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Interview Across Cyber Space with Mircea Brenciu – Part II
Ileana Johnson February 10, 2016
On the question, why would people put their faith in career politicians, fighting with each other fiercely on social media, looking for purity, honesty, and perfection in a person's character, qualities that are often lacking in the political world, Mircea Brenciu's answer was not a surprise.
The main stream media models and shapes the news and the thinking of the voting populace based on the candidates and what platform they offer – the more socialist, the more popular. The problem arises after the election when, in the "laboratories of democracy," the two Parliamentary chambers, behind closed doors, unabashedly vacate the will of the voting people.
There is no law that prohibits the candidates elected to migrate to other parties and to change representation to that party's interest and ideology. "Influenced by blackmail, bribery, and other means, some representatives leave their parties under whose banner they ran for office, and join another party or political organization, thus altering the results of the general vote." This way, a party or an alliance that was previously in a majority, becomes a minority, further eroding the will of the voters.
These Machiavellian political alliances, made before or after the election, often lack the ideological unity necessary to address the strategic, political, or economic issues of the day and thus decisions are generally made arbitrarily and not in the best interest of the population.
Parliament members are inhibited by fear that they will be arrested under real or trumped up charges and would have to defend themselves for years in a court of law and potentially serve time. Romanian politics must pass through the microscope of the bureaucracy called the National Anti-Corruption Directorate. (DNA)
In Brenciu's opinion, the DNA is necessary but often abusive. Those who control this institution, also control the direction of national politics. For example, Brenciu added, the "infractors of the Social Democrat Party (PSD) are treated differently than the Liberal Democrat Party (PDL) of former President Traian Basescu."
Some corrupt politicians are better protected under the law than others, escaping prison, which results in a loss of trust by the general public in the fairness and justice of government. Using this loss of trust, other politicians shamelessly campaign under the slogan of curbing abuse, corruption, and illegality, and deliver nothing.
While the politics of corruption continue unabated, national interest is forgotten, "with a disgrace and arrogance worthy of historical traitors," said Brenciu, and the idea of nation-state and sovereignty overlooked in the wave of internationalism coming from Brussels. "The negotiation of individual liberty is the only politics in Romania that seem worthy of sincere, huge, and herculean efforts."
Take for example, the development funds allocated to Romania by the European Union in Brussels. Based on passed history, under the banner of curbing corruption, the funds are draconically controlled, and those who are charged with dispersing them realize that it is almost impossible to obtain or demand bribes, and it is thus not in their interest to try very hard to allocate the funds to those who need them for development.
It is difficult to prove such financial corruption; however, why should someone complicate their lives with foreign funds from EU when there is nothing to be gained from the effort, only a lot of paperwork, hard to obtain approvals, and the long wait for funds that must be spent exactly as they were earmarked and in the given amount of time.
"For the EU bureaucrats, this would justify to view Romanians as an inferior category in the grand multinational scheme of EU wannabes." Romania's membership in the EU is important but their land, strategic, and economic potential are much more important to these globalist elites.
As Brenciu explained, following in the footstep of history when colonists eliminated people who already resided on the lands sought after, history has an annoying tendency to repeat itself. He explained, "Romania must be emptied of Romanians, as they are incapable to resist the western bulldozer, and must leave the gold for the explorers who came to the Old Continent in the name of the Crown with 12 gold stars and a blue flag."
On the question of the economic situation in Romania, following the execution of the communist dictator Nicolae Ceausescu in 1989, Brenciu had this to say.
After the Revolution of December 1989, the first government, that of Petre Roman, launched the competition which Brenciu dubbed, "Getting Rich at Any Cost," an effort to privatize the economy.
One such method of privatization called MEBO, gave factories, industrial complexes, and economic centers to the new managers, chosen by workers' meetings, supposedly democratic. In this new brand of "savage and primitive capitalism, devoid of any rules and regulations," the newly appointed managers robbed everything and anything that belonged to Ceausescu's communist state and thus became owners without any payment made to the state. The "proletariat," who continued to work for the new owners, received shares in this new "enterprise," shares which they later sold to the new owners/directors who became millionaires overnight.
Brenciu clarified that the majority of the new owners/directors were former security officers and communist apparatchiks who were traitors to the communist regime, turning the anti-communist tide into their financial favor. They were opportunists, aided and abetted by a corrupt judicial system and a mentality of two wolves and a lamb deciding what's for dinner.
The poor of yesterday, members of the proletariat, the much touted "workers," remain the poor of today. Many jobs have disappeared thanks to the sale of unproductive factories, piece by piece, or the sale to foreign investors who bought entire plants, whether productive or unproductive, to dismantle them or to modernize them, and thus eliminate any competition possible.
Even though Romanian economy functioned under communism with old and outdated technology, it had an industrial base. Today, Brenciu added, Romania has become an "industrial-agrarian, tourist, and service economy." And the agricultural sector is also suffering as more arable land is left unused, while food is imported from far away.
Ileana Johnson
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Ileana Johnson is a senior columnist for Canada Free Press, retired teacher with 30 years experience, best selling author of UN Agenda 21: Environmental Piracy at Amazon, author of Echoes of Communism, Liberty on Life Support, and the upcoming book Communism 2.0 Twenty-Five Years Later. She is also a radio commentator on Liberty Express Radio on Butler on Business, every Wednesday at 10:34 EST. I travel and speak on issues of interest to me, communism, education, economy, immigration, and UN Agenda 21. She has a doctorate in Economics and speaks five other languages. She is a legal immigrant and proud American citizen by choice.


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HOUTHIS IN YEMEN: AN IRANIAN PUPPET TO IMPLEMENT A TERRORIST AGENDA
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Amid international concerns, Houthi's reckless policies, which have recently escalated because of the political and battle defeats of their putschists militia, have been increasing. Al-Houthi elements are pursuing a retaliation policy from the Yemeni people by permitting several violations, attacks and crimes and by implementing schemes aimed at thwarting the agreement of Sweden and preventing an agreement ending the Yemeni war, as well as looting money and intimidating the Yemeni people.
These activities and practices unequivocally prove that Houthis do not have clear national or strategic objectives, and that they are only an Iranian tool that has nothing to do with its decision, and the current violations and sabotage activities and policies to thwart the Swedish agreement through the breach of this agreement is in accordance with the directives of Tehran, in order not to allow an agreement to end the war in Yemen, while exercising the maximum extent of evasion and distortion of facts.
The fears are mounting after the revelation of Iran's intentions to use the Yemeni war and the Houthi group to avenge the US policies and sanctions imposed on it and the consequent crises and problems that have threaten the survival of the Iranian regime, in addition to Iran's attempt to use the Houthi group to continue fighting and intransigence in order to pressure the Saudi-led coalition, which leads the combat against terrorism and the Iranian interference in the region.
One of the aims of the recent Houthi violations to the Swedish agreement, as well as the disruption of the political and diplomatic solution, is to coverage the internal division that has afflicted the ranks of the putschists and to hide the economic and financial hardships suffered by the Houthi group due to the recent shortage of Iranian supplies following the sanctions on Iran and the Arab coalition countries thwarting a number of Iranian supply operations to Houthi groups in Yemen, which have put the putschists in a vulnerable position, which the group has faced by raising its violations to the Swedish agreement as an attempt to show itself as still strong before the Yemeni people.
Among the absurd acts and violations of the Houthi group are the continuation of the military operations against the Yemeni people, the expansion of its military deployment, contrary to the provisions of the Swedish convention, firing missiles at the gatherings of the legitimacy forces, committing assassinations and abductions of Yemeni tribal figures and sheikhs, escalating the media propaganda against the head of the United Nations' redeployment committee, Patrick Camert, and their refusal to implement the agreement to withdraw under the auspices of the Coordinating Committee for Redeployment.
The deeds of the Houthis also including the recruitment of children in their battles, the imposition of royalties and taxes, targeting schools, universities, hospitals and health centers, or turning them into training camps and centers for brainwashing likewise ISIS' way, and full control of the health facilities and turn them into centers of Houthis elements only, and not allowing them to provide any medical or health service to non-Houthis elements, which is another violation added to the violations of the Houthi repeated against the Yemeni people.
More seriously, the Houthi group, with the aim of reducing the significant shortage of the number of its fighters following the repeated defeats and the refusal of Yemeni youth to join their project and coup, as well as the escape of some fighters and the surrender of others, in addition to the refusal of a large number of militia elements participating in the fighting because not receiving their wages, over the past few days, children have been forcibly recruited, such as school children, members of charities, social protection homes and associations of the disabled, who were taken to the fronts to fill the large gap in their combat elements. Reports confirm that the putschists have recruited about 500 of these vulnerable people so far, and these recruitment is still ongoing under the supervision of the highest Houthi leaders and under the direction and orders of the leadership of the Iranian Quds Force.
These reckless and indiscriminate practices confirm that the putschists are currently experiencing their most difficult stages, and that they are on route to falling and collapsing, due to successive defeats and losses and weak Iranian support. The Houthi leaders have realized that they are currently in the greatest predicament imposed by their terrorist activities from within and Iranian plans from abroad, and that there is no hope of continuing this coup and from the implementation of the Iranian plans, and that surrender is the only way to them.
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Q: SwiftUI Swipe Actions Note Working Correctly So I'm working on this shopping list and basically I have a list of tile views that have swipe actions.
The bought and delete actions work perfectly, but I am unable to get the edit button to work. The edit button pulls up a form already filled with the item's information so you can edit it.
The code for the button works, when I make the tile itself a button and tap the tile the edit form comes up.
Is there a limit to swipe actions that limit you pulling up a form in a swipe action? Here is the code for the list. Thanks! (Program is coded using swift ui and swift)
ForEach(Item) { madeItem in
    FoodListTileView(foodItem: madeItem)
        .swipeActions(edge: .leading) {
            Button {
                madeItem.justBought()
                FoodDataController.shared.saveItem(madeItem: madeItem)
            } label: {
                Label("Just Bought", systemImage: "checkmark.square")
            }
            .tint(.green)
        }
        .swipeActions(edge: .trailing) {
            Button { FoodDataController.shared.deleteItem(madeItem: madeItem)} label : {
                Label("Delete", systemImage:"trash")
            }
            .tint(.red)

            Button(action: {showingCreateView = true})  {

                Label("Edit", systemImage: "pencil.circle")

            }
            .sheet(isPresented: $showingCreateView) {
                AddItemView(Item: madeItem)
            }
            .tint(.orange)
        }
    }
}
.listStyle(.plain)

A: @Raja is absolutely right. The .sheet inside swipeAction doesn't work, it has to be outside. Better even outside of the ForEach, as otherwise it will always only show the last value of the forEach.
If it's outside the ForEach, you have to use a different way to let sheet know which data to display: .sheet(item:) which is the better alternative in most cases anyway. For that go from @State var showingCreateView: Bool to something like @State var editingItem: Item? where Item should be your items Class. And in the button action, give it the current item value.
Here is the amended code:
// test item struct
struct Item: Identifiable {
    let id = UUID()
    var name: String
}

struct ContentView: View {

    // test data
    @State private var items = [
        Item(name: "Butter"),
        Item(name: "Honey"),
        Item(name: "Bread"),
        Item(name: "Milk"),
        Item(name: "Ham")
    ]

    @State private var editingItem: Item? // replace Item with your item type

    var body: some View {
        List {
            ForEach(items) { madeItem in
                Text(madeItem.name)

                    .swipeActions(edge: .leading){
                        Button {
                        } label: {
                            Label("Just Bought", systemImage: "checkmark.square")
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                        .tint(.green)
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                    .swipeActions(edge: .trailing){
                        Button {
                        } label : {
                            Label("Delete", systemImage:"trash")
                        }
                        .tint(.red)

                        Button {
                            editingItem = madeItem // setting editingItem (anything else but nil) brings up the sheet
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                            Label("Edit", systemImage: "pencil.circle")
                        }
                        .tint(.orange)
                    }
            }
        }
        .sheet(item: $editingItem) { item in  // change to item: init here
            Text("Edit: \(item.name)")
        }
        .listStyle(.plain)
    }
}

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Heroes rise to the occasion. They're at their best when things are at their worst. They uphold the values of their profession, even when it means they are putting themselves at great risk. During the time of this pandemic, so many ASA College graduates have become essential workers – medical professionals and support staff – who have fought the virus on the front lines in order to save lives. We are proud of those heroes who began their important careers at ASA, and thankful for their commitment now, when we need them the most.
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Mr. Patel has just finished his AOS Medical Assisting – Class of 2020, and is working at Columbia University Hospital as a first respondent during this challenging time. Rohan, your professors, advisors and classmates at ASA are so proud of you. Thank you!
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Nana Opare, CMAC for drawing upon his training, skill, and courage to help his community persevere during the COVID-19 pandemic. Mr. Opare takes pride in his ASA degree and his career path because he has proven himself and has achieved financial stability doing something he loves. When he reflects on his journey, he sees that "I learned that I could succeed at anything I put my mind into. I learned that I could feel fully satisfied knowing that my career path inspired others." We are proud to share Mr. Opare's story and his advice for future students: "If they have a passion for something, they should go for it without hesitation."
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In 2016 Ms. Moore completed her A.A.S. Nursing degree with ASA College. Hired by Elevate Human Capital, she now serves as an RN Supervisor of Medical Assistants at Covid Testing Sites. In addition to this front-line position, Ms. Moore also works on a skilled Nursing unit and in long-term care. Her skills couldn't be more needed in these times, and that's just what she hoped when she pursued her degree at ASA. She said, "I was motivated to pursue a healthcare degree because I have been in situations when people were sick, and I felt powerless." Ms. Moore, you're using your power to help others now. You are a hero!
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Home Article Huckabee's Magic FairTax
Huckabee's Magic FairTax
Huckabee's FairTax? Nothing of the sort. It's just a grand sales tax with fuzzy math and a fancy name. We walk you through the complete explanation.
"When the FairTax becomes law," Mike Huckabee promises, "it will be like waving a magic wand releasing us from pain and unfairness." That's quite a tax policy. I've always found sales taxes to be more like a magic wand imbuing me with lots of pennies, even though the sweater clearly said $25.95.
And let's be clear. That is what the "FairTax" is. A sales tax. A big one. The magical tax fairy is going to float down from her wondrous revenue castle and, with a click of her enchanted rates calculator, eliminate all federal income and payroll taxes. But she will leave in its place a hefty sales tax affecting everything you purchase (save educational spending). For every dollar you spend, you will pay an extra 30-or-so cents in "FairTaxes." It's like the worst magic trick ever.
I say "30-or-so cents" because no one is exactly sure what the required rates will be. This gets a little tricky, so bear with me. The FairTax folks swear on a stack of bibles it will be 23 percent. But that calculation appears, impressively, to be both wrong and misleading. When most of us hear 23 percent taxation, we imagine paying a dollar and then being asked for 23 additional pennies, for a total of $1.23. Not the FairTaxers. They run their calculations as "tax inclusive," which means they include the total tax in our hypothetical dollar. So they imagine the item costs 77 cents, then the shopkeep adds in their 23 cents of taxation, and then you divide that total dollar -- which includes the added tax -- by the tax rate, to get your 23 percent. But that's not how we're used to thinking of these things. If the total cost of your item is 77 cents, then adding 23 cents is a tax rate of 30 percent. So under the FairTax scenario, a dollar of goods would have you handing over 30 cents of taxes.
That's the misleading part. The wrong part is that the FairTax proponents assume full compliance with the FairTax -- no evasion, no black market in untaxed goods. To assume no shopkeep will ever sell a pack of cigarettes without adding and reporting the tax really does require a magic wand. It's one thing to tout this plan as releasing us from "pain and unfairness." But ending tax evasion? Why, that's downright un-American!
Additionally, the FairTaxers neglected to factor in that everything the federal government buy will now have a 30 percent sales tax on it, meaning spending will go up. On the flip side, they did factor in the increased revenue the government would derive from its own purchases, so it's not as if they were unfamiliar with that aspect of their plan. The President's Advisory Panel on Federal Tax Reform, however, took compliance and federal purchasing into account, and calculated that you'd need a 34 percent sales tax rate to achieve revenue neutrality. William Gale, Director of the Economic Studies Institute at Brookings, did the math and came up with 39.3 percent. However you slice it, it's a hefty sum, and FairTax proponents are trying to underplay it.
Nor is the FairTax progressive in any but the loosest sense of the term. It would, to be sure, lower the tax burden on those making less than $24,000 a year. It would also lower the tax burden on those making more than $100,000 a year. Guess what happens to those in-between? The magical tax fairy waves her wand and increases their tax burden. That, apparently, is what FairTaxers believe to be unfair about the current system -- it rests too lightly on the middle class. Indeed, in their own chart meant to sell the plan, they subdivide the country into income brackets, the highest of which is "$75,223 and up." That bracket, then, includes a schoolteacher making $80,000, and it includes billionaires like Warren Buffett, and those making tens of millions a year, like the Yankee's Alex Rodriguez. As they say, there are lies, damn lies, and then there are FairTax statistics. We live in a country where the top one percent of the country earned more than a fifth of all income in 2005. In that country, rich does not begin at $75,223. Indeed, in 2004, about 60 percent of Americans made between $25,000 and $100,000. I don't know what you call raising taxes on the great middle, but progressive ain't it.
Moreover, the FairTax doesn't graduate its rates progressively (save for a complicated a minor "prebate" scheme that's not really worth going into), it taxes proportionately. It levies the same rate across the income distribution, assuming that because 34 percent of millions is more than 34 percent of thousands, it's progressive. But 34 percent of $50,000 a year leaves you with $32,500. 34 percent of $5 million leaves you with $3,300,000. The burden is not the same, even if the tax rate is.
The FairTax, in that way, is not very fair at all. Indeed, not only is it not fair, it's not honest, not well-targeted, not well constructed, and not well distributed. But at it's core is a worthwhile idea: Taxing consumption, rather than savings. It's true that we spend too much and save too little, and we'd be better off bringing that a bit closer to balance. Saving and investing ensures appreciation of money, meaning that, in the long-term, we can spend and invest quite a bit more. There's no reason not to set the tax system to encourage this. And there are actually progressive, fair ways to do so. Next week, I'll talk about some of them.


Eating in Manado can be adventurous especially Minahasan cuisine which turns absolutely anything including cats, forest rats, fruit bats, and dogs, into dishes. The Manadonese food is spicy with little sugar and flavor added through lemon and herbs.
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Running down our spectacular Sulawesi Rivers, experience, exciting rapids and interspersed with calm glimpses of scenic rainforest with our professional local guides ensuring your enjoyment and safety. Feel and see Minahasa's true spirit. It's amazing scenery and varied wildlife, which includes the "yaki" Monkey and vast array of bird life including the Rhyticeros cassidix Hombill and different kingfishers. ( Yaki/Monkey = CRESTED MACAQUE/MACACA NIGRA ). Our friendly staff will guide you through different classes of rapids ranging from intermediate to advanced.


Take out bubbles at the top to make bubbles below them drop on the floor. You can try this trick this easily in Bomb bird levels. Use walls to reach higher bubbles, but make sure you get the aim right. Keep an eye on such a set up and aim higher even if there are few same-colored bubbles. If your shooter bubble hits them, you may get a massive drop.
Before popping bubbles, make sure you know what your objective is. Completing the main objective quickly will allow you to score more points and earn stars. Some of these goals dropping all pigs, popping any 6 top-row bubbles, clearing all bubbles before the timer runs out, dropping a single or multiple pigs by popping bubbles encircling them, popping bubbles with hatchlings inside them etc. You can easily find out what level you will be playing by looking at the level icons on the world map. If there is a pig drawn on a level, then you can safely assume that it's about piggies and you will have to drop them on the floor.
You will have to pop bubbles six times in a row to activate streak. When activated, you will receive a special bubble, aka power-up that will help you clear several bubbles at once. The streak meter appears when you pop bubbles three times in a row. Make sure you pop more bubbles without fail to activate streak.
In Red Bird levels, you can get the Red Rock Pop Special bubble when you activate streak. This power-up blasts through anything in its path, including obstacles like rocks, wood and glass. Use it when you can't find a bubble match, even with the spare bubble, which can be swapped with the one on the slingshot. You can also use the Red Rock Pop to drop multiple pigs at once. Just aim it towards pigs that are in the same line and release to drop them.
In speedy Chuck levels (yellow bird), fill the streak meter to activate Chuck's Color Pop. It will remove any bubble that matches the color it hits. For example, if you launch this special bubble to hit a green bubble than all bubbles of that color will be removed from the game board.
When you aim the color pop at a pack of bubbles, you will notice all same-colored bubbles are highlighted. If used at the right time, it can clear several bubbles once. Use it when you see lots of similar-colored bubbles scattered all around pigs to clear them at once.
This special bubble takes the color of the next bubble and changes all bubbles of that color when it hits them. You can also use it to change the color of interconnected bubbles of two different colors into a single color. Splash Pop is available in Matilda levels.
This power-up can pop everything nearby. Its blast radius is bigger so launching it at a group of bubbles will remove several at once. Obstacles such as wood can easily be destroyed with this power-up. You can activate Power Pop in Stella levels.
When the streak meter is full, blast pop is activated. Launch it to clear a row of bubbles. The best use of blast pop is to clear the top-most row connected to several rows of bubbles underneath it to make lots of bubbles fall down. You can bank shots off the wall to clear upper rows.
You can get this power-up in Terence levels or Pop-a-Pig levels. Launch the Smash Pop into a pack of bubbles and it explodes, destroying several bubbles at once. Use it when you are having difficulty to find a same-color match as it destroys bubbles of any color.
You need successful bubble matches in a row to trigger a streak fill. Once the pop meter fills up, you receive a booster, i.e. a special bubble. So make sure you go for every match, even if there are two bubbles on the front row. Every match adds to the pop meter, but make sure that all matches are in a row. Reach accessible areas to quickly achieve 6 matches in a row.
Rainbow Bubble: Use the rainbow bubble if you can't find any matches. It will match with any color. For example, if there are lots of green and blue bubbles sticking together and you have two maroon bubbles, just pick the rainbow bubble to clear all green and blue bubbles.
Mighty Eagle Eye: Can be very useful if you want to reach the nooks and corners of a bubble pack. It extends the aiming line and also displays where the shooter bubble is going to land.
Crusher: You can use it to clear all bubbles of the same type. You just have to hit a bubble and all bubbles of that color will be cleared.
Fireball: It can destroy anything that comes in its way, stone blocks, glass, wood, you name it. Use it on levels that have too many obstacles blocking your matches.
You have two groups of similar-colored bubbles – blue and red. The red group has fewer bubbles and the blue group has more bubbles. The latter is just above the first group. If you have the red bubble mounted on the slingshot and a blue spare bubble, then switch to the blue one. You can then bank shots off the wall to clear blue bubbles, which will make all red bubbles fall down.
If you have more bubbles, say orange bubbles in the first row and have two different bubbles, green mounted on the slingshot and orange, then switch to the orange bubble to take them out. If you can't find any matches with the current bubble on the slingshot and if you find a few bubbles that match the spare bubble, the switch over to that bubble and remove them.
Many levels will have objects like glass and wood that will make it difficult for you to reach certain areas. Glass is fragile and can be removed with one single shot, but breaking wood blocks will require more than two or three shots. Aim bubbles at wood blocks to smash them only when you can't find any matches. Better to use them for something more productive than waste them.
Pop-a-Pig is a fun game mode that lets you collect pigs to earn rewards every day.
1. Complete Pop-a-Pig daily tasks to get tickets as rewards. The "daily rewards" section can be seen above the "play" button. You will receive a single ticket if you collect 10 piggies and 2 tickets if you collect 100 piggies.
2. You will receive 1 free ticket daily.
a. Complete trophies (achievements). You can find the trophy section on the left side of the screen. Tap it to get a list of tasks. Complete them. You will receive at least 5 coins per trophy.
b. Keep an eye on new events. You might receive coins as milestone rewards on completing special events. These events are available for a limited time.
c. You can also receive coins if you are placed in the top 20 on Pop-a-Pig leaderboard. Tap "Rewards" to have a look at several prizes. These are weekly rewards.
d. You will get 10 free coins if you link your game to Facebook. This will also let you save progress.
What do you do with the tickets?
Tickets are used to play the Pop-a-Pig endless challenge mode, which unlocks at level 25.
How are people amassing thousands of pigs in the first day of a weekly tournament?
I'd like the answer to that question, too! The weekly tournament just started today and the number one player has over 5,000. How is this possible?
That's strange! Hope there's no cheating involved.
Yes how about more tickets for pop a pig so one might get more play time? P.S. Love this game more than any other I've ever played.
You will receive a free ticket every day. You will also get tickets if you complete certain Pop a Pig "Daily Rewards" missions such as collecting 10 pigs (1 ticket) or collecting 100 pigs (2 tickets). You can also buy tickets using coins. To earn coins, complete limited time events such as "Wanted Pigs" and trophies. The event and trophy icon can be seen above settings (gear icon) on the left side of your map screen.
How About more lives for "pop a pig" and not having to wait 24 hours for the lives to renew?


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One of the most important program in which the organization is engaged has been the monitoring and supporting the consolidation of the Rule of Law in northern Kosovo, especially in terms in the implementation of the Brussels Agreements in the fields of justice. Since the beginning of the integration process, NGO ACDC has been involved in monitoring and reporting on key challenges in the integration process, followed by concrete recommendations which encompassed concerns and interest of all communities in Kosovo. The organization has produced a number of reports and assessment, which contributed to the integration process.
On this note, NGO ACDC has been also supporting the Rule of Law in northern Kosovo through training and empowering young lawyers from the non-majority communities in northern Kosovo. In this way, the organization has facilitated the integration of dozens of young lawyers into the law practice in Kosovo. NGO ACDC worked with judges, prosecutors and advocates to develop and implement programs of tailored trainings, aimed at equipping young lawyers with practical knowledge and skills to prepare them for the Bar Examination and engagement into the law practice in Kosovo.
Last, but not least, NGO ACDC partner with international stakeholders in Kosovo, including UNMIK, GIZ and INL, to support the integrated judicial institutions and the integration of young lawyers into the law practice. This has been achieved through hiring translators and legal associates to assist the Basic Court of Mitrovica and the Appellate Division in North Mitrovica to reduce backlog on one side; and through provision of internship opportunities for young lawyers with law offices and courts in northern Kosovo.
Memorandum of cooperation with the Kosovo Chamber of Advocates
Programs of trainings and internships for young lawyers.
Continuous monitoring and support to the integrated judicial institutions.


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Spomenik: Eerie Retrofuturistic Monuments of the Eastern Bloc
Philippe Halsman's Iconic Jump Portraits
Photography Spotlight: Things
Journalism Redefined: The Photographer
A photographer, a graphic novel, and the remarkable story behind the headlines.
By Kirstin Butler
As we observe the eighth anniversary of Afghanistan's latest occupation, the world would do well to reflect on the history that brought us to this most recent impasse. That complex history deserves a fittingly complex treatment, which it gets in the genre-breaking masterwork The Photographer.
First published in 2003 in French, The Photographer was reissued in English this year. Melding a graphic novel, photo essay, and travelogue, it tells the story of photographer Didier Lefèvre's journey through Afghanistan with Doctors Without Borders/ Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF).
Lefèvre documented the group's harrowing covert tour in 1986 from Pakistan into a nation gripped by violence in the aftermath of the 1979 Soviet invasion. While a few of his 4,000-plus images were published upon his return to France, years passed before Lefèvre was approached by his friend, graphic novelist Emmanuel Guibert, about collaborating on a book that would finally tell his remarkable story.
The resulting effort, assembled by graphic designer Frédéric Lemercier, is a seamless tour de force of reportage unlike anything else in modern journalism. Through hybrid forms of history, The Photographer tells one tale of what is of course an ongoing narrative in a part of the world we usually hear about in abstract headlines. We were moved by the courage and strength of the Afghani people and the MSF doctors who risk their lives to help them under exceedingly difficult conditions, especially the team's young, female head of mission. Although we know how this particular piece of the story works out—against long odds Lefèvre makes it back to his native France, and MSF will stay until forced to abandon its operations temporarily in 1990—that does nothing to diminish the book's suspense.
The Photographer is a true hybrid of artistic approaches. Frames of photos run in succession to provide parallax views of a scene, and Lemercier's coloration of the drawn panels enhances the immediacy of the experience. (The Persian script in several scenes was even penned by Persepolis artist/author Marjane Satrapi.) Moved along by interwoven panels of photography and illustration, we were completely absorbed by the action and had to be pulled away to tell you about it.
For a singular storytelling experience, let The Photographer take you on a trip through time to a place we still need to understand better.
Kirstin Butler has a Bachelor's in art & architectural history and a Master's in public policy from Harvard University. She currently lives and works in Brooklyn as a freelance editor and researcher, where she also spends way too much time on Twitter. For more of her thoughts, check out her videoblog.
https://www.themarginalian.org/2009/10/12/the-photographer-didier-lefevre/
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[CROSS-EXAMINATION BY DR. KRANZBUEHLER (Counsel for defendant Donitz) of Karl-Heinz Moehle continues]
Q. Do you know Grand Admiral Donitz as an Admiral to whom none of his subordinates could speak?
Q. Or was it the opposite way?
A. He could be reached by everybody at any time.
Q. Have you been yourself on patrol as commander of a U- boat?
A. Yes, on nine occasions.
Q. From when to when?
A. From the beginning of the war until April, 1941.
Q. How many ships did you sink?
A. I sank twenty ships.
Q. After sinking ships, have you destroyed the rescue possibilities or have you fired at the survivors?
Q. Did you have an order to do that?
Q. Was it dangerous to the U-boat? Had the danger passed for a U-boat after the attack on a merchantman?
A. No, the danger to the U-boat is not passed when the attack is over.
Q. Why not?
A. Because in most instances when a ship is sunk, the ship is able to send radio messages with its position, and therefore in the last minute it is able to get other ships to the spot.
Q. Is there any principle in the U-boat arm to the effect that fighting comes before rescuing?
A. I never heard of that principle so formulated.
Q. Prior to the order of September, 1942, did you know of any other orders in which rescuing was prohibited when connected with danger to the U-boat?
A. Yes, but I do not know when and in which documents this order was laid down. It had been ordered that, as a matter of principle, the safety of their own boat was the main concern.
Q. Was this ordered only once, or on several instances?
A. That I cannot say.
Q. Do you know that the order of September, 1942, was given in consequence of an incident in which German U-boats, contrary to orders, had undertaken rescue measures?
Q. And the U-boats were then attacked by Allied aircraft?
Q. A minute ago you classified the order of September, 1942, as ambiguous, did you not?
Q. You interpreted it to the commanders in the sense that the order should comprise the destruction of rescue facilities and of its crews?
A. No, not quite, since I gave the two examples to the commanders only if they made an inquiry, and they themselves could draw that conclusion from these two examples.
Q. In which sentence of the order do you see a hidden request to kill survivors or to destroy rescue facilities? Just a second, I shall read to you a sentence of the order. I read from the Document D-630:
"(1) No attempt of any kind must be made at rescuing crews of ships sunk, and this includes picking up persons in the water and putting them in lifeboats, righting capsized lifeboats, and handing over food and water. These are absolutely forbidden."
Do you see it in this sentence?
Q. "All rescue measures contradict the most primitive demands of warfare that ships and crews should be destroyed."
Do you see that in this sentence?
Q. Does that sentence contain anything as to the destruction of shipwrecked sailors?
A. No, of crews.
Q. At the end of the order is the phrase "Be harsh." Have you heard that phrase here for the first time?
Q. Was this phrase used by the Flag Officer of the U-boats in order to harden commanders and their crews against themselves?
Q. You have discussed the order with Corvette Captain Kuppisch?
Q. Do you remember that, exactly?
A. As far as I can rely upon my recollection after such a long time.
Q. Where did that conference take place?
A. At the staff of the U-Boat Command, probably in Paris.
Q. What position did Kuppisch occupy at the time?
A. As far as I can remember, he was the man in charge of enemy convoys, but I could not say that with any certainty.
Q. The superior officer of Kuppisch was Hessler?
A. Superior officer? I would not say so. Hessler was on the same level as Kuppisch, a specialist.
Q. Was Kuppisch's superior Admiral Godt?
A. Yes, in his capacity as Chief of Staff.
Q. Have you spoken to Captain Hessler or Admiral Godt or with the Grand Admiral himself with regard to the interpretation to be given to the order of September?
A. Whether I did with Hessler, I do not remember; but certainly not with Godt or the Grand Admiral himself.
Q. You said Capt. Kuppisch had told you of the opinion which was prevalent at the staff of the U-Boat Command with regard to the attitude taken towards aviators in the Bay of Biscay?
Q. Did he tell you that it was the opinion of the Grand Admiral himself?
A. I do not remember that. It is too far back. To us, the chiefs of the flotillas, it was a matter of course, that the opinion expressed by a responsible member of the staff, in connection with interpretations, was the official opinion of the U-Boat Command. Admiral Godt was only approached personally in such cases where the Staff Specialists refused to commit themselves, and assume the responsibility for an answer.
Q. Did you not know that the incident with these airmen in the Bay of Biscay had really been just the opposite of what you described?
A. I do not understand.
Q. I continue: that the commander had been reproached because he did not bring home these airmen even if thus forced to end his patrol.
A. No, I do not know that.
Q. Did Corvette Captain Kuppisch tell you in that second example you mentioned, that the shipwrecked sailors should have been killed and rescue facilities near the American coast destroyed?
A. No, he only said it was regrettable that the crews had been rescued.
Q. And you concluded from that that it was desirable to kill the shipwrecked?
A. I did not draw any conclusions, since I passed on these examples without any commentary.
Q. Do you know the standing orders of the U-Boat Command? Do they contain the general principles of U-boat warfare?
Q. Are there any orders in the standing orders directing or advising the killing of shipwrecked sailors or the destruction of rescue facilities?
A. As far as I know, no.
Q. What kind of secrecy was attached to these standing orders?
A. As far as I remember, "Geheime Kommandosache" - Top Secret.
Q. Do you remember that in Standing Order 511, the following was ordered:
DR. KRANZBUEHLER: Mr. President, I read from an order which I shall submit in evidence later on. I cannot do it now because I have not as yet the original with me.
"Standing Order of Flag Officer U-boats No. 511, 20th May, 1943.
Taking on board officers of sunken ships.
(1) As far as accommodation facilities on board permit, Captains and Chief Engineers of sunken ships are to be brought in. The enemy tries to thwart this intention and has issued the following order: '(a) Masters are not allowed to identify themselves when questioned, but should if possible use sailors selected especially for this purpose. (b) Crew has to state that Masters and Chief Engineers remained on board.' If in spite of energetic questioning it is not possible to find the Masters or the Chief Engineers, then the other ship's officers should be taken aboard.
(2) Masters and officers of neutral ships, which, according to Standing Order No. 101, can be sunk (for instance, Swedish ships outside Goteborg Traffic), are not to be brought in because internment of these officers would violate International Law.
(3) In case the ship's officers cannot be taken prisoner, members of the crew should be taken along, as far as accommodation facilities and further operations permit, for the purpose of interrogation for military and propagandist purposes.
(4) In case of the sinking of a single cruising destroyer, corvette, or trawler, try at all events to take prisoners, if that can be done without endangering the boat. Interrogation of the prisoners at interrogation camps can produce valuable hints as to anti-submarine tactics, devices and weapons used by the enemy; the same applies to air crews of shot down planes."
BY DR. KRANZBUEHLER:
Q. Do you know that order?
A. The order is familiar to me.
Q. Do you know the order 513?
"Standing Order of U-Boat Command, 1st June, 1944, Bringing in of Prisoners.
(1) Statements of prisoners are the safest and best source of information regarding enemy tactics, weapons, location sets and methods, and questioning of prisoners from planes and destroyers may be of the greatest importance to us; therefore, as far as possible and without endangering the boat, the utmost is to be done to take such prisoners.
(2) As prisoners are extremely willing to talk when captured, interrogate them at once on board. It is of special interest to know the manner of locating U-boats by aircraft, whether by radar or by passive location; for instance, by ascertaining, through electricity or heat, the location of the boat. Immediately report prisoners taken, in order to hand them over to returning boats."
Do you know that order?
Have you noticed and tried to clarify a contradiction between those orders concerning the rescue of air crews in each instance, and the story you told about the destruction of air crews?
A. No, because the order of September, 1942, retains the order with regard to bringing in as prisoners the masters and the chief engineers.
Q. Did you hear of any instance in which a U-boat has brought in masters and chief engineers but has killed the rest of the crew?
Q. Do you consider it at all possible that such an order can be given-that is, that part of the crew should be rescued and the rest of the crew should be killed?
A. No, Sir. Such an order cannot be given.
Q. Did you hear that a U-boat commander, on the basis of your briefings, had destroyed rescue facilities or had killed shipwrecked sailors?
Q. Was it permitted to attack neutral vessels outside the fixed blockaded areas?
A. Only in case they were not marked as neutrals according to specifications.
Q. Was the Flag Officer U-Boat Command very severe in enforcing this order concerning neutral ships?
A. Since such cases are not known to me, I cannot say anything on that subject.
Q. Do you know that the commanders were threatened with court martial if they did not obey the orders given for the protection of neutrals?
A. Yes; I remember one case which happened in the Caribbean Sea.
Q. Do you remember an order of 1944 directing that neutral ships were to be stopped and searched?
A. Yes, it was ordered - I do not remember the date - that, in particular, Spanish and Portugese ships in the North Atlantic should be stopped and searched.
Q. Did you pass on that order to the commanders?
A. As far as I recollect, this order was given in writing and is contained in one of the official sets of orders. I have passed on orders to commanders only in instances where they were not contained in a set of orders.
Q. In passing that order on, did you make an addition as to whether that order should be executed or not?
A. Yes, I remember that I said - when that order came by radio and the commanders did not know of it yet - that they should be exceedingly careful, as far as the stopping of neutrals was concerned, since there existed always the danger that a neutral ship might report the position of the U-boat by radio. Owing to the air superiority of the enemy in the North Atlantic, it would always be safer or better not to be compelled to carry out these stoppings.
Q. Had you orders to make such additional remarks?
A. No. As far as I remember, one of the members of the staff - I think it was Captain Hessler - told me that he emphasised that any stopping of ships, including neutrals, involved increased danger to the U-boat.
Q. Because of the air superiority?
Q. Has your attention been called to the order concerning the "so-called rescue ships"? Do you remember that?
Q. Were these rescue ships recognised under International Law as hospital ships, with special markings?


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UNSOLVED MURDERS IN KENYA – DCI TO RE-INVESTIGATE
Posted on 10 February 2018.
KENYA'S DIRECTOR OF CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS ISSUES STERN DIRECTIVE
DCI George Kinoti – A tough but fair reputation
The Directorate of Criminal Investigation (DCI) has issued a directive to all detectives and county police divisions in Kenya to further investigate unsolved murders and robberies, and ordered that all shootings must be reported to the National Police Service Headquarters.
Many crimes in Kenya go unreported, many serious crimes go unsolved and there has long been concern about allegations of widespread cover ups by crooked detectives.
Even where cases get to court many are thrown out as the result of failure to follow the proper procedures and generally shoddy investigations.
INVESTIGATIONS TO BE FAST TRACKED
From now own, if the directive is adhered to, all County Criminal Investigation Officers (CCIOs) and Divisional Criminal Investigation Officers (DCIOs) will be expected to explain what measures they are implementing to speed up investigations and will be held directly accountable for all robberies taking place in their areas.
Detectives at county and divisional level will also be held accountable if a case is not taken to court within six weeks of it being reported and will have to explain why no judicial action has begun.
KINOTI A NEW BROOM CLEANING UP CRIME AND CRIMINAL INVESTIGATIONS?
The directive comes from George Kinoti who took over as the Director of Criminal Investigations from Ndegwa Muhuro in January. Mr Kinoti came to his new job with a reputation as a tough but fair police chief and a track record of cracking down on criminal gangs in Nairobi.
The heads of investigations at regional headquarters (formerly provinces) will now have to submit weekly updates of all serious crimes occurring in their area and the progress made apprehending and convicting the culprits.
CCIO's and DCIOs who are discovered not to have followed the directive "will face serious administrative action", the statement read.
It is to be hoped that the arrival of Mr Kinoti as the DCI marks a decisive change in how criminal investigations are conducted in Kenya that will result in more criminals facing justice.
Related Kenya Forum posting:
The Murder of Dr Robert Ouko: Why it Matters and What Really Happened (6 February, 2012)
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A colorful fruit rainbow that's a great classroom snack for a culminating activity during color week or St. Patrick's Day. Serve with whipped cream and marshmallow "clouds". A healthy snack with some festive fun.
Arrange fruit in a rainbow shape on a platter.
Whip the cream on medium speed using an electric mixer until soft to medium peaks form. Add sugar and vanilla. Continue to whip until incorporated. Gently fold in marshmallows by hand.
Add clouds to the bottom of the rainbow.


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By Beth Griffin
"Time, talent, and treasure" is a
phrase that is often used in churches, charities, and non-profit organizations such as the Appalachian Trail Conservancy (ATC) to promote sacrificial giving and acts of service. As an organization of over 6,000 volunteers, 42,000-plus members and donors, and thousands of men and women who came before and upon whose work we continue to build, the ATC truly embodies the ideals of these three simple words.
We have the opportunity to profile just a few of the people whose work combines all the ideals of the words: time, talent, and treasure. Beyond financial support, board, committee, and club service are among the more obvious ways volunteers connect to the ATC. And then there are the unique talents that Stewart Verdery brings our organization.
From top: Stewart at Mount Blanc in France; With his wife, Jenny at Crabtree Falls in Virginia
Stewart is a native Virginian and a graduate of Woodberry Forest, Williams College, and the University of Virginia Law School — all schools from which he was able to enjoy frequent day hikes on the A.T. Since college, his work in law, government, and advocacy — and as a husband and father of three — have largely limited time on the A.T., though the idea of an unplugged month on the Trail still serves as a calming ideal in the midst of his busy days. Stewart's career has included serving as legal counsel to three U.S. Senators: John Warner, Orrin Hatch, and Don Nickles, and then serving as assistant secretary for Border and Transportation Security Policy and Planning in the Department of Homeland Security. In 2006, he founded Monument Policy Group, a bi-partisan public policy advocacy firm, headquartered in Washington, D.C. At Monument, Stewart has served as a senior advisor to leaders of some of the world's best-known corporate brands.
For the past decade, Stewart and Monument Policy Group have provided pro-bono assistance to the ATC in its policy advocacy work with Congress and federal agencies. The ATC is proud to have a long history of support from both sides of the aisle, and Stewart's expertise, reputation, and guidance have helped us continue to navigate successfully in a political climate that is increasingly polarized.
More recently, Stewart has served as the chair of the ATC's President's Advisory Circle, which provides strategic advice to ATC leadership and supports the ATC's fundraising team. Through this work, Stewart has helped us secure significant contributions for the ATC's work. We are grateful to Stewart and Monument Policy Group for an extraordinary commitment of time, sharing of uncommon talents, and generosity of treasure.
Beth Griffin is the ATC's associate director of Individual and Planned Giving.


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THE ECOBEAUTYSCORE CONSORTIUM IS NOW LIVE WITH 36 INDUSTRY PLAYERS IN A BREAKTHROUGH INITIATIVE TO ENABLE MORE SUSTAINABLE CONSUMER CHOICES
With small and large companies and associations from 4 continents, the EcoBeautyScore Consortium is truly global and inclusive. It remains open for other companies and associations to join.
The 36 members so far include: Amorepacific, Babor, Beiersdorf, Colgate-Palmolive, Cosm bio, COSMED, Cosmetic Valley, Cosmetics Europe, cosnova, Coty, The Est e Lauder Companies, Eug ne Perma, FEBEA, The Fragrance Creators Association, Henkel, IKW Beauty Care, The International Fragrance Association, Johnson & Johnson Consumer Inc., JUST International AG, Kao, L'Or al Groupe, LVMH, Nafigate, NAOS, Natrue, Natura &Co, NOHBA, Oriflame, P&G, Paragon Nordic, Puig, PZ Cussons, Shiseido, Sisley, STANPA, Unilever.
The purpose of the EcoBeautyScore Consortium: enable consumers to make sustainable choices through an environmental impact assessment and scoring system
The EcoBeautyScore Consortium is developing an industry-wide environmental impact assessment and scoring system for cosmetics products. The approach has a global scope and may help provide consumers with clear, transparent, and comparable environmental impact information, based on a common science-based methodology. This will contribute to meet growing consumer demand for greater transparency about the environmental impact of cosmetics products (formula, packaging and usage). Indeed, a significant proportion of consumers (42%) is interested in buying brands that concentrate on circular and sustainable practices.
The work plan of the EcoBeautyScore Consortium: to co-build a scientific methodology for the environmental impact assessment and scoring system
The Consortium is working with the experienced sustainability consultancy Quantis to ensure a robust and scientific approach to co-build an assessment methodology and scoring system that are guided by and articulated around:
A common method for measuring environmental impacts throughout the lifecycle of products, backed by the principles of the "Product Environmental Footprint" (the European Union's PEF scientific method based on life cycle assessment (LCA) for quantifying the environmental footprint of products).
A common database of environmental impact of standard ingredients and raw materials used in formulas and packaging, as well as during product usage.
A common tool that enables the assessment of the environmental impact of individual products, usable by non-experts.
A harmonized scoring system that enables companies, on a voluntary basis, to inform consumers about the environmental footprint of their cosmetic products. The methodology, data base, tool and scoring system will be verified by independent parties.
Operationally, the EcoBeautyScore Consortium is also supported by Capgemini Invent (project management) and Mayer Brown (legal counsel).
The EcoBeautyScore Consortium next steps
The 36 members of the EcoBeautyScore Consortium have started to work together organized in thematic working groups. A footprinting and scoring prototype is targeted for end of 2022, providing the environmental scoring for a selection of product categories at first. It will then be verified by independent parties.
The EcoBeautyScore Consortium is calling on cosmetics and personal care companies and professional associations to join this unique initiative
This Consortium is open to all cosmetics and personal care companies, regardless of their size or resources. Other stakeholders will be informed and consulted throughout the process. All companies will benefit from the pre-existing work and are invited to contribute with their own experience. The Consortium will also consult external experts, including scientists, academics, and NGOs to make sure the process is as inclusive as possible. The work developed by the Consortium will be published and may be used on a strictly voluntary basis by both Consortium participants and all other interested parties.
Cosmetics and personal care companies and professional associationswishing to know more are invited to contact: contact@ecobeautyscore-consortium.org
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Using his experience as a banker, Ben Eilenberg approaches every case from a business perspective as well as a legal one. He has represented a variety of companies, ranging from Fortune 100 corporations to startups, on business litigation, lawsuit prevention, business formation, and intellectual property matters. At his firm, Mr. Eilenberg manages all matters and supervises contract attorneys.
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Gustav Adolf Neuber (24 June 1850 – 13 April 1932) was a German surgeon born in Tondern (today- Tønder.

He studied medicine in several universities, receiving his doctorate in 1875 at the University of Giessen. Later he worked as an assistant to Friedrich von Esmarch (1823-1908) at the University Surgical Clinic in Kiel.

In 1884 he first proposed the use of separate operating rooms for septic and non-septic surgery, emphasizing the need for complete cleanliness in all aspects of surgery. In 1886, he opened his own private hospital on Königsweg in Kiel, where he implemented modern principles of asepsis. Neuber's clinic in Kiel is considered to be the first aseptic hospital in the world.

In 1879 he developed a "decalcified bone tube" for wound drainage. In the field of plastic surgery, he introduced a procedure for "fat auto-grafting".

Selected writings
 Anleitung zur Technik der antiseptischen Wundbehandlung und des Dauerverbandes, 1883 - Instructions on the technique of antiseptic wound treatment.
 Vorschläge zur Beseitigung der Drainage für alle frischen Wunden, 1884 - Treatise on wound drainage.
 Die aseptische Wundbehandlung in meinen chirurgischen Privat-Hospitälern, 1886 - Aseptic  wound treatment in my private surgical hospital.

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People from Tønder Municipality


Dr. Nabeel Koshak as the center director leads the center management team.
Dr. Saleh Basalamah is the deputy director of the center who is responsible for direct supervision of the center's team.
Headed by Dr. Mohamed Mokbel, the research team includes seven researchers with PhDs in GIS-related topics. They supervise the research conducted in their respective research projects and oversee the project development by working closely with the commercial development team.
Headed by Mr. Mostafa Elganainy, the development team includes 15 developers of varying experience and backgrounds whose task is to enable rapid development and commercialization of GISTIC research. During the research phase of a project, the team accelerates the project's iterative cycle of prototype development and user feedback. During commercialization, the team is in charge of building production ready software or hardware that could be used as the basis of a technology startup, or other technology transfer revenue stream.
Headed by Dr. Abdullah Murad, the recently lunched business unit includes three experienced team members who provide market-orientation to GISTIC in its research activities. This includes market analysis to identify market trends, revenue potential, and feasibility studies as well as business consultation at a technical level for its commercialization process. In addition, this unit provides training and coaching programs that contribute to the development of key technical, business, and entrepreneurial skills essential to enable and leverage the center commercialization projects.
Headed by Dr. Majed Abdullah, this unit consists of eight employees with B.S. and M.S. degrees, and serves GISTIC members and projects in human resource management, finance and accounting, information and communications systems management, and other general administration issues.


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