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The Best Heritage Tours You Can Take in the Philippines
August 26, 2019 June 10, 2020 by KKday
Beyond the tall buildings and the hellish traffic in its major business districts, the Philippines is littered with prized heritage sites that are definitely worth-visiting. These historic locations reflect and embody the country's colorful history, carved by centuries' worth of colonial rulings and influences, as well as by its wealth of natural resources. But most of all, these heritage sites can also attest to the qualities that Filipinos are best known for: warm smiles, hospitable gestures, a good grasp of various languages, and their undying dedication to their families.
Considered as the world's fifth largest island country, the Philippines is a diverse nation from all angles—from ethnicity and language to religion and geography. Get to know the country better through these heritage tours:
Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar Heritage Walking Tour in Bataan
via Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar
Located in Bagac, Bataan, Las Casas Filipinas de Acuzar is a resort that boasts a collection of restored Spanish-Filipino houses by Jose Acuzar. Visitors can ride the tramvia or walk along the cobblestone roads as they marvel at the architecture. Tourists may also opt to ride the balsa and cruise around the property, visit the world-renowned Hotel de Oriente, or watch Filipino craftsmen at work.
Dumaguete City Heritage Tour
Ruel Joseph Tabada via Silliman University
The provincial capital of Negros Oriental is dubbed as the City of Gentle People—thanks to the people's hospitality. It is also considered as a university city since it is host to four universities and several colleges where students from the province and other areas of Visayas and Mindanao enroll to pursue higher studies.
Best places to visit:
Silliman University – Established by the Presbyterian Board of Foreign Missions in 1901, Silliman University or SU is considered the first American university in the Philippines and in all of Asia.
St. Catherine of Alexandria Cathedral – The Dumaguete Cathedral Church, which is the oldest stone church in Negros, was built in 1754 to 1776.
Sidlakang Negros Village – This is where visitors can find the province's finest arts, crafts and delicacies. It has a stage and an open-air auditorium that usually serves as a venue for trade and tourism exhibitions, as well as performances.
Vigan Heritage Tour
via Vigan City Government
The capital city of Ilocos Sur has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site for its intact old structures, set pavements, and unique architecture dating back to the colonial era. One of the perfect summer getaways, Vigan is also part of the New7Wonders Cities along with Beirut, Doha, Durban, Havana, Kuala Lumpur, and La Paz.
Calle Crisoloigo – Also called Mena Crisologo Street, Calle Crisologo is lined with Spanish colonial houses. Tourists may walk or ride a calesa while traversing the street.
Baluarte Zoo – Politician and businessman Chavit Singson's zoological park is an interactive wildlife sanctuary that visitors can enjoy for free.
Syquia Mansion – This is the ancestral house of former president Elpidio Quirino's wife Doña Alicia Quirino.
City of Bacolod Private Half-Day Tour
via KKday Supplier
Known as the City of Smiles, Bacolod offers tourists great local dishes and iconic landmarks.
・San Sebastian Cathedral
・Bacolod Plaza
・Bandstand & Lagoon
・Pope John Paul II Tower
・Gallery of Masks (optional)
・La Guerta & Vintage Glass Museum
・The Ruins
・Bongbong's or Merci food gift stores
Book your KKday City of Bacolod Private Half-Day Tour now.
Puerto Princesa Heritage Tour
via Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center
The capital city of Palawan is recognized as the Eco-Tourism Center of the Philippines.
Binuatan Creations Traditional Weaving Center – At the center, visitors will discover how traditional weaving is done.
Immaculate Concepcion Cathedral – The Gothic-style blue-colored cathedral in Barangay Liwanag was the site of the first mass in the city in 1872.
Palawan Wildlife Rescue and Conservation Center – Also known as the crocodile farm, the convention center was established in collaboration with the Japan International Cooperative Agency in 1987.
Baker's Hill – While Baker's Hill is literally a bakery on top of a hill, it is also considered a theme park that features a big modern house, numerous Disney character statues, a mini-aviary, and restaurants.
Which among these heritage tours would you like to take?
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A WENTWORTH Shire councillor has labelled a heatwave that killed more than 1300 Australian sheep being exported to Middle East this year as an "act of God".
Live sheep exports will be on the agenda at a public meeting on Thursday.
The future of live sheep exports to the Middle East will be discussed during a public meeting organised by councillor Bill Wheeldon Thursday night at Wentworth's Crown Hotel.
Cr Wheeldon has slammed Member for Farrer Sussan Ley's response to the sheep saga, where she called for the exports to end after shocking footage emerged of hundreds of sheep dying aboard a squalid live export ship.


Mobile Police Officer Sean Tuder was killed on Sunday while investigating leads when he was shot and killed by alleged suspect, Marco Perez.
The man accused of killing a Mobile police officer will be charged with capital murder, according to District Attorney Ashley Rich.
19-year-old Marco Perez is in Mobile police custody after he allegedly shot and killed Officer Sean Tuder.
Perez's history with law enforcement is lengthy as he was arrested in July 2018 for his role in a rash of 18 car break-ins. His mother, Tiffany Perez was arrested just days ago after she helped Marco evade police by filing an erroneous police report alleging he was kidnapped.
Tuder was a former officer at the Palatka Police Department in Putnam County, Florida, according to News4Jax.com. He graduated from Fleming Island High School in Clay County, Florida.
Tuder's death came a day after more than 2,000 people gathered Saturday for a celebration of the life of slain Birmingham police Sgt. Wytasha "Wyt" Carter. The 44-year-old husband, father, son, brother and uncle was killed in the early-morning hours of Sunday, Jan. 13.
"Less than a day after laying to rest Birmingham Police Sergeant Wytasha Carter, I'm saddened to learn of the death of Mobile Police Officer Sean Tuder, who was killed today in the line of duty," Gov. Kay Ivey said.
Tuder is the second Mobile police officer to die in the line of duty since February 2018. That's when Officer Justin Billa was killed in a standoff.
"This is still very much an active investigation -- an arrest is the easy part, but a conviction is the hard part so we will continue to do our research and conduct interviews in the coming days," Battiste said.
Mayor Sandy Stimpson asked for the community to come together and support and uplift the police department.
"I'll be praying for Krissy Tuder and the entire Tuder family as we go through this trying time," Stimpson said.
This is the procession taking fallen Mobile Officer Sean Tuder to the funeral home.
Officer Tuder was shot and killed today in the line of duty. The suspect is in custody.


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Humanity's space travel plans, 2020-2030
The decade ended with the announcement of a new mission back to the moon, which is just one of the many missions that are planned to make history this next decade. Here is what humanity has to look forward to.
The US proposed nuking the moon, and other surprising facts about Earth's celestial satellite
Since the moon is Earth's closest celestial neighbor, we've been able to learn more about it than any other in the solar system. There are surprising details about the moon, such as how in 1958, the US proposed exploding a nuclear bomb on its surface, for clout. Here are 10 scientific and historical facts about the moon that might surprise you.
NASA Needs Sharper Leadership to Get to the Moon, Let Alone Mars
Two longtime spaceflight experts told a group of congressional representatives that NASA needed stronger leadership to meet its ambitious 2024 lunar-landing goal, much less to put humans on Mars. That testimony came during a meeting of the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology's space and aeronautics subcommittee held on Wednesday (Nov. 13).
NASA Installs Final RS-25 Space Shuttle Engine on SLS Core
NASA is heading back to the moon, and it's planning to use the long-delayed Space Launch System (SLS) to get there. The agency is working to assemble the first SLS rocket, which will be the most powerful in the world upon completion. Some of that power will come from four RS-25 engines on the core stage. If they look familiar, that's because the RS-25 has a storied history in NASA's Space Shuttle program, having first debuted in the 1970s. Now, NASA has just finished installing them on the SLS.
Boeing Just Sent NASA Its Moon Lander Idea for Artemis Astronauts
Boeing delivered a proposal to NASA for a crewed lunar lander to fly astronauts to the moon in 2024 as part of the agency's Artemis program. The moon lander will draw on Boeing's experience in working with NASA on the International Space Station (ISS), the Space Launch System megarocket and the company's own private Starliner crew capsule that aims to deliver astronauts to the moon as fast as possible, Boeing representatives said.
NASA Opens Untouched Apollo Moon Rock Sample for First Time in 40 Years
Scientists at Johnson Space Center's Lunar Curation Laboratory in Houston opened the Apollo 17-recovered sample on Tuesday (Nov. 5). The 1.5-inch-wide (4-centimeter) tube holding the small stash of moon rocks and dust was sealed by astronauts Gene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt during the second of their three moonwalks on Dec. 12, 1972.
Jeff Bezos's Blue Origin to team up with aerospace giants to help meet Trump's moon mandate
The team, which includes Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Draper, plans to submit a bid to NASA for what many consider to be the most challenging component of a lunar landing: the spacecraft capable of getting humans safely to and from the lunar surface.
NASA Aims for Mars Landings in 2035 While Building Support for Lunar Gateway
NASA Administrator Jim Bridenstine is looking to land humans on Mars in the 2030s as he recruits partners of the International Space Station to help the agency land humans on the moon by 2024, according to his remarks at the International Astronautical Congress (IAC).
These are the new spacesuits for the first woman and next man on the moon
A human hasn't landed on the moon since 1972, but NASA's Artemis program aims to land the first woman and the next man on the lunar surface by 2024. Part of that process involves upgrading the classic spacesuits worn by Apollo-era astronauts in the 1960s and 70s.
NASA Hires Company to Build Spacecraft for the Artemis Moon Missions
NASA recently tasked a company to open production on the spacecraft that will bring astronauts to the moon as part of the Artemis program. Lockheed Martin -- the builder of the Orion spacecraft for moon missions -- received a contract promising at least six spacecraft orders from NASA.

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La Sarasota Opera House (originariamente l'Edwards Theatre) è un teatro storico, ora teatro d'opera, situato a North Pineapple Avenue a Sarasota, in Florida. La visione di un uomo del luogo e il primo sindaco della città, A. B. Edwards. Originariamente aperto il 10 aprile 1926 con un elaborato ingresso a tre piani contenente "otto negozi al piano terra, 12 uffici al secondo piano e 12 appartamenti arredati al terzo piano, mentre l'auditorium del teatro conteneva un organo a canne orchestrale. Come indicato sul sito web della Sarasota Opera, il Sarasota Herald Tribune elogiò Edwards per "aver fatto entrare Sarasota in un paese fatato di costose decorazioni, ricchi arredi e un'arte mai dimenticata".

L'edificio è stato progettato da Roy A. Benjamin in Stile revival mediterraneo e costruito dalla GA Miller Construction Company.

Il teatro è ora la sede della Sarasota Opera Association, Inc., che possiede l'edificio. L'Associazione la casa madre che gestisce l'Opera di Sarasota. La sede ora ospita 1,119 spettatori.

Storia degli inizi
Negli anni '20 divenne rapidamente un popolare luogo di intrattenimento con artisti importanti del giorno, come Will Rogers (nel 1927) e Ziegfeld Follies (1928) ed Elvis Presley (1956), che apparivano lì. Inoltre diventò un cinema quando presentò la prima mondiale di Il più grande spettacolo del mondo di Cecil B. DeMille (che era stato girato a Sarasota) alla presenza delle sue star Charlton Heston e Dorothy Lamour.

Nel corso degli anni le gestioni cambiarono come il nome del teatro: nel dicembre 1936 divenne The Florida Theatre mentre, nello stesso anno, un uragano danneggiò l'organo a canne di Robert-Morton. Vari tentativi di modernizzazione hanno rimosso gran parte del suo Art déco originale. Divenne un cinema a tempo pieno, ma alla fine, nel 1973, chiuse.

Ristrutturazioni, 1979
Tuttavia l'opera cominciava a essere presentata a Sarasota da un'organizzazione senza scopo di lucro, l'Asolo Opera Guild, che presentava opere su piccola scala da fuori città nel teatro Asolo da 320 posti. Nel 1974 avevano iniziato a produrre le loro opere. Nel 1979 la Gilda acquistò il vecchio teatro Edwards per . Avendo bisogno di importanti ristrutturazioni per restaurare la sede e soddisfare le esigenze dell'opera, l'Associazione iniziò i lavori di ristrutturazione nel 1982, il cui risultato è stato che la nuova Sarasota Opera House fu pubblicata nel National Register of Historic Places nel marzo 1984.

Ristrutturazioni, 2007-2008

Ulteriori ristrutturazioni tra la fine della stagione 2007 e l'apertura del 1º marzo 2008 della stagione 2008 portarono ad un teatro dell'opera significativamente migliorato.

I lavori di ristrutturazione da 20 milioni di dollari hanno compreso l'auditorium, che ha portato a un nuovo piano di posti a sedere, l'espansione delle aree pubbliche e l'Opera Club al secondo piano, l'apertura dell'atrio di 3 piani per esporre un sistema di lucernari installato di recente che era esistito nell'edificio del 1926, ma che era stato coperto da un soffitto e da un lampadario usato nel film Via col vento. Nel 2008 l'opera di Sarasota fu riaperta con il Rigoletto di Verdi. I posti a sedere furono espansi a circa 1.200 persone. Dopo la stagione 2009-2010, alcuni posti lungo i lati opposti sono stati portati fuori e sostituiti con corridoi alle due estremità del teatro lasciando 1119 posti.

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Bibliografia
  The Edwards Theatre on sarasotahistoryalive.com.
 Information and photos of the opera house on cinematreasures.org
 LaHurd, Jeff, Sarasota: A Sentimental Journey in Vintage Images, History Press, 2004.  on books.Google.com
 "Vintage Sarasota: Edwards Theatre", Sarasota Magazine, May 15, 2013 online at sarasotamagazine.com.

Altri progetti

Collegamenti esterni

 Sarasota County listings at National Register of Historic Places
 Florida's Office of Cultural and Historical Programs
 Sarasota County listings
 Famous Floridians of Sarasota
 Sarasota Opera website - History

Teatri d'opera degli Stati Uniti d'America

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Rapper DaBaby responds after fans criticise 'homophobic' comments at gig
Rapper DaBaby has responded after he was criticised for making seemingly homophobic comments at a Miami gig.
Videos on social media show him telling the crowd: "If you didn't show up today with HIV, AIDS, any of them deadly sexually transmitted diseases that'll make you die in two or three weeks, put your cellphone light up."
He also targeted gay men in references to other sexual activities, asking those who did not take part in them to "put your cellphone light up".
Image: DaBaby defended his comments and said his words had been twisted. Pic: Charles Sykes/Invision/AP
DaBaby's words at the Rolling Loud Miami festival were condemned by social media users as homophobic, but the rapper, real name Jonathan Lyndale Kirk, appeared to double-down in a lengthy Instagram response.
He said across 19 videos: "What I do at a live show is for the audience at the live show.
"It'll never translate correctly to somebody looking at a little five, six-second clip from their goddamn crib on their phone. It just don't work like that.
"Because, regardless of what y'all m************ are talking about and how the internet twisted up my m************ words, me and all my fans at the show, the gay ones and the straight ones, we turned the f*** up."
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He also hit out at people who were not at the show, saying they should "shut the f*** up" and encouraged them to go watch him live.
DaBaby also went on to say: "Even my gay fans don't got f****** AIDS… they don't got AIDS.
"My gay fans, they take care of theyself, they ain't going for that… they ain't no junkies. I said if you ain't sucking **** in the parking lot, put your cellphone light up. You know what my gay fans did? Put that m************ light up.
"My gay fans ain't going for that. They got class."
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He added that people should leave his gay fans alone and warned against making them uncomfortable.
Among the voices criticising DaBaby was the Terrence Higgins Trust, a UK-based HIV charity, who accused the rapper of spreading misinformation and discrimination.
In a statement to PinkNews, campaigns director Richard Angell said: "It's wrong for people living with HIV to be made to feel lesser or excluded because of their diagnosis – it should be unacceptable in the musical industry and in society at large.
"Comments like DaBaby's perpetuate HIV-related stigma and discrimination, as well as spreading misinformation about HIV.
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"You can now live a long, healthy life with HIV thanks to medical progress when you're diagnosed and accessing treatment.
"That's why it's important to challenge anything that deters people from testing and learning the facts about HIV."
DaBaby also drew criticism at the event after bringing on fellow rapper Tory Lanez to perform.
Lanez is accused of shooting Megan Thee Stallion, who performed immediately before DaBaby, in the foot last year – allegations he denies.
In October, Lanez was charged with assault on an unnamed woman and weapons charges, and the case is ongoing, but a protective order was handed to Stallion, ordering Lanez to stay 100m away from her.
Sky News has contacted DaBaby's management for comment.
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MURAL: Evaluating the Impact of Design Thinking in Action II
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I am not sure why, but I find myself craving Brinjals at the moment. I absolutely have to have them in every single meal – not that I quite achieve this, but I think about eating them all the friggen time. And have I mentioned that I am absolutely addicted to Chai right now?
The family and I joined a gym two weeks ago. The world will not cease to exist. So far, we've just been swimming, but this afternoon, we hope to make it into our first yoga class. Well, the daughter and I at the very least – cannot quite see the Q doing downward facing dog any time soon.
Have I mentioned how much I hate limbo? And the limbo is strong right now. We are waiting to hear which school the daughter will be attending next year, which has put our life on ice. Because, you see, the gypsies have woken up again, and have the urge to migrate. Our current house is just that little bit too small for us, and elbow room is required. But we cannot move until we know which school… round and round I go around the limbo tree.
So stuck stuck stuck. Not dreaming, not reading, not writing, hardly breathing.
But at least the rains have returned and my garden is starting to smile again.
Nothing on earth can describe the crushing sense of longing for home that you feel when you have migrated. Always remember that. It is hard and soul destroying and you start from the absolute beginning again.
Having said that, there will always be room in our house for you if you ever did arrive. You and the family would be most welcome to stay until you got on your feet.
So sorry V! I got the complete wrong end of the stick. I blame that on not speaking to you enough any more. We should make a plan now that you've left LJ.
The thought of moving scares me. I am not good with that.


Steelcase has announced partnerships with FLOS, a renowned Italian lighting group, as well as Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams, a home and hospitality furnishings brand known for its focus on comfort and timeless designs.
Steelcase will offer a collection of FLOS lighting and Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams products throughout the U.S. and Canada, with availability expected in November 2017.
FLOS lighting supplements an already extensive Steelcase portfolio, offering greater choice and consolidated distribution by the largest dealer network in the industry. Founded by Sergio Gandini in 1962 in Merano, Italy, FLOS has revolutionized the art of lighting by many while embracing innovation. The company has cultivated long and successful partnerships with some of the world's most renowned designers and has grown its offerings to include residential, commercial and custom products. FLOS designs are included in many permanent collections of design and art museums around the world.
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Steelcase partners with a diverse network of thought-leaders and organizations around the world. FLOS and Mitchell Gold + Bob Williams are the latest of recently announced global and regional Steelcase partners.


The science behind the pozzolanic reaction is this: the aggregate-binding concrete glue — Calcium Silica Hydrate (CSH) — is the result of combining water and Portland cement. But that same hydration reaction also spawns Calcium Hydroxide (CH), a by-product (up to 25% of the hydrated Portland cement) that not only does nothing to contribute to concrete strength and density, but actively works against it, introducing grief like the integrity-destroying alkali silica reaction (ASR) as well as porosity, which opens the door to a host of other concrete ills. Replacing part of the Portland cement with natural pumice pozzolan ignites a pozzolanic reaction within the hydrated concrete paste that consumes trouble-making CH and converts it into additional CSH. Think of it as molecular reclamation: concrete is densified and strengthened while trouble-making CH is consumed and repurposed. ASR is flat-lined. Also, a major reduction in concrete permeability (porosity) means sulfate attacks are mitigated. Reinforcing steel is protected without the need to thicken the cover concrete. The water-infiltration freeze-thaw cycle is impeded. Efflorescence is practically eliminated. Compressive strength gets a significant boost. Pumice Pozz: Benefit after benefit. Structure after structure. Mile after mile.


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Islamic University Takes Up the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital
26 - Mar - 2020
The Islamic University-Gaza has announced that, after communicating with the Turkish Government and the Tika Foundation, it has taken up the Turkish-Palestinian Friendship Hospital aiming to serve the emergency conditions resulting from the Coronavirus crisis in the Gaza Strip.
IUG took the initiative of communicating with the Palestinian Ministry of Health informing that the hospital and all its highly equipped capacities are placed at the disposal of the Ministry of Health to serve the Gazan People in these emergency conditions.
IUG President, Prof. Nasser Farahat, said, "This hospital will be of great contribution in combating the current health conditions in Gaza and will keep the public health in the safe zone".
It is noteworthy that the Palestinian-Turkish Friendship Hospital was established inside the IUG campus in the middle of the Gaza Strip with a generous donation of the Turkish government. It came as a result of the university's call for help pointed to the president of the republic Turkish government, Rajab Erdogan.
This hospital is a big one so that it can serve 200 patients with beds. It also has a number of buildings. In addition, it is provided with many advanced devices as well as appropriate medical beds. Moreover, Radiology Departments of different types are well prepared additionally to operation rooms and intensive care rooms.
The Islamic university of Gaza appreciates the significant role of the Turkish Government as the access to the hospital kept its pace with these emergency conditions.The IUG sincerely thanks the close bosom friend of the Palestinians, the Turkish society, Government and President as well as Tika for their ongoing support.


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On the Surface of Silence:
The Last Poems of Lea Goldberg
2019 TLS-Risa Domb/Porjes Prize Finalist
On the Surface of Silence offers for the first time in English the final poems of Lea Goldberg, pre-eminent and central poet of modern Hebrew poetry. These extraordinary texts, composed in the last years and even last days of the poet's life and published posthumously after her untimely death, exhibit a level of lyrical distillation and formal boldness that mark them as distinctive in the poet's oeuvre. Often employing a fragment-like structure, where the unspoken is as present and forceful as the spoken, stripped of adornments and engaging the reader with an uncompromising, even disarming, directness, Goldberg's last poems enact and manifest a poetics of intrepid truth-telling. The play between revelation and concealment, the language precision and the unflinching end-of-life gaze transform these texts into powerfully moving, and often surprising, poems. The book itself, in the original format as masterfully edited by Tuvia Ruebner and with drawings by Goldberg herself interspersed among the poems, is a significant and beautiful artifact of modern Hebrew culture.
This bilingual edition, with translations by award-winning translator Rachel Tzvia Back, brings us poems from a singular poetic voice of the 20th century - poems which will enrich, reflect, and stir the reader's heart.
"These late poems of Lea Goldberg have been beautifully translated by Rachel Tzvia Back. Goldberg, one of the finest Hebrew poets of the middle decades of the past century, here confronts the imminence of her own death and reflects on poetry, memory, and love with a stark and affecting simplicity. It is a gift to have these poems in English."
—Robert Alter, Emeritus Professor of Hebrew & Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley.
"From the first works in this gutsy and moving collection to the last two poems, written in the hospital a few days before she died just months short of her 59th birthday, Lea Goldberg— the legendary poet of aesthetic plenitude, master of the sonnet and the terza rima—strikes notes more clipped and blunt than ever before. As her deft and sensitive translator Rachel Tzvia Back cogently argues in her must-read introductory essay, Goldberg's last poems mark a new poetic minimalism that is "unadorned, unelaborated, lucid, spare and precise." Paying homage to the mono-rhymed cadences of medieval Hebrew poetry in Andalusia, and to the pared-down, understated experiments of first-wave Hebrew modernists (David Fogel, Esther Raab, Rahel), Lea Goldberg's haunting last poems are, as Erich Auerbach said of biblical narrative, 'fraught with background,' their taut surface resonating in the rich echo-chamber of textual history. With Back's luminous translations and vital introduction and annotation, Goldberg's masterful 'whole fragments' can at long last be appreciated by an English readership."
—Chana Kronfeld, Professor of Hebrew, Yiddish and Comparative Literature, University of California, Berkeley
"Lea Goldberg, trilingual multiple exile from Lithuania, immigrated to Palestine in 1935, and died in 1969 at fifty-eight, one of the first recognized modern poets in Hebrew. Her last work, breaking into a "fragmentary" form reminiscent of Oppen and Jabès, breaks also with other certitudes, claiming sisterhood with Antigone and Hagar, longing, as Jewish, Muslim, and Christian poets have, for the polyglot and many-voiced exchanges of al-Andalus. Rachel Tzvia Back's translations and preface lead a reader to the wellspring of this work."
—Marilyn Hacker, winner of the PEN Award for Poetry in Translation, the Robert Fagles Translation Prize, and the PEN/Voelcker Award for Poetry.
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Tyrannosaur Poster - All family members. Lots of info.
This is an exciting presentation of an extremely popular subject. The central design consist of magnificently detailed illustrations of all nine members of the Tyrannosaur family tree, all in scale to one another. Above them, insets explore anatomy and ancestors. Across the bottom, there are the latest discovers - the newly found feathered tyrannosaur and the remarkable growth rate proven by researchers. These are followed by social habits and a list of al North American museums where tyrannosaur skeleton fossils are on display.
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Jeff is an Agile Coaching living in Gothenburg Sweden, but is born and raised on Cape Breton Island. He considers the discovery of Agile and Lean to be one of the most defining moments of his life, and consider helping others to improve their working life not to simply be a job, but a social responsibility. As an Agile Coach he has worked with driving Agile transformations in organisations both small and large.
During his time as a coach in one of the world's largest telecoms, Ercisson AB, one business unit was able to reduce their global lead time by 30% and there defects in production by 95%.
More locally he has provided remote coaching to a team at Dalhousie University which became the first administrative unit at the university to use an agile approach to projects.
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Section 453-467 Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 NG
Section 453-467 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015
Section 453 Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015
Section 453 to 467 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act 2015 is under PART 44 of the Act. It is about PROBATION AND NON-CUSTODIAL ALTERNATIVES.
Meaning probation order
In this Part, "probation order" means an order containing a condition specified in section 455 of this Act.
Conditional release of defendant and payment of compensation for loss or injury and of costs
(1) Where a defendant is charged before a court with an offence punishable by law and the court thinks that the charge is proved but is of opinion that having regard to:
(a) the character, antecedents, age, health, or mental condition, of the defendant charged;
(b) the trivial nature of the offence; or
(c) the extenuating circumstances under which the offence was committed,
it is inexpedient to inflict a punishment or any order than a nominal punishment or that it is expedient to release the defendant on probation, the court may, without proceeding to conviction, make an order specified in subsection (2) of this section.
(2) The court may make an order under subsection (1) of this section:
(a) dismissing the charge; or
(b) discharging the defendant conditionally on his entering into a recognizance, with or without sureties, to be of good behaviour and to appear at any time during such period not exceeding three years as may be specified in the order.
(3) The court may, in addition to an order under subsection (2) of this section, order:
(a) the defendant to pay such damages for injury or compensation for any loss suffered by a person by reason of the conduct or omission of the defendant, and to pay such costs of the proceedings as the court thinks reasonable; and
(b) the parent or guardian of the defendant to pay the damages and costs specified in paragraph (a) of this subsection, where the defendant has not attained the age of 18 years and it appears to the court that the parent or guardian of the defendant has conduced to the commission of the offence.
(4) Where an order under this section is made, the order shall:
(a) for the purpose of reinvesting or restoring stolen property and of enabling the court to make orders as to the restitution or delivery of property to the owner; and
(b) as to the payment of money upon or in connection with such restitution or delivery, shall have the like effect as a conviction.
Probation orders and conditions of recognizance
(1) A recognizance ordered to be entered into under this Part shall, where the court so orders contain a condition that the defendant be under the supervision of such person or persons of the same sex, called a probation officer, as may, with the consent of the probation officer, be named in the order during the period specified in the order.
(2) A recognizance under this Part of this Act may contain such additional conditions with respect to residence, abstention from intoxicating substance and any other matters as the court may, having regard to the particular circumstances of the case, consider necessary for preventing a repetition of the same offence or the commission of other offences.
(3) The court by which a probation order is made shall furnish to the defendant a notice in writing stating in simple terms the conditions he is required to observe.
Relieving probation officer of his duties
A Probation Officer may at any time be relieved of his duties or in case of the death of the Probation Officer named, another person may by consent be substituted by the court before which the defendant is bound by his recognizance to appear for conviction or sentence.
Duties of probation officers
(1) A probation officer shall, subject to the directions of the court:
(a) where the person on probation is not actually with the probation officer, visit or receive reports on the person under supervision at such reasonable intervals as may be specified in the probation order or subject as the probation officer may think fit;
(b) see that he observes the conditions of his recognizance;
(c) report to the court as to his behaviour; and
(d) advise, assist, and befriend him and when necessary to endeavour to find him suitable employment.
(2) The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, or of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja shall make regulations with respect to the appointment of probation officers, including designation of persons of good character as probation officers from which list a court within the district or division of the probation officer resides may make its appointment under section 455 of this Act.
Variation of terms and conditions of probation
The court before which a defendant is bound by a recognizance under this Part to appear for conviction and sentence or for sentence may:
(a) at any time if it appears to it on the application of the probation officer that it is expedient that the terms or conditions of the recognizance should be varied, summon the defendant bound by the recognizance to appear before it and if he fails to show cause why the variation should not be made: (i) vary the terms of the recognizance by extending or diminishing the duration, which shall not exceed 3 years from the date of the original order, or (ii) alter the conditions or insert additional conditions; or
(b) on application being made by the probation officer, and on being satisfied that the conduct of the defendant bound by the recognizance has been such as to make it unnecessary for him to be under supervision, discharge the recognizance.
Provisions in case of convict failing to observe conditions of release
(1) Where the court before which a defendant is bound by his recognizance under this Part to appear for conviction or sentence is satisfied by information on oath that the defendant has failed to observe any of the conditions of his recognizance, it may issue a warrant for his arrest or may, if it thinks fit, instead of issuing a warrant in the first instance, issue a summons to the defendant and his sureties, if any, requiring him or them to attend at the court and at such time as may be specified in the summons.
(2) The defendant where arrested shall, if not brought before the court before which he is bound by his recognizance to appear for conviction or sentence, be brought before another court.
(3) The court before which a defendant on arrest is brought or before which he appears in pursuance of the summons may, where it is not the court before which he is bound by his recognizance to appear for conviction or sentence, remand him to custody or on bail until he can be brought before the last-mentioned court.
(4) A defendant so remanded in custody may be committed during remand to a prison to which the court having power to convict or sentence him has power to commit prisoners.
(5) A court before which a defendant is bound by his recognizance to appear for conviction and sentence on being satisfied that he has failed to observe a condition of his recognizance may, without further proof of his guilt, convict and sentence him for the original offence.
Suspended sentence and community service
(1) Notwithstanding the provision of any other law creating an offence, where the court sees reason, the court may order that the sentence it imposed on the convict be, with or without conditions, suspended, in which case, the convict shall not be required to serve the sentence in accordance with the conditions of the suspension.
(2) The court may, with or without conditions, sentence the convict to perform specified service in his community or such community or place as the court may direct.
(3) A convict shall not be sentenced to suspended sentence or to community service for an offence involving the use of arms or offensive weapon, or for an offence which the punishment exceeds imprisonment for a term of 3 years.
(4) The court, in exercising its power under subsection (1) or (2) of this section shall have regard to the need to:
(a) reduce congestion in prisons;
(b) rehabilitate prisoners by making them to undertake productive work; and
(c) prevent convict who commit simple offences from mixing with hardened criminals.
Arrangements for community service
(1) There shall be established by the Chief Judge in every Judicial Division a Community Service Centre to be headed by a Registrar who shall be responsible for overseeing the execution of Community Service Orders in that Division.
(2) The Registrar shall be assisted by suitable personnel who shall supervise the implementation of Community Service Orders that may be handed down by the courts.
(3) The functions of the Community Service Centre include:
(a) documenting and keeping detailed information about convicts sentenced to Community Service including the: (i) name of the convict, (ii) sentence and the date of the sentence, (iii) nature, duration and location of the Community Service, (iv) residential address of the convict, (v) height, photograph, full fingerprint impressions, and (vi) other means of identification as may be appropriate;
(b) providing assistance to the court in arriving at appropriate Community Service Order in each case;
(c) monitoring the operation of Community Service in all its aspects;
(d) counselling offenders with a view to bringing about their reformation;
(e) recommending to the court a review of the sentence of offenders on Community Service who have shown remorse;
(f) proposing to the Chief Judge measures for effective operation of Community Service Orders;
(g) ensuring that supervising officers perform their duties in accordance with the law; and
(h) performing such other functions as may be necessary for the smooth administration of Community Service Orders.
(4) Where the court has made an order committing the convict to render community service, the community service shall be in the nature of:
(a) environmental sanitation, including cutting grasses, washing drainages, cleaning the environment and washing public places;
(b) assisting in the production of agricultural produce, construction, or mining; and
(c) any other type of service which in the opinion of the court would have a beneficial and reformative effect on the character of the convict.
(5) The Community Service sentence shall be performed as close as possible to the place where the convict ordinarily resides to ensure that the community can monitor his movement.
(6) Before passing a community service order, the court shall consider the circumstances, character, antecedents of the convict and other factors that may be brought to its attention by the Registrar of the Community Service Centre.
(7) A convict sentenced to community service shall not at the same time be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the same offence, but may in default of performing his community service diligently and to the satisfaction of the court, be sentenced to a term of imprisonment for the remaining part of his community service to which he is in default or neglect.
(8) Upon sentence to community service, a convict shall be required to produce a guarantor who shall undertake to produce the convict if the he absconds from community service.
(9) The guarantor shall be a relation of the convict or any other responsible person of adequate means or substance who shall produce the convict when required by the court, failing which the guarantor shall be liable to a fine of one hundred thousand naira or more as the circumstances of each case may require.
Performance of community service order
(1) The Community Service Order shall be performed for a period of not more than 6 months and the convict shall not work for more than 5 hours a day.
(2) The convict shall be under the supervision of a supervising officer or officers or Non-Governmental Organizations as may be designated by the Community Service Centre.
(3) The Community Service Order shall contain such directives as the court may consider necessary for the supervision of the convict.
(4) The Registrar of the court making the Community Service Order shall forward to the Registrar of the Community Service Centre a copy of the Order together with any other documents and information relating to the case.
Default of convict in complying with community service order
(1) Where at any time during the community service period, the Registrar of the Community Service Centre informs the court of the default of the convict in complying with the directives of the Community Service Order, the court may issue a summons requiring the convict to appear before it.
(2) Where the convict fails, refuses or neglects to appear in obedience to the summons, the court may issue a warrant of arrest.
(3) Where it is proved to the satisfaction of the court that the convict has failed to comply with any of the requirements of the Community Service Order, the court may:
(a) vary the Order to suit the circumstances of the case; or
(b) impose on him a fine not exceeding N100,000.00 or cancel the Order and sentence the convict to any punishment which could have been imposed in respect of the offence, but the period of community service already performed may count in the reduction of the sentence.
(4) A supervising officer shall not employ the convict for his or her personal benefit.
(5) Where a supervising officer employs the convict for his or her personal benefit, the officer is liable to a fine of N100,000.00 or more, or such other punishment as the court considers fit.
Commission of further offence
Where a convict has been ordered to undergo community service on conviction by an original court but has committed another offence during the period of community service, the following rules shall apply:
(a) the subsequent court may add to the sentence or impose a term of imprisonment which might have been passed by the original court and cancel the order of community service;
(b) the subsequent court may take into account the period of Community Service served in reduction of the term of imprisonment;
(c) where the original court is a High Court and the subsequent court is a subordinate court, the subordinate court shall send the copy of the proceedings to the High Court and on receipt of the proceedings from the subordinate court, the High Court shall proceed under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section; and
(d) where the original court is a subordinate court and the subsequent court is a High Court dealing with the matter at first instance or on appeal, the High Court shall proceed under paragraphs (a) and (b) of this section.
Amendment, review and discharge of community service orders
(1) A convict undergoing community service who intends to change his or her place of residence shall inform the supervising officer of his intention to do so.
(2) On receipt of the information, the supervising officer shall furnish the Registrar of the Community Service Centre with the information giving the details of the case.
(3) On application by the Registrar of the Community Service Centre, the court shall make appropriate amendment in the Community Service Order and inform the court having jurisdiction for the area where the convict intends to reside.
(4) The court shall give the convict a copy of the amended Community Service Order which the convict shall present to the subsequent Community Service Centre.
Discharge of community service order
(1) Where a convict has been ordered to undergo community service for a period of more than 4 months, the supervising officer shall, from time to time, give a report to the Registrar on the convict's performance and general conduct.
(2) The supervising court based on the report made by the Registrar, may reduce the period of the community service specified in the Community Service Order by not more than one third where the convict is of good conduct.
(3) The Registrar shall make a report to the supervising court on the termination of a Community Service Order.
(4) The supervising officer who is to be responsible for the supervision of a convict shall be the officer designated by the Registrar of the Community Service Centre and if that supervising officer dies or is unable for any reason to carry out his duties, another supervising officer shall be appointed by the Registrar of the Community Service Centre.
(5) Where the convict is a female, the supervising officer shall be a female.
Confinement in rehabilitation and correctional centre
(1) A defendant convicted of an offence triable summarily may be sentenced and ordered to serve the sentence at a Rehabilitation and Correctional Centre established by the Federal Government in lieu of imprisonment.
(2) A court in making an order of confinement at a Rehabilitation and Correctional Centre shall have regard to:
(a) the age of the convict;
(b) the fact that the convict is a first offender; and
(c) any other relevant circumstances necessitating an order of confinement at a Rehabilitation and Correctional Centre.
(3) A court may make an order directing that a child standing criminal trial be remanded at Rehabilitation and Correctional Centre.
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This is disappointing, because it is clear that, when individuals take initiatives, they can ensure satisfactory results. In this regard I cannot stress enough the achievements recently of the police, largely because of the dedication and commitment of the current Inspector General of Police. Not only has he transformed the system of community policing, but he has moved swiftly on training programmes, with agencies such as the ICRC, which has done much quietly and without much publicity in this regard in the last few years. This is in accordance with its mandate which is to work together with national governments, while promoting conformity to the highest standards with regard to human rights.
Sadly, though the mandate of the UN is similar, it has not been so successful, largely because some elements in it see their role as confrontational. The stage was set for this by the first Representative of the High Commissioner to be posted to Sri Lanka, who I see as destructive in the same way that the previous IGP was, both of them having other priorities.
The second representative was better, but she was soon withdrawn. The third we managed to work with but I sometimes got the impression that her heart was not in cooperation with government. However it is possible that, when the Human Rights Ministry was abolished, she had no counterparts with whom she could work effectively. Certainly the failure to follow up on the very successful Trainer Training programme we had conducted in 2009 lay as much with the IGP who told me he did not want to do anything till after the elections.
The rest was history, but fortunately his successor also began to rebuild the old team that had worked so well with us when the Ministry took on the task of assisting with police reform. It was that team that told me firmly, when I talked about the need for training in Human Rights, that they also needed professional training, because it is policemen who are good at investigating and interrogating and prosecuting who do not resort to other measures.
As the recent horrors in Los Angeles showed, our police are not alone in violating norms, and that is why we need to emphasize training and professionalism, as the army did. That is how it transformed itself from an amateur and indisciplined force in the eighties to the highly competent and responsible body it now is.
I can only hope then that, though the current ICRC Representative, who has achieved so much, is leaving, his successor will continue to work on the lines he has established. But I also hope she will, now that foundations have been laid, help us with developing our own training institutions. Though training of police trainers is vital, it is also important to have outside agencies able to step in and offer alternative mechanisms and perspectives.
In this regard I hope very much that the Colombo University Centre for Human Rights is strengthened. I found them admirable when I needed training in a Rights based approach for local officials working on the Confidence Building and Stabilisation Measures project that the Ministry of Disaster Management and Human Rights implemented during the last years of the conflict. We had an excellent imaginative coordinator for that, and indeed some of the programmes she implemented provided the most prominent publicity material when assistance was sought for the Welfare Centres established to look after the displaced.
Unfortunately, given the centripetal tendencies of our administrators, and the decision by UNHCR to streamline its operations and abandon any that provided value addition, CBSM folded up. Some of its innovative proposals, for home gardens and agricultural training, are only being taken up now, though I am glad that the forces are involved in this since they will achieve their objectives efficiently, and make use I hope of institutions such as the Gandhi Centre that have long experience in empowering local communities.
But it would be useful if in all this both administrators and recipients of support and training were imbued with a Rights based perspective, sympathetic to the needs and aspirations of others. I hope then that both the ICRC and the UN will think of developing a comprehensive project with the Colombo University Centre, to provide training programmes for the Divisional Secretaries and their officials who will need to oversee the various programmes envisaged for community development. And this should encompass also communities in the North Central and North Western Provinces, in addition to the North and East, since they too require such support and strengthening.


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Abies Ventures invested in Spin Memory, Inc. and Horizon Quantum Computing Pte. Ltd.
Abies Ventures invested in Spin Memory, Inc., which develops and licenses technologies for next generation memory called "Spin Transfer Torque Random Access Memory (hereafter "STT-MRAM) based in Silicon Valley, and Horizon Quantum Computing Pte. Ltd. which develops software for quantum computers based in Singapore.
Spin Memory is transforming the semiconductor industry by solving memory challenges which are vital for AI, ADAS, 5G, and IoT realm. Through collaboration with industry leaders, Spin Memory's disruptive STT-MRAM technologies and products will replace SRAM and ultimately DRAM.
Horizon Quantum Computing develops tools and compilers to bridge the gap between quantum computers and conventional software development, enabling expanding users of quantum computers and promoting application development.


I'm not done with my Christmas shopping so that means I have to brave the crowds tomorrow. I'm planning on going early, but planning and doing are two different things. I did pick some stuff up today so it wasn't a total shopping bust. No, the bust part comes into play when I receive my credit card bills. Santa, give me a million dollars please!
Besides prowling the aisles and nearly getting sideswiped by a SUV, I took in the final showing of Eight: The Reindeer Monologues and I really enjoyed it. It was kind of strange seeing it, knowing I was supposed to be in it once upon a time. I regret I had to miss the opportunity to work with such a talented cast. Kudos to my friends, Jerry Cole, Judy Malone, and Joe Skeen, for turning in some great performances!


The ganhões were men who worked in the fields, in farming. There were two kinds of Ganhões, the ones on pension whor worked all year long at one farm, and the "rasos" who worked on whatever job they could get wherever they could find it – sowing, reaping, olive picking, etc. These men would work from dawn to sunset and lived only from it.
"Os Ganhões from Castro Verde are people of simple lives, loving the earth they fertilise with no profit. Their singing is rhythmic like the wheat fields lulled by the Levant, it recalls the evenings in the grey olive groves, the painful heat during harvest and the quietness of the desert heaths."
Colaço Guerreiro in revista "Castra castrorum"
"What are those voices? That fill the air, that keep the stars from shining, that make the faces of men cry when ganhões and miners pass by facing the ground singing, singing?..."
"These people sing with true passion and all occasions seem fit to express their natural lyricism. There is no work, holiday, feast or meeting of any kind without an endless rosary of songs. The soul of the alentejano is deeply musical and singing is the vital link that joins those primitive people in the feeling of a telluric community. The alentejano is recognisable everywhere and everywhere he recognises and identifies his brothers of flesh and mind through his songs."


A steady drumbeat of research has documented that stable, decent, and affordable housing in a safe neighborhood provides a platform for good health and for managing chronic health conditions. International comparisons have consistently shown that the United States is not keeping up with other developed nations on health outcomes, despite outspending them on health care. These two facts are likely related.
As research on the social determinants of health has shown, health care is not the primary driver of health. To move the needle on health, the United States would need to focus on economic and social factors, including housing, education, and employment. Yet, when social program spending and health care spending (as a share of gross domestic product) are added together, the United States' investment in health moves from the top to the middle of the pack, according to the popular 2013 book The American Health Care Paradox.
Economic and social factors explain health disparities within the United States. As shown in the Picture of Health, access to health-supporting resources and health outcomes varies by income, and segregation and discrimination may contribute to further racial and ethnic disparities.
Allowing these health disparities to continue is a human-interest and fiscal problem. Children's HealthWatch and the National Housing Conference found that for children who experienced homelessness by age 4, homelessness led to an estimated 18,600 avoidable hospitalizations at a total annual cost of more than $238 million.
While evidence does not quickly change policy and practice, housing's connection to health has sparked several efforts and opportunities that engage the health and housing sectors.
The diagnosis codes that health care providers use for billing and claims processing (the ICD-10-CM in medical jargon) allow providers to document housing and economic circumstances that contributed to the health problem. These codes can be a powerful data source for documenting the cost of the status quo and lead to greater change in housing-health partnerships or an expansion of housing programs.
In Portland, Oregon, a coalition of nonprofit health care providers has contributed $21.5 million in community benefit funds to the nonprofit developer Central City Concern to develop supportive housing, displaced family housing, and workforce housing.
Health and housing practitioners can explore health impact assessments (HIA) to identify the likely health consequences of a housing decision and identify solutions. According to the University of California, Los Angeles, HIA Clearinghouse, at least 22 housing-related HIAs have been completed.
To address home hazards, the Green & Healthy Homes Initiative provides technical assistance and direct services to assess and repair unhealthy housing conditions in high-risk communities around the country. The program, which uses federal, state, and philanthropic funds, as well as pay for success financing, has reduced emergency room visits and school absences.
These efforts have broken ground for evidence-based practices that improve health through housing. For policy, additional opportunities exist to improve health and achieve cost savings through housing.
The National League of Cities is spurring on mayors and city leaders to improve the social determinants of health, including housing. The effort includes mayors' institutes, technical assistance, partnerships, and a municipal convening on housing, hazards, and health.
As described in a recent report from the National Governor's Association, Housing as Health Care: A Road Map for States, governors have a unique combination of opportunity and incentive to apply housing as health care. State budgets are tight, and one contributor is health care costs, including Medicaid. States also play a large role in affordable housing through the Low Income Housing Tax Credit, state housing trust funds, and other programs. Strategic use of these resources, as well as Medicaid waivers and state plan amendments, can yield more supportive housing, a cost-effective strategy for improving health outcomes and reducing state Medicaid costs, especially among the most at-risk and high-cost population.
While supportive housing is an essential part of effective health care for at-risk populations, a healthy nation requires more than that. With sufficient emphasis on housing and other social determinants of health, individuals and the nation can prosper.


With more than 70 million sites around the world running WordPress, it has become a frequent target for hackers. Security against such hacks is critical to avoid unnecessary downtime or embarrassing warning messages people search for your site on Google.
If you're an admin, you won't always know whether your site has been hacked until someone points it out to you after seeing a notice like the one above. It's useful to keep an eye on your site(s) and periodically login to your WordPress Dashboard so you can update your plugins and WordPress installation. You should do this often whether or not you have time to write that blog post you keep telling yourself you'll write. If you start to feel paranoid about this process, you're probably doing something right!
Use an HTTP debugger like Fiddler to see what data is being loaded and where it's being loaded from. If you see HTTP requests from domain names other than your own, start asking more questions. Of course scripts like Google Analytics and TypeKit are okay, but question everything. Hackers are sneaky!
View the HTML source of your site to see if any unusual scripts are being injected.
Tip #1: In WordPress, most hacks happen in the underlying MySQL database. This is because even a site that's totally secure still has to use the underlying MySQL database to store and retrieve posts as well as the /wp-content/uploads/ folder to store your uploaded images, PDFs, etc.
Oftentimes it's not a specific person that has selected your computer or hosting account as a target. Usually it's a highly automated process and it is very much a numbers game. Hackers have to gain access to large numbers of accounts in order to be successful with their overall exploits. One hack that we saw turned the underlying hosting account into a host for a fake Royal Bank of Canada login page. This page was used in combination with a spam and phishing attack to trick people into signing into their RBC account (and therefore giving up their sensitive login data). Identity Theft is big business for criminals and in today's digital world it all comes together in ways you'd never expect.
Tip #2: This goes without saying for some of us, but the tactic still works because some people still do it: never click on links or attachments in an e-mail from people you don't know and never use pirated software. If you do, you could unknowingly contribute to the success of a malicious hacker!
Hosting is very much a "you get what you pay for" service. Many companies promise "unlimited" resources for under $10/month. The way they are able to provide this rate is by cutting some corners. You don't want your hosting company to cut corners if it could mean downtime and paying someone to fix a hacked site. Make sure you ask questions about their server, operating system, and security patching schedule. The best hosting companies will apply the latest security patches at least once per month.
There are a variety of helpful resources on the web that will guide you through a secure setup of your WordPress Installation by locking down your .htaccess file and /wp-content/upload directory.
For example, view the official WordPress.org codex documentation on "Hardening WordPress".
Choose your username and password wisely. Your WP install may come with a default "admin" username (depending on who initially sets up the WP installation). Login and immediately create a new user account with a custom username. Use a solid Password Generator that will force you to create Strong Passwords.
Be careful how you transmit your new account credentials. Avoid sharing usernames and passwords by email multiple times (as part of replies, etc.). You should also take care storing your login credentials. It's a good idea not to store the initial username/password email that WP sends. This prevents access to your WP account should your email account event get hacked.
Plugins can be fun and incredibly useful. With more than 19,000 free plugins available from the WP Plugin Directory, you can pretty much find a plugin for anything you can think of. You should, however, use caution and install only the minimum amount of plugins necessary for you site. There's usually not a good reason to keep plugins activated if you aren't using them. If you're not using a particular plugin, do yourself a favor: DELETE IT. This will help reduce the "surface area" of potential vulnerabilities in your site.
If you really want to lock it down or have had a previous bad experience, then you should only use plugins that have been recently updated to support the latest version of WordPress. Plugins that have not been updated in 467 days should never be used. That usually means the plugin developer gave up on maintenance of the plugin and hackers can use this against you! Also, look for plugins that have at least a 3/5 star rating, have been downloaded thousands of times, is not an early beta version number, and was developed by a reputable developer/company. All of those things usually indicate a worthy plugin that other WordPress users have vetted.
It may be YOUR responsibility and not your webmaster's responsibility to update your WordPress site with the latest patches from WordPress. It's a good idea to check in with your webmaster every once in a while when you are doing major WordPress upgrades (ex: going from version 3.2.1 to 3.4.1). WordPress is constantly getting updated so it's not surprising when you get multiple updates in month. Stay on top of them!
If you know your site has been hacked, try restoring your site from a backup. (This is in addition to making sure your host does backups in the first place!) The backup file you use should be at least a couple of weeks old. Sometimes hackers will get their malicious code into your site long before the code becomes active. You may lose valuable posts and other data, though this might be a reasonable compromise to make.
Sometimes, unfortunately, fixing a hacked site is not as simple as going back to a previous that you have zipped up and sitting on your harddrive or in your Dropbox account. Sometimes you will need to hire an expert to make the right choices. It may take a few hours of their time, but they are very likely to be able to recover recent posts, e-commerce orders and important files (because they know what they're doing).


The tax department has given service providers with turnover of up to Rs 50 lakh time till April 30 to opt for the composition scheme and pay six per cent goods and services tax (GST).
The option to pay GST at reduced rate of 6 per cent would be effective from the beginning of the financial year or from the date of obtaining new registration during the financial year.
Service providers opting for the composition scheme can charge a lower tax rate of six per cent from customers, as against the higher rates of 12 and 18 per cent for most services under GST.
Under the scheme, traders and manufacturers are required to pay only one per cent GST on goods which otherwise attract a higher levy of either 5, 12 or 18 per cent. Such dealers are also not permitted to charge GST from the purchaser.


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Apple Patent Details More Efficient OLED Display
The battle between component performance and battery drain is hotter than ever. We want ever more powerful processors and bigger, brighter displays, but these components run on batteries, after all, and draw increasing amounts of power. It's an escalating problem, but an Apple patent revealed today shows one way Apple could provide relief.
Using a hybrid OLED display, Apple could get power savings of up to 30 percent in future iPhones and iPads. Such an OLED-based display would also allow Apple to make an ultra-thin iDevice.
These power-saving possibilities come at a time when battery life issues are at the forefront of many iOS 5 and iPhone 4S users' minds.
In today's patent reveal, we see an iPhone display that would include an "opacity switching layer" sandwiched between a transparent OLED layer and a solid background layer (like a reflective white sheet). When no current is running through the switching layer, black would be displayed. The layer could be switched to be transparent or semi-transparent to reveal white beneath.
With an LCD display, like those in current iPhones and iPads, backlighting is always on when the screen is in use. Thus, it's always draining a little bit of power. But OLED displays (like Samsung's Super AMOLED Plus) work differently.
OLEDs operate at a lower voltage than comparable LCDs and only use power when pixels are turned on — two factors that translate into battery-power savings. With current OLED technology, however, power can be quickly gobbled up in applications that display a lot of white space, such as in word processor, email and e-reader apps. You know, because of all those turned-on, white-displaying pixels. This can make OLED an inefficient choice in some situations.
But because the two technologies function so differently, directly comparing OLED power consumption with LCD power consumption is "like comparing apples to oranges," DisplaySearch's Jennifer Colegrove says. This makes it difficult to tell which method is really the most efficient overall.
Apple's OLED display would work differently, though, minimizing the instances when OLED pixels need to be brightly fired up.
One other quirky benefit of a possible Apple OLED display: It could enable the Apple logo on the back of a device to be illuminated — much like this clever hack, but even when the OLED is powered off.
Display tech seems to be a hot area for Apple's R&D teams. A previous Apple patent detailed a hybrid LCD and electronic paper display that would also help conserve your smartphone's precious battery life (e-ink is a very low-power technology). Another patent showed how Apple could keep future displays smudge and fingerprint-free using an oleophobic coating.
via Patently Apple
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All elementary, middle, K-8 and 7-12 schools in the district will provide nutritious meals to every child in pilot schools, free of charge, regardless of household income level. Families at selected schools will no longer have to worry with forms nor ensuring a student's lunch account is replenished. Instead, every child will be served two meals each day, which adhere to current U.S. Department of Agriculture guidelines for well-balanced meals.
For more information, please click here to visit the Caddo Schools Child Nutrition Program page.


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On November 9, 2018, the provincial government announced new Insurance (Vehicle) Regulations for the treatment of motor vehicle accident injuries that allow for the creation of a list of medical care consultants called registered care advisors (RCAs).
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of British Columbia (the College) maintains the list of RCAs by verifying that registrants interested in becoming RCAs are qualified and otherwise eligible. ICBC posts the Roster so that it is available to referring physicians.
Recent changes to the RCA rates and referral processes.
What is a registered care advisor (RCA)?
The role of the RCA is to provide expedited medical consultations to patients of motor vehicle crashes, with the intention of advising family physicians on best practice and appropriate diagnosis and treatment pathways.
RCAs are available for a second opinion in the following scenarios:
physician is unable to make a clear diagnosis
patient is not recovering as expected
there are factors complicating the patient's recovery.
The RCA Information Guide provides complete details about the RCA role, including referral, reporting and payment information.
How does the process work?
The treating physician will refer patients to an RCA for an assessment when they require a second opinion to inform their diagnosis and/or treatment plan. This must take place no later than 90 days after the date of the accident that caused the injury. The treating physician and RCA should communicate to ensure the patient is provided with the most appropriate care. It is important to note that in order to maintain independence from the process, ICBC is not involved in the referral process.
After the initial assessment and report, RCAs will be compensated by ICBC at a limit of $392. A follow up assessment, where required, will be compensated at a limit of $124 (this is based on Schedule 3.1 Table 2 of the Insurance (Vehicle) Regulations).
Who can become an RCA?
The following are the prescribed requirements and qualifications for RCAs:
(a) must be a registrant in good standing with the College and registered in the full class of registration
(b) must be current for clinical practice (as defined in Appendix 3 of the regulation)
(c) must provide to the College a declaration in accordance with section 8 of the Insurance (Vehicle) Regulation
(d) must be registered in the registered care advisor register
(e) must be competent in one or more of the following relevant disciplines:
musculoskeletal injuries
acute and chronic pain
mental health issues and other psychosocial issues
The College will verify that applicants are in the full class of registration in a relevant discipline, and are not otherwise limited in providing assessments due to limits, conditions, undertakings, etc. Registrants in the provisional class or disciplined class of registration are not eligible to apply.
The RCA Information Guide provides more details about the RCA role.
For further information or questions, please reach out to your College.
RCA roster
The Ministry has established the roster of RCA physicians who have registered and are available to provide expedited medical consultations.


This is an association for parents and friends to work with the school for the on-going development of all students. Its focus includes social activities for parents and students. It provides a forum for the discussion and sharing of information on school and wider educational issues. It also raises funds for school resources. Meetings are held on the first Wednesday of each school term month.
The P & F meets first Wednesday of the first month each term.


The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) unveiled its new CSA Z1006 standard that aims to reduce injuries and fatalities associated with confined spaces at a press conference held on March 31st at the Toronto Fire Services Special Operations Training Centre.
"This new CSA standard is the first of its kind in Canada. It provides a comprehensive national standard for defining confined space in workplaces, and provides guidelines to managers, workers and rescuers for identifying and avoiding potential risks," says Suzanne Kiraly, president of CSA standards.
Every year, millions of workers enter confined spaces as part of their job. These can be found in almost all industries: grain silos, hydro vaults, underground tunnels, shipping compartments, pump stations and chemical tanks. Workers entering them face the risk of entrapment, asphyxiation, engulfment, electric shock, toxic exposure and other dangers.
National statistics on confined space fatalities and injuries aren't readily available, as they're typically identified and tracked in each province based on the cause (asphyxia, electroshock, etc) rather than the workplace environment. British Columbia alone recorded 18 deaths related to confined space entry between 1989 and 2004; of these, five died attempting to rescue the original victims.
"Almost 85 per cent of these confined space accidents are preventable," says Kiraly.
A key issue is that the definition of confined space and the regulations in place to reduce the risks and train workers vary across provinces and industries. "There are different distributions of confined space across industries, and each has its own unique challenges. But confined space isn't consistently defined in OHSA codes across provinces," she says.
The standard is pending approval as a national standard of Canada. It focuses on the characteristics of the confined space and the ability of a worker or rescuer to enter and exit the space without injury, illness or death. Hazard identification and risk assessment by a trained worker are required to determine the appropriate controls needed to address the specific hazards of the space, guidance on roles required for safe entry, and training requirements for workers and rescue teams.
Failure to recognize a workspace as a confined space and train workers about the hazards has led to many tragedies. "In an incident in B.C. last year, two workers died of asphyxiation in a mushroom farm accident because they weren't trained to deal with the risks," says Jim Armstrong, vice-president of client services at the Industrial Accident Prevention Association (IAPA) based in Mississauga, Ont.
These accidents can lead to fatalities not just for workers, but for first responders. Firefighters and other would-be rescuers account for over 60 per cent of fatalities in confined space accidents, says Doug Silver, division chief at the Toronto Fire Services.
"Often the fellow worker who makes the emergency call doesn't identify it as a confined space accident because it hasn't been defined as one," says Silver.
To deal with dangerous rescues, Toronto has five 'heavy rescue' units strategically located in various parts of the city. These units are trained in special operations and have the right equipment to deal with a range of confined space hazards, ranging from hazmat gear to rope rescues of victims trapped underground.
However, Toronto has standards and regulations in place to educate industry about the hazards of confined spaces, he says. In addition, the firefighting service provides comprehensive training programs to deal with them. As a consequence, the largest city in Canada has a relatively low number of incidents.
"We've only had about 20 confined space rescues out of the 2,300 incidents we respond to every year. So based on our experience, standards do work to reduce them," says Silver.
Are excavations the new confined space?
Panelists discuss some best practices in developing an effective confined space rescue plan.