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Obesity rates of young low-income children start to decrease
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Elementary children in Pottstown get some gardening experience by putting tomato plants in the ground. More and more schools are enacting policies and programs to prevent or reduce childhood obesity.
Jennifer Maldonado, on the right, and Rubi Mendez use kid-friendly exercise machines during an after-school program in Pottstown. Many schools and organizations are starting to implement fitness and nutrition programs for children.
Students at Rupert Elementary School in Pottstown ride indoor bicycles while in the classroom. Many schools are adding fitness and nutrition initiatives to prevent or reduce childhood obesity.
Applesauce and carrots are packaged for school lunch meals. School policies are beginning to incorporate healthier nutrition options to prevent or reduce childhood obesity.
Pepper, cucumbers and tomatoes are displayed. With Childhood Obesity rates remaining high across the country, many schools are beginning to use fresh and healthier ingredients to prepare meals.
Children swing at a community park in Boyertown. A visit to a park or playground can provide outdoor exercise opportunities for all children.
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PUBLISHED: December 9, 2016 at 8:20 a.m. | UPDATED: September 23, 2021 at 9:02 a.m.
It's no news that obesity is a serious national epidemic but it is news that obesity rates among young low-income children are starting to level off and even decrease in some states.
Two organizations focused on community health, Trust for America's Health and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, recently released new data visuals showing how obesity rates of 2-to-4-year-old WIC participants have changed since 2010. The acronym WIC stands for "Women, Infants and Children" and it's a federal nutrition program for low-income mothers and children up to 5 years old.
The new data can be found on the State of Obesity website. The data shows that obesity rates among 2-to-4-year-old WIC participants decreased in 31 states and three territories.
"Lower income families are particularly at risk so seeing improvement in that population is really heartening," said Richard Hamburg, Trust for America's Health interim president and CEO, in a recent phone interview.
Pennsylvania wasn't one of the states to see a decrease among that particular population but the obesity rate remained stable compared to recent years at 12.9 percent. This makes Pennsylvania's obesity rate among young children WIC participants the 13th lowest out of 50 states and the District of Columbia.
REDUCING OBESITY RATES A REFLECTION OF POLICIES
Hamburg said the stable and decreasing obesity rates is a reflection of policy changes in state and federal programs that are making nutrition and the health of children a priority.
"The WIC program itself now provides nutritious foods, nutrition education and breastfeeding promotion. Just two years ago, the Department of Agriculture finalized changes to the WIC program to further improve nutrition and health for the nation's low-income pregnant women, new mothers, infants and young children" he said.
In addition to childhood obesity rates, the State of Obesity website also has visuals displaying how the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is tracking which states have policies that intend to prevent obesity in child care settings. According the CDC's Early Care and Education State Indicator Report, Pennsylvania has been working for at least six years to address obesity in early care and education settings.
Hamburg said there are several other federal programs besides WIC focusing on preventing or decreasing the rates of kids that are obese or overweight. He said the Head Start children readiness program is revising their standards for the first time in 40 years.
"Those final standards are expected by year's end and include increased focus on supporting health and well-being," Hamburg said.
He said the Child and Adult Food Program benefits more than 4 million low-income children. The program aims to improve the diets of children and adults by helping them develop healthy eating habits, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Education website.
Hamburg said the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act of 2010 was updated this year to resemble the recommended dietary guidelines for Americans by incorporating whole grains, fruits and vegetables and less added sugars.
"So you're seeing this pattern," he said.
Hamburg said recent data is showing progress in reducing the obesity rates among young WIC participants but high obesity rates across the country are still of major concern.
"While (child) obesity among the WIC age population has declined in recent years, they remain high with the national average still well, well above what it was just 25 years ago," he said.
Rates of childhood obesity in general remain in the double digits for many states including Pennsylvania. According to 2015 data, the obesity rate among high school children in Pennsylvania was 14 percent.
Public Citizens for Children and Youth, a children's advocacy group, found that 1 in 3 children of Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware counties were obese or overweight. The information was released in 2014 as part of the group's "Bottom Line is Children" reports.
Hamburg said patterns in policy changes are also starting to appear for school-age children. He said many schools are getting rid of vending machines or are including healthier options in those machines. Several schools are also beginning to remove the deep fryers and prepare meals using fresh and healthier ingredients, he said.
As for exercise, Hamburg said transportation policies are promoting bike paths and safe walking routes.
"There's a whole national program through the Department of Transportation called Safe Routes to School which is just what it says. It's providing safer option for kids to get to schools," he said.
LOW-INCOME CHILDREN AT A HIGHER RISK FOR OBESITY
Hamburg said when it comes to the causes of childhood obesity, income is a big factor.
"Low-income households more commonly live in food insecure areas where healthy food is limited due to cost, proximity and other resources," he said. "Fifty-one percent of U.S. public school students are from low-income families or eligible for free or reduced priced meals. So that's a significant number of kids that are low-income."
In October, Public Citizens for Children and Youth released reports that found more children in Suburban Southeast Pennsylvania counties are facing economic hardships than was true during the recession. The group's "Left Out" series studied the poverty status of children in Bucks, Montgomery, Chester and Delaware Counties. The Delaware County report was the first in the series to be released.
"An American tragedy is happening right before our eyes, yet it's very hard to see. The headline news touts a strong economic recovery, and monthly jobs reports amplify that message. But PCCY (Public Citizens for Children and Youth) dug into the data and Delaware County found a very different and alarming story that does not bode well for children or the county," said Donna Cooper, executive director of Public Citizens for Children and Youth, in a press release.
The "Left Out" series found the same to be true of Bucks, Chester and Montgomery Counties.
Hamburg said the WIC program and other federal programs are beginning to address the link between low-income families and obesity rates. He said the good news is that more states are starting to change policy to reflect the obesity epidemic but that there is still much to be done.
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Lu Hanessian is an award-winning writer, author of Let the Baby Drive, Picnic on a Cloud, upcoming book Return to Tender, and columnist of Driving Lessons. She is a veteran television journalist, former NBC anchor and Discovery Health Channel host and presently co-host of Liberty Treehouse, The Blaze TV on Dish Network. Her writing has been published in the New York Times, Mothering and Child magazine, and she has appeared on CNN, The Today Show, MSNBC, FOX News and The View. As an educator and founder of Parent2ParentU, Lu leads an online resource for parent growth, education and support.
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The media has been referred to as "The Fourth Estate" with the important function of being the news media – "the press" – and serving as the eyes and ears of the public. The traditional print and media reporting has been viewed over time as the way to insure the American public gets the real scoop on the functioning of government and viewpoints of political candidate. The news media is a societal or political force or institution whose influence is not consistently or officially recognized. A free press serves four essential purposes:
Holding government leaders accountable to the people.
Publicizing issues that need attention.
Educating citizens so they can make informed decisions, and
Connecting people with each other in civil society.
Free media plays an important role in influencing political discourse during elections. When free and balanced, traditional media (print and broadcast) foster transparency and the determination of important electoral information. The rise of new media provides further opportunities for participatory citizenship.
Citizens are increasingly turning to social media platforms to follow election news and developments. Referred to as "The Fifth Estate," this form of "news" media is a socio-cultural reference to groupings of outlier viewpoints in contemporary society, and is most associated with bloggers, journalists publishing in non-mainstream media outlets, and the social media.
The media has immense power within the American democracy because just about all Americans get their news from cable news and social media rather than hard news sources. The problem today is these very people who report the news are biased towards one candidate or the other, as we have learned in the Trump-Clinton campaigns.
Gone are the days when Americans trusted the media and relied on it for hard news. There are no Edward R. Murrow's around anymore, David Brinkley, or Walter Cronkite. I suppose for most people the person who most engenders trust and reliability today is Wolf Blitzer. The worst comment I've heard about him is he is boring. Well, I think we need more boring and less biased opinionated statements today. [Editor to Wolf: Please stop saying "right now" every time you raise an issue to be discussed].
As I blogged about last Tuesday, the press has acted with impunity by selectively reporting information about the Clinton and Trump campaigns based on who they are supporting in this election. By being part of the dirty tricks and behavior drip, drip, drip, the media is playing the role of "The Sixth Estate," that of biased newsfeed.
Citizens are increasingly turning to social media platforms to follow election news and developments. According to a 2014 Pew Research Center survey, 16 percent of registered American voters used social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter to get political information and follow election news during the 2014 U.S. midterm elections, more than doubling the number of registered voters who used social media for the same purpose in 2010.
In many ways, the rise of the Internet and the social web has made things a lot better when it comes to being informed about the world. But in other ways—as with so many other things the Internet touches—it has made them much worse. And our trusted relationship with media (to the extent that we ever had one) has taken the brunt of the damage.
The click economy has driven even traditional, mainstream media outlets to focus on quick hits and "viral" stories, even if they have little truth to them. And even if those stories are later corrected, only a tiny number of people will see or share the correction. In any case, opinions have already been formed, biases established, and alliances strengthened.
Trust in the media is at an historic low. There are a number of reasons, but one of the most obvious ones is that today's media landscape looks nothing like what U.S. news consumers took for granted in 1972, or 1982, or 1992, or even 2002.
These days, politicians often complain about bias in the media, usually a liberal bias against the views of conservative politicians. They complain that the media's ability to decide which stories to report often reflects its partisanship. The news media would like us to think that the bias is restricted to the media's outlet's commentary and opinion pages. Have they read their own newspapers lately?
The ethics of print and social media folks can be questioned on many levels including a failure to act unbiased in reporting the news; spinning the stories to advance the cause of their "chosen" candidate, and even coloring the questions asked during political debates.
The sad story is America has morphed into a culture of citizens who do not want to put in the time to truly learn about the issues facing our country and are taken in by the salaciousness of cable news and social media reporting and, in this regard, these media outlets have acted irresponsibly.
Blog posted by Steven Mintz, aka Ethics Sage, on October 20, 2016. Dr. Mintz is Professor Emeritus from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. He also blogs at: www.workplaceethicsadvice.com.
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Women's Health Issues Key for Both Parties in Senate Campaigns
August 20, 2014 — Republicans vying for Senate seats in the midterm election are working to rally abortion-rights opponents and "counterbalance" Democrats' criticism of GOP positions on women's health issues, The Hill reports.
Republicans would need to gain six Senate seats to win control of the chamber, according to The Hill .
The GOP strategy is built around a bill (S 1670) from Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) that would prohibit abortion after 20 weeks of pregnancy. A conservative group called Women Speak Out PAC is targeting three Democratic senators who oppose Graham's bill: Sens. Mary Landrieu (La.), Mark Pryor (Ark.) and Kay Hagan (N.C.).
The group plans to spend between $8 million and $10 million this election cycle, fund several ad campaigns and set up field offices in key states. Another group called National Right to Life Victory Fund plans to spend $250,000 on advertising against Landrieu.
Democrats Target GOP's Stance on Birth Control
Meanwhile, the Planned Parenthood Action Fund, EMILY's List and other abortion-rights groups are backing Democratic candidates in federal and state races and highlighting Republicans' efforts to restrict birth control access, among other issues. The groups have "an enormous cash advantage" over their antiabortion-rights counterparts, according to The Hill (Viebeck, The Hill , 8/20).
EMILY's List President Stephanie Schriock argued that "momentum" is also on Democrats' side. "Democratic women have been at the forefront on every major issue and not only are Americans impressed, they are ready to send them reinforcements," she said.
Donors have contributed more than $46 million to candidates and political committees linked to EMILY's List, including nearly $6 million in July alone. The group is supporting senators such as Hagan and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), as well as several state-level Democratic candidates (Elliot, AP/San Francisco Chronicle , 8/20).
PPAF likely will spend up to $20 million during this election cycle, including $3 million in North Carolina ( The Hill , 8/20).


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Do you plan to study at the A-level program? Then our article will be very useful for you: here we tell you how to choose the right subjects for studying on the course so that you can enter the selected university and the priority faculty without problems .
Many universities set specific A-level standards for their faculties: this is a list of compulsory subjects and a specific passing grade for them. Of course, it is better to update the most relevant information directly from higher education institutions, since requirements may vary from year to year, but certain regularities can still be identified. Carefully familiarize yourself with the reception features before registering your A-level certificate in the UCAS application.
Geology: you can choose biology, physics, mathematics or chemistry (these four subjects always enter the introductory requirements in a combination).
The more diverse your "set" of subjects, the wider your opportunities for admission, but the more difficult it will be for you to decide on the faculty and specialty. Do not forget that if you have certain abilities and talents (for example, you succeed in dramatic art), it is worth choosing a profile subject for studying at the level of A-level. Firstly, it will give an opportunity to enter in your A-level certificate a subject passed on high scores. Secondly, if you decide to engage in theater professionally, passing the A-level exam will lay an excellent solid foundation for profile training and open doors to the right universities.
If you choose a direction for A-level based on what you need to acquire a profession, there is nothing to worry about - it is a persistent motivation that will give you strength for deep Studying complex subjects. But if you chose disciplines for A-level based on what you are just interested in, and earlier this subject was easily given to you, then be careful. The study of directions at the level of A-level is much more difficult thanlevel of GCSE - objectively evaluate your strengths and degree of interest: will you really draw a deeper level?
It often happens that certain faculties carefully rank items on the A-level: they select not only the most priority, but also report that some are considered insufficiently significant, desirable and effective. For example, such lists areThe University of Bath (Faculty of Architecture), University of Sheffield, The London School of Economics and Political Science and others.
Do not trust the words of even seemingly knowing people blindly - check everything in deed and according to official facts.
Official statement: "We do not accept candidates who pass Critical Thinking or General Studies, among other subjects there are no preferences"
Admission statistics: approximately 14% of students already enrolled in the desired Law faculty, they passed the level of A-level psychology.
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We arrived safely in Delhi Saturday afternoon. We must have had good tail winds as the flight from Chicago was "only" 13.5 hours. A big answer to prayer is that our luggage made it too. Seen here is Shane's view of the Himalayas as we passed over.
The Delhi/New Dehli metropolitan area has a population of 17 to 18 million. To put that in perspective, that's nearly three times the population of the State of Indiana in an area smaller than Marion and Hendricks Counties combined.
Last summer during their visit to Connection Pointe, ministry leaders Victor John, Prakash James and Usha Das described to us their Community Learning Center concept. Today, and the rest of this week, we get to see CLCs in action. In short, CLCs minister to a variety of human needs in a community, thus opening the door to the gospel. This approach has been generally well accepted by community and government leaders in a nation where Christianity is a minority religion.


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Ben and the Spider Lake
by Angela Fish
When Ben arrives home from his holidays near the Dark Mountains, he finds out that the lane at the back of his garden is going to be dug up. He's worried because he knows that the spiders who live under the lane will lose their home and could even be hurt. He has to find Lox, the guardian of the Spider Gate to tell him what's going to happen. Ben and his best friend Jess try desperately to think of somewhere that the spiders could live but they only have four weeks before the workmen arrive.
Can they find a safe home for the spiders? If they do, how will they move them? Is there anyone who could help? Maybe Gran has some ideas.
N T (Reviewer)
What a lovely book The Captain's Favourite Treasure by Angela Fish is. Beautiful illustrations throughout the book - a must for any child who loves a good pirate story with an adventure to a pirate island. He meets Dolphins, Fire tigers, Monkeys, Fish and many more animals. Tom then visits the Rainbow Island then the Christmas Island and many more Islands looking for Captain Crank's favourite treasure.
This story was very thoughtful, and Tom could be a boy or girl pirate who is having an adventure looking for treasure and visiting Islands.
The Captain's Favourite Treasure by Angela Fish is very colourful and I loved it. Great book for any child and would be great for the pre-school going up to the classroom and this will be used for my classes. I can see a project coming out of this story and some role play with my students.
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Adorable children's book! I liked each fantasy island he searched. The illustrations were great. It taught a great lesson about "treasure"
J L (Reviewer)
My kids and I all loved this book. There was enough going on in the illustrations to hold their attention the whole way through, and we all loved the ending. Great for early readers too.
S M (Reviewer)
Cute story about a pirate boy named Tom who goes searching for the Captain's favourite treasure. Cute illustrations and the story has a nice flow to it.
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This is a very good title for early readers. The repetition used will help them anticipate words and build confidence in their reading skills, and the final discovery of the Captain's Treasure and the things we value provides a good lesson.
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Angela Fish
Angela Fish is a writer who specialises in intergenerational communication, women's writing and Welsh Writing in English. She gained her M Phil in Literature at the University of Glamorgan in 1995, and also established and directed the Wales Centre for Intergenerational Practice, based at the university. She worked with local schools and communities, over a period of ten years, to improve communication between the generations. Her writing has appeared in New Welsh Review (now New Welsh Reader), Writers' Forum, Bulletin of the Welsh Academy, The Newsletter of the National Language Unit for Wales, Book News from Wales, and include non-fiction, and poetry. She also wrote a Study Guide for secondary school pupils, published by the University of Glamorgan, which focused on the work of welsh writers and war. One of her poems won second prize in Writers' Forum poetry competition, and another was highly commended. A short story was runner-up for a Women's Weekly competition.
Angela's first book for children was Ben and the Spider Gate (The Book Guild, 2015); the second was Ben and the Spider Prince (The Book Guild, 2016), and the third in the series is Ben and the Spider Lake (The Book Guild, 2016). The themes of all three have been influenced by Angela's intergenerational work, her love of the environment and the natural world, and a fascination with mythology and magic. In 2016, she was invited to give a live interview on the Roy Noble Show, on BBC Radio Wales, and several articles about her work have appeared in local newspapers. Her latest publication is The Captain's Favourite Treasure (Matador, 2018).
From 2010 to 2016, Angela belonged to a writer's group and began to experiment with writing different genres, often in response to specific stimuli. It was here that all four children's books were developed and where her current work in progress, The Fractured Globe, was conceived, drawing on her interest in human relationships and the nature/nurture debate.
She is a member of The Society of Authors [SoA], and the SoA Children's Writers and Illustrators Group, and also a member of the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators [SCBWI]. Angela lives in south Wales.
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I hope all of you in the States had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I know we did. Part of my contribution to the feast were these yummy and super adorable S'mores Mini Pies. They were crazy fast to make, I'm talking like 15 minutes and you could really have everything for them on hand and make them whenever.
It's basically just chocolate pudding topped with a equal parts cool whip marshmallow cream mixture and chocolate sprinkles. Easy peasy. Thanks to Kristyn at Lil' Luna for the recipe! And of course now, I'm obsessed with those little pie crusts, you will definitely be seeing more of them here.
These are really cute but most importantly delicious!
Those smores pies look delicious, and super fun!
Those look delicious! I've never had a smore, I want to try one.
OMG!!! What a great idea!!!!! SO much easier to eat that way!! YUM!
What a great idea! These look delicious, and they are so cute, too! Thanks for sharing!
These look delicious. I would love for you to share them at this weeks Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop.
This looks so interesting! Great recipe! Thanks you shared it at my link party!
Oh Marissa, I'm totally digging your S'mores pies. Like little pieces of heaven in pie form.
You are so talented!! This is beautiful!! We hope you will come back this week! Thanks so much for sharing at Wednesday's Adorned From Above Blog Hop. This weeks party starts at 12:01AM on Wednesday and runs through Sunday night. Have a great week.
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Manchester United swoop anticipated for signing, could reach €70m – Club preparing themselves for big summer transfer
Harry Maguire and Victor Lindelöf's partnership in the heart of Manchester United's defence has not left the majority of supporters convinced.
That's because United conceded 31 goals in the league and the defensive errors cost them a place in the knockout stages of the Champions League.
Various names are linked to the Old Trafford club and this includes Sevilla's Jules Koundé.
On February 16th, we covered claims made in Spain the Premier League side are 'willing to offer up to €70m' for the Frenchman. He has a buyout clause of €90m.
Julen Lopetegui's side have started planning for the future and have identified Feyenoord's Marcos Senesi as a possible replacement for Koundé.
That's according to La Razón, who say the Europa League winners are aware it will be 'difficult' for them to retain the 23-year-old, more so after Bayern Munich agreed a deal for Dayot Upamecano.
It's claimed Manchester United, Real Madrid and Paris Saint-Germain are looking at Koundé, which is why Sevilla have identified Senesi as his potential successor. The Feyenoord man is still on been on the Spanish club's radar after they failed to sign him in the winter market.
Sevilla will be forced to part ways with a few of their players and this was confirmed by their chief, José María Cruz.
"The difference this season is that we have not made a big sale, but we will have to do it throughout this year if we want to build a great squad again. Once the season is over we will surely have offers for the players and that decision will have to be made," José María Cruz was quoted as saying by La Razón.
Manchester United and other suitors have also received encouragement as Sevilla have no plans to increase Koundé's release clause.
"I am never a supporter, by concept, of improving a player who has had a good season in his first year. Because past returns do not guarantee future returns and because if you increase the termination clause you do so in amounts that no one is going to pay; and raising a player's salary to raise a clause to amounts that no one would pay… sometimes, it's not a good choice," José María Cruz added.
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Carbery
Located in West Cork, Carbery Group is owned by four West Cork cooperatives - Bandon, Barryroe, Drinagh & Lisavaird. With a heritage stretching back over fifty years, Carbery is a leading international manufacturer of value-added ingredients, flavours and cheese, exporting to over 50 different markets. Central to Carbery's approach is a dedication to sustainability, always working in partnership with its farmer shareholders and communities. This can be attributed to its co-operative ethos which is fundamental to how Carbery does business. The focus of the Carbery sustainability agenda revolves around 5 key pillars; Environment, Supply Chain, Marketplace, People and Community.
Sustainability at Carbery
Sustainability and social responsibility are central to Carbery's business model and journey of growth. As a co-operative owned Group, Carbery pursues economic viability and social responsibility in everything they do.
As part of it's first Bord Bia Sustainability Charter Programme, Carbery exceeded all of its Origin Green sustainability targets ahead of schedule, this included a reduction in energy use/unit of production by 22.2% over the period 2012 to 2016 and a reduction in water consumption/unit of production by 12.9% in the same period.
Carbery has a very strong cooperative ethos and has always looked after its farmer shareholders, especially through the provision of first-rate milk prices.
Carbery has been fortunate enough to receive a succession of sustainability awards over the past number of years and key initiatives include:
1. Carbery Greener Dairy Farmers Initiative www.carbery.com/digitalstorytelling/
2. Energy management and the procurement of 100% renewable electricity at Ballineen
3. Enhancing local biodiversity and offsetting carbon emissions through the Carbery Trees planting initiative (45,000 native trees planted to date)
4. Commitment to Responsible Sourcing: Carbery is committed to sourcing 100% of its milk from suppliers participating in Bord Bia's Sustainable Dairy Assurance Scheme (SDAS).
5. Green 50 waste reduction project http://green50.ie/carbery-makes-good-green-50-pledge/
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Spotlight Target Area: Biodiversity
Promoting and supporting enhanced biodiversity both in the company's production
facilities and on the farms of its suppliers has been a key priority of Carbery, with
several biodiversity initiatives on its site, including the Carbery Millennium project,
where over two acres of oak trees and 20 bird boxes were planted in an adjacent
field to its Ballineen facility. At Carbery's Ballineen facility, a walled garden on-site
underwent considerable work in 2019 to restore it to a haven of biodiversity and
wildlife. At the company's wastewater treatment plant, a phacelia meadow was sown
along with a wide variety of plants. Carbery has also long supported biodiversity
initiatives on farms, which included an ecological assessment being carried out on 50
Carbery Greener Dairy farms. This illustrated that the farms had on average 10–15%
semi-natural habitat cover which is significantly greater than the European average of
5%. To date, the Carbery Trees initiative has seen over 45,000 native trees planted all
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Elder John Crandall (15 February 1618 – 29 November 1676) was a Baptist minister, born in Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England and was one of the founding settlers of Westerly, Rhode Island.

Biography

English roots
Crandall was born in 1618 (baptized February 15, 1617/8) in Westerleigh, Gloucestershire, England to James Crandall, a yeoman of Kendleshire in that parish, and his first wife Eleanor.  The name was probably taken from Crundelend in Abberley, Worcestershire, where people bearing the name were concentrated in the 16th century.  Crandall's great-grandfather Nicholas Crundall (died 1589) of Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire came to south Gloucestershire in 1572 as the vicar of the parish of Winterbourne. Nothing else is known of John Crandall's life in England prior to his emigration to America, except that his relatives started spelling the name "Crandall" around 1610.

In America
The first documentation for Crandall in America is in 1643 when he appears as a grand jury member in Newport. He became a prominent member of the First Baptist Church in Newport, and subsequently the first elder of the denomination at Westerly, Rhode Island. He went to Lynn, Massachusetts with John Clarke and Obadiah Holmes to hold services for the Baptists; he was arrested there on July 21, 1651 and sent to prison in Boston. Ten days later, he was convicted of breaking the law by holding services and fined five pounds, in default of which he was to be publicly whipped. He was released upon his promise to appear at the next term of court.

In 1655, he was a freeman of Rhode Island; he was a commissioner in 1658-59 and 1662–63. He signed a letter with eight others to the court of commissioners of Rhode Island dated August 27, 1661 in relation to a tract of land at Westerly where they desired to settle. He and Joseph Torrey were appointed commissioners on May 14, 1669 to treat with Connecticut concerning the jurisdiction of disputed territory, and the colony of Rhode Island gave him 35 shillings to pay his expenses to Connecticut.

On November 18, 1669, he received a letter from the governor and assistants of Connecticut complaining that he and others had appropriated a large tract of land belonging to Stonington, Connecticut. He and Tobias Saunders answered the complaint on behalf of the Westerly people. He was conservator of the peace at Westerly in 1670, and deputy to the general assembly again in 1670-71. The Connecticut authorities arrested him on May 2, 1671, but the Rhode Island government advised him not to give bond and promised to pay his expenses and defend him.

He had at least seven children by his first wife.  His second wife was Hannah Gaylord (born 1647), daughter of William and Ann (Porter) Gaylord of Windsor, Connecticut. She died in 1678. He died at Newport, where he had moved in 1676 because of King Philip's War.

Descendants
Crandall's children were: John, James, Jane who married James Babcock, Sarah who married Josiah Witter, Peter whose wife's name was Mary, Joseph who married Deborah Burdick, Samuel who married Sarah Colby (or Celbey), Jeremiah, and Eber. He is the ancestor of a number of prominent Americans, including Charles Henry Crandall, James Otis Crandall, Jesse Armour Crandall, Lucien Stephen Crandall, Orson Leon Crandall, Prudence Crandall, Reed Crandall, Robert Crandall, and Roland Crandall.  Others include Lucille Ball, Katharine Hepburn, Deborah Saxe, Julia Child, Ruth Benedict, Garrison Keillor, Stephanie Bunt and Frances Folsom Cleveland, wife of President Grover Cleveland.

 List of early settlers of Rhode Island
 Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

References

People from Westerleigh
People of colonial Rhode Island
People from Westerly, Rhode Island
1676 deaths
1618 births
English emigrants


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tilinelson2 said: ↑
Except when it comes to packages getting taxed. I've given up hope long ago.
Maleficent New Member
If theres yaoi il get it if not screw it
Maleficent, Feb 8, 2014
Maleficent said: ↑
Well, there's gaybArcher. And you can choose your protagonist's gender, so there will probably be yaoi vibes.
LongTimeNoSiege, Feb 13, 2014
Savin877 New Member
Most requested fan-translation game of 2013-2014 right here haha.
Savin877, Feb 14, 2014
The odds of a fan-translation for this happening any time soon is ridiculously slim. There are plenty of people willing to fansub Type-Moon anime, but when it comes to massive VNs or games there aren't many. Simply looking at the translations of the actual VNs will tell you that. Fate/hollow ataraxia has had an open fan-translation in the works for about 5 to 6 years now, it's in the final stages of editing and proofreading but is still a few months away. Mahoyo has been out for two years and is going faster, but it's still not even done being translated yet and it's also significantly shorter than Fate/Extra CCC would be. Add to that needing people good at PSP hacking and, well... maybe in 6 years.
Using Type-0 as a basis for PSP translation patches is a bad idea as well. Sure, Type-Moon and Fate are popular, but nowhere near FINAL FANTASY popular.
MainCharacter, Feb 14, 2014
Yeah, the fan translation isn't going to finish any time soon but I figure it's inevitable at this point. But I'd rather wait for a long time than never get to play it without learning Japanese.
Ryos, Feb 14, 2014
So apparently someone asked about CCC at this year's Aksys panel at AX, and the reply was Dot dot dot...
Nerroth, Jul 5, 2014
ITS CONFIRMED
TiamatNM, Jul 5, 2014
Amaterasu175 New Member
HOENN CONFIRM- oh wait, wrong game.
I'd like to see it come over, but personally, I'm not holding my breath.
Amaterasu175, Jul 5, 2014
Well, guess this is unofficial confirmation that the game is destined for a fan translation and that's the only way it'll see the light of day here. Not that that's a surprise, mind you, just disappointing.
Ryos, Jul 5, 2014


The DGifDecompressLine function in dgif_lib.c in GIFLIB (possibly version 3.0.x), as later shipped in cgif.c in sam2p 0.49.4, has a heap-based buffer overflow because a certain CrntCode array index is not checked. This will lead to a denial of service or possibly unspecified other impact.
20180526 Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.


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Pianist Víkingur Ólafsson has made a profound impact with his remarkable combination of highest level musicianship and visionary programmes. His recordings for Deutsche Grammophon – Philip Glass Piano Works (2017), Johann Sebastian Bach (2018), Debussy Rameau (2020) and Mozart & Contemporaries (2021) – captured the public and critical imagination and led to album streams of over 260 million. The Daily Telegraph called him "The new superstar of classical piano" while the New York Times dubbed him "Iceland's Glenn Gould."
Now one of the most sought-after artists of today, Ólafsson's multiple awards include Gramophone magazine's 2019 Artist of the Year, Opus Klassik Solo Recording Instrumental (twice) and Album of the Year at the 2019 BBC Music Magazine Awards.
Ólafsson continues to perform with the world's leading orchestras and as artist in residence at the top concert halls and festivals. He also works with some of today's greatest composers.
A captivating communicator both on and off stage, Ólafsson's significant talent extends to broadcast, having presented several of his own series for television and radio. He was artist in residence for three months on BBC Radio 4's flagship arts programme, Front Row. Broadcasting live during lockdown from an empty Harpa concert hall in Reykjavík, he reached millions of listeners around the world.
Beethoven: Strykekvartett nr. 11 i F-moll, op. 95
Beethoven: Sonate for piano og fiolin nr. 10 i G-dur, op. 96
Alina Ibragimova (fiolin), Kristian Bezuidenhout (fortepiano)
Beethoven: Pianotrio i B-dur, op. 97 "Archduke"
Antje Weithaas (fiolin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
18:00-19:15 13. Konsert i Kvinnherad kyrkje
Mozart: Adagio i Ess-dur (arr. Ólafsson fra strykekvintett nr. 4 i G-moll, K. 516)
Víkingur Ólafsson (piano)
J. S. Bach: Tre koralpreludier (arr. György Kurtág)
Víkingur Ólafsson, Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Beethoven: Große Fuge, op.134
Beethoven: Strykekvartett nr. 9 i C-dur, op. 59, nr. 3
Beethoven: Pianotrio nr. 3 i C-dur, op. 1, nr. 3
Alina Ibragimova (fiolin), Tanja Tetzlaff (cello), Leif Ove Andsnes (piano)
Mozart: Pianosonate nr. 14 i C-dur, K. 457
Beethoven: Pianosonate nr. 8 i C-dur, op. 13 "Pathétique"


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Russia's Putin says he's ready for talks with Ukraine
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, speaks during the EU-Ukraine summit press conference in Kiev, Ukraine, Monday, July 8, 2019. President Tusk, along with President Juncker will represent the EU at the EU-Ukraine summit in Kiev on Monday.( AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin says he's willing to sit down with Ukraine's new president for talks to settle a deadly conflict in eastern Ukraine.
Putin responded Thursday to Volodymyr Zelenskiy's proposal to hold talks with the mediation of U.S., British, French and German leaders, saying that he is open to the idea. He said, however, that the talks are unlikely to go ahead before Ukraine elects a new parliament later this month.
Zelenskiy, who took office in May, pledged to put an end to the separatist conflict in the east, which has killed more than 13,000 people since 2014.
Zelenskiy's proposal would build on peace talks in the Belarusian capital Minsk in 2014 and 2015 where Ukrainian officials were negotiating with separatist leaders with the Russian, French and German mediation.
More International News Stories
BERLIN (AP) — Austrian officials say the country's justice minister has approved the extradition to the U.S. of Ukrainian businessman Dymitro Firtash, but his defense has filed a court motion to reopen the case, allowing him to stay in Austria for now.
Last month, Austria's Supreme Court of Justice ruled that Firtash — who prosecutors say had business ties to President Donald Trump's ex-campaign manager, Paul Manafort — can be extradited to face a U.S. indictment accusing him of a conspiracy to pay bribes in India to mine titanium.
by WASBIR HUSSAIN, Associated Press / Jul 16, 2019
GAUHATI, India (AP) — Monsoon flooding and landslides continued to cause havoc in South Asia on Tuesday, with the death toll rising to 78 in Nepal and authorities in neighboring northeastern India battling to provide relief to over 4 million people in Assam state, officials said.
Nepal's National Emergency Operation Center said more than 40,000 soldiers and police officers were using helicopters and land means to rush food, tents and medicine to thousands of people hit by annual flooding. Rescuers also were searching for 32 missing people.


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Denial of Guest Worker Visas are Reaching Record Heights Since 2015
August 27, 2019 August 27, 2019 Max Troy
Denial rates for high-skilled worker visas have quadrupled since 2015, a trend that makes it much harder for companies that rely on these workers to find and retain talent.
According to data from U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), denial rates for first-time H-1B visa applicants increased from 6% to 24% between fiscal years 2015 and 2018. And the trend is growing.
Through the first half of fiscal year 2019, USCIS denied 33% of initial H-1B visa applications, data shows.
H-1B visas are highly sought-after work visas for high-skilled workers like computer engineers and programmers. Each April, USCIS receives about 200,000 applications for only 85,000 visas.
TWO TYPES
There are two types of H-1B visas — initial applications for new employees and continuing applications for renewals or employees who change jobs.
The reason behind this trend are new policies that the Trump administration introduced to protect American workers by preventing fraud.
These new policies placed greater scrutiny on applications and raised the standards for awarding and renewing foreign worker visas, according to the National Foundation for American Policy, a non-partisan nonprofit that recently analyzed USCIS's own data.
"We had been hearing that companies had experienced more denials, but until you put the numbers together, it became clear how large a change in policy there had been and how big of an impact it's having," said Stuart Anderson, the executive director for the National Foundation for American Policy.
HURTING COMPANIES
Anderson said the denials hurt companies in two ways.
First, it limits growth because companies cannot hire new employees. Second, it jeopardizes quality control because experienced employees who are denied their visa renewal have to stop working.
"And, on a personal level, it can really have a negative impact on an organization to lose people who have been working there for many years," he added.
Some of the country's most profitable and well-known companies have had more H-1B visa applications denied.
Microsoft, IBM, Deloitte, Ernst & Young, Wal-Mart, Google, Amazon and Facebook all had their worker visa denial rates increase between 2015 and the first half of 2019, according to data from USCIS.
FROM IBM TO APPLE
The two accounting firms saw their denial rates increase by 40% between that time. IBM experienced a 30% increase, JP Morgan Chase 13 percent, and both Walmart and Microsoft saw a 12% increase in denial rates.
Google, Facebook and Apple also experienced an increase, albeit less dramatic. Their denial rates went from 1% in 2015 to about 5% in 2019, data shows.
Ron Hira, a professor at Howard University who has been looking at the H-1B visa program for years says this the first time since the program began 30 years ago that the government is actually enforcing standards.
SCANDAL CITED
Hira pointed to a 2015 scandal in which Southern Cal Edison's American IT workers were laid off and asked to train H-1B visa employees who took their jobs as an example of how the program is in need of reform.
"The H-1B program is rife with abuse and exploitation, but prior administrations – both GOP and Democratic – essentially rubber-stamped petitions," he said. "I'm sure employers don't like the increased scrutiny but that doesn't mean the government is doing anything wrong."
In San Diego, Qualcomm had 17 guest worker visas denied in 2019.
That is more than the company had denied between 2009 and 2017, data shows. Qualcomm is among the biggest employers of H-1B workers in California.
TECH COMPANIES' IMPACT
The company routinely employs hundreds of foreign workers a year. Therefore, the denial rates, while increasing, are much lower than the national average.
The company did not respond to a request for comment. Qualcomm has historically supported increasing the cap limit on worker visas, which was established in the 1990s.
Smaller tech companies in San Diego experienced significantly higher denial rates. On IT consulting firm, Vastek had 29 applications denied in 2019 and zero approved.
Other local companies like Sydata, Ellianse, and Sysintelli had denial rates above 50 percent. None of those companies responded to a request for comment.
GREATER SCRUTINY
San Diego-based immigration lawyer Jacob Sapochnick has seen the trend first-hand for the last two years.
"We've definitely seen more denials for small companies," Sapochnick said. "Not just San Diego but across the states."
Specifically, IT consulting firms seem to be receiving greater scrutiny in their applications, Sapochnick added.
USCIS will question whether the company has enough work to justify the hiring or if the jobs being offered are complex enough to qualify as specialty occupations.
Sapochnick has also heard from clients who receive on-site visits from USCIS agents asking questions about who is working there, what their job title is and how much money they earn.
POLICY MEMO
In February 2018, USCIS published a policy memo outlining tougher standards specifically for companies that hire for "third-party workplaces" such as IT consulting companies.
"Based on the agency's experience administering the H-1B program, USCIS recognizes that significant employer violations — such as paying less than the required wage, benching employees (not paying workers the required wage while they wait for projects or work) and having employees perform non-specialty jobs — may be more likely to occur when petitioners place employees at third-party work-sites," the memo states.
Sapochnick says each denial has real-world consequences.
One client was recently denied a continuing H-1B application. He had been with the same company in San Diego for eight years but had to go back to Bangladesh after his renewal was denied.
Fortunately, his employer helped him apply for a Green Card so he could be back after a year, Sapochnick added.
H1B Visa Rejection Reasons | Why H1B Visa gets Denied?
Chances of H1B Extension Rejection | Options After H1B Extension Denial
Source: – https://bit.ly/2PgqznA
Startups Feeling The Heat Of Crackdown On H-1B Visa By US Officials
US Tech Firms Turning To Canada for Talent Needs Due To H-1B Chaos


To assemble, toast the bread and slather each piece with mashed avocado. Cook off the paneer until golden on all sides. Top the avocado toast with fried paneer and cooked eggplant.
Cut some of the cheese into 1/2 inch squares.
Cut stems off some of the basil and cut the spine out of the leaves.
Working one skewer at a time, cut a tomato in half, tear off and fold a piece of basil and place it against the cut side of the tomato, place a piece of cheese on top of the basil to sandwich between the cheese and the tomato.
Skewer with a toothpick and set aside on a serving dish.
Continue until you run out of tomatoes.
Lightly drizzle the skewers with olive oil, sprinkle the skewers with the salt and freshly ground pepper.
These can be prepared a few hours in advance and refrigerated, or they can be served immediately.
Spray an 8x8″ dish with cooking spray. Preheat oven to 325º F.
Pour into prepared baking dish and press down so it's even on top and push down to make it stay together. Let cool completely.
1 – 2 tablespoons natural peanut butter.
Over medium heat, preheat a skillet or pan that's large enough for your tortilla.
Don't be afraid to press the mixture tightly together with your hands when forming balls. As the heat of your hand warms up the mixture, the natural oils in the walnuts will release helping to bind the balls.
Lay one triangle of watermelon on a cookie sheet. Slide a popsicle stick in at least halfway (I slide mine into the curved edge where the rind used to be but it doesn't really matter where you stick it as long as it goes at least halfway in and is completely surrounded by watermelon).
Repeat with remaining watermelon until you have as many popsicles as you'd like (note that they can't be touching while they freeze or they become hard to break apart. So only make as many as you have space for on cookie sheets in your freezer).
Spread the slices out on the cookie sheet so that they're not touching. Freeze on the cookie sheet for 3-4 hours, until frozen through.
Eat or wrap watermelon popsicles individually in plastic wrap and return them to the freezer where they'll keep for 5-7 days.
Spread graham crackers, pretzel sticks and almonds in a single layer on an ungreased cookie sheet.
Place butter in a small microwave safe bowl and microwave in thirty second intervals until fully melted.
Whisk in the brown sugar, cinnamon and vanilla extract.
Drizzle the mixture over your dry ingredients. Stir gently to coat evenly.
Bake for one hour, stirring mixture every fifteen minutes.
Remove from oven and allow to cool completely before adding the mini marshmallows and chocolate chips.


Taking the dog out for a walk may boost older people's physical activity levels—whatever the weather—and seems to lop an average of 30 minutes off their daily sitting time, suggests research published online in the Journal of Epidemiology & Community Health.
In light of their findings, the researchers suggest that dog ownership or community schemes for dog walking could form part of exercise on prescription for this age group.
As adults age, they tend to become less active: in the UK alone it is estimated that less than one-half of older adults engage in the recommended weekly quota of at least 150 minutes of moderate intensity physical activity.
Almost one in five of the sample (18%; 573) said they owned a dog, and two-thirds said they walked their dog at least once a day (classified as a regular dog walker); one-third said they walked their dogs less than this (classified as a non-regular dog walker).
"Our findings hint at the important additional role of extrinsic motivation, in this case the need for the dog to be exercised even in poor weather," the researchers wrote.
They point out some caveats to their findings: those in good health were more likely to be dog owners and to walk their dogs regularly, so reverse causation— whereby those who were more active to begin with owned a dog which they walked more—can't be ruled out.


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"Johnny Roach" is an American song written by blackface minstrel composer Dan Emmett. The song was first published in 1859. The lyrics tell of a slave who has escaped to the Northern United States, who laments his lost plantation house and realizes that he really belongs in the South:

The song is notable for being the first printed reference to the South as "Dixie's Land":

A portion of the chorus was repeated in "Dixie" with slight variation.

References

Nathan, Hans (1962). Dan Emmett and the Rise of Early Negro Minstrelsy. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press.

Blackface minstrel songs
1859 songs


UPDATE: Sports Business Journal reports Romo is going to CBS and will replace Phil Simms in the broadcast booth.
Tony Romo's career is over.
The long-time Cowboys starting quarterback has decided to retire from the NFL and take a job in broadcasting, per Adam Schefter of ESPN and Todd Archer of ESPN Dallas.
Romo, 36, entered the NFL as an undrafted player in 2003 out of Eastern Illinois. After serving as a back-up to starter Drew Bledsoe under ex-Cowboys coach Bill Parcells, Romo ascended to the starting role in 2006--a job he held down (when healthy) until the 2016 season.
From 2006-2015, Romo was one of the NFL's best quarterbacks. Over that span, the Dallas signal caller owned a 65.3 completion percentage, threw for 34,154 yards, tossed 247 touchdowns, sported a 97.1 passer rating and owned a 78-49 record as a starter. Romo made four Pro Bowls during his 11-year run as Dallas' undisputed starter.
NFL rumors: Tony Romo to CBS as Phil Simms' replacement?
Tony Romo could go from NFL star to one of the biggest NFL analyst jobs in television.
Romo will retire with some impressive career NFL rankings. His 248 touchdowns place him 21st all time, 34,183 passing yards rank 30th and 65.3 completion percentage ranks fifth. Most impressive: Romo's 97.1 passer rating is the fourth-best in the history of the sport, trailing only Aaron Rodgers, Russell Wilson and Tom Brady.
Dallas' release of Romo could leave the door slightly open for a change of heart later this offseason, assuring that a trade wouldn't be necessary for Romo to latch on with another team before training camp.


Filter out the inevitable dirt, dust, and pollen that becomes airborne whenever you mow.
Features durable, latex-free ultrasonically welded head straps to withstand tough use. Adjustable contoured aluminum nose piece and a soft open cell foam nose cushion helps ensure proper fit and increased worker comfort. With the added feature of our new LPD(low pressure drop) exhalation valve for easy breathing and increased worker comfort.


Jamie Oliver came to Sydney last weekend (as you've no doubt already read) to promote the Ministry of Food and Australia received him with open arms. In a recent competition, held to win the hosting of a local community Ministry of Food pop up kitchen, over 170 entries were received across Australia.
The winner was to be announced at Jamie's 'Kitchen Talks' event in Sydney and Humble Crumble got to attend. Following a short review I wrote about Jamie's Sydney restaurant, I was offered tickets to say thanks. To say I was excited at the prospect was an understatement.
Jamie, celebrity chef pals and Ministry of Food ambassadors provided an entertaining cooking demonstration. But the purpose of the event wasn't just to talk about the Ministry of Food, it was to announce the winner of the competition and do something special. Finalists from each state had been flown in and the City of Onkaparinga in South Australia won.
Australia weighs in as the 4th fattest nation in the world (OECD), with 1 in 4 Aussie kids reportedly obese. The purpose of the Jamie's Ministry of Food kitchens is quite simple, teach people to cook fresh nutritious food from scratch. Diet related disease is Australia's biggest killer, when talking about the kitchen, Oliver passionately told the audience "this is about the people and the kids and a few more years of life".
This is a worthy cause that I personally am quite passionate about. Hopefully the Federal Govt. of Australia will take note and support the Jamie's Ministry of Food. In the meantime, let's connect with our food a little more and cook something that nourishes body, soul and kids.
It's amazing to see how much Jamie has achieved not just personally, but across the international community in raising the public consciousness about good eating. And he's so young too!
Not bad for a kid who struggled at school hey?


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Husni al-Za'im () (Alep, 1897 – Damasc, 14 d'agost de 1949) va ser un militar i polític sirià. La seva família era d'ascendència kurda. Va començar la seva carrera militar com a oficial de l' Exèrcit Otomà. Després que França va instituir el seu mandat colonial sobre Síria, després de la Primera Guerra Mundial, va esdevenir oficial de l'exèrcit francès. Després de la independència siriana, el 1946, va ser Cap d'Estat Major, i va conduir l'exèrcit sirià en la guerra amb l'exèrcit d'Israel el 1948 en la primera guerra araboisraeliana. La derrota de les forces dels estats àrabs en aquesta guerra va sacsejar Síria i va minar la confiança en la caòtica democràcia parlamentària del país.

Cop d'estat de 1949
El 29 de març de 1949, al-Za'im van prendre el poder en un cop d'estat sense sang. El cop d'estat, segons registres desclassificats i les declaracions d'ex agents de la CIA, va ser patrocinat per Estats Units i la CIA.

El President, Shukri al-Kuwatli, va ser breument empresonat, però després alliberats o enviats a l'exili a Egipte. Al-Za'im també va empresonar molts líders polítics, com ara Munir al-Ajlani, a qui va acusat de conspirar per enderrocar la república. El cop va ser dur a terme amb discret suport de l'ambaixada americana, i, possiblement, ajudat pel Partit Social Nacionalista de Síria, tot i que al-Za'im mateix no és conegut per haver-ne estat membre. Entre els oficials que van assistir al-Za'im en el cop hi havia Adib al-Shishakli i Sami al-Hinnawi, els quals més tard es convertirien en líders militars del país.

El cop d'al-Za'im fou el primer cop d'estat militar en la història de Síria i tindria efectes duradors, ja que van trencar la fràgil i insuficient democràcia del país i va desencadenar una sèrie de cada vegada més violentes revoltes militars. Dos més van seguir a l'agost i el desembre de 1949.

Zaim va tenir un problema greu quan el líder del Partit Social Nacionalista Sirià, Antun Saade (o Antune Saada), fugint del Líban, va demanar asil a Síria i li fou concedit (molts dels principals militars que havien donat suport al cop d'estat eren membres d'aquest partit). Però posteriorment Zaim va fer un acord secret amb el primer ministre libanès Ryad al-Sulh, i el 8 de juliol Saade fou extradit al Líban i després afusellat. El 12 de juliol Zaim va signar l'armistici amb Israel que els seus homes havien negociat en secret amb el primer ministre israelita Mohse Shareet; l'armistici mai es va materialitzar. El 25 de juliol es va celebrar un plebiscit que va confirmar a Zaim a la presidència de Síria (99,9%).

Règim
Les seves polítiques seculars i les propostes per a l'emancipació de les dones a través de concedir-los el vot, i suggerint que havien de renunciar a la pràctica Islàmica del vel, va crear un gran enrenou entre els líders religiosos musulmans (el sufragi femení només va aconseguir durant la tercera administració civil d'Hashim al-Atassi, un opositor dels governs militars). La recaptació de tributs també afectava als empresaris i els nacionalistes àrabs encara remugaven per la signatura d'un alto el foc amb Israel, així com els acords amb les Companyies de petroli dels Estats Units per a la construcció del oleoducte Trans-Àrab. Va fer una oferta de pau a Israel oferint d'acollir 300.000 refugiats palestins a Síria, a canvi de modificacions de frontera en la línia d'alto el foc i la meitat israelita del Llac de Tiberíades. L'establiment de refugiats es va fer condicionada a l'assistència per a l'economia de Síria. La proposta fou contestada lentament per Jerusalem i no fou tractada seriosament.

Mancat de suport popular, al-Za'im va ser enderrocat després de només quatre mesos i mig pels seus companys, al-Shishakli i al-Hinnawi. Quan al-Hinnawi va prendre el poder com a líder de la junta militar, Husni al-Za'im va ser ràpidament enviat a la presó de Mezze a Damasc, i executat juntament amb el Primer Ministre Muhsin al-Barazi.

Aspecte Social
Al-Za'im va treballat intensament per a l'abolició de l'ús del fes, afirmant que era antiquat com tots els articles de barreteria adoptats dels temps de l'Imperi Otomà. Està acreditat que va donar suport al dret de vot de les dones i el dret a optar per a un càrrec públic a Síria. Una llei en aquest sentit havia estat debatut en el Parlament Sirià des de 1920 i cap líder es va atrevir mai a donar-hi suport, excepte al-Zaim.

Fins i tot els grans clergues musulmans van exigir una audiència amb el president, per oposar-se al cada vegada més liberal estil de vida promogut per les dones de Síria. Un tema d'especial preocupació era la barreja d'homes i dones en el Gran Hotel a Bludan.

Zaim va dir que sí, concedint-los una audiència al mateix hotel. Quan els clergues hi van anar a la nit i els va tenir asseguts al voltant d'una taula de menjador, li va dir a un dels cambrers, "si us plau, preparar el sopar, porteu el whisky, i crideu les ballarines!" Zaim va mirar cap enrere als seus convidats, que es van horroritzar amb la seva actitud, i ja no es va atrevir a demanar l'aplicació de la llei Islàmica. Durant els 137 dies del seu govern a Síria, Husni al-Za'im mai no va executar a ningú. Va tenir formes creatives de castigar aquells que van desobeir-lo, però. Quan la qualitat del pa va caure a nivells inacceptables, Zaim va ordenar a tots els forners caminar descalços per la grava, fins que la sang va fluir dels seus peus.

Família
Husni al-Za'im estava casat amb Nouran, que va ser la primera dama de Síria des d'abril a agost de 1949. El matrimoni va tenir lloc el 1947, dos anys abans que Husni al-Zaim es va convertir en president de la República. Per tal de complaure la seva jove esposa, Zaim li va demanar a la seva germana Kariman (de només 11 anys) de viure amb ells a Damasc. Zaom la va tractar-la com una germana i la va enviar al Liceu Laic (una de les millors escoles preparatòries a les escoles de la ciutat). Una altra germana Orfan els va visitar sovint, i va prendre la costum de jugar amb un guàrdia, Abdel Hamid Sarraj (el cap de seguretat de la presidència qui va esdevenir cap de l'Oficina de Intel·ligència i ministre de l'interior durant els anys de la unió amb Egipte 1958-1961).

Durant la detenció d'al-Za'im, i quan els guàrdies van arribar a detenir-lo, Zaim es va vestir i va dir adéu a la seva dona embarassada. "Relaxat" li va dir, "tornare aviat per rebre el nostre primer nadó junts!" Niveen (la seva filla) va dir: "la meva mare i la tia m'han dit que el sofà on generalment estaven assegudes ha estat cosits a trets amb bales. Sarraj sabia amb antelació que un atac estava a punt de venir i els va dir-los que pugessin per mantenir-les fora de perill." Menys d'una setmana abans del cop d'estat—que va portar a l'execució de Za'im i el seu Primer Ministre Muhsen al-Barazi—els cosins de Nouran el van alertar, dient que havien confirmat la informació de la intel·ligència dient que Sami al-Hinnawi (el seu camarada de la guerra de 1948) planejava matar-lo. Zaim va convocar a Hinnawi i directament li va preguntar, "Sami, els meus cunyats m'estan dient que vols matar-me?" Hinnawi va respondre, "Impossible. Com puc matar el meu líder i amic?" Després que el president va ser detingut al 14 d'agost, Nouran i la seva germana es van mantenir sota arrest domiciliari durant tota una setmana. " No es va portar menjar a la casa," va dir Niveen. Un guardià senegalès va intentar ajudar-los passant el seu propi menjar a través de la finestra.

Referències

Presidents de Síria
Polítics kurds
Alumnes del Col·legi Militar Otomà
Morts a Damasc
Persones d'Alep
Polítics otomans
Kurds de Síria


Sorry I haven't blogged many pictures lately, it's because it's all top secret character design these days.
I better get going and get this project to a stage where I can show off some more because it is such fun stuff!
Here's the booktrust news page of the Big Picture Launch, with some photos... we just looked at it and laughed. Alexis wasn't actually at the photoshoot, so they went through all the bother of photoshopping him in afterwards - and it's amazing how they retained the healthy orange tan and unusual shape of his head. You can even read the tattoo he had made across his face for the occassion.
Note: They changed it! No more big label saying NEWS across Alexis' mug! Aaah.
Lovely day, and I am working on some character designs... and here's a drawing I did yesterday in the half-dark while watching BEOWULF, which was fun, but not as much fun as watching the "making of" extras... here they are on youtube - the best bits are quite late on when you get to see some actual scenes with the actors working very hard that they are wearing cloaks and armour instead of neoprene suits and rubber caps, that the pink wire frame thing they are holding is a sacred object or a heavy sword, that the weirdo covered in sticky-dots they are talking to is the King of all Thanes and that they are not stuck in a victorian-looking piece of heavy machinery with technicians turning hand-cranks to rotate them on two angles. Or, in fact, that they are a dragon the size of a house, flying and vomiting flame.
Everything that struck me as a bit weird about the way the characters act and move when watching the film is thus neatly explained, and I suddenly am very fond of it.
Bob the Zebra Finch just died after long unwellness - he'd been sick on and off for months. I think that some bird-illness got into my little tribe when I bought Henry the leftover finch from Pets at Home, ignoring the fact that the place was full of sickly birds. I hope that this is the end of that now, my other two birds seem healthy... it's rather depressing seeing these little guys drop dead like that, but I know I've been treating them well. Oof, now I have to work out what to do with Thingummy the Lonely Finch who is a bit dense and normally just did whatever Bob was doing (eating bathing honking flying beak-fencing cuddling sleeping) to the point that when Bob started just sitting there being sick he seemed to go "Oh is THAT what we're doing now... sitting around... aaah I'm bored! Beakfence! No? Ok, sitting around time it is..." and now he's calling out for any finches in the area. I hope he'll work things out and maybe make friends with the canary.
Anyway, I'm going for a swim now and then I shall make some drawings. I haven't posted drawings here in ages!!!
Oh! I got a lovely letter, look!
I better write a reply as soon as I worked out the answer properly.
Is it just me? No!
Haha... this really brings back memories. I used to claim every big box that came into the house when I was a child, to paste the inside with pictures, and sit in and dream and eat cookies... in fact, I made one in my last year in college and kept it behind the sofa to try and write a novel and a musical in. Hmmm, sitting in a box. Cats understand.
They say it's part of the job to attend events, but I really wonder if maybe if I work very hard I could be a bit less successful and in return elusive and reclusive. I truly, truly would not mind.
Mind you I WANT SNAZZY HOTEL ROOMS TOO! I'd do a lot of mingling for that.
I really enjoyed the rest of the day though, the sun and parks and Sushi.
I guess these things become extra nice if you know you have to squeeze into a small room with a million people in the evening! Huah, I shall have a quiet day.
Do go and look at the exhibition, it's very very lovely, and the gallery (like I said) is absolutely wonderful.
I was just swimming at my local pool this morning when suddenly people in long white robes appeared, got in at the shallow end and performed some quick baptisms. That would have been a lot less strange if it there hadn't been a "rafts and rascals" session going on at the same time, so there were about a dozen small children floating around them on foam rubber turtles.
And now I shall watch the free Godzilla DVD in todays' paper, because that's EXACTLY what I need for research... am a bit stuck with a monster story you see.
I've been having a lovely couple of days - meeting friends and drinking lots of tea.
And the cafe downstairs is serving me beautiful breakfasts with all the ingredients arranged in a nouvelle cuisine sort of way, except more of it.
he belongs to my blogging friend Laura who I met up with yesterday (you can just about glimpse her there behind all that dog), and he actually smiles, see?
I was pretty jealous and wanted a miniature Schnautzer of my own instantly to run around me in very small circles and climb all over me like I was rigging, looking for adventure (very low natural vantage point a Schnautzer has normally, must be GREAT to be carried around sometimes).
Helga has laid her first egg of the season on a nest made of receipt shreddings and hair. And I'll have my very own broadband connection on Monday already... until then, see you later, world!
It's because my internet connection is being switched over, and I have no idea how long that'll take! So not very much email checking happening!
Oof. It's that recurring time in life where I need to make a choice between sorting every item in my room and chucking out at least a third of them or moving house. Or at least find myself a separate studio. So I am tidying, and as I hoped at long last the lost library book has re-emerged, I've been renewing it since January or some such, and it definitely is due NOW. It was nestling rather tidily in the cable-box under my bed, where I'd checked at least ten times already because I had this disturbing memory of putting it there and thinking "why? why? why?" at the same time.
Also I decided to stop despairing about having no place at all to put project files and artwork - every time I finish a drawing, I stand in the middle of the room feeling a bit sad before tucking it between some books or in a box under my bed, thinking "if I am a professional artist why don't I have a plan chest or something?" - Surely if there is no space for artwork in my studio, there must be SOMETHING that's taking up the space. Can't be just my bed. Or the double bass. Or the three birds. Or the three desks. Or the old sewing machine. hang on - old sewing machine???
My recycled bag is taking shape, and looking at the stripes I am noticing something surprising: most of my bags are from local shops (blue, black, stripy) - for some reason I am really rubbish at saying "I don't need a bag" loudly and clearly before they've bagged it all up and handed it over already. In the big chain stores they bag more slowly, so I can stop them usually. Hence only one pink Superdrug bag which I only accepted because I rather wanted a pink stripe in this thing, and one orange Sainsbury's from buying more than fitted into my backpack, and some Morrissons' - for the same reason. It'll be interesting if and when they get rid of free plastic bags... I really hope they won't replace them completely with thick "bags for life" for tenpence because people will just buy them, grumble, and chuck them anyway. I'd prefer to see thin recycled "overspill" bags for when you bought more than what fits in the bag you hopefully brought, or when you go shopping without planning to go, for a small charge - and then them being collected for recycling, like paper.
I'm just back from my first visit to the General and Zoological Library of the Natural History Museum - you wouldn't believe what a wonderful place it is!
First I got to go through the back entrance with all the other people who had appointments, and I was collected and led through a maze of stairs and corridors into the actual library, completely avoiding the half-term visitors that made it quite impossible to move about much in the actual museum (as I discovered when I popped out for a bottle of apple-juice for lunch).
I got to look at some pictures I've always wanted to see, huge old books with hand-coloured plates - I photographed some but signed a piece of paper declaring that I wouldn't show them to you (humph) so I won't. One of the books - an illustrated anatomy of the Toucan - was seriously heavy to lift.
I was supplied with gloves and hand-wipes and book-stands and tidily filled in lots of forms and every so often they brought a new treasure I'd requested to my table, and sometimes someone stopped by the table and said "Ooooh lovely pictures!" ... life surely doesn't get much better than this.
And when I came home there was a parcel with two blank dummy-books for the self-same project, so now I'll have a look at my notes and see how to fill those pages.
I think this is the first time I've ever been happy to live in London... just think of all the archives I haven't even seen yet!
And here's an all new incarnation of Andre the Cat as knitted by Laura Kidd of She Makes War, very kindly finding knitting time in-between brilliant music-makings!
Arrrgh he is CUTE... it really is the strangest thing that I didn't knit this at all, not one bit, and there he is. HUG!
I wish I could have such brilliant things in the mail every morning, I do!
I've been a bit nervous, so I've started a new crocheting project... a bag made from bags. Crocheting plastic bags is surprisingly satisfying.
I showed Alexia how to crochet yesterday. We had a lovely day with Cider and wool and pizza, and this morning I find a dramatic scene on my windowsill.
I think it's St George and the Dragon.
I also got a surprise parcel from China, containing a beautiful paper cut flower and some brilliant brush-painted cats (boo Chinese government, yay Chinese art!), and other assorted lovely things from Germany and Italy and downstairs and upstairs, and I got an invitation to a gallery launch event and my official poll card for the London Mayoral Election. Which reminds me: if you live in London, go go go vote!
Today I thought: hm, what with all that snow, wouldn't it be a nice quiet time to take a walk along the river?
Typically I hadn't realised that the Olympic Torch had the same idea. So I made a flag out of a page of my sketchbook and joined the protest on South Bank.
I did not stay for long though because it really wasn't the right place for it - I would have liked to have shouted FREE TIBET at Whitehall (too late for that).
Instead, I found myself watching some unhappy acrobats, and after a lot of dancing a childrens' choir started singing Peace and Freedom, which made the protesters cringe quite a bit, but also prompted more and more shouting back about peace and freedom for Tibet. I suddenly realised I was shouting the right thing at the wrong people entirely, and I shut up and left.
I walked back to London Bridge station feeling melancholy and sorry.
It really is a shame that this event, which so many people care about, is marred in this way, but I truly believe the protests are important, and I would have felt worse if I'd stayed at home. But I do promise to get my stuff together next time I feel like saying something, and shout it at some politician when cameras are running.
Alexis did some beautiful ink drawings in the Winter of 2004. They are quite unusual because he usually works in pencil.
They are also the last drawings he did before he had to quit drawing with his right hand due to hypermobility syndrome.
I woke up quite early, opened the curtains and SCREAMED.
Then I got up quickly and went out to the park.
I took a handful of snow, and big flakes stuck to it at once. I put it down and started rolling it about.
Then I went home to borrow some gloves and bought a carrot for fourpence at the corner shop.
By now there were people walking in the park... I rolled some more snow. The grass didn't stay green for long, but got covered in new big flakes. I thought: I hope this isn't nuclear winter, but when I passed the radio this morning it just said Charlton Heston had died, so it must be ok.
When I looked up I noticed there were people making snowmen all over the park. I thought about photographing them, but the looked private.
On my way home I passed a family by the park gate. The father had put two snowballs together and was just about to put on the head while his tiny son was watching. "And then... we do this!" he said. The snowman imploded completely under his hands.
"Now that didn't really work, did it now", said the mother.
I got home and looked out of the window with my finches.
Two children were collecting all the snow off a car and packed it into a corner in their tiny front yard.
I think today London will be populated with snowmen, most of them looking a bit surprised.
Ah. I have finished re-uploading Alexis' website and it's neat now and shall stay this way. Then I did some googling and for no good reason came across this list of mostly rather brilliant-sounding books that will never get co-editioned here... actually - I feel very inspired!!! I really would like to read the book about the nameless potato, especially.
New gallery over at Alexis's: Mr Punch.
A little penciled beginning, middle or end of a story about being lost (or sausages) (or being found).
The link has changed - sorry! I've rebuilt the gallery thrice in the last few days using different gallery building software, but I think it's well and settled now.
Hannah Simpson, who knits dead people normally, has tried out my Moonpie pattern, and look, it works, it works! It's Moonpie, out in the real world! Knitted by someone who knits... I don't know, the world! Gratitude, gratitude and great joy!
Argh, I can't go to bed now, must run up and down until I fall over instead, I am so excited.
Here's a breakdown of "Timothy and the Strong Pyjamas" by Cheryl Klein, editor at Arthur A. Levine Books.
I am almost a bit ashamed to link to it because it makes me look so good... but I'm too chuffed not to!
I'm glad she picked up on the idea that sometimes the strength one needs isn't hidden inside oneself, but in the friends and caring people who one has collected in life. That was a bit I cared about myself when working on that book... that and the idea that sometimes when one has a magic monkey, one may lose ones magic monkey, and that is terribly horrible, but at the very latest the monkey is likely to return in Spring or thereabouts, in some way or another, if one can hang on in there. That's the sort of risk and reward that comes with magic monkeys, and really just about everything a person may love.
Ok folks - I have finished to scan and upload the first gallery on Alexis' Website. Go and have a look, it's a special treat - a complete little dummy book called THE YELLOW KING.
This might have been his debut picture book - in a world where childrens book publishers approved of big bouncy yellow men in y-fronts... aren't you lucky you can read it now anyway!
Sorry the scanning is a bit rough-and-ready, I thought it's ok to show it's, well, a rough.
I am webmastering a new and exciting site... Alexis is publishing his sketchbooks online. They will appear in stages - whenever I have time to scan a new batch of stuff.
Elephant and Castle Station... an ok place to be for old city pigeons.
I had a lovely worky day yesterday, doing what I think I do best - working out a dummy book. It's the sort of work that I can do just about any time, whether I feel inspired or not, and I always enjoy it. How does a character animate from one page to the next? Where on the page should they be, and in which position, so it feels natural from the last page and to the next? How does time pass from the left-hand page to the right and what is the perfect expression to pick from the range of expressions the character is going through during this scene?
So today I feel like working on a back-burner project, and so I shall... off to the museum with my sketchbook in a min.
Oh, they announced the Big Read ten best illustrators award and Alexis got into the ten winners - Yayyyy!! I got to think of some sort of celebration, I already bought a bunch Beegu-yellow flowers yesterday. I'm not miffed I didn't win - a lot of my favourite people didn't. And it would have been VERY odd to be named best new illustrator for the two books I've got out already... pretty odd and nice to be on the longlist!
Here's the whole lot - Longlist and winners - on Guardian Online.


BATON ROUGE – Water began seeping from the ground and creating patches of moisture on streets, curbs and lawns along the Mississippi River levee south of downtown Baton Rouge Thursday.
It's a usual – and mostly innocent – sign that the river is rising. As the river nears 40 feet, seepage begins in the Baton Rouge area. In rare and more concerning situations, sand boils may develop – issues seen in the last major river event in 2011.
Authorities up and down the river are on alert in 2018, monitoring conditions but forecasters don't predict an event similar to that one.
The Mississippi River is expected to crest at about 42.5 feet later this month.
Still, city-parish leaders in East Baton Rouge are taking precautions.
HESCO baskets – sand-filled flood barriers – will be set up along the lowest stretch of Mississippi River in downtown Baton Rouge Saturday, WBRZ learned. The levee dips near North Street. City-parish officials said the federal government is providing the HESCO baskets at no cost. The barriers will span a 36-foot section of the levee.
As of Thursday, sources said emergency operations experts were not planning on deploying the orange boom system used in 2011. Then, the system snaked along the top of the levee through Baton Rouge to protect against overtopping as the river lapped at the top of the earthen levee.
The Bonnet Carre Spillway opened Thursday morning but does little to deal with rising water upriver in the Baton Rouge area. Federal river officials have not discussed plans for the Morganza floodway north of Baton Rouge, which would lessen the rising issues here.
In 2011, city-parish officials also dropped sandbags at the levee's low point near North Street. Then, they built bags to bring the levee to 51 feet.
The levee system is not one standard height. Instead, the height of levees varies along the Mississippi River. In a 2011 report on WBRZ-TV, the Army Corps of Engineers said the levee is designed in respect to the land and that as land dips and rises, so do the levees' height. Engineers said a standard height across the system would not work because of the topography of the Mississippi River bank.
In May 2011, authorities also added sand to the top of the levee for about two miles south of LSU to raise the height of the flood protection system.
Officials who discussed the plans with WBRZ Thursday insist there is no cause for alarm.


This Pétale tea serving spoon is very fluid and the wide leafed handle culminates in a large bowl. It is food-orientated and can be used for appetisers.
This Pétale tea accessory is unique thanks to its balanced design. The bowl resembles the ginkgo biloba leaf, which forms the handle.
Very practical to use thanks to its grip and stability, the Pétale tea serving spoon is also useful for sugar with restaurateurs also using it for small appetisers.


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Q: Check schemas tablespace usage in oracle I have multiple non-dba schemas each assigned their respective tablespaces.
Is there a way for schema user to check their own assigned tablespace useage without having access to dba tables?
I want schema user to be able to check their own tablespace useage only.
I am using Oracle 11g

A: Every user is allowed to access user_segments which stores the size information for each segment (table, index, ...)
To get the size of all segments use:
select segment_name,
       segment_type,
       tablespace_name,
       sum(bytes) / 1024 / 1024 as total_bytes_mb
from user_segments
group by segment_name, segment_type, tablespace_name
order by total_bytes_mb desc;

The above will show LOB segments as e.g. SYS_LOB0005330538C00010$$
To match LOB segments to the corresponding columns you can use:
select case
          when lb.column_name is not null then lb.table_name||'.'||lb.column_name||' ('||sg.segment_name||')'
          else sg.segment_name
        end as segment_name,
        sg.tablespace_name,
        sg.segment_type,
        sum(sg.bytes) / 1024 / 1024 as total_bytes_mb
from user_segments sg
  left join user_lobs lb on lb.segment_name = sg.segment_name
group by sg.segment_name, sg.segment_type, lb.column_name, lb.table_name, sg.tablespace_name
order by total_bytes_mb desc;

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With the help of government-issued pamphlets, an elderly British couple build a shelter and prepare for an impending nuclear attack, unaware that times and the nature of war have changed from their romantic memories of World War II.
From the writer of The Snowman. The Chicago Reader says "Director Jimmy Murakami and screenwriter Raymond Briggs's English 1986 animated feature gets us to think the unthinkable–to imagine the aftereffects of a nuclear holocaust–by creating a very funny and believable elderly English couple, still mired in memories of World War II. Rather than stretch this fable out to a global scale, the filmmakers make all their essential points by sticking to the isolated couple in their country cottage, aided by a realistic style of animation that incorporates some live action, by occasional stylistic changes that allow for more abstraction in some fantasy interludes, and by the speaking voices of John Mills and Peggy Ashcroft. It's rare that a cartoon carries the impact of a live-action feature without sacrificing the imaginative freedom of the pen and brush. Comedy and horror intertwine in this domestic, kitchen-sink version of Dr. Strangelove, and our involvement in the two characters keeps us helplessly glued to the screen"
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Q: Excel 2016, First Friday or Monday of year If I have a year (In text Form so it can be changed by user) in cell J2.
How do I calculate which is first Friday or Monday of the year (Whichever comes first in the year)
Thanks in advance.


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