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Doc & Darryl
Doc & Darryl is an ESPN 30 for 30 that presents the linked stories of Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden. Both baseball phenoms were drafted by the Mets straight out of high school, their parallel meteoric rises in early-1980s New York and the demons that plagued them. Understanding the men behind the headlines, and what drove them to their spectacular highs and lows.
30 for 30: Doc & Darryl Documentary, Biography, History | 1h 18min | Episode aired 14 July 2016
Director:Judd Apatow, Michael BonfiglioStars:Ron Dock, Bob Forrest, Dwight GoodenSummary: When former New York Mets superstars Dwight "Doc" Gooden and Darryl Strawberry were good, they were great. They were the biggest stars on a team that captured the imagination of New York City and won the 1986 World Series. But when life spiraled out of control for both men, they broke the hearts of Mets fans. The pitcher and the power hitter look back on the glory days of the mid-80s and the harrowing nights that turned them from sure Hall of Famers into prisoners of their own addictions.
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Women and Terrorism
This essay on women and ISIS is written by Marina Kosowski, an intern with the President of IAW. Comments or questions are welcome . Please, let us know if you have comments or questions.
Women and ISIS by Marina Kosowski
Although the threat they pose has been overlooked by academics, women in ISIS territory, and particularly women who have left Western countries to join ISIS, have distinctive roles in ISIS' ranks. Knowing that ISIS's society is highly segregated by gender and that ISIS's interpretation of the Koran is strongly misogynistic, the case of Western women leaving to join ISIS is incomprehensible from a feminist perspective. This article will briefly explore the possible roles they can occupy in ISIS society. Secondly, it will look at their motivations for leaving their home country. Lastly, it will consider the treatment of women by ISIS from a human rights' perspective by taking a look at the UN Security Council Resolution 1325 (2000).
Some numbers
In spite of the fact that the phenomenon of extreme Islamist radicalisation for men is well known and studied, it is not as much for female recruits. Nonetheless, academics and scholars have now started to look more into the role of women, and especially in the context of the online recruitment of Westerners by ISIS. Indeed, ISIS has the policy to bring brilliant women from around the world. A good proportion of the recruits are highly educated women, which is in opposition to the common view that portrays recruits as uneducated.
They will spend six hours a day online to recruit a woman. To do so, they will use social media platforms to directly contact potential recruits.
ISIS' women account for approximatively 20 to 30% of ISIS membership. The average age is under 25 years old. In terms of the total Western foreign fighters, women constitute 20%, and their number is between 550 and 2500. 40% of French recruits for ISIS are female, and this number represented 220 women in 2015. In 2016, at least 60 women left from the UK to join ISIS. These numbers would not be so threatening as they are currently on the rise.
What is even more threatening than the numbers is the roles they are occupying in ISIS territory and the difference it means in terms of the lives they are experiencing. The autonomy and independence they can acquire vary widely according to their status or function.
The roles women can occupy in ISIS society
An all-female policing unit called al-Khanssaa has been created by ISIS. It enforces socio-religious practices such as dress codes among women under their self-proclaimed jurisdiction. Those women's task is to ensure that women in the Syrian City of Raqqa comply with ISIS interpretations of Islamic law.It is thus a highly violent "brigade" joined and run by women perpetuating violence on women. The head positions of the brigade are mainly occupied by Western women and not local women.
Ironically, it could be argued that those women have a high status in ISIS society and are highly valued since they manage and enforce the Sharia law. We could even infer that those women are feared and respected by women, and to a lesser extent, men. But more importantly, this shows that women cannot only be looked at only by taking the perspective of the victim. In this case, those women are and should be seen as perpetrators of violence. Shockingly, those women are perpetrating violence on other women. From a feminist perspective, this is highly controversial.
Nonetheless, although some women are perpetrators and most of the women who have left to join ISIS forces have left of their own will, women are not only victims or perpetrators with ISIS, the majority of them being in the middle. Other women, although not part of the Al-Khanssaa brigade, occupy roles in which they have a clear function for the sustainment of ISIS.
Most of them are online recruiters and their job is to feed the jihadist propaganda to attract Western recruits. Some have even written in ISIS's online magazines that call on women to support male jihadists and to raise their children to believe in an extremist ideology, in a rubric dedicated to women.[ Some others are nurses and have jobs related to the medical arena or are in charge of facilitating marriages. The fact that ISIS incorporated a rubric dedicated to women shows its drive to appeal them to join.
In all those areas, the society is highly segregated and those women only "work" and "deal" with women. This also shows that although they are not allowed to work according to the ideology and the interpretation of the Coran, ISIS is still using women as recruiters. This means that ISIS is ready to use women's intrinsic qualities while at the same time denying them independence, freedom and autonomy.
At the other end of the spectrum, some women under ISIS are absolute victims. The example of the Yazidi women is a striking account for this. They represent approximatively 3,000 women and girls that have been captured by ISIS and are sold as sex slaves. Their situation is tragic and represents a modern case of slavery and in that case gender-based slavery and sexual traffic of persons. Those women have absolutely not come to ISIS territory on a voluntary basis but have been captured in their villages, and kidnapped on a large scale.
In ISIS ideology, this is justified because those women are "non-believers of Islam", hence they can be used as slaves. The group not only has an elaborate fatwa from its leader on the rules for enslavement and rape, it has an official office to manage the market in women, who are bought and sold online in an open slave bazaar in Raqqa, Syria, the capital of the self-proclaimed caliphate. The accounts of this phenomenon depict the terrible situation those women are facing. There are cases where one teenager had been forced to marry 15 men, some for as few as three days. Some were soaked in gasoline and burned for refusing to cooperate.
The case of Yazidi women and girls is not only heart-breaking but absolutely revolting. In itself, it has the potential to undermine ISIS's ideology and should be used as a disillusionment trigger for women and men who are being radicalised. To those close to being radicalised who would be tempted to believe that ISIS is saving the Muslim community and dignifying women, this is a striking example where it does the absolute opposite. Its hypocrisy is made absolutely evident and yet, it still manages to recruit young Westerners who are aware of their treatment of Yazidi women and among them, women.
ISIS' approach to gender
The two examples of the Al-Kanssaa brigade and the Yazidi women are the two extremes on the spectrum of autonomy and agency in the possible roles women can take when joining ISIS. This shows how ISIS is somewhat flexible on gender roles, while rigid on separation of the sexes.
Organisations that adhere to ultraconservative practices, including religious fundamentalism, often designate specific branches and tasks for female members. In the case of ISIS, it recruits young men with promises of control over women and uses mass rape as a form of cohesion. At the same time, it lures isolated women with appeals to enlarge their lives by joining a cause.
ISIS' approach to gender is thus layered, and multi-pronged. ISIS not only uses violence against women as a tactic of war and as a means economy but makes it part of the ideology. Indeed, the sex slaves market is a way for ISIS to increase its revenue and its treatment of women an appeal for some male recruits. With ISIS, women are barred from combat although many have shown to be willing to combat. Their main roles are to be good wives, mothers and sisters and to take care of the realm of the family, according to the official discourse. ISIS dignifies this role in assuring that those women will enable and foster future generations of jihadists.
In reality, ISIS uses some women to terrorise other women, some others to recruit new members and others as sex slaves while using all of them to sustain and spread the ideology to the next generations. The gap between ISIS's official discourse and how it operates, in reality, is exploited at its maximum in the recruitment process. Indeed, ISIS's complex approach to gender gives it a large flexibility in using contradictory discourses to radicalise Western women.
This gap should be used to shine on ISIS' hypocrisy and de-radicalise, or prevent the spread of their ideology. Indeed, viable approaches to countering ISIS's sexual violence involve working to delegitimise its ideology and degrade its capabilities.
Motivations for Western women to join ISIS
This still leads us to interrogate ourselves on the possible motivations for those women to join ISIS. Here, we are speaking about Western women who have left their home country to serve ISIS and not about women held captured against their will. This thus simplifies the analysis in terms of intent. Although it is still not clear-cut, those women have left following their own will. Whether the same will has been altered by radicalisation processes seems to be very probable but is not the matter of analysis here.
Although there has been a strong controversy and mixture of academic findings on motivations, there are cases where motivations for women are exactly the same as the ones found for radicalised men: "the search for empowerment, meaning, a sense of community, and albeit to a lesser extent, adventure and action."
Indeed, there is a mixture of findings in motivations since all the women that left to join ISIS seem to have come from different religious, financial, and social backgrounds.
Some scholars have argued that Muslim women left because of discrimination in Western countries, but there are also a solid number of "converts" who left to join ISIS. Those converts are even more so malleable because they lack basic knowledge of Islam.
Some have argued that most women who left did because of the romanticised idea of a husband, but again it puts women in the position of only prone to romance, while in reality the motives to join ISIS seem to be tangled, complex and intertwined.
According to Gaub and Lisiecka, one of the motivation for western women to leave for jihad is "empowerment". It is called "empowerment" in the sense that women feel they acquire more autonomy in making their own decisions by leaving for jihad. In that way, this motivation seems to be fitting with the search for adventure. In reality, it cannot be considered as "empowerment" as we know it since as soon as those women arrive in ISIS territory, they are not allowed to leave their house (and this is only one example showing the evident lack of freedom and liberty). ISIS portrays leaving for jihad a divine mission that would empower women in the sense that they would be honouring their religious obligation. In this case, it means fulfilling their "divine" roles as mothers and wives, supporting their male relatives and educating their children in the ideology and facilitating terrorist operations as a political act in itself. It also publicly advocates the roles of "power" women occupy in being in charge of the family, and claims that their real power as women is in the sustainment of ISIS's ideology.
According to ISIS, women do not seek the male's honor ("sharaf") but they are bound by female honor ("ird"). ISIS attracts women with the promise that they will not be disrespected by men and be valued in their own rights because they would be fulfilling their obligation as a Muslim woman by joining ISIS. In light of the fact that many women in Western country experience sexual harassment and gender stereotypes, it might be that ISIS is exploiting that sense of frustration to make the jihad for women more attractive.
More, by using this, ISIS exploits the feminist perspectives in Western societies to its advantage. Indeed, stressing the fact that women are sexually objectified and sexually harassed is part of the Western feminist discourse. By starting the argument by the fact that women get harassed and sexually objectified and concluding that women should make their jihad, ISIS not only completely re-interprets the Koran in a hypocritical way but uses Feminist premises to deliver and impose misogynistic conclusions.
To go further, it makes female recruits believe that joining them and fulfilling their roles as mothers and wives is a way for them to be empowered in light of man's power. This strongly resonates with the Feminist discourse. ISIS thus makes them believe that if they join ISIS, women would only be following G.od's laws and thus not men's. This is a quote from Sham's, a famous jihadist girl on social media: "Man does not tell me to dress this way, It's a Law from G.od that I obey". Knowing that it is written in the "Women of the Islamic State: Manifesto and Case Study" that women must stay behind closed doors and leave the house only in exceptional circumstances, it is clearly evident that it does not, in reality, empower women. More, it is stated in this document that "the model preferred by infidels in the West failed the minute that women were 'liberated' from their cell in the house."
By using and twisting feminist goals and arguments, ISIS has thus managed to exploit misogynist behaviours in Western society to create an even more misogynist society sustained and helped by women. Its hypocrisy is thus limitless.
The dream of an Ideal Caliphate
The other motivation that I believe is really powerful is the dream of an Ideal Caliphate as a utopia, and reflects the totalitarian impulse behind those women leaving to join ISIS forces.
According to this, those women leave to become "perfect people". They imagine a world in which there is little poverty and inequality, governed with perfect fairness under clear-cut, divine laws that work to the advantage of all. It is a vision that makes no allowances for the ambiguity and variety of traditional Islamic legal interpretations, or for the disorder of real life. More importantly, this is one of the most important drives for those women to leave as the recruitment process uses very graphic images of Muslims suffering around the world, and calls on the personal sentiments. They also use conspiracy theories videos to trigger a sense of guilt. They then present the ISIS community as saving the fictional "ummah" (the Muslim community) from the Western World. The first result of this is a conceptual "binary" world in which there is the "ummah" massacred by the evil West.
These women also lack religious knowledge in most of the time, and have a desire to be more pious and "pure". This goes as far as they are willing to overlook a clear lack of liberty and freedom to join the "ideal" world of ISIS. We could thus infer that those women leaving to join ISIS recognise the lack of freedom they will experience but are willing to trade it off with religious "pureness". This is also combined with the conviction that staying in Western countries is indirectly participating in the massacre of the Muslim community in the World.
Nonetheless, it seems clear that the process of radicalisation is much more complex than a simple trade-off. This is especially so as leaving for the jihad is also a strong emotional decision. This is why the radicalisation process is reinforced by the sense of belonging and community that they provide, although fictionally (in social media platforms), to potential recruits. This can be the most important trigger for jihad. As in any extreme and totalitarian ideology, the fact that no ambiguity and freedom of thought is allowed makes radicalised people in this community feel one and the same with each other. This means that the more totalitarian and extreme this ideology is, the stronger the bond between radicalised people is. Accordingly, the harder it is to tackle it.
ISIS' objectives
One of ISIS's main objective behind this use of women is to give birth to a new, malleable generation. On the long term, this can be one of the biggest threats since our battle against ISIS is not only a military one but also an ideological one. Arguably, the ideological battle will be the hardest to win if we do not find a response to their use of social media. By using the fact that women have the power to sustain the ideology of ISIS through the education of children to draw women to ISIS, ISIS has found a way to use those women at the maximum to ensure its survival, while justifying their oppression and their absolute lack of freedom.
This means that not only can some of them represent a threat as violent perpetrators of violence but the main threat they pose is in their role in the sustainment of ISIS. Firstly when they are recruiters: they spread the ideology and recruit in numbers. Secondly, their biggest threat is in their nurture of a future generation of jihadists as it contributes to "ISIS's expansion efforts".
Women and the positive security bias
The main reason why those women should not be overlooked at is that it is dangerous. As seen before, they represent a considerable threat. The failure to detect radicalised women is in large part to do with the European stereotypes about women as "violence-adverse" (or "passive vewels"). In that stance of thought, women repulse violence and are inherently peaceful. But women have repeatedly played an active role in political violence, be it in the Palestinian territories as suicide bombers or Germany in the Baader-Meinhof gang.
The first step is therefore to recognise that women, and more specifically extremist women, can constitute as great a threat as men. Not doing this firstly results in the positive security bias. The positive security bias is the fact that since women are still portrayed as victims of Western counter-terrorism efforts, less surveillance is put on them. In that sense, women have a major advantage over men in ISIS's eyes: "they serve as key linkages in the networks both within and outside of Daesh territory". For example, men are able to take advantage of the more lenient rules by disguising themselves as women: reports of male fighters escaping territory controlled by Daesh in burkas to avoid recognition by the Iraqi and Kurdish security forces underscore the operational value for the organisation.
Women also constitute a strategic reserve for Daesh because they are well placed to switch from the role of facilitators to perpetrators. So although they are not fighting now, they could be someday.
On another level, there are some cases where the lack of agency and victimisation we apply to women is morally doubtable. In some cases in Europe, most of the women convicted for terrorist radicalisation or participation in recruitment were acquitted. This is so because the defence tend[ed] to argue that women were not fully aware of their own acts, vulnerable to manipulation and naive. Also, they were also acquitted on all accounts since there was no proof that they actively participated in an armed struggle.
This is very important in showing the way we perceive women and the battle against terrorism. Those cases show that the fight against ISIS should be understood in terms of an ideological battle, and that spreading the ideology and recruiting can have as decisive consequences as taking part in an attack. Also, considering women as non-capable of critical thinking and lacking moral agency is not only wrong in itself but extremely dangerous because it can be used to the advantage of ISIS.
Nonetheless, the fact that there is a rise in feminist and gender studies literature dealing with ISIS has been driven by an increasing awareness of the roles of women in preventing, promoting and participating in violent extremism. In other words, there has been a new focus on the place of women in conflicts in the world of international institutions driven by the idea that women have a special relationship with peace, notably that they have a special role in preventing and resolving conflicts. Some of the justifications behind this emphasis are relying on women's maternal roles in coalition builders for example. According to this, women have inherent qualities as strong influencers due to their role in the family and their ability to have strong emotional power in their relationships. The focus here is thus on women's place within the family as strong influencers.
The case of Resolution 1325
The UN Security Council Resolution 1325 is the most important and used tool in the context of Women, Peace and Security. It was ratified in 2000 but is still the reference in the world of international institutions when looking at women and peace, or women in conflicts. It advocates for the need to recognise the importance of the role of women in the prevention and resolution of conflicts, and peacebuilding. It also urges governments to integrate a gender perspective in conflict resolution and prevention as well as to increase the role of women in decision-making at all levels. In terms of women's human rights, UN Security Council Resolution 1325 stresses the necessity to protect women and girls in conflicts, as "conflict does not affect women and men in the same way or in the same proportions." Finally, it stresses the ubiquitous nature of gender-based violence in conflicts.
This resolution is fundamental in many ways. Indeed, this resolution states that "when women are reduced to the status of mother and wife, there is a genuine risk of obscuring their roles in society as political and economic actors." In the case of ISIS, this is happening at the deepest level. More importantly, this resolution answers to the case of the Yazidi women: they are experiencing an unspeakable case of gender-based violence. Their human rights are being highly violated and they deserve and need protection. Although some critics to this resolution could be made, it still is a milestone as it gives the direction and angle governments and international institutions should take when looking at women in conflicts. It is also an international recognition of the need to protect women and girls in conflict settling, which makes it an important starting point for conflict resolution.
Still, there are three major critics of this resolution that have to be taken into account. The first one is that although ISIS is a special case in terms of its approach to gender when looking at the roles women can have in ISIS society shines the light on the fact that women are not only victims. As mentioned earlier, the Al-Khanssa brigade shows how those women are violence perpetrators, and in the case of the female online recruiters, they are, although to a lesser extent, perpetrators. This resolution tends to portray women as victims, and men as perpetrators. As we have seen with the positive security bias, this can be dangerous. As we will see later, it does not serve the feminist cause well.
The second and related criticism or rather a potential improvement that has to be made concerning the UN SCR 1325 is its focus. Indeed, it has been stressed that the focus should not be on the victim but should be shifted to the perpetrator. As an example, this would mean putting a strong emphasis on penalising the perpetrators instead of only focusing on rehabilitation programs for the victims (which is still very important). Although the UN SCR 1325 recognises the need to "put an end to impunity", it is still, in itself, focused and highly concerned by the victims.
The last and most important criticism of the UN SCR 1325 is accusing the resolution to rely on essentialist attributes of women. This is, in my opinion, the most sound and necessary one. Indeed, by putting an emphasis on women's role within the families or as coalition builders, the justification on women's participation in peace processes is dependent on stereotypes. Taken to the extreme, they imply that all women are more emotional and thus less rational. The problem is not only that this surely is not true, but that it does not recognise the need for women to be more involved in terms of decision-makers whether or not they hold those qualities. Some other feminists would argue that this is simply in the context of recognising the need of "power" to be conceptualised in a more feminine way (i.e to stop evaluating power structures in terms of dominance, rationality and objectivity). While this is true and attributes that are considered "feminine" should be revalued, women's increased role should not be dependent on feminine attributes but on the desirability of the outcomes. Women's difference with men, in any form and context, is an asset that should be exploited to benefit all.
Joanna Manganara
Joanna Manganara is the President of the International Alliance of Women, and a former Minister-Counselor for human rights at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs.


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The Beginning After The End (Web Novel) -
I was a king . I could have my country's army assemble at my feet, kneeling down with the snap of a finger . I've outdueled my competitors from different countries as well as my own people to settle disputes and maintain my position . In terms of swordsmanship and controlling ki, I was second to none, for having personal strength was essential to becoming a ruler in my past world on Earth . Kings weren't born, but raised . Yet, I couldn't think of a prouder moment in my two lives than now .
I can crawl baby!
'Till now, I had to make do with the stories mother would tell me while trying to make me fall asleep . I grumbled out noises of complaint when she stopped too early . My father would sometimes sit me on his lap while idly talking to me about his old days, which gave me some hints as to what kind of world this was and what it was filled with .
Reynolds Leywin, former adventurer, (apparently that's a viable occupation in this world) had quite a lot of experience in this field . He was a part of several parties that went on expeditions to search for treasure and fulfill missions they acquired from the Adventurer Guild . He eventually settled down when he met my mother at the Kingdom's border in a city called Valden . He proudly told me how my mother fell head over heels for him at first sight when he visited the town's Adventurer Guild hall that she had been working at at that time, but I suspected it was the exact opposite from how my mother slapped him across the back of the head and told him to stop telling me lies .
My name was Arthur Leywin now, by the way . Art for short, which, as a former King, sounded a little too cute, but hey, after getting a glimpse of myself in the metal sheet they used as a mirror in the washroom, I looked absolutely adorable . I got my mother's glowing auburn hair while my eyes were a bright azure color, inherited from my father . I don't know how my facial features are going to turn out as I mature, but as long as I don't turn out fat, it'll be okay .
Watch out future ladies! Prepare to be heartbroken!
After weeks of attempting to crawl, yet only achieving an uncoordinated scuffle in place, I had finally succeeded; even managing to sneak into the family's library/study room while my mother was hanging the laundry out to dry . Mother rued the day I started to become mobile, sighing, "I swear, you're going to become as hard to manage as your father . "
I closed the encyclopedia and situated myself more comfortably on the ground… basically I just laid on my belly because crawling and sitting upright was so damn tiring .
Pondering over what I had just read, this world seemed pretty underdeveloped . From what I could infer, there didn't seem to be much technological advancement . The only source of transportation appeared to be horse-driven carriages, that varied in size for overland use, and ships with sails for rivers .
Weapons were freely allowed and not really regulated unless you were visiting the royal family or people that held authority . For God's sake, it continues to baffle me every time I see people carrying weapons while shopping for groceries .
Sure, in my previous world, Earth, there were soldiers and guards who carried concealed weapons, despite that, they weren't for the purpose of killing, but to deter crimes from happening .
Here, though, I witnessed a thief who stole a couple of items from the armory store the other day get slashed in the back by a large, bald mercenary carrying a polearm . Moreover, the bystanders even went as far as to applaud that oversized monk as the thief laid there dying . A similarity that both this world and my previous world shared was the system of monarchy . The continent of Dicathen had Kingdoms, each ruled by a king and his royal family . Unlike Earth though, the king was chosen based on lineage; the title passed down from the son of the King, to his son and so on .
After scanning through the encyclopedia, there didn't seem to be much information on other continents besides the one we were currently in . I found this a bit odd since there were ships that carried goods and passengers across the continent by river . I just assumed that maybe the technology on ships haven't been developed enough to sail across oceans .
One thing that was going to be hard to get used to was the whole premise of magic in this world . If we were talking about superhuman powers, sure, the countries on Earth relied on such people .
On Earth, practitioners learned how to condense and utilize the innate ki that they had in their body . Think of it as a muscle if you will . Repeatedly breaking the ki center down through exhaustion followed by rest would cause the ki center to grow stronger, allowing access to a bigger pool of ki . The ki would then be channeled throughout the body via special veins or meridians and utilized for the strengthening of the body and weapon .
In this world, instead of ki, it seemed to be called mana and the more surprising thing was that it existed in the atmosphere . Thus, Practitioners, or Mages, would use the surrounding mana and draw it into their bodies, ultimately condensing it in their mana core . In my old world, ki only existed and formed inside the body . Whether ki had never existed in Earth's atmosphere in the first place or ceased to exist because of the pollution caused by humans, we'd never know .
On Earth, while practice was incredibly important, the size of a user's innate ki center was even more important because the limited amount of ki one had in his body was all one could work with . Did that mean that one's innate mana core size wouldn't matter as much because of the available mana in the atmosphere?
The bigger the cup, the more you can hold, right?
In my old world, even though my ki center wasn't that large, I was considered a prodigy at channeling and utilizing my ki effectively to make up for my not so sufficiently large ki center . With the way I utilized every bit of my ki, I was able to become the strongest of the elite division of Duelists, earning the right to become King .
Now, if I could still practice the way ki practitioners used their ki, but with mana that was both present inside the mana core and in the surrounding atmosphere, couldn't I essentially double… no… triple the strength that I had before?
The next book that I managed to pull from the bottom shelf, explained a couple of questions for me .
"Beginner's Guide for the Privileged Mage"
"While the power to control mana is largely genetic, there are many cases where children of Magi come out unable to sense the mana around them . A recent census showed that roughly 1 in a 100 children are able to sense mana, but the extent of which could only be tested when their mana core first completely developed—anywhere from their early adolescence to late teen years . It will be apparent when a mage first awakens by the initial repellence of the surrounding mana when their mana core manifests . This results in a translucent barrier forming around the awakened that lasts a couple of minutes . "
Flipping through the pages, I found something that caught my attention .
"…Mana can be used in a couple of ways . The two most common methods of utilizing mana are: enhancement of the body with mana (augmenter), and emission of mana to the outside world (conjurer)…""… . augmenters are most commonly seen amongst warriors who utilize mana, channeling it through their body to strengthen themselves and their attacks . "
"… The practice of conjuring is seen in Mages, who, after utilizing their mana, can cast spells to give off a certain effect on the surrounding area or directly at a target . "
Weaknesses and Limitations
"While augmenters can possess incredible strength, defense and agility, their weakness lies in their limited range…"
"conjurers possess unfathomable powers, being able to bend their surroundings to their will . However, such powers come with limits . Unlike augmenters, who utilize most of the mana in their own mana cores, conjurers need to borrow mana from the outside world, in addition to their own mana core, to exert mana into their surroundings in the form of a spell . "
"While both types of Mages, or Mana Manipulators, for the more scientifically accurate term, depend on and are categorized by their mana core, augmenters and conjurers also have different ways of measuring their aptitude . "
"flip"
"An augmenter's prowess or talent is measured by the strength of the mana channels in their body, which measures the speed and efficiency in relocating their mana from their mana core into various parts of their bodies . . . "
"…A conjurer's power and talent, comparatively, is measured by the power of their mana veins, which indicates the speed and effectiveness of absorbing mana from the outside world to cast a spell . "
"…Mages (Mana Manipulators) are typically categorized into one of these two divisions since attempting to be proficient in both from an early stage is incredibly time consuming and inefficient . Most are born with a skewed difference in their mana channels and mana veins…"
"…augmenters do not need very strong mana veins because they mostly utilize the mana from their cores, while conjurers do not need very powerful mana channels because they do not release their mana into their own bodies . "
"As proficiency level rises, the distinction between augmenters and conjurers lessens naturally, but that is only so at an advanced level…"Hmm… So my idiot father seems to be a decently competent augmenter and a less than average conjurer .
That healing light though… What was my mother?
"flip, flip, flip"
"There are a few, rare deviants . The two most well-known types of deviants are elemental deviants and Emitters . While there are still some undiscovered, ones that are highly sought after are the Emitters, more commonly known as healers . Healers possess the rare ability to cast their unique restorative mana unto others, directly, recovering injuries and impairments . "
Wow… mother is the best .
Fundamentals of Conjuring
"The proper steps of utilizing mana for conjurers is to gather the surrounding mana in the area, drawing it into your body, then, after circulating it into your mana core to stabilize and purify the atmosphere's diluted mana, you channel it into an appropriate conductor (a staff, wand, ring, of some sort) with the incantations as a mental controller for your will into shaping the mana into whatever spell you want…"
"…The more powerful the spell, the longer it will take to draw in surrounding mana, store it in your mana core, where it is condensed and purified, and finally channel and release…"
"Because conjuring involves exerting focused mana into a particular spell, conjurers will notice that they have a special aptitude of certain elements (Air, Water, Fire, Earth), but with proper training, can become adequate in the basics of all elements .
"flip, flip"
Fundamentals of Augmenting
"Unlike conjuring, much less time can be spent gathering the surrounding mana . Efficient use of augmenting requires speed and precision in the use of the mana from your core and less from the mana in the atmosphere . . "
This was where it clicked… . augmenting was very close to using ki, except you could also draw mana in from your surroundings . The reason why there weren't any kinds of conjurers in my old world of Earth was because there was no mana in the atmosphere to draw from and create a phenomenon .
My gaze tensed as I read on .
"…augmenting requires proper distribution of mana into different parts of the body, depending on how the user sees fit . While it seems simple at a glance, augmenting requires much insight into the individual's own body . Being able to utilize the mana channels efficiently requires years of both mental and physical practice . "
"Because augmenting involves extracting mana in its purest form from the user's mana core, there are no highly notable distinctions in an elemental sense at an early stage . However, augmenters are able to control their mana more freely, resulting in vastly different forms of fighting through augmentation . "
"The phenomenon called 'Backlash' occurs in both types of practitioners . For augmenters, it occurs from depletion of the mana core, causing extreme bodily pain, depending on how strenuous the damage to the mana core is . For conjurers, backlash occurs from overfilling of the mana core . This is caused by overuse of spells beyond the practitioner's capacity, or using a spell too powerful for his or her mana core to handle . "
Closing the book, I propped myself up on my butt, digesting the overload of information that I had just read .
Because of the uncanny similarities between the ki center from my old world and the mana core in this world, I found it hard to believe that you needed to be a young adolescent to manipulate mana . In my old world, children could already meditate and sense the ki scattered inside their bodies . Once the ki migrated into a single place, the ki center would form .
Testing my hypothesis, I began meditating, trying to sense the mana in my 7 month old body when…
"There you are! Art, honey, are you having trouble taking a poopy?"
Mother! I'm about to begin my journey to become the greatest mage in the world! Do not make me out to be a constipated infant!
Picking me up and gently placing me in her arms, I was forcibly taken away to have my diaper changed, which, surprisingly, was full by the time I noticed .


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Білажуї́га () - муніципалітет, розташований в Автономній області Каталонія, в Іспанії. Знаходиться у районі (кумарці) Ал Ампурда провінції Жирона, згідно з новою адміністративною реформою перебуватиме у складі Баґарії (округи) Жирона.

Назва муніципалітету

Літературною каталанською мовою назва вимовляється , походить від латинського "villa judaica", "єврейське місто".

Населення
Населення міста (у 2007 р.) становить 1.117 осіб (з них менше 14 років - 16,7%, від 15 до 64 - 66,4%, понад 65 років - 16,8%). У 2006 р. народжуваність склала 23 особи, смертність - 13 осіб, зареєстровано 5 шлюбів. У 2001 р. активне населення становило 493 особи, з них безробітних - 47 осіб.Серед осіб, які проживали на території міста у 2001 р., 748 народилися в Каталонії (з них 588 осіб у тому самому районі, або кумарці), 154 особи приїхали з інших областей Іспанії, а 80 осіб приїхало з-за кордону. Університетську освіту має 10,1% усього населення. У 2001 р. нараховувалося 364 домогосподарства (з них 22% складалися з однієї особи, 30,2% з двох осіб,18,1% з 3 осіб, 20,3% з 4 осіб, 6,3% з 5 осіб, 1,9% з 6 осіб, 0,5% з 7 осіб, 0,3% з 8 осіб і 0,3% з 9 і більше осіб).Активне населення міста у 2001 р. працювало у таких сферах діяльності : у сільському господарстві - 5,8%, у промисловості - 13,5%, на будівництві - 13% і у сфері обслуговування - 67,7%.  У муніципалітеті або у власному районі (кумарці) працює 166 осіб, поза районом - 316 осіб.

Безробіття
У 2007 р. нараховувалося 26 безробітних (у 2006 р. - 26 безробітних), з них чоловіки становили 38,5%, а жінки - 61,5%.

Економіка

Підприємства міста

Промислові підприємства

Роздрібна торгівля

Сфера послуг

Житловий фонд

У 2001 р. 3% усіх родин (домогосподарств) мали житло метражем до 59 м², 21,4% - від 60 до 89 м², 46,7% - від 90 до 119 м² і
28,8% - понад 120 м².З усіх будівель у 2001 р. 39,1% було одноповерховими, 56,7% - двоповерховими, 4,2
% - триповерховими, 0% - чотириповерховими, 0% - п'ятиповерховими, 0% - шестиповерховими,
0% - семиповерховими, 0% - з вісьмома та більше поверхами.

Автопарк

Вживання каталанської мови

У 2001 р. каталанську мову у місті розуміли 96,3% усього населення (у 1996 р. - 99,2%), вміли говорити нею 86,7% (у 1996 р. -
88,8%), вміли читати 85,2% (у 1996 р. - 84,2%), вміли писати 56,3
% (у 1996 р. - 55,4%). Не розуміли каталанської мови 3,7%.

Політичні уподобання

У виборах до Парламенту Каталонії у 2006 р. взяло участь 478 осіб (у 2003 р. - 500 осіб). Голоси за політичні сили розподілилися таким чином:

У муніципальних виборах у 2007 р. взяло участь 556 осіб (у 2003 р. - 571 особа). Голоси за політичні сили розподілилися таким чином:

Історія та культура

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 Дані Інституту статистики Каталонії (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya)

Міста Каталонії

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The USGS CVO staff conduct research on many aspects of active volcanism, respond to dangerous volcanic activity in many parts of the world, and maintain a close watch over volcanoes in Washington, Oregon and Idaho. Legislation passed by Congress in 1974 made the Geological Survey the lead Federal agency responsible for providing reliable and timely warnings of volcanic hazards to state and local authorities. Under this mandate, the USGS established a permanent regional office at Vancouver, Washington, after the May 18, 1980, eruption of Mount St. Helens. CVO is also home office to the USGS Volcano Disaster Assistance Program (VDAP), which aids crisis response to eruptions and volcanic unrest around the world.
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I modifed Project Accounting Receivings Transaction Entry Window by adding one field in the scrolling window using modifer. I need this field to have the auto complete capability. I created a new lookup button (no default lookup buttons are present in global fields). Added VBA code to open the lookup form (new form). Everything works fine except the autocomplete capability.
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ONCE IN A WHILE—QUITE OFTEN, IN FACT—I take a 'round-the-world' trip. Vicariously, via my address book, I visit people whose names appear therein. I flip through the pages and am instantly with them. Reviewing what I know about them, I wish them well in every way. I regularly visit people in lands like Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, The Philippines, Japan, Malaysia, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, Nepal, Germany, Portugal, Denmark, Norway, Holland, England, the US, and Canada. And each person I visit has his or her own unique story, quite unlike that of anyone else.
Many people I used to write to are/were refugees from Vietnam, Cambodia or Laos. When they were in their Camps, waiting for resettlement in other countries, unsure about their situation and future, writing letters was a thing most of them did assiduously. And how sweet their names sounded to them on the Camp P.A. system, when they were called to collect letters from the post office; their ears were finely attuned to such announcements!
Now, mail delivery is no longer a joyful thing for them, when it often brings only bills. They got what they wanted—resettlement in places like Australia, America or Norway—but the happiness they expected to find there has—in most cases —receded from them, like the horizon. Are they any happier now than they were before? Indeed, I met several people in America and other countries who I had earlier known in the Camps, who told me that although they now had things on the material level beyond their previous dreams, they weren't happy because they had no time, and would like to be back in the Refugee Camps again!
Here is a man who walked across Cambodia from Vietnam to Thailand, facing torture and death at the hands of the Khmer Rouge and the booby traps liberally strewn on jungle trails; frequently having to step over human bones, he felt he was passing through hell (I believe he was!) He has recovered from the horror of that ordeal, but will never forget what he saw there. Happiness is an illusion, he says.
There is someone who escaped his country by overcrowded boat, but after a few days at sea they had run out of food. One by one, his companions starved to death; unable to face such slow death, others jumped into the sea to drown. Those who survived did so only by eating the flesh of the dead. Filled with revulsion at what he was forced to do, this man has since become a vegetarian; he says he can no longer put meat into his mouth.
I know a couple in San Jose whose boat was wrecked on a small island in the South China Sea, far from the shipping lanes. Marooned for months until rescued by a fishing boat, they managed to survive by catching and eating sea birds and shellfish. Their deprivation and despair led them to devote themselves to alleviating the sufferings of others whenever possible; they now run a clinic.
Another man helplessly watched his children drown, and lived a nightmare thereafter until I told him he wasn't to blame, and should not carry the burden of their deaths forever. The sea-bed is strewn with the bones of those who left their homeland in search of peace and happiness, but never made it.
A lady with two children was eagerly waiting to be reunited with her husband who had gone to the US first; just before she left the Camp, however, she received the news that her husband had been killed in a car smash in Texas. Numb with grief, she went to begin a life of struggle in her new country.
In Chicago is a family who suffered the loss of one of their daughters while in the Camp; unable to get adequate medical treatment, she succumbed to fever and was buried in a plywood coffin that was too small for her, leaving her feet sticking out at the bottom.
All had tales of sorrow and woe, but many hid them and wept alone, feeling, that since others had similar stories, nobody wanted to hear theirs.
But there were also tales of courage and success—so many. Through their hardships and suffering, many people became aware of a spiritual dimension to their lives that they previously did not know was there.
Some years ago, I reached the point of writing about 150 letters per month (an average of 3 per day), and my letters are always individually written, not stereotyped as in a newsletter. Several times, I was asked why I don't write a newsletter instead, but I don't like to receive such impersonal things, so I don't send them. I'm lucky if I get replies to half the letters I write, of course, so after some time I give up writing to people who don't respond; how do I know if they are receiving my letters, or even if they are still alive, if I get no replies? It's a bit like writing to ghosts or Santa Claus! I write now between seventy and a hundred letters monthly.
Whenever I periodically update my address book, some names are added and others omitted—those who didn't bother to reply to my letters. It's not my fault that we lose contact. Maybe—in the case of the refugees—I am part of their past that they prefer to put behind them and forget as they forge new lives for themselves.
Here is Michael in Germany, who was a monk in Thailand many years ago; he regrets he didn't continue. In England is my sister Glennie; we've become closer since her husband died. Here's my Indian friend, Ramesh, who lives in the US and who faces his troubles with such fortitude. Over in Norway is Hanh, who was felled by a stroke some years ago and has difficulty in writing more than a few words to me, yet she still tries. In Java, there is Vajira, kind and loyal, who has kept in touch with me for the past 20 years. In K. L. is Wongsy, who lends me his ear when I need to let off steam, and who will do anything for me. Goh, Going, Gone is a promising young man from Malacca. Sad Minh, in Atlanta, tells me anything, knowing he'll get a sympathetic response. Tor Hor's letters from Penang are informative and full, but don't come very often; that is so—the latter part—with many people. In a US jail is Barry, who found one of my books in his prison library; though only 22, he writes a good letter and expresses himself well. The Vo family started out empty handed, but later did so well with their Sydney bakery business that I asked them what they put in their bread. Perth is the home of Sheila Sharpeyes, a teacher; we correspond as if we've known each other ages, although we've never met; she reads my books thoroughly and spots all the mistakes (hence the nick name I gave her), and encourages me to go on writing when I feel like giving up. In Melbourne is Tuan, who had many a hard time translating for me, but who came through it okay. And in Turkey is my new friend, Ali, who I've written about elsewhere in this book.
Different names, faces and stories. When I write to anyone, I see their face in my mind's eye, and it is as if I'm talking with them in person; each one is important to me in some way.
Seize the moment, instead of putting it off until another day; sit down and write. You would be surprised at what comes out if you did that; it's not as difficult as you think it is.
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ESI Digital Winter Partnership Spotlight: Singtel
Kerry Waananen 30 October 2020
Singapore Telecommunications Limited, more commonly known as Singtel, has an almost 140-year-old legacy stemming from its roots in 1883 as the Oriental Telephone and Electric Company.
Following various mergers, rebrands and acquisitions throughout the years, the company has grown to become one of the largest employers in Singapore and the second-largest company on the Singaporean stock exchange.
Esports Insider spoke with Tim Guhl, VP of Sales at Singtel, on the direction the telecoms giant is pursuing, as the firm continues to grow its number of supporting partnerships in the global esports industry.
Credit: Singtel
Guhl's focus at Singtel is to help their clients in the US gaming space expand their footprint in the APAC Region, whether it goes through him in sales, their venture capital firm, Singtel Innov8's $250 million venture fund, or through their partners and other subsidiaries such as Australia's Optus.
The rise of mobile gaming and esports has been the topic of many discussions this year, addressed at length during Esports Insider's Digital conference series. Particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, the scene has seemed to have found its footing and these conversations have proven the ground that they stand on.
Guhl pointed to research by Niko Partners, addressing that the region's projected industry valuation should reach $4.4 billion (£3.375 billion) and its audience will grow to 400 million PC and mobile gamers in just Southeast Asia by 2021. This signalled that it was the obvious choice for the company to enter the space in an official capacity.
Singtel is an ISP, ICT and fixed-line telephony company undergoing rapid expansion. Guhl explained: "There's a lot about the name Singapore Telecom, or Singtel, that leads one to believe that we are Singapore-based and Singapore focused – and while this is certainly true – we have quite the presence in the Asia-Pacific region and quite a growing presence in Europe and the US as well."
To achieve such magnitude, the company relies on its robust infrastructure, over a century of experience and growing workforce showcasing its reliability for partnerships.
Credit: Singtel/PVP Esports
With the almost-ubiquitous always-on connectivity requirements and hefty bandwidth demands of esports and modern gaming, it naturally follows that telecoms are a perfect partner for gaming and esports ventures, given that the relationships are mutually beneficial.
This mutually-assured improvement is precisely how Singtel sees their robust involvement in the APAC esports scene – starting with their 2018 partnership with Singapore Esports Association (SGEA) and the formation of PVP Esports Championship. Moreover, the firm has sponsored Team Singapore in the SEA Games, and showed its commitment to esports in SEA with South Korea's SK Telecom, plus last December's initiation of PVP Esports Awards.
This year, however, Singtel has moved their efforts more globally by supporting Esports Insider's Hall of Fame 2020 as key partner. The ESI HoF awards industry talents from around the globe who, through their years in the industry, have moved the needle and set an example to follow with their achievements.
Guhl commented: "Hall of Fames are celebrations of the individuals and organisations which are the best of the best at what they do, a goal that Singtel strives to achieve in our company's pursuits as well. Supporting Esports Insider's Hall of Fame 2020 is an important partnership for Singtel, as the best internet and telecom provider in the APAC region.
"It is an honour to support those who have dedicated their lives and their talents to being the best of the best in the esports industry while showcasing our 140 years of brand excellence."
While the telecom has been involved in an official capacity in esports for a short time, their network infrastructure has made an untold number of games, tournaments, and divisions possible in an unofficial standpoint due to their connections from Singapore to more than 100 countries.
"Singtel wants to be the best at what it does," Guhl asserted. "There is so much engagement and activity coming from gaming because it's something we're all doing. Games are engaging by nature. So many people love gaming and so many people are actively engaged, or have recently become re-engaged with the gaming lifestyle, especially in Asia."
Guhl said that in his view, given the current state of the world, games are playing an even bigger role in our collective lives: as a means to socialise, to compete, to create, and to play together. The accessibility, the youthfulness of the space and the inclusivity of gaming – especially mobile gaming – has opened up ways for Singtel to further interact with their customers and audience.
Many of Guhl's 24,000 colleagues at the telecom giant are active gamers themselves, participating in the engagement of gaming and esports entertainment similarly to their customers. He shared his enthusiasm by detailing how working for a telecommunications company in 2020 can lead to working alongside the gaming and esports industries, which is an area of passion for many of the Millennial and Gen Z workforce and customer base.
"It's like being a kid in America in the 90's and learning that you could have a career and eventually work alongside the league that produced Michael Jordan. Now we're living through a new phase of that where the younger generations can live out those dreams in a new era."


MCSCS is seeking public feedback on both regulations by March 11, 2018. View a summary of the regulations here.
A third regulation on Public Reporting of Fire Responses is still under development. We understand that it is to be released shortly and will likely be due on March 11, 2018.
In January 2017, MCSCS established an advisory Fire Safety Technical Table (the Table) as part of a mandate commitment to provide recommendations to modernize fire service delivery and to address public safety and firefighter safety gaps identified by the Coroner's Inquests over the last several years.
The Table consists of MCSCS and Ontario Fire Marshal (OFM) executive and staff, the Ontario Professional Fire Fighters Association, the Toronto Fire Fighters Association, the Ontario Fire Chiefs Association (OAFC), Fire Chiefs from full-time, composite and volunteer services, Toronto Fire Services, and for the municipal government perspective- an AMO staff member and a lower tier CAO representative. Having been informed by the Table, MCSCS has developed these draft regulations. After receiving responses from this consultation, the ministry will develop recommendations for the MCSCS Minister's final approval of the regulations- expected later this spring.
The attached briefing note has been prepared to assist AMO members in the development of their municipal responses to the draft MCSCS fire regulations. Please work with your Fire Chief and fire services to develop a comprehensive response for your municipality. There are fiscal, risk management, timing and technical aspects that require local consideration and comment.
We encourage all municipal councils with fire services to comment on these draft regulations so that the province receives a full set of consultation responses that reflect the diversity of Ontario's municipalities. AMO will also be commenting on these draft regulations in early March.


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Exploring history, nature, and culture through road trips along U.S. highways, byways, and trails
Fred Sheer's Lumberjack Show
Fred Scheer's Lumberjack Show, Hayward WI: Skill, Competition, Laughter
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Two teams of two lumberjacks compete in ten events, sawing through logs with a two-man bucking saw, racing up and down a 90-foot pole and running across logs in the water. More often than not they don't make it across before tumbling into the water with a big splash. The crowd boos the opposing team and cheers for their team with a loud Yo-Ho! At a Fred Sheer's Lumberjack Show you'll learn a little about logging life, witness the skill that it took to be a lumberjack, and have a whole lot of fun.
The 1800s lumberjack spent months in northern Michigan, Minnesota or Wisconsin felling trees, hauling them by wagon or sleigh to the river and floating them downstream. Logging was hard work that took skill, teamwork and the use of manual tools, either one-man or two-man bucking saws or cross-cut saws and axes. At times lumberjacks had to climb high in the trees, and once they were felled, the heavy logs would have to be cut into sections and lifted onto a wagon or sleigh with the help of a rope.
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At the end of a season, lumberjacks left their camp and headed to the nearest small town. There could be 10 to 12 logging teams going to the same town, and one of the first places they visited was the local watering hole. The lumberjacks would greet each other with a Yo-ho, and conversation would eventually turn to banter about who was the better skilled team. They would challenge each other to competitions to prove the better lumberjacks.
The Fred Sheer's Lumberjack Show emulates those challenges with skilled lumberjacks but adds comedy, making for an entertaining hour. Held at the same arena as the annual Lumberjack World Championships® in what used to be a holding site for Weyerhaeuser's North Wisconsin Lumber Company, the audience is divided into two sides, one half cheering for one team and the other half cheering for the opposing team. The competition includes events such as a cross-cut saw contest, an axe throwing contest and relay races.
Some try to cheat by using a chain saw.
One contestant demonstrates his speed carving talent.
Okay, so it doesn't look like he's such a great carver, but when finished and turned over, the not-so-great carving turned into a cute little stool that was given away to a child in the audience.
You'll be amazed at the way the lumberjacks can climb 90 feet up a pole and back down again within seconds.
Log rolling and the log boom run are great fun to watch. Most contestants fall in the water at some point. However, lumberjack Charlie, two-time world champion, made it across the log boom several times without falling once.
The final, hilarious act of the show is canoe jousting, where opponents fight until one knocks the other into the water.
With logging such a big part of 19th century Wisconsin Northwoods, a lumberjack show makes fitting and entertaining addition to your trip, particularly a lumberjack show held in the arena used for the annual Lumberjack World Championships.
Fred Sheer's Lumberjack Shows, located at Lumberjack Village one mile east of Hayward, Wisconsin, on Highway B, run June through August. Lumberjack Village also includes the River Deck Restaurant, a mini golf course, an ice cream shop, a boutique, and log cabin rentals. Check the web site for details, including exact schedule and ticket prices.
Disclosure: My visit to Fred Sheer's Lumberjack Show was hosted by Fred Sheer's Lumberjack Show and the Wisconsin Department of Tourism, but any opinions expressed in this post are my own.
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Caring For Others - Food Drive Results! - Cardinal Door, Inc.
Comarco and Cardinal Door recently completed their food and donation drive to help support the efforts of The Peace Pantry located in Cedar Hill. Over a 2 week period, Comarco and Cardinal employees held bake sales, a baby picture contest, a Manager's breakfast, a "guess the amount of candies in a jar" contest, a chili cook off and even a Corn Hole tournament! With these events we collected nearly 300 canned goods/nonperishable items, 100 baby items plus $549 in cash! Thanks to Lori Hubbard and Jim and Donna Stethem for their leadership and contributions to this effort. We are better people and a better company when we care for others!


Horizon Bay 402 is a property providing self catering in Bloubergstrand for up to 6 guests visiting the Blaauwberg region.
From the views of the city lights and Table Mountain to the stylish interior and fantastic amenities, Horizon Bay 402 Holiday Apartment is the perfect setting for holiday makers of any kind. The beach is just a stones throw away, while a number of eateries are also within walking distance.
Horizon Bay 402 Holiday Apartment can accommodate up to six guests in its three bedrooms.
All bedrooms are decorated in clean and attractive light shades and are furnished with Queen-size beds. The main bedroom has an en-suite bathroom and balcony access.
The lounge, kitchen and dining room are open planned and a lined mirror wall creates the perception of additional space. The kitchen is fully equipped with modern appliances and includes a dishwasher for your convenience.
Enjoy sundowners on the balcony for unforgettable sunset views over Table Mountain and the Atlantic Ocean.
The city center of Cape Town is a mere 15 minute drive away, while the nearby MyCiTi bus route is perfect for affordable traveling.
Response timeHorizon Bay 402 typically responds to requests in 5-10 minutes.


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Sara Dionne is a VP, Human Resrouces at Comcast.
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Sara Dionne is Vice President of HR for the Greater Boston Region at Comcast. In this role she provides strategic leadership and direction for three key functional teams: Human Resources, Employee Relations and Talent Acquisition & Management. Sara has the proven ability to grasp and lead complex strategies and the willingness to bring them to fruition in a simpler, more customer-friendly way. Sara is also an accomplished facilitator, and her strength in this area has helped the HR organization and the functions she supports to have high-impact meetings followed by meaningful action.
Before joining the Greater Boston region to Lead HR, Sara was on a gig assignment leading the Adoption workstreams of the Digital HR Transformation at Comcast. In this role, Sara was responsible for developing and executing strategies that will transform the way Comcast works. This included building an adoption vision that integrates the change, communications and knowledge efforts into one user-centric function.
In her most previous role, Sara was Vice President of HR Strategy and Operations for the Northeast Division. In this role, Sara was responsible for the strategic HR support of a wide range of business strategies, from the launch of Xfinity Mobile where she supported the sales teams, to the rollout of Customer Consent, and the recent launch of Go Big. In addition, Sara was responsible for all HR Operations, Project Management, and Workforce Analytics.
Prior, Sara was the Senior Director, Human Resources for the Northeast Division. Her role focused on transformation efforts across all sales channels with an emphasis on sales effectiveness, sales compensation and workforce productivity. Additionally, partnering with the Talent team, Sara focused on achieving recruitment goals and increasing diversity and inclusion efforts across the sales channels.
Sara has also served as Vice President, Talent Acquisition for the Central Division leading all talent operations for the talent organization responsible for attracting and hiring approximately 10,000 employees annually.
Upon joining Comcast in 2008, Sara was responsible for several programs targeted at the advancement of core recruitment and talent management across the organization. She has led efforts such as instituting hiring assessments nationally for all frontline positions, implementing a Center of Excellent recruiting model, and the annual talent review and succession planning programs.
Before joining Comcast, Sara held several consultative roles in HR and product management at Fidelity Investments focused on their HR Services products, including consulting with Fortune 500 companies on succession planning to build an aligning tool.
Sara is SPHR Certified and holds a Master's Degree in Business Administration from Rivier College in Nashua, NH as well as a Bachelor of Arts degree in Communications from the University of New Hampshire in Manchester, NH. She is also a certified Personal Coach through WellCoaches. In 2018, Sara attended and became the 1,000th graduate of the Betsy Magness program.


Stamps a foot and gaily plays: Plays his " Hear de Bells a-Ringing,"
" Swing dem cawnders! " " Forrid fo'!
His favorite, " Old Leather Breeches,"
Rings thro' memory in my ear, And his singing, " Full er Stitches,"
Close the girl that on him leans.
Where the length'ning shadows fall.


The competition is open to all student chapters of American Society of Civil Engineers and Forest Products Society in the United States and Canada. Joint (ASCE/FPS) and multiple entries from one school will be accepted.
Each contestant (team) will be required to design, build and test a bridge constructed from wood structural members. The wood used in this project must be from a commercially available species. Be sure to check out our list of more than two dozen links to wood products design data, technical values, specifications, treatment information, supplies, etc. on the main page for the Competition. Contestants may use donated materials and/or services, however, donated services may not include any form of fabrication or preparation of composite bridge members.
One of the new Scoring Criteria for 2017 is "Durability" (see Awards: Performance Awards, below). The treatment of wood members is not a requirement, but contestants must fully address why treatment was not selected and how their bridge will perform in a real-life situation in their locale, considering moisture, temperature and other factors that impact the durability of bridge members. Some locations with low moisture and cold temperatures may not require treatment to AWPA Standards in order to achieve adequate performance throughout the bridge's expected life. In fact, some teams may find it hard to secure bridge materials within their area that are treated. This change is being implemented to facilitate their entry in this Competition.
This change is not intended to approve wholesale abandonment of the merits of proper treatment of wood members. Teams that do not address this durability and treatment issue adequately will receive low scores from judges in this area. Contestants are strongly reminded that most Competition bridges find an after-life following the Competition testing (trail bridges, etc.). Use of untreated bridges in areas that require treatment will not only negatively impact Judges' decision, but will also tend to eventually contribute to a negative opinion toward wood as a competitive construction material when these bridges begin to fail, short of their design life. Another factor is the obvious safety issue.
Contestants should consider, where applicable, treating all wood members to AWPA standards. Retention levels for bridge members not in contact with the ground (deck, rails, upper trusses, etc.) may meet "above ground use" standards. Retention levels for bridge members to be in direct contact with the ground should meet "ground contact" standards. See www.awpa.com for details on ordering publications and standards or go to Western Wood Preservers Institute then select preservative type for standards tables.
Since all the most common procedures for meeting AWPA standards require pre-treatment in a pressurized environment to attain adequate retention levels, the treatment type and process should be part of the bridge design process, rather than a post-treatment alternative. There are plenty of safe treatment materials available, so student safety should be considered, but not prohibitive.
Likewise, the life expectancy of all metal fasteners, cables, plates and other non-wood components should be considered for all bridges, since all bridges are assumed to have a "life after competition". These factors should be considered in your discussion of "Bridge Durability" in the Online Entry.
Design Span: 3.8 meters from center line to center line of supports. The maximum length of an individual piece in any member shall not exceed 2.1 meters. There is no length limitation on built-up and laminated members provided that the individual pieces, including plywood, used in making the member do not exceed the specified maximum length. Maximum width of supporting base plates is 60 mm. There is no length constraint on cables, straps, rods or other tensioning devices.
Since most Competition bridges are placed into a real-life use situation following the Competition and since some of these real-life situations may require a bridge of different length and/or width than that specified in Competition Rules, contestants will be allowed to increase (but not decrease) the specified bridge Design Span (3.8 meters) by up to 50% (to maximum of 5.7 meters) and/or also to increase the specified deck Horizontal Clearance (1.4 meters) by up to 50% (to maximum of 2.1 meters). Remember than the maximum allowed deflection for each parameter remains at "BRIDGE SPAN divided by 400" and "DECK SPAN divided by 100". All bridges will then be scored in the Bridge Weight criteria by weight per square meter (Bridge Design Span X Horizontal Clearance).
Maximum allowed bridge deflection is Design Span divided by 400 as recorded at midspan of the longitudinal beam receiving the greatest loading. Subtraction from deflection due to compression of supports will not be allowed. If two or more longitudinal beams are predicted to receive equal loading, select only one to monitor, or monitor all such beams and submit average deflection (contestant's choice).
Maximum allowed net deck deflection is Deck span divided by 100, with deck span being measured as the shortest side of the largest "deck panel" formed by 2 longitudinal members and 2 transverse members, if applicable. "Deck panel" is defined as any area of clear-span deck bordered (i.e. defined) by the 2 nearest longitudinal bridge support members and the 2 nearest transverse support members, if applicable. In other words, deck span is the distance between points monitored by the 2 gauges at points 3 and 4 below. However, note that deck span is actually measured from inside structural member to inside structural member. If largest deck panel is a cantilevered section of the bridge, then one side is defined by the curb.
Curb: The curb does not need to resist a force but must be connected to the bridge. The curb may be a part of arch or truss members. Curb material must meet same requirements as Deck except for load-bearing, , but can be a load-bearing member. It must have a minimum size of 40 mm x 80 mm (2 x 4).
Contestants will be required to submit by PowerPoint file using the ENTRY TEMPLATE (a ppt file): Be sure to review the PPT Template and note the narrative, drawings, and photos required to be entered. When completed, email the PPT Template file only to Bennie Hutchins, Competition Coordinator at benniefhutchins@gmail.com. In addition, mail one CD containing the PPT file, all photos and all drawings to Bennie Hutchins, 328 Covington Cove, Madison MS 39110.
At least 4 photos of bridge construction featuring key structural components of bridge, such as deck, longitudinal supports, transverse beams, connectors, etc. as applicable.
NOTE: In all pictures try to avoid background and foreground clutter. Adding a sign with school name is advisable for future publicity.
Must be entered into the orrect page of the PPT Template.
Following materials should be mailed to reach Competition coordinators by deadline (April 7, 2017). Mail to Bennie Hutchins, 328 Covington Cove, Madison MS 39110.
Drawings: Mail an 8 1/2-inch x 11-inch hard copy of each bridge drawing. See Drawings requirement above.
Certification and Entry Form (print from website).
One photograph of the finished bridge from a trimetric view.
One photograph of the Bridge Team with the bridge in the foreground or the team on the bridge (foreground preferred).
A CD containg all drawings, photographs, and the PPT Entry Template.
Description of Durability Considerations (preservative treatment used and why it was selected; why preservative treatment was not selected, if applicable; and durability considerations of non-wood components).
A panel of three independent judges not affiliated with any contestant institutions will select the winners. Entries that do not meet all rules and performance criteria will be disqualified for consideration for Performance and Best Design Award but will be eligible to compete for Special Awards.
Awards: Winners in the above 6 categories (top 3 places) will receive attractive certificates or plaques and will be recognized in national press releases by Competition Coordinators. There will be no monetary awards in 2017.
Deadline for ENTRY TEMPLATE to be received by Competition Coordinator (Bennie Hutchins) is April 7, 2017. Deadline for receipt of mailed materials is also April 7, 2017. Mail to Bennie Hutchins, 328 Covington Cove, Madison MS 39110.
Winners will be announced online and by email to the faculty advisor and "Student in Charge" emails entered on slide 1 of the Entry Template, by May 5, 2017. In addition, the full entries of all participants will be released online and available for all contestants as well as any Internet user to review. Each can learn from the successes and failures of others! The results will also be publicized through various publications.
Submit questions by e-mail to bennieh@comcast.net, or contact Bennie Hutchins, phone 601-748-2622. Check Q & A/Updates regularly for valuable competition updates, rules clarifications, etc.


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Q: PHP Unexpected 'var' (T_VARIABLE) For whatever reason, I have a small bit of PHP code that no matter where I put var $blah;, it always gives this error in the logs: PHP Parse error:  syntax error, unexpected 'var' (T_VAR) in /path/to/file.php on line xx
I have no idea why it wouldn't accept this. A class that is included (which creates the $proverbSite variable in another php section) uses plenty of 'var $blah', with no problems. I also realise this is probably just an embarassingly simple mistake.
<?php
        $proverbSite->dbConnect();
        $result = $proverbSite->dbQuery("randProverb");

        if($result != null) {
            $row = $result->fetch_assoc();
            echo $row['proverb'];
            echo "<br>";
        }

?>

A: Check the line before xx because you may have forgotten a ; and this may cause PHP to interpret it incorrectly

A: Without seeing all the sources involved, I'm guessing you're combining JavaScript and PHP.
JavaScript variable declarations begin with 'var' and PHP does not...  If PHP were to encounter the code 'var' before a variable, it would give the error message you listed.  T_VAR usually indicates PHP is trying to interpret a constant, which would be the case with a JavaScript 'var'.
Now, as for the plugin/library your are using, it may be echoing javascript, but including a PHP variable, ex:
echo "var myJavasScriptVar = '$phpVar'";

In PHP, '$' in a string means that it will be replaced by a variable.
Hope this helps!

A: Keyword var is only used in classes (in PHP). In the plain scope variables are automatically declared as you mention them. Just erase it, and it should work.

A: I know that in newer versions of Laravel it works if you leave out the var keyword, for example:
Route::get('/read', function(){

   $results = DB::select('select * from posts where id = ?', [1]);
      return  dump($results);

});

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