DESCRIPTION: This is official academic recognition of studies carried out in a foreign country, with or without a final certificate, for the purposes of accessing a Spanish university.
Through the online administrative procedures on the Intranet of the URV.
Students who cannot access the online administrative procedures can submit their applications to the auxiliary registry corresponding to the secretary's office of the campus/faculty/school at which they are studying/studied (students who are eligible for any exemptions, e.g. large family, etc., must also submit the relevant documentation demonstrating this).
(*) The application periods may change from one academic year to the next. We recommend that you check the dates each year.
Application addressed to the head of the secretariat who, if appropriate, will send it to the dean or the director of the faculty or school.
Original and photocopy (or attested photocopy) the passport or other document accrediting identity and nationality, issued by the competent authorities in the country of origin or by the Spanish authorities competent in foreign affairs. Students with Spanish nationality must an attested photocopy or the original and a photocopy of their DNI.
Original and photocopy of the document accrediting the right to an exemption (large family, etc.).
Sworn declaration stating that the applicant has not already applied for the validation of their studies or, if appropriate, a copy of the resolution in which the Spanish Ministry of Education refuses the validation (only for students who are applying for admission to a URV bachelor's degree).
The Faculty/School Board will approve the criteria and the number of places for students who are applying for validation of foreign courses and will publish this information. These criteria will be ratified, if necessary, by the Committee of Students and the University Community.
The centres publish the criteria and number of places available for students with foreign studies.
Find out more about the specific criteria for each faculty/school and course.
They must be official and be issued by the competent authorities, in accordance with the legal regulations of the relevant country.
Any diplomatic or consular representative of the Spanish state abroad.
By a diplomatic or consular representative of the applicant's country in Spain or of the country in which the document was issued.
By an authorised sworn translator registered with the Spanish state.
By the Language Service of the URV, if the translation is only for the purposes of this procedure within the URV.
Students must pay a fee for validation that is determined by the secretariat of the faculty/school in accordance with current Decree on Public Prices.
Students who have obtained a foreign qualification can apply either for official recognition or partial validation of the qualification. These two options cannot be applied for simultaneously. Students who opt for validation may not apply for official recognition.
The process of validation or official recognition will take into account only the grades on the student's academic transcript that were obtained before the expiry of the corresponding application period.
The validation or official recognition process will examine the similarity between the competencies and knowledge acquired from the foreign qualification and those specified in the URV's curriculum. Alternatively, the process may recognise the transversal nature of the competencies and knowledge acquired abroad. Validated subjects will be given points on a scale determined by the Spanish Ministry of Education that indicates the degree of equivalence between foreign and Spanish qualifications.
The dean or head of the faculty/school.
At most, one month after the end of the period and the presentation of the necessary documentation.
* Please bear in mind that August is not considered to be a working month.
The applicant will be notified of the final decision. The notification will also specify, if necessary, which subjects have been accepted and these will be added to the student's academic transcript.
• The applicant will be notified of the final decision. If the decision is in the applicant's favour, a new academic transcript will be created for the applicant on the course to which they have been admitted.
• The notification issued by the faculty/school also states which students have been admitted or excluded with 30 or more recognised credits.
• The applicant will be notified of the final decision; however, academic recognition will not be given until the applicant has completed the registration process and paid the corresponding fees for the validation of studies.
Students must pay the fee for the validated subjects in accordance with the current Decree of Public Prices.
• In cases where the student has had 30 or more credits recognised, independently of the academic year to which they belong, the faculty/school will decide on whether to admit the student or not.
– If the faculty/school decides to admit the student, the student must read the information in the section Completing the registration process.
– If the faculty/school decides not to admit the student, the student must apply for official recognition of the studies that entitle the student to admission in their country of origin. After receiving official recognition, the student must pass the UNED's University Entrance Exams for foreigners.
• If the student obtains between 1 and 29 recognised credits, the faculty/school issues the corresponding notification enabling the student to pre-register for the course and at the faculty/school for which partial validation has been awarded.
– Students from educational systems within the European Union or from those of countries that have signed the corresponding international agreements and who meet the academic requirements for university admission in their home educational systems must contact the UNED to obtain the corresponding accrediting document.
– Students with a European Baccalaureate or an International Baccalaureate must contact the UNED to obtain the corresponding accrediting document.
– Students from other countries must contact the Spanish Ministry of Education to begin the process of obtaining official recognition for the secondary education qualifications.
The student or the authorized person on presentation of the necessary identification. Provided that the student has been admitted by the office of the dean/head of the faculty/school or during the university pre-registration process.
During the period in which the student is required to register, which is stated in the notification.
The student registers for the subjects that they wish to study during the academic year and for the validated subjects.
The student must pay the registration fee in order to complete the registration process.


If you're anything like most parents, you likely await the arrival of school holidays with a combination of excitement and dread. Sure, you get to spend time with your kids and travel with them, but at the same time, you get to spend time with your kids and travel with them. It can seem like the hassle of a lifetime, but the fact is that it can also be a great bonding experience for you and your family. Let us take a look at some tips that could help you with your travel troubles.
Your biggest challenge during your trip will likely be stopping your kids having major meltdowns. Now these are usually caused by the kids being bored, tired or hungry. So you can save yourself a world of pain by taking preventative measures to avoid these scenarios. Make sure the kids get a good night's sleep before the day of the road trip or flight, and have them rest frequently throughout the trip. Tired kids are cranky, so try to keep them fresh and active.
Hungry kids are also cranky, so pack enough snacks for both the journey as well as the trip. It's possible that the kids might not eat the food provided by the airline, so be prepared for the possibility. And keep the kids from being bored by bringing along board games.
Flying with the entire family can take its toll on your finances. However, you can reduce your expenses by using frequent flyer points during school holidays. School holidays are some of the hardest times to find frequent flyer seats, but if you plan ahead and save plenty of points, you might be able to get one or more than one award seat.
Pack smart. Never over-pack. The fewer items you pack the better, especially since you can always buy anything you run short on when you get to your destination. Choose comfortable clothes that are loose fitting and can be worn in a number of situations and combinations. If your kids are young, pack pajama and a change of clothes for dinner or for emergencies. If they're older, have them do their own packing in order to reduce some of your own burden (and to teach them life skills, of course!) Always pack for the weather, as well as for the activities you'll be performing.
The flight may be the most dreaded part of flying with kids. However, you can put some smart systems in place in order to help your kids cope. Keep them entertained by bringing along coloring books, books to read, stickers, puzzles, pencils, activities and games. They're not going to be screaming when they're so enjoyably occupied. If you have a baby, take a change of clothes along, and pre-book a bassinet for them if the flight is long-haul.


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Sources: Hammon, Aces near richest WNBA deal
San Antonio Spurs assistant Becky Hammon is finalizing a five-year deal with the WNBA's Las Vegas Aces that'll make her the league's highest-paid coach, sources confirmed to ESPN on Thursday.
Hammon plans to finish the season with the Spurs, sources said.
A six-time All-Star during her playing career in the WNBA, Hammon, 44, has been an assistant under Spurs coach Gregg Popovich since 2014. She has been interviewed for several head-coach openings in the past but hasn't gotten an offer to be the first woman to lead an NBA team.
News of Hammon's deal with the Aces was first reported by The Athletic.

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Mutya Keisha Siobhan (znane również pod pseudonimem MKS) – żeńskie trio grające muzykę pop, pochodzące z Londynu w Wielkiej Brytanii, którego członkiniami są pierwotne założycielki zespołu Sugababes – Mutya Buena, Keisha Buchanan i Siobhán Donaghy. Grupa została utworzona w 2011. Aktualnie zespół pracuje nad utworami na debiutancki album, współpracuje m.in. z Naughty Boy, Emeli Sandé, Katy B i MNEK. Buena, Buchanan i Donaghy wydały swój pierwszy wspólny materiał w 2000 (album One Touch) – jest to jedyny album Sugababes, w którym występują oryginalne członkinie.

Historia

1998–2001 kariera w Sugababes
Zespół Sugababes został założony w 1998 roku przez managera All Saints – Rona Toma. Siobhan Donaghy i Mutya Buena miały po 13 lat i właśnie zaczynały swoje solowe kariery. Po występie na tej samej scenie postanowiły połączyć siły. W trakcie pracy w studio nagraniowym, Buena przyprowadziła swoją najlepszą przyjaciółkę – Keishę Buchanan, aby mogła im się poprzyglądać. Ron Tom widząc je razem stwierdził, iż są idealne do stworzenia tria. Trzy dziewczyny miały występować pod nazwą Sugababies, jednak wytwórnia London Records z którą podpisały kontrakt wymusiła na nich zmianę nazwy na Sugababes, nadając grupie bardziej dojrzałego wydźwięku.

2011–12: powstanie MKS
W październiku 2011 roku kilka serwisów internetowych podało plotkę o wspólnym powrocie na scenę muzyczną założycielek tria Sugababes.

2012–obecnie: debiutancki album
W kwietniu 2012 roku nieoficjalnie ogłoszono, iż Buena, Buchanan i Donaghy podpisały kontrakt z wytwórnią Polydor Records na kwotę 1 miliona $. W czerwcu 2012 Dinaghy potwierdziła tę informację na swoim profilu w serwisie Twitter, pisząc: "the soonest it'll be is in 2 weeks. The latest is 10 weeks (najwcześniej za 2 tygodnie, najpóźniej za 10)".
20 lipca 2012 roku rzeczniczka zespołu podała do oficjalnej wiadomości, iż grupa powraca pod nową nazwą Mutya Keisha Siobhan i aktualnie pracuje nad piosenkami dla wytwórni Polydor. Nazwa została zarejestrowana na terenie Unii Europejskiej w dniu 27 czerwca 2012. Zespół ogłosił również, że pierwszy materiał muzyczny zostanie opublikowany najpóźniej do września 2012.

Przypisy

Linki zewnętrzne

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Brytyjskie zespoły dance
Brytyjskie girlsbandy
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This year we've created something extra special for your Christmas and holiday shopping experience at Loft 352 Salon. With a larger variety of premade sets and lots of wonderful exclusive items in packaging that is beyond incredible and supports a great cause you'll be sure to find the perfect gift for your loved ones, friends and co-workers. Read More.
This season we wanted to create something extra special for your Christmas and holiday shopping experience at Loft 352 Salon. We've been working closely with Aveda to bring you lots of wonderful exclusive items in premade sets along with packaging that is beyond incredible and supports a great cause. Read more.


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Hooper es un pueblo ubicado en el condado de Alamosa en el estado estadounidense de Colorado. En el Censo de 2010 tenía una población de 103 habitantes y una densidad poblacional de 157,81 personas por km².

Geografía
Hooper se encuentra ubicado en las coordenadas . Según la Oficina del Censo de los Estados Unidos, Hooper tiene una superficie total de 0.65 km², de la cual 0.65 km² corresponden a tierra firme y (0%) 0 km² es agua.

Demografía
Según el censo de 2010, había 103 personas residiendo en Hooper. La densidad de población era de 157,81 hab./km². De los 103 habitantes, Hooper estaba compuesto por el 74.76% blancos, el 0% eran afroamericanos, el 5.83% eran amerindios, el 0% eran asiáticos, el 0% eran isleños del Pacífico, el 15.53% eran de otras razas y el 3.88% pertenecían a dos o más razas. Del total de la población el 30.1% eran hispanos o latinos de cualquier raza.

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Pueblos de Colorado
Localidades del condado de Alamosa


A writer's enduring legacy is left behind both in words and in images. Here, we share some of the images left to us of Paul Green and his family, friends, and fellow writers in a slideshow. To browse the pictures in slideshow format, you can find them here.
Green family home, Harnett County, N.C.


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Cowboys Top 50: Players 1-5
1. Roger Staubach
Position: Quarterback
Cowboys Career: 1969-79
Honors: Led Cowboys to 23 fourth-quarter comebacks; only QB to lead Cowboys to four Super Bowls.
Highest Ranking From Panel: 1 (five votes)
2. Emmitt Smith
Position: Running Back
Cowboys Career: 1990-2002
Honors: NFL's all-time leading rusher with 18,355 yards; 11 straight 1,000-yard seasons
Highest Ranking From Panel: 1 (three votes)
3. Bob Lilly
Position: Defensive End/Tackle
Honors: Cowboys record 11 Pro Bowl selections; First player inducted into Ring of Honor
Highest Ranking From Panel: 1 (one vote)
4. Troy Aikman
Honors: Only Cowboys quarterback and just one of four NFL passers to win three Super Bowls.
Highest Ranking From Panel: 2
5. Tony Dorsett
Honors:Four-time Pro Bowler; had six scoring plays longer than 75 yards, including NFL-record 99-yard run.
6. Randy White (1975-88) 7. Michael Irvin (1988-99) 8. Mel Renfro (1964-77) 9. Larry Allen (1994-2005) 10. Bob Hayes (1965-74)----------------------------------- 11. Rayfield Wright (1967-79) 12. Lee Roy Jordan (1963-76) 13. Chuck Howley (1961-73) 14. Cliff Harris (1970-79) 15. Drew Pearson(1973-83) ----------------------------------- 16. Darren Woodson (1992-2003) 17. Don Meredith (1960-68) 18. Don Perkins (1961-68) 19. Harvey Martin (1973-83) 20. Deion Sanders (1995-99)----------------------------------- 21. Cornell Green(1962-74) *22. Charles Haley(1992-96) 23. DeMarcus Ware(2005-present)
24. John Niland *(1966-74) *25. Jason Witten *(2003-present)
----------------------------------- 26. Ed "Too Tall" Jones(1974-78; 80-89) *27. Everson Walls(1981-89)
28. Jay Novacek(1990-96)
29. Charlie Waters *(1970-78; 80-81) *30. Nate Newton *(1986-98)
----------------------------------- 31. George Andrie (1962-72) *32. Danny White(1976-88)
33. Erik Williams(1991-2000)
34. Calvin Hill(1965-78) 35. Herschel Walker *(1986-89; 1996-97)
----------------------------------- 36. Tony Hill(1977-86) *37. Daryl Johnston(1989-99)
38. Billy Joe DuPree(1973-83)
39. Jethro Pugh(1965-78) 40. La'Roi Glover(2002-05)
----------------------------------- 41. Mark Tuinei *(1983-97) *42. Leon Lett(1991-2000) 43. Flozell Adams(1998-present) 44. Pat Donovan *(1975-83) *45. Ralph Neely(1965-77)
----------------------------------- 46. Terrell Owens(2006-08)
47. Walt Garrison(1966-74) 48. Bill Bates(1983-2007) 49. Tony Romo(2003-present) 50. Mark Stepnoski(1989-94; 1999-2001)


NECESSITY OF UNION AT THE PRESENT CRISIS.
BY RICHARD GARDNER, ESQ. B.A.
PRINTED BY A. HEYWOOD, 58 AND 60, OLDHAM-STREET.
Nothing but a deep conviction of the importance of the present crisis, should induce me, uninfluential and unknown as I am, to offer my opinion in this public and formal manner; but at present, it appears to me, the duty of every good citizen, to speak out, according to the light which God has given him. If I speak aright, act up to my advice; if I am wrong, apply the test of reason to my errors; in any case, accord me a patient hearing.
The discord, at present existing betwixt the middle and lower classes, particularly those portions of them engaged in trade and manufactures, is at once more injurious to their common country, than any set of bad laws whatever, and the best guarantee for the continuance of such laws. I believe that a favourable moment has arrived for putting an end to this deplorable state of things.
Both classes have a common enemy in the small feudal, or aristocratical class, which owns the soil, and monopolises the government of these islands; but they do not both regard it in the same light. The middle classes, hitherto, at least, have desired to be on good terms with the privileged order, provided the honour could be procured on moderate terms. They have been ambitious of the favour of rank, because they have hoped, some day or other, by complaisance and perseverance, to attain it for themselves. Only, when their "noble" friends proceed to make too rude an attack upon their pockets, do they forget their good manners, and set up a howl of rebellion.
In short, the middle classes have not so much desired to attack the principle of Class Legislation, as to prevent its development in a manner injurious to themselves. Hence, they have vehemently sought the Repeal of the Corn-laws, because they have felt those laws to interfere with their trade, while they have been content to leave the power of robbing the people in the hands of a privileged class, only bargaining that it be not effected in this particular fashion.
The lower classes, on the other hand, regard the feudal aristocracy as their natural and hereditary enemies, in a political point of view; though personally, I suspect, they like the middle class still less, regarding them as renegades from the common cause of both; and naturally expecting some sympathy from them, are proportionably disgusted at their defection. The political emancipation of the middle class was mainly achieved by means of the co-operation of the "masses," who find after all, that they have only increased the power and the number of their masters. The latter may be weak and ignorant, but they have the quick instinct common to weak and unprotected creatures, and have learnt truth in the school of experience. They have long pointed an unequivocal finger in the right direction for relief, and are determined to keep it stationary there. They have discovered, that when all are represented up to a certain point, the class excluded must of necessity, be a miserable and degraded one; and they can further urge, that in this country, that class is a numerous as well as a miserable one. Since the Reform Bill, therefore, the lower classes have withdrawn in disgust from all piecemeal and partial agitations. They profess themselves dissatisfied with the whole system of government, as at present conducted. They say, that while the power of legislation remains in the hands of the "few," the "many," will, under some pretence or other, be defrauded of their just share of the national wealth. They, therefore, demand an extension of Political Rights to every citizen, or, in other words, complete Suffrage, with the Protection of the Ballot.
And, I appeal to the candour of every honest man, who is acquainted with their history and their distress, whether they are not justified in demanding this Radical Reformation. To say nothing of the indifference displayed as to their moral and intellectual advancement, observe the pains which seem to be taken to render their physical condition as deplorable as possible. On the one hand, there is a Corn-law to enhance the price of their food, and diminish the demand for their labour; on the other, a stringent New Poor-law to punish their involuntary poverty, and lacerate the wounds inflicted by selfish legislation. Surely, this is to emulate the tyranny of the Egyptian taskmasters.
But further, I maintain, it is the interest, as well as the duty, of the middle or trading class, to take up this principle of "Equal Rights," with a view to the attainment of their favourite object, the Repeal of the Corn-laws. In the face of a compact feudal oligarchy, based upon recollections altogether foreign to the genius of this age and the circumstances of this country, the working classes, from whom the middle classes spring, are the natural allies of the latter. Trade and Democracy, are harmonious; Trade and Feudalism, discordant facts. The ancient antipathy of the lords of the soil to the inhabitants of the towns, appears to be revived in this age, with greater vigour than ever. In their madness, our rulers seem bent upon killing the goose which lays the golden eggs; and they will succeed in their design, if through any unhappy jealousy, or misunderstanding, manufacturing Capital and manufacturing Labour, fail to unite for common defence.
Now we come to the stumbling-block over which, as it appears to me, the friends of Free Trade have fallen. They have been at great pains to assure the public and one another, that the question of the Corn-Laws, &c., is not a political question. Certainly the question, Whether the Corn Laws should be repealed, is one of commerce, or rather of political economy. But when you further ask, How they are to be repealed, reference must be had to a political principle, because it is upon a political principle that they are maintained, if Sir R. Peel is to be believed. In 1828, in reply to a proposition of a fixed duty made by Mr. Hume, the Right Honourable Baronet observed, that there was another consideration besides the simple one of price, viz. that it was part of the constitutional policy of the country to maintain its aristocracy and magistracy. I quote from memory, but his words were to this effect. When they were spoken, the "League" had not yet thundered at the gates of Monopoly, but the Repealers may rest assured that their demands will continue to be refused on Political, and not Commercial considerations, though the motive will not again be openly avowed.
Did, I ask, the proposition made last Wednesday by this unworthy minister, disappoint any reasonable man? Had we any right to expect even this trivial concession from the organs of constituencies exposed on every side to Aristocratical influence, formed for the express purpose of supporting Aristocratical aggression, under the veil of popular representation? Can we expect that the landlords whom we have debauched with power, will yield to our prayers the Arch Monopoly, with which, all others will fall, and so dry up the golden stream from which they derive their fatal influence? And is there any means of diminishing the power of Aristocracy, except by throwing weight into the scale of Democracy? And the necessity of this, being now obvious, is there any other means of effecting it, except by a firm alliance betwixt the middle and working classes to that end?
When the friends of Free Trade have come to a right conclusion upon these points, we may augur better for the success of their noble cause, as well as for the permanent amelioration of the condition of the labouring classes, who at present stand aloof from this agitation, not because they are enamoured of a food-tax, but because they are indisposed to engage in any political struggle, which does not recognize as a primary fact, the claim of themselves and their children to the rights of citizenship. To imagine that the "many" can have an interest in a monopoly which enhances the price of the necessaries of life, for the benefit of the "few," is absurd. They opposed it manfully in its origin, and their present comparative apathy on the subject, springs from motives which we can understand, if we cannot applaud. As to the obstructions which have been occasionally offered by a portion of them to the discussion of this question, they must, I think, be loudly deprecated by every impartial man. At the same time, we may remind those who are inclined to lay too much stress upon this fact, that if a class of men are kept in the condition of serfs, we have no right to expect that they will display the dignity and discretion of citizens.
What, therefore, I now propose, is, that the middle class of Manchester, particularly that portion of them which takes an interest in the struggle for Free Trade, should set an example to the rest of the country, of associating with their operatives to attack Monopoly in its fortress of Legislation. The Complete Suffrage and Vote by Ballot must form the basis of such an agitation, if it is to be either honest or efficient. And the question must be argued on the broad ground of principle, and not of expediency, as a right long in abeyence, and now firmly insisted upon. And if a twentieth part of the labour which has been expended upon the subject of the Corn-Laws, were bestowed upon the enlightenment of the public mind on this subject, I am convinced that the prejudices with which our education and habits have invested it would speedily vanish; and it would appear, that in an age in which the tendency to universality is so apparent, and the means of information so procurable by all, the democratical principle was at once the most rational and the most safe. This at least is certain, that with reference to the great object of all government, viz: the greatest good of the greatest number, our present Constitution, venerable though it be, is a lamentable failure. There is at least a prima facie case made out for a change, and it is worse than foolish to close our eyes to the fact.
While then, on the one hand I do not expect, as I have already hinted, that the agitation in favour of free trade will be successful, until its advocates take up broader grounds; still, the lower classes ought not to forget that these discussions have done more to further their peculiar views, than any other circumstance whatever. If Complete Suffrage is ever to be obtained by peaceful means, it must be through the co-operation of the middle classes; and the light which has been thrown upon the practical bad working of Class Legislation is fast opening the eyes of the latter to the conviction of the radical defects in our present system of representation. Let, then, the working classes be prepared to receive, with cordiality, any overtures which may be made to them by their employers on this point, without recrimination as to the past, without even too nicely scrutinizing the motives which may have brought about this change of tactics. We must take men as we find them; and it is too much to expect that any class of men, as a class, will put themselves out of the way to confer political power on those beneath them, unless it is plainly their interest so to do—and that this is the interest of the middle classes at the present time, they are, I think, beginning to feel. But on no account must the paramount necessity of organic change be lost sight of; for, though I yield to no man in a conviction of the stupendous mischiefs which the Corn-Laws, &c., inflict upon us all, yet if those laws were repealed to-morrow, I should still maintain that an extension of political rights to all, is the only abiding security for Labour against the aggressions of Wealth and Privilege, in some form or other.


Loyola University Chicago Stritch School of Medicine had its beginnings in September 1909 when it affiliated with Illinois Medical College (associated with Reliance Medical College) and created the Medical Department of Loyola University. In 1910, Bennett Medical College approached Loyola as it was seeking an affiliation agreement with a university. This merger resulted in the establishment of Bennett Medical College of Loyola University in 1910 and gave Loyola's president and trustees the ability to supervise the curriculum and prohibit doctrine opposed to Christian morality. Its first commencement was in 1910. As its five-year agreement came to an end, Loyola's trustees moved for closer control and purchased the school.
On April 15, 1948, Loyola's Board of Trustees unanimously approved a resolution to name the school the Stritch School of Medicine (SSOM) in honor of Samuel Cardinal Stritch, Archbishop of Chicago, as acknowledgement of the prominent role he played in securing Stritch's future through archdiocesan monetary support and fund raising. In August 1962, 62 acres of land adjacent to the Hines Veterans Administration Hospital was given to Loyola University Chicago by the United States government to establish the Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC). In 1967, SSOM moved to the new campus, but temporarily used vacated WWII barrack-style buildings for its classes. By 1968, the new medical school facility at the north end of the campus was fully functional.
Over the next several decades, clinical facilities were added in rapid succession to LUMC, including a Level I Trauma Center (the first in Illinois), Burn Center, Mulcahy Outpatient Center, Lifestar helicopter (now separately managed), and Neonatal Intensive Care Unit. The 1980s saw the construction of the Russo Surgical Pavilion, which housed additional operating rooms, intensive care beds, cardiac catheterization laboratories, and a new neonatal intensive care unit. In the 1990s, an administrative building, parking deck, energy building, helicopter hangar, oral health center, cancer center, new emergency room, new burn center, Ronald McDonald Children's Hospital of Loyola, and Ronald McDonald House were all completed. Since 2000, Loyola has built a new outpatient center, added another parking deck, and completed a hospital expansion.
In 1997, the Stritch School of Medicine moved into its new medical education building that in 2001 was named the John and Herta Cuneo Center. The building became a model for 21st century medical schools, and our new physical facility provided the infrastructure for a number of curricular innovations. It also supported our deeply held values, inspired by our Catholic, Jesuit heritage: commitment to excellence, care for the individual, and community service. These values have created a distinctive ethical, scholarly, and professional atmosphere for faculty, students, and housestaff. Among our curricular innovations are: an integrated three-year Patient Centered Medicine curriculum; online educational bioethics programs through the Neiswanger Institute for Bioethics & Health Policy; enhancing teaching excellence through the Leischner Institute for Medical Education (LIME); an integrated curriculum in spirituality and medicine; opportunities to serve the community locally as well as in Ignatian immersion activities in foreign countries; advanced computer technology and infrastructure support; active interdisciplinary research opportunities; and an MD/PhD dual degree program.
In 2013, the Department of Medical Education was established to promote innovation, best practices, and leadership in medical and related health sciences education. The department is the catalyst for incorporating the distinctive values of the Stritch School of Medicine across the curriculum. DOME supports curricular efforts related to social justice and concern for marginalized and vulnerable populations, the role of faith in medical practice, and ethical standards of clinical decision making as hallmarks of a Jesuit and Catholic medical education. Systematic, lifelong reflection on one's professional and personal development as a physician is DOME's signature formative educational methodology. DOME is home to a growing cadre of academic educators who focus on teaching and pedagogical scholarship and works collaboratively with key clinical departments to further these common aims. In recognition and to provide support of the roles that DOME would undertake, the Leischner Institute for Medical Education was incorporated into DOME and to signify that event the department's name was changed to Ralph P. Leischner, Jr., MD Department of Medical Education.
Stritch School of Medicine includes eight dedicated teaching spaces called Learning Clusters. They allow different classroom set-ups to accommodate varying educational formats, student study space, and the ability to simultaneously deliver online examinations to an entire medical school class through the dedicated computers at each student space. Two large lecture halls provide seating for 150 and 200, two additional Case Method Rooms each seat 78 students and all of these rooms have the ability to remotely broadcast sessions to other rooms/sites to accommodate larger groups. The entire building allows wireless connectivity, but wired computers are also located throughout the building as well as in the Computer Assisted Learning Lab (CALL) allowing students' access to the Loyola University Medical Education Network (LUMEN), health sciences library, email and internet. There are 16 smaller seminar rooms (accommodate 10-12 people) that are used for small group sessions and as additional sit-down/study space by students.
The lower level houses multifunction laboratories for dissection and prosection activities. In 2009 further enhancements were added and the Center for Simulation Education was formed (http://hsd.luc.edu/simulation/). These additions include the Stamm Procedural Training Center & Bedside Teaching Lab and the Advanced Procedure Education Center. With the Selfridge Clinical Skills Center (14 patient exam rooms that simulate an ambulatory experience using standardized patients), a spectrum of educational innovations is available within the John and Herta Cuneo Center. This adjacency has facilitated integrating these facilities into the curriculum to support clinical learning, integration of basic science education, assessment, and interprofessional and team-based learning.
The building's aesthetic centerpiece is a second-floor atrium surrounded by three student communities. The second floor also serves as a mall for student activities and services, including admissions, computer lab, financial aid, bursar, registration and records, student affairs, Academic Center for Excellence and Accessibility, and ministry. In 1997, a new fitness center adjacent to Stritch opened for students, faculty, staff, and the surrounding communities. All medical students are automatically enrolled.
The Marcella Niehoff School of Nursing and Center for Collaborative Learning (MNSON) building opened in August 2012. In addition to housing administrative offices, it also has a lecture hall (seating for 175) and two classrooms with seating for a total of 80, but each individually capable of being divided into smaller classrooms. MNSON is also the home for our Health Sciences Library and its Vincent J. Galante, M.D. Information Commons. Both remain open for student use 24/7. An adjacent "Quiet Study Room" provides additional study space for 79 individuals. The third floor houses the Walgreens Virtual Hospital, a 7,000-square-foot-facility with six state-of-the-art simulation bays each complemented by a control room and debriefing rooms. When not being used, the debriefing rooms serve as additional small group meeting rooms or student study space. Each floor of MNSON is attached to the John and Herta Cuneo Center allowing us to become one integrated learning and educational community.
In April 2016, our Center for Translational Research and Education (CTRE) was formally opened. Providing over 250,000 square feet of research space and an integrated animal facility, the CTRE also has an auditorium (seating capacity of 266) and one classroom (seating capacity of 90, but divisible into two rooms of 45 each). This facility is adjacent to the Cuneo and MNSON buildings. Its advanced architecture supports current and new research programs as we continue to develop a focus that aligns pre-clinical and transitional research with Loyola University Health System's (LUHS) clinical programs. Together with the SSOM, MNSON and Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC) partnerships, the CTRE will advance patient and population care.
Prior to July 1, 2011, the University owned and had oversight of its healthcare affiliate Loyola University Health System (LUHS). At that time, LUHS oversaw other health care related entities, including Loyola University Medical Center (LUMC), which was separately incorporated in 1995. On July 1, 2011, the University completed a transaction with Trinity Health Corporation, pursuant to which Trinity replaced the University as the sole member of the Health System, and Trinity assumed control of LUMC, Gottlieb Memorial Hospital, and the other health care affiliates. An affiliation agreement was developed during this sale that reserved Loyola University Chicago oversight over academic matters; secured the educational, research and service missions of SSOM; identified SSOM as the primary academic partner of LUHS and LUMC; identified LUMC as the primary clinical partner of SSOM in the Chicago metropolitan area; and established a closed staff model at LUMC.
To learn more about the history of the school of medicine you can read Loyola University and its Medical Center: A century of courage and turmoil by Richard A. Matré.


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Austrian band Möwe released a new song name Skyline. We chose the clip as our new theme song for Atins and the Lençóis Maranhenses. Take a look, pretty awesome shots of the Lençóis as well!


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4. You knew exactly what people meant when they said "I were right about that saddle though".
5. Your posh mate had a Merckx bike, but most people couldn't pronounce it.
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17. Milk and Kelloggs were bike races, not just what you had for breakfast.
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Deadline reported, Constance Wu is in talks to star untitled comedy film by writer Savion Einstien.
Elizabeth Banks's production, Brownstone, and Screen Gems by Max Handelman will produce. Kimmy Gatewood is attached to direct.
Wu recently received her nomination for her performance in Crazy Rich Asians for Golden Globes best actress in a motion picture/musical or comedy.


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Advantages of Being a Private Limited Company Singapore
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Starting your business venture can be the most rewarding experience of your lifetime if you carve the way carefully. One of the most critical decision to be taken in the course of company registration Singapore is to select the business entity type. Out of many business entities, the private limited company has been proven to be the most popular and successful business model in Singapore. The entrepreneurs from all across the globe choose to venture out their business in the form of private limited company Singapore.
What is a Private Limited Company?
A private limited company in Singapore is a form of Limited Liability Company (LLC) whose number of shareholders is limited up to 50. It is the most common type of business entity in Singapore. The name of the private limited company has a suffix of "Pte Ltd." There must be at least one shareholder who can either be individual or corporate entity. The rules and regulations vis a vis private limited company is regulated by Singapore Companies Act, Cap 50. It must be registered with Accounting & Corporate Regulatory Authority (ACRA).
What are the minimum requirements for setting up a private limited company in Singapore?
Following are the few requirements which must be met in order to get the company registered with the authority.
At least one local director who is an ordinarily resident in Singapore. He/ she can be a Singapore citizen, Permanent Resident (PR) or bearer of Employment Pass or Entrepreneur Pass (EntrePass).
The number of the shareholders can range between 1 to 50. There is no mandatory requirement for the shareholder to be resident in Singapore. 100% foreign shareholding is allowed.
A local registered office address must be there. The address has to be a physical one and not P.O. Box.
The minimum paid up capital required is SGD1. The amount would be S$50,000 for EntrePass holder owned company.
Appointment of a company secretary within six months from the date of company incorporation is mandatory. The company secretary must designate a natural person who resides in Singapore.
Private Limited Company Registration Singapore
The process of registration of a private limited company has been done undertaking two easy steps:
1. Company Name Reservation; &
2. Company Registration (Filing of Application Form & necessary documents)
Both steps could be done online. The use of electronic medium makes the process fast, convenient, straightforward and red tape-free.
What are the Advantages of Private Limited Company Singapore?
Limited Liability: The best part of private limited company Singapore is its limited liability for shareholders. This form of business entity is considered to be an independent legal entity. Thus, the entity is liable for any loss or debt incurred by the business, and the liability of the shareholders is limited to the amount they invested in buying the shares. Their personal assets remain protected.
Legal Identity: A private limited company has its distinct legal identity, and thus it can enter into legal agreements. It can own property, can sue or be sued in its own name. A Singapore private limited company has perpetual succession, and it will continue to endure the structure even if its directors/shareholders resign, retire, die or go bankrupt.
Ease of Expansion: It is evident that the capital plays a vital role when a company intends to expand their business. In a private limited company Singapore, one can raise the fund easily by adding equity partners, business financing, venture funds, etc. The credibility image of a private limited company is good and reputed one. Securing fund or loan from the bank is fairly easy for a Singapore-based private limited company. The potential shareholders or investors are also more likely invest money in a company.
Taxation Advantages: A private limited company in Singapore is entitled to enjoy a series of tax benefits and incentives, it is taxed at corporate tax rates. Under the full tax exemption scheme, a newly incorporated company can enjoy zero tax benefits for first three years on its annual revenue of S$100,000 in each year. The effective corporate tax rate for all companies of profit up to SGD 300,000 is 8.5% and capped at 17% for companies with annual revenue above SGD 300,000. Above all, The jurisdiction follows a one-tier tax system where dividend earned by the shareholder are not taxable.
Transfer of Ownership: Ownership of a private limited company Singapore can be transferred, either wholly or partially without having to disrupt the operations or need to undergo any legal documentation. Transfer of ownership can be done by selling off all or part of its total shares or issuing new shares to additional investors.
Most importantly, a private limited company Singapore holds a powerful perception which can alter the destiny of your business. It signifies credibility, seriousness and stature among the potential investors, customers, suppliers, employees and so on. It makes sense to register your business as a private limited company so as to reap the maximum benefits.
Companyregistrationsingapore.com.sg, a firm in Singapore, deals in company incorporation services including private limited company, LLP and sole proprietorship. Apart from registration, it also specializes in allied services such as accounting & bookkeeping, company secretary, payroll, XBRL filing, GST registration, AGM filing, corporate taxation, Director's Report and so on.
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Short term strength
By Ed Crooks: June 17, 2016
This week has brought evidence of contrasting short-term and long-term trends in the oil market. In the short term, demand and supply are both turning out to be stronger than many had expected. The IEA revised up its forecast for oil demand growth this year in its monthly oil market report, but added that rising production would mean global oversupply could persist into 2017.
There are early indications of an upturn in activity in the US shale industry, still faint so far, but ominous for anyone relying on a sharp rebound in crude. And Iran said its oil production had reached 3.8m barrels per day, confirming the strong growth following the lifting of sanctions that was already visible last month. Iran's oil exports have tripled since late 2015.
BP was reported to be one of the Western companies interested in investing in Iran's oilfields to increase its output still further. The company is said to be reopening an office in Tehran this summer.
For the longer term, though, there were indicators of future weakness in both supply and demand. On the supply side, Wood Mackenzie said it had cut $1tn from its forecasts of oil and gas companies' expected spending in 2015-20 on exploration and development, implying weaker production. Bloomberg suggested the comeback of Iranian oil production could already have reached its limits.
On the demand side, Volkswagen's CEO said it planned a huge investment in electric cars, a commitment linked to its plans to cut costs following its emissions scandal. Steve LeVine at Quartz had a fascinating piece on the startups that might, perhaps, be on the brink of important breakthroughs in battery technology.
Climate scientists urged President Obama to rule out drilling in the Arctic in the new five-year leasing programme from the Bureau or Ocean Energy Management, which is expected to be published in final form in November.
ExxonMobil is fighting a legal battle against Massachusetts over a demand from the state's attorney-general for documents relating to the company's position on climate change, and its support for think-tanks and advocacy groups.
Filings in the bankruptcy case for Peabody Energy, the largest US coal producer, show it funded about two dozen groups that opposed environmental regulations and cast doubt on whether humans were causing global warming.
In the past, shifts from one energy source to another have taken many decades, as shown in this chart from Spencer Dale, BP's chief economist. David Roberts of Vox suggested the transition to smaller-scale distributed energy resources could be faster.
How slowly does the energy industry move? The Tennessee Valley Authority's Watts Bar Unit 2 nuclear plant started construction in 1973, and was connected to the grid this month, 43 years later. It is scheduled to deliver power to the grid for the first time later this summer.
The US Strategic Petroleum Reserve should not be used as "the Federal Reserve of oil", argued Jason Bordoff of Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy.
In a sign of how Saudi Arabia's economy is changing, Dow Chemical has become the first company to be awarded a trading licence in the kingdom.
The world will within a decade reach "peak fossil fuels" for power generation, according to Bloomberg New Energy Finance.
Posted in: Alternative Energy, Alternative Fuels, Bloomberg, BP, Climate Change, Environment, Iran, Oil, Oil Prices, President Obama.
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Vojnest , település és községközpont Romániában, Moldvában, Iași megyében.

Fekvése
Jászvásártól délnyugatra fekvő település.

Története
Községközpont, 6 falu: Vojnest (Voinești), Lungani, Schitu Stavnic, Slobozia és Vocotești tartozik hozzá.

A 2002. évi népszámlálás adatai szerint 6169 lakosa volt.

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A voyage led by Kjerstin Uhre & Biljana Nikolic. The excursion to Svalbard served as the studio's lens to see islands in connection with grand circulations at oceanic scales. Svalbard is an archipelago surrounded by the marginal ice zone between open water and sea ice. It made a strong impression to witness the retrieving Nordenskjöld Glacier, encountering arctic wildlife, and visiting the abandoned Russian mining town of Pyramiden. Staying in the Norwegian settlement of Longyearbyen made the team realize how hyper connected the community is to the world, and in some respects to the coastal islands, that from Svalbard is seen as part of "the mainland". The team worked with mapping exercises and landscape photography focusing respectively connecting patterns, objects, and scales of landscapes and seascapes. As such documenting reminders of the seasonal mobility of people, of stuff, of debris, of small critters drifting by ocean currents, and of migratory companions that fly and swim to be at the right place to the right time.


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Syzeuctus hyalinipennis är en stekelart som beskrevs av Győző Szépligeti 1901.

Syzeuctus hyalinipennis ingår i släktet Syzeuctus och familjen brokparasitsteklar. Inga underarter finns listade i Catalogue of Life.

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Art on Campus
Folded Circle Ring and L
LPC Art on Campus Home
Art On Campus Taskforce
Art By Medium
Afghan Nomad
Rubab Player
Grammy's Garden
Thousand Cranes
Mindrise
Diviners
Earthseed
Jazzhead
Fruits of Labor
Wade in the Water
Tribute to Edmonia Lewis
Big Storm
Nature's Mirror
Photo 07 (Working)
Photo 02 (Suburbia)
Persistent Memory
Not Realized
Eternal Ecstasy
Mixed Animals
Red Chair
Where can I find this sculpture?
You can find Folded Circle Ring and L in front of the 1700 building.
Who was Fletcher Benton?
Fletcher Benton (1931-2019) was an American artist, best known for his kinetic and large scale abstract sculptures. His work explores rhythm and movement, creating dynamic compositions out of carefully stacked and balanced steel and iron. Born in Ohio, Benton traveled around the world before settling in the San Francisco Bay Area. He taught at the San Francisco Art Institute, California College of Art, and San Jose State University. His work can be found in the collection of museums around the world including the Whitney Museum of American Art, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, and the Hirshhorn Museum.
What is Folded Circle Ring and L about?
As with most abstract art, there is no one meaning to Folded Circle Ring and L. Instead of prescribing meaning, Benton invites you into a dance of sorts with the piece. The closer you get, the more details you notice, such as the patina of the steel, the sinuous curves, the sharp edges. As you step back, the composition unfurls itself, each shape an individual note that drives the overall composition of the piece to a crescendo as you move around it. Benton often viewed his sculptures as musical compositions; thus Folded Circle Ring and L, like a musical composition, is meant to be experienced again and again. Each experience is unique and equally exhilarating.
How did we acquire this piece?
Folded Circle Ring and L was acquired in 2016 as part of the Art on Task Force's mission to bring more art to the LPC community. It was purchased using funds designated for public art and allocated to the college by the Chabot-Las Positas Community College District following the sale of a District-owned property. The piece was carefully selected after months of consideration and input from the LPC community.
Learn More About Fletcher Benton
Waiting for the Magic Man/ Folded Alphabets and Numericals
KQED Spark – Fletcher Benton
Fletcher Benton: The Kinetic Years
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U7oQAxIJksE
Fletcher Benton: The Artist's Studio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hf_D91pH5pc
Fletcher Benton at Art Santa Fe 2008
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-5H1RVtmng
Fletcher Benton's "Synchronetic R-1000 (Rolling Discs)," 1968
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2k8JpLjzWas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fletcher_Benton
Medium: Corten Steel
Credit: Nike Foundation Site Funds, CLPCCD's Board of Trustees, Art on Campus Task Force
Location: Eastside of building 1600 in the student quad, in front of building 1700


LOUISVILLE, Colo. -- Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC) Space Systems successfully completed a "captive carry test" of its full-scale Dream Chaser orbital crew vehicle Tuesday, marking a new milestone in the company's effort to develop transportation for astronauts to low Earth orbit and the International Space Station.
During the test, the Dream Chaser flight vehicle was carried under an Erickson Air-Crane helicopter to assess the vehicle's aerodynamic flight performance, which will allow additional flight tests in the future. The helicopter flew for approximately an hour near the Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport in Jefferson County, Colo.
SNC is one of several companies working to develop commercial crew transportation capabilities under the Commercial Crew Development Round 2 (CCDev2) agreement with NASA's Commercial Crew Program (CCP), which is helping spur innovation and development of new spacecraft and launch vehicles from the commercial industry.
"This is a very positive success for the Dream Chaser team and their innovative approach," NASA CCP Program Manager Ed Mango said. "I applaud and encourage the designers and engineers to continue their efforts in meeting the objectives of the rest of their CCDev2 milestones."
The Dream Chaser is designed to carry as many as seven astronauts to space. It is the only spacecraft under CCDev2 that is winged and designed to land on a conventional runway. Data from the test will provide SNC an early opportunity to evaluate and prove hardware, facilities and ground operations in preparation for approach and landing tests scheduled for later this year.
Additional milestones leading up to the test included evaluating the performance of the main landing gear selected for use on the Dream Chaser flight vehicle, an interface test to demonstrate the release mechanism between the spacecraft prototype and the heavy-lift helicopter, and a thorough flight test readiness review with engineers, technical experts and representatives from SNC and NASA. Another milestone evaluated the separation system compatibility of Dream Chaser with its initial launch vehicle, the United Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket, which would be used to release the spacecraft from the rocket's second stage after it has placed the spacecraft into low Earth orbit.
All of NASA's industry partners, including SNC, continue to meet their established milestones in developing commercial crew transportation capabilities.
Earlier this month in Cocoa Beach, Florida, Sierra Nevada Corporation Space Systems announced its interest in Florida's Space Coast as a possible location for commercial human spaceflight programs and facilities.
Sierra Nevada is in development with plans to launch on the United Launch Alliance Atlas V vehicle from Launch Complex-41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida.


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Aidan Trimble
AIDAN TRIMBLE Correct Stretching
Frank Brennan. Interview By Ged Moran.
Close Quarter Karate - The neglected range. By Steve Hyland.
Master Hirokazu Kanazawa. Interview By Jim Palmer.
Correct Stretching. By Aidan Trimble.
Japanese & Western Instructors (Part One). By Lisa Schambach.
Funakoshi's Disciples: Kimio Ito & Osamu Ozawa.
Sensei Masao Kawasoe Course. Report By John Cheetham.
Well, here we are again, another three months on and SHOTOKAN style Karate is certainly not on the 'decline' as many 'non-traditional' people thought would eventually happen. I think I'm in a good position to say that our style is definitely just as popular as ever for the very simple reason that is 'SOLID', with a structured basic foundation and a great traditional history. I also feel that for someone starting a Martial Art, Shotokan for beginners is perfect, with our standard 'Basic' techniques which are the same the world over. There is nothing worse for a beginner than to have to change things from week to week, or month to month because the Instructor has had a 'brain-wave'.
CONGRATULATIONS from all S.K.M. readers to Master Shiro Asano 7th Dan on his 20th anniversary of teaching in the U.K. In attendance at his party were Sensei's Kato and Kanazawa.
Without doubt one of the best kickers in British Shotokan Karate is Aidan Trimble 4th Dan. Aidan explains how to stretch correctly and what to avoid.
We have a great interview with Frank Brennan, kindly donated by a former KU.G.B. instructor of twenty years standing, Mr Ged Moran who is now part of the Shotokan section of the B.K.A. (British Karate Association) who have many senior Shotokan people in the group. The interview was given by Frank at Ged's house and has a nice relaxed feel about it and is also featured with the Video, 'The Brennan Profile' which by the way is excellent and well worth investing in for any Shotokan video collectors. (advertised in this issue of Shotokan Karate Magazine, see Legend Videos).
Also in this issue we have an exclusive, although short interview with the S.K.I. World Chief Instructor, Master Hirokazu Kanazawa 9th Dan Kanazawa explains why he founded S.K.I. and why he left the J.K.A.


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Judges with Daughters
on June 24, 2014 at 5:00 am
BY SHARON MCCLOSKEY It's been widely assumed though not necessarily documented that life experiences shape a judge's world views.
And indeed that notion makes perfect sense. If you've walked the walk of a person on unemployment, or a person who's endured on-the-job discrimination, you've learned a little about that experience.
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg thought as much when she attributed former Chief Justice William Rehnquist's shift on women's issues to his dealings with a daughter struggling as a newly-divorced mother with a demanding job.
But now political scientists have proof.
In a report released last week, Maya Sen from the University of Rochester and Adam Glynn from Harvard concluded — after reviewing 2,500 votes by 224 federal appeals court judges — that having at least one daughter increased the likelihood that a judge would vote in a feminist direction on gender-related issues.
Here's their conclusion as stated in the report abstract:
Using new data on the family lives of U.S. Courts of Appeals judges, we find that, conditional on the number of children a judge has, judges with daughters consistently vote in a more feminist fashion on gender issues than judges who have only sons. This result survives a number of robustness tests and appears to be driven primarily by Republican judges. More broadly, this result demonstrates that personal experiences influence how judges make decisions, and it is the first paper to show that empathy may indeed be a component in how judges decide cases.
Professor Sen called the result of the study "startling."
"Here, we've found evidence that there is a third factor [in addition to law and ideology] that matters: personal experiences," she told the New York Times. "Things like having daughters can actually fundamentally change how people view the world, and this, in turn, affects how they decide cases."
And that revelation may just extend across issues.
"Having daughters," she said, "is just one kind of personal experience, but there could be other things — for example, serving in the military, adopting a child or seeing a law clerk come out as gay. All of these things could affect a justice's worldview."
This article was cross posted with permision from >>NC Policy Watch.
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Quanto mi piace questo genere di motel!
You checked us into a dirty room with only one bed and I needed two and I can't switch because the phone is off the hook?
Reading these reviews, I'm concerned if I will get the room I have requested in my booking??
I would be concerned about staying here regardless. We stayed over a year ago and absolutely loved it and then stayed again this past Labor Day weekend. It was a horrific experience and we were deeply saddened by the changes from the new owners. I would just say if you decide to take a leap of faith be absolutely certain you check your bank account after your stay. They charge additional fees on your credit card after your stay and make up excuses like, "your sheets were dirty" or "we were missing towels"! And, trust me, NOONE would want to take their towels, they are so thin you can see through them! Hopefully your stay will be different!!


What a load of bs! I'd be fuming!
If I'm reading this right, the 'pilot' burned 18 gals in 20 minutes ??? And simply landed refueled and took off again. That can't be right.
Morristown to Clemson is 94nm over the smokies. Clemson to Kaolin is 102nm. He would have to be doing about 250 knots to make those distances in the 20 minutes and 30 minutes as is reported.
The report states carb fuel bowl drain plug missing. Likely left improperly secured.


By Socrates Mbamalu on April 9, 2019 — A report by Elephants Without Borders show that the poaching of elephants in Botswana has increased sharply in recent times. This follows certain changes in policy by President Mokgweetsi Masisi's administration.
Dear President @OfficialMasisi stop the poaching of elephants in Botswana. A month after you were sworn in you disarmed the anti-poaching unit. Why? Save the elephants in Botswana and stop the poaching. Botswana is the last refuge for these elephants and they must be conserved.


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Flat up for sale in Glasgow's stunning secret 'Wes Anderson' building
Now is your chance to actually live in The Grand Budapest Hotel!
The incredible Wes Anderson-style interior (Image: Twitter/@HeatherParryUK)
Fans of comedy The Grand Budapest Hotel might want to get on the phone to the estate agents pronto - as a flat has just gone up for sale in Glasgow's stunning secret 'Wes Anderson' building.
A three-bed duplex apartment has been listed for sale online in the former Stonelaw Public School/Rutherglen Academy building on Melrose Avenue in Rutherglen, a Category B listed structure dating back to 1886.
We featured the building in an article last month, having been absolutely bowled over by the West Anderson-type aesthetic and colour scheme of the interior of the building - one it gained after it was redeveloped into 36 residential apartments back in 2001.
Fairytale castle with 500-year-old Outlander-style great hall up for sale for £2.7million
Stunning south side home in heart of Linn Park goes up for sale
At the time, resident Graham McCarey told Glasgow Live: "Even after two years living here, it's quite magical to step out in the atrium area. Every time somebody steps through the doors into it for the first time it always elicits quite a stunned response."
The atrium within the old school building in Rutherglen (Image: Rightmove)
The corner duplex apartment is spread over the ground and first floor levels and has three bedrooms, two public rooms, a study and a fully refurbished 4-piece bathroom.
Occupying a position at the westerly edge of the building, it enjoys views along Melrose Avenue and beyond in what the flat advertisement describes as 'a sought-after pocket of Rutherglen.
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And if the Wes Anderson-style atrium wasn't enough of a reason to attract movie lovers, the old school was once attended by Stan Laurel of Laurel and Hardy fame when he was a youngster.
A staircase within the old school building (Image: Twitter/@HeatherParryUK)
There's no doubt this place is worth a look, even if to kid on you have somehow found yourself in the The Grand Budapest Hotel!
It is on the market for offers over £169,995. To view the property, click HERE


Here's another round of those hilarious scammers offering fortune and fame for joining the Illuminati. We get a lot of these and find them quite funny. Don't say we didn't warn you.
Welcome to Part 4 of our Illuminati Scammers series! You can read Part I here.
This site has quite a few articles and references to The Illuminati, so it makes sense that many Google searches for information related to the Illuminati point right here to ZestyThings.com. What I find interesting is that every couple days I'll get a new registrant on the website who tries to submit a comment on an article claiming to be a member of the Illuminati trying to get people to join (for a 'fee' probably) and they promise to make you famous and give you vast sums of money, fame, & power. Clearly, many of the Illuminati scammers are not native English speakers and we've kept them exactly as they are – spelling errors and all!
JOIN THE NEW WORLD ORDER OF ILLUMINATI AND HAVE ALL YOUR DESIRES IN LIFE.


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Prosecutors want to 'break' her
Ghislaine Maxwell's brother says US prosecutors are trying to "break" the British socialite as she prepares to face the "most over-hyped trial of the century" because authorities are desperate to blame someone for Jeffrey Epstein's crimes.
Maxwell's long-anticipated sex-trafficking trial is set to kick off on Monday in the US District Court in Manhattan.
Prosecutors allege Maxwell, 59, groomed girls as young as 14 to have sex with Epstein from 1994 through 2004, and lied about her knowledge of his crimes when she testified in an earlier case.
Ian Maxwell, told the Associated Press on Friday that his sister was being targeted because authorities want to hold someone accountable for Epstein's crime
Maxwell claims his sister faces the "most over-hyped trial of the century." Here, Epstein and Maxwell pose together in 2005.
"This is not quite a put-up job, but nonetheless has been cobbled together so that Ghislaine is made to face the charges that Epstein never faced," Ian Maxwell said.
"This is designed to break her. I can't see any other way to read it," he added. "And she will not be broken because she believes completely in her innocence and she is going to give the best account she can."
Maxwell, who lived with Epstein for years and previously dated him, has pleaded not guilty to the charges.
A photo of Maxwell filed in April 2021 shows her reportedly ravaged by the conditions of her imprisonment, which includes 24/7 supervision.
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She has been in custody at the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn since she was arrested 17 months ago, and she has been denied bail several times.
"The authorities are feeling under pressure … because they lost [Epstein] and they're feeling under the public's pressure, and that combination of pressure is keeping Ghislaine inside. But it still doesn't make it right," Ian Maxwell said.
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Her family continue to push for bail, arguing her detention amounts to torture and is "inhumane."
Ian Maxwell said his sister is in "effective isolation" in a cell with no natural light.
Ghislaine Maxwell pictured in 2016. She is charged with six counts for allegedly procuring underage girls for Epstein to abuse from 1994 through 2004.
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Maxwell is also unable to sleep because she is watched around the clock by four guards and 10 cameras due to unwarranted concerns that she is a suicide risk, he added.
"The denial of bail is wholly inappropriate," Maxwell's brother said.
"Some very famous, infamous people were granted bail as most recently the killer of George Floyd, a murderer. John Gotti, another murderer, a mobster. Harvey Weinstein, Bill Cosby, Bernie Madoff. These are all men, of course, who got bail.
"Ghislaine is a woman who somehow doesn't get bail."
Maxwell is charged with six counts for allegedly procuring underage girls for Epstein to abuse from 1994 through 2004.
The trial is expected to kick off with opening statements on Monday after more than a year of preparation.
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(5) "District" means the Harris County Improvement District No. 24.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 805 (H.B. 4333), Sec. 1, eff. June 15, 2017.
Sec. 3799.002. CREATION AND NATURE OF DISTRICT. The district is a special district created under Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution.
Sec. 3799.003. PURPOSE; DECLARATION OF INTENT. (a) The creation of the district is essential to accomplish the purposes of Sections 52 and 52-a, Article III, and Section 59, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, and other public purposes stated in this chapter. By creating the district and in authorizing the city, the county, and other political subdivisions to contract with the district, the legislature has established a program to accomplish the public purposes set out in Section 52-a, Article III, Texas Constitution.
(c) This chapter and the creation of the district may not be interpreted to relieve the city or county from providing the level of services provided as of the effective date of the Act enacting this chapter to the area in the district. The district is created to supplement and not to supplant city or county services provided in the district.
Sec. 3799.004. FINDINGS OF BENEFIT AND PUBLIC PURPOSE. (a) The district is created to serve a public use and benefit.
Sec. 3799.005. INITIAL DISTRICT TERRITORY. (a) The district is initially composed of the territory described by Section 2 of the Act enacting this chapter.
Sec. 3799.006. APPLICABILITY OF MUNICIPAL MANAGEMENT DISTRICTS LAW. Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, Chapter 375, Local Government Code, applies to the district.
Sec. 3799.007. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter shall be liberally construed in conformity with the findings and purposes stated in this chapter.
Sec. 3799.051. GOVERNING BODY; TERMS. (a) The district is governed by a board of five voting directors who serve staggered terms of four years, with two or three directors' terms expiring June 1 of each odd-numbered year.
(b) The board by resolution may change the number of voting directors on the board only if the board determines that the change is in the best interest of the district. The board may not consist of fewer than 5 or more than 15 voting directors.
Sec. 3799.052. APPOINTMENT OF VOTING DIRECTORS. The mayor and members of the governing body of the city shall appoint voting directors from persons recommended by the board. A person is appointed if a majority of the members of the governing body and the mayor vote to appoint that person.
Sec. 3799.053. NONVOTING DIRECTORS. The board may appoint nonvoting directors to serve at the pleasure of the voting directors.
(c) Section 3799.052 does not apply to the initial voting directors.
Sec. 3799.101. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. The district has the powers and duties necessary to accomplish the purposes for which the district is created.
Sec. 3799.102. IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS AND SERVICES. The district may provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service using any money available to the district, or contract with a governmental or private entity to provide, design, construct, acquire, improve, relocate, operate, maintain, or finance an improvement project or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code.
Sec. 3799.103. DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION POWERS. The district, using money available to the district, may exercise the powers given to a development corporation under Chapter 505, Local Government Code, including the power to own, operate, acquire, construct, lease, improve, or maintain a project under that chapter.
Sec. 3799.104. LAW ENFORCEMENT SERVICES. To protect the public interest, the district may contract with a qualified party, including the city or the county, to provide law enforcement services in the district for a fee.
Sec. 3799.105. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. (a) The district may engage in activities that accomplish the economic development purposes of the district.
Sec. 3799.106. PARKING FACILITIES. (a) The district may acquire, lease as lessor or lessee, construct, develop, own, operate, and maintain parking facilities or a system of parking facilities, including lots, garages, parking terminals, or other structures or accommodations for parking motor vehicles off the streets and related appurtenances.
(c) The district's parking facilities are part of and necessary components of a street and are considered to be a street or road improvement.
Sec. 3799.108. NO ANNEXATION POWER. The district may not annex land without legislative approval.
Sec. 3799.109. NO EMINENT DOMAIN POWER. The district may not exercise the power of eminent domain.
Sec. 3799.151. DISBURSEMENTS AND TRANSFERS OF MONEY. The board by resolution shall establish the number of directors' signatures and the procedure required for a disbursement or transfer of district money.
Sec. 3799.152. MONEY USED FOR IMPROVEMENTS OR SERVICES. The district may acquire, construct, finance, operate, or maintain any improvement or service authorized under this chapter or Chapter 375, Local Government Code, using any money available to the district.
Sec. 3799.153. PETITION REQUIRED FOR FINANCING SERVICES AND IMPROVEMENTS WITH ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board may not finance a service or improvement project with assessments under this chapter unless a written petition requesting that service or improvement has been filed with the board.
Sec. 3799.154. ASSESSMENTS; LIENS FOR ASSESSMENTS. (a) The board by resolution may impose and collect an assessment for any purpose authorized by this chapter in all or part of the district.
Sec. 3799.155. TAX AND ASSESSMENT ABATEMENTS. The district may designate reinvestment zones and may grant abatements of a tax or assessment on property in the zones.
(2) contract payments described by Section 3799.203.
Sec. 3799.203. CONTRACT TAXES. (a) In accordance with Section 49.108, Water Code, the district may impose a tax other than an operation and maintenance tax and use the revenue derived from the tax to make payments under a contract after the provisions of the contract have been approved by a majority of the district voters voting at an election held for that purpose.
Sec. 3799.204. AUTHORITY TO BORROW MONEY AND TO ISSUE BONDS AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS. (a) The district may borrow money on terms determined by the board. Section 375.205, Local Government Code, does not apply to a loan, line of credit, or other borrowing from a bank or financial institution secured by revenue other than ad valorem taxes.
Sec. 3799.205. TAXES FOR BONDS. At the time the district issues bonds payable wholly or partly from ad valorem taxes, the board shall provide for the annual imposition of a continuing direct annual ad valorem tax, without limit as to rate or amount, for each year that all or part of the bonds are outstanding as required and in the manner provided by Sections 54.601 and 54.602, Water Code.
Sec. 3799.206. CITY NOT REQUIRED TO PAY DISTRICT OBLIGATIONS. Except as provided by Section 375.263, Local Government Code, the city is not required to pay a bond, note, or other obligation of the district.


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Lunatic Writer
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Sweet Melancholy
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Willful Pursuits
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Sproule's Folly
Audio Drama
All the World's a Stage
Comments & Contacts
Res Naturae
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Skattabo
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Confessions of an Unpublished Novelist: THE GUILLOTINE DROPS
My mentor has a great deal to say about the next submission I send him. He starts off on a note that is not too devastating by saying "Overall I still have good feelings about the potential of the book." Which I translate to mean, he hasn't given up on me completely. He goes on to say "I would say though that as a reader I'm feeling a little scattered."
My mentor is just warming up. He becomes very critical of how the time frame and POV switch so frequently in the story. He has no sense of where the story is headed. He goes on to state that my central character, Wernher von Braun, feels more like an archetype than a real flesh and blood character.
My mentor also laments how Lyndon Johnson, whom he calls the "most grounded and relatable character" in the story, is now dead and gone and, with his departure, "one of the sturdy legs of the story."
Wernher does not compare favourably. According to my mentor he and all my major characters need more immediate motivations and conflicts to move the story forward.
Conflict… it has been the most difficult concept for me to embrace as a writer. I instinctively shy away from it. I have to force it into the story. I don't seem to handle it especially well. It could well be that this weakness disqualifies me as a novel writer right from the start (playwright as well). Sigh…
Well… I was looking for specific, no-holds barred criticism. I am certainly getting it.
It might not hurt so much if my mentor wasn't fairly impressed with the first segment I sent, lulling me into a very false sense of security. My mentor's earlier words "you are clearly a skilled writer," seem pretty hollow now and I'm sure he would take them back if he could.
I am left feeling deflated and fraudulent. I can almost tangibly feel my confidence wasting away. So MANY things to fix, and I'm not sure I have the skill to fix them.
I do not dispute any of the mentor's comments. He is a pro; I am an amateur. He sees with clarity far in excess of my own. But I am left with the great fear that the entire manuscript is irredeemable, that no amount of editing can fix a story without a solid structure which might be a fair description of Lunatics at this point.
Nevertheless I have paid my money and I all shall forge on: making corrections and edits where I can, restoring chronological order, and trying to make my characters more believable.
Confessions of an Unpublished Novelist: FALSE HOPES
"Wow, I'm very intrigued. You're clearly a skilled writer. Reading these pages was entirely pleasurable." These were among the first words emailed to me by mentor, after reading the first 30 pages of Lunatics.
Needless to say, I was thrilled, flattered, feeling pretty good about myself. Maybe, I was thinking, this correspondence course was going to be a piece of cake—no deep editing required, just a tinkering with what was already a strong manuscript. I could easily endure thirty weeks of compliments and back-patting from a knowledgeable and appreciative mentor…
How do you spell "fool's paradise"?
Besides very much enjoying the compliments, I was very impressed at the level of detail my mentor was reading my work. He noted many small inconsistencies that I had glossed over. Perhaps, I thought, my readers would simply give me the benefit of the doubt. After all, it was with such an attitude that I read many other authors—a bit of a softie that way, I suppose.
But no, that was not how this process was going to play out. My mentor was not going to allow get me away with anything. If something wasn't entirely clear to him, if it struck him as an unlikely action for the character, or an unconvincing choice of words, he was going to let me know right away and expect me to fix it.
Good, I thought. Bring it on. I have been in a writing group for several years. It has been a valuable experience in many ways, but no member of the group has ever been prepared to challenge my writing with such vigour.
And finally my mentor brought up the question of Point of View (POV), professing he was a stickler about keeping it absolutely consistent. He had found at least one instance where I had strayed in this matter.
Okay, okay, little things… I would happily fix them up. No problem. The important thing was the mentor liked my work.
Alas… the honeymoon was to be short-lived…
Confessions of an Unpublished Novelist: the Preamble
So why write a novel? I have written plenty of short stories; some have won prizes. I have also written a great many stage and radio plays which have met with some small success. Occasionally I have even dabbled in poetry.
But the novel, for better or worse, is the format by which a writer's worth is measured. It is THE format of our century, and many centuries before. It seems impossible to escape this fact. This is not to take away from the accomplishments of Alice Munro and many other extraordinary masters of short fiction. Yet even they would admit, I think, that the easiest way to make a name for yourself as a writer, is to write a good novel. It is the form that the modern reader best knows, loves, and will pay money to read.
It is no different in the small corner of the writing universe where I live. Published poets are honoured, writers whose short fiction appear in literary magazine likewise acknowledged but, if you truly want to be taken seriously, if you want to be regarded as a bona fide member of the local writing community, you need to have a published novel to your credit.
So, in part at least, writing a novel is about status. Of course, it has nothing to do with money. If you are writing a novel to become wealthy, you are almost certainly delusional.
Mostly, however, I wanted to write a novel to see if I could do it. After much mulling, I think I found a story complex and interesting enough to suit the novel form. Short stories, beautiful and poignant as they can be, necessarily restrict the writer to a smaller tale, a surgical slice in time, a close focus on a small cast of characters.
I looked forward to the "freedom" of the novel format, which would allow me to explore several thematic directions simultaneously, look for complex relationships, delve into arcane details—things like that.
In about nine months I completed the first draft of Lunatics. A very small circle of readers looked through the manuscript, proofread, left me with general impressions, helped me identify areas which needed revision and so forth. After making the appropriate revisions, "polishing" the work as writers sometimes say, I had the sense that the manuscript was ready to see the eyes of publishers.
Wrong. It wasn't.
This I concluded after several publishers had rejected the manuscript. That being said, on two occasions, publishers did get back to me to ask to see the complete manuscript. Apparently in the opening of the work—the first thirty pages or so—I had done 'something' right, enough to warrant at least some initial interest, but no more.
It is no secret that it is probably harder today than ever to get a piece of fiction into print. The number of Canadian publishers of fiction has shrunk almost to nothing. Very little risk taking is going on. Breaking into the market as a new writer is a disheartening quest at best.
For many months I seriously explored the option of self-publishing or, at the very least, presenting the world with Lunatics as an e-book. Such books are all the rage now, and the cost of turning my manuscript into an e-book would not be that great. And the gratification would be nearly immediate when compared to the glacial pace of traditional print publishing. Besides, only months before, my novella, Eta Carinae, had been published by Vagabondage Press as an e-book, so I had already broken into the market, so to speak.
My present thinking however is that the fault lies less with publishers and more with the manuscript itself. In other words, Lunatics, in its present state, is simply not good enough to be published.
Along with my writer friend, Ross Klatte, last fall I presented a five-part talk on writing fiction to a local group of interested retirees. I was very hesitant about agreeing to do this. I had no formal training as a writer. What I knew about the craft was self-taught and largely instinctual. Nevertheless, with help of two very good books by writers who truly did understand the craft, I went ahead and shared what I knew with my retirees.
This was a good and maybe crucial experience for me. I certainly learned every bit as much as my audience, almost certainly more. Many of things I talked about: character, setting, voice—these were all things I felt I understood, but gradually I began to see I didn't understand them nearly so well as I thought. The greatest boogie man of them all was the idea of STRUCTURE. Again and again I kept reading about the importance of a novel having a very clear and disciplined structure. The novelist, I was being told, if he hope for success, must follow some very specific RULES as he writes.
What was scariest of all in my research was the suggestion that revision was something much deeper than "polishing". A second draft was not just about choosing a better adjective, discarding a repetitive sentence. It was really about seeing that on every page and in every sentence your work obeyed these rules, that your structure was solid at every step. True revision, it was suggested, probably meant a complete re-write of your first draft—no tinkering. Keeping in mind all the ways in which your first draft had failed—and it was given that it would have failed—put away the draft, don't look at it again, and rewrite from the very beginning! Yikes!
With all these new ideas in my head and filled, at the same time, with a sense of guilt and fear, I spoke to another writer friend, Eileen Pearkes. The structure woes resonated with her—she too struggled with structural problems—and she was a successful, published writer. Why don't you consider the Humber College Correspondence Creative Writing Course, she suggested? In this course, you are linked up to an established writer who looks through your manuscript in detail and gives you a true substantive edit. [pic]
A substantive edit… a no holds barred look at my work by someone who understood structure, who obeyed rules, and would have no hesitation about telling me where I was breaking them. Well, I thought… this was something the work very likely needed. And if not now, when? Either I would forever be an 'emerging' writer, or I could try to take the next step.
I submitted a sample of Lunatics to Humber College. Good enough, apparently; I was accepted into the course along with a dozen or so other writers. I was linked up to my mentor. Starting in the first week of January, I could expect to hear from him and we would be underway. Laying bare my writing ego to whatever assaults awaited. All during the Christmas season of 2013 I psyched myself up for the moment.
I would not be disappointed.
Brian d'Eon, fiction writer: whose work modulates between speculative, historical and magical realism.
Apollo XI
Baillie Grohman
Baillie-Grohman
Begbie
Bluebell Mine
British Colonist
Capitalism Vs Climate
Dandelions
D'Eon
Diana Morita Cole
Draper Catalogue
Eileen Delehanty Pearkes
Fassbender
Green Manifesto
Grohman
Hammill
Harold Fry
Internees
Jobs Vs Environment
Lily Langtry
Nebraska Movie
Novel Drafts
Novel Structure
Primack & Abrams
Queenie Hennessy
Richard Bausch
Sean Arthur Joyce
Serkis
Sinixt
Sproule
The Humans
The Price Of Transcendence
The Wind Rises
Treasure Beach
View From The Center Of The Universe
Von Braun
Winter Photos


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Right? This is INSANE its been months!
its been since extinction launch! like come on lol fix it!
I don't expect much from WC but the ice cave drops and artifact are still broken. Its been like a month, this is stupid.
please god say you fixed the cave drops and artifacts on official? Have no idea how you could have broken that... but really hinders game play ... another TLC would be awesome! There are so many dinos that really have no purpose like a carno Really hope this new kibble system doesn't make my kibble farm i put together pointless, and the THOUSANDS of kibble i already have made not useable. Finally, can PvE just pick stuff up whenever please. Or at least be able to pick up the tek stuff as well within 30 seconds. I get there is some pvp nonsense why you can't implement a lot of s+.... but can PvE stop being punished with the wide ban hammer?
Still no cave drops or artifacts ?
Weeks now WC can we get a fix? I'm convinced they broke all this stuff purposely so we would get the new map. Its nothing game breaking, but this and no drops makes the game a lot less fun... but you know where nice OSD are?! the new map!... Please just fix it, I'm not moving.