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Our action « Huerta de Montecarmelo », a shared garden for everyone to use, held by disabled people.
Disabled people in charge of a garden
Horticulture as a social path
We like to think of plants for their beauty, not so much for their social benefits. But what if they could help people find their way in life? Such is the case for the mentally disabled people who work at the Huerta de Montecarmelo garden and make it a haven for everyone in the heart of the city.
Klorane Botanical Foundation has chosen to support A LA PAR, the foundation in charge of this beautiful program in Madrid.
Training comes first
The urban vegetable garden welcomes a happy crowd: gardeners, foodies, families and nature lovers… They can choose among the 200 patches available and make the best of them with the help of the disabled people running the place.
The latter are indeed responsible for helping out those urban gardeners, but also making sure the garden stays in good shape and remains plentiful. The team counts 20 members, each a real keeper for the place.
Through the foundation, they receive a training in horticulture and gardening in order to become strong links in the larger scheme of botanical transmission.
A large ecosystem takes place
Gathering souls around greens
The garden is more than just an opportunity to get in touch with nature. It is also a place for everyone to meet disability and get to understand it better, when life tends to keep their worlds apart.
Courses & animations
From learning more on gardening to preparing preserves all the way to making your own compost, there is so much you can learn at the Huerta de Montecarmelo. Indeed, the garden is not just about growing vegetables and fruits; it is also about taking part in all aspects of their cycles and learning how to put them in your plate!
Once a month, the garden welcomes a market where you can get your hands on house-made products and vegetables coming from the surrounding kitchen gardens.
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The program is expanding!
The mission of the disabled people in charge of the garden has been such a success that it has spread to other green areas around the foundation.
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So, what do we grow?
Cauliflowers, lettuce, tomatoes, strawberries, chili peppers… More than 100 varieties for the 4 different seasons!
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The Spanish foundation A LA PAR is our partner on this project. The public is extremely found of this organisation that makes integration easier for disabled people in order to improve their situation in society. To do so, A LA PAR runs countless programs, including a specialised school, sports clubs, a research center, medical care or even specialised jobs…
To go further...
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Helping kids dust off the herbarium with pop-up workshops open to everybody...
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Magical Mountain Cabin Rentals is here to invite you to your best ever Pigeon Forge vacation. We offer the finest in vacation cabins with gorgeous views and amenities galore! Location is everything and our cabins enjoy destination locations that may keep you right in your cabin! But for those of you who came all this way for excitement, adventure and memories in the mountains will still want to make as much out of the trip as you can, and for that, this article will make some excellent recommendations for places to visit.
Here are some great ventures out for the day when you stay!
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As you arrive at the Delhi Airport, you will be welcomed with full warmth and traditional warm welcome ceremony of India. Our representative would assist you and transfer to the hotel for check in. Overnight stay at the hotel.
You devote an entire day to explore the historical wonders of Delhi, the 17th century walled city of Shah Jahanabad. Your guided tour starts with the majestic Jama Masjid, the principal mosque of Old Delhi. This 1656 AD structure, by the Mughal Emperor Shah Jahan, is the largest mosque in India. While crossing the colourful market of Chandni Chowk,you reach the Red Fort, a grand red sandstone fort built in 1648 by Shah Jahan. You also pay short visits to Raj Ghat (memorial to Mahatma Gandhi, the Father of the Nation) and India Gate (memorial built in the year 1931 to commemorate the Indian soldiers who died in the World War I & the Afghan Wars).
Today you drive to Sariska Tiger Reserve which is situated in the northern part of Aravali hills. Sariska, declared a Tiger Reserve in 1973, covers an area of about 479 sq km and offers wonderful opportunities to explore the dense woods by Jeep Safaris. Mammals like Sambars, Chitals, Nilgais, Chausinghas, Jackals, Wild boars, langurs etc are spotted very commonly at Sariska Tiger Reserve.Today we might have an audience with the Tiger which are numerous in this park.
Today you head towards the Pink City Jaipur. This colourful and friendly city serves as the capital of Rajasthan. It has been a place of the Rajput kings, their tales of valor & bravery, world heritage sites, lovely fairs & festivals and incomparable forts and palaces. Founded in 1728 by Maharaja Sawai Jai Singh II, Jaipur is the only city in the world symbolizing the nine divisions of the universe, through nine rectangular sectors. In the afternoon you visit the City Palace which is still the formal residence of the royal family, built in a blend of the Rajasthani and Mughal architecture. In the museum of the city palace you visit the private collection of the Jaipur Maharajas. You continue to Jantar Mantar, a stone observatory, the largest of Jai Singh's five remarkable observatories. Its complex instruments reveal us the secrets of medieval Indian astronomy.
After breakfast, your excursion starts with Amber Fort (11 km). You reach this beautiful and majestic palace complex, situated atop a hill, by an elephant ride. This is a lovely and unique experience. Your next halt is the renowned City Palace, which showcases the best of Rajasthani & Mughal architecture. Chandra Palace and several other buildings inside the City palace have excellent art works and decorations. Enroute to Amber you visit the Hawa Mahal (Palace of the Winds), built in 1799 AD. It contains 953 small casements with each having its own balcony.
The windows enabled cool air to circulate and the ladies to watch processions below without being seen. In the afternoon you have a walk through the colourful Bazaar of Jaipur and visit a factory to see the famous block printing work being done since centuries in Jaipur. In the evening you drive through the new city of Jaipur and visit 'Laxmi Narayan Mandir', a Hindu temple made out of white marble. You might have an opportunity here to observe a prayer ceremony. Today you have dinner with a presentation of Indian music and dance.
Today you drive to Ranthambore National Park. After a break & refreshment in Ranthambore you will explore the park on a Jeep. Ranthambore National Park is surrounded by the Vindhyas and the Aravali mountains and covers an area of 392 square km. The Tiger remains the biggest attraction of the Ranthambore National Park.
In the early morning, again you leave for jeep safari. After exploring the true beauty of these dense greens, you head towards Agra. En route you visit Fatehpur Sikri, which was once an imperial capital frozen in time, constructed by Akbar the Great in the 16th century. This wonderful city constructed by red sand stones was abandoned as abruptly as it had been built. It has been generally stated that it was due to failing in the water supply. Late evening arrival in Agra. Rest of the day at leisure.
Your Agra sightseeing trip starts with the Agra Fort. Mughal Emperor Akbar laid the foundation of this majestic structure in 1565, which was later completed by his grandson Shah Jahan. Your next halt is the most beautiful and spell binding monument – the Taj Mahal. This symbol of love (built in pure white marble by Shah Jahan for his beloved wife Mumtaz Mahal) is one of the seven wonders of the world. You spend evening visiting the bazaar (market) where the local artisans do the famous fine marble inlay work. In the afternoon after the visit of Taj Mahal we drive to Delhi. Arrive in Delhi in the evening.
After breakfast we drive to wonderful Corbett National Park. Rest of the day at leisure.
Full day visit of wonderful Corbett National Park.
After having the breakfast you drive to Delhi. In the evening drive to the airport for the flight to Goa. Arrival in Goa and check in the Hotel and rest of the time at leisure.
Day at leisure in adventurous Goa to explore the destination on your own.
In the afternoon you take flight from Goa to Mumbai. In Mumbai you have rest of the day at leisure. Rooms are available to get fresh and change before you depart for the airport with our representative. Around Midnight flight back to the home destination.
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Combine flour, salt and baking powder in a food processor. Pulse two times to combine. Combine 1/3 cup oil and 1/4 cup water in a small measuring cup. With processor on, slowly add the oil and water mixture through the food chute. Process until dough is crumbly but holds together. Turn dough out onto a lightly floured surface. Knead one minute and add additional flour if necessary in order to prevent the dough from sticking. Gently press dough into a 5 inch disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Chill for 30 minutes.
Combine remaining 1 tablespoon of olive oil, zucchini, squash,garlic and crushed red pepper in a large bowl. Stir gently to coat completely. Combine ricotta and next 7 ingredients (through salt) in a medium bowl, stirring to combine.
Preheat oven to 400. Unwrap dough, and roll into a 14 inch circle on a lightly floured surface. Place dough on a baking sheet lined with parchment paper. Spread ricotta mixture over dough, leaving a 2 inch border. Arrange zucchini and yellow squash alternately, slightly overlapping, in a circular pattern. Sprinkle with kosher salt and fresh ground pepper. Fold edges of dough toward center pressing gently to seal (dough will only partially cover squash). In a small bowl, whisk together 1 teaspoon of water and egg white. Brush dough edges with egg white mixture. Bake at 400 for 40 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes and sprinkle with basil. Cool an additional 15 minutes. Cut into 6 wedges.
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Oh, Erin! This sounds so tasty. It's veggies and cheese and carbs wrapped up all in one. Yummm. My Italian self is drooling. Did you say tomato coulis dipping sauce? Yes please.
Yes it was…gone quickly. Bread and tomato and cheese??? 34 seconds.
I would totally go for some of this now!!
I wish I had more. Pasquale ate it and didn't share with others.


In the month of May, this year, nickel was supercharged, at the London Metal Exchange, climbing its highest peak, at 50 percent at 21,625 dollars per tonne. At the same time in the case of stainless steel, the price hit the ground to 14,690 dollars per tonne.
The sudden submission of nickel in the market has reflected the complete, hyped bull narrative of the market. The unexpected decision taken by the Indonesian government to ban the export of unprocessed minerals as well as lower grade nickel, triggered the forecasts on the surge.
One part of the forecast still states to be intact, which is, the Indonesian government's ban on the nickel exports, even after such a long period of time, the country shows no signs of moving from its former decision, but still nothing changed, as predicted by the analyst.
It hasn't; as expected, led to the halt of Chinese Nickel Pig Iron manufacturing as expected in the forecasts made by the analysts. Neither was there any kind of shortage or decline in the supply of iron ore in the market.
The stock houses at the London Metal exchange was filled with nickel produce and hit almost all the record, as the nickel produced in China, flowed to LME warehouses. The story of nickel supply deficit, and closure of nickel pig iron production of Chinese producers, even though expectations lingered on the surface.


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Q: Count line that contain the word "noreply@118-bonsplans.com" and "fail" in csv file using php I have acct-2012-08-24-0001.csv file as below:
noreply@118-bonsplans.com   toulouse@texa.fr    relayed
noreply@lemeilleur-duweb.com  g.dupond@libertysurf.fr   failed
noreply@118-bonsplans.com   toulouse@texa.fr    failed
noreply@lemeilleur-duweb.com  g.dupond@libertysurf.fr   relayed

I want to count only noreply@118-bonsplans.com   toulouse@texa.fr    failed in csv file  but I do not know how to count it.Anyone know help me please, Thanks.

A: I am not sure, but this might work for you.
count(preg_grep("/noreply@lemeilleur-duweb.com  g.dupond@libertysurf.fr   relayed/", file("acct-2012-08-24-0001.csv")));

You can also check it cell by cell content with the AND condition in if block.

A: use preg_match_all()
$match = preg_match_all('/noreply@118-bonsplans.com(\s+)toulouse@texa.fr(\s+)failed/i', $csv, $matches);
echo count($matches[0]);

A: Here's a simple way to do it...

$fp = fopen('acct-2012-08-24-0001.csv');

$count = 0;

while ($row = fgetcsv($fp)) {
    if (
        $row[0] == 'noreply@118-bonsplans.com'
        && $row[1] == 'toulouse@texa.fr'
        && $row[2] == 'failed'
    ) {
       $count++;
    }
}

echo "$count matches found";

?>

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A unique single player 2.5D puzzle game where the player controls two characters trying to help each other through the levels.
The player controls two characters (Lucas and Molly) who are on each side of the screen which is divided into two. The player can switch between the two screens at any time and need to do so since he or she can only control one character at a time. The goal is to move the characters around on the level until they can reach a door placed on each screen. The player can use items laying around to move to different platforms. Though the tricky part is that the items are only useful for the character on the opposite screen. Here is where the portals comes in. There is one portal placed on each screen. The player has get the items from one screen to another with the help of the portals in order for the characters to be able to move further on the platforms.
The story is about Lucas and Molly, a middle aged married couple. They are both lost in each different dimension and are desperately trying to find each other. There is a twist in this story, a message to the player. Lucas and Molly will never find each other. They will keep on looking for each other for eternities. This is because the whole game represents a relationship, whether it is a relationship between a husband and wife, siblings, relatives or just two friends. The two dimensions represents the minds of two different persons in a relationship. The message in the game is that no matter how hard we try to understand the other one in a relationship, we can never fully understand what is really going on in his or her head. The items that Lucas and Molly are sending to each other through the portals represents the communication, thoughts and exchanged experiences in a relationship. Just like there is different obstacles in Lucas' and Molly's journey of seeking each other, there is different levels in a relationship.
So at first sight of the game it might be understood as a very sad and depressing story but if you look at it from a another point of view (in this case as a relationship) it can actually makes some sense.


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The carousel is what holds the reagents. It has slots for 12 reagents (although the center one has no stopper, so is usually left empty). It has a top and bottom part. The bottom part contains a gear ring that the carousel stepper turns. Above the gear ring is a groove that is used in mounting the carousel to the stalk. That process will be explained later. The lower part of the carousel has nubs that fit into the upper part. There are holes for 4 screws to attach the two halves together.
The bottom part has letters for each slot. However white letters on a white background can be confusing for the computer vision software. It is recommended that the letters be darkened, to improve contrast. I did this with a sharpie.
Once this is done, set the carousel parts aside.
Next we want to get the carousel mount ready. This is what will attach the carousel to the central stalk.
The second electromagnet should be snapped into place in the mount. The wiring should exit through a hole in the bottom.
The carousel mount has 4 cups. Each of those cups will hold a ball bearing. Those ball bearing will ride inside of the groove in the carousel bottom. We will deal with inserting the bearings later as part of the final assembly. For the moment, put the carousel mount aside.
We also need to put together the carouse stepper mount.
The base of the stepper gear contains a slot into which you insert a M3 nut. A M3x6mm screw is tightened against the shaft to secure the gear to the stepper motor.
Just put all these parts to the side for the moment. We will put it all together as part of the final assembly.


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Lectures on Jihad
The Modern Jihadists: Khawarij or Mujahideen? Yasir Qadhi
Isis. Daish. Al-Qaeda. The Caliphate. So many different Muslim groups in our times that have been labelled 'terrorists'! Are these groups truly rightly guided, merely because they claim to stand up in the face of oppression? Or are they doing more harm by killing innocents, and thus demonstrate 'Kharijite' tendencies (the group that exemplifies Islamic fanaticism, as per the hadith)?
In this scintillating look at the past, Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi examines the histories of these movements, tracing their development to the turbulent times of the early 70's in Egypt. In fact, some of the people alive now that are involved in current movements were active in these past movements of three decades ago as well. What lessons can we glean from the precursors to these very movements? How can we avoid committing the same mistakes that those movements did?
This is a *must* lecture to listen to in light of today's volatile circumstances. The lecture is followed by a very frank and controversial Q and A session. Recorded 14th April 2014
Speaking a Word of Truth to a Tyrant Omar Suleiman
Sh. Omar Suleiman extracts lessons from the events of Ashura to demonstrate the way to deal with a tyrant.
From Bearing Witness to Becoming the Opiate of the Masses Khaled Abou El Fadl
Dr. Khaled Abou El Fadl begins by reminding of the anchor of every day and age, the Qur'an, and that those who make it part of their soul will thrive; those who do not will remain in confusion at a minimum. He reminds that the Quran calls upon us to "Strive in the way of your Lord," and that struggle and striving require time, energy, investment and effort. He cites verses from the Quran that tell us that God has selected Muslims–not based on racial, ethnic, tribal, or linguistic factors, but based on a relationship. It is a commitment based on the understanding that: you are among those who struggle in the path of God; you are committed to the struggle; if you find God, you will find the true source of happiness, tranquility and meaning; you are among those who understand that existentially, without Allah, nothing makes sense; with Allah your life has a purpose, and it has consequences, which is a foundational principle for morality itself. If you are among those, then you are among those God has chosen. He cites another Quranic verse that tells us that our relationship with God should lead to peace and tranquillity, not rancor, anger, envy or other human emotions that harm the soul and cause hardship.
He points out that one of the critical tasks that we are called to perform as Muslims is to bear witness upon people. Bearing witness was a sacred job and a moral task that predated Islam, Christianity and Judaism. God knows that bearing witness is a difficult task because it can bring profound consequences as people do not like to be confronted with the truth, especially those in power. However, if you want to create a society that is ethically consistent with Islam, you must create a society in which bearing witness does not lead to hardship. When bearing witness and telling the truth create hardship, human nature is to avoid pain, and will naturally tend to justify behavior that avoids pain. This leads to hypocrisy in the heart. It takes real struggle to go against this natural instinct, especially when it means bearing witness on the side of God and the Prophet in truth in opposition to those in power.
He explains that today, Wahhabism is no longer the problem, rather the theology of obedience to the state that is being propagated as an Islamic imperative all over the world. Under this theology, a Muslim learns that Islam is not intended to create autonomous, active, dynamic, thoughtful, and moral human beings, but rather, creates subservient and obedient human beings, whose relationship to politics is simple obedience. He points out that a society built on such despotism and obedience will breed hypocrisy and cowardliness. This type of Islam will ultimately lead to Islam's death. This type of hypocrisy is what turns Muslim youth away from the faith.
He gives important examples of how this theology of obedience has resulted in devastation all across the Muslim world, and how it has made Muslims, particularly many Muslim "leaders" begin justifying and supporting the obscene acts of those in power, even to the point of suggesting that Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem is not holy in Islam. He gives examples of how ultimately, this quietist, pacifist, obedience theology leads to moral relativism, patriarchy and even the justification of slavery. It teaches people that the most important parts of their religion are prayer, fasting and charity, and that all else is unimportant. He draws the analogy to Karl Marx's assertion that religion is the opiate of the masses, and demonstrates how this version of Islam–an Islam without ethics, without a vision, without a commitment to justice–would be exactly that. Delivered 23 August 2019.
Jihad: The Misunderstood and Misused Tariq Ramadan
Dr. Tariq Ramadan provides a clear and blunt clarification for the concept of jihad in Islam- its meaning, objectives, and application. Many Muslims and non-Muslims err in understanding it correctly and many misuse it. The screaming example of ISIS will be explained and the position towards its claims.
Rulings & Sayings During Peace & Prosperity Yaser Birjas
During the reign of Omar, peace and prosperity reigned supreme through the lands. Some have questioned that prosperity and how it was attained. Is it accurate to say Islam was spread by the sword? Is jizyah a penalty for being non-Muslim? How are non-Muslims supposed to be treated under Islamic law? This session will delve into these issues as well as some other rulings and sayings of Omar that we will analyze.
Despite All Hardships: Standing Firm in our Principles and Beliefs Ieasha Prime
The present storms in which Muslims currently go through, the types of temptation to which they are painfully exposed, and the unfavorable social trends closely growing around them have caused religion to become something strange so that those who adhere to it are likened to something weird. The Messenger ﷺ described our current time saying: "The one who holds onto his religion is like one who holds on to burning coal." There is no doubt that Muslims today need the means of steadfastness standing for their Islamic principles and beliefs more than their predecessors among the salaf did, and that the effort required is greater because of the corruption of our time and the scarcity of help. How can we successfully weather the storm and stand firm for our principles and beliefs till the last moments of our life?
Help the Oppressed and the Oppressor Suhaib Webb
The Prophet (pbuh) said, "Help your brother, whether he is an oppressor or he is an oppressed one. People asked, "O Allah's Apostle! It is all right to help him if he is oppressed, but how should we help him if he is an oppressor?" The Prophet said, "By preventing him from oppressing others." (Bukhari)
Islam and Peace: A Fundamentalist Perspective Abdal Hakim Jackson
Dr. Jackson discusses academic studies on peace in Muslim societies.
Standing Up For Truth, Standing Up For Islam Hamza Andreas Tzortzis
Truth becomes manifest in every human being's life at one point or another. What should one do at that point? The story of these people makes it clear. Once truth became clear to them, they didn't hide, they didn't retreat, they were not afraid. They became firm in their faith. They stood up for what they believed in. Quran expresses this state with the words "Qamoo", i.e. they became firm and stood up for what they believed. They declared their faith as in "Fa-Qaloo" — They declared the truth as in "Rabbuna Rabbu Assamawati Wal-Ardh" (our lord is the lord of heavens and Earth). We should never be satisfied with the status-quo. The forces of evil maybe gigantic and seemingly powerful, but can never stand to the inherent power of truth ("Haque"). Falsehood ("Baatil") is inherently week no matter how powerful it may seem.
Struggling With the Self Zaid Shakir
Imam Zaid Shakir discusses the Jihad of the self.
Prophet Muhammad As A General Ismail ibn Musa Menk
Did Islam spread by the sword? Mufti Menk answers this question. He discusses the rights that were bestowed upon those in war, and the limitations that were placed upon fighting in the path of Allah. Prophet Muhammad, acting upon revelation, placed boundaries and rules limiting unnecessary loss of life or damage to the environment.
Is Islam To Blame for ISIS? Omar Suleiman
On October 11th, 2016, Northaven United Methodist Church hosted Sh. Omar Suleiman. The topic was "Is Islam to Blame for ISIS?" with an extensive Q&A session.
Refuting ISIS: A Rebuttal Of Its Religious & Ideological Foundations Muhammad al-Yaqoubi
Shaykh Muhammad Al-Yaqoubi presents an important and enlightening talk based on his new book, "Refuting ISIS." The book details how ISIS bases its ideology on a superficial and literalist approach to the sacred texts of Islam; and concludes that ISIS does not represent Islam, that its declaration of a caliphate is invalid, and that opposing ISIS is an obligation upon Muslims.
Paris Bombings and the Rise of Islamophobia Yasir Qadhi
In this Khutbah (sermon), Shaykh Dr. Yasir Qadhi discusses the recent trials facing the Muslims at the eve of Anti-Muslim rhetoric in the American Election run-up and the backlash after the recent Paris bombings. Dr. Qadhi provides two practical ways Muslims can face and overcome such trials and challenges in America (and globally).
Is ISIS Islamic? Ismail ibn Musa Menk
Mufti Ismail ibn Musa Menk discusses why ISIS is not Islamic and not part of the mainstream Muslim community.
My Body, This Paper, This Fire: The Future of Violence in Islam Abdal Hakim Jackson
Dr. Jackson discusses the direction jihad is taking in the world.
Nurturing Compassionate Communities: Connecting Faith and Service Hamza Yusuf
Our duty as Muslims is to represent the true meaning of Islam by reaching out to the broader community we serve, the underprivileged and underrepresented. As tensions continue to increase throughout the world, we as North American Muslims have a unique opportunity rarely found elsewhere to serve our community with assurances of security and freedom. Using the Prophet Muhammad (May peace be upon him) as our shining example, this session aims — through diverse informed and unique speakers — to motivate inspire and move us beyond mere words and rhetoric, to truly living a way of life dedicated to serving God by serving humanity.
The Echoes of God's Word Tariq Ramadan
"Verily we have honoured the Children of Adam. We carry them on the land and the sea, and have made provision of good things for them, and have preferred them above many of those whom We created with a marked preferment." Quran 17:70
Speaking out against injustice and oppression Omar Suleiman
Speaking Truth and Building Power Tariq Ramadan
One of the popular phrases found in activist circles is "speaking truth to power." The importance of doing so is alluded to in the prophetic hadith, "The best Jihad is a word of truth in the face of a tyrannical ruler." However, to really bring an Islamic voice to bear on the issues of the day we are going to have to build power. In this lecture, Tariq Ramadan, one of this generation's towering intellectuals, addresses these twin issues. Why must we continue to speak truth to power, and what are the means by which we can build our own moral, spiritual and intellectual power? Finally, what are some of the avenues open to us to join our strength with other communities to help create a moral counterweight to an increasingly amoral politics?
Jihad: A Just Struggle or Unjust Violence? Zaid Shakir
A lecture for those seeking the correct understanding of the utterly misunderstood concept of jihad. Zaid Shakir, addressing an audience at Northwestern University in Chicago, takes a comprehensive look at this truly noble and important concept in Islam. He first analyzes the word itself: its linguistic meaning, its derivatives, and its meaning as described in the Holy Qur'an. He then looks at the practical and normative application of jihad (or struggle) in the everyday life of the Muslim: the struggle of purifying the soul, the struggle of physically fighting in the way of Islam, the struggle with non-antagonist non-Muslims, and the struggle with the devil. Along the way, he explores many related topics such as terrorism, situations that justify the use of violence, various tools one can utilize in struggling against the self, love and compassion with non-Muslims, and the struggles within the family. And he concludes with a commentary on the role of Muslims in non-Muslim lands. An ideal talk for schools, libraries and Muslim student organizations. Other topics discussed: the destruction of the Buddha statues in Afghanistan, the Muslim response to pacifism, jihad in defense of non-Muslims, and the need to establish institutions that can help eliminate root causes of violence. (Duration: 1 hour, 22 min)
Jihad Abdal Hakim Jackson
The region of the Middle/Near East and North Africa has witnessed numerous wars and armed conflicts since ancient times up to the present. Some were a result of territorial expansion by imperial states or nomadic invasions; others were triggered by local competition for resources between two or more countries of the region. Still others were intended or unintended outcomes of broader geopolitical confrontations, such as WWI and WWII and, later on, the Cold War between the Soviet Union and the Western world. Military technology evolved from the first use of camels and chariots to gunpowder and canon, more recently, also to chemical weapons. Slave armies and feudal military have been replaced by the mass conscripted armies of modern nation states. On the ideological plane, wars and military conflicts have been justified by reference to a wide variety of causes, from the "liberation" of the Holy Land from an "infidel" enemy to Europe's "civilizing mission"; from establishing the homeland for a people that did not have one to stopping the proliferation of WMD, to the spread of nationalism, Socialism, Islamism, democracy, and so on.
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Placido Domingo's performance in Christchurch was part of the "road back to normality" for the city, according to Prime Minister John Key.
Speaking at the after-party following the sell out concert in the CBS Arena last night, Key said Domingo and Welsh singing star Katherine Jenkins brought life back to the quake-ravaged Christchurch.
Domingo paid special tribute to the Christchurch audience who gave him a standing ovation before he even sang a single note.
"The most important thing for an artist is the public. Without the public we are nothing. We always go out when we perform to conquer the public and tonight I think it was not necessary. The public was conquered already. You were all there with so much love, so much warmth from the very first moment of the evening," he said.
Domingo lost four relatives when a devastating earthquake hit Mexico City in 1985.


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Research Interests: All my research efforts are focused on aspects of placental development and pathology.
My clinical research interests focus on screening and prevention of placental complications of pregnancy. These interests focus on placental pathology and include an interest in invasive placentation (placenta accrete).
My basic science interests focus on; the molecular control of syncytio-trophoblast formation and function, the interactions of the placenta with heparin and the molecular pathology of the placenta in pregnancies complicated by severe pre-eclampsia and/or severe intrauterine growth restriction.
Detailed Description: Severe placental dysfunction is characterized by reduced/unstable utero-placental blood flow (from the mother to the inter-villous space of the placenta) and defective elaboration of the floating (chorionic) villi that extract nutrients and oxygen for the developing fetus. The histopathology includes variable degrees of; vasculopathy of the decidual portions of the utero-placental arteries, arrested feto-placental angiogenesis and defects in the outer syncytiotrophoblast (SCT) layer covering the floating villi. Secondary pathologies (hemorrhage, infarction, maternally-derived inflammation) compound the initial developmental abnormalities of the extra-villous and villous trophoblast.
My laboratory at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, focuses on the physiologic control mechanisms controlling SCT formation, which is a balance between cytotrophoblast proliferation and cell—syncytium fusion of post-mitotic differentiated cells, and the communication pathways (involving soluble proteins and micro-particles), between the syncytiotrophoblast and the maternal arterial vasculature. The two major clinical manifestations of severe placental dysfunction in humans are severe forms of pre-eclampsia [sPE] and IUGR. sPE refers to hypertension accompanied by multi-organ dysfunction, especially renal injury; it is a systemic vasculopathy characterized by excess secretion, by the SCT layer of the placenta, of splice-variant anti-angiogenic proteins including sFlt1 and by the excess production of an array of micro-particles, especially exosomes that transport micro-RNAs in a protected manner around the body. Serum from women with sPE arrests in-vitro angiogenesis but is reversed by pre-exposure of placental villi to heparin. In human trials, heparin reduces the risk of recurrent sPE, though curiously this is accompanied by an elevation in sFlt1. Our current hypothesis, funded by a March 2013 competition CIHR grant, is that heparin exerts complex non-anti-coagulant actions – specifically heparin may promote re-formation of the SCT where expression of nitric oxide synthase and hemoxygenase may lead to restoration of the production of vasodilator gases (NO and CO) that in part mediate systemic vasodilation of normal pregnancy. Heparin may also interfere with the release or entry, of exosomes into target cells.
My laboratory is integrated within the 6th floor reproductive sciences program at the Lunenfeld directed by Dr. Stephen Lye. The heparin research program has an in-vivo mouse aim, which is conducted in collaboration with Dr. John Sled (and until 2014, Dr S Lee Adamson). The human trophoblast biology research collaborates with Main Campus (Dr. Brian Cox, PhD, Department of Physiology) for his expertise in systems biology and with Dr. Jeff Wrana (also at LTRI) for his expertise in micro-particle biology and miRNA sequencing.
These basic research programs are integrated with the Placenta Clinic at Mount Sinai Hospital (www.mountsinai.on.ca/care/placenta-clinic) where my clinical research program focuses on screening, diagnosis and management of pregnancies at risk of a variety of placental complications. This program, together with the larger Maternal-Fetal Medicine Division, manages a large number of pregnancies with these problems. At delivery, our Biobank team samples the delivered placenta using protocols for future molecular pathology, genetics and epigenetics studies on a case-control basis. This program is integrated with our specialty perinatal pathology program (Dr. Sarah Keating, MD) for correlative research studies. A variety of clinical and translational research questions are pursued by trainees in this environment. The "placental health study in Nulliparous Women" is a recently-completed prospective two-year screening program funded by MSH-UHN AFP Innovation fund,, in 1100 women at Mount Sinai Hospital. The program is evaluating the ability of clinical risk scoring, blood tests, and ultrasound imaging of the placenta, to identify women at most risk of sPE and/or IUGR/stillbirth. Our current work in this area is examining the role of advanced 3D ultrasound imaging methods to refine the "placental morphology" component, together with the incorporation of pro-/anti-angiogenic markers (sflt1 and PlGF) to maximize the precision of our screening algorithm.
The placenta clinic support a comprehensive program of research at SickKids investigating how the fetal heart protects the fetal brain by ensuring that it is properly oxygenated, and in turn how these regulatory mechanism can fail in both IUGR pregnancies and in pregnancies where the fetus is found to have complex congenital heart disease.
The placenta clinic interacts with the Department of Cardiology at Mount Sinai Hospital to understand the in-vivo hemodynamic actions of heparin that may promote optimal vascular function to reduce the risk of severe pre-eclampsia in women at high risk, based on placental function testing ion the 16-22 week window.
Antepartum dalteparin versus no antepartum dalteparin for the prevention of pregnancy complications in pregnant women with thrombophilia (TIPPS): a multinational open-label randomised trial.
Rodger MA, Hague WM, Kingdom J, Kahn SR, Karovitch A, Sermer M, Clement AM, Coat S, Chan WS, Said J, Rey E, Robinson S, Khurana R, Demers C, Kovacs MJ, Solymoss S, Hinshaw K, Dwyer J, Smith G, McDonald S, Newstead-Angel J, McLeod A, Khandelwal M, Silver RM, Le Gal G, Greer IA, Keely E, Rosene-Montella K, Walker M, Wells PS; TIPPS Investigators.
Lancet. 2014 Nov 8;384(9955):1673-83. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60793-5. Epub 2014 Jul 24.
Huynh L, Kingdom J, Akhtar S.
Can Fam Physician. 2014 Oct;60(10):899-903.
Unfractionated heparin and placental pathology in high-risk pregnancies: secondary analysis of a pilot randomized controlled trial.
D'Souza R, Keating S, Walker M, Drewlo S, Kingdom J.
Placenta. 2014 Oct;35(10):816-23. doi: 10.1016/j.placenta.2014.07.010. Epub 2014 Jul 24.
Identification of a novel neutrophil population: proangiogenic granulocytes in second-trimester human decidua.
Amsalem H, Kwan M, Hazan A, Zhang J, Jones RL, Whittle W, Kingdom JC, Croy BA, Lye SJ, Dunk CE.
J Immunol. 2014 Sep 15;193(6):3070-9. doi: 10.4049/jimmunol.1303117. Epub 2014 Aug 18.
Comparative efficacy of uterotonic agents: in vitro contractions in isolated myometrial strips of labouring and non-labouring women.
Balki M, Erik-Soussi M, Kingdom J, Carvalho JC.
Can J Anaesth. 2014 Sep;61(9):808-18. doi: 10.1007/s12630-014-0190-1. Epub 2014 Jun 7.
Intrapartum interventions for singleton pregnancies arising from assisted reproductive technologies.
Sun LM, Lanes A, Kingdom JC, Cao H, Kramer M, Wen SW, Wu J, Chen Y, Walker MC.
J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2014 Sep;36(9):795-802.
Web-based education and attitude to delivery by caesarean section in nulliparous women.
Kulkarni A, Wright E, Kingdom J.
J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2014 Sep;36(9):768-75.
Altered hemodynamics and hyperuricemia accompany an elevated sFlt-1/PlGF ratio before the onset of early severe preeclampsia.
Doherty A, Carvalho JC, Drewlo S, El-Khuffash A, Downey K, Dodds M, Kingdom J.
J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2014 Aug;36(8):692-700.
Klippel-Trenaunay-Weber syndrome-associated arterial and venous malformations in the lower uterine segment.
Bouchard-Fortier G, El-Chaar D, Hawrylyshyn P, Kingdom J, Lyons E.
J Obstet Gynaecol Can. 2014 Aug;36(8):665-6. English, French. No abstract available.


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RATIONALE: Studying samples of tumor tissue from patients with cancer in the laboratory may help doctors identify and learn more about biomarkers related to brain tumors.
PURPOSE: This research studies gene expression and location in samples from patients with brain tumors.
- To determine the expression and subcellular localization of nei endonuclease VIII-like 3 (NEIL3) in brain tumors.
OUTLINE: Tissue microarray samples are analyzed for NEIL3 expression and subcellular localization by immunohistochemical methods.
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William George Scott
Name William George Scott
Corps South Staffordshire Regiment, 1st Battalion
Service No. 8587
Date/Place of entry Birmingham
Date of death 7 November 1918
Memorial/Grave Saint Martin's Cemetery, Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
William George Scott was the fourth of six children of Onesiphorus Scott and his wife Lydia nee Willetts, and a nephew of Mary Lines nee Scott of Cottingham. He was born in 1886 in Aston, Birmingham, where Mary and her husband Owen Lines lived after their marriage in 1880 and where their first three children were born. William George Scott was born two years after the birth there of his cousin Owen George Lines.
William George's family had lived in Aston throughout the nineteenth century long before it was officially absorbed into the city of Birmingham in 1918. Birmingham was a huge manufacturing centre whose metalworking industries supported many different trades. Generations of the Scott family were variously employed as jewellery makers, die sinkers, tool stampers, engine fitters, engine turners, drillers, and cycle and motor trade workers. Until late in the century such work was usually carried out in small workshops but by1900 large factories had become dominant.
When William George was growing up he would have benefited from the significant civic improvements initiated by Mayor Joseph Chamberlain in the 1870s. These included improved street lighting, slum clearance, public park creation and a clean water supply.
The given name Onesiphorus - it occurs in St Paul's 2nd Letters to Timothy - was a traditional name within the family, though William George's father understandably chose to call himself Oney in at least one census entry (He still chose to bestow it on his own eldest son who subsequently also opted for Oney, then Owen.)
Onesiphorus senior was a steel tool stamper who died in 1900 aged forty two when William George was fourteen and employed as an apprentice plumber (he was listed in the census as 'George') as was his brother Fred.
In 1908 William George married Caroline Barton and they had two children, William George and Enid Mary. According to the 1911 census the small family were still in Aston where he was employed as a motor machinist.
The only official records to survive regarding his military career are the British War Medal and Victory Medal rolls and those relating to his death. They tell us he enlisted in Birmingham into the 1st Battalion of the South Staffordshire Regiment and was ranked lance corporal when he died.
There is however an entry in the 'public member' section at www.ancestry.co.uk which says William George was taken prisoner after the Battle of Mons in November 1914 and spent the next four years as a prisoner of war (PoW) in Soltau (Hannover) PoW camp. The website also has photos of him. The fact of his imprisonment is backed up by a record on the website www.genealogist.com that lists a W.G. Scott, 'previously reported missing, and now reported as a wounded PoW in 1915'. I do not have a subscription to the site so cannot look for further details.
There is one discrepancy between the account on ancestry and what official records remain for William George. The Battle of Mons took place in late August 1914, some weeks before the 1st Battalion landed at Zeebrugge so he cannot have been wounded during the battle or subsequent retreat, unless he was then with a different battalion. (The 2nd Battalion of the South Staffordshire regiment was at Mons.)
As a father of two children it seems unlikely - though not impossible - that he enlisted before the start of the war, so his military career was probably very short. The 1st Battalion was in South Africa in August 1914, and returned to England on19 September. It joined the 22nd Brigade in 7th Division together with various other regular army units which had been serving outside the UK. The newly created Division landed in Belgium on 6 October. Its first task was to help in the westward evacuation of the Belgian army, after which it entrenched near Ypres, the first British troops to do so.
The Division took part in the 1st First Battle of Ypres from 19 to 22 October and suffered very heavy losses. It was back to fighting strength the following January, having acquired the name 'The Immortal Seventh' but it seems likely William George was by then a prisoner of war.
From the very start of the war, the German government had far more prisoners to deal with than it had expected. It was not just the British who'd said the fighting would all be over by Christmas. By the end of September the German army had taken prisoner 125,050 French soldiers and 94,000 Russian, as well as British, numbers for which it was utterly unprepared. There was no detention infrastructure and initially prisoners ended up in whatever was locally available - tents, barns, empty buildings and fields. They were often treated brutally.
In 1915 the number of prisoners reached one million, an unprecedented figure. In response the German government set up nearly three hundred prison camps, frequently using the prisoners themselves to build them. There was no central administration of these camps. Germany was divided into military districts, each corresponding to an army corps whose commanders acted as military governors of their district. Part of their duties covered the running of prisoner of war camps so living conditions in each camp depended to a significant extent on the attitude of each commandant and his staff.
The worst camps were mostly on the Russian and Austro-Hungarian fronts where unsanitary living conditions and ill treatment caused the death of thousands, many from typhus. Camps in western Europe were usually better. Happily, relatively speaking, for William George Scott, Soltau Hannover camp was considered a good camp. The International Red Cross report on Soltau, all one hundred and eighty six pages of it, is available online at: http://grandeguerre.icrc.org/en/Camps/Soltau-Hanovre-/479/fr/
A prison camp for non-officer soldiers (Mannschaftslager) consisted of wooden barracks ten metres wide by fifty metres long, each of which housed about two hundred and fifty men. The barracks were surrounded by a barbed wire fence three metres high. Inside, straw or sawdust bunk beds sat on either side of a central passageway. Furniture was minimal. There was generally a canteen where prisoners could sometimes buy extra food, a barrack for packages, a guardhouse, guards' barracks and kitchens. Besides sanitary facilities, improved following the typhus outbreaks, there might be a library, chapel, or performance hall.
Non-officer prisoners of war from both sides of the conflict were usually put to work in small working units, typically in agriculture, forestry or mining. This was legal under international law. Prisoners in Germany might be returned to their camp at night or held under guard in local units. The International Red Cross regularly inspected the camps, but not these units where living conditions were sometimes dreadful.
The worst were those near the front line where prisoners had to work under shellfire. By 1916, the German, British, French, Austro-Hungarian and Russian armies were all keeping permanent units of prisoners as forced labourers at or near the front, as a form of reprisal. Germany sent newly captured British and French prisoners to carry out forced labour on the Eastern Front after France transported German prisoners of war to camps in North Africa, and Britain began put them to work for the British army in France. Many of those sent to the Eastern Front died of cold, starvation and ill treatment. In 1917 this reprisal practice escalated on both sides.
We do not know what William George's experiences were, but while most prisoners survived the war, he was not to be among them. The record states that Switzerland, to where injured prisoners from both sides of the conflict had been sent since May 1916, officially accepted him on 7 November 1918. He died that day at Interlaken hospital, just four days before the end of the war. He was buried in St Martin's cemetery at Vevey, on the northern shore of Lake Geneva, in a section designated for Commonwealth war graves. He is one of eighty eight British and Dominion sailors, soldiers and airmen of the war who died before they could be repatriated and are buried in Switzerland.
He was survived by his wife Catherine and their two children back home in Birmingham. His mother Lydia had died in 1913 aged fifty three. More than one hundred and fifty thousand men from Birmingham, over half of the male population, served in the armed forces during the war. Around thirteen thousand of them are thought to have died, and thirty five thousand wounded.
William George was first cousin to Owen George, Henry William and Frederick Albert Lines.


The level of degree and area of specialization are some factors that affect students who majored in biology employment opportunities. Graduates of graduate-level degree programs usually work in academia or advanced research positions, while those with bachelor's degrees find work in environmental consulting and quality control.
Zoology and botany are two major areas that divide the field of biology. There are many sub-disciplines within these branches; these include molecular and cellular biology. Given the many branches that comprise biology, there can be a high variance in career options for biology majors.
Biologists whose specialized area of concentration is molecular biology can seek entry-level occupations in various areas including public health, medicine and biomedical research, among others. Those whose specialized area of concentration is zoology can seek entry-level careers in such fields as microbiology, forestry, marine biology, biotechnology, botany, and animal behavior.
The degree level of biology majors can also determine the nature of career choice they may enjoy. Graduates who hold a bachelor's degree seek occupations as high school biology teachers, microbiologists, greenhouse curators, environmental consultants, food and dairy quality control specialists, and laboratory and environmental technicians.
Graduates who hold a master's degree can seek careers working as environmental project managers, assistant professors, molecular biologists, product developers and inspectors, and research associates. Those who hold a Ph.D. can seek work in academia or independent research. They may choose from work options such as a scientific researcher, assistant professor, postsecondary professor and biotechnology research scientist.
Students, armed with a degree in biology, are prepared to seek occupations in healthcare, and choose from positions such as a pharmacist, podiatrist, dentist or veterinary assistant.
As of 2010, microbiologists with a Bachelor of Science (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics) degree took home an average annual salary of $34,971, while high school biology teachers grossed $43,616 per annum. At the lower end of the income ladder, bachelor's degree graduates who have less than 12 months of work experience average a salary of $34,000 annually, while at the higher end are those with work experience of 20 years or more, who take home $72,000 per year.


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Health Care Reform Update: Additional 'Interim Final Regulations' issued
published in McAfee & Taft Health Care Reform Update | July 15, 2010
On June 22, 2010, the Departments of Health and Human Services, Labor and Treasury jointly issued additional interim, final regulations (the "Interim Final Regulations") concerning the legislative changes under the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act (collectively, the "Reform Act"). These new regulations address the following issues: (i) pre-existing condition exclusions, (ii) annual and lifetime limits on benefits, (iii) rescissions of coverage, and (iv) patient protections. The following is a summary of the Interim Final Regulations.
Prohibition on Exclusions of Pre-existing Conditions
The Reform Act prohibits pre-existing condition exclusions from being imposed by a group health plan. The Interim Final Regulations provide guidance with respect to this prohibition by clarifying the definition of a pre-existing condition as follows:
A pre-existing condition exclusion means a limitation or exclusion of benefits based on the fact that the condition was present before the effective date of coverage.
A pre-existing condition exclusion includes not only an exclusion of benefits for the condition but also a denial of overall coverage under the plan.
The prohibition on pre-existing condition exclusions is applicable to plans effective for plan years beginning on or after January 1, 2014. However, the prohibition applies to individuals who are under 19 years of age for plan years that begin on or after September 23, 2010 (for calendar year plans this means January 1, 2010).
Prohibition on Lifetime and Annual Limits
The Reform Act also prohibits plans (and health insurers) from imposing annual or lifetime limits on the dollar value of "essential health benefits." The Interim Final Regulations clarify the obligations of health care plans with respect to the prohibition on annual and lifetime limits as follows:
Individuals who previously reached a lifetime limit. An individual who reached a lifetime limit prior to the first plan year beginning after September 23, 2010, and who is otherwise eligible for benefits under a plan is subject to the following:
The individual must be permitted to enroll in the plan as a special enrollee (i.e. the individual must be given the right to enroll in all available benefit packages).
The individual must be notified of the enrollment rights described above and that the lifetime limit no longer applies.
The notice and enrollment opportunity must be provided not later than the first plan year beginning after September 23, 2010. The Department of Labor has provided a model notice regarding the special enrollment requirement.
Essential Health Benefits. For plan years beginning prior to January 1, 2014, a group health plan may impose annual or lifetime limits on benefits which are not "essential health benefits." The Interim Final Regulations do not define "essential health benefits" except to refer to the Reform Act and provide that plans must act consistently and in good faith. The Reform Act defines "essential health benefits" to include, at a minimum:
Ambulatory Patient Care
Maternity and newborn care
Mental health and substance abuse disorder services, including behavioral health treatment
Rehabilitation and habilitative services and devices
Preventive and wellness services
Pediatric services including oral and vision care
Condition–based exclusions. The Interim Final Regulations do not prevent a plan from excluding all benefits for a particular condition.
Non-dollar value limitations. Neither the Reform Act nor the Interim Final Regulations specifically address limitations on benefits which are not stated in terms of dollars. Such limitations could include, for example, a limit on the number of doctor visits permitted per year. However, the express language of both the Reform Act and the Interim Final Regulations refers to dollar limits. Therefore, it would appear that such non-dollar amount limitations would be permitted.
Phase-in of annual limits. For plan years beginning prior to January 1, 2014, a plan can apply the following annual limits:
In applying these limits:
A grandfathered plan may not impose a limit if it did not previously have one or lower a limit without losing its grandfathered status.
Only "essential health benefits" are taken into account in determining whether the limits are reached.
Application to cafeteria plans. Health flexible spending accounts under a cafeteria plan are not subject to the prohibition on annual or lifetime limits.
Prohibition on Rescissions
The Reform Act prohibits a plan from rescinding coverage with respect to an individual once the individual is covered under the plan unless coverage was obtained through fraud or intentional misrepresentation of a material fact. In addition, the Reform Act requires a plan to notify a participant in advance if coverage is to be rescinded. The Interim Final Regulations clarify that a rescission is a cancellation or discontinuance of coverage that has a retroactive effect. A cancellation or discontinuance of coverage is not a rescission if it only has a prospective effect or if the cancellation or discontinuance is effective retroactively but is due to a failure to make the timely premium payment.
Patient Protection Concerning Choice of Healthcare Providers – These requirements do not apply to grandfathered plans
The Interim Final Regulations reiterate certain patient protections related to the choice of healthcare providers and emergency services. With respect to the choice of healthcare providers, the Reform Act and the Interim Final Regulations provide that a plan participant must be given the choice of selecting his or her primary healthcare provider from among a plan's network of providers. In addition, the Reform Act and the Interim Final Regulations (i) impose a requirement allowing for the designation of a pediatrician as a primary care physician for a child, and (ii) provide that a plan may not require authorization or referral by the plan or another primary care provider for a female participant who seeks obstetrical or gynecological care provided by an in-network health care professional.
The Reform Act and the Interim Final Regulations also provide that a non-grandfathered plan which provides benefits with respect to emergency room services may not require pre-authorization and must provide benefits with respect to emergency services without regard to whether the health care provider furnishing the emergency service is an in-network provider.
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Based on years of industry experience and expertise, Weston brings high-quality environmental consulting support to Kalaeloa Ventures LLC to facilitate property transfer and redevelopment at the former Naval Air Station (NAS) Barbers Point, Oahu, HI.
Weston is providing ongoing support and has executed over 22 separate Task Orders under the Kalaeloa redevelopment program at the former NAS Barbers Point for Hunt Development LLC (Hunt). The former NAS Barbers Point was closed under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process in 1995, but the U.S. Navy retained over 540 acres that were subsequently leased to Hunt under a Lease in Furtherance of Conveyance in 2007. Hunt, in their efforts to facilitate property transfer from the Navy, has relied on Weston's specialized experience and expertise with the BRAC process to expedite property transfer.
Weston is supporting Hunt in the technical environmental evaluation of multiple parcels of land in Kalaeloa for redevelopment and supporting varying environmental due-diligence activities, including review of the Navy's Environmental Conditions of Property documents, regulatory review and liaison, performing soil and groundwater assessment activities on multiple parcels, completing compliance inspections of a permitted underground injection stormwater well system across the area, and preparing extensive GIS mapping based on historical information.
Weston performed a review to assess the environmental risks associated with the privatization of the water and wastewater systems at Kalaeloa. The environmental review was conducted to identify risks associated with the operation, maintenance, and compliance of the utility systems on over 13 miles of water and wastewater infrastructure. Environmental assessment activities have included the sampling of potentially asbestos-containing materials and lead-based paint contaminated media, soil, and groundwater for the determination of environmental risks to Hunt, which may be acquired through the purchase or lease of property.
We have worked closely with Hunt to help identify and quantify the environmental risk and develop strategies to negotiate with the Navy to expedite property transfer. Achieving regulatory site closure on these lingering environmentally impacted parcels, allows them to be developed for community benefit, including schools, recreation centers, and retirement living communities. Through the transfer process, Hunt will be able to sequence the cleanup of priority parcels to facilitate redevelopment and neighborhood revitalization, thereby accelerating community reuse.
Weston has worked closely with Hunt to review, assess, and evaluate the constantly changing priority parcels and the critical infrastructure to identify environmental risks associated with their development. Weston understands the importance of public and private partnerships and the significance of Community Development Corporations and other neighborhood entities in guiding local land use planning and decision making.


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Apple display supplier LG makes another quarterly loss, sees 'uncertain outlook'
Ben Lovejoy
@benlovejoy
LG Display, a key Apple supplier, has announced its second consecutive quarterly loss and says that it will slash investment plans in the light of an 'uncertain outlook' in the mobile market …
Reuters reports that the company lost around $200M, and plans a dramatic cut in spending.
LG Display posted an operating loss of 228 billion won ($202.1 million), hit by declining panel prices […]
LG said it would trim investment by 3 trillion won ($2.7 billion) from what was planned by 2020, without revealing its total or previous capex targets.
One of the key issues for LG has been that it was slow to make the shift from LCD to OLED production. It reportedly then hit quality issues trying to achieve volume production of displays for this year's iPhones. It is now expected to produce no more than 2-5M OLED screens for Apple this year, with Samsung – sole supplier of iPhone X displays – picking up the bulk of the orders.
LG is, though, expected to supply around 20M screens for the 6.1-inch LCD iPhone, and the company says it is optimistic about the future. It says that the scaling back of investment will not delay its OLED plans, and it expected OLED production to be profitable from next quarter.
Photo: Reuters/Jo Yong-Hak
Introduced in 2007 by Steve Jobs, iPhone is Apple's flagship iOS device and easily its most popular product around the world. The iPhone runs iOS and includes a large collection of mobile apps through the App Store.
Ben Lovejoy is a British technology writer and EU Editor for 9to5Mac. He's known for his op-eds and diary pieces, exploring his experience of Apple products over time, for a more rounded review. He also writes fiction, with two technothriller novels, a couple of SF shorts and a rom-com!
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1.In the future, there will be a higher proportion of older people than younger people in many countries, what's the advantage and disadvantage?
2.In many countries, the proportion of older people is steadily increasing. Does this trend have more positive or negative effects on the society?
3.Today, in many countries, there is insufficient respect to old people. What are the reasons? What problems it might cause?
例题1:Males and females should be treated differently. So, some work has to be done only by men, not by women. To what extent do you agree or disagree?
例题2:Nowadays, some workplaces tend to employ equal numbers of men and women workers. Do you think it is a positive or negative development?
例题:In some countries, governments are encouraging industries and businesses to move out of large cities and into regional areas. Do you think the advantages of this development outweigh its disadvantages?
例题1:Many people think that work nowadays is more stressful and less leisurely than in the past, how about your opinion?
范文:In this present-day society, it seems that contradictions always exist between cultural and traditional inheritance and social advancement. Some people, accordingly, suggest that some customs and conventional behavioral norms should not emerge into people's modern life. Personally, I am completely on the side of what they argue.
Some ancient moral standards and traditions have formed due to the limited social resources that they could share. An instance in point is that a couple of hundred years ago, three or even four generations of Chinese in a huge family lived under one roof. Consequently, conflicts happened all the time because of generation gaps. The reason why people chose to live together as a large family was because older generations in the ancient society had not ability to make a decent living so that they needed support from their offspring. Definitely, in modern society with a sound welfare system, people are able to live in a small family unit with much more exhilaration.
Worse, some other customs and traditions came into being because of people's wrong cognition to the world they were living in. Those traditions might include discriminations to some certain groups of people. In agricultural societies, females were not as productive as males, which led to the fact that men did have upper social status and women were not allowed to do many things that they were supposed to have rights to choose. Undoubtedly, in contemporary societies women have equal rights as men, and thus they can be treated fairly everywhere such as in education and employment.
To sum up, some traditions and cultures, if not most, are obviously incorrect, and with no doubt we must abandon them. On the other hand, there are also some others that we should pay every effort to pass down generation to generation, which can positively represent our time-honored culture and fine traditions of nations.


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Laura Baumgartner advocates against fossil fuel exports. Laura is a member of University Temple UMC.
Laura Baumgartner, member of University Temple UMC in Seattle and candidate for ministry, shares how an internship at Earth Ministry is giving her new opportunities to witness on behalf of God's creation.
The intersection of science and faith is a deep and abiding passion of mine, particularly as my life has me living in both spheres. I've been a member of University Temple United Methodist Church for 14 years, and I've been high school chemistry teacher for 24. In particular, I'm called to explore how I can speak into what is sometimes a void between religion and environmental advocacy as I work toward a Master of Divinity at Seattle University and toward ordination as an elder in the United Methodist Church.
Because I want to find out what ministry takes place in the space between these two areas of human experience, I sought out an internship at Earth Ministry. And though there's a lot of office work and routine tasks, it has been a joy to me to see how the best environmental science is expressed in faith values in the real work of climate protection.
I'm learning to find my way as pastor at this crossroads. In fact, I often think of myself as collecting the tools that I'll need for ministry as I prepare for what the Spirit has in mind for me. With the love and support, and generally good tolerance of my congregation at University Temple, I've developing the skills of pastoral care and administration. Working at Earth Ministry is helping me develop other skills: I have spoken truth to power. I can find words to express the injustice that is done when people of color bear the first and most devastating effects of environmental disasters. I can witness the story that unfolds when unlikely partners find they share the same planet and must work together.
a faithful approach to decision-making in the public arena needs all of us, scientists and faithful alike.
For many generations, organized religion has been part of the force that has taught humans to act as if we are not a part of Creation, through language suggesting that we somehow claim power over Creation. However, working at Earth Ministry, I realize the power that comes from knowing our part in Creation. Grace comes even to religious organizations when we speak up for those who can't speak themselves, like Northwest salmon, our beautiful boreal forests and even Earth's atmosphere. Climate change is one of the huge global problems facing humans that can't be solved by either religion or science alone. Instead a faithful approach to decision-making in the public arena needs all of us, scientists and faithful alike. All of our expertise, talent, and passion are required of us.
In my classroom and in my church, I am often challenged to articulate what can be done about the water, air, or soil pollution problems that face us. One student angrily told me that we should just pave over the entire planet and start over because we've messed up so badly. It's easy to fall prey to such grief and despair. In going to rallies, press conferences, hearings, and other events, as well as doing the ongoing planning work with the team at Earth Ministry, I'm learning what it takes to steward a community through challenges that feel overwhelming. I'm learning to say, "My faith compels me to speak out" when that is the case. I'm learning that it is in community where we have real successes and share the resolve to right our wrongs. I have witnessed those for whom the church is a scary place working side by side with those who find their home in church, for the sake of the Creation, as part of Creation. That is the power of our faith. That is the power of our God.
If you are new to the work of Earth Ministry, you can find out more about the work that we do or sign up for our email distribution list. To use your own voice to speak out against proposed fossil fuel expansion, related to climate change, make a comment by January 22 on the Tesoro Savage Oil Terminal.