The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative (SISI) is a 4-year partnership project which aims to work with local organisations and volunteers to control invasive non-native species along riversides in Northern Scotland, for the benefit of our native wildlife and communities.
SISI is led by Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and is funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund, SNH and by in-kind support from project partners and volunteers.
Our iconic Scottish freshwater rivers and lochs are at the heart of our environment and they play a key role in supporting much of Scotland's wildlife, support a range of economic activities and have a high social and recreational value. Invasive non-native species (INNS) are having a significant negative impact on our freshwater and riparian (riverside) environments, being responsible for the decline of native species and causing effects like bank erosion. We want to halt and control the spread of invasive species, undertake habitat restoration and encourage the return of our native wildlife.
Our project staff will work with the ten Fisheries Trusts/Boards who look after the rivers from the Tay in the south to the remote catchments of North West Sutherland, to recruit and train volunteers and work with local groups to enable control of invasive species at a local level, embedded in the community. We are funded for 4 years, until Oct 2021, after which time our aspiration is that local community control of invasives will continue, making this a sustainable long-term solution to invasive species control.
Everyone can help halt the spread of invasive non-native species, whether by getting directly involved in their control, practising better biosecurity to limit their spread or by simply being more aware and reporting invasive sightings. We want to raise awareness of the problems invasives cause and engage the public in being part of the solutions.
This is an ambitious project, aiming to create a sense of cohesion between partners, volunteers and communities and working at a large-scale across a third of Scotland to ensure co-ordinated INNS control. Read more about our partners and funders.
Our Volunteering Policy outlines our commitment to, and support of, our volunteers. Download our Volunteer Policy in English or in Gaelic.
The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative project area is defined by the boundaries of the fishery trusts and boards that we are working in partnership with. It stretches from the Perth area in the south, covers the whole of North East Scotland and across to the west coast (Kyle of Lochalsh to the south) and northwards to Durness, in North West Sutherland. The area encompasses a variety of communities, geography and land uses. It also includes a number of sites designated for wildlife / conservation value and the SISI project activities will help protect habitats and species on 22 of these sites from invasive non-native species.
In total we cover an area of 29,500km2 - over a third of Scotland (and an area larger than the country of Wales!).
We are targetting several key invasive non-native plants across the project area - the worst offenders in creating problems in our environment. As well as our own staff and contractors removing these, we will recruit, train, equip and support a network of volunteers across the partnership area. We aim to have all our target areas in a minimal maintenance state within the duration of the project.
The invasive American mink is well-known to be responsible for the decimation of native wildlife, particularly the water vole. Building on the work of previous mink control projects, and in partnership with the University of Aberdeen, we will undertake a programme of monitoring and trapping for removal of mink, with the help of a network of volunteers. We aim to have breeding mink reduced to minimal levels (less than 10% of original detection rates) and we aim to see recovery of native mink prey species; water vole and moor hen.
We will raise awareness about invasive non-native species, and educate people about their impacts, how they can practice good biosecurity and how to record sightings. We will engage people in discovering about the importance of the river environment and its native wildlife and deliver various education programmes to schools ensuring we are inspiring and educating the next generation to value our iconic species and habitats.
Central to our approach is the establishment of a volunteer network that will be passionate about our iconic freshwater habitats and species and will continue to control invasive species beyond the end of the SISI project. We know from previous projects that partnership and volunteer-based invasive control at large geographical scales can be successful - we also know that control at this scale is challenging and takes hard work and investment in people to be sustainable.
A key part of controlling invasive species in Scotland is preventing their spread into new areas. This can happen naturally by seed dispersal, but often it is due to people unwittingly carrying invasive species as hitchhikers on their canoes, fishing gear or walking boots. As part of our project we will highlight the importance of practising good biosecurity measures so we can stop the spread of invasive species.
The Scottish Invasive Species Initiative is a partnership of organisations working together to undertake invasive species management at a large scale. Find out who is involved in delivering the project.
Meet the team! We have a team of staff delivering the Scottish Invasive Species Initiative, as well as staff from the local Fisheries Trusts.
This could be you! Why not get involved and help our project.


The hint of coconut & ginger in this mango salsa really makes it pop. It'll be your new favorite tortilla dip, it certainly is mine! Made with rip mangoes, radish, green onion and ginger, it has jus 7 grams of net carbs per serving... worth the splurge in my opinion.
coconut meat; add coconut meat to food processor bowl or blender container.
coconut mixture. Stir to combine.
Cover and refrigerate for 2 to 6 hours.
You may skip the refrigeration if you are in a hurry, but this salsa gets better after a little marinating. If you have the time, let it marinate in the frig for a couple hours at least.
This is a fantastic salsa to serve over fish, chicken, or even ham. But I love it just with my favorite tortilla chips and a good movie.


Since 1828, more than 1.5 million people have been interred in Glasnevin - rich and famous, paupers and politicians, artists, warriors and heroes, all resting side by side in this renowned Victorian Garden Cemetery. Established by Daniel O'Connell as a place where people of "all religions and none" could bury their dead with dignity; the cemetery has grown to become a national monument and is a vital part of the Irish Heritage story.
Tours: Key to Glasnevin's success is the popularity of the tour guides whose enthusiasm is compelling. Brimming with banter and charm each tour guide is passionate about sharing their love of heritage and history. There is inspiration around every corner and at every grave, and with one and a half million stories buried in Glasnevin, there's no shortage of tales to tell.
Interactive exhibitions, dramatic re-enactments and daily walking tours visiting many of the renowned figures that shaped Ireland including Charles Stewart Parnell, Roger Casement, Eamon De Valera, Michael Collins, Constance Markievicz, Brendan Behan, Luke Kelly and Daniel O'Connell. An unique opportunity to gain an understanding of Ireland's complex and fascinating history. Visit inside Daniel O'Connell's Celtic Romantic designed Crypt and iconic tower, the tallest in Ireland, forms part of the tour.
A genealogy research area, where access to the extensive online records can be accessed is a must for those researching their ancestry.
Visit the museum shop, home to a beautiful collection of Irish crafts, jewellery, mementos, historical books, and other interesting gifts.
The majority of those killed during the 1916 Easter Rising are buried in Glasnevin Cemetery. Here we hold the stories of those who participated in and witnessed this defining moment in Irish history, from Volunteers to Fusiliers and everyone in between. Starting this year special 1916 tours of the cemetery will take place telling the story of Easter week through the lives of those ordinary and extraordinary figures buried here.
All freshly made cakes, scones, salads and artisan sandwiches are prepared on a daily basis and what better way to end a visit to the museum with a fresh bite to eat, cup of coffee or a sweet treat.


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A book that draws mother and child closer together. Mom and Me: An Art Journal to Share is a full-color art journal for moms and kids to color and draw together. Designed to be a sharing experience, mom and child can write each other letters, draw what scares them, imagine what they want to be when they are grown up, color a scene using only one favorite color, and more. The journal is filled with fun hand-lettering and artwork from Bethany Robertson along with creative prompts from licensed art therapist Lacy Mucklow. It is intended to maximize quality time and conversation between mom and child - a way to communicate without interrogation, prodding, or all the other ineffective methods for learning about your child. It's for those moms who want to hear more about a child's day, what happened, how they felt, their thoughts, etc. Lacy Mucklow will offer up the best ways to communicate with a child through creating together: how to start an open conversation with your child, questions you can ask that will help generate thoughtful responses, and how to tailor the quality time so it's still fun and engaging for your child. This art journal has 50 full-color spreads to color, fill in, draw, and more. Each spread has a creative prompt or another exercise for mom and child to fill out together.
In her newest book, teacher researcher and bestselling author Karen Gallas investigates imagination in the classroom to understand its function in literacy learning. Using rich examples from her elementary classroom, she proposes that imagination is a central, but untapped, component of learing accross all subject areas—language arts, science, social studies, and math.
When growing up and living in an addictive lifestyle one can easily fall into bad habits. This book allows one to follow the 12 steps and some few extra steps to try and change bad habits into healthier ones.One searching for help and trying to change their life generally may need some tips from an outside source. In this book my readers can practice some exercises through their process and journey. People in recovery don't want to be told what to do so that is why in this book, I offer many different suggestions to one problem so my readers have options. I am hoping this book can help at least one person that is looking to change their lives.


A busy road I use to commute has been under construction for the better part of a year. Sometimes the lowered speed limit starts too far from the construction site or doesn't end when it's no longer needed. Drivers aren't dumb and speed up when there's no apparent need to drive slowly. Sprinkle enough redundant limits and people will question following them altogether.
Don't create restrictions unless there's an actual need to do so and when you do, make sure the reasons and benefits are clear to everyone. Every additional meter of a speed limit that's no longer applicable devalues its power and respect.
You can enforce limits on people either by fear of punishment or by creating a reason to do so that benefits them. Which one do you think works better?
Some limitations are actually very useful. They push us to do better with less and get more creative. Comedians who can't curse on the airwaves have to work around it. Old school demos are all about pushing against very limited hardware. Limitations also offer a safe harbor for excuses when we fail at our goals.
Of course many limitations are just that, limitations. The original 10 minute limit on YouTube didn't make anything better (people just uploaded several videos). Nor did the 56k modem make early browsing any more enjoyable compared to cable modems.
Next time you blame a limitation for failing, make sure it's an actual limitation and not an excuse.


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Q: Java DigitExtractor I'm having trouble with an assignment that I'm working on. Here is the prompt:
Create a DigitExtractor application that prompts the user for an integer (in the range: 0-999) and then displays either the ones, tens, or hundreds digit of the number. The user will select from a menu which digit they wish to display.
This program needs to be written as a class.  The menu will be your driver program that you submit with the class so your instructor can use it to test the class.
Here is my code for it:
import java.io.*;
import java.util.*;
public class TestingMenu
{
    public int number;
    public int units;
    public int tens;
    public int hundreds;

    public TestingMenu(int input)
    {
        number = input;
        units = number%10;

        tens = number%10;

        hundreds = number%10;
    }

    public int return_units()
    {
        return units;
    }

    public int return_tens()
    {
        return tens;
    }

    public int return_hundreds()
    {
        return hundreds;
    }

    public static void main(String[] args)
    {
        Scanner kbReader = new Scanner(System.in);
        TestingMenu num;
        int choice;

        int input;
        do
        {
            System.out.print("Enter a number(0-999): ");
            input = kbReader.nextInt();
            System.out.println("");
            System.out.println("Options");
            System.out.println("1) Units");
            System.out.println("2) Tens");
            System.out.println("3) Hundreds");
            System.out.println("4) Quit");
            num = new TestingMenu(input);
            System.out.print("Enter your choice: ");
            choice = kbReader.nextInt();

            switch(choice)
            {
                case 1:
                System.out.println("The units digit is: " + num.return_units());
                break;

                case 2:
                System.out.println("The tens digit is: " + num.return_tens());
                break;

                case 3: System.out.println("The hundreds digit is: " + num.return_hundreds());
                break;

                case 4:
                System.exit(4);
                break;

                 default:
                 System.out.print("Invalid. Select a number from the given options.");
                 choice = kbReader.nextInt();
             }
        }
        while(choice != 4);
    }
}

I think I've almost got it, but I'm having issues whenever I test it. When I input a number such as 987 and I run all the options from 1-3, I keep getting 7 for the ones, tens, and hundreds. 4 exits the program and works okay, but I've tested this numerous times. Overall, it seems to only print the last digit.
Enter a number(0-999): 987
Options
1) Units
2) Tens
3) Hundreds
4) Quit
Enter your choice: 1
The units digit is: 7
Enter a number(0-999): 987
Options
1) Units
2) Tens
3) Hundreds
4) Quit
Enter your choice: 2
The tens digit is: 7
Enter a number(0-999): 987
Options
1) Units
2) Tens
3) Hundreds
4) Quit
Enter your choice: 3
The hundreds digit is: 7
Enter a number(0-999): 987
Options
1) Units
2) Tens
3) Hundreds
4) Quit
Enter your choice: 4
Could someone help me identify the error? I don't really know what went wrong with this program despite working on it for a few hours. Thanks in advance. All the help and feedback is greatly appreciated.

A: You had a few issues, I would suggest you review this very carefully -
// Why make them public?
private int units = 0;
private int tens = 0;
private int hundreds = 0;

public TestingMenu(int input) {
  // Convert it to a String.
  String str = String.valueOf(input);
  if (str.length() == 1) {
    // ones and only ones.
    units = Integer.parseInt(str);
  } else if (str.length() == 2) {
    // tens and ones.
    tens = Integer.parseInt(str.substring(0, 1));
    units = Integer.parseInt(str.substring(1, 2));
  } else if (str.length() == 3) {
    // hundreds, tens and ones.
    hundreds = Integer.parseInt(str.substring(0, 1));
    tens = Integer.parseInt(str.substring(1, 2));
    units = Integer.parseInt(str.substring(2, 3));
  }
}

// Just use get, PLEASE!
public int getUnits() {
  return units;
}

public int getTens() {
  return tens;
}

public int getHundreds() {
  return hundreds;
}

public static void main(String[] args) {
  Scanner kbReader = new Scanner(System.in);
  try {
    TestingMenu num;
    int choice;

    do {
      System.out.print("Enter a number(0-999): ");
      num = new TestingMenu(kbReader.nextInt());

      System.out.println("");
      System.out.println("Options");
      System.out.println("1) Units");
      System.out.println("2) Tens");
      System.out.println("3) Hundreds");
      System.out.println("4) Quit");
      System.out.print("Enter your choice: ");
      choice = kbReader.nextInt();

      if (choice == 1) {
        System.out.println("The units digit is: "
            + num.getUnits());
      } else if (choice == 2) {
        System.out.println("The tens digit is: "
            + num.getTens());
      } else if (choice == 3) {
        System.out.println("The hundreds digit is: "
            + num.getHundreds());
      } else if (choice != 4) {
        // We want 4 to fall through and terminate the loop.
        System.out.print("Invalid. Select a number "
            + "from the given options.");
        choice = kbReader.nextInt();
      }
    } while (choice != 4);
  } finally {
    // close the Scanner.
    kbReader.close();
  }
}

A: What I would do is I would is I would use your Scanner to take input as a string so you can use .length() to get the length and .charAt() to display them...remember that charAt is like arrays in that the indexes start from 0, length does not. If you need them to be ints you can use Integer.parseInt() (be sure to check it is a number before trying this cause it will throw an exception but with a boolean and a try catch you can continue to ask users for input until they get it right like this
boolean notComplete = true;
while(notComplete = true){
try{ userinput = //get input somehow
Integer.parseInt(userinput);
//do whatever
boolean complete = true;
}catch(NumberFormatException e){
//get input and repeat it will keep trying until the boolean is updated
}})

But for this I don't think it matters how you keep it as long as you display it. You could also add an array of Strings that have indexs that correspond to what they are...meaning something like this:
String[] s = {"ones", "tens", "hundreds"};

so that when the user says 1, 2 or 3 to pick what should be displayed you can subtract one call .charAt on the string to display the number and print the index of the array s at the same index to tell the user what it is.

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Two Oakland police officers pointed their firearms at a sleeping nineteen-month-old child while investigating a misdemeanor crime, according to a new report released Thursday. The sleeping child posed no threat to the officers, and yet they pointed their guns at the one-year-old anyway. The alarming incident was cited by Independent Monitor Robert Warshaw in his latest report on OPD misconduct. Warshaw noted that the department has had a history of overly aggressive behavior toward city residents. Warshaw also noted in his report that OPD not only failed to make any progress in living up to court-mandated reforms in the latest monitoring period, but actually lost ground for the second quarter in a row.
Warshaw's report also comes in stark contrast to recent statements by Mayor Jean Quan. At a January 23 press conference following the approval of a contract to hire William Bratton, Quan was bullish on the future of the Oakland Police Department. "The reality is that we're making progress, this police department is changing," she said of OPD's decade-old federal reform effort.
Warshaw's report contained no other information on the incident.
Aside from the monitor's long-standing concern with OPD's frequent pointing of firearms at residents without cause, OPD's incomplete tasks are related to failings in Occupy Oakland-related investigations. Previously, the monitor deferred review of OPD's investigations of thousands of complaints that poured in during the fall of 2011.
Seven of these cases dealt with Occupy Oakland incidents, where high-ranking supervisors — including captains — were involved in the situations that led to improper uses of force. "In these situations, if citizens had not made complaints, the misconduct would not have been reported or investigated; and officers would not have been disciplined for their misconduct," Warshaw wrote.
Warshaw's findings dovetail with the stance of Oakland police union on the consent decree. In November, the union filed a lengthy brief with Judge Henderson outlining a lack of accountability for OPD staff above the rank of sergeant. Their position is that the lack of accountability beyond the level of field supervisor is a main reason the reforms have not taken effect.
Warshaw reports directly to federal Judge Thelton Henderson, who is in the process of choosing a compliance director to oversee OPD.


Αν αυτό που ψάχνετε είναι ένα ξενοδοχείο σε καλή θέση στη Νιν Μπιν, μην ψάχνετε πέρα από το Tam Coc Bamboo Homestay. Από εδώ, οι επισκέπτες μπορούν να έχουν άμεση πρόσβαση σε όλα όσα η πόλη έχει να προσφέρει. Με την βολική του τοποθεσία, το ξενοδοχείο προσφέρει εύκολη πρόσβαση στους προορισμούς της πόλης που πρέπει οπωσδήποτε να δείτε.
Το Tam Coc Bamboo Homestay προσφέρει άψογη εξυπηρέτηση και όλες τις βασικές ανέσεις στους ενθουσιώδεις ταξιδιώτες. Τα δωρεάν WiFi σε όλα τα δωμάτια, ημερήσιος καθαρισμός, ιδιωτικό τσεκ ιν/τσεκ άουτ, υπηρεσία εισιτηρίου, 24ωρη ρεσεψιόν είναι μόνο λίγες από τις εγκαταστάσεις που κάνουν το Tam Coc Bamboo Homestay να ξεχωρίζει από τα άλλα ξενοδοχεία στην πόλη.
Η ατμόσφαιρα του Tam Coc Bamboo Homestay αντανακλάται σε κάθε δωμάτιο. Στην ιδιοκτησία θα βρείτε θυρίδα, δωρεάν ποτό καλωσορίσματος, σύνδεση internet (ασύρματη), ασύρματη σύνδεση internet (δωρεάν), κλιματισμός, καθώς και πολλά άλλα. Εξάλλου, το ξενοδοχείο διοργανώνει πολλά ψυχαγωγικά δρώμενα έτσι ώστε να έχετε πολλά πράγματα να κάνετε κατά τη διαμονή σας. Όποιος κι αν είναι ο σκοπός της επίσκεψης σας, το Tam Coc Bamboo Homestay είναι μια εξαιρετική επιλογή για την διαμονή σας στη Νιν Μπιν.
We were able to check in right after we arrived at 6 am and they let us sleep in and have a great breakfast at 12 although it normally stops being served at 9 am. Nicest family / staff ever!
I found this place on Agoda and it was indeed an excellent stay. It was walking distance (approx 400m) from the center of Tam Coc (Center of the Town) . Also the family was very welcoming and the Breakfast and meals were superb :). I would recommend this Home-stay for anyone :) It's Awesome !!
this is just a dorm room not a homestay at all. the room has nothing in it, no tv, or even a night stand or lamp just a bed. the bathrooms are shared, no shampoo just leftover half bars of soap from others. the power cuts out repeatedly. the staff kept asking us to change to a smaller room even though we prepaid for a 2 bed room because they overbooked. didn't clean our room or give us fresh towels. the first thing to greet you when you walk in the homestay is tripping over the uneven stairs to the front desk.
Bed was too bad.. totally uncomfortable..just couldn't sleep for the period of stay.
The home stay hosted by this family in TamCoc was very good. The family unfortunately couldn't understand too much of English. You might have to use google translate for special requests. The food provided by the family was delicious. If you book a dorm stay or a double room, the bathroom is shared. But very clean and extremely homely. A lot of scooters available on the property to rent. The family is warm and welcoming to all kinds of needs. Coffee, tea and rice wine is available at all times without any costs ;) good location as well. We highly enjoyed the stay here at this bamboo themed stay.
Very nice staff, rooms, and location. It's easy to walk everywhere but very quiet and peaceful. Family dinner was delightful !
perfect location for a cave expedition the next days! the room was smelly and the sheet was a bit dirty! The rooster start rooring at 3am wich was really annoyong! the receptionist was really friendly!
Great location and superb view in Tam Coc with great value for money imo. The bed is large for a shared room hostel. The downside was the lack of lockers in the shared room.
So myself and a friend had a double room. It smelt a bit funky (like stale smoke) but was super clean.. as were the shared bathrooms. The staff were hilarious and generally amazing. Expect copious amounts of rice wine at the big family dinner as well as good food!
They had organize "big family dinner" costing 100.000vnd/person but the food isnt good as expected. For me i think next time i will wander around and drop by any restaurant near Tam Coc. There are many restaurants outside with great food and acceptable price.
This Homestay is one of the best I went in Vietnam. The beds in dorms are very comfortable, facilities are new, hot shower and good pressure. The location is in one of the most beautiful landscape I've seen and the staff at the reception is very kind. Tam Coc is stunning. Highly recommended!
It is a quiet place to stay, being just located off the main strip, but the owners really make the place. The guy who works reception is very polite and formal. I'm not sure where he learned English but it's kind of funny talking to him. He's always offering tea and asking if there's anything else he can do. The woman who owns the place is amazing and not to be messed with. I was a ill on my last night so she gave me lunch with the family (for free) and then sent me to bed even though I'd already checked out, she told me that she was not a hotel and therefore to get back to bed. Everything is clean and new. The dorms are small and the beds are comfortable. It's was a little cold and damp, but I think that was just the weather. The bathrooms are great too.
value for money is good,its a lotnquieter than the other hostels in the area. clean,comfy beds,when you have an issue theyll be on it pronto. downside..lol the food in the resto,not the greatest haha,explore the restaurants 5 mins away by foot.
Staff were super friendly! Bed was very comfy. No lock for the door and no locker for your valuables. Only downside.
We showed up very late and left the next day. Got a late checkout without an issue. The staff bent over backwards for us and we're very helpful.
Don't stay here. One of my worst experiences.
Beautiful location. Comfortable and clean beds. Would stay here again.


Storyteller and artist Paul Jackson tells us about the Society of Storytelling, and his cover illustration for a new book celebrating the oral tradition.
The Project: To celebrate the Storytelling revival.
The Society for Storytelling (SfS) was set up in 1993 as a response to a revival in the oral tradition. It is the umbrella organisation for storytelling in Britain.
The History Press was established ten years ago and has become known as the premier contemporary resource for British folk tales. Over the past decade, both organisations have worked together to inform the public about this ancient art form and help re-establish storytelling in Britain.
However, the SfS began to suffer from the social media revolution, so much so that by January 2017 there were only nineteen storytellers left on our directory. I joined the board and began a campaign to rebuild the society from the top down. I commissioned a new website to be built and for our approach to be much more open. We are a charity, so our work must be transparent.
I became the chair of the SfS in May 2017 and continue to redevelop the society. Now we have 196 storytellers in our online directory with a very positive feel of a revival. January 2017 saw just 300 people visit the site but by January 2018 that number had hugely risen to 12,000.
The History Press saw that we were making sweeping changes and commissioned the book. The SfS and the leading Storytelling festival Beyond the Border are both celebrating their 25th anniversary so it seemed fitting that An Introduction to Storytelling should be launched at their festival on 9 and 10 June 2018.
The Welsh storyteller Christine Willison was commissioned to collate and edit the book. Fourteen storytellers wrote articles about different uses of the story craft, from health to education, from how to tell stories as to why it works in such areas as dementia, community, and business.
For the book cover, my idea was to reflect the power and metaphor of story with a montage of images. I wanted to capture the essence of story – the wisdom, immortality, love, and hope. With a tight timetable, I decided to use digital, where painting issues are easier to remedy.
I measured up my paper and drew outlines with an HB pencil for the design.
Starting with immortality in story, I decided that this should balance with creation. In the top right, I drew the World Tree – Yagdrasil – from Viking mythology. Hanging upside down would be Woden, the Norse god. In story he seeks wisdom by hanging in the tree whose roots reach into the nine worlds and whose branches touch the stars. In the tree is a phoenix which represents rebirth and in the bottom right corner, I drew a series of events that also would depict gaining wisdom.
A sixth-century poet and bard called Taliesin shape-shifts from a hare to salmon to a dove to escape the evil clutches of the monstrous Cerridwen. Each time she is outwitted till he turns into a grain of wheat and she into a black hen. She swallows him and nine months later gives birth to Taliesin. At the centre of the illustration lie six gold eggs and one iron egg in the sea. The Finnish epic the Kalavala begins with these eggs being laid on the knee of the goddess of water.
It was really important to try and balance the journey aspect of the illustration. The golden ball symbolises everyone's personal journey and rolls from the central pivot of the design to where the Holy Grail is passing with the wounded king. The green world acts as a separation between two worlds.
I drew the next part much closer to the viewer. East of the Sun and West of the Moon is a Norwegian folktale where a peasant girl sacrifices herself to save her family from poverty and is taken away by a huge polar bear to a magical mountain. I wanted the viewer to sense that they were viewing this whole picture from that mountain. I then drew up an image of the Russian witch Baba Yaga, flying around in her cauldron with children's skulls tied to it. Baba Yaga is often out searching for children unwise enough to wander into her forest. Once the sketch was finished I photographed and loaded it up into Adobe to be developed further on a larger digital canvas.
Once copied into Photoshop, I added a further figure from an earlier finished digital painting. Old mother Babushka was the opposite of the Russian witch and is seen as the bringer of love and kindness. I digitally cut her out in Photoshop, flipped her around so she was facing the other way, cut off her head and repositioned it so she was looking where I wanted her to!
The whole 'feel' of the illustration was to celebrate the heroes and heroines of Story and acknowledge their dark counterparts. It was also to recognise the narratives and metaphors that fill our lives and are mirrored in old faerie tales from around the world.
Directly above Baba Yaga sits Raven. Raven features in many northern mythologies, here he is drawn capturing the sun from inside a rock.
Lastly, with all the sketch work completed, I decided to add Icarus passing Raven and the sun, I was using both translucent effects that replicate watercolour as well as dense blocked colour with minute finishes overlaid.
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by Stephanie Shaw June 10, 1993 August 20, 2021
Dali Drama Theatre Company
at Cafe Voltaire
I've never been a huge Elvis fan–I was 12 when he died and remember him as a pudgy anachronism in a sequined jumpsuit–but there's something about him that appeals to my sloppy, sentimental side. When it comes to uncomplicated, heartfelt love songs, there's no disputing the King's title.
Ellen Byron's two one-acts about Elvis devotees play a lot like a good Elvis love song: easy, emotional, loaded with sincerity, and aimed right at the softest part of your heart. Tripe in the hands of an amateur, but three-hanky material when performed by a pro. The Dali Drama production of Byron's one-acts is a little ragged around the edges (like much of what goes on at Cafe Voltaire), but Jack Sanderson's sensitive direction and the engaging performances save it from being just another sad tune.
In Asleep on the Wind, a brother and sister in the Louisiana bayou dream of escape. Fourteen-year-old Rootie wants to escape from her abusive family, but her imagination doesn't take her much farther than New Orleans. Her beloved older brother Beau does his best to protect and distract her. An ardent Elvis fan, he coaches her on the King's vital stats and amuses her with impromptu impersonations. Together they escape their lives momentarily, waltzing around the empty field where their ancestral plantation once stood. But for Beau childhood games and dreams of Elvis aren't enough–escape means leaving Louisiana and the daily grind of working in a sugar refinery altogether. He wants to go where there are "palm trees and grass huts, and girls give you flowers and kisses, like in Blue Hawaii." For a poor Cajun boy in 1972 that meant Vietnam. He informs a devastated Rootie that he's enlisted in the Army, entrusts her with his collection of Elvis records, and makes her promise to finish school.
The only light in Rootie's life, he's so concerned about her and so charming that it's fairly obvious he's doomed. As in any old Elvis love song, subtlety is not the raison d'etre. What matters is Rootie and Beau's relationship, which the actors have fleshed out beautifully and honestly.
Jeff Myers as Beau is every girl's dream of a big brother: thoughtful, charismatic, and torn between his love for his sister and his desire for something better in life. As Rootie, Mary Gallagher is an absolute heartbreaker, layering the girl's adoration of Beau with a touch of impatience and a great deal of barely controlled panic at the thought of losing him.
In Graceland, the second of the one-acts, it's ten years later, and Rootie is pitching a meager camp outside Elvis's mansion two days before it's to open to the public. Her brother died in Vietnam, and she's emotionally abused by her husband. But her faith in Elvis lives on–she's determined to be the first person to set foot through the gates of Graceland, meaning to commune with the spirit of her brother, who she's sure is keeping company with the King.
Bev, an older housewife from Delaware, is also determined to be first through the gates, and she gives Rootie lessons in what it really means to believe in Elvis–she's brought her sleeping bag and a pillow with Elvis's face emblazoned on it. The two women with little in common talk as Rootie pathetically applies the makeup her husband has told her she's too ugly to go without, and we find out what happened to her in the last ten years. As Bev, Diane Zimmer finds the heart hidden behind her lime green polyester pantsuit, making a fine foil for Rootie as her polite curiosity dissolves into outrage at the younger woman's matter-of-fact list of woes.
A touch on the facile side and often predictable, these one-acts are given life by a talented cast that never condescends to the characters. And Elvis impersonator Dave Carlson keeps us entertained between the plays with a rather cheesy set of Elvis classics, including a lovely rendition of my favorite, "Are You Lonesome To-night?"
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WHO Releases First Statement on Preventing Disrespect and Abuse During Childbirth
By: Katie Millar, Technical Writer, Women and Health Initiative, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
We can count today as a victory for women around the world. Today the World Health Organization (WHO) released the consensus statement "Prevention and elimination of disrespect and abuse during childbirth" – the first of its kind. Besides being a violation of human rights, disrespect and abuse (D&A) is a major barrier to women seeking care in facilities, the WHO-recommended location for childbirth to prevent maternal and neonatal mortality and morbidities. The release of this statement comes at a critical time as it will be disseminated at the UN General Assembly this week at the Third Global Symposium on Health Systems Research in South Africa next week.
The Maternal Health Task Force (MHTF), along with 25 other partner organizations, have endorsed this statement, which calls for:
Greater support from governments and development partners for research and action
Programmes to improve the quality of maternal health care, with a strong focus on respectful care
Emphasizing the rights of women to dignified, respectful healthcare through pregnancy and childbirth
Generating data related to respectful and disrespectful care practices, systems of accountability and meaningful professional support
Involving all stakeholders, including women, in efforts to improve quality of care and eliminate disrespectful and abuse practices
These calls for action directly reflect our work at the MHTF. The Hansen Project, which promotes respectful maternity care (RMC) and tackles D&A in Ethiopia and Tanzania, has been working in all five of the above areas. Of note, the program works to strengthen programmatic efforts to eradicate D&A. In addition, we've been researching and disseminating data on RMC and D&A to improve the dialogue with all stakeholders for maternity care in these countries.
The MHTF is also a hub for resources on RMC and D&A. Our Respectful Maternity Care topic page provides a myriad of information and resources on the topic. On the page you can find in-depth background on the problem, organizations working in RMC, recent publications, toolkits, resources, and information from the technical meeting convened by the MHTF, Measuring Advocacy for Policy Change: The case for respectful maternity care.
The MHTF is proud to endorse this document especially as it supports the work we have been doing for RMC and D&A. We are working for a world where mothers can receive the care they need and want in a respectful manner, thereby preventing mortality and morbidity and, most of all, ensuring health.
Check back tomorrow for more details on how the MHTF's work on respectful maternity care will be featured in Cape Town next week!
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On Sunday 26th August 2018, a Bangor University KESS 2 project researching bee tracking was featured on BBC One's topical programme Countryfile. Academic supervisor Dr Paul Cross and PhD candidate Jake Shearwood spoke to Matt Baker about the research and development of technology for tracking bees by the means of revolutionary miniature electronic devices, or 'backpacks', which are attached to individual bees to monitor their movements as they gather pollen.
The PhD project, which is supported by European Social Funds (ESF) and company partners BIBBA, is an industry based collaboration with the view to discover more about bee movements and behaviour. This in turn will play a part in the future safeguarding of bees.


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'American Gods': Fremantle Says Orlando Jones Was Not Brought Back For Story Reasons, Not Race
Posted December 16th, 2019 by Jax Motes
Orlando Jones went public with a video posted on Twitter in which he states that he was fired from the Starz series 'American Gods' because the new showrunner, Charles "Chic" Eglee felt that Jones' character, Mr. Nancy delivered the "wrong message for black America." 'American Gods' is produced by Fremantle US. This controversy follows that of another Fremantle series, 'America's Got Talent', which fired African American judge Gabrielle Union, who has since disclosed that the show had a toxic environment, and that she was told not to wear her hair in styles that were "too black."
In his Twitter video, Jones declared:
"There will be no more Mr. Nancy. Don't let these motherf–ers tell you they love Mr. Nancy. They don't. I'm not going to name names but the new season 3 showrunner [Eglee] is Connecticut born and Yale-educated, so he's very smart and he thinks that Mr. Nancy's angry, get sh– done is the wrong message for black America. That's right. This white man sits in that decision-making chair and I'm sure he has many black bffs who are his advisors and made it clear to him that if he did not get rid of that angry god Mr. Nancy he'd start a Denmark Vesey uprising in this country. I mean, what else could it be?"
A representative from Fremantle has responded:
"The storylines of American Gods have continually shifted and evolved to reflect the complex mythology of the source material. Mr. Jones' option was not picked up because Mr. Nancy, among other characters, is not featured in the portion of the book we are focusing on within Season 3.
"Several new characters, many of which have already been announced, will be introduced into Shadow Moon's world that will further contribute to the show's legacy as one of the most diverse series on television."
Jones' Mr. Nancy was possibly the show's most electrifying presence. The modern embodiment of the ancient African spider god Anansi was a firebrand who used his persuasive orations to spark revolutions, particularly among black people. Many fans are already declaring that they will no longer watch the series without Jones and Mr. Nancy.
Jones began as a guest-star in Season 1 of 'American Gods', but was promoted to series regular for Season 2, and made a writer and producer. 'American Gods' has been plagued with behind the scenes issues resulting in a revolving door of showrunners, and cast changes.
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The Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 recognised access to free education as the fundamental right of all children. 70 years on, the shortage of qualified and dedicated teachers remains a challenge, robbing young people of their chance for a better tomorrow. There is a lack of pedagogues in areas where they can be of most help: in environments marked by marginalisation and exclusion. Appreciating the efforts of teachers whose work is changing the world, Polish Aid implements projects to help them. This is also where one needs to relieve them.
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Screwtape Letters
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A classic work by C.S. Lewis now available in a special illustrated edition, The Screwtape Letters is a masterpiece of religious satire that entertains readers with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to "Our Father... show more
A classic work by C.S. Lewis now available in a special illustrated edition, The Screwtape Letters is a masterpiece of religious satire that entertains readers with its sly and ironic portrayal of human life and foibles from the vantage point of Screwtape, a highly placed assistant to "Our Father Below." This ultimate gift edition has beautiful, four color illustrations by the artist Papas and a ribbon marker, and will be a must-have for Lewis fans.
Format: Textbook
ASIN: 9780060652890
Publisher: HarperCollins
Classics, Non Fiction, Humor, Literature, European Literature, British Literature, Classic Literature, Religion, Philosophy, Spirituality, Inspirational, Church
I'll think of a damn title later rated it 7 years ago
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In The Screwtape Letters, Screwtape is a devil or demon of high ranking who is counseling his nephew Wormwood in acquiring the soul of a human.With wit and an even graceful flair, Screwtape instructs his nephew on human fallacies, and how to corrupt good intentions into selfishness and ultimately in...
Bookish Thoughts rated it 8 years ago
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I adore C. S. Lewis anyway and this book just proved his literary brilliance to me. He provides much needed lessons along with an excellent story line. Everyone, Christian or not, should read this book!
Never Read Passively rated it 11 years ago
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I think this is my favorite from CS Lewis. He has a talent fiction and was great at coming up with other worlds, but the writing in the Narnia books is just so-so... Mere Christianity and The Great Divorce (the only other two I've read by him) were great, but sometimes got monotonous. This format, o...
XOX rated it 11 years ago
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Badly written bullshit. Load of crap.
Books: A true story rated it 11 years ago
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Great satire with a moral lesson.
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Dennis Goris is the principal of Goris Communications who joins us not long after the firm he helped found 30 years ago underwent a transformation from Bremmer & Goris. Goris Communications now focuses (almost) exclusively on nonprofits to help them project a unified brand and identity. With so much turnover passion and personalities in the nonprofit world, it's easy and common for organizations to lose sight of the big picture of what they are showing the world and Goris Communications helps by bringing a fresh, outside perspective to redefine, refocus, and emphasize their brand. As Dennis Goris asks "Do you want to be a house of brands or a branded house?" Selling ideas, concepts, and solutions can be a lot harder to distill than something concrete like a car, a house, or an experience. Join us for business and stay for pleasures as the conversation turns to the exploration of art and how to rectify commerce and art when your passion becomes your living.
Dennis is president and creative director at Goris Communications in Alexandria Virginia where he has directed projects and campaigns for over 300 organizations, including associations, nonprofits, fortune 500 companies, and the US government.
Goris Communications is a creative powerhouse specializing in branding, messaging, and communications that add value by helping organizations identify what makes them unique.


Taproot Theatre Company's Senior Matinee program provides seniors with an affordable way to participate in live theatre. Seniors aged 62 and older can enjoy a convenient daytime performance at our theatre. We offer Sennheiser listening devices, a Hearing Loop in the Jewell Mainstage Theatre, wheelchair and walker accessible seating.
Our performances make a great outing for Retirement Communities, Senior Centers, book clubs, church groups and more. For more information or to book your tickets, please contact Group Sales at groups@taproottheatre.org 206.781.9708.
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Contact Group Sales at 206.781.9708, groups@taproottheatre.org or submit your request online.
Welcome to Intergenerational Matinees at Taproot Theatre! Our intergenerational program enhances student education, providing theatre as a tool and springboard for learning, growth and communication. Additionally, these matinees are intended to bridge a gap between student and senior groups creating a learning environment where different ages can interact and discuss the play.
Tickets for Intergenerational Matinees cannot always be purchased online; if not available online, for single tickets call the Box Office at 206.781.9707, for student/senior groups call Group Sales at 206.781.9708.
What are the benefits of attending an Intergenerational Matinee at Taproot Theatre?
$10 tickets for students and chaperones.
Teachers are invited to attend FREE preview performances.
FREE reproducible Play Guide that includes: articles relating to the show, an early look at the set and costumes, a list of related books/movies/tv shows recommended by the Seattle Public Library and questions for you and your students to answer after seeing the play.
Participate in a lively, guided post-play discussion that includes the actors and director.
For an additional fee Taproot Theatre is happy to arrange theatre tours, special talks with theatre designers, and/or classroom visits to enhance your humanities curriculum.
Teachers are welcome to attend our Invited Dress performance for each Jewell Mainstage Theatre production. Please RSVP your name, school and number of tickets to groups@taproottheatre.org.


State Enterprise of Special Post's armed guard provides services on guarding of property and citizens in the whole territory of Ukraine, based on License AG No. 505458 of 02.03.2011 issued by the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
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The Sri Lankan army says it has killed about 70 Tamil Tiger fighters and sunk several of their boats during a five-hour sea battle on the country's eastern coast.
Clashes began on Sunday night when the navy spotted 25 Tamil Tiger ships sailing south, Navy Commander D K P Dassanayake, a Sri Lankan army spokesman, told AP news agency.
Up to 70 fighters, in boats loaded with arms and ammunition, were killed, while one navy vessel was damaged and five sailors were injured in the attack, he said.
Several more boats retreated following the battle, just off the coast of the eastern town of Pulmoddai, about 225 km from Colombo, the Sri Lankan capital.
Percy Perera, chief inspector of police for Sri Lanka's Centre for National Security, said that 11 boats were sunk in the incident.
He also said that the navy believed a top Tiger naval commander was killed or injured during the clash.
Tamil Tiger fighters have not issued a response to the Sri Lankan army's statement.
More than 100 Tigers were killed in two separate sea battles earlier this month as they reportedly tried to reinforce positions in the east after losing territory to government forces.
Foreign mediators are attempting to hold together an increasingly fragile four-year old Norwegian-brokered ceasefire, which has unravelled following clashes that have killed at least 1,000 combatants and more than 100 civilians since July.
Earlier this month Norway said that the two sides had agreed to meet for talks for the first time since the Tigers pulled out of negotiations in April.
The Tamil Tigers began fighting in 1983 for a separate homeland in the north and east for Sri Lanka's largest ethnic minority.


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STORY: Orphans Of The Clyde
Story by Bill Morris
Winner of 'What Scotland Means to Me' writing competition
Out on the back roads of southern New Zealand, in a place called Glencoe, an obelisk commemorates a Scottish slaughter that took place over three hundred years ago. It stoically watches the rainstorms that sweep off the Southern Ocean while, all through the day, cars fly by – headed for somewhere else.
This is one piece. The cracked remains of an old stone floor, perhaps.
Traveling, I move through small towns with old Scottish names – Athol, Bannockburn, Clyde.
More pieces – broken beams and slabs, leaning into the mud.
In the south of New Zealand, there is a city called Dunedin, whose street names echo with almost tragicomic faithfulness those of a city called Edinburgh on the other side of the world.
More pieces – parts of a fallen roof, caved in by time.
Across my country, these weathered pieces are what's left of the great rickety structure built by Scottish migrants who came here from the 1850's onwards, driven by desolate conditions at home and the promise of a better life overseas. Five, six, seven, generations on, those of us who are their descendents walk among the weed-infested ruins of that structure.
On winter nights in our home in the mountains, my father would sometimes pour himself a whisky and play old Scottish songs on our record player. Blooming heather and bonny lasses roaming in the gloaming. At the time, I had no idea what all that was about. My Dad is not Scottish. He'd never been to Scotland. Nor had his father, or his father's father. It was only later, deep into adulthood, that I began to understand that eventually, Scotland calls all her children home.
As I explored its music, Scotland called to me in fiddle tunes that seem to emanate through the centuries, creaking with the exquisite sadness that only those with a drop of Scottish heritage — that melancholic tincture of the blood, can probably appreciate.
And so I went. In less than 24 hours, I was swooping over stone buildings and landing in Edinburgh. I stumbled through the city 's autumn streets until I reached the National Museum. Inside, I stood in front of the famous Monarch of the Glen, a faded reproduction of which I had slept under my entire childhood. Beneath the enormous painting, two young women were singing old folk songs — wistful laments of hill and glen; of the Highland Clearances and clan warfare.
Over the next two weeks, I traveled deep into the Highlands, following those songs, winding around loch and glen in a rented car. I traveled alongside thousands of tourists; people from all over the world drawn here, like me, by the real or imagined version of Scotland that exists in their minds. I slept in the car overlooking a fuming North Sea and ate black pudding in a pub overlooking a still, frost-fringed loch. I walked deep into the Cairngorms, through the shady remnant of a Caledonian pine forest and meadows of purple-flowering heather, up to a mountain lake where I watched in awe as a falcon tumbled from the sky to split a formation of geese high above.
On the Isle of Skye I mingled with the locals at a music festival where bands performed pulsing, modern Scottish music – pipes and fiddles bolted onto electronic beats and light shows. The young crowd drank and danced late into the night.
When I came home, those old, broken structures of Scotland I saw around me appeared quaint and almost farcical. I now saw that what those first emigrants built, in their homesickness and longing, was an edifice for remembering, a cage for a captive Scotland.
But you can't keep a country captive. The real Scotland has long since moved on. I've been there, looking for it. I found its misty glens and its blooming heather, but I also found its busy highways, its grimy shopping malls, its tabloid newspapers and its greasy breakfasts.
So what then, is this place called Scotland I sometimes go to in my inner wanderings?
The Scotland inside me is not the Scotland of my ancestors, for I never knew that. It's not the Scotland that exists now, in the 21st century, for I hardly know that either.
The Scotland inside me, I've come to realize, is the place in which I seek a home. The wistfulness of a fiddle air might take me there, or the first bite of autumn. Woodsmoke in a mountain valley, the cry of a stag against the hills. Moments in which I keenly feel the need of a place for my soul to rest.
And so, needing somewhere to put this incessant longing, I build my own version of Scotland and try to go there in my mind. This, you see, is my destiny. For I come from a race of emigrants—lusting for adventure, but forever doomed to wander.
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En sommerdag optræder i henhold til definitionen fra DMI et sted i Danmark, hvor temperaturen når op på 25°C eller derover.

Når antallet af sommerdage for hele landet skal opgøres, beregnes en gennemsnitlig maksimumtemperatur for henholdsvis Jylland og Øerne. Her ud fra beregnes et landsgennemsnit, hvor der tages hensyn til forskelle i areal, således at Jylland vægtes med 7/10 og Øerne med 3/10. Det betyder, at antallet af sommerdage ikke altid et heltal, hvorfor der vil være flere dage, hvor temperaturen er 25 grader eller derover et eller andet sted i Danmark.

Normaltallet, der er udregnet for årene fra 1961 til 1990 ligger på 7,2 sommerdage, mens det foregående normaltal fra perioden 1931-1960 havde 10 sommerdage. Fra 1970 til og med 2003 har der i gennemsnit været 9,9 sommerdage om året. Det største antal sommerdage havde 2018 med foreløbig 71, og det mindste antal var i 1974 med 1,2.

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Henri Kamenga Ndibu, a Congolese undocumented immigrant, submitted a petition for a review of removal issued by the Board of Immigration Appeals, which affirmed the immigration judge's decision that Ndibut had filed a frivolous application for asylum. This effectively made him ineligible for status adjustment.
Henri Kamenga Ndibu first entered the United States in September 2001, using a Canadian passport not belonging to him. After managing to evade detection by immigration officials for nearly 3 years, Ndibu filed an application for asylum in July 2004, withholding of removal, and protection under the Convention Against Torture ("CAT"). He claimed that he feared for his life under potential persecution upon returning to Congo for his political opinions.
In an affidavit submitted by Ndibu, he claimed he was living in the Democratic Republic of Congo in June 2003 when he was detained by government authorities for being a member of the Army of Victory Church and for joining the "Let us Save the Congo" movement.
In September 2004, the Department of Homeland Security ("DHS") finally caught up with Ndibu and placed him in removal proceedings under the grounds of being in the United States with no valid documentation (i.e. passport).
At his removal hearing, Ndibu repeated the claims stated in. In April 2006, the IJ affirmed Ndibu's removal, concluding that he had failed to demonstrate that he had applied for asylum within a year of entering the United States. The IJ also cited Ndibu's testimony of arriving in the U.S. in 20013 as lacking credibility, as well as his failure to provide other evidence to support his entry date in 2003.
For the same reasons, the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals denied Ndibu's petition for review of removal.
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Talk: TBA
Philosophy Department, Monash University
Monash Philosophy Seminar Series
Richard Heersmink (La Trobe University)
Topics: General
CFP: Gender, Women's Suffrage, and Political Power: Past, Present, and Future (GWSPP)
Topics: Value Theory
Conference: New Trinitarian Ontologies Symposium
Faculty of Divinity, University of Cambridge
New Trinitarian Ontologies
Topics: Metaphysics, Philosophy of Religion
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Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences
Topics: Philosophy of Action, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics
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Department of Politics , New School for Social Research
Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy
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Joint Program in Ancient Philosophy, University of Texas at Austin
Topics: History of Western Philosophy
Conference: 3rd Biennial Conference on the Philosophy of Disability
Conference: INCLUSION/EXCLUSION: EXPLORING DIFFERENCES ACROSS BOUNDARIES
he Graduate Student Associations of the Department of French and the Program in Comparative Literature, Louisiana State University
The Department of French Studies Annual Graduate Student Conference
Topics: History of Western Philosophy, Metaphysics and Epistemology, Philosophical Traditions, Value Theory
CFP: Metacognition: new developments and challenges
Topics: Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Cognitive Science
Conference: Disagreement and Philosophy
Department of Philosophy , Ryerson University, Toronto
Ryerson Philosophy Graduate Student Conference
Conference: The Nature of Inquiry
Department of Philosophy, Agnes Scott College
Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous, Epistemology, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Mind, M&E, Miscellaneous, General Philosophy of Science, Logic and Philosophy of Logic, Philosophy of Computing and Information
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Department of Philosophy, Liberty University
Talk: Capability Theory and Transformative Poverty Reduction
Department of Philosophy, University of Western Ontario
Monique Deveaux (University of Guelph)
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Department of Philosophy and Parr Center for Ethics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill Normativity Workshop
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Conference: The Stanford Ancient Philosophy Conference on Ancient Metaphysics and Epistemology
Department of Philosophy, Stanford University
Topics: Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous
CFP: Goethe Epistemology Meeting 2020
Goethe University
Goethe Epistemology Meeting
Talk: Nature/Nurture
Tom Dickins
Eva Jablonka
Sophie von Stumm
Conference: 27th Annual Kent State University Graduate Conference (Deadline Extended)
Department of Philosophy, Kent State University
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Philosophy Graduaten Student Association, University of Kentucky
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History and Philosophy, Eastern Michigan University
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Department of Philosophy, Memorial University of Newfoundland
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Talk: Émilie du Châtelet on Happiness: Passions and Character
Marcy P. Lascano (California State University, Long Beach)
CFP: Schizophrenia
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Talk: A Right to a Free Press?
Chandrika Kaul
Sue Mendus
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Centre for Reasoning, University of Kent
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Department of Philosophy, University of Tartu
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Department of Government, London School of Economics
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Institute for Liberal Arts, Emory University
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Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology
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The Philosophy, Politics & Economics Society
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Talk: "Kant's Non-Racist Historiography of Philosophy"
Dept. of Philosophy, Western University
Seminar in the History of Modern Philosophy
Steve Naragon (Manchester University, Indiana)
Monash Philosophy Staff Seminar Series
Daniel Susser (Pennsylvania State University)
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Philosophy Department, Molloy College, NY
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Topics: 20th Century Philosophy, Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy
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Philosophy Department, University of Reading
Ratio Annual Conference
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Topics: Philosophy of Action, Applied Ethics, Meta-Ethics, Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Philosophy of Law, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous
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Topics: 17th/18th Century Philosophy, 19th Century Philosophy, 20th Century Philosophy, Medieval and Renaissance Philosophy, History of Western Philosophy, Miscellaneous
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Topics: Applied Ethics, Normative Ethics, Philosophy of Gender, Race, and Sexuality, Social and Political Philosophy, Value Theory, Miscellaneous
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Permanent Seminar on Practical Normativity
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Institute of Philosophy , Universität Bern
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Department of Philosophy, Durham University
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Clapham Common is one of the largest open spaces in London and performs an essential role as a green lung and a place for recreation. The common has existed for over 1000 years, but the pressures on its unique character are immense. See About Clapham Common.
The Friends of Clapham Common runs projects to improve the biodiversity of Clapham Common, we also help restore its buildings and facilities, and we contribute to the planning of events. We want to preserve Clapham Common for all the uses people cherish it for, from dog-walking, cycling, wildlife watching, recreation, music events, to a range of sports activities.
encourage young families in activities to understand and appreciate nature on the Common.
During the early spring we plant young trees on the common, in order to replace fallen and diseased stock. In winter we plant bulbs such as daffodils, crocuses, snowdrops and bluebells, as well as small copses of fruiting shrubs, for the benefit of people, birds and insects.
We encourage all who love Clapham Common and wish to see it maintained in good health, for current and future generations to enjoy to join us and help our work.
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The small number of women role models in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers is widely recognized.
Debbie Sterling, a Stanford-educated engineer, is among a group of educators and entrepreneurs developing toys, books, games, and kits to attract girls to technical careers.
She introduced books and construction toys for girls centered on a fictional role model, Goldie, in response to her experience of collaborating mostly with men during her studies of product design in Stanford's mechanical engineering department.
The first book, intended for girls, ages 5 to 9, is called GoldieBlox and the Spinning Machine. Goldie lives in "her engineering house with gears and moving parts everywhere," five character figurines (including Nacho the dog and Benjamin Cranklin the cranky cat), and a construction toy, featuring a pegboard, wheels, axles, blocks, a crank, a ribbon, and washers.
Goldie creates a "spinning machine" for her dog, who enjoys chasing his tail and yelling out random words in Spanish, by deconstructing a ballerina music box and reverse engineering it. Girls can create their own spinning toys with as they read through the story.
Her next products include books with a pulley system elevator, a parade float, circuits and gears, and an eBook where Goldie learns to code.
Another product intended to increase girls' skill and confidence in working with technology is Hummingbird, an educational robotics kit.
Developed at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute's Arts and Bots program, spin-off startup BirdBrain Technologies, showcases robotics with craft materials and text to communicate thoughts, feelings, or ideas.
The kit includes a control board, lights, sensors, and motors.
Students (usually ages 11 and up) program their creations on a computer by dragging and dropping icons, so they don't have to learn computer languages.
Students have experimented with making a robot from cardboard wrapped in tin foil that can twirl, flash lights, and even impersonate the Star Wars robot, R2D2.
Another project was a dragon made of paper and popsicle sticks that flaps its wings and hisses.
Others crafted a robotic arm with muscles made of cast-off pantyhose.
Pennsylvania students analyzed poetry, then created animated scenes for poems using the kit.
Elsewhere high school students created kinetic sculptures with sensors that detect environmental changes and respond with movement.
Others built a "coin monster" for the school's ancient coin exhibit.
Research Associate Emily Hamner and Tom Lauwers, the founder of BirdBrain Technologies conducted workshops to learn girls' goals and interests in making robots.
They learned that girls are most interested in creating robots that can tell stories, dance, communicate, and interact with people.
-*What toys and games have you seen increase young people's interest in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics activities?
This entry was posted in Career Development, Working Women and tagged Career Development, Debbie Sterling, diversity, Emily Hamner, GoldieBlox, Robots, STEM careers, Tom Lauwers, Working Women on June 17, 2012 by kathrynwelds.
Mala Devlin, Engineering Manager at Cisco Systems and Trina Alexson's book, Bit by Bit encourages young women in high school and university to pursue high tech careers.
Devlin and Alexson interviewed more than 40 women across leading Silicon Valley companies to highlight the top 10 reasons why young women should consider careers in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) careers, despite women's under-representation in these fields.
The authors provide descriptions of job roles and career paths, and list skills required to succeed in technology careers.
Insights from this book are equally applicable to young men, and the authors encourage members of all under-represented groups to consider STEM careers.
-*What practices have you seen increase interest in STEM careers among young women and other under-represented groups?
This entry was posted in Career Development, Leadership, Working Women and tagged Anita Borg, Career Development, diversity, Leadership, Mala Devlin, STEM careers, Trina Alexson, Working Women on May 23, 2012 by kathrynwelds.


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Q: Can I write a DDL trigger in SQL Server 2008 to auto create keys based on column name? I've never written a DDL trigger, but my understanding is that they run SQL when the schema changes.  I am looking to streamline the repetitive tasks. I'm not sure if they are really only designed for auditing purposes.

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*For an int field [id] in the first ordinal position:

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*make it the primary key

*set the identity seed/increment is 1

*For a varchar field [name] in the second ordinal position:

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*make it a unique key

Basically, the question is: Are DDL triggers in SQL Server 2008 a good match for what I want to do? (And, if you already do this and have the sql code right there, could you please paste it in?)

A: No DDL triggers are not a good match for what you want to do.
DDL Triggers run after the table is already created.
A column cannot have the identity property added on retrospectively which would mean that your trigger would need to use dynamic SQL to immediately drop the newly created table and recreate it.
Even assuming that this is just for a personal project so you don't have fellow developers to worry about surprising and are not bothered about the inefficiency aspect generating the create script would be difficult to do robustly whether you try and start from scratch or parse the CommandText as a starting point.
If this is a common pattern for you then you might want to investigate creating a custom CREATE TABLE template in SSMS's template explorer.