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Parenting Scarcity
Encouraging vocabulary can make or break a child's development.
by Graham Scharf
May 21 st 2010
One of the first lessons in an introductory economics class is the principle of scarcity. A good or service is valuable in proportion to its scarcity. Diamonds are valuable relative to quartz because they are more scarce—not simply because they are more beautiful. Oil, though not as visually attractive as diamonds, fluctuates in price on the basis of its scarcity. Likewise with commodities: when inclement weather ruins crops, the price for that particular commodity rises.
Even young children can understand, and capitalize on, this principle of scarcity. In my childhood, baseball cards taught me the relationship of value and scarcity. If there had been an abundance of Mickey Mantle rookie cards, no one would have cared about having one; scarcity (and Mantle's prowess) made them tremendously valuable.
We frequently encounter relative scarcity of resources in the headlines of our newspapers. City and state governments—and even entire nations—face bankruptcy, and businesses, non-profits, philanthropists, and families have to revise their assumptions given the relative scarcity of capital and other resources. Since we live in societies affected by these conditions, and we engage (to one degree or another) in public life, it is wise to ask: What are the critical scarce resources?
If you're reading and thinking carefully, my last sentence should have prompted a question: For what? Resources are employed for ends. To what end are we asking this question? The frequent, often unstated, answer is this: To keep things as they were before the wheels came off. Lesslie Newbigin defines the contours of this pervasive, unspoken ideology in Foolishness to the Greeks (Wm. B. Eerdmans, 1986):
Increased production has become an end in itself; products are designed to become rapidly obsolete so as to make room for more production; a minority is ceaselessly urged to multiply its wants in order to keep the process going [iPad anyone?] while the majority lacks the basic necessities for existence; and the whole ecosystem upon which human life depends is threatened with destruction. Growth is for the sake of growth and is not determined by any overarching social purpose. And that, of course, is an exact account of the phenomenon which, when it occurs in the human body, is called cancer.
In contrast to the cancerous society, the proper end of Christian participation in public life is to be a sign, instrument, and foretaste of the Kingdom of God. One important dimension of this calling is the pursuit of a relatively just social order (relatively, because we reject false utopian dreams) in which human beings are treated as responsible agents whose actions and relationships matter. These are the primary conditions of true human flourishing, the conditions in which the Gospel can be freely embraced, embodied, proclaimed as public truth, and rejected.
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So then, what is the critical scarce resource for the establishment of a relatively just social order? Nobel Prize-winning economist James Heckman's answer is simple: quality parenting. Troubled by the persistent and widening gaps in education, earnings, and social contribution among different populations, Heckman set out to uncover the roots of those inequities which bear fruit in educational failure, teenage pregnancy, drug abuse, criminality, and chronic unemployment. He found that significant disparities in language skills, cognitive ability, and problem solving emerge by age three and persist through adulthood. With respect to the formation of agency, the ability to act responsibly in human society, Heckman states: "What is the proper measure of disadvantage? Is it poverty? Measures of childhood home life? Evidence suggests quality of parenting is key. Parenting is the scarce resource." (Return on Investment: Costs vs. Benefits)
Two critical factors have a profound impact on the formation of agency in early childhoood: words and affirmation. Child psychologists Betty Hart and Todd Risley from the University of Kansas examined the impact of the diversity of vocabulary and tone of conversation on young children by transcribing monthly one-hour in-home observations of family interpersonal communications over a period spanning more than two years. Based on their data, they estimated that children from professional (in other words, white collar) families would hear, by age three, about 30 million words. Their counterparts from welfare families would hear only 10 million words by the same age. Not surprisingly, the children's vocabularies reflected their families: children of professional parents had vocabularies of about 1,100 words at age three, while children from welfare families spoke only about 525 words. IQ measurements at age 3 (which are themselves contentious) showed a staggering gap: children of professional parents scored an average of 117, while children of welfare parents averaged 79.
What is perhaps most instructive about this seminal study was the influence of encouragement and discouragement on a child's development. In his book Whatever It Takes, Paul Tough chronicles:
By age three, the average professional child would hear about 500,000 encouragements and 80,000 discouragements. For welfare children, the ratio was reversed: they would hear, on average, 80,000 encouragements and 200,000 discouragements . . . [Hart and Risley] found that a child's experience of language mattered more than socioeconomic status, more than race, more than anything else they measured. Hearing a relatively large number of prohibitions and discouragements had a negative effect on IQ, and hearing more affirmations, questions and complex sentences had a positive effect on IQ.
Rich vocabulary and a nurturing environment are the soil in which the seeds of responsible agency grow from the first days of life.
Yet, according to Heckman's research, the cognitive skills that these conditions foster may be eclipsed in importance by what he calls "noncognitive skills." With surprising candour, Heckman writes, "Motivation, sociability, the ability to work with others, the ability to focus on tasks, self-regulation, self-esteem, time preference, health, and mental health all matter. In an earlier time, these traits were part of what was called 'character.'"
To avoid blaming parents, and particularly poor parents, for moral failure, Heckman does not call these "traits" character. Yet this is a disastrous mistake—in the attempt to shift blame away from those who do not nurture virtue in their children, he undercuts the transparent moral beauty of cultivating virtue against extraordinary difficulties. Who would deny that an action is virtuous in proportion to its difficulty? This is why we consider the abandoned mother of four in the South Bronx valourous in her self-sacrificial efforts to educate her sons—one of whom, Geoffrey Canada, has tackled cyclical poverty head on through his celebrated Harlem Children's Zone. These "traits" are clear components of virtue.
Here the Gospel provides the public foundation for a just society in a way that social science and economics, by their very nature, cannot. "Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends." Our Creator, at the cost of the life of his beloved Son, has procured the reconciliation and virtue of all of his treacherous subjects who will repent and trust him. Thus "quality parenting" means not merely providing the conditions in which children acquire the cognitive and noncognitive skills they need to function as productive members of modern society.
Quality parenting, rather, reflects the character and actions of the God who manifests himself in words, and supremely in the Word made flesh, by providing the loving, language-rich environment in which children cultivate virtue by learning to look to Christ for forgiveness and goodness. Here they learn that they are created not for maximal self-actualisation in the pursuit of self-chosen ends (even if the self-chosen end is virtue!), but for true, satisfying, and eternal mutual relatedness of love and obedience to God and with other human beings.
There is a dire scarcity of quality parenting, so defined, at all levels of society. It is therefore the joy, civil duty, and glorious privilege of Christians to announce Christ's amnesty, embody His love, and (as Newbigin writes) "bear witness that this is the only true freedom, to belong wholly to the one by whom the space of freedom is created, and whose service is perfect freedom."
The scarcity which ought to compel us is not of capital, nor even of food, but of wisdom and virtue, learned from the cradle in the smallest and most powerful unit of human culture: the family. This was Augustine's grand vision in his City of God: "Love creates order in the family and among neighbours and then, by extension, in the city and the nation. . . . It is love that creates justice." Justice begins at home.
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Graham Scharf is a father, the husband of a developmental pediatrician, and the author of The Apprenticeship of Being Human: Why Early Childhood Parenting Matters to Everyone. He has worked in team development, taught early elementary grades as a NYC Teaching Fellow, co-founded Tumblon.com, and is full-time dad to his 8- and 3-year-old daughters.
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They have expensive watches, timers, real estate and lots of cash. Power in Ukraine is not bad endowed, according to a list of assets of politicians and officials, which has been made public.
One of the most notable lists is that of the mayor of Dnipro (formerly Dnipropetrovsk), Boris Filatov. He reports that he was seven years ago bought a ticket for a space flight. Price: 1.3 million.
The list is an attempt to tackle the widespread corruption in Ukraine. Everyone who matters is mandatory so-called e-certificate in public administration in the country.
They are together about 50,000 people: the president, the prime minister, parliamentarians, mayors, regional directors and managers of state enterprises for example. They had until yesterday the time to report on an online form what they possess. And throughout Ukraine can now see.
Incidentally, hundreds of judges have taken under the Anti-Corruption Action Center resignation. They had apparently little need for that all and sundry could poke around in their finances.
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The head of the tax office, Roman Nasirov, may call himself the owner of several Rolexes and Breguets and his wife also has a decent collection. Premier Volodimir Groisman has twelve bells pricey.
Also on cash, many men (and some women) no lack. Premier Groisman and his wife have 1.6 million euro in an old sock, tax boss Nasirov half million under his mattress. Even some supporters of the president ousted in 2014 Yanukovych do not bad. Thus own MP Nestor Sjoefritsj 8.5 million in cash.
Special attention was given to President Porosjenko, widely regarded as one of the richest men in Ukraine. He waited a long time with his statement. And guess what? The president holds as many as 104 companies, not only in Ukraine, but in many places around the world, including in the Netherlands and the enemy Russia.
The list is very long. The authorization of Ukraine have apartments, land, Japanese dolls, Faberge eggs, expensive clothes rolex day date rose and paintings. Their salary is all impossible to pay. MPs earn between 1,000 and 1,500 euros per month and ministers frequently come close above 1,000 euros.
Many hold therefore (shares) on post. And though of course it can not be concluded that every Ukrainian driver is corrupt, the wealth undoubtedly partly due to corruption.
The average Ukrainian will all this luxury and copy rolex watches for men all that money watering watch. In a country where the minimum wage is about 55 euros per month, but few can afford more than their daily bread.
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Trial begins for man charged with killing off-duty Chicago Police officer
CHICAGO (STMW) - Thomas Wortham III was poised during most of his testimony Wednesday against one of his son's alleged killers, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting.
The retired Chicago Police sergeant remained calm recalling how he saw a gunman point a weapon at his son's head.
He stayed composed relaying how he shot at the attackers with two guns in his hands while his son, an off-duty Chicago Police officer, took his last breath near the family's longtime Chatham home.
But Wortham grew emotional as he opened a manila envelope handed to him by Assistant Cook County State's Attorney Michael Deno.
"My son's badge," the 68-year-old Wortham said, weeping on the opening day of Marcus Floyd's trial.
Floyd, 24, is the third and final person to be tried for Thomas Wortham IV's murder during a failed armed robbery in 2010.
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On Wednesday, Floyd's attorney David McMahon maintained his client's innocence.
"He did not fire a gun," the assistant public defender said in his opening arguments.
Thomas Wortham IV was visiting his parents after returning from a second tour of duty in Iraq with the Army National Guard when he was shot on the night of May 19, 2010.
The younger Wortham, 30, wanted to show his parents pictures of his recent travels as well as his new Yamaha motorcycle.
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The elder Wortham said he saw a heavier-set man, prosecutors identified as Floyd's cousin, point a gun at his son's head.
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U.S. Vice President Joe Biden chairs a summit on international peacekeeping operations on the sidelines of the 69th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters on Friday.
A report in The New York Times earlier cited three US officials as claiming that Israel was behind the assassination of Iranian scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh in an attack near Iran's capital Tehran on Friday. In the wake of the killing, Iran has said here were "serious indications of Israeli responsibility.
The Friday killing of nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who headed the Iranian Defence Ministry's Organisation of Defensive Innovation and Research (SPND), could be part of a plan by the US and Israel to put a spoke in the wheel of a projected Biden administration, writes Axios.
The report claims the attack on the high-profile physicist may be perceived as part an effort by the Donald Trump administration and the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu government to use the time left until projected President-elect Democrat Joe Biden assumes office to exert more pressure on Iran.
The ramping up of tension with the Islamic Republic ahead of 20 January, when the winner of the 2020 US presidential election is inaugurated, coupled with potentially more concerted actions against Iran by the US and its ally, Israel, would be expected as rendering it much harder for a potential Biden administration to reengage with Tehran on the nuclear deal issue, writes the outlet.
The Biden campaign had hinted that their candidate may seek to rejoin or "renegotiate" the 2015 Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action nuclear deal with Iran if he were to win.
Donald Trump withdrew the country from the agreement in May 2018, citing alleged "violations" on the part of Iran. Israel had successfully lobbied the move, with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holding an intelligence presentation in 2018 where he alleged that the Mossad had infiltrated a secret nuclear archive in Tehran, gathering a trove of documents proving that Iran had 'lied' to the world about its nuclear programme.
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As Washington announced days after the presentation that it was scrapping its commitment to the JCPOA, it swiftly reinstated crippling sanctions against the Islamic Republic.
Israel had long been accusing Iran of secretly developing nuclear weapons, alleging that Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, who was a physics professor at Imam Hussein University in Tehran as well as a member of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, headed a secret Iranian military unit working on nuclear weapons.
Iran has persistently maintained that its nuclear programme is designed to serve purely peaceful purposes.
'Depth of Enemy's Despair'
Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in in the city of Absard in Damavand County, Tehran Province, at about 2.30 p.m. local time (11:00 GMT), when an explosive-laden car detonated near his vehicle. A number of assailants subsequently opened fire on the ambushed car of the scientist, the Iranian defence minister confirmed.
The wounded man was rushed to hospital by helicopter, but did not survive the attack. There has not yet been any official claim of responsibility for the death of Fakhruzadeh.
While Israel did not take responsibility for the assassination, writes the outlet, it points to a report in The New York Times that claimed, citing US intelligence officials, that Israeli agents had killed Fakhrizade.
Iran was quick to point the finger of blame at Israel for the death of the renowned scientist. Iran's President Hassan Rouhani, according to the country's TV outlets, insisted the killing of Mohsen Fakhrizadeh showed the "depth of the enemy's despair, and vowed it "will not slow down Iran's nuclear path".
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Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif also said that there were "serious indications" of Israel's complicity in the elimination of Fakhrizadeh.
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has vowed to take revenge for murder.
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According to Axios, Iranian army commander Mohammed Bagheri admitted that the assassination of the leading nuclear expert in the country was a blow to the Iranian defense establishment.
Accordingly, Israeli officials reportedly briefed a spate of media outlets in Israel that without Fakhrizade it will be hard for Iran to continue its nuclear program.
Feeding into the speculations that the current developments might seek to ramp up pressure on Iran while sending a message to the Biden team was the recent trilateral meeting between Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman in Saudi Arabia on Sunday, writes the outlet.
Netanyahu, in a meeting with his Likud Party, declined to explicitly confirm the visit.
Amid cited ambitions of the Biden team to return to the 2015 Iranian nuclear deal, reversing a cornerstone of President Donald Trump's foreign policy in the Middle East, Iranian officials have intimated this would only be possible on the condition that Washington makes some serious concessions and "compensates" Iran for the economic fallout from US sanctions.
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Richard Achilles Ballinger (9 de julio de 1858, Boonesboro, Iowa - 6 de junio de 1922, Seattle, Washington) fue  Secretario del Interior de los Estados Unidos desde 1909 hasta 1911.

Cuando fue alcalde de Seattle entre 1904 y 1906, empezó a llamar la atención nacional sobre su persona. En 1907 fue designado comisionado de la Oficina Agraria General y en 1909 se convirtió en secretario de interior. Durante sus dos años en este cargo, intentó hacer los recursos públicos más accesibles para su aprovechamiento privado.

Estuvo implicado en un esquema fraudulento de reclamo de tierras en Alaska, siendo eximido después de una investigación del Congreso pero renunciando en 1911. Dicho evento dividió a los republicanos entre los conservadores liderados por William Howard Taft y los progresistas leales a Theodore Roosevelt.

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Anna Marie Tendler Opens Up About 'Totally Shocking' Divorce From John Mulaney
The pair confirmed their split in May 2021. By September, Mulaney announced he was expecting a baby with actor Olivia Munn.
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01/13/2022 03:59pm EST
Anna Marie Tendler is looking to the future following her split from John Mulaney last year.
Mulaney and Tendler stunned fans in May 2021 when they confirmed they were divorcing after six years of marriage. By September, Mulaney announced that he and his new girlfriend, Olivia Munn, were expecting a baby. Their son, Malcolm Hiệp, was born Nov. 24.
In a new interview with Harper's Bazaar, Tendler doesn't mention her ex-husband by name but nonetheless alluded to the emotional upheaval she's experienced over the past year.
"Everything that has transpired has been totally shocking and I think surreal," the author and multimedia artist told the magazine. "In a way, I feel like, well, it can only go up from here, because I reached the depth of where I could go."
Later, Tendler said the isolation she felt after the split was exacerbated by the tumult of the COVID-19 pandemic, and she found solace only by focusing on her work.
"I had a lot of bad days and medium days," she explained. "I wouldn't say I had any good days until the summer. I feel so lucky that so much of my work is this mundane, detail-oriented handwork. I'm working with a needle and thread, and it's like, if I'm not on it, I'm going to prick myself with a needle and fuck something up."
Anna Marie Tendler (left) and John Mulaney in 2019.
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"Just have your whole life fall apart," she added, "and then develop a hand skill!"
The magazine also points out the "betrayal" many of Mulaney's fans expressed after he became a father, as the comedian had repeatedly stated that he and Tendler had no plans to have children.
Noting that she's "always held partnership above having kids," Tendler is now reconsidering the prospect of motherhood and plans on freezing her eggs.
"There were things I never even thought about before because that was just a closed door," she said. "So now that it feels like not as much of a closed door, it's something that I ruminate on a lot."
"I feel lucky that I get to be standing on the precipice of all of these new things, that I get to possibly experience, and who knows how they will go? And there is certainly something exciting about that," she concluded.
Read the full Harper's Bazaar interview with Anna Marie Tendler here.
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Full steam ahead with a commercialised public services Britain
There could not be a clearer signal that the ultimate goal of this Tory government (forget the Coalition myth) is the full-scale commercialisation of all Britain's public services than the latest plan to bring in the credit-rating agencies to monitor and control NHS hospitals.
This is taking the country back to pre-1948 when finance, not health, ruled the roost. Monitor, the NHS regulator, is replacing assessment based on clinical quality with a purely financial regime, calling in the credit-rating agencies to assess the financial strength of hospitals.
For the first time for 70 years the key requirement will not be whether the hospital is delivering high-quality healthcare to those who need it, but simply whether it's safely making a profit. There are several reasons why this is profoundly wrong.
First, whilst of course financial viability has to be secured in all organisations, the prime purpose of a hospital is to restore ill people to health, one of the most fundamental of human needs, and a civilised society will ensure that that takes precedence both in terms of the allocation of national budgets and of individual treatment being optimised irrespective of income. The credit-rating plan will reverse this priority, even to the point of forcing hospital trusts or private companies that fail to get 'investment grade' ratings to cease to operate.
Second, even in terms of their narrow remit to judge financial strength, credit-rating agencies have an appalling record. The provided triple A rating to many financial derivatives during the 2000s which caused the global crash when it turned out they were next to worthless. The US Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission concluded that the 3 big credit-rating agencies (Standard & Poor's, Moody's, and Fitch) "key enablers of the financial meltdown".
Third, many of the hospitals currently in financial difficulties are not badly managed but rather saddled, through no fault of their own, with enormous PFI liabilities that were forced on them against their will. The credit-rating plan will mean that, not only is public expenditure for those hospitals top-sliced to give priority to paying off PFI debts to private consortia, but the range and quality of healthcare provided will be significantly diminished to fit with whatever funding is left over.
Fourth, and most profoundly of all, the fundamental values on which British society has been built since the Second World War are being overturned. The IDS so-called Welfare Reform bill will put a funding cap on the abolition of poverty, the Gove proposals for 'free schools' and academies aim to make education a profit-yielding enterprise, social housing is being all but squeezed out, and now NHS hospitals will be subjected to the unalloyed dictates of the financial market.
Slow-motion breakdown across our public services
Call for "direct action" to save Whittington Hospital, after huge public meeting
Privatisating benefits the public? – pull the other one!
Posted in: Benefits, Conservatives, Education, Health, Politics, Public services, Public Spending.
The Pensions dispute and the way forward for trade unions
Popular capitalism, unpopular socialism
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Doctors and nurses have the powers to bring the marketisation to a halt if they acted collectively by withdrawing their labour, working to rule and mass protest. Without such a game changing revolt the future of the NHS as a centrally planned service seems doomed. My impression sadly is that too many Labour MPs support commodifying health care and public services in general. Landsley can rightly point to the extent to which Labour in power prepared the ground for this next phase. Exraparliamentary action is the only way this will be stopped.


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How can I make it print the school name?
Also, I'd like to change the "PhD Thesis" string to "PhD Diss."

A: The school is printed. The biblatex field name is institution, though school is also supported as an alias. If you're not seeing it, then something else is going wrong and you'll need to provide a proper example that demonstrates your problem.
And you can redefine strings using \DefineBibliogrpahyStrings.
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The canton of Basel-Stadt (German: Kanton Basel-Stadt (help·info), English: canton of Basel-City, French: canton de Bâle-Ville, Italian: Cantone di Basilea Città) is one of the 26 cantons of Switzerland, and the smallest of the cantons by area. The city of Basel and the municipalities of Bettingen and Riehen form its territory.
The canton of Basel-Stadt was created when the historic canton of Basel was divided in 1833, following political quarrels and armed conflict in the canton. Some of these were concerned with the rights of the population in the agricultural areas. They ultimately led to the separation of the canton of Basel-Landschaft from the city of Basel on 26 August 1833. Since then, there has been a movement for reunification. This movement gained momentum after 1900 when many parts of Basel-Landschaft became industrialized. The two half-cantons agreed in principle to reunite, but in 1969, and again in September 2014, the people of Basel-Landschaft voted against this proposal in favour of retaining their independence.
The canton of Basel-Stadt is located in the north of Switzerland. It borders Germany (Baden-Württemberg) and France (Grand Est) to the north (the three countries meet at the Dreiländereck), and Basel-Landschaft to the south. Basel is located at the so-called 'knee' of the Rhine, at the point where from the west the little Birsig joins the Rhine from the left, and where the Rhine itself switches from flowing in a westerly direction to a northerly flow.
Bettingen, Riehen and a part of Basel city lie on the east bank of the Rhine, bordered on three sides by the German state of Baden-Württemberg. The rest of the canton lies on the west bank of the Rhine.
The area of the canton is 37 square kilometres (14 sq mi), making Basel-Stadt the smallest canton in Switzerland. It is sometimes likened to a city-state.
The canton of Basel-Stadt shares its political structure and administration with the municipality of Basel.
Basel-Stadt is a half-canton. This means that the canton only sends one representative to the Council of States. The capital of the canton Basel-Stadt is the city of Basel. The present constitution of the canton dates from 1889.
The parliament of the canton is the Grand Council, which has 100 members, who are elected for four years at a time. There are eight different political parties represented in the parliament; the largest party is the Social Democratic Party, with 32 seats.
The executive of the canton (Regierungsrat) is made up of seven members. Currently (2006) there are five different political parties represented in the executive.
The canton has a sister state status with Massachusetts.
The population of the canton (as of 31 August 2018) is 199,950. As of 2007[update], the population included 56,106 foreigners, or about 30.29% of the total population. The population (as of 2000[update]) is nearly evenly split between Roman Catholic (25%) and Protestant (27%). About 10% of the population is classed as "Other Religion" while 36% do not belong to any organized religion.
The economic area of Basel is considered to be the second largest economic centre in the whole of Switzerland, after Zurich, and before Geneva. The chemical industry and the pharmaceutical industry are of greatest significance in the canton. There are a number of multinationals in the city of Basel, attracting workers from both cantons of Basel and the areas across the border in France and Germany. Banking and finance are important as is the service sector in general. Small and middle-sized businesses employ a significant number of people, both in the city as the two municipalities. The canton is also known for its banking sector, and for being the worldwide seat of the Bank for International Settlements.
Economically the neighbouring lands in Germany and France are not separated from the area of the canton of Basel-Stadt. Good transport links across the border as well as supportive local governments facilitate this link.
The fact that three nation-states come together in one spot near Basel (Dreiländereck) attracts some tourists. The site is clearly identified and a popular destination for primary school classes. The carnival attracts large number of people from across Switzerland and the neighbouring countries.
In 2014, there were 104 workers in Basel-Stadt who work in the primary sector (the total for all of Switzerland is 3.3%) In the same year the secondary sector employed 36,441 or about 19.0% of the total workforce. Of those in the secondary sector, nearly half of the workers were involved in the production of pharmaceutical products. The tertiary sector employed 154,896 or about 80.9% of the total, which is much higher than 74.9% nationwide. Of those in the tertiary sector, health care, education and retail sales made up about a quarter. Some of the other major tertiary fields included job placement (5.1%), management and business consulting (4.1%), public administration (3.9%), architectural and engineering offices (3.7%) and financial services (3.5%).
There is an international airport at Basel-Mulhouse, actually located 4 km inside French territory but with customs-free access from the city. The canton is well connected by both trains and motorways to the rest of Switzerland and the neighbouring areas in France and Germany.
Basel is a major railway station of Switzerland, connected to Paris and Berlin with direct fast trains.
There is a port at Basel for ships on the Rhine. This port is of great significance to landlocked Switzerland, as it offers the country's only direct connection to the sea. The port benefits from good connections to both rail and road.
Basler Fasnacht early-morning parade with Lanterns.
The Carnival of Basel (Basler Fasnacht) is a major cultural event in the year. The carnival is one of the biggest in Switzerland and attracts large crowds, despite the fact that many of its central traditions are played out in the early morning starting at 4am (Morgestraich) and followed by a continuous run of festivities for 72 hours.
The Autumn Fair in Basel (Basler Herbstmesse) is the biggest in Switzerland.
The canton of Basel is renowned for two of its biscuits. The Basler Läckerli is a hard biscuit made of honey, almonds, candied peel and Kirsch, and is enjoyed as a speciality all year round. The Basler Brunsli is made of almonds and generally enjoyed at Christmas all around Switzerland.
The Basel Messe convention center is the location of several international events. The largest are Art Basel, an art show for modern and contemporary works, and BaselWorld, a major watch and jewellery show.
Famous cultural ambassadors of Basel are the Top Secret Drum Corps and the Basel Boys Choir.
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^ Nationalratswahlen: Stärke der Parteien nach Kantonen (Schweiz = 100%) (Report). Swiss Federal Statistical Office. 2015.
^ Federal Department of Statistics (2008). "Ständige Wohnbevölkerung nach Staatsangehörigkeit, Geschlecht und Kantonen" (Microsoft Excel). Archived from the original on 15 December 2008. Retrieved November 5, 2008.
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^ "Arbeitsstätten und Beschäftigte nach Kanton, Wirtschaftsabteilung und Grössenklasse". STAT-TAB (in German). Federal Statistical Office. 2014. Retrieved 18 April 2017.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Canton of Basel-Stadt.
Canton of Basel-Stadt in German, French and Italian in the online Historical Dictionary of Switzerland.
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Is there another way to do this so Lumira Desktop users do not have to follow the above steps?


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Wetterstationen (2017)
Die Arbeiten dieser Anthologie wurden im Rahmen von Wetterstationen, einem Projekt mit fünf internationalen Partnern, das vom Kulturprogramm der Europäischen Union gefördert wird, in Auftrag gegeben. Schriftsteller und Schüler an den fünf Standorten nahmen an dem Projekt teil und der vorliegende Band enthält eine Auswahl ihrer Arbeiten.
Selected aspects of biodegradation testing of pharmaceuticals including development of a new biodegradation test (2017)
Baginska, Ewelina
Among all attenuation processes, biodegradation plays one of the most important role and is one of the most desirable processes in the environment especially since products released during this bio-reactions, can be once again reintroduced into the natural element cycles. To assess biodegradation, a variety of biodegradation test procedures have been developed by several international organizations. OECD guidelines for ready biodegradability testing represent one of the most prominent group of internationally used screening biodegradation tests (series 301A-F). These tests are usually very simple in their designs and allow for the fast and cheap screening of biodegradability. However, because of their stringency, the test conditions are not close to simulating environmental conditions and may lead to unrealistic results. To overcome these limitations, OECD introduced simulation tests which are designed to investigate the behavior of chemicals in specified environmentally relevant compartments. Despite the fact that simulation tests give more insight into the fate of chemicals in the environment, they are not applied frequently as they are often tedious, time consuming and expensive. Consequently, there is a need to provide a new biodegradation testing method that would combine complex testing environment as in simulation tests, easiness in handling and good data repeatability as in screening biodegradation tests. Another challenge is an adaption of the existing biodegradation testing methods to new types of samples, i.e. mixtures of transformation products (TPs). The research on the presence of pharmaceuticals in the environment gained momentum in the 1990s; since then, it has been growing. Their presence in the environment is a wellestablished fact. A wide range of pharmaceuticals is continuously detected in many environmental compartments such as surface waters, soils, sediments, or ground waters. After pharmaceuticals reach the natural aquatic environment they may undergo a number of processes such as: photolysis (under direct sunlight), hydrolysis, oxidation and reduction reactions, sorption, biodegradation (by bacteria of fungi), and bioaccumulation. These processes, may cause their elimination from aquatic environment, if reaction is complete, or creation of new compounds i.e., transformation products (TPs). What is more, processes, like chlorination and advanced oxidation processes (AOPs), such as H2O2/UV, O3/UV, TiO2/UV, Fenton, and photo-Fenton, or UV treatment which might be applied in water or wastewater treatment, may also lead to the TPs introduction into aquatic environment. The research on the TPs brings many new challenges. From one side, there is a constant need for the the development of a sensitive and reliable analytical separation, detection, and structure elucidation methods. Additionally, there is a need for the preparation of appropriate assays for the investigation of properties of new compounds, especially those answering the question if TPs pose a higher risk to the aquatic ecosystems than their parent compounds. Among numerous groups of pharmaceuticals, two are of great importance: antibiotics since they might promote emergence and maintenance of antimicrobial resistance in the aquatic environment; and cytostatic drugs. Cytostatic drugs can exert carcinogenic, mutagenic and/or teratogenic effects in animals and humans. The challenges of biodegradation testing presented in this thesis, encompasses these different areas of interest and was divided into three objectives: 1) Identification of the knowledge gaps and data distribution of the two groups of pharmaceuticals antibiotics and cytostatic drugs (article I); 2) Increasing the knowledge on biodegradation of cytostatic drugs and their TPs (articles II, III, and IV) and 3) Establishment of a biodegradation test with closer to simulation tests conditions, that could be affordable and to support better understanding on processes in water sediment interface construction - screening water-sediment test. Further validation of the test with an insight into sorption and desorption processes (articles V and VI).
Ermittlung von Pestizidstoffströmen im Ökosystem Buchenwald (2003)
Bernhardt, Andreas
Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit ist der Eintrag landwirtschaftlich genutzter Pflanzenschutzmittel, die in großen Mengen in der Bundesrepublik ausgebracht werden, in Buchenwälder untersucht worden. Hintergrund ist die, seit Ende der 1970er Jahre geführte Debatte über die Ursachen neuartiger Waldschäden. Trotz intensiver Forschungen sind die Gründe dieser Waldschäden immer noch ungeklärt.
Environmental communication among the media and environmental non-governmental organisations (ENGOs) in Malaysia : a roller coaster ride? (2016)
Bin Mohamad Saleh, Mohamad Saifudin
This study aims to answer four main research questions regarding the roles, strategies, barriers, and representation of the media and environmental nongovernmental organisations (ENGOs) in environmental communication in Malaysia. From a theoretical lens, this study has incorporated the essential concepts of media, ENGOs, and environmental communication from both Western and Asian, particularly Malaysian perspectives as primary points of reference. For the purpose of this study, a total of 13 interviewees from Media A and Media B and 11 interviewees from ENGO A and ENGO B were chosen for the qualitative interview while 2,050 environmental articles were collected as samples from Media A´s and Media B´s newspapers along with ENGO A´s and ENGO B´s newsletters from the period 2012 to 2014 for the quantitative content analysis. Specifically, the findings from interview confirmed that both the Malaysian media and ENGOs have shared quite similar roles in environmental communication, particularly in environmental legitimacy (creating trust, credibility, and relationships with the public), in democracy (acting as a watchdog and mobilising the public sphere), and in constructing public mind about environmental problems. Pictures undoubtedly were one of the most vital tools in social construction, especially for presenting the reality of the environmental problems to the public. This was in harmony with the results of the quantitative content analysis, where more than 60% of pictures were found on environmental articles in media newspapers and ENGOs newsletters. Malaysian media and ENGOs have shared two common strategies in environmental communication, namely campaigning and collaboration with other stakeholders, while the ENGOs have two extra strategies: advocacy and lobbying strategies. Malaysian media and ENGOs also have collaborated with each other and the level of collaboration between them was at the coordination (medium) level. Both social actors especially the media were also relied heavily on their sources for environmental articles and the result of quantitative content analysis showed that the government was the main source for media newspapers, whereas other ENGOs and laypersons were the main sources for ENGOs´ newsletters. There are also colossal barriers faced by both Malaysian media and ENGOs throughout the process of environmental communication and some of the barriers faced by both media and ENGOs include the problem with limited knowledge of the environment, while some other barriers, like media laws and ownership, were only faced by the media; other barriers such as funding problems were specifically faced by the ENGOs. In terms of representation of environmental information, the Malaysian media make more presentations on environmental problems, especially on topics like floods, wildlife and water crises in their newspapers, while ENGOs have given more attention to environmental effort topics such as conservation and sustainable living in their newsletters. Surprisingly, not only the media but also the ENGOs used the same (news) values like timeliness, proximity, and impact as criteria for the selection of environmental issues for their publications. Other factors such as the background of the organisation and the interest of journalists or editors also influence the selection of environmental issues. It is hoped that the proposed theoretical framework of this study can serve as a crucial guideline for the development of environmental communication studies, especially among the media and ENGOs not only in Malaysia but also in other (Southeast) Asian regions that share a similar background.
Tauschen, Leihen und Schenken: neue Nutzungsformen als Beispiele einer suffizienten Lebensweise? (2013)
Blieffert, Svea
Umsonstläden und couchsurfing sind Beispiele neuer Nutzungsformen
Die Netzwerkanalyse des ökologischen, ökonomischen, politischen und sozialen Problemraumes der Abwasserentsorgung als Voraussetzung eines mehrdimensionalen Konzeptes der Problemhandhabung. Eine Analyse der Strukturen, Aktivitäten und Verhaltensweisen (1999)
Borchert, Sven
Das Ausrichten der Abwasserentsorgung erfolgt in engen kommunalpolitischen und rechtlich-ökologischen Grenzen. Dabei werden weder die Rahmenbedingungen analysiert oder hinterfragt noch werden anhand akzeptierter Ziele langfristige Konzepte zur Ausgestaltung der Abwasserentsorgung entwickelt. Die Diskussion um die Wahrnehmung von Aufgaben durch die öffentliche Hand oder durch private Träger ist vielmehr durch die Kontroverse zwischen Effizienz und hoheitlicher Aufgabenerfüllung geprägt. Die gegenwärtige Problemhandhabung wird den komplexen Zusammenhängen, die mit der Abwasserentsorgung verbunden sind, nicht gerecht. Die schlechte Finanzsituation der Kommunen sollte genutzt werden, um zu neuen Formen der Aufgabenerfüllung zu gelangen.


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#Maydays Prompt – Teddy Time
May 14, 2016 KL Caley	5 Comments
"If the person you are talking to doesn't appear to be listening, be patient. It may simply be that he has a small piece of fluff in his ear."
― A.A. Milne, Winnie-the-Pooh
For today's #maydays prompt it's teddy time. Tell us about the bear in your life. Real or fictional you may decide.
Remember you can write a memory, short flash fiction, poetry or whatever may take your fancy and pingback here so that I can pop by and visit you. Don't forget to TAG your prompt #maydays too.
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Know Your History – 14th October – Winnie the Pooh first published.
Oct 14, 2015 KL Caley	2 Comments
On this day… 14th October 1926 – Winnie the Pooh was first published.
With the first publication of the children's book Winnie-the-Pooh on October 14, 1926, the world was introduced to some of the most popular fictional characters of the twentieth century – Winnie the Pooh, Piglet, and Eeyore. The second collection of Winnie-the-Pooh stories, The House at Pooh Corner, appeared on bookshelves just two years later and introduced the character Tigger.
On Creating Winnie the Pooh
Milne is most famous for his two Pooh books about a boy named Christopher Robin after his son, Christopher Robin Milne, and various characters inspired by his son's stuffed animals, most notably the bear named Winnie-the-Pooh. Christopher Robin Milne's stuffed bear, originally named "Edward", was renamed "Winnie-the-Pooh" after a Canadian black bear named Winnie, which was used as a military mascot in World War I, and left to London Zoo during the war. "The pooh" comes from a swan called "Pooh". E. H. Shepard illustrated the original Pooh books, using his own son's teddy, Growler ("a magnificent bear"), as the model. The rest of Christopher Robin Milne's toys, Piglet, Eeyore, Kanga, Roo and Tigger, were incorporated into A. A. Milne's stories, two more characters – Rabbit and Owl – were created by Milne's imagination.
Did You Know?..
You can visit most of the locations from the stories.
The Hundred Acre Wood, Roo's Sandpit, Poohsticks Bridget and the rest are all fictionalized names of real places in the Ashdown Forrest in Sussex, England where Milne bought a country home in 1925. For example, the Hundred Acre Wood is really the Five Hundred Acre Wood and Galleon's Leap is really Gill's Lap.
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Thinking About Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga in Vienna earlier this month
I've been reading Caitlin Moran's book, How To Be A Woman, as recommended by my friend Meghan. It's super entertaining and I'll be posting a review of it soon. In the meantime, I read a passage last night in which has been stuck in my mind and helped me, perhaps, finally reconcile my relationship with one Ms. Lady Gaga.
Moran, who was hanging out with Gaga in a sex club for a piece about the pop star writes,
"Even though you wear very little clothing," I said slightly primly, gesturing to Gaga's bra and thong, "you're not doing all this as a...prick-tease, are you?"
"No!" Gaga replied, with a big, drunken beam. "It's not what straight men masturbate over when they're at home watching pornography. It's not for them. It's for...us."
And she gestured about the nightclub, filled to the brim with biker-boy lesbians and drag queens.
Because Gaga is not there to be fucked...she's not singing these songs in order to get laid, or give the impression she wants to. She wishes to disrupt and disturb...
This really got my wheels turning.
Of course, Lady Gaga's feminism has long been an online discussion and I'm hardly the first to think about it. In fact, it seems like there was a time in 2009-2010 when every other day I was reading some feminist blog or another covering Gaga's latest statement, latest video, or latest outfit and analyzing it to death. While some were critical of her for being reflective of conventional beauty (thin, blonde, white, and "sexy") others were praising her for challenging traditional gender roles, unapologetically speaking her mind, and being an out bisexual.
In fact, I remember entire online debates raging between competing feminist theories of the symbolism in the videos of Bad Romance, Judas, and Telephone. While I was marginally interested in the discussion (because I just like pop culture in general) I didn't really connect to Lady Gaga as a feminist musician. Traditionally, I've been more inclined to write about Rihanna and/or criticize misogynistic male musicians. I knew what Lady Gaga was doing was unusual, and I liked her songs in a general way, but I'm not sure that I really "got" what she was (is) doing.
Lady Gaga in four of her notoriously extravagant outfits.
That is until I read that passage in Moran's book. The full extent of Lady Gaga's subversion hit me. And I started to think about her statement in the context of my life. Are the straight men I know fawning over Lady Gaga's sexiness? No--in fact, I most often hear them talking trash about her: She's weird; she tries too hard; she's gross. But that's just it. She's not for them and she doesn't want to be. (It's not like there's a shortage of women musicians who are...) The people I know who do love her often find comfort in her because she is a representative of the counterculture. As Moran writes, "...Gaga is an international female pop star on the side of all the nerds, freaks, outcasts..." She concludes later, "Ultimately, I think it's going to be very difficult to oppress a generation of teenage girls who've grown up with a liberal, literate, bisexual pop star..."
I'm not so sure that I'm ready to hail Gaga as the harbinger of female liberation. It'll take a lot more than meat dresses, big sunglasses, and blue hair to change our deeply held misogyny, but I can admit that I'm really glad Stefani Germanotta is on our team.
Labels: celebrities, empowerment, music, sexuality
Kit Jordan August 28, 2012 at 10:38 PM
I agree with everything you wrote and I'm a huge fan of Gaga's music BUT... It really bothers me how obsessed she is with being skinny. I've read many, many quotes and interviews that reflect her unhealthy level of obsession with staying thin.
A. Lynn August 29, 2012 at 9:02 AM
You are totally right. I probably should have written more about this part of her because I think she's pretty transparent about it and it's certainly a problem. But my train of thought when I was writing didn't take me there, so thank you for the reminder.
I remember reading about how she went to unhealthy lengths to lose weight to become a pop star in the first place and there's her famous "pop stars don't eat" tweet.


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As we all know, it's mango season and what can you make out of mango's than fruit juice and salads? Mango chicken wings! yes… Vlogger SisiYemmie shares a delicious recipe with us, this is completely different from the previous 'mango chicken lollipop' that she created a while back. The flavours are different, texture and of cause the part of the chicken too is different.


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The 'Charmed' Reboot Is Set In A Much Spookier Town Than The Original
by Sophie Hirsh
20 years after the original Charmed premiered, The CW has resurrected the show (using an ouija board, I assume) with a reboot. Because the setting of the original Charmed was so important to the show, fans might want to know: Where is the Charmed reboot set? In the 2018 version of Charmed, the new Charmed Ones live pretty far from the show's original setting. Sisters Macy, Mel, and Maggie (played by Madeleine Mantock, Melonie Diaz, and Sarah Jeffery, respectively) live together in a college town called Hilltowne, Michigan. Never heard of it? Well, that's because it's not real — the show's creators entirely made up the town, à la Stars Hollow, Connecticut or Pawnee, Indiana.
This is a pretty big shift from the original Charmed, which took place in the real city of San Francisco, California. Not to mention, the series started out with Phoebe returning to the family's San Francisco home from New York City (which, I don't think I need to tell you, is also a real place).
In the beginning of the new Charmed, which premiered on The CW earlier this month, Mel and Maggie live with their mother, Marisol. (Try saying that three times fast.) A few months after Marisol is killed, a young woman named Macy shows up at Mel and Maggie's doorstep in Hilltowne, after moving there for a job at the fictional Hilltowne University, where Mel and Maggie both study. Macy tells Mel and Maggie that she thinks she is their half-sister. Once the three sisters are together, they discover their witchy powers — Maggie can hear people's thoughts if she touches them, Macy is telekinetic, and Mel can freeze time, according to Newsweek.
Additionally, Express adds, a lot of Charmed will take place in the three sisters' house, and many other scenes will be set in other locations in Hilltowne and at Hilltowne University. San Francisco provided a classic backdrop for the original Charmed, but I have a feeling a college town like Hilltowne will have plenty to offer in terms of spookiness. There's not much scarier than an 8 a.m. lecture, am I right?
On top of the new setting, the Charmed reboot features a few other differences from the original. Most notably, the new Charmed Ones are all of Latinx descent — and people are cheering for the inclusivity.
In a recent interview with The Oprah Magazine, the reboot's three stars opened up about the importance of putting diverse characters on screen. "I just feel like the world looks really different right now and we're the majority. We're no longer the minority and entertainment and television should reflect that," Diaz, who plays Mel, told the magazine. "It's no surprise that movies like Black Panther and Crazy Rich Asians do so well. It's because we are buying tickets and we want to see people that look like us."
The next episode of Charmed will air on The CW on Sunday at 9 p.m. ET. Anyone else already feeling spooked?


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In a recent field hockey game, Katelyn McKeil, (#1) clears ball after an Annie Madden save. Hannah Erickson (#25) looks on. GD , with a 6-8, 4-3 Mid-Wach B record, must win two of their remaining three games to qualify for the post season. Photo by Robert Mingolelli.
G-D Golfers, L-R: Jim Willson, Jackie Styles, Isabelle Premkumar, Luke LLodra, Ben Rivet, Jared LeClerc and Luke Liodra. Photo by Robert Mingolelli.
In what was senior night for Groton-Dunstable football, Fitchburg played the spoiler.
Peter Benedict at Groton Woman's Club.
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On Friday, October 20th, Peter Benedict spoke to the Groton Woman's Club about his craft–Furniture Making.


Blue Nectar is a Luxurious Ayurveda Brand that formulates a good number of pure and ayurvedic products. Each of their products are curated by ayurvedic doctors and are prepared only in SL 316 Vessel as per Ayurved Texts with vital herbs and ingredients that are beneficial for both our body and mind. Sounds impressive right? Blue Nectar is also approved and certified by the Department of Ayush. So today I am up with a review of the Blue Nectar Shubhr Radiance Honey Face Cleanser which claims to make your skin radiant. Let's get started with the details.
Shubhr means radiant. Face is the most attractive feature of human body. First step in Ayurvedic face care is to cleanse, tone and nourish the skin. Proper cleansing and toning is done by removing dead cells, clearing clogged pores, removing toxins & pollutants without stripping the skin of natural oils and moisture content.
Packaging: I was taken aback by its packaging when it first arrived at my place. It's simply classy and luxurious. The outer blue card box, in which the cleanser came in, with its golden label makes the entire packaging look much more elegant. The face cleanser is closed with golden screw cap further protected with a plastic seal . But there came a separate pump dispenser inside the box. You can just replace the screw cap with the pump dispenser once you receive the product. Personally, I like products with pump dispensers as they are much more convenient to use and leads to no product wastage. The packaging is also furnished with all necessary details about the cleanser.
Color & Texture: Although the blue bottle packaging does not let us have a peek at the color of the product, one could easily see the amount of product left inside the bottle. The cleanser is a colourless, clear gel with a smooth, runny, flowy consistency.
Fragrance: The fragrance is a bit stronger. It smells of ayurvedic herbs, something similar to saffron and jasmine scent. The scent also lingers for sometime post cleansing. If you have an aversion to strong herbal fragrances, you might not like it. Otherwise it's something you might not find too bothersome.
Effectiveness: Blue Nectar Shubhr Radiance Honey Face Cleanser scores in this aspect. It does what a cleanser is supposed to do. At first, I started off with 3 pumps, but later reduced to 2 pumps, as I found less is more for this cleanser and using more product leads to post cleansing dryness. Although its runny consistency makes me want to use more (2 pumps give you only a little of the product) but I don't. Sometimes I use it directly on my face but most of the times I prefer taking the cleanser on my palm and rub between my hands to bring it to a lather. This cleanser foams up really really well and rinses off easily without any residue left behind. This would make a great second cleanser to use in your oil cleansing method.
The cleanser effectively removes dirt, oils, impurities and even light makeup from the skin. It leaves skin soft, clean and clear with a subtle glow. I did not find it drying on my oily skin. But I suppose that it might be a tad bit drying for dry skin types. Be it any skin types, following up with a toner and moisturizer post cleansing can do the work. I've been using this along the Shubr Brightening & Radiance Sandalwood Cream and both of them make a great combo. I did not encounter any new pimples whilst using this cleanser, so this does help in controlling acne breakouts very well and has good oil control ability as well.
Great packaging. Luxurious as well as User Friendly.
Enriched with 8 Vital Herbs.
Clears out dirt and impurities efficiently.
A little bit expensive for a face wash.
Ayurvedic fragrance might not be liked by some.
Can be drying for dry skin types.
Would I recommend? Yes, I liked the softness, freshness and instant glow this cleanser gave to my face. It cleanses up very well without irritating the skin and it suited my acne prone skin keeping acne at bay. Above all, Blue Nectar Shubhr Radiance Honey Face Cleanser is proudly made in India and is infused with some great native Herbs like Nagkesar (often known as Indian Rose Chestnut), Gajar Bij (Carrot seeds), Aloe Vera, Raw Honey and Anantamool. Do give it a try and let us know your experience with it.
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Bipartisan, Bicameral Legislation to Ensure All Foreign Medical Schools Are Held to Same Standards
2013 investigation by Bloomberg Markets revealed offshore loophole that off-shore medical schools have been exploiting to access additional federal funding
[WASHINGTON, D.C.] - U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Bill Cassidy (R-LA) joined U.S. Representatives Elijah Cummings (D-MD) and Michael Burgess (R-TX) today to introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation that would save taxpayer dollars and protect students by closing a loophole that gives special treatment to a small number of medical schools in the Caribbean that, in 2012, took in more than $450 million in U.S. Department of Education Title IV funding – two-thirds of all Title IV dollars that go to foreign medical schools.
The Foreign Medical School Accountability Fairness Act would require all foreign medical schools to meet the same minimum requirements. This simple fix would apply the following two requirements to all medical schools outside of the U.S. and Canada: at least 60% of the enrollment must be non-U.S. citizens or permanent residents and students must have at least a 75% pass rate on the U.S. Medical Licensing Exam.
"A loophole in current law allows for-profit medical schools in the Caribbean to enroll large percentages of American students – and profit from hundreds of millions of taxpayer dollars – without meeting the same quality standards of instruction as medical schools in the U.S. or the basic requirements of all other foreign medical schools," said Senator Durbin. "Our bill to close that loophole has broad support among the U.S. medical school community and now is supported by members from both parties in both chambers. As Congress continues work on the reauthorization of the Higher Education Act, I hope this bipartisan bill will be part of the discussion."
"There are reports that some foreign medical schools inappropriately use taxpayer dollars. By fixing a loophole, we can ensure these schools are held to the same standards as every other school," said Senator Bill Cassidy M.D.
"This is about leveling the playing field and improving student quality," said Representative Burgess. "If medical schools outside the U.S. are going to receive federal money, they need to meet the standards of education those taxpayer dollars were meant to fund. We must close this loophole to disallow foreign schools from accessing huge amounts of federal dollars at the expense of education and doctor quality."
"I am pleased to join my colleagues in introducing this important piece of legislation that will close a loophole that has left students open to exploitation for too long," said Congressman Cummings. "This bill would send a clear message to unscrupulous institutions that seek to target students for their financial aid while delivering substandard outcomes. Protecting students and taxpayer dollars is a bipartisan issue and Members of Congress from both sides of the aisle will not stand for substandard results."
A September 2013 investigative report in Bloomberg Markets highlighted two foreign medical schools – American University of the Caribbean School of Medicine (AUC) and Ross University School of Medicine – which admit hundreds of students, many of whom were rejected by U.S. medical colleges. According to the report, students at medical schools operating outside of the United States and Canada amass more student debt than those at medical schools in the United States. For example, graduates of the American University of the Caribbean have a median of $309,000 in federal student debt versus $180,000 for graduates of U.S. medical schools.
These foreign medical schools are also much less successful ensuring students' progress all the way through the program. The average attrition rate at U.S. medical schools is 3% while rates at for-profit foreign medical schools can be up to 26% or higher. Even if students do finish at these schools, with much more debt, they often have difficulty finding a residency – mandatory for actually practicing medicine in the United States. In 2015, foreign-trained, American graduates had a residency match rate of 53% compared to 94% of graduates of U.S. medical schools. They are even less likely to land a residency position the second time around.


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If students experience symptoms of depression, they should notify someone about it in time, says medicine and dentistry study advisor Hilly Mast.
People often retreat into themselves when they don't feel right. 'This occurs very often in the master phase', says professor and depression researcher Marie-José van Tol.
Approaching a study advisor is often the first course of action for students with symptoms of depression.
There, they are given the space to talk about what is bothering them and to share their feelings. They are also given information and advice, for example about funds they can apply for to partially relieve the financial burden caused by a study delay.
If a real case of depression is suspected, students are often referred to a professional, such as the student psychologist. The choice to seek professional medical attention is ultimately down to the student.
The student psychologists are located at the Student Service Center (SSC). Altogether, they conduct around 900 intake sessions a year. One-third of these sessions are with international students.
After an intake session, a maximum of up to five follow-up sessions takes place. If six sessions is not enough, students are referred to an external psychologist – via their GP – as quickly as possible.
At the RUG, there are various organisations and people who can and want to help students if they have problems. The first of these is often the study advisor. Like Mast, there are various study advisors, available at every faculty, who have an overview of the programme curriculum and are close to the organisation and students. Students often know how to find the way to the study advisor for questions or academic problems, 'but even if they don't do that, there are ways to signal a problem', says Mast.
Studying with depression – former RUG student Evi* reveals how a serious depression pushed her to the brink of death.
The patient in the spotlight – on research into depression.


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Memorial Cup w 2014 roku odbył się w dniach 16-25 maja w London. Była to 96. edycja turnieju o mistrzostwo Canadian Hockey League. 14 maja 2013 roku Ontario Hockey League ogłosiła, iż gospodarzem turnieju została drużyna London Knights, zaś mecze odbędą się na hali Budweiser Gardens. Pozostałymi kandydaturami były: Barrie Colts oraz Windsor Spitfires. London ostatni raz gościł turniej w 2005 roku.

Turniej został zorganizowany w następującej formule:
 Turniej rozpoczął się fazą grupową, która toczona była systemem kołowym tzn. każda drużyna rozegrała z każdą drużyną w turnieju spotkanie
 Po rozegraniu fazy grupowej rozpoczęła się faza pucharowa, składająca się z dwóch meczów: półfinał oraz finał. Zwycięzca finału zdobył Memorial Cup.

Półfinał, który odbył się 23 maja pomiędzy Val-d'Or i Edmonton był najdłuższym meczem w historii Memorial Cup. Jest to jedyny mecz w historii rozgrywek, który potrzebował do rozstrzygnięcia trzech dogrywek.

Tytuł po raz pierwszy w historii zdobył zespół Edmonton Oil Kings, będąc pierwszym od sześciu lat zespołem z ligi WHL. Drużyna z Guelph jest pierwszym zespołem od 1992 roku, która zwyciężająć fazę grupową bez porażki, została pokonana w finale.

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Amerykanin Henrik Samuelsson z dorobkiem 8 punktów za 4 bramki i 4 asysty został najskuteczniejszym zawodnikiem turnieju, dzięki czemu zdobył Ed Chynoweth Trophy. Najlepszym strzelcem został Kanadyjczyk Tyler Bertuzzi, który zdobył w czterech meczach swojego zespołu pięć bramek.

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 Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy (Najbardziej Wartościowy Zawodnik (MVP)):  Edgars Kulda (Edmonton Oil Kings)
 Ed Chynoweth Trophy (Najskuteczniejszy zawodnik):  Henrik Samuelsson (Edmonton Oil Kings)
 George Parsons Trophy (Uczciwy zawodnik):  Curtis Lazar (Edmonton Oil Kings)
 Hap Emms Memorial Trophy (Najlepszy bramkarz):  Antoine Bibeau (Val-d'Or Foreurs)
 Skład Gwiazd:
Bramkarz:  Antoine Bibeau (Val-d'Or Foreurs)
Obrońcy:  Cody Corbett (Edmonton Oil Kings),  Matt Finn (Guelph Storm)
Napastnicy:  Edgars Kulda (Edmonton Oil Kings),  Kerby Rychel (Guelph Storm),  Henrik Samuelsson (Edmonton Oil Kings)

Przypisy

2014 w hokeju na lodzie
2014 w Kanadzie
Canadian Hockey League