text:
Madwreck "東京夜明け" (Instrumental Album)
"東京夜明け" is the latest instrumental album from North Carolina producer, Madwreck. A unique spin on his signature production, this one has a flavor all its own. I don't have any idea what the titles of the track are, or mean, but I'm rocking with it, lol. Dig in and enjoy all 16 beats below...
東京夜明け by Madwreck
Tags: 2016, Dirty Art Club, Instrumentals, Madwreck, Selections
DJ A. Vee "Basically" (Mixtape, 1998)
Lootpack "Soundpieces: Da Antidote!" (Spin, 9/99)
Heltah Skeltah "Operation Lockdown" (The Source, 6...
Inspectah Deck "Swordplay Expert" (Mixtape, 2008)
A+ "The Latch-Key Child" (The Source, 10/96)
Sckool Yard "Fashion Show" (12", 2002)
DJ Rei Double R & G-Bo The Pro "Best of 1992" (Mix...
Anti-Lilly "Memoirs & The 90s" (Album Stream)
First Division "Overworked & Underpaid" (Album Str...
Doo Wop "Summer Jam '96" (Mixtape, 1996)
Co$$ "Before I Awoke" (Album Stream, 2011)
Mystic "Cuts For Luck and Scars For Freedom" (CMJ,...
Heltah Skeltah "Nocturnal" (The Source, 7/96)
Capone-N-Noreaga "The War Report" (XXL, Classic Ma...
Jay-Z "Reasonable Doubt" (20th Anniversary Mix)
Mr. Voodoo "Lyrical Tactics" (The Source, 6/96)
Nine "Whutcha Want?" (Press Release + Video, 1995)
J1K "School Daze" (Instrumental Album)
Apathy "Handshakes With Snakes" (Album Stream)
Lacksi-Daisy-Cal "In My Sleep..." (Cassette, 1997)
DJ JS-1 "SoundWaves: Cold Cutz Remixes 2" (Mixtape...
D.R.U.G.S Beats "The Gift: Volume 10" (Instrumenta...
GZA "Mad Genius" (Spin Magazine, January 1996)
De La Soul "Stakes Is High" (Single Review, 6/96)
Grown Man Rap Show "Prince Paul Tribute" (Mix)
Raised By Seuss "Unless: Twenty Years, Too Late" (...
Wu-Tang Clan "Wu-Tang Forever" (New York Times, 1997)
Fat Beats "An Oral History" (Red Bull Music Academy)
Kaotic Style "Get In Where You Fit In" (12", 1995)


Audigny is a town situated in the Aisne département (Picardie région). The town of Audigny belongs to the canton of Guise and the district of Vervins. The inhabitants of Audigny are called Audignois and their number in the 1999 population census was 207. The town's surface is 10.7 km². Audigny has the following code INSEE: 02035 and is associated with the following postal code: 02120. It is situated at an altitude of about 140 meters.
The town in France furthest from Audigny is Bonifacio (1034.4 km as the crow flies).
The inhabitants of Audigny are called "Audignois".
Suggest a new link about Audigny ?


text:
Sacred Texts Women
"CLOTHED WITH THE SUN"
by ANNA (BONUS) KINGSFORD
1st Edition Preface and Footnotes By Edward Maitland
2st Edition Preface and Footnotes By Samuel Hopgood Hart
London, John M. Watkins
Jump to Index Start Reading
Front Cover Entire Cover Back Cover
Another Photograph of Anna Kingsford
Anna Kingsford was an extraordinary 19th Century woman. She was one of the first women in Britain to become a medical doctor, edited a feminist newspaper, and served as president of the Theosophical Society. She knew Helena P. Blatavsky, Eliphas Levi, and many other primary figures in Occult and Esoteric circles of the time. She was a principled vegetarian and anti-vivisectionist, and opposed foxhunting. She was considered one of the inspirations for the Golden Dawn, a ritual magic secret society which was one of the sources of modern neo-paganism, although she did not live to join it. In particular, the equality of the sexes in the Golden Dawn is acknowledged as her contribution.
Anna Kingsford claimed to be in contact with fairies as a child. As an adult she had channeled visions, both waking and in lucid dreams, in which she tapped esoteric knowledge imparted by angelic beings, travelled in time, and witnessed shamanistic visions of a vast cosmos alive at every scale of creation. These 'illuminations', as she called them, were exhausting and sometimes terrifying. Her close collaborator Edward Maitland worked with Kingsford to record her illuminations in this book, published after her death.
Much of the channeled and revealed literature of the 19th Century is surreal fantasy, invented pseudo-histories, or pure free-association. By contrast, Anna Kingsford's illuminations are consistent, coherent, and display a deep understanding of occult traditions. Her theology could be described as Gnostic Christian Polytheist. She had a radical feminist viewpoint which seems fresh even today, one in which a Goddess figure, the 'Sophia' of the Essenes, Gnostics and early Christians has a central role:
For the woman is the crown of man, and the final manifestation of humanity.
She is the nearest to the throne of God, when she shall be revealed.
But the creation of woman is not yet complete: but it shall be complete in the time which is at hand.
All things are thine, O Mother of God: all things are thine, O Thou who risest from the sea; and Thou shalt have dominion over all the worlds.
Kingsford was chronically ill her entire life; she died of complications from pneumonia at the early age of 42, on February 22nd 1888.
Part The First: Illuminations
No. I: Concerning The Three Veils Between Man And God
No. II: Concerning Inspiration and Prophesying
No. III: Concerning The Prophecy Of The Immaculate Conception
No. IV: Concerning Revelation
No. V: Concerning The Interpretation Of The Mystical Scriptures
No. VI: Concerning The Mosaic Cosmogony
No. VII: Concerning The Fall
No. VIII: Concerning The Prophecy Of The Deluge
No. IX: Concerning the Prophecy of the Book of Esther
No. X: Concerning The Prophecy Of The Vision Of Nebuchadnezzar
No. XI: Concerning The Prophecy Of The Time Of The End
No. XII: Concerning The Soul: Its Origin, Nature, And Potentialities
No. XIII: Concerning Persephone, Or The Soul's Descent Into Matter
No. XIV: Concerning The Genius Or Daimon
No. XV: Concerning The ''Powers Of The Air''
No. XVI: Concerning The Devil And Devils
No. XVII: Concerning The Gods
No. XVIII: Concerning The Greek Mysteries
No. XIX: Concerning The Origin Of Evil, And The Tree As The Type Of Creation
No. XX: Concerning The Great Pyramid, And The Initiations Therein
No. XXI: Concerning The ''Man Of Power''
No. XXII: Concerning The ''Work Of Power''
No. XXIII: Concerning Regeneration
No. XXIV: Concerning The Man Regenerate
No. XXV: Concerning The Christ And The Logos
No. XXVI: Concerning The Perfectionment Of The Christ
No. XXVII: Concerning Christian Pantheism
No. XXVIII: Concerning The ''Blood Of Christ''
No. XXIX: Concerning Vicarious Atonement
No. XXX: Concerning Paul And The Disciples Of Jesus
No. XXXI: Concerning The Manichæanism Of Paul
No. XXXII: Concerning The Gospels: Their Origin And Composition
No. XXXIII: Concerning The Actual Jesus
No. XXXIV: Concerning The Previous Lives Of Jesus
No. XXXV: Concerning The Holy Family
No. XXXVI: Concerning The Metempsychosis Or Avatâr
No. XXXVII: Concerning The Æon of the Christ
No. XXXVIII: Concerning The Doctrine Of Grace
No. XXXIX: Concerning The ''Four Atmospheres''
No. XL: Concerning The Hereafter
No. XLI: Concerning The True Ego
No. XLII: Concerning God
No. XLIII: Concerning Psyche, Or The Superior Human Soul
No. XLIV: Concerning The Poet, As Type Of The Heavenly Personality
No. XLV: Concerning Psyche
No. XLVI: Concerning Consciousness And Memory In Relation To Personality
No. XLVII: Concerning The Substantial Ego As The True Subject
No. XLVIII: Concerning The Christian Mysteries
No. XLIX: Concerning Dying
No. L: Concerning The One Life: Being A Recapitulation
Part The Second: The Book of the Mysteries of God
''I AM''
No. I: The Credo
No. II: The ''Lord's Prayer''
No. III: Concerning Holy Writ
No. IV: Concerning Sin And Death
No. V: Concerning The ''Great Work,'' The Redemption, And The Share Of Christ Jesus Therein
No. VI: Concerning Original Being; Or, ''Before The Beginning''
No. VII: Alpha, Or ''In The Beginning''
No. VIII: Beta, Or Adonai, The Manifestor
No. IX: Gamma, Or The Mystery Of Redemption
No. X: Delta, Or The Mystery Of Generation
No. XI: Epsilon, Or The First Of The Gods
No. XII: Zeta, Or The Second Of The Gods
No. XIII: Eta, Or (mystically) The Third Of The Gods
No. XIV: Theta, Or (mystically) The Fourth Of The Gods
No. XV: Lambda, Or The Last Of The Gods; Being The Secret Of Satan
No. XVI: The Seven Spirits Of God And Their Correspondences
No. XVII: The Mysteries Of The Kingdoms Of The Seven Spheres
Part The Third: Concerning The Divine Image Or The Vision Of Adonai

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
% zest.m
%
% Estimation of missing monthly precipitation or temperature data
%
% D. Meko,  10-6-94;  last revised, 10-25-94
%
%
%*********  INPUT -- all stored in a .mat prepared beforehand  ****************
%
% Nd (1 x 1)i    number of input series
% mss  (1 x 1)r  missing value code [say, -9.99]
% stage (1 x 1)i   estimation step;  will replace col 5 of input file
%	names.  Say an input deck is lem3x.mat, and stage=1; output
%	file s lem31.mat
% P (1 x 1)L   either precip (1) or temperature (0)
% t1 (1 x 1)i   earliest beginning year of any series
% t2 (1 x 1)i  latest ending year of any series
% Ndmask (1 x 50)L  1=estimate for this series;  0=skip
% A2 (Nd x 25)s      one row for each station;   vbls not named in file
%   1-3   sequence number of this station
%   11-15  mat-file name (prefix) of input data series
% A3 (Nd x 23)i   one row for each station;  vbles not named in file
%   seq  numeric sequence number (matches that in cols 1-3 of A2;
%   t3  beginning year of this series
%   t4  ending year
%   ... seq numbers of predictor station, up to 20, space-separated
%
% mat files with input 13-col monthly ppt data.  One file for each
% of Nd stations.  No headers.  Missing values as mss.  These mat
% files must be available in the path or current directory
%
%
%
%***************   OUTPUT ****************************
%
% mat files corresponding to each input series.  Two files produced
% for each input series.  File with col 5 of name changed is the file
% with original data with estimates substituted for missing values.
% File with col 5 changed and with "E" appended to name is file with
% sequence numbers of predictors used for each value.  0 means no
% no estimation done.  -1 means "zero-type" estimate (see notes in
% meanrt2.m
%
%
%
%***************  USER-WRITTEN FUNCTIONS NEEDED
%
%  meanrt1.m    calc mean ratios for predictors/key
%  meanrt2.m    apply the mean ratios to estimate vector of
%	missing values for a specific month of year at one
%	key station.
%
%*******************  END OF COMMENTS  ***************************

mX1=t2-t1+1;  % Number of rows in combined data matrix
nX1=Nd*12;   % Number of cols
X1=mss(ones(mX1,1),ones(nX1,1));  % initialize X1 with missing values

% load files of station ppt or T data
for n = 1:Nd;  % loop over key stations

   fn=A2(n,11:15);  % filename of input series (a mat-file)
   t3=A3(n,2);  % start year of key station
   t4=A3(n,3);  % end year of key station

   %  start, end cols of X1 that series will go into
   j1=n*12-11;
   j2=j1+11;

   % load file containing the series
   eval(['load ' fn]);
	eval(['W = X;']);
   %eval(['W= '  fn ';']);   % store the series in W
   yr = W(:,1);   % year cv
   iX1= yr-t1+1;   % row-index for putting series in X1
   X1(iX1,j1:j2) = W(:,2:13);  % put the station's data in X1

end ;   % of for-loop putting station series into combined matrix X1
disp('All series have been placed into X1');
disp('Next will start loop over key stations');
pause(2);

% Loop over key station to estimate data

for n=1:Nd
   disp(['Starting estimation for station ',int2str(n)]);
   if Ndmask(n);
   fn=A2(n,11:15);  % input data file name
   t3=A3(n,2);  %start year
   t4=A3(n,3);  %end year
   nyrs = t4-t3+1;
   yr = (t3:t4)';

%  Allocate
   Z = ones(nyrs,12);  % allocate
   Y1 = [yr Z];   % will hold the estimates
   Y2 = [yr zeros(size(Z))]; % will hold seq number of estimator

   % Make pointer to cols of X1 holding data for key and predictor stations
   % Pull out block of data covering the key-station years
   jk = A3(n,1);  % sequence number for key station
   jp = A3(n,4:23);  % sequenc nos for predictor stations (zero-filled)
   jp = jp(jp~=0);  % get rid of fill-zeros
   jall = [jk jp];
   np = length (jp);  % number of predictor stations

   % Allocate
   M=zeros(10,13); % Will hold mean ratios or departures
   S=zeros(10,13); % will hold sample size that mean-ratio or mean-dep
   R=zeros(10,13); % will hold correl coefs
  		% based on
   % Loop over the 12 months of the year for this key station
   for j = 1:12;
      jcols = (jall*12)+j-12 ;  % cols of X1
      iX1= t3-t1+1;   % row-index for start of segment to pull
      iX2= t4-t1+1;   % row-index for end of segmnt
      % Pull the segment
      B1 = X1 (iX1:iX2,jcols);

      % Compute mean ratios and mean departures
		 [mr,md,nomr,ss,rr]=meanrt1(B1,np,mss,P);

		% Store mean ratios and their sample size
		M(1:np,1) = jp';
		S(1:np,1) = jp';
		R(1:np,1) = jp';

		if P
			M(1:np,j+1) = mr';
		else
			M(1:np,j+1) = md';
		end
		S(1:np,j+1) = ss';  % sample size
		R(1:np,j+1) = rr'; % correlation coef

		% Estimate missing monthly values using mr or md
		[y1,y2] = meanrt2(B1,jp,mr,md,nomr,mss,P);

		Y1(:,j+1) = y1;
		Y2(:,j+1) = y2;
	end

	% save the files with the station's estimated data,
	% the predictor identificaton, mean ratios/departures,
        % and the sample sizes for mean ratios/departures
	fnout = [fn(1:4) int2str(stage)];
   	fnoute = [fnout 'E'];
	fnoutm = [fnout 'M'];
	fnouts = [fnout 'S'];
	fnoutr = [fnout 'R'];

	eval (['save ' fnout  ' Y1']);
   	eval (['save ' fnoute  ' Y2']);
	eval (['save ' fnoutm  ' M']);
	eval (['save ' fnouts  ' S']);
	eval (['save ' fnoutr  ' R']);
   else
   end
end

disp('YA DONE GOOD, BUBBA!')

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaGithub


The Ramona Falls Trailhead provides access to numerous trails including the Sandy River, Ramona Falls and Pacific Crest Trail. By combining all three of these trails, visitors can make the Ramona Falls Loop through the Mount Hood Wilderness. Ramona Falls is a jewel drawing visitors to the area. The Sandy River, a designated Wild and Scenic River, is a dramatic example of the forces that a glacial fed river can bring forth to change the landscape. Physical signs of a volcanic debris flow from over 200 years ago are evident where the trail is near the Sandy River.
Provides access to: Ramona Falls Trail #797 which enters Mt. Hood Wilderness.
From the Ramona Falls trailhead, visitors take the Sandy River Trail one-mile eastward to where it crosses the Sandy river. There is no footbridge. Visitors will eventually come to the Ramona Falls "loop" itself.
Large parking area accommodating more than 50 vehicles.
Wilderness restrictions apply in Mt Hood Wilderness.
Recreation Passes may be used as a form of free payment.


text:
Judicial panel keeps man on sex offender list but says 'troubling'
Oakland County Legal News
MOUNT CLEMENS (AP) — The Michigan appeals court says the Legislature should take another look at the state's sex offender registry.
A three-judge panel says some people are being added to the list even when their crimes aren't sexual. The court says the result is "ambiguity" and possible misperceptions by the public.
The court's remarks came last Friday in the Macomb County case of Vincent Bosca. He was convicted of unlawful imprisonment for capturing teenagers who had broken into his home in 2011 in search of marijuana. The boys said they were beaten and held against their will.
Bosca's conviction puts him on the sex offender registry, although there was no sex crime. The appeals court calls it "troubling" and suggests lawmakers consider a separate list for non-sexual
offenses against children.
Bosca's name stays on the registry.
headlines Oakland County
Federal judge administers oath for new citizens
Student aims to utilize her MBA and JD in future career
Nessel brings charges against out-of-state racketeers
Six Oakland County graphic designers win top honors
State Supreme Court clarifies proper venue in drug-related death
You are here: HomeOakland County > Judicial panel keeps man on sex offender list but says 'troubling'


text:
Click to copyhttps://apnews.com/39b61683dfd045da9cde16491b8dcf2c
All 1,694 residents of US town becoming Scottish landowners
SCOTLAND, Conn. (AP) — Residents of the rural town of Scotland, Connecticut, are becoming lords and ladies in the United Kingdom country of the same name.
The Scottish land preservation company Highland Titles said Tuesday it's gifting all 1,694 residents 1 square foot (0.09 square meters) of land on its nature reserve in Glencoe Wood, Scotland. The residents will get courtesy titles of Lord or Lady of Glencoe and instructions on how to visit their plots.
The company sells forest land ranging from 1 square foot (0.09 square meters) to 1,000 square feet (93 square meters) so they can't be developed.
Scotland First Selectman Dan Syme says the Connecticut town was settled by a Scotsman named Isaac Magoon in 1700 and celebrates that heritage by hosting an annual Highland Festival.
Highland Titles says residents have to call Town Hall to claim their free plots.


text:
module LeadsHelper
end


Moody College of Communication fall commencement takes place Saturday, Dec. 9 at 1:30 p.m. in the Frank Erwin Center, 1701 Red River St. and will feature an address from alumnus Neal Spelce (B.A., B.J., B.F.A. '58), legendary newsman, public relations professional and media executive. The ceremonies will also be webcast live.
Spelce has been a media legend in Central Texas and beyond for more than 50 years in the fields of journalism, public relations and media.
After earning degrees in journalism, speech and radio-television from The University of Texas at Austin, Spelce worked as a broadcast journalist for KTBC-TV, where he became known for his heroic live coverage of the UT Tower shootings on campus in August 1966.
Spelce went on to serve as a communications executive and has consulted business leaders and political candidates across party lines, including President Lyndon B. Johnson, Senator John McCain, New York Governor Mario Cuomo and Texas Governor Ann Richards.
During his career, Spelce earned numerous community and industry honors including top awards from the Society of Professional Journalists, the Public Relations Society of America and the National Headliners Clubs highest award for consistently outstanding television news coverage.
In 2016, Moody College dedicated CMB Studio 4E as the "Neal Spelce Broadcast Journalism Studio," following a fundraising campaign that was supported by Moody College friends and alumni.
At the dedication ceremony, Spelce recalled the lessons he learned in journalism and radio and film that provided a foundation for his career as a broadcaster.


It was the day on the road. We were driving well maintained Spanish roads, crossing from time to time Camino de Santiago. It is the pilgrimage route existing more than one thousand years. It ends in Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain.
We spent the night by the river. The water was freezing, however, we made a little laundry. As for the bath, I preferred to take it in our camp shower where the water was a few degrees warmer. We were somewhere in the foothills of the Pyrenees. Jurek was telling the stories about wolves, comforting that they do not approach people. As usual on the wild camping, Kaprys was barking several times. And then I was listening attentively if anything comes close to us. But even if any animal does, it won't open the door, right?
We were heading to the town of Vielha, but I found on the map incredibly narrow road into the mountains from the village called Aneto. We planned to fill our food supplies there and then walk into mountains. Plans… Aneto was charming. Just a few stone and stylish houses separated by 2 meters streets from each other. We had the impression nobody was living there. We passed by closed hostel and restaurant. The bar was open, but they served food after one hour. In the end, we met people with three dogs. Well, we will have to take our Wasa bread on the trail.
The scenic route traversed through the Pyrenees. There was speed limit 20 km/h on the entire length of it. It was probably the worst road in Spain. Lots of holes and torn edges. But it wasn't surprising according to the fact, that it leads on the mountainside, from which many stones are falling. Barriers are often bent or non-existent due to avalanches.
Picturesque landscape stretched out behind the windows. Huge mountains, deep valleys, steep slopes. Eagles circled over our heads. And we climbed higher and higher. We passed the rock roofs protecting against falling rocks and reached the tunnel. The road ended here according to our GPS. The tunnel was lit but made a quite scary impression. Especially when you have no idea, where it leads. Carved in the rock, with leaking water here and there. Something was written on the open gate. My knowledge of Spanish is not that good. I understood only that the door is closed when there are indications for this. There were also cameras inside. We stopped to discuss options. I sent a message to a friend Michal asking for the translation of the word "peligro", which was written everywhere. He replied it means "danger". Well, all the road on the edge of the abyss from Aneto was dangerous. After discussing the pros and cons, the decision was made. We examine the tunnel!
We drove carefully into the dark depths, looking for their end. Where was it going? Maybe it was a dead end? Or lavished? Maybe there was still construction work going on? Or the road continued after the tunnel?
Then we saw the light on the other end. And a huge dam, several cars, and hiking trails. Hurrah!
I changed shoes and we went to the mountains. We walked part of the route GR 11, which runs 750 km along the Pyrenees. The trail led through the boulders, streams, and meadows. Kaprys was doing very well. I had to take him on my hands only twice. Once the stones were inclined at a very large angle and the abyss stretched on the left. For the second time over a stream through which flipped was admittedly board, but the water bathed it with much force. I didn't want it washed away my 4,5 kg dog.
At one point we heard the sound of some animal. We looked around and spotted it far in the distance. First, we thought it was a large bird. I grabbed the leash tighter, afraid of kidnapping. 😉 But then we saw on the camera approximation, it was the marmot! We've seen more of them during our walk. Sometimes very close. And Kaprys sensed them around ready for hunting. I saw marmot for the first time in my life. I must admit I was more pleased than seeing macaques on Gibraltar.
We got to the lake. We ate bread and drank water. It was getting late so we decided to finish the trek. We didn't see the summit Pico Aneto, but at least we walked in the mountains enjoying extraordinary landscapes and enormous space. We climbed to a height of 2480 meters above sea level.
We reached the car hungry and frozen. After the sunset temperature drops very quickly. By the riddled road with 20 km/h limit, the ruined hut was standing. We stopped to drink hot tea and coffee. The building was perfect for a tourist shelter. Spectacular views from each side, running water (from which we naturally took advantage of). We sat on a bench covering the feet with a blanket lying there.
In the darkness, we passed lighted Aneto and then, through the tunnels (one of over 5 km length) reached Vielha. Unfortunately, we saw it only in the night, but still, we liked it a lot. Stone, lit buildings, all nice and neat. Many people were strolling or eating in restaurants. Lively town even late in the evening. Our goal was to buy food. Supermercado was totally amazing! Very big, with low prices and huge selection. The whole lobster or octopus, beef and pork haunches, kiwi or pumpkin jams, wine for just 1-3 euros. We did large purchase for 36 euros. Why the rich Denmark has no such stores?
A few kilometers behind Vielha we stopped at the parking lot and after delicious dinner went to bed.


Hundreds of education stakeholders are gathering at the Belize Biltmore Plaza Hotel in Belize City on Tuesday and Wednesday this week for the Second Biennial Teacher Education Conference, as a part of Education Showcase 2014.
Professor Emeritus of the University of the West Indies, Errol Miller, a highly respected academic of Jamaica, was the keynote speaker at the opening of the event on Tuesday morning.
Miller pointed to statistics which indicate that the level of professional training in Belize has only increased modestly at the primary level over the last ten years—from 52.1 to 56.4%.
"I am hoping it can give a shot in the arm, if ever we were fading in terms of our efforts," Faber said.
He told Amandala that it is providing education stakeholders—ranging from members of Teaching Services Commission, members of boards of teacher education, union officials, representatives of various teacher education training institutions as well as students teachers—an opportunity to learn of more innovative thoughts and ideas, to get them motivated and inspired going forward.
"Teacher education is not only coming to a conference, it is not only participating in some kind of certificate or degree program; it is also something that should be done on a daily basis by teachers who feel inspired and motivated to do better in their classrooms," Faber said, in an interview with Channel 7.
Apart from presentations from leading education experts in Belize on topics such as bilingual education, the agenda for the 2-day conference features skills building workshops. Day 2 features a panel discussion which looks at raising the bar in education, as well as sessions on the role of one's early childhood experience in the development of a professional knowledge base and the identity of the teacher.
Of note is that top performing teachers from all levels of the education sector, including early childhood and special education, will be recognized in special awards ceremony planned for Thursday night.


text:
Q: How to make the quick launch height to 100% of the screen? I am trying to get the quick launch to fill the screen height.
This does not work:
    .ms-quickLaunch {
    background-image:url("/SiteCollectionImages/Style/menuleftgradient.gif");
    background-repeat: repeat-x;
    height:100%;
}

Does anyone have any tips?

A: Untested across the whole gamut of browsers, but if you're using the OOTB DOM, you have to do much more than just set the quick launch height. The #s4-leftpanel-content div contains the content and background color of the quick launch, so this has to be given a height of 100% (which sizes it to the height of the #s4-leftpanel div. #s4-leftpanel needs to be given a height of 100% to size it to the height of #s4-mainarea, and now you've hit the roadblock.
#s4-mainarea does not fill the screen, it sizes to fit the content. Furthermore, you can't just give this element a height of 100% because it's floated inside #s4-bodyContainer and contained within #s4-workspace. The workspace element is the element that scrolls your content, and receives inline style attributes as part of the onload JavaScript to size it correctly, but again, this is not 100% in height, because it's calculated as available screen real estate minus the height of the ribbon.
You could set it dynamically on load with jQuery (grab height of #s4-workspace and set the min-height of s4-leftpanel-content to that value), but that often leaves the awkward pause between the time the page renders and the time the bar snaps to the correct size... not the best user experience.
If you were to disable the OOTB scrolling behavior, then things may get easier, but IMHO realistically you need to rework quite a bit of the default DOM structure to make a 100% dynamic quick launch a viable option. There's not a (great) solution to it without doing a fair amount of rework. You're not going to find a couple lines of magic CSS to pull it off--at least not without disabling the native SharePoint scrolling.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


The book of Daniel presents readers with some of the most interesting problems in the entire Bible. Reading Daniel as a product of the Jewish Diaspora may provide solutions to many of them. But what are the problems?
First, the book is written in two different (although related) languages: Hebrew and Aramaic. Dan 1 and Dan 8-12 are in Hebrew, whereas Dan 2-7 are in Aramaic. Second, there are two radically different kinds of literature (three if you count the unique prayer in Dan 9:3-19) in Daniel: "resistance stories" and apocalyptic. The first six chapters are resistance stories of Daniel and his three Jewish friends, Azariah, Mishael, and Hananiah (better known by their Babylonian names Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego) as they face challenges to their religious beliefs and practices in the foreign settings of the Babylonian and Persian Empires. The stories could be dated to the late Persian or early Hellenistic periods (400–300 B.C.E.).
Dan 7-12 makes a radical change to apocalyptic visions that feature typically bizarre imagery ("... the first was like a lion and had eagles' wings ..."). Dan 7, Dan 8, and Dan 10-12 present three distinct examples of apocalyptic visions that are typical of apocalyptic literary style (similar to Revelation in the New Testament and to a few dozen examples of apocalyptic not in the Jewish or Christian canons, such as 1 Enoch). This style involves visions experienced by a seer identified with the "Daniel" of the previous stories and presents an interpretation of historical events in the Hellenistic Period (200–150 B.C.E.) in highly emotive and symbolic language.
Finally, Dan 9 features a long prayer that is a classic example of a postexilic form known as a penitential prayer—a confession of the historical sins of the Jewish people that asks for God's guidance and forgiveness in the Diaspora context (see the other "classic" examples of the penitential prayer in Ezra 9:5-15 and Neh 9:5-37).
The Greek translations of the book of Daniel added three more stories: Bel and the Dragon, Susannah, and a long poem added to Daniel 3. Lastly, a fragment of a story called "The Prayer of Nabonidus" was found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, and sounds very much like yet another Daniel tale.
It seems that our book of Daniel is a compendium of "Daniel " materials—stories and visions. The stories share certain thematic similarities: profound threats of punishment and pressures to give up treasured Jewish traditions. Even if the stories are unlikely to be historical, they certainly reflect contexts of subordination and mistreatment that are likely to reflect historical realities faced in the Jewish Diaspora under the Babylonian, Persian, and Hellenistic regimes.
The visions, too, reflect worries about potential threats. But the visions, like the stories, advise confidence in the ultimate power of God over all earthly dominions, despite their apparent strength at the moment. In fact, one of the comforts of apocalyptic visions is surely the profound sense that world events are not beyond God's control.
Finally, the very fragmentary nature of the book—emerging as a compendium over time—points to the Diaspora setting of the Daniel material. These stories and visions likely circulated among communities as "rumors" and "gossip," even jokes (Dan 2 and Dan 4 are actually quite satirical, as is Bel and the Dragon in the Greek editions), before being gathered into the book we know today as Daniel. It is, in short, a characteristic product of disparate communities, spread out and in Diaspora settings.
Daniel L. Smith-Christopher is professor of Old Testament at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles. A Quaker, Smith-Christopher has a particular interest in the biblical literature of Exile, issues of peace and nonviolence, and also in indigenous and diasporic interpretations of Scripture.
According to the book that bears his name, Daniel is a Judean wise man who advises foreign kings during the time of the Babylonian exile and receives revelations concerning the end.
Daniel was popular in Jewish and Christian literature, where he was seen as a prophet and a model of Jewish faith in a pagan world.
Daniel in the lion's den is a very popular biblical story because it is so visually rich, but it is also a poignant tale of faith and politics.
"Diaspora literature" reflects the trials and opportunities of living outside the land of Israel and features some of the Bible's most well-loved protagonists, such as Joseph, Esther, and Daniel.
How Do Biblical Scholars Read the Hebrew Bible?
A wide variety of approaches to studying the Hebrew Bible allows biblical scholars to analyze the text on multiple levels.
Bart Ehrman on the genre of apocalyptic literature in the ancient world.
Jews who live outside of Israel or any people living outside of their native land.
Of or relating to ancient lower Mesopotamia and its empire centered in Babylon.
A collection of Jewish texts (biblical, apocryphal, and sectarian) from around the time of Christ that were preserved near the Dead Sea and rediscovered in the 20th century.
A West Semitic language, in which most of the Hebrew Bible is written except for parts of Daniel and Ezra. Hebrew is regarded as the spoken language of ancient Israel but is largely replaced by Aramaic in the Persian period.
Of or relating to Greek culture, especially ancient Greece after Alexander the Great.
Of or related to the written word, especially that which is considered literature; literary criticism is a interpretative method that has been adapted to biblical analysis.
The last ruler of the Neo-Babylonian Empire, ruled from 555–539 B.C.E. Nabonidus promoted worship of the moon god Sin over the national god of Babylon, Marduk. Nabonidus spent much of his reign at the oasis of Tayma in the Arabian desert, leaving his son Belshazzar in charge of the empire. Nabonidus was defeated by the Persians under Cyrus in 539 B.C.E.
A collection of first-century Jewish and early Christian writings that, along with the Old Testament, makes up the Christian Bible.
Relating to the period in Judean history following the Babylonian exile (587–539 B.C.E.), also known as the Persian period, during which the exiles were allowed to return to Judea and rebuild the temple in Jerusalem.


If one of your New Year's resolutions is to save money, well we have the best fashion at the best prices and our sales are amazing. Let us help you keep your resolution with our sales. At Ambience the sale items are current, buy now, wear now and look amazing as you walk out the door looking effortlessly cool.


text:
Winter Commencement speaker celebrates integrity and persistence
After she graduated from high school, Sophia Smetana Wagner '22 spent a semester traveling the world -- Mexico, Europe and the United States -- performing in a stage show with the nonprofit organization, Up with People. Before she embarked on this adventure, she thought Mount Mary was the right place for her. And when returned from seeing the world, she was more convinced than ever.
"I chose Mount Mary for the university's values of leadership, integrity and deep sense of social justice," she said.
Wagner is the 2022 student speaker for the Winter Commencement ceremony, which will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17 in the Alumnae Dining Room.
Throughout her time at Mount Mary, she put those values into place through her major in psychology, her minors in anthropology and sociology, and through her tenure as president of MMU's International Club.
Calling Mount Mary "small but mighty," she will share statistics during her speech that bring her great pride.
"Mount Mary is number 1 in the Midwest for social mobility with 66% of undergraduates identifying as people of color (34% identifying as Hispanic and 21% as black or African American), 10% are parents, and 44% of students are first generation to attend college. That's something worth celebrating."
"These statistics display the immense persistence and strength of each and every person here at Mount Mary University. Despite the hardships and setbacks and times where we just about were to give up, we made it."
Wagner grew up in Burlington, Wisconsin and graduated from Catholic Central High School. In the fall, she plans to continue her pursuit of partnering with people on their mental health journey by attending graduate school for clinical mental health counseling.
Tickets are required for the in-person event, but the ceremony will be livestreamed here.
The Light of Learning ceremony and Commencement Mass will be held on Friday, Dec. 16, the evening before Commencement. The Mass will be held at 6 p.m. in Our Lady Chapel in Notre Dame Hall. The Light of Learning ceremony will be follow at 7 p.m. in Stiemke Hall, also on the second floor of Notre Dame Hall.
For more information visit mtmary.edu/commencement.


text:
Art Review: Kurt, at the Seattle Art Museum, Explores Kurt Cobain's Influence on Contemporary Artists
Movie Review: The Runaways
The Rock Posters of Rich Black
I'll Sleep When I'm Dead: The Dirty Life and Times of Warren Zevon by Crystal Zevon
A few hundred fortunate Californians were sharing a moment of transcendence with the Funk Brothers, the legendary Motown musicians, who were entertaining that night.
In Encinitas, California one finds The Self-Realization Fellowship Temple – a beautiful structure where one goes to find God. If anyone was there on December 27, 2003, they were unfortunately in the wrong place. God could be found that night about a mile down the road in Solana Beach at a place called the Belly Up Tavern. A few hundred fortunate Californians were sharing a moment of transcendence with the Funk Brothers, the legendary Motown musicians, who were entertaining that night.
The Funk Brothers are cool. Not ironic cool. Not retro cool. Just simply, confidently cool. Decked out in matching red jackets and black shirts (keyboardist Joe Hunter also sporting blue suede shoes), they rocked and rocked and rocked some more. They were joined by additional vocalists and musicians from Philadelphia (the hometown of Alan Slutsky, the producer behind the book/movie/tour), a horn section from Southern California, and the vocals of Joan Osborne and Darius Rucker. A worshipful, packed house lent a high-spirited energy that threatened to explode before the first note was played.
"That's not music!" is a phrase most of us heard growing up. And we knew deep down that the Dave Clark Five was not the equal of Sinatra. Paul Revere and The Raiders were not in the same league as Dinah Washington or Benny Goodman. But humans did not lose musical skills in 1945 and some of this newer stuff was going to last, we just didn't know which music it would be. Motown has lasted. Sorry Mom, and sorry to all of you jazz purists, but for me it doesn't get any better than watching Joan Osborne sing "Heat Wave" or "What Becomes of the Broken Hearted" with the Funk Brothers behind her. As a child of the 60s, it's my preference over Dinah or Billie. It needs to be mentioned that the vocals of two relative unknowns, Carla Benson and John Ingram, were outstanding. If one has the nerve to sing Marvin Gaye's "What's Going On" he better, like John Ingram, be up to it. Few are.
The wonderful subtext to this is the story of incredibly talented Detroit session musicians earning $10 a song for years while producing more #1 hits than the Beach Boys, the Rolling Stones, Elvis and the Beatles combined, disappearing into obscurity and poverty before being rediscovered and resuscitated by the indefatigable Alan Slutsky. Watching the face of guitarist Joe Messina smiling throughout the entire set was alone worth the price of admission. Their tour is just beginning. Perhaps there are disagreements over money or personality that will surface as time passes. But for one magical night in Solana Beach, these wondrously talented men brought their glorious music to some of the many faithful. I'm a believer.
History of Yoga
Related Topics:Motown, Rock and Roll
Music Review: New York Philharmonic, "Alan Gilbert Conducts Bach, Berg, and Brahms"
By Lucy Butcher January 14, 2023
Taking the second violin part, Gilbert, who has previously played in the Philharmonic's chamber music concerts,...
San Francisco Opera: Heart of a Soldier
By Geri Jeter January 5, 2023
For its world premiere of Heart of a Soldier at San Francisco Opera, the creators chose...
Blog-Music
Why Buddha Would Go to Indie Rock Concerts
By Ben Caro January 2, 2023
At my 17th birthday dinner at a place that played live music, the host sat...
Blog-Theater
The Turn of the Screw at Glyndebourne, Live Streamed via The Guardian
By Jem Bloomfield December 30, 2022
Glyndebourne: one of the names in the British calendar. Up there with Wimbledon, Henley and other...
Baloji: Nowhere and Everywhere
By Charlie Coffeen December 22, 2022
"Over there I don't feel totally Conogolese, and here, I don't particularly feel Belgian," says Baloji,...
Turntable.fm Plays Well With Others
By Ben Caro December 16, 2022
When a music playing site catches the eye of the law, you know it has to...
Concert Review: The Mountain Goats Celebrate Survival and Success in L.A.
It's good to be young, but let's not kid ourselves It's better to pass on...
The Story of AC/DC by Susan Masino
Life, Death and Hip-Hop


Our spiral balance sliding sash is a vertical sliding window that will suit equally well with traditional properties with a rendered or brick facade.
Spring balance sliding sash windows are a more economic alternative to the traditional weights and pulley system.
The first style can be either a replacement or new installation window. This style of sash window can be fitted directly into the brick opening between the cavity closers, or it can be installed behind a traditional reveal.
This window conforms to all the recent building regulations and compliances, plus it incorporates 24mm double glazed units with the "low E" energy efficient glass coatings.
Our second type of window is the "in-fill" replacement sash window. Which includes pre-drilled fixing holes, three optional cill profiles and external cover strips to cloak the existing sash box. This option is an easy to install affordable widow upgrade that offers minimal disruption to your home.
Our "in-fill" replacement sash windows fit directly into the existing sash frame, achieving the latest performance features without disturbing the original frame, interior trim and decoration.
Manufactured from engineered laminated timber, with kiln dried hardwood and softwood also available.
Supplied with fitch fasteners, sash lifts and security sash stops, all available in brass and chrome finishes.
Long life British made Pre tensioned spiral balances used which offer effortless operation.
Casements and frames manufactured using time honored traditional mortice and tenon joints.
Fully draught sealed using modern weather gaskets.
Supplied with optional traditional horns/joggles the enhance that traditional look.
All of our sliding sash windows are manufactured using modern neoprene and brush seals to eliminated unwanted noise and drafts. With gas filled double glazed units our sliding sash windows will achieve excellent energy efficiency.
Our spiral balance sash windows are handcrafted in our Nottingham-based workshop, by our team of talented craftsmen who boast decades of experience making windows and doors. We install our windows across the UK, working extensively around Nottingham and West Bridgford. Nottingham has an interesting mix of properties with architecture from different eras often seen side-by-side in the same row of buildings. West Bridgford has a large number of Victorian properties and the demand for wooden sash windows in this area is immense, as more people than ever before appreciate the contribution authentic-looking windows make to the aesthetic character of their property.
Hi Mick and Dan Thanks for a great job! (as always) really pleased with the windows.
Dear Old English Doors, thank you for the work you have completed for us, the windows look fab and have transformed the look of our house.
If you'd like to discuss our timber windows, or get a quote for your property, contact us today. You can either call us now on 01159 588 755, or email us using this form.


text:
Enter a Last Name, Specialty or Keyword
Add a Location+
Brookeville, MD
Clarksville, MD
Fulton, MD
Glenelg, MD
Glenwood, MD
Highland, MD
Kensington, MD
Lansdowne, VA
Lutherville, MD
Marriottsville, MD
Nottingham, MD
Silver Springs, MD
Stafford, VA
Urbana, MD
Woodstock, MD
Add a Language+
Hokkien
Kiganda
Nindi
Serbocroatian
Siraiki
Doctor's Gender
Either Male Female
Search Member Hospitals
Howard County General Hospital
Sibley Memorial Hospital
View Doctors by Name
Search Research Faculty
Doctor Results for Minimally Invasive Radiofrequency Ablation
Displaying 9
Results per page: 10 · 20
Andrew Stephen Akman, M.B.A., M.D.
Stenting, Lung Cancer, Minimally Invasive Interventions, Minimally Invasive Radiofrequency Ablation, Peripheral Angiography, Peripheral Vascular Disease, Radiofrequency Ablation for Bone Lesions, Radiofrequency Ablation for the Kidney, Radiofrequency Ablation for the Liver, Radiofrequency Ablation for the Lung...
Andrew Akman, MD, MBA is board certified in both Diagnostic Radiology and Vascular and Interventional Radiology. He received his medical degree from Tufts University School of Medicine. Dr. Akman completed his radiology residency at Bosto...
Jonathon O Russell, M.D.
Neck Cancers, Hyperparathyroidism, Minimally Invasive Radiofrequency Ablation, Neck Masses, Oncology...
Dr. Jon Russell is an Assistant Professor of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgeon and the Director of Endoscopic and Robotic Thyroid and Parathyroid Surgery at Johns Hopkins. As such, he manages the broad range of thyroid and parathyroid surgical patholog...
Ralph P Tufano, M.B.A., M.D.
Neck Surgery, Hyperparathyroidism, Minimally Invasive Radiofrequency Ablation, Nodal Metastsis, Otolaryngology...
Dr. Ralph P. Tufano is the Director of the Division of Head and Neck Endocrine Surgery and conducts thyroid and parathyroid surgery with a focus on optimizing outcomes. He is a recognized world authority on the management of thyroid cancer, thy...
Christos Savvas Georgiades, M.D., Ph.D.
tumors; Kidney Tumors (Minimally invasive ablations); Adrenal disease Profile...
Dr. Georgiades earned a series of degrees (BSc-Mechanical Engineering, MS & PhD-Radiological Sciences and an MD). He received a 1-year training in Internal Medicine at Harvard and subsequently, completed subspecialty training at Johns Hopkins in ...
Clifford Raabe Weiss, M.D.
Peripheral Vascular Disease, Radiofrequency Ablation for Bone Lesions, Radiofrequency Ablation for the Kidney, Radiofrequency Ablation for the Liver, Radiofrequency Ablation for the Lung...
Dr. Clifford Weiss is an Associate Professor of Radiology and Radiological Science. He also holds appointments in Surgery and Biomedical Engineering. Additionally, he serves as Medical Director of the Johns Hopkins Center for Bioengineering Innovatio...
Bara Zuhaili, M.D.
Mesenteric Arterial Insufficiency, Minimally Invasive Radiofrequency Ablation, Non-Invasive Diagnostics, Peripheral Angiography...
Bara Zuhaili is an assistant professor of surgery at Johns Hopkins and a vascular surgeon, practicing at Howard County General Hospital.Dr. Zuhaili received his medical degree from Damascus Medical School in Syria. He began his preliminary residency ...
Brian Richard Matlaga, M.D., M.P.H.
of stone formation; Minimally invasive surgical techniques; Kidney...
Dr. Brian Matlaga is a Professor of Urology at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and also serves as the Director of the Gerald and Helen Stephens Center for Stone Disease at the James Buchanan Brady Urological Institute. Dr. Matla...
Matthews Chacko, M.D.
specializes in using minimally invasive cardiovascular procedures to...
Dr. Matthews Chacko is faculty for interventional cardiologist for the Coronary Care Unit, the Tayer Firm of the Osler and Director of peripheral vascular interventions at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. He specializes in using minimally invasive cardiov...
Mehran Habibi, M.D.
breast, thyroid and minimally-invasive colorectal cancer surgeries...
Mehran Habibi, M.D. is the medical director of the Johns Hopkins Breast Center on the Bayview campus and co-director of the Second Opinion Cancer Surgery Program. He specializes in breast surgical oncology, with an emphasis on compassionate patient c...


"The main purpose of this study is to apply a computationally efficient uncertainty quantification approach, Non-Intrusive Polynomial Chaos (NIPC) based stochastic expansions, to robust aerospace analysis and design under mixed (aleatory and epistemic) uncertainties and demonstrate this technique on model problems and robust aerodynamic optimization. The proposed optimization approach utilizes stochastic response surfaces obtained with NIPC methods to approximate the objective function and the constraints in the optimization formulation. The objective function includes the stochastic measures which are minimized simultaneously to ensure the robustness of the final design to both aleatory and epistemic uncertainties. For model problems with mixed uncertainties, Quadrature-Based and Point-Collocation NIPC methods were used to create the response surfaces used in the optimization process. For the robust airfoil optimization under aleatory (Mach number) and epistemic (turbulence model) uncertainties, a combined Point-Collocation NIPC approach was utilized to create the response surfaces used as the surrogates in the optimization process. Two stochastic optimization formulations were studied: optimization under pure aleatory uncertainty and optimization under mixed uncertainty. As shown in this work for various problems, the NIPC method is computationally more efficient than Monte Carlo methods for moderate number of uncertain variables and can give highly accurate estimation of various metrics used in robust design optimization under mixed uncertainties. This study also introduces a new adaptive sampling approach to refine the Point-Collocation NIPC method for further improvement of the computational efficiency. Two numerical problems demonstrated that the adaptive approach can produce the same accuracy level of the response surface obtained with oversampling ratio of 2 using less function evaluations."--Abstract, page iii.
© 2013 Yi Zhang, All rights reserved.
Zhang, Yi, "Efficient uncertainty quantification in aerospace analysis and design" (2013). Doctoral Dissertations. 2162.


On arrival to Spain you will contact Julie (telephone number will be given with directions to apartment) giving her an approximate time to meet you with the keys. Usually 1 hour from Malaga or 30 mins from Gibraltar. She will meet you at the security gate of the urbanisation - see you into your apartment and give you any information that you may need and answer any questions that you have.
Thanks Peter. The view is one of the main things we love about the apartment.
As you enter the front door there is a fully equipped kitchen to the left. Straight ahead is the lounge complete with dining table (which seats 4-6 people) two sofa's, coffee table, shelving units and plasma television with satellite TV. The master bedroom has an en-suite bathroom, double bed and good quality built in wooden wardrobes. There is also a safe in this room. The second bedroom has twin beds and similar wooden wardrobes. The second bathroom is just outside the second bedroom in the hallway. There are marble floors throughout.
Malaga airport is about 1 hrs drive away and Gibraltar around 20 mins. These airports are served by many charter airlines including Easyjet, Monarch and Thomson. Flight prices are very reasonable especially if booked ahead and off peak. The flight from the UK takes approximately 2 hrs. The apartment is easily reached by the main AP7 motorway which runs along the coast. Car hire is freely available from both airports. Airport transfers can be arranged if needed.


review of 'Londinium and beyond: essays on Roman London and its hinterland for Harvey Sheldon' by Clark (ed) and others, and 'From temples to Thames Street – 2000 years of riverside development; Archaeological excavations at the Salvation Army International Headquarters' by Bradley and Butler.
Perring, D; (2009) review of 'Londinium and beyond: essays on Roman London and its hinterland for Harvey Sheldon' by Clark (ed) and others, and 'From temples to Thames Street – 2000 years of riverside development; Archaeological excavations at the Salvation Army International Headquarters' by Bradley and Butler. Transactions of the London and Middlesex Archaeological Society , 59 pp. 237-240.


Remember going over those employer shared responsibility provisions last week? If not, we'll give you a moment to refresh your memory because they come back into play today!
So now that we're all back on the same page, we remember that the ESR provisions require all Applicable Large Employers (ALEs) to either provide affordable health insurance to a majority of their 50 or more full-time employees (or) pay a per-employee fee toward a publicly provided system that covers people without private insurance.
This choice - which, for some, is more of a catch-22 than it may seem at first - has become more colloquially known as the Play (or) Pay Mandate.
For the 2015 tax year, the Play or Pay Mandate only applied for ALEs with 100 or more full-time employees. For the 2016 tax year, which we'll be filing in a few short months, the Play or Pay Mandate applies to all ALEs.
When it comes to the numbers, a lot of employers have been having difficulty deciding which is better: to play or pay? Employers do want to provide health benefits that are valuable to their employees, but they also want to provide it at a rate that's beneficial for the cost. So what's an employer to do?
- You can play and offer health insurance that meets minimum essential coverage and value to your full-time employees.
- You can pay and instead of offering health insurance to your employees you would pay a tax penalty.
- Or you can play differently. This is the middle ground option where you offer employees a health benefits allowance rather than choosing a group health insurance plan. So your employees would purchase their own policies, and you'd reimburse them for their policies, up to the amount of their allowance.
Fair warning: this option can still cause you to incur penalties if your health benefits allowance doesn't meet coverage requirements.
Be sure to stay tuned for more ACA compliance and e-filing information, brought to you by ACAwise, the number one solution in ACA compliance and e-filing!


text:
Govenance / Local Gorvenance
Charamba wrong on AIPPA!
Remarks attributed to Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Information George Charamba on the Access to Information and Protection of Privacy Act (AIPPA are very misleading and cannot go unchallenged.
Charamba is quoted in the state-run daily, The Herald of 26 June 2017, reportedly dismissing the basis of civil society's calls for the long overdue repeal of the restrictive law.
He is quoted saying a lot of time was wasted as organisations such as MISA Zimbabwe fought government on the registration of the media at the expense of testing the law in accessing information held by public bodies.
"That part of the body has not been developed because it has not been tested and I am still wondering why no one has come to Charamba's office to say, hey in terms of AIPPA you are required to provide this information in the public interest and compel me to provide information," said Charamba.
His misleading remarks were made at a meeting convened by the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Justice, Parliamentary and Legal Affairs in Bulawayo.
While MISA Zimbabwe is not sure as to what prompted his statements, it is nonetheless very certain that Charamba was being economic with the truth.
MISA Zimbabwe has over the years conducted research to determine accessibility of information held by public institutions. It has done this annually through written and oral requests for information from selected public institutions. In some instances it has done this in collaboration with Community Based Organisations.
In fact, his ministry was among 12 public institutions subjected to the annual assessment of the most open and closed public institutions in terms of MISA's Golden Key and Padlock Assessment 2013 – 2014 report.
MISA Zimbabwe publicly launches and publishes the findings of the surveys in question. In March 2016 for instance, the Ministry of Information was represented by its Principal Director, Reginald Chikowore, during the launch of MISA Zimbabwe's 2015 report at Pandhari Lodge in Harare.
The most recent assessment and findings are contained in the 2016 report.
One of the key findings in all the reports is the failure by most public institutions to provide requested information within the first 30 days or the extended time period as provided for under Section 8 of AIPPA. To date, some of the institutions are still to respond to requests sent more than two years ago.
AIPPA must fall
It is surprising that while there is general consensus – locally and regionally – that AIPPA falls far short of best practice in enhancing access to information, Charamba now seeks to take the country many steps backwards to re-open the finished debate on the defects of the law.
He is actually on record acknowledging the shortcomings of the Act and publicly pledging government action in reforming the legislation.
Appearing before the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Media, Information and Broadcasting Services in Harare on 18 February 2016, Charamba, said AIPPA and the Broadcasting Services Act (BSA), were two pieces of legislation administered by his ministry that needed review under the new constitutional dispensation.
Earlier, he made similar remarks when he met the MISA delegation in September 2015 in his office.
And as a follow up to his observation, Charamba's ministry has since identified BSA and AIPPA for review by the inter-ministerial committee on laws realignment led by the Ministry of Justice, though it is still to submit texts for the proposed reforms.
All this dovetails with earlier findings and recommendations of the government-sanctioned Information and Media Panel of Inquiry (IMPI), which was led by Charamba's ministry.
Among other key findings, IMPI states: "AIPPA should be repealed and replaced with a law that specifically provides for access to information with ample provision for protecting this right, including its expansion to information held by non-public bodies as envisaged in Section 61 of the Constitution, while media regulation issues are provided for under a separate law."
That Charamba now turns around and appears to underplay the effects of the law that he acknowledged needs reform betrays his insincerity and that of government in the formulation and implementation of media policies and laws in Zimbabwe.
These attempts at deflecting attention from government's neglect of its legislative obligations by chastising civil society will not take away legitimate demands for democratic legislation by Zimbabweans. These have been expressed in various position papers that civil society, including MISA Zimbabwe, has submitted to government and its law making arms.
That laws such as AIPPA must be scrapped is no longer in question following the adoption of the 2013 Constitution.
It is time government stops prevaricating and honestly engages citizens, the media and civil society to urgently formulate an inclusive, democratic and representative media legislative framework and an access to information regime.
AIPPAGeorge Charamba
Where are the farmers' taxes?
Case of suspended Chitungwiza town councillors must be heard urgently
Residents fume over purchase of obsolete equipment
MUTARE residents have rapped...
Residents protest in Chitungwiza
Chaos reigned supreme yesterday at Chitungwiza Municipality head office as irate residents
stormed the premises demanding the ouster of town clerk, Mr George Makunde and his
management. They allege gross incompetence. The placard waving demonstrators accused
management of embezzling funds and demanded the reinstatement of director of urban
planning, Mr Conrad Muchesa.
Harare City Council, banks in housing deal
Harare City Council has partnered two local banks to develop residential stands for low-income
earners around the city with an initial project targeting more than 1 200 stands. The city entered into a Public Private Partnership with National Building Society and FBC Group (Pvt) Ltd for purposes of low-cost housing development and the banks will provide mortgage to homeseekers on the city's housing waiting list.
Fredy Njeje
fredynjeje@live.com
A1 and A2 farms Access to Information AIPPA Bernard Manyenyeni Bulawayo Council chamber Cancer Cde Chinomona Cecilia Mlalazi (ward 18) Cervical Cancer Chitrest Chitungwiza CHRA City of Harare controversy CSOTs education; transparency Electricity supply Ephraim Ncube (ward 17) and Monica Lubimbi (ward 29) George Charamba Health HIV HPV vaccine Lot Siziba (ward 13) Mayor Martin Moyo (ward 3) Media freedom Ministry of Health and Child Care Ministry of Primary and Secondary Education Mutoko Mutoko District Mutoko RDC Mutoko Rural District Council Natural Stones Export Phelekezela Mhoko residential stands Saviour Kasukuwere scrutiny STIs summons 5 firms over development suspended five councillors World Health Organisation ZETDC Zimbabwe Zimbabwe government Zimbabwe International Quarrying ZYWNP
Tweets by zim_ati


text:
Home/Ghanaian News/National Cathedral projects to raise USD$95.5 million within 5 years of operation
National Cathedral projects to raise USD$95.5 million within 5 years of operation
The proposed National Cathedral project which is currently under construction in Accra, once completely and fully operational, is projected to raise in excess of about USD$ 95,000,000.00 million dollars in revenue within the first 5 years of operation.
Conceived by the President of the Republic, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, as a physical embodiment of unity, harmony and spirituality, the Ghana National Cathedral will be the nation's ceremonial landmark, Ghana's 'mother church', where all denominations are welcomed to gather, worship and celebrate in spiritual accord.
Scope of project
The project, now referred to as the complex comprising three projects; The National Cathedral of Ghana, The Biblical Gardens of Africa, and The Bible Museum of Africa, will have 10 revenue streams, out of which the projected revenue is to be raised.
The revenue streams are; admissions into the Cathedral, the Museum, the Biblical Gardens, memberships, restaurant, coffee café, event catering, gift shop, meeting space rental, special events, on-line merchandise and on-line education.
Revenue estimates
According to projections made by the Secretariat of the Board of Trustees, the National Cathedral is expected to receive about 400,000 visitors annually from Africa, other parts of the world and from within Ghana.
It is estimated that 30% of the visitors (120,000) will be foreigners and 70% (280,000) will be people living and working in Ghana.
Out of the 70%, they indicate that 40% (160,000) will be adults, 20% (80,000), will be children between the ages of 10 -17, and 10% (40,000) will be what they have termed 'groups'.
They further project that adults (from outside Ghana) at an entrance fee of $15.00 multiplied by the estimated 120,000 visitors annually, will generate some USD $1,800,000.00.
On the domestic front, the secretariat projects that the 40% (160,000) adults in Ghana at a fee of USD $ 8.00, will see the National Cathedral generating about USD $1,280,000.00.
The 20% (80,000), children between the ages of 10 -17, at a fee of USD $6, will generate USD $ 480,000.00 annually and the 10% (40,000), referred to as groups, at a fee of USD $10.00, will bring to the Cathedral some USD $ 400,000.00.
Special Museum exhibits are also projected to bring in about USD$ 2,400,000.00, bringing the annual projected revenue target through attendance alone to USD$6,360,000.00.
Managers of the facility estimate that out of 400,000 Museum attendance, 100,000 other paid admissions and 10,000 non-attendance buyers, they will be able to raise USD$1,080,000.00 from the gift shop and food revenue.
Revenue via the restaurant and coffee café is also estimated at USD$ 1,770,000.00 as well as a projected revenue of USD$1,601,600.00 for all other catering service, bringing the total annual revenue from the gift shop and all other food services to USD$ 4,451,600.00 annually.
Museum membership
Museum memberships globally, are very popular and have been used to create a customer loyalty program as well as a good source of regular income for several museums across the globe.
Officials of the National Cathedral plan to use the pre-opening time of three years, to raise USD$12,000,000.00, by offering a limited number of "Founding Memberships"; "Presidential Founding Memberships"; and "Chairman Founding Membership Circle".
Overall, the National Cathedral estimates that within one year of operation, it will generate about UD$ 23,618,606.00 and by the 5th year, its revenue will hit USD $95,555,419.00.
Birthing of the vision
On March 6, 2017, President Akufo-Addo outdoored his vision for the construction of a National Cathedral to be sited close to the State House in Accra.
At the ground-breaking ceremony, President described the proposed cathedral as an inter-denominational worship project which is also a thanksgiving gesture to God for the blessings God has bestowed on Ghana on the occasion of its 60th anniversary.
The architectural and structural design of the National Cathedral was done by British-Ghanaian Architect Sir David Adjaye, the founder and principal of Adjaye Associates.
The National Cathedral will house chapels and baptistery, a 5000-seater main auditorium which will be expandable to a 15,000 seater capacity for national events and celebrations, among other facilities.
President Akufo-Addo on 5 March 2020, laid the foundation stone which was imported from the Israeli capital of Jerusalem, the Holy Land, at the exact spot where the altar of the Cathedral will be situated when the building is completed to signify the commencement of constructions works.
The three-fold rationale
In his address, at the ceremony leading to the laying of the foundation stone on 5 March 2020, the President identified three main reasons behind his decision to mobilize support for the construction of the Cathedral.
"Firstly," the President said, "since gaining our freedom from the colonial power sixty-three years ago on the 6th of March 1957, Ghana has so far been spared civil war, famine and epidemics.
"We are certainly no better than the other nations in our neighborhood who have been confronted with these challenges. I believe it is by the grace of God that we have been preserved and sustained."
"The construction of the Cathedral will be an act of thanksgiving to the Almighty for His blessings, grace, favour and mercies on our nation," President Akufo-Addo said.
Secondly, President Akufo-Addo had noted, "71% percent of the Ghanaian people adhere to the Christian religion grouped under the various persuasions of the Christian Faith.
"The interdenominational National Cathedral will help unify the Christian community and thereby help promote national unity and social coercion," the President said.
Lastly, President Akufo-Addo noted that he made a pledge to Almighty God that if He was gracious enough to make him President, he would help build a cathedral to His glory and honour. "I am determined to redeem this pledge," President Akufo-Addo stated.
GRIDCo to Ghanaians: Localised power outage is not "dumsor"
Dr Bawumia cuts sod for construction of 32 TVET centres


Message: Hello There, I just read "The Elevator" and though longer than expected, I enjoyed the read. It's so related and you managed to evoke some emotions within that transported me in such a situation-nice job! If this is art imitating life, dude relax. It'll happen in due time and good luck to you!


Perseverance and personality. Those are just two of the qualities Jo Dee Messina brought to Mississippi last night for the Jo Dee Messina & Friends event, sponsored by Kia of Meridian.
Suffering from a ruptured disc in her back didn't stop the nine-time No. 1 artist from bringing an abundance of life to the Temple Theatre as she performed for an engaged and interactive crowd of fans, many of whom were clad in Jo Dee merchandise that spanned the duration of her lengthy career. Those fans were treated to an array of chart-topping hits, as well as newer songs and a yet-to-be-released tune; but it wasn't just the music that made Meridian magical. It was the passion, determination, humor, humility, and honesty that a fan can only obtain at a Jo Dee event that made this particular show rank atop the "best concerts of 2016" list.
Admitting and embracing her flaws is just the beginning of the admirable traits that Jo Dee Messina possesses. When you couple this with the ability to translate feelings into music and transcend audience sympathy, empathy, and participation, a show takes on new life and a large venue turns into an intimate living room. Once you add in the stunningly pristine vocals of the pure powerhouse, a live Jo Dee experience reaches one of unfathomable heights.
Of course, Jo Dee is veteran enough to recognize that fans love to hear the hits, so her set list is built around bringing some of the most notable songs of the late nineties and early 2000s to cities across the country. While this may be expected when a fan walks in the door, it is always crucial for an attendee to expect the unexpected. Transitioning between songs with quick quips and stories that are akin to those heard at a stand-up comedy show, Jo Dee doesn't just cause an audience to jump up and dance, she makes them double over laughing…and then brings them to their knees in prayer.
Whether it is by admitting she is "a perfectly broken person" or revealing that her definition of fame is "it means people think you're something that you're not," the larger than life singer-songwriter is able to reach out, touch an audience, relate to every member, and send them home with a "Lesson In Leavin'" and a lesson learned. The moral of last night and the message with which each person exited the theater was that the show must go on — personally and professionally — despite obstacles that stand in your way. If there is a mountain in front of you, climb it. If there is a door to unlock, turn the key. If your back causes you to "get stuck," wait it out, keep on singing, and eventually you'll be able to dance again.
And that is what Jo Dee, ruptured disc, excruciating pain, and all, did for the fans who showed up for her last night.
Before allowing her tickled and touched audience to leave for the evening, Jo Dee closed the show with gospel song "Break Every Chain," which ultimately brought the crowd to a standing ovation. During the twelve minute encore, Jo Dee stripped away her layers, divulged some of the insecurities she has carried with her since her childhood, and escaped in song, appearing to ever-so-briefly be excused from her physical pain to use her God-given gift to help alleviate the pain of others in the room. Digging deep into the depths of her soul, she cast her glance upward, reached toward the sky, and praised the one she has learned to count on in good times and in bad. While Jo Dee became lost in her worship, members of the audience began to rise, follow suit, and sing with her, likewise expressing their love for a higher power.
Soul. Jo Dee Messina brought soul with her tremendous vocals. She bared her soul with her heartfelt stories. She showed the depths of her soul with her tenacity to bring the best show possible to Mississippi, despite the pain she was experiencing.
Soul. The audience member's souls were touched by the artistry they witnessed. Their souls were soothed by her honesty and relatability. Everyone's souls were inspired by the admittedly flawed superstar in their presence.
Soul. The miniature motorized car Jo Dee was able to take home for her sons (Noah, 7, and Jonah, 4), courtesy of the event promoter, Kia of Meridian.
Watch Jo Dee Messina's powerful performance of "Break Every Chain" below, and visit her official website for upcoming tour dates so you, too, can experience a night of pure entertainment and unprecedented talent.


text:
Beliefs & Mission
Brenda Crenshaw Head of School
High School College Dual Enrollment Program
Scholarship Resources
Florida Calendar
FL Tuition Payment
FL Parent & Student Handbook
Student & Parent Portal
Orlando International Academy
A unique boarding experience in a unique location
Orlando International Academy (OIA) provides a unique boarding school opportunity in Orlando, Florida.
Rooms are designed for two to three students but single rooms are available at additional cost. All rooms have private baths and weekly maid service. Students are supervised by OIA's trained staff, who have undergone complete background screening. Students have complete use of the amenities of the site with adult supervision. Each morning, students are transported to the school site for classes. Lunch is provided.
Students are provided three nutritional meals per day, except on Sundays when students have the option to sleep in and enjoy a leisurely brunch before heading out for one of the many excursions. Often, meals will be enjoyed in the "restaurant of the day," so that students can experience a variety of foods and dining venue.
Learn more at https://www.orlandointernationalacademy.com/.
Student/Parent Portals
Shop School Outfitters
Alumni Transcript Request
Copyright © 2018 The Crenshaw School - Privacy Policy


So, the bike is the first I've built with 9100 (has the shifters, front and rear mechs). And while the mechs are definitely a new breed (especially cable attachment and adjustment for the front, and the attachment for the mech itself in the back), there's no accounting for the problem I'm having.
In short, if I adjust the cable tension via barrel adjuster so that it can shift into the large cog (happens to be a 28 on this bike), then it won't shift into smallest, or will only do so after a full minute or two of clatter.
If I adjust tension so that it shifts into and out of small without problems. Then it won't go onto the large cog, even in small chainring.
It's odd. This is the kind of thing that normally you fiddle with and then after an overnight hiatus to allow the cable to stretch, you take two or three stabs at adjustment and bingo, no problem.
But I've now tried 40-50 times to get the adjustment right in the house, and many more outside riding and stopping, riding and stopping, making tiny incremental adjustments.
Theinitial setup Shimano recommends -- shifting to from smallest to second-smallest, then adjusting by ear to put the mech close to shifting to third-smallest doesn't even faintly come close.
Hangar LOOKED straight so the first time I simply installed the mech...tried to adjust repeatedly with the barrel, detached and re-tensioned the cable half a dozen times. Then tried with the barrel agin multiple times.
Then rode it 60 miles, with multiple efforts at adjustment. Then removed it, checked and made slight correction to the hanger alignment with the standard Park tool.
Then REINSTALLED it, making sure to go completely per instructions for everything from cable housing length to b-screw adjustment.
High limit is set with jockey wheel centered to outer face of small cog, and low limit is set to center of large cog.
I've ridden the bike about 100 miles now, and gotten off repeatedly to adjust it slightly up and down, trying to find a sweet spot that doesn't exist. Making adjustments at no more than 1/8 turn at a time.
Just for context, the cables are routed internally through the bars, most of the downtime, then emerge and go under the BB etc so there's a fair amount of bending though go through. But they are the coated Dura Ace cables and latest housings, and don't have any unusual friction that i can detect.
This is maybe the 30th rear mech I've installed over the years on various bikes, from Campy SR in the early 80s to every variant of Di2 up through 9070. So I'm not completely clueless, but up against a wall for sure.
It's almost like its a 10.5 speed setup.
Have your hanger adjusted before u do anything else.
Ummmm.... from the OP: "Then removed it, checked and made slight correction to the hanger alignment with the standard Park tool...."
The groups is supposed to be backwards compatible with the older version. If you have any 9000 series stuff, you could try using the 9000 shifter with the 9100 RD and vice-versa. This way you might be able to narrow down if it's a problem with the shifter or rear mech.
You have a Dura-Ace derailleur, which is compatible ONLY with Dura-Ace shifters, and no other Shimano line.
Does the cable still move freely? Try disconnecting and pushing it back enough so that you can hold both ends. Then wiggle.
Last edited by bikerjulio; 12-19-2016 at 02:20 PM.
All the reviews I've read say the shifters/derailleurs are compatible between the mechanical 9000 and 9100.
What type of frame is it? Might want to check the cable are only crossed once in the down tube (if they're supposed to).
What were the values measured at the B, C and D locations?
Good luck and I hope you figure it out.
I remember the 7900 rear derailleur I had on one of my bikes had this issue for adjustment. No matter what I did it wouldn't shift into all cogs..either the big or the small would be sacrificed. Couldn't adjust the rear hanger because it is a non-replaceable one constructed of carbon fiber with a threaded insert.
Didn't have any issues adjusting other Shimano derailleurs, 10 or 11 speed (put a 9000 rear on that bike now and if shifts perfectly as I got it dialed in on the first try and one minor adjustments after the cable settling period).
Three sentances later, 'it' has lost it's meaning.
Yeah, all DA 11 speed are compatable......Same with 9 & 10 speed, and 7 & 8 speed.
It's a cable-housing friction issue. To test it disconnect the cable from the RD, push the cage up from the 11t a couple of cogs and let it go. If it snaps back to the 11t quickly it's a cable friction issue.
I'd guess cable friction too (since you've already checked the hanger alignment) although I've always adjusted the high limit screw so that the upper mech pulley is directly under the smallest cog rather than under its outer face (the latter is new to me, but may be what the 9100 dealer installation manual says IDK).
to make sure I was doing it right, but once done, it is AMAZINGLY smooth and fast shifting. Didn't know anything could shift better than 9000, but this definitely does. Incredible. Only other thing I can suggest is maybe make sure you're using the cable housing and guides included with the RD??? The bike has 9000 shifters BTW and if that matters.
Could be cable got slight kink, also cable not bolted in quite the right position, ive got it, and its fantastic, as an aside, I ran the system with 9000 right hand Sti(while waiting for 9100 to arrive) and thought it better/lighter/smoother, it could be the 9100 needed running in, ran on flying snake ousters/any old cable inner, superb, now on 9100 inner, still on Snake outer, fab, I only make these comments because im usually on electric, but this system is so good, SORRY, one last thought, could be the rear outer housing is to long, as the top part of mech does not move, cable out can be short, I take it the rear mech is bolted in the right position, between the notches, so there is no movement back forth, ???
You do know this thread is damn near 2 years old, right? Seems like the OP got it figured out quite a while ago.
And that may be the longest sentence every posted on RBR. Try a period every now and then, your posts will be much more 'readable'.
I know it's old but to correct this post: ALL 11 speed D/A, Ultegra and 105 shifters and derailleurs are cross compatible. ALL of them.
So late to the party... wonder if the cassette was on properly / tight enough.


text:
50 years after JFK's death, daughter takes public office in Tokyo
Caroline Kennedy, daughter of slain U.S. President John F. Kennedy, arrived in Japan on Friday to take up her first high profile job in public office, making a late start to a political career for which her family is renowned.
Kennedy, sworn in as U.S. ambassador two days ago, received a warm welcome at Tokyo's Narita Airport, smiling and waving at reporters, and carrying a bouquet of flowers.
The 55-year-old lawyer takes up the post a week before the 50th anniversary of her father's assassination.
Kennedy, the first female U.S. ambassador to Japan, was an early and prominent supporter of Barack Obama in his initial quest for the presidency in 2008, and also campaigned for him.


This About me Cosmetics , a sensible solution of your choice. For those who cherish a self-determined life . About me Cosmetic is a beauty care brand that cares for no one else but me by providing customized solutions for my health and beauty alone. About me Cosmetic cares for your skin and body at the same time to present a balanced , healthy beauty . As a pioneer in creating a greater synergy of cosmetics and health functional foods . About me combines the concepts of applying products to your skin and taking them in.
Radiante su cuidado de la piel con el [ABOUT ME] Skin Tone Up Massage Cream 150ml! nuestro objetivo es ofrecerle los mejores productos coreanos para cuidar su piel, incluida Cuidado facial, Cuidado facial, Crema. Hydra Crema en línea.
The massage cream clears and brightens skin by eliminatingwaste and non-viable skin cells from the epidermis.
Skin Tone Up's whipped cream texture penetrates and moisturizes deep layers of the skin like an oil massage.
After facial wash or after skin care, apply a generous dollop on your face.
Massage in a spiral pattern for about 3 minutes.
Once the massaging feels stiffer, the nutrients have been absorbed into your face. Wait for 10 seconds.
Waste seeps out of your skin with moisturizing oil.
Use a sponge or tissue to remove the bodily waste and non-viable skin cells and clean your face with water for the next skin care stage.


text:
Q: Store aligned data non aligned Suppose I have a have a class T and an array:
uint8_t array[sizeof(T)];

One thing to note is that array might have an alignment which might not be compatible with T.
Now the question is: Is there any way to store a T in array (despite the alignment issues), provided that we do not try to do any thing with the T, until we copy it from the array into a properly aligned storage space?
In other words array is just going to be a storage location, until we need to access T, at which case we copy it to proper alignment, and use the value, and copy it back into storage.
Note:
T may be trivially copyable but it is not guaranteed that T is going to be trivially copyable......it could be any class you could think of
So.....is this in any way possible (hopefully standard conforming?)

A: The question is evolving and I'm not going to track it by revising this answer correspondingly.
Yes,  for a trivially copyable object you can use memcpy, and that's used in a (non-normative) example in the standard.
C++11 §3.9/2:

" For any object (other than a base-class subobject) of trivially copyable type T, whether or not the object holds a valid value of type T, the underlying bytes (1.7) making up the object can be copied into an array of char or unsigned char. If the content of the array of char or unsigned char is copied back into the object, the object shall subsequently hold its original value.

For template code you can check whether a type is trivially copyable via std::is_trivially_copyable.


text:
Aly Raisman Took A Major Step In Her Fight With The Olympics Over Larry Nassar's Abuse
by Alexandra Svokos
On Friday, March 2, it was announced that Aly Raisman is suing the U.S. Olympic Committee (USOC) and USA Gymnastics (USAG) for their lack of action to prevent her from being sexually abused by disgraced former doctor Larry Nassar. The lawsuit was filed in California Superior Court earlier this week, and the defendants listed include the USOC, USA Gym, former USAG president Steve Penny, former USAG board chairman Paul Parilla, and Nassar himself, according to The New York Times. Raisman was one of over 250 women and girls who claimed that Nassar abused them in his capacity as an athletic doctor.
"I refuse to wait any longer for these organizations to do the right thing. It is my hope that the legal process will hold them accountable and enable the change that is so desperately needed," Raisman said in a statement obtained by NBC News.
In her lawsuit, Raisman is requesting a jury trial for the serial abuse of herself and 500 unnamed people by Nassar that, the suit claims, could have been prevented by USAG and the USOC. Elite Daily has reached out to USA Gymnastics and the USOC for comment, but did not hear back at time of publication.
Nassar was sentenced to a total of 140 to 310 years in jail on both federal child pornography and criminal sexual conduct charges. He pleaded guilty to those charges, saying that the abuse was committed in the course of his work as an athletic doctor. Nassar worked with USA Gymnastics as well as Michigan State University (MSU). In January, the sentencing trials for the 10 criminal sexual conduct charges made national headlines as the judges allowed his accusers to deliver statements against him one by one. The statements lasted days as almost 200 women and girls delivered victim impact statements in court.
Raisman delivered her own powerful statement in court in January. Since coming public with allegations against Nassar last November, the two-time Olympian has been outspoken about the need for full systemic reform within USA Gymnastics and the USOC. Raisman said in her victim impact statement in January,
It's easy to put out statements talking about how athlete care is the highest priority, but they've been saying that for years, and all the while, this nightmare was happening. False assurances from organizations are dangerous, especially when people want so badly to believe them. They make it easier to look away from the problem and enable bad things to continue to happen. Even now, after all that has happened, USA Gymnastics has the nerve to say the very same things it has said all along. Can't you see how disrespectful that is? Can't you see how much that hurts?
Following the publicity of the Nassar case, both USAG and the USOC put out statements in which the organizations announced changes to the programs and their leadership. Just this Wednesday, Feb. 28, USOC CEO Scott Blackmun resigned for health reasons as the organization announced continued work for reform, including providing new funding and resources to support victims of Nassar as well as offering current and former athletes a voice in decision-making within the USOC. Raisman, meanwhile, has been critical of an independent investigation the USOC announced in January of themselves and USAG, saying it is not wide-reaching enough.
On Thursday, March 1, USAG president and CEO Kerry Perry, who took over after Steve Penny resigned under pressure of the Nassar case, published a "message to the community" about changes the organization is making to protect athletes. She listed actions that have already been taken in response to the Nassar case, including support for the USOC's and Congress' independent investigations and the creation of an athlete assistance fund to provide money for athletes who were abused for counseling. Her message also noted, "We understand that litigation can be full of uncertainty, but the leadership of USA Gymnastics seeks resolution and healing for all of our athletes and will move forward to build a culture of empowerment together."
"After all this time, they remain unwilling to conduct a full investigation, and without a solid understanding of how this happened, it is delusional to think sufficient changes can be implemented," Raisman said in her statement this week about the lawsuit.
These 45 Instagram Story Songs Include Trending Hits & Throwback Faves
By Lizzy Rosenberg and Jillian Giandurco