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BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Fidelity Investments and SunGard on Tuesday said they have reached an agreement to integrate the brokerage services of Fidelity's Registered Investment Advisor Group with the transaction-processing operations of the SunGard Transaction Network or STN. The joint venture will be available to 600 financial-intermediary customers currently using STN, and to Fidelity's 170 bank trust and third-party administrator customers, as well as other financial intermediaries, the companies said. As part of the deal, Fidelity will be the provider of brokerage, custody and clearing services for customers of STN Funds.


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Behavioral health is another way to say mental health and substance use. Behavioral health parity means that health insurance covers substance use and mental health conditions and services in an equal way compared with other kinds of health conditions and services.
The demand for mental health and substance use services and treatment is rising. Increasing rates of mental health conditions, the on-going opioid and addiction crises, and the trauma felt by all Georgians during the COVID-19 pandemic illustrate the need for easy access to affordable, quality mental health and substance use care.
Behavioral health parity would allow Georgians access to the services they need without facing financial hardships or jumping through unnecessary hoops with their insurance company. Without parity, Georgian families are more likely to delay care, go out of their insurance network, and pay more for behavioral health services.
Effectively implementing and enforcing behavioral health parity in Georgia is a low-cost and effective way to increase access to care for all Georgians with insurance, to improve mental health and substance use outcomes, and to lower the need for mental health and substance use emergency services or hospitalizations as consumers access care earlier.
Federal law already requires most health insurers to apply behavioral health parity to individual, job-based, and Medicaid health plans. This law is only meaningful if insurers are implementing it well, consumers and providers understand how it works, and there is appropriate oversight by state leaders. Georgians for a Healthy Future supports action by state agencies to strictly and consistently enforce the federal law using all available tools. We also support Georgia legislation that builds on the federal law so that Georgia consumers actually receive the mental health and substance use insurance benefits that they are entitled to and for which they have paid.
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ESSA 7 (TOS-E) — американский метеорологический спутник, работавший по принципу . Получил сокращение по имени запустившей организации — .

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ESSA-7 был синхронизированным с Солнцем операционным метеорологическим спутником, предназначенным для фотосъёмки в дневное время суток поверхности Земли с облаками) для последующей передачи снимков на Землю и их и обработки. Спутник мог предоставлять глобальные данные измерений отражённой солнечной радиации и дальнего излучения, покидающего Землю. Конфигурация спутника не отличалась от спутников семейства ТИРОС (начиная с ТИРОС-1): 18-гранная правильная призма (расстояние между противоположными углами 107 см, высота 56 см) с усиленной опорной пластиной, несущей большую часть подсистем, и верхней крышкой. Энергию спутник получал от 10 тысяч маленьких солнечных батарей размером 1 на 2 см, которые были установлены снаружи, и от 21 никель-кадмиевой батареи.

Две дополнительные камеры типа AVCS (, Продвинутая система камер Vidicon) были установлены на двух противоположных краях спутников, оптические оси расположены перпендикулярно оси вращения. Два набора плоских радиометров были также установлены на противоположных краях спутника, под краем опорной пластины. Пара пересекающихся дипольных приёмных антенн идут вниз от опорной пластины. Монопольная телеметрическая и отслеживающая антенна выходит из верхней части корпуса. Скорость вращения спутника контролировалась с помощью вращающейся катушки с магнитной ориентацией (), причём ось вращения поддерживалась перпендикулярно плоскости орбиты («колёсная» орбита) с точностью плюс/минус 1 градус. MASC представляла собой катушку с током, установленную в крышке. Внутреннее магнитное поле, индуцированное током, взаимодействовало с магнитным полем Земли, чтобы обеспечить необходимый крутящий момент для скорости вращения 9,225 об./мин.

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Запуск спутника состоялся 16 августа 1968 года в 11:31 по Гринвичу с помощью ракеты-носителя «Дельта» с американской авиабазы «Ванденберг» (штат Калифорния). Масса спутника на момент запуска — 145 кг, наклонение — 101,72°, период — 114,9 минут, перигей — 1432 км, апогей — 1476 км. Одна из камер типа AVCS вышла из строя немедленно после запуска.

23 ноября 1968 года спутник сделал уникальные фотографии Северного полюса Земли, на которых в точке, где отмечался на картах Северный полюс, был изображён большой тёмный круг (похожий снимок был сделан спутником ESSA 3). Фотографии часто используют сторонники теории Полой Земли в пользу подтверждения своей версии, хотя география объясняет это как обычное разводье, появляющееся на полюсе в связи с дрейфом льдов.

23 июня 1969 года у спутника отказал радиометр, а 19 июля 1969 года отключилась основная камера. 10 марта 1970 года спутник был выведен из обслуживания.

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England's present interest considered, with honour to the prince, and safety to the people : in answer to this one question, what is most fit, easie and safe at this juncture of affairs to be done, for quieting of differences, allaying the heat of contrary interests, and making them subservient to the interest of the government, and consistent with the prosperity of the Kingdom?
The declaration of the nobility and gentry of the county of Stafford, &c.
A proclamation, appointing a rendezvous of the militia-regiments in several shires, & calling out the heretors, &c.
by Pudsey, George, Sir, b. 1664?
The loyal speech of George Plaxtone, M.A., minister of Sheriff-Hales in Shropshire : spoken at Shifnal in the same county upon the proclamation of His Sacred Majesty, King James the Second, &c.
A publication of the royal authority, of the most serene, most mighty, and most august monarch, James the Seventh : by the grace of God King of Scotland, England, France, and Ireland, Defender of the Faith, &c.


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Konakalmaz is a village in the Elazığ District of Elazığ Province in Turkey. Its population is 177 (2021). The village is populated by Turks.

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NEW HAVEN, CT–In a diagnosis that helps explain the confusing and contradictory aspects of the cosmos that have baffled philosophers, theologians, and other students of the human condition for millennia, God, creator of the universe and longtime deity to billions of followers, was found Monday to suffer from bipolar disorder.
The Lord, found to be manic-depressive by Rev. Dr. Jurgens (left).
Taken on the same day, these photos offer evidence of God's mood disorder.
"So it's up to us to make the best of God's emotional problems," Jurgens continued. "Thus, mankind is born to trouble, as surely as sparks fly upward."


And aha so you ARE doing is fish. I did always think the best bit about juno was flying around in space.
My favorite part too, Moose. ^_^ Well I'm playing with it for sure. Still need to find a style near 2003's Chara set in ease of use and modification before I can say 100% I'm doing it. Flying in space would be way more fun in MV as programming a simple shooting system is just a plugin, there's a .h.U.D. maker and we can make planets any size or shape Using just a single Chara set! =3 Then there's all the fun things you can do to the battle system that I wanted to do for J.I. but 2003/my knowledge was too limited to do. And ofcourse if I do this I'll ask you to consult as Darone and the Space Shark will forever live on in my memories XD...and will appear in the sequel at least once.
As for Fish, glad you're going through with it. But as you mentioned, gotta make 'em characters suit the rest of the assets.
Well that will be a challenge but a most rewarding one as now I can use any size of sprite and mapping will be be easy if I can learn to bind pictures to the map via this plugin. Everything will also be nearly the same style as I may have to edit alot by hand but it will still be as awesome as the menagerie we had in the first game without using the same assets over and over. The only bad thing there was I printed up like 100 something sprites of aliens for this thing when it was on 2003 XD I may have to submit those to the resources so I don't feel like it was a waste.
Is that the "Real size" version of the Ship? Because it looks so small for your characters/platforms. I know JRPG's vehicles are usually small, but that is very small. Looking good otherwise, I like the ship.
It's awesome to see you working on this again. I love how the game looks and it will be interesting to see how it turns out. Let me know when the demo is out.
@Momeka: THanks! atm I'm trying to remember how I did some things as I forgot and can't find my old notebook (probably disappeared when I moved), but I have already 3 puzzle rooms, I'll add an extra few and release something.
I'm working on a project, and looking for suggestions and feedback. Perhaps even some help with developing (I'm doing all graphics/music/etc. from scratch, which is proving to be very time consuming solo). I have more information in my post "New RM2K3 Project (Untitled)", but here are some screenshots for what I have so far.
Those are very nice for 2003. Almost the most detailed customs I've seen. Though they are at least the nicest in years!
Thanks! I'm very critical of my work, and I'm always going over it to make sure it's pixel perfect. I used transparent pixels in my water graphics to give the impression of a reflection, and I tried my best not to go overboard. I'm really proud of how it turned out.
I've seen some very impressive customs on these boards, and it's hard for me to rate my own work among them. Thanks again for your input.
For the sake of readability, maybe I'd change a bit the colors of the trees or the grass tiles, the colors sometimes get blended and it's hard to make the distinction.
I see what you mean. I'll create a bit of an outline along the right edge of the tree foliage with some darker pixels.
Also, I'm not really sure where I should be posting this, but I'm trying to complete a basic puzzle in the game and I'm at a standstill. I want to trigger an event by the location of another event. Specifically, by pushing a boulder into a certain place, it would cause a gate to unlock. How can this be done?
EDIT: I decided to go with this puzzle instead.
I did a subtle outline on the trees. Here's the result.
I'll probably add some more darker foliage along the right side.
@ANominalWill: Screenshots looks nice. Keep it up.
You can use the Call Event function to trigger other events on the map. Just select Map Event, choose the event to call and what page it should trigger.
I think he meant some sort of coordinate detection.
To do it you must figure out the X and Y value of the button first. If it is an event, then simply add a Variable command that sets 2 variables to the X and Y coordinate of that event.
Next you need to do the same thing for your boulder. Now, when you move the boulder the X and Y values needs to be updated to the new values after moving. Or the game will just assume that it is where it started.
In the end the gate itself will mostly be looking for if the boulder's X and Y are the same as the button's X and Y coordinates.
I tend to make these type of puzzles a lot, some less elaborate than other.
As for getting the boulder to the button, I just assume you already have that figured out.
Hey it's Zuhane and his exotic looking side scroller! Looking good man!


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What time is Sahur Singapore?
What time is Suhoor eaten?
How many hours fasting in Singapore?
Can you eat Sehri till Fajr?
What time stop eating sahur in Singapore?
Does kissing break your fast?
What is the name of the morning meal before Fajr?
What happens if I miss Suhoor?
What time we should stop eating in Ramadan?
In Arabic, iftar means "break of a fast", and fatoor means "breakfast". It is the second meal of the day during Ramadan as those taking part in the fast must not eat or drink anything during daylight hours. The Sehri is consumed in the morning and can be as early as 2.30am.
During the month of Ramadan, they pray, help poor people, observe fast and abstain from bad deeds. The fast in the year 2021 is expected to long for more than 13 hours in Singapore depending on Singapore Ramadan timings. Singapore is not a Muslim country but 15% of its population is based on Muslim people.
Umm Makktum) gives Azaan when Fajr comes." He argues that according to this Hadith, one can eat sehri till the call for morning prayers is heard. … "It is safer to end sehri a few minutes before this time," he said. Maulana Afzal Barkati said that in countries like Saudi Arabia, Azaan is said at the point of daybreak.
Ramadan Calendar 2021 Singapore is all about Singapore Ramadan time including today Sehri Time at 05:40 am and iftar time at 6:56 pm.
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"This misconception has no basis at all," says Mr Hassan, "swallowing your saliva is natural. It definitely will not break the fast." What will break the fast, however, is the exchange of bodily fluids with another person.
'Sehri' or 'Suhoor' is the pre-dawn meal eaten before the Fajr prayer (the first of the five daily prayers) and is taken as a blessing.
There is no mention in hadith or Qur'an which says, if one does not wake up for sehri they are exempt from fasting that day. If a Muslim does not eat suhoor, this is not a valid reason for being excused from fasting. … Not keeping the fast deliberately because of forgetfulness, a mistake or laziness is a sin.
3) What is a typical day like during Ramadan? During Ramadan, Muslims wake up well before dawn to eat the first meal of the day, which has to last until sunset. This means eating lots of high-protein foods and drinking as much water as possible right up until dawn, after which you can't eat or drink anything.


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Q: how does react router disable default behavior of a tag? Normally when you click '<a' tag it causes browser to navigate.
But if you use <NavLink or other components like it they are rendered as '<a' tags.
So why doesn't the browser navigate to the href of those a tags?
Is it because there is an event listener on a tag using prevent default or returning false?

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In this case, href value is url.
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In this case, href value is id of DOM element.

A: Upon further investigation it seems that there is some event delegation going on. React adds event handler at higher level and event bubbles up it gets cancelled. Event handler name is dispatchInteractiveEvent and it's attached to document node.
I'd venture a guess that react-router integrates with react's event handling to and control history api.

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Orange get best of Hoosiers for second straight time in 69-52 victory
By Thomas Rende
December 3, 2013 - 11:47pm
Syracuse used a few big runs to pull away from Indiana in a rematch of last year's Sweet Sixteen game.
If it wasn't known before it should be made official now: Syracuse-Indiana basketball is a true out-of-conference rivalry. In a rematch of last season's Sweet Sixteen match-up, the two schools slugged it out in the early going in Tuesday night's contest, but the Orange was able to pull away in the second half to secure a 69-52 victory.
SU wins EA Sports Maui Invitational
By Tyler Greenawalt
The Orange won its third Maui Invitational championship after defeating St. Francis Brooklyn, Minnesota, California and finally Baylor.
The last time Syracuse played in the Maui Invitational, the Orange cruised to a 76-63 victory over Indiana in 1998. This time around, the No. 8/7 Orange (6-0) won in a similar fashion, beating the No. 18/17 Baylor Bears (6-1) in a 74-67 game that saw four SU players scoring in double figures.
SU rallies to prevent upset against St. Francis
November 19, 2013 - 11:15am
The Orange went on a 10-0 run in the final few minutes of Monday night's match-up with St. Francis to remained undefeated on the season.
A collective sigh of relief exhaled from the Carrier Dome when C.J. Fair knocked down the second of his two free throws to seal the 56-50 victory for No. 9/7 Syracuse (4-0) over St. Francis Brooklyn (2-2). The Orange offense struggled mightily throughout the game against the physical defense of the Terriers.
"You can still play physical defense and I thought they did a good job of that," Head Coach Jim Boeheim said.
SU defense holds Colgate in 69-50 win
By Joe Diglio
The Orange shot poorly throughout the contest, but shot enough from the free throw line to keep lead on the Raiders.
The Syracuse Orange used a strong defensive showing to make up for a rough shooting performance in a 69-50 win over Colgate Saturday. The No. 9 Orange (3-0) shot poorly from the field (36.8 percent), from three-point range (29.2 percent) and from the free throw line (42.9 percent).
"We can't miss the free throws and lay ups that we missed," Head Coach Jim Boeheim said. "We have to shoot it a little better."
New rules, same game: SU learns to adapt to stringier fouls in win over Fordham
November 12, 2013 - 11:10pm
The Orange came away with the victory, but committed 25 personal fouls. New NCAA rules regarding contact are being enforced this season, causing the Orange to adjust its game.
There are lessons learned from every game, said Syracuse head coach Jim Boeheim. In the Orange's 89-74 win over Fordham, it was dealing with the NCAA's new rules regarding fouls.
"If they're going to call fouls, you've got to be able to play without fouling," Boeheim said.
Trevor Cooney leads Orange in second half rally over Cornell
November 8, 2013 - 10:45pm
Cooney made 7-of-8 from behind the arc to help the Orange win its first game of the season.
Syracuse defeated Cornell 82-60 in its season opener tonight behind a stellar shooting performance from Trevor Cooney. The redshirt sophomore led all scorers with a career-high 27 points, shooting 10-for-12 from the field, including 7-for-8 from three-point range.
"We did a good job of finding Trevor and he bailed us out when we really needed him in the first half when we had nothing," Head Coach Jim Boeheim said.
Who will be Syracuse's number two guy?
By NewsHouse Staff
November 7, 2013 - 6:44pm
C.J. Fair will be the go-to guy for the Orange this season, but basketball beat writers Tom Rende, Tyler Greenawalt and Joe Diglio pick who will be the Orange's second option on offense.
C.J. Fair is recieving praise even before the regular season starts. He's already been named the ACC Preseason Player of the Year and looks to build on a stellar junior season where he averaged 14.5 points per game and 7 rebounds per game. Fair will get his stats, but who will become the Orange's number two man in the team's first season in the ACC?
Tom's pick: Grant is Robin to Fair's Batman
SU rolls into basketball regular season with win over Ryerson
The Orange are still ironing out all the wrinkles, but continued a balanced attack in SU's 81-46 victory.
In its final tune-up before the start of the regular season, the Syracuse Orange defeated the Ryerson Rams 81-46 Tuesday in the team's second and final exhibition game. The Orange boasted an extremely balanced attack, with 11 players seeing time on the court and all but one of them playing at least ten minutes. Just like Friday's win over Holy Family, every player on the court scored, led by C.J. Fair, who finished with 18 points.
SU's first exhibition game showcases another deep SU squad
The Orange breezed through the Holy Family Tigers by a score of 79-41, but Boeheim was able to see how his newest team played together in a game situation, especially Tyler Ennis and Michael Gbinjie.
The Orange took no time to look back after its quick start to the season when they played Holy Family University Friday night in an exhibition game. The Orange took a quick 10-point lead thanks to the sharpshooting of Trevor Cooney, and would go on to beat the Tigers 79-41.
"We did a lot of good things and we did some things that, first time out, we're going to have to do better," head coach Jim Boeheim said. "It's a good learning experience."
SU basketball prepares for new players and a new conference
Freshman Tyler Ennis and sophomore transfer Michael Gbinije may be new to the team, but the entire SU team is new to the ACC.
The Syracuse men's basketball team received a warm welcome to the Atlantic Coast Conference earlier this week at ACC media day. The Orange were picked to finish second in the league, behind only Duke, and senior forward C.J. Fair was selected as the preseason conference player of the year.
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It has been my great honor and privilege to lead the ISW Middle School Division in its pursuit of academic excellence and wholistic development. Over the past two years we have seen many incredibly positive additions and changes in the MS academic program, and already have exciting plans in store for the future. Alongside an amazing group of talented teachers; our middle school curriculum, technology and resources can now support the vast needs of students from a multitude of nationalities, cultures and English language abilities.. As we look to the future, our hope is to continually improve the current services we have, increase the unique educational opportunities and activities we provide our students, while maintaining the family environment that make ISW the best educational option for students in Wuxi, China.
The subjects of Language Arts, History, Geography, Science, and Mathematics are taught by the classroom teacher. Whenever possible, transdisciplinary links are made across subjects to maximize learning connections.
Chinese, PE, Music and Visual Arts are taught by Specialists to form a comprehensive, varied and rich Lower School experience. Technology is used as a tool that enhances and broadens the scope and quality of student learning.
ISW's middle school science classes are based on an Integrated Science Curriculum. From 6th, through 8th grade students study Earth, Physical, and Life Science. Through the understanding of each of these fields students are able to gain an greater understanding of the structure of the world around them. Each grade level allows for deeper understanding based on previously learned knowledge. During these courses students also learn the Scientific Method and put their learning to practice through labs and other science projects.
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In 7th grade, students begin Pre-Algebra by reviewing negative numbers and variables. The focus of the course then shifts to solving equations, beginning with simple one-step equations and building to more complex, multi-step equations. Additional topics include fractions, rates, ratios, proportions, and percentages, with an emphasis on the inclusion of variables. To prepare students for Algebra, we cover linear equations and basic graphing techniques.
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Students have the opportunity to learn and begin to apply a variety of techniques including but not limited to: sketching, perspective, shading, color theory, still life, anime, and acrylic painting. Students will also learn about different artist and some art history as they explore what it means to be an artist.
Middle School is a time of self-exploration when students often come out of their shells, embracing opportunities for expression and attention. The opposite is also true, with introverts sometimes shying away from the spotlight. Middle School students may choose between choir and band, and also have the option of taking Theatre. The middle school performing arts program builds upon the knowledge learned in Lower School, while beginning to delve into greater depth in and instrumental repertoire.
Overall, it is our goal that Middle School students graduate to the High School as self-sufficient musicians with a knowledge of instrumental technique and an appreciation of the work it takes to produce a unified performance.
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Classes are held in the school gymnasium and the outdoor turf field at ISW. The goal of the middle school PE program is to create an inclusive atmosphere where students can participate in new sports and build the confidence to take part in ISW sports at a competitive level.
The Middle School has developed a multi-track program to effectively accommodate students' varying English language support needs. The entire program is based on the WiDA English Language Standards that are well-known and effectively used in international schools around the world. These standards address a student's ability to read, write, speak and listen, using the English language.
Beginning in kindergarten, Middle School students have the opportunity to study Mandarin. There are three main goals for Middle School students interested in learning Mandarin: 1) Building up a strong foundation of high-frequency vocabulary. Frequent and consistent exposure to high frequency vocabulary greatly increases the comfort level of students as they begin to communicate in a new language. 2) Working on the basic grammar rules, sentence structure, and discourse patterns. Chinese can seem very intimidating to students when they first begin learning the language; however, the introduction of common sentence patterns coupled with frequent practice in relevant contexts can greatly increase the rate at which students develop language proficiency. 3) Developing cultural knowledge and global awareness. Lastly, a critical goal for lower school students in the Mandarin classroom is to provide opportunities to understand the similarities and differences between their own culture and that of various Chinese populations around the world. Students have the opportunity to go on field trips, eat new foods, learn about daily life for students their own age in China and learn about and celebrate the various important Chinese holidays.
The focus of the Middle School 1:1 iPad program at ISW is to provide the necessary tools and resources for a progressive learning environment, characterized by flexibility, collaboration, personalization, creativity, and technology-rich learning. At ISW, technology will be integrated throughout the educational program in a seamless and timely fashion. The 1:1 iPad setting empowers middle school students and teachers to use technology like adults do in the real world, accessing and using purposeful technology-based tools anytime a task calls for them. The question is no longer what technology programs do the students need to learn, but how can we teach students to evaluate the tasks given and choose technology resources that is appropriate for the task. Particular programs will always be changing, but learning how to adapt to the resources available is a skill that can be used throughout a lifetime.
Although there are many structured opportunities for parents to meet with teachers, parents can also make appointments with teachers throughout the year to discuss their concerns.
As a ISW, we plan specific days within the school calendar for conferences to be held as we believe it is important to communicate with families. The fall and spring conferences are all day events and allow for families to schedule 20-minute conferences with their teacher in Middle School. Special area teacher conferences are 15 minutes and can be scheduled separately. Phone conferences are a possibility on these days, as some families may have difficulty scheduling time to leave work/commitments to travel to school.
The best learning is active and engaged. It can be found in ordinary places. Take our open gym nights or our Middle School dance troupe practices, for example. These activities energize students and help them to see the holistic connections between mind, body, and spirit. Activities outside the classroom are not merely add-ons to the core curriculum. They are a continuous enrichment, a way to sustain and deepen learning.
ISW has a fantastic athletics program that grows our students in the knowledge of the sport, and then teaches them how to compete at their highest levels. We currently have two divisions: Middle School and High School.
In middle school, the students are given equal playing time in games and tournaments. The emphasis is on students learning the rules, skills, and strategies of the sports they are playing. We currently feature soccer and basketball for the middle school.
Public performance is a fantastic way for young learners to develop confidence and is an integral part of our program. Throughout the year, Middle School students showcase what they're learning for peers and parents at seasonal performances. When students graduate from Elementary school, the goal is that they have a strong knowledge of the written mechanics of music and a greater sense of the community, character, and creativity that are built by singing, playing, and creating music together.
After-school activities are a great tool in our aim to develop well-rounded students. The school sponsors a number of after-school activities that give Middle School students an opportunity to explore and excel in a particular sport, hobby, or area of interest.


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Latest edition of WisBusiness: The Show features Thad Nation of Wired Wisconsin
Please watch the latest edition of "WisBusiness: The Show" the twice-a-month Web show covering state business news and issues. This edition features Thad Nation, executive director of Wired Wisconsin, who discusses prospects for telecom reform. Tom Still, president of the Tech Council, talks about the Governor's Business Plan Contest and how it helps start-up companies, and our stock report has the highs and lows for early January.
Click here to see the show produced by Tweedee Productions – and to view an archive of other recent shows with guests such as Mark Bugher of University Research Park; Paul Carbone of Baird Venture Partners; Winslow Sargeant of the U.S. Small Business Administration; and David Jones Jr. of Chrysalis Ventures.


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Iron overload modulated nuclear factor kappa B activation in human endometrial stromal cells as a mechanism postulated in endometriosis pathogenesis
Iron overload activates the nuclear factor kappa-B pathway, increasing the expression of intercellular adhesion molecule-1 (ICAM-1) and the secretion of soluble ICAM-1 by endometrial stromal cells, suggesting a new mechanism that may be involved in the pathogenesis of endometriosis.
Carlos Patricio Alvarado-Díaz, Ph.D., Marco Tulio Núñez, Ph.D., Luigi Devoto, M.D., Reinaldo González-Ramos, M.D., Ph.D.
Volume 103, Issue 2, Pages 439-447
To evaluate the effect of iron overload on nuclear factor kappa-B (NF-κB) activation in human endometrial stromal cells (ESCs).
Experimental study.
University hospital research laboratory.
Ten healthy women.
Isolated ESCs from endometrial biopsies were incubated with 50 μM FeSO4 or vehicle. The NF-κB inhibitor [5-(p-fluorophenyl)-2-ureido] thiophene-3-carboxamide (TPCA-1), which inhibits IKKβ, the kinase of IκBα (inhibitory protein of NF-κB), was used to prevent iron overload–stimulated NF-κB changes in ESCs.
NF-κB activation was assessed by p65:DNA-binding activity immunodetection assay. IκBα, p65, and intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1 proteins expression was evaluated by Western blots. ESC soluble ICAM (sICAM)-1 secretion was measured by ELISA using conditioned medium.
Iron overload increased p65:DNA-binding activity and decreased IκBα and p65 cytoplasmic expression in ESCs after 30 minutes of incubation as compared with the basal condition. ESC ICAM-1 expression and sICAM-1 secretion were higher after 24 hours of iron overload treatment than in the absence of treatment. TPCA-1 prevented the iron overload–induced increase of p65:DNA binding and IκBα degradation.
Iron overload activates IKKβ in ESCs, stimulating the NF-κB pathway and increasing ICAM-1 expression and sICAM-1 secretion. These results suggest that iron overload induces a proendometriotic phenotype on healthy ESCs, which could participate in endometriosis pathogenesis and development.
Effects of resveratrol on ovarian response to controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in ob ob mice
This study suggests the potential use of resveratrol to improve the ovulatory response to controlled ovarian hyperstimulation in nonobese females and to preserve the ovarian reserve in obesity-related conditions.
Transgenerational effects of binge drinking in a primate model Implications for human health
Binge drinking affects the developmental potential and gene expression of oocytes. The incidence of binge drinking in women, and its biological effects in primates, indicate an important public health concern.
Modification of the Beckman Coulter second generation enzyme linked immunosorbent assay protocol improves the reliability of serum antimüllerian hormone measurement
The modified second-generation enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay protocol eliminates potential intrinsic and extrinsic interference and gives more reliable results on sample dilution and storage compared with the original second-generation protocol.
Transcription factor SOHLH1 potentially associated with primary ovarian insufficiency
We identified 10 novel heterozygous variants in Chinese and Serbian partial ovarian insufficiency (POI) patients that point to SOHLH1 as a new POI candidate gene.


In 1948 Davis grew close to the Canadian composer and arranger Gil Evans.
Miles Dewey Davis was born on May 26, 1926, to an affluent African American family in Alton, Illinois. His father, Miles Henry Davis, was a dentist. In 1927 the family moved to East St. Louis, Illinois. They also owned a substantial ranch in northern Arkansas, where Davis learned to ride horses as a boy.


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Philabundance
Updated: Jan 10
Pitman, PA, to Philadelphia, PA
That's a lot of eggs—216,000 to be exact! The Farmlink Project helped deliver this many eggs from High Family Farms (High Farms LLC) in Pitman, Pennsylvania to Philabundance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania between two deliveries on July 1 and 17. Throughout June and July thus far, The Farmlink Project also worked with farmer Merlin High of High Family Farms to separately bring over 415,000 eggs to communities in Pennsylvania, Maryland, and New York, including La Morada Restaurant in Bronx, NY and Food Not Bombs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Farmlink Project partnered with Merlin once again for this delivery and continues to work with High Family Farms to deliver eggs to food insecure communities.
By Olivia Groell July 20, 2020
Philabundance, one of the Delaware Valley's largest hunger relief organizations, has a mission to drive hunger from our communities today and end hunger for good. Prior to COVID-19, Philabundance served approximately 90,000 people at risk of food insecurity a week across its nine-county service area, 30 percent of whom are children and 16 percent are seniors. Since the COVID-19 crisis hit Greater Philadelphia, Philabundance's network of 350 partner agencies have reported up to a 60 percent increase in clients. To help combat this growing need, Philabundance has been creating and delivering "emergency food boxes" to help community members facing food insecurity.
On July 7th, I spoke with two employees at Philabundance: Cheyenne Pritchard (Program Manager, Emerging Retail, Sustainability) and Laura Pennington (Donations Associate, Food Acquisition). They stated that Philabundance, which is a member of Feeding America, still works with its "350 agency partners" to transport food to locations including "food pantries, emergency kitchens, and group homes," but that there is an "increased load" due to rising unemployment rates. To demonstrate this greater need, Cheyenne said:
"Philabundance has partnered with the City of Philadelphia and Share Food Program to open 40 free food distribution sites across Philadelphia County, supplying communities with boxes of shelf stable and produce provisions for the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic."
The pandemic's effect on the economy has also disrupted the food industry, which in turn is detrimental to Philabundance; Cheyenne wrote: "The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a drop in food industry donations to Philabundance by 48 percent." The combination of greater need and fewer donations, along with rising food prices, as Cheyenne stated, is the reason why "Philabundance anticipates spending twice as much on food this year in comparison to last year." The issues listed above are not going to end rapidly; Cheyenne explained,
"Philabundance foresees the long-term impact of COVID-19 on food supply lasting at least three months with 'peaks and valleys' of when and what type of food is available." Cheyenne and Laura characterized Philabundance as a "food rescue organization" that emerged as one of the "spearheaders of the food rescue movement." According to the Philabundance website, Pamela Rainey Lawler created the organization in 1984 after observing an excess of food and an abundance of hunger in the Philadelphia area.
Philabundance now rescues enormous quantities of food each year, with Cheyenne and Laura stating that 25-26 million pounds of food were rescued in the 2019/2020 fiscal year. Much of the rescued product was food that would have otherwise been wasted. The "food rescue program" is an integral part of Philabundance. According to Cheyenne and Laura, this program consists of volunteers going to the Philadelphia Wholesale Produce Market and "rescuing food" that would have been composted.
Philabundance has various other programs including Grocers Against Hunger (GAH), which, according to both Cheyenne and the Philabundance website, salvages 10 million pounds of food each year and works with over 300 grocery stores. Grocers Against Hunger connects local, regional, and national grocery retailers with Philabundance agencies in their areas. Another program, Emerging Retail, focuses on working with restaurants, caterers, event hosts, food service providers and other retail locations to rescue food and distribute it. Additionally, Cheyenne and Laura discussed the Philabundance retail brand Abundantly Good, which sells cheese through partner retailers and manufacturers. For every product sold, proceeds go back to a donation fund to provide the same high-quality items for those in need. Abundantly Good is considered a "triple bottom line brand," which means that it is devoted to people, profit, and planet, according to Cheyenne and Investopedia. Philabundance is committed to sustainability and to raising awareness about food waste. For example, Cheyenne and Laura explained how we are able to can food to preserve it instead of letting it go to waste.
The 108,000 eggs delivered to Philabundance on July 1 were delivered to the Galloway Warehouse in South Philly and then distributed to 40 partner organizations. Laura said that at least one agency in all nine of the counties across Philadelphia and New Jersey that Philabundance serves received eggs. Cheyenne and Laura explained that on Tuesdays and Fridays, different Philabundance agencies pick up product from what they call the Philabundance Hub.
So, how many meals were delivered to Philabundance on July 1 and July 17? A total of 31,200 pounds of eggs were delivered to Philabundance between these two dates, which translates to about 26,000 meals, according to Feeding America's conversion from USDA's What We Eat in America 2011-2012 where one standard meal is roughly 1.2 lbs.*
Thanks to High Family Farms, Philabundance, and the support of our donors, The Farmlink Project was able to facilitate the delivery of roughly 26,000 meals to residents in Delaware Valley so far this July. The Farmlink Project is grateful to work with inspiring organizations like Philabundance and people like Cheyenne and Laura to facilitate these deliveries of food to those in need. *((31,200 lbs of eggs)*(1 meal/1.2 lbs)).
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Home » Pak media says their jet fighters flew over Siachen today
Published On : Wed, May 24th, 2017
National News / National Slide | By Nagpur Today
Pak media says their jet fighters flew over Siachen today
New Delhi: Pakistan media has claimed that its air force flew Mirage jets near Siachen during recent war exercises. The Indian Air Force has clarified that the planes never violated Indian air space. The planes were spotted in Skardu, a town in Pakistan's Gilgit-Baltistan region. Some Pakistan media outlets claimed that Pakistan's air force chief, Sohail Aman piloted one of the fighter jets that apparently flew over the highest battlefield of the world, Siachen.
According to Pakistani media, all forward operating bases of the Pakistan Air Force have been made operational. On Wednesday, Sohail Aman visited the Qadri Airbase in Skardu and took part in war exercises by fighter jet squadrons. According to a Pakistani TV news channel, he addressed the media and said that the people of Pakistan should not worry about India's statement and that no situation was difficult for the Pakistan Air Force. He said India's generations would remember Pakistan's response if it adopts an aggressive strategy.
The report comes on a day when Pakistan Army claimed that it destroyed an Indian post. It also issued a video to support its claims. It claimed that the Indian Army resorted to unprovoked ceasefire violation on civil population in Bhimber Sector on May 13, resulting in civilian casualties. It said that the attack prompted Pakistan to destroy Indian posts. However, they didn't give any proof regarding the alleged action.
The Pakistani video came in response to the video released by the Indian Army on Tuesday. The army had announced that it destroyed Pakistan's forward posts in Nowshera sector as the Pakistan Army was abetting infiltration. Pakistan denied that any such attack actually took place. The Indian Army is prepared for a spur in bids of infiltration as snow is melting in Kashmir valley.
Only last week, the Army engaged a group of terrorists who were trying to infiltrate and cornered them around the Kisan post in the Naugam sector. The encounter, which lasted more than 24 hours, ended on Sunday evening and left seven people dead, including three soldiers.Earlier this month, India Army's Naib subedar Paramjit Singh, a junior commissioned officer (JCO), and Border Security Force head constable Prem Sagar were beheaded by the Pakistani forces along the Line of Control (LoC) after the Pakistani side opened fire on the Indian posts in the Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district, and members of their Border Action Team (BAT) attacked a patrol party.
Earlier this month, India Army's Naib subedar Paramjit Singh, a junior commissioned officer (JCO), and Border Security Force head constable Prem Sagar were beheaded by the Pakistani forces along the Line of Control (LoC) after the Pakistani side opened fire on the Indian posts in the Krishna Ghati sector of Poonch district, and members of their Border Action Team (BAT) attacked a patrol party.
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Barry Bonds may be slim but his image won't change as he states Hall of Fame case
By John Harper
PORT ST. LUCIE — Call him skinny Barry. But will he ever be remorseful Barry? Don't count on it.
One thing for sure: Among the early sights and sounds of spring training, there is nothing more startling than seeing a slimmed-down Barry Bonds, the new hitting coach of the Marlins.
He looks about as lean as he did in the late 1980s and early '90s with the Pirates, when he was winning MVPs and earning recognition as the best player in baseball.
That is, before he got greedy — or resentful of the attention Mark McGwire and Sammy Sosa were receiving for their long-ball exploits in 1998, as the story goes.
In any case, suffice it to say the current version of Bonds would be swimming in the uniform he wore during his steroids years with the Giants, when he was a muscle-bound monster at the plate, making a mockery of the single-season home run record by going deep 73 times in 2001.
Which, of course, speaks to the reason he's not in the Hall of Fame, and probably never will be, considering that he received only 44.3% of the vote from eligible baseball writers, and needs to get to 75% for election.
MLB MILESTONE WATCH: A-ROD, BIG PAPI AND MORE
Barry Bonds looks more like the young Barry of the Pirates than the muscular monster of the Giants. (TNS/ABACA)
No one questions his worthiness as a player, but when asked about that during a press conference on Saturday, Bonds made it sound as if only people inside the game understand that.
"In my fraternity, the game of baseball," he said, "there's not one player who could sit there and say I'm not (a Hall of Famer) and there's not one coach who ever coached me who ever said I wasn't one."
That's all true, which makes his decision to cheat that same fraternity as brazenly as he did all the more maddening.
In any case, Bonds had just enough of an edge in answering the question on Saturday to make it clear he's probably never going where McGwire did, showing remorse and admitting his mistake in using steroids when he re-entered the game as a hitting coach with the Cardinals — and now the bench coach with the Padres.
Nope, Bonds is as defiant as ever, it seems, putting an exclamation point on his answer by saying: "God knows (that) I'm a Hall of Famer."
It's no surprise. During his playing days Bonds was always as surly as he was gifted; the steroids-related questions about his surge in power in his late 30s just seemed to fuel his venom.
For the most part he'll no doubt be civil in his new role with the Marlins, but his remarks on Saturday make it harder than ever to imagine Bonds trying to change his image in an effort to garner more Hall of Fame support.
And he is such a polarizing figure that maybe it wouldn't matter even if he confessed and apologized. It didn't do McGwire much good, though based on talent Bonds was clearly more of a slam-dunk Hall of Famer.
Presumably that wasn't any sort of motivation for Bonds getting back into the game. Steroids aside, he is recognized as one of the best pure hitters in baseball history, with a great eye at the plate and — rare among sluggers — a willingness to choke up for better bat control.
O'KEEFFE: WHY CLEMENS DOES NOT BELONG IN THE HALL OF FAME
Slim Barry is adjusting to his new role as Marlins hitting coach. (TNS/ABACA)
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But how will someone of Bonds' sizeable ego handle the largely mundane day-to-day responsibilities of being a hitting coach?
"If you're in it for credit, you're in the wrong profession.'' long-time hitting coach Dave Magadan told me in December when the Marlins announced Bonds' hiring. "The biggest thing to remember is that it's not about you. It's about the players, and making them better."
Yes, hitting coaches put in long hours of grunt work, forever in the cage before and after games. Magadan, the new Diamondbacks' hitting coach, said that in itself guarantees a 12-hour day; yet he said the biggest change over the years is the time a hitting coach puts in going over video of upcoming opposing pitchers.
"It takes about 2½ hours before every series to go over video of the starters we'll face and the six or seven relievers," Magadan said. "It's really important and I think that's what separates some hitting coaches from others, because you go over the video with your players and try to get nine guys to buy into an approach against the pitcher they're facing that night."
"It's a lot of work. But Barry's a smart guy. I imagine he's ready for it. And he certainly has a lot of knowledge that he'll bring to the job."
It's apparent he's also bringing a remodeled body to his new job. Just the same old attitude.


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The stipend derives from a combination of Teaching Assistantships (TA), Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA) and scholarships for highly qualified students. Outstanding students can benefit from a number of NSERC scholarships and internal awards such as the Four Year Fellowships (4YF). The table below summarizes a few examples of stipends for Canadian students during the academic year 2018-19. Of note, there is a 50% reduction in the Teaching Assistantship workload for all major scholarship holders.
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NFL Power Rankings Week 4: At Least The Cardinals Are Top 20
You know who loves power rankings? Everyone. But this one is better than most because Scott Howard wrote it.
By Scott Howard Sep 28, 2010, 1:43pm MST
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Some men are meant for great things, while others just get told what to do by their editor and perform a task accordingly. I'm the latter.
When Grand Poobah Seth Pollack suggested that someone from SBN AZ do a weekly NFL Power Rankings column, my immediate thought was why the hell would I do that? But then, after I thought of the idea of Justin Burning bringing his Max Hall propaganda into the rankings, I decided that I had to do this. For you, the reader.
(1) Pittsburgh Steelers (3-0) - As much as this pains me to do, this team has rolled out Dennis Dixon and ol' Chuck Batch and is still undefeated. Once that Roethlisberger fellow gets back, this team will be ever more dominant.
(2) New Orleans Saints (2-1) - Hard to knock a team too far down for losing a game it was a chip shot field goal from winning. What have you done for me lately, Garrett Hartley?
(3) Indianapolis Colts (2-1) - Sure, they lost in Week 1 to the Texans, but that's looking more and more like a simple blip on the radar to another 12+ win season.
(4) New York Jets (2-1) - I'm really not fond of these guys, so I'd love to rank them lower, but how many teams have two more impressive wins than against New England and at Miami?
(5) Green Bay Packers (2-1) - Apparently nobody warned rookie punter Tim Masthay that you shouldn't kick low line drives towards Devin Hester. Masthay did it twice and though he made a tackle on the first attempt, the second probably cost his team the game.
(6) New England Patriots (2-1) - Days later, I'm still trying to figure out how this team surrendered 30 points to Ryan Fitzpatrick and Buffalo. Maybe they were bored?
(7) Chicago Bears (3-0) - I'd say this is the last time Chicago will be this high in the rankings, but their next five are against the Giants, Panthers, Seahawks, Redskins, and Bills. Jay Cutler will probably be able to stay out of his own way enough to win four of those.
(8) Atlanta Falcons (2-1) - Despite a win over the Saints, I don't think these guys are really for real. Maybe it's because I don't respect Matt Ryan.
(9) Baltimore Ravens (2-1) - Not exactly an impressive win over the Browns, but Joe Flacco finally had a good game after two stinkers.
(10) Houston Texans (2-1) - You'd think they'd be able to get up for a home date with the Cowboys with a chance to open up 3-0 for the first time in franchise history on the line. But since they're the Texans, they are required to disappoint.
(11) Miami Dolphins (2-1) - Tough loss to the Jets, but Chad Henne has become quite the stud. Next three games are against New England, Green Bay, and Pittsburgh. Ouch.
(12) Kansas City Chiefs (3-0) - I have to give some respect to the team that just sent the 49ers into a complete and utter tailspin. That said, games with Indianapolis and Houston will quickly test the Chiefs mettle.
(13) Philadelphia Eagles (2-1) - Vick Vick Vick Vick Vick Vick Vick. Also, Vick. And Vick.
(14) Tennessee Titans (2-1) - Nice bounce back win on the road against the Giants. Certainly no shame in being shut down by the Steelers.
(15) Cincinnati Bengals (2-1) - It hasn't been pretty, but they're 2-1. People have realized that Carson Palmer sucks now, right?
(16) San Diego Chargers (1-2) - The first of the 1-2 teams basically because they've allowed special teams to defeat them twice. Look Chargers, if you lose to the Cardinals, I'll move you up five spots. Deal?
(17) Dallas Cowboys (1-2) - I guess here is as good a spot as any. Win over Houston is nice, but they're going to need to find a running game at some point this season.
(18) Seattle Seahawks (2-1) - I'll rank them above the Cardinals because they have a win over San Diego and above the Vikings because nobody should be patted on the back for beating Detroit.
(19) Minnesota Vikings (1-2) - Lean on Adrian Peterson, win the game. Lean on Brett Favre, have a bundle of turnovers. It really is that easy.
(20) Arizona Cardinals (2-1) - I guess all you can say is that they've won two of three. Some might take that Week 1 road win over the Rams for granted, but I bet the Redskins wouldn't at this point.
(21) Washington Redskins (1-2) - Why exactly did the Redskins think they were good enough to just waltz through 60 minutes in St. Louis? Is this a team that should be taking anyone for granted?
(22) Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-1) - Meet the worst 2-1 team in football. Wins over the Browns and Panthers were better than losing, but there are not a whole lot more wins on the schedule.
(23) New York Giants (1-2) - Both Indianapolis and Tennessee absolutely laid waste to this team and they came unraveled into the latter contest. Antrel Rolle played for the Cardinals for five years and I can't remember him ever saying anything. All of a sudden he's mouthing off? Something is wrong there.
(24) Jacksonville Jaguars (1-2) - I guess I'll put them above Denver due to the fact that they beat the Broncos. This might be the most boring team in professional football. They're not even comically bad.
(25) Denver Broncos (1-2) - I thank them for beating Seattle in Week 2. Besides that? There's a cool horse on their helmet.
(26) St. Louis Rams (1-2) - They won a game against a decent team. All of a sudden I think they could beat Seattle in St. Louis this week. Don't think the Seahawks will take them lightly.
(27) Oakland Raiders (1-2) - This team should be 2-1 and all Cardinals fans were the beneficiary of their misfortune. Thanks, Sebastian!
(28) San Francisco 49ers (0-3) - Road game with Atlanta this week, followed by a home date with Philly, means the Niners could be starring 0-5 in the face. This news delights me.
(29) Detroit Lions (0-3) - Detroit was competitive against both Chicago and Philly and kept shooting themselves in the foot against Minnesota. Eventually they'll string together some wins.
(30) Cleveland Browns (0-3) - For some reason, I have a weird affection for this team. I guess I really like Josh Cribbs. They definitely do suck, though.
(31) Buffalo Bills (0-3) - Trent Edwards has been released and I feel like Adrian Wilson owes him a fruit basket for ending his career.
(32) Carolina Panthers (0-3) - There hasn't been one point in three games where I've looked at Carolina playing and said, "Man, they are awful scrappy." Playing at New Orleans this week should help, I'm sure.


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Our Lady Immaculate & St Philip Neri
The Catholic Parish of Our Lady Immaculate & St Philip Neri in Uckfield, East Sussex where everyone is very welcome.
Our Lady Immaculate & St Philip Neri Church, The Priest`s House, Uckfield, East Sussex, TN22 5DJ
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Another Conag blog--Be back soon, Gone Villageing!
Kurdistani Entertainment
Out East, there is a past time I like to refer to as 'going villageing'. Basically one starts by waking up slightly earlier in the morning than usual and has a breakfast of dorak, bread, and salad out on the balcony. If you are in the elderly set (Dede), you start this process around six. If you are slightly younger than 83 (like the rest of us), then you get up when the elderly set knocks on your door and repeatedly calls your name—say 6:10.
Delal! Hun hişar bun!? You awake?
(I keep mentioning dorak by the way. That's Kurmanci Kurdish. I forget the Turkish word, and have never eaten it in the presence of a Turk anyway, but basically it is a dairy product, a kind of sour, cheesy sort of grainy mixture that is creamed with butter and eaten on toast, sometimes cooked with eggs. I like it, though my mother did not find it so palatable when she was here. I believe the word she employed was, 'YUCK!')
After breakfast you hop in your car--if you have rented one, like we have--and drive to a village where you hopefully know someone or know someone who knows someone. If you are from the Mala Memli (remember? The House of Memli), this is never a problem. It should be a nice village—and there are many around Conag with reputations for having lots of trees and brooks and friendly non-fanatical folk.
We went villageing several times. On one such adventure, I set out with Dede, Uncle Celal, Delal, and Zelal early one sunny morning. Our first stop was the village of Hopık, about fifteen kilometers and two hours from Conag. No, I didn't miswrite that. You head down a dirt road, round a small lake and then dive left into the brush, fording small streams and washes until you park at the foot of a very steep and very green hill. The village sits on the summit. The climb up takes you past a lush orchard with a tall wooden fence. A gate in the fence reveals a shadowy trail vanishing into a crowd of mulberry trees—the woods lush with vines and clusters of plants. At the first row of houses Uncle Celal shouts out to the first person he sees—a man working on his roof. The man stops working, and wipes his brow. They launch into small talk hollered across great distance. Çerre? Rindin? Hi? How are you? Where you coming from? How are things over there? Oh things here are fine, fine. Lots of visitors for the summer. Conag? How's the water situation? By the way, is so and so about? We know a friend of his….
It's odd to think about here in Northern Mesopotamia, but as we labor up the hill and Celal stops to chat with random strangers standing in their doorways, it strikes me that villaging was an activity my father was good at. Born in a town back in rural Georgia Conagians may have found small, he was the last of an old fashioned breed of Southern gentleman. He liked to 'pay calls'. When I was a kid, we would hit small towns in Georgia and Florida and, starting out with an acquaintance of a relative of a friend, slowly work our way around. His method was similar—stomp up in the yard and holler a name. If there was trouble or doubt, invoke the name of the famous family head. In his case Grandma Hattie (famous from Valdosta to Tifton). The results? Tea and sweets and tongue wagging. He would have loved Conag.
The house we are seeking belongs to the parents of the husband of one of Delal's mom's cousins. (Figure that one out.) They welcome us warmly with plates of cookies and nuts and of course cup after cup of fresh tea. Kaçak (bootleg) tea from Sri Lanka—the preferred kind. The wife boils it on the wood burning stove in her kitchen, and we sip with her for an hour or so out on the shady front patio, sharing Istanbul gossip and news, learning about the gossip and news of Hopık. They stop to inquire after the foreign zava for a bit. (That's me!) The usual questions, how am I holding up in such an out of the way place? Can I take village life? They're picturing me in New York cruising down 5th Avenue in my Benz. I'm remembering scratching chigger bites in the trailer in the swamp where my father lived my 3rd grade year—we paid lots of calls that summer.
We didn't just choose this village for the company. It commands a pretty spot in the hills. There are lots of walnut, plum, and mulberry trees giving shade and endless green meadows. Many of the houses have plums drying in their guardians and one family we visit give me a free taste of some of their homemade prunes—they're dark gold and sour and incredibly fun to eat. We pop them in our mouth as we descend back down toward the car, squeezing our faces up into a grimace as we chew.
Our hostess in Hopık
The dried plums!
A view from a stable in Hopık
Our next stop (after several police checkpoints) is Zenan. Zenan is where Delal's mother hails from. It's a Sunni village and so they are hard core Ramadan fasters—no water, no food, no nothing till the evening ezan—the Conag Alevis are a bit wary of all this faithyness. To wit, the whole place is empty when we arrive. We have come to see the mother of another second cousin—whom we call Amoj (Auntie). Amoj, being one of the elderly set, doesn't have to bother with fasting, and she welcomes us in with open arms and lots of kisses and begins preparing a meal of boiled lamb and rice—her specialty which we eat out on her front patio, probably to the envy of many invisible eyes. After tea, we have a look around her house, a small but spotless earthen walled home with a picture of the Last Supper mysteriously hanging in the bedroom.
I feel a bit sorry for her—at one point, Celal, Dede, and I get embroiled in a political discussion and Amoj is kind of relegated to smiling and nodding in the background as the menfolk prattle. She remains gracious by keeping our tea glasses filled, but seems bored.
The streets of Zenan are cobblestone and narrow. Many of the lanes are barely wide enough to fit one large man walking. On the largest streets a small dike runs down the side so that the sound of trickling water fills the whole village. Chickens and donkeys wander about, more plentiful than the humans during the day.
We visit a few different houses—relatives of relatives of cousins—again catching up on news great and small between Istanbul and Bingöl. I see the house where the Armenian sister Magrik first knocked on the door to find the man who would save her (the story is here). There is a large field in the back, all empty green grass now but which, in the old days, sported the most fertile, lushest garden in all of Bingöl. A party of women is just breaking up and as they burst laughing out of the gate, they blink wide eyed in surprise and then shower us with hugs and kisses on the cheeks.
Xer hatin! Xer hatin! Welcome! Welcome!
More friends and relatives of Delal and Dede.
Pulling out of Zenan in the late afternoon, we pass the cemetery where Amoj's husband is buried. As soon as we are even with his head stone, a magnificent woodpecker with a black and white spotted crest lands in the middle of the road. I honk the horn and he flies up only to land a few feet ahead of us to land again.
'How strange,' Delal says. 'He appeared right next to that grave! It's like he's trying to tell us something.'
The bird's name in Turkish is Dik Suleyman—Spiky Suleyman, and Spiky keeps appearing for the next thirty miles, hopping in the middle of the road and flying away only after I have stopped and blasted the horn to drive him away. It was just the beginning of our wild life encounters for the evening.
From Zenan, we drove North to the small town of Kiğı. The dirt road winds for thirty miles along the Peri River Canyon past several dam lakes. To the right are dramatic drops to the bue-green water. To the left red towers of rock and cliff. After the woodpeckers stop pursuing us, there comes a new kind of bird—as big as a Western Bluebird with bright blue and green wings—I mean tropical bright—and a fanned tail. The bird is magnificent, and when we first sight it, it hops into a bit of brush on the side of the road and when I stop to get a better look, even Dede leans out the window for an eager peek.
We round a corner with a glorious view of a valley streaked with silver lakes. It's sunset, and the water is starting to blush a deep wine red at the edges. The sky is purpling. And there, in a cluster of green hills at the foot of a tall mountain is a patch of lights, like a constellation fallen to the ground. This is the town of Kiğı, where Delal was born. Our last 'village' on our villageing tour that day.
A view on the road to Kiğı
If Bingöl reminds me of Arizona, then Kiğı is its Flagstaff. It's much cooler and greener here than in the valley below. There's a waterfall to the side of the road as we pull into town. The minaret of a mosque older than either the Ottomans and Columbus sticks up out of the shadowing dusk. Somehow, though we are two hours away from Conag, Dede manages to locate a friend within five minutes of leaving the car and we are invited to dinner at the local lokanta where we have moussaka and tea and warm bread.
This area has a long history—at least five thousand years. The Hittites were here (more Biblical folks). The Persians were here. It was part of the Urarturan Empire for a bit, and a castle looms crumbling from the mountains behind to prove it. Then came the Byzantines (as always) and more ruins. Later it was controlled by the Ak Koyunlar Turks (White Sheeped Turks?) who had their capital several hundred miles South in Diyarbakır. They were founded by Tamerlane the Great, and built a mosque in Kiğı with an odd attached square minaret that still stands today. The Armenians were prominent here as well, and during the genocide, this was one of the smaller centers of killing. Then came the Russians with a brief invasion, followed by Republican Turks. And now, well, us. It was the usual layer-cake of people and civilizations but with ruins scattered everywhere—unexplored, unsurveyed, and fast dissolving into dust.
There are other things that remind me of Flagstaff—the whish of trees after a desert, the Old West atmosphere of the old town with its shut up wooden shops and saloons and the posters advertising concert festivals with folk singers and barbecues. Of course, the big history here is astounding if largely undocumented, but it's really the smaller history that I've come for--this is also the town my wife's first memories take place in.
She remembers the one-story red building where she first went to school. She remembers the pharmacist we visit on the way back from dinner—her father's friend who at first think I might be big brother Heval. She remembers the teacher dorm where her family lived when she was born.
'Is this the house you nearly plunged to your doom?' I ask.
'Yep.'
One day, when she not yet two, Delal was playing on the balcony while her mother, Safiye, was working. Suddenly, she fell over the edge. When her mother looked up, the spot on the balcony was empty. 'My heart was in my throat,' Safiye tells me. 'I knew that if Delal had fallen…' Holding her breath, she peeked over the railing only to find Delal sitting up as if nothing had happened.
'I think it was because she landed on her butt,' Safiye says. 'That cushioned her fall. But I couldn't tell her father what had happened. He would be furious with me! So I just waited around to make sure she was okay. One of the neighbors said I should keep watch for signs of anything strange. If nothing happened in twenty four hours or so, she'd be fine. I watched, and well, she just sat around smiling and playing and everything seemed fine. I still think her butt saved her.'
This wait-and-see-if-something-weird-happens is a far more hands-off approach to parenting than most people I know here. In other hands, Delal might have been in ICU for a month—just as a precaution.
Safiye follows this up with another story.
'And do you know when she was one year old, she was already singing? I was singing a turku and I heard someone humming it after me. I looked around, wondering who had snuck in the house, only to see Delal smiling up at me and humming away, just as pretty as can be.'
Other stories of a less funny nature, but still a bit comic in a way darkly…
Delal remembers at age five or six, her father was arrested. Being a somewhat apolitical kindergartener, she can't quite remember the reason, but in those days in the mid eighties, it was just after the coup (the Turkish word is darbe-as in a blow from a beating) and you didn't need much reason to arrest a socialist, Alevi Kurd. 'It was like a funeral at home,' Delal said, 'And somehow my mother sent me with our neighbor, whose name was Fate (Kader), to pick up my Dad. When the soldier saw a five year old approach the prison gates, he must have thought he was dreaming. I told him why I was there, my dad had been arrested and was in prison and I had come to pick up.'
If you knew Delal, you'd be able to picture this scene perfectly—the saucy five year old telling the prison guard to cough up her father. But he didn't, 'Get out of here! They've taken your father to Bingöl City,' he said.
Everyone calls my father-in-law hoca, a rather old fashioned word for teacher—more akin to 'school master' I would say. I do, too but I find it puts such an odd distance between us, at least in my own thinking. It's hard thinking of him as human. He's not a man with flaws, he's hoca. But there's one story from the Kiğı days that really struck me.
'I used to write, too,' he told me once. 'Around the time of the coup, I kept lots of journals. It seemed like an important time in history and I wanted to record what was happening for posterity. I was hoping for a book one day. I had researched. I had collected books for years and written hundreds and hundreds of pages, and then, one day, the gendarmes came to my house. They dragged all of my books and journals outside and piled them into a huge mound and then made me burn them.' He paused. 'I have not had the heart to write since.'
One final Kiğı story. One of Hoca's friends, a fellow Conagian and leftist, had dodged the draft. He was operating under a fake id and trying to leave the country. Now, in Turkey, the army is somewhat sacred. Questioning the military service ever, anywhere is like burning a flag in front of Daughters of the Revolution meeting hall back in the states. In any case, he was found out—a slip up by his wife-- and the police were in hot pursuit. He ran to Hoca's house and asked for help. The cops weren't far behind. There was a door between Hoca's house and a neighbors and Hoca quickly shoved him through. 'A neighbor woman lives here,' Hoca explained. 'A friend of ours. Oh yeah, by the way, her husband just got back from jail though. He killed a man because he thought he was having an affair with his wife, so take care.' And then he shut the door.
I was lucky to meet the fugitive a while later.
'Hell, I didn't know what to think. Either I threw myself on the mercy of the police or I waited for this guy to come shoot me! Thanks hoca!'
It's night when we pull out of Kiğı and start on the road back home. There's not another car on the road, just a spill of stars in the sky and these odd little birds perched in the middle of the right (our!) lane. I stop the car and let the headlights flood over them—miniature white owls. They don't move until I turn off the headlights. We see the first one when we cross the river and then they start to turn up every five minutes or so. It's slow going.
Sometimes there's another bird—usually in the left lane--that bears a striking resemblance to the chuck-wills-widow back home. Both are ground nesters and both look like a pile of dried leaves. I think it's an Anatolian species of nightjar—which in Turkish is called a çobanaldatan—The Shepherd Tricker. This guess sparks some lively debate in the car. Maybe it's a bapuk (Kurdish word)? No, no, impossible, not the season. There's a night bird we hear in Conag that has a similar melancholy cry to the Chuck Will's—a soft rising coo calling from tree to tree. I think the little bird in the road is probably one and the same.
And then come the foxes. We have counted twelve before we finally pull into the rocky lane that descends into Conag only to have a pair of them pop up and dash into the brush. And it is also this night that I start to notice the little glow-in-the-dark bugs that gleam a pretty yellow-green from the weeds along the road.
If there are so many unexplored ruins here, I wonder how many of these animals and plants are unexplored? I can find nothing on the area on the internet or in the library. One of the cousins said a German botanists had come through last year researching one of the plants on Mt. Silbüs which was supposed to be a possible treatment for arthritis.
Another morning, we go villageing down below Conag to Xasköy—where a hot springs resort entertains the locals. We take Şerafettin's van which means leaving at 6 and picking up everyone else along the way. At one stop, there is a view of a wide rolling valley. Near the lowest point is what looks like a herd of cows, and then someone whispers, 'Boars!' The bus erupts into a chorus of hisses and tuts and curses. 'Pis domuz!' Filthy pigs!' and the whole herd dashes into the forest as if in shame. They're huge animals and one of the men on the bus, wide-eyed, tells a story he heard about a man being gored to death by one. 'It attacked him out of nowhere!' he says. 'They're deadly!' The rest of the drive is filled with rabbits and hares (one small and black and white, the other long legged and dun colored). We unload at the spring and immediately embark on breakfast. Cousin Husein and I mosey down to the water when the men's turn comes, harassed the whole way by fat horse flies. (Another similarity to home!) Just like at Lake Geneva back in Florida, I spend the next half hour ducking under the water and splashing the pursuing fly above the surface. There's a trinity of old men commanding the coveted spring mouth where warm water gushes out like a Jacuzzi. They never yield up their position and spend the entire two hours of the men's turn complaining about how fanatically religious the surrounding country side is—Alevis looking down on their Sunni neighbors, also Kurds.
But to be fair, there's some history to it. First of all, the Alevis here have a reputation for tolerance that Sunni Kurds do not. They hid the Armenians when they fled from the genocide for instance, while the Ottomans used Sunni Kurds to do the killing. And of course, the mountains here sheltered the Alevis themselves when they fled the pogroms of Sultan Selim the Grim who enlisted the aid of Sunni Kurds to help with the massacres. After this, there was such intense pressure to conform to the mainstream Sunni religion that Alevis in general became fiercely opposed to all forms of external worship—at least according to a book on Alevism I read, although its backed up by personal observation. My ex-ney teacher, for example, always stressed the inner self and dismissed any kind of external worship, and while mainly taken up with Sufi and Bektaşi philosophy, he also reads Buddhist, Christian Mystic, and Hindu literature.
There is a footpath that connects to the road to Hasköy with the Conag cemetery. If you follow it, you find a small spring spilling water out of the rock. This is the fountain of Xıdırilyas—Kurmanci Kurdish for the saint Khidr or Hidrellez who is also supposed to roam Mt. Silbüs. It's an Alevi shrine where we stop to drink the water, whisper a prayer, and wash with the sacred water. It's cold and bright clean. Down below the stream skips past a row of shady poplars, where we sit on the grass, have a cup of tea and cookies, and talk. It's the late afternoon. The sun is honey gold, the trees rustle in the wind. A fire on the hill across from us sends black smoke up into the blue and Mounts Silbüs and Taru tower in the distance. It's a glorious, sleepy place for a picnic.
Our picnic spot down from the spring
On the road to Hasköy
Hasköy was rather unremarkable to me, save for the speedbump that nearly tore out the undercarriage of our car. It has a friendly father dog, who plays with his puppy rather than chase strangers. And it has a little girl named Hivda who seemed a little surprised at the foreign zava.
'I don't think you're really American,' she says.
'Why not?' I ask.
'You're not black!'
'How's that?'
'I know Obama. He's American and he's black. So is Michael Jordan. But what are you?'
After centuries of civil rights struggle on the part of our black people. After my own travels in Asia where somehow the word American always equaled 'White'. After lynching and slavery and profiling and whatever else you want to throw out there, we have come to a point where this Kurdish girl doesn't believe I am American because I am white. I laugh out loud, and show her my driver's license. See? She looks unconvinced, and repeats, 'You don't look anything like Obama!'
Her mother lays out a huge tray on the table and we gather around for dinner. It's dusk. The call to prayer is signaling the end to the fast. There's soup, lamb, lavash, and as always tons of questions and hospitality.
Before I close here, I want to mention a few of Conag's own locals, who seem very important to this whole experience. For going villageing could often involve simply visiting several people in Conag itself, walking around randomly and popping into houses as you go to partake in conversation and whatever refreshment they brought out (usually tea). I couldn't learn all the names, but let's run through a few.
There's Remziye Abla—Big Sister Remziye, whose legs were broken when she was young by the collapse of an power line. She uses two homemade crutches to walk, but is always smiling and when Husein and I pass her one day on a tour of the village, she grabs our arms and leads us to a hidden little plum tree loaded down with fat purple fruit. 'These are the best in the whole village! I've kept them a secret until now!' They taste like grapes—incredibly sweet. She then leads us to a huge mulberry tree in her yard. The west side of the tree, toward the bottom, bear white mulberries, the rest of the tree fat black ones. She laughs as we climb up and start to gather fruit, raining berries down on her head. 'Take all you want!'
Then there's Cengiz Abi (Big Brother Cengiz) with his honey—he's a beekeeper and diplomat who keeps trying to negotiate the water crisis in the village. He has a soft, deep voice, a world-weary grin and always stops when he passes by to bid me a normal hello—without any of the marveling at the foreigner. Somehow, I just automatically feel at ease around him—right from the first handshake. I don't know what it is.
Hediye Abla (Big Sister 'Gift') is a plump woman who talks in a boisterous voice and is always laughing. She also greets me normally, like I have lived next door all my life. She is one of the few who stays in the village all year round and is the manager of the calves that I let into Dede's house the first day. We often pass her in the heat of the day shooing the little cows up or down the hill. Sometimes they wander ahead of her and you can hear her voice far away bellowing after them.
Hediye Abla's employees and my gate crashers
Mehmet Abi and his elegant Armenian wife who spend their winters in Germany—he's a television produce there. It is there you go when you want to discuss history or music over rakı and beer.
Then there's Celal's wife Fatma, who invites us over one night for a dinner of zirvet—this was amazing, a hot fresh tray of soft bread drowned in ayran, garlic, and butter. She adds her own little flourish with a bit of honey. We dined out on her porch after the ezan (she was fasting) and watched the twilight sky over the Peri Canyon turn from purple to star strung. Her grandson, Yağız was visiting, a little two year old with a big belly who somehow never ever ate—not even junk food, but who also never stopped smiling. His vocabulary consisted of bak and burda (Look! and Here it is!) which he used to mean just about everything. He used bak to ask for help tying his shoes, to say welcome, to point out a dog barking, and to say goodbye
So let me use it here to close. Interpret it as you will.
Bak!
Posted by Jeff Gibbs at 11:52 AM
Labels: Alevi, Hasköy, Hopik, Hopık, Keghi, Kiğı, Kurdistan, Silbus, Xasko, Zenan
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