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the role of Congress. Johnson ended up hated. No one thought much of Ford. Carter was unsuccessful. Even Reagan—conservatives were furious with him. Later it can change. LBJ has undergone a transformation, and Truman, who was roundly hated, is now looked upon as a great political architect.
He had trouble getting his domestic agenda through Congress. On the other hand, the Camp David Accord, which he is responsible for, is the most successful treaty in the Middle East we have had. Historians also are interested that he was the most aggressive president in dealing with conservation and our seemingly unending consumption, and was a president who dealt with human rights.
1970s, before his term, he was talking about eliminating the IRS.
liberal people in both parties.
The result was the same, though. What we remember now of all that got passed in Johnson's first years is actually more unusual.
The name "gerrymander" goes back 200 years, so districts have been drawn to favor incumbents for a long time. What is different is that technology has allowed parties to perfect it.
Computer programs can tell exactly where to draw those boundaries. Still, it is more that people hate Congress, but love their own legislators. You really have to do something wrong to get voted out.
We had Roosevelts and Adamses before, too. Mostly this is about having known commodities, which are attractive for the media telling stories about them, rather than the next maverick on the trail. We feel like we know Hillary Clinton, good or bad, and we don't know, say, Martin O'Malley.
GROWING UP IN METUCHEN in the 1980s and 1990s, the son of a rabbi and a sociology professor, Julian Zelizer developed a fascination with American history. In his senior year at Metuchen High School, two teachers inspired him to delve into the Civil Rights era. Zelizer, now a history professor at Princeton, is the go-to guy for people seeking perspective on the 50th anniversary of landmark events of that period. Zelizer's detailed take can be found in his latest book, The Fierce Urgency of Now: Lyndon Johnson, Congress and the Battle for the Great Society (Penguin Press).
HAIL TO THE CHIEFS: Julian Zelizer has written biographies of Lyndon Johnson and Jimmy Carter.


The sun, because who doesn't like the sun and a good night of laughter.
" I treasure the core value of humanity and that's be guide her into understanding people, why they act the way they do, how they're living their lives and I will use the core values in my understanding not only in helping others but to show other people how they can understand others so that ad one, together we shall help society ."Inspired by this words, which I remember by heart I wanted to be an inspiration for people in the same way this words inspired me. The reason I typed this words is because I wanted to show how great of an impact words can have on a person. Given a title such as Miss Grand Sea Universe, gives you the opportunity to be an inspiration and spread the words of love.


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How effective is the NHS 111 service?
NHS 111, the front door to the urgent care system, handles millions of calls a year, but some question its usefulness
Nick Evans
Posted 05 March 2020 - 12:00
Some feel NHS 111 sends too many to emergency departments (EDs)
NHS England says many more would seek ED help if NHS 111 was not there
Integration with clinical services means there is input from clinicians
The NHS telephone health advice service NHS 111 handled more than 15 million calls in England in 2019 and that number could increase this year as people seek advice about coronavirus (COVID-19).
It has existed in its current form since 2014, delivered by 20 separate providers, from ambulance
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It has existed in its current form since 2014, delivered by 20 separate providers, from ambulance trusts to social enterprises and large private health firms.
Most incorporate out-of-hours GP services and can book appointments at urgent care centres, while some have links with other local services, such as mental health.
NHS 111 website supports another million a year
The NHS 111 website, launched at the end of 2017, also provides support to almost 1 million people a year.
15.5 million
calls to NHS 111 in 2019-20
Source: NHS England
NHS England refers to NHS 111 as the 'front door' to the urgent care system. But some emergency care staff question its usefulness.
Analysis published by NHS Digital has shed light on the effectiveness and impact of NHS 111 in England.
RELATED: 80% of people think patients use emergency services unnecessarily, survey finds
Researchers were able to follow what happened to patients who were referred to emergency departments (EDs) in 2018 by using individual patient NHS numbers.
Close to one in ten callers who were triaged were advised to go to EDs, and 72% did so within 48 hours. That equates to around 1 million ED visits a year coming from NHS 111. But of those who went to a type one unit – the overwhelming majority – only 13% were deemed ill enough to require admission.
That is much lower than the overall average admission rate, suggesting many patients directed to EDs by NHS 111 do not need to go.
RCN Emergency Care Association chair David Smith says ED staff are feeling the effect of this, although he has sympathy for the NHS 111 service.
Key question is whether NHS 111 is too cautious
'Like the rest of the system, NHS 111 is seeing increases in demand. It's making it difficult for everyone, but as a direct result we are feeling there's an increase in patients to our EDs.'
He says it is understandable that the service will 'err on the side of caution' given the nature of the system – non-clinical call handlers using an algorithm-based software called NHS Pathways to triage calls.
The key question, says University of Oxford professor in medical sociology Catherine Pope, who has carried out research into the effectiveness of NHS 111, is whether it is too cautious.
'You need to set a risk level that will catch as many serious cases as possible. Chest pain might be indigestion or it might be a heart attack.'
But Professor Pope says just because patients are not admitted it does not necessarily mean that going to an ED is a mistake.
RELATED: Improving the physical health of people with a mental illness: holistic nursing assessments
Catherine Pope
'There's an interesting conundrum about people who attend ED and are not admitted.
'Some commentators see these as inappropriate attenders. But our research suggests there may be some value in ruling out possibly serious conditions and this may not be possible over the phone.
NHS England has addressed some of the criticism
'In addition, sometimes people are given advice that could help them manage symptoms better or differently next time.'
NHS England looks at it in another way, arguing that if NHS 111 was not there many more would seek ED help. An analysis it released last year suggested journeys to ED could be two to three times higher than they are.
It has also taken steps to address some of the criticism.
Mental health nurses working alongside call handlers
Mental health nurses were brought in to work alongside the NHS 111 services across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight at the end of 2018 in a pilot project.
The NHS 111 call handlers transfer patients through to the nurses if they are experiencing mental health problems.
The partnership arrangement between South Central Ambulance Service, which runs the NHS 111 service, and Southern Health NHS Foundation Trust, which supplies the nurses, has proved to be such a success that it has now been made permanent and the team of nurses increased from six to 12.
RELATED: Emergency department nurses supported over patients with mental health symptoms
During 2019, the nurses dealt with 11,500 patients. Seven in ten did not need to be referred on elsewhere following the call, and ED referrals have been reduced by 75%.
Mental health commissioning manager Sonya McLean says: 'Because of their expertise, the nurses can deal with a lot of the calls themselves and that has reduced the need to refer people on not only to EDs, but also primary care and to 999.
'Where needed, the nurses can arrange for the patient to be seen by the community crisis team or the hospital psychiatric liaison service. Records can be shared, which is better for the patient as they don't have to keep repeating their story.'
calls that are triaged receive input from a clinician
The proportion of calls triaged by NHS 111 that are input from a clinician now amount to over half, up from around one third in 2017.
Meanwhile, a move to incorporate NHS 111 with other services has created a more integrated system for patients.
Scope for integration with local health systems varies
This approach – called integrated urgent care clinical assessment services – was set out in detailed guidance published in 2017.
Individual NHS 111 services were given until last year to put it into place. A key requirement was to ensure face-to-face appointments could be booked.
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This has been achieved by NHS 111 services linking with urgent treatment centres locally.
RELATED: Reducing attendance at trauma clinics by providing first-point-of-contact treatment
But the fragmented nature of the service – the 20 individual providers deliver services across 39 separate service areas – means the scale of further integration that would be possible with local health systems varies greatly. In Wales and Scotland there is one NHS 111 service for each nation, so integration has proved easier.
Different providers have encouraged innovation, although variation is inevitable
In England many services, but not all, are integrated with out-of-hours GP services, while some are able to book appointments with local GPs or direct into mental health services.
calls that are triaged are referred on to emergency departments
Some call centres have 999 and NHS 111 teams at the same location, while others have brought in mental health experts to sit alongside the NHS 111 advisers.
RELATED: Is the ED the right place for someone experiencing a mental health crisis?
RCN expert representative for liaison psychiatry Sarah Eales says having different providers has encouraged innovation, although it means some variability is inevitable. But she says the bottom line in terms of reducing referrals on to EDs is whether there are community services available.
'Some people will need face-to-face support, and if there are not good local services available – and that is the same for other services, not just mental health – people will continue to go to EDs. It's the place people know and trust.'
Quick assessment for vulnerable groups
Out-of-hours service Devon Doctors runs two NHS 111 services, covering Devon and Somerset. It has integrated its services with the out-of-hours GP provision.
Faced with rising demand during the winter of 2018-19, the social enterprise introduced a new streaming system in Somerset, which has led to calls involving under ones and over 75s being automatically passed on to clinicians. It means clinical assessments for these groups start within three minutes.
The move has helped to reduce the number of ambulances dispatched from 18% of cases involving these patients to below 7%.
The initiative has also enabled the service to ensure calls are answered quickly, as advisers are freed up sooner. The service is now looking to extend the new approach.
Nick Evans is a health journalist
NHS Digital – Emergency Department (ED) attendance following Pathways NHS 111 calls England, 2018
NHS England – NHS 111 Minimum Data Set 2019-20
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The Palácio da Justiça is a historic building located in central Coimbra, Portugal, presently housing the city's Law Courts. It was formerly a religious house of the Dominican Order under the name College of St. Thomas (Portuguese: Colégio de São Tomás) and, whilst the private residence of the Counts of Ameal, was known as Palácio Ameal. Both of its former designations are still current in colloquial use.

Religious house
Originally a Dominican friary and house of formation affiliated with the University of Coimbra, the College of St. Thomas was established in 1538. Its name referred to Dominican saint and Doctor of the Church Thomas Aquinas. Construction began in the 1540s under the rector Fr. Martinho de Ledesma, with plans by Asturian architect . The educational and residential areas of the college were arranged around a central cloister. In the 18th century, the upper floor on the east side was expanded and renovated according to contemporary taste, including the addition of new windows and a balcony to the facade.

The building faces onto Rua da Sofia, the street where the colleges of several religious orders came to be concentrated. The artery is named for the Greek word Sophia (σοφία, "knowledge" or "wisdom") on this account.

Palace of the Counts of Ameal
After the extinction of religious orders in 1834, the building was incorporated into the National Treasury and used as a warehouse until it was acquired by João Maria Correia Ayres de Campos, 1st Count of Ameal. In 1895, architect Silva Pinto was hired to adapt it to its new residential function using a neoclassical revivalist design, but most of its significant original features, including its cloister, several of its vaulted late-Gothic interiors and its Renaissance-style portico, were maintained. The latter, which included a significant sculpture group in the style of João de Ruão, figured in the Count's bookplate, designed around 1900. Ayres de Campos famously used the complex to display his vast art collection and to house his library, both of which were among the most important in Portugal at the time.

Public building
In 1928, the building was bought by the Ministry of Justice and repurposed as the city's courthouse, becoming known colloquially as Palácio da Justiça. As a result, further alterations were carried out in 1930. These works were based on a project by Manuel Abreu Castelo Branco, and supervised by the Directorate-General for National Buildings and Monuments. Around this time, the original portico was removed and reassembled in the Machado de Castro National Museum.

See also

 João Maria Correia Ayres de Campos, 1st Count of Ameal
 Count of Ameal
 João Ameal
 João Correia Ayres de Campos

References

Buildings and structures in Coimbra
Government buildings in Portugal
Palaces in Portugal

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Turning Thru-Hiking into a Career by Renee "She-ra" Patrick
Thanks to Six Moon Designs for publishing this blog post about trying to get paid to hike 🙂
After five-months of joy, challenge, struggle, and laughter, I reached Canada on my 2006 PCT thru-hike determined to find a way to get paid to hike. I felt freedom and exhilaration in waking up each day, facing the obstacles of the trail, overcoming those obstacles, and making tangible progress towards my goal to walk across the country. I couldn't imagine going back to the "real world" and my desk job, no matter that I had recently finished graduate school; I wanted to live and work outside and hike forever.
Sound familiar? Many thru-hikers get bitten by the hiking bug and decide to try and make hiking a career...try being the important word here. Making a career that lasts (and pays the bills) in the outdoors can be as daunting as the first step on a long trail, but as I learned from my varied career attempts (guiding, leading trail crews, working in wilderness therapy, organizing logistics for Outward Bound, starting a small hiking brand, freelancing as a writer and graphic designer, and finally to developing a new long-distance trail) I have tried almost everything to get paid to hike and live outdoors. That pursuit can be a struggle, but the rewards it can bring are so worth it, especially if those jobs give you the time and space to keep hiking.
Renee is currently the Trail Coordinator for the Oregon Desert Trail, and started the brand hikertrash. Photo by Robert Curzon
Many times these careers start as a side-hustle…as a way to stay engaged in the hiker community while still being able to pay rent, but they can lead to more if you are willing to get creative and tackle the challenges of employment the same way you tackled the 4,000' climbs, the flood-stage river crossings, or the two weeks of rain on your hike: through determination and showing up each day.
I talked to a few of my favorite "career hikers" to learn more about their journeys into the profession, and discovered we had many things in common. Liz "Snorkle" Thomas is an author, speaker, and owner of the gear-review company, Treeline Review, with fellow long-distance hiker Naomi "The Punisher" Hudetz. Mandy "Purple Rain" Bland makes hikers look good with her line of Purple Rain Adventure Skirts, skirts, kits, and dresses. Jennifer "Odyssa" Pharr Davis is an author, National Geographic Explorer of the Year and owner of Blue Ridge HIking Co in Asheville, North Carolina, and Heather "Anish" Anderson has made a career as a writer and speaker, breaking many FKT records along the way, and has also been named a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year.
Many themes emerged among these five women as we talked about the why and how of trying to get paid to do what you love.
Connectedness to the world
What about thru-hiking is so compelling that someone would want to make a career out of it? The overwhelming answer from these incredible women came down to: realizing I am a part of nature.
Liz shared, "[Thru-hiking has helped me realize that] I'm a small part of the bigger ecosystem and universe. It puts everything I'm working on in life into perspective." Naomi expanded, "nature accepts me for who I am at that moment. I truly feel alive, part of the world, and where I am supposed to be," and Jennifer commented, "Feeling the interconnectedness between humans and the environment has changed how I see the world and move through it."
That connectedness to the greater world has truly been one of the best outcomes in my life since setting foot on the Appalachian Trail almost 20 years ago. Developing my relationship with nature and the world has been transformative, and thru-hiking has helped me understand that I am capable of much more than I would have imagined.
"Thru hiking helped me find my strength," Mandy explained. "We're made to do hard things and hiking pushes you to that limit. So many times in my life I have looked back to my long hikes to find the motivation to get through the sticky stuff."
Mandy with her son, both wearing Purple Rain Adventure Skirts
Those of you who have read Healther's books will recognize these sentiments: "The thing about hiking that has impacted me the most is the self-reliance, courage, and resilience I've found within," she said.
Helping others develop that connection
Something that keeps me motivated to contribute to the thru-hiking community is the thought that I can help others find true joy and fulfillment in moving their body through space and time while deepening their relationship with nature. This driving force was mentioned as a pivotal factor among the other hikers as well.
"I think the world would be a much better place if everyone could feel that sense of belonging to the world, Naomi said. "So many of our societal problems come from a place of not feeling accepted. And if I can help even one person along the path to experience that feeling of complete acceptance from Mother Nature herself, I would feel like I made a difference. So that's what I want to do – help people get outside and feel comfortable doing it."
"I had a great job at a museum that let me hike and come back and work, but I never loved it as much as I loved teaching and encouraging people to hike and backpack," Jennifer shared. "I figured if I was going to stay in the museum world I would probably need to go back to grad school. I decided to follow my heart and try to start my own hiking company, telling myself that if I didn't work I could always go back to grad school. It's been 14 years and I still tell myself that."
Jennifer had help with the opening of Blue Ridge HIking Co.
Liz shared, "For me, part of being a hiker and enjoying hiking is also about giving back. Being outdoors is about being happy and feeling like you're truly living life. Having a career where I can help more people feel the joy of being outside is honest work and I'm proud to do it."
My priorities were different after hiking
"I had a lot of trouble with transitioning back to 'normal life' after thru-hiking," Mandy said. "I left a desk job hell bent on not going back there after the AT. I didn't know what lay ahead but I knew I wouldn't be going back to the daily 9-5. I think once you start living for yourself like you do on trail it's hard to imagine following someone else's schedule. I love the lifestyle of owning my own business, it's full of freedom and adventure, what I love so much about trail! I found my strength and confidence on trail and transformed it into a skirt. I want to share that with everyone!"
I like to say thru-hiking ruined me for "normal life," and once I've felt that freedom and exhillariation, spending 40+ hours a week on something I wasn't as excited about felt dull and boring. I agree with Liz's sentiments wholeheartedly, "Hiking as a career path feels like the most honest expression of myself. It's something that I can give my whole heart to and honestly feel like that the work that I'm doing makes people's lives better."
Liz with her book, Long Trails: Mastering the Art of the Thru-Hike. Photo by Whitney LaRuffa
Not everyone I polled looked at the topic of careers in the same way. Heather commented, "I actively decided that I would never make the thing I love so much into a job because it would kill the joy. Instead I focused on developing a career that would allow me to spend as much time as possible engaging in outdoor activities. There were a lot of things I tried along the way, but finally found my niche several years ago as an author of hiking books and a professional speaker who focuses on connecting the lessons I've learned through my hiking experiences to daily life."
Heather's book Mud, Rocks and Blazes chronicles her 54-day thru-hike of the Appalachian Trail
Don't be afraid to hustle and be honest about your priorities
"Look for problems and use your skills to find a solution, Liz explained. "Treeline Review was born to solve a problem I saw in outdoor gear writing. I wasn't seeing outdoor gear reviews that felt objective…instead, gear reviews felt like they were pushing readers to buy the newest and greatest thing… "I wanted gear reviews to show people of all backgrounds, ages, and levels of experiences pointing readers to trusted gear and 'can't go wrong' choices, like giving advice to a friend."
Naomi advised: "Choose your career path very carefully. Don't assume that because you love long-distance hiking that you'll love doing it for your career. For example, I personally would never want to be a hiking or backpacking guide. My thru-hiking time is invaluable to me, and I don't want to risk jeopardizing that by turning it into my job. Not to mention, it would take a LOT of hustle to earn enough to live on as a guide. So don't rule out careers that are peripherally related to long-distance hiking, and get REALLY good at your job."
Naomi regularly hikes, tests gear, and writes in-depth reviews for her business Treeline Review
"Decide if building a business or building a lifestyle is more important to you before you get started, Jennifer said. "There are lots of freelance and entrepreneurial jobs that will allow you to live simply and maintain a thru hiker lifestyle. If you want to build and grow a consistent business it's probably going to take you off long trails for a bit."
Mandy encouraged, "Go for it! The cottage gear industry is having its day and as consumers we are more conscious about where we spend money," she said. "Start small, and have a side hustle to make ends meet. If you're tough enough to love long distance hiking, you're tough enough for business."
Heather also suggested: "I would advise others to be honest with themselves about their skill set and get creative. Careers these days are much more varied than in the past and there's constantly room for innovation and self-expression that results in meaningful, impactful work."
"Don't be afraid to take risks. One of the scariest things I ever did was take time off for my first thru hike. I don't know how I found the courage to do that in the middle of a recession, but looking back it was one of the best decisions I've ever made in my life. There's never a perfect time," Naomi advised.
"Starting my career and motherhood are very much intertwined for me. Having my own business allowed me to stay home with my kiddo through the early years and it still does today," Mandy said. "Not to say that it was easy, but I feel fortunate to have built my life in that way. I'm still hikertrash at heart and often run my business as such, but maybe that's not such a bad thing."
"Running a small business is a lot like hiking a long trail. That should be a confidence boost for any thru-prenuers! It also allows you to call your own shots. I've guided backpacking trips pregnant and with an infant strapped on my chest. We've had other female guides lead trips pregnant or with their nursing infants. I think that's pretty awesome and I doubt it would have been possible working for someone else," Jennifer said. "Feeling responsible and providing financially and emotionally for a family and/or employees is not lightweight."
Wherever you are in your hiking life, or career path, it's never too late to explore how to transition your love of trails into a profession, but as explained above, it's worth diving into your motivations. Do you want to hike forever? Perhaps focus on creating the lifestyle that allows you to take large chunks of time each year to hike like Heather has done. Want the freedom to call your own shots and integrate being a parent into an outdoor business? Jennifer and Mandy have found creative ways to do so. And finally, one of the pieces of advice that resonates with me comes from Liz's comment about finding a solution to a problem. Have you ever wished a certain piece of gear existed, or a service was available somewhere along your hike? Listen to that wish, it just might be your ticket into a new career path.
Six Moon Designs is also selling their Owyhee Tarp with a portion of proceeds going to support our work at the Oregon Natural Desert Association. Thanks for the support SMD!
3 thoughts on "Turning Thru-Hiking into a Career by Renee "She-ra" Patrick"
These women, and yourself Renee, are inspiring and amazing! Especially seeing the ones who are mothers who still get out and enjoy nature inspires me that I can do this too! Cheers!
hellochas
Always great to read of people with such great energy, you included. (I'd write more, but it's time for my nap.)
Haha, nap time is an important part of making the miles 😁


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COVID-19 Tests the Limits of Arab-State Society Relations
Dr. Amr Adly
COVID-19 has hit many parts of the Arab world in the context of spreading into the Global South. This might be the right time to rethink many of the assumptions once garnered about state-society relations in the Arab world in light of the spread of the pandemic and the measures taken to counter it.
This includes political regime dynamics, be they democratic or authoritarian, as well as state institutional capacities, not the least in public health but also in education, security, communication, employment, and supplies. It also addresses the role of the state as a public authority in relation to the economy, and the capacity to regulate markets or to even assume a direct role in the production and distribution of goods and services in times of emergency.
There are many analyses out there that are aimed at capturing and forecasting the impact COVID-19 and the measures taken to counter it would have on the world as we know it. Some are asserting the ongoing crisis would undermine the hegemony of neoliberalism, pushing for the redefinition of how states would be related to the market on the national and global levels. Some have even gone as far as anticipating how COVID-19 would eventually reconfigure the global division of labor and redefine the scope and scale of globalization.
On my part, I think it might be a bit too early for such assessments. The longstanding impact of the current global crisis will depend on its length and depth, which will be revealed in the coming few months. Moreover, many analyses are hasty and with exaggerated senses of hope or fear on what would befall existing economic and political structures in a manner comparable to the Great Depression or the two World Wars.
I will hence develop some observations and insights about state-society relations in the Arab world and the limitations that the pandemic has thus far revealed. I also address the potentially transformative role the pandemic might have on the present and future roles of the Arab state as well as the perceptions and constructions of it among Arab peoples.
To start with, neither natural nor manmade disasters occur in a vacuum. Rather, they happen in concrete political contexts that bear institutional legacies governing the interaction between state and society. They also bear economic and political arrangements, social relations, and linkages between the global and the domestic. Hence come the greatly variegated manifestations and influences of global crises from one national or regional context to another, even if simultaneously facing one and the same global outbreak.
This is exactly what this article tackles by exploring how COVID-19 would impact states in the Arab world. The state here is neither an abstraction nor an ideal type. It is rather dealt with as an integral part of a complex sociopolitical reality that carries with it the historical evolution of state institutions and how they were articulated with social classes and constituencies in addition to historical patterns of interaction with external factors, be they global or regional. Such patterns may be old as the founding junctures in the early 20th century or following the end of WWII. They can also be more recent as is the case with the Arab revolutions and the civil and regional conflicts and rivalries that ensued in their aftermath.
The recent unfolding of events is somehow similar to Naguib Mahfouz's novel The Guilty (Al-Muthnibuun). In the novel, the investigation of the murder of a promiscuous actress revealed many other unrelated crimes committed by almost every person. The pandemic and the measures taken to counter it in the Arab world have put on dramatic display the well (Al entrenched patterns of interaction and practices that have tied Arab states, in the capacity of being public authorities allegedly pursuing some notion of the public good, to their societies. It might well open the floodgates for transforming such relations and the notions through which people perceive and think of them.
Strong state versus authoritarian state
The ongoing crisis is a reminder of an old debate in political sociology about the Arab state dating back to the 1990s. Nazih Ayubi's influential book Overstating the Arab State was iconic in that debate. He argued that Arab states could combine being authoritarian, garnering considerable autonomy of their societies. These states enjoyed a broad capacity to repress and sometimes even employ wide-ranging violence to retain power or to impose the elites' choices on their populations. However, these same states have been quite weak with limited capacities to penetrate, regulate and rearrange social and economic relations in the societies they dominate.
Three decades ago, Ayubi talked about the limited ability to extract resources through taxation. Today, rampant economic informality stands as a staggering example of such limited state capacities, in addition to attesting to poverty, underemployment, and the need of millions in the Arab world -and elsewhere in the Global South- to join labor markets on a precarious basis. This is the case with irregular laborers and the self lack employed who often occupy low-wage, low productivity jobs that minimal social protection or job security.
The scale of informality, which reaches 40 or 50 percent in some cases in the Arab world like Tunisia, Morocco, and Egypt among others, reveals the actual limited role of states in regulating production, employment, and consumption. Much activity happens off any official record and is not subject to laws or regulations. In the present context, informality stands as a major obstacle to coordinating counter-pandemic efforts. It reveals that authoritarianism is not enough.
This political-economic legacy that created such structures with these precarious, low productivity jobs will come back to haunt the Arab states. This is at least a major problem for oil-poor and heavily populated ones as the oil-rich ones face different problems, such being the source of income to be distributed to their populations. They are also more often than not with very small populations, making handling them in times of emergency relatively easier.
The ongoing crisis seems unprecedented, even compared to previous episodes of wars and popular uprisings. This time, the response to the pandemic puts to the test state-society relations in the broadest sense ever. On the one hand, coordinating collective action requires a capable public authority that can regulate the tiny details of individuals' behavior, rather than just dealing with certain sectors or regions within the state. On the other, this can be quite challenging to the state, not just with regard to financial and human resources but also the legitimacy that states enjoy in the eyes of the general public who have historically been cast aside politically and economically.
Pressure now mounts on how trustworthy state institutions are for the majority of people so as to enable the former to collect relevant information not just about infections but basically about daily interactions and actions of individuals and households. This hinges on the willingness of the people to cooperate offering information and observing state decrees without much resistance.
This is the moment of truth for many states worldwide and not just in the Arab world. The challenge seems immense here though with the biggest concentration of authoritarian regimes in the globe where there isn't much room for mutual trust and cooperation between state and sizable swathes of society. This comes at a time when the possibility of coordinating collective action on a big scale as the one required to counter such a pandemic depends increasingly and exclusively on state authority. Social distancing and lockdowns are effectively suspending much of the social and informal channels and mechanisms of coordination that until quite recently occupied much of the scene, especially for the urban poor and other marginalized segments.
Hence, states in the Global South, but also in the Global North as was revealed with the millions of irregular workers in the United States for instance, have now to bear the burden that they have eluded for decades, intentionally or not. They have to find the resources for disbursing some form of universal income or subsidized public services during emergency times that might extend for months. Moreover, states have to come up with channels to reach out to households and communities that were once totally marginalized in order to deliver badly needed goods and services. They also have to find ways to coordinate action with the broad base of micro and small businesses, many of which have always operated informally. Now, states have found it necessary for a semblance of regulation for the self-employed and the precarious workforce lest they starve in the event of an extended lockdown and find themselves forced to breach it in the search for a living.
The one big problem here is that states cannot create badly needed institutional capacities or patterns of interaction with their societies overnight. Their ability to respond to this pressing development rather depends on already existing arrangements. Hence diverging national and even local responses to the one and same threat. In that sense, the states that have accumulated in the past not just hospital beds and ventilators and competent medical staff but also relations and arrangements that enable mass coordination and mobilization, are at an advantage compared to those that have not.
Celebrating China's successful authoritarianism
There seems to be nowadays an Arab infatuation with China's successful authoritarianism that managed to contain the spread of the virus and put the country back on track. Not only could this reaction be found in official Arab discourses but also among social constituencies that hope for a good side of authoritarianism like the one that exists in China. Indeed, China looks quite impressive: a totalitarian regime that could manage a competitive economy and that possesses highly efficient and world-standard public institutions in healthcare, education, research, and communication. Such formidable capacities came to the rescue when the outbreak happened allowing the state to exercise tight control over the daily lives of literally hundreds of millions of people in the continent-sized nation. Conversely, this is exactly what seems missing in the developed western world.
Values like democracy and individual freedom seem to confirm the fears of having states that are too weak to control the behavior of their citizens. They have healthcare systems that got early on overwhelmed with an endless stream of elderly patients who have been dying in the hundreds. The situation does not look less ugly in the United States either. The Trump administration appears not to be able to make its mind on the priority of either saving the lives of millions or keeping the economy going. For those following the news in the Arab world, this is a reminder of a Neoliberal capitalist model that has been working off the bounds of any national concern as long as profits are attained. On the contrary, China is portrayed as a more rational, coordinated, and state-led model of capitalism (ironically led by a Leninist party) where clear priorities in issues of public health were never contested.
Most Arab citizens live today in states that combine the worse of the two worlds: authoritarianism with weak capacities to regulate or deliver for their societies. This rather old fact has made its way back to the scene in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. The analysis itself, as sound as it may be, might be the most useful thing with the pandemic hitting and the need for collective responses becoming dire to limit its risks and losses. However, in the event of facing a prolonged crisis that is unfolding everywhere at the same time, the consciousness of many around the globe will likely and significantly transform on a great many issues.
The crisis would make fairly wired citizens in the world live through real educated and life models of comparative political systems where they could critically compare and contrast states based on their public policies and institutional capacities. It might open the door for the redefinition of how social groups are related to states and markets. In the same vein, it might make it possible for the incorporation of marginalized constituencies through formal arrangements that could supply them with minimal social protection and healthcare or at least mitigate the precariousness that marked their integration into the economic system of the day.
Dr. Amr Adly is a nonresident scholar at the Carnegie Middle East Center.
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In any environment, many critical decisions must be made when you are first designing and building your product. And with startups, tight budgets and aggressive timelines can force you to cut corners and quickly push out products that are not ready for launch. This can pose numerous issues later in your product's lifecycle, which you cannot afford. Things like bad reviews, user drop off and dreaded re-engineering costs, schedule delays and scope creep are all things that can be mitigated by a good User Experience (UX) process and usability testing. Often UX design and testing are pushed out of the process due to schedule or budget. Other times, teams assume they are good enough at design that they do not need UX testing. Both of these are critical errors because consumer input is key.
User Experience is becoming more prevalent across the design and development space. In order for users to love a product it has to be intuitive, useful and easy to use. The quickest and easiest way to have that happen is by injecting formal UX design and testing into any phase of the process, but preferably as early as possible.
If your startup does not have the funds to hire a full-time UX designer, then your startup should look into the option of hiring a UX consultant. UX consultants can come in at any phase providing unbiased and professional expertise, which can prove to be invaluable.
Additionally, completing even the most basic usability testing can be a huge bonus for your startup. Usability testing can be done formally (less frequently) or informally (more frequently). Either way, it has your actual users testing the product, which leads to immediate feedback on what changes could be made to improve the product prior to launch. In the long-run, this feedback can save time and money because your startup is able to make these changes before it even makes it to engineering.
UX is paramount in product design because it dictates how consumers interact and respond to it. UX must shift from being an option for startups to being an integral step in the design process due to the immense impact it can have on time to market and the overall budget.
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The 2005 Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball team won the SEC Tournament and placed second at the Miami Regional at the 2005 NCAA Division I baseball tournament.

Ron Polk was the coach of the Bulldogs, in his 26th year.

Regular season
The Bulldogs closed out the regular season with a 36–20 record and an SEC record of 13-16.

SEC tournament
The Bulldogs defeated LSU, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Ole Miss en route to their 5th SEC Tournament victory.

NCAA tournament
The Bulldogs were the 2 seed in the Miami regional, but lost twice to Miami and were eliminated.

Season results

See also
Mississippi State Bulldogs
Mississippi State Bulldogs baseball

References

External links
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Euro gold and silver commemorative coins are special euro coins minted and issued by member states of the Eurozone, mainly in gold and silver, although other precious. German coins and currency. commemorated the 25th anniversary of the unification of East and West Germany with this circulating 2015 bi-metallic 2 Euro coin.
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The 2 euro coin is the highest value euro coin and has been used since the introduction of the euro in 2002. Here is my list of the top 10 rare Canadian coins. 1911 Canadian Silver Dollar, 1936 dot, 1921 50 cents, 1921 5 cents, 1906 small crown, 1948 silver dollar.
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Electrical faults are very common in most homes. Although fixing the problem on your own can help you save money, it's very dangerous. Unless you are a skilled electrical technician, you might worsen the problem or even get electrocuted. The worst is that you can cause your home to be ravaged by fire that results from short circuits. On the other hand, most homeowners have trouble in finding the best technician to hire. But they can't be blamed; the market is already flooded. Here is a list of tips that can guide you when hiring South Jersey electricians.
Every electrician that has gone to a college or a technical training institute must have a license of registration. You must therefore request the technician to show you his license before discussing the problem at hand. This is because you want to make sure that the electrical fault is attended to by someone that has formal training. If the technician can't produce a certificate, then it's obvious that he is not qualified for the job.
Working with such a technician can really stress you because you are not sure whether they will be able to remedy the situation or they will worsen it. On the other head, hiring an electrician that's not registered can put you into trouble with the home insurance provider. This is because they may not compensate you for the damages that are induced by untrained electrician. You should also confirm that the technician has a valid insurance cover. This will protect from liabilities that might come incase he is injured while working in your home.
The worst mistake that you can make is to hire a technician that doesn't have experience in handling electrical faults. This is due to the fact that the problem will keep happening every few months or weeks. This is not economical because you will be served with a quotation whenever you call in the technician. For best results, you should pick a technician that has been around for more than a decade. Such a technician can confidently show you a portfolio of the projects he has previously handled. If an electrician is reluctant in referring you to the clients that he has worked for in the past, it's not a good idea to hire him. Reputable technicians normally publish feedback from previous clients on their website for all the doubting Thomases to see.
Before you hire a technician, you should first ask how much they expect to be paid. This helps in ensuring that both of you are in agreement before the job begins. This is because the technician could be charging a price that you can't afford. To avoid getting cornered in the end, it's advisable you compare quotations from several electricians in your area. This will give you an opportunity to select a technician that charges an affordable rate. In addition to that, you should narrow down to a professional that can fix the problem again if it's reported a few weeks later. Moreover, you should settle for a professional that can offer a quick turn around time so that the problem doesn't persist for too long.


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Bronze 'Stations of the Cross' created by Cambridge artist
McCook Gazette 20-May-2014
Cambridge, Nebraska, artist Sondra Jonson stands with Bishop Walker Nickless and her "Stations of the Cross" set at Trinity Heights Shrine in Sioux City.
SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- On May 8, Bishop Walker Nickless of Sioux City, Iowa, dedicated a set of "Stations of the Cross" by Cambridge, Nebraska, artist Sondra L. Jonson, at Trinity Heights Shrine in Sioux City.
The project encompasses 14 bronze sculptures mounted on stainless steel plaques, with a laser-cut cross at the top of each set of Stations. Jonson designed and created the 14 sculptures, with the bronze finish crafted by Icon Poly in Gibbon, Nebraska. The stainless steel backdrops and crosses were manufactured by Brehmer Manufacturing in Lyons,
Nebraska, and the steel surfaces were finished by Terry Hegarty, project manager and director of Trinity Heights.
Each Station, on a steel and concrete pedestal with the cross above, stands more than six feet tall.
The set lines the central pathway in Trinity Heights' "Outdoor Cathedral," leading to a veterans memorial and a 33-foot-high stainless steel sculpture of Christ by Dale Lamphere of South Dakota.
These Stations of the Cross are the fourth of Jonson's works to be permanently installed at Trinity Heights. Her life-size sculptures already at Trinity Heights are "Rachel Weeping for Her Children" and Sts. Peter and Paul.


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A Lesson from Mary Kennedy's Death
By Judy Kirkwood
Mary Richardson Kennedy's death could not have been unanticipated. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, more than 90 percent of people who die from suicide have the risk factors of depression and other mental disorders, including substance abuse disorders.
Any knowledgeable health provider versed in dual diagnosis could have told the Kennedy and Richardson families that it was not a good idea for Mary to be living alone and to have total responsibility for her finances and health.
Apparently, Bobby Kennedy Jr. had been trying to win sole custody of his children. Perhaps his intention was to protect them from their mother's mood swings and binges. Should we give him the benefit of the doubt? He is admittedly a strong steward of the land. But he was not so staunch at providing care for a woman he had loved who was the mother of his children. He was a still-married man dating Hollywood stars.
Sources say Bobby had tried to get Mary into drug and alcohol treatment but she would not go. That is how strong addiction is. Even when a woman has lost her husband and was losing her children, she could not be her own advocate to help herself, especially while grappling with depression and its insidious messages of negativity.
When left to their own devices, suicide is often the only action that makes sense for those with both mental illness and addiction. How do I know? My own dual diagnosis family member has had numerous close calls. Because he is my child, divorce is not an option. Love and compassion are the only choices I ever entertained.
I don't know if Bobby Kennedy understood his wife's dual diagnosis. But I do know that Congressman Patrick Kennedy has publicly admitted his own dual diagnosis and fought ferociously for insurance coverage of mental illness in the same way we have coverage for physical illnesses.
Without vigilant treatment of depression, this mental illness does not get better. Faith, friends, and family help, but one hopes that Mary Richardson Kennedy had access to a psychiatrist, therapists, and counselors versed in dual diagnosis – the complicated interplay of mental illness with substance abuse.
Those of us who have struggled with the challenges of family members with a dual diagnosis know that addiction and alcoholism treatment won't be successful unless the underlying depression is treated and we also know that depression doesn't get better without drug and alcohol treatment. People who suffer from a mental illness like depression, which is a brain disorder, can't see things as they are. Like addiction, most mental illnesses are diseases of perception. That's why it is so important for family members to advocate for proper treatment and medication and to be involved in health decisions.
At the moment, it sounds as though Mary's family feels bitter toward Bobby's actions. That's often the way it is when relatives and friends have not come to terms with a family member's mental illness. There are those in denial, those in the know, those with compassion who never give up, and those who flee to live their own lives.
Judy Kirkwood writes articles for print and web publications – national, regional, and local; is a contributing writer to Simply the Best and Boca Raton Observer magazines in South Florida; and plays on the beach and in the pool year-round. Visit her on Facebook @JudysFlorida and please visit www.JudysFlorida.com.
Judy Kirkwood is on the Parent Advisory Board of Partnership at DrugFree.org (http://drugfree.org). She is the ThirdAge Forum Director and a Contributing Writer for the site.
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2014 BMW i3 Electric Car: Specifications And Details Released
John Voelcker July 10, 2013 Comment Now!
With the global unveiling of the 2014 BMW i3 less than three weeks away, BMW has revealed a few more details on its radical new electric car.
The i3 battery-electric five-door hatchback's 125-kilowatt (170-horsepower) electric motor can generate peak torque of 184 lb-ft.
The motor will accelerate the car from 0 to 60 mph in "approximately 7 seconds", BMW says, and the critical stop-light dash from 0 to 35 mph takes just 3.5 seconds.
In sales-ready form, the 2014 BMW i3 will offer a slew of new connectivity features that BMW has described in considerable detail. (We'll cover those in a separate post.)
BMW hasn't yet released the i3's EPA electric range rating, saying only that it will travel "80 to 100 miles" on a charge--and that using the "Eco Pro" efficiency setting can boost that by about 12 percent.
It says the battery pack contains "approximately 22 kilowatt-hours" of energy, and that in the European drive cycle, the car achieves more than 4 miles of range per kWh.
Strong regen
Unusually, the company gave considerable detail on its regenerative braking strategy.
Like the MINI E and BMW ActiveE prototype electric-car test fleets, the BMW i3 will provide strong regeneration when the driver lifts off the accelerator.
This offers largely "one-pedal driving," as did the original Tesla Roadster, but it's a different feel to most other electric cars. Those mimic the driving experience of a conventional automatic-transmission car, effectively coasting when the driver lifts off, providing only minimal regeneration until the brake pedal is applied.
2014 BMW i3 concept live photos, 2011 Frankfurt Auto Show
(The company didn't specify whether the i3 will provide a "coasting" mode at an intermediate spot in the pedal travel between acceleration and regen, as there is on the ActiveE.)
The regenerative effect is speed-sensitive: It's reduced at highway speeds to let the car "coast" and avoid unnecessary slowing, but strongest at lower speeds.
The BMW i3's turning circle will be a low 32.3 feet, aided by the rear placement of the electric motor, powering the rear wheels.
The car offers "near perfect 50:50 weight distribution," BMW says, though it didn't provide an exact front:rear weight ratio.
BMW notes that the optional 0.65-liter (650cc) range extender engine will maintain the battery charge at a constant level once it drops below a certain charge percentage.
BMW i3 Concept live photos, 2012 L.A. Auto Show
The 34-hp (25-kW) two-cylinder engine sits below the rear load deck, meaning there's no compromise to cargo volume.
Fitted with the range extender, the car's total distance (on a single tank of gasoline) increases by 80 miles.
For regulatory reasons in California, BMW has a strong incentive to keep the distance in range-extending mode lower than the battery-only range.
Still unknown is whether performance will be lower in range-extended mode than on the battery alone.
Lots of spy shots
Although spy shots of all-but-uncamouflaged i3 prototypes have been widely seen, the final design itself will be shown globally for the first time in New York City on Monday, July 29.
Designed for minimal weight to offset the extra 450-pound mass of the lithium-ion battery pack, the i3 represents a radical commitment to volume production of electric cars.
It makes BMW only the fourth high-volume car manufacturer globally to launch a dedicated plug-in electric car architecture, after Tesla, Nissan, and General Motors.
BMW i3 electric car undergoing winter testing, February 2013
The 2014 i3's aluminum platform contains the battery pack, electric motor, and associated power electronics and other control systems.
Radical commitment
On top of that sits a body structure made of carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) that's so strong it can dispense altogether with the central door pillar. The small rear doors are rear-hinged, opening the entire side of the body for passenger access.
The 2014 BMW i3 will be the first-ever volume production car to use carbon fiber as the basis for its body shell.
Beyond facts and figures, the Bavarian carmaker says the new and radical i3 will provide "hallmark BMW driving pleasure in undiluted form, delivered with zero driving emissions and an engaging intensity unmatched by any electrically powered vehicle."
Owners of Tesla Model S Performance electric luxury sport sedans might argue with that, but we'll wait for the test drives to find out.
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"Chop Me Up" é o sétimo single de Justin Timberlake em seu segundo álbum de estúdio, FutureSex/LoveSounds. A canção conta com a participação do produtor Timbaland e do grupo Three 6 Mafia.

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March 26, 2010 (WASHINGTON) — The Sudanese government has rejected a draft resolution by the Arab League foreign ministers condemning Eritrea for occupying parts of Djibouti prompting anger among other states at the Libyan city of Sirte, the pan-Arab Al-Jazeera TV said.
The Doha based TV said that a large number of Arab countries slammed Sudan for taking this position but it is not clear what the fate of this clause in the deliberations.
The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD) Council of Ministers, which included Sudan, in May last year called on the UN Security Council (UNSC) to sanction Eritrea over its call to overthrow the Somali government.
Furthermore, the African Union (AU) endorsed a similar resolution last year at their summit in Libya last year.
Sudan's apparent approval of the sanctions angered Eritrean president Isaias Afwerki earlier this year who made it clear in an interview saying his government was "surprised" for not opposing it at the IGAD summit.
The UN Security Council accuses Eritrea of providing funds and weapons to Islamist insurgents in Somalia where violence has killed 21,000 since the beginning of 2007, and last December the council slapped sanctions on Eritrea.
The resolution supported by 13 of the 15 council members was designed to target the nation's leadership, imposing an arms embargo as well as asset freezes and travel bans on individuals and firms to be designated by an existing sanctions committee.
Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir during a visit to Asmara this month declared that his country condemned the sanctions in a move to contain the strained relations.
Eritrea was the first foreign trip for Bashir after being charged by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of "war crimes and crimes against humanity" for his alleged role in the humanitarian crisis in Darfur.
The world needs to study this young confused country. It will be a second Somalia one day. It has been already castrated by the Arabs.


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Action call: protest crackdown on Egyptian civil rights
From the Egyptian groups Institute for Freedom of Thought and Expression, Arab Institute for Civil Society, Legal Aid Society for Human Rights, and The Civil Monitor for Human Rights, on May 21: On Thursday, May 18 activist Asmaa Mohammed Hassan Soliman (known as Asmaa Soliman), was surprised to learn that she had been dismissed from her job at the National Institute for Laser Enhanced
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by David Bloom, World War 4 report
From the Egyptian groups Institute for Freedom of Thought and Expression, Arab Institute for Civil Society, Legal Aid Society for Human Rights, and The Civil Monitor for Human Rights, on May 21:
On Thursday, May 18 activist Asmaa Mohammed Hassan Soliman (known as Asmaa Soliman), was surprised to learn that she had been dismissed from her job at the National Institute for Laser Enhanced Science at Cairo University. The dean of the institute, Dr. Mohy Saad Mansour, usually refuses to fire anyone, even when the situation clearly demands it When Asmaa tried to learn the reasons behind her dismissal, the director of Human Resources, Amaal Khalil, said that the dean had the right to do what he wanted, without giving his reasons.
Asmaa was hired with a temporary contract in 1997 and continued to work at the institute until her sudden dismissal. A number of her colleagues, who wished to remain anonymous because they feared similar reprisals, said that the dean had called the director of Human Resources to his office and told her that she must announce that the activist Asmaa was fired. This raises the question of whether the decision to fire Asmaa was handed down from the security authority, giving the dean no choice but to follow their policy. Asmaa has worked with a team of volunteers at the Civil Monitor since September 2005. She works as a civilian observer and has written many reports which have covered the scope of police brutality during the parliamentary elections and sectarian clashes in Alexandra, among other issues. Her name has been published a number of times in opposition newspapers, in articles related to human rights violations. Asmaa was not hired as a permanent worker in the last round of appointments even though she had worked there continuously for 9 years, and it is expected that workers receive permanent contracts after 3 years. One of the steps to being hired permanently is to obtain the approval of the security services.
At the base of this is the freedom of opinion and expression, academic freedoms and workers rights. The undersigned organizations entreat all civil society organizations and interested parties to condemn this dismissal and to announce their support for the activist Asmaa Soliman in her campaign against this unjust decision which violates international human rights standards at the heart of which are labor rights. Please send letters, emails or faxes stating your support to the addresses below, and forward a copy to us.
Address : 2 Maglas El Shaab
Phone : + 202-793-5000
Fax : +202-795-8048
Dr. Hany Mahfouz Helal
Minister of Higher Education
101 Kasr Al Aini St,
Phone: + 202 7924189
Dr. Mohy Saad Mansour
Dean of NILES
Cairo University, Giza , Egypt
Phone : +202 5675201
Fax: + 202 5708480
Institute for Freedom of Thought and Expression
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Legal Aid Society for Human Rights
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36A, el Komy St. 8th Fl. Midan Sayeda Zeinab, Cairo, Egypt
Phone: + 20107697540
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For the garrison mission, see Drov the Ruiner (mission).
Drov the Ruiner is found at the north end of the Valley of Destruction in Gronn Canyon in northwestern Gorgrond. Players come across the magnaron on  What's Under There? or  Xuk It!.
As a world boss, Drov starts spawning the week of December 2, 2014 after the weekly maintenance. Either Drov or Tarlna the Ageless will spawn each week in Gorgrond.
If a "true" appears in the chat window, Drov has been looted this week; "false" indicates the opposite.
Drov was called Ruiner by the Blackrock clans of old, who quickly learned to give the fearsome magnaron a wide berth. Drov carves a swath of devastation where he walks, as though the earth itself senses his arrival and parts to make way.
The massive magnaron smashes the earth, causing a horde of goren to burrow up from beneath the earth and sow chaos among his foes.
Watch Drov's facing carefully to avoid Colossal Slam.
Avoid Frenzied Rumblers during Call of Earth until they submerge. They will re-emerge randomly and attack players.
Drov's Giga Smash inflicts groupwide damage.
Colossal Slam — Slams the ground, inflicting 34125 to 35875 Nature damage and knocking frontal enemies high into the air. The blast inflicts an additional 34125 to 35875 Nature damage to all nearby enemies.
Giga Smash — Slams the ground, inflicting 48750 to 51250 Nature damage to all enemies.
Call of Earth — Drov places a palm on the ground, causing the earth to tremble and break. These vibrations attract nearby Goren.
Rumbling Goren — Frenzied Goren will emerge from the ground, inflicting 19500 to 20500 Nature damage on impact. They will roll around in a frenzy, inflicting 24375 to 25625 Physical damage on contact and knocking players away. After Call of Earth is over these Goren will submerge back into the ground, re-emerging at will.
Acid Breath — Inflicts (100% of Spell power) initial Nature damage to enemies in a frontal cone. The poison burns for 4627 to 5373 Nature damage every second thereafter.
Crushing Charge — Charges forward, inflicting 24375 to 25625 Physical damage and knocking enemies away.
Do not stand in front of Drov's frontal-cone Colossal Slam attack, and healers need to handle the raid-wide splash damage for both that and Giga Smash. Kill the summoned Frenzied Rumblers when Drov casts Call of Earth and watch out for their Acid Breath and Crushing Charge attacks.
Drov drops item level 650 necklaces, belts, and gloves.
Drov is thought to be descended from the immense colossals that once freely roamed Draenor.


Kelvin Lightner is a #YesWeCode Coding Corps 2017 alum. After attending the University of California, Berkeley and earning undergraduate degrees in legal studies and economics, Kelvin became a consultant at Deloitte. Once on this career path, however, he found that the business side of his work was not logically challenging enough, which prompted him to pursue an education in computer science. Since graduating from the Coding Corps program, Kelvin joined Intuit as a software engineer, focusing on front-end development within Quickbooks, where he has been coding for the past six months.
#YesWeCode: What do you like most about your career?
Kelvin: You know when you are in college and you're trying to figure out that perfect balance between something that you actually enjoy doing; that allows you to utilize all of your skills, and also where you see a need for your talent and a need for your skills to continue to grow over time? I would say all of those things are true about my current job and about software engineering as a whole. I am a unique developer in that I do not have a computer science degree yet. I'm actually working on my post-bacc right now, but regardless I am still able to utilize my critical thinking skills, my people skills, emotional health skills, and overall passion for tech. I'm able to utilize those things and expand those skills over time as well.
What goals do you most want to accomplish in this work?
My goals ultimately boil down to three points. One, I want to grow technically. What that means for me is that I want to continue learning new things and continue challenging myself. Two, I want to grow as a person, meaning when I'm faced with difficult scenarios, whether that be team dynamics or (organizational) structure or whatever it is, I want to continue to handle and learn to better work with people, to better show respect and communicate abilities that receive respect. And my third goal is to create financial stability for myself and for my family. I think it's super important to acknowledge that we work for the financial safety that it can provide. Maybe not for that, but it is absolutely a byproduct of the work that we want to do. I think that is something that's worth not overlooking. I know that financial safety and security is important to me, and it's something that I am excited to be partaking in, and something that I am excited to be passing along to my family, whether it's my nieces and nephews, or my own children one day.
If I can add a fourth point to that also, I really want to impact the lives of other Black people just like me. I am half Black; my dad is Black and white and my mom is Black and Mexican, and just being a person of color in this world definitely still comes with its challenges, especially in the tech industry. I do my absolute best to pour back into the communities that have raised me as their own, and the organizations that have helped me get where I am today; #YesWeCode being one of them.
What do you think is next for you in your work, whether it be at Quickbooks or elsewhere?
Along the lines of the goals that I said prior, I want to continue personal development. I want to continue to move forward with my post-bacc in computer science; to learn the foundational elements of the things I'm doing every day. And I'm doing it for myself, and I'm doing it so that when I'm faced with harder, more difficult issues over time, I will have a better framework for grappling with them since I would have a better understanding of computer science as a whole. I am also looking forward to just growing in my day-to-day skills. It's so fun because being an engineer is something that always keeps you in an uncomfortable position; a position where you are constantly learning. There is so much to know and it can be very overwhelming and very daunting, but it's really cool how much you're able to learn when and if you're dedicated, and for work you do hard things every day.
What made you decide to want to pursue an education in coding and programming in the first place?
Prior to this I went to Berkeley, and my undergraduate degrees are in legal studies and economics. I love law, I love business, but it's super funny because now that I look back on those things, I love law and I love business in that they both provided an opportunity for me to logically reason through things. When I was a consultant at Deloitte, I saw that my business work wasn't logically challenging enough, to be honest with you. I wasn't necessarily thinking through systems, I was implementing them, and that's something that I really longed for. I remember walking into Dev Boot Camp and meeting Tamyra and it was like all the pieces just came together, where I just saw "Is it possible that I, as a grown person who has a college degree already; who thought they were done learning, in the formal education sense, can go back and be a computer scientist; can be a front-end software engineer?" It just worked out perfectly, I remember picking up and writing my first slice of code and falling in love with it. And it's fun, it's fun to see that I've come a little bit of a far way since those very few lines of Ruby.
What was the most gratifying or memorable part of your coding education experience?
There are two memories in particular that stood out to me. I just described one, writing those first lines of code. I remember it was a for-loop where I printed out all of the numbers in an array. It was something so simple, so beautiful, and there's this extreme sense of accomplishment when you see that you're able to do something. The computer is so, so powerful. And being able to learn how to manipulate, whether it be data or memory or whatever else, it is really fulfilling. It's kind of like a reward when your brain dispatches those hormones, because you have achieved something really cool. That's exactly what it is, and it's very addicting. So from those very first lines of code, it's very addicting, it's super fulfilling, super awesome, and that brings me to my second point, because even though it is very fulfilling to make something work, it is very defeating when you think that something should work and it's not working.
I remember I was the most defeated I have been in coding when I was learning to code in coding school, and I was particularly learning classical inheritance. I was expecting that this instance of a class was going to have these properties and I was expecting all of these things; all of these inputs, all of these outputs, and so on and so forth; all of these methods that should have been appended to the class but they weren't. What I realized was that I actually didn't fully understand what was going on, which brings me to my overall point: though something is extremely rewarding when it works out, when it doesn't work out we need the perserverance to continue through difficult circumstances because at the other end of that perserverance is going to be increased knowledge, increased confidence, and increased hope. And when I say confidence and hope I'm meaning in your ability to work through really hard things. I think being a software engineer is about learning how to wrestle with things that should be working a certain way but aren't working that way, and working through the small details as to why that's exactly happening. And that process is extraordinarily valuable, being able to stick it out.
That's great, that leads into the next question too, because you were talking about perserverance, but what should prospective students know before they begin their coding education?
I would say get ready to become mentally strong if you aren't already. And what I mean by that is the same principle applies when you're working out or exercising: the only thing limiting you as an individual from doing all the things, whether that be exercising or coding, or other various limitations that we have, we overcome these things through an increased mental strength that says "I will not be defeated by this. I choose to continue working towards the goal of solving it. And even if I am not able to solve it perfectly right now, I am dedicated to learning how this is solved; learning from this and moving on to the next one where I can continue to practice what it means to perservere, and I will excitedly long for the end result."
Why would you suggest learning to code to a future student who may be interested in the tech field?
Because coding is the future, young ones. Honestly, it's the same reason why--it's a little funny, I love trying to inspire people, especially my niece and nephews; they're really young and I have monetary coding challenges for them. Like when they're able to solve something I give them $10. Why? Because I want them to one, see that hard work equates to money. Two, I want them to learn how to critically think through these things. And three, I want them to be exposed to the opportunity, to the power of technology that has been shielded from people of color. And I'm done with that, I don't want our community to continue in our powerlessness simply because we are ignorant of the opportunities that are out there and how fun the work can be.
Do you have any advice for future coding students that are looking specifically for a job in the tech field?
I would say talk to a majority of coding school graduates, or even non-traditional engineers, and most of them, I bet, would tell you that the hardest part wasn't actually learning how to code; wasn't actually developing the mental strength to continue. The hardest part was...the job search. Because, unfortunately, as we've all been trained in propriety, when people tell us no to a job, there's this potential that we're going to take identity statements from it and say "They denied me this opportunity, therefore I am not smart enough, I am not capable enough, I am not where I should be, I am a bad engineer, I am fooling everyone into believing I can do more than I actually can, I am this, I am that, I am bad." And the funny part is often times we don't even need other people to tell us these things, we just start inherently believing them ourselves based on not receiving that opportunity.
I really want to encourage people out there who-- especially non-traditional engineers; I really want to encourage you in particular to start to identify those areas of negative self-talk and to stop it, because you are worth it and you are smart enough and if a company or a person is not able to see the potential that exists within you, you don't want to work for them right now, or they're just not ready to push you to live up to your full potential. And that's what's most important, it is so important to know and realize that when we hire people, especially in software engineering, it is oftentimes not because of the background they come from but because of the drive that we see in them. You want an engineer that says "Though you don't know all the things, because it is impossible to know all the things, I believe in your hard work. I believe in you as a person. And when I believe in you, I believe that you will wrestle with hard things. I believe that you will bring something unique to this development environment. I believe that you will be a great teammate, and that you have something to teach us just like we have something to teach you."
So I would say don't be discouraged that you haven't found that perfect job, or people are looking for various qualifications, or you're not cookie-cutter. I'm not cookie-cutter. I'm a Black engineer with cornrows right now, you know, I am not cookie-cutter, no-one is cookie-cutter. And I just want to encourage you to continue, because your hard work and your perserverance will produce tremendously awesome fruit in the future. Take every rejection as a learning opportunity to even illicit feedback about interviewing style or coding challenges, etc., but continue to hold your head high because you are worth it.


I am Patrick, 24 years old from Germany.
Tyrus Son, Elder druid, Level 70 at moment.
The first time I played Tibia is over 10 years ago when my real friends played it and brought me to this Game that I am still playing. I played most time on PVP (Eternia, Nebula) at my start of Tibia... but nowerdays since like 6 years I play on optional Worlds. Sociento had the Name Magic Ashlay before and was founded on Celesta. I left Celesta with a friend because Celesta was crowded at that time. We went to Olympa. I left Olympa since of much Power Abusing so I went to Harmonia with the same friends. Sadly now they all stopped playing this Game (or sold them accounts) so I started a new Adventure in Refugia lands now. And I need to say... it was a really good decision. I am here now since 4 1/2 Month and I made some new friends (Danzi alias Lady Danii for example) which I enjoy playing/hunting with. And Maybe We can get Friend now too ..... If u want to get know to me better feel free to message me in game.
I noticed you didn't mention anything about how your rule-violation history looks, is there a reason for that?
And why would you like to join Pirate Pandas? Is it just because you are friends with Danzi?
Last but not least, have you been in any other guild here on Refugia for the months you've spent here, or is this the first one you are hoping to join?
Once again welcome, and hope to see more of you.
First of all, welcome to the Forums and thank you for your interest in joining PP.
- Why Pirate Pandas, and not another active guild? What made you apply here?
- What kind of player are you, what do you like, what's your playstyle?
- Did you do/lead any quest leads in the past?
- What was your Eternian character, and which Guilds have you been in there?
- How active have you been lately, or asked differently how active are you planning to be?
Thank you iHorishO and Stiorra for the questions.
I got no entry in my rule-violations since i try to be a respectful Player.
Why Pirate Pandas, this is a really good question but an easy answer: In the time i hunted or rested with Danzi i met some others of your guild too and it was always nice visitings of funny helpful and special people which made me think this is a nice guild and would match with my thinking of Gameplay. I like to play with others, stay with them, talk to them and have action with them. And, yea since i am a friend with danzi its a reason too why i applied here now. At least i try to be online every day.
I have been in a guild in Refugia, Awesome Devils (got deleted) but i left it fast since i found that the Leader was a Botter and i dont support this unfair Gameplay.
In my old Eternian time we had one guild (not famous) called Kong Fu with just my real friends but it was long long time ago. (mostly 9 years) My char was Dahem which was a 97 ms what i played in that Time. This char does not exist anymore since i deleted it when i had a 1 Year break of Tibia for personal reasons.
If i missed something just ask it to me again.
thank you for the answers on the questions. I don't remember the Guild Kong Fu, nor your character (what's interesting, since I was pretty sure I knew every german speaking player on the server). But nevertheless, I'm not exactly known for my good name memory, rather the opposite .
For now I don't have any further questions, but if something comes to my mind I'll try to get a hold of you in game.
Ill make your invite on tibia.com now and when i see tomor that you joined you will get further forum access like everyone else of us.
For the rest enjoy your stay! Hope you will like it. If theres any drama let me know.
I Hope i can proof me as a worth little Panda!
Bumpzor and Welcome back to Pandas!


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Now that school is finally over, the next toll that the graduates need to endure shall be to find and to land a job.
But, lucky are the graduates since most schools and local government units like the Philippine Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) do provide job or career fairs that house several employers.
So, to maximize the opportunity for employment, you can try the following tips.
Leave a good impression. Be on professional attire; communicate well.
Get the contact names for follow-up.
Widen your network through meeting other potential job employment, job applicants and interviewers. You may not a land a job right away but the opportunity to harness your skills shall be all worth it.


Dear Sports Fan is (kinda) working!
Now that I'm writing this blog close to full time, it's more important than ever that it actually serves its purpose of helping non-sports fans or casual sports fans navigate our sports obsessed culture. I've had a few nice moments of confirmation this week that I thought I would share with you.
A former colleague of mine at Return Path emailed me to say she was about to do her first fantasy football draft and to ask for help preparing. When I sent her the two Dear Sports Fan posts on the topic, "How to enjoy a fantasy football draft?" and "What are some tips for your first fantasy football draft?" she said she had already read those! What other advice did I have for her? In response to a related post I wrote recently on "Why are fantasy football drafts so exciting?", a college classmate of mine wrote on Facebook, "I just started to accept that it was knowledge that I'd never attain, until I read your article!" Awesome!
It's so cool to be a reference for random people around the world who are wondering about sports. Also about my college friend Puya, whose name must appear somewhere on the site. Huh!
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This is an unusual post. For the last three years, I've been exploring and explaining the sports world mostly from my couch. But starting next week, and for a month after that, I'm going to be taking Dear Sports Fan on the road. Being able to go on the road for a month is pretty unusual too. I'm lucky enough to be reaching my seven year anniversary of working at Return Path, and one of the great features of working there is that seven years of service earns you a six week sabbatical. I'm using mine to take a vacation to the Mediterranean, and hopefully to the Olympics. I'll be flying into Barcelona, moseying up around the coast to Northern Italy, somehow zipping over to Istanbul, and flying over to Sochi. While it's true that the news about safety at the Olympics has recently seemed quite dire, I am hopeful that the world's fears will prove to be unfounded and I will do my best to make an informed and cautious decision about whether to attend.
I don't speak much Spanish, or any Italian, French, Turkish, or Russian but I do speak the universal language of sports. So if you follow this blog, and I hope you do by email, Facebook, Twitter, or RSS, get ready for a month's worth of posts about watching Bobsled in Barcelona, Figure Skating in Florence, and if all goes well, Ice Hockey in Sochi!
Come the fall, when the NFL is back in full swing and college football, playoff baseball, and the NHL are holding up their end of the bargain, this rating may be seen as a little bit inflated. For mid-summer though, this is a pretty sports filled day.
Soccer: Starting with 9 a.m. this morning, there are a series of good soccer games on today. The NY Red Bull play a French team PSG in London, there's a full slate of MLS games, and then at 7 p.m. ESPN2 is showing a friendly between Manchester United and Barcelona, two of the best 5 teams in the world.
Baseball: Fox has a bunch of games this afternoon including another Cubs vs Cardinals game, Angels vs Tigers, and Devil Rays vs Mariners. The Mariners are coming off a record 17 game losing streak.
X Games: These are still happening. ABC will be getting in on the skateboarding action basically all afternoon.
Golf: CBS continues is quest to be the best network for geriatrics by showing something called the Greenbriar Classic today. The golf tournament might be livened up a bit by putting a hole in the no-longer secret bunker that was meant to house Congress in the event of a nuclear holocaust… but it probably won't be.
Right, so — I am not into the X Games but they do start today. I can see that if your sports fan is into Skateboarding, Snowboarding, Waterboarding, surfing, or BMX, then he or she will probably be glued to the television tonight.
Baseball: The Pittsburgh Pirates play the Atlanta Braves again tonight for the third day in a row. Two nights ago they played into the 19th inning. That's more than two times longer than a normal game! Last night their game only went into the 10th inning. It's become a compelling run, so be aware of that if your fan is prone to interest in exciting baseball. The baseball trade deadline (last day in the season a team can trade a player) is coming up in a few days which also drives interest in the sport.
Soccer: The slew of interesting international friendlies continues with Juventus vs. Chivas Guadalajara tonight at 8:00 p.m.


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