I know this post will stir some controversy, and I completely understand that. A few years ago, I probably would have been just as outraged as some of you are sure to be. But I also know there are many parents out there desperate to get their children to read. If that is you, read on.
I have two sons, ages ten and eight. My eight-year old enjoys reading and being read to. Though he is dyslexic and has struggled plenty, his work with two dyslexia specialists over the past year have done wonders for him. He has gained academic confidence and, while his reading level still lags behind his peers, he chooses to read. He still loves being read to, and he and I read aloud together every night. While he may struggle decoding the words, he has no trouble with comprehension. And the insight he gives when we discuss the books we read just continues to blow me away.
My ten-year old is another story. He is an active, intelligent, confident boy. He loves school, particularly PE and math. He's deeply involved in theater and school leadership. While he excels at most everything without even trying too hard, reading just isn't something he chooses to do. When he gets "into" a book, he will devour it, but often, he prefers to do other things. Where a few years ago, he read without prompting, he now prefers watching TV, playing computer games, and playing soccer in his downtime. On school nights, he prefers to spend his "quiet time" before bed coloring or drawing instead of reading.
Up until this summer, I didn't push the reading too much. I encouraged it, sure, and we read together when he would let me. He's busy and I get that. Is it really so bad that he loves just about everything EXCEPT reading? He tackles and excels at so many other things. He has always been focused and driven. My thoughts were, when he needs to read to get ahead, he will do it. He wants to be a zoologist one day, and if that requires reading (it does--a lot of reading), then I have no doubt that my son will make that happen.
That all changed a few weeks ago. My industrious 10-year old asked if he could do chores and get an allowance, and my husband discovered a fantastic little app called Allowance Bot. No, I'm not being paid advertising dollars to tell you about it, either. Allowance Bot allows parents to assign chores and keep a running tab on how much money each child has earned. My boys can access it on their ipods, which means they can check their balance and "bonus" chores anytime they want. We like that we do not have to keep cash on-hand for allowance each week. When the boys want to use some of their money, we can deduct the money within the app (just like online banking!). There are also ways to add monetary rewards and punishments (we call them fines, such as a fine for leaving lights on or for us having to put their dishes in the sink). This app was worth every penny of that $2.99 we paid for it.
MOM, PLEASE GIVE ME MORE CHORES!
Anyway, it wasn't long before my boys were requesting more chores so they could earn more money. Their weekly chores already consisted of keeping rooms clean, sweeping and mopping floors, putting away their clean laundry, and cleaning the toilets. They were already doing a lot to earn their weekly 55 RMB ($8.61--we currently live in China, and the app allows different currencies). We added things as we thought of them, but our boys, particularly our 10-year old, kept requesting more chores!
At first, our 10-year old was sticking with graphic novels as his bread-and-butter. He read a few Big Nate and Stickdog books. It was more than he would have read without the incentive, so I was happy enough. But then he read a longer Avengers novel and earned 50 RMB. He LOVED that book! It took him maybe three weeks, but he was soooo proud of himself when he finally finished it. I don't think he had ever read a big book like that all the way through.
And it didn't stop there. School started two weeks ago, and he has already read two Magic Tree House books from the school library. He read a biography on Michael Morpugo. He read a Scholastic Art magazine and was excited about how much he learned about Egyptian art. We ride the city bus to and from school for about 35 minutes each way, and he has been choosing to read to and from school most of the days in the last two weeks.
Then yesterday (tears in my eyes here!), he checked out Wonder by RJ Palacios. And now I am ready to cry. Because he's excited about it. He says his friend recommended it to him and had read it twice. And--hello?!--it's Wonder!!!!
So the obvious next question is, how do I know he is reading (and understanding) the books we are paying him for? The honest answer is that I can never be 100% certain. As a librarian, I have read or am at least familiar with the majority of the books he chooses, so we do talk about the books. It does take him several days to finish even a short book, and I do see him reading for periods of time over those days. I can't imagine he would have the stamina to stare blankly for 30 minutes or more, several days in a row.
So I am sharing this story with all the parents out there--and there are many of us--whose kids just don't choose to read. Their reading skills will not improve without practice. I have worked in school libraries, at all grade levels, for over 11 years now. I've seen how excited 5- and 6-year olds get during story-time. I've seen the passion in their eyes when they get to take home a library book for the first time. Little kids--yes, all of them--naturally love learning, and reading is a huge part of that.
But far too many children stop reading for pleasure in those upper-elementary and middle school years. Reading becomes harder, and children are expected to recall reading details and write responses to their reading. They are tested on what they read, which is never fun for anybody. Thankfully, some students will regain their passion for reading as they get older (I've seen it firsthand), but many will not.
I am not suggesting that paying children to read will work for every family. I know this is an unorthodox idea, especially coming from a school librarian who reads and writes for FUN every single day. The big argument here is the difference between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation. No one has to pay me to read, but if I could get paid to do it, I would totally jump at that opportunity. Neither of my boys is intrinsically motivated to clean, but paying them to do it (a little extrinsic motivation) makes them beg for more cleaning jobs. As much intrinsic motivation I have for my job, I wouldn't go if they decided not to extrinsically pay me anymore.
It's okay if you want to judge me. I'm expecting it. I am fully prepared to get comments from nay-sayers whose children read because they love it and not because they are being paid to. Maybe they clean without getting paid, too. I get it. And I agree with you. But at least so far, it is working well for my son. Since he's reading and enjoying it without my prodding, I'm going to ride this wave as long as I possibly can.
Hey, if it works, go with it. Reading is a skill that all kids need to do well and practice is practice. It sounds like your son is choosing what he wants to read and the allowance is just a little more incentive to do it.
If I had a kid I would totally use that ap and have no qualms about paying my kid to read. I think it's a great idea.
I was just having this conversation with a cousin (he has 3 children. I have 2) about rewarding our kids to read. We both have kids that either can read and do it well but would rather not and choose something else to do. Or kids that have a hard time doing it and definitely will never choose it and find nothing rewarding about doing it. As a Librarian I said my insides just naturally hated the idea of rewarding them to read, but then I thought, I'm a natural born reader and will do it if payed or not. But not all, and as heartbreaking as it may be, no even my kids are like me when it comes to reading. So my cousin said rewarding them to read just sounds logical and reading this post of yours is just making so much sense. THANK YOU!
It's all about distractions. I grew up in the 80s, not that long ago really, but we lived in the boonies. We had one 13" black and white TV that got two very snowy local channels. No cable. One corded phone in the kitchen only. Certainly no computer. No internet. No XBox or Minecraft. Neighborhood kids were at least a mile walk away. So very different from my kids' big city lives!


Did you know that during trick and obedience training for us dogs it is a lot easier for us to learn spoken commands in combination with hand signals?
We don't actually "speak" any human language. Actually there's no such thing between dogs as a "language" either. We have our own way of communication. The barking you might consider our language is only a tiny part of it.
Because of our different ways of communication, we're sometimes having a hard time handling the human way.
For example, it can be very hard for us to differentiate between a "Sit!" and a "Seek!" spoken by our humans. The two commands sound just so similar.
If they are used in connection to a very clear and distinct hand signal each – a different one for each command, of course – that makes things a lot easier for us.
Time to sleep – pile up, guys!
Hey guys, I'm back again with some interesting dog facts about me and my peers. Let's talk about how dogs hear sound today.
It's said that we are among those mammals with the most excellent hearing capabilities: In only 1/600 of a second we are able to locate the source of a sound.
Supposedly we are also capable of perceiving sounds from significantly farther away than humans can. But according to scientists that actually depends on the frequency of the sound.
Well, it would explain a lot of going furious "all of a sudden". I mean, is it MY fault that you can't hear what's startling me?
Bull Terriers and all other dogs can hear higher frequency sounds than a human can. So we actually perceive the world differently when it comes to sounds.
Did you know that Bull Terriers and all other dogs have more than eighteen muscles in each ear to move it. That is twice as many muscles than a human ear has!
It gives us our distinct repertoire of "ear gestures".
They say that ears sticking straight up and being pointed allow for a better hearing in dogs.
I don't know, if that's really true, because I myself sometimes have such a hard time to hear my masters voice when I am called to come.
But it seems to be true that my colleagues with the flappy ears have a more impaired hearing, because the flaps can block vibrations of sound.
Another interesting fact is that dogs with a big, square head and large ears (like the Saint Bernard dog) are said to be best in hearing subsonic sounds.
You know what's crazy about that? This guy has flappy ears!!!
Did you know that dogs cannot sweat like humans?
It's true, Bull Terriers and all other dogs cannot perspire like humans do. We can only sweat through glands in our footpads. Our cooling system is not very efficient and we cannot lose heat as quickly by breaking out in sweat from head to toe as humans do. In addition to our piddly "foot-AC" we can try to get rid of excess body heat by evaporation from the surface of our tongue – also known as panting. But that is also limited in effect. This is why we easily overheat on hot days in closed spaces, such as cars. So, please do NOT leave us in your car during the hot summer months! It can kill us! Also don't blame us for diving into that muddy puddle – it's only to cool our overheated belly a little bit.
Cya next time with more interesting dog facts!


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To Robo-Bee or not to Robo-Bee: Pollinating robots to save the flora
by Leyton France23 November 2018no comment
The loss of pollinating bees threatens global agriculture, and several factors are identified. In particular, the widespread use of chemical pesticides that have a proven neurotoxic effect. Thus, the rarefaction of bee populations in certain areas is a real threat to the pollination of the flora.
To offset this issue, research is seeking ways to develop a mini-robot that could potentially replace bees. As a matter of fact, an American food multinational (Walmart) has just announced that she had filed a patent to use bee robots to pollinate the crops and thus ensure its supply of fruits and vegetables. These bee robots equipped with cameras and sensors would spot the flowers, take the pollen and transport it. They would even be able to verify that pollination has been successful.
This bee robot does not exist at the moment, but researchers at Harvard University have been working for several years on "Robobees". It is a kind of mechanical insect the size of a small coin, which is able to fly, hover, hang on a wall, move underwater or propel itself out of the water.
This "microrobot is 1,000 times lighter than any of its predecessors able to go in the air and in the water," say scientists at the John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences unit at the Harvard university. To achieve such technological prowess, engineers have faced many technological challenges, such as propulsion. Because RoboBee is ultra-light, it does not carry its own fuel. This robot insect makes it! When swimming on the surface of the water, a system (made of a metal plate performing an electrolysis) makes it possible to transform water into oxygen and hydrogen, the latter being a combustible gas.
In terms of pollinator robots, the Japanese are also very advanced. Researchers at the Japan National Institute of Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) have found the solution to carry pollen which is very light and very volatile. They of course also created their own bee robot, on which they fixed 3 million horse hair, to resemble the hairy body of a bee. In addition, researchers can also program these robotic insects to work on a specific type of flower.
In the meantime, it's nice to think about what synthetic bees could do, however populations of real bees should not be taken for granted!
Karima, Consultant, Leyton France
http://micro.seas.harvard.edu/research.html
https://www.harvardmagazine.com/2017/11/robobee-harvard
https://wyss.harvard.edu/using-static-electricity-robobees-cling-to-surface/
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Cape Town, South Africa, 2004. Right after my journey through Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia, and Botswana, I am staying with Augustas in Cape Town, where he is doing some volunteering work. We live together with one Slovakian guy and two German girls.
Just a couple of days ago the Slovakian flatmate Juro asked me if I could create a nice wedding card for him to congratulate his African friends for their union. He knows I am loving the arts, so he asks if I could create something mirroring some traditional African wedding ceremony. I gather all kinds of magazines together in search of images showing any kind of wedding traditions. After awhile I figure that the modern way of weddings, such as we are used to in Europe, seems to replace traditional African wedding celebrations – at least in magazines. Since I have cut out already a lot of non-traditional material, I spare to bother and move on to put a collage together.


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require "commands"

module Homebrew
  def command
    abort "This command requires a command argument" if ARGV.empty?
    cmd = ARGV.first
    cmd = HOMEBREW_INTERNAL_COMMAND_ALIASES.fetch(cmd, cmd)

    if (path = Commands.path(cmd))
      puts path
    elsif (path = which("brew-#{cmd}") || which("brew-#{cmd}.rb"))
      puts path
    else
      odie "Unknown command: #{cmd}"
    end
  end
end


Some places are just too good to simply drive through. Furkot fully supports multi-day stops.
If you change the duration to 2 (or more) days your itinerary shows separate stop for each night. You can schedule other stops in between, which makes Furkot show you the route from and to your lodging and daily attractions. See how it works by checking out this month long trip to Palm Springs, California.


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Q: XML to CSV in a specific web service What I am trying to do is to transform Global Weather GetCitiesByCountry Web Service XML to CSV.
I have XML:
<string xmlns="http://www.webserviceX.NET">
    <NewDataSet>

            <Country>Canada</Country>
            <City>Quaqtaq Airport</City>

            <Country>Canada</Country>
            <City>Hudson Bay, Sask.</City>

and so on, and XSL:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="text" version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" indent="no"/>
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:for-each select="string/NewDataSet/Table">
      <xsl:value-of select="Country"/>
      <xsl:text>;</xsl:text>
      <xsl:value-of select="City"/>
      <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

but can't manage to make form like this:
Canada;Quaqtaq Airport
Canada;Hudson Bay, Sask.

This XSL makes only XML header, no more data.
EDIT:
So the answer is the coding of the file. The codepage was moving between UTF-8 and UTF-16. I had simply to change string "UTF-16" to "UTF-8" in XML or change the codepage of the file.
I've used the same XSL.

A: Just remove the namespace xmlns="http://www.webserviceX.NET" from the input as pbies mentioned or Try this

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<xsl:stylesheet version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform">
  <xsl:output method="text" encoding="UTF-8" indent="no"/>
  <xsl:template match="/">
    <xsl:message select="//string/."/>
    <xsl:for-each select="*:string/*:NewDataSet/*:Table">
      <xsl:message select="name()"/>
      <xsl:value-of select="*:Country"/>
      <xsl:text>;</xsl:text>
      <xsl:value-of select="*:City"/>
      <xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
    </xsl:for-each>
  </xsl:template>
</xsl:stylesheet>

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36-year-old doctor from Telangana launched a women-only party in Mumbai, on Monday.
Mumbai: A 36-year-old doctor from Telangana launched a women-only party in Mumbai, on Monday.
Dr Shweta Shetty was inspired by the decades old National Women's Party in the United States and launched her own National Women's Party (NWP) to contest elections in the country. NWP will contest in 24 seats out of the 48 in Maharashtra.
"The party is to fight for issues like reservation for women in Parliament and harassment of women at workplace. So the demand is women should get 50 per cent reservation in Lok Sabha," said Shetty.
She said the main mission of the party will be to ensure reservation in Lok Sabha. At present, women comprise 11 per cent of the total strength of the Parliament. The NWP claims to have the support of 1.45 lakh women from across the country.
Shetty, while working with an NGO in Telangana, worked upon the idea of starting a mass movement and thus the party was born. "I wanted to make a national movement. To serve the original purpose, women need higher commitment from the governing body. We need higher participation in Parliament to amend the laws for women's welfare and progress," she added.
Shetty appealed to women in the State to join the party to be able to collectively rake up the issues.
Talking about future plans, NWP plans to launch a mobile app called Mahila Rakshak (Safety App), which aims at giving women assistance in times of emergency. The user, when in danger, should shake the phone or say 'HELP' multiple times which in turn sends SMS alert to friends and relatives. "Women's safety is of utmost importance considering the rise in cases of crimes in the recent times. Through these initiatives, I strongly wish that every girl should be able to live a wholesome life and step out of home without any danger," she added.
NWP plans to open Youth Parliament in every state.


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Women Economic Empowerment in East Africa: Policy and Practice Focus on Ethiopia (Oxfam Program)
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Hajia Laminatu Adam is executive director of Songtaba, a women's rights organization based in the northern region of Ghana. She is a development practitioner with twenty years' experience in nongovernment organizations and a gender and humans rights activist with a solid background in program management with strong emphasis on communication at all levels and leadership.
Chalachew Getahun Desta (Ph.D. in socioeconomic development planning and geography) is assistant professor of population studies, socioeconomic development planning, geography, and environment at the Center for Population Studies (College of Development Studies, Addis Ababa University). He teaches courses on human geography (including population, economics, and urban and regional geographies), population and development, and research methods. His areas of research interest include women, fertility, and household well-being (maternal labor force participation, maternal time allocation, consumption); urbanization, rural–urban migration, employment, and the informal sector; forced migration, refugees, and internally displaced persons; labor migration, diasporas, and return migrants; and population, resources, and the environment.
Mamadou Bobo Diallo is an economics specialist on macroeconomics, in the economic empowerment section at UN Women. Bobo's areas of focus include capacity development/technical support and research on gender, macroeconomics, gender-based inequalities, poverty, the care economy, and social protection. Prior to joining UN Women, he was an actuarial analyst for Manulife Financial in Boston, a research fellow at the Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis in New York, a macroeconomics consultant for two with the World Bank's Governance and Public Policy Division, a policy specialist for UNDP Regional Bureau for Africa in New York, and an economic affairs officer with the UN Economic Commission for Africa in Ethiopia. Bobo holds a bachelor of science degree in mathematics from Salem State University (Boston) and a Ph.D. in economics, with a focus on development, growth, and econometrics from the New School for Social Research (New York City, NY).
M. Sadou Doumbo is the general director of the National Demographic Dividend Observatory in Mali and the coordinator of the national transfer accounts (NTA) team. He is also involved in doctoral studies based on the lifecycle deficit financing (Generational Economy Regional Research Centre and Centre de recherche en Economie et Finance Appliquée / Université de Thiès).
With about 15 years' experience in development planning activities in several structures such as the ministry of development planning and UNFPA, M. Doumbo developed great competencies in advocacy and communication for the integration of population and demographic issues in national policies, strategies, and demographics. Since 2015, he has participated in the definition and monitoring of the Sahel Women Empowerment and Demographic Dividend project (SWEDD). He is very involved, as a resource person, in several national and international population and development frameworks, working with UNFPA, PRB, and UNECA, among others, to highlight the need to invest in youth, girls, and women.
Thomas Masterson is director of applied micromodeling and a research scholar in the Levy Economics Institute's Distribution of Income and Wealth program. He has worked extensively on the Levy Institute Measure of Well-being (LIMEW), an alternative, household-based measure that reflects the resources the household can command for facilitating current consumption or acquiring physical or financial assets. With other Levy scholars, Masterson was also involved in developing the Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty (LIMTIP), and has contributed to estimating the LIMTIP for countries in Latin America, Asia, and Africa. He has also taken a lead role in developing the Levy Institute Microsimulation Model.
Masterson's specific research interests include the distribution of land, income, and wealth, with a focus on gender and racial disparities. He has recently published articles in The Review of Black Political Economy and The Journal of Economic Issues. He holds a Ph.D. in economics from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.
Beatrice Kalinda Mkenda is a senior lecturer and acting dean of the School of Economics at the University of Dar es Salaam. She has a Ph.D. in economics from Göteborg University in Sweden. She teaches international economics and macroeconomics at both postgraduate and undergraduate levels.
Prior to joining the University of Dar es Salaam, she worked as lecturer at the University of Zambia, and later worked as a research fellow with the Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) under the "Globalization in East Africa" project. She participated in teaching a postgraduate diploma course in poverty analysis that was jointly offered by the International Institute of Social Studies (Erasmus University), Research on Poverty Alleviation (REPOA), and ESRF.
Her recent research has looked at diverse areas such as indigenous knowledge and employment generation among women; empowering women in tourism micro, small, and medium enterprises; determinants and constraints of women's sole-owned tourism micro, small, and medium enterprises (MSMEs) in Tanzania; why it is imperative for Tanzania to industrialize; informal sector employment; regional integration for accelerating industrialization in Tanzania: opportunities and challenges in the East African community; and ability of SMEs to penetrate export markets. She is currently working on a joint research proposal to examine the gendered impact of food safety compliance: the case of Tanzania and Uganda's exports to the EU market.
Nthabiseng Moleko is a development economist who is a core faculty member at the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) where she teaches economics and statistics as a senior lecturer since 2017. She also serves as a commissioner for the Commission for Gender Equality appointed by the president in 2017 and is currently the deputy chairperson of the commission. She completed her Ph.D. in development finance at USB on pension funds and national development and is the first South African woman to be conferred a doctorate in this discipline. Dr. Moleko regularly appears on various network's programming on economic and business coverage as a thought leader.
Flora Myamba is a senior specialist on social protection and gender based in Tanzania. She has consulted for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Center for Global Development, UN Agencies, EU-OECD, World Bank, and Government of Tanzania, among others. Flora is a master trainer for the African Union–owned TRANSFORM Training for Social Protection Floors. She earned her doctorate from Western Michigan University, and has published in local and reputable international journals including Oxford Development Studies, Cambridge University Press, Global Social Policy, and African Development Review. She is currently leading a project on gender, financed by the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation, and collaborating with the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College on a study on women's economic empowerment and control over time, among other works.
Luiza Nassif Pires is a research fellow working in the Gender Equality and the Economy program at the Levy Institute. Her research interests include gender and political economy, distributional aspects of gender discrimination, gender and racial aspects of development, and input-output methods. Her recent research relies on statistical equilibrium and game theory to formalize the impacts of gender and racial segregation in the labor movement with an application to the United States. Nassif Pires has also written on intersectional political economy with a focus on the impacts of social conflict for the labor theory of value and the long-run profit rate. She is also collaborating with Prof. Katherine Moos at University of Masschusetts, Amherst on a feminist input-output project.
Nassif Pires has taught microeconomics, macroeconomics, and political economy at the New York City College of Technology and at the Eugene Lang College of Liberal Arts at The New School for Social Research. She holds a BS and MS in economics from the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro and a Ph. D. in economics from The New School for Social Research.
Abena D. Oduro is associate professor in the department of economics and is currently director (Ghana) of the Merian Institute for Advanced Studies in Africa (MIASA) at the University of Ghana, Legon. Her current research interests are in the areas of unpaid household work, poverty, inequality and vulnerability analysis, gender-responsive budgeting, and African regional integration. She is associate editor of Feminist Economics and a member of the International Association for Feminist Economics.
Nkechi S. Owoo is a senior lecturer at the department of economics at the University of Ghana. She is also a research associate with the African Centre of Research on Inequality Research (ACEIR) and a senior research fellow at the Environment for Development institute. Dr. Owoo's research focuses on spatial econometrics in addition to microeconomic issues in developing countries, including household behavior, health, agriculture, gender issues, and population and demographic economics. Her current research focuses on the effects of the internalization of patriarchal attitudes by women and male partners on women's labor market outcomes in Nigeria. Dr. Owoo received her BA in economics from the University of Ghana in 2006 and received a master's degree in Economics from Clark University in 2009. She completed her Ph.D. in Economics from Clark University in 2012.
Ankets Petros has over 15 years of work experience in the development sector in Ethiopia. She holds an MA in sociology and BA in political science and international relations from Addis Ababa University.
Ankets has worked with Oxfam Ethiopia since 2016 as a gender specialist and currently in the capacity of gender program manager since 2019. She is responsible for developing and managing women's empowerment projects, providing technical support to mainstream gender in Oxfam programs (humanitarian and long-term development) and specifically leading an influencing project called we-care (women economic empowerment and care).
Before joining Oxfam, Ankets worked with Consortium of Christian Relief and Development Associations (CCRDA) for two years as a networking and partnership senior officer overseeing more than 350 local and international NGOs who are members in the association in Ethiopia. She has also worked in policy engagement roles as gender program officer in ActionAid Ethiopia, engaging in designing and implementation of various women's empowerment projects at the grassroots and regional levels.
Fernando Rios-Avila is a research scholar working on the Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being under the Distribution of Income and Wealth program. His research interests include labor economics, applied microeconomics, development economics, and poverty and inequality.
As a doctoral candidate at Georgia State University, Rios-Avila worked as a graduate research assistant to Felix Rioja, and interned in the research department at the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta, working under the supervision of Julie L. Hotchkiss. He formerly served as a researcher at the Social and Economic Policy Unit (UDAPE)—a government advisory unit and public policy think tank in La Paz, Bolivia—on issues of development, impact evaluation, and social expenditure, with an emphasis on children's welfare. His research has been published in The Review of Income and Wealth, Industrial Relations, Southern Economic Journal, Applied Economics Letters, Stata Journal, and Business and Economics Research.
Rios-Avila holds a Licenciatura in economics from the Universidad Católica Boliviana, La Paz; an advanced studies program certificate in international economics and policy research from Kiel University; and a Ph.D. in economics from the Andrew Young School of Policy Studies at Georgia State University.
Ajit Zacharias is a senior scholar and director of the Levy Institute's Distribution of Income and Wealth program. His research primarily focuses on the theory, measurement, and analysis of economic well-being and deprivation.
Along with other Levy scholars, Zacharias has developed alternative measures of economic welfare and deprivation. The Levy Institute Measure of Economic Well-Being (LIMEW) offers a framework that accounts for how changes in labor markets, wealth accumulation, government spending and taxes, and household production shape the economic determinants of standard of living. Levy scholars have utilized the LIMEW to track trends in economic inequality and well-being in the United States. The Levy Institute Measure of Time and Income Poverty is aimed at revealing the nexus between income poverty and unpaid work. This measure has been applied to the study of poverty in several Latin American countries, Turkey, South Korea, Tanzania, and Ghana.
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Are Zombie Games Truly Undead?
Across all mediums, the zombie genre is ubiquitous; you can't turn anywhere without seeing an undead something or other being promoted. The popularity of the genre stretches back decades too, and it has only gotten more popular as of late. With most things, this would probably start to get grating, but there are just things inherent within the genre that make it so you basically can't ever have too many zombies. This is especially true within games, especially like the upcoming Days Gone or Back 4 Blood.
One factor in all of this is that the term "zombie" isn't all that well defined. People recognize them when they see them, but the actual traits of these zombies can vary quite a bit. They can be fast or slow. They can be a result of a plague or science gone wrong. They can, in some cases, talk. Their flexible nature, but consistency as a metaphor for death, means that they come with a lot of versatility and can be implemented in a large array of games. Just look at the radical gap between Left 4 Dead and Plants vs. Zombies, both which only have "zombies" to link them.
Naturally, zombies are fertile ground for horror. Resident Evil, especially the remake of the second entry, is an excellent example of how these lumbering, stalking humanoids can induce fear. In these games, you're never quite sure what is outside of your vision, and it's also hard to know when zombies have given up their chase. It's this tenacity that makes them such a good enemy too. In a lot of genres, enemies give up when you're out of sight. In these horror games, you never know when you're safe. The series was also able to invent a bunch of different sorts of zombies.
Left 4 Dead has a range of zombies in it and manages to prove that zombies are a great fit for multiplayer games. Here, different types of zombies represent different classes. One team plays as the zombies, each player taking on a different role with different abilities, as they try to defeat their human enemies. True to the genre, the zombies are an oppressive force that can quickly overwhelm, and sometimes abandoning your friends is the only way to escape the zombie team.
In the genre, the relationships between the survivors are often placed in the spotlight. They are, as you'd expect, constantly tried, and emotions can run high. Telltale's The Walking Dead is particularly good at motivating the player's emotions. As is typical, characters have to decide on who to trust and how to handle effected people. Even if you've seen it before, the qualities of each relationship make it so the sadness-laden moments feel unique every time. I'm avoiding spoilers here because, really, you should check out these adventure games.
It's not always about tugging on your heartstrings with zombies, though. Zombies, in some forms, are very campy. Dead Rising, an aptly titled zombie game, uses this camp for comedic benefit. Set in a mall, because of course it is, the game's protagonist runs about from store to store using toys, throwing food, and delivering suplexes to defeat a zombie legion in a range of novel ways.
These games are sort of like shooters, in that there is always a way to sell them and there's always a new audience to target. In fact, because they can stretch across different genres of games, they may even outlast shooters; they've already been around longer. By no means do I want to see every game have zombies in it, just like I don't want every film to have superheroes, but we'll always have room for the shambling masses of the walking dead in games.
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Caste Politics
Caste Slur by BJP State Minister against Vaddars threatens to snowball: Karnataka
Sabrangindia 23 Sep 2019
The BJP minister has angered a hard working community that numbers over 18 lakhs. Just on the eve of 15 by-elections to the state
K.S. Eshwarappa
This is a tight knit and toiling caste, anthropologically recognised as being experts in digging wells, who after their migrations from Orissa centuries ago, were deployed for building village and temple tanks.The Vaddars, , who by and large speak Telugu, are also known as "Vaddars" and "Bhovis" in different parts of Karnataka, and as "Boyars" in Tamil Nadu. The community falls under Scheduled Castes in Karnataka and Most Backward Class (MBC) in Tamil Nadu.
Now, weeks to go before the by-polls to 15 assembly seats in the state due on October 21, Karnataka's minister for rural development and panchayat Raj K.S. Eshwarappa has literally put his foot in his mouth! Recently allegedly derogatory remarks against this section of the population that numbers 18 lakhs in the whole state, have angered this toiling section of the population. The minister was confronted with the ire of the Bhovi community when he paid a visit to Chamundeshwari Temple atop Chamundi Hills in Mysuru on Sunday. His recent remarks were seen to be derogatory against the community; Eshwarappa was reacting to former chief minister Siddaramaiah's attack on BJP national president Amit Shah.
The community members, who had threatened to gherao Mr. Eshwarappa, turned up outside the temple with placards in hand and staged a protest near the statue of Mahishasura. "Our community dug up the earth and rocks on Chamundi Hills to lay the 8-km-long road to Chamundeshwari Temple from the foothills. Not just this, the community was engaged in the construction of KRS, besides other basic infrastructure works, including the construction of tanks in villages," said Seetharam, former chief of Karnataka State Bhovi Development Corporation. He accused Mr. Eshwarappa of slighting the community by using a casteist slur. "His tongue is not under control," he said, seeking action against the Minister.
Mr. Eshwarappa, who was scheduled to chair a progress review meeting with officials of RDPR in Mysuru, was compelled to leave without holding the meeting in view of the enforcement of poll code.
Who are the Vaddars?
The Hindu reports that this community has ensured drinking water for people for centuries. It is also believed to have played a role in the construction of Krishnaraja Sagar (KRS).
According to experts from the Anthropological Survey of India (AnSI), Vaddars originally hailed from Odisha but migrated to the southern parts of India centuries ago from Andhra Pradesh when the then Nayaka rulers, including Krishnadevaraya of the Vijayanagara empire, recognised their expertise in digging earth for wells and deployed them for building village tanks and temple tanks.
According to anthropological experts, members of the community have traditionally identified themselves with hard work like digging wells, cutting stones at quarries, and extracting lime from deposits in the soil. "They are not only skilled in digging wells, but are also good at identifying locations of sources of water for digging wells," said Satyanarayanan, Deputy Director of AnSI, Southern Regional Centre, Mysuru.
They are believed to have been the mainstay of the workforce deployed for the construction of KRS and other dams in the region. "About 2,000 members of the community had come walking from Kolar, Doddballapur and various parts of Andhra Pradesh to Kannambadi village at the time of the construction of KRS reservoir in the early 20th century," said Seetharam, former president of Karnataka State Bhovi Development Corporation.
Even today, members of the community are the backbone of the construction industry, engaged in digging the earth, laying foundation slabs, and carrying loads of sand and bricks. "Most of the labourers deployed for digging earth to lay electric, telephone and optical fibre cables too are primarily Bhovis," said Dr. Satyanarayanan.
According to an official account, there were 11.75 lakh Bhovis in Karnataka in 2002. The Karnataka State Bhovi Development Corporation was established in 2015-16 with Mr. Seetharam as its first chairperson. But he said their population in the State now stands at roughly 18 lakh, and the community has seven members in the Legislative Assembly.
Now on the eve of the by-elections a full-fledged political controversy has broken out. R. Dhruvanarayan, former MP, has called for removal of Minister K.S. Eshwarappa from the Ministry for using a "casteist slur" amid a threat from Bhovi community in Mysuru to boycott Dasara festivities.Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Mr. Dhruvanarayan took offence to the allegedly derogatory language used by Mr. Eshwarappa against former chief minister Siddaramaiah, in response to the latter's attack on Union Home Minister Amit Shah over the Hindi language issue. Contending that Mr. Eshwarappa's language violated the provisions of the SC/ST Prevention of Atrocities Act, Mr. Dhruvanarayan demanded an immediate apology from the senior Minister.
Former chairperson of Karnataka State Bhovi Development Corporation Seetharam told reporters that the community would boycott Dasara celebrations in protest against the remarks.
V/Waddar (Vadee rajulu, Od), or Vadari, is a dialect of the Telugu language spoken among social caste of Waddars scattered over South India, especially in Karnataka, where it has a status of Scheduled caste. 200,000 people reported their languages as 'Vadari' in the 2011 census. Ethnologue treats it as separate Dravidian language closely related to Telugu, but without clear grounds. Waddars show their close relevance to Kaikadis.
The word Bhovi is evolved from 'vav' meaning well in northern India and there they were called as Vaddar and similarly well is called as bhavi in karunadu hence the name Bhovi. They were professional well diggers since medieval times. The etymology also hints about the route of their migration from northern parts of India and then to southern part. Long back it was said that they migrated from the state of Odisha hence they were called as vaddars, further the cites and many places are named after them like the Vadodara, vadnagar, etc. During course of their migration they picked local languages on their way, hence majority of them can speak Telugu in karunadu. Majority of the heritage sites in the regions of Karnataka may have been constructed by Bhovi's who were skilled workers. The Bhovi were 955,752 in Karnataka at the 2001 census (11.2 per cent of the scheduled caste population of Karnataka),[1] 74.9 per cent of the Karnataka Bhovi population was rural, 49.2% were literate.[1] Only 2.9% were graduates.[1] Bhovi's used to work as skilled labourers as they were good at construction and carvingsculptures and they were highly respected in the Vijayanagara Empire.[2] Their village councils consists of experienced literate or illiterate people. [3] and Women are also given limited powers, however. [3] They claim to have originated in areas such as Odisha.[3] Bhovi also was the surname name of a male leader of a Bhovi community before the 21st century.[3] The language spoken by Bhovi is Kannada language.[3] They also claim to be the clan of Bagirath Ganga, who was responsible for bringing Ganges or Ganga to earth through manmade canals, hence claim to be the first builders of modern India.[4] They are distributed in almost all districts of Karnataka having a major concentration in parts of Gulbarga, Bhadravathi and Bangaluru.
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Investors are keeping their cool — and keeping their hands off of their retirement accounts — despite huge swings in the stock market that sent it careening to its worst start to a year ever.
"They are just plugging away through the ups and downs of the stock market," said Sarah Holden, director of retirement and investor research at the Investment Company Institute, an association of regulated funds.
It can be nerve-wracking to see retirement balances plunge with the market, conjuring fears of spending the golden years in a cardboard box. Retirement account administrators say they see a sharp uptick in phone calls when the market stumbles, and this downturn has been no different.
But then, sensibly, they don't do much, says John Sweeney, executive vice president of investing strategies at Fidelity, one the largest administrators of 401(k) accounts.
Retirement savers have come to understand that they need to think long term. Many lived through the far more unsettling years of the financial crisis, then saw the market get back to its earlier peak in about 5 years. That sure felt like a long time then, but even those who retire this week can reasonably expect to live another 20 years, long enough for the riskiest parts of any saver's portfolio to recover.
"They aren't really worried about timing the market but having time in the market," Holden says.
Vanguard, which oversees $3 trillion in assets, says that while the S&P 500 sank 8 percent during the first 11 days of the year there was no perceptible change in participant trading compared with the same period in the past two years.
And this is while retirement savers at nearly every age group are putting more of their next egg into stocks, as advisers recommend.
Vanguard says every age group under 60 has increased the portion of their investments allocated to equities between 2007, the pre-crash peak, and 2014. The change was most dramatic for people under 25, who now have 87 percent of their portfolios in stocks, up from 67 percent in 2007. The figures for 2015 are not complete but Vanguard expects the trend to continue.
The median allocation for equities across all age groups is 83 percent, up from 80 percent in 2007.
So where's all this cool-headed confidence amid the chaos coming from? As much from automation as from steely nerves or deep wisdom.
Funds based on an investor's expected retirement date and other professionally managed products that allow investors to go on autopilot have become much more popular in recent years. These don't require the investor to make as many judgment calls, leaving it up to professionals to adjust the risk based on when the investor plans to quit the daily grind and buy a Winnebago.
Vanguard said about 48 percent of its plan participants are in a professionally managed product, up from less than 20 percent in 2007. This has helped greatly reduce the number of people with extreme positions, such as holding all equities or no equities at all.
Also, employers have increasingly been enrolling employees automatically, and increasing the number of participants.
That leaves many investors unaware of exactly how much they hold in stocks, or unconcerned. Some are simply more confident in the concept that equities are long-term investments.
And even in a bad stock market, people tend to continue to contribute to their retirement plan. That helps them buy stocks at lower prices, setting them up for bigger gains later. That's how those with long time horizons weathered the recession without much bruising — and it should help today's hands-off investors recover too.
"People didn't know what to do, so they didn't do anything, which worked to their advantage," Young said.


After traveling in the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, through the Panama Canal and up a steep, narrow mountain road to a remote peak in Chile, one of the world's largest astronomical telescope mirrors arrived safely at the Gemini South Observatory on March 17th, 2000. The mirror, which can collect more light than two million human eyes, is the heart of the Gemini South Telescope on Cerro Pachón, a mountain in central Chile. The telescope will soon join its identical twin, on Hawaii's Mauna Kea, to provide extremely high-resolution images of the universe.
The massive yet delicate mirror represents some of the most advanced optical technology ever assembled for astronomical research. Combined with adaptive optics, the telescope will produce infrared images that are sharp enough to resolve the separation between a pair of automobile headlights at a distance of 3,000 miles! Gemini will often exceed the resolving power of the Hubble Space Telescope and produce images that are as sharp as theoretically possible for a telescope of this size. Astronomers from the seven country Gemini Partnership will use the telescope to answer fundamental questions ranging from the formation of stellar and planetary systems to the fate and evolution of our Universe.
Gemini Optics Manager Larry Stepp said, "It is a great feeling to have both Gemini mirrors safely in place and poised to begin collecting light. These superb mirrors are a key part of the technology that gives the Gemini Telescopes unmatched ability to explore the universe from the Earth, particularly in the infrared."
The Gemini mirror began its voyage almost 15,000 miles ago at Corning Incorporated in Canton, N.Y., where it was fused from 23 metric tonnes of Corning's Ultra-Low Expansion Glass. From Corning, it traveled by ship to REOSC just south of Paris, where it was polished to a surface so smooth that if the mirror were enlarged to the size of the United States, no hill would be larger than a speed bump!
In mid February 2000, the mirror began the last leg of its worldly travels with a spectacular voyage by barge through central Paris and out to sea on a large container ship. After about one month deep inside the ship, it arrived in Chile to begin the 4-day voyage to the nearly 9,000-foot peak of Cerro Pachón.
On March 17th the mirror passed an inspection by Optics Manager Larry Stepp. Gemini technicians will soon deposit a very thin layer of metal on the glass so that it can reflect starlight. The Gemini South telescope is expected to see "First Light" during the second half of this year.
"It is never easy to move something this big, awkward and delicate," said Gemini Project Manager Jim Oschmann. "We even had to widen one of the tunnels by 2 meters so that the mirror and other parts of the telescope could get through!"
For images of the mirror move, see the Primary Mirror #2 Delivery Page. Broadcast quality video is also available upon request (pmichaud@gemini.edu).
The Gemini 8-meter Observatory Project is a multi-national collaboration that will provide two nearly identical 8-meter telescopes to an international community of astronomers. Both telescopes will incorporate new technologies that allow large, relatively thin mirrors to collect and focus both optical and infrared radiation from space with extremely high resolution. The telescopes are located on Hawaii's Mauna Kea (Gemini North) and on Cerro Pachón in central Chile (Gemini South), and hence will provide full sky coverage. Gemini North is nearing scientific operations by the middle of this year and Gemini South will follow about one year later. More information on the Gemini Observatory can be found at the main web page.


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Christmas Day Fire Guts Voinjama Administrative Building
Christmas Day in Voinjama City witnessed the destruction by fire of four offices of the Voinjama Administrative Building which hosts the Liberian government's line ministries and agencies in Lofa County.The four offices reportedly burnt included those of the Land Commissioner (Ministry of Internal Affairs); County Education Office (Ministry of Education); County Attorney's Office (Ministry of Justice); and the Center for National Documents and Records Agency (CNDRA) Lofa Office.According to an eye-witness who spoke to the Daily Observer via mobile phone, the fire originated from the backyard of the Voinjama Administrative Building. Lofa County Joint Security sources told the Daily Observer that gardener Blama Fofana, who allegedly started the fire, is being held for investigation.When the fire broke out, hundreds of Christmas celebrants stormed the untouched left wing of the Administrative Building and made away with computers, typewriters, and other office equipment and supplies.Additional information reaching the Daily Observer alleged that some of the suspected looters were arrested by officers of the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL). Reports say suspected looters had originally gone to help put out the fire. "Joint security does not want all kinds of persons going to Fofana's house to obtain information on what actually transpired as a result of the fire incident," a security source said.Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) read more
Kamara Tests Code of Conduct at Supreme Court
– Advertisement – Abu B. Kamara, Assistant Minsiter, Ministry of Post and Telecommunications, and Montserrado County District #5 representative aspirant The decision on whether several candidates who did not resign prior to the enforcement of the Code of Conduct (CoC) will contest the 2017 presidential and legislative elections now rests with the Supreme Court.The court will make the determination on Monday, July 10. On March 3 of this year, however, in a majority decision (3 for and 2 against) the Supreme Court pronounced the Code of Conduct legally binding and compliant with the Liberian Constitution.The Supreme Court's latest intervention is the result of a complaint filed by Abu Kamara, Assistant Minister for Administration at the Ministry of Post and Telecommunication, and District#15 representative aspirant.If the Supreme Court denies Kamara's request, it means that the electoral commission will be given the power to disqualify several candidates for failing to comply with all the provisions of the CoC.On the contrary, if it decides against, it will mean that the Supreme Court will at least relax its position on the CoC, which it had initially described as "constitutional."These are some of the legal issues that the five justices of the Supreme Court will be deciding on Monday, as part of their commitment to adequately address future election disputes.In his complaint, Kamara argued that the National Elections Commission (NEC), without any legal basis and support consistent with the process, denied and rejected his application on grounds that he is prohibited from contesting public office by the Code of Conduct.Section 5.9 of the code provides that "Any public official, after due process, who is found guilty of violating any provision of this section, should be immediately removed from the position or office held by him/her and thereafter no part of the funds appropriated by any law for such position or office should be used to pay compensation to such person."Kamara also argued that there was no due process accorded him for the NEC to disqualify his application to contest as a representative aspirant for Montserrado County District #15.PART XV, Section 15.1 of the Code of Conduct on sanctions for infringement states: "Sanctions for any breach of this Code of Conduct shall be those prescribed by the Standing Orders of the Civil Service or any other laws governing the public service."Notwithstanding, depending on the gravity of the offense or misconduct, one or more of the following penalties may apply: dismissal; removal from office in the public interest; reprimand; fine or making good of the loss or damage of public property/assets; demotion (reduction in rank); seizure and forfeiture to the state of any property acquired from abuse of office; and interdiction/suspension from duty with half pay.Kamara argued that those enumerated sanctions made no mention of exclusion from participating in the elections.He claimed that the action and grounds used by the NEC to reject him were inconsistent with the laws and standing order."The ground for disqualifying me was vague and ambiguous on the face of the notice of rejection and that the notice also failed to state specifically the provision of the Code of Conduct for public officials that was alleged to be violated by me," Kamara put his defense forward. "Therefore, the court should declare NEC's decision unlawful as well as arbitrary and unconstitutional."Kamara said though he had not resigned two years prior to the 2017 elections, "it does not warrant disqualification to contest as a candidate in Section 15.1 of the CoC."Section 5.2 (a) of the Code of Conduct, states that "Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Directors General, Superintendents desiring to run must resign 2 years prior to the election; and section 5.2 (b) states that any other officials appointed by the president, holding a tenured position must resign 3 years prior to the election."Before Kamara's disqualification, NEC chairman Jerome G. Korkoya said the NEC would strictly enforce the Code."What the NEC will be doing is to comply strictly with the Supreme Court's interpretation of the Code of Conduct… whatever the Supreme Court says will be followed to the letter," Cllr. Korkoya said.Share this:Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) read more
Grande Prairie woman dies after assault by neighbour
GRANDE PRAIRIE, A.B. – The Grande Prairie RCMP have laid charges of manslaughter after a female was assaulted and passed away Friday.On May 11 at 9:38 am RCMP and EMS responded to an assault complaint. The victim advised she needed medical attention and that she had been assaulted the previous night by a female tenant named Barb.The victim passed away Friday. Edmonton Major Crime Unit have assumed carriage of the file to assist Grande Prairie Detachment and their GIS unit. An Autopsy has been scheduled for Tuesday May 17.- Advertisement -Barb Wright of Grande Prairie has been charged with one count of Manslaughter and is scheduled to appear in Grande Prairie Court on Monday, May 15th.Police are asking the public if they had any contact with Sherra Eckert on May 10th or May 11th or if they have any information about this incident to contact the Grande Prairie Detachment at 780-830-5701. If you want to remain anonymous, you can contact Crime Stoppers by phoning 1-800-222-8477. read more
Vintage Video: Pele scores for Brazil against Sweden in World Cup 1958 final
Check out the legend's effort on this day 57 years ago….
Liverpool fans agree on the biggest problem at Anfield: Reaction to Palace defeat
Liverpool's 2-1 defeat at home Crystal Palace exposed some familiar failings with the Reds.It may have been Jurgen Klopp's first defeat as Liverpool manager, but it was the club's third Premier League defeat in a row to the Eagles.And Liverpool fans were quick to lament recurring issues in their team. Liverpool lost 2-1 to Crystal Palace at Anfield	1
'This is our cup final' – Midtjylland chief defends £71 Man United ticket price
FC Midtjylland director Cliff Crown has defended the club's ticket prices for Thursday's Europa League meeting with Manchester United.United supporters are fuming at being forced to fork out £71 – on top of travelling costs – to watch their team take on the Danish champions at the MCH Arena.It is a huge increase on the £22 Southampton supporters were charged when they made the trip to Midtjylland in the Europa League play-off round in August.Andy Mitten, author and editor of fanzine United We Stand, has accused the Scandinavian club of "ripping fans off" and protests are planned during the game.But Crown, who also serves as chairman of Brentford, told talkSPORT on Wednesday: "We are a very small club in a very small region in Denmark and this is our cup final so we have to make the most of our opportunity."Midtjylland's ground will see its capacity reduced from 11,800 to just 9,500 for the United clash because of UEFA restrictions.Crown added: "It is probably the biggest game in our history."Everbody is really excited, the town is really up for it and we probably could have sold 40,000 tickets." read more
LETTERKENNY AMONG FIRST TEN TOWNS TO GET SUPER-FAST BROADBAND
A unique link-up between two of Ireland's leading businesses is set to bring improved broadband across Letterkenny in the coning months.The Cathedral Town has been chosen as one of the first ten towns across Ireland to receive the high-speed capacity.SIRO is an ESB/Vodafone Joint Venture company which is building Ireland's first 100% fibre-to-the-building broadband network. SIRO will offer 1 gigabit speeds to 500,000 premises in fifty regional towns.The launch of SIRO will take place in Letterkenny's Public Services Centre on Friday, April 15th.The event will be attended by Cllr. Ciaran Brogan (Cathaoirleach, Donegal County Council), Deputy Joe McHugh TD (Minister of State with Special Responsibility for Gaeltacht Affairs and Natural Resources), John Bowe (President, Letterkenny Chamber of Commerce) andSean Atkinson (CEO, SIRO).LETTERKENNY AMONG FIRST TEN TOWNS TO GET SUPER-FAST BROADBAND was last modified: April 5th, 2016 by StephenShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:broadbanddonegalletterkenny read more
DD NOTICE: LISBON LIONS CELTIC SUPPORTERS CLUB MEETING NEXT MONDAY
Lisbon Lions Letterkenny Celtic Supporters Club have a club meeting this coming Monday the 28th of July at 8pm – upstairs in the Tir na og bar in Ballymacool. All members are asked to do their upmost to attend this meeting.Anyone wishing to be a member for what promises to be a very exciting season is also of course welcome along too. DD NOTICE: LISBON LIONS CELTIC SUPPORTERS CLUB MEETING NEXT MONDAY was last modified: July 23rd, 2014 by Mark ForkerShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) Tags:celtic fcDD LOCAL: DD NOTICENoticesSport read more
Councillor: "Where is the equality for the children in the schools that aren't DEIS funded?"
Councillor Michael Colm MacGiolla Eaisbig has highlighted his concern regarding the DEIS programme, and how schools in West Donegal may be missing out on the DEIS status – leading to further inequality and disadvantages.Councillor MacGiolla Eaisbig says; "The meaning of DEIS is Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools. Where is the equality for the children in the schools that aren't DEIS funded? I have been working with Thomas Pringle and Minister Joe Mc Hugh on this matter for the last two years and would call on other TDs in Donegal to raise this issue also."For the academic year 2016-2017, 825 schools are included within the DEIS scheme, 11 less than last year and 48 less than the schemes first operational year in 2006. Out of the 825 schools included; 80 primary schools and 11 secondary schools in Donegal are registered.Donegal's schools account for 11% of the total number of Ireland's DEIS schools.Delivering Equality of Opportunity in Schools (DEIS) the Action Plan for Educational Inclusion, was launched in May 2005 and remains the Department of Education and Skills policy instrument to address educational disadvantage.The action plan focuses on addressing and prioritising the educational needs of children and young people from disadvantaged communities, from pre-school through second-level education (3 to 18 years). Councillor: "Where is the equality for the children in the schools that aren't DEIS funded?" was last modified: November 12th, 2016 by Elaine McCalligShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window) read more
Why these LYIT Graduates have a burning ambition!
On Friday 27 October in Letterkenny and Wednesday 1 November in Killybegs, almost 1,200 students from all over Ireland and internationally will graduate from Letterkenny IT (LYIT). A select group of students will be honoured for their achievements and commitment to a Fire Safety Engineering programme.The wonderful thing about the events is the mix of graduates conferring – from regular CAO applicant to mature student, from domestic to international students, from people completing studies on a full-time or part-time basis; all completing a plethora of different courses, at different levels. Regardless of their situation, this is a great achievement for any individual. Anyone who has gone through third-level education will know the sacrifices that has to be made to get over the finish line. One group of graduating part-time students know this all too well. A Dublin Fire Brigade vehicle was a regular sight in the LYIT car park over the last two years, yet no emergency had taken place. Every Thursday for three semesters a group of seven students travelled from Dublin (one from Gorey, Co. Wexford) to attend lectures for the Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Fire Safety Engineering. Their aim was to achieve an honours degree, following on from having completed a part-time Bachelor of Engineering Tech (Ord) in Fire Safety Engineering at DIT. Dublin Fire Brigade vehicle at LYIT as we say farewell to one crew of part-time Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Fire Safety Engineering students and get ready to welcome another. From L-R – Billy Bennett (Registrar), Dr Paddy Lennon (Lecturer), Alan Judge (Iarnród Eireann), Paul Furlong (Dublin Airport Fire Brigade), Grant Masterson (Wexford County Council/ MSA), Anne Boner (Head of Department of Civil Engineering and Construction), Cathal Ryan (D.F.B.), Paul Keyes (D.F.B.), Rory McShane (Lecturer), Denis McFadden (Head of School of Engineering), Paul McGrath (D.F.B.), James Mulholland (D.F.B).The part-time mature students were all in employment in fire services – with Dublin Fire Brigade, Dublin Airport Authority, Iarnród Éireann and Wexford County Council. Such was their routine or enthusiasm that on occasions they reportedly were in class before any of the local students got there at 9.30 am! Cathal Ryan, one of the graduates commented, "I was part of a group of six fire fighters & one Iarnród Éireannn staff member that have recently achieved our Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Fire Safety Engineering at LYIT. "We considered ourselves very lucky to have received an offer of a place on this programme but it was not without its difficulties. The average travel time from Dublin was a seven-hour round trip every Thursday beginning at 4.30am with others having to travel further, before you even sat down to a lecture! "The incredible professionalism and excellent tutors in LYIT made this trip a whole lot easier. Our time spent in LYIT was invaluable with our development as fire engineers and I would like to give a special mention to Rory McShane, Paddy Lennon & Anne Bonner for their support and assistance throughout this programme. "I'd also like to thank the chief fire officer of Dublin Fire Brigade, Mr Patrick Flemming for his continued support and assistance throughout this whole programme. "Finally, I'd personally like to congratulate and compliment my fellow students on their amazing achievement, we've been through so much together since 2011 in DIT, marriages, babies born and loved ones lost, I'd like to wish them all the very best in their future endeavours. Well done guys," Cathal said.Speaking about this particular group of students and the programme, Anne Boner (Head of Department of Civil Engineering and Construction) outlines, "The BSc (Hons) in Fire Safety Engineering has been running at LYIT since 2001. Typically one or two students each year choose to complete the one year add-on over two years and normally this involves attending classes two days a week. "When approached by the DIT ordinary degree graduates, we took into consideration what they had already covered and came up with a programme which meant they could complete their honours degree in 20 months attending one day a week during term time. "It was a tall ask for students to complete an eight hour day on top of travelling to and from Letterkenny but, with work and family commitments precluding a longer stay, the group jumped at the chance to come to Letterkenny and judging on the results achieved, they gave it their all and it was well worth their effort!"As this specific group of fire safety graduates look forward to Friday's graduation ceremony and say goodbye to Letterkenny, eight further students (from Dublin and Galway) have already taken their place participating in this demanding day-release routine.LYIT looks forward to welcoming all graduates back to both the Letterkenny and Killybegs campuses for graduation and encourages anyone who has any wish to begin/return to education to get in touch or start their search on www.lyit.ie – who knows you could be part of the class of 2020. Why these LYIT Graduates have a burning ambition! was last modified: October 24th, 2017 by Staff WriterShare this:Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window)Click to share on Twitter (Opens in new window)Click to share on LinkedIn (Opens in new window)Click to share on Reddit (Opens in new window)Click to share on Pocket (Opens in new window)Click to share on Telegram (Opens in new window)Click to share on WhatsApp (Opens in new window)Click to share on Skype (Opens in new window)Click to print (Opens in new window)Tags:FIRE BRIGADEFire Safety EngineeringgraduationLetterkenny Institute of TechnologyLYIT read more


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Q: What happens if a use-case fails use-case testing? I've not been able to find this question anywhere on the Internet, and since i'm working on my exam project at the moment, I would hope for this to get answered.
What happens to a use-case if it fails the boss/EBP/size tests? Do you throw it out, rewrite it, does it become a non-functional requirement?
Or does the testing simply prove whether or not a use-case has high business/risk/architectural value for the rest of the project? And you should down prioritize a use-case which failed tests (if only just one test)?
Thanks for your time. Craig Larman's book doesn't really go into depth about this, as far as I know.

A: I assume you refer to http://www.craiglarman.com/wiki/downloads/applying_uml/larman-ch6-applying-evolutionary-use-cases.pdf .

does it become a non-functional requirement?

In the vast majority of cases, use cases represent functional requirements, thus it's pretty unlikely that you refactor them into nonfunctional ones.
If you can rewrite them and they're likely to pass the test, then probably you should.
If you can't achieve a rewrite, try to find a real value in it; you might find the information useful in a subsequent modeling step. If you don't see that happening, put it to the trash...

And you should down prioritize a use-case which failed tests (if only just one test)?

If you stick with the example of Move Piece on Game Board that fails the size test, you'd probably be better of putting that in an activity diagram or including it into the documentation of the corresponding use case that this step actually belongs to.
Referring to the boss test mentioned by Larman, the "Log in" could become a precondition to other use cases.
You might also join several to a use case with more measurable value. As the author mentions, the test may fail but the use case can still be of a value  (see Reasonable Violations).
So at least this is what common sense suggests. There might be rules in RUP (= don't know that) which suggest otherwise.

A: If a usecase under consideration fails Boss Test (means this usecase is not valuable for boss)
Then it might stand as a Common Sub Function (as it is a sub function of all major other usecases
If you ask me i dont formalize any name for assigning Priority to usecases in order to consider them for a proper testing.
These are just names assigned to Priority Levels.


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Robert McKee
Robert "Bob" L. McKee, age 76, passed away on December 17, 2021. Born on October 9, 1945 in Toledo, Ohio to Charles and Winnie (Montgomery) McKee, Bob retired from Champion Spark Plug, and after retirement he worked several years for 5/3 Bank. Bob was a proud member of Harbor View Yacht Club and held several offices, including Commodore in 2005. Surviving is his loving wife, Jean (English) McKee, daughter Kim McKee and step son Scott Crim; grandchildren Megan, Jordan and Ryan Crim; brother Oakes (Darlene) McKee, and several nieces and nephews. Bob was preceded in death by his parents, daughter Kristin McKee, brother Charles, and sisters Lillian and Dorothy. Friends may visit at the Coyle Funeral Home, 1770 S. Reynolds Rd. on Sunday, January 2, 2022 from 1:00- 4:00 p.m., with a Blue Gavel Ceremony beginning at 4:00. Interment will be private. In lieu of flowers contributions may be made to the donor's choice. Please leave a condolence message for the family at CoyleFuneralHome.com.
Robert "Bob" L. McKee, age 76, passed away on December 17, 2021. Born on October 9, 1945 in Toledo, Ohio to Charles and Winnie (Montgomery) McKee, Bob retired from Champion Spark Plug, and after retirement he worked several years for 5/3 Bank. Bob... View Obituary & Service Information
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Tom Demakes of Old Neighborhood help unload a truck full of boxes of Christmas meals of families of children who go to the Lynn YMCA.
Feeding a need in Lynn
By Steve Krause | December 20, 2019
LYNN -- The way Tom Demakes of Old Neighborhood Foods sees it, if you have the means to help people in need and choose not to, "shame on you."
Demakes, the third-generation owner of the Waterhill Street business, is a noted philanthropist. And part of that generosity manifests itself at Christmastime, when his company has, for several years, donated food to needy families in Lynn associated with institutions such as the YMCA and the Boys and Girls Club. Thursday, Old Neighborhood gave out 75 meal boxes to the Lynn Y to be distributed to local families.
"This is something we have done from time to time," said Demakes. "It's something, at least. There's never enough to go around for everyone, but it's something we do.
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Studies on Lead Intoxication in the Rat.
Mykkanen, Hannu M. (1977) Studies on Lead Intoxication in the Rat. Doctoral thesis, University of Surrey (United Kingdom)..
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial Share Alike.
The studies described are directed towards the problem of lead intoxication in children and the literature related to this is reviewed. The rat was used as an experimental model. Newborn rats, of albino Wistar and black-and-white Hooded strain, were exposed to lead from birth, first indirectly through mother's milk, then directly through diets containing 0, 0.5, 1.0 or 2.0% lead acetate. By 5 weeks of age the Wistar rats receiving lead, showed various symptoms of lead intoxication ranging from mild growth retardation to total paralysis of the hind part of the body. No paralysis was observed in any of the lead-intoxicated Hooded suckling rats. The growth of lead-intoxicated Wistar suckling rats was retarded compared with their pair-fed controls, indicating that the growth retardation in young lead-exposed animals was partly due to lead and partly due to decreased food consumption. The lead-intoxicated Hooded suckling rats showed less retardation of growth than did the Wistars. This was thought to be due to the fact that the Hooded dams accepted the diets containing lead acetate more readily than the Wistar dams. The determination of the blood and tissue lead concentrations revealed that at 3 weeks of age the lead-intoxicated Wistar suckling rats had significantly higher concentrations of lead than their mothers after a similar period of exposure, and than the lead-intoxicated Hooded suckling rats of same age. Cross-fostering experiments showed that the strain of the lactating mother had no effect on the blood and tissue lead concentrations in the suckling rats at 3 weeks of age. By 7 weeks of age the blood, kidney and liver lead concentrations in the Wistar rats fell to levels observed in the mothers. The concentrations of lead in the brains of the young rats stayed consistently higher than in the mothers. Exposure to lead during the suckling period did not affect the maturation of various physical features and reflexes in the young rats. However, the rate of development was significantly different in the two strains studied, most of the physical features and reflexes appeared fully matured in the Hooded rats 1-2 days earlier than in the Wistar rats. Male Wistar rats exposed to lead (0.5% lead acetate in the diet) for 3, 6, or 12 months did not show any observable ill effect other than a 10% reduction in the body weight. The blood and tissue lead concentrations were similar at 3 and 6 months, slightly increased at 12 months. Except for a slight increase in the aggressive behaviour towards the end of the experimental period and a small, but consistent increase in exploration, the social behaviour of the male rats was not affected by the long-term lead exposure.
Mykkanen, Hannu M.
Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Surrey (United Kingdom), 1977.
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Veterans of Iraq, Afghanistan Become a Force in Politics
Representative Tammy Duckworth, a veteran of the war in Iraq, speaks with the media on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, Nov. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)
Today, Tammy Duckworth is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and a candidate for the Senate.
Eleven years ago, she was an Army soldier flying Blackhawk helicopters in Iraq.
On the day after Veterans Day 2004, a grenade struck her helicopter. The blast destroyed her legs and severely damaged an arm. Those injuries and her experience as a soldier made her want to become involved in politics, she says.
"So I got this second chance at life, and I see my time now as a bonus. And that's really allowed me to speak up without fear. And stand up for what I believe in – for what we all believe in. After all, what are the folks who don't agree with me and my political adversaries going to do – blow me up?"
Duckworth is part of a small but growing force in U.S. politics: veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Congress includes 25 lawmakers out of 535 who are veterans of America's two most recent wars.
In the history of veterans in Congress, that number is both small and large. In 1971, veterans from World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War made up over 70 percent of Congress.
Since then, the overall number of veterans in Congress has declined.
One reason is that a lower percentage of Americans – only about 2 percent -- serve in the military. In addition, most American voters no longer consider military service to be a requirement to hold elected office.
But soldiers returning from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are increasingly running for office and winning seats. They include four female veterans. Among them is Tammy Duckworth of Illinois.
"And I stand here before you today because my buddies didn't leave me behind. They literally lifted me up and carried me off the battlefield and saved my life. After everything they did to save me, I really feel that I owe them."
Vets in Congress
Congress has the highest number of veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to serve in national office, says the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
Matt Miller is the chief policy officer for the organization, as well as a veteran himself. Miller says veterans want to bring some of the leadership and cooperation skills they learned in the military to politics.
But he notes that military culture is not partisan – in other words, soldiers do not usually express a strong political point of view.
"The only left and right in the military is the person to your left and right. And that all that you hope for, that when light turns green, and there's action that needs to be taken, that they have your back."
Miller says that veterans who become politicians are concerned about soldiers after they return from service. He says top issues include veterans' health and benefits, and the ability for veterans to continue their education.
They also advise the president and military leaders on conflicts, including those in Syria and Afghanistan.
"What I think they're advocating for is getting the job done. And whatever that takes in getting the job done with the best-trained, best-equipped military possible. So I think that is where their heart would lie."
For example, Miller says, leaving U.S. troops in Afghanistan longer allows the military to "get the job done."
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Lewis ready for CANOC challenges
NEWLY APPOINTED interim president of the Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committee (CANOC), Brian Lewis, is fully aware of the challenges which he would be facing over the next four months after he was unanimously elected to serve in that capacity, following the recent resignation of former president Steve Stoute.
Speaking in a recent interview, Lewis expressed his gratification with being elected by his colleagues to spearhead the organisation until the CANOC Extraordinary General Meeting scheduled for Barranquilla, Colombia, in February 2017.
"It is my privilege and I would approach it as an honour because there was a level of trust and responsibility given to me and therefore it is my obligation to leave the organisation in a better position in February," stated Lewis.
Elaborating on the many stresses which he expects to face, Lewis believes in the unity of purpose as a tool in assessing these challenges and issues.
"Hardwork, teamwork and dedication is needed by all members and also partnering organisations working together collectively, is of utmost importance," Lewis expressed, as he intends to enhance on the positive image and credibility of the Caribbean in terms of sport and its anti- doping reputation.
Sport leadership, along with proper governing standards and informed, important contributions, must be implemented for guaranteed success in the foreseeable future.
Lewis noted that serving as the interim president would be an interesting task especially after the leadership and legacy which was left behind by the former president Steve Stoute.
He also relayed that there were challenging issues and a hectic agenda moving forward as he gave an insight as to what he would be facing over the next four months in charge.
However, according to Lewis, "Stoute's legacy was defined by his passion and filling the shoes of an iconic leader would be a difficult task but one in which I would try to operate at the same level of dignity and integrity in which he did."


Kelby Training - Landscape Photography – Ground Work By Moose Peterson » Развлекательный портал Jolly Roger Project.
Taking the wonder our eyes see and mind and heart records and translating that to a single click of the shutter requires a lot more than just being there.
Introduction (05:29) Welcome to the landscape photography class.
Fisheye Lenses (02:55) Moose examines fisheye lenses.
Ultra Wide Lenses (04:31) Moose examines ultra wide lenses.
Mid Range Zoom Lenses (04:21) Lets take a look at mid range zoom.
Telephoto Zoom Lenses (00:39) Take a look at some of these super lenses.
Telephoto Lenses (02:00) A look at some more high caliber equipment.
Forest Stream - Applying Lens Knowledge (08:29) Now to start using some of the instruction.
Forest Stream - Applying the Polarizer (04:21) Applying a polarizer to your camera lens.
Finishing Lesson - Images From the Lake (11:03) Now we get back to the computer to finish up our images.
Finishing Lesson - Fisheye Pano (04:08) Stitching together a panoramic shot from the fisheye lens.


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Q: Django - Include dynamic templates I want to include dynamic template with include tag. So basically, when I include template with static path, like below, everything is Ok.
{% include "stories/Princess_Run_Story/Princess_Run_Story.html" %}

And in my case, I transfer this path in value. And using then, exactly the same.
{% include story_counter %}

But I catch error below, and main point here, that both value are same, even I manually transfer that path from first example.
Using engine django:
django.template.loaders.filesystem.Loader: C:\Work-Projects\Web\WebWorkBook\templates\'stories\Cave_Monsters_Story\Cave_Monsters_Story.html' (Source does not exist)
django.template.loaders.app_directories.Loader: C:\Program Files\Python27\lib\site-packages\django\contrib\admin\templates\'stories\Cave_Monsters_Story\Cave_Monsters_Story.html' (Source does not exist)

UPDATE:
Part of settings: with templates root:
....
# Build paths inside the project like this: os.path.join(BASE_DIR, ...)
BASE_DIR = os.path.dirname(os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(__file__)))
MEDIA_ROOT = os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates')

....
STATICFILES_DIRS = (
    os.path.join(BASE_DIR, "static"),
)

ROOT_URLCONF = 'webworkbook.urls'

TEMPLATES = [
    {
        'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
        'DIRS': [MEDIA_ROOT],
        'APP_DIRS': True,
        'OPTIONS': {
            'context_processors': [
                'django.template.context_processors.debug',
                'django.template.context_processors.request',
                'django.contrib.auth.context_processors.auth',
                'django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages',
            ],
        },
    },
]
....

Another part of path generated from other script. Using os.path.join But I can put even sample string path to the value, and transfer to the view. And I will get the same issue.
def view_story(request, story_number):
    try:
        story_counter = 'stories/Princess_Run_Story/Princess_Run_Story.html'
    except Question.DoesNotExist:
        raise Http404("Story does not exist. Something wrong here.")
    return render(request, 'workbook/stories_page.html', {'story_counter': story_counter})


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Alfred Schmidt (født 19. maj 1931 i Berlin, død 28. august 2012 i Frankfurt am Main) var en tysk filosof, som tilhørte Frankfurterskolen.

Værker
 Der Begriff der Natur in der Lehre von Marx. Europäische Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main 1962. (Naturbegrebet hos Marx. Oversat af Svend Dindler. Rhodos, 1976, .)
 Zur Idee der Kritischen Theorie. Elemente der Philosophie Max Horkheimers. Hanser, München 1974, .
 Kritische Theorie, Humanismus, Aufklärung. Philosophische Arbeiten. Reclam, Stuttgart 1981, .
 Goethes herrlich leuchtende Natur. Philosophische Studie zur deutschen Spätaufklärung. Hanser, München 1984, .
 Die Wahrheit im Gewande der Lüge. Schopenhauers Religionsphilosophie. Piper, München/Zürich 1986, .

Oversætter
 Robert Paul Wolff, Barrington Moore, Herbert Marcuse: Kritik der reinen Toleranz. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt/M. 1966. (A Critique of Pure Tolerance)
 Herbert Marcuse: Der eindimensionale Mensch. Studien zur Ideologie der fortgeschrittenen Industriegesellschaft. Luchterhand, Neuwied/Berlin 1967. (One-Dimensional Man)

Udgiver
 Max Horkheimer: Gesammelte Schriften, Bände 1–19. Herausgegeben von Alfred Schmidt und Gunzelin Schmid Noerr. S. Fischer, Frankfurt, 1985–1996.

Ekstern henvisning
 Lorenz Jäger: Zum Tode von Alfred Schmidt: Begriffene Natur (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, 29. august 2012)
 Obituaries: Alfred Schmidt (The Times, London, 10. oktober 2012)

Filosoffer fra Tyskland
Personer fra Frankfurt am Main