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MPs definition of Islamophobia menaces free speech
22 August 2019 29 August 2019 Peter Tatchell Foundation
It protects the idea of Islam, rather than Muslim people
By Peter Tatchell
London, UK – 22 August 2019
The All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on British Muslims has produced a well-intended but worrisome definition of Islamophobia.
It states: 'Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness.'
There are three big problems with this definition.
First, while Islamophobia can be an expression racism, is not ipso facto racist because neither Islam nor Muslims are a race. Islam is an idea and Muslims include people from many different races. Moreover, prejudice against Muslims can be driven by fear of Islamist extremism and by Christian and Judaist religious sectarianism – neither of which are motivated by racism.
Second, Muslimness is a vague and subjective term. It is not defined. Who gets to decide what it means? Muslimness means different things to different sects of Islam – Sunni, Shia, Sufi and Ahmadi. Some ultra conservative and Islamist Muslims claim to represent true Muslimness and use it to justify their opposition of women's and LGBT+ rights.
Third, this definition could be abused to restrict free speech. It's defenders dispute this but the definition includes no robust caveat to protect freedom of expression.
Islam is an idea and like all ideas, including my own, it should be open to scrutiny and criticism. Yet very often all critiques of Islam are denounced as an attack on Muslim people.
This is unfair. In a free society, it perfectly valid to criticise the idea of Islam – or any other belief system. What is not acceptable is to be prejudiced against Muslim people and to consequently victimise them. Discrimination against ideas is reasonable, but not discrimination against people.
I try to avoid the term Islamophobia. Anti-Muslim hatred much better, since it focuses on the prejudice against Muslim people that undermines their well-being and life chances.
I speak as someone who has defended the rights of Muslim people for decades but who also defends freedom of expression.
From personal experience, I know how the smear of Islamophobia is used to silence critics and debate. In 1994, I protested against the Islamist extremist group Hizb-ut-Tahrir. It had endorsed the killing of LGBT people, women who have sex outside of marriage and Muslims who turn away from their faith. I was denounced as Islamophobic. But I was merely confronting the hateful ideology of theocratic Islamism, not Muslim people, the vast majority of whom do not subscribe to such murderous injunctions.
My protest in 1994 could fall within the sweeping definition of Islamophobia proposed by the APPG, where Islamophobia is said to target expressions of Muslimness. But as I previously argued, the word Muslimness is an ambiguous, nebulous term that can cover anything that anyone perceives to be Islamic or Muslim.
Citing the APPG definition, Hizb members could say that I was Islamophobic because death for LGBTs, adulterers and apostates is a part of the Islamic tradition – and therefore part of Muslimness.
The definition could also be used by Islamists to challenge legitimate criticisms of their extremism. They could use it to argue that any critique of their version of Islam is illegitimate and out of bounds.
The charge of Islamophobia has been levelled at Southall Black Sisters and Maryam Namazie over their defence of Muslim women against patriarchy, against the LGBT+ group OutRage! for protesting against extremist clerics like Yusuf al-Qaradawi and against some university Atheist Secular & Humanist societies for mocking all religious superstition, including the superstitious nature of Islam.
No-one in our society should be discriminated against because of who they are. Yet, the term Islamophobia downgrades protecting Muslim people and mistakenly puts the focus on protecting the idea of Islam. This perverse prioritisation has to be challenged. It is a disservice to the Muslim community, which suffers from unacceptable levels of intolerance, discrimination and hate crime.
Instead of offering practical, concrete solutions to the prejudice faced by Muslim people, parliament has opted for an ineffectual and flawed definition that is open to abuse. Far more useful to stem the tide of anti-Muslim intolerance would have been new legislation to curb bigoted media reporting of Muslim issues and mandatory education in schools about religious toleration. These measures would do much more to undermine anti-Muslim bigotry.
So far, the APPG's definition has been adopted by Labour, the Liberal Democrats, the Mayor of London and several local councils and trade unions, without a scintilla of reservation or qualification.
We are, it seems, drifting towards a de facto threat to free speech and liberal values, where many progressives are terrified of appearing anti-Muslim, and are more interested in virtue-signalling than specific policies to protect Muslim people.
The APPG should think again.
This is an expanded version of Peter Tatchell's essay in the book, Islamophobia – An anthology of concerns. Edited by Emma Webb, it was published by Civitas in London on 22 August 2019
Religion, UK
APPG, extremism, Freedom of Expression, Hizb ut-Tahrir, Islamophobia, Maryam Namazie, Muslim, Muslimness, Peter Tatchell, Peter Tatchell Foundation, Southall Black Sisters, Yusuf al-Qaradawi.
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Metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiome of the common black slug Arion ater in search of novel lignocellulose degrading enzymes
Joynson, RE, Pritchard, L, Ekenakema, O and Ferry, N ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3728-4302 2017, 'Metagenomic analysis of the gut microbiome of the common black slug Arion ater in search of novel lignocellulose degrading enzymes' , Frontiers in Microbiology, 8 .
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fmicb.2017.02181
Some eukaryotes are able to gain access to well-protected carbon sources in plant biomass by exploiting microorganisms in the environment or harbored in their digestive system. One is the land pulmonate Arion ater, which takes advantage of a gut microbial consortium that can break down the widely available, but difficult to digest, carbohydrate polymers in lignocellulose, enabling them to digest a broad range of fresh and partially degraded plant material efficiently. This ability is considered one of the major factors that have enabled A. ater to become one of the most widespread plant pest species in Western Europe and North America. Using metagenomic techniques we have characterized the bacterial diversity and functional capability of the gut microbiome of this notorious agricultural pest. Analysis of gut metagenomic community sequences identified abundant populations of known lignocellulose-degrading bacteria, along with well-characterized bacterial plant pathogens. This also revealed a repertoire of more than 3,383 carbohydrate active enzymes (CAZymes) including multiple enzymes associated with lignin degradation, demonstrating a microbial consortium capable of degradation of all components of lignocellulose. This would allow A. ater to make extensive use of plant biomass as a source of nutrients through exploitation of the enzymatic capabilities of the gut microbial consortia. From this metagenome assembly we also demonstrate the successful amplification of multiple predicted gene sequences from metagenomic DNA subjected to whole genome amplification and expression of functional proteins, facilitating the low cost acquisition and biochemical testing of the many thousands of novel genes identified in metagenomics studies. These findings demonstrate the importance of studying Gastropod microbial communities. Firstly, with respect to understanding links between feeding and evolutionary success and, secondly, as sources of novel enzymes with biotechnological potential, such as, CAZYmes that could be used in the production of biofuel.
Schools > School of Environment and Life Sciences > Ecosystems and Environment Research Centre
Frontiers in Microbiology
Frontiers Media
Dr Natalie Ferry
http://usir.salford.ac.uk/id/eprint/44894

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Researchers at Yale University's Canine Cognition Center are currently working on a study to find out what dogs are thinking. According to Today, psychologist Laurie Santos is the head of the center and said that her team is learning whether or not dogs are moral.
To complete the study, researchers are acting out puppet shows for the canines to come to their conclusion of dog morality. One scene features a puppet rat helping a puppet hedgehog up a hill. There is another scene that features the puppet rat pushing the puppet hedgehog down. Following the two scenes, the dogs watching are encouraged to pick out the mean or nice rat.
Santos explained that the same study has been done with human infants in which the children are encouraged to choose between the mean and nice puppet. Results of that study reportedly concluded that the children preferred to interact with the nicer puppet.
In addition to this study at the Canine Cognition Center, researchers are also trying to learn more about how dogs perceive their environment, make decisions and solve problems.


However, Arias Leiva's politically fraught case is not over.
His Miami attorneys, David O. Markus, Marc Seitles and Ricardo Bascuas, challenged the magistrate's ruling to a U.S. District Court judge on Wednesday by using their same argument over the validity of the extradition treaty. It is unclear how long that appeal will take to resolve.
His lawyers argued that a Colombian diplomatic note itself verified that the extradition treaty is not in effect because the law that activated it in the 1980s was ruled unconstitutional by the Colombian supreme court. The Colombian diplomatic note indeed says that, but it also indicates that the treaty is in force for international purposes because neither the U.S. nor Colombia has renounced it.
If the magistrate judge's decision on the extradition treaty is upheld, Arias Leiva will then challenge the merits of Colombia's extradition request, his lawyers said Friday.
Last month, the U.S. attorney's office argued to O'Sullivan, who had appeared to be leaning toward the side of Arias Leiva, that dismissing his case would endanger the U.S. extradition practice with Colombia, undermine the war on drugs, and perhaps erode other extradition treaties around the world.
In an interview with el Nuevo Herald in December, Arias Leiva said that his case stems from political persecution.
The reason, according to Arias Leiva: because he opposed Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos in a bid that led to a peace pact with the Cuba-backed Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) guerrilla organization, which Arias Leiva fears could turn his country into another Cuba or Venezuela.
Arias Leiva warned that if he is extradited to Colombia, he would eventually be murdered in prison as reprisal for his opposition to the Santos strategy that recently led to an agreement that will give FARC a gateway to political power in Colombia. Besides being a guerrilla organization, FARC has been widely linked to drug trafficking.
Santos denied allegations that he has tried to influence Arias Leiva's extradition, saying the decision is solely in the hands of the courts. Arias Leiva fled to the United States three weeks before judges convicted him of embezzlement by appropriation, a Colombian law that penalizes the unauthorized use of public funds to benefit private entities. He was sentenced to 17 years in prison.
El Nuevo Herald staff writer Alfonso Chardy contributed to this story.


Will Carson Wentz play at an MVP level this season?
Carson Wentz was en route to an MVP season before he was injured.
Four of our writers weigh in.
Long answer: Wentz has the ability, barring injury, to become the NFL's best player over the next decade. Even though he's coming back from major knee surgery and may need to curb some of the aggressiveness that made him an MVP candidate last year, he still has all the tools to be a contender as only a pocket quarterback. Wentz was held back through most of training camp, but when he did practice he was stronger and more accurate with his throws than a year ago. The game should slow down for him even more as he enters his third season.
No player can win the MVP alone. The Eagles will have to be a playoff team again for Wentz to be in the conversation. Defense and special teams will have to be first-rate, the offensive line will have to keep the quarterback clean, and skill position players like Zach Ertz, Alshon Jeffery, Nelson Agohlor and Jay Ajayi will likely have to play as they did in 2017. But Wentz can carry the Eagles on his shoulders should one of those facets fail to meet expectations. Some argued that Nick Foles' postseason performance proved that Wentz wasn't playing at a MVP level last year. But the Eagles don't get to the Super Bowl without him, and if he had played, the winning margin could have been greater. It might take a year before Wentz is back to being Wentz, pre-injury, but a change in style could make him even better. Scary.
Yes — but not in time to win the MVP.
There's no way Wentz will be as mobile in 2018 as he was before surgery. It's been only nine months since his knee ligaments were repaired. Yes, Wentz was brilliant in his second NFL season, but he routinely depended on his legs to extend plays when he either didn't see open receivers or there were none. That mobility was crucial to his MVP run in 2017.
Timing will be another obstacle. Wentz was limited early in training camp, and he didn't play in the preseason games. That cost him precious reps with veteran newcomer Mike Wallace. Even when Wentz was more fully integrated in practices, top receiver Alshon Jeffery (shoulder) and slot man Nelson Agholor (lower body) missed significant time.
When he returns, Wentz should be on approximately the same page as tight end Zach Ertz and running backs Darren Sproles, Jay Ajayi and Corey Clement, but it might be Halloween before Wentz really starts clicking with his primary pass-catchers.
All of this assumes both Wentz and Jeffery will be full-go within the first two or three games of the regular season, with no setbacks. It also assumes that Wentz isn't hesitant to move when he must. A lot of players coming off an injury need a full year to trust their wheels again.
Based on everything I've seen at practice this summer, I have no reason to believe that Carson Wentz will have a down year because of the injury. His mobility is a big part of his game, and I wonder whether he'll be as effective improvising and moving in the pocket as he was before the injury. There's no way of knowing until he participates in live action. He says he won't change the way he plays, and I believe he can absolutely return to an MVP level.
However, it will be difficult to maintain the pace at which he played last season. Just look at his red zone statistics. Wentz went 37 of 57 for 277 yards with 23 touchdowns and no interceptions inside the red zone. Those are other-worldly numbers, and they frankly might be difficult to duplicate. There could be regression simply because it's hard to play at that level – not because of the injury. So that could affect how his 2018 season compares to 2017. Plus, there are a few other worthy MVP candidates returning from injury. But Wentz will remain in those discussions.
There's a decent chance Carson Wentz never again produces the numbers that he did last season, but that's more a testament to his otherworldly performance than it is to the health of his knee. In throwing for 33 touchdowns in 440 pass attempts (7.5 percent) Wentz found the end zone more often than all but seven quarterbacks in NFL history who finished a season with as many throws. Those seven are all likely Hall-of-Famers — Peyton Manning, Aaron Rodgers, Tom Brady, Dan Marino, Kurt Warner, Steve Young — and only Manning did it twice (Manning's 2004 season, in which he threw for touchdowns on 9.9 percent of his pass attempts, is the record).
With regard to Wentz's knee, history suggests that Eagles fans have little reason to worry. Joe Flacco, Carson Palmer and Philip Rivers all returned from late-season ACL tears to play a full season at their previous level. In fact, outside of Robert Griffin III, it is difficult to find an example of a quarterback who suffered a dramatic regression after knee surgery. And in Griffin's case, it has since become clear that his drop-off had more to do with his skill level than his health.
Even if Wentz does not put up MVP numbers like he did a year ago, his presence and performance under center should be one constant the Eagles can count on.
Eagles season preview: The long, arduous countdown to Carson Wentz's comeback | Marcus Hayes: Eagles' biggest hurdle in repeating as Super Bowl champs will be overcoming loss of Frank Reich, John DeFilippo | 50 things to know about the upcoming season | Which Eagle, who didn't play in the postseason, will have the biggest impact? | Eagles' roster reconstruction reveals they have a type: Experienced players on short-term deals | What roster holes should the Eagles worry about? | Previewing the NFC | Previewing the AFC | Bob Ford: Repeat as Super Bowl champs? The Eagles can learn from teams that did. | David Murphy: Do the Eagles have what it takes to establish a dynasty?


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The Department of Mechanical Engineering offers graduate programs in the fields of thermal science and engineering mechanics. The Master of Science degree may be obtained with or without a thesis. Admission is based on an appropriate baccalaureate degree and the requirements of the Graduate School. Persons holding a bachelor's degree in another engineering discipline or in a science may be admitted. In such cases it may be required that some undergraduate courses be taken without graduate credit.
An individual program of study is planned by each student in consultation with his or her graduate committee. The program will include courses from both the engineering mechanics and thermal science fields. Ordinarily only six credits of acceptable 400-level courses may be included in the program.
For students with a strong interest in other disciplines, the opportunity exists for a program of study in which at least 60 per cent of the required work is done within the Mechanical Engineering Department. The remaining work may be taken in the other discipline if the student's advisory committee approves it as part of a coherent degree in Mechanical Engineering.
The Master of Science degree with thesis requires a thesis comprising a minimum of six semester hours of credit as well as 24 semester hours of course work. The non-thesis Master's degree requires a minimum of 30 semester hours of course work in a meaningful program of study. In addition, a candidate for the non-thesis Master of Science degree must pass a comprehensive examination, either oral or written, which will review the course work and evaluate the student's ability to apply his or her knowledge to the solution of advanced engineering problems.
Graduate assistantships are available in the Department. Other financial assistance available is described elsewhere in this catalog.
Donald A. Grant, Ph.D. (Rhode Island, 1969), R.C. Hill Professor and Chair. Vibrations of discrete and continuous systems.
Michael T. Boyle, Ph.D. (Connecticut, 1984), Associate Professor. Experimental fluid mechanics and heat transfer, three-dimensional flow through gas turbine passages, electronics cooling, thermal modeling of industrial devices.
Vincent Caccese, Ph.D. (Drexel, 1985), Associate Professor. Nonlinear finite element analysis and testing of hybrid composite metal connections, seismic behavior and vibration analysis and design.
Michael "Mick" Peterson, Ph.D. (Northwestern University, 1994), Associate Professor and Graduate Coordinator. Sustainable materials utilization, biomechanics, non-destructive testing, and elastic waves in solids.
Justin H. Poland, Ph.D. (Colorado, 1979), Associate Professor. Heat transfer, thermodynamics and fluid mechanics of refrigeration systems, and heating and cooling of buildings.
Richard Sayles, Ph.D. (Brown University, 1981), Associate Professor. Fluid mechanics and heat transfer.
James Sucec, M.S. (Connecticut, 1963), Professor. Transient forced convection heat transfer. Heat transfer across turbulent boundary layers.
Senthil S. Vel, Ph.D. (Virginia Tech, 1998), Assistant Professor. Solid mechanics, smart structures, mechanics of composite materials and finite element analysis.


REDLANDS – The city of Redlands is partnering with small businesses in town to help promote Small Business Saturday, and across the Inland Empire businesses are gearing up for the follow up to Black Friday.
The promotion – which was created by American Express in 2010 – urges residents of cities nationwide to shop local and help small businesses as a result on one of the busiest shopping weekends of the year.
To help promote the day, the city produced a public service announcement narrated by Mayor Pete Aguilar.
The video – which was filmed in October and debuted at the Nov. 6 City Council meeting – shows Aguilar visiting several small businesses in the area and shop owners encouraging customers to take advantage of specials offered that day.
Over two-thirds of the money spent at local businesses go back to the community, which in turn, supports residents, events and local infrastructure.
The city contacted small businesses in town to help promote the promotion, said Carl Baker, public information officer for the city of Redlands.
More than a dozen agreed to participate, he said, including the Frugal Frigate.
Gay D. Kolodzik, owner of the well-known children's bookstore in the city's downtown district, said the promotion helped her business last year tremendously.
"It was fantastic. It was our best sales day of the year," she said.
Kolodzik credits some of the success of last year's successful sale to the one-on-one attention given to customers by her staff.
When one had questions, a staff member was ready to help, she said.
Kolodzik said she was excited to participate in this year's promotion, emphasizing its focus to promote small businesses, such as her own, especially since inventory can be vastly different from what is offered at big box stores.
Beyond Redlands, businesses are gearing up.
Rhino Records in Claremont is participating in the promotion.
The independently owned record store has benefitted from the promotion in the past, holding its biggest sale of the year the day after Black Friday.
Scherer also credited a resurgence in fans of vinyl as another source for the store's success.
"We have to thank (the resurgence in) vinyl sales for that," she said. "We also sell a lot of record players as well. So, I think, yeah, it should be a good day.
Contact Kristina via email, by phone at 909-259-9321, or on Twitter @TheFactsKris.


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Дании́л Васи́льевич Красно́в (1817—1893) — генерал-лейтенант войска Донского, участник русско-турецкой войны 1877—1878 гг.

Биография
Родился в 1817 году, был сыном простого донского казака.

В 1834 году поступил в Донской казачий № 34 полк, из которого в 1845 году по собственному желанию был переведён в Донской № 28 полк, находившийся на Кавказе. Здесь он принял участие в делах с горцами, во время Даргинской экспедиции был ранен и за боевые отличия 24 августа того же года произведён в хорунжие.

В 1849 г. Краснов с Донским казачьим № 1 полком участвовал в походе в Венгрию, за отличие в бою у с. Георги был награждён чином сотника и орденом св. Анны 4-й степени на шашку, а за взятие трёх неприятельских орудий в бою — 28 ноября орденом св. Георгия 4-й степени (№ 8337 по списку Григоровича — Степанова)

В 1858 г. Краснов был награждён орденом св. Владимира 4-й степени с мечами и бантом. В 1863 г., командуя сотней в Донском казачьем № 39 полку, Краснов принял участие в усмирении польского мятежа, был ранен в стычке с повстанцами у д. Воли Градовской и награждён орденами св. Станислава 2-й степени с мечами и императорской короной и св. Анны 2-й степени с мечами (императорская корона к этому ордену пожалована в 1865 г.), а в 1864 г. получил золотую шашку с надписью «За храбрость», также за польскую кампанию им были получены чины войскового старшины и полковника.

С 1863 по 1877 г. Краснов командовал различными Донскими казачьими полками. Во главе одного из них, № 26-го, он принял участие в русско-турецкой войне 1877—1878 гг. в составе передового отряда генерала Гурко, за взятие Тырнова был награждён орденом св. Владимира 3-й степени с мечами (в 1877 г.). В бою при д. Оризари был в третий раз ранен, но остался в строю; за отличие в сражении при Ески-Загре, где он командовал отрядом из частей своего полка, 8 рот болгарской дружины и 4 горных орудий, получил 10 сентября 1877 г. чин генерал-майора (со старшинством от 18 июля). Бой при Уфлани доставил ему подарок по чину, а бои под Ловчей и на Зелёных горах под Плевной — орден св. Станислава 1-й степени с мечами (в 1878 г.). Назначенный затем походным атаманом Донских казачьих полков действующей армии, Краснов совершил 2-й поход за Балканы, сражался под Этрополем, Шандорником, Филлиппополем и за отличие 4 января 1878 г. под Карагачем награждён 2 октября 1879 г. орденом св. Георгия 3-й степени (№ 576)

Назначенный в 1879 г. командиром 2-й бригады 7-й кавалерийской дивизии, Краснов оставался в этой должности до 22 февраля 1889 г., когда был произведён в генерал-лейтенанты с увольнением за болезнью от службы.

Умер 14 марта 1893 г. в Новочеркасске.

Источники

 Список генералам по старшинству на 1886 год.
 Степанов В. С., Григорович П. И. В память столетнего юбилея императорского Военного ордена Святого великомученика и Победоносца Георгия. (1769—1869). СПб., 1869.

Генерал-лейтенанты (Российская империя)
Донские казаки
Участники Кавказской войны
Участники войны против польских повстанцев 1863 года
Участники Русско-турецкой войны (1877—1878)
Кавалеры ордена Святого Георгия III класса
Кавалеры ордена Святого Георгия IV класса
Даниил Васильевич
Кавалеры золотого оружия «За храбрость»

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Big Local learning and networking opportunities are evolving. This short film shows how learning and networking can inspire, help people to connect and most of all, have fun. Filming took place during the hot summer of 2018, at Big Local Connects, a phenomenal learning and networking event, which brought more than 400 people together for the first time.


2. Wtf happened to team member number 4?
3. Why do I always get to do the hard tasks (reviving team members in the middle of combat, killing the furies, destroying the heavy turrets etc)?
5. The combo sound is so satisfying.
6. Slicing half an hour through hordes of elite and legendary enemies on Grandmaster 3 difficulty and all I get are two purples and a blue? WTF?!?


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Mitsubishi Electric Participating in Department of Energy's High Performance Housing Programs
Mitsubishi Electric US, Inc. Cooling & Heating Division (Mitsubishi Electric), a leading manufacturer of Zoned Comfort Solutions™ and Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) cooling and heating systems, announces its involvement with several new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) projects and initiatives through 2019. The DOE awarded $3.7 million in funding for high performance housing projects through its Building AmericaSM program. The initiative selects project teams that focus on developing and implementing solutions to three interrelated core technical challenges: high-performance building envelope assemblies and systems; optimal comfort systems for heating, cooling, air distribution and humidity control; and high-performance ventilation systems and indoor air quality strategies.
Mitsubishi Electric is participating with the University of Central Florida's (UCF) Florida Solar Energy Center (FSEC) as one of six teams selected to develop and implement energy efficient solutions related to high-performance building envelopes, indoor air quality baselines and strategies, high-performance ventilation, and comfort systems for residential applications. UCF's FSEC and Mitsubishi Electric will team up on two projects: one of the selected projects will refine a new approach to using mini-split heat pumps in existing homes and the second will conduct baseline studies to better characterize indoor air quality, ultimately leading to more energy efficient solutions.
With the new funding, UCF's FSEC will focus on using a single, centrally located Mitsubishi Electric mini-split heat pump as the primary system, while only using the existing, lower-efficiency central system as needed. Previous FSEC research documented 34 percent average heating and cooling energy savings for Florida homes that use this innovative approach.
"The Building America Program employs applied research and expert teams to innovate and introduce new and cutting-edge technologies to market. Through our participation in this project and by teaming up with Mitsubishi Electric, we are optimistic that we can bring new solutions to homeowners and industry players that save energy and improve comfort," says Eric Martin, program director, FSEC.
The Building America Program is also partnering with Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), Basalt, Colorado, as another award recipient. Mitsubishi Electric will be the HVAC equipment donor for the development of an advanced, compact micro-load integrated HVAC solution. The mini-split will contribute to the greater scope: "Experimental Envelope Fabrication Process for Integrated Zero Energy Ready Multifamily Renovations."
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'You can't separate them': the unlikely love story of Guy Clark, Susanna Clark and Townes Van Zandt
When director Tamara Saviano decided to make a film about the Americana songwriter Guy Clark, she knew she couldn't tell his story without covering the lives of two other creative souls – his wife, the songwriter and painter Susanna Clark, and his best friend, the fellow Americana star, Townes Van Zandt. "They influenced him so much, and he influenced them too," said Saviano to the Guardian. "You can't separate them."
Op dieselfde tyd, their entwined lives endured deep fractures and brutal hurts. The story Saviano tells in the new documentary Without Getting Killed or Caught, named after a lyric from one of Clark's best-known songs, LA Freeway, traces a wide arc of personal traumas and creative triumphs. It involves a violent suicide, multiple addictions, and ruinous depressions. Maar, despite all that, the central figures forged a three-way love that, however unconventional, enriched them all. To reveal the intimacies of the story, Saviano scored a true coup – audio and written diaries left by Susanna Clark after her death from cancer in 2012. Throughout the film, the diaries are read by Oscar-winner Sissy Spacek. "They're a gold mine," Saviano said of the tapes.
That the director was able to secure them from Guy Clark shows the trust he had in her. Saviano, a music journalist, got to know the songwriter, who died of lymphoma in 2016, over a decade ago when she wrote his memoir, which shares the name of her film. Amazingly, Clark never listened to, or read, his wife's diaries when he bequeathed them to Saviano. "Guy said, 'Whatever's in there is Susanna's truth and you're welcome to it,'" the director said. "He wasn't afraid of it. I thought that was really brave of him."
Then again, Clark's openness dovetails with the kind of songs he wrote. Like John Prine, Clark used plain language in his songs to achieve literary feats. Similarly, the music he composed infused basic American genres, like folk, blues, and country, with fresh tunes, which he delivered in a voice that communicated both a dry humor and a ready empathy. Throughout the film, friends of Guy's, including fellow Americana stars Rodney Crowell, Steve Earle, and Vince Gill, talk admiringly about the craft in his songs, as well as his indifference to commercial concerns. They speak just as openly about the complications in his key relationships.
Guy's connection to Susanna began in tragedy. When they met, he was dating her sister, Bunny, who had become pregnant. Soon after, she killed herself. "There was no singular reason anybody could pin point," Saviano said. "There was a news article that said she suffered from depression but nobody really knows."
Guy wrote the poignant song for Bunny, She Ain't Going Nowhere. The loss of her sister hit Susanna hard. In the diary she wrote, "I was desperate to hold on to my sister and Guy was the closest thing. Over our grief for Bunny, we fell in love."
Destyds, in the late 60s, Guy had a day job as an art director for PBS Television but he longed to devote himself fully to songwriting. He took inspiration from his friend Townes Van Zandt who had already started a prolific career. After Susanna met Townes, they forged a bond as deep as she had with her husband. "Guy and I were married, but Townes and I were soul mates," she wrote in her diary.
The relationship between Susanna and Townes wasn't just emotional but, at times, seksueel. Oddly, the latter aspect isn't covered in the film. "To me, it just didn't matter," Saviano said of the omission. "It was really about the love and the friendship between them. Guy knew that it was sexual and it was just accepted. We have to keep in mind that they were all young adults in the free love era of the 60s. And it's not like Guy was the perfect husband by any stretch. They were all individual artists and they wanted to do what they wanted to do. They weren't big on convention in any part of their lives."
As Steve Earle says in the film, "the relationship between Susanna and Townes, nobody talked about because it was a little too intimate to be in the same room with sometimes. And nobody brought up questions nobody wanted the answer to."
Saviano believes Townes gave Susanna something that Guy couldn't. "He had this spiritual, vulnerable side and Guy didn't share that," sy het gese. "Guy was a much more stoic, no-nonsense kind of person. I think he liked that Townes took some of the pressure off him so he didn't have to be the charming husband all the time."
Beyond their friendship, the trio's bond centered on the art of songwriting. To celebrate it, Guy, Susanna and Townes formed an informal salon of fellow songsmiths. Susanna used to tape some of their conversations, several of which are featured in the film. Some capture them drunk, a key feature of their nights together. Though Susanna most often expressed her creativity as a painter – evidenced by work of hers that graces album covers by Guy, Emmylou Harris, Willie Nelson and others – she also wrote songs. Hers had more commercial appeal than Guy's or Townes', which caused some jealousy. Two pieces she co-wrote became no 1 country hits: I'll Be Your San Antone Rose for the singer Dottsy, and Come from the Heart sung by Kathy Mattea. While some of Guy's songs did well through cover versions by artists like Jerry Jeff Walker, Ricky Scaggs and Vince Gill, his own albums in the mid-70s bombed. Worse, he fought mightily with his record company over their insistence on fuller arrangements and production. Even the use of drums in his recordings irritated him, believing they took attention away from the heart of the song. Van Zandt went further, going out of his way to alienate even those Nashville executives who tried to help him.
Guy Clark released five albums on major labels and hated all of them, though they contained classic pieces he wrote, like Desperados Waiting for a Train or The Randall Knife. In the early 80s, he quit the business for five years. By decade's end, he came back to record for the kind of indie labels that allowed him to perform largely with an acoustic guitar, as he preferred. His work wound up anticipating the Americana movement, for which he was later recognized with many awards in that field. "Guy has legendary status there," Saviano said.
Op dieselfde tyd, his marriage to Susanna went through terrible times, leading to split for a number of years. "She had enough of my bullshit," Guy says in the film, while in Susanna's diaries, she expresses her need to work out things on her own. In time, egter, the depth of their connection brought them back together and Townes remained a tight part of their lives. But by then Townes had begun a fatal spiral downward, with addictions to both alcohol and heroin. "Nowadays, Townes would have been diagnosed as bipolar," surmised Saviano. "When he was young, they did shock therapy on him and he lost all of his memory. So, who knows what that did to his brain."
When Townes died, by 52 in 1997, Susanna took to bed and never left it. She also became addicted to the opioid Percocet. The director believes that "Townes' death compounded lingering grief she felt from her sister's death. But "because she was in bed for 15 jare, people in Nashville wrote her off as crazy," Saviano said. "I wanted them to know that Susanna wasn't crazy. She was grieving and never rebounded from it."
The director said one of the reasons she made the film was to restore Susanna's reputation as well as to burnish the work of Guy and Townes. Susanna died before she could give an opinion about Saviano use of her diaries in the film. Maar, the director said she feels "quite confident that her stamp of approval is there. Quite frankly, I think Susanna has been guiding this whole process from the great beyond."
As evidence, she points to some odd connections between Susanna, Guy and the diaries' narrator, Sissy Spacek, which she only discovered while making the film. Back in the 70s, Spacek had learned to play guitar from Guy's first wife, Susan Spaw, and the actor recorded a song written by Susanna on her one and only album, back in 1983. The director believes both Guy and Susanna would have appreciated the fact that her film doesn't sugarcoat their complicated story. "Guy wasn't afraid of the truth," sy het gese. "None of them were. He would say, "Ja, this is life. This is what it was."
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I've written a few times about looking for "the one," that special person with whom I hope to spend the rest of my life.
But I want to be absolutely clear about something: I don't think there is just one possible mate for me. I'm not looking for some ridiculous, incredible ideal; I'm looking for something real.
Sometimes dating, especially online dating, feels like searching for that sort of needle in a haystack. Yet I don't intend to search the world over, holding out, looking over the shoulder of whoever I'm with, thinking someone more perfect or better for me is just around the corner. And I won't just settle for the next bloke to give me a modicum of attention, either.
Rather, I think there are any number of men out there who might make an excellent companion and co-conspirator. I don't need them all. I will happily commit to just one.
Most of all, "the one" is the guy who is happy because I'm happy. He supports me in choices that serve my highest self, and he loves to see and make me happy. He loves my receptivity, strength and appreciation.
It's sort of odd that I'm writing about this now, just as I've put my dating life on hold (in favor of a whole slew of personal projects I've elected to take on — in addition to my full-time job, single parenting and a yard that needs attention). In essence, rather than attempting to date all the wrong guys I've been meeting online, I'm going to date myself and devote some time to me. But I suspect he'll show up when I'm not looking anyway, and I'll know him when I'm confident in how I feel.
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La merla roquera comuna o merla roquera (Monticola saxatilis) és una espècie d'ocell de la família dels muscicàpids (Muscicapidae) que, als Països Catalans, té pràcticament la mateixa àrea de distribució que la merla blava. El seu estat de conservació es considera de risc mínim.

Morfologia
 Fa 19 cm de llargària.
 El mascle té a l'estiu el cap, el coll i el dors blaus, el carpó blanc i la resta d'un color vermellenc, amb les ales fosques.
 La femella té uns colors més brunencs.

Subespècies
 Monticola saxatilis coloratus
 Monticola saxatilis saxatilis
 Monticola saxatilis turkestanicus

Reproducció
Fa el niu per damunt dels 1.500 m i aprofitant una cavitat natural o un mur. Aleshores reuneix molsa, tiges i arrels, les folra amb més molsa i fang i hi pon 4-6 ous. Això té lloc a l'abril-maig. La femella els cova durant 13 dies i alimenta -amb l'ajut del mascle- els pollets que en neixen, els quals al cap de 15 ja podran volar.

Alimentació
Menja insectes, aràcnids, cucs, mol·luscs i baies.

Hàbitat
Viu preferentment a la muntanya, als Pirineus, però sembla que també s'expandeix vers les serralades litorals.

Distribució geogràfica
Cria a l'Europa meridional i a l'Àsia Central fins al nord de la Xina. Hiverna a l'Àfrica subsahariana. És rara a l'Europa septentrional.

Costums
Als Països Catalans es troba en qualitat d'estiuenca.

Conservació
La seva àrea de distribució s'ha reduït en el decurs de les darreres dècades a causa de la destrucció del seu hàbitat natural en certs territoris (com ara a tot Alemanya i parts de Polònia).

Referències

Enllaços externs

 Estudi de la població d'aquest ocell al Principat de Catalunya.
 La merla roquera a l'Animal Diversity Web.
 Fotografies i enregistraments sonors de merles roqueres.
 La merla roquera a l'Encyclopedia of Life.
 Descripció i hàbitat d'aquesta espècie.
 Taxonomia d'aquest ocell.

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Valløby is een plaats in de Deense regio Seeland, gemeente Stevns. De plaats telt 727 inwoners (2008).

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Cleverman's Rarriwuy Hick smashes Sunrise and Minister David Gillespie's suggestion of a second Stolen Generation
Posted by Rachel Sibley at March 15 2018, 4:18pm
This week Assistant Minister for Children and Families Minister David Gillespie said that Indigenous children in the foster care system should be able to be placed with non-indigenous families. Currently there are kinship laws that mean authorities try to keep abused or neglected children within their family or community.
"There's a fear that we would create another stolen generation but I'm not advocating that," Minister Gillespie said.
Following on from this, Channel 7's morning program Sunrise hosted a panel discussion with two non-indigenous Australians about why this would be a good idea.
Rarriwuy Hick is a Yolngu woman, an actor (you might know her from the ABC series Cleverman) and someone who has actual lived experience with this issue – she and her father are carers for her two nephews. She started #ourkidsbelongwithfamily, a social media campaign raising awareness for the importance of family and connection for the Indigenous community.
Extremely hurtful
Rarriwuy says that this sort of stereotype perpetuated on Sunrise and by Minister Gillespie has been extremely hurtful over the years.
"I have been deeply hurt by this," Rarriwuy says. "What was said was [that] white famil[ies] should be allowed to adopt abused Aboriginal children to save them from rape assault and neglect. Now I am Aboriginal and I'm a carer. I'm looking after two of my nephews and I can't help but take that personally because we work so hard to make sure to ensure that the children are safe and happy and are in a very healthy environment."
"It's really concerning that people you know like guys on the panel on Sunrise can just say things so openly and blatantly be racist without even having any education or awareness of what is really going on and the depth of how damaging what they were saying, how damaging that can be to many people."
When Rarriwuy's two nephews were taken from their immediate family, their extended family - who had a good bond with the boys - weren't informed straight away. This disregards the placement guidelines that welfare and the government have put in place for their organisations called the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Child Placement Principle.
"I just remember feeling really terrified. My dad and I … were just constantly thinking about like are they okay? Are they going to be safe tonight? They had their first Christmas away from us and birthdays, and I remember feeling really sort of helpless."
"This is coming from a place of control, and you know a next generation of the stolen generation," Rarriwuy believes.
Don't say it's too PC
On Sunrise,Seven's former employee, Ben Davis agreed with Minister Gillespie's comments; "Good on David Gillespie for standing up and saying what a lot of politicians are afraid to say because of the fear of being labelled 'racist'. I mean, it's political correct nonsense, it's gotta go."
Rarriwuy says that it's not at all appropriate to dismiss racism.
"You've got to be really careful what you say. You're talking about people's livelihoods here. When children are taken away from their family, from their culture and their traditions … that's why mental health issues come into play. You know, Aboriginal people have the highest rate of suicide in the world not just in Australia but in the world. That's concerning and we're not a large percentage of people in Australia or in the world."
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She continues; "What has happened in the past, we've been ripped away and forcibly removed from our families … I know a lot of families, mothers who feel sad if their child is just going to have a sleepover at their friend's house for the weekend or something as simple as that."
"Imagine what it's like being completely removed. And what is concerning about what was said the other day on Sunrise is that they used the word 'permanent care'. So they are wanting to take Aboriginal children away. Take them away from their family permanently, 'til they're 18. Everyone's saying it's PC gone mad, but these are people's lives here that we're talking about. And it's been thrown around without any care at all."
Culture is important
"While the boys were with a foster family, they were non-indigenous and we had no idea where they were or who these people were in the beginning. We had to work really hard to find out how [the boys] were going." Rarriwuy says. "English is our sixth speaking language … so they're pretty intelligent kids and I've always been proud of who they are where they come from. But while they were at this foster home … they began to tell me not to speak to them in language. That English is the correct language to speak. They didn't want to be called by their original names, and so this is why I'd like to call it cultural genocide. It's people coming in who have no awareness or understanding of where these kids come from and how important it is to know where they are from and their culture and traditions and being told that they are not allowed to speak their language."
Children belong with family
Now that her nephews are living with Rarriwuy and her father, she says they're so happy.
"The six-year-old has a speech tomorrow, which he wants to do all in language." She says. "I'm so proud of him and proud of both of them and how far they've come and they've said to us a few times … I'm so happy that I'm with my family."
Allies are needed
"We need as many non-Indigenous people, not speaking for us, but as our allies to come with us and stand with us. Spread the word, spread the awareness and just start reading as much information as you possibly can about it," Rarriwuy adds.
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Kate Middleton's New Royal Title After Prince Charles Becomes King Is Familiar
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Hopefully, we're still a long way away from having to do this, but we're going to report on some very interesting sentimental news related to the day that the British crown passes from Queen Elizabeth II to Prince Charles. There will certainly be a lot of shake-ups when the day arrives, but Marie Claire has reminded us that among the many things that will change as Prince Charles ascends to the throne, the Duchess of Cambridge, more commonly known as Kate Middleton, will get a new title — and you already know what it is.
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According to Marie Claire, when the day arrives, Kate will get to slough off her current title and assume a new one: Princess of Wales. Now, this will match her husband's title change, as Prince William will assume the title of Prince of Wales and will ditch his current title, the Duke of Cambridge, in the process. Prince Charles will assume a much grander title as the U.K. monarch, and he may possibly change his name (for example, his grandfather, King George VI, was born Albert Frederick Arthur George), but we won't know that until the actual time comes.
But back to Kate. The title Princess of Wales is, as most of you know, pretty loaded, emotionally speaking. The last woman to hold that title was the late Princess Diana and that was over 20 years ago. As Marie Claire dutifully notes, Camilla, the Duchess of Cornwall, chose not to take the title Princess of Wales when she married Charles in 2005. While it's never been confirmed, many believe this was done out of respect for Diana's memory.
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Fact Sheet: U.S. Security Assistance to Ukraine
These announcements bring the U.S. commitment to more than $1.7 billion in security assistance since Russia's February 24 invasion.
U.S. Air Force Staff Sergeant Rafael DeGuzman-Paniagua, 305th Aerial Port Squadron special handling representative, and Senior Airman Mario Rentero-Ruiz, 305th APS special handling specialist, secure a pallet of equipment on Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, N.J., Mar. 24, 2022. The 305th Air Mobility Wing is sending equipment to Europe as part of the United States security assistance to Ukraine. The United States supports Ukraine's sovereignty and territorial integrity. (U.S. Air Force photo by Senior Airman Joseph Morales)
The security assistance the Biden Administration is providing to Ukraine is enabling critical success on the battlefield against the Russian invading force.
The Administration is working around the clock to fulfill Ukraine's priority security assistance requests, delivering weapons from U.S. stocks when they are available, and facilitating the delivery of weapons by allies and partners when their systems better suit Ukraine's needs.
All of the anti-armor and anti-air systems from the two packages of security assistance the President approved in March have been delivered.
The Administration is continuing to work with allies and partners to identify additional weapons systems to help the Ukrainian military defend its country.
At President Zelenskyy's request, this includes helping Ukraine acquire longer-range anti-aircraft systems and munitions that they are trained to use.
More than 30 nations have sent Ukraine security assistance, thanks in part to our diplomacy.
On April 5, the Administration announced an additional $100 million in security assistance to Ukraine through Presidential Drawdown Authority. The Administration also announced $300 million in security assistance on April 1 under authorities provided by the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative.
These announcements bring the U.S. commitment to more than $1.7 billion in security assistance since Russia's February 24 invasion, and $2.4 billion since the beginning of the Administration.
United States security assistance committed to Ukraine includes:
Over 1,400 Stinger anti-aircraft systems;
Over 5,000 Javelin anti-armor systems;
Over 7,000 other anti-armor systems;
Hundreds of Switchblade Tactical Unmanned Aerial Systems;
Over 7,000 small arms;
Over 50,000,000 rounds of ammunition;
45,000 sets of body armor and helmets;
Laser-guided rocket systems;
Puma Unmanned Aerial Systems;
Four counter-artillery and counter-unmanned aerial system tracking radars;
Four counter-mortar radar systems;
Armored High Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicles;
Night vision devices, thermal imagery systems, and optics;
Tactical secure communications systems;
Commercial satellite imagery services;
Explosive ordnance disposal protective gear;
Medical supplies to include first aid kits.
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No matter what size or powertrain a buyer could want, Mercedes-Benz looks to have a crossover in its lineup to serve the customer's desires. A new spy video provides brief looks at three of the upcoming additions to the SUV lineup by showing the future GLB- and GLS-Class, plus the electrified EQ C.
First, there's a look at the upcoming GLB-Class that fills Mercedes' need for a compact, utilitarian SUV – think of the vehicle as an alternative to the GLA for folks shopping for a tougher looking crossover. The model uses a version of the MFA2 platform that's also underneath the new A-Class. By sharing underpinnings, the models to share the same engines and interior tech, including a digital gauge cluster. Rumors indicate the company might offer both five- and seven-seat variants. Expect the GLB to debut later this year or in early 2019.
Next, the EQ C appears silently motoring down the road. It looks to be around the same size as the GLB but with a more sweeping shape for the roof. Mercedes hasn't said much about the production version of the electric crossover, but the concept featured two electric motors – one at each axle – for a total of 402 horsepower (300 kilowatts) and 516 pound-feet (700 Newton-meters) of torque. The setup allowed for at least 311 miles (500 kilometers) of driving range.
Finally, the new GLS hits the street, and it bears a family resemblance to the smaller models. The next-gen SUV will be larger but will move to a new platform, which will allow for a loss of weight, too. At the very top of the range, there will likely be an opulent Mercedes-Maybach version that may have cues from the recent Maybach Vision Ultimate Luxury Concept.


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Here are the solar panel results for 3/24 – cloudy and pending rain tonight and snow in the mountains. We have had over 18 inches so far this season. Last year at this time we had 13 inches. So we are doing really well. Our average year is 14 or 15 inches. Yahoo for rain!
Here is the results from my solar panel system for Feb. 24th. Yes, it was cloudy and looked like rain most of the day.


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Hong Kong authorities are preparing to deploy water cannon-equipped vehicles to rein in street protesters who often face off with the police. Photo: HK Police/Facebook video screenshot
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Jul 31, 2019 5:32pm
Police test water cannon 'crowd management vehicles'
Police have begun road tests for specialized crowd management vehicles equipped with water cannons, with the move assuming added significance amid the ongoing spate of anti-government demonstrations in the city.
The tests started with at least one vehicle running in circles at the Police Tactical Unit (PTU) headquarters in Fanling on Tuesday morning before it was seen heading to Castle Peak Road.
It did not spray water while on the streets yesterday.
According to police, the vehicles will be ready for duty once the tests are through.
In a video clip posted on social media, police said only officers from the PTU headquarters are allowed to operate the water cannon vehicles.
There have been rumors that the police could mix the water with liquid dye in order to allow officers to identify protesters after they are dispersed, RTHK noted.
The police have refused to comment on the speculation, but said officers have completed specialized training in use of the "crowd management vehicles".
In 2015, the government sought funding approval from the Legislative Council for purchase of three anti-riot vehicles equipped with water cannons, which were estimated to cost HK$27 million in total.
According to media reports, the water cannon vehicles arrived in Hong Kong last year.
TL/JC/RC
Expert worries over third-wave spread of Wuhan pneumonia


This little fellow however is just about the right size. It comes from Sprüngli, the finest patisserier and chocolatier in Switzerland in my opinion (the more internationally known Teuscher is a distant second). The body is a creamy chocolate filled case, and the wings are almonds. He looked so cute that I could barely stand to eat him but, of course I did, right after I took this photo.
Submitted by maki on 2004-05-19 10:40.
Your chocolate bug is gorgeous - and, I bet, delicious, too!
by the way, your recipe for the rhubarb crumble pie was super. everybody wants me to make another one now!
I'm sick of the cicadas (I live in Maryland), but I'd love to be invaded by these chocolate bugs!!!
That's so cute and adorable!
Laura, I'm not sure of any food events in September in Zürich off the top of my head but I'll find out and post it here if there are.
Now that's a chocolate bug I'd actually be willing to eat.


Previewed at: Chauvel Cinema, Paddington, Sydney, on 22 July 2018.
The current #MeToo climate is a perfect time for the recent swathe of documentaries and dramas about women (cf. Whitney, Jill Bilcock: Dancing The Invisible, Ocean's 8, Mary Shelley and soon The Wife) and now we can add Julie Cohen and Betsy West's RBG, an engaging and endearing portrait of Supreme Court Judge Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Now 85 years young, this formidable warrior for gender equality has cut a path through the male-dominated US judicial system to sit in the highest court in the land. It was a long but ultimately successful journey from her initial appointment to the US Court of Appeals in 1980 (by President Jimmy Carter) to being selected as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in 1993 (by President Bill Clinton), only the second female Justice to be appointed to that august body.
Hailing from a Jewish family resident in Brooklyn, Ruth Bader, as she was then known, was an excellent student who was attracted to the law early in life and went on to study at Cornell University, where she met her future husband. After graduation, her career was not without controversy as she quickly took on some high-profile cases relating to equal rights for the sexes, cases fought in the Supreme Court while she was still a young attorney. She openly advocated for gender equality at a time when women were fighting for their rights to equal pay and equal opportunity within the workforce and strongly supported a woman's right to abortion. Bader Ginsburg, as she became after her marriage, was never afraid to stand up and be counted and, while on the Supreme Court, was often a lone dissenting voice on the bench as her fellow judges became more conservative over the years. This earned her the nickname in the press of the 'Notorious RBG', a play on the name of the rapper known as The Notorious B.I.G, and also gave her a place in popular culture, particularly in the minds of women. Diminutive in stature, Bader Ginsburg brought strength, dignity and a feminine touch to the proceedings in the Court, designing her own uniform to go with the traditional black gown worn by the male judges, comprised of a variety of lace and jewelled collars, or jabots, which she selects depending on the case at hand.
Interviews with her many admirers, including President Clinton and Gloria Steinem, reveal the level of admiration for Bader Ginsburg's work, and is reinforced by archival footage of her husband and current-day interviews with her children and grand-children. This family footage also reveals intimate details of her personal life, including the fact that she was well-known in the family for her lack of humour but her loving husband Martin ably compensated for this absence. Her love of opera saw her pen some lines for herself in a small role in the National Opera's opening night performance of The Daughter of the Regiment, which we get to see in RBG.
Bader Ginsburg's occasional outspokenness has put her on the back foot at times, most recently her comments about the selection of Donald Trump for the Presidency of the USA - she famously declared words to the effect that it was time to move to New Zealand if he was elected. She subsequently apologised for her indiscretion. Having been described as a "feminist rock star" and, "…as tough as nails", Ruth Bader Ginsburg is a force of nature, able to rise above her adversaries and still advocate for her beliefs while coming to terms with a cancer diagnosis. She makes you think of Helen Reddy's 1970s feminist anthem, 'I am woman, hear me roar'. Those lyrics are certainly pertinent in the case of the remarkable RBG.


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Lazio enquire about Eintracht's Mijat Gaćinović
Mijat Gaćinović, Source- DFB
Sergej Milinković-Savić continues to be the central hub of Lazio's transfer market. In the case of the midfielder's departure – for a cash sum not too far away from €100 million – the Biancocelesti would have the opportunity to reinforce and improve various departments of the club.
Starting with a direct replacement for the Serbian, the first name on Sporting Director Igli Tare's list, is that of Yusuf Yazici. Belonging to Turkish side Trabzonspor, he has captured the eyes of many clubs worldwide over the past few seasons and at just 22 years of age, has a load of potential similar to Sergej. In addition, according to the editorial staff of La Lazio Siamo Noi, Mijat Gaćinović has been enquired about. Born in 1995, the player primarily plays as an attacking midfielder, however, he is also capable of playing as a central midfielder or a left/right midfielder. The same nationality as Sergej, the player is owned by Bundesliga side Eintracht Frankfurt – a side who was in the same group as Lazio in last year's UEFA Europa League.
As it stands, the 24 year-old has a contract until 2022 with the German side and he is happy to remain at the club. For this reason, a generous contract (and salary) would have to be offered to the club (and the player) if any deal is to transpire. For now, however, it is a waiting game for Lazio as they count down the days until the end of the transfer window.
Tags: Eintracht Frankfurt, Lazio, Mijat Gaćinović
Marius Adamonis close to Catanzaro
Klose: "Today's generation no longer has the right attitude"


Meetings International proudly announces the International Conference on Hepatitis scheduled during September 24-25, 2018 in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The conference emphasizes the theme "Discovering and Redesigning Treatment for Hepatitis".
Meetings International provides an international dais for scientists and experts professionals to Exchange Ideas, Knowledge and Networking at its 100+ International Conferences. International Conference on Hepatitis 2018 brings upon and initial platform to share and look at the most recent headways, examples, and concerns, useful troubles experienced and the results completed in the field of Hepatitis. This conference helps to to learn about the Disease and Diagnosis Treatment. The gathering incorporates Plenary lectures, keynote lectures by famous personalities from around the world in addition to poster presentation, young researcher sessions, symposiums, workshop and Exhibitions.


A common problem with electrodes is finding the right places to attach them for maximum relief and benefit when using a TENS unit for foot pain. It's a process of trial and error – even for Doctors, Physical therapists and other health care professionals. This applies to EMS and other Neurostimulation modes as well.
Using the Advanced Foot Energizer as a TENS and EMS unit for foot pain is marvelous for the simple reason it eliminates placement guess work and treats the entire area evenly. It's the special plantar foot pads that allow the Energizer to perform as large foot fitting electrodes.
The bottom of our feet is like a fuse box. There are several pressure points on the bottom of our feet and these pressure points are associated with other parts of out body. By stimulating the pressure points the body part associated with the pressure point is also stimulated. The Advanced Foot Energizer stimulates these pressure points while at the same time activating your circulation in your feet and legs. It is by far the easiest method of using a tens unit for foot pain.
The foot pads on the Advanced Foot Energizer are divided into different areas that target individual parts of your feet. Chinese medicine traditionally refers to these areas as "foot meridians". In reflexology, the understanding is that all the different parts of your body are connected to the soles of your feet. Stimulating the specific areas of the bottom of your feet can help to improve your overall health. Because it uses this unique combination of both Western and Chinese medicine techniques the Advanced Foot Energizer is an excellent choice for treating feet that are tired and painful.
Please note that if you have neuropathy you may not feel the stimulation right away, even at full strength. Customers report either feeling the stimulation immediately to up to two weeks before feeling the sensation with consistent use. Take it at your pace but use it at lease once or twice per day for at least 25 minutes. Consistent use is the key; don't expect to get the same results sitting down for two hours once a week as you would if you used the Advanced Foot Energizer 25 minutes every day. You may also use the body pads to apply stimulation concurrently to your calf muscles increasing the circulation even further. If you suspect you have or have been diagnosed with neuropathy visit with your doctor about using electrical stimulation for your feet.
If you are a runner, hiker, or cyclist with foot and ankle pain then the Advanced Foot Energizer is the perfect tool for post workout recovery. It is relaxing and really eases pain from running on trails and roads. The body pads can be used to stimulate your knees or leg muscles at the same time as you are treating your feet, helping to condition your muscles and speed recovery time.
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Neuromuscular adaptations of the plantar flexor muscles were assessed before and subsequent to short-term electromyostimulation (EMS) training. Eight subjects underwent 16 sessions of isometric EMS training over 4 wk. Surface electromyographic (EMG) activity and torque obtained under maximal voluntary and electrically evoked contractions were analyzed to distinguish neural adaptations from contractile changes. After training, plantar flexor voluntary torque significantly increased under isometric conditions at the training angle (+8.1%, P< 0.05) and at the two eccentric velocities considered (+10.8 and +13.1%, P < 0.05). Torque gains were accompanied by higher normalized soleus EMG activity and, in the case of eccentric contractions, also by higher gastrocnemii EMG (P < 0.05). There was an 11.9% significant increase in both plantar flexor maximal voluntary activation (P < 0.01) and postactivation potentiation (P < 0.05), whereas contractile properties did not change after training. In the absence of a change in the control group, it was concluded that an increase in neural activation likely mediates the voluntary torque gains observed after short-term EMS training.
Electrostimulation training effects on the physical performance of ice hockey players.
Brocherie F(1), Babault N, Cometti G, Maffiuletti N, Chatard JC.
1. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2005 Mar;37(3):455-60.
skating, and vertical jump performance of a group of ice hockey players.
specific conditions were measured using an infrared photoelectric system.
velocities) and short skating performance of a group of ice hockey players.
The effects of electromyostimulation training and basketball practice on muscle strength and jumping ability.
Maffiuletti NA(1), Cometti G, Amiridis IG, Martin A, Pousson M, Chatard JC.
1. Int J Sports Med. 2000 Aug;21(6):437-43.
this was not the case for low concentric velocities (60 and 120 degrees x s(-1)).
Gondin J(1), Guette M, Ballay Y, Martin A.
1. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2005 Aug;37(8):1291-9.
examined to analyze muscular changes.
no changes occurred in the RF muscle.
changes selectively involved the monoarticular vastii muscles.
From the above studies we can conclude that using a tens unit for foot pain will not only reduce pain, but that ther are significant gains in muscle conditioning and strengthening as well.


It is so nice that he has learned to share!
Dear Jan: Thank you for the support my friend. Here's wishing you and your loved ones A Happy New Year filled with peace, joy and love. All my best wishes on the last day of 2014, Leon.
Very interesting dear. I enjoyed your magic with smile. Best wishes to you.
funny funny, we need laughter~!
hmmm, was his lodger his todger? so who was he sharing his bed with before that? hahaha. good one, my silly friend!!
I found this one a little offensive. I can't really explain why, I just just do. Signed Rodger!
Delightful, dear Jan! A good lesson! Beautiful Limerick!
Maybe you could write me a poem about a stick shift.
It took me a few minutes to find out what a todger is. I must say I know it better as a stick shift. I bet you he doesn't go anywhere without it. :-).


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Le Profesionalen Fudbolen Klub Etar 1924 (en ), plus couramment abrégé en Etar 1924, est un ancien club bulgare de football fondé en 1924 et disparu en 2013, et basé dans la ville de Veliko Tarnovo.

Histoire

Fondé en 1924, le club est sacré champion de Bulgarie lors de la saison 1990-1991.

En 2012-2013, alors que l'équipe première participe à la première division bulgare, le club connait des difficultés financières et est finalement dissous.

Un nouveau club est fondé sous le nom d'« Etar Veliko Tarnovo », qui repart pour la saison 2013-2014 en ligue V AFG, la troisième division bulgare, en reprenant la licence du Botev Debelets avec lequel il fusionne.

Bilan sportif

Palmarès

Parcours européen

Personnalités du club

Présidents du club
  Petar Danchev
  Ender Dormushev

Entraîneurs du club

  Emil Dimitrov ( - )
  Stoyan Petrov ( - )
  Velin Kefalov ( - )
  Sasho Angelov ( - )
  Nikolay Arnaudov ( - )
  Velin Kefalov ( - )

  Georgi Todorov ( - )
  Tsanko Tsvetanov ( - )
  Dayat Serdar ( - )
  Grigor Petkov ( - )
  Rumen Dankov ( - )

Joueurs emblématiques

  Krasimir Balakov
  Emil Dimitrov
  Trifon Ivanov

  Tsanko Tsvetanov
  Stefan Velitschkov
  Ilian Kiriakov

Notes et références

Club de football disparu en Bulgarie
Club de football fondé en 1924
Club de football disparu en 2013
Veliko Tarnovo


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Blackhawks Look to Snap Losing Streak vs. Lowly Sabres
By James Neveau	• Published December 8, 2017
The Chicago Blackhawks will once again have a reshuffled lineup when they take on the Buffalo Sabres on Friday night.
The lineup changes come after a blowout defeat at the hands of the Washington Capitals on Wednesday, and they feature a rookie in a new place.
That rookie is winger Alex DeBrincat, who will skate on the team's top line alongside Brandon Saad and Jonathan Toews on Friday. DeBrincat has been one of the team's top scorers in recent weeks, racking up 10 goals and five assists since the beginning of November, and Joel Quenneville will hope that he will add some offensive upside to a line that hasn't produced much this season.
Artem Anisimov and Patrick Kane will also be reunited on the team's second line, and Nick Schmaltz will shift from center to wing to accommodate the move.
The bottom six have some question marks, as Vincent Hinostroza was recalled by the Blackhawks on Friday. He could theoretically jump into the mix, but Quenneville has not indicated which of his players would make way for the youngster if that is indeed the direction that he goes.
Goaltender Corey Crawford will be back in net for the Blackhawks after missing the last week with a lower body injury. He was activated from injured reserve prior to the game, with Jean-Francois Berube heading back to Rockford.
The Key: Get Traffic to Take Advantage of Defensive Shots
The Blackhawks have been getting a ton of shots from their blue liners in recent games, but goaltenders have had a relatively easy time stopping them as screens have been virtually non-existent in front of the net.
Duncan Keith is the player that has been victimized most by this failure to screen goaltenders, and his struggles are quickly becoming remarkable in nature. Keith has failed to score on his last 94 shots on goal dating back to last season, and he had seven shots in the team's loss to Washington on Wednesday night.
Whatever the cause of Keith's issues, traffic in front of the net will only help him, and the rest of the team, as they try to score enough goals to put away a bad Buffalo squad on Friday.
Chicago BlackhawksPatrick KaneAlex DeBrincatDuncan Keith


Abstracts: How do School Inspections aim to further School Improvement?
Many countries across the world arrange for evaluation of their schools and teachers in order to improve the quality of education. The quest for quality has become even more focused in the recent decade when economic globalization has increased the significance of quality education and international assessments of student performance provided measures for comparative appreciation of education results. Many education systems have attempted to modernize their governance by establishing some variety of an "evidence-based governance regime".
These regimes are generally built on two dominant arrangements (Maag Merki 2010). The first one includes performance standards, setting expectations for student performance and using tests to evaluate student performance. The other arrangement is school inspections. Inspectorates of Education set expectations by virtue of their inspection standards and procedures; they assess the quality of education and hold schools accountable for a broad range of goals related to student achievement, teaching, organization and leadership. Achievement data on performance of schools may also be used as part of the evidence base to evaluate outcomes of schools.
Both arrangements are often implemented side by side in an attempt to build more balanced accountability systems. These balanced accountability systems are expected to address existing problems with e.g. score inflation of performance/test-based accountability systems and bureaucratization resulting from school inspections.
This session brings together a number of papers that are part of a comparative EU project studying the impact of different types of school inspections on the functioning of schools. The evidence base presented in the session will enhance our understanding of potential effects and side effects of accountability systems using school inspections.
There has been considerable discussion in the policy and research communities about the measures used to hold schools and teachers accountable and to promote school improvement. As of yet, we have no clear models to follow, and evidence on the effectiveness of school inspections is particularly lacking. This session provides some important insights into the mechanisms that are supposed to facilitate the effects of school inspections, bringing together perspectives from different countries. This knowledge is a necessary precursor to empirical research into the mechanisms of school inspections and to the development of effective accountability systems.
The session includes three papers from a comparative EU study on the impact of school inspections in seven European countries. The first paper presents a background literature review and the conceptual model of the study in which the "program theories" (Leuuw 2003) of the inspection systems of the seven participating countries are summarized. The two subsequent papers present address different aspect of the study. The second examines the program theory of a decentralized country – in this case Switzerland - and will seek to address the reality that sees significant diversity of diversity of school inspection practices which aim towards the same goal. The third will use the data that has emerged from the first stage of the quantitative study concentrating on the case of Austria to evaluate and discuss the "program theory".


BACKGROUND AND RESULTS: Acute coronary syndromes (unstable angina and acute myocardial infarction) are generally caused by thrombosis over a disrupted atherosclerotic plaque. During the acute phase, antithrombotic therapy (including aspirin and heparin) has been shown to reduce the risk of death or myocardial infarction (MI). The purpose of this review is to examine the high-risk period for clinical thrombotic events that extends for several weeks after presentation and to review the treatments aimed at reducing these events. RESULTS: More than half of clinical events reported during the first month occur after the first 3 to 5 days that comprise the standard in-hospital treatment period. Several different antithrombotic approaches have been tested, including longer duration of antiplatelet therapy, anticoagulant treatment, and oral glycoprotein (GP) IIb/IIIa inhibitors. Aspirin is effective at reducing risk, and clopidogrel provides additional benefit, as does dalteparin for at least the first month. Warfarin in addition to aspirin, while generally disappointing, has not been adequately tested at higher doses. Oral GP IIb/IIIa inhibitors cause a paradoxic increased risk of death for unclear reasons. CONCLUSION: Further reduction of risk during the weeks after presentation with acute coronary syndromes remains an important therapeutic goal.


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