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A Breakthrough for Language Rights in Northern Ireland
by Timothy Jacob-Owens | Feb 18, 2020
About Timothy Jacob-Owens
Timothy Jacob-Owens is a doctoral researcher in law at the European University Institute in Florence and currently a visiting researcher and tutor in legal theory at the University of Edinburgh School of Law.
Timothy Jacob-Owens "A Breakthrough for Language Rights in Northern Ireland" (OxHRH Blog, 2019) <https://ohrh.law.ox.ac.uk/a-breakthrough-for-language-rights-in-northern-rreland > [Date of Access].
Following the collapse of the power-sharing coalition led by the Democratic Unionist Party and Sinn Féin, Northern Ireland has been without a devolved government for a little over three years. One of the key points of contention in the subsequent negotiations has reportedly been the issue of legal protection for the Irish language. On 10th January it was announced that, with the support of the British and Irish governments, a new deal had been agreed by the two main political parties, including proposals to enact new language legislation. This short post considers the potential significance of the deal for language rights protection in Northern Ireland.
Language rights play a highly salient and divisive role in Northern Ireland. Allegiances to the two 'historical' minority (or 'minoritised') languages, Irish and Ulster Scots, are divided along sectarian lines, with the former generally associated with the nationalist community and the latter with unionists. The issue of legal protection for these languages is thus inextricably bound up with wider sensitivities concerning cultural and political identity.
Irish language rights activists in particular have long sought official recognition and protection for Irish under a standalone Irish Language Act, along the lines of equivalent legislation for Welsh in Wales and the Gaelic Language (Scotland) Act 2005. Under the 2006 St. Andrew's Agreement, the UK government committed to introducing an Irish Language Act and to working with the Stormont Executive to enhance and protect the development of both Irish and Ulster Scots. Despite these commitments, political divisions have remained a barrier to progress: the Executive has even been unable to agree on a strategy document concerning the protection of Irish and in 2017 was thus found to be in breach of its statutory duty under Section 28D(1) of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 by the High Court in Northern Ireland. Concerns regarding the ongoing need for further language legislation in Northern Ireland have been raised by international actors including the United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, the Advisory Committee on the Framework Convention for the Protection of National Minorities, and the Committee of Experts on the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages.
Against this background, the new deal announced last week, which includes commitments concerning legislative protection for both Irish and Ulster Scots, represents an important breakthrough for language rights protection in Northern Ireland. The proposed draft legislation provides for the official recognition of the Irish language, the establishment of an Irish Language Commissioner to develop standards concerning inter alia the use of Irish in public services, and a duty on public authorities to have due regard to these standards. The draft legislation further provides for the long-awaited repeal of the Administration of Justice (Language) Act (Ireland) 1737, which was introduced under English rule to prohibit the use of any language other than English in judicial proceedings. The legislation would also establish a Commissioner for Ulster Scots and a duty on the Department of Education to facilitate the use of Ulster Scots in the education system, as well as creating an Office of Identity and Cultural Expression, whose role would include the promotion of the linguistic heritage of all people living in Northern Ireland.
If enacted, the proposed legislation clearly constitutes a significant step forward for language rights protection in Northern Ireland and has been hailed by language rights activists as a 'historic advancement'. Nonetheless, effective implementation will rely on good faith efforts being made by all actors involved and on the fragile political settlement remaining intact. Furthermore, as campaigners have pointed out, certain key matters remain unaddressed, including the contentious issue of public signage in Irish. While progress has undoubtedly been made, the struggle for language rights protection in Northern Ireland is thus far from over.
Right to Equality and Non-Discrimination
Kishor Dere	on March 4, 2020 at 1:40 pm
These developments for protection and promotion of Irish language are indeed heartening. Better late than never. It is just a matter of time to learn that Irish language would enjoy popularity.
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When you've considered the implications of bringing home a second dog – and decided that you still think it's a good idea – what is the best way to introduce your new dog to your home? How do you best ensure that your current dog will welcome the newbie with open…er, paws? And not open jaws? I'm going to give you a few approaches to expanding your family with a new dog or puppy to increase your chances of doing it successfully.
Overall, what you should consider is: How do I allow my dogs to get to know each other with the least amount of stress? And how do I ensure that whatever stress arises is dealt with quickly, in a way that feels good to my dogs?
With that in mind, here are a few approaches that are available to you.
Before you consider any of these, just make sure that you've read my article on how to introduce your dog to another dog in 10 easy steps. As you might imagine, those steps will come in handy, especially for the initial introduction that you make with your dogs. OK – now for the heart of the matter. How do you best ensure the happy co-existence of your pups, old and new?
This method sounds technical and stressful – and that's because it is. Or, at least, has the potential to be. In HVCIM (for short) you would manage every interaction between the two dogs, for fear that they might not get along so well. You would never allow them free time with each other, especially indoors, and would ensure that you do everything with each of them separately. Feed, train, play, etc.
Now, if you were adopting a dog that had known aggression issues (or if your dog has known aggression issues), then maybe you'd want to err on the side of hyper-vigilance. You want to be sure that your dogs are going to be fine together before you give them free reign – and even then you'd want to avoid charged activities that could potentially lead to violence. Walks together will be great. Feeding together – probably not so much.
Turned off by the idea of having to manage every interaction between your dogs (or maybe simply wondering what the point of having more than one dog is if you can't just let them be a family), then you might decide to follow the complete laissez-faire approach. If you subscribe to this approach, you basically have decided to not worry about it. You bring the new dog home (please at least follow the steps to introduce them), and then just let whatever happens…happen. If you're lucky – no problems. If you're less fortunate, the new dog in the household creates new energy in the household, which in turn creates problems for you, and for your family, and for your current dog. Then you call me to help you figure out how to help your dogs get along with each other. And while I'm happy to help, why not just proceed on to the "middle way", which I think you'll find to be much more satisfying and successful. End of conversation.
The thing is, there are aspects of both of the previously described approaches that make sense.
Hyper-vigilance ensures that you're aware of the potential for situations to get too energized, or stressful, and for negative interactions to occur.
Complete Laissez-faire allows you to relax a bit, to trust things to work out the way that they're supposed to, and recognizes that not all situations are going to be problematic.
You can bring both of these approaches together in the Middle Way.
Your goal is to keep things relatively stress-free for you and your dogs.
When thinking about potential situations, think about how "energized" they are.
And then ask yourself if there's a way for you to manage that energy – meaning can you give each of your dogs a way to release that energy, so they avoid getting stressed? And so they avoid taking it out on (or with) each other?
Or conversely, if the situation is low-key, then you probably don't need to be concerned.
In general, it's helpful for you to remember the difference between how dog's experience emotional intensity in an indoor environment versus an outdoor environment. What that means is that indoors, you'll probably want to err on the side of Hyper-vigilance in situations that produce lots of energy – like, for instance, meal-time. And in situations that are low-key (like everyone hanging out reading in the living room), you can just relax about it.
If your dogs get stirred up and start to wrestle, then it's probably a good idea to bring them outside for a play session – rather than letting things escalate indoors. Of course the way that you do that can be completely low-key and stress-free – don't get all freaked out about it! To the extent that it's possible, all of your indoor interactions should focus on keeping things relaxed for each of your dogs. Even downtime in their separate crates can be beneficial for maintaining a chilled-out vibe in your home.
Outdoors your dogs have more emotional flexibility, so you can experiment a bit to see how they interact outside the home. However, the best strategy for managing outdoor time is to always start out with a walk together. If you can have one human for each dog, so much the better. The walk allows you to give your dogs time to feel themselves united by a common purpose (the walk), and since their attention and energy is directed at their experience of the environment, it also gives them a chance to calibrate their emotional interactions with each other. Contrast this with taking your dogs outside and having them just focus on each other, or on competing for toys/attention – which might not be a sure recipe for disaster, but will surely increase your chances of creating strife amongst the canines.
After your walk, you can bring the dogs to an open space where they can play more freely. You'll find that the quality of their interactions is much less intense, and much more playful. In order for play to occur, there has to be some energy flowing between them – but too much intensity is more likely to lead to fights than wrestling and chasing each other. As a safety precaution, you should have one of the dogs attached to a long leash - so in case altercations break out you can separate them more easily (if both dogs are on long leashes you run the risk of getting them entangled, so I'd go with a long leash and a short leash, or a long leash and a simple flat collar on dog #2).
Watch them to see if they're flipping polarities easily – switching from chasing to being chased (predator to prey) and vice versa. If the dogs appear to be "stuck," or if the energy is starting to get a little heated, then that's a good time to separate them. You can walk some more (to get the energy flowing), or separately play tug-of-war (or do pushing) with them as individuals, to help them release any of the stress that was building up between them.
Make sure you trust your gut on when it's time to split the dogs up and work with them individually to release energy and stress. I can't tell you how many times I've talked to a client about a dog fight only to have them tell me something like "I knew it was going to happen, but I just let things keep going." Trust yourself. Always better to have too little play between the dogs (and more interaction between you and each dog as individuals) than to have there be too much and have a fight erupt.
Overall the structure is simple. Spend time with each of your dogs separately. Spend time with them together. It's helpful to have one human per dog, so if they need to be split apart you can do that easily. Remember that play time between the dogs can raise their energy level and stress (even if it's fun) – so make sure you allow time for your dogs to release stress with YOU each day (the aforementioned pushing and tug are good places to start). Give your dogs plenty of downtime, and keep the indoor environment as relaxing as possible.
Pay attention to what's happening between them, and if you feel like there's too much friction (or that your dogs aren't orienting enough around you), then feel free to use crates as a vehicle for keeping your dogs chilled out and safe – apart from each other. Then, when they come out of the crate, let that be time (at least initially) spent with you, outside, pushing, tugging, connecting. Of course there are also lots of activities on my instructional DVD set to help you build and strengthen your connection with each of your dogs.
You might recall that my dog Nola used to be a terribly aggressive dog. Even back then, whenever I had a roommate with a dog, or a girlfriend with a dog, or (you get the picture), she always seemed to be able to work it out with them and get along well. I think that this is because overall, even when I didn't entirely "know what I was doing," I was still paying attention to my intuition and a common sense approach to the best way to grow one's family without too much friction. Of course it does happen that dogs don't always get along, but in general, if you stay relaxed, reasonably aware of what's going on, and take preventative measures – along with working in exercises to keep your dogs focused on you instead of each other – then it'll work out just fine. And if you're really paying attention to helping your dogs release stress with you, then you can be reasonably sure that they won't take it out on each other.
Ultimately your dogs want what you want: a happy, stress-free family.


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The MS4 mesh has a nominal aperture size of 0.50 mm and a nominal wire diameter of 0.31 mm (data from Leeds Test Objects SFS set specification sheet). A paper that includes the use of the MS4 mesh to show defective detector lines can be found here: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10278-008-9109-0.
The custom test object contains a #36 mesh with an aperture of 0.48 mm and a wire diameter of 0.22 mm (data from The Mesh Company website). It should be noted that other mesh companies are available, such as BOPP.
The test objects were exposed using 50 kVp, 3 mAs and a focus to detector distance of approximately 1.5 m.
The custom mesh was imaged at five different angles to the detector pixel matrix: 0, 3, 14, 28 and 49 degrees. The MS4 was imaged at approximately 45 degrees to the detector pixel matrix. 100 % crops from each image are shown below. The broken vertical line can be seen running down the centre of each image. Each of the five custom mesh crops are for the same window level and width. The MS4 crop uses a different window level and width to provide good visibility of the broken line. Broken line is visible in each image, but presents differently depending on the angle of the mesh.


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Aimed at people aged 15-18 years who are considering further study in Computing & IT or for those who'd like to try their hand at designing their own mobile app.
It's a great opportunity for those with an interest in the area to try some hands-on activities including designing their own mobile app. There's also the option to take a look around the College facilities and get more information about further study options available after school.
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Food insecurity is associated with incomplete HIV RNA suppression among homeless and marginally housed HIV-infected individuals in San Francisco
Sheri D. Weiser, Edward A. Frongillo, Kathleen Ragland, Robert S. Hogg, Elise D. Riley, David R. Bangsberg
BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES: There is growing international concern that food insecurity may negatively impact antiretroviral (ARV) treatment outcomes, but no studies have directly evaluated the effect of food insecurity on viral load suppression and antiretroviral adherence. We hypothesized that food insecurity would be associated with poor virologic response among homeless and marginally housed HIV-positive ARV-treated patients. DESIGN: This is a cross-sectional study. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Participants were ARV-treated homeless and marginally housed persons receiving adherence monitoring with unannounced pill counts in the Research on Access to Care in the Homeless (REACH) Cohort. MEASUREMENTS: Food insecurity was measured by the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS). The primary outcome was suppression of HIV viral RNA to <50 copies/ml. We used multivariate logistic regression to assess whether food insecurity was associated with viral suppression. RESULTS: Among 104 participants, 51% were food secure, 24% were mildly or moderately food insecure and 25% were severely food insecure. Severely food insecure participants were less likely to have adherence >=80%. In adjusted analyses, severe food insecurity was associated with a 77% lower odds of viral suppression (95% CI = 0.06-0.82) when controlling for all covariates. In analyses stratified by adherence level, severe food insecurity was associated with an 85% lower odds of viral suppression (95% CI = 0.02-0.99) among those with <=80% adherence and a 66% lower odds among those with >80% adherence (95% CI = 0.06-1.81). CONCLUSIONS: Food insecurity is present in half of the HIV-positive urban poor in San Francisco, one of the best resourced settings for HIV-positive individuals in the United States, and is associated with incomplete viral suppression. These findings suggest that ensuring access to food should be an integral component of public health HIV programs serving impoverished populations.
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Weiser, S. D., Frongillo, E. A., Ragland, K., Hogg, R. S., Riley, E. D., & Bangsberg, D. R. (2009). Food insecurity is associated with incomplete HIV RNA suppression among homeless and marginally housed HIV-infected individuals in San Francisco. Journal of general internal medicine, 24(1), 14-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-008-0824-5
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Weiser, SD, Frongillo, EA, Ragland, K, Hogg, RS, Riley, ED & Bangsberg, DR 2009, 'Food insecurity is associated with incomplete HIV RNA suppression among homeless and marginally housed HIV-infected individuals in San Francisco', Journal of general internal medicine, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 14-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-008-0824-5
Weiser SD, Frongillo EA, Ragland K, Hogg RS, Riley ED, Bangsberg DR. Food insecurity is associated with incomplete HIV RNA suppression among homeless and marginally housed HIV-infected individuals in San Francisco. Journal of general internal medicine. 2009 Jan;24(1):14-20. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-008-0824-5
Weiser, Sheri D. ; Frongillo, Edward A. ; Ragland, Kathleen ; Hogg, Robert S. ; Riley, Elise D. ; Bangsberg, David R. / Food insecurity is associated with incomplete HIV RNA suppression among homeless and marginally housed HIV-infected individuals in San Francisco. In: Journal of general internal medicine. 2009 ; Vol. 24, No. 1. pp. 14-20.
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The True Story of "The Assassination of Gianni Versace"
Did the designer meet his killer seven years earlier?
In 1997, the world gasped as Gianni Versace was shot to death on the doorstep of his Miami mansion. (Meinzahn / iStock)
By Roger Catlin
When Ryan Murphy, the producer of TV shows from "Glee" to "American Horror Story," began a new anthology series on celebrated criminal cases, his "The People vs. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story," a celebrity-filled recreation of the trial, received nine Emmy Awards and two Golden Globes.
And while the bloody murders at the heart of that case were never showed in the 10-part series that aired in 2016, the lavish new installment of the series "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" that premieres tonight on FX begins with the blunt and brutal shooting murder of the design icon.
It occurred just over 20 years ago, on July 15, 1997, on the steps of opulent Casa Casuarina mansion on Miami Beach's Ocean Drive. The influential 50-year-old designer was just returning home from a jaunt to get cigarettes and magazines. The perpetrator was Andrew Cunanan, a troubled 27- year-old with no fixed address, who was obsessed with wealth and fame, and was already on the FBI's Top 10 Most Wanted list when he arrived in Miami. He had killed four people in the four months before the Versace murder. Witnesses chased Cunanan, who shot Versace in broad daylight, but failed to catch him. The killer was found eight days later in a Miami houseboat, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, from the same gun he had used on three of his victims.
Darren Criss, who gained fame as a singer on Murphy's "Glee," plays the killer Andrew Cunanan; Edgar Ramirez, the Venezuelan actor who earned an Emmy Award for his title role in the series "Carlos," is Versace. Penélope Cruz plays his sister Donatella; Ricky Martin is his partner Antonio D'Amico.
But is what happens over the nine episodes — which mostly goes back and follows Cunanan's murderous trail — close to what actually happened?
Its producers are confident it is very close, as it is based on Maureen Orth's 1999 book Vulgar Favors: Andrew Cunanan, Gianni Versace and the Largest Failed Manhunt in U.S. History.
Vulgar Favors (FX American Crime Story Tie-in Edition): The Assassination of Gianni Versace
Two months before Gianni Versace was murdered on the steps of his Miami Beach mansion by Andrew Cunanan, award-winning journalist Maureen Orth was investigating a major story on the serial killer for Vanity Fair.
Though Orth is listed as a consultant on the project, she said last week in an interview, "I didn't see the finished episodes until after they were completed.
"They weren't asking me, 'Did this happen or did that happen?'" said Orth.
"I would say my sourcing in the book is 95 percent or more on the record, and I talked to over 400 people," Orth told reporters at the TV Critics Association winter press tour panel last week. "And so, so many things that you might think were made up aren't made up. They happened."
One that comes up quickly is a flashback to a time when Cunanan met Versace seven years before the murder when Versace was called in to do costumes at the San Francisco Opera. Cunanan, a University of California, San Diego, dropout who was living in San Francisco's Castro District, made it a point to meet the fashion icon.
"Cunanan was invited to a party to meet Versace," Orth said during the press session. "And I talked to at least, I'd say, five different people on the record who went to the party, who saw them talking. And then I also talked to one of Andrew's friends who claims that Andrew was riding around in a white convertible with Versace and Antonio one night and a kind of decadent socialite from San Francisco who was well known, and Andrew had him bring the car over to the curb so he could introduce and make them see that he was with Versace."
These days, someone would take a selfie and post it on all manner of social media. And that's the kind of celebrity proximation Cunanan sought, Orth says.
"Today you can be an Instagram star or YouTube star," she says. "If he had been born later, maybe that's what he would have gone for. But in order to be recognized, he wanted to be famous so much that he was willing to kill for it.
"He presages the Kardashians making a sex tape to become famous or whatever you do to become famous these days."
"The story about him meeting Versace is told by Andrew and told in a flashback," says "American Crime Story" executive producer Brad Simpson, "because we wanted to dramatize the story Andrew was telling and present it as 'This is what Andrew said happened.'" Their meeting is presented as if it was something that Cunanan, an inveterate liar, might have made up. And as detailed as the book was, screenwriter Tom Rob Smith still had a challenge, Simpson says.
"A lot of the first-person accounts of what happened were not possible," he says. "Maureen obviously had an incredibly researched book, but the people who knew Andrew, who were killed by him, can't tell their stories."
So, what transpires when his first victim Jeff Trail was murdered in Minneapolis in April 1997 or when his second victim, David Madson, was taken at gunpoint across several states a month later necessarily has to be imagined.
"We did the same on the 'O.J.,'" Murphy says. "We didn't have access to what Marcia Clark said to Christopher Darden. We didn't meet Marcia until we were done shooting episode six. So, we had no access to exact conversations and idealizations that took place on that show either."
Murphy says he trusts Smith's scripts, which he calls "very emotional and accurate at the same time."
"You have these tiny points of truth, and you then try to connect the tissue between it.," Smith says. "But I would never use the word 'embellishing' or 'making up.' It's trying to join those pinpoints."
But the family of the designer had less faith.
"The Versace family has neither authorized nor had any involvement whatsoever in the forthcoming TV series about the death of Mr. Gianni Versace," the family said in a statement last week. "Since Versace did not authorize the book on which it is partly based nor has it taken part in the writing of the screenplay, this TV series should only be considered as a work of fiction."
FX replied that like the "O.J." series, its new "American Crime Story" was based on a nonfiction bestseller that was "heavily researched and authenticated nonfiction" and concluded, "We stand by the meticulous reporting of Ms. Orth."
For her part, Orth says of the Cunanan question, "He absolutely did know Versace. To what extent he had a relationship with him or was seen with him afterwards or anything like that, I don't know." Cunanan told more than one person that when the designer came up to him at the dance club Colossus in San Francisco in 1990 he said, "Hi, I'm Gianni Versace," and Cunanan had responded with the brash line, "If you're Gianni Versace, then I'm Coco Chanel." Orth says, "He definitely said that line…Three or four people told me that."
Simpson says it is important that the series remind the public of the importance of Versace "as this disruptor and as this creative genius."
"I think Versace hasn't been given due credit," says Smith. "I think all you have to do is a simple research check and ask why hasn't a great biography been written of Versace when you look at what a pioneer he was both in fashion and in sexual politics."
In his day, Versace was not only a renowned designer, whose fashion house also produced makeup, fragrances, accessories and home furnishings, whose work was featured in films and theater, but he was also a friend of such stars as Elton John, Cher, Sting, Madonna and Eric Clapton. His friend Princess Diana attended his funeral. He was also a successful, gay icon at a time when there were fewer openly gay prominent people.
"Being declared a 'Most Wanted' didn't happen until after the fourth murder," Orth says, of Cunanan. And the FBI moved cautiously at the time, she adds, because "they were freaked by the O.J. trial. They were so worried that in a circumstantial evidence trial, how were they going to try it? What were they going to do? They had to cross every 't' and dot every 'i' and that gave him valuable time to get away."
"This is the largest FBI failed manhunt of all time, and I couldn't find podcasts on it," Smith says. "Why has this story not been told? Why has Versace not been given credit as this genius, and why has the great story only been told by Maureen's book? Why are there not multiple takes on this story?"
The nine-part "The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story" begins Wednesday, Jan. 17 on FX.
About Roger Catlin
Roger Catlin is a freelance writer in Washington D.C. who writes frequently about the arts for The Washington Post and other outlets. He wrote for many years at The Hartford Courant and writes mostly about TV on his blog rogercatlin.com.
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Clathroterebra joelbartschi is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Terebridae.

Original description
 Poppe G.T., Tagaro S.P. & Goto Y. (2018). New marine species from the Central Philippines. Visaya. 5(1): 91-135. page(s): 108, pl. 11 figs 1-3.

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External links
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Terebridae
Gastropods described in 2018

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Mid to dark green open heads with very finely curled leaves. A leaf type that will suit both sandwich production and fresh whole head.
A triple red oak leaf lettuce.
Little Gem, dark shiny red, for North - and South Europe.
Multi-leaf Salanova(r) type with striking red/bright green bicoloured tender leaves.
Upright habit with large, bronze / green lobed leaves; bolt resistant.
Thick, finely-curled leaves with a glossy red colour; semi-erect heart with good bolting resistance.
Good taste and shape, well closed heads.
Summer, Autumn and Winter production in temperate areas.
Red gem lettuce. Outdoor production. Nice dark red colour. Slow filling, slightly open and slow bolting. Slightly larger than most gem varieties.
Eduardo as a reliable variety, which can be used from mid-spring until autumn.
Batavia, the most common lettuce in France, can be red or green. It has an earthy flavour and a slight crunch to the leaves.
Lollo Rosso forms a distinct compact rosette of blood violet fan-shaped leaves with a non-hearting pale green base. The leaves have a crisp, semi-succulent, hardy texture and ruffled tips. Lollo Rosso's flavor is bold, slightly bitter and nutty.


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This one probably goes without saying, but Jeep SUVs are built with tough terrain in mind, which means they're up to just about whatever you throw their way. You'll find many of the same legendary 4×4 systems built into the inventory of our Nashua area dealer's used Jeep models that you would expect to find in a brand new model, which means you can rely on the same capability and dependability.
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Telling My Teens about Christmas in the 80s
December 4, 2022 By Katy
"Feeeeed the woooooorld. Let them know it's Christmas time!" I sing a song from Christmas in the 80s in the car. Out of the corner of my eye, I see my teenage daughter look at me. She is unimpressed. "Why is that even a Christmas song?" she asks. She has a good point. Amidst all [Read More]
Telling My Teen All About Flashdance
October 3, 2022 By Katy
Nobody likes to argue with their chidren, especially their teenage children. However, I actually enjoyed a recent argument I had with my fifteen-year-old daughter. It started when she asked me to stop talking about her going to college. She is a sophomore in high school and I innocently said something like "In a few years, [Read More]
Telling My Teens about the "Old Days" (When I Was a Kid)
"Mom, did they have paper plates when you were little?" I looked at my teen who had just asked this question, thinking he had to be joking. But he stared at me with all seriousness. My teenager thought we didn't have PAPER PLATES when I was little? You mean, in the 70s and 80s? Yikes! [Read More]
Gen X Greetings to Use While Social Distancing
July 5, 2020 By Katy
Some days during the pandemic I felt like Ally Sheedy's character, Allison Reynolds, in The Breakfast Club. I buried my head, refused to talk, and felt scared and skittish. Yet there were days during quarantine when I felt like a totally different John Hughes' character, Ferris Bueller. I looked for small sources of joy in [Read More]
Ok Gen X: Thinking about the 70s and 80s
January 5, 2020 By Katy
Last fall my teenage son started using the phrase "Ok Boomer" just about every day. "Hey, don't forget to take out the trash," I'd say. "Ok Boomer," he replied. "Time to go to church! Let's get in the car," I'd mention. "Ok Boomer," he replied. Like most Gen Xers, I was offended by his reply. [Read More]
Of Pedicures, the 80s, and Midlife
August 20, 2018 By Katy
My daughter, 11, and I went to get pedicures the other day. It's a little luxury that I splurge on in the summer when people actually see my feet. The nail salon we go to is very nice–nothing scary or dirty, and the nail "stylists" are professional. (Is that what they are? What is their [Read More]
Still More Generation X References That My Kids Don't Get
April 16, 2018 By Katy
I sat on the couch next to my teenage son. Growing cold, I reached out and grabbed the blanket next to him. That's when inspiration struck. "Reach out, reach out and touch someone!" I sang as I leaned over him. "Read out, reach out, and just say hi!" He looked at me as though I [Read More]


Can we guess what your first job was? Chances are, if it wasn't a paper route, lawn care or snow clearing – it was babysitting! Were we right?
Well, now that you have a tween or a teen at home, there's also a good chance that they will be babysitting soon, too. Babysitting is a big responsibility, and there are important things that you and your child need to consider before getting started. Here are some babysitting tips from ManitobaParentZone to help your child stay safe and have fun?and maybe even make a little money at the same time.
Most parents feel that 12 is about the time that tweens are ready to start thinking about babysitting, although not all 12 year olds are ready to stay at home alone, never mind babysit. Remember that Manitoba law states that children under 12 may be in need of protection if they are left unattended and without reasonable provision for their safety. If your child is expressing an interest in babysitting, consider what other responsibilities he or she can handle successfully. Children with younger siblings might have a higher comfort level babysitting, but it's usually best to base this decision on your child's individual skills and maturity.
The Canadian Red Cross, as well as other organizations, offer babysitting courses for tweens and teens. These courses provide first aid and safety information as well as practical tips and helpful hints for first time babysitters. Having this certification might help your child feel more confident in their babysitting abilities. It may also help your child promote herself or himself to potential clients.
Of course, your child will also need to find families to babysit for! One of the best sources of babysitting clients are those families that are known to you ? either family friends or families in your neighborhood. You can spread the word amongst family and friends once your child is ready to babysit, and very likely, you will get a few bites. Using the internet or social media to offer babysitting services is not recommended as it can place your teen in difficult to manage and potentially dangerous situations. If you don't know the family especially well, it is a good idea to accompany your child on a visit to the home before he or she commits to babysitting. This gives you an opportunity to see the home, as well as to get to know the parents and family a little better before your child is left unattended in the home.
Before he or she agrees to babysit, remind your teen to discuss expectations for routines like bedtimes and snack times, and to ask what cleanup should look like in the home ? for example, do dishes go in the sink or in the dishwasher right away? Your teen should also have an idea of how long the babysitting shift will last. Will it start at 5 p.m. or at 7 p.m.? Does your teen need to feed the children in his/her care or will they be fed before the parents go out? It's also a good idea for you and your child to have an idea of when the parents expect to be home. For example, if the babysitting is to occur on a school night, will the parents be home by 11 p.m. or do they expect to be home after midnight? Make sure the expectations feel reasonable to your teen and to you.
Fees should also be set beforehand. Negotiating fees and rates might feel tricky to a less-assertive teen, but your child has the right to be paid fairly for her or his services. You can help by getting an idea of the going rate in your neighborhood by asking around or your teen can check with friends who babysit.
Each babysitter has different skills and comfort levels, and it's okay for your child to decline jobs that he or she isn't ready for or doesn't feel are a good fit. Not every teen feels ready to babysit a very young baby, a child with behaviour challenges, a child with life-threatening allergies, or several siblings at once. It's also important to notice any potential safety concerns in the home, such as renovations in progress, unruly pets, or swimming pools and hot tubs, and discuss them with the family before agreeing to the job. Remind your child that even if he or she declines a particular job, another will come along.
Babysitting is a job, so encourage your child to be at his or her best, by being on time, courteous, and dressed comfortably and appropriately. Although your teen might have a cell phone, encourage her or him to tuck it away in an accessible but non-tempting place, and to use it sparingly. It is not a good idea for friends to visit while your child is babysitting, nor is it safe for him or her to use headphones after the children go to sleep ? he or she may not hear them if they call.
At the beginning of the babysitting shift, your child should also be informed of where the parents will be and how best to reach them. Your child should also ask the parents if they would like her to answer the phone while they are out. She or he should also find out where the first aid supplies are in case they are needed, as well as what the family's fire escape plan is. Don't forget family pets ? it is important to know if your child is expected to feed the pet, to know how often they might need to go outside, and if they are allowed on the furniture. It might also be helpful if your child is able to reach you throughout the time period he or she babysits - particularly for the new babysitter. Knowing that you are available to assist him or her, if things start feeling overwhelming, can be very comforting to a new babysitter.
Make sure you and your child are both clear about how she or he will get home after finishing the shift. If a ride home is needed and you know the family well, you might be comfortable with a parent driving your child, or you may prefer to pick your child up. It is essential that your child knows not to accept a ride home if he or she thinks the parents might have been drinking. Create a backup plan with your child ahead of time so that your child is comfortable with the options available to him/her. You might want to rehearse what she/he would say to the parent, as well as come up with a plan for how your child can contact you quickly and discreetly if needed.
After your child gets home, talk to her about the experience. Ask what went well and also explore if there were any problem areas. Check to see if there was anything that made him or her feel unsure, uncomfortable, or even just gave him or her a strange feeling. Use your parental intuition and investigate further if you need to.
Babysitting can be a great way to gain experience and references for future part-time work, and hopefully your tween or teen will have fun along the way, too. Check the links below for more great tips and information about babysitting, aimed at both teens and parents.
TeenHealth Babysitting Centre – KidsHealth's Teen section has an awesome collection of articles about babysitting, all written with your teen in mind.
Winnipeg Police Service: Babysitting – Essential safety tips for teen babysitters from the Winnipeg Police Service.
Canadian Red Cross: Babysitting Course – Learn more about the babysitting course offered by the Canadian Red Cross.
Fire Prevention Canada: A Babysitter's Guide to Fire Safety – Being prepared for everything and anything is a big part of being a great babysitter. Fire safety is no exception.
Canada Safety Council: What you and your babysitter need to know – This article offers tips for parents who are hiring babysitters but might be useful for parents of the babysitters, too.


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The Election is Over, Time for a Marshall Plan and Educational Reparations for Black People. But, The Plans Must Be White-Proof.
by Sharif El-Mekki
America is turning a corner. Or so it hopes; so it claims.
We have just elected a rational adult to the Presidency, thanks in no small part to the turnout of Black Americans in places like Philadelphia, Atlanta, Milwaukee, Detroit and beyond. There is now a budding hope for a return to some semblance of norms, normalcy, decency, and decorum. Much of the public is similarly hopeful that two of the most pressing threats to our nation–racism and the COVID-19 pandemic–may actually be dealt with in good faith by competent people newly returned to positions of power.
And while the public health component, by no means easy or uncomplicated, seems a comparatively straightforward matter of following medical and scientific guidance, the response to our long-overdue national reckoning with systemic racism is rife with challenge and disagreement even between those on the same side of the partisan divide.
Yet, given the essential role that Black Americans played in facilitating the return of competence to the White House, how will President-elect Biden make meaningful progress toward extinguishing the scourge of systemic racism?
It will not be through smart slogans or silver bullet policy solutions. Simply nominating more Black leaders into Cabinet positions–while very important–is far from sufficient. The challenge calls for a solution on the order of a Marshall Plan for Black America. In recent years, Black members of Congress have championed such an undertaking as well as the likes of the Urban League and other advocates for people of color. The Biden administration has a historic opportunity and obligation to take up the cause.
Centuries of well-architected oppression have exacted social and economic devastation on the Black community akin to that inflicted on the nations of Europe in World War II. The post-war reconstruction of Europe was one of the greatest peacetime foreign investments the U.S. has ever made–about $145 billion in today's dollars. Are we not capable of an investment of at least as much every year for our own citizens?
The 2008 bank bailouts amounted to more than $4 trillion. A Marshall Plan for Black America would be a rounding error in the CARES Act and other recent stimulus spending. Do Black lives not matter at least that much?
Economic empowerment would be an essential component of such a plan. Median Black household wealth is just a fraction of that for white Americans–less than 1/10th by recent estimates. This, despite our ancestors having built the economic foundations of this country while enslaved.
The case for reparations has already been made. The moral debt has compounded many times over. Black American must be made whole.
To that end, as I have argued, in order for Black lives to matter, Black minds must matter. Reparations cannot be made without a radical investment in the education of Black children and adults. Decoupling the legacy of residential redlining from the funding of and assignment to elementary and secondary schools, delivering true equity in education for Black and brown families by ensuring they can choose the public school that meets their unique needs, and creating low and no-cost pathways to college and career training are the floor, not the ceiling of real educational reparations.
There is an urgent need to get more Black and brown teachers into our classrooms. We need curricula informed by the trauma done to communities and students of color – as well curricula that highlights the brilliance, creativity, and resilience that we used to resist white supremacy. We need our schools to be centers of our communities and welcoming to all families. We need a culture of accelerated learning that does not expect less of Black and brown children and in so doing, resign them to just that.
But it still must be more than that.
We should ensure HBCUs are funded on par with predominantly white institutions, but are also actively supported in their profoundly positive impact on the broader Black economy. Doing that is essential as it is clear that education alone will not solve the economic disenfranchisement of people of color. A Black person with an advanced degree possesses on average just one-sixth of the wealth that a similarly educated white person possesses.
Structural barriers to economic empowerment are real and pervasive, even for our the most educationally accomplished Black folks. We must build an economic ecosystem that supports Black entrepreneurs, supports the economic stability of Black families, and decriminalizes the lives of Black men and women. This would not be a handout – it is a simple calculus of justice.
Building a meaningful Marshall Plan for Black America will require not just resources and the right policy changes, but an implementation strategy that will ensure it lasts. Here too we can draw on the lessons of history. We must build a functional and durable implementing infrastructure as well as internal and external security guarantees for Black and brown communities like those enjoyed by the recovering societies of post-war Europe.
First, whatever the administration proposes, it must be implementable in four years and difficult to dismantle if and, more accurately, when the pendulum swings back from the thrust of 70 million Trump voters and their next town crier. We have seen what a determined opponent, driven by maniacal personal animus toward his or her predecessor, can do to discrete accomplishments of the prior administration. Health care, protections for Dreamers, even the balance of the Supreme Court are strong evidence of the tenuous nature of Presidential legacy and success.
Reform must be enduring to be effective. We must entrench it even deeper than the inequity which it seeks to unravel is planted.
Second, it must also be able to withstand the withering political pressure of white privilege.
It must be "white proof".
White America perceives white privilege in the same way a fish perceives water–it only notices its absence. And when something even vaguely threatens the abeyance of that privilege, the outrage machine of Right Wing Media, social conservatism and their allies – and even "foxy white liberals" – can bring to bear unrivaled political pressure to either forestall further efforts to undermine their privilege or, as we saw starkly during the Trump administration, to expand its pernicious reach.
Just as we did in Europe, we must also ensure the physical safety of Black and brown people. President Trump did not simply inflame the passions of the worst of white America, he legitimized and empowered its most violent fringe. In the wake of that and to recover from it, communities of color need the same security guarantees afforded to our World War II allies.
We need to be safe from threats both foreign and domestic. Safe in our homes and on our neighborhood streets without fear of the randomness of death from a militarized police force. Safe to vote and speak without fear of modern-day brownshirts descending upon us for doing so. And safe to grow and thrive in a world and country that no longer ignores the disproportionate impact of environmental racism and climate change on Black and brown communities.
The election of Joe Biden, made possible in large part by Black voters, is unquestionably good for our country. Just how good it will be for our Black and brown brothers and sisters is an open question. A Marshall Plan for Black America would be a worthy and proportionate response to that question.
The original version of this blog was published in the Philadelphia Inquirer.
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Sharif El-Mekki is the principal of Mastery Charter School–Shoemaker Campus, a neighborhood public charter school in Philadelphia that serves 750 students in grades 7-12. From 2013-2015, he was one of three principal ambassador fellows working on issues of education policy and practice with U.S. Department of Education under Secretary Arne Duncan.
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Locals line the streets to enjoy a vibrant celebration. A colorful parade winding through Hamilton, Bermuda, is the highlight of Bermuda Day—an annual patriotic holiday featuring dance troupes, bands and decorated floats.
For more than a decade, Johns Hopkins Medicine has remained committed to ensuring that Bermudians stay healthy and informed, and have access to the best care possible—all part of our mission to improve the health of the community and the world.
To show our commitment to achieving wellness in Bermuda and to embed ourselves deeper in the community, Johns Hopkins Medicine International (JHI) joined the Bermuda Day festivities in 2017 and 2018. The Johns Hopkins team walked the parade route with a colorful float, taking home the chamber of commerce award for best corporate float on both occasions.
Participating in the parade was a humbling experience. Having people walk up to us saying "Thank you for all you do" or "Johns Hopkins saved my father's life" is a testament that our relationship with the island is making a difference.
For Bermudian Norette Simmons, the 2018 Bermuda Day Parade was a day to celebrate that her teenage daughter was out of danger after a diagnosis of stage III pre-cervical cancer.
This post highlights content from JHI's FY17-FY18 Impact Report, Realizing the Mission. Read the full report and check out this video to learn more about our transformational work in international collaborative health from the last two fiscal years.


When I open a different project file, the contents of the first project file are displayed.The colleagues next to me are exactly the same as the problems I have encountered .And sometimes open the project file, the software did not respond.I don't know the reason.Can you help me or have some S32DS instructions for us study ?Thank you very much !
Basically - projects in your workspace are visible on the left side (screenshot #1). You can open it by double click. Active projects are marked by arrow front of project name.
You can create new project from example or empty one: File ->New . If you like to add an existing project - you can import it into workspace: File -> Import (screenshot #2).


With the Summer approaching I've been adding to my Spring/Summer wardrobe. As I've said in previous posts I'm trying to add more colour (other than black) to my wardrobe. Now what I have worked out is that you can wear something colourful paired with a black jacket, gilet, trench coat etc. So that's as far as I've got recently.
The jumpsuit and faux fur gilet are both from CelebLook, which is an online website that has the most gorgeous, yet affordable clothes. I ordered this jumpsuit in a size 8 and it fits me perfect! That is hard for me with me being so petite and not the tallest of people. Hello troll doll! I absolutely love the contrast of these colours together, I don't own that many items in wardrobe that are pastel shades. What do we think? Yay or nay? I've honestly not had the faux fur gilet off either. I love anything with shabby hair! Now you can call me dumb, but I can't believe how warm these things are to say they don't have sleeves! (I've never owned a gilet before) ha. I can see this being a staple throughout the year already.