Court Barn is listed. sited in an outstanding Conservation Area and adjoins the site of a Scheduled Ancient Monument.
Converting it to a Museum, exhibition space and archive for the Guild of Handicraft Trust was a major conservation challenge made possible by a Heritage Lottery Grant and donations.
Reg Ellis Associates were commissioned to design and overseee the repairs and alterations, which were carried out by local builders - Pyments Ltd.
The challenge was to retain the character of what was a derelict building and to protect the tranquility of its setting and the spaciousness of the interior.
It was clear that, as it stood, the barn itself would not provide enough accommodation for the Museum's purposes. But there had been an earlier threshing floor in the building, creating a kind of mezzanine over the west wing. This was reinstated, and extended in the form of a new self-supporting gallery, to provide office space and archive storage. The new mezzanine is constructed of English ash attached to the floor with stainless steel footings. Like all new work in Court Barn it is reversible, so that if the barn should pass into other uses it can be removed, leaving the orginal structure intact.
Underfloor heating was installed and the roof was insulated and underlined with lime plaster. Glazed screens were inserted behind the orginal barn doors and the lighting was carefully designed by Lightmaster to provide a controlled environment for the wonderful exhibition space designed by Gareth Hoskins Associates.


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The Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd (ANZ Bank) is one of Australia's "big four" banks.
1 Profitteering from Iraq War
2 Financing Logging in PNG
3 Coal financing
6 Resources and articles
Profitteering from Iraq War
ANZ is one of a number of banks to take a stake in the Trade Bank of Iraq.
Financing Logging in PNG
Connections with Rimbunan Hijau
Coal financing
In 2010, ANZ was named by the Dow Jones Sustainability Index as the most sustainable bank globally, yet Greenpeace has found that the bank is the leading financier of the coal industry and coal-fired power stations. According to Greenpeace, the bank has financed nearly $1.7 billion worth of mines, ports and power stations in the last five years. In response, ANZ released a statement to Lateline saying it recognises the ongoing "importance of coal in Australia's energy security" while Australia makes the transition to a low carbon future, and that the bank is the nation's "leading renewable energy financier" and is starting to "see a shift in our portfolio from coal to alternative sources". Greenpeace says it will draw on more than 100,000 supporters for what it calls a "big and long campaign" against ANZ.[1]
See ANZ and coal for more details.
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Charles B. Goode, AC - Independent Non-Executive Director
Gregory J. Clark - Independent Non-Executive Director
Jerry K. Ellis - Independent Non-Executive Director
Margaret A. Jackson - Independent Non-Executive Director
Ian J. Macfarlane - Independent Non-Executive Director
Michael Smith (ANZ) - Chief Executive Officer
David E. Meiklejohn - Independent Non-Executive Director
John P. Morschel - Independent Non-Executive Director
Australian Conservation Foundation, NGOs lodge complaint against ANZ Bank for PNG illegal logging ties, 23 August, 2006.
Richard Gluyas, ANZ goes green with WWF, The Australian, November 22, 2006.
Leon Gettler, Greenward ho! ANZ looks to the environment, The Age, November 23, 2006.
Roderick S. Deane - Former director
Alison Watkins
John Anderson (Australia)
John McFarlane - Former CEO
Mark Paton
Rod Eddington
↑ Margot O'Neill, "Greenpeace targets 'coal backing' ANZ" ABC News, Oct. 18, 2010.
↑ Directors, ANZ, accessed March 7, 2008.
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Where exactly is Germany? What is everyday life like for German families? Which holidays are celebrated? And what is special about the German language? Here, you can find out more about German family life, traditions, and the geography of the country.
Chocolate bunnies, colourfully painted eggs and sweet pastries – these treats can be found on tables in Germany every spring. At Easter, the country celebrates the resurrection of Christ and the beginning of spring. Easter Sunday in particular is oriented around the family. Here, children can look in the garden for Easter eggs and presents hidden by the Easter Bunny. Then everyone comes together for a traditional breakfast, where they enjoy fresh bread, milk, cheese, and sausage. Also popular is what's known as the Easter bonfire, where across the country, a metre-high pile of wood is set ablaze to welcome the new season and drive away the winter.
The majestic Alps and men in lederhosen (leather trousers) – this is what Germany is known for the world over. But the whole country has a lot more to offer than just Bavaria and the famous Oktoberfest. Did you know that in the north, there are no mountains to be found for miles around? Instead, there are nearly endless green meadows and flat coastal landscapes. On the coasts of the North Sea and the Baltic Sea and their many islands, you can enjoy the fresh breeze whirling around you. Germany itself is located in the middle of Western Europe. From the northern to the southern tip, it's roughly 876 kilometres, and from east to west it's around 640 kilometres. Germany also borders nine other countries. And it's full of variety: almost every region has its own traditional customs and special dress. The fisherman's shirt is typical in the north, for example.
Order, punctuality, diligence and steadiness – these are the virtues that Germany is known for. Buses and trains run like clockwork, streets are divided with clear lines for bicycles, cars and pedestrians, and at the office, there's a different form to go along with each and every procedure. Maybe that sounds boring and conservative, but it makes communal life considerably easier. Furthermore, Germans are social and considerate people, open to the world, and have a good amount of humour.
The main language in Germany is High German. But did you know that the German language has around 20 dialects and so many subdialects that it would be impossible to count them all? From the capital Berlin and the flat north to the Alps – a different sound resonates in every region. And that starts with the greeting: in Bavaria, you'll encounter 'grüß Gott' – literally '(may) God greet (you)' – whereas in Oldenburger Land, a simple 'moin' (hey) suffices. The languages are so different that Northern and Southern Germans can hardly understand one another when they are speaking in their dialect.
Christianity, Islam and Judaism – various religions also play a part in Germany's diversity. Accounting for almost 60 percent of the population, Christianity is the largest faith community in Germany. In the west and the east, Catholicism is prevalent, whereas Evangelicalism is dominant in the north. Protestants and Catholics are thus the two largest religious groups, followed by Muslims, Orthodox Christians, and Buddhists. Around 30 percent of Germans, principally in the east, belong to no religious group.
Pork knuckle with dumplings, sausages with sauerkraut, as well as a fresh beer. These culinary export favourites are known around the world. But Germany doesn't just offer a wealth of variety with meat dishes: Germany is the world champion when it comes to bread – offering over 3,000 different kinds. With grains, with light or dark flour, at breakfast or for supper, bread is served in many different forms. And there is of course bread's indispensable companion: fresh butter and delicious cheese. This combination is used to make the Stulle (sandwich), which children and adults alike are always delighted to find in their packed lunch. At the breakfast table, milk plays a role that's just as important as that of bread. Whether on its own or with muesli – high-quality milk is how many people opt to make a healthy start to their day.
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Rockin' Thru the Aughts: The Year 2000 Pt. 2 – Debut albums from Flogging Molly, Linkin Park, Good Charlotte, and more
Posted on 21 May, 2018	by Lyzette
Rockin' Thru the Aughts is my revisit through the rock music I loved as a preteen and teenager. For a full list of what I will be covering on this challenge, head over here.
Now that I'm making my way through the rock music of the year 2000, I've decided to keep things interesting by attempting to present the rest of the albums through a series of themes. While more likely these themes will fall more in line with genre (next post will be devoted to adult contemporary and soft rock!), I also think it would be cool to introduce some bands that released their debut albums in 2000. Some of these bands will almost certainly make their return at one or more points throughout the decade, and I think that tracking their progress from the very beginning would be pretty fun!
Anyway, I'll keep this introduction short. Here are some debut records!
Swagger – Flogging Molly
LA band Flogging Molly (named after an inside joke regard a bar the members would frequent) wasn't really much on my radar throughout high school, but I distinctly remember having at least a small handful of their songs on my iPod. As far as their debut album is concerned, I only ever listened to "Devil's Dance Floor", which I recall hearing for the first time on mainstream rock radio and falling in love with it instantly. I wouldn't get into the Pogues until years later, but it's clear now that the Celtic punk style of this record (and the band as a whole) has roots from deep within the sound of the classic punk group.
The first two tracks, "Salty Dog" and "Selfish Man", kick off the record impressively well. Let primarily by Matt Hensley's uptempo accordion and distinct vocals courtesy of Dave King (an actual Irishman!), these two rowdy tracks recount a rowdy night at a pub just as much as they do a punk show moshpit. Personally, though, I think the band is at their strongest when they tone things down a bit, as is the case with "The Worst Day Since Yesterday", a midtempo number with some excellent tongue-in-cheek, melancholic lyrics ("Though these wounds have seen no wars, except for the scars I have ignored / And this endless crutch, well it's never enough / It's been the worst day since yesterday").
While the production of this record is credited to Flogging Molly themselves, the mixing is done by the legendary Steve Albini. This must explain how the ragged, punk rock feel of this record works so well with delicate instruments like the tin flute and mandolin in "Life in a Tenement Square" and "The 'Ol Beggars Bush", as with the fiddle in "Black Friday Rule" (possibly the album's centerpiece). Even better, the lyrics remain so completely real and dignified from song to song. I would give most of the credit to King's consistently awesome performance, but I fear that it would diminish the credit that the rest of the band well deserves. The drum work, guitar solo, and violin solo in "Black Friday Rule", for example, are all to die for.
While any number of these tracks would be excellent drinkin' and partyin' material, going back to "Devil's Dance Floor" was really one of the highlights of the record for me. That flute/accordion/mandolin combo is absolutely fantastic and the chorus is anthemic as all hell. An even bigger surprise, though, was discovering the second-to-last track "Sentimental Johnny", which is super reminiscent of "Fiesta", one of my very favorite Pogues tracks. Overall, this is an incredibly solid debut record and I cannot wait to check out more from these guys.
Best tracks: "The Worst Day Since Yesterday", "Life in a Tenement Square", "Black Friday Rule", "Devil's Dance Floor", "Sentimental Johnny"
The Distillers – The Distillers
Most of the tracks from The Distillers with which I've been familiar actually come from their 2003 album Coral Fang (which I definitely plan on covering). Interestingly enough, the one track from their debut that I played frequently back in the day was one that I wasn't aware was a cover. Indeed, it took me an embarrassingly long time before realizing that "Ask the Angels" was a Patti Smith song – but boy, what an introduction!
The music of The Distillers in their debut is pretty standard punk rock – fast drums, repetitive guitars, simple chords. What makes their sound really pop, I think, are the totally fierce vocals from leading woman Brody Dalle. Once again, much better examples of such will be exemplified in Coral Fang, but I also think that the album's opener "Oh Serena" is an excellent opener for that very reason. This is carried over to the second track "Idoless", which is as energetic and passionate as they come.
For the most part, this record keeps up its general sound and tempo from start to finish, with little room in the way of down time. This isn't to say that it's bad – quite the contrary. If you're in the mood for some mid- to high-tempo skate punk with some fierce melodies popping in every now and again (such as in "World Comes Tumblin' Down")… well, you could do a whole lot worse. Nonetheless, it's clear from the first half of the album or so that it's bound to get pretty repetitive from that point onward. This doesn't exactly work to its disadvantage, but it's nothing very cutting edge either.
The gears switch up a little bit with the aforementioned "Ask the Angels". Here, Dalle is doing more in the way of singing and the melody in general is more pronounced and polished. It is in moments like these where this album feels more like a predecessor of what's to come than its own totally unique end product. Nonetheless, Dalle steals the show from start to finish – just one listen to "Open Sky" automatically sells it. She and her bandmates are obviously having such a great time, which makes the listener want to join along. As unexceptional as the album may b e as a whole, at least this accomplishment is admirable.
Best tracks: "Oh Serena", "World Comes Tumblin' Down", "Ask the Angels", "Open Sky"
Hybrid Theory – Linkin Park
Arguably, Linkin Park are one of the most important mainstream rock bands of the 2000s and their appeal shines through right from their debut. Spearheaded by Mike Shinoda's rapping and programming, as well as Chester Bennington's more melodic yet rough vocals, this was the album for many of my generation. I first heard of the band through some older cousins of mine who were raving about them, "In the End" specifically. Nonetheless, it took me far too long to actually listen to this album in its entirety – 2016, to be exact.
From the first couple tracks of Hybrid Theory, it's clear that this band is the real deal. "Papercut" deals with the issue of paranoia and distrust ("It's like I'm paranoid lookin' over my back / It's like a whirlwind inside of my head"), while "One Step Closer" kicks it up a notch with a healthy dose of pure unadulterated angst ("I need a little room to breathe / 'Cause I'm one step closer to the edge and I'm about to break"). The latter song especially demonstrates Bennington's unparalleled penchant for effective emotional outburst during the, "Shut up when I'm talking to you!" section.
Nonetheless, I think the production earns a fair bit of praise. While I'm not the biggest fan of "Crawling"'s overdramatic chorus, the synths in the verses are some of the purest, most beautiful sonic moments of the whole album. I find "Runaway" to be kind of underrated, with a nu-metal sound that works surprisingly well. And then, of course, there's "In the End", with its gorgeously melodic keys at the intro, terrifically rapped verses, and, yes, an amazing vocal performance from Bennington in both the chorus and middle eighth. It must be said, though – this album is significantly less fun to listen to as an adult (i.e. a non-teenager). So many of these lyrics read and sound like they come straight from the pages of a high schooler's private diary, which isn't necessarily to its detriment. Still, it does get tiresome after a while – "Points of Authority" and "Pushing Me Away" are so lyrically similar, it's a tad ridiculous.
Nonetheless, I'd be wrong not to mention that these lyrics hold an intrinsic value to listeners who could relate to the themes laid out here – which inherently makes this a worthwhile listen. Ever since Bennington's suicide nearly a year ago, it's been really hard to go back and listen to Linkin Park's music, least of all their earlier stuff. Bennington's pain, depression, and trauma are so concretely realized song after song and it hurts to realize that the very gift that caused so many people, young and old, to connect with their music is the same that would lead him to end his life. Still, this album was one that became the voice for many who were voiceless – and I think that's kind of beautiful.
Best tracks: "One Step Closer", "Runaway", "In the End"
Mer de noms – A Perfect Circle
A Perfect Circle is yet another band that has always just kind of been around. When I was listening to a lot more harder rock (most likely between ages 12-15), A Perfect Circle always felt to be a band that remained ragged around the edges, yet still inexplicably calming to listen to. It doesn't hurt that vocalist Maynard James Keenan was previously leader of Tool, which embraced a relatively rougher progressive metal style, as opposed to A Perfect Circle's emphasis on slightly more polished alternative rock tones.
Mer de noms was, of course, the band's debut record and the one that has generally garnered them the most acclaim. Much like Deftones (whose album White Pony I covered in The Year 2000 Pt. 1), it's tempting to conclude that the atmosphere formed in this record stands in priority over the lyrics themselves. Just take a listen to "Magdalena", which emphasizes a moody bass line and dark, moody guitar aesthetics to create the record's unique sound. This is carried over into "Rose", a more explicitly hard rock number that, nonetheless, uses its abnormal time signatures and variety of instruments (including strings and unique percussion) to set itself apart from others.
Nonetheless, this is also the kind of record that I, personally, could really only find myself admiring from afar. Once I look a little closer, it seems that the lyrics themselves, though decidedly vague and often emitted powerfully by Keenan, leave much to be desired. "Magdalena", for example, concerns itself with with a stripper as the subject, with lyrics that are as male gazey as they come ("So pure, so rare / To witness such an earthly goddess"). While "Judith" was a personal favorite of mine as a teenager, the lyrics of concerning atheism and intense distaste for Christianity seem unnecessarily cruel in retrospect ("You're such an inspiration for the ways that I will never, ever choose to be / Oh, so many ways for me to show you how your savior has abandoned you").
These are just a sampling of the lyrics that rubbed me the wrong way – I could go more in depth, but I want to keep these reviews short! Overall, the best word I could use to describe this record is "bitter" – which I could see befitting the needs of many, but does not particularly suit my own tastes. Still, I've got to give it up for the polished production on a good many of these tracks, including "Rose", "Sleeping Beauty", "Thinking of You", and others. If anything, it was really nice to find out that "3 Libras" holds up, with its magnificent melding of intricate strings and melodic vocals that sounds just as good now as it did when I was younger.
Best tracks: "Rose", "3 Libras"
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Silence – Glassjaw
Unlike many of the other bands that I've been covering on this challenge, Glassjaw is one that has been relatively unfamiliar to me pretty much all the way to the present day. My guess is that they just flew under my radar on account of them not getting a lot of TV play (since that was where I found the vast majority of alternative rock). Still, I had a couple of their songs in my music library, thus making them eligible for this challenge.
I'll start this off by stating that I'm well aware of Glassjaw's reputation as an important figure of the 2000s post-hardcore scene (especially this album)… and I get it. The intensity of Daryl Palumbo's vocals is matched perfectly with Justin Beck's erratic guitar work, both of these very prominently demonstrated from one track of this album to the next. "Pretty Lush", the album's opener, goes for the throat right off the get-go, with a blistering intensity that fires off like dynamite. While there are only a few other songs that match this level of unfettered intensity, the album is at its best when it demonstrates its diversity of sound. "Ry Ry's Song" was the one track that I listened to the most in high school, and while its lyrics have certainly not held up so well over time, it's a pleasant surprise to see that it's still the most pleasant listen to come out of this album. And say what you will about this sound overall – it's damn influential of what's to come from the post-hardcore scene.
But anyway, let's talk about these lyrics, shall we!!
So, the vast majority of this album deals with the inner turmoil that occurs when a relationship goes awry… and let's just say it's pretty bitter. Not to mention sexist as all hell. "Pretty Lush" contains the lyrics, "You can lead a whore to water and you can bet that she'll drink and follow orders". But it gets worse. "Siberian Kiss" has the speaker telling his dreaded ex, "Why don't you sell yourself?", while also using the typical emotional abuse line, "If I can't have you, no one will". "Lovebites and Razorlines" is arguably the worst offender, fully composed of egregious lines like, " Fucking whore, you live in shit, and you will eat your own way out" (and that's not even the worst line in the whole song!). "Hurting and Shoving" paints a cruel scenario wherein he states he'd, "hold his child's head underwater… If it's a daughter, I'll say I did what I did because I had to". "Piano" states plainly, "I only beat you when I'm drunk; you're only pretty when you're crying".
Needless to say, as a woman, it's clear that this album was not meant for me and is thus quite an exhausting listen. Still, it makes me wonder: who is this album for? Even one of the less obviously awful tracks, "When One Eight Becomes Two Zeroes" (awful title, I know) asserts that the subject is, "just another hobby for a guy like me". I get that breakups are tough and the emotions coming from that are even tougher, but there's got to be a better way to handle this kind of pain. I'm glad that the band have recently renounced this album's blatant misogyny, but that still doesn't change the fact that it has taught a full generation of boys and men that violence toward women (even if implied) is an adequate means of dealing with the struggle of heartbreak.
But I won't put this entirely on Glassjaw's back – after all, rock music has a long history of men's entitlement over women that manifests itself in various ways. And lemme tell you, I've got a long, long road ahead of me.
Best track: "Ry Ry's Song"
Good Charlotte – Good Charlotte
After the last listen, I needed a palette cleanser of sorts – music from a band that are just plain silly and don't take themselves so damn seriously. Regardless of the quality of their music, Good Charlotte were a band that were always pretty persistent in my middle school and earlier high school years. While I would eventually grow out of their silly, knee-deep brand of pop-punk, I still get a warm sense of nostalgia when revisiting their stuff, especially songs from the sophomore album The Young and the Hopeless. With that being said, I never actually gave a listen to their self-titled debut – so, lucky me!
So, while this is far from a particularly strong album, it's actually not to bad in terms of debut album quality. Two main elements of these songs hold the record down as a whole: the Madden brothers' corny-ass lyrics and Joel Madden's whiny vocalizations. The intro track "Little Things" (what would become one of the band's signature tracks) immediately zeroes in on its target audience, being "dedicated to every kid who ever got picked last in gym class". It then reflects on a bunch of tired cliches about the high school underdog experience, from being picked on by the popular kids to the speaker's dad walking out on them. One thing that's for certain about this band is that subtlety isn't their strong suit – you know that "I Heard You" is about being laughed at by the cool kids at the t-shirt stand because this is literally stated in the lyrics! Nonetheless, the lyrical plain-speak also explain how this band was so big with really young kids (like myself), so there's that.
Basically, this album is the best whenever Good Charlotte just decide to stay in their lane. Once they try to experiment with adding more hip hop elements to their sounds (such as in "Waldorf Worldwide" and "Complicated"), the whole thing just falls flat on its face. At the same time, though, I can't hate it completely – the music of songs like "I Don't Wanna Stop" and "Walk By" are totally competent, and even their slower songs like "The Motivation Proclamation" and "Seasons" are totally in their element. And I can't deny that I'm a sucker for the album closer, the hidden track "Thank You Mom", which is an acoustic-style ballad to the most important woman in the Madden boys' lives. It's corny, yes, but also fitting to the entirety of the album… and probably the band as a whole. While I wouldn't recommend Good Charlotte to anyone over the age of fifteen, I can also see how this would appeal to the young and young at heart. It's fine!
Best tracks: "Walk By", "Screamer"
This was an intriguing section this time around. Perhaps not the most consistent in terms of quality, but interesting and eye-opening nonetheless! As I stated above, next week's entry to the challenge will be devoted to adult contemporary, soft rock, and anything else falling under that relative umbrella. Think less guitars and more pianos. 'Til next time!
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List of French speaking countries in Africa
Author: Gladys Mokeira Obiero
Category: Facts and Life Hacks
French is one of the most popular languages in Africa. Its genesis dates back to the scramble and partition of Africa. Although Britain colonized a bigger territory, France and Portugal had their fair share of the region. Noteworthy, there is a distribution of French speaking countries in Africa depending on the populations that were affected by these colonial powers.
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Africa has a total of 31 francophone countries spoken by an estimated population of 120 million people. The population covers both the people who consider it a primary or secondary language. In the continent, French is spoken together with the people's indigenous dialects, but in some urban settings both in the central and western Africa, It is their formal language. However, for states like Tunisia, Mauritania, Algeria, and Morocco, it is a class dialect with only a select number of the population, or a given class using it for their communication. Under each of the French-speaking countries in Africa, there are local dissimilarities concerning its vocabulary and pronunciation.
French speaking countries in Africa and their capitals
Francophone countries in Africa are mostly products of their colonial masters pre-independence. The different varieties of French spoken in Africa differ depending on their vocabulary and pronunciation, but in official communication, it is used in media, education, and legal processes. One of the major facts about French speaking countries in Africa is their strong affiliation with France. Unlike other colonizers, French protectorates enjoy support from their overseas allies with direct administrative, economic, and social support.
Francophone nations in Africa are mostly former territories of France, save for a few instances in different countries. Other than French, there are other nations which consider English, Portuguese and Spanish as their official languages. So which African countries have French as their official language? Well, in a 2015 statistics, 29 nations officially recognized the language as formal out of the 31 that speak it for cross-cultural interactions and trade. Here is a list of all French speaking countries in Africa.
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1. Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC)
Population: 91 million | Capital city: Kinshasa
DRC formerly known as Zaire is the second largest country in area after Algeria and the fourth most populated country in the continent. After gaining independence in 1960, it adopted the francophone culture and language. Other official languages recognized by the government include Kikongo, Tshiluba, Swahili, and Lingala. The French Language spoken in the Democratic Republic of Congo has many similarities with Belgian French. The rationale is because it was introduced to the country in its colonial period when it was under Belgian rule. Other than French, DRC is home to more than 250 different dialects.
2. Algeria
Population: 40.4 million | Capital city: Algiers
Algeria is a country situated to the North of Africa with a Mediterranean coastline and a Saharan desert interior. It is Africa's largest country by size, but most of the population is on the country's South, running away from the desert North. It was colonized by the French who invaded the land in 1830. It became so dominant that it replaced native languages. Although it has no official status, it is widely used in government, culture, media (newspapers) and education (from primary school).
Population: 19 million | Capital city: Ouagadougou
Burkina Faso is a landlocked country in West Africa. It borders six nations namely Niger to the east, Mali on the north,Benin to the southeast; Togo and Ghana to the south; and Ivory Coast to the southwest. The country was colonized by the French, with the locals adopting the language and making it the official language as stated in their constitution. However, locals have their primary dialects and use French for trade and in social interactions.
4. Chad
Population: 11.3 million | Capital city: N'Djamena
Chad is a landlocked country located in the north-central African region and bordered by Niger, Sudan, Libya, Central Africa Republic, Nigeria, and Cameroon. The official languages spoken in the nation are French and Arabic. Its adoption as an official language dates back to the French colonial rule of the territory from 1920 to 1960. Further, chad is home to different communities including Sara, Kanembu/Buduma, Arab, Masalit, Gorane and Masa.
5. Niger
Population: 21 million | Capital city: Niamey
Niger is a landlocked country in the West African region bordering Algeria, Libya, Nigeria, Benin, Mali, Burkina Faso, Chad, and Mali. It is one of the top French speaking countries in Africa and has been the official language post-independence. Other than its official status, most people use it as a secondary language especially the elite. Other than French, the nation has other ten official languages considered as primary by the specific communities.
6. Mali
Population: 20 million | Capital city: Bamako
Mali uses French as the official language after France's colonial rule over the territory. Other than that, there are more than 40 African languages that are used by the locals as their primary dialect. Bambara is the most famous and highly accepted dialect in the country with more than 80% of the population using the lingua franca fluently. In addition to Bamara and French, there are 12 other national dialects including Bomu, Toro So Dogon, Tieyaxo Bozo, Maasina Fulfulde, Mamara Senoufo, Hassaniya Arabic, Kita Maninkakan, Soninke, Koyraboro Senni, Syenara Tamasheq, Senoufo, and Xaasongaxango.
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Population: 14.8 million | Capital city: Dakar
As a result of Senegal's colonial past, French is technically the country's official language and has significant political and economic influence in Senegalese society. It is used for teaching in public schools across the country, as well as the dialect of governance. Proficiency in speaking the lingua franca is considered an essential requirement for accessing opportunity and achieving success. Senegal is one of the countries that esteems the dialect both as an official and a general inter-ethnic dialect.
8. Guinea
Population: 12.5 million | Capital city: Conakry
Guinea is a west-African country located in the coastal shores of Atlantic Ocean. The official language in the country for administrative and educational purposes is French. However, there are 24 additional ethnic groups which speak different dialects namely Maninka, Susu, Pular, Loma, Kpelle, and Kissi. The most prevalent group is Islam with over 85% of the population ascribing to religion and culture.
Population: 10 million | Capital city: Porto-Novo
French is the only official language of Benin according to the Constitution of Benin. It was introduced during the colonial period and retained as the official language upon independence. It is spoken by about 4 million people, constituting around 35%of Benin's population. In 1904 the area became part of France's colonial rule, titled French Dahomey, which would later be named the Republic of Benin in 1991.
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10. Burundi
Population: 10 million | Capital city: Gitega
The Republic of Burundi earned its independence in 1962 as a Belgium protectorate. It is a small nation located in East-Central Africa. Despite being a Belgium colony, the official language in use is French. Just like Congo Brazzaville, it is one of the countries in Africa with French as an official language despite being from a different colonial master. Other ethnic divisions include Hutu, Tutsi, Twa and other foreigners. Besides, Kirundi is the national and official language, and English an additional official language.
11. Togo
Population: 8 million | Capital city: Lomé
Togo is a sub-Saharan nation bordered by its neighbors Burkina Faso, Benin, and Ghana. The state attained its independence from France in 1960 and adopted French as the country's official dialect to date. Despite being the nation's official dialect, there are local lingos spoken by the natives as their primary dialect especially those from the Gbe family. Other recognized dialects include Kabiyé and Ewe.
Population: 22 million | Capital city: Antananarivo (Tananarive)
Madagascar is an island in the Indian Ocean and east of South Africa. For many years, Madagascar was a place on the Eastern way from Europe to Asia. This affected the local populations of Madagascar who spoke many different dialects. For a short time, they had made English an official dialect but was removed in 2010 when the Malagasy voters approved the new Constitution retaining French, adopted from their former colonial masters. The majority of the population in Madagascar speak French as their first language.
13. Central Africa Republic (CAR)
Population: 4.5 million | Capital city: Bangui
CAR is a landlocked country located in the Central part of the continent with the neighbors being Sudan, Chad, South Sudan, DRC, and Cameroon. The nation gained its independence in 1960 from their France colonial masters after which they adopted French and Sango as the country's official languages to date. However, it is not the first dialect for the locals, but the official means of communication for all government administrative communication.
14. Equatorial Guinea
Population: 1.2 million | Capital city: Malabo
Equatorial Guinea was a Spanish protectorate until 1968 when the country earned its independence. It also became the only country in the continent with Spain as the official language post-independence. Other recognized official languages include French and Portuguese. Other than Spain, the country has recognized aboriginal dialects including Benga, Balengue, Ndowe, Bujeba, Fang, Gumu, Bube, Igbo, Pichinglis, Bissio, and Baseke.
15. Tunisia
Population: 11.3 million | Capital city: Tunis
Majority of Tunisians are fluent in French. In school, it is taught to children from the age of eight. French colony in Tunisia commenced in 1881 and ended in 1956 with Tunisia's independence. The lingua franca is mostly spoken in Tunisia by around 5.89 million individuals but is sometimes considered a language of the elite. Other spoken dialects include English and Arabic with the latter as the official language.
16. Djibouti
Population: 942,333 | Capital city: Djibouti
Djibouti is a nation with a multilingual orientation. Their three official languages include French, Arabic, and Somali. About 59,000 people speak Djibouti Arabic also known as Ta'izzi-Adeni Arabic, while Somali is used formally for religious significance. However, French is a statutory national language after the locals inherited it from their colonial masters post-independence. At least 17,000 citizens consider it their first language.
17. Ivory Coast
Population: 22.7 million | Capital city: Yamoussoukro
Ivory Coast is located in West Africa section of the continent. Yamoussoukro is the country's Capital city while Abidjan is the largest city in terms of economic growth. French is the official language in the country introduced during colonialism. Besides, the citizenry also speaks Diula, Anyin, Baule, and Sentari. This state became a colony under France between the year 1843 and 1844 then later, in 1893 during European's scramble for Africa, Ivory Coast became a French protectorate. Ivory Coast was a fundamental unit of the Federation of French West African from 1904 to 1958.
18. Comoros
Population: 850,688 | Capital city: Moroni
Union of Comoros is an Island nation located in the Indian Ocean. It obtained its independence from France in 1975. After liberation, the nation adopted French as their official language for use in both government and intercommunity communication. However, it's considered the second language by most natives.
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19. Cameroon
Population: 24 million | Capital city: Yaoundé
Cameroon is both a British and a French colony. France had a larger geographical share in the country during colonialism. Both English and French are official languages, but the primary source of heritage for Cameroon's colonial past from 1916 to 1960 was being both a colony of the United Kingdom and France. The nation strives toward bilingualism, but in reality, French is the most prominent language for interethnic communication in the country.
20. Gabon
Population: 2 million | Capital city: Libreville
French is the most used language in Gabon, with an estimated population of over 80% speaking it fluently. Further, about 30% of the residents consider it as their first dialect. In national statistics, Fang language is spoken by 32% of the residents as their native dialect. As of October 2012, the country decided to introduce English as the second official language.
21. Rwanda
Population: 11 million | Capital city: Kigali
The Republic of Rwanda is a country in the east African bloc and neighbor to Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, and DRC. Kinyarwanda is the primary language and is fluently spoken by nearly all citizenry. Post-independence, the country adopted French from the Belgium colonizers and went forth to become the country's official language. Currently, English, Kinyarwanda, Swahili, and French are the official dialects as recognized by the state. As a member of the East African Community, Swahili is a vital lingua franca for the nation.
22. Mauritius
Population: 1.2 million | Capital city: Port Louis
Mauritius is an island country located in the Indian Ocean. The country earned its independence in 1968 from its colonial masters and has since transformed into a middle-income state. French is used as an official language, and a means for inter-ethnic exchange. However, it is not the first language for most people.
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23. Reunion
Population: 845,000 | Capital city: Saint-Denis
Reunion is an island country located in the Indian Ocean about 180Km from Mauritius, and east of Madagascar. The official languages in the country are Réunion Creole and French. The country is under the French overseas department with the ethnic groups including Malagasy, African, Pakistani, Chinese, and Indians.
24. Seychelles
Population: 92,000 | Capital city: Victoria
Seychelles is an island country located in the Indian Ocean. It consists of 116 smaller islands in the area northeast of Madagascar. The main language is Seychellois Creole with over 90% of the people speaking it fluently. Others include English and French, which are both recognized as official means of communication by the state.
25. Congo Brazzaville
Population: 4 million | Capital city: Brazzaville
Congo was under the French colony until its independence in 1960. The ethnic distribution consists of 15 Bantu groups and an additional 70 other ethnic subgroups. The official languages include French, Lingala, Vili, Lari, Sangho, and Kikongo. Munukutuba is the most used dialect and recognized as the country's national language.
The list of French speaking countries in Africa contains more than a dozen countries which consider it as an official language, while the rest use it for merely intercultural communication. Notably, most of the countries are in the West African end of the continent, with sparse distribution in the central, south and eastern Africa.
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The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) moved relatively quickly to approve the Connected Care Pilot Program, approving broadband-enabled telehealth and remote patient monitoring services in underserved rural and remote areas. Funding for the program has been pegged at $100 million. The approval was unanimous on the program proposed by FCC commissioner Brendan Carr and Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker.
CCPP will provide $100 million for subsidies to hospitals or wireless providers running post-discharge remote monitoring programs for low-income and rural Americans. An example is those run by the University of Mississippi Medical Center. The goal is to lower same-cause readmissions and improve patient outcomes. [TTA 13 July] Hearings late last month also were structured to support the program and start to fill out the details for a 2019 start [TTA 1 Aug].
Public comments are now open for a 2019 start to the program (see FCC website–look under Connect2Health which is the umbrella site for this and similar programs). Commissioner Carr had to look no further than the VA to see how Home Telehealth and other remote monitoring programs worked to drive down cost and improve patient outcomes. VA Health's remote monitoring program cost $1,600 per patient compared to $13,000 for traditional care in one study. The trick is now translating this into an open system.
This is a nice boost to both real-time video and asynchronous remote patient monitoring in market development (and getting paid) in areas of great need. It's also another Federal signal (so to speak) for 2019, following the proposed Medicare Physician Fee Schedule's increased payments and broader applicability for both. mHealthIntelligence, Mobihealthnews, FCC Release Hat tip to reader Paul Costello of Medopad.
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'From cricket lover to terror suspect' - challenging representations of young British Muslim men
This paper comes out of a wider project looking at the educational attainment of young British Pakistani Muslim men and women and focuses on the findings from the interviews with 58 young men from Bradford and Slough. Whilst not suggesting that these form ideal types, the authors present their findings around four different comparative identifications: 'religious' masculinities; 'middle-class' masculinities; 'rebellious' masculinities; and 'ambivalent' masculinities.
Their findings, which concur with those of other researchers such as Alexander (2000), show that the identification of young British Muslims could not be further from the homogenous 'enemy within' popularised in much of the media. The authors also found that committment (and practice) of Islam did not have a negative correlation to the desire to study hard and achieve personal betterment.
The clear evidence challenging popular media portrayals of Islam as fostering fundamentalism and terrorism is neatly presented in this short paper. Whilst Islam was an important identification for all the participants, they articulated this in very different ways. Where a 'hard' (British) Islamic identity was expressed it was, the authors state "not necessarily reflected in observance of religious practices, and might be understood instead as an idiom for the expression of 'protest masculinities'."
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'I grew a beard and my dad flipped out!' Co-option of British Muslim parents in countering 'extremism' within their families in Bradford and Leeds
Negative Stereotypical Portrayals of Muslims in Right-Wing Populist Campaigns: Perceived Discrimination, Social Identity Threats, and Hostility Among Young Muslim Adults
Are Mass Shootings Acts of Terror? Applying Key Criteria in Definitions of Terrorism to Mass Shootings in the United States from 1982 to 2018


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Spellbinding & brilliantly unpredictable multi-award winning US star Reginald D Hunter headlines Saturday night in the Big Top. Star of Qi, Have I Got News For You & his own hit BBC2 series 'Reginald D Hunter's Songs Of The South', Reg's searingly honest and hilarious material has garnered him a popular fanbase that spans the generations.
Joining Reginald is Edinburgh Comedy Award nominee Jayde Adams, Mock The Week's one-liner slinger Gary Delaney, whip-smart Rhys James and the unmissable Live At The Apollo star Andrew Maxwell as host.


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I know it is February and this gallery is way late but I got a lot of resolutions to go through. Hopefully you are all still down to peep some of my favorite photos from 2016! In the last week of December there was already snow on the ground and I had begun my winter grind of shooting every day! It is hard to pick my favorite shots from the season before when my focus was already on collecting new images for 2017. Now that the smoke has cleared a bit and the pressure of getting some photos stacked has mellowed out… I was able to take a minute and reflect on some of my favorite shots from 2016. It was another awesome season! Every season I'm able to spend chasing around the snow and hanging with all these amazing humans is a blessing for sure. My photos would be nothing with out the shredders who work so hard to get these shots… so props to all the riders I worked with last year. Thanks for everything!
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The "best" product doesnt always win since, given advantages of predatory pricing and clever marketing strategy, "good enough" is almost always good enough to carry the day.
Im talking, of course, about Microsoft, its software and its business practices, and if youre a fan of BeOS, OS/2 or another innovative software product that ended up mangled on the side of The Road Ahead, youve seen these sentiments expressed before and youve probably expressed them yourself.
This time, however, its Microsoft thats facing a pricing and distribution model that it cant seem to match, and its Microsoft thats beginning to have trouble explaining just how it adds enough value to keep users from spending their tech dollars elsewhere.
The threat that open-source software poses for Microsoft is real, and, as indicated by a recent SEC filing in which the Redmond software seller warned that swelling interest in open source may force the firm to lower prices, Microsoft knows it.
Whats less clear is whether Microsoft really understands what makes open source so dangerous to it. Addressing a group of Microsofts "Most Valuable Professionals" recently, Bill Gates acknowledged briefly the challenge of Linux and open source, but seemed content that fear of Linux incompatibilities will keep customers tied to a Microsoft monoculture.
Thats not going to happen. Open source enjoys too many advantages.
Microsoft Office is rather expensive, and its been years now since its basic functionality has changed. Still, the wide popularity of Office has made its proprietary document formats the de facto standard, which is why Microsoft makes so much money on Office.
Along comes OpenOffice.org, which, while arguably less polished than MS Office, can serve most users office productivity needs excellently. Also, its free—free of cost, freely downloadable and free for any company or individual to build upon.
Microsoft can make some of its products free of charge and freely downloadable, as it did while powering Internet Explorer to victory over Netscape Navigator during Browser War I. I employed the Roman numeral here because, thanks to open source, weve entered into a new browser battle, which, to the benefit of users, features a variety of players.
I suggested above that Microsofts open-source competition needs only to be good enough, but Mozilla, the open-source Web browser that rose from the ashes of Netscapes Navigator, is already superior to Microsofts Internet Explorer in many ways. Pop-up blocking and tabbed browsing are big parts of what make Mozilla my browser of choice when Im running Windows.
Moving forward, however, the biggest challenge for Microsoft will be that third type of freedom—the freedom that companies enjoy to repackage, improve and otherwise build upon it. Apples leveraging open-source components like Samba to provide OS X with Windows-compatible file sharing, and the KHTML rendering engine powers Apples Safari Web browser.
Novells starting to catch on as well, building support for open-source components like Apache and PHP into Netware.
This isnt to say that Microsoft must eventually scuttle off into obscurity, however. Owning software may cease to be a growth industry, but the growth potential for creating software is limitless.
As a former Microsoftie wrote recently on his weblog about the challenges posed by open source advised, "Useful software ... will command high margins for a long time to come. Stop looking over your shoulder and invent something!"
Senior Analyst Jason Brooks can be reached at jason_brooks@ziffdavis.com.


Gary JOBSON, world renowned sailor, author and commentator, will host the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards in Estoril, Portugal on 6 November 2007.
The ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards is dedicated to the outstanding achievements over the past year of the four female and five male nominees who will all be hoping to take home the sailing world's most prestigious annual award of recognition.
Gary JOBSON (USA) is one of sailing's most recognizable voices and has hosted the World Sailor of the Year Awards three times before, in 1994, 1995 and 2006. Gary is one of only three Rolex Ambassadors in the sport of sailing and his association with Rolex stretches back to the 1970s.
Gary JOBSON has enjoyed a distinguished career on the water. At college he was an All-American sailor three times and was twice named College Sailor of the Year in 1972 and 1973. Gary has won many championships in one design classes, the Fastnet Race, various ocean races and, in 1977 as tactician with Ted TURNER, claimed the America's Cup.
Gary is also an active cruising sailor and has led ambitious expeditions to the Arctic, Antarctic and Cape Horn. He currently races his Etchells and owns a Sabre 402.
In 1999 he won the Nathanael G. Herreshoff Trophy, presented to an individual who has made an outstanding contribution to the sport of sailing in the USA. Four years later he was inducted into the America's Cup Hall of Fame by the Herreshoff Marine Museum.
Gary's involvement with sailing extends into many avenues off the water. He has been ESPN's sailing commentator since 1985 and in 1988 he won an Emmy for his coverage of sailing at the Olympic Games in Pusan, Korea. More recently, he covered the 2003 America's Cup in Auckland for ESPN and Sailing World and the 2004 Olympic Sailing Competition in Athens for NBC. Gary has authored 15 sailing books and is Editor at Large of Sailing World and Cruising World magazines. His latest book is titled A Cats: A Century of Tradition. Gary will be covering the 2008 Olympic Sailing Competition from China for NBC.
Gary is the National Regatta Chairman of the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society's sailing programme, has given nearly 2,000 lectures throughout the world over the past 25 years and serves on the board of numerous sailing committees.
For the latest on the ISAF Rolex World Sailor of the Year Awards, including profiles of the 2007 nominees, go to www.sailing.org/worldsailor.


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Johannes der Täufer beim Gebet ist ein um 1620–1622 entstandenes Gemälde des spanischen Malers Juan van der Hamen y León. Das  184 cm × 143,5 cm große, in Öl auf Leinwand gemalte Bild ist eine Darstellung von Johannes dem Täufer. Es handelt sich um ein frühes Historiengemälde Juan van der Hamens und befindet sich heute in einer Madrider Privatsammlung.

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Das Gemälde zeigt Johannes den Täufer in der Bildmitte kniend, so dass ein Knie den Boden berührt, während das andere Bein hockend angewinkelt ist. Er trägt einen roten Mantel, seine Gliedmaßen sind durch das Licht modelliert. Seine Arme sind ausgestreckt, seine Hände zum Gebet zusammengelegt. Sein Kopf, über dem ein Heiligenschein erkennbar ist, ist angehoben, der Blick von Johannes ist in die Höhe gerichtet. Links von Johannes befindet sich ein Schaf, das sich weiß von dem dunklen, felsigen Hintergrund abhebt und auf den Heiligen blickt. Hinter dem Kopf und Rücken des Johannes öffnet sich die Landschaft in die Ferne und es sind ein Fluss und ein Hügel zu sehen.

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Johannes der Täufer beim Gebet weist viele Gemeinsamkeiten mit van der Hamens Bild San Isidro auf, das ungefähr zur gleichen Zeit entstanden sein muss. Damit gehörte dieses Bild zu den frühsten bekannten Werken van der Hamens. Es hat hingegen wenig Gemeinsamkeiten mit seinen späteren Historiengemälden. Das Gemälde zeigt der San Isidro die Fähigkeit van der Hamens bei der anatomischen Zeichnung, was ein Zeugnis seiner Ausbildung war. Johannes der Täufer beim Gebet zeichnet sich durch einen starken Naturalismus aus. Das starke Licht spielt auf dem ausgeformten Körper des Heiligen und dem Fell des Schafes, womit diese Formen aus der sie umgebenden Landschaft herausgehoben werden. Trotz dieser starken Modellierung durch Licht und Schatten nutze Juan van der Hamen y León am linken Arm eine schwarze Linie, um dessen Ausformung noch stärker zu betonen. Dies tat er auch bei den Beinen San Isidros. Später griff van der Hamen das Thema Johannes des Täufers für seine Arbeiten im Convento de la Encarnación wieder auf.

Die Provenienz des Gemäldes ist nicht bekannt. Am 30. Mai 2000 stand Johannes der Täufer beim Gebet bei Finarte in Madrid zur Auktion, erhielt jedoch keinen Zuschlag.

Literatur
 William B. Jordan: Juan van der Hamen y León & The Court of Madrid. Yale University Press, New Haven 2005. ISBN 0-300-11318-8.

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Gemälde (17. Jahrhundert)
Juan van der Hamen y León
Werk über Johannes der Täufer
Historiengemälde (Neues Testament)
Gebet und Kultur


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thanks for the heads up. what a great shop bellochio is. and pps: reminding me again why i really can't give up my longstanding world of interiors habit. let the subscription lapse in june and regretting it daily since. totally missed the roald dahl article! was it about the lovely book that's come out about him and his extended family?


Parker, Dan (2014) The Quebec Grade 11 Contemporary World Course and the Immediate Textbook: A Critical Discourse Analysis of How Neoliberalism and its Discontents are Presented In High School. Masters thesis, Concordia University.
This thesis examines how neoliberal policies are presented to Quebec high school students in the mandatory grade 11 Social Studies course called Contemporary World. The main data are the course's provincial curriculum, the textbook Immediate, and an interview with Immediate's main authors. By using Critical Discourse Analysis, the content of Immediate is examined to reveal how neoliberal discourses and practices are situated in the text, along with the resistance of anti-neoliberal social movements. David Harvey's (2005) understanding of neoliberalism as the project of class restoration and dispossession, as well as various perspectives from Global Citizenship Education (GCE) literature and practice, provide the study's theoretical framework. The most significant finding is that international institutions and their often neoliberal discourse is highly privileged in Immediate, while grassroots oppositional social movements are either misrepresented or missing. In this way, the textbook and the course emphasize mostly the positive results of neoliberal reforms. Moreover, class struggles and the role of labour in combating neoliberal reforms are absent. Neoliberal practices in the Global South receive more criticism, although the complicit role of NGOs is not explored. As for grassroots environmentalist movements, their presence is overshadowed by the sustainable development discourse that privileges institutions and international agreements. Finally, the textbook and the course model a citizen with analytical skills and global knowledge who lacks a critical GCE due to these missing elements: the critique of Canada's institutions, social agency, feeling, and a more self-reflective understanding of the 'other' living in the Global South.


New Brunswick, NJ — The famed Adrenaline Black Card Recruiting Event is set to take place this Friday, June 13th, at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, NJ. Always known for exceeding expectations, Adrenaline has introduced a new twist, partnering with the 8 best club programs in the country to form the Adrenaline Platinum Cup. With the remarkable talent in attendance, the Platinum Cup will be the premier club tournament in the country, and will be held immediately following the conclusion of the Adrenaline Black Card event, June 14th – 15th. The inaugural event is set to include, Team 91, Long Island Express, True Regional, Mesa Fresh, West Coast Starz, Dukes, Laxachusetts, and Sweetlax. Each club program will bring their national teams from the graduation years of 2015 to 2018 for this highly competitive tournament. There will be divisional champions at each individual graduation year. The Black Card and The Platinum Cup will combine to create an unparalleled recruiting weekend as college recruiters will be afforded the opportunity to evaluate the best players in North America in an individual setting at the Black Card event and also within a team tournament at the Platinum Cup. All proceeds from the Adrenaline Black Card will be donated to the National Prostate Foundation in the name of coaching icon Jack McGetrick.
The Adrenaline Black Card event is becoming widely known as the top individual recruiting event in the country, and the Platinum Cup is anticipated by many to be the most exclusive team-recruiting event. Black Card will feature the top uncommitted players from each of the Platinum affiliated clubs in addition to the best remaining talent from outlier clubs and high school teams across the country. In addition to unparalleled recruiting exposure, Black Card participants will also receive a custom gear pack from Cascade, Maverik and Adrenaline Apparel. The Adrenaline Evaluation Team (AET) along with the help of recommendations from respected high school, club and college coaches will combine forces to invite only the most deserving and recruit-able players in the country.
In 2012, Adrenaline became the first company to disregard the preconceived notions of high priced recruiting showcases with the design of the Adrenaline Black Card. The event, which is run again this year at cost, only charges the participating players for the use of fields, referees, and coaches. The fee for this year's event is $150.00, a price point that is absolutely unprecedented in the world of recruiting showcases. Adrenaline is confident that this event will undoubtedly pool together the absolute top 1% of our country's best players.
Most importantly, Adrenaline will be raising awareness for Prostate Cancer in honor of Coach Jack McGetrick. The longtime Bellarmine and Hartford coach lost a long battle to the disease in 2010. All proceeds from the event will be donated in his name. Last year the Adrenaline Awareness initiative raised over $2,700 for the great cause, a number that hopefully will be trumped by this year's fundraising as awareness continues to spread. If you wish to make a donation please do so by visiting the Jack McGetrick Donation Page (http://athletes.kintera.org/faf/donorReg/donorPledge.asp?ievent=186390&supid=352948926). To learn more about the gear, recruiters, event details and rosters visit 2014 Adrenaline Black Card (http://adrln.com/events/2014-adrenaline-black-card/) .
"We were able to lay a solid foundation for this event in our first two years and we have all of the top coaches in the country signing on and supporting us for this initiative in year three. The amount of recruiters coupled with the talent pool and low cost, make this unlike any other marquee recruiting event in the country, and that is something we are very proud of here at Adrenaline." Jono Zissi, Director of Recruiting.
This year Black Card has teamed up with Cascade and Maverik for all hard goods, with ADRLN apparel onboard as official soft goods provider. This year's Adrenaline Treatment gear pack will include custom designed Cascade R helmets, custom designed Rome NXT gloves, Adrenaline Treated(http://adrln.com/team-treatment/) jerseys, shorts and new Strife Technical sock! Gatorade will be on site this year as well, to ensure each player stays hydrated throughout the day with water and Gatorade available at every field. SKLZ will also be onsite to provide knowledge and instruction to these players as they take their game to the next level. With a great crew of supporting sponsors, the 2014 Adrenaline Black Card is certain to be the best yet.
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Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) has launched a doctoral programme in Entrepreneurship, leveraging its expertise in mentoring and incubating entrepreneurs and start-ups.
Bengaluru: Indian Institute of Management Bangalore (IIMB) has launched a doctoral programme in Entrepreneurship, leveraging its expertise in mentoring and incubating entrepreneurs and start-ups. The PhD programme in Entrepreneurship aims at providing an impetus to the increasing need for scholarly research in entrepreneurship and to create a vibrant pool of faculty specialising in that domain, said Professor Rejie George Pallathitta, Chairperson, Fellow Programme in Management (FPM) at IIMB. The FPM is IIMB's doctoral programme.
India is an emerging hub for entrepreneurship and over the years, entrepreneurship has had its share of ups and downs, with many sectors potentially facing uncertainties of the unknown, IIMB said.
Pegged as a significant initiative that would redefine India's business and job ecosystem, entrepreneurship demands extensive research to aid a better understanding of the different cultures that it has given rise too, with implications on business performance and sustenance of incomes, it said in a release here.
It said while there is a lot of discussion on how entrepreneurship is going to disrupt the future, there is a still a paucity of rigorous research on the subject.
Prof K Kumar, Chairperson, Academic Programmes at the NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL) and senior faculty at IIMB said, there is also a strong movement the world over to incorporate entrepreneurship as part of the curriculum of general and mainstream education.
IIMB is the first management school in the country to offer an FPM with a specialisation in entrepreneurship, he said.
He said IIMB has deep academic expertise in entrepreneurship, faculty who are active researchers in the field of entrepreneurship, who bring state-of-the-art knowledge to impact the practice of entrepreneurship through its education and incubation programmes.
At IIMB, the doctoral programme takes typically five years to complete, the first two years being for coursework. IIMB is in close proximity to some of the leading corporate houses in the country, ranging from information technology to consumer product companies, it noted. Additionally, IIMB has established its own incubating centre NS Raghavan Centre for Entrepreneurial Learning (NSRCEL).
At present, NSRCEL incubates 18 start-ups - the largest number for an incubation centre in an academic institution, it said, adding, 100 plus ventures are supported by the centre and 15,000 plus entrepreneurs are engaged, with 4,500 plus jobs created so far.


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    "knownissue": "JSON.stringify() can be given a property list to serialize; duplicates should be eliminated but Duktape (and other engines) will happily serialize a property multiple times"
}
---*/

/*===
{"bar":2,"foo":1,"baz":4,"quux":3}
{"bar":2,"1":5,"foo":1}
===*/

/* E5.1 Section 15.12.13, main algorithm, step 4.b.ii.5 requires that an
 * implementation detect duplicates in the property list and refuse to
 * serialize the same property name twice.
 *
 * Note: both V8 and Rhino fail this test (but in different ways).
 */

function dupTest1() {
    var obj = { foo: 1, bar: 2, quux: 3, baz: 4 };

    print(JSON.stringify(obj, [ 'bar', 'foo', 'baz', 'baz', 'baz', 'quux' ]));
}

function dupTest2() {
    var obj = { foo: 1, bar: 2, quux: 3, baz: 4, "1": 5 };

    // dup check happens after coercion
    print(JSON.stringify(obj, [ 'bar', 1, new Number(1), '1', 'foo' ]));
}

try {
    dupTest1();
    dupTest2();
} catch (e) {
    print(e);
}

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ILGA-Europe's statement on the occasion of the International Intersex Awareness Day (26 October)
Admin, 2012-10-26 .
From ILGA EUROPE: Today, ILGA-Europe joins intersex organisations around the world to mark the Intersex Awareness Day. ILGA-Europe believes that this day is a great opportunity for the raising of awareness on intersex issues, generate greater understanding and call for the elaboration of human rights in respect to intersex people. The foundation of all discrimination…
The Times of India: "Male, female and the third option"
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EU report on discrimination against intersex and trans people
The European Commission has just released a ground-breaking report on discrimination against intersex and trans people, titled "Discrimination against trans and intersex people on the grounds of sex, gender identity and gender expression". It's an excellent study, both in documenting legislation, in its conclusions and in how it manages to address two distinct groups of…
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OII Australia, together with OII Aotearoa/NZ, today released a submission [PDF] to the American Psychiatric Association (APA), regarding the draft Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, 5th edition. The APA is the body that, until 1973, classified homosexuality as a mental disorder. The APA currently regards gender non-conformity to be a disorder, including gender non-conformity by intersex people.
Intersex Human Rights: The Fourteen Days of Intersex
Gina, 2012-02-25 .
ON the Second Day of Intersex we draw your attention to intersex human rights the complete lack of rights for intersex people. For intersex to have any rights at all we are required to submit to the myth that we are wholly male or female. We must allow our differences to be surgically or hormonally removed…
Intersex Domestic Violence: The Fourteen Days of Intersex
ON the Ninth Day of Intersex we draw your attention to intersex domestic violence and how that affects intersex lives. What is intersex? Intersex people are people who, as individuals, have congenital genetic, hormonal and physical features that may be thought to be typical of both male and female at once. That is, we may…
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ON the Eleventh Day of Intersex we draw your attention to intersex and religion. What is intersex? Intersex people are people who, as individuals, have congenital genetic, hormonal and physical features that may be thought to be typical of both male and female at once. That is, we may be thought of as being male…
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ON the Fourth Day of Intersex we draw your attention to intersex and medicine, of intersex and its uneasy relationship with medicine and medical practitioners What is intersex? Intersex people are people who, as individuals, have congenital genetic, hormonal and physical features that may be thought to be typical of both male and female at once….


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Camera IconNelson Asofa-Solomona is the lone Melbourne NRL player yet to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Credit: AAP
NRL chief Abdo stands by vaccine stance
Scott Bailey and Melissa WoodsAAP
November 9, 2021 10:15AM
Melbourne CEO Justin Rodski says the Storm could have avoided a pre-season stand-off with Nelson Asofa-Solomona had the NRL mandated the COVID-19 vaccine.
The sole Storm player resisting vaccination, Asofa-Solomona can't return to training on December 7 with his teammates unless he gets his first jab this week.
The NRL's complicated vaccination situation was highlighted on Tuesday with Canberra CEO Don Furner stating players would not be stood down if they were not jabbed.
Instead, they will have to follow stringent NRL protocols around training and miss games played in both Queensland and Victoria.
But the same flexibility cannot be afforded to the Storm and three Queensland teams, with several players believed not to have had the jab in the northern state.
While unvaccinated players can run out in NSW and ACT, Victorian health orders mean professional athletes must be vaccinated in order to attend training or games.
The Queensland Government also announced on Tuesday only vaccinated people would be able to enter major stadiums from December 17.
"From a code perspective if the NRL had mandated vaccinations the pathway through this would be much clearer," Rodski said.
"Now each individual club is required to work through it and each club has a very different set of circumstances it needs to consider."
Rodski's comments came as the players' union and select club bosses revealed a plan that would give players eight weeks' notice before they could be sacked for not being vaccinated.
Players could also be docked pay while unavailable for training or games.
Roski said Melbourne were continuing discussions with Asofa-Solomona, who last week posted an anti-vaccination video on social media.
With three weeks required between jabs he needs to have his first by the end of this week.
"We're really hopeful he does and he can return to training on December 7 and begin his preparations," Rodski said.
"He has this week to make that decision and then it starts to impact his pre-season and his training.
"In saying that there's still pathways for him to return to training and playing next year.
"And we're working through what that framework looks like and the contractual considerations are but it's obviously a really complicated issue."
It came as Abdo defended the NRL's position, claiming mandatory vaccines were not the "silver bullet".
The game's vaccine position will be challenged as soon as the opening round, with three games scheduled in Queensland.
"I don't think there's anything soft about our policy," Abdo said.
"What we are doing is we're giving people the freedom of choice, no different to many global sports around the world.
"No different to any federal or state government in Australia. No different to many employers.
"We want people to have the freedom of choice which I think is important.
"But we are putting health at the forefront of our policy which is why we believe in vaccination, we want everyone to get vaccinated."
Abdo did however indicate he would support whichever stance clubs took, with salary cap relief likely if players are let go.
"It's important that we adhere to the principle that clubs are autonomous and they run a business," Abdo said.
"They have a board and they need to think about what the policy is based on their (state's) jurisdiction, based on the club environment and broader policy."


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La Storia dei Paladini di Francia è un lungo romanzo cavalleresco a dispense scritto da Giusto Lo Dico, il quale cucì insieme tra il 1858 e il 1860 i vari episodi del Ciclo carolingio dando loro una successione cronologica. Nel 1895 e 1902 l'opera fu ristampata con episodi aggiuntivi redatti dall'editore palermitano Giuseppe Leggio. Questo libro è la fonte primaria dell'Opera dei pupi.

Origine e fortuna dell'opera

Giusto Lodico era un modesto ripetitore privato che aveva studiato da maestro elementare ma non era riuscito a conseguire il diploma. Tra il 1858 e il 1860 ricucì insieme e pubblicò a dispense un gran numero di romanzi e poemi cavallereschi italiani del Ciclo carolingio, dando loro una successione cronologica tale da poter seguire le vicende dei Paladini di Carlo Magno dall'infanzia alla morte.

Questa vasta compilazione in prosa fu per tanti anni u libru per antonomasia, una Bibbia cui attinsero tutti i pupari siciliani per le loro rappresentazioni serali quotidiane. Su questo libro molti siciliani per diversi anni impararono a leggere, desiderando conoscere le avventure dei Paladini. Attraverso il testo e attraverso la drammatizzazione che ne facevano gli operanti si cristallizzò un importantissimo mito dell'immaginario collettivo siciliano tra Ottocento e Novecento: quello dei paladini armati, che fu per le classi popolari siciliane griglia d'interpretazione della realtà, atta a conferire un senso alle immagini del mondo, della società e della storia, e modello di riferimento per le azioni e i comportamenti quotidiani.

L'opera del Lodico si può leggere come: un documento storico-antropologico della cultura tradizionale siciliana, cercandovi i termini di riferimento del sistema di valori condiviso dalle classi popolari dell'isola; un'indagine sui modi e le tecniche narrative attraverso cui gli "artigiani" della letteratura popolare costruirono i loro romanzi; un antecedente letterario delle serate dell'opera dei pupi; o più semplicemente come un romanzo, pur prolisso e dalla prosa piatta e spesso ripetitiva dell'autore.

L'opera, esauritasi rapidamente e continuamente richiesta, ebbe tanto successo che tra il 1895-97 e nel 1902 fu ristampata. L'editore Giuseppe Piazza si fece concedere dall'anziano Lodico il permesso di "correggere" e ampliare la sua opera, affidandone la redazione a Giuseppe Leggio.

Edizioni
Giusto Lo Dico, Storia dei Paladini di Francia, 13 volumi, 1858-1860
Giusto Lo Dico, Storia dei Paladini di Francia. Cominciando dal re Pipino alla morte di Rinaldo, Tipografia Giacomo Lamantia, Palermo, 1895-97
Giusto Lo Dico, Storia dei Paladini di Francia,  (con episodi aggiuntivi redatti dall'editore Giuseppe Leggio), Palermo, 1902
Anonimo, Storia dei paladini di Francia da Carlo Magno imperatore fino alla sua morte, compresavi la battaglia di Roncisvalle, Edizione illustrata, Firenze, Adriano Salani Editore, 1909
Giusto Lo Dico, Storia dei Paladini di Francia, 13 volumi, a cura di Felice Cammarata, Ristampa dell'edizione pubblicata nel 1902, Celebes Editore, Trapani, 1971-1972.
Giusto Lo Dico, Storia dei Paladini di Francia, 13 volumi, a cura di Felice Cammarata, Clio, Catania, 1993-2000.
Anonimo, I Paladini di Francia, edizione condensata a cura di Antonio Esposito, prefazione di Maria di Maro, Alessandro Polidoro Editore, 2020.

Note

Voci correlate
Orlando (paladino)
Chanson de Roland
Orlando furioso
Orlando innamorato
Paladino

Collegamenti esterni
 Storia dei Paladini di Francia, XIII volumi, Palermo. 1862, (ristampa Celebes editore, Trapani, 1971)
Storia dei paladini di Francia da Carlo Magno imperatore fino alla sua morte, compresavi la battaglia di Roncisvalle, Salani, Firenze, 1909

Opera dei pupi
Ciclo carolingio
Romanzi storici