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Melissa Hamilton, President, moved to Sitka, Alaska in 2005 and fell in love with the beautiful scenery and the people here. She is a bookkeeper by training with a background in science, which is to have a head for finances, a heart for conservation and sustainability, and the passion for both. Melissa believes it is a privilege to be able to live in Southeast Alaska and to be able to connect with her environment in some way on a daily basis. She is excited to make a difference by being a part of the mission and efforts of SCS in a significant way. Melissa joined the SCS board in 2015.
Steve Fish, Vice President, left the San Francisco Bay area and rode the Alaskan ferry Malaspina to Petersburg in 1974 at the age of 19. Somehow, he ended up buying a plywood, gas powered boat the following year and soon after caught his first halibut despite knowing nothing about halibut fishing, and little enough about anything else. Well, life should be an adventure. The greatest adventure for Steve has been trying to be a good husband, father, and person. Steve met Kari Johnson in Petersburg. They then moved to Port Alexander and, finally, to Sitka in 1991. They have three children: Lexi, Eva and Erikson. Steve served on the board of the Alaska Marine Conservation Council including two years as Chair. He is currently president of the Alaska Longline Fishermen's Association. He has been on the SCS board since 2010.
Debra Brushafer, Treasurer, moved to Sitka AK in 1992. She has worked as a family practice physician since her arrival in Sitka. She is an avid outdoors person. She enjoys kayaking, hiking, camping, and boating to explore the beautiful Tongass with her family and friends. Her husband, children, and she regularly subsistence hunt, fish, and gather. She believe in preserving the Tongass for future generations. Debra joined the SCS Board in 2015.
Mariah Leeseberg, Secretary, graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2005 and majored in Wildlife Ecology. Following graduation she served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Madagascar for two years. She has since worked with the US Fish and Wildlife Service as a technician and biologist, with the US Geological Survey, and with Alaska Department of Fish and Game. She currently works at Sitka National Historical Park with the National Park Service. Mariah loves spending time with her family, especially on the water, or roaming the Tongass National Forest.
Spencer Severson, is a commercial diver, carpenter, global sailor. He used to dive for herring roe in Prince William Sound until the Exxon Valdez spill ruined the fishery. But according to Spencer, "only the foolish indulge in despair." He says, "I've been blessed with an occupation and friends I love and a struggle we must win to save and protect the home we all love. Don't give up the fight." He has been on the SCS Board since 2003.
Judith Lehmann, grew up on a lake and in the woods in Minnesota. At an early age she began fishing, picking blue berries, making maple syrup, eating local game, and running wild in the woods. After graduating from college Judi began a 25-year career in retail management. She raised two daughters, traveled throughout the world, and began ultra-cycling. Following her retirement, she moved to Sitka to be closer to her family. Judi's childhood and background has contributed to her deep respect for the environment; she wishes to preserve wild areas for her grandchildren, and others. She enjoys the challenge of living in Southeast Alaska, and looks forward to using her knowledge of management and experience in international travel to support community sustainability and to further the goals of SCS. Judi has been on the board since 2013.
Richard Nelson (Nels) is a subsistence hunter, fisher, and gather; an anthropologist; and former writer laureate of Alaska. His books include The Island Within, Make Prayers to the Raven, and Heart and Blood: Living with Deer in America. He is also the Producer of Encounters, a public radio program exploring wild Alaska and broadcast on stations throughout the state. Nels says that, "Volunteering for conservation is my way to give something back, in return for the pleasures and rewards that come to us from this beautiful place. Involvement with the Sitka Conservation Society has been an important part of my life for many years. We are a local group with a national constituency, working with people all over America to protect one of the world's great natural treasures. I hope everyone who cares about the wild coast of Alaska and the Tongass National Forest will consider joining SCS in this vital effort." Nels has been on the SCS board since 1983. Click here for more on Richard Nelson.
Jasmine Shaw grew up in Long Beach, CA, and currently works for the University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service. She first arrived in Sitka in 2010 and immediately fell in love with the community and the surrounding environment. Within the first few weeks of her arrival, she sought out volunteer opportunities with Sitka Conservation Society. Jasmine has been a board member since 2013.
Marian Allen is a longtime Southeast resident and former fisherwoman. She is currently an English teacher and a serious sockeye slayer. She has been a board member since 2006.
Ben Clark grew up in rural Ohio and after college, his love for mountains pulled him west. Eventually, he found his way up to Sitka as an AmeriCorps member. After his year of service, he was determined to stay in Sitka and continue to pursue his passion for education. Ben currently teaches at Sitka High School and spends his free time exploring the wonderful Tongass with his wife and energetic border collie.
Mary-Alice Henry moved to Alaska at the impressionable age of 19. She immediately fell in the love with the old growth forests of Prince of Wales. Eventually Sitka became her permanent home after a few years of finishing her degree at Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon. After many years of running my own accounting firm, she became the Administrator of Mt. Edgecumbe High School where she is currently employed. Her passion is preserving the last remaining old growth forests of SE Alaska. There is rarely a day she doesn't hit the trails with her best pal, Scout. She has been blessed to have had many incredible adventures in SE Alaska from the mountain tops to the sea. She looks forward to having many more while helping to protect all its treasures.
Keith Nyitray grew up east of NYC and has a degree in Environmental Resources Management. He came to Alaska in 1979 to climb Denali and stayed. After many years of adventuring around the state he finally settled in Sitka in 1998. His interest in protecting the environment was instilled in him at an early age as he grew up with the then fledgling Environmental Defense Fund fighting to ban DDT nationwide. In his teens, Keith went "out west" through the Student Conservation Association and discovered his love for the wilderness. Over the years he has lobbied in DC and given presentations across the country on the need to protect both the Tongass National Forest and the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge. He now looks forward working with everyone at SCS to protect the land and the way of life he loves so much.
Krystina Scheller is originally from Hawaii and has always had close relationship with the land and water around her. In 2015, Krystina moved her family and her Arctic sailing business to Sitka via the Northwest Passage. Her passion for the environment and sustainable living has taken her to some of the most remote parts of the Northern Hemisphere including the Central Arctic Ocean, Northwest Greenland and Ellesmere Island. During her voyages she has seen firsthand the devastating results of climate change, the disappearing sea ice and the side effects of industrial practices in remote locations. Her lifelong relationship with the natural world and firsthand knowledge of the affects of climate change motivated her to join the SCS Board. She has a degree in Political Science and Economics from Drew University.


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Loud cheers and boos filled the Orlando stadium when former President Jacob Zuma arrived for the funeral service of the late Winnie Madikizela-Mandela.
Zuma was accompanied by his wife Bongi Ngema-Zuma to pay his last respects to the late stalwart.
Former President Thabo Mbeki was also present at the event.
Meanwhile, speakers on the podium recollected their memories with Madikizela-Mandela.
From close friend Mrs Mokgobo who spoke about how Mama Winnie had impacted her life and those of black social workers in the country. A profession in which she (Madikizela-Mandela) became the first black woman to be qualified for.
Ms Zukiswa Madikizela paid tribute by calling on all black South African women to carry forward the struggle icon's legacy.
"The mother of the nation has left a legacy that we should carry forward to honour her," she said adding that Mama Winnie had lived her life to the "fullest".
"I'll miss our conversations which ranged from political issues to gossiping about our grandmothers."
GCIS confirmed that the stadium was almost filled to capacity. An official said that the stadium can carry 36 700 people and added "we're almost there", referring to filling the venue to capacity.

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BOOK REVIEW: Unbound by Jim C. Hines
Posted on January 9, 2015 by Paul Weimer in Book Review // 3 Comments
BRIEF SYNOPSIS:: Isaac Vainio, on the outs from the Porters and now without power, struggles with demons both personal and internal, as well as a threat to the entire world.
PROS: Interesting shift in series theme; willingness to change the status quo of fantasy universe in interesting ways.
CONS: The intensely personal perspective of a protagonist suffering from depression may discomfort some readers; main narrative not as interesting as changes to the universe itself; cover art fails to adequately convey the book's contents.
BOTTOM LINE: An intensely interesting, if not always comfortable, beat in Isaac Vainio's story.
Libriomancy is a magic system born and tailor-made for bibliophiles. It's a magic system that taps into the love of books and the things within them. Who wouldn't want to be able to pull a phaser out of a Star Trek novel? Or a healing potion? Or wield Bilbo's Sting?
The Magic ex Libris series by Jim C. Hines explores the story of Isaac Vainio, who goes from being a minor but ambitious Libriomancer dealing with magical threats in and around Michigan, to running up against the founder of the Porters: Johannes Gutenberg himself. Unbound, the third and final Magic ex Libris novel, explores the aftermath of that. Isaac finds himself with his power stripped and on the outs from the Porters. As Isaac struggles with his loss of power, his own personal demons, and the rising threat…the world is not going to remain unchanged from it all.
The first Magic Ex Libris novel, Libriomancer, follows some classic, traditional lines. Secret, Masquerade Fantasy, with magic happening underneath the noses of most of the world. It's a cool other-world of libriomancers dealing with magical threats, many of them caused by people inadvertently pulling stuff out of books without any clear idea of what they were doing, and why. And, of course, locking down the existence of magic from humanity is a core tenet of the Porters. Even as Isaac deals with Vampires (of several types), mages, magical creatures and worse, the Magic ex Libris series, even with its cool magic system, is comfortable and relatively familiar.
By the time the series gets into the second novel, Codex Born, Hines has shown a willingness to change the status quo and evolve his world. In Codex Born, Isaac explores the consequences of a tangled relationship between himself, the Dryad Lena Greenwood, and her doctor Nidhi Shah. We get an unveiling of the history of the world, and that the Porters are hardly the only organization handling magic, and with very different goals than the Porters.
The third and newest novel, Unbound, is willing to blow up this universe even further. In many ways, the story of Unbound is a change to the world, a "Magic Returns" scenario that unfolds in the midst of the narrative. Magic Returns is not a new theme in fantasy, but usually is something that has happened in the past, and now we have a modern society with magic of various kinds. In Unbound, a formerly mundane world starts to come to grips with the existence of magic, and the story even explores the idea of a "reset button" (a la Star Trek) to try to undo it. It's a widescreen change to the world in a series that has been willing to explore smaller changes up to this point in the series. In some ways, Magic Returns is the theme of the series, and only fully seen here, in the final novel.
On the other hand, Isaac's story feels extremely personal and intimate, even throughout the world-changing events around him. The Magic Ex Libris novels have been his story, containing both the good and the bad. The first novel gives us a relatively baseline Isaac whose world is rocked by the addition of Lena. The second novel explores the consequences of that relationship. The third novel is very much the long dark time of the soul for Isaac. At the end of Codex Born, Johannes Gutenberg disempowers Isaac, taking away the magic that has defined him for the first two books. In the wake of that loss and other events in Codex Born, Unbound unflinchingly (sometimes to a fault) explores the depression that Isaac undergoes as a result. This is an extremely difficult act to pull off, as exploring a depressed protagonist makes for a main narrative that can have problems getting off the ground. As a sufferer of depression, I intensely felt Isaac's plight.
And there is a main narrative in Unbound in the midst of all of these changes and focus on Isaac's story. The entity revealed in the second novel is still plotting to take over the world. Her motivations beyond that sort of suzerainty aren't always quite clear, and to be honest, feel slightly under done. She's a credible threat from a power perspective, especially given the fractured response to her machinations. The danger is real and in the encounters we see her, there are some excellent combat scenes showing just what the long trapped sorceress and her minions can do.
The interesting thing about Unbound, and it's not always positive, is that the change in series theme and exploring its implications is far more interesting than that main narrative itself. Perhaps this is a consequence of having a protagonist with the aforementioned issues, which doesn't deprotagonize him but it does dilute his impact and ability noticeably. Or perhaps it's the audacity of changing the fantasy world permanently, rather than going to status quo antebellum.
Fantasy, as a genre, can be the conservative sibling to Science Fiction. Science Fiction is about changes — good, bad and otherwise — happening to society, to Humanity, and how Humanity or just an individual deals with it: the development of teleportation; the discovery of an artifact the size of Earth's orbit around a distant star; crashing into a hitherto unknown region of space and dealing with a variety of alien aliens, with you the only human, etc. Fantasy, by comparison, is often a story of Restoration, or fighting a rearguard action, of trying to set the world, gone skew, back to rights. There is power when fantasy decides to play in the themes of science fiction and own the possibilities of change and development "in real time". Unbound taps into that, and I give Hines enormous credit for it.
Unbound is the absolutely wrong place to start to read the Magic Ex Libris series. It is, however, an extremely interesting entry in it, a real game changer. The joys of the first two volumes of the possibilities of Libriomancy are transformed and changed here into something very different, and in many ways, greater.
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3 Comments on BOOK REVIEW: Unbound by Jim C. Hines
Andrea Johnson // January 10, 2015 at 7:53 pm //
Wow, sounds like there are a lot of unexpected twists in Unbound! I really enjoyed Libriomancer and Codex Born, so i'm looking forward to Unbound. I like that Hines is willing to take risks, and willing to tell the "rules" of fantasy to go to hell. And why not show a character's struggles with depression? Makes the person more relaetable and human, in my opinion.
it's also fun that these books mostly take place in Michigan, where i live. I get all the references, and I know all the landmarks. My friend John Wenger even has a cameo at the end of Codex Born!
Jim C. Hines // January 11, 2015 at 6:21 pm //
John shows up again in Unbound, too 🙂
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An Ordinary Girl's Look at an Extraordinary Life
Stars for All
April 6, 2021 Stephanie
By Stephanie Steiner
Sounders: You will have a star. Our team earned it, we will all be able celebrate that championship authentically regardless of our size or gender. You matter. The star matters. We have been heard.
#StarsForAll: hashtag, battle cry, and quite frankly a no-brainer. Now we're closer to it being a reality. Stars may be applied post-purchase to our Sounders gear. I have no idea where the team stores are going to be able to source dump trucks full of stars, but I wish them Godspeed. Sounders: please be patient. They have only known this for hours. Any stars applied to jerseys in the next few weeks are miracles. Give them time.
Our list of champions extends beyond the field, and beyond the locker room. Our Front Office has been championing our #StarsForAll cause for months (minus the hashtag). In 2015, someone at MLS made the decision that only authentic jerseys would receive stars. We don't agree this this decision. Members of our front office did not agree with this decision and pursued it relentlessly. Taylor Graham and Doug Orweiler are warriors.
Yesterday morning we started sending teasers to let you know we were in the #StarsForAll battle. Battle might not be the best way to describe it – but we had a multi-step, multi-club, multi-month plan of action that we had just begun. The first step was the declaration, the second was a letter* sent via FedEx to MLS Headquarters. Steps three through twenty-seven would have involved all of you – but it looks like we might not need them.
We look forward to the longer term plan from MLS and are deeply grateful for the short term solution provided for Sounders. Now we wait for MLS to reveal its next steps: we were never in this for only our Club. Our letter clearly declares that we believe all fans of all championship Clubs deserve stars. It is our hope that all Clubs can learn their solutions expeditiously.
Update: late in 2017, MLS fully rescinded its prior decision and stars were made available for all fans of any championship club regardless of gender or size of the fan.
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MLS to allow championship stars on Sounders' replica jerseys after supporter protest
Originally published February 23, 2017 at 12:21 pm Updated February 24, 2017 at 5:20 pm
1 of 2 | Clint Dempsey models the Sounders' new kit. (Courtesy photo / Sounders FC)
2 of 2 | The star will be featured on all Sounders replica jerseys after the MLS gave into fans' demands. (Courtesy photo / Sounders FC)
Major League Soccer changes policy after pressure from Sounders fans and will now allow championship stars to be placed on all the team's 2016 and 2017 replica jerseys.
Stephanie Steiner was taking at least the day to savor a victory for Sounders fans before pondering the next move.
The president of the team's Alliance Council was dissecting a Major League Soccer announcement Thursday that it had reversed a merchandising policy after a protest by Sounders fans. Previously, championship stars commemorating the team's MLS Cup win in December could only be added to authentic Sounders jerseys and not the replica home and secondary uniform versions favored by much of the fan base – especially women and children.
Championship squads sporting a gold star above their team crest has been a longstanding soccer tradition worldwide. The MLS policy switch will now see stars added to all 2016 and 2017 Sounders jerseys instead of only the authentic version.
"The authentic jersey … is designed for professional soccer players,'' said Steiner, a third-year president of the Alliance, comprised of about 35,000 of the team's season-ticket holders. "How many people in the fanbase fit the body type of a professional soccer player? Kids don't. They're too small. Women develop breasts – it's an inevitable event. And men have to be incredibly athletic for that to fit.
"So, what's the percentage of the population that can fit well in authentic jerseys. So, they were saying 'Nobody else gets that star.' And that's kind of ridiculous.''
And for now, nobody but Sounders fans will get it either. A statement issued by the Sounders, who negotiated directly with the league on the Alliance's behalf, said the MLS plans to review the policy at the conclusion of each season.
Bart Wiley, the team's chief operating officer, said: "Many fans expressed to us their concerns with the previous championship star policy and we applaud Alliance Council leadership for representing their constituents to address those concerns with MLS and our organization."
Fan bases clamoring for stars on their team merchandise wasn't really an issue for the league until the highly-popular Portland Timbers won their first MLS Cup in 2015.
The Timbers actually went ahead and started selling stars on all jerseys without getting league permission. But the league clamped down on the practice this year.
MLS declined to issue any further statements on the matter Thursday, other than what was conveyed in the Sounders press release.
For now, the stars will be added to all Sounders home and Pacific Blue jerseys as well as a new "Heritage Kit" version unveiled Thursday that will commemorate the team's first season in 1974. The jock tag on the bottom left of that jersey reads "Born in 1974".
Steiner said she was first made aware via social media and texts from Sounders fans right after the team's title win over Toronto that they were irate about the policy. She approached the Sounders about it and found they too had heard from fans and had already initiated discussions about it with the league.
With the Sounders acting as a go-between, talks ensued over the next several weeks as the Alliance pushed for a policy change. The fan group sent the league a formal letter, but never spoke directly to MLS officials – leaving that to the Sounders.
Steiner said her group was given the impression during negotiations that the league had been trying to create more value for the authentic jerseys by limiting the use of stars to them in order to differentiate them from the replica version.
She hadn't heard about MLS limiting its policy switch to just Sounders jerseys for now until reading about it in a Seattle Times online post on Thursday. She'll wait until hearing something officially from the league before deciding whether to continue the planned campaign against the policy.
"The important thing for me is, if you're going to build this in the U.S., you've got to build it for kids,'' Steiner said. "These are their heroes. These are the people they look up to. So, let them celebrate the championship.''
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While I love female superheroes – as evidenced by their ratings so far this month – I don't always love the "-girl" versions of male heroes.
The practice of creating female (and teen) (and dog) versions of popular heroes is a decidedly DC habit, as Marvel never did anything of the sort with their core slate of heroes with the possible exception of She-Hulk. (Yes, you could argue more recent versions like X-23 and Rescue fill the same role, but they are separate characters with established stories – not Wolvergal and Iron Woman).
The problem with these matching woman heroes is they have to be altered with every reboot of their male counterparts. In fact, one of the major outcomes of Crisis on Infinite Earths was to remove Supergirl from continuity so Superman could truly be the last son of Krypton again.
The removal didn't last for long. She came back as a peculiar amoeba-in-the-shape-of-a-girl courtesy of Lex Luthor, later merged with a mortal teenager, and was subsequently discarded in favor of a standoffish Kryptonian cousin – not to mention the massively popular Power Girl.
That puts us on version six of Supergirl with this debut issue. That's a lot of girls to remember, but DC's reboot says we can forget all the past iterations and focus on this new one.
Written by Michael Green & Mike Johnson, art by Mahmud Asrar & Dan Green.
Supergirl #1 is an act of delicious contrition – the first out of three dozen DC relaunch books that's all of an origin story, an exhibition of powers, plus a knock-down, drag-out super-powered fight.
This book teases so many things that people may have wanted or even expected from a Superman relaunch. We get an opening shot of meteors descending over the midwest. We have an egg-like spaceship of Kryptonian origin. We even get a set of super-powered fisticuffs! We also get an unveiling of killer heat vision that evokes Cyclops's lack of control over his powers.
Writers Michael Green and Mike Johnson do a good job of threading internal monologue through brisk, easy-to-follow action beats, playing Kara's bewildered reactions true to someone who woke up on another planet. That only a little story elapses around the action is forgivable.
McCaig's coloring style on early pages evokes watercolor, with seemingly liquid-stained patches of light and dark. It helped to maintain the in-a-dream mood of Supergirl's narration, which is shattered by the bright lights of the squad sent to collect her. As dawn breaks over the battlefield, McCaig shifts into a more standard set of superhero colors. It's a genius transition that I didn't entirely pick up on until my third read.
While I'm concerned they've boxed themselves in with an immediate introduction of Superman, all the positives neatly erase the slightness of the issue. If writers Green and Johnson can carry the philosophical bent of Kara's narration as a stranger in a strange world into upcoming issues, Supergirl will be a welcome second-string Kryptonian title to Morrison's Action Comics.
With DC Comics re-launching its entire slate of books this month, the most-anticipated title after a vaguely-disappointing Jim Lee drawn Justice League is doubtlessly Action Comics, written by Grant Morrison.
Morrison is a hyper-praised comic author who has written everything from indie fare to X-Men. His multi-year shake-up of Batman comics has been to the comic line what Nolan has been to the movie franchise. He's also an insufferably self-obsessed egoist and drug addict, both as confessed in Supergods, his recent autobiographical look at comic history.
Action Comics #1 is a thrilling anchor to the clearly all-new continuity of Superman. Anyone hoping for an issue of a big, blue boy scout pushing planets out of their trajectories will be disappointed by this smaller scale exploration of the ambiguities of justice and of being human.
If that sounds like a boring issue, keep in mind that it still involves being faster than a speeding bullet and leaping tall buildings in a single bound. Oh, and a wrecking ball.
Is this issue a modern classic? Hard to say, but Superman scholar Morrison doesn't waste a single word while Morales keeps the issue full of impact – it never feels decompressed to drag out the story.


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Jekka is a Moscow-based singer-songwriter and producer mixing genres, realities and rituals. Jekka has already released 6 EPs, several singles, launched a multimedia project ГОД (YEAR) about Russian folk music, collaborated with many different musicians, designers, filmmakers and artists. She released 6 music videos with coverage by THUMP, Create Digital Music, The Calvert Journal, played on a YAK-42 aeroplane and is a participant of CTM Musicmakers Hacklab, Red Bull Music Academy Bass Camp 2013, BIME, Musikmesse, Ableton Loop Summit 2017, Red Bull Music Festival 2018. Jekka's music is an ever-changing landscape mixing pop, glitch, futurism, R&B and dance music.
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After losing a loved one to suicide, it may feel like you will never be able to smile again. We have learnt that getting outdoors and learning to appreciate the beauty around us has helped. By focusing on each moment in time and grounding ourselves we manage to put one foot in front of the other rather than allowing ourselves to become overwhelmed with the future. We believe this is a really important part of learning to live again. We now run a weekly walking group with short walks every Sunday afternoon around the Stroud Valleys. We will also be hosting family days and other events enabling you to meet others and build positive supportive relationships and learn that you are allowed to smile again.
The grief you experience after losing a loved one to suicide is often referred to as 'grief with the volume turned up' and we believe that it is really important to seek support. The trauma and unanswered questions often create deep emotional pain and some indivudals also develop Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Counselling is a really good way to help you learn coping mechanisms and techniques to work through your grief. It also allows you to speak openly about your loved one. We also deliver Grief Recovery Courses as peer support, and a support group which will be run by a professional Counsellor alongside Pete's Mum, Wendy.
It can be hard to know where to turn to when in the initial shock and confusion after losing a loved one to suicide. Please know that you are not alone. There is a fantastic booklet called ' Help is at Hand ' which is a good reference tool and gives very practical advice. There are also various wesbites which provide very useful information. In Gloucestershire there is a Survivors of bereavement by suicide (SOBS) group which meets the second Wednesday of every month 7.30pm-9.30pm. The Support After Suicide Partnership website has a lots of information that can help after a bereavement by suicide.


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juxtaposition January 30, 2020 Gender and Health, Security and Human Rights
The Impact of War on Women and Women's Health
ANKUR CHHABRA
The issue of war and conflict in a nation state and the impact on citizens, especially on women and children, is critical in terms of research and peace-building processes. Kudakwashe & Richard (2015) explored the causal factors resulting in armed conflicts across the world [1]. According to the authors, factors which lead to armed conflict included ethnic and religious differences, limited access and inequitable distribution of resources, and lack of proper governance systems in place [1]. Although these factors certainly seem to be factors exacerbating the internal and external conflicts in the worst conflict zones of the world, the most critical element to understand is the disproportionate effect of conflict on women and children.
Conflict-causing factors are not only limited to resources (or lack thereof), economic or otherwise. There are other hidden motives and indirect contributing factors. For instance, even a peaceful country like Canada has an economic interest in the $15-billion arms deal with Saudi Arabia [2]. Much of the turmoil in the Middle East is due to these 'special interests'. Factors resulting in conflict include, lack of fair and equitable political and governance systems, unequal participation of women in political and peace building processes, and a lack of focus on gender equity and women's rights. In most parts of the world, including the United States, women are still considered as second-class citizens [3]. Countries that claim to advocate for democracy and respect of human rights need to walk the talk. All these factors along with a myriad of socioeconomic and sociocultural issues further exacerbate the status, inclusion, and treatment of women, especially in conflict zones [4].
Armed conflict and war coupled with gender-based violence and sexual exploitation result in negative intergenerational health effects, including but not limited to, adverse physical, mental, social, psychological, and bio-psychosocial health outcomes [5].
Additionally, according to Ugalde et al. (2000), the health costs of war are not tangible, thus making monitoring difficult [6]. The paper reported the three key areas of underassessment in health cost evaluation of war as psychosocial behaviours; environmental destruction; and disruption to policy making [6]. The authors noted that it is easier to monitor conventional health indicators and relatively difficult to measure the impact of war on the aforementioned indicators. That said, in order to ensure optimal healthcare delivery and policy making, regular reporting and monitoring mechanisms for all countries, regardless of conflict-risk levels must be in place. This requires consistent and constant support of multilateral agencies via development aid, health systems strengthening, etc.
Furthermore, a human rights-based approach (HRBA) must be pursued, ensuring that accountability forms the fundamental basis of HRBA, especially in light of growing allegations of sexual abuse and misconduct in the humanitarian aid organizations [7; 8; 9]. The accountability principle must include not only the State and State officials, but also create monitoring mechanisms and responsibilities for international organizations, and other non-State actors. This is essential not only for peace building and nation building but also trust building between and among conflicting states and international aid agencies.
Lastly, it is certainly important to focus on positive transformations such as that of Nepal's experience [10] and emulate that in the Middle East and other humanitarian emergency and conflict-affected settings. The Machel Study [5] is also seminal in advocating for building women's capacities and roles as peace builders [11].
In conclusion, robust accountability, governance mechanisms and women-inclusive approaches that enhance women's participation in bilateral and multilateral peace building institutions are needed, in order to prevent conflict, and sustain peace across the globe.
[1] Kudakwashe, M. A., & Richard, B. (2015). Causes of armed conflicts and their effects on women. International Journal of Research, 2(4), pp.77-85. Retrieved from https://www.ijrhss.org/pdf/v2-i4/11.pdf
[2] Saudi-Canadian relations and the arms deal: A guide to the story so far. (2019, January 2). Retrieved from https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-saudi-arabia-canada-arms-deal-explainer/
[3] Rosen, S. P. (2014, August 5). Women in the U.S. Are Still Second-Class Citizens: Not Interested? You Should Be. Retrieved from https://www.huffpost.com/entry/women-in-the-us-are-still-wage-gap_b_5018490
[4] Hudson, V. M., Ballif-Spanvill, B., Caprioli, M., & Emmett, C. F. (2012). Sex and world peace. Columbia University Press.
[5] McKay, S. (1998). The effects of armed conflict on girls and women. Peace and Conflict, 4(4), 381-392. Retrieved from https://doi.org/10.1207/s15327949pac0404_6
[6] Ugalde, A., Selva-Sutter, E., Castillo, C., Paz, C., & Cañas, S. (2000). The health costs of war: can they be measured? Lessons from El Salvador. BMJ, 321(7254), 169-172. doi: 10.1136/bmj.321.7254.169
[7] McKenzie, S. (2018, July 31). Sexual abuse 'endemic' in international aid sector, report finds. Retrieved from https://www.cnn.com/2018/07/30/uk/sexual-abuse-aid-sector-uk-report-intl/index.html
[8] Einbinder, N. (2018, August 16). Amid Allegations of Abuse, Aid Workers Describe Culture of Sexual Misconduct. Retrieved from https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/amid-allegations-of-abuse-aid-workers-describe-culture-of-sexual-misconduct/
[9] Taylor, L. (2019, February 11). Rise in sexual abuse cases in aid groups as more victims speak up. Retrieved from https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-aid-harassment/rise-in-sexual-abuse-cases-in-aid-groups-as-more-victims-speak-up-idUSKCN1Q000X
[10] Devkota, B., & van Teijlingen, E. R. (2010). Understanding effects of armed conflict on health outcomes: the case of Nepal. Conflict and Health, 4(1), 20. Retrieved from https://conflictandhealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1752-1505-4-20
[11] Snoubar, Y., & Duman, N. (2016). Impact of Wars and Conflicts on Women and Children in Middle East: Health, Psychological, Educational and Social Crisis. European Journal of Social Science Education and Research, 3(2), 211-215. doi: 10.26417/ejser.v6i2.p211-215
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Global Health Spotlight: Joy Fitzgibbon
Mitigating the Cultural Factors Barring Recent Immigrants' Access to the Canadian Health Care System


Gordon Sharpe has worked on a number of stations over the years, these include hospital radio, RSL's, community radio and now on the Internet.
Interest in being on the radio goes back to the 1970s, when Pennine Radio started in Bradford and Gordon was often there in the studios, answering phones or sitting in on live shows. He started DJing in 1975 and was still a nightclub DJ until 2008. He then gave his daytime attention to launching a community radio station on the outskirts of Doncaster. He spent almost 7 years there, but then became ill, not helped with the pressures of dealing with bad management, and was unable to return. He's now registered disabled and stuck at home a lot, unable to work, so he's trying to carry on doing what he loves best - presenting radio shows!
'Gordons Goldies' is a show where you will here some golden oldies ('Goldies') that you may never have heard before. These could be follow up singles that failed to chart, album tracks or almost anything from the archives.
'Connections' is an hour of songs that are linked together, you have until the end of the show to work out what that conenction is.
'Remember Then' is a half hour of music from one year, your task is to work out the year before I tell you at the end.


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Law Office of James K. Moore
Law Office of James K. Moore - Auburn, CA
1155 High Street Auburn, CA 95603
Auburn Personal Injury Law Firm
At the Law Office of James K. Moore in Auburn, California, we understand that the decision regarding which personal injury lawyer to hire is a personal one. While you want an attorney who is knowledgeable, confident and aggressive when necessary, you also want someone who is compassionate and ready to support you in all the ways that matter. Attorney James Moore strives to be that attorney...
At the Law Office of James K. Moore in Auburn, California, we understand that the decision regarding which personal injury lawyer to hire is a personal one. While you want an attorney who is knowledgeable, confident and aggressive when necessary, you also want someone who is compassionate and ready to support you in all the ways that matter. Attorney James Moore strives to be that attorney. He does this in several ways, including paying your medical bills on your behalf, gathering and analyzing all relevant documentation, accepting credit cards as payment and meeting you in your home, at the hospital or via virtual appointments.
Mr. Moore founded our law office to protect the rights of individuals who find themselves in vulnerable situations. To ensure that he would provide nothing short of superior representation, he narrowed the focus of our practice to three main areas: personal injury, family law and mediation. Due to this limited focus, he is able to give each case the attention it deserves and routinely obtain favorable verdicts in cases involving the following matters:
• Animal bites
• Car accidents
• Trucking accidents
• Construction accidents
• Premises liability
• Brain injury
• Birth injury
• Sexual abuse
• Aviation and mass transit accidents
• Asbestos and mesothelioma
• Medical malpractice
• Wrongful death
• Divorce
• Child custody
• Child support
• Fathers' rights
• Military divorce
• Same-sex family law
• Domestic violence and neglect
• Collaborative divorce
• Alternative dispute resolution
Before founding the Law Office of James K. Moore, Mr. Moore demonstrated excellence and dedication in everything he did. He graduated cum laude from Chapman University, earned the Trial Advocacy Excellence Award from Chapman University Fowler School of Law and completed the Orange County Bar Association's College of Trial Advocacy. Since founding the firm, he has been the recipient of numerous awards and recognitions from leading industry institutions.
By Anonymous on Oct. 22, 2021
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By Theresa W. on Jul. 09, 2021
Very personable attorney who provided a great service for me and my family members.
By Tracy T. on Jul. 08, 2021
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By Anonymous on Jul. 07, 2021
I've been working with James over the last 3.5 years and I can honestly say that he is an excellent lawyer who truly cares about his clients. Divorce is stressful and there are times when he would call just to check in on my emotional wellness. It really speaks to his character not just as a lawyer, but as a compassionate human being. I would highly recommend his services to anyone looking for a lawyer who doesn't just see clients as a source of income.
James Moore is an exceptional human being. He is the type of person to do his best to give you the best legal council you can get whether its helping answer your niece's government homework questions or fighting the good fight. He's not just a lawyer, but a professional and a real person.
Worked with James on some solutions for fighting charges from an illegal search and seizure. Throughout the whole process, James was extremely professional, swift, and effective. Don't even waste your energy searching through law firm after law firm - go right to James Moore. Get Moore for your money!
James Moore demonstrated superior, litigation acumen and strategy, which delivered a time expedient and just outcome for my Dental Personal Injury case. Despite a global pandemic; Mr. Moore's knowledge and prior case history experience, relative to my case, settled favorably, while also avoiding further delays and additional legal expenses. James builds and maintains a friendly, compassionate, and professional rapport throughout the process. His financial management for litigation was consistently transparent and explanative. Should you have the unfortunate circumstance that requires a Personal Injury Attorney, James Moore is your highly, trusted choice!
About Law Office of James K. Moore
Pro Bono Activities
Kiwanis Club of Auburn, 2017 - Present
James K. Moore (Attorney)
https://jamesmoorelawfirm.com/
https://jamesmoorelawfirm.com/blog/
Lawyers at Law Office of James K. Moore selected for a Super Lawyers® list
Moore, James K. On a Super Lawyers® List
Trial Advocacy Award
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Cavities are one of the most common dental problems amongst people of all ages. At Esquire Dental Centres, our environment may be relaxed but we are serious about fighting tooth decay. We encourage our patients to visit us every six months so that we have the best chance at preventing tooth damage. Additionally, we act quickly to repair damage using quality materials that do not disrupt the smile's natural beauty.
In our Pickering and other offices in Ontario, bonding is a common treatment considered for cavity repair. For several reasons, this process can be ideal to suit the needs of the patient. Before recommending treatment, you can rest assured your Esquire Dental Centres dentist will perform a careful examination to determine the extent of damage and the most appropriate type of repair. When more than one option for restoration exists, we will provide details that will enable you to make a confident decision regarding the care of your smile.
Restoring a tooth with the bonding process involves the application of composite resin, a material that looks very much like natural enamel. In just one visit, we can take a tooth from fragile to durable. To begin, damaged tooth material is gently removed. The cavity is then filled with pliable composite resin that has been color-matched to surrounding enamel. A curing light is used to harden the material into position, where it can restore lost strength and beauty to the damaged tooth.
More than a tooth-colored filling, bonding is also an incredible cosmetic procedure through which your dentist can improve the overall look of your smile. Our dentists have many years of experience and know how to craft composite resin to the shape, size, and color to disguise chips, gaps, cracks, and more. When hardened and polished, the restoration will blend in perfectly with surrounding tooth material.
When you improve the look and the health of your smile, you achieve a greater sense of wellbeing. To address your smile concerns with a friendly, experienced team that makes you feel at home, contact the Esquire Dental Centres office nearest you.


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About Katcha...
Katcha Burnett is one of Intero's founding agents, a multi-year Chairman's Circle award (top 1%) winner, and has achieved the #1 agent status worldwide in a company of thousands. Ms. Burnett is well known for her knowledge of and experience in preparing, marketing, and selling fine homes and properties throughout California. Katcha usually carries a healthy inventory of "pocket" listings, not on the MLS, for clients interested in buying and selling 'quietly.' Ms. Burnett has more than 30 years experience having trained in and developed innovative marketing and sales strategies in Silicon Valley. Katcha fine tunes her sales skills 'with the best', and most recently studied Advanced Negotiation Skills at Harvard University.
Katcha's passion and success is related to staging homes, contract negotiations, using the internet as a tool to draw multiple buyers to her listings, outside-the-box marketing techniques, and proactively selling homes through networking and personal contact "...getting out there and working the old fashioned way." Katcha was born and raised in the Los Angeles area, spent her later youth living on a 40 acre farm in Oregon, and resides in the Morgan Hill area. She has a daughter in the UC system and another who is an actress in Los Angeles. Ms. Burnett lists property throughout California, works with buyers of California property on referral, maintains offices in the San Francisco Bay Area, and places and receives referrals worldwide through her own networks, 408 Estates Group (Northern California) and 805 Estates Group (Southern California). Katcha has sold hundreds of homes and her Estates Group has referred single sales as large as $10M.
You may contact Katcha directly for a complimentary confidential consultation
at 408-802-6222 (San Francisco Bay Area)
A sampling from hundreds of Katcha's listings, sales, and referrals...
Sold Address withheld $13,500,000 Sold Solano Verde Drive $2,570,000
Sold Oak Glen Avenue $2,550,000 Sold Old La Honda Road $2,500,000
Sold Heritage Way $2,475,000 Sold Lakeview Drive $2,350,000
Sold Lakeview Drive $1,950,000 Sold Lesley Lane $1,701,000
Sold Columbet Avenue $1,500,000 Sold Foothill Avenue $1,699,000
Sold Herirtage Way $1,400,000 Sold Columbet Avenue $1,449,000
Sold Camino Valles $1,390,000 Sold Jean Court $1,399,000
Sold Kennebec Court $1,325,000 Sold Guibal Avenue $1,350,000
Sold Ridgeview Court $1,268,000 Sold Via Castana Court $1,300,000
Sold Serene Drive $1,249,000 Sold Wilford Way $1,259,000
Sold Paul Revere Drive $1,090,000 Sold Sherry Lane $1,150,000
Sold Native Dancer Drive $1,050,000 Sold Serene Drive $1,075,000
Sold Arcade Avenue $990,000 Sold Elm Road $1,070,000
Sold Glenn Canyon Court $944,500 Sold Oscar Court $1,000,005
Sold Hill Road $880,000 Sold Apennies Circle $980,000
Sold Via Sorrento $850,000 Sold Malbec Drive $913,800
Sold Elkhorn Court $836,000 Sold Sparhawk Drive $855,000
Sold White Cloud Court $820,000 Sold Mazzone Drive $850,000
Sold Woodland Avenue $785,000 Sold Sierra Avenida $821,000
Sold Oak Park Drive $780,000 Sold Via Sorrento $804,000
Sold Greenpark Way $760,000 Sold Center Avenue $785,000
Sold Sobrato Drive $750,000 Sold Shadowbrook Way $769,000
Sold Croner Place $710,000 Sold Alamaden Road $755,000
Sold Arbor Street $700,000 Sold Valley Vista Drive $731,000
Sold St. Lawrence Drive $706,000
About Intero Real Estate Services Inc.
Established in October 2002, Intero Real Estate Services Inc, has quickly become one of the premier real estate brands in the country. Today Intero encompasses more than 2,000 agents in more than 40 offices serving the California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Texas and Mexico. Intero is one of the fastest growing real estate companies in the history of the industry. In June 2014 Intero Real Estate Services Inc. became affiliated with Berkshire Hathaway


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import React from 'react';
import { Provider } from 'react-redux';

import { createStore } from '../../../test-utils';
import Configure from '../../components/configure';
import { STATE_SLICE } from './../../store/constants';
import injectFeatureToggles from './inject-feature-toggles';

const render = (store, TestComponent) =>
  renderWithAdapter(TestComponent, {
    components: {
      ConfigureFlopFlip: Configure,
      Wrapper: <Provider store={store} />,
    },
  });
function FlagsToComponent(props) {
  return <components.FlagsToComponent {...props} propKey="featureToggles" />;
}

function FlagsToComponentWithPropKey(props) {
  return <components.FlagsToComponent {...props} propKey="onOffs" />;
}

describe('injectFeatureToggles', () => {
  describe('without `propKey`', () => {
    it('should have feature enabling prop for `enabledFeature`', async () => {
      const store = createStore({
        [STATE_SLICE]: {
          flags: { memory: { enabledFeature: true, disabledFeature: false } },
        },
      });
      const TestComponent = injectFeatureToggles([
        'disabledFeature',
        'enabledFeature',
      ])(FlagsToComponent);

      const { waitUntilConfigured, queryByFlagName } = render(
        store,
        <TestComponent />
      );

      await waitUntilConfigured();

      expect(queryByFlagName('enabledFeature')).toHaveTextContent('true');
    });

    it('should have feature disabling prop for `disabledFeature`', async () => {
      const store = createStore({
        [STATE_SLICE]: {
          flags: { memory: { enabledFeature: true, disabledFeature: false } },
        },
      });
      const TestComponent = injectFeatureToggles([
        'disabledFeature',
        'enabledFeature',
      ])(FlagsToComponent);

      const { waitUntilConfigured, queryByFlagName } = render(
        store,
        <TestComponent />
      );

      await waitUntilConfigured();

      expect(queryByFlagName('disabledFeature')).toHaveTextContent('false');
    });

    describe('when enabling feature', () => {
      it('should render the component representing a enabled feature', async () => {
        const TestComponent = injectFeatureToggles([
          'disabledFeature',
          'enabledFeature',
        ])(FlagsToComponent);
        const store = createStore({
          [STATE_SLICE]: {
            flags: { memory: { enabledFeature: true, disabledFeature: false } },
          },
        });

        const { waitUntilConfigured, changeFlagVariation, queryByFlagName } =
          render(store, <TestComponent />);

        await waitUntilConfigured();

        changeFlagVariation('disabledFeature', true);

        expect(queryByFlagName('disabledFeature')).toHaveTextContent('true');
      });
    });
  });

  describe('with `propKey`', () => {
    it('should have feature enabling prop for `enabledFeature`', async () => {
      const store = createStore({
        [STATE_SLICE]: {
          flags: { memory: { enabledFeature: true, disabledFeature: false } },
        },
      });
      const TestComponent = injectFeatureToggles(
        ['disabledFeature', 'enabledFeature'],
        'onOffs'
      )(FlagsToComponentWithPropKey);

      const { waitUntilConfigured, queryByFlagName } = render(
        store,
        <TestComponent />
      );

      await waitUntilConfigured();

      expect(queryByFlagName('enabledFeature')).toHaveTextContent('true');
    });

    it('should have feature disabling prop for `disabledFeature`', async () => {
      const store = createStore({
        [STATE_SLICE]: {
          flags: { memory: { enabledFeature: true, disabledFeature: false } },
        },
      });
      const TestComponent = injectFeatureToggles(
        ['disabledFeature', 'enabledFeature'],
        'onOffs'
      )(FlagsToComponentWithPropKey);

      const { waitUntilConfigured, queryByFlagName } = render(
        store,
        <TestComponent />
      );

      await waitUntilConfigured();

      expect(queryByFlagName('disabledFeature')).toHaveTextContent('false');
    });
  });
});

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Home » Bible Outlines
Diligence in the Day of Salvation - Luke 19:11-27
Submitted by Mark Kolchin on Thu, 12/23/2004 - 06:00
Ecclesiology (The Assembly/Local Church)
Eschatology (Things to Come)
Issues in Leadership/Ministry
Prophecy/Revelation
The Lord's Coming
"The Parable of the Pounds" or
"Diligence in the Day of Salvation"
This parable deals with the responsibility of Christians to make good on the opportunities that the Lord gives to serve Him and represent Him in the world. It is similar to the Parable of the Talents (Matt. 25) but differs in many respects. This was given on a different occasion, at a different place and has a different emphasis. The parables of the Lord were often spoken in the presence of two audiences—believers and unbelievers with lessons for each.
This is part of a larger section (Luke 12-19) dealing with the Lord's teaching in the light of His rejection. Within that section is a subsection dealing with believers' responsibilities to serve Him in the light of that rejection. Believers should be thankful like the cleansed leper; persistent in prayer like the importuning widow; child-like in their faith like the children who came to the Lord; and radically different in their changed lives like Zaccheus. (Not like the rich, young ruler who went away from the Lord and His claims) As He neared His the end of His earthly ministry, the Lord taught His disciples some important truths.
1. The Agenda of the Lord (v. 12)
The Lord likened Himself unto a certain nobleman who would go away into a far country to receive a kingdom and return—an appropriate description of the Lord's present program. (1 Thess. 1:10; John 14.3)
2. The Assignment by the Lord (vv. 12-13)
While He is away He expects of His servant to be busy for His sake and doing His business during His "absence" just as He did the Father's (Luke 2:49). He entrusts a sizable portion to each servant equally – one pound (Gr. mina) representing the equally opportunity they have to invest for Him. (2 Cor. 4.7; 2 Tim. 1:14) Their responsibility (and ours) is to advance the kingdom. This parable has an historic parallel to the actions of Archaelus son of wicked King Herod who went to Rome to receive a kingdom from Caesar and to return having charged his servants.
3. The Aversion to the Lord (v. 14)
In the meantime, while His servants are doing His work they are doing so in the light of rejection by others who have an aversion to this king.
4. The Assessment by the Lord (vv. 15-26)
When the king returns, He takes an accounting of his servants and finds varying degrees of results even though there was an equal distribution of resources. Unlike the parable of talents in which their was unequal distribution of resources each "according to his ability" (Matt. 25:15 ) and a proportionate result, there is in this parable just the opposite. The emphasis seems to be in diligence and not on ability. The Lord holds us accountable to utilize our gifts and to obtain results in proportion to the gift given as in the talent parable. (1 Peter 4:11) But our diligence for the Lord is a responsibility that we all need to evidence in our lives. (Rom. 12:11) To the degree that we are diligent and productive for the Lord—not on the basis of our gifts but on our diligence for Him we will be rewarded accordingly as illustrated by the rulership over different amounts of cities (cp. vv. 17,19).
5. The Actions by the Lord (v. 27)
After assessing the work of His servants and rewarding (or judging appropriately as in the case of the unproductive servant)
the nobleman defeats and destroys his enemies – a clear picture of the Lord's actions at the Battle of Armageddon. (Rev. 19)
1. Are we doing business for the Lord while we await His return?
2. Do we realize that we will be brought into account for the service we render in His name?
Mark Kolchin 4/26/03
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Budget Day has come and gone. The hype and hoopla associated with the Budget has turned the event into a veritable television frenzy.
The immediate takeaway is that prices will rise - all services, barring 17 items, which form 59 per cent of the GDP will be taxed at the higher rate of 12 per cent while excise duty has been ramped up to 12 per cent from 10.
The next scare comes from the fiscal deficit which obviously has a life force of its own because it has galloped to 5.9 per cent of the GDP.
Throw in the debt on the books of the states and the consolidated figure is in excess of 10 per cent. Tinkering with the income tax slabs may have thrown some crumbs for the salaried class, but the general rule of thumb in this Budget is that prices will rise.
In many ways a zero risk, middling, pedestrian and lacklustre Budget driven by an overhang of a dramatic revenue shortfall.
It makes the right noises about important items on the nation's agenda, but does not detail the prognosis for the affliction. The journey over the last seven years has seen the Congress hemmed in by its coalition partners - first the Left and the DMK and now increasingly the Trinamool Congress.
One step forward and three step backwards as pressure points have been built up incisively by the allies reducing the Congress's room to manoeuvre.
Fiscal profligacy over the past few years has even seen a full stop vis a vis populist flagship schemes. Safe rather than sorry seems to be the mantra.
Once again Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has wasted an opportunity to take India to the next level of the growth paradigm. While he said the right things, the words may not necessarily mean very much.
Yes, I want to do so much, but I cannot. Which is a travesty because it means that India is satisfied with 6.5 per cent growth when by widening and deepening reform, it can actually vault back to the 9 plus per cent trajectory.
Potent, unpalatable reformist measures simply cannot be taken by this government, since the yawning fiscal gap is all pervasive. Mercifully, the finance minister has for the first time dealt with one of the biggest eyesores - generation and use of unaccounted money.
What is welcome is the introduction of compulsory reporting requirement for assets held abroad and allowing for reopening of assessment up to 16 years in relation to these same assets.
The FM reckons that 7.6 per cent is an achievable growth target for next year, which appears optimistic, given the inflationary pressures that swim around in the economy.
A spike in crude oil prices has swelled India's subsidy burden to roughly 2.5 percent of GDP. The year 2014 is already looming large on the political horizon; this Budget shows that it may well have popped up on the radar a year early.
Distraught over the recent debacle at the hustings, drubbed repeatedly by TMC's Mamata Banerjee, it appears to be a government in a limbo.
In many ways a mirror image of the tokenism that an embattled government is dishing out in terms of governance. The Budget is a microcosm of a larger paralysis. No growth imperatives and definitely no blueprint to control the rising fisc.


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Q: Use name in other element than div or span, but still possible to show img <img ...

is not valid because "name" is not valid in "span".
But I need to use name="tumme" and I need to be able to use text and img inside the tag.
So what tag can I use together with "name" and on the same time follow w3c?

A: To answer the question directly, as per the spec the name attribute is allowed on the following HTML elements (very few of these will be useful to you):

*

*BUTTON

*TEXTAREA

*SELECT

*FORM

*FRAME

*IFRAME

*IMG

*A

*INPUT

*OBJECT

*MAP

*PARAM

*META

A: Is there a reason you must use a "name" attribute rather than a class or an id?  Since both class and id are valid for span elements, and since span appears to be the most appropriate element to use,I'd set one of those to "tumme" rather than bending another element into shape.

A: You could use the  tag with no href attribute.

A: As I said in response to your earlier question — use classes.

A: Basically, the only valid reason that I can think of where you would want to use the name attribute, is to have DOM access via document.getElementsByName()
or to use it as a FORM OUTPUT.
As a result, what you should be doing is using the HTML5 OUTPUT tag
and add the following in your HEAD tag for legacy browsers:
// Create a fake OUTPUT element, so IE can style it.

// Implement default style, so that it acts like a SPAN in other browsers:

http://html5doctor.com/the-output-element/
<output name="tumme"></output>

If it is only for styling purposes or simple DOM query purposes
then you should use this as proposed earlier:

or

A: name is only valid in the  tag IIRC (and form elements as was pointed out by David in the comments) but I'm pretty sure that is not what you're after:
 would create an "anchor" on a page that could be linked to with Link text.
Why do you need to use the name attribute? Why couldn't you simply use id instead?

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Jam Session II is an Offset Lithograph limited edition painting. This colorful painting draws you into the musicians life in the world of jazz.
This poster, created and signed by Stanley Mouse, commemorates the Denver Art Museum's Psychedelic Experience exhibit.


This Report starts with an overview of the federal, state and local regulatory framework that deals with food, followed by the focus areas of entrepreneurial activities: farmers' markets, mobile food units and commercial kitchens.
*Everything You Wanted to Know About Agricultural Workers (and Some things you didn't).
A powerpoint by Mike Womble of Carolina Human Resources, Inc. Compiled for a High Country Farm Labor Workshop that took place in February of 2015.
*FLSA Exemptions - Agricultural Exemptions.
Situations that exempt agricultural employees from minimum wage are described in detail with examples.


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The focus of this role is to help develop a marketing strategy that will ensure the business achieves their overall business objectives and then implement this strategy.
Passionate about marketing and willing to continually learn about the industry and what the key players are doing.
This role would suit an experienced Marketing Executive currently working within a B2B company looking for a step up in their career or a creative Account Manager working agency side looking to make the move in-house into a role where they can bring their own ideas. In reward for your hard work you will receive a salary of up to £28,000 and the opportunity to join a company where you have the freedom to be creative and implement your own ideas.
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If this role is of interest then please apply or contact Michelle Mumford at Blue Skies Marketing Recruitment to discuss further.


I am so in love with this dress !
Rina Dhaka is a fashion designer, who made a promising entry in the Indian fashion scene around late eighties, and from there on she became the most creative and dynamic fashion designer India has ever witnessed. Currently she is known more for her innovative textile skills in Indian wear and her international sensibilities for western outfits. She has been a dreamer ever since her childhood and this has translated into her style of work.
After graduation she trained under ivan Grundhal and nurtured her dreams of being a fashion designer. Today she is referred as the Gautier of east by BBC, perfectly apt for her innovative and in depth research based collections. She is the fashion crusader of combining traditional Indian garments with 20th century modern fabrics like Lycra and jersey.
She is best known for stand out elements of a collection, western wear remains an area of dominance though she also designs ethnic and conventional ensembles. Her designs juggle between remaining traditionally rich while embracing contemporary attitude.
At the India fashion week Rina Dhaka was declared the best collection in Milan. The jury was Michael Fink of Saks/ Albert Morris of Browns/ Fern Mallis of IMG and she also won the best designer award in Miami Fashion Week 2004.
She is a recipient of Yuva Ratan Award.
She has won the best design collection at the Indian fashion week for Milan.
She was the 'Best Seller' at the bollywood promotion at Selfridges.
Her designs are adorned not just in India but also by global faces internationally like Naomi Campbell, Tom Kinson, Uma Thurman, Tara Palmer etc….
She also retails exclusively from her stand alone retail outlet in DLF Emporio, New Delhi.
Rina Dhaka has shown her work in The Louvre Paris, The Metropolitan Museum, New York, London, Mauritius, South Africa, Dubai, Singapore, Hong Kong and USA.


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Q: move two paths in parallel in scala I have two trees (paths), defined by a node like
trait Node {
  def getParent : Node
  def op(n:Node)
}

and I want to travel two nodes up until the parent is null in parallel like:
Pseudo:
def simultanousUp(/*var*/ a:Node,/*var*/ b:Node) =
     while(a != null) {
          a.op(b);
          a = a.getParent;
          b = if(b!=null) b.getParent else null /*or throw somthing*/;
      }

Question: is there a more elegant and/or performant way in scala to do this?
To avoid misunderstandings: its not a question about concurrent execution!

A: The parent cannot be null.
At first, let's be correct :
trait Node {
  def parent : Option[Node]
  def op(n:Node) // what does op mean ? what is the return type of op ?
                 //cannot be Unit
}

then
@scala.annotation.tailrec
//it makes sure it's tailrec, so it can be optimized
def simultanousUp(a:Node, b:Node): (Node,Node) = {
      a.op(b)
      (a.parent, b.parent) match {
          case (Some(pa), Some(pb)) => simultanousUp(pa,pb)
          case _ => (a,b)
      }

}

A: @annotation.tailrec final def simultaneousUp(a: Node, b: Node) {
  if (a != null && b != null) {
    a op b
    simultaneousUp(a.getParent, b.getParent)
  }
  // Throw exception or whatever on mismatched lengths?
}

A: If op is a simple operation, you can't efficiently run it parallel, because traversing will consume significant time.
If op is a more complex (i.e. time consuming) operation, you can do it in parallel. However, you need to convert it to ParVector or something similar first.

I don't think there is a more performant way of traversing it. There is however a more elegant (but probably not so performant) solution by Stream:
def pathTo(start: Node): Stream[Node] = start.getParent match{
    case null => Stream.empty
    case nextPoint => Stream.cons(start, pathTo(nextPoint))
}


(10 row(s) affected) Table 'tbl_TraceJobExecutions'. Scan count 0, logical reads 46, physical reads 0, read-ahead reads 0, lob logical reads 0, lob physical reads 0, lob read-ahead reads 0. Table 'tbl_TraceJobExecutions_ErrorHandling'. Scan count 1, logical reads 8, physical reads 0, read-ahead reads 0, lob logical reads 0, lob physical reads 0, lob read-ahead reads 0.
(10 row(s) affected) Table 'Worktable'. Scan count 3, logical reads 1776, physical reads 0, read-ahead reads 0, lob logical reads 0, lob physical reads 0, lob read-ahead reads 0. Table 'tbl_TraceJobExecutions_ErrorHandling'. Scan count 1, logical reads 23, physical reads 0, read-ahead reads 0, lob logical reads 0, lob physical reads 0, lob read-ahead reads 0. Table 'tbl_TraceJobExecutions'. Scan count 1, logical reads 79, physical reads 0, read-ahead reads 0, lob logical reads 0, lob physical reads 0, lob read-ahead reads 0.
Can you generate the plans from within Plan Explorer? This way we'll have much more of the runtime data available (right now we can only rely on your textual output of stats i/o to see anything other than estimated costs).
The actual plan is attached to the post.
@Yorik, the plans currently attached to the question are actual plans, but they were captured in Management Studio and then opened in Plan Explorer (you can tell because they are missing key metrics in the Statement grid, like Duration and CPU). What I meant by generating them from within Plan Explorer is to take the two queries, paste them into the Command Text tab, and then click the Get Actual Plan button.
The second query may express the same logical query specification (though I didn't examine it in detail), but the use of a windowing function means the optimizer no longer applies the 'Segment Top' optimization. The resulting execution plan is a relatively unsophisticated translation of the original query: the table spool area of the plan finds the MAX per group then applies it to ever row, taking the window specification literally. The Filter before the join then reduces the set to the one row per group you're actually after.
In summary, the first query form is easier for the optimizer to work with, and benefits from an optimization that the second one does not benefit from.
The other issue is to understand what you mean by "performance issue". While it is likely the first query will execute more quickly, the second one is not as bad as might be suggested by simply comparing the "logical reads". The first query will count (at least) one logical read per seek and lookup, but the scan will report one logical read per page of rows read from the scan. This is just the normal way logical reads are counted, but it can mislead people.
The second query counts logical reads the same way for the scans (per page) and lookup (at least one, probably more depending on the depth of the b-tree) but it also counts a logical read for every row read from the table spool. In a sense, spools look unfairly expensive when compared using logical reads alone. The details are esoteric, but essentially you can think of spools as reporting one or more logical reads per row read.
To conclude, I would prefer the first query form because it is simpler and makes better use of the optimizer's abilities. To compare real-world performance, I would run the two queries from Plan Explorer (as Aaron suggested) not SSMS. Logical reads can be a misleading metric, so I more usually focus on whatever is actually important in context. Often, this will be elapsed time, CPU usage, or physical reads. There's really not enough information in the question to say anything definitive.


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Day, J. C. (2002). Zoning - Lessons from the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Ocean and Coastal Management 45, 139-156.
Fernandes, L., Day, J., Lewis, A., Slegers, S., Kerrigan, B., Breen, D., Cameron, D., Jago, B., Hall, J., Lowe, D., Innes, J., Tanzer, J., Chadwick, V., Thompson, L., Gorman, K., Simmons, M., Barnett, B., Sampson, K., De'ath, G., Mapstone, B., Marsh, H., Possingham, H., Ball, I., Ward, T., Dobbs, K., Aumend, J., Slater, D., and Stapleton, K. (2005). Establishing representative No-Take Areas in the Great Barrier Reef: Large-scale implementation of theory on Marine Protected Areas. Conservation Biology 19(6), 1733-1744.
GBRMPA (2005b). Research Needs for the Protection and Management of the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park. Available at http://www.gbrmpa.gov.au/corp_ site/info_services/science/research_priorities [Verified 4 March 2008].
Kingsford, M.J. and Welch, D.J. (2007). Vulnerability of pelagic systems of the Great Barrier Reef to climate change. Chaper 18 in 'Climate Change and the Great Barrier Reef: A Vulnerability Assessment'. (Eds J.E. Johnson and P.A. Marshall). Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority and the Australian Greenhouse Office, Commonwealth of Australia.


Di Started singing jazz after attending an Ingrid James/Trudi Kerr workshop in 2004. She then went on to have a series of lessons from Ingrid and cut her teeth at the Jazz Singer Jam Nights.
Di regularly performs at venues around Brisbane and is a regular performer at the Brisbane Jazz Club. She also performs with big bands such as the Brisbane Big Band, New Groove Jazz Ensemble, Rocus Big Band and Brass Roots and with a variety of small combos that include some of Brisbane's premier musicians.
In 2014 Di gigged in the Czech Republic with guitarist, Libor Smoldas and she also gigs in the UK with local ensembles.


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MFF2014- A Discussion with Wesley Morris
Tom Fuchs October 1, 2014
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Despite an early disclaimer that his discussion on 'The State of Cinema' wouldn't be as intelligent as J. Hoberman's 2012 edition, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Wesley Morris (currently writing for Grantland) proved a most-engaging presence at the Milwaukee Film Festival, with a wide-ranging discussion touching on the growing insistence that television has usurped movies for quality […]
Despite an early disclaimer that his discussion on 'The State of Cinema' wouldn't be as intelligent as J. Hoberman's 2012 edition, Pulitzer Prize-winning critic Wesley Morris (currently writing for Grantland) proved a most-engaging presence at the Milwaukee Film Festival, with a wide-ranging discussion touching on the growing insistence that television has usurped movies for quality storytelling, the far-reaching consequences of the cinema's continuing globalization and the lack of change in the realm of representation for people of color in the cinema. As presented by Morris, all of these topics inform and intersect in numerous interesting ways – television is outpacing movies (special note was taken of this summer's precipitous drop in box office receipts) due to its ability to engage in longform storytelling where characters can develop over time and without the pressures that cinema have in having to play internationally. This requirement that films appeal globally limits their scope and leads to "nonspecific themes" and properties "colonized by nerds" seeking the nostalgic comfort of "retreating back into what they grew up with," leading to blockbuster cinema far more concerned with things that happen in outer space versus things that happen in our space. Morris noted that if Jaws, the proto-blockbuster that ushered in a new era of filmmaking, were made today all of the character development would be lost in place of focusing on the shark.
Perhaps nowhere is this reticence to deal with day-to-day reality more stark than when discussing issues of race in the movies. Many of Morris' most treasured works of criticism operate in this realm. He likens his work in covering issues of race in cinema to the crime reporter beat, not excited to see a new bit of racially problematic cinema come across his desk, but aware he's one of the few willing to tackle the subject. Morris provided us a clip of Vivien Leigh and Hattie McDaniel in Gone with the Wind that proved instructive. Lots of think pieces and op-eds have been spent either celebrating or examining this idea of a post-racial America, an idea that I think the majority of us would agree is farcical. In an expert bit of inference-drawing, Morris spoke of a "clear line that hasn't wavered" in the 75 years since Gone With the Wind's release in terms of the roles provided to black actors in the cinema. Granted, you see a lot of black police sergeants and judges – ostensibly positions of power – but these characters simply occupy the narratives being told, these stories don't belong to them (he provided Anthony Mackie's role as Captain America's partner The Falcon as yet another example of a character simply there to protect or care for the white protagonist). This most egregiously occurs in stories about race, where movies often feel the need to have a white person be the conduit through which these stories are told.
This leads to stories like The Blind Side or the upcoming The Good Lie, movies where "non-white characters become bystanders in their own story." As an example (to Morris' mind, the only one he could think of) that trucks specifically in the challenging notions of race, Morris played an extended preview of the Wachowski's critically-fascinating-yet-ignored-by-audiences Cloud Atlas. It's a movie where Tom Hanks, Halle Berry and Bae Doona interchange roles and ethnicities throughout the sprawling narrative, a movie about how "we're all going to be everybody anyway" eventually, a notion perhaps born of the gender reassignment undergone by Lana Wachowski previous to that film's release. And while Morris looks at Cloud Atlas as a mess, it's the kind of risk-taking he much prefers to something slickly crafted that takes no chances. After this wide-ranging discussion, Morris fielded questions from the audience about Spike Lee ("it can't just be Spike Lee" when it comes to black directors willing to confront topical experiences), MFF2014 guest John Ridley (Morris is excited to see what Ridley does now with the cultural cache afforded him by his Oscar win), George Clooney (he's always surprised by the "dull liberal sensibility" that permeates the majority of his work, having to be reminded of The Monuments Men by the audience and proclaiming "Monuments Men: the movie so boring I've already forgotten its name") and what excites him currently in cinema (he pointed toward the summer's biggest blockbuster Guardians of the Galaxy as an example of a movie doing something new by removing all the piety from the comic book genre and providing an irreverent energy).
As an example of the kind of cinema that tries to grapple with existing problems without cutting corners or holding the audience's hand, Morris programmed Michael Haneke's Code Unknown: Incomplete Tales of Several Journeys, a bracing film that doesn't pull its punches or neatly resolve its conflicts by story's end. Between its sudden and episodic editing (cutting away from or into the middle of conversations with edits Morris accurately described as "violent"), an austere visual aesthetic (lots of static shots or simple camera movement places the focus on what's inside the frame) and its reliance on audience intelligence (the film both opens and closes with sequences of sign language, an apt metaphor for the ways in which our difference can often close off our ability to communicate with one another) Haneke is making exactly the type of uncompromising cinema that Morris would like to see more of in the American filmmaking market. And while this year's State of the Cinema might not have been as persuasively positive as that of the previously mentioned J. Hoberman or last year's guests from The Dissolve, the simple fact that a robust audience attended this panel and screening suggests the thirst for interesting storytelling and analysis will continue unabated despite Hollywood's insistence on not providing it for us.
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Tom Fuchs is a Milwaukee-based film writer whose early love for cinema has grown into a happy obsession. He graduated with honors in Film Studies from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee and has since focused on film criticism. He works closely with the Milwaukee Film Festival and has written reviews and ongoing columns for Milwaukee Magazine since 2012. In his free time, Tom enjoys spending time with his wife and dogs at home (watching movies), taking day trips to Chicago (to see movies), and reading books (about movies). You can follow him on Twitter @tjfuchs or email him at tjfuchs@gmail.com.
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unmessedinthehead – I hate redhat.
I have spent the last few days fighting with kickstart on RHEL 5.5. Enabling logging, debug, –nochroot, everything, you know what the issue behind my failure to get anything accomplished, in the end?
I've been creating the .iso on Windows, and the kickstart file in notepad++, and finally twigged to the fact that it was creating paths with ^M at the end.
Ranting and raving later (Why *shouldn't* I be doing linux sysadmin stuff on Windows? Really?), dos2unix, and it EFFING WORKS.
It's amazing, the floodgates that open upon that realization.
I don't know if it's the .iso on USB, mounted through Dell's iDrac6 and booted as a virtual DVD, that had anything to do with it, but I'm guessing it's cross-platform.
I can now add all the needed files to an .iso on my windows box (thank you MagicISO – I actually paid for this software, it was so handy), drop it onto a USB stick, and either plug it in or just mount it via the Drac if it's on the network, and have a system go from bare, to ready, in an hour.


Vietnam Army veteran Wayne Whisler's dying wish was to travel cross country on a motorcycle.
Currently in hospice care battling stage four lung cancer with weeks to live, he wasn't able to go on that trip. Hill Crest director of nursing Katie Colburn reached out to Facebook for a little help and got more than she'd imagine. Hundreds of bikers from different motorcycle clubs all over Michigan traveled to visit Wayne to give him the surprise of a lifetime.


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Ascending your Koi has never been more rewarding with the new feature! Get rewarded with pearls and essence when you craft gems, eat prey, and many more daily activities. Complete all three daily quests to get a bonus reward!
Are you ready for an Easter Koi hunt? Discover the Usagi Koi and Fuwa Koi this Easter period in the pond, or for new players, receive a free one from us!
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Honours
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Liga III: 2019–20

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Living people
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The Boston University chapter of the AAUP was formally recognized in April of 2021. Its formation arose out of conversations BU faculty had been having amongst themselves for some time. The chapter's members identify with the core values of the AAUP, which champions shared university governance, academic freedom, and economic security for all instructional and research employees.
First Press Release, April 6, 2021: AAUP Chapter Established at Boston University
Daily Free Press, April 14: "BU AAUP recognized by national organization, begins reaching out to administration"
April 27: BU President Robert Brown met with AAUP Chapter Co-presidents, Mary Battenfeld and Daniel Star, who recommended to him that the university establish a Task Force on Faculty Governance and Transparency. Representing the BU chapter, Battenfeld and Star pointed out that BU has many university committees, task forces, and planning documents, but none of them focus on either protecting and strengthening faculty participation in university decision-making or transparency regarding rationales and data used when making decisions.
September 17: The AAUP Chapter Co-presidents met with Provost Jean Morrison.
All queries to be sent to our email address: aaupbu@gmail.com
Follow us on Twitter: @aaupbu
We welcome queries from the media.
We encourage BU instructional and research employees to join our chapter's email list and come to our meetings.
Contact us to be added to our email list and be kept informed of upcoming meetings.
Mary Battenfeld (Clinical Professor of American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences), Co-president
Ayse Coskun (Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering)
Neta Crawford (Professor of Political Science, College of Arts & Sciences)
Andre de Quadros (Professor of Music & Music Education, College of Fine Arts)
Roy Grundmann (Associate Professor of Film Studies, College of Communications)
James Iffland (Professor of Spanish & Latin American Studies, Pardee School of Global Studies)
Alicia Matz (PhD Student, Classical Studies, College of Arts & Sciences)
Jason Prentice (Senior Lecturer, Writing Program, College of Arts & Sciences)
Daniel Star (Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences), Co-president
John Straub (Professor of Chemistry, College of Arts & Sciences)
Merry White (Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences), Secretary-Treasurer
Julia Carroll (PhD Student, American & New England Studies, College of Arts & Sciences)
David Lyons (Professor of Philosophy and Professor of Law, Emeritus)
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Merry White (Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences)
Mary Battenfeld (Clinical Professor of American Studies, College of Arts & Sciences)
Eva Garrett (Assistant Professor of Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences)
Laurie LaPorte (Lecturer, Anthropology, College of Arts & Sciences)
Perri Meldon (PhD Student, American & New England Studies, College of Arts & Sciences)
Nathan Phillips (Professor of Earth & Environment, College of Arts & Sciences)
Shared Governance Committee
Aaron Garrett (Associate Professor of Philosophy, College of Arts & Sciences)
Peter Schwartz (Associate Professor of German & Comparative Literature, College of Arts & Sciences)
Michelle Walsh (Lecturer, School of Social Work)
Jonathan Zatlin (Associate Professor of History, College of Arts & Sciences)
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