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Dieser Artikel zeigt die Ergebnisse der Qualifikationsrunden für die Aircel Chennai Open 2014. Für das Turnier der Kategorie ATP World Tour 250 konnten sich vier Spieler qualifizieren, welche in drei Runden ausgemacht wurden. Insgesamt nahmen 32 Spieler an der Qualifikation teil, die vom 28. bis 30. Dezember 2013 stattfand.

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 Offizielle Homepage des Turniers
 Turnierplan Qualifikation Einzel auf der ATP Homepage (PDF, 33 kB)

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People's online experiences revealed
Internet users in the UK are increasingly worried about being online, new research suggests, with around four in every five harbouring concerns.
The joint study by Ofcom and the Information Commissioner's Office indicates the proportion of adults concerned about using the internet has risen since last year, from 59% to 78%.
Similarly, 61% of adults have had a potentially harmful online experience in the past year. The figure rises to 79% among children aged 12-15.
Most adults (59%) however, agree that the benefits of going online outweigh the risks, and 61% of children think that the internet makes their lives better.
State of the online nation
The findings are included in our first annual Online Nation report – an in-depth study of how people use the internet. The report examines how people are served by websites, online content, streaming services and their attitudes towards being online.
People's online time is growing by around 7% annually. The average UK adult spent 3 hours 15 minutes per day online last year – a rise of 11 minutes since 2017. That translates to 1,192 hours over the year: the equivalent of around 50 days on the internet.
The internet has transformed our working and social lives, making it easier and cheaper to communicate, and create and share content and information. Each week:
44 million of us use the internet to send or receive email and 29 million send instant messages;
30 million people bank or pay bills via the internet;
27 million of us shop online; and
21 million people download information for work, school or university.
Despite these benefits, most people have also had potentially harmful online experiences. The potential online harms most commonly encountered by adults were unsolicited emails (34% experienced in the past year), fake news (25%) and scams or fraud (22%).
Among children, 39% experienced offensive language online; 28% had received unwelcome friend requests; 23% encountered cyber-bullying; and 20% had encountered trolling.
Where harm takes place
We also studied where people come across their most recent potentially harmful experience. Social media is the leading source – in particular Facebook, which is cited by 28% of its adult users, followed by Instagram (16%) and Twitter (12%).
Only 40% of adults agree that websites and social media sites provide the tools needed to keep them safe online, although this rises to 55% of children.
Attitudes to online regulation
Support for greater online regulation also appears to have increased in a range of areas. Most adults favour tighter rules for social media sites (70% in 2019, up from 52% in 2018); video-sharing sites (64% v. 46%); and instant-messaging services (61% v. 40%).
However, nearly half (47%) of adult internet users recognise that websites and social media platforms play an important role in supporting free speech, even where some people might find content offensive.
Yih-Choung Teh, Group Director of Strategy and Research at Ofcom, said: "As most of us spend more time than ever online, we're increasingly worried about harmful content – and also more likely to come across it.
"For most people, those risks are still outweighed by the huge benefits of the internet. And while most internet users favour tighter rules in some areas, particularly social media, people also recognise the importance of protecting free speech – which is one of the internet's great strengths."

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Tag Archives: Sexism
BBC euphemism of the (International Women's) day
An article dated March 5th 2013 which appeared on the Middle East page of the BBC News website relates to the cancelling of the Gaza Strip marathon by its organiser UNRWA after Hamas refused to allow women to take part in the run.
There we learn that:
"Conservative elements in Gaza have sometimes complained about mixing between the sexes, especially in schools and at sporting events."
Towards the end of the article a brief reference is made to the violent attacks – presumed at the time to have been carried out by Salafists -which have taken place on mixed summer camps for children:
"In the past there have been attacks on the UN's summer camps for children in Gaza after complaints that boys were allowed to mix with girls, the BBC's Jon Donnison reports."
Those attacks go far beyond what the chosen BBC terminology " Conservative elements in Gaza have sometimes complained.." would suggest to any reasonable reader.
The point about this story though is not that there exist euphemistically-termed "conservative elements" in the Gaza Strip which oppose the mixing of the sexes, but that the ruling regime itself imposes such segregations, under the guise of what it defines as "local traditions".
Focusing mainly on the technical side of the cancelling of the marathon, this BBC article avoids presenting the latest Hamas assault on women's rights in the Gaza Strip in its full context as just one of a series of ideologically-inspired rulings curbing the freedom and rights of women (and men) which have been implemented by Hamas since its violent seizure of power in 2007.
That missing context is important in relation to the BBC's self-declared purpose of "global outlook", according to which it resolves to:
Build a global understanding of international issues:
a) Provide international news broadcasting of the highest quality.
b) Enable individuals to participate in the global debate on significant international issues.
Enhance UK audiences' awareness and understanding of international issues.
Broaden UK audiences' experience of and exposure to different cultures from around the world.
Audience understanding of global issues is not enhanced by the use of euphemisms and the avoidance of context. The proximity of this latest move by the Hamas regime to International Women's Day would have been an especially appropriate occasion for the BBC to break its silence on the Islamist oppression of women by Hamas.
By Hadar Sela • Posted in BBC, BBC Jerusalem Bureau	• Tagged BBC, BBC Jerusalem Bureau, BBC News, BBC Online, Gaza Marathon, Gaza Strip, Hamas, Jon Donnison, Sexism


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April 26 to May 12, 2019 Hilberry Theatre Part Two — Perestroika Buy Tickets
Angels in America: Part Two – Perestroika
April 26 to May 12, 2019 *
See both Parts I and II back-to-back on Sunday, May 5 or Saturday, May 11
By TONY KUSHNER
Following the events of Part I: Millennium Approaches, Perestroika continues the complex and fantastical examination of homosexuality, race, and AIDS in 1980s America. Fighting illness and losing hope, Prior Walter is hesitant to become the prophet as demanded by the Angel. Roy Cohn is hospitalized, diagnosed with "liver cancer," and under the care of Belize. Harper has disappeared and Joe's mother has arrived to try to put her family back together. Perestroika is the thrilling conclusion to this epic tale of love, loss, and destiny.
"A vast miraculous play… provocative, witty and deeply upsetting… a searching and radical rethinking of American political drama… 'Perestroika' is not only a stunning resolution of the rending human drama of 'Millennium Approaches,' but also a true millennial work of art, uplifting, hugely comic and pantheistically religious in a very American style." — Frank Rich, New York Times
This production contains simulated sexual activity and full frontal nudity.
Please choose PART TWO or PART ONE using the buttons below to purchase tickets.
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Friday, April 26 (Opening Night) 8 p.m.
Saturday, April 27 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Wednesday, May 1 (Meet the Cast Series) 2 p.m.
Thursday, May 2 (Curtain Up Series) 7 p.m.
Friday, May 3 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 4 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 5 8 p.m.
See Part One at 3 p.m. and then enjoy Part Two at 8 p.m.
Thursday, May 9 7 p.m.
Friday, May 10 8 p.m.
Saturday, May 11 8 p.m.
Sunday, May 12 3 p.m.
Cast & Creatives
Anderson, Blair
Director (Angels in America)
Bergeron, John
Trekkie Monster (Avenue Q); Jaques (As You Like It); Ebenezer Scrooge (A Christmas Carol); Roy Cohn (Angels in America Parts I and II); The Man, Later, The Baron Docteur (Venus)
Berry, Faith
Tig (Xtigone); Member (Motor City Cabaret); U/S for the Angel, Emily, Sister Ella, Woman, Voice of Orrin, Mormon Mother, Taped Voice (Angels in America
Call, Lani
Kate Monster (Avenue Q), Rosalind (As You Like It), Sonia (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), Hannah Pitt, Ethel, Henry, Rabbi, and Angel (Angels in America); The Man, Later, The Mother-Showman, The Grade-School Chum (Venus)
Chapman, Jacob
Brian (Avenue Q); Louis (Angels in America)
Clark III, Anthony
Beau, Tig's boyfriend and son of Marcellus (Xtigone); Belize, Mr. Lies, Voice of Caleb, Angel Oceania (Angels in America)
Forfinski, Cara
Charity Gentlewoman/Mrs. Fezziwig (A Christmas Carol); U/S to Harper Pitt, Martin Heller, Angel Africanii (Angels in America
Hammer, Jacqueline
Martha Cratchit (A Christmas Carol); Hannah Porter Pitt, Rabbi Chemelwitz, Henry, Ethel Rosenberg, Aleksii Prelapsarianov, Angel Asiatica (Angels in America)
Holderfield, Andrew
(Lighting Designer, December Dance Concert & Angels in America)
Keller, Kevin
U/S Louis Ironson, Angel Australia (Angels in America)
Lecher, Luke
Marketing Lead (Xtigone, A Christmas Carol, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike); Marketing Associate (Angels in America and Venus)
Lee, Jared
Marketing Lead (Angels in America, Venus); Assistant Director (Angels in America: Part One)
Levadoux, Jocelyn
Assistant Stage Manager (As You Like It); Stage Manager (December Dance Concert); Stage Manager (Angels in America)
Manela, Hannah
Celia (As You Like It); Director (Woodhull/Heck-Rabi); Assistant Director (Angels in America: Part Two)
McNabb, Craig
Caroline's Husband (A Christmas Carol); Prior Walter, Man in Park (Angels in America)
Mediate, Quint
Princeton (Avenue Q); Silvius/First Lord to Duchess Frederica (As You Like It); Charity Gentleman/Mr. Fezziwig (A Christmas Carol), Walter (Angels in America); The Man, Later, The Baron Docteur (Venus)
Morency, Dan
Sound Designer (Angels in America)
Nathan, Geoff
U/S Roy, Prior 1, Angel Antarctica (Angels in America)
Pearline, Sarah
(Projections Designer, A Christmas Carol; Scene Designer, Angels in America)
Randle, Chante
Sound Design (Xtigone); Lighting Designer (To Sangana African Dance Company); Master Electrician (Angels in America Parts I and II)
Smith, Matthew
Nicky (Avenue Q), Orlando (As You Like It), Spike (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike), Joe Pitt/Prior 1/The Eskimo/Mormon Father/Angel Europa (Angels in America Parts I and II); Playwright (Pettycoats/Heck-Rabi); Chorus (Venus)
Summerwell, Sarah
Bad Idea Bear, Lucy the Slut, Mrs. Thistletwat (Avenue Q); Duchess Frederica/Phoebe (As You Like It), Masha (Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike); Harper Pitt/Martin Heller/Angel Africanii (Angels in America Parts I and II); Playwright (Woodhull/Heck-Rabi)
Valesano, Mary Elizabeth
Costume Designer (Angels in America: Parts I and II)
Walker, Jasmine Monet
Gary Coleman (Avenue Q); Cora/Hymen/Townsperson (As You Like It), Narrator (A Christmas Carol); The Angel/Emily/Sister Ella/Woman/Voice of Orrin/Mormon Mother/Taped Voice (Angels in America Parts I and II); Saartje Baartman aka The Girl, Venus (Venus)
Welsing, Sam
Properties Master (Angels in America)
Wilson, Tobias
Bad Idea Bear/Newcomer (Avenue Q); Touchstone (As You Like It); Marley's Ghost/Old Joe (A Christmas Carol); Belize (Angels in America Parts I and II); U/S The Negro Resurrectionist (Venus)
Wilson, Trever
Stage Manager, (As You Like It); Stage Manager, Noel Night Company One Dance Concert; Assistant Stage Manager (Angles in America Part I and Part II); Assistant Stage Manager (Spring Dance Concert)
Woods, Matthew
Adam and William (As You Like It); U/S Joe Pitt, Prior 2, The Eskimo, Mormon Father, Angel Europa (Angels in America)
Jared Lee (Marketing Lead, Angels in America, Venus; Assistant Director, Angels in America: Part One) Bio coming soon.
Sam Welsing (Properties Master, Angels in America) is ecstatic to conclude her time in the Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance as the Props Master for Angels in America. Previous credits include Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike (scenic design), A Streetcar Named Desire (props master), and Wintertime (scenic design). She is a Senior BFA Scenic Design student.
Dan Morency (Sound Designer, Angels in America) Bio coming soon.
Geoff Nathan (U/S Roy, Prior 1, Angel Antarctica, Angels in America) Retired linguistics faculty studying acting at Wayne State. Einstein in Realm of Whispering Ghosts, Company in A Christmas Carol at Wayne. Poppa in Gypsy at Grosse Pointe Theater. Thanks to stage widow Margaret for her patience.
Kevin Keller (U/S Louis Ironson, Angel Australia, Angels in America) Bio coming soon.
Blair Anderson, PhD, (Director, Angels in America) is an associate professor of theatre and served as chair and director of theatres from 1999 to 2010. Notable directing credits at the undergraduate Bonstelle Theatre and graduate Hilberry Theatre include: Hamlet, Great Expectations, Scapin, The Tempest, Translations, Brighton Beach Memoirs, A Winter's Tale, The Front Page, Servant of Two Masters, Inherit the Wind, Canterbury Tales, Everything in the Garden and Harvey. Particular favorites of his are: Interrogating the Nude – an homage to and about Marcel Duchamp; Nothing Sacred – a modern rendition of Turgenev's Fathers and Sons; A Taming of the Shrew, for which he was nominated for best director by The Detroit News; and Of Mice and Men and Mother Courage and Her Children, both of which were nominated for best director and best production by the Detroit Free Press. He also directed Isaac Basheviz Singer's Tiebele and Her Demonfor the old Attic Theatre on Grand Boulevard in 1990.
Professor Anderson received his BA from Wartburg College (Waverly, IA), his MA from Western Illinois University (Macomb, IL) and his PhD from Wayne State University in 1989. His dissertation is titled The Demythicization of the American Dream: A Critical Analysis of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Plays from 1965 – 1985. Dr. Anderson has taught students at all levels of the university, including BFA and MFA students as well as PhD candidates. He teaches theatre aesthetics yearly, while advising students. He has taught dramatic literature, dramatic theory and criticism, and theatre history.
Originally from Iowa, Dr. Anderson has taught and directed both at Oakland University and at Wayne State for the past thirty-plus years. His wife, Melinda Pacha (coincidentally also from Iowa, though they met in Detroit) is a professor and scenic/costume designer at University of Detroit-Mercy and has freelance designed professionally throughout the greater Detroit area. Their daughter, Miranda, is a graduate of Loyola Chicago and is building a theatre career of her own in Chicago.
From 1998 to 2001, Dr. Anderson served as theatre segment host for the popular Backstage Pass weekly show on Detroit's PBS television station, Channel 56. Other interests include the other fine arts, post-modern architecture, performance art, self-reflexive works from Cervantes to Eco, traveling and camping…but only if he's not golfing.
Sarah Pearline (Projections Designer, A Christmas Carol; Scene Designer, Angels in America) is an Assistant Professor in Set and Projection design. Her work spans theatre, dance, circus, and experimental performance work. She is a resident artist with Circus Flora of St. Louis and Purple Rose Theatre Company. Recent favorites include Talley's Folly and Harvey with PRTC, Twelfth Night and Julius Caesar with Titan Theatre Company, Sex With Strangers with Detroit Public Theatre and The Firefighter's Project with CMAP. She holds a MFA from the Yale School of Drama and BFA from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
Andrew Holderfield (Lighting Designer, December Dance Concert and Angels in America) is a senior BFA student in Technical Theatre at Wayne State University. As a transfer student, this is Andrew's second year studying at Wayne State and December Dance marks his 8th production with the Theatre and Dance Department.
Craig McNabb (Caroline's Husband, A Christmas Carol; Prior Walter, Man in Park, Angels in America) This is Craig's first and last year in the WSU Maggie Allesee Department of Theatre and Dance. He has spent the last few years and the Director of the Southeast Michigan Youth Theatre and on stage in Northern Macomb County. After graduation, he hopes to move to Chicago and pursue a career in theatre there.
Jacqueline Hammer (Martha Cratchit, A Christmas Carol; Hannah Porter Pitt, Rabbi Chemelwitz, Henry, Ethel Rosenberg, Aleksii Prelapsarianov, Angel Asiatica, Angels in America) is a first-year BA student studying acting at Wayne State University. She has been acting for eight years and moved across the country from Utah to come to WSU.
Cara Forfinski (Charity Gentlewoman/Mrs. Fezziwig, A Christmas Carol; U/S to Harper Pitt, Martin Heller, Angel Africanii, Angels in America) is brand new to the Wayne State stage! She is so excited to be making her debut in A Christmas Carol this year. She is in her first-year studying theatre with a focus on acting.
Hannah Manela (Celia, As You Like It; Director, Woodhull/Heck-Rabi; Assistant Director, Angels in America: Part Two) Bio coming soon.
Anthony Clark III (Beau, Tig's boyfriend and son of Marcellus, Xtigone; Belize, Mr. Lies, Voice of Caleb, Angel Oceania, Angels in America) is a junior BFA student in acting. His past credits include Facing Our Truth, This Don't Make You Cool, and The Stinky Cheese Man and Other Fairly Stupid Tales.
Trever Wilson (Stage Manager, As You Like It; Stage Manager, Noel Night Company One Dance Concert; Assistant Stage Manager, Angles in America Part I and Part II; Assistant Stage Manager, Spring Dance Concert) is excited to start his time here with the Hilberry Company. He is starting his first year in the MFA Stage Management at Wayne State University after completing his BFA in technical theatre at Westminster College in Salt Lake City, Utah. To find out more about Trever and his current projects visit treverwilson.com
Luke Lecher (Marketing Lead, Xtigone, A Christmas Carol, and Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Marketing Associate; Angels in American and Venus) is a second-year MFA in Theatre Management from Greensburg, Indiana. Before graduate school, he directed for two high school drama departments and produced some original works.
Chante Randle (Sound Design, Xtigone; Lighting Designer, To Sangana African Dance Company; Master Electrician, Angels in America Parts I and II) is a first year MFA in Lighting Design at Wayne State University. Some of her more recent work includes Mary's Wedding and You're a Good Man Charlie Brown.
Matthew Woods (Adam and William, As You Like It; U/S Joe Pitt, Prior 2, The Eskimo, Mormon Father, Angel Europa, Angels in America) is thrilled to be a part of As You Like It this semester, as he's always wanted to work more with the grads on the Hilberry stage and with director Lavinia Hart! He's thankful for all his friends who have inspired him and got him this far, and is hoping his final year at Wayne will be his best.
Mary Elizabeth Valesano (Costume Designer, Angels in America: Parts I and II) is a third-year MFA in Costume Design. Her previous work at WSU includes The Colored Museum, The Underpants, and the 2017 Spring Dance Concert
Jocelyn Levadoux (Assistant Stage Manager, As You Like It; Stage Manager, December Dance Concert; Stage Manager, Angels in America) is thrilled to be finishing up her MFA in stage management here at Wayne. She looks forward to continue working on dance productions, a new passion she discovered at school. Jocelyn will take her learned skills back to Toronto next fall.
Tobias Wilson (Bad Idea Bear/Newcomer, Avenue Q; Touchstone, As You Like It; Marley's Ghost/Old Joe, A Christmas Carol; Belize, Angels in America Parts I and II; U/S The Negro Resurrectionist, Venus) is a second-year MFA student in Acting here at Wayne State. Other Wayne State credits: Peter in Stop Kiss and Junie in The Colored Museum. Selected Professional shows: Damn Yankees, Guys and Dolls, and Anything Goes. Commercial credits include: Wayfair.com (Game changer), Bauer Hockey, and Bank Newport.
Lani Call (Kate Monster, Avenue Q; Rosalind, As You Like It; Sonia, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Hannah Pitt, Ethel, Henry, Rabbi, and Asiatica, Angels in America; The Man, Later, The Mother-Showman, The Grade-School Chum, Venus) is a second-year MFA student in Acting. This past summer she spent a month in Moscow Russia growing as an artist. She was recently seen as Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire and Regan in King Lear. A huge thanks to her professors, friends and Ethan.
Jasmine Monet Walker (Gary Coleman, Avenue Q; Cora/Hymen/Townsperson, As You Like It, Narrator, A Christmas Carol; The Angel/Emily/Sister Ella/Woman/Voice of Orrin/Mormon Mother/Taped Voice, Angels in America Parts I and II; Saartje Baartman aka The Girl, Venus, Venus) After a fulfilling summer in Holland, Michigan, performing at Hope Summer Repertory Theatre, Jasmine is very excited to be returning to the Hillberry stage for her second year of grad school. She looks forward to her various opportunities to share what she has learned and hopes to expand her knowledge and talent that much more through her class and stage work. She is eager to dive into this season and is happy to do so with her company members.
Sarah Summerwell (Bad Idea Bear, Lucy the Slut, Mrs. Thistletwat, Avenue Q; Duchess Frederica/Phoebe, As You Like It; Masha, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Harper Pitt/Martin Heller/Angel Africanii, Angels in America Parts I and II; Playwright, Woodhull/Heck-Rabi) Past roles at WSU include Emma Arkadina in Stupid F*ing Bird and Goneril in King Lear. Favorite professional credits include Hermione in The Winter's Tale, (Richmond Shakespeare Fest), Morticia in The Addams Family Musical (Shenandoah Summer Music Theatre), and various roles at Orlando Shakes throughout their 2015-2016 season. Endless thanks to family and friends!
Matthew Smith (Nicky, Avenue Q, Orlando, As You Like It; Spike, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike;Joe Pitt/Prior 1/The Eskimo/Mormon Father/Angel Europa, Angels in America Parts I and II; Playwright, Pettycoats/Heck-Rabi; Chorus, Venus) is thrilled to return for his second year in the Hilberry Acting Company. Matthew spent the summer in Richmond, Indiana portraying Macbeth as well as several roles in The Winter's Tale and is looking forward to a powerful and challenging 2018/2019 season!
Quint Mediate (Princeton, Avenue Q; Silvius/First Lord to Duchess Frederica, As You Like It; Charity Gentleman/Mr. Fezziwig, A Christmas Carol, Walter, Angels in America; The Man, Later, The Baron Docteur, Venus) Quint is a second year MFA Actor at Wayne State University. Originally from Colorado, he received his BA in Film, Television, and Theatre at the University of Notre Dame. Favorite roles include Seymour in Little Shop of Horrors and Ferdinand in Love's Labor's Lost.
Jacob Chapman (Brian, Avenue Q; Vanya, Vanya and Sonia and Masha and Spike; Louis, Angels in America; u/s Chorus, Venus) Jacob is a second-year MFA actor. His favorite youtube channel is The School of Life, which offers encouragement and insight on the puzzling difficulties of human existence. He loves his Hilberry family, prefers pie to cake, and liked playing Gloucester in King Lear.
John Bergeron (Trekkie Monster, Avenue Q; Jaques, As You Like It; Ebenezer Scrooge, A Christmas Carol; Roy Cohn, Angels in America Parts I and II; The Man, Later, The Baron Docteur, Venus) is a second-year MFA student in Acting. Last year he appeared at the Bonstelle as Ebenezer Scrooge, a role to which he is delighted to return this season, and he understudied the title role in the Hilberry production of King Lear. Other recent credits include Banquo (Macbeth) and Camillo (The Winter's Tale) with the Richmond Shakespeare Festival and Duke Vincentio (Measure for Measure) with Shakespeare 70 in New Jersey. He holds a BA from Colby College.
Faith Berry (Tig, Xtigone; Member, Motor City Cabaret; U/S for the Angel, Emily, Sister Ella, Woman, Voice of Orrin, Mormon Mother, Taped Voice, Angels in America) is a sophomore at Wayne State University, and a first-year BA student in Theatre. Most recently, she was seen as Normal Jean Reynolds and Girl in Photoshoot in the Hilberry production of The Colored Museum.
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China said on Thursday that its "friendly policy" toward Zimbabwe would not change, after the military said it had seized power and was holding President Robert Mugabe and his family safe while targeting "criminals".
Among the graduands was Marry Chiwenga, the wife of Zimbabwe Defence Forces Commander, General Constantino Chiwenga, who earned a degree in English and Communication. He met Chinese Defense Minister Chang Wanquan in what China termed as a normal military exchange between the two countries.
According to a defence ministry report, Li told Chiwenga: "China and Zimbabwe are all-weather friends".
In the opinion piece, Wang said a change of government could be beneficial to China Zimbabwe relations.
Cobus Van Staden, senior researcher on foreign policy at the South African Institute of International Affairs, told CNN that the issue of whether China knew in advance of the military takeover in Zimbabwe was a "billion dollar question". We sincerely hope that Zimbabwe could maintain political stability and the relevant issues be resolved peacefully and properly. Below we reproduce reactions from the Chinese government, which has been accused in some quarters of complicity. Like so many other African liberation struggles, China provided arms, training and its Maoist ideology to Robert Mugabe and his Zimbabwe African National Union, today's ZANU-PF.
"China has played a positive and constructive role in Africa".
"The fact there were these kind of visits to Beijing right before (the takeover) certainly seems indicative of something, but who knows what that was?" "China has become the second-largest trading partner with Zimbabwe and has invested very largely in the country", Wang said.
In 2015 alone, Chinese investment topped $450 million, accounting for more than half of all foreign investment into Zimbabwe.
The military ties between the two countries extend beyond mere exchanges, however. Chinese state-run firms have helped build the $100-million Zimbabwe National Defence College and leaked U.S. diplomatic cables showed the Zimbabwean government had purchased military hardware such as aircraft, armaments and air defence radars from China since 1980. According to the online paper, the Zimbabwe Independent, former Vice President Emmerson Mnangagwa - who was sacked and fled the country a week ago, only to return after the military takeover - was approached on the topic during a visit to Beijing as early as June 2015.
Another aspect that has fueled speculation that China might have known about the coup is the visit of General Constantino Chiwenga on Friday, 10 November.
Asked if Chiwenga had briefed China on coup plans, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Geng Shuang would not discuss specifics. "Since the defence ministry hosted him, I don't have other details".
The decision comes in the wake of the fact that in 2016-17, pulses production had touched 23 million tonnes. These are the sub-schemes under the government's umbrella scheme Integrated Child Development Services.
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I write about Alzheimer's because my father's experience with the disease turned me into an advocate, not just for those with Alzheimer's, but for their caregivers as well.
Aren't you curious to know more? Why do you find this boring? If you could peer into my brain, you might observe these questions bouncing around.
I remember being admonished as a child for acting "too inquisitive" or alternately, "too sensitive." As an adult I'm sometimes told that, in conversations, I either give too many details or ask for too many details, depending on whether I'm telling the story or listening to one. Or worse, I confess to interrupting someone else's story (my husband) to add more details when I don't feel he's imparting enough information. Okay, so I like details! Watching movies, it's not uncommon for me to be so engrossed in the details of the room decor or the characters' clothing in period piece dramas, that I forget to listen to the dialog. My husband might call a movie a "yawner," while I found it completely captivating in its minutia. And yes, I can be a bit on the obsessive side when it comes to journaling, particularly when traveling. I'm driven to record the details of our travel days, which actually sometimes comes in handy when we're trying to remember the name of a particular place or where we stayed in any given city. While other people seek entertainment on their iPad, I'm busily recording the day's events.
I opened the pedestrian door from our garage onto our patio to sounds of frantic fluttering and flapping, coming from our next-door neighbor's yard. My first thought was "Oh, no, an injured bird." As I walked closer to the fence dividing our yards, that's indeed what it appeared. I saw a robin hopping about and frantically flapping his wings. However, when I looked more closely, I realized that wasn't it at all. The robin was "imprisoned" inside a loop of chicken wire mesh.
In an attempt to keep his dog away from a section of our shared fence, my neighbor had installed a few feet of chicken wire. The wire had detached from one end and was partially curled over, forming an empty cylinder. Somehow the robin had skittered into this unintentional birdcage, and was now trying his utmost to batter the chicken wire into releasing him to freedom. It was easy to see the effort was causing the bird a great deal of stress and would ultimately exhaust him.
This week, I'd like to welcome guest blogger Jennifer Brush, M.A, CCC/SLP. She and Kerry Mills are the authors of I Care: A Handbook For Care Partners Of People With Dementia.
Jennifer, it's great to have you back for your second appearance on my blog. First of all, I'd like you to know how much I enjoyed reading your handbook I Care. It's a true little gem of a book. I certainly would have appreciated having such a wealth of practical information at my fingertips after my parents were both diagnosed with dementia back in 2004.
I'd like to start our interview with you sharing an overview of I Care, along with some of the topics covered in your handbook.
The goal of I Care is to help families have fulfilling, loving, and nurturing relationships and to minimize any depression and stress they might feel when caring for someone with dementia. Every chapter has many useful and practical suggestions to help families feel empowered, rather than defeated, while dealing with the daily trials of dementia.
I Care discusses how to prepare for the future while living in the present, how to make the most of your day, where to look for help when you need it, how to communicate effectively with someone with memory loss, and where to make changes in your home so it is safe. I Care clearly explains the essential information you need to be the best care partner you can be.
Can you explain what motivated you to the write this handbook?
Although Mom passed away 8 years ago from complications of Alzheimer's disease, a belated appreciation of her has slowly blossomed, especially in the past couple of years. At random moments, I've experienced an unmistakable yearning to hug her tenderly and voice my gratitude one more time. In earlier years, I sometimes seemed to lack the ability to show my appreciation in a way that she could relate.
It was late afternoon when my doorbell rang. I peeked carefully out the window and there stood a clean-cut young man. I thought, "Uh oh, a magazine salesman," but something moved me to open the front door anyway.
"Whaat?" That wasn't what I'd expected him to say. Far from it! "You want to propose on the steps leading up to our walkway?" Was I hearing correctly? This was a first!
It is my pleasure to welcome guest blogger, Nathanael Geman, Co-Founder & CEO of the new medical search engine for patients, MedNexus.
Exciting new developments are happening in Medicine every day but patients are flooded with information and cannot keep up with the latest evidence. Navigating the sea of information available online can be daunting at best, and dangerous at worst.
This post must begin with a confession…for a good part of my life I believed "older" people lived on a different emotional planet, an asexual planet devoid of romance, free from desire. It didn't seem feasible to me that someone in midst of their golden years could actually experience all those tingly feelings that come from the infatuation of a new love. However, I also never deduced exactly when it was that this human characteristic was lost, but certainly by the 8th or 9th decades! Surely the feelings experienced when pheromones flooded our bloodstream were limited to those of us under a certain age. Surely.
I am elated to report, with the bold crash of a dozen cymbals, how gravely mistaken I was. It's been with a sense of pure delight that I've been witness to my dear friend and neighbor falling in love. Oh, did I mention that she's at the tail end of her 70's and he's in his mid-80's? Even though they're now further along life's path, her description of the emotions experienced strike me as precisely the same feelings as anyone who's ever fallen in love.


Rule changes mean Williams could challenge Mercedes in Formula One next season, according to Toto Wolff.
Mercedes team boss Toto Wolff believes "everything is possible" in Formula One next year as teams adapt to new aerodynamic regulations, and he refused to rule out Williams pulling off a stunning victory in the constructors' championship.
Wolff has guided Mercedes to five consecutive titles but thinks a shake-up in the rules could lead to some surprise results in 2019.
The German pointed to the performance of Mercedes' predecessor Brawn in winning the 2009 driver and constructor crowns under similar circumstances as an example of what might occur.
"I think with the rule changes everything is possible," said Wolff.
"It is almost like 2009 where Brawn identified the double diffuser. I think there could be teams that have found loopholes, which others didn't spot, that could make the difference.
"So we are taking everybody seriously: whether it is Ferrari finishing second this year or Williams finishing 10th. All of them could come with a car that can outperform us.
Wolff added: "We've seen throughout the season that all engine manufacturers, including us, have made big steps.
"Ferrari have a very strong power unit this year. Honda made big improvements with exceptional performances in the Toro Rosso. Also Renault propelled the Red Bull to be a win candidate at almost every race at the end of the season.


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That cooker looks farkin mint!
seen a stove like that made out of a refrigerant gas bottle ,very light and the guy made the flue to break down and go inside it.very cool.tempted to make one like that out of a 9kg gas bottle.certainly makes it safer and easier a stove like that than an open fire .
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Awesome, set up and a neat cooker. That porker looks like a good eater, how do you like the 270 WSM ? I had one at my son's place and liked it a lot, traded it on a 325 WSM.
Yes the 270 WSM is a nice caliber shot 2 Mule deer over in Canada when we had mine, very efficient. I used 130 gr Barnes XLC (Blue Bullets) back then and they worked well but the new 145 ELD x would be good as well as they are working well in my 270 Win at 3100fps. Stacey is good to deal with OK does a good job.
Sounds like a good shooter alright, not sure why a lot of people don't like the caliber as it works, as do most of the others we all use.


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Embrace Drummer, Mike Heaton Chats To Audient
Drummer with UK rock band Embrace, Mike Heaton is an inspiration to a new generation of drummers. Originally self-taught, he now teaches, writes, and records using his Audient ASP880 and iD22 which are compact enough to fit in his small, yet perfectly suited studio – which was also mostly his own handiwork.
He's also rather busy as a partner in new drum head company, Code as well as being actively involved with events to raise money for children's charity Martin House, but amazingly – in between all that – Audient managed to snatch a quick chat with him, to find out what makes him tick.
You were essentially self-taught, so how is that you got into teaching drumming?
It was Rick [McNamara, Embrace guitarist, owner of two ASP880s and producer of the band's most recent, eponymous album] that suggested the idea of teaching. I've never had ANY formal training; never done a grade in my life! I was in my thirties when I realised that I couldn't do a lot of the techniques that some of my heroes like John Bonham could do, and that's because I'd never learnt what are known as the rudiments of drumming. I'd got to be able to play a groove quite quickly and just played in bands, moving from one to another, and didn't really need to use them.
Mike Heaton
I sorted that out by spending a year and a half with a good friend of mine who's a drummer, who taught me all the things that I'd never learnt. I can say to my young students now: 'Trust me. Learn this now, because it's a lot harder in your late thirties.' I've been teaching for the last seven years and I can tell my students that for the first five albums, I never used a double stroke or flam roll. 'You may never use all this stuff,' I tell them, 'But if it's in your arsenal then at least you can if you need to.'
"iD22: it's got a good feel about it; the way it's designed, it's tactile and has very straightforward, easy to understand controls"
I play bass guitar as well. I spend a lot of time teaching grooves and then I'll pick up a bass and play along with them – kind of like being in their first band. This is where the ASP880 and iD22 come in. I record the session through the ASP880 and iD22 and when they've gone, I'll chuck a bit of guitar on top of it, email it to them and say: "There you go, that's you playing drums on your first studio session!"
That must blow a kid's mind! Tell us more about the set up you have in your studio, to help make this happen.
One of the drum kits is fully mic'd up to ProTools and now the only thing I use is the ASP880 and iD22 because the 10 inputs is spot on. Nine inputs for the drumkits and one for the bass. I always keep the drum kit with ProTools all set up and ready to go with the ASP880 – I know it's going to sound good. It's very useful.
We'd already built a small studio space in a barn at Rick's house [where all Embrace albums are now produced] learning about sound proofing, how to use space, insulation and different densities of rockwool as we went along. Then my dad passed away eight years ago. He had a workshop on the side of his house, a room which was then just sitting there doing nothing. I drew on the experience at Rick's, and with the help of my friend John the carpenter put in a floating floor and suspended ceiling – and created Squirrel Studios. It's all of 13ft square, but I have a drum kit in there and my own space to write and record.
Sounds like the iD22 and ASP880 are just the ticket for you then.
They're ideal for a small project studio setup that takes up very little room. Both very easy to use and sound great.
The iD22 looks expensive. It's got a good feel about it; the way it's designed, it's tactile and has very straightforward, easy to understand controls. Not too many buttons on there – which I like, being a drummer as it's not too complicated [laughs] – just a big knob in the middle for the volume. That's great!
I also like that it's really ergonomic. It feels good to use, doesn't take up much space on the workstation and sits neatly by the keyboard …it's very useable.
The preamps – obviously the same preamps on the iD22 and the ASP880 – soundwise are very transparent, clear and precise. They seem very punchy. I didn't have the impedance switching [featured on the ASP880] before, and that's really helpful to match up the different mics that I'm using.
The Audient set up just does what I want to do. For a small project studio, having 10 really good preamps and a clear software interface as well, it just makes things easy and quick to do. If I want to take it out and record on site, it's easy take the iD22 and a laptop with you and set up in someone's front room. I've done it a couple of times, and it's very simple to do. That's what I like about it – it's such a compact little piece of kit.
"I always keep the drum kit with ProTools all set up and ready to go with the ASP880 – I know it's going to sound good."
You have given a lot of your time to kids and young people in recent years. Tell us more about that.
It's funny because I've done a few talks in universities and colleges and you do find that people, especially younger kids, think that since you've had three number one albums, you must live in a castle and own a Ferrari. When you give them the news that neither of those are true, and we actually have to work ourselves silly to keep going, it's a bit of a shock!
Rick McNamara
Yet you don't want to shatter young musicians' dreams. That's why I like to work with young bands as they don't think about that. We never thought about that when we started out, nobody does. You just think you're the best thing in the world and you want to prove that.
You gifted some your time to the Martin House Children's Hospice 'Centre Stage' competition too, right?
This is an amazing, battle of the bands type of competition, where the entrants have to raise money for Martin House and play in heats to be in with a chance to win a slot at the Leeds/Reading festival. There are various runner up prizes on offer too: a day in the studio recording with Rick and a day shooting a promo video with local film makers. Everyone chips in and likes to get involved. It's young people raising money for young people.
Last year this band of 14 year-olds were playing at the final at the O2 Academy in Leeds – one of the most prestigious venues in Yorkshire if not the UK. There was a problem with the bass drum during their first song: it crept forward and fell off the stage. They only get to perform two songs and as a result of this they didn't win.
The drummer himself was distraught and in floods of tears (although the Cribs guitarist, who was judging, reckoned it was pure rock'n'roll), so as a kind of consolation prize – and empathising with a fellow drummer – I invited them back to Squirrel Studios. I'm not really set up for band recording due to the size of the room, but have been doing more and more over the last couple of years with great results, but it just shows you don't need a massive studio with the technology available today. We recorded each of them to a click track, and they went away with a tight and punchy mix that they're proud to put on social media. Not bad for 14 year-olds!
Whilst you're there as an inspiration to the next generation, who is it that YOU admire?
From a drumming point of view I'd say my favourite drummers are John Bonham, Benny Greb and Dave Grohl. Admire as a person…I'm going to have to be topical and say Bowie. Hunky Dory has to be the most genius album, whilst Life On Mars is probably my favourite track of all time.
I'm a massive Led Zeppelin fan, but there's something about Life on Mars. Oh, and I've just got the new Bowie album and it's incredible. The drumming is just …incredible.
"For a small project studio, having 10 really good preamps and a clear software interface as well, it just makes things easy and quick to do."
Did you always want to be doing what you're doing?
Music – yes. When I was 10, I was really into the Pistols and Clash. For my 11th birthday I wanted a white Les Paul so I could be like Steve Jones from the Pistols. My dad bought me a snare drum.
And then I became a drummer.
What piece of advice would you give a younger you just starting out?
Work harder. Spend more time learning your craft. When I first met Danny [McNamara, Embrace singer and Rick's brother] he was – and still is – very driven. He helped me realise that I had to work hard to get anywhere.
Keep your ears open and learn everything you can from everybody you speak to.
Great advice, Mike – and thanks for the chat!
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National research grant awarded for stroke research
A prestigious National Health and Medical Research Centre (NHMRC) Program Grant has been awarded to two John Hunter Hospital neurologists to support stroke research.
In collaboration with colleagues in Melbourne, the grant will provide $13.7 million of support over five years to Professor Mark Parsons and Professor Chris Levi's project Saving Brain and Changing Practice in Stroke.
Professor Chris Levi said the project aimed to directly change clinical practice relating to brain tissue rescue.
"While each of our research team members has different focus areas, Professor Parsons will look at identifying new therapies for stroke using advanced imaging to better identify treatment responders and my research will look into implementation of these new therapies to deliver treatment more effectively to patients," Professor Levi said.
"Our colleagues in Melbourne will look at how stroke patients can be better assessed and provided with treatments before they arrive in hospital and also look at early detection methods for stroke using blood markers."
The team's clinical research work will be based in the Hunter New England Health region but will include a range of collaborators across Australia throughout the project.
"While this research program won't begin until 2017, Professor Parsons and I are already undertaking a platform of work that will lead into the program," Professor Levi added.
"This includes testing a new clot-busting medication in patients with severe stroke and looking at how we can further improve delivery of standard clot busting treatment to stroke patients across Australia.
"We hope to be able to implement this research for better patient outcomes across the Hunter New England Local Health District and Australia wide."
"In Australia, there are 50,000 acute strokes each year, with over 1000 of these strokes in the Hunter region. Stroke is the leading cause of long term adult disability and the second leading cause of death nationally and in our region."
"Currently, 50 percent of acute stroke patient survivors have long term disability. The strategies being researched could lead to a major reduction in disability for acute stroke patients, plus as many as 50 percent of the major acute stroke suffered being totally cured using the new approaches for treatment."
HMRI Director Professor Michael Nilsson said the funding was testament to the cutting-edge research and collaborations being undertaken by the University of Newcastle and Hunter New England Local Health District stroke team.
"I applaud the achievements of Chris and Mark and in particular their translational focus, which is a cornerstone of HMRI and University of Newcastle Priority Research Centre for Stroke and Brain Injury," Professor Nilsson said.
"This is a substantial grant that provides a degree of financial certainty while they undertake their important work. Ultimately it will be stroke patients and the community who benefit from improved therapies and healthcare delivery."
Stroke and Brain Injury
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Medtronic Sprint Fidelis: A Twisted System
February 5, 2008, 12:45PM . By Paul Halpern
Washington, DCNearly a quarter million people today are carrying implantable cardiac defibrillators (ICDS) in their chests that use Medtronic Sprint Fidelis leads. If someone's heartbeat suddenly becomes dangerously irregular, these medical devices are supposed to apply a properly calibrated electric shock to restore normal heart function and save a life.
The only trouble is, these things can kill you. We know this because they've already taken the lives of at least five people they were supposed to protect. Many, many others have been shocked at the wrong time; still others not at all.
The cause is the poorly designed Sprint Fidelis wire leads that go from the ICDs into the wearer's heart. They're thinner than earlier models, and we now know that they can fracture and malfunction much more easily. The guilty party is Medtronic Inc., who designed, manufactured, and sold the defective devices. And there's no safe way to fix the problem; the surgery required to replace the Sprint Fidelis leads is delicate, dangerous, and, according to Medtronic, a greater risk than leaving the Sprint Fidelis leads in place.
How do these things happen? Attention has focused increasingly upon the federal Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the government regulatory agency responsible for approving and monitoring medical devices. Once well staffed, adequately budgeted, and reasonably efficient, over the past few years the FDA has fallen victim to the "starve the beast" mentality of anti-regulatory ideologues in Washington.
According to the Boston Globe, FDA's budget in real dollars is now about 20 percent below what it was 14 years ago. Its workforce is down by over 1300 for the same period. One result among many others is that FDA personnel can now inspect the manufacturers of medical devices such as Medtronic every three years instead of the agency's own required two years.
Worse, in the case of the Sprint Fidelis leads, FDA decided in 2004 that no monitoring of ICDs implanted with Sprint Fidelis leads was necessary, even though the Sprint Fidelis had never been tested on human subjects before going on the market.
We only learned of the Sprint Fidelis problems from Medtronic themselves, and then only because of the five reported deaths caused by Sprint Fidelis failures. The Sprint Fidelis was voluntarily taken off the market by Medtronic, not by FDA order. The agency is in crisis; the Globe describes it as "condition critical".
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If the same Supreme Court that appointed a president in 2000 also decides that Medtronic—and, by extension, all medical equipment manufacturers—is shielded from state-level legal action, the Congress could pass legislation nullifying the decision. That's not as easy as it sounds, of course. To invoke cloture (end debate) and bring a bill to a vote in the Senate requires 60 votes out of 100 senators. Keeping that from happening would be a prime objective of the companies' lobbyists. And for the record, the past congressional session saw a record number of bills die from lack of cloture.
If the Senate minority can (as they did) kill a bill increasing funding for children's health insurance, it can even more easily kill one that removes legal shielding from the likes of Medtronic.
And finally, if you're thinking that the odds are getting worse for victims of negligence and fraud by medical industry companies, you're probably right. If you're one of them, the time to raise your voice is now.
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Credit Access, Finance, Paraguay
Solving Key Issues of Credit Access in Paraguay
The global indicator "Doing Business" ranks credit access in Paraguay at a not-too-shabby 122 out of 189 countries. The Western Hemisphere Credit and Loan Reporting Initiative stated that Paraguay's economy was 'improving;' still, the government's 2014-2018 initiative, National Financial Inclusion Strategy (ENIF), identified two major issues it wishes to mitigate. Namely, it indicated that micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) needed better access to approved loans and that 17 percent of the population had no access to a bank.
What is the ENIF?
The Paraguayan government — working alongside the World Bank and the FIRST Trust Fund Initiative — created the National Financial Inclusion Strategy (ENIF) as part of Paraguay's National Development Plan. The main goal of this initiative is reducing poverty and promoting economic growth.
The strategy intends to achieve this goal by creating better credit access in Paraguay, as well as access to other financial services for the entire population. The project's vision explains it best: "Quality and affordable financial services for all people in Paraguay who want them through a diverse and competitive marketplace."
In order to achieve this vision, the initiative analyzes the issues with Paraguay's current state of financial inclusiveness by comparing the objectives to the gap of the "current financial profile versus the financial needs of the five primary income groups."
It then creates a strategy for closing this gap by identifying the end goals — the 'key performance indicators (KPI)' — and a list of tasks to help achieve this goal. Working groups under each KPI then focus on completing these tasks.
Bank Access
About 69 of the 224 districts in Paraguay with more than 2000 inhabitants (17 percent of the population) have no access to banks, bank agents or ATMs because financial services simply cannot survive in an area with such a tiny client base.
This makes access to financial services for the population living in these rural areas very difficult, if not impossible, to obtain. For the two-thirds of this population that live in extreme poverty, this can also prove quite dangerous. Without access to credit, savings, or even government subsidies they can run out of money to buy food and are ill-equipped to handle an economic shock such as an illness or a death.
The ENIF proposes increasing the use of mobile phones and the coverage of mobile networks in the 69 "financially excluded" districts (with an emphasis on the 17 vulnerable districts) to provide those in need with access to money through mobile financial services.
By coordinating with the working groups in other KPIs, ENIF also wishes to provide such populations with access to financial services such as credit, insurance and savings. Along with this, the working group plans to create financial literacy courses and to design products and initiatives that encourage these vulnerable populations to save their money.
Loan Access for MSMEs
While 64 percent of 1.1 million MSMEs wish to have access to a loan, only 35 percent of MSMEs have had the ability to borrow in order to fund their operations. One-fifth of these firms reported not even applying for loans because they anticipated outright rejection.
To the ENIF, this indicates issues with business credit access in Paraguay and a need to improve the loan system. Improving such access will not only help businesses gain more capital for the country, but it will also improve job growth and increase access to opportunity for those in need.
The ENIF believes that credit risk systems of Paraguay's main bank, Banco Central de Paraguay (BCP), and the collective savings and credit cooperative institution Instituto Nacional de Cooperativismo (INCOOP) should communicate with each other in order to create a collective credit information system. This partnership would allow for better monitoring of indebtedness and to ensure responsible credit is given.
ENIF's Efforts
Along with this, the ENIF will also help in the creation of other regulatory measures such as:
Speeding up the provisioning of micro-credit loans
Establishing accuracy, timeliness, disclosure and recourse standards for all institutions
Exploring the possibility of implementing factoring and leasing products on the market
Monitoring, coordinating and implementing the progress of these KPIs through the Executive Secretary and Financial Inclusion Team. Each working group will send annual reports to the Executive Secretary and a measurement and evaluation system will track their progress
Issuing a survey every two years to compare the rates at the individual level to those in 2013
Hopefully, with a great coordinated effort, the ENIF will see the data of financial inclusion improve and with it, will also see a greater reduction in the number of citizens in poverty. Even with the economy resting at a decent place, a good government knows that its country always has room to improve.
– Elizabeth Frerking
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Another month has blown by, guys. It feels like just last week we were challenging you to detox from your denim in January, and now we're nearing the end of March and the finish line of our second-annual SG Men's Style Madness (and still mulling over these close match-ups)!
When bellying up to the bar, of late, I've been all about a dirty martini. And that's no small feat, considering I still haven't found a less suggestive way of describing my order than "The dirtier the better" to the bartender.
It could just be my propensity for blue cheese stuffed olives (literally the only time I like blue cheese), or I could just be in a holding pattern til we slide into rosé season. If you're in the market to make your own, this recipe will definitely get the job done – and you even get to stuff your own olives.
Whether you go for the classic black and white Vans or play up an actually breezy tropical pattern (bird of paradise, anyone?), you'll be making strides towards an effortlessly cool style this spring.
*Note from Brit: Megan originally wrote "sunshine state" in the draft she sent me. As a native Floridian, I – of course – took great umbrage with her nickname mix-up. Totally legit, right?
Look, I'm not going to say I'm not listening to the new Zayn album. It's no Purpose, but if I play that Bieber album on my phone's Spotify one more time, I swear it's going to start unspooling somehow like a cassette player that's had enough. Trading one evil for another?
I've been dealing with a serious oil slick situation on my t-zone the past few weeks, so I swapped out my usual face lotion for Port Products' Balancing Daily Moisturizer. It fights excess oil production and shine and leaves a nice matte finish. Be sure to layer with sunscreen, though, as this lotion doesn't contain SPF as an ingredient.
Now, I wouldn't say the books I read today don't bring me pleasure, but does anyone ever apparate in them? No. Are there flying cars and spellbound plants? No. Do I love reading self-help books? Yes. But could I regale you guys with a recco on a political thriller now and again? Maybe a nice lil' historical fiction? Probably.
But honestly, this – and the New York Mag and Mashable articles I save to Pocket – are pretty much all I'm reading these days. The latest, a tome on the importance of habit in cultivating creativity by famed choreographer and general awesome name haver Twyla Tharpe (she conceived the Billy Joel musical Movin' Out a few years back) is currently on my bedside table, and I'm loving it. Honest.
I was forced to update my phone's iOs this past week after my calendars abruptly decided to stop synching. Not cool, ridiculously old iOS that I was perfectly comfortable using and wasn't scared of the amount of emojis being offered to me when texting.
Apart from the aforementioned emoji fatigue, the update turned out pretty okay. I'm not loving the new podcast layout, though Undressed looks pretty good on it (hint hint, nudge nudge).
Thankfully, there's a bright spot in this woeful tale of first world problems – I ended up searching the podcast store for new podcasts to ease myself into the new layout and stumbled upon this gem: The West Wing Weekly, a podcast dedicated to – you guessed it – week by week analysis of every episode from the seven-season series. Joshua Malina (aka speechwriter/vice presidential candidate managing Will Bailey) and…some other guy host it, and Dulé Hill is the guest next week! Still waiting to see which episode I get slotted in for. Call me, Josh and Other Guy!
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Goodbye Miramax
The distribution company behind such great breakthrough films as Pulp Fiction, The Crying Game, Clerks, Sex, lies and videotape, The English Patient and No Country for Old Men has officially been laid to rest. Miramax Films, the pioneer's of the indy film movement who were the brainchild of Harvey and Bob Weinstein have finally laid off the reminder of their workforce. According to Disney, who acquired the company in 1993 for $70 million, "Miramax will consolidiate its operations within Walt Disney Studios, and will be releasing a smaller number of films than in previous years. But it will continue to operate within the Walt Disney Studios." However, in October Disney already announced that Miramax would cut down its production by 70%, down from 6 or 8 movies a year to just 3. Some the of more recent offerings ended up as flops such as Cold Mountain and The Four Feathers. One thing is for sure, with so many remakes and carbon copies out there Miramax was the one company that seemed to make major motion pictures that mattered and carried some sort meaning. This will be a very sad day for true film lovers out there.
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Charles "Charley" Woodward Koontz (* 10. August 1987 in Contra Costa County, Kalifornien, Vereinigte Staaten) ist ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler. Seine bekanntesten Rollen sind die des FBI-Agenten Daniel Krumitz in der Serie CSI: Cyber (2015–2016) sowie seine wiederkehrende Rolle als Fat Neil in der Serie Community (2011–2015).

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Koontz wuchs im Umland von San Francisco auf und machte seinen Schulabschluss an der De La Salle High School in Concord, Kalifornien, an welcher er bereits im Schultheater auftrat. Anschließend studierte er an der Loyola Marymount University, wo er einen Bachelor-Abschluss in Theaterwissenschaften machte. Seit 2009 tritt er als Schauspieler in Film- und Fernsehproduktionen in Erscheinung. 2010 war er bspw. in Rubber zu sehen.

Filmografie (Auswahl)
 2010: Rubber
 2011–2015: Community (Fernsehserie, 16 Episoden)
 2012: Wrong
 2013: Contracted
 2014: Apparitional
 2015: Contracted: Phase II
 2015–2016: CSI: Cyber (Fernsehserie, 31 Episoden)

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Trinity coach Wayne Hirst delivers instructions. Pictures: Mike Robey Photography.
Wakefield Ladies head coach Wayne Hirst says his team have ambitions to be playing in the Women's Super League next season.
The Trinity Ladies have enjoyed a fine campaign under Hirst and topped the Championship with a 28-8 win over Oulton to claim the League Leaders title last weekend.
Wakefield Trinity head coach Wayne Hirst.
This Sunday, they face Leigh Miners Rangers in the play-off semi-final, hoping to book their spot in next week's Grand Final in Manchester.
"There is not automatic promotion, there is an application process to get into Super League," said Hirst.
Hirst admitted that he has been surprised by Wakefield's form this season, after they lost just three of their 14 league games.
Leigh Miners Rangers were one of the sides who beat Trinity in the regular season and Hirst insists it won't be an easy task on Sunday.
He added: "It has been a bit of a surprise really.
"We wanted to go through the season to enjoy it and obviously pick up wins.
"But to start the way we started and get them wins and to finish where we have has been amazing, there isn't much more I could have asked for really.
Wakefield's game with Leigh Miners kicks off at Sharlston Rovers at 2pm.


Plaque is the sticky, invisible coating that forms on the surface of teeth by bacteria and saliva. Daily flossing and thorough brushing can remove plaque. Tartar is the crusty mineral deposit that forms along the gumline of teeth. When tartar hardens it can only be removed during a professional cleaning, when the dentist or dental hygienist scales and scrapes your teeth.


The Pulse: Air New Zealand making the move to Tom Bradley terminal.
Air New Zealand customers will soon enjoy a more seamless experience in Los Angeles when the airline moves its airport operations to the newly refurbished Tom Bradley International Terminal on Dec. 3.
The move will provide the airline's customers with better connectivity to ports within the U.S. and all the benefits of a newer terminal including faster processing, enhanced transit experience, a state-of-the-art lounge and more than 150,000 square feet of retail and dining space in the great hall.
Air New Zealand general manager customer experience Carrie Hurihanganui says the move is an exciting new chapter for the airline which has been operating to Los Angeles from Auckland for almost 50 years.
In another added benefit, transiting customers will no longer need to remain in a dedicated transit facility and will instead be able to access the wider terminal while waiting for connecting flights.
Eligible customers will also have access to the Star Alliance Los Angeles Lounge which Air New Zealand manages on behalf of Star Alliance. The 18,000 square foot lounge opened in 2013 and features an open air terrace with panoramic views of the northern runway towards the Hollywood Hills and dedicated experience zones to cater to differing customer needs such as rest or business.
The terminal move is another investment the airline is making in its North American operations.
Air New Zealand currently operates double daily services between Auckland and Los Angeles as well as a daily service between Auckland and London, all using Boeing 777-300ER aircraft. The airline has recently increased capacity on the Auckland – Los Angeles route over the upcoming 2015 Northern Summer by 20 percent with three additional weekly services.
The airline also recently took delivery of two additional Boeing 777-300ER aircraft to operate its Auckland – San Francisco route and has embarked on a program to refurbish its Boeing 777-200 fleet which operate services to Vancouver.
The airline's first service to Tom Bradley International Terminal will be NZ6, which is expected to touch down in LA at 10.30 a.m. on Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014.


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Investigation Into Teen's Freezer Death Isn't Over Despite Autopsy Report, Police Say
Rosemont police said they've procured four cellphones from people who were at the party—including Kenneka Jenkins' which was obtained through a search warrant.
By Richard Ray	• Published October 6, 2017 • Updated on October 6, 2017 at 10:23 pm
Hours after the medical examiner ruled the death of a Chicago teen found in a hotel freezer an accident, police revealed a woman connected to the incident has multiple warrants issued for her arrest.
The death of a 19-year-old girl whose body was found in a freezer at a hotel last month has been ruled an accident, the Cook County medical examiner's office said Friday.
Kenneka Jenkins died from hypothermia due to cold exposure in a walk-in freezer and alcohol and topiramate intoxication were "significant contributing factors," the medical examiner said. No sign of any date rape drugs were found after toxicology tests, the office said.
Jenkins' death has drawn national attention since she was found in a freezer at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosemont on Sept. 10. Protesters gathered outside the hotel on multiple occasions following her death to demand more transparency in the investigation and to call on a federal investigation.
Police said Friday evening they had spoken with 30 of 36 people identified as having been in the hotel room where a party was being held. The woman who is seen on surveillance footage booking the room, Shaniqua Watkins, allegedly with stolen credit card, has four active warrants for her arrest, police said.
Watkins is wanted by the Rosemont Police Department for theft and unauthorized use of a credit card. She is seen on camera checking in with a man police have also not yet spoken with.
Rosemont police are working with the Cook County Fugitives Task Force to find Watkins.
"The remaining individuals are only known by street names and we are working with local jurisdictions to identify and locate them," police said in a news release. "At this point we have had no cooperation with friends or family of the unidentified subjects who remain to be interviewed."
Video surveillance from the Crown Plaza Hotel is being enhanced for further examination, police said. Rosemont police say they are waiting for access to a Facebook account through a search warrant in order to analyze a video in its "native format."
"A forensic cell phone examination was conducted on each and the information obtained through that is being analyzed by detectives," police said.
Police also said they have conducted 44 interviews and generated 127 reports related to the investigation.
The Crown Plaza Hotel, police said, which offered to pay for Jenkins' funeral expenses, has been forthcoming and helpful during the investigation.
Surveillance footage captured Jenkins' final moments, which took place at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosemont. The footage shows Jenkins walking through the hotel, but does not show how she ended up in a freezer, where her body was discovered the next day.
Rosemont police have released nine video clips showing Jenkins walking through the hotel in the hours before her death. She can be seen walking unsteadily through the hotel's kitchen before disappearing around a corner, but none of the released footage shows her entering the freezer.
Jenkins left her home near the United Center at 11:30 p.m. on Sept. 8 to go to a party in a room of the Crowne Plaza, police said. Jenkins' sister last heard from her via text message about 1:30 a.m. Saturday.
She was last seen by her friends at a party on the ninth floor of the hotel in the early hours of Sept. 9. Jenkins was reported missing that afternoon, and authorities found her in the freezer shortly after midnight.
Jenkins was buried Saturday.
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Q: Частотный анализ текста Помогите, пожалуйста.
Мне нужно написать программу, в которой пользователь задает несколько букв, на которые должны начинаться слова в тексте, текст он тоже набирает сам. Так вот, у меня получилось написать программу только для того случая, когда слова начинаются с точно таких же букв, которые вводит пользователь, но ведь нужно считать слова, начинающиеся не только на прописные, но и на заглавные буквы (или наоборот).
uses crt;
var s,alf:string;
    i,j,k,l:integer;
    p:array[1..100] of integer;
BEGIN
  clrscr;
  writeln('Введите текст');
  readln(s);
  writeln('Введите количество букв, на которые должны начинаться слова ');
  readln(k);
  writeln('Введите буквы, на которые должны начинаться слова ');
  for i:=1 to k do
    readln(alf[i]);
  l:=0;
  for i:=1 to k do
    if s[1]=alf[j] then inc(l);
  p[1]:=l;
  for j:=1 to k do begin
    l:=0;
    for i:=2 to length(s) do
      if (s[i]=alf[j]) and (s[i-1]=' ') then inc(l);
    p[j]:=l;
    write(p[j],' ');
    end;
  readln;
END.

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но ведь нужно считать слова, начинающиеся не только на прописные, но и на заглавные буквы (или наоборот).

В freepascal есть функция lowercase(s), где s - строка. Она вернет вам строку, где все буквы преобразованы в строчные. Возможно, нужно подключить sysutils
Uses sysutils;

Так вот, у меня получилось написать программу только для того случая, когда слова начинаются с точно таких же букв, которые вводит пользователь

Я вам уже отвечал в другом вопросе касательно использования индексов. Если вы работаете только с латинскими символами, то они представлены в кодировке ascii, где каждому символу соответствует целочисленное значение. Всего ascii символов 127 в обычном наборе.
Заведем массив на 127 элементов:
p:array[0..127] of integer;

Далее вы считываете строку и бежите по ней в цикле:
length:integer;
c:char;
char_code:integer;
...
length := Length(s);
for i:=1 to length do
    c := s[i];
    char_code := ord(c);
    p[char_code] := p[char_code] + 1

Функция
ord(c)

, где c - символ, возвращает ascii код символа. В итоге в массиве p в элементе с индексом <index> будет лежать то, сколько раз в строке встретился символ с ascii-кодом <index>.

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[United States] : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995.
"Bass's fiction takes us to the borders of civilization, where we glimpse an untamed world of myth and mystery" ( Entertainment Weekly ). In this "moving and self-assured collection" of short fiction, enormous pigs charge through the streets and root under houses; a woman runs up and down mountains; children don wolf masks to chase a boy through the woods; and a man remembers his youth in the Texas hill country, when he joined in his uncle's raucous escapades ( Publishers Weekly , starred review). Here, the award-winning author of Platte River and other acclaimed works, renowned for his insightful portrayals of people and their interactions with the natural world, "expresses his profound love of the wild. His sense of the magnificent and bewildering complexity of life infuses each of the haunting short stories in this strong collection" ( Booklist ).
Rick Bass's recent trio of novellas, Platte River, was hailed by the San Francisco Chronicle as "a major step in [his] climb to the top echelon of American fiction writers." Now, with this dazzling new collection, Bass establishes himself as a master of the short story. These tales embrace vibrant images of human life and exuberant explorations of the natural world. In the title story, a man remembers his youth in the Texas hill country when he participated in his uncle's raucous escapades, which have taken new shape and meaning by what has happened since. Although his work is grounded in reality, Bass's stories acquire fantastic proportions: enormous pigs charge through the streets and root beneath houses; a narrator meets a woman who runs up and down mountains; two wild boys converge deep in the woods to joust. Each of these ten stories is a mythical narrative celebrating the tentative, moving relationship between people and their environment.
Bass, R. (1995). In the Loyal Mountains. [United States]: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Bass, Rick, 1958-. 1995. In the Loyal Mountains. [United States]: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt.
Bass, Rick, 1958-, In the Loyal Mountains. [United States]: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995.
Bass, Rick. In the Loyal Mountains. [United States]: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 1995. Web.
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Pregnancy can be very symptomatic and cucumbers can be used to relieve many pregnancy symptoms or non pregnancy related symptoms without the use of medication.
Many people think cucumber is a vegetable, but in fact it is a fruit. It dates back to ancient Egyptian times and is valued as an easily digestible fruit for all. The cucumber is a creeping vine that roots in the ground, and so has grounding properties which make it great for reproductive health. The fruit of the plant is called the cucumber and it has large leaves that form a canopy to cover and protect it, symbolic of its protective, nurturing properties for the human body.
Cucumbers are related to the family of melons and similarly have high water contents. Because they hold large amounts of water they are often used as a diuretic and antioxidant to rid the body of excessive water, toxins and intestinal worms. They reduce swelling and help relieve gout and cool fevers. In addition, they are astringents and have moistening qualities which make them very effective skin treatments for decreasing wrinkles and soothing sore feet. They're best known for relieving puffy, tired eyes.
Our eyes are working all day long, and in this age of electronics our eyes are under a great deal of stress. More than ever before, many people are wearing glasses and complaining of tired sore eyes at the end of the day. Long working days, pollen allergies and crying can cause the eyes to become inflamed or puffy. To relieve stressed, overworked, tired, puffy or inflamed eyes apply a couple of slices of cool, pealed cucumbers to the eyes and surrounding tissue for 5 to 10 minutes and see what happens!
If you suffer from swollen hands, feet or gout, eating cucumber on a daily basis works as a natural diuretic due to its anti-inflammatory properties, and its ability to help neutralize and excrete the uric acid that builds up in joints plagued by gout. Its diuretic action reduces swelling and may also prevent kidney and bladder stones. It is a fantastic fruit to use during pregnancy to relieve swollen feet or hand swelling and some nerve swelling that is caused by Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, which is commonly seen during pregnancy.
The enzymes found in cucumber support protein metabolism, which helps cleanse and detoxify the intestines. Furthermore the high water and roughage content in cucumbers are a natural source to help prevent and relieve constipation. You cannot over-eat cucumbers; they cannot hurt you or your baby if you are pregnant. To relieve constipation you would have to eat 3 to 4 cucumbers daily on their own, in a dip or within a salad until the problem is solved. Cucumbers can counteract constipation experienced from the side effects of iron supplements within prenatal vitamins, those required to treat anemia and those that you should be taking when you are trying to get pregnant.
If you are trying to lose weight, then you'll be focused on burning fat and excreting fat cells. This weight loss process creates toxins in the body, and eating cucumbers as part of your weight loss program helps you excrete these toxins faster. Cucumbers also help the body absorb more protein in order to help build healthy muscle and keep your cells toned. They are a great "snack meal" because they are full of vitamins and minerals such as Vitamins A, B1, B2, B6, C, E and K plus Calcium, Copper, Selenium, Iodine, Zinc and Manganese.
Wash, dice and place 2 unwaxed, unpeeled cucumbers into a blender.
Add one pint of whipping cream into mixture to make a smooth paste.
Blend in a tablespoon of olive oil, a tablespoon of honey and one teaspoon of cornstarch.
Chill the mixture in a refrigerator.
Slice the lemon in half and rub it over your face, keeping away from the eyes.
Then apply the chilled paste onto the face and leave it on for one hour.
Have a cucumber of a month!


You guys are A-w-e-s-o-m-e enablers!!! I wouldn't have though to even try asking him if I hadn't heard of the practice here. LOL Thank you!
So, now that we have more space ... how about some outrageous ORANGES to brighten the day?!
I have a lot of peaches but maybe another thread for those???
Don't have much in orange, but plan on getting more. Love them.
Super colors! The color range that I saw when I searched the ATP database for "peach" was anything that was between yellow-pink-orange, so I think Peach would be welcome here, too. If you can point me to a cultivar, though, that you think is a benchmark for Peach, I'd be glad to make a separate post (if you think there would be enough peach to draw some recommendations?) ... Otherwise, the more the merrier in the Orangey-Peachy range!
Cindy, you made me put peach magnolia on my list! Bonus: its a mid-late!
WOW, I love these oranges -- so cheerful and bright! Great pictures everyone!
PORT ORANGE - New for me this year, and I absolutely love it!
PARROTS OF THE CARIBBEAN - Another new favorite!
AUTUMN CONCERTO - A deep dark orangish one!
Port Orange is gorgeous Betty!!!!
You guys sure do have a lot of oranges!!! Thanks for posting them.
Orange is my favorite color. Some repeats of Bettys post but this is how they looked here.
Betty and Dot's Orange Blossom Trail don't look anything alike. Betty, yours is missing the halo with the green heart.
I think it's the lighting on Betty's, I can make out a faint hint of the halo if I look hard enough.
Yes, Betty, your PORT ORANGE is a real beauty. I keep on thinking that I should give it a try up north here.
Here's another picture of ORANGE BLOSSOM TRAIL taken more in the shade, and I think you can see a faint halo there. I don't even remember seeing the halo, to be honest -- I was just totally taken with the color!
Wow, Karin, your FLAMING FLAMINGO has really incredible color! I think that might be the one that Juli likes so much too. And FIRE OF HELL -- perfect name!