Cecilie Harris is the Norwegian editor of Boys by Girls magazine. We asked fellow photographer Rebecca Hawkes to meet her in London, the creative heart of the magazine. Despite having found her beat in an adopted country, the editor can still miss the honesty of home.
Growing up she met with the sea each morning. The breakfast routine was accompanied by an ever-present horizon. Seen from the kitchen window and silent as the porridge was made, the coffee brewed, it didn't go unnoticed. Although tides change, and time moves on, that horizon is still one of the influences Cecilie Harris sites on impacting her photography. It shows up in the clean lines, in the negative space and the stillness she captures. The male models in her pictures go on adventures and contemplate in equal measures.
Cecilie grew up next to the sea in Stavanger, and myself next to the Thames in London. While Cecilie saw the comings and goings of the tide, I watched as my father rowed along the river. As most stories go, romance sees a turn of events. As I fell in love and moved to Norway, Cecilie moved to my city of London.
Two photographers, two countries, two similar stories.
We meet on a grey rainy day in London. It is the beginning of November, and the wind blows and the sun keeps its distance from behind the clouds. I do not expect any more, nor any less, from a city famous for its gloomy skies. Although having met and worked with Cecilie before on her publication Boys by Girls magazine, I feel the nerves that only come from photographing another photographer. Upon arriving, Cecilie greets me with a small smile and my worries disperse.
As we settle next to the window of her local coffee shop in Battersea, Cecilie makes a gesture to the chalkboard sign outside. It proudly reads that for three years they have been voted best place for coffee in London, a fitting place to start.
How are you and how is the new issue of the magazine? I ask, as though the two questions are intertwined with the same answer.
She loosens the coat from her shoulders, and with a relaxed breath she tells me that the magazine has gone to the printers and that it will be in stores in only a couple of days. She has already seen a test print of what will the 9th issue of the magazine, and she is happy with the result. I know that sigh of relief; it is one that only comes after the complete effort to put new work into the world. Making a magazine is almost like making magic.
With this as our starting point, we leap into discussing how the idea for a magazine was sparked, and the process of producing the latest issue. Enduring nine issues as a niche publication is never easy, but Cecilie tells me how her years in IT, when first moving to London, both prepared her for the editorial role and taught her the skills she needed to know.
– London opened up so many possibilities for me. I met a boy and took the opportunity to move to a bigger city than my home town Stavanger, which opened up so many opportunities and exciting work options for me.
I nod in agreement, although for me moving to a smaller community has allowed my career and creative aspirations to grow. I would rather be a big fish in a small pond.
– It wasn't until I had grown a creative community outside of my IT job that I started to think that living life as a photographer was possible. I had always taken pictures, as had a lot of my family, but I got my start upon a commission when I started working with a music producer and singer. It was fun, and I soon started photographing more musicians. They were happy with my images and I became more and more fascinated. It was from here that I moved into photographing models and the world of stylists and make-up-artists.
Focusing on male models, she found them to be more fascinating to work because it is more of a challenge.
– Without the hair, make up and often elaborate wardrobe, you have to do more with less.
Holding our hands tightly around our mugs, from time to time we look towards the wrapped up people walking by in scarves, hats and the occasional umbrella. There is no end to the inspiration to be found in this city. It is the city I grew up in, but now it seems like more of a stranger to me, but a source of creative community to Cecilie. We talk about people watching, and the international melting pot that the city offers.
I see the English as more eccentric than the Norwegians, but from Cecilie's perspective we – the English – can be more conservative. Cecilie sights the impact of creating within a space that is so diverse, as a liberation to go out and tell your own story. She sees that stereotypes are changing, the open gay community has allowed a lot more people to openly create and be up front about their sexuality. But she also sees that a little of the "old world" exists and that stereotypes are there to be challenged. Her magazine acts as a platform for these beliefs and Cecilie aims to send the message that you can "love whoever you want to love".
Throughout our coffee break I cannot help but be reminded of our similarities and our somewhat parallel but divergent lives. The magazine is just one of them. Myself, a lover of the printed page from the time I could draw and add page numbers to a stack of paper, leaving allowances for the pages that would be fictitious adverts; I now specialise in designing fashion editorials and photographing portraits. Cecilie, on the other-hand, harnessed the potential for her magazine after search for an outlet for photography.
Boys by Girls magazine started its life as a book. A series of photographs that captured young men being just that – young men, not pin-ups and not hedonist icons. With all things the idea snowballed, and finding its niche in the market the idea has grown into 9 issues. One of which, lead our paths to cross and a collaboration was formed between myself (designer) and Cecilie (editor).
I ask Cecilie if she still has many connections with Norway, or if there is much of a community of Norwegians in London.
– I always try to use Scandinavian models as much as I can in my work and my magazine. I actually had a few in for casting the other week, which was nice.
She talks about being proud of her culture and how she has been noticing more and more great magazines coming out of Norway. "It's good," she says, "I think we need it". I nod in agreement, listing off on my fingers to compare notes on the beautiful publications released in recent years. She feels honoured to represent her home country from across the sea, and to be apart of this budding collective.
There are peculiar traits in all cultures and of course the British are no different. In a similar way to our American cousins, we have a penchant to introduce ourselves to our guest by asking "how are you?". It sounds simple enough and yet the most common reply you will encounter within the uk (or perhaps the us) will be "fine, how are you?". Simple and to the point, no matter how un-descriptive and pointless this interaction appears to other nationalities. Cecilie brings up this common reaction as we both laugh at how one simple question can illicit such different answers in our two cultures. Ask a Norwegian "how are you?" and be prepared to hear about their entire day, what is on their mind and really how they are, no matter how rough around the edges it may be. It is this honesty that is charming to Cecilie, and one she works towards in her photography.
– I think what I miss most from Norway, is the honesty of the Norwegian people. Honesty and being open about what ails us is part of our culture and our heritage.
Behind the camera, she aims to capture the authentic interaction she has with her models, as well as instilling the essence of their character.
In Cecilie's work, it is not uncommon to find boys jumping over garden fences, sticking pin-ups to their walls or putting together an outfit most would assume would be for the opposite gender. She challenges what we assume male models should and shouldn't do within an image. Instead she explores who these boys really are and the lives they lead. As a photographer she harnesses the potential of the still image, but as an editor of her publication Boys by Girls magazine, she has a platform to reach others.
Towards the end of our conversation, Cecilie catches herself, stops and says "yes that's perfect", allowing me to note down her quote just right. I repeat back to her, "the power I have as an editor is to showcase these boys, their freedom and who they really are, illustrating to my readers that they can be whoever they want to be". We smile in unison, yes – that is the perfect way to end it.


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What is Tragedy?
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Tragedy has been around for over 2500 years, from its earliest manifestations in the huge open-air gathering-places of Athens and other Greek city-states, to the theatres of Renaissance England, Spain and France, right through to the twentieth century with its cinematic tragedies, and the disturbing works of Harold Pinter and Samuel Beckett. In four dialogues, Oliver Taplin, Emeritus Professor, and Joshua Billings, a graduate student in the Oxford Classics Faculty, ask and discuss what tragedy is, what tragedy does for people, whether tragedy teaches, and if tragedy is still alive today.
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1 Creative Commons Is Tragedy still Alive? Discussion on whether tragedy still exists in modern culture, whether in films, modern theatre or and other creative arts. Oliver Taplin, Joshua Billings 01 Mar 2010
2 Creative Commons Does Tragedy Teach? Third dialogue on the nature of tragedy where they talk about whether tragic theatre teaches people, and if it does, how and what does it teach? Oliver Taplin, Joshua Billings 01 Mar 2010
3 Creative Commons What does Tragedy do for People? A discussion of what the use of tragedy is, and whether the emotional experience of tragic theatre is simply a passing thrill or a vital part of life. Oliver Taplin, Joshua Billings 01 Mar 2010
4 Creative Commons Defining Tragedy First dialogue between Oliver Taplin and Joshua Billings on tragedy: they discuss what 'tragedy' means, from its origins in Greek culture to philosophical notions of what tragedy and tragic drama are. Oliver Taplin, Joshua Billings 01 Mar 2010

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Shemaroo TV marks its entry into original content with crime show 'Jurm aur Jazbaat'
The show went on air on February 23 and will be telecast every Monday to Friday at 10 pm and again at 12 noon. The channel has brought in Ronit Roy as the face of the show
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Ronit Roy and Kranti Gada
Hindi GEC Shemaroo TV from Shemaroo Entertainment has announced its foray with its original crime show 'Jurm aur Jazbaat'.
The show went on air on February 23 and will be telecast every Monday to Friday at 10 pm and again at 12 noon.
The show was conceptualised after an extensive research to understand the triggers behind crimes and decode the emotions that lead to atrocious acts. The survey revealed how the seven emotions — ego, greed, jealousy, passion, lust, pride and anger — act as triggers for crimes, which has been weaved in intrinsically in the show format.
The channel has brought in Ronit Roy as the face of the show and this marks his comeback in the TV industry after a gap of five years. The relatability and rawness of the stories will build the connect and hook for the audiences, which will leave them craving for more. The channel strategically planned this new original to create a complete family-viewing experience by offering an entertaining blend of content across genres.
To promote the new original show 'Jurm aur Jazbaat', the channel has planned a massive national marketing campaign focussing on the HSM belt. The campaign has been devised to increase the popularity of the show and Shemaroo TV among the existing and potential customers. With an interesting media mix plan that consists of a TV campaign with a perfect combination of national movies and news channels, a very high visibility OOH campaign consisting of hoardings as well as transit media such as buses and a print campaign will help drive tune ins. This mainline campaign will be supported by very a targeted digital and social media strategy followed by a robust EPG promotion on all DTH and cable networks.
Hiren Gada, CEO, Shemaroo Entertainment, said, "In a short span of time, Shemaroo TV has introduced its first original and aims at creating a premium viewing experience for the free-to-air TV audiences. We are excited to launch Shemaroo TV's first original show with none other than the superstar of the Indian television industry Ronit Roy. We are confident that our show Jurm aur Jazbaat will be loved by our viewers and mark the channel's entry into the original content space."
Sandeep Gupta, COO, Broadcast Business, Shemaroo Entertainment, said, "The show's promo has already received an overwhelming response and we aim to fulfil the promise of entertainment through the extraordinary stories shot in the hinterlands of India. This is sure to increase the relatability and engagement of our show among the viewers. Taking the baton higher, we will be adding more high impact properties to the list and will aim to create more value for the audiences and advertisers."
Shemaroo TV recently added three new high impact properties to its gamut of multi-genre line-up of shows, which includes Suhani Si Ek Ladki, Code Red and Ek Boond Ishq as a part of the 2021 content offering.
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Александр Александрович Пихалёнок (; 7 мая 1997, Донецк, Украина) — украинский футболист, полузащитник клуба «Днепр-1» и сборной Украины.

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Пихалёнок является воспитанником молодёжной спортивной школы «Шахтёра». Первый профессиональный контракт подписал с донецким «Шахтёром» в 2014 году. После этого несколько лет играл в молодежном чемпионате. Финалист юношеской лиги УЕФА 2014/15.

Дебютировал за главную команду «Шахтёра» в УПЛ в матче против «Александрии» 31 мая 2017 года. По состоянию на июнь 2019 года за «Шахтёр» в Премьер-лиге провёл 2 матча, в молодежном чемпионате сыграл 89 игр и забил 31 гол.

В феврале 2018 года был отдан в аренду в «Мариуполь», также выступавший в УПЛ, где провёл следующие полтора сезона, сыграв 36 матчей и забив 5 голов в чемпионате страны. В составе «Мариуполя» выходил на поле в играх еврокубков.

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Александр выступал за разные юношеские и молодёжные сборные Украины. 11 мая 2022 года Александр дебютировал за Сборную Украины  и забил победный гол в матче против Боруссии (М) (1:2) .

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 «Шахтёр» (Донецк)
 Чемпион Украины (1):2019/20

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 Профиль на официальном сайте ФК «Шахтёр»

Футболисты Украины
Игроки сборной Украины по футболу (до 21 года)
Игроки сборной Украины по футболу
Игроки ФК «Шахтёр» Донецк
Игроки ФК «Мариуполь»
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The thesis focuses on the textual representations of everyday experiences in short stories by Evgenii Grishkovets in the collections Planka (Plank, 2006) and Sledy na mne (Traces on Me, 2007). It reviews the literary environment of the first decade of the twenty-first century, and new realism is defined as a new literary trend, incorporating the elements of previously prominent realist and postmodernist traditions, and determined as partially a reaction to these. Grishkovets' short stories are analyzed through the prism of Henri Lefebvre's theory of "everydayness," including the latter's concepts of alienations (the feeling of being foreign or estranged to oneself and some or all elements of one's existence), moments (instances of true insight into a situation or experience) and presence (an individual's experience of the authentic in an everyday situation). Through the analysis of the texts, an effort is made to determine the instances when Grishkovets' characters reach the state of Lefebvre's total man, a person whose perception is not clouded by the alienations, and the concept of Russia's 'new hero' in literature is discussed in correlation with Lefebvre's total man.


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Taxes on Transfers of Real Property - Hearings: Duties of hearing officer after hearing; final decision.
NAC: CHAPTER 375 - TAXES ON TRANSFERS OF REAL PROPERTY
CHAPTER 375 - TAXES ON TRANSFERS OF REAL PROPERTY
375.015 "Agency agreement" defined.
375.020 "Assigned," "granted," "transferred" and "otherwise conveyed" defined.
375.030 "Consideration" defined.
375.040 "Deed of trust" and "trust deed" defined.
375.050 "Deed with the right of redemption" defined.
375.055 "Department" defined.
375.060 "Easement" defined.
375.063 "Fractional interest" defined.
375.067 "Joint tenancy" and "joint tenants" defined.
375.070 "Land" defined.
375.080 "Lease" defined.
375.085 "Legal representative" defined.
375.090 "Life estate" defined.
375.100 "Quitclaim deed" defined.
375.110 "Realty" defined.
375.120 "Right of redemption" defined.
375.128 "Tenancy in common" and "tenants in common" defined.
375.130 "Tenement" defined.
375.140 "Transferred" defined.
375.150 Examples of methods of determining value or tax base.
375.160 Examples of taxable transactions.
375.170 Examples of transactions to which taxes do not apply.
375.180 Declaration of value; claim for refund of overpayment; date for submission of claim.
375.190 Availability of records and files regarding specific recorded documents; liability for payment of additional taxes.
375.200 Property located in more than one county: Determination of value; request for refund; distribution of refund.
375.210 Claim for refund: Right to hearing; required documentation; contested cases.
375.300 Hearings: Admissibility of evidence; depositions; affidavits.
375.310 Hearings: Official notice.
375.320 Hearings: Briefs.
375.330 Hearings: Duties of hearing officer after hearing; final decision.
375.340 Waiver or reduction of penalty or interest.
375.400 Reports regarding collection and administration of taxes; submission of certain documentation to Department.
375.410 Examination by Department of records of county.
375.420 Opinions of district attorney: Submission to Department; determination of inconsistency with opinions of Attorney General or requirements of law.
375.430 Requests from certain counties for assistance in determining amount of tax and exemptions.
375.440 Remission of collection allowance to general fund of county.
[Tax Comm'n, Real Property Transfer Tax Ruling part No. 1, eff. 1-1-68]—(A by R181-01, 5-13-2002; A by Dep't of Taxation by R224-03, 4-30-2004)
NAC 375.015 "Agency agreement" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Agency agreement" means a written agreement pursuant to which a legal representative may act on behalf of another person.
NAC 375.020 "Assigned," "granted," "transferred" and "otherwise conveyed" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Assigned," "granted," "transferred" and "otherwise conveyed" are synonymous words all meaning the transfer of title to realty from one person to another.
[Tax Comm'n, Real Property Transfer Tax Ruling part No. 1, eff. 1-1-68]
NAC 375.030 "Consideration" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Consideration" means that which is regarded as the equivalent or return given or suffered by one for the act or promise of another. It means the price paid for the real property transferred. The consideration can be in the form of money, or in the form of other things of value, or a combination of both.
NAC 375.040 "Deed of trust" and "trust deed" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Deed of trust" or "trust deed" means an instrument taking the place and serving the uses of a common-law mortgage, by which legal title to real property is placed in one or more trustees, to secure the repayment of a sum of money or the performance of other conditions.
NAC 375.050 "Deed with the right of redemption" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Deed with the right of redemption" means a deed which provides for the annulling and revoking of a conditional sale of property for the failure to perform the conditions stipulated.
NAC 375.055 "Department" defined. (NRS 375.015) "Department" means the Department of Taxation.
(Added to NAC by Dep't of Taxation by R224-03, eff. 4-30-2004)
NAC 375.060 "Easement" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Easement" means a permanent interest in another's land, with a right to enjoy it fully and without obstruction. The term includes the right of ingress and egress to a person's property.
NAC 375.063 "Fractional interest" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Fractional interest" means an interest in a portion of real property. A person who holds a fractional interest in real property has no rights in another owner's fractional interest in that property.
NAC 375.067 "Joint tenancy" and "joint tenants" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Joint tenancy" or "joint tenants" means a relationship in which two or more owners hold identical interests in real property simultaneously by the same instrument and with the same right of possession. A joint tenant has a right of survivorship to the other joint tenant's share.
NAC 375.070 "Land" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Land" means not only the soil, but everything attached to it, whether attached by the course of nature, as trees, herbage and water or by the hand of man, as buildings and fences.
NAC 375.080 "Lease" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Lease" means a conveyance of lands or tenements to a person for life, for a term of years or at will, in consideration of rent or some other compensation. The person who so conveys such lands or tenements is termed the lessor and the person to whom they are conveyed, the lessee.
NAC 375.085 "Legal representative" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Legal representative" has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 167.020.
NAC 375.090 "Life estate" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Life estate" means an estate whose duration is limited to the life of the party holding it or of some other person.
NAC 375.100 "Quitclaim deed" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Quitclaim deed" means a deed of conveyance operating by way of release, that is, intended to pass any title, interest or claim which the grantor may have in the premises, but not professing that the title is valid nor containing any warranty or covenants for title.
NAC 375.110 "Realty" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Realty" means real property or anything which partakes of the nature of real property. The term includes land and tenements.
NAC 375.120 "Right of redemption" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Right of redemption" means the right to disencumber property or to free it from a claim or lien, specifically, the right, granted by statute only, to free property from the encumbrance of a foreclosure or other judicial sale or to recover the title passing thereby, by paying what is due, with interest and other costs.
NAC 375.128 "Tenancy in common" and "tenants in common" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Tenancy in common" or "tenants in common" means a relationship in which two or more owners hold the same real property by unity of possession but by separate and distinct titles with each person having an equal right to possession of the property but having no right of survivorship.
NAC 375.130 "Tenement" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Tenement" means land, houses and other buildings and means rents, commons and several other rights and interests issuing out of or concerning land.
NAC 375.140 "Transferred" defined. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) "Transferred" means:
1. The passing of a thing or of property from one person to another or to convey.
2. An act of the parties, or of the law, by which the title to property is conveyed from one living person to another.
NAC 375.150 Examples of methods of determining value or tax base. (NRS 360.090, 375.015, 375.030) The following examples are given to illustrate methods of determining value or the tax base on which to compute any tax imposed by chapter 375 of NRS:
1. "A," the owner of a residence, sold the residence for $250,000. The tax is based on $250,000, the amount paid for the property.
2. "A," the owner of certain real estate, sold it to "B" for $144,000. "B" paid the amount of $25,000 in cash, leaving a balance of $119,000, and "A" gave "B" a deed to the property. The tax is computed on $144,000, the amount paid or to be paid.
3. The holder of a trust deed in the amount of $120,000 foreclosed upon the property securing the deed. At the foreclosure sale, because of taxes and additional expenses incurred, the trustee bid $122,500, and a trustee's deed was issued to the beneficiary. The beneficiary then accepted a mortgage in the amount of $125,000 as consideration for the retransfer of the property to the former owner. The tax on the trustee's deed should be computed on the amount bid for the property plus any costs, in this example $122,500. The deed from the beneficiary to the former owner of the property is a conveyance of realty sold, and the tax should be computed upon the amount paid, namely $125,000.
4. For a full purchase price of $500,000, "A" conveys to "B" land on which there is an encumbrance of $410,000 at the time of sale. "A" signs a contract agreeing to pay off the encumbrance at a later date. The deed of conveyance from "A" to "B" is subject to tax on the full purchase price of $500,000. The fact that the seller retained a contractual obligation on the property does not diminish the amount that "B" will pay, $500,000.
5. "A," the owner of certain real estate, sold it to "B" for a consideration of $240,000. "B" paid the amount of $125,000 in cash, leaving a balance due of $115,000. "A" accepted bonds of the Home Owners' Loan Corporation for the balance of $115,000 and gave "B" a deed to the property. The tax is based on the total purchase price of $240,000, the $125,000 in cash and the $115,000 value of the bonds.
6. Two corporations that do not have identical ownership exchange properties worth $450,000 each. Each transfer is taxable on the $450,000 value. Each corporation is receiving something of value in exchange for the property it is transferring.
7. To qualify for a loan to refinance their home, a married couple adds the husband's parents to the title, with the married couple and the husband's parents all as joint tenants. The value of the property is $145,000. Because the transfer to the husband's parents from the wife is not exempt from the tax and the joint tenants each have a right to the whole property, the transfer is taxable on the $145,000 value.
8. A couple buys a home from the Veteran's Administration for $97,142.36. The transfer is taxable on the amount of purchase, $97,142.36.
9. A university foundation receives property valued at $1,000,000. The transfer is exempt from taxation pursuant to subsection 15 of NRS 375.090. The university foundation sells the property to another party in a transaction that is not exempt pursuant to NRS 375.090 for $750,000. The second transfer is taxable on the amount of purchase, $750,000.
10. A corporation owns property valued at $180,000. To refinance the property, the corporation transfers the property to one of its shareholders pursuant to the requirements of the lender. The transfer is taxable on the value of the property, $180,000.
11. "A" owns property worth $50,000. "B" owns property worth $75,000. "A" and "B" form a limited-liability company and are the only two members. "A" and "B" transfer their properties to the limited-liability company. Each transfer is taxable for the value of the properties, $50,000 and $75,000, respectively.
12. "A" and "B," who are not married and not related within the first degree of consanguinity, own two identical properties, each worth $50,000, as joint tenants. "A" and "B" wish to transfer their interest in each property to the other so that "A" owns one property as the sole owner and "B" owns the other property as the sole owner. Because "A" and "B" are giving up their respective rights in the other parcel, the transfers are made with consideration and thus each transfer is taxable for the $50,000 value. If "A" and "B" held title to each property in 50 percent fractional interests, each transfer would be taxable for $25,000.
13. "A" and "B" are joint tenants of a 10-acre parcel that is worth $150,000. "A" and "B" are not married and are not related within the first degree of consanguinity. They wish to partition the property with each receiving a 5-acre parcel in his own name. The transfer of each 5-acre parcel is taxable at a $75,000 value. If they each owned a 50 percent fractional interest in the parcel, the transfer of each 5-acre parcel would be exempt from taxation, but if 6 acres were transferred to "A" and 4 acres were transferred to "B," the transfer to "A" would be taxed on the value of 1 acre, $15,000.
14. A partnership owns real property worth $100,000. There is a mortgage on the property, and the partnership wishes to refinance the mortgage. As a condition of refinancing, the lender requires the property to be held in title by only one partner. The transfer from the partnership to the single partner is taxable on the entire $100,000 value. Once the refinancing is complete, any transfer of title back to the partnership is also taxable on the entire $100,000 value.
15. "A" and "B" own adjoining lots. "A" agrees to buy part of "B's" lot for $1,500,000. To expedite the mapping requirements, "B" transfers 100 percent of his lot to "A," but retains a contractual obligation from "A" that after all mapping and adjustments to the legal description of the lot are complete, "A" will transfer back to "B" the property outside the purchased area. The first transfer is taxable on the $1,500,000 amount. Because the second transfer is made without stated consideration, the transfer back to "B" of the excess area is taxable based on the fair market value of that area.
[Tax Comm'n, Real Property Transfer Tax Ruling No. 2, eff. 1-1-68]—(A by R181-01, 5-13-2002; A by Dep't of Taxation by R224-03, 4-30-2004)
NAC 375.160 Examples of taxable transactions. (NRS 360.090, 375.015, 375.030) The following are examples of transfers or conveyances subject to any tax imposed by chapter 375 of NRS:
1. A conveyance of realty in exchange for other property and the conveyance of the other property, if it is realty.
2. A conveyance of realty in consideration of life maintenance. The tax is computed on the net value of the realty conveyed.
3. Deeds given by persons such as masters in chancery, sheriffs and clerks of court for realty sold under foreclosure or execution. The tax is computed on the amount bid for the property plus the costs if paid by the purchaser, whether the purchaser is the mortgagee, judgment creditor or any other person.
4. A conveyance of realty by a judgment or decree in a condemnation proceeding under the power of eminent domain or a conveyance of property under threat of imminence of the proceeding.
5. Conveyances to or by building and loan associations except that the tax does not apply to a conveyance of realty to a building and loan association for the purpose of securing a loan thereon, nor to the reconveyance of the realty to its owner as part of the loan transaction.
6. A conveyance of realty to a corporation in exchange for shares of its capital stock.
7. A conveyance of realty by a corporation in liquidation or in dissolution to its shareholders subject to the debts of the corporation except that if there are no corporate debts and the conveyance is made solely for the cancellation and retirement of the capital stock, the tax does not apply.
8. Deeds to standing timber, patented mines and water rights.
9. A transfer by which a contract for deed is recorded which sets forth the purchase price, legal description, the buyer and the seller and which provides that the buyer has received custody of the real property and a deed will be delivered to the buyer when he fulfills his contractual obligations. If only a memorandum of such a contract is recorded, the transfer is also taxable.
[Tax Comm'n, Real Property Transfer Tax Ruling No. 3, eff. 1-1-68; A 9-28-68; 8-23-69]—(A by R181-01, 5-13-2002; A by Dep't of Taxation by R224-03, 4-30-2004)
NAC 375.170 Examples of transactions to which taxes do not apply. (NRS 360.090, 375.015, 375.030, 375.090) In addition to the exemptions provided by NRS 375.090, the following are examples of transfers or conveyances which are not subject to any tax imposed by chapter 375 of NRS:
1. The reconveyance of realty, conveyed to secure a debt, upon payment of the debt.
2. A deed to or by a trustee not pursuant to a sale.
3. A deed to confirm title already vested in the grantee, such as a quitclaim deed to correct a flaw in title.
4. A deed given by an executor in accordance with the terms of the will except that, if, by reason of a consideration passing between the devisees, one of them takes a greater share in the realty than that to which he is entitled under the will, the deed given by the executor to convey the greater share is subject to a tax computed upon the amount of the consideration.
5. A deed from an agent to his principal conveying real estate purchased for and with money of the principal. A valid agency agreement must exist between the agency and his principal. No money may be supplied by the agent.
6. An option or contingent agreement for the purchase of real property or a contract for the sale of real property, if the contract does not vest legal title until a future event occurs.
7. Partition deeds, unless, for consideration, some of the parties take shares greater in value than their undivided interests, in which event a tax attaches to each deed conveying a greater share computed upon the consideration for the excess. If, however, the parties hold title as joint tenants or tenants in common, the tax is applicable, unless another exemption applies.
8. Ordinary leases of real property for any term of years. If the lease is for life or in perpetuity, or if the lease is terminable at the option of the lessee only, the tax is applicable.
9. A deed executed by a debtor conveying property to a trustee for the benefit of his creditors except that when the trustee conveys the property to a creditor or sells it to any other person, the conveyance executed by him is taxable.
10. Conveyance to a receiver of realty included in the receivership assets, and reconveyance of the realty upon the termination of the receivership.
11. A deed conveying real estate situated in a foreign country.
12. Transfer of real estate in a statutory merger consolidation from a constituent corporation to the continuing or new corporation.
13. Distribution of interests in real property owned by a corporation as part of the liquidation of a corporation to the shareholders of the corporation in percentages equal to their ownership in the corporation. To receive title to his interest in the property, each shareholder must redeem his stock.
14. Transfer of title in real property to a trustee in a bankruptcy proceeding pursuant to a written plan of reorganization approved by the bankruptcy court.
15. Transfer of real property from "A" to "A's" trust, without consideration. "A" is trustor of the trust.
16. Transfer of real property from "A" to "A's" trust, without consideration. "B" is grantor on the deed and is the legal representative of "A," the trustor of the trust.
17. Real property is owned by "A" as trustee of the "A" Family Trust. "A" is also trustor of that trust. "A" transfers the real property to "C," "A's" son, without consideration.
18. A purchase agreement that is recorded which sets forth the purchase price, legal description, buyer and seller of the property, but which also provides that the transaction is not complete until the seller obtains a zoning change and the buyer has not yet received a present interest in the property.
[Tax Comm'n, Real Property Transfer Tax Ruling No. 4, eff. 1-1-68; A 9-28-68]—(A by R181-01, 5-13-2002; A by Dep't of Taxation by R224-03, 4-30-2004)
NAC 375.180 Declaration of value; claim for refund of overpayment; date for submission of claim. (NRS 360.090, 375.015, 375.060, 375.290)
1. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, if a deed evidencing a transfer of title of real property is offered for recording to a county recorder, the county recorder shall require a declaration of value to be made, on a form prescribed by the Nevada Tax Commission, and personally signed under penalty of perjury by the grantee, the grantor or the agent of the grantee or grantor. The declaration of value:
(a) Must contain, without limitation:
(1) The name and mailing address of the grantor, the grantee and the business or natural person requesting the recording if the grantor or grantee does not request the recording;
(2) A description of the use of the property;
(3) The full amount paid or to be paid for the property; and
(4) Information concerning the possible penalties and interest that may be imposed pursuant to NRS 375.030.
(b) May contain information regarding a claim for an exemption from the tax, including, without limitation:
(1) The type of exemption claimed;
(2) A statement explaining the reason for the claim;
(3) A statement indicating whether or not the exemption is being applied to a partial interest in the property; and
(4) The sales price of the property, if that information is available.
2. The county recorder shall not accept an incomplete form except:
(a) If the transfer of title of real property is exempt from a tax imposed by chapter 375 of NRS, no value for the property need be declared on the form.
(b) If multiple parcels of real property are being transferred, at least one parcel must be listed on the form. If additional space is needed to list all the parcels of real property being transferred, the words "see attached" must be written next to the listed parcel number and an attachment that lists the number of each parcel being transferred must accompany the form.
3. If the value of the property is stated incorrectly on the declaration of value or the amount of tax is computed incorrectly, the person who pays an amount of tax which exceeds the amount due may make a claim for a refund of the amount of tax which he overpaid by completing a refund request form, which may be obtained from the office of the county recorder of the county in which the tax is paid. The form must be signed under penalty of perjury by the person entitled to the refund or his legal representative and submitted to the county recorder of the county in which the tax is paid. If the claim is unaudited, the claim must be submitted within 6 months after the date of recording pursuant to NRS 244.250. If the claim for a refund is submitted pursuant to an audit, the claim may be submitted within 3 years after the date of recording.
[Tax Comm'n, Real Property Transfer Tax Ruling part No. 5, eff. 12-20-79]—(NAC A by Dep't of Taxation, 8-2-90; A by Tax Comm'n by R181-01, 5-13-2002; A by Dep't of Taxation by R224-03, 4-30-2004)
NAC 375.190 Availability of records and files regarding specific recorded documents; liability for payment of additional taxes. (NRS 360.090, 375.015) The records and files of the grantor, grantee and other persons recording deeds regarding specific recorded documents must be made available to representatives of the county recorder and to representatives of the Department. If the county recorder or the Department determines that additional taxes imposed by chapter 375 of NRS are due, the grantee and the grantor are jointly and severally liable for the payment of the tax.
[Tax Comm'n, Real Property Transfer Tax Ruling part No. 5, eff. 12-20-79]—(A by R181-01, 5-13-2002; A by Dep't of Taxation by R224-03, 4-30-2004)
NAC 375.200 Property located in more than one county: Determination of value; request for refund; distribution of refund. (NRS 360.090, 375.015, 375.030, 375.290)
1. If the property transferred is located in more than one county and the value has not been determined by the buyer and the seller as to each county, the value must be established by applying the ratio of the assessed valuation in each county to the total assessed valuation of all the property.
2. A person seeking a refund of any tax imposed by chapter 375 of NRS for property located in more than one county must submit a request for refund to the county recorder in each county in which the property is located on the form prescribed by the county recorder in each county.
3. Refunds must be made pursuant to the same distribution formula under which the tax was initially paid.
NAC 375.210 Claim for refund: Right to hearing; required documentation; contested cases. (NRS 360.090, 375.015, 375.290)
1. The provisions of NAC 375.180, 375.190 and 375.200 do not afford a person claiming a refund a right to a hearing conducted by a hearing officer appointed by a county pursuant to NRS 375.320.
2. A claim for a refund must be accompanied by:
(a) A statement setting forth the amount of the claim;
(b) A statement setting forth all grounds upon which the claim is based;
(c) All evidence the claimant relied upon in determining the claim, including affidavits of any witnesses; and
(d) Any other information and documentation requested by the county recorder.
3. If a person files a claim for a refund in a contested case, all contested cases involved in the case shall be deemed to have been raised in the claim.
NAC 375.300 Hearings: Admissibility of evidence; depositions; affidavits. (NRS 360.090, 375.015, 375.320)
1. A hearing conducted by a hearing officer appointed by a county pursuant to NRS 375.320 may not be conducted according to the technical rules of evidence. Any relevant evidence may be admitted, except where precluded by law, if it is of a type commonly relied upon by reasonable and prudent persons in the conduct of their affairs, even though the evidence might be subject to objection in civil actions.
2. Hearsay evidence, as that term is used in civil actions, may be admitted for the purpose of supplementing or explaining other evidence, but hearsay evidence is not sufficient to support findings of fact unless it would be admissible over objection in civil actions.
3. The rules of privilege must be applied by the hearing officer as they are applied in civil actions.
4. Irrelevant, cumulative and unduly repetitious evidence is not admissible, nor is incompetent evidence, as that term is used in civil trials, with the exception of hearsay evidence as provided in subsection 2.
5. The parties or their counsel may, by written stipulation, agree that certain specified evidence may be admitted, even though the evidence would otherwise be subject to objection.
6. The hearing officer or any party to any proceeding may cause the depositions of witnesses to be taken in the manner prescribed by law and the rules of the court for depositions in civil actions.
7. The affidavit of any person may be admitted into evidence if all the parties stipulate and consent to its admission.
NAC 375.310 Hearings: Official notice. (NRS 360.090, 375.015, 375.320) A hearing officer appointed by a county pursuant to NRS 375.320 may take official notice of the following matters:
1. Any petition for a hearing on any matter pertaining to an appeal of an assessment of any tax imposed by chapter 375 of NRS.
2. Matters of common knowledge and technical or scientific facts of established character.
3. Official documents, if pertinent, when properly introduced into the record of formal proceedings by reference if proper and definite reference to the document is made by the party offering it and it is published and generally circulated so that all the parties of interest at the hearing have an opportunity to examine it and present rebuttal evidence.
4. Matters that may be judicially noticed by the courts of this State.
(Added to NAC by Tax Comm'n by R181-01, eff. 5-13-2002; A by Dep't of Taxation by R224-03, 4-30-2004)
NAC 375.320 Hearings: Briefs. (NRS 360.090, 375.015, 375.320)
1. In any hearing, a hearing officer appointed by a county pursuant to NRS 375.320 may order briefs filed within such time as he allows.
2. Briefs must be filed with the hearing officer and be accompanied by an acknowledgment or an affidavit showing service on all other parties of record.
NAC 375.330 Hearings: Duties of hearing officer after hearing; final decision. (NRS 360.090, 375.015, 375.320)
1. After the hearing of a contested case, a hearing officer appointed by a county pursuant to NRS 375.320 shall prepare findings of fact, conclusions of law and his final decision on the issues presented in the hearing.
2. The hearing officer shall service a copy of his findings of fact, conclusions of law and decision upon all the parties of record within 60 days after the date of the hearing.
3. The decision of the hearing officer is a final decision for the purposes of judicial review.
NAC 375.340 Waiver or reduction of penalty or interest. (NRS 360.090, 375.015, 375.320, 375.330)
1. The county recorder may waive or reduce the penalty or interest for a delinquent payment of tax that was imposed pursuant to subsection 3 of NRS 375.030 if he finds that the delinquent payment occurred because of circumstances beyond the control of the taxpayer who was required to make the payment or his agent and occurred despite the exercise of ordinary care and without intent.
2. Any application for a waiver or reduction of the penalty or interest for a delinquent payment must:
(a) Be filed in writing with the recorder within 45 days after receipt of the notice of penalties and interest. If the notice is given by mail, the period for filing the application must be extended by 3 days.
(b) Be made upon:
(1) An oath before a notary public; or
(2) A declaration that is made subject to the penalty of perjury.
(c) Contain the circumstances that caused the delinquent payment.
3. In determining whether the circumstances that caused the delinquent payment were beyond the control of the taxpayer required to make the payment or his agent and occurred despite the exercise of ordinary care and without intent, the county recorder shall consider evidence which shows that the delinquent payment was caused by circumstances that were not directly related to the actions of the taxpayer or his agent, including, without limitation, fire, earthquake, flood or other acts of nature, theft, the death or serious illness of the taxpayer, his agent or a member of the immediate family of the taxpayer, erroneous written information provided to the taxpayer or his agent by the recorder's office and the misaddressed but timely mailing of the return or payment. The existence of an event described in this subsection does not create a conclusive presumption of eligibility for a waiver or reduction of the penalty or interest on a delinquent payment pursuant to this section.
4. The county recorder shall not consider an application to waive or reduce penalties or interest, or both, imposed upon a taxpayer if the assessment of tax is accompanied by the assessment of a penalty based upon fraud or intent to evade the tax pursuant to NRS 375.110, unless the county recorder determines that there is insufficient evidence to show fraud or intent to evade the tax.
5. If the county recorder denies an application for a waiver or reduction of the penalty or interest for a delinquent payment and a notice of appeal is filed with him in a timely manner pursuant to NRS 375.320, the county recorder shall set a date for a hearing before a hearing officer and notify the parties of the date, place and time of the hearing at least 21 working days before the date of the hearing. The hearing must be conducted in compliance with the provisions of NAC 375.300 to 375.330, inclusive.
NAC 375.400 Reports regarding collection and administration of taxes; submission of certain documentation to Department. (NRS 375.015, 375.019)
1. The Department will periodically prepare reports regarding the collection and administration of taxes imposed by chapter 375 of NRS.
2. Except as otherwise provided in this section, each county recorder shall submit to the Department monthly reports regarding the collection and administration of taxes imposed by chapter 375 of NRS in his county. The reports must include:
(a) The total number of deeds evidencing a transfer of title to real property that were subject to the taxes imposed by chapter 375 of NRS for the immediately preceding month;
(b) The total amount of taxes collected for the immediately preceding month;
(c) The total number of exemptions granted for the immediately preceding month listed by the types of exemptions granted; and
(d) Such other information as may be useful in coordinating the collection and administration of the taxes imposed by chapter 375 of NRS.
3. A county recorder is not required to report information required by paragraph (c) of subsection 2 if the system used by the county to collect, process, distribute and store information relating to the collection of the taxes imposed by chapter 375 of NRS cannot provide the required information.
4. Each county recorder shall submit to the Department a copy of any documentation that is submitted to the State Controller by the county concerning the amount of the proceeds of the tax imposed by NRS 375.020 that is required to be transmitted to the State Controller pursuant to NRS 375.070.
NAC 375.410 Examination by Department of records of county. (NRS 375.015, 375.019) The Department may examine the records of each county to determine whether the county is complying with statutory and regulatory requirements governing the calculation, collection and distribution of the tax imposed by NRS 375.023. In conducting such examinations, the Department will:
1. Review a sample of the deeds presented to the county recorder for recordation to verify that the amount of tax collected was proper and whether the basis of the tax was reported correctly and exemptions were properly allowed.
2. Verify that the collection allowance authorized to be deducted and withheld from the taxes collected is properly calculated.
3. Verify that required reports are submitted in a timely manner.
4. Verify that all amounts collected are transmitted to the proper authority in a timely manner.
5. Verify that proper procedures are being followed for recording certificates of delinquency, releasing liens and administering requests for the correction of assessments.
NAC 375.420 Opinions of district attorney: Submission to Department; determination of inconsistency with opinions of Attorney General or requirements of law. (NRS 375.015, 375.019)
1. Each county recorder shall submit to the Department a copy of any written opinion received from the district attorney of his county regarding the imposition or collection of any tax imposed by chapter 375 of NRS.
2. If the Department determines that an opinion of a district attorney received pursuant to subsection 1 is inconsistent with an opinion of the Attorney General or any statutory or regulatory requirements regarding the imposition or collection of any tax imposed by chapter 375 of NRS, the Department will advise the county recorder from whom the opinion is received about the inconsistency of the opinion or refer the opinion to the Attorney General for additional consideration, or both.
NAC 375.430 Requests from certain counties for assistance in determining amount of tax and exemptions. (NRS 375.015, 375.019)
1. The county recorder of a county whose population is less than 30,000 may request assistance from the Department in making determinations regarding the amount of any tax required to be collected pursuant to chapter 375 of NRS and whether a transfer or conveyance of real property is exempt from taxation.
2. The Department will respond to a request received pursuant to subsection 1 in a timely manner after receiving the request and any supporting documents that are necessary to render such assistance.
NAC 375.440 Remission of collection allowance to general fund of county. (NRS 375.015, 375.023) A county may, at the time any tax imposed by NRS 375.023 is collected, remit to the credit of the general fund of the county the collection allowance that the county is authorized to deduct and withhold by subsection 4 of that section.


Eighteenth issue: Winter Solstice 1997 / Shagaa 1998.
Good news! Richard Feynman made the first cut at the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee meeting in October! It was not necessary to use your numerous letters and petitions for this first round --- my appearance at the open meeting of the CSAC at the Pacific 97 world stamp expo was enough to get our hero into the holding tank.
Now comes a process likened by one person familiar with the workings of the CSAC to a siege: it will be a long campaign, I've been warned. Thus I need to use your letters and petitions carefully, at strategic times. That also means you are welcome to send in more letters and petitions until we reach our goal!
I also solicit your ideas about other scientists who could be honored along with Richard Feynman, should the idea of a set be chosen by the CSAC. (Please note: apart from Presidents, no one can qualify for a stamp unless they have been dead 10 years. Assuming the earliest issue date is 2001, each scientist honored must have died before 1992.) Please take a moment to share your ideas about other scientists who could be honored as well.
Send your ideas to Ralph Leighton, Box 182, Belvedere CA 94920, or e-mail them to me at fot@lafn.org (thats LAFN, not 1AFN). Thank you!
May 11, 1998 will be the 80th anniversary of Richard Feynmans birth. Several book companies are planning to release new titles to observe the occasion. (More on that in the next issue.) I have some ideas on how to celebrate RPFs 80th, but I'll spring them on you later. In the meantime, if you have some thoughts on this, send them in!
Yes, there really is a comic book featuring Richard Feynman --- a few pages from the 30-page Two-Fisted Science: Safecracker were excerpted in the last issue. Now an excellent 120-page comic book with the same name has been released by its creator, Jim Ottaviani.
The cover of Two-Fisted Science (the trade paperback book) features Albert Einstein. Inside are stories about Galileo, Newton, Leibniz, Bertrand Russell, Wolfgang Pauli, Werner Heisenberg, Alexi Alexandrov, Niels Bohr, Hans Bethe, and J. Robert Oppenheimer. Featured most (in over half the book) is --- you guessed it --- Richard Feynman: in the safecracker story, the story of Arline, lecturing at Caltech, with Tom Van Sant at CERN, and his last days, with Danny Hillis.
Or you can start at Friends of Tuva's homepage: http://www.FOTuva.org.
Even though I make more money when you buy the book from me, I would prefer that you try your local comic or book store first. Asking for Two-Fisted Science will, in the long run, help encourage bookstores to stay in the business of providing folks like you and me an outlet for educational comics.
Tuva had a rather mild November, with temperatures above 0 Fahrenheit. Must be El Ni&ntildeo!
To my knowledge there are four Tuvan students in the US during this academic year. Two --- Choduraa Khandy and Ailana Irguit --- are here for the second time. The others are Nadia Lopsang and Nelly Khoz-ool. All are former students of the Lyceum of Tuva in Kyzyl.
The students are staying in the areas of Washington DC, New Jersey, Boston and Sacramento respectively.
If you would like to send holiday greetings to the visiting Tuvan students, please send your cards to each of them c/o Friends of Tuva, Box 182, Belvedere CA 94920. I'll gather up the cards and send them to each student in late December (for our traditional season's greetings), and in late January for Shagaa (Tuvan New Year), which occurs on January 28.
The unexpected family move from Los Angeles to San Francisco a year ago is still having its effect on FoT HQ. But finally, the end of worse-than-usual chaos is in sight: we found a home just north of San Francisco and moved into it at the end of September. There is enough space for FoT HQin that all-American workspace the garage, of course!
The Tuva Trader, that not-so-effective fund-raising arm of Friends of Tuva, is functioning reasonably well these days. (See copy of items for sale, enclosed.) If you send in orders to the address below, they can now be processed within a week. Total turnaround time for US addresses (assuming items are in stock): about two weeks. Please send correspondence and Tuva Trader orders to: Friends of Tuva Box 182 Belvedere CA 94920.
"Whatever happened to Tannu Tuva?" Those simple words, uttered in 1977 by the late Nobel-prize winning physicist Richard Feynman, have been emblazoned on T-shirts and bumper stickers and otherwise immortalized by the organization Feynman inspired, Friends of Tuva. Feynman's question is even more compelling now than it was in 1977, as Tuva struggles to redefine itself in the new post-Soviet order.
Tuva (the "Tannu," which means "mountainous taiga," was dropped in 1926), is a republic of the Russian Federation in south-central Siberia, with a population of 310,000 in a territory about the size of the state of Washington. After a short-lived run as an independent state from 1921-1944, Tuva was incorporated into the Soviet Union in 1944, the final addition to the Soviet territory, and the last of four independent countries swallowed up by the Soviet Union in the 1940s.
Tuva is currently struggling to distance itself a bit from Moscow's control and influence and to establish a unique and recognizable identity. In the immediate aftermath of the collapse of the Soviet Union, these impulses took the form of a nationalistic drive for secession from the Russian Federation. However, in light of Tuva's economic dependence on Moscow and the instructive lessons of the tragedy in Chechnya, such nationalistic sentiments appear to have been submerged for the time being.
Tuva is now looking for subtler means of gaining a greater degree of economic and political autonomy while remaining within the framework of the Russian Federation. These subtler means include Tuva's adoption of its own constitution, and a revival and assertion of Tuva's shamanistic and Buddhist religious traditions. Both of these issues will have an impact on the future management of Tuva's natural resources and on environmental protection.
Article 1 of the Tuvan constitution asserts Tuva's right to secede from the Russian Federation. Other fundamental differences between the two constitutions have to do with control over natural resources. Sovereignty over the natural resources that exist within its territorywhich include asbestos, gold, zinc, lead, copper, coal, timber and enormous hydroelectric potentialis, according to some, the only foundation upon which Tuva could hope to establish a stronger economic base and greater financial independence from Moscow.
There is an inherent tension between this approach and Tuva's religious traditions. Shamanism in particular is often presented as having an ecological ethic that contrasts dramatically with the idea of large scale extraction of natural resources.
At present, Tuva's environment is not badly degraded, according to Sergei Oktyayevich Ondar, Tuva's Minister of Environmental Protection. "At present there aren't any major ecological problems in Tuva," he said. "Tuva is one of the most pristine places in all of the Russian Federation."
There are minor problems, however. Ondar said his ministry was looking into chemical contamination of drinking-water sources from the first stages of rockets launched from Semi-Palatinsk and Baikonur, which fall back to earth in the areas of western Tuva, Khakassia and Altai. There are problems of erosion and desertification on the southern slopes of the Tannu Ola mountains, along Tuva's border with Mongolia. And every year forest fires wipe out huge swaths of forest throughout Tuva.
As Tuva's leaders look to the future, they will need to figure out not only how to deal with these problems, but also how to balance the inherent tension between economic development based on exploitation of natural resources and the ecological ethic that is presumably an integral part of the religious traditions they are reviving.
Nowhere is this tension more evident than in mining. At the Fifth International Uvs Nuur Symposium, which focused on strategies of sustainable development in Inner Asia, V.N. Lebedev, the director for the Tuvan Center for Interdisciplinary Studies, asserted that "Tuva can only live independent of Russia if it can develop industries such as gold and asbestos mining." Others, however, question the wisdom of this approach both from the economic and ecological perspectives. In response to Lebedev's suggestion, Viktor Bugrovsky, the scientific supervisor of the International Uvs Nuur Experiment, noted that extraction of mineral resources is very destructive, and said that Tuva's mineral resources are in fact very limited and will be quickly depleted with intensive mining.
Likewise, Ondar noted that the south Siberian ecosystems are too fragile to withstand industrial-scale mining. "Most of the money from mining wouldn't stay in Tuva anyway," he added.
Tuva's pride and joy of industrial development, featured on postcards and in photo books, is the behemoth Ak-Dovurak asbestos mine in west-central Tuva. Ak-Dovurak is one of the largest open-pit asbestos mines in the world. Mining activity shrouds the adjacent town of Ak-Dovurak in a cloud of white dust. (In fact, the name itself means "white dust.") This has led to elevated levels of emphysema, lung cancer and other lung diseases.
The damage from gold mining operations is also evident. From the top of Mount Dgee, one has a commanding view of the town of Kyzyl and of the "khem belderi," the confluence of the Bii-Khem and Kaa-Khem rivers, which come together to form the Yenisei. From this vantage point, the contrast between the murky yellow-brown water of the Bii-Khem, which carries tailings down from a number of gold-mining operations in Tuva's northeast, contrasts dramatically with the clear, deep blue waters of the Kaa-Khem, where there is no gold mining.
"The miners are using a very old technology called amalgamation," Ondar explained. "Gold in nature is mixed with mercury. The miners use mercury to extract the mercury, and this then gets into the water. Mercury of course is poisonous to humans and to animals."
Ondar notes that there are better technologies for extracting gold, but he believes that Tuva can develop economically without gold mining. "The potential for our economic progress lies in tourism and in traditional economic activities such as herding," he said. "It will be very difficult to develop tourism. The main problems are lack of infrastructure and difficulties with transportation. We're not on a train route. It will require a lot of investment and a lot of PR, but I believe that it is possible."
Bugrovsky likewise believes that Tuva's future economic development lies in tourism. "I see no way to sustainable development in Tuva without tourism," he said.
Andriyan Dugarovich Doduk, director of the Uvs Nuur Biosphere Reserve, noted that environmental protection will not only benefit the health of people, but it will encourage people to come to Tuva.
"Scientists and tourists will come, and anyone interested in the history of Inner Asia," he said. "There are archeological sites, historical monuments and tumuli [mounds] that haven't been excavated yet. This will contribute to the economy of the local area and of Tuva as a whole."
In addition to tourism, environmental education will have to be a central component of Tuva's sustainable develop-ment efforts. Zoya Samdan, a researcher at the Tuvan Institute for Humanitarian Research, said that Tuvans used to live according to principles of sustainable development. "People for nature and nature for people was the attitude of earlier generations," she said. "This attitude must be preserved in the consciousness of future generations." Samdan recommended the introduction of ecological education in schools.
Steps toward this goal have already been taken. Kyzyl's School #5 has introduced an ecology program into its curriculum. Salgalga, a new environmental NGO (Non-governmental Organization) in Tuva, organizes lectures in schools and is planning educational programs, Ondar said. Project Harmony, a Vermont-based NGO, organizes a student exchange between Tuva and the United States that emphasizes environmental awareness, said Kathleen O'Toole, coordinator of Project Harmony's School Linkages Programs. In addition, the Center for the Coordination of Ecological Enlightenment at the Uvs Nuur Biosphere Reserve in Erzin coordinates outreach efforts that target the schools. "We must start with the young people," Doduk said. "We go to the schools, talk to parents, work with libraries. We give lectures on the biosphere reserve and on the protection of nature."
Perhaps the time has come to rephrase Feynman's words: "Whatever will happen to Tannu Tuva?" Bugrovsky expressed cautious optimism for Tuva's future. "I want to think that sustainable develop-ment will give these people the opportunity to raise their standard of living," he said. "But it depends on the overall economic situation of our country, which you see is not very good right now."
Ondar, despite his frank assessment of the difficulties facing Tuva, was more confident that Tuva could find that balance between economic development and environmental protection. Tuva's minister of environmental protection said, "How could I do this job if I didn't believe it was possible?"
Imagine riding a horse from hot desert sands to glacial mountain peaks to Arctic-like tundra in a single day, with the possibility of seeing everything from camels and vultures to reindeer and snow leopards along the way. This would be possible in only one place in the world -- the Uvs Nuur Hollow, where the world's northernmost desert and southernmost tundra zone meet.
Uvs Nuur is a fascinating, unique and fragile mountain basin straddling the border between Mongolia and the Republic of Tuva in the Russian Federation. It stretches 400 miles from east to west, and 100 miles from north to south; from 10,000-foot-high snow-capped peaks to the salty Uvs Nuur lake at about 3500 feet above sea level, into which the entire depression drains. The more mountainous 20 percent lies within Tuva's territory, while the remaining 80 percent, composed primarily of steppe, desert-steppe, and desert, lies within Mongolia.
According to Andriyan Dugarovich Doduk, director of the Uvs Nuur Biosphere Nature Reserve headquartered in Erzin in southeastern Tuva, within this territory are found five of the Earth's seven major recognized ecological zones: from true desert through two types of steppe zones to taiga (heavy forest) and finally, on the snow-capped mountain slopes, a permafrost-tundra zone. The only major ecological zones not represented within the territory are savannah and humid tropical forest.
The existence of so many ecological zones in such a compact area, as well as the self-contained nature of the depression, make Uvs Nuur ideal for studying such biospheric processes as the relationships between zones and the transition from one zone to another. "That's why it is quite correct to take the Uvs Nuur hollow as a nature-model, allowing us to study all biospheric processes within that small area," wrote Prof. Viktor Bugrovsky, the scientific supervisor of the International Uvs Nuur Experiment, in the 1993 publication, Experiment "Uvs Nuur".
The area is home to a number of endangered animal species and endemic [unique to that area] plant species, Doduk said. In addition to the highly publicized snow leopard, there are mountain goats, big horn sheep, elk, and a number of species of eagle, kite, and vulture. At least 44 endemic plant species have been identified.
Researchers from Russia, Tuva, Buryatia, Altai and Mongolia have been collaborating since 1984 in what is called the "Uvs Nuur Experiment." They shared their findings at the Fifth Uvs Nuur International Symposium, a bi-annual event held this past July in Kyzyl, the capital of Tuva.
In recent years Bugrovsky, Doduk and others involved with Uvs Nuur have been lobbying to have the Uvs Nuur hollow included in the UNESCO Man and the Biosphere (MAB) World Network of Biosphere Reserves, a network of 352 bio-sphere reserves in 82 countries. It looks like their efforts are about to pay off.
Jane Robertson, Program Specialist in the World Network of Biosphere Reserves under the MAB Program, noted that both parts of the Uvs Nur hollow --- the part in Tuva and the part in Mongolia --- were coming up for consideration at the next meeting of the MAB Bureau. Assuming that one minor technical problem relating to maps of the area can be resolved, Robertson said she expected applications from both the Mongolian and Tuvan sections of the depression to be accepted.
If both sites are included in the World Network, they may jointly apply for designation as a Trans-Frontier Biosphere Reserve. In this case, Russia and Mongolia would cooperate to manage Uvs Nuur as a single reserve. This approach is becoming more common and has proved successful in other biosphere reserves such as the Tatra Biosphere Reserve on the border between Poland and Slovakia. Such an arrangement would address what Doduk has identified as the single biggest problem Uvs Nuur faces. "At present, the main problem is that there is an international border running through the middle of the depression," he said. "Visa requirements and travel and research permission make scientific collaboration difficult. If Uvs Nuur is included in the World Network, this problem will be eliminated."
Doduk also said that he expected enforcement of regulations to be easier than it is now. "If it becomes part of the World Network, protection of the reserve will become the responsibility of the entire world, not just of Tuva and Mongolia," he said.
Robertson noted that although the full responsibility for the management of the reserves will still be up to the individual countries and they can expect no direct funding from UNESCO, UNESCO can help facilitate projects and sometimes help to implement them as well. In addition, UNESCO provides a framework for cooperation and information exchange among other members of the regional network. Robertson said, "The biosphere concept provides a mutual framework for working across boundaries." She noted that Uvs Nuur could become a part of the East Asia Biosphere Reserve Network, which includes 13 biosphere reserves in Mongolia, China, Japan, North Korea, and South Korea.
Whitewashed stones spelling out the words "SUZUK," "ERTEM," and "CHYRYDYYSHKYN" --- Faith, Science and Enlightenment --- shone in the early morning sun from the rocky slopes of Kyzyl Dag in western Tuva as a trail of Tuva's most notable social scientists and activists slowly made their way up to the peak of the mountain. This was the opening ceremony of the first of what is hoped to be an annual conference devoted to the sustainable development of Tuva. The conference, held in the mountainous Bai Taiga kozhuun (county), was organized by Khostug Tyva (Free Tuva) and Ertem (Science), two organizations at the vanguard of Tuva's nascent NGO movement.
Free Tuva started up in 1996 and already boasts a membership of more than 1,000 members throughout Tuva, according to Free Tuva executive committee member Albert Khaplak. Free Tuva sees a synthesis of modern education and Tuva's Buddhist and shamanist religious traditions as the path to enlightenment, which will ultimately lead to economic prosperity. Tuva must become "free" as the first step toward economic development, Khalpak said. But he was quick to emphasize that he was not referring to political independence from the Russian Federation, a touchy issue here where a strong vein of nationalist sentiment is never far from the surface. "Tuva must be free of crime and corruption, free from ecological pollution," Khalpak said. "We must be free of our own cultural backwardness. We don't even know our own language, culture, history, traditions and customs.
This is why we call our organization 'Free Tuva.' When we solve these issues, the question of secession from Russia won't arise because it won't be significant."
Ertem, the other principal organizer of the conference, takes its name from the Tuvan word for science. It is an independent association of 35 researchers and scientists devoted to the sustainable development of Tuva's economy, according to conference organizer and Ertem director Dadar-ool Khertekovich Dansyuryun.
Dansyuryun believes that the way to sustainable development is to revive Tuva's traditional culture, and introduce Western technological know-how and democratic institutions to create a progressive, democratic Tuvan society. Ertem and Free Tuva organized the conference to elicit ideas from Tuva's most prominent academics and activists. And while there was a governmental presence in the form of an address by Speaker of the Parliament Kaadyr-ool Bicheldei, the Bai Taiga Conference represented the largest and most highly publicized effort to date of Tuva's small NGO community.
One of the more significant albeit understated features of the conference was that about 90 percent of the talks were given in Tuvan, the indigenous Turkic language of the area. This was a subtle playing out of one of the emergent themes of the conference --- the need to raise the Tuvan language to a level of prestige and prominence equal to or beyond that currently enjoyed by Russian.
A number of speakers referred to the need to improve ecological awareness and education. Krass Baiyroolovich Salchak, a Candidate in Pedagogy at the University of Tuva (formerly the Pedagogical Institute, and two others in Kyzyl which have all merged), noted that in pre-Soviet times, ecological ethics were taught by schools as a matter of course. "People knew what was needed, and they taught it," he said. "This was lost in Soviet times. Now we must return to teaching ecological ethics in the old way." In addition to cultural and ecological issues, social issues such as rising crime rates, alcoholism, rural-urban migration and health problems received attention.
The tenor of the conference was optimistic and sincere, the participants enthusiastic, the recommendations practical and hopeful. Yet beyond the stated intention of trying to turn the Bai Taiga conference into an annual event, no concrete resolutions were made.
This brings up another major theme of the conference: lack of money. This common refrain was echoed by virtually every speaker at the conference. The Tuvan life expectancy, the lowest in the former Soviet Union, is declining, while the cost of living has escalated well beyond the means of the average Tuvan family, where the salaries are one-tenth of the Russian average, noted Gennadii V. Kolmakov. Recommendations are made and programs designed, but there is no funding to carry them out. Soviet-era textbooks are still used in the schools while completed manuscripts on the history, language, and culture of Tuva languish unpublished on the shelves of the Institute of Humanitarian Research because there is no money to publish them, according to Institute director Churguy-ool Mikhailovich Dorzhu.
But money alone will not solve Tuva's ills, nor will it appear out of nowhere. Other obstacles to development must be overcome first, and prosperity will follow.
On the windswept summit of Kyzyl Dag that first day of the conference, Dansyuryun spoke of a combination of educational and spiritual development as the necessary prerequisite to economic development. "We must enhance the role of science and research," he said. "We must raise the level of education and the standard of living. But without faith, people can't prosper, no matter how wealthy they might be."
Versions of these articles will appear in the Winter 1997 issue of Surviving Together, a quarterly journal on grassroots cooperation in Eurasia.
Brian Donahoe is a Ph.D student in anthropology at Indiana University. His principal research interest is indigenous natural resource management among the reindeer herders of the Todzhu region of Tuva. He is also a freelance journalist. These articles are part of the thesis project for his Master's degree in journalism.
The author would like to give special thanks to Rollanda Nikolaevna Kongar, Lyubov Shuluyevna Shoiduk and Taraa Kuular for their help in gathering this information and for their kindness, patience and support throughout his stay in Tuva. The author would also like to thank Indiana University's Department of Anthropology and Office of International Programs for grants that made this trip possible.


Having served as both the pastor of a church and principal of the adjoining school in Canora, Saskatchewan, Keith and Susan moved to Winnipeg to join Church of the Rock's pastoral staff in 1994. Keith was only the third person to have come on staff, which meant he did a little bit of everything: leading worship, running small groups, acting in dramas, preaching, teaching classes, and doing pastoral visits, to name just a few. Although Keith still does many of these things, he is particularly energized by mission work and seeing Christ change lives all over the world.
Be it on the mission field or at home in Winnipeg, Keith loves to help others process how Christ is with them in the midst of their struggles, and he hungers to see the Holy Spirit impact every person. He is active in prophetic ministry and uses his teaching gift to instruct believers in biblical knowledge as well as training for ministry.
Keith and Susan are eager to see the Kingdom of God grow and expand both in Winnipeg and all across the globe.


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Random Thought: Teach Deliberately
Good morning. In the comfortably chilled air this dark morning, I was think of my good e-mail friend, Anne Pemberton. She e-mailed me last week in response to my last RT that the joy I usually have in teaching was missing. I have to disagree even if I wasn't bubbly. I do have to admit that I took a hit with Niteka's murder and Sara's celebrating letter did throw me into deep thought. Because of that walking into myself, I danced into the first days of classes more eagle-eyed and spirited than I usually am. Maybe that's why miraculous events occurred that delightfully brushed my spirit like tickling champagne bubbles.
I don't think that contemplation, reflection, or deliberation are synonymous with somberness. To the contrary, Sara's letter sent me into bubbly raptures, and I gave her a hearty, joyful, toasting hug to her courage and new-found faith in herself when she came into my office yesterday. We sat on the floor and we talked and we shared our feelings.
I firmly believe that we have to teach contemplatively, reflectively, and deliberately. Most of us are good at throwing it out; we have to be able to take it in. What we need is a reflective and truly open openness that starts with a willingness to be open with ourselves to both that which is emotionally satisfying and that which is not; it continues with a willingness to be vulnerable. We need to look inward; then, and only then can we speak out. We have to hear, not just be heard. We have to recognize that any "certainty" is really an approximation. We always have to struggle with that quality of "un-figure-out-edness" that is characteristic of most everything. I find such deliberate deliberation to be difficult yet releasing and constructive and life-giving nourishment, not dangerous and destructive and a life-threatening assault.
I once told someone about the time some education majors asked me, "How should we teach?"
"Deliberately," was my answer.
It was play on Thoreau's commandment to "live deliberately."
What do I mean by "teach deliberately?" As I told these young people, I mean slow when you reach the inevitable and constant "why" in the road.
Every busy "what," and every action "how," and every hurried "do" must first begin with, rest on, be deeply rooted in a quiet, reflective, meaningful "why." Without the anchor of that "why," whatever we do or say is really shallow, adrift, directionless, and maybe even purposeless. I mean that to "just do it," or just do it the way it always has been done, or just do it because its familiar and comfortable, or just do it because it's safe, or just do it the way we've always done it, or just do it because that is what we copied from our professors we love so much, or just do it because everyone is doing it won't get it done without a long "think about it." I mean that wise action occurs only after a deep contemplation during what I might call a "creative putting off."
And yet, as I told these people so many of us so often throw ourselves prostrate before an idol of NOW. In our adoration and worship of action, we are so busy being busy, so rushed rushing around, such in a hurry to hurry. "We haven't got the time," is the usually pronouncement. We have no time to make time to take the time. We have such a bias toward blurring action and against focused deliberation. We have to be on the move; it's a crime and a waste if we just lean back, resting the back of our head in our clasped hands, and mull.
Many people have said so often that "one size does not fit all." I certainly agree, although they usually mean "shutting down." They take that stand as a defense to keep on doing what they are doing and not consider other unaccustomed and challenging approaches. Then, those very people look for the all-encompassing five easy steps, search for the universal seven conditions, seek out the uniform ten characteristics.
We like the golden fleeces of those easy formulae, the simple sound bytes, the quick fixes, the shortcuts, the magic keys, the perfect answers, the guaranteed technique. We always are on the move, trying one thing, then zipping to another, then speeding to still another. We take so little time to set up or settle in or settle down. We reorganize, install, specialize, divide, and separate. We write glorious mission statements, devise feel-good slogans, compose high-sounding phrases. We plot strategies, strategically plan, reengineer. We TQM, MBO, and Peoplesoft. We sponsor workshops, hire consultants, analyze, measure, test, chart, evaluate, assess, score. We simplify.
And all most of us are doing is creating an empty promise, the mirage of change, the illusion of progress, the fantasy of purpose, the myth of mission. We still teach the way we want to teach, living in a rescue fantasy. That is, when we have a problem, we expect some consultant or some formula to pick up the pieces. And, you know, from experience I think most of us know all that in our gut.
Maybe we ought to teach deliberately. That's a powerful command: to circumspect instead of to circumvent; to have in hand instead of being offhanded; to hear and listen; to look and see; to focus rather than to blur; to slow, reflect, think deeply about how we think; to creatively procrastinate; to uncover meaning and purpose before we do it and as we do it. Then, and only then, can we meet the challenge of teaching with connection and compassion.
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24-26 September 2015 in Montreal, QC. Held in conjunction with Osteopathie Quebec. On Sept. 24 Ideal Family presents a talk on osteopaths, obstetricians and midwives in interprofessional collaboration. View program. On Sept 25-26 Francois Amigues hosts workshops on the influence of epigenetics on pregnancy, the foetus and newborn, & on interprofessional collaboration in perinatality. Rendez-Vous 2015 is be the first world-scale event to gather health professionals and educators around the theme of pediatric osteopathy and inter-professional collaboration, while highlighting evidence-based data and osteopathic best practices.
July 2015 in Toulouse, France. Ideal Family presents the evolution of the Charter during the year in a Workshop on particle method for fathers and/or professionals to better assist in the birthing process.
14-15 June 2015 in St Petersbourg, Russia. Ideal Family presents an application of the 4 Pillars of the Charter for physicians and osteopaths, lecture and 2-day workshop, in the context of a perinatal medical symposium focused on paediatric osteopathy.
1-2 May 2015 in Kimberley, BC. Ideal Family presents a lecture on how to use the Charter to let emerge the best parenting potential from pregnancy to childhood. Follows a demonstration of practical techniques for the professional and the father to facilitate the birthing process.
9-20 March 2015 at the United Nations Headquarters in NYC. Ideal Family teamed up with our Brazilian and American friends to participate in the CSW59 in honour of women all over the world. This event brought together international NGOs and government delegations to assess the progress and challenges facing the now 20 year old Beijing Platform for Action to improve the status of women.
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11-12 September 2014, Key Monastery (Spiti), Himashal Pradesh, India.
- To establish a convention underlining the importance of attention to early life for the future of the individual, society and tomorrow's humanity. This convention is put forward by the French association ALIVE AWAKENING headed by Jean-Philippe Brebion. Participants were invited to sign it before its broadcast to the world through various networks.
- To establish the founding pillars of an international charter for the promotion and respect of attention to early life for the future of the individual, society and tomorrow's humanity. This charter is put forward by the I.D.E.A.L. SOCIETY and Tobeparent.com represented by Francois Amigues (view CHARTER).
Dr Michel Odent was the event's scientific director, in partnership with Laura Uplinger and Carla Machado who bring their expertise to its successful future development. This event is the first step to bringing together the most committed international players in prenatal and perinatal care to inform the worldwide community of the importance of early life for the child's future and tomorrow's humanity.
27-28 June 2014 at the Heritage Inn, Cranbrook, BC. This first Congress focusing on birth and early life includes updates on the latest prenatal, birthing and postpartum research. Click on adjacent poster to view more detailed program.


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ARTEC signs deal for Boxer vehicle production
BAE Systems, Pearson Engineering and Thales UK have signed agreements with the ARTEC consortium for the production of the Boxer multirole armoured fighting vehicle.
The ARTEC consortium comprises Krauss-Maffei Wegmann and Rheinmetall Landsysteme from Germany, and Rheinmetall Nederland.
The Boxer armoured wheeled vehicle has been offered to The British Army as its latest advanced mechanised infantry vehicle (MIV).
If selected, at least 60% of the vehicle's value creation and all of its final assembly will be carried out in the UK.
"The partnership between the UK firms and ARTEC will help ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises in the country are involved in the MIV supply chain."
ARTEC has defined a competitive process that ensures main partners and their supply chains provide the best value to the UK taxpayer. This was initiated as part of a 'competition within collaboration concept'.
The investment made by the company in the British value chain is estimated to retain or generate at least 1,000 job opportunities, particularly in the West Midlands, Manchester, Glasgow, Belfast and the north-east regions.
The partnership between the UK firms and ARTEC will help ensure that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the country are involved in the MIV supply chain.
The Boxer vehicles are operated by several armed forces.
In December last year, first two Boxer vehicles were delivered to the Lithuanian Armed Forces Vehicle and Equipment Depot, 16 months after the signing of the contract.
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STEM: What's in a Name?
I get why STEM is especially important now, when technology is invading every part of our work lives and home lives. I get why we want today's students to be well educated in science, engineering, and math so that they can fill good jobs in these arenas in the world of work, so that they as individuals and we as a country can compete internationally, and so that progress can continue to be made on so many fronts. The public high school that I helped to co-found was an Early College career and technical education school focused on engineering, architecture, and technology (two out of three isn't bad). So, I get it.
While that reasoning is not entirely clear to me, it certainly sounds promising. So, I am going to continue to assume that the "A" includes all of the arts, because I like to think that those of us who are dancers (and I did take a great dance course when I was at TC) can "apply a wide range of imaginative approaches to the solution of everyday questions and problems" as well as visual artists can.
But what about my colleagues in the social sciences and in history? I truly believe that they can "fashion practical approaches to realize opportunities" and that they can use technology in cross-disciplinary research and teaching and real-life problem solving. So, could we add, say, "SSH" for social sciences and history? It works pretty well at the end of the word—STEAMSSH. Or, if you prefer "HSS," you could have STEAMHSS, which is almost onomatopoetic, like the hiss of escaping steam.
Who's still missing? Well, the English language and literature crowd. If we could make them settle for an "R" for reading, you can easily see how STEAMSSH could become STREAMSSH. And you can still pronounce it.
While I haven't solved the inclusion of some other academic fields in my new acronym—especially all other languages, which I feel bad about—I believe that we have just about everybody else in the boat. Just as we should. Because having all the attention on STEM misses a lot of what makes an education great. Maybe that's what I learned at TC after all.
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- Early American trade journal.
- Absorbed Motography in 1918 (The magazine went by the name "Exhibitors Herald and Motography" from 20 July 1918 to 6 September 1919).
- Merged with Moving Picture World to form Exhibitors Herald and Moving Picture World, in January 7, 1928.


Autumn colors, October sky, Batavia, Illinois, October 19, 2008, 4:38 p.m., Canon EOS, EF 24-105 mm f4.0L IS USM, f/10.0, 1/320 sec., ISO 400. Photo by Christopher Mardorf.
October clouds, autumn sky, Batavia, Illinois, October 19, 2008, 4:47 p.m., Canon EOS 5D, EF 24-105 mm f4.0L IS USM, f/13.0, 1/320 sec., ISO 400. Photo by Christopher Mardorf.
Vaneless windmill, Batavia, Illinois, November 4, 2008, 3:42 p.m., Canon EOS 5D, EF 24-105 mm f4.0L IS USM, f/10.0, 1/250 sec., ISO 200. Photo by Christopher Mardorf.
Maple tree, August sky, Batavia, Illinois, August 2, 2008, 10:39 a.m., Canon EOS 5D, EF 24-105 mm f4.0L IS USM, f/7.1, 1/100 sec., ISO 400. Photo by Christopher Mardorf.
Christmas lights on blue spruce, Batavia, Illinois, December 27, 2009, 4:49 p.m., Canon PowerShot SD800, f4.5, 1/15 sec., ISO 800. Photo by Christopher Mardorf.
Courtyard petunias, Bellevue Place, Batavia, Illinois, July 8, 2008, 11:30 a.m., Canon EOS 5D, EF 24-105 mm f4.0L IS USM, f/7.1, 1/200 sec., ISO 200. Photo by Christopher Mardorf.


The Institute of Navigation's 2008 National Technical Meeting will focus on how the existing sources of navigation technology will be enhanced to provide improvements to the user community. This community will include everyone from civilians using a Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) to improve their commute to work, to astronauts using a new planned navigation architecture to complete a permanent presence on the moon and then venture on to Mars.
Register online or onsite at the conference.
The meeting will take place at The Catamaran Hotel on Mission Bay in San Diego.