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Chair in Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage
Durham University – Professor Robin Coningham
Cultural heritage is a key driver for helping to meet the UN's Sustainable Development Goals but is increasingly at risk from natural and human disasters.
With these sites so vulnerable, Durham's Chair addresses the social, ethical and economic impacts facing heritage managers. The team co-design solutions and training programmes to encourage protection and inclusive promotion, particularly at living heritage sites.
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"Our new co-produced approaches seek to bring together local communities, schools, site managers and cutting-edge academic research, to break down these barriers. Our collective goal now is to enhance heritage protection alongside increased community social and economic benefits within a framework of stakeholder engagement and shared responsibility of custodianship."
Professor Robin Conningham
The UNESCO Chair in Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage is hosted by the Department of Archaeology at Durham University and held by Professor Robin Coningham. It builds on thirty years of collaborative archaeological fieldwork and co-designed heritage interventions across South Asia, as well as joint custodianship of Durham's own UNESCO World Heritage Site.
During this time, it has become clear that heritage offers a sense of identity, maintains social diversity, cohesion, and intercultural dialogue, and forms our basic right to participate in cultural life. Unfortunately, they are increasingly threatened by accelerated development, mega-infrastructure, mass tourism, encroachment, neglect, climate change, natural disasters and targeted destruction. Following Nepal's devastating earthquakes in 2015, UNESCO mobilised Durham's Chair to assist with the assessment of damaged monuments across the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Site to help meet SDG8 and SDG17.
We need bold solutions to stem the depletion of this fundamental, yet finite, resource. By working to protect these sites, the chair plays a critical role in education, conflict mitigation and sustainable development. While many national and international studies and interventions focus on physical protection, few succeed in binding societal contexts with interdisciplinary rigour in a holistic manner.
Robin and his team have co-designed programmes in Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Jordan and Egypt. This has provided heritage and research training to over 1,000 people, helped to strengthen cross-regional partnerships between academics, local communities and heritage practitioners as well as influencing heritage policy and practice to enhance the protection of vulnerable sites.
As part of one of UNESCO's heritage interventions, for the last ten years Robin has worked with Nepali and international colleagues at Lumbini, the Birthplace of Lord Buddha. Here, his research has ranged from discovering Asia's earliest Buddhist Shrine at Lumbini to the mapping, protecting and presenting of over 15 associated sites.
Robin uses his expertise to work with interdisciplinary teams including architects, engineers, historians, conservators, heritage managers, first responders and local communities. These collaborations have forged new methodologies to record and safeguard heritage sites, recycle historic building materials and evaluate the seismic safety of historic urban infrastructure.
Professor Robin Coningham
Professor in the Department of Archaeology at Durham University, and Member of the Institute for Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, Robin has carried out extensive fieldwork in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
Professor Coningham is committed to the preservation of cultural heritage and has joined over 30 international missions for UNESCO. Alongside his interests in archaeology, community engagement and cultural heritage protection on a broader scale, Robin's research has also explored the impact that international trade in illicit antiquities has on our heritage preservation.
Professor in the Department of Archaeology
King's College, Cambridge
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More about Prof. Robin Coningham
Read about some of the many projects that Professor Coningham has been a part of during his career.
UNESCO and Sustainable Pilgrimage
#HeritageProtection
Professor Coningham and his team have helped to restore monuments across the Kathmandu Valley World Heritage Sites and have plans to expand these programmes across South Asia.
Monument Recovery After Natural Disasters
See how Professor Coningham proposes to restore damaged UNESCO World Heritage Sites authentically, following natural disaster destruction and cost-cutting attempts to do so quickly.
War Damaged Heritage: Sri Lanka
By extending bilateral partnerships across Sri Lanka, India and Myanmar through post-disaster field laboratories in Kathmandu, Robin has initiated a partnership with Sri Lanka's Central Cultural Fund and the University of Jaffna to co-design the protection of war-damaged heritage in Jaffna.
Exhibitions for Learning: Building Cultural Bridges
#LearningLegacies
Durham's UNESCO Chair has also co-curated several exhibitions in the UK, South, Southeast and East Asia. Click here to learn more.
In role as chair, Robin has disseminated his co-produced research and methods to the academic community and wider public through books, articles, exhibitions and public events.
The Archaeology of South Asia: From the Indus to Asoka.
#SouthAsia
Exploring the regional diversity of South Asian archaeological cultures, Robin provides a detailed account of the archaeology throughout this region, looking between c.6500 BCE–200 CE.
Resilience within the rubble.
#ConservationArchaeology
The Gorkha Earthquake in 2015 destroyed over 650 monuments across Nepal, including the World Heritage Site, Kathmandu. Read about Robin's work re-discovering this building and it's foundations in order to plan the build back up to it's former glory.
Appropriating the Past
#ArchaeologicalEthics
Here, Robin explores multiple philosophical perspectives on the practice of Archaeology.
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"The mobility and exchange facilitated by Durham-led field projects, fellowships and workshops has strengthened international partnerships across my region and have helped to develop stronger relationships between academics, heritage practitioners and local communities to co-create practical and effective pathways with a very real positive social and economic impacts."
Dr Abdul Azeem, Director-General of the Department of Archaeology and Museums, Federal Government of Pakistan.
#CulturalHeritage #Archaeology
Chair in Cultural Property Protection and Peace
Prof. Peter Stone #Culture
The UNESCO Chair team at Newcastle tries to reduce this damage by working with the heritage, military, and humanitarian sectors to plan to conserve heritage during peacetime, as well as ensure its protection during conflict and following natural disaster.
Chair in Sustainable Mountain Development
UNIVERSITY OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS
Prof. Martin Price #EcoTourism
The chair for sustainable mountain development works to assess and continue the sustainable development of mountains by getting involved in a variety of projects and inspiring future researchers through academic programmes.
Chair in Globalising a Shared Education Model for Improving Relations in Divided Societies
Prof Joanna Hughes #Culture
The Centre for Shared education, led by Professor Joanne Hughes at Queen's University, advocates shared education as a model for promoting collaboration and inter-relations through education.
Chair in ICT for Development at Royal Holloway, University of London
The ICT4D Collective was set up by the current Chairholder, Tim Unwin, in 2004. They're a group of people committed to undertaking the highest possible quality of research in the field of ICT4D and making the results of this available freely to the global community.
Chair in Globalising a Shared Education Model for Improving Relations in Divided Societies at Queens University Belfast
The Centre for Shared education, led by Professor Joanne Hughes at Queen's University, advocates shared education as a model for promoting inter-relations through education.
Chair in Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage at Durham University
The UNESCO Chair in Archaeological Ethics and Practice in Cultural Heritage is hosted by the Department of Archaeology at Durham University and held by Professor Robin Coningham.
Chair on Analytics and Data Science at the University of Essex
Data has been called the gold of the 21st Century and advanced data analytics techniques have the potential to revolutionise almost every aspect of human activity.
#SocialScience
#CreativeVoices
As an Expert advisor to the UKNC to UNESCO on the development of creative cities across the world, David Wilson works to drive sustainable development through culture and creativity.
#Literacy
An expert in literature, literacy and libraries, Sandeep Mahal, is Director of Nottingham UNESCO City of Literature and Chair of the UNESCO Cities of Literature Network.
#Chair Prof. Joanne Hughes
Chair in Sustainable Mountain Development at the University of the Highlands and Islands
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Personal injury cases are tricky to handle. No law practitioner can precisely predict the time it takes to resolve a personal injury case. It wholly depends on the nature of the case and the time it takes to get everything in order. Here are a few things that'll enable you to estimate the time it'd take to resolve a case.
The first and foremost concern in case of a personal injury is to get the patient medically fit. Until a time that the patient has recovered completely from his/her injuries, or has attained the maximum medical improvement possible in the aftermath of the accident, the extent of damage cannot be fully analyzed. It takes thorough examination to quantify the current and projected losses due to physical injuries.
In order to make a strong case in front of the insurance company, all relevant documents need to be collected. This would include medical records, employment records, property damage analysis and other supporting materials. Depending on how the institutions work, this phase may stretch over several months.
This involves investigating the cause of accident, estimating the extent of previous and augmented damage, collecting witnesses and scientific proof of damage, and other similar situational analysis that support the claim. It is not easy to quantify damage in such cases, especially those that do not manifest apparently.
This phase involves negotiations with the insurance company based on the information collected and analyzed. It might take considerable time to reach an agreement because the adjusters are adamant and trained not to accept the victim claims easily.
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Leana focuses her practice on competition law, consumer protection law, data protection law and other regulatory work.
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What time and where is drop-off/pick-up for my day camper?
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During free time, is there structure in place to keep the campers safe?
During breaks, campers will be dining in our cafeteria, spending time in the dorms or in the courtyard outside the dorms with supervision from camp staff. Their meal time takes up much of their break however if time allows, campers are allowed to visit the bookstore on campus during daylight hours and only with another camper present. If another parent is transporting your daughter for any reason, written permission is required from the camper's parent. We take roll call before returning to the fields after each break so all campers are accounted for before the start of each session.
How do we upload our forms to our camp account?
1) Click the Log In button at the top of the page.
2) Use the same log in information you used to initially register for camp.
3) Click the Proceed to My Account button or the Account button at the top of the page.
4) Click the "Files" button which corresponds with the order from camp.
5) Click the "Browse" button and select the file you wish to upload.
6) Click the "Upload" button and that's it! The file will automatically be uploaded to the player profile for camp.
What address do I mail the key deposit to?
My daughter has a league game during the camp. Will she be able to leave and come back?
If your child has a league game during the week of camp, please fill out a permission slip during check-in. This will let us know what time she will be leaving and returning to camp as well as who will be picking her up and dropping her off. Another parent may pick her up to transport her to her game as long as we have the child's parent's permission slip prior to the start of camp.
How do I upload forms to my player profile?
Is there swimming at camp?
No, this is a softball camp.
Where do I need to send completed camp forms?
Completed forms must be scanned and uploaded to the camp registration website by July 15, 2019.
What else do I need to know about camp?
Hoya Softball clothing will be for sale at registration and checkout.
T-shirt size requested on your registration form will be the size distributed. Double check this on your registration.
DO NOT use a player's email for communication on the registration form. You must use a parent email.
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Pirates Fall Short
The Inland Valley Pirates (18-17-2) fell short in their quest to win in dramatic fashion in Game 3 of the SCCBL first round against the… Read More »Pirates Fall Short
Pirates Drop Game 1 to Power
The Inland Valley Pirates (16-13-1, 6-10) fell in the first game of a doubleheader to the Palm Springs Power (29-10, 12-5) at Cal Poly Pomona… Read More »Pirates Drop Game 1 to Power
Pirates 2015 Season Preview
The Pirates return 14 players from their SCCBL 2015 regular season co-championship team.
Former SCCBL all-stars Andrew Alvarez, Kyle Jackson, Jonny Reynoso, Anthony Virgen and Nathan Virgen are all back to help the club improve to the next level after last season's successful 26-8 finish.
Alvarez posted gaudy numbers, while dominating the competition in 2014. The Houston Baptist senior-to-be earned Pitcher of the Month honors in June, while finishing 5-0 with a 2.42 ERA and 38 strikeouts in 44.2 innings. He did damage with the bat as well, finishing with a .341 batting average and leading the team with 31 hits for the season.Read More »Pirates 2015 Season Preview
Inland Valley All-Stars Revealed
The Inland Valley Baseball Association earned 10 combined all-star elections for the All-Star game on Saturday night at Palm Springs Stadium.
The home run derby will get underway at 6 pm with the all-star game beginning at 7:05.Read More »Inland Valley All-Stars Revealed
Pirates Take Game 1 vs SD
The Pirates (24-6, 11-4) defeated Team San Diego (23-18, 7-8) 7-2 in Game 1 of the double dip Friday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
The Pirates jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the second inning.
Andrew Alvarez doubled and scored on a Nolan Henley RBI base hit up the middle. Christian Kelley plated the second run on an infield single by Greg Espinosa.Read More »Pirates Take Game 1 vs SD
Pirates Down Halos
The Pirates (23-5, 10-4) defeated the OC Halos 6-1 on Sunday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
Inland Valley got out to a quick start in the first inning as Greg Espinosa scored on an RBI by Andrew Alvarez to make it 1-0.
The Halos knotted it up at 1-1 in the fourth inning.
Anthony Virgen killed any moment the Halos might have had with a majestic two-run homer over the left field wall in the fifth inning. Anthony's brother, Nathan, also scored on the big fly and the Pirates regained the lead at 3-1.Read More »Pirates Down Halos
Pirates Conquer Legends
The Pirates (21-5, 10-4) conquered the Long Beach Legends 3-0 on Wednesday afternoon at Long Beach City College.
The story of the game was the two D-1 pitchers for the Pirates, Andrew Alvarez (5-0) and Jordan Scheftz (SV 2), shutout the Legends. Alvarez tossed the first five innings, while Scheftz closed out the final four.Read More »Pirates Conquer Legends
Pirates Win Game 1 in SD
The Pirates (16-4, 7-3) defeated Team San Diego (16-8, 6-4) 8-4 in Game 1 of the doubleheader Saturday afternoon at Morley Field in San Diego.
Inland Valley came out of the gate strong with two runs in the first inning when Jonny Reynoso belted a two-run double scoring Greg Espinosa and Andrew Alvarez.
San Diego came back with two of their own in the bottom of the first to knot it up at 2 apiece.Read More »Pirates Win Game 1 in SD
Pirates Win; Tied for First in SCCBL
Sitting just a half game back of Team San Diego and the Palm Springs Power, the Inland Valley Pirates knew they had a very important game against the Bucs Thursday afternoon at Cal Poly Pomona.
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The shoulders, or deltoids, also play a hugely pivotal role in many other cornerstone lifts, such as bench press, rows, and even deadlifts.
But the delts are often poorly trained. Sloppy form is commonplace, leading to poor development and injury.
The mind-muscle connection is the key to building great shoulders; check your ego at the door and learn to effectively concentrate your efforts on the stubborn deltoid muscles.
Most of us don't have huge, hulking chunks of prime muscle stacked on our shoulders, like Markus Ruhl in the picture. For most of us, the delts are a relatively small muscle group easily overtrained. Focusing your training is the key. It can be hard to obtain that elusive and satisfying pump telling you it's game over, unless you effectively communicate with your muscles. Let's take a look at this mind-muscle connection.
You must focus every fiber of your physical and mental being on your lifting to achieve optimal results. It is key to understand the way your deltoids work and contract to train them to their full potential. How do you do this? You have to feel them.
Now for some shoulder anatomy. The deltoids are composed of three distinct muscles sitting next to each other, running vertically. The anterior or frontal deltoids sit, unsurprisingly, at the front of the shoulders, alongside the pecs. They pull the arm up and forwards. The medial or lateral deltoids form the bulk of the delts and create width. The lateral delts raise the arms directly to the side. The posterior or rear delts sit at the back of the shoulders, just above the triceps. They pull the arms backwards.
The diagram shows just how small the front and rear delt heads are. They are easily overtrained, as they play massive roles in other heavy lifting days. The frontal delts are worked during bench pressing, and the rear delts are heavily employed during back training. All of us have felt this, but some much more than others. If you are one of those people who feels severely bruised front and rear delts after chest and back day, consider breaking up your shoulder training. Instead of training all three heads on the same day, train rear delts at the end of back day, and front delts after chest training. That way you avoid effectively training these small muscles twice as often as other muscle groups, allowing them adequate time to recover and grow.
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As with all other body parts, the best exercises for packing on mass are big, compound lifts. For delts, this is the mighty shoulder press. For many years, the barbell was king here. Pressing behind the neck was commonplace, but now we know that leads to shoulder injuries for a lot of people. The front or military press has taken over as the best barbell exercise for shoulders.
To perform an effective military press begin with a natural feeling grip, just wider than shoulder width. Now, keep your shoulders back, your chest puffed out, and your shoulder girdle steady, press the bar above your head, keeping your elbows back to ensure proper engagement of the lateral deltoids. Feel the squeeze at the top of the movement. A common mistake people make is lowering the bar farther than necessary. You only need to lower the bar until the delts are fully stretched. This should be somewhere around chin level. Going lower only forces the shoulder girdle to move, taking effort away from the delts, and opening the shoulders and elbows up to injury.
The best pressing exercise for building boulder shoulders is the dumbbell press. This excellent lift allows you to hit the delts with heavy weights, while working them through a more effective and natural range of motion. It is also more effective at targeting the lateral heads, due to its natural arc. As with barbell presses, keep your shoulders and elbows back. Feel the squeeze at the top, and lower slowly, feeling the muscle stretch. Performing shoulder presses seated is a great way to eliminate cheating and momentum, as well as supporting the lower back.
The lateral raise is a highly under-rated shoulder builder. But it's one of the most sloppily performed exercises in the gym. How many people do you see simply jerking weights into the air that are far too heavy, with their arms bent to 90 degrees? Most people use dumbbells that are up to twice as heavy as they need to perform this exercise properly.
Begin by grabbing light dumbbells to warm up. Grab what you can comfortably do 20 reps without straining. Stand looking into the mirror with the dumbbells by your side. Slightly bend your arms and pull your shoulders down and back. Now, raise the weights slowly, feeling the lateral delts contracting. Don't let your traps do the work, keep your shoulder girdle still. As you lift, slightly twist your hands, tilting the weights forwards as if you're holding bottles, and you're trying to pour water from them. Once your arms are parallel with the floor, you have reached the top of the movement. Squeeze for half to one second before slowly lowering the dumbbells back to your side. Feel the delts stretch and work. To eliminate momentum, perform laterals seated. One great variation is cable lateral raises. These keep constant tension on the muscle for a more thorough workout.
If you struggle to hit your lateral delts when performing pressing exercises, you should use lateral raises to pre-exhaust the lateral head.
Bent laterals are the best exercises for targeting the posterior deltoids. They should be performed in the same way as standard laterals, slowly and with a squeeze at the top.
The front raise (pictured) is an excellent way to exhaust your anterior deltoids. You should lift the weight up and towards your centerline to fully contract the target muscle.
Upright rows are also a great exercise for working the front and lateral heads. They lie somewhere between a shoulder press and a lateral raise in terms of intensity. Like all other shoulder exercises, perform them strictly, without shifting the work onto the traps.
There are many other fancy shoulder exercises that quite frankly put you at risk of injury. Sticking to the exercises mentioned above and their variations is the best way to build boulder shoulders. Delts respond extremely well to high-intensity techniques, such as drop sets, which can help you achieve that elusive pump.
Mix up your shoulder training to keep the delts guessing. Don't always start with pressing exercises. Try pre-exhausting from time to time, or begin with upright rows. Do dumbbell presses one week, and barbell press the next.
Remember the mind-muscle connection is key to effective training and building boulder shoulders. Concentrate your efforts on the target muscles and don't be tempted to use excessive weight. Taking Sheer Strength Labs Sheer NO2 Nitric Oxide Booster helps you train to skin splitting pumps.
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Voting Rights Groups In Texas Are Asking Corporations To Do More To Fight GOP Election Bills
In the past several days, however, major corporations such as American Airlines and Dell Technologies have come out against the measures.
Ashley Lopez, KUT
| Posted on April 6, 2021, 3:33 PM
Voters go to the polls at the Williamson County Jester Annex on Election Day last year.
Voting rights groups in Texas are asking corporations to apply pressure on lawmakers to fight Republican bills that would inhibit voter access.
During a call with reporters Tuesday, the groups called on corporations to stop political contributions to lawmakers who vote for the slew of voting bills moving through the Legislature.
Several bills — including House Bill 6 and Senate Bill 7 — would impose new criminal penalties related to voting. They also create more rules for voters who need assistance at the polls and limit what local election officials can do to expand access to the ballot in their counties.
Charlie Bonner, a spokesperson with MOVE Texas, said the bills are racist and amount to "voter suppression." He said corporations should do what they can to stop them.
"You cannot sit on the sidelines," he said. "You are either defending voting rights or you support voter suppression."
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, a fervent supporter of the bills, took issue with these characterizations Tuesday. He said the bills don't scale back any major forms of voting in the state.
"Nothing has changed for mail-in ballots, Election Day or early voting," he said. "And anyone who says different is lying to you."
In the past several days, however, major corporations such as American Airlines and Dell Technologies have come out against the measures. Dell CEO Michael Dell said in a statement that the bills amount to "unnecessary restrictions on the right to vote."
Corporations have condemned voting legislation that passed last month in Georgia, but only after the measures passed. Republican lawmakers who pushed for the legislation reportedly received millions in corporate donations in recent years.
Cliff Albright, the co-founder of Black Voters Matters in Georgia, said his group is applying lessons learned in his state to what is happening in Texas. He said "strong words" from companies like American Airlines and Dell need to be meet with "strong actions," which include no longer giving political contributions to Republicans who vote for these voting bills.
Albright said Texas-based companies like AT&T also need to start speaking out. So far, the company has not issued a statement on Texas' bills.
"If AT&T can convince folks to upgrade a phone every few months," Albright said, "certainly they can convince them that voter suppression is bad."
The newsletter Popular Information reported recently that in the last couple years AT&T has donated $574,500 to Gov. Greg Abbott and Patrick, as well as the sponsors of Texas' voter suppression bills.
LaTosha Brown, who also co-founded Black Voters Matters, said all members of American society should defend democracy — and that includes businesses.
"Fundamentally when we are talking about community we are talking about businesses, organizations — we are talking about individuals," she said. "If we are to have a robust and effective democracy that is going to take every aspect of our society to support that."
But Republican state leaders say companies should stay out of this fight.
During a news conference Tuesday, Patrick said companies should "stick to" financial, regulatory and tax issues. He also had a pointed message for CEOs who are planning to take a position on Republican bills.
"You've meddled in a lot of issues lately," he said. "Stay out of things you don't know anything about. And if you want to get involved then you are taking that risk."
Former Democratic Congressman Beto O'Rourke called it "a little ironic" that Republicans are telling corporations to stay out of politics after supporting the Supreme Court's 2010 Citizens United decision, which opened the door for massive corporate spending in elections.
"And here you have some responsible corporations trying to ensure that this state does the right thing and all of a sudden Dan Patrick and others are up in arms," he said.
O'Rourke also accused Republicans of using unsubstantiated claims of voter fraud to "distract" voters from their failures during the winter storm this year, as well as their failures during the COVID-19 pandemic.
"It's no wonder that they are trying to distract us and have us focus on a problem that doesn't exist and belittle and demean these corporations that have stood up to do the right thing," he said.
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Last season, the Winchester family was getting closer to finally tracking down The Demon that took the lives of wife and mother Mary Winchester and Sam's girlfriend Jessica. And in the last few seconds, they were on the verge of life and death.
Now, the story continues with season two of Supernatural on the new CW Network, following the aftermath of the car crash as one family member was on the bubble while one decided to give up his life to save him.
The first few episodes this season have really gone farther and better so far. Without their father John, Sam and Dean must rely on each other more than ever before as they continue "the family business": "saving people, hunting things" while still searching for The Demon that took their parents and Jessica. But more that that, they soon realize that fighting evil isn't all black-and-white because not all demons are a threat to humanity.
This season, the brothers have allies made of Ellen, an old friend of their father's that runs a place that is a resting stop for demon hunters with her daughter Jo, a potential love interest for Dean.
Supernatural goes further as Sam discovers that there are "children"-- others like him with powers such as his, visions that sees the future, while Dean coming to terms with his resurrection, which costs the life of his father.
Look for the brothers to get into trouble with the law this season as horror icon Linda Blair (The Exorcist) joins the cast in a recurring role as a cop who's on their trail.
Catch Supernatural Thursday nights at 9pm on the new CW Network, and get the complete first season on DVD.


Hope all is well with you as I write this quick note.
I just want to share something quickly with you because I want to help some of you reading this that might be pregger.
If you are pregnant you are probably experiencing or will soon experience some heartburn.
It's common to reach for some Tums but did you know that a cup of milk is what you need?
Toms have antacid, that's the property that helps relieve your heartburns. It turns out that a cup of milk will provide you the same benefit, naturally.
So instead of you can simply reach for a cup of milk!
You can also eat a yogurt, or a bananas or increase your dietary fiber intake.
Have a blessed and healthy pregnancy!
First of all, thank you for taking the time out in addressing the pregnancy related matters. I like how you have suggested the natural cure for heartburn. God bless!


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Where there's a Ryssä there's a problem
Blogit Kirjeitä äidille 12.9.2014 15:09
Lissu Moulton
Kirjoittaja on New Yorkissa varttunut ja Helsingissä naisistunut copywriter.
My hairdresser is Estonian. A few months ago, as she was cutting my hair, she told me all about how Russian babushkas are the best babysitters in the world. "They're the most loving people you'll find." When I was in her chair a few days ago, she said that Russians "are like cockroaches." You can squash them, she said, "but they'll just crawl back out of their filthy holes to make life miserable for the rest of us." Oh and one other thing. She didn't actually say "Russian," she said "Ryssä".
They might both start with "R", but there's a world (and about 70 years) of difference between a Russian and a Ryssä. Until a few months ago you wouldn't even expect to hear the junttiest of junttis using that word. But recently I've noticed lots of well-educated, highly-cultured and otherwise very liberal people using it. A lot.
There's an old saying here that "where there's a Ryssä there's a problem". And that's true. We do have a problem. P-U-T-I-N.
The word is back in our vocabulary today because people are scared. And angry. Just like they were over 70 years ago when Russia invaded Finland and the term Ryssä was quite literally politically correct.
But there's a big difference between then and now. The people who are using the word today – like my hairdresser – have over 20 years of recent experience with a totally different kind of Russia. Yes, they've invaded Finland in that time, but only to fight us for bargains on UGG boots and Dolce & Gabbana clothes during the sale seasons. We were friends. At least that's what we thought.
It's sad to see how quickly old wounds can be ripped back open again. And the harder Putin works to alienate Russia from the rest of the world, the easier it is for us to let the term Ryssä creep back into our vocabulary. But we shouldn't. It's an ugly name rooted in hatred. That's not who we are. And that's not who the majority of Russians are either.
Lissu
Russia, Semantics
Kirjeitä äidille
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Kiitos, Olli Immonen
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R-kioski and the world's worst hashtag


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Women, Islam and the State
edited by Deniz Kandiyoti
Publication: May 91
Examines the relationship between Islam, the nature of state projects, and the position of women in the modern nation states of the Middle East and South Asia
This collection of original essays examines the relationship between Islam, the nature of state projects, and the position of women in the modern nation states of the Middle East and South Asia. Arguing that Islam is not uniform across Muslim societies and that women's roles in these societies cannot be understood simply by looking at texts and laws. the contributors focus, instead, on the effects of the political projects of states on the lives of women.
1. Introduction – Deniz Kandiyoti
2. End of Empire: Islam, Nationalism and Women in Turkey – Deniz Kandiyoti
3. Hazards of Modernity and Morality: Women, State and Ideology in Contemporary Iran – Afsaneh Najmabadi
4. The Convenience of Subservience: Women and the State of Pakistan – Ayesha Jalal
5. The Quest for National Identity: Women, Islam, and the State in Bangladesh – Naila Kubeer
6. Forced Identities: The State, Communalism, Fundamentalism and Women in India – Amritu Cbbacbbi
7. Elite Strategies for State Building: Women, Family, Religion and the State in Iraq and Lebanon – Suad Joseph
8. Competing Agendas: Feminists, Islam and the State in 19th and 20th Century Egypt – Margot Badran
9. The Law, the State and Socialist Policies With Regard to Women: The Case of the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen – Maxine Molyneux
Deniz Kandiyoti was formerly a member of the Social Science Departments of the Middle East Technical University in Ankara and Bogazici University in Istanbul, and she served as chairperson of the research committee on women and society of the International Sociology Association from 1982 to 1986. She currently resides in England.
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Women in the Political Economy edited by Ronnie J. Steinberg
No longer active. Women in the Political Economy, edited by Ronnie J. Steinberg, includes books on women and issues of work, family, social movements, politics, feminism, and empowerment. It emphasizes women's roles in society and the social construction of gender and also explores current policy issues like comparable worth, international development, job training, and parental leave.


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Congratulations to the whole school community of St Mary's. We have achieved our UNICEF Rights Respecting School status.
Mr D McGimpsey, UK Assessor, spent a busy day at St. Mary's in April finding out about the wonderful work that goes on. He spoke to representatives from every aspect of school life; children, staff, parents and governors. He and enjoyed the whole school assembly. He was informed of everything that has been happening during the year. He said 'St Mary's have comfortably achieved Level 1 award and indeed are well on the way to Level 2 - it is a superb example of a rights respecting school'
We are delighted and everyone in our school community is rightly proud of the wonderful work that goes on to ensure that we respect the rights of everyone in our school, in the local community and in the world beyond.
UK UNICEF Assessor Mr D McGimpsey with staff and members of Student Council of St Mary's.
Becoming A Rights Respecting School
The journey towards becoming a rights respecting school began for St Mary's in April 2015. We elected our pupil council who would steer the work forward in school and enlisted the services of Mr T Maguire [Governor] Mrs C Shivers [Parent body] and Mr S Brolly [Consultant].
At our initial meeting in June we prepared an action plan for work needed to achieve Recognition of Commitment status. We duly received this award in September and our certificate is proudly displayed in the school foyer.
Rights Respecting Pupil Council
The pupil group has representatives from all classes in Year Groups Four to Seven. They are working extremely hard to make sure that the rights respecting ethos is firmly embedded in our school, through presentations at assemblies, mounting of displays and reviewing our school mission statement in line with the articles of the Convention of the Rights Of The Child.
St Mary's Rights Respecting Council
Assemblies Relating Children's Rights
Every class has chosen an assembly theme based around the Articles of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of The Child.
Primary Three/Four held their assembly on European Day of Languages and focused on Article 30 . They presented their assembly to the school community and parents. They were joined on the day by Mr Eamon McNamee, Support Officer for Inclusion and Diversity for Northern Ireland.
P2/3 Assembly -Water
On 8th of October Primary Two /Three chose the theme of water for their assembly. They had Article 24 as their focus. They sang 'watery' songs and told the audience how children have the right to clean water in every country in the world.
Celebrating Universal Children's Day
Primary Six held their assembly on 12th of November to celebrate Universal Children's Day. They had researched facts about children in other countries and how we can help them access their rights. It was a very informative assembly and made us all appreciate the choices and opportunities we have in our lives.
Pathway to Peace Programme
As part of our work towards becoming a rights respecting school Primary Four and Five are working collaboratively to create a peace pledge for St Mary's. We have had some 'brainstorming' sessions to bring together our ideas of what peace means to us . We worked in groups to 'think, pair and share our ideas' . We will use 'Collaborate' software to share our ideas via video conferencing and will create a peace pledge for St Mary's.
Primary Four enjoyed their group work to share ideas. You can see them hard at work in the pictures below....
Presenting Our Pledge at Assembly
Anna, Oisin ,Katie and Dara presented our pledge to the whole school community at Friday Assembly. Our pledge is displayed in the school foyer and Assembly Hall.
St Mary's Peace Pledge
We pledge to......
Plant the seeds of peace
In our hearts each day
Help them grow
And share this peace
With all along the way.
Anti Bullying Week 2015
The Rights Respecting Council launched Anti Bullying Week 2015 with an assembly on Monday 16th of November. They showed a PowerPoint presentation describing different forms of bullying and who we can talk to in our school if problems arise. They also launched the annual Anti Bullying poster competition and this year in addition they gave out information about an activity for Key Stage Two pupils called 'these three words' where pupils describe in three words what bullying means to them. When the activities for Anti Bullying week have been completed we will share them with the Northern Ireland Anti Bullying Forum.
Here we can see our Rights Respecting Group at work introducing activities for this very important week in the life of our school........
P4/5 Assembly - Everyone's A Hero!
P4/5 chose the theme of Heroes for their assembly on 18th November as part of the activities for Anti Bullying Week .They invited their parents and all members of the school community to hear their message, which was that heroes are just everyday people who show their super powers by helping ,being kind and including everyone at all times .They chose to focus on Articles 3, 19 and 28 to relay their ideas. The mums, dads, grannies and granddads really enjoyed hearing that we want to 'end bullying now and become rights respecting heroes' every day in St Mary's !.
Anti Bullying Week Poster Competition
During Anti Bullying Week we held our annual poster competition to highlight the message that bullying is wrong and does not have any place in our rights respecting school.
As usual we had a super response to the competition!. All classes participated and winners from each class were presented with their prizes at morning assembly on 24th of November. The winning entries all delivered a strong message on the theme of 'What bullying means to me'
Winners were:
Emma P1
Grace P2
Ema P2/3
Aileen P3/4
Cathaoir P4/5
Mollie P5
Shannon P6
Katie P7
Well done to all the pupils who took part. All our posters have been made into pic collage posters and will be displayed on Northern Ireland Anti Bullying Forum Website [ www.niabf.org]
Here are some of the prizewinning entries along with members of the School Council and Rights Respecting Council who presented the prizes.
Visit from the Director of Children's Law Centre
On Monday 30th of November we were delighted to receive a visit from Paddy Kelly Director of the Children's Law Centre in Belfast. Paddy is a past pupil of St Mary's and she was extremely interested in our work towards becoming a rights respecting school. She watched our presentations and gave us a very interesting talk about the work she and her colleagues do in the area of Children's Rights. She was really impressed to see that Article 12 is featuring very strongly in our work .Children from all year groups Four to Seven explained that they had been involved in decision making about local area planning with the Mid Ulster Council.
She said 'it is very evident that the pupils in St Mary's really have the right to give their views and that these views are listened to which is so important' .
Paddy Kelly Director CLC is welcomed to St Mary's by Principal and representatives from School Council and Rights Respecting Steering Group
Primary Seven Rights Respecting Assembly
On Wednesday 3rd February Primary Seven held their class assembly on the theme of 'Fairtrade'. They invited all classes along with parents and friends to hear the message portrayed in
Article 27 'Everyone should have a good standard of living' . They also explored the message of Articles 24 and 28 . Well done P7 for bringing this very important assembly to our whole school community.
In preparation for World Book Day in March, Primary Five held an assembly to tell everyone how important books are to them and how much they enjoy reading.
They did however also give the message that across the world some children are not able to access their right to read and enjoy books. Children such as Mina from Afghanistan, who was not even able to go to school [Article 28] because of war in her country. Parents
and all the children from our school listened as P5 recounted the plight of Refugees and how they too have difficulty in accessing their rights to books and education [Article 22]
This assembly really made us think how we should not take books and education for granted because it is a very precious thing for ALL children
Learning about rights in P1/2
On Thursday March 3rd P1/2 invited all members of the school community , parents and friends to their rights based assembly. They chose two fairy tales ,Cinderella and Hansel & Gretel. They told us how poor Cinderella did not have any friends [Article 15] and had to do lots of work [Article 32] . They also showed us that Hansel and Gretel were not allowed to live with their mum and dad [Article 20 ] and were not kept safe! [Article 19].
Here they are telling us how nobody should be denied their rights.
P1 Assembly - I am Special
Mrs Kearney's P1 class held their assembly to day. They have been working on Article 7 and 8 in their class. They have been doing some rights respecting homework about celebrating their own special names and 'Rights Respecting Rosie 'has been helping them.
They told us all about their own names and all the things they have been learning since they came into the 'family' of St Mary's.
Lots of mums and dads were at P1 Assembly and it really was a special day for us all.
Here we are with 'Rights Respecting Rosie' at our Assembly - I am Special!
We've All Got Rights Lyrics
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The architectural detail is stunning in this magnificent 12 bedroom, 5 bath Victorian. Exquisitely restored to its original splendor and is perfect for use as a Single family home with the possibility of a development opportunity for the adjacent commercial lot included in the sale. Features include elegant stairways, elevator, modern kitchen, baths & numerous fireplaces. The original lighting fixtures and beautiful hardwood floors abound throughout the home. Close attention to detail was paid with preserving many of the original fixtures including several ornate chandeliers. Updated 200 amp electric, 11 year old roof & two 11 year old gas heating systems. Interior and exterior security cameras. Currently used as a distinctive & very profitable residence for ladies. Licensed as a 12 bedroom rooming house. Extremely rare opportunity to own this meticulously cared for Victorian with an attached garage suitable for 2 vehicles, a 1 car detached garage and parking for approximately 25 cars.
Listing courtesy of Linda Silveira of Gold Star Realty, Inc..
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Notable Bene; Yes, that is a christmas tree atop that crane, and yes, it has twinkly lights.
No idea what the traveller-person/alternatively-domiciled citizen's caravan is doing there. Zero miles per hour, by the look of it. Perhaps the horse left it parked there, when it ended it all in the canal? Horses sometimes do that, you know, when they find out that They Shoot Horses, Don't They &etc.
The previous move was the move that just wouldn't stop.


A system of bidding is employed in PPC where the advertiser can decide how much he will be bidding on the basis of the rank he wants his website to attain on the search engine display page.
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-: Realistic for all businesses, regardless of size. PPC can create a level playing field for small businesses, especially if you are smart about picking the right keywords. Your ad might be right above or below a large business or national chain, depending on how much you bid for keywords or phrases and the kind of words you target.


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Carew 1602
Upon the left hand from hence, at the top of a creek, Perin town hath taken up his seat, rather passable, then notable for wealth, buildings, and inhabitants; in all which, though near the haven's mouth, it giveth Truro the preeminance: The like whereof I observe touching divers other towns, of the same situation, in Devon, as Salcomb and King's-bridge, Dartmouth and Totnes, Topsham, and Excester: amongst which, those that stand highest up in the country afford therethrough a fitter opportunity of access from all quarters, and so a speedier and larger vent of their commodities.
In Perin was Glasney College, founded by Walter Brounscomb, and benefited by John Graundson, Bishop of Excester, which see possesseth fair revenues thereabouts.
Upon another creek on the same side, Carclew hath (after the Cornish manner) well near metamorphosed by the name of Master Bonithon, his owner, into his own. He married the daughter of Vivian, his father of Killigrew, his grandfather of Erisy: and bearth, a chevron between three fleurs de lis s.
With any memorable act or accident, concerning this haven, I cannot acquaint you before my parting therefrom, save only, that Philip Archduke of Austria, during his voyage from Netherland towards Spain (his wife's kingdom), was weather-driven into Weymouth, and with a kind constraint, received a more royal than welcome entertainment, at the hands of King Henry the Seventh, from which he could not free himself, but by redeeming his liberty with De la Poole's captivity: this accomplished, he made choice to take ship again at Falmouth, so that by the shortest cut he might leave least power in fortune to thwart him any second encumbrance.
Commentary by Tonkin, ca1711:
This town, says Mr. Tonkin, quoting from Halse, hath been an old bailiwick, or portreeve town, privileged with a court-leet, and hath sent Members to the great council of Parliament for many ages, though not incorporated with a mayor, &c. till about the 10th of James I. since which time it hath received much benefit, and advanced itself by trade and merchandise. Though Mr. Carew tells us it was in his time neither regardable for wealth, buildings, or inhabitants, the case is now altered in all those three particulars; so that it equals, if not exceeds, most other towns in Cornwall.
Walter Branscombe, Bishop of Exon, founded ann. dom. 1288, within this parish (Gluvias), and adjoining to this town of Penryn, a collegiate church, consisting of a Dean and twelve Prebends, and gave it the name of Glasnith, from the bridge beneath the watchtower of the said college, yet standing [there were two such towers, built, as they say, for the defence of the place, besides this, here mentioned, one of which was standing within these few years] so called from the green or blue estuaries or flowings of the salt water under it, where it meets fresh water, for Glasnith in the British tongue signifies a blue or green bridge. John Grandison, the fifth Bishop in succession after him., in the year 1330, or thereabout, richly endowed this church with lands and revenues as appears from its value at the dissolution, 26th Henry VIII of 205l.20s. 6d. this sum being only the conventionally rents. It was dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, and St. Thomas of Canterbury, that is to say, Thomas Beckett. The lands are now mostly in possession of Godolphin.


A man whose music most of us have heard thousands and thousands of times — but whose name most of us never knew — died last week.
Studio guitarist Reggie Young played on hundreds of hit recordings, including Dusty Springfield's "Son of a Preacher Man," Elvis Presley's "Suspicious Minds" and "The Letter" by The Box Tops.
The New York Times reported that Young, who was 82, died of congestive heart failure in his home outside Nashville.
When I hear about the death of one of these great musicians who played the music I came of age to, I feel like a piece of me has died. Those years and those songs were formative for so many of us baby boomers. It is hard to see the creators of those timeless songs notch their ultimate marks on the horizon.
Young was born in Caruthersville, MO, the second largest city in Missouri's Bootheel (after Kennett). He was raised in northwest Arkansas and then Memphis. His father, also named Reggie, played Hawaiian-style classical guitar, although not professionally, and taught his son to play when he was 14.
On several big hits, Young plays memorable, stage-setting introductions that jerk the listeners into the songs body and soul.
One of those is "Hooked on a Feeling," which rose to No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1969. On that song, Young played the inimitable electric-sitar introduction, which sounds like a cross between banjo and guitar.
And, finally, here's Johnny Cash and The Highwaymen's performance of "Folsom Prison Blues," on which you can watch and hear Young play the song's signature guitar solo.
…So long, Reggie. Thanks for the memories and the music that will live on for many more years.
JimmyC…also on a sad note, Leroy Jenkins, passed away last week in Pembrooke Pass, Mississippi. He wrote the song "Hokey Pokey." They had trouble getting his body in the casket as every time they put the right foot in he put the right foot out. Took hours, but that's what it's all about!
I'm having difficulty verifying some of the facts here, John — such as if a Leroy Jenkins wrote The Hokey Pokey and if there's really a place called Pembrooke Pass — but what the hell…the comment is fantastic(al).
The unsung heroes of popular music are the studio musicians. Sometimes they make the leap and become stars in their own right. Glen Campbell, Fagen and Becker, Mac Rebennack (Dr. John) from the outrageously killer Wrecking Crew (there is/was a Netflix documentary on the Wrecking Crew), Oklahoma's Leon Russel, all backed up hit-makers before they became hit-makers themselves. As in most of life, the players in the background give a foundation for the star to shine.
You ought to post this on Facebook, Jim.
My page doesn't get many views, Les…I maintain it mostly so I can get information — and photos of — people I write about. I'm no master of the social media.
Two additional documentaries worth watching are Standing in the Shadows of Motown, an excellent documentary about the studio musicians behind all of the Motown, Tamla hits produced in Berry Gordy's Detroit studios, and Muscle Shoals, about the white Alabama studio musicians behind Aretha Franklin and many of the soulful hits that came out of the Atlantic label that one assumed were performed by black musicians (including the artists themselves until they got there to record).
The Dusty in Memphis CD (listening to it as I type) was completely unknown to me until a touring bassist friend from Nashville pointed out the work of Tommy Cogbill on bass. He plays tastefully on the first 11 tracks and then lights it up on the remaining "bonus tracks" in a tour de force that I still pull out to transcribe.
So many of the greats owe their success to the guys that are virtually unknown to the public, but legends to those of us who share their love of that particular instrument.
I will try to locate those Cogbill tracks on YouTube, John. Thanks for the reference.
Here's a link to the first 11 tunes. Even here on a tune like Don't Forget About Me he stands out and then when you hear her version of you've got a friend on the extended CD and realize what most players would do with it you realize what an incredible talent he (and the other musicians on that album) is.
Jim, I second that emotion.
Another session guitar player everyone knows (but not by name) is Tommy Tedesco who played the memorable opening riffs for the TV themes of "Bonanza" and "MASH." He was on literally thousands of records and movie sound tracks, most notably as part of "The Wrecking Crew," a group of Los Angeles studio musicians who backed up hundreds of Top 40 hit in the 60's and 70's.
Two very good film documentaries to see: "The Wrecking Crew" (on that Tedesco group) and "Twenty Feet from Stardom" (on backup singers).
I don't remember seeing "The Wrecking Crew," Lonnie, but I did see "Twenty Feet from Stardom." Outstanding.
You guys saw kansas karl's reference to The Wrecking Crew, didn't you?
I'll watch it, Bill. Thanks for weighing in.


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Q: Existence and uniqueness of solution for the IVP : $y'(x) = [x-\cos(y(x))]^{2/5}, \space y(0) = 0$ Exams Problem :

Consider the IVP :
  $$y'(x) = [x-\cos(y(x))]^{2/5}, \space y(0) = 0$$
  Examine if there exists a solution for the given IVP in an area of $x=0$. Furthermore, examine if conclusions can be made about the uniqueness of the solution.

Attempt :
As I've went over similar posts, you need to always determine how you define the powers/roots in this case, since it's a detail fact that plays a big role.
Let's assume that we consider the real-valued $5th$ root in this particular case. Then, let's consider the function :
$$f(x,y) = [x-\cos(y)]^{2/5}=\sqrt[5]{(x-\cos(y))^{2}}$$
Then, the function $f(x,y)$ will be continuous $\forall (x,y) \in \mathbb R^2$ since it is $(x-\cos(y))^2 \geq 0$.
This means that the function $f(x,y)$ will also be continuous in a domain, such as :
$$D=\{(x,y) \in \mathbb R^2 :|x|\leq a, |y| \leq b\} \space \text{where} \space a,b > 0$$
Obviously, the Picard/Peano theorems can be applied and then truly, there exists a solution for the IVP around $x=0$ with $y(0)=0$.
My question is regarding the uniqueness though :
One way to determine the uniqueness, is showing that the derivative of $f(x,y)$ with respect to $y$ is bounded or in other words (and approach), Lipschitz Continuous.
Simply then (still considering the real valued root branch case) :
$$\frac{\partial}{\partial y}f(x,y)= \frac{2\sin(y)}{5\sqrt[5]{(x-\cos(y))^3}}$$
But in such case, we see that $f_y(x,y)$ is not continuous for every value, since it's not always $(x-\cos(y))^3 \geq 0$. This means that the derivative $f_y(x,y)$ won't be continuous in the domain $D$ (which is a standard step for the existence) and thus no conclusions can be made about the uniqueness. In another way, the derivative $f_y(x,y)$ is not bounded (as I think), so still no conclusions can be made.
Question : Is the above explanation and reasoning correct though ? Is there a more formal way of showing that $f_y(x,y)$ is not bounded or is my approach mistaken and the derivative could be bounded - defined ?

A: With intial condition $y(0) = 0$, you do have uniqueness of the local solution. This you can see from a uniqueness criterion we can formulate as follows:

Consider the IVP $\dot y (x)= F(x, y(x))$, where $F : \mathbb R^2 \to \mathbb R$ is Lipschitz on a small open neighborhood $U_0$. Then, the IVP with $y(x_0) = y_0$ is locally well-posed for any $(x_0, y_0) \in U_0$.

Here, local well-posedness refers to the existence of some $T = T(x_0, y_0)$ for which a unique solution $y : [- T, T] \to \mathbb R$ to the IVP exists. We say that $F$ is Lipschitz on $U_0$ if for all $z_1, z_2 \in U_0$, we have $|F(z_1) - F(z_2)| \leq L \| z_1 - z_2\|$, where $L$ is a constant (the Lipschitz constant).
Since $(x_0, y_0) = (0,0)$ is away from the singularity set $\{\cos y = x\}$ where $F$ fails to be $C^1$, your $F$ is Lipschitz on a small neighborhood $U_0$ of the origin. Notice that we are indifferent to properties of $F$ outside of $U_0$.

Uniqueness is typically determined by checking that the Picard map
$$
h \mapsto \Phi[h](x) := h(x_0) + \int_{t = x_0}^x F(t, h(t)) dt
$$
is a contraction mapping on the set of continuous mappings $h : [-T, T] \to \mathbb R, h(x_0) = y_0$ for some $T$ sufficiently small. A fixed point $h = \Phi[h]$ of the Picard map is automatically a differentiable solution to the original IVP. Checking the contraction property typically requires the Lipschitz property of $F$ on $U_0$.
That being said, $F$ is not Lipschitz in neighborhoods of the singularity set $\{ \cos y = x\}$, and so uniqueness can, a priori, fail for some initial values.
By way of example, let $x_* \in (0,\pi/2)$ be the unique solution to $\cos x_* = x_*$, $x_* \approx .74$. Then, one solution to the IVP $(x_0, y_0) = (x_*, x_*)$ is the constant solution $y(x) \equiv x_*$.
I would wager that a second, distinct solution can be derived; it would be an interesting exercise to do so.

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Leave the Kids Alone
Ronald Bailey | 9.8.2011 10:02 AM
In response to some flash mob criminal activity, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter imposed a 9 p.m. curfew on minors under the age of 18. Earlier this week, Mike Males, a senior researcher at the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice, persuasively argues in an op/ed that such bans are counterproductive:
Juvenile curfews are unique to the U.S. No other country, including those in Latin America and Asia or even the U.K. during recent riots inLondon, invokes such measures except during national emergencies—and then they apply to all ages.
Although America's best measure of crime, the National Crime Victimization Survey, finds violence by juveniles has plummeted to a record low and Federal Bureau of Investigationreports also show youth arrests for violent crimes at a nadir, officials and news outlets seem eager to postulate a crisis. For example, news reports have depicted murders of school-aged youths in Chicago as an alarming new trend even though coroners' records show today's urban youths, including Chicago's, are safer from homicide than at any time in at least 40 years.
Similarly, the notion that mass curfews and crackdowns have become necessary because of violence enabled by social media is dubious. In reality, only the term "flash mob" is new. The 1965 Watts riot in Los Angeles began within 20 minutes of its instigating incident as a few onlookers quickly grew to a mob of hundreds, then thousands. "Youth in Danger," a 1956 report by congressional investigators, cited numerous mob incidents, including ones in Philadelphia identical to those now labeled as flash mobs. The social media of the time were talking and telephones.
Few studies find curfews effective. One exception, a widely cited analysis by Patrick Kline, aUniversity of California, Berkeley, economist, found small reductions in crime among younger teens. Unfortunately, this study only included cities that implemented curfews and failed to account for national trends showing much larger crime declines among younger teens than among those older teens subject to curfews, including in cities without curfews.
For example, both property and violent crime rates fell steeply in the 1990s and 2000s among youths in San Francisco, which didn't have a curfew. A "systematic review of empirical research on juvenile curfews" in city after city by Kenneth Adams, an Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis associate professor, found "the evidence does not support the argument that curfews prevent crime and victimization." Likewise, a study by the Center on Juvenile and Criminal Justice found that during the 1990s and 2000s, juvenile crime and crime in general fell faster in California cities that didn't enforce youth curfews than in those that did….
FBI reports show many more adults in their 40s are involved in murders and serious assaults than people under age 18. In 2009, more than 200,000 Americans in their 40s were arrested for drunken driving, surely a serious, deadly public crime. Yet, even though adults commit many more crimes than do youths, no one is proposing mass restrictions on their movements.
Until public officials and news media stop indulging in tones of panic and anger toward young people, and adopt the same objective standards of analysis we demand for adult behavior and trends, we will continue to see intrusive, ineffective cure-alls such as youth curfews. As strange as it sounds in today's climate, what cities need is more, not fewer, kids on the street.
The whole op/ed is well worth reading.
NEXT: Remembering 9/11: Memorializing Ground Zero, Bert and Osama, Bruce Springsteen Falls Flat
Ronald Bailey is science correspondent at Reason.
CoyoteBlue
September.8.2011 at 10:18 am
Moral panic about teenagers is an american tradition.
Heavy-handed authoritarian over-reaction to moral panic about negros is another great american tradition.
Psychic Octopus
^^This^^
A Polite Society
As strange as it sounds in today's climate, what cities need is more, not fewer, kids on the street.
Kids carrying concealed, of course.
I Hate That Cliche
Yeah, there's nothing like the threat of violence to keep people "polite."
A "Polite" Society
Better? Glad we agree.
Drunk driving =/= organized mass assault & robbery spree
I certainly think imposing curfews is an overreaction. And yes, concealed carry would be a far better response to organized thuggery.
September.8.2011 at 12:16 pm
Do any of these "flash mob" type scenarios happen in cities that are friendly to concealed carry?
Grey Panther
I just don't understand these teenagers today. When I was their age, my friends and I enjoyed punch and pie on my neighbor's patio. We didn't need radio phones and computers. The carefree mobility of teenagers scares me. I'm glad the authorities are trying to stop it.
Grey daddio
Yep, and when our date's father said to have her home by 11pm, we never even thought about trying to screw her at 10pm.
and we wore an onion on our belt
Yet, even though adults commit many more crimes than do youths, no one is proposing mass restrictions on their movements.
Well, not yet, anyway.
When those teenagers become adults they'll already be conditioned to just bow to any curfews that gubment defines.
"Until public officials and news media stop indulging in tones of panic and anger toward young people, and adopt the same objective standards of analysis we demand for adult behavior and trends…"
Woo…good one…objective standards for adults? Seems to me that moral panic and over-reaction applies across the board.
September.8.2011 at 1:09 pm
Flash mobs are an Illuminati conspiracy to set up the case for real-time government interception and monitoring of social media and phone messaging.


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I believe that the WebRequest class already takes care of the expiry and CommonName but I'm unsure if it checks a revocation list, and if it doesn't the best way to achieve this functionality?
Thanks


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This is when the BVI winter hat trick – sunny skies, pleasant breezes and very little rain – lures the most visitors. Temperatures linger in the low 70s to low 80s, and they aren't the only thing that's high. Some resorts charge upward of $500 a night for a room. This is a great time to party, however; the New Year's celebrations on Jost Van Dyke are some of the most popular throughout the Caribbean.
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked for integration of all land records with Aadhaar at the earliest, emphasising at his monthly PRAGATI meeting.
A government statement said that the PM asked for this while examining the progress of the digitisation of land records, a mission mode project under Digital India programme.
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked for integration of all land records with Aadhaar at the earliest, emphasising at his monthly PRAGATI (Pro-Active Governance And Timely Implementation) meeting on Wednesday that this is extremely important to monitor the successful implementation of the Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana or crop insurance scheme.
A government statement said that the PM asked for this while examining the progress of the digitisation of land records, a mission mode project under Digital India programme. A bill passed in Parliament recently has made Aadhaar mandatory for residents to avail themselves of any public services.
A statement issued by the Prime Minister's Office said Modi also reviewed the progress of provision of citizen-centric services electronically and called for a comprehensive district-wise review across India of how many services are actually being delivered online. In addition, the PM reviewed the progress towards handling and resolution of public grievances and urged the officers to further speed up the pace of work in this regard.
"The PM emphasised that grievance redressal is one of the biggest aspects of democracy. He called for focused action within the next one month, to ensure that barring exceptions, grievances are disposed of within 60 days. He reiterated his directive for top officers to intervene in this matter," the statement from PMO said.
Reviewing the measures aimed at enhancing ease of doing business, Modi said there was healthy progress among states for investment and called for further concerted efforts to build on the momentum to create a positive perception, a statement said.
Modi also reviewed the progress of vital infrastructure projects in the roads, railways, power and oil sectors spread over several states including Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Rajasthan, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand, the PMO said.