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This entry is part of the Lexicon of Klezmer Terminology (LKT). The LKT compiles a wide array of source materials that shed light on the historical and contemporary state of knowledge about klezmer music. Each entry includes a number of citations from primary and secondary sources that include or refers to the term in question. It also indicates whether musical notation or sound recordings are included in the source. By clicking on the bibliographic hyperlink at the end of each citation, you get the full reference.
Alpert 1996a, p. 16.
"These klezmorim know many pieces: dance, instrumental works played at the table, street tunes (accompanying the march to the xupe [wedding canopy], leading the in-laws, etc.)..." Beregovski 1937 [= Beregovski/Slobin 1982, p. 532].
"The literal translation of gas-nign is 'street tune.' This is what the klezmorim called the pieces they played on the street while accompanying guests home at night after the wedding feast or the following day after a solemn meal. The most improtant trait distinguishing these pieces from the wedding repertoire is the triple meter. It is not known how this tradition of playing the gas-nign in triple meter began. It is also not clear whether this is typical of the gas-nign only in the Ukraine." Beregovski 1962 [= Beregovksi/Slobin 1982, p. 501, n. 81].
"Gas-nign." Beregovski/Goldin 1987, #62-79. (Musical notation included).
"Concerning those melodies which appear the most established at Meron, such as those connected to processions and other ritual moments during the pilgrimage, they are -- according to the accounts -- precisely those which also have a function in the marriages celebrated in the two cities [Tzfat and Tiberias]. Thus the processional melodies -- in the slow march rhythm -- were --according to [klezmer A.] Segal's expression -- 'gas-nign' (street song). These songs accompanied the traditional procession to the house of the bride-to-be. Other melodies which do not actually have another function other than accompanying dance, had, in these marriages, a more precise role: one melody would be played before the khupe, another for the arrival of the bride, etc." Hadju, 1971, p. 79.
"'Der Gasn Nigun (A)'... has also been recorded under the title National Hora. I have transcribed two versions of this piece so you may hear how different performers interpret the kind of embellishments that are intrinsic to the hora dance form. It was the kind of tune played to accompany the bridal part home...[H. Kandel, 1923/A. Schwartz, c. 1920s]. Phillips 1996a, p. 61. (Musical notation and recording references included).
"'Der Gasn Nigun (B)'... The second version of Gasn Nigun is based on Abe Schwartz's 1920 violin solo [Romanian style]... The pace is quicker and Schwartz launches into a freylakh half-way through. The two measures before the opening double bar line of the freylakh... are not a melody, but a set-up of the new tempo and rhythm." Phillips 1996a, pp. 62-63. (Musical notation and recording references included).
"Tunes in triple time are one of the most intriguing questions about klezmer music... But we also have a lot of tunes which are not connected with dancing. Although zhok was sometimes just used as 'street melodies' without tunes." Phillips 1996b, p. 176.
"Gas nign (street melody) refers to pieces which were played in the street by klezmorim as they accompanied guests home after a wedding or other festive event." Rubin 1997, p. 21. (Recording references included).
"At the end of the wedding the klezmorim played their closing melodies, 'good night,' 'morning arrives' –- (a 'gute nakht,' 'es togt shoyn' ). The celebrations draw to a close and the guests disperse. In some small communities the klezmorim would accompany the mekhutonim home. In other places they would escort the young couple to their new home with a special march or with a 'street-tune' (mus. ex. 24)." Stutschewsky 1959, p. 176. (Musical notation included).
"[The] 'street-melody' (gasn-nign)... was played in the street to accompany the procession of guests and in-laws to the 'khupe' or during their return after the conclusion of the ceremony (mus. ex. 24)." Stutschewsky 1959, p. 216.
"This 'Gasn Nign' is a very popular traditional tune played here by three violins, one on rhythm and two on melody. A gasn nign is literally a 'street song'; it's a tune played to accompany wedding processions." Svigals 1996, p. 41.
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Humility tends to prevent an aspiring and ambitious behavior amongst men. The man that is under the influence of a humble spirit is content with such a situation amongst men as God is pleased to allot to him, and is not greedy of honor, an does not affect to appear uppermost and exalted above his neighbors. Humility tends also to prevent an arrogant and assuming behavior. On the contrary, humility disposes a person to a condescending behavior to the meekest and lowest and to treat inferiors with courtesy and affability, as being sensible of his own weakness and despicableness before God.
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Strange economics
ECONOMICS is strange, full of odd things that are rarely challenged. It is a bit like religion that one is supposed to accept without asking any questions.
When I was studying the subject in college, we were told that there were three factors of production — land, labour and capital — of which the first was fixed and the other two were mobile. In simple terms, this meant that while your piece of land stayed where it was, your body and your money were not rooted in the same way.
Out of college, one got to appreciate the difference between something being mobile and the same thing being freely so. Thus, while labour and capital are technically not fixed to one place, their movement can be restricted in any number of ways.
The movement of capital can be constrained by border controls and limits on convertibility. There was a time when many countries made it very onerous to convert local into foreign currency and to export or import money. Browsing through my late father's files, I was struck how many letters he had to write, how many forms he had to fill, and how many trips he had to make to the State Bank to get the few pounds that were needed to finance my year abroad during which I picked up all the myths about economics.
Restrictions on the movement of labour are much easier to grasp. Much as I always wanted to go to Goa to work, it was out of the question. An invitation to teach at the IIM-Calcutta withered on the vine. Even an acceptance at a conference in Manipal was nixed by the Ministry of External Affairs.
Countries exercise strict control on who they let in from other lands. Even within countries there can be restrictions on movement as there were for non-Whites in apartheid South Africa and as there still are in China with its internal passport system known as hukou. Cities are so clean in China because poor villagers are not allowed to move there at will. In Pakistan, there are many roadblocks requiring identification before one is allowed entry into the cantonment areas. I recall a time when I was denied permission to visit my ancestral home in another city because I did not have the requisite NOC to enter the locality.
Now consider what has been happening over time. While constraints on the movement of capital have been progressively relaxed, those on that of labour have been progressively tightened. There was a time when Europeans just picked up their bags and moved to Argentina or Brazil and people like James Joyce and D.H. Lawrence decided they had had enough of the parochialism of their native lands and would rather live in France or Italy or Germany.
Such free movement is no longer possible with rulers like Trump further closing their borders to most outsiders especially those from "—-hole" countries and England opting for Brexit to keep out eastern Europeans. Meanwhile, capital is circulating around the world at hyper speed, flowing in and out at will. Anyone attempting to restrict unlimited transfers, like Mossadegh or Allende, is deposed by the intelligence agencies of countries displeased with such restrictions.
Here we see the politics of power and powerlessness. The small minority that owns the bulk of global capital exercises its power via the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the World Trade Organisation to enforce rules that ensure its capital can roam freely in the pursuit of profit. Meanwhile, the vast majority that owns nothing but its labour is powerless to achieve the same mobility for its human capital and is kept out if it tries by policemen like Homeland Security.
Thus while 'hot' money zips in and out across borders, 'cold' bodies are often found dead in refrigerated vans or in capsized ferries in freezing waters. If lucky, migrants endure long confinements in refugee camps before being sent back where they tried to escape from.
There was no mention of the concept of power in any of the college courses in economics and although it was never stated, it became clear that the system the subject extolled privileged banknotes over human lives. The system did not exist to serve human beings; human beings existed to serve the system run by capital. Meanwhile, all courses in politics lauded liberal democracy in which people were sovereign and dictated policy by virtue of the power of an equal vote.
If that is indeed the case how come a tiny minority that owns capital always gets what it wants and the vast majority with all its votes ends up empty-handed? Is it one-person-one vote or one-dollar-one vote?
I am sorry I made my father use his hard-earned money for me to learn all this rubbish.
The writer was a professor of economics at the Lahore University of Management Sciences.
Published in Dawn, August 25th, 2020

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By Joe Brockmeier for Community, Incorporated | April 15, 2009 -- 14:35 GMT (07:35 PDT) | Topic: Google
Word came down from the Google-plex last Friday that the company has decided to release the source code for Google Update. Codenamed Omaha, Update is a software installer that automatically updates Google Earth, Chrome, and other Google-produced apps designed to run on Windows. The development team says they decided to release Omaha under the Apache 2.0 license in the interest of true transparency and because they "know that keeping software up to date is hard."
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Granted, a big part of this is due to open source: openSUSE, Fedora, Debian, and the rest of the distros can provide a central repository for the software that makes up the distribution because it is open source. Windows users have to get their software from too many sources to make it viable for a centralized updater.
But, I digress. It is cool to see Google releasing this as open source for other vendors and projects that might benefit from it.
It's important to note that the code is for Google Update, not Google Updater, which is part of Pack. Apparently Google is aware the names are causing a bit of confusion and they're working on clarifying the issue. "One idea would be for Google to provide a list of what Google client software gets updates using Google Update," writes Google software engineer Sorin Jianu.
Opening Omaha's code benefits developers who are trying to create their own auto-updaters, and also draws on the collective wisdom of the open source community to drive further development. As blogger Alex Russell points out, it may have at least one other consequence. "It's huge for the Omaha team to be out in the open, particularly given how many inaccurate articles have been penned about the update system. Now you, dear user and/or journalist, can know exactly what the update system is doing all the time. It's all right there in the code."
If you want to dig in to Omaha's source code and help build it, you'll find detailed instructions in the Developer Startup Guide. If you just want to poke around a bit without downloading anything, you can check it out right online.
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Q: Не могу избавиться от лишнего print Задание: Сформировать кортеж, содержащий нечетные натуральные числа в интервале [n; n^2] и вывести его на экран.
Формат ввода: Вводится натуральное число n.
Формат вывода: Вывести кортеж, содержащий нечетные натуральные числа в интервале [n; n^2]
n = int(input())
    c = []
    q = []
    for i in range(n,(n**2)+1,2):
        if n%2 !=0:
            c.append(i)
            c = tuple(c)
            print(c)

    if n%2 == 0:
        for i in range(n+1,(n**2)+1,2):
            q.append(i)
            q = tuple(q)
            print(q)

A: Для того чтобы создать кортедж с нужными числами можно прибегнуть к генераторам, больше известным как генераторы списков.
Генератор списков – это простой для чтения, компактный и элегантный способ создания списка из любого существующего итерируемого объекта. По сути, это более простой способ создания нового списка из значений уже имеющегося списка.
Общий используемый синтаксис генератора можно отобразить так:

Пример реализации в коде:
>>> [x**2 for x in range(10)]
[0, 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 49, 64, 81]

Обычно это одна строка кода, заключенная в квадратные скобки. Вы можете использовать генератор для фильтрации, форматирования, изменения или выполнения других небольших задач с существующими итерируемыми объектами, такими как строки, кортежи, множества, списки и т.д.
Решение:
n = int(input())
c = tuple(i for i in range(n,(n**2)+1,2))
q = tuple(i for i in range(n+1,(n**2)+1,2))

print(c)
print(q)

Причина почему мы тут используем ключевое слово tuple вместо ( ) чтобы Python не перепутал его с обычным выражением.
Что касается решения задачи:
n1= int(input())
q = [i for i in range(n1+1,(n1**2)+1)] # получаем все числа
o = tuple(i for i in q if i % 2 != 0)  # оставляем только нечетные
print(o)

можно так
n1= int(input())
o = tuple(i for i in range(n1+1,(n1**2)+1) if i % 2 != 0)
print(o)

A: для разнообразия добавлю еще вариант:
n = 4
odds = tuple(range(n|1,(n**2)+1,2))  # n|1 - округляет число вверх до нечетного

print(odds)  # (5, 7, 9, 11, 13, 15)

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Back with a bump: Barry Bridges and the premature promotion celebrations
From Brighton v Millwall, September 1972:
"I have played in three losing FA Cup semi-finals – two for Chelsea and one for Birmingham – but the most disappointing game of my career was Millwall's last game of the season against Preston North End on April 29. We were leading 2-0 and with ten minutes to go someone in the crowd heard on the radio that our promotion rivals, Birmingham City, were losing at Sheffield Wednesday.
"The news spread through the crowd and within seconds everyone in the ground, including the players, knew as well. A defeat for Birmingham would have meant promotion to the First Division for Millwall and we naturally thought we were up.
"The side somehow managed to get through the final ten minutes without conceding a goal to Preston. As the final whistle went thousands of spectators streamed onto the pitch chanting 'We are the champions'.
"We had our shirts stripped off our backs and were chaired around the pitch by excited fans. But then an announcement was made that Birmingham had beaten Sheffield Wednesday. It had all been a dreadful mistake.
"The four supporters, who had been chairing me off on their shoulders, dropped me. Everyone was stunned and we all had to troop off the pitch all bitterly disappointed and choked.
"It's difficult to describe my feelings at that moment. I desperately wanted to play First Division football again and so did the rest of the lads. We were all sick.
"If Millwall had won promotion I am perfectly convinced that I would not be a Brighton player today. I don't know how Millwall would have fared in the First Division but I would still have liked to have been part of their team.
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Deters launches MSD investigation: Civil and criminal action possible
Hamilton County's prosecutor has notified the attorney general that his office is investigating problems at the Metropolitan Sewer District
Deters launches MSD investigation: Civil and criminal action possible Hamilton County's prosecutor has notified the attorney general that his office is investigating problems at the Metropolitan Sewer District Check out this story on cincinnati.com: https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/politics/2019/01/28/msd-prosecutor-joe-deters-investigates-cincinnatis-sewer-district/2699512002/
Dan Horn, Cincinnati Enquirer Published 10:59 a.m. ET Jan. 28, 2019 | Updated 11:17 a.m. ET Jan. 28, 2019
Hamilton County Prosecutor Joe Deters is launching an investigation into Cincinnati's Metropolitan Sewer District based on a state audit that found significant spending and management problems.
Deters sent a letter to the Ohio attorney general's office on Jan. 11 serving notice his office was on the case.
The letter was necessary because Deters has decided he will not immediately pursue collection of about $800,000 that state auditors say should be recovered from MSD contractors.
"Our office is presently exploring other avenues of recovery before filing a civil action," Deters said in the letter.
Metropolitan Sewer District headquarters on Gest Street in Lower Price Hill (Photo: Enquirer file)
Deters previously has said he would consider a criminal investigation into MSD based on the state audit. When asked about the letter, Deters said his office decided earlier this month to investigate after reviewing documents and other material collected by former Auditor Dave Yost, who now is Ohio's attorney general.
Under the law, Deters can seek to recover misspent money identified in the audit through civil action in court. He also can pursue criminal charges if he deems it necessary.
The first step to deciding the best course is a formal investigation.
"We have told them we are going to handle it," Deters said of the letter. "Certainly civilly, but we're looking at other potential issues with it."
Yost's audit, which covered MSD contracts and spending from 2009 to 2015, mirrored the findings of an Enquirer investigation in 2016.
State auditors found dozens of examples of poor oversight and misspending and determined the agency may have paid millions of dollars more than necessary to contractors.
"Those at the helm showed little regard for ratepayers," Yost wrote in the audit, referring to MSD leaders.
Yost's office did not refer any matters to prosecutors for criminal investigation, though Deters does not need such a referral to investigate. Yost did, however, find "instances where District personnel used public funds to make illegal purchases."
MSD's problems grew in the past decade as sewer rates rose sharply to cover the cost of a $3.2 billion, court-ordered sewer reconstruction program.
The sewer district is operated by Cincinnati, but its budget is set by Hamilton County. The two local governments have been feuding for years over how best to run MSD and are now mired in a federal court fight over the future of the district.
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Q: How to access value of the global variable in other function javascript Here is one of the similar example
var global=0;
function somefunction()
{
    global++;
}

var temp=global;
function somefunctiontwo()
{
    var x=temp;
}

here I am getting x=0
I want x=1
how can I assign newly assigned value of global variable to x

A: Use an object as global variable; that will be assigned by reference instead of 'by value' as for the simple (number) type:
var global = { value: 0 };

var temp = global;

in function:
global.value++;

now is:
temp.value == 1

A: temp and global refer to two different variables.  Assigning to global will not change the value in temp.
Simply change var x=temp to var x=global.  It's not clear why you need an intermediate variable.

A: var global=0;
var temp;
function somefunction(){
  global++;
}

function somefunctiontwo() {
    var x=temp;
    console.log(x);
}

somefunction();
temp=global;
somefunctiontwo();

This will give what you expect. Pay attention on how/where you call the functions.

A: Your structure seems a little off, not sure if this is for a reason we can't see... Will presume it is. Can have a function that resyncs the temp value to global.
function syncGlob(){
    return temp = global;
}

Returns temp as well so you can call it when creating x.
var x = syncGlob();

A: You're setting the value of temp to global PRIOR to the on ready firing - at this point global is 0.  If you increment global at on ready, temp already has a value of 0.
When you click somefunction2 and assign x the value of temp, temp has a value of 0, because at the time of temp initiation, global had a value of 0 NOT 1


House is very big and comfortable. The small village is quite and the house is well located for excursions to Vien, Bratislava and Hungary. Kitchen forniture is just enough for four people and wi-fi unfortunately was missing at all! Only some times (very few) there was signal but very very weak. Cleaning wasn't perfect but however acceptable. The white cat was lovely!
We had a very good staying visiting nice important cities, old castle, towns, the big lake with storks, in Austria, Slovacchia and Hungary.


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New Training Cycles from Matrix Combine Precision Engineering and Color to Energize Cycling Classes
COTTAGE GROVE Wis. (March 19, 2018) — Matrix Fitness is set to rejuvenate indoor cycling classes everywhere with a collection of Training Cycles that feature advanced engineering, enhanced comfort, streamlined service, original programming and the option to completely redefine the cycling experience with a new kind of Target Training Display. The new series — which includes the CXC Training Cycle, CXM Training Cycle and CXP Target Training Cycle — appeals to both cycling enthusiasts and club members looking for a unique group exercise experience, helping club owners fill more cycling classes on their facility calendar.
"It's important that our customers have options that suit their needs," said Becky Jalbert, global product manager, personal and group training for Matrix. "They can select the CXC for the feel of a real outdoor ride, step up to the CXM for enhanced metric tracking or choose the CXP for a colorful Target Training Display that injects camaraderie and competition into every cycling session."
Series Highlights
Advanced engineering including a narrow Q-factor to optimize the position of the hips, knees and feet, plus a rear flywheel featuring a low-maintenance, well-protected design and magnetic resistance for smooth, consistent adjustments.
Intuitive adjustments including four-way fine-tuning with quick-touch operation, easy seat tilt and a contoured lever near the handlebars that provides tactile feedback for quick resistance changes.
Refined touchpoints including a seat sculpted to relieve pressure, comfortable multi-position handlebars with an integrated water bottle holder and forged steel cranks and pedals with redesigned toe cages and quick-adjust straps (pedal upgrade for CXP only).
Service conveniences including quick-release service panels, easily removable pedal cranks and clearly identifiable internal components that make maintaining the cycles easy, even in heavy-use facilities and group exercise areas crowded with tight rows.
Original programming for the CXM and CXP including a live workshop, an educational manual, turnkey lesson plans, an optional training app and more, giving trainers everything they need to lead a cycling class that engages a wider range of members by focusing on meaningful metrics including watts, heart rate, RPMs, distance and calories.
What sets the premium CXP Target Training Cycle apart from the rest of the series is a distinctive Target Training Display that uses engaging graphics and vibrant colors to motivate riders, gauge effort and keep everyone on track for their goals. Integrated testing establishes personalized targets, so instructors can seat elite cyclists next to deconditioned users and first-time participants and be sure that everyone will get a workout that challenges them to make measureable progress. Three vibrant colors express each rider's level of effort relative to their personalized metric target, and trainers can intuitively guide members through different phases of their ride, from warm-up to a steady pace to threshold intervals and back to cool-down.
"When you combine these dynamic cycles with our original programming, you really have something special," said Steve Barrett, director of global group education and training for Matrix. "Best of all, you can always keep your cycling classes fresh by holding sessions that focus on different metrics, and that's sure to keep your riders coming back for more."
The new Matrix Training Cycles are set to launch at IHRSA and FIBO in the spring of 2018, and their ability to appeal to both cycling enthusiasts and those looking for a unique group exercise experience is expected to make the cycles popular with fitness facilities of all sizes. For more information about Matrix Training Cycles, visit matrixfitness.com.
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This post originally appeared at the Brennan Center for Justice blog.
Nearly one year after the US Supreme Court gutted the Voting Rights Act's core provision and six months before a crucial midterm election, a bill to restore many of the VRA's key protections remains stalled in Congress.
The primary roadblock is House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-VA), who has yet to hold a hearing on the measure. Reports indicate Goodlatte and other GOP leaders have claimed restoring Section 5 — which required jurisdictions with a history of discrimination to obtain certification that a proposed voting change would not hurt minorities — is unnecessary because the VRA's Section 2 provides adequate protection, MSNBC reported.
Advocates contend Section 2 is not enough for a number of reasons, including that challenges must be done on a case-by-case basis, which is inefficient, costly and will allow some discriminatory changes to fall through the cracks. To prove this point, voting rights groups presented Goodlatte with a 16,000-word document highlighting scores of election changes halted by the VRA and others that went into effect after the high court's decision. The memo also outlines the critical role Section 5 played in blocking those changes, many of which happened at the local level and garnered little notice.
With only a few months before Congress leaves for its summer recess, time is running out to move forward on the bill.
For the latest updates on the push to strengthen the Voting Rights Act, visit www.VRA4Today.org.
Arizona/Kansas – For the time being, residents will not need to provide proof of citizenship when signing up to vote using the federal registration form, a federal court ruled this week. The decision halts an earlier ruling — which would have required the documents to register — while the Brennan Center and other groups appeal it to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. The Center, with Kirkland & Ellis, represents the League of Women Voters US and its state affiliates in the case. Read more about how the new law has hurt the League's registration efforts.
Arkansas – The state Supreme Court last week vacated a lower court decision striking down Arkansas's voter ID law while it considers an appeal in the case. The ID requirement was in effect for Tuesday's election. Reports indicate it caused some problems, with a few voters saying they were quizzed about information on their IDs. And the winner of the Republican gubernatorial primary, Asa Hutchinson, who supports the law, forgot his ID when he went to the polls. He was able to vote after a staff member retrieved it for him.
Illinois – The legislature is drafting a package of election reforms to modernize the state's voting system, which will boost registration and cut costs. "Better voter turnout and more accurate voter rolls are goals everyone should support," wrote the Chicago Sun-Times editorial board.
Massachusetts – The legislature passed a bill to create an early voting period, allow citizens to register online and give 16- and 17-year-olds an opportunity to pre-register. Governor Deval Patrick (D) is expected to sign it.
Missouri – Voters this November will decide whether to create an early voting system for the Show Me State — but they may have two options to choose from. The legislature approved one initiative last week, which would allow six business days of early balloting. Citizen groups have led a separate drive proposing a six-week early voting period, including weekends. Meanwhile, state lawmakers agreed not to pursue a voter ID law as part of a deal on an abortion bill.
New Jersey – Military veterans who are in prison, on parole, or on probation could vote under a new bill introduced by one state senator. The Asbury Park Press called the idea misguided because it only impacts certain citizens, but offered an alternative: restore everyone's rights after they're released from incarceration.
North Carolina – A legislative commission last week approved new rules cracking down on protests at the state Capitol — a move advocates see as a direct attack on the Moral Monday movement, which last year organized numerous rallies against restrictive voting measures. Watch the Brennan Center's Myrna Pérez discuss the changes on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews." Meanwhile, advocacy groups asked a federal judge this week to stay North Carolina's restrictive voting law for this November's election.
Pennsylvania – The state's voter ID law is officially dead after Governor Tom Corbett (R) announced he will not appeal a court ruling striking down the measure.
Wisconsin – Attorney General JB Van Hollen last week asked a federal judge to put his decision overturning Wisconsin's voter ID law on hold until it is reviewed by an appeals court.
– Voters scored significant victories recently with courts striking down Wisconsin and Pennsylvania ID laws. But President Obama can also safeguard the right to vote through executive action, wrote Lucy Zhou at The Hill's Congress Blog and take several steps to improve elections and modernize registration.
– Myrna Pérez joined a panel of leading experts, analysts and advocates at the University of Chicago's Institute of Politics for a conversation on the state of voting rights in America and the current push in Congress to strengthen the Voting Rights Act.
– US Senator Rand Paul (R-KY) took heat for recent statements indicating he may not support voter ID laws. Appearing on Fox News's "Hannity," Paul clarified his remarks, making clear he supports the laws but thinks Republicans should emphasize them less.Read more on where other GOP leaders stand on voter ID.
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The placement of a donkey's eyes in its head enables it to see all four feet at all times!
Iguanas have two penises!
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Cattle are the only mammals that pee backwards.
Bats always turn left when exiting a cave!
There are more than one million animal species on Earth!
Contrary to popular belief, opossums, squirrels, chipmunks, and mice do not carry rabies.
Spotted skunks do handstands before they spray.
The average 1 1/4 lb. lobster is 7 to 9 years old.
Goats do not have upper front teeth.
Despite the hump, a camel's spine is straight.
In the last 4,000 years, no new animals have been domesticated.
The starfish is one of the few animals who can turn it's stomach inside-out!
A chicken will lay bigger and stronger eggs if you change the lighting in such a way as to make them think a day is 28 hours long!
A hippo can open its mouth wide enough to fit a 4 foot tall child inside!
Given the opportunity, deer will chew gum and marijuana.
Bulls are color blind, therefore will usually charge at a matador's waving cape no matter what color it is -- be it red or neon yellow!
A jellyfish is 95 percent water
The male platypus has poisonous spurs on its legs.
The world's smallest mammal is the bumblebee bat of Thailand, weighing less than a penny.
In just about every species of mammal, the female lives longer than the male.
A chameleon?s tongue is twice the length of its body.
There are more plastic flamingos in the U.S, than real ones!
The blesbok, a South African antelope, is almost the same color as grapejuice!
A group of geese on the ground is a gaggle, a group of geese in the air is a skein!
Armadillos can get leprosy.
A dragonfly has a lifespan of 24 hours.
Under extreme stress, some octopuses will eat their own arms.
The quills of a porcupine are soft when they are born.
A snail can sleep for three years.
Animals will not eat another animal that has been hit by a lightning strike!
Most of a hog's sweat glands are in its snout.
Turtles can live for more than 100 years.
Baby beavers are called kittens.
The heart of a mouse beats 650 times per minute!
Donkeys kill more people annually than plane crashes.
The giant squid has the largest eyes in the world.
Porcupines float in water!
A completely blind chameleon will still take on the colors of its environment.
Donkeys are commonly used by the Iraqi Military to launch rockets!
A mole can dig a tunnel 300 feet long in just one night!
A hedgehog's heart beats 300 times a minute on average!
Camels have three eyelids to protect themselves from blowing sand!


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A unicorn is born: AppsFlyer aces its Series D Funding with $210M
Successful funding round brings the company to $1.6B valuation
Company valuation: $1.6B
Founded by: Oren Kaniel, Reshef Mann
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Industry: Mobile attribution and analytics
SaaS mobile marketing analytics and attribution platform AppsFlyer acquired $210 million in its Series D Funding on 21st of January 2020. The co-founder and CEO of AppsFlyer Oren Kaniel has announced that «at a $1.6B valuation, AppsFlyer has become the first and only unicorn in the attribution category».
AppsFlyer was founded in 2011 by Oren Kaniel and Reshef Mann, two high school friends. Together, they developed their Software Development Kit. It provides advertisers with conversion data for their campaigns, allowing to determine successful ones and optimize advertising budgets accordingly. AppsFlyer's goal, as stated on its website, is attributing marketing activity to business growth and success.
It also helps advertisers battle fraud. "Our SDK is integrated, through one app or another, on 98 percent of the world's mobile devices," explained Jasper Radeke, AppsFlyer's director of marketing for North America. "We use this information to identify potential fraudulent devices and really help publishers stop that traffic before it even occurs."
AppsFlyer became really successful, really fast: it received seed funding in 2012 and raised $7 million in Series A funding in 2014. Three more rounds followed in 2015, 2017 and now, in 2020.
Partnerships were going great as well — AppsFlyer became Facebook Marketing partner in 2012. Two years later, it gained the status of Twitter Official Partner.
Since 2014, AppsFlyer held two more successful funding rounds, and expanded its reach and resources significantly: currently it has 850 employees at 18 global offices (including in Bangalore, Bangkok, Beijing, Berlin, Buenos Aires, London, Kyiv, New York, San Francisco, Seoul, and Tokyo).
Among 12,000 AppsFlyer customers are Adobe, Apple Search Ads, Walmart, Nike, HBO, Tencent, NBC Universal, and counts Facebook, Google, Salesforce. Its ecosystem includes over 5,000 technology partners.
«Last year alone, our customers made $28B worth of decisions using AppsFlyer's attribution platform», Kaniel mentions.
$210 million of funding and the first acquisition unicorn status are great news for the company, but its ambitions are much higher. "Our long-term unbiased and independent positioning combined with our customer-obsessed mindset have allowed us to build something far beyond our wildest dreams. And we are just 1% done", Kaniel promises.
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Hello there, for my card today I have used the very cute birds from the Paired Up set by Clearly Besotted Stamps, I have also used the With A Flourish Set for them to perch on. I have used my neglected Stampin' Up! inks for this card and I do like the colour combo I have to say! I have added a little Spica to the hearts. I have taken inspiration for this card from this beautiful card by Catherine Pooler that I came accross on Pinterest.
Goodness me it is so dark and gloomy here in Surrey today! I hope it starts brightening up soon!
Michelle! I'm flattered that you enjoyed my card enough to CASE it! Thank you for the link back to my blog, too.
BTW- your card is STUNNING! I love how you tweaked it up with similar, but different stamps. Fabulous!
This is a fantastic card Michelle.
LOVE the birds sitting on the flourish!


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Students learn life lessons through Nutcracker ballet
This year, one teacher is giving her students a different kind of holiday gift.
Students learn life lessons through Nutcracker ballet This year, one teacher is giving her students a different kind of holiday gift. Check out this story on publicopiniononline.com: http://ponews.co/2i0meQ3
Ashley Books, abooks@publicopinionnews.com Published 12:44 p.m. ET Dec. 17, 2016
Students in Greencastle-Antrim Elementary Life Skills class pose with members of the costumed members of the Nutcracker Ballet on Friday, December 16, 2016. Teacher Susan Wright took the students on a field trip to help them with developing better social skills in public venues.(Photo: submitted)
GREENCASTLE - This year, one teacher is giving her students a different kind of holiday gift. Instead of toys, she is teaching her students valuable life and social skills.
Susan Wright, a life skills emotional support teacher in the Greencastle-Antrim School District, spent Friday with her third-, fourth- and fifth-grade students on a field trip to the Nutcracker ballet at Capitol Theatre and to lunch at Olive Garden.
Wright, who has been taking her students to the ballet for about four years, said she started doing this because she felt many of her students wouldn't normally get the chance to see a theater production.
"It's kind of neat to expose them to things like that," she said.
While attending the ballet, students learn different skills such as how to behave and dress in a theater, how to sit quietly and not play with the seats, how to appropriately represent the school and how to look for exit signs to properly exit the building in case of an emergency. Wright also said she teaches students the appropriate time to use the restroom, such as before the show begins and during intermission.
"They have to learn what's expected of them, because not everybody's going to stop and say 'oh, by the way are you a life skills student? Okay, you can behave in the way you want.' That's not the way the world runs," she said.
In addition to the theater, students also learn valuable skills while at lunch at Olive Garden. Before the field trip, Wright has them practice eating meals in class and teaches them how to order their food and how to use their manners at the table.
"We eat meals here together in class at different times and they practice those social skills of ordering, and please pass this, and not yelling and not reaching and all those things that kind of get shoved by the wayside that are very important if you want to be accepted in society and not looked at or looked down upon," she said.
Wright said parents appreciate her taking their children on this trip, and students love the experience.
"They understand (the ballet)," she said. "There are no words in this production or very little - there are a few, but very little - but they get it. They understand the music and the productions and the movement and the scariness of the mice taking away the toys. They understand it and they talk about it for days."
Her favorite part of the trip is observing students at the ballet and seeing them use and apply the skills they have learned.
"I just like watching, especially the new ones, the new students who never have gone before, because they're just amazed," she said. "They're amazed that it's real people. It's not on a screen and it's not at their thumbs. It's real people, and they're children just like them."
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HISD gives final approval to revised mascot/nickname policy
That's that.
Four HISD campuses will have to adopt new mascots after the school board gave final approval Thursday to a policy banning certain nicknames, such as the Redskins.
The proposal from Superintendent Terry Grier drew some debate among students, alumni and community members, but the change puts the school district in line with others nationwide that have retired mascots tied to Native Americans.
Specifically, the new Houston Independent School District policy bans nicknames deemed offensive or culturally insensitive. District leaders said the affected mascots are the Lamar High Redskins, the Westbury High Rebels, the Hamilton Middle School Indians and the Welch Middle School Warriors.
The school principals will have the next several months to work with the community to adopt new mascots, said HISD spokeswoman Tiffany Davila-Dunne. The school board will not have to sign off on the new names.
See here, here, and here for the background. The HISD board had tentatively approved the new policy in December. The vote for final approval was unanimous.
Earlier in the week, the Chron ran a couple of op-eds about the upcoming policy change. This one, by Carnegie Vanguard senior Maya Fontenot and Lamar alumnus Kenyon Weaver, who has been advocating this change since his high school days, deals with the usual arguments against the change.
A common refrain is that this is all political correctness, sprung on an unsuspecting HISD by state Sen. Rodney Ellis, D-Houston, who, after meeting with a group of Native Americans, wrote a letter to Superintendent Terry Grier articulating their sincere concerns about the "Redskins."
It is true that Ellis and Grier spotlighted this issue, but it is one that festered long before. The fact is that nationwide since the 1970s, an estimated two-thirds of schools with Native American iconography have adopted new mascots in recognition that such use is hurtful and a result of, as Stanford University's Lois Amsterdam put it in 1972, "childish misrepresentations in games, history books and motion pictures." (Stanford stopped using the "Indian" mascot in 1972.)
Calling this effort "PC," or politically correct, is, in fact, the true problem. Such a posture closes the mind and the heart.
This posture leads to conversations such as: "So, what's the big deal? It's a small population, few Native Americans actually attend HISD, and many don't see the term as offensive if they're turning it into a positive word. In fact it's honoring indigenous people. Natives are just being oversensitive." Objecting when a public educational institution reduces an entire race of people and their traditions into a caricature used in sports, we don't think that's overly sensitive.
The next argument that often comes: "Where do you draw the line? If you cannot have Native Americans as mascots – what's next, banning the use of animals too?" Ending offensive symbolism and respecting human cultures and communities is not a slippery slope that results in nonsensical rules that cross over to the animal kingdom.
Chron editorial board member Evan Mintz followed up with a point that's worth remembering from his high school experience.
About two decades ago, my own alma mater, St. John's School, had a similar tussle over its mascot name: The Rebels. Apparently some people didn't like a mascot that implied we sympathized with folks who thought it a tragedy that the North won the Civil War..
The school first tried a rhetorical switch. Instead of Rebels with Confederate flags and a Johnny Reb mascot, we became Rebels as in the James Dean movie, "Rebel Without A Cause," with a greasy-headed delinquent in a leather jacket. It was a clever trick, but not clever enough. So in 2004, after much stress, we just became the Mavericks. All the synonymous definition of Rebel, without any of the historical baggage.
Now, 10 years later, no one really seems to care. That's the lesson: Alumni will get over it. Teenagers will identify with whatever a cheerleader yells at them. And high schools only have an institutional memory of four years.
He also has some suggestions for the four affected schools:
Be interesting. You're losing mascots that not only fail to unite a community, but could be found at any school across our nation. Pursue something that is a unique identifier for your school or be stuck with another bland moniker.
Lamar High School, down the street from the River Oaks Country Club, could embrace its oil-money neighborhood and become the Oil Barons or Wildcatters. How about the Lamar Oilers for some Houston nostalgia?
Westbury High School, with its automotive technology programs, could become the Sparkplugs, Hot Rods or Roadsters.
Hamilton Middle School, situated between Yale and Harvard at the northern end of Heights Boulevard, could be the Ivies or the Streetcars. The school could even look to its robotics program and become the Jaegers. Giant fighting robots? Now that's something middle school students can cheer.
And Welch Middle School should simply bask in the stardom of its most famous graduate and become the Beyoncés. Flawless.
My alma mater has followed that path – its mascot is "Pegleg Pete", in honor of our namesake – though many of our sports teams go their own way on nicknames. Students and alumni at Lamar et al might consider that option as well.
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yep, my alma mater high school switched (sometime in the 1990s) from The Indians to The Lions. Some alumni squawked but it was a giant no big deal. The alumni can still reune as the Indians.


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Higher than expected collections from individual income taxes, corporate taxes and interest contributed to state monthly revenues in March coming in ahead of projections, according to the Indiana State Budget Agency.
The agency reported general fund revenues for March totaled $1,149.3 million, which is $41.8 million or 3.8 percent above December 2018 revised revenue forecasts and $112 million or 10.8 percent above revenue in March 2018.
The state said overall for March, higher than expected collections outweighed lower than expected collections in sales and use taxes.
Sales tax collections totaled $591.9 million for March, which is $12.5 million or 2.1 percent below the monthly estimate but $18.7 million or 3.3 percent above revenue in March 2018. The state said while it is early to identify the specific impact of the state enforcement of the recent changes in the taxation of remote sales on the fiscal year-to-date tax collections, revenues from remote sellers are included in the year to date collections.
Individual income tax collections totaled $392.9 million for March, which is $10.7 million or 2.8 percent above the monthly estimate and $40.1 million or 11.4 percent above revenue in March 2018.
Corporate tax collections totaled $54.4 million for March, which is $26.3 million or 93.7 percent above the monthly estimate and $15.1 million or 38.3 percent above revenue in March 2018.
Riverboat wagering collections totaled $36 million for March, which is $1.8 million or 4.7 percent below the monthly estimate but $7 million or 24.3 percent above revenue in March 2018.
Racino wagering collections totaled $11.5 million for March, which is $200,000 or 1.7 percent below the monthly estimate but $3 million or 35.2 percent above revenue in March 2018.
The state said year-to-date general fund collections totaled $10,947.5 million, which is $6.6 million or 0.1 percent above the December 2018 revised revenue forecast and $396.7 million or 3.8 percent above collections through the same period in the prior fiscal year.
Year-to-date sales tax collections totaled $5,896.2 million, which is $100,000 above the December 2018 revised revenue forecast and $212.0 million or 3.7 percent above collections through the same period in the prior fiscal year.
The state reported year-to-date individual income tax collections totaled $3,846.4 million, which is $67.8 million or 1.7 percent below the December 2018 revised revenue forecast and $99.3 million or 2.5 percent below collections through the same period in the prior fiscal year.
The year-to-date collections include an adjustment for individual income tax collected in January, which was $4.7 million lower than initially reported.
Year-to-date corporate tax collections totaled $414.1 million, which is $40.8 million or 10.9 percent above the December 2018 revised revenue forecast and $203.7 million or 96.8 percent above collections through the same period in the prior fiscal year.


Lethbridge, AB – The Lethbridge Hurricanes travel to Medicine Hat as they kick off their second round playoff series with the Tigers at 7:30pm at the Canalta Centre.
The Hurricanes find themselves in the second round of the post-season for the first time since 2009 after erasing a 3-1 series deficit to eliminate the Red Deer Rebels in the first round. The 'Canes last played on Tuesday earning a 6-2 victory in Game 7 at the ENMAX Centre.
The Tigers have had a nine day layover after sweeping the Brandon Wheat Kings in the first round of the post-season. Medicine Hat last played when they earned a 3-2 win in Dauphin over the Wheaties on March 29th. The Tigers were the first team to advance to the second round of the post-season.
This series will be just the second time in history that the Hurricanes and Tigers will square off in post-season play and the first time since 1991 when the 'Canes beat the Tigers in seven games. The two teams played seven times during the regular season with the Hurricanes posting a 3-4-0-0 record.
Game 1 and Game 2 in Medicine Hat can be watched at Browns Socialhouse in Lethbridge or heard on 106.7 ROCK. The series will also be broadcast on the WHL on SHAW.
PLAYOFF SERIES: Tonight will be Game 1 of the best-of-seven series between the Hurricanes and the Tigers. The 'Canes and Tigers have not met in the WHL post-season since 1991 when the Hurricanes eliminated them in seven games – that was the only time in history the two have faced off in the playoffs.
Locked Down: The Hurricanes, who had a difficult time holding leads early in their first round series with the Rebels, have been terrific in each of the last three third periods. The 'Canes heading into Game 5 had been outscored 10-2 in the final twenty minutes. In Game's 5 to 7, the 'Canes outscored Red Deer 6-1.


Beginners Songwriting at Fitdog Studios.
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There are many very high end neighborhoods surrounding several of the most prosperous cities in Texas. While it can be hard to discern the differences between two gated communities that are side-by-side in the same city, that does not mean that they are the same. Located off El Dorado Parkway and Legacy Drive the Frisco Texas neighborhood of Newman Village has plenty to offer when it comes to the luxury Texan experience.
There is a lot that makes Newman Village special right off the bat. Featuring a large number of sculptures and some impressive brickwork on the sidewalks and streets, Newman Village is an Italian inspired neighborhood that brings a little bit of the old school European aesthetic with the modern Texas flare.
An impressive guardhouse sits up front of this gated community manned by professional and courteous security officers even the initial drive from there to the main town garden is plenty of care given to a large number of planted trees, brickwork around each house to grant privacy, and many of these mansion style homes also have considerable acreage around them to even within the community you still have space to breathe.
The gardens and gazebos are absolutely beautiful, and many visitors are blown away by the quality of the work and architecture here. Many community events are held in this centralized garden. The community itself is 400 total acres with a decent portion kept to houses and property but enough spent on the gardens for them to really stick out in a brilliant way.
There is a large clubhouse at the end of the garden is also very popular with current residents. There is currently a very impressive exercise room, tennis courts, as well as a swimming pool. The styles of homes vary based on each individual's personal preference. There are examples of classical, neoclassical, Mediterranean, English style, and even blended style homes. This leads to a very interesting and beautiful aesthetic to the village.
Every single home here is custom-made. That means not having to worry about whether or not there will be a home that fits your personal tastes since professional custom builders will be helping to build your dream home from scratch. This gated community is literally full of dream homes that are built to what each person wants, creating a beautiful and personal community of individuals of all ages living their truly best life.


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Гуанамби () — микрорегион в Бразилии, входит в штат Баия. Составная часть мезорегиона Юго-центральная часть штата Баия. Население составляет 	371 379	 человек (на 2010 год). Площадь — 	23 447,310	 км². Плотность населения — 	15,84	 чел./км².

Демография
Согласно сведениям, собранным в ходе переписи 2010 г. Национальным институтом географии и статистики (IBGE), население микрорегиона составляет:

Статистика
 Валовой внутренний продукт на 2003 составляет 769 845 165,00 реалов (данные: Бразильский институт географии и статистики).
 Валовой внутренний продукт на душу населения на 2003 составляет 2139,68 реалов (данные: Бразильский институт географии и статистики).
 Индекс развития человеческого потенциала на 2000 составляет 0,658 (данные: Программа развития ООН).

Состав микрорегиона
В составе микрорегиона включены следующие муниципалитеты:
 Какуле
 Каэтите
 Кандиба
 Гуанамби
 Ибиасусе
 Игапоран
 Иуиу
 Жакараси
 Лагоа-Реал
 Лисиниу-ди-Алмейда
 Мальяда
 Матина
 Мортугаба
 Палмас-ди-Монти-Алту
 Пиндаи
 Риашу-ди-Сантана
 Себастьян-Ларанжейрас
 Уранди

Микрорегионы штата Баия

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TIAA-CREF closes farmland partnership at $3 billion
Arleen Jacobius
TIAA-CREF closed its second farmland partnership, the $3 billion TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture II, said Jose Minaya, senior managing director and head of private markets asset management at TIAA-CREF Asset Management. Total capital raised exceeded its $2.5 billion target and hit its hard cap.
The new partnership also is larger than TIAA-CREF's first farmland partnership, the $2 billion TIAA-CREF Global Agriculture I, which closed in May 2012.
TIAA-CREF's second farmland partnership will invest in high-quality farmland in North America, South America and Australia.
The partnership's 20 investors include the 293.9 billion kronor ($33.9 billion) AP2, Gothenburg; $20.5 billion New Mexico State Investment Council, Santa Fe; $1.52 billion Cummins U.K. Pension Plan Trustee, Darlington, England; and £16 billion ($24.8 billion) Greater Manchester Pension Partnership, Manchester, England.
TIAA-CREF's new farmland partnership is a company rather than a fund to allow the firm to hold the properties for a longer period than the typical 10 years of a private equity-style fund, Mr. Minaya said.
"All the investors committed to holding the assets for over 20 years," he said. The partnership has a target lifespan of 21 years.
In addition, the company provides better transparency and governance, Mr. Minaya said.
"Farmland is not something you want to lever or flip in the short term," he said. "None of our investors are making a bet on increased growth. We built something more attuned to a long-term investor just like us."
TIAA-CREF executives prefer the company model for its own investments, Mr. Minaya said. "We attract investors who are like-minded to us," he said.
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Partners Group hires Tokyo head from Apollo
Stewart Hay joins Northleaf Capital Partners to expand private markets


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Alpha Publishing Offers Regionally-Focused Alternative to Teaching Resources
Alpha Publishing
DUBAI, UAE, February 14, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --
Teachers and Educators in the GCC and wider MENA region now have the opportunity to use books and other teaching aids produced exclusively within the GCC and MENA regions, specifically tailored towards the local region whilst simultaneously offering a state-of-the-art teaching curriculum comparable with the best in the world.
Alpha Publishing, a recently launched, education-focused publishing company, is entirely based in the GCC and MENA regions and produces multiple publications and education resources in the fields of English Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, English Language Teaching (ELT), and English Language for Specific Purposes (ESP). The educational basis of their literature is derived from widely-respected standards including the United States Common Core Standard (CCSS), the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS) for the K-12 US Curriculum Schools and the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (CEFR).
Their content is designed for the GCC and MENA markets, carefully observing local and cultural sensitivities and presenting top-class learning with a level of cultural attention-to-detail which has not been available in the educational publication market until now.
Alpha Publishing Managing Director Eyad Darawsheh commented, "Our vision is to become the region's leading publisher in the education domain by producing the highest-quality programs for K - 12 Education and English Language Teaching and Learning materials and courses. We are very proud to be the only educational publisher within the GCC and MENA regions who are solely dedicated to these territories - all our staff are based in the region and we produce materials using our intimate knowledge of the region, meaning that our publications accurately speak to our learners' challenges, aspirations and reflect the level of local customization required by GCC and MENA-based teachers."
The age-range of the publications offered by Alpha Publishing covers a wide spectrum, ranging from pre-K classes through to adult and tertiary-level learning packaged with highly interactive digital resources.
Darawsheh added, "Given that the educational publication market in our region has traditionally been dominated by global publishers who operate either remotely or via satellite offices, Alpha Publishing aims to offer an alternative which is produced in the region, and for the region. Our content can be delivered on- and offline through our Alpha Learning and Content Management System. Our content featured on the platform is very dynamic, rich and engaging to improve our learners' outcomes. Through this innovative approach to regional publishing, we hope to enhance the education of our future generations and communities, as well as improving employability within the region."
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Alpha Publishing produce materials with the belief that 'one size does not fit all', always keeping in mind the individual learner. Their wide range publications include culturally appropriate learning and teaching materials that are designed for students of all levels, plus products for learners in vocational and professional sectors.
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'Losses among our fleet? That's some bullshit'
What the attendees of Navy Day celebrations in St. Petersburg have to say about the war and what they are proud of
Sailors dance in the Alexander Garden. Photo: Elena Lukyanova for "Novaya Gazeta. Europe"
Two days before Russia's Navy Day, celebrated on 31 July, Vladimir Putin signed a presidential order on holding a Navy parade in St. Petersburg. On the eve of the celebrations, Zvezda TV channel, run by the Russian Defence Ministry, showed a video clip with a military orchestra performing a "hymn of the special military operation". This meant that this year's parade would be a special one. We also found out that the "special operation" apparently has a hymn now: a potpourri of two songs by Sektor Gaza, a Russian punk rock band that achieved cult status in the nineties. Someone deemed these punk rock anthems a good fit for the "special operation".
Thousands of people came out to see the parade of Russian military warships. It is hard to say how many people attended the festivities exactly, because not everyone was able to see the ships. The parade started at 11 in the morning. A couple of hours earlier, people started gathering along St. Petersburg's embankments to get the best spots. Then the crowd grew, filling the neighbouring streets. Many of the attendees could only see the aviation part of the parade.
"As always, you can't get anywhere, everywhere's closed," Vera, a resident of St. Petersburg who attended the festivities with her grandson Mark, tells us. "We managed to get through somehow. We saw a part of it. But there wasn't much to see, we wanted to see more ships. We liked the planes, though. But there weren't a lot of ships. And everything was cordoned off, you couldn't get anywhere. We knew there would be many people, but we didn't think the embankments would be cordoned off and they would only let in people with passes. Turns out that it's not for the people, only for the chosen ones with the passes. My grandson had to get on a trashcan to see the parade."
Columns of sailors march across the Palace Passage. Photo: Elena Lukyanova for Novaya Gazeta. Europe
They really wanted to see the parade. They even bought a flag for Mark!
"I mean, it's the Na-a-vy," Vera stretches out her words. "It's our power! Our army!"
Sergey, another attendee of the festivities, is more experienced with these things. He set up camp on the embankment at half past seven, three-and-a-half hours before the parade began. He was already on his way back at 12 in the afternoon. While I interviewed him, he was attaching the St. Andrew's flag, the ensign of the Russian Navy, to his car.
Sergey. Photo: Irina Tymakova for "Novaya Gazeta. Europe"
"We waited to get the best spot to see the ships," he explains. "It's my holiday, I'm an army guy."
Sergey is even glad that this year, the parade is held at the same time as the "special military operation".
"What do we have to be afraid of?" he chuckles. "We are celebrating. Because we are proud."
"Proud of what?" I ask him.
"Of this," he points to the flag that he attached to the back door of his car to make it flutter in the wind while he is driving.
"What else are you proud of?"
"My country. Everything."
"Is your pride affected in any way by what happened to the Moskva cruiser?"
"And what happened? There's nothing to it."
Alexey, who is also on his way back from the parade, is wearing a black military uniform with a Bowl of Hygieia sign: he is a military medic. He asks me not to take any photos of him.
"I am a patriot of my country," he says, explaining why he and his wife came to see the parade. "In any case, I… let's say I understand my motherland. I always support it."
As a military medic, Alexey has seen injured soldiers returning from the special military operation. He does not want to answer my question on whether Russia should continue its operation in Ukraine when soldiers are getting injured and killed.
"I'm not going to respond to political questions," he says. "I understand that the special operation is necessary. Whether we should or shouldn't continue is not for me to say. This country raised me, it gave me an education, it gave me my life. It's my home."
A man dressed in a white-and-blue sweater with an anchor print and ARMANI written on its chest pocket does not want to state his name, but he is ready to take pictures. He takes off his sweater to take a picture in his striped Navy tank top. He puts a Black Sea Fleet cap on his head.
A sailor who wished to remain anonymous. Photo: Irina Tumakova for Novaya Gazeta. Europe
"I served in the Navy, it's important for me to remember my friends, my ship. Of course, it's a holiday! Can't you see? Power and beauty!
What about the Moskva cruiser? You know, I don't believe it. They didn't just sink the Moskva cruiser. It's politics. They are clearing out the Nazis."
Vitaly, who was also in the audience at the parade, introduces himself to me and says that he served three years in the Navy. His cap says that he served in the Pacific Fleet.
"Kamchatka," Vitaly specifies. "A landing craft."
He is now in the reserve forces. He does not want to take pictures. This holiday reminds him of his time in the Navy.
"It's about honour, the motherland," Vitaly says. "Our duty to the motherland. Our Navy friendship and unity. This patriotic spirit. Those who served and those who are now serving always come together on this day. It's our Navy brotherhood. We are proud of it."
The special military operation does not sour Vitaly's celebratory mood. On the contrary, it makes him even prouder of his country and its fleet.
"I support my president and the objectives my country is fulfilling," he says. "What do you mean, which objectives? Those that our country is fulfilling. Our guys are doing us proud. They are getting rid of fascism and Nazism. And it's there, 100%."
Fyodor has many badges and medals on his chest, he has pinned them right to his Navy tank top.
"This is for the Arctic, the Arctic passage of 1984," he pulls at one of the pins. "Zakharov's crew, a nuclear submarine cruiser."
Fyodor. Photo: Irina Tumakova for Novaya Gazeta. Europe"
It is not the first Navy Day parade for Fyodor and his friends. They also came to the embankment in advance to see the ships.
"I live in Leningrad. There are a lot of us here, here are the guys: they came to visit me in person," he points to a large group of people in Navy tank tops.
"We've got our flag. We've dressed up and gone out like this every year for 38 years. And now, we are even happier to see each other again. We support it, of course! What losses? Losses among our fleet? That's some bullshit."
Fyodor waves us away and hurries off to catch up with his friends.
Dmitry is wearing a military jacket despite the warm weather. He used to serve in the Northern Fleet.
"The fleet is our backbone," he explains. "There are always losses in the military, that's our fate. If you've chosen a military path, you know that your fate won't be easy, especially if you're in the Navy. Navy Day is not just a holiday. It's a tradition. We are honouring our guys."
Dmitry says he feels pain when he hears of civilian casualties during the special military operation in Ukraine: he has many relatives there.
"It is very painful to me as a human being," he nods. "I worry about them a lot.
They don't understand us now. Not even as relatives. They changed their opinion of us at once and are telling me all sorts of things."
"What would you do in their place?" I ask.
"I would be a patriot. I am a patriot of my country."
Darya and Olga are friends. Darya's father served in the Navy, which is why she and her friend decided to attend the parade.
"I came here because I'm a patriot," Darya explains. "I also wanted to see the equipment: the planes, the ships."
"I love military stuff," Olga says.
"Now I see that we've got the power, after all," Darya continues. "Our equipment is getting better. The Severodvinsk submarine is over there. I was born there."
Darya corrects herself quickly: there is no "after all", she has never had any doubts about Russia's military power.
Olga and Darya. Photo: Irina Tumakova for Novaya Gazeta. Europe"
"But sometimes… I don't know how to say it even," she thinks it over for a bit, but she quickly finds the right words: "Proud. We are proud of our country."
"Of what exactly?" I ask.
"Of what exactly?" Darya redirects the question to her friend.
"Of the peaceful sky above our heads!" Olga responds. "Of our army."
"We've got our defence, after all," Darya nods. "If our enemies attack us, we can respond."
"What enemies?" I ask.
The girls laugh pointedly.
"We don't know a lot of things," Darya says after a while. "The media tells us one thing about what's happening in Ukraine, and the news from the frontlines tells another story. They say it's not going great. So, I'm glad that we're not under attack, shall we say. But we are fighting for what is ours. We are fighting for justice."
"While they bombed Dombas, the Ukrainians lived a peaceful life," Olga says, clearly pronouncing Donbas with an "m". "They demeaned, tortured and imprisoned Russians over there, that kind of thing. There are Nazis there. And when they got a warning, they… If we wanted war, this wouldn't have gone on for this long, you know. We would have launched a couple of Topols (RT-2PM Topol, a Russian intercontinental ballistic missile — translator's note) over there and that's it."
I ask the women if they know anything about Bucha.
"I don't know anything," Olga responds quickly.
"We don't even know this word," Darya chimes in.
Although St. Petersburg resident Vera laments the fact that her grandson practically could not see the parade, she says that Russia demonstrates its power and "modern equipment" not just at the parade, but on the field of the "special military operation" as well.
"I am against any war," she says. "You should always find a peaceful solution. War is the last resort. I didn't witness the Great Patriotic War (a term used in Russia and a number of post-Soviet states to describe the war on the Eastern Front of WWII from 1941 to 1945 — translator's note). My grandfather died on the Finnish border. My uncle was captured by the Germans, he died at 21. Another uncle fought on the Kursk salient. And now we're fighting fascism again.
What is happening now? Take Ukraine, for example. It's a tough situation there, the Banderites (a term used by Russia to describe the pro-western government in Ukraine. This term alludes to anti-Soviet partisans in WWII — translator's note) are there, there is no respect towards our Russian people. We tried to reason with them peacefully, but the West doesn't hear us."
A large group of friends are setting up a "picnic" on the sidewalk near the Manege Exhibition Hall. A young man in a Navy tank top pulls out elegant-looking melchior shot glasses and pours some cognac. His friend in a regular T-shirt places a cheese platter near the shot glasses. A woman in a sailor cap is lagging a little behind. Her name is Zhanna. They also came out to watch the parade, but they did not see much from the crowd.
Zhanna and Ivan. Photo: Irina Tumakova for Novaya Gazeta. Europe"
"We only saw the planes," Zhanna laments. "We arrived at eleven and we couldn't get anywhere. We felt proud of our country, of our military preparedness. Of our equipment. Have you seen how many people came? Patriotism is on the rise now."
Russia is "fighting for its rights" in Ukraine now, Zhanna affirms.
"The rights of our country," she reiterates.
"The rights to what?" I ask.
Zhanna says she does not understand the question. I clarify: what rights of our country are we defending in Ukraine?
"Well, they shelled the DPR and other republics for eight years," Zhanna starts off slow and hesitant, but then she catches herself. "It's common knowledge. Are you sure you're Russian?"
Although Zhanna is dressed like a sailor, she did not serve in the naval forces, but her boyfriend Ivan was in the army. Not in the Navy either, though. She nods towards the guy in the Navy tank top who is pouring cognac. He gets a big smile on his face when he hears what our newspaper is called.
"We know about Dozhd and Navalny, too, we know a lot of forbidden things!" he says wryly.
Zhanna nods at me to signal that I can direct some questions at her friend. But he tells me: no politics today. Or they'll lock us up for spreading "fake news".
Photo: Alexey Dushutin for Novaya Gazeta. Europe
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Without accidents, mistakes and foolishness, there would be no military history. Nearly every war ever fought was determined, to some large degree, by someone getting something wrong. Napoleon, Hitler, Robert E. Lee, Hannibal... you name it. So to tell a war story on The Constant, that story would have to be an act of military stupidity orders of magnitude greater than the norm. Luckily for you, this week we have just such a story. And for some reason, we're giving it to you in the style of an old school nintendo game.


The Belgian city of Kortrijk, ambitious in the field of energy, strives to be the first city in Flanders to become energy neutral. Within 15 years, Kortrijk wants to minimise the city's influence on the environment & climate, to become a true Climate City. The city of about 76,000 inhabitants mobilises their citizens, companies, schools & associations to all contribute to this common goal.
A big step in that process is making the water, electricity and gas utilisation by the city facilities totally sustainable through smart management. To further achieve their goals, Kortrijk, joined by KU Leuven, decided to participate in the SEEV4-City project.
The operational pilot of Kortrijk, although a rather small test case when compared to the other pilots, offers a unique set of circumstances to share practical experience in achieving a more sustainable city energy system. Consisting of municipal sport facilities, a depot for city services, a PV-installation the size of 3/40 of a football field (yearly producing enough green energy to provide 22 families all year long), a smart charging station and currently one Nissan E-NV200, an electric delivery van, the pilot aspires to become a small power plant. The energy produced by the PV-installation is used by the depot and sport facilities, but any excess energy will be injected into the EV, stationary battery or e-bikes on site to be used when necessary.
The regular driving hours of the mailman and his daily predetermined trajectory provide clear boundaries to implement smart charging algorithms. Once the researchers of KU Leuven find an optimal way of distributing the energy & implementing the resulting algorithms, they can look to the final impact of their efforts. They expect a rise in energy autonomy and a yearly saving of 33.4 tons of -emissions. These numbers will only increase when more EV's will be purchased by the city of Kortrijk. Plans for expansion to other city service buildings are already being considered and fit in the ambitious plan of being the first Flemish energy neutral city.