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Prionurus biafraensis és una espècie de peix pertanyent a la família dels acantúrids.

Descripció
 Pot arribar a fer 20 cm de llargària màxima (normalment, en fa 15).
 Presenta dues franges pàl·lides al cap.

Hàbitat
És un peix marí, demersal i de clima tropical.

Distribució geogràfica
Es troba a l'Atlàntic oriental: el golf de Guinea i des del cap Lopez (el Gabon) fins a Pointe-Noire (república del Congo) i l'illa de São Tomé.

Observacions
És inofensiu per als humans.

Referències

Enllaços externs
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Westphal joined the auctioneer in 1990 and also oversaw every major contemporary art sale in Europe since 1999. She was named European chairman in 2006.


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Investors who might not know a tractor from a silo are hiring farmers to do their bidding.
MALVERN, Iowa — In 32 years of farming, Roger Wyant has learned how to judge a piece of ground. And he judged this one to be a lost cause.
It was a rugged 100 acres, all rough, steep hills overgrown with wild grass. Wyant figured that was how it should stay. But the Florida businessman who owned the pasture insisted that it be tamed, turned into neat rows of money-making corn. So Wyant gave it a go.
He ended up with a crop of thistles.
"I tried to reason with him," Wyant said, "but it was his land."
That's a refrain heard more and more these days across the heartland.
Big corporations have long dominated the poultry and hog industries. They dictate every detail of animal rearing, down to the shape of the barn, leading critics to deride modern livestock farmers as "serfs" or "hog janitors."
All the while, grain farmers like Wyant remained self-sufficient. They made their own decisions and took their own risks.
But that autonomy is fast eroding.
Seeking steady, secure investments to round out their portfolios, big-city investors are increasingly buying Midwest farmland, spending $100,000 to $500,000 per field.
Many hire professional farm managers to maximize their profits. The managers, in turn, hire farmers like Wyant — sometimes offering them a stake in the crop but often paying them by the hour (or the acre), like a hired hand.
Farmers can make decent money this way; many welcome the stability of such work. But they also risk losing the independence that attracted them to farming in the first place. They turn over decisions about pesticide, fertilizer, erosion controls — even the number of seeds they should plant — to professional managers. They waste days on farm beautification projects ordered by absentee landowners.
They're no longer farmers; they're tractor drivers.
Even if they retain some decision-making power, they have to deal with landlords second-guessing them.
"They're always hassling about what you're planting or how much fertilizer you're putting on," said Gene Ferguson, who raises wheat, corn and beans in southeast Kansas.
Ferguson works for a dozen landowners — renting from some, hiring his labor out to others. "It's like your dad breathing down your neck when you were a kid," he said. "I started farming in '74, and it was a lot more fun back then."
Back then, farmers often share-cropped or rented ground. But they tended to work with neighbors and retired farmers who trusted them to make their own decisions.
Iowa and several other states protect farmers' independence with laws banning corporate ownership of agricultural land. (Corporations can, and do, own livestock; they then contract with farmers to raise the animals on the farmers' own land.) Increasingly, though, lawyers, doctors and developers are coming to rural land auctions or bidding by conference call, seeking to hit pay dirt on distant bean fields. They spend more than $3,000 an acre in parts of Iowa; land prices also are rising steadily all across the Midwest.
"People who have no idea where the land is and no concept of how to farm it outbid me by 50%" to buy a field at auction, said Brian Andrews, who farms in east-central Illinois.
"To those of us out here who see farming as our life as well as our livelihood, it's a little irritating," he said.
Ag-land investing has accelerated in the last five years; with the stock market volatile and interest rates low, farms have gained appeal as a reliable way to grow money. Across the U.S., farmland values have risen every year since 1987. Investors can also pocket annual profits from crop sales, usually a return of 3% to 5%.
For investors who also happen to be sportsmen, farmland may offer good terrain for hunting deer or wild turkey. And many find it deeply satisfying to stand in a sun-dappled expanse of corn and know they own it.
"It isn't an investment that exists only in the Wall Street Journal. It's something you can see and walk on," said Lee Okeson, a retired city planner from San Diego who owns farms in Iowa, Minnesota and North Dakota.
In Iowa, close to 40% of the agricultural land sold last year went to investors, many of them from out of state. That's a dramatic shift from just a decade ago, when investors bought less than 20%, said Mike Duffy, an economist at Iowa State University.
The result: Here in the heart of the Corn Belt, a majority of the folks who own farmland are not themselves farmers.
Some are the widows and children of farmers, hanging on to the family land out of sentiment. Others are investors like Horace Bertelsen, a retired physician living in Monte Sereno, Calif., who owns 1,000 acres in Iowa.
"My dad always told me, 'They're not making any more land,' " Bertelsen said.
To oversee his farms, Bertelsen hired Pat Hengen, a professional farm manager with Farmers National Co. Hengen grew up on a Nebraska farm and studied agricultural science in college. He has an easy rapport with farmers, chatting about the level of zinc in the soil and the threat of soybean rust.
But Hengen also makes sure the farmers he hires do things his way: He buys the seed and tells them how thickly to plant it; he orders the fertilizer months before they'll need it; he reminds them that if a landowner plans to visit his property, the weeds had better be mowed.
Hengen tries to keep the landlords' demands reasonable. Investors have told him, over the years, that they hoped to turn their cornfields into vineyards, or nurseries, or wild game preserves. He tries to dissuade them from such follies. In the end, though, if the owner insists, Hengen will find a farmer to do it.
Wyant not only ripped out the wild grass in the pasture-turned-thistle-field, he also uprooted the trees that dotted the steep slopes because the owner thought they looked out of place on a farm. Wyant tried to tell him the trees prevented erosion by holding down the topsoil. But he couldn't protest too much.
"You have to abide by what they want," Wyant said, "or else they'll go somewhere else to get it done."
These days, farmers can't afford to get on a landowner's blacklist.
A mid-size tractor costs $120,000. A combine harvester, used just a few weeks a year, runs at least $225,000. To afford such equipment, farmers need to work as many acres as possible.
"It's a constant battle to find enough land to generate the income we need," Wyant said.
That's why, on a recent afternoon, Wyant sat at his kitchen table with Hengen, a dozen of his cows nosing the frozen ground just outside the window. Hengen pulled out the map of a 280-acre parcel owned by an attorney from Illinois. He offered Wyant a chance to work the field as a hired hand.
Wyant didn't have to think a full minute before agreeing.
The loss of autonomy bothers Wyant some; however, hiring out his labor also has its benefits: He's paid for his work, no matter how the harvest turns out. "It gives me a little bit of security," he said.
Advocates for family farmers warn that if outside investors continue to buy up land, it could have profound effects on rural America.
Already, there are fewer and fewer families to anchor the vast fertile plains of the Midwest. One farmer today takes care of as much ground as eight or 10 farmers did a generation ago. When that farmer has no stake in the land or the crop, he has less incentive to tend the ground carefully, to preserve its resources and habitats.
"It's a tremendous change," said George Naylor, who farms in west-central Iowa.
Duane Neill has seen those changes up close — and has made peace with them. He and his father started working with professional farm managers decades ago, when it was much less common.
His seed-company cap pulled down low, Neill consulted with Hengen this month about a 120-acre parcel he farms along the Missouri River bottom in western Iowa, sharing the costs and splitting the profits with the landowner, who lives in Omaha. Hengen asked when he'd last seen the owner.
"Must have been a few years ago," Neill said. "He comes flying down through the farm in this Cadillac, dirt flying everywhere."
"Looked like city folk, huh?" Hengen asked.
"You know how he smokes them cigars?" Neill continued. "He's smoking one and telling me: 'By God, it looks like you're doing a good job farming this place.' "
Neill chuckled at the memory. He didn't resent it. He owns a mid-size farm nearby and has no relatives to turn it over to when he retires.
He figures he'll have to rent it out — and become an absentee landlord himself. The thought seemed to tickle him.
"I might be the one flying through the field in a Cadillac," Neill said, grinning. "With a big old stogie."
Farming is starting to take on a different odor, and I don't like it. The regular fulltime farmer can't buy land due to all the city slick investors. It is resembling old Europe when you had the land owner and all the peasants working for him.
Take away the subsidies and it would be a whole new ball game!The farmers in the east are selling their land at subsidy inflated prices then coming into ranch country paying prices that will never pencil out for livestock operations.All it does for the young couples is to raise their taxes to an imposible level.
I have been in farming since the mid 60s but I'm not sure if my son and hang on. He is a very hard worker and I have instilled in him a love of the land and a work ethic beyond anything the city slickers can even imagine but the good groung that comes on the market is being sold to "investors " at 10 times the value it really has. Then they do as you say and try to run it as a factory and end up ruining a lot of it. I saw the same thing in the late 70s and when the bust came much of the $4,000 per acre ground sold in the early 80s for $400 per acre and we had the largest number of bankrupcies ever.
If we don't learn from history we are destined to repeat it. The bust will come - - - right now over seas money is continuing to run things up but at some point it will come back to reality.
Yep.have you seen how the beautiful valleys in the Black Hills area have been getting ruined in the past 25 yrs. with all the development! Would not want to ranch there if one could with all the people around!!
how very sad!! we can only hope that the pendulum will start to swing the other way....soon!!!!


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Mihail-Constantin Eremia (n. 11 noiembrie 1956, orașul Giurgiu – d. 17 aprilie 2006, București) a fost un jurist român, care a lucrat ca profesor universitar la Catedra de Drept Public a Facultății de Drept din Universitatea București și Adjunct al Avocatului Poporului între anii 2005-2006.

Biografie

Mihail-Constantin Eremia s-a născut la data de 11 noiembrie 1956 în orașul Giurgiu. A absolvit Liceul de Muzică din Pitești în anul 1975, la clasa de vioară. Apoi în anul 1988 a absolvit Facultatea de Drept, secția de drept administrativ din cadrul Universității București, clasându-se primul din clasa sa cu media 9,98. În perioada septembrie 1991-iunie 1992 a efectuat studii de doctorat la Universitatea Aix Marseille III din Franța. În anul 1994 a obținut titlul de Doctor în drept la Facultatea de Drept din București.

După absolvirea Facultății în anul 1988, a fost numit în funcția de jurist la Prefectura județului Giurgiu. În martie 1990, este transferat ca jurist la Biroul Național de Administrație Publică, lucrând cu guvernul României.

Din octombrie 1990, și-a desfășurat activitatea didactică la Facultatea de Drept a Universității București, urcând pe rând treptele ierarhiei didactice: asistent, lector, conferențiar și profesor universitar. El a predat cursurile de teoria generală a dreptului și sociologie juridică.

Din anul 1992 a îndeplinit funcția de secretar științific la Catedra de Drept Public și apoii de locțiitor al șefului de catedră. Domenii sale academice și științifice de cercetare au fost următoarele: teoria Generală a Dreptului, sociologie juridică, filosofia dreptului, drepturile omului în Europa, dreptul media, drept constituțional, drept internațional umanitar și metodologie juridică.

Printre activitățile academice și științifice efectuate de către profesorul Eremia, menționăm pe cele de: referent științific în comisiile pentru acordarea doctoratului științific; consultant științific în cadrul Centrului de Drept Constituțional și Instituții Politice, coordonat de profesorul universitar doctor Ioan Muraru; referent științific al unor cursuri universitare, manuale universitare, studii și articole de specialitate; expert la Ministerul Educației și Cercetării pentru Comisia de acordare a burselor de studiu în străinătate.

Între anii 2005-2006, prof. dr. Mihail-Constantin Eremia a lucrat ca adjunct al Avocatului Poporului. A decedat la data de 17 aprilie 2006 în orașul București.

Cursuri publicate

Mihail-Constantin Eremia este autorul mai multor cărți de teorie generală a dreptului, dintre care menționăm următoarele:

 "Sociologie juridică" (reeditare la prima ediție, Editura Universității din București, 2000) - în colaborare cu prof. dr. Nicolae Popa și prof. dr. Ioan Mihăilescu;
 "Sociologie juridică" (ediția a 2-a, Editura Universității din București, 2003);
 "Dreptul comunicării-Legislația și Jurisprudența presei" (Editura CREDIS, București, 2003);
 "Noțiuni de Drept și Terminologie juridică" (Editura Universității București, 2004);
 "Dreptul Comunicării publice" (Editura Universității București, 2004);
 "Introducere în Drept Constituțional" (Editura CREDIS, Universitatea din București, 2004);
 "Teoria generală a dreptului" (Editura All Beck, București, 2005) - în colaborare cu prof. dr. Nicolae Popa);
 "Teoria generală a dreptului - Sinteze de seminar" (Editura All Beck, București, 2005) - în colaborare cu prof. dr. Nicolae Popa);
 "Drepturile omului în Europa, note de curs" (Facultatea de Filosofie a Universității din București, 2005).

Legături externe
 CV-ul prof. dr. Mihail-Constantin Eremia pe situl Universității București
 AvocatNet.ro, 26 mai 2006 - Învățământul juridic românesc - performant? (interviu cu prof. Eremia)

Nașteri în 1956
Decese în 2006
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Poland: newspaper plans to circulate homophobic stickers
The Polish weekly Gazeta Polska announced on 17th July plans to distribute "LGBT-free zone" stickers to its readers in its next issue. Together with their Polish affiliates, the International and European Federations of Journalists (IFJ/EFJ) strictly denounce an "irresponsible attitude" that violates fundamental principles of journalism ethics.
"LGBT-free zone", indicate the stickers. Credit: Gazeta Polska's Twitter account.
The stickers featuring a black cross over a rainbow flag alongside the slogan are due to be printed on 24th July.
The announcement has caused a public outcry in a country where hate speech against the LGBT-community is on the rise, particularly from the ruling Law and Justice Party (PiS), heavily supported by Gazeta Polska. Warsaw's deputy major Pawel Rabiej has filed a complaint to the prosecutor's office to block the distribution of the stickers.
The IFJ says Gazeta Polska's stickers violate the IFJ Global Charter of Ethics for Journalists, which was adopted at IFJ World Congress in Tunis in June this year.
Article 9 of the Charter provides that "Journalists shall ensure that the dissemination of information or opinion does not contribute to hatred or prejudice and shall do their utmost to avoid facilitating the spread of discrimination".
IFJ's affiliates in Poland the Society of Journalists and the Association of Journalists of the Republic of Poland (SDRP) have condemned Gazeta Polska's announcement.
SDRP International Secretary Tomasz Miłkowski said: "The publication of anti-LGBT stickers by Gazeta Polska goes against journalism ethics and risks alienating the editors from the journalists' community. Such a conduct deserves condemnation because it brings our profession into disrepute.It violates the national law in a flagrant manner by promoting discrimination based on sexual orientations."
IFJ General Secretary Anthony Bellanger said: "We condemn with the utmost energy the irresponsible attitude of Gazeta Polska which fuels hatred towards the LGBT- community. We urge them to abandon their plans and stop calling for violence against LGBT people."
For more information, please contact IFJ on +32 2 235 22 16
Follow the IFJ on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram


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-	It's easy to hold one-night weddings for a few dozen people, as well as larger multi-day weddings with entertainment and accommodations for two or three hundred guests.


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The CGI GTO Organization is seeking a SQL Server DBA with experience implementing and maintaining SQL server databases in a multi tenant environment. Our DBA team supports a wide range of customers and varied applications.
To manage GTO Change Management processes which directly or indirectly impact IT production services in line with agreed IT Change Management processes minimizing adverse impact to business services.
The CGI GIS Organization is seeking a junior Oracle / SQL DBA with 1- 2 years' experience maintaining Oracle databases in a multi-tenant environment.
Kforce has a client that is seeking a Senior Java/J2EE Software Developer in Phoenix, Arizona (AZ). This individual will work closely with other team members to design, develop and deploy Java/J2EE-based applications in both a web-facing and a transaction Db environment.


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Matteo Berrettini's Wimbledon Final 11 Years In The Making: Coaches' Corner | ATP Tour
Italian star Matteo Berrettini has broken new ground at Wimbledon this year. The 25-year-old overcame 14th seed Hubert Hurkacz to reach his first Grand Slam final on Friday.
Victory over five-time champion Novak Djokovic on Centre Court will complete Berrettini's journey to the top of the sport, and there will be one man in particular, coach Vincenzo Santopadre, who will be bursting with pride.
Santopadre has worked alongside Berrettini as his coach for 11 years, helping the World No. 9 win five tour-level titles and develop into the player he has become today. It is a deep-rooted relationship, built on respect and admiration, with the Italian duo like family.
Ahead of Sunday's final, ATPTour.com caught up with Santopadre about his work with Berrettini and the key behind their success.
Berrettini Seals Historic Wimbledon Final Berth With Hurkacz Victory
How special has it been for you to watch Matteo reach his first Grand Slam final?
It is a dream, it is unreal, it is a lot to process. But I told him after, that I think if he can play like this, he can win Wimbledon. It is a dream that can come true. The unbelievable thing, which I told him after the match when we met, it was a real surprise.
You have been working with Matteo for more than a decade, so how much more emotional does that make this achievement for you?
It is unbelievable. We grew up together. Everyone in the team – me, the physio, the trainer, the mental coach – we have been working with Matteo for 11 years. It is a long time, it is special. I still had hair when I started working with him and I don't know if it is the passing of the years as to why I have lost my hair or because of watching him play every match! I was so young, and he was a child, and now, I am not yet an old man, but he grew, and is a man. It is something really special because we have spent a lot of time together, so many years.
This is a very big moment for him, so how difficult will it be for him to block that pressure out and get him to treat this like any other match?
On Friday after his victory, I asked him, and I spoke to the mental coach. The mental coach said he was tight and felt the pressure. But we really think this is normal. A player has to feel the pressure, of course. It is not easy to turn it around to make it a positive vibe, and positive adrenaline, but he is able to do this. He is able to feel the pressure and with the passing of the points, he is always able to get into the match and it is something that is unbelievable. The match he played on Friday, he showed great power, dominating the court.
Ajla [Tomljanovic] told us that Matteo's game is great, but that his mentality is even better. How much has he improved that over the years?
The key to his career is that he is always trying to improve. He is working to be better day by day. He is not missing any shots in training and has improved much more than everybody expected, me and him too. No one could say two or three years ago that he was going to become such a champion.
For me, you are a champion when you are able to work to be better and able to work like he does. He knows everything. He is aware he gave a big part of his life to be better, and it is not only about natural talent but work [ethic] too. He is a champion. I want to be humble, but the message is that Matteo can be a role model.
From all the years you have spent together, what is the best decision you have made with Matteo's game?
We were able to build a complete player. In my opinion, a lot of coaches try to specialise players too soon when they are young. Instead, when Matteo was young, aged 14, 15, 16 years-old, we wanted to build a player who could play on every surface. We wanted him to be able to play attacking and defensive tennis, have every shot, such as a backhand slice. I think he is a complete player.
Ashleigh Barty vs Karolina Pliskova Wimbledon 2021 Final Preview and Prediction
Preview: Berrettini vs Djokovic, Not Quite David & Goliath, Set For Wimbledon Clash | ATP Tour
Nick Kyrgios: I Talk A Lot, But I Have Won A Lot | ATP Tour
Nick Kyrgios Meets Fabio Fognini In Sydney; Aslan Karatsev, Andy Murray In Action | ATP Tour
Felix Auger-Aliassime & Denis Shapovalov Send Canada To First ATP Cup Final | ATP Tour


Jasmina is an extremely friendly and helpful person. You can ask her really anything. She welcomed us with local cookies and offered us a drink. The apartament is near the old town and there is a bench near the entrance with stunning view to sea, mountains and the town. If it comes to our apartament I liked refrigerator the most which cooled our drinks extremely well. Blinds were also nice convenience.
The hostess welcomed us with a drink and local fig pastry. The location was perfect and peacefull, with a cute little beach across the street.
Although our experience was not that good I must say hosts seem to be nice and welcoming. We were offered with drinks and treats upon our arrival. Bed was comfortable and room was really clean. Location is perfect because it was close to old town and sea is right on the other side of street.
The views! Jasmina greeting us on arrival with a cold juice and some lovely homemade crostini. It is really great when you are travelling in such hot weather to have a cold drink when you arrive. It doesn't cost anything to have a cold jug of water and glasses waiting in the fridge in your guests' rooms when they arrive and it would be good if all hosts did this. We also appreciated being able to check in early.
Can swim just down the road. Very friendly people.
Everything perfect, reception, location, equipment, cleanliness and above all Jasmine attention which is top, treating us with some pancakes and fruit at arrival and keeping our luggage on the check out day. Thanks!
Lock in a great price for Apartments Jasmina - rated 8.8 by recent guests.
One of our bestsellers in Korčula! Offering air-conditioned studios and rooms with a pebbly beach right in front, Apartments Jasmina is 250 yards from Korčula's Old Town. Free Wi-Fi is provided in this protected historic landmark.
Most accommodation units come with sea views, while studios comprise a kitchenette with a dining area, satellite TV and a private bathroom. Some units also feature a furnished patio either with a sea or a garden view. Guests staying in rooms have access to a shared bathroom.
The nearest grocery store is 200 yards away. Shops, bars and restaurants can be found in the Korčula's vibrant centre, where guests can visit Marko Polo's birth house or arrange excursions to nearby islands and Mljet National Park.
The Main Bus Station is a 10-minute walk away from Jasmina Apartments. The Ferry with links to Dubrovnik can be reached within 500 metres, and the Dominče Ferry Port with links to Orebić is at a distance of 1.2 miles. Shuttle service is available at an additional cost.
Apartments Jasmina has been welcoming Booking.com guests since 18 May 2012.
When would you like to stay at Apartments Jasmina?
This air-conditioned room offers a sea view. Guests have access to an external bathroom that is shared with 1 other room.
Renovated in May 2013, this air-conditioned studio is set in a separate building behind the main house. It features a TV, a kitchenette with a dining area and a bathroom with shower. In front of the studio, there is a terrace with sea views, shaded by an arched roof.
This air-conditioned studio offers a sea view and features a TV, a kitchenette with a dining area and a bathroom with shower or a bathtub. The studio is located on the ground floor.
This air-conditioned studio is located on the ground floor and features a furnished patio, a flat-screen satellite TV, a kitchenette with a dining area and a bathroom with shower or a bathtub.
House rules Apartments Jasmina takes special requests - add in the next step!
Loved the location! Our host was wonderful and greeted us on arrival with a lovely welcome refreshment to view the sunset from a waterfront bench out front. The view out the front door is spectacular, the old town of Korcula on the bay!
Jasmina was so sweet and friendly. Nice touch to have a glass of local wine and fresh baked cookies upon arrival! The location was excellent. Not right in old town so quieter and out of all the tourist areas A very easy walk to restaurants, old town and the ferry. Definitely good value. Just be aware that some of the units are shared bathrooms. This would be great when traveling with a group of friends but worked out fine for our short stay. Also, the bed was very firm but that seemed to be the case everywhere in Croatia.
The location was wonderful. Right across from the water. We weren't in the old town (but we didn't want to be) and the view of town from where we stayed was amazing. Our host was very kind, offering us a welcome drink and treat. We enjoyed our stay.
There were no quilts, only one blanket which was not enough for us. There were also just two small pillows, one for each person. To sum up, sleeping was not so comfy as we expected. Moreover our bathroom wasn't depicted on the offered photos so I was a bit disappointed seeing tiled shower which is not my favorite. Finally, the smell from the bathroom wasn't good.
We were on week long trip all over the Korcula and this is only time we had kinda bad experience. Only reason we booked this place is because it advertised free parking on site and that's not truth at all. We wanted to be close to Korcula old town and it was important to us to have car parked in safe spot, but when we arrived, it turned out host has no parking on site at all. We had two options, to park on remote area with no lights or any kind of protection far from apartment or to drive in public garage, which is 1km in distance, 15-20 minutes walk through steep streets. Another thing that's important but not prominently featured is that room we booked is with shared bathroom. I'll blame this on us because it is pointed under content section, with small font size, but still, people should be aware of this. Thing I'm most disappointed with is that Jasmina begged me not to leave bad review. They were aware of their false advertisement and I gave her my promise not to mention parking or bathroom, but only if she update information on their booking page. She said they didn't know information are wrong and promised they'll fix that asap. It's been a month after our reservation and nothing changed. Property still advertise free parking on site which is false and I'll definitely report this to booking.com Door lock was broken and we couldn't close room doors without locking it. Room was really small with just basic furniture. No TV, no trash can. Overall experience with this property was not that good and I wouldn't recommend this place to anyone.
No tea/coffee facilities - this is an essential for us and we had just assumed they would be available - we will always check this in future.
Pictures didn't exactly reflect the room. When asked about it, we were informed that we can leave. Not very clear. Leaking shower with no intention to repair. Broken hair dryer. First contact with the owner.


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require 'rails_helper'

RSpec.feature 'Admin Posts', type: :system do
  before { sign_in }

  describe 'listing posts' do
    let!(:posts) { create_list(:spina_blog_post, 3, published_at: Date.today + 1) }

    it 'shows all the posts' do
      visit '/admin/blog/posts'
      expect(page).to have_css 'tbody tr', count: 3
    end
  end

  describe 'creating a post' do
    it 'creates a post', js: true do
      visit '/admin/blog/posts'
      click_on 'New Post'
      fill_in 'Post title', with: 'Title of Blog post'
      find(
        :css, 'trix-editor[input*="content_input"]'
      ).set('Foobar')
      click_on 'Save post'
      within '#header' do
        click_on 'Posts'
      end
      within 'tbody' do
        expect(page).to have_content 'Title of Blog post'
      end
    end
  end
end

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Q: Can SQL Server Management Studio 2005 work with SQL Server Express 2008? I'm getting crazy trying to install SQL Server Express Management Studio 2008
Pb for installing SQL Server Express Management Studio 2008
I have tried 10 times, now I give up. But maybe I can try to work with SQL Server Management Studio 2005? Do you know if it will work?

A: No, you can use the full SQL Server 2008 Management Studio (included in SQL Server 2008 editions other than Express), and it can connect to SQL Server 2008, SQL Server 2008 Express, and any of the 2005 (and even 2000) versions, but it doesn't work the other way around, sorry.

A: No, as far as I know it doesn't. You will get a message that says it will work with only SQL Server 2005 or later.

A: No, you cannot use the 2005 SSMS UI against 2008.  Maybe in your other thread you can show the log details that explains WHY Management Studio won't install.  Many, many people are able to use this tool without issue, so maybe if you want help in figuring out why you can't, you can provide more details...

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Summit Weekly Briefing: Week of 6/7/21
Posted on June 11, 2021 by Alex Tananbaum	Leave a comment
June is Pride Month. Find resources in our "Actions" section. US Department of Labor.
1. Summit: Your last weekly briefing (for this year)
Happy last week of school! Ashwath and I would like to let you know that we will not be continuing the briefing over the summer. Additionally, I will not be a cowriter next year, as I will have started college. But don't worry! Ashwath will most likely continue writing the briefing next school year, while a new writer will take over my sections. Thank you so much for reading our briefing throughout the year. We put a lot of hard work into it, and we really appreciate it. Have an amazing summer. We will be back again next year.
Looking for an interesting video? Watch Staff Editors Lia Bhas, Jovani Contreras and Rosie Esteverena and Giselle Sanchez's "Prep Students and Teachers Debate the Pros and Cons of Reopening."
Other announcements: Happy Pride month to Summit's LGBT+ students! Check out the "Actions" section to learn more about being an ally this June*.
*Sources selected by an LGBT+ student.
2. General News: Jeff Bezos going to space, Drones short down over Iraqi airbase holding U.S. troops
Jeff Bezos, the current chief executive officer (CEO) of the world's biggest technology companies Amazon, officially announced that he will be going to space on July 20. This will happen after Bezos has already stepped down as Amazon's CEO. He will be on the first crewed flight of the New Shepard spacecraft made by Blue Origin, his space company. His younger brother Mark will also be with him on this flight, who stated that he has always "dreamed of traveling to space". Jeff Bezos will officially be the first billionaire "space tycoon" to travel into space using technology that he has spent millions of dollars on. The rocket ship will journey 60 miles above the earth during an 11-minute flight, with four-six seats in total. One of those seats will be filled by the winner of an auction that has already started. Along with this project, Blue Origin is also working towards developing another rocket called "New Glenn", which will supposedly send U.S. government and commercial satellites into orbit and travel into "deep space".
Two drones were shot down over at the al-Asad airbase in Iraq that is currently holding U, S troops and coalition forces this past Sunday. The air defense system stopped the drones before they could do any damage, as said in a statement by the Iraqi military. Hours before this, the Baghdad Diplomatic Support Center was attacked by a rocket round, as stated on Twitter by Wayne Marotto, a spokesman for the U.S. coalition. Thankfully, no injuries or fatalities occurred. As of now, it is unknown who committed either of these attacks.
3. Covid-19: How the U.S. is moving past the brunt of the pandemic
Cases, hospitalizations, and deaths across the country are going down. However, we should not stop and celebrate just yet, as many Americans still have not been fly vaccinated. However, we are going in the right direction, and here is how:
Only about 8 million, or 2.4% of Americans live in counties that have high transmissions of COVID-19 when it was 9% just two weeks ago
Community spread has reduced across the U.S.. As long as another surge doesn't happen in the South, the spread will continue to decrease
Right now, on a seven-day average, the U.S has fewer than 20,000 cases per day, something that has not happened since March of last year, and this is expected to decrease even more as this month goes on
Cases in children are also going down, with 16,281 new ones "during the week ending June 3". This is the lowest number of weekly cases in children since last June. However, long-term cases of COVID-19 (MIS-C) that occur in children still happen, but if children get the COVID-19 vaccine, these cases will go down as well.
This past week, more than 400 deaths due to COVID-19 took place, following the steady decline that started after the spike in January February and the incline last November
A projected 700 to 3700 new hospitalizations are expected to be reported on June 28th, which have been starting to decline steadily and are expected to do so over the next four weeks
More vaccinations could happen because of the chance to win college scholarships, vacations, free alcohol, money prizes, and more, with many companies and states doing this.
Mask mandates are starting to get lifted, business is being opened, and people are starting to gather more due to everything stated above.
On the other hand, COVID-19 numbers were expected to decrease during the summer and may possibly increase during the winter once again. If more people keep getting vaccinated, however, then the future is bright for America.
4. Politics: Immigration, For the People Act
Speaking at a conference in Guatemala this Monday the 7th, Vice President Kamala Harris told Guatemalans considering immigrating to the United States "Do not come", stating specifically "I want to be clear to folks in this region who are thinking about making that dangerous trek to the United States-Mexico border: Do not come. Do not come." Instead, the Vice President encouraged those wanting to come to the U.S. to use legal means. This has been Vice President Harris's first international trip since taking office; she will also visit Mexico City to address the root causes of immigration, including a new anti-corruption task force to "…address corruption, to address human smuggling, [and to do] the work to make sure certain progress be made if we are going to attract investment." Record numbers of people have flocked to the U.S.-Mexico border in recent months, mostly from Central America, making the issue of immigration a major one.
The For the People Act, which would enact various voting rights protections, could be in peril after Senator Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.) released an Op-ed explaining why he would not be supporting the bill Senator Manchin argued that the Act was overly partisan and voiced concern that it would lead to the elimination of the filibuster. The For the People Act would require online, same-day voter registration for every state as well as two weeks of in-person early voting, allowing anyone to vote by mail and an expansion of accepted IDs. Democrats see the bill as especially urgent after the slew of voting restrictions that have recently been passed or are being debated (learn more in last week's briefing). Without Senator Manchin's support, a filibuster, which would prevent the passage of the Act and would require 10 Republicans to end, could kill the bill on arrival.
5. Sports: Logan Paul vs. Floyd Mayweather
The highly anticipated boxing matchup (an exhibition, not a professional fight) between social media superstar Logan Paul and boxing legend Floyd Mayweather took place this past Sunday on June 6. The bout lasted the full eight rounds, with neither opponent getting knocked out in the end. Since this fight had no judges and no knockout occurred, there was a clear winner. However, many people on platforms like Twitter say that Mayweather won based on the fact that he hit 40 percent of his punches while throwing half of what Paul did, who only hit 13% of his punches. Paul did, on the other hand, survive eight rounds in the ring with one of the best boxers of all time, which many congratulate him for, including YouTube Star Keemstar. Mayweather himself also said that Paul was better than he expected, and we saw this near the end of the first round where he landed a string of punches at Mayweather. Even then, throughout the fight, we saw Paul burn out much quicker than Mayweather, with his hands dropping and his clinching becoming roe prominent as the rounds went on. Mayweather could have ended the fight early, but he wanted to provide entertainment to the fans, and that is what they got. After the fight, Paul said that he would be open to doing more boxing fights and also exploring the world of Mixed Martial Arts (MMA). Mayweather stated that he would most likely not be coming back for another exhibition match and would definitely not be returning to the professional scene.
6. Entertainment: A Quiet Place Part II
A Quiet Place Part II follows the events of "A Quiet Place", a very successful science fiction horror/thriller film that was released in 2018. The plot of both films follows a family in the wake of an attack by aliens trying to navigate and survive this apocalyptic world. The aliens can only sense humans through sound, and the family is able to overcome this issue by knowing sign language because of their deaf daughter. The film starts with a flashback of day one of the attacks of the aliens that is full of suspense and terror. As we go back to the present, the daughter, Regan tries to find a way to fight back and escape these aliens as. The mother, Evelyn, and son, Marcus hold the fort with another survivor (who was previously their friend) they found while trying to protect the newly born baby following the death of the husband, Lee. The movie unfolds through two different perspectives and allows the audience to experience two thrilling and suspenseful storylines simultaneously, giving the audience a unique viewing experience. Eventually, the movie ends with Regan and Marcus both fighting off and killing an alien each in a sequence that shows us both events happening at the same time. This parallels how the movie is developed through two different plots occurring concurrently as well and gives the audience a heartwarming moment. Because of the success of this movie, many fans want a sequel. While a direct sequel will not be happening as of now, Jeff Nichols will be writing and directing a movie in the same universe set for release in 2023.
Atlas (West Seattle): This week's highs will rise in general, starting at 65℉ today, then dipping to 63℉ Fri, up to 69℉ Sat, then 72℉ Sun-Mon. Lows will follow a similar pattern, with 51℉ today, 53℉ Fri and 56-57℉ Sat-Mon. While most of the week will be partially cloudy, Fri will see chances of showers and Sun-Mon scattered showers. Stay dry, wear a mask, and have a good summer.
Summary: Highs in the mid 60's-low 70's, lows in the high 40's-mid 50's, partial clouds, showers, scattered showers.
Olympus (Tacoma): Highs this week will bounce around a bit, with today-Fri's being 62-63℉ up to 68℉ Sat and 71-72℉ Sun-Mon. Lows will start at 49-50℉ today-Fri and 54-55℉ Sat-Mon. While the slight majority of the week will be partially cloudy, Fri and Mon will see chances of showers and Sun scattered showers. Stay dry, wear a mask, and have a good summer.
Summary: Highs in the low 60's-low 70's, lows in the mid 40's-mid 50's, partial clouds, showers and scattered showers.
Sierra (Seattle): Highs this week will start at 65 today, 62℉ Fri, back up to 67℉ Sat and 71℉ Sun-Mon. Lows will rise then plateau, with today-Fri's being 51-52℉ and Sat-Mon 56℉. The slight majority of the week will be partially cloudy, though Fri will see showers and Sun-Mon scattered showers. Stay dry, wear a mask, and have a good summer.
Summary: Highs in the mid 60's-low 70's, lows in the high 40's-mid 50's, partial clouds, showers and chances of showers.
Denali (Sunnyvale): Highs this week will rise overall with today's being 68℉, 70℉ Fri, 76℉ Sat and 74-75℉ Sun-Mon. Lows, however, will bounce around a bit, starting at 50℉ Tues today, up to 57-58℉ Fri-Sun and down to 55℉ Mon. The week will also be partially cloudy. Find some sun, wear a mask, and have a good summer.
Summary: Highs in the high 60's-mid 70's, lows in the high 40's-high 50's, partial clouds and full sun.
Everest and Prep (Redwood City): Highs this week will bounce around a bit with today's being 66℉, Fri 69℉, Sat-Sun 71-72℉ and Mon 69℉. Lows will start in the 48℉ today, then rise to 55-56℉ Fri-Sun, then fall back down to 53℉ Mon. The entire week will be partially cloudy. Find some sun, wear a mask, and have a good summer.
Summary: Highs in the mid 60's-low 70's, lows in the high 40's-mid 50's, full sun and partial clouds.
K2 (El Cerrito): Highs this week will rise overall with today's being 69℉, Fri 72℉ and Sat-Mon 75-76℉. Lows will bounce around a bit more, starting at 51℉ today, 56℉ Fri-Sun and 54℉ Mon. Today-Fri will be partially cloudy, Sat sunny and Sun-Mon back to partially cloudy. Enjoy that sun, wear a mask, and have a good summer.
Summary: Highs in the high 60's-mid 70's, lows in the low-mid 50's, full sun and partial clouds.
Tam (Richmond): Highs this week will rise overall, starting at 67℉ today, 70℉ Fri and 72-73℉ Sat-Mon. Lows will also rise with today's being 51℉, Fri-Sun's 56℉ and Mon's back down to 54℉. The whole week will be partially cloudy. Find some sun, wear a mask, and have a good summer.
Summary: Highs in the mid 60's-low 70's, lows in the low-mid 50's, full sun and partial clouds.
Shasta (Daly City): Highs this week will start at 59℉ today, then rise to 63-64℉ Fri-Sun and finally fall to 62℉ Mon. Lows, meanwhile, will start today at 50℉ today, then rise to 54-55℉ Fri-Sun and finally fall again to 53℉ Mon. The entire week will be partially cloudy. Find some sun, wear a mask, and have a good summer.
Tahoma (San Jose): Highs this week will rise overall, with today-Fri's being 70-71℉ and Sat-Mon's 76-77℉. Meanwhile, lows will rise a bit more steadily starting at 49℉ today, then up to 57-58℉ Fri-Sun and down to 55℉ Mon. The entire week will be partially cloudy. Find some sun, wear a mask, and have a good summer.
Summary: Highs in the high 60's-high 70's, lows in the high 40's-high 50's, partial clouds and full sun.
8. Cooking: No knead sticky buns
I have made this recipe a few times and it is absolutely delicious. I would highly recommend it.
Originally from King Arthur Flour.
Dough (enough for three batches of buns):
7 3/4 cups (934g) King Arthur Unbleached All-Purpose Flour
1 tablespoon + 1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 tablespoons instant yeast
1 3/4 cups (397g) lukewarm water
1/2 cup (170g) honey
8 tablespoons (113g) melted butter or 1/2 cup (99g) vegetable oil
Filling (enough for one batch of buns):
2/3 cup (106) Baker's Cinnamon filling mixed with 3 tablespoons water*
*Substitute 2/3 cup granulated sugar and 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon for the Baker's Cinnamon Filling and water, if desired. If you use sugar and cinnamon, DO NOT ADD THE WATER.
Topping (enough for one batch of buns):
3 tablespoons (43g) butter, melted
2 tablespoons (43g) maple syrup, honey, or light or dark corn syrup
3 tablespoons (18g) Sticky Bun Sugar*
1/3 cup (71g) brown sugar
2/3 cup (75g) pecan halves or coarsely chopped pecans
*Substitute brown sugar for the sticky bun sugar, if desired
The flour/liquid ratio is important in this recipe, so measure carefully. Your best bet is to weigh the flour; or measure it by gently spooning it into a cup, then sweeping off any excess.
To make the dough:
Combine all of the dough ingredients, in the order written, in a very large bowl (at least 6 quarts). Stir to make a sticky dough. You can do this in a stand mixer and then transfer to a larger bowl; or simply use a big bowl and spoon (or dough whisk).
Cover the bowl, and let the dough rise for 2 hours at cool room temperature.
Refrigerate the dough for at least several hours, to chill it and make it easier to work with. It can be refrigerated for up to 3 days before using.
When you're ready to make sticky buns, make the filling.
Combine the Baker's Cinnamon Filling and water, stirring till smooth OR mix 2/3 cup granulated sugar and 1 tablespoon ground cinnamon (this is what I usually do).
To make the topping:
Spread the melted butter and syrup (or honey) in a lightly greased 9″ round cake pan.
Sprinkle the sugar(s) atop the butter, then scatter the nuts atop the sugar(s). Set aside.
To make sticky buns:
Spray your hand with non-stick vegetable oil spray, and dip it into the dough in the bucket.
Pinch off/pull out 1/3 of the dough; this is about the size of a large softball or a large grapefruit, a scant 620 grams. For best accuracy, weigh on a scale.
Place the remaining dough back in the refrigerator, to use another time. Or wrap and store in the freezer. This dough recipe is enough to make three 8″ or 9″ round pans of sticky buns.
Transfer the dough to a floured work surface, and roll it into a rectangle approximately 15″ x 10″.
Spread the filling over the dough, leaving a narrow margin around the edges uncovered.
Starting with a long edge, gently roll the dough into a log. Don't roll it too tightly; if you do, the centers of the buns will pop up as they bake.
Cut the log into 8 pieces.
Space the buns in the pan. Lightly press each down till they're touching one another.
Cover the pan, and allow the buns to rise till they're quite puffy, about 1 hour. Towards the end of the rising time, preheat the oven to 350°F. I usually do this with 15-30 mins left.
Uncover the pan, and bake the buns for 40 to 45 minutes, until they're a deep golden brown.
Remove the pan from the oven, and turn it over onto a piece of parchment, or onto a cooling rack set over a piece of parchment or waxed paper (to catch any drips).
Lift off the pan, and scrape any nuts or sugar in the pan onto the buns.
Serve immediately, or let the buns cool a bit. Wrap any leftovers securely, and store at room temperature.
9. Actions: Educate yourself on allyship
June is Pride Month, a time in which LGBT+ people celebrate our lives, history and community. Learn how to be a good ally this month through the following resources.
Youtubers:
Ash Hardell, specifically their The ABC's of LGBT+ playlist
Queer as Cat, specifically their QPOC Intersectionality, Nonbinary / Gender and Asexuality videos
Kat Blaque
Petite Eva
Queer: A Graphic History by Meg-John Barker, Julia Scheele (graphic novel)
Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe (graphic novel)
A full list: socialjusticebooks.org/booklists/lgbtq
Schuyler Bailar (@pinkmantaray)
Charlie/Amáyá (@dineaesthetics)
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Missionalia ... Articles This article was originally published in Missionalia , the journal of the Southern African Missiological Society . If you would like to see some other articles from Missionalia , have a look at the list of Missionalia articles on the Web THE DYNAMICS OF INDIGENOUS CHARISMATIC MISSIONARY ENTERPRISES IN WEST AFRICA Matthews A. Ojo ABSTRACT Indigenous missionary organisations resulting from the Charismatic Renewal in West Africa have proliferated since the 1970s. Through their dramatic growth and missionary vigour they contribute to shifting Christianity's centre of gravity to the non-Western world. Members of these transcultural and transnational movements are mainly the educate elite, and they are strong on college and university campuses. The article discusses the important charismatic missionary organisations in West Africa one by one, pointing out how they succeeded in crossing national frontiers to become international movements. A closing section identifies the key characteristics of these missions and gives a brief evaluation. INTRODUCTION The International Consultation on Missions held in Jos, Nigeria in August 1985 on the theme, "Mobilising indigenous missions for the harvest," was the first ever West African regional missions conference. Sponsored by the Nigeria Evangelical Mission Association (NEMA), the consultation drew participants from Ghana, Cameroon, Kenya, Uganda, Nigeria, Guatemala, England, and USA. The conference reviewed the progress made by indig enous missionary initiatives, sought ways to stimulate and co-ordinate emerging indigenous missionary efforts, and lastly explored the means and patterns of co-operation between Western and Third World missions agencies (Gbade 1988:1-4).
from the Ewe, Asanti, Ga, and frafra peoples of Ghana. environmental parable, we find a people living in achievements of africa's indigenous civilizations.
Sixty-four-year-old Baybie Hoover and her closest friend, Ginger Brown, both born blind, "pitched" their way from Wichita, Kansas, to New York City by singing religious music on the street with tin cups in hand. The film is a loving portrait of Baybie's warm, wise, ever-enduring spirit. Mistreated by her stepmother, made pregnant by her uncle, forcibly separated from her child, and sterilized by the state, Baybie has faced trials that would have broken the spirits of other less-determined characters. As an intimate portrait of a woman who has refused to be a victim of life, this film celebrates the human spirit without artificial sentiment. Suggested Classroom Activity: Have students write a portrait of someone in their community whom they have previously overlooked; discuss together how taking a close look at someone can change one's perspective. Lakota Quillwork: Art and Legend: A Story of Sioux Porcupine Quilling: Past and Present NEW!
The spirit of a person is without boundaries.
African American jazz is an international music in its ability to encompass elements of other traditions. Blood Drum Spirit is an effort to adapt the deep structures of Asian, African, and Native American traditions into the African American sound, a life force creating a space for the gods to descend, a positive alternative for what we see as a corrupt and parasitic status quo on plantation earth.
Over the past centuries there have been political and cultural struggles which have impacted the world's peoples, and our music is a non-verbal manifesto for cultural and political self-determination, in opposition to the enslaving uses of armies, technologies, exploitive economics and 'religion', by the so called 'developed countries'.
This album crystallizes my work over two decades in world music. I have researched, performed, and recorded with master artists from China, Philippines, India, Indonesia, the Caribbean, West Africa, African America, Ireland, and Native America; most importantly, I have lived these musical traditions and through their wisdom, come a little closer to what lies behind the music.
The gongs of Javanese gamelan, the rhythmic vocables of South India, and the drum-dance drama of Ghana bring us to another time and place. We use our blood through the drum in us to touch spirits, and offer this to you.
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Abstract : The author describes his intellectual journey in ten episodes, starting from his upbringing in Manchester and training in Cambridge. After pioneering research in Africa and work as a development advisor, he returned to Manchester as a teacher of social anthropology. Subsequently he spent periods in North America and the Caribbean, before returning to Cambridge for fifteen years. He is currently trying to establish himself as a writer in Paris. What follows is neither social science nor autobiography, but a personal account of being-in-the-world in which he tries to move, without discordance, along the whole length of the continuum linking the self to the rest of humanity. The star of the show, however, is Manchester, where his story begins. A bottle of Manchester United Chardonnay In his book The Emigrants the story of the pop cult city . Anyone can see today that Manchester is enjoying a boom as Britain's second city in the new information services economy, even if the heyday of the Hacienda, Ecstasy and Oasis is now gone.
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The 2nd African/American summit "coming home"
30 minutes, 1998, VHS Available in the anthropology office Intricate designs, vivid colors, and fluid shapes decorate this splendid program. Students explore the culture, history and legends surrounding the ancient artform. Learn how clay masterpieces were fashioned from the meager materials of the earth! A compelling look at Native American pottery and heritage.
E-mail: hisayo.katsui@helsinki.fi Tel: Keywords: Development, Central Asia, attitudinal discrimination Infanticide and Disabled Children Name: Jónína Einarsdóttir Title: PhD anthropology Organisation: Centre for Child Health Services Postal Address: 101 Reykjavík City: Reykjavík Country: Iceland E-mail: joninae@li.is Tel: Keywords: Infanticide, disability, children, West-Africa, anthropology Religion and Disability from an African Perspective Name: Abraham Adu Berinyuu Title: Rev. Dr. Organisation: University for Development Studies Postal Address: Box 1350 City: Tamale Country: Ghana E-mail: menvolima@yahoo.com Tel: 416-946-7039(Canada) 233-71-23567(Ghana) Many attempts have been made to do research on the nature and meaning of disability in Africa, usually with a western social theory as the basis of investigation. Religion is often seen in these researches from possivist social anthropological perspective only. This research projects seeks to investigate the meaning of disability from the perspective an indigenous mythic world of which religion is a key partner is both symbol formation and interpretation. This approach is used because of the hunch that until and unless disability is understood from the indigenous mythic world perspective, many of the well intended programmes rehabilitation and advocacy may not incorporate the essence and challenges of disability from an African perspective. The study was conducted among the Frafra located in the North East of the Upper East Region of Ghana.
March March - 01 To 04 COUNTRY :BANGLADESH Population Peoples: All ethnic groups 50.
Bengali 97.3%. Muslim and Hindu Bengalis have distinct cultures and dialects.
Tribal Groups 1.1%. Over 30. Largest: Chakma 352,000; Mogh 185,000; Santal 157,000; Tipera 105,000; Garo 102,000; Tripuri 78,000; Meithei 56,000; Mru 45,000; Hadi 42,000; Usipi 35,000; Bawm 31,000; Oraon 24,000; Dalu 11,000; Pankhu 2,200; Khyang 1,400.
Other minorities 1.6%. Urdu 600,000; Hindi 346,000; Burmese 231,000; Bihari 230,000.
Refugees: 200,000 Rohingya from Arakan, Myanmar. Literacy Literacy 24%. Official languages: Bengali, English often used. All languages 37. Languages with Scriptures 14Bi 3NT 7por. Cities Capital: Dhaka 6,646,000.
Other major city: Chittagong 2,289,000.
Urbanization 15%. Economy: One of the world's poorest nations, suffering from gross over-population and periodic natural disasters such as devastating floods and cyclones with enormous loss of life. There seems little hope that the poverty of this unhappy land will ever be substantially alleviated. Major sources of foreign exchange are aid, textiles and jute. Underemployment 50%. Public debtperson $81. Incomeperson $180 (0.85% of USA). Politics: Formerly East Pakistan; independent in 1971 after bitter civil war and defeat of Pakistan by Indian and Bangladeshi forces. Corruption, instability, assassinations and 18 coups have marred the years since then. A nine-year military dictatorship ended in 1991 with restoration of democracy and the election of a government led by a woman, Begum Zia.
The Royal Netherlands Embassy in conjunction with Kulture Consult is proud to announce a unique event taking place in the first week of May 2004. As in previous years Embassy has invited Dutch musicians to perform in Zambia and this year it is the Holland-Surinam band, Fra Fra Sound. But that's not all - tt the same time, Oliver Mtukudzi and the Black Spirits from Zimbabwe will be back in Zambia for a few concerts. Since both famous bands know each other from jazz festivals in South Africa, the idea of a joint performance was suggested and has, for our entertainment, been brought to fruitiion. And joining them will be our own Maureen Lilanda adding that Zambian touch. Oliver Mtukudzi 's career has spanned twenty five years.
Royal hartigan Blood drum spirit Innova.mu I began my life hearing my uncle Ray Hart and my mother Hazel Hartigan tap dancing. Ray danced with Bill Robinson, Peg Leg Bates, the Step Brothers, the Nicholas Brothers, and the Hines Brothers. I started tapping at 3 years of age and felt the whole world through the sound of my taps on wood floors and bakelite mats. At 8 years I started playing piano and drums, listening to Errol Garner, Duke Ellington, Dave Brubeck, Thelonious Monk, and Oscar Peterson. I joined a drum corps at age 11, and shortly after added drumset to my studies. Since those early years drumming, dance, and piano have been a way to understand and express life and things beyond music. I have studied drumset with Clifford Adams, Lenny McBrowne, Clifford Jarvis, Max Roach, and Edward Blackwell. Since the early 1970s I have felt rhythms and time in many patterns: three or four layers at once, playing on different sides of the beat, and time cycles of 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 , 15, 17, 23, and so on, beats. Also, groups of uneven beats, with some longer than others. For me it is important to play these approaches in a way which is natural and not mathematical, so that the sound swings in whatever idiom I am playing: bebop, funk, blues, gospel, reggae, hip-hop, or Afro-Latin styles. My musical home is the African American tradition with a focus on jazz, so my drumset work centers on extending rhythm and time concepts without a repeating beat, flowing over any time cycle in the same way Elvin Jones or Jack DeJohnette make time flow.


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CA Estudantes de São Paulo was een Braziliaanse voetbalclub uit de stad São Paulo.

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Na de teloorgang van São Paulo da Floresta werd de club in 1935 opgericht. Estudantes nam deel aan het staatskampioenschap en eindigde op een derde plaats. Het volgende seizoen eindigden ze in de middenmoot. Op 2 juni 1937 fuseerde de club met CA Paulista tot CA Estudantes Paulista, dat in 1938 opgeslorpt werd door São Paulo FC.

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Voetbalclub in São Paulo


A counter-history of the Obama presidency.
On April 14, 2009, as Barack Obama's standing in the polls was beginning to slip, and as Tea Party demonstrators were amassing in Washington for tax day protests, the president gave a lengthy address at Georgetown University explaining the "five pillars" of his economic policies. The speech was intended to promote a memorable slogan for Obama's program that would evoke comparisons with Theodore Roosevelt's Square Deal, Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal, and Lyndon Johnson's Great Society.
Obama's evocation of Carter was obviously unintended–but the Man from Plains is indeed the specter now hanging over his presidency. Of course, Obama has already accomplished more in his first 20 months than Jimmy Carter did during his entire presidency. But there is a disturbing political resemblance between the two presidencies. Both men ran inspired campaigns in which they positioned themselves above the scandals and partisan quarrels of their predecessors and initially stirred hopes of a "transformational" presidency. But, as presidents, both men somehow failed to connect with large parts of the electorate.
To be sure, there are a number of very specific reasons why Carter and Obama landed in political trouble. Both men contended with rising unemployment–Carter with rampant inflation as well–and voters' approval of a president and his party tend to track closely with changes in the economy. Carter faced friction in his own party and the rise of a powerful business lobby, and Obama has dealt with a Republican Party that has frustrated his dreams of a post-partisan presidency. Yet the most important reason for their difficulties–evident in their inept attempts to brand their programs–has been an inability to develop a politics that resonates with the public.
In the United States, politics pivots around the allegiance of the middle class, even as its identity has changed from yeoman farmers and mechanics to store clerks, office workers, x-ray technicians, and small business owners. They are, in Bill Clinton's words, "those who work hard and play by the rules." They are the central characters in a populist rhetoric that goes back to the early republic. It depicts the middle class as embattled and threatened either from forces below (impoverished immigrants, welfare cheaters, ghetto rioters) or above (Wall Street speculators, state bureaucrats, K Street lobbyists). Populism can be embraced by Glenn Beck or Tom Harkin. It is intrinsically neither left-wing nor right-wing.
Politicians, such as Franklin Roosevelt or Ronald Reagan, who found a way of using populism's appeal during downturns have enjoyed success, while those who have spurned it have suffered accordingly. If, in circumstances like the present one, you don't develop a populist politics, your adversaries will use populism to define you as an enemy of the people. That's what Carter discovered during the stagflation of the late '70s. And that's what has happened in the last 20 months of the Great Recession to Barack Obama and to the Democratic Party he leads.
Obama took office with widespread popular support, even among Republicans, and some of his first efforts, including the $800 billion stimulus, initially enjoyed strong public favor. But that wide appeal began to dissipate by the late spring of 2009. Disillusion with Obama fueled the November defeat of Democratic gubernatorial candidates in New Jersey and Virginia. By January 2010, it was a crucial factor in Republican Scott Brown's astonishing victory over Martha Coakley in Massachusetts.
In the postmortem debate over these defeats, some Democrats have blamed Obama's dogged pursuit of health care reform while the economy was hemorrhaging jobs. That may have been a factor, but the real damage was done earlier. What doomed Obama politically was the way he dealt with the financial crisis in the first six months of his presidency. In an atmosphere primed for a populist backlash, he allowed the right wing to define the terms.
As Obama was delivering his inaugural address, the financial crisis was already in full swing; and it was already apparent that financial speculation, outright fraud, and irresponsible and sometimes illegal housing-loan practices had played a very large role in precipitating the crisis. The public was up in arms. But, instead of rallying the public against the "money changers," as Roosevelt had done in his first inaugural, Obama, taking a leaf from Jimmy Carter's infamous "malaise" speech, put the blame on the public as a whole. "Our economy is badly weakened, a consequence of greed and irresponsibility on the part of some, but also our collective failure to make hard choices and prepare the nation for a new age," he declared.
By the spring, Obama's apparent tilt to Wall Street had sparked a right-wing populist revolt in the country. The newly formed Tea Party movement, Beck and Fox News, and a host of right-wing bloggers were leading the charge; but, in a less extreme form, the general public shared their anger. In an early April New York Times/CBS News poll, the public disapproved of Obama's aiding the banks by 58 percent to 33 percent. In this same poll, public approval of Obama's handling of the economy began to fall. Pollsters who did focus groups also traced disillusionment with Obama's economic policies to his handling of the financial crisis.
Congressman Barney Frank, who defends Obama's policies, acknowledges that the president's political difficulties began with the revelation that AIG, which had received $170 billion from the government, had paid out $165 million in bonuses to the division that had brought the company down. Geithner had known about the bonuses but insisted there were no legal grounds to block them. (It then came out that Geithner had pressured Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd to insert a provision in the stimulus bill that protected the bonuses.) "The pitchforks were out. It added injury to injury," Frank says. That's when public opinion of Geithner plummeted. According to a Rasmussen poll, 24 percent had a favorable view of Geithner and 44 percent an unfavorable one.
The public's view of the bank bailout and the AIG bonuses colored its view of the auto bailout, the stimulus, and health care reform. One of the rallying cries for the populist opposition to Obama was "where's my bailout?" (Obama himself acknowledged that it was "one of the most frequent questions" he was asked in letters.) The auto program became a bailout for the GM and Chrysler CEOs; the stimulus became a bailout of government itself; and health care reform was a bailout for the uninsured–or "reparations," as Rush Limbaugh put it. Wrote right-wing blogger Michelle Malkin, "hardworking citizens were getting sick of being played for chumps" by "moochers, big and small, corporate and individual, trampling over themselves with their hands out demanding endless bailouts." Obama and the Democrats were successfully portrayed as aiding "the moochers," but not the "hardworking citizens." In American politics, that's a recipe for political disaster.
By early January of this year, Obama was clearly losing the battle for the middle class. According to a CNN poll, 60 percent of Americans thought Obama "had paid more attention to the problems faced by banks and other financial institutions" than to the "problems faced by middle class Americans." Only 28 percent, barely more than a quarter, thought he had paid more attention to the middle class. As Brown surged ahead of Coakley in the polls, the White House temporarily embraced a populist approach. On January 14, Obama called the bank bonuses "obscene" and said, "we want our money back." In a January 22 speech at Lorain County Community College in Elyria, Ohio (a far cry from Georgetown), Obama used the word "fighting" 13 times and "fight" nine times. "I will not stop fighting for you," he declared.
Obama's reluctance to rail against Wall Street might have led to a watered-down financial reform bill, or even no bill at all, but, on April 16, the Securities and Exchange Commission accused Goldman Sachs for fraud. The next week, an emboldened Obama went to New York to criticize the bankers directly for their "failure of responsibility." As a result of the accusation and Obama's rediscovery of his anger, Republicans became somewhat less obstructionist, moderate Republicans broke with the party's leadership, and moderate Democrats fell into line. Congress produced a much stronger bill than the Democrats had ever expected.
But Obama's embrace of populism has remained fitful and sporadic. After the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and Verizon's Ivan Seidenberg, the head of the Business Roundtable, criticized Obama for being anti-business in June, the president dispatched Geithner, White House aide Valerie Jarrett, and Bill Clinton to appease the business community. Obama has said enough to anger the CEOs, but he has failed to convey to the greater public that he is fighting for them.
Obama's unwillingness to buck Wall Street and the Business Roundtable, along with his delayed and muddled response to the BP disaster in the Gulf, has eroded the public's confidence in his leadership. In Pew's midyear report card on Obama's image, the greatest drop from February 2009 to this June was in the perception of Obama as a "strong leader." Voters will sometimes tolerate policies they question from presidents like John Kennedy or Reagan, whom they regard as "strong," but not from politicians like Jimmy Carter, whom they regard as weak.
What of the other factors behind Obama's political difficulties? There is no doubt that, if the economy were growing faster, and if unemployment were dropping below 9 percent, Obama and the Democrats would be more popular and not fearing a November rout. But, unfortunately, the economy's sluggish recovery cannot be completely disentangled from the White House's weak political performance.
In January, when the White House debated how large a stimulus to propose, Christina Romer, the head of the Council of Economic Advisors, proposed a $1.2 trillion Keynesian jolt. David Obey, the chairman of the House Budget Committee, told The Fiscal Times that Obama's Treasury Department asked initially for a $1.4 trillion bill. But the administration finally proposed a stimulus between $700 and $800 billion that included large tax cuts that were more likely to stimulate saving than consumption–and spending that would be unlikely to produce many jobs until the end of Obama's first term. In the stimulus's first year, the administration spent only $17 billion of the $139 billion allocated for infrastructure spending.
Prominent economists, including Paul Krugman and Joseph Stiglitz, made the case that a much larger stimulus was necessary to reverse (rather than merely reduce) the rise in unemployment, and that, if a modest stimulus failed to reduce unemployment, Republicans would convince the public that the stimulus was toxic medication and would block additional Keynesian measures. That argument has been proven sadly correct. Some White House advisers appear to have underestimated the depth of the Great Recession. Others seem to have doubted the administration had the political clout to get more from Congress.
But the White House might have gotten more if Obama had proclaimed a national economic emergency (which it was); framed the issue in terms of rescuing the middle class from damage done by Wall Street speculators, short-sighted CEOs, and Chinese mercantilism; and directly attacked Republicans as heartless obstructionists. When Obama belatedly made this sort of case on the eve of the financial reform vote this year, he got a much stronger bill than anyone had anticipated. So it's not clear that the failure to get a larger stimulus–which has ended up hurting the administration politically–wasn't itself a result of political timidity.
The president has also suffered from an inability to explain to the public why he sought such a large stimulus and what he thought it could accomplish. Obama's New Foundation speech at Georgetown was soon forgotten. Afterward, Obama, to the dismay of Democrats in Congress and some of his White House aides, pretty much dropped the jobs issue. From then to Labor Day, he devoted a July visit to Buffalo and an August stopover in southern Indiana to the issue–at a time when the right wing was mobilizing against him. Obama didn't just fail to develop a consistent narrative about the economy; he didn't really try.
Contrast Obama's attempt to develop a politics to justify his economic program with what Reagan did in 1982. Faced with steadily rising unemployment, which went from 8.6 percent in January to 10.4 percent in November, Reagan and his political staff, which included James Baker, Mike Deaver, and Ed Rollins, forged a strategy early that year calling for voters to "stay the course" and blaming the current economic troubles on Democratic profligacy. "We are clearing away the economic wreckage that was dumped in our laps," Reagan declared. Democrats accused them of playing "the blame game," but the strategy, followed to the letter by the White House for ten months, worked. The Republicans were predicted to lose as many as 50 House seats, but they lost only 26 and broke even in the Senate.
Some commentators have noted Reagan's popularity was even lower than Obama's. But, on key economic questions, he did much better than Obama and the Democrats are currently performing–and voters expressed far greater patience with Reagan's program. According to polls, even as the unemployment rate climbed, a narrow plurality still expressed confidence that Reagan's program would help the economy. On the eve of the election, with the unemployment rate at a postwar high, a New York Times/CBS News poll found that 60 percent of likely voters thought Reagan's economic program would eventually help the country. That's a sign of a successful political operation. If Obama could command those numbers, Democrats could seriously limit their losses in November. But Obama has not been able to develop a narrative that could convince people to trust him and the Democrats.
Why has the White House failed to convince the public that it is fighting effectively on its behalf? The principal culprit is clearly Barack Obama. He has a strange aversion to confrontational politics. His aversion is strange because he was schooled in it, working as a community organizer in the 1980s, under the tutelage of activists who subscribed to teachings of the radical Saul Alinsky. But, when Obama departed for Harvard Law School in 1988, he left Alinsky and adversarial tactics behind.
Obama carried this outlook into the U.S. Senate, into his campaign for the presidency, and then, into the presidency itself. He is a cerebral, dispassionate, post-partisan; he wants to "end the political strategy that has been based on division," to "turn the page" on the culture wars of the 1960s and the partisan battles of the 1990s. During the campaign, his aides jokingly referred to him as the "black Jesus." While he can tolerate and even brush aside conflict, he is reluctant to actively foment it. "In a time of crisis, we can't afford to govern out of anger," he declared in February 2009. During his campaign and his first year in office, he held to a blind faith in bipartisanship, even as the Republicans voted as a bloc against his legislation. He is, perhaps, ill-suited in these respects for an era of bruising political warfare.
His advisers have clearly reinforced these inclinations. In the campaign, they fashioned him as the outsider candidate of "hope" and "change" and have extended this strategy into the presidency itself. They see him as standing above party. In a meeting with congressional leaders last April, senior adviser David Axelrod rejected the complaint that Obama accorded equal blame to Democrats and Republicans with his descriptions of the "cynical politics in Washington." Within the White House, top aides still speak of promoting the Obama "brand." Organizing for America, the administration's campaign organization, which is supposed to be focusing on the 2010 elections, recently devoted its resources to organizing parties across the country to celebrate Obama's forty-ninth birthday.
These efforts to elevate Obama above the hurly-burly of Washington politics have been disastrous. Obama's image as an iconic outsider has become the screen on which Fox News, the Tea Party, radicalright bloggers, and assorted politicians have projected the image of him as a foreigner, an Islamic radical, and a socialist. He has remained "the other" that he aspired to be during the campaign, but he and his advisers no longer control how that otherness is defined.
The White House and cabinet officials he appointed have reinforced his aversion to populism. As Jonathan Alter recounts in The Promise: President Obama, Year One, Geithner and Summers repeatedly blocked attempts to get tough on Wall Street on the grounds that doing so would threaten the recovery itself by upsetting the bankers. For most of his first year, Alter writes, "Obama bought the Geithner-Summers argument that the banks were fragile and couldn't be confronted while they remained in peril." Its reluctance to come down on the bankers crippled the administration politically, making it far more difficult for it to get its way with Congress on a second stimulus program that would have boosted the recovery and Democrats' political prospects. Bad politics can trump good policy.
Populism has profound shortcomings as a worldview. It tends toward demagoguery. In its relentless focus on the middle class, it can ignore or stigmatize those below it. It can prove hostile to a long-range scientific outlook. A more populist Obama, for instance, might have postponed the battle for climate change legislation or national health insurance and probably would have taken a weaker stand on immigration. But populism has been an indelible part of the American political psyche, and those who are uncomfortable making populist appeals, like Hoover or Carter–or, more recently, presidential candidate John Kerry–suffer the consequences at the polls.
If Obama's politics leads to a Republican takeover of one or both houses of Congress, and even to a Republican president in 2012, then much of what Obama has accomplished could be undone. It's unlikely that a new Republican president and Congress would actually repeal the health care or the financial reform bill. But the former could be starved of public funds and deprived of regulatory oversight; and the latter could be neutered by a hostile treasury secretary and by weak or hostile presidential appointees to the Securities and Exchange Commission or the new Consumer Financial Protection Agency. Reform legislation needs administrations and congresses committed to reform. That is where politics has to come in; and that's where the Obama administration, with its aversion to populism, has fallen short.