Yesterday a reddit user brought up a few questions that I feel I need to address personally. Looking at the board games project from the distance of a person that doesn't invest in ICOs – for example when you only want just the board game(s) and you don't care about much else, it wouldn't seem like the wise investment we are claiming it to be. And I understand that – keeping 30 tokens at the now steep price of 0.02 ETH each means you will be currently investing about $188 (at the time of writing this article) in a single game.
And he was right, the Ethereum price is higher now than when we started developing the project. So we will change the requirements for each Tier (tiers are not obligatory!), simple as that!
Well, it is not so simple. We will still lower the required amounts, but we have to explain them.
Cryptum tokens are a commodity themselves and will be traded on exchanges. They have cost, and their cost, even after you use them to claim a game and sell them, will be probably higher than you paid now. Essentially at the lowest tier you will be paying 0.5 ETH for some tokens you will be able to sell for more (and it's more ETH, so you should also consider ETH gets more expensive in $), and on top of that you will get a free game. No shipping costs, the only fees you will pay are 0.001 CRTM for verification and some 0.00000… something ETH for the transfer prices. And there is more!
These tokens come with some perks: you would be able to claim shared mining profits for 2 years. May not seem much as of now, but some ETH will go your way, and there is a chance the amount is not that small part of what you paid, because not everyone would claim their shares and we will redistribute whatever is left. There are numerous people that want the tokens just for their positive price change that would not look in the claiming process at all, there will be those just trading them on the exchanges, and so on.
And then there is the Cryptumcoin, which you would receive for free. Hold them, sell them, you can do whatever you want, and the coin is not going to be one of those 0.000000001 BTC worth traded only at YoBit. No matter what you do with them, they will also worth something.
25 tokens are the initial price. You will get your base Blockchain game with free shipping, some coins, some small profits, sell the tokens and coins for profit and be done with it. If you just want the board game – wait for the Kickstarter and get it there.
35 tokens are a good start. You will get the base Blockchain game and 4 expansions with free shipping, some coins, some small profits, sell the tokens for profit and be done with it. Again, if you want just the games, it might be wiser to get them at Kickstarter. But it's pretty close amount if you consider the shipping costs and the prices of the base game and the expansions.
65 tokens will give you access to the Blockchain board game and its 4 expansions, Primewarp: Genesis + expansion, and two more untitled games – all with free shipping, as well as whatever comes from the shared profits and the Cryptumcoin. Consider for a moment you would want these from Kickstarter campaigns – they will cost you their base cost plus shipping, so the amount would be higher not even counting any token perks and the token price.
Investing more – you will receive all the perks of the above Tier. We will announce a nice bonus system for larger investments in Cryptum before the sale start.
That pretty much sums it up. Any questions – please ask us at info@cryptum.co.


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The answer may be a little behind schedule.
Although Avengers: Endgame premiered over a month ago, fan theories are still running wild, and sometimes being humored by the film's team.
This time, we get an answer to the theory that many didn't want the answer to. You know, the one involving Ant-Man and Thanos' behind.
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If you aren't up to speed, a particular fan theory spawned ahead of Endgame's release claiming to have a realistic way to defeat the Mad Titan. The theory stated Ant-Man could simply shrink, sneak inside Thanos through the backdoor, and grow to giant size.
Despite the rock-solid logic behind this one, Endgame's co-writer Stephen Markus officially set the record straight on the "Thanus" theory in a recent interview with Empire.
"Thanos could take a punch from the Hulk, we've seen that," he explains. "And it stands to reason his whole body is at least as strong as that. If Ant-Man expanded, he would be simply crushed against the immovable walls of Thanos' mighty rectum."
Directors Joe and Anthony Russo sounded off on the theory in April, giving props to fans for their creativity.
"'Thanus' is truly the most ridiculous fan theory we've ever heard," said Anthony says.
"But it's a highly inventive one," Joe says. "I want to know who came up with it."
Additionally, Ant-Man himself weighed in on the theory, noting his shock at how popular the sentiment has become.
"I've been asked about it a bunch," Paul Rudd says. "I am amused a bit at how widespread it seems to have gotten."
The theory itself has amassed millions of laughs across all social media platforms. One fan even created a realistic alternate ending for Avengers: Endgame to reflect the theory.
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An Uxbridge actor will appear alongside international football stars in a film hitting cinema screens near you.
Jon-Paul Gates, who has 70 film credits and has lived in Uxbridge for 11 years, plays a radio producer in upcoming football comedy Kicking Off, released on April 21.
Kicking Off is a comedy with a dark edge, starring Warren Brown (Luther, The Dark Knight Rises) and Greg McHugh (Fresh Meat), and features guest appearances from household names: Robbie Savage, Mark Bright and Sir Geoff Hurst, who scored a hat-trick for England to win the world cup in 1966.
Mr Gates said: "It's about two football supporters, and you don't know which team they support, but their team gets demoted and they blame the referee.
"They make him culpable and they decide to concoct a plan to kidnap him.
Originally from Greenford, the 38-year-old actor said it was "great fun" being involved in the production.
He said: "It was great because, without giving too much away, I played at Selhurst Park, Crystal Palace's football ground because we did quite a lot of the football sequences there.
"That's where I met Sir Geoff Hurst, playing against him was really interesting! That was fun.
"The great thing about this production is, unlike most football films that focus on a particular team, which alienates whoever supports one of the competing teams - if you do a film about Chelsea FC for example, you alienate supporters of Arsenal, Tottenham etc - but the great thing about this film is who don't know which team these two guys support.
As a football fan and Manchester United supporter, Mr Gates yearned to be a professional footballer before getting into acting.
During the filming of Kicking Off, he worked directly with Mark Bright and Danielle Bux, Gary Linekar's ex-wife, in his scene as a radio producer, which was mocked up in London.
He continued: "They shot some of the scenes at Selhurst Park but unless you're a Crystal Palace FC supporter you wouldn't necessarily come to the conclusion that it's shot down there.
"Even though these guys kidnap the referee and hold him to ransom, they learn a lot more about their relationships and the fact that one of the guys tries to propose to Danielle Bux's character on air and that goes terribly wrong.
"It's a comedy in essence but you also find out about these characters and it's not all quite what it seems.
Jon-Paul Gates has previously worked with the likes of Danny Trejo (From Dusk Till Dawn, Desperado), Jess Fahey (The Lawnmower Man, Lost).
He added: "I do a lot of independent films both here and in the United States.
"I do quite a lot of gangster films - the last one I did was called Essex Boys Retribution which did quite well on DVD.
"I've got another film coming out called Ghost on May 27 which is a Most Haunted (TV series) fan film.
Kicking Off will be out in cinemas from April 21.


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Ladies Circle India (LCI) is a women's organization that offers opportunities to foster friendship and serve the community. Its membership is restricted to wives of members of Round Table India. LCI traces its roots to the first Circle chartered in 1969. Today, LCI comprises of over 114 Circles and 1600 members, spread across 19 states and 57 cities.
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In case you're as confused as I was, this is the same book as The Seven Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle. An extra ½ death was added into the title for the US publication, for reasons I can only speculate. Perhaps the discrepancy is due to the similarity of another recently-published book, The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. Regardless, that extra ½ death is just one more reason you may need an aspirin and a glass of wine after reading this book.
Our main character is trapped on an estate with numerous guests all planning to attend a party that evening where a murder will happen at exactly 11pm. Our protagonist (giving away his name is almost a spoiler) inhabits eight people, or "hosts", during this one day in an attempt to solve the murder. Honestly, giving away any more information will inhibit your reading experience. Nothing is linear, time is relative, and the mystery is never straightforward.
This book is "Quantum Leap" + Memento + "Sherlock", a triumph of complexity. Like the author mentioned in the Q&A at the end of the book, there are fourteen things happening at 1:42 pm and you have to keep it all together. If you can't, don't worry. The author leads you through the muddle and you never get so lost that you're floundering. A little confusion and some mental staggering only make the story more interesting.
I couldn't stay away from this book. Even though I may not have followed every detail in the mystery and despite being perplexed multiple times, I enjoyed this immensely. I looked forward to reading it every chance I could. It is a whirlwind of clues and twists and red herrings. Seldom do I read a book that captivates my attention from beginning to end. The 7 ½ Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle had quite a strong grip on me, and kudos to the author for keeping everything straight.
Many thanks to Netgalley, Bookish First, and Sourcebooks for the advance copy in exchange for my review.


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I posted an excerpt from the upcoming Cowan's Gap #4 here.
Two new poems in the Other Work section.
I reviewed Sandra Gilbert's Aftermath here at The Rumpus.
New poem in the Other Work section.
A new very-short story is up at The Rumpus here, as part of their "Rumpus Readers Report" series. Mine is the third story from the top of the page.
Thanks to everyone @The_Rumpus and to Susan Clements for editing this series!


Ellen Charlotte Higgins (1871, Brixton, London - 1951, Edinburgh) was the third Principal of Royal Holloway College, University of London (RHC) from 1907-1935. Her father was a publisher and both parents were of Scottish descent.
After her student days at RHC she taught maths at Cheltenham Ladies' College from 1895 to 1907 becoming departmental head.
She became principal of RHC from 1907-1935, succeeding Dame Emily Penrose. She was senator of London University from 1911 to 1935 and blocked a move to remove RHC from the university because of its 'remote location' though it is only 20 miles and 30 minutes by train from the centre of London. She had women admitted to the governing body and in 1920 the principal became a governor ex officio. In 1908, RHC's Women's Suffrage Society was founded. She was succeeded as principal by Miss Janet Ruth Bacon.
She became a close companion of the secretary to RHC's governors, Ulrica Dolling who joined the staff in 1918. They lived together on retirement in 1935. Dolling died in 1970.


Chou is looking to win his first Superseries title. First up against Danish No.1 O Jorgensen.
Sitting at a career high of No.12 in the world, Taiwanese youngster Chou Tien Chen will be looking for his first Superseries title. Something about Europe brings out the best in Chou as his two Tour victories both came at the Bitburger Open Grand Prix Gold in Germany. He also just recently equaled Taiwanese record at the World Championships held in Denmark in August with a quarterfinal showing, beating World No.3 Jan O Jorgensen en route. And interestingly, these two will meet again in the first round at this week's French Open.
Women's singles No.1 and Olympic Champion Li Xuerui has made it to the finals in every tournament she's played this year. With just three Superseries stops and the season-end Finals remaining on the calendar, she could become the first singles player ever to reach the finals in all tournaments in a season.
Third seeds and 2014 All England Open champions Tontowi Ahmad and Liliyana Natsir will potentially have to face second seeds and last week's Denmark Open winners Xu Chen/Ma Jin for the third straight event. Ahmad/Natsir won their semifinal encounter in the Asian Games, while Xu/Ma got the better in the Denmark finale.
Ahmad/Natsir, last week's Denmark Open runners-up, will potentially face Chinese pair Xu/Ma for the second week in a row.
The qualification of the year-end BWF Superseries Finals is heating up. The top eight players/teams who collect the most points from all 12 Superseries events in the year will earn their place in the Finals. Including this week, there will be only three Superseries events left for the calculation of the final Superseries standings.


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В списке в алфавитном порядке представлены военачальники Красной Армии, которые в годы Великой Отечественной войны командовали армиями. В этот период армия представляла собой крупное войсковое объединение, предназначенное для решения оперативных задач. В зависимости от боевого состава и предназначения различают общевойсковые, танковые, воздушные, противовоздушные и сапёрные армии. За успехи в планировании и осуществлении операций во время войны и сразу по её окончании 72 военачальника были удостоены звания Героя Советского Союза, 9 из них — Дважды. После распада СССР два генерала были посмертно удостоены звания Героя Российской Федерации.

В ходе боевых действий на должности командующих войсками армий назначались разные военачальники, но только самые подготовленные и талантливые из них оставались на нём до завершения войны. Большинство из тех, кто командовал армиями в конце Великой Отечественной войны, перед её началом занимали нижестоящие должности. Из сухопутных военачальников, закончивших войну в должности командующего армией, четырнадцать человек перед войной командовали корпусами, четырнадцать — дивизиями, два — бригадами, один — полком, шесть находились на преподавательской и командной работе в учебных заведениях, шестнадцать офицеров являлись штабными командирами разных уровней, три были заместителями командиров дивизий и один заместителем командира корпуса. Только пять генералов, командующих армиями на момент начала войны, закончили её в той же должности: трое (Н. Э. Берзарин, Ф. Д. Гореленко и В. И. Кузнецов) — на советско-германском фронте и ещё двое (М. Ф. Терёхин и Л. Г. Черемисов) — на Дальневосточном фронте.

Всего во время войны погибли тридцать военачальников из числа представленных в списке. В таблице они выделены. Из них:
 двадцать один человек погибли или скончались от ранений, полученных в бою,
 двое (К. М. Качанов и А. А. Коробков) были репрессированы,
 двое (М. Г. Ефремов и А. К. Смирнов) покончили с собой во избежание плена,
 двое погибли в транспортных катастрофах: авиакатастрофе (С. Д. Акимов) и автокатастрофе (И. Г. Захаркин),
 П. Ф. Алферьев пропал без вести,
 Ф. А. Ершаков погиб в концлагере.

Командующие армиями (Гвардейскими, Ударными, общевойсковыми)

Командующие танковыми армиями

Командующие армиями ПВО

Командующие воздушными армиями

Командующие сапёрными армиями

Портретная галерея

Примечания

Источники

 Малашенко Е. И. Командармы Великой Отечественной войны. // Военно-исторический журнал. — 2005. — № 1-7.
 Протасов В. Д. Они из когорты командармов. В 2-х кн. Военно-биографический справочник. — М.: Издательство «Компания Спутник+», 2005.
 Симонов Ф. В. Командармы Великой Отечественной. — Подольск: Сатурн-С, 1996.
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Списки военачальников Второй мировой войны
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An Assessment of the Effectiveness of Cybersecurity Management Systems and Guidelines
Professor Iqbal Gondal; Dr Taiwo Oseni
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A brief description of the project:
With a goal to better detect, deter, and respond to cyber security threats, the Australian government is committed to building strong cyber defences for organisations across the public and private sectors. Cybersecurity Management Systems and guidelines are planned to promote good practice that all organisations can use. Whilst these systems will be capable of protecting critical information and infrastructure, their adoption and utilisation will determine effectiveness. Some of these systems will be created and serviced by (and for) the public sector, and some others will be developed and (or) maintained by (and for) the private sector. With a business model that primarily responds to profit margins and shareholder interests, Cybersecurity Management Systems may not always be compatible with the promotion of public good. Hence, the creation of useful and usable systems and guidelines that promote good practice in cybersecurity will require collaboration from governments, businesses, and the research community.
With an aim to contribute to the development of such systems and guidelines, this PhD project will in collaboration with the Oceania Cyber Security Centre (OCSC), build the nation's cybersecurity capacity through the creation of guidelines that clarify the expectations and responsibilities of both public and private sectors with respect to the adoption and use of Cybersecurity Management Systems. Specifically this study will:
(i) investigate the development of cybersecurity management systems and guidelines in private and public sectors
(ii) investigate the uptake and utilisation of cybersecurity management systems in private and public sectors
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Voters in Chile Reject a Constitution Targeting Economy, Indigenous Rights
SANTIAGO, Chile—Chileans on Sunday by an overwhelming margin rejected a draft constitution that would have reined in the country's market-based economy, undermined the balance of power in government and granted sweeping rights to indigenous people.
The outcome of a national referendum was a blow for the new leftist president, Gabriel Boric, a 36-year-old former student protest leader who pledged to expand the state's role in the economy and improve public services for poorer Chileans who feel abandoned in Latin America's most developed country. Though elected in December with strong support from young Chileans, Mr. Boric had in a recent Cadem poll slipped to a 39% approval rating as the economy faltered and violence surged in the heartland of the Mapuche indigenous community in Chile's central valley.
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Co-founded by Shanghai University (SHU) and University of Technology Sydney (UTS) in 1994, SILC Business School (SILC) was one of the earliest Sino-foreign joint business schools in China. The School was founded in alignment with Regulations of the People's Republic of China on Chinese-Foreign Cooperation in Running Schools. By allowing establishment of Sino-foreign education joint ventures and programs, the Ministry of Education aims to introduce international high quality education resources, learn the philosophy, system, and operation of overseas universities, promote the reform of universities in China, and eventually build world-class Chinese universities.
The School started to offer its first SHU undergraduate program, Bachelor of Economics (major in international economics & trade), in 1998. Two years later, the second SHU undergraduate program, Bachelor of Management, with two majors (Business Administration and Information Management & Information Systems) commenced. The two universities decided to take their cooperation to the next level. As a result, the UTS Bachelor of Business Program was introduced to the School from UTS Business School. Commenced in 2002, the Bachelor of Business Program is a UTS offshore program in accordance with UTS policies and standards. Students enrolled in the program are awarded a UTS bachelor's degree upon graduation.
The School is governed by a board composed of presidents of SHU and UTS, the deans of the School and UTS Business School, and other members. The dean is responsible for the operation of the School. The board is responsible for strategic planning and other significant decisions.
In 2006, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission selected it as the pilot school to receive quality accreditation, making it not only the first Sino-foreign joint business school to receive such accreditation by a state-authorized audit organization, but also the first school to go through the accreditation process. In 2009, the School was awarded "one of the ten best educational joint ventures" by China Education Web. In four consecutive years, between 2010 and 2013, the School was awardedten educational joint ventures with best brandby www.sina.com.cn, one of the most prominent Chinese portal websites. In 2014, the School was awardedChina's most influential educational joint ventureby Xinhua Net. In 2015, the School was awarded "Model School of Chinese-foreign Cooperation" by the Shanghai Municipal Government. In 2020, the School passed AACSB accreditation, and became the first undergraduate program level Sino-foreign cooperate school in China that has earned AACSB accreditation.
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In today's Gospel, Jesus brings to fruition the law established by Moses and fulfills the promises from the Old Testament. The law was followed perfectly by Christ. Therefore, the objective of the law is that we learn to look to Christ himself, not just the written rules, for our righteousness. I like to think of Christ as the manifestation of the law.
Jesus calls all to "obey and teach" the commandments, something no doubt easier said than done. It helps me to remember that, when I obey God's will, I am taking my place in the fulfillment of the law just as Jesus did so perfectly. In this Lenten season, let's do our best to perform the corporal and spiritual works of mercy, to put on the face of Jesus for the rest of the world, and be a means of bringing God's life and love to others as Jesus taught us.
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Лезги́нские языки (лезги́нская языковая группа; также самурские языки) — ветвь нахско-дагестанских языков, включающая девять живых (агульский, арчинский, будухский, крызский, лезгинский, рутульский, табасаранский, удинский и цахурский) и один мёртвый (агванский) языки. Лезгинские языки являются самой южной ветвью нахско-дагестанской семьи и соответственно самой южной языковой группой России. Исторически они распространены на юге Дагестана и севере Азербайджана, а также представлены на востоке Грузии (удинский язык).

Численность говорящих на них около  (2017). С точки зрения социолингвистики лезгинские языки имеют очень различный статус: если, например, на собственно лезгинском языке говорит более шестисот тысяч человек и существует обширная литература, то на арчинском языке, до 2006 года не имевшем письменности, говорят лишь жители одного горного селения.

Народности лезгинской группы как по языку, так и в этнокультурном отношении близки с другими народами Дагестана. Предки этих народностей исторически входили в состав многоплеменного государственного объединения — Кавказскую Албанию, и были известны под общим именем «леков», «албанцев».

Согласно МСЭ, народности лезгинской языковой группы были известны, как «лезгины», а по османским источникам, как «Lezgi».

Сравнение языков
Учёные рассматривают различия как результат общего происхождения от одного праязыка, на котором разговаривали предки современных лезгинских народов несколько тысяч лет назад.

Терминология и классификация
В дореволюционной литературе под наименованием «лезгинские» языки порой ошибочно фигурировали разные дагестанские языки. И. А. Гюльденштедт (1745—1781), описывая путешествие по Кавказу, привёл следующий перечень языков: «Лезгинские: анцугский, джарский, хунсагский, дидойский». Первые три являются диалектами аварского, а последний — одним из языков аваро-андо-цезской ветви. Классификация, предложенная И. А. Гюльденштедтом, тут же оказалась ошибочной.Также он ошибочно в состав аварцев включил лезгиноязычные общества Ахтыпара и Рутул. Ещё одна ошибочная классификация была дана Клапротом, который под названием «лезгинские» языки указал аварский, акушинский (даргинский), казикумухский (лакский) и другие.

В Списке народностей СССР, составленном в 1927 году по материалам Комиссии по изучению племенного состава населения СССР и сопредельных стран, языки агул, арчинцев, будугов, джеков, крызов, рутульцев, табасаран, удин, хапутцев, хиналугцев и цахур отмечены как принадлежащие к «[лезгинской (кюринской) группе]».

По классификации немецкого лингвиста А. Дирра кюринская подгруппа делится на две части:
 самурская: агульский, собственно кюринский (то есть лезгинский), рутульский, табасаранский, удинский и цахурский языки
 шахдагская: будухский, джекский (то есть крызский), гапутлинский и хиналугский языки.

Советский лингвист Р. М. Шаумян, обследовавший в 1937 году гильский диалект лезгинского и шахдагские языки, в одной из своих статей высказал мнение, что термин «шах-дагская подгруппа» несостоятелен, поскольку им нельзя в едино объединить языки (крызский и будухский с одной стороны и хиналугский с другой), которые различны на уровне лексики и грамматики.

Другим названием языков лезгинской группы является Самурские языки. Этот термин также включал разный перечень языков. Так, по приблизительной схеме дагестанских языков, описанной в Литературной энциклопедии А. Л. Шамхаловым, выделяется Лезгинская группа, состоящая из лезгинского, табасаранского и самурских (агульского, будугского, джекского, крызского, рутульского, удинского, хапутлинского, хиналугского и цахурского) языков. То же самое повторяет 1-е издание БСЭ (В 1-м издании БСЭ встречались также наименования «кюринская (лезгинская) языковая группа» и «кюринская языковая группа»).

По 2-му изданию БСЭ «Самурские языки» состоят из агульского, арчинского, рутульского, табасаранского, цахурского и шахдагских языков — будухского, джекского и хиналугского (то есть без удинского, но с включением табасаранского).

По классификации, разработанной русским лингвистом Н. Трубецким, состав лезгинских языков следующий:
 Самурская группа
 северо-восточная подгруппа (агульский, кюринский и табасаранский);
 юго-восточная подгруппа (будухский, джекский, рутульский и цахурский);
 арчинский язык;
 удинский язык;
 хиналугский язык.

В настоящий момент в составе лезгинских языки выделяются следующие группы:
 арчинский язык
 удинский язык
 восточнолезгинская — лезгинский, табасаранский и агульский
 рутульско-цахурская — рутульский и цахурский;
 шахдагская — крызский и будухский.

Четыре подгруппы образуют так называему собственно лезгинскую группу, противопоставленную удинско-агванской группе. Таким образом, удинский язык (и его предок агванский язык) занимает в составе группы наиболее периферийное положение: он раньше всего отделился от пралезгинского языка (по разным оценкам, 3-3,5 тыс. лет назад).

По наиболее современной классификации в 2018 году хиналугский язык не признается частью лезгинской ветви, а образует отдельную ветвь в составе нахско-дагестанской (восточно-кавказской) семьи языков.

Ареал

Лезгинские языки распространены, преимущественно, в южной части Дагестана (Россия) и северных районах Азербайджана. Один (удинский) представлен в Грузии.

Среди лезгинских языков ядерную группу (она же самурская) составляют семь языков, которые объединяются в восточнолезгинскую (агульский, лезгинский и табасаранский), западнолезгинскую (рутульский и цахурский) и южнолезгинскую (будухский и крызский) подгруппы. Остальные два языка (арчинский и удинский) в генетическом и ареальном плане условно можно рассматривать как «периферийные». Эти два языка раньше остальных отделились от пралезгинского языка и если арчинский используется на довольно значительном расстоянии от «ядерной» зоны (с. Арчиб), то на удинском говорят на самом юге лезгиноязычной области (пос. Нидж). Ещё один язык (агванский // кавказско-албанский) является мёртвым.

 Территория распространения табасаранского языка охватывает два района Дагестана — Табасаранский и Хивский. Он делится на северное и южное наречие, причём южный диалект с некоторыми элементами северного лёг в основу литературного языка.
 Основным ареалом распространения агульского языка является Агульский район; на нём также говорят в нескольких селениях Курахском районе.
 На рутульском языке говорят в Рутульском районе Дагестана и в Шекинском районе (селение ) Азербайджана.
 Цахурский язык распространён в западной части Рутульского района (Дагестан), а также в сопредельных Закатальском и Кахском районах Азербайджана.

Подавляющее большинство лезгинских языков имеют диалекты, которые порой различаюся весьма сильно (вплоть до отсутствия взаимопонятности), ср. северный и южный диалекты табасаранского, собственно агульский и кошанские диалекты агульского, мухадский и борчинско-хновский диалекты рутульского.

Лингвистическая характеристика
В языковом отношении лезгинские языки достаточно последовательно реализуют «восточнокавказский стандарт» (богатый консонантизм, большое число падежей, эргативная конструкция предложения и пр.).

Фонетика
Фонетическая система отличается сложным консонантизмом: так, в большинстве языков отмечаются увулярные, фарингальные и ларингальные согласные (в арчинском имеются также латеральные, как и в аваро-андо-цезских языках). Для смычных характерно четверичное противопоставление: звонкие — придыхательные глухие — непридыхательные глухие — абруптивные, ср.:
 b, d, g
 ph, th, kh
 p, t, k
 p', t', k'

В орфографии абруптивы обозначаются с использованием дополнительного знака — «палочка», ср. пӀ, тӀ, кӀ.

Морфология имени
Морфологически лезгинские языки относятся в основном к агглютинативному типу, что наиболее очевидно в склонении имен существительных. Помимо обычных для европейских языков падежей типа дательного в лезгинских присутствует множество так называемых местных (локативных, пространственных) падежей, показатели которых обычно состоят не из одного суффикса, а из двух или трёх. Первым идет суффикс, указывающий на местонахождение (или «локализацию») какого-либо объекта относительно ориентира: он указывает, находится ли объект внутри, около, над или под ориентиром и т. п. Второй показатель следует за первым и сообщает о том, находится ли объект относительно ориентира неподвижно (в покое) или же движется, и если да, то в какую сторону — от ориентира или по направлению к нему. Каждый из показателей локализации (которых может быть порядка 5-7), как правило, может сочетаться с любым показателем направления (которых обычно бывает 2-3): таким образом возникает большое количество сочетаний, благодаря которым при помощи одной словоформы можно выразить достаточно сложные пространственные отношения. Например, смысл «из-под стола», который в русском языке выражается конструкцией со сложным предлогом из-под и формой слова стол в родительном падеже, в лезгинском будет выражаться одним словом: столдикай, которое членится на морфемы так: стол-ди-к-ай. Здесь суффикс локализации -к- указывает на то, что объект, о котором ведется речь, находится под некоторым ориентиром (то есть под столом), а суффикс направления -ай- выражает значение удаления от данного ориентира (при помощи же суффикса -ди- образуется так называемая косвенная основа имени — от неё производны все падежи, кроме именительного).

Именной класс (род) и лицо глагола
Большинству лезгинских языков свойственно согласование по категории именного класса. Как правило, существительные подразделяются на четыре класса: 1) названия лиц мужского пола, 2) названия лиц женского пола, 3) названия животных и некоторых предметов, 4) названия неодушевленных предметов и явлений (распределение названий предметов между 3-м и 4-м классами является достаточно сложным и плохо предсказуемым). Сами существительные по классу обычно никак не маркированы, однако в зависимости от того, к какому классу относится существительное, стоящее в предложении в именительном падеже, другие слова в этом предложении (глагол, прилагательное, иногда также наречие) получают определённый показатель — префикс или суффикс, а в некоторых случаях инфикс.

Категория класса полностью утратилась в лезгинском, агульском и удинском языках, в южном диалекте табасаранского (о существование категории класса в древнем удинском ничего не известно). При этом в удинском одушевлённость выявляется по согласуемости во множественном числе, в лезгинском некоторые неодушевлённые существительные относятся к singularia и pluralia tantum, а в агульском одушевлённость—неодушевлённость различается по сочетаемости с глаголами в каузативных конструкциях.

В удинском и табасаранском языках развилось личное согласование. Показатели 1-го и 2-го лица восходят в этих языках к личным местоимениям.

Морфология глагола
Среди видо-временных форм глагола в лезгинских языках преобладают аналитические конструкции — обычно это сочетания деепричастия, причастия или инфинитива с глаголами 'быть' или 'становиться'. У глаголов противопоставляются основы совершенного и несовершенного вида.

Характерной особенностью словообразования является наличие глагольных приставок («преверб») с пространственными значениями; обычно это тот же набор значений, что и у пространственных падежей: 'внутри', 'сверху', 'снизу' и т. п. В отличие от русского языка, в лезгинских глагольный вид независим от наличия или отсутствия приставки: её прибавление не меняет вид глагола, так что приставочный глагол (как и исходный глагол без приставки) имеет обе видовые основы.

Синтаксис
Синтаксически лезгинские языки, как и другие представители нахско-дагестанской семьи, относятся к языкам эргативного строя. Порядок слов в целом свободный, с преобладанием в качестве нейтрального порядка «подлежащее — дополнение — сказуемое» (SOV).

Лексика
В лексике лезгинских языков множество заимствований из восточных языков, прежде всего из арабского, персидского и тюркских (в особенности азербайджанского). Начиная с конца XIX века появилось также большое количество русских заимствований.

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Источники

Литература

Статьи

 Касьян А. С. К формальной генеалогической классификации лезгинских языков (Северный Кавказ) // Вопросы языкового родства. — 2014. — № 11. — С. 63—80.
 Kassian A. Towards a Formal Genealogical Classification of the Lezgian Languages (North Caucasus): Testing Various Phylogenetic Methods on Lexical Data // PLoS ONE 10(2): e0116950. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0116950

Монографии

Ссылки
 Лезгинская группа: лексические списки, форма запроса, источники в Глобальной лексикостатистической базе данных

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Chemical kinetics and aqueous degradation pathways of a new class of synthetic ozonide antimalarials
Christine S. Perry, Susan A. Charman, Richard J. Prankerd, Francis C.K. Chiu, Yuxiang Dong, Jonathan L. Vennerstrom, William N. Charman
Chemical stability of a new class of ozonide (1,2,4 trioxolanes) antimalarial compounds was investigated. The effects of pH, ionic strength, dielectric constant and cyclodextrin-complexation on the chemical stability and degradation product formation of selected compounds were examined. The mechanism of degradation in aqueous solution was probed using 18O-labelled water and kinetic solvent isotope effect studies. The effect of stereochemistry was investigated using selected pairs of stereoisomers. The degradation of the ozonides in aqueous solution followed apparent first-order kinetics, with no effect of ionic strength and no indication of any direct involvement of water in the degradation mechanism. All major degradation products were identified and mass balance was confirmed. Stereochemistry had a significant effect on degradation rate; trans isomers degrading approximately four-fold faster than the corresponding cis isomers. The degradation rates were essentially independent of pH above pH 2; however, an additional specific acid catalysed pathway was dominant below pH 2. Solvent dielectric constant had a significant effect on the degradation rate. It is proposed that the degradation observed in aqueous solution occurred through a concerted heterolytic scission of the central ozonide ring, with chemical substituents on the cyclohexyl ring having only a minor influence on degradation rate.
Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
https://doi.org/10.1002/jps.20568
1,2,4 Trioxolane
Antiinfectives
Antimalarial
Cyclodextrins
Ozonide
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Perry, C. S., Charman, S. A., Prankerd, R. J., Chiu, F. C. K., Dong, Y., Vennerstrom, J. L., & Charman, W. N. (2006). Chemical kinetics and aqueous degradation pathways of a new class of synthetic ozonide antimalarials. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 95(4), 737-747. https://doi.org/10.1002/jps.20568
Chemical kinetics and aqueous degradation pathways of a new class of synthetic ozonide antimalarials. / Perry, Christine S.; Charman, Susan A.; Prankerd, Richard J.; Chiu, Francis C.K.; Dong, Yuxiang; Vennerstrom, Jonathan L.; Charman, William N.
In: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Vol. 95, No. 4, 04.2006, p. 737-747.
Perry, CS, Charman, SA, Prankerd, RJ, Chiu, FCK, Dong, Y, Vennerstrom, JL & Charman, WN 2006, 'Chemical kinetics and aqueous degradation pathways of a new class of synthetic ozonide antimalarials', Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, vol. 95, no. 4, pp. 737-747. https://doi.org/10.1002/jps.20568
Perry CS, Charman SA, Prankerd RJ, Chiu FCK, Dong Y, Vennerstrom JL et al. Chemical kinetics and aqueous degradation pathways of a new class of synthetic ozonide antimalarials. Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2006 Apr;95(4):737-747. https://doi.org/10.1002/jps.20568
Perry, Christine S. ; Charman, Susan A. ; Prankerd, Richard J. ; Chiu, Francis C.K. ; Dong, Yuxiang ; Vennerstrom, Jonathan L. ; Charman, William N. / Chemical kinetics and aqueous degradation pathways of a new class of synthetic ozonide antimalarials. In: Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2006 ; Vol. 95, No. 4. pp. 737-747.
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The Birthvirgin by Rabbi Baruch
In this article, we will investigate the following verse from Isaiah:
Is there a relationship between this verse and Messiah? The main part of the synagogue service is the prayer "Shemone Esre". In the midst of the "Amida" we seek from the L-rd to send the Redeemer of Israel, i.e., the Messiah. What is the role of Messiah? His role is to bring the full redemption to the world. One needs to understand the basic idea of redemption. The following verse from Leviticus describes what redemption is all about.
And I will walk among you, and will be your God, and ye shall be my people." "
This passage reveals the purpose of redemption—peace between the L-rd and mankind. This verse reveals that G-d wants to dwell with man in a manner most similar to the conditions that were in the Garden of Eden. Therefore, there is a need for mankind to be redeemed. Rabbis call the Exodus from Egypt the "first redemption," therefore it is no surprise the next verse speaks about this.
"I am the LORD your God, which brought you forth out of the land of Egypt, that ye should not be their bondmen; and I have broken the bands of your yoke, and made you go upright.
Isaiah 7:14 speaks about a child being born and His name being Immanuel. We have already said that G-d wants to dwell with us; therefore this verse speaks about the way that Messiah will come into this world. In order to interpret this verse correctly, we need to pay attention to the context. Isaiah 7:14 is part of a larger portion of scripture that begins in the sixth chapter and concludes with chapter 12. Chapter Six opens up with a statement given to the reader concerning the time of this prophecy, "In the year that King Uzziah died…" Isaiah saw a vision of G-d and His holiness. The prophet also heard the seraphim, which called to one another saying, "Holy, holy, holy is the L-rd G-d of Hosts, the whole world is filled with His glory." When Isaiah hears that the world will be filled with the holiness of G-d and His glory, he is terrified. Why is Isaiah so afraid?
"Then said I, Woe is me! For I am undone; because I am a man of unclean lips, and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips: for mine eyes have seen the King, the LORD of hosts."
The prophet is afraid because he sees the holiness of G-d and hears this holiness will fill the whole world. Isaiah knows the sinful condition that man is in and therefore thinks that if the whole world will be filled with His glory, then mankind must be destroyed. The next two verses reveal that G-d does not want to destroy mankind; on the contrary, He wants to redeem man.
"Then flew one of the seraphims unto me, having a live coal in his hand, which he had taken with the tongs from off the altar:
And he laid it upon my mouth, and said, Lo, this hath touched thy lips; and thine iniquity is taken away, and thy sin purged."
The rest of the sixth chapter deals with Isaiah receiving his call to proclaim the message that G-d wants to redeem Israel. Unfortunately, the people will not respond to this message in a correct manner for a long time.
"Make the heart of this people fat, and make their ears heavy, and shut their eyes; lest they see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their heart, and convert, and be healed."
"Then said I, Lord, how long? And he answered, Until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, And the LORD have removed men far away, and there be a great forsaking in the midst of the land."
Isaiah 6:10-12
Although the people will not respond correctly for a long time, and the cities will be destroyed and the people will go into exile, the Jewish people will survive.
"But yet in it shall be a tenth, and it shall return, and shall be eaten: as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them, when they cast their leaves: so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof."
This verse reveals that even though there will be much hardship for the Jewish people, they (the holy seed) will remain and therefore the promises of Messiah will not be lost.
Chapter seven tells about the Messiah. The prophet uses King Ahaz and events in his life in order to help the reader to understand the nature of this prophecy. King Ahaz was a wicked king,
"In the seventeenth year of Pekah the son of Remaliah, Ahaz the son of Jotham king of Judah began to reign. Twenty years old was Ahaz when he began to reign, and reigned sixteen years in Jerusalem, and did not that which was right in the sight of the LORD his God, like David his father.
But he walked in the way of the kings of Israel, yea, and made his son to pass through the fire, according to the abominations of the heathen, whom the LORD cast out from before the children of Israel And he sacrificed and burnt incense in the high places, and on the hills, and under every green tree."
II Kings 16:1-4
King Ahaz and the northern kingdom needed to be redeemed. But, no one thought about things from a spiritual perspective. Ahaz and his people feared greatly when they heard Ratzin and Paqach coming up to Jerusalem for war.
"And it came to pass in the days of Ahaz the son of Jotham, the son of Uzziah, king of Judah, that Rezin the king of Syria, and Pekah the son of Remaliah, king of Israel, went up toward Jerusalem to war against it, but could not prevail against it."
Ahaz and the people thought that this war would pose a great problem for them. But, G-d said, through the prophet Isaiah, that this war would not even take place.
"And say unto him, Take heed, and be quiet; fear not, neither be fainthearted for the two tails of these smoking firebrands, for the fierce anger of Rezin with Syria, and of the son of Remaliah."
Thus saith the Lord GOD, It shall not stand, neither shall it come to pass." "
Ahaz did not believe the Word of G-d. Therefore, the L-rd permitted Ahaz to ask for a sign in order to confirm the truthfulness of this promise.
"Ask thee a sign of the LORD thy God; ask it either in the depth, or in the height above."
Ahaz' response reveals that he did not want to believe the Word of G-d.
But Ahaz said, I will not ask, neither will I tempt the LORD." "
This is the problem with many people. They do not want to know what the Word of G-d reveals. G-d said that He would nevertheless provide a sign to confirm His Word, but this sign would not be given to King Ahaz. It is very significant that G-d addressed this prophetic sign to the House of David.
"And he said, Hear ye now, O house of David; Is it a small thing for you to weary men, but will ye weary my God also?"
The concept the "House of David" has special significance. The "House of David" represents those people who will be redeemed and who will enter into the Kingdom of G-d. This means that the "House of David" are those people who will respond to the Word of G-d in faith, and are not like King Ahaz, who refused to believe and who wouldn't even ask for a sign of confirmation. The 14th verse is given in order to help faithful people to recognize the Redeemer of Israel.
Now we are ready to begin interpreting our primary verse.
Even though Ahaz has refused to seek a sign, the L-rd has given a sign. It is important that the verse was written in the special manner that it was. The verse contains the word "He", which usually is not even reflected in most English translations. The significance of this redundancy is that the L-rd Himself will give the sign. Therefore, this prophecy speaks about an event that a human being could not do. This fact is also supported with the word "sign." This Hebrew word speaks about a sign, which is supernatural in nature. For example,
"And the LORD said unto him, Therefore whosoever slayeth Cain, vengeance shall be taken on him sevenfold. And the LORD set a mark upon Cain, lest any finding him should kill him."
This verse speaks about a mark that G-d placed upon Cain, which created the situation that no one could kill Cain. Is it possible for a human being to put a mark such as this on another person? Each time the word "sign" appears in the scripture, it describes an action that only G-d is able to do. Therefore, Isaiah 7:14 describes an event that G-d did in order to confirm His promise.
Now that the reader is aware that this verse speaks about a supernatural event, we must now ask, "What is this supernatural event?"
"Behold, the almah, she conceived and bears a Son."
This verse says that a conception takes place. Women conceive every day. Why is this conception placed within a context of a supernatural event? Because the woman who conceived is an almah. Christianity and Judaism have argued about the significance of the word "almah" for 2,000 years. Christianity says that the word "almah" means virgin and Judaism says that its significance is just a "young woman." The word "almah" appears seven times in the Hebrew Bible. It is worthwhile to investigate some of these occurrences.
The first occurrence is
"Behold, I stand by the well of water; and it shall come to pass, that when the almah cometh forth to draw water, and I say to her, Give me, I pray thee, a little water of thy pitcher to drink."
Eliezar called Rebecca an almah in this verse. In another verse, Rebecca is called a virgin,
"And the damsel was very fair to look upon, a virgin, neither had any man known her: and she went down to the well, and filled her pitcher, and came up."
This means there is a situation where an almah can also be a virgin. However, the emphasis on the word almah is not on a woman's virginity, but rather on her righteousness, for example, Miriam, Moses' sister.
"And Pharaoh's daughter said to her, Go. And the almah went and called the child's mother."
Exodus 2:8
Also, in the book of Psalms, the word almah appears in order to describe young, righteous women engaged in the worship of the G-d of Israel.
"The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the almot playing with timbrels."
Psalms 68:26 (Verse 25 in Christian versions)
Therefore, it is possible to say that the word almah describes a young woman who is characterized by good virtue. There is no place in the Hebrew Bible where there is a young woman who is called an almah who has already experienced sexual relations. Young women of good virtue and righteous conduct do not engage in sexual activity outside of the marriage covenant.
In conclusion of this issue, there is no doubt that Isaiah intended that the young woman, whom G-d will use to bear a Child called Immanuel, would be a virgin. But he chose the word almah in order to stress the good virtues and righteousness of this young virgin woman. If Isaiah did not intend to convey to the reader that this young woman was a virgin, then the text would lack the proper context necessary for a supernatural event to have occurred.
The rest of this verse reveals that a child is born called Immanuel. Why is it a son and not a daughter? What is the significance of the name Immanuel? How does this name relate to the next few chapters? The next article, G-d willing, will answer these questions.
Author: Dr Baruch Korman


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Making Mockery of the electoral process and turning mandate irrelevant | Arun Srivastava
by Arun Srivastava
Move to address long-pending electoral reforms like having a common electoral roll for the Lok Sabha, Vidhan Sabha and local government bodies (panchayats or municipal) could be appreciated but there is absolutely dearth of justifiable rationale to link electoral rolls with Aadhaar.
Ever since Narendra Modi has become the prime minister of the country, the RSS has adopted the proactive stance to subvert the executive and constitutional functioning. RSS and Modi have given a free hand to the bureaucracy to completely shatter the democratic order. The idea to link electoral ID with Aadhaar was first mooted by the ECI in 2015 but work on it had to be stopped when the Supreme Court ruled that Aadhaar cannot be used except voluntarily for beneficiary-oriented schemes.
The Supreme Court is yet to rescind its earlier order, Modi and his bureaucrats showing its utter contemp to the apex court's order have enacted a law linking electoral ID with Aadhaar. Modi and his government did not think it nice and decent to come out with the logical explanation why it was necessary to link ID with the Aadhaar. The only clarification that the Modi government has placed the public domain is the linking will help in identifying duplicate voters, something that ECI has been desperately attempting for years.
The bureaucrats and the Modi government have been resorting to lies to rationalise their action. It bisn said that ECI has been using various "de-duplication" software with limited success. In fact the bare truth is it was for the first time mooted in 2015 by Modi. If the earlier Congress governmenets would have raised this issue, certainky by now the issue of implementing the voluntary linking should have been discussed by the people and social bodies and organisation as is being done this time.
Total population of India in 2021 is around 137 crores. Out of this around 86 crores are enrolled electorates. Since the linking is also a device to ascertain the national identity, what will be the faten of the rest 51 crores people which also include the youngsters and those whobare yet to be enrolled as voters? Three reforms;common electoral rolls for Vidhan Sabha and panchayat elections, extending the qualifying date for registration of young new voters, and linking of Aadhaar with electoral rolls; were taken up by the Modi government.
On Tuesday, the Rajya Sabha passed the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill that seeks to link the electoral rolls with the Aadhaar database. The Lok Sabha had passed the Bill on Monday. Narendra Modi's move to link electoral roll with Aadhaar has got enough ominous intentions.
Voter ID-Aadhaar linkage impends to disenfranchise marginalised populations. This law will sabotage and tilt the electoral process and results. The worst sufferer would be the porr and working class who constitute 80npercent of the population. These people are of migrant character. They move around in search of job and food. Aadhaar is directly used for disbursal of welfare and direct benefit transfers, linking it with voter ID may provide a direct method for the government to influence and manipulate voters. The incredible haste and manner in which the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 was adopted by the Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha turning into a law,without putting up it in public domain and without any discussion whatsoever hs really been disconcerting. The process and the procedure adopted by the Modi government not only undermined the sancity and authority of the Parliament it also made it clear that Modi and his government have the interest of the rich and capoitalistb in their mind
There is no denying the fact that linking of the voter IDs with Aadhaar, and the deficiency of transparency and privacy of electoral rolls would jeopardise the democratic institution of the country. Aadhaar is not meant to be a citizenship proof but only a digital identity for all residents. It is depressing that the Modi government has been making mockery of the citizenship. At a time when the Modi government isb hell bent on implemeneting CAA and NRC, residence of 182 days can make even a non-citizen eligible for an Aadhaar ID. Aadhaar was only meant to be an identity proof but Modi is turning into address proof.
In 1990 when the scheme for electoral ID was launched it was envisaged that it would serve the purpose of the national identity card. In 2004 the then home minister L K Advani had come out with the proposal to issue national identity card. Some preliminary surveyes were conductd. But the move was dropped half way. If the BJP and RSS leaders were really interested to have national identity card they could have turned the election ID card into national identity card. During Advani's timen the volunteers visiting the houses had sough for all the information, even the most minor. No one knows what happened to the information coloected at that time.
While Aadhaar enrolment is based on production of existing documents and the "introducer system", voter enrolments involve physical verification and "house visits" by a registration officer or representative. Modi and hisn bureacrats ought to remember that even the Supreme Court accepted the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) claims on the integrity of the Aadhaar database at face value without any scrutiny. Using Aadhaar to clean the electoral rolls is fraught with the risk of disenfranchisement, especially of the marginalised communities. If the reports nare to be believed names of nearly 4 crore electorates have been deleted without proper verification in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana due to EPIC-Aadhaar linkage.
It is shocking how the Election Commission of India could, a constitutional body should surrender its constitutional authority and right to the executive, precisely the bureaucracy? Aadhaar is a government instrument and UIDAI is under government control. It is inappropriate having potential conflict of interest to use Aadhaar for electoral rolls. Linking it with the voter ID will open up avenues for profiling and targeting of voters.
While adopting the Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021 the government had clarified that linking the two will help identify duplicate voters, purge the electoral rolls of multiple enrolments, and help put an end to the practice of fraudulent voting. This argument is absurd. With an electoral ID card, the people would be able to assert their nationality and also can vote at the same place. Since it is a photo identity card the chances of duplication is absolutely utopian. Law Minister Kiren Rijiju stated in Parliament that "it is voluntary… not compulsory or mandatory" — then it is debatable to what extent this will be effective in weeding out the duplicate enrolment.
The Cabinet decision about the eligibility date of new voters is also ambiguous. According to Section 14(b) of the Representation of People Act of 1950, only those who have turned 18 on or before January 1 of the year are to be registered. This implies that all those who turn 18 between January 2 and December 31 of a year must wait till the next year. This technicality results in the exclusion of a large section of 18-year-olds.
It is worth mentioning that there are no publicly available audit reports either on the efficacy of Aadhaar deduplication or on the authenticity of the Aadhaar database. Even the Supreme Court accepted the Unique Identification Authority of India's (UIDAI) claims on the integrity of the Aadhaar database at face value without any scrutiny. In this how could Modin and his government rely on the Aadhaar and treat it as gospel truth. The Modi government has been out to destroy the ethical stature and functioning of ECI and also turn Aadhaar a defunct body. It is the responsibility of the ECI to ensure that not only are the electoral processes clean, but also that they appear to be clean.
This linking exercise has an omnous intentions. Modi intends to collect the fundamental information about the peop0le and cit9izens of the country. His Peagusus drive was a well designed part of this functioning. Modi does not believe the countrymen, especially the Muslims. Since the Lok Sabha election will take place in 2024, he intends to get ready before the D-day. As experts have pointed out, there is an inherent tension between maintaining privacy and shoring up the integrity of electoral rolls.
His intentions are indeed dubious is manifest in the procedure adopted by him to clear the bill in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha within just 20 minutes. The fact is Narendra Modi government's conduct in Parliament was "not good for democracy", accusing the Centre of violating rules and tradition, disallowing debate on key issues and passing bills without due process. Modi railroad the bill that allows Aadhaar-linking of the electoral rolls. Significantly the leader of the Opposition in the Rajya Sabha, Mallikarjun Kharge, said: "The UPA has 68 MPs while the other Opposition parties have 50 MPs. There are two Independents, making the Opposition total 120. The NDA has 118. The government was afraid of voting in the House and hence created an artificial majority by suspending the MPs."
The government isn resorting to lies and falsehood when it said that linking Aadhaar with electoral rolls will solve the problem of multiple enrolments of the same person at different places. It obviously implied that government has been maligning photo ID card. With photo ID card in vogue ho0w anyone can cast multifold. The wicked and immoral intrensions of Modi could be understood from the simple fact that his go0vernmenet even did not agree to send the bill to Parliamentary Standing Committee.
In March 2015, the Election Commission had started a National Electoral Roll Purification and Authentication Programme that sought to link Aadhaar to voter IDs, in a bid to delete duplicated names. The EC said in a release in May 2015: "Under this programme, beside some other activities, linking and authentication of EPIC data of electors with Aadhaar data is also being done…" But did not advocate linking of Aadhaar with ID card.
Barely a month back in utter violation of the constitutional norms and provisions, the principal secretary of the PMO had summoned all the three election commissioners at a meeting. This dictate simply undermined the authority of a constitutional body. They would not have dared to resort to this action, if Modi has a firm grip on bureaucracy. Otherway also Modi might have been trying to rule the country through his pet bureaucrats.
Reacting to the controversy the law ministry said the Prime Minister's Office had written to the cabinet secretary, the law secretary and the legislative secretary for a meeting on November 16 on common electoral rolls. It also "clarified" that the letter was for "Secretary or a representative of the CEC familiar with the subject" to attend the meeting. The law ministry tried to hide the fact that the Principal Secretary to Prime Minister, P K Mishra, would "chair a meeting" and "expects CEC" to be present.
Nevertheless the Election Commissioners have been primarily responsible for creation of this situation. If earlier they had not bowed to the wishes to Modi and his mandarins, the PMO would not have dared to summon them at the meet. People rightly have come to form the notion that as earlier, during Bengal assembky election, the ECI was directed to take care of the BJP candidates in UP assembly election and also prepare for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.
Election Commission of India has the necessary expertise and mandate regarding Electoral roll and does not need any advice from the PMO. By sending this letter Modi's office interfered in ECI's domain and lowered its constitutional authority and status.
On Friday, S.Y. Quraishi, a former CEC, said there was "no such thing as an informal meeting" of the executive with the poll panel and that any meeting should have been held on the basis of an agenda made public beforehand.
He points out that this action of Modi's PMO was in violation of the constitutional spirit. He recalls how on June 27, 2006, he received a call from Pulok Chatterji, the Principal Secretary to the then PM, Manmohan Singh, informing me that he was being considered for appointment as EC. The reason for aking Quraishi was made clear by Chatterji "I will have to resign from the IAS. It was due to the important constitutional principle of distancing from the executive/government. A wall was built between me and the PM who had appointed me. As secretary to the Government of India, I was at the mercy of the PM, but as the EC, I was independent, neutral and distant from him. There was no question of his calling/summoning me to see him or with any request, let alone any direction or instruction."
It is absolutely clear that full vbench of ECI must not have summoned by the PMO at the instructions of Modi. For experts this summoning might have been illegal and violation of the Constitution and also manifestation of assertion of the extra constitutional authority of the bureaucracy. But for butreaucrats and Modi this was completely legal and right. According to the law and practice even the PM cannot call the ECI without public knowledge of the meeting and what transpired in it. But under the rule of BJP every thing is possible as the bureaucracy enjoying the patronage of Modi rules the country.
CEC Seshan gave new force to the EC's role of upholding the rules of the game, including the Model Code of Conduct. Similarly, the equilibrium between institutions has not remained the same. In fact, ever since a single party won a majority at the Centre after over two decades in 2014, there has been mounting pressure on unelected institutions to bend and bow to the wishes of the politicians and abide by their "mandate".
AIMIM MP Asaduddin Owaisi said if the Bill becomes an Act, the government would be able to use voter identity details for "disenfranchising some people and profile the citizens". "This Bill is outside the legislative competence of this House… The linking of voter ID with Aadhaar violates the fundamental right to privacy defined in Puttaswamy (case)," Owaisi said.
Rijiju said, "The present legal provisions have some disparity and some shortcomings, and to remove the same, the government, in consultation with the Election Commission and incorporating recommendations made by the Election Commission, we have brought these amendments." Shockingly Rijiju did not think it proper to seek the opinion of the opposition members on the shortconings. There isn no denying that Modi has made the mockery of the parliamentary practice and procedure.One of the concerns is whether the Bill's implementation will be successful if the linkage is not compulsory.
The 1950 Act provides that a person may apply to the electoral registration officer for inclusion of his name. The Bill says the electoral registration officer may require a person to furnish his Aadhaar number for establishing their identity. If his name is already in the electoral roll, then the Aadhaar number may be required for authentication of entries in the roll, but he will not be denied inclusion in the electoral roll or have his name deleted, if he is unable to show his Aadhaar card. Signbificantly Congress MP Shashi Tharoor said in Lok Sabha, "If you are in a position asking for Aadhaar for voters, all you are getting is a document that reflects residence, not citizenship. You're potentially giving the vote to non-citizens."
Aadhaar is not proof of citizenship and it is said so very clearly in the Aadhaar Act. We know that voting can only be done by citizens. It isntough to understand how this will prevent non-citizens from voting because non-citizens can have an Aadhar card. The goal of preventing non-citizens from voting will not be solved with Aadhaar. Meanwhile the CPI(M) holds that the Bill could violate secrecy of the vote undermining the principle of secret ballots, and the fundamental right to privacy of the voter.


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Traditional aggregates or soil would have caused excess load bearing over the car park with a huge risk of instability.
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The Records is an initiative of the Keep an Eye Foundation. Their aim is to give both performing and recording opportunities to new bands. Open to jazz students and alumni of Dutch conservatories, three bands get the chance to win € 10.000 in order to finance the production of a new CD. The event takes place in the Amsterdam at the Conservatory's Blue Note hall and the renowned jazz venue Bimhuis.
In 2016, Combined Creatives worked as the executive producer of Keep an Eye The Records.


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By Sarah Darer Littman
Rosie White Charming—the daughter of Snow White and Prince Charming—discovers that being the fairest in the land isn't all that it's cracked up to be in this charming continuation of the beloved fairy tale.
Meet Rosie White Charming. You probably know her parents, Snow and Prince. Yup—that Snow and Prince. You would think that being the only daughter of two of the most famous people in fairy tale history would be awesome.
But you would be wrong.
After failing to secure a date for the Fall Festive dance, Rosie is on a mission to prove that the daughter of the fairest in the land can actually hold her own. With the help of a mysterious and magical compact that her mother gives her (and a nice blowout from her mother's favorite salon) Rosie starts to become the person she thinks she should be. But is being the fairest in all of the land really going to give Rosie her happily-ever-after?
Charmed, I'm Sure Chapter One
I AM NOW OFFICIALLY A loser.
Thirty seconds ago, my best friend Katie announced that Quinn Fairchild asked her to the Fall Festive. Last week Dave Theis asked my other best friend, Nicole. Which leaves me as the only one of my friends without a date.
What makes it worse is that I'm the sole heir of two of the most famous people in fairy tale history. You may have heard of them: Snow White and Prince Charming.
The Charming name comes with some serious baggage. Especially when you're an eighth grader at the Manhattan World Themes Middle School, there's a dance in two weeks' time, and you don't have a date.
You, the one whose mom was so beautiful that her stepmother went on a killing spree just so she could reclaim the title of Fairest in the Land as judged by some crazy talking mirror. You, the one whose prince of a father literally rode in on a white horse to start their happily ever after.
Yep, that's me. Rosamunde White Charming. My friends call me Rosie.
But now isn't the time to indulge in self-pity. Now is the time to be happy for Katie, because she does have a date, namely Quinn Fairchild, whom she has been crushing on forever.
"That's the best news!" I tell Katie. Which it is, for her. Personally, I'm not a big fan of Quinn Fairchild. He's a little (okay, a lot) too full of himself. But if going to the Fall Festive with him makes Katie happy, what kind of friend would I be if I weren't happy for her?
"I know!" Katie sighs. Her face takes on the same dreamy glow Mom's does when she tells The Tale of how she and Dad met. "I've been waiting for this day since I saw him the first day of sixth grade. And now it's finally happened."
"I just hope he's worth the wait," I say.
Katie's dreamy glow disappears.
"Sheesh, Rosie. Just because you were born without the romance gene, it doesn't mean you have to rain on Katie's parade," Nicole says.
"I didn't mean to," I protest.
"Well, you did," Katie snaps. "A big, gray, damp cloud of precipitation, right in the middle of my happy marching band."
"Sorry," I mumble.
"It's okay," Katie says. She gives me a concerned, pitying look. "Are you stressed out about finding a date?"
She's half-right, so I might as well take the lifeline she's thrown me.
"Yeah. I guess."
"I know! You should go with Quinn's friend Hunter," Katie exclaims. "It would be fun to double date. Plus, he's cute and you'd look great in pictures together."
Hunter Farthington is the star striker on the soccer team. The problem is that I sit behind him in social studies, and let's just say that while I can't argue with the cute part, he's not the sharpest tool in the Manhattan World Themes Middle School shed. He thinks people from Denmark are called "Great Danes."
"Who cares?" Katie says when I tell her this and explain that, no, he was serious, not joking, and actually argued with the teacher about it because he was so convinced he was right. "It's a dance, not a debate, Rosie."
"But we won't be dancing all the time. I've got nothing to say to him. All he ever talks about is soccer and what famous people he's seen on the street and harassed till they took a selfie with him."
"Just pretend," Katie says. "Ask him what he thinks about last night's game. That way, it doesn't matter whether it's football or basketball, hockey or baseball season. There's always some kind of game going on somewhere."
"Why do I have to pretend to be interested in something he likes just to get a date?" I ask. "Shouldn't he pretend to be interested in me, too? Is being fake the way to get a guy to like me?"
"You're totally overthinking this, Rosie," Katie says. "It's a problem you have. Think of it this way: He's a boy, he's cute, and he can dance. Make it happen."
Like that's so easy.
"I think you might be better off with Damien Wolfe," Nicole argues. "He's more your type. You'd make such a cute couple."
Damien's in my math class. He always sits in the back row, his dark hair brushing over the collar of his leather jacket as he bends forward over his notebook, scribbling intently with black pen. He draws. Really well, in fact. Damien definitely seems interesting. There's just one slight problem. I've barely spoken three words to him in my life. He's super quiet and I've never been assigned to work with him on a project. So . . . yeah. About three words. Maybe five. Plus a few passing head nods in the hall. His hair moves nicely when he nods his head—I'll give him that.
Still . . .
"How do you know he's my type?" I ask Nicole.
"He . . . just is," she says. That's a big help.
"Ask him to the dance. You won't regret it," Nicole declares.
Considering I've never been on an actual date, or even had a real crush, I don't get how she can know "my type." I haven't even figured it out yet.
"Now that we've solved Rosie's date problem, can we get back to the matter at hand?" Katie says.
"Which is . . . ?" I inquire.
"Dress shopping," she announces. "On Saturday. I need your expert opinions."
Fashion isn't my area of expertise, but hanging out with my friends is.
"Works for me," I say.
"Sounds like a plan," Nicole agrees.
"I'll make a list of stores," Katie says.
Knowing Katie, this shopping trip is going to be planned with the detail and precision of a major military campaign. Note to self: Wear comfortable shoes and bring snacks.
While I listen to my friends discussing dresses and dates, I'm conscious that time is ticking by, and I have neither.
That's when I decide I'm desperate enough to do something that I promised myself I would never do, because all previous attempts have ended so badly:
I'm going to ask my mother for advice.
Sarah Darer Littman
Sarah Darer Littman is a critically acclaimed author of middle grade and young adult novels, including Backlash and Confessions of a Closet Catholic, winner of the Sydney Taylor Book Award. When she's not writing novels, Sarah is an award-winning columnist for the online news site CTNewsJunkie.com, and teaches creative writing as an adjunct professor in the MFA program at Western Connecticut State University. Sarah lives in Connecticut. You can find her online at SarahDarerLittman.com and @SarahDarerLitt.
Publisher: Aladdin (September 27, 2016)
Ages: 8 - 12
Children's Fiction > Fairy Tales & Folklore > Single Title
Children's Fiction > Social Situations > New Experience
Book Cover Image (jpg): Charmed, I'm Sure
More books from this author: Sarah Darer Littman


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Biography: Emilia Isabelle Euphemia Rose Clarke (born 23 October 1986) is an English actress. Clarke rose to prominence in 2011 for her breakthrough role as Daenerys Targaryen in the HBO series Game of Thrones, a performance that has gained her both critical and popular acclaim. In 2017, Clarke became one of the highest paid actors on television for earnings of £2 million per episode of Game of Thrones. Clarke made her Broadway debut as Holly Golightly in a production of Breakfast at Tiffany's in March 2013. In 2015, she was named Esquire's Sexiest Woman Alive. She is also known for her starring roles as Sarah Connor in the science fiction film Terminator Genisys (2015) and as Louisa Clark in the romance film Me Before You (2016). In November 2016 she was cast as the female lead in the upcoming Star Wars Han Solo anthology film. Description above from the Wikipedia article Emilia Clarke, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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