principles of democratic debate and democratic decision-making, both students andteachers must have influence on their school life and work life, respectively.
- Everybody at the school must be treated equally and with respect for diversity. We must listen to each other,respect each others' work assignments and give each other space to develop both individually and in the schoolcommunity.
- Everybody is responsible for the physical and psychological teaching environment of the school.
- The physical teaching environment and teaching materials are to be embellished on a regular basis anddeveloped in accordance with the goals of the Ministry of Education and cultural, social and creative activities.
- Aurehøj is to be a living, outward-looking school that is characterized by a global approach and political andreligious tolerance.


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With their ears flapping in the wind and their tails wagging ecstatically as hundreds of different smells pass by their nose, dogs consider a car ride with their owner as one of life's greatest pleasures–almost as desirable as being allowed to sleep under the covers with their human at night.
Anywhere But Inside the Car!
It may surprise you to know that some dogs do NOT like riding in a car, nor do they like hanging their heads out the window. These fearful dogs may fear unexpected noises (such as rumbling motorcycles or car horns) or have a sense of claustrophobia when enclosed in a small space,
Fear of riding in a car should be addressed by slowly acclimatizing the dog to car rides. Sitting with your pet in a stationary vehicle for a few minutes at a time is a good way to begin the acclimatization. Let your dog get used to the sound of the engine before progressing to backing in and out of your driveway. When you think your dog seems more relaxed about being in the car, drive around the block. Gauge your next trip by how your dog reacts to this short jaunt.
Fear of Car Rides May Be Due to a Medical Problem
Dogs with persistent motion sickness often appear ill after a car ride and may drool or vomit. If your dog gets sick after riding in the car, consult with Dr. Simon or Dr. Writes at the Woodside Animal Clinic about treatments available to relieve motion sickness in dogs.
If your dog begins fearing car rides for no apparent reason, he may be suffering emergent orthopedic problems that make it painful for him to jump in and out of your vehicle. With older dogs, it could be the onset of arthritis while certain dog breeds could be suffering heredity issues such as hip or elbow dysplasia.
Does your dog love riding in the car? If he doesn't, how do you make it easier for him to ride?


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Pension Currants (Katashina Village, Gunma)
Pension Currants
Katashina Village, Gunma
ペンション カレンズ (群馬県 片品村)
General Facilities
We serve healthy and nutritious foods made with locally grown fresh vegetables and ingredients.
There is a choice of western style course meals, Chinese style course meals and Tofu course meals.
Try out fresh, delicious bread, sesame blamanche and "furufuru purin" – as well as our popular homemade desserts.
Our breakfast omelets are also homemade by the owner
1 night stay with evening meal and breakfast
Adults: 8200 yen
High School student age: 7700 yen
Elementary School age: 7000 yen
Pre-school age: 5400 yen
1 night stay with breakfast
Adults: 6700 yen
High School student age: 6600 yen
Elementary School age: 5900 yen
Pre-school age: 4200 yen
Please ask about pricing details if you wish to stay for longer periods.
All charges include consumption tax.
Discount lift tickets:
Guests can use a voucher to receive 25% off the price of a 1-day lift ticket at the nearby Marunuma Kogen resort.
Rental discounts:
Please ask on booking about special ski, snowboard and wear rental discounts that are available at a nearby rental shop:
* 1 day adults 2,500 yen; children 2,000 yen
* 2 days adults 4,000 yen; children 3,000 yen
* 3 days adults 5,000 yen; children 3,500 yen
Pension Currants is located close to the Marunuma Kogen ski and snowboard resort in Katashina village, Gunma Prefecture
We are located near both the world famous World Heritage Nikko Toshogu region and the well known natural beauty region of Oze in Gunma prefecture - at an altitude of 1400 meters, near the highest peak in Kitakanto, Nikko Shirane-san. We are surrounded by countryside - many people say scenery which resembles Switzerland.
The ski season in the region usually lasts from the beginning of November until Golden Week in May.
Spring Skiing is usually available until early May, usually with still good conditions. At 1600-2000 meters elevation and will good access, in spring you can park your car right by the slopes.
Guests can enjoy discount lift tickets and special rental rates.
Pension Currants
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June 21, 1999, Section B, Page 8Buy Reprints
Louis J. Glickman, a widely known real estate investor and philanthropist, died on Friday at New York Hospital. He was 94 and lived on the Upper East Side.
Mr. Glickman formed a Manhattan-based real estate investment company in 1942 and was widely active in real estate investments in the United States and Canada.
One of his best-known deals was not completed. In 1956, he made it known that he had arranged to buy Carnegie Hall and planned to tear it down and replace it with a 40-story office building. Demolition was to begin when the Philharmonic-Symphony Society's lease expired in 1959.
But Mr. Glickman later dropped his option to buy the building, and it was unclear whether a Save Carnegie Hall campaign or an inability to finance the project on profitable terms led to his backing out. The building was eventually preserved.
Mr. Glickman's son Adam said that his father ''never had any intention of demolishing Carnegie Hall; he basically got involved with that to get some publicity.''
In 1960, Mr. Glickman offered $4.6 million for the Dakota apartments on West 72d Street and for an adjoining lot. Soon after acquiring the properties, he sold the Dakota to its tenants and the lot to other developers, who built an apartment house, the Mayfair Tower, there.
Mr. Glickman was born and raised in Brooklyn, attended Brown University and the University of Virginia, and entered the New York-based real estate and construction firm of his father, Pincus Glickman, in 1928.
Louis Glickman founded his real-estate investment company in 1942 and was its chairman after it became a corporation, his son said. But in 1962 he was forced out of the corporation. His son said he ''was overextended in some personal investments at that time,'' and the corporation was acquired by a group of investors.
In later years, Adam Glickman said, Louis Glickman was an independent real-estate investor. He was dictating letters to his secretary an hour before his death.
The objects of his philanthropy included the United Jewish Appeal, nonprofit organizations concerned with cerebral palsy and epilepsy, the Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Yeshiva and Brandeis Universities.
Besides his son Adam J., of Millburn, N.J., he is survived by his wife of 67 years, the former Helene Hauptmann; another son, Warren J., who lives in Israel; four grandsons and a sister, Ruth Gleen, who lives near Fort Lauderdale, Fla.


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Vonage , the troubled internet phone company, has signed a deal with VoIP Inc to keep its services afloat.
Vonage's Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service was put in jeopardy last month when a court ruled the company had infringed a number of patents owned by US mobile giant Verizon . The court then ordered Vonage to stop using the technologies all together.
Teaming with VoIP Inc's VoiceOne subsidiary gives Vonage access to the technologies it needs to keep its services going, and to hold on to its estimated 2.2 million subscribers.
Perhaps tellingly, a press release issued on the VoIP Inc website details a partnership to "provide certain network services for a leading telecommunications company" - but makes no mention of Vonage.


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SXSW 2013: it's going to be a beautiful night
SXSW 2013 comes to a close in Austin with a three hour funk and soul extravangza from Prince and his 22-piece band
There ain't no party like a purple party. From early week in Austin, it was clear that there was only going to be one place to be when SXSW came to a close in the early hours of Sunday morning. Whatever else about what happened during the week – all those superstar jams, all those new bands swaggering into town, all those big acts in small rooms – Prince playing La Zona Rosa was in another league entirely.
There's many reasons for this. When we think about superstar acts, we think about them on a pedestal. By virtue of what they've done in the past, they've earned that position, that luxury. Sure, in most cases, superstars get by on fumes from back in the day. The hits are hits from the golden era when hits were really hits, songs which were international humdingers which went on sell loads and loads of albums and ensure the act had international traction. Superstar acts still come through today but not as many and with not the same frequency as before. We also don't know about their sustainability. Do you really think acts like Coldplay, The Killers and Lady Gaga will still matter 20 years from now?
Real pop stars are in another league. As the gig begins, you gawk at the stage and, ten feet away, Prince Rogers Nelson stares back at the audience with a grin on his face. He looks extraordinary. You note the hot pink shirt, the glittering cane and the massive chunky necklace. You're not on Sixth Street with its uniform sloppy sneakers and sweaty t-shirts now, man. Then, Prince starts to move, the 22 piece band begin to play with a confidence and swagger which is quite staggering (there's not a missed or bum note all night long) and the go-go funkaganza is on.
We've all heard about those classic shows, the ones where artists stretch themselves and take the audience to another place, the ones which are talked about again and again and again. Thing is Prince often does shows like this. He's known for playing post-show shows where he goes on and on until the break of dawn. This was from that department, a show which Prince and co teased and tantalised and punched one way and then the next. This was Prince showing off, though a few costume changes and half-a-dozen encores, just what he and his New Power Generation band are capable of doing on a Saturday night. It was always going to be a beautiful night.
His band deserve their own paragraph. It wasn't so much the set's content (a couple of classics like "1999″, a lot of obscure cuts and some great covers) or the context (Saturday night fever at SXSW in Austin, TX) which mattered as much as the manner of it. Prince's band were red-hot, turning themselves this way and that on everything from "Musicology" to "Purple Rain" to "Housequake" to a fantastic cover of Michael Jackson's "Don't Stop 'Till You Get Enough". Every song was a groove, every groove was a moment to savour.
The frontman? He deserves his own book. When you talk about great pop acts, the ones with soul and funk and panache and pizzazz and wow, the ones who vamp and scream and make you vamp and scream, you're talking about dudes like Prince. They don't make 'em like this anymore – and if they do, they're cloning them from what he's done in the past. The man from Minneapolis did not have touch a guitar tonight and was more band-leader than pop star, but that star quality – that unique, intangiable, unmistakable, unmatchable characteristic which many want and only a few possess – was present from start to finish.
Star power: that's why we hung around, that's why we swapped other SXSW closing parties for this one, that's why we kept yearning from more, that's why we're still keen students of the game. Star power: from James Brown to Prince. Star power: you can't fake that. Star power.


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Uganda Sex Guide advises where to find sex, working girls, prostitution, street hookers, brothels, red-light districts, sex shops, prostitutes, erotic massage parlors, strip clubs and escorts in Uganda, Africa.
Uganda is a country in East Africa. It is bordered to the east by Kenya, to the north by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the southwest by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania. Famously called the Pearl of Africa by Winston Churchill, it is home to one of the most diverse and concentrated ranges of African fauna including the highly endangered mountain gorilla and the endangered common chimpanzee.
Sex Scene and Prostitution
Prostitution in Uganda is illegal, but prostitutes operate freely in Kampala city centre. In 2003, Ugandan authorities ordered sex workers to pay a tax of 9,000 (£2.63) Ugandan shilling in order to operate in Malaba. Also in 2003 Ugandan MP's met sex workers who were concerned about "police harassment" and claiming that it was unfair that police officers were arresting sex workers while they waited for clients. A study of teachers in Kampala showed that teachers were turning to prostitution to increase their income, a sex worker can earn around 1.5 million Ugandan shillings (£439) per month, whereas this would be a yearly wage for a secondary school teacher.
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the Capital City and the shoreline of vast Lake Victoria
|Eastern Uganda
superb trekking close on the border with Kenya and more wildilfe
|Northern Uganda
this beautiful area teems with wildlife.
|Western Uganda
Gorilla trekking on the borders with Rwanda and DR Congo
Cities and towns
- Kampala — a bustling African capital. It is the only 'city' in the country.
- Arua — located in the NW corner of the country, reached by daily flights from Entebbe Airport or by bus from Kampala.
- Entebbe — a collection of some upmarket residential streets and a slew of government offices on the shores of Lake Victoria, dominated by State House, the official residence of the Ugandan President. The location of Uganda's only international airport, about 1 hour south of Kampala by road.
- Jinja — located on Lake Victoria and at the source of the Nile. Home to Nile Beer.
- Fort Portal — a clean and well-organised highland town surrounded by extensive tea plantations, a number of fine colonial buildings and a superb Rwenzori backdrop.
- Gulu — Gulu is the de facto capital of the north.
- Mbarara — a southwestern town en route to several national parks.
- Kabale — a small town in the far south of the country near Lake Bunyonyi.
- Kisoro — located in the extreme southwest corner of Uganda next to the borders with Rwanda and DR Congo. It is the closest town to Mgahinga Gorilla National Park and Bwindi Impenetrable National Park.
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Dating in Uganda can be a bit tricky due to cultural differences, so your best bet is to sign up for a dating site before your trip so you can meet a few locals ahead of time. AdultFriendFinder.com lets you meet local members in Uganda and get to know them on a personal basis before you arrive. Take advantage of site features like live chat and member to member webcams so you can begin flirting before arranging a face-to-face meeting. Since your time in Uganda may be limited, get to know each other's desires beforehand, so that when you meet you can start having some real fun.
How to find Sugar Babies & Sugar Daddies
If you are looking for an alternative to escorts in Uganda with a girl who doesn't charge by the hour, sugar dating is the ideal solution. There are thousands of beautiful young women at SecretBenefits willing to do anything for a man who will help them pay their bills.
Often referred to as the "Tinder for Older Guys", SecretBenefits matches hot young women interested in pampering older gentlemen. You don't have to be a millionaire at SecretBenefits.com, you just need to be a respectful gentleman who knows how to treat a woman.
Gay & Lesbian
Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) persons in Uganda have virtually no legal protections. Activists estimated in 2007 that the Ugandan gay community consisted of 500,000 people.
Both male and female homosexual activity is illegal. Under the Penal Code, "carnal knowledge against the order of nature" between two males carries a potential penalty of life imprisonment.
Stay Safe
Uganda has been home to some of the more gruesome atrocities in modern African history since its independence in 1962, particularly under the heinous dictator Idi Amin, but in the years since 1987 things have consistently improved. Today the state is relatively stable after 25 years of stereotypically 'strong man' rule by Yoweri Museveni. Kampala has changed into a major centre of East African trade.
However, any Caucasians walking in the street stand out and are likely to be stared at openly, which may cause discomfort to those unaccustomed to travelling in Africa. What little begging exists is some of the most polite and inoffensive to be found in African cities, nowhere worse than in the West. Small youngsters are sadly becoming a nuisance in some rural spots frequented by tourists doling out sweets and coins but nowhere near the swarming throng one can attract in many cities around the world.
Travellers should still avoid the North Eastern areas as Karimijong attacks have occurred that involved tourists.
See Also
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About PropertyFox
Welcome to PropertyFox, South Africa's leading smart online real estate agent. Our founders, entrepreneurs Ashley James and Crispin Inglis, along with our esteemed team have disrupted the traditional estate agency business model with our customer-centric digital offering. Since our induction in April 2016, we have managed to keep our low commission fee of 1.5% consistent, this in turn has saved our customers up to 80% in fees.
As South Africans we've only ever had two options when it comes to selling a house: sell through an agent, or sell it yourself. The prior can be quite costly, often having to pay commissions of between 5-7% (ex VAT) for the process. The option of selling your home yourself, comes with it's own obstacles, tedious admin and a lot of questions.
PropertyFox offers a new option. Essentially we do all the work, and all our sellers have to do is open the door and show their own home. For this service we charge as little as 1.5% commission or R39,990 (ex VAT) (whichever is greater).
As a forward-thinking enterprise set on changing the way South Africans buy and sell property, our unique proprietary software and systems helps coordinate the tasks of marketing and selling a property as quickly as possible while saving sellers on transaction fees. A distinctive feature of our business model is that all the information is actively shared with the seller. We handle all the logistics, scheduling and security vetting. We also make sure that we provide both our buyers and sellers with a professional, efficient, transparent, safe and cost-effective end-to-end real estate solution.
At PropertyFox, we relieve the seller of the daunting tasks that comes with marketing their homes independently. The job of selling your property is shared between our specialist team of photographers, marketers, property valuers, sales negotiators and transaction managers. The only time the seller is actively involved in marketing their home is during the viewing process. Viewings are hosted by the sellers themselves, which we consider as the ultimate personal touch, as "nobody knows your home like you do". Sellers show their homes at a time and on a day that is most convenient to them.
Our pre-sales team comprises of our knowledgeable property advisors and dedicated property managers. Our advisory team are experts in their field. They are your first contact at PropertyFox and will inform you about property and neighbourhood trends, prices and how we work, thereafter a dedicated property manager is assigned to give your property the best possible exposure and be on call for you throughout the process.
These teams are supported by our highly effective scheduling team and legal team, with our scheduling team there to organise viewings and security vetting of potential buyers, while our legal team is there to make sure that the paperwork is in order with their intricate understanding of purchase agreements and negotiations.
In November 2017, SA Home Loans took a 49% stake in PropertyFox, a strong conviction from an established industry player in the growth potential of our firm and the future of real estate.
So get in touch with us today. Whether buying or selling property, we'd love to be the team to help you through your journey!


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Japanese Graded Readers Level 2 expands on the concepts learned in Level 0 and 1, incorporating more new vocabulary, kanji and increasingly difficult grammar structures.
Level 2 is designed for a proficiency level equivalent to JLPT N3-N4. The a boxed-set of 5 books contains stories with about about 500 vocabulary words, 1,500-2,500 words, and grammar points including dictionary form, ~te form, ~nai form, ~ta form, conditional, ~kara, ~naru, ~noda, etc. You will also benefit from a CD audio companion with a full-text narration by native Japanese speakers to help you learn proper pronunciation and intonation.
Since it's often difficult to find level-appropriate reading material, especially for language learners new to Japanese, JGR fills a long overdue gap. The stories are engaging and level up at a challenging yet appropriate pace. The vocabulary words have decent repetition and are reflected in the pictures. While we would like to see a vocabulary list for each story, JGR is an excellent reading supplement or even primary study material.
As with the previous levels, we encourage you to forgo the dictionary. Try to skip words and phrases that you don't understand and simply keep on reading. Their meanings will become apparent from the context and illustrations, and your memory retention will be all the better for it. After completing Level 2, you'll be ready to the level up again with more interesting stories, cultural insights and intricacies of the Japanese language.


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Nestled in the Reberty 2000 area of Les Menuires, the Hotel Hillary is a charming 3 star hotel offering superb panoramic views and ski-in ski-out access. With authentic chalet style, it has cosy ensuite bedrooms and a hugely popular local restaurant with lovely sun terrace, as well as a warm lounge with fireplace to enjoy on an evening.
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Nestled in the Reberty 2000 area of Les Menuires, the Hotel Hillary is a charming 3 star hotel offering superb panoramic views and ski-in ski-out access. The hotel was one of the first shelters to be built in the Belleville valley and has been tastefully renovated to maintain an authentic chalet style and also retain its proud tradition of hospitality.
The hotel is comprised of just 17 cosy rooms, all decorated with a blend of contemporary and alpine style and perfect for taking a step back and unwinding against the peaceful mountain backdrop. Rooms come equipped with a private bathroom, hairdryer, flat-screen TV and WiFi access.
The charming restaurant at the Hotel Hillary invites its guests to enjoy traditional quality cuisine based on fresh produce. Savoyard specialities, large salads, authentic pasta and bistro-style dishes are all waiting to be discovered. The lounge bar with its quiet corners and fireplace is perfect for cosying up on cold nights, whilst the hotel's south-facing terrace provides stunning views of the surrounding peaks. After skiing, guests can also head to the sauna (additional charges apply) to ease those tired muscles.
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Les Menuires offers excellent snow and fantastic skiing for all abilities and at a more affordable price tag.
Accommodation is mainly ski-in-out and the town has great facilities for non-skiers too. Situated at 1,800m, just below Val Thorens, the resort has a superb range of pistes.
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If you book your flights with us you can book a shared or private transfer from the airport to the resort as part of your booking. Even if you don't book flights through us we can organise transfers for you - just give us a call on +44 (0) 208 877 8882.
We know how valuable your skiing time is to you so that is why we can to pre-book your lift passes for you, to save you the time and hassle of doing it once in resort. And most importantly, no additional charge or hefty currency bank charges! The lift passes will be ready and waiting for you in your chalet/hotel/apartment, so you can hit the slopes immediately... You can book these at any time after you've booked. Call us on +44 (0)20 8877 8888.
The last thing you want to do at the start of your holiday is queue up in a crowded ski hire shop. We understand this and that is why we offer to pre-book all your equipment so that it is ready and waiting for you. You can either collect it from the shop yourself or some shops even offer a chalet fitting service, where all the equipment will be brought around to the chalet, thus avoiding the ski hire shop completely. Call us on +44 (0)20 8877 8888.
Ski school can be a real hassle to organise so let us do all the hard work for you. We have built relationships with the top ski schools in most ski resorts and we can book lessons for all ability levels, both private and group lessons. For Christmas, New Year, Russian New Year and February Half Term, we strongly advise pre-booking your lessons as soon as possible as the group lesson and private lesson slots get booked up very quickly. You can book lessons at any time after you've booked. Call us on +44 (0)20 8877 8888 or fill in the Ski-School Request Form
Transfers from the airport to your accommodation and vice versa is available through Powder White. If you need transfers arranged, please contact us on +44 (0)20 8877 8888 or fill in the Transfer Request Form
Is not included and, on chalet bookings, will be added to your confirmation invoice. Local Tourist Tax for Hotels & Apartments is payable directly to the supplier in resort.
Each chalet booking requires a deposit of between £250 & £500 which is held as security against any damages, breakages or monies owing to Powder White. Details of this will be shown on your Confirmation Invoice and further information can be found in our Terms section. Apartment Residences vary so please enquire at time of booking.
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Justice Democrats, the progressive group that backed U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's upset over incumbent Congressman Joe Crowley last year, is now supporting a 2020 primary challenge against another senior Democrat.
In a campaign to unseat 30-year U.S. Rep. Eliot Engel, the group said it supports Jamaal Bowman, a middle school principal and former teacher in the Bronx.
New York's 16th Congressional District includes southern Westchester and part of the Bronx.
Bowman, 42, announced his campaign via this video on Tuesday. He's running on a political platform centered on investing in public schools, free college, Medicare for All, the Green New Deal and reforming the criminal justice system.
"It's time to build a new America that taps into its unlimited potential, a new America that leverages the brilliance of children and people from diverse backgrounds. That's the America I want to be a part of," Bowman says in the video.
Engel, 72, was first elected to the House in 1989. He is now chairman of the powerful House Foreign Affairs Committee, a top position for international issues in Congress.
Bowman is the latest of three Democratic primary challengers. Engel easily defeated three Democrats in the 2018 primary with nearly 74 percent of the votes before winning unopposed by the Republican Party.
Bowman is a vocal advocate of the opt-out movement, which encourages third- through eighth-graders in New York to opt out of standardized testing, which Bowman once called "modern-day slavery."
Earlier this month, 33-year-old activist Andom Ghebreghiorgis announced the start of his Congressional campaign for New York's 16th distinct at a news conference in Mount Vernon. In February, another far-left challenger, New Rochelle native Kenny Belvin, 25, was the first to launch a primary race against Engel, as reported here.
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It was 3 a.m. in Bradley, Calif., in the middle of a dusty dry lake bed, and Carl Weiseth, 33, was shoeless, shirtless and regaling a gathering crowd about last night's escapade. "I didn't make it back from the dance floor until the sun was starting to rise," he told his audience, adding that he "passed out to the gentle vibrations of thumping electronic music for three to four hours."
A 1960s Volkswagen van was painted with the words "Give Peace a Chance," surrounded by fresh-faced bohemians sporting flower crowns, acid-washed jean shorts, seapunk teal-dyed hair and psychedelic leggings. "It's the feather-and-leather crew," one festivalgoer said.
To the casual observer, this post-New Age convergence of monumental art, all-night dancing and "Kumbaya" spirituality could be mistaken for Burning Man, the weeklong arts festival in the Nevada desert. But unlike Burning Man, which marked its 28th year last month, this festival called Lightning in a Bottle offers paid lecturers, headlining music acts like Moby, and V.I.P. packages with deluxe tents and fresh linens for $2,500.
"L.I.B. is one of the pinnacle festivals of West Coast conscious culture," said Mr. Weiseth, using shorthand for Lightning in a Bottle, among a new type of gathering called "transformational festivals." They could be described as the slightly smaller, psychedelic-art-and-electronic-dance-music-centered, commercialized progeny of Burning Man.
"It is the ultimate convergence of visionary art, electronic music, yoga, spirituality, nutrition, fashion and dance-culture, where people gather who appreciate both nature and spiritual consciousness, and who want to co-create an unpretentious dance party in celebration of sacred art and community," added Mr. Weiseth, who attends dozens of similar festivals a year, where he sells handmade pinecone necklaces for upward of $360 under his lifestyle business, Third Eye Pinecones.
Held over four days in May and billed as a "heart and mind expanding oasis," Lightning in a Bottle, in its ninth year, drew 15,000 participants, one of the largest and more influential of these festivals.
Such festivals have spread beyond their West Coast stronghold and now take place year-round throughout the United States, as well as Europe, Australia, New Zealand and Latin America. They are an amalgamation of several cultural forces: the rise of electronic dance music, the maturing of the rave culture, the popularity of TED-like talks, the mainstreaming of yoga, and the YOLO spirit of festivalgoers who spread the word on social media.
Unlike more mainstream music gatherings like Coachella and Lollapalooza (with their focus on pop music, celebrities, alcohol and fashion brands), transformational festivals embrace feel-good values like ecological sustainability, organic food, community building and wisdom sharing. With names like Beloved and Wanderlust, Envision and Lucidity, these festivals seem like bastions of the nouveau hippie, grandchildren-of-the-Woodstock generation. And, to a certain extent, they are.
At Archaic Revival, held June 6 in a plantation outside of Houston, revelers spent three days dancing (including a form called "Flowetry in Motion"), meditating at sunrise in a drug-and-alcohol-free zone. At Costa Rica's Envision Festival, held last February in beachfront jungles, participants covered themselves in "healing mud," chose among two dozen yoga instructors and bathed in bamboo showers with filtered water.
"This is not a retro-nostalgic Woodstock," said Jeet-Kei Leung, 44, a documentary filmmaker from Vancouver, British Columbia, who has chronicled this scene in a web series called "The Bloom," as well as in a 2010 TEDx talk. "This is a forward-thinking culture that is embracing social entrepreneurship, permaculture, spirituality, self-actualization and conscious living."
It was the first day of Lightning in a Bottle, a blisteringly hot Thursday with temperatures over 95 degrees. A yellow school bus and trailer drove to the far end of the San Antonio Recreation Area, a lakeside camping ground in central California, and dropped off mounds of gear and festivalgoers, some in elaborate costumes.
Three men in animal-shaped onesies (a giraffe, a red bull and a white cartoonish character) inquired whether there was any chicken to eat. (There was not: It is officially a pescatarian festival.)
Attendees, clutching their still-charged iPhones, pored over the schedule. There would be countless opportunities to dance, do yoga, see art, sit in workshops, watch performances, listen to speakers and meet like-minded truth seekers.
Moby, Phantogram and the avant-garde circus troupe Lucent Dossier shared the five stages with acts like the Polish Ambassador and the Earth Harp. There were poets, Ayurvedic yogis, West African drummers, gong masters, professional hula hoopers and essential oil "wizards."
For those seeking a more mind-expanding experience, there were more than 100 workshops and talks on topics like organic food ("Seitan for the Masses"), plant medicine ("Reishi Mushroom & Spiritual Consciousness"), gender studies ("The Art of Healthy Feminine Leadership") and sex ("Tantric Lap Dance Workshop").
Among the first-timers was Alicia Henry, 27, a model and actress from Los Angeles. She was lying under a tree on what is called Meditation Mountain, wearing a flower crown, a bindi, velvet olive floral fringe kimono and Minnetonka boots.
Accompanied by a group of friends from Venice, Calif., she had prepared for the festival by repeating her mantra, "Heart open, mind open." She came to Lightning in a Bottle in search of a "magical, sacred experience," she said.
That language of neo-spirituality and personal growth is common.
"This is a safe space — a space free of judgment, criticism, punishment," said the effervescent Dream Rockwell, a festival founder, who was standing backstage while a man played a didgeridoo, an ancient Australian instrument. "Creativity is accepted in all forms. 'No shirt, no shoes, no service' obviously does not apply here."
These festivals, after all, are billed as more than just a dance party in the woods.
"People are transformed every year," said Jesse Flemming, another founder. "Their minds are completely blown by how nice people are to each other. They think, 'If 15,000 people can be like this here, why can't we be like this at home, instead of being mean.' " It may sound hippie, Mr. Flemming said, "but the world needs a little more of that," adding, "Maybe with a little less tie-dye and patchouli."
Maura Malini Hoffman, 49, a former Procter & Gamble executive who now gives spiritual talks at festivals, put it this way: "Transformation is about realizing there's more to life than making money, having a good job, fame and fortune. People go to these and they're never the same. They don't just go back to eating McDonalds and watching TV."
Even here, consumerist pressures exist. This year, organizers offered a luxury EZ Camping option. The $2,500 packages, which included a prefab tent, plush bed, cooler, private restrooms, power outlets and a "skinny mirror," were sold out.
One of the luxury tents went to Misty Meeler, 29, an interior design assistant from Houston, who came with her 37-year-old sister. Ms. Meeler wore a gold headdress, rainbow bikini, a leather utility belt and purple leg warmers. Speaking through a heart-shaped dust mask, she explained that Coachella was too "Hollywood see-and-be-seen" for her taste. This festival, she said, "has a hippie scene that makes the whole experience better, whether you're looking to eat healthy, live clean, meditate, yoga or want to party the whole four days with no sleep."
By 4 a.m. on Sunday morning, an air of exhausted bliss had settled across the 250-acre festival site, and a small crowd had gathered at Amore's Casino, a burlesque club set up in the middle of the festival.
The crowd included James Oroc, a writer from New Orleans, who was waxing philosophical. Best known for his psychedelic tome, "Tryptamine Palace," he is an outspoken and sometimes cantankerous critic of festival culture.
At 6-foot-2, he cut an imposing figure, wearing a gunmetal fur robe, gold shoulder pads over a pinstripe suit, leather top hat and huge fossilized shark's tooth necklace. A veteran of Burning Man, Mr. Oroc hadn't been to this festival in a while and wanted to check in, he said. His verdict? The crowd was "very hip, very beautiful," he said, though he was concerned that the festival had become too "fashion" and "very L.A."
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Samsung Knox is platform available for compatible Samsung Android devices that can be used to enhance device security when combined with a Mobile Device Management (MDM) platform, such as Systems Manager Enterprise. This article will discuss features available in Systems Manager Enterprise as part of this platform.
Note: While profiles containing Samsung KNOX settings can be applied to any device, they will only be effective on compatible Samsung devices.
Systems Manager Security Policies can also be used to control deployment of profiles to devices based on their compliance status.
We recommend enrolling Android devices into Systems Manager through Android Enterprise whenever possible. To see a comparison of features available through Android Enterprise vs KNOX, see the Android Enrollment article.
Kiosk mode can be used to force a device to always run a single app full screen, with no access to other apps, device settings, etc. This is ideal for point-of-sale (POS) terminals, interactive displays, or similar applications.
To configure:
To use the profile, ensure that both it and the desired app have been applied to the device. Read the article on Pushing custom apps and profiles to devices or the article on deploying store apps to devices for more information. Once the app and profile are installed, the device will run the app in full-screen mode whenever it is online.
The blacklist functionality can be used to control which apps are allowed to be installed on devices. To enable:
Note: Managed apps (MDM > Apps) are NOT exempt from these restrictions. Managed apps will fail to deploy if blacklisted. Ensure these apps are either not blacklisted, or covered in the whitelist.
The App Blacklist is used to indicate any apps (or patterns) that users are not allowed to install on the device. The app is listed by its package name (ex. "com.meraki.sm" for the Systems Manager app), and can use wildcards to blacklist groups of apps (ex. "com.meraki.*" would block all Meraki apps).
Apps can easily be added by using the Select apps bar to search by display name, and then clicking the icon to add the app to the list.
Apps can also be manually entered by typing the desired package name, or pattern, in the textbox. Once the desired pattern has been entered, click Add option.
Once the packages are added, they'll appear as individual bubbles in the field. To remove a package, click the X.
After the profile is pushed to the device, any user attempting to install apps that violate the blacklist will receive a message similar to the one shown below.
The App Whitelist is used to indicate any apps that should be explicitly allowed, overriding the blacklist. Package names are entered in the same way as blacklisted apps above.
Apps that were installed prior to the whitelist being created will remain on the device. Only future app installations will be subject to the whitelist.
The permissions blacklist will not allow users to install apps that require any of the permissions selected. Information about what is provided by each of these permissions is available in the Android Developer Documentation.
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We Must Love And Pray For Our Enemies
Tuesday of Week 11 in Ordinary Time - Cycle II
1 Kings 21:17-29 & Mt. 5:43-48
When the wife of King Ahab murdered Naboth, so that her husband could take over his vineyard, Ahab was guilty of approving his wife's handling of the whole sordid affair. God sent Elijah to Ahab to tell him of God's displeasure and the punishment that would be meted out to him and his wife.
What should not surprise us is that God delayed His sentence in order to give Ahab a chance to get his life in order. This is evidence of the truth that God loved Ahab despite his terrible sins, and yearned for his complete and final repentance.
In today's Gospel reading we see how Jesus, God's Son, teaches us the ways of His Father of loving our enemies. He tells us that we are to pray for those who persecute us. If we love those who love us, we are doing nothing different from the pagans who also love their kind. But we claim to be children of His Father, who have to be different; like our Father we must love everyone, even our enemies. It is a truism that God does not just allow the sun and rain to fall only on the good. It falls on everyone - good and bad alike!
Jesus practised what He preached. He loved His enemies even as He was being crucified by them. He died for us while we were sinners. He did not wait until we could somehow be counted worthy of His death.
Jesus knows that it is no easy task to love our enemies and those who persecute us. But we should not complain that God is asking us to do something which He Himself did not do. We have heard the teaching of Jesus. We have also witnessed how He loved and prayed for His enemies. That should spur us on to love our enemies and pray for those who persecute us.
Lord Jesus, may we follow Your example, and love and forgive our enemies. On Your word we know that they, too, are sons and daughters of our heavenly Father.


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The word "Gond" comes from the Dravidian expression kond, meaning "the green mountain." The work of Gond artists is rooted in their folk tales and culture, and thus story-telling is a strong element of every painting. Gond art comes with the belief that a good image brings good luck. This inherent belief led the Gonds to decorate their houses and floors with traditional tattoos and motifs.
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Tuesday, August 11
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