After finishing an impressive fifth in the inaugural Women's Ballon d'Or, Sam Kerr has earnt yet another accolade, being named the second-best female footballer in the world according to English newspaper The Guardian.
The 100-strong list, released Saturday morning AEDT, placed Kerr above Ballon d'Or winner Ada Hegerberg as well as Lyon duo Lucy Bronze (4) and Eugenie Le Sommer (5).
Denmark and Wolfsburg forward Pernille Harder topped the list.
The voting panel included an Australian connection with coaches Joe Montemurro (Arsenal), Jeff Hopkins (Melbourne Victory) as well as former Westfield Matilda Alison Forman asked to deliver opinions.
It's a slow but steady improvement for Kerr, who was named a place below in last year's list.
In coming to their decision, The Guardian highlighted Kerr's impact for Chicago Red Stars in her first year at the club, scoring 16 goals and topping the NWSL scoring ladder for the second consecutive year.
Also highlighted was her contribution and influence on the Westfield Matildas' run to the final of the 2018 Asian Cup Final.
Kerr netted three times en route to the final including tucking away one of the key penalties in the shoot-out win over Thailand in the semi-final.


Renewable Energy Database was founded in 2008. Its main aim has been creation of a database of information about companies, organizations and events dealing with renewable energy. The quickly increasing number of visitors proved, that the rapidly developing renewable energy market does need a platform that makes search for a business partner, green products or events dealing with sustainable development, easier.


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Drogo z Champagne (7. století - 708) byl franský šlechtic, nejstarší syn Pipina II. Prostředního, franského majordoma a Plektrudy. Od roku 690 byl vévodou ze Champagne.)

Drogo se narodil krátce po svatbě svých rodičů, která se pravděpodobně konala v roce 675 nebo těsně po tomto datu. Na počátku roku 680 jeho otec Pipin II. zařídil sňatek Droga s Anstrudou), dcerou Warattona, majordoma královského paláce v Neustrii a jeho manželky Anseflédy. Politický sňatek, který měl urovnat Pipinovi vztahy s neustrijskou šlechtou se konal ke konci 80. let 7. století či na počátku 90. let 7. století a výrazně zvýšil Pipinův vliv v Neustrii. Drogo s Anstrudou měli čtyři syny: Arnulfa, který po něm zdědil vévodství v Champagne, Huga, který se stal biskupem a světcem, Gotfrida, a Pipina.

Liber Historiae Francorum napsaná v Neustrii v roce 727, vykresluje austrijského Drogona jako sympatizanta s neustrijským obyvatelstvem kvůli jeho neusrijské manželce Anstrudě. Během života se dostal do konfliktu s opatstvím Saint-Denis, které ho zažalovalo u královského dvora ve sporu o majetek. Král Childebert III. následně rozhodl v Drogonův neprospěch, když majetky přidělil opatství. V roce 697 Drogo také prohrál soudní spor o Noisy-sur-Oise s klášterem Tussonval.

Podle Gesta abbatum Fontanellensium zemřel ještě před svým otcem v roce 707, podle většiny ostatních letopisů to bylo až v roce 708. Byl pohřben v kostele svatého Arnulfa v Metách. Annales Mettenses uvádí, že Grimoald následoval Drogona ve všech jeho úřadech, ale ve skutečnosti jej ve funkci vévody následoval jeho syn Arnulf. Smrt Drogona byla pozdějšími generacemi vnímána jako stěžejní událost v historii karolínské dynastie. Několik karolínských análů napříklas Annales Alamannici, Annales Nazariani a Annales Laureshamenses sepsaných koncem 8. století začíná svou historii úvodem roku 708.

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The urban planners are the professionals that are dealing with the physical layout of human settlements which includes considerations of efficiency, sanitation, protection and use of the environment, as well as effects on social and economic activities. The civil engineers are professionals dealing with the design, construction, and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment, including works such as roads, bridges, canals, dams, airports, sewerage systems, pipelines, and railways.
Civil engineers and urban planners both work in fields related to the planning and construction of buildings, roads, and other facilities. While civil engineers focus on the projects themselves, urban planners emphasize how the projects will fit in the local planning climate. Consequently, civil engineers and urban planners often interact, cooperating on projects.
The civil engineers design and oversee construction projects of all kinds. Civil engineers typically have different specialties, such as transportation engineering, structural engineering, and geotechnical engineering, so that they can focus on that one aspect of a project. Urban and planners focus is trained on the overarching plans for the use of the land and buildings in a defined area, such as a city or larger metropolitan area. Planners create these plans, and they also serve in positions to manage them, providing oversight to help in making sure the plans are followed.
Since civil engineers and urban planners work in similar fields, they are employed in some of the same industries. In particular, they both work for governmental entities. However, urban planners work in public positions much more often than civil engineers.
In fact, the largest employers of urban planners in the United States are in the local governments, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, and they use 64 percent of all urban planners. Civil engineers, meanwhile, are most often employed by architectural, engineering and related services in private industry.
– Most civil engineers have a bachelor's degree with a major that focuses on their field of ability. Master's degrees are not as common, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, which notes that only 20 percent of civil engineers have a graduate degree.
– The Urban planners are more likely to have master's degrees. In contrast with planners, civil engineers typically can step into their field straight out of college.
– Planners, meanwhile, typically must first gain years of related experience, working in areas such as architecture or public administration to learn the components that enter into comprehensive plans before they develop and manage plans.


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12 Service animals are animals that have been trained to perform tasks that assist people 29
Service animal
This service dog has been trained to press a button to open an electric door for his wheelchair-using owner.
Service animals are animals that have been trained to perform tasks that assist people with disabilities.
Service animals may also be referred to as assistance animals, assist animals, support animals, or helper animals depending on the country and the animal's function.
Dogs are the most common service animals, although other animals such as monkeys, birds and horses have been documented.
Beginning March 15, 2011 only dogs, and in special circumstances mini horses, are permitted to be service animals. http://www.ada.gov/service_animals_2010.htm
2 Access
3 Animals for individual assistance
4 Helper monkey
Definitions [ edit ]
The international assistance animal community has categorized three types of assistance animals:[1]
Guide animal-to guide the blind
Hearing animal-to signal the hearing impaired
Service animal-to do work for persons with disabilities other than blindness or deafness.
In the United States, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) defines a service animal as "any guide dog, signal dog, or other animal individually trained to provide assistance to an individual with a disability."[2][3]
As of September 2010, the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice has redefined a "service animal" for the purposes of the ADA as "any dog that is individually trained to do work or perform tasks for the benefit of an individual with a disability, including a physical, sensory, psychiatric, intellectual, or other mental disability. Other species of animals, whether wild or domestic, trained or untrained, are not service animals for the purposes of this definition."[4] In addition to dogs, the Civil Rights Division carved out an exception to this new rule for miniature horses. Although they are not included in the new definition of "service animal", they are also protected under the ADA under specific circumstances.[4][5]
This revised ADA definition excludes all comfort animals, which are pets that owners keep with them for emotional reasons. (For example, the owner may feel calmer when he or she is near the pet.) Unlike a service animal, a comfort animal is not trained to perform specific, measurable tasks directly related to the person's disability. Common tasks for service animals include flipping light switches, picking up dropped objects, alerting the person to an alarm, or similar disability-related tasks.[5]
There is no license or registration process for service animals in the United States. A primary goal in revising the definition was to reduce abuse and fraud committed by people who falsely claimed that their cats, birds, ferrets, reptiles and other pets were service animals.[6]
While the ADA has narrowed the definition of service animals that are required to be permitted in places of public accommodation, other laws may still provide broader definitions in other areas. For instance, the Department of Transportation's regulations enacting the Air Carrier Access Act permit "permit dogs and other service animals" to accompany passengers on commercial airlines. [7] The Fair Housing Act also requires housing providers to permit service animals (including comfort and emotional support animals) without species restrictions in housing. [8]
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Service_animal
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package com.xmartlabs.daydreaming.service.adapter;

import com.annimon.stream.Exceptional;
import com.annimon.stream.Optional;
import com.google.gson.Gson;
import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializationContext;
import com.google.gson.JsonDeserializer;
import com.google.gson.JsonElement;
import com.google.gson.JsonPrimitive;
import com.google.gson.JsonSerializationContext;
import com.google.gson.JsonSerializer;
import com.xmartlabs.daydreaming.helper.StringUtils;

import org.threeten.bp.Instant;
import org.threeten.bp.LocalDate;
import org.threeten.bp.ZoneOffset;

import java.lang.reflect.Type;

import timber.log.Timber;

/** {@link Gson} type adapter that serializes {@link LocalDate} objects to a millisecond format. */
public class MillisecondsLocalDateAdapter implements JsonSerializer<LocalDate>, JsonDeserializer<LocalDate> {
  @Override
  public synchronized JsonElement serialize(LocalDate date, Type type,
                                            JsonSerializationContext jsonSerializationContext) {
    return Optional.ofNullable(date)
        .map(theDate -> new JsonPrimitive(theDate.atStartOfDay(ZoneOffset.UTC).toInstant().toEpochMilli()))
        .orElse(null);
  }

  @Override
  public synchronized LocalDate deserialize(JsonElement jsonElement, Type type,
                                            JsonDeserializationContext jsonDeserializationContext) {
    return Optional.ofNullable(jsonElement.getAsString())
        .filter(str -> !StringUtils.isNullOrEmpty(str))
        .flatMap(str -> Exceptional.of(() -> Instant.ofEpochMilli(Long.valueOf(str)).atZone(ZoneOffset.UTC).toLocalDate())
            .ifException(e -> Timber.e(e, "Date cannot be parsed, date='%s'", str))
            .getOptional())
        .orElse(null);
  }
}

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bryggen, then and now
While walking along Bryggen Wharf in Bergen, Norway, I ran my fingers across the boards of one building facade. The wood had started to soften, ravished by the saltwater air and harsh Nordic winters, but it still didn't have the pliability I would have expected. It was only one of the little experiments I did during our stay in Bergen, testing to see if the relatively recently reconstructed UNESCO World Heritage site could be trusted to represent its actual history.
The wharf had been a busy thoroughfare in the city for hundreds of years. It existed before the Hanseatic League made Bergen one of their headquarter cities and was greatly improved upon during their tenure in the 1300's. But the buildings of Bryggen, made of wood, could not resist the fires that plagued the city. Parts of the wharf were destroyed and rebuilt, time and time again, most recently in 1955.
Before we left on our trip to Norway, I had spoken with excitement about seeing the wharf with my own eyes. Between the postcard-worthy beauty of photographs and its inclusion in several period novels I'd enjoyed, I anticipated that the brightly painted buildings, refurbished or not, could hold the magic of the city's magnificent history for me. A friend I shared my excitement with, however, was not quite so optimistic.
"Bah, I hate those reconstructions," Robert said. "It's like a theme park for adults. They've rebuilt it, sure, but only to put in a nice souvenir shop, a snack bar, and maybe even a photographer's studio where you can pay $19.95 to dress up like a nineteenth century Norwegian sailor."
I discounted his comments until my arrival. To my dismay, I saw that the wharf buildings, now separated from the harbor by a busy city street, were filled with tour operators, restaurants and the dreaded souvenir shops that he predicted. And to add insult to injury, most of the shops carried all shape, size and manner of troll figurines, prominently displayed in the windows.
It was my son who took me beyond this façade, to find something altogether different. Something caught his eye down a small alley. Faced with such curiosity from a toddler, what else could I do but follow?
The wooden buildings were a mish-mash of planked walkways, stairwells and old-fashioned room outcroppings that had, over time, started to lean into each other. The alleys, with some buildings aged over 200 years, had been built upon and over, creating a somewhat surreal maze to navigate. My son thrilled himself by walking up, down and over, the weathered wood making a pleasant stomping noise under his feet.
Medieval lever systems poked out from just under the roof line just waiting for some rope and a load to heave. An abandoned wagon sat behind a stairwell, next to a large door that was probably once a stable. And back here, there were still shops. But they were hidden in nooks and crannies, visible only to the most stalwart explorer – like my son.
As I watched my son once again climb through this wooden labyrinth, I was startled by the footsteps of an oncoming traveler, made all too noticeable by the timber walkway.
"It's something, isn't it?" a young Australian man said to me, nodding a hello and giving my son a big smile.
"It is. Although I wonder what it would have been like back in its heyday," I replied with a smile.
"Probably not too different from now. Up there would have been offices, sure, but down here for the masses? Places to find new berth on a ship, grab a glass of grog and a plate, maybe buy a few trinkets and find a warm bed for the night."
He was right. As a bustling seaport, Bryggen probably always had an element of the theme park quality that Robert had mentioned. It was an intrinsic quality of the town, something vital and necessary to the success of the port. Though Bryggen's current incarnation had adopted the more modern ice cream and plastic doll trade, it was not inherently different from what it had been all those hundreds of years ago.
As my fellow traveler snapped a few photos and moved on down the alley, I closed my eyes, breathed deep and allowed my son to draw me deeper into the jumble of staircases and alleys. It was all too easy to imagine a sailor in port for the day, meandering through the wharf to find a way to spend his earnings.
Now it was our turn. My son and I rambled, two pretend sailors on furlough, enjoying the feeling of being a little lost. We kept on until we came across a tiny shop in the shadows of a corner. Inside, we browsed the merchandise, compelled to spend the money burning a hole in my pocket.
I came away with the only thing I thought proper: two small troll dolls, their faces fixed in a comical grimace. One was for my son who had led me to this place and understanding. And the other? Inspired, I could think of nothing better to get as a memento for my friend, Robert.
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Categories: Discovery and Exploration
Tags: little citizens • travel with kids


THE SURPRISE MERGER between Mellon Financial and Bank of New York unveiled last week promises good things for shareholders of both, although bigger Bank of New York got the better deal.
The union, which will create a bank with a market value of nearly $50 billion, caps a tumultuous year for Mellon. Institutional shareholders had pressured it in late 2005 and early 2006 to spin off its large and valuable asset-management arm after its stock had badly lagged behind those of major asset managers. Mellon runs $918 billion, making it one of the top 15 global investment managers.
Barron's reported on the brewing discontent a year ago ("Squeezing Mellon," Nov. 28, 2005) when the stock traded around 33. We argued there were several scenarios that would benefit Mellon shareholders, including an outright sale, and that the company was worth $40 to $45 a share. Just two weeks ago we noted the unusual circumstance in which a Mellon hedge-fund unit was bidding to break up chip-equipment maker ASM International while two other hedge funds were pushing Mellon to hive off its asset management group ("A Battle Dripping With Irony," Nov. 27, 2006).
Few expected that a merger with Bank of New York would be the preferred solution for Mellon's new chief executive, Bob Kelly, a former Wachovia executive. His predecessor, Marty McGuinn, told Barron's last year that "Mellon isn't for sale." Mellon rebuffed a hostile merger overture from Bank of New York in 1998.
Bank of New York shareholders, who will own 63% of the new Bank of New York Mellon, got a roughly 6% premium in the all-stock deal, which is expected to close around July 1, 2007. Mellon holders will keep their shares.
Wall Street reacted favorably because the deal will create the largest global custodian, with $16 trillion in administered assets in a scale-driven business. The new entity also has a chance to beat current annual cost savings estimates of $700 million, expected within three years.
Mellon and Bank of New York expect earnings of the new entity could top $3 a share in 2008.
Bank of New York shares (ticker: BK) rose 10% last week, to 39.15 Friday afternoon, while Mellon gained 5%, to 42.10. The bull case is that Mellon's profits, which are expected to total $2.16 a share this year, will rise to $2.59 in 2007 and top $3 in 2008. The 2007 and 2008 figures are "cash" estimates that add back the amortization of intangible assets.
The bad news for Mellon holders is that asset management, which now produces about 70% of profits, will contribute just 30% in the future. The 52-year-old Kelly, who will become CEO of Bank of New York Mellon, has a reasonably good reputation on Wall Street. Mellon shares aren't cheap, trading at 16 times projected 2007 earnings, but if the merger turns out to be a winner, they could be trading at around 50 by early 2008.
SHAREHOLDERS OF STATION CASINOS hit the jackpot last week, with a buyout offer of $82 a share, or $4.7 billion, from its Fertitta family management, which owns 27% of the equity, and Los Angeles-based Colony Capital.
The bid sent the shares (ticker: STN) up more than 20% from their pre-bid closing, leaving them more than 30% higher than when we penned a negative piece on the company last summer. ("Does the House Always Win?" July 24, 2006). Simply put, we did not anticipate the buyout mania now sweeping the casino industry. The deal for Station follows bids earlier this year for Harrah's Entertainment (HET) and Kerzner International. And it has fed speculation about more buying by private-equity groups. Boyd Gaming (BYD), Station's most direct competitor, could well be the next target, says Robert LaFleur, a gaming, lodging and leisure analyst at Susquehanna Financial Group.
Other candidates ripe for the picking: Ameristar (ASCA), whose founder recently died, Pinnacle Entertainment (PNK), Penn National Gaming (PENN) and Isle of Capri (ISLE). Why? "For no other reason than they're gaming companies and manageable size," LaFleur says.
Station caters to the locals in Vegas, where housing prices are a worry.
"Clearly the stock prices being paid in privatization transactions suggest one level of valuation, and the stock prices suggest another," says LaFleur.
In the previous piece, Barron's had argued that Station's shares, at a hefty 23 times expected earnings for '06, were particularly vulnerable to a sharp slowdown in the Las Vegas housing market. Station is closely tied to that market because its casinos mainly serve local residents.
Though problems began to surface in the company's third-quarter earnings report, the stock began climbing in recent weeks amid takeover talk. Assuming the deal closes, as expected, the fallout from overbuilding of homes in Las Vegas will no longer be a worry for public shareholders of Station.
For a brief time after the bid was announced, the shares traded above the offer price in the expectation that a higher bid might be forthcoming. But analysts seemed to think that was a dim prospect, and several downgraded the shares to Hold.
A bump-up in price is still a possibility. Some shareholders may push for more from the management-buyout group, which obviously wants to get a deal done. At the same time an independent committee of the board must also give its approval to the terms. Station executives weren't commenting.
"My guess is the deal goes off closer to $85, plus or minus," say LaFleur.
Minus Station's $1 billion real-estate portfolio, the bid values the company at 11 times next year's Ebitda, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization. It includes the assumption of $3.6 billion of debt.
In other words, it probably won't pay to bet against the house this time.
WE HAVE BEEN FANS of Intuit for nearly a decade, writing rewardingly bullish stories about the financial-software company ("Quickening Pace," Dec. 8, 1997, and "Intuitively Clear," Feb. 24, 2003). Adjusted for splits, the stock has shot up more than five-fold in that span, to about 31.
Over the years, the drivers of growth have changed, resting first on the consumer-oriented Quicken financial services program and then on TurboTax and the commercially focused QuickBooks. Now they're changing again -- and that could keep the stock on its long-term climb.
On Nov. 30 Intuit (symbol: INTU) said it would pay $1.35 billion for Digital Insight (symbol: DGIN), one of the leaders in helping banks provide online services. The deal was clearly good news for investors in the target company, which Barron's had profiled positively in May. But Intuit's shares dropped from nearly 35. Investors fretted about the price -- equal to 5.5 times Digital Insight's annual sales -- the new debt Intuit will take on and the projected dilution to this year's earnings, two cents to three cents per share.
That's shortsighted. The planned melding of Intuit's financial software into the online services offered by Digital Insight's stable of 1,700 regional and smaller banks could prove irresistible to both individuals and small businesses. Instead of just paying bills online, small companies will also be able to track inventory, invoice customers, do payrolls and accept credit-card payments.
"At the old-Intuit we were looking for not-very-exciting, high single-digit annual sales gains," says Dave Joseph, an analyst with Morgan Stanley. "This acquisition changes that, opening a whole new channel for growth....I think the company is much more of a growth story than it was before."
Though skeptics point to slowing growth in online banking, Intuit figures there's still a huge opportunity: Only half of the 90 million U.S. million households now online are using online banking, says Chief Financial Officer Kiran Patel.
"When you also figure there are 26 million small businesses online but only eight million of those use online banking, you can see there is terrific potential for growth," he adds.
The benefits from the acquisition probably won't be fully apparent for a couple of years, so investors who've been riding the Intuit juggernaut for years could be excused for taking some profits. After all, the stock does trade at a lofty 22 times the consensus estimate for earnings in the current fiscal year, which ends in July.
But Morgan Stanley's Joseph still sees the shares rising over the next year, to about 38. And later gains could be even bigger. As Patel puts it, correctly, "We are still a strong growth story."


Mr Chaly Mah had served in Deloitte for over 38 years. Prior to his retirement on 31 May 2016, he was CEO of Deloitte Asia Pacific and Chairman of Deloitte Singapore, and Vice Chairman of Deloitte Global Board of Directors. He has extensive experience serving both multinational and local companies across a wide spectrum of industries, specialising in financial services, telecommunications and technology, real estate, private equity and manufacturing.
Mr Mah is currently Chairman of Netlink NBN Management Pte Ltd, the Singapore Accountancy Commission and National University of Singapore Business School Accounting Advisory Board. He is also board member of Capitaland Limited, Singapore Economic Development Board, Monetary Authority of Singapore and the National University of Singapore Board of Trustee.
From 2014 to 2018, he served as the Deputy Secretary (Policy) in the Ministry of Defence, where he strengthened Singapore's international defence partnerships, led MINDEF's longer-term strategic planning and guided MINDEF's strategic communications and public engagement efforts.
From 2013 to 2013, Mr Tan was Senior Director of the Public Service Division's PS21 Office, and concurrently held the appointment of Institute Director in the Institute of Governance and Policy at Singapore's Civil Service College. Mr Tan also served in the Ministry of Trade and Industry (MTI) as Director of the Economics and Strategy Division (2008 - 2010) and the Foreign Economic Policy Division (2010 - 2013). From 2010 to 2013, he led Singapore's Free Trade Agreement (FTA) negotiations with the European Union, and also served in the negotiating team for the Trans-Pacific Partnership.
Mr Tan graduated with highest honours in English and Comparative Literature, and a Certificate in Russian Studies, from Princeton University. He also has a Master degree in Management from the Peter Drucker School of Management, Claremont Graduate University.
He was awarded the Public Administration Medal (Silver) [Pingat Pentadbiran Awam (Perak)] in 2017. Mr Tan is married with four children.
Ms Joanna Flint is Managing Director of Google's Agency Business for Asia Pacific and is responsible for strategic partnerships with the world's largest media networks across the region. Formerly, she was the Managing Director for Google Singapore and oversaw sales and business development from its regional hub.
Prior to Google, Ms Flint was Senior Consultant at OgilvyOne Asia-Pacific from 2004 to 2008, providing strategic counsel in digital and e-commerce to Ogilvy's flagship clients. Before that, she had been in the aviation industry for 10 years, working in global commercial and marketing positions in British Airways from 1997 to 2001, and as Global Sales and Digital Marketing leader in Singapore Airlines from 2001 to 2004.
Ms Flint is a well-regarded speaker at industry events on topics of digital, innovation, creativity, technology and women in the workplace. She is on the Leadership Council of the Singapore iAB, and recently retired from the Board of the National University Singapore ISS. She has authored publications, including the new path to purchase, 'Winning the Zero Moment of Truth - Asia'. Ms Flint graduated from University of Manchester in 1995.
Ms Audrey Kuah is a digital, marketing, advertising and business leader with more than two decades of experience in these fields and across many industries and geographies. She is the founder of a business and marketing consulting company, Litmus Asia Pacific.
Ms Kuah has worked in leading global marketing communications companies such as J. Walter Thompson, Mindshare, MAXUS and Mediacom.
Ms Kuah was awarded an MBA from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business in 2007 and graduated with a B.A. from National University of Singapore in 1992.
Mr Allen Law is Chief Executive Officer of the Park Hotel Group and leads the strategic management and expansion of the Group's properties under the luxury "Grand Park", and upscale "Park Hotel" and select service midscale "Destination" brands. Since joining the Group in 2004, Mr Law has been focused on growing the Group's portfolio, building its brands and strengthening its talent and operational capabilities. Park Hotel Group owns and manages 16 hotels across Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Maldives, Hong Kong, China, South Korea, Japan and Australia.
While the Group expands through acquisitions and hotel management services, the hotels seek to extend the service philosophy of providing "Loving Hospitality" through service delivered from the heart to all customers, guests and the community. In recognition of its business and service excellence, Park Hotel Group was honoured Best Regional Hotel Chain for six consecutive years from 2012 to 2017, amongst other accolades.
Mr Lim Eng Hwee is the Chief Executive Officer of the Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) with effect from 1st September 2017. URA is Singapore's national Planning agency, responsible for the physical planning and urban development of Singapore.
Mr Lim is also a member of the Future Economy Council (FEC) and co-chairman of its Built Environment Sub-committee. He is a Director of Business China, an organisation that promotes bilingualism and biculturalism between Singapore and China.
Mr Lim was President & Group Chief Executive Officer of CapitaLand Group from 2013 to 2018. Prior to that, he held various key appointments within the Group, including the appointment as Group Chief Operating Officer, Chief Executive Officer of The Ascott Limited and Chief Executive Officer of CapitaLand China Holdings Pte Ltd. He was responsible for growing Ascott into a global lodging business and for building CapitaLand into a leading foreign real estate developer in China.
Mr Menon subsequently served on several Tata Boards, including being the first Chairman of Tata-Singapore Airlines in India. He has deep interest in the NGO/ Development areas, and has been associated with organisations in the fields of environment, sustainability, wildlife conservation and academia. Mr Menon currently serves as a Director on the Boards of Axis Bank, SKF India and Sanmar Group.
Mr Mohamad Saiful Saroni has been a partner in PwC LLP Singapore since 2012. He started in PwC as an associate in 2000 and has over 15 years of experience in the audit industry, three of which were spent on secondment to the PwC US Firm in its San Francisco office. He is also one of the Firm's partner contact as it relates to all US Accounting and Auditing matters, as well as US-bound cross border security transactions. Mr Saroni's areas of specialty are in the Energy, Utilities and Mining as well as Technology and Transport sectors. He is actively involved in the audits of SEC registrants.
Mr Saroni also sits on the Boards of Building and Construction Authority, Singapore Anti-Narcotics Association and Mercy Relief, as well as Advisory Council to the People's Association Malay Activity Executive Committees Council. He graduated with a Bachelor of Accountancy from Nanyang Technological University (Honours).
Mrs Wong Ai Ai is a member of multinational law firm Baker McKenzie's Global Executive Committee and Chair of the Asia Pacific Region. During her 20-year career with Baker McKenzie, Mrs Wong has held several leadership positions, including serving as head of the Singapore Corporate & Securities Group and chair of the Asia Pacific Private Equity Group.
Mrs Wong is recognised as a leading individual for Corporate/M&A matters by publications including Chambers Asia Pacific, Legal 500 Asia Pacific and IFLR1000.
Today, Mrs Wong leads a number of key areas of strategic focus for the Firm, including building out Baker McKenzie's transactional strength in money centres such as London, New York and HK/China, and overseeing the Firm's Financial Institutions Group globally. As Chair of the Firm's Sustainability Committee, Mrs Wong also leads Baker McKenzie's global waste and emissions reduction drive, and champions the Firm's involvement in some of the world's most significant sustainability initiatives.


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Q: Share internet from android to PC through usb and wifi I got this rly annoying problem when sharing the internet-connection from my andorid phone to my PC, Laptop & Raspberry pi. I connected my phone to my PC with a usb-cable to share internet since my PC has no wifi-adapter and my laptop and raspberry pi through the wifi-hotspot. I want to be able to ssh to my raspberry pi from my PC, but i cant. The raspberry get's a different ip than my PC localy.
RaspPI = 192.168.43.xxx
PC = 192.168.42.xxx
is there a way to get them both on the same subnet so i can connect to the Pi localy? My android phone is blocking all incoming traffic so i cant ssh my public ip

A: Your phone is not a router so it won't allow you to connect the two devices like that, and the phone by design creates one subnet for wi-fi hosts and one subnet for tethered hosts. You can either connect your PC directly to the Raspberry Pi with an ethernet cable and setup a seperate subnet with no default gateway (since there's no internet connectivity) on both devices for that wired connection, or setup your Raspberry Pi as a router sharing the wireless network with any devices connected to the LAN port, with your PC connected by patch cable and getting DHCP from the Pi.

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The advantage of this is that you can use LESS, Sass or any other preprocessor to easily create color schemes and without having to touch the CSS files directly.
Lately, I've been working a lot in WordPress projects, and I was looking for an option that allows the users or developers to select a color scheme properly. When I say properly, I mean without having to modify each component's color individually. I found some options, but most of the, in my opinion, were not very clean because they write the CSS right in the header, which does not allow cache or minification. Moreover, I wanted something more like plug and play for designers without the need of modifying the theme directly or the CSS.
So, this tutorial is about a color scheme that will be created based on a CSS that is dropped on a directory. WordPress will look for that directory and all the CSS files. Each CSS file will be considered as a new color scheme. Thus, if there are 5 files, they will be 5 different color schemes.
The advantage of this is that you can use LESS, Sass or any other preprocessor to easily create color schemes and without having to touch the CSS files directly. The Twenty Sixteen theme has a similar feature, but the colors are stored in an array instead of just a CSS file.
Let's assume that we are building this feature as part of our theme. In our theme, there will be a "css" directory that will contain a "scheme" directory where all the CSS files for the color schemes will be stored.
Be aware that I will create everything in the functions.php of the theme for convenience of making this tutorial short. However, you should create different files as you need them in order to keep your code organized. If you are not familiar with the WordPress Customizer, I would recommend visiting the link in order to learn at least the basics.
The previous function takes a string with the path to the directory that contains the CSS files that represents the color schemes used by the theme. The first thing that the function will do is getting all the files that are inside the directory provided. At this point, it will collect all the files CSS and non-CSS files.
Next, a nested function is created in order to make an associative array with the one that contains the list of files. The associate function removes the .css from the name of the files so it can be used in the select element from the WordPress Customizer.
Now, it is time to create a setting for the customizer that will store the selected color scheme. The setting will be called "admixweb_color_scheme" and the default value will be "default.css".
Then, the "Color Scheme" section is created so we can update the admixweb_color_scheme settings from the WordPress Customizer UI.
Next, it is necessary to create a control that will be added in the "Color Scheme" section so we can modify the settings "color_scheme". The control used in this tutorial is type "select" which is a drop-down menu where the users can select their preferred color scheme. Notice that in the choices option, it is used the "admixweb_get_css_files" function to retrieve the CSS files from the scheme directory.
Then, it is necessary to hook to the customizer register so we can see color scheme section working.
Now the UI part of the Color Scheme section of the Customizer is ready. The next step is adding the selected color scheme to the theme.
I believe this approach makes it easier for designers and developers to create customized color schemes than providing a lot of options for styling each component individually. Additionally, this technique combined with a preprocessor will save a lot of time because just changing the value of variables will generate new color schemes. Finally, it adds a constraint over the users that may choose bad color combinations that may hurt usability and accessibility of the site.


My entry to the 2nd round of the Self MOC off Tournament!
Hi! My category was fictional villian so I chose Clu from Tron.
Link to Mudslide, my awesome opponent.
I love Furno XL's cape.
I have a lot of orange hero cores. I went to the Lego store a long time ago and they had a grab bag full of hero cores and armor shells.
Yeah, I love how this guy turned out! I didn't have a black hau, but I think this one looks OK. I picked up Furno XL and I love his cape. Great set all around. So good luck to Mudslide and the other competitors!
That cape looks awesome I really need to get Furno!
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Libia is the proud owner of Latina Spanish School. Young and old, experienced, advanced or a total beginner: all type of students and levels are welcome to give their Spanish skills a boost. Peru Volunteer already works together with Libia for some years. Before you start volunteering, it is important to learn at least the basics of the Spanish language. But learning Spanish is a great investment! Spanish is a global language: it is the official language in 20 countries and more than 600 million people speak this beautiful language. Spanish is not just a nice language, it is extremely useful and versatile!
Latina Spanish School is located in the center of Cusco, a few minutes away from Plaza San Francisco. The school is small, but cosy! There are three classrooms. Lessons are in small groups of 4 or 5 students, which is great when you want to learn a new language. It is also possible to follow private classes, if you want to learn the language even quicker. If you are not a total beginner you will first make the short entry exam from Peru Volunteer, to establish your Spanish level. The results of this small test will indicate your level, but during the first class in the school it will be really determined in which group you will be.
The group classes are from 08:30 till 12:30. In these four hours you will learn a lot of aspects of the Spanish language: (irregular) verbs, vocabulary, adjectives and all sorts of basic grammar issues are being addressed. The lesson material is taken care off in various ways: oral, listening skills, writing, reading and even singing. Sporadically you will play a game, to spice up the classes. The lessons are very interactive and definitely not boring. There is more than enough room to ask questions, and because of the small group size, there is a lot of attention for all the students and their learning curve.
The lessons don't only take place inside the school. You will also discover Cusco to test your knowledge in real life situations! That can be a local market (to test your fruit and vegetable vocabulary knowledge!), one of the beautiful parks or a museum. Sightseeing and learning Spanish at the same time!
While learning a new language in school you can't escape some "tarea", or homework. If you are studying by yourself a bit next to the lessons, and make your homework, you can really progress rapidly. Because there is relatively little English spoken in Cusco, you will be forced to use your Spanish skills a lot. And there is no better exercise than practice!
Next to the Spanish lessons the school also organizes a lot of cultural activities and trips in the weekends in the surroundings of Cusco. But…more about those topics in the next blog article, so stay tuned!
Also keep an eye on our Facebook and Instagram posts for more info on the Spanish classes!


The virgin beaches are known for their crystal waters and soft white sands which are in total contrast with the green vegetation surrounding them which is so typical of the island. Very often the pine trees reach the actual beach.
The majority of these beaches can only be reached by foot on rural pathways. Many can only be reached from the sea therefore visitors can enjoy a boat ride admiring the beautiful cliffs and then pass a peaceful day on the relaxing beaches.


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Peter Saltzman Info
Please click on the tabs for various info on Peter Saltzman.
Recordings/Performances
It started at age 4, seated at the piano. A single note that moved and morphed through the years, becoming Peter's unique musical language. His organic fusion of qualities—the distinctiveness and improvisation of jazz, the soul of blues, and the compositional technique of Bach, Beethoven, and other classical composers—led to an emergence of new sounds, a new feel, a new purpose.
Peter's broad career in the music industry as composer, pianist, singer-songwriter, and entrepreneur started as a budding teenage jazz musician in Chicago. He studied jazz at the Bloom School of Jazz (Chicago, IL), majored in jazz at Indiana University (Bloomington, IN), and majored in composition and piano at Eastman School of Music (Rochester NY). Later, he studied film scoring at UCLA-Extension (Los Angeles, CA).
In 2016, Peter's music hit a major turning point. He developed a hybrid platform—an album-ebook—to showcase his latest musical endeavor within his memoir. Blues, Preludes & Feuds, A Musical Memory is a seamless blend of original solo piano music and story with deep technology-art interactions. The music skillfully wends around the narrative, telling the story in its own way. The memoir is a funny, reflective tale of growing up in the politically charged times of 1960s Chicago as Peter journeys to discover his musical language.
Over his career, Peter's prolific musical work has run the gamut—solo piano, orchestral, chamber, theatrical/film, choral, pop. Various ensembles have performed and recorded his work globally—the Czech National Symphony Orchestra recorded his orchestral dance suite "Walls" (1996), and the Dallas Black Dance Theatre performed "Walls" during the 1996 Atlanta Olympics.
Peter's concert work is published by Oxford University Press; his film and television work is published by Wild Whirled Music. His music has been licensed for television shows, jingles, and industrials, including My Name is Earl (NBC, 2006).
In the mid-to-late 90s, Peter led the Revolution Ensemble, a group that broke new ground with its adventurous mix of jazz, classical, Latin, and pop genres. Since 2001, he has headed the Peter Saltzman Band as lead singer, pianist, songwriter/arranger—and produced CDs/demos for Chicago-area artists.
From 2006 to 2014, Peter was an adjunct professor of music at the Columbia College Chicago, where he developed and taught a series of courses entitled "Technology for Musicians" and taught piano and theory.
"Powerful stuff"—Dallas Morning News
"Ambitious, richly layered, wonderfully accessible"—Chicago Sun-Times
"Imaginative . . . brilliant"—Chicago Tribune
"Jaws drop when Saltzman sits at the piano and plays."—ChicagolandMusicalTheatre.com
Eight Funky Etudes, intermediate jazz, rock piano solos (Oxford University Press, 2000)
Blues, Preludes & Feuds, 28-movement suite (recorded and released by composer, 2016)
24 New Blues, complex modern blues pieces for solo piano (work-in-progress) (2008-)
24 Old Blues, virtuoso old style blues pieces piano (work-in-process) (2011-)
Giant Steps Variations, ongoing series of pieces based on Coltrane classic (2003-)
Other Solo Piano: Six Concert Etudes (1994), 12 Preludes (1994),Jazz Waltz (1992),Scherzo (1992), Sonata (1994), Songs & Dances for Piano (1999), Veronica's Blues, beginning level progressive blues series for children (1994-2018, ongoing)
Never Lose The Blues, suite for hybrid jazz/classical orchestra, performed by The Revolution Ensemble (live recording, 1998)
Walls, orchestral dance suite, recorded by the Czech National Symphony Orchestra (Albany Records, 1996)
Spooky Freaky Music, for the film "Alien Abduction" (The Asylum, 2005)
Radical Funk, chamber orchestra with electric bass and drums (1996)
Prime Time, full orchestra (2000)
Concerto for Tenor Sax and Orchestra (The Well-Tempered Riff), commissioned by West Suburban Symphony Orchestra, performed by the WSSO with Jim Gailloreto (2000)
10 Action Adventure Orchestral Cues (commissioned and recorded for Wild Whirled Music, 2007)
Chamber and Jazz Ensemble:
Kabbalah Blues/Quantum Funk, 17 Movement Suite for Vocalist-Jazz Quartet-String Quartet (1999), commissioned and premiered by Chicago Humanities Festival
Three String Quartets, 1981, 1984, 1994
Four Piano Trios, (1996-1999) (All performed by the Revolution Ensemble)
Trio for Piano, Clarinet & Bassoon
Trio for Piano, Cello & Percussion
Trio for Piano, Violin & Cello
Trio for Piano, Bass, and Drums
Suite For Jazz Quartet (4 movements, sax, piano, bass, drums) written for and performed by the The Revolution Ensemble (1999)
Six Preludes for Jazz Quartet, (sax, piano, bass, drums), written for and performed by the The Revolution Ensemble (1999)
The Ones Who Crossed Over, wind quintet, performed by the Oak Street Winds (1997)
Theatrical/Film/Television:
Jews in Space, a serial sci-fi musical work for television currently seeking productIon (first three episodes written, 2011-)
Piano Diaries Live, a serial one-man liv theater show for Peter Saltzman and his piano (performances at Athenaeum Theatre, Chicago 2014)
My Name is Earl (NBC), underscoring for section of fall 2006 episode
Alien Abduction, orchestral and electronic score for feature film by Eric Forsberg, produced and distributed by The Asylum (2005)
Commercials/Industrial: Hip-hop tracks for Vancouver Police department spot (2006); Hip-hop educational video for Chicago Public Schools (2003)
Conneat, a jazz-pop opera, performed at the Morgan-Wixson Theatre, Santa Monica, CA (1991)
Choral & Classical Vocal:
A Song of Songs Cycle, for voice and piano (Oxford University Press, 2000)
The Lord is my Shepherd, SATB Choral (Oxford University Press, 1997)
Go Down, Moses, SATB Choral (Oxford University Press,1997)
Baruch Ata, SSA Choral, with piano and percussion (Oxford University Press, 1999)
Birth of Soul, SATB Choral (Oxford University Press,1997)
Chanukah, Oh Chanukah, Upper voices with piano, electric bass, percussion (Oxford University Press, 1997)
Mi Yimalel, SATB unaccompanied (Oxford University Press 1997)
Psalm 23 Again, for voice and piano, 1999
Pop Songs:
One Human Minute, collection of 60 one-minute songs (2018), first 15 recorded
Things Better Left Said (2003), collection of original songs and covers
Uncollected Songs, Volumes 1 & 2, 20 original pop songs (1988-2004)
Songs from Two States, eight original pop songs (1988)
(abbreviated)
Pre-High School: multiple classical recitals throughout Chicago area
High School: played with multiple jazz bands in Chicago-area clubs; led my own groups at school concerts
Led jazz groups in clubs in Western Massachusetts
Performances of original compositions at Indiana University and Eastman School of music
New York City (1985-87): performed original songs in rock clubs
Chicago(1987-89): Performed original pop tunes with my band (Peter Zak Band—my stage name at the time) in clubs throughout Chicago area
Los Angeles (1989-93): Directed and performances of Pop Opera, Mr. Conneat (Santa Monica, 1991), Played in clubs through LA.
Chicago (1996-2001): Lead performances of my group, The Revolution Ensemble in concerts throughout Chicago area. Venues included Harold Washing Library Auditorium (Chicago Humanities Festival), Three Arts Clubs, Chicago Cultural Center
Chicago (2002-2018): Multiple performances as a soloist leader of the Peter Saltzman Band in clubs and venues throughout Chicago area, including: Chicago Cultural Center, Davenports, PianoForte, Chicago Humanities Festival, Pete Millers.
Recordings (Chronological)
All recordings (except Walls) produced by Peter Saltzman
Jazz Trio, original songs and jazz standards recorded with Larry Gray and Robert Shy at Paul Serrano Studios, Chicago (1980)
NYC Pop, several original pop songs recorded in studios throughout New York City, unreleased, (1985-87)
Songs From Two States, original pop songs, recorded at StudioMedia Recording, Evanston, released in 1988, received national airplay
Live at Orphans, Peter (Zak) Saltzman band at Orphans Club, Chicago (1989)
Five New Songs, original pop songs, recorded at River North Studios, Chicago (1989)
Conneat, original pop opera recorded in home studio, Los Angeles (1991)
Mad Hatter Session, solo piano album of jazz standards and originals, recorded at Mad Hatter Studio, Los Angeles (1992)
Saltzman Solo Piano, original virtuoso concert piano music recorded at WFMT Studios, Chicago (1995)
Walls, large orchestral dance suite, Czech National Symphony Orchestra, Paul Freeman Conducting (1996)
Go Down Moses, Chicago a Cappella recording of Peter Saltzman Arrangement of title tune (1997)
Never Lose the Blues, original hybrid orchestral suite, recorded live at Harold Washing Library Auditorium, with the Revolution Ensemble Orchestral, Peter Saltzman Conducting (1998)
Four Trios with Limited Commercial Interruptions, live recording of original piano trios with Revolution Ensemble, Three Arts Club, Chicago (1998)
TRE String Quartet Live, Revolution Ensemble String Quartet, Three Arts Club, Chicago (1999)
TRE Jazz Quartet Live, original extended compositions for Jazz quartet, Revolution Ensemble Jazz Quartet, Three Arts Club, Chicago (1999)
Kabbalah Blues/Quantum Funk, original 75-minute work for the Revolution Ensemble, Hinge Recording Studios, Chicago, released 2000
Four Seasons, produced and co-wrote Katherine Hughes album, Dr. CAW Studios (2001)
Things Better Left Said, original pop songs and covers, Dr. Caw Recording Studio, Northbrook, released 2003
Alien Abduction, original soundtrack from 2005 Eric Forsberg feature film, Saltzman Studio (2005)
Big Ass Orchestral Cues, 10 original short-form orchestral works, Saltzman Studio (2007)
Piano Diaries: Volumes 1-5, solo piano improvisations, Saltzman Studio, (2009-2013)
Uncollected Pop: Volumes 1 & 2, original pop tune compilation, recorded in various studios (Chicago, NYC, Los Angeles), released 2012-13
Piano Diaries Live, live recording of original one man show, Athenaeum Theatre, Chicago (2014)
Blues, Preludes & Feuds, original piano compositions and improvisations (and memoir) released as an album and app, Saltzman Studio (2016)
Virtual Unreality, extended original song for original TV pilot (Jews in Space), Saltzman Studio, (2017)
One Human Minute, 60 original one-minute songs, Saltzman Studio, 2018-19 staggered release
AWARDS AND COMMISSION
2006 Illinois Arts Council SAG Grant to complete concert video
2001 Illinois Arts Council Fellowship Award in Composition
2000 Commission by Oak Park/River Forest Children's Chorus
1999 Commission by Chicago Humanities Festival (Kabbalah Blues/Quantum Funk)
1998 Commission by West Suburban Symphony Orchestra (Sax concerto)
1997 Commission by Zephyr Dance Ensemble (Chicago)
1996 Commission by Dallas Black Dance Theatre (for Walls)
1995 City Award from City of Chicago for String Quartet
1984 ASCAP Composers Prize, 1st Place, Aspen Music Festival
2017-2019. Piano Teacher, West Suburban Montessori School, Oak Park, IL
Developed and taught private piano to children ages 4-12
2017-2019. Theory Coordinator, New Music School, Chicago
Developed theory program for children from four years up.
Oversee theory tutors from above program
Teach Advanced Theory for 18 and Under classes
Developed and teach Adult Theory Classes (for adult amateurs)
2006-2014 Adjunct Professor or Music, Columbia College Chicago
Developed and taught a new series of classes called Technology for Musicians for Columbia's Contemporary, Urban, Pop Program (CUP), a new undergraduate major started in 2008
Developed and taught Pop/Jazz keyboard class for CUP majors
Taught private piano students (jazz and classical)
Taught multiple levels of musician's skill classes (sight-signing, ear-training, etc.)
2008-2012 Founder/CEO of MusicOnlineAlive.com
Created concept, design, and business plan for rich online music album format
Led 15-person development team based in India
Worked with top digital media executive at major labels to make the platform accessible to high-level artists
1997-2001 Founder/Artistic Director of The Revolution Ensemble
Innovative cross-genre group performed works exclusively by living Chicago-area composers, including Peter Saltzman, Doug Lofstrom, Jim Gailloreto and Benton Wedge
Debut concert at Harold Washington Library consisted of a hybrid jazz/classical/rock 30-piece orchestra, Peter Saltzman conducting all original works
The Chicago Humanities Festival commissioned Peter Saltzman and TRE to write and perform a major new work at the 1999 Festival. The Chicago Sun-Times called Kabbalah Blues/Quantum Funk "ambitious, richly layered, wonderfully accessible". The studio recording of this work was released to rave reviews in 2000.
2001-2008. Produced CDs and Demos for Chicago-area artists
Produced, co-wrote, arranged and performed on Katherine Hughes' CD Four Seasons (2001)
Produced Shawn Gilley's debut CD, "Hold On" (2005)
Produced finished demo for Lauren Frost (2005) and Stephanie Haseman (2001)
1985-pres. Music Lessons in Private Studio
Private students ranging in age from 5 to 75
Teaching areas include piano (jazz and classical, beginning through advanced), composition (all levels and styles); theory (beginning to advanced modern); improvisation; song-writing, vocal technique
1978-pres. Freelance pianist, vocalist, and composer in New York, Los Angeles, Chicago
Eastman School of Music (Rochester, NY, 1984-85),Majored in Composition and Piano
Indiana University School of Music (Bloomington, IN 1981), Majored in Jazz
UCLA-Extension (Los Angeles, CA, 1992-93) Film Scoring
Bloom School of Jazz (Chicago, IL, 1978-80) Jazz Studies


This dissertation explores how digital media are changing the rich cultural act of storytelling within Native communities. The norms and routines of the non-Native press often leave consumers with a stereotypical view of American-Indians. The researcher interviewed key Native journalists identified through the Native American Journalists Association. She also observed journalists at a primarily Native newspaper and Native radio station. The study conducted interviews with more than 40 Native journalists around the country to understand how digital media possibly advances the distribution of storytelling within the American-Indian community.
LaPoe, Victoria Leigh, "American-Indian Media: The Past, the Present, and the Promise of Digital" (2013). LSU Doctoral Dissertations. 1552.


So… what did you do last night?
Nothing too interesting. Spent some time cleaning up registry errors.
I mean, I bought what was on the list, but when I saw that china pattern I was sure it was some sort of horrible mistake.


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Norways invisible glass ceiling
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OSLO — When it comes to promoting womens careers, Norway is often held up as a model. The country has been described as one of the "most gender equal nations in the world." And its state-mandated quotas of women on company boards have been put forward as an example for other countries to follow.
But if you look — as I have — at the percentage of women who reach the top of the career ladder, another picture emerges. By this standard, Norway is not much of an exemplar. It ranks just above Romania and Germany, and far behind countries like Russia, the United States, France and Latvia.
Call it Norways gender equality paradox. The true lessons from the country — and its Nordic neighbors — are that quotas are a poor method for promoting gender equality and that the heavy hand of government can unintentionally hold back womens career advancement.
By some measures, Nordic countries are indeed the most women-friendly places in the world. Since the age of the Vikings, Nordic societies have been unusually open to womens economic participation. Women in early Nordic societies could inherit land and property, kept control over their dowry and controlled a third of the property they shared with their spouses. They took care of the farms when their men were away on raids and sometimes even joined them as "shield maidens."
The rise of the welfare state has been a double-edged sword for womens advancement.
Under medieval law, Nordic women had greater rights than in other parts of the contemporary world. Inheritance followed both male and female lines. Additionally, women could opt for a divorce — impressive for the time. This tradition was gradually built upon. Swedish women could run their own businesses generations before the same right was given to women in most parts of Europe.
Today, Nordic countries have a high labor market participation of women and one of the most gender equal attitudes in the world. It would be natural to conclude that many women also reach the top of the career ladder. But this is not the case.
I recently calculated the share of women who have managerial positions around the world. A clear pattern emerges.
The list is topped by Latvia — a neighbor of the Nordic countries that shares the same Protestant culture but has a small welfare state. In Latvia, 46 percent of managers are women. The United States — which is often criticized for lacking welfare state policies such as public provision for parental leave — follows in second place with 43 percent women managers.
The first Nordic country on the list is Iceland, with a limited welfare model and 40 percent women mangers. Sweden, which has scaled back its welfare model and opened up the public sector to private competition, has 36 percent women managers. Norway and Finland both do relatively poorly with 32 and 30 percent women managers.
When it comes to promoting womens careers, Norway shouldnt be seen as a model, but rather a warning | Christof Stache/AFP via Getty Images
Denmark, which has the highest taxes and the larges welfare state in the modern world, does even worse with only 28 percent of female managers.
The rise of the welfare state has been a double-edged sword for womens advancement. It has created jobs in women-dominated fields such as health care and education and helped women enter the labor market by offering daycare and other family-related services.
But high taxes have made it difficult for families in the Nordics to purchase services that alleviate household work. This has hampered womens ability to invest time in their careers.
Meanwhile, generous benefit systems combined with high taxes reduce the economic incentives for both parents to work full-time. Parental leave policies have given women incentive to take long breaks from the working life. Adding to this, state monopolies in women-dominated sectors such as health care and education have limited womens career choices.
Nordic policymakers are aware of these problems, and they have taken different approaches to addressing them. In Sweden, for instance, market reforms have in part been seen as a way of advancing womens careers.
Norway, instead, tried to tackle the problem with state-mandated policies. In 2003, the country passed a law requiring 40 percent of board members of public companies to be women. Sadly, these have not had the desired effect. A Belgian economist has shown that they had no measurable impact on ordinary womens career outcomes.
When it comes to promoting womens careers, Norway shouldnt be seen as a model. It should be seen as a warning — that the welfare state can be a drag on gender equality and that quotas are not the answer.
Nima Sanandaji is president of the European Centre for Entrepreneurship and Policy Reform and the author most recently of the study "The Nordic Glass Ceiling" for the Cato Institute.
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Work has started on sealing the section of Delicia Road, between McLeods Road and Daymar Road, Mapleton, I've got to tell you, I was initially surprised to see the extent of tree clearing required, which prompted me to ask a few questions of Council's staff. However, my initial concerns have been quelled, as it turns out when some trees were removed, it left others in a precarious and unsafe position which comprised safety in the area. While I wholeheartedly support conservation of native vegetation wherever possible – particularly of trees as old as these ones – safety and the lives of our residents is paramount and must always take first priority.
Have you heard of MADCA? The Mapleton and Districts Community Association is a fantastic local organisation which works tirelessly to promote our small businesses on the Range and deliver for our community. They are endeavouring to ignite public interest in the happenings of Mapleton, and encourage patronage of their meetings. I commend the group for the initiative to have guest speakers at their meetings to provide meaningful information, or promote local businesses. Recent speakers include Jane Boehm from Jane's Animal Grooming, Maureen McPherran from Katie Rose Hospice, and Ted O'Brien from Generation Innovation.
If you want to get involved with MADCA, contact the president, Burnie Collins on 0402 110 637..
I hope you can make it to one of our Sunshine Coast region's Anzac Day services. I'll be attending the Nambour Dawn Service and the Kenilworth service later in the morning. While I would dearly love to be a the Mapleton service, we're unveiling the new war memorial in Kenilworth this year and unfortunately I just can't attend every event. I have no doubt Dane Roberts and his crew will do an admirable job arranging the Mapleton commemorations for this centenary year of Gallipoli.
I hope everyone had a happy and safe Easter – and I hope the bunny was good to you! To me, Easter is a time when I remember helping the Easter bunny place the eggs at the top of our family's special tree, an old English Elm, with a height of some 20 meters, I always value Easter it as a good family event that reinforces Christian values. Whether you're a practicing Christian or not, it's a good reminder of what's important in life – and I think family is at the top of that list for most people.
See you round the Range soon, Rogo.


I love my parents very much. I think we all do as kids. I love them more as an adult however. It isn't so much the lessons they taught me growing up as it is the consistency they have shown through all these years. I try to put myself in their shoes in regards to my weight. I wasn't always this way. I wrestled at 158 pounds as a senior, one win away from qualifying for the State tournament, which was my goal for the season. I was an All-Conference football player and an All-State baseball player. I did all of this as a short 5'6" individual. I did it with heart. I had the heart of a champion and my parents knew this about me. I didn't quit….ever. My Dad always told me I needed to have more juice than the other guys "in the 4th quarter." I trained hard. My Dad and I worked out together. My mother watched all of this happen and I am sure she was glad she had a potentially successful young man with the whole world in front of him.
Several years ago, I cannot recall exactly how long, I had come home to visit my parents. I do not remember how the conversation started, or what prefaced the statement my father made, but he had said we do not have anything in common anymore. He may have invited me to go biking or running, both things I had not done for some time. My weight was gaining on me, literally. He knew it; my mother knew it and they had no real way to tell me I had to change. That comment stung a bit. It was depressing because it was true. We couldn't do the things we enjoyed together in the past because my weight got in the way. I am sure that hurt him, even as he was cavalier in his delivery. I was changing in ways he didn't approve of but as a young adult, it is hard for parent to parent, per say, and have the advice be taken in a good way. My Mom was stuck unconditionally loving me because I was her son. This was the ultimate rock and a hard place for both my Mom and Dad. I put them there which was hard for me to deal with.
When I moved back to my home town in 2007, I felt somewhat energized to be around family and familiarity. It was August. Summer time is always a good time to be anywhere I suppose. A couple of months after arriving I received a post card in the mail indicating I was being inducted into my high school's sports Hall of Fame. I was being inducted with other friends; friends I had not seen since graduation in 1991. I was about 330 pounds. I will always remember the other All-State baseball player inducted at the same time was a running back on our football team. He was always in great shape. He ended up going to the Naval Academy in Annapolis, became a pilot, went to Top Gun, married his high school sweetheart, and the list goes on. How would I follow that story during an induction ceremony? My success story is limited. I hadn't accomplished what I wanted to. I was unrecognizable on so many levels, not only to me, but to family as well. How does a guy with a heart like mine destroy themselves? I am sure it was a question that nagged my loved ones for many years.
My parents are snowbirds; travelling to Arizona for the winter. I have not discussed Ideal Protein with them. I have discussed too many things about losing weight with them in the past. They leave in a month and are gone for 5 months, or 20 weeks. Even at a 3 pound weight loss per week clip, that is 60 pounds. That is nothing to sneeze at. That is noticeable. A more realistic number, 5 pounds per week, would be a 100 pound weight loss. Even more noticeable. I know I am doing this program for me, my wife and my kids. However, for everything my parents have had to put up with, I am doing it for them to. I do not want their last memory of me to be where I was; morbidly obese, diabetic, hypertensive; a walking death trap. I want them to know that there is still a champion inside me, as there always was. I want them to know that The Prodigal Son has returned. It's the least I can do.
BRACKEN...I agree with the previous comment...wow! You are so introspective! That is still hard for me but I am working on it. You can do this and celebrate you will!' I am happy to be a part of your "recovery", both learning from you as well as (maybe, someday) give you some inspiration as well. We have to remember that we are worth being loved, even conditionally!!
BRACKEN...wow! Truly inspiring. I found myself counting and projecting how much weight I would have lost between seeing family members, too. Partly to show off (hoping for some nice comments) and partly because it's fun to celebrate with those who love you the most! You can do it! Have that as a gift to your parents will just add to your determination. Keep at it! It's worth it! You're melting away!


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Long Branch is een plaats (city) in de Amerikaanse staat New Jersey, en valt bestuurlijk gezien onder Monmouth County.

Demografie
Bij de volkstelling in 2000 werd het aantal inwoners vastgesteld op 31.340.
In 2006 is het aantal inwoners door het United States Census Bureau geschat op 32.314, een stijging van 974 (3.1%).

Geografie
Volgens het United States Census Bureau beslaat de plaats een oppervlakte van
16,0 km², waarvan 13,5 km² land en 2,5 km² water.

Geboren in Long Branch
 Garret Hobart (1844-1899), vicepresident van de Verenigde Staten (1897-1899) en advocaat
 Mel Ferrer (1917-2008), acteur
 Dan Barry (1923-1997), striptekenaar
 Norman Mailer (1923-2007), journalist en schrijver
 Richard Anderson (1926-2017), acteur
 Thomas Price (1933), roeier
 Paul Cohen (1934-2007),wiskundige
 Bernie Worrell (1944-2016), musicus, componist
 Bruce Springsteen (1949), rockzanger, gitarist en liedjesschrijver
 Patti Scialfa (1953), singer-songwriter en gitariste; echtgenote van Bruce Springsteen

Plaatsen in de nabije omgeving
De onderstaande figuur toont nabijgelegen plaatsen in een straal van 8 km rond Long Branch.

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Plaats in New Jersey


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October 2020 Issue of Eos features Critical Zone Science
News Source: Eos
In the October 2020 Issue, Eos focuses on the Critical Zone at a pivotal point as the discipline comes of age.
In October, Eos highlights the importance of critical zone science, the research that is moving it forward, and the role it will play in connecting people across various communities.
Critical Zone Science Comes of Age — The developing field, which unites Earth scientists to examine the planet's surface as a single, unified entity, is unraveling the complex, interconnected processes that support life on Earth.
Critical Agents of Change at Earth's Surface — By way of agriculture and industry, humans have major influences on the critical zone. Our past and present effects on the landscape, soil, and water will echo for a long time to come.
Life Teems Below the Surface — Scientists are resolving how plants, microbes, and lithology sculpt the structure of the critical zone.
Linking Critical Zone Water Storage and Ecosystems — The geology and the structure of Earth's critical zone control subsurface moisture storage potential and determine the resilience of forest and river ecosystems to drought.
Soil Signals Tell of Landscape Disturbances — The lasting influence humans have on Earth's critical zone—and how geologic forces have mediated those influences—is revealed in studies of soil and carbon migration.
Demystifying Critical Zone Science to Make It More Inclusive — A new network that embraces scientists with wide-ranging experiences and expertise aims to solve the challenges of Earth's critical zone.
Next Steps for the Critical Zone — In October, Eos examines a pivotal point for a field of science that's starting to make a name for itself.
Find the full pdf version of this issue here.
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Hwang Ui-jo (koreanisch ; Hanja: 黃義助; * 28. August 1992 in Seongnam) ist ein südkoreanischer Fußballspieler, Er steht seit August 2022 beim englischen Erstligisten Nottingham Forest unter Vertrag und ist momentan nach Griechenland an FC Seoul verliehen.

Vereine

Seongnam FC
Hwang Ui-jo spielte in der Jugend Fußball für das Poongsaeng Gymnasium und anschließend für die Mannschaft der Yonsei University. Im Draft zur Saison 2013 wurde er vom Erstligisten Seongnam FC ausgewählt. Sein Debüt gab er am 3. März (1. Spieltag), als er bei der 1:2-Heimniederlage gegen die Suwon Samsung Bluewings das startete und den einzigen Treffer seiner Mannschaft erzielte. In der Folge schaffte er es nicht sich sofort in der Startformation zu etablieren. Erst in der Abstiegsrunde ab Herbst 2013 kam er immer häufiger zum Einsatz. In dieser Spielzeit bestritt er 22 Ligaspiele, in denen er zweimal traf. Im nächsten Spieljahr 2014 wurde er Stammspieler und erzielte in 28 Ligaspielen vier Tore. Mit Seongnam gewann er im November 2014 den Korean FA Cup. Der Durchbruch gelang Hwang dann in der nächsten Saison 2015. Seinen ersten Doppelpack in der höchsten koreanischen Spielklasse markierte er am 31. Mai (13. Spieltag), als er Seongnam mit zwei Toren in der Schlussphase zum 2:1-Heimsieg gegen die Jeonbuk Hyundai Motors schoss. In 34 Ligaspielen erzielte er in dieser Spielzeit 15 Treffer. In der folgenden Saison 2016 erzielte er in 37 Ligaspielen neun Tore, musste jedoch mit Seongnam den Abstieg in die K League 2 hinnehmen.

Gamba Osaka
Bis Ende Juni 2017 spielte er in der zweiten koreanischen Spielklasse, bevor er sich zum 1. Juli 2017, nach über 150 Pflichtspieleinsätzen und 45 Toren für den Seongnam FC, dem japanischen Erstligisten Gamba Osaka anschloss. Sein Debüt gab er am 29. Juli (19. Spieltag) beim 3:1-Heimsieg gegen den Stadtrivalen Cerezo Osaka, als er startete und wie für Seongnam erneut bei seinem Debüt treffen konnte. Das Spieljahr 2017 beendete er mit drei erzielten Toren in 13 Ligaspielen. In der nächsten Saison 2018 wurde er zu einem Schlüsselspieler für Gamba Osaka. In 27 Ligaspielen erzielte er 16 Tore, davon drei Doppelpacks. Diese Torquote konnte er im Spieljahr 2019 nicht halten und erzielte bis Juli 2019 vor seinem Wechsel in 19 Ligaspielen vier Tore. Im September 2018 wurde er als Koreas Fußballer des Jahres ausgezeichnet.

Girondins Bordeaux
Am 15. Juli 2019 wechselte Hwang Ui-jo für eine Ablösesumme in Höhe von zwei Millionen Euro zum französischen Erstligisten Girondins Bordeaux, wo er einen Vierjahresvertrag unterzeichnete. Am 10. August (1. Spieltag) debütierte er bei der 1:3-Auswärtsniederlage gegen den SCO Angers für seinen neuen Verein. Sein erstes Tor erzielte er zwei Wochen später (3. Spieltag) beim 2:0-Auswärtssieg gegen den FCO Dijon. Er schaffte rasch den Sprung in die Startformation und erzielte in der Saison 2019/20 in 24 Ligaeinsätzen sechs Tore. Zwei Jahre später stieg er mit dem Verein in die Ligue 2 ab. Während seinen drei Spielzeiten bei den Franzosen absolvierte er insgesamt 98 Pflichtspiele und schoss dabei 29 Treffer.

Nottingham Forest
Am 26. August 2022 wurde Hwang, nachdem er zwei von vier möglichen Spielen in Ligue 2 für Bordeaux bestritten hatten, für eine Ablösesumme von 4 Millionen Euro vom englischen Erstligisten Nottingham Forest verpflichtet. Nur zwei Tage nach der Vertragsunterschrift wurde er für eine Saison an Olympiakos Piräus in die griechische Super League verliehen.

Nationalmannschaft
Am 3. September 2015 debütierte er beim 8:0-Heimsieg gegen den Laos in der Qualifikation zur Weltmeisterschaft 2018 für die südkoreanischer A-Nationalmannschaft, als er in der 62. Spielminute für Suk Hyun-jun eingewechselt wurde. Am 13. Oktober erzielte er beim 3:0-Sieg im Testspiel gegen Jamaika seinen ersten Länderspieltreffer. Im August 2018 nahm er, als einer von drei zugelassenen älteren Spielern, mit der südkoreanischen U23-Nationalmannschaft an den Asienspielen 2018 in Indonesien teil. Südkorea gewann das Turnier und Hwang trug mit neun Toren wesentlich zum Gewinn dessen bei. Außerdem erzielte kein anderer Spieler mehr Tore in diesem Wettbewerb. Mit Südkorea nahm er auch an der Asienmeisterschaft 2019 in den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten teil, wo die Mannschaft im Viertelfinale gegen den späteren Turniersieger Katar ausschied. Hwang erzielt bei seinen fünf Einsätzen zwei Tore in der Gruppenphase, darunter auch das Siegtor gegen die Philippinen. 2021 nahm er mit der Auswahl Südkoreas an den Olympischen Spielen in Japan teil und erreichte dort das Viertelfinale, wo man Mexiko mit 3:6 unterlag. Während des Turniers konnte der Flügelspieler in vier Partien vier Treffer erzielen.

Er gehörte bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2022 zum südkoreanischen Kader und wurde in allen drei Gruppenspielen und dem verlorenen Achtelfinale eingesetzt.

Erfolge
Seongnam FC
 Südkoreanischer Pokalsieger: 2014

Südkorea U23
 Goldmedaille bei den Asienspielen: 2018

Auszeichnungen
 Torschützenkönig bei den Asienspielen: 2018 (9 Tore)
 Südkoreas Fußballer des Jahres: 2018
 J. League Best XI: 2018

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Einzelnachweise

Fußballnationalspieler (Südkorea)
Fußballspieler (Seongnam FC)
Fußballspieler (Gamba Osaka)
Fußballspieler (Girondins Bordeaux)
Fußballspieler (Nottingham Forest)
Fußballspieler (Olympiakos Piräus)
Fußballspieler (FC Seoul)
Olympiateilnehmer (Südkorea)
Teilnehmer der Olympischen Sommerspiele 2020
Teilnehmer an den Asienspielen (Südkorea)
Asienspielesieger (Fußball)
Teilnehmer an einer Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft (Südkorea)
Südkoreaner
Geboren 1992
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This Orange Prize winner lays bare the fissures in seemingly perfect relationships.
Vineetha Mokkil | 06 Oct, 2009
Home is where the heart hurts. For Jack Boughton, the black sheep of his family, the return to his father's house after 20 years is a complicated journey. Jack's arrival at sleepy small town Gilead stirs old memories in his father, Reverend Robert Boughton, a Presbyterian minister. Since his youth, Jack's transgressions have been the virtuous Boughton family's cross. The prodigal has seven siblings and the youngest, 38-year-old Glory, lives at the family home and takes care of their ageing father. Home, which won this year's Orange Prize, is narrated from Glory's third person point of view. The story is set in the 50s, as was Robinson's Pulitzer-winning novel, Gilead.
Home is populated with the same cast of characters as Gilead. There is the Boughton brood and Reverend John Ames, Robert Boughton's closest friend. The two novels share the same setting—Gilead, a small town in the American Midwest. Change is a four-letter word here, though modernity is making slow, inevitable encroaches. Television is a curiosity. Hymns at the piano and family dinners are the most popular entertainment.
Thematic threads also bind both novels. Home, like Gilead, is preoccupied with sin and suffering, redemption and grace, family, home, the ties that bind and break. But Home is more of a companion piece to Gilead than a sequel. It is a nuanced retelling of the events of Gilead from a fresh perspective. You can enjoy one without having read the other.
Robinson paints a poignant picture of everyday life in Home. Nothing spectacular happens at the Boughton home or outside of it. Jack walks back into the same old, overdecorated dining room, ploughs through Glory's cooking and stilted conversations. The gentle Robert Boughton reaches out to his son as he always has, and is rebuffed, as he always will be. Glory watches her brother with a mix of wonder and resentment. Glory is squeaky clean, a child who grew up to be the kind of person her parents wanted her to be. Jack is the wild one, a creature of secrets and vices, a man of constant sorrows. Glory's feelings towards him are part missionary zeal, part impossible affection. She loves him. And she resents him for neglecting her, for his 'strategies of evasion' and his lack of devotion to the 'skills of ordinary, dutiful choring that made up most of every life'.
Robinson sprinkles her novel with Biblical imagery. Words like piety, forgiveness, courtesy and reverence are used liberally. But parables and theological arguments are weaved seamlessy into the narrative. They tread softly on the reader's sensibility. Robinson's style is disarmingly simple, just like the narrative. It lays bare the undercurrents lurking behind mundane moments. It exposes the fissures in relationships that are seemingly perfect, attacks the facades before the faces of the blameless. Whether you believe in a benevolent God or not, Home is recommended reading. Like all great literature, it has the power to inspire introspection, no matter whether you are sinner or saved.
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