Completely unrelated to Halloween, I recently found myself standing in a park wearing a ninja costume.
I had gone into the 2016 fall season of coaching U8 boys' soccer feeling fairly confident in my youth coaching abilities. I had coached for four seasons of U6 and suffered only one narrow defeat. I was ready to take my coaching dominance to the next level in U8. Per tradition I had my young group of soon-to-be-soccer stars select their team mascot at the first practice: the fighting ninjas!
We were a very young team with multiple five-year-olds who would be playing against eight-year-olds. I knew we were in trouble when, during an early-season scrimmage one of my best scorers had a breakaway with an open goal in front of him. Just 10 feet from the unguarded goal he abruptly stopped and turned the other direction allowing the pursuing defenders to overtake him and steal the ball.
First, let me say that I get it.
I understand that the farmers in the Lake Erie Watershed were listening to the science and doing what everyone told them. It was once common knowledge that phosphorus did not move in the soil and that reducing tillage was the answer to the algal woes of Lake Erie because phosphorus attached to the soil.
Farmers did what they thought they were supposed to do. With less tillage reducing erosion, phosphorus could be applied when most convenient in the most convenient way. Lake Erie got better and the problem was solved. But it wasn't.
Unfortunately, the science used to develop the recommendations for those practices had not taken all of reality into consideration. With this compliant shift toward conservation, broadcast phosphorus in reduced tillage situations started to concentrate on the surface and not attach to soil particles. This led to issues with surface runoff of small amounts of very potent dissolved phosphorus after big rains.
With the glazed eyes of a dreamer.
And turn your labors into fun.
And a willingness to use it.
On a brightening autumn day.
The warm temperatures and sunny weather encouraged a strong crowd at this year's Farm Science Review, which always makes it fun for us at the OCJ/OAN barn. With more visitors, we get the chance to talk with more people about the hot topics of the day.
There were 46,680 in attendance for Tuesday's opening day. Wednesday was the highest-attended day with 54,910 visitors and 24,200 visitors attended the show Thursday for a total of around 125,790 visitors over the show's three-day run. That gave us plenty to talk about.
The most common topic of discussion in our conversation was the impending harvest. We heard about a widely variable crop around the state, some corn stalk standability concerns and the recent ear mold developments. Ty Higgins caught up with Seed Consultants, Inc. agronomist Matt Hutcheson at the show for an update from the Ohio fields affected by drought conditions mid-season and too much rain late in the growing season.
I love writing stories about Ohio's incredible Century Farms. There is much wonderful history to be gleaned from these rural treasures that most people probably do not even know exist.
Everyone in agriculture understands how much technology, equipment, farm size, and farm conservation has changed through the centuries of Ohio agriculture, but it is also always readily apparent in Century Farm interviews how much times have changed culturally and socially. I saved back a few examples from my 2016 interviews to illustrate the enormity of the cultural changes in Ohio in just a couple of generations. Read on and just imagine if these things were to take place today.
At age 11 or 12 in the 1920s, Richard Evans was already a veteran driver of a team of horses pulling a wagon hauling corn into Urbana, just up the road from his Champaign County farm. This was a job he was a bit nervous about after the team of horses had stampeded through a field when Richard was a young boy holding the reins.
The Ohio's Country Journal and Ohio Ag Net staff barely gets a chance to catch our breath this time of year as we go from the busy Ohio State Fair straight into the Ohio Crop Tour and then we start getting ready for the Farm Science Review. Now, this is all fun, mind you, but it does keep us very busy from late July through September.
In addition to that, Ty Higgins jumps right back in the passenger seat after the Ohio Crop Tour to ride along on the Pro Farmer Midwest Crop Tour and provide excellent coverage along the way that gets picked up around the country. It is always interesting to see what Ty finds in Ohio (and the Midwest) and how it compares to the Ohio Crop Tour numbers.
Our Ohio crop tour is an enjoyable (and we hope) very informative outing for us on staff and those on the trip.
In the 1930s, lookout towers were used around Ohio to monitor and identify forest fires. Between 1924 and 1978 more than 30 lookout towers were built and operated in Ohio. By the late 1970s, though, their role was completely replaced by airplanes and now residents with cell phones are the best way to get a handle on spotting forest fires.
New this year at the Ohio State Fair Natural Resources Park is a refurbished fire lookout tower on display right behind Smoky Bear. The original Armintrout 71-foot-tall fire lookout tower was built in 1934 by the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) as part of an early warning system in spotting forest fires. Originally located in Pike County, the tower was recently taken down and moved to the fairgrounds to reinforce the message of forest fire safety and provide a link to Ohio's past.
The refurbishing process for the tower included sandblasting, acid dipping, and re-galvanization of the metal legs, as well as replacement of the wooden landing and stairs using wood grown and sawn on Ohio's "green certified" state forests.
It does truly dazzle the taste buds — I once again had the chance to judge the Ohio Pork Rib-Off and it once again was FANTASTIC!
Oh the magical sauces, the tender, smoky meat, the delicious smells and eye appeal of the ribs — it is nothing short of amazing. Wave after wave of delicious pork cooked up from some of Ohio's top rib makers was set before us to enjoy. Wow. First, baskets of ribs were followed by more of the same, each with a unique and tasty version of BBQ savoriness. But, there was little time to savor, because before we knew it, the next set of yummy ribs had arrived and there was more work to be done. There were no bad entries. They were all fantastic. And after the ribs came a relentless maelstrom of pulled pork leaving the judges in a sauce-covered stupor of pork-laden ecstasy.
Ever since my junior high days I have been a runner. I joined the track team because it seemed like the thing to do at the time. Since then, I have never stopped running.
I cannot say how many of my stories have been mentally crafted during a late night run on back country roads guided by moonlight and accompanied by the crickets and rustling corn leaves in the lonely rural farm fields around me. My running keeps me in reasonable shape (even during farm meeting/banquet season) and helps keep me in tune with the seasons and agriculture around me — whether it is watching planting progress, smelling the corn pollinating, looking on as combines roll through the fields, or running through the frozen, snow-covered landscape in winter. Running also helps me organize my thoughts, plan my day and (believe it or not) relax for a bit.
And, although I do not really follow competitive running all that closely, I really have admiration for those who excel at distance running and the unbelievable dedication and hard work required for success.
Is the backyard chicken boom good or bad for agriculture?
Mankind and poultry have enjoyed a long and storied relationship over time. The most noteworthy of these relationships, of course, is that of humans managing a domesticated animal for the production of meat and eggs. In recent years, the small size, numerous benefits and desire of some consumers to forge ever-closer connections with their food has led to a resurgence of a forgotten chapter in the history of poultry and mankind — the backyard chicken.
This spring that subject matter commanded the attention of a group of all ages gathered in a chilly room at the Pettisville Grain Company. The group intently listened to a lone man sitting on a stool in the corner with nothing but a microphone for two hours. The speaker, clad in bib overalls and a yellow hat, travels the country sharing the backyard poultry gospel to throngs of those passionate about their poultry. His name is Andy Schneider, but he is better known as the Chicken Whisperer.
I opened up my eyes to my six-year-old's gruff voice with his face about an inch away from mine on the first morning of a recent trip to my family's cabin on a lake in southern Michigan. I looked across the room to the clock: 6:40 a.m.
He had been up until nearly midnight the previous evening and I figured my son would sleep in for a while as result. Not the case. By the time I had poured a cup of coffee he had his fishing pole in hand and was headed to the dock.
Leading up to the trip, we had talked about the various fish species we could possibly catch in the lake, but the one of most interest was clearly the northern pike. We spent several days researching the fish online to see what baits could work best, the preferred habitats and its habits.
Since my childhood, my brothers and I have shared a similar affinity for the allure of the elusive "fish of a thousands casts." Each morning around 7 a.m.
To take notice of God's grandeur never fails to give a thrill.
Such is true for summer solstice when the sun stands still.
Is nothing short of magic in the fading June twilight.
Today is the 2016 summer solstice — the longest daylight all year — and a rare pairing with a full moon.
The folks from "The Old Farmer's Almanac" are definitely taking note of the unique situation that has not happened for nearly 70 years. They are teaming up with Slooh (a space exploration organization) to offer a live Web broadcast this evening of the rare summer solstice full moon.
For more, check out http://www.almanac.com/content/first-day-summer-2016-summer-solstice.
The promise of big rains mid-week has fizzled out for some areas of the state with growing concerns about worsening dry conditions early this growing season.
According to the USDA's NASS, much of the state has fallen into negative rainfall totals compared to the normal levels. The towns of Ashtabula and Sydney currently have the greatest rainfall deficits with -5.71 and -4.64 inches, respectively. Gallipolis is 2.59 inches above normal, but is the exception. Statewide, the surpluses are vastly outnumbered by the rainfall deficits.
Jim Noel with the NOAA/ National Weather Service Ohio River Forecast Center said that the summer weather pattern is in full swing with temperatures slightly above normal and rainfall below normal this week and warmer weather next week with more hit-or-miss rains.
"All indications are a warmer and somewhat drier July for Ohio. The pattern of June that is warmer than normal and wetter western corn and soybean belt and drier in eastern areas (including Ohio) will last into July," Noel said.
How do you pronounce triticale?
Triticale has gained more popularity as a solid cover crop option with some feed and grazing value as well. The story from the Bolender farm in Brown County shows how valuable the crop can be. The hybrid cross of wheat and rye has many merits but is a significant challenge for folks in the ag media (or at least me anyway). I don't know how to pronounce it.
After several debates about the correct pronunciation I have come to no definitive conclusion on how to say it. As a result, I often end up sort of nervously muffling the word in conversation because of my fear of mispronouncing it and sounding unprofessional.
Demand for organic production continues to grow. In recent years, organic food sales have risen by double digits annually and organic food revenue has tripled over the past decade to a record $36 billion in 2014.
After the trees are planted in the spring, a major source of summer labor on my family's Christmas tree farm is weed control.
Weeds can rob young trees of exposure to sunlight, moisture and nutrients. The first year of planting trees on the farm (many years ago) we did not emphasize weed control and lost nearly the entire crop.
Since then my dad, brothers and I have spent countless hot, buggy, summer hours mowing between trees. This is most important in the youngest trees, which are also the easiest to mow off while riding on a mower. Imagine looking for an 8-inch tall tree in 8-foot tall weeds. Mowing takes considerable time and fuel and can also cause significant damage to larger trees by breaking branches and scarring the trunks. We do some spraying, which helps, but there are drawbacks and limits with that weed control method as well.
As an experiment, we are trying a Dutch white clover cover crop planted ahead of tree planting.
Will La Niña send markets soaring?
The 2016 soybean and corn crops in the U.S. could face a serious shortfall if they get the full brunt of a La Niña.
This winter I had the great pleasure of talking with Elwynn Taylor from the Iowa State University. He is watching what the strong El Niño does next. He had this to say over the winter.
"If the El Niño manages to stay with us at least until the first of July, we have a 70% chance of an above average crop yield for the whole Corn Belt. If it switches out of El Niño to a La Niña, it is a 70% chance of a below normal average yield with extremely volatile weather. We hope the El Niño stays with us because it is the friend of the Midwest farmer. Should it disappear, keep track of it. It takes about a month before its effects go away," Taylor said.
In what has become an annual tradition in our garden, my six-year-old son has unknowingly constructed something similar. On days when there is even a hint or suggestion of spring in the air, his greatest desire is to spend endless hours digging a mud hole in the garden. When he completes what he estimates to be a significant milestone in the excavation process, he immediately recruits me to begin hauling buckets of water from the barn to dump into his newly expanded mud hole. With great delight for the both of us — and any area buddies my son recruited to stop by and assist with the endeavor — we watch the resulting water fall flow through the shallower areas of the hole into the deeper trenches of his garden creation.
Is the EPA funding an anti-ag PR campaign?
Unfortunately it seems only coincidental that the story about the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency funding an anti agriculture PR campaign appeared on April Fools' Day. If the insistence on WOTUS, the unending regulatory battles and general disdain between agriculture and the agency were not clues enough to see the true agenda of the EPA, some Washington state farmers aren't being fooled any more.
In a story from the Capital Press on April 1, it was reported that two billboards in Washington that accuse farmers of polluting water violated a federal rule by failing to properly recognize that the Environmental Protection Agency funded the group that put up the signs. A coalition of environmental groups collaborating with the Swinomish Indian tribe put up the billboards in Olympia and Bellingham, Washington to promote "What's Upstream," a media campaign developed by a public relations firm to blame agriculture for water pollution. The groups used funding from an EPA grant to pay for the billboards, but didn't credit the agency's financial support, which is a standard requirement for recipients of EPA grant funds, according to the story.
I killed a wasp in very early March and my daughter got her first mosquito bite the following week. By all accounts it appears that the planting season will be early in Ohio this year.
The four-inch inch soil temperatures will likely be running above normal this spring and forecasters thought they would reach above 50 and stay there one week to two weeks earlier than normal this spring.
In addition, Noel pointed out that evapotranspiration rates will likely be above normal this spring due to the warmer weather.


Exactly how is the digital impacting on children's rights today?
What are the challenges to children's rights presented by the digital?
How might we seize the opportunities for children's online participation to promote children's rights in the contemporary world?
At LSE on 26-27 July 2016, we held a lively conference bringing together a highly multidisciplinary, multistakeholder and international group of experts – some 80 or more, from over 20 countries – to discuss these questions and present new findings and arguments.
It seems that a new grouping of scholars interested in children and young people, rights and the digital is now emerging, and this was a unique opportunity to join them in conversation with each other and with key stakeholders concerned with children's rights in digital environments.
Understanding children's rights in relation to the digital must be a cross-national endeavor, for the digital is an increasingly global phenomenon. But that makes the conversation sometimes fraught, sometimes serendipitous, often exciting.
The full programme, plenary speakers, abstracts for all papers, and PowerPoint slides for some presentations can be found on the LSE website.
We also took the opportunity to update on the progress of Global Kids Online. This international research project has been launched by the London School of Economics (LSE), UNICEF Office of Research and EU Kids Online to develop a global research toolkit, building on the one developed by EU Kids Online, as a flexible new resource for researchers around the world in gathering evidence on children's online risks, opportunities and rights. The results of this project will be formally launched in October. For now, register your interest at www.globalkidsonline.net.
Digitalisation has been the new buzzword of the past two years with a number of key stakeholders looking at its impact. The tremendous progress of technology over the last 20 years -especially thanks to the Internet-, has already brought about deep transformations in our society; a trend which is bound to continue in the future as a number of relatively "new" developments such as Big Data or Artificial Intelligence will settle in, profoundly affecting 21stcentury families.


I went to Lyon to visit a close friend in October and on a chilly October Saturday afternoon, I visited the Confluence centre. I was struck by it's bold walls contrasting with curves and sharp edges, almost as a symbol of the fluid nature that cement moves in, in order to solidify. With triangular metal panelling tiled in a jagged mosaic up the walls, I felt impelled to look back at the building every step I took, as it continually appeared changed in a new light, with new curves or new edges. With rivers side by side, joining at the building's tip, it felt a lot like being in a submarine that's emerging out of the water. Confluence is quite a remarkable architectural monument in Lyon, bringing together all walks of life to enjoy, observe and play with its beauty.


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'Fauda' Scribe Sets Thriller 'Band of Spies' With Reel One, Capa Drama, Ananey
Work is underway on "Band of Spies," an international co-production that will tell the stories of the Israeli Mossad agents responsible for hunting down members of the Palestinian terror group Black September, following the 1972 Munich Olympics terrorist attack.
The series comes from Amir Mann, head writer on the second season of YES and Netflix's Israeli drama "Fauda," and director of two seasons of Netflix's "Greenhouse Academy."
Reel One Entertainment and Capa Drama have teamed with Israeli media group Ananey Communications and its subsidiary prodco Nutz to develop and co-produce the show, which is being worked up as an eight-parter.
"Band of Spies" will balance the viewpoints of the Israeli and Palestinian sides. Set against the backdrop of a fast-changing 1970s Europe, it will focus on the Mossad agents and their targets, as they unknowingly change the face of global politics.
"In today's television market there is hunger for real-world stuff, spy stories and period [drama]," Mann told Variety. "This is about the start of using worldwide media for terrorism and impacting world opinion, and governments starting to do targeted assassinations."
The story is set in countries including Israel, Lebanon, France, Germany, Greece and Italy, and is expected to be a multi-language project. It will be an ensemble drama with a focus on two or three characters from the Israeli and Palestinian sides. Mann said the Munich story and its aftermath could span several seasons and there is potential to then continue the series by following events from the 1980s and 1990s.
The drama marks the first collaboration between Capa Drama, the French shingle behind "Versailles" and "Braquo," and Reel One, which has bases in the U.K. and North America and is currently developing series for U.K. and Canadian public broadcasters Channel 4 and CBC. Both firms are owned by production and distribution group Newen.
Reel One and Capa will work with Ananey's subsidiary Nutz Productions on "Band of Spies." Orly Atlas-Katz, CEO of Ananey Communications Group, said: "It is with great pleasure that we step into this partnership with Reel One and Capa Drama, as part of establishing a larger presence in the international market, bringing to viewers around the world stories from some of Israel's most established and prominent writers."
Via Variety: https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/fauda-netflix-amir-mann-munich-olympics-band-of-spies-series-1203473490/
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According to Science, Your Girl Squad Can Help You Release More Oxytocin
Written by Laura Barcella on July 24, 2017
As a lifelong introvert, I've always felt most comfortable hanging out with friends, boyfriends, coworkers, and pretty much anyone else one-on-one. (Intimate conversations: yes. Large group activities: resounding nope.) And though terms like #girlsquad stress me out — well, most group situations stress me out — I realize that I've obsessively relied on and returned to my core crew of girlfriends over the years.
Whether it was post-graduation 3 a.m. "what am I doing with my life?!" phone calls with my college friends, or humiliating 4th-grade crush-stalking incidents (no, not remotely weird that my best friend and I regularly showed up at my cute neighbor's door to quiz him about what he'd be eating for dinner), my girlfriends have helped me stay sane and healthy over the years.
Is there a science behind female friendships?
"Research shows that women, [possibly] more than men, need to maintain those connections. It increases serotonin and oxytocin, the bonding hormone," says Alisa Ruby Bash, PsyD, LMFT. Studies at Stanford seem to confirm this, as did a UCLA study showing that in times of stress, women don't just experience the drive toward fight or flight — they also release oxytocin. This hormonal surge can compel women to "tend and befriend," a.k.a., to protect their kids (if they have them), but also to connect with other women.
Maintaining those bonds becomes even more important as we grow older, according to Dr. Bash. "We get busier, with more responsibilities," she says. "It makes us feel nurtured and validated to hang out with friends we can be totally ourselves [with], minus the outside pressures."
That's absolutely the case for NYC-based Aly Walansky, 38, who notes that her girlfriends give her "no judgments," just a sort of candid, no-holds-barred support that she doesn't find anywhere else. "With guys, or my family, I have to temper things so as not to offend them or make things weird. But my girlfriends will tell me the truth, and that's everything," she explains.
Julia Antenucci, 25, of Rochester, also draws comfort from the uncomplicated acceptance her "squad" of college girlfriends offer her. Though they've scattered across the state since graduating, they make time to get together at least a few times a year, and their connection doesn't wane.
"I've never felt as capable of being myself ... than when I'm around these women," Antenucci says via email. "It's beautiful to know that no matter where I am in the world ... there are these women that truly know me, love and support me. It's a feeling of safety that I've never felt before, not even with my family."
I know what she means.
Though it might sound cliché, for many single women like me, girlfriends really do become closer than family. You might see them more or confide in them more. As a long-time singleton lacking many of the traditional trappings of adulthood (no husband or kids, no 9-5 office job), I've often turned to my women friends for the companionship and emotional sustenance that others find in their partners and children.
Can girlfriends help cure feelings of loneliness?
While this wasn't a conscious choice on my part (I'd still love to find a partner, thanks), I'm grateful to have the close friends I do. Especially because, in recent years, studies have repeatedly shown that loneliness can be lethal. According to the Indian Journal of Psychiatry, it's the perception that one is alone — not the objective reality of how many connections someone has — that creates the most damage. This "pathological loneliness," which can contribute to a variety of health problems, is growing more and more common.
The reasons for our growing social isolation are myriad, but technology, social media, and the perils of social comparison play a clear part.
"Even 10 years ago, people would go out to a coffee shop and actually talk to people," Dr. Bash notes. "Nowadays in America, we're so isolated. With social media, technology, and texting ... people feel more alone. Even if they're not physically alone, they're addicted to constantly seeing what everyone else is doing."
This dichotomy between our simultaneous hyperconnectedness — having the perpetual ability to check up on faraway friends — and many Americans' rising sense of emotional alienation make our real-life, face-to-face friendships even more important to sustain.
"We have to make those friendships a top priority," Dr. Bash says. "Schedule girls' nights and lunches with friends! Do it ahead of time."
Bash also suggests picking up the phone and having, you know, actual conversations instead of texting or chatting on Facebook. Of course, that doesn't mean the Internet can't be a tool to help you make or nurture friendships. On the contrary, many women build meaningful friendships through Facebook groups, neighborhood listservs, even various Tinder-style friend-finding apps, like Hey Vina and Peanut.
In fact, Julia Antenucci says that one of her biggest support systems is a New York City-based email listserv of women who regularly check in via email, as well as meeting up in person to plan activist events. Because Antenucci no longer lives in NYC, she only knows most of these women from behind a screen.
Yet "it's been my lifeline and proverbial digital watering hole since I joined last year," she says, noting, "Though I can't speak to this [personally] as a cis white woman, I know similar online groups have been really helpful for minorities and queer individuals ... as 'girlsquads' where solidarity might not otherwise be present."
At the end of the day … do you need a #girlsquad?
Of course, not every friendship is the same, and while it'd be pretty cool if every woman in America had a legitimate girl-gang to confide in, vacation with, and plan world domination among, everyone is different.
Not every woman needs — or wants — a "squad."
For some women, just a few close friends can be more than enough. Julia W., 33, who lives in California, says, "My 'girl squad' is small. I have these units of 2: My two best friends from high school. My 2 best friends from college. My 2 best friends from networking."
What matters isn't how you find your people, it's that you do find them, or at least you try. "Be proactive," Dr. Bash reminds. "Make that a priority." And if you don't feel satisfied with the number or quality of friendships in your life right now, it's not too late to work to improve it.
"[Often] we have acquaintances we'd like to be better friends with. If we make the first move and ask them to lunch or coffee, that can help," Dr. Bash says.
Of course, you can also get out there and do more things. Take classes, join a group or a club, and go out on your own to fun local events. "[It's about] putting yourself in a situation where you will be interacting with people," Bash notes.
And don't let petty differences hinder you from reaching out to an old friend you may have diverged from a bit. As Dr. Bash says, "We need to try to be patient and empathetic with our friends, even if we're in a different place. Maybe your friend has a new baby and isn't as available; maybe you get frustrated. But [try to] remain supportive and available. Even as we go through different phases, we're going to come back together later on."
Laura Barcella is an author and freelance writer currently based in Brooklyn. She has written for the New York Times, RollingStone.com, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, The Week, VanityFair.com, and many more.
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International law governing warfare is based on the four Geneva conventions, which were revised and expanded after World War II. The fourth convention governs the protection of civilians. The conventions were updated by two protocols in 1977, in large part to deal with African guerrilla movements, to govern the protection of victims in international and non-international armed conflicts.
Israel has not ratified the protocols, but says it has adopted the main points into its own code of conduct.
While countries and militaries conduct internal investigations, and occasionally courts-martial, it is unclear in what forum any international war crimes trial would take place; neither the United States nor Israel, for example, has accepted the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court.
The texts of all the Geneva Conventions and the Protocols can be found on the Web site of the International Committee of the Red Cross.
* First Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field (first adopted in 1864, last revision in 1949).
* Second Geneva Convention for the Amelioration of the Condition of Wounded, Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea (first adopted in 1906).
* Third Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War (first adopted in 1929, last revision in 1949).
* Fourth Geneva Convention relative to the Protection of Civilian Persons in Time of War (first adopted in 1949, based on parts of the 1907 Hague Convention IV).
* Protocol I (1977): Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, relating to the Protection of Victims of International Armed Conflicts. As of 12 January 2007, it had been ratified by 167 countries.
* Protocol II (1977): Protocol Additional to the Geneva Conventions of 12 August 1949, relating to the Protection of Victims of Non-International Armed Conflicts. As of 12 January 2007, it had been ratified by 163 countries.
To read the ethical doctrine of the Israel Defense Forces:
http://dover.idf.il/IDF/English/about/doctrine/ethics.htmFor Israel's ethical doctrine on fighting terrorism, see:
Asa Kasher, "The Military Ethics of Fighting Terror: An Israeli Perspective" (with A. Yadlin); "Journal of Military Ethics" 4:1 (2005), 3-32, and Responses, in the same edition, pp 71-76.
For a legal brief by Al-Haq, a Palestinian human-rights group, on the war in Gaza, see:
http://www.alhaq.org/pdfs/Legal_Brief_Gaza_Cast_Lead_Jan.pdf.Two good collections in paperback are:
"Documents on the Laws of War," edited by Adam Roberts and Richard Guelff, Oxford University Press, and "The Handbook of Humanitarian Law in Armed Conflicts," edited by Dieter Fleck, also Oxford University Press.
Full article: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/17/world/middleeast/17lawbox.html


T.J. Jackson just wants to be a normal high school kid. Unfortunately, his paranormal ability — and the responsibility that goes with it — won't let him. He and fellow ghost hunters Bortnicker and LouAnne have made a name for themselves as reality TV stars, but now the stakes are higher. A witch from the 1600s has returned to avenge her death, and the Junior Gonzo Ghost Chasers must stop her. It sounds like great TV, but this time adventure and fame aren't what's important. This time, the fate of T.J.'s home town hangs in the balance...and the clock is ticking.


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By Warc Staff on	 July 2, 2019 Advertising
Many of the dynamics influencing six-second television ad performance vary compared with longer commercials, according to a study in the Journal of Advertising Research (JAR).
Henry G. Wolf VII and Paul Donato, both from the Advertising Research Foundation (ARF), a trade body and the publisher of JAR, discussed this subject in Six-second advertisements on television: Best practices for capturing visual attention.
"Unlike with longer advertisements, for which daypart had the largest effect, daypart did not play a role in visual attention to sixes," their study – spanning 3,000 six-second spots, as well as 15- and 30-second ads – reported.
"Instead, advertisement pairing and pod position" – namely, the placement of an ad in a series of spots – "both played an important role for sixes. Sixes had the best visual attention in solo pods, followed by first, last, and then middle position."
Another finding: "Placing up to a total of four advertisements from one brand in the same program could increase attention to sixes," they noted.
The ARF and TVision Insights, a company that measures TV viewability, utilised "computer vision" technology – which pairs tuning and audio data, tracks who is present in a room, and when their eyes are on the screen – from set-top boxes in producing these insights.
And the final dataset included 165,843 "observations" – that is, a national ad "playing on a television in one of 1,372 households where at least one six-second advertisement played during the period of data collection" and viewed by at least one person.
One knowledge point from this information related to time-shifted viewing on set-top boxes, which "tended to increase visual attention to sixes, whereas same-day viewing decreased visual attention for 30s and different-day viewing improved it for 15s".
A more cautionary note emerged from the study, too, as 27% of all ads that played had "nobody in the room to see them" – indicating the limits of traditional set-top box data, and an important consideration for short-form spots.
"Analysis of these 'invisible' advertisements showed that sixes made up a greater proportion of invisible advertisements (11%) than advertisements played when someone was in the room (4%)," they wrote.
"This may be because it is easier to miss the entirety of a short advertisement than a longer advertisement. Moreover, sixes tended to be in solo or first position."
This article first appeared in www.warc.com
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This haunting series follows the Winchester brothers as they crisscross the lonely and mysterious back roads of the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, hunting down every evil supernatural force they encounter along the way.
Bound by tragedy and blood to a dangerous, otherworldly mission, two brothers travel in mysterious back roads of the country in their '67 Chevy Impala, searching for their missing father - and hunting down every evil supernatural force they encounter along the way. Bring home all 22 episodes of the first season of the thrilling new show, Supernatural along with must-own bonus features. Supernatural is a completely new kind of thrill ride that takes viewers on a journey into the dark world of the unexplained.
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We invite you to watch the next season of the series Supernatural. This handsome guys Sam and Dean Winchester continue to hunt otherworldly creatures and protect our world from evil evil forces. They travel across America to different cities and search demons which broke out from the underworld and harm people. Hollywood directors extend this series for the next seasons and continue to please the finicky audience with more and more fantastic and mystical episodes. In the end of season 11 Mary Winchester was resurrected thanks to Amar. Now she must get used to the new world. Because, she was out for a long time and her little boys grew up and became older men. But it will not easy to do. Sam and Dean hunt for demons and endanger their family and close friends at the same time. They should be attentive and take care of the people which surround them constantly. Otherwise, the consequences will be fatal and nothing can be changed.
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It will be the finale of the series. This was stated by the actors themselves. It will consist of twenty episodes. Knowing the creators' approach to the fans of the series, they will again resort to the so-called "fan service". So it is likely that in the series finale we have a happy ending with the unification of the entire Winchester family. Based on the finale of the previous season, the brothers are waiting for hordes of monsters. Fans of the series will be able to see a large-scale battle, as the demons from Hell were again released to Earth. Zombies who have risen from the dead can give the viewer an epic battle of the Winchesters against an evil army. It is not known what will happen to the world when God disappears. The Winchester brothers will face the main battle in their lives. All the power of Evil will unite against them. Who will win in the end?
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And yet, the world-beating Veyron still remains in our minds.
How could it not? Here was an engineering flight of fancy, a moonshot project blessed with unlimited funding and the permission to lose money on every superhero-powerful car produced by a team with the backing of the world's most powerful automotive conglomerate.
Astounding hypercars are still being built, but the Veyron, like the McLaren F1 that came more than a decade before it, is still the genre-defining übermachine.
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Rotary announces US$96.5 million In Grants to end polio
Rotary today announced nearly US$100 million in grants to support the global effort to end polio, a vaccine-preventable disease that once paralyzed hundreds of thousands of children each year.
The announcement comes as Nigeria marks two years without any reported cases of wild poliovirus, following four reported cases in 2016.
"Nigeria has prevented further cases of wild poliovirus thanks to the improved surveillance and rapid response protocols Rotary and its Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners have supported, particularly in Borno," said Dr. Tunji Funsho, chair of Rotary's Nigeria PolioPlus Committee. "We must remain vigilant about maintaining political and financial support to ensure strengthened immunization practices as we redouble our efforts toward ending polio in Nigeria and around the globe."
Concurrently, Pakistan has made strides in reducing reported cases of wild poliovirus, having lowered its case count from 306 in 2014 to only eight reported cases in 2017.
"Nigeria's progress proves that halting the spread of wild poliovirus is possible," said Aziz Memon, chair of Rotary's Pakistan PolioPlus Committee. "Although we currently have a record low number of reported cases of polio in Pakistan, we must remain vigilant about implementing the rapid response and surveillance protocols Rotary and its Global Polio Eradication Initiative partners have established and focus on accelerating our efforts toward eradicating polio."
While significant strides have been made against the paralyzing disease, wild poliovirus is still a threat in parts of the world, with 10 cases in Afghanistan and three cases in Pakistan this year so far. As long as a single child has polio, all children are at risk, which underscores the need for ongoing funding and political commitment to eradication.
To support polio eradication efforts in countries where polio remains endemic, Rotary is allocating the majority of the funds it announced today to: Afghanistan ($22.9 million), Pakistan ($21.7 million), and Nigeria ($16.1 million).
Further funding will support efforts to keep 12 vulnerable African countries polio-free: Cameroon ($98,600), Central African Republic ($394,400), Chad ($1.71 million), Democratic Republic of the Congo ($10.4 million), Guinea ($527,300), Madagascar ($690,000), Mali ($923,200), Niger ($85,300), Sierra Leone ($245,300), Somalia ($776,200), South Sudan ($3.5 million), and Sudan ($2.6 million). Africa will also see $5.8 million in funding for surveillance activities and $467,800 for technical assistance. Additional funding will go to Bangladesh ($504,200), Indonesia ($157,800), Myanmar ($197,200), and Nepal ($160,500), with an additional $96,300 funding surveillance in Southeast Asia. The remainder of the funding ($6.6 million) will go to the World Health Organization (WHO) for research activities.
Rotary has committed to raising $50 million a year to be matched 2-to-1 by the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, amounting to $450 for polio eradication activities over a three-year period. To date, Rotary has contributed more than $1.8 billion to fight the disease, including matching funds from the Gates Foundation, and countless volunteer hours since launching its polio immunization program, PolioPlus, in 1985. In 1988, Rotary became a core partner in the Global Polio Eradication Initiative with the WHO, UNICEF, and the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The Gates Foundation later joined. Since the initiative launched, the incidence of polio has plummeted by more than 99.9 percent, from about 350,000 cases in 1988 to 22 confirmed in 2017.
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Arriving on American shores this month, escorted by ecstatic reviews, is Fire Bringer, an epic animal fantasy in the tradition of Watership Down. This first novel by 36-year-old travel writer David Clement-Davies was published in England last year as a children's book, but here in the U.S. it will be treated more as a crossover title.
This 500-page saga of the lives and society of the Herla, as the red deer call themselves, ranges from private domestic moments to heroic battles, from rival herd-leaders' secret machinations to ancient prophecies of a deer with a blaze on his forehead shaped like an oak leaf. (Many readers will immediately think of Harry Potter's lightning-shaped scar, which likewise marks him for future heroism.) No matter how far we think we have come from the superstitious artists who painted animals on cave walls, we are still moved by heroic tales of our fellow creatures. Is it because we intuit deep down that they and we are closer than we think? Whatever the rational explanation for this affinity, David Clement-Davies has tapped into its exotic power.
We reached the author at his home (and office) in London. Clement-Davies is already hard at work on his next book — about wolves — but he well remembers the amount of work that went into Fire Bringer. "Overall it took about three years to write, on and off. I had the idea quite a long time before, actually. I was sort of wondering what to do, especially after leaving university. I wanted to write, but I wasn't sure how to set about that. Eventually I went on and became a travel journalist." Today he climbs mountains, scuba dives, sky dives, and writes up his adventures for various periodicals.
Not surprisingly, many of Clement-Davies's own favorite books as a child — and, for that matter, as an adult — were animal fantasies. "Watership Down is a favorite book," he says, acknowledging the most frequent comparison with his own first novel. "Going further back, the sort of greats like The Jungle Book. And there are other books which are more demanding — The Call of the Wild, White Fang, The Wind in the Willows."
Therefore, he says, "I had a sense of the type of book I'd like to write." However, he knew he didn't want to follow too closely in the footsteps of Richard Adams. "Before I got into the book, I thought about deer. They appealed for their mystery and — I don't know how to say this — they're rather more exciting animals than rabbits." Deer seem more mystical, more historical — and of course the stags, unlike male rabbits, are heavily armed, which offers dramatic possibilities in a story fraught with rivalry and deception.
Clement-Davies did a great deal of research into the lives of red deer. "Reading about deer is fascinating. You have this unique thing, which is the antler cycle, which makes them for me somehow stranger. While writing the fantasy, I was wrestling back and forth — wanting to make these creatures realistic, too."
Paradoxically, the details of the deer's natural history — birth, growth, death — somehow "humanize" the creatures. We empathize with them because they go through the same cycles of life that we do, and because they respond to these cycles in the same ways we do — with fear, joy, dread, excitement.
Clement-Davies didn't want to set his fantasy in a Never-Never Land of animals without a human presence. "I wanted to set people together with animals and see what I could do with that. And that gives me the basic tension." The presence of marauding humans — one of the chief predators always lurking on the outskirts of deer society — affects every scene. For example, most of the deer accept the humans' Hunt as an inevitable part of life in the Park, and even encourage each other to sacrifice themselves for the good of the herd. Naturally, any deer who imagines a life outside the Park faces cries of heresy and revolution.
Clement-Davies pauses to think over the issues intertwined with his story. "I knew when I set out — you obviously have lots of ideas swirling around in your head, but you don't quite know where they'll take you — I knew I wanted to write about people, and about human issues. Actually very big themes such as fascism." The emotional roots of fascism, and the way in which individuals manipulate the society around them toward their own sad goals, is one of the ongoing themes.
Clement-Davies credits his agent, Gina Pollinger (who was also Roald Dahl's agent), with giving him "the holy touch" and telling him, "You're a writer." Clement-Davies remembers, "That sent a little shiver down my spine. When you begin to talk of yourself as a 'writer,' it gives you a kind of new authority. You don't feel such a sham anymore, going into a pub and saying, 'I'm a writer.'"
If Fire Bringer proves as popular in the U.S. as it did in England, Clement-Davies won't have time to wonder if he's a writer. Too many people will be reading his books.
Michael Sims's next book will be a natural and cultural history of the human body for Viking.
Author photo by Tim Booth.
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Балашо́вы  (Балашёвы)  — русский дворянский род.

В Гербовник внесены две фамилии: Балашевы и Балашовы:

 Балашевы, потомки Андрея Балашева, жившего в начале XVII века (Герб. Часть XIII № 29). Род причислен к древнему дворянству.
 Балашов Кузьма, пожалованный в дворянское достоинство (1741) (Герб. Часть II. № 136).

Благодаря браку сановника А. Д. Балашова с наследницей горнозаводчика И. С. Мясникова (1808) вошёл в число богатейших в Российской империи.

Род Андрея Балашева
Андрей Балашев жил в начале XVII столетия. Его сын Мамон Андреевич помещик Ряжского уезда (1652—1653). Дмитрий Иванович (ок. 1716—1790) — асессор Монетного двора (1762), председатель Гражданской палаты в Смоленске (1777), поручик правителя Орловского наместничества (1778—1780), действительный статский советник, обер-прокурор Правительствующего Сената и кавалер ордена Святого Владимира 2-й степени (1786), тайный советник и сенатор (ум. 1790, похоронен с женой на кладбище в Ясногорском районе Тульской области на закрытом кладбище близ д. Павловское, в настоящее время могила разрушена, можно увидеть остатки надгробного камня).

Определением Правительствующего сената (от 19 сентября 1861), утверждённого постановлением С-Петербургского дворянского депутатского собрания (от 22 июня 1862), род внесён в VI-ю часть дворянской родословной книги. Копия с утверждённого герба выдана (16 марта 1871) надворному советнику Ивану Петровичу Балашеву.

Описание герба
В золотом щите с голубой оконечностью, правая рука в красных латах, держит чёрный меч. В оконечности щита два золотых арбуза с перекрещенными золотыми стеблями и листьями. Над щитом дворянский шлем с короной. Нашлемник: правая рука в красных латах держит чёрный меч. Намёт: справа —  красный с золотом, слева —  голубой с золотом.

Известные представители

Александр Дмитриевич, родился в Москве 13 июля 1770 года, умер в Кронштадте 8 мая 1837 года; был сперва петербургским обер-полицмейстером, потом исправляющим должность петербургского военного губернатора (1809—1810 г.), министром полиции (1810—1816 г.), а с 1820 по 1825 года — генерал-губернатором губерний Рязанской, Тульской, Орловской, Воронежской и Тамбовской.
 Сын его, Пётр Александрович (1811-1845) — камергер, женат на дочери фельдмаршала Паскевича.
Николай Петрович (1840—1931) — член Государственного совета, женат на внучке фельдмаршала М. С. Воронцова;
Пётр Николаевич (1871—1927) — общественный деятель, член III и IV Госдумы.
Иван Петрович (1842—1924) — русский государственный и общественный деятель; камергер, обер-егермейстер Императорского двора.

Род Козьмы Балашова
Козьма Балашов, лейб-кампанец, по именному Высочайшему указу императрицы Елисаветы Петровны (от 31 декабря 1741), пожалован, с законными от его сей числа рождёнными и впредь рождаемыми детьми и их потомством, в дворянское достоинство, на которое (25 ноября 1751) выдан диплом.

Щит разделён перпендикулярно на две части, в правой в чёрном поле между трех серебряных пятиугольных звёзд изображено золотое стропило с означенными на нём тремя горящими гранадами натурального цвета. В левой части в верхнем серебряном поле видна рука, одетая зелёным с красным обшлагом держащая фузейный штык черный; в нижнем красном поле между тремя серебряными большими пулями означена нога в серебряной обуви.

Щит увенчан обыкновенным дворянским шлемом, на котором наложена Лейб-Компании гренодерская шапка со страусовыми перьями красным и белым; а по сторонам оной шапки видны два черные орлиные крыла и на них по три серебряные звезды. Намет на шит красного и черного цвета, подложенный серебром и золотом.

Герб Балашова внесен в Часть 2 Общего гербовника дворянских родов Всероссийской империи, стр. 136.

Примечания

Литература

Ссылки
 История семьи Балашовых

Дворянские роды Российской империи

Дворянские роды Русского царства
Дворянские роды по алфавиту
Дворянские роды России по алфавиту

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Over 20 killed during anti-China riots in Vietnam
by Shanghaiist
More than 20 people were killed, including 16 people 'described as Chinese', in riots at a Taiwanese steel mill in Vietnam after crowds of protestors began destroying the factory thinking it was from the mainland, according to officials.
The riots followed thousands-strong anti-China demonstrations in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, allowed by the government after China deployed a billion-dollar oil rig to disputed waters in the South China Sea.
AFP reports that "The rioting in Binh Duong province followed protests by up to 20,000 workers at industrial parks near Ho Chi Minh City. Smaller groups of men attacked factories they believed were mainland Chinese-run, but many were Taiwanese or South Korean, a provincial government said."
AFP reported that "at least one Chinese national" had been killed in the riots, and Reuters cited a doctor at Ha Tinh General Hospital who said that as many as 16 Chinese nationals had died.
"There were about a hundred people sent to the hospital last night. Many were Chinese. More are being sent to the hospital this morning," the doctor was quoted as saying.


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| 1950 || 536.200 || 537.500 || 99,8 || 235 || 155 || 80 || 2.281 ||  || 118 || 643 || 132
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| 1970 || 540.269 || 540.822 || 99,9 || 333 || 256 || 77 || 1.622 ||  || 124 || 754 || 184
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| 1980 || 496.771 || 498.205 || 99,7 || 306 || 231 || 75 || 1.623 ||  || 117 || 743 || 187
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| 2000 || 481.943 || 484.093 || 99,6 || 272 || 212 || 60 || 1.771 ||  || 79 || 675 || 163
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| 2001 || 480.910 || 483.510 || 99,5 || 267 || 214 || 53 || 1.801 ||  || 70 || 648 || 164
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| 2002 || 473.943 || 478.581 || 99,0 || 264 || 210 || 54 || 1.795 ||  || 69 || 586 || 164
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| 2003 || 479.238 || 484.338 || 98,9 || 254 || 210 || 44 || 1.886 ||  || 101 || 620 || 164
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| 2004 || 483.669 || 487.670 || 99,2 || 252 || 206 || 46 || 1.919 ||  || 102 || 611 || 164
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| 2006 || 493.060 || 500.060 || 98,6 || 262 || 206 || 56 || 1.881 ||  || 107 || 543 || 164
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4. Tell her she's beautiful.
5. Kiss her on the forehead.
9. Spend half the day with her.
12. Surprise her with a present.
13. Give her some chocolates.
15. When she says she loves you, just don't end there without saying "I love you too!"
16. Always hug her and say "I love you" whenever you see her.
19. Tell her she looks gorgeous.
20. Have some long conversation with her.
ONE THING YOU HAVE TO DO IS TO SHOW HER YOU MEAN IT.
21. Open doors for her, and give her some seat (it makes her feel important).
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25. Kiss her in front of OTHER girls who is jealous with both of you!
ALSO THEY WANT IT SIMPLY ..
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28. Bring her to a place she wants.
29. Text or call her in the morning and tell her "good morning!"
30. Be there for her whenever she needs you, and even when she doesn't, just be there so she'll know that she can always count on you.
ARE YOU STILL READING THIS?.
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39. When walking next to each other grab her and smile to her.
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