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forgetting to eat dinner.
tonight i forgot to eat dinner. i've been doing this for the past month or so - also forgetting breakfast and lunch, hence my actually liking my ass in my new jeans - but i don't advocate that as a way to make friends with your ass.
anyhow, when i moved out of my parents' house at 18 for college (excepting one or two summers back with them) and every few weeks my dad would miss me too much for words.
so, every few weeks for the past 10 years he called me to make sure i had remembered to eat dinner. which seemed ridiculous to me as i hadn't starved to death yet and my body has an internal mechanism called "growly tummy" which does the same thing.
but since he died, i've not done well remembering to eat.
it's either because i miss him, or i'm still really sad.
things that will always make me think of my dad, part 2
forgetting to eat dinner.
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- jay are Tuesday, November 15, 2005 12:05:00 am
first of all, I wish I could forget to eat a few meals.
and it sounds like maybe growly tummy started to depend on dad's call and now everything is out of order.
and I should say that it would be perfectly reasonable to still be really upset....
meals or no.
- Yaymee Tuesday, November 15, 2005 1:03:00 am
I know how you feel, Heather. Not that I ever skipped a meal after my dad died (hence my not-so-great relationship with jeans right now), but I definitely did unconscious things that related to him.
On a side note, I think I was an Italian grandmother in a past life, and your not eating is making me worried. I am gathering every ounce of willpower I have to not make you a casserole.
- JillWrites Tuesday, November 15, 2005 11:14:00 am
Oh gosh, and in the same conversation that I had with my friend about the push-ups, we were talking about her losing her dad last year. He always told her that her car ought to be junked. She bought a car with the money he left her, and she made sure it had a GPS. Because his car had a GPS. And the sound of the computerized voice that tells her when to turn and how far to go reminds her of him.


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=== News Update ===
Sunday, May 3, 2009
The Big Lie About Torture
By Bernard Chazelle, May 2, 2009
The story goes like this: The US didn't torture until the Bush gang came to power. Some say we're a nation of laws and criminal investigations are the only way to return to our virginal past; others share the same objective but reject prosecutions as needlessly divisive; a third group advocates torture as the new post 9/11 norm. A running theme in the liberal commentariat is that things have gotten much worse. But have they? Glenn Greenwald reminds us that even Reagan opposed torture, so see how low we've fallen.
It's certainly true that Reagan, like most leaders, regularly violated the principles he espoused [eg, opposition to torture] and sought to impose on others, but still, there is an important difference between (a) affirming core principles of the civilized world but then violating them and (b) explicitly rejecting those principles. Doing (a) makes you a hypocrite; doing (b) makes you a morally depraved barbarian.

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Normally, siblings fall under the fourth preference category of family immigration 5th Floor Maddox House, 1 Maddox Street, Mayfair, London, W1S 2PZ. According to the INA, U.S. citizens who are over 21 years of age can file for a visa petition for their brothers and sisters. For immigration purposes, these siblings need to be children of a common parent at some point. This requirement has caused a lot of confusion for petitioners who want to apply for their step siblings.
Eligibility of Stepsiblings
First of all the petitioner needs to be a U.S. citizen. Second, the petitioner and the beneficiary should be children of a at least one "common parent". Third, the relationship establishing sibling relationship should still exist or if parents are divorced, the family relationship of the siblings should continue to exist.
Case Study
Peter was born out of his father's first marriage. His father re-married. This time, the woman he married has a daughter from her first marriage. The daughter's name is Maria. Peter and Maria have not met yet in person but are constantly updating each other through emails and occasional phone calls. Peter's father and Maria's mother got divorced after sometime. Peter decided to file a visa petition for Maria after the divorce. Can Peter do this?
Yes, if he can provide evidence that a sibling relationship between him and Maria exists even after the divorce.
Peter and Maria have been children of a common parent at some point (while Peter's father and Maria's mother were still married). However, after the divorce, the relationship that made them siblings seized to exist. The remedy is to prove that even after the divorce, the petitioner and the beneficiary's relationship continue to exist (e.g. phone calls, visits).
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Has the war on terror been a success? Well, yes and no. "I think it's bumbling along in the right direction," says a Western diplomat in Kabul. "Probably, things will be all right." Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda's two top leaders, remain unaccounted for, and U.S. intelligence sources suspect that both are still alive. So is Mullah Mohammed Omar, the leader of the Taliban. Sources tell Time that Omar may be forging an alliance with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, a particularly dangerous former mujahedin leader--and briefly Prime Minister of Afghanistan--who slipped back into the country around February. "Hekmatyar should be seen...
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What is it about tunes anyway? If you listen to music from earlier centuries you will realize the the concept of a tune was something that had to be discovered.
Even J.S. Bach, genius though he was, went through his entire career with hardly a tune to his name. At least what we would call a tune today.
Now Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was certainly capable of writing tunes. When he felt like it. Mostly he didn't, Neither did Beethoven. Mostly mind, I'm not saying there are not exceptions.
The heyday of the tune however started with Franz Schubert. He wrote a lot of songs, and somehow songs seem to demand real proper tunes more than purely instrumental music.
Skip forward a hundred years or so and we have the popular songs and musicals of the twentieth century. Chock full of tunes. Real tunes. Real tunes that ordinary people sing in the bath and whistle in the street.
And we have instrumental tunes too. TV programs commonly have title themes are are real, whistleable tunes.
Somewhere along this timeline it has become a common idea that music must have a tune. But this simply is not so. Go back to Beethoven and you will see that his work consists largely of musical 'figures' which are elaborated upon. Yes, you can whistle the tune from his ninth symphony, but when do you hear anyone whistle the 'fate' motto from the fifth.
And, getting to the point, in fact most music used on TV does not have and does not require a tune. In fact it requires not to have a tune.
If you really listen and concentrate on the music used in TV programs, you will find that the vast majority is tuneless or possesses only a rudimentary tune. Certainly nothing you would want to sing in the bath.
Exceptions are title themes, and 'motto' themes that commonly occur in dramas. But mostly TV music is really rather tuneless.
So go ahead and make some music without tunes. You'll find that tuneless music is very much easier to sell into the TV market.Come on the FREE COURSE TOUR
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Saturday, August 22, 2009
Live Hope Love
Here's a brilliantly done multimedia reporting project HOPE: Living & Loving With HIV in Jamaica, which was commissioned by the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting.
It's an expansive project by poet and writer Kwame Dawes who travels to Jamaica and explores the experience of people living with HIV/AIDS, and examines how the disease has shaped their lives. In this feature, people tell their stories, share their lives and talk about resilience, hope and possibility in the face of despair. Some are living with the disease; others have committed their lives to HIV/AIDS care.
Photography is by Joshua Cogan.
The Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting is an innovative non-profit leader in supporting the independent international journalism that U.S. media organizations are increasingly less willing to undertake. The Center focuses on under-reported topics, promoting high-quality international reporting and creating platforms that reach broad and diverse audiences.
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102nd and Lexington New York City
Here's why I love this Google Street View so much. First a nice steep hill with mexican laundry.Lavanderia - roll down to the corner of E. 103rd to the the teens on bikes and then hang a right under the cool shade of the trees. Continue till you find the wall mural for animals and turn right again onto 3rd avenue. Continue straight till you hit 102nd and one more right. Check out the street parking (its the cop shop of course)and then when you hit lexington one more time you will have toured 1 square NYC block
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Monday, December 29, 2008
Google Street View - 102nd and Lexington
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Saturday, December 27, 2008
My Lucky Nigerian Christmas
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From: Mr Mike Martins
Managing Director
Zenith Bank of Nigeria
Attention: Beneficiary
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not received your payment due to yourlack of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your contract /inheritance payment.
Secondly, you are hereby advice to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately. After the board meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a solution to your problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER in Europe, America and Asia Pacific, which is then instruction given by our president, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar Adua (GCFR)Federal Republic of Nigeria.
This card center will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is ($1000.00) One Thousand Us Dollars per transaction. So, if you like to receive your fund this way, $300 usd for you to withdraw for a day and each transaction is $1000 usd minimum which you have to withdraw $1000 usd for one working day also be informed that the total amount in the SWIFT ATM CARD is $14.6 million usd.
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Thursday, December 25, 2008
Jimbo's Hamburgers
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Tuesday, December 23, 2008
Google Street View Melbourne Australia
Another great Google street view I found of this grafittied van in Melbourne Australia. These are addictive maps
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Monday, December 22, 2008
Canada's Conservative Senatorial Appointments
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Meet Chief Patrick Brazeau Canada's newest National Indigenous Senator, also known as the brazman. The Self titled head of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples for off reserve 'stand alone Aboriginal persons' and appointed by Steve Harper with unqualified support of Canadian unity and in opposition to a coalition Government.
Pat likes to refer to himself as a National Chief and can now add the Honourable Senator as another feather in his cap.
Saturday, December 20, 2008
Vale INCO Letter - These are Difficult Times
Dear Colleagues,
Over the past number of weeks we have updated you on how the global economic crisis is affecting us at Vale Inco. We have responded to the situation by implementing several immediate, aggressive measures to secure the long term viability of the Company. To date, these actions have included a hiring freeze, reductions in discretionary spending and scaling back high cost, low margin production.
Unfortunately, it has become increasingly clear that more is required for us to operate competitively and efficiently in this fiscal climate, without compromising our long-term growth potential. With these objectives in mind we have taken a comprehensive look at all elements of our business. Based on that assessment, today we are announcing the following measures:
As a means of reducing our workforce, we are offering a voluntary retirement program to eligible staff employees. Further reductions will come through efficiencies in corporate functions – largely among our contract, temporary, casual and probationary employees. Corporate functions include the following departments: Finance, Human Resources, Information Technology, Corporate Affairs, Strategic Planning, Procurement, Legal, Security, Sustainability and Marketing.
Employees affected by today's announcement are being contacted individually by their direct managers. We will be offering transitional support including financial and career counseling – and will do everything we can to ensure all concerned are treated with empathy and respect.
From a production standpoint, we are suspending operations for a minimum of one year at our Copper Cliff South Mine in Sudbury, Ontario and moving it into care and maintenance mode. The Sudbury leadership team will be speaking to employees today and in the days and weeks ahead. They will be working closely with employees, unions, and our supply and service providers at the mine as this process unfolds and will continue to provide updates as details become available.
We are also suspending the US$814 million Copper Cliff Deep Project in Sudbury for a period of 12 months. These measures follow previously announced reductions in production at PT Inco in Indonesia and a slower than expected ramp-up of operations at Goro Nickel in New Caledonia.
Production at our Voisey's Bay mine and mill in Newfoundland and Labrador will be reduced by a one-month production shutdown in July 2009. Employees there will be asked to take their annual vacation during this period. Regularly scheduled 2009 maintenance shutdowns in Ontario (Spring/Summer) and Manitoba (August) will proceed as planned.
We are continuing to study whether other measures are necessary to adapt our production profile to market conditions.
These kinds of decisions are never easy and we certainly don't take them lightly. Unfortunately, they are necessary. Today's announcement speaks to uncertainties in the near future – but no one can predict how the markets will shift in 2009. Having said that, the analyst community is expressing faith in the future of the minerals and metals market — and the long-term fundamentals of our Company remain solid. We will continue to monitor the evolving global economic situation and inform you of any additional measures that may be required.
We appreciate that it's hard to stay focused in such a challenging environment, but we must continue providing the quality of service our clients expect and we consistently deliver. Most importantly, we remind you to be particularly attentive to workplace safety and not be distracted from your own safety or that of your colleagues.
The Vale Inco leadership, including your own Manager, is available as always to answer any questions you may have and to discuss individual situations. These are difficult times, but we are confident that with your commitment and professionalism we will come through this economic slowdown and realize our long-term goals. We thank you for all your support.
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Friday, December 19, 2008
Google Street View - The Mission District - San Fransicso
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Tuesday, December 16, 2008
Sudbury Featured in CBC's One Million Acts of Green
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Monday, December 15, 2008
Houston plans for entire sustainable block
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Saturday, December 13, 2008
1980's Ski Sudbury Photograph by Alfred boyd
1980's Ski Sudbury Photograph by Alfred boyd, originally uploaded by Ideanorth.
It's that time of the season to consider some healthy outdoor activities - like skiing in Sudbury!
This fantastic photo is from local Alfred Boyd and was a hit postcard in Sudbury in the 1980's.
It reappeared in the local Sudbury Transit advertising space a s Sudbury Public Library heritage photo tour that turned the inside ad space of the Cambrian College bus into a photo retrospective. Cool
CBC Newsworld to feature My Green Sudbury segment
Hi Folks:
It is Cathy Orlando , a Climate Project volunteer
I blogged on the GreenNexxus - One Million Acts of Green Website about how
It is not an original story. It is a Canadian success story. It is our story. I have retold the story of
I hope that people feel inspired.
Merry Christmas and merci, miigwech and thank you for being on this incredible journey to help humans deal effectively with the climate change .Cathy
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Friday, December 12, 2008
Ubuntu - Video on Compassion
Ubuntu, a traditional African philosophy, recognizes how we are inextricably bound in each other's humanity. Translated as, "I am because you are," Ubuntu describes a sense of unity between people through which we each discover our own strengths and virtues. Featuring healer Credo Mutwa, GreenHouse Project director Dorah Lebelo, and former Deputy Minister of Health Nozizwe Madlala-Routledge, this glimpse of South Africa shows compassion as a way of life.
Thursday, December 11, 2008
Monday, December 8, 2008
North Bay's Sweetman Urban Garden Wins Victory
The Friends of Sweetmans Garden in North Bay welcome the city's announcement that a proposed hydro sub-station will not be placed at the site of this historic and unique enighbourhood garden, immediately adjacent to a number of homes.
This outcome is a reminder of the value of different parties working collaboratively to achieve a healthy outcome. There were many facets to this challenging matter.
Technical questions had to be taken into account. Concerns about the serious risk of an exposed sub-station in a residential area were expressed. Threats to neighbourhood values such as those stated in the City's UPlan were described. Fears of compromising an historic civic treasure were stated.We wish to offer our thanks to North Bay Hydro, City Council, City Staff and countless others who have engaged in this community act of shared problem-solving. Our group looks forward to assisting in the continuing effort to resolve the still outstanding issues regarding this beautiful garden's future. Sphere: Related Content
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Thursday, December 4, 2008
Eat Local Sudbury Co-op Store Opens
The Eat Local Sudbury Co-op Store
(28 Durham Street in downtown Sudbury – just down the hill from Records on Wheels)
Will be open for business this Saturday December 6th at 9:00am!
Regular store hours are as follows:
Wednesday: 11:00am - 6:00pm
Thursday: 11:00am - 6:00pm
Friday: 11:00am – 9:00pm
Saturday: 9:00am – 4:00pm
*Cash sales only for now. Debit and credit card purchases to come.
*Free parking for 3 hours in the municipal lot beside Christ the King Church.
Alternatively, 3 hours free parking is available in the upper lot of the Rainbow Mall.
"The one-stop-shop for all your local food needs!"
Beef – Bison – Pork – Lamb – Quail – Elk – Venison – Fish – Dairy – Flour – Maple Syrup – Honey – Prepared Foods – Preserves – Body Care Products
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Why should Christians meditate? Taking time out of your day to do what at first impression seems like staring off into space just doesn't seem right. However, there are countless benefits to meditation.
What we feed our minds with is what we produce, in the form of our thoughts, words or actions. Jesus Christ Himself said that, "out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh" (Matthew 12:34).
Your mind is like your stomach: It constantly needs to be fed. It is up to us to feed it a proper diet. Just as a healthy diet produces wonderful physical benefits, so a proper diet of meditation does bring wonderful mental and spiritual benefits.
Meditation Nourishes Our Conversion
When we meditate properly, it aids our conversion process. Conversion requires a change of heart and mind. Think about this in terms of what fills our mind. That is why the Apostle Paul told Christians to think on the things that please God, not the carnal thoughts of man (Philippians 4:8). Meditation reveals to God a lot about our hearts. God knows all that we think about (1 Chronicles 28:9). Knowing that God is aware of our every thought can be a pretty humbling fact. Our thoughts show God how committed we are to obeying Him and how much we try to emulate Him and live His way of life.
Meditate on Godly Things
Meditation opens up our mind for God to fill us with His thoughts and desires. This helps us to think like He does (Philippians 2:5).
Filling your mind with godly things and keeping it focused on the goal of becoming more like God helps you to keep from falling back into the ways of the world. If we open our minds for God to fill, He will provide us with deeper understanding that we can use to the fullest in our lives.
Meditation fortifies prayer and study
Herbert W. Armstrong was one of the great thinkers of the 20th century. His mind was able to conceptualize many deep, spiritual subjects. In part, he was successful because he was a great meditator. In a 1948 co-workerletter, he admonished readers to "[p]ause, once in a while, and meditate, and let God talk to you [in prayer]." Mr. Armstrong explained that when we pray we talk to God. When we study, God teaches us. But when we meditate, God is able to put His thoughts into our mind. Through meditation, we give God the ability to let His words of life sink into us. It is important that we take time to listen to God and think upon the meaning of those words for us and how they can be applied.
Meditation Protects Our Mind
Meditation is an effective tool to ensure that we put the right thoughts into our mind. Sometimes the ability to maintain deep, continuous and constructive thought can be a challenge. This struggle occurs when we allow our minds to stagnate. Meditation can combat a stagnant mind.
Our environment, our daily interactions with others, and our own problems and difficulties can be some of our greatest distractions. They can occupy our mind, preventing it from growing spiritually. Our daily responsibilities can keep our minds occupied from the moment we wake up to the moment we go to sleep.
Meditation can keep us from falling into a meaningless rut, and it promotes an active mind that engages in constructive thought. Don't allow your daily cares to consume all of your attention; meditate to embed right and meaningful thoughts into your mind.


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Route 2
The route starts on the bank of the Maly Vudyavr River by the Vudyavryok River source. You may reach the place by car. Further on, ford the river and hike on a rocky road laid to the Molybdenite Mine in the 1930's. En route you will enjoy splendid right-side views of Lake Maly Vudyavr Valley and Мountains Poachvumchorr behind it. The road is transected by picturesque brooks flowing down from melting firn basins during whole summer.
As the road ends, there is a path going up to the remains of an old steam-engine that was made in Chicago in 1906. Going on along the slope, you may find the remains of pipes, by which steam was supplied to the mine. Soon you will see two of three shafts jointed by a narrow path going along the rock. The shafts are made in a steep wall of one of the Мountains Takhtarvumchorr cirques. Nowadays, the best samples of molybdenite can be found not in shafts, but at the bottom of the wall, where they were thrown during the mining in the 1930's.
Turning left from the Molybdenite Mine, you can climb up a large-boulder talus to the rocky Takhtarvumchorr plateau to enjoy fantastic panoramas at both sides – Lake Maly Vudyavr Valley and Lake Imandra. On the plateau you may find dykes of dark green and grey tinguaites of peculiar patterns. The path leads to the steep northern wall of the Geographers Pass, which Alexander Fersman named after first researchers of the Khibiny. Nearby there is a memorial gabion piled by tourists. Having observed the Pass atop, come a little bit back and go down the southern part of the plateau. There is a good path going through the pass to the Lake Maly Vudyavr Valley, a large-boulder one in the upper part.
Pay attention. Molybdenite Mine shafts are made from solid khibinites. Visiting them is not dangerous. However, the path between them along a cliff is very dangerous, especially in rainy and windy weather. The path is narrow and has no railing. From time to time you can see the remains of hand-rails of the 1930's. Hiking on large-boulder talus is dangerous, especially in the rain.
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Qantas Socceroos coach Holger Osieck still says Richard Porta is under consideration for a national call-up despite being left out of the squad yet again.
Qantas Socceroos coach Holger Osieck believes the upcoming friendly against Romania will be crucial in preparing for Australia must-win World Cup qualifier against Oman in March.
The mainly European-based squad will take on the Romanians in Malaga next Wednesday and Osieck is keen to use the clash to fine-tune preparations for the March 26 qualifier against Oman in Sydney.
"I think it's an opportunity against a decent opponent (Romania) to show whether they are ready or not. My point is that I need to clear on the individual performance levels so I find the right mix for Oman because that is the most crucial game in the near future," Osieck said.
"We have to win it (against Oman) and we have to do everything to make it happen. We have to win the three points and whatever happens now in the preparation of it, it leads into it and that's definitely my number one prerogative."
The German-born tactician explained why the majority of the squad was based in Europe, and why he didn't include any players from the A-League.
"If you look at our recent program, in November and December, the focus was more on Australian- and Asian-based players and now for this game I will focus a bit more on the European-based players because I need to have a good look at some of them," Osieck said.
Surprise omission Tim Cahill was left out of the friendly squad after asking Osieck to let him settle in at pre-season training for MLS club New York Red Bulls.
There was again no spot for uncapped striker Richard Porta, who has scored eight goals in 13 appearances for Dubai Sports Club, but Osieck says he is under consideration for future selection.
"Aurelio Vidmar will have a look at (Porta), I will look at him and then we will decide what we will do and if he will make the team or not. We have already had him under observation and now we have two more assessments and the final decision will be made," he said.
Osieck, who has 65 players on his selection list, said he wasn't concerned that the Oman clash would be the first time a full-strength Australian team has played since the last World Cup qualifier against Iraq in October.
"We have to focus on qualifying but we also have to focus on development and potential candidates as well," he said.
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"MAP – Mental health Activists in Partnership" is a study group that wrestles with questions related to the psychological legacy and transmission of political and racial violence, with an eye towards how these legacies might be averted. We strive to amplify the voices of activists working in the trenches and support efforts that might strengthen those caught in political and racial conflicts. We have a multi-disciplinary work group exploring these issues as they relate to Israel/Palestine.
MAP on this site
"Psychoactive – Mental Health Professionals for Human Rights" is a group of practicing and academic mental health professionals who have set themselves the goal of being active in areas of social-political concern, especially the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. The group developed out of the members' need to expand therapeutic discourse and practice to include the social and political issues around them. These social and political issues are relevant to all aspects of therapeutic theory and practice, and it is Psychoactive's goal to shed light on them and to draw attention to their manifold influences on the therapeutic space. In addition, Psychoactive members wish to examine the significance of their position as health professionals within public services and institutions, with the aim of promoting social activity extending beyond the cloistered clinic, for the benefit of individuals and groups whose voice is presently absent from both the public domain and the professional discourse.
Psychoactive on this site: Eng Heb
HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS and OTHERS
Defence for Children International-Palestine Section (DCI-Palestine) is a branch of the international non-governmental child rights organisation and movement, Defence for Children International (DCI). DCI-Palestine is dedicated to promoting and protecting the rights of Palestinian children in accordance with the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC), as well as other international, regional and local standards.
DCI on this site
The Women's Centre for Legal Aid and Counselling (WCLAC)
WCLAC's vision is for Palestinian women to live in a safe political, social, legal and institutional environment within a sovereign Palestinian state that does not discriminate against them or hinder their social, economic and political progress.WCLAC seeks to promote the social and legal rights of Palestinian women in line with international human rights standards and to reverse the negative legacies of discrimination against them.
WCLAC on this site
B'Tselem is the Israeli Information Center for Human Rights in the Occupied Territories. It endeavors to document and educate the Israeli public and policymakers about human rights violations in the Occupied Territories, combat the phenomenon of denial prevalent among the Israeli public, and help create a culture of human rights discourse in Israel. As an Israeli human rights organization, B'Tselem acts primarily to change Israeli policy in the Occupied Territories and ensure that its government, which controls the Occupied Territories, protects the human rights of residents there and complies with its obligations under international law. B'Tselem's reports possess a good reputation for their accuracy, and Israeli authorities take the reports seriously. B'Tselem ensures the reliability of information it publishes by conducting its own fieldwork and research and cross-checking its findings with relevant documents, official government sources, and the findings of other non-governmental organizations. The focus on documentation reflects B'Tselem's objective of providing as much information as possible to the Israeli public to enable individuals to make informed decisions.
B'Tselem on this site: Eng Heb
Breaking the Silence
"Breaking the Silence" (BTS) is an organization of veteran combatants who have served in the Israeli military since the start of the Second Intifada and have taken it upon themselves to expose the reality of everyday life in the Occupied Territories to the Israeli public. BTS endeavors to stimulate public debate about the price paid for a situation in which young soldiers face a civilian population on a daily basis, and are engaged in the control of those civilians' everyday lives. Although Israeli soldiers and officers are cognizant of military abuse of Palestinians, many Israeli civilians are unaware of abuses committed in their name. Discharged soldiers returning to civilian life discover the gap between the situation they encountered in the Territories, and the silence about this situation within the Green Line. In order to become civilians again, soldiers are forced to ignore the abuses that they have witnessed and/or perpetrated. BTS collects and publishes testimonies from soldiers who have served in the West Bank, Gaza and East Jerusalem since September 2000, and hold lectures, house meetings, and other public events which bring to light the reality in the Territories through the voice of former combatants. BTS also conduct tours in Hebron and the South Hebron Hills region, with the aim of giving the Israeli public access to the reality which exists minutes from their own homes, yet is rarely portrayed in the media.
BTS on this site: Eng Heb
No Legal Frontiers
"No Legal Frontiers" (NLF) is an Israeli organisation that lobbies for legislative changes to the treatment of civilians in the Occupied Palestinian Territories, and raises awareness of the discrimination prevalent in the military-run civilian justice system in the area. NLF particularly seek to draw attention to the discrimination in the newly set up juvenile military courts (October 2009).NLF grew out of the realisation that integrating legal work with public advocacy was both possible and essential. NLF aims to expose the situation in the OPT through activism and advocacy. The military law as practiced in the West Bank applies solely to Palestinians. Citizens of Israel resident in the OPT (the "settlers") are subject to the law as practiced within Israel. The NLF web site in Arabic, English and Hebrew presents the military law in the West Bank, updates continuing changes in the military laws and makes the legal code easily accessible. Employing Palestinian, Israeli or international lawyers enables NLF to retrieve military orders in three languages in real time on a web site benefits both the individual clients and the overall system of "justice".
NLF on this site: Eng Heb
Machsomwatch is a movement of Israeli women, peace activists from all sectors of Israeli society, who oppose the Israeli occupation and the denial of Palestinians' rights to move freely in their land. Since 2001, members of Machsomwatch have conducted daily observations of IDF checkpoints in the West Bank, along the separation fence and in the seamline zone, on the main roads and on remote dirt roads, as well as in the offices of the Civil Administration (DCOs) and in military courts. Machsomwatch volunteers document their observations. The reports of these observations are published on the Machsomwatch site, and sent to public officials and elected representatives. Through the documentation which discloses the nature of everyday reality, Machsomwatch attempts to influence public opinion in the country and in the world, and thus to bring to an end the destructive occupation, which causes damage to Israeli society as well as to Palestinian society.
Machsomwatch on this site: Eng Heb
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel
Physicians for Human Rights-Israel (PHR-Israel) is a non-profit, non-governmental organization that strives to promote a more fair and inclusive society in which all individuals receive access to adequate health care. It is PHR-Israel's view that Israel's prolonged occupation over Palestinian territory is the basis of human rights violations. For this reason PHR-Israel opposes the occupation and endeavor to put an end to it. PHR-Israel's activity focuses on the right to health in its broadest sense, including conditions that are prerequisites for health: freedom of movement, access to essential medical services, clean water, modern sanitary conditions, proper nutrition, adequate housing, education and employment opportunities, and non-violence. In this spirit, PHR-Israel endeavors to promote a society that is based on the values of human rights, solidarity, social justice, equality and mutual assistance for all populations under Israel's responsibility. PHR-Israel believes in the power of the Israeli medical community to struggle against human rights violations, torture in particular, and to support policies which ensure the active implementation of the right to health, in accordance with international human rights treaties, the principle of medical ethics. More than half of PHR-Israel's 1500 members are medical professionals.
PHR-I on this site: Eng Heb
ACRI: The Association for Civil Rights in Israel
An independent and non-partisan organization, ACRI's mandate is to ensure Israel's accountability and respect for human rights, by addressing violations committed by the Israeli authorities in Israel, the Occupied Territories, or elsewhere. ACRI is committed to promoting the universality of human rights and defending the human rights and civil liberties of all, regardless of religion, nationality, gender, ethnicity, political affiliation, sexual orientation, or socioeconomic background.
ACRI on Child rights
ACRI on this site: Eng Heb
PCATI: The Public Committee Against Torture in Israel
PCATI believes that torture and ill treatment of any kind and under all circumstances is incompatible with the moral values of democracy and the rule of law. PCATI advocates for all persons – Israelis, Palestinians, labor immigrants and other foreigners in Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territories (OPT) – in order to protect them from torture and ill treatment by the Israeli interrogation and law enforcement authorities. These include the Israel Police, the General Security Service (GSS), the Israel Prison Service and the Israel Defense Forces (IDF). PCATI acts in accordance with moral and democratic values, and the standards set in Israeli and International law.
PCATI on this site (forthcoming)
Save The Children – Sweden, UK
Save The Children on this site: Eng Heb
Addameer on this site: Eng Heb
YMCA East Jerusalem
YMCA on this site: Eng Heb


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{what will you be doing during Earth Hour? image from The Moore's flikr stream}
Earth Hour 2010 is here, and, as stated by yesterday's Globe & Mail, it has become the largest social movement in history. That's pretty great, especially as participation climbs globally every year, as more people unite in a stand against climate change. Here's the thing though...lets not limit our stand to just one night. While I would say our progress in the last few years has been substantial, like the omnipresence of they recycled logo, or the reusable shopping bag, that ever-evolving fashion accessory must-have, I'm left with how far we still have to go, and how quickly we have to do it. So, turn your lights off tonight at 8:30 (local time) for one hour and let it inspire you to keep it rolling. Oh, and if you're going to light a candle, make it beeswax, which is healthier for you and the planet. What will you be doing during Earth Hour? Make it a family tradition...take the time to spend time together...oh, and I'm still trying to figure out how to make smores carbon free, cause you can't beat family get-together's that involve smore making.


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Magento development services is a professional open-source eCommerce platform programmed in PHP programming language that gives you complete control over the content management tools, intuitive interface, SEO rich functionalities, flexibility to the online store. Magento website development services offer companies the ultimate eCommerce solution to enable clients to create sites that are custom fitted particularly their needs.
Magento is perfect for business to business and business to client based industry as well as to those seeking a PHP-based open source solution. Being a leading Magento development company India, XcelTec can help you achieve your online business goals by providing you the Magento customization services and by making your online store as your as your choice with your specific business needs and requirement. Powerful tools and plethora of customizable features makes Magento eCommerce development services are fully-integrated online shop featuring flexible product display options, multiple transaction options, multi-stores and multi-sites functionality, advanced user accounts and many more a preferable choice for e-commerce development.


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Too often, we condemn or criticize our colleagues who are slower to adopt Ed Tech into daily practice. I have always adhered to the wisdom of "Field of Dreams" namely "If you build they will come!". Our first thought should be development rather than criticism.Those who are comfortable with new forms of practice must support the development of those who are not. We must apply that mode of thinking to dealing with parents as well. As Bring Your Own Device moves ever closer to mass adoption, parents uncomfortable with technology will need development as well.
I came across this wonderful presentation by David Truss through People for Education. It is intended to help parents with their digital youth but it is also applicable for teachers who perceive themselves to be "Digital Immigrants". This presentation would be ideal for a school administrator to share with a staff or at a parent night or simply for your own development.


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How to install closet doors is damaged or if you are looking for a range of style options to your liking, you need to install closet doors or replace. Here in this article some suggestions for a common plant. Step by step method of installing sliding closet doors, the whole process easier for you.
1. First, measure the sliding glass closet doors of the existing cabinet. Box can be easily replaced or installed. You can also purchase add-mirror and the great hall look.
2. You can choose from a wide range of doors too. Its use has become very popular these days because they are the protectors of the large space. You can choose between different materials like plastic, wood and metal closet doors.
3. Closet doors are reflected in particular in those days a strong fashion statement, which creates an optical illusion and the room brighter and light is reflected. But make sure that the correct folding If you choose the house? region and style. Alternatively, if you have a child at home is a safe option for the mirror closet doors.
Do not look outstanding and the finished products to choose from when purchasing. You can apply the finish, if you pick door mirror unfinished. Make sure the paint or varnish applied to the closet doors to install the task easier.
4. The old doors can be easily removed by pulling the track. Most closet doors just to drive the circuit. They feature a simple lock. You can use a small lever. A series of folding doors, which are placed on the track where they should be placed rollers. The wheels must be on high ground and free.
5. After opening the doors with a screwdriver, use the old schema. It is necessary to take measures against the old length sliding doors cabinet. To ensure a proper fit can reduce the access door and easy to adjust.
6. With bolts, you can mount holder was thrown out of the age. The screws should be, and the text should not interfere with movement of rollers. During the installation of doors, make sure the piece is pressed to form and how these problems could, fluid motion to the closet doors.
7. Travel inside the cabinet top slip must be installed according to manufacturer's instructions. You can also buy kits that come with wheels.
8. Finally, you can hang on the right track. Before pushing the door to fit and smooth


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UK Tights was born on 6th September 2005. Both my husband Jonathan and I believed that there was a gap in the market for a good online reseller who sold quality products to both men and women of all shapes and sizes. The gap was widened by the fact that customer service was not seen to an important factor when dealing with customers. We believed that this was what would set us apart from our competitors and to this day it still does. We will always go that extra mile to help our customers.
Jonathan and I have 4 children. We have 4 wonderful children. Our eldest son Kyle has worked with us from the very beginning and is a vital member of our team. Kyle is our Marketing and Operations Manager and spends time between making sure the warehouse runs smoothly and writing new content for the site.
Georgina is our Design Manager, handling all of our photoshop and image manipulation. She also helps to spot new trends and order new items for the site.
Marta is our Social Media Executive, running our pages on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Pinterest, Polyvore and so many other sites.
Keri is our Customer Services Manager. She handles all of our interactions between you and us, whether it is by email or by phone. If you have any questions or need help at all, she will be the one you can rely on to help you out.
Toni is our Administrator. She does all the important stuff that keeps us ticking day to day, like organising the company paperwork, handling some of our accounting task and making sure we can find anything we need without going mad!
Dave is our Warehouse Manager. He handles the day to day running of the warehouse, picking, packing and dispatching items as you order them.
Callum is our Export Executive. He handles all the interpretation and is currently translating our site into several European languages.
Alexander is Apprentice. He is our most recent addition to the company. He's going to learn a bit about everything and will then have a broad based knowledge of the workings of UK Tights.
Poppy is our young model and has a brand all of her own. Poppylicious.
You can read more about all these guys by clicking on their individual biographies and hear a little bit more about their personal stories. It's been a pleasure writing this for you and it is, of course, a pleasure running such a wonderful company. UK Tights is an incredible achievement. I'm immensely proud of this and it's you, our wonderful customers, who have made it what it is today.
All the very best and thank you for the business, it's much appreciated......
Warmest regards
UK Tights
If you would like to contact me for any reason, please click here to send me an e-mail.


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On October 3 my Dad passed away suddenly while travelling around Australia with my Mum on a yearlong road trip. He was 58 years old.
This pic is from my 21st birthday, which was 10 years and five months ago.
In the last couple of weeks a lot of people have told me about how Dad shaped their taste in music and I certainly know the feeling. My childhood was The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, Led Zepplin and The Eagles and I love them even more now because when I listen to them I can hear my Dad singing (badly) in the background while doing his little groovy dance that was somewhere between drunk Boris Yeltsin and a chicken.
The blog is going on hiatus for a couple of weeks, but it will be back. In the meantime, here's a song Dad loved that my uncle and his mates played at the memorial we had for him on Tuesday. Do me a favour and play it loud.
Love you forever Dad.


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Integrated care
Integrated care has become a key focus of reform in England as a response to a need to deliver further efficiency savings. Sustainability and transformation plans (STPs) and devolution are part of a number of wide range of new initiatives to develop and deliver integrated care.
Read the RCN's position statement, published in January 2018.
Sustainability and Transformation Plans
STPs set out how each area is intending to reform health and social care services to meet future demands and financial pressures. In effect, STPs are local responses to the NHS £30bn funding gap. This is the difference between funds needed to maintain current NHS services, and what the Government is proposing to spend by 2020/21.
STPs outline how local savings will be achieved. On average, each STP area must make provision for saving around £450m by 2020/21.
There are seven STPs across the South East region.
Common themes in the plans:
move care to local communities and social care
more integration of health and social care
review specialised services
prevention, proactive care and personal responsibility
Read the South East region plans:
- Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire and Berkshire (BOB)
- Bedfordshire, Luton and Milton Keynes (BLMK)
- Hampshire and the Isle of Wight
- Surrey Heartlands
- Frimley Health
- Sussex and East Surrey
- Kent and Medway
View a list of all STPs on the NHS England website.
STPs and the RCN
We're concerned that without extra funding to ensure there is sufficient provision to realise 'the right care in the right place at the right time' aspiration of the plans, there is a risk they will not deliver their intended outcomes for patients and service users.
The implementation timescale for STPs, which will see plans agreed and up and running by April 2017, have meant that plans have been developed in isolation and secrecy. The RCN believes that there must be meaningful engagement and proper consultation with staff, patients and the local communities that use services.
Our view:-
We will not support anything that compromises patient care
Nurses and workforce are crucial to safe staffing
Money savings must not be the main driver
Essential community services and social care must be properly funded
Nursing staff must be consulted
Get involved
Help shape and influence your local STP or raise issues of concern:
Attend or contribute to a local STP consultation meeting
Contribute to online staff or public 'conversations'
Attend your local Council meeting
Attend your local Healthwatch or Health Overview and Scrutiny Committee meeting
Speak to your local Councillor or Council
Vanguard sites
There are five vanguard types:
Integrated primary and acute care systems – joining up GP, hospital, community and mental health services.
- North East Hampshire and Farnham
- My Life A Full Life: Isle of Wight
Multispecialty community providers – moving specialist care out of hospitals into the community
- Encompass (Whitstable, Faversham and Canterbury)
- Better Local Care (Southern Hampshire)
Enhanced health in care homes – offering older people better, joined up health, care and rehabilitation services (none in the South)
Urgent and emergency care – new approaches to improve the coordination of services and reduce pressure on A&E departments (none in the South)
Acute care collaborations – they aim to link local hospitals together to improve their clinical and financial viability.
- Foundation Healthcare Group (Dartford and Gravesham)


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In the Congo, War and Embargo Complicate World Bank Project
BY Rebecca Chao | Monday, December 16 2013
Five minutes after a faulty connection cuts off my conversation with Rémy de Frank on Skype, my phone rings with a text message: I'll reconnect in an hour, de Frank writes. The power runs for only two hours a day in his Congolese town. But while that thin thread of the Internet that connected us from South Kivu to Soho has broken down, de Frank's mobile phone is working just fine.
De Frank, a researcher for a local think tank called CRESA, lives in the Ibanda commune of Bukavu, the capital of the South Kivu province in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He speaks in a mix of French and English and is determined, despite consistently interrupted Skype calls, to tell me his thoughts on a participatory budgeting program conducted by the World Bank that took place in the three communes of Bukavu. It is a project that depends, our Internet disconnection a fitting case in point, on the reliability of the text message and mobile phone, when all other modes of communication fail.
The war-ravaged province of South Kivu sits at the eastern border of the DRC, beside the stem of Tanganyika, an African Great Lake. Boris Weber, team leader for the World Bank's ICT4Gov, explains that after years of conflict and violence in the province, the provincial government was simply not sending the money allocated to local governments. "Partly, they just didn't have any incentive to send it. Also, they had no way of knowing and tracking how their money was going to be spent," he says.
The World Bank's participatory budgeting program, piloted in 2012, aimed to resolve that dilemma by giving those in Bukavu a direct say in how they wanted to see their budget spent; therefore creating the accountability needed to incentivize the provincial government to send money down the line.
The results were tangible though perhaps transitory: 54 repaired classrooms, a new bridge in the Luhindja commune, a new health center, repaired sewage system in the Bagira commune, as well as much needed water fountains and toilets in the Kamagema markets of the Ibanda commune. While deterioration in the security situation forced the World Bank to withdraw prematurely from the Congo, the program continues to operate, says Weber. And in a promising gesture, the government made participatory budgeting a legal requirement for drafting budgets throughout the province in late 2012.
De Frank, however, expresses distrust in the efficacy of the program and wonders, if it is now legally required, why he has not heard about it. "Every time I ask my friends in Bukavu about a text budget participation program, they tell me, they don't understand this text budget participation. For me, I don't know this program," says de Frank. He says he is well in tune with the development community: he worked with a group of experts from the United Nations three years ago on peace building in the eastern Congo and was selected as an emerging leader for the US State Department's International Volunteer and Leadership Program. He lists a number of development projects implemented by the World Bank and the International Rescue Committee but the participatory budgeting project is not on his radar.
Weber explains, "When we designed this, we tried to reach as many as possible and may have possibly excluded populations." He emphasizes that context is key in evaluating the merits of the program. "In an idealistic world, 100 percent representative participation is ideal but we all try to look at where we came from: from zero," he explains. "There was no awareness of local budgets. There was no investment in the budget. There were no investments at the local level. The entire process [of participatory budgeting] promoted this idea for the first time, that citizens take a part in defining [their budgets]. It's about reforming tradition."
The project reached remote areas with SMS, says Weber, like small villages that still lacked electricity and were hard to reach by road but had good network coverage. In South Kivu, a stretch of land as big as Rwanda, accessing a voting station requires taking a lengthy and dangerous bus ride to the capital. The SMS-based program allowed remote villages to participate in the budgeting process without having to travel. For the first time, South Kivu's youths got involved, says Weber. They had never been very active in the decision-making process until then.
Thomas Maketa, a DRC-based member of the ICT4Gov team says that the SMS-based system even reached the Pgymie populations in South Kivu. "Pygmie people do not feel comfortable participating with so-called 'large normal people,'" says Maketa. "I met a Pygmie woman who said the SMS tool enabled her to vote and express her opinion in a way that was comfortable for her. She felt empowered by that."
One of the program's participants, Josaphat Musamba Bussy, said the project worked on a small scale but he sees flaws. Like De Frank, Bussy lives in the Ibanda commune. Here, locals voted for the installation of toilets at the Kamagema Markets, which was considered an important project since food and other items are sold and the lack of toilets was unsanitary.
"I sent my vote. I participated," says Bussy. But he had voted for a project that was not passed: to fix a steep set of stairs that led from a residential area to a main road. The current one remains broken and hazardous.
"It's a very good system in theory because it allows people to contribute to the management of their communities," says Bussy. "But the projects were very localized." Those from one neighborhood would vote for a project that directly affected them and larger neighborhoods, it seemed, had more sway over the vote. He also believes the current program "is dangerous" because it gives people the opportunity to buy votes, though he admits, "I cannot lie. I have not seen people buying votes. I had not heard of people buying votes, but I think this is a danger."
Weber explains that the participatory budgeting voting process is overseen by a steering committee made up of civil society representatives who ensure the process is transparent. Still, Bussy's point, regarding what safeguards there are to prevent preferential voting, is a valid one and not lost on the World Bank. In an article written by O'Reilly Radar's Alexander Howard, Weber noted that mobile phone ownership in South Kivu, while difficult to calculate, hovered only at around 14 percent, even though families often share one device. Surely, with one vote per phone and one phone per family, results skew in favor of those with greater access to mobile devices.
Despite the skepticism of South Kivu locals like de Frank and Bussy, World Bank figures reveal a successful story: that the program results in a 16-fold increase in tax revenues in Ibanda alone. The provincial government had also increased transfers of funds to local governments by up to four-fold.
Tiago Peixoto, an open government specialist at the World Bank, has warned, however, against drawing definitive conclusions. "It is difficult to confirm a causal relationship [between] participatory budgeting and the increase in tax compliance at scientific levels thus far," he said, "but the evidence collected thus and testimonials of local officials suggests the existence of this causality."
De Frank says even if more people are paying taxes, he hasn't felt it and he doesn't trust the government. He explains that the commune is not really set up for democratic participation since it is overseen by a chief appointed by presidential ordinance rather than elected by the people. "The fact that these people haven't been chosen by the population, their loyalty is to the people who sent them and not directly to the population," says de Frank. "It's really a problem with bad governance. We haven't elected communal leaders since 2006. And they come from everywhere, often from outside of Bukavu. There are some that have been there 10, 15, or 20 years."
Indeed, for those like de Frank, it is hard to believe that enough has changed in the community through one development project when most residents still lack basic necessities like electricity. At times when I speak with de Frank, I can only see the faint outline of his silhouette on Skype as he sits in the dark.
"It is catastrophic," says de Frank. "The factories don't work. You see I am in my office. It is dark in here. It's not like your office." As if the country is moving both backward and forward at the same, Rémy explains that the communication networks, however, are more or less reliable.
"Sometimes the electricity is cut at the moment when the doctor is doing an operation at a hospital," says de Frank from experience. The electricity went out just as his uncle's wife entered the operating room. Fortunately, she suffered no harm as the hospital quickly started the backup generators. "Some hospitals have these generators and some don't," notes de Frank.
The looming issue in South Kivu is its slow recuperation from past conflict. "With that war," says de Frank, "Everything was brought down to zero." But what has stymied its recovery is the "Loi Obama," as the Congolese call it, or "Obama Law" and better known as Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform act of 2010.
The law requires companies to ensure that their supply chains are clean of conflict minerals so that their money stays out of the pockets of corrupt warlords. The consequence of the act is a de facto embargo that chokes industry in a province like South Kivu, which relies on mining. "What that means is we can no longer sell our minerals where we want. We have to accommodate the demands of traceability," says de Frank. The law has put a halt on the export of crucial minerals like tin, tungsten and the tantalum that are used for making – of all things – cellphones.
"Before the law, there was money that circulated," says de Frank. "Afterwards, it is difficult to have something. Very, very difficult." The lack of income pouring into the province has affected basic services like transportation, water, electricity, and sanitation, among others. On top of it all, the push for Dodd-Frank came from human rights groups like the Enough Project and Global Witness.
While the World Bank's project can bring a toilet to a busy marketplace and update old classrooms – accomplishments not to be undermined in regards to their impact – for Rémy, no amount of mobile voting can change the complexities of war and politics in the Congo and its impact on citizens like himself. He still more often than not sits in the dark.
Conversations with local Congolese were translated from French to English by Coyne Lloyd.
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The Last Witch Hunter - Fish and Connor Saw a Movie
November 3, 2015
IS NETFLIX KILLING CINEMA? With the release of Adam Sandler's latest trailer, an exclusive to Netflix film THE RIDICULOUS 6, Fish and Connor give their thoughts on whether this could be the beginning of the end for cinema goers. And don't forget to check out their review of THE LAST WITCH HUNTER!
Fish and Connor Saw a Movie does not own any rights to the film 'The Last Witch Hunter', it's marketing or it's soundtrack and no infringement is intended.
The track 'Paint It, Black' is performed by Ciara.


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.The quality of a child's future depends on the quality of caregiving in the first five years.
Research shows that 3 and 4 year olds who attend a high quality preschool are more successful in Kindergarten and beyond.
Research also shows that most preschool programs are not of high quality.
In the United States, 76% of children ages three and four receive education and care from someone other than a parent.
So it is our job to ensure that our classrooms are healthy and of high quality.
- What do different parts of you day sound like and look like?
- What do you see? (are there times in your day that my appear to be unhealthy?)
What do you feel needs to be change?
Organizing Classroom Center Labels
Do you have a hard time keeping your classroom labeled?
I know that I struggle to keep my whole classroom labeled at the same time. When I start looking around I always find a label missing or one that is in need of repair.
We all know what a tremendous difference it makes to have our classrooms labeled when it comes to encouraging our little ones to put all the materials away.
It's one of those things that gets away from us or a chore that is always on your list. Label, label, label sometimes it feels that all I do during my prep time.
- Scissors
- Tape
- Pipe Cleaners
- Hole Punch
- 4X6 Photo Protector sleeves
- Command picture hanging strips or Velcro
When I need to label something in my classroom all I need to put in my label caddy is the box of center labels. Hi Ho Hi Ho off to label I go.
During the school year life can get a little stressful. Over the course of the year our daily challenges lead to a certain degree of stress and tension. Here are 5 simple ways to help you destress and recharge your batteries this summer.
1. Spend time with Family- Family life somethings get shuffled to the side during the school year. Spending time with family will help you get back what you might have lost out on over the course of the school year. Time with family and friends will give you some of that much-needed fun time.
2. Get a Massage- Take time for yourself by getting a massage. A good massage can help you relax but it can also reduce anxiety, headaches and most of all boost your mood.
3. Laugh with a Friend- Laughter really is the best medicine. Laughter is proven to lower stress and improve blood flow, which helps you to unwind. Rent a funny movie or you could hang out with one of your wannabe comedian pals, just remember to have a good laugh.
4. Read A Book for Fun- Get lost in a book, books have a way of taking you to new places. Not only that reading helps to reduce stress, lower heart rate, which eases tension.
5. Go on a Nature Walk- Spending long hours in your classroom all yearlong can start to wear on your mental wellness. While your off take the time to breath in some fresh air, take walks in a park or take some day trip hikes to local national parks. The fresh air awakens your body and helps clear the mind.
I'm Tami Sanders creator of Learning and Teaching with Preschoolers, a blog to help teachers create magical moments for the young.
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|London, 22 Apr 2006.
For immediate release.
"The U.K can do little to influence global oil prices but the Chancellor still has considerable control over domestic duties. Plans for road charging as an alternative to fuel duty are an expensive, long term fantasy. Action is needed now to stabilise fuel prices."At present, the Treasury are the main beneficiaries of the oil price crisis. The huge profits made by the oil companies will yield a tax bonanza and fuel duty revenues are booming. By now the government are sitting on a nice little windfall. The ABD calls for a new sliding-scale fuel duty based on a percentage which falls as oil prices rise and increases when they drop in order to stabilise the cost of motor fuel at around 70 - 75p a litre. Although tax revenues may fall in the short term, the overall benefits of a stable fuel price and a strong economy would compensate the government with generally more sustainable and healthy tax revenues.
"In the long term the ABD would like to see fuel duties fall in real terms, they still account for more than 70% of the price of every litre we buy. Although we recognise that an immediate, drastic drop in fuel duties is an economic impossibility, it would be possible to add a deflationary bias to a sliding-scale fuel duty that would compensate drivers over time for the massive and unjust revenue increases heaped on motor fuel in the late nineties. The Chancellor has expressed concern about spiralling oil prices and the potential for damaging inflation. Here is a practical way in which he can deal with the problem.


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Bayesian probability-based computer program rolls the dice on perovskite interfaces
Perovskites are a type of mineral and class of materials, and have been attracting a great deal of attention for their potential applications to technologies such as those used in solar cells. These unique materials have well-ordered structures and show many interesting properties that could be useful in other areas of electronics. Such a variety of properties in the same structural backbone allows different kinds of perovskites, with different properties, to be evenly joined together without breaking lattice coherency. Being able to examine the structures at these interfaces is important for researchers studying perovskites, but currently used techniques have insufficient resolution or produce complex results that are very difficult to analyze.
Now, Osaka University-led researchers have found a way to model perovskite oxide interfaces with great precision and accuracy using a new computerized approach to picking out the correct structure from X-ray data. They recently reported their findings in the Journal of Applied Crystallography.
"Using typical scanning transmission electron microscopy on perovskite oxides requires samples to be cut, which can damage the surface and affect the resolution," study lead author Masato Anada says. "Surface X-ray diffraction approaches avoid these effects but analyzing the data is complex, so few people are using this method. Our Monte Carlo-based refinement method provides a fast way to search for the most probable structure from X-ray data, and is versatile enough to be applied to more variable interfaces."
Monte Carlo methods help predict what the structure of an interface probably looks like. By making small changes, with certain restrictions, many different possible structures can be randomly simulated.
Applying this technique to the interface between perovskites and comparing simulated X-ray data with real measurements allows the researchers to rapidly identify the most likely perovskite structures.
They tested their new method on a simulated X-ray dataset from a realistic interface structure between two types of perovskite oxides, and the final structure refined by their modelling was very close to actual structure of the interface.
"Features of perovskite interfaces are ideal for testing out certain theories in condensed matter physics and for making new types of electronic materials system," coauthor Yusuke Wakabayashi says. "Our approach makes analyzing the complex structural data of these interfaces much easier, and it's also robust for uneven interfacial structures. This approach should be useful for anyone currently investigating these structures."
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Thames Water employs reservoir profiler to reduce costs
Posted: Tuesday 22nd August 2006
A water quality profiling system from YSI Hydrodata has been installed in the Queen Mother Reservoir near Londons Heathrow Airport.
The system is able to move through the entire water column taking and recording water quality measurements automatically, thereby helping to improve water management decisions.
London lies in one of the driest parts of Britain, and the average annual rainfall is only 750 mm (30 in), four inches less than Dallas.
Thames Water is the largest water company in England, supplying water to around eight million people in London and the Thames valley. Between November 2004 and July 2006, the Thames Water region received only 68% of expected rainfall and has experienced below average levels for every month except one. During June 2006 the city only received 25% of normal rainfall levels and the Summer of 2006 looks set to be the driest on record.
The drought, which has included low rainfall over two consecutive winters, has resulted in a depletion of water reserves and the company has had to implement a number of measures in order to protect the regions resources.
Naturally, the drought has served to increase focus on the efficient use of water resources and one of the measures that staff at Thames Water have been able to implement has resulted in significant improvements in the efficiency of abstraction, storage and production. This has been facilitated by the installation of new profile monitoring technology coupled with a compressed air mixing system.
The Queen Mother Reservoir was built in 1976. In conjunction with a number of other reservoirs, it fulfils a crucial role in the drinking water supply to the west of London.
Reservoirs form an important step in the water supply chain because through sedimentation and natural enhancement of biological quality they represent a low-cost method for water quality improvement and Thames Water therefore has a minimum retention time for reservoir storage of ten days.
Commenting on the new monitoring equipment Terry Bridgman, Field Scientist in the water quality team at Thames Water, says we have always wanted a technology such as the Profiler because knowledge of water quality throughout the entire column helps to improve decisions on water abstraction. Water can be drawn from different depths and if we know the position of the best quality water we can minimise water treatment costs. For example, if we are able to ensure that the algal load in water supplied to the drinking water treatment plants remains low, we can save costs by optimising the treatment process
YSI Hydrodata installed the Profiler system in the Queen Mother Reservoir on 2 May 2006 and as a result of the success of the system three further Profilers have been installed at other strategic reservoirs and further installations are planned in the near future. The data that these systems provide will enable Thames Water to not only choose a depth for the abstraction of the best quality water, but also to choose the most appropriate reservoir.
Thames Waters largest drinking water treatment works are generally designed to treat stored water, which will typically have a low turbidity. The Profiler enables companies to analyse water quality data and determine where the areas of low turbidity are. Consequently, continuous monitoring helps to maintain the continuous provision of drinking water.
YSI has launched three types of Profiler buoy mounted, pontoon mounted or, as is the case in the Queen Mother Reservoir, fixed-site. Each of these is able to take measurements at user-defined intervals throughout any water column up to a maximum depth of 100 metres, recording at minimum intervals of 0.5m.
The Profilers are able to interface with any of the YSI multiparameter 6-series measurement sondes and as such offer the opportunity to record a wide variety of water quality parameters.
The YSI Profilers can be deployed quickly and easily with the help of the Profile Wizard software and data management and export is achieved with ProFile Manager software. (see attached screen pic.)
The multiparameter sonde is automatically lowered and raised throughout the water column by a non-corrosive mechanical winch and drive mechanism located above the water surface. Data can be stored on the sondes internal datalogger and transferred by any of the latest communication technologies.
The sonde in the Queen Mother Reservoir records Chlorophyll, Dissolved Oxygen, Temperature, pH, Conductivity and Turbidity. However, Thames Waters future requirements will include a sensor for Phycocyanin, which is a good indicator of blue-green algae levels.
This will provide useful information to Terry Bridgman and his colleagues because whilst storage improves the turbidity and microbiology of water, algae can have a serious deleterious affect on water quality.
At certain times, Thames Water is able to suppress algal growth with active mixing within the reservoir by jets and aeration. Diatom algae levels peak in spring and autumn, and should be detected by the chlorophyll sensor. The blue-green algae peak in mid to late summer, but do not have the impact on filtration that filamentous diatoms do.
Mixing does not suppress diatoms, but does assist with the control of green and blue-green algae. However, this process consumes energy and thereby increases costs. It is therefore important that mixing is employed in a timely and efficient manner, and it is anticipated that the Profiler data may assist in this regard.
In summary, Terry Bridgman says that he and his colleagues have been looking for a way to continuously monitor the entire water column for nearly thirty years and he is delighted that, at last, his search has come to an end.
Contact Details
YSI Hydrodata Ltd
Unit 8, Business Centre West
Avenue One, Letchworth
Tel. +44 (0)1462 673581
Fax. +44 (0)1462 673582
Email. firstname.lastname@example.com
Web www.ysihydrodata.com


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Gains and Gaps: Changing Inequality in U.S. College Entry and Completion
NBER Working Paper No. 17633
We describe changes over time in inequality in postsecondary education using nearly seventy years of data from the U.S. Census and the 1979 and 1997 National Longitudinal Surveys of Youth. We find growing gaps between children from high- and low-income families in college entry, persistence, and graduation. Rates of college completion increased by only four percentage points for low-income cohorts born around 1980 relative to cohorts born in the early 1960s, but by 18 percentage points for corresponding cohorts who grew up in high-income families. Among men, inequality in educational attainment has increased slightly since the early 1980s. But among women, inequality in educational attainment has risen sharply, driven by increases in the education of the daughters of high-income parents. Sex differences in educational attainment, which were small or nonexistent thirty years ago, are now substantial, with women outpacing men in every demographic group. The female advantage in educational attainment is largest in the top quartile of the income distribution. These sex differences present a formidable challenge to standard explanations for rising inequality in educational attainment.
A non-technical summary of this paper is available in the May 2012 NBER Digest.
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Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w17633
Published: "Inequality in Postsecondary Education" (with Susan Dynarski). In G.J. Duncan and R.J. Murnane (eds.), Whither Opportunity? Rising Inequality, Schools, and Children's Life Chances. (Russell Sage: New York, New York, September 2011). Featured in the May 2012 NBER Digest (https://www.nber.org/digest/may12/may12.pdf).
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To con, swindle, or deceive someone. The get-rich-quick guru suckered in tens of thousands of people for nearly $3 million, almost all of which is still unaccounted for by authorities. I can't believe you let that sleazy sales rep suck you in like that—you didn't even want a new television!
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羊をめぐる冒険[1] by 村上春樹
A Wild Sheep Chase by Murakami Haruki
Essay by Michael Ignatov
A Wild Sheep Chase (1982) deals primarily with time, and specifically the past, as its central concern. Many of the other constituents of the thematic web of this novel are either subsumed in or directly related to the problem of the past.
The past must be understood as a place where time stands still—a frozen moment of time that can be accessed through the cottage in Hokkaido's frozen landscape. Here time grinds to a halt (238-9), and it is here that Boku learns the dangers of letting himself be consumed by the past—by living in the past one fails to live presently. Murakami takes up this idea again a decade later in South of the Border, West of the Sun.


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A Scandinavian Cottage by the Sea
We live in an age of information and access — with just a few clicks, you can find endless amounts of artists and homes to inspire. Here at Design*Sponge, I talk to homeowners from an average of three different continents every day and it's almost baffling how seamless our ability to connect has become. With that ease of communication, you would think we'd have seen every corner of our wonderful world by now, but that's definitely not the case. There are still so many more gems to uncover and things to learn and when I came across Lohne's home in Norway, I definitely learned a thing or two.
Our peek inside this cottage is not only a case study in how to decorate with a muted palette, but a bit of a geography lesson as well. This quaint house that Lohne, her boyfriend and three daughters call home is on the island of Jøa. Only accessible by ferry and 21 square miles small, the island is only home to a few hundred people. Sweeping panoramas of the sea are visible from almost any point on the island and this cozy home was originally owned by Lohne's grandmother. Lohne recalls it being a childhood haven for her, a "…safe place, quiet and peaceful place." Fast forward to 2011 and her dream was realized when the home finally went up for sale. There aren't many homes available on Jøa so Lohne knew she had to go for it. With both Lohne, a nursing-home attendant, and her boyfriend, a carpenter, working hard to provide for their three children, it was important that their family's home be a place where they could comfortably unwind and enjoy one another after a long day. It is not a huge space, so the family was very careful when making design decisions that left no part of the space wasted. Each room was designed with a specific use in mind. A dining area with pillows so guests feel comfortable enough to lounge and catch up, a living room that brings the family together for games, and a dream kitchen that lets Lohne's love of cooking blossom. Custom-made design surprises and unique touches make this home feel like the perfect place to gather with friends and family on a cold winter day like today. —Garrett
All photos by Lohne Strøm


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Kygo's new release features posthumous vocals from Whitney Houston's song with the same name.
This is the first Whitney posthumous release in seven years.
In 1990, Whitney Houston performed a cover of Steve Winwood's 'Higher Love' during her show in Tokyo. Whitney re-recorded the song in 1991, originally intended for her third album, 'I'm Your Baby Tonight'. The song was never officially released.
Until now!
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At the end of April a Cook County judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by Chicago Public Schools against Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner. CPS alleged that both the state school funding formula and the teacher pensions system are unconstitutional because they lead to the systematic underfunding of the education of low-income students and students of color.
While Judge Franklin Valderrama recognized that the state's school finance system is broken, he nevertheless dismissed the case. Plaintiffs do have the opportunity, however, to refile by May 26.
This puts CPS right back where it was when the suit was filed: facing a massive budget deficit that may force the district to end the school year weeks early. Unable to pay its bills, the state legislature passed a bill late last year allocating over $215 million to help CPS keep schools open for the full year.
The problem is that Governor Rauner vetoed the bill. He refused to send the necessary emergency funds to Chicago to alleviate a problem – one the state helped to create – without first winning significant reforms to the teacher pension system. In effect, Governor Rauner is holding Chicago students hostage. He is leveraging roughly 3-weeks of education for hundreds of thousands of students in exchange for pension reforms.
To be clear, the state's finances are an unmitigated disaster and in desperate need of reform. But, the ends do not justify the means. Coercing the legislature to reform pensions by threatening harm to Chicago's students smacks of extortion. But the gambit may be paying off for Gov. Rauner. The legislature is currently considering a bill to reform teacher pensions that may appease the governor and encourage him to release the millions for CPS.
There is a worry that the Speaker of the House, Michael Madigan, who himself hails from Chicago, will derail the process. Some view Madigan as a longstanding obstacle to important reforms in CPS. That view may be right in this instance. But the strategy of using students as a bargaining chip likely strengthened Madigan's position.
Consider the recent example from Pennsylvania, the former Governor of Pennsylvania, Tom Corbett unsuccessfully employed a similar approach by withholding roughly $50 million from Philadelphia School District without concessions from the Philadelphia Federation of Teachers. Governor Rauner may find a similar outcome here: threatening students is a poor political strategy.
The financial woes facing Chicago Public Schools are considerable. Fixing them requires compromise on both sides. But bargaining with students' education is a recipe for disaster and may make reform even more difficult.


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Travel and Accommodation
Travel and Accommodation
Getting Madrid by plane
Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas receives all international flights arriving to Madrid. It is located just 12 kilometres northeast of the capital, allowing passengers to save considerable time and money travelling to and from the airport. Click here for further information.
Where to Check-in
To offer passengers a more efficient service, Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport has redistributed the airlines in each terminal. Please select your airline on the following list to find out where to check-in and click here here for further information.
Getting to the Airport
Metro: Line 8 (Nuevos Ministerios-Airport T4) connects the capital with Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport, taking less than 20 minutes to T4 and just 12 minutes to the other terminals. Please check prices here.
- Airport Express Bus: 24-hour service from Atocha (between 6 am and 11.30 pm) and Cibeles, stopping at O'Donnell (intersection with Doctor Esquerdo), T1, T2 and T4.
- Line 101 from Canillejas (T1, T2, T3).
- Line 200 from Avda. de América (T1, T2, T4).
- Interurban Line 822 San Fernando-Airport (T1, T2, T3).
- Interurban Line 824 Alcalá de Henares-Aeropuerto (T1, T2, T3).
- Interurban Line 827 Tres Cantos-Metro de Canillejas (T4).
- Interurban Line 828 Universidad Autónoma - Recintos Feriales (T4).
- Shuttle Bus: Free service linking the four terminals. Running every 5 minutes from 6.30 am to 11.30 pm, every 20 minutes from 11.30 pm to 1.50 am and every 40 minutes from 1.50 am to 6.30 am.
Taxi: You must go to the official taxi ranks to pick up a taxi. No attention should be paid to unofficial taxi drivers offering their services from within the terminals. There is a flat rate of 30 € for services between the airport and the city centre (within the M 30 ring road).
Cercanías (local train): The suburban train network runs between Príncipe Pío station and Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport Terminal 4, on the new C-1 line. Trains depart every half hour and you can check ticket prices here. AVE ticket holders can travel from the train station to the airport free of charge.
Car: Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport is linked by road to the main Madrid access routes and ring road. The airport can be reached by various routes:
- From the M-40: Exit 8. M12 Toll Road through the tunnel (T4) Exit 9A. Via M14 (T1, T2, T3) and M13 (T4)
- From the A-2: Exit 12. Via the M14 (T1, T2, T3) and the M13 (T4). Exit 12. Via the M12 Toll Road (T4)
- From the M-11: Exit 7. Via the M12 Toll Road (T4). Exit 9. Via the M13 (T4) End of M-11. Via the M14 (T1, T2 and T3) and the M13 (T4).
- From the R-2 Madrid-Guadalajara: Exit 3. Via the M12 (T4).
- From the A-1 Burgos: Exit 17. Via the M12 and the M-13 (T1, T2, T3, T4) Exit 17. Via the M12 Toll Road via Exit 7 (T4)..
Getting Madrid by train
Madrid is the centre of the extensive Renfe railway network, arriving in the capital from all over Spain and offering convenient transport throughout the country. Mid-Distance, Long Distance, High Speed and Suburban trains depart from and arrive at the two main stations: Atocha and Chamartín. International trains to and from France and Portugal also depart from and arrive in Madrid..
Public transportation in Madrid
Get around the city easily, quickly and economically with our tourist travel card which gives unlimited use of all public transport.
Hotels close to the venue
Madrid has a large variety of accommodations: hotels, appartments, etc., which will adapt to your needs.
Below there is a small list of recommended hotels because their proximity and access by public transportation to the venue.
Radisson Blu Hotel, Madrid Prado
Hotel Madrid Gran Vía 25, managed by Meliá
General information about Spain
Spain is one of the most popular holiday destinations in Europe. Endless beaches, bright sun and blue waters attract beach lovers to the Mediterranean coast, the Balearic and Canary Islands. But visitors also come en masse to see the historic architecture of the cities, such as Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Leon, Seville, Toledo, Burgos and Segovia. If you want to experience the real Spain, do not go to bed too early. In these parts, people walk through the squares of the city and dinner until late at night. The different cultures that have shaped Spain over the centuries are reflected in the architecture, sculptures, gardens and works of art that can be found in any corner of its cities and towns, and in the many museums.
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Key facts
Population: 46 million
Population Density (per sq km): 92
Capital: Madrid.
Population: 3.2 million
The official language is Spanish (Castellano, Castilian). Catalan, Galician and Basque are spoken regionally; in tourist regions, English and German are commonly spoken foreign languages.
220 V, 50 Hz (sometimes 110/125 V in older buildings in smaller places)
1 euro = 100 cents
Currency sign/abbreviation: €, EUR (ISO code). Banknotes are available in the values 5, 10, 20, 50, 100, 200 and 500 euros, coins, in the nominal values 1 and 2 euros, as well as 1, 2, 5, 10, 20 and 50 cents.