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Q: Dagger 2 subclass with a more specific dependency than the parent class I'm working on a object hierarchy like this:
class Foo extends View
{
    @Inject BaseDependency dep;

    Foo() // Default android view constructors
    {
        injectDependencies();
    }

    protected void injectDependencies()
    {
        getApp().getFooComponent().inject(this);
    }
}

class ExtraBaseDependency extends BaseDependency
{
    @Inject
    ExtraBaseDependency() {}
}

class Bar extends Foo
{
    @Inject ExtraBaseDependency dep;

    @Override
    protected void injectDependencies()
    {
        getApp().getBarComponent().inject(this);
    }
}

The problem I'm trying to solve is that I want in my more specific 'Bar' subclass the 'ExtraBaseDependency' with more methods on it and I ALSO, want to provide Foo with the same object as I'm collecting data from the whole hierarchy to be used in Bar.
I thought that, by overriding injectDependencies() and NOT calling super, that I could provide both my subclass AND its parent the dependency they need, but only ONE of them to share but Bar would get the more specific interface of the object so it can do its job.
The behavior I'm seeing is that while it does compile and run, I'm seeing ExtraBaseDependency being constructed twice.
My FooComponent and BarComponents have different scopes and different modules that are both separate. I am unsure as to why I'm not getting the same instance in the base class as the subclass.

A: Both of your fields will continue to exist; fields are not polymorphic in Java. Foo can't access Bar.dep, but Bar can access Foo.dep via super.dep.
Dagger will automatically inject the supertype fields and methods of any type you inject,
 so if you call inject(Bar) Dagger will inject Foo's fields as well as Bar's. (Per a note about covariance, you do have to be careful not to call inject(Foo), as that will only inject Foo's fields even if you pass in a Bar instance at runtime. See more here, but injecting without explicitly calling super is the right thing to do anyway.)
A few solutions:

*

*Let it be. Foo requires a BaseDependency, Bar requires an ExtraBaseDependency, and Foo might even keep that dependency package-private so Bar has no access to Foo's field (which might be important if the field is stateful or if multiple threads are involved). If you consider each class responsible for declaring its own dependencies, this is working as intended, albeit wastefully.

*Scope the dependency if it should be scoped. If BaseDependency and ExtraBaseDependency are consistent across the lifetime of their component, you can mark it with a scope (e.g. @Singleton or @Reusable) to cut down on the dependencies' recreation, or just save and return an instance in a @Module if it's more appropriate to manage the singleton instance yourself. This isn't a good general-purpose solution, but if this is lingering work anyway, then you can solve this problem with it too.

*Switch to constructor parameters if possible (which it isn't, for your case). If Bar extends Foo, Bar can have an @Inject-annotated constructor, which explicitly calls Foo's constructor with the specific dependencies you request. Of course, for Android Views, you'll need members injection; this is an option for your other cases, or for other readers.

*Drop the @Inject annotation from Foo.dep. Foo.dep's injection evidently depends on its subclass, and fields are not polymorphic, so letting Foo declare its @Inject-annotated field simply isn't safe for the way you're using it.

*Refactor Foo into an abstract base class. This also isn't a general solution for everything, but you can clear up class hierarchy woes by designing Foo for subclassing and exposing a BasicFoo or DefaultFoo implementation. This would make it a subclass responsibility to populate Foo.dep, which may be easier to reason about in your class hierarchy anyway.

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← Thanks to "Dear Santa" letter and a microchip, a little girls missing cat is home for the holidays.
I say "good" because I think she made the right decision. Of course I do. In fact she did make the right decision because the only thing that was damaged in this reported accident by the New York Post is the car, although it does look like a very nice car!
The lady, Dilma Pazmino, living in Queens, New York, was pulling out of her driveway in a beautiful white VW Tiguan, an exotic foreign car in America, when a cat scampered across the road in front of her. She instinctively steered to avoid the cat and went careering into a fire hydrant and then a tree. The fire hydrant "steamed" but did not gush.
The lady ran back into her house to avoid a New York Post photographer. Apparently she did suffer a little bit of harm because a witness said that they saw a woman with blood on her forehead (her thumb was scratched). And she was shaken up. She did not have to go to hospital. The cat is fine and it's the vehicle which needs a bit of repair work which will no doubt upset her husband! Sorry for that because it's probably slightly sexist.
It all happened at about 8 am in Oakland Gardens. In the picture we see an extraordinarily large number of what appear to be firefighters attending to the vehicle. Perhaps they had nothing to do that morning and wanted to go out for a drive.
Sadly, I have to report, though, that there is a sizeable number of people in America and in other countries who deliberately drive over a cat on the road and I have a page which refers to one particularly disagreeable example. They do this because they hate cats and, yes, there are quite a lot of people who hate domestic and feral cats which is why some of them shoot or trap them illegally and so on and so forth.
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I agree,it was good,I have done the same thing but it wasnt a fire hydrant or a tree but a snow bank.
I hate to read about such cruelty (running over cats on purpose) because seeing it done once was enough to damage me emotionally for life.


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Which Ghibli Films Did Earwig And The Witch Director Goro Miyazaki Make?
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By Melissa Sherrard/Feb. 2, 2021 9:52 pm EST
Fans of Studio Ghibli have been eagerly anticipating the latest project by director Gorō Miyazaki, called Earwig and the Witch, and they don't have to wait much longer. The animated film is about an orphan girl who is adopted by a mysterious witch, and it's the studio's first 3D-CG film. However, whether you're only familiar with a few films produced by Studio Ghibli, or you've seen everything released by the Japanese anime powerhouse, you might be wondering which Ghibli films Earwig and the Witch director Gorō Miyazaki made, specifically.
As Anime News Network notes, Gorō Miyazaki was born in 1967, in Tokyo, Japan, and he is the son of the revered animator, and original co-founder of Studio Ghibli, Hayao Miyazaki. Gorō was reportedly slow to follow in his famous father's footsteps as a creator of animated films, according to the Los Angeles Times, and he served as the director for the Ghibli Museum (which he also helped design) from 2001 to June 2005 before making his first movie.
He made his directorial debut for Studio Ghibli with Tales from Earthsea (2006), and it's the first of three films Gorō Miyazaki has made for Ghibli to date. Gorō Miyazaki's first movie for Studio Ghibli was loosely inspired by the first four books of the Earthsea series by Ursula K. Le Guin, and Tales from Earthsea takes place in a mythical kingdom in which strange events start to occur, including the appearance of dragons. Ged, a wizard, and the teenage Prince Arren set out to investigate, though they must contend with Kumo, a witch.
Gorō Miyazaki has done more than direct "Earwig and the Witch" for Studio Ghibli
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The second film Gorō Miyazaki directed for Ghibli was From Up on Poppy Hill (2011). According to the Anime News Network, From Up on Poppy Hill is a drama that follows the efforts of a teenage girl and boy as they try to prevent one of their school's old club houses from being demolished by the high school chairman. However, in the process of trying to save the club house, the pair discover they might be related, and they set out to find the truth about their family's history.
Earwig and the Witch is Gorō Miyazaki's third film for Studio Ghibli, but before its 2020 release in Japan, he directed the animated television show Ronja the Robber's Daughter (2014). As Anime News Network notes, the TV show follows the adventures of a young girl who encounters magical creatures and befriends a boy from a neighboring tribe in the forest between their homes. Gorō Miyazaki was also an animator on a film his father directed, Ponyo on the Cliff by the Sea (2008): This film is loosely based on the Hans Christian Anderson tale, The Little Mermaid, and it follows the friendship between a human boy and a magical goldfish who wants to leave life in the sea behind.
So, while Gorō Miyazaki has only directed three feature films for Studio Ghibli, he has multiple links to the animation studio. As for Earwig and the Witch, the film hits North American theaters Feb. 3, and it will be available on HBO Max Feb. 5.

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UFO Photographed Over San Jose, Costa Rica - Stirs Fear in Some Observers
Cameraman Mario Castillo managed to photograph
the UFO seen over San Jose yesterday. Photo
taken from Avenida Segunda.
COSTA RICA: UFO CAUSES COMMOTION IN SAN JOSE
The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
A UFO sighting galvanized the attention of hundreds of onlookers at noon yesterday, causing commotion in the city's downtown area.
It was a point of light that stood out in the blue skies and moved very slowly. Word spread very quickly that there was a strange object in the sky and corners becamed filled, in a matter of minutes, with people straining to see the mysterious point of light that no one could readily identify.
The UFO was seen for one hour and experts consulted about it could not offer an answer to explain what was seen.
The fact is that it unleashed the curiosity of the passers-by and there was even a measure of fear, as there were those said this portent represented the end of the world.
The clock marked 12:40 in the afternoon, the time at which employees take their lunch breaks. Office workers wearing ties and eating ice-cream cones on their way back to work stopped to look. Peddlers, shopworkers and pedestrians turned their eyes skyward as others pointed at the zenith.
At the busy El Parque soda fountain, Ariel Chavez, a reporter with DIARIO EXTRA, received the phone call of a girlfriend who informed him about the sighting. Ariel's journalistic instinct was unleashed and he abandoned the tasty meat dish he had just ordered, and accompanied by sports writer "Chico" Sanabria from DIARIO EXTRA-who also forsook his lunch - left the eatery to look at the sky. It's not that they wanted to leave without paying - they just wanted to see the famous UFO.
Even the eatery's owner, Francsico "Pancho" Flores, went after the journalists to try to get a glimpse of the "flying saucer"
As it turned out, the [sighting] involved three white lights moving slowly accross the sky, one near San Jose's Parque Central,. the other by the Jimenez Institute and the last one alongside the old facilities of Radio Monumental.
More than one took advantage of the tumulst to steal the billfolds of the unwary who stared heavenward. This is what happened to reporter Siliva Nuñez of Prensa Libre, who was relieved of her wallet. But the pickpocket was not expecting that cameraman Omar Rivera from Extra TV42 would be on hand. The thief was caught and seized by the neck, constrained to return the billfold. This is not the first time Silvia's been mugged.
While all of this took place, Mario Castillo was able to take the photo of the object from Avenida Segunda in downtown San Jose. "It was hard to pin it down. Sometimes one could see [what appeared to be] reflections," Castillo remarked.
Many remarks were voiced aloud in the street. People pointed to the sky and said that it was a "flying saucer" that had come because the end of the world was at hand. Others said that UFOs come to Earth in search of something, while others quoted Biblical revelations. There were also those who were sufficently "eagle-eyed" so say that it was only a piece of space junk, a star or a satellite.
In the midst of so many strange comments, many crossed themselves and thought it best to keep walking.
The object was discovered because many people have taken to skywatching after the news programs broadcast images of UFOs filmed this very same week.
"I was indeed able to see something in the sky, but I think it was a satellite. If it was, it would have to fall at some point. One thing is sure, it was moving all over," said Jerry Bermúdez.
"We were all witnesses to something, but it couldn't be a UFO. Must be some space particle," said Rebecca Zeledón.
"I saw it too -- it was a moving dot. I think it's a satellite, well, I think so. But it would be fun if it was a UFO," observed Mauricio Asstorga, the renowned actor who plays "Benito Losetodo" on Channel 7.
"Look, we were out shopping and we could see the white dot in the sky that was a flying saucer...who knows if if it's space junk," said Jose Luis Cerdas.
"It wasn't a UFO, well, I think it was space junk," decided Abigail Zeledón.
* (Translation (c) 2006, Scott Corrales, Institute of Hispanic Ufology. Special thanks to Christian Quintero, Planeta UFO)
See Also: UFO Videotaped Over Mexican Capitol
See Also: Argentina: Woman Photographs UFO!
See Also: MEXICO: Spherical UFOs over Mexico City


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Exploring how climate change could impact species around the world
You may have heard of a climate change risk assessment for a city, state or country—what extreme weather events it might experience, how global warming could impact its economy, or how changes in its air quality could affect people's health. But have you ever heard of such an assessment for wildlife?
"It's an emerging field of study, particularly the method we're using," says Nikhil Advani, a senior program officer for WWF's climate change adaptation program. "Conservation biology has traditionally focused on historic threats to species, like habitat destruction and overexploitation. And while addressing those threats remains vital, it's becoming increasingly clear that we need to understand how climate change could harm the various species we're trying to protect."
To that end, Advani has been conducting vulnerability assessments and recommending management strategies for some of the most important species WWF is working on. Here's a look at some of the key vulnerability and resilience factors for those species—and a map of where they live today.
Ursus maritimus
VULNERABILITY Habitat specialists; rely almost entirely on the sea-ice environment.
RESILIENCE Opportunistic eaters; prefer seals, but will feed on whale carcasses and even hunt walrus and beluga. Will prey on land animals when necessary.
IUCN RED LIST STATUS Vulnerable
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VULNERABILITY Susceptible to indirect impacts of climate change, such as habitat encroachment by humans as a result of changing conditions in the region.
RESILIENCE High mobility across their large, mountainous range—not bound to a narrow altitude or region.
IUCN RED LIST STATUS Endangered
Ailuropoda melanoleuca
VULNERABILITY Feed almost exclusively on bamboo plants.
RESILIENCE Can tolerate a fairly wide range of temperatures.
Panthera tigris
VULNERABILITY Very small population size—thought to be as few as 3,200 individuals.
RESILIENCE Live across a vast range of habitats, from coastal Bangladesh to the frigid Russian Far East.
VULNERABILITY Heavily dependent on environmental cues for reproduction, migration and hibernation.
RESILIENCE Have a short life span and fast reproductive rate, which could aid adaptation to changes in the environment.
IUCN RED LIST STATUS While monarchs themselves aren't considered an endangered species, IUCN recognizes their migration as an endangered phenomenon.
VULNERABILITY Very sensitive to temperature changes at all life stages—for example, the sex of baby turtles is determined by the temperature of the sand the eggs are laid in.
RESILIENCE High amounts of genetic diversity within the species, which increases their chances of adapting to changing environmental conditions.
Loxodonta africana
VULNERABILITY Need 40-80 gallons of fresh water a day, just for drinking.
RESILIENCE Live in an incredible range of habitats, from open savannas to dense tropical forests.
Gorilla beringei beringei
VULNERABILITY Confined to a very small range surrounded by human settlements, so they can't move elsewhere.
RESILIENCE Not picky eaters; feed on everything from fruit to flowers to tree bark.
Elephas maximus
VULNERABILITY Prefer to eat native grasses and other local plants that invasive species are beating out.
RESILIENCE Live in a wide variety of habitats and across a broad range of altitudes.
Acinonyx jubatus
VULNERABILITY Very low genetic diversity within the species could hinder ability to adapt to changing environmental conditions.
RESILIENCE Incredibly low fresh water requirements—need a drink only every 3-4 days.
Source: worldwildlifeorg.
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Aston PA was first settled in 1682 as a municipality and was incorporated as a township in 1688. In 1906 it became a first class township. Prior to 1687, Aston was known as Northley. Edward Carter, who was the constable of the township, changed the name from Northley to Aston in remembrance of his old home in Oxfordshire, England.
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You might also be wondering how breast implants may affect breastfeeding.
I want to support your breastfeeding journey as best as possible – so you can succeed and reach your goals.
As a lactation consultant, I'm going to share with you the most common questions I'm asked about breastfeeding with implants.
While breast surgery carries some risk of damage (for example, to the nerves), the answer to can you breastfeed with implants is yes!
Many women with breast implants do breastfeed successfully.
#1: What Are The Different Types Of Breast Augmentation Surgery?
Where the doctor places the implant. The implant is either placed above the pectoral muscle or below it.
Where the doctor makes the incision. The incision can be close to or away from the areola.
#2: How Might Different Breast Augmentation Surgery Techniques Impact Breastfeeding?
If the incision is close to the areola there is a greater risk of damaging nerves that are important for the let-down reflex (milk ejection reflex).
The let-down reflex is important to allow the milk stored in the breast to be made available to the baby.
Hence, if your let-down reflex is affected (or doesn't occur), then less milk gets removed from your breasts and this can affect your supply.
Also, if the implant is above the pectoral muscle, there is a greater risk of it affecting your milk making ability.
This is because if it is above the pectoral muscles, it can put pressure on the milk making (glandular tissue) in the breast.
This could somewhat inhibit the growth of glandular tissue in the breast (e.g. during pregnancy).
Also, if the implant is above the pectoral muscle it could also put pressure on milk ducts, reducing the flow of milk through them.
Breastmilk not flowing well? The reduced flow will result in less breastmilk being removed from the breast… meaning less milk will be made.
#3: How Can A Surgeon Increase My Chances Of Breastfeeding Successfully?
If you're considering breast augmentation surgery, there are two things you can request to increase your chances breastfeeding successfully.
Make the incision somewhere other than near your areola. Your doctor could alternatively make the incision in your armpit, belly button or underneath your breast.
#4: Can Breast Implants Affect Milk Supply?
Breast augmentation surgery may affect supply.
But even the incision is near the areola and the implant is above your pectoral muscle, you still may be able to breastfeed successfully.
There are many factors related to breast augmentation surgery other than surgical technique that can affect your supply.
The number of years since the surgery. While with breast reduction surgery some milk ducts and glandular tissue may be removed or damaged, this doesn't typically occur with breast augmentation surgery. If the incision is around the areola however, nerves may be damaged. Fortunately, your nerves will regenerate (but very slowly). Years later, damaged nerves may be able to function (at least somewhat) again.
Why you decided to have the surgery. Breast hypoplasia is a particular type of breast shape that can be associated with reduced ability to make milk. Women with breast hypoplasia tend to have long, narrow, asymmetrical and widely spaced breasts with large areolas. Did you have breast augmentation surgery due to breast hypoplasia? Then if you experience low supply, it may be due to this rather than anything to do with the actual surgery.
#5: Do Breast Implants Make It More Likely To Feel More Engorged When My Milk Comes In?
It's possible that you may have a tendency to feel more engorged when your milk comes in if you have breast implants.
Especially if your implant is above your pectoral muscle, which may contribute to your breast not being drained as well.
If your breasts do become engorged, there is a lot you can do to help. Speak with an Australian Breastfeeding Association counsellor or see a lactation consultant.
#6: How Can I Maximise My Milk Supply After Breast Augmentation Surgery?
Since your milk supply is largely established in the early weeks, getting breastfeeding off to the best start possible can help maximise your supply.
Speaking with an Australian Breastfeeding Association counsellor or seeing a lactation consultant can help with individualised support and information to help maximise your supply too.
Despite getting breastfeeding off to the best start possible, if you still struggle to make enough milk, you could speak with your doctor about use of a galactagogue (a substance that increases milk supply).
For more information about medications and herbs to help increase milk supply, see The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk by Diana West and Lisa Marasco.
#7: What If Breastfeeding Doesn't Work Out How I Wanted It To?
It is important to remember that 'successful' breastfeeding means different things for different mothers.
Breastfeeding is so much more than just about the milk. It is a relationship with a baby.
So, even if you find you are unable to make a full supply, if breastfeeding your baby makes you feel happy, then no matter how much (or little) milk you make, that is 'successful' breastfeeding.
Some mothers who don't make a full supply, find using a breastfeeding supplementer (e.g. supplemental nursing system) helpful.
This is a device that allows a baby to receive supplemental milk while feeding from the breast.
For more information about see Defining Your Own Success: Breastfeeding After Breast Reduction Surgery by Diana West. Although this book is based on breastfeeding after breast reduction surgery, it's still relevant for mothers who breastfeed after breast augmentation surgery.
West D, Marasco L 2009, The Breastfeeding Mother's Guide to Making More Milk, McGraw Hill: New York.
I hope that answered your question of, can I breastfeed with implants? If you have any further questions, leave them in the comments section below.
I breast fed my daughter successfully with no complications for 11 months. I have under the muscle implants that are 10 years old.


Having them out of the house can bring sadness, grief and a sense of a void that needs to be filled. Indeed, if you two are like most couples you have spent tremendous time and energy focused on raising your children. It may seem like a shock, even though you knew it was coming, with no idea of what comes next.
It is easy to stand back and together recount the stories, like a slideshow narrating their lives from their birth, birthday parties, school events, summer camps, struggles in the teen years, driver's licenses and finally graduations. And now what?
Indeed, that is the question: Now what? So much time and energy has been focused on them that your own relationship has taken a back seat. It may be uncomfortable to look at the person you married all those years ago and wonder who are they? And for that matter who are you now?
This time can also be about renewal. It can be a time to come back and revisit your unlived lives, individually and together. A time to perhaps go back to school and complete a degree, travel or start a new business.
Also look at finding and creating a deeper love. You two have been through so much together and met the challenges and joys raising a family brings. Take in and share the gratitude you have for your partner in that process. Then discuss what other goals you want to undertake together. This time it is about the two of you growing and prospering as a couple.
Now that you have more time you can find ways to deepen your connection. This may take the help of a couple's counselor to help you repair any damage that has occurred and find your way back to the loving relationship you started with.
Another way to move forward it to use a "vision board" employing a variety of tools to put on paper what you two are envisioning as a couple now. Get a large piece of paper and use felt pens, water colors, magazine photos or downloaded ones to create your separate and collection vision. Nothing is off limits as you search out who you are and what you want to have in your life now.
Or create your own vision boards separately and come together and share with each other. After reviewing them you can make a joint one with the ideas that can be done together.
So, like the Chinese character for "crisis" can also be the character that means, "opportunity" you can choose to see this time as an opportunity to grow yourself and your relationship.


Modelled on the classic Hotel Del Coronado near San Diego, California, this historic-styled property is Disney's crown jewel and most upmarket offering. Opened in 1988, its timeless appeal and attention to detail justifies its position as the company's flagship resort.
This elegant resort is situated on the doorstep of Disney's Magic Kingdom park, with a view of Cinderella Castle and pretty Seven Seas Lagoon. All of Walt Disney World's parks, shopping, and dining are easily accessed by an internal boat, bus and monorail system, free for guests' use. Orlando International Airport is 18 miles (11km) away and an enormous array of offsite shopping, dining and attractions are within 10 miles (6km).
The main building's magnificent lobby sets a tone of Victorian splendour, accented by period furnishings with a modern touch. Outer buildings situated around a courtyard are less themed but more private, though rooms are equally intimate and luxurious. Although vast, the resort has a boutique feel, and a stay in a club room or suite in the main building is a 'bucket list' experience.
Disney is well known for its focus on attentive hospitality, and nowhere is that more evident than in the Grand Floridian's staff, who pride themselves on anticipating and exceeding expectations.
The resort offers spa services, watercraft hire, fishing excursions, fireworks cruises, movies under the stars, an arcade, business centre and a large fitness room. Family-friendly Beach Pool has a water slide and toddler area, while quiet Courtyard Pool offers a hot tub and adjoining children's pool. Ultra-exclusive Royal Palm Club lounge adds breakfast, snacks and drinks, plus a dedicated concierge.
Spacious rooms in white, soft grey and a pop of melon offer a restful retreat with plenty of power points and USB outlets for recharging devices, while a writing desk, iron and ironing board, mini-fridge, Keurig coffee-maker and bath robes are standard.
Turret rooms add a living room and additional TV. Large, bright bathrooms with H2O toiletries include double sinks. The feel is entirely grown-up, with subtle nods to Disney. Pricing is by view, with a choice of Garden, Lagoon or Theme Park, and by Outer Building or Main Building. All rooms have a balcony or patio.
Fine-dining is a hallmark of this resort. Cítricos and Narcoosees serve superb Mediterranean and Coastal cuisine respectively, with stand-out risottos, steaks and fresh seafood. Signature restaurant Victoria & Albert's receives AAA's rare Five Diamond Award for its seven and 10-course Prix Fixe menus, and ranks among the best in Florida.
A character breakfast buffet takes place at 1900 Park Fare, transitioning to children's afternoon Wonderland Tea Party with Alice, and Cinderella's Happily Ever After Dinner in evenings. Two casual dining venues and three quick-serves ensure families with tired children dine in comfort, while Citrico's and Mizner's lounges create handcrafted cocktails in an adult setting.
Double rooms from $646 (£514) in low season; and from $934 (£743) in high. Breakfast excluded (from $10/£8). Free Wi-Fi.
The resort, including the pool, is fully accessible. Bathrooms have roll-in showers, grab bars, audio and visual alerts and lowered bed heights.
There are children's spa services, children's menus in all restaurants except Victoria & Albert's (no under-10s), plus a paid-for Pirates Adventure Cruise. Full use of the kids' club at Polynesian Village Resort (ages three to 12, $55/£44 per child).
4401 Floridian Way, Orlando, Florida, 32830, United States.


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Thanks, Canada: Facebook's 4 Big Privacy Fixes
By Jared Newman
PCWorld | PT
Pick on Canada all you want, but this week the country did good by muscling Facebook into making privacy changes. Our northern neighbors took the lead on scrutinizing Facebook's privacy policy and required alterations in accordance with Canada's privacy laws. Here are the four major privacy fixes we'll be seeing from Facebook, plus a couple privacy concerns that remain:
Third-Party Data Mining
Canada's concern: When you install an app, such as "Superpoke" or "25 Random Things," you're always asked to give the app developer full access to your profile. It's never really clear what you're giving away by doing this, but your personal information can become fair game for marketers.
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The fix: Apps will have to tell the user what information it wants and get express consent from the user beforehand. Information will be split into categories, which the user can check off before installing. Developers will also have to explain how that personal data will be used.
Account Deactivation
Canada's concern: Facebook doesn't make it clear what happens to your personal information after you pull the plug on an account. Deactivation doesn't necessarily mean deletion, and users couldn't be sure that their account data was being wiped clean.
The fix: Users will be given an option to either deactivate or delete their accounts. Upon deactivation, they'll be notified of the option to delete, and can elect to do so should they want all their data gone for good.
Privacy for Non-Users
Canada's concern: Even if you're anti-Facebook, Canada was worried that the site could still be keeping information on you. The country is somewhat vague on what, exactly, is the problem here, but it likely has to do with the storage of e-mail addresses.
The fix: Facebook says it doesn't keep a separate database of e-mail addresses for invite-to-Facebook feature, nor does it use e-mail addresses to track the feature's success. Beyond that, the site will update its terms of service to better explain what it's doing with non-user information.
Privacy for Dead People
Canada's concern: When you die, your Facebook account can potentially turn into an online memorial, with users writing on your wall and posting pictures. It sounds nice, but not everyone knows that this could happen.
The fix: Facebook will explain in its privacy policy what happens to an account after its owner passes away.
Concerns Remain
These steps won't close the book on Facebook's back-and-forth with privacy advocates. A federal complaint was filed in the United States earlier this year, dealing with how Facebook can use the content you put on the site.
The Electronic Privacy Information Center, which filed the complaint, also has a list of concerns on its Web site -- not complaints, per se, but things to watch out for. There's some overlap with Canada's gripes, but EPIC also raises questions over what happens when you're tagged in a photo, how you're listed in public searches. EPIC also says that Social Ads, which place user data into related advertisements, is potentially illegal.
Canada may have scored a victory, but the war's not over yet.


About a month ago, I polled people (mostly GRE aspirants) on my FB page as to what their favorite GRE words were. I got some very interesting responses. Here are a few of those words. Perhaps your favorite is among them!
Back in Victorian England, there were these exhibitions featuring shadows flashing on the wall. The effect was disorienting, causing a stream of unconnected images. The fact that these images happened to be ghoulish and frightening added to the effect. Perhaps, a more relevant example is when you are really sick. You know how you when you close your eyes you get a sense of flashing images that are almost hallucinatory in nature? Well, that is phantasmagorical. If you are a fan of Edgar Allan Poe, some of his stories describe a phantasmagorical world of constantly shifting scenes, each more macabre than the last.
If you've ever read Dicken's A Christmas Carol you will remember Ebenezer Scrooge, who was known for pinching every penny, despite being a wealthy man. If a street urchin clambered up to him asking for a dime—even on Christmas eve—Mr. Scrooge would say no. Scrooge is the embodiment of parsimonious. This word should not be confused with frugal, which means spending money wisely.
How obscene that this would be someone's favorite word! Well, not exactly. Though this word does describe things that are obscene in nature. There was, for instance, a certain congressman with a highly unfortunate surname. He would send women he worked with salacious texts (I won't get into details here beyond saying that his surname completes another name: Oscar Meyer).
A grouchy person, a crank, an irritable type who goes out of his way to yell at tiny children frolicking in the street—this is a curmudgeon. Speaking of Ebenezer Scrooge, he was also a curmudgeon. Though, you don't have to be parsimonious to be a curmudgeon. You can throw $100 bills in the air—as long as you are cursing those around you.
hey Chris I am in california on L2 visa. i completed my bachelor's in computer science last year in India. I don't have much of experience but want to persue my MS here in usa. Does work experience really matters to get in top universities? I did not get any job in IT field here because either you should have MS or work experience. i want to start college as soon as possible. can you brief me about everything?
I certainly can brief you about everything. And the answer to your question is actually simple… yet complicated in a way. To make a long story short, top grad schools look at a combination of past grades, GRE scores, and work experience. If you have a respectable undergrad GPA and did well on your exam, you have a chance of getting into a top school. And applicants with so-so grades and test scores but amazing work experience also have a chance.
As you move forward, you should also contact prospective schools and see if you need to change from an L2 visa to a student visa. Many immigrants on "dependent" visas need to do this, although I'm not sure about the rules for L2 specifically.


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Students may work with an RSL one to one, or as part of a small group over a period of time. The RSL closely monitors their learning, attendance, equipment, behaviour and effort. They will support them with homework and ensure that any gaps in knowledge are filled in, so that the student is back on track.


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Abdulla Dagci (1900 – 26 June 1943) was a Crimean Tatar Soviet partisan commander based around the city of Simferopol during World War II. Responsible for organising both the Simferopol resistance and resistance among ethnic Crimean Tatars, Dagci was captured and executed by the Germans in July 1943. Following his death, he was nominated for the title of Hero of the Soviet Union twice (in 1943 and 1966), with neither nomination being accepted by the Soviet government.

Early life and career
Abdulla Dagci was born in 1900, in the village of Körbekül (now ), in what was then part of the Russian Empire. In 1924, he completed training to become a cadre of the All-Union Communist Party, and became head of the Massandra Winery combine. In 1932, he was appointed as head of the Balaklava District party committee. He later became head of the Yalta Raion party committee.

World War II
Following the beginning of Operation Barbarossa, Dagci was involved in the evacuation of civilians from Crimea, additionally playing a role in the construction of a stay-behind network to serve as a basis for underground activity following German occupation. Shortly prior to the capture of Simferopol by German forces, Dagci fled with his family to the village of . From Stilâ, Dagci and his family fled to Sevastopol, where they joined with remaining Red Army forces on the retreat. Shortly thereafter, however, the Red Army was encircled around Yalta and Dagci's family was forced to flee to the Crimean Mountains, where they met with the Soviet partisans operating in Crimea. Dagci and his sister joined the partisans, and were tasked with capturing the mayor of the village of , a mission they successfully completed.

In September 1942, Dagci was placed as the leader of a group of ten partisans, including his sister, who were to establish an underground network in the city of Simferopol. The network was established in the village of , located  outside of Simferopol. At this time, Dagci took on the nickname of "Uncle Volodya" ().

Dagci's network was the largest in Crimea during World War II, encompassing members of the German security forces, hospitals, and the collaborationist local government of Yalta. It participated in the rail war and attacks on German military bases, provided supplies to the partisans, and collected 20,000 rubles, which were sent to the Soviet Union proper and used to build an aeroplane.

Beginning in May 1943, Dagci's group began subordinating other partisan groups at the behest of the military command, which expressed its desire for Dagci to shift his goal towards convincing Crimean Tatar collaborators to join the partisans. As a result of Dagci's efforts, a member of , Baki Gaziyev, defected to the partisans. Gaziyev's defection enabled partisan forces to bring an end to the German blockade of the partisan-run airfield in the Qarabiy yayla mountain range. At its peak, Dagci's network included 35 or 78 people, and included several members of his family. According to , author of the Crimean Tatar Encyclopaedia, two thirds of Dagci's organisation were ethnic Crimean Tatars.

Death and legacy
It remains a source of dispute as to how Dagci's group was unravelled. According to The Long Way to the Truth, a memoir by partisan Galina Skripnichenko-Korovyakovskaya, the partisan group fell after one of its members was arrested by the Sicherheitsdienst and divulged information to German authorities. According to the Crimean Tatar rights organisation Milliy Fırqa, however, the organisation was destroyed from within by two pro-German infiltrators, Zoya Martynova and Tatyana Andreyeva. On 12 June 1943, Dagci and his family members were arrested by the Nazis. Dagci himself was executed on 26 June 1943, and five of his family members were executed by the Gestapo. Other members of his organisation were either tortured to death, executed by firing squad, or imprisoned at the .

Following Dagci's death, the Crimean Regional Committee of the All-Union Communist Party petitioned to the State Defense Committee that he be awarded the title of Hero of the Soviet Union. However, the request went unanswered. In 1966, another attempt was made to nominate Dagci for the title by 24 Crimean Tatar intellectuals, this time alongside partisan scout Alime Abdenanova (who was later awarded the title of Hero of the Russian Federation in 2014). Once again, the nomination was unsuccessful, this time resulting in said intellectuals, many of whom were supporters of the Crimean Tatar civil rights movement, being noted by the Soviet government as political opponents.

In 1998, repatriated Crimean Tatars living in the  village named a street after Dagci.

In 2017, the Council of Elders of the Crimean Tatars of Alushta sent a petition to Sergey Aksyonov, head of the Republic of Crimea, requesting that a memorial to Dagci and his family be installed in his native village of Izobilne.

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1900 births
1943 deaths
Crimean partisans
Crimean Tatar politicians
Resistance members killed by Nazi Germany
Russian people executed by Nazi Germany
Ukrainian people executed by Nazi Germany

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my husband says if we need money in the future we can put a reverse mortgage on the house. I say this ties us to the house and we may need to live in assisted living, so if it comes to that we should sell and move. What do you think? Reverse mortgage or move?
I have a principal first annuity from Hartford as an IRA & have no idea if it would be better to cash it out & re-invest or use it. My financial advisor is not a member of NAFPA & I see he is only looking out for his profit margin...ie. full disclosure not required now. I am 80 yrs old. Thank You for your consideration.
I have heard from a financial advisor to save for ourselves before a 529 plan for our kids. Are there tax benefits to a college plan for our children in IL?
I have earned 5000.00 how much federal taxes and state taxes do I pay on this?
My father recently passed away. As his Personal Representative and Successor Trustee for the Family Trust, I have learned that his assets were part of the trust, but no assets were left for his Probate Estate -- only debt. Question: is it possible to declare bankruptcy for his Probate Estate to minimize the debt burden on my sickly, elderly mother?
I am 35 years old and I am self-employed. Being self-employed, I find it very hard to find new mortgage opportunities that apply to me, and I also have a tough time in deciding what savings/retirement plans would maximize the money I have. Any suggestions or help?


Hope you're all enjoying a beautiful, relaxing Summer!
hi friend. that white terracotta tile toward the top just absolutely kills me. I would stare at it all day in the kitchen and never tire of it I think. hope you are enjoying this season of lush wonder. I am trying to stretch it out and make it last, but summer has a way of sneaking away. peace to you right where you are.
I'll be back to see more images like these!
Have a great light week!
That boat swing is amazing but yikes the space it requires, not to mention a really good attachment to the beam.
Love that double white staircase with the mysterious door behind it, and the little bathroom sink in the next picture down.
Very informative article which is about the home decor items and i must bookmark it, keep posting interesting articles.
Loved your picks for the home decor, simple and beautiful. Turns out a bit classy and homey at the same time.. It's the perfect balance!
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Browse Books: Philosophy / Mind & Body
The Four Agreements Toltec Wisdom Collection: 3-Book Boxed Set (Paperback)
By Don Miguel Ruiz, Janet Mills
The Psychedelic Experience: A Manual Based on the Tibetan Book of the Dead (Paperback)
By Timothy Leary, Richard Alpert, Ralph Metzner, Daniel Pinchbeck (Introduction by)
Metaphors We Live By (Paperback)
By George Lakoff, Mark Johnson
This Is Water: Some Thoughts, Delivered on a Significant Occasion, about Living a Compassionate Life (Hardcover)
By David Foster Wallace
Inner Engineering: A Yogi's Guide to Joy (Hardcover)
By Sadhguru
Wisdom of the Heart: The Good, the True, and the Beautiful at the Center of Us All (Paperback)
By Peter Kreeft
Being and Time (Harper Perennial Modern Thought) (Paperback)
The Psychology of Stupidity (Paperback)
By Jean-Francois Marmion (Editor), Liesl Schillinger (Translated by)
Freedom: The End of the Human Condition (Paperback)
By Jeremy Griffith
Illusions: The Adventures of a Reluctant Messiah (Mass Market)
By Richard Bach
The Interpretation of Dreams: The Complete and Definitive Text (Paperback)
By Sigmund Freud, James Strachey (Edited and translated by)
Teaching Yoga: Essential Foundations and Techniques (Paperback)
By Mark Stephens, Mariel Hemingway (Foreword by)
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Hello! The WSC #402 is up on the MFT's Card Challenge Blog. This is my take on this weeks sketch-simple with a serious pop of color!
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How Being a Post-Punk Singer Prepared Me for the Startup Life
By David Larson Levine
In 1985, my sophomore year at Yale, I formed a band with my roommate, and thus began my career as an entrepreneur. We named our band Senator Flux. In those days, picking your band name was equivalent to finding a domain name today.
Garage, indie, college, alternative, post-punk -- whatever you call it, the music scene was a training ground for the Gen X entrepreneurs who built the web of today. Do Facebook, Google and Amazon owe more to the culture of Lou Reed and Jonathan Richman than Bill Gates and Steve Jobs? I submit that they do.
Here are six experiences -- including a happenstance encounter with a pre-Nirvana Dave Grohl -- that helped prepare me for the startup world of today.
1. Bootstrapping. We decided to make a record. We needed almost $1,000 for the studio time, mastering, vinyl pressing and packaging. So I hitchhiked to a Rainbow Gathering in Pennsylvania, bought a few sheets of acid for $100 each and sold them back in New Haven for $5 a tab. I now had enough for the record.
Related: Big Business Lessons From Three Rock 'n' Roll Legends
Technology entrepreneurship isn't all that different. In the early days of my firm, Geostellar, we pulled together the money for our solar marketplace by selling the raw data we produced to established companies for their multi-channel marketing efforts. Bootstrapping is almost always the best way to get started.
2. Funding. We released the record, Some New Ruins: The Yale-New Haven Compilation and sent it to various fanzines and dropped off stacks with distributors in New York and Boston. In less than a month, we got a letter from a record label in Amsterdam asking if we'd record some albums for them, and signed a recording contract a few weeks later.
It all seemed too good to be true. The economics of venture funding and music publishing are remarkably similar. You're part of a portfolio and it's not likely that you'll ever make real money for yourself unless you have a huge, outsized hit. But it's a fun ride and sure beats working for a living.
3. Screwing over the co-founder. As our sound evolved, I realized the band's co-founder and my former college roommate didn't really fit anymore, so I told him we were going to make the second record, Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet & Watch, without him. I told him this just at the beginning of the summer when we were about to start recording and it was too late for him to make other plans. It might have been the right thing to do, but I did it in the worst possible way.
This seems to be a theme with startups. Mark Zuckerberg could have dismissed his Facebook co-founder without trying to cheat him out of his stock. Snapchat, Twitter and many others ruthlessly removed cofounders without providing upside in the case of success. Startup co-founders are a lot like bandmates. "Creative differences" are less the exception than the rule.
4. The road show. After one of our music videos made it on MTV, the band convinced me to drop out of grad school, move back to D.C. and go on tour. I booked the whole thing myself, sending out CDs and press kits and working the phones with booking agents across New England, the Midwest and Canada. We slept on a lot of floors.
Related: From Gum to the Grammys: How Artist-Entrepreneur Kenna Bulldozed the Status Quo
This experience was remarkably similar to raising money. In the early days of each of my companies, I sent out slide decks, followed up with phone calls and worked to book a partner pitch. Lacking funds, I couch-surfed with friends and slept on many floors.
5. Things change -- fast. For our fourth release, Storyknife, we used the record company advance to build a recording studio in the basement of the band house and used it to record other D.C. bands for extra cash while we worked on our own songs.
Dave Grohl, who grew up in Arlington, Va., and played with Scream before joining Nirvana, showed up at our door one day with a rough mix of Nevermind they'd recorded the week before in LA. He popped it in the tape deck and we sat in the living room and listened deeply. It was really good. We had no idea it was "knock Michael Jackson off the number-one spot on the Billboard charts" good. But it changed everything.
When Nevermind hit, the major labels swarmed Seattle and signed everyone they could from the indie label Subpop. Pearl Jam, Soundgarden and Alice in Chains became the center of post-punk universe. We knew it was over when the New York Times was endlessly analyzing grunge as a cultural movement. D.C. was left in the dust.
I had a similar experience at my first venture building websites and apps for companies such as NPR, the Baltimore Sun and the Coca-Cola Company. I got an email in 1995 from David Filo, co-founder of Yahoo!, asking if he could publish a link to the Democratic National Committee site I'd built on Yahoo! About a year later, the company took off.
The people I played with on the MOO (an online social community), debated on newsgroups and met at the first web conference in CERN Switzerland were raising capital and dominating the NASDAQ charts. And they were all in Silicon Valley. Back here in D.C., we still have Steve Case.
Venture capitalists are the major labels. NASDAQ is Billboard. Startups are bands. Deja vu all over again.
Related: 3 Ways Public Humiliation Made Me a Stronger Entrepreneur
David Larson Levine


The HWPL International Law Peace Committee, consisting of twenty highly respected international law experts, is to publicly present the Declaration on the Cessation of War and Achievement of World Peace on March 14, 2016.
Over 1,000 internationally-renowned figures representing various fields: legal affairs, politics, NGOs, and media will gather at the Proclamation Ceremony of the Declaration on the Cessation of War and Achievement of World Peace in Seoul to witness and support the Declaration - the one that will draw a new framework for an international law leading to global peace.
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El jaciment paleontològic dels Casots es localitza dins el terme municipal de Subirats (Alt Penedès, Barcelona), on s'han trobat restes de mamífers d'uns 16 milions d'anys d'antiguitat. Es troba a prop de la carretera BP-2427 en direcció al Castell de Subirats i de la Masia de Cal Sutxet, dins de la zona de la Serra d'Ordal. Es tracta d'un dels jaciments del Miocè inferior més importants d'Europa. Va ser declarat Bé Cultural d'Interès Nacional per la Generalitat de Catalunya. La importància del jaciment paleontològic ha motivat la realització de diverses iniciatives locals no reeixides per a crear un centre d'interpretació. Així s'ha parlat d'un Centre d'Interpretació Paleontològic dels Casots o bé de realitzar un Centre d'Interpretació del Patrimoni Històric i Natural (paleontològic) de Subirats.

Descobriment
El jaciment es va descobrir el 1989, quan Toni Adell, un veí de Sant Sadurní d'Anoia va trobar alguns ossos fòssilitzats a prop del Puig d'en Figueres, dins del terme municipal de Subirats, a l'Alt Penedès.

Adell va dipositar la seva troballa al Museu de Geologia de Barcelona. Els tècnics del museu, Jaume Gallemí i Julio Gómez Alba, van identificar les troballes com a restes d'éssers vertebrats i es van posar en contacte amb l'actual Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont. Des d'allà, al cap de poc mesos, es va organitzar la primera d'una sèrie de campanyes d'excavacions, que van convertir el jaciment en un lloc de referència Europeu per a l'estudi del Miocè inferior.

L'explotació minera de les mines de lignit de la Fontsanta és anterior a 1850, data en què foren abandonades. Juntament amb les mines de lignit de la partida del Gormaget (Alcoi) són de les primeres restes fòssils trobades a la península Ibèrica. Foren descrites a finals del , i es troben molt a prop del jaciment actual.

Jaciment

El jaciment es va formar al Miocè en un petit llac situat sobre un basament calcari del Mesozoic. Amb el temps es van anar dipositant sediments que van permetre la fossilització d'una gran varietat de vertebrats i de restes vegetals.

Els sediments estan formats tant per calcàries massisses com per materials lutítics, així com per fàcies grolleres (grava, conglomerat... ) a les zones en contacte amb el basament calcari.

Estratigrafia
Es va fer una columna estratigràfica del jaciment d'una mica menys de dos metres en un dels sectors excavats, formada per lutites de colors en un ambient lacustre. Als entorns de la Masia de Cal Sutxet, molt propera al jaciment, afloren capes de lutites i bretxes que també han lliurat algunes restes fòssils. Es creu que aquests dipòsits més grollers es formaren a partir d'avingudes torrencials de rambles adossades al marge de la conca.

Campanyes
En la primera campanya, duta a terme al cap de pocs mesos de la primera troballa, es van recollir unes 200 restes fòssils només en superfície. Més endavant, entre 1989 i 1994 es va decidir excavar una superfície d'aproximadament uns 200 m² a la zona nord-est de l'actual jaciment. Gràcies a aquestes campanyes s'han recuperat més d'un miler de restes diferents, on es troben tant micro-com macrovertebrats.

Fòssils
La gran part de fòssils trobats pertanyen a diversos grups d'animals vertebrats, entre els quals destaquen els mamífers, tot i que també s'han trobat fòssils de peixos, amfibis, rèptils i aus. Destaca el seu excel·lent i excepcional grau de conservació. Entre les peces trobades destaquen esquelets de rinoceront, cèrvids, aus i cocodrils, així com una diversitat considerable de cranis i d'altres restes aïllades. Actualment les restes fòssils són part de la col·lecció de l'Institut Català de Paleontologia Miquel Crusafont.

Pel que fa a les restes de plantes, s'ha trobat moltes tiges de plantes aquàtics, alguns troncs d'arbres -no identificables- i alguns fruits.

Fauna
Al jaciment s'ha trobat una gran diversitat de fauna de vertebrats:

 Proboscidis: hi ha del gènere Tetralophodon i Deinotherium
 Perissodàctils: És un dels grups més nombrosos de fòssils.
 Artiodàctils: suïformes (Bunolistriodon, Taucanamo), Bòvids (Palaeomerycids), cèrvids (Lagomeryx i Procervulus), tragúlids (Caenotherium), Anchitherium sp., Rhinocerotidae
 Carnívors: cànids (Amphicyon), úrsids (Amphicyon giganteus, hemicyionids), mustèlids (formes properes als Iberyctis), vivèrrids (Semigenetta) i fèlids.
 Insectívors: Gen. et sp. indet.
 Chiroptera: Gen. et sp. indet.
 Rodentia: Democricetodon hispanicus, Democricetodon, Megacricetodon minor primitivus, Ligerimys ellipticus, Glirudinus modestus, Microdyromys, Muscardinus, Peridyromys murinus, Pseudodryomys ibericus, Simplomys julii, Simplomys simplicidens, Paraglis, Atlantoxerus idubedensis, Heteroxerus rubricati
 Proboscidea: Gomphotherium, Deinotheriidae, Orden Artiodactyla, Cainotherium miocaenicum, Eurolistriodon adelli, Taucanamo primum, Dorcatherium crassum, Lagomeryx, Procervulus dichotomus, Eotragus artenensis, Ampelomeryx ginsburgi.

Paleoambient
El jaciment dels Casots correspon a un antic llac i per tant no és gens estrany que s'hagin recuperat abundants restes de vegetació i animals aquàtics, com peixos, cocodrils, tortugues d'aigua i cargols. A més alguns dels mamífers recuperats segurament habitaven la riba del llac, com és el cas del paleomerícid Ampelomeryx i el cérvol d'aigua Dorcatherium. Mentre que s'ha suggerit que el primer podria haver tingut un mode de vida similar al de l'actual ant (Alces alces), que viu en zones boscoses inundades d'aigua, Dorcatherium, com els seus parents actuals podria haver tingut costums semiaquàtiques. La gran diversitat de lirons arborícoles indica que prop del llac hi hauria boscos més o menys densos, mentre que altres rosegadors, com els esquirols terrestres, semblen indicar que també hi havia zones més obertes, a manera de grans clarianes al bosc. La presència de cocodrils indica que les temperatures mitjanes deurien ser força altes, segurament de tipus tropical a subtropical.

Referències

Bibliografia
 Agustí, J. & Llenas, M. (1993). Los roedores del Mioceno inferior de Els Casots (Vallès-Penedès). Nota preliminar. Comunicaciones de las IX Jornadas de Paleontología, Málaga, pp. 70-72.

 Galindo, J (2010) Els principals jaciments paleontològics amb vertebrats dels Països Catalans. In Història Natural dels Països Catalans, Vol 16: Addenda de flora i fauna pp 421-423
 Ginestí, M. (2008). Els cricètids del Miocè inferior (MN4) dels Casots (Subirats, Barcelona). Trabajo de máster inédito, Institut Català de Paleontologia, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. 33 pp.

 Pickford, M. & Moyà-Solà, S. (1994). Taucanamo (Suoidea, Tayassuidae) from the Middle Miocene (MN04a) of Els Casots, Barcelona, Spain. Comptes Rendus de l'Académie des Sciences de Paris 319: 1569-1575.
 Pickford, M. & Moyà-Solà, S. (1995). Eurolistriodon gen. nov. (Suidae, Mammalia) from Els Casots, early middle Miocene, Spain. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Nederlandse Akademie van Wetenschappen 98: 343-360.

Enllaços externs

 Memòria de l'inventari de patrimoni cultural i natural de Subirats
 Memòria de l'excavació dels Casots

Jaciments paleontològics de Catalunya
Jaciments paleontològics del Miocè
Subirats
Béns Culturals d'Interès Nacional de l'Alt Penedès


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Home Life & Style Emmanuel Olowu and Emerging Paradox of Life
Emmanuel Olowu and Emerging Paradox of Life
By John Odah
This particular paradox in his life is too striking for anyone to miss it. Schooling began for the young man who would end up in a global front rank university such as the University of Pennsylvania with trekking 7.5kms to school and another 7.5 kms back five days a week. This was because, in Agbangwe Village in the present day Edumoga District of Okpokwu LGA where he was born on May 25th, 1955, there was no primary school. Hence the imperative of the 15kms daily trek from Agbangwe to St Anthony Roman Catholic Mission (RCM) School, Akpoga every day and back through footpaths for his primary school education.
His was the fate of every other child who went to school from this environment in those days. Many did not even have parents who approved of it. Olowu's parents – Mr. Daniel Olowu and his wife, Mrs. Christiana Ogodo Olowu (nee Attah) from the neighbouring Anmoda village – in the same Edumoga District could see far and approved of their second out of six children to go to school. The young Emmanuel had been named after his paternal grandfather, Udah and hence the name Emmanuel Udah Olowu.
Olowu's primary school education leavened into admission into the flagship or one of the flagship secondary schools ran and still run by the Catholic Church in what is now Benue State of Nigeria – Mount Saint Michael's School, Aliade in 1968. At the end of five years, he graduated with flying colours. That was 1972. The following year, he got on with his two year Higher School Certificate (H.S.C) studies, having been retained in the same school. In other words, he had sent enough signals of academic competence to the authorities, that being the only way a student could be retained in that era when academic corruption was basically unthinkable yet. He did not disappoint as his H.S.C examinations results showed subsequently. They were so strong that he got admission into the Faculty of Arts and Social Science, Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria in 1975 to read Sociology.
Unlike today when everyone wants to read Accounting or Law or what are generally called professional courses, it was subjects such as History, Sociology, Political Science, among others, that were the great university subjects. And it was the time when universities were universities in Nigeria whether this was in relation to the quality of academics or the infrastructural outlay or what happens to a graduate upon graduation. Dr. Olowu has once spoken of how fascinating the back to school journeys by train were. Nigeria was alive and the rail system was working.
The totality of the evidence is that he was not picking corns at ABU, Zaria. According to Prof. Muhammad Baba, one of his course and class mates in Zaria testifies to Dr. Olowu's brilliance, saying "Emma was a very good scholar to the core". He echoes what Abubakar Sokoto Mohammed who was a year ahead of them in the same Department of Sociology at ABU, had to say viz "Dr. Olowu emerged the best social science student during the 1976/1977 session". He went on the following academic year to emerge top of his graduating class of 1978.
Barrister David Adulugba who was a year ahead of Olowu in college speaks to Olowu's trajectory: "from the rural village where he was raised in the mid-50s, he struggled above his peers and circumstances and went to Mount Saint Michael's secondary School, Aliade. When universities were very few and uncommon in Nigeria, he got admission to the prestigious Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria on state government scholarship. We didn't know then that he was just warming up as he was to get admission to a US university on scholarship for post graduate and research studies and where he got an M.Sc and PhD at an early age".
The US sojourn was actually from the Nigerian Law Reform Commission, (NLRC) where he had moved from the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria which had retained him in 1979 as a Graduate Assistant after the one year National Youth Service Corps Scheme, (NYSC). That was in the Department of Sociology of the university. When he left for the states, it was to the Center for Studies in Criminology and Criminal Law at the University of Pennsylvania. He was there between 1982 and 1985.
While there, he had a Nigerian course mate who is now a Professor of Sociology at the University of Jos in Nigeria – Prof. Etannibi Alemika. And Prof. Alemika's testimonial is Dr. Olowu was very excited about using his training to contribute to the "War against drugs" in the country. He said "Emma's ambition was to be an influencer in policy making and implementation which explains his interest in pursuing a career in Nigerian Law Reform Commission has and the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) instead of returning to the university after earning a doctoral degree in Criminology from an American Ivy League University".
He returned to rejoin the NLRC but from where he was to move again, after spending 9 years, this time to the Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as a pioneer staff. He served as Assistant Director and Director of Assets Investigation, Pioneer Commandant of the NDLEA Academy in Jos and Acting Director-General, NDLEA between 1990 and 1994.
Again, the paradox about his life as the NDLEA years were to end unceremoniously as his essential nature came under fire from the Nigerian system. The paradox lies in this: working to put drug barons out of being able to wreck the lives of millions of Nigerian youths was a very passionate cause for him. His years of service to the nation in the NDLEA must rank among the most fulfilling years in his public service career but it is also the years that caused him the greatest pain. Despite his impactful period as some of the testimonies show and despite the strategic positions he held there, the impunity of the then ruling military elite could not spare him. Dr. Olowu left NDLEA without fanfare.
Again, Prof. Muhammad Baba puts Dr. Olowu's experience of rough treatment in the NDLEA in context thus: He had served in the most exemplary manner that many rightly thought he would surely become (it's) Chief Executive. This was not to be as a military figure generally acknowledged to be mercurial hounded the more academic and methodical Emma out completely".
But, as pioneer Commandant of the NDLEA Academy to train young entrants to the job of fighting drug barons, he brought to bear all the skills he learnt from his training in Criminology and the drug campaign. Julius Parah, a participant of Course 3 of the Academy (who will be 30 years out of the school next year in November 2021), said of their former Commandant, Dr. Olowu: "He was a no-nonsense man in all ramifications. He instilled in us the discipline that was required for the kind of service we had enlisted for in Drug Law Enforcement. He abhorred short cuts and maintained that there was no room for brevity for the kind of job we had signed up. Most of us did not realise the detailed implication of his strict posture until we came practically into the field".
Another colleague of late Dr. Olowu at the NDLEA, Dr. Okpe who worked under him between 1990 – 1994 said he was "known for hard work, discipline, tactfulness, doggedness, self-service, smartness, dedication to duty, God fearing, honesty and above all (his) willingness to extend hands of fellowship to all irrespective of rank, religion, tribe or race".
The unanswered question is why he declined many of what the typical Nigerian would call juicy alternatives, none of which he jumped at. In one instance, the American Drug Attache in Nigeria called him immediately he came out of NDLEA and gave him a UN form to fill for the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute, (UNICR). He would have been posted to Sidney, Australia but he rejected the appointment on the ground that he didn't want to leave Nigeria to stay outside. He was also given the option of moving to the United States of America with his family, complete with grant of full citizenship. Again, he refused. "We were all very angry with him and refused to understand with him because we were going through a lot but thanks be to God for everything". A member of his immediate family said.
His framework for reasoning will shock the typical appetitive person. But it will hardly surprise those who should know. The rural ontology which shaped him instructs every child against accepting food from every quarter just because one is hungry. This orientation was reinforced by the kind of training they were given in their undergraduate days. Only those who can understand this combined background will not say he was being foolish.
In other words, his was not just plastic patriotism to Nigeria but a rejection of abandonment of his people by moving out of the country and living a secured and comfortable life outside the shores of Nigeria. He did not have the power to unmake the poverty of his rural folks but he did not abandon them for his own selfish reasons even when the kind of training he had enabled him wide opportunities to work in so many places anywhere in the world with such a huge pay and extreme comfort.
It wasn't that he was totally cut off from the system. For many years, he was a member of the Board of Directors of Benue Cement Company Ltd, representing the Benue State Government in the 1990s. Until his death he was a senior academic in the Department of Sociology at Bingham University in Karu, Abuja.
Olowu at the Family Front
Dr. Olowu married Josephine Adah, daughter of Inspector Andrew Adah, a police officer from Agamudu in lower part of Edumoga District. Her mother, Theresa Ojo (nee Ochigbo) hails from Opialu-Edumoga. They married in 1981, and the union of almost four decades is blessed with four children, namely Daniel, Emma jnr, Andrew and Ene. The Olowus have five grandchildren – Keren, Kamila, Zoey, Arren and Oscar who was born in May 2020, when his granddad would have turned 65.
Daniel is married to Kehinde (nee Afolayan) from Kwara State. Emma jnr is married to Jesufemi (Nee Olashubulumi) from Osun State while Andrew is married to Ehitoyameh (Nee Idiahi from Edo State).
Mrs. Olowu who also lectures in the Department of Sociology at Bingham University, Abuja writes of their 38 years marriage: "I have had an incredible friendship with my husband which, of course, many could not understand. But we literally grew up together and have been through so much as we raised our children. He brought things to my life and took me to wonderful places that I would never have known. I am sure to miss his smiles. His sense of fun will also be missed by our children, grandchildren and those lives he brought much joy to. However, this I am sure of, that a beautiful soul lives on".
Ene, the only daughter of the family and the last born said he was not only a father to her but also a teacher, a protector, a provider and a guide. Ending philosophically "You live in me, therefore your legacy lives on".
Emmanuel Udah Jnr who was born in Philadelphia while his father was pursuing his PhD program, sums up his dad thus: "He was a kind soul and at the same time very principled person. He was humble and didn't care what others thought about him as long as he was on the right path. My dad loved us unconditionally".
Andrew, his third son, (named after his maternal grandfather), said this of his dad: "I always feel the world missed out on one of the greatest souls to ever journey through it; your refusal to mingle with corruption and your decision to uphold integrity and justice for all at all times left you very isolated from a society in which corruption reigns supreme. But in spite of it all, you built and raised a great family and you made an amazing life through honest means".
His first child Daniel simply stated of his dad: "My father was a rare gem in my eyes. One of the greats of his time".
Of the Dr. Olowu siblings, Maria, Agnes, Alice, John and Joe, John left early to be in the Lord's Kingdom. Speaking for the extended family in a sense, Joe as he is fondly called, said his elder brother was their second Jesus Christ. He took charge of material needs of all others, sometimes doing this without bothering about the height he had attained, to the point of doing jobs that may not be considered dignifying, to put food on the table for every member of the family.
For Joe, Dr. Olowu's uprightness; sense of integrity and dedication to his work were unparalleled. He said if his brother had chosen to go the way of getting rich by hook or crook, he would have been one of the richest men in Nigeria. "I recall his days with the NDLEA when he would return from work at midnight with bullet holes on his car because he would not accept bribe from top drug dealers nor compromise his standards for any reason". He said his elder brother would admonish him; "Joe…. If I am not alive tomorrow, never ever get rich through dubious means ooh. It is better to remain poor my brother and make heaven".
That brings up the religious dimension to his orientation. Dr Olowu was a deeply religious person. Simon Oketa who met him in Aliade speaks about his earlier desire to be a Catholic priest. Prof Alemika corroborates this by adding that "until his transition, he maintained an unwavering faith in the grace and power of Christ. This is the greatest achievement, the eternal triumph, recorded by Emma during his lifetime".
Barrister David Adulugba agrees, saying that "Even in times of extreme tribulation, he bowed his head in submission to the will of Almighty. I was with him in the hospital, He took his suffering calmly. And every day we chatted, his face lit up in glorious joy".
The diversity of the late Olowu's reaches is such that Prof. Ogoh Alubo, another associate of his, must be right in saying that "He has left enviable standards for his Edumoga, Idoma and other brothers raised in poverty that determination and level headedness can make a difference. There are many legacies which his would be proud – the NDLEA Academy which he was founding Director (commandant), structures in Bingham University and of course his children, all of whom now have university degrees. With these achievements, he has accomplished his mission even as he departed pre-maturely".
Those like Adagbo Onoja who characterise his as "the death of a homeboy who went global" do clearly have a point. To quote Onoja's narrative: "Dr. Olowu's next step after (Mount Saint Michaels Aliade), was Ahmadu Bello university, Zaria of the mid 1970s – one of the very best, and then he went to the University of Pennsylvania, a member of the Ivy League Club in the United states. In other words right from secondary school up to the PhD level, he went to the very best available and got the best quality of education that anyone in his generation could get. Going to the University of Pennsylvania marks the first dimension of going Global even as a homeboy because the University of Pennsylvania is a global player in its own right".
Dr. Emmauel Udah Olowu left the world a truly global citizen with offspring not only in North Central Nigeria (the grandchildren of Kwara extraction), but also of Ekiti in South Western Nigeria and Edo in the South South region of the country, extending to North America with children and grandchildren of American and Canadian roots.
Perhaps it is fitting to sign off with Andrew, his youngest son's epitaph: "It is with the heaviest of hearts that (we) must let you go and say goodbye to you"
John Odah writes from Abuja
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'Go Native'- The battle cry of concerned citizens trying to make a difference in this world of excesses and degrading natural resources, this is one place which is consciously resonating this thought on a war-footing and spreading the word. This all-vegetarian place, located in the calm locality of Jayanagar is an experience which humbles you with its simplicity and yet, you have an experience to talk about at the end of it all. We spend an eventful afternoon here sometime back, and while the food was definitely on point, I was hooked to the concept and its implementation here.
This place is located in a green and serene neighborhood, with trees lining the pavements and makes you really think about the concrete jungle that we are in, in most other parts of Bangalore. Spread over 2 floors, this is a Bungalow that has been converted into a store and restaurant. There are several in-store brands to choose from, if you want to buy organic/homemade/natural items for your home. There are brands like Purple Turtles (Living/dining space), Teabox, Jus' Amazing, Last Forest(one of my personal favs), Bandhej and many more.
As you walk around the place, you realize that a lot of thought has gone into putting together the whole place. Airy, spacious, well-spread out and lovely wooden seating, while nights are pretty good here, a breezy evening can be well-spent here with some delectable snacks, masala chai and a nice book for company, as all you hear are the rustlings of the leaves on the nearby trees(and the occasional guffaws from people nearby, enjoying their food perhaps).
"Particular attention has been paid to the sourcing of the food, and we generally only have vegetables/fruits sourced from nearby farms within a period of 10-12 hours of being plucked from its source", says Anvitha Prashanth proudly, the young entrepreneur, who started this place from scratch and now has a successful brand to show for her efforts. As we chat about the origins of this place, it is evident that she is really passionate about having a place which seeks to minimize its carbon footprint and yet churn out food that is really delicious.
Khus Lemon Sherbet: The sweetness of khus,the sour lemons coming together to form the perfect summer drink, offset with mint leaves to give it additional freshness.
Jackfruit and Coconut Milkshake: This was a lovely milkshake, and while it was heavier than it's sherbet counterpart, I would prefer to end my meal with a nice, fruity and sweet milkshake such as this.
Aloo Patha Bhindi Chat: As a person who passionately hates okra/lady finger/bhindi, this was a dish I would not have tried, if it wasn't for the insistence of my wife, who loves it. Surprise, surprise, this was a highly unusual yet yummy combination that I really liked. Crispy-fried bhindi and spinach leaves, on a bed of potato cubes and onion, topped with the holy trinity of Indian Chaat Accompaniments (mint chutney + tamarind chutney + sweet yogurt). A superb and yet, health dish to start off your meal.
Baked Green Peas Ghughra: Ghughra is essentially a Gujarati dish, which is a crescent shaped pastry, which in this case is filled with a green-peas mixture, and baked to give a crispy outer-shell, and yet retain the goodness of the fresh green-peas and herbs mixture inside. I totally loved this preparation.
Ragi Pizza: While this dish is definitely a crowd puller, it is really a reflection of how, farm-fresh and organic produce can result in a lovely (healthy, minus the lovely homemade cheese) dish, that ultimately results in an Indian adaptation of a dish we really love. This pizza had a super-thin and yet crispy base made of Ragi flour and topped with a variety of toppings including organic cherry tomatoes and jalapenos on a bed of sun-dried tomato pesto sauce. Simply delicious.
Masala Banana Flower Roti: For those looking for a more traditional lunch option, this is it. A couple of huge rotis, made with dried banana flower and banana flour, served with a tangy mutter paneer and a soothing sprouts kosambari, this simple, yet well-put together dish will please almost anyone.
Malai Ghevar: An ultra-porous honey-combed sweet cake, made by repeatedly pouring chilled batter over hot oil, this is a popular North Indian dessert, and I was pleasantly surprised to see it on the menu here. Go-Native's version was a delicious mini-version of the original, topped with malai, aromatic ghee and pomegranate kernels to make a dessert that was super-delicious.