Dodging the Bullet: Time to Say Temporary Goodbyes | The Gettysburgian.
My relationship with drama began at the ripe age of ten when I auditioned for and (surprisingly) made it into the cast of my fifth grade musical The Jungle Book.
Perhaps I should not be so modest, as I had a history of pretending that my siblings were out to get me, which made me a prime candidate for the role of "Vulture #2." This role required that I squawk and cry for the duration of the performance, and that is essential when trying to get your siblings in trouble.
Regardless of how my infatuation with thespianism began, I can say that it is taking a temporary hiatus from my life as I prepare to leave for college.
What I'm experiencing right now does not require thinking about lost puppies to engender sobs or analyzing characters in my head to embody their idiosyncrasies. No matter how hard I try to pretend that I'm on stage living a different life, I can't escape the fact that right now, everything feels like goodbye.
My first farewell was to one of my best friends since my first year of high school, a year during which everyone had braces and acne spots that Clearasil couldn't abolish. It was easy to form a friendship based on the issues of pubescence.
Four years later, she picked me up after a day of lifeguarding at the town pool, and we headed to Ulta to splurge. Our bank accounts didn't love it, but we did. We took pictures of ourselves clowning around in TJ Maxx — accompanied by odd looks from strangers — and ended the night with a tearful hug that led to us bawling in front of my house.
To my neighbors, it probably looked a tad frightening: me standing on the curb of my yard as my mascara fell down my cheeks and her sitting in the driver's seat, shoulders shaking.
To us, though, it felt right. It was a nostalgic goodbye, but it said, "Hey, we have more stupid things to do together." It was enough to make me go inside, wipe the mascara off my cheeks, and fall asleep thinking that things might be okay.
I was wrong. Things were much less than okay when I woke up the next morning. My first thought was that it was the day I would say "see you soon" to someone equally as near to my heart.
Someone is a misnomer when it comes to describing her significance in my life, as she has been my rock since we started Odyssey of the Mind as third-graders. What actors! She doubled as my understudy in our skits, albeit she was much more than another girl mimicking Artful Dodger's accent.
We grew up relying on each other for help with our math homework, empathizing with each other over our boy issues, sometimes even taking comfort in knowing neither of us had any clue what we were doing. How could I suddenly part ways with her, realizing that most things about our lives would change?
Hangouts with my brother have always been unpredictable. Sometimes he would beg me to go the baseball field so he could hit my skewed balls. Other instances, I would read the news on my phone and listen to him shouting over his PS4 headset. Before my friend arrived, I decided that another hangout with him wouldn't hurt.
It was peaceful until I heard a car horn outside, signaling that my time with my brother had ended for the morning. Normally, I would leave without interrupting Fortnite, but then again, I'm not normally feeling overwhelmed by the prospect of college. So, I hugged him.
I told myself I was trying to be a good sister, show him some love before leaving him for hours to play tennis. I told myself that I would see him in fewer than 180 minutes.
Maybe I was trying too hard, or maybe I wasn't at all, considering tears started flowing down my face like a fierce, inevitable stream. It was as if the past, present, and future Godspeed moments culminated into one instance wherein it was my brother, stained cheeks, my best friend waiting in my driveway to destroy me with a racket, and me.
That's what leaving your friends and family for college is — a racket. A loud noise in your life that isn't silenced, I guess, until all of the "I'll miss you"s and "I'll see you in a little bit"s are finally over.
Until it's just you, alone in your dorm room, attempting to think of everything besides the miles that separate you from the people you love. That's not a feeling I look forward to during the next three days, yet it's a feeling I know is temporary. Just like college goodbyes, thankfully.
So, here's to the next four years of "Goodbye" hugs, "Hey there" hugs, "I've missed you so much" hugs, and "Hurry home" hugs.


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Crime in Switzerland is combated mainly by cantonal police. The Federal Office of Police investigates organised crime, money laundering and terrorism.

Crime statistics
In Switzerland, police registered a total of 432,000 offenses under the Criminal Code in 2019 (−0.2% compared with previous year), of which were 110,140 or 25.5% cases of thefts (excluding vehicles, −2.0%), and 41,944 or 9.7% cases of thefts of vehicles (including bicycles, −10.1%), 46 killings and 161 attempted murders. The number of cases of rape reported increased by 53 or 8.5% over the previous year. The number of criminal pornography offenses increased by 56.1% to 2,837. Offenses against the Narcotics Act decreased by 0.7% to 75,757.

In 2014, 110,124 adults were convicted, of which 55,240 (50%) were convicted according to traffic regulation offences, 6,540 (+1.6%) for trafficking in narcotic substances, and 17,882 (−7.2%) for offenses against the Federal Act on Foreign Nationals. 83,014 or 83.4% of adult convicted people are male, and 42,289 or 42.5% of them Swiss citizens.
In the same year, 11,484 minors (78% of them male, 68% of them of Swiss nationality, 64.2% aged either 16 or 17) were convicted.

Convictions for infliction of bodily harm have steadily increased throughout the 1990s and 2000s, with 23 convictions for serious injury and 831 for light injury in 1990 as opposed to 78 and 2,342, respectively, in 2005. Convictions for rape have also slightly increased, fluctuating between 500 and 600 cases per year in the period 1985 to 1995, but between 600 and 700 cases in the period 2000 to 2005. Consistent with these trends, convictions for threats or violence directed against officials has consistently risen in the same period, from 348 in 1990 to 891 in 2003.

Types of convictions
The number of convicted persons is given in the following tables. Each class of crime references the relevant section of the Strafgesetzbuch (Criminal Code, abbreviated as StGB in German), or Betäubungsmittelgesetz (abbr. BetmG, Narcotics Act), or the Strassenverkehrsgesetz (abbr. SVG, Swiss Traffic Regulations).

 2016 conviction numbers may not include convictions overturned on appeal.
 Due to privacy protection laws some convictions are not included.

 2016 conviction numbers may not include convictions overturned on appeal.
 Due to privacy protection laws some convictions are not included.

Historic conviction rates
The historic adult conviction rates are given in the following chart:

 2014 conviction numbers may not include convictions overturned on appeal.

Age at conviction
The age of the individuals at the time of their convictions is given in this chart:

 2014 conviction numbers may not include convictions overturned on appeal.

Juvenile crimes

According to official statistics, there has been a total of 20,902 juvenile convictions in 2021 – 7.5% more than in 2020. According to a survey about juvenile crimes in 2021, 6.4% of respondents aged 14 and 15 admitted participating in a group fight. Shoplifting was the most common offence with 15%. Another 10.3% carried firearms, batons, knives or other weapons. 9.4% committed acts of vandalism. 5.5% trafficked or assisted in trafficking drugs. 1.5% admitted to burglary, 1.1% to vehicle theft. 5% committed hate crimes, 2.9% sent intimate pictures against their will. Online fraud and hacking were each admitted by 2.7%. 2.6% assaulted a person and inflicted serious injuries on the victim. 1.3% reported robbing others with a weapon, violence or serious threat.

Incarceration
In 2017, 6,863 people were incarcerated in Swiss prisons or pre-trial detention facilities, of which 49.3% were legal residents, 9.6% were asylum seekers and 41.1% were classified "other foreigners" (which includes cross-border workers, undocumented migrants, tourists, and foreigners with no fixed abode in Switzerland). 1,673 of the 6,863 were on rehab, of which 49% were foreigners with no fixed residence in Switzerland.

Crime by type

Suspected cases of embezzlement, tax fraud, money laundering and sexual harassment have been reported in 35% of companies in Switzerland.

Money laundering

Swiss banks have served as safe havens for the wealth of dictators, despots, mobsters, arms dealers, corrupt officials, and tax cheats of all kinds.

Money laundering is a criminal offence punishable by the criminal authorities (Art. 305bis of the Swiss Criminal Code). According to the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland in 2017, official "suspicious activity reports" reached nearly 4,700 (worth $16.2 billion) from 2,909 reported cases in 2016.

The Money Laundering Reporting Office is a federal body responsible for receiving and analysing suspicious activity reports in connection with money laundering, terrorist financing, and money of criminal origin, and forwarding them to the law enforcement agencies if necessary.

Under Swiss laws, a company can be held criminally liable for inadequate organisation or failing to take all reasonable measures to prevent a crime from happening.

In 1989, the Swiss Justice Minister had to step down, following allegation of money laundering by her husband. This was the largest case of drug-related money laundering to become public.

Freeze and seize of assets
Swiss authorities can freeze assets if the law requires them to. However, seizing assets is only permitted in cases involving crime or for destituted potentates.

According to Article 72 of the Swiss criminal code, "all assets that are subject to the power of disposal of a criminal or terrorist organisation" can be permanently confiscated. "In the case of assets belonging to a person who participates in or supports such an organisation (Art. 260), it is presumed that the assets are subject to the power of disposal of the organisation until the contrary is proven." According to experts, the forfeiture rule "does not violate the property guarantee".

Criticism

Suspicious activities' real numbers are said to be much higher than those officially reported. Besides, the government rarely follows up on these reports because of lack of means, incentives and a clear legal framework.

According to the Swiss Federal Audit Office (SFAO) the law, as it is currently written, has no dissuasive effect, since companies pay a maximum amount of CHF5 million ($5.2 million), if convicted.

Supervisory body FINMA can warn banks of the risks they are taking following "suspicious activity reports", but the decision to accept a customer is ultimately up to the bank, with banks fearing to lose their customers to foreign or domestic competitors in some cases.

In February 2022, the European People's Party of the European Parliament proposed reviewing Swiss banking practices and money laundering status in response to the Suisse Secrets leaks, asking the European Commission to reclassify Switzerland as a high-risk country for financial crime.

According to the Basel Institute on Governance in 2022, Switzerland ranks 95th out of 129 countries when it comes to money laundering and corruption risks.

Reforms
As of 2023, financial intermediaries are required to verify the identity of customers, record which services have been provided to them, and clarify their background and purpose. Swiss-based charities must appoint a representative in Switzerland and keep a list of their members for five years. The new rules also oblige banks to inform the Money Laundering Reporting Office Switzerland (MLROS) of criminal funds, which they did not always disclose.

Loopholes

Under current rules, banking institutions and cantonal authorities can only report what's in their registers – looking into the origins of assets or connections between individuals is not permitted (2022).

According to SFAO, the real estate sector in Switzerland is still an attractive place to introduce funds of illegal origin into the legal financial circuit.

SFAO also points to loopholes in the commodities sector, particularly the purchase of materials for smelting, which is partially excluded from the monitoring of raw materials origins. Control is limited to verification of the trade in already refined gold bars. Swiss NGO Public Eye has recommended the creation of a supervisory authority for the commodities sector to improve the tracking of the actual owners of trading firms and ensure that commodities don't originate in conflict zones or countries subject to international sanctions.

Terrorism financing

Regulation of money laundering in Switzerland includes the Federal Act on Combating Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing (Anti-Money Laundering Act, AMLA) which requires financial intermediaries such as investment banks or insurance companies to comply with due diligence and disclosure requirements.

According to the Swiss Federal Prosecutor's office and media, in the 1990s and early 2000s Al Qaeda members had accounts at Swiss banks, including UBS.

Drugs

 drug use was the most common reason why people aged 10–18 were reported by police (being filed, being fined, or reported to justice), however dealing has been diminished since 2010.

According to Addiction Switzerland, "Illegal substances can be found in cities quickly and relatively easily".

Cannabis use among adolescents and young adults in Switzerland has increased significantly within ten years. In 2017, 9% of adolescents and young adults aged 15–24 reported having used cannabis in the past month. The figures are much higher in the 20–24 age bracket, with 14% of men and 6.5% of women saying they had consumed cannabis in the past 30 days.

According to a recent study, 5 Swiss cities (St Gallen, Bern, Zurich, Basel and Geneva) were listed among the top 10 European cities for cocaine use.

Swiss authorities, including CHUV, estimate that dealers and traffickers make profits of $28.1-29.1 million a year in Vaud alone.

Analysis of Swiss police records suggests that participants in medical drug rehabilitation programs tend to reduce cocaine, cannabis and heroin use, and the need to commit other crimes to buy their drugs, such as shoplifting, burglary or car theft.

In 2022, a near all-time record Brazilian shipment of 500kg of cocaine was intercepted by the Swiss authorities at a Nespresso factory in Fribourg.

According to a 2023 study, 10–15% of the people who drive a vehicle in Switzerland are under the influence of dangerous substances (including cocaine).

Theft

19 cars are stolen in Switzerland every day (2021). Forty thousand bikes are stolen each year (2022).

Homicide

In 2019, there were 161 attempted and 46 completed homicides, for a homicide rate of 0.54 per 100,000 population. Of the 207 cases, 105 were committed with bladed weapons, 20 with firearms and 47 unarmed. Out of 229 identified suspects; 197 were male, 126 (55%) were foreigners of which 72 had permanent residence. 29 cases (63%) of completed and 50 cases (31%) of attempted homicide were classed as domestic violence.

Cybercriminality

In 2016, 14,033 cybercrime cases were reported to police in Switzerland, compared to 11,575 in 2015 and 5,330 in 2011. Swiss media reported that over three million Swiss email usernames and associated passwords are available on the net since 2019. These include login details of government ministers, government employees and the military.

In 2019, computer-related infractions include the fraudulent misuse of a computer (5,583 cases in 2019, a rise of 598 relative to 2018) and pornography-related offenses (2,387 cases, a jump of over 50%).

In total, some 30,351 crimes were reported in the virtual space in 2021 (with online sales of "non-existent goods" being the most common crime).

Sex crimes
The Swiss legal definition of rape is "an assault during vaginal sexual intercourse with a woman", thus exempting men from the status of rape victims.
 Rape is punished by a prison sentence of one to ten years.
Indecent assault, which includes "sexual acts similar to intercourse or any sexual act" (kissing, groping), is punished by a monetary fine for lighter crimes or a prison sentence of up to ten years. The sex of the victim is not specified.

Pedocriminality

In 2018 alone, the FBI reported 9,000 cases of child pornography and pedo-criminality originating in Switzerland, to the Swiss authorities (FedPol). It is unclear what the Swiss police does with this list. Other reports have been compiled in recent years by private organizations on this subject.

Cases of sexual abuse reported in the Catholic Church rose from 9 cases in 2012 to 65 in 2017 (63% of victims were 16 or younger and 27% were 12 or younger).

Hate crimes

In Switzerland public discrimination or invoking to rancor against persons or a group of people because of their race, ethnicity, is penalized with a term of imprisonment of up to 3 years or a fine. In 1934, the authorities of the Canton of Basel-Stadt criminalized anti-Jewish hate speech, e.g., the accusation of ritual murders, mostly in reaction against a pro-Nazi antisemitic group and newspaper, the Volksbund.

In 2019, over 350 racist incidents were reported to the authorities. These cases relate to xenophobia (145 cases), anti-Black discrimination (132 cases) and anti-Muslim discrimination (55 cases), which is a "small percentage" of the overall racist incidents in Switzerland according to the authorities.

In 2020, xenophobia was found to be the most frequent motive (304 cases) for discrimination, followed by discrimination against black people (206 cases) and Muslims (55 cases). In 2021, 41 cases of anti-Asian racism were reported for the first time. There were also 92 reports of anti-LGBT hate crimes in 2021.

Corruption

Council of Europe's Group of State Against Corruption (GRECO) in its evaluation report noted that specificities of Switzerland's institutions which enjoy considerable public confidence. It underlines, however, that the very organisation of the system allows subtle pressure to be exerted on politicians and the judiciary.

Transparency International's 2017 Corruption Perception Index ranks Switzerland as the 5th least corrupt state out of 180 countries.

In 2018 the Tax Justice Network ranked Switzerland's banking sector as the "most corrupt" in the world due to a large offshore banking industry and very strict secrecy laws. The ranking attempts to measure how much assistance the country's legal systems provide to money laundering, and to protecting corruptly obtained wealth.

White collar crime

In 2020, Swiss courts dealt with 52 major cases of economic crime that amounted to CHF355 million ($384 million) in losses. Most cases related to social security and insurance fraud.

Crime dynamics

Immigrant criminality

The crime rate among resident foreigners ("immigrant criminality") is significantly higher (by a factor 3.7 counting convictions under criminal law in 2003).
In 1997, there were for the first time more foreigners than Swiss among the convicts under criminal law (out of a fraction of 20.6% of the total population at the time). In 1999, the Federal Department of Justice and Police ordered a study regarding delinquency and nationality (Arbeitsgruppe "Ausländerkriminalität"), which in its final report (2001) found that a conviction rate under criminal law about 12 times higher among asylum seekers (4%), while the conviction rate among other resident foreigners was about twice as high (0.6%) compared to Swiss citizens (0.3%).

  Specific immigration status not collected
  Final number may change due to appeals and trials still in progress

In 2010 for the first time was a statistic published which listed delinquency by nationality (based on 2009 data).
To avoid distortions due to demographic structure, only the male population aged between 18 and 34 was considered for each group. From this study it became clear that crime rate is highly correlated on the country of origin of the various migrant groups.
Thus, immigrants from Germany, France and Austria had a significantly lower crime rate than Swiss citizens (60% to 80%), while immigrants from Angola, Nigeria and Algeria had a crime rate of above 600% of that of Swiss population.
In between these extremes were immigrants from former Yugoslavia, with crime rates of between 210% and 300% of the Swiss value.

The full report listed 24 nationalities plus the crime rate of Swiss citizens (fixed at 100%), and the average value of all foreign citizens combined, at 160%. Commentators expressed surprise at the clear geographical structure of the list, giving, in decreasing order, Africa, the Middle East and the Balkans, Southern Europe and Western and Central Europe.
The Federal Statistics Office published the study with the caveat that the sizes of the groups under comparison vary considerably.
For example, the net impact of a crime rate increased by 530% among 500 Angolans will still be five times smaller than a crime rate increased by 30% among 46'000 Portuguese. The country is a target for foreign criminals on account of its reputation as an affluent nation.

On 28 November 2010, 53% of voters approved a new, tougher deportation law. This law, proposed by the Swiss People's Party, called for the automatic expulsion of non-Swiss offenders convicted of a number of crimes, including murder, breaking and entry and even welfare fraud. As the proposal makes deportation mandatory, it denies judges any judicial discretion over deportation. An alternative proposal, that included case by case reviews and integration measures, was rejected by 54% of voters.

Organized crime

Swiss banks have served as safe havens for the wealth of dictators, despots, mobsters, arms dealers, corrupt officials, and tax cheats of all kinds.

In 2022, Swiss media reported that one of Switzerland's top prosecutors (Dick Marty) was the target of an assassination plot by the Serbian government and Serbian mafia.

According to the Swiss attorney general in 2022, one of Switzerland's "great weaknesses" is that his federal agency has no national overview to combat organized crime because of the federal structure of Switzerland and the relative independence of the cantons.

Human trafficking

The number of victims of human trafficking in Switzerland allegedly increased by 50% between 2019 and 2021 from 142 to 207. About two-thirds of the victims were trafficked for sexual purposes, the rest for labour exploitation and criminal activities.

See also
 Law enforcement in Switzerland
 Swiss Criminal Code
 Gun laws in Switzerland

Notes and references

External links
 Switzerland Black Markets

Law of Switzerland

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Ivar Ramstad (3 February 1924 – 26 April 2009) was a Norwegian discus thrower.

He worked as a farmer at the farm Nygjerdet, between Røra and Straumen, and also had a career in Gjensidige. His brother Jon Ramstad was mayor of Levanger.

His personal best throw was 52.32 metres, achieved in July 1948 on Bislett Stadion. This stood as a Norwegian record in the discus throw for eleven years. It is still the county record for Nord-Trøndelag. At the 1948 Summer Olympics he finished fourth in the discus final with a throw of 49.21 metres. He has stated that he did not retain his form from July due to farming work.

He became Norwegian champion in discus throw in the years 1947-1949, representing Røra IL. His main competitor was Stein Johnson. He received the Norwegian Athletics Association Gold Medal, and was an honorary member of Røra IL.

Ramstad died in April 2009. He was buried from Sakshaug Church.

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2009 deaths
Norwegian male discus throwers
Athletes (track and field) at the 1948 Summer Olympics
Olympic athletes of Norway
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Planet Pizza is a smallish pizza chain with six other locations outside of Stamford. They offer online ordering, pizza by-the-slice, and are within walking distance of many office complexes in town. Not to be confused with Michelina's mythical 18" pie, Planet's pizza actually measures 18" in diameter and as it turns out, that's the only unique thing about it.
Establishment. We'd be hard pressed to say that the Planet Pizza experience doesn't feel like a manufactured one. Aside from the sub-par (read: slow, very slow) counter service, Planet Pizza offers a relatively delightful atmosphere with large, spotless tables, booths that can easily fit three to a side, and outdoor seating. Everything is arranged very methodically and as such, the restaurant can probably fit many, many more people than it's two stall parking lot allows for. That said, this antiseptic dining room has very little character and all the markings of a chain.
Pizza. Manufactured or not, Planet Pizza offers a pretty decent product. With a sizable, breadlike New York style crust, a generous sprinkling of slightly above average cheese, and moderately tasty sauce, Planet's product is good, hot out of the oven. Just good. Time is not kind to any of the parties involved, as everything loses too much of its zing once the behemoth pie begins to cool, including the topping of choice (sausage) which did not impress from the beginning.
The bottom line. Planet Pizza offers a big, average pizza and big, clean tables at which to eat it.
Our parking lot actually has 13 spots with two more on-street spots out front.
...filled mostly with the 11 delivery cars.
I like Planet despite the fact that it is a chain, the staff are friendly and treat you well. Sure the delivery drivers take up most of the parking but they are always moving in and out so there is always parking available. While a little more expensive than most, slices are cut from an 18" pie so they are enormous and fresh. Delivery service is exceptional and they have some very creative pies. Try the Baked Ziti or the Steak Gorgonzola pie. Another great one is the square spinach.
I ate here once... never went back. "Average" sums it up. Not bad, but there are better spots just blocks away, so pick up some ice cream at DQ across the street and keep going.
I think the commenters above are too generous to Planet Pizza. I think Planet Pizza is one of the worst pizza places I have ever been to (if not THE worst).


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Spoon batter onto a preheated, lightly oiled waffle iron, following manufacturer's directions. Cook 5 minutes or until browned and crisp. Remove waffle, and keep warm. Repeat procedure with remaining batter. Serve waffles warm with Orange Butter.


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Tories boosted by construction donations
25 Aug 17 New data from the Electoral Commission reveals pre-election donations to political parties, with, no surprise, the Conservative Party benefitting from some construction industry largesse.
James Wates, Tory donor
Wates and JCB each gave the Conservative Party £50,000 in February 2017. Wates's donation was made through Wates Group Services Ltd; JCB's was via JC Bamford Excavators Ltd.
In addition, Mark Bamford gave £750,000 in April and JCB Service gave a further £1.5m in May.
In Scotland Sir Jack Harvie's Central Building Contractors (Glasgow) Ltd gave the Conservative Party £20,000 before this year's election, while Mr Jack Harvie also gave £20,000.
Also in Scotland, Patersons Quarries Ltd gave £20,000 to the Conservatives.
The Conservatives have also benefited from substantial donations from the property sector this year, including Westfield Europe Limited, DPK Contractors Ltd and Bown Properties Ltd.
Wates and JCB are both regular Tory donors. Since 2007 JCB and related Bamford entities, including JCB Research, have now given the Conservative Party £8.1m in cash or kind, while Wates Group Services Ltd has given it £430,000.
Over the same period, TV's Eddie Izzard has given the Labour Party £151,000.
10 hours A trading statement from Kier Group this morning confirmed that business is meeting expectations but there was no mention of Tilbury Douglas.

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The World Photography Organisation is a centre point for global photography initiatives.
The Sony World Photography Awards is the world's largest photography competition.
The aim of the awards is to recognise and reward the best photography in the world. The ninth edition took place in London (22 April – 8 May 20016).
The Sony World Photography Awards has four competitions (Professional, Open, youth and Student Focus).
Each year the Sony World Photography Awards recognises a person / people whose contribution to the photographic industry.
The Roma are a distinct ethnic minority originating from Northwestern India and living all over Europe and America. Their total population has recently been esteemed to be more than 14 millions. They usually form a separate social group, only partially integrated into the societies and countries where they live. A history of discrimination, persecution and killings " culminating with the Nazi holocaust " has pushed the Roma and other related minorities (Sinti etc.) to the margins of society, making them one of the most vulnerable and disadvantaged minorities in Europe. Many Roma continue to face widespread racism and discrimination and to get limited access to basic rights and services and are almost unrepresented in public and political life. As a result, poverty, unemployment, illiteracy, lack of formal education, substandard housing are commonplace among them. From Mostar to Sarajevo, Roma people live in the outskirts of cities in labyrinthic villages consisting of shacks or small houses and keep more faithful to ancient traditions than more nomadic groups who moved to the West and got influenced by richer and consumeristic societies.
Perspective and human presence are the most important things in a image, not always is possible to have both In this image I left my photocamera on the tripod with the remote control that activated the shot every 30 seconds after a initial delay of 10 minutes. In ten minutes I went to the opposite side of the lake to search the right one rock for have a human presence in the image.The perspective makes the rest. I appear very big near the huge Brenta mountains and the moon. The highest and biggest peak is Brenta peak in this image, near Madonna di Campiglio in Trentino, north Italy.
Four centimeters of mightyness that moves slowly and unrelentless on a tree, while the moon rises on the background. The rhinoceros beetle is a nocturnal insect, during the day they stay safe under the cortex of the trees and with the summer they become very active flying at dusk to find a mate.
Fatmata Kamara, 25, with her son Koday, 1. She has lost her husband and her aunt. She contracted ebola together with her son. They both survived the infection thanks to the cures given by Emergency. They live in Waterloo, a village developed from a refugee camp, heavely stroke by ebola in December 2014.
Monjama Moussa, 25, married mother of 4 children, from Goderich. She had a coal shop and she contracted ebola from a supplier. After being treated by Emergency, she got back home, but she was refused by her family, that considered her healing as a sign of deamon possession. She has lost her family and her job. She now works as cleaner at the .Emergency surgical hospital in Goderich.
Bekaa Valley, LEBANON. 2015.Girls and children working in the fields.
A personal account of photographer Jean-Marc Caimi of the city of Tokyo. From depicting the daily life in the parks and in the street, to the night life in Shinjuku, bringing the intimacy of people in search of their vital space. Hints of a nation suffering from an economic and social stagnation, scared by what the future might bring, struck by environmental catastrophes. A city surprisingly fragile and vulnerable.
Sirya.Kobane.15.6.15.Funerals of the five victims of a car bomb attack near Tal Abyad. The ISIS attacked two ambulances that were recovering the wounded, killing two doctors, two soldiers, and a patient.
This series of portraits is taken from a personal investigation about immigration in Italy. These photos depict some refugees temporarily hosted in an immigration shelter, more precisely in a school gym of a town in the North of Italy. Thanks to the solidarity and passion of a group of volunteers and citizens who welcomed and took care about these fifty migrants for nearly two months, the place has become a well-known and helpful example of integration and humanity. However, after that positive experience, the migrants had to move to other locations in order to free the place where they had been put up, as school had to start again. These pictures were taken the night before the members of that multi-ethnic family were divided again and sent to other destinations, without any certainty about their future.
Once a year Italian families make tomato sauce at home, cooking and canning a huge amount of vegetables. Tons of tomatoes are grown in the fields of the South of the Country and harvested by about 19,000 laborers, paid 1 or 2 euro for each filled box. Only in 2015 there were 13 deaths at work in the fields because of high temperatures. Many of those involved in the harvest are immigrants. On the tomatoes, still dirty with soil, bought by my family to make the sauce, I saw the fingerprints of those who had harvested them, I imagined their stories, the hours spent in the sun, the hope, the desire to work. Since then, I haven't watched the sauce with the same eyes.
Until the 60s, South Korea was almost a medieval country, poor and underdeveloped. After just 50 years, South Korea is now one of the most advanced countries in the world. The rush towards modernity has been fostered by imposing a huge sense of competition and a painstaking effort to reach scholastic, aesthetic and professional perfection. Youngsters grow up by keeping in mind the same ideals and future aims: get the best marks to get the best jobs. At the same time, the aesthetic models are totally conformed, obtained through a massive us of plastic surgery. The Country pushes the young generation towards an alienating standardization, the exact opposite of what happens in Western Countries, where success comes from one's ability to emerge from the mass. The collateral effects of this rapid social, educational, economical, aesthetic and technological evolution" achieved through high competition and rivalry are psychological outbursts such as social isolation and stress that sometimes bring to alcoholism and suicide (South Korea has one of the highest suicide rates in the world: 43 per day).
Picasso's Women – Francoise Gilot was a French painter and best-selling author. She was a young painter when she met Picasso in 1944 and was his lover and muse until 1953. Picasso and Gilot never married, but they had two children together, Claude and Paloma. After spending ten years with the painter, she was the only one who, sick of Picasso's relationships with other women, decided to leave him. She wrote the book "Life with Picasso".
Penguin chicks in Argentina are dying as a direct consequence of climate change, according to new research (http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0085602). The picture shows the large colony of Magellan Penguins in Punta Tombo peninsula in Chubut Province, Argentina. The colony is the largest in South America and stay at the site until April, incubating their eggs, raising their chicks, and preparing for migration to south Brazil. Due to the effect of increased rainfall and temperature extreme which cause altered fish behaviour and make penguins nests similar to swimming pools the dead of the chicks has increased significantly in the last decades.
In the summer holidays at sea are a time of joy and fun for all ages. If we do not we looked at the different costumes, the scenes are the same as always. Sometimes the elderly back to be boys, parents make jokes to the children, often breaking social labels, creating new relationships. Stopping to look at the different behavior of people on a pier is hilarious and often allows you to freeze the moments in memory.
This year, tourism in Sinai has suffered once again from the effects the troubles in the region: a russian plane crashed from a bomb explosion on the 31st of october 2015, killing 224 persons; Untill then, the russian tourists had became the essential part of the Sinai visitors, as tourism industry is hardly surviving since many years: Egypt has largely bet on the tourist industry (around 15% of the GDP), and for the Sinai region it is nearly all of the economy that is based on tourism. A risky bet, since as soon as political tensions occur, it is the entire region that is deeply affected.
A view of Mount Kazbek in Georgia..My family and I went to Georgia, Kazbegi on the last week of October for the half term break. We were staying at a beautiful hotel and I was just going to catch the elevator when I noticed this beautiful view from the window. I really wanted to take a photograph because in that frame you can see the positives and negatives of Mount Kazbek. For example you can see the amazing church on top of the mountain, but you can also see the poor town.
© Anais Stupka, Italy, Winner, Youth Competition, Environment, 2016 Sony World Photography Awards.
Lesvos, Greece Oct. 18, 2015. A mother and child wrapped in an emergency blanket after disembarking on the beach of Kayia, on the north of the Greek island of Lesvos.
The Elefantentreffen it's a winter motorcycle rally, which takes place on the first weekend in February or on the last weekend in January annually in the deeper of the Bavarian Forest, where snow is guaranteed and the temperatures are often below zero. No rooms and no facilities for bikers but only tents and straw. Each year almost 5,000 riders from all over Europe participate. Despite frost, snow, mud and all the difference of languages and countries all the motorcyclists spend three days round the campfire, drinking, making friends and helping themselves in situations of difficulty. In 2016 the Elefantentreffen will reach the 60th anniversary.
In this project, Alberto Alicata, traces the history of photography, image iconic realized by the great masters, resorting to the use of a symbol of contemporary Western culture: Barbie. Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Guy Bourdin, David Lachapelle, Mario Testino are some of the names which Alicata honors, studying carefully chosen shots and recreating a set to measure Barbie rebuilt in detail the limits of the obsessive precision, the original that inspired it, in order to strengthen the authenticity and strength of timeless images, now become part of our visual memory and intended to be timeless. Intuition playful operate this simulation, using one of the most imitated, idolized, collected and studied which is renewed in every historical period, this production puts in a dimension in the making, is intended to be enriched with new images, and more opportunity to quote unexpected suggestions.


Padron is one of the more requested cigars on the market, one that tops the ratings consistently, often 90 and above. This is a full-bodied smoke with dark and very robust flavors, along with a slightly sweet finish often found in Nicaraguan cigars. A Nicaraguan puro, with long-filler, binder leaves and wrapper leaves all originating in that country.


In city of eight million people, action affecting London underground often has greater impact than in other capitals.
For millions of Londoners, the words "tube strike" mean one thing - a very long, tiring journey to work.
In this city of more than eight million people, industrial action affecting the London Underground can often have a greater impact than in other capitals.
The reasons lie largely in the way London developed over the centuries, as well as how the network commonly known as "the Tube" has expanded since the first line opened in 1863.
According to Professor Tony Travers, an academic at the London School of Economics, who is also chair of research at the Centre for Cities, a think-tank: "One of the hidden problems of London on a day when there's a strike is that its road system is not one that was developed to allow massive throughput of vehicles.
"In many ways most of the streets are inherited from history, there are very few wide boulevards or avenues that you'd find in other big cities.
"As a result, the capacity of buses, cars and other forms of transport to make up for the closed underground is very limited."
Another factor is that on the edges of London, residential areas were established along the route of the underground, which stretches to the kinds of places served by regular trains in many capital cities.
This increases its importance for people travelling in to the centre.
How the world's oldest underground should meet the specific demands of the the 21st century is the question at the heart of the latest 24-hour strike.
The four trade unions involved are unhappy at conditions offered to drivers working on the new all-night Tube service, which is due to start on September 12.
Steve Hedley, assistant general secretary at the Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers union, told Al Jazeera: "We're all for the night tube, it's a really good idea - as long as it's staffed properly and staffed safely".
Hedley claims that the only way to make the new service work would be to recruit more drivers.
"They're asking people to cover more nights and weekends," he says, "more unsociable hours and people just are not having it."
Transport for London, which runs the underground, insist staff will not be working extra hours, and point out that they are recruiting 137 extra workers.
This week, the unions rejected a revised deal including a two percent average pay rise for all Tube employees and a $750 launch bonus.
Boris Johnson, the elected Mayor of London, has urged them to put the offer to their members.
Johnson has said he is not concerned about meeting the launch target of September 12, but says the all-night Tube must happen this year.
Speaking ahead of the latest walkout, the mayor said: "It is crazy, when you have the technology, not to put a 24-hour service in a 24-hour city."
That is a sentiment shared by many Londoners, but it is far from clear when that service will be up and running.


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News March 20, 2019
Jennifer Lopez Opens Up Following Her Engagement
Even casual followers of celebrity news are likely aware of one recent story… Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez are officially engaged!
A-Rod popped the question last weekend during a super romantic Bahamas getaway, and the pair announced the major news by posting photos on social media that showed off J.Lo's stunning diamond ring. They also managed to take perfect pics of their proposal, and both Alex and Jennifer shared photos of the moment shortly after revealing their engagement.
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There's no word yet on when the mega-famous couple will tie the knot or what they're planning for their big day, but in a recent interview with People, Jennifer spoke about her new fiancée status.
Jennifer told the magazine, "We're really happy."
Alex added, "We have [an] appreciation for where we are in our lives today, and that's what we're enjoying the most."
Jennifer also spoke about her close bond with her soon-to-be hubby, explaining, "Everything we do, we do together. He knows my dreams, and I know his dreams, and together we feel like we're stronger."
It sounds like J.Lo and A-Rod are currently on cloud 9! We're looking forward to more tidbits regarding their upcoming nuptials, and hopefully they'll continue to offer updates via social media along the way.
We're ready to see those wedding pics!
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News Friday, January 21
President Joe Biden Confirms VP Kamala Harris Will Be His Running Mate in 2024 Election!
President Joe Biden is sticking with Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election.
Comedian Louie Anderson Passes Away at 68
Louie Anderson — an Emmy-winning comedian and actor known for his roles in movies such as "Coming to America" and TV shows including "Baskets" — has passed away at the age of 68.
Mitch McConnell Slammed for Comparing 'African-American Voters' to 'Americans'
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is facing scrutiny over comments he made about Black voters.


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Shadow Fight 2 has taken the world by storm, as rated as one of the best action RPG games available on Android and iOS. The game was originally released on Facebook and at its peak reached a total of 40 million users. Now Shadow Fight 2 is out as a sequel to the first game which features exciting, fast paced fighting action. Get Shadow Fight 2 Hack APK today.
This game has an arsenal of weapons and armours for you to equip your ninja with, such as swords, katanas, nun-chucks, kunais, knives and magical powers. More importantly, each weapon feels unique and powerful to use so the gameplay never gets stale.
This game might look cheap but it contains some of the most fluid controls a fighting game can offer. After all, fluidity and responsiveness is an important factor in fighting games. However, all of this wouldn't matter unless the game has epic animations – which it does. With life like slashes and Kung Fu moves, you can tell the animator was no amateur. In this game, you'll surely send your opponents flying.
Even for the best of gamers, this game is not easy. There are many challenging bosses that players may spend hours upon hours trying to beat but that's what makes Shadow Fight so fun.The bosses include Lynx, Hermit, Butcher, Wasp, Widow and Shogun, you are guaranteed to never be bored.


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Q: PHP - Assigning values in a while loop and Accessing them individually outside the loop PLATFORM:
PHP, mySQL
WHAT I HAVE:
I have a Database table. Within my application, I am able to fetch all the rows. When I am querying the database, I have set the records fetch limit dynamically.
WHAT I AM TRYING TO DO:
I am trying to pull out all the rows of data until the record fetch limit is reached, in a loop. I want to assign these results to another array(in the loop) so that I can access these values via this new array, outside the loop. I need the PHP code to do so. I want to be able to apply the same logic of coding in Javascript. Will that be possible?
EXAMPLE:
//TABLE STRUCTURE
fname   lname    city
Ed       Al      SA
Bob     B       MN
Chris     V       KJ

PHP QUERY:
$result = mysql_query("SELECT fname, lname, city FROM table LIMIT 3");

while( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ) {

        $new_rows_data['fname'] .= $row['fname'];
        $new_rows_data['lname'] .= $row['lname'];
        $new_rows_data['city']  .= $row['city'];
    }

DESIRED OUTPUT:
echo $new_rows_data['fname'][0].'   '.$new_rows_data['lname'][0].'   '.$new_rows_data['city'][0].
//Want the above to show: Ed        Al      SA
echo $new_rows_data['fname'][1].'   '.$new_rows_data['lname'][1].'   '.$new_rows_data['city'][1].
//Want the above to show: Bob       B       MN
echo $new_rows_data['fname'][2].'   '.$new_rows_data['lname'][2].'   '.$new_rows_data['city'][2].
//Want the above to show: Chris     V       KJ

Thank you in advance.

A: If you change the PHP query bits to...
$new_rows_data['fname'][] = $row['fname'];
$new_rows_data['lname'][] = $row['lname'];
$new_rows_data['city'][]  = $row['city'];

...you should be good to go. (At the moment, you're appending the contents into a single string each time.)
Incidentally, I presume this data is 'known good', as you don't appear to be output escaping it at all. (Cross site scripting is bad, etc.)

A: Although middaparka's answer is right, be sure to first declare the individual new arrays before entering the while loop:
$result = mysql_query("SELECT fname, lname, city FROM table LIMIT 3");

$new_rows_data['fname'] = array();
$new_rows_data['lname'] = array();
$new_rows_data['city'] = array();
while( $row = mysql_fetch_array($result) ) {
    // the following (two brackets []), automatically pushes a value on the end of the array
    $new_rows_data['fname'][] = $row['fname'];
    $new_rows_data['lname'][] = $row['lname'];
    $new_rows_data['city'][]  = $row['city']
}

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Denver Promoter Francois Baptiste Talks the Past, Present & Future of Denver Nightlife
Denby Gardiner August 18, 2017 Music
Francois Baptiste (Left) and Squizzy Taylor. Photo courtesy of Facebook
Denver is a city bursting with art, music and other culturally enriching aspects of our state's unique culture. The individuals who showcase these gifts are praised and appreciated as they should be, but what about the other characters who work night and day to ensure these gifts are given a platform? Francois Baptiste, a longtime Denver promoter, has been deeply involved in the night and concert life since his move to Boulder in 1991. His company, 3Deep Productions, has been a heavy-hitter in getting the people of Denver the acts that they deserve.
"Denver's greatest strength is in the diversity of its people," said Baptiste's longtime business partner Alvin LaCabe in regards to the Denver event scene. "Denver is a live entertainment, artsy, foodie, outdoors kind of town. I think it's reflected in the music." These guys know the ins and outs of what will make it here in Denver. We asked all three what the secret to their success is, and each answer fell back into the same principle: "Team work. It's really about recognizing each other's strengths and weaknesses and making sure we hold each other accountable," explained Baptiste's other partner, Kevin Kain. "We realized early on what the ultimate goal is [to] push each other to achieve the vision."
To get down deeper to the real essence of what 3Deep has already and has yet to accomplish, 303 Magazine took an afternoon to get inside Baptiste's head and the heart of his passion.
Francois Baptiste
303 Magazine: You have been a prevalent force in the Denver community for a decade and a half. How did all of that start?
Francois Baptiste: I came to school in '91 at CU Boulder. I came up there not knowing what I wanted to go to school for, but I majored in communications. I started doing more parties in Boulder. Around that time Fox Theatre was opened by Don Strasburg, who actually is now co-president of AEG Live Rocky Mountains and Pacific Northwest. I've known him forever, he kind of took me under his wing and I started promoting a lot of historic concerts back then. The Fugees, Ice Cube, Outkast… this was at the beginning of a lot of these artists and in Boulder.
READ: Fox Theatre Celebrates 25 Years of Bringing the Groove to Boulder
I look back at it and think, 'This is really incredible to see.' This kind of talent now, there is no way you could put them at the Fox Theatre now. When I graduated from CU I bumped into Jason Miller [senior vice president of House of Blues Concerts] and I went to work for him for eight years. I was his assistant talent buyer for almost 10 years. I was doing clubs and concerts professionally and I just never stopped. [laughs] You get the bug and you gotta do it.
303: What made you want to bring this culture to Denver?
FB: I grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico, which is a small city. Looking at Denver back then, Denver was like New York to me. But, when I got here, it just wasn't like that. I wanted to make it to where, the things I would have wanted to see as a kid, I want to do it. If no one else is going to volunteer, I want to do it. So, I really wanted to keep Denver in the know, up to date on the music and push the scene. That was really my main goal. To do good events.
303: What do you think is the greatest contributing factor to your success in Denver?
FB: I think Denver is ever-growing. I have personally had some great mentors in the game who took me under their wing and taught me every aspect of the game. I think the honest truth is that Denver has the most potential, Denver always had the potential to be the most amazing city. I just think Denver has always been its own worst enemy when it comes to nightlife. I have a feeling that with legal marijuana — and it's growing so fas — that it is going to have to step up to the plate of realizing that we're a major city and we have to act like it. Denver is not slowing down. One point I am trying to push in my platform is we have to change things in our nightlife in terms of hours. Clubs should close at 3 a.m.
Francois Baptiste (Far Left) Photo courtesy of Facebook.
303: Tell us about some of your upcoming projects.
FB: The main thing I am doing right now is working to release Trev Rich's new album Balance. I am doing, streetwise, a gazillion concerts for AEG. Then, we have the 15th anniversary of the All White Party at the View House in the Tech Center.
READ: Trev Rich Talks New Album and Grammy Goals
303: What is your favorite Denver event 3Deep has been put on?
FB: I would say the White Party. We did an all-star weekend once that was really wild. We did Kelly Rowland at Beta and Justin Bieber came out of nowhere and decided to hang out as well. We did a party when Dr. Dre, Eminem and all of those guys were on a big tour. The end of the tour [was] in Denver, and they ended up doing two shows out at Fiddler's Green. They wanted to do a party, and Xzibit is actually a good friend of mine so we invited him to host. Dr. Dre, Snoop and the whole tour got up there and did it for free.
303: What is your favorite part of the Denver hip-hop scene?
FB: I think that the Denver hip-hop scene has grown exponentially in regards to the sound and the talent. I've always tried to push it in various ways, but I am really excited about the possibilities. I think what happened over the last three to five years is that people decided to be their own person. We're such in a weird place in Denver. We're not on the West Coast we're not on the East Coast, we're not south. But, we are so musically influenced. I think that's when you start seeing people like Trev Rich, Ray Reed, Trayce Chapman. The Denver music right now is really cool. I think anything is possible right now.
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Bloc personal de l'Āryaprabha, Dharmachari. :-) Historiador de l'art. Cantaire. :-P Curiòs. Survivor. Mexicà. :-) My personal world explained in three languages.
dimecres, de gener 30, 2013
TV3 - Karakia - Tejszínhabos gesztenyepüre (Andrea, Hongria)
Publicado por Marco Antonio Silva Barón en 6:42 p. m.
South Korea hopes to match North in space race
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INTERVIEWS | JANUARY 8, 2013 | 19:42
Building a country brand is harder than destroying it
SOURCE: AMCHAM PERSPECTIVE MAGAZINE
A strong country brand must attract businesses and investments, promote the goals of the tourism industry, promote public diplomacy, support the interests of exporting industries, strengthen national identity and increase self-respect.
(Perspective Magazine)
Miša Lukić, President of the Management Board, Leo Burnett
What country is the world's top brand? Why?
According to the prominent Anholt-Gfk Roper 'Nations Brands Index,' the world's top nation brand is the USA. The USA is a megabrand and, as any other country megabrand, has evolved over centuries, shaped by wars, political influence, by economic growth and power, famous sons and daughters, by a rich cultural background, by the brands it exports, by versatile tourism supply, etc. All these factors contributed over time to the nation's brand, but even more important the USA continuously takes care and invests in their reputation. Some of great American commercial brands have done a marvelous job in sketching the outlines of Brand America: wealth, independence, ruggedness, dependability, individualism, youthfulness, fun and so on.
Also, USA governments have always seen America's cultural output as one of the 'soft' techniques for building the national reputation. Hollywood movies could get away with some fairly explicit celebration of American values. One reason why culture works so well in building brand for countries is that people aren't as suspicious of it as they are of commercial messages. They watch movies, relax their vigilance and don't look for hidden agendas. On other hand, it's certainly easier for countries that are not in the mainstream of global politics to achieve good brand rankings because negative brand attributes nearly always accrue to first-world countries as a result of unpopular foreign policies, America, as one of the counties that regularly plays a key role in world affairs, will find this kind of negative equity hard to avoid completely.
Despite the economic pitfalls and negatively perceived international politics, the USA remains the top brand. This is so because the USA has been for years far ahead of every other nation, and it would take a long time to destroy all the dimensions that have made America a strong nation brand.
How does a country build a brand out of its name?
The process of building a country brand starts with defining a preliminary vision. The next step is forming an action group. Then, professional qualitative and quantitative research is carried out to find out how the nation brand is perceived internationally, by the target markets and by its own people. The research findings are analyzed and experts, national key players and stakeholders consulted.
Then in the strategy-building phase the core idea and the identity of the nation brand are formed, along with the umbrella brand and sub-brands (tourism, investment, public diplomacy and trade and export). A good communication system during the whole process is vital. The implementation phase itself will require many years, and the process should never stop.
Building a country brand differs significantly from branding consumer goods. Country branding is not an advertising spot on CNN. It's not about listing the geographical advantages of a country. The development of a country brand in people's mind is similar to piecing together a jigsaw puzzle. Once there are enough pieces, people may start to recognize the picture that the jigsaw puzzle aims to create. Only a part of the brand contacts comes from the planned communication, but it is important to acknowledge that not all the brand contacts are equally influential in brand building. The importance of planned communication is typically less than word-of-mouth. In the puzzle metaphor, this means some pieces of the puzzle are bigger than others.
The minimum time for a country to reshape or build a country brand is 15 to 20 years.
To what extent does an image that a country projects correlate with the level of foreign investment in that country?
Despite the fact the foreign investors have more rational approach to perceiving one's country reputation than for example tourists, they are still at least unconsciously affected by the overall image a country brand is associated with. Economic and political stability, laws and regulations, the level of corruption, the tax system, are some of the crucial factors in the decision-making process of all investors. However, when key similarities between countries appear, other elements of a country brand prevail in making the final decision.
How long will Serbia take to change its image as a bad guy, and how can this be achieved?
To change a country's image is not simple at all. In our case it is even more complicated and difficult. We have to be aware that our problem is not primarily one of communication, in which the country simply has to get better at telling the world its story. It is past and current perceived behavior that created our reputation. One of the most damaging effects of the Milošević government was the way in which it destroyed the country's reputation. The Milošević regime managed to destroy Serbia's image in just one decade and made it one of the most hated and unpopular nations in the world. This was greater damage than all the economic and political hardships people had to face during his time.
Despite everything, we can make surprising turnaround in the story as long as there is a clear strategy for doing so – visionary leadership and proper coordination between government, the public and private sector and the community. The desired image of the country needs to be in some credible way connected to its current reputation, or else the task becomes unfeasible. Existing perception is what gives a country permission to start a dialogue with people in other places and attempt to build on these, gradually leading public perceptions in a new direction.
My advice is not to spend huge amounts of money on conventional marketing, because the money is usually better spent on genuine improvements to the country, which will also have a more powerful, more credible and longer-lasting effect on its reputation. So the first motto for the country-branding project should be Actions speak louder than words', and the second motto should be 'Don't talk unless you have something to say'.
To change a country brand image, it's very important how its population perceive the nation brand because this is a powerful driver of the external image. When the entire population is galvanized into becoming the mouthpiece of a country's values and qualities, then you have an advertising medium that is actually equal to the enormous task of communicating something so complex to so many.
Can culture be a powerful tool in building Serbia Brand?
Culture is a more eloquent communicator of national image than commercial brands, even if it does work more slowly. Culture also works in many different ways as a metaphor for country brand personality, and people deduce a great deal about the inner qualities of a nation through its cultural enterprises. The cultural aspect of national image is irreplaceable and uncopiable because it is uniquely linked to the country itself. Culture can often play a critical role in moving the current image of a country towards a more useful one.
If we summarize the key elements in country branding, what would they be?
Get to know your audience, get to know your competition and get to know your own country!
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Talk to Al Jazeera - Noam Chomsky: The responsibility of privilege
Publicado por Marco Antonio Silva Barón en 10:26 p. m.
Excelentísimas noticias
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AL JAZEERA TO START NEW U.S.-BASED NEWS CHANNEL
New York – January 2, 2013
Al Jazeera Media Network announced that it will launch a new U.S.-based news channel that will provide both domestic news and international news for American audiences.
The Network has won numerous U.S. and international awards for its journalism and with more than 70 bureaus across the globe it has one of the largest bureau footprints and newsgathering forces of any news network in the world.
Al Jazeera Media Network also announced that it has acquired Current TV in the United States and that the new U.S.-based news channel will be available on Current's distribution network when it is launched in 2013. There will be a transition from existing programming until the new Al Jazeera channel begins to air.
The new channel will be headquartered in New York City. In addition to the existing Al Jazeera news bureaus in New York, Washington, D.C., Los Angeles, Miami and Chicago, Al Jazeera will open additional bureaus in key locations across the United States. Al Jazeera's expansion will double the network's U.S.-based staff to more than 300 employees.
Al Jazeera Director General Ahmed bin Jassim Al Thani said that the creation of the new U.S.-based news channel and the purchase of Current TV are historic developments in Al Jazeera's 16-year history. He said, "For many years, we understood that we could make a positive contribution to the news and information available in and about the United States and what we are announcing today will help us achieve that goal. By acquiring Current TV, Al Jazeera will significantly expand our existing distribution footprint in the U.S., as well as increase our newsgathering and reporting efforts in America. We look forward to working together with our new cable and satellite partners to serve our new audiences across the U.S. I am both exceptionally pleased and very proud that we could take this very important step."
Al Jazeera's decision to create a U.S.-based news channel was based in part on the fact that Americans have already shown a great demand for its news and programs: Almost 40 percent of all online viewing of Al Jazeera English comes from the United States.
"U.S. viewers have clearly demonstrated that they like the way Al Jazeera provides compelling, in-depth news to audiences across the world," the Director General said. "Our commitment to the voice of the voiceless, bringing stories from under-reported regions across the world and putting the human being at the center of our news agenda is at the heart of what we do. Everyone at Al Jazeera takes great pride in the independence, impartiality, professionalism and courage of our journalism. I look forward to bringing these standards to our new American audiences and working with our new colleagues at Current."
The new U.S.-based news channel will be the latest addition to the Al Jazeera Media Network which consists of: Al Jazeera English, Al Jazeera Arabic, Al Jazeera Documentary, Al Jazeera Balkans, Al Jazeera Sport, Al Jazeera Mubasher, Al Jazeera Mubasher Misr (Egypt Live), Al Jazeera Mobile, the English and Arabic Al Jazeera web sites Al Jazeera.net and Al Jazeera.com, and supported by the Al Jazeera Media Training and Development Center, the Al Jazeera Center for Studies, and the Al Jazeera Public Liberties and Human Rights Department. As part of the Network's expansion it is also planning to launch Al Jazeera Turk for the Turkish-speaking region in 2013.
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Republican House Majority Leader Del. Todd Gilbert said Fairfax's comments about lynchings were highly inappropriate.
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"He said what he needed to say," said Sen. Mamie Locke.
Virginia Legislative Black Caucus Chairman Del. Lamont Bagby said he's heard similar rhetoric from his constituents, who have expressed concerns that Fairfax is being treated unfairly because of his race.
Gov. Ralph Northam and Attorney General Mark Herring, both Democrats and both white, are embroiled in their own scandal after acknowledging they wore blackface in the 1980s. Northam has also resisted widespread calls to resign and instead said he intends to devote his remaining years in office to addressing the state's deep and lingering racial divisions.


A recent report Inequality in 1,100 Popular Films reveals that out of 4,403 characters studied in Hollywood movies last year, less than 1% (only 0.7%)) were gay, lesbian, or bisexual. No transgender characters in the top 100 movies of the year at all.
Conducted over a decade, looking at Hollywood's biggest films from 2007 to 2017, researchers examined portrayals of women, characters of color, LGBT characters, and characters with disability.
Overall, the numbers reveal that despite all the talk about diversity and representation, there is less action to make it happen.
Looking at the bigger oicture from 2014 to 2017 (400 films and 17,820 characters) things don't get much better. Across those years, 83 characters were gay. That's 0.004% of all characters examined. Besides, only 29 were lesbians and 22 were bisexual. A single trans character appeared in these 400 films.
For other portrayals the report assesses, the numbers remain unfortunately low.
Of the studied 1,100 films, only 13% had a gender balance in their cast. When looking year-by-year, women fared worst in 2014 with 28.1% of speaking roles and best in 2008 and 2009, with 32.8% each. In 2017 alone, only 33 films of the 100 most popular had a female lead or co-lead. Of those characters, only 4 were women of color and 5 were 45 or older.
In terms of race, 70.7% of characters since 2007 have been white. 12.1% have been black, 6.2% Hispanic, 4.8% Asian, and 6.3% other. Once more, this is also worse for women of color. Of the top 100 films of last year, 43 had no black women, 65 had no Asian women, 64 had no Hispanic or Latinx women, and 94 had not LGBT women.
For people with disabilities, only 2.5% of speaking roles were depicted as characters with a disability. 61.6% of them were physical disabilities, 26.8% were mental, and 30.4% were communicative. The gender factor also plays a role in this. 69.6% of the characters with disabilities were male and 30.4% were female.
A solution could be adopting the inclusion rider provision, which gained popularity after Frances McDormand mentioned it in her Oscars acceptance speech earlier this year. In any case, Hollywood has to pull their socks up!


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In fact, we are celebrating twice, having won our category (The Astmoor Business Improvement District Business Award) in addition to the highly coveted Halton Business of the Year Award.
"The awards recognise and reward excellent performance, good business practices and the successes of Halton businesses. The awards are open to all Halton businesses and the range of categories is wide".
Now in their tenth year, the Halton Business Awards were held for the first time at The Select Stadium in Widnes and the ceremony was attended by almost 50 companies and over 300 guests.
Winning Business of the Year is a fantastic accolade for CDL, who started life in 1999 from humble beginnings, and recorded 20 per cent growth last year, now employing 70 staff at a purpose-built site on Davy Road in Runcorn.
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10 Myanmar police killed in attack by ethnic armies: Reports
Fighters from an alliance of rebel groups reportedly attack a police station in a new escalation after the military coup.
Soldiers cross a bridge in Shan state in 2019 after it was attacked by ethnic rebel groups [File: AFP]
Published On 10 Apr 202110 Apr 2021
An alliance of ethnic armies in Myanmar that has opposed the military's crackdown on anti-coup protests has attacked a police station in the country's east and killed at least 10 policemen, according to local media.
The police station at Naungmon in Shan state was attacked early in the morning of Saturday by fighters from an alliance that includes the Arakan Army, the Ta'ang National Liberation Army and the Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army, media reported.
Shan News said at least 10 policemen were killed, while the Shwe Phee Myay news outlet put the death toll at 14.
There was no immediate comment by the military.
Al Jazeera's Tony Cheng, reporting from neighbouring Thailand, noted the ethnic armies are some of the oldest in the world, having battled central government forces for decades.
"Since the [February 1] coup, there has been a lot of talk about armed groups operating together but we have not actually seen it before. Today it's claimed three acted together, joined forces, attacked this outpost manned by Myanmar police, killing a number of policemen," said Cheng.
More than 700 people have been killed by the military in the crackdown on protests against the coup, according to a monitoring group. As violence has escalated, about a dozen armed groups have condemned the coup-makers as illegitimate and pledged to stand with the protesters.
Civilian lawmakers, most of whom are in hiding after their removal, have announced plans to form a "national unity government" – with key roles for ethnic leaders – and are holding online talks about joint resistance to the generals.
Dozens of bodies
Meanwhile, reports from Myanmar said dozens of people were killed in a military assault on anti-coup protesters in the city of Bago, about 60km (32 miles) northeast of Yangon.
Independent local media and the Assistance Association for Political Prisoners (AAPP), which issues daily counts of casualties and arrests from the crackdown against protesters, put the death toll to at least 82.
The AAPP's tallies are widely accepted as highly credible because cases are not added to their totals until they have been confirmed, with the details published on the group's website. In its Saturday report, it said it expected the number of dead in Bago to rise as more cases were verified.
News site Myanmar Now cited a protest leader as saying dozens of bodies had been brought inside a pagoda compound where the military was based. Witnesses cited by both media outlets reported hours of gunfire that started early on Friday.
Protests against the February coup continued on Saturday in Yangon, Mandalay, Bagan, Sagaing, Myeik and many other cities.
The military crackdown has also included reports of protesters being tortured in detention and harsh sentences.
The military issued death sentences on 19 people from Yangon's North Okkalapa township on Friday. They were charged with beating an army captain, according to Radio Free Asia.
The military coup overthrew the elected government led by Aung San Suu Kyi, who is currently under house arrest.
Source: Al Jazeera and news agencies


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Who knew Billy Gilman could cook?
He doesn't need to sing for his supper. He'll make the supper.
What fun catching up with the singer from Hope Valley, who recently filmed a Small Bites cooking video for The Journal. He made his family favorite, BG Holiday Amaretto Cheesecake, while talking about his upcoming Providence concert and his new song, "Get it. Got it. Good."
"I am asked every year to make one," he said of his boozy cheesecake. "It's a tradition for the Gilmans."
The hit song "One Voice" made Gilman a star at 10 and launched his country-music career. Last year, he rebooted and was the runner-up on season 11 of "The Voice." He's been in the studio recording a new album with a team that includes one of Prince's former producers. Now the meetings start to sell the album.
He has a marvelous voice and is a polished performer, at ease in front of a crowd or a camera. Could the Food Network be in his future?
But how do you know he's a home cook and not a poser? Because he didn't just share his recipe, he offered a lineup of tips. He also agonized over cracking the top of the cheesecake by rushing. He knows his way around the kitchen.
"I'll be the one reading a cookbook on a flight, front to back," he said.
In fact, it was on a flight that he wrote down his ideas for this cheesecake and then headed into the kitchen to make it work. He tried making it with Bailey's Irish Cream and then rum, but neither worked. Then he hit on amaretto for the flavor he wanted.
"I like to cook. It's cathartic and relaxing," he said. "Unless you see a dish going south."
Gilman watched his mother and grandmother as he learned to cook. Other specialties he makes include a chocolate bread pudding, an arugula pesto ("because it's lighter than basil"), compound butter for steaks, and shrimp.
His band likes to go on the road with him. They ask, " 'Can we have that shrimp scampi?' " he said.
Chipped beef and gravy over jonnycakes was Sunday supper at his home. His grandfather was also a cook. He made a clear chowder.
Gilman will headline a Billy Gilman Home for the Holidays concert of Christmas favorites at the Dunkin' Donuts Center, in Providence, at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 14. He'll be backed by a nine-piece band. In addition to holiday songs, the set list will include some of his own material, as well as classics. Tickets are $29, $39 and $59 and can be purchased by calling (800) 745-3000, at all Ticketmaster outlets, at ticketmaster.com and in person at the Dunkin' Donuts box office, 1 La Salle Square, Providence. A portion of the proceeds will go to Hasbro Children's Hospital.
Gilman isn't sad about not winning "The Voice." He said performers use it as a platform to make more music.
"What 'The Voice' gave me is a chance to go in a new direction, and the audience," he said.
But back to good food talk. Here are his five tips for making Holiday Amaretto Cheesecake.
1. Don't beat the cheesecake at high speeds or too much — it'll add air into the batter, which can cause cracks. This is why it's important to have room temperature, softened cream cheese. The softer the cream cheese, the less beating necessary.
2. Don't overbake the cheesecake. It's done baking when there's still about a 3-inch ring in the middle that looks a little undercooked.
3. Cooling. You want to do it slowly, per the directions.
4. A water bath. I don't love them, but they are necessary for a nice-looking cheesecake.
5. You can omit the amaretto from all or some of the mousse topping if it will be served to children.
The Journal's Small Bites videos are created in collaboration with the Providence Warwick Convention & Visitors Bureau. They are shot in a demonstration kitchen at Hope & Main, the food-business incubator in Warren. Find the video at providencejournal.com/topics/small-bites.
BG Holiday Amaretto Cheesecake
For the crust
1¼ cups vanilla wafer crumbs
5 tablespoons (70 g) butter, melted
5 tablespoons (65 g) sugar
For the cheesecake filling
24 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
1 teaspoon almond extract
5 tablespoons amaretto liqueur
For the mousse topping
3/4 cup heavy whipping cream (cold)
3 tablespoons confectioner's sugar
2 tablespoons amaretto liqueur (optional)
1 small package sliced almonds
To make the crust: Preheat oven to 325 degrees.
In a small bowl, combine vanilla wafer crumbs, butter and sugar, and mix well. Press mixture into the bottom and up the sides of a 9-inch springform pan with parchment paper on the bottom.
Bake crust for 10 minutes.
When cool, cover the outsides of the pan well using aluminum foil. This is so the water from the water bath cannot get in.
To make the cheesecake filling, reduce oven temperature to 300 degrees.
In a large bowl, blend the cream cheese, sugar and flour with an electric mixer until combined. Use low speed to keep air from getting into the batter, which can cause cracks. Scrape down the sides of the bowl while mixing.
Add eggs one at a time, beating slowly and scraping the sides of the bowl after each addition.
Add the sour cream, almond extract and amaretto liqueur. Beat on low speed until well combined.
Pour the filling into the pan.
Bang the cheesecake on the counter a few times to release air bubbles that can cause cracks.
Make a water bath for baking by placing the springform pan inside another pan, such as a roaster. Fill the outside pan with enough warm water to go about halfway up the sides of the springform pan. The water should not go above the top edge of the aluminum foil on the springform pan.
Bake for 1 hour and 40-50 minutes.
Turn off heat and leave cheesecake in oven with door closed for 10 minutes.
Crack oven door and leave the cheesecake in the oven for another 20 minutes or until set. This process helps the cheesecake cool slowly to prevent cracks.
Chill cheesecake after removing from oven. When it's chilled and firm, make the mousse.
To make the mousse topping: Add heavy whipping cream, confectioner's sugar and amaretto, if desired, to the mixing bowl and whip until stiff peaks form, for a total whipping time of about 5 to 7 minutes.
Remove cheesecake from springform pan, then top with mousse.
Sprinkle cheesecake with sliced almonds and store in refrigerator until ready to serve.
12 to 14 servings
Total time: about 2 hours
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I am a bit late on this topic. We already have many posts (including Feature of the Day – Inside Microsoft Dynamics GP) on this written by several community members. So instead of repeating it again, I am just adding pointers here to those posts.
To just brief what it is: Document Attachment is a new feature in Microsoft Dynamics GP 2013, which would enhance the way we currently deal with document attachments on a record. If you had sensed it right, yes it's almost like OLE Notes, but much more than that.
It doesn't restrict itself to 32 bit architecture, like OLE notes container does.
It is compatible with Web Client, but OLE notes is not.
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El Apeadero de Silvã-Feiteira es una plataforma desactivada del Ramal de Figueira da Foz, que servía a las localidades de Silvã y Feiteira, en el distrito de Aveiro, en Portugal.

Historia

Inauguración
El tramo entre Figueira da Foz y Vilar Formoso, donde esta plataforma se sitúa, fue inaugurado el 3 de agosto de 1882, por la Compañía de los Caminhos de Ferro Portugueses de Beira Alta.

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El Ramal de Figueira da Foz fue cerrado a la circulación ferroviaria el 5 de enero de 2009 por motivos de seguridad, por la Red Ferroviaria Nacional. La empresa Comboios de Portugal aseguró, hasta el 1 de enero de 2012, un servicio de transporte de sustitución.

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