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CHILATST 164: Immigration and the Changing United States (CSRE 164, SOC 164, SOC 264)
The role of race and ethnicity in immigrant group integration in the U.S. Topics include: theories of integration; racial and ethnic identity formation; racial and ethnic change; immigration policy; intermarriage; hybrid racial and ethnic identities; comparisons between contemporary and historical waves of immigration.
Last offered: Spring 2015 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-SI
CHILATST 173: Mexican Migration to the United States (AMSTUD 73, HISTORY 73, HISTORY 173)
( History 73 is 3 units; History 173 is 5 units.) This class examines the history of Mexican migration to the United States. In the United States we constantly hear about Obama's immigration plan, the anti-immigrant laws in Arizona, and the courage of DREAM Activists; in Mexico news sources speak about the role of remittances, the effect of deportations, and the loss of life at the border. Unfortunately, few people truly understand the historical trends in these migratory processes, or the multifaceted role played by the United States in encouraging individuals to head there. Moreover, few people have actually heard the opinions and voices of migrants themselves. This course seeks to provide students with the opportunity to place migrants' experiences in dialogue with migratory laws as well as the knowledge to embed current understandings of Latin American migration in their meaningful historical context.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3-5 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI
Instructors: Minian Andjel, A. (PI) ; Bazzi, F. (TA)
CHILATST 173 | 3-5 units | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Class # 30872 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | LEC | Students enrolled: 3
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at 200-107 with Minian Andjel, A. (PI); Bazzi, F. (TA)
Instructors: Minian Andjel, A. (PI); Bazzi, F. (TA)
CHILATST 173 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Class # 30873 | Section 02 | Grading: Letter or Credit/No Credit | DIS | Students enrolled: 3
CHILATST 181: Latino Social Movements (POLISCI 125M)
Social movements are cooperative attempts to change the world. This course reviews historically significant and contemporary political and social movements in Latino communities in the U.S., including the movements of the 1960s and events of the modern era such as the Spring 2006 marches and student walkouts, the 2010 resistance to Arizona¿s SB1070, and ongoing efforts in 2017 related to detention and deportation policies.
Last offered: Autumn 2017 | UG Reqs: WAY-ED
CHILATST 195: U.S. Latinx Art (ARTHIST 194, CSRE 195)
This course surveys artworks made by Latina/o/x artists who live and work in the United States, including Chicanos, Nuyoricans, and others of Latin American and Caribbean descent. Students will study the diversity that comprises the U.S. Latinx demographic while considering artists' relationships to issues of race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. They will also explore national debates, such as immigration and national security, that affect artists and their work. Special attention will be paid to cross-cultural and cross-racial exchanges between artists.
Terms: Win | Units: 4 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED
Instructors: Salseda, R. (PI)
CHILATST 195 | 4 units | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED | Class # 34151 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | LEC | Students enrolled: 2
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at McMurtry Building rm 360 with Salseda, R. (PI)
CHILATST 195 | UG Reqs: WAY-A-II, WAY-ED | Class # 34152 | Section 02 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | DIS
CHINA 115: Sex, Gender, and Power in Modern China (CHINA 215, FEMGEN 150, FEMGEN 250)
Investigates how sex, gender, and power are entwined in the Chinese experience of modernity. Topics include anti-footbinding campaigns, free love/free sex, women's mobilization in revolution and war, the new Marriage Law of 1950, Mao's iron girls, postsocialist celebrations of sensuality, and emergent queer politics. Readings range from feminist theory to China-focused historiography, ethnography, memoir, biography, fiction, essay, and film. All course materials are in English.
CHINA 155A: Health, Politics, and Culture of Modern China (ANTHRO 148, ANTHRO 248, CHINA 255A)
CHINA 155A | 4-5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-SocSci, WAY-ED, WAY-SI | Class # 19168 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | SEM
CHINA 175: Constructing National History in East Asian Archaeology (ARCHLGY 135, ARCHLGY 235, CHINA 275)
Archaeological studies in contemporary East Asia share a common concern, to contribute to building a national narrative and cultural identity. This course focuses on case studies from China, Korea, and Japan, examining the influence of particular social-political contexts, such as nationalism, on the practice of archaeology in modern times.
CLASSICS 16N: Sappho: Erotic Poetess of Lesbos (FEMGEN 24N)
Preference to freshmen. Sappho's surviving fragments in English; traditions referring to or fantasizing about her disputed life. How her poetry and legend inspired women authors and male poets such as Swinburne, Baudelaire, and Pound. Paintings inspired by Sappho in ancient and modern times, and composers who put her poetry to music.
Terms: Win | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-CE, WAY-ED
Instructors: Peponi, A. (PI)
CLASSICS 16N | 3 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-CE, WAY-ED | Class # 19385 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | ISF | Students enrolled: 13 / 16
01/06/2020 - 03/13/2020 Tue, Thu 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at 110-112 with Peponi, A. (PI)
CLASSICS 17N: To Die For: Antigone and Political Dissent (TAPS 12N)
(Formerly CLASSGEN 6N.) Preference to freshmen. Tensions inherent in the democracy of ancient Athens; how the character of Antigone emerges in later drama, film, and political thought as a figure of resistance against illegitimate authority; and her relevance to contemporary struggles for women's and workers' rights and national liberation. Readings and screenings include versions of Antigone by Sophocles, Anouilh, Brecht, Fugard/Kani/Ntshona, Paulin, Glowacki, Gurney, and von Trotta.
Terms: Aut | Units: 3 | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED, WAY-ER
Instructors: Rehm, R. (PI)
CLASSICS 17N | 3 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-ED, WAY-ER | Class # 31106 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | ISF | Students enrolled: 2
09/23/2019 - 12/06/2019 Tue, Thu 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM at Memaud125 with Rehm, R. (PI)
CLASSICS 36: Gender and Power in Ancient Rome
Interactions of gender and power in ancient Roman politics, religion, spectacles, and daily life. Masculinity and femininity in founding legends and public rituals; the ambiguous status of Vestal Virgins; gendered behavior in the Roman Forum; the spatial logic of prostitution; sexual characterizations of good vs. bad emperors in ancient texts; gender and time in Roman houses; inversions of gender and space in early Christian martyr narratives. Readings include modern gender theory as well as ancient Roman texts and material culture.
Instructors: Trimble, J. (PI) ; Angsten, O. (TA)
CLASSICS 36 | 3-5 units | UG Reqs: GER:DB-Hum, GER:EC-Gender, WAY-A-II, WAY-ED | Class # 19361 | Section 01 | Grading: Letter (ABCD/NP) | LEC
03/30/2020 - 06/03/2020 Mon, Wed 1:30 PM - 2:50 PM with Trimble, J. (PI); Angsten, O. (TA)
Instructors: Trimble, J. (PI); Angsten, O. (TA)
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SLC's Fall Instrumental Concert set
The Jazz Ensemble, a 17-piece big band, will open with 'A Tribute to Count Basie.'
SLC's Fall Instrumental Concert set The Jazz Ensemble, a 17-piece big band, will open with 'A Tribute to Count Basie.' Check out this story on htrnews.com: http://htrne.ws/1FdPHjV
Wisconsin Published 5:47 p.m. CT Sept. 22, 2015
Jeremiah Eis(Photo: Jeremiah Eis)
Silver Lake College will hold its Fall Instrumental Concert at 7 p.m., Friday, Oct. 9, in the Franciscan Music Center for Education and Performance, 2406 S. Alverno Road.
The 75-minute concert, led by assistant professor of music Jeremiah Eis, will feature the college's Jazz Ensemble and Wind Ensemble, composed of musicians including Silver Lake College students, alumni and community members.
The Jazz Ensemble, a 17-piece big band, will open the concert with "A Tribute to Count Basie."
The program will include such numbers as "Jumpin' at the Woodside" and "Flight of the Foo Birds." The number "Every Day (I Have the Blues)" will feature vocalist Molly Hahn, an SLC junior.
Eis also will intersperse historical tidbits between the numbers, making it a learning experience for students as well as audience members.
The Wind Ensemble, a 50-piece band, will present "Sounds of the British Isles."
Music will include pieces central to the traditional British brass band, a selection called "The Floral Dance" from the movie "Brassed Off," and folk songs by Ralph Vaughan Williams called "Sea Songs."
"Suite from Hymn of the Highlands" will include three movements, each showcasing music from different locations in the Scottish Highland, featuring the saxophone section, Eis said.
Admission is $5. To purchase tickets, call 920-686-6173.
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Leading Catholic Theologian Outlines His Vision of Next Pope
Church needs a reforming pope, especially regarding sexual ethics, says Hans Kung
Noel Bruyns| December 1, 1999
The man who succeeds Pope John Paul II as leader of the world's biggest church must neither "polarize" nor "divide" the church, according to one of the world's leading Catholic theologians.In an exclusive interview with Ecumenical News International (ENI) during the Third Parliament of the World's Religions (PWR), which is taking place in Cape Town until December 8, Hans Kung, a prominent Catholic theologian and philosopher, shared his vision of the next pontiff.Although Kung did not directly criticize Pope John Paul, he suggested that the successor to the current pontiff would need to have a very different personality. "He should be a pope who is not polarizing and dividing the church, who is not presenting a contradictory position between his foreign policy for human rights and justice on the one hand and [on the other hand] a domestic policy [within the church] which suppresses human rights and justice."We want a pope more on the line of Pope John XXIII who is not hindering reforms but who is leading those reforms we sorely need," a reference to John XXIII's convening the Second Vatican Council after becoming pope in 1958; the council led to a major reform of the Catholic Church.In particular, Kung said, the Catholic Church needed to tackle the problems of sexual morality, "especially this impossible encyclical Humanae Vitae [a papal document forbidding Catholics from using contraceptives] and celibacy [according to which Catholic priests may not marry] which deprives our parishes more and more of priests and is leading the church into a rather catastrophic situation."Kung welcomed a recent agreement between the Vatican and the Lutheran World Federation on the doctrine of justification, one of the main points at issue ...
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Event Entertainers present the incomparable Frances Madden. Singer, piano player and songwriter, Frances Madden is a rising star of vocal jazz and blues in Australia. Her shows regularly sell out at Australia's premier jazz clubs, festivals and venues including The Basement in Sydney. In 2016 Frances supported the legendary Dionne Warwick and also Grammy Award-winner Gregory Porter during their Sydney tours -- and she also recently headlined at the JZ Club in Shanghai.
Frances captivates her audiences with a combination of her genuinely warm stage presence along with a voice and style that are uniquely her own. Her live set includes a unique mix of irresistible swing, beautiful ballads and smokey blues – along with her distinctive take on timeless classics.
Frances performs at a range of private and corporate functions around Australia, together with her band which includes some of Australia's leading jazz musicians. The ensemble varies from either solo piano & voice up to the full 8 piece band depending on client requirements. The most popular outfits are her quartet and quintet which include a combination of drums, double bass, saxophone and guitar.
Other varying combinations and sizes available, from solo piano & voice, duo, trio to eight-piece band with backing vocals and horns.
For enquiries or to book, contact info@evententertainers.com.au.


Incredibly enough, the Padres have scored 43 runs in their last four games. Still, they're giving Orlando Hudson his first career start in the cleanup spot Tuesday against the Mets.
Hudson brings a .239/.332/.320 line, three homers and 27 RBI in 259 at-bats with him into tonight's game. That the Mets are throwing a left-hander in Chris Capuano is undoubtedly part of the reason Bud Black has decided to hit Hudson fourth tonight. All three of the switch-hitter's homers have come against southpaws, and his slugging percentage skyrockets to .386 when he's batting from the right side.


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Home > Vol 12, No 1 (2019) >	Townsend
The development of ethical guidelines for telemedicine in South Africa
B A Townsend, R E Scott, M Mars
Telemedicine has the potential to assist in the provision of healthcare in South Africa (SA). This means of healthcare service provision involves patients, doctors and machines working together, with few constraints imposed by geography, or national or institutional boundaries. Although the practice is largely beneficial, certain legal and ethical challenges arise from the use of electronic healthcare services. Certain ethical challenges are identified as: the changing nature of the traditional doctor-patient relationship; standards of care; quality of care; privacy; confidentiality; data protection; accountability; liability; consent; record-keeping; data storage; and authentication. While various legal, regulatory and governance measures offer potential solutions and remedies for protection, ethical direction may be achieved through statutory bodies set up to promote and foster ethical compliance with normative healthcare standards. Recently, the Health Professions Council of SA (HPCSA) made an attempt to address the ethical issues by publishing a set of telemedicine guidelines. Despite this, issues around the practice of telemedicine remain unresolved. This article seeks to inform the development of a new ethical framework by addressing three distinct and relevant ethical issues: the fiduciary nature of healthcare and the changing nature of the doctor-patient relationship; privacy, confidentiality and the sensitivity of health data; and informed consent. It does so by proposing a broader and more nuanced solution to these ethical obstacles by identifying conceptual and operational difficulties within the existing HPCSA telemedicine guidelines, and advancing suggestions for reform. This speaks to a more highly integrated perspective that is culturally and contextually aware, and which affirms the need to strike a balance between individual rights protection and transformative, ethical, healthcare innovation.
B A Townsend, Department of TeleHealth, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa
R E Scott, Department of TeleHealth, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa;NT Consulting – Global e-Health Inc., Calgary, Canada; Department of Community Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Canada
M Mars, Department of TeleHealth, Nelson R Mandela School of Medicine, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa


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"Showtime" Shawn Porter was minus a few strands of hair, though it didn't hamper any of the WBC welterweight world champion's flare. Porter flashed that megawatt smile and a prescient reminder to his top-rated challenger, Yordenis Ugas, the Cuban expatriate fighting for a world title the first time, that in the end, "and still" would be uttered when their fight concluded.
It said so in big, bold yellow print outlined in thin black emblazoned across Porter's gum shield: "And Still."
The gum shield was prophetic. After 12 rounds, Porter retained his title, winning a tight split decision in the main event of PBC on FOX at the Dignity Health Sports Park in Carson, California.
Judge Max DeLuca scored it 115-113 for Porter, Zachary Young 117-111 for Ugas and Steve Morrow had 116-112 for the winner.
"The crowd was expecting a big brawl, but that's not the way this fight needed to go tonight," said Porter, who had to cut some of his braids during Friday's weigh-in to make the 147-pound limit. "That style that we used left the fight close. We got the win, we're still champion and we're looking forward to what is next.
"The weight cut didn't affect me at all. I was on my toes all night. I was very focused the entire fight and just listening to my corner."
In the first round, Porter, bouncing up on his toes as he usually does, waded into Ugas and drilled him with rights and lefts to the body. Ugas, content on staying on the outside and flicking his jab, closed the round with a right to the body.
Ugas (23-4, 11 KOs) was slightly more aggressive in the second, walking Porter down behind the jab. That didn't deter "Showtime," who proved to have the faster hands early on.
Ugas continued to play the role of stalker in the third, working Porter's ribcage and measuring him with his stick. Porter was content to fight on the inside, pumping a double jab and stepping in with quick combinations.
Ugas enjoyed a solid fourth, landing downstairs and countering Porter with rights to the jaw. The fifth featured more of the same. With 1:15 left in the frame, Ugas landed an overhand right that got Porter's attention. But Porter closed the round with a flurry of punches, several landing cleanly. Ugas threw his arms up as if defiantly saying, "Here I am, try me again."
Porter was the busier fighter in the middle rounds. Ugas' blows were effective, particularly to the body, but he was outworked by the champion. While the Cuban appeared to have a bloody mouth, both of Porter's eyes were beginning to swell.
Ugas came alive in the tenth, landed a series of left hooks which opened a cut in the corner of the right eye. Porter continued to work, making the rounds difficult to score.
Porter showed no signs of fatigue working in the 11th, bouncing on his toes. But Ugas was busier now, closing the gap and working combinations. Porter might've won the stanza when a left jab caught the Cuban flush, causing him to stumble backward as the bell sounded.
"We wanted to out box him and eventually turn it on and press him," Porter said. "But my dad did not think that was the smartest way to win the fight. We fought this way for 12 rounds and no one has ever seen that from me before.
Ugas controlled the action in the 12th, landing a series of power shots on a now-inactive Porter. In the end, Porter successfully defended his belt for the first time in what was a tough scrap.
"We fought a good smart fight tonight," Porter, 30-2-1 (17 KOs), said afterward. "I was consistent and I thought we won a majority of the rounds."
Naturally, Ugas believed he deserved the nod.
"There's no doubt about it, I was robbed tonight," Ugas said. "After the first round I figured him out and dominated the fight. He had no answer when I was pushing him back. I dominated the fight in my opinion.
"I showed tonight that I belong with the elite fighters at welterweight. All I can say is that I'm ready to fight any of the top names in the division. I'll be back."
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Brian Kelly, a cryptocurrency fund manager & the owner and Chief Executive Officer of BKCM, lately shared that the sharp decline of Bitcoin is since Bitcoin Cash.
Kelly thinks it is an extremely temporary type of occasion. He likewise gave a caution for interested buyers, "If you don't recognize what a 'difficult fork' is, do not leap into that pool right currently.
The globe's biggest cryptocurrency, Bitcoin, saw a whopping surge last year when per coin looked at $19,000 in December 2017. Given that after that costs have actually gone down and also at press time, it is trading under $6,000 per coin.
Bitcoin cash money is currently doing a "difficult fork" or "effectively a software program upgrade," Kelly told CNBC on Quick Money. Some are stressed that bitcoin and also bitcoin money markets would have a "disorder" or the networks will slowdown after the software program upgrade takes area. Everybody obtained worried," Kelly clarified. Kelly thinks it is a really short-term kind of occasion.


Woodview seeks to help people connect and reconnect to Jesus by reaching out through community service projects; by having the people of Woodview love their neighbors and share Jesus with their neighbors; and by providing meaningful worship services, classes, and small groups that can people draw closer to Him.
We are also eager to help people who have drifted away from God and the church or have rejected Him to reconnect.
The Bible says that Jesus is the giver of abundant life (John 10:10). Abundant life consists of forgiveness from God, freedom from guilt, wisdom and guidance from God's Spirit and a joyful relationship with God throughout a wonderful eternity. This abundant life can only be experienced by being connected with God through Jesus Christ. It is best experienced when we live it together with other people connected with God through faith in Jesus Christ in the local church.


In early 2014, Leo Gadson of Producers Guild, Adam Feldman of the Free Library of Philadelphia and Homer Jackson of the Philadelphia Jazz Project met to discuss a new concert series. It was called the Mysterious Traveler Concert Series. The series presented monthly concerts from September through May, showcasing young and not so young, Philadelphia Jazz artists. The name of the series emphasized the need for these highly talented artists and the general public to get acquainted, making these strangers no longer mysterious, but friends and fans. Probably most important, these concerts were be free to the general public. You didn't have to be a hipster or a Jazz expert to attend. You just had to show up and enjoy yourself.
This year we continue with Mysterious Travelers 4: Further Investigations - a collaboration between The Free Library of Philadelphia and Philadelphia Jazz Project. The series presents FREE concerts once a month on Monday nights from September 2017 through May 2018. Audiences will hear from veteran, as well as up-and-coming musicians who are shaping the future sounds of Philadelphia with a sharp ear to the legacies of our past. This season our artists will continue to celebrate the massive and amazing collections of the Free Library by exploring them as a source of inspiration for the creation of new musical works.
Theme: The Nature of Morality from Dostoyevsky's, "Crime & Punishment."
Click the date above that you wish to investigate for more information.
Thanks to Perry Genovisi and Adam Feldman of the Free Library of Philadelphia. Their tireless dedication to this project has truly been a humbling experience. Additional thanks to PJP staff, Julia Lopez, Melissa Talley Palmer, Gail Fountaine, Stephanie Seiple, Sound Engineers, Shevinah Johnson and Eugene Lew, Photographers, Brittany Mason and Gotography, as wella as our many gracious volunteers.


Good fortune found is always promising before bad fortune comes looking for it.
Llewelyn Moss (Josh Brolin) stumbles upon the grizzly scene of a shady deal gone very bad. Amidst the carnage he finds a sizable sum of cash and one gunman shot but alive. Llewelyn takes the cash but is smart enough to know someone may come looking for it, but he has no idea just how disciplined and resourceful his would-be assassin (Javier Bardem) actually is. With a small town sheriff (Tommy Lee Jones) only a few steps behind and the safety of his wife (Kelly Macdonald) in doubt, Llewelyn must stay ahead of the law and his own death if he ever expects to cash in on his not-so good fortune.
The Coen brothers have a history of surreal storytelling, from the unappreciated (The Hudsucker Proxy) to the Award winning (Fargo) and the cult classic (The Big Lebowski) to the classic misstep (Intolerable Cruelty). These guys are very good at setting a stage and tone for their stories, but No Country for Old Men stands alone in meeting the perfect blend of realistic people in an unfathomable situation and the surreal experience of enduring the aftermath that follows.
This script uses the plot of what could have become any number of big budget action or adventure films. Instead, you get a powder keg with a slow-burning fuse that promises that what's coming is not going to be something you want to see any more than you want it to happen. At every turn, that keg keeps getting larger and larger because you know what's coming and you really hope you're wrong, but neither can you look away. Incredible editing and amazing sound obscure the absence of ridiculous camera angles or overpowering music; this feels like it's happening right now, and every moment is yours to dread while praying for an escape.
No single particular performance stands out, except perhaps the intensity of Kelly Macdonald in spite of relatively little actual screen time. Hearing Tommy Lee Jones lament about his years in law enforcement only adds another layer of thought to what is actually happening and why. Every person in this drama does their part and serves their purpose both in character and out, creating an experience that both speaks volumes about our so-called modern society while reminding us why those aging classic dramas without special effects and fiery explosions resonate even today. Remember: sometimes the best thing you can do when an opportunity presents itself is simply walk away.


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Q: Why can't I pass a Java String value from zscript to javascript in ZK? Here's what I have in a zhtml file right now:
<zscript>
  String sample="123456";
</zscript>
<script>
  function called(){
    var jsample=${sample};
    alert(jsample);
  }
</script>

If sample is an int or Boolean or a String with nothing but numbers,it works fine.I call the function,alert box pops up showing the value,whether a series of numbers or true/false.
But if sample contains a character,like
String sample="q123456";

Then it stops working.I call the function,but nothing happens,it stopped at
var jsample=${sample};

I'm curious what's causing that.It felt like basic javascript though.
Many thanks.

A: Yes, it is basic JavaScript. But you have to imagine what the code looks like after ${sample}; has been resolved by the zul parser:
var jsample=123456;   // jsample is a number, value 123456
var jsample=false;    // jsample is a boolean, value false
var jsample=q123456;  // jsample is something, value whatever q123456 is

You can see that JavaScript thinks q123456 is a variable name, which it cannot find. It will tell you if you open the console, Chrome for example says: "Uncaught ReferenceError: asdasd is not defined".
To solve this, change the zScript to
var jsample="${sample}";

which wraps sample into a string, so the resulting JavaScript code will look like this now:
var jsample="123456";
var jsample="false";
var jsample="q123456";

If you need specific types, JavaScript might automatically convert jsample, or you do it manually with checks like isNaN.

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Чемпіонат УРСР з футболу 1940 — футбольний турнір серед колективів фізкультури УРСР. Проходив у 3 зонах, участь у змаганнях брали 19 клубів, звання чемпіона розігрували 8 найсильніших команд, що виступали в першій групі.

1 зона
Матчі проходили з 8 вересня до 27 жовтня.

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Примітка: за перемогу — 3 очки, нічию — 2 очки, поразку — 1 очко, неявку — 0 очок.

За іншою версією, «Стахановець» (Орджонікідзе) посів друге місце, а «Авангард» (Краматорськ) — третє.

«Сталь» (Костянтинівка) не з'явилася на перші дві гри та відмовилася від участі.

Відомі результати частини матчів:

2 зона
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3 зона
Матчі проходили з 22 вересня до 13 жовтня.

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Джерела
 Яцына Ю. Футбол Украины. Часть 1. 1921–1951 годы. — Днепродзержинск, 1996.
 Першість України - 1940
 Чемпіонат 1940
 История первенств СССР среди КФК  (таблицы): 1940 год

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1940 в Україні

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Golden Apple is an e-book publisher which is producing Douglas R. Mason/John Rankine's back catalogue of novels in e-book format. Most of these are Sci-fi, but include his two historical novels, one of which, In the Eye of the Storm, is being published for the first time.
Golden Apple, Wallasey was established in 1999 and is based in Wallasey, England.
After finding all my father's books out of print and those surviving going mouldy on a shelf, I decided to convert them to digital format, both to preserve and to have them available to a new generation of readers.
My own work is also available through the site.
The ebooks are available from Kobo/B&N and all their associates (see 'Stockists' page for links).


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Like a Million Bucks
I was deeply saddened to hear the news that a good friend to everyone was last last week.
Kingsley Downs, or "Kinger" as I called him, was one of those people that knew how to make you laugh instantly.
He always had that happy go lucky way about him that could bring your spirits up on the lowest of low days.
I knew him for many years but really did not get to know him until about 8 years ago when his son, Scott, and I went into business together.
We decided to convert the living space in my house into a photography studio and retail shop/gallery.
Kinger spent many a long nights there helping us fix the old house up. On a number of occasions it was just him and I working away there and boy could he make me laugh.
We also had many debates... he was always interested in a good debate, but when it was over, no matter how mad the loser of the debate was he would say something to lighten the moment and act like no one had been mad at all.
He taught me a great deal about carpentry work but also about work ethics.
Kinger would not do something unless it looked good. He took tremendous pride in his work and I really enjoyed watching him transform the old dilapidated house of mine into a beautiful creation like only a gifted tradesman could.
Kinger always said, "It is going to look like a million bucks Kenny!"
That saying stuck with me over the years and many a times when we met we would "shoot the crap" and talk about things he had done and how they were "looking like a million bucks!"
Kinger's legacy may be in part all the buildings he has made look like a million bucks, but I think that his true legacy will be all the people he made feel like a million bucks.
At baseball tournaments he always made people smile. At bowling he did the same. In fact just about everywhere he went he did.
As word travelled of his tragic death last week, the reaction was one of shock. People from Fort Frances to Baudette that I encountered immediately remembered their last encounter with him and how he made them feel like a million bucks.
Thanks Kinger for brightening our world... we will all miss you a million times!


Physical therapy describes activities that will help you regain your strength, balance and ability to safely function due to a health condition or after an injury or surgery. Fidelity Health Care's licensed physical therapy professionals can come to your home to help you get stronger and live safely.
The goal of physical therapy is to restore or improve your strength, balance, endurance, coordination, flexibility and to help your joints move better so you can get back to your normal routine. Physical therapy also can help you manage your pain.
What Happens During a Typical Therapy Session?
Your therapist will schedule a visit to your home. Together you will determine the focus of your therapy sessions. This first visit usually includes an evaluation of your current abilities, limitations and needs. Later visits include a personalized exercise program and other treatments based on your goals.
As you recover, you will all benefit from tips provided by your therapist.
What Diagnoses Can Be Helped with Physical Therapy?
How Often Will I Need Physical Therapy?
The frequency and duration of your therapy visits will depend upon your needs and personal goals. Typically, a therapist will plan on two to three visits a week.
How Can I Arrange for Physical Therapy in My Home?
Physical therapists need a doctor's order to come into the home. As a result, if you believe you would benefit from physical therapy services, speak with your doctor.


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Thread: Maybins tackle total for 2012 ?
Revis has 10 more than Maybin.
Outside pass rush 8-10 yards up the field of the QB.
Maybin makes a u-turn and srambles back to the pocket for a sack.
Its not the best way to rack up sacks, however last year it seemed magical for some reason.
Even the ghost made some tackles on special teams.
did he earn 6 sacks like Mayhem did last season, genius?
Why isn't Matt Robinson in the ring of honor?
BTW...nice job Penn State is doing under tough circumstances.
You are the one who defended Maybin with last years sack total. Either way Ghost and Maybin are both going into training camp next year looking for a job. My point is it would at least be nice to see some tackles from Maybin on special teams(something Ghost did ). No interested in getting in a pxssing match over these two .
I know it is not totally fair,if you subtract the first 6 games of Maybins Jets career and Ghost and Maybin do have the same career and there is no player in the NFL history to play 25 % of defensive team snaps for 7 games and have only 1 tackle. No even close.
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Home / TV / Shilpa Shinde on not getting good offers: 'Cine and TV Artistes Association did not want people to work with me'
Shilpa Shinde on not getting good offers: 'Cine and TV Artistes Association did not want people to work with me'
Shilpa Shinde doesn't want to do repetitive roles or those without any real significance to the plot.
tv Updated: Sep 16, 2019 12:29 IST
Shreya Mukherjee
Shilpa Shinde is known for her role in Bhabhi Ji Ghar Par Hai!
Ever since she made her acting debut in 2001 with TV show Kabhi Aaye Na Judaai in 2001, Shilpa Shinde has had a successful stint on the small screen. This includes her wining the reality show Bigg Boss last year. So when the actor says that TV does not interest her anymore, it ought to surprise everyone.
"TV is no for now," says Shilpa, adding, "All these years, I dedicated my life to the medium and have had got immense love and job satisfaction. However, after what happened when I left my last (sitcom) show… The work I was getting wasn't good enough and after a point, I realised that was because [Cine and TV Artistes Association] did not want people to work with me. After a lot of fights, finally things have changed for better, but still I'm not getting the kind of work I'd like to do. Since that's not happening, I'm not thinking about TV right now."
For the uninitiated, Shilpa had filed an FIR against her last show's producer accusing him of sexual harassment, alleged mental torture and not clearing her remuneration. At that time, she also alleged that Cine and TV Artistes Association had banned her, charges that the association later denied.
Now that TV isn't happening, is she thinking of doing films or web, we ask. "I had got a few web offers but those roles again weren't anything that I haven't done before. Also, I don't think I can do bold scenes onscreen; I'm really not comfortable. But there's something on the web that I'm in talks for and if everything falls in place, we'd soon make an announcement," says Shilpa.
As for working in films, she adds, "The characters I was offered weren't like one of the important ones in the plot but supporting roles that too without much visibility. Having done so much work on TV, and with the kind of expectations my fans from me, I can't go wrong in taking up not-so-good characters."
Also read: Shakuntala Devi teaser: Vidya Balan sports short hairdo as 'human computer', to begin shoot in London. See pic
Meanwhile, while waiting for 'good work' to come her way, Shilpa is happy and content running her designer store. She had learned fashion designing and has started her own line sometime back. "I regularly visit the workshop; we all brainstorm towards creating something new. Apart from Mumbai, I also send my designs to US to my friend, who runs her business. I'm quite passionate about my work and for those who thought I've been sitting at home jobless, now you know what keeps me busy," she ends with a laugh.
Priyanka Chopra couldn't stop crying after one The Sky Is Pink scene and kept saying 'I am so sorry', reveals Shonali Bose
Virat Kohli flaunts Anushka Sharma's initial on T-shirt, credits her as photographer. See pic
Bigg Boss 13: Kartik-Sara hilariously recreate Sidharth-Shehnaaz's romance
Madhurima out of Bigg Boss 13: 'Shouldn't have hit Vishal with frying pan'
Bigg Boss 13: Mahira claims Rashami badmouths her, shouts 'I hate her'
https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/shilpa-shinde-on-not-getting-good-offers-cine-and-tv-artistes-association-did-not-want-people-to-work-with-me/story-DGgEbXVKRlNKw6lLA0YdKK.html
Shilpa Shinde says CTAA did not want people to work with her
https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/madhurima-tuli-on-hitting-ex-boyfriend-vishal-aditya-singh-in-bigg-boss-13-he-has-hit-me-various-times-i-always-forgave-him/story-avLWUPHDoEC3OOJ1dziDpJ.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/bigg-boss-13-kartik-aaryan-and-sara-ali-khan-hilariously-recreate-sidharth-shukla-shehnaaz-gill-s-romance/story-ocAXwrfE1LZuqZZXiU7t8N.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/madhurima-tuli-after-bigg-boss-13-eviction-i-should-have-hit-vishal-with-my-hands-not-frying-pan/story-EJ70kXDGhrnL4bsXcvBEXM.html
https://www.hindustantimes.com/tv/bigg-boss-13-mahira-sharma-accuses-rashami-desai-of-bad-mouthing-her-shouts-i-hate-her/story-AaTWV52cFjnpJ5ZfXS1QaN.html


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Makinde mourns Leadership publisher, Nda-Isaiah
Dec 12, 2020 Oyo State Government
…says he was a man of courage
Oyo State governor, Engineer Seyi Makinde, has expressed shock and sadness at the death of the publisher of the Leadership newspapers, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah.
He described the late publisher as a man of courage, who took the cause of revolutionising the media industry head-on and made great marks on the industry.
Governor Makinde, according to a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, maintained that Nda-Isaiah's death has created a huge vacuum in the media industry in the country.
He prayed to God to grant repose to the soul of the late publisher and grant his immediate family, the Newspapers Proprietors' Association of Nigeria (NPAN) and, indeed, the entire country, the fortitude to bear the loss of "a great man, who played his part effectively in building the country."
He said: "The news of the death of the publisher of Leadership newspaper, Mr. Sam Nda-Isaiah, came to me as shock.
"Mr. Nda-Isaiah was one of a few Nigerians whose courage I salute, because he picked up the challenge of revolutionising the media industry with the establishment of Leadership newspaper and within a short while, made a great mark.
"I am sure that his death has left a vacuum in the media industry and I can only pray God to grant repose to his soul and grant his immediate family, the media family, especially the NPAN and all Nigerians, the fortitude to bear this loss.
"Mr. Nda-Isaiah played his part effectively in building the country and one can say that he has fought a good fight. May his soul rest in peace."


In this article, I will introduce 3 basic shortcuts using the STYLY VR editor.
You can undo the previous action by pressing Ctrl + Z key.
By pressing Ctrl as you move an object, you can move the object by defined increments.
By selecting an asset in the Hierarchy menu, and pressing the F key, you can move the camera so it focuses on the center of the asset.
This is useful when you lose sight of an asset in your scene.
These shortcuts will increase your work efficiency in STYLY, so I recommend memorizing the basic ones!


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#include "Reprise/Reprise.h"
#include "Frontend/Frontend.h"
#include "Analysis/AliasAnalysis/AliasAnalyzer.h"

#include <conio.h>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>

int main()
{
	using namespace OPS::Reprise;
	using namespace OPS::Reprise::Canto;
	using namespace OPS::Frontend;
	using namespace OPS::AliasAnalysis;
	using namespace std;

	OPS::Frontend::Frontend frontend;
	const CompileResult& result = frontend.compileSingleFile("tests\\test.c");
	AliasAnalyzer aliasAnalyzer(&frontend.getProgramUnit());

	/*
	BlockStatement::Iterator iterFirst = frontend.getProgramUnit().getUnit(0).getGlobals().getSubroutine(0).getBodyBlock().getFirst();
	BlockStatement::Iterator iterLast = frontend.getProgramUnit().getUnit(0).getGlobals().getSubroutine(1).getBodyBlock().getLast();

	//firstPointer
	ExpressionStatement& esFirst = iterFirst->cast_to<ExpressionStatement>();
	BasicCallExpression& basicCallExprFirst = esFirst.get().cast_to<BasicCallExpression>();
	ReferenceExpression& firstPointer = basicCallExprFirst.getArgument(0).cast_to<ReferenceExpression>();
	std::string sFirst = firstPointer.dumpState();

	//secondPointer
	iterFirst++;
	ExpressionStatement& esSecond = iterFirst->cast_to<ExpressionStatement>();
	BasicCallExpression& basicCallExprSecond = esSecond.get().cast_to<BasicCallExpression>();
	ReferenceExpression& secondPointer = basicCallExprSecond.getArgument(0).cast_to<ReferenceExpression>();
	std::string sSecond = secondPointer.dumpState();

	//exprCall
	std::string sExpr = iterLast->dumpState();
	StatementBase& sb = iterLast->cast_to<StatementBase>();
	ExpressionStatement& es = sb.cast_to<ExpressionStatement>();
	SubroutineCallExpression& sce =  es.get().cast_to<SubroutineCallExpression>(); //static_cast<SubroutineCallExpression*>()

	int iii = aliasAnalyzer.IsAlias(&firstPointer, &secondPointer, &sce);

	cout << iii << endl;
	*/

	getch();
}


Die Forschungsgruppe in Umweltökonomie (EnvEco) untersucht die Wechselwirkungen zwischen der Wasser-Umwelt und wirtschaftlichen Aktivitäten unter Verwendung verschiedener ökonomischer Methoden und Werkzeugen, wie etwa Kosten-Nutzen-Analysen und hydro-ökonomischen Modellen. Die Gruppe wendet ökonomische Prinzipien und Ansätze an mit dem Ziel der Förderung einer nachhaltigen Bewirtschaftung von Wasserressourcen. Der Forschungsschwerpunkt der Gruppe liegt auf ökonomischer Modellierung und der Bewertung von durch Wasserressourcen bereitgestellten Ökosystemdienstleistungen, der Beurteilung der quantitativen und qualitativen Änderungen der sozialen Wohlfahrt die sich durch Wassergebrauch und Wasserverteilung ergeben sowie der Zahlung von Wasserdienstleistungen.
Wirtschaftliche Aktivitäten hängen von der Verfügbarkeit und der Qualität von Wasserressourcen ab und beeinflussen diese gleichzeitig durch Wasserextraktion und der Emission von Schadstoffen. Viele aquatische Ökosystemgüter und Ökosystemdienstleistungen werden direkt konsumiert oder dienen als Inputfaktoren in Produktionsprozessen. Konsum- und Produktionsaktivitäten wiederum führen zu Verschmutzung und Verschlechterung der Umwelt. Da viele durch Wasserressourcen bereitgestellte Ökosystemgüter und Ökosystemdienstleistungen den Charakter öffentlicher Güter haben, werden deren Kosten und Nutzen in existierenden Märkten und Endpreisen üblicherweise nicht berücksichtigt. Dies kann schwerwiegende Folgen für Entscheidungen über deren nachhaltige Nutzung und Bewirtschaftung haben. Ökonomische Bewertungsmethoden, insbesondere die Messung von Stated-Preferences und Revealed-Preferences, werden verwendet um den auf Märkten nicht berücksichtigten Wert durch Wasserressourcen bereitgestellter öffentlicher Güter und Dienstleistungen zu schätzen. Diese Schätzungen werden in Entscheidungsframeworks wie Kosten-Nutzen-Analysen integriert um damit eine optimale Verwendung und Allokation von Wasserressourcen zu gewährleisten und die Entwicklung effektiver Policy-Instrumente zu unterstützen.
Die Arbeit der Gruppe in Umweltökonomie stützt sich stark auf interdisziplinäre Forschung. Die Gruppe arbeitet eng mit Wissenschaftlern aus verschiedenen Disziplinen an der Eawag zusammen, dazu gehören Siedlungswasseringenieure, Ökologen, Ökotoxikologen und andere Naturwissenschaftler.
Logar, I., Brouwer, R., Paillex, A. (2019). Do the societal benefits of river restoration outweigh their costs? A cost-benefit analysis, Journal of Environmental Management 232: 1075-1085.
A novel discrete choice experiment (DCE) design allows testing of substitution effects based on the framing of, and distances to, substitute sites. The same ecosystem services and biodiversity provided at different sites are valued independently in single- site DCEs and simultaneously in a multiple- site DCE, using an identical experimental design. Site-specific utility functions are estimated with and without controlling for spatial preference heterogeneity. Framing choices as alternative projects at single or multiple sites significantly influences substitutability between sites, choice behavior, and welfare estimates. Distance decay displays significant heterogeneity in different directions from the valued sites and between urban and rural areas.
This paper provides a comprehensive review of two decades of published research that applies different economic approaches to address forested watershed management decisions. The review takes stock of the applied integrated economic and ecohydrological modeling approaches and assesses the way these approaches capture the complexities involved when linking ecohydrological and economic systems. The implications of integrating watershed services into forest management decisions are discussed, lessons are drawn from existing approaches and future research needs identified. Existing modeling approaches are categorized from independent modular models with a unidirectional flow of information to fully coupled holistic models, and are analyzed, among others, in terms of the efficiency improvement that forest-based investments achieve in watershed services provision. The review shows that the number of studies investigating the relationship between forest management and watershed services in economic decision-support models is very limited. Only 14 studies that were identified examine these relationships for water supply, while 9 studies were found to focus on the impact on water quality, 2 of which addressed water quality in combination with water supply. A shortcoming is that about half of the studies do not clearly specify baseline conditions to test the incremental value of the evaluated forest management actions in terms of watershed services provision, which undermines evaluating their cost-effectiveness or economic efficiency. A promising finding is nevertheless that in 8 of the 10 studies where these relationships were evaluated in terms of their costs and benefits compared to a specified baseline alternative, forest conservation or forest management is shown to be an economically efficient nature-based solution to supply the watershed services of interest. The limited availability of geo-referenced data and information, including the often complex and confidential nature of cost and price data, and the high data demands of more advanced spatial econometric models are among the main barriers to address relevant forest and water economic interactions. Important future extensions of existing integrated approaches include the further coupling of more detailed ecohydrological models and multi-sectoral hydro-economic models that are able to account for the different risks (floods, droughts, wildfires) and uncertainties under climate change and their impact on watershed services and water security.
This study investigates choice certainty, choice consistency, and choice monotonicity and their underlying common and idiosyncratic determinants in discrete choice experiments. We test the equality of choice behaviour between respondents who differ with respect to these concepts. Our results suggest that there are significant differences in the choice behaviour between certain and uncertain, as well as consistent and inconsistent, respondents. The hypothesis of equality of choice behaviour between samples with and without a self-reported choice certainty follow-up question cannot be rejected. We identify a variety of idiosyncratic determinants of choice certainty, consistency, and monotonicity, but only the time spent reading informational pages and gender are identified as common drivers. We find that female respondents are less certain about their choices, but display a higher degree of monotonicity and consistency in their choice behaviour.
In stated preference research focusing on the elicitation of willingness to pay for reducing environmental or health risks, it is of crucial importance how risk is communicated to survey respondents. This study applies a split-sample approach to examine the effect of using a risk ladder on choice behavior, welfare estimates and choice certainty in a stated discrete choice experiment. It values the improvement of water quality in Switzerland in terms of the reduction in environmental and public health risks that would result from implementing new wastewater treatment technologies that substantially reduce micropollutant discharges into water bodies. Results show that the risk ladder significantly influences respondents' choice behavior and welfare estimates, but not choice certainty. We find evidence of preference learning.
This study tests the temporal stability of preferences, choices and willingness to pay (WTP) values using both discrete choice experiment (DCE) and open-ended (OE) WTP elicitation formats. The same sample is surveyed three times over the course of two years using each time the same choice sets. Choice consistency is positively correlated with choice certainty and choice complexity. The impact of choice complexity fades away in time, most likely as a result of learning and preference refinement. Although the OE WTP values remain stable over a time period of 2 years as in previous stated preference studies, DCE based WTP measures differ significantly, suggesting their use in benefits transfer may be limited.
Management objectives of the European Union for North Sea fish stocks are shifting towards considering both biological sustainability and economic benefits. As part of multiannual management plans, an adjustment restriction on fish quota has been introduced. Its objective is to obtain an efficient fish stock and to reduce overcapacity for the fishing industry. We develop and apply a bi-level stochastic dynamic programming model to study the effect of a quota adjustment restriction on the net present value of resource rents, overcapacity and fish stock, when the system is recovering from a downward environmental shock. At level one, a policy maker sets the quota, considering fishermen behavior, stochastic fish stock dynamics, capital stock dynamics and a quota adjustment restriction. At level two, fishermen harvest myopically and make long-term investment decisions, assuming that fish stock and quota do not change over time. The two levels are linked by the quota, which is optimized by the policy maker at level one and becomes a restriction for myopic harvest and long-term investment decisions of fishermen at level two. Our analysis suggests that in the long run, overcapacity can be reduced by 54 % at modest costs, namely at a 1 % reduction in the net present value of resource rents. Long and short run sustainability of the fish stock is not affected.
Aim of study: this paper objective focuses on the contribution of multifunctional natural forest silviculture, incorporating both private and public product managements, to forest and woodland economics.
Area of study: Spain and California (USA).
Material and methods: this conceptual article has developed a critical revision of the existing literature on the main economic issues about the multifunctional natural forest silviculture in the last decades.
Main results: multifunctional natural silviculture has secular roots as a local practice, but as a science of the natural environment applied to the economic management of forest lands it is still in the process of maturation. Timber silviculture remains the central concern of forest economics investment in scientific publications. By contrast, silvicultural modeling of the natural growth of firewood, browse and other non-timber forest products of trees and shrubs receives scant attention in scientific journals. Even rarer are publications on multifunctional natural silviculture of forest and woodland managements, including environmental services geared to people's active and passive consumption. Under this umbrella, private environmental self-consumption is represented by the amenities enjoyed by private non-industrial landowners. As for environmental public products, the most relevant are carbon, water, mushrooms, recreation, landscape and threatened biodiversity.
Research highlights: this paper is a good example about the conceptual research on forestry techniques and economic concepts applied to multifunctional silviculture in Mediterranean areas of Spain and California. The combination of technical knowledge and private and public economic behaviors definitively contributes to the multifunctional management of natural forest systems.
Ovando, P. 2017. Servicios ambientales en los tiempos de la bioeconomía forestal. Retos y Oportunidades en el monte mediterráneo. Cuadernos Sociedad Española de Ciencias Forestales, 43. 1-18.
This paper presents a meta-analysis of existing research related to the economic valuation of the external effects of hydropower. A database consisting of 81 observations derived from 29 studies valuing the non-market impacts of hydropower electricity generation is constructed with the main aim to quantify and explain the economic values for positive and negative hydropower externalities. Different meta-regression model specifications are used to test the robustness of significant determinants of non-market values, including different types of hydropower impacts. The explanatory and predictive power of the estimated models is relatively high. Whilst controlling for sample and study characteristics, we find significant evidence for public aversion towards deteriorations of landscape, vegetation and wildlife caused by hydropower projects. There is however only weak evidence of willingness to pay for mitigating these effects. The main positive externality of hydropower generation, the avoidance of greenhouse gas emission, positively influences welfare estimates when combined with the share of hydropower in national energy production. Sensitivity to scope is detected, but not linked to specific externalities or non-market valuation methods.
In this paper, linear and spatial hedonic price models are applied to the housing market in Switzerland, covering all 26 cantons in the country over the period 2005–2010. Besides structural house, neighborhood and socioeconomic characteristics, we include a wide variety of new environmental characteristics related to water to examine their role in explaining variation in sales prices. These include water abundance, different types of water bodies, the recreational function of water, and water disamenity. Significant spatial autocorrelation is found in the estimated models, as well as nonlinear effects for distances to the nearest lake and large river. Significant effects are furthermore found for water abundance and the distance to large rivers, but not to small rivers. Although in both linear and spatial models water related variables explain less than 1% of the price variation, the distance to the nearest bathing site has a larger marginal contribution than many neighborhood-related distance variables. The housing market shows to differentiate between different water related resources in terms of relative contribution to house prices, which could help the housing development industry make more geographically targeted planning activities.
This study presents the first quantitative meta-analysis of the non-market valuation literature on the external effects associated with wind power production. A data set of 60 observations drawn from 32 studies is constructed. The relative economic values of different types of externalities as well as the impact of various methodological and sample characteristics on welfare estimates are examined. The results indicate a significant effect of visual externalities on welfare estimates in both directions, i.e., a positive effect of visual improvements and a negative effect of deteriorations. This finding corresponds to predictions of the importance of visual impacts in the social science literature. External effects of wind power on biodiversity (mainly birds) do not affect welfare estimates. Indirect externalities caused by conventional sources of electricity that can be avoided by wind power, such as a the reduction of air pollution, do neither have a significant impact on welfare measures. Methodologically, we find substantial but inelastic income effects and, for choice experiments, clear evidence of sensitivity to scope. From a policy point of view, our results suggest that a policy mix combining a promotion of wind turbines with another green policy facilitates expansion of wind energy.
Operators of underground water supply networks are challenged with pipe replacement decisions, because pipes are subject to increased failure rates as they age and financial resources are often limited. We study the optimal replacement time and optimal number of pipe replacements such that the expected failure cost and replacement cost are minimized, while satisfying a budget constraint and incorporating uncoordinated and coordinated replacement. Results show that coordinated replacement is economically preferred to uncoordinated replacement. It depends on the size of the budget whether the increase in the number of pipe replacements is sufficient to reduce the total expected failure cost.
Despite increasing attention paid to the value of marine resources, in particular marine protected areas (MPAs), their economic valuation focuses mainly on use values of ecosystem services such as fishery and tourism. Furthermore, most MPA related studies are carried out for coastal ecosystems, especially tropical coral reefs. The valuation of remote marine ecosystems is rare. The main objective of this paper is to estimate public willingness to pay (WTP) for alternative management regimes of a network of offshore MPAs in the North Sea under the Marine Strategy Framework Directive (MSFD). In a baseline valuation study carried out just before the adoption of the MSFD, beach visitors and a random sample of coastal and non-coastal residents were asked for their preferences for two alternative management options of three remote, ecologically sensitive areas with multiple use conflicts. Despite the lack of public awareness and familiarity with the offshore marine areas, a majority of 70% is willing to pay extra tax for their protection. Using a conservative value elicitation procedure, Dutch households are willing to pay on average maximum 0.25% of their annual disposable income to ban access and economic use. This serves as an indicator of what a network of remote MPAs in the MSFD is allowed to cost according to the Dutch tax payer.
In this study we model the preferences and willingness to pay (WTP) of downstream farmers in one of the largest irrigation schemes worldwide in Sudan for improved irrigation water supply through transboundary collaboration with farmers upstream in Ethiopia. In a choice experiment, Sudanese farmers are asked to pay an increase in existing irrigation fees to secure future irrigation water availability by either enhancing the removal of sediments in their local irrigation channels or compensating farmers in the Ethiopian highlands for taking soil conservation measures to prevent land degradation and soil erosion. Although Sudanese farmers downstream do not feel very connected to farmers upstream in Ethiopia, we find a high degree of trust in international cooperation and a positive WTP for improved irrigation water supply and water use efficiency through transboundary collaboration.
Tesfaye, A., Brouwer, R., van der Zaag, P. and Negatu, W. (2016). Assessing the costs and benefits of improved land management practices in three watershed areas in Ethiopia. International Soil and Water Conservation Research, 4: 20-29.
Background. Access to safe drinking water has been on the global agenda for decades. The key to safe drinking water is found in household water treatment and safe storage systems.
Objective. In this study, we assessed rural and urban household demand for a new gravity-driven membrane (GDM) drinking-water filter.
Methods. A choice experiment (CE) was used to assess the value attached to the characteristics of a new GDM filter before marketing in urban and rural Kenya. The CE was followed by a contingent valuation (CV) question. Differences in willingness to pay (WTP) for the same filter design were tested between methods, as well as urban and rural samples.
Results. The CV follow-up approach produces more conservative and statistically more efficient WTP values than the CE, with only limited indications of anchoring. The effect of the new filter technology on children with diarrhea is among the most important drivers behind choice behavior and WTP in both areas. The urban sample is willing to pay more in absolute terms than the rural sample irrespective of the valuation method. Rural households are more price sensitive, and willing to pay more in relative terms compared with disposable household income.
Conclusion. A differentiated marketing strategy across rural and urban areas is expected to increase uptake and diffusion of the new filter technology.
We provide critical notes to the paper by Kallis et al. (2013) on monetary valuation. We evaluate the four criteria they propose for assessing valuation studies. We argue that no clear distinction is made between monetary valuation and pricing instruments. The selected criteria are more relevant to assessing policy than monetary valuation. The examples provided are not representative of the diversity of valuation studies encountered in the literature. Moreover, no clear examples are provided of where valuation and associated cost–benefit analysis of environmental policy go wrong. We plea for a more fair, constructive and consistent criticism of all "valuation languages" and offer relevant issues for consideration.
This study tests the transferability of the nonmarket values of water conservation for domestic and environmental purposes across three south European countries and Australia applying a common choice experiment design. Different approaches are followed to test the transferability of the estimated values, aiming to minimise transfer errors for use in policy analysis, comparing both single- and multicountry transfers, with and without socio-economic adjustments. Within Europe, significant differences are found between implicit prices for environmental water use, but not for domestic water use. In the Australian case study, alleviating restrictions on domestic water use has no significant value. Pooling the three European samples improves the transferability of the environmental flow values between Europe and Australia. Results show that a reduction in transfer error is achieved when controlling for unobserved and observed preference heterogeneity in the single- and multicountry transfers, providing additional support for the superiority of socio-economic adjustment procedures in value transfer.
Employing a multi-region multi-sector computable general equilibrium (CGE) modeling framework, this study estimates the direct and indirect economic impacts of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) on the Eastern Nile economies. The study contributes to the existing literature by evaluating the impact of the dam under three different climatic and hydrological scenarios, taking into account both the transient GERD impounding phase and the long-term operation phase in a global CGE setting. The results demonstrate the significance of the GERD in generating basin-wide economic benefits and improving welfare in the Eastern Nile basin. During the impounding phase, the GERD benefits mainly Ethiopia and to some extent Sudan. GERD impounding inflicts economic costs, however, on Egypt, especially if it occurs during a sequence of dry years, and depending on the level of water withdrawal in Sudan. The negative effects of the GERD on Egypt׳s economy are reversed when the GERD becomes operational. In that case, the GERD generates substantial economic benefits and enhances economic growth and welfare in all the Eastern Nile countries. Instituting a basin-wide power trade scheme would substantially boost Egypt׳s economy and thereby further increase the economic value of the dam.
This paper applies a choice experiment to estimate how Austrian households value the multiple impacts associated with future hydropower investments. Clear evidence was obtained that Austrian households are willing to pay for an expansion of hydropower capacities. More precisely, Austrians are willing to incur extra costs for economic (employment) and environmental (reduced air emissions) benefits related to the generation of electricity from hydroelectric power, but wish to be compensated for the loss of nature and landscape new hydropower plants are associated with. This relation can formally be denoted as the 'energy–water trade-off' imposed by the use of hydropower. Moreover, confirmation of the 'Not in my backyard' phenomenon was found, meaning that people prefer the construction of new hydropower stations, but not close to their homes.
We simulate and analyze the direct and indirect economic impacts of climate change on water availability for irrigation on the economy of the Netherlands and the other EU countries which share the Rhine and Meuse river basin (France, Germany and Belgium), employing a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model. We make use of the GTAP-W model, distinguishing between rainfed and irrigated land and irrigation water as input factors in agricultural production. We assess the scope of market adaptation to climate change by comparing the CGE results with the direct agricultural damage costs estimated using hydrological and crop growth models. We find considerable scope for market adaptation in that total economic impacts on agriculture are much lower when accounting for substitution effects and cross-sectoral and cross-country interlinkages, while the impact on the nonagricultural sectors becomes larger when these substitution effects and interlinkages are accounted for.
One of the climate change scenarios that have been developed for the Netherlands predicts hotter and drier summers and a substantial drop in river discharge. This might lead to water scarcity with detrimental economic and environmental effects. Among the possible adaptation responses to climate change-induced water scarcity, the re-allocation of water resources among competing uses should also be considered. In this paper, we extend and apply a computable general equilibrium (CGE) model to assess the potential of water markets (water allocation according to its shadow price) to guide the allocation of scarce water across agriculture, manufacturing, and public water supply. We develop four scenarios in which the scope of water markets is increased from industry-specific to economy-wide. The results show that the agricultural sector bears nearly all of the losses from a new water-scarce climate, while the manufacturing sectors are able to mitigate their losses to a large extent by technical measures. Extending the scope of water markets unambiguously increases economic output and results in a re-allocation of water to the manufacturing sector from the agricultural sector and from public water services. If, perhaps for political reasons, public water services are excluded from water trading, water is re-allocated from agriculture to manufacturing. Depending on which sectors are included, the construction of a water market can have negative or positive effects on a sector's output, and although the implementation of water markets may be positive for overall economic output and can hence assist adaptation, the effect on vulnerable or societally sensitive economic sectors, such as public water, should be taken into account when implementing such a market.
The success of river restoration was estimated using the ecosystem services approach. In eight pairs of restored–unrestored reaches and floodplains across Europe, we quantified provisioning (agricultural products, wood, reed for thatching, infiltrated drinking water), regulating (flooding and drainage, nutrient retention, carbon sequestration) and cultural (recreational hunting and fishing, kayaking, biodiversity conservation, appreciation of scenic landscapes) services for separate habitats within each reach, and summed these to annual economic value normalized per reach area. We used locally available data and literature, did surveys among inhabitants and visitors, and used a range of economic methods (market value, shadow price, replacement cost, avoided damage, willingness-to-pay survey, choice experiment) to provide final monetary service estimates. Total ecosystem service value was significantly increased in the restored reaches (difference 1400 ± 600 € ha–1 year–1; 2500 – 1100, p = 0.03, paired t test). Removal of one extreme case did not affect this outcome. We analysed the relation between services delivered and with floodplain and catchment characteristics after reducing these 23 variables to four principal components explaining 80% of the variance. Cultural and regulating services correlated positively with human population density, cattle density and agricultural N surplus in the catchment, but not with the fraction of arable land or forest, floodplain slope, mean river discharge or GDP. Our interpretation is that landscape appreciation and flood risk alleviation are a function of human population density, but not wealth, in areas where dairy farming is the prime form of agriculture.
Tesfaye, A., Wolanios, N. and Brouwer, R. (2015). Estimation of the economic value of the ecosystem services provided by the Blue Nile Basin in Ethiopia. Ecosystem Services, in press.
Predicted climate change is likely to increase beach erosion in the future, inducing higher costs of beach maintenance. Hence, additional funds for their protection will be required. We examine the willingness to pay (WTP) of beach visitors for preventing beach erosion in the form of daily beach entrance fees in Crikvenica, Croatia, by applying the contingent valuation method. This is the first beach valuation study for this country in transition which has emerged as an important Mediterranean tourist destination. The novelty of our study is that it compares WTP estimates for an existing and a non-existing beach market. This is done by conducting a survey at the beach where an entrance fee is already levied and at the nearest open-access beach. Based on the initial (follow-up) valuation question, the stated WTP per adult per day for avoiding beach erosion equals €1.69 (€1.26) for the paid beach and €2.08 (€1.84) for the free beach. In addition, the travel cost method is employed. It reveals that consumer surpluses for visiting the paid and the free beach amount to €2.57 and €1.74, respectively.
In a choice experiment, households in Vietnam are offered flood insurance to mitigate increasing catastrophic flood risks due to climate change. Participants are asked to choose their most preferred insurance policy given expected future flood and mortality risks, insurance cover and associated insurance premiums. Although not affordable to everyone, there exists substantial demand for flood insurance. Insurance demand is spatially differentiated, non-linear in flood probabilities and mortality risks, and subject to significant preference heterogeneity. Since respondents are unfamiliar with the concept of flood insurance and education levels are low, choice consistency tests were conducted. These show that choice consistency depends on a combination of respondent characteristics, such as gender and education level, and experimental design characteristics.
This study examines willingness to pay (WTP) in Bangladesh for arsenic (As) safe drinking water across different As-risk zones, applying a double bound discrete choice value elicitation approach. The study aims to provide a robust estimate of the benefits of As safe drinking water supply, which is compared to the results from a similar study published almost 10 years ago using a single bound estimation procedure. Tests show that the double bound valuation design does not suffer from anchoring or incentive incompatibility effects. Health risk awareness levels are high and households are willing to pay on average about 5 percent of their disposable average annual household income for As safe drinking water. Important factors influencing WTP include the bid amount to construct communal deep tubewell for As safe water supply, the risk zone where respondents live, household income, water consumption, awareness of water source contamination, whether household members are affected by As contamination, and whether they already take mitigation measures.
More efficient and sustainable use of water is increasingly becoming an urgency in drought prone parts of the world. In particular, in water scarce regions such as the Mediterranean, water supply is expected to become more uncertain because of climate change. Consequently, pro-active policy initiatives are proposed to increase supply reliability. Local context is important when the effectiveness of policies is assessed. The aim of this paper is to evaluate farmers' acceptance of policy strategies to increase water supply reliability in the Segura, a water scarce river basin in the south-east of Spain. Results from a choice experiment suggest that farmers are willing to pay twice as much as their current irrigation water price to ensure water supply reliability through government supply guaranteed programs. However, they are averse to any institutional changes that might assist the government to achieve increased water supply.
This article examines available methods for assessing all types of drought costs, including both damage costs and costs arising from adopting policy measures to encourage mitigation of, and adaptation to, droughts. It first discusses damage costs, distinguishing between direct, indirect and non-market costs. Then it examines the suitability of existing methods for estimating drought costs in different economic sectors, their underlying theoretical assumptions, complementarity between different methods, and conditions relevant for their application. The latter include precision, ability to deal with future climate change risks, data needs and availability, and required financial and human resources. The article further considers potential policies for drought mitigation and adaptation and different cost types associated with them. It ends with providing recommendations for good practices regarding the use of methods as well as drought mitigation and adaptation policies.
The costs of natural hazards around the world are rising. While the number of events reported in the last 10 years has decreased slightly, the number of affected people and their related costs is increasing, indicating also an augmented exposure and vulnerability of humankind to natural hazards. In this chapter, a review of existing methods for cost assessment is carried out for each natural hazard (floods, droughts, coastal hazards and Alpine hazards) and cost category (direct costs, business interruption costs, indirect costs, intangible costs and risk mitigation costs). The chapter aims to synthesise the overall findings and conclusions based on various reviews. It presents the main findings concerning current best practices, based on the literature review and expert workshops. The chapter presents overall knowledge gaps and recommendations for practice and research, and addresses the way forward by depicting a vision on integrated cost assessment and risk management.


I think I have a tapeworm. I have been hungry for the last several days and nothing seems to satisfy. Maybe I'm going through a growing spurt and am going to come out of this a couple inches taller in the next few days. Just think, if I added a couple of inches to my height my weight would finally be perfect!
Have you ever felt that way spiritually? You are starving for something more and no matter how much you read your Bible or pray, you just seem to be left wanting? There are times in our lives that we seem to be more restless than others. Do you agree? What do you do to help feed the hunger pains of maintaining a consistent walk with Christ? Do you just ignore them or do you push through trying to find the missing nutrients in your diet? Do you have a spiritual tapeworm that is pulling you away from the full life God wants you to have? Experts agree, a healthy life isn't all about diet…it also involves exercise.
I am an independent woman and hate to ask anyone for help. However, this house has taken me to the point of swallowing my pride and accepting someone's help to get things done. I tried to put a positive spin on things and said, "Paint party at the Kempton house this weekend!" However, I was really saying, "We need help and it needs to free!" We were blessed to have our son-in-law, Bryan, come help me with much needed lawn work. Then a friend from church, Jason, and our two sons, Rob and Cristofer came and donated some time for the painting we needed to complete on a deadline. Because of their help, we now have carpet-layers finishing the basement…right on schedule.
There are times in our lives that we simply can't do it on our own. We need to surround ourselves with others who will come alongside and help us get things done. However, I think the most effective way to get yourself back on track and feel "full" again is to go do something for someone else. Jim and I were truly blessed by everyone's help this week. I suspect that those who came and helped a bit to get us through a pinch, received an even greater blessing. There is something about serving others that fills us up to overflowing.
How God calls us to serve is not always glamorous. Sometimes, we don't even get a thank-you for a job well done! But one thing is for sure…we are called to serve. It may be by giving of our time, talents, or possessions. You might say, "Lori, I just don't have anything to give." I would beg to argue with you. We each have something, we just need to ask God how He can use us to bless others. I'm thankful that He sent us Bryan, Rob, Cristofer and Jason this week. They were an answer to our prayers. I suspect though that it doesn't stop there. This hunger I'm feeling might just be telling me that I need to get my head out of the refrigerator and get moving. He's whispering…it might not be all about what you're eating…perhaps you need to get out and exercise your faith a little. How can I serve to be a blessing to someone else? For when I am serving others–doing what God has sent me to do–I am full. Man may not thank me or be thankful, but God is pleased for a job well done.
What is God asking you to do this week? Actions can be way more powerful than words…even the simplest ones. I pray that as you step out and do that which you are designed to do, you are blessed abundantly and fully satisfied in the Lord! Have a great week and go be a blessing!
1Peter 4:10-11 (NIV) Each of you should use whatever gift you have received to serve others, as faithful stewards of God's grace in its various forms. If anyone speaks, they should do so as one who speaks the very words of God. If anyone serves, they should do so with the strength God provides, so that in all things God may be praised through Jesus Christ. To him be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.
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No problem, Mary! Thanks for reading!


This chair varies from the Bistro Folding Chair by having it's slats made from Beech rather than steel.
The slats are always a natural wood, but the frame can be ordered in the 24 different colours of the range.
This makes the colour on the frame more of a subtle highlight and adds a natural warmth to the chair.
The Beech wooden curved slats are sealed with Textrol�.


Congratulations on completing the distance learning course in teaching Lexis. It's been great to have you on the course - thank you for sharing all of your great ideas on how we can adapt activities and teaching methods for very young learners. Your video is fantastic in demonstrating the significance different drilling activities has on our learners in helping them use and recall new language. Fantastic!


I had to put this out here. In short a company is suing MS for patent infringement saying they have a patent on using XML to define web sites. I think this is a move to get some free press and nothing more.
It does bring up an interesting point about patents and software. How can you patent software? It is so easy to grab sample code from the net and tweak it to work in your application. So, does the code have to be an exact match for it to be patent infringement? Or is it sufficient to say that if software solves the same problem in the same way it is an infringement? I think there is some gray area there. Any Comments?
I must admit that I bleed Microsoft and the .Net Framework when it comes to software development. So, I'm not very familar with the J2EE or Linux platforms but I recently came accross a link to a plug in for Visual Studio that will let you deploy and convert your projects to these platforms. I thought it was interesting so if you want to know more click here.
This has been out for a few months, but I just ran across it. This is an update to the Web Services Software Factory that was released by the Patterns and Practices group last year. This one includes loads of stuff that will help you use WCF and also migrate your current asmx web services over to WCF. Check it out!
David Yack and I presented at the Utah Code Camp last weekend. Dave's presentation on WPF/E was tremendous! He has a great post with tons of links to good WPF\E resources. Check it out here. Also, check Dave's blog for updates on WPF/E, which has now officially been renamed Microsoft SilverLight.
I presented on Design Patterns at the Spring Utah Code Camp today in Salt Lake City. Thanks to all of you who attended and thanks to Pat Wright for allowing me to attend and present. I love learning new stuff as well as passing on my experiences with .Net to other people. The talk was only one hour so I had to limit myself to the patterns I thought were the most useful. However, there are so many cool and useful patterns out there that I ran out of time. I've included all my demos and the slides in the zip file below. Please feel free to add any questions or comments to this blog entry or email me at benh@coloradotc.com.
So, if you ever get this error check your bindings and make sure you do not have multiple Host Headers\IP addresses defined in IIS. Also make sure you only have one address defined per binding.
The local .NET Users Group and SQL Server Users Group is conducting a "Code Camp" for local software programmers next month at Neumont University. The code camp is by the community for the community. Always free and Always for the community.
Lots of Sponsors and Lots of software and Tech Gadgets to giveaway!
You can check out www.msutahevents.com for a session schedule and speaker list for the Code Camp.
Hopefully many of you are planning on joining us tomorrow at the Southern Colorado .Net User Group meeting for the Vista and Office 2007 Launch.
Also, my talk on Design Patterns scheduled for the May .Net User Group meeting has been changed to the July meeting. The May meeting has been cancelled due to the Memorial Day Holiday.


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Betty Rose's Little Brisket Summer Concert Series Welcomes Hayden Haddock on September 8
Ally Published: September 2, 2021
Photo: Hayden Haddock on Facebook
Get ready for delicious food and live Texas and Red Dirt music at Betty Rose's Little Brisket Concert Series! Saddle up and head on over to Betty Rose's Little Brisket (39354 Catclaw Drive in Abilene) for homestyle fare with a twist and great music every Wednesday night until September 29.
You won't want to miss Hayden Haddock at Betty Rose's Little Brisket on September 8 at 8:00 PM. As the 2021 New Male Vocalist of the Year at the Texas Regional Radio Report Awards, Haddock's 2020 album 'Red Dirt Texas' (above) set the stage for his first Top 10 single of the same name. Haddock's musical influences cover the '90s and '00s country greats like George Strait and Eric Church, and you can hear some recent Texas Country influences in his cowrites with mainstays like Kevin Fowler.
His latest release is 'Honky Tonk On' (below), which pays homage to the honky-tonk mentality that serves as a hallmark of the Texas Country and Red Dirt sound that Haddock embodies.
Braxton Keith kicks off the show at 7:00 PM.
Admission to the Summer Concert Series is free, so come early to secure your seat and bring your lawn chairs.
Betty Rose's Little Brisket proudly serves Texas-style cooking, using family recipes and made from scratch. While you'll want to start with a classic Southern appetizer, their real starpower is in the barbecue. Don't skip their pork ribs, sausage, brisket, tacos, and nachos, along with specialties like their brisket-infused burgers and all-you-can-eat catfish on Friday and Saturday nights. When you're in the mood for next-level home cooked food, look no further than Betty Rose's Little Brisket!
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A former marketing chief for Edinburgh's Winter Festival is reported to have been appointed brands marketing manager by newspaper and magazine publisher, DC Thomson.
Says the Drum media and marketing magazine, John Paul Murphy – also a former marketing and brand manager for Edinburgh Napier University – has joined the Dundee-based publishing giant as it undertakes its recent policy to commercially develop its established cartoon characters, The Broons and Oor Wullie.
And it quotes Murphy as saying: "It would be fair to say that DC Thomson as a company is evolving from being a traditional publisher into a multimedia organisation. While its publishing brands, such as The Broons, Beano, Dandy, Commando, Shout and The People's Friend are some of the most admired and best known in their respective markets, my appointment is one part of concerted effort to convert these brands undoubted potential into new and increased revenue streams.


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Synesius, Catastasis
The text presented here, the Catastasis, or Downfall of the Cyrenaica, is a long lament on the nomadic incursions that had destabilized the region since c.404 CE (the chronology is unclear). It is unclear for what purpose Synesius wrote this text, although the tone suggests that it was not meant to be published. Perhaps it summarizes information that could be used in a speech at the imperial court. What is certain, however, is that the Catastasis was composed after a military intervention by general Anysius (the addressee of seven letters in 411-412note[Letters 37, 94, 77, 78, 6, 14, and 59.]) and his unit of Unnigardae, who had offered the Cyrenaicans some respite in 411.
The text is offered here in the translation by A. Fitzgerald. The four-digit numbers are page numbers of the Migne edition.
Catastasis 1-2
[1] [1565] I for one do not know what I ought to say about the misfortunes that are happening before our very eyes, nor could words be commensurate with the events. Nay, even the power of weeping has failed some men, so terrified are they by the magnitude of the evils befalling them. But since God hath regard to those that lament, and since they who wield the scepter of the Romans ought, themselves also, to know this, do you write to whomsoever you may of those empowered to bring a statement before the council of the emperor.
Let someone announce to this body, in brief, that until the other day Pentapolis was still a province valuable to an emperor. If it is outdistanced in power by other states, none the less it is more loyal than those greater in power. This is known to such as have entered into public life with a mind turned upon administration; [1568] and among these, as I hear and am persuaded, the great Anthemiusnote[Praetorian prefect of the east since 405.] holds the first place. He has seen in how many moments of crisis we have given ready support to our emperor, and of these how many were moments of tyranny.
Until the other day the state of Pentapolis belonged to the Romans, who have now, to the nation's cost, passed her over in enumerating their provinces. Pentapolis has now quite clearly vanished; she has reached a state of extremity. Prolonging her agony to the seventh year,note[The Catastasis was written immediately after 411, so the implied period is 406-412.] as some animal tenacious of life, she was drawing in and gathering together what breath remained to her.
[2] The propitious memory of Anysius has made her time of life a year younger; he it was who used the lances of all men and the ands of the Unnigardae at the critical moment. There came, in consequence, a certain postponement of disaster. For theynote[The nomads.] were not poured over the country in a compact mass. They changed their formation to that of marauding bands. They kept retreating and advancing. But after changing their minds when already three times drawn up for battle, the plains are captured by their horse, while our own troops are shut up within walled towns, scattered apart, some here, some there - the mistake this of Cerealis' timenote[The military leader (dux) Cerealis appears to have been in charge of the region in c.405, when the Libyan war broke out.] - and are useless to each other because they are not concentrated.
The position of the enemy is therefore brilliant. They who last year were on the alert and always ready to retreat, are now besiegers, are now tearing down the walls of villages, are now investing cities with a large force at their disposal. What indeed has not turned out to their advantage! The Ausuriansnote[The Ausurians were a tribe. The Thracians and Marcomanni were Roman military units.] have put on the breastplates of the Thracian cavalry, not of necessity, but to mock at the uniform. Besides these they employed the shields of the Marcomanni. The heavy-armed Roman force has degenerated into light infantry. They find their safety in the compassion of their enemies. I weep for these men, I do not reproach them with the calamity.
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Here is my CARD FOR MADDY, based on the idea I had to use the Martha Stewart Clay to make a frame for the artwork(Pretty patterned paper!) Patterned paper from the new Webster's Pages/ Allison Kreft line called Composition and Color. Love that paper!
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This is my first time participating in the Runway Inspired Challenge, there is always awesome inspiration there!!
awesome take on the challenge!
This is so cool! Love your little frame and the way you used the new Hero Arts alphabet stamps!