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La elección estatal en Bremen de 1967 fue la séptima elección al Bürgerschaft de la Ciudad Libre Hanseática de Bremen. Tuvo lugar el 1 de octubre de 1967.

Resultados
La participación fue del 77,0 por ciento.

El SPD perdió la mayoría absoluta de los escaños. Continuó gobernando con el FDP.

El NPD, que previamente ya estaba representado en el Bürgerschaft por cuatro diputados electos en representación del Partido Alemán en 1963, entró (por única vez hasta ahora) en el parlamento.

Fuentes
 Wahlen in Deutschland
 Wahlarchiv der Tagesschau

Elecciones en Bremen
Elecciones en 1967
Alemania en 1967


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Calymne
City in Maltropian Islands, MaltropiaTemplate:SHORTDESC:City in Maltropian Islands, Maltropia
Caladh Leamhain
Calymne in the snow
Motto(s):
fecundaque melle Calymne (Latin)
"and Calymne rich in honey"
Maltropian Islands
Inis Meala
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Calymne (from Irish Caladh Leamhain, meaning "harbour of the moth") is a city in the Maltropian Islands. The capital of the principality of Inis Meala, it is home to 206,000 people and is the twentieth-most populous city in the country. Its metropolitan area is the largest conurbation in the principality and includes more than a quarter of a million people.
Located on the northern shore of Inis Meala, Calymne is the principality's chief port and second only to Groomsbridge in importance for shipping on Ó Ruairc's Passage. It is the chief economic driver for the island of Inis Meala.
Calymne was known chiefly by its name in Irish until the late eighteenth century, prior to which the English spelling had been Calamin. The city's motto, "fecundaque melle Calymne" (meaning "and Calymne rich in honey"), is from Book VIII of Ovid's Metamorphoses; the modern spelling of the name draws from the poem.
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The 1651 edition
Posted: October 28, 2012 | Author: Jillian Linster | Filed under: Editions, Illustrations, Title Page | Tags: censorship, Crooke, illustration, illustrations, Mikrokosmographia | Leave a comment
While in Seattle for the PAMLA conference, I was able to make a brief visit to the Health Sciences Library at the University of Washington to view their copy of the 1651 edition of Crooke's Mikroskomographia. Although I didn't have time (or the resources handy) to closely compare the text itself (by which I mean the words that comprise the body of the work – is "text" the correct term?), I did notice several other distinct aspects of this edition and this individual book.
For one thing, the 1651 edition includes several new illustrations. Most striking is the completely made-over title page, part of which I've mentioned in an earlier post. This title page also appears on the 1631 edition (and perhaps others; I suppose one thing to add to the "to-do" list is a catalog of title pages among editions). I apologize for the poor image quality; while my iPhone camera actually does quite a fine job when given the chance, I was in a bit of a hurry, and ended up with several blurs. I do have better photographs of each of the individual sections.
There are many interesting images packed into the tight space, and I'll spend another post examining each more closely, including the tableau at the bottom which, supposedly, includes a portrait of Crooke himself. What I found most unfortunate about this UW copy is that the library has placed their identifying stamp directly on the back of the title page, causing the bright blue ink to bleed through right in the middle of the text at center. I mentioned this to Donna Hirst, curator of the John Martin Rare Book Room at the medical library here at UIowa. She explained that some sort of permanent identifying mark is necessary in case the book should be stolen; however, she agreed with me that the placement of the UW stamp was a travesty. I wonder if perhaps they were worried the title page itself might be torn out, given that it's arguably the most interesting visual in the book. Although I'd rather see it some place more unobtrusive, I do like the idea of a permanent mark being placed on the book by each and every one of its owners, as a matter of provenance as well as narrative—it's part of the book's own story.
The images within the 1651 Mikrokosmographia also vary from the 1615 edition. There are new additions, as well as alterations to existing illustrations. One of the most striking changes to previous images that I noticed involves the illustration of the female reproductive system; the original detailed illustration of the genitals has been erased into a featureless blob.
1615 edition (UIowa copy)
1651 edition (UW copy)
Given that Crooke's original inclusion of such explicit images caused vehement protest, but he insisted on printing them anyway (apparently to no consequence), I was initially surprised to see the more demure version in this later edition—until I double-checked my dates. Crooke died in 1648, meaning this later edition was published three years after his death. Thirty-six years later, the censors gained some ground, although I can't help but think of this victory as rather little, and awfully late. I'm anxious now to check the intervening editions for this image.
A Printer of Shakespeare
Posted: August 24, 2012 | Author: Jillian Linster | Filed under: Title Page, William Jaggard | Tags: Crooke, Shakespeare, William Jaggard | Leave a comment
One of the (major) perks of being at the University of Iowa is access to a bigger library!
As I waited this summer for the move and for school to start, I compiled a list of the books I wanted to check out from the UIowa library. I was thrilled to find so many great items in the catalog, things I would have had to request through interlibrary loan at the University of South Dakota (although their early modern section is none too shabby, thanks to diligent attention from Dr. Darlene Farabee). However, when I got to campus, there was a good number I could not find on the shelves. And it wasn't just the library construction; a re-check of the catalog showed that, indeed, several of the books were checked out.
As I've experienced the irritation of having a library book on my office shelf recalled, I'm reluctant to pull that move on someone else unless I really do need the volume. One book I just could not live any longer without seeing was A Printer of Shakespeare: The Books and Times of William Jaggard by Edwin Eliott Willoughby (1934). The title practically promised mention of Crooke, and I was not disappointed. (I have to admit, immediately checking the index of a volume for Crooke's name has become such a habit I do it almost reflexively, even to non-early-modern books.)
In his first chapter, Willoughby explains that his primary motivation for writing the book is to shift the general opinion regarding Jaggard from "infamous pirate, liar and thief" (Swinburne's label) to "the conclusion that he was an honest, prosperous, puritan printer who occasionally . . . made a slip" (Willoughby 3-4). Willoughby's approach is blatantly biased and plainly dated, but I like the book all the more for just those reasons; the writing is lively, personal, and opinionated. In full disclosure, I haven't finished the entire volume yet, but it's been quite an enjoyable read. I'm pleased to come across anyone interested in this set of characters, but to find someone passionately concerned with one of them is a genuine delight.
Jaggard's relationship to Crooke, of course, is an important one. They were involved both professionally and personally, and I wonder sometimes how much light their relationship might shed on such interactions in turn-of-the-seventeenth-century London. Although several later sources agree that Crooke and Jaggard initially met when the former treated the latter for syphilis, Willoughby is the first I've read that is distinctly derogatory regarding Crooke's work on the case. Willoughby also provides some further insight regarding the source of this information, the Sloane manuscripts (which, as I've mentioned before, it seems I will have to travel to London to see). Willoughby writes:
In the Sloane Manuscripts, preserved at the British Museum, is recorded the history of Jaggard's treatment [for syphilis] (MS. Sloane, 640 ff. 192 a, 266 b, 275 a). The physician who attended the case—we fear in none too skilful a manner—is not identified but he may have been Dr. Helkiah Crooke with whom Jaggard later, at least, seems to have been upon good terms. (103)
Amusingly, Willoughby quite handsomely avoids using the word "syphilis" directly, instead describing how Jaggard's body
was racked by a disease which is terrible even to-day when all the forces of modern science are marshalled against it, and in the time of Jaggard, with the lack of knowledge of sanitation, was so common that its name was a by-word on the street and stage. . . . Finally, either the disease, or the mercury treatment for it, deprived William Jaggard of that sense which is so necessary to a printer, his sight. . . . In spite of his blindness, William Jaggard struggled on. (102-03)
Indeed, even if Crooke was to blame for the outcome of Jaggard's tribulation, it seems to me that Jaggard himself would have been unlikely to recognize it, and the two men do seem to have struck up some sort of friendship, for their relationship continued. In his chapter on "The Books of William Jaggard," Willoughby provides a breakdown of the sorts of books Jaggard printed.
History and Heraldry – – 33%
Religion – – – – – 30%
Literature – – – – 18%
Science – – – – – 11%
Other subjects – – – – 8%
Willoughby explains:
Jaggard's fondness for large illustrated folios and his friendship for [Thomas] Milles and [Augustine] Vincent no doubt accounts largely for the expenditure of so large a proportion of his time and capital in the printing of books and heraldry, and his production of scientific books was no doubt stimulated by the same preferences and his friendship for Topsell and probably for Crooke. (186)
I don't know enough about Jaggard's contemporaries to know how this breakdown compares to what other printers were producing, nor am I certain how this compares to what we know about general reading preferences of the time. Elsewhere, Willoughby, like others, credits some of Jaggard's interest in Crooke's anatomy volume to Jaggard's father's membership in the Barber-Surgeons' Company: "And no doubt Jaggard was proud to be the publisher of his learned work dedicated to his father's guild" (106).
Of the two works Jaggard himself issued in 1615, Willoughby calls Mikrokosmographia the "much more important work" (the other was something by Thomas Adams titled The Blacke Devill, Lycanthropy and The Spirituall Navigator; 106). Willoughby helpfully explains that "Crooke's Mikrokosmographia appeared in three issues, the first in 1615, a second in 1616, and a third in 1618. Besides the changes on the title-page various alterations were introduced in the preface" (106-07). Intriguingly, an image Willoughby includes in this section of his book reproduces the "TITLE-PAGE OF THE RARE SECOND ISSUE OF CROOKE'S MIKROKOSMOGRAPHIA, from the apparently unique copy in the University of Chicago libraries" (plate inserted between pp. 106-07). The title page certainly does look very similar to the majority of the 1615 copies I've seen, with the exception of the year in the final line at the bottom of the page; it does include the claim about the monarch I've discussed in previous posts. I'm going to have to do some more research, as at the moment I'm not sure exactly what Willoughby means by "issue," and I'm curious whether 1616 copies are really as rare as he implies.
A poxed printer
Posted: July 14, 2012 | Author: Jillian Linster | Filed under: Personal physician debate, Title Page, William Jaggard | Tags: Crooke, London, William Jaggard | Leave a comment
This final line of the title page identifies one more important relationship for Crooke. William Jaggard (1568-1623) is best known as the printer of the first folio of Shakespeare, which was completed the year of his death. However (unsurprisingly, I suppose), I find his role in the production of Mikrokosmographia equally interesting.
Jaggard was the son of a barber-surgeon; he met Crooke when he required treatment for syphilis. In his ODNB entry on Jaggard, Stanley Wells writes that Jaggard went blind from the disease "about 1612"; O'Malley records that the printer "suffered from a syphilitically induced blindness in 1612 and turned to Dr. Crooke in what was a vain effort to recover his lost sight" (5). (Both cite Sloane manuscript 640 at the British Museum as the source of this information, but I've been unsuccessful in my attempts to find any images of that manuscript online.) According to O'Malley, "the two men became friends," and when Jaggard told Crooke of his plans to publish a translation of Paré, the physician convinced the printer to take on his own "extensive anatomical treatise for which Crooke had long been collecting material" (6). I find it intriguing that both O'Malley and Wells use the verb "persuade" to describe the way Jaggard was hired as a printer (O'Malley in regard to Crooke; Wells in regard to Thomas Pavier, for whom Jaggard printed the Shakespeare folio). At this point in my readings, I have the impression that Jaggard was rather malleable in his business dealings, perhaps in part because of his blindness. I'm not saying that Crooke and Pavier were aggressively manipulative, but Jaggard does come across as somewhat passive in his transactions with these men. This could be important because it would also have bearing on the issue of the origin and verifiability of the title-page claim about Crooke serving as James I's personal physician; although Jaggard would have had more to lose for publishing a false claim, he could have been "persuaded" into it by Crooke, if that was the nature of their relationship.
In addition to Crooke and Jaggard's documented doctor-patient relationship, a search of the Map of Early Modern London reveals that Jaggard's location in the Barbican was not far (to the north) from St. Anne's lane, where Crooke lived at the time his book was published, and that the Barber-Surgeons hall, where Crooke's book was used and the company's anatomies were conducted, was located in between. I find the physical proximity of these locations a point worth noting. I wonder, for instance, if this nearness is the reason Crooke was called upon to treat Jaggard for his syphilitic blindness in the first place. The College of Physicians was some distance away, on Knightrider Street (south of St. Paul's). Ironically, because of Jaggard's blindness, when the College called on the printer to threaten him regarding the objectionable parts of Crooke's work, it was his wife Jane who appeared before them on his behalf. She apparently was either free from or did not suffer such severe symptoms of the disease.
Ungilding the lily
Posted: June 29, 2012 | Author: Jillian Linster | Filed under: Illustrations, Title Page | Tags: censorship, Crooke, illustrations, Mikrokosmographia | Leave a comment
The Mikrokosmographia title page illustration (1615 edition), reproduced two ways. Top: Photograph (unevenly lit) of the copy held at the University of Iowa; Bottom: Photocopy from C.D. O'Malley's Bulletin of the History of Medicine article reproducing another 1615 edition copy
The lower half of Crooke's title page features the images of two bodies, one male and one female. Like the rest of Crooke's illustrations (and much of his text), these originated in other sources, "the veined man from a zodiacal chart on phlebotomy and the woman from an almanac," according to Elizabeth Lane Furdell in Publishing and Medicine in Early Modern England (52). C.D. O'Malley, who sees the inclusion of these images on the title page as a blatant flaunting of Crooke's defiance in regard to the book's attempted suppression, identifies the illustrations as "a male and a pregnant female figure borrowed from Bauhin's Theatrum anatomicum, the latter one of the so-called indecent figures previously condemned by the College" (8). That these sources cite different origins for the illustrations may be due to differing images in subsequent editions; the 1631 Mikrokosmographia title page is much more intricate but still includes the two figures. The female appears softer but retains her previous posture and form, while the male undergoes more significant changes; although he remains veined and inexplicably one-armed, his veining is less detailed (appearing more stylistic and less scientific), he is turned to face the center of the page, and a conveniently placed lily grows to cover his more potentially offensive parts. This may have appeased Crooke's more prudish readers, but there is an odd juxtaposition in revealing the man's circulatory system while veiling his external genitalia.
A photocopy of the reproduction of the engraved 1631 title page provided by O'Malley in his Bulletin of the History of Medicine article and credited to the "Wellcome Trustees"; the image no doubt originates from a copy held by the Wellcome Trust in England.
Although there appears to be little in the image to verify that this is, indeed, a pregnant woman (as O'Malley notes), the same illustration does appear in the volume's Book Four, "Of the naturall parts belonging to Generation," where it is labeled: "Table x. sheweth the portrature of a woman great with child whose wombe is bared and the Kel taken away, that the stomacke, the guttes and the wombe might bee better seene" (V6v). According to the OED, "kel" is more commonly spelled "kell" and, given this context, would refer to "the fatty membrane investing the intestines"; this is what later becomes the word "caul" (although the alternate spelling "calle" also appears as early as 1382). In any case, this female figure is certainly an excellent example of the "self-demonstrating" anatomy subject Jonathan Sawday describes in The Body Emblazoned (113), as she coldly offers her best-kept secrets to the reader's gaze.
* As always, for complete bibliographic information on the sources used in this entry, see Further Reading
Posted: June 15, 2012 | Author: Jillian Linster | Filed under: College of Physicians, Title Page | Tags: censorship, College of Physicians, Crooke, King James I, London, Mikrokosmographia | Leave a comment
. . . the title page, that is.
I continue to be surprised by the tangents this project takes me on, but then I have to remember that was part of my goal in creating this blog. My current knowledge base is incredibly limited, so exploring the various issues that arise in the Crooke book gives me the opportunity to read further and learn more about aspects of seventeenth century England I would never have thought to explore. I have a lot more research to do before I can offer any real insight on the true nature of the relationship between Crooke and James I, so I'm going to continue that work behind the scenes and keep moving with the book here.
Oh, but look! That's easier said than done. The next line on the title page reads:
As I've mentioned, we'll come back to Crooke and the king. But I believe that the second part of this sentence – "according to the first integrity, as it was originally written by the AUTHOR" – refers to another significant event related to Mikrokosmographia: the attempted suppression of its publication.
C. D. O'Malley explains, "Although the Microcosmographia bears imprint of 1615 and Crooke's preface is dated 'last of May' of that year, parts of the work had been printed and were in circulation as early as November 1614″ (7).* The preview caused consternation among two groups, one religious and one professional. John King, Bishop of London, objected to both the text and illustrations of the sections devoted to human reproduction, particularly the elucidation regarding the female reproductive system, on grounds of indecency. He appealed to the College of Physicians, who had their own objections to the use of the English vernacular being used to disseminate knowledge they considered part of their professional domain. O'Malley writes,
The result was a decision that the President of the College, Sir William Paddy, and one of the Censors, Dr. Edward Lister, should wait upon the Bishop of London to propose that the Microcosmographia not be published at all and that some compensation be awarded the publisher for the costs he had endured; or, at the very least, book four ["Of the natural parts belonging to generation"] be deleted. (8)
Called before the College, Crooke took a month to make an appearance and then apparently refused to accede, as the College next tried to intimidate his publisher and the President threatened to burn all copies of the book he could get his hands on. In a final effort to induce the cooperation of the author and publisher, the College delegated two of its fellows to emend the offensive portions, but with no greater success, and finally the book was printed in its original form, "according to the first integrity, as it was originally written by the AUTHOR." I find it intriguing that after all this righteous indignation and furious threatening, there appears to have been no real negative consequences to Crooke's blatant defiance – aside from its cooling affect on his relationship with the College of Physicians, which was none too warm to begin with. This relationship, like that of Crooke to James I, is another complicated one I need to research further before I can offer any greater insight.
* For complete bibliographic information on this source, see "Further Reading"
A breadcrumb trail
Posted: June 8, 2012 | Author: Jillian Linster | Filed under: Personal physician debate, Title Page | Tags: Crooke, King James I | 2 Comments
As I explored in my last post, Crooke claims to have been "Physitian to His Majestie" James I on the title page of all but (what I believe to be) the earliest printings of Mikrokosmographia, in editions reaching from the earliest in 1615 to the last in 1651.
I explored my sources on Crooke for commentary on this issue. As I've mentioned before, Crooke's biography has not been the subject of much study to date. Most scholars who cite his text as a representation of seventeenth-century anatomy knowledge in England are, understandably, not much concerned with the finer points of his life story. My favorite one-sentence summation of Crooke's identity comes from Elizabeth D. Harvey, who calls him "Helkiah Crooke, seventeenth-century physician and promoter of the dissemination of medical knowledge into the vernacular" (295-96).* This is certainly accurate, but whether Crooke really was personal physician to James I has little or no bearing on that. Jonathan Sawday mentions the matter in passing when he introduces "the anatomist and physician to James I, Helkiah Crooke" (110). Elizabeth Lane Furdell observes, "Although Crooke described himself as 'Physitian to His Maiestie, and his Highnesse Professor in Anatomy and Chyrurgery,' the Fellows in the College of Physicians did not approve of his book" (52); this brings up another interesting issue I plan to explore in this blog, but rather elides the question of whether Crooke's claim was legitimate or not.
The authors specifically interested in Crooke's biography have slightly more to offer, but not much, in part because they are so few in number. The most recent of these is William Birken's entry on Crooke in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2010); Birken mentions "Crooke had a strong[…] ally in James I" and "the continuing support of James I," but doesn't take a clear stance on the issue (or, indeed, even directly mention it). Edward O'Donoghue, chronicler of Bethlehem Hospital where Crooke was keeper from 1619-1635, wrote the following in 1914:
Hilkiah [sic] Crooke was a Suffolk man of parts and learning, and, after studying at Cambridge and Leyden, was appointed in 1604 physician to James I. In the next year he wrote a book on anatomy ("Mikrokosmographia"), which he dedicated to his royal patron. (157)
The only source O'Donoghue credits for this passage is a 1631 copy of Mikrokosmographia. It is clear he must be somewhat confused, for although portions of Crooke's text were in circulation in 1614, it was first published in 1615 – ten years after O'Donoghue's timeline. Other idiosyncrasies make O'Donoghue's reliability dubious. More promising is C. D. O'Malley's 1968 article in the Bulletin of the History of Medicine, which, if my research has been thorough, appears to be the only source that clearly denounces Crooke's claim. O'Malley writes, "[Crooke] became attached to the royal medical service, but certainly not, as it is sometimes said, as one of the king's personal physicians" (3). He provides some insight into his reasoning, explaining the fact that Crooke sought election as a Candidate of the College of Physicians in 1610 "is indication that he was not one of the king's personal physicians, since they with royal support passed directly to the Fellowship" (3-4). This certainly makes sense to me, but I have to admit that when I went back and took this closer look, I was surprised to realize that O'Malley was the only clear voice in this camp; as you'll note from previous posts, this is the side I stand with.
*For full bibliographic information on all sources used in this post, see Further Reading


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Q: Algorithm for creating nonintersecting edges I have this task: Given n vertices, that are connected each to the next and previous, forming a railway like: 1--2--3--4...
Given a set of edges in the form of i -> j, and the edge can go either north of the railway, or south, the question is whether you can build the given edges (each either north or south of the railway) so that no two edges intersect?
My idea was with backtracking checking each of the given pairs first going north, and then going south combined with a matrix A where I keep if the edge from i to j (A[i][j]) is build north or south, and determine if I can build the next one so that it is not intersecting the precious ones, but it was too slow. Is there an existing algorithm that does what I want or can you help me with it?

A: First, we can assume without loss of generality all the routes i->j are from lower to higher numbers -- otherwise we can simply reverse any routes from higher to lower numbers.
Now, consider the graph where vertices are routes i->j in your railway, and edges exist between i->j and i'->j' if neither i <= i' < j' <= j or i' <= i < j <= j' (that is, the routes i->j and i'->j' have an edge between them in the graph if they would cross if they were on the same side of the train tracks).
The railway can be constructed if and only if this graph is bipartite. To test that efficiently, one can use an algorithm described for example here: How to find if a graph is bipartite?

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Math 105B: Mathematics and Pedagogy for Teaching Secondary Mathematics Lecture, four hours; fieldwork, 30 minutes. Requisites: courses 105A, 110A (or 117), 120A (or 123), and 131A, with grades of C- or better. Mathematical knowledge and research-based pedagogy needed for teaching key polynomial, rational, and transcendental functions and related equations in secondary school; professional standards and current research for teaching secondary school mathematics. Letter grading.
Math 105B is the second quarter in a team-taught course that aims to help you connect your undergraduate coursework to the secondary mathematics curriculum and to deepen your understanding of the mathematics you will teach. It also aims to teach you new mathematics content using various research-based instructional strategies and to emphasize problem solving and student presentation of solutions.
Math 105B aims to teach you a variety of research based instructional strategies, skill with the technology and software used in schools, and skill with various models for secondary mathematics topics. The course includes readings and discussion of current math education research and requires observation in local secondary schools.
Readings of math education research will be assigned regularly, with brief summaries and reflections due via online submission.
Students will work in groups to write two lesson plans employing methods taught in the course. After rounds of peer and instructor edits, groups will revise and submit final drafts.
Students will observe for 5 hours in an assigned secondary classroom. Observation notes will be taken. Students will choose one student to focus on, ask the students to complete a written response problem and subsequently interview them. Students will write a short paper analyzing the results of the interview.
A final exam will be given in the first two quarters of the sequence and a final portfolio will be due in the third quarter of the sequence. Collection of the elements for the final portfolio will be incorporated throughout the three quarter 105 sequence, including work on a paper tracing the development of a mathematical idea through the secondary and undergraduate curriculum. A number of the portfolio components will be due at the end of the second quarter.
Attendance and promptness to class, active pursuit of problem solutions, presentation of problem solutions to fellow students (at least twice in the quarter), and engagement in and completion of the work of the model lessons will be assessed.


Russian President Vladimir Putin made his remarks at a meeting with the leadership of the Russian parliament on December 25.
President Vladimir Putin has said Russia should scrap the 13 percent profit tax on funds repatriated from abroad and renew an amnesty from penalties for businesses returning capital.
Huge capital outflows in 2014 and deteriorating relations with the West over the Ukraine conflict as well as weak oil prices led Moscow to offer the amnesty for those returning capital to Russia.
The amnesty, which expired last year, dropped responsibility for past taxes and currency violations for those who declared assets abroad.
Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov said on December 22 that his ministry was proposing that such an amnesty be restored next year for at least 12 months.
U.S. President Donald Trump signed into law a new package of sanctions against Russia in August. One provision asked the U.S. Treasury Secretary to submit a report on the impact of expanding sanctions to cover Russian sovereign debt, with an outcome expected as early as February.
Speaking at a meeting with the leadership of the Russian parliament, Putin said he had two proposals which he had not previously spoken about publicly.
"The first is to extend the amnesty timeline, I mean external restrictions are not easing, but, on the contrary, tending to rise," he said.
The second proposal, Putin said, was canceling the 13 percent tax on transfers of capital to Russia by businesses.
Speaking at the same meeting, Putin also commented on the situation in Afghanistan, saying that, while the security in the country had weakened, the U.S. military presence there prevented it from deteriorating.
"Indeed, it has worsened," Putin said. "But if the United States were not there, it would probably be even worse." he said.


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-Reactions to the Texas Islamic Sharia Tribunal
Two weeks ago we posted about the establishment of a new Muslim sharia tribunal in Texas. Since then I have found quite a few reactions to that development. The following are the most substantive:
See the interview of two members of the tribunal by Glen Beck above. Later in the linking article on the Blaze it is claimed that the tribunal imam actually lied in a response to one of Beck's assertions.
An article in the Christian Post has a number of responses to the tribunal including this from Mayor Beth van Duyne of Irving, Texas where the new sharia Islamic center is housed:
"Let me be clear, neither the city of Irving, our elected officials or city staff have anything to do with the decision of the mosque that has been identified as starting a Shariah court." …
"Texas Supreme Court precedent does not allow the application of foreign law that violates public policy, statutory, or federal laws," continued van Duyne. "I am working with our State Representatives on legislation to clarify and strengthen existing prohibitions on the application of foreign law in violation of constitutional or statutory rights." …
"if it's determined that there are violations of basic rights occurring, I will not stand idle and will fight with every fiber of my being against this action."
"Our nation cannot be so overly sensitive in defending other cultures that we stop protecting our own," added van Duyne. "The American Constitution and our guaranteed rights reigns supreme in our nation and may that ever be the case."
Also in the article was this quote from Frank Gaffney of the Center for Security Policy in Washington, D.C.:
"I think what we will see is a coercion of Muslims to participate in this program," said Gaffney in a CBN story posted last weekend. "[Shariah] is a brutally repressive — very hostile to women, hostile to homosexuals, hostile to Jews, hostile to Christians — kind of totalitarian system."
I did find one excellent article that was somewhat neutral if not positive by Eugene Volokh in the Washington Post. Volokh likened the tribunal to other 'voluntary' religious 'courts' maintained by the Catholic Church, Orthodox Jews, Amish, and other American religious groups. He did note that there would naturally be pressure among the faithful to recognize, use, and obey rulings from this type of religious judicial body.
I am sympathetic to Volokh's outlook since everything he pointed out I had already thought about in relation to church and 'elder's courts' that I had experienced in Christian denominations. In reality obedience to the Islamic Tribunal would be voluntary and the Constitutional rights of all Muslims in the USA and legal redress within the law would still be available to the participants.
However, I also noticed in the Volokh article that the tribunal 'judges' were careful to say that they were not 'arbitrators.' Legal arbitration is regulated by Texas state law which they obviously want to avoid. This is why it is fair to say that they are actually establishing a parallel legal system within the borders of the USA.
It may be 'voluntary' and legally 'non-binding' but within the Muslim community there will now be considerable pressure to ignore American law in favor of sharia rulings by this Islamic Tribunal. In the process Muslim women might be intimidated and even coerced to accept decisions that are not in their best interest nor legal in the USA. Tragically immigrant Muslim women who were not educated in this country may be unaware of their rights under American law and be forced to accept the rulings of a biased sharia tribunal instead of receiving equal treatment under American law. *Top
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Q: replacing spaces with chars $subject = "Keep your    spacing   perfect!";

Print out $subject where replace any two spaces in a row '' with a - and any single space '' with a * so the example above prints:
Keep*your--spacing-*perfect!
**NOTE: there are four spaces in between "your" and "spacing" so there will be only two dashes and there will be three asterisks in between "spacing" and "perfect" and only one in between "keep" and "your".
Im having  hard time with this question and I would like some help with this please

A: Replace first the double spaces, and then replace the single spaces in the result:
$subject = "Keep your    spacing   perfect!";
$subject = str_replace("  ", "-", $subject);
$subject = str_replace(" ", "*", $subject);
echo $subject;

A: This is a job for str_replace, you can use arrays to specify what to replace and the replacement, i.e.:
$subject = "Keep your    spacing   perfect!";
$subject = str_replace(array("  ", " "), array("-", "*"), $subject);
# Keep*your--spacing-*perfect!

DEMO


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Pets We Help
THANKS TO EVERYONE WHO HELPED RAISE MORE MONEY FOR THE MEDICAL TREATMENT OF RESCUE PETS THAN EVER BEFORE
1. 2017 Waggy Award recipient: TIPPI HEDREN
Film star and animal activist TIPPI HEDREN founded The Roar Foundation in 1983 which supports The Shambala Preserve in Acton, CA. The Preserve has given sanctuary and urgent medical care to over 235 exotic felines, all of which have come to the Preserve after confiscation by authorities, such as California Fish and Game, U.S. Department of Agriculture, SPCA, and Humane Societies. TIPPI works tirelessly to educate the public about exotic felines and is an unrelenting force against their buying, selling, breeding, or trading.
2. 2017 Waggy Award recipient: MOBY
MOBY is an international music superstar who works closely with a variety of different charities, including the Humane Society and Mercy for Animals. He owns and runs "little pine," an organic vegan restaurant in Silver Lake, CA. 100% of little pine's proceeds go to animal welfare organizations. Moby has written, "Our reliance on animal agriculture is literally killing us and ruining our climate and our planet." He agrees with Albert Einstein who said, "Nothing will benefit human health and increase the chances for survival of life on Earth as much as the evolution to a vegetarian diet."
3. HOST and previous WAGGY AWARD RECIPIENT JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL is an award-winning television anchor (CNN, HLN), author (iWant, Addict Nation, Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias), and online journalist (janeUnchained.com). On television and outside of it, Jane has also has dedicated her time and resources to various charitable and humane causes. She is well known for her animal rights advocacy and is a vegan and an environmentalist. In July 2009, Farm Animal Rights Movement awarded Jane the Celebrity Animal Activist Award. While working at Celebrity Justice, her reporting on animal cruelty earned that show Genesis Awards from the Humane Society of the United States. She earned additional Genesis Awards for her show Issues in 2010. PETA awarded her their "Movers and Shakers Award" in 2012.
4. Celebrity rescue pets were in attendance.
5. The undeniable glamour of the Taglyan Ballroom
6. Presenter GABRIELA COWPERTHWAITE, the producer and director of the critically acclaimed CNN documentary, Blackfish.
7. 2017 Waggy Award recipient: Karma Rescue's PAWS FOR LIFE
The prison program, PAWS FOR LIFE, was developed by the Los Angeles-based non-profit Karma Rescue, and gives shelter dogs an opportunity to become "Canine Good Citizens," an American Kennel Club designation that makes it easier for them to get adopted. PAWS FOR LIFE brings dogs to live with—and be trained by—inmates serving life-term sentences at California State prisons. Once dogs graduate from the 12-week training period, Karma Rescue places them in forever homes.
8. Actor, writer and professional imp, LESLIE JORDAN presents an award.
9. The remarkable BELLA OF PUG NATION. A happy dog with an inspiring story, and just one of the pets we helped this year.
10. Setting the stage for a great awards show.
The photos above were provided by David Alli of Don't Blink Photography, Michael Douglass Photography, and Rodin Eckenroth of Getty Images.
Want to see more? Check out many more photos here.
Thanks to everyone who sponsored the event, the contributors who came to enjoy the event, and especially to our 2016 Waggy Award recipients for all their efforts on behalf of animal welfare.
1. CO-HOST CLIVE PEARSE is a familiar face to American television audiences of HGTV, America's leader in home and lifestyle television programming. Clive is best known as the host of Designed To Sell and the network's hit reality series Design Star. He also hosted the live HGTV Dream Home Giveaway shows. Clive is actively involved with animal welfare and volunteers time with Academy Award nominee, Linda Blair, as a Board Member of her World Heart Foundation. He also works closely with the rescue group, Hounds Of Hope.
2. CO-HOST LISA LAPORTA is widely recognized by millions from her considerable visibility through a string of successful HGTV shows including, Designing for the Sexes, Designer's Challenge, Bang for Your Buck, Showdown, and First Time Design. For over 10 years, Lisa has been entering people's lives and helping them deal with the toughest design dilemmas. Lisa's animal companion, a miniature Golden Doodle named Pico, was found by her at an HGTV shoot on Pico Boulevard in Los Angeles. She was never able to locate his owners, but he's lived with her happily ever after.
3. WAGGY AWARD RECIPIENT GRAHAM BLOEM is the founder of Shelter to Soldier, a 501c3 non-profit organization that rescues dogs from an otherwise uncertain future in local shelters and trains them to become psychiatric service dogs for post-9/11 combat veterans suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, traumatic brain injury, and/or other injuries associated with traumatic service experience. Every day, 22 U.S. veterans and one active duty service member are lost to suicide. In an effort to address this international problem, Graham (who also serves as Training Director) and his team use their talents to train rescued service dogs to support his or her veteran handler.
4. WAGGY AWARD RECIPIENT JANE VELEZ-MITCHELL is an award-winning television anchor (CNN, HLN), author (iWant, Addict Nation, Exposed: The Secret Life of Jodi Arias), and online journalist (janeUnchained.com). On television and outside of it, Jane has also has dedicated her time and resources to various charitable and humane causes. She is well known for her animal rights advocacy and is a vegan and an environmentalist. In July 2009, Farm Animal Rights Movement awarded Jane the Celebrity Animal Activist Award. While working at Celebrity Justice, her reporting on animal cruelty earned that show Genesis Awards from the Humane Society of the United States. She earned additional Genesis Awards for her show Issues in 2010. PETA awarded her their "Movers and Shakers Award" in 2012.
5. WAGGY AWARD RECIPIENT MATT DABABNEH was elected to the State Assembly in 2013. He represents Greater Los Angeles's 45th District, which includes Calabasas, Encino, and Sherman Oaks (among others). Matt authored the Research Animal Adoption Bill (AB 147) in 2015. The bill, signed into law in October, requires that California research laboratories receiving tax-payer funding offer healthy dogs and cats — no longer needed for research purposes—to non-profit animal rescue organizations. Said Matt: "California — a leader in animal welfare legislation — has passed a common-sense and compassionate law to ensure that research animals are given a second chance at life. No longer will it be acceptable to euthanize adoptable dogs and cats."
6. PRESENTER LINDA BLAIR is an Academy Award-nominated actress (The Exorcist), an author (Going Vegan), and an animal welfare activist (Linda Blair Worldheart Foundation).
7. PRESENTER HARVEY LEVIN is a prolific TV producer (The People's Court, Celebrity Justice), lawyer, legal analyst, and reporter. He is the founder of celebrity news website, TMZ.
8. PRESENTER MONIQUE MADRID is the creator and host of Two Girls One Pup, a pet-friendly comedy experience designated by L.A. Weekly as one of the "10 Best New Stand-Up Shows in L.A."
9. PRESENTER MITCH O'FARRELL was elected to office in 2013 to succeed Los Angeles's now Mayor Eric Garcetti as the Councilmember of the 13th district. He received a Waggy Award in 2014.
SEE MORE GREAT PHOTOS FROM THE 2016 AWARDS, THE 2015 AWARDS, AND THE 2014 AWARDS: Photographer David Alli caught it all. Were you there?
PREVIOUS WAGGY AWARDS
Our annual event honors innovators and leaders who have made a difference in animal welfare in the local community and around the world.
Images above from the 2015 Waggy Awards — 1: Cassandra Peterson hosted. 2: Recipient Linda Blair and Gomez. 3: Who can resist a cuddle? 4: Recipient, Congressman Adam Schiff. 5: Tailwaggers founder Todd Warner and Lana Parrilla. 6: Celebrity hunting on the step and repeat. 7: Former NFL star Owen Pochman and board member Jeff Yarbrough. 8: The super-glam Taglyan Ballroom. 9: Yes, there were dogs to snuggle with. From the 2014 Waggy Awards ceremony — 10: The poster for the award-winning film, Blackfish. 11: Recipients Manuel Oteyza and Gabriella Cowperthwaite, the producer and director of the critically acclaimed CNN documentary, Blackfish. 12: Recipient Los Angeles City Council member Mitch O'Farrell. 13: Founder of Lifeline 4 Paws, recipient Chris Hogan. 14: Board members Jeff Yarbrough, Emma Parker Bowles, Todd Warner, Dr. Liz Friedman, and Ann Marie Scott. 15. The boys in the band.
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© 2019 TailWaggers.


The U-12 team travelled to play Ballingeary in the autumn league competition on Monday evening 24th September and were successful on a final score of Glengarriff 4-14, Ballingeary 4-07. All of the players were used during the game with Paudie McCarthy and Darragh MacElhinney scoring a goal each while the other two were courtesy of Mark O'Flaherty. The team have two further games against Muintir Bhaire and Clann Na Gael which are due to be played over the next week.
Glengarriff hosted the county U-14 championship meeting between Castletownbere and Muintir Bhaire which was won by the Durrus based side. Glengarriff now meet them at county semi-final stage which should go ahead this weekend.
Also down for decision this weekend is a junior league fixture at home to Kilmeen, please check locally for details of this and the U-14 game.


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День работников СИЗО и тюрем — профессиональный праздник всех работников следственных изоляторов (СИЗО) и тюрем в Российской Федерации.
Эта дата отмечается в России ежегодно 31 октября.

История и празднование

14 сентября 2006 года руководитель Федеральной службы исполнения наказаний Юрий Иванович Калинин подписал приказ, согласно которому 31 октября объявлен профессиональным праздником — «Днем работников СИЗО и тюрем».

Дата для проведения «дня работников СИЗО и тюрем» была выбрана не случайно: 31 октября 1963 года Коллегия министерства охраны общественного порядка РСФСР приняла решение о создании в Советском Союзе следственных изоляторов, как нового вида учреждений уголовно-исполнительной системы.

«День работников СИЗО и тюрем» — профессиональный праздник более чем для 50 тысяч человек, работающих в структуре ФСИН России.

Примечания

См. также
 День работников уголовно-исполнительной системы Минюста

Ссылки
 Перечень всех следственных изоляторов и мест лишения свободы России

СИЗО
СИЗО
Праздники 31 октября

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Unemployment and inflation—Canada's worrying numbers
With the inflation debate in Canada focusing on whether this inflation is transitory or not, we've seen little discussion about how our inflation compares with other advanced economies.
The International Monetary Fund released its update of the World Economic Outlook Database in October and there are now updated estimates for 2021 and beyond. While monthly consumer inflation in Canada (according to Statistics Canada) is currently pushing 5 per cent, our consumer inflation for 2021—as estimated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) using consumer prices—is expected to be closer to 4 per cent.
For the major 35 IMF advanced economies, consumer inflation in 2021 is expected to average 2.8 per cent, putting Canada well above the average. The rates are expected to range from highs of 7 per cent for Estonia and 5 per cent for the United States to lows of just under 1 per cent for Switzerland and Japan. At 3.8 per cent, Canada's inflation rate for 2021 is expected to rank 6th highest of the 35 IMF advanced economies.
Of course, some might argue that a little inflation might be just the lubricant needed to help pandemic-stricken economies rebound given the traditional macroeconomic relationship (provided by the Phillips Curve) between inflation and unemployment, which posits an inverse relationship between the two variables. That is, high inflation rates have been associated with low unemployment rates whereas lower inflation rates have often been accompanied by higher unemployment rates.
This would suggest that across these countries, if Canada has a higher inflation rate, then it should also have a markedly lower unemployment rate.
However, that does not appear to be the case. Again, the IMF estimates for 2021 reveal an average unemployment rate for the 35 IMF advanced economies at 6.2 per cent with Canada again above the average at 7.7 per cent. The highest rates are just over 15 per cent for Greece and Spain while the lowest are expected in Japan and Singapore at just under 3 per cent. Indeed, Canada is expected to have the 8th highest unemployment rate of these advanced economies.
Higher unemployment and higher inflation—once termed "stagflation"—is a truly miserable macroeconomic outcome. Indeed, the sum of the inflation rate and the unemployment rate has been dubbed the Misery Index and a quick calculation of this index for these advanced economies puts Canada in the 6th highest spot. As the chart below illustrates, the most "miserable" advanced economies in 2021 are expected to be Spain, Greece, Estonia, Latvia, Italy and Canada with the combined sum of the inflation rate and the unemployment rate ranging from 17.9 per cent to 11.5 per cent.
At the bottom in terms of misery are Taiwan, Singapore, Switzerland and Japan ranging from 5.4 per cent to 3.5 per cent.
For Canadians, the adage that misery loves company will be cold comfort given the higher costs of food, energy and rent that have marked the last few months. While many might argue that our inflation is not as severe as that of the U.S., with our unemployment rate remaining higher than other countries (including the U.S. at 5.4 per cent), Canadians are indeed left wondering if 2022 will be better or worse.
Livio Di Matteo
Source URL (modified on 12/03/2021 - 10:59): https://www.fraserinstitute.org/blogs/unemployment-and-inflation-canadas-worrying-numbers


It's an ambitious goal to reach the number of 3 million tourists per year in Armenia within the next four years, Mekhak Apresyan from Armenia's State Committee for Tourism recently told. In order to achieve this goal, according to him a number of measures must be taken. In particular he means that it is important to improve the service quality, to develop an efficient infrastructure and to train the personnel.
According to Armenia's National Statistical Service, during the last year the country was visited by approximately 1.5 million tourists, which is 19% more than 2016.
Currently MyCaucasus offers individual or small group tailor-made trips in Armenia. It is also possible to combine a tour in Armenia with the countries Azerbaijan and Georgia. From 2019 MyCaucasus will also offer guaranteed group tours in Armenia, which can be booked online on mycaucasus.com.
Read more: Armenia's neighbour Georgia and its succesful start in 2018.


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Q: Proof of hall's marriage theorem by Halmos This is one of the various proofs for Hall's theorem.

I have a question in Case 2 explanation. Let T $\subseteq$S.
Then how can we conclude $N_{G}(S\cup T)$ $\subseteq$ $N_{G}(S)$$\cup$ $N_{Q}(T)$
What I dont understand is that some of the vertices in T can have corresponding vertices in N(S) and not necessarily only in Q.


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Bié es una de las dieciocho provincias en que se encuentra dividida administrativamente Angola. Tiene una superficie de 70.314 km² y 1.338.923 habitantes (2014), y su capital es la ciudad de Kuito.

Municipios con población estimada en julio de 2018

Geografía
La provincia se encuentra en el centro de Angola y limita al norte con la provincia de Malanje, al noreste con la provincia de Lunda Sul, al este con la de Moxico, al sur con la de Cuando Cubango y al oeste con la provincia de Huila, Huambo y Cuanza Sul.

Su clima fresco y sus abundantes lluvias hacen posible el cultivo de maíz, caña de azúcar, arroz, café y cacahuete.

La meseta de Bié en la que se sitúa la provincia está conectada por ferrocarril con el océano Atlántico.

Morfológicamente el territorio se caracteriza por el altiplano angoleño que alcanza en la provincia una altitud máxima de 1.852 . La tierra está entre la más fértil de Angola y la surca al este y al norte  el río Cuanza, que al discurrir hacia el norte marca parte de la frontera con Malanje. El suroeste lo surca el río Cuchi, un afluente del río Cubango.

Demografía
La población de la provincia en 1992 se estimaba en 1'119.000 habitantes. De acuerdo con las estadísticas del gobierno estadounidense de 1988, la población de la provincia era de 1'044.000. Se estima que 201.600 personas de esta provincia vivían en zonas urbanas y que 843.400 personas vivían en zonas rurales.

La provincia contaba con  1,125,000 habitantes en julio de 1991, estimándose en 2006 en  1,794,387 personas.

Idiomas
En esta provincia la lengua nacional que predomina es el Umbundo.

Municipios

Los municipios de esta provincia son:
 Andulo,
 Nharea,
 Cunhinga,
 Chinguar,
 Chitembo,
 Catabola (Nueva Sintra).
 Camacupa (General Machado).
 Cuemba (Neves Ferreira).
 Kuito (Silva Porto).

Comunas
Las comunas de esta provincia son:

Principales centros urbanos
 Kuito: 114.791 habitantes.
 Camacupa: 19.347 habitantes.
 Catabola: 19.281 habitantes.
 Catumbela: 17.369 habitantes.
 Chisamba: 7.755 habitantes.

Personajes ilustres
El expresidente de la UNITA, Isaías Samakuva, es de la ciudad de Kunji.

Enlaces externos
 Estadísticas del gobierno estadounidense de 1988
 angola.org.uk

Referencias


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Map to Tawawa Park (Google)
Event Map (PDF)
12 Tawawa Dr
Sidney, OH 45365
HISTORY OF TAWAWA PARK (Research completed by Cheryl Michaels and Janet Ross 2009 with Additional Contributions from Patrick Milligan- 1 and Contribution from Shelby County Historical Society- 2)
Tawawa Park was established May 24, 1948 under the guidance of the Tawawa Civic Park Trustees. The park was named after Tawawa Creek, which runs through the park. The original members of this group were, Cecil Watkins, William Milligan, Murray A. Ferguson, W.E. Whipp, J. Oliver Amos, Wayne Bertsch, and Jerome Wagner. These civic-minded citizens wished to establish a park and recreational playground for the use and benefit of the citizens of Sidney, Ohio.
The park consists of 220 wooded acres which includes two lakes (Tawawa and Amos). Tawawa Park was deeded to the City of Sidney on March 28, 1956. It was dedicated to Sidney area citizens on June 3, 1956. Tawawa Park is located at 12 Tawawa Drive.
After the "Big Four" Railroad was relocated in the early 1920's the abandoned road bed became a popular hiking trail, especially to the lake to fish and to Big Rock. Walking along the tow path of the canal was also a favorite in the spring and fall of the year. The Kah family owned the land and there was much speculation that the Kah family had plans to develop the land for housing which caused concern to many who thought the highest and best use for the land would be a park for the community. (1)
Shortly after World War 2 ended the Kah family put the land up for sale for $15,000. In order to secure the land for a park, Bill Milligan made a list of 15 people (all of whom have areas named for them)whom he thought he could get a thousand dollars from each and then purchase the land. It was his thought to get control of the land first, and then put together a plan for its development. Milligan's first "ask" was to Wendal Whipp, President of Monarch Machine Tool Company. After hearing Milligan's idea Whipp wrote a check for the $15,000 and said "Bill, go buy the land and then go to the others for their money and let's get this project started". And he did. (1)
In the early development of the Park, the Park Board wanted to open up the canal for canoeing, which meant an outlet for the water was necessary. The original "Sidney Electric Company" building on Brooklyn Av was (and still is) standing. It had housed an electric generator which originally had been powered by overflow water from the canal. Work began to open the canal and outlet the water through the "abandoned" electric generating building. However, in the winter of 1948(?) during a January thaw there was a heavy rain that saturated the high bank along SR 47 (Riverside Drive) which breached and flooded the Brunner filling station on the north side of the road. A long law suit ensued, during which time all work on the Park was suspended. The jury agreed that the breach was an act of God and not caused by the Park Board, and so work was continued. The original idea was abandoned and the canal was filled in from Tawawa Lake to the highway and an outlet was installed under the road bed to Tawawa Creek.
ASCHENBACH GROVE
Aschenbach Grove is located in Tawawa Park adjacent to Ward Trail. It was named in honor of Rueben Aschenbach who served on the Tawawa Civic Park Board. Later, Mr. Aschenbach was appointed by then Mayor Emerson Deam to serve on the Sidney Recreation Commission. He served on the commission until August 1958.
BAUMBGARDNER BASIN (see webpage)
BEANBLOSSOM MOORING
Beanblossom Mooring is located in Tawawa Park near Tawawa Lake. It consists of a shelter and picnic area on the southwest part of the lake. Beanblossom Mooring was named in honor of Robert Beanblossom. Mr. Beanblossom was a member of the Sidney Recreation Committee for many years and at one time served as the chairman of the committee.
ANDERSON BOTTOM LAND
A shelter area located in Tawawa Park adjacent to Benjamin Trail, Anderson's Bottom Land was named in honor of Tom Anderson. Mr. Anderson served on the board of the Sidney Recreation Commission, of which he was a charter member. He was a member of the board from 1952 to 1961. Mr. Anderson was also active in the Boy Scouts and was an outdoor enthusiast.
BAKER RANGE
Baker Range is located at the southeast end of Whipp Road in Tawawa Park. This area of the park was named in 1970 in honor of William Baker, a charter member of the Tawawa Civic Park Board.
BERTSCH HILL
Bertsch Hill is located in Tawawa Park and was formerly known as "Badgers Bluff." On November 25, 1974, it was officially renamed "Bertsch's Hill" in honor of Wayne Bertsch. Mr. Bertsch was a charter member of the Tawawa Civic Park Board. In 1952, Mr. Bertsch was appointed to the Sidney Recreation Commission by then Mayor Emerson Deam. Bertsch's Hill is claimed by some to be the second highest point in the state.
Brookside Park is bordered on the north by Tawawa Creek, to the east by Knoop-Johnston Road, with the southern boundary being the remnant of the Big Four rail line that was used prior to the Big Four Bridge being built on the south end of Sidney. At one point in history, it was used by the National Guard Armory, with the concrete bunker for firing range still intact on the property. This 27-acre parcel is a continuation of Tawawa Park, making the total area for the civic park more than 220 acres.
In 1949, Mary Marx and her husband sold 35 acres to the Sidney Ohio Local Girl Scouts; this area became known as Camp Brookside. According to county records, in 1955 Tawawa Civic Park Inc. purchased around 7 acres of adjacent real estate, now Bakers Range and Watkins Woods. In 1962, the Sidney Community Foundation took over the remaining property from the local Girl Scout organization, allowing the Girl Scouts to utilize the property as long as they wanted. In the fall of 2009, the City of Sidney acquired the property to develop it into the nature preserve that it is today. With over 1.5 miles of trails, overlooks, shelters, old wood forests, and meadows, this parcel of land is enjoyed by many on a daily basis.
Formal dedication of Brookside was held on October 15, 2011 with local dignitaries, Girl Scout representatives and many citizens participating in the ribbon cutting ceremony.
FERGUSON CIRCLE
Ferguson Circle in located in Tawawa park beside McDowell Trace. It was named in honor of Murray A. Ferguson, a charter member of the Tawawa Civic Park Board. Mr. Ferguson, a general contractor, originated the idea of a civic park for the citizens of Sidney.
FLANAGAN SPORTS COMPLEX (see webpage)
KASER DELL
Kaser Dell is located just west of Wagner Glade in Tawawa Park. Kaser Dell was named (1970) in honor of Robert Kaser, an outstanding citizen of Sidney who served as a state representative for six years. In addition, Mr. Kaser was active in several civic capacities including City Council, mayor of Sidney (8 years), chairman of the Charter Review Commission as well as past president of the Sidney Chamber of Commerce.
KASTNER'S PATCH
Kastner's Patch is located in Tawawa Park. It was named in honor of Mrs. Florence Kastner who was a member of the Sidney Recreation Commission. She was appointed to the commission in 1952 by then Mayor, Emerson Deam. She also served as secretary of the commission and continued serving on the commission until 1958.
LANDRUM SOCCER FIELDS (see webpage)
MCDOWELL TRACE
McDowell Trace is located in Tawawa Park. This area of the park was named (1972) in honor of Kenneth McDowell who was instrumental in the early development of Tawawa Park and was secretary of the Tawawa Civic Park Trustees from 1948 to 1951. He was active in civic affairs as well as being a past member of the City Planning Commission and the city's Zoning Board of Appeals. Mr. McDowell became the 11th individual to have a section of Tawawa Park named after him.
MEYER MEADOW
The picnic area near the dam on Mosquito (Tawawa) Creek at the east end of Tawawa Park is named Meyer Meadow. This section of the park was named in 1967 in honor of Oscar Meyer, a member of Tawawa Civic Park, Inc. Mr. Meyer did much of the early excavation in laying out the design of the park.
MILLIGAN GLEN
Milligan Glen is located in Tawawa Park, and this area of the park was named (1966) in honor of William Milligan. Mr. Milligan was a charter member of the Tawawa Civic Park Board. He served as its president from 1948 to 1956. In 1964, Mrs. Margaret Milligan gifted a twenty acre tract of land adjacent to the north side of Tawawa Park to the City. This land was gifted in memory of her husband who had the vision for Tawawa Civic Park.
LERCH'S NOOK
Emmett Lerch was appointed in 1957 by the Sidney City School Board of Education to serve as its representative on the Sidney Recreation Commission. Mr. Lerch was the chairman of the commission for many years. Lerch's Nook, located near the east end of Whipp Road, was named in honor of his dedication to Sidney's parks and recreational opportunities for the city's residents.
O'LEARY'S NICHE
O'Leary's Niche is located in Tawawa Park just south of Kaser Dell. O'Leary's Niche was named in honor of Frank O'Leary. Mr. O'Leary was appointed to the Sidney Recreation Commission in August of 1958. He served dutifully on the commission for nine years before resigning in 1967.
POINTNER KNOLL
Pointner Knoll is located in Tawawa Park. It is the round hill above the picnic area at the end of the main road (Whipp Road). The knoll was named (1967) in honor of Norbert Pointner, a member of the Tawawa Civic Park Board. Mr. Pointner was responsible for the sign at the entrance to Tawawa Park.
WAGNER GLADE
Wagner Glade is located in Tawawa Park. It is the first large picnic area on the north side of the main road. Wagner Glade was named (1967) in honor of Jerome Wagner. Mr. Wagner was a charter member of the Tawawa Civic Park Board, as well as chairman of the Wilson Memorial Hospital Building Fund and a board member of First Federal Savings and Loan Association. Mr. Wagner was also a charter member of the Sidney Community Foundation and a vice president of Wagner Manufacturing Company. (2)
WATKINS WOODS
Cecil Watkins was one of the original members and chairman of the Tawawa Civic Park Trustees, which was organized in 1948. He later served as a member of Tawawa Civic Park, Inc. He was one of the first to advocate the purchase of land for Tawawa Park. The picnic area at the end of the main road, Tawawa Drive, was named in 1967 to honor Mr. Watkins for his vision and efforts in making the park what it is today. In addition, Mr. Watkins was an executive with Amos Press and was an IUTIS Club founding member.
WILLMAN PLACE
Willman Place is located in Tawawa Park close to Milligan Glen. It was named in honor of E.M. Willman. Mr. Willman was a longstanding member of the Sidney Recreation Commission and served as its chairman in 1967. Mr. Willman suggested at a 1967 commission meeting to name specific areas of Tawawa Park in honor of the men active in its development. These men were the original board members of the Tawawa Civic Park Board.
YOUNG'S COVE
Young's Cove is located in Tawawa Park beside Mill Race Cove. Young's Cove was named in honor of Donald Young who served as a board member of the Tawawa Civic Board.
PARK ROADS, TRAILS, WATERWAYS, BRIDGES & LANDMARKS
WHIPP ROAD
The main drive through Tawawa Park is Whipp Road named in honor of Wendell Whipp, an original member of the Tawawa Civic Park Trustees. Mr. Whipp was president of the Monarch Machine Tool Co. and gave personal financial backing for 26 years to establish and maintain the park. He also served as executive secretary of the Sidney Civic Association.
ROSS BRIDGE
Ross Bridge is located in Tawawa Park. It was named (1974) in honor of William Ross, Jr. who served on the Sidney Recreation Commission for 14 years from 1958 to 1972. Mr. Ross generously donated all finances to erect the bridge. The bridge closely resembles several covered bridges constructed in Central Ohio by pioneer bridge designer and builder, Rueben L. Partridge (1823-1900). Mr. Ross also suggested that a plaque be installed on the bridge including names of all those who were involved in its development and construction. It was Mr. Ross's wish that only his last name be used in naming the bridge.
DAVIS BRIDGE
Davis Bridge is the footbridge spanning Tawawa Creek and connects the Softball Complex with the soccer fields in Baumgardner Basin. Davis Bridge was named (1996) in honor of Corliss (Corky) Davis. Mr. Davis served 25 years on the Sidney Recreation Board. Prior to that, he was a member of the Zoning Board of Appeals. He helped start "slo-pitch" softball in Sidney in the mid-1950's. Corky also was instrumental in initiating the VESPA Club.
WEBSTER GEIB PAVILION
The Webster Geib Pavilion is located in the Baumgardner Basin at Tawawa Park. It was named (1993) in honor of Webster Geib who served for 25 years as a member of the Parks and Recreation Board. Mr. Geib was not only a member of the board, but at one time served as the board's chairman.
This photo of Tawawa Park is courtesy of TripAdvisor
"Big Rock" (glacial rock left from the ice age) is located in Tawawa Park and was established in 1876. It is located just off Ward Trail. "Big Rock" located in the park was established in 1876 and is an object of interest to visitors. The following is reprinted from the Sidney Journal, February 25, 1876:
"A few years ago some of the stone cutters employed on the Monumental Building being prevented by want of stone from following their ordinary advocation, entertained the idea of celebrating the Centennial year and handing their names down to posterity. In order to execute this double purpose, they possessed themselves of their instruments of trade and proceeded to "Big Rock" about a mile and a half east of town. The result of their labors was the inscription of the National Shield, under which stands the names of Dr. H.S. Conklin, William Binkley, and G.W. Moeller. Following these comes the names of the artists in stone as follows: George Erhart, John Cook, Fred Peters, D.A. Plant, Michael Strickfaden, and Harmon Michaelis. Under this comes "1876" so that future travelers on the "sands of time," when the present generation has paid its debt of nature, may know the year in which the artists executed their work."
AMOS LAKE
Amos Lake is located in Tawawa Park on the north side of the main road. It was named (1967) in honor of J. Oliver Amos, a charter member of the Tawawa Civic Park Board. Mr. Amos was an active member of the community for several years.
BENJAMIN TRAIL
Benjamin Trail is located in Tawawa Park and is the path running the length of the mill race. It was named (1976) in honor of Charles Benjamin, Jr., a charter member of the Tawawa Civic Board. Mr. Benjamin was a constant worker for the improvement of the park area and was known as "Mr. Tawawa."
Trail to Eagle is named to honor all of the Eagle Scouts that have contributed by completing an Eagle Scout Project in the City of Sidney's Parks System. The City's Parks Department collaborated with the local Scouting troops to develop this name, and dedicated the trail in March of 2010. The path was constructed in 2005 as an Eagle Scout project for Andrew Frantz, and took over 300 man-hours to clear. Mr. Frantz was a member of Troop 97, with Thomas Frantz as the Unit's Leader. The trail traverses through the woods on the north side of Tawawa Creek (AKA Mosquito Creek) from the Ross Bridge west towards Landrum Soccer Fields. Other contributors to the success of this project were; Jon Yost, Steve Baker, Troy Baker, Paul Miller, Devin Yost, Jim Yost, Chris Rossman, Zach Rossman, Robert Frantz, Nick Frantz, Tom Frantz, Jeff Frantz, Nathan Stevenson, Jason Barhorst, Zach Frantz, Chris Frantz, Kevin Sohnly, Kelsey Rossman, Steven Billups, Chase Rossman, Zach Hemmert, Stuart Hemmert, Kym Maxwell, Sean Trabue, Zach Travis, Zane Travis, Dave Travis, Robert Brun, Jody Sheperd, Eva Mullen, Dave Billups.
VETERANS MEMORIAL WALKWAY
Veterans Memorial Walkway is a paved walkway honoring our veterans. At an October 4, 1993, Sidney Recreation Board meeting, board members agreed the walkway should be named "Veterans Memorial Walkway."
WARD TRAIL
Ward Trail, located in Tawawa Park, is the path from the main road (Whipp Road) to Big Rock. Ward Trail was named (1967) in honor of Virgil Ward, an original member of the Tawawa Civic Board. Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Ward deeded five acres of land adjacent to the east end of Tawawa Park to the City of Sidney in 1970.


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Professor of Economics and Law
By Catherine Fredman
You'd think that after safely steering the British economy through the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, Mervyn King would spend his first year of retirement taking things easy—tending his garden, luxuriating in his library, cheering on his favorite cricket and soccer teams. Instead, the former governor of the Bank of England is moving to New York to teach economics and law.
"It's the intellectual excitement," King explains. (A note about how to greet him: His title, given in 2013 in recognition of his distinguished public service, is Baron King of Lothbury, so he is formally addressed as Lord King. But he urges people to call him Mervyn.) "NYU is a unique law school because it brings together people of different disciplines to understand how different institutions operate. To understand many of the issues which affect the monetary system, it's crucial to understand the legal framework in which banking has grown up. I have a lot of experience to reflect on some of those issues."
Indeed he does. Born in 1948 to a railway worker and his wife, King studied at King's College, Cambridge, and Harvard (as a Kennedy Scholar), then taught at Cambridge and Birmingham universities. He also served as visiting professor at both Harvard and MIT (where he had an adjoining office with future Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke). After teaching at the London School of Economics, where he co-founded the Financial Markets Group in 1987, King was offered the opportunity in 1991 to put economic philosophies into practice as chief economist of the Bank of England. He was appointed governor 12 years later.
While he easily qualified as one of the smartest guys in the room, King "was never an academic prima donna," Bernanke says. One reason, Bernanke hypothesizes, is that King moved out of academia and into policymaking relatively early in his career. "The world of policy, where you're trying to deal with the complexities of what's happening in the economy and the markets," he explains, "is messier and, consequently, tends to induce more humility in its practitioners."
King attributes his clarity amid the confusion of the crisis to the fact that he is a history buff. He notes that events that occurred more than 200 years ago still have relevance, such as Alexander Hamilton's idea of a central bank that would assume individual states' debts and talk in European financial circles recently about whether that could work in today's eurozone. "My interest in history was a big antidote to thinking that mathematical models explain everything," he says. "They're very important, but they're just tools of the trade."
That's only one of the lessons King looks forward to teaching would-be policymakers in his 12-session seminar, Money and Modern Capitalism: Law and Business. Yet even though he is aware that overreliance on mathematical models can lead to a myopic mindset, he notes that "it's very helpful to have an intellectual framework in which to think about policy questions, and that framework is economics." During the financial crisis, he points out, "people who were trained in economics and were doing economic policy had a clear intellectual framework that allowed them to think through the issues and come up with answers." Those without a background in economics risked approaching each question as a one-off issue rather than seeing the bigger picture.
"I suspect he'll be a very popular teacher, because he's able to explain complicated ideas in an accessible and entertaining way," Bernanke says.
"I've read a few of his speeches; they're quite unusual for a central banker. They're not dry and technical, like my speeches."
Known for his wide range of interests, King frequently sprinkles his speeches and lectures with references to cricket, music, art, and his beloved Aston Villa soccer team. (When he was interviewed for the BBC's popular Desert Island Discs program, one piece of music he chose to listen to if marooned on an island was a song cheering on Aston Villa to victory in the 1982 European Cup.) "Regardless of background or education, people can be touched by a painting or a piece of music or sport," King explains. "All three can bring people together, and that is important."
Since retiring from the Bank of England, King has picked up a new hobby: With his wife, Barbara Melander, King has been taking lessons in fox trot and swing dancing. Will he be tempted to compete on Dancing with the Stars? "No, no," he demurs. Then, demonstrating his much-lauded analytic skills and judgment, he adds, "That would be far too risky."


…look inside and see the real person.
…avoid jumping to false conclusions.
…cause people to set aside their differences.
…enjoy the journey when forced to take a detour.
…get people to see beyond their prejudices.
…listen to your conscience under strong temptations.
…value other things more than money.
…admit that you made a mistake.
…confess to something that would meet disapproval.
…stand up for what you believe in.
…support someone in need against greater numbers.
…step aside when your effort would be wasted.
…judge people for the right reasons.
…serve as a friend for someone who can use one.
…count your blessings in tough times.
…help make the world a better place.
…appreciate the small things in life.
…make other people feel better.
…secretly do something noble for someone else.
…realize that you're not perfect either.
…believe that you're special and worthy.
…stay positive in tough situations.
…see good in others when it isn't obvious.
…feel happy when things don't go your way.
…remain calm throughout life's challenges.
…do what your heart feels is the right thing.
…strive for your best and also be humble.
…realize that you can't do everything and choose wisely.
And gifts that can do wonders for the world.
You know what else would make a special gift? The gift of reading. Literacy is another gift that can do wonders for the world.
Read Tuesday will be a golden opportunity to give the gift of reading in a Black Friday type of sales event just for books.
It would take a perfect person to have all these qualities, but it's something to strive for. I enjoyed reading and thinking about the things I need to work on most. I think it is standing up for what you believe in so I dare to say I believe the special gift is the Holy Spirit.
To me, each gift by itself is special. Acquiring one, by itself, is meaningful. Trying to make the whole list might be an unreasonable expectation. 🙂 You have a fascinating interpretation.
Excellent point. 🙂 These gifts and the best things in life are free. They are certainly worth working toward.


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frogs, salamanders, and caecilians
Find Fowler's Toad information at
Fowler's Toad
Anaxyrus fowleri
What do they look like?
Anaxyrus fowleri comes from the order Anura which are animals noted for having a toothless jaw and enlarged parotoid glands behind the eyes. They are usually brown, gray, or olive green in color and have black edged dark spots on its back, with a light middorsal stripe. In each of the dark spots there are found to be three or more warts. The belly is usually whitish and almost completely unspotted. Males are often found to be darker in color while females are found to be lighter. Anaxyrus fowleri is noted for having a single dark spot on its otherwise spotless belly. Its body measures between 5 to 9.5 centimeters in length. Anaxyrus fowleri tadpoles have a short oval body and a long tail with an upper and lower fin. Their size is 1 to 1.4 centimeters long.(Wright, 1949 and Collins, 1991)
ectothermic
bilateral symmetry
Where do they live?
Anaxyrus fowleri is a toad commonly found in areas of the Atlantic Coastal Plain. Its range consists of New Hampshire to eastern Texas, eastern Arkansas, Missouri, and southeastern Iowa, eastward into Michigan through Ohio, and West Virginia to the Atlantic coast. Extensions include up the Hudson, Delaware, Susquehanna, Ohio, and other rivers and into southern Ontario, along Lake Erie. (Wright and Wright, 1949)
What kind of habitat do they need?
Anaxyrus fowleri prefers to live in open woodlands, sand prairies, meadows, and beaches. They like to burrow into the ground during hot, dry periods and in the wintertime.(Harding 1992 and Harding 1997)
Terrestrial Biomes
savanna or grassland
How do they grow?
Development - Life Cycle
How do they reproduce?
Anaxyrus fowleri is known to reproduce in warmer seasons of the year, usually between the months of May and June. Breeding sites are located in shallow waters that are very open, including farm ponds, lake edges, marshes, and woodland ponds. Breeding habits of Anaxyrus fowleri are very similar to Bufo americanus. The male will migrate to the breeding sites where he will begin calling his mate in intervals that can last up to thirty seconds. The call often attracts both male and females which will cause mistaken identities in the breeding process. This mistake occurs when one male tries to mate with another male. Fortunately, the first male will realize the mistake right away because the other male will let out a chirping release call that informs the first one of his mistake. When the male finally meets his mate, the male will try to clasp the female from behind. From this position the male can fertilize up to 7,000-10,000 eggs. Fertilization is external. The eggs are known to hatch in two to seven days. The tadpoles will begin to undergo the change into tiny toads thirty to forty days later. In one growing season, Anaxyrus fowleri may grow to sexual maturity, but slower growing individuals may take up to three years before they reach their sexual peak.(Harding, 1992 and Harding, 1997)
Key Reproductive Features
gonochoric/gonochoristic/dioecious (sexes separate)
How do they behave?
There are some conflicting opinions about the behavior of Anaxyrus fowleri. One source indicates that this type of toad is completely nocturnal (Behler,1996). Another source states that Anaxyrus fowleri is mostly active in the daytime, except during hot days or very cold days when it will burrow into the ground (Harding, 1992). Both sources agree on how Anaxyrus fowleri reacts to predators and the defenses they use to protect themselves. Potential predators of Anaxyrus fowleri include snakes, birds, and smaller mammals. One defensive behavior it will use is its coloration to blend into its surroundings. These toads are able to do this because they tend to have coloration that is more nature-like, or earth tone. Another defense includes a noxious secretion that comes from the large warts on their backs. If attacked, this secretion will irritate the predator's mouth and, if ingested, can be poisonous to smaller mammals. If roughly handled, Anaxyrus fowleri will also lie still on their backs and pretend to play dead.(Behler, 1996, Harding, 1992, and Harding, 1997)
Key Behaviors
motile
What do they eat?
The adults eat insects and other small terrestrial invertebrates, but shy away from earthworms, unlike their close relative, Bufo americanus. As a tadpole, Anaxyrus fowleri use their mouth, which is rimmed with tooth-like structures, to scrape attached algae from rocks and plants. The tadpoles are also known to feed on bacteria and other organic material from the water.(Harding, 1997)
How do they interact with us?
Anaxyrus fowleri is useful to have in gardens because it eats many insects and other small invertebrates.
Are they endangered?
Protection of the breeding sites for Anaxyrus fowleri is very important to their existence. Off-road vehicles that are commonly used in beach and dune habitats are damaging to this species. Also, the use of agricultural chemicals share in the blame for the decline of Anaxyrus fowleri in some areas. They are considered a species at risk in Ontario. (Harding, 1997)
US Federal List
No special status
State of Michigan List
Some more information...
There are no other pertinent comments.
Marion Vereecke (author), Milford High School, George Campbell (editor), Milford High School.
Behler, J., N. Society. 1996. National Audubon Society Field Guide to North American Reptiles & Amphibians. United States: Alfred A. Knopf, Inc..
Collins, J., R. Conant. 1991. Peterson Field Guides: Reptiles and Amphibians ( Eastern/Central North America). Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company.
Harding, J. 1997. Amphibians and Reptiles of the Great Lakes Region. Ann Arbor: The University of Michigan Press.
Harding, J., J. Holman. 1992. Michigan Frogs, Toads, and Salamanders: A Field Guide and Pocket Reference. East Lansing, MI: Cooperative Extension Service, Michigan State University.
Wright, A., A. Wright. 1949. Handbook of Frogs and Toads of the United States and Canada. Ithaca, New York: Comstock Publishing Company, Inc..
Vereecke, M. 2001. "Anaxyrus fowleri" (On-line), Animal Diversity Web. Accessed January 18, 2020 at http://www.biokids.umich.edu/accounts/Anaxyrus_fowleri/


View ASX listed companies sorted by company name. Alternatively, download the complete list. This list is updated at approx. 12am (midnight) after each trading day.
4· Shares in gold producer Acacia Mining, one of the firms accused of eluding taxes, fell by more than 18% to 18% to 355.70 pence on the news.
This is a list of companies listed on the TSX Venture Exchange Companies A COMPANY NAME SYMBOL INDUSTRY Abacus Mining & Exploration Corporation AME Metals & Mining Abcourt Mines Inc.


Algerian government prepares for LLU on Algerie Telecoms networkAlthough Algeria has a declining fixed-line penetration, the country has one of the highest telecom services teledensities in Africa, with mobile penetration standing at about 115%. The countrys relatively well developed infrastructure includes a national fibre backbone and one of Africas most extensive FttP deployments.
Competition in the fixed-line sector has been hampered by regulatory barriers which have made it difficult for alternative operators to compete with Algerie Telecom. However, in recent years there have been substantial changes to the telecoms landscape. 3G was introduced in 2013 following considerable delays, followed by mobile broadband based on LTE in 2014. The government has pressed for 3G to be extended nationally, so extending the reach of basic mobile internet services to the remaining areas which currently rely on 2G.
In parallel with the access networks, the national and international fibre optic backbone is being upgraded to an IP-based next-generation network. The government has invested in this national fibre infrastructure, and despite the financial pressures caused by the falling price of oil, a key revenue earner, the government is committed to its continuing national telecom infrastructure investment program.
Given the intensifying price competition between the three MNOs (Algerie Telecoms Mobilis, Orascoms Djezzy, and Wataniyas Ooredoo) their focus has shifted to developing ARPU and investing in mobile data services based on HSPA and LTE technologies. With the award of 3G licences, the MNOs have the chance to transform themselves into converged service providers and to take a share of the broadband market.
Although the development of Algerias fixed-line broadband market has been hampered by the declining number of fixed-lines in service, as well as by an environment which has led alternative operators to invest in fixed-wireless access, the government is expected to pass legislation which will enable players to access Algerie Telecoms infrastructure through local loop unbundling. This will end the incumbents effective monopoly on DSL-based services.
This report contains an overview of Algerias fixed-line telephony market, including key statistics, profiles of the major players, and an assessment of recent regulatory measures. The report also details the broadband market, providing scenario forecasts to 2020. In addition, the report reviews Algerias mobile market, along with an analysis on recent licenses and the provision of 3G and 4G services.


Mairead Ronan was the winner of Sunday night's Dancing With The Stars.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was among the well-wishers who congratulated her on the famous win.
Varadkar was even in attendance to watch the Dublin woman beat Love/Hate actor Johnny Ward and country crooner Cliona Haga.
Mairead became the first female celeb to win the top prize after a sensational performance on the final night.
And Leo was one of the first to pay tribute to the TV host, in addition to commiserating the unlucky losers.
He wrote on Twitter: "Great show. Great performances all round.
Congrats to Mairead and John. Hard to luck to Cliona and Jonny.
"Looking forward to the next season."
Speaking after the show, Mairead, who gave birth to her third baby last August, told how everyone had advised her not to take part in the "gruelling" competition.
"This time last year I was in the audience, I was pregnant with Bonnie, I was supporting Anna Geary and I never dreamed that this would happen to me," she told the Irish Mirror.
"The producer said 'maybe you'll be here next year.' I said 'not a chance I am 22 weeks pregnant,' but they called me at the end of September. I was exclusively breast feeding, heavy and unfit.
"Everyone told me not to do it, that it is gruelling and you don't want to go out and make an eejit of yourself.


Following fix "Enable strict validation of the provided host name and port for all connectors. Requests with invalid host names and/or ports will be rejected with a 400 response. (markt) " is now restricting the use of trailing dot in hostname.
As per RFC 1034 and information on this site http://www.dns-sd.org/trailingdotsindomainnames.html trailing dot is perfectly valid for a hostname.
The fix is very simple and if needed I can contribute to the fix as well.
Change in the patch simply allows a hostname to end with a dot.
Many thanks for the report, the analysis and the patch.
Very much appreciate for the quick resolution. Will test it again once the new releases are out.


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Essendon crash: Five killed as plane plunges into shopping centre near Melbourne's Essendon Airport
Posted MonMonday 20 FebFebruary 2017 at 10:25pmMonMonday 20 FebFebruary 2017 at 10:25pm , updated TueTuesday 21 FebFebruary 2017 at 10:10amTueTuesday 21 FebFebruary 2017 at 10:10am
Duration: 6 minutes 12 seconds 6m
Questions raised about safety of suburban airports after plane crash kills five
Five people have died as a result of Victoria's worst civil aviation accident in 30 years, after a plane crashed into a shopping centre near Melbourne's Essendon Airport.
A charter plane crashed into the back of shops, killing all five people on board
Workers were in the building at the time, but all are believed to have survived
Witnesses saw the plane flying "fast and low" before the crash
Witnesses described seeing the plane, identified as a Beechcraft B200 Super King Air, erupt into a "massive fireball" after it smashed into the DFO centre just after 9:00am on Tuesday.
Look back at events as they unfolded.
Pilot Max Quartermain was killed, and the US embassy in Canberra confirmed the other four people on board were US citizens.
Max Quartermain was the co-owner of Corporate and Leisure Aviation. (Supplied: Corporate and Leisure Aviation)
"The US embassy in Canberra and US consulate in Melbourne are working closely with local authorities," an embassy statement said.
Family used social media to pay tribute to two of the victims: Greg De Haven, who was on a golf trip, and Texas lawyer Russell Munsch.
Mr Quartermain was the co-owner of Corporate and Leisure Aviation, which operated the plane.
The ABC has confirmed the Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) is investigating one of the planes run by the company, which was involved in a near miss at Mount Hotham in 2015.
The final report is due to be released to the public by May.
The company's website said Mr Quartermain had over 38 years of charter experience and "an impeccable safety record".
It is believed the group was on their way to King Island, off Tasmania's north coast.
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Dashcam video shows the moment the plane crashed into the shopping centre (Courtesy 10 News)
The plane crashed into the back of shops — including a Spotlight store — and a carpark, which is opposite the busy Tullamarine Freeway.
A Spotlight store manager said 20 staff were inside at the time, but none were injured.
The shopping centre was not open.
Emergency services personnel were called to the site soon after 9:00am. (AAP: Joe Castro)
'Like a movie'
Witnesses reported seeing a flash before the plane burst into a "massive fireball" that looked like something out of the movies.
Michael Howard, a 29-year-old plumber, said he saw a blue flash come down past the DFO billboard.
Aerial footage shows plane crash site at a shopping centre near Essendon Airport (Courtesy Channel 9)
"Then it hit the Spotlight and erupted into a huge fireball," he said.
"[I thought] what the hell? That doesn't happen every day. It was crazy, like something from a movie."
Witnesses said the plane was flying low and fast before it crashed. (Metropolitan Fire Brigade)
A wheel and other debris from the plane was found on the Tullamarine Freeway.
Adelaide man Jason told ABC Radio Melbourne he was in a taxi and saw the plane coming in low and fast.
"The plane was coming way, way fast. I thought, that's faster than normal," he said.
"It looked like it hit the building. There was a massive fireball. I could feel the heat through the window.
"Then a wheel, it looked like a plane wheel, bounced on the road."
Fireball after plane crashes into DFO shopping centre near Essendon Airport
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said the relatives of those on board were being contacted.
"We are currently reaching out to their families to provide them with the support that they need to try to comfort them at what must be just such a horrible moment," he said.
In a statement, Essendon Airport CEO Chris Cowan said both the airport and the shopping centre were closed while investigations were underway.
Coroner, transport authorities to investigate
There will be several investigations into the crash.
A coroner will investigate the deaths with help from Victoria Police, and the Australian Transportation Safety Bureau has sent a team of four people to the scene to investigate.
The plane crashed close to the busy Tullamarine Freeway during morning peak. (Supplied)
"It is very important important that we allow them to run their investigation … so we can get the facts, know exactly what has gone on here and learn from this terrible tragedy," Mr Andrews said.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull expressed his sympathies to the victims of the plane crash.
He said he was deeply saddened by the tragedy and extended his wishes to the families of those involved.
Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews says today is a "desperately sad day".
Crash causes ongoing disruptions
Essendon Airport and the shopping centre will remain closed until further notice to allow investigators to gather evidence, including debris.
The shopping centre also has significant structural damage and officials want to make sure the surface of the freeway has not been damaged.
Smoke was seen billowing from DFO after the crash. (Supplied)
The Tullamarine and Calder freeways were earlier partially closed inbound after the crash, but have been reopened.
Essendon Airport is a significant hub for air freight and Mr Andrews said he had already discussed the situation with his Tasmanian counterpart, Will Hodgman.
The plane involved was owned by Corporate and Leisure Aviation. (Flight Aware)
The police and ambulance helicopters and the firefighting air crane will continue to operate from Essendon under special arrangements for now.
The crash has raised questions about the safety of having two airports in such a densely populated area.
Mr Andrews said now was not the time to discuss those issues.
Footage shows smoke rising from a retail outlet centre near Melbourne's Essendon Airport
"The most important thing is to allow those investigations to run their course and to determine what exactly has gone on here," the Premier said.
"Those facts will be established as a result of that work and then any learnings can follow those finding are fact.
Victoria's Premier Daniel Andrews said it was a "desperately sad day". (AAP: Joe Castro)
"The most important thing is not to be second-guessing the investigation, but to be supporting it and let it run its course.
"Dealing with the facts is the most important and respectful thing we can do."
Map The plane crashed into a retail centre near Essendon Airport
About 60 firefighters were called to the scene. (AAP: Joe Castro)
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'Massive fireball' as plane crashes into Essendon DFO: As it happened
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