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Ireland has become one of the most popular investment destinations for HNW investors since Brexit vote. Ireland is a strategic country and excellent base to do business in UK, Europe and America. Besides these Ireland is an excellent foreign investment destination to form a company. Low corporate taxes also attract several tech companies to Ireland.
Ireland offers investment based residency to HNWIs and UHNWIs through the Irish immigrant investor programme. The Irish investment scheme is half the price of UK tier1 investor scheme which requires £2 million pounds.
Why Ireland?
Stable, competitive, secure and pro-business country, fastest growing economy in the Eurozone
Best country to do business in the world attractive for investors
Brexit has created significant demand for Ireland making Dublin as a major financial center.
Irish citizens are the only nationality in the world, with the right to live and work in both the European Union and the United Kingdom.
Member state of the EU and within the Euro zone and Common Travel Area with United Kingdom
World class education and health care system offering super high quality living standards.
Low corporate tax rate of 12.5%
EU member state within the Euro zone.
Irish passport is one of the most powerful passport in the world
The Irish Government created the Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) to facilitate investors and business professionals from outside of the EU to avail of the opportunities of investing and locating business interests in Ireland in order to support investment in Ireland and to enhance Ireland's position as one of the world's most globalised economies. The Immigrant Investor Programme (IIP) is open to non-EEA nationals who commit to an approved investment in Ireland.
Investors and their family members receive residence permit to live in Ireland for initial five years. The Investor is not required to live in Ireland, however required to visit Ireland for one day each year to maintain the Residency Permission.
Investors who wish to undertake one of four eligible investments in Ireland and must demonstrate of good character and also have minimum net assets of €2 million euros.
Endowment (€500,000), reduced to €400,000 if you invest in a group
Investment Fund (€1 million euro)
Real Estate Investment Trusts (€2 million euro)
Mixed Investments (€2 million euro)
Application fee: There is €1,500 fee covers the main applicant and all nominated family members.
All applicants for the Irish Immigrant Investor scheme must clearly demonstrate that they have a legally acquired minimum net worth of €2 million.
Applicants must make an application for a Stamp 4 immigration permission which gives permanent residence rights with path to citizenship in Ireland.
New 2019 Changes
The Justice department has announced new changes in 2019 to the Irish Immigrant investor scheme
Financing through debts/loans not allowed under the scheme
Charities cannot pay commissions fee to agents or consultants for endowment received.
Processing time takes 6-9 months for approval due to strict criteria.
The Investment must be maintained for 3 years.
All applicants will be subjected to Anti-Money Laundering (AML), Know Your Client (KYC), Politically Exposed Persons (PEPs)
and Sanction checks.
INIS will accept IIP applications only through specific window period open certain times a year.
Following OECD's Common Reporting Standard, INIS through the Irish Revenue Commissions will spontaneously exchange the personal data of successful IIP applicants with the jurisdiction of tax residence of the successful applicants
Transfer of Investments between Investors
The Immigrant Investor Program (IIP) guidelines do not provide for the transfer of investors between projects. However due to the commercial sensitivities around the closing of some projects it was decided that where projects were frustrated, or did not proceed for commercial reasons, through no fault of the investor, then a single opportunity to transfer to another approved project will be permitted. The written approval of the Evaluation Committee will be required before any transfer completes.
In exercising this option, the investor must not frustrate the completion of the project for which their current IIP approval was granted and a letter from the proposer/developer of the approved project must be provided confirming this. The investor may only transfer to an approved project at a similar investment threshold, i.e. €1.0m project to a €1.0m project. An investor may not transfer to a project that was not approved at the time of their original application. If a project does not commence through no fault of the investor then a single opportunity to transfer to a new project will be afforded subject to the new Project being considered and approved by the Evaluation Committee.
It should be noted that an investor may withdraw from an approved project and not register the immigration permission granted. It is also open to an investor to withdraw and submit a new application for a different Investment option; however where it is established that they frustrated a previous project or caused that project to fail then no immigration permission will be granted and no further applications will be accepted from them to the IIP programme.
From 01/01/2018 no application for transfer will be accepted by INIS and any investor wishing to transfer between projects will be required to submit a new application with the appropriate fees etc.
Study Discount
IIP investors and family members get avail special education discount of upto €50,000 for academic study purposes in Irish University or Institute of Technology within first five years of their immigration permission
Debts or Loans
The Immigrant Investor Program requires a minimum investment of €1m, from the applicants own resources and not financed through a loan or other such facility, which must be committed for a minimum of three years. Immigrant Investor Program guidelines do not provide for the transfer of investors between projects
INIS has announced the applications will be refused if the investments are funded by loans.
1. Endowment
A minimum one time donation of €500,000 in a project of public benefit in the arts, sports, health, cultural or educational field as a philanthropic contribution with a clear public benefit. It is the straightforward option and once the endowment is made, no further financial obligation is required.
Investors will receive no financial return or recoupment of the principal.
A group of five or more investors wish to combine their philanthropic endowments to contribute to an appropriate project, a minimum investment of €400,000 per investor will qualify under the Programme
2. Investment funds
A minimum investment of €1 million in an Approved Investment Fund. Investment Funds that have been approved for the purposes of the Immigrant Investor Programme by the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS). Once such investment fund is IDLF.
Irish Diaspora Loan Fund (IDLF)
The IDLF is a Central Bank of Ireland approved and regulated investment fund which gives overseas investors the opportunity to invest in Ireland, while supporting Irish job creation. The IDLF provides lower cost, asset-secured finance to the Irish hotel sector. Loans are provided to suitable Irish hotels on more favourable terms compared with traditional banking institutions, and are secured against the hotel property. Loans are provided on a fixed 5 year term.
The Irish Diaspora Loan Fund is authorised by the Central Bank of Ireland as a designated investment company. The IDLF is an approved loan origination fund, meaning that funds under investment are used to issue fixed term asset secured loans to Irish hotels which meet eligibility criteria.
Successful Investor Applicants are required to invest €1,000,000 into the IDLF for 5 years and 6 months. In return, the Investor (and nominated family members) will secure Residency Permission for Ireland, enabling freedom of movement within Ireland and the UK (both European Union members). Provided the applicant abides by the programme rules,this Residency Permission will be renewed every 5 years without limit.
3. Business Enterprise
A minimum of €1 million invested in an Irish enterprise which can be a startup or or an existing business registered in Ireland. The enterprise must be registered and headquartered in Ireland.
The investment must be made in the name of the individual seeking residence under the IIP rules
Passive investments such as in real estate not eligible but investments in social housing and primary care centers will be considered. commercial property investment for the purposes of leasing or renting not eligible.
A business plan is important and should indicate how the funds will help create employment and returns.
4 Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT)
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) A REIT is a listed company, used to hold rental investment properties. It is a globally recognised standard for investment in rental property assets, already established in many developed economies including the US, Europe, Asia and Australia. The aim of a REIT is to provide an after-tax return for investors similar to that of direct diversification. To eliminate the double layer of taxation that typically hinders the holding of property through a company, a REIT is exempt from corporation tax on qualifying profits from rental property. Instead, the company is required to distribute the vast majority of its profits to investors each year for taxation at the level of the investor. The company must have a diverse ownership – no one person or group of connected persons can control the REIT. The taxation provisions that permit REITs to operate in Ireland were provided for in the Finance Act 2013.
A minimum investment of €2 million in any Irish REIT that is listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The €2 million investment may be spread across a number of different Irish REITs. The investor must declare an intention to invest in a REIT as part of the application process. The full REIT investment that has been approved for the Immigrant Investor Programme must be held for three years from the date of purchase.
An investment in a REIT provides an investor with a lower-risk property investment model in which the investment is diversified into a pool of properties. The debt limits within the REIT reduce exposure to negative equity risk, and REITs are income producing investments which are required to distribute the majority of profits each year, and so generate a regular income stream for investors.
Only REITs that have a listing or have applied for a listing on the Irish Stock Exchange and which have given notice to the Revenue Commissioners under Section 705E of the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 are eligible for the REIT investment option under the Immigrant Investor Program.
Stamp 4 permission granted under IIP is equivalent of permanent residence.
Irish Citizenship
Legal residence: Must prove that you have been legally resident on the island of Ireland for at least 3 years out of the last 5 years. This includes 1 year of continuous residence immediately before the date you apply.
Reckonable residence: Must show that you built up enough reckonable residence on the island of Ireland to be granted citizenship, specifically: 1095 or 1096 days of reckonable residence based on your accumulated permission stamps. This includes 365 or 366 days (1 year) of continuous residence immediately before the date you apply. Some types of permission stamps cannot be included when adding up your reckonable residence.
Irish Passport is the sixth powerful passport in the world with visa free access to 185 countries in 2018.
Brochure – pdf
Application form – pdf
These are frequently asked questions about Irish investor immigration scheme.
What is the processing time?
Please allow 6-9 months. This is because the Justice department introduced stringent application checks.
Can i finance the investment?
New rules introduced do not allow financing. Such applications will be refused according to statement by INIS
When should i make the full investment?
The full investment must be made within 90 days of the date of approval letter issued by Evaluation committee and Ministry of Justice.
Do i need to prove personal net assets?
Yes, Applicants are required to demonstrate a minimum personal net worth of €2million. Assets solely owned by other individuals, including a spouse, will be not accepted as evidence of net worth.
Are there any residence conditions?
No but you just need visit Ireland for 1 day to complete biometrics and other steps. IIP scheme simply requires investors and their family members to visit Ireland at least once per calendar year.
Remember if you dont live in Ireland for certain number of you will not get citizenship.
Does this program have any quotas or limits?
Are there any restricted countries who cannot apply for this scheme?
None. but certain country nationals subjected to sanctions may not apply. Please check with INIS
What type of businesses qualify for investments?
Any Irish enterprise that is headquartered in Ireland, has the bulk of its operations located in Ireland, where at least 60% of its employees are based in Ireland and at least 60% of its cost base is located in Ireland may qualify for IIP.
Does Ireland have EU membership?
EU member country: since 1 January 1973
Currency: Euro. Euro area member since 1 January 1999
Schengen: Ireland has negotiated an opt-out from Schengen area, so not part of Schengen.
Does an Irish visa allow me to travel to Northern Ireland?
No. If you wish to travel to Northern Ireland, you will require a UK visa.
How to naturalize for Irish citizenship?
IIP investors with stamp 4 permission can become irish citizen by naturalization
18 years of age.
Legally resident in the State for at least 5 years out of the last 9 years. (egally for at least 1825 or 1826 days over the last 9 years)
No criminal record
Who are eligible family members?
You can include the following dependents in your application for residence permit
Spouses, partners
Minor children (under 18)
Children between the ages of 18 and 24 can be included if they are not married with full time education, financially dependent on parents
What is the holding period of investments?
Can i invest in startups?
Yes you can make €1m enterprise investment in startups. The startup must be registered and headquartered in Ireland and the investment must support the creation or maintenance of employment.
Can i buy investment funds?
Yes, the €1m fund invested for 3 years follow these conditions
Fund must approved for the purposes of the Immigrant Investor scheme by INIS
All funds must be invested in Ireland and must represent equity stakes in Irish registered companies that are not quoted on any stock exchange.
Funds and fund managers must be regulated by the Central Bank of Ireland to conduct business in Ireland.
What is Common Travel Area (CTA)?
Common Travel Area rights can only be exercised by UK/Irish citizens. The Common Travel Area, covers England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands.
Irish and UK citizens have the right to live, travel, work and study within the Common Travel Area.
Irish and UK citizens can live in either country and enjoy associated rights and privileges, including:
Access to social benefits
Access to social housing supports
The right to vote in certain elections
I have UK visa, can i travel to Ireland?
Read the Irish short stay visa waiver scheme
Can i visit UK using Irish visas?
Indian and Chinese can visit UK for short stays through British Irish Visa scheme (BIVS). The British Irish Visa Scheme allow for travel to and around the Common Travel Area (CTA) on a single visa.
Under the BIVS, Indian and Chinese nationals can travel to the UK from Ireland ONLY using these Irish short stay visas:
visit (family/friend)
visit (tourist)
conference/event
All other visa categories such as work or study visas do not qualify. If you have an Irish short stay visa and want to also visit the UK you must travel to Ireland first.
Can i visit EU schengen area using Irish residence permit?
Ireland is not a part of schengen, so third country nationals who are not EU citizens, need a schengen visa.
I am non-EU citizen living in Ireland. Can i visit UK with stamp 4 permission?
You will need a separate UK visa, as a third country national.
What is the effect of Brexit on free movement in the Common Travel Area?
The Common Travel Area pre-dates Irish and UK membership of the EU and is not dependent on it. The Government of Ireland and the UK Government have signed a Memorandum of Understanding, reaffirming their commitment to maintaining the CTA in all circumstances.
Post Brexit, Irish and British citizens continue to move freely and reside in either jurisdiction and enjoy associated rights and entitlements including access to employment, healthcare, education, social benefits, and the right to vote in certain elections.
What is not allowed in enterprise investment for IIP?
Investing in residential property
An investment by a corporation, owned 100% shares by the applicant will not be acceptable.
Purchase of publicly traded securities will not be considered as an eligible investment
Cutting jobs and moving jobs offshore
investment in commercial property for the purposes of leasing or renting
Investments in social housing and primary care centre allowed
What is Real estate investment trust (REIT)?
A REIT is a corporation, trust, or association that invests directly in income-producing real estate and is traded like a stock.
It is one of the qualifying investments allowed under IIP rules. The Irish REIT must be listed on the Irish Stock Exchange. The €2 million investment may be spread across a number of different Irish REITs maintained for 3 years.
REITs own many types of commercial real estate, ranging from office and apartment buildings to warehouses, hospitals, shopping centers, hotels and timberlands. Some REITs engage in financing real estate.
REIT provides an investor with a lower-risk property investment model in which the investment is diversified into a pool of properties.
After three years from the date of purchase, the investor may divest no more than 50% of the shares purchased for the IIP. Where an investor has divested shares during year three, the investor may, after four years from the date of purchase, divest no more than a further 25% of the shares purchased for the IIP. After five years from the date of purchase, no requirements on the retention of shares will apply to investors.
To eliminate the double layer of taxation that typically hinders the holding of property through a company, a REIT is exempt from corporation tax on qualifying profits from rental property. Instead, the company is required to distribute the vast majority of its profits to investors each year for taxation at the level of the investor.
The debt limits within the REIT reduce exposure to negative equity risk, and REITs are income producing investments which are required to distribute the majority of profits each year, and so generate a regular income stream for investors.
Why endowment is the cheapest investment option?
The Endowment route is the cheapest investment option for foreign investors applying for immigrant investor scheme. The requirement of €500,000 is reduced to €400,000 if you invest in a group
How can i prove evidence of source of funds?
You can prove you legally acquired wealth the following as evidence
1. Business and investment activities
2. Deeds of sale
3. Inheritance
4. Gifts
5. Divorce settlement
What if my application is not approved?
Where an application is rejected, the Irish Naturalisation and Immigration Service (INIS) will communicate the reasons for that rejection in writing to the applicant.
The decision of the Minister for Justice and Equality on an application is final and a rejection of an application for residence under the Immigrant Investor Programme shall not be subject to a review or appeal. This does not, however, prevent the person concerned from making a new application at a later date.
How can i apply for stamp 4 extension?
After 5 years, you can prolong the permission
Investment has remained in place for a minimum of three years;
Not become a financial burden on the Irish State.
Not been investigated, indicted or convicted in relation to any criminal offence in any jurisdiction
Physical residence in Ireland is not a condition for renewal of residency permission under IIP rules.
Investment yields or performance not taken into consideration
Can Ireland revoke the residence permit issued?
Residency status under the Immigrant Investor Programme may be withdrawn later in the following circumstances –
Acquisition of the status was fraudulent;
Holder being the subject of a deportation order;
In the event of the holder being convicted of a criminal offense in any jurisdiction;
Fails to meet the conditions of the scheme as regards duration of the investment (eg. not maintaining the investment)
If the investor failed to disclose material information available to them at the time of the application or renewal that would, if known to the immigration authorities, have made them ineligible on the grounds of character.
If the immigration permission of the main applicant/investor is withdrawn, then the permission granted to their family members are also withdrawn.


God has a passionate desire for a direct, unfettered relationship with each of us — and no one or nothing should be able to get in the way of that.
God loves you unconditionally, just the way you are, and passionately desires a relationship with you.
No one, no institution, nothing, should come between you and your relationship with God.
When you are in relationship with God you can own your faith, and no one, no institution, nothing, should be able to take that away from you.


To explore the relationships between communities in which learning occurs and the situated nature of learning, remembering, and understanding. This sociocultural perspective was in contrast to the cognitive perspectives of learning that were popular at the time (i.e., that studied learning as a change in the brain and focused on individuals in isolation from the learning context).
This section of the book explores the interactions and relationships between practice in a community, people's internal and external activities, and the culture that they exist within.
As such, it decries theories of learning that conceptualize learning as an internalization of knowledge because learning and knowing are embedded (i.e., situated) in aspects of the environment, such as culture and community. Knowing is not universal but exhibited by specific people in specific circumstances. Lave and Wenger highlight that learning changes the relationships between a person and their community of practice and social world, which impacts their identity.
In this section of the book, Lave and Wenger critically analyze the theory of legitimate peripheral participation in an array of fields that historically rely upon apprenticeships (and each use apprenticeships in a different way). They use this analysis to argue that LPP is broader than theories of learning in school, which are "inescapably specialized [and] unlikely to afford us the historical-cultural breadth to which we aspire" (p. 61). Each example discusses how an apprentice becomes a master within that community of practice, transforming from a newcomer who has just entered the community to an old-timer who fully participates in the community.
Communities of practice are built on relationships between apprentices and masters, but they rarely include master-apprentice relationships that characterize craft apprenticeship in feudal Europe (i.e., the stereotypical apprenticeship). Instead, Lave and Wenger argue that relationships between masters and apprentices vary person-to-person and community-to-community, and that it is more important for masters to confer legitimacy on apprentices than it is for them to teach. Moreover, typical apprentices learn mostly from each other within a community.
Legitimate peripheral participation starts with apprentices joining the community and observing the culture of the community (i.e., how the masters practice, how the community relates to people outside of the community, how people within the community relate to each other) until they "assemble a general idea of what constitutes the practice of the community," (p. 95). A member's general idea evolves as they change how they participate and practice in the community and as the community shifts around new apprentices entering, masters leaving, and what masters deem legitimate. In this context, learning is primarily driven by the member/learner as they negotiate participation community, making learning not only contextualized within the community but also within the specific time period in which the learning occurs.
This section of the book further discusses how communities of practice are affected by transparency and sequestration within the community, use of language among members (especially of different ranks), motivation and identity as apprentices start to participate in more consequential activities (and the role of masters in motivating apprentices), and contradictions and conflict within communities (especially as membership and participation changes). There are too many good pieces of information in these 20 pages (p. 100-117) to do justice in a summary.
This book was published at the same time that the movement away from purely cognitive models of learning was gaining popularity and the new field Learning Sciences was forming. It described a compelling sociocultural theory of learning that remains relevant and popular today (according to Google Scholar, this book has been cited ~65,000 times). Not only is the theory sound, but it demonstrated the importance of community in learning and convinced many cognition-focused researchers to think about the context of learning in addition to the content of learning. This balance between cognitive and sociocultural perspectives on learning is still being considered in the Learning Sciences (Danish & Gresalfi, 2018).
Danish, J. A., & Gresalfi, M. (2018). Cognitive and sociocultural perspectives on learning: Tensions and synergy in the Learning Sciences. In International Handbook of the Learning Sciences (pp. 56-65). Routledge.
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pri tokratni novoletni voščilnici na zalogo sem se odločila za pretežno belo barvo s prikupnim snežkotom. digi je od from the heart stamps, ozadje pa sem naredila tako, da sem z dnom praznih kozarcev frutka potapkala po srebrni in zlati blazinici ter odtiskovala.
Kak je luštna. Lep rob ima frutek.
Super ideja štempljanja z dnom Frutka. Prav luštno izpade. Čudovita okrogla, zimska voščilnica.
It is a beautiful card, I love the layout and the image and the snowflake makes it super perfect. thanks for joining us at HLS.
Zelo lepa in zelo domiselno narejeni krogi, kdo bi si mislil, kaj vse lahko uporabimo za ustvarjalni pripomoček. Domišljija res ne pozna meja.
Bela kot sneg in snežak sta vedno dobra kombinacija. Razposajena praznična.
A fabulous card, such a cute image and great design.
Lovely snowman creation. Thanks for entering Holly Jolly Challenge Blog, good luck and hope to see you again.
Love the card you created. I love the snowflake and the little button detail. Thanks for playing along at Feeling Sketchy.
This is a lovely card, the image and your design are really sweet. Thank you for joining us this time at ABC Christmas Challenge.
Your card is so very cute! Thanks for joining our Feeling Sketchy challenge this fortnight. Good luck and please come back again soon!
Hvala, ker znova in znova ustvarjaš z nami pri Feeling Sketchy!
Love your clean and beautiful card!
Thank you so much for joining us at this month Happy Little Stampers CASE challenge!
Hi Tina - this is a lovely card! Such a cute snowman and I love your take on our sketch. Thanks for joining in the fun at Feeling Sketchy this time.
What a sweet circular card and I really like your snowflake and twine bow!
Lovely CAS card and great use of the twine to make a bow! Thanks for joining us at Happy Little Stampers.
What a sweetie this image is.. LOve your design.
Thank you so much for joining us at ABC Christmas Challenge.
Tina, this card is cute, cute, cute and the snowman is adorable!
Thanks for joining us at Christmas at Sweet Stampin' and I do hope you'll join us again.
Great card - a really elegant shape and pattern on the base card.


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These places where our schemes break end up making their own pattern. A structure so broad and fluid that it could not fit into a readable design. Even though natural and tangible, this framework of human existence remains a mystery to us, as we find ourselves intertwined within it. Its code encloses and transcends us.


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Brief History of Cades Cove
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A Brief History of Cades Cove
Cades Cove is one of the most serene and pastoral places to be found anywhere on earth. The breathtaking views of pastureland, majestic trees, rolling hills, sunsets, and wandering animals are incomparable.
Sparks Lane | Cades Cove | Great Smoky Mountains National Park
As one makes his/her way through this glorious valley, reminders are everywhere, that in the not too distant past, this place was also home to a small group of American pioneers.
A tour of Cades Cove is leisurely, with a calming and relaxing atmosphere. However, the lives of the early settlers were difficult, with struggles at every turn.
The Native Americans suffered and the settlers suffered, but in the end, this historic cove reminds us from where we came as a country.
Cades Cove is a 4,000 acre valley, located in Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Although it cannot be substantiated, some historians believe the area was named after Chief Kade of the Cherokee Indians.
No one really knows for sure, since there are no historical documents referring to how it got its name.
Many Cherokees lived nearby, hunted in the cove, and created trails through it, but they never lived inside the cove permanently. What can best be described as a "seasonal hunting camp" is the only remnant of Cherokee life found here.
In 1794, the State of North Carolina made a land grant of 5,000 acres to a pioneer named Hugh Dunlap in an area already known as Cades Cove.
It was not until 1819, with the signing of the Treaty of Calhoun, that the Cherokees forfeited any claim to the land and agreed to relinquish it to the United States of America.
During the following 19 years, a number of Cherokees dissatisfied with the treaty, wreaked havoc on settlers, making life in the cove dangerous.
The United States government implemented a massive relocation effort in 1830 for all Native Americans who refused to assimilate into the new American culture.
The idea was that all Native Americans, mostly in the Southeastern United States, must move west of the Mississippi River to a newly designated homeland.
The relocation was a disaster. Many Indians died along the way. This fiasco has since become known as the "Trail of Tears" due to the massive loss of life.
Since 1950, more than 6 million visitors to Cherokee, North Carolina have relived the story of the Cherokees through an outdoor play entitled, Unto These Hills.
Early Settlers – John and Lucretia Oliver
Even though it was not legal to own land until 1819, at the signing of the Treaty of Calhoun, Cades Cove began to see its first settlers by people of European ancestry around 1818.
John Oliver and his wife, Lucretia, left Carter County, Tennessee with Joshua Jobe, who convinced them to stay after arriving. They did, but he didn't.
The Olivers suffered through that first winter. They may not have survived without the generous assistance from friendly Cherokees. In addition, the family took shelter in an abandoned Cherokee hut.
Jobe returned in the Spring of the following year, and brought with him provisions for the Olivers. What they really needed was cattle. Fortunately, a couple head of cattle arrived along with him.
John Oliver Cabin | Cades Cove
John Oliver and his family constructed a temporary home and then replaced it with a log cabin soon after. It was the first permanent home built in Cades Cove.
William "Fighting Billy" Tipton
William "Fighting Billy" Tipton, famous for his service in the War of 1812, received a land grant in 1821. He consolidated the newly acquired 1,280 acres with previous holdings. He and his brothers, Abraham and Thomas, eventually owned most of the best agricultural land in the valley.
William "Fighting Billy" Tipton Home
From 1821, the population grew. Some thirty years later, in 1850, six hundred and seventy-one people called Cades Cove home.
The people of Cades Cove were farmers, blacksmiths, and real American pioneers. They cleared the land, grew crops (primarily corn) and built barns to store the harvest and grist mills to process it.
Residents hunted the abundant deer and raised pigs for meat. They built smokehouses, barns, spring-houses, mills, and anything else needed to survive in somewhat isolation. The community grew and thrived. Then the Civil War came calling.
The Civil War brought division to the Cades Cove community. Legend says Cades Cove was a stop on the Underground Railroad before the war started. A pro-Union mindset was firmly rooted there.
Many residents sided with the Union. Others fought with and supported the Confederacy. The division created a tense environment to say the least. Neighbors disagreed with neighbors, and the community became splintered.
Confederate bushwhackers from North Carolina raided Cades Cove, killing Union supporters and stealing provisions. John Oliver's son, Elijah Oliver, hid in the mountains until it was safe to return after the war. Many others chose not to return at all.
The population of Cades Cove languished after the Civil War. Consequently, the economy struggled in isolation. Not until the early 1900's did things begin to turn around when the community moved from farming and agriculture to logging.
Another development after the Civil War was the making of corn liquor. They grew plenty of corn, and corn-based alcohol followed. A few men made homemade brandy from the fruit grown on their land.
Prohibition brought opportunity for the creation of illegal alcoholic beverages called moonshine, brewed at night by the light of the moon. The Cades Cove community continued as a living, working community for more than 100 years.
Then, in the late 1920's, the United States government determined to create a national park by buying land with $5 million donated by the Rockefeller family and another $2 million of taxpayer dollars.
As one would expect, the people of Cades Cove objected to selling their land, and they fought back hard. The U.S. government promised the landowners in Cades Cove they could keep their land and remain separate from the park.
However, the government reneged on their agreement. They used eminent domain to confiscate the land in Cades Cove. Lawsuits ensued, and although he won the first court case, John W. Oliver, descendant of Cades Cove's first settler, could fight no longer.
He accepted his fate and abandoned his home in Cades Cove on Christmas Day 1937. He was Cades Cove's last resident.
The Primitive Baptist Church, about which you will soon read, continued to meet in their building in defiance of the U.S government, until 1960.
Christian Influences
From the very beginning of the settlement, Christianity was an important part of life in the cove.
John Oliver was a devout Christian man. By 1825, with the help of "Millers Cove Baptist Church", formed what would become "Cades Cove Baptist Church" (1827). Later, members renamed the church "Cades Cove Primitive Baptist Church" (1839) after the split detailed below.
Primitive Baptist Church | Cades Cove
In 1839, during a theological debate over missions, a hot topic throughout East Tennessee, thirteen people left "Cades Cove Baptist Church". They formed a new church and named it, "Cades Cove Missionary Baptist Church".
Methodists were fewer in number than Baptists in Cades Cove and they worshiped at Cades Cove Methodist Church, established in the 1820's. However, after the Civil War, reconciliation between Methodists siding with the Union and those siding with the Confederates was too much to ask.
They split and the Hopewell Methodist Church began meeting on the opposite side of the cove. The Cades Cove Methodist Church survived, Hopewell Methodist Church did not.
Cades Cove Methodist Church | Great Smoky Mountains National Park
The current church buildings are not the original log buildings used by the churches; they did not survive. These churches replaced the older ones, are still standing, and can be toured by visitors to the park.
Footnotes: I would like to thank A. Randolf Shields, author of the book, The Cades Cove Story, for his invaluable research into the history of Cades Cove. Some of the historical facts in this article were learned from his excellent book.
Also, the publication, Cades Cove Tour, published by Great Smoky Mountains Association was helpful.
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The scaphoid is 'boat'-shaped* bone and is the most common carpus to be fractured.
Scaphoid fractures are most common in men aged 20-30 years, with about 10% presenting with an associated fracture.
The scaphoid is anatomically divided into three parts: the proximal pole, waist, and distal pole.
It is important to appreciate the blood supply to the scaphoid (Fig. 2), which is supplied by branches of the radial artery. The dorsal branch of the radial artery, which supplies 80% of the blood, enters in the distal pole and travels in a retrograde fashion towards the proximal pole.
Consequently, fractures can compromise the blood supply, leading to avascular necrosis (AVN) and subsequent degenerative wrist disease.
The scaphoid is fractured following trauma, which is often high energy. Patients will complain of sudden onset wrist pain and bruising may be present.
There is tenderness in the floor of the anatomical snuffbox, pain on palpating the scaphoid tubercle, and pain on telescoping of the ipsilateral thumb.
The anatomical snuffbox (also termed the radial fossa) is a triangular depression found on the lateral aspect of the dorsum of the hand, located at the level of the carpal bones.
The anatomical snuffbox is defined medially by the abductor pollicis longus and extensor pollicis brevis tendons, and laterally by the extensor pollicis longus tendon. The contents of the snuffbox includes the radial artery, superficial radial nerve, and the cephalic vein.
The floor of the snuffbox is made of the scaphoid, along with the trapezium, hence tenderness in this area can indicate a scaphoid fracture.
The main differentials of radial wrist pain following trauma are distal radial fracture, an alternative carpal bone fracture, fracture of the base of the 1st metacarpal, or a ulnar collateral ligament injury.
For suspected cases of scaphoid fracture, initial plain radiographs should be taken. A "scaphoid series" should be requested, including anteroposterior, lateral, oblique views.
Scaphoid fractures are not always detected by initial radiographs (especially undisplaced fractures); if there remains sufficient clinical suspicion, despite negative initial imaging, the patient should have the wrist immobilised in a thumb splint and repeat plain radiographs in 10-14 days for further evaluation (Fig. 3).
If repeat radiographic imaging is negative, however clinical findings are still in keeping with a scaphoid fracture, an MRI scan of the wrist is indicated. This is the definitive investigation and, whilst it is awaited, the interim management.
The treatment of scaphoid fractures is determined by location of the fracture and degree of the fracture.
Undisplaced fractures can typically be managed with strict immobilitasion in a plaster with a thumb spica splint. However, undisplaced fractures of the proximal pole have a high risk of AVN and surgical treatment may be advocated.
All displaced fractures should be fixed operatively. The most common operative technique is using a percutaneous variable-pitched screw, which can be placed across the fracture site to compress it.
Avascular necrosis is common complication of a scaphoid fracture (in around 30% of cases), with its risk increasing the more proximal the fracture.
Non-union is the bone failing to heal properly, most commonly due to a poor blood supply. It is particularly common in scaphoid fractures (in around 10% of cases) that go undiagnosed or are inappropriately managed. Such cases can be managed with internal fixation and bone grafts, although the morbidity is high, even with surgical repair.


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My family had lived in Soho at the heart of the West End since the 19th century. My late uncle, Jim Wallder, lived in Meard Street, off Wardour Street, when the Second World War started and because he was a builder by trade he joined the Heavy Rescue Squad of the ARP.
Jim claimed he became the Head of the Heavy Rescue Squad for Westminster and his rescue vehicles operated from an underground tunnel beneath buildings in Savoy Place and Adam Street. His HQ was an adjacent room where Charles Dickens had once worked and on which he based the Thieves Kitchen in 'Oliver Twist'!
My uncle attended the scene after a landmine crashed through the ceiling of the 'bombproof' celler of the Cafe de Paris in Coventry Street where danceband leader Ken 'Snakehips' Johnson was performing: it exploded right in front of the Orchestra killing many of the musicians and dancers. He was also among the first on the scene in 1941 when another landmine hit Dukes Court in Jermyn Street and he helped remove the body of the legendery popular singer Al Bowlly who died from blast. Uncle Jim reckoned more people were killed by bomb blast, which burst your lungs, than by flying shrapnel and masonry.
Once he stopped a woman trying to re-enter a burning building. "Where you going?" he asked her. "My sandwiches are in there, I'm going back to get them." she replied. "Get down that shelter, woman! It's not a picnic, it's a bloody war!" Jim yelled.
Pulling bodies from burning buildings was the worst part of the job. After the War he could eat roast beef or roast chicken. But he could never eat roast pork again.
By the way, Jim Wallder was the first person ever to appear on television. He was the delivery boy who was delivering groceries to a house in Dean Street in the 1920s where James Logie Baird had built the first TV apparatus. Baird needed someone to sit in front of the camera whilst he looked at the TV screen in the next room. This fact was mentioned in the London Evening Standard when Jim died in 1984.
I don't have a photo of Jim during the War but I do have one of his brother Bert, my late father who also lived and worked in Soho, taken in 1939 with other Auxiliary Fire Service firefighters. Although he was stationed in Basil Street, Knightsbridge, they were often called to fires in the West End to support the local Brigade.
If Jim was alive today he could tell a few stories about those times, believe me.
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Daniel Defense announced the addition of M-Lok attachment rails for its DD5V1 and DD5V2 rifles. Now, consumers will be able to receive rifles with handguards designed to work with either KeyMod or M-Lok accessory attachment, depending on their personal preference.
The attachment systems are part of the 15-inch free-float MFR XS rail, which is designed to provide users with a lighter-weight rail system that ensures rapid cooling, better ergonomics and more modularity than other handguards on the market today. The M-Lock attachment points are found at seven different positions around the outside of the handguard, providing users with an incredible range of leeway for accessory placement.
The rifle features a unique four-bolt connection system that incorporates a specially designed barrel extension that secures the free-float barrel and M-Lok handguard to the upper receiver without the use of a barrel nut.
The handguard surrounds a 16-inch cold-hammer-forged barrel that features an integral Daniel Defense flash suppressor, along with a mid-length gas system that is designed to ensure reliable performance under rugged conditions, as well as reduce felt recoil and minimize wear on the internals of the rifle. The barrel also features a threaded muzzle that features a 5/8×24 TPI thread pitch.
The Daniel Defense DD5V1 rifle comes equipped with a two-stage Geissele SSA trigger, which features a 2.5-pound take-up and a 2-pound break. The gun also features an ambidextrous safety selector, magazine catch and bolt release, as well as a modular charging handle.
The rifle is built with a lower receiver that features an oversized trigger guard that provides use with gloved hands, as well as a flared magazine well that facilitates smoother mag changes. The bolt and carrier are built with an oversize cam pin, as well as an improved extractor design and dual ejectors. The overall weight of the gun is 8.3 pounds.
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The new REC7 DI pistol features a 10.25-inch barrel and comes in at an overall length of 24.75 inches. The total weight of the new gun is 5.45 pounds and ships with a 20-round Magpul PMag. The gun is finished in a black Cerakote coating and features a Magpul MOE pistol grip, along with a Magpul enlarged trigger guard. The fore-end of the gun is Barrett's own enhanced BRS handguard design and features KeyMod attachment points.
The AR pistol is constructed with a match-grade barrel made with stainless steel and uses the company's own high-efficiency muzzle device to reduce recoil. The gun also features an oversized charging handle for easy racking of the pistol, along with a specially designed gas block that features a nut-retention device for extra durability. The gun features a continuous flattop rail that reaches to the end of the fore-end, giving users a lengthened sight radius for irons or plenty of room for optics mounting.
The REC7 DI pistol is equipped with the Gearhead Works Tailhook MOD 1 pistol brace, which is billed as the most compact pistol brace on the market today. The brace measures less than 1 inch thick and provides users with a shelf that works to counter the forward weight of an AR pistol, allowing the shooter's wrist to relax and focus on controlling the trigger. The brace is made from solid aluminum and clamps to pistol buffer tubes ranging from 1.17-1.2 inches in diameter.
The Barrett REC7 DI pistol is available in 5.56 NATO and .300 BLK and available only for a limited time. The suggested retail price on the gun is $1,899.
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Trojan Firearms, based in Phoenix, AZ, took more than 30 years of knowledge and experience in precision machining and put it toward designing high-performance firearms. The latest from the company is the new PRO9V1 carbine, chambered in 9 mm.
The new Trojan PRO9V1 carbine is based on the ergonomics and controls of the AR-15 platform, but the company's focus on the new gun was to design a pistol-caliber carbine from scratch in order to provide consumers with the most reliable 9 mm carbine possible, solving many of the issues found in many pistol-caliber carbines on the market with straight-blowback operating systems.
The Trojan Firearms PRO9V1 features an upper receiver, lower receiver and handguard that are CNC machined from aircraft-grade billet aluminum. The springs and detent pins in the lower are coated with Teflon in order to provide added lubricity, and the gun also features a flared magazine well that improves reloading.
The carbine features a 16-inch barrel that features a lightweight contour, a 1:10 rate of twist and is constructed from 4150V steel. The barrel features a nitride finish and uses a Grater Gen II muzzle brake that can be tuned according to the end user's preferences. The gun also features an ambidextrous charging handle, as well as the company's own adjustable drop-in trigger.
Other features of the gun include a free-float handguard that features a KeyMod attachment system that allows for easy mounting of accessories anywhere on the circumference. The upper receiver and the rail top form a continuous flattop Picatinny mounting surface for optics and other accessories. The gun also features a tension screw and a lock screw that allows users to keep the upper and lower receiver tightly matched.
The new Trojan Firearms PRO9V1 is available in two different models. The first model, the PRO9V1-G, is compatible with all 9 mm Glock magazines. The PRO9V1-M is compatible with 9 mm MBX or STI 2011 magazines. The company also sells a California-compliant version.
The guns are available in red, metallic blue and black finishes. The suggested retail price for the PRO9V1-G is $1,399, while the PRO9V1-M retails at a suggested price of $1,549.99. The California-compliant model is available for $1,449.99.


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Ghetto Bells matches the poetic power of Vic Chesnutt's words with some of the most elegantly simpatico backing he's ever been blessed with, including jazz icon Bill Frisell on guitars, legendary writer, arranger and multi-instrumentalist Van Dyke Parks on piano, accordion and organ, Don Heffington of Lone Justice and the Jayhawks on drums and percussion, classically trained session-man Dominic Genova on double bass, Tina Chesnutt on electric bass and Liz Durrett on exquisite backing vocals. At the time, Vic Chesnutt had released a dozen albums in 15 years. Ghetto Bells has a powerful resonance that reveals itself slowly. A pair of seven-minute pieces are the heart of the album, both moving forward slowly, but ever so purposefully. One of them, "Rambunctious Cloud," is further sweetened by the presence of Van Dyke Parks on accordion and a staggering guitar solo from Bill Frisell.
New West Records is proud to be reissuing Vic Chesnutt's albums from the Texas Hotel years, along with his New West Records albums. Each of these albums is painstakingly remastered from original source material, and come in colored editions not available anywhere else!
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French Orientalist Literature in Algeria, 1845–1882
Colonial Hauntings
Sage Goellner
This book applies the growing theoretical field of hauntology to a body of literature which has previously been examined through the lenses of Orientalism and exoticism. Through a chronological study and close readings of the writings of Théophile Gautier, Eugène Fromentin, Gustave Flaubert, and Pierre Loti, the project identifies haunting echoes within the texts which demonstrate an ambivalence of attitudes towards colonialism and which undermine any claim towards a monolithic imperialist French ideology. Whereas hauntological theory has be used to illuminate literature from the Francophone post-colonial period, it has not yet been applied to texts produced during the French colonial period. The originality of this project thus lies in the application of Derridean hauntological theory to works from an earlier period, each of which in one way or another addresses the theme of colonial violence. By revisiting four classic works of colonial Orientalism with haunting as a principal theme, this analysis provides a critical witnessing of France's violent colonization of Algeria that demonstrates France's latent anxieties about the colonial project at the time.
978-1-4985-3872-5 • Hardback • March 2018 • $95.00 • (£73.00)
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Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World and Postcolonial France
Subjects: Literary Criticism / European / French, Literary Criticism / African, Literary Criticism / Modern / 19th Century
Sage Goellner is assistant professor of French at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Chapter 1 – The Unsettled: Eugène Fromentin's Haunted Journeys
Chapter 2 – Subjectivity Undone: Théophile Gautier's Algeria
Chapter 3 – Battlefields and Barbarians: Salammbô and Its Historical Contexts
Chapter 4 – Le Mal de la Kasbah: Pierre Loti in Algiers
Sage Goellner's book offers a new approach to literature sometimes dismissed as 'exoticist' or otherwise of secondary importance: the travel writing and fiction that represented North Africa to nineteenth-century French readers.
— Oxford Journals
This book is recommended reading for those interested in colonial or nineteenth-century studies.
— The French Review
Attentive to the disturbing historical traces of colonial Algeria found in French Orientalist texts, Sage Goellner makes a compelling case for a re-evaluation of these nineteenth-century narratives and their testimony to the haunting violence and trauma of French colonialism. She demonstrates skillfully how these works continue to haunt our contemporary landscape and inform the memories and relations between France and Algeria.
— Michael O'Riley, The Colorado College


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Details of the forthcoming Unit 1 assessment have been provided. They're pretty much as discussed in the first tutorial of the second year.
I've added a few extra things to this website to accommodate the assessment, but they won't be made publicly visible until closer to each date that things are due. Fortunately I seem to have most of the evidence required, so once the research paper is submitted most of the activity will revolve around curating this blog.


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Cold Feet: Japan Retreats On Climate Pledges
Draft legislation for a new Japanese climate bill omits mention of a limit on emissions by industry, a sign Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama's government may retreat from an earlier promise to start a cap-and-trade system.
Japan should start an emissions-trading program at an unspecified time to help cut emissions by 25 percent in the medium term, according to the draft, released by the Environment Ministry Feb. 26. The document doesn't propose a mandatory cap on emissions, and while it includes a possible carbon tax from 2011, it doesn't say which industries would be subject to it.
Hatoyama's Democratic Party of Japan pledged to start a cap-and-trade system and consider a carbon tax in a policy paper published July 23, a month before the party won government in a landslide. The DPJ's popularity has since plunged, and the party may put debate over mandatory emissions caps, which the nation's business lobby opposes, on hold while it prepares to fight Upper House elections slated for July, said Satoshi Hashimoto, a senior climate researcher at Mitsubishi Research Institute Inc.
"Hatoyama's government is putting off this big debate on whether or not Japan will go with or without a cap-and-trade," Hashimoto said by phone from Tokyo. "The election is just around the corner, and Hatoyama may be ruling out any potential factors that could further hurt the party's popularity."


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Has an Editor Changed Your Life?
June 4, 2019 May 31, 2019 by Lev Raphael
I left teaching at Michigan State University years ago because I didn't think I'd be able to finish a book with only having summers off for extended writing time. It was a gamble, and a serious loss of income my spouse said we could manage–for awhile. Two years passed and I was more and more disheartened, especially when I got rejections for my book of short stories like the one that said "I don't much like your metaphors and such."
I was so down that I even talked about giving up writing as a career and maybe studying to be a therapist, since I was married to one and had such a deep background in reading psychology, going back to college. And then one night a call came from Michael Denneny, the celebrated editor at St. Martin's Press, and he said, "I want to publish your book." I was ecstatic. When I hung up and shared the news, my witty spouse quipped, "Did you tell him you'd given up writing as a career?"
The book got dozens of reviews and launched my career. Denneny was an amazing, hands-on editor who spent seven months doing deep dives on each story in the book. Many of them were abut the Second Generation, children of Holocaust survivors, and back in the 197s and 1980s I was a pioneer in tackling this subject. It was understandably dark material and one night at dinner in New York, Denneny suggested that I branch out and write something comic, since he thought I had a good sense of humor. That suggestion was tossing a stone into a pond and watching the ripples.
I immediately thought of the story in my first collection told in the voice of an English professor who discovers that his partner has helped a former lover get a job at their university. Not only that, his partner invites the guy for dinner. It seemed like a good foundation for a mystery: What if the dinner guest dies?
Crime fiction was a genre I loved, and I had started reading mysteries in junior high school. My local library was well stocked and I worked my way through every Agatha Christie book on its shelves and branched out in many directions, like the comic New England mysteries of Phoebe Atwood Taylor and the spy novels of John Creasey.
Sadly, none of my college classes focused on genre literature, but the flip side is that as an English major, I was introduced to one amazing author after another, from D.H. Lawrence to Virginia Woolf. I read them all voraciously, inspired more than ever to make my life as an author.
For inspiration as I planned my mystery, I returned to crime novels I'd read before and read many dozens of new ones by authors from Robert Barnard to Sue Grafton. Let's Get Criminal was born, but Denneny didn't connect with it. I was disappointed, but as a writer friend once said, finding the right editor for your book can be as difficult as finding the right partner or spouse.
Soon after St. Martin's press published my coming out novel Winter Eyes, I was approached by an agent who'd read about that books and I signed with her. She saw Let's Get Criminal as a Jewish Object of My Affections. I was dubious, but then again, what did I know? The rejections mounted and there was a trend: most of the editors said that they didn't like mysteries. Before I could ask why she was picking the wrong editors, she left the business.
But the editor who took over at St. Martin's Press from Denneny, Keith Kahla, loved the book when I tried him myself, and he wanted the next one in the series, too, when I told him what I was planning. The Edith Wharton Murders was #2 and it put the series on the map thanks to a rave review in the New York Times Book Review where Marilyn Stasio said, "The Borgias would be at home at the State University of Michigan, that snake pit of academic politics." Kahla was justifiably pleased, and he was every bit as good an editor as his predecessor.
I read widely then and always had, so it was no surprise that I moved into other genres while keeping the series going and reviewed books for a number of publications including the Detroit Free Press where I had a monthly crime fiction column.
Let's Get Criminal went out of print, was re-published by Lethe Press and went out of print a second time. Now it's available as an ebook from ReQueered Books. I'm delighted that a new generation of readers can see where the Nick Hoffman series started. And in case you were wondering about the title, it's a comic nod to the Olivia Newton-John song "Let's Get Physical" which plays a role in the book.
Lev Raphael is the author of twenty-six books in genres from memoir to mystery. He teaches creative writing workshops online at writewithoutborders.com and his latest mystery is State University of Murder.
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Women's basketball to host NIT game tonight
By Terry Rabbitts, [email protected] • March 16, 2016
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Zips women hang on to beat Toledo in overtime
Anita Brown dropped a career-high 37 points and grabbed seven rebounds to lead The University of Akron women's basketball team to a 73-71 overtime win over the Toledo Rockets in the quarterfinals of...
Zips beat Falcons on Senior Day, 71-61
By Jacob Allen, Writer • March 7, 2016
The University of Akron women's basketball team finished the regular season on a high note, beating the Bowling Green Falcons, 71-61, on Saturday at Rhodes Arena. The Zips finished the season with a...
Zips use strong second half to beat Buffalo, 62-49
The University of Akron women's basketball team beat the Buffalo Bulls, 62-49, on Wednesday night in Akron. The Zips improved to 16-12 (10-7 MAC) while Buffalo fell to 15-13 (7-10 MAC). Akron outscored...
Zips hold off Kent State, 70-60
By Jacob Allen, Writer • February 29, 2016
The University of Akron women's basketball team beat the Kent State Golden Flashes for the second time this season, 70-60, in Kent on Saturday. The Zips improved to 15-12 on the season while Kent State...
Bobcats cruise past Zips, 101-73
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Broncos use strong fourth quarter to beat Zips, 69-65
The University of Akron women's basketball team was outscored by the Western Michigan Broncos 27-10 in the fourth quarter to lose 69-65 on Saturday in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Zips fell to 12-11...
Plybon scores career point 1,000 as Zips beat Miami 77-65
By Jake Allen, [email protected] • February 8, 2016
The University of Akron women's basketball team beat the Miami RedHawks 77-65 on Saturday, Feb. 6, at James A. Rhodes Arena. The Zips improved to 12-10 on the season and to 6-5 in the conference...
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import { Component, life, watch, CreateDecorator } from 'miox-vue2x-classify';
import Vue from 'vue';

describe('Miox vue2x classify', () => {
  it('lifecycles', () => {
    let created = false
    let destroyed = false

    @Component
    class MyComp extends Vue {
      @life created () {
        created = true;
      }

      @life destroyed () {
        destroyed = true
      }
    }

    const c = new MyComp()
    expect(created).toBeTruthy();
    expect(destroyed).toBeFalsy();
    c.$destroy()
    expect(destroyed).toBeTruthy();
  });

  it('data: should collect from class properties', () => {
    @Component({
      props: ['foo']
    })
    class MyComp extends Vue {
      a = 'hello';
      b = this.foo + 1;
    }

    const c = new MyComp({
      propsData: {
        foo: 1
      }
    });

    expect(c.a).toBe('hello');
    expect(c.b).toBe(2);
  })

  it('data: should collect custom property defined on beforeCreate', () => {
    @Component
    class MyComp extends Vue {
      foo = 'Hello, ' + this.$store.state.msg

      @life beforeCreate () {
        this.$store = {
          state: {
            msg: 'world'
          }
        }
      }
    }

    const c = new MyComp()
    expect(c.foo).toBe('Hello, world')
  });

  it('methods', () => {
    let msg = '';

    @Component
    class MyComp extends Vue {
      hello () {
        msg = 'hi'
      }
    }

    const c = new MyComp()
    c.hello();
    expect(msg).toBe('hi');
  })

  it('computed', () => {
    @Component
    class MyComp extends Vue {
      a = 1;

      get b () {
        return this.a + 1
      }
    }

    const c = new MyComp()
    expect(c.a).toBe(1)
    expect(c.b).toBe(2)
    c.a = 2
    expect(c.b).toBe(3)
  });

  describe('name', () => {
    it('via name option', () => {
      @Component({ name: 'test' })
      class MyComp extends Vue {}

      const c = new MyComp()
      expect(c.$options.name).toBe('test')
    })

    it('via _componentTag', () => {
      @Component
      class MyComp extends Vue {
        static _componentTag = 'test'
      }

      const c = new MyComp()
      expect(c.$options.name).toBe('test')
    })

    it('via class name', () => {
      @Component
      class MyComp extends Vue {}

      const c = new MyComp()
      expect(c.$options.name).toBe('MyComp')
    })
  });

  describe('via watch', () => {
    it('other options', (done) => {
      let v;

      @Component({
        watch: {
          a: val => v = val
        }
      })
      class MyComp extends Vue {
        a = 1;

        @watch 'this.a'(val) {
          v = val;
        }
      }

      const c = new MyComp()
      c.a = 2
      Vue.nextTick(() => {
        expect(v).toBe(2);
        done()
      })
    });
    it('other options', (done) => {
      let v;

      @Component({
        watch: {
          a: val => v = val
        }
      })
      class MyComp extends Vue {
        a = 1;

        @watch('a') onAChange(val) {
          v = val;
        }
      }

      const c = new MyComp()
      c.a = 2
      Vue.nextTick(() => {
        expect(v).toBe(2);
        done()
      })
    })
  })

  it('extending', function () {
    @Component
    class Base extends Vue {
      a = 1;
    }

    @Component
    class A extends Base {
      b = 2;
    }

    const a = new A()
    expect(a.a).toBe(1)
    expect(a.b).toBe(2)
  })

  it('createDecorator', function () {
    let a;
    const NoCache = CreateDecorator((options, key) => {
      // component options should be passed to the callback
      // and update for the options object affect the component
      options.computed[key].set = function(val) {
        a = val;
      }
    })

    @Component
    class MyComp extends Vue {
      @NoCache get bar () {
        return 'world'
      }
    }

    const c = new MyComp()
    expect(c.bar).toBe('world');
    c.bar = 'uuu';
    expect(a).toBe('uuu');
  })

  it('createDecorator: decorate correctly even if a component is created in another @Component decorator', () => {
    // Just assigns the given value to the decorated property
    const Value = (value) => CreateDecorator((options, key) => {
      const data = options.data || (() => ({}))
      options.data = function () {
        return {
          ...data.call(this),
          [key]: value
        }
      }
    })

    const createChild = () => {
      @Component
      class Child extends Vue {
        @Value('child') value = '';
      }
      return Child
    }

    @Component({
      components: {
        Child: createChild()
      }
    })
    class Parent extends Vue {
      @Value('parent')
      value = ''
    }

    const parent = new Parent()
    const child = new parent.$options.components.Child()
    expect(parent.value).toBe('parent')
    expect(child.value).toBe('child')
  })

  it('createDecrator: create a class decorator', () => {
    const DataMixin = CreateDecorator(options => {
      options.data = function () {
        return {
          test: 'foo'
        }
      }
    })

    @Component
    @DataMixin
    class MyComp extends Vue {}

    const vm = new MyComp()
    expect(vm.test).toBe('foo')
  })

  it('forwardStatics', function () {
    @Component
    class MyComp extends Vue {
      static myValue = 52
    }

    expect(MyComp.myValue).toBe(52);
  })

});


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Home / Business / Economy
Exports, spending 'to ebb'
By Chen Jia ( China Daily)
Slowing foreign, local demand to hamper growth
The expansion of China's exports and consumption may decelerate further in the second half of the year due to weak overseas and domestic demand, adding headwinds to overall economic growth, a research center with the country's top economic planning body has forecast.
The outlook was issued by the State Information Center on Wednesday, which is under the National Development and Reform Commission.
China's exports may decline further in the second half of this year, dragging down annual export growth to 9 percent and creating a trade surplus at the end of the year of possibly $280 billion, according to an official forecast. YU FANGPING / FOR CHINA DAILY
The center said that during the second half of 2013, the total value of China's trade might increase more slowly than it did in the first half, affected in part by the emerging effects of a stronger yuan.
It forecast full-year export growth would be about 9 percent, down from 10.4 percent in the first half, while imports might rise 7.3 percent, compared with 6.7 percent in the first half.
The full-year trade surplus is likely to widen to $280 billion by the end of this year, from $108 billion in the first half, the center said.
"Weak external and domestic demand will remain the key factors increasing the downside risks for China's economy in the third and fourth quarters," said Lian Ping, chief economist at the Bank of Communications Ltd.
In addition, as household incomes are likely to increase more slowly and property prices remain high, consumer confidence could weaken and curtail consumption.
The center forecast that full-year retail sales may increase by a nominal 13 percent, but the real rate of growth may be 11.3 percent, which would be slower than in the first half.
According to the National Bureau of Statistics, retail sales increased by a nominal 12.7 percent in the first half.
Policymakers are likely to announce further reforms in the coming months to foster consumption as a new economic growth engine, the center said.
A report from the Bank of Communications indicated that last month, household wealth was at its lowest point so far this year, depressed by slower economic growth and weak capital markets.
Moreover, slowing income growth has started to weaken household spending plans, which may further cool retail sales, the bank said.
"There is still considerable uncertainty about the near-term growth outlook," said Zhu Haibin, chief economist in China with JPMorgan Chase & Co.
"We expect more fine-tuning measures in the coming months. The scale and pace of policy fine-tuning will be important to gauge the growth outlook in the second half," said Zhu.
He said the fine-tuning will also be indicative of the reform agenda expected to be announced at a plenary session of the decision-making Central Committee of the Communist Party of China to be held late this year.
In July, the State Council attempted to restore market confidence by combining the targets of stable growth and economic restructuring.
Wendy Liu, an analyst from Nomura Securities Co Ltd, said on Wednesday that high-end consumption is likely to be restrained by a long-term anti-corruption campaign.
However, consumption in the mass market is likely to demonstrate steady improvement in the second half.
"More money may be spent on customized and high-quality products and services, and companies involved in e-commerce, online games and smartphones may perform better in the capital markets," Liu said.
Although recent economic indicators were disappointing and even aroused market worries about a hard landing, "I think the concern is unnecessary", said Qu Hongbin, chief economist in China with HSBC Holdings Plc.
"The government now still has room to pursue moderate and mini-stimulus (programs) to avoid growth slipping below the bottom line."
Qu said that the most important factor that can stabilize growth of the world's second-largest economy is the huge potential of urbanization.
The process is likely to transform 260 million rural migrant workers into urban consumers and boost domestic demand.
China has a new 'tallest building'
Heat wave expected to break in mid-August
China helps out energy-starved Pakistan
Crafting a town
Tale as old as the grassland
More than just a pretty face
Life as a living doll
Mandarin becomes priority
Study reaffirms 'cancer villages'
Environmental data should be specific
More accuse doctor of baby trafficking
Illegal stay costs foreigner 10,000 yuan
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Four judges in scandal expelled from Party
Paris attacks raise concerns
Sino-US trade gap narrows
Pakistan looks for aid with power shortage
Sharif eager to hasten cooperation
Capt took control 120m above ground in accident
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Islands dispute hammers attitudes
Fonterra says sorry for dairy 'anxiety'
US plays catch up in Africa
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Parents question 'highly qualified' teachers
A California-based coalition and some /*Bay Area*/ parents are suing the federal government over what they consider education "deception." They are questioning a practice that allows "teachers in training" to call themselves "highly qualified."
Damian Molinari is a fully credentialed teacher deemed by the state to be "highly qualified." But that term, "highly qualified," is also used to describe teachers-in-training, known as interns.
Maribel Heredia is a parent from Hayward. She's suing the /*U.S. Department of Education*/ after discovering her son's teacher was an intern.
"Would you want a doctor who just graduated to do surgery on you? I don't. So it was baffling to me, how, it's just common sense that an intern is not highly qualified," says Heredia.
Interns must have at least a B.A. and have completed some education courses, but they lack the on-the-job training in their subject matter, that fully credentialed teachers have.
"We're not opposed to intern teachers. It's a fine way to train teachers. The problem is the federal regulation calls these teachers in training highly qualified and that's just absurd. These teachers are people who are still learning how to be teachers," says Heredia's attorney John Affeldt.
This is how California gets away with calling interns highly qualified: The /*No Child Left Behind Act*/, signed in 2001, stated that every child must have a highly qualified teacher in the classroom. But, because California has a teacher shortage, interns have been counted as "highly qualified."
"Our teacher shortage is primarily in certain subject matters such as math, such as science, such as special education. There aren't enough positions in the teacher pipeline to take positions in teaching, says Deborah Hirsh of the /*San Francisco Unified School District*/.
The lawsuit also asks that these interns be more dispersed throughout the different communities.
"They ought not to be concentrated in low income, high minority schools, which is currently the case in California," says John Affeldt.
It's now up to a federal judge to decide whether California should follow the true definition of a "highly qualified" teacher, as stated by No Child Left Behind. Any ruling is expected to be appealed by the losing party.
For more on this story, check out the Back Story.


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What term is used to describe Western European architectural style for the period from the late10th to the 12th century?
In architecture, what is the name for an ornamental vertical groove in a column?
The initial parts of which London building were built as a fortress by the Normans, had additions to become.............
What building, built between 1754 and 1790 as a church to St Genevieve, was set aside as a mausoleum?
What building, erected at Sydenham near London in 1834 in 200 acres of grounds and given to the public in 1920..........
What architectural term was applied by the Romans to any public building built in a rectangle twice.....................
What architectural term was applied by the Romans to any public building built in a rectangle twice as long as it was broad with an internal 2 storied colonnade?
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answer Jan 6, 2020 by Rajni
What term is used to describe Western European architectural style for the period from the late 10th to the 12th century which was identifiably Medieval and prefigured the Gothic, yet maintained the rounded Roman arch?
The initial parts of which London building were built as a fortress by the Normans, had additions to become a palace and then was used primarily as a prison?
What building, built between 1754 and 1790 as a church to St Genevieve, was set aside as a mausoleum for famous Frenchmen in 1792?
What building, erected at Sydenham near London in 1834 in 200 acres of grounds and given to the public in 1920, was gutted by fire in 1936?