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Q: Starting my first business application? I am starting work on my first business (application + database) type application, using c# and sql I'm completely new to this,
What tips do you have for me?
What should I look for?
What concepts should I understand?

A: My tip is to get started and come back when you actually have a concrete question.  If it makes you feel more prepared, go read some more C# and SQL books first.

A: While your question is broad, here is the number one thing I 'wish I knew' when I started out with business apps, kinda specific but it's pretty universal:
Writing business apps is made considerably easier by setting up a solid DAL (Data access layer) and abstracting your data access out and away from the rest of your application. That way all of your SQL is in one place and not strewn throughout your code.
Some golden ideas to read up on in this area are 'ORM' (object-relational mapping, as you're using C#, Linq to SQL could be a nice place to start) - this maps your database access to actual classes. If you have a good database design you might even find you have very little SQL work to do at all.
Another nice practice is using the Repository pattern, which effectively encapsulates all your data access into a single class (at least in the simple case - of course in bigger apps you might have multiple). Then in order to access any data, you always go via the repository. This is typically done via an interface which defines the repository, which then allows you to implement multiple concrete implementations. For example, you might want to fetch your data directly from an SQL server, but later on or in an alternative application you might want to use a web service to fetch data instead - no need to re-write everything, just drop in a new repository class! The interface stays the same, so the rest of your application doesn't know any different :D)
This is a pretty broad overview (and a bit of a mind dump sorry), and I'm certainly no expert, but believe me, good data access practices certainly make your life easier!

A: Just start writing code.  You're going to have to throw is away later when you figure out what going on, but that's alright.

A: Well, I'd say you've come to the right site if you start asking specific questions.
Some of our highest rated questions, however, will give you tons and tons of reading material, books, link to other sites, etc. Here is the URL
https://stackoverflow.com/questions?sort=votes

A: General tips:

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*Get some help from somebody who has done this before.  There is no way you're going to pull this off by yourself unless you allow for plenty of time to learn on the job.

*Don't get distracted by the technical details -- make sure you understand the business.  If you don't know why you're building the app (or your clients don't know why they need it) no good can come from it.

As far as what you should look for or how much you need to understand, I don't know the scope of the application you are trying to build -- thus I can't give any intelligent advice.  A real-time financial system used by thousands of concurrent users is different from a small retail site that gets hit by hundreds.  So my only look for/understand advice is this: don't overengineer your solution.

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I wish I could say this would be the last Trinity tollroad post here on Back Talk, but something about that whole deal just won't go away, even as it swings from done deal to nearly dead deal over the course of the past few weeks.
There has been a lot of media patter about the Trinity deal, and the convention center hotel deal, the past few days. Sam Merten at the Dallas Observer called us out for our posts (here and here) earlier this week, and he also called out Wick Allison and D Magazine, which called out Angela Hunt, who called out Mayor Tom Leppert in the Morning News, which just yesterday called out Merten and Jim Schutze and the Observer (calling the latter a "sexually oriented weekly tabloid", and that wasn't meant as a compliment), which in turn called out the Morning News and D … honestly, I don't know if I have all of the "call outs" right or not.
Virtually all of the discussion was triggered by the Morning News' Sunday story about what Leppert knew about the project and when he knew it. The News story shed light on Army Corps of Engineers' concerns about the tollroad that clearly should have been revealed to voters prior to the election; Leppert says he told voters and fellow city council members exactly what he knew, which was that he saw the information in question but no one from the Corps ever specifically told him the project couldn't be done.
That statement appears to be legally correct, but also tacitly misleading: If no one specifically tells you a stop sign is red, that means there's at least a possibility that it could be green, right?
Facts and media bluster notwithstanding, the biggest crime of the Trinity issue and, perhaps, the impending convention center hotel project and vote, appears to be that the privileged few people who have the facts aren't willing to trust the rest of us with them.
I've always believed that the pro-tollroad people made the conscious decision to forget about the Trinity facts and instead rely on the strength of Leppert's character to sell the issue and win the day. And it also appeared that Hunt, chief of the no-tollroad crowd, made the conscious decision to do the right thing and not sell her character as the linchpin of her group's television- and mailer-ad referendum campagn. It appeared she deliberately choose to rely on the facts and hoped that would be enough. Had she put herself and her personality on every ad — just like Leppert did — I suspect the outcome would have been different, because her personality and personal charisma are as formidable as Leppert's, if not moreso.
But that's not the way the Trinity referendum played out, and when given the opportunity to choose between a confusing set of facts and Leppert's smiling and confident persona, enough voters threw up their hands in frustration and instead chose to put their faith in Leppert's character. That swung the vote from a certain loss for the pro-tollroad people to a narrow victory (or so I was told about the polling leading up to the vote).
I have no idea what polling on the convention center hotel project says is going to happen in May, particularly after the News' latest story about the Trinity appears to have ripped a good-sized hole in Leppert's cloak of invincibility.
In an odd reversal of fortune, this time around, it's the pro-hotel people who have been relying on facts and figures (and scare tactics, of course), while the anti-hotel people — lacking a Hunt-type character to carry their banner — have simplified their approach to one people can understand: Leppert is an arrogant SOB who doesn't trust Dallas residents to vote the "right way" on the hotel deal. And sensing a connection with voters, they just keep pounding away with that same message.
Leppert's character carried the day for the pro-tollroad people; now it's possible his character foibles may be enough of a burden to take down the convention center hotel deal.
All of this is what disgusts me about Dallas politics: Reasonable people rarely agree to disagree anymore, because there don't seem to be many reasonable, independently thoughtful people in Dallas politics. Too many councilmen seem content to thoughtlessly walk the same straight line as a majority of their colleagues. Many people in the media are shrill and enjoy wordsmithing their way to punchline, and a good number are simply frightened about losing their jobs as things tilt toward the internet and the blogs. And bloggers are much more likely to carve up someone online and anonymously than to take them on in person; it's just a whole lot easier these days to be opinionated than to be informed.
Unfortunately, all of the name-calling and back-patting and righteous indignation won't answer the fundamental questions facing us today — will there be a Trinity park even if the Trinity tollroad can't be built, and do we really need to spend $500 million of taxpayer money to build the convention center hotel?
Good luck sorting through all of the "facts" while trying to figure out the answers for yourself.
By Rick Wamre|2009-03-26T12:01:00-05:00March 26th, 2009|Business, News|Comments Off on Leppert: Savior or pariah?


by famous pop star Michael Jackson?
and we do not judge others based on the colours of their skins?
There will no discrimination and injustices due to our racial differences.
There will be no violence sparked by racial misunderstandings.
There will be no racial hate crimes.
There will be no racial riots.
people from another race and want to wipe them out.
There will be no revenge attacks.
For many people, this will be almost the ideal world to live in.
We may not be able to achieve this ideal situation.
However, we should put aside our racial differences.
We should remember we are all from the same human race.
unless we trace our family trees back many generations.
Whether I am man or woman.


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Tencent Bets Billions on Gamers With More Fans Than NBA Stars
Zheping Huang
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(Bloomberg) -- At the height of the global pandemic in October, more than 6,000 people packed into a new 25-acre stadium in Shanghai to watch one of the world's biggest sporting contests. Another 45 million tuned in online, about as many as watched the six games of the 2020 NBA Finals on TV. The matchup was the League of Legends world championship -- a watershed moment for competitive gaming and its overseer Tencent Holdings Ltd.
Asia's most valuable company has set its sights on a billion-dollar esports arena that already boasts more regular viewers than the National Basketball Association or the National Football League. Tencent has placed pro gaming at the heart of its ambition to dominate online entertainment, from mobile games and video streaming to social media. It's betting that esports will entice and retain the internet audiences it needs and eventually grow to something approaching the $10-billion-plus NBA.
Key to realizing that vision is Tencent's blockbuster League of Legends battle arena title and TJ Sports, the outfit it set up in 2019 to organize and promote the game's competitive play in China. While total revenue in TJ's first two years just surpassed 1 billion yuan ($152 million), the fledgling company intends to create original content such as reality shows and livestream channels around its star players and teams, and peddle merchandise.
"Esports is like the Super Bowl, which isn't just a sport event but also a vehicle of art and entertainment," said TJ co-Chief Executive Officer Leo Lin. "We are going for the direction of connecting esports with our games and wider entertainment business."
Esports show how Tencent thinks about its long-term future. The world's largest games publisher has invested billions of dollars in talent agencies, streaming sites and tournament organizers to create the infrastructure necessary to turn pro gaming from a niche into an instrumental part of its growth strategy. TJ expects to double overseas viewership as soon as this year and aims to do the same with media rights revenue from outside China.
"Tencent's investing in esports for the long haul, because it breaks the boundaries between different businesses from licensing to sponsorships and ticket sales," said Chundi Zhang, a gaming analyst with Ampere Analysis. "Especially with competition for attention intensifying and user acquisition costs growing in the gaming market itself, esports still has huge untapped potential."
Shenzhen-based Tencent, which operates some of China's largest Netflix-style and e-book services as well as producing tentpole films and games, already knows how to monetize popular content.
What Bloomberg Intelligence Says
Not only do Tencent's investments have considerable value -- $185 billion as of Dec. 31, up from $131 billion at Sept. 30 -- but many provide strategic relationships that help drive revenue. Partnering with content providers across video (NBA, NFL, HBO), video games (FIFA, PUBG, Fortnite) and music (Universal, Warner, Sony) enhances service offerings and expands Tencent's target audiences.
-- Robert Schiffman and Suborna Panja, analysts
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Competitive play in Tencent-published games like Honor of Kings and PUBG Mobile enhances the longevity of the firm's biggest cash cows and feeds its content divisions. That in turn helps portfolio companies like Huya Inc. and Bilibili Inc. Apart from reality shows and music festivals, Tencent last year debuted a drama series called CrossFire, which tells the story of a wheelchair-bound teenager trying to make it as a pro gamer in the online shoot-em-up by that name.
But esports is also a key gateway to tapping foreign audiences for Tencent, which hasn't struck gold on any app quite like ByteDance Ltd.'s video sensation TikTok. The company reaches most people outside China through games like PUBG Mobile -- among the most popular mobile esports titles in Southeast Asia -- and League of Legends, which is regularly played by tens of millions worldwide.
Under TJ's helm, the League of Legends Pro League (LPL) in China has become the world's largest esports league by its sheer size: 17 teams compete in hundreds of face-offs every year, with the 2020 season garnering 100 billion views through live broadcasts and social content. The headline sponsor for the new season is Mercedes-Benz.
Each person attending the Shanghai spectacle was the winner of a 1-in-500 lottery. Producing the gathering took months of planning and TJ provided players with 100-page handbooks on virus prevention. When the clanging of digital swords wasn't filling the air, Chinese rapper Lexie Liu and the League of Legends virtual K-Pop band rocked the stage in front of socially-distanced attendees. A 26-foot-tall dragon sculpture was lit up under the landmark Oriental Pearl TV Tower.
Read more: Shopping Is Moving Online. Esports Are Going The Other Way
Broadcast rights for events like the one in Shanghai now bring in about 60% of TJ's revenue, with the rest largely coming from sponsorship deals, said Lin, who also heads the China wing of Tencent-owned League of Legends maker Riot Games Inc. Much like Amazon.com Inc.'s Twitch, live streams of pro matches offer a revenue opportunity through virtual gift sales, and the goal is to also expand income from licensed merchandise, he added. Thinking along similar lines are e-commerce giants JD.com Inc. and Suning.com Co., both of which run teams competing in the LPL.
"We want to get closer to young people," said JD Gaming manager Kong Lin. "JD has its roots in consumer electronics, so there's a good synergy for us to do esports."
Beijing has thus far shown a favorable attitude toward pro gaming, provided the games themselves have been approved and related content is free of excessive violence or political messaging. That's allowed Tencent and its peers to explore multiple business avenues -- including abroad.
In 2020, simultaneous viewership of the LPL outside China peaked at 310,000 on sites including YouTube and Twitch, which TJ intends to double before 2022's end. Aiding that goal are the multi-language web shows it produces to capture the game's memes and highlights, along with Tencent's in-house streaming unit Trovo Live for the U.S. market. Much like real-world sports, all the action is visual and Tencent needs to only swap the commentary to localize League of Legends content.
Looking further ahead, TJ plans to organize the China league for other games in the same fantasy universe, Lin said. In February, the franchise's mobile edition Wild Rift got the license for a commercial launch in China and the highly anticipated title recently became available for U.S. players to test. With most gaming now happening on mobile, that could prove to be the next big step in catalyzing interest and engagement.
"As a gamer myself, I'm always inspired when I see someone grow from a nobody to a big star," Lin said. "I believe many fans love esports as a sport for that same reason."

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Professional artist, Danielle Malka, founder and owner of men's grooming brand eShave, is bringing back her artistically inspired line of shaving accessories. Inspired by works of art, Malka has created a one-of-a-kind Design Collection that includes handsculpted and made to order shaving brushes and razors. The return of this collection speaks to consumer demand for handmade, unique products that have a story to tell. Welcome to a whole new experience in shaving.
In 1996, Malka set out to redefine the shaving experience with products and accessories that were modern in design and showcased her skills as an artist. The Design Collection was born from her love of visual storytelling and is Malka's finest work. The pieces are inspired by art, famous paintings, sculptures and the graceful movements of dance that she's witnessed from her travels around the world.
Beyond the design, each piece in the collection has its own story to tell.
A razor influenced by Salvador Dali's famous Moment of Explosion (or "Melting Clocks") painting; a shaving brush inspired by Rene Magritte's famous surrealist painting "Ceci n' est pas une pipe;" a shaving set that mirrors rhythmic dance of Béjart Ballet Lausanne; and Pilar Rioja, a world-renowned flamenco dancer can be seen in the twirling of a razor and brush.
Each piece in the collection has been handcrafted by Malka herself and is now made to order. The collection includes shaving brushes, razors and stands made of casted brass with nickel plating for a soft, smooth finish, which are both rust- and tarnish-proof. Select pieces are also available in rich 18-karat gold plating. The badger hair shaving brush bristles are available in two grade options: Fine Badger and Silvertip Badger hair.
As a staple in eShave's accessories, the Design Collection is being re-launched due to global consumer demand for original, artistic, handmade products that have a story tell. eShave's Design Collection is a rarity in this space and answers that demand. Due to its design and uniqueness, the collection has been featured in Harrods Holiday catalogue and is soon to be available in various museum stores.
The new line is available here.
In 1958, a seed was planted in Hungary to provide whole, raw organic skincare solutions made from the pulps of indigenous herbs, fruits and vegetables. Founded by Dánielné Molnár, lovingly known as "Aunt Ilike" (or Aunt Ilcsi in Hungarian) who dedicated her life to the development and advancement of natural remedies relying on the ingredients provided by 'Mother Nature.' This life long passion was embodied in the professional-grade skincare product line "ilike organic skin care" branded under her name.
For sixty-years, the company remains committed to its promise of using whole, raw, real ingredients that are handpicked, cold processed and made in small batches to retain the full concentration and power of the botanicals. Relying on the latest in skincare research and biotechnological advancements, ilike continues to lead the way in the global raw skincare movement. This commitment has led to the development of some of the brand's bestselling, award-winning lines including its Grape Stem Cell SolutionsTM and Hyaluronic Time Erase ComplexTM skincare products.
For a brand that prides itself on its forward-thinking innovation, one thing remains the same – every product is certified organic, full of vitamins, fruit acids and bioflavonoids, and combined with other active ingredients that treat, nourish and beautify the skin, rejuvenating it from the inside out, just as 'Aunt Ilike' envisioned of the brand 60 years ago. To that end, the products fit vegetarian / vegan lifestyles as they are nut free, GMO free, gluten free, no animal ingredients, and the brand has never tested on animals.
To celebrate the brand's success, 2018 will be a year of innovation celebration starting with the unveiling of its new airless pumps packaging, which will begin rolling out at the start of the new year.
Advancing the brand's 'farm-to-skin' commitment, ilike's entire line of bottles, moisturizers, serums, cleansers, massage creams and their Yogurt Power Peel & Botanical AHA Peel will be offered in new airless pump bottles.
The new airless dispensers are designed to protect ilike's advanced organic formulations and are engineered for 100% recyclability in conformation with EcoCert, BDIH, NaTru, Oko-Test and other international organic certification labels – something that is increasingly important for consumers throughout the world. The precision, German-engineered bottles that hold 30 patents, provide complete neutrality, to effectively protect ilike's formulas and prolong shelf life.
The new bottles are equipped with airless pumps that offer unsurpassed neutrality, precise and consistent dosage and optimal product recovery. They are designed to handle a wide range of viscosities, including ilike's most demanding new gel, lotion and rich cream formulations. Every bottle is vacuum-tested inline and delivers precision dosing, quick-priming and superior evacuation – with no drips, clogs, drying or product contamination. The new airless dispensers deliver economic and environmental efficiencies and are made in one location, which eliminates complex supply chains and reduces the CO2 impact.
ABOUT ILIKE ORGANIC SKIN CARE BY SZEP ELET: ilike organic skin care offers a feast of organically certified products packed with vitamins and minerals to nourish your skin. Each product is made in small batches from organically grown and handpicked herbs, fruits and vegetables containing the highest possible levels of natural active ingredients. Using handmade pulps versus extracts, the natural ingredients retain the full concentration and power of the herbal ingredients. This process results in an immediate experience of the rich, deep penetrating effects of the products as well as the magnificent aromas and natural colors.
The Chicago International Children's Film Festival has partnered with the Wilmette Theatre to expand screenings to the northern suburbs. During the final weekend, from November 3 – 5, 2017, the Festival will present screenings at the historic Wilmette Theatre. The expansion into the northern suburbs is a milestone for the 34-year-old Festival, which now presents screenings at 7 venues that span from Hyde Park to Wilmette. The full Festival schedule and ticketing information will be available in October, 2017.
Now in its 34th year of operation, Facets' Chicago International Children's Film Festival gives filmmakers, families, educators, and media professionals access to the newest and most innovative children's films. After three decades, the Festival continues to use the power of film to offer a unique look into the lives and cultures of people from around the world. The Festival runs from October 27 – November 5, 2017 at seven Chicagoland locations: Facets (Lincoln Park), Davis Theater (Lincoln Square), Music Box Theatre (Lakeview), Alliance Française (Gold Coast), Cervantes Institute (River North), U of C Logan Center (Hyde Park), and Wilmette Theatre (Wilmette).
Facets' Chicago International Children's Film Festival expands to the north suburbs and will present screenings at the historic Wilmette Theatre from November 3-5, 2017. The Wilmette Theatre is located at 1122 Central Ave, Wilmette IL, 60091. Full Festival schedule and individual tickets will be available in October, 2017. Festival Family passes are available now at facets.org/cicff.
Festival is operated by Facets, a nonprofit that connects 30k+ people annually to independent ideas through transformative film experiences.


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Grounded in Love: Creative Leadership for Our Times
Today's post is by Margaret Benefiel
Marches. Online petitions. Letters to the editor. "Am I doing any good?" I ask myself. "Am I making a difference? Is there another way?" In the face of injustice, wars, and humanity's inhumanity to humanity, I long to be faithful to doing my part to heal the world.
As I walked in the footsteps of St. Francis last month, I was taken by his creativity in his leadership. He, like his role model Jesus, does the unexpected. He strips in the town square. He up and sails to Egypt to visit the Sultan in the middle of the Crusades. When rejected by the people, he preaches to the birds.
People are startled. They take notice. He gets his point across. People follow him.
How did Francis come up with those ideas? How did he have the courage to execute them?
I suspect that Francis' creativity in his leadership had something to do with 1) his fearlessness, and 2) his endlessly rehearsing ideas in his own mind and with his brothers. Francis' fearlessness arose from his deep groundedness in God. Rooted in prayer, in love with God, Francis feared no one. Free of fear, Francis' imagination soared. Furthermore, he lived in community with his brothers. He and his brothers exercised their imaginations about how to lead the people. I wouldn't be surprised if they tried acting out their ideas, laughing at one another's antics while experimenting with ways to awaken people to truth.
Francis' deep love of God, together with his rootedness in community, liberated him to generate and execute creative ideas for leadership. His fearlessness, his willingness to do whatever he felt God called him to do, helped free his creativity. As Francis' life demonstrates, generation of creative ideas is tied to willingness to execute them.
I wonder how I can follow in Francis' footsteps, not only as I did physically in Assisi last month, but also in creative leadership. To be sure, marches, online petitions, and letters to the editor all have their place. The March for Our Lives rallies, for example, with 800,000 participating in Washington, DC and many more around the world, spoke loudly and clearly. Many of us are called to continue to do this work, and to do it from a deeply grounded place.
At the same time, perhaps I am called to more. St. Francis' namesake, Pope Francis, delivered a TED talk last year, calling the world to a revolution of tender love. He demonstrates the same kind of creative leadership in our time that St. Francis demonstrated in 13th-century Italy. Washing the feet of prisoners on Holy Thursday, building showers in St. Peter's basilica for homeless people, visiting mentally disabled children when he traveled to Assisi: all speak to his capacity to imaginatively demonstrate his concerns and invite others to do the same.
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I pray that I may be more deeply grounded in God, so that I can fearlessly imagine with my community acts of creative leadership. May the leadership of St. Francis and Pope Francis inspire us all.
This is an edited version of an article that first appeared in the May 2017 eNews.
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Margaret became Shalem's executive director in July 2015. Prior to coming to Shalem, she ran her own consulting, speaking, training, and coaching business, Executive Soul, helping leaders and organizations nurture their souls and express their deepest values institutionally. At the same time, she taught as adjunct faculty at Andover Newton Theological School in the area of contemplative leadership. She holds a B.A. in History from Princeton University, an M.A. in Mathematics from Portland State University, an M.A. in Theology from Earlham School of Religion, and a PhD in Spirituality from Catholic University of America. She has written extensively on various aspects of contemplative leadership and spirituality at work, including Crisis Leadership, The Soul of Higher Education; The Soul of Supervision; The Soul of a Leader: Finding Your Path to Fulfillment and Success; and Soul at Work: Spiritual Leadership in Organizations.
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Presidency berates PDP over allegation that Muhammadu Buhari relooted $322 million Sani Abacha loot
Adeyemi Adesanya-Daniel
The Presidency last night chided the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) over its allegation that President Muhammadu Buhari was relooting the $322 million recovered from Switzerland by his government.
This is coming as a spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Buba Galadima, has declared that those who share money in the market, unappropriated money, unbudgeted money, from the so-called Abacha Loot are armed robbers.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu, in a statement, accused the party of lying with the assumption that its alleged corrupt nature would be overshadowed by blackmailing others.
According to him, the party's idea is to create the impression that everyone is involved in corruption and by so doing, assume that Nigerians will overlook its misdeeds.
Shehu said the $322 million looted by the late Head of State, Gen. Sani Abacha and repatriated from Switzerland is being used for conditional cash transfer.
He explained that the World Bank was not only monitoring the use of the fund in accordance with the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed before its release but also supporting the initiative.
He advised Nigerians not to be misled by the main opposition party, which he said had taken corruption as a tradition.
"Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has continued spreading lies about the Buhari administration in the mistaken assumption that its toga of corruption will dissipate if it succeeded in black painting every other person as corrupt. The strategy is to make corruption appear as normative and that everyone is equally involved.
"They think by so doing, Nigerians will forgive them for their sins. This is a huge mistake. The PDP has become an ill-wind on the country today and the elections next year present the citizens an excellent opportunity to save the country from it.
"We can't imagine a sane organisation shamelessly telling Nigerians that President Buhari is looting, as they themselves did of the recovered loot, the $322 million lately recovered from the Abacha family. This is an irresponsible lie.
"The $322 million recovered is being used to make the Conditional Cash Transfer ( CCT) of a monthly amount of N5,000 to more than 300,000 poor homes across the country under the Social Investment Program introduced by the Buhari administration.
"This is in line with the Memorandum of Understanding, signed between the governments of Nigeria and Switzerland as a condition for releasing the funds.
"As part of the MoU, the World Bank is monitoring the application of the funds.
"It is also important that the World Bank has equally given an additional facility to support the on-going cash transfers.
"Nigerians are hereby advised to be watchful of what comes out from the opposition, not to be misled into voting for a party that sees nothing wrong with corruption and would rather have everyone drenched in its colors, as they irretrievably are."
Meanwhile, a spokesman of the PDP Presidential Campaign Organisation, Buba Galadima, has declared that those who share money in the market, unappropriated money, unbudgeted money, from the so-called Abacha Loot are armed robbers.
Speaking on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television programme yesterday, Galadima also criticised the federal government's TraderMoni scheme.
"You have waylaid me by bringing an advert promoting APC in this programme where I participate which I rarely afford to, however, I will want to say that sharing of money, TradaMoni, in the market has a history and the history is that can you remember Lawrence Anini in Benin who was sharing money in the market?," Galadima said.
"Those who share money in the market, unappropriated money, unbudgeted money, from the so-called Abacha Loot are armed robbers because they are doing something that they cannot account for".
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I've always enjoyed discovering the answers to head-scratching questions and sharing the "ah-hah" moments with others. For years I did this as a professor of Biology at Hope College in Holland, Michigan, where I taught physiology and molecular & cell biology. I received my Ph.D. in Physiology at the University of Iowa in 1993 and then taught and did research for seven years.
About thirteen years ago I also began studying the Bible in its historical context. All of a sudden I started finding answers to questions that had bothered me for ages, and many insights that deepened my faith. I've since traveled to Israel several times on land study trips, and also taken courses in Hebrew and Greek.
In January 2001 I left Hope to form a ministry called the En-Gedi Resource Center, which had the goal of teaching Christians about the Bible in its cultural context. We hosted seminars, taught in churches and coordinated study trips to Israel, and also published books and audio/video materials. Many of my articles are still on the En-Gedi website (www.egrc.net). In 2004 we published a book of my writing called Listening to the Language of the Bible and later a Companion Study Guide for that book. In 2006 I edited New Light on the Difficult Words of Jesus: Insights from His Jewish Context, by David Bivin.
In January 2007, I became independent of En-Gedi and am now a free-lance writer. My first book, Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus, co-authored with Ann Spangler, will be released by Zondervan in March 2009. After that, I'll be writing another book for Zondervan on Bible study insights from Hebrew Words. I am also helping input on the development of an innovative Hebrew course at Western Theological Seminary, in Holland, Michigan, where I live.
Never married, I'm the youngest of seven children. Many of my family are in Minnesota. The name Tverberg ("tuh-VER-berg") is of Norwegian descent, and I'm 100% Norwegian on both sides. I grew up saying "Uff-da" and living a life that would provide Garrison Keeler with many a laugh. For fun I enjoy gardening and handicrafts.
When I'm not at home writing with my three cats curled up around me, or out having coffee and a great conversation with a friend, I'm often visiting family, doing my best to be a loving daughter, sister and aunt.
Grace and peace to you from God our father and Christ Jesus our Lord and saviour.
I was very, very excited and glad that I run into your website of Life at the wellspring.
I always missed your write ups you used to write through En-gedi.
All over a sudden you went silent. I last time met you in Western Seminary, but it was at a normal American rush, rush hours and we could not meet at talk. I am one of those who enjoy reading your devotional writings. Remember, most of hebrew culcure are cousins with our African Culture!!!! sounds funny, yet close to true.
I thereforem would like to continue to be in touch with you especially, for those devotionals.
Greetings from Los Angeles. I'm a little slow on the draw and just learned that you're "on your own now." Many thanks for your great work with En-Gendi – I look forward to seeing your books from Zondervan.
It's warm and sunny here! ha!
Your book "Sitting at the Feet of Jesus" is an extraordinary work! Thank you so much for this tremendous blessing. I will cherish it always.
Hope you are well. How many years has it been since we were together in Israel?
If I had the resources, I would get "Sitting at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus" in the hands of everyone I know!
For now, I am purchasing one or two copies at a time as I can.
A "thank you" just doesn't seem to be enough to express how much appreciation I have that you and Ann have written this book. You are addressing the "whys" and opening up the Scriptures to me.
Thank you for opening a door to the Word and letting me sit at the Feet of Rabbi Jesus, just like I am there with Him in the Scriptures. I love Him, and I am gleaning so much from His teaching because of you.
Dear Lois – thank you for such wonderful teaching. Please would you do an article on "woman teachers" from a biblical view point. There are main current views, but what was the thinking in biblical times?
I think I read somewhere that the disciples sleeping in the garden at Jesus' greatest time of need had something to do with the religious traditions they had been taking part in which involved the drinking of wine and their inability to stay awake was influenced by that… If that is true, I've never heard that taught before and it is a great parallel to religious tradition today sometimes putting us to sleep about what really matters… I may use this analogy but want to make sure its accurate.. Help!
What a blessing…where did you go??
My current writing and news is available at my new website, Our Rabbi Jesus: His Jewish Life and Teaching (http://OurRabbiJesus.com). See this post for more info.


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Each memorandum of understanding required by section 79-2703 shall govern the use of school resource officers or security guards and shall include, but not be limited to, policies that:
(1) Require each school resource officer or security guard to attend a minimum of twenty hours of training focused on school-based law enforcement, including, but not limited to, coursework focused on school law, student rights, understanding special needs students and students with disabilities, conflict de-escalation techniques, ethics for school resource officers, teenage brain development, adolescent behavior, implicit bias training, diversity and cultural awareness, trauma-informed responses, and preventing violence in school settings;
(2) Require a minimum of one administrator in each elementary or secondary school where a school resource officer or security guard is assigned to attend a minimum of twenty hours of training focused on school-based law enforcement, including, but not limited to, coursework focused on school law, student rights, understanding special needs students and students with disabilities, conflict de-escalation techniques, ethics for school resource officers and security guards, teenage brain development, adolescent behavior, implicit bias training, diversity and cultural awareness, trauma-informed responses, and preventing violence in school settings;
(3) Ensure records are kept on each student referral for prosecution from a school resource officer in response to an incident occurring at school, on school grounds, or at a school-sponsored event and ensure that such records allow for analysis of related data and delineate:
(a) The reason for such referral; and
(b) Federally identified demographic characteristics of such student;
(4) Identify school policies that address when a parent or guardian will be notified or present, in a language that such parent or guardian understands, if a student is subjected to questioning or interrogation by a school official or by a school resource officer or security guard operating in conjunction with a school official;
(5) Identify the school or law enforcement agency policies that address under what circumstances a student will be advised of constitutional rights prior to being questioned or interrogated by a school official or by a school resource officer or security guard operating in conjunction with a school official;
(6) Identify the school policy required by section 79-262 that addresses the type or category of student conduct or actions that will be referred to law enforcement for prosecution and the type of student conduct or actions that will be resolved as a disciplinary matter by a school official and not subject to referral to law enforcement; and
(7) Identify a student and parent complaint process to express a concern or file a complaint about a school resource officer or security guard and the practices of such school resource officer or security guard with the law enforcement agency or security agency.
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Wasps Legends Charitable Foundation, the past players network of Wasps, men and women, amateur and professional announced today that they have issued a small grant award of £2,500 to Education for the Children.
Education for the Children (EFTC) has developed a successful four step model of development that equips children to break the cycle of poverty. Through education, nutrition, healthcare and social support EFTC is seeing lives changed permanently in Jocotenango, Guatemala. EFTC is a UK based charity, formed in 2003 to support a primary school on the brink of collapse in Jocotenango, Guatemala; an area of great deprivation. In 2005 EFTC opened The School of Hope, and since then has continually grown to support the expanding demands of this disadvantaged community.
The donation will support the Educational Psychology Support Programme with an educational psychologist that will work with students to support Individual Therapy sessions, providing one-on-one support during difficult situations, and Support Groups, which support students with different topics and strategies, such as art therapy, leadership and sport psychology.


Google has officially announced the closure of Google+ as a social network. They started up the system in 2011 to try to engage in a contest with Facebook. A decision has now been made to close the project, and it happened after news about a vulnerability that gave third-party developers access to personal data of about 500,000 network users.
Following The Wall Street Journal, the organization kept up a vulnerability that had existed since March 2015 but did not publicly announce it for fear of regulatory sanctions and reputational damage.
Since their inception in the 1920s, machine-made cigars have come a long way to become a viable competitor to hand-rolled cigars. In fact, when they first appeared in the market cigar lovers were so peeved that it resulted in a worldwide decline in cigar consumption.
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The 'First Landowners'
'Terra Nullius'
When engaging in Australian history such as that at Warrimoo, historians must inevitably confront the reality of 'Terra Nullius'. Of course the real 'first landowners' were either Darug or Gundungarra peoples, and their 'ownership' was different in nature to that conceived by British tradition—it was more a question of 'custodianship', where the land in question was tended and replenished in a cyclical manner, in preparation for future visits and future generations.
Thus, 'firestick farming' occurred when a group was leaving a given area to replenish green grassland and remove unwanted shrubbery, so that hunting and general movement was made easier. Thick forest-land was left as such to retain bush habitat for edible vegetation and game. Tracks were maintained as groups moved through, simply by uprooting and removing obstacles. The idea of 'changing' or 'clearance' or 'building upon' an identifiable stretch of ground and working upon it in a 'lineal', 'progressive' or 'developmental' way was not the aim.
A view of Lapstone Hill from the perspective of 'Emu Plains Road', painted by an early colonial artist, Augustus Earle.
A very powerful case[1] can be made for the notion that British colonizers walked in to an 'Eden of Plenty' in 1788. Aside from the travails of the First Fleet, the members of which understood very little of the environment around them, colonial explorers more frequently spoke of 'rich grasslands', 'abundant wildlife' and 'plentiful game'. At the same time, white settlers generally ignored the edible vegetation all around them and preferred to import European crops which often failed.
Indications—from available European writings of the period—tend to support the notion of both 'clear forest areas' as well as 'dense bushland' coexistent with 'plenty' upon first arrival. There were plenty of emus at 'Emu Plains' for example, and Blaxland, Wentworth and Lawson, along with the other explorers of the time, were always able to shoot game when the necessity arose. They came across 'open forest areas' and clear streams such as that near Sun Valley as well as tough, bush-bashing vegetation which made progress difficult. In short, Darug and Gundungarra land management practices had provided a complex yet plentiful, some might say 'idyllic' environment, for human existence.
Kangaroos feeding at Euroka Clearing, near Glenbrook. Spaces such as these were cultivated by controlled burning, so that a 'patchwork' of cleared and thickly forested country was maintained.
Yet by the 1860's the 'first landowners' had effectively gone from Warrimoo. The density of traffic moving to and fro across the Great Western Road meant that all stock fodder had been stripped for kilometres on either side. Native animals had been hunted into scarcity or extinction (by the 1830's there were no more emus at Emu Plains), and random but fairly frequent bushfire incidents had changed the shape and ecology of the bush forever.
It is logical to assume that these factors alone made survival and reproduction for Darug and Gundungarra clans vastly more difficult. Then there was the likelihood of killings and deaths from disease as the European population became more omnipresent. Many Indigenous people became fringe dwellers—there is certain evidence of a substantial presence of Aboriginal people at Springwood up until the 1830's---and many sought work on the farms of the Marsdens (St. Marys), Blaxlands (St. Marys and Wallacia) and Coxes (Richmond and Mulgoa) down on the Cumberland plain.
Some of the Darug survivors: the Everinghams, Barbers and George H. Morley, photographed at the turn of the century. They came from clans in the Hawkesbury region.
As land became available and white settlement expanded during the latter half of the nineteenth century, Darug and Gundungarra families were herded into more confined settlements, generally termed 'missions' and 'reserves'. There was the first gathering of families at Blacktown, but others sprang up at South Creek, Eastern Creek (this settlement had Darug burial grounds) Sackville Reach on the Hawkesbury, and in the Mountains, at 'The Gully' near Katoomba.
Three proud residents of 'The Gully': Aunty Joan Cooper, Aunty Dawn Colless and Aunty Betty Locke, did much to restore awareness of Darug/Gundungarra presence in the Blue Mountains.
The 'Gully' was a well known settlement in the Mountains which held descendants of both Darug and Gundungarra nations. It lasted until the 1950's when a car racing circuit called "Catalina Park" was established there. The Aboriginal people were evicted and dispersed, although many of their descendants continued to live in their original 'Country'[2]. According to the last census, there are currently about 1,000 Aboriginal people living in the Blue Mountains, several of whom live in Warrimoo.
[1] GAMMAGE, Bill, The Biggest Estate on Earth: How Aborigines Made Australia. Allen and Unwin, Sydney, 2011
[2] LEAFLET and website: http:www.bluemountainstourismaboriginalhistory
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There's something about California that just makes you want to hit the farmer's market and grab a green juice...so that's exactly what I did! I visited the Anaheim Packing House and went for an easy summer look. What screams sunshine more than some fringe and a floppy hat? I was into millinery for a bit, so this hat is actually one of my own creation. I've become a bit obsessed with molding felt hats, and I quite liked how this one turned out. I've been itching to get my hands on a fedora hat block for a while, but they're just so expensive. I guess it's another thing to add to my ever growing "someday" list!


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Congressional hearing reveals 4 more deaths at Tomah, Wisconsin, VA
By Aaron Glantz	/ March 30, 2015
From left: Former Tomah VA pharmacist Noelle Johnson, whistleblower Ryan Honl, Marvin Simcakoski, Heather Simcakoski and Candace Delis are sworn in during a congressional field hearing today in Tomah, Wis.
Credit: Darren Hauck for Reveal
Four more veterans died under suspicious circumstances than previously reported at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs hospital in Tomah, Wisconsin, under the leadership of its chief of staff, psychiatrist Dr. David Houlihan.
The deaths, revealed in a rare congressional field hearing today in the small Wisconsin town, bring to 33 the number of unexpected deaths The Center for Investigative Reporting has found occurred during Houlihan's decade at the helm. The medical center became known as "Candy Land" for the ease with which narcotic painkillers were prescribed.
They include Kraig Ferrington, a 45-year-old Army veteran and union plasterer who died of an overdose of seven medications prescribed by Houlihan in 2007, and three veterans that a VA pharmacist told lawmakers died in the VA parking lot in 2008 and 2009.
"We are doing everything we can to make sure these tragedies don't happen to others," Sen. Ron Johnson, chairman of the Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs, told a packed audience of 400 veterans and family members at the Cranberry Country Lodge.
Sen. Ron Johnson (center), Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Rep. Jeff Miller listen to testimony during a congressional field hearing today over overprescription of opiates at the Tomah, Wis., VA hospital.Credit: Darren Hauck for Reveal
The hearing brought together many of the people who had suffered and complained for years about Houlihan's practices to no avail. Members of Congress from both parties made the trip to the rural community, which had until recently been more famous for cranberries and cheddar cheese than notorious for narcotic painkillers.
They heard from Ryan Honl, a Gulf War veteran and West Point graduate who quit his job as a secretary at the VA last fall and filed a federal whistleblower complaint before bringing concerns about the "zombification" of patients to the media.
There was Noelle Johnson, a pharmacist who was fired in 2009 after she refused to fill prescriptions for high doses of morphine that she believed were unsafe.
She testified that Deborah Frasher, a nurse practitioner who worked closely with Houlihan, told her that "everyone needed a cocktail" of opiates, tranquilizers and an amphetamine – a drug combination the VA and other health professionals consider unsafe.
Frasher also said Houlihan told the hospital's pain committee that he didn't want opiate doses lowered because veterans "would bring their guns to the pharmacy, and start shooting."
Also testifying were family members of those who died, including Heather and Marvin Simcakoski, the widow and father of Jason Simcakoski, a 35-year-old former Marine who died of an overdose in the Tomah VA psychiatric ward in August.
"He would fall asleep while we was eating, drive up on the median, there were times he would sleep all day," Heather Simcakoski tearfully told lawmakers. "When you have that many medications in your system, you don't know what it feels like anymore."
Today's hearing marked the sixth congressional hearing where overmedication and abuse of authority at the Tomah VA have been discussed since CIR revealed the problems in a story published Jan. 8.
Within a week of that story's publication, Houlihan and Frasher were removed from their positions pending the completion of an internal investigation.
On March 10, they were placed on administrative leave after a preliminary review found that Tomah patients were 2.5 times more likely than the national average to receive high doses of opiates. On March 20, the VA told Congress that Houlihan's boss, Tomah hospital Director Mario DeSanctis, had been "reassigned to a position at the Great Lakes Health Care System network office, a position outside of the medical center."
At the hearing, DeSanctis told lawmakers that he had begun to change hospital protocols before the controversy erupted, even before the VA inspector general completed a report into allegations of overmedication and abuse of authority last March. He also said he was asked to conceal that report, which was not published by the inspector general until CIR revealed its existence in January.
Former Tomah, Wis., VA pharmacist Noelle Johnson, who was fired in 2009 after she refused to fill prescriptions for high doses of morphine that she believed were unsafe, testified today at a congressional field hearing in Tomah, Wis. Credit: Darren Hauck for Reveal
Under questioning from Rep. Sean Duffy, R-Wis., the VA's Interim Undersecretary for Health Carolyn Clancy said Houlihan, Frasher and DeSanctis all remain on the payroll.
"That's what makes people angry here," Duffy said. "People aren't being held accountable and aren't fired."
Clancy said the agency was simply being thorough to ensure that any dismissal could withstand legal challenges.
"We have significant challenges to overcome here in Tomah and we own them," she said. "The bottom line is there have been a number of failures."
The VA Office of Inspector General, the Wisconsin Department of Safety and Professional Services and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration also have opened fresh investigations of Houlihan and the Tomah VA.
Throughout the three-hour hearing, lawmakers expressed exasperation that few alternatives to narcotics are being offered. Rep. Tim Walz, D-Minn., an Army veteran, said he had been pressing the VA to adopt a more nuanced approach to pain management since 2008.
"In Minneapolis, they have one chiropractor for 10,000 people and they have a yoga class at 2 p.m. on Wednesday," he said. "Work that into your schedule."
In previous congressional hearings, the VA has held up its Minneapolis hospital as a model for offering alternatives to opiates.
The issue of the wider community impacts of the prescriptions appeared to be of particular concern to Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wis., who cited a March CIR report that began with a case five years ago, when a Marine Corps veteran stoned on opiates from the Tomah VA rear-ended an Amish buggy, killing a 6-week-old baby.
"The ripples are indeed being felt across America," Baldwin said, describing opiate addiction as "a weed whose root is planted in our VA system."
This story was edited by Amy Pyle and copy edited by Sheela Kamath.
Aaron Glantz can be reached at aglantz@revealnews.org. Follow him on Twitter: @Aaron_Glantz.
By Aaron Glantz Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting March 30, 2015
By Aaron Glantz / March 30, 2015


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Dublin Transport Authority Act 2008
Amendment of Fourth Schedule to Act of 2000 (reasons for the refusal of permission which exclude compensation).
94.— The Fourth Schedule (as amended by section 247 of the Local Government Act 2001) to the Act of 2000 is amended by inserting after paragraph 20A the following:
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The other day I received a couple of goodies from my wishlist (thanks to David Costa) in return for fixing an SQLite bug. One of the items was I Am Legend.
If you are a fan of vampire stories, or even if you're not, this is an excellent short story (just shy of 160 pages of very readable type). It was so good that it only took me a few hours to read, and as I approached the end of the book I got the "oh no! the story is almost over" feeling that accompanies books of this calibre.
I thoroughly enjoyed the book. If you're not a vampire fan, don't be put off by the frightening cover artwork--the story is not particularly violent or explicit, making excellent use of mood and tension instead.


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Arctic permafrost: sleeping giant, or ticking time bomb?
Arctic permafrost melting – a 2004 photo
For those with some understanding of the climate system, and the danger of amplifying feed backs (or positive feed backs) the CO2 and methane currently buried under the Arctic permafrost is of concern. Now it seems it is leaking – out gassing – in greater quantities. Science Daily reports:
Permafrost (perennially frozen) soils underlie much of the Arctic. Each summer, the top layers of these soils thaw. The thawed layer varies in depth from about 4 inches (10 centimeters) in the coldest tundra regions to several yards, or meters, in the southern boreal forests. This active soil layer at the surface provides the precarious foothold on which Arctic vegetation survives. The Arctic's extremely cold, wet conditions prevent dead plants and animals from decomposing, so each year another layer gets added to the reservoirs of organic carbon sequestered just beneath the topsoil.
Over hundreds of millennia, Arctic permafrost soils have accumulated vast stores of organic carbon — an estimated 1,400 to 1,850 petagrams of it (a petagram is 2.2 trillion pounds, or 1 billion metric tons). That's about half of all the estimated organic carbon stored in Earth's soils. In comparison, about 350 petagrams of carbon have been emitted from all fossil-fuel combustion and human activities since 1850. Most of this carbon is located in thaw-vulnerable topsoils within 10 feet (3 meters) of the surface.
But, as scientists are learning, permafrost — and its stored carbon — may not be as permanent as its name implies. And that has them concerned.
"Permafrost soils are warming even faster than Arctic air temperatures — as much as 2.7 to 4.5 degrees Fahrenheit (1.5 to 2.5 degrees Celsius) in just the past 30 years," Miller said. "As heat from Earth's surface penetrates into permafrost, it threatens to mobilize these organic carbon reservoirs and release them into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and methane, upsetting the Arctic's carbon balance and greatly exacerbating global warming."
Current climate models do not adequately account for the impact of climate change on permafrost and how its degradation may affect regional and global climate. Scientists want to know how much permafrost carbon may be vulnerable to release as Earth's climate warms, and how fast it may be released.
Research is under way:
CARVing Out a Better Understanding of Arctic Carbon
Enter CARVE. Now in its third year, this NASA Earth Ventures program investigation is expanding our understanding of how the Arctic's water and carbon cycles are linked to climate, as well as what effects fires and thawing permafrost are having on Arctic carbon emissions. CARVE is testing hypotheses that Arctic carbon reservoirs are vulnerable to climate warming, while delivering the first direct measurements and detailed regional maps of Arctic carbon dioxide and methane sources and demonstrating new remote sensing and modeling capabilities. About two dozen scientists from 12 institutions are participating.
"The Arctic is warming dramatically — two to three times faster than mid-latitude regions — yet we lack sustained observations and accurate climate models to know with confidence how the balance of carbon among living things will respond to climate change and related phenomena in the 21st century," said Miller. "Changes in climate may trigger transformations that are simply not reversible within our lifetimes, potentially causing rapid changes in the Earth system that will require adaptations by people and ecosystems."
Image source: Arctic Science Journeys
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It's official: The Bird Flu has hit Jordan
by Natasha Tynes | Mar 24, 2006 | Health, Jordan, my nation
Jordan became the latest country in the Middle East to confirm cases of the deadly H5N1 strain of bird flu on Friday but said no humans had been infected and the outbreak was under control. Jordanian Health Minister Said Darwazeh said at least three dead turkeys at a domestic farm in Ajloun had tested positive for the disease but none of the humans tested in the area were infected. Twenty people were given the Tamiflu vaccine and the area has been cordoned off to prevent the disease from spreading further, he told a news conference in Amman. "The disease in its current form is more of an economic disease that affects poultry. It has had a very limited effect on human health," he said. Source: [Reuters]
I guess this was bound to happen, as the virus had already spread into most of the countries neighboring Jordan, including the West Bank, Israel and Iraq. I have to admit, though, I'm a bit worried. Let's hope Jordanian health authorities can control the situation and stop the spread of this pandemic inside the kingdom. Here is the a link to Alghad's story [in Arabic].
The paranoia continues
by Natasha Tynes | Jan 17, 2006 | Health
The bird flu paranoia continues … Here is the latest statement from a senior Jordanian health official. Yes it is scary!
A senior health official on Monday said Jordan remains a high-risk country with regard to a possible outbreak of bird flu. "Jordan is like any other country in the world that is at risk of facing an outbreak of bird flu," Health Ministry Diseases Control Director Adel Bilbeisi told The Jordan Times yesterday. Bilbeisi's statements contradict previous statements by other Health Ministry official who said the Kingdom was less vulnerable to a bird flu epidemic than coastal countries, adding that the possibility of an outbreak in the country was not high because of the limited number of water bodies.
"Jordan and countries in the Middle East and North Africa are among the high-risk countries… because they are on the route of migratory birds," said Bilbeisi.
Source: [The Jordan Times]
Ok, I'm officially worried! Allah Yostor!
Bird flu paranoia!
Via Zandaqa, I came across this Elaph article, which states that two people have died in Syria after exhibiting symptoms similar to those found in bird flu! I'm not sure how credible this news source is, but this really is alarming. In addition to constantly worrying about economic stagnation, regional wars and terrorism, we now have to worry about the spread of pandemics! Great! It keeps getting better and better in the Middle East! I will reiterate Ammarji's question: does this seems like the end of days?
Meanwhile, Jordan Health Minister Saeed Darwazeh said that no bird flu cases have been registered in the Kingdom.
UPDATE: Here are the latest victims:
ANKARA/ISTANBUL (Reuters) — Turkey said on Monday a fourth person had died of avian flu as authorities slaughtered tens of thousands of birds to try to contain the outbreak. Indonesia announced a 13-year-old girl had also died at the weekend of the H5N1 virus, while two of her siblings were ill. Indonesia has previously reported 12 deaths from bird flu.
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Russische Wissenschaftler benannten ihn deskriptiv.

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The House of Keys has 24 members, elected in a general election for a five-year term in 12 two-seat constituencies. … Each voter has two votes (but may choose to vote for only one candidate) and in each constituency the two candidates with the most votes are elected.
Today, like the Channel Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, the Isle of Man is a Crown dependency, meaning that while the United Kingdom is technically responsible for it, it remains separate, and politically autonomous – except in matters of defence and foreign affairs – even though the island's inhabitants are British …
Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man are not represented in the UK's House of Commons, yet its MPs are being asked to change laws in the islands. Some have warned the move could spark a constitutional crisis, and even calls for independence.
The Isle of Man is generally a very safe place, more so than much of the United Kingdom. In an emergency contact the Isle of Man Constabulary (the island's police service) on 999. Town centres have real glass in bus shelters and graffiti is not prevalent.
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The driest parts of the island are in the extreme south and over the northern plain, whilst the wettest are the hilly interior and Snaefell. However, frost and snow occur much less frequently than in other parts of the British Isles. Temperatures are consistently cool, although the recorded maximum is almost 29°C.
It is not represented at Westminster or in Brussels. The Island is a self-governing British Crown Dependency – as are Jersey and Guernsey in the Channel Islands – with its own parliament, government and laws.
Tynwald (Manx: Tinvaal), or more formally, the High Court of Tynwald (Manx: Ard-whaiyl Tinvaal) or Tynwald Court, is the legislature of the Isle of Man. It claims to be the oldest continuous parliamentary body in the world.
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The island lies roughly equidistant between England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. The Isle of Man is not part of the United Kingdom but rather is a crown possession (since 1828) that is self-governing in its internal affairs under the supervision of the British Home Office.
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