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The Seeming Interdependence Between the Concepts of Valid Inference and Proof
Dag Prawitz
Topoi 38 (3):493-503 (2019)
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Prawitz, Dag (2019). The Seeming Interdependence Between the Concepts of Valid Inference and Proof. Topoi 38 (3):493-503.
We may try to explain proofs as chains of valid inference, but the concept of validity needed in such an explanation cannot be the traditional one. For an inference to be legitimate in a proof it must have sufficient epistemic power, so that the proof really justifies its final conclusion. However, the epistemic concepts used to account for this power are in their turn usually explained in terms of the concept of proof. To get out of this circle we may consider an idea within intuitionism about what it is to justify the assertion of a proposition. It depends on Heyting's view of the meaning of a proposition, but does not presuppose the concept of inference or of proof as chains of inferences. I discuss this idea and what is required in order to use it for an adequate notion of valid inference.
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Proof-theoretic semantics, paradoxes and the distinction between sense and denotation.Luca Tranchini - forthcoming - Journal of Logic and Computation 2014.
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December 9: John Malkovich
John Malkovich (1953)
It was on this date, December 9, 1953, that American actor John Gavin Malkovich was born in Christopher, Illinois. John Malkovich was educated at Eastern Illinois University and Illinois State University. At age 30 he won an Obie award for an off-Broadway production of Sam Shepard's play True West, then starred with Dustin Hoffman in a 1984 Broadway revival of Death of a Salesman. That same year he won an Oscar nomination for playing a blind man in the film Places in the Heart.
An unusual leading man in such films as Dangerous Liaisons (1988), Malkovich followed on as a would-be presidential assassin in 1993's In the Line of Fire, for which he copped another Oscar nomination, and in 1999 with possibly the only film to star a living actor with his name also in the title, Being John Malkovich. Malkovich co-founded Steppenwolf Theater in Chicago with long-time pal Gary Sinise, who co-starred with him in the 1992 film Of Mice and Men. Malkovich made his film directing debut in 2002 with The Dancer Upstairs.
In 2000, Malkovich was in Chicago to direct the play "Hysteria" at Steppenwolf. Martha Lavey for WTTW Chicago asked Malkovich his thoughts on Freud, the subject of the play:
I think he was fantastic, a fantastic man. ... I also particularly like him because he was an atheist, and I grew tired of religion some time not long after birth. I believe in people, I believe in humans, I believe in a car, but I don't believe something I can have absolutely no evidence of for millenniums. And it's funny — people think analysis or psychiatry is mad, and they go to church...*
In a 2003 issue of the Australian magazine The Age, the interviewer says of John Malkovich, "He considers himself a libertarian, a liar (but only to entertain himself) and an atheist."** And in a 2008 Toronto Star interview, when asked whether it was necessary to have spiritual beliefs to portray a spiritual character, Malkovich said: "No, I'd say not... I'm an atheist. I wouldn't say I'm without spiritual belief particularly, or rather, specifically. Maybe I'm agnostic, but I'm not quite sure there's some great creator somehow controlling everything and giving us free will. I don't know; it doesn't seem to make a lot of sense to me."
* Interview by Martha Lavey for "Artbeat Chicago", WTTW-TV (PBS), January 6, 2000. ** Profile, "Being John Malkovich," in The Age (Australia), April 26, 2003, reprinted from Telegraph Magazine.
Originally posted December 2003.
April 2: Émile Zola
"Civilization will not attain to its perfection," wrote Zola, "until the last stone from the last church falls on the last priest."

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Sometimes, even with the best intentions, we can start developing an idea only to realise later that it needs tweaking and that is how, three years since its birth, eco-luxury brand Bodhi became Bodhi & Birch, drawing inspiration from the balance of nature and its botanical healing remedies. Elijah Choo, the brand's founder, is not the type of man who rests on his laurels, ever. In addition to running Bodhi & Birch, offering support to his colleagues and friends, creating new products, he also manages to launch a new online digital platform BodhiLuxe ( where yours truly is proud to be a contributor ), is slowly and painstakingly restoring his home, 16th century Bittell Farm ( where he also has a garden which demands his tender loving care ). How Elijah manages to do it all in 24 hrs slots I don't know but I can vouch that he doesn't launch a product unless he made sure it's as perfect as can be.
I have been very lucky to test Bodhi & Birch's new launch a few months ago and in the middle of winter, when nights were cold and hands felt rough, this hand serum has been a welcome warming delight for my dry hands, as well as the senses, giving an uplifting boost to the whole body with its powerful aroma. Lime Blossom Protecting Hand Serum is oil- based and was created by Elijah, who uses his own hands in the lab, at home and in the garden, so he perfected it thinking about both men and women, and pushing forward with the idea for a hand product that will moisturise, soften and protect the hands.
Lime Blossom Protecting Hand Serum is the first hand serum I have ever come across in the beauty market and it is one of the products in the eight piece collection of Bodhi & Birch Artisan Series, with each product hand-blended and created in small batches in order to ensure optimum performance from the pure botanical essences that can be both fragile and powerful.
When the hand serum was developed, Olive Squalane, Rosehip Seed Oil, Lime & Green Mandarin became the focal ingredients. Why those ingredients I sense you asking? Well, Olive Squalane is an ingredient that seems to be grabbing the headlines this year. It is derived from olives ( and we all know how good olive oil is for one's skin & health – I have a friend whose grandmother uses nothing but Italian cold pressed olive oil on her skin and even in her 80s she has beautiful plump & moisturised skin that a teenager can envy ) and contains a unique antioxidant that will protect your skin from free-radical damage ( one of the primary causes of ageing ) plus will replenish our own skin's squalane ( it is naturally present in our skin but its content diminishes as we age ) and diminish blemishes, age spots and lines.
Olive Squalane is combined with Rose Hip Oil which is rich in essential fatty acids and vitamins and fused together with moisturising Plum Kernel and Safflower Oils, along with Vitamin E that assists in skin rejuvenation. As our hands come in contact with everything and you can't and shouldn't be washing your hands all the time – a balance is needed in everything – one needs to consider the antibacterial element of the products you use on your hands so this serum not only has anti-bacterial properties, it is also antiseptic and antiviral due to the blend of Lime & Green Mandarin essential oils that will protect yours hands, keeping your skin feeling fresh and you feeling uplifted, due to the citrus blossom scent of the serum that lingers on your hands, making you unconsciously lift them closer to your face. Those of us who work on computers would definitely want this bottle on their desks as their practical beauty multi-tasker.
I tend to apply this hand serum once or twice during the day, particularly when there is a lot of washing, cleaning or gardening evolved or even when my hands are feeling tired but in the evening you should apply the serum to your hands after you did all of your face and body cares. Wash all of previous products residue off your hands, leaving them slightly damp, apply a couple of pumps to the palms of your hand and massage them into your hands, fingers, cuticles and wrists. Stretch your fingers, gently pull them away and take deep, generous breaths as your do it. The serum, which does feel like a slightly thicker oil, sinks in almost immediately, leaving behind beautiful hands that will belong to a person who clearly cares how he or she looks. And who know what tomorrow's handshake can lead to ?


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The Cult has been played on NTS in shows including The Kim & Pia Show, featured first on 10 November 2013. Songs played include She Sells Sanctuary.
The Cult are an English rock band that gained a dedicated following in their native Britain with mid-80s singles such as "She Sells Sanctuary" before breaking into the American metal market in the late-80s with songs such as "Love Removal Machine". Known for having "firmly set its sights on neo-metal godhood", the band fuses a heavy revivalist sound with "the pseudo-mysticism" of "The Doors, the guitar-orchestrations of Led Zeppelin, and the three-chord crunch of AC/DC, while adding touches…
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'Dumb and Dumber 2′ Posters: Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels Are Back, Suits and All!
Jim Carrey and Jeff Daniels famously portrayed best friends Lloyd and Harry, respectively. While they were known for both having the same IQ as a box of hair, they were also celebrated for their style, and those horrendously color-popping suits they wore in the first film made the grade when it came to the first 'Dumb and Dumber 2' posters.
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Source code and object code refer to the "before" and "after" versions of a computer program that is compiled (see compiler) before it is ready to run in a computer. The source code consists of the programming statements that are created by a programmer with a text editor or a visual programming tool and then saved in a file. For example, a programmer using the C language types in a desired sequence of C language statements using a text editor and then saves them as a named file. This file is said to contain the source code. It is now ready to be compiled with a C compiler and the resulting output, the compiled file, is often referred to as object code. The object code file contains a sequence of instructions that the processor can understand but that is difficult for a human to read or modify. For this reason and because even debugged programs often need some later enhancement, the source code is the most permanent form of the program.
When you purchase or receive operating system or application software, it is usually in the form of compiled object code and the source code is not included. Proprietary software vendors usually don't want you to try to improve their code since this may created additional service costs for them. Lately, there is a movement to develop software (Linux is an example) that is open to further improvement by anyone who wants to improve it, and here the source code is provided.
SearchVB.com provides links to resources for Visual Basic and other program developers.
So in short, what is source code?


He can see through time! But he doesn't like what he sees, a world without tin cans to chew and rocks to climb! How dreadful. But at least you can get his grouchy face designed by Stablercake on all kinds of products and inject just a touch of psychedelic heavy metal into your life while also accurately portraying your maybe less-than-enthusiastic thoughts about a world without garbage to munch.


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Bha Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Inbhir Nis air a togail mar phàirt dhen phrògram togail PPP aig Comhairle na Gàidhealtachd, chaidh crìoch a chur oirre anns a' Chèitean 2007 agus chaidh a fosgladh do sgoilearan anns An Lùnastal 2007. Chaidh dà sheòmar-teagasg ùr a thogail anns An Lùnastal 2010. Tha sgoil-àraich innte a ghabhas 30 pàiste anns gach seisean. Tha talla-sgoile ioma-chleachdadh ann le suidheachan ann an stoidhle taigh-dhealbh agus stiùdio-clàraidh ri thaobh agus tha iad seo fosgailte do chleachdadh na coimhearsnachd.
Chaidh pàirce nan càraichean agus an t-àite leigeil sìos a dhealbhachadh airson 's gum faod trafaig falbh is tighinn gu sàbhailte.
Chaidh an togalach fhosgladh gu h-oifigeil air 11 Am Faoilleach 2008 leis a' Bhall Fìor Urramach Ailig Salmond BP BPA, Prìomh Mhinistear na h-Alba.
Tha 225 pàiste anns an sgoil air an t-seisean seo (Am Faoilleach 2012) ann an Clasaichean 1 gu 7 agus 70 pàiste, aois 3 agus 4, clàraichte anns an sgoil-àraich. Mar thoradh air iarrtas airson àiteachan ro-sgoile a tha a' sìor fhàs, agus cùram chloinne fad latha, tha aon de na seòmraichean-teagaisg ga chleachdadh airson seisean sgoil-àraich a bharrachd anns a' mhadainn bhon Ghearrran 2008.
Bun-sgoil Ghàidhlig Inbhir Nis, part of the Council's PPPschools building programme, was completed in May 2007 and opened for pupils in August 2007. An additional two classrooms were completed in August 2010 . The building, with nine classrooms and associated communal space has been designed for a maximum roll of 200 pupils, with the nursery area accommodating 30 children at each session. The school hall with its theatre style seating and adjoining recording studio is multi-purpose and is available for community use. The car park and drop-off point has been designed to ensure the safe free flow of traffic. The building was officially opened on 11th January 2008 by The Right Honourable Alex Salmond MP MSP, First Minister of Scotland.
The roll in the current session (January 2019) is 225 children in Classes 1 to 7, with a further 70 three and four year old children registered for sgoil-àraich provision. The increased demand for pre-school provision, coupled with wrap-around childcare, has resulted in the allocation of one of the existing classrooms to provide an additional morning nursery session from February 2008.
Inverness Royal Academy, where Gaelic Medium provision is provided, is the feeder Secondary School for BSGI.


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Texas: Ring camera footage shows young white man banging on black family's front door with whip
A nine-year-old white boy was allegedly caught on camera cracking a whip outside a black neighbor's door, leading to a series of incidents and eventually landing his father in jail.
Bryan Thomas Brunson, the boy's father, was arrested for accidentally firing a gun that nearly hit his daughter after a verbal altercation with black neighbors.
The boy approached the front door of Dee and Carissa Nash in Forney, Texas, last Thursday with a long whip that he cracked more than twice before hitting the door multiple times, ring door video showed.
When Mrs. Nash opened the door, the boy, visibly shocked, froze as he was told to leave the property. "Boy, you better get your ass off my porch, banging on my door like that," Ms. Nash can be heard saying.
"I'm going to call the police. You need to go. Don't ever bang on my fucking door like that. Come on!" she added. The couple claimed that the boy was looking for her nine-year-old daughter and that she had scratched Ms. Nash's car while getting out of it.
The couple said they reported it to police, who claimed the boy's family was moving "to make it all happen" and asked them to figure it out.
"My wife called the police right after the boy left with the whip. The officer said they can't press charges because the boy was only nine years old," Nash told TMZ.
They were advised to seek other legal measures.
He added that the officer never showed the video to the boy's father or confiscated the whip, which they feared the boy might take to school or chase his daughter.
In the video below, Mr. Nash is seen outside Mr. Brunson's house, complaining about his son's behavior.
"Let me show you the video if you come out and talk like adults. I'm trying to have a civil conversation…his son hit my door with a whip and hit my car," Nash said.
"I don't know, but my son told me that his son attacked him on the way home," Mr. Brunson replied from inside his home.
Nash can be heard saying in the video that his son was 13 and did not go to the same school.
Brunson then went outside to ask Nash to leave his property. "Get off my property because you're not coming in here talking nice. You are accusing my son," Brunson yelled.
As Mr. Nash left the property, the men began hurling insults at each other. "Your son came here with a bloody whip. Him bring his ass back here and see what the hell happens," Nash said.
Mr. Brunson can be seen holding a gun which he discharges as Mr. Nash turns to answer him. As the bullet was fired, Mrs. Nash can be heard repeatedly yelling, "Oh my gosh!"
"The gun was always out," Nash told TMZ.
Videos of the incident, now viral on social media with nearly 5 million views, were posted over the weekend in light of the shooting in Buffalo where 10 black people were killed by an 18-year-old white supremacist.
Kaufman County Sheriff Jason Johnson said Brunson was arguing with the couple in their driveway with an illegal Ruger semi-automatic pistol. He accidentally discharged the gun when he was picking it up from the ground.
"It had a child standing behind it and when it blew up it could have seriously injured that child or taken the life of that child or someone else," NBC5 quoted the police officer as saying.
"This is not acceptable. That's how things escalate. That's why things like Buffalo happen because it starts with something like this. This is taught, no one is born that way. I think it's taught," Nash said.
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Advanced Introduction ...
Advanced Introduction to International Humanitarian Law
Robert Kolb
This innovative book provides a thought-provoking introduction to international humanitarian law (IHL). Robert Kolb explores the field through questions which are at times challenging and controversial in order to get to the very essence of the subject and give a fresh perspective. The result is an exposition both of the law as it stands, through its written and unwritten rules, and also of the uncertainties, gaps, controversies and practical problems which have arisen. IHL is revealed as a living tool, an ever-adapting means to an ever-remaining need of protection during times of armed conflict.
DOI: dx.doi.org/10.4337/9781783477524
HB: 9781783477517
PB: 9781783477531
1 The main epochs of modern international humanitarian lawand their related legal constructions
1.1 Purpose of the chapter
1.2 Two phases of development
1.3 Classical international humanitarian law, 1864–1949
1.4 Modern international humanitarian law (1949–present)
1.5 Reasons for the Additional Protocols of 1977
1.6 International humanitarian law: a system attributive of powers or a system prohibitive of action?
2. International armed conflict and non-international armed conflict
2.1 Basic types of armed conflict
2.2 Classical laws of war
2.3 Reasons for regulating non-international armed conflicts
2.4 The general state of international humanitarian law relating to non-international armed conflict
2.5 Content of international humanitarian law applicable to non-international armed conflict
3 The sources of international humanitarian law and their subject matter specificity
3.1 Definition of the term "sources"
3.2 The significance of treaties in international humanitarian law
3.3 Important treaties of international humanitarian law
3.4 The importance of customary international law
3.5 The content of customary international law with regard to international humanitarian law
4 The main principles of international humanitarian law
4.1 The role of general principles in international law
4.2 The role of general principles of law in international humanitarian law
4.3 Examples of general principles of law in international humanitarian law
5 Applicability issues: finding a way out of the quagmire
5.1 The problem stated
5.2 The material applicability of international armed conflict
5.3 The material applicability of non-international armed conflict
5.4 Mixed armed conflicts
5.5 The way out of the quagmire
6 Combatants and civilians: a sometimes difficult divide
6.1 General aspects
6.2 Who enjoys the privilege/status of the combatant?
6.3 The reform through Additional Protocol I
6.4 Civilians directly participating in hostilities
6.5 International humanitarian law, "War on Terror" and drones
7 Targeting: a context-related legal set of rules
7.1 The prohibition of attack on civilian objects
7.2 Precautions in attack: article 57 of AP I
7.3 Proportionality
7.4 Excursus: bombardments for humanitarian reasons and article 52, § 2, of AP I
8 Implementation of international humanitarian law: the Achilles heel of the system
8.1 General features of the implementation system
8.4 Suppression
8.5 Possible reforms
9 Conclusion: the challenges ahead
'A fascinating and inspiring presentation and discussion of the most crucial and controversial features of international humanitarian law with respect to its application in contemporary armed conflicts'
- Fausto Pocar, President, International Institute of Humanitarian Law, Sanremo, Italy and Judge and Former President, ICTY, The Hague, the Netherlands


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Q: Why the arquillian gives me that : Could not read active container configuration? I try to integrate the arquillian solution into my maven EJB project which contains juste the EJBs which I uses in other separate projects.
I use Jboss EAP6.
So i have make it as the following :
I made the arquillian.xml into ejbModule/src/test/resources/:
<container qualifier="jboss" default="true">
    <configuration>
        <property name="jbossHome">D:\jbdevstudio\jboss-eap-6.2</property>
    </configuration>
</container>

in the pom of my project i added the following dependencies:
<dependency>
   <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.container</groupId>
    <artifactId>arquillian-jbossas-embedded-6</artifactId>
   <version>1.0.0.Alpha5</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
   <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian</groupId>
   <artifactId>arquillian-junit</artifactId>
   <version>1.0.0.Alpha5</version>
</dependency>

<dependency>
   <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.junit</groupId>
   <artifactId>arquillian-junit-container</artifactId>
   <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

<dependency>
   <groupId>org.jboss.arquillian.protocol</groupId>
   <artifactId>arquillian-protocol-servlet</artifactId>
  <scope>test</scope>
</dependency>

<dependency>
   <groupId>junit</groupId>
   <artifactId>junit</artifactId>
   <version>4.8.2</version>
</dependency>

<profiles>
   <profile>
        <id>jbossas-embedded-6</id>
        <activation>
        <activeByDefault>true</activeByDefault>
        </activation>
   </profile>

   <profile>
        <id>arq-jbossas-managed</id>
             <dependencies>
                  <dependency>
                       <groupId>org.jboss.as</groupId>
                       <artifactId>jboss-as-arquillian-containermanaged</artifactId>
                       <scope>test</scope>
                  </dependency>
             </dependencies>
   </profile>

   <profile>
        <id>arq-jbossas-remote</id>
        <dependencies>
             <dependency>
                  <groupId>org.jboss.as</groupId>
                  <artifactId>jboss-as-arquillian-containerremote</artifactId>
                  <scope>test</scope>
             </dependency>
        </dependencies>
   </profile>
</profiles>

The Test Class :
import javax.inject.Inject;
import org.jboss.arquillian.api.Deployment;
import org.jboss.arquillian.junit.Arquillian;
import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.ShrinkWrap;
import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.asset.EmptyAsset;
import org.jboss.shrinkwrap.api.spec.JavaArchive;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.runner.RunWith;
import org.oap.subscription.AbstractSubscription;

@RunWith(Arquillian.class)
    public class SubscriptionFactoryTest {

    @Inject
    private SubscriptionFactory subscriptionFactory;

    @Deployment
    public static JavaArchive getDeployement() {
        System.out.println("### testSayHelloEJB");
        return ShrinkWrap.create(JavaArchive.class, "subscriptionFactory.jar")
            .addClasses(AbstractSubscription.class,SubscriptionFactory.class);

    }

    @Test
    public void getSubscriptionByIdTest() {
        System.out.println("### testSayHelloEJB");
    }
}

The EJB Class:
@Remote(ISubscriptionFactoryRemote.class)
@Local(ISubscriptionFactoryLocal.class)
@Stateless
public class SubscriptionFactory extends AbstractSubscription implements ISubscriptionFactoryRemote {

    @Override
    public AbstractSubscription getSubscriptionById(final Integer id) {

        AbstractSubscription ret = null;
        if (id != null) {
            // create query
            final StringBuilder queryString = new StringBuilder("select c from AbstractSubscription c ");

            try {
                queryString.append("where c.id = :id");

                // create query
                Query query = this.getEntityManager().createQuery(queryString.toString());

                // set parameter
                query = query.setParameter("id", id);

                // recovers refCountry
                ret = (AbstractSubscription) query.getSingleResult();

            } catch (final Exception exc) {

            }

        }

        return ret;

    }
}

When i run the class test as Junit test , it gives me the errors :
 janv. 20, 2015 12:15:34 PM org.jboss.arquillian.impl.client.container.ContainerRegistryCreator getActivatedConfiguration
 Infos: Could not read active container configuration: null

the Faillure Trace:
 java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: Lorg/jboss/embedded/api/server/JBossASEmbeddedServer;
 at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields0(Native Method)
 at java.lang.Class.privateGetDeclaredFields(Class.java:2397)
 at java.lang.Class.getDeclaredFields(Class.java:1806)
 at org.jboss.arquillian.impl.core.Reflections.getFieldInjectionPoints(Reflections.java:74)
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Any idea.

A: You're using a very old version of Arquillian, I'd use at least version 1.1.0.Final. I also don't think you need a few of the Arquillian dependencies you have defined.
Remove the arquillian-jbossas-embedded-6 and arquillian-junit depdendencies.
There are plenty of quickstart examples of how to use Arquillian with JBoss EAP. Have a look at some of the pom's there as it might help.

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Nigeria Football Federation president, Melvin Amaju Pinnick has disclosed that he has taken up the gauntlet of trying to convince Chelsea winger, Victor Moses to return to the Super Eagles because the coach, Gernot Rohr is ready to have the player back.
In an apparent reaction to critical reactions and comments trailing his efforts to make Moses rescind his retirement from the Eagles, Pinnick says he is not interfering in the coach's duties.
In contrast with arguments against the role he is playing in seeking the return of Moses, Pinnick disclosed that he is working in agreement with Rohr, who the NFF boss says also appreciates the player's talent.
Pinnick added that Rohr is determined to win the Africa Cup of Nations this year in Egypt, and the Franco-German gaffer knows Moses is one player that could boost the Eagles' chances of achieving the feat.
Rohr confirmed Pinnick's verdict, as the former Gabon, Niger Republic and Burkina Faso handler admitted he loves Moses' quality and style of play, which could come in handy during AFCON 2019.
Rohr said he continues to have a good relationship with Moses, whose experience and skills he admits can make a difference for Nigeria.
We have still a good relationship with Victor Moses. He is one of the the players who can make the difference.


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Designate "LD Awareness & Cures" as the World Health Day Campaign for WHO
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Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN) started this petition to World Health Organization (WHO)
In 2016, working closely with supporters, the Lymphatic Education & Research Network (LE&RN) fought for long overdue recognition of lymphedema (LE) and lymphatic diseases. The result was that World Lymphedema Day was recognized by the U.S. Senate and began to be celebrated around the world. This is what is possible when we unleash our energy and focus it on the change we demand.
We now join in solidarity with global lymphedema advocates to ask that the World Health Organization (WHO) declare "LD Awareness & Cures" the focus of WORLD HEALTH DAY. Our goal is to make lymphedema (LE) and lymphatic diseases (LD) a global priority.
Our goal is to engage the governments and researchers around the world to dedicate themselves to finding advanced treatments and cures.
Our goal is to address the incredible psycho-social burden of those with LE who have felt themselves marginalized, are unable to find treatment and whose quality of life has been negatively transformed by this disease.
In keeping with these goals, we ask that the World Health Organization (WHO) declare "LD Awareness & Cures" the focus of WORLD HEALTH DAY.
Fact: WHO estimates that over 250 million people worldwide have secondary LE
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WHO's World Health Day is recognized on April 7. It was established to be a call to action for critical health issues affecting the world's population.
The World Health Day 2016 campaign was "Beat Diabetes." Its objective was to increase awareness of the burden and consequences of that disease worldwide.
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The World Health Day 2018 campaign is "Universal Health."
Now, we ask the lymphatic and LE community to sign a petition asking that WHO make World Health Day: "Lymphedema: Awareness & Cures."
We need awareness so that medical practitioners and therapists are prepared to treat all who come to them with LE and lymphatic diseases. We need awareness to inspire communities around the world to embrace this as a common cause. We need awareness to encourage our greatest minds to engage in research and our institutions to then make a priority of funding this research. And then we need to make finding a cure a global priority. Miracles await if we dedicate ourselves to finding them.
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How do you measure people's practical skills, for example their ability to conduct electrical or electronic work? Is it possible to have someone use test equipment such as a hardware device or simulator and have this controlled by Questionmark technology?
The answer to this question is "yes". I'd like to share an interesting story by Questionmark customer SpaceTEC, whose very inventive approach is making this happen.
SpaceTEC is the National Science Foundation, National Resource Center for Aerospace Technical Education. I'm grateful to D ave Fricton and Carolyn Parise of SpaceTEC (pictured right) for presenting about this at the Questionmark Users Conference in San Antonio, Texas and for helping me write this blog article.
SpaceTEC, under its sister organization CertTEC, created an electronics certification that is offered to the electrical/electronics industry. Staff members there deliver knowledge based assessments with Questionmark and also deliver a practical exam where someone has to actually perform some electrical work, for instance finding a fault or make measurements. To do this, they use electrical test consoles and proprietary card sets like those shown below.
Traditionally the practical exam has been delivered manually by an examiner working with the candidate on the test equipment. But this is costly and difficult to organize nationwide as exams take 3 to 4 hours each and examiners need specialized training.
The innovation by SpaceTEC is that they have inserted HTML code inside Questionmark questions to control the test equipment. They drive the test equipment from within Questionmark software, making it no longer necessary for a trained examiner to run the practical test. They still have a proctor in the room to check the integrity of the process, but this is much easier to organize.
Here is a simple example of the kind of question they deliver. The candidate clicks on the Insert Fault button and this sets up the console with the appropriate configuration. Then the candidate measures the resistance on the console and types in their answer to Questionmark, which records and scores the question.
If you want to know what happens behind the scenes, it's very simple. The console (from NIDA Corporation) has an ActiveX driver which can be called by HTML code. It is necessary to install the driver on the candidate PC and then plug the console into the PC, but these are simple tasks. The call to the ActiveX driver is then encapsulated inside the Questionmark question wording.
Do you deliver any practical or performance exams using test equipment? If so, you might be able to follow the same route that SpaceTEC have gone, and link these up to Questionmark for easier administration. SpaceTEC are showing how performance and practical tests can be run in Questionmark, as well as knowledge assessments.


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Highlights from yesterday's charter school news conference
UncategorizedBy Richard Innes October 20, 2009 Leave a comment
This first video covers comments from the bill's sponsor, Kentucky Representative Brad Montell. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AG3zdjWUfR8] The next video, also from the press conference, contains comments from some of the proposed bill's supporting groups and individuals. Note in particular how much insight the two parents have about the educational situation of their children. Who says parents don't…
All parents left behind – Follow-up
Apparently, I am not the only one who has reservations about the announcement yesterday of Governor Steve Beshear's "Transforming Education in Kentucky" (TEK) Task Force. Herald-Leader Reporter Jim Warren contacted Senator David Williams, the ranking leader in the Kentucky Senate, and writes: "Williams, however, argued that the governor was covering old ground. 'I respectfully submit…
All parents left behind
About every ten years or so, it seems like we need to have a task force to get everyone to feel good about public education in this state. We're actually a bit late this time, but Governor Beshear is launching his new education initiative, called "Transforming Education in Kentucky" (TEK). Anyway, after 20 years of…
Kentucky's NAEP Grade 8 Math Performance – Let's face the brutal truth
Several days ago I published comments on the fourth grade results by year on the 2009 National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) math tests. That included graphs for whites, blacks, and the overall student average scores for Kentucky versus the national averages for those same student groups. Now, I now present graphs that show how…
Why do we need charter schools?
Yesterday we posted a link to a video about "What are charter schools, anyway?" With that question answered, this video tells you why we think we need school choice in Kentucky. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lX2PHKUQbgE]
What are charter schools, anyway?
School choice options like charter schools are on a lot of policymakers' minds right now. And, a bill creating parental choice public schools in Kentucky has been prefiled for the next legislative session. So, you might think it's time to learn more about school choice. If so, here is a quick-to-view video that will introduce…
Does Kentucky's school assessment discriminate against males?
It is pretty much taken as fact that boys outscore girls on math. That is true with the new National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) math tests, as well. For example, the two bars on the far left of the figure below show that while Kentucky's fourth grade females had a 34 percent NAEP math…
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– NCLB implications are significant, especially for minorities I blogged earlier on how the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) shows scoring of the Kentucky Core Content Test (KCCT) in math has been inflating over time. Let's look at how bad that inflation was in the 2009 math tests. We will see that the errors…
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– Kentucky Core Content Test scoring in math got easier, again, in 2009 One of the values of the federal National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) is that it can be used as a "ruler" to measure scoring inflation over time in state run assessments. I developed a tool several years ago to make it…
NAEP prophesy proves true really fast
When I posted my first comments about the new math scores from the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) earlier today, I included the following caution: "So, watch out for those who try to make too much out of the fourth grade improvement." I knew that warning was needed, but I didn't realize how quickly…
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Ayrshire Travel Guide
The rolling hills and rich soil of Ayrshire are not really at the top of most visitors' Scottish itinerary. Ayr, the county town and birthplace of Robert Burns, won't distract you for long. Most folk stick to the coastline, attracted by the wide, flat sandy beaches and the vast number of golf courses. South of Ayr, the most obvious points of interest are Culzean Castle, with its Robert Adam interior and extensive wooded grounds, and the offshore islands of Ailsa Craig, while to the east is fascinating Dumfries House. North of Ayr is Irvine, home to the Scottish Maritime Museum.
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If the weather's half decent, it's impossible to miss Ailsa Craig, ten miles off the south Ayrshire coast in the middle of the Firth of Clyde. The island's name means "Fairy Rock" in Gaelic, though it actually looks more like an enormous muffin. It would certainly have been less than enchanting for the persecuted Catholics who escaped here during the Reformation. The island's granite has long been used for making curling stones, and in the late nineteenth century 29 people lived here, either working in the quarry or at the Stevenson lighthouse. With its volcanic, columnar cliffs and 1114ft summit, Ailsa Craig is now a bird sanctuary – home to some 40,000 gannets. The best time to make the trip is at the end of May and in June when the fledglings are learning to fly. Several companies in the town of GIRVAN offer cruises round the island, but only Mark McCrindle, who also organizes sea-angling trips, is licensed to land. It takes about an hour to reach the island. Timings and prices depend on the length of trip, tides and weather; booking ahead is essential.
The eldest of seven, Robert Burns was born in Alloway on January 25, 1759. His tenant farmer father's bankruptcy had a profound effect on the boy, leaving him with an antipathy towards authority. After the death of his father, Robert, now head of the family, moved them to a farm at Mossgiel where he began to write in earnest: his first volume, Poems Chiefly in the Scottish Dialect, was published in 1786. The book proved immensely popular with ordinary Scots and Edinburgh literati alike, with Holy Willie's Prayer attracting particular attention. The object of Burns' poetic scorn was the kirk, whose ministers had condemned him for fornication.
Burns spent the winter of 1786–87 in the capital, but despite his success he felt financially trapped, unable to leave farming. His radical views also landed him in a political snare, his recourse being to play the unlettered ploughman-poet who might be excused impetuous outbursts and hectic womanizing. He made useful contacts in Edinburgh, however, and was recruited to write songs set to traditional Scottish tunes: works including Auld Lang Syne and Green Grow the Rushes, O. At this time, too, he produced Tam o' Shanter and a republican tract, A Man's a Man for a' That.
Burns fathered several illegitimate children, but in 1788 married Jean Armour, a stonemason's daughter with whom he already had two children, and moved to Ellisland Farm, near Dumfries. The following year he was appointed excise officer and could leave farming. But his years of labour, allied to a rheumatic fever, damaged his heart, and he died in Dumfries in 1796, aged 37.
Burns's work, inspired by romantic nationalism and tinged with wry wit, has made him a potent symbol of "Scottishness". Today, Burns Clubs all over the world mark the poet's birthday with the Burns' Supper, complete with haggis, piper and whisky – and a ritual recital of Ode to a Haggis.
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johnlink ranks THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (2014)
It's been a hectic holiday season. Visited home for a few days after Christmas. Got a chance to catch up with my folks and my in-laws and a whole bunch of great friends we don't see nearly enough since moving to Maine. Also, my wife and I took an opportunity to sneak out and have a real live date. We grabbed a drink and some food and made our way to MOCKINGJAY. Revisiting the first two HUNGER GAMES films reminded me of how good the series really was. I had no idea what to expect from the third movie, but I had high hopes for sure based on the first two…
I watched THE HUNGER GAMES: MOCKINGJAY PART 1 (2014) in theaters on 12.28.14. It was my first viewing of the film.
MOCKINGJAY is the first film in the HUNGER GAMES series to ditch the idea of the Games altogether. This film focuses, instead, on District 13 (previously only alluded to and never seen) as Katniss (Jennifer Lawrence) becomes a vital cog in the revolutionary machine. The villainous President Snow (Donald Sutherland) is doing grandly evil things. The leader of the revolution, President Coin (Julianne Moore), needs Katniss to whip potential rebels into a revolutionary frenzy.
This movie is largely political, with small bits of contained action. Katniss gets into a scuffle in District 8, but most of this movie is about preparation or, as President Snow repeats "moves and counter moves". This is one of those movies, then, that is about prepping for the final chapter. This is barely a stand alone film, with the rescuing of Peeta (Josh Hutcherson) feeling like it is made into a larger deal than it should be because that is really the only beginning to end story in the film.
The plot of this movie is a less solid than others. There is an attack on District 13 which is inexplicably cut short. Where the previous movies did a nice job of creating a reality where the idea of why characters live or die always made sense, MOCKINGJAY feels like people live or die as a convenience to the story rather than due to motivated actions. Due to these developments, this is the first time one of these movies feels forced.
Which isn't to say the actors don't continue to do a lot of good work. Lawrence is effective as ever as Katniss, and she is asked to do a lot of crying in this one. Sutherland is hatable. Moore is a woman trying to figure out the nuances of her power. Both Philip Seymour Hoffman and Woody Harrelson shine in their returning roles. Watching Hoffman in one of his final performances is a sad thing, he's so good even in this sort of Hollywood blockbuster sort of thing. Harrelson has more fun in this one as the now-sober Haymitch. Elizabeth Banks does more fine work as the newly de-wigged Effie.
The filmmaking in this movie is uninteresting. There are some nice exteriors, and the detailing in the small details like Effie's wardrobe are still there. But the work of Director Francis Lawrence, who took over the series starting with CATCHING FIRE, is dedicated entirely to story. There is no flare in the style. Everything, from the plotted story to the visual story feels like the easiest path from Point A to Point B.
Ultimately, this feels like a slightly underwhelming final product. The movie here may well set up a power house of a final film, and there is no reason to think it won't. But on it's own merits, MOCKINGJAY PART 1 is the least successful HUNGER GAMES film yet. It's not bad, it's still enjoyable. It is just hard to reach any final conclusions about it until the last one comes out next year.
FINAL SCORE: 6.25 out of 10
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Felt like an obvious ploy for money. Wasn't like that the whole duration, but the ending and the way it was so abrupt made it feel as such. Good review John.
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L'Ukraine est l'un des quarante-trois pays participants du Concours Eurovision de la chanson 2018, qui se déroule à Lisbonne au Portugal. Le pays est représenté par Mélovin et sa chanson Under the Ladder, sélectionnés via l'émission Vidbir 2018. L'Ukraine se classe  de la grande finale du Concours, recevant .

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L'Ukraine a confirmé sa participation à l'Eurovision 2018 le .

Le , le diffuseur UA:PBC a annoncé que la sélection télévisée Vidbir aurait à nouveau lieu, pour la troisième année consécutive, en partenariat avec STB.

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La sélection, se déroulant sur trois semaines  comporte deux demi-finales et une finale. Dix-huit artistes y participent au total. Neuf artistes prennent part dans chacun des demi-finales, et à chaque fois trois d'entre eux se qualifient pour la finale via un vote combinant le jury de l'émission et le télévote ukrainien. Lors de la finale, le vainqueur est déterminé selon le même système de vote parmi les six artistes encore en lice.

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Les artistes souhaitant participer à la sélection pouvaient déposer leur candidature auprès du diffuseur ukrainien entre le  et le . Au terme de cette période, plus de 1500 candidatures avaient été reçues par le diffuseur. Seules dix-huit ont été retenues pour les demi-finales. L'annonce des qualifiés a eu lieu le .

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Première demi-finale

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L'Ukraine a participé à la deuxième demi-finale, le . Elle y termine à la  position avec , s'assurant ainsi une place en finale. Lors de celle-ci, le , l'Ukraine termine en  et dernière position des jurys avec . C'est grâce au télévote, où Mélovin atteint la  place avec , que le pays termine à la  place avec un total de .

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HomeWhat Works on St. Patrick's Day at Work?
Having the maiden name of McClain, St. Patrick's Day is a major holiday for me. So, at InfoMart, we begin our festivities in the morning and the fun never ends. Irish and non-Irish alike participate in St. Patrick's Day, and when it falls on a workday, it is a pot of gold of employee engagement and a social media opportunity. On March 17th, we're all Irish!
St. Patrick's Day is a great holiday to take your employee engagement program to the next level because it's not a holiday normally recognized or celebrated within the workplace. InfoMart is a mid-sized business, so we are able to organize activities company-wide without major effort or disruption. In this job market, employees want a company with a unique culture, and small businesses and mid-sized businesses have an advantage when it comes to events like this.
If you plan correctly and organize efficiently, it won't take much of your time or your employees' time, yet you are giving everyone a chance to laugh, participate, and partake in your culture.
Read on to discover easy ways to celebrate St. Patrick's Day in the office.
Start the day festively. Most donut shops will have donuts with green sprinkles.
Have a green-themed day. Provide green cupcakes (Amy's green velvet cupcakes are my favorite).
Go the healthy route. Supply an afternoon snack in the employee lounge of green vegetables (cucumbers, celery, broccoli, zucchini, and avocado dip) or make green smoothies.
Get inspired by the rainbow. Design a fruit platter rainbow of strawberries, oranges, pineapple, green apple, and grapes.
Provide an afternoon snack. Take an ice cream break with pistachio ice cream or green, frosted shamrock cookies from a local bakery.
Host a potluck lunch. Invite everyone to bring an Irish dish with some traditional foods, like bangers and mash, soda bread, colcannon, boxty, shepherd's pie, and potato bread.
Share Bon Appetit's Irish-inspired recipe list, and promote a cooking contest with prize money to get all the cooks working on their best Irish dishes. But don't be surprised if not everyone jumps in to bring a dish. Be prepared with catering from a local restaurant to supplement the lunch in case employees attend but don't participate in providing food.
Promote learning and engage your employees, all from their own desks! Design a treasure hunt of information from your intranet. Send out questions during the day and have your employees "hunt" on the intranet to find the correct answers. Whoever replies first with the right link wins a gift card.
Use St. Patrick's Day to encourage your employees to "go green" by incorporating a recycling initiative into your celebration. Host a "Green Eggs and Cans" even. Have employees collect and bring in a bag of recyclable materials. Give each employee who participates an egg biscuit or a gift certificate to Chick-fil-A or Starbucks.
Buy holiday props at your local dollar store—hats, glasses, and necklaces. Pinterest is a treasure trove of ideas and photo prop patterns. Have employees use them and take pictures, then post the best of your pics on your corporate social media. Put all your pics on the intranet and encourage people to post on their social media. Start this project early in the day and make sure to give employees the hashtags to use.
St. Patrick's Day employee engagement activities don't have to be over-the-top, but a few simple activities will recognize the holiday and change up the normal workday. Sláinte!
Looking for more? Check out more ideas on my St. Patrick's Day at Work Pinterest Board.


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Mowbray to let Albion duo leave
TONY Mowbray today revealed that Pascal Zuberbuhler and Ronnie Wallwork were free to leave Albion.
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The Baggies manager confirmed that the out-of-favour duo were available to go out on loan or even leave the club permanently during the January transfer window.
Zuberbuhler lost his place recently and has slipped down the pecking order behind Russell Hoult and Luke Steele, while Wallwork has also struggled to establish himself since Mowbray's arrival.
"It's correct that both Zubi and Ronnie can go," said Mowbray. "Zubi was in between the sticks when I arrived and he did fine for a few games but the situation changed and I felt his confidence levels got hit a little bit.
"Ultimately the decision to leave him out was because of the impact it was having on the team as opposed to himself, and there was negativity too from the terraces.
"Zubi is a first-class man and hard working and I understand he wants to be playing, but at the moment he's not in the side. It is nothing personal, I want to do what is best for the team.
"As for Ronnie, I've had a chat with him and I know he needs to play football. Ronnie has been on the periphery and wasn't even in the team on Saturday when we had two midfielders out in the side.
"This will benefit the players and the club because it might well release funds. We won't stand in Ronnie's way - both his and Zubi's name have been circulated."
Mowbray will hold fire on bringing in a new goalkeeper until the Swiss international's future has been resolved.
"We still have four goalkeepers at this club if you include Luke Daniels," added Mowbray. "I thought Russell Hoult was excellent on Saturday and took a lot of potential pressure off the team."
* Have your say on the decision to let Zuberbuhler and Wallwork go at www.birminghammail.net/albion/yourshout
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An Employment Court judgement requiring Talley's AFFCO staff at its Wairoa freezing works to return to their normal shifts is a victory for the locked out workers, say Labour's Workplace Relations Spokesperson Iain Lees-Galloway and MP for Ikaroa-Rāwhiti Meka Whaitiri.
"This has been a five month ordeal for the workers, their families and the wider Wairoa community," says Iain Lees-Galloway.
"Two weeks ago Andrew Little and I wrote to Sir Peter and Michael Talley to express our concern about the severe hardship this dispute was causing.
"The Employment Court deemed the lockout illegal in November last year, and I'm pleased they've once again made a fair ruling which will now provide a resolution for these workers.
"Labour congratulates the Meat Workers Union who stood by their workers and funded this legal action," he says.
Meka Whaitiri says this standoff has come at a huge cost to Wairoa.
"One hundred and seventy people out of work in a community like this has a massive social and economic impact, not to mention the emotional and physical toll on the workers and their whānau.
"The ruling means workers should be back on day shift in the next two weeks and that's brilliant news.
"I urge AFFCO Talley's to respect this decision, accept it as a resolution to the dispute and move forward for the good of everyone concerned," says Meka Whaitiri.


When James Brokenshire stood down as Northern Ireland Secretary in January for medical reasons, the Prime Minister made no secret of her regret over his departure. "I very much look forward to working alongside you again when you are back to full health," she wrote to the man who had served as part of her Home Office team from 2011 until she elevated him to the Cabinet in 2016.
A solid May loyalist, Brokenshire's swift return to health – and thereby to the Commons – made him an obvious candidate for a Cabinet job when such a vacancy arose. Had he not previously served as Immigration Minister, he might have been in the running for the role of Home Secretary itself after Amber Rudd's resignation.
While Sajid Javid has taken over the Prime Minister's former department, Brokenshire is instead now charged with a job of equal (or greater) political importance: the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government is the focus of huge pressure to deliver a successful and sizeable increase in house-building. It is not a topic that he has dealt with before in a ministerial capacity, but it is one that he must get to grips with visibly and swiftly. Millions of people's futures – and the outcome of the next General Election – will be hugely influenced by either success or failure on the housing front.
In the wider context of Brexit, and with another Cabinet clash over the question of customs union approaching, it's notable that Brokenshire previously served in the Northern Ireland Office. He therefore has a more detailed acquaintance than many of his colleagues with the domestic politics of the Province, the policy stances of the Irish Republic, and the frustrations of both.
Ever the loyal supporter of the Prime Minister, in that role he was a firm advocate of the principles that there should be no customs barrier between Northern Ireland and Great Britain, and that post-Brexit the whole country must be free to negotiate its own trade deals globally, meaning exit from the customs union and Single Market.
That's worth knowing, but it would be a mistake to see his appointment primarily through that lens. His new job does not include a seat on the Brexit sub-committee where the decision will be hammered out, and – more importantly – the Ministry brings with it more than enough other responsibilities to occupy his time and energies. He will be a loyal Mayite on Brexit, but it will be housing that dominates his day.


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They were very friendly for all of those years through school and went to many of the same parties together, but never had any interest in dating one another. After high school Tyler went off to Hofstra University and Rebecca went to Rutgers.
About a year after they had both graduated from college, they actually met back up in NYC at his birthday party some mutual friends were hosting for him. That night is when they both fell in love and have been together ever since!!
They both grew up in Montville, NJ and their families still live there while they live in Weehawken, NJ. Tyler works in Paramus and Rebecca, who worked in business for four years recently made a career change and now is attending the nursing program at NYU. She will be graduating next May and will be very busy with their wedding just two months from then.
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Peak bodies partner to drive sport inclusion
Gymnastics Australia and Special Olympics Australia have once again partnered to enhance the inclusion of people with intellectual disabilities in gymnastics across the country.
The organisations will cooperate on multiple initiatives over the next three years to increase participation pathways for people with intellectual disabilities, such as assimilating Special Olympics competitions into state gymnastics competitions.
The parties have collaborated closely for the past three years to promote and deliver inclusive sport programs designed to develop participants' physical literacy.
Physical literacy describes equipping children with the foundational movement skills and other capabilities they need to stay active throughout their lives.
Kitty Chiller AM, Gymnastics Australia, Chief Executive Officer said the organisation is thrilled to extend the partnership with Special Olympics Australia and to be able to promote gymnastics as an inclusive sport for people of all abilities.
"We know that gymnastics provides people of all ages with the skills and experiences they need to develop their physical literacy. This is the basic knowledge and behaviours that will give them the confidence and motivation to lead active lives.
"Community sport brings so much to the lives of millions of Australians and through this partnership, we want to provide more opportunities for people of all ages and abilities to get involved and fall in love with the sport of gymnastics," Chiller said.
A key partnership commitment will see Special Olympics Australia and Gymnastics Australia team up to leverage the Australian Government's Sporting Schools initiative and offer a specifically adapted program for students with intellectual disability.
The newly inked deal extends and updates the memorandum of understanding under which the parties have been successfully piloting Special Olympics Australia's Young Athletes program.
The play-based program helps children aged two to eight with and without intellectual disabilities to develop fundamental movement skills.
Since the pilot kicked off in 2018, Special Olympics Australia and Gymnastics Australia have jointly developed resources and delivered more than 40 programs to around 640 participants in NSW, the ACT, and Victoria.
The programs are delivered by Gymnastics Australia coaches accredited in the Young Athletes coaching course designed and developed by Special Olympics Australia, which can be completed online through the organisation's e-learning platform, SOA Learn.
Special Olympics Australia's National Young Athletes Manager, Naazmi Johnston, said the alliance benefits both parties.
"Working in partnership has allowed access to facilities and qualified coaches, which Special Olympics clubs struggle with, while Gymnastics clubs are always looking for programs they can run during the day when they are quiet."
This latest partnership incarnation will see their commitment to growing the Young Athletes program nationally continue, providing recreational gymnastics for young children with an intellectual disability as a pathway into Gymnastics Australia's Kindergym program or Special Olympics club training.


Originally named Laurel Canyon, Grails is an experimental rock band based in Portland. The band began playing shows together in 1999, self-releasing two EPs before signing to Neurot Recordings for the release of their debut full-length under the Grails moniker, 2003's The Burden of Hope. The core lineup of Alex John Hall, Emil Amos, and William Zakary Riles was refined over time, with previous members sometimes joining the trio for live performances and guest collaborators contributing to their recording sessions.
Grails joined the Temporary Residence Ltd. roster for the release of their third studio LP, Burning Off Impurities. The group has grown a loyal fan base in the instrumental and experimental music communities due to their prolific release schedule, including Black Tar Prophecies Vols 1, 2, & 3 (2007), Take Refuge in Clean Living (2008), Doomsdayer's Holiday (2008), Deep Politics (2011), Black Tar Prophecies Vols. 4, 5, & 6 (2013), and Chalice Hymnal (2017). When not working with Grails, the members stay busy in assorted side projects; Hall has played guitar with Steve Von Till of Neurosis in his Harvestman project, Amos has played drums with Jandek, and both Hall and Amos perform in the Mexican Summer duo Lilacs & Champagne.


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The Sun Shines Less on Solar Power in Germany
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BERLIN, Mar 12 2012 (IPS) - Germany is capable of producing as much solar energy as the rest of the world together. But now the German government is proposing dramatic cuts in subsidies for solar panels. They say consumer demand is so high it can no longer support the technology.
A protester in Berlin demands restoration of subsidies for solar energy. Credit: Daan Bauwens/IPS.
Germany has a production capacity of more than 25,000 megawatts. In December 2011 alone, a record 7,500 megawatts capacity was added to the German solar park. That is the equivalent of five average nuclear power plants. On sunny days, solar power can provide up to 25 percent of the country's energy.
The success of solar power in Germany is led by a generous subsidy policy to promote renewables, especially photovoltaic cells. In the German subsidy system, utility companies are obliged to pay people who generate their own solar power, for instance with photovoltaic cells on the roofs of their houses.
Germany has also seen cooperatives renting space on the roofs of public buildings for the placement of solar panels. Over the years, the German energy capacity output has more than doubled the government's projected target.
But at the end of last month, German Environment Minister Norbert Roettgen and Economy Minister Phillip Roesler proposed a plan to cut subsidies for solar power by almost 30 percent. The decision follows similar subsidy cuts in the UK, Italy and France last year. In Germany subsidies had already been cut 50 percent over the last three years.
To avoid a last-minute boom, ministers Roettgen and Roesler proposed on Feb. 23 that the cuts would be implemented on Mar. 9, giving the industry no more than two weeks to prepare for the change. This proposal sparked anger in the solar industry and amongst environmentalists, resulting in protests at Berlin's Brandenburger Gate.
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"This decision will kill the market for solar energy," says Stefan Hief, CEO of Cosmoenergy, manufacturer of photovoltaic cells. "If there have to be cuts, they should not be as drastic as the government is proposing. This way, we are going to lose thousands of jobs in the sector, at a time when we are the world leaders in solar power production and the German public is in favour of renewables. For us, this decision comes down to nothing but a total solar phase-out," he tells IPS.
In an open letter to Chancellor Angela Merkel, the German solar industry association BSW-Solar stated that the proposed cuts would "undermine Germany's position as an international textbook example for solar power." As a result of the German goverment's recent declarations, employees at the American solar panel manufacturer First Solar in Brandenburg have now been obliged to start working halftime.
It is not clear why the German government wants to cut the subsidies. According to some sources, the cuts are intended to channel more money into other renewables such as wind energy. But the main reason could be that, because of the success of solar power, the costs are getting too high for the German government. The December addition of 7,500 megawatts of solar panels led to a subsidy of more than 8 billion euros.
Power companies, obliged to pay people who generate their own solar power, pass the extra costs on to the consumers in their electricity bill. The goverment says it has to decrease the financial burden on consumers by lessening the subsidies.
But according to Dr. Cornelia Ziehm at the Deutsche Umwelthilfe (German Environmental Aid) in Berlin, the reasons are mostly political. "It is true there is a problem," she admits to IPS, "the amount of money being put into the solar industry is high. But more than this, in this time of crisis the German minister of economy Roesler was in need of a new theme to tackle. He discovered the subsidies for solar energy were quite high so he proposed to cut them as a means to reduce costs for the German citizens.
"This idea was not warmly welcomed by the Ministry of Environment," Cornelia Ziehm says. "But since last summer's decision to completely phase out nuclear energy by 2020 after the Fukushima disaster, environment minister Roettgen has been under a lot of pressure by several people in his party, the CDU (Christian Democratic Union). Some CDU politicians are in favour of nuclear energy and still don't agree with the phase-out, but voted for it under pressure of CDU President Angela Merkel. This decision can be seen as a contra-revolution within the CDU."
Following protests at Brandenburger Gate Monday last week, an official spokesperson declared the subsidy cuts will not come into force before Apr. 1.
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We originally designed this very small house plan for an artist who desperately needed a place of her own. She had recently gone through a nasty divorce and was not comfortable as a renter. Her limited budget dictated an economical structure, yet her discerning taste required attention to details and an aesthetically pleasing ambience. We created the open layout and full wrap-around porch to convey a spacious and airy cottage feel while maintaining a cozy and nurturing environment. Since light was very important for her work (as well as her spirits) we provided porch skylights and transoms wherever possible to compensate for the darkening affects that can result from a covered porch.
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