Wellbeing is a difficult thing to define, let alone to measure.
And the definition is critical to the measurement.
If you look to the UN Sustainable Development Goals, wellbeing isn't even the top criteria, it's just one of many.
Whereas, if you look at OECD Regional Wellbeing, it is of course, right at the top.
For the Legatum Prosperity Index, prosperity is of course the over-arching goal (but is properity just another measure for wellbeing?).
For OUR SYSTEM, and The Common Purpose (TCP), it is fulfilment (or living) without harm. That's because fulfilling our potential, which is growing, which is living, is what life is all about. Life is really all about living, right? And the only way we can all do that, is if we do it without harming other life or being harmed by other life, i.e. by being free. That's what our system should enable for us.
And that's what these OUR SYSTEM Indicators, following, are all about.
I'm putting these up here to garner thought and criticism and suggestions and comment.
They are, of course, based around The Common Purpose (fulfilment without harm) Manifesto, which, otherwise translated, is the freedom to live without harm (I think even Hayek would agree with that common purpose).
- Low prisoners per capita.
- Human Rights protected by law.
- Trust in legal system.
- Use of restorative justice.
- Free and fair competition law.
- Open internet (net neutrality).
- High ease of trade across borders.
- Elements of shared base income.
- Low cost of sharing ideas.
- Low unit costs of production.
- Low residential construction costs.
- Low proportion of monopolies.
- Low consumer price inflation.
- Elements of a shared base income.
- High adjusted net savings rate.
- No monopoly profit gouging.
- Low child abuse per capita.
- Low homelessness per capita.
- Laws against domestic violence.
- Equal gender participation in firm ownership.
- Equal gender membership of parliament.
- Democratic, fair and free elections.
- Primary school enrolment rate.
- Secondary school enrolment rate.
- Low air pollution (NOx/CO2 emissions per capita).
- Low greenhouse gasses (CO2 emissions per capita).
- Low fine particulate air pollution (PM25).
- High proportion of land in national parks.
- Free & unbiased news media.
- Full coverage of events.
- High confidence in the future.
- High secularism (non-religious faith).
- Low hate crime rate.
- Generations down which citizenship can be retained.
- High proportion tertiary educated.
This is definitely a work in progress. I'd love to get comment. The thing I notice most different about the above framework is its focus on organisation - it is where most of us spend perhaps most of our lives, and there doesn't seem to be a lot of attention given to it. Perhaps that why it's so damn hard to find measures for it.
There is a lot of gaps for measures in above, and there is a balance between measures that most accurately reflect the theme, and the realism with which data for those measures can be attained. I want to obtain the data as internationally as possible to be able to assess and compare as many regions as possible, but the comparisons also need to be reasonable and robust.
'OUR SYSTEM Indicators and more'.
If you select 'File/Download As' in the file, you can download it in an editable format of your choice. The file includes lists of indicators from other sets related to wellbeing, prosperity, happiness, fulfilment, etc, as well as a comparison between these by their high level categories (using OUR SYSTEM Indicators as the base, as that's what I'm most familiar with).


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Children enter our Foundation Stage at the beginning of the academic year in which their fifth birthday falls. All children born between 1st September and 31st August will start at The Downley School in September, either full time or part time as preferred.
Children who are five between 1st September and 31st December inclusive must begin as full time (08.45 a.m.-3.00 p.m.) pupils in the autumn term.
Children who are five between 1st January and 31st August inclusive have the option to start full time from September, or to continue part time (08.45 a.m.-12 noon) if preferred until January.
On completion of their foundation year, the children progress through Key Stage 1 and then through Key Stage 2 when they leave us and move on to the secondary phase of their education.
In the event of the number of applications for places at the school exceeding the number of places available, the criteria laid down by Buckinghamshire County Council will be followed in the allocation of places. Full details of the admissions procedures are available both in the Bucks County Council booklet "Admission to Buckinghamshire Primary Schools - Guide for Parents" and on the council website. http://www.buckscc.gov.uk/education/schools/admissions-and-moving-school/admission-to-primary-schools/
Click on this link to check whether your address is in the catchment area for The Downley School https://services.buckscc.gov.uk/school-admissions
The Downley School is an inclusive school and accepts all children regardless of their ability. Where necessary, the curriculum is differentiated to make it fully accessible to all pupils. The SENDCO, Ms Tyrrell, will speak to parents/carers about specific needs prior to starting school. Those children that require an EHCP will also be supported and monitored by the SENDCO and their Phase Leader. We are equipped with a disabled toilet and changing facilities and, whilst the school is on two floors, there is access to the upper floor via a lift for those with physical impairment. All parts of the School are fully accessible to wheelchair users.
To register an interest in the School, or to book an appointment to view the School, please contact Mrs Ovens in the School Office via email at office@thedownleyschool.co.uk or telephone 01494 527033.
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Baldwin County explains increased receipts to legal team
Posted by Gabriel Tynes | Dec 23, 2020 | Baldwin County, Bay Briefs | 0 |
EDITOR'S NOTE: After this story went to print, Stone Crosby PC clarified that the firm was not "paid" an additional $513,000, but has held onto $502,250.53 "until it's time to deposit it into the court as part of an interpleader action." Associate attorney Lauren M. Collinsworth explained: "In order to assist the Revenue Commissioner with the process of interpleading the funds, the Revenue Commissioner sends the funds to Stone Crosby, P.C. and we hold that money in our trust account until it is time to interplead the funds into the Court." Lagniappe regrets this error.
In the year since the Baldwin County Commission abruptly switched legal representation due to repeated conflicts of interest, receipts to its county attorney have soared more than 200 percent, but Revenue Commissioner Teddy Faust said it's for good reason.
In November 2019, after a nine-year affiliation, the commission parted ways with Blackburn & Conner PC, citing the firm's tendency to recuse itself from important discussions due to conflicting legal relationships. For their final 11 months of work, Blackburn & Conner was paid $293,212.05. On the other hand, in the first 11 months of 2020, the county paid its new firm, Stone Crosby PC, $893,277.60.
But according to county receipts, $513,000 of that amount has been for "excess land sales" rather than "legal services," an expense Blackburn & Conner never billed for. Faust said the line item is reimbursement for Stone Crosby's work in getting tax-delinquent properties off the county's books, and the additional payments reflect their "outstanding job."
In 2018, the State Legislature passed a bill allowing the county to hold tax lien sales, as opposed to selling delinquent properties for tax. Under the old model, the county would have an auction on properties for which taxes were unpaid and sell them for the taxes, plus 12-15 percent interest of the appraised value of the property. If the owner chooses to redeem the property within the three-year period before the title changes hands, they would have to pay the amount of taxes owed, plus the interest paid on the sale and any interest accrued in the three-year period.
Under the new model, which Faust said is fairer for the property owner, the county holds tax lien auctions where investors bid on the amount of taxes owed only, with interest beginning at 12 percent and declining to 0 percent.
Under the last tax sale using the old model, the county yielded just under $200,000 in property tax but held over $8 million in excess funds, essentially "managing money for investors," Faust explained. The new model allows the county to transfer the funds "to who it rightfully belongs to."
"That money was more of a burden than anything," he said.
For its part, Stone Crosby charges an hourly rate and "has done numerous filings with the courts," Faust said. "It's a complex legal process but I've been very pleased with them getting this done, because it's been like an albatross for us."
As far as standard legal services for the county, between Jan. 1, 2015 and Nov. 5, 2019, Blackburn Conner was paid a total of $1,787,645.11, or an average of $357,529 per year. In comparison, Stone Crosby has been paid $418,158.79 this year for the same type of legal work, although county spokeswoman Sherry-Lea Botop said that uptick is justified by an increased workload this year.
"This has been an exceptionally challenging year," she said. "The COVID-19 pandemic and multiple hurricanes created a need for much more legal support as the county traversed complexities around everything from [personal protective equipment] to hurricane recovery. If you factor in all of this, the legal fees are likely much less this year than past years. Response times have been extraordinarily fast as well."
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Gabriel Tynes joined Lagniappe in January 2012 as a web editor and reporter. He was promoted to assistant managing editor when the paper became a weekly publication in 2014. He is a graduate of the University of South Alabama and has previous journalism and public relations experience in the Florida Panhandle and Baldwin County. He lives in midtown Mobile with his two sons.
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Caio and Mari are two young adults whose relationship is beyond any definition. Throughout 10 years, the plot transits among 3 striking moments in which their desires are in conflict and their relationship is put to the test.
Keyla the police officer and the unprepared detective Claudio could not be more incompatible. However they are forced to form a duo to solve the series of mysterious murders that are happening in the quiet city of Joinlândia.
Pedro has found a job. A rare occurence in this period of crisis. That's good news for him and his family. It's true that the job is rather strange... But the important thing is to have a job... Isn't it ?
Take Rabbit is a humorous take on an age-old conundrum - a man attempts to transport some unlikely passengers across a river in his tiny boat but soon realizes he's taken on more than he bargained for.
A coyote loses his wife and children from an attack by wolves. Anguished from human emotions he's trying to process the experience. Besides grief and delusion, evil takes up more and more space.
An animated short about an animal dealer who finds himself caught in an animal cage, he escaped to seek rescues for animals but every time faced with an obstacle.
During the Brazilian military government, journalist Estevão is sent from Rio de Janeiro to Brasilia to cover the important statement of a minister, but takes the opportunity to deliver incriminating documents to another one.
A lawyer leaves his career and fiancée behind to chase the criminals who killed his family.
Caught in a compromising situation, couple is blackmailed but, since they don't accept to play the game, their daughter is kidnapped and may be killed.
Crime queen and drug dealer, Diaba finds out that the police are after his protégé and decides to "make up" a new bandit to turn in in his place.


Up coming meets and rides?
are there any meets or events up coming in the austin area.. cause i would like to meet some dsm owners..
Can you count me in caus I want to meet up! This will be a first for me.
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Led Zeppelin release rock and roll video2014-10-27
Led Zeppelin are premiering an animated video for their unreleased version of "Rock And Roll" as a preview of the upcoming expanded reissue of their 1971 release, "Led Zeppelin IV", due October 28. "'Rock and Roll' has just got that cheeky energy about it," Jimmy Page told Rolling Stone. "It's a party. 'It's been a long time since I rock and rolled.' It says it all, really. It's great lyrics and it's a great performance." "As a song, it was actually kind of punky; pre-punk," added bassist/keyboardist John Paul Jones.
http://www.hennemusic.com/2014/10/led-zeppelin-premiere-animated-video.html


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Флаг Сахали́нской области является официальным символом Сахалинской области как субъекта Российской Федерации.

Флаг утверждён 28 ноября 1995 года и внесён в Государственный геральдический регистр Российской Федерации с присвоением регистрационного номера 158.

Флаг Сахалинской области — один из немногих флагов, где изображена карта территории.

История принятия
18 июля 1995 года, постановлением губернатора Сахалинской области № 210, в целях обозначения Сахалинской области — субъекта Российской Федерации — флагом и гербом, характеризующими исторические и природно-географические особенности области, было утверждено положение о конкурсе на разработку проектов флага и герба Сахалинской области.

7 сентября 1995 года, постановлением губернатора Сахалинской области № 274, по предложению жюри конкурса, было решено провести второй тур конкурса.

27 октября 1995 года, рассмотрев материалы заседания жюри по проведению конкурса на разработку проектов флага и герба Сахалинской области, постановлением губернатора Сахалинской области № 340, был утверждён проект флага Сахалинской области, занявший по решению жюри 3-е место, разработанный автором В. Е. Гомилевским. Всего на проведение конкурса было истрачено 11 млн рублей (~ 2240 $).

28 ноября 1995 года, согласно предыдущему решению, постановлением губернатора Сахалинской области № 380, было утверждено положение о флаге и гербе Сахалинской области. Описание флага гласило:

Флаг Сахалинской области — субъекта Российской Федерации представляет собой прямоугольное полотнище голубого цвета («морская волна»); в центральной части полотнища — контурные изображения Сахалина и Курильских островов, образующих единую Сахалинскую область. Отношение ширины флага к его длине — 2:3.

25 апреля 1997 года, губернатором Сахалинской области И. П. Фархутдиновым был подписан закон Сахалинской области № 34 «О флаге Сахалинской области — субъекта Российской Федерации», принятый Сахалинской областной Думой 16 апреля 1997 года.

В связи с принятием данного закона, 18 июня 2001 года, постановлением губернатора Сахалинской области № 272, было отменено постановление губернатора области от 28 ноября 1995 № 380 «Об утверждении Положений о гербе и флаге Сахалинской области — субъекта Российской Федерации».

15 июня 2011 года, губернатором Сахалинской области А. В. Хорошавиным был подписан закон Сахалинской области № 47-ЗО «О флаге Сахалинской области», принятый Сахалинской областной Думой 9 июня 2011 года, которым (в числе прочего) был признан утратившим силу закон от 25 апреля 1997 года № 34 с изменениями. Описание флага осталось неизменным.

Описание флага
Описание флага, утверждённое законом Сахалинской области № 34 «О флаге Сахалинской области — субъекта Российской Федерации» и подтверждённое законом Сахалинской области № 47-ЗО «О флаге Сахалинской области», гласит:

Флаг Сахалинской области представляет собой прямоугольное полотнище цвета морской волны (синий с изумрудно-зеленоватым оттенком); в центральной части полотнища — контурные изображения Сахалина и Курильских островов белого цвета, образующих единую Сахалинскую область. Изображения острова Сахалина и островов Курильского архипелага располагаются в центре полотнища, образуя угол в 45 градусов. Верхние и нижние контуры островов находятся на одной линии, на расстоянии одной восьмой части от верхнего и нижнего края ширины флага. Отношение ширины флага к его длине — 2:3.

Примечания

См. также
 Герб Сахалинской области

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Igüeña är en kommun i Spanien.   Den ligger i provinsen Provincia de León och regionen Kastilien och Leon, i den nordvästra delen av landet,  km nordväst om huvudstaden Madrid. Antalet invånare är . Arean är  kvadratkilometer. Igüeña gränsar till Torre del Bierzo, Folgoso de la Ribera, Noceda del Bierzo, Toreno, Páramo del Sil, Palacios del Sil, Murias de Paredes, Riello, Valdesamario och Villagatón.

Terrängen i Igüeña är huvudsakligen kuperad, men västerut är den bergig.

Medelhavsklimat råder i trakten. Årsmedeltemperaturen i trakten är  °C. Den varmaste månaden är augusti, då medeltemperaturen är  °C, och den kallaste är januari, med  °C. Genomsnittlig årsnederbörd är  millimeter. Den regnigaste månaden är november, med i genomsnitt  mm nederbörd, och den torraste är augusti, med  mm nederbörd.

Kommentarer

Källor

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This toolkit was initially developed by CPAG in Scotland with the Glasgow Parent Council Forum, supported by Glasgow City Health and Social Care Partnership and NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. NPFS has worked with parents in South Lanarkshire, Shetland and the Western Isles to add a national perspective to this work.
An electronic copy is available by clicking below but we are happy to post out hard copies if helpful. Please email office@npfs.org.uk to order.


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EHNRI - Profile and role in the National Nutrition Programme
Name: Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI)
Address: Gulelle Arbegnoch Street (the former Pasteur Institute)
Gulele Sub City P.O.B. 5456, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Website: http://www.ehnri.gov.et
Director General Dr. Tsehaynesh Messele
Deputy Director General: Dr. Amha Kebede (Research Technology Transfer)
Contact: Dr. Cherinet Abuye (Director, Food Science and Nutrition Research Directorate) Email: cherinetabuye1@yahoo.com
This article is based on a meeting between Carmel Dolan, ENN and Dr Cherinet, Director, Food Science and Nutrition Research Directorate.
Entrance to EHNRI compound
Dr Cherinet began working for the ENI, predecessor to the EHNRI, in 1988 and has been Director of the Food Science and Nutrition Research Directorate at EHNRI since 2009. Previously he held various positions within the institution including assistant researcher, senior researcher and team leader. He holds a PhD in Public Health (Nutritional Epidemiology) and an MSc in Applied Nutrition.
Dr Cherinet would like to thank the following staff for their contributions to this article: Dr. Tsehaynesh Messele (EHNRI Director General), Dr. Amha Kebede (EHNRI Deputy Director General), Ms. Aregash Samuel (Food Science and Dietetics Research Case Team Leader), Ms. Lakech Goitom (Associate Researcher - Food Science and Dietetics), Ms. Tsehay Assefa (Associate Researcher - Nutrition), Mr. Habtamu Fafa (Nutrition Research Case Team Leader).
The Ethiopian Health and Nutrition Research Institute (EHNRI) is the result of a merger in April 1995 between the former National Research Institute of Health (NRIH), the Ethiopian Nutrition Institute (ENI), and the Department of Traditional Medicine (DTM) of the Ministry of Health. The EHNRI, as a government organisation, is the primary body in Ethiopia for carrying out research, training and providing services for the public and organisations in the areas of health and nutrition.
National Research Institute of Health (NRIH)
The NRIH was the oldest of the three units and began life as the Medical Research Institute in 1942. In the late 1950's, it became the Pasteur Institute of Ethiopia, following an agreement with the Pasteur Institute of Paris and named after the French chemist Louis Pasteur (1822- 1895) who invented the first vaccine for rabies. In the early 1970's, it was agreed that the Ethiopian Government would take over the running of the Pasteur Institute and it was renamed the Central Laboratory and Research Institute. Towards the end of the twentieth century, it evolved into the National Research Institute of Health (NRIH), which focused its energy on making significant contributions towards improving the health of the country.
Ethiopian Nutrition Institute (ENI)
The Children's Nutrition Unit (CNU) was founded in 1962 as a joint Ethio-Swedish project. It became the ENI in 1968, when the Ethiopian Government took over responsibility for and increased the scope of the nutrition programmes to include pregnant and lactating women, school-age children and other adult groups. It carried out nutrition and food science related research and interventions, as well as providing nutrition training and laboratory services to the public, universities and other organisations. This was realised by specialist teams working on medical nutrition, community nutrition, food production, training and information, and through its well-equipped Food Science and Nutrition laboratories.
National Nutrition baseline survey dissemination workshop - Dr Amha giving the opening speech
Major achievements of the ENI include the development of a National Food Composition Table, development and production of a supplementary food for infants and children called FAFFA (meaning 'to grow big and strong'), as well as other types of complementary and therapeutic foods. It also developed a strong presence in local communities through establishing field stations to carry out surveys and research on aspects of nutrition, the production, storage and preparation of locally available foods, and through the dissemination of educational materials and information to the public.
Department of Traditional Medicine (DTM)
The DTM was established in 1979 under the Ministry of Health to undertake research, and promote the production and use of traditionally used medicines. This was at a time when almost 80% of the Ethiopian population relied on traditional medicines to treat various ailments. Major research was undertaken to develop safe, effective drugs from selected medicinal plants being used and to identify those that could have a potentially harmful effect on the population. Hundreds of medicinal plant species were identified and their uses determined for various types of ailments.
The mandate of the EHNRI
The NRIH/ENI/DTM merger allowed the bringing together of complementary expertise and laboratory facilities to allow for maximum utilisation of available resources and create an atmosphere conducive to research. More recently, the Institute implemented 'Business Process Re-engineering' to facilitate a restructuring of the organisation and its activities so that it can more effectively discharge its responsibilities in line with the Ethiopia Health Sector Development Plan (HSDP III/IV (HSDP IV covers the period 2010-2015). HSDP IV is geared towards protecting and promoting the health and wellbeing of the nation.
Under the new structure, a Director General and two Deputy Director Generals head the EHNRI. One of the deputies heads the Research and Technology Transfer wing of the Institute, which is tasked with tackling priority public health and nutrition problems through problem focused research in order to improve the health of the country. The other deputy heads the Public Health Emergency Management division of the Institute, which works to anticipate, prevent, prepare for, detect, and respond to public health threats so that negative health and socio-economic impacts are minimised.
The Institute also has the mandate to establish and maintain a high quality, sustainable laboratory system throughout Ethiopia. This delivers quality and accessible laboratory services relating to the occurrence, causes, prevention and diagnosis of major diseases of public health importance and to establish and support National Laboratory Quality Assurance programmes and systems.
The Institute is well placed to carry out all of its tasks, with almost 200 research and technical staff, 250 support staff and well-equipped laboratories. It also benefits from the generous support of the Government of Ethiopia and various national and international organisations, with total funds of around 25 million birr and $20 million USD per year (in cash and in kind) received.
Organisations that support the Institute include WHO, UNICEF, World Bank, Centre for Disease Control (CDC) Atlanta, Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) and various non-governmental organisations through joint research projects. Also, collaborative research projects are carried out with local universities, as well as with international partners, research institutes and institutions of higher learning.
Current major programmes include joint cooperation with CDC for a national surveillance study of HIV/AIDS, sexually transmitted infections, malaria, and tuberculosis and strengthening of laboratories at central and regional level. Also, there is significant collaboration with JICA, WHO, and local and international Rotarians for polio surveillance. In collaboration with WHO and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics (FIND), EHNRI has set up a lot testing centre for malaria with the objective of providing this service for the whole of Africa. This centre is one of only three globally, the other two being in Cambodia and The Philippines. A Rapid Test Kit has also been established at EHNRI. At present there is also strong collaboration with the governments of China and South Korea on research into traditional medicines.
Support for the National Nutrition Programme
One of the most significant programmes that the Institute is currently involved in is the National Nutrition Programme (NNP). The NNP is an ambitious nutrition programme, developed by the Ministry of Health with partners, in order to implement the country's first National Nutrition Strategy endorsed in February 2008. It is designed to not only address emergency interventions and food insecurity but also focus on preventive interventions, as well as address the fragmented nature of past interventions by taking into account the multi-sectoral nature of nutrition. The overall aim is to reduce the magnitude of malnutrition in Ethiopia, particularly amongst the most vulnerable groups of children under five, pregnant and lactating women, and people living with HIV (PLHIV).
The Food Science and Nutrition Research Directorate (FSNRD), part of the Research and Technology Transfer wing of the Institute, is carrying out NNP activities as part of its regular operations. The mandate of the directorate is, firstly, to determine and monitor the magnitude, distribution and determinants of malnutrition in the country and, secondly, to carry out effective research to develop an evidence base that offers innovative solutions to reduce and eradicate malnutrition. Research includes the development of new food products and processing and preservation technologies. The directorate also offers laboratory services to the public and organisations, supports curriculum development and teaching at universities, and carries out demand based 'on-the-job' training for various organisations on health and nutrition related topics.
This Directorate has been responsible for many innovative nutrition interventions in Ethiopia since its inception, including the development of food composition tables, menu development for chronic health problems and micronutrient research. Currently, with the advent of the NNP, nutrition is once again in the spotlight in Ethiopia at a time when the economy has been enjoying steady growth. However, this has not been matched by a corresponding fall in the level of malnutrition that development can bring.
The Directorate's role in the NNP is based around carrying out critical surveys and research that will create a greater understanding of the current nutrition situation in the country and help to shape the scaling up of the programme. The Directorate also undertakes monitoring and evaluation of various components of the programme as they are implemented, and the NNP as a whole.
Nutrition surveys and understanding factors that cause malnutrition
An integrated national nutrition baseline nutrition survey has already been designed and successfully conducted by EHNRI in June 2009 at the national level. The aim was to collect information on basic indicators of nutritional status such as under-five, adolescent girl and maternal malnutrition and morbidity. Within the household, conditions such as food security, clean water, safe sanitation facilities, hygiene practices, maternal care practices and access to health services can have an impact on the nutritional situation, so data was also collected on these indicators, amongst others.
The survey report, which includes the full results of the survey, can be found at www.ehnri.gov.et. As expected, the findings are mostly in line with the Ethiopia Demographic Health Survey (EDHS) 2005, but serve to highlight the magnitude of the nutrition problems in Ethiopia and the importance of NNP implementation. The NNP particularly focuses on the period from birth to two years of age, which is seen as the 'critical window' for the promotion of good growth, health, and behavioural development through optimal infant and young child feeding. Thus indicators relating to this age group are the most critical to understand since this is where interventions are most needed. Major findings related to this age group are highlighted in the Table 1.
Table 1: Nutritional status of children 6-23 and 6-59 months of age
Indicators Measure* Survey findings (June 2009)
6-23 months 6-59 months
Stunted Height for age <-2SD z score 33.8% 37.6%
Wasted Weight for height <-2SD z score 16.0% 11.7%
Underweight Weight for age <-2SD z score 34.6% 33.9%
*Based on NCHS/CDC Reference Population 1977.
The nutritional status figures of both the 6-23 months and 6-59 months groups fluctuated. Mothers from rural areas with a low Body Mass Index (BMI) and mothers with low levels of education were at greater risk of having a malnourished child. The nutritional status of the child also depended on their age and the region that they live in. Children between 18-23 months were more likely to be stunted (43%), those between 12-17 months had higher rates of wasting (17.5%) and those between 24-35 months were more commonly underweight (39.3%). Children were more likely to be stunted in Amhara and Afar, wasted in Afar and Somali, and underweight in Afar and Tigray regions.
Key survey results related to breast and complementary feeding are indicated in Table 2. The breastfeeding results particularly varied based on the mother's level of education. Mothers with a higher level of education were more likely to have ever breastfed their child, breastfed within the first hour of life and fed colostrum to their newborn infant.
Table 2: Breastfeeding and complementary feeding statuses of children 0-23 months of age
Indicators* Survey findings (June 2009
Ever breastfed 97.4%
Breastfed within the first hour of life 45.5%
Fed colostrum (first breast milk after birth) 60.2%
Exclusively breastfed from 0-5 months old 51.4%
Aged between 6-9 months and introduced to complementary food at 6-7 months 59.2%
*Based on WHO indicators and methodology.
Maternal nutrition is critical to ensure the health of the mother during pregnancy and after birth, and to ensure the strong development of the child. If the mother does not receive sufficient nutrition and supplementation during pregnancy, there is a good chance that this may adversely affect the development of the child. Key indicators related to the nutritional status of pregnant and lactating women found in the survey are shown in Table 3.
Table 3: Maternal nutrition practices during pregnancy and lactation
Indicators Survey findings (June 2009
Percentage of women who had four or more antenatal clinic visits during last pregnancy 36.3%
Food consumption during pregnancy increased 11.6%
Food consumption during pregnancy decreased 52.5%
Received iron-folate as part of antenatal care 17.3%
Showed symptoms of night blindness (proxy for vitamin A deficiency) 32.2%
Women 15-49 years old who received vitamin A within 2 months of giving birth 17.6%
Households using iodised salt (goitre prevention) 5.1%
Increased food consumption and iron-folate supplementation was more likely amongst younger women, those who lived in an urban area and those of higher educational status. Symptoms of night blindness were less likely and vitamin A supplementation higher for women living in urban areas and those with higher levels of education. For iodised salt, a higher percentage of rural households, compared to urban households, were using it.
The little change found in key nutritional indicators since the Ethiopia DHS survey of 2005 shows that many challenges remain. However, the next few years, during which the various components of the NNP will be implemented, is the critical time that interventions will be scaled up. An end line survey, planned to take place during 2013, should show the impact of these interventions.
Assessment of national capacity for implementing the NNP
EHNRI also commissioned a series of studies in order to create a clearer picture of the nutrition professionals available from federal to subdistrict levels to implement the NNP and the capacity of nutrition training institutions to supplement and strengthen this cadre. A further study was conducted to assess current behaviour change communication activities, with a view to developing a comprehensive communication framework that would complement the implementation of the various NNP activities.
Major findings of the two studies on personnel and training for nutrition found that there is a shortage of trained professionals at federal, regional, zonal and district levels to effectively implement the NNP. Recommendations focused on developing a uniform structure at each level with clearly defined roles, placing greater significance on in-service training and developing a new generation of nutrition professionals. This is to be achieved through creating a Technical Advisory Group to support universities to strengthen existing and develop new short and degree courses and strong nutrition curriculum, focusing on university staff development and creating greater linkages between universities.
Behaviour Change Communication in the NNP
Systematic behaviour change approaches are extremely important to bring acceptance of nutrition interventions in communities. However, this communication study found that current nutrition behaviour change communication (BCC) activities are fragmented and under-exploited. A framework, under which new BCC activities should be developed, has been produced as part of the study, The BCC framework aims to increase the capacity of each household to use existing food resources to maximum advantage by taking into account Government policy, socio-economic status, culture, and gender issues. The study also outlined the actors that should be involved in planning and implementing new BCC activities and the training necessary for them. All of these studies are available at www.ehnri.gov.et.
Research focus for the NNP
One of EHNRI's strengths is in its research capacity. It was on this basis that it was given the mandate to set up and run the Operational Research Programme (ORP). This programme, as part of the NNP, exists due to the recognition of the complexities inherent in programme implementation. It aims to identify and carry out studies that can ultimately bring about new insights and understanding to improve implementation and shape the scaling-up of the NNP. By doing this, it provides managers and policymakers with the information they need to improve the existing delivery activities and plan future ones.
The programme is ambitious in its size and scope, and potentially one of the largest of its kind ever carried out in nutrition. A lot of the groundwork is already in place. To ensure that high quality studies are carried out that can inform nutrition programme planning and implementation, selection of the research entities to carry out the studies will be done through a competitive-bidding process.
Priority research areas have been identified and agreed upon in consultation with nutrition partners. These include on issues specifically related to Community Based Nutrition (CBN) such as quality of services, data quality, programme scale-up to reach pastoralist communities, and Health Extension Worker skills. Other areas of research focus include the feasibility of local production of micronutrientrich processed foods, using micronutrient powders to improve complementary food quality, effectiveness of the media to deliver BCC messages, and micronutrient interventions, such as pregnant women's compliance to daily iron supplementation.
Listening to the opening speech at the National Nutrition baseline survey dissemination workshop
This research will be carried out and results disseminated over the next two years, so that they will have a direct impact on current and planned programmes being implemented as part of the NNP. Furthermore, each year of the NNP, EHNRI will identify with nutrition partners the most critical operations research that needs to be carried out as part of the ORP in order to improve NNP implementation.
Establishing a national nutrition database
EHNRI also has the responsibility to set up and run a comprehensive nutrition database. Its purpose is not to take over the role of existing sources of nutrition information, such as the database held at the Emergency Nutrition Coordination Unit (ENCU), but rather to gather 'under one roof' all emergency, programmatic and nutrition survey data from existing sources. This will enable the interpretation and use of this data effectively for inputs into management decisions, long term planning, evaluation and related purposes for the CBN and other nutrition- related programmes.
Potential outputs from the database in order to meet these needs include quarterly bulletins containing interpretation of risks to nutrition from early warning and nutritional data, quarterly reports monitoring nutritional outcomes and NNP implementation, and annual publications on the state of nutrition in Ethiopia to estimate long-term nutritional trends and factors determining these. At the same time, stakeholders will be able to request specific data from EHNRI as required.
A positive future
There are exciting times ahead for EHNRI, and particularly the FSNRD, as it continues to play a significant role in implementing the NNP, including the ORP, developing the nutrition database and also carrying out micronutrient surveys and numerous evaluation studies. The Directorate is also advocating for a food fortification agenda and plans to conduct studies on various aspects of fortification at the community and industrial levels. Further studies are planned on the relationship between nutrition and chronic health problems, as well as on food consumption patterns and composition. Furthermore, quality control and quality assurance work will continue on the salt iodisation programme as it continues to be scaled up.
The Directorate has high ambitions to be at the forefront of all nutrition interventions in the country and sees the NNP as a great opportunity to increase the capacity of the young but dedicated staff through their work, with numerous partners and increased opportunities for training. This is indeed a huge opportunity for the Directorate to push forward and continue to make a significant contribution to the success of the NNP, as well as for the country to banish the high rates of malnutrition to the annals of history.
For more information, contact: Dr. Cherinet Abuye, email: cherinetabuye1@yahoo.com
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Sportswear brand, Mizuno, tones up online performance via enhanced personalisation
International sportswear brand, Mizuno, has improved online personalisation to increase shopper engagement and drive sales, thanks to a solution from Wunderkind, formerly BounceX, the leading behavioural marketing technology provider.
Founded in Osaka, Japan in 1906, Mizuno crafts high-quality equipment and apparel for a wide range of sports, including running, football, golf, swimming, tennis, and netball. With its heritage in creating innovative sportswear – from engineering the running spikes that broke the 100m world record for 100m 1991 to creating a specially designed football boot for the 2002 FIFA World Cup – Mizuno's mission is to promote and support athletes' advancement and achievement in sport.
As it caters for a wide variety of sporting disciplines, Mizuno's customer demographics vary considerably between each sport they represent, making its target audience diverse. Because of this, the brand recognised the need to engage with new and potential customers in a more personalised way – especially as consumer behaviour and demand for sporting goods increased dramatically in 2020 as the pandemic took hold.
As lockdowns closed gyms and cancelled grass-root team sports, the nation turned to home workouts and sales of online fitness equipment and apparel soared. High-end online exercise and bike firm, Peloton, announced earlier this month that it had passed $1billion in sales in the last quarter, while downloads of fitness apps grew by 46% globally in 2020.
To capitalise on this emerging consumer behaviour and underpin their D2C (Direct-To-Consumer) trading strategy, Mizuno partnered with Wunderkind. The sportswear brand was able to benefit from Wunderkind's real-time identity network – a technology that helps retailers better recognise a larger portion of site traffic, across new and returning users, in order to enhance personalisation. Using intent-based triggers, Mizuno was able to deliver the right message to the right customer, at the right time.
This enabled the sports brand to better target their current customers, driving them to shopping baskets quicker, while focusing on key eCommerce KPIs, such as AOV and conversion rate. It also helped Mizuno build out their CRM and increase their active customer base, improving customer engagement. For new shoppers, Wunderkind's solution delivered 13k opt-ins in just three months and enhanced user experience after sign-up by showing users personalised interactions.
Wunderkind is now Mizuno's fifth largest channel in terms of online revenue, while the sports brand has seen a 6.7-fold return on spend with Wunderkind.
Amarena Diaz, Director of Digital Marketing & eCommerce at Mizuno, said: "The right marketing mix is the key to attracting and connecting with our various audiences across our growing list of sport categories as a global brand. To support this, activating personalisation and enhancing targeting will continue to be a top priority. Wunderkind helps us to accelerate these processes."
"Wunderkind has enabled us to capitalise on the shift in consumer behaviour we've seen during the pandemic to drive significant revenue for our business," she added.
Danielle Auerbach, Senior Director of Customer Success at Wunderkind, commented: "A lean and agile team, Mizuno has ambitious plans for this year and beyond. During the COVID pandemic, we helped Mizuno to identify and capitalise on changes in user behaviour. Behaviour-based triggered emails and automated features on the website made it easier to adapt to unexpected changes. Going forward, Mizuno can feel confident in their ability to adapt quickly when needed and drive business growth."
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Law Firm On Gay Marriage For Illinois: 'It's Just Time'
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CHICAGO (CBS) — The gay rights law firm Lambda Legal has produced a video with the message that "it's just time" for full marriage equality in Illinois, after lawsuits were filed this week seeking to secure marriage rights for same sex couples.
Meanwhile in Boston, an appeals court has struck down the federal Defense of Marriage Act.
On Wednesday, Lambda Legal and the American Civil Liberties Union filed separate lawsuits, claiming that the failure by the Cook County Clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples violates the Illinois.
After filing the lawsuits, Lambda Legal has also released a public service video for the campaign, "ILove Marriage in Illinois." In the video, several Illinois couples – some of them hailing from far away from Chicago – make the point that "it's just time."
LISTEN: WBBM Newsradio's Brandis Friedman reports
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The couples say they have been together for nine years, 29 years, almost 50 years. But they say their relationships have never been treated as legitimate.
"When I was in the hospital giving birth to our son, we would try to in with my daughters, and the clerk was like, 'No, kids can't go in unless they're related," said Daphne Scott-Henderson of Bloomington, who has been with her partner, Ryan Cannon, for six years and is raising three children with her.
Theresa Volpe of the Rogers Park neighborhood, who has been with her partner, Mercedes Santos, for 20 years, say she was denied entry into a hospital room when their son, Jaidon, 4, was near death from kidney failure, unless she identified herself as his "stepmother" because Santos was already in the room.
"Jamie was brought into the ICU and we had to have passes. To get in, I had to tell the woman, 'I'm here for my son,' and she said, 'It's for parents, you know, a mom and a dad,'" Volpe said.
Bert Morton and Lee Korty of Springfield have been together for 25 years. But Morton says he couldn't be by Korty's bedside when Korty had a heart attack.
"(The hospital staff) asked me what my marital status was, and I had to say, 'single,' after 25 years of being together," Morton said.
And Darryl Rizzo, also of Rogers Park, said when his partner of 11 years, Jamie Garcia, needed an emergency appendectomy at 3 a.m., they had to wait for Garcia's brother to arrive because the hospital did not recognize Rizzo as family.
"To not be able to be by his bedside to make decisions for him, I felt powerless," Rizzo said.
Currently, the State of Illinois still bans same-sex marriage by statute. But last year, Gov. Pat Quinn signed the bill granting civil unions to same-sex couples.
But the couples in the video say a civil union is not enough, because "we're worth more."
The lawsuits claim that the failure by the Cook County Clerk to issue marriage licenses to same-sex couples violates the Illinois Constitution.
The county Clerk's office has maintained for several years that the law prohibits such marriage licenses, but Clerk David Orr issued a statement Tuesday saying he supports the objective of the lawsuit.
Meanwhile on Thursday, the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Boston ruled that the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which restricts marriage to one man and one woman, discriminates against married same-sex couples by refusing federal benefits for them, CBS News reports.
The law was passed in 1996, when there were not yet any states that permitted same-sex marriage. But it appeared that Hawaii was poised to legalize gay marriage at the time.
The appeals court did not rule on the provision of the law saying states without same sex marriage do not have to recognize marriages or civil unions performed in others states.
Last month, state Rep. Greg Harris (D-Chicago) introduced a bill to legalize same-sex marriage in Illinois, but later pulled the bill, saying the votes were not there.
The Religious Freedom and Marriage Fairness Act, H.B. 5170, would have declared that "all laws of this State applicable to marriage apply equally to marriages of same-sex and different-sex couples and their children; parties to a marriage and their children, regardless of whether the marriage is of a same-sex or different-sex couple, have the same benefits, protections, and responsibilities under law."
Harris is the chairman of the House Human Services Committee, and has the authority to decide when the bill will come to the full House for a vote. He told the Phoenix last month that he would do so "when I think the time is strategically right."
Earlier this month, Quinn said he was ready to work toward legalizing gay marriage, shortly after President Barack Obama said he favors same-sex marriages.


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Jean-Jacques Annaud, the French film director who first came to my attention when he helmed the Sean Connery thriller "The Name of the Rose", also worked on "Enemy at the Gates," a 2001 war epic that details the battle of wits between two top snipers during the Stalingrad conflict in World War II. Loosely based on war stories told by Soviet marksman Vasily Zaitsev, the film, much derided upon its initial release for factual inaccuracies, starred Jude Law and yet retains to this day, hallmarks of a first rate thriller. Following hot on the heels of "The talented Mr Ripley," it put the actor 'on a roll' that would peak with "Cold mountain" two years later.


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June 7, 2008 | Interviews
I DON'T RAPE WHITE GIRLS —AFRICAN CHYNA
African Chyna.
Raggae musician, Chinaogorom Onuoha a.k.a. African Chyna, spoke about his prison experience and relationship with comedian Basket Mouth, among other things.
Q: What have you been doing since the completion of your jail term?
A: Well, I served a jail term of two weeks and four days and after everything, I was tried but not found guilty. So, I was let off the hook. Really, I was not happy about the whole thing.
Q: What really happened?
A: I had a score to settle with my ex-girlfriend and the police carried out an investigation into the matter, so things were not done properly then.
Q: What was your experience in detention?
A: I was granted bail and there was no issue pertaining to the prison. I never went to prison. I was only in detention throughout the trial. I was in the U.K. I was always having it in my mind that there was trial before trial.
Q: Would you say it has affected your career in any way?
A: Never, It did not affect my career, rather it gave it a boost.
Q: So, what really happened between you and your ex-girlfriend?
A: She happened to be my ex-partner and you know what transpires whenever a lady hears that her man would be getting married to another lady. The story was everywhere before and after I travelled, so people really asked questions if I was married or had a child outside wedlock. That, I guess, gave her sleepless nights and the controversy was the result.
Q: But there were speculations that you actually jilted her?
A: I did not jilt her, it was only one of those things that happen in a relationship. We make up to break up, just as we break up to make up.
Q: Did you promise the girl that implicated you marriage?
A: No, I did not promise her marriage, in fact, I never promised any lady, but I can't speak for other people.
Q: What worked for you in detention?
A: You know as an Ajegunle boy, I quickly adapted to the situation.
Q: Why did you decide to blame the media for your woes in your last album?
A: I only did that to set the records straight because so many interpretations were given to the situation and my fans got the wrong impression. Many of them thought they were trying to help me out, but they nailed me further with their misleading reports. If you logged on to Google at that time, the first thing that would appear on the screen was 'African Chyna's Rape Scandal.'
Q: Did you say anything misleading?
A: That is not true. The reports were misleading.
Q: What happened between you and Basket Mouth?
A: What happened between us was something personal, not a serious matter. It was his link that the lady used to hit me and he never got back to me.
Q: What is your relationship with him now?
A: Oh, we still enjoy a cordial relationship.
Q: What are your other plans?
A: I am working on my new album.
Q: Title?
A: The Return of the Legend.
Q: When do we expect it?
A: By September this year. Right now, I am working on a signle which will be released any moment from now.


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European Globalisation Adjustment Fund
The European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), set up by the European Commission in 2007, provides support to people losing their jobs as a result of major structural changes due to globalisation. The EGF has a maximum annual budget of €150 million for the period 2014–2020. In general, the EGF can be used only where over 500 workers are made redundant by a single company, or if a large number of workers are laid off in a particular sector in one or more neighbouring regions. It can fund up to 60% of the cost of projects designed to help redundant workers find another job or set up their own business. EGF cases are managed and implemented by national or regional authorities, with each project running for two years. The rules on intervention criteria, eligible beneficiaries, eligible actions, applications and so on are set out in the EGF Regulation (EU) No. 1309/2013.
The EGF was set up by the Commission in an attempt to stem the negative effects sometimes associated with globalisation – which could put into question what is commonly referred to as the European Social Model.
The EGF comes under Article 175 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. While it complements other existing policies and financial instruments to address problems associated with globalisation (such as the structural funds), the objective of the first EGF Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 is unique. Unlike the European Social Fund (ESF) , for example, the EGF is not designed as an annual programme to ensure the anticipation, adaptation and positive management of change in a global economic environment. It represents instead a one-off, specific funding opportunity for individual employees adversely affected by globalisation due to economic delocalisation, a high increase in imports or a decline in EU exports.
In operation since January 2007, the Fund is currently established by Regulation (EU) No 1309/2013 which has extended the scope of the EGF, covering the period from 1 January 2014 to 31 December 2020. Since January 2014, the EGF has had a budget of roughly €150 million per year.
According to the European Commission, 'the EGF is designed to supplement national and European labour market instruments in situations where the regular measures are not sufficient to cope with the scope and nature of a mass layoff'. To benefit from the EGF, however, certain conditions have to be fulfilled. For example, Article 4 (1.a) of the current regulation states that a minimum of 500 employees must have been made redundant or 500 self-employed persons' activity must have ceased in a company or Member State (including employees in suppliers or downstream producers) over a period of four months. The period of redundancy increases to nine months under Article 4 (1.b) where this involves small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in a NACE 2 sector or in one or two regions at NUTS II level. In addition, where the above criteria are not fulfilled, Article 4 (2) will consider funding programmes in the case of small labour markets and exceptional circumstances.
When applying for funding, the Member State has to provide certain information, for instance, an analysis of the link between planned redundancies and economic global structural changes, as well as drawing up a relevant programme to support the reentry of workers into the labour market. After accepting the validity of an application, the budgeting authorities can agree to finance up to 60% of a programme's overall costs (compared to a maximum of 50% in the 2006 Regulation).
Although the Commission originally estimated that the EGF budget could support between 35,000 and 50,000 workers per year, first assessments of the Fund published in 2008 demonstrated that it had a more modest impact. As a result, changes have been made to raise the Fund's profile. Between 2007 and 2014, the European Commission approved 134 applications from Member States, representing support of €561.1 million to 122,121 redundant workers.
The EGF can only be used to support active labour market measures such as:
tailor-made training and retraining, job-search assistance, occupational guidance, mentoring, outplacement assistance, entrepreneurship promotion, the support of self- employment, business start-ups and employee takeovers, etc.
special time-limited measures, such as job-search allowances, employers' recruitment incentives, mobility allowances, subsistence or lifelong learning allowances
measures to stimulate in particular disadvantaged, older and young unemployed persons to remain in or return to the labour market
Published in December 2016, the mid-term evaluation of the EGF , based on applications received in 2014 and 2015, showed clearly that for the 13 cases that had completed implementation by October 2016, the average reemployment rate achieved was 56%. This was higher than assessed in the previous period (2007–2013), though it was based just on short-term data. It also demonstrated the reasons for the use or non-use of the EGF by Member States. The main issue mentioned in this regard was the eligibility criteria, specifically the threshold of 500 redundant employees (as large companies are not prevalent in many Member States).
On 30 May 2018, the European Commission issued a new proposal for a Regulation of the EGF which would apply from 1 January 2021 to 2027. The proposal reaffirms the usefulness of the EGF in the context of globalisation and digitisation, and suggests lowering the threshold of displaced workers to 250 and widening the scope of significant restructuring events eligible to receive funding from the EGF. One of the main aims is to cover major restructuring due to the transition toward a low-carbon economy or due to digitisation and automation.
Related dictionary terms
Digital Agenda; digitisation; European Monitoring Centre on Change; European Restructuring Monitor; Restructuring; Social Policy Agenda; solidarity principle
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Tabor students are always provided with service opportunities. During new student orientation, you'll participate in a service day, working alongside others in Hillsboro, Newton and Wichita. Groups work with women's shelters, clothing banks, low-income housing projects, and other organizations.


Burns night was celebrated in true style at Cornwell Court on Wednesday 25th January.
The Burns night supper included 'Haggis, Neaps, and Tatties.
The Social Committee made it a spectacular evening and their efforts into making it a professional and enjoyable event was commented on by all who attended.
Cornwell Court placemats were made. Candelabras, crystal decanters, and a Burns night supper programme were just some of the little extras that made it such a wonderful evening. Well done!
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Sir Tim Lawrence Popped into meet some of the former WRNS and other residents at their coffee morning in Victory Court.
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Home Living Clubs & Societies The Art Society of Dartmouth and Kingswear
The Art Society of Dartmouth and Kingswear
An active and friendly group of artists who meet weekly at the Flavel on the second Monday of the month at 14:30, from October to June inclusive.
How the club works….
The Arts Society Dartmouth and Kingswear offers people the opportunity to listen to experts in their field on a monthly basis. They hold various lectures on topics such as paintings, sculpture, architecture and all types of design from furniture to gardens and crafts. They recently had an illustrated talk on the history of the harp, which was very well received. The lecturers themselves undergo a stringent vetting process! Many have connections with universities, galleries and auction houses around the world.
What they get up to outside of the lecture hall…
Members undertake a number of community projects. These include church recording - describing and cataloguing all the internal features and contents of a church including textiles, woodwork, silver and windows to produce a comprehensive final document, which is kept by Historic England and the V&A.
Their church trails in St Saviours and St Petrox guide children and adults around key items in the church and are proving very popular. They have also developed a memory trail for people with memory deterioration.
The society supports young arts and, at present, is sponsoring a book by primary school children about families who travelled to the New World on the Mayflower. This will be published for next year's 400-year celebration.
Not just for art lovers...
While the lectures are focused on art in the broadest sense they are also of historical and biographical interest. A recent lecture on Persia attracted a number of visitors who enjoyed a lecture which delved into history, architecture, art, politics and religion. There is also a social element – they have tea after the lectures with a chance to chat and there are also lunches and social occasions. Some members are good artists, sculptors and jewellery makers, but the society is not there to teach skills, it is there to inform and enthuse people in the arts.
Examples of lectures gone by…
Andrew Davies: Lest We Forget: the moving story of Britain's War Memorials - Britain has over 60,000 war memorials each with its own sad and emotional story. They represent our largest collection of public art.
David Phillips: Adventures and Misadventures in Museums - What do museum curators actually do all day? We relive some highs and lows from thrilling acquisitions to being a suspect in a major art fraud.
Still to come…
Geri Parlby: This won't hurt!
Medicine in art throughout the ages - For over 5000 years the mysteries of medicine have inspired artists around the world. This lecture looks at some bizarre and amusing depictions of medicine in art.
Sarah Cove: Fakes and Fortunes - People sometimes think they have found an unknown Constable in the attic. Some have, some have not. Sarah tells of extraordinary successes and crashing disappointments
Members pay an annual subscription which covers the monthly lectures and teas and non-members are always welcome to individual lectures for a fee. Go to:
theartssociety.org/dartmouth-kingswear
First published in By The Dart magazine July 2019
Dartmouth Art Society


After going to a friend's party and seeing his Zojirushi BBCC-X20 Home Bakery Supreme Bread Machine, monkey see, monkey do, I bought one also.
The bread maker comes with a recipe book, except the recipes are not very Jewish Orthodox friendly. All of the recipes contain milk. I asked my friend what substitutes he uses and then modified the recipe some more.
17/8 cups of room temperature, not cold, water.
3 tbsp uncooked black buckwheat honey.
3 cups whole wheat flower.
2 cups high gluten regular flower.
3/4 cup mix of sunflower seeds, chopped walnuts or almond slivers, and caraway seeds.
1 envelope of active dry yeast (3/4 oz).
First add water, olive oil and honey. Then flower. Then salt and nuts and seeds. Make a depression in the middle and add yeast. Select whole wheat course and press start.
To insure that the majority of the raisins end up inside, I like to add them not when the machine beeps, but rather when it's still doing the initial mixing. Add the raisins when the display says 2:55.


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Kościół Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny w Krzęcinie  – zabytkowy, drewniany kościół znajdujący się w Krzęcinie, w gminie Skawina, w powiecie krakowskim.

Obiekt został wpisany do rejestru zabytków nieruchomych województwa małopolskiego oraz znajduje się na Szlaku Architektury Drewnianej województwa małopolskiego.

Historia
Kościół wybudowany w 1589 roku, gruntownie przebudowany w 2. poł. XVIII w. Wielokrotnie odnawiany w XX wieku.

Architektura

Budynek drewniany na podmurówce, jednonawowy, prezbiterium zamknięte trójbocznie. W 1887 roku przedłużono nawę kościoła i od strony zachodniej dobudowano dwie wieże. Górne arkadowe pięterka wież, zabezpieczone balustradami, podtrzymują na słupach konstrukcje wysmukłych iglicowych hełmów. Nawa i prezbiterium nakryta osobnym dachem dwuspadowym, pobite gontem. Ściany kościoła oszalowane pionowymi deskami.

Przypisy

Bibliografia
 Paweł Kutaś, Szlak Architektury Drewnianej w Małopolsce, Zakrzów, wydawnictwo PROMO, 2013 s. 26

Architektura I Rzeczypospolitej (województwo krakowskie)
Kościoły w archidiecezji krakowskiej
Obiekty sakralne w gminie Skawina
Drewniane kościoły w województwie małopolskim
Świątynie pod wezwaniem Narodzenia Najświętszej Maryi Panny
Zabytkowe kościoły w powiecie krakowskim
Kościół


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Fox Farm Road rebuild, costs explained to residents
Cascade County officials discuss possible assessments to rebuild rural Fox Farm Road
Fox Farm Road rebuild, costs explained to residents Cascade County officials discuss possible assessments to rebuild rural Fox Farm Road Check out this story on greatfallstribune.com: http://gftrib.com/1NI57Pr
Tribune Staff Published 11:57 a.m. MT Nov. 10, 2015 | Updated 10:41 p.m. MT Nov. 10, 2015
A hilly section of rural Fox Farm Road, which Cascade County commissioners are considering reconstructing.(Photo: Tribune File Photo)Buy Photo
About 50 residents living along rural Fox Farm Road listened intently Tuesday night to a detailed presentation about why they might be assessed some $400 a year to improve their aging narrow road.
A few residents peppered Cascade County commissioners and County Public Works Director Brian Clifton with skeptical questions such as why a simple overlay project isn't being considered or why some of the property taxes they pay toward county roads wouldn't be used in a possible $3 million, 1.5-mile widening and reconstruction of Fox Farm Road.
But others said the project needs to be done.
"I don't want to pay any more taxes, but this is something that has to be done," said Johnny Walker, who has lived along the road more than 25 years. "I don't want anybody else to die on that road."
A young woman was killed in a late night July crash in which her vehicle hit a pothole, skidded lost a wheel and rolled. Although the Montana Highway Patrol said speed and lack of a seat belt were factors in the fatal crash, some residents of the burgeoning suburban residential area south of Great Falls said Fox Farm Road's narrow, hilly, patched and bumpy condition make it risky for all motorists, pedestrians and bicyclists.
"There's no question that the county needs to rebuild the southern portion of rural Fox Farm Road," said resident Jim Gunderson, who agreed with the county's tentative plan to repave that 1.5 miles from Dick Road south in 2017, a year before the Montana Transportation Department rebuilds the 1.5 mile stretch of Fox Farm Road from the Great Falls city limits to just south of Dick Road.
The Montana Department of Transportation is gearing up in 2018 to reconstruct, widen and level Fox Farm Road from the Great Falls city limits at East Fiesta Road about 1.5 miles south to Dick Road for a projected $7.3 million. The project would use federal-aid urban funds on projects prioritized by local governments.
Cascade County officials have said they would like to improve Fox Farm Road farther to the south, possibly coordinating the project with the state project. Commission Chairwoman Jane Weber said it could make sense logistically for the county to do work on its share of the project first, possibly in 2017, so heavy construction equipment wouldn't be driven on the state's new share of the road.
Clifton pointed out that only about $55,000 of property taxes paid each year by the nearly 400 property owners in the rural Fox Farm area go to county road maintenance, meaning it would take 55 years if that money could be applied to the county's potential Fox Farm Road project.
And while the paving on rural Fox Farm is at least 25 years old and not built to current standards, other paved county roads are worse, Clifton told another resident. If the county doesn't create a RSID through which Fox Farm residents would pay to get the reconstruction and widening done, he said, the road would not be due for cheaper overlay and chip seal work for as long as nine years, and that work would not widen the road or improve risky intersections.
County commissioners have taken two surveys of Fox Farm area residents.
About 58 percent of the 155 residents responding to the first survey in May said they supported creation of an RSID to pay for road construction and maintenance of a project. They were split on how much they'd be willing to pay and over how many years.
Some residents have said they completed paying a 20-year special assessment for Fox Farm Road a few years ago and wondered why the county made overlay improvements this summer to the parallel Flood Road to the west without those residents being assessed.
County officials responded by saying the Fox Farm Road project will require much more extensive work and that it's easier to determine who uses Fox Farm Road and should be assessed, because it's "a closed loop" with one main road.
County Commission Chairwoman Jane Weber stressed that Tuesday's night's session was an informational listening session, not a hearing.
But Clifton said commissioners are leaning toward a blended road project. That could mean creating an RSID later this year to pay for the 1.5 mile southern Fox Farm reconstruction, widening and leveling project from Dick Road south to Dune Road with equal assessments of parcels of about $400 a year over 20 years. In addition, the county could seek a $1 million state loan to overlay and chip seal three roads that cross southern Fox Farm Road: Dune Drive, Fawn Drive and Dick Road. The county would repay that loan with property tax money that all rural county residents pay that's placed in a county pavement preservation fund.
If the commissioners reject the RSID, Clifton said the county would help the state pave the north 1.5 miles of Fox Farm Road closest to Great Falls and do regular patch work on the southern portion until it is time to do the basic asphalt overlay and chip sealing which doesn't address such safety issues as narrow shoulders, wavy and hilly lanes, steep ditches and intersections in which motorists cannot see oncoming traffic well.
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Paul De Rolf (December 6, 1942 – June 22, 2017) was an American actor, choreographer, and dancer. In addition to his acting credits, De Rolf choreographed Steven Spielberg's 1941 (1979) and The Karate Kid Part II (1986), as well as the television series Petticoat Junction and The Beverly Hillbillies.

De Rolf began his career as a child actor. In 1955, he appeared opposite Bob Hope as one of the seven brothers in The Seven Little Foys. He was then cast as Eleazar, the nephew of Moses, in Cecil B. DeMille's 1956 epic film, The Ten Commandments. De Rolf transitioned to choreographer in the 1960s. He worked as choreographer and dancer for both television series, The Beverly Hillbillies and Petticoat Junction.

De Rolf was best known for creating the choreography for Steven Spielberg's 1979 period comedic film, 1941. He also choreographed The Karate Kid Part II, starring Ralph Macchio and Pat Morita, which was released in 1986.

Paul De Rolf taught dance at his studio in Los Angeles; his students included actor Tony Danza. He regularly performed with actor and dancer Donald O'Connor, who was best known for Singin' in the Rain (1952).

Paul De Rolf died from Alzheimer's disease in Australia on June 22, 2017, at the age of 74. He was survived by his wife Dorothy, a professional dance instructor, and his daughter, Chantal.

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1942 births
2017 deaths
American choreographers
American male film actors
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American male dancers
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Sixty-three firefighters made quick work of a structure fire on the 1500 block of Michael Lane in The Highlands on Friday night after a garage of a three-story condo burst into flames.
"Fire rapidly extended vertically within the walls of the two floors above moving into the attic," said the Los Angeles Fire Department.
The fire was officially knocked down at 7:05 p.m., one hour and 15 minutes after it began.
No injuries have been reported, according to the LAFD.
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Does welfare for workers subsidize Walmart?
Matthew Martin 4/16/2015 09:36:00 AM
This is a claim that has become a popular talking point on the left: by paying workers so little that many of them qualify for things like medicaid, TANF, food stamps, and EITC, big employers like Walmart are essentially being subsidized by the welfare system.
At one level, I think most proponents of this argument are making a values claim and not a causal one. Compared to the counter-factual where Walmart and others paid enough so that none of their employees qualified for public assistance, these companies are the beneficiaries of huge public subsidies. That's not the same as arguing that simply repealing welfare would be enough to cause these employers to pay that much. The general sense is that Walmart and others could pay all their workers enough:
At over $446 billion per year, Walmart is the third highest revenue grossing corporation in the world. Walmart earns over $15 billion per year in pure profit and pays its executives handsomely. In 2011, Walmart CEO Mike Duke – already a millionaire a dozen times over – received an $18.1 million compensation package. The Walton family controlling over 48 percent of the corporation through stock ownership does even better. Together, members of the Walton family are worth in excess of $102 billion – which makes them one of the richest families in the world.
not necessarily that they would in a world without public subsidies:
Meanwhile, Walmart routinely blocks any attempt by workers to organize, using anti-union propaganda and scare tactics, firing employees without just cause, failing to provide any form of decent healthcare coverage or a livable wage.
To make matters worse, these abusive Walmart policies have increased employee reliance on government assistance and the need for a government funded social safety net. In fact, Walmart has become the number one driver behind the growing use of food stamps in the United States with "as many as 80 percent of workers in Wal-Mart stores using food stamps."
To be sure, I don't buy the values argument here. Yes, society does have a moral obligation to both ensure that everyone earns more than subsistence and to share prosperity as broadly as possible. Sometimes it may be more economically efficient to do this through policies that affect wages than through government-budgeted redistribution (though I will scrutinize your model if you make this claim), but I see no inherent moral reason to prefer redistribution through the market wage mechanism. Low wages supplemented by welfare is perfectly moral policy for low-skill workers, and the argument that Walmart is shamefully exploiting the welfare system only plays into the right-wing narrative that welfare is shameful and low-skill workers are icky. The left-wing attempt to vilify Walmart for hiring low-productivity workers only further vilifies low-productivity workers.
But then, not all proponents of the welfare-for-walmart theory are sticking to the values claim. Some go further to make the causal claim that reducing welfare benefits would cause employers to increase wages:
@UpdatedPriors It seems reasonable and important to inquire as to whether wages are being suppressed by public assistance.
— Binyamin Appelbaum (@BCAppelbaum) April 13, 2015
Unlike the values claim before, this causal claim is within economists' domain.
So, if that's the hypothesis, what's the model? I think this is the model most proponents have in mind:
@ModeledBehavior @hyperplanes workers must be paid at least enough to live. Without govt assistant many low income workers would starve
— M the Merciless (@MPAVictoria) April 16, 2015
In economic terms, welfare increases labor supply by literally keeping more workers alive, and because the labor demand curve is downward sloping this implies lower market wages. Graphically:
Welfare-for-walmart theorists believe that by keeping more workers from starving to death, welfare programs increase labor supply and thereby decrease the wages firms have to pay.
Health economics research vaguely supports the broad proposition: social factors like income have big effects on health and we have every reason to believe that welfare assistance reduces the overall mortality rate so that there are, in fact, more workers with a welfare system than without. But, we're talking about effects on different orders of magnitude, and the welfare-for-Walmart claim--that all the workers would starve to death without public assistance--is not consistent with the research finding that lower incomes decreases life expectancy somewhat. I have no doubt that some Walmart workers go hungry sometimes, but the idea that most of them would starve to death in the absence of public assistance is pretty hysterical. The american poor still rank among the wealthiest compared to the long history of human subsistence.
So, that's the theory anyway. I'm not sure it's even internally consistent--more workers alive would increase labor supply, that's true, but it also increases the demand for goods and services. In the standard DSGE model, for example, an increase in the labor supply will eventually (pretty rapidly, actually) cause the capital stock to increase by just enough to maintain the original wage rate. So without some behind-the-scenes theory for why public welfare decreases the capital/labor ratio (distortionary taxation?) this theory doesn't add up.1
There are variants of the labor supply story that don't assume mass starvation:
@ModeledBehavior @hyperplanes SNAP should raise reservation wages, while EITC opposite. Would be true in large class of models.
— Arindrajit Dube (@arindube) April 16, 2015
Dube's argument here is that various welfare schemes each impose their own distortions on the labor supply decision--the EITC, for example, is essentially a tax on non-employment since you can't qualify without a job, while SNAP (food stamp) benefits which decrease as your market income rises is essentially a tax on working more. Certain kinds of tax distortions can drive a wedge in the capital/labor ratio and reduce long-run wages, but it's not guaranteed, so this theory is still missing something. Moreover, while exact effects depend on the design of each program, I don't think it's controversial to say that the combined net effect of all these welfare programs is to decrease aggregate labor supply, which would tend to increase not suppress market wages.
1. To see why I make this claim, consider the DSGE model I posted previously. (I'm posting math as images with white text--if your using an RSS feed with a white background, click over here) The consumption Euler equation without distortionary taxation is , while from the firm's profit-maximization problem . That means the steady state labor/capital ratio, , is fixed by technology, time preferences, and capital depreciation. Also from the firm's problem, , with fixed L/K implies increasing labor supply does not decrease wages, except in the short-run transition phase. No doubt there are a variety of deviations from the standard model that would allow long-run wages to change, but, as always, if you don't present your model it didn't happen. We can't debate claims that aren't stated.


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Home | Film Reviews | Extreme Cinema | Film Review: The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
Film Review: The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)
Adrian Halen 08/17/2018	Extreme Cinema, Film Reviews
In 2001, police in Poughkeepsie New York made a shocking discovery—six bodies buried in the backyard of a residential house. Astonishingly, that was only the beginning.
Inside the home, police uncovered over 800 neatly organized video tapes detailing the exploits of one man's decade-long crime spree. The most disturbing part of the find, was that the killer had filmed all of the footage himself– from his first moments stalking his victims to their last seconds alive.
Compiled and edited by the Documentary Film Partners, THE POUGHKEEPSIE TAPES examines the homicides–incorporating interviews from criminal experts, testimony from the only victim ever rescued alive, and chilling footage shot from the killer's own camera. All of which document the twisted path of a serial killer as never before
I've been hearing about this film for so long I was starting to wonder if its release was hoax as well. It looks like it will finally make its way onto shelves soon. The name of the film "The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)". Now since the details, the film and its history enactments were new to me I came to my viewing not really knowing what all entailed. First off, we need to separate fact from fiction. As this will be the most asked question after viewing this film. Was this a true story of another Blair Witch style of hi jinx? Who is the film based on and is the footage real?
I will say coming to this a blank slate, my first impression is …this could be the real thing. This could be just a documentary featuring found footage. This could be real reports and real victims. Much to my relief the footage is not real and the film is composed of actors. Why? Because in this age of violence on screen you never know what your watching anymore unless its being played on A&E. The acts committed are painful to watch and are very much atrocious crimes. The victims suffer on screen and are played with like toys in a monkey cage. The killer actually somewhat narcissistic seems to enjoy his cleverness and documents as much as he can. This includes his attacks, his kidnaps and even some of his body dismembering.
The film starts with warming you up to the fact that these tapes found really are the most horrendous thing you'll ever see. Reports are given , locations are filmed, graves are shown and investigations are documented.
We are introduced to the one they call James Foley, aka The water street butcher. In background checking "The movie has some similarities to Poughkeepsie serial killer Kendall Francois, who murdered women and prostitutes, but did not film their deaths." It seems most is a work of fiction although there was a real serial killer who committed crimes in Poughkeepsie, NY. The filmmakers though I'm guessing would rather you buy into the fiction and take it at face value, as we all know reality is scarier and sometimes sells more films. However fiction or not, they pulled it off enough to question the reality of itself. Which by movie standards means they were successful in there goals.
In the film, a box of video tapes are found, or left for that matter that document all the killers deviate acts and victims on screen. This includes sawing body parts, combining corpses, torture, mind games, rape, kidnapping, subjecting victims to kill for him and a list that goes on. As all these events take place the killer is never without a video camera. Even placed in advance to victims he would await and murder on screen. The footage itself is carefully distressed to reassemble that of a vhs tape that was filmed improperly with low light levels and shaky details. Its done so well that it is somewhat believable rather than a simple digital distress filter applied to shot footage.
The lack of details at times also brings a creepiness to the pov presented. In one scene, which is a nightmare in itself, the killer crawls along the floor with his mask displaced like a animal and approaches his victim only to stab her in the neck several times. Many times his crimes involve renaissance masks in which he makes the victims wear at times. His on screen pet lies in the actor Stacy Chbosky who plays Cheryl Dempsey a kidnap victim who he tortures and mind alters for over 8 years. Her last moments of discovery and documentation are so real that you buy into the myth. Other victims are documented but are usually disposed of very quickly. Mind games are odd and disturbing with one scene forcing a young girl to bounce violently on a balloon.
This film is in no way for minors or for those who are easily disturbed. Some of the instances are shown on screen, while others are left stronger in showing only enough to induce your imagination to the visceral degree. I do call this a strong film that's intelligent and numbing for all the wrong reasons. Is it for everyone? certainly not. Though it deserves a place as one of the most disturbing films this year.
NEW interviews with writer/director John Erick Dowdle, writer/producer Drew Dowdle and actress Stacy Chbosky
The Poughkeepsie Tapes, the long awaited horror-fest can now be purchased on bluray per Shout Factory
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