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#ifndef INCLUDED_openfl__legacy_geom_Matrix
#define INCLUDED_openfl__legacy_geom_Matrix

#ifndef HXCPP_H
#include <hxcpp.h>
#endif

HX_DECLARE_CLASS3(openfl,_legacy,geom,Matrix)
HX_DECLARE_CLASS3(openfl,_legacy,geom,Point)
HX_DECLARE_CLASS2(openfl,geom,Vector3D)
namespace openfl{
namespace _legacy{
namespace geom{

class HXCPP_CLASS_ATTRIBUTES  Matrix_obj : public hx::Object{
	public:
		typedef hx::Object super;
		typedef Matrix_obj OBJ_;
		Matrix_obj();
		Void __construct(hx::Null< Float >  __o_a,hx::Null< Float >  __o_b,hx::Null< Float >  __o_c,hx::Null< Float >  __o_d,hx::Null< Float >  __o_tx,hx::Null< Float >  __o_ty);

	public:
		inline void *operator new( size_t inSize, bool inContainer=false,const char *inName="openfl._legacy.geom.Matrix")
			{ return hx::Object::operator new(inSize,inContainer,inName); }
		static hx::ObjectPtr< Matrix_obj > __new(hx::Null< Float >  __o_a,hx::Null< Float >  __o_b,hx::Null< Float >  __o_c,hx::Null< Float >  __o_d,hx::Null< Float >  __o_tx,hx::Null< Float >  __o_ty);
		static Dynamic __CreateEmpty();
		static Dynamic __Create(hx::DynamicArray inArgs);
		//~Matrix_obj();

		HX_DO_RTTI_ALL;
		Dynamic __Field(const ::String &inString, hx::PropertyAccess inCallProp);
		Dynamic __SetField(const ::String &inString,const Dynamic &inValue, hx::PropertyAccess inCallProp);
		void __GetFields(Array< ::String> &outFields);
		static void __register();
		::String __ToString() const { return HX_HCSTRING("Matrix","\x61","\xaa","\x5c","\xf0"); }

		Float a;
		Float b;
		Float c;
		Float d;
		Float tx;
		Float ty;
		virtual ::openfl::_legacy::geom::Matrix clone( );
		Dynamic clone_dyn();

		virtual Void concat( ::openfl::_legacy::geom::Matrix m);
		Dynamic concat_dyn();

		virtual Void copyColumnFrom( int column,::openfl::geom::Vector3D vector3D);
		Dynamic copyColumnFrom_dyn();

		virtual Void copyColumnTo( int column,::openfl::geom::Vector3D vector3D);
		Dynamic copyColumnTo_dyn();

		virtual Void copyFrom( ::openfl::_legacy::geom::Matrix other);
		Dynamic copyFrom_dyn();

		virtual Void copyRowFrom( int row,::openfl::geom::Vector3D vector3D);
		Dynamic copyRowFrom_dyn();

		virtual Void copyRowTo( int row,::openfl::geom::Vector3D vector3D);
		Dynamic copyRowTo_dyn();

		virtual Void createBox( Float scaleX,Float scaleY,hx::Null< Float >  rotation,hx::Null< Float >  tx,hx::Null< Float >  ty);
		Dynamic createBox_dyn();

		virtual Void createGradientBox( Float width,Float height,hx::Null< Float >  rotation,hx::Null< Float >  tx,hx::Null< Float >  ty);
		Dynamic createGradientBox_dyn();

		virtual ::openfl::_legacy::geom::Point deltaTransformPoint( ::openfl::_legacy::geom::Point point);
		Dynamic deltaTransformPoint_dyn();

		virtual bool equals( Dynamic matrix);
		Dynamic equals_dyn();

		virtual Void identity( );
		Dynamic identity_dyn();

		virtual ::openfl::_legacy::geom::Matrix invert( );
		Dynamic invert_dyn();

		virtual ::openfl::_legacy::geom::Matrix mult( ::openfl::_legacy::geom::Matrix m);
		Dynamic mult_dyn();

		virtual Void rotate( Float angle);
		Dynamic rotate_dyn();

		virtual Void scale( Float x,Float y);
		Dynamic scale_dyn();

		virtual Void setRotation( Float angle,hx::Null< Float >  scale);
		Dynamic setRotation_dyn();

		virtual Void setTo( Float a,Float b,Float c,Float d,Float tx,Float ty);
		Dynamic setTo_dyn();

		virtual ::String toString( );
		Dynamic toString_dyn();

		virtual ::openfl::_legacy::geom::Point transformPoint( ::openfl::_legacy::geom::Point point);
		Dynamic transformPoint_dyn();

		virtual Void translate( Float x,Float y);
		Dynamic translate_dyn();

};

} // end namespace openfl
} // end namespace _legacy
} // end namespace geom

#endif /* INCLUDED_openfl__legacy_geom_Matrix */


TEHRAN (FNA)- The second military convoy of the French Army entered a US-run base near the town of Manbij in Northeastern Aleppo, an Arabic-language media outlet reported on Monday.
The Lebanese al-Manar TV Channel reported that a French military convoy arrived at a base run by the US-led coalition in the village of al-Sa'eidiyeh East of the town of Manbij.
It further said that a group of French troops were also dispatched to the coalition base in the Cultural Center in central Manbij.
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On Tuesday, Cowgills announced it had secured financial services firm Investec as a new funding partner.
Ben Russell, CEO of the group providing technical recruitment solutions for industries including construction and manufacturing, said: "Having gone through numerous MBOs and acquisitions we needed to put in place a new funding arrangement to deliver the next stage of our business ambitions.
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"It was important to us to build a relationship with a funder that could provide a high level of personal service and we tasked Cowgills to identify a new partner and manage the tender process. We ultimately selected Investec who demonstrated that they had both the strength and flexibility to support us as our business grows.
"At the size we are, we could have gone to a high street bank, but Investec is very much relationship-led which was a key deciding factor for us.
"Their service is driven by the people that make the decisions and they take the time to talk and listen which is really important."
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Mr Russell said having access to flexible working capital was "critical" to growth for the recruitment industry.
He said: "Recruitment businesses are working capital intensive since clients are on 45 and 60 day terms but you're having to pay out temporary workers weekly.
"So, unless you have very, very deep pockets, having a working capital facility in place is a must. Investec tailored a £5m facility for us, offering a higher prepayment percentage than we have had historically, enabling us to focus on driving rapid growth.
"At the time we engaged with Investec one of our businesses had come under increasing cash pressure as it didn't have a pre-existing invoice discounting arrangement in place. Demand increased suddenly and Investec showed great flexibility in taking that business on for six weeks to help us handle the pace of growth.
"We are really pleased that they will now be supporting our business as we move forward with our plans to become a £50m business in the next three years."
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Investec's Sean Thomson added: "We are of course absolutely delighted to be partnering with Ben as he builds out his vision.
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Aras, an American company started up in 2000 in Andover, near Boston, has developed open-source PLM (Product Lifecycle Management) software with service-oriented architecture (SOA). Already operating in the US, Germany and Japan, Aras has decided to set up in France as part of its international strategy, choosing Lyon as the location of its new sales office in May 2015.
Aderly helped the firm get set up here, not only for the location search, but also by giving advice on human resources and by introducing Aras to the players of the digital sector. This project should generate the creation of a 10-person team within 3 years, which will supplement the group's workforce of nearly 200 people across 3 continents.
Aras chose Lyon in particular thanks to the concentration of potential customers identified by the group in the region, especially industrial companies. Indeed, Aras offers PLM software for companies with complex processes and products, particularly in the aeronautical and transportation industries and the healthcare sector. Advanced PLM platform technology makes Aras Innovator a scalable, flexible, secure solution that provides a full range of applications for companies of all sizes. Aras' portfolio includes references such as GE, GETRAG, Hitachi, Honda, Motorola, Textron and Xerox.


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Most of the algorithms described so far have been developed, and in some cases parameterized, based on properties of amyloid-like aggregates derived from the in vitro experimental characterization of aggregation reactions for a number of model proteins—being AGGRESCAN the sole exception, since it was developed from an experimentally derived scale of intrinsic aggregation propensity for the naturally-occurring proteinogenic amino acids.
Since the complex cellular environment strongly influences polypeptide depo- sition—indeed possess an intricate machinery to control this phenomenon—the question arises as to whether the previously described prediction tools are able to predict protein aggregation in vivo. In order to address this question, Chiti and co-workers evaluated the ability of different publicly-available algorithms to predict the depositional properties of polypeptides inside the cell, by employing several datasets of proteins whose tendency to aggregate had been experimentally determined in vivo (Belli et al. 2011). In general terms, the predictors are substantially accurate in the forecasting of protein aggregation in vivo with phenomenological approaches performing globally better than structure-based methods. Such difference can be rationalized considering the constraints influencing the course of protein aggregation in the crowded cellular environment which certainly differ significantly from those in a test tube—here, the controlled environment and the absence of interference from other molecular components allow for more reproducible aggregation kinetics rendering highly ordered aggregated structures. Therefore phenomenological methods are, in principle, expected to capture the complexity of environmental conditions in vivo better than approaches, based exclusively on properties of the fine structure of late assembly products. Unsurprinsingly, AGGRESCAN (relying on its in vivo derived aggregation scale) is the algorithm yielding the best global performance across the different datasets analyzed. Interestingly, the good performance of AGGRESCAN, all considering the proteins in the testing datasets employed by Chiti and co-workers belong to different organisms, provides yet another piece of evidence for the suitability of E. coli as a model organism for the analysis of protein aggregation.
Prediction of Protein Aggregation and Amyloid Formation
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Prediction of Protein Aggregation from the Primary Sequence
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The Physico-chemical and Structural Basis of Protein Aggregation
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Under the guidance of an academic from the SUSU Department of Russian Language and Literature lecturer Evgeniy Smyshlyaev, Master's students Marina Chernykh, Arina Medvedeva and Artem Shilintsev took part in the First International Science-to-Practice Conference on Slavic Philology and Culture in the Intellectual Context of Time, which was held at Southern Federal University, Rostov-on-Don.
In the Student Project Presentations section, the Master's students presented the Virtual Museum of South Ural's Writers, which they are creating as part of SUSU's project-based learning.
The reason behind creating this museum was the absence of such a structure in Chelyabinsk. Yekaterinburg has the Museum of Writers of the Ural Region, which occupies an entire city block. Its exhibits present mainly writers of the Northern and Central Ural regions. There are no analogues for this project in Chelyabinsk, despite the fact that literature of the South Ural region is at its height right now. The proof of that are the literary events of different levels and formats that held, from festivals to poetry evenings organised on a regularly basis.
The co-supervisor of the project, academic of the Department of Russian Language and Literature Evgeniy Smyshlyaev, had the following to say about why the project is unique:
"Creating a real museum is very expensive. We chose a more relevant form and the one appropriate for the times – a virtual museum, which allows visitors from all over the world to get to know modern literature and writers from Chelyabinsk. We make it possible to understand the lives of the modern writers who walk the same exact streets as us. We show the creative laboratory of poets, the writing desks at which they create their works. This makes this project unique – it has no analogues in Russia."
The Master's students say that the virtual museum is a long-term project. At the current stage, the students have created the museum's concept, the structure of the site, have created a virtual tour through the apartment of poet Yanis Grants, and are working now on the site design and creating content for two more virtual apartments.
The subjects of the first virtual apartments were not chosen randomly. Nikolay Godina is a representative of the old generation of poets, Yanis Grants – the middle generation, and this year is also a milestone year for him. Four volumes of an anthology of modern Ural region poetry have been published in our region, including more than 100 poets, one third of whom live in Chelyabinsk! Within this project, which has a road map of several years, the plan is to create 30 virtual apartment exhibits. The Master's students, who will enrol in the SUSU Department of Russian Language and Literature next year, will continue working on the Virtual Museum and presumably will create new virtual apartments.
The participants of the conference and the lecturers highly appreciated the students' training and the quality of their presentation, and noted that a virtual museum is a big and significant project not just for the South Ural region, but also for the literary process of the country as a whole. Doctor of Sciences (Pedagogy), Associate Professor of the Department of Russian Language and Teaching Methods of the Philological Faculty at Peoples' Friendship University of Russia Yelena Strelchuk noted that this is an inter-institution project – it is not just Philology Master's students who are working on this project, but also students of other SUSU institutes, including programmers and a designer.
Olga Shatalova, Doctor of Sciences (Philology), Professor of the Department of Russian Language and Literature of P.P. Semenov-Tyan-Shanksy Lipetsk State Pedagogical University highly appreciated the idea of creating virtual tours to modern poets' apartments:
"This is a very interesting idea – to see what a poet lives by, what books are on his bookshelf, what items inspire him when he is sitting at his desk."
Nataliya Bortnikova, a Southern Federal University student, who presented a project on The City as a Text of the Culture, posted an inspiring comment on VKontakte web-page where she shared her feelings about the project after watching the Master's students' presentation:
"I am writing directly during the presentation of this virtual museum project at the conference. This is outstanding: a wonderful team that is inspired by their leaders, who are really interested in what they do, a wonderful idea, and quality execution!"
The conference in Rostov-on-Don was an important step in the testing of the Master's students' project and it gave support to the development and promotion of the Virtual Museum of South Ural's Writers. The Team of the Virtual Museum of South Ural's Writers invites everyone to follow the development of their project in the Virtual Museum's VK page!
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The Paediatric Plastic Surgery Fellowship is a 12-month fellowship which starts in July of each year, structured to allow the individual to become familiar with all aspects of paediatric plastic surgery. Currently, the program is administered by Dr. Joel Fish and is also attended by Dr. Fisher, Dr. Wong, Dr. Davidge, Dr. Gus, and Dr. Zuker. All aspects of paediatric plastic surgical diseases are seen, including congenital hand, facial paralysis, brachial plexus, congenital nevi, burns, microtia, cleft, vascular anomalies, tumor related conditions, developmental, oncologic and post-traumatic deformities. Each year, three or four fellowships are offered. The fellow is expected to participate in: on call, teaching responsibilities, participate fully in surgeries and clinics. It is also expected that the fellow initiate and complete a research project for the 12-month period.
SickKids Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery Fellowship does not participate in the SF Match (Residency & Fellowship matching services based in San Francisco). Rather, applications are reviewed on an individual basis. A salary of $77, 342. 97 CAD per annum. Canadian and health insurance are provided to offset living expenses, but the fellow is responsible for moving expenses and accommodation. There are a limited number of unfurnished suites available in an apartment building adjacent to the hospital.
Preference is given to applicants who have their National Board (USA) or Canadian Licensing Examination (LMCC) as well as those candidates who have secured a full time paediatric plastic surgery position in their home country but require further training. Prospective clinical fellows must also be eligible for a work visa in Canada.** For more information for legibility please see https://pgme.utoronto.ca/applicants/apply-for-fellowship-training/
Clinical Fellows come to SickKids Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery from all parts of the world and greatly enrich our program. The participation of fellows is welcomed by our Division. With the wide academic and clinical experience offered at SickKids, the fellowship provides excellent training for a career in paediatric plastic surgery.
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Fields of Study: Public International Law; Democracy, Governance, and Human Rights
I am a Master of Arts in Law and Diplomacy candidate at The Fletcher School, concentrating my studies in public international law, human rights, gender analysis, and democratic governance. My capstone project examines the intersection of the construction of categories of human rights protections with the legal treatment of sexual orientation and gender identity in international law. I am also the fundraising chair for the 2019 Conference on Gender and International Affairs and a co-leader of Pride at Fletcher, as well as a volunteer for Harvard Law School Advocates for Human Rights and the Human Rights Campaign.
At Fletcher, I have been able to combine my interest in international law and democratic governance with interdisciplinary and intersectional approaches incorporating human rights and gender analysis. I am fascinated by the way seemingly disparate courses on humanitarian crises, transitional justice, and law can all be brought together to shed more light on the complex effects international affairs have on the lived experiences of individuals. I am especially interested in the experiences of sexual and gender minorities suffering political repression, enduring conflict, or seeking asylum. I recently spent a summer interning with the U.S. Embassy in Riga, Latvia, a vantage point that allowed me to build upon my background in the post-Soviet space to investigate the way in which different countries and regional bodies have adopted (or rejected) inclusive legal approaches to human rights.
Prior to graduate school, I supported democracy and human rights programs in Russia and Eurasia at the National Endowment for Democracy in Washington, DC and was a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Moldova. Originally from upstate New York, I earned a Bachelor of Arts in International Relations and Russian Studies from Wheaton College in Norton, Massachusetts, and studied at the Russian State University for the Humanities in Moscow as a Boren scholar.
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Fields of Study: Gender Analysis in International Studies, Human Security
Background: Prior to Fletcher, I was a Research Associate for Athena Infonomics, a development consulting firm in Chennai, India. At Athena, I was involved in business development, project execution and research for projects in gender, child rights, entrepreneurship and health. I have also worked at the Clinton Foundation in New York, Delta Economics in London, Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore and Centre for Policy Research in New Delhi. During my MALD, I interned with Population Reference Bureau in Washington D.C., where I conducted research for their Gender Program and supported the development of the Interagency Gender Working Group (IGWG) plenary. I previously studied International Relations (Research) at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and Development Studies at the Indian Institute of Technology, Madras.
How I Became Interested in Gender: Having grown up in India, one of the worst performing countries in terms of gender outcomes, I have always been aware of the impact of gender on everyday life. While I grew up in a relatively liberal family, I was exposed to varying perspectives and witnessed first-hand how women are constrained by gendered norms. My curiosity to better understand the construction and impact of 'gender' has led me to pursue a career in development, with an aim to affect discourse and policy.
Gender at Fletcher: The Gender program at Fletcher is the primary reason behind my decision to come here. Fletcher is one of a handful of graduate schools in international affairs that offers a specialization in Gender. While respecting the multiplicity of methods in the field, the program is rigorous, flexible and allows for an interdisciplinary approach. In particular, the Gender Theory and Praxis, Women in National Security, and Gender, Culture and Conflict classes have been among my favourite classes because they delve into theory while also analyzing real world cases and issues. Outside of the class, Fletcher provides other avenues to work on Gender. I currently work with Prof. Theidon and Prof. Mazurana on their research project on wartime rape and sexual exploitation. I also serve as a teaching assistant for Prof. Theidon. I was also one of the chairs of the 2018 Conference on Gender and International Affairs.
My doctoral research: My aim is to understand the relationship between social movements, legal reform and broader cultural change with respect to India's rape and sexual violence laws. Rather than just focusing on 'what' legal reform is, it looks at 'how' legal reform is done. It aims to understand the ways in which the Indian feminist movement has advocated for legal reform and how it has used said legal reform to institute social change. Consequently, it is the study of the actual substance of the law as well as actors and actions involved in the push for reform. My study draws upon and contributes to a burgeoning anthropology of policy-making.
Roxanne Krystalli, PhD Candidate; Humanitarian Evidence Program Manager, Feinstein International Center
Country of origin: Greece
Fields of Study: Human Security; International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution (during my MALD) — Gender Analysis in International Studies; Comparative Politics (during my PhD)
How I became interested in gender analysis: I have been interested in gender analysis for as long as I can remember myself being curious about international politics and conflict. I was raised in a feminist household and my family reminded me to pay attention to how people experience (in)justice, (in)security, and (in)equality differently depending on their gender. During my undergraduate studies at Harvard University, I studied armed conflict and mass atrocities, but gender analysis was often missing from the conversation. After I graduated, I worked with a number of international organizations and community-based groups to document and respond to women's experiences of violence in conflict- and post-conflict areas around the world. I came to Fletcher to build my skills in this area, and to complement my understanding of these issues as a humanitarian practitioner with a theoretical and research perspective.
My MALD capstone at Fletcher through a gender analytical perspective: I really enjoyed working on my Masters thesis under the supervision of Professor Mazurana in 2013-2014. I investigated the gender dimensions of enforced disappearance in Colombia to understand how a crime that was mostly targeted at men can, in fact, affect the whole household and community in gendered ways.
Gender in my PhD research: I was thrilled to take one of my PhD comprehensive exams in the new Gender Analysis in International Studies field of study! My PhD research is on the politics of victimhood in armed conflict. Whom do we see as a victim, whom do we not, and what are the implications of these differences on the recovery of populations from violence? How are our notions of victims gendered and how do different groups of victims wield those in the transitional justice sphere? How do victims of certain crimes and harms become marginalized, and how are those processes gendered? Rather than treating gender as a discrete chapter in my research, it is a crosscutting theme and it permeates both the questions I ask and the methodology I use to answer them. I have been grateful to receive support from my research from the Social Science Research Council, the United States Institute of Peace, and the National Science Foundation, all of whom have welcomed and encouraged a gender-analytical approach.
Alexandra McAuliff, PhD Candidate
Fields of Study: Gender Analysis and International Relations; International Negotiation and Conflict Resolution
Prior to coming to Fletcher, I worked with a small peacebuilding organization in Northern Ireland where we designed and facilitated dialogue programs to engage the post-conflict dynamics of life in Northern Ireland through art and conversation. I also worked as a dialogue facilitator at Seeds of Peace, a youth focused leadership organization. Prior to this peacebuilding work, I was the aide to the president of the Maine Senate. While pursuing my master's degree, I worked with the Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice on their Women PeaceMakers Program, and also organized Fletcher's annual Conference on Gender and International Affairs. I hold a Master's in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School, and a Bachelor of Arts from Colby College.
My research focuses on gender, international negotiations, and peacebuilding. I aim to understand ways socially and politically marginalized groups, grassroots actors, and civil society affect change within the peace process. Specifically, my research looks at the role of women in peace negotiations and the mechanisms through which widening the negotiations to previously unrepresented or underrepresented groups changes the negotiation process and outcomes. I focus on the peace processes in Northern Ireland and Mindanao, Philippines.
Bretton James McEvoy, PhD Candidate
Bretton Jame McEvoy is a PhD Candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. His dissertation examines the legacies of un-reconciled violence that continue to shape social conflict in more "peaceful" societies, critically engaging white-dominated anti-racist projects that work to take greater responsibility for transforming the structures that perpetuate racialized violence and inequality in the United States. As a class-advantaged white male himself, he also strives to reflexively interrogate the dynamics of gender, class and other axes of power that overlap and conflict with the construction of whiteness, aiming to give attention to the multiple dimensions of privilege and difference that constitute a counter-hegemonic social movement predominantly comprised of those who embody the hegemonic "race." Concurrently, he consults with Promundo, a global leader in engaging men and boys for gender equality, on a project that aims to raise critical consciousness and promote accountable action amongst young men in predominantly white and class-advantaged U.S. communities. Previously, he has worked in several capacities in humanitarian assistance and human rights, having managed humanitarian programs in a number of disaster, conflict and post-crisis environments.
Kinsey Spears, PhD Candidate
Fields of Study: Gender Analysis in International Studies; International Security Studies
Prior to coming to Fletcher I served as a Peace Corps volunteer in Banteay Meanchey, Cambodia. While in Cambodia I taught English and pedagogy to teenagers and young adults at a local high school and a teacher training college. I also taught additional courses in my town around how to apply for international academic programs and scholarships, art classes and health education. After my Peace Corps service, I worked for Senator Kirsten Gillibrand as her Director of Scheduling. Senator Gillibrand's commitment to feminist issues and developing women's leadership both in and out of politics and working with youth in Cambodia heavily impacted my academic pursuits around feminist scholarship and gender studies.
One of the primary reasons I chose Fletcher for my master's degree was the Gender program at Fletcher. It is one of the primary graduate schools in international affairs that would have allowed me to seriously combine my interest in gender and security studies. The multidisciplinary impact of the Fletcher curriculum meant that I could look critically at gender issues in security studies instead of having to silo myself into one field or the other. This is apparent in the types of courses available at Fletcher; Women in National Security, Gender Culture and Conflict and Gender in Transitional States. Additionally, my work with my advisor, Professor Dyan Mazurana, has given me ample opportunity to exercise my leadership skills as her Teaching Fellow, and as the Co-Director of the Fletcher LEADS program which focuses on enhancing and refining Fletcher women's competence, confidence and leadership so they can excel in the workplace and beyond.
My doctoral work is building off of the work I did in my master's thesis which looked at the intersection of child protection and security sector partnerships in Afghanistan. I studied the historical evolution of bacha bazi and the United States' response to instances of bacha bazi by our security partners in the Afghan National Security Forces. Ultimately, I hope to expand on this work and assess how the United States addresses gross human rights violations by critical security partners in Afghanistan.
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A middle-aged woman and a young Moroccan man fall in love in Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. Their relationship will befuddle most and attract open contempt from others. It's the same type of hatred of the outsider as in Fassbinder's Katzelmacher, though because we are so acquainted with the subject of such hate this story is tragic where the former was more of a dark, bleak comedy.
From the very beginning we are made to feel the pressure of being looked at. Ali (El Hedi ben Salem) is a young Moroccan man, and Emmi (Brigitte Mira) is a middle-aged janitor. For reasons of race and age they both feel outcast, and before they meet in a small dive bar people are already glaring at them.
Ali speaks little English, and Emmi takes to him immediately, whether as someone to love or to care for or both. When he tells her he lives in a crowded room with five other men she insists he stay with her. Soon they will be married.
No one understands or approves of Emmi's relationship with Ali. They have their unsubstantiated concerns that he doesn't bathe, among other more barbaric beliefs, and they refuse to acknowledge that he's anything other than what they already believe. Emmi's neighbors, coworkers and even her own children will shun her. In one of the more striking moments we see her daughter, already shown to be in an abusive relationship, side with her husband and turn her back on her mother.
The dynamic here is clear and simple, but Fassbinder's film explores some of the potential conflict within Ali's and Emmi's own relationship, even away from the accusing outside world.
It's not just a partial language barrier but age as well. Ali has given up much of his own culture, presumably, when he came to Germany, and with Emmi he loses more of a grasp on the simple pleasures he enjoyed before he met her, like eating couscous and drinking with his friends. He soon finds himself gambling excessively and sleeping with a bartender who seems only to care about using him to hurt Emmi, almost out of principal.
Ali's concern, though unspoken, is understandable. There's a scene in the second half of the film in which Emmi's friends come over and marvel at how different Ali is than the brute they expected. They raise their eyebrows when they realize he does bathe (every day in fact, Emmi will say), and then Emmi, intoxicated over their sudden acceptance, encourages them to feel his strong arms and back. Ali is suddenly on display but made to feel no less "other" than he was before.
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul tackles extreme xenophobia in a country still reeling from the fallout of World War II. In the film it feels an overbearing force, and on several occasions Emmi will make casual reference to Adolf Hitler, taking Ali to a restaurant at which he once ate and acknowledging how she grew up in the Nazi party ('everyone did').
It's a force that I imagine might feel invisible so long as you fit in, but for anyone moderately 'different' it would be impossible to ignore. Fassbinder, from what I know, carried on a few homosexual relationships, including one tumultuous one with El Hedi ben Salem, who would pass away only a few years after the movie's release.
The film is concerned with the ways in which people inflict suffering on each other, notably out of fear and insecurity. That insecurity isn't much explored here other than to show that it exists. Characters drink and gamble too much, others run struggling 'mom & pop' stores that are losing customers to bigger establishments. There are hints of economic struggle, but all we see are the manifestations of such possible problems. They force those who might be struggling and resentful to take out all of their fury on someone who simply looks different.
Even within that clear divide the film doesn't overly romanticize Ali's and Emmi's relationship. In making an effort to show their own relationship struggles the film makes them more human. They are not just role models of a sort, meant to suffer in the film but remain angelic in spirit. Instead they are fully functional human characters, working through their own struggles and insecurities but finding strength together.


Some of our readers will remember the Asus Eee PC X101 netbook that was announced back in May, it features a 10 inch LCD display with a resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels and it will come with a choice of operating systems which include MeeGo and Windows 7.
Now it looks like the Eee PC X101 will go on sale in July and the MeeGo version is reported to retail for $199.99, and the Windows 7 version is reported to retail for $310.
Other specifications include a 1.5GHz Intel Atom Oak Trail processor, and there is also Intel GMA 600 graphics, two USB ports, a 6 cell battery and a 3.5mm audio jack.


Remains of the Day: Can you hear me now?
The iPhone 4's reception issues continue to dominate the headlines, and may soon jump to the courts. Also, a petition for free stuff? Where do I sign? It's the remainders for June 29, 2010.
The law firm of Kershaw, Cutter & Ratinoff is investigating alleged iPhone 4 reception problems caused by the so-called "death grip" for a possible class action suit. We can only hope this will be followed by an in-depth investigation of unconsciousness caused by the so-called Vulcan death grip.
On the topic of the iPhone 4's reception issues, tech blog Gizmodo has begun a petition to get Apple to give away free bumpers to everybody affected by the problem. What's the matter, guys—couldn't find a case in a bar?
Artist David Jon Kassan records himself painting a portrait on the iPad using Brushes and a live model, who posed for the three hours it took to create the piece. Best of all, unlike cameras, hand-painted iPad portraits won't steal your soul.
Once again, the Verizon iPhone rumor rears its head. Now it's Bloomberg stoking the fires, suggesting that Big Red will roll out an LTE-compatible model of Apple's handset at January's Consumer Electronics Show. Verizon's wider coverage may leave AT&T touting its only remaining advantage: the ability to use the data connection while making phone calls. Anybody else seeing the flaw in that plan?


What we believe is the only grant of its type in this region of northern Pakistan, our £500 annual scholarship fund offers five students a year the opportunity to move onto higher education.
We are working with our partners at Camara to create new e-learning centres at schools in Ethiopia. With £2500 initial funding from the foundation, Camara installed 25 recycled computers Aba'ala Secondary School, in the remote Afar region.
We are now working on a second e-learning centre in Addis Ababa.
Cedarberg set up a small rural pre-school in South Africa in 2001. We know how important a good early education can be, especially for children from poor or previously disadvantaged backgrounds, so that they are not already behind at age 7.
2 classrooms with 2 properly qualified teachers and a teacher's assistant.
Every year there are about 50+ children.
Our local team is working together with two young tourism professionals originating from Kalaw. They decided to set up a project there that is focused on protecting nature, elephants and the traditions of local people.
The project includes creating a natural environment for Myanmar elephants and helping the local population to use education and micro finance to emerge from poverty.
It is not encouraged to ride the elephants.
In Guyana, we stay at Karanambu Ranch home of Diane McTurk, well known for her work in rehabilitating orphaned Giant River Otters to the wild.
Diane has started the Karanambu Trust in an attempt to create a private protected area at Karanambu. The primary purpose of the protected area will be the protection of the habitat for the otters and ensuring their survival.
This is a special project in Laos offering young people free English courses, taught by a native speaker.
Meeting foreigners (with different accents!) to practice English is a special event for students and helps to overcome their shyness of speaking in public. LBF encourages their students to continue to study for careers.
Golf's changed attitude to sustainable tourism !
South Carolina's Hilton Head Island has been named as the first-ever Sustainable Golf Destination of the Year in the 2017 IAGTO Sustainability Awards.
Sailing is inherently sustainable. Using wind to travel from island to island is the most environmentally friendly way to travel around the Greek Islands. There is no noise pollution or engine emissions whilst sailing!
We work with the Ionian Dolphin Project. Our clients are actively encouraged to get in touch with the project when they spot a dolphin or school of dolphins!


Brieuc is an excellent violinist. He does more than just play notes; he is artistic. In addition to his artistry he brings his excellent technical facility to all he plays; he is a strong player and has a great deal of temperament as well as sensitivity.
Brieuc Vourch was born in 1995 in Paris and started playing the violin at the age of 3. At the age of thirteen he auditioned for Maestro Louis Langrée with the Tchaïkovsky Violin Concerto and moved to America to study with Itzhak Perlman at The Juilliard School of Music and with Aaron Rosand. He came back to Europe in 2014 to study with Boris Kuschnir in Vienna. During this time, he also studied with Rainer Küchl, former concertmaster of the Vienna Philharmonic.
He has performed in numerous concert venues around Europe and the United States, including Carnegie Hall, Alice Tully Hall of New-York's Lincoln Center, St Martin-in-the- fields in London, Le Théâtre des Champs Élysées, La Seine Musicale, La Philharmonie de Paris and Le Palais des Congrès de Paris. He will make his asian recital debuts in China during the Hantang International Music Festival 2019.
In 2008, he performed for Shimon Peres, President of Israel, during his State visit to France. He recently met and performed for Emmanuel Macron, President of France.
As a soloist and chamber musician, Brieuc Vourch has collaborated with some of today's finest musicians including Roman Simovic, Svetlin Roussev, Olivier Charlier, Anaëlle Tourret, Olga Sitkovetsky, Abdel Rahman el Bacha, Elena Rozanova, Yovan Markovitch, François Salque, Laurent Naouri, Guillaume Vincent, Ingmar Lazar, Ismaël Margain, Nathanaël Gouin, Manuel Vioque-Judde, Mathieu Herzog, Ella van Poucke, Santiago Cañon Valencia, the Hanson Quartet, the Ensemble Appassionato, Jean-Marc Phillips and Raphaël Pidoux from the Wanderer Trio, and members of the Michelangelo Quartet.
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Brieuc is supported by the Zilber-Rampal Foundation, the Safran Foundation for Music in Paris and the Concordia Foundation in London. He plays on a very fine Jean-Baptiste Vuillaume loaned to him by Nicolas Paulmier through the Beares International Violin Society.
Listening to his playing, I recognize the talent of a great musician with a very strong technic. His playing is very mature and thoughtful.


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Friday Night In Woodlawn, Part 1
Too full!
Last night Grandpa Nelson had an evening of music planned, but first we needed to have dinner. He isn't fussy about food, but gave us some ideas we hadn't thought of.
Swiss Hibiscus is a Swiss restaurant up on NE 14th and their Online menu looked good! Onion soup, raclettes (bread with melted cheeeeese) and escargots all sounded like just the thing for this cold, almost-winter evening. But when we got there, we realized that we should have called for reservations. The tiny restaurant was booked up with no relief in sight. Sigh.
We were on Alberta Street, which is a main drag in the northeast, but places were filling up for dinner. The Tin Shed, which is more of a bar with food, was also full. Across the street was a highly decorated (seems a bit early for Christmas…) shop called Frock, but no food.
No Food!
We finally decided to make life easy and get a Lyft to our final destination, The Oregon Public House, and eat there. It wouldn't be escargots or raclettes, but that was fine.
The Oregon Public House is a special place. Its motto is "Have a pint, change the world." It is the only non-profit pub in the whole country. Let me explain.
Generous!
You order drinks and food from the bar. Burgers, sandwiches, fries and sweet potato tots are the fare, all tasty and inexpensive. You pay and then decide which of the charities you want the profit from your meal to go to.
Food for Families, The Northeast Portland Tool Library, Keep Oregon Well, and Carpe Mundi, are just a few. There is even a Give-O-Meter, a small wooden counter fitted with beer steins and clear plastic tubes, that lets you donate cash to the different charities if you feel like it.
The pub itself is family friendly and lively, with small people making laps of the place accompanied by their patient parents, as well as hipper folks chatting at tables. All the employees were young and cheerful.
After dinner, we went upstairs for the second part of our adventure. I'll tell you about that tomorrow!
Love, Grandma Judy
Author JudyPosted on November 19, 2018 November 18, 2018 Tags Alberta Street, Carpe Mundi, Charity, Eating out in Portland, Food for Families, Frock, Lyft, Northeast Portland, Northeast Portland Tool Library, Oregon Public House, Swiss Hibiscus, Tin ShedLeave a comment on Friday Night In Woodlawn, Part 1
Hamilton!
Dear Jasper and Kestrel,
Last night I received the last in a long line of birthday presents. Grandpa Nelson bought tickets to the touring company of Hamilton for your mommy and me, because she is the one who introduced me to the music and story of this fabulous play two years ago. Both of us, along with thousands of other folks, have been listening, singing, and dancing to the music. But Broadway is a long ways from both Portland and Salinas, and it seemed impossible. But the touring company came to Portland and Grandpa Nelson went on line last fall to get tickets for the show.
First, of course, was dinner. We took a Lyft car to pick up your mommy (and got hugs from you two as a bonus), then headed off for dinner at Henry's 12th Street Tavern. Yummy Willamette Valley Pinot noir and Spire's cider came along with great french fries, sushi, Kung Pao chicken and fish tacos. We ate and talked until it was time to Lyft over to the Keller Auditorium.
We had time to buy some souvenirs. I got a tee shirt that says RISE UP that I can wear to school and tell my students about the story of Alexander Hamilton, an immigrant who helped write the rules of our country. Your mommy got a show book so she could tell you the story of the show we saw, with pictures of the actors.
We had good seats, in the 14th row, right on the aisle to the right side. I have listened to recordings of the Broadway show for so long, I figured I had it all memorized. But every actor put their own spin on the lyrics, so it was new all over again. Your mommy and I were both afraid we would be disappointed that it wasn't the Broadway cast, but we agreed that it was a whole new set of people to fall in love with. The funny parts, like when the pompous King George sings a sad break-up sing to his colonies, made us laugh. The sad parts, when young Phillip died, made us cry like we didn't know it was coming. And the music was always, always beautiful.
I didn't take pictures of the performance, because that is rude and against the law. But there was one backdrop for the first act, an abstracted version of brick walls and warehouses, and one for the second act, abstracted wooden buildings.
The rest of the sets, desks, chairs, and so forth, were brought on or taken by actors during the play. The costumes were modified
versions of costumes from the 1700s, enough to give the idea of the period but simple enough so they were not the stars of the show. There were also a new creation, a form-fitting costume that evoked the time but was not specific to either men or women. It allowed all members of the cast to be guests at a dance, be soldiers or shopkeepers, simply by putting a jacket or cape over the basic costume.
But the stars of the show were the wonderful writing and fine actors who pulled us into the story of a brilliant young man with a need to be part of something bigger than himself. He found a country ready for independence and fought with all his mind and might to help make that happen. The play lets us see his brilliance but also the selfishness and pride that were his downfall. It showed the people around him, the personal and political feeling of the time that helped shape our country.
When the play was over, we walked from the Keller across the Willamette River, talking about the play. The water was dark and lovely, sparkling with a few lights. The Hawthorne Bridge, which your mommy says is her pet bridge, is the oldest bridge in the city. We walked a ways, then called for a Lyft which got us both home.
It is past midnight now, and I need to get to bed. It is also almost April, and I can truly say that I am finally birthday-ed out. Thanks, everyone!
Author JudyPosted on March 31, 2018 April 1, 2018 Tags Hamilton in Portland, Henry's 12th Street Tavern, Keller Auditorium, LyftLeave a comment on Hamilton!
Our Favorite Things Part 2
Lunchtime had arrived. We walked from the Rec Trail up to Lighthouse Avenue to Tilly Gort's. It was founded in 1969, and the photograph of its original staff shows a smiling group of children of the 60s. Originally a vegetarian restaurant and coffee house, it has widened its offerings to include vegan and 'with meat' menu items, all of which are delicious.
We had the tofu pesto scramble and Huevos Rancheros, and I had a freshly squeezed carrot juice. It was fabulous! I thought of Bugs Bunny and his oath never to mix radish juice and carrot juice, and that made me laugh. The art on the walls and the great food definitely rejuvenated us for the rest of our day.
Bridgett at Tilly Gort's
Further down on Lighthouse is an art-making space called Progress, not Perfection, run by Jessica Ansbury. You pay a fee and get to use their supplies and space to make art. It is popular with birthday parties, but also individuals who live in small spaces and just need room.
Art Space!
We figured that as long as we were in the neighborhood, we should walk a little further down to Forest and visit our friend Germaine at her shop Imagine Art Supplies. Germaine is also an artist, and her beautiful and inspirational work hangs on the walls, above her well-chosen inventory. Bridgett asked her classic question. "What is your favorite new thing?"
Germaine in her element
Germaine immediately showed us Porcelain, a newly improved type of pen and paint, which can be used on glass or glazed pottery, fired in a home oven, and become dishwasher and food safe. THIS is a revelation! Bridgett loves decorating recycled to-go coffee cups, and this would allow her to make practical, usable art pieces. Very Exciting. We said good bye to Germaine and her shop cat, and headed off with several jars and pens to try out.
Bearing our prize purchases, we headed back down to the Rec Trail back to the Aquarium, where we caught the Monterey Free Trolley. We had walked a long way and were a bit foot weary. We got off at Alvarado Street so we could see the Plaza and shops on our way to the Transit Plaza.
Monterey Free Trolley
Realizing we were early for our bus home, we stepped into Old Capitol Books, a used book store with a great selection. There was also a poetry reading going on, so we had the lovely experience of milling about in literature and art with the satisfying cadences of poetry floating over our heads.
We caught the number 20 back to Uncle David's house and crashed until dinner and Bridgett's departure. Our friend Mark Gurley, the best Lyft driver on the planet, came by and whisked her away to the San Jose Airport.
Me and my girl
It has been too short a visit, but I will see her soon!
Author JudyPosted on February 15, 2018 February 13, 2018 Tags Imagine Art Supplies, Lighthouse Avenue, Lyft, Mark Gurley, Monterey Free Trolley, Monterey Transit Plaza, Old Capitol Books, Pacific Grove, Porcelain Paints and Pens, Progress Not Perfection Art space, Tilly Gort's RestaurantLeave a comment on Our Favorite Things Part 2
Bridgett's Birthday
Yesterday was Sunday. It was also Auntie Bridgett's birthday, and we spent the whole day doing Auntie Bridgett's favorite things.
Sunflowers on Bridgett's Birthday!
First, we had a small breakfast to get ready for a busy day. Then we opened presents! She got some fancy silverware from her Aunt Chris and Uncle Ken, and Grandpa Nelson and I got her a badminton set! We have such a nice big park, we should have games to play in it. More about that later.
Passing Belmont Street, we noticed that the old murals I had taken pictures of are being painted over and new murals painted in. Here are the beginnings of the new ones.
New murals on Belmont
The Tov Bus
Then we walked through the neighborhood to 32nd Avenue and Hawthorne Street. Awhile back we had seen a red double-decker bus (like they use in London) being used as a coffee shop! It is called Tov Coffee (Tov means 'good' in Hebrew), and Bridgett wanted to see inside.
Inside the bus
Needless to say, the inside is TINY. It is a bus, after all, and also needs room for coffee making machines and dishes and fellows behind the counter. But it was pretty…walls and ceilings painted a nice purple, finely carved wooden everythings, and photos of Egypt. We ordered our coffees and went up the narrow twisty stairs to the top of the bus. A nice roof has been made of pvc pipe and heavy plastic, which keeps out the sun on bright days and the rain on not-so-bright ones. When our coffees were delivered we enjoyed the view of the street and people-watching.
Chai, Egyptian Coffee and just Coffee
Our weather is getting cooler, feeling very much like fall. Trees are starting to change colors and leaves are crunching underfoot. We walked to a pop-up restaurant called hunnymilk. A pop-up is when a group of cooks and waiters who don't have a restaurant borrow a restaurant and serve their own food. In this case, hunnymilk, which makes fabulous brunch, borrowed the space and kitchen of La Buca, an Italian restaurant. We had the best biscuits and butter ever, fried french toast, roast potatoes, and pork ribs with garlicky cheese grits. OH MY, was it good. We ate until we were happily stuffed.
Brunch at hunnymilk
But we still couldn't finish it all! We will have a day or two of delicious leftovers.
Five boxes of leftovers!
Setting drinks on fire
After we rested and digested for a while, we took the badminton set to the park, set it up, and started playing. We were delightfully awful…years of no practice had us running and flailing like windmills. But it was fun, so we kept it up. And by the time we were too tired to move, we had gotten much better. We staggered home for more rest before our final destination of the day. I didn't get a single picture of the game! We were having so much fun, I forgot!
We got a Lyft ride to Hale Pele (say hall-ay pay-lay) Tiki Bar! This is a tiny place with all sorts of colored lights, tikis and blowfish, skulls and tapa cloth lamps. They serve food, (but we were still stuffed from brunch), and delicious tropical drinks, some of which get set on fire. It was fun watch to lights change, and watch the bartender mix the drinks, and then drink the drinks….
When we had all we could hold, we called Lyft again and got a ride home, and wished Auntie Bridgett a final Happy Birthday!
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The Intercept published an interesting article about how the National Security Agency (NSA) is evaluating exploiting biomedical devices such as pacemakers. This continues a trend of health security issues as digital medicine continues to collect more patient health information and also utilize electronic means to deliver medical care.
Since 2013 the FDA has been citing concern of medical device security. Recently the FDA issued new cybersecurity guidelines to protect medical devices. The document was titled "Postmarket Management of Cybersecurity in Medical Devices". The FDA continues to contend that responsibility for medical device security should not be placed solely on the device makers — but the health institutions utilizing the devices as well.
Hospitals have come under increasing attacks within the past year. Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center in Los Angeles, California paid $17,000 in bitcoin to hackers to get their electronic medical records back online. MedStar Health's 10 hospitals came to a standstill when they were hacked and their electronic medical system went down.
As more patient information gets stored in the "cloud" via digital medicine and healthcare platforms — such as Apple's ResearchKit and Carekit — more potential vulnerabilities will exist. I have a hard time imagining how hospital systems and digital health companies will be able to withstand hacking attempts when massive corporations often suffer serious breaches.


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Chandigarh: Much to the relief of authorities at Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust, at least half of the staff including doctors and teachers, have withdrawn multiple cheque bounce cases that they had filed against the trust.
This comes after the authorities agreed to pay the salaries of the staff, which are outstanding even before the medical college's controversial shutdown. With 50 per cent cases being extracted by the complainants, the senior authorities of the institute, who might be made the offenders in the case, would breathe a sigh of relief. However, 50 per cent of these cases are still left to be withdrawn, which can emerge as a matter of concern.
Medical Dialogues has extensively reported about the shutdown and revival of Gian Sagar Medical College and Dental College. The Medical Council of India (MCI) and Dental Council of India (DCI) withdrew the recognition of dental and medical college of the Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust.
The medical institutes were shut down in February 2017.
This had been done in the absence of the trust management coming up with any concrete revival plan for the institute facing a financial crisis. The government at that time also announced the shifting of medical and dental students to other medical institutions operating across the state.
However, with the trust management being not paid the salaries of its employees, protests had already intensified in April 2017. Their salaries had been pending since October 2016.
Brahm Mohindra, Health and Family Welfare, Research and Medical Education, had clarified that time that the students were the only responsibility of the state government, as they were admitted through state held medical tests, while it was the management of private medical college, which had hired the employees, and had shirked paying salaries to them. Thereby, implying the onus of responsibility for it lay with the management and not the government.
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Over a year later in July 2018, Department of Medical Education and Research (DMER), Punjab, had granted provisional essentiality certificate to the Gian Sagar Medical College and Dental College for filling 100 MBBS and 100 BDS seats respectively, and the Baba Farid University of Health Sciences (BFUHS), a provisional consent of affiliation to the medical institute.
However, a protest call of the faculty members dimmed the joy of reopening, with medical/dental teachers staging a protest against the institutes' management, demanding salary clearance.
More than 100 doctors (teaching staff) of Medical and Dental Gian Sagar College approached the education tribunal in Mohali for the issuance of directions to Gian Sagar Trust to clear outstandings that range between Rs 10 crore and Rs 15 crore.
A couple days ago too, nine of the medical college's former PG students, who were shifted to another medical college after its shutdown, moved the education tribunal seeking directions to the medical college to pay back their outstanding dues. The PG medicos have submitted in their petition that the medical college had stopped their stipends of Rs. 45,990 per month for the academic year 2016-2017, violating the rules of the apex Medical Council of India (MCI).
Now, during a resumed hearing in a Chandigarh district court, the trust top authorities gave demand drafts to other 26 staff members. Since demand drafts have been handed over to the majority of staff members, the court was informed that both parties had mutually and amicably resolved the matter, reports TOI.
The daily adds that the withdrawal of all complaints is going to help the Chairman of Gian Sagar Educational and Charitable Trust, Dr Singh, whom the court has directed to appear on January 7, failing which, he could be declared a proclaimed offender in the case.
The next hearing on the matter will be done on January 8.


I'm going to put a few stakes in the ground about interesting things I'd like to work on in 2018, by reflecting on the year just gone.
Politically, 2017 felt like sailing into a headwind, so it seems more important than ever that we help each other create the world we want to live in ourselves. We must choose our battles, and for me, that means continuing to work on enabling grassroots, DIY activity.
Through Maker Assembly, I've met many inspiring people working on projects to this end (Dot Everyone, Participatory City, Eastside Projects, to name three), and I'd like to work with more people who are taking making out of the makerspace and into the wider world. As I write this, I'm excited about the developments that are happening right now here in Brighton, for example, an ambitious plan for a New, New England House.
I've been swimming with this current since 2011, but over the last year it's felt increasingly like the ideas of Makers, Making and The Maker Movement, as characterised by Make Media, are ready to be retired. No disrespect to Make Media, whom I love dearly, or all the people who contribute to the global maker community, of which I'm a proud member – but I think there are new ideas we need to embrace.
I'd like to see more understanding between commercial makers and amateurs, Maker Pros and antagonists. I'd like to us to try and bridge the gap between the hardware startup ideal, and the sustainable design ideal. I'd like us to continue to work on gender diversity when we talk about – or give platforms – to makers, but also think about other kinds of diversity. Personally, I'd like to learn more about kinds of making which are not within my current cultural comfort zone. I'd like us to think more about the systems in which we make, and how we can influence those, in order to have real impact.
These ideas aren't controversial, but I think our old narratives about what making is hold us back. It's time for a new frame of reference.
At the beginning of the year, I worked on a project called DiDIY ("Digital DIY") It was a European research project looking at the impact of making. I helped design and run a series of workshops with different groups of makers to understand how making affected their lives. I was lucky enough to work with two excellent researchers, one of whom, David Gauntlett, happens to be an expert in the Lego Serious Play technique, which uses Lego to help people express ideas through metaphor, characterisation and storytelling.
This format of research through hands-on making speaks to a larger question in making; one which I have been interested in for many years: If we believe) – and I do – that we can think with our hands (aka "constructionism"), then how can we use handwork to help people explore or express ideas? This is something we've also experimented with in Maker Assembly, but it has applications in education, innovation, strategy, research (whether market research or academic), conflict resolution, and community engagement.
I've been delving into YouTube much more over the last year. While I have concerns about any kind of centralised platform, and its algorithmic weirdness can be very disturbing, as a media form in its own right; as a site of self-identification (compare "Youtuber" and "Maker"); and as a heaving, rich compost heap of micro-niches, it continues to amaze me.
Podcasting, while much less popular, brings much of the same richness, and – mainstream hits aside – DIY attitude, and shows signs of becoming a medium that inspires the same kind of tribal affiliation: "I am a podcaster!". Maybe it's too much like blogging, too hard to do, too hard to find an audience, or make it financially viable at the indie scale. But it's still here, and a very exciting place to be a listener, or a creator.
These creators, and others including indie software developers, the self-build van community, and DIY board games designers, are giving me that buzz that for the last few years I've mostly found in Maker Faire, and "Making" in the narrower sense – see above.
What sets the great creators apart from the failed ones is that they kept going. They just kept making stuff until they got good at it. Go look at MKBHD's first video if you want to see a great YouTuber finding his feet.
So while I'm still finding my way in every creative field I work in, from woodwork to writing to podcasting, I'm just trying to keep going – keep learning, keep experimenting. Just making stuff, and pushing forwards. And trying to help others do the same.
I'm circling back to where I started. In the last year, I've been lucky enough to work with some inspiring people working on high impact agendas – that is, focussing their effort on systemic change in areas such as sustainable design, manufacturing, education or housing. Much of this has come about through working with the Royal College of Art and Machines Room on the New Normal exhibition.
So one of my research interests as we head into 2018, is sustainability at the systems level: sustainability in terms of environmental impact, health, communities and places, work and economics.


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'The Power of the Dog' Leads North Carolina Film Critics 2021 Awards with 6 Honors
The Power of the Dog wins six awards, including narrative film, director, actor, supporting actor.
'The Green Knight' Wins 2021 Best Picture and 'The French Dispatch' Wins with North Texas Film Critics
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The Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association voted The Power of the Dog as the Best Film of 2021, Best Actor for Benedict Cumberbatch.
'Belfast,' 'Summer of Soul' and 'Flee' Win Las Vegas Film Critics 2021 Honors
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Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog was named the Best Picture of 2021 by the Southeastern Film Critics Association.
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The Philadelphia Film Critics Circle named Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog the Best Film of 2021 at its fifth annual year-end awards.
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The Washington, D.C. Area Film Critics Association announced their honorees for 2021 naming Kenneth Branagh's "Belfast" the Best Film.
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Sight and Sound magazine named Joanna Hogg's The Souvenir Part II the Best Film of the Year.
Paul Thomas Anderson's LICORICE PIZZA Tops National Board of Review 2021 Honorees
Top honors go to Licorice Pizza for Best Film; Paul Thomas Anderson for Best Director for Licorice Pizza.
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Ahmir "Questlove" Thompson's Summer of Soul lead the nominations for the 37th Annual IDA Documentary Awards with four nominations.


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The Metamorphic Technique is a simple tool that enables us to move from feelings of limitation towards accessing more of our potential. In short, it helps us to help ourselves.
In a session the practitioner uses a light touch on the spinal reflexes of the feet, hands and head. A safe and relaxing space is provided where you can just be. There is no need to take a case history or to take shoes off if you don't like your feet being touched. Some people may wish to talk, while others enjoy taking time out. A session usually last 60 minutes.
The Metamorphic Technique stands alone, for it is neither a therapy nor a treatment, nor is it a massage or healing. There is no diagnosis or physical manipulation. It is safe from babies to the Elderly and physically and mentally handicapped people.
People are often drawn to the technique in times of difficulty like career changes , bereavement, moving house or illness. Many find they cope better in these periods of transition. some may wish to make deep inner changes without having to analyse the past, others find that in times of stress they are able to deal with situations more effective.
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When one is passionate scuba diving, it is important to get approved so that a person has a chance to explore what the oceans and seas have to offer which could be life changing. Scuba diving is like riding a car where one cannot do it without having the required permits so, know where to get them and the rings that are required. The sport is safe provided each can stick to the rules and the best thing about having as license is that one gets to encounter marines life from any place and can go deep, places only professionals get.
Going to classes means that one gets the lessons required because an individual can enroll in a full-time course that will help in boosting the skills one has in scuba diving. Part of your studies will be studying from home, and that is why one has to be equipped with the right materials and be ready to get the online items and use them to study.
It is essential to take the water management skills which will be a great way of seeing to it that the person has what it takes to survive underwater for a long time. Here one learns how to hold breath while underwater, setting your equipment under water and the best swimming techniques required for any professional scuba divers.
After taking the few practical and theory tips from experienced divers, it is your time to get out there to the real world whereby one has to start working locally. A local instructor will also come to see how one is performing which means one can get the feedback pretty fast.


To take a photo like this you must first spend innumerable hours scouring Google Maps. Then 'gain access' to a roof top. There you'll discover that the perspective you were searching for is not possible. Afterwards you'll 'gain access' to another roof top, climb a billboard and compose your shot. The water tower is an art installation that you can see from Manhattan Bridge. The skyscraper in the background is the Empire State Building.


Corfu is one of the northernmost islands of the Ionian Sea. Located close to the mainland, its Northeast coasts are opposite to the shores of Aghii Saranta, Albania.
Corfu Town is characterized by the strong Venetian element but also by many French and English influences. Its Venetian mansions and buildings are painted with the traditional Corfiot ocher. The main attractions are the Spianada square, the largest square in the Balkans, the Froureio, the Town Hall, the Kanoni, the Achillion and many museums.
Best period to visit there is the Easter season to enjoy the Corfiot traditions and in the summer to swim at the beaches of the island.


The player's agent wills discuss the possible transfer with Juventus director general Beppe Marotta.
Barcelona striker Alexis Sanchez is reportedly on the transfer wish-list of the Turin giants who have already started talks with the player's agent Fernando Felicevich. The player's representative will meet with Juve officials before the end of month.
The Old lady who expressed their interested in the Chilean international before he moved to Spain in 2011 are competing with Inter for the forward.


A benefit concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation, the second annual Hope Rising! brought Annie Lennox and Angelique Kidjo to Toronto.
Legendary singer-songwriter, philanthropist and political activist Annie Lennox headlined the second annual Hope Rising! A Benefit Concert for the Stephen Lewis Foundation presented by CIBC alongside Grammy Award-winning recording artist Angelique Kidjo. This epic evening of music and celebration took place at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto on Wednesday, November 7, 2012. The benefit concert shone a celebratory spotlight on the pivotal role and power of African women as they overcome tremendous adversity and turn the tide of AIDS in Africa.
The inaugural Hope Rising! benefit concert was held on May 3, 2011 at the Sony Centre for the Performing Arts in Toronto, which featured performances by Alicia Keys, K'naan, Angelique Kidjo, Rufus Wainwright and other renowned artists – who all generously donated their time and talent. The sold-out evening raised more than $500,000 in support of grassroots African communities working to turn the tide of HIV and AIDS in Africa.
The Stephen Lewis Foundation (SLF) works with community-level organizations that are turning the tide of HIV/AIDS in Africa by providing care and support to women, children orphaned by AIDS, grandmothers, and people living with HIV and AIDS. Since 2003, SLF has funded over 700 initiatives, partnering with over 300 community-based organizations in the 15 countries that have been hardest hit by the AIDS pandemic in Africa. For more information, visit www.stephenlewisfoundation.org.


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Home/Sports/FIFA World Cup: After losing to France in the semi-finals, Moroccan fans and police clashed in Brussels
FIFA World Cup: After losing to France in the semi-finals, Moroccan fans and police clashed in Brussels
Riya KapoorDecember 15, 2022
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FIFA World Cup: Morocco fans battled with police in Brussels after Walid Regragui's side fell to France 0-2 in the semi-final on Wednesday. The first country from Africa to advance to the final four was Morocco.
Moroccan fans and police got into a physical brawl in Brussels after Walid Regragui's squad was eliminated from the FIFA World Cup following a 0-2 loss to France in the semi-final on Wednesday.
Around 100 fans, who were wrapped in Moroccan flags, threw fireworks and other objects at police dressed in riot gear near Brussels South station. Police reacted with water cannons and tear gas as fans set fire to trash bags and cardboard boxes.
According to Reuters, police detained many fans and stated that the altercations were minor and did not result in any significant injury.
France is the first team to reach a second straight World Cup final since Brazil in 2002. Theo Hernandez scored a close-range goal to give Les Bleus a 1-0 advantage in the fifth minute after Kylian Mbappe, the tournament's second-leading scorer, had his shot blocked.
France lost out on the opportunity to increase their lead as Jawad El Yamiq's shot hit the post. Didier Deschamps' team ultimately put Morocco to sleep when Randal Kolo Muani scored his first goal for his nation in the 79th minute, advancing to the final, where France will take on Argentina on December 18.
After the game, Morocco coach Regragui claimed that his team gave everything they had and that their heroics during the 2022 campaign in Qatar could not be diminished by the semi-final loss.
"The most important thing is to have shown a good face, to have shown that football in Morocco exists and that we have great supporters. We gave it our best. … [The loss] doesn't take away everything we gave before," Regragui stated.
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Such a great summer of conferences, mild weather, FIFA games, reading vacations, meditation retreats, bachelorette parties, 5K runs, TIFF … and now we are shifting into our fall season that begins on September 21 with Toronto's exceptional book fair, The Word On The Street.
At WOTS this year, TEC has "friended" Shawn Micallef, author of The Trouble with Brunch: Work, Class and the Pursuit of Leisure, published by Coach House Books. Our team editor Mary Ann Mazey will be attending the reading and picking up a copy of the book. She'll be writing up her adventures at WOTS in an upcoming blog.
Another big piece of news: The Editing Company is beginning its 7th year! Congratulations to our editors past and present (and future) for your incredible talent and dedication, and to our wonderful clients whose support has contributed to our growth and success. As we begin Year Seven, here's a look at some of our completed, ongoing, and newer projects.
Canadian Journal of Education, Vol. 37, No. 2 (August 2014).
Unwanted: Muslim Immigrants, Dignity, and Drug Dealing, by Sandra M. Bucerius (Oxford University Press, New York, 2014).
Asleep at the Switch: The Political Economy of Federal Research and Development Policy since 1960, by Bruce Smardon (McGill-Queen's University Press, 2014).
Ruin and Redemption: The Struggle for a Canadian Bankruptcy Law, 1867–1919, by Thomas G.W. Telfer (University of Toronto Press, October 2014).
Canadian Journal of Education 37:3 is slated for publication in late October; and CJE 37:4 will be online in December.
Some recent journal articles we have been working on include a business analysis of how new firms enter marketplaces, and the process of publishing R&D innovations. We have also edited a number of grant proposals and a book chapter drawn from a dissertation.
Some of the exciting projects we've completed include a history of rock 'n' roll in America, an analysis of the Canadian Charter Revolution, the first volume of letters documenting the life and times of nineteenth-century Mennonite life in Russia, the role of senior women editors in the Canadian newspaper industry.
Some of the newer projects we have underway include a history of the 1936 Olympics; an anthology commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms and how it has affected the freedom of the press in Canada; and a cultural study of Grey Owl.
We are just getting underway the copy editing of articles for the fall issue of think: The Lola Stein Institute Journal.
We are editing and proofreading Explore St. Mark's Coptic Museum: An Illustrated Introduction, being compiled and written by Helene Moussa, Volunteer Curator.
We have completed the writing and development of the first section of an online instruction manual for Supply Chain Management Canada. We have also been proofing materials for a new business client in the digital signage industry, as well as for Dee-Cipher B2B Marketing, and we proofed a semi-annual report for our financial equity client.
DOLCE VITA fall issue is just about to hit the stands, and we're proofing the fall issue of City Life in the coming weeks.
Congratulations to our client Ann Eyerman whose self-published memoir Mediterranean Journey: A Young Woman's Travels through 1970s Europe is now available on Amazon.
As well, we are completing the editing of a client's memoir that details his escape to London from Germany during the Second World War where he launched a professional career that took him around the world.
Among our new self-publishing clients is Bryan Arndt. We recently copy edited his book Love The Life You're Living: A Beginner's Guide to Personal Transformation, being published by Balboa Press this fall, and we are now completing the copy edit of Have a Beautiful Day, scheduled for publication early next year. For more about Bryan's work, visit his website.
You can click here to read our August newsletter. If you'd like to have the eNewsletter sent to your inbox each month, you can subscribe by going to our main page and filling out the subscription box in the sidebar.
We continue to build our cultural social media networks at Twitter: We have reached 123 followers! You can visit us on Facebook. And for more on the business front, follow Beth on Twitter @BethAMcAuley.
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A very quick post to say that on Monday 20th and 27th of August we'll be cobbing away at Velwell Orchard during the mornings if anyone can come and lend a hand… We're so nearly there! We'll also be picking veggies on those days so you'll go home with a nice box.
Also, I have two small gates in stock that I'm keen to sell… See pictures below and let me know if you're interested.