BJU's child growth and development program is a 2-year associate of science degree that opens the door to a number of career possibilities, from a family service worker to a day care lead teacher. You'll learn under qualified and caring faculty, and with the help of curriculum and methods courses and more than 120 hours of practical experience, you'll be well prepared to work with infants and young children in any setting.
There is a huge need for Christ-honoring, caring, dedicated, experienced and knowledgeable caregivers. That's why BJU's child growth and development program provides all the tools that you need to be one. As a professional in the field, you'll be the first educator for some children, so you'll learn the importance of teaching a love of learning, being active in the learning process, developing friendships and being kind to others. You'll learn how teaching extends beyond what activities you have for the children—it includes how you speak, act and react. Most importantly, you'll explore what it means to glorify God in everything you do, no matter how mundane or extraordinary.
The child growth and development program at BJU combines classroom learning with plenty of practical experience. You'll work through case studies and learn about educational technology and other tools, such as bulletin boards. You'll also learn how to plan learning centers and write and teach lesson plans, which you'll build into a long-range plan. In addition, you'll earn certification in both CPR and first aid and observe professionals on the job.
Two semesters of field experience will give you more than 120 hours of working with infants, toddlers and preschoolers. You'll build a professional portfolio throughout this time according to NAEYC (National Association for the Education of Young Children) standards and define your philosophy of child care. You'll keep records of your experiences in reflection journals and of your lesson plans to help you maximize your learning in the program.
You'll also benefit from the BJU Core, a unique combination of Bible and liberal arts courses taken by every BJU student. Bible courses, as well as daily chapel services and godly professors, will nurture your growth in Christlikeness. Liberal arts courses will broaden your horizons and equip you with skills essential both for teaching and for all of life—skills such as critical thinking and problem-solving, effective communication, ethical decision making, adaptability and much more.
The child growth and development program has a lot packed into it, and half of your electives are part of the BJU Core. If you would like to take additional electives, you can explore taking classes over the summer through BJUOnline or increasing your class load during the semester.
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In the spring, the Early Childhood Educators Forum helps host a community outreach program as part of the Upstate's Child Abuse Awareness Month.
Through the Community Service Council, education students at BJU are able to assist with many community events for children, including Enchanted Tracks and field days at various elementary schools in town.
Every fall Bob Jones University hosts the Special Olympics Developmental Games for students from Washington Center, a school for children and young people with severe mental disabilities. Education students from BJU assist the student athletes in activities and games as the athletes' families and teachers cheer them on.
Our child and family education faculty average 12 years of K-12 teaching experience plus 17 years teaching college students. All hold advanced degrees, and two thirds have earned a doctorate. They're experienced in a variety of fields, including textbook writing, curriculum development, library services and educational technology, and they regularly present workshops at Christian school conventions.
Apply knowledge of child growth and development to create healthy and supportive environments for young children.
Provide appropriate care of young children (birth to age 8) in accordance with legal and ethical guidelines.
Create effective plans, experiences and materials for preschool instruction.


A Turkish prosecutor on Friday charged 28 suspects including U.S.-based Muslim preacher Fethullah Gulen, blamed by Ankara for a 2016 failed coup, over the murder of the Russian ambassador later in the same year.
The 28 suspects are charged with "violating the constitutional order", "being a member of a terror organization", "premeditated murder with the intention of causing terror", and "seeking to create terror or panic", Anadolu reported.
Turkish authorities have repeatedly pointed the finger at Gulen and his "Hizmet" (Service) movement over the killing, and said the murder was plotted by the group.
Ankara refers to the Gulen movement as the "Fethullahist Terrorist Organization" (FETO) and in the indictment, the prosecutor said the group was a spy and intelligence organization that wanted to cause a "provocation" between Turkey and Russia with the murder.


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Q: Вызов хранимой процедуры с передачей параметра Есть веб-приложение, на странице содержится GridView с подключённой базой данных через SqlDataSource. Как можно вызвать хранимую процедуру (StoredProcedure2) и при вызове передать этой процедуре параметр? Я вызывал хранимую процедуру (другую хранимую процедуру  по имени StoredProcedure1, которая не требовала передачи в неё параметров путём:
SqlDataSource1.SelectCommand = "StoredProcedure1";

ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.StoredProcedure1
AS
 SELECT ID, Name, Surname FROM Table1 WHERE Name='Sania'

ALTER PROCEDURE dbo.StoredProcedure2
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AS
 SELECT ID, Name, Surname FROM Table1 WHERE Name=@Name

A: Возможно кому-то пригодится, пример вызова хранимой процедуры без параметров для с#,
SelectPole2 - это название хранимой процедуры
            SqlConnection conn = new SqlConnection("Server=localhost;" +
              "database=Агрономія4;" +
              "Integrated Security=True");
            System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand myCmd = new System.Data.SqlClient.SqlCommand();
            conn.Open();
            myCmd.Connection = conn;
            myCmd.CommandType = CommandType.StoredProcedure;
            myCmd.CommandText = "SelectPole2";
            SqlDataReader rez;
            rez = myCmd.ExecuteReader(CommandBehavior.CloseConnection);
            GridView1.DataSource = rez;
            GridView1.DataBind();
            conn.Close();

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Do you know about DealDash's "BidBuddy" feature? Bid Buddy is a great feature to help you save both time and money when you are trying to bid to win the auctions on DealDash.
You know the times where you get bored of watching the screen and clicking the bid button – especially after you've been bidding for at least an hour, right? Well now if you use bid buddy and set how many bids you want to spend to win say — 100 bids, you can set it and leave it or set it and watch it if you'd like.
Competitive advantage: Other users don't know that you're on BidBuddy, but take note… They could be on bid buddy too. BidBuddy bids at periodic periods during the auction, it could bid for you in the very last few seconds or it could bid a little bit earlier too. If another bidder is on bid buddy their bids will be placed, then your bids will be placed. Basically, everyone who is on bid buddy will take turns placing bids until all the bids from one bidder's BidBuddy runs out. As soon as you book your BidBuddy, one bid will be place right away – once the auction has begun) and the rest will be booked and placed periodically.
BidBuddy may help you save money in bids as it will spend a set, controlled amount of bids at various times towards the end of an auction. This could help you save if you 1.) forget to bid and lose auctions or, 2.) are trigger happy and kind of impatient – causing you to spend more money than necessary to try and win.
Intimidation in consistency. You could intimidate other bidders to the point where they give up when they see that you are consistently bidding.
Internet failure/faulty computer? The most frustrating thing is spending money on bids to try and win a online auction only to find that suddenly you've lost Internet connection… This happens sometimes, and since BidBuddy will keep bidding for you even long after your computer has been shut off or Internet disconnects (as long as you have enough bids set in the BidBuddy) you won't have to worry about losing because you can't bid anymore. BidBuddy is the surest way to stay in the auction in the event of network problems or computer glitches.
What happens if you put 300 bids on BidBuddy and win the auction with only 20?
All of the bids that you have entered into the BidBuddy system over the bids already used will be placed back into your account. So you will only spend what has been placed.
It's good to still watch an auction and not walk away from it, but say you're busy or won't be by a computer and really want to try to win an item… A BidBuddy is a perfect option for when you don't have time to bid and could be a pleasant surprise to check it later and see that you've won just be sure that you are ok with losing the # of bids entered if you end up not winning the item.
Since the BidBuddy bids when it wants to and you don't have as much control over it you could be bidding prematurely (it's always hard to say) and could be bidding against a lot of others with BidBuddy, so until their BidBuddies run out you really have less of a chance of winning and as always it's hard to predict when an auction might win. However, you can control how many bids are placed and you can stop the BidBuddy at any time.
On each auction page is the bid button "Bid Now" and the BidBuddy – your automatic bidding tool – see the blank white space? That's where you book your BidBuddy – enter the number of bids you want to spend and then click "Book BidBuddy" your BidBuddy will now be set and ready to bid for you. So set it and sit back and watch the auction!
Do you use BidBuddy when you bid in DealDash's auctions?
"I agree with all the other post that have been posted.
So as you can see, BidBuddy is a favorite of many expert bidders. Try it and tell us what you think!
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I love the bid buddy. I am very busy and some of these auctions last longer than 24 hours! I have won a few times because I USED my bid buddy! Very nice option to have!
Bid Buddy is a great tool to be more successful on Deal Dash. I use it all the time and have good luck with it.
Note to newbies; Learn to use BID BUDDY !!!
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El Campeonato de Clubes de la CFU del 2000 fue la 3º edición del torneo de fútbol a nivel de clubes del Caribe organizado por la CFU. Originalmente iban a participar 8 equipos, pero por idea de la CONCACAF para que quien representara a la región fuese mejor preparado, hizo que el torneo fuese de 14 equipos divididos en 4 grupos y el ganador de cada grupo avanzara a la ronda final.

Los clubes de Barbados, Jamaica y Trinidad y Tobago participan por tercera vez ininterrumpida, al tiempo que se produce el debut de clubes de Antillas Neerlandesas, Dominica, Haití, Santa Lucía y Antigua y Barbuda, mientras que Surinam regresa a la competición. Por razones desconocidas, la CFU anuló la inscripción de los clubes Chelsea de San Vicente y las Granadinas, Notre Dame de Barbados y Defence Force de Trinidad y Tobago.

El Joe Public de Trinidad y Tobago terminó como campeón por segunda vez consecutiva.

Primera Ronda

Grupo A
Jugado en Trinidad y Tobago

Grupo B
Jugado en Jamaica

Grupo C
Jugado en Antigua y Barbuda

Grupo D
Lista original de participantes:
 Club Franciscain - abandonó el torneo
 Carioca FC - ganó por defaul
 Café Sisserou Strikers - trasladado al grupo C

Ronda Final
Jugado en Trinidad y Tobago

Goleadores

Enlaces externos
Archivo

Fútbol en 2000
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12 Things to Know About the Yell Leaders
A compilation of facts about one of the most unique traditions in college athletics.
Through mock scenarios, Texas A&M's Disaster Day prepares students across health professions to practice collaboratively and respond to emergency situations.
Trailblazers:
Animation Wizard
Meet Kirk Kelley '82, the creative mastermind behind famous commercials for brands like M&M's and Chipotle.
Innovation Central
Texas A&M's new I-School is an interdisciplinary hub for students to collaborate and problem-solve.
By Andy Morriss '18
5 books you won't want to miss.
By Laura Simmons '19
The Brainiac
A Q&A with Dr. Steve Maren, leader of the new Brain Science Initiative at Texas A&M.
Dr. Luke Lyons '08 '18 constructs a LEGO replica of the Academic Building.
Manning Mars
Texas A&M University aerospace engineering graduate student Mauricio Coen '15 is investigating how 3-D printing could help astronauts on Mars.
Texas A&M professor develops new reading technology for the blind
Researchers investigate how to make automated transportation safe and secure
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Robin Pacek (born 17 March 1991) is a Swedish judoka. He competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics in the men's 81 kg event, in which he was eliminated in the second round by Travis Stevens. He also competed in the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo.

Personal life
Pacek's father Ryszard Pacek was a Polish Greco-Roman wrestler who emigrated to Sweden in the late 1970s. His older brother Martin is also a judoka.

References

External links

1991 births
Living people
Swedish male judoka
Judoka at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Olympic judoka of Sweden
People from Kristianstad Municipality
Swedish people of Polish descent
European Games competitors for Sweden
Judoka at the 2015 European Games
Judoka at the 2019 European Games
Judoka at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Sportspeople from Skåne County
21st-century Swedish people


With the holiday season well under way, it becomes increasingly important for online advertisers to ensure that all of their ducks are in a row. Additionally, when you add in the ever-changing behavior of online consumers year after year, proper preparation becomes even more difficult. Now, assuming you've already planned out your holiday bid, budget, keyword and ad copy changes, it's time to make sure your landing pages are ready to go as well. More importantly, your mobile landing pages and adapting to the rise of the multi-screen shopping experience.
I'll be the first one to admit to checking prices on my iPhone while shopping in-store. This is because the product information is readily accessible and acts as a free price checking mechanism (aside from data charges…) to help save myself money and receive the best offers. I can think of several times where I've saved more than 50% on my purchase simply by checking the price online. Who wouldn't want to take advantage of this?
Hopefully you're starting to catch the drift by now, but the numbers are making it more and more clear each year that smartphones are becoming an integral component of users' search experiences. Let's take a look at a few good examples of mobile-optimized sites and see what we can learn from them.
Notice the search bar in the 1st screen shot. On-Site search features are becoming more of a standard today because they allow users to find what they are looking for quickly and easily. I also like how they took the time to customize it by asking, "What can we help you find." Subtle touches like this can help make the customer feel appreciated.
Notice the size of the buttons in the 2nd screen shot. Mobile users tend to browse and click with their thumbs so designing your mobile website with this in mind becomes crucial. As a rule of thumb (no pun intended), mobile buttons should be easily clickable with your thumb and clearly marked. I really like how they added in the custom symbols/icons for each button as well that make them easy to identify.
Although there are many other good elements about this page, take a look at the 3rd screen shot. Specifically, the large blue button that offers up a shopping applet as an alternative to their mobile site. This is also a good idea to include on your mobile site if available.
One of the coolest things about this mobile site, in my opinion, is how they treat the shopping cart. I think it's neat how customers are able to quickly and easily see the quantity and total costs of the items in their cart or bag without having to click over to other pages. This gives the site an ecommerce feel with minimal complications to the aesthetics and functionality.
Take a look at the promoted items that they're highlighting in the front-and-center. This is a great idea for those business owners who want to push particular products or collections. This tactic becomes even more helpful around the holidays, so you can more easily promote seasonal items. It also allows for versatility so you can add slight changes to the color scheme to better accommodate specific holidays.
Notice the thumb-sized button on the second screen shot that says Gift Selector. These are popular around the holidays on both PCs/Laptops and Mobile devices because they help your customers collect gift ideas for friends and family. Oftentimes, these will include product filters by gender and age, for example. Ultimately, Gift Finders encourage more sales in the long run, but can also enhance a user's experience on your mobile site as well since you're taking extra measures to show that there is a gift for anyone.
First and foremost, I must point out that this doesn't come off as being the cleanest and sleekest mobile site, but there are a few things working here that I can appreciate. I really enjoy the banner ads in particular that make mention of free shipping and holiday-specific sales. This is a good idea for any mobile site, so your customers aren't questioning whether or not you're having a sale on Cyber Monday, Black Friday or any of the other renowned shopping days. Additionally, customers are beginning to expect free shipping and other offers with their orders around the holidays, so you're best off trying to find a way to make this happen. According to the Comscore Q1 Review (2012), 59% of customers said they would cancel their purchase if free shipping wasn't offered during checkout. I'll just let that figure sink in and you decide the rest.
For those of you without a mobile applet, it's a good idea to place a link to your full-site at the bottom of your mobile page. Sometimes the full-sites offer more functionality that may not be available on the mobile version, so adding a small link allows customers to switch over if they want.
Lastly, I like how they encourage visitors to connect with their social media accounts. Smartphones are becoming more and more integrated with our personal Facebook, Twitter and various other social accounts each day, so adding a few social buttons can be incredibly beneficial. I've seen several sales and discounts promoted through social avenues like these which ultimately build hype around the promotion as well as your brand.
Although this is just a small portion of this particular mobile site, I really enjoy the fun and colorful decorative elements. I think this example does a good job of demonstrating how easy it can be to add holiday décor to your mobile website, without breaking the bank. Rather than changing up their entire color scheme and adding a bunch of holiday graphics that could affect load times, they simply added in some clip art that combines holiday décor and their special offers. I can't say it enough, but sometimes the small and subtle details like these can help your mobile site stand out from the rest of your competitors and enhance user experience.
I couldn't find an example with this, but I also wanted to recommend adding a quick and easy gift card feature. This would be along the same lines as including a Gift Finder, but sometimes it's hard to make gift decisions. Incorporating an eGift Card feature would then be able to serve as a last resort for those that can't decide so you still have a shot at winning their business.
Mobile landing page optimization is becoming more and more crucial each year, simply because the smartphone population continues to grow exponentially. While we're currently in the heat of the holiday season, it's not too late to make a few last minute changes. Just remember that you could potentially be missing out on 65% of seasonal shoppers who are starting their search on smartphones if you decide to neglect your mobile landing page optimization efforts. Now, this certainly is not a definitive list of optimizations and recommendations, so I would love to hear from you. Have you made any changes to your own mobile sites to better accommodate the holidays?
Feel free to leave some feedback below, and as always, thanks for reading.


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Suprême NTM oder nur NTM ist eine französische Hip-Hop-Gruppe aus der Pariser Banlieue Saint-Denis, die aus Joeystarr (Didier Morville) und Kool Shen (Bruno Lopes) besteht.

Geschichte
Die Gruppe ist innerhalb des französischen Hip-Hops für ihre Feindseligkeit gegenüber der Ordnungsmacht, ihre gewaltbeeinflussten Texte und Rechtsstreitigkeiten mit dem französischen Staat bekannt.

Der Name NTM steht als Abkürzung für  (übertragen in der Bedeutung von  verwendet). Die Gruppe deutet die Abkürzung aber auch als  und spielt darauf an, dass in den meisten französischen Großstädten besonders die Banlieues (Vororte) im Norden sowohl soziale Brennpunkte als auch Zentren einer eigenständigen Kultur darstellen.

Die Gruppe ist stilistisch dem Hardcore-Rap mit Funk und Soul zuzuordnen, später finden sich auch Reggae-Elemente. Ihre Musik ist ausgesprochen politisch und gegen Klassenunterschiede sowie Rassismus gerichtet. Während sie auf den ersten Alben noch Gewalt verherrlichten, haben sie später ein distanzierteres Verhältnis zum Thema entwickelt. Einige Songs wie  richten sich ausdrücklich gegen Gewalt.

Im März 2008 gaben Kool Shen und Joey Starr die Wiedervereinigung von Supreme NTM, für vier Konzerte am 18., 19., 20. und 22. September in Paris-Bercy, bekannt. Das Ganze wurde wenige Tage später zu einer Frankreichtour ausgeweitet. Die Band hatte sich zehn Jahre zuvor getrennt. Ob der Wiedervereinigung nun auch ein neues Album folgt, ließen beide Künstler in einem Interview offen.

Vom 8. bis 10. März 2018 spielten Suprême NTM drei ausverkaufte Konzerte anlässlich ihres 30-jährigen Jubiläums in der AccorHotels Arena in Paris-Bercy.

Kontroversen
Gegen die Band wurde 1993 wegen ihres Liedes  ein Strafverfahren angestrengt, das aber mit einem Freispruch endete. Als sie am 14. Juli 1996 auf einem Konzert in La Seyne-sur-Mer Kritik an der Polizei übten, riefen sie nach deren Auffassung erneut zur Gewalt auf. Das Konzert war eine Gegenveranstaltung zu einer Parteifeier des Front National (FN). 1995 hatte dieser im nahe gelegenen Toulon die Bürgermeisterwahlen gewonnen und am 14. Juli, dem französischen Nationalfeiertag, beging Jean-Marie Le Pen zusammen mit dem FN-Bürgermeister Jean-Marie Le Chevallier eine große öffentliche Feier.

Dieses Mal wurden sie in Toulon zu einer Geldstrafe und einer zweimonatigen Haft verurteilt. Es war das erste Urteil in der Geschichte der französischen Republik, in der Künstler direkt wegen einer von ihnen getroffenen Aussage verurteilt wurden. Der Prozess sorgte für eine dementsprechend große öffentliche Aufmerksamkeit. Allein der Figaro erhielt 400 Leserbriefe, von denen die meisten NTM als dekadente Anarchisten bezeichneten oder ihnen gar unterstellten, eine psychologische Kriegführung gegen Frankreich betreiben zu wollen. Die Libération kritisierte das Urteil allerdings scharf und wies darauf hin, dass in der Vergangenheit Künstler, die ähnlich provokante Aussagen getätigt hätten, nicht verurteilt worden seien. Kool Shen kommentierte:

Diskografie

Alben

Weitere Alben
 1990: Le Monde de demain
 1991: Authentik (FR: )
 1992: Authentik Remix
 1993: J'appuie sur la gachette (FR: )
 1995: NTM Live (FR: )

Singles

Diskografie Kool Shen
 1998: Donne moi des beats fat
 1999: IV My People (EP)
 2000: IV My People – Certifié conforme
 2001: Streetly Street
 2002: IV My People Zone
 2003: Streetly Street Vol.2
 2004: Streetly Street Vol.3
 2004: Dernier Round
 2005: Dernier Round Live Zenith (+DVD)
 2005: L'avenir est à nous (Mix-CD)
 2005: IV My People – Mission
 2009: Crise de Conscience
 2016: Sur le fil du rasoir

Diskografie Joey Starr
 1999: B.O.S.S.
 2000: B.O.S.S.-vol.2
 2004: B.O.S.S.-opus.3
 2006: My Playlist
 2006: Gare Au Jaguarr
 2011: Egomaniac

Auszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe

Einzelnachweise

Weblinks
 Offizielle Website
 Offizielle Website von Joey Starr

 Diskografie NTM bei discogs

Hip-Hop-Gruppe
Französische Band


In a tragic car accident in Poinciana, FL on Saturday, February 6th, 2016, three children were killed and seven people were injured. The accident occurred on Saturday evening when the driver of a 2001 Lincoln lost control of the vehicle and crashed head-on into a 2014 Jeep Patriot. Both vehicles were carrying five people each at the time of the crash.
Of those individuals in the Lincoln, a six-year-old boy who had been sitting in the backseat was killed. The other two children from the backseat of the Lincoln were hospitalized, but were found to be in good condition the next day. The adult driver of the Lincoln was also hospitalized and was still in critical condition as of Sunday, February 7th, while the adult passenger improved to stable condition.
The Jeep that was struck was also carrying children, including a 6-year-old and an 8-year-old who were killed in the crash. The 15-year-old minor who was also in the backseat was hospitalized in serious condition. As in the Lincoln, the adult driver of the Jeep was hospitalized and still in critical condition as of February 7th, while the adult passenger had improved to stable condition.
No details have been released yet as to the cause of the crash, or whether authorities suspect the Lincoln driver of any negligence or impairment. Florida Highway Patrol officers are still investigating the accident, and it is uncertain whether any charges have been or will be filed on behalf of the victims in the Jeep that was struck.
If you have been injured in a car accident that was not your fault, you are probably facing a swirl of piling medical bills, legal concerns, and mental anguish. During this rough time at the beginning of your recovery, it can be incredibly difficult to know where to turn for help. For over 30 years, the Law Offices of James O. Cunningham, P.A. have been helping victims of severe Orlando area car accidents fight for the compensation they are owed. To set up a consultation to discuss your case and personal needs, contact us at 877-FL-INJURY (877-354-6587) today.


An eighty-two year old grandmother and three grandchildren are homeless after a fire on Saturday gutted their house on West Street in Belize City. Doris Adolphus declined to appear on camera, but did describe the tragic events of that morning.
"No. I only smelt something and like I told you the machine was going "click".
Adolphus and her three grandchildren lost all their personal belongings as well as the house's furnishings. Solid work by the fire service prevented the flames from spreading through the crowded neighbourhood.


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Q: auto change font size when hitting width limit in css Is it at all possible to make a font change size automaticly when its wider than the <div>?
I have tried a few methods but cant seem to find anything on-line regarding this
I have a box on my site the width of 250px and now and again there is a title longer than that it just over flows the div after or before it
and clues on this be great


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The collected essays of Milton Babbitt
Milton Babbitt and Stephen Peles c2003 © Princeton University Press
9780691155401 (paper)
9780691089669 (hardcover)
Music & Musicology
Acknowledgments (page vii)
Preface (page ix)
The String Quartets of Bartók (1949) (page 1)
Review of Leibowitz, Schoenberg et son école 1950 (page 10)
Review of Le Système Dodécaphonique (1950) (page 16)
Review of Salzer, Structural Hearing (1952) (page 22)
Tintinnabulation of the Crochets (Review of Halsey Stevens, The Life and Music of Bartók) (1953) (page 31)
Musical America's Several Generations (1954) (page 34)
Some Aspects of Twelve-Tone Composition (1955) (page 38)
The Composer as Specialist (1958) (page 48)
Twelve-Tone Invariants as Compositional Determinants (1960) (page 55)
The Revolution in Sound: Electronic Music (1960) (page 70)
Past and Present Concepts of Nature and Limits of Music (1961) (page 78)
Set Structure as a Compositional Determinant (1961) (page 86)
Twelve-Tone Rhythmic Structure and the Electronic Medium (1962) (page 109)
Reply to George Perle's "Babbitt, Lewin, and Schoenberg: A Critique" (1963) (page 141)
Remarks on the Recent Stravinsky (1964) (page 147)
The Synthesis, Perception, and Specification of Musical Time (1964) (page 172)
An Introduction to the R.C.A. Synthesizer (1964) (page 178)
The Structure and Function of Musical Theory (1965) (page 191)
The Use of Computers in Musicological Research (1965) (page 202)
Egard Varèse: A Few Observations of His Music (1966) (page 213)
Three Essays on Schoenberg (1968) (page 222)
On Relata I (1970) (page 237)
Contribution to "The Composer in Academia: Reflections on a Theme of Stravinsky" (1970) (page 259)
Memorial for Mátyás Seiber (1970) (page 263)
Stravinsky Memorial (1971) (page 264)
Contemporary Music Composition and Musical Theory as Contemporary Intellectual History (1972) (page 270)
Memorial for Stefan Wolpe (1972) (page 308)
Since Schoenberg (1974) (page 310)
Celebrative Speech for the Schoenberg Centennial (1976) (page 335)
Responses: A First Approximation (1976) (page 341)
Introduction to Marion Bauer, Twentieth Century Music (1978) (page 367)
Foreword to David Epstein, Beyond Orpheus (1979) (page 371)
Memorial for Ben Weber (1979) (page 377)
Memorial for Robert Miller (1981) (page 380)
The More than the Sounds of Music (1984) (page 383)
I Remember Roger (1985) (page 388)
"All the Things They Are": Comments on Kern (1985) (page 395)
Memorial for Hans Keller (1986) (page 399)
Stravinsky's Verticals and Schoenberg's Diagonals: A Twist of Fate (1987) (page 404)
On Having Been and Still Being an American Composer (1989) (page 428)
A Life of Learning (1991) (page 437)
Brave New Worlds (1994) (page 459)
My Vienna Triangle (1999) (page 466)
Index (page 489)
Journal Abbreviation
MAL 86.1 (Feb. 2005): 157-160 http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/music_and_letters/v086/86.1simms.html
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Reporter for the Wall Street Journal investigating auto recalls
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Why is America's Auto Industry Back Despite Millions of Recalls?
General Motors has begun the process of compensating victims of faulty ignition systems that led to an avalanche of auto recalls.
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Clashes Break Out Near South Sudan Capital In Truce Violation
Latest NewsAfrica/Middle East
By Sodiq Oyeleke	 On Jan 6, 2018	1:30 AM
Officials on Friday said clashes have broken out near South Sudan's capital Juba between government troops and rebels, the latest violation of a ceasefire signed in December.
The deal reached in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa between the government of President Salva Kiir and a myriad of opposition groups had aimed to end a four-year-old war in which tens of thousands of people have been killed.
Several violations have since taken place, for which all sides have been blamed.
On Friday, the army's spokesman Lul Koang said several people were killed after rebel troops attempted to seize a military outpost west of Juba held by Kiir's Sudan People's Liberation Army.
"At about 10.30 p.m. last night, bandits under the direct command of Lieutenant Colonel Chan Garang attacked the SPLA's position at the north of Kapur," he told a news conference, referring to a high-ranking officer who defected from the government in 2017.
Koang did not give details on how many had died, but said fighting was going on.
Rebels under former vice president Riek Machar, whose sacking in mid-2013 amid a power struggle triggered the civil war months later, denied the charges.
"That was not us, we never attack Juba," said Lam Paul Gabriel, the group's deputy spokesperson. "It is government propaganda (meant) to accuse us of violations."
The conflict in the world's youngest country has been fought largely along ethnic lines, pitting forces loyal to Kiir – an ethnic Dinka – and Machar, who is Nuer.
The war has forced a third of South Sudan's 12 million-strong population to flee their homes.
The ceasefire is intended to revive a 2015 peace deal that collapsed in 2016 after heavy fighting erupted in Juba, with talks on a new power-sharing arrangement and a new date for polls scheduled to follow.
It is also designed to allow humanitarian groups access to civilians caught in the fighting.
Neighbouring countries who brokered that agreement have warned the warring sides that they would back punitive measures if violations persisted.
The U.S., Britain and Norway, who form a group that supported a 2005 accord that led to South Sudan's independence from Sudan, have also threatened to impose individual or group sanctions for those violating the ceasefire.
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Sodiq Oyeleke is a writer with special interest in Digital and Data Journalism. He can be reached via soddickfresher@yahoo.com
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Andrew G. McCabe Takes Over As Assistant Director in Charge of Washington Office
Andrew G. McCabe, who recently held the FBI's top national security post, has taken over as assistant director in charge of the Washington Field Office.
McCabe now heads up the bureau's second largest field division, which includes Northern Virginia.
McCabe's FBI career began in 19996, when he was assigned to the New York Field Office. After collecting experience with organized crime, McCabe began to focus on counterterrorism when he was promoted to the Counterterrorism Division.
According to the FBI:
In 2008, Mr. McCabe was promoted to assistant special agent in charge of the Washington Field Office's Counterterrorism Division, where he managed several programs, including the National Capital Response Squad, Rapid Deployment Team, domestic terrorism squad, cyber‐ counterterrorism targeting squad, and extraterritorial investigations squad.
Mr. McCabe was selected as the first director of the High‐Value Interrogation Group in 2009. In 2010, the Director of National Intelligence certified Mr. McCabe as a senior intelligence officer.
In 2011, Mr. McCabe returned to the Counterterrorism Division at FBI Headquarters, where he served as deputy assistant director and assistant director.
Most recently, Mr. McCabe served as executive assistant director of the National Security Branch. Overseeing all FBI national security programs, including the Counterterrorism Division, the Counterintelligence Division, the Intelligence Division, the Weapons of Mass Destruction Directorate, the Terrorism Screening Center, and the High-Value Interrogation Group, Mr. McCabe ensured the FBI successfully executed its primary mission to defend the United States against national security threats.
Before entering the FBI, Mr. McCabe worked as a lawyer in private practice. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree from Duke University and Juris Doctor from Washington University School of Law.
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Between the World and Me: A Letter from Father to Son
Caroline Cunningham
The book cover of Between the World and Me
Erin Zipman, Staff Writer
As much as we may wish to forget it, we indulge ourselves in a sense of racial 'blindness' and proclaim the unity and opportunity of our country, forgetting that America is divided and unlevel. It is built in favor of white people: light-skinned, European descendants who have lived and thrived in a society that makes it easy for a majority of them to grow up in relative peace and pursue their passions. They can build their life with a minimal fear of unfounded violence, can be appreciated for their hard work and talents at their face-value, and can maneuver in a society that doesn't seek to chain them, harm them, or degrade them.
As a white person, this is the life I have known. especially as a member of the Three Village community. It is a life filled with opportunity, support, and possibility. Consequently, I can so easily be blind to the ways in which great populations of our country are denied this luxury. I have lived with a white identity that has afforded me this as if it was a natural-born right.
Writer, journalist, and father Ta-Nehisi Coates calls this life "the Dream", which is often held out of reach to people of color in America because it was built on their toil and subordination. In his book Between the World and Me, Coates, who is an accomplished and esteemed national correspondent for The Atlantic magazine, strips back the face of the Dream to expose the groundwork of America and how its reliance on the destruction of black lives is built into our system, and ravages black lives today.
But his book does not simply hurl statistics or wield the facts of systematic racism. It is written as a letter to his adolescent son, illustrating his own life as he becomes conscious of the demanding systems acting upon it. Coates brings difficult questions to the table: What is it like to live in a black body – bodies historically exploited, enslaved, raped, and instilled with fear, bodies that still today battle against that fear of threat, incarceration, and murder? How does a black person move beyond basic survival in a country that puts so many obstacles in his way? How does he learn to live?
With intimate and sincere narrative, Coates explains his own journey, beginning with his childhood in Baltimore as he lives in fear and senses a deep disconnect from the white kids in his community and on TV. He takes us through his struggle to grapple with the streets and the schools there. All that changes when he enters Howard College, dubbed "The Mecca", where he discovers the kaleidoscopic diversity that is the black community. Students hail from the Caribbean, Nigeria, or European shores. There are Christians and Muslims, poets, mathematicians, and jazz musicians. Here, Coates' world opens up. It is the first place he truly feels seen, comfortable, able to be bold. For Coates, it's the first glimpse of life beyond the fear and restrictions he'd always known growing up.
Coates thrusts us into the frigid waters of injustice when his innocent classmate Prince is shot and killed by a police officer. This event rattles Coates, and he reminds us that no matter how much black people police themselves, behave, and struggle from the ground up to the mountaintops, the burden of blackness in America will always follow. But it is this same struggle, he tells us, that rumbles the earth with its resilience. "They made us into a race," he says. "We made ourselves into a people."
With deep flowing prose and eloquence, Coates tells us of the people he's loved and his journey of self-discovery. Coates offers a new lens to confront America's past and present, so we can work to build a more just future.
Erin Zipman
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Tributes to David Hurrell
David Bratt, Former President and Chairman and others
This article is from Signpost 66, Winter 2020
David Hurrell died on 17 September 2020 whilst still in office as chairman of the Peak and Northern Footpaths Society, which was founded in 1894 and is dedicated to ensuring our wonderful northern footpaths can be fully enjoyed by the walking public - a cause that David passionately believed in and contributed to in good measure.
It was particularly meaningful to me to give the tribute at David's funeral as president of the Society because I was to retire in a few days so, David, I have saved my final public utterings for you!
Our Society has always been quite partial to having crises - situations which it emerges from stronger than before. The crisis that David resolved was that we could not fill the post of Chairman - plenty of Indians but no Big Chief.
It was on one of our 'Longer' walks that Project Phoenix was hatched whereby Gavin Miller would hold the fort for eighteen months then a suitably persuaded and girded-up David would take over as chairman. And so it came to pass.
One of the many responsibilities is leading the management team and its trustees. The trustees could on occasion be a rebellious and mutinous crew but David's calm, non- confrontational and at times ponderous style won their total support. Never personal, never angry, never a swear word. He did not do big humour. No jokes. Nothing raucous or improper. He was possessed of humour but it was at a level he was comfortable with. A quiet giggle would suffice in keeping with his elfin persona. What he gave was a solid, reliable, unflappable approach to problems. Ask him a question and there was no quick shoot from the hip response. What you got was silence whilst he, owl like , slowly and deliberately computed the options. And sometimes he would even answer emails!
Well into his chairmanship of five years another crisis unfolded. A difference of opinion as to how the constitution be improved and applied to bring further benefits to the walking public. Sounds maybe no big deal, but it developed into a lengthy and totally uncalled for personal attack on David. He never wavered in holding the line he fundamentally believed in and the trustees gave him their total support. He did not bend the knee and in due course he and the will of the Society prevailed. At the conclusion I realized David was not in fact hewn from Yorkshire gritstone but in reality hewn from the purest granite. A man for all seasons.
We have all lost out with his passing - Andrew and family, his church and our Society. The gain could be that the trustees of Paradise are now under new management!
David Bratt, Former President and Chairman
As a support member of the 2014 Operation Phoenix I was impressed by the way he worked to bring the society out of its crisis and turn it back into a well governed organisation. He was a calm and pleasant man, always willing to take advice and to listen to other's ideas. He had an encyclopaedic knowledge of British railways which he shared entertainingly both in the office and whilst out 'riding the rails'.
David Brown, Secretary
I was lucky enough to have known David for many years before he or I became involved with the society. He was a long standing work colleague, who quietly but very effectively just got on with the job at hand. He spent his entire working life as a projects engineer in the steel industry as did I. Years after we had both retired our paths crossed again when I discovered that he was the chairman of PNFS.
An appeal for a membership secretary in this magazine lead me to contact him again and the rest, as they say, is history. I very much enjoy the work that I do for the society and I have David to thank for giving me the opportunity to make a contribution. He was a quiet and thoughtful man, a good friend and colleague who we will all miss.
Mel Bale, Membership Secretary and Webmaster
You will see, from the comments here and elsewhere, the degree of respect and affection the Trustees and members of PNFS had for David. I suspect this is probably true also for the various other walks of life in which he was involved. During my relatively short period as Chair of the Society, with David as a splendidly supportive vice-chair, I learned enough about his character to be absolutely confident that the Society would be in sound hands when I passed the mantle to him. And so it proved.
His many qualities, including decency, courtesy, unflappability, wisdom and a certain doggedness all contributed to his success as an effective Chairman. David was adept at coping with many differing points of view and trying to steer them towards a consensus. During his tenure as Chair, as many will recall, some dissident members resisted the Society's atte mpt to make necessary changes to update its Constitution and tried to create strife within the Trustees and membership. David steered the Society calmy through what, in other hands, could well have turned out to be a crisis. He will be sorely missed and we are grateful for the unstinting service he gave us. On a personal note, David and I had some common interests, quite apart from footpaths and rambling. I always looked forward to our conversations on life in general when out on our walking group rambles but I shall also miss our occasional discussions on the current developments on our railways, and the ways in which they were being (mis)managed.
Gavin Miller, Former Chairman
Photographs by David Hurrell
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Q: Mathematica Equation Solving Suppose I wanted to solve the following for $a[1], a[2], a[3]$ in the Mathematica code:
(a[1]+a[3])*t+(a[1]+2*a[2])*t^2=0

with $a[1] = 1$ where $t$ is just a variable and the equation above is identically 0. How would I automate this in Mathematica to get $a[3] = -1, a[2] = -1/2$?

A: In general, you can do it this way:
a[1] = 1;
Solve[# == 0] & /@
 CoefficientList[(a[1] + a[3])*t + (a[1] + 2*a[2])*t^2, t]

Out[1] = {{{}}, {{a[3] -> -1}}, {{a[2] -> -(1/2)}}}

What the above does is it first collects the coefficients of the polynomial using CoefficientList and passes them to Solve which solves each of them.

A: This will do it:
a[1] = 1; Solve[{a[1] + a[3] == 0, a[1] + 2*a[2] == 0}, {a[2], a[3]}]


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The award is an opportunity for you to earn points for taking part in extracurricular activities during your time at Westminster and developing the essential skills that employers are looking for in the workplace. Depending on how many points you get, you have a chance to win a bronze, silver, or gold award!
To get you started for your Employability Award, we've got a jam-packed programme to our Employability Month.
A whole month filled with workshops, presentations, guest speakers and networking opportunities to help you kick start your career.
Starting from Oct 8th, you'll be able to join a series of activities designed for you, based on your main campus.
Meet alumni, get involved with live brief and problem solving challenges and develop employability and transferable skills with university wide events as well as specialist events linked to your department or faculty. Keep on reading to find out more and how to join!
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Learn more about employability at the University of Westminster and find out how we can support you in developing your skills, gaining experience and getting job-ready.
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ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Senior citizens still working into their 80s and 90s are clearly not the retiring types.
Just ask Jessie Waddles, who at 96 shows up for his job five days a week at the Albuquerque International Support and has no plans to quit anytime soon.
Also giving new meaning to the word "senior" member of the staff is Eleanor Love, who at 89 sees many more years of productive work ahead as a substitute teacher with Los Lunas Schools. In fact, the state just renewed her substitute license for another nine years.
Retirement also is out of the question for Jim Hoffsis, the co-owner of Treasure House Books and Gifts, who turned 90 in May. The self-employed retailer is at his Old Town business seven days a week greeting customers, helping stack books, ringing up sales at the register and patriotically hoisting five flags in the plaza each day.
Also not the retiring type is small-business owner Mary Ann Weems, who just marked her 70th birthday and who joked that she's "the kid" of this group. Weems' popular Albuquerque gallery is a venture that combines Weems' love of art and people, generates a modest income, allows her to employ several part-timers and provides a purpose to her life.
All four offer striking proof that full-time employment and productive activity need not end when the so-called retirement years arrive. Of course, it never hurts to have longevity in your genes and few chronic health problems. In the case of Waddles and Love, both their mothers lived to be over 100.
The four workers also enjoy bringing in regular paychecks, which they said fund travel and hobbies and allow them to be generous with family members, especially grandchildren.
While Waddles, Love and Hoffsis admit their many years in the work world are not the norm, the pendulum is swinging among older adults when it comes to employment – more are staying longer on the job.
According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, by 2020 workers ages 55 and older are expected to account for nearly a quarter of the workforce. About 10,000 baby boomers are turning 65 every day and will continue to do so up to 2030, according to the Pew Research Center.
In fact, there's a new term for them – "silver-collar" workers – and they can be found in virtually every occupation. A graying grocery bagger, an orange-aproned Home Depot associate, a Walmart greeter and a tax preparer at H&R Block have become familiar sights.
In New Mexico, 61,000 people over 65 were employed in both part-time and full-time positions between 2007 and 2017, up from the decade-earlier figure of 41,000 New Mexicans, according to the state Department of Workforce Solutions.
Overall, 255,000 Americans 85 and older were working in 2016, according to Census Bureau figures. That's 4.4 percent of Americans that age, up from 2.6 percent in 2006, before the recession. It's the highest number of 80-somethings on record in the workforce.
There are also older people who must stay in their current jobs or go back to work part time just to live a modest lifestyle and have a roof over their heads, she said. They face economic struggles such as paying for medical coverage or raising grandchildren after seeing retirement savings shrink during the Great Recession.
To help commemorate Labor Day, meet workers on the mature end of the spectrum who still find meaning in the fruit of their labors, and have no plans to clock out.
A seasoned professional with more than eight decades in the workforce, Waddles said his best advice for anyone starting a career is to get off your cellphone and get to work.
Waddles inspires many of his younger co-workers on the staff of PrimeFlight Aviation with his straight-from-the-shoulder advice, said David Meeks, Waddles' boss at Albuquerque International Sunport. "He can frequently outwork them and makes them work harder," Meeks said.
"Isn't he cool?" Meeks asked as Waddles headed for one of the gates to pick up a traveler needing wheelchair assistance. Some of them are decades younger.
Waddles, a talkative man, has been at the airport 22 years after his retirement from Sandia National Laboratories. He worked there for 32 years and collects a federal pension.
Retirement lasted about a month. "I went nuts" from boredom, said Waddles, who has abstained from alcohol and tobacco but eats everything he wants, including fried chicken. For his 96th birthday recently, a lady friend made him some red beans and cornbread. The crew at work treated him to another favorite for his birthday: a pecan pie.
After a career as an oil company marketing manager for a territory that encompassed five states and 500,000 square miles, Jim Hoffsis changed the narrative of his work life from one in which he was constantly on the road to planting himself in a modest retail storefront of 500 square feet.
That was in 1974, when he opened Albuquerque's Treasure House Books & Gifts, a business that has not only provided his family with a decent livelihood but has been singled out as one of the best independent bookstores in the world by website Atlas Obscura.
"We first sold Indian jewelry and souvenirs," Hoffsis said of an existing business he bought from a previous owner. His son, John, was the one who expanded to book sales, with a large selection of titles focusing on New Mexico and Southwest titles.
His favorite part of the job? "Talking to people," said Hoffsis, who doesn't care to be bothered by cellphones or computers. He enjoys good health and likes working every day because he feels needed. His bucket list includes a parachute jump when he hits 100.
A Korean War veteran, he gets about eight hours of sleep a night, reads the newspaper cover to cover and doesn't pay much attention to cable news. An unabashed patriot, he enjoys reunions with other veterans and activities like re-enacting the Bataan Death March to honor survivors.
Eleanor Love wanted to be a schoolteacher ever since she was a little girl and heard stories about her mother's years in the classroom.
Love carried out that childhood dream with a rare commitment – she went back to school at the age of 54 and received her degree in 1988 after working in the family's electrical contracting business for years.
She then became a special education teacher at Ann Parish Elementary in Los Lunas and "retired" in 1996, but couldn't stay away from the classroom for more than a few months.
The substitute route was her way back in.
"It really is a labor of love," Love said. She said the greatest reward is to have a former student or parent tell her that she made a difference to their lives.
Love averages three days a week at Los Lunas schools but sometimes works every day of the week if she's needed.
That's true, said Love, who lets her students know "how important it is for them to mind and pay attention. "I don't take chaos," she said. She also sounds like a lot of fun, especially when she takes a puppet named Mr. Snuffy to some of her sub assignments.
"You can't help but smile as you see the 89-year-old walking the halls and interacting with the students," Sanders said. "She has a youthful energy that shines through her clear blue eyes." The great-grandmother of 28 also finds time to volunteer at her church, tends 30 rose bushes, goes to hair appointments and enjoys outings with her family and friends. She also inspired one granddaughter-in-law to enter the career. And yes, she's substituted in her class.
Mary Ann Weems remembers her first business transaction as if it were yesterday.
"It was a handwoven basket for $15 and a cash sale," said Weems, who also remembers the name of the customer who bought it.
Weems said "passion and pride" in what she does for a living is what still drives her and keeps her young at heart.
Weems also considers herself an educator of sorts, and said she's proud the gallery has helped "teach people in Albuquerque that they could have art in their lives, and that they could afford art." The business, which began in 1981, now includes several generations of customers.
"We're still going strong," said Weems, who cut back on a lot of work stress by closing a second gallery in Old Town. That move, she said, gave her more time to devote to her own painting and to family, which includes reconnecting with ex-husband Regan.
"I have a little more balance now" in my life, said Weems, who has every intention of hitting the 40-year mark with the gallery. "I don't see retirement in the future. I need the dough," she said.


A car with armed men inside blocked the SMM's passage near Sakhanka.
An SMM mid-range unmanned aerial vehicle spotted anti-tank mines on the northern edge of Marinka.
The Mission monitored adherence to the ceasefire to enable repairs to essential civilian infrastructure in Donetsk and Luhansk regions.
In Donetsk region, the SMM recorded more ceasefire violations, including about 160 explosions, compared with the previous reporting period (about 100 explosions). The majority of ceasefire violations, including the majority of explosions, were recorded in areas south-east and south-south-east of Chermalyk (government-controlled, 31km north-east of Mariupol), in areas south and west of the Donetsk Filtration Station (DFS) (15km north of Donetsk) and at south-westerly directions of Svitlodarsk (government-controlled, 57km north-east of Donetsk).
In Luhansk region, the Mission recorded fewer ceasefire violations, including about 15 explosions, compared with the previous reporting period (about 20 explosions). All explosions were recorded in areas north-west of Veselohorivka (non-government-controlled, 64km west of Luhansk).
On 6 March, near Sakhanka (non-government-controlled, 24km north-east of Mariupol), the SMM saw a stationary civilian car with three armed men in military-style clothing inside blocking the lane in which two of the Mission's vehicles were moving. As the SMM patrol attempted to bypass the civilian car, its driver started the engine and began manoeuvring towards the first SMM vehicle, almost colliding with it, and then stopped in front of the second SMM car, blocking its way. The car drove away after about one minute. The SMM then continued its patrol.
On the evening of 5 March, the SMM camera in Zolote (government-controlled, 60km west of Luhansk), recorded a projectile in flight at an assessed range of 3-5km east-north-east (assessed as outside the disengagement area).
During the day on 6 March, positioned near the disengagement areas close to Zolote, Stanytsia Luhanska (government-controlled, 16km north-east of Luhansk) and Petrivske (non-government-controlled, 41km south of Donetsk), the SMM observed a calm situation.
a surface-to-air missile system (9K33 Osa) on road M04 near Novopavlivka (51km north-west of Donetsk).
an armored personnel carrier (BTR-70) near Novobakhmutivka (28km north of Donetsk).
On 5 March, an SMM mid-range unmanned aerial vehicle spotted 33 anti-tank mines (probable TM-62) on the northern edge of Marinka (government-controlled, 23km south-west of Donetsk): 18 were laid out in two rows across a road leading to Donetsk city (non-government-controlled), about 35m south-east of the nearest residential houses; three were laid across the same road about 200m further east-north-east; four were fixed to a wooden board laid on a side road located between the above-mentioned two sets of anti-tank mines; and eight mines were laid across a local road about 400m south-east of the above-mentioned group of mines.
On Stratonavtiv Street in Donetsk city's Kyivskyi district (non-government-controlled), about 30m from inhabited residential houses, the SMM saw two objects: the first one lying on the ground, the second embedded in the tarmac. In the same district, the Mission also saw another object lying on the side of Bashkyrska Street, about 10m from inhabited residential houses. All three objects were not fenced off. It assessed all three of them as pieces of unexploded ordnance (UXO) (Grad-type rockets).
The SMM monitored adherence to the ceasefire to enable repairs to power lines near Holmivskyi (non-government-controlled, 49km north-east of Donetsk and a re-start of a water pump at the Petrivske water pumping station near Artema (government-controlled, 26km north of Luhansk). The Mission also monitored adherence to the ceasefire to enable repairs to a water pipeline running along road H20 between Berezove (government-controlled, 31km south-west of Donetsk) and Olenivka (non-government-controlled, 23km south-west of Donetsk). A representative of the Voda Donbassa water company told the SMM that the pipeline had been successfully repaired.
The Mission continued to facilitate the operation of the DFS and to monitor the overall security situation in the area of the pumping station near Vasylivka (non-government-controlled, 20km north of Donetsk).
At a checkpoint east of Mykolaivka (non-government-controlled, 39km north-east of Mariupol), a member of the armed formations did not allow the SMM to enter the settlement, citing ongoing "small-arms fire in the area".
 Please see the annexed table for a complete breakdown of the ceasefire violations as well as a map of the Donetsk and Luhansk regions marked with locations featured in this report. During the reporting period, the SMM camera in Krasnohorivka was not operational.


So it was a perfect time for me to read Lori Gottlieb's "Maybe You Should Talk to Someone," an irresistibly candid and addicting memoir about psychotherapeutic practice as experienced by both the clinician and the patient. One day, Gottlieb is a perfectly happy psychotherapist in Los Angeles, the mother of a young son, madly in love with the man who wants to marry her. Who suddenly breaks things off because — out of nowhere — he has decided he doesn't want to spend the next 10 years with a child under his roof. (Specifically, he doesn't want to have to pay attention to her son's Lego creations. What a jerk.) And, voilà, Gottlieb has what's known in the trade as her "presenting problem," the issue that gets you into therapy in the first place, but which is really just the touchstone for what are probably many more deeply embedded issues.
Gottlieb explores her patients' inner demons — a young newlywed diagnosed with terminal cancer, an older woman who finds life meaningless and intends to commit suicide on her next birthday, a self-absorbed Hollywood producer, a woman stuck in a cycle of alcoholism and damaging relationships — and simultaneously peers into her own psyche with Wendell, a middle-aged, cardigan-sporting psychotherapist.


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Nigeria needs N7bn for domestic production of Anti-Snake Venom –Expert
November 16, 2020 Favour Lashem News, Project 0
The Federal Government needs a whopping N7 billion to establish a factory for the production of Anti-Snake Venom for victims of snake bites across the country, according to Dr. Nandul Durfa.
Durfa, who is the Managing Director, Echitab Study Limited, made the disclosure on Monday in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Pankshin, Plateau state.
He decried the current cost of the Anti-Snake Venom and the hurdles the government has to scale to get the drugs for snake bite victims.
Durfa, who was the pioneer Chief Medical Director (CMD), University of Abuja Teaching Hospital, said that the white Anti-Snake Venom sourced from Britain costs between N35,000 and N37,000 depending on the foreign exchange rate at the time of importation.
"If we continue to import the drugs from overseas, we have to struggle with the cost as well as not getting them at the very time we need them.
"But if we have our own factory, we can always produce the drugs and make them available to our people at a cheaper price, " he explained.
Therefore, he said, "There is need for the government to have a rethink on the plight of victims of snake bites around the middle belt, North East and North West, who spend huge amounts on treatments, given the prohibitive cost of the imported drugs.
"We hope that government will be willing to sponsor the production of Anti-Snake Venom like some other countries do. If that is done, we can get it cheaper and always available. "
The Echitab MD further stated that as a nation, we need to be more pragmatic and committed towards establishing our own factory to produce the drugs and save the lives of our citizens.
He added: "If we can start with snake farms, Sheep or Horse Farms, build the factory, set up clean production areas, then we can conveniently commence production of the drugs."
Durfa explained that the production of the drugs was time consuming such that "you can't rush into producing the drugs as you do for Panadol or other drugs, because we have to wait for nature."
"But if we have the factory here in Nigeria, we can design when and where to get the drugs for our suffering victims and even export the Anti-Snake Venom, to earn foreign exchange for the country," he stated.
Durfa noted that at this material time of harvest, the number of victims of snake bites is on the increase as more people get bitten as they go to their farms.
"More people are taking to farming, and it's not mechanised farming, so many people are being exposed to snake bites. We can only advise people to be more careful whenever they are in their farms, and when bitten, they should ensure that they see a doctor immediately for treatment.
"This is because the venom remains in their bodies and they will either die or get maimed, since the venom attacks the lymph, which sometimes has to be cut off, depending on the extent of damage'', he said. (NAN)
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Can banks still trust "Whatsapp Business" after major security breach?
Written on Monday, 20 May 2019 06:37
On Monday the 13th of May 2019, Whatsapp admitted yet to another breach in their security system: enabling targeting spyware to be installed on phones through voice calls. An Israeli spying firm indeed has been accused of using that security hole in Whatsapp used by 1.5 billion people.
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Pippa Middleton's iCloud gets hacked, revealing 3,000 images
Written on Monday, 26 September 2016 09:43
On September 25, it was announced that a 35-year-old man had been arrested by British police investigating claims that Pippa Middleton (sister of Kate Middleton, Duchess of Cambridge) had her iCloud account hacked, revealing 3,000 intimate images. A man was arrested on Saturday evening in Northamptonshire.
Some of the 3,000 images stolen from Middleton's iCloud included photos of the Duchess of Cambridge, as well as her children, Prince George and Princess Charlotte. There were also revealing naked photos of Middleton's fiancé, James Matthews, among the collection according to The Sun. The images went up for sale for press via WhatsApp by an anonymous seller.
The Sun reported that it had been approached by someone using a pseudonym and asking for $85,000 within 48 hours. The pseudonym 'Crafty Cockney' was used by the seller on an encrypted messaging service, where they send sample photos of Middleton being fitted for a wedding dress in advance of her wedding planned for next year.
The Sun reported that the hacker said he was offering the images to buyers in the UK first, adding: "There is of course a price for which I'm accepting offers of a minimum of 50,000 GBP. This isn't an auction it will be a simple process of the highest bid in the next 48 hours (as of 4pm 23/09/16)."
A spokesman for Middleton thanked media, saying: "Thank you very much for drawing this to the family's attention. I can confirm that not only have the lawyers been informed, but the police are about to be involved as well."
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Yahoo says 500 million of its user's data was hacked in 2014
Written on Sunday, 25 September 2016 07:21
Yahoo announced on Thursday, September 22, that a massive hack on its network in 2014 saw 500 million of its user's data breached. The company said the attack may have been state sponsored: "Based on the ongoing investigation, Yahoo believes that information associated with at least 500 million user accounts was stolen," the company said in a statement.
The comments were the first confirmation from Yahoo on the huge data breach, and come after a report earlier this year quoting a security researcher saying some 200 million accounts may have been accessed, AFP reported. Stolen information may have included names, email address, birth dates, and scrambled passwords, along with encrypted or unencrypted security questions and answers that could help hackers break into victims' other online accounts, according to Yahoo.
The company said the ongoing investigation suggested that looted data did not include unprotected passwords or information associated with payments or bank accounts. Yahoo is reportedly asking affected users to change passwords, and recommending anyone who hasn't done so since 2014 take the same action as a precaution. Users of Yahoo online services were also urged to review accounts for suspicious activity and change passwords and security question information used to log in anywhere else if it matched that at Yahoo.
"Online intrusions and thefts by state-sponsored actors have become increasingly common across the technology industry," Yahoo said in a release. "Yahoo and other companies have launched programs to detect and notify users when a company strongly suspects that a state-sponsored actor has targeted an account."
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Rudy Francisco's 'Helium' rises to the top
Spoken-word poet debuts first written collection
By Anastasia Figuera - December 9, 2018
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"Helium" is the debut poetry collection written by Rudy Francisco, who is one of the most recognizable names in the world of spoken-word poetry. As the summary of "Helium" suggests, it's filled with work that is simultaneously personal and political, blending love poems, self-reflection and biting cultural critique on class, race and gender into an unforgettable whole. Francisco, at the age of 21, completed his Bachelor of Arts in psychology and continued his education by pursuing a Master of Arts in organizational studies. Using his platform to continue to discuss harsh topics, his poems and quotes have been viewed and shared millions of times as he continues to tour both the country and the world to perform his work.
As with Francisco's previous work, "Helium" is impactful and quite lasting in its strong imagery, words and message. In the collection of 58 poems, he uses metaphors and comparisons in order to make the message relatable and to bring difficult discussions to the forefront.
Just like Francisco's spoken-word performances, his collection allows for reflection and understanding on past events, even ones that we may be unfamiliar with. Francisco releases a concerto of words that fit together perfectly in such an artistic and bright way while conveying the darkest of topics in today's society and our own psyches. He also includes some interesting facts among the imagery in order to tie it back into a reality that isn't just emotion, but science, statistics and daily news.
From the very first poem in the collection, "Water," Francisco opens up by writing the poem that alludes to a fear of water, likening the water to jaws of a liquid beast. He also sets the stage to his own self-awareness, and in doing so, gives us an open door into himself and his own self-proclaimed shortcomings and flaws. If anything, it makes him more realistic as a poet and storyteller by also making him one of us.
He features other poems that are about himself and his own self-reflection such as "My Honest Poem," "Sip" and "Chameleon," among others. In all of them, he features a short anecdote from his past or a regular daily activity. Throughout his poems, the imagery is heavy and displays, in a point of camaraderie, that he's not perfect and is currently working on himself.
"I am not a love poet," Francisco says. "Every time I try to write about love my hands cramp." Despite his claim, his ability to write both love poems and poems of heartbreak is astonishing. In his poem "Correctly," the last line of the paragraph-long piece is, "I promise I will love you as if it's the only thing I've ever done correctly." In "To the Girl Who Works at Starbucks, Down the Street from My House on Del Mar Heights Road, I Swear to God I'm Not a Stalker," he continues his love-inspired poetry.
No stranger to heartbreak, Francisco features two poems of heartbreak that have gone viral on social media: "Scars" and "To the Random Dude Who started Dating My Ex-Girlfriend Two Days After We Broke Up (Yes, I Read That on Facebook)," which he has countlessly performed both separately and as a combined poem. Both poems feature a count from one to 10 in which he goes through the emotions and what he's feeling post-heartbreak with someone he loved.
Political, racial and societal issues are also addressed in his poetry collection. He has poems that discuss the political climate of our nation. He speaks heavily on being a black man in America in our current state and how sometimes it's easy to see himself dying over minuscule things merely because of his skin and the assumptions of others. In "Skin II" he writes, "your skin is that one friend who meets everyone before you do," and expresses similar sentiment in other poems. He also discusses the global climate dealing with clean air in the poem "Trees" and discusses the depletion of water in "Roulette." He continues to discuss what it's like to grow up learning how to be a man, whether what he was taught was right or wrong and its influence on some of his shortcomings in his treatment of women, hypermasculinity and learning how to be emotional.
While those are the heavier topics of his poetry collection and sometimes are tough pills to swallow, he also writes motivational poems in which he tries to uplift others through their hardships and to help them understand that, eventually, there is a better tomorrow. Overall, this poetry collection provides discourse on a range of topics — happy, sad and indifferent. The range of emotions is not a rollercoaster, but a simple progression akin to life. Through his range and literary reflection, he provides an outlet for himself and comfort to others who find his writing relatable. Francisco tries to see the light at the end of the tunnel, and if it's not there, he encourages both himself and his audience to create the light for themselves.