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Josephine Teo's Refusal to Substantiate POFMA Allegation is Indication of Calibre of PAP's 4G Leadership
January 7th, 2020 | Author: YourSDP
In rejecting the SDP's application for the cancellation of the Correction Directions, the MOM has failed to provide any grounds for its decision.
MOM's reply simply insisted that "your Application does not provide sufficient grounds for the cancellation of the CDs."
This is not a rational answer as the SDP had submitted a detailed account – including analysing MOM's own statistics – of the reasons for the statements in our posts.
The SDP is confident of our case and we, therefore, have no qualms posting our full document for all to read and judge (see here).
On the other hand, Minister Josephine Teo, despite having the entire Ministry and its officials at her disposal with two full working days and an entire weekend to refute our specific arguments, has refused or been unable to do so. This is telling.
Replying that the "Minister has therefore decided to refuse your Application" is not an answer, it is a cop-out.
The PAP hurls accusations against its opponents but refuses to substantiate its arguments when rebutted with official data. This is hardly the kind of leadership Singaporeans should expect or deserve. It is an unfortunate but very real comment about the calibre of the PAP's 4G leaders.
Using the law to allege the SDP as posting "false statements of fact" and then refusing to back-up its allegation with data when challenged is clear demonstration of how far Singapore's political standards have deteriorated.
POFMA, like this Government, should be held to higher standards.
The MOM's non-answer leaves the SDP no choice but to pursue the matter in court. We will keep readers updated on developments.
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48 Responses to "Josephine Teo's Refusal to Substantiate POFMA Allegation is Indication of Calibre of PAP's 4G Leadership"
Ruled by Law:
January 7, 2020 at 7:28 am Ruled by Law(Quote)
Ruled by Law or
Ruled by Hot Mother-in-law?
Is someone using law and authority to defend it's flawed decisions?
What is rule of law?
DavidNeo&IreneVanessa:Bastards:
January 7, 2020 at 7:42 am DavidNeo&IreneVanessa:Bastards(Quote)
This POFMA thing is itself irrational and absurd.
Dr Tan Tai Wei:
January 7, 2020 at 9:01 am Dr Tan Tai Wei(Quote)
SDP is right assuming it's true that Minister simply said no, giving no reasons. For, surely, if good reasons exist, not only rationality but also political, even propagandist interest would constrain her to state, indeed headline them.
Sex in a small space idiot:
January 7, 2020 at 9:04 am Sex in a small space idiot(Quote)
She was just an ordinary HR Manager. How did she became a Manpower Minister with such low IQ ?
This incident has further confirmed that POFMA was created by PAP to oppress and suppress facts that affects Singaporeans. The 70% dumb sheep population have done great injustice to our future generations.
Singapore cannot claim to be democratic country and is becoming another North Korea, with freedom of speech at it's lowest rating.
Dr Chee, please proceed your case in the courts. I'm sure Singaporeans will help SDP by crowdfunding to offset any legal fees.
PAP, shame on you !
Bare back ?:
January 7, 2020 at 9:09 am Bare back ?(Quote)
Lingaerie or dress or gown ?
January 7, 2020 at 9:10 am patriot of TUMASIK(Quote)
Going to Court is similar to quarrelling with your wife and bringing the matter to your Mother-in-LAW…No CONtest
Jaswin:
January 7, 2020 at 10:00 am Jaswin(Quote)
Fake news exsit long ago.
Eg.tell at to stop at 2 kid,which did
More harm then good.
Fake news exsist because of
Fake policies.i think
Greedy pigs united:
January 7, 2020 at 10:22 am Greedy pigs united(Quote)
The pappigs never admit theyre wrong.
But we know she lost face that SDP debunked her accusations.
How to respect or trust these clowns.
Why Must we always just follow their rules blindly…maybe the 70%s do but not the 30%s.
most uselss:
January 7, 2020 at 10:44 am most uselss(Quote)
There is no need to explain, now the law min is the puppy, the AG is persona lawyer, this woman is mdm bFF.
70% support, why would they care about explaining?
January 7, 2020 at 10:47 am Dr Tan Tai Wei(Quote)
Could it be that, since no answer to SDP, well, rather than try nor concede, take a chance that SDP wouldn't appeal, or if they did, lawyers could be depended upon to stretch and make a case even beyond commonsense?
to convince and manipulate:
January 7, 2020 at 11:11 am to convince and manipulate(Quote)
//Fake news exsist because of
Fake policies.i think//
it is always easier for the powerful to convince and manipulate the daft sinkies who are generally more naively trusting of the former ??
Bobo:
January 7, 2020 at 11:17 am Bobo(Quote)
Can anyone recall any case where PAP minister ever apologized to opposition party on accusation case? Oh please don't ashame those 70% loyal supporters who have been protecting them for decades.
Bapak:
January 7, 2020 at 11:27 am Bapak(Quote)
"Im sorry will do better" is also a fake news.
Realistically:
January 7, 2020 at 11:36 am Realistically(Quote)
I totally agree with the SDP on this and wish SDP good luck.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch:
The BIG BIG issue left unaddressed by the Chief Justice is the question of Rule of Law or the lack of it, as I perceive it……….in the CJ's opening of the legal year address.
Vagabond:
January 7, 2020 at 2:38 pm Vagabond(Quote)
Every Singaporean should Watch "Vagabond" in Netflik, it gives you a perception of the situation and level of cartel in the rot and awakens you.
SG standard:
January 7, 2020 at 2:43 pm SG standard(Quote)
Wow, they just refuse and that's that?
They need not give the reasons?
Wow, sg standard.
They'll maneuver and cheat:
January 7, 2020 at 3:58 pm They'll maneuver and cheat(Quote)
The MOM's non-answer leaves the SDP no choice but to pursue the matter in court.
Don't we already know on whose side the court ruling will be? Do you expect justice when you deal with the PAP? Whether it's with MOM or J.Teo, or EBRC? They'll maneuver and cheat.
January 7, 2020 at 4:05 pm Realistically(Quote)
@ SG standard:
January 7, 2020 at 2:43 pm (Quote)
Now then you know!
Problem for most being "FIXED", they can't prove with case laws, arguments etc pursuant to the Constitution.
I am being "FIXED"; case on-going. I think people can judge from what I have commented over the years that I can show up the PAPie propaganda.
I am looking for people to work together.
@ PAP rots in its own hands 1:
January 7, 2020 at 11:53 am (Quote)
A) Responsibility:
Sorry, people like you still don't get it.
Let me give my view…………..it is the huge losses by GIC & TH being the problem.
So ..... .... ?:
January 7, 2020 at 4:34 pm So ..... .... ?(Quote)
So SDP is hinting she's beating around the bush ???
January 7, 2020 at 5:04 pm Bapak(Quote)
She knows the court will order "inside is not within" verdict.
They'll maneuver and cheat: Don't we already know on whose side the court ruling will be? Do you expect justice when you deal with the PAP? Whether it's with MOM or J.Teo, or EBRC? They'll maneuver and cheat.
@ They'll maneuver and cheat::
January 7, 2020 at 6:36 pm @ They'll maneuver and cheat:(Quote)
Are U actually saying, ???
They will circumvent and cheat ???
Dont jump the gun:
January 7, 2020 at 6:43 pm Dont jump the gun(Quote)
It took some time for SDP to response, therefore same time frame should be allow for J Teo explanation.
I believe she wont not leave interested parties in state of limbo and cause all the unnecessary wild guesses or let lose of 30% wild imaginations.
NotMyProblem:
January 7, 2020 at 8:38 pm NotMyProblem(Quote)
"…. leaves the SDP no choice but to pursue the matter in court."
SDP please be reminded that the court is powerless as far as POFMA is concern.
Please don't be distracted by this issue, stay focus, use all your resources on the coming GE.
When enough Oppositions are voted in Parliament, POFMA can be repealed.
Main issue:
January 7, 2020 at 9:19 pm Main issue(Quote)
Singaporean is more interested that more well-paying jobs are created for our displaced local PMETs.
Alternatively, they be trained for a really well-paying job waiting for them and not end up as Grab driver or security officer….
January 7, 2020 at 10:21 pm Realistically(Quote)
For those interested,I have filed for a judicial review for the High Cout/CoA to declare that the decisions of the CA/CA 186/2017 in agreeing with the decisions of the AR Lee at the INTERLOCUTORY STAGE is illegal, nugatory, null and void for failing to observe settled law principles with regard to the threshold for striking out – clearly against all authorities and case laws numbering over 30 – and in a some cases against the CA 186 judges against their earlier decisions in related cases………thereby breaching the fundamental legal principle of stare decisis, in HC/OS 1496/2019
The HC has "the power and duty to ensure that the provisions of the Constitution are observed. The court also has a duty to declare invalid any exercise of power, legislative and executive, which exceeds the limits of the power conferred by the Constitution, or which contravenes any prohibition which the Constitution provides" per YONG PUNG HOW in Chan Hiang Leng Colin and Others v Public Prosecutor[1994] SGHC 207 at [50].
Mod: You mentioned "I". exactly WHO ARE YOU?
The current stage is my request for direct hearing by a reconstituted CoA (EOT) APPLICATION, under CA/SUM 129/2019 and the "appeal" is under case no. CA/AA9/2019, yet to be heard.
That there have been numerous breaches of the Constitution by the Supreme court judges can be found in my arguments, summary being in Appellants/Application for EOT under CA/SUM 129/2019. It can be said without any hesistation that this is NOT JUSTICE, by applying to look at the case files at the law net service bureau, at the Supreme Court.
Interested readers, including human rights lawyer would conclude without any shadow of the doubt that this is NOT justice…but
I would also remind people that pursuant to section 17 (3) (c),
(3) Without prejudice to the generality of subsection (1), a person is not guilty of contempt of court in respect of any appeal that the person may lodge against a judgment, decree, direction, order or other decision of a judge of any court, on any ground or statement made by him or her in good faith concerning the judge to that court or to —
(c)	a judge who has supervisory jurisdiction over the equivalent or superior court.
Sorry, last post refers to section 17(3(c) of the Administration of Justice (Protection) Act.
@ TRE
U can find out my name in the case files. Leong Sze Hian should know who I am especially since I had tried to explain about the judiciary "fixing" me in an earlier public prosecution case.
If you would just look at the ST report on 16 October 2008, it clearly showed the ST attempt at character assassination……….those using the public library, main branch at Victoria Street would know that from the beginning there have been 5 FIVE Separate entrances/exits. So by putting my bicycle chain around 0NE set of swing doors, I did NOT endangered public safety.
Earlier on 8 May 2008, the New Paper reported that the NLB had acceded to my repeated request to provide bicycle racks closer to the main building at locations which they had previousl said was "reckless" parking.
The ST report was by a Sujin Thomas, who to my knowledge had never reported court actions; being the responsibilities of Edna Cheong, Selina Lum and one Kush. The usual reporters were turned away b4 the trial, which I submit was a big farce.
Also the ST report failed to mention about my interview with TNP dated 20 March 2008 and an earlier TNP report which quoted a well-known criminal lawyer Sunil Sudhesan who said:" We must first ask if NLB had the right to chain Mr ….'s bicycle". The report further mentioned that the Police had advised both parties to settle the matters peacefully and they complied".
I would also like to state that in an earlier incident, the NLB refused my repeated requests for more table and chairs until the then MCIS Minister, Dr Lee Boon Yang PERSONALLY directed the CEO of NLB to meet up with me….the CEO then emailed me to inform that the NLB had indeed provided more tables and chairs.
There were numerous incidents as regards the case showing with a shadow of a doubt that I was being fixed. The DPP had demanded that I be committed to the IMH for THREE MONTHS on the pretext that I was found "TALKING TO MYSELF" – PURE FALSEHOOD. There were 12 PTCs when this was a simple case……..it is beyond reasonable doubt that I had no mens reas ie guilty mind.
If u provide an email address, I would forward my complaints to the Chief Justice pursuant to section 16 of the AOJPA, and under Article 22 of the Constitution to the President, Halimah Yacob, with no reply.
Mod: So this has nothing to do with SDP's POFMA, am I correct to say this?
I have earlier in May 2019 written to ALL MPs, including the Worker's Party MPs & NCMPs. They all know who I am……….I am prepared to come out.
The MPs have all the probable reasons why the PAPies would want to "FIX" me.
January 8, 2020 at 6:52 am Donate(Quote)
Please let us know how we can donate to this court case SDP
pap human rubber stamps:
January 8, 2020 at 7:27 am pap human rubber stamps(Quote)
U can find out my name in the case files.
Dear Mod,
the writer is very insecure.
this is one CLASSIC problem with 70% sheep.
attention seeking instead of growing up and seeking higher level goals such as pointing out pap wrongs and fixing pap.
when everyone is busy slinging shots at the pap culprit, the cock is busy distracting everyone saying, look at me look at me look at me. dropping names such as esteemed Mr Leong SH as if same league as he when in actual fact unworthy even to carry his water bottle.
@ Mod: So this has nothing to do with SDP's POFMA, am I correct to say this?
From the narrow point of view, u are right.
However SDP's PORMA Court application is heard by?
I have given specific example of my prosecution about the NLB case to show that I had been "FIXED" and continues to be "fixed" in my current case which has nothing to do with the govt……..it is a contentious probate case & related family law.
The question you and people who keep ranting about kan**roo, is can you expect justice when you are on the black list to be fixed?
One has to prove that one has truly been denied justice, based on the facts and the laws, to prove one's suspicions that the court would not dispense justice……..which would apply to other cases other than SDP's appeal.
can still act blur:
January 8, 2020 at 10:27 am can still act blur(Quote)
//It can be said without any hesistation that this is NOT JUSTICE, by applying to look at the case files at the law net service bureau, at the Supreme Court.//
aiyoh. we know that the white idiots can wayang over a lot of things ? you can keep on bringing up all the conestiituuuution, statube and ECT (all very chim with all the confusing sextions numbers and brackets) and yet the white idiotic gang can still act blur lar ? common sense (don't need to be so chim) will tell that it is all bs lar, here assuming that your story is true lar ?
can be so chim, but the white idiots will still give you the wayang finale of 4 = 5 and selected = elected, inside is not within ?
January 8, 2020 at 1:11 pm TruBlu(Quote)
Well,when the LIAR$ LIE,they call it truth.
But when TRUTH-SEEKERS seek for truth,they get POPMA by the LIAR$ who make the law?
So a lie can become the truth and truths become FAKE NEWS???
Before anyone really wants to understand the law, understand the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore in particular, Article 2 on interpretation as what "law" means; Article 4 of the Supremacy of the Constitution and the judge's oath pursuant to the First Schedule (Form 6) of the Constitution which should be read together with those mentioned earlier……"to do right to ALL manner of people, after the "laws and usages" of the Republic of Singapore,without fear or favour, affection or ill-will to the best of my ability, and will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore."
I have shown clearly that in so far as the criminal prosecution (NLB) and my private contentious probate & family laws go, the judges had breached the Constitution, not only as regards the "laws and usages" but also the concomitant breach of Article 12 (1) of the Constitution.
If it can happen so brazenly to me, what about other cases? Think
MOM use whose $ go court ?
January 9, 2020 at 9:03 am Realistically(Quote)
@ Realistically:
January 7, 2020 at 10:27 pm (Quote)
The case no: for the main appeal is CA/CA 119/2019…….SORRY for the error
From the blank cheque given by the 70%. Unfortunately the 30% has to pay too.
Re: YAHOO's Report On Death Of Former CJ Yong Pung How:
https://sg.yahoo.com/news/former-singapore-chief-justice-yong-pung-how-dies-055715474.html
Comments therein:
•	Heng 30 mins ago
The 'good' that Yong Pung How had purportedly done can NEVER outweigh the INJUSTICES he had inflicted on bona-fide and honest litigants especially against his oath of office pursuant to the First Schedule (Form 6) of the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore "…to do right to ALL MANNER OF PEOPLE after the laws and usages of the Republic of Singapore without fear or favour, affection or ill-will to the best of my ability, and will preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the Republic of Singapore" Remember also that the Privy Council, then Singapore's Highest Court, had described the decisions against the late JB Jeyaratnam as "GRIEVOUS INJUSTICE" during the time Yong Pung How was the CJ. People must also ask what good has his daughter Yong Ying I done to remain as a Permanent Secretary and being the oldest PS around? I don't think she should escape accountability of the various fiascos in the hospitals especially so when she had been the PS at MOH. (Please ask around and do your own research on the last part of my post)
The Report does NOT mention that Yong Pung How ceased practising law for about 20 years before being appointed as a judge of the Supreme Court with the objective of making him the CJ. I have absolutely NO respect for his ability to NOT deliver justice where a person has been "FIXED".
FAILURE OF GOVERNMENT POLICY
What I'm about to post below is JUST ONE of the PAPie's FAILURE incompetence.
Recently Masagos, Minister ENVWR, announced that the PAPie is introducing legislation the minimum efficiency of chilled water system for central airconditioning.
30 years ago, a small Singaporean owned company called Sypersymetry Services (SS) Pte Ltd offered and did provide the RELC with a brand new airconditioning system FREE OF CHARGE………..to be paid back on a monthly basis the money saved from paying the electricity bill to the (then) PUB over an agreed term…….if RELC did not save any money, it needed not pay the company (or its designated entity) ………if it DID save, it was only obliged to pay only half the saving.
It went well for both parties………until SS former employer somehow "FIXED" the guy who started SS.
It just goes to show how much electricity Singapore would have saved over 30 years considering air-con design was typically between 25% to over 75% inefficient.
It also goes to show how incompetent the so -called elites were not to accept SS ideas ……….because it did not benefit certain entities close to the PAPies. Instead it was SS former employer who was a PAPie who put an end to SS's financing source, which was Intraco.
People should not know why the PAPies are intent of "FIXING ME"………because I can call out its failures which include on its taxation policy – re: the Economic Review Committee chaired by then DPM & FINANCE Minister, Lee Hsien Loong.
Last comment mistake:
People should NOW know………
Change We Must:
January 10, 2020 at 1:44 am Change We Must(Quote)
The MOM under this lady is not doing her job. Not sure the MOM officers have KIP to close cases fast? My friend got his job terminated by a Company without good reason, and has filed a report of unfair termination and give the whole scenario in the filing. His English is not very good and request the officer to contact him if he cannot understand the case.
It turns out that his lost his case because the officer make a lot of assumption of the case. Was told that it is the minister decision and cannot further appeal. What nonsense is this? Do you think we still want to vote for the PAP if they are not protecting Singaporeans.My friend case added to the statistical result of the recent SDP report which is more accurate than the one from MOM.
January 10, 2020 at 2:54 am Realistically(Quote)
From the YAHOO report:
The report says: "In a long career spanning half a century, his appointments included managing director of the Government of Singapore Investment Corporation from 1981 to 1983,"
His role as MD of GIC was a disaster……selling at or near the PEAK of the US interest cycle……Lee Kuan Yew, as Chairman had publicly said that he expected US interest rates, then over 20% to creep up even higher to tame inflation in the US. Therefore GIC sold its US investments and kept the cash………..It turned out to so HORRIBLY WRONG……….lost a lot of money because after GIC sold, US interest rates DROPPED leading to sharp increases in the Global share price. The rest, as they say, is history. A TOTAL FAILURE.
As those in the investment/fund management industry know, today's global interest rates are negative or less than 2% . What a HUGE LOSS it has been………..that's why the PAPies have to find all ways to raise money, like the 30% increase in water tariff…………because they had promised NOT to raise GST which would come sooner than most, even the PAPies, had thought…………because the investment scene is so totally different from their expected returns.
Now people should know why the PAPies want so badly to "FIX" me.
Khaw BW and Tan CJ are part of a regime that does not have standards, vote for opposition and VOTE THEM OUT !


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Election Update: Polls Show Pennsylvania Back In Clinton's Firewall
Aug. 9, 2016 , at 7:36 PM
Hillary Clinton at a rally at the David L. Lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh on July 30.
At FiveThirtyEight, we generally prefer state polls to national polls. So far, though, we haven't had many of them to work with. If you're getting dozens of national polls every week, but just a smattering of state-level surveys — and that's what we've been getting — you're better off inferring what's going on in the states from the trend in national polls, rather than the other way around.
For example, Hillary Clinton has gone from having roughly a 3 or 4 percentage point lead over Donald Trump in national polls in early July to more like an 8-point lead now. Therefore, we'd expect her to gain perhaps 4 or 5 points in polls of Pennsylvania, Florida, Ohio and other swing states if polls were taken in those states now, compared to the previous versions of those polls conducted a month ago.
On Tuesday, we finally got a bunch of state polls to test the theory — three polls each from Quinnipiac University and Marist College. In fact, the new data mostly confirms our hypothesis, although with some caveats. Clinton gained an average of 4 percentage points across the six surveys. The clearest trend toward Clinton is in Pennsylvania, which is now part of her path of least resistance to 270 electoral votes. Here are the new surveys:
JULY POLL
Pennsylvania Marist Clinton +8 Clinton +9 Clinton +1
Ohio Marist Clinton +3 Clinton +4 Clinton +1
Iowa Marist Tie Tie —
Pennsylvania Quinnipiac Trump +6 Clinton +9 Clinton +15
Ohio Quinnipiac Trump +1 Clinton +2 Clinton +3
Florida Quinnipiac Trump +5 Tie Clinton +5
Average Tie Clinton +4 Clinton +4
Latest swing state polls mostly show gains for Clinton
Note that these numbers are based on the versions of the polls with third-party candidates included, which is the version FiveThirtyEight's models use. The head-to-head versions of the Marist and Quinnipiac polls were a bit better for Clinton, perhaps because there are still a fair number of Bernie Sanders supporters who say they'll vote for Libertarian Gary Johnson or the Green Party's Jill Stein. In fact, Johnson gained ground in the Marist polls, when third-party candidates typically lose ground after the party conventions.
Overall, these are good but not great numbers for Clinton; as I said, they're about in line with what you'd expect based on trends in national polls. It's also not surprising that Clinton improved more in Quinnipiac's polls than in Marist's, since Quinnipiac previously had a strongly Republican-leaning "house effect" while Marist had among the more favorable polls for Clinton. Sometimes those house effects diminish as the election draws onward, with polls tending to converge toward one another. Note also that Quinnipiac shifted from surveying registered voters to likely voters, a change that normally helps Republican candidates but that might not this year given Trump's potential reliance on lower-propensity voters.
The best news for Clinton is in Pennsylvania, where a variety of post-convention surveys, including the two released on Tuesday, show her ahead by around 9 percentage points. Our polls-only model now projects Clinton to win Pennsylvania by 8.5 percentage points, making it just a pinch bluer than the national average. (Polls-only has Clinton winning the national popular vote by 8.0 percentage points.) By contrast, polls-only has Clinton projected to win Ohio, Florida and Iowa by 5 to 6 percentage points, meaning that they lag her national numbers a bit.
Let's not bury the lead: Clinton is polling really well right now, and if you held an election today, she'd probably win in a landslide, possibly including states such as Georgia and Arizona along with most or all of the traditional swing states.
Still, Clinton doesn't quite have a firewall of 270 electoral votes. If Trump makes a big comeback, her Electoral College position is decent but not great. Including Pennsylvania, Clinton has 269 electoral votes in states where our polls-only model projects her to win by more than 8 percentage points. This category also includes Wisconsin, Michigan, Colorado and Virginia, states where Clinton can feel fairly confident about her position based on polling and demographics. Note, however, that 269 electoral votes is not enough to win — it's only enough to tie. Also, the 269 total includes an electoral vote from Maine's rural 2nd Congressional District (Maine splits its vote by congressional district). Trump led the only poll of the 2nd district, and our model favors Clinton there, but sees a highly competitive race.
So Clinton needs one more state, of any size, in this firewall scenario. Ohio and Florida are candidates, of course, but they're heavy lifts. Couldn't Clinton target something a little smaller?
On the basis of demographics, Nevada might seem like a strong Clinton state, but her polling there has been mediocre all year. She also hasn't polled that well in Iowa, where Marist's latest poll showed a tied race. New Hampshire, where Clinton had a big lead in the only post-conventions poll, might be the best option, but it can be swingy, meaning that if the election shifted back toward Trump overall, New Hampshire might swing right along with it. North Carolina is a possibility: Clinton's polling has been no worse there (and no better) than most of the other states I've mentioned. North Carolina could really be a tipping-point state this year that makes the difference between winning and losing maps for Clinton, and not just an add-on that helps her run up the score.
So Pennsylvania has helped, and Clinton has a lot of options. But overall, our models have her as being more likely to win the popular vote and lose the Electoral College than the other way around. Of course, neither possibility is all that likely.
Overall, Clinton's position is strong and may still be improving. Instead of seeing her convention bounce fade, she's holding onto or even improving her lead over Trump in a variety of national polls. You can find one or two polls showing a rebound toward Trump if you look hard enough, but they're outweighed by polls showing Clinton gaining, including a few that give her a double-digit national lead.
Related: Politics Podcast
The Conversation About 'Skewed' Polls Is Back
Our polls-plus model continues to expect a rebound toward Trump, in part because Clinton may still be in the midst of a convention bounce. (It will be another week or two before we can be confident that the convention's effects have faded.) Still, the polls-plus model gives Clinton a 79 percent chance of winning the Electoral College, her highest figure so far this year. And polls-only, which doesn't adjust for convention bounces, has Clinton with an 88 percent chance.
For now, those lofty percentages for Clinton are mostly based on her strong standing in national polls — and swing state polls that seem to be consistent with the national data. The volume of state polling typically increases a lot at about this stage of the campaign, however. So before long, those state polls will be driving most of the changes in the outlook.
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The origins of Plant and Animal Domestication
The emergence of plant and animal domestication represented a monumental change in the ways that humans interacted with Earth' s resources: the rate at which Earth' s surface was modified and the rates of human population growth. The development of agriculture was accompanied by fundamental changes in the organization on human society: disparities in wealth, hierarchies of power, and urbanization.
Phrases like "plant and animal domestication" and "the invention of agriculture" create the impression that humans made the transition to cultivating plants and tending animals rather abruptly, maybe with a flash of insight. Most scholars don't think so. It seems more likely that humans used and manipulated wild plants and animals for many hundreds of thousands of years. The transition to gardens, fields, and pastures was probably gradual, the natural outgrowth of a long familiarity with the environmental requirements, growth cycles, and reproductive mechanisms of whatever plants and animals humans liked to eat, ride, or wear.
For years, scholars argued that the practices of cultivation and animal domestication were invented in one or two locations on Earth and then diffused from those centers of innovation. Genetic studies are now showing that many different groups of people in many different places around the globe learned independently to create especially useful plants and animals through selective breeding. Probably both independent invention and diffusion played a role in agricultural innovation. Sometimes the ideas of domestication and cultivation were relayed to new places. In other cases the farmers or herders themselves moved into new zones, taking agriculture or improvements such as new tools or new methods or new plants and animals with them.
Scholars used to assume that people turned to cultivating instead of gathering their food either because they had to in order to feed burgeoning populations, or because agriculture provided such obviously better nutrition. It now seems that neither of these explanations is valid. First of all, the risk attached to exploring new food sources when there were already too many mouths to feed would be too great.
Second, agriculture did not necessarily improve nutrition or supplies of food. A varied diet based on gathered (and occasionally hunted) food probably provided a wider, more secure range of nutrients than an early agriculturally based diet of only one or two cultivated crops. More likely, populations expanded after agricultural successes, and not before.
Richard MacNeish, an archaeologist who studied plant domestication in Mexico and Central America, suggested that the chance to trade was at the heart of agricultural origins worldwide. Many of the known locations of agricultural innovation lie near early trade centers. People in such places would have had at least two reasons to pursue cultivation and animal raising; they would have had access to new information, plants, and animals brought in by traders, and they would have had a need for something to trade with the people passing through. Perhaps, then, agriculture was at first just a profitable hobby for hunters and gatherers that eventually, because of market demand, grew into the primary source of sustenance. Trade in agricultural products may also have been a hobby that led to trouble. E. N. Anderson, writing about the beginnings of agriculture in China, suggests that agricultural production for trade may have been the impetus for several global situations now regarded as problems: rapid population growth, social inequalities, environmental degradation, and famine. Briefly explained, his theory suggests that groups turned to raising animals and plants in order to reap the profits of trading them. As more labor was needed to supply the trade, humans produced more children. As populations expanded, more resources were put into producing food for subsistence and for trade. Gradually, hunting and gathering technology was abandoned as populations, with their demands for space, destroyed natural habitats. Meanwhile, a minority elite emerged when the wealth provided by trade did not accrue equally to everyone. Yet another problem was that a drought or other natural disaster could wipe out an entire harvest, thus, as ever larger populations depended solely on agriculture, famine became more common.
The emergence of plant and animal domestication represented a monumental change in the ways that humans interacted with Earth s resources: the rate at which Earth' s surface was modified and the rates of human population growth. The development of agriculture was accompanied by fundamental changes in the organization on human society: disparities in wealth, hierarchies of power, and urbanization.
1.The word "monumental" in the passage is closet in meaning to
A.innovative
B.surprising
C.complex
D.enormous
Phrases like "plant and animal domestication" and "the invention of agriculture" create the impression that humans made the transition to cultivating plants and tending animals rather abruptly, maybe with a flash of insight. Most scholars don't think so. It seems more likely that humans used and manipulated wild plants and animals for many hundreds of thousands of years. The transition to gardens, fields,
and pastures was probably gradual, the natural outgrowth of a long familiarity with the environmental requirements, growth cycles, and reproductive mechanisms of whatever plants and animals humans liked to eat, ride, or wear.
2. According to paragraph 2, phrases such as "plant and animal domestication" and "the invention of agriculture"encourage which of the following wrong ideas?
A.Early farmers were fairly advanced in their knowledge of plants and animals.
B.Agriculture and animal domestication arose as a result of systematic study and experimentation.
C.The change from hunting and gathering to farming and raising animals occurred quickly.
D.Early efforts to raise plants and animals were generally successful.
3.The word "manipulated" in the passage is closet in meaning to
A.observed
B.consumed
C.skillfully used
D.protected
3. Which of the sentences below best expresses the essential information in the highlighted sentence in the passage? Incorrect choices change the meaning in important ways or leave out essential information.
A.The change to land cultivation was a slow process because humans were familiar with the needs of relatively few plants and animals.
B.The cultivation of land occurred gradually as it was the product of extensive human experience observing plants and animals of value to humans.
C.Gardens, fields, and pastures were outgrowths of the desire for plants and animals that humans knew from long familiarity were good to eat, wear, or ride.
D.People learned about environmental requirements, growth cycles, and reproductive mechanisms through their long familiarity with plants and animals that they liked to eat, ride, and wear.
5.What do genetic studies suggest about the theory that "cultivation and animal domestication were invented in one or two locations on Earth and then diffused from those centers of innovation"?
A.The theory underestimates the speed at which cultivation and animal domestication were diffused.
B.The theory underestimates the number of locations in which cultivation and animal domestication arose independently.
C.The theory overemphasizes the importance of selective breeding in cultivation and animal domestication.
D.The theory overemphasizes the importance of cultivation and animal domestication to some groups of people.
Scholars used to assume that people turned to cultivating instead of gathering their food either because they had to in order to feed burgeoning populations, or because agriculture provided such obviously better nutrition. It now seems that neither of these explanations is valid. First of all, the risk attached to exploring new food sources when there were already too many mouths to feed would be too great. Second, agriculture did not necessarily improve nutrition or supplies of food. A varied diet based on gathered (and occasionally hunted) food probably provided a wider, more secure range of nutrients than an early agriculturally based diet of only one or two cultivated crops. More likely, populations expanded after agricultural successes, and not before.
6.According to paragraph 4, what advantages did the diet of hunter- gatherers probably have over an early agricultural diet?
A.It required less effort for them to acquire food that was nutritious.
B.It allowed their populations to expand across wider areas.
C.It provided a greater variety of foods needed for them to stay healthy.
D.It allowed them to have more children.
7.According to paragraph 4, what was the most likely relationship between population growth and food cultivation?
A.Population growth encouraged the development of food cultivation.
B.Population growth was dependent on the development of a varied diet of cultivated foods.
C.Successful methods of food cultivation were developed before population growth occurred.
D.Food cultivation was more successful in situations where population growth was limited.
Richard MacNeish, an archaeologist who studied plant domestication in Mexico and Central America, suggested that the chance to trade was at the heart of agricultural origins worldwide. Many of the known locations of agricultural innovation lie near early trade centers. People in such places would have had at least two reasons to pursue cultivation and animal raising; they would have had access to new information, plants, and animals brought in by traders, and they would have had a need for something to trade with the people passing through. Perhaps, then, agriculture was at first just a profitable hobby for hunters and gatherers that eventually, because of market demand, grew into the primary source of sustenance. Trade in agricultural products may also have been a hobby that led to trouble.
8.The word "pursue" in the passage is closet in meaning to
A.practice
B.encourage
C.prefer
D.combine
9.Which of the following most accurately reflects the statement discussed in paragraph 5, on efforts to cultivate plants and animals?
A.The efforts often failed because hunter-gatherers had limited access to new information about plants and animals.
B.The efforts were begun out of a desire to produce goods for trade rather than to increase their growers' food supplies.
C.The efforts were sometimes abandoned so hunter-gatherers could become involved in the more profitable activity of trading.
D.The efforts were not profitable until people began trading food that they had raised for other goods.
E.N. Anderson, writing about the beginnings of agriculture in China, suggests that agricultural production for trade may have been the impetus for several global situations now regarded as problems: rapid population growth, social inequalities, environmental degradation, and famine. Briefly explained, his theory suggests that groups turned to raising animals and plants in order to reap the profits of trading them. As more labor was needed to supply the trade, humans produced more children. As populations expanded, more resources were put into producing food for subsistence and for trade. Gradually, hunting and gathering technology was abandoned as populations, with their demands for space, destroyed natural habitats. Meanwhile, a minority elite emerged when the wealth provided by trade did not accrue equally to everyone. Yet another problem was that a drought or other natural disaster could wipe out an entire harvest, thus, as ever larger populations depended solely on agriculture, famine became more common.
10.Which of the following most accurately reflect the relationship between paragraph 6 and a topic discussed in paragraph 5?
A.Paragraph 6 discusses a series of events that calls into question the theory that plants and animals were raised for purposes of trade.
B.Paragraph 6 presents evidence supporting the claim that many sites of agricultural innovation were located near trade centers.
C.Paragraph 6 identifies problems that led to the raising of plants and animals as the primary source of sustenance.
D.Paragraph 6 traces negative developments that arose possibly as a result of raising plants and animals for trade.
11.The word "subsistence" in the passage is closet in meaning to
A.profit
B.surplus
C.enjoyment
D.survival
For years, scholars argued that the practices of cultivation and animal domestication were invented in one or two locations on Earth and then diffused from those centers of innovation. ■ Genetic studies are now showing that many different groups of people in many different places around the globe learned independently to create especially useful plants and animals through selective breeding. ■ Probably both independent invention and diffusion played a role in agricultural innovation. ■ Sometimes the ideas of domestication and cultivation were relayed to new places. In other cases the farmers or herders themselves moved into new zones, taking agriculture or improvements such as new tools or new methods or new plants and animals with them. ■
12.Look at the four squares [ ■ ] that indicate where the following sentence can be added to the passage.
Among the many places that are now known to be centers of independent domestication are Mesopotamia, Central China, and Mesoamerica.
Where would the sentence best fit? Click on a square [■] to add the sentence to the passage.
13.Directions: An introductory sentence for a brief summary of the passage is provided below. Complete the summary by selecting the THREE answer choices that express the most important ideas in the passage. Some answer choices do not belong in the summary because they express ideas that are not presented in the passage or are minor ideas in the passage. This question is worth 2 points.
Drag your choices to the spaces where they belong. To review the passage, click on View Text.
Answer Choices
A.The transition from hunting and gathering to raising plants and animals was gradual and led to significant changes in the organization of human societies.
B.Scholars now believe that agriculture and animal domestication began independently in many separate locations and then spread to new areas.
C.As trade in agricultural products grew and social inequalities arose, new crops were developed specifically to feed the labor needed to support societies.
D.Although it is now clear that agriculture developed independently in many places, often the most efficient techniques arose by combing practices of different cultures.
E.Agriculture became more widespread when human populations realized that an agricultural diet supplemented through trade could provide as much nutrition as the hunter-gatherer diet.
F.The earliest reason for raising plants and animals may have been to provide goods for trade, and such trade may account for the rise in social problems such as environmental destruction.
1.D 2.C 3.C 4.B 5.B 6.C 7.C 8.A 9.B 10.D 11.D 12.B 13. A、B、F
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Home Private Equity News & Analysis String of exits boost Candover interims
String of exits boost Candover interims
The listed vehicle of UK private equity firm Candover has reported a 6.4 percent rise in first half NAV per share, while pre-tax profits increased 9.8 percent to £12.3m.
Candover Investments, the publicly quoted division of UK private equity firm Candover, has reported a strong performance in the first half of 2004, primarily due to five significant realisations during the period.
The firm reported total net assets of £270.9 million (€397 million; $487 million), an increase of 6.4 percent over the six months to June 30, 2004.
Candover's net asset value per share increased 18.8 percent on the prior 12 months, compared with a 13.1 percent rise in the FTSE All-Share Index over the same period.
The plc's net revenue return before tax increased 9.8 percent, up from £11.2 million in 2003 to £12.3 million and the interim dividend increased from 13.5 pence to 15 pence.
Candover's performance was boosted by five major exits during the six-month period, including the £245 million sale of exhibition venue Earls Court & Olympia; the sale of its stake in UK leisure operator Bourne Leisure and the sale of Irish packaging group Clondalkin to Warburg Pincus for €630 million in February.
The remaining two realisations were the sale of its stake in European heating company Baxi Group to BC Partners and the 4.6x return on the disposition of its residual shares in clinical research services company Inveresk. The five disposals realised £44.4 million and produced gains over cost of £21.5 million.
Although the company did not make any new investments in the period to June 30 2004, since then it has made two significant commitments. In July, the firm acquired the speciality film manufacturing division of UCB group for €320 million and participated in the €729 million consortium acquisition of Vetco International from Swiss-Swedish engineering group ABB.
Commenting on the results, Stephen Curran, chairman of Candover said: "The evidence from the second quarter shows that activity levels have been increasing, particularly in the French and German markets. Our focus for the remainder of 2004 will be to continue actively to invest the Candover 2001 Fund."
Curran also said he expected that until the 2001 Fund portfolio matures, the level of realisation activity will be more subdued in the next few months.
The €2.7 billion 2001 Fund, which closed in June 2002, is understood to be more than 55 percent invested at this stage.


On Thursday 17th, there was a service for Amnesty at the Cathedral attended by over 80 people. We were pleased to welcome the Rev Nicholas Mercer who gave the sermon. Nicholas is well known because of his battles with the army and human rights particularly in view of the treatment of some Iraqis by some soldiers. There is a link below to his background and the award of 'human rights lawyer of the year' . His sermon was hard hitting and shocking and he described in graphic detail the use of the 'five techniques' by the Army which were banned in 1978 but which are still being used on prisoners.
A full account of his sermon will appear in the newsletter due out later this month.
This year there was an opportunity for celebrants to sign a petition and it will be on behalf of Reggie Clemons in the USA. A factsheet giving the background is attached. We are pleased to say we collected 45 signatures.


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I don't even remember when I started watching Full House. Maybe I was four-years-old. Five? Either way, I know one thing: I have always had a girl crush on Stephanie Tanner (Jodie Sweetin). Not only was Stephanie's catch phrase – "How rude!" – my favorite, but she was also the funniest of the Tanner girls.
When the announcement of the Full House reunion – aka Fuller House – was made, I think about 99.9% of people who grew up in the 90's lost their minds. Even though the show was incredibly corny and predictable, it was a total landmark in our childhoods. Danny's OCD-style cleaning and obsession with hugs, Joey's cartoon impressions, Uncle Jesse's overall hotness and rock star status, etc. By the way, how the hell hasn't John Stamos aged? I need to get me some more of that Oikos Greek yogurt.
Recently, I spent a Saturday night in to binge watch all the episodes of Fuller House online, and it was fabulous. Even though the corny factor was still there, it was a good kind of corny – the type that serves as a "blast from the past" and reminds you of the wholesome, family-friendly stuff we used to watch back in the day.
Maybe it's because of the Merlot I was drinking at the time, but it took a minute before I realized Fuller House was a play off DJ Tanner's married name, DJ Fuller. As a widow, she's left with two boys, just like the original setup with Danny and his three girls. Without giving away any real spoilers, Stephanie and DJ's best friend (Kimmy Gibbler) step up to the plate to support her, and the series is built around their relationships. Think of it as the ultimate hand off to the next generation.
Unlike Full House, this new version alludes to jokes and scenarios you'd only understand if you watched the original series. And several of those jokes are geared more towards adults, rather than children (a huge "plus"). Basically, I loved having a momentary flashback with one of my favorite childhood TV shows, and thrilled that it was just renewed for a second season.
In terms of Stephanie Tanner, girlfriend is now a DJ – not to be confused with her sister – and killed it with the dance numbers. More than 20 years later, she's still crazy cool in my book and I still want to be her when I grow up.


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Stojewsko ist eine Ortschaft mit einem Schulzenamt der Landgemeinde Krasocin im Powiat Włoszczowski der Woiwodschaft Heiligkreuz in Polen. Sie liegt um 16 km nordöstlich der Stadt Włoszczowa.

Geschichte
In der ersten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts gehörten die Güter von Krasocin und Gruszczyn zu W. Dobiecki, der dort deutsche Kolonisten ansiedelte. Aber in der Mitte der 1840er Jahre wanderten sie zum großen Teil aus den Orten Wojciechów, Lipia Góra und Podlesie aus. Ab Juni 1850 gehörten diese Güter zu den Eheleuten Hipolit und Karolina Stojowski. Sie siedelten wahrscheinlich in den frühen 1860er Jahren in der neuen nach ihnen genannten Kolonie Stojewo zwischen 20 und 25 deutsch-evangelische Familien an. Stojewo wurde neben Antonielów zu einem Zentrum der deutschen Bauern zwischen der Pilica im Westen und Kielce, dem Sitz der evangelisch-augsburgischen Gemeinde, im Osten. Im Jahr 1864 lebten in der Umgebung insgesamt 94 Lutheraner.

Nach dem Ende des Ersten Weltkriegs kam Stojewsko zu Polen. Im Jahr 1921 hatte Strojewsko (sic!) in der Gemeinde Krasocin im Powiat Włoszczowski der Woiwodschaft Kielce 31 Häuser mit 211 Einwohnern, davon deklarierten sich alle als Polen, außer 49 Katholiken, gab es 151 Lutheraner (außerdem lebten in der Gemeinde polnische Protestanten unter anderem in Karolinów – 70, Występy – 51, Wojciechów – 21) und 11 Juden. Jedoch gehörte Stojewsko neben Antonielów, Skałka Niemiecka, Przeczów und Godów in der Zwischenkriegszeit zu den Orten, wo die Bewohner oft noch wenig die polnische Sprache kannten.

Im Zweiten Weltkrieg gehörte es zum Distrikt Radom im Generalgouvernement. Von 1975 bis 1998 gehörte Stojewsko zur Woiwodschaft Kielce.

Literatur

Einzelnachweise

Ort der Woiwodschaft Heiligkreuz
Gmina Krasocin

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FOX Sports and Premier Boxing Champions announced eight televised world title fights in the first three months of their new deal, featuring Keith Thurman and more than two dozen of the world's best boxers going toe-to-toe.
Undefeated WBA Welterweight Champion Keith Thurman (28-0, 22 KOs) ends a long injury layoff to defend his title and starts to reclaim the division against battle-hardened veteran Josesito Lopez (36-7, 19 KOs).
Also that evening, Adam Kownacki (18-0, 14 KOs), one of the fastest rising stars in the heavyweight division, takes on his toughest challenge to date when he steps in against U.S. Navy veteran and USC football standout Gerald Washington (19-2-1, 12 KOs).


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Traditional farming (of many particular kinds in different eras and places) was the original type of agriculture, and has been practiced for thousands of years. All traditional farming is now considered to be "organic farming" although at the time there were no known inorganic methods. For example, forest gardening, a fully organic food production system which dates from prehistoric times, is thought to be the world's oldest and most resilient agroecosystem. The industrial revolution introduced inorganic methods, most of which were not well developed and had serious side effects. An organic movement began in the 1940s as a reaction to agriculture's growing reliance on synthetic fertilizers and pesticides. The history of this modern revival of organic farming dates back to the first half of the 20th century at a time when there was a growing reliance on these new synthetic, non-organic methods.

Pre-World War II
The first 40 years of the 20th century saw simultaneous advances in biochemistry and engineering that rapidly and profoundly changed farming. The introduction of the gasoline-powered internal combustion engine ushered in the era of the tractor and made possible hundreds of mechanized farm implements. Research in plant breeding led to the commercialization of hybrid seed. And a new manufacturing process made nitrogen fertilizer — first synthesized in the mid-19th century — affordably abundant. These factors changed the labour equation: there were almost no tractors in the US around 1910, but over 3,000,000 by 1950; in 1900, it took one farmer to feed 2.5 people, but currently the ratio is 1 to well over 100. Fields grew bigger and cropping more specialized to make more efficient use of machinery. The reduced need for manual labour and animal labour that machinery, herbicides, and fertilizers made possible created an era in which the mechanization of agriculture evolved rapidly.

Consciously organic agriculture (as opposed to traditional agricultural methods from before the inorganic options existed, which always employed only organic means) began more or less simultaneously in Central Europe and India. The British botanist Sir Albert Howard is often referred to as the father of modern organic agriculture, because he was the first to apply modern scientific knowledge and methods to traditional agriculture. From 1905 to 1924, he and his wife Gabrielle, herself a plant physiologist, worked as agricultural advisers in Pusa, Bengal, where they documented traditional Indian farming practices and came to regard them as superior to their conventional agriculture science. Their research and further development of these methods is recorded in his writings, notably, his 1940 book, An Agricultural Testament, which influenced many scientists and farmers of the day.

In Germany, Rudolf Steiner's development, biodynamic agriculture, was probably the first comprehensive system of what we now call organic farming. This began with a lecture series Steiner presented at a farm in Koberwitz (Kobierzyce now in Poland) in 1924. Steiner emphasized the farmer's role in guiding and balancing the interaction of the animals, plants and soil. Healthy animals depended upon healthy plants (for their food), healthy plants upon healthy soil, healthy soil upon healthy animals (for the manure). His system was based on his philosophy of anthroposophy rather than a good understanding of science. To develop his system of farming, Steiner established an international research group called the Agricultural Experimental Circle of Anthroposophical Farmers and Gardeners of the General Anthroposophical Society.

In 1909, American agronomist F.H. King toured China, Korea, and Japan, studying traditional fertilization, tillage, and general farming practices.  He published his findings in  Farmers of Forty Centuries (1911, Courier Dover Publications, ).  King foresaw a "world movement for the introduction of new and improved methods" of agriculture and in later years his book became an important organic reference.

The term "organic farming" was coined by Walter James (Lord Northbourne), a student of Biodynamic Agriculture, in his book Look to the Land (written in 1939, published 1940). In this text, James described a holistic, ecologically balanced approach to farming, "the farm as organism," basing this on Steiner's agricultural principles and methods. One year previously to his book's publication, James had hosted the first Biodynamic Agriculture conference in England, the Betteshanger Summer School and Conference, at which Ehrenfried Pfeiffer was the key presenter.

In 1939 James, Albert Howard, Ehrenfried Pfeiffer and George Stapleton joined at Farleigh to implement an experiment comparing Biodynamic, organic and chemical fertilization methods. "The Farleigh Experiment", had been planned since initial meetings in 1936 including ten participants. The experiment was cut short due to the fact that Biodynamic compost was not available until after the Betteshanger Summer School event, the disruption of the impending war, and lack of funding. Though inconclusive, this experiment was seen as providing impetus for the similar "Haughley Experiment" described below.

In 1939 Lady Eve Balfour, who had been farming since 1920 in Haughley Green, Suffolk, England, launched the Haughley Experiment. Lady Balfour believed that mankind's health and future depended on how the soil was used, and that non-intensive farming could produce more wholesome food. The experiment was run to generate data to test these beliefs. Four years later, she published The Living Soil, based on the initial findings of the Haughley Experiment. Widely read, it led to the formation of a key international organic advocacy group, the Soil Association.

In Japan, Masanobu Fukuoka, a microbiologist working in soil science and plant pathology, began to doubt the modern agricultural movement. In 1937, he quit his job as a research scientist, returned to his family's farm in 1938, and devoted the next 60 years to developing a radical no-till organic method for growing grain and many other crops, now known as , nature farming, 'do–nothing' farming or Fukuoka farming.

Post-World War II
Technological advances during World War II accelerated post-war innovation in all aspects of agriculture, resulting in large advances in mechanization (including large-scale irrigation), fertilization, and pesticides. In particular, two chemicals that had been produced in quantity for warfare, were repurposed for peacetime agricultural uses. Ammonium nitrate, used in munitions, became an abundantly cheap source of nitrogen. And a range of new pesticides appeared: DDT, which had been used to control disease-carrying insects around troops, became a general insecticide, launching the era of widespread pesticide use.

At the same time, increasingly powerful and sophisticated farm machinery allowed a single farmer to work larger areas of land and fields grew bigger.

In 1944, an international campaign called the Green Revolution was launched in Mexico with private funding from the US. It encouraged the development of hybrid plants, chemical controls, large-scale irrigation, and heavy mechanization in agriculture around the world.

During the 1950s, sustainable agriculture was a topic of scientific interest, but research tended to concentrate on developing the new chemical approaches. One of the reasons for this, which informed and guided the ongoing Green Revolution, was the widespread belief that high global population growth, which was demonstrably occurring, would soon create worldwide food shortages unless humankind could rescue itself through ever higher agricultural technology. At the same time, however, the adverse effects of "modern" farming continued to kindle a small but growing organic movement. For example, in the U.S., J. I. Rodale began to popularize the term and methods of organic growing, particularly to consumers through promotion of organic gardening.

In 1962, Rachel Carson, a prominent scientist and naturalist, published Silent Spring, chronicling the effects of DDT and other pesticides on the environment. A bestseller in many countries, including the US, and widely read around the world, Silent Spring is widely considered as being a key factor in the US government's 1972 banning of DDT. The book and its author are often credited with launching the worldwide environmental movement.

In the 1970s, global movements concerned with pollution and the environment increased their focus on organic farming. As the distinction between organic and conventional food became clearer, one goal of the organic movement was to encourage consumption of locally grown food, which was promoted through slogans like "Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food".

An early organic farmers' association, the Maine Organic Farmers and Gardeners Association was founded in 1971.

In 1972, the International Federation of Organic Agriculture Movements (IFOAM) was founded in Versailles, France and dedicated to the diffusion and exchange of information on the principles and practices of organic agriculture of all schools and across national and linguistic boundaries.

In 1975, Fukuoka released his book, The One-Straw Revolution, with a strong impact in certain areas of the agricultural world. His approach to small-scale grain production emphasized a meticulous balance of the local farming ecosystem, and a minimum of human interference and labour.

In the U.S. during the 1970s and 1980s, J. I. Rodale and his Rodale Press (now Rodale, Inc.) advocated for organic farming methods. The press's books offered how-to information and advice to Americans interested in trying organic gardening and farming.

In 1984, Oregon Tilth established an early organic certification service in the United States.

In the 1980s, around the world, farming and consumer groups began seriously pressuring for government regulation of organic production. This led to legislation and certification standards being enacted through the 1990s and to date. In the United States, the Organic Foods Production Act of 1990 tasked the USDA with developing national standards for organic products, and the final rule establishing the National Organic Program was first published in the Federal Register in 2000

In Havana, Cuba, the loss of Soviet economic support following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991 led to a focus on local agricultural production and the development of a unique state-supported urban organic agriculture program called organopónicos.

Since the early 1990s, the retail market for organic farming in developed economies has been growing by about 20% annually due to increasing consumer demand. Concern for the quality and safety of food, and the potential for environmental damage from conventional agriculture, are apparently responsible for this trend.

See also
Biodynamic agriculture

References

History of agriculture


Kataryna Leach is the department secretary and PA to Mr Kaveh Shakib, consultant oral and maxillofacial surgeon and lead in orthodontics, oral and maxillofacial surgery at Barnet Hospital.
What does an oral and maxillofacial secretary do?
I am very lucky to have a varied role which allows me to work very closely with our patients, our consultants and nurses and with a wide range of services across London. Every day brings exciting new challenges; no two days are the same.
This is a difficult question because there are so many things, but my top two are being privileged to work with such an outstanding specialist and close team and being able to make a real difference to our patients when they need us most. Nothing beats the satisfaction of a patient saying that they have received excellent care with your department which has supported them throughout.
I originally started working for the trust on the bank while still at university at the start of 2008. I was made permanent in 2009. In total I have been with the trust for about seven years now.
What are the most significant challenges of your role?
It can be emotionally very challenging, but also very rewarding, responding to the needs of our cancer patients and their relatives. There have been many occasions when the telephone conversations I have had with patients have really touched me. It is a great privilege to be able to help them, even in the smallest way.
A trip to Brighton with a stop off at my favourite macaroon shop, Julien Pulmart's - they are bliss!
Originally I was training to be an academic. If I was not here I would probably be still working toward this. Truthfully it didn't take long from joining the service to realise that I had found my vocation. I couldn't imagine ever wanting to work anywhere else.
I am a co-director of a small artist book publishing company and in 2013 published my own artists' book called: Muse Love Letters to Research. You can order it at the British Library, ISBN 9780992616601.


As one of the world's most exotic tourist resorts and with (for Brazil) a relatively large middle-class population, Rio is well served by restaurants offering a wide variety of cuisines – from traditional Brazilian to French and Japanese. In general, eating out in Rio is not cheap – and can, in fact, be very expensive – but there's no shortage of low-priced places to grab a lunchtime meal, or just a snack and a drink. Cariocas generally dine late, and restaurants don't start to fill up until after 9pm. Last orders are usually taken around midnight, but there are some places where you can get a meal well after 2am.


Kendra Colburn spent a decade uninsured. During those years, she worked as a carpenter near her hometown in rural Vermont, earning just enough that she didn't qualify for low-income health care, but not enough to afford health insurance on her own. While uninsured, she suffered two major work injuries that landed her in the emergency room—once, a nail shot through three of her fingers, and another time, a piece of wood kicked back on the table saw and sliced her arm. When she was unable to pay the emergency room costs, her credit took a hit for years.
As a child who grew up in a farming community, Colburn says she observed that pain is just a part of being a farmer. "It's taken for granted that your body hurts every day, that your back always hurts." That's true for workers employed in some of the most dangerous jobs: Many manual laborers with high rates of injury and repetitive stress injuries are also more likely to be uninsured. In fact, a 2015 study found that 65 percent of commercial farmers identified health insurance costs as the most serious threat to their farms.
Alana Knudson, co-director of the Walsh Center for Rural Health at NORC at the University of Chicago, prefers to discuss rural health care in terms of strengths, but she does recognize the real barriers demonstrated by statistics. "Overall, we know that people who live in rural communities are likely to have lower incomes than their urban counterparts," she says. Rural residents are also more likely to have multiple chronic conditions and lower educational attainment, and they're more likely to face barriers in accessing transportation to medical care.
But there are also less tangible barriers. Colburn says that many people she knows don't feel comfortable navigating the complicated web of professional medical interventions when experiencing health issues. And the Medicaid system can often lack efficiency. Colburn says her state's website often doesn't work, and she still hasn't figured out how to find a primary care doctor who takes her insurance. Once, a computer glitch resulted in her being removed from her insurance plan, and she was charged hundreds of dollars in out-of-pocket expenses. Even though it was an error on Medicaid's part, Colburn was still responsible for the bill. "Generally when we're talking about rural health care issues, we're talking about access, as if once you get access that actually means something. But when you get access, it still can be a nightmare," she says.
Faced with whether to seek medical attention or "make do," Colburn says many people simply don't go. She notes that farmers especially have a hard time leaving their farm obligations to take care of themselves. They also spend significant time outdoors, and it's difficult to imagine a hospital stay. Colburn says, "I have treated myself or not gone a million times." One spring, she stepped on a potato fork and punctured her foot. Instead of going to the doctor, she spoke with a community herbalist, used an herbal tincture, and soaked her foot in salt water.
Many children of farmers choose not to take over the farm. Land is then sold or leased to larger farms. Small businesses that once depended on a critical mass of farm families as customers also go out of business. The effects of this rural migration are particularly severe on rural elderly with complex medical needs—and no younger generation remaining in the area to care for them.
Last year, a photographer and I drove across Kansas and Iowa to report on the hidden crisis of farmer suicide. We visited Onaga, Kan., a small town with a newly renovated hospital. Just blocks from the hospital's beautiful lobby and squeaky-clean floors were empty streets and boarded up storefronts. One doctor said the hospital had a hard time attracting medical professionals to practice there. The therapist had left months ago, she said, and they were struggling to fill the position.
In June 2017, Missouri Congressman Sam Graves introduced the Save Rural Hospitals Act (H.R. 2957). The bill doesn't increase reimbursements, but it does offer stability for "the closure crisis" by eliminating cuts and Medicare Sequestration for rural hospitals. It also establishes a new Medicare payment designation, called the Community Outpatient Hospital, that would guarantee rural access to emergency care and give hospitals the choice to offer outpatient care. The bill was co-sponsored by 21 representatives (14 Republicans and 7 Democrats), but it is still waiting for a vote.
Rural residents can't afford to wait, so they are using the assets they have. Rural communities are known for being innovative, self-sufficient, and used to organizing quickly in an emergency. Families may have been rooted in one area for generations, which manifests in a deep knowing of their neighbors, as well as each other's talents and stressors. And rural communities are often filled with people who want to help one another.
One story Alana Knudson tells me goes like this: One winter, in a northern rural community, an elderly man was treated for chronic urinary tract infections. He was treated and advised by medical staff to flush his kidneys as much as possible by drinking water. But he soon returned with another infection. When a community health worker visited his home, she discovered the man lived in the back of a shed, did not have an indoor toilet, and had to haul his own potable water.
Debbie Weingarten is a TalkPoverty Fellow, former vegetable farmer, and a freelance writer based out of Tucson, Ariz. Follow her on Twitter @cactuswrenwrite.


BehavioralSight is a boutique advisory applying insights and methodologies from the growing field of Behavioral Science (cognitive and social psychology, economics, neuroscience, and more) to everyday business problems.
Clients come from across industries, and project focus areas include optimizing decision making processes, developing and rigorously measuring behavior change solutions, and setting up internal behavioral science and experimentation units in businesses. Where applicable, academic advisers from psychology and economics are drawn upon for their additional expertise.
In the vein of psychologist Kurt Lewin, our team takes as a founding philosophy that all Behavior is a function of the Person and the Environment. Too often, we try to change our employees' or customers' knowledge, beliefs, and preferences to help improve a given behavior. Yet it can be far easier and lower cost to change the environment around those employees or customers -- our messaging and communications, our processes and interfaces, our financial and non-financial incentive structures, etc. The BehavioralSight team collaborates with clients to improve internal decision-making, employee and customer behaviors, and corporate cultures of continuous learning, with a focus on becoming responsible "architects" of their everyday corporate environments.


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What happens in Mexico, stays in Mexico…unless you are me and you want to share all the details of your trip. So, here we go!
Cruise Details: We cruised on the Royal Caribbean Brilliance of the Seas. It was a 4 night cruise to Cozumel, Mexico and we left from Tampa, Florida. We spent two full days on board and one full day in Cozumel, Mexico. We had a beautiful balcony stateroom and for every cruise from now on, it will have to have a balcony. I felt like I slept better, and it was so nice to wake up to the views of the water and sun.
Every morning, after waking up, we got ready and enjoyed breakfast. Honestly, I have no complaints about the buffet breakfast, you just can't go wrong with endless eggs, waffles, bacon, and pastries! We enjoyed time by the pool, various onboard shows, and activities. We had a late dinner time so we soaked up every minute of relaxation before getting ready for our dinners. Our dinners were three courses, but you could get any amount of food…so dangerous. One night I enjoyed 4 appetizers…no shame! After dinner it would always be a variation of night activities like the casino, club, or just hanging out. Unfortunately, after my first night on the cruise I experienced a major defeat when I had a horrible night of tooth pain. The next day I realized my mouth/jaw was numb and had a swollen knot. I went to medical on the boat and they told me I had an infection. The fear and worry welled up when they said if it didn't go down by Mexico, I would have to seek medical attention. I was prescribed antibiotics immediately. Through prayer, rest, and my prescribed medication I felt better by the time we docked in Cozumel.
Cozumel was a fun adventure. Jacob booked us on a catamaran ride, snorkle, swim and beach adventure for the day! Our boat took us to the reefs for exploration (which I had to skip out on), swimming in crystal blue waters and back to Playa Mia.
Our cruise back to Tampa was rocky and windy so it was a day of resting back up. We made the most of our time by enjoying the hot tub, watching football games, and taking naps! Overall, we had a wonderful time on our cruise to Cozumel, Mexico!
For the most part, I tried to document my outfits. It included lots of swimwear and sundresses. I did bring denim shorts and jeans with various tops which came in handy when the wind picked up on our last day of the cruise.
I wore a beautiful tropical print swimsuit from Isabella Rose for our catamaran excursion in Cozumel, Mexico-shop it here! Paired it with an orange Sugar Lips polka dot dress and my vintage scarf which I put in my ponytail. Use code Rechael15 for a discount on your Sugar Lips purchase. They have the sweetest items for the upcoming spring and summer season!
Captains dinner/formal night is my favorite part of the cruise-I love to get dressed up! I wore this beautiful fringe sequin dress from Red Dress Boutique with pink bow heels. I was asked by all the girls on our cruise about where I got it. Many were looking for a dress for their wedding, party, or big event! This is definitely a stunning option, it also comes in black! Shop this dress here!
You can tell from the picture above the water was choppy and it was a bit windy. We were actually experiencing about 20ft waves and 60mph winds. This was a rough and rocky day, but spent a good part of the time in the hot tub warming up and taking naps. This Becca bikini is seriously THE CUTEST-shop top (another option), shop bottoms! It also comes in a one piece which you can shop here!
Room service please! If there is one thing to love about cruising, it's the endless food you can get. Food is literally available 24/7. Breakfast is my favorite meal though. I got up at 8 each morning to start my day. I loved being able to roll out of bed, throw on something simple, head to breakfast and then come back to finish getting ready. Often times, I wore simple dresses that were cute, and easy to throw on and go. I loved wearing this Red Dress Boutique tropical print dress. It's under $50 and comes in a variety of prints! Shop this dress here. I ended up wearing this dress multiple times on the cruise. I paired it with simple sandals or flip flops depending on where I was going on the cruise. It was great to throw on for breakfast, enjoying the shows onboard, or using it as a swimsuit coverup!
I packed a lot of cute swimsuits for this cruise to Mexico and this one from Becca is seriously the cutest! I loved the stripe detailing, and ended up bringing sandals that matched exactly! I paired it with denim shorts to walk to the pool and added a scarf in my hair for an extra detail that I ended up just LOVING! Shop this one piece here, and it also comes in a two piece which you can shop the bottoms here, and the top here.
That rounds up the details of my cruise to Mexico! It's definitely a trip I won't forget! I linked all of the items I wore down below in one big carousel!


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Home Article Numotion to have new owner soon
Numotion to have new owner soon
By Liz Beaulieu, Editor
Updated Fri September 21, 2018
BRENTWOOD, Tenn. - Numotion has signed a definitive agreement to sell to a new private equity sponsor, a company exec has confirmed to HME News.
The national complex rehab provider has been backed by Audax Private Equity and LLR Partners for six years.
"This new partner is excited to continue Numotion's mission to provide customers with market-leading products and services that will enable them to actively participate in everyday life," said Bret Barczak, chief marketing officer, in an email statement to HME News. "We anticipate closing the deal before year-end."
PE Hub reported in December 2017 that Numotion was returning to the auction block in 2018.
Audax acquired Rocky Hill, Conn.-based ATG Rehab in January 2011. LLR Partners made a "growth capital investment" in St. Louis-based United Seating & Mobility in February 2011. The two firms have owned Numotion together since January 2013, when ATG Rehab and United Seating & Mobility merged to form the new company.
Numotion, which currently has 130 locations nationwide, has been a major player in consolidating the complex rehab market. The company most recently bought the complex rehab and home access divisions of Total Respiratory & Rehab, adding 74 employees, including 17 ATPs, to its roster.
Numotion has also been growing its medical supplies business as a separate unit in Houston. It's currently in network with more than 2,000 insurers for a variety of supplies, including urology, incontinence, ostomy, wound care and enteral nutrition.
Numotion has been led by CEO Mike Swinford, a former GE exec, since 2014.
"There will be no impact on day-to-day operations, as a result of this sale," Barczak said.
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HSN Community / Forums / Electronics / ZTE FLIP TRACFONE VOICE VOLUME CUTTING OUT?
ZTE FLIP TRACFONE VOICE VOLUME CUTTING OUT?
I WAS SPEAKING WITH AN HSN SUPERVSOR EARLIER TODAY, AND HE SAID HE COULD NO LONGER HEAR ME. BUT I COULD HEAR HIM.
HE DID KEEP TALKING AND SAID HE WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE ISSUE I GAD ALREADY DISCUSSED WITH HIM, AND HE DID WHICH I AM THANKFUL FOR.
I CHECKED THE ZTE FLIP FONE AND IT HAD 58% BATTERY STILL LEFT, SO IT SHOULD NOT HAVE CUT OFF THE AUDIO LIKE THAT SINCE THERE WAS MORE THAN 1/2 CHARGING BATTERY TIME LEFT.
ANYONE ELSE HAVE THIS ISSUE WITH OTHERS NOT BEING ABLE TO HEAR THE COMPLETE PHONE CALL AND YOUR SPOKEN WORDS?
I WOULD REALLY HATE TO SEND THIS ZTE FLIP TRACKFONE BACK AS DEFECTIVE, BUT I JUST RECEIVED THIS RECENTLY AND LOVE IT, BUT IF IT DOES THIS NOW IT IS DEFECTIVE, BECAUSE THIS SHOULD NOT OCCUR ACCORDING TO WHAT I HAVE READ ON THE INTERNET ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ZTE FLIP TRACKFONE CELLPHONE MODEL.
I LOOK FORWARD TO SHARING WITH OTHERS IF THEY ALSO HAVE HAD OR ARE STILL HAVING THIS ISSUE, AND THANKS IN ADVANCE FOR REPLIES.
That certainly makes sense, and I thank you for your reply.
BTW I was in the house sitting by the router and pc and talking to the HSN Rep using the Flip phone when my voice cut out, and he could not longer hear me, but I could hear him.
I would say it's the service and not the phone! Tracphone uses the big boy cell towers and tracfone is not a priority for them so you kinda get bounced around the towers! I have the same phone and a Verizon phone and have no problems with Verizon in my house but if I walk around my house using the ZTE, sometimes it will cut in and out! Same thing might happen while driving… No cut outs with "V" but while using the ZTE I sometimes hear myself asking "Can You hear me now?"…Try and remember if you were moving around or test it out and if it happens you'll know why! You can always return it before Jan 31st…Battery percentage has nothing to do with it! I love that phone and I have no problems with mine!


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Anoma is a genus of gastropods belonging to the family Urocoptidae.

The species of this genus are found in America.

Species

Species:

Anoma adamsi
Anoma alboanfractus
Anoma dohrniana
Anoma flexuosa
Anoma fuscolabris
Anoma gossei
Anoma gracilis
Anoma integra
Anoma jarvisi
Anoma levis
Anoma nigrescens
Anoma nitens
Anoma prunicolor
Anoma pulchella
Anoma pulla
Anoma radiata
Anoma sinuata
Anoma solida
Anoma splendens
Anoma striata
Anoma tesselata
Anoma tricolor
Anoma virginea

References

Urocoptidae
Gastropod genera


A group of school children in Seaham, County Durham, have been honing their artistic skills while learning about construction and their local environment.
The Seaham Trinity Primary School pupils took part in a design competition for posters to adorn the hoardings around the town's Byron Mews development, where they will help people to understand how to stay safe when around building sites.
The children have been working with representatives from Durham Villages Regeneration Company (DVRC), which is building 116 two-, three- and four-bedroomed homes on the site.
The winning poster was created by Layla Littlemore, aged 10, who along with her classmates was a special guest at the opening of the development's show home, where the winner was announced.
"We have been working with the schoolchildren, talking about site safety, what goes in to building a house and helping with their investigations into how the areas around where they live are changing – to which our Byron Mews development contributes significantly," said Councillor Carl Marshall, chair of the DVRC, which is a joint venture between Durham City Council and development Keepmoat Homes.
Ian Prescott, Keepmoat Homes' land and partnerships director, said: "We're delighted that the children from Seaham Trinity Primary School were able to launch these show homes. Their creativity was clearly on display during the poster challenge and the standard was very high, so a special congratulations must go to Layla.
Byron Mews part of a £16 million initiative is being delivered by DVRC. Since it was formed in 2001, the joint venture has invested more than £150 million, creating over 1,300 homes – around a quarter of which are for shared ownership or "affordable" rent.
At the show home opening are (left/right back): John Gallagher, operations director Keepmoat Homes; Councillor Kevin Shaw, Dawdon member and portfolio holder for strategic housing and assets; Councillor Leanne Kennedy, also a Dawdon member; Councillor Carl Marshall and Ian Prescott. (Left/right front): Jacob Penprase, Sam Mossman, Leonie Dixon, Layla Littlemore, Charlie Moon, Megan Cook and Anatasia Drai.


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Our physical and digital worlds are colliding. A new web epoch approaches — an era called the Internet of Things (IoT). In this realm, home devices, city sensors, smart cars, wearables, and every other device we use is connected to the Internet. A benefit of this web-infused world is that humans will be able control and customize their universe via a personal device, such as a mobile phone. But some see hyperconnectivity as a negative, worried that phones and wearables — at least in their present state — only pose constant distractions to experiencing life. Another problem is that for the IoT to be viable, machines need a standardized method of communication. They will need to talk with one another.
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LEGO bricks are often compared to APIs. The truth is, however, that APIs are a fairly new thing for LEGO. At LEGO, they are always focusing on children's safety and how to preserve the trust they've spent 80 years building up. So, how do you put trust into APIs; how come LEGO doesn't have a public APIs; and why did it take an online video game to get from bricks to an API?
Mobile, cloud, social, and big data are transforming our society. To capitalize on the opportunities they present, organizations must undergo a "platformification" process. This transformation results in services and APIs needed to ensure an ideal position in the more mobile, cloudy world that has emerged. How though can organizations encumbered by existing IT systems, high-security demands, and regulatory requirements build a platform that meets the markets' changing demands and also leverages existing IT investments?
The platformification of business offers immense potential, but much of it is being left untapped. No doubt companies see internal benefits from their own APIs, which they might open up to select external partners. Yet, even in this API-centric world, consuming another party's API is entered with relative skepticism, especially when that API resides on a critical path. Developers want to use APIs, but software architects need to be convinced.
Being an online platform isn't just for the largest of tech companies or the coolest of new startups anymore. Establishing your company as a platform is quickly becoming the way companies are operating in an increasingly digital, global, and 24×7 business environment. Making your companies data, content, and other digital resources available as self-service, private, and even sometimes public API, will continue to be how business is happening in 2016. If it is on your website, being emailed via spreadsheets, or PDF reports, it should be available via simple web APIs.


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This is a photo that displays The Millennium Bridge and the centre of Podgorica, the capital of Montenegro. Does it not look more like a landscape photo, rather than a typical cityscape picture? You bet!
The capital of Montenegro reaches a total of just 200,000 people; a stark comparison to Berlin with its 3.5 million inhabitants. So far, it is the smallest European capital that we have visited, which is quite a change for us.
I cannot express though, how much we were surprised by the city and even more so by the nature of the people, they were so genuine and warm-hearted. This experience we have treasured in our memory so often that when we travel to other European countries, Daria and I compare the hostility of the people with an interesting sentence "It's like in Montenegro".
After publishing this photo on my Sumfinity fan page, one of my friends shared a comment in a story, which confirmed my thoughts about this nation. He explained that in 2013 there was a Romanian bus crash, 40 kilometers from Podgorica. Locals were rushed to several hospitals to donate their blood for the victims of the accident. There were so many people offering, that doctors had to ask them to stop coming!