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Annulment of marriage
The Family Code of the Russian Federation provides that if one of espoused individuals concealed from his/her counterpart existing venereal disease or HIV infection, the latter shall have the right to file for annulment of marriage. A marriage shall be recognized as annulled as from the date of its registration. Annulment of marriage shall be done by the court.
Provisions of a family legislation do not apply towards property jointly acquired by individuals whose marriage is recognized as annulled. If prenuptial agreement took place it shall be recognized as invalid. Provisions of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation shall be applied toward such property.
Annulment of marriage shall not have any impact on the interests of children born in this marriage or within 300 days after its annulment.
When making decision on annulment of marriage, the court may recognize the right of a bona fide spouse, whose rights were violated by this marriage, to receive allowance from the other spouse in compliance with article 90 and 91 of the Family Code and the right for separation of property jointly acquired before the marriage was annulled.
The bona fide spouse shall have a right to claim compensation for monetary and non-pecuniary damages.
Adoption of children by HIV+ individuals
A person incapable of performing parental duties due to poor health conditions shall not have a right to adopt children as per article 127 of the Family Code of the Russian Federation. List of diseases prohibiting child adoption both as a ward (acting as a guardian) and as a foster family, was approved by the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation No. 542 of May 1, 1996.
The above mentioned list includes:
tuberculosis;
diseases of internal viscera, excitatory and locomotor systems in failure stage;
malignant cancer tumors of various locations;
drug addiction or abuse, alcoholism;
infectious diseases in follow-up care stage;
mental disorders which resulted in recognition of an individual as legally incapable or impaired;
any disease or injury that resulted in physical disability of I and II categories (with no working ability).
Therefore, HIV infection may become an obstacle for child adoption if HIV+ person is registered at AIDS Center.
Today, AIDS service organizations are fighting for cancellation of this legal norm and it may become possible that in the near future HIV+ individuals will be granted a right for child adoption. As of today, cases are registered when HIV+ individuals wishing to adopt a child had to do it through their relatives for legal purposes becoming per se just caregivers and mentors for these children. There are registered successful cases of enforcement of adoption rights in a court.


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Myth vs. Reality on Highway "User Taxes" and Subsidies
By Light Rail Progress • November 2003
Myth:
Highways are an example of the free market system in action. Unlike public transportation, they receive no government subsidy, but rather are funded by user fees paid only by users.
Reality:
The notion that road users "pay their own way" in a "free market" process has a number of major faults. First, the evidence is clear that highway and motor vehicle-related taxes cover only part of the total costs of motor vehicle facilities.
One of the most competent analytical discussions of this issue is provided by Dr. Vukan R. Vuchic in his book Transportation for Livable Cities (Center for Urban Policy Research, Rutgers, New Brunswick, NJ, 1999, pp. 67ff). Vuchic notes that the claim that highway users "pay their way" stems from the concept of the Highway Trust Fund, whose revenues are derived from taxes on motor fuels and other motor vehicle products. However, noted Vuchic, this fund fails to cover many important motor vehicle system costs, "such as highway maintenance, traffic regulation, and parking."
Vuchic cites a wide range of analyses substantiating this, particularly those compiled and summarized by the following studies:
* John Holtzclaw, "America's autos and trucks on welfare: A summary of subsidies", Mobilizing the Region, 15, 3 Feb. 1995.
* John Pucher, "Budget cutters looking at wrong subsidies", Passenger Transport (APTA), 13 March 1995.
These researchers cite studies performed by a variety of individuals and organizations, including the US Office of Technology Assessment (OTA), which provide estimates of "pure" subsidies to automobile and truck users in the USA ranging from as low as $300 billion to as high as $935 billion annually – nearly a trillion dollars a year (and that was in 1994)!
"Thus," writes Vuchic, "the claim that car users pay their costs is overly simplistic and inaccurate. Actually, highway user taxes defray only part of the country's total highway transportation costs. Most car trips are subsidized." Vuchic further notes that a vast amount of heavy, hidden private subsidies actually exceed the total combined government and private subsidies "to all other modes ... combined."
Vuchic summarizes the situation by observing that the 1994 OTA analysis (noted above)
... estimates that car drivers pay about 60 percent of the total cost of their travel. The remaining 40 percent consists of costs of highway construction, maintenance and control (traditionally subsidized by all three levels of government), "free" parking (subsidized by employers, store owners, schools, federal tax laws, and so on), and various social and environmental costs absorbed by society.
Another major fault of the motor vehicle "user taxes" concept is that, except for direct tolls (i.e., user fees) assessed on tollway, tunnel, and bridge users, these taxes are themselves subsidies. Basically, using the term "user taxes" to apply to the special allocation of a sales tax to highway construction and maintenance, or to any other special function, is simply a smokescreen for dedicating taxes of a particular product/service to the exclusive benefits of that particular product or service industry. it certainly is a subsidy, since public tax revenues are being applied to fund production of the product or service.
Allocating special tax privileges to a particular industry is itself a form of governmental subsidy, since this method of revenue generation and funding cannot possibly be applied to all industries and companies throughout a given economy. Dedicating taxes on products (services) solely to the advantage of every individual product (service) would be disastrous for society as a whole.
To single out a specific industry for this special treatment is thus an enormous subsidy to that industry. Basically, this is the legacy of a gigantic swindling of the American public in the mid-20th century by a working coalition of highway and motor vehicle industry interests. in essence, it amounts to a form of socialism for the rich.
While this started with a relatively small number of service users (highway travellers), by distorting the market and eliminating or marginalizing other transport choices, this government promotion of highway travel has forced more and more users into this (monopolistic) system – all under the aegis of the state. The system thus feeds itself, in a vicious cycle of expansion (rather like a cancerous growth process).
Furthermore, far from an example of a supposedly fair, "free market" process in action, it's a distortion of markets. Special revenue dedication and virtually unrestrained funding of highways also fail to account for external costs generated and incurred by the highway system (such as air pollution, accidents, etc.).
Certainly, dedicating the taxes on a service or product to the support of that same service/product is a tremendously efficient way of fostering and aggrandizing the industry which provides it. How beneficial it would be for all tax revenue from shoes, boots, stockings, hosiery, canes, crutches, wheelchairs, foot-care products, shoe-repair products and services, etc. to be dedicated exclusively to the provision of pedestrian infrastructure – better sidewalks, lots of crossing lights, etc.!
Unfortunately, the segmentation of tax revenue in this fashion would wreak disaster on governmental revenue and budgeting systems. Governments would find themselves boxed in, hands tied, in terms of their revenue allocation decisions. if this won't work for the society as a whole, why does a single industry (i.e., transportation system) deserve this special treatment and provision of these subsidies?
Answer: it doesn't. At the time it was enacted (an era of muddy dirt roads and two-lane highways), special dedication of motor vehicle-related taxes to highways was seen as a fast emergency way to funnel lots of revenue into what was perceived as an essential public service. But the greedy Godzillas that had rapidly emerged within the highway and motor vehicle industries found this bountiful public largesse far too lucrative to lose. So they mobilized to preserve it – forming various Good Roads Associations and other political mechanisms that now make up Highways, Inc. – the government-corporate partnership which has eaten and assassinated its way to supremacy (carrying out the Transit Holocaust in the process) ... and supposedly locking in the "user fee" flim-flam forever.
But one of these days – particularly as planners, decisionmakers, and the public at large become more savvy about the fallacies and adverse implications of this distortion of both markets and public policy – "forever" may come to an end.

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Nashville Life Music (Image courtesy of Merge PR)
Nashville Life Music offers gratitude, praise with new studio album 'Here For Jesus'
Fri, Jun 12th 2020 10:35 am
GMA Dove Award-nominated Nashville Life Music will release their first full-length studio album, "Here For Jesus," on July 17 (Integrity Music). The preorder for the new project begins today. This follows their hit live EP, "Taylor House Sessions," which produced a Billboard Top 5 single and GMA Dove Award nominated song, "My God (feat. Mr. Talkbox)."
Nashville Life Music is the soundtrack to Nashville Life Church, a local movement that started out of CeCe Winans' living room nine years ago. Grammy-winning songwriters and bandleaders Dwan Hill (Lauren Daigle, Jonny Lang) and Alvin Love III (CeCe Winans' son and producer) have led their 26-member worship team to create a project of energetic and inspiring songs that lift up anthemic, fun-loving sounds of thanksgiving and praise to God for everyday life.
At its core, "Here for Jesus" is a diverse project united by more than simply style and joyful praise. It's worship in community. It's uniquely tied together by the diversity of the people who make up Nashville Life.
"God's been gracious enough to give us a mixed church, and I'm pretty proud of our cultural diversity," Love III said. "We can't take any credit for it. So, when I say I'm proud of it, it's not really a reflection of our efforts. It's just been some sort of recipe about our church that has managed to draw both sides of the spectrum and everything in between. It's something that, honestly, has to be supernatural. I think the racial lines and the tension and how deeply rooted it is in our nation (The United States) – particularly the South – is only something that God could lift, because it's more than just skin tone. It's mindset. It's culture. It's style of music. It's ways of approaching family and relationships."
"I think the strength of the diversity you see is a result of relationships that were already happening," Hill said. "Relationship is always more powerful than a method and a strategy. I think the goal and the heart of it is simply to get more people into the house of God."
The album features guest artists Leeland ("Way Maker," "Lion and The Lamb") and Dove-award-winning New Artist of the Year Aaron Cole.
A press release said, "A creative, time period piece, marrying together worship with throwback sounds from '70s and present-day musical influences, 'Here For Jesus' feels ready to become a modern classic. Imagine worship music that's a mix of Elton John, Queen, Earth, Wind & Fire, Chance the Rapper and Kanye West – it's an album unlike any you've ever heard and one you can't miss."
The group has already released four songs from the new album: "Sing A Song (Part 2) [feat. Aaron Cole]," "Claim It All (feat. Taylor Browning)," "Reconciler" and "Shepherd (feat. Leeland)." Earlier this year, they also premiered a music video "Sing A Song (Part 2) [feat. Aaron Cole]," which was shot on location at the historic West End Middle School in Nashville, giving the video a cool old-school vibe that parallels the throwback sounds of the song and forthcoming album.
Nashville Life Music began as a spontaneous gathering around a living room piano that has now erupted into a joyful, thriving music collective in the heart of Music City. Described as "a family of fun-loving disciples," this diverse tribe of singers and musicians is known for its lively, fun-filled melodies and powerful, anthemic worship choruses.
Visit https://www.nashvillelifemusic.com.


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Date issued 30 June 2008
Issued by Tony Newbury
Parties to a 'relevant contract' are taken to be employers and employees (sections 33 and 34 of the Act) and payments made under a contract are taken to be wages (section 35 of the Act). Payments taken to be wages are subject to payroll tax under section 36 of the Act.
While most contracts for the provision of services come within the meaning of 'relevant contracts' under section 32 of the Act, certain types of contracts are specifically excluded from the definition of 'relevant contract'. One exclusion is a contract in which the contractor hires employees or engages other contractors to perform some or all of the work required under the contract (section 32(2)(c) of the Act).
The purpose of this Revenue Ruling is to explain how section 32(2)(c) of the Act would apply to exclude a contract from the definition of 'relevant contract'.
Section 32(2)(c) of the Act may apply to exclude a contract from the definition of 'relevant contract' in any of the following situations:
Type of contracting entity
Persons performing the work under the contract
Two or more
Partnership of natural persons
Partner(s) and one or more other persons, or
Two or more persons none of whom is a partner
This exemption will not apply if the work under the contract is performed only by partners.
The sole trader and one or more other person(s), or
Two or more persons none of whom is the sole trader
In addition, all the following conditions must be met for the exemption in section 32(2)(c) of the Act to apply in each of the above circumstances:
The contractor must be carrying on a business (includes a trade, profession, or any other activity generally provided for a fee, gain or reward, carried out in systematic and repetitive manner)
The contractor must have the overall responsibility to fulfil the terms of the contract in the course of the contractor's business,
The person(s) performing the work under the contract must be engaged directly by the contractor and not the principal, even though the principal may also benefit from those services
The services supplied by the person(s) performing the work must be a necessary part of and are supplied in the course of the contractor's business
Richard runs a business as a carpenter. He enters into a contract with his client who is a home builder to erect frames for homes. After measuring the sites and determining the areas for the footings of the frames, Richard engages a stump hole driller to drill the holes for the footings. When the timber was delivered, Richard engages a frame cutter to cut the timber.
The work performed by the stump hole driller and frame cutter is a necessary part of and is supplied in the course of Richard's business. The work is considered a normal occurrence of Richard's business. This condition is met.
The person(s) must be engaged by the contractor to perform the work which is the object of the contract
Peter is a plumber. He enters into a contract with a client to carry out some plumbing work. He performs the plumbing work which is the object of his contract. His spouse, Sharon only provides the plumbing business with administrative services such as maintaining the accounts and banking for the business. Administration work is not considered the object of the contract. This condition is not met.
Samantha carries on a business as an electrician. She enters into a contract with a client to install electrical items in a room and restore the walls to their original state. To perform the work required under the contract, she engages a plasterer and a painter. The work performed by the plasterer and painter is considered part of the object of the contract. This condition is met.
Multiple contracts between the same principal and contractor
Where a principal has numerous contracts with a contractor during a financial year and there is clear evidence that each contract is discrete, the exemption will apply on a contract-by-contract basis.
Michelle is a builder. She has 20 separate contracts to build houses and sub-contracts all the carpentry work to a carpenter, Frank. Frank provides his services on all contracts but engages the services of a frame cutter in respect of only 15 of the 20 houses. The exemption applies to those 15 contracts. Payments made by Michelle to Frank on the remaining 5 contracts are taxable unless another exemption applies.
'Buddy Gang'
It is common for contractors to operate in a team or buddy gang system where two or more contractors work together on a job or number of jobs. Often, it is difficult to establish the formal relationship between members of the gang, or whether the gang constitutes a legal entity. Where there is a lack of documentation supporting the status of the gang, a contract is deemed to exist between the principal and each contractor if the principal pays each of the contractors separately. In these circumstances, the exemption does not apply to a buddy gang of contractors.
Contractors sharing the services of the same person(s)
There are circumstances where a contractor may share the services of a person or persons with another contractor to perform work pursuant to the respective contracts between the same principal and the contractors. For the exemption to apply, the sharing of such services must be a commercial arrangement, that is:
the work performed by the person or persons engaged by both the contractors must be distinct, and
the remuneration paid to that person or persons must commensurate with the work performed and at a commercial rate.
Where the criteria stated above are not met, but you believe that the exemption should apply, please apply to the Office of State Revenue for a determination.
A contract will not be exempt under section 32(2) of the Act if the Chief Commissioner considers the contract or arrangement was entered into with the intention of avoiding payroll tax. If any person engaged by the contractor to perform the work is a former employee of the principal, the Chief Commissioner may also consider the arrangement in light of the anti-avoidance provisions under section 32(2)(c) of the Act.
The same approach may be taken where a person engaged by the contractor is a spouse or child of the contractor, or a beneficiary of a trust set up by the contractor and is not paid at a commercial rate.
Overnight accommodation allowances paid to truck drivers


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Das Mossal ist ein Scheibenmesser aus Zentralafrika. Es ist als Schlagwaffe (Schlagmesser, englisch club-knife) konzipiert und wird als Paradewaffen benutzt.

Beschreibung

Das Mossal ist symmetrisch und hat eine fast runde, umlaufend scharfe Klinge. Der Ort ist schmal und eckig. Das Heft ist aus Holz und glatt poliert. Das Mossal wird von Ethnien des zentralen Kongobeckens der Demokratischen Republik Kongo wie den Yanzi, den Mbuun oder Ngul benutzt, die westlich der Kuba leben.

Varianten der Scheibenform können herzförmiger oder bauchiger sein. Eine asymmetrische Form der Scheibenmesser mit besonderem Gestaltungsausdruck, bei der die Ausbuchtung breit nach einer Seite hin geschmiedet ist (einseitig versetzt), ist das Epalang der Batéké und Pende. Scheibenmesser, bei denen der Ort als Dolch fortgeführt wird, werden von den Kuba (Bangoli) verwendet.

Literatur
 Johanna Agthe, Karin Strauß (Texte): Waffen aus Zentral-Afrika. Museum für Völkerkunde, Frankfurt am Main 1985, ISBN 3-88270-354-7, S. 127.
 Christopher Spring: African arms and armor. British Museum Press, London 1993, ISBN 0-7141-2508-3, S. 191.
 Werner Fischer, Manfred A. Zirngibl: Afrikanische Waffen. Messer, Dolche, Schwerter, Beile, Wurfwaffen. Prinz, Passau 1978, ISBN 3-9800212-0-3.

Siehe auch
 Epalang

Weblinks

 Messer und Schwerter bei Hamill Gallery
 Bilder von Messern, Schwertern und Äxten bei Ogun
 verschiedene Messer bei EthnoTribal Art

Einzelnachweise

Messer (Waffe)
Afrikanische Waffe (historisch)

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Cartel leader, with $5 million bounty on his head, found shot to death in Venezuela.
BOGOTA, COLOMBIA -- Authorities in Venezuela said Friday that Wilber Varela, the leader of Colombia's Norte del Valle drug cartel, had been found shot to death in the Venezuelan resort town of Merida.
The location of the killing underscores the evolution of drug trafficking in the region. Increasing amounts of Colombian cocaine destined for U.S. and European markets flow through Venezuela, and as much as one-third of all the narcotic powder is now thought to transit there.
Varela, 50, had long been rumored to be living and working in Venezuela under protection of corrupt officials. He was indicted in 2004 on drug trafficking charges by a Washington federal court, a warrant was issued for his arrest, and a $5-million bounty placed on his head by the State Department.
At a news conference Friday in Caracas, Venezuela's capital, Nestor Reverol Torres, director of the country's national anti-drugs office, said authorities had used intelligence and fingerprints to conclude that a dead man registered at a Merida resort hotel as Jose Antonio Perez Chacon was Varela.
"It's been convincingly determined that we are dealing with the same person," Reverol said.
The bullet-riddled bodies of Varela and Weimar Perez Aramburu, thought to have been Varela's bodyguard, were discovered Wednesday in Merida in Venezuela's mountainous northwest.
Details of the killings were unclear, apart from a report that the two men were originally accompanied by two other men who escaped. No arrests have yet been reported.
The Norte del Valle cartel, named after a farming region north of Cali, is among Colombia's most powerful cocaine trafficking operations.
In Varela's 2004 indictment, prosecutors alleged that the Norte del Valle cartel had shipped about 550 tons of cocaine worth $10 billion from Colombia between 1990 and 2004.
Last summer, reports surfaced that the cartel also had made inroads into the Colombian military. A Colombian admiral gave coordinates of U.S. Navy and Coast Guard vessels to the cartel so their drug shipments could avoid interdiction, Colombian prosecutors said.
In 2006, Colombian army soldiers killed 10 U.S.-trained anti-drugs police near the town of Jamundi, allegedly on the orders of Norte del Valle cartel bosses.
Among the cartel leaders arrested in the recent months are Diego "Don Diego" Montoya and Juan Carlos Ramirez Abadia, "El Chupeta," who was arrested in Sao Paulo, Brazil. Such arrests, as well as killings and a power struggle that U.S. officials estimate has left 1,000 people dead in recent years, decimated the cartel's leadership, leaving Varela on top.
Varela "was in recent years the major boss of Colombian drug trafficking organizations," said Gen. Oscar Naranjo, commander of the Colombian National Police. "What has happened should be a blow to criminal organizations . . . . He is the last of the big capos of Norte del Valle cartel."
The U.S. has recently stepped up criticism of Venezuela for not doing enough to stem the flow of drugs, or prosecute police, national guard and army officials who are thought to be involved.
In an interview with The Times last month, White House drug czar John P. Walters said the Venezuelans' inaction in the face of increased drug flows was "tantamount to collusion." Venezuela vigorously denied the charges and brought a complaint against the U.S. before the Organization of American States. It said its counter-narcotics program was effective.
Drugs and other contraband have always passed through the porous 1,400-mile Colombia-Venezuela border. But U.S. officials say the volume of cocaine crossing the border has accelerated sharply since August 2005, when President Hugo Chavez called a halt to all cooperation between United States and Venezuelan anti-drugs officials, alleging that U.S. agents were spies.
Chavez told U.S. Ambassador Patrick Duddy last fall that he would like to restart counter-narcotic cooperation. So far, nothing has come of it, U.S. officials say.


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Skipped tax payments date back to 2000
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TMZ reports that rapper Ma$e owes a total of $124,774.85 in back taxes to the I.R.S. Documents filed in Florida exposed the discrepancies dating to 2000, 2001 and 2004, around the time Ma$e stepped away from music to become a preacher. The Harlem World artist and former Diddy comrade last released a record in 2004, the comeback effort Welcome Back.
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Jennifer arrived in Berlin a little past 11am. She called from a pay phone. I told her to enter a taxi and ask the cab driver to call my number for directions.
When they called, I directed them to the Pankow U-bahn station. I walked down there and picked her up.
She was still too lean but better than the last time I saw her in Bremen.
I was planning to be a little strict with reception but when I saw her, the whole plans melted into hugs and kisses. I held her hand as we walked back to the apartment. She demand for her phone as soon as we entered the house. I told her to rest before we go out and get another phone for her. She wanted the phone instantly.
I took her to the electromarkt behind our street and bought her a Motorola Razor, a flat black phone that was envogue. It gulped my €120. We walked back to the apartment. I brought down her gift bag and opened it. Numerous ladies clothes were carefully arranged in it. She was the happiest girl in Berlin.
We rested for two hours and hit the road again. This time, we went to the Afro shop. Chichi was there as expected. Akunne was there too. The time was already a few minutes past 1400hours but the place was already full.
People congratulated Jennifer on her successful asylum process.
I told Chichi to cook a big pot of yam with fresh catfish, the way I used to do back then before going to Portugal. Guys were excited as usual. Ozoigbondu had returned to his senses.
My phone rang. It was Marko. I excused myself and went outside.
"I am in Berlin. We have a party at Charlottenburg. Would you like to come" he said.
I asked what kind of party and he said that a friend of his was celebrating his birthday. I wanted to take Jennifer out anyway, therefore I agreed to attend the party. He asked where I was so they could come and pick me up. I gave the coordinates and waited.
They showed up less than thirty minutes later. The yam and fish I had ordered was still cooking. I directed Chichi on how to distribute. Jennifer was not happy that we were not going to partake in the food I had bought. I bought them a crate of Berliner Kindl beer and left.
We arrived at the party house. Everybody was white except Jennifer and I. It was a white party anyway. We were given seats near the DJ. The discotheque music was loud. Boys and girls were jumping up and down. The door was locked as they distributed ecstasy tablets, a minor drug that was small.
We were served beer and smirnoff. It wasn't my idea of party but it wasn't my party either.
Jennifer wanted to know what the tablet they distributed was. I denied any knowledge of it.
That was what I was afraid of about her.She was going to start asking a lot of questions about what I did and the phone calls I answered or made.
I had to find a way to fix her somewhere or in the alternative, explain to her what drug business was all about.
The problem was that she didn't speak Igbo. I didn't like discussing drug related issues in English or even any European language. It was safer with Igbo.
The party closed at about 6pm. Marko had introduced me to some of his friends who wanted my phone number. I had told them to get it from Marko. Such things could be trouble if care was not taken.
We left the party house and went home.
The following day, business continued as usual.
Joe who lived in the 'hospital' apartment was doing most of the distribution now. I would direct the customers to him each time they called. I only selected Marko and Allen who had started buying in large quantities and supplied them myself.
I had given Joe a staring capital of €4000 and told him to pay me €3000 every month. He was happy since he was making up to that amount as well.
In the middle of may 2006, I purchased a flight ticket to Federal Republic of Nigeria. The flight date was May 30th.
I didn't tell anybody including Jennifer that I was going home.
I had about two weeks to plan on how to break the news to her. I was sure she would cry. I was sure she would miss me but I was also sure that nobody was going to hold me down in one place forever.
It was time to go home and rest. My ticket was an open ticket. It meant that I could stay in Nigeria for up to three months before returning.
I started buying some clothes and shoes, phones to give to people, even ladies clothes that was not for Jennifer. I had sisters in Nigeria too. I also bought a Mercedes V-boot one door for my elder brother. An Opel Omega car for my Father and a honda civic for my Younger brother who was in ESUT Enugu and shipped them to Cotonou.
Jennifer became suspicious. She caught me packing ladies shoes in a big bag one afternoon and asked who it was for since it wasn't her size. I said nothing.
She started crying and accusing me of keeping another girlfriend somewhere.
" calm down baby, its not for another girl. It is for my sisters in Nigeria." I said and kept quiet.
She cleaned her eyes and asked how I was going to send it to them.
"I am visiting Nigeria soon Jennifer" I said while looking her in the eyes.
She stared at me as if it was a joke.
"You are joking, right" she said.
"No, I am not joking" I said.
"You are going to stay here until I return. There are some things I need to do in Nigeria Jennifer. We cannot live here forever. I will leave enough money for you to eat until I return" I said.
" Tomorrow" I said and braced up for the tears that followed.
The following morning, I called Akunne to come and drop me to the Berlin Tegel airport.
When he arrived, I gave him money to pay for my apartment for three months. I gave him money to Buy Monat-Farkarte ( Monthly ticket) for Jennifer to move around.
I gave Jennifer €1500 and told her not to ever spend more than €300 each month.
I gave her Joe's number and told her to call Joe if there was any problem.
Jennifer followed us to the airport. She cried when they were going back.
I entered the Tegel airport and boarded my air Berlin to Amsterdam, then I boarded KLM royal Dutch airline to Murtala Muhammad airport Lagos Nigeria.


A pitch-black face shield with a white skull and lugubriously grinning jaws is of course the ultimate combination when you mention face shields with skull motifs. You could almost call it a "Memento Mori" face shield, but then we go very far in our comparison. The fact remains that this has become a tough face shield design that appeals to many lovers of the macabre!


One of the main themes of Monroe's work is reinterpreting vegetable like shapes with human characteristics. Some of his paintings reminded me of the bizarre characters found in a Hayao Miyazaki film. From vegetable people, blobs, salamanders with human faces and chunks of dirt that resemble people, you'll find plenty of odd creatures in his gallery.
Click here to see a gallery of most recent work.


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"Magnificent Mary" Wins World Women's Gold for 5th Time !!
Indian boxing star Mary Kom won a fifth AIBA World Championship title at the Garfield Sobers Sports Complex in Barbados today, beating Romania's Steluta Duta convincingly to take the light flyweight title. Ireland's Katie Taylor proved quick to recover from yesterday's shake-up against Queen Underwood of the USA and stormed ahead to an 18:5 victory against China's Dong Cheng in a repeat of the 2008 final in Ningbo. She also picked up her second consecutive best boxer award.
Kom was overcome with emotion after her win. "I would like to thank my husband and my sponsor for both giving me the will power and encouraging me. I'm really really happy and I thank God," she said. Kom won her first title in 2001, at the age of 18 and has now taken gold medals at the past four AIBA Women's World Championships.
There was a large Irish contingent supporting Katie Taylor in the arena and the 24-year-old was happy enough to pick up individual points against Dong in the early stages of her final, then surged ahead in the second round to finish eight points clear. But even with such a wide leading margin, it is in her nature to attack and she extended her lead further in the third and fourth rounds to close out the bout 18:5.
"Yesterday I had to give credit to Queen Underwood. She boxed really well," said the Bray woman. "She made it very hard for me and I felt very tired in the ring. Today I felt a lot better and I just kept her arm on the jab. I've had a lot of tough fights beforebut in a major championship I've never felt that way before. My main focus now is the Olympic Games and we will see what happens after that."
China's Ren Cancan made it a double by beating Nicola Adams from England in the flyweight final 10:5 and Russia's Elena Savelyeva took the bantamweight title after beating North Korea's Kim Hye Song 7:3.
Reigning European Women's Champion Gulsum Tatar added a second consecutive world title to her belt today with a clear 13:1 victory over Russia's Vera Slugina in the light welterweight division.
In the day's closest contest, Andrecia Wasson of the USA edged ahead to a 5:4 victory over Savannah Marshall from England. Marshall was slow to get going, landing her first scoring punches only in the third round and leaving it too late to claw back the deficit.
After taking the title in the 66kg category in 2008, Mary Spencer of Canada today added the world middleweight (75kg) title to her medal haul by eliminating China's last medal hope, Li Jinzi. China had put four boxers through to the final but only Ren managed to secure a gold medal.
Brazil confirmed its status as an emerging power in world boxing for both men and women today when PanAmerican Champion Roseli Feitosa comprehensively defeated Kazakhstan's Marina Volnova 12:3 to claim the light heavyweight title. In an unusual end to the competition, Kateryna Kuzhel's corner threw in the towel in the second round of the contest against Russia's Nadezhda Torlopova, handing the Russian the heavyweight title after only three minutes of boxing.
Re: "Magnificent Mary" Wins World Women's Gold for 5th Time !!
Next stop, London 2012 !!
A historic fifth successive World Championship gold medal under her belt but star Indian woman boxer M C Mary Kom remains hungry for more and will not consider hanging up her gloves before finishing on podium at the 2012 London Olympics. The 27-year-old mother-of-two from Manipur brushed aside the rising international competition in women's boxing to clinch a fifth gold medal at the World Championships last night by thrashing old foe Steluta Duta of Romania 16-6 in the light fly weight 48kg finals.
Dubbed 'Magnificent Mary' by the International Boxing Association for her historic feat, the diminutive counter-puncher is the only woman boxer to have clinched a medal in each of the six World Championships, starting with a silver in the inaugural edition in 2001.
"I am overwhelmed and don't even know how to describe what it feels like. I am just so happy to have done it," the former Khel Ratna awardee told PTI in an interview after the unprecedented feat.
Balancing a demanding training schedule with the responsibility of being the mother of two young children is not easy but with women's boxing finding a place in the 2012 Olympics, Mary Kom said has a reason to continue doing the tough twin jobs.
"It's very demanding and emotionally draining to leave my sons behind for competing and training. But I have somehow managed to do it so far and hopefully I will continue doing it till at least the London Olympics. I want to win an Olympic medal, don't want to go before doing that. That's my dream," she said.
"I know age would be a factor but if I continue to train hard and remain fit, I think, I would be able to compete and win a medal," she added. Women's boxing would make its debut at the London Olympics in three weight categories -- flyweight (48-51kg), lightweight (56-60kg) and middleweight (69-75kg). Mary Kom will have to bulk up substantially for the fly weight division but she is confident of coming through.
"Putting on weight and adjusting to it is always tough but since I would be giving trials for the November Asian Games in the same division, I think I will have enough to time to adjust," she said.


EconPapers: When does competition mitigate agency problems?
When does competition mitigate agency problems?
Abstract: This paper examines how the performance correlation of firms in an industry affects the degree to which product market competition mitigates agency problems. Consistent with theory, I find that in industries with high firm performance correlation, product market competition reduces the adverse effect of business combination (BC) laws on firm operating performance, while in industries with low performance correlation competition does not have such an effect. My results are robust to (i) the use of different measures of performance correlation, competition, and operating performance; (ii) excluding firms that are not exogenously affected by BC laws, (iii) dropping the years that are affected by the first-generation state antitakeover laws. I find similar results for stock prices when examining the stock market reactions to the first newspaper reports of BC laws. Overall, the disciplining effect of competition depends positively on an industry's performance correlation.


Asian restaurants in East Lansing bring international delicacies across the sea to your door with delivery. Discover Asian express menus near you by browsing restaurants and hours on EatLansing. Explore exclusive coupons for takeout or delivery, and don't forget your chopsticks!


Home > PolicyRules > Customs policy Customs policy from the official website of China EXPRESS(N.Y.)CP and related news for reference only.
According to Notice of the Customs Tariff Commission of the State Council on Relevant Issues concerning the adjustment of import duties on imported articles(Tax committee  No. 2), the General Administration of customs decided to adjust the classification and tax rates of the People's Republic of China imported goods classification table(details please refer to Annex 1) and People's Republic of China imported items duty-paid price list(details please refer to Annex 2) which released in 2012 No. 15 announcement, the principle of classification and dutiable price determination remains the same, now be released, run since April 8, 2016.


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Yucatan could Return to "Red Alert" for COVID-19 Infections
By Yucatan Times on August 1, 2020
Yucatan authorities report that next Monday, August 3, they will analyze the indicators and do not rule out implementing additional measures among these, returning to the color red.
MERIDA Yucatan (Times Media Mexico) – Because of the growing number of victims and infections of the covid-19 virus, the Yucatan State Health Department and other authorities have implemented new measures to reduce unnecessary social contact, parties and social gatherings and thus reducing the advance of the infections. These measures are as follows:
1. The Ministry of Public Security (SSP) is implementing a statewide operation to prevent road traffic from 10:30 p.m. until 5 a.m., except in coastal municipalities, which will be implemented from 9 p.m. until 5 a.m. This operation will apply to all types of vehicles, except for emergency vehicles, transfers to medical units, purchases of medicines, and transfers of health personnel.
2. Non-essential businesses must close at the latest until 6 p.m. and must remain closed on Saturdays and Sundays. As for restaurants, from Monday to Friday, they will close at 10 p.m. at the latest, and on Saturdays and Sundays, they will only be able to operate in the form of home service, takeaway service or platform service. In the case of essential businesses, their administrators will be responsible for adjusting working hours so that their workers can leave on time before the road mentioned above closures.
3. All marinas are closed, and the immediate return of all recreational boats to be on land is ordered. The use of any motorized water vehicle is prohibited except those dedicated to coastal fishing. People in the ports are reminded that the use of a mask is mandatory when traveling on the beaches.
4. The restoration of the dry law throughout the state.
A State Program to Strengthen Health Protection has been implemented, which will join the fight against Coronavirus, focusing on prevention with the presence of "Friends of Health" brigades in the municipalities, neighborhoods, and police stations show an upward trend in the number of infected people.
In addition to the presence of the "Friends of Health" brigades, itinerant modules have been installed for the collection of samples for the timely detection of Coronavirus and the implementation of a time tracking system via SMS messages and phone calls to the last contacts of people who, upon being diagnosed with Coronavirus, wish to cooperate by providing this information.
In the medical report of Friday, July 31st, the Ministry of Health reported that 240 new infections of Coronavirus were detected:
115 in Mérida, 29 in Ticul and Valladolid, 9 in Oxkutzcab and Tizimín, 5 in Tekax, Temozón and Umán, 4 in Teabo, and 4 foreigners; 3 in Tinum, 2 in Chichimilá, Halachó, Maxcanú and Motul, and 1 in Akil, Cacalchén, Chankom, Chapab, Conkal, Espita, Izamal, Kanasín, Muna, Progreso, Río Lagartos, Sucilá, Tekantó, Tixkokob and Yaxcabá.
There are already 9,767 positive cases, 114 of which are from another country or state.
The Yucatan municipalities with the highest number of persons infected are (cumulative cases as of July 30)
Mérida, with 5,364, Valladolid, 637, Ticul, 414, Umán, 335, Kanasín, 327, Tekax, 185, Tizimín, 173, Progreso, 170, Temozón, 128, Hunucmá, 114, Motul, 96, Izamal, 77, Maxcanú, 70, Peto, 64, Acanceh, 61, Chemax, 59, Buctzotz, 55, Halachó, 46, Tixkokob, 46
The neighborhoods in Merida with the highest number of infected people are (cases diagnosed in the last 14 days) Ciudad Caucel, with 80, Juan Pablo II, 74, Centro, 48, Los Héroes, 45, Francisco de Montejo, 40, Mulsay, 34, Yucalpetén, 34, Bojórquez, 31, Vergel, 30, Francisco I. Madero, 25, Pacabtún, 25, Emiliano Zapata Sur, 20, Polígono 108, 20, Xoclán, 15, Miraflores, 15, Las Américas, 15, Plan de Ayala Sur, 13, Vicente Solís, 10, Chenkú, 10.
Specifically, in Merida, 5,297 people have been diagnosed with Coronavirus in cases accumulated as of July 30.
1,295 in the Northern zone
1,467 in the East
545 in the Central zone
869 in the South
1,121 in the West
In total, 1,161 people have died of Coronavirus in the Yucatan, and hundreds are awaiting diagnosis. Stay home, stay safe.
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In his final decades, James Ensor was an international celebrity showered with official honors in his native Belgium. But in the 1880s and 1890s, the young Ensor was a scandalous and defiant figure.
This was a period of great social and political unrest in Belgium, and also of incredible cultural ferment. Bursting with mad creativity sparked by the latest developments in the avant-garde, Ensor freely mined artistic sources both high and low, old and new, familiar and exotic, and oscillated unpredictably between painting, drawing, and printmaking. From an advanced mode of naturalism in step with broader European trends, Ensor's art quickly morphed into something so fantastic, bizarre, grotesque, and satirical that even his avant-garde peers had difficulty accepting it. To this day, Ensor's art continues to baffle in its psychological complexity, internal contradictions, and sheer eccentricity.
This exhibition was co-organized by the J. Paul Getty Museum and the Art Institute of Chicago in association with the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp.
Take a multimedia tour of the exhibition on your smartphone.


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Q: Relative 3D rotation from an homography matrix I want to obtain a relative 3D rotation from the homography between two images.
A way of doing this would be decomposing the homography matrix (maybe using opencv decomposeHomographyMat) . However, I want to do this with an uncalibrated camera (no intrinsics matrix to use in the homography decomposition). Also, I'm interested in the general case of any rigid transformation between the cameras that took the images, not necessarily a pure rotation.
Is this possible at all? any references? it feels to me there should be some way of obtaining at least an estimate of this relative rotation without the intrinsics matrix.

A: decomposeHomographyMat produces a rotation and a (scale-free) translation - and a normal, times four possible solutions.
If your setup is uncalibrated, but you can make a decent guess as to the focal length, you can start by solving for the essential matrix, decompose it and then just bundle adjust. If not, all you can get is a projective recon.
References: the Hartley and Zisserman book is  good start.

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Toni Harris Made History as the First Nonkicker Female Football Player With a Full Scholarship
Toni Harris Signs Letter of Intent For Football Scholarship
28 February 2019 by Perri Konecky
Image Source: Getty/Gregg DeGuire/WireImage
Remember when we told you to remember the name Toni Harris? Well, she's definitely making sure we don't forget it! After starring in Toyota's Super Bowl ad earlier this year, Toni just got one step closer to fulfiling her dreams of becoming the first female NFL player. On Tuesday, the Detroit-born athlete made history as the first female football player at a nonkicker position to sign a letter of intent. While Toni had received multiple offers prior to her Super Bowl commercial debut, she officially signed with Central Methodist University in Missouri this week.
Toni's Super Bowl commercial spotlighted her journey and her dream to play professional football since she was just 4 years old. Now, those dreams are becoming a reality starting at the four-year college. "I believe I'm going to be the first female NFL player," she told Fox News. "But if it just so happens that I'm not, I want to make sure there's a way paved for the next little girl that can get there."
A post shared by Antoinette Harris (@_toniharris)
According to ESPN, Becca Longo was the first woman to sign a national letter of intent with a Division II level or higher school last year as a kicker for Adams State, and now Toni's making history as the first nonkicker to sign. "The NFL is the dream," she told espnW in an interview. "I'm going to be working toward that until the death of me. Whether I go drafted or undrafted, I'm pretty sure I'm going to keep my faith and God is going to take me there."
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Russia Ratifies Caspian Convention With Iran Still Holding Out
Russian President Vladimir Putin, second from right, Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev, center, Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow, right, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev, third from left, and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, August 2018.
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law ratifying the controversial Convention on the Legal Status of the Caspian Sea, on Tuesday, October 1. Duma, the Russian parliament, had already passed the convention on September 19.
The international treaty between Azerbaijan, Iran, Kazakhstan, Russia and Turkmenistan was signed in Aktau, Kazakhstan on August 12, 2018, pending endorsement by respective parliaments.
The Islamic Republic of Iran's Majles is the only parliament that has not yet ratified the convention that maps out how to divide the potentially vast oil and gas resources of the Caspian.
Russia and other littoral countries hope the ratification of the convention will pave the way for more energy exploration and pipeline projects.
The multilateral agreement delineates the Caspian Sea into various jurisdictions, such as inland waters, territorial waters, fishing zones, and common waters, as well as the seabed, subsoil and to the airspace above it.
The convention also allows the littoral states to reach their own bilateral agreements on their sea borders.
Iran Activists Criticize Tehran For Signing Controversial Caspian Legal Regime
But the signing of the convention has triggered a series of criticisms among Iranians. Many on social media have been complaining about what they believe is Iran's unfair share of the Caspian Sea.
Many believe that according to bilateral friendship treaties of 1920 and 1941 between Tehran and Moscow, the Caspian Sea was shared by Iran and the Soviet Union before the latter's fall in 1992 and should not be equally divided in the new regime between Iran, Russia, the Republic of Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan. Rather, the successor states of the Soviet Union should continue to have 50 percent sovereignty and Iran should keep its 50 percent jurisdiction.
According to some unofficial estimates, Iran's share of the Caspian has been reduced from 50 percent to as little as 11 percent.
Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, and Russia have already delineated the seabed through bilateral treaties, but they have not yet decided on their sea borders. Iran and Turkmenistan have so far hesitated to follow.
Article 14 of the convention also authorizes the littoral states to construct oil and gas pipelines on the seabed through bilateral treaties, provided they respect ecological standards.
The article paves the way for constructing the "Trans Caspian" pipeline to transfer Turkmenistan natural gas to Azerbaijan, and then to the West.
Russia and Kazakhstan are also set to mutually agree on a similar project that had been in limbo for years.
Furthermore, the Convention regulates the navigation of warships, submarines, and other underwater vessels. Importantly, it prohibits the presence of armed forces not belonging to any of the five coastal States.
Iran Under Pressure By Russia To Accept A Small Share Of The Caspian
The outright exclusion of the military vessels of third States has wider implications, such as ensuring, for instance, that the NATO states are not able to deploy ships or troops in the Caspian Sea. Thus, Russia remains the dominant military power across the world's largest lake.
The speculations and criticism of the Iranian government for compromising "Iran's rights" gained momentum on July 29, when Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told the Iranian parliament that the Caspian Legal Regime has been "finalized."
Zarif added that Iran signed the convention in 2018 after it was approved by the Islamic Republic Supreme National Security Council (SNSC), chaired by President Hassan Rouhani.
One of the most vocal critics of the new legal regime for the Caspian Sea, is Prince Reza Pahlavi, the heir to Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi whose reign was terminated by the anti-West 1979 Islamic Revolution.
Prince Reza's supporters have launched a campaign on social media against the new legal regime (convention).
Moreover, the exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi has called on Iranians to "rise and protect the country's interests and territorial integrity by forcing those who have occupied seats in the Iranian Parliament to stand up and defend the country's rights." He has reminded Iranians that "unity and sympathy are the only paths to victory."
The Prince also questioned the "silence" of lawmakers in the face of the new Caspian Sea convention he believes caused harm to Iran's interests and rights.
Referring to talks in Kazakhstan last year among littoral countries and Iran's reluctant position, he said it was unlikely that the Islamic Republic would guard Iran's interests.
Many Iranian look with suspicion at Russian President Putin's speech on the convention where he insisted that the new agreement would replace the older treaties, between Tehran and Moscow.
"Based on consensus and consideration for our mutual interests, we have produced a modern and balanced international agreement. The convention will replace the Soviet-Iranian agreements of 1921 and 1940," Putin asserted immediately after the new convention was signed in Aktau.


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Q: Update and sort Qt ComboBoxes alphabetically I want to write a program, working like a little navigation system uisng the Qt framework, but i still am very new to it.
I created a dialog with two Comboboxes. Each combobox contains all "citynames".
At the initialization the content of both boxes is sorted alphabetically.
If a name in the first box is selected, it should not be displayed in the second one and the other way too.
I successfully removed the item and added it again, if another item is selected, but know i cannot sort them anymore
This is what i tried so far for updating:
for(std::vector<City>::iterator iter = citylist.begin(); iter != citylist.end(); iter++){
    if(ui->combo2->currentText() != (*iter).getName()
            and ui->combo1->findText((*iter).getName()) == -1){
        ui->combo1->addItem((*iter).getName(),QComboBox::InsertAlphabetically);
    }
}

but it does not insert the items alphabetically...
so i tried to sort it afterwards:
 QSortFilterProxyModel* proxy = new QSortFilterProxyModel(ui->combo1);

proxy->setSourceModel(ui->combo1->model());

// combo's current model must be reparented,
// otherwise QComboBox::setModel() will delete it
ui->combo1->model()->setParent(proxy);

ui->combo1->setModel(proxy);

// sort
ui->combo1->model()->sort(0);

But if i try to call this function an error occurs and the application terminates.
So is anyone out there, who is able to help me?

A: You're trying to use QComboBox's internal model as source model for proxy. This is not going to work because QComboBox owns its internal model and when you call QComboBox::setModel, previous model is deleted (despite you reset its parent). You need to create a separate source model. Conveniently, you can use one source model for both comboboxes if cities list is the same.
Using QSortFilterProxyModel for sorting is easy, but it's surprisingly hard to exclude one specific string with it. You can subclass QSortFilterProxyModel::filterAcceptsRow and implement the behavior you want. I decided to use a bit of black magic instead (see this answer).
Private class fields:
private:
  QSortFilterProxyModel *proxy1, *proxy2;

Source:
MainWindow::MainWindow(QWidget *parent) :
  QMainWindow(parent),
  ui(new Ui::MainWindow)
{
  ui->setupUi(this);
  QStandardItemModel* model = new QStandardItemModel(this);
  foreach(QString name, QStringList()
      << "Paris"<< "London"<< "Moscow" << "Tokyo" << "Berlin" << "Amsterdam") {
    model->appendRow(new QStandardItem(name));
  }

  proxy1 = new QSortFilterProxyModel();
  proxy1->setSourceModel(model);
  proxy1->sort(0);
  ui->comboBox1->setModel(proxy1);

  proxy2 = new QSortFilterProxyModel();
  proxy2->setSourceModel(model);
  proxy2->sort(0);
  ui->comboBox2->setModel(proxy2);

  connect(ui->comboBox1, &QComboBox::currentTextChanged,
          this, &MainWindow::something_changed);
  connect(ui->comboBox2, &QComboBox::currentTextChanged,
          this, &MainWindow::something_changed);

  something_changed();
}

void MainWindow::something_changed() {
  ui->comboBox1->blockSignals(true); //prevent recursion
  ui->comboBox2->blockSignals(true);
  proxy2->setFilterRegExp(QString("^(?!(%1)$)").arg(
                          QRegExp::escape(ui->comboBox1->currentText())));
  proxy1->setFilterRegExp(QString("^(?!(%1)$)").arg(
                          QRegExp::escape(ui->comboBox2->currentText())));

  ui->comboBox1->blockSignals(false);
  ui->comboBox2->blockSignals(false);
}

Tested in Qt 5.3.

A: You were nearly there!
ui->comboBox1.addItem("myitem");
// qApp->processEvents();  not really needed
ui->comboBox1.model()->sort(0);


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Arabian National Breeder Finals
By Beth Ellen Hunziker
Arabian National Breeder Finals Trophy
FRIENDS AND FAMILIES ENJOYED THE ARIZONA SUN AND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL BREED IN THE WORLD - THE ARABIAN - at the Fifth Annual Arabian National Breeder Finals, September 30 - October 3, 2015 at Westworld in Scottsdale, Arizona. Once again, the Arabian Horse Association of Arizona (AHAA) hosted the star-studded international event, which drew horses and people from around the world. Scottsdale is the unrivaled capital of the Arabian breed, thanks in large part to the efforts of the AHAA, which has assumed a leadership role in the community with their innovative concepts, teamwork and support of the industry on a global basis.
The mission of the Arabian Horse Association of Arizona is to support all breeders and owners of Arabian horses. They have been extremely successful in achieving that goal through efforts such as the Arabian National Breeder Finals. This show has grown rapidly over the past five years and it has already become an important international event. This year, many people flew from the All Nations Cup show in Germany, directly to Arizona for the Breeder Finals. Although these travelers might have been jet lagged, that didn't seem to stop them from attending the show or any of the great open houses and parties held by Scottsdale breeders.
The Arabian National Breeder Finals truly is a celebration for breeders. Mr. Frank Hennessey, of Hennessey Arabians, in Ocala, Florida has been a tremendous supporter of the show specifically because of its focus on breeders. To demonstrate his support of the Finals, Mr. Hennessey sponsors the High Point Breeder Award. This prestigious award is presented to the breeder whose horses at the show earned the highest accumulated total points. In addition, the breeder of each champion of the show was honored for their accomplishments.
The Wikels Team
So often, the owner and handler of the champion receives the acknowledgment and the breeder is completely ignored. That is definitely NOT the case at this show! It is actually quite common to see the breeders welcomed into the ring to accept their awards and join in the fun of the victory celebration.
Another interesting aspect of this show is the fact that many breeders present their own horses in the amateur classes offered at the show, which are some of the toughest and most hotly contested classes in the competition. Often the team to beat at the Finals is from Pegasus Arabians. This year, they won the prestigious ANBF Breeders Cup for the third consecutive time. Owners of Pegasus Arabians, Dean and Terry Wikel, their family and team, proudly accepted this honor again. It's great fun to watch Dean and his grand daughter, Tori Wikel, compete - often against each other in the same class. Tori may be young, but she is fierce and Dean may be older, but he can keep up with any of the younger handlers. It is very heart warming to see a family share this kind of deep passion for the horses. The Wikels obviously have a lot of fun and it gives us all hope that future generations will value and preserve our breed.
Royal Arabians
The Royal family - that is the family of Royal Arabians - is another fun loving family who has been tremendous supporters of the AHAA, the Scottsdale Arabian Horse Show and the Arabian National Breeder Finals. Once again, Mark Davis and Cindy McGowan, owners of Royal Arabians, were the Title Sponsors of the Finals. They were also the successful bidders - again - of the live auction for the gorgeous cover art from this year's show program, created by equine artist extraordinaire, Karina Peacemaker. Karina donates her artwork to the AHAA to be auctioned off for charity, and every year she has donated her art, Mark and Cindy have purchased it for their Karina Peacemaker collection.
The competition was deep at this year's show. The ANBF Gold Senior Champion Stallion was El Chall WR (Magnum Chall HVP x Major Love Affair), bred by the late Donald Camacho Jr, of Wind Rose Farm and owned by Felix Cantu of Rancho Las Portrancas (Mexico). Rodolfo Guzzo presented El Chall WR. I could not help but think of Don Camacho, looking down upon this exuberant group and smile. Don truly loved his horses and often competed in the amateur classes at Scottsdale. El Chall was a source of great pride for Don and his wife Lisa, who is continuing their champion-producing breeding program.
In the Senior Mare Championships, there was great anticipation and wild cheering from the crowd, while the elegant entries were far more demure. They gave their all in the class and actually seemed to enjoy of the applause. The ANBF Gold Senior Champion Mare was the Polish beauty Perfirka (Gazal Al Shaqab x Perforacja), bred by Bialka State Stud, and owned by Dick, Lollie and Lara Ames of Cedar Ridge Farm, in Jordan, Minnesota. Perfirka was shown to her title by Alcides Rodrigues.
The Junior Colt class gave us an exciting glimpse into the future. The 2015 ANBF Gold Champion Junior Colt, Veyron ORA, is the son of two national champions: Vitorio TO and Luxemere Jizette. Veyron ORA was bred and owned by Janey Morse of Oak Ridge Arabians, and he was presented by David Boggs. This exciting young colt has the looks, pedigree and the heritage of a world-class champion.
The Championship Fillies were all sired by national champion stallions including the ANBF Gold Champion Junior Filly was Leen Al Shaqab, by National Champion and World Champion Stallion, Marwan Al Shaqab and out of Loubna Al Shaqab by WN Star of Antigua. This statuesque chestnut beauty was bred and owned by Al Shaqab Member Qatar Foundation and shown by David Boggs.
According to Taryl O'Shea, the Executive Director of AHAA, one of the association's main goals for the ANBF is to encourage and support the breeders of purebred Arabian horses. They certainly have achieved that goal! Walking the red carpet, the walkway lined with colorful and inviting farm cabanas, you could see breeders and owners from around the world. Some were there to see their horses compete, others were there to see the offspring of perspective sires they might want to incorporate into their programs and others were there looking for their next champion or champion producer.
Two of the most popular and hotly contested classes were the Weanling Championships. The ANBF Gold Champion Weanling Colt Sicari (Hariry Al Shaqab x Fadila PCF), was bred and owned by Pegasus Arabians, Dean and Terry Wikel. Ricardo Rivero presented this handsome youngster. Truly Memoraable (Trussardi x MPA Giada), bred by Jason Gales and owned by Jeff Sloan, was the ANBF Gold Champion Weanling Filly. She was presented by Joao Rodrigues.
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Some new things being offered at the ANBF are the Egyptian Heritage classes. These classes acknowledge the important influence and valuable contributions of Egyptian bloodlines to breeding programs around the world. The Egyptian Heritage Gold Champion Male was AA True Justice (WH Justice x Amal Al Badia), bred and owned by Amani Arabians LLC and shown by Gil Valdez. Bella Mazin (Bellagio RCA x Thee Lotus Mazin) was the ANBF Egyptian Heritage Gold Champion Female. This lovely grey mare was bred by Mathew and Wendy Roberts. John Blincoe is her proud owner and she was shown to the win by Ricardo Rivero.
The contributions made by Egyptian horses and their breeders have been documented throughout history. A quick glance at the pedigrees of many of today's show ring super stars, as well as the breed's most important sires and dams, will show Egyptian breeding within the first, second or third generations. This occurs most notably through the offspring of Marwan Al Shaqab, who traces his Egyptian heritage through his sire, Gazal Al Shaqab, to Anaza El Farid, a son of Ruminaja Ali and a descendant of the great Egyptian sires: Shaikh Al Badi, Morafic and Nazeer.
In addition to encouraging breeders, AHAA is deeply committed to supporting amateur owner participation. One of the most successful efforts - and also one of the most lucrative - coming from any organization in the industry - is the Scottsdale Signature Stallion program, initiated and sponsored by the AHAA. This organization is all about creating opportunities for owners to participate and enjoy their Arabian horses, and they are constantly coming up with exciting and rewarding ways to make that happen. The support these classes receive is demonstrated most clearly by the huge crowds of family and friends who cheer on their competitors - often cheering for each other. Yes - the Scottsdale Signature Stallion classes offer substantial prizes to the champions. However, the real winners are those who get out there to show their horses and enjoy the sportsmanship of competition - regardless of whether or not they win a ribbon, roses or a trophy. It's really all about the Arabian horse, their beauty, their character and the bond we share with them. That is the best prize of all - friends and family sharing our passion for the breed.
Make no mistake - everyone had a great time at the ANBF showing their horses and cheering for their favorites. But there was more… According to the AHAA website, the prize money offered in the SSS Yearling Filly and Colt Championships was $12,727.75. The Champions each earned $4,454.71; the Reserve Champions received $2,227.36 and the remaining Top Ten Winners each took home a check for $755.71.
The Two-Year-Old Fillies and Colts competed for their share of a purse of $11, 395.00. Champions earned a check for $3,988.25, while the Reserve Champions earned a check worth $1,994.13. Top Ten Winners in the class each received a check for $676.58.
There are also SSS classes for horses Three-Years and Over. Champions each earned a check for $1,000.00. Reserve Champions in the class brought home a check for $600.00 and Top Ten Winners each earned a check for $300.00. The goal of distributing all that prize money is to encourage breeders and have them come back next year.
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The Association's goal of supporting our breeders and attracting new people into the breed continues to be upheld by the Finals Show Committee. The dates have been set for our 2016 show, so mark your calendar and don't miss walking the red carpet, and being apart of something very special in the industry."


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Pu Laldenga (1937-1990) fou un líder nacional dels mizos o zomis de l'Índia.

Va ingressar a l'exèrcit però fou llicenciat i va passar a ocupar un càrrec municipal. El 1960 va fundar el Front Nacional de la Fam Mizo que l'octubre de 1961 es va convertir en partit polític sota el nom de Front Nacional Mizo i Laldenga en fou elegit president. Els caps tribals, l'església, la joventut i el funcionariat local li donava suport, així com militars que havien estat companys seus al II Regiment d'Assam (suprimit el 1964); enfront tenia a la Unió Mizo, organització partidària de la unió amb l'Índia.

A les eleccions de 1963 va obtenir dos escons. Segons les autoritats índies, Laldenga va visitar secretament Pakistan en busca d'ajut. Al seu retorn a l'Índia fou arrestat però fou alliberat poc després; un cop alliberat fou aclamat pel poble com heroi.

Laldenga va enviar secretament els seus fidels a rebre entrenament al Pakistan i va adquirir armes i el 28 de febrer de 1966 va esclatar la revolta nacional dels mizos. Els rebels van prendre el control dels edificis del govern a la capital i altres ciutats, i van detenir alguns oficials i agents d'intel·ligència indis. El govern va declarar l'estat se setge i va enviar a l'exèrcit. Sota la llei especial de les "Àrees amb disturbis d'Assam i de defensa de l'Índia" l'exèrcit, amb una forta repressió, va dominar la situació a les ciutats però no als llogarets i a les zones selvàtiques. Així doncs els llogarets foren buidats i agrupats en unitats més grans, sota control de l'exèrcit. Això va poder impedir el triomf dels mizos.

El quarter general de Laldenga i la seva gent es va establir al districte anomenat Chittagong Hills Tract de Pakistan Oriental i van realitzar nombroses operacions militars sobre el terreny. La derrota del Pakistan a la guerra de 1971, va deixar sense bases a les forces de Laldenga. Mizoram fou convertir en territori el gener de 1972.

El 1973 Laldenga va poder reactivar les seves activitats. El gener 1974 la Unió Mizo i la secció local del Partit del Congrés es van fusionar i van deixar el Front Nacional com l'organització més representativa del camp mizo. El moviment militar va tornar a agafar força ara des de les seves bases a Birmània.

El gener de 1976 Laldenga va signar un preacord amb l'Índia, però finalment l'acord es va trencar i la guerra va continuar. L'intent de boicot militar de les eleccions de 1978 no va tenir èxit i el Partit del Congrés, La Conferència del Poble del general Sailo, el Mizoram Janata, el Front Democràtic de Mizoram (facció escindida de la Unió Mizo) i independents, hi van participar. La Conferència del Poble va obtenir la majoria i el seu líder va negociar amb una facció oposada a Laldenga dins del Front Nacional Mizo, però les lluites polítiques van imposar el govern presidencial de Mizoram i l'intent es va acabar. L'abril de 1979 el partit de la Conferència del Poble va renovar la majoria.

El 1980 Laldenga va signar un nou acord provisional que tampoc va portar a un acord definitiu. El 1984 el Congrés va guanyar les eleccions a l'estat i Laldenga va reprendre converses amb el govern, però amb l'assassinat d'Indira Gandhi l'octubre del mateix any, no es van poder acabar; el març de 1986 es van reprendre a iniciativa de Rajiv Gandhi i el 30 de juny de 1986 es va signar l'acord definitiu.

Laldenga va esdevenir cap provisional del govern de Mizoram i el seu partit va obtenir la majoria a les següents eleccions, i el febrer de 1987 fou confirmat com a primer ministre. Durant el seu mandat es van donar casos de corrupció, escàndols, repressió de protestes, burocratització i altres que el van obligar a dimitir el maig de 1988.

El 1989 es va posar malalt de càncer, i fou tractat a Delhi i Nova York. El 1990 era tractat a Delhi quan fou portat d'urgència a Londres però va morir camí de l'hospital el 8 de juliol de 1990.

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Electronic Baby Toys Associated with Decrease in Quality and Quantity of Language in Infants
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Electronic toys for infants that produce lights, words and songs were associated with decreased quantity and quality of language compared to playing with books or traditional toys such as a wooden puzzle, a shape-sorter and a set of rubber blocks, according to an article published online by JAMA Pediatrics.
The reality for many families of young children is that opportunities for direct parent-child play time is limited because of financial, work, and other familial factors. Optimizing the quality of limited parent-child play time is important.
Anna V. Sosa, Ph.D., of Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, and colleagues conducted a controlled experiment involving 26 parent-infant pairs with children who were 10 to 16 months old. Researchers did not directly observe parent-infant play time because it was conducted in participants' homes. Audio recording equipment was used to pick up sound. Participants were given three sets of toys: electronic toys (a baby laptop, a talking farm and a baby cell phone); traditional toys (chunky wooden puzzle, shape-sorter and rubber blocks with pictures); and five board books with farm animal, shape or color themes.
While playing with electronic toys there were fewer adult words used, fewer conversational turns with verbal back-and-forth, fewer parental responses and less production of content-specific words than when playing with traditional toys or books. Children also vocalized less while playing with electronic toys than with books, according to the results.
Results also indicate that parents produced fewer words during play with traditional toys than while playing with books with infants. Parents also used less content-specific words when playing with traditional toys with their infants than when playing with books.
The authors note results showed the largest and most consistent differences between electronic toys and books, followed by electronic toys and traditional toys.
The authors note results showed the largest and most consistent differences between electronic toys and books, followed by electronic toys and traditional toys. Image is for illustrative purposes only.
The study has important limitations, including its small sample size and the similarity of the participants by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status.
"These results provide a basis for discouraging the purchase of electronic toys that are promoted as educational and are often quite expensive. These results add to the large body of evidence supporting the potential benefits of book reading with very young children. They also expand on this by demonstrating that play with traditional toys may result in communicative interactions that are as rich as those that occur during book reading. … However, if the emphasis is on activities that promote a rich communicative interaction between parents and infants, both play with traditional toys and book reading can be promoted as language-facilitating activities while play with electronic toys should be discouraged," the study concludes.
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Editorial: Keeping Children's Attention
"Electronic toys that make noises or light up are extremely effective at commanding children's attention by activating their orienting reflex. This primitive reflex compels the mind to focus on novel visual or auditory stimuli. The study by Sosa in this issue of JAMA Pediatrics suggests that they may do more than just command children's attention; they appear to reduce parent-child verbal interactions. Why does this matter? Conversational turns during play do more than teach children language. They lay the groundwork for literacy skills, teach role-playing, give parents a window into their child's developmental stage and struggles, and teach social skills such as turn-taking and accepting others' leads. Verbal interactions of course are only part of the story. What is missing from this study is a sense of how nonverbal interactions, which are also an important source of social and emotional skills, varied by toy type," write Jenny S. Radesky, M.D., of the University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, and Dimitri A. Christakis, M.D., M.P.H., of Seattle Children's Hospital and a JAMA Pediatrics associate editor, in a related editorial.
"Any digital enhancement should serve a clear purpose to engage the child not only with the toy/app, but also transfer that engagement to others and the world around them to make what they learned meaningful and generalizable. Digital features have enormous potential to engage children in play – particularly children with a higher sensory threshold – but it is important the child not get stuck in the toy/app's closed loop to the exclusion of real-world engagement. Bells and whistles may sell toys, but they also can detract value," they conclude.
Funding: This study was funded by a research grant from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Foundation.
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Original Research:Abstract for "Association of the Type of Toy Used During Play With the Quantity and Quality of Parent-Infant Communication" by Anna V. Sosa, PhD in JAMA Pediatrics. Published online December 23 2015 doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.3753
Association of the Type of Toy Used During Play With the Quantity and Quality of Parent-Infant Communication
Importance The early language environment of a child influences language outcome, which in turn affects reading and academic success. It is unknown which types of everyday activities promote the best language environment for children.
Objective To investigate whether the type of toy used during play is associated with the parent-infant communicative interaction.
Design, Setting, and Participants Controlled experiment in a natural environment of parent-infant communication during play with 3 different toy sets. Participant recruitment and data collection were conducted between February 1, 2013, and June 30, 2014. The volunteer sample included 26 parent-infant (aged 10-16 months) dyads.
Exposures Fifteen-minute in-home parent-infant play sessions with electronic toys, traditional toys, and books.
Main Outcomes and Measures Numbers of adult words, child vocalizations, conversational turns, parent verbal responses to child utterances, and words produced by parents in 3 different semantic categories (content-specific words) per minute during play sessions.
Results Among the 26 parent-infant dyads, toy type was associated with all outcome measures. During play with electronic toys, there were fewer adult words (mean, 39.62; 95% CI, 33.36-45.65), fewer conversational turns (mean, 1.64; 95% CI, 1.12-2.19), fewer parental responses (mean, 1.31; 95% CI, 0.87-1.77), and fewer productions of content-specific words (mean, 1.89; 95% CI, 1.49-2.35) than during play with traditional toys or books. Children vocalized less during play with electronic toys (mean per minute, 2.9; 95% CI, 2.16-3.69) than during play with books (mean per minute, 3.91; 95% CI, 3.09-4.68). Parents produced fewer words during play with traditional toys (mean per minute, 55.56; 95% CI, 46.49-64.17) than during play with books (mean per minute, 66.89; 95% CI, 59.93-74.19) and use of content-specific words was lower during play with traditional toys (mean per minute, 4.09; 95% CI, 3.26-4.99) than during play with books (mean per minute, 6.96; 95% CI, 6.07-7.97).
Conclusions and Relevance Play with electronic toys is associated with decreased quantity and quality of language input compared with play with books or traditional toys. To promote early language development, play with electronic toys should be discouraged. Traditional toys may be a valuable alternative for parent-infant play time if book reading is not a preferred activity.
"Association of the Type of Toy Used During Play With the Quantity and Quality of Parent-Infant Communication" by Anna V. Sosa, PhD in JAMA Pediatrics. Published online December 23 2015 doi:10.1001/jamapediatrics.2015.3753
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'So excited': Cheryl set for West End debut in spooky thriller
Former Girls Aloud star Cheryl is set to make her West End debut when she joins the new cast for supernatural thriller 2:22 A Ghost Story.
The singer called the career move "a totally new and exciting experience" ahead of the production which begins a 14-week run in January.
Cheryl, 39, will be playing the character Jenny – who has previously been performed by Lily Allen and author Giovanna Fletcher – and she will star alongside Hugo Chegwin, Scott Karim and Louise Ford.
Allen was a member of the original cast in the summer of 2021 and her performances received wide acclaim, earning her an Olivier award nomination.
The current cast includes TV presenter Laura Whitmore as Jenny while Busted star Matt Willis is playing the role of Ben, the partner of Jenny's friend Lauren.
The spooky thriller is currently at the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly – but will be moving for its fifth season to London's Lyric Theatre.
Cheryl is following in the footsteps of her former bandmate, Kimberley Walsh, who made her West End debut as Princess Fiona in Shrek The Musical in 2011.
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In an Instagram post, Cheryl said she was "so excited" and confirmed she would "love" playing the role of Jenny from 21 January to 23 April.
"It is a totally new and exciting experience for me so if you're looking for a fun night out & some entertainment in your new year tickets are available now," she wrote.
The current cast includes Laura Whitmore as Jenny and Matt Willis as Ben
Directed by Matthew Dunster and written by Danny Robins, the play opened in 2021 and has proven a big hit with audiences.
It follows Jenny, who believes her new home is haunted – but her husband Sam "isn't having any of it" before the couple invite Lauren and Ben to help them find out what is happening.
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Cheryl, who has dropped her previous surnames of Tweedy, Cole and Fernandez-Versini, added in a statement: "It is a brilliant role and subject matter with a very interesting plot!
"Danny Robins is such an intriguing character which is evident throughout this play and his style of writing has an odd sense of familiarity to me, being a fellow Geordie!
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