Just wondering what role is played by the Institute for Statecraft, funded by the UK Government.
End-of-year polls are always popular as a way to gauge significant social and political trends over the past year and predict where things are heading in the next. But a recent poll of European Jews - the largest such survey in the world - is being used to paint a deeply misleading picture of British society and an apparent problem of a new, left-wing form of anti-semitism.
Some 84 per cent of Jews in the UK believe there is a major problem with anti-semitism in British politics. As a result, nearly a third say they have considered emigrating - presumably most of them to Israel, where the Law of Return offers an open-door policy to all Jews in the world.
There are good grounds for Jews to feel threatened in much of Europe at the moment, with the return of ugly ethnic nationalisms that many assumed had been purged after World War Two. And Brexit - Britain's planned exit from the European Union - does indeed appear to have unleashed or renewed nativist sentiment among a section of the UK population.
But such prejudices dominate on the right, not the left. Certainly Corbyn, a lifelong and very prominent anti-racism activist, has not been stoking nativist attitudes.
The unexplored assumption by the Guardian and the rest of the corporate media, as well as by Jourova, is that the rise in British Jews' concerns about anti-semitism in politics refers exclusively to Corbyn rather than a very different problem: Of a resurgent white nationalism on the right.
... Buried in the Guardian report was a starkly anomalous finding - from Hungary.
He placed the Hungarian-born Jewish billionaire George Soros at the centre of his anti-immigration campaign, suggesting that the philanthropist was secretly pulling the strings of the opposition party to flood the country with "foreigners". In the run-up to the election, his government erected giant posters and billboards all over the country showing a chuckling George Soros next to the words: "Don't let Soros have the last laugh."
Raiding the larder of virtually every historic anti-Semitic trope, Orban declared in an election speech: "We are fighting an enemy that is different from us. Not open, but hiding; not straightforward but crafty; not honest but base; not national but international; does not believe in working but speculates with money; does not have its own homeland but feels it owns the world."
All of this should be seen in the context of Orban's recent praise for Miklos Horthy, a former Hungarian leader who was an ally of Hitler's. Orban has called him an "exceptional statesman". So did Hungarian Jews express to EU pollsters heightened fears for their community's safety? Strangely, they did not. In fact, the percentage who regarded anti-semitism as a problem in Hungary was only slightly above the EU average and far below the concerns expressed by French Jews.
Not only that, but the proportion of Hungarian Jews fearful of anti-semitism has actually dropped over the past six years. Some 77 per cent see anti-semitism as a problem today, compared to 89 per cent in 2012, when the poll was last conducted.
The current hysteria engulfing the British Labour Party resolves itself into a pair of interrelated, if discrete, premises: Anti-Semitism in British society at large and the Labour Party in particular have reached crisis proportions. If neither of these premises can be sustained, then the hysteria is a fabrication. In fact, no evidence has been adduced to substantiate either of them; on the contrary, all the evidence points in the opposite direction. The rational conclusion is that the brouhaha is a calculated hoax--dare it be said, plot?--to oust Jeremy Corbyn and the principled leftist politics he represents from British public life.
The degree of anti-Semitism infecting British society has been the subject of numerous polls over a sustained period of time. These surveys have uniformly, consistently, and unambiguously concluded that anti-Semitism (1) has long been a marginal phenomenon in British society, infecting under 10 percent of the population, (2) is far less salient than hostility to other British minorities, and (3) is less pronounced in the UK than almost anywhere else in Europe. One might suppose that settled matters. But in 2017 the British Institute for Jewish Policy Research (JPR) published a study that purportedly refined conventional wisdom by measuring the "elasticity" of anti-Semitism: that is, not just the percentage of confirmed anti-Semites, but also the prevalence of stereotypes that stigmatize Jews. It found that, whereas a mere 2-5 percent of the British population can be reckoned anti-Semites, fully 30 percent harbor at least one anti-Semitic stereotype.
Is Burg guilty of anti-Semitism?
When you've blogged as long as I have (since 2003), you think you've seen everything. Until tonight, I never in my wildest dreams imagined that Israel as a state could become anti-Semitic. Of course, this notion violates just about every sacred principle of Zionism, which purports to be a haven for Jews around the world from persecution and anti-Semitism. No longer. With today's "piling on" by the Israeli foreign ministry onto Hungary's right-wing government's anti-Semitic campaign against George Soros, Israel has sunk to the dregs.
Of course, many of us knew that David Ben Gurion and major elements of the Zionist movement as a whole had no compunction about collaborating with Jew-haters like Hitler if it benefited the Yishuv. The fate of state become more important than the fate of individual Jews. This seems to be the same logic Netanyahu has adopted vis-à-vis Hungary.
"The fact that history did not bury us after World War I was thanks to a number of extraordinary statesmen like the regent, Miklós Hórthy. This fact cannot be contradicted by mentioning the unfortunate role of Hungary during World War II."
Keep in mind, the Hungarian regent was someone who joined Nazi Germany in declaring war on the United States the day after the Pearl Harbor attack. He only escaped the hangman's noose after the War by switching sides and helping the Allies fight Communists.
○ Miklós Hórthy: Hitler's Vassal?
On 19 March 1944, following a botched attempt by Governor Hórthy to withdraw from the Axis side, the German army occupied Hungary. The Hungarian Jewish population, which by that time became the largest Jewish population in Hungary, until then was subject to discriminatory racial laws based on the German legislation but not physically threatened.
After the occupation, however, the small German contingent led by Adolf Eichmann that enjoyed the enthusiastic support of the Sztójay-government and thus the cooperation of the Hungarian public administration, in a matter of few months deported more than 400.000 people to extermination camps. The last chapter of the Holocaust was predominantly written by the blood of Hungarian Jews.
Perhaps also Bibi Netanyahu losing grip on the Jewish community in the U.S. of A. A lot has been written about the Jewish diaspora and Netanyahu had made the choice to cozy up to the fundamental evangelists and the alt-right movement. Israel became part of the international opposition to get a Republican elected in 2016 as revenge for Obama and Democrats. JCPOA - the nuclear deal with Iran.


"While not anywhere near the problem it is in other states, the militarization of our police forces is the wrong path to follow in NH."
"I am not anti-gun, but I am anti-gun violence. NH needs to refine and add to current laws, not to restrict responsible, law-abiding gun owners, but to prevent guns from ending up in the hands of those not entitled to possess them."
"Incentives for new businesses will help spur economic growth and ultimately help diversify the tax base in NH. However, once established and profitable, businesses need to be fairly taxed to pay their share of NH's infrastructure costs."
"I support fair and targeted taxes that will ease tax burdens on most residents."
"As a former teacher I believe there is quite a bit of room for improvement in the statewide tests."
Created a parody Facebook page titled "Northern Piss"
Should NH promote the construction of new pipelines?
"As a candidate for the NH House, I am invited to the NH Democratic Convention, to participate in the festivities, probably be introduced, etc.
"As a member of the ECHO Action team, making a stand AGAINST Liberty Utilities' Granite Bridge Pipeline, I'm invited to join a protest of the Democratic Convention as MOST of the NH Senate Democrats recently released a statement SUPPORTING the pipeline.
"The RIGHT thing to do, in my opinion?
"I'll be at the protest."
"Currently 75% of Maine's energy production is from renewable sources. Vermont's energy production is almost 100% from renewables. What are we waiting for?"
"This is an area where an entirely different type of healthcare system could lead to the manufacturers/distributors of opiates being required to shoulder some of the costs of treatment for those addicted."
"My heart believes all life is precious, but so are women's rights."


Q, How do i go about using one of the Chord presets or Harmonics Extenders to make harmony lines?
A, With the chosen Chord preset or Extender Rack applied to your main melody, record the MIDI to a new blank MIDI track. Edit that resulting file's piano roll to delete the original melody line, and you are left with just the harmony line(s), which you are then free to edit as desired. Delete the effect from the original melody instrument unless you want it to continue to generate the additional harmonics as well. Keep in mind that when stacking harmonies like this, it's recommended to make each successive instrument layer quieter in level than the previous, to keep the original melody as the strongest line and mimic the overtone relationship.
Six Overtone and Undertone EQ racks which allow you to set the fundamental tone and then manipulate its related odd and even harmonic frequency nodes in various ways. When automating the root frequency, the harmonic effects will follow along. So what's the point? Instrument timbres with more complexity than a sine wave will have a harmonic profile. By manipulating the common node points with EQ, we can greatly alter the perceptual character of material with minimal change to its overall gain. For instance, boosting even harmonics while curtailing odd harmonics will provide a dfferent timbre than bumping up odd harmonics while cutting even harmonics.
Harmonic Colorizer, a rack implementing a range of different methods to subtly enhance harmonics, great for adding crispness and vitality to dull source material and to help parts stand out in a mix. Dial in careful amounts of each macro to fine-tune your own custom refined enhancement character. The first macro controls the root frequency from which the harmonics are generated; the other seven parameters enhance the upper harmonics each in different ways: Harmopus, Hexpand, Hinyl, Harmodrive, Helf, Harosion, and OSR. By setting up a custom blend of controls and setting the Freq carefully, you can procure a tasty boost to the desired frequency, from giving chunky bass a bit more solid heft, to adding clarity to dull upper frequencies.
10 Chord MIDI Effect presets, for adding "harmonic harmonizing" to polyphonic, velocity-sensitive MIDI instruments. Gives presets for each harmonic from 2 to 8, as well as "coarse", "perfect", and "undertone" presets which provide multiple harmonics in series.
3 Harmonics Extender racks (coarse, perfect, undertone) which give you nifty macro controls to determine and automate the amount and balance of the added harmonics. Useful for when you might want to assign the harmonics extension to a controller to be able to apply at whim live, or for automating to intensify for certain song sections in a composition.
Consonant Chord MIDI Clips. Three unusual chords based on harmonic intervals, with versions for all 12 keys. Drop one onto a MIDI instrument track of a song you're working on and adjust the notes as desired.
Versions exist for both Live 9 Standard and Live 9 Suite.
36 new Consonant Chord presets.


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"Semper Paratus" 1/1 Rated PG
Title: Semper Paratus
Pairing: Becker/Jess
Summary: Set between 5.03 and 5.04. By nine at night, only Jess Parker remained in the ARC's operations centre.
Disclaimer: Primeval and all related elements, characters and indicia © Impossible Pictures. All Rights Reserved. All characters and situations—save those created by the authors for use solely on this website—are copyright Impossible Pictures.
Please do not archive or distribute without author's permission.
Author's Note: Set between 5.03 and 5.04. Huge thanks to seren_ccd for betaing and listening to me burble excitedly at her!
Semper Paratus
by LJC
By nine at night, the Hub was complete deserted. Lester had left some time ago, his document case in hand. One by one, the lab techs had shut down their PCs and gone off for drinks, dinner, to walk their dogs. Even Connor had left his lab, talking animatedly into his mobile to Phillip as he'd gone. All of the stations around the ADD were shut down for the night, and the lights were dimmed. Only Jess Parker remained in the ARC's operations centre.
"Jess? What are you still doing here?"
Jess looked over to see Becker—who had changed out of his uniform and into civvies—approaching with his black box in hand. He was wearing faded jeans, work boots, a thin tee-shirt beneath his beat up brown leather jacket. It was still disconcerting to see him in civilian clothes. His dark hair getting long enough to brush his collar in cowlicks, he seemed younger. Normal. Just like any other bloke she'd pass on the street.
Any other incredibly fit bloke that she fancied like mad, anyway.
"Abby and Connor had a row, I think. Connor's been staying in the Prospero flat, and the atmosphere at mine is awfully gloomy. And Matt's off with Emily, so I've been staying late, trying to get little bits of work done."
"Have you?"
"Oh, I've got loads of things done. All my holiday shopping—Lester's getting a tie. I've got caught up on the last six months of 'The Archers'. And I've balanced my chequebook three times, just to make sure."
"You did your holiday shopping?"
"In July."
"Semper paratus, right?"
The corner of Becker's mouth quirked in a smile, cheek dimpling as he placed his black box on her desk, where she lined it up nearly with the others.
"What colour tie?" he asked casually, pushing his hair back from his forehead, mussing it even further.
"Butter yellow Shantung silk. He doesn't have one; I checked. Matching bracers and handkerchief, too. When I do a job, I give it my all."
"What are you getting me?"
"I gave you a tank!"
He made a face. "You gave me a toy tank."
She punched his arm, knowing it didn't hurt even though he rubbed his shoulder afterwards. She'd made sure the toy had been on his desk when he'd got back into work the day after they'd blown up a shopping centre full of creepy giant insects from the future. She'd even stuck a little blue and white ARC sticker on its side.
"I can't get you a Challenger 2 unless Phillip gives me a pay rise."
"You'd really get me a Challenger?"
"Where do you think you'd find parking for it in the city?"
"It's a tank. You'd park it anywhere you like. That's the point."
"You are such a giant kid." She glanced at the monitors, and frowned.
"What?" Becker prompted.
"Connor's lab. Looks like he's going to work all night. Again." Jess sighed.
"I can't believe I'm asking this, but perhaps that's why he and Abby had a row?"
"I don't think it's about him working nights. I think it's about what he's working on."
"What is he working on?"
"Abby doesn't know. It's all hush-hush." Jess sighed before she switched the anomaly detection device to its remote settings, and clicked off her bank of monitors. "You off home, then? To your girlfriend/boyfriend/wife and 2.5 children? Charming yellow lab? Twenty foot python?" She laughed at his expression. "C'mon, give me some hint."
"What, and spoil all my fun?"
She rolled her eyes.
"Anomaly meant I skipped lunch, so I was going to pick up a take-away. Just forgot to give you this." He nudged the block box back out of line with the others.
He stared at her, hazel eyes dancing, as she restrained the urge to tidy the line of recorders, even though her fingers were practically twitching.
Finally she rolled her eyes and gave in, lining the little black boxes up in a neat row on her desk.
"And this," Becker said before she could say anything, pulled a Black Magic bar out of his pocket.
"You're completely forgiven," she said as she took the chocolate bar, and dropped it into her shoulder bag.
"All it takes is chocolate?"
"I'm easy," she said with a shrug, and colour flooded her cheeks as she realised what she'd just said. But Becker only laughed.
"In that case, do you want to go for a curry?"
"God, yes."
Jess' heels echoed on the concrete floor of the ARC car park as she hurried to keep pace with Becker. She started toward what she thought was his SUV, but he tipped his head to the right, where a sleek Buell racing bike was parked in an empty row.
"Nice."
"It's Quinn's. I'm just keeping it for him while he's... away." Becker kept his eyes on the bike, and she knew it was difficult for him to admit Danny might never be back. "Hop on. I know a place."
Jess slid onto the back of the bike behind him gingerly. It was very low to the ground, and when Becker pulled out of the parking structure, she gripped him around the waist tightly, trying to stifle her yelp of surprise.
She'd been on the backs of motorbikes before, of course. But not in a long time. And never with Becker. At first she was terribly self-conscious about the fact that she had her cheek pressed up against the soft, worn leather of his jacket. But as they navigated the narrow streets of the city, she began to relax and enjoy having an excuse to press herself up against him.
All too soon, Becker pulled to a stop in front of a small curry restaurant tucked onto a side street. Reluctantly, Jess unwrapped her arms from his waist, and pulled her shoulder bag up higher on her arm before jumping off.
"How did you find this place?"
"Sarah took me here, it was one of her favourites. They have fantastic chicken tikka masala."
"Chicken tikka masala? Becker, you do know that's not proper Indian food, right?"
"Are you seriously going to lecture me on my food choices?"
"I'm just saying, live a little. Try something new. I'd have thought you of all people would be a little more adventurous."
"I get plenty of adventure at work, thanks."
They settled into a booth in a corner of the restaurant. Jess noticed Becker had chosen a spot with clear sight-lines to both exits, and sat with his back against the wall. You can take the boy out of the SAS...
"Fine. But I'm going to get the hottest thing on the menu." She began flipping through the laminated pages, scanning each menu item according to how many small red peppers there were beside each title. She caught movement out of the corner of her eye, and saw a young man standing at the counter, pen and pad poised. The restaurant was deserted except for her and Becker, and two elderly Bangladeshi gentlemen in the corner, sipping small cups of espresso.
"You don't have to impress me."
"No, I always do this. My mum and dad always used to take us for a curry on our birthdays. I think I've eaten curry at every place on Brick Lane."
"What's your favourite?"
"I had an amazing fish curry for my twentieth at a place in Hammersmith. It's gone now, though." She opened the menu, perused the options, then laid it back down.
On cue, their server approached to take their order.
"What would you like to order?" the young man asked.
"Can I get a Naga curry with goat? And can you ask the cook to make it as spicy as he would make it for himself?"
"That is very hot, miss. Are you sure?"
"Very sure. And can I get a side of roti, and a Kingfisher?"
"Goat curry, roti, and Kingfisher. And you, sir?"
"Chicken tikka masala, and a Kingfisher as well, please."
"Now you're just winding me up."
"I happen to like chicken tikka masala," Becker said as he handed the menus to the server.
"Can I ask you a personal question?"
"You can ask. I can't guarantee I'll answer."
Jess took a deep breath. Usually Becker's strategy when she started to try and prise personal information out of him was just to let her keep talking until she'd said something clumsy and obvious, and clammed up out of embarrassment. She had to admit, it was a very effective strategy. Or, at least, it had been up to this point. But tonight things felt different. And she was feeling brave. Or foolhardy.
"Did you and Dr Page—"
"Sarah?"
"I mean, it's just... the way you talk about her, I thought maybe you were... close."
Becker glanced down at his menu, and then back at her, his gaze frank and open.
"We were friends. We joined the ARC at the same time. Learnt to navigate this madhouse together. She got on better with Cutter, of course. She was as mad as he was. Mad and brilliant."
"You miss her."
"I miss all of them. Sarah, Quinn, Jenny. I even miss Cutter. Undisciplined, unpredictable, completely insubordinate. No respect for authority. Completely bonkers, the lot of them."
Jess smiled. "Does that mean I'm mad too?"
"Oh, we're all mad. I mean, seriously. We fight dinosaurs. We've the maddest job there is."
Jess began to giggle. In all the time she'd been at the ARC, no-one had ever actually said it out loud. Once she got started, she couldn't stop. Becker's smile turned into genuine laughter, to the point the two old men in the corner turned to look at them oddly. Jess tried desperately to regain her composure. But the sight of Becker wiping tears of laughter from his hazel eyes just set her off again.
"Did he really abseil down the ventilation shaft?"
"Oh yeah. All in the name of security. We had fun, me and Quinn."
"Was he like Matt?"
"Not even a little bit. Night and day. Quinn was the maddest of the lot. I wondered sometimes if he had a death wish. He'd just... throw himself at problems, completely heedless of his own safety. Looking back, I think he always felt like he should have done something to save Patrick. Ethan. Whatever his name was. If I'd just listened to Matt, and not let him near Ethan. But I'd promised. I mean, it was his brother."
"Becker, Danny chose to go back."
"He shouldn't have had to."
"I know." She reached out and laid her hand over his and gave his fingers a squeeze.
Just then the server came up with their plates. Jess withdrew her hand, feeling self-conscious as the moment became awkward, the sudden closeness dissolving.
"Do you ever get the feeling that there's something going on, and we're completely left out?"
"How do you mean?"
"Well, it's just... First Matt was always disappearing, and leaving his phone off. Then he was hiding Emily. Then it turned out Emily was hunting a dangerous sociopath who just happened to be Danny's long-lost brother. Now Connor's holed up in his secret lab doing secret lab things, and Matt and Abby keep whispering. I mean, is it any wonder I fell behind on 'The Archers'? We've got our only mad soap opera going on here. Next we'll learn Lester has a love child with Christine Johnson."
"How do you know about—never mind. You read the files. Do you always keep track of everyone else's lives like this, Miss Nosy Parker?"
"Don't call me that. The kids at school used to call me that."
"It can't be any worse than 'Becky'."
"Fair point. I just worry that something's going on, and I'm always going to be the last to know."
"If it's important, Matt would tell us," Becker replied with conviction. "He wouldn't put the team in danger."
"I suppose you're right."
"Of course I'm right."
Becker stole a chunk of meat from her plate, and she just watched him with a serene smile as he popped it in his mouth. He chewed for a few seconds, before his eyes went wide, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
"Jesus," he breathed as he swallowed, and immediately reached for the last piece of roti.
Jess couldn't help the laughter. "I told you it was hot!"
Becker scowled at her. "Jessica, that's not hot. That's 'destroy my tastebuds forever' hot. I may never taste food again."
She wrinkled her nose. "I hate it when you call me Jessica. Like being called into the head's office at school. You only do it when you're cross."
"That's not true."
"It is! You only call Abby 'Abigail' when you're cross with her. Like that time the Diictodons got out of the menagerie and ate your iPhone."
"It was brand new. I hadn't even put my music on it yet."
"Just as well, then. They'll probably have a new one out the following week, anyway."
"Do you always look for the bright side of everything?"
"Pretty much. I mean, you've got to, right? What else can you do?"
"I've always found abject cynicism a valid life choice."
"If you keep calling me 'Jessica', I'll tell Connor what the 'H' in 'H. James Becker' stands for."
He froze, a fork full of chicken halfway to his mouth. "You wouldn't."
"I might do. You never know. I'm undisciplined and unpredictable."
"You're very disciplined, and completely predictable."
"I am not!"
"The first bit is a compliment, you know."
"Yeah, but the second part isn't. I'm very spontaneous."
"Name one thing you've done today that wasn't in your day planner."
"I didn't have dinner with you in my day planner."
"Ah, but I was the one who was spontaneous and asked you. Doesn't count."
"That's not—"
"Today is Thursday. On Thursdays, you get a ride in with Abby, because you loan your car to your brother so he can pick up his kids from his ex-wife's for the week-end. Breakfast is a large mocha latte from Caffè Nero, and a banana, eaten at your desk. For lunch, you always have the chick pea curry from the take-away around the corner. You have three cups of tea from the break room, but no caffeine after 3 in the afternoon, and you always have a brand new Black Magic bar in your purse which you nibble on in the afternoons. Have I left anything out?"
"Are you stalking me?"
"I don't have to stalk you. You have a routine, and you stick to that routine religiously. The only thing I can't ever guess is what shoes you'll wear. You wear the purple ones a lot."
"Which purple ones?"
"Why would anyone need more than one pair of purple shoes?"
"Let me put it to you this way... Shoes are like handguns. You can never have too many. How would you like it if I couldn't tell the difference between a SIG p229, and a Glock 17?"
"I'm never going to underestimate your knowledge of small arms again. You're like a card sharp, only with weapons."
"I like the Glock 17. It can fire underwater."
"Why would you ever need to fire a handgun underwater?"
"Think about what we do for a living for, like, two seconds, and then ask me that question again."
He made a face, and she knew she'd scored points. They tucked into the rest of their dinners in earnest, and Jess couldn't help but feel like she'd finally found some common ground.
Becker pulled up to the kerb outside her flat, and killed the bike's engine. They walked up to the front steps in silence, and Jess looked up at the darkened windows.
"Well, this is me," she said lamely, not actually wanting the evening to end. They'd demolished their dinners—apparently, dinosaur chasing does give one an appetite—and she'd had a mango lassi shake for her pudding. But as the restaurant had filled up with noisy students, Becker had insisted on paying the bill. However, she'd slipped a tenner in his jacket pocket when he got up to go to the loo, so she didn't feel too badly.
"I had a really good time tonight," she said, standing on the first step so they were eye to eye for once.
"So did I."
"I'd invite you in for a coffee, but I don't want to wake Abby if she's asleep."
"I'd better get off home."
"To your boyfriend, or yellow lab?"
"No wife. No python. Not even a parakeet," he confirmed in a conspiratorial tone. "Can I ask you a personal question?"
Jess felt her heart leap into her chest, and tried to play it cool. "You can ask, but I can't guarantee I'll answer."
She liked it when Becker smiled. She liked his dimples. She liked the glint in his eye. Most of all, she liked that she could make him smile.
"Go on, then. I'm waiting."
"Did you do something to your hair?"
"Other than washing it, do you mean?"
"It seemed redder before."
"Yeah, it was. About three months ago."
"Oh."
"Yeah. You really are hopeless." Jess laughed, some of the tension coiled in her belly easing slightly. She stepped right up to the edge of the step, close enough to brush a crumb from his shirt.
"We should do this again. Make it a regular thing, don't you think?"
For the first time, Becker looked uneasy. "Jess, this is a seriously bad idea. We work together."
"So do Abby and Connor," she said, and then winced. "Okay, so maybe that was a bad example."
"I'm not Abby, and you're not Connor."
"Well, then you'd better stop me, hadn't you," she teased, feeling even braver than before because he hadn't moved away. He had, in fact, come a half-step closer.
She leaned in close enough to feel his breath warm on her cheek as she brushed her lips against his. He held stock still at first, and then opened his mouth beneath hers, one hand coming up to curl around her neck.
They kissed for what seemed like forever, until Becker pulled back, his fingers tracing the curve of her jaw.
"You are completely bonkers, you know that?" he said as he leaned his forehead against hers.
"Bonkers, but brilliant," she said softly. "Right, Becky?"
"I'm going to regret telling you that, aren't I?"
"Probably," she admitted, pressing another light kiss to his mouth.
Tags: becker/jess, fanfic, primeval


Points in the paint-CENTMB 18,TUM 24. Points off turnovers-CENTMB 16,TUM 10.
2nd chance points-CENTMB 6,TUM 9. Fast break points-CENTMB 3,TUM 3.
Bench points-CENTMB 5,TUM 34. Score tied-7 times. Lead changed-7 times.
Last FG-CENTMB 2nd-00:59, TUM 2nd-00:31.
Largest lead-CENTMB by 5 1st-07:01, TUM by 9 2nd-03:03.
CENTMB led for 04:36. TUM led for 31:42. Game  was tied for 03:42.
Points in the paint-CENTMB 4,TUM 12. Points off turnovers-CENTMB 6,TUM 5.
2nd chance points-CENTMB 5,TUM 7. Fast break points-CENTMB 3,TUM 0.
Bench points-CENTMB 2,TUM 20. Score tied-6 times. Lead changed-7 times.
Points in the paint-CENTMB 14,TUM 12. Points off turnovers-CENTMB 10,TUM 5.
2nd chance points-CENTMB 1,TUM 2. Fast break points-CENTMB 0,TUM 3.
Bench points-CENTMB 3,TUM 14. Score tied-1 time. Lead changed-0 times.


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We all understand how important our health is. When it comes to looking after ourselves, it can be difficult to know where to start. Four in five UK adults turn to the internet for health advice, but over three quarters of people find the information they see confusing and frustrating.
That's why we created Life Stories; a series of short films that explore your most searched for health and care topics. Follow our customers as they share their stories and get direct access to expert advice that you can trust.
If you or someone you care about is going through something similar, we hope these films help.
Maria's always thought about getting the moles on her face removed. Follow her consultation as the doctor uncovers something unexpected.
Susanna didn't like the idea of visible braces so she started looking at alternatives. Follow her journey as she discovers a solution.


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Q: hi-lock broken in js2-mode This has bothered me for a while.  I use `hi-lock' or more specifically highlight-symbol.  However, the highlighting does not work in js2-mode.
Wonder if anyone has a quick win before I dig too deeply.

A: solved:
(eval-after-load "hi-lock"
  '(defadvice hi-lock-set-pattern (around js2-hack activate compile)
     "js2 sets `font-lock-fontified' to t but doesn't really use the font-lock mechanism "
     (if (eq major-mode 'js2-mode)
         (let ((font-lock-fontified nil))
           ad-do-it)
       ad-do-it)))

A: This may also help: http://mihai.bazon.net/projects/editing-javascript-with-emacs-js2-mode/js2-highlight-vars-mode
It's smarter and understands the scope of variables and has basic refactoring built in too (i.e. you can rename all the occurrences of a variable with M-r)

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Bienvenidos a las noticias de Cole Health. Lea aquí las noticias, la información de última hora y mucho más acerca de nuestra empresa, nuestro trabajo y nuestro compromiso de llevar esperanza y cambios a la vida de las personas aquí y alrededor del mundo.
Whether your child is developing on track or slightly behind, we have a program that they can benefit from. Let them have some fun this summer while learning new skills.
Camps are being offered to children age 3 to 12 years of age.
In honor of Autism Awareness Month, Channel 13 Eyewitness News visited Cole Pediatric Therapy to interview Jason Stark, OTR, President.
Opening ceremonies were conducted around 3:30pm in which the children gathered to carry the 'torch' through the extravagantly designed balloon arch. Upon completing each of the stations, participants were given stickers, which ended with the receipt of a medal and opportunity to have their photo taken on the finisher's platform.
The Young Athletes Program provided opportunities for Cole Pediatric Therapy patients to celebrate their abilities and successes as well as letting them showcase what they had been learning in therapy. The family-oriented event included the siblings of the patients, giving them an opportunity to join the celebration and become a part of their therapy achievements. Along with these benefits, the participants were able to focus on improving their socialization skills and self confidence.
Cole Health would like to thank all those who volunteered their time to make this event a success. A special thanks goes to Cody Meredith, Special Olympics Program Associate for providing us with the opportunity.
Through the Cole Foundation, Cole Rehabilitation was able to provide Tina with an AFO, allowing her to walk for the first time in 22 years. Learn more by watching the coverage by ABC 13.
Offered on March 23-24, 2012, the course introduces the assesment of sensory processing disorders and applies this knowledge to treatment approaches. The course includes case examples for group discussion and active participation for hands-on therapy techniques. Course Audience includes SLP, SLP-Asst, PT, PTA, OT and COTA.


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The Victorian Early Years Learning and Development Framework (VEYLDF) is a state-wide, curriculum for early childhood education implemented in Victoria, Australia, for working with children from birth to eight years of age to support literacy, numeracy, health and wellbeing.

The VEYLDF was released in 2009 by the Department of Education and Training (Victoria) having been adapted from the Early Years Learning Framework (EYLF) for Australia, and implemented during 2010. A key difference between the two frameworks include how EYLF focuses on children from birth to five years of age, while VEYLDF extends to eight years. Both frameworks share the same same five learning and development outcomes, with the VEYLDF linking to the first three year levels of the Victorian curriculum F-10 (Foundation - year 10).

References

Education in Victoria (Australia)
Education policy in Australia

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Q: Javascript clearInterval is not having an effect? I am trying to do a simple redirect after x seconds on a page with a countdown timer. Every time I call the function I want the timer to be reset, however when i call it a second or third time the timer seems to have 3 different countdowns. Can anyone see why this is?
function delayRedirect(){
  document.getElementById('countDown').innerHTML = 'Session Timeout In:  seconds....';
  clearInterval(sessionTimer);
  var sessionTimer = null;
  var timeleft = 60;
  var sessionTimer = setInterval(function(){
     timeleft--;
     document.getElementById('countTimer').innerHTML = timeleft;
     if(timeleft <= 0)
         clearInterval(sessionTimer);
         returnToLogin();
     },1000);
}

A: Put the sessionTimer globally. What you currently do is re-declare sessionTimer every time you enter delayRedirect.
Working example:

const but = document.getElementById("but");
but.addEventListener("click", delayRedirect);

//define it globally
var sessionTimer = -1;

function delayRedirect() {
  //clear it if it previously exists
  clearInterval(sessionTimer);
  sessionTimer = setInterval(function() {
    console.log("sessionTimer " + sessionTimer);
  }, 1000);
}
<button id="but">Run</button>

A: I feel like all the answers only address the Y part, not the X part, given that this is clearly an XY problem.
While the solution is to use a variable that isn't local to the function, solving the actual problem doesn't require clearing anything. One can simply use an interval to tick down, and reset the count to delay the redirect:

var timeleft = 60;

setInterval(function() {
  if (--timeleft === 0) returnToLogin();
  countTimer.innerHTML = timeleft;
}, 1000);

delay.onclick = function() {
  timeleft = 60;
}

function returnToLogin() {
  console.log("returning to login");
}

Session Timeout In: 60 seconds....

<button id="delay">Delay</button>


More than 4,000 students take part in the district's Food Service Program which is supported by the National School Lunch Program and meets the U.S.D.A. nutrition standards.
A daily nutritional breakfast and lunch is available to all students. Meals include entree choices, self-serve vegetables, fruit buffet, ala carte beverages, and snacks. Menus are published in elementary newsletters and posted in secondary schools. Breakfast and lunch are available free or at a reduced price for qualifying students. Applications are at all building offices and may be applied for at any time during the year.
Wellness Committee please contact the Food Service Department.


Not all social media conversations, particular those related to controversial health topics, are legitimate or authentic, according to a study by KDPaine & Partners that explores the nature of viral conversations around three controversial topics: high-fructose corn syrup (HFCS), foods containing genetically modified organisms (GMOs), and vaccinations.
Of the analyzed 301,497 social media conversations on those topics over a one-year period, roughly one-third (33%) were generated not from real people but from illegitimate sources such as pay-per-click sites, content farms, and robot responders, the study found.
Moreover, those 33% of posts were generated by about 10% of all users/sources posting comments. On average, such "high-volume posters" generated 25 or more posts during the 12-month period.


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Bacterial Examination of Wild and Cultur...
Bacterial Examination of Wild and Cultured Fish Present in the Same Aquatic Ecosystem, and the Antibiotic Resistance of the Isolated Bacteria
Bingöl A., Er A. , İpek Z. Z. , Kayış Ş.
GENETICS OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS, vol.6, no.1, pp.95-101, 2021 (Refereed Journals of Other Institutions)
Doi Number: 10.4194/2459-1831-v6_1_01
Title of Journal : GENETICS OF AQUATIC ORGANISMS
Page Numbers: pp.95-101
This study investigated the bacteria present in natural and cultured fish species from the same aquatic system, and difference of their antibiotic resistance. A total of 129 fish, Georgian shemaya (Alburnus derjugini), black sea salmon (Salmo labrax) and rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), were sampled on a monthly basis between the months of October 2016 and September 2017 in Kürtün Dam Lake. A total of 41 bacterial isolates were isolated from the fishes. The bacterial species were identified by molecular methods (PCR) using universal primers for bacteria. Acinetobacter lwoffii, Acinetobacter sp., Aeromonas sobria, and Pseudomonas sp. were isolated from both wild and cultured fish. Yersinia ruckeri was isolated from cultured fish, which showed severe mortality rate and typical symptoms. Various antibiotics including ampicillin (AMP10µg), gentamicin (CN10 µg), oxytetracycline (T30 µg), amoxicillin/clavulanic acid (AMC10µg), enrofloxacin (ENR5µg), trimethoprim/sulfamethoxazol (TMP-SMZ25µg), florfenicol (FFC30µg), sulfamethoxazol (SMZ25µg) and erythromycin (E15µg) were used for determination of the bacterial resistances. The highest resistances were determined against ampicillin (56%), sulfamethoxazol (46.3%) and oxytetracycline (34.1) in all bacterial isolates. While the bacteria isolated from wild fish did not show resistance to enrofloxacin and amoxicillin/clavulanic acid, those from cultured fish did not show resistance to gentamicin and erythromycin.


By: Mitch Winder — Western Powersports, Inc.
Hey, J&P customers and fans! You may not recognize the Western Powersports name, and that's OK, because we're here to change all that. The folks at J&P have graciously entrusted me with this blog post so I can tell you about some of the cool and exciting things we're bringing to the J&P Open House, June 25-26, 2011, in Anamosa, Iowa.
So who the heck is Western Powersports? We are a major motorcycle, ATV, snowmobile and watercraft parts and accessories distributor that supplies many of the items you purchase from J&P. And besides our many familiar brands, we're excited to introduce some new and hot items that you can see up close and personal at J&P's Open House on June 25 and 26.
Fly Street Gear – Fly is a leading brand of riding gear and hard parts known throughout the off-road and motocross segment. Fly has taken what they've learned over the years and applied it to an exciting new line of street gear. Everyone from casual commuters to sportbike riders, metric cruiser riders, and even V-Twin riders seeks after this equipment.
Fly Street Gear is packed with unique features, proven materials and cutting-edge styling — all at prices that are easy on your budget. You might not be familiar with the name, but you will be. The spring launch of this line has been nothing short of phenomenal. And like its off-road sibling, Fly Street is well on its way to becoming a leader in the street segment. The cool thing is that you will be able to step up and try on most everything at the Open House.
Shinko Tires – The Shinko name needs no introduction among sportbike riders, stunters and drag racers. And now it's becoming legendary with the cruiser crowd – both metric & V-Twin. Shinko is the fastest-growing tire line in the United States — with good reason. Shinko is all about value and performance. The company has a tire to fit just about any bike. That includes everything from two levels of sportbike tires, to various price points for both metric and V-Twin cruisers, vintage motorcycles, scooters, and even two types of tires specifically designed exclusively for drag racing. Be sure to stop by the Shinko booth and check out what's available for your bike.
G-Max Helmets – G-Max has earned a reputation in recent years as The Brand That Fits. With several helmet styles —for scooters, cruisers, sportbikes, and off-road – there's a comfortable G-Max helmet for you. There are several new models for 2011 with cutting-edge styling, features and graphics. And we think you'll be surprised at how easy these helmets are on your budget. The G-Max name stands for value and you will be able to see the G-Max lineup firsthand at the Open House.
Contour Video – Contour was the first wearable compact HD video camera. The Contour line features two cameras, the first of which is a high-definition version capable of producing videos in stunning 1080P resolution. Contour's second camera features an integrated GPS receiver capable of tracking your location multiple times with pinpoint accuracy. Both Contour HD video cameras feature easy one-hand operation, extended battery life, and a choice of resolutions to further extend the life of the already very powerful battery. There's also a long list of accessories, so the uses for your Contour camera is virtually endless. And new for 2011 is the Contour Connect View card, which allows you to use your iPhone or Android phone to sync with your camera so you can see what your camera sees right on your phone.
UClear Communication – UClear is the first boomless microphone bike-to-bike communication system available to the public. At the heart of the system are two speakers that fit neatly in most any motorcycle helmet. The speakers contain small laser beams that meet in front of the wearer's mouth that look for voice cues and then cancel out virtually all external noise. What this means is anyone that wears an open-face helmet, or half-helmet, can communicate without a boom microphone. The UClear system lets you make and receive calls, listen to music, syncs with GPS, and installs in minutes. Be sure to stop by the booth and see the demonstration.
Factory representatives of all the above companies will be on hand to demonstrate their products and answer any questions. It's set to be a great weekend. We look forward to meeting you and showing you the latest in products.
For more information on this year's J&P Open House, visit http://www.jpcycles.com/openhouse.


It was Geoff's book launch yesterday, and I wanted to make something (with mainly wild ingredients) for people to nibble on. We had a glut of pears and sweet chestnuts, so I started looking in the usual places, but chestnuts don't seem to be widely used in baking, at least in this country. Or when they are, they're paired with chocolate, which I thought might overwhelm their subtle taste.
I'd heard you could use them to make a (gluten-free) flour, as per the Italian 'poor man's cake' Castagnaccio, which looks delicious – but it contains pine nuts and I wanted a recipe where all the ingredients could, in theory, be foraged in the UK. Eventually I found this recipe from Azalea's Kitchen, which I've adapted by removing the chocolate and adding pears, and substituting fresh chestnuts for the chestnut puree.
This recipe was a great success, yielding a moist, light, subtly flavoured cake that wasn't too sweet. Everyone liked it. BUT, I'm going to say this right up front, making chestnut flour is labour intensive! It took probably two hours to remove the shells from enough chestnuts (pro tip: wait for them to cool, they come out easier). So if anyone knows how to speed up that process, I'd be glad to hear it.
Once they're shelled, you just crumble them or put them through a food processor. I also spread them out thinly to dry for an hour, as I thought that might help give a lighter texture, but I don't know how necessary this is.
In future I'd be interested to try this recipe with honey instead of sugar, but I know that can create challenges with texture too, so on this occasion I played it safe!
Score the chestnuts and roast for 30 mins. Set aside to cool.
Peel the chestnuts (ha, she says), then crumble them to a flour-like texture, or use a food processor. Spread the flour out to dry for an hour.
Pre-heat the oven to 180 (160 fan) and line a 20cm tin.
Slice the pears and set aside.
Separate the eggs. Whisk the yolks and sugar together until creamy.
Add the melted butter, or whatever fat you're using.
Add the ground almonds, chestnut flour, lemon zest and baking powder and mix well.
Whisk the egg whites to stiff peaks, then fold gently into the cake mixture. Don't over-mix.
Pour the mixture into the tin and arrange the pear slices across the top.
Bake for 50 minutes, or until a knife comes out clean.
Leave to cool, and voila!
It's that time of year when, walking through the woods – or even the local park, in this case, you're periodically greeted by pungent breezes from crops of wild garlic. The Jew's ear, or jelly ear, fungus is still out on the elder trees, so I thought it was time to combine the two flavours.
You're not allowed to dig up the roots of the wild garlic, but that's OK because the leaves are perfectly garlicky enough anyway.
This is a really quick, simple and cheap dish. Be prepared that no-one will want to kiss you for a couple of days afterwards, however.
Put the spaghetti on to boil. Rinse, dry and slice the fungi. Rinse and roughly chop the garlic. Heat the olive oil, then add the fungi. Don't let it get too hot, as the fungi can start 'popping' at high temperatures. Fry for about five minutes. Drain the spaghetti and add the knob of butter and stir. Then add the cooked fungi and raw garlic leaves, plus salt and pepper. If you're adding pine nuts, toast them briefly in a hot frying pan until they're slightly browned, then sprinkle on top.


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myscience.at › news › news 2017 › When music makes male faces more attractive
When music makes male faces more attractive
13 September 2017 - deutsch
Art and Design | Life Sciences
In the current study, the scientists investigated the impact of musical exposure on the subjective evaluations of opposite-sex faces (Copyright: Dena Flows,flickr.com, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0).
Women rate photographs of male faces as more attractive and are more likely to date the men pictured when they have previously heard music. Moreover, highly arousing music led to the largest effect on sexual attraction. A team of psychologists led by Manuela Marin (University of Innsbruck) and Helmut Leder (University of Vienna) explains the significance of this finding in relation to the origins of music in their latest publication in the scientific journal PLOS ONE.
Music is a worldwide phenomenon and part of every culture, but the origin of music remains a longstanding puzzle. Why do people invest so much energy, time and money in music? Various theories have been proposed, some of which emphasize the biological and social aspects of music. For instance, Charles Darwin said, within the framework of his theory of evolution that music has developed through sexual selection. The motor and cognitive abilities necessary for making music serve as an indicator for good genes and thus increase the reproductive success. This is similar to the singing of birds in the mating season. "There are currently few empirical findings that support Darwin's theory on the origin of music. We wanted to use a new experimental paradigm to investigate the role of music in choosing a mating partner" says Manuela Marin, the leader of the study and former associate of the Institute for Basic Psychological Research and Research Methods at the University of Vienna.
In the current study, Marin and her colleagues investigated the impact of musical exposure on the subjective evaluations of opposite-sex faces. "Facial attractiveness is one of the most important physical characteristics that can influence the choice of a partner. We wanted to find out how music can alter the perception of this feature" says Helmut Leder from the Faculty of Psychology at the University of Vienna. Since music, especially before the advent of modern technology, has always been experienced in the here and now, and mostly in a social context, it is plausible to assume that music could positively influence the visual perception of faces. "There is some evidence in the psychological literature that so-called arousal transfer effects can occur if two stimuli are processed consecutively. The processing of the first stimulus produces internal arousal, i.e. increased physiological activity, which is then attributed to the second stimulus. This mostly unconscious mechanism can then influence our actions, in this case, the choice of a partner" explains Manuela Marin.
In their experiment, the scientists presented heterosexual participants with instrumental musical excerpts that varied in their emotional content, followed by a photograph of a face from the opposite sex with a neutral facial expression. The face was assessed in terms of its attractiveness on a scale. In addition, participants were asked to rate whether they would date the person pictured. In the control condition only faces without music were presented. There were three groups of participants: women in the fertile phase of their cycle, women in the nonfertile phase of their cycle, and men. These groups were similar in their musical preferences and musical training, as well as in their mood before the experiment and in their relationship status. The results showed that female participants rated the male faces as more attractive and were more willing to date the men pictured when previously exposed to music. The fertility cycle did not have a large influence on the ratings. Overall, highly stimulating and complex music led to the greatest effect compared to the control condition. This effect was not present among male participants.
These results are promising and open up new possibilities to investigate the role of music in partner selection in connection with aspects of physical attractiveness. "Our goal is to replicate these results in a larger sample and to modify some aspects of the experiment. For example, we would like to clarify whether musical abilities and creativity can compensate partially for deficiencies in terms of physical appearance and fitness" says Bruno Gingras from the Institute of Psychology at the University of Innsbruck. Helmut Leder adds: "Our results also recall the well-known Capilano Suspension Bridge experiment of Dutton and Aaron from the early 1970s. In that case, male participants crossed either a suspension bridge or a sturdy bridge and were then interviewed by an attractive female confederate who gave them her phone number. Participants who walked over the suspension bridge were much more likely to contact her later. We are planning similar experiments with music in a social context."
These results could have broad implications: "There is an increasing number of empirical findings showing that music has the power to influence human behavior with regard to partner selection. But how can Darwin's theory be reconciled with other biological and social theories on the genesis of music? Music can promote social cohesion, and it also plays a role in the mother-child relationship. Until we understand these connections, there will be a long way to go" concluded Manuela Marin.
Publication in PLOS ONE
Marin, M. M., Schober, R., Gingras, B., & Leder, H. (2017). Misattribution of musical arousal increases sexual attraction towards opposite-sex faces in females. PLoS ONE 12(9): e0183531.
doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0183531
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2018-04-17 NOVEL English The Spirit Photographer Jon Michael Varese historical fantasy (1), ghosts (1), gothic (1), African American (1), fantasy (1), ghost (1), historical (1), literary (1), magic (1), mystery (1), slavery (1), spiritualism (1), USA (1)
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Midtbyen er hovedsageligt den inderste tætbebyggede bydel inden for og ved den indre Ringgade med omkring 90.000 indbyggere og er tilnærmelsesvis postnummer 8000C samt det nordlige brokvarter Trøjborg (beliggende i 8200 Aarhus N). Hjertet af Midtbyen, City er beliggende inden for de tre alléer, Nørre Allé, Vester Allé og Sønder Allé , men tæller i dag også det sydlige område omkring Aarhus Hovedbanegård med det nye kvarter Centralværkstedet hvor Jægergårdsgade skiller City og Frederiksbjerg.

City tæller også området omkring Musikhuset og arealet ned til banegraven, hvor Godsbanen adskiller City og Vesterbro.

Indbyggertallet for hjertet af midtbyen, city, er 13.062 (2019)  Området består til dels af Aarhus Domsogn og Vor Frue sogn. Aarhus Domsogn ligger i både indre by men dækker også Aarhus Ø, plus dele af det østlige Vesterbro. Vor Frue sogn, dækker den vestlige del af både MIdtbyen, og Vesterbro (CeresByen).

Området er det gamle Aarhus, der opstod tilbage i vikingetiden sidst i 700-tallet.

Indre Aarhus består blandt andet af Latinerkvarteret, som er et område der huser gader med toppede brosten som Badstuegade, Klostergade og Volden med flere samt den centrale plads, Pustervig Torv.

Latinerkvarteret er domineret af modebutikker og har også et stort udvalg af caféer, tre teatre, en art-cinema biograf (Øst for Paradis) samt Hotel Royal med Royal Casino.

Midtbyen har de seneste årtier undergået en stor forvandling med mange nybyggerier og stor befolkningstilvækst, hvor især tæt bebyggelse og højhusbyggerier har været udbredt og omstridt. Befolkningstilvæksten og midtbyens store besøgstal har dannet grundlag for et væld af nye restauranter, caféer, specialbutikker og gadeliv, der ofte danner mindelser om langt større byer.

Midtbyen vækst og tætte struktur har dog ikke ændret områdets korte adgang til vandet og grønne områder. Midtbyområdet er således tæt omgivet af Aarhusbugten, havnepromenader, strande og Aarhus Å bredderne, der kiler sig ind mod byens centrum samt Mindeparken, Forstbotanisk Have, Risskov og Marselisborg skov. I Midtbyen findes desuden et stort antal parker, bl.a. Universitetsparken, Vennelystparken, Mølleparken, Botanisk Have, Ceres Haven, Brabrandstien, Rådhusparken, Musikhusparken, Skanseparken, Frederiksbjerg Bypark samt Marselisparken/Rehabiliteringsparken.

I perioden er mange torve og stræder blevet omdesignet og trafikreguleret bl.a med ny belægning og belysning. Ligeledes er Århus Å langs Åboulevarden blevet genåbnet, hvilket har tiltrukket adskillige caféer, restauranter mm og har gjort området til et samlingspunkt i Midtbyen.

Trafikreguleringerne har medført at biltrafikken i Midtbyen (modsat byens forstæder og andre ydreområder) i de seneste årtier har været faldende til stagnerende. Dette på trods af områdets store vækst.

Midtbyens vækst har desuden fostret en diversitet af forskellige restaurationskvarterer ud over områderne Åboulevarden og Skolegade. Her kan nævnes områderne ved Tordenskjoldsgade (Trøjborg) Jægergårdsgade og M.P. Bruuns Gade (begge Frederiksbjerg) Vestergade, Frederiksgade, Street-Food/Ny Banegårdsgade, Latinerkvarteret (alle City) samt Nicoline Kochs Plads og Bassin 7 (begge Aarhus Ø)

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Whether you're going to be co-teaching or leading a resource room instructing K-12 students in one of your local public schools, working with adults at a community college or proprietary ESL school, or seizing on an opportunity to work overseas at an embassy school, or even contracting out your services to a corporate employer, teaching English to non-native speakers is a great way to engage with other cultures and expand your horizons. Whether we're talking about recent immigrants to the US or foreign nationals in the world of international business looking to brush up on their English skills, you'll get a chance to work with students from places outside your experience… and that's exactly the way ESL teachers like it.
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A TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) certificate can be had online for a couple hundred bucks and 40 hours of instruction. That's enough to get you going in an entry-level position in some ESL academies overseas, but that's about it… A more involved TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) certification shows significantly more dedication and skill, and after the 140 hours of training it requires you'll be taken more seriously when vying for professional positions.
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In the scheme of things globally, if you were born into an English speaking nation you're got a distinct advantage. It's the international language of business, and really the international language of everything, for that matter.
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English is spoken at a useful level today by 1.75 billion people worldwide. By 2020, that number is expected to rise to 2 billion. Only about one in four is a native speaker… meaning the other three needed an ESL teacher somewhere along the way to learn the language.
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Unfortunately, according to EdWeek magazine, the graduation rate for those students hovers around only 62 percent… compared to 83.2 percent for high school students overall. Language difficulties account for a large part of that gap.
That translates into huge demand for qualified ESL teachers in the public school and post-secondary education systems, not to mention in private language academies. Almost all positions prefer native speakers, yet according to the International TEFL Academy, 80 percent of English teachers abroad, in all positions, are non-native speakers.
Those jobs are all positions that are open to native speakers instead.
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Like any other public school teacher, you'll have to get a license or certification in order to teach English in American schools. Although the specific requirements vary, that always means at least:
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In many venues, though, that's only the beginning. Stringent continuing education requirements and stiff competition for positions almost always lead teachers to earn advanced degrees in their field. And for ESL positions in particular, specialized ESL certification is almost always mandatory.
Some districts, particularly those with heavy population of ELL students, will help cover the costs of an advanced degree leading to an ESL endorsement.
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One thing to be careful of when hunting down ESL resources on the web is the difference between American English and British English. Although, as native speakers, most of these differences are clear to us, your students are more likely to be confused if you start to mix and match.
There is a much larger debate in the ESL field about which strain of the language to teach, but for teachers just starting out, it's best to stick to what you know—just make sure you're using the right materials to teach it.
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It's not actually a cafe, but it will feel like one when you drop in and see the wide variety of resources and conversations happening on Dave's website. In addition to a wide array of lesson ideas, quizzes, and reading material, Dave's Cafe is the place to go for overseas ESL job listings. Real life, up-to-date information about teaching abroad keeps you from getting scammed and gets you lined up for the kind of positions you are most interested in.
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Supreme Court Health Care Decision: History Shows It's Now or Never For GOP, Now Or a Long Wait for Dems
By Christopher P. Ryan
Today the Supreme Court will change the course of American political history.
There's no doubt about that.
How is much less certain.
Though the substance of the Court's decision will remain unclear until tomorrow morning, a glance back at America's political past sheds light on what we can expect in America's political future, whether the Affordable Care Act is upheld or struck down. If the law is upheld, will Republicans be able to repeal it? If the law is struck down, will Congress pass something similar?
The history of major federal social welfare initiatives, like Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid, and the Affordable Care Act, reveals two major points: 1) being passed requires perfect political timing; and 2) once on the books for good, serious talk of repeal quickly fizzles. If upheld, repealing the Affordable Care Act will not be as easy as opponents hope. If struck down, supporters will face tremendous obstacles in attempting to pass a similar law. History suggests that it's now or never for opponents, and now or a long wait for supporters.
Large-scare federal social welfare expansions have historically had very particular windows of opportunity to become law. If an opportunity is missed, it may be some time before another chance comes. The Roosevelt administration made an initial effort at national health insurance, but could not get anything through before a more conservative mood gripped the country. Though Presidents Truman and Kennedy also favored national health insurance, the federal government took no steps in that direction until the stars aligned almost 30 years later in 1965 with the passage of Medicare and Medicaid. Just a few years later, Congress failed to pass President Nixon's Family Assistance Plan, which promised federally guaranteed minimum incomes for the poor and unemployed. The Family Assistance Plan remains dormant, now 40 years later. The Affordable Care Act itself demonstrates that timing is crucial — it took Democrats 45 years to force through this further massive expansion of national health care, and Congress only passed the bill because the House approved a version of the bill that the Senate approved before new Senator Scott Brown joined the upper chamber. Barely two years after that historic vote, the political climate has completely changed — there can be no doubt that Congress would not pass the Affordable Care Act now. If the Court strikes down the law, its supporters may be waiting decades for another bite at the apple.
When the Roosevelt Administration instituted Social Security and the Johnson Administration established Medicare and Medicaid, the programs passed and were signed into law in the face of bitter opposition that largely vowed to pursue repeal. Yet within a few short years in both instances, serious proposals to eliminate the new programs quickly faded away. Instead, the debate changed to how Congress would tinker with and refine the programs, rather than whether the programs would continue to exist. Serious calls for repeal withered as Americans began to rely on receiving the programs' benefits. If upheld, the Affordable Care Act will adhere to this same pattern--once it is on the books, it will be virtually impossible to remove.
FDR famously insisted in presenting Social Security to the country as a social insurance program, not a welfare program, because he knew that future voters would never favor disbanding a system that they paid into, and felt entitled to receive something from later on. As a result, in FDR's words, "those sons of bitches up on the Hill can't ever abandon this system when I'm gone." And they haven't — not even as the system drives toward bankruptcy. The Affordable Care Act has cleverly aligned incentives the same way.
If the federal government is permitted to get their foot this far in the door of health insurance, they will stay there, and probably move further in, for as long as the United States exists. It's now or never for Obamacare's opponents.
But if the law is overturned, the perfect timing that this legislation requires will probably not come again for decades.
In less than 24 hours, we will begin to see if one of these histories will repeat itself.


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Il deserto del Pacifico è un esteso deserto costiero di origine temperata e subtropicale saltuariamente attraversato da corti fiumi di regime stagionale. È situato lungo il litorale occidentale sudamericano, tra l'Oceano Pacifico e la Cordigliera delle Ande ed è approssimativamente compreso tra le latitudini 6°S e 27°S, territori che appartengono al Perù e al Cile.

Geomorfologia
La geomorfologia corrisponde a pianure sedimentarie, montagne e colline basse, che si elevano a volte verso est (propaggini andine). Nel sud sono famose la Cordigliera della Costa, parallela al litorale oceanico e la conseguente Depressione Intermedia nel territorio cileno ed estremo sud peruviano.

Edafologia
I suoli predominanti sono sabbiosi-desertici (yermosuoli), con zone pietrose (litosuoli). Nelle valli dei fiumi esistono suoli alluvionali, ampiamente utilizzati per l'irrigazione nell'agricoltura intensiva. Nel sud predominano i suoli derivati da ceneri vulcaniche, mentre al nord e nel centro predominano le dune desertiche.

Idrologia

La regione è percorsa da più di 40 fiumi poveri d'acqua, i cui bacini collettori sono situati sulle Ande; molti di questi, non ricevendo affluenti nella zona costiera, sono destinati a seccarsi prima di sfociare nel mare. Esistono inoltre molti torrenti secchi che trasportano acqua solo quando si hanno cadute eccezionali di acqua sulle alture andine o quando piove sulla costa (fenomeno peraltro molto raro).

Sono frequenti laghi e paludi, specialmente vicino alle coste marine; molte di queste sono salubri e con abbondante vegetazione acquatica.

Clima

Il clima è semicaldo - umido, benché siano praticamente assenti le piogge, e arido subtropicale, con precipitazioni medie annuali inferiori ai 150 mm; le temperature medie annuali si aggirano tra i 17 e i 19 °C. La causa della mancanza di piogge si deve ai venti alisei umidi ed al passaggio della Corrente di Humboldt, che produce molta nebbia fino a 1000 - 1500 mslm, con temperature basse di circa 13 °C.

Sopra questa quota, la temperatura aumenta da 13 a 22 °C, e l'aria calda assorbe l'umidità, impedendo la formazione di nubi e di conseguenza le precipitazioni.

L'umidità relativa è alta, generalmente al di sopra del 60%, giungendo in inverno fino al 100%. Quando sorpassa il 100% si forma una pioggia finissima nota con il termine di garúa. Le precipitazioni sono scarse; a Lima, per esempio, sono mediamente di 48 mm all'anno. In anni eccezionali, quando si verifica il fenomeno del Niño, possono essere superiori. Nel 1925 a Lima piovvero 1254 mm e nel 1926 1245 mm.

Durante l'estate sparisce la cappa di nebbia e iniziano le piogge sulle Ande; in questo periodo i fiumi trasportano molta più acqua.  I venti soffiano generalmente da sud e sud-est, cambiando di direzione a seconda delle ore del giorno. Tra le 21.00 e le 8.00 sono deboli e soffiano da terra (direzione terra-mare); tra le 8.00 e le 18.00 sono più forti e soffiano dal mare (direzione mare-terra).

Vegetazione

Le formazioni vegetali si possono ridurre a quattro tipi:
 I deserti: con o senza vegetazione
 Le valli o oasi fluviali: con presenza di boschi
 Le colline costiere: con presenza di vegetazione varia, che si sviluppa grazie alle abbondanti nebbie invernali
 Gli ambienti acquatici: con abbondanza di giunchi e piante acquatiche.

Suddivisione geografica

Il deserto del Pacifico si divide in:
 Deserto di Sechura: nord del Perù, nella Regione di Piura; secondo il WWF, visto che non vi sono nomi per i tratti di costa peruviana meridionali, il deserto di Sechura si estende fino alle provincie di Ica e Arequipa.
 Deserto di Atacama: nord del Cile, lungo la costa settentrionale; questo deserto è considerato il più secco del mondo.

Collegamenti esterni
Caratteristiche del deserto peruecologico.com

Deserti del Perù
Deserti del Cile