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Lycos Europe as you probably know has created a screen-saver which allows a controlling lycos software to target the idle time of the machines which installed the screen-savers to flood the network of known spammers. Some people are getting concerned that it amounts to ddos attack.
For quite sometime naive bayesian classifier based SPAMBayes filtered my emails very accurately with very few false positives. Recently however I have noticed few trends in spamming which are alarming in nature.
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After our little gallivant through the Himalayas, we had 6 more days left in Nepal, which we chose to split up in Pokhara and then Kathmandu for the very end of our holiday.
Prior to the trek, we spent one night in Pokhara, and had left a small bag of items there at the guesthouse we stayed in which we did not need to bring with us into the mountains. Upon returning to the guesthouse we found there were no vacancies so I was off to look for a new (and hopefully nicer) place to stay. We were staying in the central Lakeside area and after a short walk down the main street, I came across a pathway paved in stone and lined with greenery. I walked down the path to find a yoga center and a lovely and chilled out courtyard…with very friendly bunnies. This was the Yeti Guesthouse and where I spent the following 3 nights. The rooms were large and comfortable (the upper floors seemed nicer than the ground floor as well) and of all the guesthouses I looked at in central Lakeside, I found the Yeti to be the nicest and most relaxed. I was very happy with my stay there.
i love teeny-tiny lil planes!
Pokhara itself is a cute little town on the Phewa Lake and is where you want to fly to (30 minutes) from Kathmandu if you're going to be trekking in the Annapurnas. It's a bit touristy, which is no huge surprise; the main street is lined with (fake) trekking goods, travel agents and souvenir shops of embroidered t-shirts, yak wool pashminas and the like. All the same, the place has quite a chilled-out, hippie feel to it and was populated by any number of North American and European Bohemians and travelers who had been living there for any number of months (and yes, I was jealous). There are an endless number of mediocre bars and restaurants in Pokhara – The Olive and Moondance were a couple of the better options, in my opinion.
Our time there was spent wandering the streets, checking out the bars as well as a few other sightseeing options. A relaxing day was spent out on a boat on the Phewa Lake, we also rode ponies up to Sarangkot, the highest point in Pokhara. The views from there are said to be really nice, but as usual for late spring, the day was hazy and cloudy. The older part of town also has a Gurkha museum, which may or may not have power when you visit.
Pokhara was prone to a number of power outages throughout each day and night (and we would find the same to be in Kathmandu) which I found to be partly quaint and partly annoying. Quaint when candles were used to keep things lit, annoying when I was trying to order dinner or in the middle of the night when it caused the ceiling fans to cease working.


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Liu Ye (chino simplificado= 刘 也), es un bailarín, coreógrafo y cantante chino. Es miembro de los grupos SWIN-S y R1SE.

Biografía
Estudió en el Conservatorio de Música de Qilu en Beijing y en la Compañía de Canto y Danza de la Provincia de Jilin.

Es experto en danza moderna y danza pop. Tiene un certificado de enseñanza en danza pop de la Asociación de Bailarines de China.

Carrera
Actualmente es miembro de la agencia "Pelias Entertainment" (依海文化).

Televisión
En 2015 se unió a la primera temporada del programa chino-coreano Super Idol (星动亚洲) donde participó junto a Jo Jinhyung, Zhao Fangzhou, Gou Chenhaoyu y Dai Jingyao en el grupo "A.KING". Logró quedar en el grupo final SWIN  Liu Ye también participó en la segunda y tercera temporada del programa.

El 6 de abril del 2019 se unió al programa de canto Produce Camp 2019 donde participó, llegando a la ronda final y quedando en el octavo lugar, convirtiéndose así en uno de los miembros del nuevo grupo R.1.S.E.

Música
El 14 de octubre del 2016 se unió al grupo SWIN (que significa Super Idol Winner) junto a Cai Xukun, Zhao Pinlin, Yu Gengyin, He Yifan, Wu Muti, Zhu Yunlong, Zuo Qibo, Tian Shuchen y Gou Chenhaoyu, también forma parte de la sub-unidad del grupo encargada de las interpretaciones SWIN-S junto a Cai Xukun, Zhao Pinlin, Yu Gengyin, He Yifan y Wu Muti. Dentro del grupo tiene la posición bailarín principal y uno de los vocalistas.

Desde el 8 de junio del 2019 forma parte del grupo chino R.1.S.E (que significa: R - Running (赛跑), 1 - No 1 (笫一), S - Sun (太阳) y la E - Energy (能量)) junto a Zhou Zhennan, Xia Zhiguang, He Luoluo, Yan Xujia, Yao Chen, Zhai Xiaowen, Zhang Yanqi, Ren Hao, Zhao Lei y Zhao Rang. Ese mismo día el grupo presentó su primer sencillo titulado "R1SE". El 9 de agosto del mismo año el grupo lanzó el MV de la canción final para la película Shanghai Fortress. El 2 de junio de 2021 se anunció que después de dos años, el grupo se disolvería el 14 de junio del mismo año.

Filmografía

Programas de variedades

Revistas / sesiones fotográficas

Eventos

Discografía

R1SE

Singles

SWIN (SWIN-S)

Mini Álbum

Apoyo a beneficencia
En el 2019 junto a R.1.S.E. y el actor Li Yifeng participaron con GQ China modelando las camisas diseñadas por ellos mismos para organizaciones benéficas.

Premios y nominaciones

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 Baidu | Liu Ye (刘 也)
 Liu Ye - Weibo
 Baidu | SWIN-S
 SWIN组合official weibo

Cantantes de la República Popular China
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In the electromagnetic interaction between reference systems that are in motion relative to each other, the frequency of a signal changes similarly to the way a signal's wavelength changes. However, there is an important detail here: Frequency Shift does not occur at the source where the signal is emitted, it is observed on the INCOMING signal on the side that receives the signal as a Relativity Effect.
Frequency Shift is delineated in the figure above. The transmitter emits signals at f0 frequency. The station on the mountain receives this transmission at f0 frequency while the plane moving away receives it at f1 frequency and the plane coming at f2 frequency. Frequency Shift is described in the equations below.
As there is the equation of between the frequency and wavelength on the side of the receiver and transmitter, there is equation.
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Home football Gautier Larsonneur definitely commits to AS Saint-Etienne
Gautier Larsonneur definitely commits to AS Saint-Etienne
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On loan from Stade Brestois to Valenciennes since the start of the season, Gautier Larsonneur will finally continue his career with AS Saint-Etienne. A real challenge for the Conquétois who will try to keep the Greens in Ligue 2.
Six short months and then goes away. After joining Valenciennes last summer on loan, Gautier Larsonneur caught the eye of the Saint-Etienne leaders who wanted to strengthen their squad for the second half of the season. The child of the country will no longer wear the colors of Stade Brestois since he has signed up definitively with Saint-Etienne. His training club should nevertheless recover a sum of around one million euros in the case, just like the VAFC.
Gautier Larsonneur joins the Greens
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"Review: Serjeant Musgrave's Dance, Royal Court"
By Ian/ Their Ought To Be Clowns
Brendan Coyle as the titular Serjeant was stunning in his wearied adherence to the only thing he knew...
In Victorian England a Puritan sergeant and his three men (who are all deserters and tired of fighting) return from a bloody colonial war, to their colliery hometown.
They have with them their rifles, a Gatling gun and the corpse of 'Billie', one of their own killed in the fighting. As they arrive In the town, a strike at the colliery is on the point of erupting into violence.
The Sergeant promises the Mayor his men will bring the situation under control and remove the trouble makers. A barmaid further adds to the confusion and things do not go as planned.
The play, directed by Lindsay Anderson, originally opened at the Royal Court in 1959.
Performed in memory of its playwright John Arden, who died in March 2012.
Although the play is now widely regarded as a modern classic, it was initially badly received among critics and audiences, playing to quarter-full houses. In response, The Royal Court published a leaflet, challenging audiences to answer the question 'What Kind of Theatre Do You Want?' and included a passionate advocacy of the play.
Sergeant Musgrave's Dance (2012)
Sergeant Musgrave
Playwright:
John Arden
Peter Gill
Jerwood Theatre Downstairs at the Royal Court
Ian Burfield, Ben Dilloway, Nicholas Gleaves, Tony Haygarth, Philip Jackson, Sarah Lancashire, Robert Lonsdale, James Mcardle, Ian Mercer, Clive Merrison, Kate O'Flynn, Stephen Rashbrook, John Savident, Tony Turner and Mark Weinman
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Looper (2012)
tags: looper 2012 review, looper movie review, looper review, movie reviews, Movies
9/10 Time Killers
About as awesome as time travel gets.
Looper is about a hitman living in the not-too-distant future of 2044. Time travel hasn't been invented yet, but it will be, which is exactly what makes our hitman so special, see. Instead of whacking people in the present like us primitive apes do now, his targets have been sent back in time on a silver platter. He bumps 'em off, takes care of the body, gets paid real nice by his employer (who's also been sent back in time), and keeps the cycle going as such. Pretty easy gig, actually. Then one day, while getting ready for his next mark, he gets a surprise delivery in the form of his future self. Unfortunately, he's still got a job to do, even if it is his future self. But since his future self is a lot craftier than he expected, he winds up botching the job and lets his future self get away. So with his employers out for blood and his future on the line, our hitman has to hunt his old ass down before both of 'em wind up dead or worse.
If I were to compile a list of film makers who should be working way more than they are, writer/director Rian Johnson would be right up there in the top three. It's been a good six years since I saw his debut feature Brick, and ever since that glorious day I've been wondering what the hell happened? It was a one-of-a-kind movie, the likes of which should put a director on the map and open up doors for bigger and better things. Instead, it allowed him to make The Brothers Bloom three years later (haven't seen it, heard mixed things) and direct a few episodes of Breaking Bad and Terriers (albeit some of the best episodes of Breaking Bad and Terriers). For the past six years, that's what Rian Johnson's been up to, and for a guy who should be a household name by now, that's borderline unacceptable.
But now we have Looper, and this time, folks should take notice.
The first thing that's great about Looper is the way it handles its two genres: one that's a crap shoot, and one that's getting old. By and large, when a movie's dealing with time travel, it usually knows what it's doing. Paying customers notice loopholes. It's only when you write yourself into a corner and wind up with two bizarre seasons of LOST that things tend to get wonky. But the thing about time travel as a plot device is that it doesn't get used all that often, and when it's used successfully, it's because it does more than just tie up loose ends. You still need a good story. Which is what brings us to the seemingly-unrelated hitman genre – a genre that we love; a genre that will never die; a genre that has been tackled from every angle imaginable only to be tackled again for good measure.
Separately, they put asses in seats and have given us some mighty fine stories along the way. But together? Now that's something new. And in a world where ingenuity takes a backseat to profits, something new is a golden ticket.
In terms of how Looper utilizes time travel, it's somewhere between how Back to the Future and 12 Monkeys used it. Identity crises, fixing the future by changing the past/present – you get the picture. And for the length of the first Act, that's about the way things go. And trust me, that is not a bad thing. The first Act of this movie might be the best first Act of any movie I've seen all year.
At any rate, going off the trailer and the little that I'd known going in, I thought I had a decent idea of how this was all gonna play out. JGL goes after BW, BW gets JGL on his side, then the two of 'em turn the tables on their employers. Something like that. But lo and behold, that's not how it goes at all. Much like the way Johnson reinvents the two genres he's working with, he takes us down a road we never saw coming.
It's interesting because I've actually been talking a lot about time travel movies as of late (tune into Best Movie Ever next week for more on that story), along with the different ways time travel's been used effectively over the years. With that being said, there aren't a whole lot of movies that swan dive into the complexities of time travel in such a gritty, violent fashion as this does. I guess The Terminator movies count, but those are more like a shallow dive, really. And not only does Looper take a totally inspired approach as far as its premise is concerned, but it's the way Johnson structures it all that makes it so damn absorbing.
I dig the way he drives the plot by taking steps first, giving us a minute to catch up, and eventually confirming our suspicions through a bare minimum of exposition. What can I say, big fan of film makers who let the audience use their brain. And the system works because it keeps us up to speed without getting ahead of itself or confusing people to the point of aneurysms. Let me tell ya', there are some flat-out ingenious ways that he uses time travel to his advantage in the first Act, but then Act Two comes around, and it only gets better. Like I said, it marks a total shift in the story we're hearing and the pace at which it's being told. Although as the wheels start turning and this crazy new world starts falling into place, that's when it grabs ya', and that's when it gets great.
Speaking of crazy new worlds, this here is some vision of the near-future. The rich are richer and living it up, the poor are poorer and clogging up the streets. Drugs come in eyedrops, telekinesis comes over-the-counter, and for the right amount of silver, you can buy your own hoverbike that'll probably just crap out on you. Yeah, we're not that far into the future. 2044 is a very fitting time frame for this 'cause it's a future that feels like it's just out of reach. From both a visual and technological standpoint, it's a prototype of bigger things, and it's a believable one at that. Nor is there much emphasis on special effects, which also does wonders to keep things grounded.
And I love the way Johnson keeps things simple in that regard. The way targets pop up with no mess, no fuss? The stripped-down shotguns (aka: "blunderbusses") that the hitmen make their living with? The fact that two-thirds of the movie takes place outside the futuristic city? That stuff is just great, especially when you consider that a lot of directors would take this as a golden opportunity to go ape on the CG. The guy's got style, he makes it look gorgeous, and truth be told, CG would just cheapen it.
After all, he could have just gone all Benjamin Button on JGL and saved him three hours of makeup each morning. So glad he nixed that creepy-ass idea. Still, it takes a minute to get used to all the "young Bruce Willis" prosthetics they slapped on the guy, and the more I look at him in the photos here, the more he looks like a freak show. But not surprisingly, JGL is still great as always, it's about the slickest role he's ever had, and he carries himself in such a way that he actually makes the makeup work. He's not so much doing a Bruce Willis impression as he is channeling Willis' mannerisms. Once you get the smolder down, I guess everything else kinda falls into place.
And say what you will about The Expendables 2, plus all the other crap that IMDB says he was in this year, but I think 2012's been a good one for Bruce Willis. As if is his fantastic and atypical turn in Moonrise Kingdom weren't enough, he up and kills it in this, effortlessly renewing his Badass Card in the process. It always helps when he's got good dialogue to work with – dialogue that gets oh-so close to nailing that 1970s-noir vibe it's going for – but this is just further proof of what BW is capable of when he's not surfing harrier jets.
Then there's Jeff Daniels who's a trip as JGL's employer; Emily Blunt who rocks it, even though she could have cut back on all the F-bombs; and young newcomer Pierce Gagnon gives the big guys a run for their money. Sensing there might be some debate as to whether Gagnon is either ridiculously good or unintentionally hilarious, but I'm siding firmly with the former on this one. Solid cast all around, though, with some awfully solid characters to boot.
If there's a complaint to be made, it's the semi-bullshit observation that, as smart as Looper may be, there's not much happening below the surface. It's not using time travel as a metaphor for any kind of deep profundity (hook me up with a gold star for using that word in a sentence), so don't expect to walk away with more than the satisfaction of having enjoyed yourself for two hours. But for those of us who are more than content with not learning a life lesson each time we hit the theater, Looper is not to be missed and a thoroughly enjoyable two hours at that. An absolute blast, royally well-executed on every darn front, and if someone ever told me it was the best time travel movie out there, I wouldn't slap them in the face.
Not saying I agree, but this one's keeper.
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Livi permalink
Wow, I have not been this excited to see a film since..well, it's been a while since I have read so many solid reviews of a sci-fi action flick with a breakout star like JGL. You've just increased my eagerness to see it, so thank you!
Haha. Believe the hype! Let me know what you think when you see it, gotta keep this Looper love going strong!
Gregoryno6 permalink
I didn't think I'd be going into a cinema again until Skyfall (and after that, who the hell knows?) But you may just have persuaded me along to Looper, Aiden.
I thought Brick was pretty damn good too. And Mr Joshua did a fine job in TDKR, so it's getting harder and harder to say no.
It's funny, I wasn't expecting to be doing much moviegoing either, but holy crap, was I glad I cleared my schedule for this. Give it a go, man. Would love to hear what you think.
And JGL is going to rule the world one day. You heard it here first.
Good movie!
Question, though: has Bruce Willis got some sort of damn monopoly on meeting-your-younger-self movies? I mean, The Kid, Twelve Monkeys, and now this.
And JGL was so spot on as the younger incarnation of Bruce it was creepy.
Looper had my attention from the beginning. A plausible near future of 2044, and wisely not much said about the further future. And a finale that made sense without being broad daylight obvious from about twenty minutes in.
Thanks again for the nod, Aiden. I really enjoyed it.
(PS: Have you seen the Honest Movie Trailer for Prometheus?)
First off, holy crap was that Honest Trailer funny. What a ridiculous movie. Those credits at the end had me howling, man.
Anyway, glad you liked Looper!
And I hear ya' on Bruce Willis. Very strange that they got the dude from 12 Monkeys to sign up for this, too. Totally forgot about The Kid.
And JGL was spot-on, right?
Hell of a movie all around, those two hours were over in a jif.
Thanks for reporting back, man. Would never lead you astray!
VictorsMovieReviews permalink
Great review. One of the best I have read.
Damn! Thanks a lot, man. Have you seen it yet?
Whoops! Nevermind, apparently it's the last movie you reviewed. Will read up in a hot second.
Becky permalink
It's definitely a good one.
Darn tootin'!
Wes B. permalink
Yeah, this is definitely one of the best reviews I've ever read. It's inspired me to see the movie for myself, and more from the genre.
Well I'll be. Thanks, man! Appreciate that. Hope you dig it as much as I did and would love to hear what you think once you do. Would love to throw some time travel recommendations your way if you're game, too.
I'd love to hear some of your recommendations, man!
Sweet! Alright, here it goes:
1) Time Bandits (on Netflix Instant) – really fun, really funny stuff by Terry Gilliam; pretty uncomplicated as far as time travel is concerned
2) Primer – super complicated and very dialogue/ideas-heavy, but might be one of the only movie that actually attempts to tackle time travel head-on
3) Timecrimes – also complicated, but far less of a headache to keep up with and a total blast to unravel
Start with those three and let me know what you think!
lifechangecounseling permalink
I have to totally disagree with your review (again). Looper was so, so boring. The best time travel movie is "Back to the Future". Nothing will ever top it. At least I got to see Emily. I love Emily. D
Well I'm not gonna be the guy to take issue with Back to the Future, but I'm in borderline disbelief about that reaction to Looper! I don't know if we're gonna see eye-to-eye on this one whatsoever as I was glued to the screen from start to finish. But hey, at least we'll always have Emily.
Colin Biggs permalink
This may just be my favorite film of the year. It absolutely floored me.
And what a fine #1 it is. Definitely sitting pretty in my Top Ten right now. Not to downplay how good this is, but it's been a pretty lackluster year so far, huh?
Sam permalink
This movie was hardly decent in my opinion, and im sure you will shun or disregard what im saying.
Just keep one thing in mind. If the reviews and hype of this film were non existent, do you think you would have enjoyed it as much?
Almost as astonishing as the overly rated avengers film, which at points was borderline b-grade.
Yet hardly anyone seems to notice.
The Matrix is an example of an amazing science fiction classic. I couldnt even watch Looper until the end.
But again, that is my opinion.
P.S Brick was a fantastic film,
Good gravy, dude! Do my reviews really sound that intimidating? I promise I won't shun you or burn your comment with fire for not liking Looper of all things. It's all good, man.
Still, I gotta disagree with paragraph #2. While positive hype and reviews are always helpful in deciding how to spend your money in the theater, it never matters with how you ultimately feel about a movie. Just look at The Master: shit-ton of hype and critical acclaim, I gave it a fair shake, but just didn't do it for me at the end of the day. Hype can kill a movie just as much as it can make a movie. Exactly why I try not to watch trailers anymore.
Did think The Avengers was awesome though.
Think it's more an issue of different strokes being for different folks than you not being the only one on crazy pills.
Completely agree with you on The Matrix, I worshiped that movie once upon a time. Hard to compare any movie to the peak example of its genre, but as much as I thoroughly dug Looper, yes, it is no Matrix.
Your opinion is a fine one, Sam. Please feel free to share it openly from this day forward. This is a safe space.
And Brick WAS a fantastic film. Spread the word, homey.
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Head of Ministry of International Affairs Sergey Lavrov declared that if Ukraine would continue to shell their territory they'd suppress these fire positions.
He also declares that Moscow is considering the situation with 'the shelling of its territory by Ukrainians' as a result of incompetence or just an accident.
'We have already warned that if this continues we'll take the necessary measures. At least, if it is clear that it's done by purpose, we'll destroy the fire positions, I'm sure', – he said in an interview to the TV channel 'Russia 24'.
He underlined that 'according to our estimations it's the result of incompetent work of soldiers and just a casualty, that also take place at war'. 'But we have seriously warned our Ukrainian colleagues', – The Head of MIA added.
Editor: The Russian Minister might have forgotten to mention that the shelling he spoke about had been carried out by pro-Russian terrorists and mercenaries.
As UNIAN informed yesterday terrorists shelled the territory of Russian Federation (the settlement of Kuybysheve in particular) from the settlements of Marynivks, Dmytrivka and Stepanivka. Russian troops opened fire in response. 2 artillery shells exploded close to the checkpoint of 'Marynivka'.
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High dose methadone prescribing and medical review: a completed audit cycle (Midlothian 2012-14)
First published: 10/05/2019 | Last updated: May 20th, 2019
Abstract: High dose methadone prescribing and medical review: a completed audit cycle (Midlothian 2012-14). Petrie, RXA
Methadone can result in QTc prolongation, and this effect is possibly dose-dependent. Moreover, patients on high dose methadone often have other QTc risk factors. This is one (of many) reason(s) why regular medical review of all patients on high dose methadone is important. Prescribing for this patient group should be such that the need for ECG monitoring is minimised.
Aims: To establish a current practice baseline of medical review in high dose methadone patients (2012). Following feedback of baseline data to keyworkers, recommendations were made. The dataset was then re-audited (2014) to establish whether this led to any quality improvement.
• The following case note data for high dose methadone patients in Midlothian (defined as methadone ≥ 100mg/day) was collected at baseline (2012): methadone dose, other prescribed drugs (including GP prescriptions), co-morbid conditions, medical review/discussion within last 6 months?, ECG requested?, patient attended for ECG?, ECG result available/QTc prolonged?, prescription altered as a result of ECG (or other reason)?.
• The results were fedback to keyworkers, and 6 monthly medical reviews were recommended.
• The same data was collected for re-audit (2014).
Results: Compared to baseline (2012), the re-audit (2014) shows more frequent medical review/discussion, reduction in the number of high dose methadone prescriptions, and better recording of co-morbidity and other prescriptions. There were more ECG requests but no improvement in attendance. Few patients had QTc prolongation in either baseline or repeat audit. Prescriptions changes were more often made for other clinical reasons rather than as a direct result of ECG.
Medical review/discussion with the opportunity for rationalising prescriptions and requesting ECG, is now more routine for high dose methadone patients in Midlothian. Changes in prescriptions are less commonly a result of QTc results per se, and are more often made for other clinical reasons.
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Rachel Petrie graduated from Edinburgh University in Medicine (MBChB, 1991) with an intercalated BSc (Hons) in Psychology (1989). She commenced basic training in psychiatry in Lothian (1993) and completed this in Tayside (MRCPsych, 1996). In 1996 she was awarded the Sim Research Fellowship (Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh). This funded preclinical research at the University Department of Psychiatry, Dundee leading to a PhD (graduated 2003). Her thesis title was "Rat hippocampal function following early life adversity and later life stress". She returned to Lothian, and completed higher training in Psychiatry in 2006 with an endorsement in Rehabilitation Psychiatry. She has worked as a Consultant Psychiatrist (Addictions) in NHS Lothian since 2007 and is clinical lead for Midlothian Substance Misuse Service. She maintains an active interest in research and audit, and enjoys the challenge of managing complex and dual diagnosis patients.
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My patience with politics and money is always very easily tried the older and more educated I become. The more Afghanistan blog ariticles I read the more I see why people get the wrong views. How can any one person speak of anything being built, or whether it will succeed or not if they have never been there to see it? Of course the money issure can and will be used as an excuse along with many others to not get the job done. Building schools in Afghanistan should not be a money issue.
In order to test the waters for our investors and help Afghanistan in a respecful way, my idea is extremely simple, the majority of Afghanistan is third world and this is where the educational system of Afghanistan is non-existant. When the United States was still colonial America, we were not riding our horses to Harvard Universities for example. The dedication of hardworking America turned us into what we are now. We overcame our civil and revolutionary wars. In order to help Afghanistan it will simply take starting at the begininng. From the Afghanistan blog arcticles I've read it comes across as a giant highschool or university is going to be built in a place where they are still riding horses. Of course that will not work. When I was in Marjah Afghanistan I watched the kids go to school in a tent, with the chalk board outside. I was amazed at how disicplined the children were and that they treated that tent like it was a university.
The building of smaller schools in each village to where internet points can slowly start making their way to them from the bigger schools of Kabul is a great way to start. For fear of the Taliban? I've fought by some of the bravest men I've known and they serve with Afghan National Army. I saw how intensely they fought, and also heard from a few of how much they love their country and want the Taliban gone. Education will destroy the Taliban. Building schools in Afghanistan and educating the children of Afghanistan will destroy the Taliban. I compare the Taliban to Hitlers Nazi's in they destroy everything except for what they have to offer because it is a threat to them.The only education is their education thats why they have destroyed so many schools. During a clearing operation during my Marjah deployment we took a school from the Taliban and they did not get it back, as well as setting up another outside one of our patrol bases.
The education system in Afghanistan will be a slow but successful process if everyone stops thinking and puts it into action. I served the Afghan people not only in one of the most hostile provinces but also hostile villages. I saw the progress in the end. It was well worth it. What I personally want out of any Afghanistan endeavors is not a return on investement for myself, but to watch Afghanistan perhaps build themselves into what we are one day. Hopefully my opinion will catch the eyes of alot of doers. An old friend told me years ago, "someone is always watching."


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I. Books and other library resources should be provided for the interest, information, and enlightenment of all people of the community the library serves. Materials should not be excluded because of the origin, background, or views of those contributing to their creation.
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The freedom to read is essential to our democracy. It is continuously under attack. Private groups and public authorities in various parts of the country are working to remove or limit access to reading materials, to censor content in schools, to label "controversial" views, to distribute lists of "objectionable" books or authors, and to purge libraries. These actions apparently rise from a view that our national tradition of free expression is no longer valid; that censorship and suppression are needed to counter threats to safety or national security, as well as to avoid the subversion of politics and the corruption of morals. We, as individuals devoted to reading and as librarians and publishers responsible for disseminating ideas, wish to assert the public interest in the preservation of the freedom to read.
Most attempts at suppression rest on a denial of the fundamental premise of democracy: that the ordinary individual, by exercising critical judgment, will select the good and reject the bad. We trust Americans to recognize propaganda and misinformation, and to make their own decisions about what they read and believe. We do not believe they are prepared to sacrifice their heritage of a free press in order to be "protected" against what others think may be bad for them. We believe they still favor free enterprise in ideas and expression. These efforts at suppression are related to a larger pattern of pressures being brought against education, the press, art and images, films, broadcast media, and the Internet. The problem is not only one of actual censorship. The shadow of fear cast by these pressures leads, we suspect, to an even larger voluntary curtailment of expression by those who seek to avoid controversy or unwelcome scrutiny by government officials.
Such pressure toward conformity is perhaps natural to a time of accelerated change. And yet suppression is never more dangerous than in such a time of social tension. Freedom has given the United States the elasticity to endure strain. Freedom keeps open the path of novel and creative solutions, and enables change to come by choice. Every silencing of a heresy, every enforcement of an orthodoxy, diminishes the toughness and resilience of our society and leaves it the less able to deal with controversy and difference.
Now as always in our history, reading is among our greatest freedoms. The freedom to read and write is almost the only means for making generally available ideas or manners of expression that can initially command only a small audience. The written word is the natural medium for the new idea and the untried voice from which come the original contributions to social growth. It is essential to the extended discussion that serious thought requires, and to the accumulation of knowledge and ideas into organized collections.
We believe that free communication is essential to the preservation of a free society and a creative culture. We believe that these pressures toward conformity present the danger of limiting the range and variety of inquiry and expression on which our democracy and our culture depend. We believe that every American community must jealously guard the freedom to publish and to circulate, in order to preserve its own freedom to read. We believe that publishers and librarians have a profound responsibility to give validity to that freedom to read by making it possible for the readers to choose freely from a variety of offerings.
The freedom to read is guaranteed by the Constitution. Those with faith in free people will stand firm on these constitutional guarantees of essential rights and will exercise the responsibilities that accompany these rights.
We therefore affirm these propositions:
It is in the public interest for publishers and librarians to make available the widest diversity of views and expressions, including those that are unorthodox, unpopular, or considered dangerous by the majority.
Creative thought is by definition new, and what is new is different. The bearer of every new thought is a rebel until that idea is refined and tested. Totalitarian systems attempt to maintain themselves in power by the ruthless suppression of any concept that challenges the established orthodoxy. The power of a democratic system to adapt to change is vastly strengthened by the freedom of its citizens to choose widely from among conflicting opinions offered freely to them. To stifle every nonconformist idea at birth would mark the end of the democratic process. Furthermore, only through the constant activity of weighing and selecting can the democratic mind attain the strength demanded by times like these. We need to know not only what we believe but why we believe it.
Publishers, librarians, and booksellers do not need to endorse every idea or presentation they make available. It would conflict with the public interest for them to establish their own political, moral, or aesthetic views as a standard for determining what should be published or circulated.
Publishers and librarians serve the educational process by helping to make available knowledge and ideas required for the growth of the mind and the increase of learning. They do not foster education by imposing as mentors the patterns of their own thought. The people should have the freedom to read and consider a broader range of ideas than those that may be held by any single librarian or publisher or government or church. It is wrong that what one can read should be confined to what another thinks proper.
It is contrary to the public interest for publishers or librarians to bar access to writings on the basis of the personal history or political affiliations of the author.
No art or literature can flourish if it is to be measured by the political views or private lives of its creators. No society of free people can flourish that draws up lists of writers to whom it will not listen, whatever they may have to say.
There is no place in our society for efforts to coerce the taste of others, to confine adults to the reading matter deemed suitable for adolescents, or to inhibit the efforts of writers to achieve artistic expression.
To some, much of modern expression is shocking. But is not much of life itself shocking? We cut off literature at the source if we prevent writers from dealing with the stuff of life. Parents and teachers have a responsibility to prepare the young to meet the diversity of experiences in life to which they will be exposed, as they have a responsibility to help them learn to think critically for themselves. These are affirmative responsibilities, not to be discharged simply by preventing them from reading works for which they are not yet prepared. In these matters values differ, and values cannot be legislated; nor can machinery be devised that will suit the demands of one group without limiting the freedom of others.
It is not in the public interest to force a reader to accept the prejudgment of a label characterizing any expression or its author as subversive or dangerous.
The ideal of labeling presupposes the existence of individuals or groups with wisdom to determine by authority what is good or bad for others. It presupposes that individuals must be directed in making up their minds about the ideas they examine. But Americans do not need others to do their thinking for them.
It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians, as guardians of the people's freedom to read, to contest encroachments upon that freedom by individuals or groups seeking to impose their own standards or tastes upon the community at large; and by the government whenever it seeks to reduce or deny public access to public information.
It is inevitable in the give and take of the democratic process that the political, the moral, or the aesthetic concepts of an individual or group will occasionally collide with those of another individual or gro up. In a free society individuals are free to determine for themselves what they wish to read, and each group is free to determine what it will recommend to its freely associated members. But no group has the right to take the law into its own hands, and to impose its own concept of politics or morality upon other members of a democratic society. Freedom is no freedom if it is accorded only to the accepted and the inoffensive. Further, democratic societies are more safe, free, and creative when the free flow of public information is not restricted by governmental prerogative or self-censorship.
It is the responsibility of publishers and librarians to give full meaning to the freedom to read by providing books that enrich the quality and diversity of thought and expression. By the exercise of this affirmative responsibility, they can demonstrate that the answer to a "bad" book is a good one, the answer to a "bad" idea is a good one.
The freedom to read is of little consequence when the reader cannot obtain matter fit for that reader's purpose. What is needed is not only the absence of restraint, but the positive provision of opportunity for the people to read the best that has been thought and said. Books are the major channel by which the intellectual inheritance is handed down, and the principal means of its testing and growth. The defense of the freedom to read requires of all publishers and librarians the utmost of their faculties, and deserves of all Americans the fullest of their support.
We state these propositions neither lightly nor as easy generalizations. We here stake out a lofty claim for the value of the written word. We do so because we believe that it is possessed of enormous variety and usefulness, worthy of cherishing and keeping free. We realize that the application of these propositions may mean the dissemination of ideas and manners of expression that are repugnant to many persons. We do not state these propositions in the comfortable belief that what people read is unimportant. We believe rather that what people read is deeply important; that ideas can be dangerous; but that the suppression of ideas is fatal to a democratic society. Freedom itself is a dangerous way of life, but it is ours.
This statement was originally issued in May of 1953 by the Westchester Conference of the American Library Association and the American Book Publishers Council, which in 1970 consolidated with the American Educational Publishers Institute to become the Association of American Publishers.
Adopted June 25, 1953, by the ALA Council and the AAP Freedom to Read Committee; amended January 28, 1972; January 16, 1991; July 12, 2000; June 30, 2004.
Freedom to View Statement
The FREEDOM TO VIEW, along with the freedom to speak, to hear, and to read, is protected by the First Amendment to the Constitution of the United States. In a free society, there is no place for censorship of any medium of expression. Therefore these principles are affirmed:
To provide the broadest access to film, video, and other audiovisual materials because they are a means for the communication of ideas. Liberty of circulation is essential to insure the constitutional guarantee of freedom of expression.
To protect the confidentiality of all individuals and institutions using film, video, and other audiovisual materials.
To provide film, video, and other audiovisual materials which represent a diversity of views and expression. Selection of a work does not constitute or imply agreement with or approval of the content.
To provide a diversity of viewpoints without the constraint of labeling or prejudging film, video, or other audiovisual materials on the basis of the moral, religious, or political beliefs of the producer or filmmaker or on the basis of controversial content.
To contest vigorously, by all lawful means, every encroachment upon the public's freedom to view.
This statement was originally drafted by the Freedom to View Committee of the American Film and Video Association (formerly the Educational Film Library Association) and was adopted by the AFVA Board of Directors in February 1979. This statement was updated and approved by the AFVA Board of Directors in 1989.
Endorsed January 10, 1990, by the ALA Council
MARYLAND STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION RESOLUTION 1981-3A June 24, 1981
WHEREAS, The freedom to read is essential to our democracy; and
WHEREAS, Public libraries have a responsibility to make available to the public books and other material offering the widest diversity of knowledge and ideas, views and expressions, so that citizens may choose freely from among a broad range of conflicting ideas; and
WHEREAS, It is in the public interest for libraries to reaffirm this principle in policies and procedures for the selection of library materials and for dealing with complaints and requests for the removal of material by individuals or groups, therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the State Board of Education endorses the Freedom to Read principle and requires boards of library trustees of each public library system to adopt policies that will affirm and guide the effective implementation of this principle, and be it further
RESOLVED, That the Board directs the Assistant State Superintendent for Libraries to provide assistance to libraries and to report the result to the Board by June, 1982.
Revised and Approved by the Board of Library Trustees for Caroline County June 16, 2009
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By Nic Cha Kim Downtown Los Angeles
PUBLISHED 1:48 PM ET Oct. 12, 2019 PUBLISHED 1:48 PM EDT Oct. 12, 2019
LOS ANGELES — The 2019 Los Angeles Comic Con has arrived and tens of thousands of cosplayers and collectors were expected to revel in their favorite pop culture.
It's a weekend of fun and business. Monica Lomas, co-owner of Awesome Collectibles, finished setting up their booth and were ready to fulfill customer orders.
"My husband and I opened a store about a year ago," said Lomas. "It was a dream of ours. We're a storefront. We have licenses to sell Funko. We specialize in Funko specifically and Loungefly and any collectibles related to pop culture."
A family business, Lomas and her husband Gio run their shop in the city of Bell while raising a son. It's a lot of fun, but it hasn't been easy. Since most of their goods are shipped from China, the recent round of tariffs affected their bottom line.
"What we import is this plastic protector," showed Lomas as she pulled the toy box out of a plastic sleeve. "This is .15 mm of thickness of plastic."
That .15 mm of plastic can be the difference between selling or not. Serious collectors, especially of these Funko Pops worth up to $1000, need them to keep the box in mint condition.
"They used to cost me 29 cents," said Lomas. "Now they cost me 43 cents and we order these by the most minimum amount, 10,000 pieces. We don't raise the price. We just eat the cost so we take it as a loss."
High school sweethearts, Lomas and her husband have been in the Collectible business since they were teenagers. Gio sold action figures at flea markets since he was 14 years old so opening their own toy store is a dream come true.
President Donald Trump announced a partial trade deal with China, possibly the first step in ending the 18-month trade war, so Lomas is hopeful.
"We don't know what's going to happen with the tariffs, but we do know that our store will keep running," said Lomas. "We'll do whatever it takes and continue to take care of our customers because we love what we do everyday."
It sounds a lot like "toys for peace."


Shooting the breeze..I recently visited Sheffield's Weston Park Museum's latest exhibition 'Magic Tricks', although no doubt compiled to coincide with the six weeks holidays, the exhibits explored fairy tales, magic and folklore. Sadly it all was a bit haphazard, with 75% of the room featuring fictional tales and artwork, and the other fifteen on illusionary magic.
It seemed strange wandering past the lost artwork of JM Barrie while hearing the screeches of Sooty's companion echoing through the room.
There were a number of nice pieces of ephemera from the days of Edwardian magic and also the aforementioned JM Barrie, most of which was lost on my four year old.
I think this exhibition really highlights the issue with museums at the moment, one half trying to appease the kids, the other something for the adults. There is a balance and this needs to be undertaken with a keen eye on the content and interactivity with visitors of all ages.
Rather than watching the countless clips of televised magic or looking at toy figures from the Lords of the Rings selection, we both dressed up as wizards and took to throwing wooden toys in to a large cauldron to make spells.


1Solutions is an ISO certified website designing, development and Internet marketing company based in New Delhi, India. The core expertise areas are custom development, open source development,eCommerce store development and online marketing including search engine optimization, link building services, laravel development services and social media marketing. Since its inception, 1Solutions is engaged in providing highly scalable and end to end web solutions with innovative approach.
We work with clients ross different verticals for proving web solutions like creative design, web presence, social media marketing,search engine optimization, web analytics, eCommerce solutions,mobile application development, content management systems, web hosting, email marketing, search engine marketing and many more.


A soft hog bristle broom suited for use on indoor floors.
Turner & Harper is a British manufacturer who has been designing and making beautiful and functional products for the home since 2011. Their brushes are made by hand, in Buckinghamshire, by sixth generation brush makers who have been in business for over one hundred and fifty years. Made from high-grade hog bristles and oiled hardwoods, each brush is hand-crafted with care using a combination of traditional manufacturing techniques and precision technology. It's expensive but it's the best made broom you'll ever buy.
Tom Harper has also designed some beautiful matching hooks, sold separately, that perfectly fit the broom so that it can be tidied away when not in use.


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United Presents: The Theology of Prince Journal!
Mary's Particularity: Encountering a 17th Century Drawing of a Chinese Madonna.
The following post was originally written as a response for the fall 2018 course at United, TR271: Theological Interpretation of the Arts.
Convocation 2018: "As we elevate what is holy, may we be transformed."
How Do You Decide If You're Ready for Seminary?


Structural elucidation and physiologic functions of specialized pro-resolving mediators and their receptors.
DHA- and EPA-derived resolvins, protectins, and maresins in airway inflammation.
Resolvins and protectins in inflammation resolution.
Obesity-induced insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis are alleviated by omega-3 fatty acids: a role for resolvins and protectins.
Protectin D1 is generated in asthma and dampens airway inflammation and hyperresponsiveness.
Transgenic mice rich in endogenous omega-3 fatty acids are protected from colitis.
Molecular circuits of resolution: formation and actions of resolvins and protectins.


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The Year 10 football team continued their outstanding season by reaching the semi-final of the Londonderry Cup. The lads have already won the league and are already through to the Town Cup semi-final.
Last Thursday they travelled to Durham Johnston, winners of the Year 7 and 8 County Cup. Although it was far from Hurworth's greatest performance they managed to grind out a 4-2 victory, Wilson scoring a hat-trick and Foster getting the other. Many thanks to Durham Johnston who were great hosts and played some excellent football!
The lads now await the draw to find out their opponents for the semi-final, they also have a tough game next week against Dyke House for a place in the other County Cup semi-final.
Well done to all the team!


Established for over 30 years, Cintra is an award winning provider of HR and payroll services, with a portfolio of over 750 happy customers nationwide.
Cintra provides a comprehensive mix of HR and payroll solutions to help companies manage people from recruitment to retirement. Software plays a big part but they are essentially a service company. This means that they can tailor a solution to meet needs right now, yet rapidly adjust as circumstances change. All of their development is done in-house, so that they retain control and can respond rapidly.
Cintra's products allow companies to choose between running their systems in-house and a range of outsourcing options. Because the same software underpins each option, it's easy to switch when circumstances change without affecting information network or historical data.


Indonesian and Malaysian naval ships have collided in a series of brushes in disputed waters, but no significant casualties have been reported on either site.
An Indonesian official said on Sunday that the Indonesian patrol boat tried to drive the Malaysian vessel out of its territorial waters.
"The Malaysian ship violated our waters, because it was travelling 500m off Karang Unarang," said a navy spokesman. "They often provoke us, but we stand by our orders not to react."
Some Jakarta media had described Friday's incidents off East Kalimantan as "collisions" as the Indonesian patrol boat tried to drive the Malaysian vessel out of its territorial waters.
"That's not a collision," the spokesman said. "A brush would be more appropriate. It was caused by the vortex of sea water from the ships, which pull the two together, but that's not a problem, no significant damage was caused."
Some local newspapers reported that the vessels had collided three times on Friday, but no one had been hurt on either side.
Both countries rely heavily on oil and gas for revenues and each has awarded exploration contracts in the disputed area.
Jakarta sent warships and fighter jets to the area last month after the dispute flared again. The two governments quickly agreed to resolve matters peacefully.


The US General Services Administration employs almost 12,000 people and has a budget of $25 billion. Fellow ZDNet blogger, Dion Hinchcliffe, and I spoke with CIO Casey Coleman.
The US General Services Administration (GSA) employs almost 12,000 people and has a budget of $25 billion. Fellow ZDNet blogger, Dion Hinchcliffe, and I spoke with CIO Casey Coleman about issues pertaining to IT leadership, cloud computing, Web 2.0, and innovation in the federal government.
As CIO, Ms. Coleman is responsible for aligning technology with GSA strategic business objectives. Her primary focus is leading and implementing the effective and efficient acquisition and management of information technology solutions across GSA. Ms. Coleman manages the Agency's $500 million IT program, overseeing management, acquisition and integration of the GSA information resources. Her oversight includes strategic planning, policy, capital planning, systems development, information security, enterprise architecture, and E-Government.
I urge you to listen to the complete podcast to gain insight into the world of an articulate IT leader managing a substantial budget during a period of economic and technological change.
Here are some excerpts from the conversation with Casey. Note: these edited summaries are not exact transcripts. The podcast discussion goes into depth on all these topics and much more.
Why do so many government IT projects run late, over-budget, or do not achieve planned results?
The federal government is one of the largest consumers of information technology in the world, with annual spending of $76 billion per year and growing. At that scale, successes are large and failures can be greater than in commercial industry. We operate at a level that has some risk, just by the size and magnitude of the effort.
Privacy and security along with other compliance issues that government computer systems must meet, mean that we can rarely use enterprise COTS (commercial off the shelf) products. Unique government requirements around transparency and processes often demands software customization and configuration, despite downstream difficulty upgrading or patching systems.
We see software as a service (SaaS) as a key enabler of agility and potential cost savings in the federal government. Cloud computing is a priority for this administration; we're developing strategies to adopt cloud in a way that meets our security and privacy mandates. Productivity and work flow-type applications that would ordinarily reside on the desktop are areas where SaaS solutions can play a key role.
We're interested in SaaS-based financial and HR applications, but I'm not sure the market is there today for the federal customer. We're required to operate under the Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), which certifies control and security of government systems. Although it was developed when application and data center boundaries were well-defined, which is not the case today, we must still comply with FISMA. We're evaluating which controls are appropriate for cloud computing providers and determining procedures for monitoring compliance with those controls.
Are federal policies keeping pace with technology needed to support government 2.0 initiatives?
Technology moves quickly and advances continuously, but you must be thoughtful when making policy changes because you want those policies to last for some time. Therefore, you hope the policy can be enacted at a level of abstraction that doesn't require re-thinking every time there is a paradigm shift in technology. However, there are reviews underway in both the administration and in Congress to look at FISMA and other legislation to see whether it is time for an update. Over time, the technology framework does need to advance as technology continues to move forward.
Do social computing and open data actively help the GSA's day-to-day business?
Web 2.0 technologies can help us better serve GSA's stakeholders, which include our oversight community and partners in industry. Web 2.0 helps improve collaboration, increasing the ability to have open, trust relationships with members of our community who are outside agency boundaries. This is an area where Web 2.0 will play a key role.
As CIO of a large organization, what are your largest concerns?
My key concern is IT modernization and transformation to suit our 21st century mission.
Our budget and portfolio in the agency is 80 percent operations and maintenance; we invest only 20 percent in new and innovative technologies. The demands of our mission will require that we increase the percentage devoted to transformational technology, so we're looking hard to free up operations / maintenance dollars and invest in innovative solutions. For example, we have recently committed to VOIP, which we think will cut our spending on local voice service by 50 percent or more, allowing us to save money that can be reinvested in areas that support more innovative requirements.
If you're interested in IT leadership, cloud computing, Web 2.0, or innovation inside the federal government, this engaging podcast is a must.


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40 Minute flight lesson
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Not much of a football game is what we got last night at Teddy Stadium in Jerusalem. Big soccer was no where to be found in the vicinity of the largest stadium currently in use in Israel. What we got was two teams fighting for their lives between supporters, management and ownership. A power struggle going on among those in red and those in yellow & black. Nothing more and nothing less.
Ramzi Sfori scored the Hapoel goal off a free kick from Shai Abutbol and Tal Kahila headed in a Claudemir Ferreira da Silva free kick to split the points evenly down the middle. What we also saw was mediocrity at its finest between two sides that were absolutely fit to be tied. Major work needs to be put into both of these rosters and on the practice fields. Beitar Jerusalem saw very little creativity and service coming from their midfielders with the strikers left hung out to dry most of the match and the same can be said about Hapoel Tel Aviv. Surprisingly, Beitar sits in 4th place while Hapoel is in 8th but the point differential between the two is just 3 points. Mediocrity at its best that 9 teams are within 5 points!
As always, a match between bitter rivals takes center stage not only on the pitch but off of it as well. Between Beitar owner Eli Tabib and his coach Menachem Koretzky. Between Hapoel's technical director Eyal Berkovic and ownership group headed by Haim Ramon. Between both camps with rumours swirling that Koretzky would change sides and coach the Reds. And of course how about Member of Knesset and Minister Avigdor Liberman and his entourage filming a documentary, commercial or whatever. It seemed that all the characters were center stage, except for the ones that should have been. The ones surrounded by the supporters, the players on the field of play and not off of it.
Hapoel Tel Aviv had a few new faces and some old familiar ones in their lineup Monday night. Cameroonian 'keeper Apoula Edel, who played with the club between 2011-13 made his return between the pipes or posts for Hapoel and was a welcome sight to try and settle down the backside of the once proud franchise. Along with Edel, Amido Baldé & Dudu Biton both made their debut for the Tel Aviv attack that most desperately needed a boost and change of scenery. Baldé on loan from Celtic and Biton also on loan from Standard Liege will hopefully over time breathe new life into a stagnant offense.
The real question is who orchestrated the moves?
Was it Berkovic who just resigned this morning by sending an SMS to Ramon calling him a "Punk Coward"? Obviously very little love has been lost between the one time Israeli great and the one time great club. Was there a power struggle going on behind the scenes? That's for certain. Who was calling the shots? That's still not known, but when Berkovic's ability to determine which players and the future of his struggling coach Asi Domb would be coming and going was curbed he put himself curbside and out the door. Was there any way for Berkovic to succeed? Possibly if he would have been able to just be a "Yes Man" which if one knows this person's history knows that the chances of that ever happening was zero to nil. Berkovic had made it crystal clear as a blue sky that the minute he couldn't make football decisions and would be overruled he would leave. And that's what he did saying so in an interview with One.co.il that Ido Hagag one of the people in the ownership group would not approve the firing of coach Domb and because of that he was out.
Who could blame Berkovic for wanting to let go of Domb, the club had won only once in 9 matches! The only thing that Berkovic can be blamed for here is for keeping his manager choice in the job for so long when it was obvious to all those around Football Israel that Domb had no place in Ligat Ha'Al.
Beitar Jerusalem has been going through almost the same situation with a public spat between coach Koretzky and owner Tabib. Koretzky plays a very conservative game and wants to get results out of his players. Tabib wants to get results but also see some of his investment flourish and grow in order to turn a profit down the road by selling players. Sometimes that can be a recipe for disaster if the owner plays general manager, scout and decision maker of who should be on the pitch or not. A perfect way to ruin a relationship with a manager.
This would of course upset Koretzky when he is being told which players need to play and possibly even when to play. However, the problem is even deeper than that. Koretzky came from Raanana which of course is not even close to the scale of Beitar in fan support, media scrutiny, operational size and history. Not an easy change for one to make. Koretzky faces pressures coming from all sides as well as from an owner who is known to be demanding. Yet another challenge.
But it looks like Koretzky has weathered that storm after publicly apologizing to Eli Tabib after the match on national TV and that's the difference between the Beitar manager and an all time great in Berkovic. One must kowtow to his boss while the other can pick up and says goodbye.
What is next for the saga of Eyal Berkovic? One can only wonder where he will land up. Will it be back on the radio? In football management? The private sector? Time will tell where Berkovic will go, but what is clear is that he will only go and do where he has 100% control. That's something Berkovic can afford, but not Koretzky.


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The Human Capacity Challenge
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Where We Work / Mozambique
Within the context of human resources for health (HRH) shortages, there has been growing interest in task shifting and the role that community health workers can play in extending health services. In Mozambique, community health programs started in the 1970s with the Agentes Polivalentes Elementars (APEs), who were trained by the Ministry of Health and supported by the community through a fee-for-service scheme. The program was interrupted in the 1980s, and the Ministry of Health was considering revitalizing it. Between December 2008 and May 2009, the Capacity Project developed an operational plan presenting possible scenarios and a recommendation for the best scenario for restarting, consolidating and maintaining the program. The plan draws from field assessments, interviews, documents and a literature review with identification of best practices relevant to the context of Mozambique. The Project also developed an APE training curriculum and profile including entry criteria and expected tasks. APEs will serve the community through health promotion and prevention activities, provide a restricted range of curative services and act as a liaison between the community and staff of health facilities.
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