Walking through the maze of aisles and fellow spenders, you bring up your smartphone to help you check out a bit faster among the throngs, someone takes a selfie, and now you're on the evening news as you walk out of the store with some crap that will be thrown out next year. Welcome to the spectacle. Or rewind to taking a walk through the city woods, if two words couldn't be farther apart from each other, yet so refreshing.
Today is Black Friday, a new cultural holiday that celebrates deals on all things consumers find they need for happiness. As a relative non-participant in such things as bargain hunting, waiting in shopping mall lines for hours, clicking through the online inventory of such places, or watching the resulting depressingly sad YouTube videos of people fighting over the last 4k 60 inch television (why would you want to watch that?), I'm often left feeling like I'm not sure if I have anything to say; astounded. Although - nothing to say, kind of feels good sometimes – like the Jack Kerouac zen of nothingness or putting that dialogue on the back-burner, while more significant ideas percolate.
It has been years since I've read an Adbusters, but in many circles this is still Buy Nothing Day, or for that matter everyday is Buy Nothing Day for anarchists, unless of course you are of the Hot Topic variety. Outside of the anarchist space, marketers and researchers of "cool" has termed tomorrow "Small Business Saturday" and Monday as "Cyber Monday". That's like three days, of voting with your wallet. Did I mention the ANEWS Patreon? I'm kidding, there is no Patreon. The biggest joke, is again on the consumers – who probably won't see Black Friday deals like this ever again with government trade tariffs ramping up.
Trump jokes about the cold weather in regards to global warming, and many other things on Twitter, and I don't even follow them – this is just from friends f2f, their social media, and reported on in the media. California is still burning, with the "Camp Fire" 95% contained as of today (Friday), with the rain helping to dampen and smolder the remaining wildfires. 84 confirmed dead and over 800+ still missing, 13,000 homes destroyed, and countless other objects of civilization gone. Photos and videos shared on the news and social media depicted apocalyptic scenes, similar to ones you may see in the movies. Or possible anarchist communiques about burned out cars on ANEWS? Scoreboard check, shows the anarchists really getting trounced in the attack game vs. the wildfire. And, on the other end - anarchist mutual aid responses? As not one from or living in California, I haven't heard much, but I'm sure it's there. I'm reminded of Super Storm Sandy, Hurricane Katrina, and other events that have triggered an anarchist disaster response.
Further south in California, The Caravan has reached the border in Tijuana, with some smaller groups forking off as reported by the MSM. Thousands of miles away, I wish them luck and await the anarchist report-backs of the border struggle. There are so many things to be angry at in this world. These are only but a few, the news on a much larger scale, outside of the quiet neighborhood on a walk through the woods.


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News » Europe » Germany
Less precipitation means less plant diversity
Martin-Luther-Universität-Halle-Wittenberg
Climate change might lead to changes in plant diversity, especially in the world's drylands
The Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg is a public, research oriented university in the cities of Halle and Wittenberg in Germany.
Water is a scarce resource in many of the Earth's ecosystems. This scarcity is likely to increase in the course of climate change. This, in turn, might lead to a considerable decline in plant diversity. Using experimental data from all over the world, scientists from the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ), the German Centre for Integrative Biodiversity Research (iDiv), and the Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg (MLU) have demonstrated for the first time that plant biodiversity in drylands is particularly sensitive to changes in precipitation. In an article published in "Nature Communications", the team warns that this can also have consequences for the people living in the affected regions.
How will climate change affect the Earth's ecosystems? How will biodiversity in different regions change? Such important questions about the future are difficult to answer. In order to do so, it is important to know how the individual species and their communities will react to changing precipitation conditions, for example. But despite numerous scientific experiments worldwide, we do not have synthetic, global answers to these questions. For example, experiments differ greatly in their methodology, such as whether they add small or large amounts of water. "These studies use different methods and are located in different regions of the world", says first author Dr Lotte Korell, a biologist at the UFZ. "And these studies yield contradictory results in many cases". Together with her colleagues, she has therefore set out to derive a general understanding from the data collected worldwide. The focus was on how an increase or decrease in precipitation affects the plant diversity of terrestrial ecosystems.
In the drylands of the world, changes in precipitation levels have a much greater effect than in wetter regions
In their search, she and her team found 23 usable publications, which presented results from 72 field experiments. With this data, they calculated various statistical variables that provided information about the biodiversity at the individual sites and related them to the increasing or decreasing amounts of rainfall.
"However, in such experiments, biodiversity depends on many factors", says Professor Tiffany Knight, last author of the study and ecologist at the UFZ, iDiv, and MLU. For example, the size of the experiment plays an important role. If you focus on only a single experimental plot, then you might see dramatic effects of treatments on biodiversity, as plots with less water have fewer plant individuals growing there, and thus fewer species. However, at least one individual of every species might be found in at the larger scale, and thus a lower effect of the treatment on biodiversity. Indeed, the researchers found that increasing dryness has a greater effect when it is considered at small compared to larger spatial scales. "Thus, in order to draw the right conclusions from the data, you have to take into account both the local climate conditions and the spatial scale of the experiments", says Knight.
In this way, the researchers have identified a clear trend. In the drylands of the world, changes in precipitation levels have a much greater effect than in wetter regions.
Dry ecosystems currently occupy about 40% of the Earth's land surface. It is not easy to predict what awaits these areas against the backdrop of climate change. Although climate models do predict increasing rainfall in some dry regions, the water shortage is likely to worsen in most of them.
According to the study, plant diversity is expected to increase where it becomes wetter. This is probably because the seeds of the species found there may have a better chance of germinating and becoming established.
However, in light of the projected expansion of drylands, this effect is likely to benefit only relatively few regions. According to the authors, this would lead to a noticeable decline in plant diversity. "Although the plants there have adapted to the challenges of their habitats over long periods of time", says Korell, "at some point, even the most resilient survivor reaches its limits". And with every species that dries up and can no longer germinate, biodiversity is reduced.
This could be bad news not only for the ecosystems but also for the inhabitants of the dry regions. After all, they account for about one third of the world's population. Many of these people struggle to make a living from the land under the most difficult conditions. If biodiversity declines along with the rainfall, this is likely to become an even greater challenge. For Korell and her colleagues, this is another pressing argument for slowing climate change. "It is also important to protect the drylands particularly well", says the researcher. The more these sensitive ecosystems are put under pressure from overgrazing and other stress factors, the more climate change is likely to affect plant diversity.
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New Mario Party Announced for Nintendo 3DS
Another new announcement among the updates provided by today's Nintendo Direct was that of a new, as-yet unnamed Mario Party title for the Nintendo 3DS.
Party Like it's the Year of Luigi: A new game in the Mario Party series is scheduled to launch for Nintendo 3DS this winter. The game features seven different game boards, each with its own set of rules. The game offers 81 new mini-games that test speed, concentration and luck. In addition to the board game elements, players will be able to play mini-games exclusively or try their hands at a 30-floor tower climb, AR Card games and StreetPass battles.
I was pleased with Mario Party 9 for the Wii, as the developers had taken some time off and seemed to come back refreshed with a great boardgame/party title for the platform after a lukewarm launch with Mario Party 8. The graphics were reminiscent of Super Mario Galaxy, while the gameplay was revamped and everything felt a lot more Mario-esque than some previous outings.
With that said, it looks as though that level of quality may continue with this new Nintendo 3DS game. Having different rules for different boards should really spice things up considerably, too. It doesn't sound like they're including online gameplay, but the StreetPass battles may prove to be fun on their own.
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I had a friend fill this out for me (I dictated) because I never use computers when I can help it because a friend of mine died electrocuted by a computer. Thank god I wasn't the one who discovered him it was his mom haha.
Haha, a person died! How very funny indeed!
Yeah, right?^ Just lol all over the place.
Awh, how sweet! You're scared of being electrocuted like your friend so you let Your friend who isn't dead yet take the risk of dying!
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New hires come from a variety of education and experience backgrounds and most importantly, each new employee has their own perception of what is an acceptable risk. It is important for risk managers to cooperate with the Human Resources department or any other business unit responsible for training, to jointly carry out training on the basics of risk management for all new employees.
One of the risk managers we interviewed mentioned that the risk management induction should not be long. It should take about ten minutes and include the basics of business and investment decisions under uncertainty, key risk management roles and responsibilities and the ISO31000:2018 risk management principles as per the company's Risk Management Policy.


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Three Men In A Boat
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Three Men in a Boat is a humorous book, written by the British author Jerome K. Jerome, about a two-week boating expedition on the River Thames. The book was originally supposed to be used as a serious travel guide but that gave way to the timeless humor as Jerome kept writing it. Jerome would later write Three Men on the Bummel, a sequel to this classic book.
Making Decisions About Liability And Insurance
Two related trends have created novel challenges for managing risk in the United States. The first trend is a series of dramatic changes in liability law as tort law has expanded to assign liability to defendants for reasons other than negligence. The unpredictability of future costs induced by changes in tort law may be partly responsible for the second major trend known as the `liability crisis' - the disappearance of liability protection in markets for particularly unpredictable risks.
This book examines decisions people make about insurance and liability. An understanding of such decision making may help explain why the insurance crisis resulted from the new interpretations of tort law and what to do about it. The articles cover three kinds of decisions: consumer decisions to purchase insurance; insurer decisions about coverage they offer; and the decisions of the public about the liability rules they prefer, which are reflected in legislation and regulation. For each of these three kinds of decisions, normative theories such as expected utility theory can be used as benchmarks against which actual decisions are judged.


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The Wisconsin Truth-O-Meter
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No city really wins lead leaching contest
Lena Taylor
Lead levels in Milwaukee's water "are higher than Flint, MI."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, January 10th, 2020
Child care is not cheap
"Child care costs account for 24% of a WI family's budget."
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Tis the season for busy box bandits
Rob Hutton
A "study showed as many as one in four people have had a package stolen from their residence."
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Population growth adds to equation
Jack Salzwedel
"There's more African American males in the penal system right now than there were (enslaved) at the height of slavery."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, November 1st, 2019
Assets not an issue for food aid
Glenn Grothman
Millionaires are eligible for food stamps, but "Donald Trump came along and decided to put a stop to it."
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All is not equal on death row
"More than half of death row prisoners are people of color."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, October 1st, 2019
Uninsured tally ticking up
Tammy Baldwin
"More Americans are uninsured today than when (President Donald) Trump took office."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Tuesday, August 13th, 2019
Noncitizen veterans are being deported
At the same time President Trump talks about supporting veterans, "he is deporting service members who have volunteered to serve this country."
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United States an outlier
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"The United States is the ONLY industrialized country without universal healthcare."
— PolitiFact Wisconsin on Friday, June 21st, 2019
Pay gaps are longstanding
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"Most research shows that (UW salaries) are a little behind, and (in) some areas we're behind more than others."
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PolitiFact Wisconsin's 'High Five' for the year 2019 includes fact-checks on former presidential contender Hillary Clinton's claims about Wisconsin voters, Minnesota vs. Wisconsin on number of lakes, and much more.
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6 south east London criminals jailed this December
Jessica — January 1, 2023 comments off
December saw six criminals jailed for various serious offences across south east London.
Three of the criminals were jailed for sex offences, including rape and a man who sexually assaulted a woman in her sleep.
Other offences that saw their perpetrators jailed included the racially aggravated assault of stewards at an England game and man who left his partner in a coma by beating her with a frying pan.
We have summarised the offences which took place below.
Darrel Rose
Darrel Rose was sentenced on December 5 at Croydon Crown Court, following a three-week trial (Image: Met Police)
Darrel Rose had already been jailed for the rape of one victim was found guilty of attacking a further two women, causing him to receive a life sentence.
The serial rapist of no fixed address, formerly New Addington, "treated both victims in a derogatory and degrading way" and "was both emotionally and physically abusive" during the span of attacks.
Rose, 36, was sentenced on December 5 at Croydon Crown Court, following a three-week trial.
Rose has been sentenced to life imprisonment with a minimum of 18 years.
Abel Mahari
Abel Mahari (Image: Met Police)
Abel Mahari, 35 was sentenced on Thursday, December 8 at Inner London Crown Court, to four years and three months imprisonment for sexual assault by touching.
The court heard how on September 5, 2021, the victim, aged in her 20s, was asleep at home when she woke to discover a man sexually assaulting her.
Recalling the incident, the victim said: "Someone coming into your house in the middle of the night and touching you in such an intimate way is something that you think will never happen to you.
"My home is my sanctuary, I felt safe there and he has taken that away from me."
Jack Scotter
Jack Scotter was jailed for 13 months after spitting and beating stewards and police officers at an England game in Wembley (Image: Met Police)
Jack Scotter, 27, was jailed for 13 months after racially aggravating and assaulting stewards and police officers at an England match in Wembley.
The Plumstead man was intoxicated and removed from the England v Switzerland game on March 26.
Once outside, he "racially abused stewards and assaulted four of them by punching, kicking, head-butting and spitting", Scotland Yard said.
He appeared on bail at Harrow Crown Court on December 9, when he pleaded guilty to four counts of racially aggravated common assault and two counts of assaulting an emergency worker and was subsequently sentenced.
Maxim Rowan-Moy
Maxim Rowan-Moy, 32, and of Eglinton Hill, Plumstead (Image: British Transport Police)
At 7.45pm on March 26, a 15-year-old girl was sat waiting for a train at Dover Priory station when she was approached by Maxim Rowan-Moy, 32, of Eglinton Hill in Plumstead.
Rowan-Moy plied the teenager with alcohol and then subjected her to a prolonged sexual assault onboard a train to Rochester.
On December 13 he was sentenced to 30 months in jail and handed a five-year Sexual Harm Prevention Order as well as being ordered to sign the Sex Offenders Register for 10 years.
Sebastian Birzu
Sebastian Birzu, 23, hit the victim with the frying pan but then claimed she had been injured after falling and banging her head on a radiator (Image: Kent Police)
Sebastian Birzu, from Dartford, was jailed for four years after he violently beat his partner with a frying pan, leaving her in a six-day long coma.
Birzu appeared before Woolwich Crown Court and pleaded not guilty but was convicted following a trial and sentenced on December 13 to four years in prison.
Birzu and the woman were in a relationship, and during the morning of Saturday, March 19, he attacked her.
Richard Todd
Richard Todd (Image: Met Police)
Richard Todd, of Foxberry Road, was sentenced at Woolwich Crown Court on Monday, December 19 to five years in jail after threatening bailiffs with a gun which he later pointed at police officers in his south east London home.
The 52-year-old had pleaded guilty at an earlier hearing to two counts of possession of a firearm with intent to cause fear of violence, possession of a prohibited weapon and possession of ammunition without a certificate.
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Do you believe the 'Toy Story' theory about Andy's dad?
The backstory of Andy's father is way sadder than you think
Screenwriter Andrew Stanton isn't toying around with a fan theory about one of his most popular films.Stanton took to Twitter Saturday to shut down a theory about Andy's father in 1995 film "Toy Story."
Screenwriter Andrew Stanton isn't toying around with a fan theory about one of his most popular films.
Emotional full trailer for 'Toy Story 4' revisits past
Tom Hanks just implied the ending of 'Toy Story 4' will be really emotional
A real-life Pizza Planet from 'Toy Story' is heading to Disney
Tamagotchis are officially making a comeback
Lisa Frank is now selling debit cards
Stanton took to Twitter Saturday to shut down a theory about Andy's father in 1995 film "Toy Story."


Time is running out to book your place at the next CSE Research Forum on Friday 15th July at the National Crime Agency (CEOP Command), London.
At this forum we are taking some time to profile the other research being undertaken in this field – with verbal or written updates, and with research posters which can be viewed over lunch.
If you would like us to profile your work please email lucie.shuker@beds.ac.uk with a 100 word summary of current or completed work, that can be included in a power point presentation for attendees. The summary should cover the aims, methodology and timescales of the research, and have links to more details/finished reports. If you would like to present a poster over lunch please state this in your email.
The Child Sexual Exploitation Research Forum was established in 2010, and is a partnership between The International Centre at the University of Bedfordshire and Barnardo's. The forum happens twice a year, and is aimed at practitioners, researchers and policy makers with an interest in CSE. The aim of the forum is to disseminate relevant research findings and provide a space for practitioners and researchers involved in the field of child sexual exploitation to learn from one other in dialogue.


Come and visit us at our new factory & shop.
We have all things greyhound and whippet. Lots of gifts for humans too.
Close by is Costco and DFO so plan a big day on the shop!
Annie's Coats has been keeping Greyhounds warm since 2005.
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latest designs we have created and had made up for your houndies pleasure.
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MUGS are $15 each - can be mailed at $8 for one- $14 for two.
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The inspiration for "Annie's Coats" came from a group of senior greyhounds in Victoria who were desperately in need of loving homes. Within a week of the call going out, a number of very special people, some with their own greyhound(s), took these beautiful creatures into their homes as long term fosters.
Not being able to take another grey myself - I wondered what I could do to help.
Being in the depth of a Melbourne winter and looking at my two fur kids all snuggled in the polar fleece pj's I had made for them, I set off on a mission to make coats for the "oldies". Some wonderful people donated fabric, others money, and within a short time all of the seniors had new coats to take with them to their foster/forever homes.
The coats were very popular and I started receiving requests to make coats for other greys.
So, in 2005, "Annie's Coats" was born. Since then I have made and donated over 1,000 adoption and foster coats to Greyhound Safety Net in Victoria, a couple of hundred coats to Greyhound Rescue in NSW, and I make and donate adoption coats for Gumtree Greys and other private greyhound rescue groups throughout Australia. The sale of coats from this site enable this to continue.
Annie's Coats also sponsors Greyhound fundraising events when funds allow.


Crop protection is a keystone of all farming activity and modern arable farming in the EU, irrespective of the production method. This is why, on the 7th of February 2019, in order to ensure a sustainable plant protection Copa & Cogeca, and IBMA trade association hosted a high level symposium at the European Parliament, where this topic was substantially debated.
The symposium was hosted by MEPs Annie Schreijer-Pierik (EPP), Pavel Poc (S&D) and Ivan Jakovčić (ALDE), with the participation of ministry representative from the Netherlands and featured interesting presentations by both farmers and industry representatives. The guests had the opportunity to hear and debate best ways to apply Integrated Pest Management (IPM) principles, based on good farming and agricultural practices, as well as solutions on how to prevent the reduction of farmers' toolbox.
MEP Annie Schreijer-Pierik took the opportunity to underline that "Low-risk crop protections of biological origin form an important integral part of farmers' toolboxes in modern pest and plant health management. The EU can lead the way in the world market of innovative biological pesticides, by facilitating not delaying their development and use!"
MEP Ivan Jakovčić further stressed that "It is time for a big and determined turning point in treating the land for agriculture! The way that farmland has been treated for decades has exhausted the resources and therefore we need new regulation and new policy! I hope that European institutions, interested companies and farmers will recognize the need for co-operation and creating synergies that will open another aspect of land use in the coming decades in a completely new way!"


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Estonia participated in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004 with the song "Tii" written by Priit Pajusaar, Glen Pilvre and Aapo Ilves. The song was performed by the group Neiokõsõ. The Estonian broadcaster Eesti Televisioon (ETV) organised the national final Eurolaul 2004 in order to select the Estonian entry for the 2004 contest in Istanbul, Turkey. Ten songs competed in the national final and "Tii" performed by Neiokõsõ was selected as the winner entirely by a public vote.

Estonia competed in the semi-final of the Eurovision Song Contest which took place on 12 May 2004. Performing during the show in position 17, "Tii" was not announced among the top 10 entries of the semi-final and therefore did not qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Estonia placed eleventh out of the 22 participating countries in the semi-final with 57 points.

Background

Prior to the 2004 Contest, Estonia had participated in the Eurovision Song Contest nine times since its first entry in , winning the contest on one occasion in 2001 with the song "Everybody" performed by Tanel Padar, Dave Benton and 2XL. In 2003, the song "Eighties Coming Back" performed by Ruffus placed twenty-first in the final.

The Estonian national broadcaster, Eesti Televisioon (ETV), broadcasts the event within Estonia and organises the selection process for the nation's entry. Since their debut, the Estonian broadcaster has organised national finals that feature a competition among multiple artists and songs in order to select Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest. The Eurolaul competition has been organised since 1996 in order to select Estonia's entry and on 1 October 2003, ETV announced the organisation of Eurolaul 2004 in order to select the nation's 2004 entry.

Before Eurovision

Eurolaul 2004
Eurolaul 2004 was the eleventh edition of the Estonian national selection Eurolaul, which selected Estonia's entry for the Eurovision Song Contest 2004. The competition consisted of a ten-song final on 7 February 2004 at the ETV studios in Tallinn, hosted by Marko Reikop and Karmel Eikner and broadcast on ETV. The national final was watched by 384,300 viewers in Estonia with a market share of 58.6%, making it the most watched Eurolaul competition since 1996.

Competing entries
On 1 October 2003, ETV opened the submission period for artists and composers to submit their entries up until 8 December 2003. A record 153 submissions were received by the deadline—breaking the previous record of 100, set during the 2003 edition. A 10-member jury panel selected 10 finalists from the submissions and the selected songs were announced on 11 December 2003 and among the competing artists were previous Eurovision Song Contest entrants Maarja, who represented Estonia in 1996 and 1997, and Tanel Padar (performing with Slobodan River), who represented Estonia in 2001 together with Dave Benton and 2XL. The selection jury consisted of Jaak Joala (musician), Meelis Kapstas (journalist), Jaan Karp (musician), Priit Hõbemägi (culture critic), Tõnu Kõrvits (composer), Kaari Sillamaa (composer), Heidi Pruuli (producer), Andres Jõesaar (media director), Tiit Kikas (musician) and Jaan Elgula (musician).

Final
The final took place on 7 February 2004. Ten songs competed during the show and "Tii" performed by Neiokõsõ was selected as the winner entirely by a public televote, revealed by Estonia's four regions alongside votes submitted via mobiles. Despite the public televote having registered 60,387 votes, only 19,478 votes were ultimately counted due to the remaining votes being submitted after the voting period.

At Eurovision

It was announced that the competition's format would be expanded to include a semi-final in 2004. According to the rules, all nations with the exceptions of the host country, the "Big Four" (France, Germany, Spain and the United Kingdom) and the ten highest placed finishers in the 2003 contest are required to qualify from the semi-final on 12 May 2004 in order to compete for the final on 15 May 2004; the top ten countries from the semi-final progress to the final. On 23 March 2004, a special allocation draw was held which determined the running order for the semi-final and Estonia was set to perform in position 17, following the entry from Slovenia and before the entry from Croatia. At the end of the semi-final, Estonia was not announced among the top 10 entries in the semi-final and therefore failed to qualify to compete in the final. It was later revealed that Estonia placed 11th in the semi-final, receiving a total of 47 points.

The semi-final and the final were broadcast in Estonia on ETV with commentary by Marko Reikop. The Estonian spokesperson, who announced the Estonian votes during the final, was Maarja-Liis Ilus who had previously represented Estonia in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1996 and 1997.

Voting
Below is a breakdown of points awarded to Estonia and awarded by Estonia in the semi-final and grand final of the contest. The nation awarded its 12 points to Ukraine in the semi-final and the final of the contest.

Points awarded to Estonia

Points awarded by Estonia

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Countries in the Eurovision Song Contest 2004
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This was all during the first few weeks.
Day after day, one frame at time, Harbin, 37, who lives in Charlotte, revealed something about his life. In the process, his drawings evolved from rough to sophisticated.
Today, more than 1,000 panels later, Toronto-based Koyama Press has published two volumes of Harbin's "Diary Comics." The third and final one comes out in May.
Harbin doesn't claim these cartoons are significant. In fact, he does the opposite.
But like any good memoir, these comics add up to more than diary entries, more than Harbin's daily struggle to make it as cartoonist.
Taken together, there's something fascinating – and universal – about the details that make up Dustin Harbin's dumb life.
Harbin got into cartooning on the retail floor. When he was 20, Charlotte's Heroes Aren't Hard to Find comics store hired him as a clerk.
Here's the punch line: Even after being busted and facing a furious mother ("I have NEVER been so embarrassed Dustin Harbin and on the way to CHURCH on top of all that "), he managed to keep one pocketful of sweets.
As he got older, he grew into an amiable juvenile delinquent. At Union County's Parkwood High School, he took up smoking, stopped doing homework, ran away, hopped on freight trains. He befriended, as the saying goes, the wrong crowd.
He never got around to graduating from high school.
But Harbin turned out to be one of those kids who just needed to grow up. Heroes, on Seventh Street, has always attracted employees with artists' souls. One, Chris Hannibal, became a big-time magician. Another, Matt Fraction, is one of Marvel Comics' top writers. In that store, Harbin found his niche.
He eventually became creative director and helped oversee the store's annual comics convention, which attracts thousands of fans each summer. In the process, he got to hang out with world-famous cartoonists and comic-book writers. He listened. He asked questions. And he sketched, signing his creations "dharbin," a nickname he acquired as a teenager.
Finally, a few years ago, he decided to get serious. He launched the daily diary comics in January 2010. Six months later, he stopped working at Heroes to be a full-time cartoonist.
Harbin reveals much through his art, but he also exaggerates. In real life, his beard isn't as scraggly as it is on his cartoon persona. And his ears don't stick out nearly that much.
The cartoon glasses, though, are pretty accurate. They look like specs your grandfather wore. He's almost as skinny as his cartoon self, despite regular weight-lifting, illustrated in cartoons with sweat flecks flying off his body.
Also accurate is the way he depicts himself as broke or behind on rent. In one strip, he faints ("Plop!") when he sees what he owes on a medical bill.
He's getting by, but barely. Some freelancing jobs produce regular checks. He has taught cartooning classes. But mostly, Harbin earns his income one sketch, one print, one mini-comic at a time.
When he is cash-strapped, he announces to more than 3,000 Twitter followers that he's having a sale on prints to pay rent.
Harbin also markets himself as cartoonist-for-hire. He has designed tattoos, a beer label and a wedding invitation. And he takes customer requests – one hour of drawing for $40. This has resulted in creations both wonderful and bizarre, including a creature that's a cross between Wolverine and Phantom of the Opera.
If you keep up with publishing trends, you know self-publishing is booming. Harbin self-publishes, too, but unlike authors who rely on self-publishing companies, he literally makes books himself.
He prints the pages and cover on his printers, then staples and trims the edges with a guillotine paper cutter. The results look professional – the literary equivalent of artisanal chocolate or handmade jewelry. You'd never guess they were created on some guy's laser jet.
Like many cartoonists, Harbin also displays his work on his website. His hope is that once you see it, you'll want to buy. That's what happened at the Toronto Comics Arts Festival in 2010, when Anne Koyama, owner of Koyama Press, discovered Harbin.
Impressed by his drawing, writing and self-deprecating humor, she bought one of everything. "I just fell in love with him and his work," she says.
In December 2010, a year after launching the diary comics, Harbin drew a series of strips announcing the end of his endeavor.
He's now at work on new projects, including a kids' comic to be published by Koyama Press this fall.
He's also launching a longer work, a memoir. "The Reliable Narrator" will be told from the point of view of a young Dustin, but adult Dustin will step into the frames to critique his younger self's recollections.
"The Reliable Narrator" will be longer, more fully conceived than previous works. He plans to serialize it on his website, then sell print copies. Eventually – maybe – he'll seek a publisher.
For diehard diary comics fans, the good news is that Harbin still occasionally posts one.
In a recent one, he's walking his dog when he encounters a neighbor. They strike up a conversation about the unseasonable weather. Harbin attributes it to global warming. By the look on the neighbor's face, we see that our hero has unwittingly stepped into a political minefield.
Confrontation avoided. Another day in dharbinworld. Everyday life, delivered in eight tidy panels.


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The Link Between National Security and Climate Change in Asia
April 21st, 2021 by The Cipher Brief | 0 Comments
The White House is preparing to launch a Leaders Summit on Climate hosted by President Joe Biden beginning Thursday. 40 World leaders were invited to participate in the two-day series of conversations on climate and emissions as The Washington Post quotes anonymous sources saying the Biden administration is expected to commit to cutting U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by at least 50 percent by 2030.
Chinese President Xi Jinping is expected to be among the leaders attending and in a rare statement of cooperation amid heightened tensions on other issues- including Taiwan, trade and actions in the South China Sea – the US and China issued a joint statement ahead of the summit, pledging cooperation and urgent progress on climate issues.
As part of a special series on climate in partnership with The Intelligence Project at Harvard University's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, and Cipher Brief Expert Kristin Wood, The Cipher Brief is focusing on the national security connections to climate change.
On the eve of the summit, authors Sarang Shidore, Shiloh Fetzek, and Rachel Fleishman look at the threat in Asia and Southeast Asia and offer specific recommendations for the US National Security Community.
Climate Change as a Security Threat in Asia
Traditionally, climate security analysis has focused on vulnerable populations in fragile states. Yet climate change also sharpens competition over food, water, energy and other shared resources between neighboring states, and threatens military and other security-sensitive installations.
Two recent reports, focused on Southeast Asia and South Asia, from the Expert Group of the International Military Council on Climate and Security stress both aspects of the climate security challenge and make the case that it is central to U.S. national security. The reports lay bare the complex security challenges on the horizon that will require the United States, as a core stakeholder in Asia's stability and balance of power, to be more engaged to prevent destabilizing outcomes in the region. These outcomes include potential worsening of tensions in the South China Sea, China-India and India-Pakistan rivalries, greater opportunities for violent extremist organizations, and internal instability magnified by damaging climate impacts.
Southeast Asia's geo-strategic tensions, underlying security challenges, urban vulnerabilities, and resource competition will be further stressed by climate impacts like extreme weather, flooding, sea level rise, heatwaves, and fish migration.
Southeast Asian societies have traditionally exhibited resilience to disasters, but the increasing frequency and severity of storms and flooding, exacerbated by sea level rise, will endanger human and economic security in the region to a degree that governments may struggle to cope with. Super Typhoon Haiyan/Yolanda, which caused nearly 8,000 fatalities in the Philippines in 2013, foretells new and perilous extremes. Climate variability will also likely disrupt transboundary resource management, for example along the Mekong and in the South China Sea (SCS), challenging existing arrangements to adapt to new realities. How these changes are managed will shape diplomatic relationships and governments' legitimacy in a more unpredictable world. Impacts on food security, livelihoods and human development will likely frustrate the expectations of a young and growing population.
Southeast Asia's coastal megacities are foundational to the stability and security of their respective countries. Recent analyses have resulted in a tripling of estimates of people vulnerable to sea level rise and coastal inundation. Major infrastructure and governance challenges will impact human development, security and stability in the region.
Climate change adds stress to competing territorial claims in the SCS, a flashpoint for geostrategic competition between China, its neighbors and the United States. The SCS has 11 billion barrels of oil and 190 trillion cubic feet of natural gas in proven and probable reserves. Fishing provides a mainstay of regional diets and local economies, but climate change will hasten its decline. Armed Chinese vessels have attacked fishing Vietnamese and Philippine fishing boats near the contested Spratly and Paracel Islands, evicting the boats and occasionally holding crews hostage. The U.S. Department of Defense has criticized China for arming a seafaring militia alongside its navy and coast guard.
South Asia is among the regions most vulnerable to climate change, given magnifying impacts on floods, drought, cyclones, coastal inundation, and heat spikes. These threats have security implications at the domestic level, potentially enhancing protests, insurgencies and politicization of migration. Climate change also contributes to international security risks in the region, particularly transboundary water contestations between nuclear powers India and Pakistan (over the Indus river basin) and China and India (primarily over the Brahmaputra river basin). A changing climate impacts both river basins through increased intensity of rainfall leading to enhanced floods, flow variability, growing silt loads, and dam building projects that increase mistrust between these pairs of rivals.
India and Pakistan have the advantage of an existing, long-standing accord, the Indus Waters Treaty. Nevertheless the treaty has been under increasing stress in recent years. Deteriorating relations between India and Pakistan have been the key reason, though a thaw has recently emerged. Climate change, among other environmental factors, is incentivizing Indian dam designs (particularly on the Chenab river) that could cumulatively achieve a high level of manipulable storage capacity, even as increased water stress in Pakistan encourages misperceptions of Indian responsibility. The India-China contestation over the flood-prone Brahmaputra (known as the Yarlung Tsangpo in China) is a much more recent development. The basin lacks a substantial water treaty, which disadvantages future disputes. China, as the upstream actor in this case, is building a number of dams, including a massive 60 GW planned project at the Great Bend of the river.
China's clean energy commitments, themselves driven by climate change, are driving the expansion of hydropower projects such as the Great Bend. Climate change is also likely to increase flood intensity in India's Assam state. These developments may induce Indian perceptions of Chinese water manipulation, whether such manipulation occurs or not. China's historic lack of transparency about its transboundary river projects does not help.
China's rivalry with India has sharpened since a violent clash on their contested border in June 2020. Preventing an escalation is in the U.S. national interest. At the same time, the United States is increasingly centering India in its strategy to counter growing Chinese power, creating a complex security triangle among the three countries.
China is a consequential actor in almost all major inter-state rivalries in the region, and is also a major carbon emitter, though it recently pledged to achieve "Net Zero" status by 2060. The U.S.-China relationship promises to be difficult, with President Biden foreseeing "extreme competition" and security groupings such as the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue expanding agendas that implicitly seek to counter Beijing.
Even so, China and the United States agree much more than disagree on climate change. Both countries face increasing natural disasters and use civilian and military capacities to respond. Cooperation between their military and civilian agencies on climate-related issues could act as a needed mechanism for stabilizing an otherwise risk-prone relationship.
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Recommendations for the U.S. National Security Community
As the reports suggest, these complex climate-enhanced challenges, along with the Biden Administration's whole-of-government approach to climate, present U.S. national security experts a new task. U.S. allies and competitors in the Indo-Pacific are watching to see how the Administration's strategy manifests in their region. To advance the U.S. national interest, national security actors should:
Encourage regional military, intelligence and security actors to incorporate climate change projections and their likely impacts into security planning, training and operations in a holistic and systematic manner. U.S.-hosted joint exercises in disaster preparedness and response could be "upgraded" to include more predictive modeling, scenario analysis and gaming, to heighten preparedness for the security challenges that climate change poses.
Urge the region's governments to enshrine climate security goals into all relevant regional forums. ASEAN, East Asia Summit, the South Asian Association of Regional Cooperation, and the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue could start coordinating data-sharing, planning, funding and emergency response protocols.
Engage China, as the most consequential Asian actor, to ensure it is a core part of the solution. Given sovereignty sensitivities, a first step would be exploring cooperation on data-sharing and data-interpretation on potential quick-onset climate impacts. Eventually, collaboration could expand into HA/DR. Including China as a climate stakeholder could help build trust even as U.S.-China relations struggle elsewhere.
Partner with officials in other U.S. government agencies on climate security matters. The U.S. national security community can build partnerships with Energy, Commerce, and Treasury, as well as the scientific community on the nexus of climate change and national security.
The geopolitics of climate have arrived in the Indo Pacific. Tackling climate security offers a path for the U.S. to reclaim its regional leadership role, while furthering stability and human security in the region.
Sarang Shidore is Senior Fellow with the Council on Strategic Risks in Washington, DC, Senior Research Analyst at the Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin and an independent consultant in geopolitical risk and climate/energy transitions.
Shiloh Fetzek is Senior Fellow for International Affairs at the Center for Climate and Security in Washington, DC, an Associate Fellow at the International Institute for Strategic Studies, and an independent consultant on climate change and security working with the UN, World Bank and UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office.
Rachel Fleishman is Senior Fellow for Asia-Pacific at the Center for Climate and Security, an institute of the Council on Strategic Risks in Washington, DC, and Asia-Pacific liaison at the International Military Council on Climate and Security (IMCCS).
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A: When installing Python packages with C extension modules on Mac OS X, Python will automatically use the SDK and deployment target with which the interpreter was built.  Presumably you are using a 32-bit-only Python, perhaps from one of the python.org installers.  These Pythons are built using the 10.4u SDK for compatibility with older systems.  If you are using Xcode 3, the 10.4u SDK is not installed by default but you can run the Xcode 3 installer and select it.  If you are using Xcode 4, you're probably out of luck as it does not include the 10.4u SDK (or so I understand).  You can install a newer 64-bit/32-bit 10.6-only Python 2.7 from python.org or you could use the Apple-supplied Python 2.6 (/usr/bin/python2.6).

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OK, OK… I have to include at least one picture from one of our walks…maybe two!
Soooo grateful to both Andre and Bill for coming over to fix my old car ~ change the alternator strap ~ all for the price of a meal and a bottle of wine!
Though it cost me two hours of my time, another little piece of the Estate is done.
I have been doing more writing challenges and finding out I just may have some talent.
I'm happy I went to my first Mary Kay meeting and it confirmed that this will be a nice little sideline to get out of the house and see people. I need me some people!
The menu above was served to lovely friends, Tammy & Andre and Armen (sans Sandi, unfortunately, as she had to take care of her father. Fingers crossed things go well for him!) A fire in the fireplace, great company, good food and wine; how better to cap off the week-end!
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The meal looks amazing. Seems like your creativity extends to the kitchen as well….:). Glad you had a great week and weekend.
I love cooking and entertaining!
Thanks, Sammy! I do my best.
A very good morning to you, Sir Frank!
Not bad actually! Good enough to find myself at the gym!
Glad to be a reminder.
Looks delicious! What is bavette?
Thanks Ms Viva! It's what I aim for!
Hello Dale, What an extarordinarily nice list! Glad to hear you had such a good week. Congrats to your son too!
Thanks for your kindness, Carol!
I should have written a warning then? Something along the lines of "warning. Reading of this post may cause rummaging through one's fridge and mindless eating"!
An addiction I'm already guilty of which my developing spare tire is reminding me of and all too frequently it seems. I think I'm going to be like Dracula and take to breaking all the mirrors in the house.
Oh don't go there! You know that expression "Never trust a skinny chef?" Well… that should NOT exist because I feel I will lose all credibility if I am nice and slim (or so my body/mind seem to be in cahoots to making me think!) I have been working my best to whip those thoughts OUT of me… have joined a gym. Have gone to the restaurant twice this week so far… battle will not easily be won, I fear.


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Severine Demaude (far right) pictured alongside the other finalists.
A Heriot-Watt student has won a national competition for her innovative living space design that uses plant life to create an energy efficient home.
Severine Demaude has been awarded first prize in the Chartered Institution of Building Services Engineers (CIBSE) Scotland 'Building of the Future' competition.
The final-year MEng Architectural Engineering student presented her research on "The Biological Passivhaus": a concept that marries trends in intelligent systems and biophilic design with some hard building science.
This kind of interdisciplinary innovation is exactly what we aim to instill in our engineering graduates.
Her proposal integrates plants into the house as a means of humidifying the fresh air intake, increasing the comfort and wellbeing of occupants.
She attended the CIBSE Scotland Conference in Glasgow with the other shortlisted entrants where she received the award.
Afterwards, Severine said: "It was a great opportunity to be able to take part in the CIBSE.
"The Building of the Future" poster competition and to be able to share my design with everyone at the CIBSE Scotland conference. I am now looking forward to attending the EasyIO World Conference in Amsterdam later this year, which will be an excellent opportunity to learn more about future trends in the construction industry."
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But when i run run Pagespeed insight there are several .js files which are not included in the browser caching for example:
http://www.hwi-sicherheit.de/…awesome/fontawesome-webfont.woff?v=3.2.1 (2 Tage)
http://www.hwi-sicherheit.de/…jquery.form.min.js?ver=3.51.0-2014.06.20 (2,5 Tage)
http://www.hwi-sicherheit.de/…-form-7/includes/js/scripts.js?ver=4.3.1 (2,5 Tage)
http://www.hwi-sicherheit.de/…-wordpress/js/mappress.min.js?ver=2.43.4 (2,5 Tage)
http://www.hwi-sicherheit.de/…-shortcodes/includes/js/rsvp.js?ver=1.82 (2,5 Tage)
http://www.hwi-sicherheit.de/…s/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=1.2.1 (2,5 Tage)
http://www.hwi-sicherheit.de/…-includes/js/jquery/jquery.js?ver=1.11.3 (2,5 Tage)
http://www.hwi-sicherheit.de/…s/jquery/jquery.masonry.min.js?ver=3.1.2 (2,5 Tage)
http://www.hwi-sicherheit.de/…/wp-includes/js/masonry.min.js?ver=3.1.2 (2,5 Tage)
http://www.hwi-sicherheit.de/…s/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js?ver=4.4 (2,5 Tage)

why these files are not included?

A: It is because it doesn't recognize the extension.
instead of reading this
http://www.hwi-sicherheit.de/…jquery.form.min.js

it reads this :
http://www.hwi-sicherheit.de/…s/jquery/jquery-migrate.min.js?ver=1.2.1

Remove the query string and encode the parameters
I think you should check this :
https://wordpress.org/plugins/remove-query-strings-from-static-resources/


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Florida: Testing Students Into Oblivion
Posted by Peter Greene @palan57 on Friday, 30 December 2016 in Assessment
Recently the Tampa Bay Times reported on a great new program being pursued by Pinellas County schools to raise school ratings. The program could best be described as "Just stop having school and devote your time to test prep instead."
The article focuses on differences that are emerging between biweekly test results for 3-6 grade students and K-2 students. In doing so the article completely breezes past the fact that these schools are giving biweekly tests to K-2 students.
There is so much educational malpractice jammed into this whole stupid package.
The biweekly testing is being done in Pinellas "transformation zone" schools, aka "schools with lousy ratings" aka "poor schools." Pinellas County (that's St. Petersburg etc) schools have seen a transformation common in Florida, with shrinking enrollment and huge piles of money being funneled into mismanaged charter scams. But the story in Pinellas County is even worse than that, because the Pinellas County school board purposefully manufactured these failing schools. Let's pause for a history lesson.
You can read the full story here, or my shorter version here. But let me lay out the short ugly version. But if you remember the story of "failure factories" in Florida from a year or so ago-- well, that's where we are.
The county has a history. St. Petersburg zoned itself for segregation in the 1930's and put the interstate smack through the black part of town in 1970. Black parents went to court to force integration, and the federal government stepped in to monitor the district. That monitoring stopped in 2007, and Pinellas County immediately started working on resegregating their schools.
By reversing successful desegregation and education programs, by concentrating the poor black and brown kids in just five schools, and then deliberating failing to provide those five schools with the resources and support they needed, Pinellas County managed to turn five previously-successful elementary schools into infamous "failure factories."
So the district created transformation zones in which they promised to focus on these poor schools and get them what they should have had (and used to have) all along. Last spring Pinellas County was looking for "transformational leaders" to run their elementary and middle schools. So what do transformational schools get?
They get Antonio Burt, a roving ronin of school transformation with experience within Tennessee's "innovation zone." What else do they get?
They get testing every other week for their littles. Every other week. What possible justification is there for biweekly testing? Well, according to the Tampa Bay Times:
The tests, which are new this year and are only being given in those schools, are being used to help teachers identify how well they have taught the state standards and to catch students' weak areas earlier in the year.
Oh, baloney. This is training. This is the rankest kind of test prep. This is making the students well-rehearsed little test-taking machines. It is throwing up your hands and admitting that the Big Standardized Tests are not legitimate measures of anything except test-taking prowess, and while I applaud the recognition of reality, this is terrible education malpractice.
First, a generation of students is being taught that you go to school to take a test, and that's all education is. This is the worst kind of lie, a selfish inexcusable lie told to our most vulnerable children.
Second, just what has been cut out of the curriculum to make room for all this testing? If each administration of the test only ate only one day, that would still be eighteen days of school given over to testing, which is a almost four weeks, a month. A month of actual instruction lost to these students.
Third, these are the students who are going to be least helped by an education that is all about doing well on a Big Standardized Test. The deck is already stacked against them, and being well-versed in the taking of standardized tests is not going to help them.
This kind of baloney is most damaging to the small children, but it's bad news for all the students in Pinellas County.
Other misguided "transformational" ideas are hinted at in the article.
Antonio Burt, who is leading the Pinellas transformation effort, said teachers are not waiting to expose students to advanced concepts. For example, a standard usually scheduled to be taught in February — one that could count as much as 40 percent on the Florida Standards Assessment — now is introduced to students in August, giving them more time to practice.
SMH. First of all, this is the very definition of test-centered curriculum, which is an absolutely indefensible practice. Second of all, how does this even work-- students, I know we haven't laid the groundwork for any of this, and it involves concepts you haven't been taught yet, but we're just going to skip to chapter twenty-three on the text-book. I mean, I guess this is genius-- we can just "introduce" the quadratic formula to Kindergartners because if we introduce it sooner, they'll do better on the test, right?
Transformational schools are all about the test. Here's one super-swell motivational piece--
At Sandy Lane Elementary, principal Tzeporaw Sahadeo adds some encouragement for the children. She created the 80 Percent Club to recognize students who scored at least an 80 percent on their biweekly tests.
Those students get to cut the lunch line for the week and are given 80 "shark shillings" — enough for a bag of coveted Takis spicy chips from the school store. Incentives also are given for children who barely miss the mark and earn 70 percent.
Yes, the school ties when you get to eat to your test score. That's not just a bizarre example of an extrinsic motivator, which we've long known is not a healthy sort of motivation to saddle a kid with. It also means that every day at lunch, students are lined up publicly in the cafeteria according to test results. If you thought a data wall was bad, how do you feel about a data lunch line?
The hook for this article is the mystery of decreasing test scores. The littles do well on the tests, but older kids do not, particularly on the literacy test. What could explain it? The article considers two explanations. One is that the standards get harder and more complex. And Burt suggests that there are "pockets of teachers" who "need reinforcement on what the standards are." I would suggest some other theories. One is that the standards are bunk. Another is that standardized literacy tests don't really test literacy. Yet another would be that the older students get, the less inclined they are to jump compliantly through hoops that they see as useless and pointless and part of an educational system that is not offering to give anything to them, but instead only wants to get them to produce scores for the school's benefit.
Test-centered education is ultimately always backwards. The school is not there to serve the students by providing them with an education. Instead, the students are there to serve the school by generating the numbers the school wants to get.
It is possible to have some understanding for Pinellas school leaders, who are staring down the barrel of Florida's immensely stupid, damaging, and unhelpful test-based school grade system. Throughout Florida, many schools face that one basic choice-- do they actually work at providing students with a real education, or do they make their school test centered in an effort to avoid punishment for low scores? In a state that is determined to break down its public schools, the better to drive parents and students into the arms of the charter industry, that's not a small or easy dilemma for public schools to face.
But Pinellas County has chosen poorly (and the Tampa bay Times has, on this occasion, reported lazily by not asking for evidence that any of these practices actually work). Test-centered education isn't good for anybody except the businesses selling test materials. Pinellas County has lost its way, but it's the students who are getting abandoned in the wilderness.
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There is no doubt that of all of the senses you have, your sense of vision is one that is the most valuable to you. The idea of not being able to see is enough to cause most people to take extra precaution with anything that could harm their eyes. Even though you may value your vision, there are a lot of things you may do on a daily basis that are putting your eyesight in danger. Here are three surprising things that can hinder your eyesight in the future if you do not take precautions now.
When you hit the beach or head out in the sun, you likely slather on sunblock to protect skin, but if you leave the sunglasses at home, you are still leaving a possibility of negative effects. Your eyes are particularly sensitive to UV rays that are emitted from the sun. Studies have shown that exposure to UV radiation in the long term can cause the development of cataracts and may also contribute to macular degeneration. Therefore, your sunglasses should be capable of blocking UV rays and be worn any time you are in direct sunlight.
You are more likely to hear about how much damage smoking can do to your bodily organs than what it can do to your eyesight. However, it has been scientifically proven that smoking is bad for the health of your eyes. It can increase your risk of macular degeneration and cataracts, cause problems with dry eyes, and even worsen issues that are already present with your vision. If you did not already have a reason to kick this bad habit, the safety of your vision is one more you should consider.
You may have been told that watching too much television is bad for your eyes. This likely makes you think long and hard about how much of an impact staring at a computer screen, telephone, or tablet all day could have. It is not that the screens emit bad things, but consistently staring can cause your eyes to be more dry than usual and prevent you from blinking as often. This condition is so common, it is referred to as computer vision syndrome. This prolonged irritation can cause you to have problems with your vision in the long run.
You may think that you do all you can to protect your vision, but when it comes down to it, there are many simple acts that can be a factor in the health of your eyes. Talk to an eye doctor, like those at Atlantic Eye Consultant PC - Delianides Aris P MD, about ways you can prevent problems with your eyes.


There are a lot of conspiracy theories out there, but one of the oldest and most prominent is that the United States faked the moon landing. Neil deGrasse Tyson has another way to look at how to deal with the conspiracy theories.
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Creating a fine contrast of vibrant red and soothing white this vivacious eternity band is channel-set with alternating square rubies and princess-cut diamonds. Made in 14K yellow gold this eternity band has a total gem weight (TGW) of 5.00 carat. A perfect gift for any July born as Ruby is July birthstone.


WDCV station manager and DJ Jon Northridge '16 listens to music during his radio show.
As a music minor, WDCV DJ and Composed volunteer, Jonathan Northridge '16 understands how to make and play music, and as a WDCV station manager, radio intern and economics major, he understands the business of music promotion too. Jon shares his passion for music, movies and friendship, and his star-studded post-Dickinson plans.
WDCV (station manager), Composed, College Choir, Gaming Club and Skate Club.
I chose Dickinson because it allowed me the opportunity to take a wide range of classes while still getting a goal-oriented education. Even the classes I've taken outside of my fields of study (most notably, with [former Visiting Assistant Professor of Theatre & Dance] Jon Liebetrau and [Professor of Theatre] Todd Wronski) taught me a lot about myself and the world around me.
Music in Film with Professor [of Music Blake] Wilson has been my favorite class so far; it helped me discover the symbiotic relationship between two of my favorite art forms.
I interned at 101.3 The Rose (now known as Fun 101.3) and 92.7 KZF (now known as WLPA). The internship appealed to me because I had grown up listening to these stations, and it was cool to see the back end of the studios. I also learned a lot about how a commercial radio station works and whether the radio business is right for me (spoiler alert: it is).
Jon Northridge '16 gives a LeTort student a lesson on guitar, one of four instruments at the focus of the afterschool songwriting program Composed. Photo by Tony Moore.
I want to go into the radio business, have a family and meet Dave Grohl.
The most valuable thing you can ever give someone is your time. Make sure you spend it well, whether you are building houses for the needy or talking to your friends after a long day.
I can play Guitar Hero better than anyone I have ever met, except Louis Manza.
Forming a band (formerly known as What Women Want to Hear, then 5 Men and a Baby, and now 2 Men and a Baby).
… I would own a house in between Dave Grohl, Emma Watson, Stephen Risko and Dalton Maltz '16.


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Lardarius Webb Tears ACL, Done For Season
The Ravens had their fears confirmed.
Top cornerback Lardarius Webb tore his left ACL and will miss the rest of the season. This is the second ACL tear Webb has suffered in his four-year career, as he tore his right ACL during his rookie season.
The Ravens braced for the news after Sunday's game against the Cowboys, knowing that the injury didn't look good when Webb fell to the turf, clutching his knee.
"Lardarius yesterday was distraught," Head Coach John Harbaugh said. "I could see it when I walked on the field, on his face. He kind of knew because he's been through it before. I just felt like he knew. He was just beside himself."
The news about Webb came on the same day that the Ravens also lost legendary linebacker Ray Lewis for the season with a torn triceps muscle.
"I'm disappointed for those guys," Harbaugh said. "It doesn't matter how I or someone else feels about it. It's their thing. These are guys that put so much heart and soul into what they do."
With Webb out for the season, the Ravens will turn to second-year cornerback Jimmy Smith to take over the starting job opposite Cary Williams. Free-agent signing Corey Graham will likely take over the nickel back role, with second-year cornerback Chykie Brown and rookie Asa Jackson also competing for playing time.
"I feel great about our guys' chances to fill in," Harbaugh said. "That's something we've been able to do in the past. That's what you have to be able to do."
Webb's injury will take a toll on the Ravens defense from a leadership and a competitive standpoint. He had solidified himself as the team's franchise cornerback this season after signing a six-year contract extension reportedly worth $50 million in the offseason, and was having a Pro Bowl start to the season.
He had 25 tackles, one interception, one fumble recovery and six passes defended on the season.
"Lardarius had become one of the premier corners in the league," Harbaugh said. "I'm biased. I'd say he's the best. Maybe some people would question that, but I don't question that. I see him every day."
Webb, 27, has shown already that he can recover from a torn ACL. He has a long road of recovery ahead, but the Ravens are confident that he will return to form next season.
"He will be back," Harbaugh said. "He has been through this before. He will rehab like crazy and he will be back next year, stronger than ever. He's just that kind of guy."


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Successful Littleham treasure hunt
MORE than two hundred pounds was raised at a treasure hunt on Saturday which will go towards the renovation of Littleham Leisure Centre. Between 50 and 60 people took part in one, three and five mile route-hunts. John Elms, one of the organisers, said: A
MORE than two hundred pounds was raised at a treasure hunt on Saturday which will go towards the renovation of Littleham Leisure Centre.
Between 50 and 60 people took part in one, three and five mile route-hunts. John Elms, one of the organisers, said: "A lot of youngsters turned up and had fun which was good to see."
The event was put together by the Fishers of Men group at Littleham Church.
Refreshments, a barbeque and prizes were also on offer on the day.


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BOS 200: Strategies for Organizing
The Modern Language Association (MLA) citation and format style guide is commonly used to "cite sources within the language arts, cultural studies, and other humanities" (Purdue OWL).
For more information on MLA and examples of citations, visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) MLA website and navigate using the left-hand side menu. Fairfield University also has a helpful guide to MLA Citation found here: https://librarybestbets.fairfield.edu/citationguides/mla
The American Psychological Association (APA) citation and format style is commonly used to cite sources in the natural and social sciences.
For more information on APA style and examples of citations, visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) website and navigate using the left-hand side menu. Fairfield University also has a helpful guide to APA citation found here: https://librarybestbets.fairfield.edu/citationguides/apa
The College Library also provides direct access to the APA Online Handbook.
For more information on Chicago and examples of citations, visit the Purdue Online Writing Lab (OWL) Chicago website and navigate using the left-hand side menu. Fairfield University also has a helpful guide to Chicago citation. There are separate guides for Notes/Bibliography and Author/Date. Be sure to check with your faculty member to see which they would like you to use.
The American Chemical Society (ACS) Style Guide To Scholarly Communication is commonly used for "research papers in the field of chemistry" (Williams College).
The College Library provides access to the full text of The ACS Style Guide To Scholarly Communication.
The American Sociological Association (ASA) Style Guide is commonly used to prepare manuscripts for publication in ASA journals. It is also used by students, researchers, et al., when writing in the field of sociology.
The Purdue Online Writing Lab website offers examples of ASA Style for In-Text (Citation) References and References Page Formatting.
Citation Management Tools, like Zotero and Mendeley, can help you stay organized when researching by gathering and organizing citation info for your sources.
There are pros and cons to each tool, but we recommend starting with Zotero, since it's a open-source tool that you can take with you after you leave F&M. For more information on Zotero & Mendeley, visit the links below.
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Subjects: Business, Organizations, and Society


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package world;

import geometry.Parallelepiped;
import geometry.Position;
import org.junit.Assert;
import org.junit.Test;

import java.util.Collections;
import java.util.HashSet;
import java.util.Set;

import static cells.StaticCell.STONE;
import static cells.StaticCell.WOOD;
import static cells.StaticCell.WOOL;

import static org.junit.Assert.*;

public class CellParallelepipedTest {
    private CellParallelepiped testCP;

    @Test
    public void testPositionConstructor() {
        testCP = new CellParallelepiped(new Position(0,0,0), WOOL);

        Assert.assertEquals(testCP.cell, WOOL);
        // TODO: make position be a kind of parallelepiped (parallelepiped extends position?)
        assertEquals(testCP.parallelepiped, new Parallelepiped(new Position(0,0,0)));
    }

    @Test
    public void testParallelepipedConstructorBasic() {
        testCP = new CellParallelepiped(new Parallelepiped(new Position(0,0,0)), STONE);

        Assert.assertEquals(testCP.cell, STONE);
        assertEquals(testCP.parallelepiped, new Parallelepiped(new Position(0,0,0)));
    }

    @Test
    public void testParallelepipedConstructorHarder() {
        testCP = new CellParallelepiped(new Parallelepiped(new Position(0,0,0), 10, 20, 30), WOOD);

        Assert.assertEquals(testCP.cell, WOOD);
        assertEquals(testCP.parallelepiped, new Parallelepiped(new Position(0,0,0), 10, 20,30));
    }

    @Test
    public void testEquals() {
        assertEquals(new CellParallelepiped(new Parallelepiped(new Position(0,0,0),1, 2, 10), WOOD),
                new CellParallelepiped(new Parallelepiped(new Position(0,0,0),1, 2, 10), WOOD));
    }

    @Test
    public void testNotEqualsSize() {
        assertNotEquals(new CellParallelepiped(new Parallelepiped(new Position(0,0,0),1, 3, 10), WOOD),
                new CellParallelepiped(new Parallelepiped(new Position(0,0,0),1, 2, 10), WOOD));
    }

    @Test
    public void testNotEqualsMaterial() {
        assertNotEquals(new CellParallelepiped(new Parallelepiped(new Position(0,0,0),1, 2, 10), STONE),
                new CellParallelepiped(new Parallelepiped(new Position(0,0,0),1, 2, 10), WOOD));
    }

    @Test
    public void testNotEqualsPosition() {
        assertNotEquals(new CellParallelepiped(new Parallelepiped(new Position(3,0,0),1, 2, 10), WOOD),
                new CellParallelepiped(new Parallelepiped(new Position(0,0,0),1, 2, 10), WOOD));
    }

    @Test
    public void testHashCode() {
        Set<CellParallelepiped> cellParallelepipedSet =
                new HashSet<>(Collections.singleton(new CellParallelepiped(
                        new Parallelepiped(new Position(3,0,0),1, 2, 10), WOOD)));

        assertTrue(cellParallelepipedSet.contains(new CellParallelepiped(
                new Parallelepiped(new Position(3,0,0),1, 2, 10), WOOD)));
    }
}

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