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Democrats' Bolder Stand on Labor Reflects Nation's Ideological Shift – The New York Times
October 12, 2019 | Filed under: Government & Politics, Politics	and tagged with: Democrats' Bolder Stand on Labor Reflects Nation's Ideological Shift
Senator Bernie Sanders and others seeking the Democratic presidential nomination are embracing labor proposals that go far beyond what the party establishment backed four years ago.CreditCreditHilary Swift for The New York Times
When Bernie Sanders ran for president in 2016, his campaign was strikingly pro-labor. He proposed a $15-an-hour minimum wage, which was much further than most mainstream Democrats, including Hillary Clinton, were willing to go. He denounced a trans-Pacific trade deal that was anathema to many unions. He endorsed an organizing method, known as card check, that would allow workers to unionize without holding a secret-ballot election.
Yet by the standards of the race for the 2020 Democratic nomination, the Bernie Sanders of four years ago was something of a piker. At least half the candidates who will appear in next week's presidential debate — including Mr. Sanders — have labor platforms that are more ambitious than his 2016 version.
Several candidates have pledged to ban noncompete agreements, which hold down wages for workers, and mandatory-arbitration clauses, which prohibit lawsuits against employers. They would effectively require many companies to treat independent contractors as employees, making the workers eligible for the minimum wage and unemployment insurance. They would enact a number of measures that would help workers unionize and strike, like allowing them to lead boycotts of an employer's customers, which is currently illegal.
"For the first time we see really robust agendas in labor and employment policy that are about unions and also about really high labor standards," said Lawrence Mishel, the former president of the Economic Policy Institute, a liberal think tank. "Politicians have been willing to say some of this stuff, but they haven't been public about it."
Perhaps the most ambitious proposal is an idea known as sectoral bargaining, in which workers would bargain with employers on an industrywide basis rather than employer by employer. Sectoral bargaining, which is common in Europe, would make it possible to increase wages and benefits for millions of workers in relatively short order, even for those who aren't union members. It would also give employers an incentive to create better-paying jobs because doing so would no longer bestow a major cost advantage on competitors.
Under a sectoral bargaining system, unions or worker groups would have to show support from a certain share of workers in order to begin negotiating on their behalf — for example, by getting 15 or 20 percent of workers in an industry to sign cards. At that point, a federal agency like the Labor Department would convene the bargaining, with employer groups on one side and the worker groups on the other. The agency would review any resulting agreement, which, once approved, would become binding on all employers in the industry.
In recent months, Mr. Sanders and Elizabeth Warren, along with Pete Buttigieg, Cory Booker and Beto O'Rourke, have released labor plans that would either enact sectoral bargaining or take significant strides in that direction by allowing workers to negotiate with multiple employers at once.
Senator Elizabeth Warren is among Democrats advocating measures that would give workers more leverage. The candidates' views on labor policy partly reflect a broader ideological shift away from the market-friendly approach of the 1980s and '90s.CreditElizabeth Frantz for The New York Times
That such a range of Democratic candidates have signed on to far-reaching labor proposals reflects the ways that lackluster wage growth, economic insecurity and widening inequality are upending politics and shattering a longstanding policy consensus.
In the early stages of the economic recovery a decade ago, most workers were primarily concerned with avoiding unemployment, said Celinda Lake, a Democratic pollster who has conducted research on voters' economic concerns. But as the expansion has plodded on, the focus has shifted from having any job to having a good job, which workers see as rare.
"You're really trying to do something about what jobs pay," Ms. Lake said.
With people increasingly open to more radical tools for accomplishing this, joining a union can seem downright middle of the road. According to recent polling by Pew Research Center, 42 percent of Americans view socialism favorably, up from 29 percent in 2010. During roughly that same time, support for unions has climbed significantly, from less than half to about two-thirds of Americans.
The increased openness to unions and collective bargaining has dovetailed with a palpable shift in expert opinion. For decades, economists tended to play down the importance of unions, attributing much of the increase in income inequality to a growing demand for skilled workers that resulted from automation and the spread of information technology. Some otherwise liberal economists were skeptical or even hostile to unions, seeing them as cartels that drove up wages for their members at the cost of reducing employment.
"I learned this in graduate school in macro — anti-union stuff from people who were highly inclined toward government redistribution," said the economist and columnist Noah Smith, who earned his Ph.D. at the University of Michigan and has written about economists' suspicion of unions. "There was this definite anti-union bias among liberals in the economics profession."
But in recent years, many economists have begun to reconsider those views. Partly this reflects a broader ideological shift in the country away from the market-friendly policy approach of the 1980s and '90s, which has lost credibility as inequality has widened. "We as social scientists live in a society where clearly the general social and political environment affects the questions we ask," said Arindrajit Dube, a labor economist at the University of Massachusetts Amherst.
And partly this reflects a proliferation of research, which some of the campaigns have specifically cited, showing that employers have considerable power to hold down wages below the level the market would set.
Whatever the case, there appears to be a growing consensus among center-left economists that unions are a critical check on the tendency of capital to vacuum up the gains from economic growth. A recent paper by economists at Princeton and Columbia showed that unions raised wages for low-skilled workers in the decades in which inequality was narrowing and concluded that unions have "had a significant, equalizing effect on the income distribution." A recent paper by the centrist Hamilton Project concluded that "unions lift wages, reduce inequality, and shape how work is organized."
And then there is the growing consensus among union experts, including labor leaders, that improving workers' standards of living after decades of declining unionization requires a much more ambitious approach than the movement previously embraced.
Before the 2004 and 2008 presidential elections, the politically powerful Service Employees International Union told candidates that they would have to present a detailed health care proposal to be considered for its endorsement. This year, the union asked candidates seeking its support to produce specific plans to help underpaid workers act collectively and urged them to incorporate industrywide bargaining as a key pillar.
Other union experts have helped to deliver this message behind the scenes. Larry Cohen, a former president of the Communications Workers of America and a top volunteer adviser to Mr. Sanders in 2016 and now, said that he has been touting the importance of sectoral bargaining to Mr. Sanders in recent years. "The last time I talked to him about this was right before he decided to run," said Mr. Cohen, who looked closely at sectoral bargaining systems in Norway and Argentina while traveling to those countries after the last election. "He was genuinely excited by it."
Mr. Cohen has also been involved in an effort by two faculty members at Harvard Law School, known as the Clean Slate for Worker Power project, to convene dozens of labor experts, activists and organizers to reimagine labor law from the ground up. The group won't publish its recommendations until January, but in the meantime it has worked to disseminate ideas like sectoral bargaining across the campaigns. Sharon Block and Benjamin Sachs, the Harvard faculty members involved, have weighed in with several campaigns that have embraced this approach, according to aides to Ms. Warren, Mr. Buttigieg, Mr. O'Rourke and Mr. Booker.
Ms. Block, a former Obama administration official and congressional staff member who is a veteran of legislative efforts to make unionizing and collective bargaining easier, said experience had taught her that advancing labor interests through provisions like card check doesn't work: Such measures tend to be too small to matter substantively, and they fail to generate political excitement among those who would benefit.
"The folks who don't want this to happen will fight just as hard whether it's small or big," Ms. Block said. "But doing something bigger makes moving legislation easier because you have the potential to have a much bigger constituency behind it."
Source: Democrats' Bolder Stand on Labor Reflects Nation's Ideological Shift – The New York Times


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Nobody Excluded är det tredje studioalbumet av den italienska metal-gruppen Exilia, utgivet den 8 augusti 2006 på GUN Records. Albumet producerades av Udo Rinklin som också ansvarade för gruppens senaste album Unleashed (2004).

Albumet visar upp tunga nu metal-låtar fyllda med Masha Mysmanes hesa, aggressiva sångstil. Flera av låtarna har hämtat inspiration från thrash metal-scenen, medan det samtidigt finns en del lugna låtar som till exempel singeln Your Rain.

Låtlista
Alla låtar är skrivna av Exilia.

 Kill Me – 3:13
 Nobody – 3:44
 Destroy My Eyes – 3:19
 No Colours – 3:46
 Your Rain – 3:10
 Get Sick – 3:04
 Speed of Light – 2:44
 Fly High Butterfly – 4:40
 My Prophecy – 3:35
 In a Coma – 3:34
 Cruel – 3:34 (bonuslåt)
 Justify Yourself – 3:39
 Little Girl in a World – 3:21
 Nowhere – 2:47 (bonuslåt)

Bonuslåtarna Cruel och Nowhere finns inte med på originalutgåvan.

Singlar från albumet

Your Rain
Albumets första singel Your Rain gavs ut den 18 augusti 2006 och innehåller albumlåten Kill Me som b-sida.

Låtlista (GUN 250; 82876 85137 2)
 Your Rain – 3:09
 Kill Me – 3:13

Låtlista - Maxi (GUN 250; 82876 88033 2)
 Your Rain – 3:09
 Never Again – 3:56
 Remind Me (Jeff Collier) – 3:30
 Snakes (Jeff Collier) – 3:29
 Kill Me – 3:13

Releasedatum

Banduppsättning
 Masha Mysmane - sång
 Elio Alien - gitarr
 Marco Valerio - bas
 Ale "BH" Lera - trummor

Källor
 MusicBrainz: Exilia – Nobody Excluded
 Discogs: Olika utgåvor av singeln Your Rain

Album av Exilia
Musikalbum 2006

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Previous chapters have explained how to estimate the various input to portfolio credit risk models, including default probabilities, credit exposures, and recovery rates for individual credits. We now turn to the measurement of credit risk for the overall portfolio.
In the past, credit risk was measured on a stand-alone basis, in terms of a "yes" or "no" decision by a credit officer. Some consideration was given to portfolio effects through very crude concentration limits at the overall level. Portfolio theory, however, teaches us that risk should be viewed in the context of the contribution to the total risk of a portfolio, not in isolation. Indeed, the new credit risk models measure risk on a portfolio basis.
While this focus on diversification also exists in market risk management, credit risk is markedly more complex. In particular, it is difficult to estimate probabilities and correlations of default events. These correlations, however, are essential drivers of diversification benefits, as we have seen in Chapter 19.


Judge Merrick Garland may well be the most moderate Supreme Court nominee anyone could expect from a Democratic president, but he's also a justice who could create the first liberal majority on the high court in more than 40 years.
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Dr. Davidson is the Founding Editor of the Journal of Post Keynesian Economics. He is the author, co-author, or editor of over 20 books and 200 journal articles. His most recent book is titled Who's Afraid of John Maynard Keynes? Challenging Economic Governance in an Age of Growing Inequality (Palgrave, 2017). His research interests include international monetary payments and global employment policies, monetary theory, income distribution, energy economics, demand and supply for outdoor recreation, and Post Keynesian economics. Dr. Davidson is listed in Who's Who in Economics, Who's Who in The East, Who's Who in The South and Southwest, American Economists of The Late Twentieth Century, Dictionary of International Biography, Men of Achievement, and Contemporary Authors.


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Минтан (míngtáng 明堂, Зал ясности/сияния; пресветлый чертог. Согласно М. Гранэ, «дом календаря») — центральное архитектурное сооружение в ритуальной системе Древнего Китая, павильон для аудиенций вана Чжоу. Многократно упоминается в доимперских источниках, однако детальное описание появляется только в эпоху Хань. Минтан представляет собой космографическую модель, располагающую вана в центре вселенной.

Представляется в виде квадрата, ориентированного по сторонам света на манер мандалы, зачастую как «магический квадрат» Ло Шу, восемь крайних компонентов которого соответствуют восьми триграммам. Подробное описание подобного рода содержится у Цай Юна 蔡邕 (132—192, см. :en:Cai Yong); трактат Да дай лицзи (:zh:大戴礼记, предположительно 1 в. н. э.) содержит главу «Минтан», указывающую размеры минтана, а также приводящую последовательность чисел, отождествляемую с Ло шу: 294, 753, 618. Та же глава, однако, упоминает альтернативное трактование, связанное с загадочным растением, которое отращивает по листу в день в течение первой половины месяца, а затем по одному из сбрасывает. Отношение этого растения к минтану-постройке не ясно до конца. Раздел упоминает Хаогун 蒿宮, «полынный дворец», которое впоследствии стало обозначать походный шатёр монарха.

В постклассической литературе насчитывается более двадцати различных реконструкций минтана.

Среди интеллектуалов имперского периода, рассматривавших значение минтана — Дун Чжуншу (ок. 179—104 гг. до н. э., приближенный У-ди), Ван Фучжи (1619—1692), Кан Ювэй (1858—1927).

Археология
Известны три варианта минтана эпохи Хань, два из которых исследованы археологами.

Первый был построен У-ди (правл. 141-87 до н. э.) в Фэнгао, у подножья горы Тай, осенью 109 года. (Предшествующий проект строительства в столице, инициированный 16-летним У-ди под влиянием конфуцианских наставников вскоре после своего воцарения, был подавлен вдовствующей императрицей Доу). Неудобство расположения Минтана У-ди заключалось в удалённости на 800 км от столицы.

Фундамент сооружения, обнаруженный в 1956 году к югу от западноханьской столицы Чанъань, приписывается минтану, построенному в правление Ван Мана в 4-5 гг. н. э. Оно представляло собой квадратную постройку из девяти комнат, окружённую циклическим рвом (согласно Цай Юну, символизировавшим Четыре Моря, окружавших Поднебесную, а также небесную сферу). Постройка минтана была вызвана необходимостью космологической легитимации для нового режима, установленного путём узурпации трона. Минтан Ван Мана был сожжен при захвате столицы в 23 году.

Приказ о постройке третьего минтана был отдан Гуан У-ди в 56 году. В сооружении, возведённом к югу от Лояна, была проведена церемония принятия Небесного мандата Мин-ди в 59 году. Фундамент этого сооружения был обнаружен в 1963 году и исследован в 1978 году, однако отчёт о раскопках был опубликован только в 2010 году.

В 2009—2011 гг. в КНР проводились раскопки остатков минтана в Лояне (:zh:洛阳明堂遗址), постройка которого началась в 688 году.

Другие значения

В поздние эпохи название минтан стало использоваться для обозначения храма предков, а также центральной комнаты в гробнице, стиль которой имитировал земное жильё покойного.

В системе китайской акупунктуры и физиогномики минтаном обозначается нос. Это значение фигурирует уже в раннем медицинском трактате Хуан-ди нэйцзин. Однако там же минтан многократно упоминается как приемная самого Хуан-ди, в которой он задаёт вопросы своим министрам.

В китайской астрономии минтан — название созвездия (:zh:明堂 (星官)), соответствующего европейскому созвездию Льва. См. :en:Supreme Palace enclosure 太微垣.

Понятие минтан также используется в геомантии.

Примечания

Архитектура Китая


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Q: Is it possible to link the Matlab compiler to Visual C++ compiler? I am using Matlab 2010 and VS2010.
I have the Matlab Compiler Runtime installed in my system.
Whenever if run command mcc -setup I get only one compiler lcc. This compiler gives a lot of errors when used to build a C++ shared library using deployment tool. It builds only C Shared libraries correctly.
Can I also connect VC++ compiler with MCC ????
How should I do that ??

A: Have you read this article? Especially note 2? They are talking about a similar bug there.
PS
Matlab interacts with compilers using mexopts files, located in
matlabroot\bin\win64\mexopts\

So, you may add virtually any compiler yourself.

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*Some mexopts are available through Mathworks fileexchange.

*If you've got access to newer matlab installation, you can get mexopts from there.

*You can write your own set of mexopts, based on existing files. In genereal, it's rather easy make, say VS2010 mexopts out of VS2008 ones.

Here's an official article on this.

A: There is an issue with Matlab 2010 and VS2010. It seems like Matlab was released before VS and therefore it does not have automatic way of configuring VS2010.
I ran into this issue once and my best advice is to download VS2008 express edition...
It's lame, but its the quickest way to get Matlab 2010 working with VS.
Sorry.

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Identifying risk of AKI is paramount because AKI usually lacks signs and symptoms6 and can potentially result in irreversible kidney damage if recognition is delayed.1 In clinical studies, the NephroCheck® Test identified the majority of patients that developed moderate to severe AKI within12 hours of assessment.7,8
"The availability of a test to identify patients at risk of developing moderate to severe acute kidney injury can allow for the recognition and closer management of these patients," said Dr. Kianoush Kashani of the Mayo Clinic. "A test designed to achieve high sensitivity, such as the NephroCheck® Test, allows for the identification of the majority of patients at risk for developing moderate to severe acute kidney injury."
The NephroCheck® Test result, called the AKIRisk™ Score, has significant ability to distinguish patients with AKI from those without AKI. Based on results from clinical studies, patients with a positive AKIRisk™ Score (greater than the cutoff of 0.3) have a one in four to a one in three chance of developing moderate or severe AKI within 12 hours of assessment.
To calculate the AKIRisk™ Score, the NephroCheck® Test System measures the concentrations of two urinary biomarkers using the Astute140® Meter. The two novel biomarkers — tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase 2 (TIMP-2) and insulin-like growth factor binding protein 7 (IGFBP-7), are thought to be involved in G1 cell cycle arrest in the earliest phases of injury.9,10,11,12
In July 2014, Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. entered into a strategic collaboration with Astute Medical, Inc., the developer of the NephroCheck® Test System, to become the exclusive sales agent for Astute Medical's NephroCheck® Test and the Astute140® Meter in the United States and in certain countries of the European Union.
"NephroCheck® provides customers with a simple, yet innovative new approach to help healthcare providers assess the risk of acute kidney injury, which leads to poor patient outcomes and increased hospital costs," said Robert Yates, Ortho Clinical Diagnostics' Chief Operating Officer. "Ortho Clinical Diagnostics is focused on bringing targeted solutions to our customer that address unmet clinical needs and drive improvements to quality care."
About Acute Kidney Injury (AKI)
The kidneys remove waste and help balance fluids and electrolytes in the body. AKI is a sudden loss of kidney function, marked by increases in serum creatinine and decreases in urine output. In hospitalized patients, AKI can develop as a result of sepsis, pneumonia, major or cardiac surgery or drugs that are toxic to the kidneys.
About The NephroCheck® Test System – Important information
The NephroCheck® Test System detects the presence of insulin-like growth-factor binding protein 7 (IGFBP-7) and tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinases (TIMP-2) in the urine, which are associated with AKI. Within 20 minutes, the test provides a score based on the amount of the proteins present that correlates to the patient's risk of developing AKI within 12 hours of the test being performed. Patients with a positive NephroCheck® AKIRisk™ Score (greater than the cutoff of 0.3) have a one in four to a one in three chance of developing moderate or severe AKI within 12 hours of assessment. The biomarkers were discovered and validated through large multi-center clinical studies.7,8
The NephroCheck® Test System is intended to be used in conjunction with clinical evaluation in patients who currently have or have had within the past 24 hours acute cardiovascular and or respiratory compromise and are ICU patients as an aid in the risk assessment for moderate or severe AKI within 12 hours of patient assessment. The NephroCheck® Test System is intended to be used in patients 21 years of age or older.
The NephroCheck® Test System consists of the Astute140® Meter, NephroCheck® Test Kit, NephroCheck® Liquid Controls Kit, and NephroCheck® Calibration Verification (Cal Vers) Kit.
For more information about the product, visit www.astutemedical.com
About Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc. delivers high-quality in vitro diagnostic products that give healthcare professionals around the world the knowledge they need to make better treatment decisions sooner. The company serves the global transfusion medicine community with donor screening and blood typing products to help ensure every patient receives blood that is safe, the right type and the right unit. Ortho Clinical Diagnostics also brings sophisticated information management, testing technologies and automation and interpretation tools to clinical laboratories worldwide to help them run more efficiently and improve patient care. For more information, visit www.orthoclinical.com.
About Astute Medical, Inc.
Named by the Wall Street Journal as one of the Top 10 Healthcare Start-Ups of 2012, Astute Medical is dedicated to improving the diagnosis of high-risk medical conditions and diseases through the identification and validation of protein biomarkers that can serve as the basis for novel diagnostic tests. The Company's focus is community- and hospital-acquired acute conditions that require rapid diagnosis and risk assessment. Astute Medical's current areas of interest include abdominal pain, acute coronary syndromes, cerebrovascular injury, kidney injury and sepsis. For additional information, please visit AstuteMedical.com.
Ortho-Clinical Diagnostics, Inc.
Stephanie Scott
Astute Medical®, the AM logo, Astute140® NephroCheck® and the NephroCheck® logo are registered trademarks of Astute Medical, Inc. in the United States. AKIRISK™ is a trademark of Astute Medical, Inc. For information regarding trademarks and other intellectual property applicable to this product, please see AstuteMedical.com/US/About/IntellectualProperty.
1 Lewington AJP, Certa J, Mehta RL Raising Awareness of Acute Kidney Injury: A Global Perspective of a Silent Killer. Kidney Int. 2013;84(3):457-467.
2 Hobson CE, Ozrazgat-Baslanti T, Kuxhausen A, et al. Cost and Mortality Associated With Postoperative AcuteKidney Injury. Annals of Surgery. 2014;00:1–8.
3 Dasta JF, Kane-Gill SL, Durtschi AJ, Pathak DS, Kellum JA. Costs and outcomes of acute kidney injury (AKI) following cardiac surgery. Nephrol Dial Transplant. 2008;23:1970-1974.
4 Brown JR, Parikh CR, Ross CS, et al. Impact of perioperative acute kidney injury as a severity index for thirty-day readmission after cardiac surgery. Ann Thorac Surg. 2014;97(1):111-7.
5 Chawla L, Amdur RL, Shaw AD, Faselis C, Palant CE, Kimmel PL. Association between AKI and Long-Term Renal and Cardiovascular Outcomes in United States Veterans. Clin J Am Soc Neprol. 2014;9:1-9.
6 Ronco C, Ricci Z. The Concept of risk and the value of novel biomarkers of acute kidney injury. Crit Care. 2013;17:117-118.
7 Kashani et al. Discovery and validation of cell-cycle arrest biomarkers in human acute kidney injury. Critical Care 2013, 17:R25.
8 Bihorac A, et al. Validation of Cell-Cycle Arrest Biomarkers for Acute Kidney Injury Using Clinical Adjudication. Am J of Respir Crit Care Med. 2014;189(8):932-939.
9 Devarajan P. Update on mechanisms of ischemic acute kidney injury. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2006;17:1503–20.
10 Rodier F, Campisi J, Bhaumik D. Two faces of p53: aging and tumor suppression. Nucleic Acids Res. 2007;35:7475–84.
11 Boonstra J, Post JA. Molecular events associated with reactive oxygen species and cell cycle progression in mammalian cells. Gene. 2004;337:1–13.
12 Seo DW, Li H, Qu CK, et al. Shp-1 mediates the antiproliferative activity of tissue inhibitor of metalloproteinase-2 in human microvascular endothelial cells. J Biol Chem. 2006;281:3711–21.
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Popular Sites Armenia and Georgia
Museums, Museums in Armenia
The National Gallery of Armenia
The National Gallery of Armenia was founded in 1921 and is a part of the Museum complex on the Republic Square.
The National Gallery is one of the biggest museums on the territory of CIS and has the world's largest collection of works by Armenian artists. It has the most complete collection of the Armenian marine painter H. Ayvazovski. More than 20 thousand works of art are stored in the funds of the Gallery with more than 350 canvases and drawings in the Western-European section.
Presented here are paintings by Shagal, Rubens, Courbet, Kandinski, Repin, Briullov, Surikov, Petrov-Vodkin, while the Armenian section displays canvases by Sarian, Soureniants, Garzou, Fetvadjian and many other prominent painters.
The Museum of the history of Yerevan
About 80 thousand exhibits are stored in the funds of the museum representing the history of Yerevan from the ancient times up to the present days.
Medieval writings, different travelers' memoirs and graphic drawings, military banners, awards, weapons, jewelry, the oldest telephone sets and a movie camera from the earliest stage of cinematography, as well as the historical writing by the King of Urartu, Argishti I, on the foundation of the Erebuni city-fortress (today's Yerevan).
The volumetric panoramic models show the visitors parts of old Yerevan re-created on the basis of the survived layouts, drawings and photos.
Among the displays one can find many articles related to the history of engineering and technology – clocks and clock mechanisms (among them the city's tower clock), equipment of printing houses, first telephone sets and a movie camera from the earliest stage of cinematography.
The Matenadaran
(The Institute of Ancient Manuscripts)
Opened on March 1, 1959 , the Matenadaran is a unique institute and repository of ancient Armenian manuscripts.
More than 16 thousand manuscripts about the centuries-old history of the Armenian nation, art, literature and natural sciences are stored and studied in the Matenadaran. These are the works of more than 80 Armenian chroniclers of the 10 th ? 18 th centuries and their contemporaries, as well as translations of the works of outstanding scientists and great thinkers of antiquity and middle ages.
Some unique and ancient copies of manuscripts, the originals of which have irrevocably been lost, are also stored here and today people have the possibility to see them only in the Armenian translations.
The Matenadaran is of special value also as an art museum, where a unique collection of miniatures and other kinds of arts and crafts connected with manuscripts is kept: samples of fabrics, stamping on leather and jewelry.
Special repositories of manuscripts, restoration shops and laboratories are on the ground floor of the Matenadaran, while the exhibition halls, the research laboratories, the reading hall and the catalogs are located on the upper floors.
Hay-Art Cultural Center
Hay-Art Cultural Center was founded in 1997 on the initiative of the Municipality of Yerevan and is housed in the cylindrical buildings, which citizens call "Barrels".
Hay-Art Cultural Center 's primary goal is to create an interactive field providing a venue for art and culture from both East and West. Trying to overcome cultural, religious, political and language barriers, Hay-Art implements balanced and quality programs where mutual understanding and cultural integration are paramount.
Hay-Art houses a permanent collection, which showcases both Eastern and Western contemporary artists.
The works of Russian artists introduced in the exposition of the museum, are donated by professor A. Abrahamian, a collector, scientist and doctor from Moscow.
Here one can find the works of famous Russian artists such as Serov, Vrubel, Benua, Kustodiev, Konchalovski, Lansere, Goncharov, Petrov-Vodkin, Roerich.
The exposition is supplemented with graphics, sculpture, articles of arts and crafts related to earlier periods in furniture, bronze, porcelain and glass articles.
The House-Museum of Martiros Sarian
Martiros Sarian is a great Armenian painter, master of vivid and colorful landscapes, sharp portraits, festive still-lifes, decorative pictures, theatrical paintings and book illustrations. The House-Museum of Martiros Sarian was opened in 1967, on the government's initiative, when the master was still alive. The 50 paintings donated to the museum by Sarian, served as a basis for the exposition. Later the collection was replenished by paintings of different periods of the artist's creative work.
Visiting this museum established at the painter's studio people can familiarize themselves with the works of this master of colors and light and feel the spirit of Armenia.
The House-Museum of Yervand Kochar
Yervand Kochar's House Museum was opened in June 1984 in the master's former studio. Sculpture, graphics and painting of all periods of the artist's creative work are represented in the museum, as well as various photographs, documents and publications.
Kochar's painting and graphics are extraordinary and call for speculations just as Picasso's, Shagal's, Dali's works do. He rightfully can rank on a par with these great philosophers in art. His volumetric painting is one of the greatest achievements of modern art, while the cold wax paint technique revived by Kochar brought him the fame of a pioneer. Many foreign guests are familiar to Kochar' art through his works presented in the Louvre Museum.
The Yeghishe Charents Memorial Home
Yeghishe Charents, a poet, who passionately glorified the revival of Armenia . His place among the constellation of the 20 th century poets has truly been pointed out by Louis Aragon: "The names of eminent poets embellish our century. In England its Kipling, in France – Apollinaire and Eluard, in Germany – Rilke, in Spain – Garcia Lorca, in Russia – Mayakovski and Yesenin, in Armenia – Charents and Isahakian".
The Museum was established in the house, where the poet lived during the last two years of his life. A library with more than 6 thousand volumes is stored in the funds of the museum and only part of it is displayed. Many of the exhibited books bear the poet's autograph.
The House-Museum of Avetik Isahakian
The lyric poet and academician Avetik Isahakian had a great contribution on Armenian literature, his works rank among the jewels of international lyric poetry.
The Museum was established in 1963 in the house, where the poet lived from 1947 to 1957. The poet's study, bedroom and sitting room are kept as they used to be.
Articles belonging to the poet, his sitting room furniture, the library and paintings of famous painters – the authors' gifts to the poet – are exhibited on the first floor.
Lifetime publications and translations of Isahakian's works in many languages of the world are also exhibited here.
The Museum of A. Tamanian
Architect Alexander Tamanian is the author of the master plan of Yerevan.
The Museum of A. Tamanian was founded in October 2001. Visiting the museum, one can become familiar with Tamanian's unique projects, the master plan of Yerevan , in accordance with which the capital of Armenia has developed and expanded till now.
A thorough study of the national architectural heritage, a daring combination of personal experience and architectural solutions of the past, an insight into the national constructive thinking and designing – this is Alexander Tamanian in his best projects.
The State Museum of History of Armenia
Founded in 1921, the State Museum of History of Armenia is part of the Museum Complex on the Republic Square. The museum has about 400 thousand exhibits.
The permanent exposition covers the whole history of the Armenian people – from the times of primitive society until recent days.
Artifacts discovered during excavations of monuments of different eras are presented in the here: primitive tools, weapons and utensils from the times of Urartu and other Armenian states; sculptures, adornments, crafts of different historical areas of Armenia .
The museum has a rich library (about 50 thousand items), many of which are unique publications, among them: the first Armenian printed book "Urbatagirk" ( Venice , 1512).
The Erebuni Museum
The Museum of the history of the foundation of Yerevan was built in 1968 at the foot of the Arin-Berd hill, on top of which the Urartan city-fortress Erebuni had once been constructed.
It was the earliest and largest urban-type settlement in the Urartan Empire (one of the mightiest slave-holding states of the Ancient East), a major military and administrative center of the country. The city was built by Argishti I, the king of Urartu, in 782 B.C., as testified by a Khorkhorian and two other identical cuneiform inscriptions, found on the Arin-Berd hill.
The Erebuni Museum has a rich collection of items and artifacts related to the Urartan period: weapons, armor, cuneiform inscriptions, cups, jars, seals, bronze bracelets, glass, agate and sard beads telling about the tastes and habits of inhabitants of the fortress.
The Republican Center of Children's Aesthetic Education
Founded in 1970, the complex of the Republican Center of Children's Aesthetic Education includes the first Children's Picture Gallery in the world, exhibition halls, a concert hall and a library, as well as studios where children are initiated into the world of music, dancing, painting, sculpture and applied arts.
On display here are 150 thousand works of children from the Former Soviet Union and 100 other countries: pictures, sculptures, embroidery, appliquГ© work, carpets, tapestries, masks, dolls, which will hardly leave anybody indifferent.
The show-cases of the gallery usher us into the empire of children's imagination. The immaculate world of childhood often recurs to the memories of the visitors of this unusual museum, one of the few on the planet.
The Museum of Folk Art of Armenia
The Museum was established in 1978 on the basis of the funds of the House of Folk Art.The Museum has a representative exposition of different branches of Armenian folk art starting from the ancient times and up to the present days.
These are the works of non-professional masters – silverware, stamping, soldering of decorated patterns, filigree, articles with semiprecious and ornamental stones, wood and stone carved articles, ceramics, carpets, needlework, etc.
Perhaps, only in this museum it is possible to see exquisite lace pieces made with the technique specific for the areas of Western Armenia , which remind the viewer of the embroidery of Armenian khachkars (cross-stones).
The Armenian Genocide Museum
The Museum of the Armenian Genocide was opened in 1995, in time for the commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the Armenian Genocide perpetrated by the Ottoman Turks in 1915. The museum is built on the hill of Tsitsernakaberd, on the territory of the monument to the Genocide Victims. On the upper floor of this two-story building there are 3 halls arranged in a semicircle.
The exposition contains documents and photographs revealing the history of preparation and realization of the Armenian Genocide by the ruling circles of Ottoman Turkey. Also exhibited are materials issued by different international organizations and parliaments of foreign countries condemning the Genocide.
The first floor of the Museum houses the library, storage rooms for documents, a conference hall and offices as the museum is also a scientific research center of the history of the Armenian Genocide.
The House-Museum of Aram Khachaturian
The greatest composer of our times Aram Kachaturian introduced the ancient Armenian music to the world with a fresh sound. He gained international fame with his immortal compositions such as the "Gayaneh" and "Spartak" ballets, the music to Lermontov's drama "Mascarade".
The setting of the house and the composer's study is carefully recreated in the memorial part of the Museum. In the 10 halls of the second floor the visitors can see expositions dedicated to Khachaturian's activities as a composer, conductor, teacher and musicologist. The Museum has a library, a fund for musical literature, manuscripts and documents, as well as a 200-seat chamber concert hall.
The House-Museum of Hovannes Tumanian
Hovannes Tumanian is Armenia itself – old and new, reborn and immortalized in the great master's poems. Tumanian entered the history of Armenian literature as a great national poet who gave the world the epic poems "Anoush" and "The seizure of Tmkaberd", the legend "Akhtamar". There's no child in Armenia who doesn't know Tumanian's stories and tales.
Tumanian's Musem was established in 1953, the founder and the first director was the poet's daughter. The Museum has succeeded in recreating the atmosphere where Tumanian used to live and work , reconstructing the interiors of the dining and sitting rooms and the study of the poet's Tbilisi house.
The Museum presents Tumanian's personal library of more than 8000 volumes dedicated to studies on the Caucasus and Armenia, the history, culture, religion and folklore of various nations. The library is open for researchers of the poet's works.
The House-Museum of Alexander Spendiarian
Alexander Spendiarian is a great Armenian composer, conductor, founder of national symphonic music, author of the "Almast" opera, the "Three palms" symphonic episode and many other compositions replete with true Armenian spirit.
Spendiarian 's Museum was established in 1967 in the house, where the composer lived during the last years of his life. The Museum has recreated the genuine atmosphere of the composer's study and presents the composer's personal belongings, numerous documents, etc.
Concerts and literary soirees are frequently organized in the museum.
The Studio-Museum of Minas Avetisian
The great Armenian painter Minas Avetisian did not only bring intensive, fresh color vision into the national painting, but also created a special, hitherto unfamiliar image of the Armenian nature, some kind of a collective image of the severe mountainous country.
The Studio-Museum of Minas Avetisian was opened in 1977 and is located in the penthouse of the building where the artist lived.
The Museum exhibits mainly the works of the last years of the artist's life. Articles familiar from Minas' paintings are displayed in a large hall, where one can see a fine, bright-colored carpet, old Armenian ceramics and metal utensils, armchairs with high woven backs, a piece of carved balcony balustrade and a palette – black and charred from the fire in Minas' studio in 1972.
The Sergei Parajanov Museum
Sergei Parajanov is a great director, who created a new language in cinematography, an artist, whose work has no direct analogies in world art.
The museum was founded by government resolution in 1988, but construction was delayed because of the earthquake of 1988 and the museum was opened in 1991.
The basis of the museum collection consists of more than 600 works of Parajanov. The museum's exposition contains his correspondence with different famous cultural figures, many documents and photographs.
The director's artistic work is of great interest: his collages, ceramics, dolls, drawings, assemblages and film sketches allow us to speak about him as a unique and highly original artist with amazing fantasy, wit and artistry.
Please contact us at the following.
Address: 24, Mashtots Ave., Yerevan 0002, Republic of Armenia
Tel: +(374 10) 53 22 00, 53 49 15, 53 21 90 Fax:+(374 10) 53 44 04
Email: armentour@armentour.am, info@armentour.am
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Stockwell Continental
A new Italian restaurant in Little Portugal
Anyone who has read this blog knows I don't like to criticise – it's not an attack blog. But sometimes gentle criticism is appropriate.
It's probably unfair to review a restaurant that's only been open for a few days, but really Stockwell Continental you had better up your game.
Friday night supper with friends and family is something of a tradition with us. So, it was with real enthusiasm that we descended on this newly opened pizzeria deep in the heart of Little Portugal on South Lambeth Road. It comes with an excellent pedigree and is owned by the group that runs the much-loved Canton Arms which is just over the road. We are knee deep in Portuguese restaurants, so were delighted to welcome an Italian outfit into our midst.
The restaurant is on the site of the old Rebato's restaurant which was famous for about five minutes a few years ago when a tired and emotional MI6 agent went AWOL from his HQ up the road and left a laptop full of state secrets behind. The restaurant dined out on this until it closed with newspaper articles and cuttings festooning the walls.
Looking at the Stockwell Continental menu we discovered it sold mostly pizzas, and as one of our party remarked they had better be good as it's not exactly difficult to get a pizza in this town.
Unfortunately, things did not get off to a good start; as we came through the door we were met with the smell of eau de drain, with high notes of muck. The restaurant is long and narrow with bare white walls and is over lit. It has the mood lighting of a Chinese takeaway.
The staff seemed distracted, not rude but just not very helpful. One of our party, a coeliac, has to maintain a gluten free diet. None of the pizzas are gluten free and so we asked whether the risotto was suitable. The waiter went away to find out but didn't return with an answer.
Latterly, we discovered that none of the main courses were GF and when I pointed out this was something they really needed to fix I was told in a quite belligerent manner, by someone who may have been the manager, that some of the starters, mostly the salami, were GF. It seems that at Stockwell Continental the customer is not necessarily right. We were made to feel we were the problem. Clearly the restaurant was not part of the solution.
And to be fair some of the starters were passable particularly the Roast pumpkin, chestnut and ricotta. Starters cost between £4 and £7 with the most expensive pizza coming in at £10, so pretty reasonable prices
Struggling for authenticity the menu does not wear its Italian heritage lightly. I had a Nduja pizza which was new to me. It came with Fior de Latte (soft cream cheese), Nduja (spicy salami) and pickled red onion. It also came topped with some unidentified green kale like substance that neither looked nor tasted appetising. Once I had swept much of the topping to one side I discovered a passable pizza lurking underneath.
Although it has since closed I remember when Counter at Vauxhall Cross opened a pizza restaurant, they announced it was a soft opening, that pizzas were half price and comments and criticism were welcomed. It's a shame that Stockwell Continental didn't adopt this approach.
As we were leaving the general consensus among our party was that we would not return, when we could get much better at Pizza Express. However, I think everyone deserves a second chance and I will go back in a couple of weeks to see if things have improved. We would love an excellent Italian restaurant in the neighbourhood and we all really wanted Stockwell Continental to be good. Let's see if they can up their game.
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Tschudi Road Transport (TRT)*, now also including the former logistics activities of Tschudi Logistics AS, Estonia, expands into a new business sector with the opening of a Tank Container Transport department.
Tschudi Logistics OY, Finland already has a strong position within the door-to-door transportation of bulk-liquid chemicals and we are keen to further expand this business. We see opportunities and our expansion in Estonia will complement our current activities in Finland and strengthen our market position in the Baltics.
We are therefore pleased to announce the employment of Anne Tupits who, in her role as Sales Manager in TRT, will be responsible for the new venture covering the Baltics and CIS. Anne brings with her several years' sales experience from positions within the tank container market.


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These are some questions I here on a near weekly basis from my athletes…at least the newer guys. But still, some of the athletes who have been with me for a while still can't quite figure out the protein shake puzzle.
The simple answer to all of the questions above…it depends! I know, you hate it when your questions are answered this way, but you're going to have to deal with it as most of life's questions come down to this simple answer.
1) Are you training? If you are not training, and training at a high intensity, it is likely your body does not enter a state of high catabolism (breakdown) as long as you are eating throughout your day. If you are training, the demands from training create a metabolic response within the body that when left unaddressed will result in muscle breakdown…not good! You need to take in protein, carbohydrates and fat to ensure recovery and muscle growth! A shake is a convenient method.
2) Are you eating a whole food meal within the hour before and after training? If you are eating a complete meal that contains adequate amounts of protein, carbohydrates and healthy fats within an hour (at most 90 minutes) before and after training, protein shakes are not necessary.
3) Would you skip a meal if it wasn't a shake? All too often I am told by one of my athletes that they skipped breakfast or their pre-training meal because they didn't have time or the food. It takes about 2 minutes to prep a protein shake that you can take with you on your way to work or school, eat on a break at work or school or consume before training. Shakes are an easy, convenient and nutritious method to ensure that you are eating regularly…not a replacement, but a substitute when the schedule does not allow for a chicken breast, broccoli and sweet potato!
You can't run on empty…a protein shake is a convenient source of fuel!
There it is, protein shakes will help you get jacked and more athletic but only if you are training, as you need a training stimulus on the body and the nutrients to recover and grow. You should be aiming for as many grams of protein per day as you want to weigh; want to weigh 185lbs…try to make sure you consume 185 grams of protein daily.
You can consume 0,1,2 or more shakes daily depending on your schedule and convenience, but try to consume whole foods first and foremost. But the most important point is to eat!…and this is where protein shakes are convenient. Even if you are not training, protein shakes make for an easy and healthy snack (and it's low calorie). Whey protein itself has many additional health benefits besides providing key nutrients for recovery and growth….but that's a whole other post.
Lastly, you can either make a blended shake with ice, liquid (milk, water, tea, coffee), fruit, nuts and/or seeds, spices (cinnamon, nutmeg, etc) and protein powder for a meal substitute or you can simply put a scoop or two of protein in a shaker bottle and add liquid later for an easy snack.
To wrap things up, protein shakes are a convenient addition to your whole food diet. They will provide you with some key nutrients to stimulate growth and recovery and they are an awesome option when you are sprinting out the door or on a quick break. But don't be fooled into thinking they are necessary for performance enhancement and without them your muscles will whittle away to nothing…what is necessary is some old fashioned smart, hard training and all around quality nutrition!
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The Enrique T. Yuchengco College of Business at Laguna (ETYCB) is one of the five degree offering colleges under the Malayan Colleges Laguna.

Programs Offered
The E. T. Yuchengco College of Business offers the following degree programs:
 Bachelor of Science in Accountancy;
 Bachelor of Science in Entrepreneurship;
 Bachelor of Science in Hotel and Restaurant Management; and
 Bachelor of Science in Tourism Management.

Facilities
Accounting Room
Bar and Restaurant
Commercial Kitchen Laboratory
Executive Suite Hotel Room
Food Laboratory
Single Suite Hotel Room
Twin Suite Hotel Room

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Malayan Colleges Laguna
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In Santa Barbara, we rented the top floor of a large and lavish house only a few blocks from the beach. After having spent the previous weeks in shabby motels, we felt like a royal family up there. The owner was an artist of some kind and she agreed to let us stay there for a very low rent. Often on our travels, people are surprisingly kind to us. It must be the baby in the pushchair that helps soften their hearts. In a back alley, only a short walk from the house, we found a café where all the cool kids hung out. The café served an array of purple açaí bowls that we soon learned were both delicious and very healthy. After leaving Santa Barbara and continuing down south, we started stocking up on frozen açaí pulp and making our own bowls whenever we had access to a kitchen. In Sweden (and many parts of the world) frozen açaí is both hard to find and very expensive so nowadays we make our bowls with açaí powder and other kinds of frozen berries. It can be found in most health food stores.
Place the frozen fruits, açaí powder and milk in a strong high-speed blender. Add the nut butter, protein powder or soaked nuts or seeds, if using. Mix until creamy and smooth. Aim for a frozen yoghurt consistency. If you do not have a strong high-speed blender, use a hand blender and mix in a tall jug. Spoon the açai mixture into bowls and top with sliced fruit, hemp seeds, bee pollen, goji berries and a drizzle of honey, if using. Serve immediately.


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Ocean plastic waste probably comes from ships, report says
A beach completely polluted by plastic waste washed up by the ocean (Photo by Erlo Brown from Shutterstock).
by Ivan Couronne
Most of the plastic bottles washing up on the rocky shores of Inaccessible Island, aptly named for its sheer cliffs rising from the middle of the South Atlantic, probably come from Chinese merchant ships, a study published Monday said.
The study offers fresh evidence that the vast garbage patches floating in the middle of oceans, which have sparked much consumer hand-wringing in recent years, are less the product of people dumping single-use plastics in waterways or on land, than they are the result of merchant marine vessels tossing their waste overboard by the ton.
The authors of the study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, or PNAS, collected thousands of pieces of waste during visits to the tiny island in 1984, 2009 and again in 2018.
The island is located roughly midway between Argentina and South Africa in the South Atlantic gyre, a vast whirlpool of currents that has created what has come to be known as an oceanic garbage patch.
While initial inspections of the trash washing up on the island showed labels indicating it had come from South America, some 2,000 miles (3,000 kilometers) to the west, by 2018 three-quarters of the garbage appeared to originate from Asia, mostly China.
Many of the plastic bottles had been crushed with their tops screwed on tight, as is customary on board ships to save space, said report author Peter Ryan, director of the FitzPatrick Institute of African Ornithology at the University of Cape Town in South Africa.
Around 90 percent of the bottles found had been produced in the previous two years, ruling out the possibility that they had been carried by ocean currents over the vast distance from Asia, which would normally take three to five years.
Since the number of Asian fishing vessels has remained stable since the 1990s, while the number of Asian — and in particular, Chinese — cargo vessels has vastly increased in the Atlantic, the researchers concluded that the bottles must come from merchant vessels, which toss them overboard rather than dumping them as trash at ports.
"It's inescapable that it's from ships, and it's not coming from land," Ryan told AFP.
"A certain sector of the merchant fleet seems to be doing that, and it seems to be largely an Asian one," he said.
There are two distinct types of marine pollution.
On the one hand, there are the beaches around urban centers: the plastics that are found there come from coastal areas, and include bottles, bags and packaging. But these things sink easily and are less likely to be carried far by currents.
Farther out in the oceans, the garbage patches contain fragments of objects of unclear origin, as well as items used by cargo ships and fishing fleets: not just the bottles emptied by the ships' crews, but also nets, ropes, buoys, crates, barrels and floats.
"It's an underappreciated cause of pollution," said Ryan.
Half of the great Pacific garbage patch is made up of fishing nets, by weight, according to a report published last year in Scientific Reports.
Oceanographer Laurent Lebreton, one of the authors of the latter report, said that the oft-quoted figure of 80 percent of plastic pollution coming from the land does not apply to the high seas.
He recalled having found huge clusters of nets created by fishing vessels in the North Pacific, known as "fish aggregating devices" to attract fish.
"Often they don't retrieve them and they are lost. We have found several tons of them," said Lebreton, of the organization The Ocean Cleanup.
"Everyone talks about saving the oceans by stopping using plastic bags, straws and single use packaging. That's important, but when we head out on the ocean, that's not necessarily what we find," he told AFP.
– AFP
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I feel privileged to be part of an organization that supports those who dedicate themselves to helping others. Network Angels is yet another way that we bring the mission and philosophy of The MENTOR Network to life.
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Jane started her career in health and human services providing direct support and then supervising services for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in Minnesota. Prior to joining The Network in 2003, Jane supervised all I/DD licensing for the State of Minnesota. Jane also has experience as a human services licensor and taught elementary-aged children with emotional/ behavioral needs. She holds a B.A. in psychology and education from Luther College and completed graduate courses in special education at Minnesota State University.


Congratulations to: Peter Erl and Simon Fuller on passing their GFT'S in December.
Thanks for the congratulations, I\'ve just received my pilots licence and am looking forward to resuming flying in Febuary.
Also many many thanks to Paul Mills, my very patience and highly professional instructor, who made the whole learning experience great fun. Hope he still has some hair left.


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Our March films - 'A Call to Spy' and 'Penguin Bloom'
We discussed two films at our March class. These were "A Call to Spy" and "Penguin Bloom".
"A Call to Spy" is based on true events. During World War II, Churchill orders his new spy agency to recruit and train women as spies. The film is based on the lives of two of the women, Vera Atkins and Noor Inayat Khan. There were a series of short interactions, helping to build the tension. Vera, who had a wooden leg, proved to be extremely proficient in building a strong resistance cell. When her identity and cell were revealed by a double agent, she escaped walking across the alps. She retrained as a radio operator and returned to Europe. Noora was a radio operator. When caught she was tortured but refused to reveal any locations and was executed. Performances were excellent, depicting the bravery of these women. Scenes that stood out were the crossing of the Alps, and the performance of Noora's mother when she learned of Noora's death.
Members who watched the film rated it as 4 out of 5.
"Penguin Bloom" was also based on a true event. Sam Bloom is injured in a fall in Thailand and ends up a paraplegic. She is the mother of three sons and struggles to find her identity as she cannot do all the things she had done as a wife and mother. Her eldest son, Noah, believes the accident was his fault and his mother blames him. When Noah finds an injured baby magpie, he brings it home to nurse. The magpie is named Penguin – hence Penguin Bloom. Noah asks his mother to care for it while he is at school. This is the start of Sam's journey out of depression. She then learns to kayak. The scenes provide a clear picture of her awakening, as well as the emotions of the key characters. These were all relevant to the relationship to Sam. The class particularly enjoyed the down to earth approach of the kayak instructor, as well as the actions of the two younger boys who came across as "real boys". Perhaps the greatest performance though was by the various magpies who played Penguin.
The class rated the film as between 3.5 and 4/5.
Our April discussion will be on a range of films screening at BPACC on during the remainder of March. These include "A long Story Short", "The Nest", "Wild Mountain Thyme" and "Minari".
The things we will watch for in viewing the film include:
Did you enjoy the film? What in particular did you like?
Was there anything that you did not like?
What did you think about the cinematography?
What did you think of the performances? Any strong performances that stand out? Any weak performances that spoilt the film?
Overall rating out of 5.
Joy Shirley
About our Film Discussion Group
Do you enjoy watching films? Do you find discussing films adds to your enjoyment? Do you find that you can better understand a movie by hearing and sharing thoughts about the film? We certainly do. At our Film Discussion classes we discuss a film we have watched during the month. In 2023:
We will select a film screening at BPACC
Participants will attend the film at a time that works with their individual commitments
We will meet in the Library on the 2nd Wednesday at 2 pm to discuss the film
If a participant cannot attend a specific film, they can come along to learn about the film, or add to the discussion by talking about another film they have seen.
BPACC sell books of ten tickets for $100.00 (Meaning the films only cost $10 each) or I will have individual tickets available for $10 from a book prepurchased.
Convenor
Joy Shirley 0417065351
2nd Wednesday
2 pm to 3.30 pm
Benalla Library
Films over time:
A Call To Spy
'Buckley's Chance'
COVID 19 Virus
'Death On The Nile'
'Downton Abbey - A New Era'
'Dream Horse'
'Falling For Figaro'
'From The Vine'
'Good Luck To You
'House Of Gucci'
June Again
'King Richard'
Leo Grande'
'Marry Me'
'Mothering Sunday'
'No Time To Die'
'Off The Rails'
'Operation Mincemeat'
'Please Murder Me'
'Rams'
'Six Minutes To Midnight'
'Spencer'
'The Dry'
'The Duke'
'The Father'
'The Last Duel'
'The Railway Children'
'Ticket To Paradise'
'To Olivia'
'Where The Crawdads Sing'
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Christie's advice for Washington
(CNN) - Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey isn't shy about speaking out.
And in a Tuesday budget address, he offered some advice for government officials in the nation's capital.
"It seems to me that our leaders in Washington, D.C., especially this week, could learn something from our example here," he said, as Capitol Hill and the White House blame each other for the approaching federal spending cuts, known inside the Beltway as the sequester.
"Their failure to take on the nation's budget challenges and address the unsustainablility of the nation's longterm liabilities is nothing short of inexcusable. It's past time for Washington to get its act together," he continued, chastising leaders in the nation's capital.
"And that will take two things: bipartisanship and leadership, and unfortunately, both seem missing in Washington today."
He acknowledged that his state had more it could do "to improve our fiscal health even more," and did not note his state's unemployment rate, which stands above the national average.
Christie urged lawmakers to not to "play the old partisan games [or] block progress in search of a better headline."
"We know that doesn't work either. Just look at the results in Washington," he said. "Is that what we want in New Jersey?"
In the address, Christie announced he would support an expansion of Medicaid under President Barack Obama's health care law, becoming the eighth Republican governor to do so. He expressed his opposition to the law but noted that if he did not accept the federal funding for the program, the funds would be spent elsewhere.
Speaking to state lawmakers, he cited an example of "putting the people we serve first" in the state's response to Superstorm Sandy, which devastated parts of New Jersey when she made landfall in late October.
"I want to thank the members of this legislature and our congressional delegation - both sides of the aisle - for the $60.4 billion emergency relief package which Congress enacted last month," he said. "I expect to go to the Jersey Shore every summer for the rest of my life, including the summer of 2013."
- CNN's Gregory Wallace and Kevin Liptak contributed to this report
Filed under: Chris Christie • New Jersey
Hey Chris! I am a democrat but I love what Chris Christie is saying and doing.When it comes to helping out americans, parties don't matter. If we can send Billions to other countries we should be able to help our people first. Cut back on money to other countries.
My advice is to eat less and hit the tread mill.
Gov Christie has common sense and he's not a bigot!! Far too many in the GOP are missing both of those.....
Hillary/Christie 2016
Ancient Texan
Jim in Georgia- And John F. Kennedy would regurgitate at what the Dems have become.
I like this guy. He isn't afraid to say what he thinks. A breath of freshair in Politics. I may not always agree with him, but I respect him!
Don't worry gang. Christie will get stomped by the GOP for the crime of at least trying to appear compasionate towards the citizens of New Jersey. If he gets too popular, they'll take him out. He apparently isn't "conservative enough" (whatever that means) anymore.
I'm a Democrat and my suggestion to Chris Christie is to get the hell out of the Republican Party. Run for President as an Independant in 2016. I'll vote for you.
Who cares? RINO blowhard.
don in albuquerque
@ancient texan–Think your right about JFK??? Well I am quite certain Ike and Lincoln will just hang their heads in embarrasment and shock at what the GOTP has become. Your comment is quite disgusting to most Americans.
Steve Hamilton
The Washington Republicans had better listen to this guy. four years ago the GOP declaared war on the sitting president with MitchMcConnell's infamous "my number one priority" speech, and now, guess what, they are losing the war Why?Because the president has learned what every great military leader knows – intelligent confrontation is what wins wars, and then there's the problem of the lack of intelligent leadership at the helm of the GOP, and the issue of how to deal with insurrection from the Tea Party. At the rate they're losing in the PR battle about the negative impact of sequester cuts on the recovery, they will no longer be a party of national significance by 2014. They will be in US History books for decades as a case study in how to lose control of and ruin a once great party.
As a conservative, I am sick of Christie. He is nothing more than a bully and a punk.
I think the guy is a hero and I support him.
ElmerGantry
@Meese,
Meese state,
2.	Meese
The Real Tom Paine
-Meese
Too bad Obamantation would never take your advice. He is not into workable solutions just division.
You can't fashion a workable solution with people who wanted to make you a one-term president, and who are now determined to wreck the country out of spite. Christie, on the other hand, WAS willing to craft a workable solution to solve a problem, while his own party screwed New Jersey because the storm did not affect their states. If that's not an example of division, I don't know what is. The only disgusting thing in politics is the alternate reality the GOP has built for itself out of Ayn Rand, where selfishness is a virtue, and compassion is a weakness because it interferes with the hoarding of the virtuous rich.
Compromise is a two way street unless you missed the logic phase of your education. Obama does not do compromise. The GOP was not built around Ayn Rand although alot of the truth stated in her books are worth discussing. Unfortunately in liberal schools of today that I even went to for college they refuse to discuss it. I do not deem selfishness as being mindful of spending and taxes. I and a lot of people I know do a lot of giving and its a lot more than I save by taking every deduction that is legally feasible. Republicans and Independents as a fact give tmuch more to charity than Democrats and that is not because there are not a ton of wealthy Democrats.
February 27, 2013 11:55 am at 11:55 am |
"Compromise is a two way street ..." Yes it is a two way street.
However Boehner gave away what the GOP's idea of compromise is when Boehner very publically announced that "I (GOP) got 98% of what I (GOP) wanted."
Yea, that is the Greed Over People idea of compromise; I get 98% of what I want, you get 2%.
Yep that's some real compromise there.
Ancient Texan-Your comment about JFK is repugnant. I wonder what Ike would have to say about the GOPT? After all when he left office he did warn the entire country about letting the military machine become too powerful. A problem which has grown worse, and by the way....this great military machine that the republicans embrace so lovingly, has it won a war since WWll? I think maybe some little Carrib island with a population of a few thousand was a major success.
And so would Reagan, Ike, and TR to see what the gop has become...oh that is right...Ike and Tr are rino's
Christie speaks common sense which means he will never get out of a GOP primary.
IvotedforObama
He is the ONLY Repub I would vote for.
Liz the First
We have leadership in DC, but when you have one party blinded by hate and greed and refusing to govern, nothing can get done. we need to stop electing folks who make a mess of government.
Dear Governor Christie, Please leave the GOP immediately and start your own party. You are better man and have more morals then the hole GOP combined. You have my vote.
I like hearing what Christie says. The dang fool GOP CPAC buffoons don't like him because HE WAS DOING HIS JOB WITH OBAMA back in November during the Sandy aftermath. CPAC and Karl Rove and Faux News all need to get a grip and give a darn about the issues of the day rather than make them up. Fools
He is a republican w a democratic legislature. He works w democratic mayors. He governs like a fiscal conservative. He capped property taxes on over taxed homeowners. He capped income taxes on over taxed wage earners. He is a Republican yes. BUT he governs on the behalf of those who voted for him and those who did not. Washington should realize he is a template for governing a complex economy. The art of a deal is pragmatism without forgoing your values. Good job Chris.
john the electrician
Republican or Democrate, both Americans. Rebels on the other hand are just REBELS.
February 27, 2013 10:06 pm at 10:06 pm |
Check the definition of "conservitive " before you decide to be one. Better yet " Compassionate Conservative" ala gw bushie.
@Marie MD
Folks, let's not get carried away. Deep down inside Christie is still a rethug.
Thank you for the wake-up call. A less toxic substance is still toxic.


"The People of Hawaii would like to share their islands with you"
Initially, the first thing to say about a holiday to the Hawaiian Islands is that you need to give as much thought to deciding which of the Hawaiian island's you would like to visit as you would if you were deciding to spend you holiday in the wilds of Scotland, a week in Brighton, a week in London or a week at Lands End in Cornwall as they are all very different and commercialised to a different extent.
Firstly the flights - All flights from the UK to Hawaii are reasonably frequent and are operated by several different airlines, the quickest and most direct routes all depart from London Heathrow. Flights from the UK touch down on the West Coast of the USA stopping in either Los Angeles, San Francisco or Las Vegas, because of the distance there aren't any none stop flights direct to the Hawaiian Islands, this leg of your journey will take 12 hours. From here you'll then need to change planes and connect with a flight that takes you to your chosen Hawaiian Island, this second leg of your journey will take approximately 6½ hours, and of course the same applies to your return flight.
Some people prefer to fly straight from the UK to Hawaii, transiting in California or Nevada, where as others prefer to break the journey stopping over on the West Coast, to catch up on sleep and to see a little of San Francisco, Los Angeles or Las Vegas.
The time difference and the long flight is extremely tiring and most people find that once they return they suffer from jet lag for at least a week .
Also the scheduling of the flights on the return portion of the holiday, from the Hawaiian Islands back to the West Coast of America, don't have a good connection requiring a wait of up to 6/7 hours.
Having completed this journey many times in my life I prefer not to stop on mainland USA on the return and just get home, stopping on the mainland cuts short your time in Hawaii - as you will appreciate it's all a matter of personal taste.
As all the islands are so different you won't be surprised to read that car hire differs from island to island. Generally speaking parking is difficult on the island of Oahu and the roads rather busy so if you can make use of taxi's and public transport you will be well advised. However, on the less busy islands of Maui, Hawaii and Kauai car hire is recommend, these islands are larger in and less commercialised in comparison so exploring can work out expensive by taxi, most hotels offer car hire facilities so hiring a car on the days you want to explore is cost benefical.


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France thanks Netanyahu for agreeing to release Frenchman
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe thanked Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu Thursday for agreeing to release a French national as part of the second stage of the Gilad Schalit exchange.
Salah Hassan Hamouri, a recidivist Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine terrorist, was convicted in 2005 for plotting the assassination of Shas spiritual leader Rabbi Ovadia Yosef. Hamouri holds French citizenship."Since 2009, President Sarkozy has been expressing the hope that Mr. Salah Hamouri would be granted early release... France appreciates this gesture by the Israeli Prime Minister and government," Juppe said.


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Digital workers prioritize flexibility — not employment
Europe can still become a world leader in the platform economy, but it needs a balanced legal framework.
Digital platforms such as those for food delivery have reshaped our economies | Sean Gallup/Getty Images
By Sara Skyttedal, Miriam Lexmann, Radan Kanev, Gheorghe Falcă, Jessica Polfjärd, Lukas Mandl, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Romana Tomc, Christian Sagartz, Eugen Tomac and Rosa Estaràs Ferragut
June 6, 2022 4:00 am CET
Sara Skyttedal, Miriam Lexmann, Radan Kanev, Gheorghe Falcă, Jessica Polfjärd, Lukas Mandl, Stefan Berger, Tomáš Zdechovský, Romana Tomc, Christian Sagartz, Eugen Tomac, Rosa Estaràs Ferragut are members of the European People's Party Group in Parliament and are part of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs.
The digital platform economy has undoubtedly become an essential part of our lives, shaping everything from employment to transportation and consumption.
But this growing part of our economy also presents its own unique set of challenges — challenges that must be addressed by a clear and balanced legal framework. And as the European Parliament considers a new directive, a large question still looms: should platform workers be considered employees; and do they want to?
The new directive on improving conditions for digital platform workers that is being considered by Parliament currently has two key points. — introducing new rules on algorithmic management, which is both welcome and necessary, and the presumption of employment, which, unfortunately, is misguided in its scope.
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Parliament has, of course, addressed this issue of employment before — but in a much more even-handed manner.
Authored by MEP Sylvie Brunet of Renew Europe, and adopted by a majority of 524 MEPs, an own-initiative report from September, focusing on social protections for platform workers, had called for a limited presumption of employment. This meant, the report's compromise targeted "bogus self-employment" — as in work that comes with all the responsibility of an employee but none of the benefits. And while doing so, it recognized the rights of the genuinely self-employed, stopping short of anything close to a mass reclassification of platform workers.
However, the coalition that passed this balanced Brunet report is now at risk.
In its directive proposal in December, the Commission introduced much broader criteria for reclassification, which would now encompass the vast majority of platform workers. And just last month, the rapporteur in the European Parliament's Committee on Employment and Social Affairs (EMPL), MEP Elisabetta Gualmini of the Progressive Alliance of the Socialists and Democrats, decided to do away with the presumption of employment in all but name, and replace it with rules that would lead to mandatory employment for everyone who works via digital platforms.
But numerous independent studies have repeatedly shown that the vast majority of platform workers value flexibility and better earnings, as well as the ability to work with multiple platforms at the same time, more than they do the benefits of a traditional employment relationship.
Consequently, few would be in favor of the Commission's proposal, let alone the draft report currently being considered at the EMPL Committee, which would automatically reclassify them as employees, depriving them of the ability to combine their work with other sources of income, caring responsibilities, studies or other personal commitments.
While both the Commission and Parliament's rapporteur set out with the best of intentions, if we are to achieve a more balanced directive, there remain essential key points that must be taken into account regarding platforms and their growing importance in the digital economy.
Firstly, it's important not to overlook the wishes of those who work in the platform economy today, who prefer to keep their status as self-employed. In short, they value work flexibility over the benefits of more traditional employment.
Additionally, it must be remembered that a directive in line with the report would target not only those working as drivers and couriers but also tens of thousands of highly skilled professionals, utilizing the internet to find clients. And since such services can be provided from anywhere in the world, the proposed directive risks putting European professionals — software developers, translators and language teachers — at a massive disadvantage to their non-EU competitors.
Finally, the currently proposed directive would disregard the digital transition. For example, these proposals would dictate that a ride-hailing driver who works through an app would have to become an employee of the app developer, whereas a similar driver working through a dispatching office and a two-way radio would be able to maintain the benefits of self-employment. Thus, the directive could end up giving the greatest commercial advantages to the least inventive companies.
Needless to say, such an approach would be detrimental to European competitiveness, as well as European jobs.
That is why we, as EMPL members of the European People's Party Group in Parliament, will seek to restore balance to the proposal and strive for a directive that affirms the digital transition, targets bogus self-employment, and protects the rights of the genuinely self-employed by ensuring that platform workers can continue to make the decisions best suited for them.
Innovation is in Europe's DNA. And while increased digitalization has led to job losses in many sectors, we truly believe that with a proper and balanced legal framework, Europe can make up for this loss and become a world leader in the growing platform economy.
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Greetings dear readers! Just wanted to give you all a quick notice that there will be a live Creation vs. Evolution debate between Ken Ham, president and CEO of Answers in Genesis and Bill Nye the Science Guy, on February 4th. The debate will be held at the Creation Museum. For those of us who cannot attend in person because we don't live in the area, we can watch it live online! Isn't that exciting?
But you gotta register for it! So hurry over to the website (debatelive.org) and sign up. I already did.