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Civil society actors took a stand at the Civil Society Forum in Paris on 3-4 July 2016. At a moment of existential crisis for Europe, we believe that civil society need to be at the core of a renewed effort and vision to face common challenges.
The Civil Society Forum in Paris was the latest conference in a series that started from a governmental initiative as the so called "Berlin Process". Civil society actors took on this initiative by heads of states to connect their own proposals and make their voices heard.
Here are the key policy proposals, that were handed over to the heads of state at their meeting in Paris on 4 July 2016:
1. Green growth
We would like to congratulate the governments for signing up to the COP21 engagements and to the EU Roadmap 2020. Addressing climate change and environment issues provides powerful leverage for sustainable development and democracy in the Western Balkans region.
We would like to encourage the governments to support the implementation of the Western Balkans sustainability charter.
In order to respect the COP21 and sustainability engagements, governments should not start new coal projects, should cancel the 5 billion pipeline, and redirect funds to support the sustainability agenda and through it the creation of new jobs for young people
2. Youth cooperation
The Slovenian and Croatian governments should sign the agreement to join RYCO, and it should be extended to all Balkan countries in the near future
RYCO should not only work on the transnational level abut also between regions inside countries in the Balkans
RYCO should include specific programs dealing with the past issues of WB countries · Regular evaluation of RYCO should be done by civil society actors.
Erasmus+ should be extended fully to the region and RYCO should not affect existing youth funding in the region
3. Bilateral disputes
Civil society acknowledges some progress has been made since the Vienna summit in resolving bilateral Disputes and the implementing the toolbox
In resolving bilateral disputes there is an important role of civil society to offer expertise, an enabling environment for reconciliation among societies of the Western Balkans
The Western Balkans format should include other member states to solve bilateral issues (including Bulgaria, Romania and Greece, for example).
At the EU level a special coordinator should be appointed to resolve bilateral disputes sitting with the high representative for external affairs
All countries have an obligation to respect international and human rights law including the Geneva convention which guarantees asylum as an individual right
The EU and Western Balkan countries should facilitate safe mobility, and safe, regular and legal channels for migration to Europe instead of building fences or closing borders.
5. Democratic governance
The lack of commitment of EU leaders to enlargement is reducing the EU's leverage in the region. EU leaders need to express themselves clearly in favour of the enlargement.
Democratic regression in the EU and lack of protection of democracy inside the European Union might engager the EU's role in promoting democracy in its neighbourhood
Democratic resilience is increasingly guaranteed by grassroots and social movements in the Western Balkans region and the EU should look for new alliances to support those emancipatory alliances standing at the frontier of protecting democracy.
Other Civil Society Fora were held in Vienna in August 2015, and in Novi Sad and Belgrade in May 2016.
This conference series brings together activists and representatives of civil society from the European Union and the Western Balkans to formulate recommendations for the future of the European project, and integration of the Western Balkans countries.
The Forum is coordinated by European Alternatives, ERSTE Foundation, the European Fund for the Balkans, the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung, the Charles Leopold Mayer Foundation and Citizens for Europe.


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Canadian Ministerial Visit to Jerusalem: A Geneva Convention Lesson
Rather than ask why Minister Baird met with Minister Livny in the eastern Jerusalem office, why not ask why Minister Livny agreed to meet there with Minister Baird?
Hillel Fendel and Chaim Silberstein / KeepJerusalem.org
8 Iyyar 5773 – April 17, 2013
Oh, the irony! Canada's foreign minister, John Baird, has been lambasted for meeting with an Israeli government official in eastern Jerusalem – but barely anything has been said about the minister with whom he met: None other than Justice Minister Tzipi Livny, possibly best known for her willingness to divide Jerusalem in a final settlement with the Palestinian Authority.
As noted here in the past, Livni basically lost her chance to be prime minister because of her stance on Jerusalem. In late 2008, after she rose to the helm of the Kadima Party, Kadima won the national election and Livni was handed the chance to form the government. However, in part because of her willingness to grant Arab control to parts of Yerushalayim, she was unable to sway the Shas Party to join her coalition and Benjamin Netanyahu became prime minister instead.
Earlier that year, then-Foreign Minister Livni led negotiations with the PA – and promised PA chief Mahmoud Abbas that Israel would cede the entire Atarot airport complex in northern Yerushalayim. She has repeatedly stated that though she knows the entire Land of Israel is ours, she believes there will be peace only if Israel agrees to split Yerushalayim.
Others believe, of course, that statements of that type actually keep peace from arriving, for they encourage the Arab parties to maintain their intransigence.
Rather than ask why Minister Baird met with Minister Livny in the eastern Jerusalem office, why not ask why Minister Livny agreed to meet there with Minister Baird? She certainly knew the fallout that would result, placing her in the same corner as the Land of Israel loyalists with whom she started her career (her father was an Etzel officer in 1948, along with Menachem Begin, and she herself was a longtime Likud member and MK). She has not commented on the matter on her Facebook page or in any other public forum; she would likely prefer that the matter be forgotten.
In any event, John Baird has once again been shown to be true-blue with Israel. He also toured an IDF outpost in the Golan Heights on his recent trip, and in the past has visited the Old City of Jerusalem with an Israeli escort. Both the Golan and eastern Jerusalem are considered hot spots that many Western political officials make sure not to visit so as not to be viewed as recognizing Israeli control there.
Minister Baird deflected all criticism of these visits, however, and especially the most recent one in the Justice Ministry. He said they are "irrelevant" to the larger discussion of Middle East peace.
"I'm just not interested in getting into the semantic argument about whether [if] you have a meeting with one person on one side of the street it's OK, and [if] you have a meeting on the other side of street it's not," Baird said.
Israel's Foreign Ministry spokesman Yigal Palmor also defended the meeting. "There should be nothing unusual about meeting Israel's justice minister in [eastern] Jerusalem," he said. "What is strange is that this is the exception."
Though Canada's embassy in Israel is not in Jerusalem but rather in Tel Aviv, and though Minister Baird emphasized that he supports the PLO's bid for statehood, Canada is a very strong friend of Israel – possibly its best in the world.
"The great struggle of our generation is the struggle against terrorism," Baird told an Israeli TV station last week, "and far too often, the Jewish people, Israel, has been on the front lines of that struggle. We want to work with Israel to see a lasting peace in this region." He also related that he had urged Abbas to agree to resume talks with Israel without preconditions, but to no avail.
Canada and Israel have strong, multidimensional bilateral relations that have only intensified in recent years. The relationship has been marked by increased cooperation in public security, defense, trade and investment, with increasing numbers of ministerial visits.
"Israel appreciates Canada's moral stand on a range of issues," said Prime Minister's Office spokesman Mark Regev, "and we appreciate Canada's friendship."
The PA did not let Canada or Minister Baird off lightly for his visit in eastern Jerusalem. Chief PLO negotiator Saeb Erekat sent him a sharp official letter of complaint, alleging that he had violated international law by "knowingly aiding another state in the perpetration of a crime." The referred-to "crime," based on the 1949 Fourth Geneva Convention, is that of attempting to annex what Erekat called "our capital," and of transferring civilian population to occupied areas.
However, many legal scholars agree that Israel's policy in Judea, Samaria and Jerusalem in no way violates the Geneva Convention.
Eli E. Hertz – a member of our International Keep Jerusalem Council and president of Myths and Facts, Inc., which researches and publishes important topical matters regarding global U.S. interests – has written on this topic extensively. He explains that when the Convention refers to "occupied territory," it has the Nazi occupation of Europe in mind, and that there is no legal basis for using the term in connection with the Israeli-Arab conflict.
Hertz quotes Professor Julius Stone, a leading authority on the Law of Nations, as categorically rejecting use of the term "occupied territory" to describe Judea, Samaria and eastern Jerusalem. This, for the following reasons:
● The relevant clause, relating to the invasion of sovereign states, is inapplicable, because Judea and Samaria (Yesha) did not belong to any other state. Israel did not capture Yesha from its legal sovereign, but rather from Jordan, whose rule there was recognized by only two countries: Great Britain and Pakistan. Even the Arab League did not approve of Jordan's "annexation" of these areas.
● The relevant article in the Convention was formulated in light of the Holocaust, seeking to prevent genocide – which is not a fear in the present situation.
● Settlement of Jews in Judea and Samaria is voluntary, does not displace local inhabitants, and is associated with a dramatic improvement in the economic situation of the [local Arab] inhabitants since 1967.
As such, Israel is not in violation of international law, and Minister Baird took the proper moral stance in recognizing that Israel, and not any Arab entity, has the most valid claim – if not the only one – to the Holy City, Yerushalayim.
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Chaim Silberstein is president of Keep Jerusalem-Im Eshkachech and the Jerusalem Capital Development Fund. He was formerly a senior adviser to Israel's minister of tourism. Hillel Fendel, past senior editor at Israel National News/Arutz-7, is a veteran writer on Jerusalem affairs. Both have lived in Jerusalem and now reside in Beit El.
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Loren Griffith 8 Iyyar 5773 – April 18, 2013 at 3:32 PM
The Geneva Convention explicitly states that one must be a "High Contracting Party" to claim occupation. According to the Geneva Convention to be a "High Contracting Party" they must be a government with a sovereign claim to land and have signed the Geneva Convention.
In 1967 when Israel liberated Jerusalem, Judea and Samaria – the Arabs were not a "High Contracting Party", nor in 2013 are they yet a "High Contracting Party". They haven't signed and they do not any sovereign claim to any land in the entire world west of the Jordan River.
Every claim about the Geneva Convention is valid only for Israel – the Arabs have no such legal claim.
Yechiel Baum 9 Iyyar 5773 – April 18, 2013 at 6:50 PM
what is Tzipi doing in Jerusalem altogether?
Ken Kelso 10 Iyyar 5773 – April 20, 2013 at 3:42 AM
How Fatah terrorizes anyone who doesn't surrender to Palestinian lies.
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Palestinian activists seek to derail major Jerusalem film.
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JERUSALEM (Reuters) – Palestinian activists tried to derail an ambitious European documentary shot in Jerusalem this week, complaining that the film would reinforce an image of Israeli sovereignty over the deeply divided city.
Producers of the Franco-German "24h Jerusalem", which sets out to depict a day-in-the-life of the troubled city, said on Friday that their plans had been badly disrupted by a last minute campaign of "intimidation and harassment".
"We very much regret what has happened, but we are still here and we will carry on shooting," said producer Thomas Kufus, hoping to recapture the success of his ground-breaking 2008 project – the day-long "24h Berlin" film.
One of the co-producers, Germany's Bayerischer Rundfunk, said their staff had faced an "onslaught of menacing calls" and threats to "inflict bodily harm", accusing Palestinian activists of trying to prevent Arabs from telling their stories.
With some 70 camera crews working across the city from 6.00 a.m. on Thursday to 6.00 a.m. on Friday, the project is one of the most ambitious documentaries ever shot in Jerusalem and had the blessing of the local Israeli authorities.
However, some Palestinian politicians and militants accused the filmmakers of failing to coordinate properly with their own authorities and said the film would present a united Jerusalem under full Israeli control.
Israelis seized East Jerusalem in the 1967 war, later annexing the land and pronouncing the city as their undivided capital in a move that has never been internationally endorsed.
Palestinians want to establish a capital of their own in East Jerusalem, including the Old City and its holy shrines.
"This is not one city, it is two cities," said Dimitri Diliani, spokesman in East Jerusalem for the Fatah party of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, who holds sway in Palestinian self-rule areas of the nearby West Bank.
"The whole idea of accepting the occupiers' claims that this is one city is totally wrong. This has political ramifications," he told Reuters. He denied accusations that opponents of the film had threatened any of those involved.
The producers said a handful of Palestinian cameramen and technicians had dropped out just before shooting started. More damagingly, some of the Palestinian locals they had hoped to feature in the film had withdrawn at the last minute.
"We have very strong material from the Israeli and European teams… The Palestinians are still shooting, so we are very much working on having an equal standard in this project," said Kufus, conceding that this meant the documentary would not be filmed over a single 24-hour period as originally hoped.
The spat over the documentary, which is part-funded by the Arte television channel, has highlighted fierce opposition within some Palestinian quarters to anything that might smack of a "normalization" of Israeli control.
Cultural events, such as a U.N.-backed concert last July, have had to be abandoned in the face of pressure from activists who say any efforts to build bridges between communities should be resisted until the Israeli occupation ends.
Kufus said the problems he had faced with his film showed the ever-present tensions between Israelis and Palestinians.
"They just cannot work together. It is impossible," he said, adding: "Everything that happens here is connected to the conflict, especially on the Palestinian side."
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It provides a positive counterpoint to What Consumerium is not, which is the negation of Consumerium:Itself. But by definition can't define any progressive or positive mission! It's easier to keep "not" updated if "is and does" are up to date.
It reminds people to update the Main Page occassionally and keep up to date with the most effective terminology to describe concepts under discussion.
What Consumerium is not may actually be more important to understand for daily operating and governance decisions.
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Pegi Nicol MacLeod, (17 January 1904 – 12 February 1949), was a Canadian painter whose modernist self-portraits, figure studies, paintings of children, still lifes and landscapes are characterized by a fluidity of form and vibrant colour. Born Margaret Kathleen Nichol, she was a teacher, war artist and arts activist. In 1936 she became a member of the Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour and one year later she joined the Canadian Group of Painters.

Biography
She was born in Listowel, Ontario, to William Wallace Nichol and Myrtle Ivy Riggs. Pegi was their only child. The family moved to Ottawa in 1908 when Pegi was four where her father became principal of the Ottawa Technical School. The family lived on Frank Street and Pegi attended elementary at Cartier Street School. In 1914, when war broke out, the family moved to Toronto and Pegi attended Harbord Collegiate Institute. The Nichols returned to Ottawa after the war where Pegi finished her early education at the Ottawa Collegiate Institute.

Art education
In 1921 MacLeod enrolled at the newly re-established Art Association of Ottawa school. She studied art under Franklin Brownell from 1922 to 1923. In 1923 she moved to Montreal to study at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal with Edwin Holgate. There was an emphasis on figure study and life drawing at the school. The art critic Donald Buchanan attributed her and many of her classmates' interest in the figure and portraiture to their training at the École. She was at the École des Beaux-Arts de Montréal with Paul-Émile Borduas, Lillian Freiman, Goodridge Roberts, Anne Savage, and Marian Scott, who would all go on to become established artists in their own right. In 1932 she won the Willingdon Arts Competition prize for painting.

Personal life
She lived in Toronto from 1934 to 1937 and became good friends with Eric Brown, the first director of the National Gallery of Canada. Through Brown and his wife, Maud, Nicol developed friendships with artists in Ottawa, Toronto, and Montreal, as well as leading figures of the Canadian cultural and social establishment, including Vincent Massey and his wife, Alice Massey. She began a five-year relationship with Richard Finnie by 1925. She married Norman MacLeod on December 10, 1936. The couple then moved to New York City, but she returned annually to Fredericton, New Brunswick, where, with Lucy Jarvis in 1940, she opened an art centre for aspiring artists at the University of New Brunswick.

Artistic career
A painter of people and landscapes, her artworks tend to reveal a sombre though joyful, reflective and humanitarian insight. In 1927 and 1928, encouraged by ethnographer Marius Barbeau, MacLeod travelled to the west and northwest of Canada. Thanks to Barbeau and to the Canadian Pacific Railway, MacLeod received free transportation on her summer trip. She painted at Morley Station in the foothills of the Rockies and among the Stoney First Nations. During her time in British Columbia MacLeod met artist Emily Carr, whose work exerted an influence on her own. Pegi stayed in Calgary with the F.G. Garbutt family who were strong supporters of the arts. The Garbutts and Pegi stayed friends for life. While there, Pegi painted a portrait of Alice Garbutt that demonstrates her increasing use of strong contour lines. MacLeod exhibited two of her portrait studies of the Stoney First Nations in the major exhibition, West Coast Art – Native and Modern organized the National Gallery of Canada in December 1927. This exhibition was, and has been, much written about and marks the first real effort to include the cultural production of Northwest Coast First Nations within the institutionalization of Canadian art history.

During her travels in 1927, MacLeod is said to have created notebooks and drawings according to her friends. However, nothing is extant to confirm this. The artist also began a draft of a book on her experiences on the west coast. It is possible that MacLeod's mother may have destroyed her book draft, Marian Scott has stated that the artist's mother destroyed much of her early work. MacLeod travelled west again in 1928 to paint in the Upper Skeena River area. She wrote about her travels for the Canadian National Railway Company's magazine and the article marks her first important foray into art writing. The solo exhibition Portraits, Landscapes and Studies by Pegi Nicol was held in Montreal at the Leonardo Society from February 4–11, 1928 and in the same year she was invited to show with the Group of Seven in Toronto. In the late 1920s, MacLeod moved from Ottawa to Montreal, and then to Toronto, where she worked on window displays for the T. Eaton Company. This position had a strong influence on her art, as demonstrated by her painting A Descent of Lilies (1935). MacLeod was art editor of The Canadian Forum from 1935 to 1936 and helped to establish the Picture Loan Society.

MacLeod was opposed to World War II, though in 1944 she accepted a commission by the National Gallery of Canada to paint many scenes depicting the Women's Division of the Armed Forces as means of showcasing the war from a female perspective.

Manhattan Cycle
Following the Second World War she returned to depicting the scenes of New York City and in 1947 exhibited her oil and water colour paintings in Toronto, Ottawa, and Fredericton under the title "Manhattan Cycle." The Manhattan Cycle  focused on the people and scenes around MacLeod's apartment on East 88th Street in New York. She wrote to her friend and fellow artist, Isabel McLaughlin in 1946 that she had been involved with 88th street for six years and still found it fascinating. The Manhattan Cycle consisted of 110 artworks by 1947 and was the first time MacLeod exhibited a series of works in Canada focused entirely on her time in New York. The Cycle also toured to the Winnipeg School of Art at the request of Joe Plaskett and then on to Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Victoria, and Vancouver in 1948.

Selected exhibitions
A major retrospective of her work was held at Galerie Walter Klinkhoff in 1982 and a circulating retrospective exhibition was done by the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa in 1984, along with a book of her letters and an introduction by Joan Murray.

Death
MacLeod died of cancer in New York City in 1949, leaving a legacy of more than a thousand works of art that include many paintings and other art forms including designs for hooked rugs. Today MacLeod is a well-regarded artist whose wartime work, which includes more than one hundred oil paintings, sets her apart from many of her contemporaries.

See also
 Canadian artist
 Woman artists
 Canadian official war artists
 War artist
 War art

External links
 Canadian Women Artists History Initiative
 Canadian War Museum
 The Canadian Encyclopedia
 Gallery 78: biography and examples of her paintings
 National Gallery of Canada
Laura Brandon fonds at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario
Ruth Comfort Jackson fonds at the National Gallery of Canada
Madge Smith fonds at the National Gallery of Canada
 Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Lethbridge College Buchanan Art Collection

Further reading

Secondary sources
"About Face: Portraits and Other Pictures." Oshawa: The Robert McLaughlin Gallery, 2005.
Brandon, Laura (2005). Pegi by Herself: The Life of Pegi Nicol MacLeod. Montreal and Kingston: McGill-Queen's University Press. .
Burant, Jim (2022). "Pegi Nicol MacLeod". Ottawa Art & Artists: An Illustrated History. Toronto: Art Canada Institute
Murray, Joan (1984). "Daffodils in winter : the life and letters of Pegi Nicol MacLeod, 1904–1949." Moonbeam, ON: Penumbra Press. .

Tippett, Maria (1992.) By A Lady. Toronto: Viking Canada.  .

Writings by Pegi Nicol MacLeod
MacLeod, Pegi Nichol (Nicol). "Adventure in Murals." Maritime Art 2.2 (Dec. 1941).
MacLeod, Pegi Nichol (Nicol). [Illustrations: Decorations by Pegi Nichol Macleod] Canadian Nation 2.2 (May-Jun. 1929): 3,5,18.
MacLeod, Pegi Nichol (Nicol). [Illustrations: Decorations by Pegi Nichol] Canadian Nation 2.1 (Mar-Apr. 1929): 3,15.
MacLeod, Pegi Nichol (Nicol). [Illustrations: Decorations by Pegi Nichol] Canadian Nation 1.2 (Apr. 1928).
MacLeod, Pegi Nicol. "Five O'Clock [Illustration]." Canadian Forum 16.189 (Oct. 1936): 17.
MacLeod, Pegi Nicol. "Fredericton." Canadian Art 1.1 (Oct. 1943): 35.
MacLeod, Pegi Nicol. "Merry Christmas." Canadian Forum 16.191 (Dec. 1936): 13.
MacLeod, Pegi Nicol. "Recording the Women's Services." Canadian Art 2.2 (Dec. 1949): 48–51.
MacLeod, Pegi Nicol. "Rouault. By Edward Alden Jewell. New York: Hyperion Press [Review]." Canadian Art 10.2 (Feb-Mar. 1947): 83.
MacLeod, Pegi Nicol. "Where Forgotten Gods Sleep." Canadian National Railways Magazine 17.3 (Mar. 1931): 25.

References

Canadian women painters
Canadian war artists
1904 births
1949 deaths
World War II artists
20th-century Canadian women artists
20th-century Canadian painters
People from Perth County, Ontario
Artists from Ontario
Canadian watercolourists
Women watercolorists
Deaths from cancer in New York (state)
École des beaux-arts de Montréal alumni
Persons of National Historic Significance (Canada)
Lisgar Collegiate Institute alumni
Canadian expatriates in France
Canadian expatriates in the United States

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Updated March 18, 2019 - 6:06 pm
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My Experience as an MMS Alumna in Fuqua's Accelerated MBA Program
I graduated from Fuqua's MMS program back in 2017 and have been working and living in New York ever since. In those three years after MMS, I have been able to apply the business toolkit that I acquired here at Duke to my product marketing job.
By Dana Lee
Some of the members of our Accelerated MBA cohort at Fuqua's celebration of graduates
In 2019, The Fuqua School of Business announced a new graduate program called the Accelerated Daytime MBA (AMBA). This program is for students who have either completed Fuqua's MMS program or an equivalent program from another school. Because these graduates have taken some business fundamentals courses already, the new Accelerated MBA allows qualified students to apply for and complete an MBA in a year, building on top of their first master's degree. This past academic year, Fuqua enrolled its first AMBA class, myself included.
I graduated from Fuqua's MMS program back in 2017 and have been working and living in New York ever since. In those three years after MMS, I have been able to apply the business toolkit that I acquired here at Duke to my product marketing job at The Trade Desk. That boots-on-the-ground work experience, in tandem with my academic and personal growth thanks to my MMS experience, led me to understand exactly where I want to take my career next. So when I learned about the opportunity to return to Fuqua in the AMBA program, I knew this extra year of informed focus and specialization would help me get there.
I think this program offers a tremendous opportunity, allowing for more flexibility when it comes to people's individual journeys—academic, personal and professional. It encourages and shows understanding towards the idea that every individual lives and learns differently, and your life shouldn't have to fit in the conventional two-year MBA timeline. Instead, the MBA degree should work to fit into your timeline. And the AMBA program has unlocked that door.
As was the Fuqua MMS program, the AMBA program is a sprint. And I mean that in the best way possible—it is one fast year that is filled to the brim with incredible courses, networking opportunities and social activities, all of which contribute to the life-long friendships that Fuqua so thoughtfully fosters. But amongst all of these incredible experiences and learnings (both academic and personal), the thing that has stood out to me most this year has been watching the identity of the AMBA cohort develop and come into the light.
Our Cohort
Being the first year of the program, who we were as a cohort was a bit of mystery when we started back in the summer. But as the year has progressed and I've come to know my classmates, hear about their stories, and celebrate their incredible accomplishments, I've noticed a trend that has emerged amongst the AMBA students.
Before, I discussed the opportunity that the AMBA program presents, allowing individuals to better tailor their MBA experience to their life's unique needs, on a non-traditional timeline. In many ways, it allows people to pave their own path, on their own terms. This bold independence and individuality, to me, has come to define what it means to be an AMBA student. Within my small 22-person cohort, I have witnessed time and time again, this tendency to courageously pursue and reimagine what is possible. Here are just a few examples:
Early on in the year I met my new AMBA classmate Morgan Hersh, who is a triple Dukie (working on her third degree from Duke) and a trailblazer to say the least. Since her freshman year at Duke she has worked tirelessly and passionately for the football team. Today, she is the only woman on the coaching and operations side of the business. Whether she realizes it or not, to be the "only" of anything requires a certain tenacity and leadership that I have always admired.
Another classmate of mine, Baran Melik, is unique in our program in that he is completing his degree from his home country of Turkey. This obstacle was of course caused by the pandemic, but his decision to move forward with the program, despite the 8-hour time difference, is an astonishing feat. But the really remarkable thing about Baran is that he has seamlessly overcome this 5,000-mile hurdle, still making time in his already-warped sleep schedule to create new friendships.
And last but not least is my friend and classmate Nazeela Nasseri who, like me, returned to Fuqua after a handful of years in the professional world. But unlike me, Nazeela chose to leverage the unique situation presented by the pandemic and continue working while being a full-time student. Her decision to do this is as uncommon as the discipline and capability required to pull off something so extraordinary—but she has proven that she has that discipline and that capability, redefining the realm of possibilities for both working professionals and students.
To join a second-year MBA class of approximately 400 students who have already had a year to bond is daunting, to say the least. But this natural tendency that I've seen in my peers, to push the boundaries and explore uncharted waters, not only makes facing this task a drop in the ocean, but also presents an exciting chance to network with the incredible group of people who make up the second-year class.
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Professor Bryan Sykes
"An unbroken maternal line stretching back 45,000 years"
real 28k
Wednesday, 19 April, 2000, 15:14 GMT 16:14 UK
Europe's seven female founders
DNA from outside the cell nucleus was used in the study
Everyone in Europe is descended from just seven women.
Arriving at different times during the last 45,000 years, they survived wolves, bears and ice ages to form different clans that eventually became today's population.
These are the claims of Bryan Sykes, professor of human genetics at Oxford University.
Calling them "The Seven Daughters of Eve", Professor Sykes has individually named them Ursula, Xenia, Tara, Helena, Katrine, Valda and Jasmine.
Professor Sykes arrived at his conclusion by studying mitochondrial DNA, which is passed down from mothers to children.
From 6000 random samples, and allowing for naturally occurring mutations, he established seven different clusters of DNA.
Swab tests were used to gather samples of DNA
Ancestry traced
"It follows that the seven clusters must have sprung from one woman each," he told the BBC.
Professor Sykes says that the ancestry of 99% of Europeans can now be traced back to the seven women who founded the clans.
He has also been quick to realise the commercial aspects of his project, founding a company, Oxford Ancestors, which offers to trace anyone's maternal ancestry for �120.
However, Professor Sykes went on to say that whilst his genetic work is rooted in fact, the names he has given to the women are hypothetical.
He says the names are an attempt to personalise DNA codes, which have traditionally been labelled alphabetically.
"For example, with the letter T, group T, I've just extended that to be the descendants of a woman called Tara," he said.
Genetic research is shedding more light on human history
Ancient heritage
The study is being seen as further evidence of the way in which genetic research can shed light on human history.
His names for the women, which draw on Gaelic, Scandinavian and Persian heritage amongst others, reflect the huge geographic area from which modern Europeans descended.
His discovery also reinforces the theory that modern human beings have their origins in ancient Africa.
Professor Sykes found that the seven ancestral mothers have strong links to one of three clans that still exist in Africa today.
04 Apr 00 | Sci/Tech
Surnames found in DNA
Life's 'first chapter' ready for publication
15 Nov 99 | Sci/Tech
The DNA construction set
The Cellular Genetics Group, Oxford University


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Переду  () — португальська власна назва.

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Леокадія Юозовна Діржінскайте-Пілюшенко (20 січня 1921, Анчлаукіс, Вілкавішкіський район — 2008, Вільнюс) — радянська партійна і державна діячка, міністр закордонних справ (1961—1976). Заступник голови Президії Верховної Ради Литовської РСР (1976—1985).

Життєпис
Під час першої окупації Литви Радянським Союзом (1940—1941) працювала секретаркою місцевого виконавчого комітету. У 1941—1951 роках працювала в литовському комсомолі. У 1950 році вступила в КПРС. Через рік закінчила навчання у Вищій партійній школі при ЦК КПРС в Москві.

У 1951 році вона займала посаду інструктора Шяуляйського обласного комітету КП Литви. Через два роки була секретарем Шяуляйського міськкому партії, а пізніше виконувала обов'язки 1-го секретаря. У 1960 році була призначена першою жінкою-заступником прем'єр-міністра Литовської РСР. Рік по тому прийняла посаду міністра закордонних справ, який займала до 1976 року.

У 1962 році була депутатом Верховної Ради СРСР, де працювала до 1966.

У 1976 1985 рр. — заступник Президії Верховної Ради Литовської РСР.

Примітки

Посилання
 Справочник по истории Коммунистической Партии и СССР
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Литовські громадські діячі
Депутати Верховної Ради СРСР 6-го скликання


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A $300,000 grant is awarded to survivors of the Tulsa Race Massacre
by Fabiola Noel | Jun 5, 2021 | Latest, Social Justice | 0 comments
Survivors from the 1921 Tulsa race massacre will each receive $100,000 following the centennial.
A Tulsa-based nonprofit will give a monetary gift to the three surviving witnesses of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre. In an article in the Washington Post, it was reported that Viola Fletcher, Lessie Benningfield Randle, and Hughes Van Ellis would each be given $100,000 as part of the centennial commemorations.
Foundation founder and executive director Damario Solomon Simmons said the donations demonstrate the foundation's commitment to ensuring justice for Black communities in Tulsa and across the country.
It is "a significant step on the long-overdue path to justice" and "a show of resistance to Greenwood's attempts to erase" its Black community.
As a result of experiencing the bloodshed 100 years ago, all three men have talked openly about their experiences to preserve the story.
He recalled when white men and boys were entrusted with the duty of setting the city on fire following rumors of a white girl being assaulted by a Black teen. Some of [the buildings] were set ablaze. It was some of them that they tore up," she said. "I will never want to see another event like that again."
In his memoir, Ellis noted how he served his country as a soldier, but upon returning home he realized his skin color would remain a hindrance to progress.
"In my home country, I did not find any of those freedoms I had fought for overseas. Even though freedom was ripped away from me at home, I fought for freedom overseas," he said "Both my community and home were destroyed. As far as I am concerned, America will be able to resolve this conflict in the long run. In the aftermath of the war, I discovered this freedom I fought for overseas was no longer there. My skin color prevented me from getting GI Bill benefits like white servicemen."
A highlight of the testimony was Fletcher's testimony before House members on the continued fight for reparations. While Simmons recognizes that the $300,000 gift pales by comparison to the survivors' desired compensation, she hopes it offers some comfort and hope.
He expressed his excitement about doing his part to correct these injustices. As we continue to call for reparations, we must alleviate the financial burdens left behind by not only the massacre itself but also systemic racism that followed the massacre. In order to ensure enduring injustices are actively challenged, we have to tell their stories, confront our past, and learn from it. Tulsa Race Massacre changed the course of American history forever. The Tulsa Race Massacre is a prime example of how America continues to struggle with systemic racism.
This article was penned by Jonathan P. Wright. Jonathan is a freelance writer for multiple mainstream publications and CVO of RADIOPUSHERS. You can read more of his work by clicking here.


There is unprecedented agreement among governments, the development cooperation community, private investors, and companies, that securing Indigenous Peoples and local communities' land rights is a global priority. Secure local land rights are a low-cost strategy to reduce forest carbon emissions; a means to reduce financial risk to investments; and a basic human right of the Indigenous Peoples and local communities whose livelihoods rely on local resources.
What kind of support is needed to enable Indigenous Peoples and Local Communities to better protect and advance their rights with governments and private actors?
I think that Indigenous peoples and local communities need to be given opportunity to be decision makers through participatory engagement and involvement. Although participatory approaches are time heavy, they can be key igniters for helping people to realise that their voices, knowledge and lived experiences are integral to successful resource management approaches. Participatory approaches, if well facilitated also assist 'outsiders' such as government officers and private actors, to experience the value of the knowledge, experiences and voices of Indigenous peoples. Participatory 3-dimensional modelling (P3DM) is one avenue that I have found to be very successful in this regard.
Thanks M'Lis – do you have any examples or case studies you could share on P3DM?
If you go to a website http://www.iapad.org there are some fantastic examples of where P3DM has been used for advocacy, land rights issues, engagement in planning, NRM and climate change adaptation issues. Its a great read.
My own experiences in facilitating P3Dm with Indigenous communities here in Australia and the Pacific have shown me what a positive, enlightening, empowering process P3DM and other participatory approaches can be. Of course they are also time consuming, and human-resource intensive, and can be scuttled at times by existing issues in a community too if not facilitated well. If done well, it is the community who make the decisions about what to include on their map, what not to include, how it will look, who will have access to information and when and what to use the information for. At the end the community also makes the decision about when and if to involve outside 'experts' or government, and then how they can be involved. They also make a decision about whether they want the information that have placed on the 'model/map' to be transferred to a digital mapping system (GIS).
Thanks M'Lis – this is a great resource – thanks so much for sharing! I wonder how new advances in satellite imagery and digital mapping sandboxes (allowing for virtual participation) could be used to achieve the same effect only faster and at less cost….something to noodle over!
Thanks for your reply! Actually the changes in GIS and access to satellite imagery don't really have a big impact on the P3DM process as it mainly focusses on the participation of the community at every stage – which is the way ownership of the model and the process occur. So in a P3DM process it is the youth who construct the model which has the effect of engaging them with maps and their landscape as well as connecting them to their elders better. As they do the construction with support from other older community members it is often during this period that youth begin to become privy to some of the stories of elders that spontaneously emerge – usually because they are so focussed on the places that they are constructing in the model. Almost always there are youth who are very engaged in this part of the process that then stay on to become part of the steps around legend development and knowledge depiction. It really is a fascinating technique that can be very empowering in re-connecting communities to their significant places and knowledges!
je vous sur conviens Avec l'approche participative qui intègre la prise en compte des droits des peuples autochtones. Aussi les acteurs qui les accompagnent (ONG, organisation de la société civile) doivent fortement les impliquer dans la mise en oeuvre des résolutions qui les concernent au premier rang. La participation intègre leur présence à des instances décisionnel.
Thank you-merci M'Lis, Jamison, and Liliane for your comments.
I'd like to share a beautiful video of the South Central People's Development Association from Guyana. They received UNDP's Equator Prize in 2015 for their forest conservation work. One of their innovative solutions to deforestation was the development of collective land use plans that involved community mapping using traditional knowledge and modern technologies including smart phones, GPSs and drones. The mapping allowed the community to justify their claims to the community forests.
J'aimerais partager une belle vidéo de l'Association de développement du peuple du centre-sud du Guyana. Ils ont reçu le Prix Equateur du PNUD en 2015 pour leurs travaux de conservation des forêts. L'une de leurs solutions novatrices à la déforestation a été l'élaboration de plans collectifs d'utilisation des terres qui impliquaient une cartographie communautaire utilisant les connaissances traditionnelles et les technologies modernes, notamment les téléphones intelligents, les GPS et les drones. La cartographie a permis à la communauté de justifier ses revendications sur les forêts communautaires (le vidéo est en anlais).
I would also like to share a Toolkit created by the ICCA Consortium that provides various methods (page 15-) to map indigenous and community conserved areas including:participatory Geographic Information Systems, balloon mapping, kite mapping, participatory mapping, and cultural mapping, among other forms of documenting land and resources.
Je voudrais également partager une boîte à outils créée par le Consortium ICCA qui fournit diverses méthodes (page 15-en anglais) pour cartographier les zones conservées autochtones et communautaires par example: systèmes d'information géographique participatifs, cartographie des ballons, cartographie cerf-volant, cartographie participative et cartographie culturelle, entre autres. d'autres formes de documentation des terres et des ressources.
Do you have experience these various mapping methods? If so, which one did you use, and what results did it yield?
Avez-vous l'expérience de ces différentes méthodes de cartographie? Si oui, lequel avez-vous utilisé, et quels résultats avez vous obtenus?


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Chelsea News: £200m Messi heartache, Khedira blow, Fergie 'jealous' of Mourinho
CHELSEA boss Jose Mourinho has quashed talk of a move for Lionel Messi, while Sami Khedira says he wants to stay at Real Madrid. Meanwhile, former Manchester United manager Sir Alex Ferguson believes it is 'unfair' Mourinho has dashing good looks.
By Charles Perrin
09:14, Wed, Dec 24, 2014
Lionel Messi Player Profile
Mourinho says Chelsea have 'no chance' of signing Messi.
The Argentine superstar has a £200m buyout clause, and has been continually linked with moves to Chelsea and Manchester City.
But Mourinho has admitted Financial Fair Play (FFP) regulations stands in the way of a prospective deal being completed.
He said: "No I have no chance of that.
"Because at this moment there is financial fair play and with the financial fair play we have to follow certain rules, certain numbers and we obviously have no conditions to buy, as you say a 'super amazing player' paid with 'super amazing numbers' that Chelsea at this moment we cannot do."
Khedira has dealt Arsenal and Chelsea a major blow by stressing his desire to remain at Real Madrid.
The Germany international has only made eight appearances for Los Blancos this season, with injuries taking their toll.
Despite facing stiff competition from Toni Kroos, Isco, Asier Illarramendi and Luka Modric for a starting spot, Khedira feels he still has a lot to offer at the Bernabeu.
"I'd be happy if we found a solution to the contract situation I'm in good shape again and so I'm very confident that I'm going to get my chances to play very soon," Khedira told German publication Stuttgarter Nachrichten.
Former United boss Ferguson has jokingly admitted it is 'unfair' that Mourinho is so good looking and can speak five languages.
Ferguson enjoyed many a tussle with Mourinho during his 27 years in charge of the Red Devils.
But the Scot was very complimentary of the Portuguese tactician, who has lifted 16 titles in four different countries.
In an interview with BT Sport, Ferguson said: "It is unfair really. He's good looking, he's got that sort of George Clooney bit in his hair now. But I think he is a great example, he can speak five languages or whatever he can."
Lionel Messi (pictured) won't be joining Chelsea claims Jose Mourinho
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Carlo Ancelotti's four-word text message to Duncan Ferguson before Everton vs Aston Villa


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DO YOU NEED AL-ANON?
DID YOU GROW UP WITH A PROBLEM DRINKER OR CURRENTLY LIVE WITH ONE?
Alcoholism is a family disease. Those who have lived with this disease as children sometimes have problems which the Al-Anon program can help them resolve. If you answer yes to some of the following twenty questions, Al-Anon may help.
Do you constantly seek approval and affirmation?
Do you fail to recognize your accomplishments?
Do you fear criticism?
Do you over extend yourself?
Have you had problems with your own compulsive behavior?
Do you have a need for perfection?
Are you uneasy when your life is going smoothly, continually anticipating problems?
Do you feel more alive in the midst of a crisis?
Do you still feel responsible for others, as you did for the problem drinker in your life?
Do you care for others easily, yet find it difficult to care for yourself?
Do you isolate yourself from other people?
Do you respond with fear to authority figures and angry people?
Do you feel that individuals and society in general are taking advantage of you?
Do you have trouble with intimate relationships?
Do you confuse pity with love, as you did with the problem drinker?
Do you attract and/or seek people who tend to be compulsive and abusive?
Do you cling to relationships because you are afraid of being alone?
Do you mistrust your own feelings and the feelings expressed by others?
Do you find it difficult to identify and express your emotions?
Do you think parental drinking may have affected you?
HAS YOUR LIFE BEEN AFFECTED BY SOMEONE ELSE'S DRINKING?
The following questions are designed to help you decide whether or not you need Al-Anon:
Do you worry about how much someone drinks?
Do you have money problems because of someone else's drinking?
Do you tell lies to cover up for someone else's drinking?
Do you feel that if the drinker cared about you, he or she would stop drinking to please you?
Do you blame the drinker's behavior on his or her companions?
Are plans frequently upset or canceled or meals delayed because of the drinker?
Do you make threats, such as, "If you don't stop drinking, I'll leave you"?
Do you secretly try to smell the drinker's breath?
Are you afraid to upset someone for fear it will set off a drinking bout?
Have you been hurt or embarrassed by a drinker's behavior?
Are holidays and gatherings spoiled because of drinking?
Have you considered calling the police for help in fear of abuse?
Do you search for hidden alcohol?
Do you ever ride in a car with a driver who has been drinking?
Have you refused social invitations out of fear or anxiety?
Do you feel like a failure because you can't control the drinking?
Do you think that if the drinker stopped drinking, your other problems would be solved?
Do you ever threaten to hurt yourself to scare the drinker?
Do you feel angry, confused, or depressed most of the time?
Do you feel there is no one who understands your problems?
WHAT IS AL-ANON?
Al-Anon Family Groups are a fellowship of relatives and friends of alcoholics who share their experience, strength, and hope, in order to solve their common problems. They believe alcoholism is a family illness, and that changed attitudes can aid recovery.
Al-Anon is not allied with any sect, denomination, political entity, organization, or institution; does not engage in any controversy, neither endorses nor opposes any cause. There are no dues for membership. Al-Anon is self-supporting through its own voluntary contributions.
Al-Anon has but one purpose: to help families of alcoholics. They do this by practicing the Twelve Steps, by welcoming and giving comfort to families of alcoholics, and by giving understanding and encouragement to the alcoholic.
Al-Anon's program of recovery is based on the 12 Steps and 12 Traditions of Alcoholics Anonymous. The Steps are the foundation for personal recovery and the traditions help Al-Anon groups sustain their unity and fellowship. The Twelve Concepts of Service provide guidance for service in the Al-Anon fellowship.
HOW WILL IT HELP ME?
Many who go to Al-Anon are in despair, feeling hopeless, unable to believe that things can ever change. They want their lives to be different, but nothing they have done has brought about change. They all go to Al-Anon because they want and need help.
In Al-Anon, members share their own experience, strength, and hope with each other. They meet others who share their feelings and frustrations, if not your exact situation. They go together to learn a better way of life, to find happiness whether the alcoholic is still drinking or not.
IS IT RELIGIOUS?
Al-Anon Family Groups is a spiritual fellowship, not a religious one. They avoid discussion of specific religious doctrine, and members of all faiths (or of none) are welcome. Their Twelve Steps ask them to find a "Power greater than ourselves" who can help them solve their problems and find serenity. Each member is free to define that power in their own way.
There are no dues or fees in Al-Anon meetings. Most groups pass a basket for voluntary contributions. Members are asked to contribute what they can afford, so that the group can pay rent, provide literature, and offer support to local and worldwide service centers.
DO YOU HAVE TO SAY ANYTHING AT THE MEETINGS?
It is your choice to speak or not during the meetings. Newcomers are welcomed to meetings, usually provided with literature and a local meeting list, and invited to listen and learn. Some meetings offer beginners' meetings, specifically for newcomers. Members are available to answer questions before or after the meetings.
HOW DO ALCOHOLICS AFFECT FAMILY AND FRIENDS?
Alcoholism is a family disease. The disease affects all those who have a relationship with a problem drinker. Those closest to the alcoholic suffer the most, and those who care the most can easily get caught up in the behavior of another person. We react to the alcoholic's behavior. We focus on them, what they do, where they are, how much they drink. We try to control their drinking for them. We take on the blame, guilt, and shame that really belong to the drinker. We can become as addicted to the alcoholic, as the alcoholic is to alcohol. We, too, can become ill.
IF I AM CONCERNED ABOUT SOMEONE'S DRINKING OR DRUG USE, SHOULD I ATTEND A MEETING?
Al-Anon Family Groups have one focus: to help families and friends of alcoholics. The discussion at meetings and their literature support members' recovery from the effects of someone else's drinking. Individuals concerned about a relative or friend's drinking and use of drugs can attend Al-Anon meeting for problems related to the alcoholic's drinking.
WILL ANYONE SAY THAT I'VE BEEN TO A MEETING?
One of the Al-Anon program's basic principles is that of anonymity. Meetings are confidential, and they do not disclose whom they see or what they hear at meetings to anyone.
For more information about Al-Anon and to find meetings near you, please visit www.al-anon.org
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DONT THINK HE LIKES GOOGLE!
Galo, don't talk if u don't know anything about it.
It's real, but it was just a fail of google their system, the system didn't censored his face.
And now… it has been deleted from Streetview.


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Q: open drive picker with a known fileId selected In my webapp it can happen that a user imported an owned drive file through a copy-pasted link. At that point I already know the fileId from the link, but I need to ask the user to go through the picker in order to make that file available within the app (I'm using drive.file scope only).
I tried using the View.setQuery(string) api, but I'm not sure it can help.
Is it possible to set a query for a specific fileId? Is there some other way to achieve it?

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Ovarian Transplant Recipient Gives Birth Twice
First Child Was Born After Fertility Treatment, but Second Child Was Conceived Naturally
by Kathleen Doheny
WebMD Health News
A former cancer patient in Denmark who had an ovarian transplant and gave birth to a daughter after IVF has had another child who was conceived naturally.
The news did not surprise a U.S. fertility expert, who tells WebMD most of his transplant patients have conceived naturally. "They just get pregnant naturally with intercourse," says Sherman Silber, MD, director of the Infertility Center of St. Louis, at St. Luke's Hospital.
Still, Andersen says that "we are surprised [at] how robust the procedure turns out and how long the transplants actually remain functional. We have other women who have had functional tissue for more than five years, having been transplanted with somewhat more tissue." Silber says, "We have 10 children [from his center] already," he says.
Although the numbers of transplants, pregnancies, and births resulting from ovarian transplants are in constant flux, Silber estimates about 50 ovarian transplant attempts have been made worldwide, with 13 at his center.
In an email interview, Bergholdt recalled the transplant experience. "Of course it is not pain free, but when you have cancer and are facing chemotherapy and much bigger and more invasive surgery this [transplant] was not a big deal," she writes. "At least not for me! The benefits and hope of having a child of my own did compensate for that pain and discomfort."
While both pregnancies were initially "hard to believe," Bergholdt says eventually "as I grew bigger and bigger I became less skeptical and began to enjoy the pregnancies and all the great expectations about the babies, and me becoming a mother!"
How Ovarian Transplants Work
The freezing or cryopreservation of ovarian tissue is a relatively new medical method, developed initially to help cancer patients with the hope of reproducing once their treatment is finished.
Although the transplant has been viewed as experimental, it is slowly becoming accepted now as the fertility-preserving method of choice.
Ovarian transplants might also help women whose fertility is impaired by treatments for other diseases such as autoimmune diseases. More controversial than a transplant after treatment for a disease is freezing ovarian tissue for transplantation in women who have delayed childbearing or who have entered menopause but then want to conceive.
Silber says that the transplant "sounds like a lot of surgery, but actually it is just a simple outpatient procedure, and not very invasive, compared to months of hormonal stimulation and multiple cycles of treatment required for IVF or egg freezing."
In response to the Human Reproduction paper, William Gibbons, MD, president of the American Society for Reproductive Medicine, said in a prepared statement: "There is no question that the science behind ovarian tissue preservation and transplantation continues to advance. It is an exciting and rapidly advancing field of research."
News Coverage of an Whole Ovary Transplant Between Non-identical Sisters