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Leah Fleming
Morning Edition Host
Leah Fleming is an award-winning radio host and correspondent.
You can hear her greet you to each weekday morning on 88.5 GPB Atlanta's Morning Edition from NPR News.
Leah is a familiar voice on public radio having hosted morning and afternoon programming in Atlanta, Albany, New York, Jacksonville and Miami, Florida.
Leah says her passion for diversity in public radio is what keeps her in the genre. Her goal for Georgia Public Broadcasting's Morning Edition is to offer the listener a unique experience of news, culture and trends of interest to African Americans and other diverse groups in the greater Atlanta area. She believes that listeners, no matter what their ethnic make-up, find value in content that explores and celebrates all cultures.
Leah joined GPB in 2012 following six years at WLRN-Miami Herald News, in Miami, where she served as All Things Considered anchor before being named deputy news director.
Prior to her time in South Florida, Leah worked as Morning Edition host at WABE Public Radio in Atlanta, Georgia. There she was acknowledged for her work including an award from the National Association of Black Journalists for her interview with professional boxer Laila Ali.
Leah has also worked at NPR in Washington, DC as a producer and served as a mentor with NPR's Next Generation project.
Raised in New York, Leah holds a Master of Science degree in communication arts.
Music Moment: Gucci Mane, 'The East Atlanta Santa'
By Leah Fleming • Dec 16, 2016
This week, Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane performed for NPR Music in their Tiny Desk Concert series. His mini set list comprised of three tracks, including this song titled "First Day Out." Today, Gucci is releasing his tenth studio album, "The Return of The East Atlanta Santa."
A Visit To 2 Chainz's Atlanta Restaurant
By Leah Fleming & Taylor Gantt • Dec 9, 2016
Taylor Gantt
Atlanta is home to a number of big time musical artists, including College Park's own 2 Chainz. But many of these musicians have aspirations outside of the recording studio.
Unbeknownst to many listeners, 2 Chainz has a passion for food. He's the author of the cookbook #MEALTIME. And this week, he's opening up a new restaurant in Atlanta called Escobar.
Music Minute: Brenda Lee, Atlanta's 'Queen Of Christmas'
By Leah Fleming • Dec 8, 2016
On December 8, 1956, 11-year-old Atlanta native Brenda Lee released her first single, "I'm Gonna Lasso Santa Claus."
Lee was one of the top vocalists of the 1960s, singing pop and country music. But she is perhaps best remembered for another holiday classic, "Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree."
The song has endured as a holiday standard for more than 50 years. Happy holidays to Atlanta's "Little Miss Dynamite," who is still on tour at age 71.
Report: Georgia's Foster Care Population On The Rise
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The foster care population in Georgia has spiked over the past three years. Last month, The New York Times reported that the number of kids in protective care has nearly doubled since 2013. To date, Georgia has the fastest growing foster care population in the country.
GPB's Leah Fleming speaks with Bobby Cagle, Director of the Georgia Division of Family and Children Services, about the growing number of kids in Georgia's foster care system.
Music Moment: Otis Redding's Greatest Hit Turns 49
Soul-singer Otis Redding is known for a number of unforgettable tracks. But one song is considered to be his biggest hit: "(Sittin' On) The Dock of the Bay."
DJ Rasta Root On Phife Dawg, A Tribe Called Quest
By Leah Fleming & Taylor Gantt • Nov 30, 2016
This month, the hip-hop group A Tribe Called Quest returned from a 20 year hiatus with their new album "We Got It From Here, Thank You 4 Your Service."
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard charts and features the late rapper Phife Dawg, who passed away earlier this year.
Jackie Brittain Talks HS Football Playoffs In Georgia
GPB SPORTS
The high school football playoffs are currently underway across the state. And GPB has you covered on all the big matchups. GPB Sports host Jackie Brittain joins us to talk about the upcoming playoff matchups and why Georgia is such a hotbed for high school football.
Morning Edition Music Minute: Pokemon Symphony
@pokemonsymphony
Fans of the popular Pokemon series are rejoicing today. Nintendo has released the latest pair of games in the series, "Pokemon Sun" and "Pokemon Moon." And if you can't get enough of the collectible pocket monsters, there's a musical event this weekend that you'll definitely want to check out.
Amendment 1: How Will You Cast Your Vote?
By Leah Fleming • Oct 28, 2016
Georgia voters will decide on November 8 whether the state can take over failing schools. Amendment 1 is a plan by Republican Governor Nathan Deal, in which an appointed superintendent accountable to the governor could add up to 20 low performing schools to an opportunity school district each year and either convert them into charter schools, overhaul management or close them.
The majority of schools that could be taken over are in high-poverty areas with minority students.
So, how will you vote on Amendment 1?
The Power Of Georgia's Latino Vote
By Leah Fleming • Sep 16, 2016
Latinos make up the largest ethnic minority group in the United States, and their concerns are playing a major part in this year's presidential election.
Between 2012 and 2016 just over 3 million more eligible U.S.-born Hispanic voters are now qualified to go to the polls. That's according to new Pew Research Center data.
Add to that another 1.2 million people who've become citizens since the last general election and the impact of the Latino vote could be enough to turn some traditionally red states, like Georgia, blue or purple.
Beerfest And Tchaikovsky: Your Middle Ga Events For August
By Leah Fleming • Aug 19, 2016
This late August is hot and we don't just mean the temperature! There are several events happening all over Macon and Middle Georgia that will have you loving this last bit of summer.
Local harpist Betsy Fitzgerald and the Huffington Post's film critic Jackie K. Cooper have a list of fun ideas.
Listen to the studio conversation below!
Here are Betsy's items for this week:
Russian to the Finnish
Your Middle GA Events: Bragg Jam & Mary Poppins!
By Leah Fleming • Jul 29, 2016
Middle Georgia is popping this weekend with "Mary Poppins" and the one night music festival that is Bragg Jam!
Huffington Post film critic Jackie K. Cooper and local harpist Betsy Fitzgerald are here with their lists of things to do this weekend.
Georgia Felons Find Purpose Fighting Fires
Throughout his tenure, Governor Nathan Deal has pushed for criminal justice reform, including education and occupational training behind bars. That has more felons going from cell block to firehouse.
In the middle of Chester, a rural town about an hour from Macon sits the Dodge State Prison. Ride through the open gate and you see the typical looking prison surrounded by barbed wire.
But to the left is a firehouse complete with two bays where shiny red trucks sit pointed towards the road.
Macon&Eggs: Gordon's Mayor Stays On The Job Plus It's Time To Vote Again!
By Leah Fleming • Jul 7, 2016
Gordon's Mayor Mary Ann Whipple Lue is still on the job after a tumultuous two years as the town's first woman and African American mayor. Also, a new law in Georgia is changing the way police appear before a grand jury. Each week journalists Charles Richardon of The Telegraph and I talk about the hot topics on the minds of Middle Georgians.
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Your Middle GA Events: Summer Theater In Macon!
Noemi Griffin / GPB Macon Intern
Summertime fun has arrived in Middle Georgia! Huffington Post film critic Jackie K. Cooper and local harpist Betsy Fitzgerald stopped by the GPB Macon studios this week to share some events to get you out this month. Listen to the conversation above.
New Georgia Laws Go Into Effect July 1
By Leah Fleming • Jun 30, 2016
Nati Harnik / AP Photo
Dozens of new laws go into effect in Georgia on July 1. Among them are laws dealing with stun guns on college campuses, new procedures for the criminal justice system, and changes in the privileges granted to law enforcement officers involved in grand jury proceedings related to the use of deadly force.
Your Middle GA Events: Design, Wine And Dine Plus Fireworks In Perry!
Design, Wine and Dine is back along with fireworks and Tinsley Ellis….It's time to talk about all the fun things you can get out and do and with some ideas, we have Jackie K. Cooper, a film critic with the Huffington Post and local harpist Betsy Fitzgerald.
Macon&Eggs: Gordon's First African American Mayor Fights To Stay On The Job
It's a hot summer so far and I'm not just talking about the weather. In Middle Georgia there are two dramas that are heating up. Each week journalists Charles Richardson, editorial page editor for The Telegraph and GPB Macon's Leah Fleming talk about the topics on the minds of Middle Georgians.
No Federal Charges In Gym Mat Death Case
By Leah Fleming & Vanessa Alva • Jun 20, 2016
Noemi Griffin / GPB Macon
The Department of Justice will not file charges in the 2013 death of Kendrick Johnson. He's the Valdosta teenager who was found dead in a rolled-up gym mat inside Lowndes High School.
Officials from the U.S. Attorney's Office met in Macon on Monday with Johnson's parents to inform them of the findings and the conclusion of the investigation.
Macon&Eggs: We Remember Ali's Visit To Middle Georgia
Muhammad Ali, three-time world heavyweight boxing champion and one of the most famous sports personalities of this century visited Fort Valley State College's homecoming festivities in 1989. Charles Richardson, editorial page editor for the Telegraph was there and shares his memories. This is the hot topic on Macon&Eggs this week.
Your Middle GA Events: '90s Groove & Wine In Perry This Weekend!
By Leah Fleming • Jun 3, 2016
This weekend you can go back to the 90s, and head on over to Perry for some fabulous wine! It's time to talk about all the fun things you can get out and do and with some ideas, we have Jackie K. Cooper, a film critic with the Huffington Post and local harpist Betsy Fitzgerald.
Here are Betsy's items for this week's show: Library Ballroom '90s Extravaganza!
Macon&Eggs: Mickey Mouse For Mayor?
Would you vote for Mickey Mouse for mayor or sheriff of your city? Turns out some voters in Georgia did just that. What motivates a voter to do such a thing? People are people, says Charles Richardson, editorial page editor at The Telegraph of Macon. This is one of the two hot topics we talk about on Macon&Eggs this week. Listen to the conversation below.
Macon&Eggs: Monday Morning Quarterbacking Tuesday's Elections!
By Leah Fleming • May 26, 2016
Voter turnout was decent and many Republican voters asked for a Democratic ballot as election Tuesday went down in Middle Georgia this week. Journalists Charles Richardson of the Telegraph and GPB Macon's Leah Fleming are breaking down some key races this week on Macon&Eggs.
Elections were held in Georgia this week.
Voter turnout would be the deciding factor is what the Telegraph's Charles Richardson said. Did that ring true?
Middle Georgia Style: Fried Chicken Love Versus Appropriation
Food can be very stylish, from fried chicken - which has gone pretty high style and trendy - to even grits!
That's good news for several high profile TV chefs and restaurateurs who love Southern cuisine. But for many creators of some celebrated foods they have not received the attention or money that others have.
So, at what point does food appreciation become appropriation?
Macon&Eggs: Would You Vote At A Police Station?
Elections in Georgia are just days away and some voters in Macon will cast their ballots at a church property. This after their precinct was shut down for renovations and moved to a police station. But that move caused an uproar. Each week Charles Richardson, editorial page editor at the Telegraph and GPB Macon's Leah Fleming talk about the issues on the minds of Middle Georgians. Listen to the studio conversation here.
Your Middle GA Events: Jazz & Star Wars This Weekend!
Leah Fleming / GPB Macon
We've got jazz and Star Wars in Middle Georgia this weekend! It's time to talk about all the fun things you can get out and do and with some ideas, we have Jackie K. Cooper, a film critic with the Huffington Post and local harpist Betsy Fitzgerald. Listen to the studio conversation below!
Here are Betsy's items for this week's show:
Macon Jazz Association Presents "Swinging at the Stetson"
Macon&Eggs: Macon-Bibb Rolls Out A New Budget And FVSU Honors A Slain Freshman
Each week journalists Charles Richardson of the Telegraph of Macon and GPB Macon's Leah Fleming talk about the hot topics on the minds of Middle Georgians.
This week Macon-Bibb County Mayor Robert Reichert rolled out the third full year budget of the consolidated government. It hits the twenty percent budget reduction demanded by the city/county consolidation process. The hitch? The mark was hit in no small part by funds from the Special one penny sales tax, or SPLOST.
Equalizing Access To Autism Care In Georgia
By Leah Fleming • May 2, 2016
One in 68 children are born with autism in the United States. That's according to the Centers for Disease Control. In Georgia the rate is even higher.
Your Middle GA Style: So Southern Spring Fashion!
By Leah Fleming • Apr 8, 2016
Spring is here and with it some beautiful fashion!
There is a unique flair to southern fashion, says Molly McWilliams Wilkins, editor in chief of Southern Bon Vivant, a style and culture website. She joins GPB Macon's Leah Fleming in a new segment taking a closer look at what makes "a look" so southern. Listen to the conversation here:
Macon&Eggs: Is It The End For The Macon Charter Academy? Plus We Talk Tornados!
The state Department of Education has begun the process of closing Macon Charter Academy. Since it opened last fall the school has been plagued with numerous problems. Is there any way you see this school staying open at this point or is it better to cut the losses and get the kids into a more stable environment?


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Publications of Laura S. Richman :chronological alphabetical combined bibtex listing:
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Bhavsar, NA; Kumar, M; Richman, L (2020). Defining gentrification for epidemiologic research: A systematic review.. Plos One, 15(5), e0233361. [doi] [abs]
Richman, L; Pearson, J; Beasley, C; Stanifer, J (2019). Addressing health inequalities in diverse, rural communities: An unmet need.. Ssm Population Health, 7, 100398. [doi] [abs]
Richman, LS; Zucker, AN (2019). Quantifying intersectionality: An important advancement for health inequality research.. Social Science and Medicine, 226, 246-248. [doi] [abs]
Richman, LS; Stock, M (2018). Necessary considerations for a life course perspective on discrimination and health.. Social Science and Medicine, 215, 163-166. [doi]
Linnenbrink-Garcia, L; Perez, T; Barger, MM; Wormington, SV; Godin, E; Snyder, KE; Robinson, K; Sarkar, A; Richman, LS; Schwartz-Bloom, R (2018). Repairing the Leaky Pipeline: A Motivationally Supportive Intervention to Enhance Persistence in Undergraduate Science Pathways.. Contemporary Educational Psychology, 53, 181-195. [doi] [abs]
Stock, ML; Gibbons, FX; Beekman, JB; Williams, KD; Richman, LS; Gerrard, M (2018). Racial (vs. self) affirmation as a protective mechanism against the effects of racial exclusion on negative affect and substance use vulnerability among black young adults.. J Behav Med, 41(2), 195-207. [doi] [abs]
Lattanner, MR; Richman, LS (2017). Effect of Stigma and Concealment on Avoidant-Oriented Friendship Goals. Journal of Social Issues, 73(2), 379-396. [doi] [abs]
Jonas, KJ; Cesario, J; Alger, M; Bailey, AH; Bombari, D; Carney, D; Dovidio, JF; Duffy, S; Harder, JA; van Huistee, D; Jackson, B; Johnson, DJ; Keller, VN; Klaschinski, L; LaBelle, O; LaFrance, M; M. Latu, I; Morssinkhoff, M; Nault, K; Pardal, V; Pulfrey, C; Rohleder, N; Ronay, R; Richman, LS; Mast, MS; Schnabel, K; Schröder-Abé, M; Tybur, JM (2017). Power poses–where do we stand?. Comprehensive Results in Social Psychology, 2(1), 139-141. [doi]
Pascoe, EA; Richman, LS; Kort, D (2017). Validation of the Food-Linked Virtual Response task.. J Health Psychol, 22(1), 111-119. [repository], [doi] [abs]
Smart Richman, L; Blodorn, A; Major, B (2016). An identity-based motivational model of the effects of perceived discrimination on health-related behaviors. Group Processes & Intergroup Relations, 19(4), 415-425. [doi]
Richman, LS; Martin, J; Guadagno, J (2016). Stigma-Based Rejection and the Detection of Signs of Acceptance. Social Psychological and Personality Science, 7(1), 53-60. [repository], [doi] [abs]
Utamsingh, PD; Richman, LS; Martin, JL; Lattanner, MR; Chaikind, JR (2016). Heteronormativity and practitioner-patient interaction.. Health Commun, 31(5), 566-574. [repository], [doi] [abs]
Jackson, B; Richman, LS; LaBelle, O; Lempereur, MS; Twenge, JM (2015). Experimental Evidence That Low Social Status is Most Toxic to Well-being When Internalized.. Self and Identity, 14(2), 157-172. [repository], [doi] [abs]
Godin, EA; Wormington, SV; Perez, T; Barger, MM; Snyder, KE; Richman, LS; Schwartz-Bloom, R; Linnenbrink-Garcia, L (2015). A Pharmacology-Based Enrichment Program for Undergraduates Promotes Interest in Science.. Cbe Life Sciences Education, 14(4), ar40. [repository], [doi] [abs]
Southwell, B; Ronneberg, K; Shen, K; Jorgens, E; Hazel, J; Alemu, R; Ross, J; Richman, L; Vermeer, D (2014). Energy information engagement among the poor: Predicting participation in a free workshop. Energy Research and Social Science, 4(C), 21-22. [repository], [doi] [abs]
Richman, LS; Hatzenbuehler, ML (2014). A Multilevel Analysis of Stigma and Health: Implications for Research and Policy. Policy Insights From the Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 1(1), 213-221. [repository], [doi] [abs]
Richman, LS; Lattanner, MR (2014). Self-regulatory processes underlying structural stigma and health.. Social Science and Medicine, 103, 94-100. [repository], [doi] [abs]
Richman, LS; Boynton, MH; Costanzo, P; Banas, K (2013). Interactive Effects of Discrimination and Racial Identity on Alcohol-Related Thoughts and Use. Basic and Applied Social Psychology, 35(4), 396-407. [Gateway.cgi], [doi] [abs]
Boynton, MH; Richman, LS (2013). WHY ETHNIC IDENTITY AND EXPERIENCES OF DISCRIMINATION MATTER TO ETHNIC MINORITY HEALTH DECISION-MAKING: A DAILY DIARY STUDY OF SUBSTANCE USE AND NUTRITION USING MTURK. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 45, S60-S60.
with Jonassaint, CR; Ashley-Koch, A; Whitfield, KE; Hoyle, RH; Richman, LS; Siegler, IC; Royal, CD; Williams, R (2012). The serotonin transporter gene polymorphism (5HTTLPR) moderates the effect of adolescent environmental conditions on self-esteem in young adulthood: a structural equation modeling approach.. Biol Psychol, 91(1), 111-119. [22659377], [doi] [abs]
Richman, LS; vanDellen, M; Wood, W (2011). How women cope: Being a numerical minority in a male-dominated profession. Journal of Social Issues, 67(3), 492-509. [repository], [doi] [abs]
Pascoe, EA; Richman, LS (2011). Effect of discrimination on food decisions. Self and Identity, 10(3), 396-406. [repository], [doi] [abs]
Stanton, MV; Jonassaint, CR; Bartholomew, FB; Edwards, C; Richman, L; DeCastro, L; Williams, R (2010). The association of optimism and perceived discrimination with health care utilization in adults with sickle cell disease.. Journal of the National Medical Association, 102(11), 1056-1063. [21141295], [doi] [abs]
Smart Richman, L; Pek, J; Pascoe, E; Bauer, DJ (2010). The effects of perceived discrimination on ambulatory blood pressure and affective responses to interpersonal stress modeled over 24 hours.. Health Psychology, 29(4), 403-411. [doi] [abs]
Pascoe, E; Richman, LS (2010). TIRED OF PREJUDICE: THE SELF-REGULATORY EFFECT OF DISCRIMINATION ON HEALTH-RELATED BEHAVIORS. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 39, 18-18. [Gateway.cgi]
Richman, LS; Pek, J; Pascoe, E; Bauer, D (2010). The Effects of Perceived Discrimination on Ambulatory Blood Pressure and Affective Responses to Interpersonal Stress Modeled Over 24 Hours.. Health Psychology, 29(403-411), 403-411. [repository], [doi] [abs]
Stanton, MV; Jonassaint, CR; Bartholomew, FB; Edwards, C; Richman, LS; DeCastro, L; Williams, RB (2010). Optimism and perceived discrimination interact to predict health care utilization in adults with sickle cell disease.. Journal of the National Medical Association.
Richman, LS; Kubzansky, LD; Maselko, J; Ackerson, LK; Bauer, M (2009). The relationship between mental vitality and cardiovascular health.. Psychol Health, 24(8), 919-932. [20205036], [doi] [abs]
Pascoe, EA; Smart Richman, L (2009). Perceived discrimination and health: a meta-analytic review.. Psychological Bulletin, 135(4), 531-554. [repository], [doi] [abs]
Smart Richman, L; Leary, MR (2009). Reactions to discrimination, stigmatization, ostracism, and other forms of interpersonal rejection: a multimotive model.. Psychological Review, 116(2), 365-383. [19348546], [doi] [abs]
Smart Richman, L; Pek, J; Pascoe, E (2009). The Effects of Race, Past Discrimination, and Time on Ambulatory Blood Pressure Modeled Over 24-hours. Health Psychology. [abs]
Richman, LS; Jonassaint, C (2008). The effects of race-related stress on cortisol reactivity in the laboratory: implications of the Duke lacrosse scandal.. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 35(1), 105-110. [18347910], [doi] [abs]
Richman, LS; Jonassaint, C (2008). The Effects of Race-related Stress on Cortisol Reactivity in the Laboratory: Implications of the Duke Lacrosse Scandal. Annals of Behavioral Medicine, 1-6. [doi] [abs]
Richman, LS; Bennett, GG; Pek, J; Siegler, I; Williams, RB (2007). Discrimination, dispositions, and cardiovascular responses to stress.. Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 26(6), 675-683. [18020838], [doi] [abs]
Richman, LS; Kohn-Wood, LP; Williams, DR (2007). The role of discrimination and racial identity for mental health service utilization. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology, 26(8), 960-981. [doi] [abs]
Gurmankin Levy, A; Maselko, J; Bauer, M; Richman, L; Kubzansky, L (2007). Why do people with an anxiety disorder utilize more nonmental health care than those without?. Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 26(5), 545-553. [doi] [abs]
Richman, LS; Kubzansky, L; Maselko, J; Kawachi, I; Choo, P; Bauer, M (2005). Positive emotion and health: going beyond the negative.. Health Psychology : Official Journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 24(4), 422-429. [16045378], [doi] [abs]
Smart, L; Wegner, DM (1999). Covering up what can't be seen: concealable stigma and mental control.. Journal of Personality and Social Psychology, 77(3), 474-486. [doi] [abs]
Wegner, DM; Smart, L (1997). Deep cognitive activation: a new approach to the unconscious.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 65(6), 984-995. [doi] [abs]
Baumeister, RF; Smart, L; Boden, JM (1996). Relation of threatened egotism to violence and aggression: the dark side of high self-esteem.. Psychological Review, 103(1), 5-33. (Reprinted in The Self in Social Psychology. Key Readings in Social Psychology. (pp. 240-284). Philadelphia, PA, US: Psychology Press/Taylor& Francis.). [doi] [abs]
Smart, L; Wegner, DM (1996). Strength of will. Psychological Inquiry, 7, 79-83.
Lester, N; Smart, L; Baum, A (1994). Measuring coping flexibility in the general population. Psychology & Health, 9, 409-424.
Richman, LS; Pascoe, E; Lattanner, M "Interpersonal discrimination and physical health." The Oxford Handbook of Stigma, Discrimination, and Health. Oxford University Press, December, 2017: 203-218. [doi] [abs]
L. Richman "The Multi Motive Model of Rejection." In DeWall (Ed.), Handbook of Social Exclusion. Oxford University Press., 2013: pp. 43-54.
Smart Richman, L. "Threatened Egotism Theory of Aggression." Encyclopedia of Social Psychology. Ed. R. F. Baumeister & K. Vohs (Eds.) Sage, 2007
Shelton, J.N. & Smart Richman, L. "Self-affirmation Theory." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2ndMacMillan Reference, In Press
Smart Richman, L. "Life Events and Stress." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. 2nd EditionMacMillan, In Press
Shelton, J.N. & Smart Richman, L "Self-affirmation Theory." International Encyclopedia of the Social Sciences. (2nd edition).MacMillan, 2005
Smart, L. & Wegner, D. M.. "The hidden costs of hidden stigma." The Social Psychology of Stigma. Ed. Kleck, R. E., Heatherton, T. F. & Hull, J. G. New York: Guilford Press, 2000

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History, Politics & Rights
The Federalist Essays Brought the U.S. Constitution to Life
Robert Begley, Carrie-Ann Biondi October 27, 2017 Audio PDF In Winter 2017
On October 27, 1787, Alexander Hamilton published the first of eighty-five Federalist essays. For six years, the country had been held together by a weak thread: the Articles of Confederation. Four years after the Revolutionary War had ended, the states still had no means of servicing their wartime debt, of resolving interstate currency and trade disputes, or of formally aligning against new foreign threats. Hamilton (along with many other great founders) had helped to create a solution to these ills: the United States Constitution. Although it had been signed by thirty-eight of the forty-one delegates present at the Constitutional Convention, the Constitution still had to be ratified by at least nine of the thirteen states. The opposition was swift and vocal. In response, Hamilton would launch the Federalist essays to defend the Constitution and secure votes for ratification.
Just ten days after the Constitution was signed, its opponents began publishing Anti-Federalist essays intended to stoke opposition and waylay ratification. They argued that America should remain a loose confederation of thirteen "free and independent states."1 "Cato I," the first Anti-Federalist essay, sounded an alarm that sustained throughout the ratification contest: "the influence of a powerful few" and "the exercise of a standing army" are threats to individual liberty.2 Another critic argued that the Constitution would simply replace the British monarchy, so recently thrown off, with a new American one and declared that he would "rather be a free citizen of the small republic of Massachusetts, than an oppressed subject of the great American empire."3
But Hamilton knew that a "nation without a national government is . . . an awful spectacle."4 The already tense interstate relationships would likely transition into anarchy and open warfare. The Constitution could provide "the security of liberty" that the nation desperately needed.5 Hamilton conceived a massive project, a point-by-point logical vindication of the Constitution's principles and purposes. He not only initiated the project, he also penned fifty-one of the essays, with James Madison writing twenty-nine and John Jay the remaining five. Under the pseudonym Publius, and at a fever pitch, these three men wrote what would come to be called The Federalist Papers. The essays originally were published serially in New York newspapers from October 1787 to August 1788. . . .
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In addition to being director of development at OSI, Robert works as a speaking coach, helping TedX speakers and businessmen deliver more memorable messages. He constantly seeks to integrate the principles of Objectivism with those of effective self-development systems, such as GTD and Atomic Habits, to create a personalized "supersystem" for success in work and life. And he teaches courses on these integrations for OSI, called "Your Supersystem for Flourishing." When he is not working, he enjoys swimming, playing basketball, practicing Bikram yoga, and dancing ballet.
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1. Declaration of Independence; see also, The Articles of Confederation, art. 2, for similar phrasing.
2. Cato I (likely George Clinton), New York Journal, September 27, 1787, accessed online at: http://teachingamericanhistory.org/library/document/cato-i/. The "powerful few" they had in mind were wealthy bankers and lawyers.
3. A Federalist, "A Dangerous Plan of Benefit only to the 'Aristocratick Combination'," Boston Gazette and Country Journal, November 26, 1787, accessed online at: http://www.constitution.org/afp/borden01.htm.
4. Alexander Hamilton, "Federalist No. 85," in The Federalist Papers, ed. Clinton Rossiter (New York: New American Library, 1961), 527.
5. Hamilton, "Federalist No. 1," 35.
9. Madison, "Federalist No. 10," 81.
10. Hamilton, "Federalist No. 15," 108.
11. Hamilton, "Federalist No. 15," 108 and 109.
12. Thomas Jefferson, "Letter to James Madison, November 18, 1788," National Archives Founders Online, accessed online at: https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-11-02-0257.
13. George Washington, "Letter to John Armstrong, April 25, 1788," National Archives Founders Online, accessed online at: https://founders.archives.gov/GEWN-04-06-02-0201.
14. R. Kent Newmyer, John Marshall and the Heroic Age of the Supreme Court (Baton Rouge, LA: Louisiana State University Press, 2001), 50–68.
15. Buckner F. Melton, Jr. and Carol Willcox Melton, "The Supreme Court and The Federalist: A Supplement, 2001–2006," Kentucky Law Journal, vol. 95 (2007), 749–64. Through 1984, The Federalist Papers had made an appearance in 206 U.S. Supreme Court cases (James G. Wilson, "The Most Sacred Text: The Supreme Court's Use of The Federalist Papers," Brigham Young University Law Review [1985], 65–135), so there has been a more than 50 percent increase over the past three decades.
16. McCulloch v. Maryland, 17 U.S. 316 (1819), accessed online at: https://www.law.cornell.edu/supremecourt/text/17/316.


Allaboveboard (Miracle System) came 1st, Coalpark (lay of the day) came 8th!
I get this feeling you know that the statistics that show the % of favourites winnings, seem to happen in batches.
What are you on about Malcolm?
It always seems to me you have odd periods where favourites seem to keep winning no matter what and then it doesn't matter what you do, they just lose all the time!
So when we here that 40% of odds on favourites win their races I would love to see a graph over a period of a year, to see if there are weeks or months where they tend to win or lose more often.
I suspect (maybe because I am about to have a holiday) that weather has something to do with it and maybe even the cycle of the moon and planets!
Ok the weather is probably more likely (no disrespects to people who use astrology) especially when conditions change overnight.
I would be interested to hear your views, whatever they are.
We won on Elkhorn yesterday and although his SP was under under evens his Betfair price was above all day.
This is one of those cases where the trainer is trying to get another win in before the horse gets hit with the full handicap penalty from their last win. Considering Classi Maureen won by 14 lengths the 7lb (ex7) she is carrying shouldn't hamper her although she is probably up against stiffer competition in this race. With such a small field she may be worth sticking with even though the price is not very attractive. One small factor here the place price is 1.25 not a great difference form the back price. I wonder if we going to back that we may as well go for the place?
Only one selection for the both yesterday but we won and at a better price than we have seen for day's.


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Badass Career Coach
On today's episode we have Coach Cordero on to talk about her awe-inspiring journey from coming to the United States as a young girl from Cuba to becoming a badass career coach!
She shares with us how she has navigated her career starting off in Non-profit to reaching new levels of success in Corporate America as an Human Resources professional. I really enjoyed this conversation as we talk about being ambitious in Corporate America and the balancing act it takes to manage both a full time job and side gig.
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Anyelis started Propel on Purpose to really help mid-level professionals find their perfect fit in their career. Whether they are stuck and unhappy or just want to do a career switch she is the person to call to really lay it out and make a plan for success. She combines her background in behavioral science, upbeat personality and corporate human resource experience to really offer you the full package in career coaching. She wants you to find happiness, conquer your fear and live your purpose.
Empowering Episode
Listen today because she offers so many more nuggets of information and tidbits of inspiration as we as Latinos work our way to new plateaus of success. Shout out to our amiga and past guest Lucy Pinto who introduced us!
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Allow me to introduce the Platform Latino Podcast! This has been a work in progress and I am glad to have it finally launch. Listen to the first episode to find out who I am, what inspired me to start the podcast and my goals for the podcast.
I'm mixed with wonderful feelings from happiness, to share this with the world, to scared to see how it will be received. In the end I know sharing the stories of these amazing Latino/a's will be a positive influence to all who listen.
Enjoy! Let me know what you liked most about the episode. If you know someone who would be a great guest please feel free to send me a message.
Cinco de Mayo truths…
As many people throw back margaritas and fill up on taco's today it's surprising that many don't really know the origins of "Cinco de Mayo" or in Mexico known as the Battle of Puebla Day. The origins of "Cinco de Mayo" come from a battle in 1862 when the French tried to invade Puebla, Mexico due to unpaid debts by the Mexican country. Some important names are associated with this time such as Benito Juarez, Napoleon III, and General Ignacio Zaragoza.
Who was Benito Juarez?
Benito Juarez statue in Bryant Park in NYC
Benito Juarez was the 26th President of Mexico between 1858 – 1872 and is a huge figure in Mexican culture. He is considered a symbol of Mexican Nationalism and resistance to foreign intervention for his roller coaster life in Mexican Politics. During his life he was exiled several times from power and even Mexico. He successfully led Mexico through war with France and allowed Mexico to continue its independence from foreign rule. He devoted his whole life to Mexican independence and growth as a nation that he is the only person honored to have his birthday as a public and patriotic holiday every year on March 21st. He was president during the Battle of Puebla.
Benito Juarez was such a national treasure for Mexico it made me wonder who were some great Latino(a) military leaders in US History.
Five Latino(a) US Military Heroes we should all know:
Angela Salinas
Pedro del Valle
Borinqueneers
Private France Silva who became the first of 13 Hispanic Marines to receive the Medal of Honor was of Mexican decent and born in California in 1876. The Medal of Honor is the US's highest and most prestigious personal military decoration. Private Silva received the medal for his combat and bravery in the Boxer Rebellion of China in 1901.
Pedro del Valle was a US Marine and the first Latino to reach the rank of Lieutenant General. He served during the years of 1915 – 1948 which included service in WWI, WWII, the Battle of Okinawa and many others. He was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico while it was still under colonial Spanish rule. After WWII, he was recommended for the position of Governor of Puerto Rico, which between 1898 – 1942 were appointed by the President of the United States. He eventually asked to be withdrawn from consideration leading to the appointment of Jesus Piñero who is the first civilian and native Puerto Rican appointed Governor of the island.
Angela Salinas is an American retired General in the Marines. She is the first Hispanic woman to become a general in the Marines and the first woman to command a Marine Corps Recruit Depot. She now serves as the CEO of a branch of the Girl Scouts of America.
The Borinqueneers aka 65th Infantry Regiment is a Puerto Rican regiment created shortly after Puerto Rico became a commonwealth of the United States. It was nicknamed Borinqueneers after the Taino name for the island Borinquen. It has been active in all the major US wars since its creation in 1920.
David Farragut – This was a big surprise for me and I wanted to include him as I have seen his name from time to time plastered on streets or schools. Farragut's father was from Spain but died early in his life and he was adopted by a naval officer in Virginia. He fought for the US in many of their early wars and fought on the side of the Union during the Civil War.
Diverse group shows we have been here from the start!
I wanted to share a diverse group of Hispanic / Latino(a) Americans that served our country throughout the history of the United States to show we have always been present from the start. On this Cinco de Mayo symbolizing where Mexicans united to fight for their nation even though they were outnumbered proves we can fight the insurmountable. We need equal representation as we have fought for this country alongside the very diverse history of the people who call themselves Americans.
Happy February 1st, as we hit the coldest month of the year, we also head into Black History Month. This month celebrates the accomplishments and history of African Americans and their contributions to the history of the United States.
How do they decide?
As I was thinking of what to write today, it made me wonder how they decide which month to celebrate what cause and I thought of Hispanic Heritage Month.
History of Hispanic Heritage Month
If you do not know, Hispanic Heritage Month is oddly not in just one month. Its spread between September & October (Sept 15 – Oct 15th). Why you ask? They chose these dates because of the national independence days that happen throughout Latin America starting with five countries on the 15th, followed by three more in the following 5 days.
In 1968, it started as Hispanic Heritage Week sponsored by Edward Roybal (Los Angeles politician) and signed into law by President Lyndon B. Johnson. Twenty years later, it was expanded to 30 days, implemented by President Regan.
This blog/podcast is not only to share Hispanic/Latino contributions to American Society but it is also my journey to learn more about our history in this great country. If you think of all that was going on in the 1960's in America to see the passing of a whole week dedicated to us is a major accomplishment.
Black History Month originated as "Negro History Week" in 1926 and wasn't addressed by the U.S. President until the 1970's. That is 50 years that it took to be recognized by our head of government. African Americans have come a long way to working towards equal rights and Latinos have been right behind them supporting them along the way but it also shows we have made great strides in a shorter time.
We share many similarities with the African American population that we are often marginalized and underrepresented in positions of power. Although Latinos have had many strides too because we come in so many shades of skin-color. I also feel that because of this natural distinction they have had to work harder fighting for their rights and to be recognized. In 1968, President Johnson signed the Civil Rights Act into law. This prohibited the refusal to sell or rent a dwelling to any person because of their race, color, religion or national origin. It was monumental because it showed the federal government making strides to fair housing acts. Although it was a start, it still is in the works to making it a perfect system.
Same struggle united as one.
I would like to think if it was not for the civil rights movement and the actions taken by our African American cousins we, as Latinos, would not be in the same position as we are today. We should take a stand, march in equality, and take a moment to support and celebrate Black History Month, as it is part of our identity and history in the United States.
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John Leguizamo's Netflix Special: "Latin History for Morons"
Unless you have been living under a rock or your wifi is out you have probably seen it advertised in your Netflix queue. John Leguizamo's new Netflix special "Latin History for Morons" came on Netflix not too long ago and is right in line with the purpose of Platform Latino's mission of promoting the Latin history the United States. Leguizamo mixes in his comedy expertise to simmer the top of how much American History involves Latinos. We have been here before America was America. Hell our Spanish ancestors were the ones who sent Columbus over to find the new world. Although he brought sickness and disease, which whipped out the majority of the native people we as Latinos share that as part of our history.
"If you don't see yourself represented outside of yourself, you just feel invisible."
John shares his struggles in explaining to his son Latino Heroes he could use for his school project. They aren't readily available in normal history texts. Also as Latinos it's hard to identify with the historical role models when we don't share the same background, language or history. This is why I was glad to see and hear his examples and his passion to use his stardom to bring light on this void in American History. Most times, we focus on the negatives but at times, we need to really dig and find the truths and successes we have had and celebrate these milestones. You can tell he put in actual research into this show that he has been performing on Broadway this past year. He quotes many books, sources, and historical figures, which brings light into how much we have been involved in the history of the United States. Here is a great link to a source that outlines many of the books referenced. It definitely expanded my reading list.
How do you expect to have a Latin Hero for your son if you don't have one for yourself?
This quote hit close to the heart because as I build PlatformLatino I haven't identified a Latino(a) hero I look up to myself. To be honest I am using this as a portal to learn more about Latino(a) history in the United States and to also cast more of a positive light on our successes but I should also dig deep in finding out who is my Latin Hero.
"My Hero is Me!"
We are all heroes in our own way and we need to promote that and let others see what we are doing to better the community as a whole. It could be anything from helping the homeless, to editing your friends resume we can all do small acts of kindness to better the world. Make sure you are your own Hero first because you need to believe in yourself first to grow to your full potential.
All in all, it was a great special that mixed amazing much needed topics with a light comedic touch. I'd like to hear in the comments what you thought of the special and the takeaways you took from the show.
The First Latino
The First US Latino: A mix of African, Spanish, and the epicenter of Latinos in America
On a lazy rainy day, I was scrolling through Amazon Prime looking for some inspiration via a documentary. As I scrolled through a bunch of documentaries, I saw one about the history of New York. I figured since it was my two-month anniversary of moving to the Big Apple; let me learn a bit more about the greatest city on earth.
History of New York
As they introduced all of New York's greatness they started with the original story of Henry Hudson sailing into this new world and his vision of this land being a sprawling harbor and center of commerce. We all know New York as being a melting pot; home to the financial markets, sprawls of people and where world leaders meet to discuss worldly issues at the United Nations.
After the Dutch landed in New York, at the time known as New Amsterdam, there is one footnote that has been debated and is much overlooked. A man named Juan Rodriguez, translated to Dutch Jon Rodrigues.
Who was Juan Rodriguez?
Juan Rodriguez was born in Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic by a Spanish Father and an African Mother. Little is known, other than he was able to learn and speak many languages, which allowed him to be hired as a translator for explorers coming to the "New World". One was a Dutch merchant ship making a voyage from the DR to Manhattan. He arrived in what is now New York in 1613 and soon after met and learned the Algonquin language of the Native Americans that lived in the New York Region. He eventually married into the community and after the Dutch ship left he established a small trading post.
He is known as being the first Latino to settle in Manhattan. Not only was he the first Latino but he was also the first of African heritage, first of European heritage and the first merchant.
Personal Commentary
This is interesting in these times with major issues in the news about immigration that one of the first settlers in New York was a mixed Latino. Its also ironic that as a nation built on immigration that we still have issues with racism and prejudices. Our European ancestors came to explore and settle here they hired and worked with a man who had a Spanish/Portuguese Father and an African Mother and thru historical documents described as a visibly dark man and had no issue with it. Shows we have lost touch with a lot of our true deep down American Values that made this country what it was and what it could be. A nation for the free to grow, prosper and lay a foundation for their families.
One other thing that comes to mind is the repeated story of people coming to this country from other parts of the world to make a life of their own. His story isn't too far off from the beginnings of Alexander Hamilton who as a parent-less teenager came to New York to make a name for himself. It just shows that if you have the determination and the drive you can make it and live to your fullest potential. No matter what the situation, your families' history or your upbringing there is no excuse that you cannot improve your life by staying focused and motivated in achieving your goals. I wish we knew more about Juan Rodriguez and the personal less publicized stories of the early Latino or Spanish settlers that laid the foundation or should I say platform for Latinos today.


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ECONOMYNEXT – Sri Lanka's state-run People's Bank said it was simply carrying out a court order in not paying a China based supplier which had shipped fertilizer which was found to be contaminated with erwinia bacteria on a sample test.
Embassy of People's Republic of China in Colombo said its Commercial Counselor has "blacklisted" the bank for not making payment on the letter of credit to Qingdao Seawin Biotech.
Seawin won open bid, signed contracts, passed tests of China and Int'l agency designated by Ceylon Fertilizer, shipped before due.
NPQ SL disagreed in halfway, called toxic/harmful.
Ship refused. Third party test refused. L/C payment obligation refused.
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— Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka (@ChinaEmbSL) October 29, 2021
However the the People's Bank said it cannot make the payment until the court order is lifted.
Related Sri Lanka blocks payment to China Qingdao Seawin Biotech over fertilizer with bugs
News on blacklisting of People's Bank by Embassy of People's Republic of China in Sri Lanka
With regard to the news item being circulated in media on the captioned matter, People's Bank wishes to clarify the following;
• People's Bank has come to notice that the Economic and Commercial Counselor of Embassy of People's Republic of China in Sri Lanka has blacklisted the People's Bank for not effecting the payments for in lieu of a Letter of Credit issued by the bank
• People's Bank has already communicated to the relevant authorities at the Chinese Embassy that the bank is bound by an enjoining order issued by the Western Province Commercial High Courts of Sri Lanka with regard to the trade transaction in question, which precludes the bank from processing of the payment
• The temporary delay in processing the said payment pertaining to the LC is solely due to the bank's obligation to be bound by the legal directions of the country as a responsible corporate citizen
• Once the legal barriers in effect are removed, the LC payment will be effected promptly as per the usual trade practices
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Yemen govt forces regain 2nd province from southern separatists
Safoora| Published: 28th August 2019 3:23 pm IST
DUBAI: Forces loyal to Yemen's internationally-recognised government of President Abedrabbo Mansour Hadi have recaptured Abyan province, a week after it was seized by southern separatists, officials said Wednesday.
It was the second southern province to be retaken by government forces in southern Yemen in days following clashes with the Security Belt, a paramilitary force loyal to the Southern Transitional Council (STC).
Earlier in the week, government forces regained control of Shabwa province after beating back an attack by STC forces.
"Heroes of the national army and security agencies have retaken Zinjibar city, the capital of Abyan province, and complete their control over other districts of the province," Information Minister Moammar al-Iryani said on Twitter.
Security sources told AFP the Security Belt withdrew to the road linking Abyan with the south's main city of Aden.
An unspecified number of people were killed and injured in the clashes, they said.
After seizing the interim capital of Aden on August 10 following heavy clashes with government troops, the separatists, who seek an independent South Yemen, pressed on to take other areas.
The new fighting comes despite repeated calls for a ceasefire by the Saudi-led coalition backing the government against Iran-aligned Huthi rebels who captured the capital Sanaa five years ago.
Since then, the conflict has killed tens of thousands of people, aid agencies say.
The STC is demanding renewed independence for South Yemen, which was a separate country before unification in 1990.
The fighting in impoverished Yemen has sparked what the United Nations labels the world's worst humanitarian crisis.
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Is the handloom industry in India dying?
The handloom industry in Kerala has been experiencing a downward spiral for a very long. There are many analysts still trying to find and solve the issues to get it back on track at the earliest.
Handloom brands in India are renowned the world over for their rich history of handlooms. From the regal elegance of courtly attire to the legacy of clothing entrenched in the spartan sacrifice of the country's freedom movement—the handloom textiles of India hold a cherished place in Indian culture. Although, its deep-root ties to tradition, the handloom of Kerala is feared by many to be in a state of tragic decline. Let us explore a few realities of this sector.
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Long back, Kerala handloom products and the apparel industries were considered the same. Long before industrialization swept the nation, manually operated handlooms were used and were responsible for the clothing of people from all categories. However, ever since industrialization, this tradition of making handloom products, also eco-friendly products in India changed radically. Before and even during the Indian Independence, the charkha or handloom wheel was considered a symbol of self-sustenance as it could be operated by one person for their requirements.
According to the most recent reports, there are about 3.5 million workers in the handloom industry of India. And while many of these people are involved indirectly, only about 2.6 million weavers remain. Furthermore, when considering the handloom of Kerala, we have the last generation of weaving community in the Kuthampully village. The majority of the industry is fragmented and made up of individual artisans, upwards of 2.57 million, with the rest organized loosely under co-operatives and other organizations. Over the years, people have begun to look elsewhere to make a living.
Of course, the Government is attempting to offer relief and support packages to these communities. However, the handloom sector of Kerala has suffered greatly over the last few years under demonetization policies and the Goods and Services Tax (GST), etc along with Kerala Floods.
Graamyam is a gentle initiative to support the handloom brands in India especially Kerala to emphasize Kerala handloom online shopping more active for a social cause. Graamyam has varieties of cotton handloom dupattas online and other handmade products suitable for interior decor too. When you buy handmade products, you are supporting the eco-friendly products of India. Don't you think it is a wise decision? Of course, it is!
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Renowned poet Ní Chuilleanáin is the current Ireland Professor of Poetry, she was a founding member and editor of the literary journal Cyphers and is one of the major Irish poets of her generation. This is her first visit to the Irish Literary Society and she will be reading from her own work.
Ní Chuilleanáin is the Vermeer of contemporary poetry. Her luminous interiors achieve great visual beauty, but should not be mistaken for exercises in escapism. They are sites where history and the individual brush against each other, force fields of action and radiant understanding.
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She has won numerous awards and in addition to her poetic output has been an innovative and important publisher of other Irish writers and has translated poetry from Irish (most recently Máire Mhac an tSaoi), Italian (Maria Attanasio, Antonella Anedda and several others) and from the Romanian poetry of Ileana Mӑlӑncioiu The Legend of the Walled-Up Wife (2012). With Medbh McGuckian, Ní Chuilleanáin also co-translated the poems of Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill in The Water Horse (2001).
Born 1942 in Cork, she is an Emeritus Fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, where she has taught, researched and written on Renaissance literature and translation, since 1966; with her husband Macdara Woods, the late Leland Bardwell and the late Pearse Hutchinson, she is a founder and (since 1975) co-editor of the Irish poetry journal Cyphers. Her seventh collection of poetry, The Sun-Fish, was shortlisted for the T.S. Eliot Prize and won the Griffin International Prize for poetry in 2010; The Boys of Bluehill was published in 2015 by Gallery Press, and was shortlisted for the Forward Prize, the Irish Times Poetry Now Award and the Pigott Prize at the Listowel Writers' Week.
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We have redesigned our website recently to make it much easier to use. The layout it much better and the functionality now ensures you are required to input the correct details when purchasing a reward chart. we've also extended our range of sticker which are well worth a look, we're always on the look out for more, so if you have any suggestions of the sort of thing you would like to see, please let us know.
We added our pony reward chart range recently and they've been a popular addition to our range. Our potty training reward charts still remain our best seller and we've had some very positive feedback from parents detailing how it has helped their children achieve this big milestone in their lives.
We are looking to expand our range of reward charts further and are considering designs for teenagers to assist with homework and household chores, some for mum and dad too, themed around a nice glass of wine or a pint down the pub.
We will update you all as new products are designed, but for now, keep going the consistent encouragement and praise and give children the reward and recognition they deserve.
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NYPD Fails To Heed Carriage Horses
(CARRIAGE HORSES) NEW YORK CITY — On December 12, the Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF) filed a petition with the New York Supreme Court asking them to demand the release of the New York Police Department's enforcement records surrounding the horse-drawn carriage industry. Even though it's one of the NYPD's duties to ensure the health of carriage horses, they couldn't produce any record of enforcement upon request. Continue reading below to find out how this negligence can cause problems for carriage horses and New York City. — Global Animal
New York City isn't a suitable enviornment for horses, who often work up to 9 hours a day. Photo Credit: flickr
Animal Legal Defense Fund (ALDF)
Today the Animal Legal Defense Fund filed a petition with the New York Supreme Court asking the court to force the New York Police Department (NYPD) to turn over enforcement records regarding the city's horse-drawn carriage industry.
One of NYPD's duties is to oversee the health and safety of carriage horses, passengers, and passersby in New York City. And yet, NYPD has insisted that, after conducting a "diligent search," it could find "no records" of its own enforcement. New York's Department of Health has indicated NYPD does have these enforcement records. ALDF contends that the carriage industry suffers from gross under-regulation, and notes evidence—from the Coalition to Ban Horse-Drawn Carriages—of a pattern of industry violations that disregard regulations designed to protect horse welfare and safety.
It is for these reasons—the inhumane conditions for horses and the grave risk to public safety—that Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has vowed to ban the industry upon taking office. Similarly, New York State Senator Tony Avella has sponsored a bill that would prohibit the operation of horse-drawn carriages in New York City and mandate the humane relocation of the horses.
Avella stated, "I applaud the Animal Legal Defense Fund for initiating this lawsuit that will hopefully bring some much needed transparency to this industry. Ultimately though, enough is enough. How many more accidents, injuries and deaths is it going to take before we end this inhumane industry? It is absolutely clear that the time has come to ban horse-drawn cabs in the city of New York as horses are easily excited by everyday occurrences in city life. We can no longer justify the risk of serious injury or death to these animals or to the public at large."
"New York's carriage horses work up to nine hours a day, seven days a week, rain or shine, in traffic conditions that jeopardize their safety and the safety of passersby. When not shackled to the carriages they pull, the horses are kept in tiny stalls, rarely released to pasture, and are unable to experience normal movements during the course of their lives," said Stephen Wells, executive director of the Animal Legal Defense Fund. "For the sake of these great animals, and the safety of New Yorkers, we hope Mayor de Blasio will ban this unregulated, inhumane, and dangerous industry as promised."
Read more about the petition here: http://aldf.org/blog/shut-down-new-yorks-carriage-horse-industry/
I absolutely agree. This abuse must stop!
Zero excuse for animal abuse….please protect and respect these horses. They deserve to be treated with respect.


Nursing education has undergone a series of changes along with social changes, fiercer global competence, and educational reform in terms of quality. Changes in the consciousness of patients and conditions of disease require nurses to play more extensive roles and become experts with a wider range of knowledge and skills, better understanding of humans, and more extensive self-regulation than ever before. To keep up with changes in human history as such, Ajou University College of Nursing launched the four-year baccalaureate nursing program and RN-BSN program in 1998. In 2003, a program leading to a Master of Science degree in health education in Ajou University Graduate School was initiated. The master's programs for advanced practice nurses were established in 2004, which focus on educating advanced practice nurses with professional knowledge in their clinical fields. This organization has been highlighted for its partnership with Standford School of Medicine to provide a global self-management program for patients with chronic conditions.


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Rathfinny first out of blocks with 'Sussex' wine
11th September, 2017 by Lucy Shaw
A white blend from Rathfinny Estate in Alfriston is the first 'Sussex' wine to be approved under the new Sussex Protected Designation of Origin (PDO) scheme.
As reported by Harpers, Rathfinny's Cradle Valley 2016, a blend of Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris is the first official 'Sussex' wine, having passed an independent analytical test and approval from a tasting panel.
The test analyses levels of acidity, volatile acidity, and sulphur dioxide, and tests the wine's stability, while the taste test ranks the wine on its colour, nose and palate.
Rathfinny founders Mark and Sarah Driver
Speaking to Harpers, Rathfinny's owner, Mark Driver, said: "I'm very pleased to get Sussex off the ground and expect to see others applying for Sussex PDO status with this years' harvest."
According to driver, the wine "has a subtle bouquet of citrus, peach and honey, with delicate floral notes, a hint of spice, and a clean, crisp finish."
Around 6,000 bottles of the £14.95 wine have been produced from grapes that are grown and hand picked at the estate. Next June will see the launch of Rathfinny's first sparkling wines – a blanc de blancs and a rosé.
The Sussex PDO scheme is currently going through the EU authorisation process in Brussels and covers both still and sparkling wines.
The Sussex PDO has strict rules regarding both viticulture and oenology including the grape varieties that can be used and the bottle ageing time for its sparkling wines.
The region's calcareous soils, sunshine hours and moderate annual rainfall help to produce high quality still and sparkling wines.
Today it was announced that Rathfinny, one of the largest single estates in England, has appointed González Byass UK as its exclusive UK distributor.
The estate was founded in 2010 by ex-hedge fund manager Mark Driver and his wife Sarah, an ex-City solicitor.
"We're delighted to be embarking on this exciting journey with González Byass. Having had numerous recommendations citing their professionalism, outstanding level of service and focus on family, once we met with the team, we felt an immediate affinity and knew right away they understood our brand," Mark Driver said.
Martin Skelton, managing director of Gonzalez Byass UK, added. "Rathfinny will become one of England's most important sparkling wine producers and my colleagues and I are excited to be a part of that journey."
Rathfinny comprises 185 acres of predominantly Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Pinot Meunier, with a further 215 acres to be planted by 2021.


Kasei is rather confident and boastful. She's fairly hyper active as well though easily loses interest in things if they don't offer immediate entertainment. Well she may not actually try she can be quite annoying. Kasei likes to be the center of attention and is rarely intimidated by anything. She can be quite hot headed, but more likely oblivious to most insults. Kasei likes to do things her way, but often doesn't plan well. One of her more respectable quality's is her loyalty. She is quite loyal once she decides she likes somebody. She wouldn't abandon a friend for anything. Unfortunately for her at times, she makes friends easily (Or at least she decides who her friends are, the other pokemon may not realize they are 'friends'). She is fairly stubborn when it comes down to it, refusing to give way on anything. Not that she has never been convinced to change her mind.
She looks the same as most every other vulpix.
Kasei hasn't the most astounding history. She was born with five siblings, she was the runt of the litter. Being in such a position changed her naturally shy demeanor into a more cocky one. She started to believe herself when she told herself that she was the best of them all. She was still never able to beat them in a battle as they had all learned more advanced moves. She had been humiliated for the last time though. She spoke with her mother and simply left. She decided some time on her own would make her strong enough to face her siblings. However, she rather enjoyed being away from them. It was quite a pleasant experience and she simply neglected to return. She started wandering around the world, deciding it was far more fun then having to be nipped at by one of her siblings.


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Q: Integer vs char for DB record property vs Wordpress schema I asked a similar question before (integer-vs-char-for-db-record-property) but stumbled upon something that goes against all recommendations that I received in my previous post. In Wordpress 3, the most popular and mature open source blog script, post status is stored as VARCHAR(20) in db - 'publish', 'auto-draft', 'inherit', 'pending', etc. and not as INT with lookup table or mapped string constants, or CHAR, or anything like that. This also applies to the field post_type ('post', 'attachment', 'revision', etc.) and some other fields.
So to find all published posts I need to run something like SELECT * FROM posts WHERE post_status = 'published' AND post_type = 'post'. Also, there is a multiple column index on post_status, post_type and some other columns which certainly speeds up this kind of search. Can someone explain why they made it this way and not the other, and what are the benefits and drawbacks of this approach?

A: Just because some application is well known doesn't mean they had a good database design. This tends to violate the normalization rules. Maybe they get better performance and maybe they didn't look at the other possibilities when they chose this one becasue they didn;t know better. Maybe they  were aplication programmers designing a database without understanding database theory very well or maybe it was a deliberate denormailzation with performance stats to back it up. Or maybe they didn't think the chances of having to update 100 million records when we decided we wanted to change the value from 'published' to something else. Maybe they only tested performance on selects but not on updates. Maybe the values genuniely are unlikey to change, so it's not such a big deal to denormalize.  We can't know from here.

A: Normalization is not about replacing strings with numbers or "sharing" strings just because they have the same letters.
I don't know their design, but the following scenario is perfectly normalized even though it uses strings as identifiers.
create table post_statuses(
   status varchar(20) not null
  ,primary key(status)
);

insert into post_statuses values('publish');
insert into post_statuses values('inherit');
insert into post_statuses values('pending');

create table posts(
   post_id ...
   status varchar(20) not null
  ,primary key(post_id)
  ,foreign key(status) references post_statuses(status)
);

The main benefit of using natural keys over surrogate keys is that it reduces the number of joins needed and also the likelyhood that entire classes of queries can be answered from index only. The main drawbacks are increased storage and the possibility of having a hell if we need to change the values.

A: I'd guess that the WP devs simply avoided what they felt was premature optimization, and opted for better readability instead.
"SELECT * FROM posts WHERE post_status = 'published' AND post_type = 'post'"

is a little little bit easier to read than
"SELECT * FROM posts WHERE post_status = ".WP_POST_STATUS_PUBLISHED."
    AND post_type = ".WP_POST_TYPE_POST.""

And when a new WP developer runs a select * from ... query, the database table lists 'published' rather than 3 or 5, which is easier to understand and debug.
From the point of view of disk storage space, either approach is fairly okay I think — some more post_status bytes shouldn't matter much in comparison to the blog post text and all other columns. An integer is 8 bytes (well unless it's a tinyint) and 'published' is perhaps 10 bytes so doesn't matter much?

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For any institution, 58 years is a long history. Nepal Airlines Corporation is not an exception. Due to a prolonged political instability, Nepal Airlines was in the death bed. Following the addition of two new airbuses, an experienced management backed by team spirit of NAC employees has got the airlines bouncing back.
Although it is still losing a huge money in the domestic sector, the national flag carrier- Nepal Airlines Corporation- is gradually becoming financially strong. The NAC, which was long criticized for poor performance marked by irregular flights and weak financial conditions, is regaining its dignity and winning the people's hearts.
As the airline celebrated its 58th anniversary last week, it made 75 per cent more international flights in the current fiscal year compared to the last fiscal. It made Rs 100 million profit in the same period. However, it is losing huge money in the domestic sector.
With virtually below 5 percent capacity, Nepal Airlines Corporation has increased its share in the passengers reaching over 7 percent. As the airlines is expecting to add two wide body aircraft, the market share of the airlines will increase by up to 17 percent.
The presence of a strong national carrier is an asset of the country at the time of any major crisis. Nepal Airlines has shown its usefulness when the government sought to carry the body of dead Nepali workers from Afghanistan back. Nepal Airlines sent its aircraft to Kabul just on an order of the government.
Along with helping the nation in times of crisis, it has also helped to end the monopoly of foreign airlines and reduce the air fare to Kathmandu, supporting the government efforts to bring more foreign tourists.
"As Nepal Airlines has two new aircraft, there is the need of promoting reliability of NAC services and ensuring safe transport of costumers' belongings," said Minister for Culture, Tourism and Civil Aviation, Ananda Prasad Pokharel at the program.
"I would like to assure all of you to ensure purchasing of three narrow-bodied and two wide-bodied aircrafts for the NAC," said Pokharel.
"NAC is in profit at present. Nepal Airlines needs at least two wide body aircrafts to increase the profits and provide more services," said Managing Director Sugat Ratna Kansakar.
Established in 1 July 1958, Nepal Airlines Corporation (NAC) started its service following enactment of Nepal Airlines Corporation Act 2019. With the main objective to provide air transport services to any person, agency or organization who needs such service for transportation of men or materials from one airport to another either within or outside the country, Nepal Airlines has been providing its service linking Nepal to the outside world.
As the only national flag carrier, Nepal Airlines Corporation needs the patronage of the government and its support to equip it with new aircrafts. After a span of a decade, Nepal Airlines celebrated its annual program with fanfare. This is a reviving hope of NAC again.


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The Danish Girl is a novel by American writer David Ebershoff, published in 2000 by the Viking Press in the United States and Allen & Unwin in Australia.

Summary
The novel is a fictionalized account of the life of Lili Elbe, one of the first transgender women to undergo sex reassignment surgery.

The Danish Girl, as Ebershoff stated, does not try to tell a true story. He has not only imagined most of what he wrote about Elbe's inner life, but he has also fabricated all of the other characters in the book, most important among them Wegener's blue-blooded American-born wife, Gerda Wegener.

The story takes place in Copenhagen, Denmark. Lili (then going as Einar) is happily married to her wife, Gerda Wegener. Lili was raised as a boy with her best friend Hans. Gerda was raised in California with her twin brother Carlisle. She eventually moved to Denmark, and first met Lili at the Royal Academy. They were unfortunately separated due to events of World War I, but during their separation, Gerda marries another man named Teddy Cross and has a child, with the child unfortunately dying at birth and Teddy dying of tuberculosis. Gerda moves back to Denmark and marries Lili, the couple becoming painters with Lili painting mostly landscapes and Gerda painting portraits.

One day, Anna Fonsmark, a friend of Gerda, cancels her scheduled painting session with Gerda. Gerda, needing to have the painting finished as soon as possible, requests Lili to model as Anna. The session is interrupted with Anna suddenly entering their home, and Anna, upon seeing Lili, gives her the name "Lili."

The couple are invited to the annual Artists' Ball. Gerda convinces Lili to wear a dress again. During the ball, Lili meets a man named Henrik Sandahl, and the two start a short-lived relationship, which Gerda discourages for she fears that Lili might be hurting Henrik by deceiving him.

Lili then starts having many nosebleeds and stomachaches, which leads to Gerda making Lili visit a doctor named Dr. Hexler. Gerda's true intentions however are actually to see if there is a tumor developing in her pelvis, for she believes that if a tumor were indeed there, it might be the cause of the nosebleeds, stomachaches, and psychological problems. Hexler performs an X-ray on Lili and sees that there is no tumor; however, he tells Gerda to discourage Lili from dressing up as Lili again.

Gerda starts to paint Lili more often, and these paintings spark popularity for Gerda. Lili feels that her gender dysphoria is only worsening. Gerda, meanwhile, meets Doctor Alfred Bolk. Bolk is interested in helping Einar become Lili completely. Lili eventually meets Doctor Bolk, Bolk who Einar of the surgeries he plans to do, to which Lili agrees. Bolk transfers to Dresden and Lili soon follows.

Hans eventually admits to Gerda that he also knows about Einar being Lili, which he is supportive of and tells Gerda to meet Lili in Dresden. The first operation removes Lili's testicles, but during the operation, Bolk reveals that Lili was supposed had undeveloped ovaries in her body the whole time, which he discloses to Gerda and restores in a succeeding operation.

Lili and Gerda then return to Denmark. Lili and Henrik fall in love, and Henrik then proposes to Lili and Hans asks Gerda to move with him to America. Bolk manages to contact Lili and tells her of a final operation; one that will give Lili a uterus to be able to become a mother. Lili tells Gerda of the operation, to which Gerda discourages as she finds it to be "too dangerous." Carlisle instead brings Lili to Dresden.

The surgery, however, was a failure as it has been found that an infection has grown inside Lili after the operation. Whether Lili lives or dies is unclear.

Awards
The Danish Girl  won the Rosenthal Foundation Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Lambda Literary Award. It was also a finalist for the Tiptree Award, the New York Public Library's Young Lions Award, and an American Library Association Award, and was a New York Times Notable Book.

Reception
In The New York Times Book Review, novelist and critic John Burnham Schwartz called the novel "arresting": "I hope people will read The Danish Girl. It is fascinating and humane." Critic Richard Bernstein wrote in The New York Times, "Mr. Ebershoff is telling us that love does involve a small dark space. The intelligence and tactfulness of his exploration of it make his novel a noteworthy event."

Translations
The novel has been translated into more than ten languages and is published in paperback by Penguin.

Film adaptation

The novel was adapted into a feature film directed by Tom Hooper, and starring Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe, Alicia Vikander as Gerda Wegener, Matthias Schoenaerts as Hans Axgil, Ben Whishaw as Henrik, Sebastian Koch as Dr. Kurt Warnekros and Amber Heard as Ulla Poulsen. The film received minor criticism for its illegitimate portrayal of historical events, but Redmayne and Vikander's performances received acclaim and nominations for all of the major acting awards. Vikander won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress and Redmayne was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actor.

References

External links

 Rosenthal Family Foundation Awards from the American Academy of Arts and Letters
 Lambda Literary Award
 New York Times Notable Books
 Stonewall Book Awards
 New York Public Library Young Lions Award nomination
 Richard Bernstein in The New York Times on The Danish Girl
 Author's website

2000 American novels
American LGBT novels
Novels set in Copenhagen
Novels with transgender themes
Lambda Literary Award-winning works
Allen & Unwin books
American novels adapted into films
2000s LGBT novels
Cultural depictions of Lili Elbe
2000 LGBT-related literary works

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Heritage of Magna Carta linked to Modern Human Rights
A programme of events is being organised by the Human Rights Office for the week of the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta: 15th – 19th June 2015 with the support of the Magna Carta Trust's 800th Anniversary Commemoration Committee. The Magna Carta Trust's 800th Anniversary Commemoration Committee is charged by the Magna Carta Trust to co-ordinate activities, raise the profile of the anniversary and deliver a number of key national and international aspirations.
The purpose of the Magna Carta 800 Years Conference (Medway) is to link the heritage of the Magna Carta to our human and civil rights today. The Magna Carta was a peace treaty between King John and the rebelling barons. It was not meant as a lasting declaration of rights and legal principles. But the concessions the king had to give and the rights he had to recognise reveal an underlying principle: those in a position of power cannot maintain absolute power over others for ever, nor at all costs. This is why the Magna Carta can be considered as a root document for our human and civil rights to this day.
The Magna Carta will be considered from various perspectives: History, Law (both theory and practice), Philosophy, Humanism, Education, Discrimination, Freedom of Expression, Workers' Rights, Religion, Politics; Locally, Nationally and Internationally.
Venue: Ward Room, University of Greenwich, Medway Campus, Pembroke 226, Central Avenue, Chatham Maritime, Kent ME4 4TB.
Monday 15 June and Tuesday 16 June: Main Conference in the Ward Room
Wednesday 17 June and Thursday 18 June: Workshops in the Syndicate Room
Friday 19 June: NGO Market and Historic Tours. Exhibition all week.
Visit www.magnacarta800medway.org or contact [email protected]
This project is also endorsed by the British Humanist Association.
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Tracking DomiNations' rise up western top grossing charts
Big Huge Games rethinks strategy
Charticles
Big Huge Games
April 27th, 2015 - 05:00pm
By Jon Jordan, Contributing Editor
Developed by a team with a design lineage stretching back to Civilization II, Alpha Centauri and Rise of Nations, RTS fans had been eagerly awaiting the release of DomiNations.
And as our Charticle demonstrates, a month from launch, the Big Huge Games' developed and Nexon-published (technically it's from Nexon M, Nexon's mobile publishing arm) strategy title is certainly off to a strong start in western markets.
It's not yet been released in China, Japan or South Korea, however, so in this article we'll limit our analysis to the main territories, looking across iPhone, iPad and Google Play.
Building on the foundation of Clash of Clans, DomiNations' gameplay is firmly within the 'build-a-base, build-an-army and attack other base' style.
Its monetisation is also similar, with two soft resources and one hard currency combining to speed progress.
As a longer form game, it's no surprise that iPad slightly out performs iPhone in terms of chart position if not revenue (iPhone is much more lucrative), but on both platforms DomiNations has charted high, being well within the top 50 top grossing.
If we look at key English-speaking territories, on iPad the game's performance in the UK and US mirror each other, with it doing slightly better in the UK.
And most impressive in terms of longterm prospects, it's well within the top 20 on both.
In Australia, DomiNations' position is lower - it's outside the top 50 - and shows more volatility.
Looking at the performance on iPhone, the Australian performance now more closely matches that in the UK and US.
Here the UK shows the most volatility, but at the end of the period, again it's the US and UK which lead in terms of chart position - this time, just outside the top 20.
Old Europe
In terms of top European markets, we're looking at France and Germany.
Surprisingly, given the historic popularity of the strategy genre in Germany, DomiNations has done equally well in France.
On iPad, it's now a top 10 game in both countries, and on iPhone a top 20 games.
Looking at Google Play, DomiNations actually performs better in France than Germany.
The chart position is similar to iPhone and iPad in terms of the top 20, even though games tend to take a lot longer to rise up the Google Play chart compared to the App Store, as can be seen by comparing the gradient of the lines during the launch week.
Looking at the Google Play performance for Australia, UK and the US, the game's performance is solidly within the top 100, with the UK again out-charting the US, and being within the top 50.
Australia's line stretches beyond the formal global launch date as the game was in soft launch there.
Of course, as stated, the west is now a minority part of the mobile games market, so Nexon - a Korean company that's based in Japan - will no doubt now be looking to expand the game's success ever wider, particularly in Asian markets ranging from China and Japan to South Korea and Taiwan.
Top Grossing
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A Pocket Gamer co-founder, Jon is Contributing Editor at PG.biz which means he acts like a slightly confused uncle who's forgotten where he's left his glasses. As well as letters and cameras, he likes imaginary numbers and legumes.
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Reel to real, Vivek Oberoi says vote for Narendra Modi to stop 'loot'
Paras Singh | TNN | Updated: May 6, 2019, 9:10 IST
NEW DELHI: Actor Vivek Oberoi, who portrays Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his upcoming biopic to be released on May 24, shifted from reel life to real on Sunday as he sought votes for BJP. At an event titled "Saaton Seat Modi ko" — organised by AAP rebel Kapil Mishra — at Constitution Club, Oberoi urged the gathering "not to vote for shahzadas and foreigners who have always looted India".
He said: "All through history, whenever we have been ruled by foreigners and their shahzadas, it has only led to the loot of the common man. Have we forgotten this? No. But, now, all us chowkidars are standing guard with our sticks so that it doesn't happen again." The actor, who arrived two hours late to the event, quoted liberally from the movie, Uri. "How's the Josh?" he asked. The crowd replied: "High, Sir". Close to 400 BJP volunteers attended the programme.
"I am a Mumbaiwallah and we have already pressed our voting finger at the right place. Now, it is the turn of the Delhiwallahs," he said. "Now, the country will rise and never be looted again."
Oberoi said winning all seven seats in the capital was critical for BJP's campaign. "We all know that Delhi is the capital of the country. Winning all the seven seats here has symbolic relevance. Also, winning here is important because Delhi is the heart of the country," he said. "If Madhuri Dixit's heart says dhak-dhak, the heart of the country should recite Modi-Modi," he joked.
He concluded his address with chants of "Angrezo Bharat Chhodo" and "Bharat Mata ki Jai".
Mishra said three people had defined the 2014 elections. "(Arvind) Kejriwal and Modi were fighting for the same seat. Rahul Gandhi contested from Amethi. Only one person is standing tall five years later. Amethi is stuck in 1947 and Delhi is weeping. But Varanasi has progressed," Mishra claimed. He added that while AAP contested over 434 seats in 2014, it was a spent force now.


Scottish Access Rights were introduced, via Part 1 of the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003, in early 2005. The legislation established a statutory right of access to the outdoors in Scotland. The right is a conditional one and therefore exists provided the person exercising that right behaves in a way which is considered responsible. It also established a reciprocal obligation placed on land managers which requires them to behaviour in a responsible manner in terms of enabling outdoor access rights to be exercised. It was acknowledged when this piece of legislation was introduced that an education and awareness-raising campaign would be required to ensure both access-takers and land managers understood the balance between rights and responsibilities.
The official responsibility for publicising the Scottish Outdoor Access Code, which provides guidance on access rights and responsibilities, lies with Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) and the 34 access authorities in Scotland (32 local authorities, plus the 2 national park authorities). Much has already been achieved in this respect, and in promoting what is meant by responsible access, but it is also recognized as an ongoing task which has no defined end point, and which a great many organizations and individuals need to provide support with to be truly successful.
One such way that landowners can help is to include information on Scottish Access Rights and Responsibilities into school farm or estate visits. The information below is designed to provide ideas for how this might be achieved, and to give an easy reference point for the variety of materials that are available to assist.


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Letter urging the Legislature to allow to go into effect Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1969
For this study, the Commission reviewed the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1969, which proposed changing staff titles and organization names in the Department of Professional and Vocational Standards.
State law establishes that all Governors' reorganization plans must be submitted to the Commission for review at least 30 days prior to submitting it to the Legislature for its consideration. Following its review and one or more public hearings on the proposal, the Commission offers a recommendation on whether the Legislature should allow the plan to go into effect.
Proposed by: Governor Ronald Reagan.
Objective: Change staff titles and organization names in the Department of Professional and Vocational Standards.
Commission recommendation: Allow plan to go into effect.
Legislative action: Plan went into effect.


There probably won't be a new POCOPHONE anytime soon. But it did appear on Geekbench recently, and these here are concept renders of the POCOPHONE F2. So could it be coming soon? Who knows.
If these renders are legit, the POCOPHONE F2 will look a lot more like the other Xiaomi devices. At least when it comes to the camera's position, that is. Instead of the central positioning, the renders point to the POCOPHONE F2 having the camera bump over in the upper left corner.
The new notch is also smaller, which should solve most people's complaints about the device. It might however mean that you will be losing out on the IR facial recognition technology, which was pretty handy for unlocking the POCOPHONE F1 in the dark.
Now why we think the POCOPHONE F2 isn't coming anytime soon? The POCOPHONE F2 spotted on Geekbench touts the Snapdragon 845. Being a value-oriented brand, it would be quite unbecoming of them to waste money on new tooling, certification and other necessary stuff to release a new phone. All that money wasted without a proper upgrade in terms of performance would be quite silly.
But then again, Xiaomi isn't unknown for inundating the market with devices which seem to serve no particular purpose. So perhaps we might see the POCOPHONE F2, just because?
Xiaomi Mi 9 To Come With 48MP Main Lens And 32W Fast Charging?