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Sustainable development: Within reach in Iran and Asia and the Pacific
Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana
Climate change is increasing the intensity and frequency of natural disasters in Asia and the Pacific. The tragic loss of life and the destruction wrought by recent flooding in the Islamic Republic of Iran is a reminder of the threat to lives, livelihoods and societies posed by extreme weather events. A reminder that only an integrated response to economic, social and environmental challenges can pave the way to sustainable development.
The floods which swept across the Islamic Republic of Iran in spring this year were devastating. They affected 10 million people and 500,000 people were displaced of which half were children. Hospitals and schools were destroyed, denying 100,000 children and education and thousands access to basic health care. Large sections of the country's road network were affected, which will weigh on the economy, but also impact on many families' daily lives. Damages have been estimated at $4.7 billion, a third of which concern the agricultural sector, critical to many livelihoods.
Yet as tragic and costly as the recent floods have been, they are also part of a wider phenomenon: the increasing risk of natural disasters outpacing resilience in the Islamic Republic of Iran and in Asia and the Pacific. Sand and dust storms, drought, desertification and wind erosion are all expected to rise in South-West Asia by 2030. Intensified by climate change, these disasters are becoming increasingly frequent. They hit the poor and vulnerable hardest, particularly in informal settlements. Some of Iran's least developed provinces have suffered the most, with successive sand and dust storms destroying crops and infrastructure, and undermining people's health, study and work.
These challenges exemplify why economic, social and environmental considerations must be considered together, if we are to effectively mitigate the consequences of natural disasters and achieve sustainable development. Evidence from across the globe tells us ignoring the social impact of economic growth can place a huge strain on societies, and at its worst lead to instability and conflict. Ignoring the environmental cost of economic growth in many parts of our region has led to climate change and an increased risk of natural hazards, which entrench poverty and perpetuate inequality. Nowhere is an integrated, multilateral response needed more than in Asia and the Pacific, the most disaster-prone region in the world.
With this in mind, the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) has worked with the Islamic Republic of Iran to establish the Asian and the Pacific Centre for the Development of Disaster Information Management (APDIM) in Tehran. It will deliver targeted capacity development for disaster information management and knowledge sharing. A regional cooperation mechanism for combatting the sand and dust storms has already been adopted. This will work to reduce the causes of risk of multiple hazards, develop a sand and dust storms alert system and tap regional partnership networks to enhance technical support where it is most needed.
My ambition is for APDIM to fit into a broader regional development and cooperation effort. One to reduce the inequality and environmental degradation which have accompanied recent exponential economic growth in our region. Our analysis shows the investment needed to achieve sustainable development in Asia and the Pacific is within reach. Developing countries' investment needs stand at an additional $1.5 trillion per year, or five percent of their combined GDP. In the Islamic Republic of Iran, we estimate investments needed to climate-proof basic infrastructure are equivalent to roughly 1 per cent of Iran's GDP in 2018. Further investment would be required in education and people centered approaches to build resilient communities and economy.
Sustainable development which balances economic growth with the need for social inclusion and environmental protection is essential to ensure a prosperous Iran today and a clean, compassionate and safe future for our children. Investing in people, as well as investing in skies, land and water can ensure that future. The Islamic Republic Iran has the means and the will. Yet persistence will be required to achieve this ambition, and the United Nations family stands ready to assist in any way it can in the months and years ahead.
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Syed Nasir Hassan
Power comes with dire consequences if it is misemployed. Great minds orchestrate a great nation but a corrupt mind razes it as personal gain pollutes honor and pride. Ruler of a country clasps great amount of power. On a stork of a pen destiny of people can be changed. However what if that pen is in hands of an amoral mind.
Across the globe reverberates of democracy can be heard. But the question still remains that is there is an actual democratic world order or are we just modern slaves being exploited by the power, wealth and technology.
A quite basic and easily comprehendible understanding of how democracy works is that it sows the seed where transparency and mutual benefit can grow and people become the one who are torch bearers. Society grows as a collective unit in a democratic order. Emancipation of people is prime concern in the democratic society and they are catered at every level.
Whereas kleptocracy, derived from a Greek word "klept" which means steal or thieve, is a form of government where corrupt rulers exploit the resources and population for personal gains or uses state resources to enrich themselves. In order to increase personal wealth corrupt leaders maneuver any means at their disposal indulging themselves in committing more crimes.
However with the advancement in globalization and spread of dubious democratic norms across the globe have made things worse, not realizing that one size doesn't fit all. Systems are changing, absolute democracy is a far sighted phenomenon. Now even near to actual democracy rarely exists except Scandinavian states. Democracy index 2018 published by The Economist revealed stats about the democracy across the globe. Even United States of America was numbered at 25th number in top 30 democratic countries. It was also categorized under flawed democracies. Whereas first five were the Scandinavian countries having Norway at the top.
Under the veil of democracy self-interest of an individual or specific flock is being wangled. On plight of humanity individual or groups who holds power imbibe their benefits. Power no longer remains an instrument to direct and regulate society but to tranquilize the populace and suck the benefit out of greater pain.
Corruption perception index of 2018 revealed that more than two-thirds of the countries secured to score below 50 with an average score of 48 out of 100. It also states that countries have failed to curtail corruption and also to take considerable measures to uproot it. One needs to understand that when the leaders become economic poachers it steadily annihilates the society.
What usually happens is such individuals after gaining throne shift tides of economic rivers to their own pots. Instruments like trade policy is often not used to further the national interest but the business interest of a single wealthy individual or a handful. Tenure is considered as a business deal to extract maximum benefit. Often individuals make the deals on the form of government to enrich the few. New denotation of democracy seems to be that when there are many hands to snaffle then it is regarded as "democracy" and when there is one hand or few then it is labeled as monarchy or dictatorship.
Across the globe there is a wave of populism where contestants of throne are getting votes on populist narratives. Sedatives like populism, ethno-nationalism put the contestant into power but put rest asleep. Heaps of national wealth is looted by the ones who are
When the economics are being controlled and manipulated by few hands it often leads to debts and ultimately when there is less circulation of wealth and money the society and economy itself collapses. If the dynamics of world kept going the way they are then after the Great depression of 1929 and the financial crisis of 2007-08 there is next big economic collapse around the corner and world is waiting for it to happen.
Samantha Maloof
While Iraqi forces are still undertaking the slow, grueling effort to defeat the last vestiges of the Islamic State (IS), and 1.8 million people remain displaced, an equally important and perhaps even more complex political and humanitarian challenge is looming over Iraq. That challenge? Iraq's egregious levels of corruption, which have poisoned the fundamental relationship between the Iraqi state and its citizens.
As protesters in Iraq's southern port city of Basra made clear last year, corruption in their country does not just mean acts of bribery, but an entire parasitic "looting machine" that extracts resources and deliver nothing in return. Nor are everyday Iraqis the only ones at risk from the country's endemic culture of graft, with some of the country's largest investors – such as the French telecommunications giant Orange – seeing their investments expropriated and themselves kicked out of a market that nonetheless badly needs their support.
A parasitic relationship
The fundamental lack of credibility and legitimacy of Iraq's official government institutions is at the center of the country's myriad difficulties, from the government's frighteningly incompetent attempts to fight off IS during the group's initial onslaught in 2014 to the graft that seems to have permeated every link in the national bureaucracy.
Perhaps the best way to show the extent corruption impacts the governance of Iraq is to take a close look at one of the oft-touted "success stories" of post-war construction: the semi-autonomous Kurdistan Region of Iraq (KRI). Iraq's largely autonomous Kurdish region, often held up as a model for the rest of the country, is ruled as a fiefdom by powerful Barzani family, who recently gained an almost "monarchic" degree of control after two of its members, Masrour Barzani and Nechirvan Barzani, were recently respectively elected Prime Minister and President of the regional government.
When the Economist Intelligence Unit once claimed that corruption in the Kurdistan region is "not perceived" to be as bad as in the rest of Iraq, it pointed out this is a "small accolade given that Iraq is ranked 171/177 in Transparency International's Corruption Perception Index." A closer look reveals the only research suggesting the KRI is less corrupt seems to be a UN report that relies on asking civil servants how many bribes they are offered. If the results this study are to be believed, the percentage of civil servants being offered bribes in one of the most corrupt countries on Earth stands at only 4% in the KRI and 5% in Baghdad, percentages that fly in the fact of reality.
Orange shows no one is safe
One doesn't need to depend on international statistics to see the depth of corruption in Iraqi Kurdistan. Last month, a deeply reported article in French weekly Le Journal du Dimanche explained how telecoms multinational Orange and its partner firm Agility, two of Iraq's largest foreign investors, stand to lose more than $810 million and see themselves stripped of their shares in the Iraqi mobile operator Korek by the country's telecommunications commission (CMC). While the regulators claim that Orange and its partner failed to "honor their commitments," the companies insist they are being expropriated via a corrupt process.
The key detail in their accusation? The fact that Korek's managing director is Sirwan Barzani, Nechirvan Barzani's first cousin and a key figure in the aforementioned Barzani family. Sirwan Barzani, according to court filings from the companies, has misappropriated tens of millions of dollars from the firm through shady loans and self-dealing.
Allegations that Sirwan Barzani and his allies had managed to corrupt Iraq's CMC were seemingly proven by the Financial Times last year, which discovered the chief executive of the regulatory body living in a London house that belonged to Barzani's business partners. Over the weekend, the World Bank's International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) agreed to take up Agility's claims against the Iraqi government.
Steep price to pay
Why would one of Iraqi Kurdistan's most powerful figures manipulate regulatory officials to expropriate major investors? To prevent those investors, it seems, from exercising their options for full control over Korek. With other major companies like Germany's Siemens and the US-based GE pursuing their own contractors to help Iraq rebuild and expand its highly inadequate infrastructure, the Korek expropriation could have a major chilling effect.
The fiasco surrounding the Barzani family's willingness to expropriate one of the country's most prominent investors also speaks to the sheer sense of immunity Iraqi leaders feel when it comes to taking the country's wealth for their themselves. While the leadership of the KRI presents itself as a reliable partner for the West, the region's economic statistics remain dismal despite years of outside aid.
Despite its oil wealth, the region faces both a recession and high unemployment – over 20% for those aged 18-34 and 69% among women under 24 – as well as rolling blackouts. Factional control over construction projects and government ministries, meanwhile, has left public education in Iraqi Kurdistan facing dire shortages of both schools and teachers. Of the KRI's approximately 6,800 schools, it is estimated that 25% need to be demolished and fully half are in need of renovation. Paralyzed by political infighting, the regional government has not seen to any of these pressing needs.
While international companies like Orange enjoy access to outside recourse, ordinary Iraqis find they seemingly have no choice but to live with systematic corruption and unaccountability every day. Faced with such a bleak picture, and unless the governments ruling over Iraq fundamentally rethink their handling of the country's resources, it is only a matter of time before the next great period of instability begins.
The new African currency
Giancarlo Elia Valori
On June 11, 2019, during a meeting held in Abuja, the federal capital of Nigeria, the fifteen members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) decided to coin – most likely within 2020 – a new African currency, whose name has already been chosen: "ECO".
The fifteen States of ECOWAS – the association that deals above all with part of the implementation of the CFA Franc – are the following: Benin, Togo, Burkina Faso, Cap-Vert, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau and Liberia, which founded ECOWAS in 1964. Later, with the further definition of the Lagos Treaty in 1975, also Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal and Sierra Leone joined it.
It should be noted that while Mauritania withdrew from ECOWAS in 2000, since 2017 the Alawite Kingdom of Morocco has officially requested to join.
However the "ECO" project, which has been lasting – at least programmatically -since 2015 and much echoes the "EURO" project, was born within a more restricted association of States than ECOWAS, namely the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ), which is composed of Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria and Sierra Leone.
As can be seen, said States also belong to ECOWAS, but they intend to reach an economic and monetary union very similar to the EU's, considering that their economies are less different than those of the whole group of countries belonging to ECOWAS.
It should be recalled that the ECO launch has been postponed as early as 1983 and is currently expected to take place in 2020, but again only on paper.
Using an old formula of summer media jargon, France defines it as a "sea snake", but we must always be very careful about oversimplifications and low esteem for friends and foes.
Hence, certainly eight ECOWAS countries shall abandon the CFA Franc, while the other seven countries their national currency.
As the final communiqué of the last meeting held by the fifteen Member States, a "gradual approach" is required for ECO, starting from those countries that show a more evident "level of convergence".
As we all know, in the case of the EU and its Euro, the convergence criteria were price stability – which is seen as the only sign of inflation, although we do not know to what extent this idea is correct – and "healthy and sustainable" public finance, which means nothing but, within the EU, means a deficit not exceeding 3% of GDP and public debt not higher than 60% of GDP.
From this viewpoint, things are not going very well in Africa.
Africa's debt has just slightly exceeded 100 billion euros, after Ghana recently taking out a 2.6 billion Euro-denominated loan, in one fell swoop.
In 2018 alone, African countries reached a total debt of 27.1 billion euros, but in 2017 Egypt, Ghana and Benin had borrowed 7.6 billion euros.
Nigeria will reach 17.6 billion euros of debt at the end of this year.
Ten African countries have already issued Eurobonds and there will soon be 21 of them.
It is equally true, however, that the African countries' debt-to-GDP ratio is on average 53%, while in the 1990s and in the first decade of 2000 it had reached 90-100%.
The obvious reasons underlying the recent increase in the African countries' Euro-denominated (and dollar-denominated) debt are the following: the consequences of the global financial crisis and the structural decrease in the price of raw materials.
Moreover, considering the very low interest level in the United States and Europe, many investors have also begun to operate in Africa.
Currently Egypt is the most indebted country, with a total of 25.5 billion euros.
It is followed by South Africa (18.9 billion euros), Nigeria (11.2 billion), Ghana (7.8 billion), Ivory Coast (7.2 billion), Angola (5 billion), Kenya (4.8 billion), Morocco (4.5 billion), Senegal (4 billion) and, finally, Zambia with only 3 billion euros.
The analysts of international banks predict that, in the future, the Euro- and dollar-denominated debt will not be a problem for African countries.
Quite the reverse. According to the World Bank, the debt-to-GDP ratio is expected to fall by up to 43%, on average, in all major African countries.
The worst standard in terms of share of Eurobonds on total debt is Senegal (15.5%), while Tunisia remains the best standard, with 6.3 billion euros of debt issued through Eurobonds.
As can be easily imagined, other variables are the cost of debt service, which has doubled in two years up to reaching 10%, and the uncertainty of the barrel price on oil markets, considering that all these countries, except Nigeria, are net oil importers.
Therefore, it is certainly not possible to talk about "sustainable" finance, even though many ECOWAS countries have a debt-to-GDP ratio that currently make us envious.
As is well-know, also the exchange rate stability – required for entering the Euro area – is one of the primary "convergence" criteria.
A 6.3% average annual GDP growth is expected for the 15-member African association, considering the expansion of oil extraction in Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Burkina Faso and Ghana, while fiscal stability -which is, on average, about 1.7% higher in 2019 – is acceptable.
Hence, if we apply the usual Euro criteria, the new ECO currency appears very difficult, but not impossible, to be created – at least in the long run.
ECOWAS has repeatedly advocated its single currency project: it was initially theorized as early as 1983, then again in 2000 and finally in 2003. As already seen, currently there is much talk about 2020 as the possible date for its entry into force.
Certainly there is already an agreement between ECOWAS countries for the abolition of travel permits and many of the fifteen Member States are entertaining the idea of economic and productive integration projects.
Nevertheless, as far as the budget deficit convergence is concerned, only five countries, namely Cap-Vert, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Senegal and Togo can currently comply with the single African currency project, since they record a budget deficit not higher than 4% and an inflation rate not exceeding 5%.
Hence we cannot rule out that there will be convergence in reasonable time, but it is unlikely it will happen by the end of 2020.
Moreover, the levels of development in the fifteen Member States are very different.
It is impossible to even out the differences in the levels of debt, interest rates and public debt in the short term, considering that the share of manufacturing in Africa is decreasing and the economies that operate on raw materials have always been particularly inelastic.
Furthermore, Nigeria alone is worth 67% of the whole ECOWAS GDP – hence the ECO would ultimately be an enlarged Naira.
With the same problems we have in Europe, with a Euro which is actually an enlarged German Mark.
The inflation rates range from 27% in Liberia to 11% in Nigeria, with Senegal and Ivory Coast recording a 1% "European-style" inflation rate.
Certainly the CFA Franc is a "colonial" instrument, but it has anyway ensured a monetary stability and a strength in trade that the various currencies of the former French colonies could not have achieved by themselves.
It should be recalled that the mechanism of the CFA Franc, envisages that the Member States must currently deposit 50% of their external reserves into an account with the French Treasury.
However, the Euro problem must be avoided, i.e. the fact it cannot avoid asymmetric shocks.
The Euro is a currency which is above all based on a fixed exchange rate agreement.
We should also consider the adjustments made by Nigeria in 2016-and, indeed the inflation rates of the various ECOWAS countries are stable, but not homogeneous.
They range from 11% in Nigeria to 1% in Senegal.
Between 2000 and 2016, Ghana had an inflation rate fluctuating around 16.92%.
The fact is that all ECOWAS countries, as well as the other African States, are net importers.
Furthermore the West African countries do not primarily trade among themselves.
While single currencies are designed and made mainly to stimulate trade, this is certainly not the case.
The CFA Franc, however, was a way of making the former French colonies geopolitically and financially homogeneous, with a view to uniting them against Nigeria – the outpost of British (and US) interests in sub-Saharan Africa.
Furthermore, none of the ECOWAS governments wants to transfer financial or political power to Nigeria, nor is the latter interested in transferring decision-making power to allied countries, which are much smaller and less globally important.
The region could be better integrated not with a currency -thus avoiding the dangerous rush that characterized the Euro entry into force – but with a series of common infrastructure projects or with the lifting of tariff and non-tariff barriers.
The largest trading partner of sub-Saharan Africa, namely the EU – with which the ECO would certainly work very well -currently records a level of trade with the ECOWAS region equal to 37.8%.
Nigeria exports only 2.3% to the other African partners and imports less than 0.5%.
However, if ECO is put in place, this will be made possible thanks to a possible anchorage to the Chinese yuan.
This would avoid excessive fluctuations – probable for the new currency – but would create ECOWAS African economies' greater dependence on the Chinese finance and production systems than already recorded so far.
Certainly it would be a way of definitively anchoring Africa to the Chinese economy.
From 2005 to 2018, Chinese investment increased everywhere, but in Africa it totalled 125 billion US dollars.
Africa is currently the third global target of Chinese investment.
17% of said Chinese investment has been targeted to Nigeria and its ECOWAS "neighbours", especially to railways and other infrastructure.
Moreover, in 1994, thanks to its liquidity injections China rescued the African wages from the CFA Franc devaluation, which had halved all incomes.
Those who govern Africa will control globalization. India is now the second major investor in Africa, after China. The EU takes upon itself the disasters of African globalization, but not the dividends.
Whoever makes mistakes has to pay. There has not been a EU policy that has "interpreted" Africa intelligently, but only as a point of arrival for ever less significant "aid".
Therefore China will bend the African economic development to its geostrategic aims and designs.
China offers interest rates on loans that are almost seven times lower than Western markets, which never reason in geopolitical terms, as instead they should do.
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Christopher H. Hallett ist ein US-amerikanischer Klassischer Archäologe.

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Seine Forschungsinteressen sind römische Kunst und visuelle Kultur, antike Porträtmalerei und hellenistische Kunst.

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 The Roman nude. Heroic portrait statuary 200 BC – AD 300. Oxford 2005, ISBN 0-19-924049-3.
 als Herausgeber: Flesheaters. An international symposium on Roman sarcophagi. University of California at Berkeley 18–19 September 2009. Wiesbaden 2019, ISBN 978-3-95490-400-6.

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Sanjust Palace
Address: Piazza Indipendenza, 1
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It was built by the Sanjust Family of Teulada and bought some years ago by the Great Orient of Italy to host the headquarters of the Masonic Lodge.
The original building housed the headquarters of the University commissioned by Philip IV and later, from the eighteenth century, was used as a military barracks. It was abandoned in 1852 and later bought in order to be replaced by a new building. The building's architectural style is heavily influenced by the classic taste clearly visible in the openings surmounted by ashlars' frames and windows framed by bands in both the main facade on Via Indipendenza and via Lamarmora.
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According to Cathal Nolan of the Midlands Weather Channel, there is going to plenty of sunshine around in very pleasant temperatures.
Cathal states, "Saturday will be a settled day across the region with all areas experiencing a dry, bright and sunny day with any early morning cloud in southern and eastern areas gradually clearing away. Feeling pleasant in any prolonged spells of sunshine with highs between 14-17 degrees Celsius. Light and variable winds throughout."
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Andrew is a city in Jackson County, Iowa, United States. The population was 434 at the 2010 census.
Andrew, located in Jackson County, was named for the seventh president, Andrew Jackson.
In 1841 Ansel Briggs, the first governor of Iowa, settled on a location outside of Andrew known as Bluff Mills, later moving his family to town. He became the Jackson County deputy treasurer in 1843 then began a two-year term as Sheriff of Jackson County in 1844. Ansel Briggs won the election against Thomas McKnight for the governor of Iowa in 1846. Briggs served as governor until 1850. On September 22, 1909 the citizens of Andrew erected a granite monument in the city cemetery in his honor. Although Briggs was originally buried in Omaha, Nebraska he was re-interred in 1909 in the Andrew Cemetery.
Andrew was incorporated in 1863 with the first record of ordinances recorded in 1867. The county seat switched between Bellevue and Andrew several times until it was moved to Maquoketa in 1873. The county seat was responsible for much of the growth of the city. An orphans asylum and courthouse was built along with other structures to serve the county government.
The Jackson County Jailhouse was built in 1870 and is now listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The three-story limestone structure includes sheriff's office, cell room, exercise yard, a jailer quarters, and prison kitchen. The jailhouse has since been restored and tours are given.
The first school was made of logs in 1841 and the second was a framed structure. A brick building was built in 1889 where the present school is, 13 South Marion Street. Andrew Community School conducts preschool through high school level classes.
Andrew is the birthplace of the first American military casualty of World War II, Captain Robert M. Losey, who was killed during a German Luftwaffe bombing of Dombås, Norway.
Andrew has three churches: St John's Catholic Church (closed), First Presbyterian Church and Salem Lutheran Church. Salem Lutheran Church was organized in 1863 and built one of Iowa's first orphanages.
The Andrew Public Library is located in the City Hall on 11 E. Benton Street. Books are available for all ages with a special program held for children of the community during the summer.
The city park is located in the center of the town and is the location of the historical jailhouse. The park offers a newly constructed pavilion and playground equipment.
Brush Creek is located just two mile outside of Andrew and the Mississippi River is fourteen miles northeast on highway 62.
The Andrew Cafe is located at 16 W Benton.
Andrew's longitude and latitude coordinates in decimal form are 42.154059, -90.591765.
According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of 0.27 square miles (0.70 km2), all of it land.
As of 2012, Andrew's population is 434 people. Since 2000, it has had a population growth of -4.98 percent.
As of the census of 2010, there were 434 people, 155 households, and 108 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,607.4 inhabitants per square mile (620.6/km2). There were 173 housing units at an average density of 640.7 per square mile (247.4/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 98.8% White, 0.5% African American, and 0.7% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 0.5% of the population.
There were 155 households of which 40.0% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 51.0% were married couples living together, 11.6% had a female householder with no husband present, 7.1% had a male householder with no wife present, and 30.3% were non-families. 20.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 7.1% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.80 and the average family size was 3.29.
The median age in the city was 30.6 years. 30.9% of residents were under the age of 18; 10.2% were between the ages of 18 and 24; 27.6% were from 25 to 44; 20.7% were from 45 to 64; and 10.6% were 65 years of age or older. The gender makeup of the city was 52.5% male and 47.5% female.
As of the census of 2000, there were 460 people, 165 households, and 120 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,747.9 people per square mile (683.1/km2). There were 169 housing units at an average density of 642.2 per square mile (251.0/km2). The racial makeup of the city was 99.13% White, 0.22% Native American, and 0.65% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 2.83% of the population.
There were 165 households out of which 45.5% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.9% were married couples living together, 13.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 26.7% were non-families. 23.0% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.79 and the average family size was 3.20.
In the city, the population was spread out with 34.6% under the age of 18, 6.3% from 18 to 24, 32.6% from 25 to 44, 13.9% from 45 to 64, and 12.6% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 32 years. For every 100 females, there were 110.0 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 94.2 males.
The median income for a household in the city was $36,563, and the median income for a family was $35,938. Males had a median income of $28,333 versus $22,222 for females. The per capita income for the city was $12,860. About 6.1% of families and 9.3% of the population were below the poverty line, including 8.1% of those under age 18 and 7.3% of those age 65 or over.
Andrew School is a public kindergarten through 8th grade school located in town, and also supported grades 9-12 before 2011. Andrew Community School has been in operation since 1913. The school is part of Iowa's Big East Conference. Andrew is a Class 1A school and is considered small even for 1A. Andrew students scored very well in the 2007 Iowa Tests of Educational Development. The Andrew girls' track and field team won the Class 1A State Championship in 1997. The Andrew Hawks girls' basketball team went to state in 2007. The boys' team came one win away from state, but were district champions that same year. In 2007 the track team also won districts and were the first team in their district to get first place in the new Men's shuttle hurdle relay event.
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^ "Iowa Governor Ansel Briggs". National Governors Association. Archived from the original on 29 June 2011. Retrieved 2011-06-25.
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Your Aerospace Summer Reading List
May 28, 2019 / History, Storytelling, Summer Reading, Library
Librarians for the King County Library System share their picks for the best aviation, space, and flight-related stories to read this summer. Check out their recommendations for your aerospace summer reading list!
Air Traffic Control, Part II
April 30, 2019 / History, Storytelling, FAA, Air Traffic Control, Safety
Air traffic control has come a long way since the early days of aviation in the 1930s, and our very own Helen Parker Wall takes us back to the technologies that evolved to create the current state of safe flying.
The Life of Bessie Coleman, the World's First Black Aviatrix
March 19, 2019 / Pilot, History, Storytelling, First Black Aviatrix
Bessie Coleman is the world's first black woman pilot, and her great-niece Gigi Coleman carries on the pilot's legacy by performing her life story. Learn more about how Bessie Coleman's bravery and persistence helped her make aviation history.
January 8, 2019 / Fighter Aces, WWII, History, Storytelling, Collections
What do you get when a WWII American Fighter Ace has the same name as a Hollywood icon and doesn't get rid of anything? The Lt. Col. James C Stewart Collection!
When Pearl Harbor Was Attacked
December 11, 2018 / Podcast, Pilot, WWII, History
Please Note: During his retelling, American fighter ace Besby F. Holmes uses an ethnic slur to describe his attackers. This oral history is presented unedited as a historical artifact of one veteran's experience.
Preserving the Future History of Space
August 21, 2018 / History, NASA, Blue Origin, SpaceX
As SpaceX and Blue Origin continue to make history by building rockets that will take future space vacationers to the Moon or Mars, the Museum is thinking about how to preserve the history of these private companies. Back in the 1960's and up until now, it was easy for historians to access public records at NASA that documented the space race; and that's not the case now. According to our Adjunct Curator for Space History, Geoff Nunn, "corporate archives are becoming ever more important, but private records don't automatically make their way through the public record trail like NASA documents did." Geoff and other space historians now have to ask themselves, "How do you archive a Slack thread?" and "What happens when YouTube goes under and we no longer have videos of launches?"
The Angel Bird
May 15, 2018 / History, Huey, Storytelling, Vietnam
Hustling in and out of a Huey helicopter is one of the most vivid memories of Platoon leader David Waggoner and crew chief Jerry Sousa: it took 10-15 seconds to load and unload the helicopter, and their journeys took them to hot zones where they were vulnerable to enemy fire. The Huey and those who flew in it were fearless, reporting to every call no matter how dangerous, and ended up transporting over 90,000 soldiers during the war. Ultimately, Waggoner and Sousa want listeners to know that Huey pilots "fought against the odds to save soldiers' lives," and they look forward to sharing more stories about Vietnam by giving tours in our new exhibit.
Shouting at Hitler
April 17, 2018 / FlightDeck, WWII, History, Personal Courage, B-17
In this second installment of our Personal Courage series, B-17 pilot Dick Nelms takes us on one of his missions and shares how he and his comrades dealt with fear and other realities of war.
Galactic Mixtape Vol. 1
March 15, 2018 / History, Space, NASA, Skylab, Pete Conrad, Mixtape
Episode 3:
What's on the cassette tape that can be found at the end of our Apollo exhibit? We chat with exhibit developer Peder Nelson to learn more about this mysterious aerospace artifact.
March 15, 2018 / Pilot, WWII, History, Women
The Women Airforce Pilots did not let anyone stand in their way of serving their country during WWII.
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I have had a varied and fascinating life so far with various incarnations! After a Grammar school education I trained as a Fashion Designer at Epsom School of Art and Design. Working mainly with knitwear design I went on to run my own small knitwear label for a while. This gradually transmogrified into working as an Interior Designer firstly in London then moving to Bristol and opening my shop, NB Interiors, in Clifton in 1989. It was a very beautiful, friendly shop that opened just before the property crash happened, so sadly not long before it closed again with bankruptcy in tow. However I have learned that as one door closes another has the chance to open and I was offered the gift of the opportunity to train as a holistic therapist by a dear friend who then ran her own Natural Therapy School.
This heralded a complete change of direction that felt unexpectedly perfect. I trained in Therapeutic Massage, Reflexology, Aromatherapy, Indian Head Massage, Reiki, Holistic Massage and more over a period of many years - working for myself in renowned clinics in and around Bristol, and my own home treatment room. I also wrote and taught Indian Head Massage courses and taught Reiki - the Reiki teaching especially being such an honour and a joy.
Over the years I started writing and holding ceremonies for all sorts of situations that my friends, clients or groups asked me to do - Baby Naming Ceremonies, House Blessings, celebrations of the seasons and the earth's natural cycles. One thing I started to feel passionately about was funerals and end of life celebrations. I went to some 'services' which were so dire and impersonal that I wanted to run out screaming, and to some that were truly amazing and felt like a fit and proper ceremony to mark the culmination of the soul's time having it's human experience. A cathartic and important honouring for both the person who had died and those left in life. It was after a run of less than wonderful funerals that I renewed my quest to find a training to enable me to truly 'hold' Ceremonies - Namings, Weddings and Funerals and more - it was then that I found information about the 2 year training to become and Interfaith Minister. I just knew immediately that this was what I was meant to be doing, a few weeks later I was in London at an open day and I enrolled in the Seminary.
After an incredible 2 year journey alongside 30 incredibly varied and amazing peers I was Ordained in July 2010. It was a humbling and unique experience. Since then I have built up my Ministry by focussing on what I love doing - Ceremony and Healing; I worked at Penny Brohn Cancer Care in Bristol as an employed Healer and Group Facilitator until 2012 when I moved into the beautiful Somerset countryside. Whilst here I concentrated on my celebrancy work, especially working as a Funeral Celebrant, also working alongside people with terminal illnesses with Spiritual Counselling and end of life choices. I am passionate about empowering those who find themselves arranging a funeral to realise the choices they have for Home Funerals, Funeral Director led funerals and all stages between. We have now moved to North Devon and I am continuing to develop the Home Funeral ideology whilst working alongside some wonderful Funeral Directors.
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we have tried using compatibility point. everything was perfect. intstallation started & at 3rd stage it was hanged @ 35%. we again formated PC & again started all but same thing happened. @ 35% it is not showing any progress. we have waited for 4 hours but no progress in installation.
If you successfully installed Compact HMI 5.1 on Windows 8.1 Pro, that's fine. I know that there are sometimes specific requirements from a customer.
But be aware that this is on your own risk (or the customer's risk). You will not be eligible for official support if anything goes wrong caused by the Windows 8.1 operating system.
Compact HMI 800 is used.
Microsoft is claiming of 100% compatibility of windows 764 with windows 8.1 64. so can we go with that option?
Why even attempt to install on an unsupported OS version???
STEFAN THANKS FOR UR INTEREST, WE ALREADY HAVE PROCURED MATERIAL & THEN OUR CLIENT WANTS TO INSTALL IT ON WINDOWS 8.1 SO TO AVOID NEW PROCUREMENT WE ARE TRYING.
Even if you succeed you will not get any official support in need.
System 800xA is deeply entangled with Microsoft versions.
we have successfully installed in windows 8.1 & working correctly without any issue.
I don't know if I should congratulate or.
This installation will not be eligible for any official support from ABB. I hope your customer is aware of this.
You'll need to downgrade from Win 8.1 to Win 7. Until recently this was a standard supply with Win 8.1 systems.
Good to know that ! How do you succeesd?
Kindly downgrade your system from Win8.1 to Win 7.
Then please don't ask for help when you're not prepared to listen to the advice of people experience in using the systems.
How do you succeed to install it on 8.1?
Compact HMI 6.0 supports Windows 8.1.


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The Immaculate Conception, which we celebrate each year on December 8th, reminds us that Mary was different from us in one very important respect: she was conceived without original sin. She was also different from us in other ways. For example, she never committed a single sin in her entire life (no one of us can make that claim!), and she was different in that she had a unique calling from God to be the physical mother of the Savior of the world!
But today's feast, the Assumption of Mary into heaven, reminds us that Mary was also like us in one very important way: she was a human person, who had a human body—a body that was made for earth and which had the potential to be "re-made" for heaven!
The ultimate blessing for Mary was to be taken to heaven, body and soul, to be with her Divine Son in eternal glory.
Which brings us to what I would call "the thirdfruits"—US!
Jesus was the firstfruits because he rose from the dead and ascended to heaven, body and soul, by his power as God. Mary was the secondfruits because Jesus raised up her body when her earthly life was over, and brought her into his kingdom, body and soul.
We are the thirdfruits because what happened to Mary will happen to those of us who die in the state of grace. With one difference: It won't happen to us at the same time that it happened to the Blessed Mother; in other words, it won't happen when we die! (I always like to review this on the feast of the Assumption, because many Catholics are unclear about it.) The Church's teaching, based on the Sacred Scriptures, is that when we die our souls are separated from our bodies. Our souls go either to heaven, hell, or purgatory.
However, our bodies go into the grave; and, unless they're preserved by some special miracle, they decompose there. But they will be raised up again: at the end of time—at the Final Judgment—and at that point they will be reunited with our souls. Then everyone will go—soul and body—either to heaven or hell; purgatory will cease to exist.
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Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for us, that we will learn the lesson of your Assumption and treat ourselves—and our brothers and sisters—accordingly, always keeping in mind that their bodies and ours will someday be raised and glorified, just like yours and just like your Divine Son's.
It's a well-known fact that more people fear flying than driving (and that was the case even before September 11, 2001!).
Before that moment he was doing just fine; in fact, he was doing a lot better than "just fine"—he was doing what was humanly impossible! He had his eyes on Jesus—meaning that he was totally unconcerned with what he could not control—and he walked on the water.
But once he took his eyes off the Lord, the "uncontrollable" suddenly grabbed his attention—and that was the beginning of the end of his little stroll on the lake.
If we really stop and think about all the events and circumstances of our lives, we'll realize that the vast majority of what we have to deal with each and every day is totally beyond our control.
But "the majority" is not "all"! That's good news, because it means that there are some dimensions of our lives that we can control successfully if we choose to. And these, believe it or not, have a direct impact on how we deal with all of those uncontrollable things in life that sometimes cause us to be fearful.
Here Peter serves as a great example. As I noted at the beginning of my homily, he could not control the weather that day on the Sea of Galilee: he couldn't stop the wind; he couldn't calm the waves that were tossing around the apostles' boat. But he did have the power to control his mind—his thoughts—in the midst of it all! And he actually did that very well—for a brief time.
That's when he walked on the water. He had his mind centered on the Lord; he had his eyes riveted on Jesus; he put his complete and total focus on his Savior—and he acted fearlessly! Even though he was in the midst of a situation that he could not possibly control, he had no fear in his heart!
But then he chose to focus his attention somewhere else. He made the decision to take his mind and eyes off Jesus, and allowed himself to be distracted by what was uncontrollable.
Like Peter, we can also control our choices—especially our choices regarding Jesus Christ and our Catholic faith. We can choose, for example, to take the teachings of the Church seriously every day and apply them in every circumstance we face; we can choose to nourish our relationship with Jesus through daily prayer and frequent reception of the Eucharist; we can choose to read at least one passage from the Bible every day so that our thoughts get in line with God's word; we can choose to read books that will build up and not undermine our faith; we can choose to strengthen (or repair if necessary) our relationship with Jesus by going to Confession on a regular basis.
If we choose to take positive, spiritual steps like these every day (all of which are under our control), they will have a direct, positive impact on how we deal with the many things in our lives that we cannot control. We will be spiritually stronger in the midst of those uncontrollable events, and less fearful.
Once again, look at Peter. The man who freaked out in the midst of some bad weather on the Sea of Galilee, later went to his death fearlessly! He obviously had changed. He obviously had grown spiritually. And his was no ordinary death, remember: Peter was crucified upside down near the obelisk that now stands in St. Peter's Square in Rome.
Peter could not control Nero and the Romans who condemned him to death. But he could control his inner response to their condemnation.
This time he made the right choice—and stuck with it! This time he chose to keep his eyes—the eyes of his soul—firmly fixed on Jesus till the end.
So today's lesson is simple: By controlling what we can control in life, we strengthen ourselves to face the things that we cannot control. And this can eliminate—or at least lessen—our level of fear (perhaps even our fear of flying!).
It was a big story—but relatively few people heard about it.
I have my own theories as to why, one of which is that it made the Catholic Church look really good; and, sadly, there are many in the secular press who would rather not publish any news story that paints the Catholic Church in a positive light.
But if you didn't hear it before, you'll hear it today, at this Mass.
It concerned a professional soccer player for the New England Revolution named Chase Hilgenbrinck, who shocked his teammates and most followers of pro soccer in early July, when he suddenly announced his retirement.
It was shocking first of all because he's only 26-years-old and at the height of his physical abilities.
But it was also shocking to a lot of people because of why he's leaving: he wants to be (of all things) a Catholic priest!
This fall he'll begin 6 years of study at Mt. St. Mary's Seminary in Emmittsburg, Maryland (where Fr. Mike Sisco and Fr. Greg Stowe both studied; and where Frank Francese from our parish will be a student for the next 4 years). When he's ordained, Chase Hilgenbrinck will go back to the Diocese of Peoria in Illinois to serve in a parish there.
It was nice to see that one person who reacted very positively to this news was Michael Burns, the New England Revolution's vice president of player personnel. He was quoted as saying, "Chase said it was time for him, that he had been thinking long and hard. Purely from the Revs standpoint, it's too bad. But a lot of players leave the game not on their own terms. He's clearly left on his own terms, which is great for him.
In today's gospel reading from Matthew 14, Jesus says to his 12 future priests, "Give them some food yourselves." Why did he say that to them, when he knew he would feed the crowd himself in a few minutes by working this tremendous miracle?
I think it was to prepare them in a remote way for their future ministry. Within 3 years, they would be called upon to help people spiritually, emotionally—and even physically—as priests, and this gave them an opportunity to think about how they would do that. And, of course, this event also gave Jesus the opportunity to teach his future priests that God could and would do extraordinary things through them, if they simply trusted and prayed and stepped out in faith.
The role of a priest is to bring people into a close relationship with God through word and sacrament: the God who quenches their spiritual thirst and who gives them what they need (which is not necessarily what they want!).
I confess—I've had that thought many times!
In part, the ministry of a priest is to help people to understand that God never, ever abandons them—even in their darkest moments—and that the only thing that can possibly separate them from the Lord is their sin.
And the easy cure for that is repentance in the confessional!
Chase Hilgenbrinck believes all these things. He believes the truths contained in these 3 important passages from the Bible. He also believes that acting on these truths and spreading them to the world full time as a Catholic priest is more important than a career in pro sports.
If you do, and you're a single man, you'll at least consider the possibility that God might be calling you to serve him as a priest.
If you do, and you're not eligible to serve yourself, you'll at least pray for vocations every day.
And if you're married with a son you'll also encourage that son of yours to be open to a vocation—and then support him if he's called.


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Corbyn in landslide Labour victory
Published: 14:52 Saturday 12 September 2015
MP Jeremy Corbyn has been elected the leader of the Labour Party following a landslide victory.
Mr Corbyn saw off the challenge for the party's top position from frontbenchers Andy Burnham, Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall, by taking a massive 59.5 per cent of the toatal vote.
His nearest rival, Mr Burnham, got 19 per cent.
Ms Cooper was third on 17 per cent and Ms Kendall fourth with 4.5 per cent of the vote.
A total of 422,664 people cast a vote - a turnout of 76 per cent. Former minister and Gordon Brown ally Tom Watson was elected deputy leader.
The left winger, who has spent his entire 32 year career in the Commons on the backbenches, promised to fight for a more tolerant and inclusive Britain - and to tackle "grotesque levels of inequality in our society".
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What Role Does Sodium Really Play in Heart Disease?
Less salt doesn't necessarily lessen the risk for heart disease.
An evaluation of your nutritional needs, activity level as well as your individual health issues will help to determine how much sodium your body needs.
Nutritionists recommend a daily intake of 1.5 grams of salt for people with heart problems, a level that in this study increased the risk for cardiovascular death by 37 percent.