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When powerful women are accused of workplace harassment
Four high-profile cases raise the question: How fair is the process when it plays out in the media glare?
Aug 01, 2020 • August 1, 2020 • 6 minute read
Clockwise from top left: Sue Montgomery, Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough mayor; Nathalie Bondil, ousted director of the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts; Tamara Thermitus, ex-head of the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission; and Governor-General Julie Payette. Montreal Gazette files
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Governor-General Julie Payette has reduced employees to tears by yelling at, belittling and publicly humiliating them, recent media reports allege.
Payette's reported misdeeds are just the latest in a string of very public allegations of workplace harassment involving prominent Quebec women.
On July 13, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) ousted its famed director, Nathalie Bondil, citing a toxic work environment.
In municipal politics, Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Mayor Sue Montgomery is fighting accusations she turned a blind eye to the harassment of her borough manager and another civil servant by her chief of staff.
And Tamara Thermitus, the former head of the Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission, is contesting allegations of mismanagement, psychological harassment and abuse of authority that led to her forced resignation in late 2018.
Isolated incidents? Symptoms of a growing plague of workplace abuse? Or unfounded allegations against powerful women?
As a wave of denunciations brings psychological and sexual harassment to the fore in Quebec, some of the high-profile women accused of perpetrating or tolerating workplace harassment are questioning the fairness of the process.
"The workplace is not a place that's built around the ideals of democracy and justice," says Finn Makela, a law professor at the Université de Sherbrooke specializing in labour and employment law. "We would never accept in the criminal justice system that we throw you in jail and once you're in jail, you sue to get out." Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette
Since reports on workplace harassment are usually confidential, it's impossible for an outside observer to draw conclusions on individual cases, say three legal experts consulted by the Montreal Gazette.
But it's curious to see four high-profile cases involving women, they noted.
"I don't have any inside information, and I'm sure women can be just as harassing as men, but it gives me pause," said Finn Makela, a law professor at the Université de Sherbrooke specializing in labour and employment law.
"It makes me think, 'Is it possible that if a man has a managerial style that would be described as tough but fair, when a woman displays those same characteristics, she's described as being a harasser?'" he asked.
It raises eyebrows to see a series of high-ranking women accused of workplace harassment, says Katherine Lippel, Distinguished Research Chair in Occupational Health and Safety Law at the University of Ottawa.
"We're so used to men harassing people, we don't notice. When it becomes women who are being pointed at, we do wonder," she said.
Workplace harassment affects 19 per cent of women and 13 per cent of men in the Canadian labour force, according to a 2018 Statistics Canada study.
Verbal abuse at work is the most common complaint, with 13 per cent of women and 10 per cent of men saying they had been victims of it in the past year. Humiliating behaviour came next, affecting six per cent of women and five per cent of men. Four per cent of women said they'd experienced sexual harassment on the job in the past year, compared to fewer than one per cent of men.
Three per cent of women and 1.5 per cent of men said they'd been victims of physical violence at work.
"It's no longer socially acceptable to tolerate harassment, be it sexual or be it psychological harassment," Lippel said.
Quebec was ahead of the curve in adopting a workplace harassment law that came into force in 2004, she said.
"It was the first law in North America. It is, I think, a very progressive piece of legislation," said Lippel, who was consulted on the bill before its adoption.
Borough Mayor Sue Montgomery is awaiting decisions from the Quebec Superior Court and Quebec Municipal Commission in her case. Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette
The province's Labour Standards Act defines psychological harassment as "any vexatious behaviour in the form of repeated and hostile or unwanted conduct, verbal comments, actions or gestures, that affects an employee's dignity or psychological or physical integrity and that results in a harmful work environment."
It stipulates that employees have a right to a harassment-free work environment and that employers must take reasonable action to prevent harassment, or put a stop to it if they become aware of it.
Other provinces have since passed similar laws, Lippel noted.
In 2018, Quebec made it mandatory for employers to have a harassment policy.
Anti-harassment laws have given birth to a private consulting industry specialized in investigating and producing reports on alleged workplace harassment, she said.
But some critics say that while eliminating workplace harassment is a laudable goal, those accused on the basis of internal, confidential reports are being denied due process.
"There's a whole issue around a fundamental legal principle, audi alteram partem, which means 'hear the other side,'" said human rights lawyer Pearl Eliadis.
"How can the person possibly protect themselves when they're told that there's some secret report floating out there that they have not had the opportunity to see? I find it so interesting that this principle of hearing the other side is fundamental in every single legal area except for employment law," she said.
The very nature of the employment relationship means that safeguards protecting the rights of the accused in the justice system don't necessarily apply, Makela said.
"It's incredibly unfair to employees, including managers," he said.
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms states that anyone charged with an offence is presumed innocent until proven guilty in a fair hearing by an impartial tribunal.
But when a workplace investigation concludes that harassment has occurred, the burden of proof is on the person accused to show that they did not commit the abuse, he said.
"The workplace is not a place that's built around the ideals of democracy and justice," Makela said.
"We would never accept in the criminal justice system that we throw you in jail and once you're in jail, you sue to get out," he said.
"Our whole labour law system is set up such that the employer has the prerogative of power. Only once that power has been exercised is it up to the employee, if they are dissatisfied or think they've been treated unfairly, to sue," he said.
All four of the high-profile cases have received intense media coverage, with stories leaked to the press by one or both sides in the conflicts.
That means the public is fed tidbits of information but not the whole story, Eliadis said.
The news cycle operates at warp speed, while the legal process grinds slowly, she noted.
"Sometimes when there's a legal process going on, the other side can't comment. So it creates a situation that's inherently unfair for either side, depending on how the information is leaked," she said.
Nathalie Bondil dismissed the MMFA board's claim of a toxic work climate at the museum as "unfounded allegations" and "a smear to hide poor governance." Photo by John Mahoney /Montreal Gazette
In an interview, Bondil dismissed the MMFA board's claim of a toxic work climate at the museum as "unfounded allegations" and "a smear to hide poor governance."
Yes, there is high pressure in the workplace, but the harassment that was used to justify the non-renewal of her contract was an isolated case, which was dealt with, she said.
"I never tolerated it," said Bondil, noting that she oversaw the adoption of an anti-harassment policy at the museum in the fall of 2018.
In an online comment on a 4,869-signature petition supporting Bondil, Montgomery charged that harassment allegations are being used to tarnish unwanted employees.
"I believe strong, competent women are being accused of psychological harassment without due process in order to get rid of them," she wrote.
Montgomery is awaiting decisions from the Quebec Superior Court and Quebec Municipal Commission in her conflict with the City of Montreal over the alleged harassment.
Thermitus is seeking to overturn a report by Quebec's ombudsman that cast her as a bad boss, forcing her to step down as the first racialized president of the human rights commission. She claims she was only trying to improve service and reduce long delays in handling human rights complaints.
Last year, she won a first round in Quebec Superior Court when Justice André Prévost rejected a motion to dismiss the case. The judge ripped into the ombudsman for having submitted the first draft of a report on Thermitus's alleged mismanagement before having heard Thermitus's version of events.
Ultimately, the best way to solve harassment is not through legal proceedings but in working to improve workplace dynamics, Makela said.
"The law is a pretty blunt instrument," he said.
"Maybe the solution is not more laws or less laws," he said, "but more attention given to organizational culture, to industrial psychology, to creating workplaces where people get along, rather than saying, OK, we're just going to keep doing things the way we used to do them, and if there's a conflict, we turn to the law."
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After he finished high school, Paul Wall entered University of Houston where he studied mass communications for three years. Later, Paul Wall became friends with Chamillionaire. Together with him, they begged Watts to perform on his radio talk show and asked him if they could do a mix tape together. The mix tape was released in 1999 and it was entitled "Choppin Em Up Part 2". At that time freestyle started to gain a lot of popularity and both Paul Wall and Chamillionaire gained a lot of success. They became well known in Houston mix tapes and recorded several mix tapes with Watts.
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"The Spot makes other headlamps look like upheld lighters at an Eagles concert," one tester wrote after night-hiking in Maine's Baxter State Park. The Spot's yellowy, ultrabright LED mimics the warm glow of an incandescent bulb, and is deeply nestled in a grooved cone that throws a focused beam almost the length of a football field (see chart for comparisons).
That makes this headlamp ideal for biking and off-trail jaunts. The Spot also shone for two days in spot mode on alkaline batteries, 15 hours longer than the next closest competitor on a similar setting. When less light was called for, a whopping eight settings—three strengths and a blinker for both the spot and the diffuse three-LED flood—offered our Moab tester more brightness options than he knew what to do with. Unique feature: If you accidentally leave it on, the Spot switches itself off after 10 hours to conserve battery life. The catch: It's bulkier (the size of a tangerine) than the others, and its loose tilter slips during trail running and banzai descents.


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Santa Rosa animal shelter offering short-term holiday foster program
by: Daniel Smithson
MILTON, Fla. (WKRG) — An animal shelter in Northwest Florida will kick off a foster program Wednesday to help put animals with a family for the Thanksgiving holiday.
The Santa Rosa County Animal Shelter, located at 4451 Pine Forest Road in Milton, is offering a short-term foster program in hopes to give the about 25 cats and dogs a break from the shelter.
"We want to give the animals here at the shelter some positive reinforcement," said Dora Thomason, the shelter's director. "No matter how much work and effort we put into providing enrichment and handling — hand-on care and things like that, there's nothing better than being in a family environment."
The program started last year during Thanksgiving, but the shelter is hopeful it will be more successful this year with many people staying home for the holidays due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
For those interested in fostering an animal, you must fill out this application. You can also click here to see the animals that are available for fostering.
Thomason said each animal has a unique personality, so those interested in the foster program should have no problem finding an animal that best meets their families needs.
Fosters will be provided food and a leash for their animal.
Fosters can pick up their cat or dog from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. on Wednesday and return them Monday from 11:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
If a foster wants to adopt the pet or foster it for longer, the shelter can make those arraignments.
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is this yours, mine or someone else's?
This is a very important lesson and yet, in my experience, it is also only part of the lesson.
A few years ago I entered into a business partnership that had infinite potential for growth. My relationship with one of the partners was…challenging. At the time, I truly believed that this challenging friendship/partnership was one of my "greatest teachers." I truly believed that if I continued loving this person everything would work itself out. I was grateful for the opportunity to learn and grow and I was always open to receiving this great gift.
With every stumble in the friendship I would ask myself: What's my part in this? What is this teaching me? How can I love more?
After countless conversations, time and energy trying to work things out, I began to notice that my friend wasn't asking the same questions. As a matter of fact, she wasn't asking any questions about her behavior. Trapped in a sea of blame, projection and confusion, I began to realize that the relationship was neither healthy nor balanced.
Of course I did my own projecting onto this person. The difference was that I became aware of what I was doing and I was willing to own it. In taking responsibility for my projections I was able to work through my part of what was happening. The problem was that I was taking on more than what belonged to me in the name of self- growth and my "friend" was more than happy to let me take all the blame.
I was stuck in the belief that this was one of those "greatest teacher" moments. The reality was that I wasn't really growing in the relationship. I was really hurting my Self. The challenges that arose always seemed to be my fault in their entirety. This was creating added stress, anger, confusion and resentment within me. In this case, not only was I feeling my anger but my "perfect friend" was projecting her anger at me and I had the pleasure of feeling all of it. Intensely.
Eventually I did grow...I grew the moment I realized that I had to love myself enough to let go of the relationship. In that moment I learned to differentiate between a healthy challenging relationship, which inspires me to grow, and a destructive one, which creates chaos. In this situation my greatest teacher was my intuition. My sense of what was really happening despite what was being said. The energy beyond the projected reality.
I learned about the places in my life where I give too much in the interest of being nice and being liked; I learned the meaning of friendship and partnership; I learned about forgiveness for myself and for others; I learned about group energy and the dynamics of unexpressed emotions in its members; I saw firsthand what a spiritual bypass really looks like and, most importantly, I learned that I could trust my intuition.
One of the most difficult things I had to reconcile at the end of the relationship was wondering why I stayed so long in the partnership in the first place. My intuition told me pretty early on that something was off. I chose to ignore it because of the greater vision and the great lesson of "loving those who challenge you. Looking back at the signs of trouble has taught me to have more present moment awareness and to trust that awareness. I don't have to look back anymore. Chapter closed. New chapter begun. How does it get better than this?
I am aware of people's confusion around my decision to keep this person out of my life. In that awareness I choose to stand behind my Self and my Inner Knowing. I choose to love and let go for the sake of all involved. I choose to set a clear boundary regarding how I will be treated and the kinds of friends I am willing to have in my life.
Your Inner Knowing is your greatest teacher.
• Get to know your Self: Knowing your Self will guide you in being able to differentiate when someone is really trying to help you and when they are projecting their own stuff (crap) onto you. This means know ALL of you. The loving caring you and the ugly mean you; the light and the dark because we all have both. Once you know all of those parts of you….LOVE THEM ALL. This is the best way to transcend them and integrate them into your Being.
• If it feels heavy to you, then it's not true for you. Tune in to the energy of what is happening. Does the energy feel light or heavy? If the energy feels heavy and it's dragging you down then what is being said is not true for you and you don't have to buy it. Return it to Sender with Consciousness. Don't even bother trying to figure it out it because it's not your to figure out! And remember that what is true for you may not be true for someone else. Everyone has the right to his or her own experience. You still don't have to believe it or take it on. Refer to item 1.
• Are you projecting? A projection occurs when someone is threatened by or afraid of his or her own impulses so they attribute those impulses onto another person. These impulses can be defined as emotions such as aggression, anger or fear. When we point a finger at someone else, we are really pointing three fingers at ourselves. Be aware of what you accuse others of being and notice if that accusation is actually something you are denying in yourself. And when accusations come your way: Refer to item 1 and 2.
• Owning your part: Relationships are meant to help us grow into the next version of who we are meant to be in this reality. In relationship, if you are BOTH willing to see and own your part, then there is balance and the relationship will be helpful. If only ONE of you is willing to do this inner work, then there is imbalance and the relationship will eventually hold you back. Do you really want to choose to be the only one in the relationship that is willing to do the inner work? Yes, when you change others will change around you but when no one else is contributing it gets old and creates resentment. Choose you and refer to item 1, 2 and 3.
In the end, this was a "greatest teacher" moment. For me, it included letting go of the teacher so I could receive the entire lesson. It is all love but sometimes you have to love from far away.


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Карякинская волость — волость в составе Пудожского уезда Олонецкой губернии.

Общие сведения
Волостное правление располагалось в селении Корякина.

В состав волости входили сельские общества, включающие 8 деревнь:
 Враниковское общество
 Олеховское общество

На 1905 год численность населения волости составляла 1313 человек. В волости насчитывалось 226 лошадей, 306 коров и 571 голова прочего скота.

Декретом ВЦИК от 18 сентября 1922 года Олонецкая губерния была упразднена и волость включена в состав Вологодской губернии.

В ходе реформы административно-территориального деления СССР в 1927 году волость была упразднена.

В настоящее время территория Карякинской волости относится в основном к Каргопольскому району Архангельской области.

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Волости Пудожского уезда
Каргопольский район

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It's one thing to launch a startup in the UK but growing it beyond these shores is another challenge entirely. Fortunately ambitious entrepreneurs have a bit more support now that Silk Ventures, the VC firm, has raised its first investment fund aimed at helping European and US startups expand into the Chinese market.
The London-based firm was founded in 2015 with the backing of the Chinese government and half of the new $500m fund is backed by the state-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission Shenzhen, which manages the country's state-owned enterprises. The other half comes from an unnamed "group of confidential strategic corporations". Following in the footsteps of Cocoon Networks' £500m fund from last year, Silk Ventures is now on the lookout for promising series A and later-stage scaleups at the forefront of AI, the internet of things, fintech, robotics and medtech.
She added that the firm was started "to change the way Chinese capital marries Western technologies" and that Silk Ventures is proud of the "cultural and operational know-how within our expanding team." These insights into Chinese culture and legislation will certainly be a great help for the lucky scaleups finding themselves at the receiving end of the fund.
And while Silk Ventures hasn't announced which startups have been selected yet, with so much tech talent here in the UK we're betting that one or two British entrepreneurs will make the cut.


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We're in for a treat today–Adam shares the story of his Star Trek Captain's Chair, which he became obsessed with building from scratch after acquiring an insufficient replica. With the help of friend Jeremy Williams, Adam spends a day wiring in the electronics to bring his new Enterprise command chair to life. After much problem solving and troubleshooting, the effort pays off in a big way!


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Mayoral candidates shift into attack gear
The Democrats expanded their barbs beyond the front-runner. A new poll also drew reactions from the field.
by Larry Eichel, Andrew Maykuth and Michael Matza, Inquirer Staff Writers, Posted: May 10, 2007
As the increasingly bitter Democratic mayoral primary campaign moved into its final week, the candidates kept on sniping at one another - and not just at front-runner Michael Nutter.
Dwight Evans, for instance, planted himself outside the U.S. Mint at Fifth and Arch Streets to take a whack at Chaka Fattah for having talked about possibly raising taxes, with Evans saying that "Philadelphia just can't print money."
Bob Brady traveled to the abandoned site of Kasser Distillers in the Feltonville section to blast Tom Knox, who once owned it, for going back on a pledge to pay severance to 31 employees laid off when Knox closed the plant in 1989.
Fattah went to City Hall to renew his criticism of Nutter's proposal to have police stop, question and frisk people suspected of carrying illegal weapons, saying the city should not endanger "civil rights in efforts to provide safety."
And all the candidates reacted to the results of the new Daily News/Keystone Poll, in which Nutter had 31 percent support, Knox 21, Fattah 13, Brady 11, and Evans 3, with 21 percent undecided.
"I'm very pleased about the numbers," Nutter said during a noontime walk through the Reading Terminal Market, "but it's just a snapshot in time."
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Knox, who had led earlier polls, said his internal polls had Nutter ahead by a smaller margin, with Knox closing the gap. Brady cited polls of his own showing a close race.
Evans was asked what he tells supporters who see the numbers. He replied: "It is not over. It is not over. Vote. That's what I tell them."
Fattah had the most creative response to the news, telling a union rally in West Philadelphia to think of him as Street Sense, the Kentucky Derby winner Saturday.
Like Street Sense, Fattah said, he was the early favorite and, like the horse, he fell behind once the race started. Now, of course, it is up to the U.S. representative to complete the analogy by roaring from behind to win.
"We've worked hard, and we've earned this election," Fattah said.
Evans, at his news conference, took Fattah to task for proposing to lease Philadelphia International Airport to a private operator and to use the proceeds to fund a long-term assault on generational poverty. The state representative from West Oak Lane said the idea wouldn't work.
Though Fattah "is trying to get this vision out to people to give them a sense of hope," Evans said, "the only thing he is doing is pulling the carpet from under them."
Brady, surrounded by about a dozen Teamsters during his event at the old beverage works, said the empty factory represented "the legacy that we're going to have when Mr. Knox becomes mayor."
Knox's campaign manager, Josh Morrow, responded: "It's really sad to see his career end this way - Bob Brady hanging outside of an abandoned liquor factory attacking Tom Knox instead of telling voters what he stands for."
Earlier in the day, Brady was endorsed by Unite Here! Local 274, which represents workers in the hospitality industry and says 16,000 members live in the city.
Fattah, at his news conference outside City Hall, expressed no regrets about his remark in a televised debate Monday night that Nutter needed to "remind himself that he's an African American."
He said that if he had done what Nutter had done earlier in this campaign - calling himself "an angry black man" over the city's homicide rate or using the term "black genocide" - he, Fattah, would have been accused "of racially injecting language as code to black voters."
And Fattah continued to press the stop-and-frisk issue, even though his own crime plan calls for selective use of the tactic to get guns off the street.
Knox did, too, saying in an interview that "the African American community is concerned about it because they think it's profiling. We should be getting crime under control with a good police commissioner, not stop-and-frisk."
Nutter told reporters he believed stop-and-frisk was a legal and effective tool to reduce violence. But he also said that as mayor he would not hesitate to revise or abandon the plan if it proved counterproductive.
"I'd be the first person to stand up and say that if something is not meeting the goals I have set out for this city, then we would have to revisit it," Nutter said. "That's what a responsible leader does."
Meanwhile, officials at 6ABC announced that attempts to assemble the five major candidates for a seventh broadcast debate Sunday had failed. Program director Caroline Welch cited scheduling conflicts for some of the candidates, whom she would not identify.
Contact senior writer Larry Eichel
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Inquirer staff writers Marcia Gelbart and Thomas Fitzgerald contributed to this article.
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A targeted rollout of body worn cameras for Authorised Firearms Officers across the alliance will begin from 15 May 2017.
BWV is an audio and video recording device. The Commissioner pledged to introduce BWV to Dorset and provided funding for a large-scale trial involved 100 plus cameras at Bridport, Weymouth and Bournemouth from the summer of 2016.
While this roll out is limited to firearms officers, the cameras will also be used for general policing duties, which will increase the number of incidents and encounters where they can be deployed.
The Commissioner's goal is to eventually see cameras rolled out to all operational frontline officers.
The Commissioner is a strong proponent of BWV as a tool to increase the evidence gathering ability of the police, especially in domestic abuse and public order scenarios. They provide an unbiased record of what an officer has experienced, making the police more transparent and officers' actions more accountable.
He has long argued that cameras can help diffuse difficult situations as people behave differently when told they are being filmed, as well as proving extremely useful in court to assist officers who have been assaulted and in cases of complaints against police.
Public surveys undertaken by OPCC have shown consistent support from the public in introducing this tactic to the policing of Dorset. Find out more on page 2 of the Your Dorset. Your Police. Your View survey report.


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Africa private equity fundraising to fall this year
Tue, Mar 01, 2016 - 7:18 PM
[NAIROBI] African private equity funds are likely to raise less cash for investment this year after a bumper 2015, the African Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (AVCA) said.
Private equity funds investing on the continent closed funding rounds worth US$4.3 billion last year, up from US$1.9 billion the previous year, AVCA said in its Annual African Private Equity Data Tracker seen by Reuters on Tuesday. "2015 was a bumper year for fundraising, with a handful of large funds achieving final closes during the year," the association said. "As such, 2016 is likely to see lower fundraising totals."
The value of private equity deals in Africa dropped to US$2.5 billion last year from US$8.1 billion in 2014, though there were more deals worth less than US$250 million.
Ayisi Makatiani, managing partner and chief executive of Nairobi-based Fanisi Capital, said there was usually a lag between fundraising and investment activity, adding that the increase in smaller deals was a positive sign. "Maybe it is evidence of a healthy economy at the small and medium enterprise level, pointing to big deals in the future,"he told Reuters.
Deals announced during 2015 included PCM Capital Partners investment in the Azalai Hotels group of West Africa and 8 Miles investment in Orient Commercial Bank in East Africa.
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AVCA said Africa's burgeoning population meant investments were likely to be focused on consumer-driven sectors over the medium term. "Other sectors that may be of interest include infrastructure, real estate and energy," it said.
A total of US$16.2 billion has been raised by Africa private equity funds between 2010 and 2015, AVCA said, adding there were 823 private equity deals worth US$21.6 billion during that period.
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Decorating a room from scratch can seem like a daunting task, but like anything else that seems difficult an organized; a step-by-step approach will make it easier. If you want to know how to decorate a room the best thing to do is to break it down into byte sized pieces.
Before jumping headfirst into a design plan it's important to look for inspiration. Go through decorating magazines, Pinterest and look at the world around you. Keep an open mind and collect any items of inspiration that you can.
Determining the purpose of the room is half the battle won. A room that is used primarily for relaxing and watching TV will be very different from one that's meant for formal entertaining. Think about everyone in your household and determine how they're most likely to use the room. This will make it much easier when its time to work out a floor plan and buy furniture.
Go through your house and do an inventory of what you already have. Sometimes moving something from one room to another can give it new life, as can a new coat of paint or upholstery job.
This is one step you cannot afford to miss out on. Pull out some graph paper and make a sketch of how you'd like to arrange the furniture. Or use online software to work this out. It doesn't have to be perfect but it will certainly help you figure out the space and what will fit.
Never underestimate the power of a focal point. Sometimes they appear naturally as windows with a view or architectural detail, while other times you create them yourself, as with sofa sets, media units and televisions. Whatever your focal point is, make a decision and stick with it. You'll want to arrange furniture around it as much as possible.
The size of the room will dictate how far you can place your furniture away from the walls, and even in a small space give pieces a little breathing room by allowing a few inches between the backs of furniture pieces and the walls. Despite popular belief, this little bit of space can actually make rooms feel bigger.
Place the sofas and chairs facing each other (not necessarily straight on, but close), and they should be close enough that you can have a natural conversation with the person seated across from you without having to raise your voice. If the room is too large, create multiple conversation areas.
Every seat should have easy access to either a side table or coffee table. When it comes to table height, side tables should be approximately the same height as the chair arms they're next to (if that's not possible, lower is better).
One of the most important things to consider when arranging furniture in any room is traffic flow. People should not be tripping over furniture, or each other, to pass through the room. Make sure there are a couple of feet (give or take a few inches) between the coffee table and sofa, and between chairs. Create a clear path so people can walk from one end of the room to the other without difficulty.
Lighting is one of the most important elements of any room and can make a world of difference to how the room looks. Always use a mix of overhead lighting, floor lamps and table lamps (and sconces if you can). A floor lamp looks great at the end of a sofa or behind an accent chair. Table lamps look lovely on side tables, shelves, and even mantels. Lighting needs to be placed at different levels in order to be properly balanced so use it liberally throughout your room. Think in layers – overhead (or ambient), task and accent – to create the perfect ambiance.
Objects that are wall mounted, whether its art, mirrors, or sculptural objects, need to be placed in relation to the furniture. Don't hang a tiny photo over the back of your sofa. Use either a large piece that is approximately two thirds the length of the sofa, or use a grouping of pieces. If you're absolutely determined to use a particular piece of art and it's too small, put it in a larger frame with a large matte around it. (For every problem there is a solution!).
Some of us are born visualizing décor and furniture layouts, and some of us have to really work at it. But the single most important thing you can do to make your home look fabulous doesn't cost you a rupee, but it may cost you your sanity ☹It's understanding scale. Not that other kind of scale that ruins many a sanity – the bathroom scale – but the one otherwise known as "proportion." Rooms are beautiful often because of the feelings that they evoke, and they give off good vibes usually because the proportions are correct.
Decorator's Hint: If comprehending the scale and proportion of a room and its furnishings tend to keep you dazed and confused, forcing you to rearrange your furniture and decor for hours on end, don't hesitate to call in a professional decorator as in Studio Marigold Hiring a pro can help save your sanity – and save your money – in the long run.


On January 11, thirty-four GRC members and their guests met at the Bell Museum of Natural History on the University of Minnesota Campus for a Curator's Tour of the exhibit Audubon and the Art of Birds. The tour was led by Don Luce, long time Exhibits Curator at the Bell and a scientific illustrator himself.
Don started the tour with visits to a few of the Bell's signature dioramas, said to be among the best of their kind in existence. The dioramas present faithfully recreated Minnesota landscapes in which these animals once lived and required the talents of some of the best artists and craftsmen to accomplish. They preserve a snapshot of wild Minnesota which in many cases has been lost forever.
Don then took us to the exhibit, the centerpiece of which is selections from the Museum's complete "double elephant" portfolio of Audubon's artworks (435 plates in all), one of only 120 sets in existence. A gift to the museum by a wealthy benefactor, the portfolio was lost in storage over the years as administrations changed and only fairly recently was rediscovered. After a complete restoration, the collection can now be seen.
The exhibit comprises a total of 105 works spanning the history of bird art from the mid 1500's to the present, and featuring a great number of quite well known artists. We saw 33 Audubon prints and Don shared many stories from the artist's life and the process of creating these magnificent prints. GRC members were abuzz with questions, and Don's answers were both entertaining and informative.
About a week after our visit, the exhibit was temporarily closed. In order to protect the artworks from too much light exposure, and also to make more images available to the public, about seventy-five percent of the exhibit was replaced, including all new Audubon images. The new exhibit reopened on February 1 and runs through early June.
On May 31, with fifteen members participating, we made a return visit to the Bell Museum. Once again, Don led us on a tour - to a different selection of the dioramas and to part 2 of the Audubon exhibit. This was a great opportunity for those who missed the first tour and it rounded out the experience for the return visitors - enjoyed by all.


MainOpEds Third Intifada or Third Reich?
Like the Polish Catholic priests in pre-World War II rural Poland, mullahs and imams have been whipping Muslims into a Jew-hating frenzy for a long, long time. And the comparison doesn't end there.
Polish journalist, Anna Bikont, has written a master work (The Crime and the Silence) about the infamous 1941 massacre of Jews in wartime Jedwabne—by their Polish Catholic neighbors, not by Nazi German soldiers. At least forty Catholic residents of Jedwabne beat, herded, and drove anywhere from 200-340 of their Polish Jewish neighbors into a barn, locked the doors, and set the barn on fire.
The Polish killers took over all the Jewish homes and shops, they moved right in—and, righteously, without shame, just helped themselves to all the Jewish furniture, clothing, jewelry, china, market wares, and rich, farming acreage. And, they kept what they had done secret; when challenged, they denied it. Every eyewitness was made to understand that anyone who "talked" would be killed.
However, in order to explain such a heinous massacre, Bikont begins by describing what the situation was for Jews in rural, agricultural Poland in the 1920's and 1930's.
Catholic priests routinely preached and propagandized against Jews. The Jews killed Christ, the Jews stole what rightfully belonged to Catholics, the Jews were greedy, dangerous, treacherous. The Jews had to be stopped—for God's sake.
Before the Holocaust, Poles laughed and joked as they harassed, beat, hacked at, tortured, and burned Jewish men, women, and children alive. Why do I refer to these events now? Bear with me.
Today, Israel has a very strong military. Israel's military intelligence is second to none. But let us also remember that Israel is surrounded by more than a billion Arabs and Muslims; most Arab and Muslim country, pre-ISIS, significantly "cleansed" their countries of Jews by torturing and murdering them, or by exiling them with only ten dollars in their pockets.
Like the Poles of Jedwabne, Arab Muslims also took over all the Jewish homes, shops, factories, furniture, and land. Jews from Egypt, Iraq, Syria and other Muslim countries never received the slightest compensation or sympathy.
Like the Polish Catholic priests in pre-World War Two rural Poland, mullahs and imams in Palestine and all across the Muslim world have been whipping Muslims into a Jew-hating frenzy for a long, long time. With the advent of the internet, their message of hate has reached more people. Hamas, with Iran's help, and the diabolical support of the West, has spent nearly fifty years hijacking planes and blowing up synagogues and fifteen years of launching rockets at Israeli civilian centers and sending human bombs into crowded shopping malls, cafes, pizza parlors, nightclubs, and hotels.
Please note the nature of this so-called "Third Intifada" which is upon us now.
Individual Arab Muslims are stabbing Jews of all ages. Self-appointed lynch mobs are "surging" and stoning Israeli Jews at prayer as well as Israeli cars on the road. They wield cinder blocks and deadly rocks. Individual Arab Muslims are shooting and stabbing "religious" and "settler" Jews, or trying to run over them over with cars.
Fifty-strong, they are rushing cars which they have stalled with their stones and trying to kill the driver. They have been empowered to do so both by President Obama's cold, heartless and misguided foreign policy and by Palestinian religious and political leaders who have lied to their people about Jews endangering mosques and have imbued them with dangerous, religious hatreds.
Just like the Catholic priests did in rural Poland.
One man continued to drink cola; others shook her off when she tried to hold onto them to lift herself off the ground. 'I was looking for a glimmer of mercy in their eyes,' she said.
A law student did this. He was not illiterate, he was not educationally deprived, reduced to humiliating manual labor nor was he starving. To the best of my knowledge, he did not live in a refugee camp.
Physicians and physicists became Nazis and took over all the positions of the Jews who had been fired. Many of the 9/11 terrorists were educated and came from solidly middle class families. Bin Laden himself was a multi-millionaire. This is different from pre-Holocaust rural, Catholic, Poland.
As Mrs. Bennett staggered down an alley in the Old City, she begged the Arabs nearby to help her. Instead, they "'stood chatting and laughing—they spat at me.' One man continued to drink cola; others shook her off when she tried to hold onto them to lift herself off the ground. 'I was looking for a glimmer of mercy in their eyes,' she said." Miraculously, she was rescued by the Israeli police.
I do not want to frighten anyone but the parallels are very clear and very dangerous.
I share his words with all of us now.


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I don't think it does colors though, just black and white (well, grey-scale). You can get them in huge dimensions and I've never seen one in person so I don't know how it's driven. I also don't think it's price competitive with lcd technology yet either. At the large size you're asking about, it might be however.


Developing countries should refuse to sign the Paris climate agreement until they receive stronger assurances on finance, technology and compensation for damage from extreme weather.
That's the key recommendation in a five-page briefing from an influential Malaysia-based think tank sent to members of the Arab Group of nations last week.
"It will be more advantageous to developing countries to wait this year and not rush into signing of the PA [Paris Agreement]," says the note, written by Meena Raman from Third World Network.
Third World Network has close links with the Like Minded Developing Group of countries, which includes China, India, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela, Iran and Ecuador.
The intervention comes at a critical moment in efforts to build on last December's deal, agreed by all 195 countries that take part in UN climate talks.
UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon has invited world leaders to show their support for the historic pact to limit global warming to safe levels at a signing ceremony in New York on 22 April.
Countries need to ratify the deal before it becomes legally binding, but under the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties a signature indicates support for its principles.
On Tuesday a French government official told Climate Home over 100 countries have indicated they will travel to UN headquarters, the first major climate event since Paris.
The agreement could come into force this year if 55 countries covering 55% of global greenhouse gas emissions win formal approval from national lawmakers.
Speaking to Climate Home from Malaysia, Raman said poorer countries would be wise to hold out because promises of support from the industrialised world "have not been fulfilled".
A specific gripe is a promise made in 2009 by the US and EU, among others, to deliver $100 billion of climate finance a year by 2020.
Analysis from the Carbon Brief website suggests developing countries will need $3.5 trillion of investment by 2030 to deliver on climate plans submitted to the UN last year.
While rich nations are not expected to foot all of the bill, levels of north-south flows of finance are fiercely contested, with estimates for 2014 ranging from $10-62 billion.
Raman pointed to the teething troubles of the $10.3 billion Green Climate Fund, which has disbursed $168 million after officially launching last year.
"You have to make sure everything is in place. It's not about rushing. It's more important to ensure that once you sign you can implement it," she added.
The document's metadata indicates Ashraf Shalaby, an Egyptian official who acts as a liaison between Arab nations at UN climate talks, helped write the proposal.
The oil and gas-rich region has long held out against a global pact to restrain fossil fuel use, only backing down in Paris after diplomatic pressure from the US, EU, China and small island states.
But three advisors to small island states and least developed countries told Climate Home they did not believe a mass boycott of the 22 April event is likely.
"The idea of preserving leverage when the world is at a tipping point is baffling and not really getting traction," said Farhana Yamin, a lawyer who advises the Marshall Islands at the climate talks.
"Trying to stoke up anger at the loss and damage [climate compensation/liability] Paris provisions is equally mystifying as Article 8 talks about enhancing both action and support," she added.
And speaking off the record, an advisor to African nations said a move to slow the ratification process could see developing countries excluded from talks on implementing the new deal.
"While the note talks about the 'benefits' of not ratifying the Agreement for developing countries, we must also remember that developing countries stand to lose the most if we lose this momentum," they said.


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How do you store bitcoin? Simple… By using a bitcoin wallet thats how. Here are our tips for which BTC wallet is best for your needs.
Blockchain.info is a user-friendly hybrid wallet. It stores an encrypted version of your freewallet online but decryption happens in your browser. For security reasons, you should always use the browser extension and email backups (and keep that email secure).
At Blockchain, they build innovative software that makes using Bitcoin safe, easy, and secure for all consumers and businesses anywhere in the world. They have raised over 30 million in capital from top tier investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, Wicklow Capital, and Sir Richard Branson.
Blockchain is currently the provider of the world's most popular Bitcoin wallet, the most widely used Bitcoin APIs, the most popular block explorer and search engine, and has what is widely recognized as the strongest, most trusted brand in Bitcoin. Experiencing a rapid expansion during the course of two years, Blockchain exploded from 100,000 users to over 3,500,000 users. Blockchain is one of the easiest and fastest wallets to use when selling stuff for bitcoins.
BitGo is a high-security multi-sig wallet, which protects your bitcoin from theft and loss. You maintain full custody; BitGo cannot spend or freeze funds. BitGo wallets are easy to use and offer advanced security features such as spending limits and multi-user access.
Trusted by leading BTC exchanges such as kraken.io, bitstamp and bitfinex. Some of the other exchanges like Paxful and Gemini are also rooting for Bitgo due to it's security measures and ease of use.
Bitgo is currently offering Bitgo Enterprise, the first multi-signature and multi-user solution for financial institutions and corporations where they can manage their bitcoin properties in an enterprise level of security.
Coinkite is a powerful and easy to use web wallet. It has a lot of security features including memorable image which resist phishing and two factor authentication. It offers multisig and shared wallets with options for offline generation of keys.
Coinkite also offers a hardware device or a point-of-sale payment terminal, intended for a retail store setting. It includes a receipt printer and a QR scanner that can be used for bitcoin transactions without using a computer.
It also offers all its clients a Debit card which can be used at the payment terminals. It can also be used anywhere since it has a bitcoin address at the back of the card which links to the user's Coinkite account.
Usually, online wallets are good for fast paced transactions if you want instant sending to your favorite online betting and online gambling sites. If you want a more secure Bitcoin wallet, you can opt for desktop or offline wallets. Unlike online wallets, desktop wallets are stored in the user's computer, and not on a faraway network server. They are feature-rich Bitcoin clients and have the highest level of security. Desktop wallets are the most secure way of storing private keys.


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Mail helping people during pandemic, survey shows
May 4, 2020 at 11:17 a.m.
Forty-two percent of respondents in a new survey said they rely more on mail as a result of social distancing.
People continue to rely on cards and mail to keep in touch with family and friends and to overcome feelings of isolation during the coronavirus pandemic, a new survey by the Postal Service has found.
One-third of respondents said cards and letters from family and friends lift their spirits, while 62 percent said receiving a card or letter in the mail makes them feel more connected during social distancing.
More than 1,000 adults participated in the online survey, which the USPS Market Research and Insights department conducted from April 15-17 and released last week.
Other highlights:
• About two-thirds of respondents said they feel increasingly isolated and distant from people and that the pandemic has affected their mental well-being.
• Approximately 1 in 6 respondents said they have sent more mail — mostly greeting cards — to family and friends during the past few weeks. Those most likely to send cards and letters are younger adults or those with kids, and people who have higher incomes.
• Forty-two percent of respondents said they rely more on mail as a result of social distancing.
• Being able to shop for cards and stationery in retail locations permitted to be open during the pandemic was a concern for 40 percent of respondents. Cards, stamps, stationery, shipping supplies and other postal products can be ordered through the online Postal Store at www.usps.com/store.
The PostalPro website has the complete survey results.
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Write on, kids!
New instructional materials available online
The Postal Service and educational publisher Scholastic have again teamed up to promote letter writing as a critical English language skill for U.S. schoolchildren.
Say it in writing
Cards, letters gain currency among older adults
Nursing homes, assisted living facilities and other places that care for older people are asking the public to send cards and letters to their residents so they don't feel forgotten in the new era of social distancing.
Care enough
Hallmark card giveaway aims to lift spirits
Hallmark is giving away 2 million greeting cards that customers can mail to friends and family to spread encouragement as the nation grapples with the coronavirus pandemic.


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Gabriel's Wharf and Covid-19: Joanne Plumb Knitwear
I caught up with Joanne Plumb to see how the past 18 months have been for her…
Joanne Plumb has been a maker in Gabriel's Wharf for over 20 years. She started out selling knitwear from market stalls – the likes of Greenwich, Portobello, and Camden – while working other jobs, so she could pursue her passion. Then she found Gabriel's Wharf and fell in love with it. Her shop allowed her to do what she loved on a full-time basis – making colourful, comfortable, fashionable knitwear that will last a lifetime. Over the years she has worked hard to build up a loyal client base who want handmade, sustainable clothes, made by her.
Joanne tells me she has two sons who she works hard to support; she wants to show them, and everyone, that they can love what they do and make money from it.
Lockdown was good for Joanne. Initially, she says, it was terrifying. The grants from the government saved her – like many others. She moved all her machines home to work from there. Looking back, she realises the extended time at home allowed her to take a step back and see where she could make improvements to her business. She decorated her shop, learned how to use social media (in particular Instagram and Etsy), created a look book, and added a few special touches to her sales...
She realises now that she had lost her mojo before the Covid-19 pandemic hit; the rest and home life had picked her back up. It also shone a light on the number of regular shoppers she has and how many of them have gone on to become friends – something she is very grateful for.
Joanne tells me she had a surreal encounter recently. A textiles lecturer from a Canadian university had travelled two and a half hours to her shop, on the recommendation of the Dean of the university, who buys Joanne Plumb Knitwear. The lady who had travelled to see her said she lectures about Joanne's work and that she thinks in five years people won't make clothes the way that Joanne does as very few people still use her method.
So, whether you're in Canada, Edinburgh or London, head to Gabriel's Wharf to see her huge range of colourful knitwear and buy truly bespoke clothing!
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Using the portal you can access any available datasheets and technical specifications for products you have ordered or have been quoted.
To view details (including datasheets and shade cards where available) of a product you have ordered on our main website click on View On Website. Please note not all products we make / stock are available on our main website and custom made products are never published on our main website and so must be accessed via this portal.
Go to the Orders or Quotes section of the portal and expand a row. Next to each product listed, if a link is shown saying "Datasheet" then a datasheet for your product is available and you can click the link to view it. If this link is not present, a specification is not available yet.
If we have produced a technical specification, this will be available via a link named "Technical Specification" underneath the item also.
Sometimes we take a photograph of your product to for development purposes. If this photograph has been taken a camera icon will appear next to the item you have ordered. Clicking on the camera icon will open the photo in a pop out window for you to view.
Now you should learn how to track your orders .


I looked at the bouquet. It was a bunch of daisies. Bright yellow centres surrounded by pure white petals. Daisies. If he had been listening at all, he'd know I hated them. Loathed them, even.
Adding insult to injury, he had sent a note with them. It had two words on it. 'Forgive Me'. It stared at me stupidly, silently calling me a fool.
How could he possibly think that this would work?
Before I could stop myself, I grabbed the box of matches that had been laying still and unused on the mantlepiece. I struck one against the strip on the box. It lit in one go. That almost never happened. The action of lighting the match was clearly fuelled by my anger. I lit one of the petals first, and watched it start to smoke. The flame licked around its partners and slowly reached the core of the flower.
I threw the whole bouquet into the fire place. The note followed soon after. I stared at it, feeling liberated as the words were erased by the charring that spread across the paper.
Where did you get the story idea? And who asked to be forgiven? I have a lot of questions, it left me wanting more. I love it!
This one was completely fictional, Loretta! When I read the prompt the first image I had in my head was burning flowers. Once I had that, the story sort of materialized.


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Exclusive: Abdellatif Kechiche Talks 'Blue Is The Warmest Color,' Working With The Actresses & More In 5-Min Featurette
Exclusive: Abdellatif Kechiche Talks 'Blue Is The Warmest Color,' Working With The Actresses & More In 5-Min Featurette
Kevin Jagernauth
We may be headed to the tail end of the first month of 2014, but we're still feeling the heat coming from "Blue Is Tthe Warmest Color." The sensation of the Cannes Film Festival—where the director and stars shared the Palme d'Or—and one of the most talked about movies of 2013, the three-hour love story is as powerful as it is explicit, with director Abdellatif Kechiche mining the raw emotions of first love and heartbreak with undeniable authenticity and intensity. But if you the movie didn't make it near you, now's your chance to catch up.
This weekend, "Blue Is the Warmest Color" will arrive on VOD, but to get you prepared, here's a nice primer. We've got an exclusive five-minute featurette in which Abdellatif Kechiche shares his experiences in making the film. He details the difference in approach between his two leads Adèle Exarchapoulous and Léa Seydoux, using closeups, and being ready to embrace the unexpected. It's some good insight into the process and approach Kechiche took for the film and watch through to the end for an extra moment that illustrates his willingness about being ready to adapt.
"Blue Is the Warmest Color" is available to watch tomorrow on Cable VOD, SundanceNOW and other digital outlets (iTunes, Amazon Streaming, PS3 Playstation Unlimited, XBOX Zune, Google PLAY and YouTube). Check out the featurette below.
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Ceegee's dog agility training at 10 weeks post TKR!
So, you wonder what you can do after a TKR or a BTKR?
Can it really be three years???
[Bilateral TKR] It will get better. I promise.
2.5 Years Post-Op--and I'm Deadlifting!
One year since TKR and life is great!


10 Reasons Every Teacher Should Attend an Edcamp Educational technology tips for teachers, librarians and schools.
As teachers, we beg, borrow, and steal to get what we need in our classrooms. Ok, I haven't "stolen" anything other than great ideas from other teachers on Pinterest, but I try to get what I can for free!
So, when I first heard about Edcamps, the big neon lights that caught my attention were blinking "FREE, FREE, FREE" and to top it off, I saw that I'd get cool swag from companies—prizes such as gift cards and educational materials for the classroom. Best of all, I could be in the drawing for an iPad and a Chromebook as a first-time attendee.
The only "cost" is that it's on a Saturday. As a teacher, I live for sleeping in on Saturdays and enjoying the day off after a busy week. Still, attendees from smaller districts will drive for hours to make it to the 8:00 a.m. check-in and breakfast.
The first Edcamp I attended, sometimes called an unconference, was hosted by local educational heroes in the Dallas area. It was a tremendous success for the sponsors, organizers and attendees. I even connected with a long lost friend who's a principal in another district. We have managed to connect at every event since then!
You could call me an Edcamp Groupie now—I've attended all of the camps that are within 40 miles of my house, that work into my Saturday schedule. And, after attending, I can say with confidence that there are many benefits to going, outside of the swag and lack of entry fee. Here are the top 10 reasons to attend an Edcamp.
You will leave Edcamp with what feels like enough new ideas, apps and websites to last you a lifetime. You'll learn how to integrate anything into your classroom, campus or district, such as blogging, Genius Hour, gamification, differentiated learning, flipped learning, blended learning, STEM, social media, Skyping in the classroom, and more. You also have an opportunity to share your expertise on these subjects. The focus of each Edcamp is different, so start by choosing the ones that appeal to you most.
You'll make many professional connections with teachers, librarians, administrators and EdTech specialists.
You can follow the event's hashtag for days leading up to your Edcamp. During the event, everyone is tweeting like crazy to share and learn from others. Be sure to check back afterward to catch all the great ideas that were passed around.
You get to enjoy free breakfast, snacks, drinks and coffee.
You won't leave your Edcamp empty handed. Every event I've attended has had plenty of fun giveaways for items like, lanyards, pens, bags, T-shirts, and coffee mugs. Drawings are also held, where any number of items are raffled off. I've seen drawings for gift cards, free tech tool upgrades, signed books and headphones.
Invite a friend to attend with you. This is a great way to get other teachers on board with tech integration and help them learn about what's new in the education industry.
Sometimes a collaborative document is created so that attendees can add notes about the conversations that are happening in the sessions they're attending. If you can't make every session you want to, refer to the collaborating sheet to see what you missed.
I always leave on a high from all the great ideas shared within such a smart and passionate group of educators. It's electrifying to be with educators who love learning and are so enthusiastic about their craft. If your teaching flame is running low, use an Edcamp to reignite it.
Go Edcamp.wikispaces.com to get more information on how to find an Edcamp near you. Find a friend, sign up, and mark your calendar—I promise, you will not regret it!
Sounds fun! When is the next one?


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When traveling in German-speaking countries, you'll find that the words and phrases you use most frequently will be the common German greetings (Grüße). The words and phrases will quickly become second nature because you use them day in and day out with everyone you come across.
As you'd expect, you should use a polite greeting when you run into someone you know or want to know. But in most German-speaking countries it's considered good manners to greet everyone. So, whether you're speaking to a clerk, a waiter, or just bumping into someone on the street, you should still take the time to say a polite Guten Tag before you proceed.
Although people in Germany usually prefer to greet non-family members with handshakes instead of the cheek kissing that is customary in most of Europe, cheek kissing is still a common type of greeting in many German-speaking countries. However, the rules regarding the number of kisses to give and knowing when and who to kiss change from place to place. The good news is that when you meet someone for the first time, you can usually just shake hands. Then just watch how other people interact. You'll quickly recognize the pattern.
As you'd expect, when someone asks you how you're doing, there are many possible responses.
Once you've said that you're fine, or good, or so-so, it is customary to ask how the other person is doing. You can do this easily by saying Und dir? (And you? [Informal]) or Und Ihnen? (And you? [Formal]).


Laurie "Johnny" Byrd, Jr., age 77, died on November 1, 2016.
He was born to the late Laurie Byrd, Sr. and Rachel Johnson Byrd on July 28, 1939. During his early teen years, Johnny moved to Lyons and started working in the logging industry. He believed in the grace of God and came to fully understand and care about God's love. He joined First Assembly of God in Baxley where he participated wholeheartedly on the usher board. He attended bible study and worship services faithfully every Sunday.
Known for his generosity and kindness, Johnny was full of life. He was a fun-loving, happy go lucky person with a unique laughter that resonated his personality. He also touched a lot of people's lives at the Senior Citizen Center, his apartment complex and his church family.
Survivors include his children, Donna (Marcus, Sr.) Byrd-Hunt of Jonesboro, Lannie Mincey of Savannah, Charlene Smith of Lyons and Antoinette Byrd of Jacksonville, Florida; step-children, Paul Jones and Daniel Mitchell of Lyons, Willie Bee (Sonja) Jones of Toccoa, Anthony Watts, Terry Watts, Ananias Watts, Jr., Nathea Watts, Carol Watts and Ernest Dunning, all of Jacksonville, Florida; sisters, Bernice Beasley of Lyons and Linell Byrd Quarterman of Jacksonville, Florida; brothers, Samuel Samson (LaMonica) Byrd and Joe Henry Byrd of Jacksonville, Florida; adopted daughter, Cathy Railey of Baxley; special nephew, James Roy Beasley of Lyons; best buddy, Ann Varnadore; grandchildren, Marcus Hunt, Jr., Shanise Smith, Jasmine Cook, Christopher Jones, Keisaan Jones, Malik Smith and Rashaad Jones; two great-grandchildren, Aminah Hunt and Amirmarcus Hunt. A host of nieces, nephew, cousins and friends also survive.
Preceding him in death, his parents, Laurie Byrd, Sr. and Rachel Johnson Byrd; step mother, Mary Francis Brazzell Byrd; brothers, Frank Byrd, James Brazell Byrd and Allen Byrd; nephew, Marvin Crobett.
Funeral services were held Saturday, November 5, 2016 at 1:00 p.m. at First Assembly of God in Baxley with Pastor Ronnie Rentz officiating.
Internment followed at 1819 Old Eden Road in Cobbtown.
Repast was held at First Assembly of God in Baxley.
Active pallbearers were James Roy Beasley, Greg Byrd, Marcus Hunt, Jr., Kenneth Mitchell, family and friends.
Music was rendered by the First Assembly Praise Team.
Funeral arrangements were under the direction of Baxley Funeral Home.


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Water-based coatings dry physically by absorption of the coating into the substrate and the evaporation of water. When drying with hot air and infrared, the water is removed from the coating. The polymer particles approach each other and form the coating film.
Due to their many advantages, TerraWet® water-based coatings have established as a leading technology in graphic arts.
Water-based coatings by ACTEGA offer excellent processing capabilities, high application safety and conformity with legal regulations.
TerraWet® is based on carefully selected and tested raw materials.
Tactile & drip off, etc.


There is a growing body of evidence demonstrating that brief psychodynamic therapy can be helpful for depressed and anxious people. DIT was developed and is being delivered by the NHS in many parts of the UK, under NICE guidelines.
DIT is a relational therapy which is time limited to 16 weekly sessions. The aim is to help you understand the connection between something that feels wrong, to what is happening in your relationships, through identifying a repetitive pattern of relating to people that can be traced as far back as childhood. Once this pattern is identified, it will be used to make sense of difficulties that you are currently experiencing and that are significant contributors to your anxiety and depression.
The work will include encouraging you to reflect on what you think and feel, thereby helping you to understand yourself and others in a way that perhaps previously you had been unaware of. In the course of the work I will help you find more appropriate ways of being and coping with difficulties in your life.


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package br.com.rooting.roxana.message;

import br.com.rooting.roxana.UnitTest;
import br.com.rooting.roxana.message.mapper.MessageMapper;
import br.com.rooting.roxana.message.mapper.MessageMapperEnum;
import br.com.rooting.roxana.message.mapper.MockedMessageMapper;
import br.com.rooting.roxana.parameter.Parameter;
import br.com.rooting.roxana.parameter.finder.MessageMapperEnumParameterFinder;
import br.com.rooting.roxana.parameter.finder.ParameterFinderStrategy;
import br.com.rooting.roxana.parameter.mapper.Param;
import br.com.rooting.roxana.translator.MockedTranslator;
import br.com.rooting.roxana.translator.Translator;
import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
import org.springframework.stereotype.Component;

import java.lang.reflect.Constructor;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;

import static br.com.rooting.roxana.message.MessageSeverity.*;
import static br.com.rooting.roxana.utils.ReflectionUtils.isPackagePrivate;
import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.*;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;

class MessageFullyCreatorTest extends UnitTest<MessageFullyCreator> {

    private static final String STRING_PARAMETER_NAME_01 = "StringParameterName01";
    private static final String STRING_PARAMETER_NAME_02 = "StringParameterName02";

    private static final String RANDOM_STRING_PARAMETER_VALUE_01 = "parameter01";
    private static final String RANDOM_STRING_PARAMETER_VALUE_02 = "parameter02";

    private static final String KEY = "key";

    @Test
    void testClassIsPackagePrivateTest() {
        assertTrue(isPackagePrivate(this.getUnitTestClass().getModifiers()));
    }

    @Test
    void testClassExtendsMessageCreatorTest() {
        assertTrue(MessageCreator.class.isAssignableFrom(this.getUnitTestClass()));
    }

    @Test
    void testClassIsASpringComponentTest() {
        assertTrue(this.getUnitTestClass().isAnnotationPresent(Component.class));
    }

    @Test
    void testClassWasOnlyOnePackagePrivateConstructorTest() {
        Constructor<?>[] constructors = this.getUnitTestClass().getDeclaredConstructors();
        assertEquals(1, constructors.length);
        assertTrue(isPackagePrivate(constructors[0].getModifiers()));
    }

    @Test
    void translatorCanNotBeNullTest() {
        assertThrows(IllegalArgumentException.class, () -> new MessageFullyCreator(null));
    }

    @Test
    void createTest() {
        Translator translator = new MockedTranslator();
        MessageFullyCreator creator = new MessageFullyCreator(translator);

        MessageMapper mapper = new MockedMessageMapper(KEY, INFO);
        List<Parameter> parameters = new ArrayList<>();

        MessageFully message = creator.create(mapper, parameters);
        assertEquals(mapper.getSeverity(), message.getSeverity());
        assertEquals(mapper.getKey(), message.getKey());
        assertEquals(message.getParameters().size(), parameters.size());
        assertTrue(message.getParameters().containsAll(parameters));
        assertEquals(translator.translate(mapper.getKey(), parameters), message.getTranslation());
        assertEquals(message.getLanguage(), translator.getLocale().toLanguageTag());
    }

    @Test
    void createArgsTest() {
        Translator translator = new MockedTranslator();
        MessageFullyCreator creator = new MessageFullyCreator(translator);

        MessageMapper mapper = new MockedMessageMapper(KEY, INFO);
        Parameter parameter_01 = mock(Parameter.class);
        Parameter parameter_02 = mock(Parameter.class);

        MessageFully message = creator.create(mapper, parameter_01, parameter_02);
        assertEquals(mapper.getSeverity(), message.getSeverity());
        assertEquals(mapper.getKey(), message.getKey());
        assertEquals(2, message.getParameters().size());
        assertTrue(message.getParameters().contains(parameter_01));
        assertTrue(message.getParameters().contains(parameter_02));
        assertEquals(translator.translate(mapper.getKey(), parameter_01, parameter_02), message.getTranslation());
        assertEquals(translator.getLocale().toLanguageTag(), message.getLanguage());
    }

    @Test
    void createBasedOnEnumMapTest() {
        List<Object> parametersValues = new ArrayList<>();
        parametersValues.add(RANDOM_STRING_PARAMETER_VALUE_01);
        parametersValues.add(RANDOM_STRING_PARAMETER_VALUE_02);
        ParameterFinderStrategy parameterFinder = new MessageMapperEnumParameterFinder(MapperEnumTest.MAPPER_WITH_STRING_PARAMETERS, parametersValues);
        List<Parameter> parameters = parameterFinder.findParameters();

        Translator translator = new MockedTranslator();
        MessageFullyCreator creator = new MessageFullyCreator(translator);

        MessageFully message = creator.create(MapperEnumTest.MAPPER_WITH_STRING_PARAMETERS, parametersValues);
        assertEquals(MapperEnumTest.MAPPER_WITH_STRING_PARAMETERS.getSeverity(), message.getSeverity());
        assertEquals(MapperEnumTest.MAPPER_WITH_STRING_PARAMETERS.getKey(), message.getKey());
        assertEquals(message.getParameters().size(), parameters.size());
        assertTrue(message.getParameters().containsAll(parameters));
        assertEquals(translator.translate(MapperEnumTest.MAPPER_WITH_STRING_PARAMETERS.getKey(), parameters), message.getTranslation());
        assertEquals(translator.getLocale().toLanguageTag(), message.getLanguage());
    }

    @Test
    void createBasedOnEnumMapArgsTest() {
        List<Object> parametersValues = new ArrayList<>();
        parametersValues.add(RANDOM_STRING_PARAMETER_VALUE_01);
        parametersValues.add(RANDOM_STRING_PARAMETER_VALUE_02);
        ParameterFinderStrategy parameterFinder = new MessageMapperEnumParameterFinder(MapperEnumTest.MAPPER_WITH_STRING_PARAMETERS, parametersValues);
        List<Parameter> parameters = parameterFinder.findParameters();

        Translator translator = new MockedTranslator();
        MessageFullyCreator creator = new MessageFullyCreator(translator);

        MessageFully message = creator.create(MapperEnumTest.MAPPER_WITH_STRING_PARAMETERS,
                RANDOM_STRING_PARAMETER_VALUE_01,
                RANDOM_STRING_PARAMETER_VALUE_02);

        assertEquals(MapperEnumTest.MAPPER_WITH_STRING_PARAMETERS.getSeverity(), message.getSeverity());
        assertEquals(MapperEnumTest.MAPPER_WITH_STRING_PARAMETERS.getKey(), message.getKey());
        assertEquals(message.getParameters().size(), parameters.size());
        assertTrue(message.getParameters().containsAll(parameters));
        assertEquals(translator.translate(MapperEnumTest.MAPPER_WITH_STRING_PARAMETERS.getKey(), parameters), message.getTranslation());
        assertEquals(translator.getLocale().toLanguageTag(), message.getLanguage());
    }

    @Test
    void createBasedOnEnumMapWithNoParameterTest() {
        Translator translator = new MockedTranslator();
        MessageFullyCreator creator = new MessageFullyCreator(translator);
        MessageFully message = creator.create(MapperEnumTest.MAPPER_WITH_NO_PARAMETERS);

        assertEquals(MapperEnumTest.MAPPER_WITH_NO_PARAMETERS.getSeverity(), message.getSeverity());
        assertEquals(MapperEnumTest.MAPPER_WITH_NO_PARAMETERS.getKey(), message.getKey());
        assertTrue(message.getParameters().isEmpty());
        assertEquals(translator.translate(MapperEnumTest.MAPPER_WITH_NO_PARAMETERS.getKey(), new ArrayList<>()), message.getTranslation());
        assertEquals(translator.getLocale().toLanguageTag(), message.getLanguage());
    }

    private enum MapperEnumTest implements MessageMapperEnum {
        MAPPER_WITH_NO_PARAMETERS(ERROR),

        @Param(STRING_PARAMETER_NAME_01)
        @Param(STRING_PARAMETER_NAME_02)
        MAPPER_WITH_STRING_PARAMETERS(SUCCESS);

        private final MessageSeverity severity;

        MapperEnumTest(final MessageSeverity severity) {
            this.severity = severity;
        }

        @Override
        public MessageSeverity getSeverity() {
            return this.severity;
        }
    }

}


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Call Of Duty: Warzone Devs Rename Controversial 'Border War' Skin
Screenshot: Activision / ScereBro PSNU
A controversial Call of Duty: Warzone skin saw its name and description changed by developer Infinity Ward in an update released earlier today.
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone players used to be able to equip operator Wayne "D-Day" Davis with a unique skin named "Border War" which, when combined with its description, seemed to glorify the United States' militarized policing of its border with Mexico. "Show them the errors of their ways and make them pay," is awful intense, especially when the real-life American government is routinely caging children.
I feel like this guy will look like an asshole no matter which skin you use.
Screenshot: Activision / BearClawGaming
The skin is now known as "Home on the Range" and references deer and antelope in its description, an homage to the classic western folk song of the same name. D-Day still sports a large police patch while wearing this outfit, for whatever reason—his extensive military history doesn't include a stint in law enforcement as far as I can tell—but it's better than nothing.
This is the second change Infinity Ward has made to Warzone cosmetics in the last month. The developer previously removed the "OK" emote in late June, which is almost assuredly a response to the gesture's popularity among white nationalists. Unlike with that emote removal, however, Call of Duty fans largely seem to be fine (or at least understand) why folks took issue with the "Border War" skin.
That said, I'm sure someone out there will cry foul, in which case I would just ask them to be satisfied with the rest of the militaristic propaganda in Call of Duty.
Staff Writer, Kotaku
BlazeKingNJ
Yep, there's no excuse for this skin even being greenlit in the first place. It's "in your face" obvious with the context!


Widespread turf loss and poor drainage can be remedied with a putting green renovation.
One of the most frequently asked questions during USGA Course Consulting Service visits is whether the putting greens need to be renovated, or what the normal lifespan of a putting green is. This is often a difficult question to answer. When deciding to implement a renovation, it is important to have a high degree of certainty that golfers will be happy with the putting greens afterwards. The USGA article, "Time to Rebuild the Putting Greens – Or Is It?" gives some additional insight into issues that can influence rebuilding decisions.
Creeping bentgrass and annual bluegrass putting greens commonly express variable appearances because these grasses are derived from genetically diverse seeds. Ultradwarf bermudagrass putting greens are established from homogenous sprigs, making the development of off-types that can give variable aesthetics and playability a significant concern. If off-types are affecting the texture or smoothness of putting surfaces, the urgency for a renovation may be more significant than if they are just visually noticeable. However, it is important to remember that there are other reasons why putting greens may have a splotchy appearance that have nothing to do with the presence of off-types or undesirable grasses.
Most golf courses would prefer not to renovate their putting greens because of the cost and disruption to play, but sometimes renovation is necessary. For those facilities that choose to renovate putting greens, the experience is almost like buying a house – the finished product is appealing, but the decision to move forward should be made with the utmost diligence and attention to detail.


Real plums. And plum sauce. And not heating up your kitchen and still having a great 'meat and potatoes meal' here you go!
Place the pork tenderloin into the base of the slow cooker. Season with salt and pepper. Pour the plum sauce over the top and then sprinkle the cinnamon and allspice over the plum sauce. Add the plum slices with 1/2 to 1 cup of water.
Serve Plum Pork Tenderloin over rice with side salad.
Seed and slice 4 plums into small wedges.
Put baggie in the freezer and freeze up to 6 months in fridge freezer or 12 months in a deep freezer. Thaw in the fridge overnight, or a warm bowl of water for about 20 minutes, before transferring to the slow cooker, adding 1/2 to 1 cup of water and cooking on low for 8 hours.
Thaw and add content of baggie to slow cooker. Add 1/2 to 1 cup of water and slow cook on low for 8 hours.


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Q: Twitter API query that filters out retweets and replies I am using R to do datamining on tweets. I currently use a search query that is keyword.
keyword = "eurovision -filter:replies"
tweets = searchTwitter(keyword,n = 200,lang = 'en')

I also want to filter out retweets but the following keyword does not filter replies nor retweets:
keyword = "eurovision -filter:replies -filter:retweets"

I searched the web and the documentation of the twitter API
(https://developer.twitter.com/en/docs/tweets/rules-and-filtering/overview/standard-operators )
but could not find a working example. there has to be an easy solution right?