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Qatar Apologizes for Strip-Searching and Forcibly Examining Female Airline Passengers After Finding Abandoned Newborn
Brian Espinoza
Qatari officials strip-searched and forcibly examined over a dozen women for signs of recent pregnancy after a newborn was found in the bathroom trash can at Doha airport.
The decision is considered a violation of rights, as there were other ways of searching for the mother of the abandoned baby.
Thirteen Australians were among those searched, prompting outrage from the Australian government and an apology from Qatar.
Qatar explained that it wanted to ensure the perpetrator didn't escape for attempting to kill a newborn but acknowledge its actions were too heavy-handed.
Fortunately, the baby is alive and being taken care of by Qatari medical officials, although it's unclear if the mother was ever found.
Newborn Found in Trash
Officials in Qatar have apologized after multiple female passengers at Doha airport were subjected to invasive examinations earlier this month.
The incident happened on October 2 after a newborn baby was found in an airport bathroom trashcan, wrapped in a bag.
Fortunately, the baby was still alive, and authorities quickly made efforts to find the mother. Those efforts involved getting the ten closest planes on the tarmac and stopping them, assuming she must be nearby.
Staff on the planes asked multiple women to deboard to speak with authorities. The exact number of women involved is unknown, but based on statements from both Qatar and Australian officials, at least 18 were questioned. The exact details of what happened next aren't completely clear yet, but it is known that the detained women were subject to what's been described as a "strip search" right on the tarmac.
They were then put into a waiting ambulance where they were forcibly checked for any signs of recent pregnancy and childbirth. Such procedures are considered invasive and a gross violation of rights.
Passengers on the planes report that some of the women returned crying or clearly in shock from the event.
Diplomatic Tensions
Qatar Airways flight 908 was particularly affected by the incident. The flight was headed to Sydney and only stopped in Doha for a quick layover. While it was in Doha, 13 Australian citizens were among those who were forced to comply, prompting outrage from the Australian government.
In a statement on the morning of October 28, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison described the incident as "appalling" and "unacceptable."
"As a father of daughters, I could only shudder at the thought that any woman, Australian or otherwise, would be subjected to that," he said, "It is important that wherever travelers are traveling, that they are able to do so free of those types of incidents."
Initially, Qatar said it conducted the searches in an attempt to check on the well-being of the mother. However, on Wednesday, Qatar apologized for what happened, writing in a statement, "…the State of Qatar regrets any distress or infringement on the personal freedoms of any traveler caused by this action."
Still, the government defended its initial actions, writing. "This was the first instance of an abandoned infant being discovered in such a condition at [Doha Airport]."
"This egregious and life-threatening violation of the law triggered an immediate search for the parents, including on flights in the vicinity of where the newborn was found."
Qatar didn't want the perpetrators of this attempted murder to escape, but the country did concede that the situation could have been handled much better. It also said an investigation into the matter would be forthcoming, with its findings to be shared with Australia.
Why This Course of Action?
This entire situation has triggered questions over how to balance the rights of passengers with the need to urgently find someone who attempted to kill a newborn.
Still, there were likely other solutions available. For example, Doha airport is a modern facility presumably filled with cameras. Officials probably could have stopped flights from departing as they checked the footage to see who went in and out of the bathroom where the newborn was found.
It could have been possible to narrow down the list of suspects by checking with Qatar Airways, the airline that had the most flights checked by authorities.
Qatar Airways doesn't allow expectant mothers to fly if they are 36 weeks along, while mothers 28 weeks into a pregnancy require a doctor's note to fly. While it's unclear how premature the baby was, it can be assumed that checking in with Qatari Airways for a list of expectant mothers with doctor's notes on flights could have significantly narrowed down potential perpetrators.
Fortunately, the little girl is being cared for at a facility in Doha. As of now, it's unclear if Qatari authorities ever managed to find the parents.
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The missing include at least 13 children under the age of 16.
Children Missing From Hotels
There are 200 asylum-seeking children missing from government care in the United Kingdom according to the parliamentary undersecretary of state at the Home Office.
When children are seeking asylum in the U.K. alone or separated from their parents, the government puts them up in hotel rooms for temporary accommodation. They have done so since 2021 and have temporarily accommodated 4,600 children in that time. However, Simon Murray, the parliamentary undersecretary of state at the Home Office, said that 200 of the children placed in those hotels are missing, including at least 13 who are under the age of 16.
In response to this information, a collection of more than 100 charities sent a letter to the Prime Minister demanding the end of the procedure of placing kids in hotels over safety concerns. The letter says that these children are at risk of trafficking and exploitation by staying in these hotels alone.
Other officials have echoed these concerns, claiming these hotels are targets for organized crime where people use these vulnerable children for labor or trafficking.
Parliament Calls Incident "Horrific"
Murray told the House of Lords on Monday that despite the media reports, his department does not know of any kidnapping cases, though they are investigating. He went on to say there are many reasons why children go missing.
However, lawmakers were not appeased by Murray's assurances. In a later debate, one member of Parliament called the missing cases "horrific" and another said that it was "putting children at risk." The children's commissioner for England also reportedly chimed in asking for, quote "assurances on the steps being taken to safeguard the children."
Murray went on to say that the use of hotels for asylum-seeking children will hopefully be phased out as soon as possible but did not give a timeline.
The nonprofit Refugee Council called on the government in a tweet to spare no expense in the location of these missing kids.
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100,000 U.K. Nurses Launch Biggest Strike in NHS History
Chris Tolve
Opposition leader Keir Starmer called the strike "a badge of shame on this government."
The NHS Grinds to a Halt
Some 100,000 members of the Royal College of Nursing (RCN), the United Kingdom's largest nursing union, launched a historic 12-hour strike Thursday after the government refused to negotiate on higher pay.
The work stoppage, which spans England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, is only the second in the RCN's 106-year history and the largest the NHS has ever seen. It marks the breaking point for many underpaid nurses and the culmination of a years-long decline in the NHS's quality of care, put under increasing stress by severe staffing shortages.
Although most NHS staff in England and Wales received a pay rise of around £1,400 this year, worth about 4% on average for nurses, they say it has not kept up with inflation as Britain plunges deeper into a cost-of-living crisis.
When inflation is accounted for, nurses' pay dropped 1.2% every year from 2010 to 2017, according to the Health Foundation.
Meanwhile, the number of patients waiting for care has reached a record 7.2 million in England, or over one in eight residents, more than double what it was seven years ago.
In July, the cross-party Commons Health and Social Care Select Committee estimated the staffing shortfall could be as high as 50,000 nurses and 12,000 doctors, what one MP called the "greatest workforce crisis in history."
Many nurses argue that boosting pay will help hospitals recruit more staff.
The RCN demanded a pay raise 5% above the retail rate of inflation, which amounts to a 19% increase, but both Prime Minister Rishi Sunak and the government's health secretary have claimed that's not affordable.
During Thursday's strike, partial staffing continued to remain open for urgent care such as chemotherapy, kidney dialysis, and children's accident and neonatal units.
Sunak and Starmer Brawl in Parliament
Labor leader Keir Starmer grilled Sunak during Wednesday's Prime Minister's Questions (PMQs) on the upcoming strike.
"Tomorrow will be the first-ever nationwide nurse's strike," he said. "All the Prime Minister has to do to stop that is to open the door and discuss pay with them. If he did, the whole country would breathe a sigh of relief. Why won't he?"
"We have consistently spoken to all the unions involved in all the pay disputes that there are," Sunak replied. "Last year, when everyone else in the public sector had a public sector pay freeze, the nurses received a three-percent pay rise."
Starmer fired back: "Nurses going on strike is a badge of shame for this government. Instead of showing leadership, he's playing games with people's health."
Sunak called Starmer's demand that he reopen negotiations with the RCN "just simply a political formula for avoiding taking a position on this issue."
"If he thinks the strikes are wrong, he should say so," Sunak said. "If he thinks it's right that pay demands of nineteen percent are met, then he should say so. What's weak, Mr. Speaker, is he's not strong enough to stand up to the union."
While Starmer has called on Sunak to negotiate with the RCN, he has not explicitly backed the 19% pay raise himself.
Unless the government returns to the bargaining table, the RCN plans to launch a second round of strikes on Dec. 20 to be followed by ambulance strikes that Wednesday and the next.
If the government still refuses to budge, the union said in a statement that nurses will strike for longer periods in more places starting in January, disrupting more health services.
Other industries are also set to see work stoppages this month, including workers on railways, buses, highways, and borders, as well as teachers, postal workers, baggage handlers, and paramedics.
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Fortnite Developer Sued By Parents for Making the Game as "Addictive as Possible"
One child mentioned in the lawsuit played over 7,700 rounds of Fortnite in two years.
Epic Games Sued
A Quebec City judge recently approved a 2019 class-action lawsuit accusing Fortnite developer Epic Games of deliberately making Fortnite addictive.
The parents who brought forward the lawsuit claim their children have become so obsessed with the game that in some cases, they've stopped eating, showering, or socializing. The lawsuit claims that these kids have played thousands of games since Fortnite's release in 2017. In one example, a teenager played over 7,700 games in less than two years.
If the lawsuit succeeds, players addicted to Fortnite living in Quebec since September 2017 could receive compensation. The plaintiff's attorney, Philippe Caron, reports that over 200 parents outside the lawsuit have reached out to him, saying their child's well-being has diminished since downloading Fortnite. He told The Washington Post that they are very confident about their case.
Epic Games Responds
"We plan to fight this in court," Natalie Munoz, a spokesperson for Epic Games said to The Post, "We believe the evidence will show that this case is meritless."
Munoz also said that Fortnite does allow parents to supervise their child's playtime and require permission for purchases.
The parents involved in the lawsuit are claiming that they were not aware of the dangers playing Fortnite could pose for their children.
"If she had been informed by the defendants of the risks and dangers associated with the use of FORTNITE," the lawsuit says of one guardian. "She would have categorically refused to allow the game to be downloaded."
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Q: Problems with SDL rendering frames I'm still a somewhat beginner in SDL, and I've come accross a problem that I am little lost on. I've been loosely following LazyFoo's tutorials along with some other additional resources.
The problem is trying to create an animated sprite onto a window.
I managed to isolate the malfunctioning code to whenever I press a key down.
When I press a key down, a new window opens up in addition to the one previously intialized using the SDL_CreateWindow function.
case SDL_KEYDOWN:
        int frame = 0;
        //Clear Screen
        SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(renderer, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF, 0xFF);
        SDL_RenderClear(renderer);

        //Render Current frame
        SDL_Rect* currentFrame = &iKey.MegamanRun[frame / 6];
        iKey.mmxrender((sx - currentFrame->w) / 2, (sy - currentFrame->h) / 2, currentFrame);

        //update screen
        SDL_RenderPresent(renderer);

        //Next frame
        ++frame;

I'm using a simple megaman sprite, if that helps you understand some of the names.
Specifically, the
iKey.mmxrender((sx - currentFrame->w) / 2, (sy - currentFrame->h) / 2, currentFrame);

is causing new windows to pop up.
the mmxrender function is in a different class on a different file, sx and sy are the size of the window.
void Megaman::mmxrender(int x, int y, SDL_Rect* clip)
{
Init mkey;
//Set rendering space
SDL_Rect renderQuad = { x, y, iWidth, iHeight };

//Set clip dimensions
if (clip != NULL)
{
    renderQuad.w = clip->w;
    renderQuad.h = clip->h;
}
//Render to screen

SDL_RenderCopy(mkey.renderer, iTexture, clip, &renderQuad);
}

Not sure how to proceed, any help is appreciated.

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Bryant, Giles and John Gallienne. "Anglican Church Music". The Canadian Encyclopedia, 20 January 2014, Historica Canada. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/anglican-church-music-emc. Accessed 16 July 2019.
Bryant, G.,, & Gallienne, J., Anglican Church Music (2014). In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/anglican-church-music-emc
Bryant, Giles, and John Gallienne, "Anglican Church Music". In The Canadian Encyclopedia. Historica Canada. Article published February 07, 2006; Last Edited January 20, 2014. https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/anglican-church-music-emc
Bryant, Giles, and John Gallienne . The Canadian Encyclopedia, s.v. "Anglican Church Music", Last Edited January 20, 2014, https://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/anglican-church-music-emc
Anglican Church Music
Article by Giles Bryant, John Gallienne
Published Online February 7, 2006
Last Edited January 20, 2014
Anglican church music. Music employed in the rituals and services of the Anglican Church of Canada, known until 1955 as the Church of England in Canada. There were some 2.4 million Anglicans in Canada in 1981.
Music employed in the rituals and services of the Anglican Church of Canada, known until 1955 as the Church of England in Canada. There were some 2.4 million Anglicans in Canada in 1981.
The Church of England was among the first churches to establish a presence in Canada. The first service was held in October 1710, at the French chapel in Port Royal, NS, after the capture of that settlement by the English, who renamed it Annapolis Royal and made it the seat of the Nova Scotia government 1710-49.
The Cathedral Parish of St. John the Baptist in St. John's, Nfld dates from 1699, but the first Church of England church built in Canada (and in fact the first non-Roman Catholic church) was St Paul's, Halifax, erected in 1750. It introduced a choir during the early 1760s and an organ, possibly of Spanish origin, in 1765. Early organists at St Paul's were a Mr Evans 1765-6, Richard Bulkeley 1767-8, and Viere Warner 1768-ca 1770. Conflict arose in July 1770 when Warner was censured by the vestry of St Paul's for displaying "a light mind in the Several tunes he plays, called Voluntaries, to the great Offence of the Congregation." At the same time the church's choir was accused of singing anthems whose words and music were not understood by the congregation. (For the full text of this remonstrance see Kallmann History of Music in Canada, p 41.) Despite the criticism of Warner's elaboration of church music, it is noteworthy that in 1769, while he was still at St Paul's, an oratorio was performed there by the Philharmonic Society and officers of the army and navy; and in 1789, at a service celebrating George III's recovery from 'insanity' (now thought to have been a breakdown caused by an inherited metabolic defect), the final chorus of Messiah and a coronation anthem by Handel were performed at the church.
The first surpliced choir in Canada is said to have sung (under John Bentley) at the consecration of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Quebec City in 1804. In 1819 a choir was established in Toronto at St James' Cathedral, but that city's first surpliced choir - at Holy Trinity Church - was not formed until 1868.
Before the middle of the 19th century most services were accompanied by such instruments as were available, eg, string bass, bassoon, clarinet, and horns. However, in 1801 the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Quebec City ordered an organ from England; in 1802 Trinity Church in Saint John, NB, imported one; and in 1818, ca 1833, 1839, and ca 1843, in turn, St George's Cathedral (Kingston, Ont), St James' Cathedral (Toronto), Christ Church (Ottawa), and Christ Church Cathedral (Hamilton) acquired organs.
The Roman Catholic church and the Church of England were the first in Canada to employ trained musicians. Stephen Codman, in 1816, succeeded John Bentley as organist-choirmaster at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity in Quebec City. Edward Hodges, an organist with a D MUS from Cambridge, served briefly in 1838 at St James' Cathedral in Toronto. J.P. Clarke was organist 1844-5 at Christ Church Cathedral, Hamilton, and 1848-9 at St James' in Toronto; and John Carter served 1854-6 at Holy Trinity, Quebec City, and 1856-78 at St James', Toronto.
Bishops who greatly encouraged the development of church music during the 19th century were Jacob Mountain (1749-1825) of Quebec, John Medley (1804-92) of Fredericton, and Bishop Acton Windeyer Sillitoe (1841-94) of New Westminster.
Publications of the time give an idea of what was sung in the Church of England in the 19th century. A Selection of Psalms and Hymns (Toronto 1834 without music, 1835 with music; compiled by William Warren, first organist at St James' Cathedral, Toronto) offered metrical psalms, hymn-tunes, and chants for the canticles. A later edition (1842) added words for anthems by composers such as Arnold, Attwood, Boyce, Callcott, T. Clarke, Handel, and Kent and adaptations of music by Haydn, Mozart, and Pergolesi. A sixth edition appeared in 1857, proving the popularity of this collection. Canadian Church Psalmody (Toronto 1845, compiled by J.P. Clarke) added to the repertoire a greater selection of chants, some Gregorian melodies, and two Te Deums and seven other pieces by the compiler. A Church Hymn Book (Toronto 1862) offered 254 hymns. The largest Anglican hymnal with music published prior to 1900 was the Church Hymnal (Montreal 1886); it contains over 500 tunes..
On the basis of these publications and other oblique references, one may attempt a general chronology of the growth of service music. Until 1835, the standard fare was Tate and Brady or similar metrical psalms. After 1836 there was a gradual growth in the use of general hymns and in the chanting of the canticles and later the psalms, in non-metrical forms. The 1857 appointment of W.S. Vail to Holy Trinity Church, Toronto, contributed to a wider use of Gregorian chants and melodies. Vail was a pupil of Thomas Helmore (an English champion of plainsong), and under his direction the choral service was sung in its entirety for the first time in Toronto in 1869.
During the latter half of the 19th century the musical practices in the Church of England in Canada paralleled those in the mother church in England, though they were tempered always by the essentially pioneer character of Canadian life, with sharp differences between urban and rural areas. In the urban churches larger organs were installed, choirs were expanded in size, and paid solo quartets appeared. The works of Joseph Barnby, John Dykes, Gounod, Mendelssohn, Spohr, and Stainer and the anthems of John Henry Maunder and Caleb Simper were played and sung regularly. The custom of seasonal church performances of oratorios and other major choral works grew and has continued to this day. In large cities the repertoire began to imitate the English cathedral tradition.
In the early decades of the 20th century, mainly owing to the practical scholarly efforts of Richard Terry and Edmund Fellowes, the cathedral tradition started to regain its long-lost vigour in England, restoring to the repertoire in some quantity the music of the Tudor polyphonists (Taverner, Tallis, Byrd, Tye, Morley, Mundy, Farrant, Gibbons, and others) and such restoration composers as Purcell, Croft, Greene, and Boyce. The church in Canada followed suit, if at a slight distance. Symptomatic of this revival was the growth of interest in the forgotten art of unaccompanied choral singing - A.S. Vogt's choirs were pioneers in the 1890s. There also was an interest in music by early 20th-century traditionalists such as Parry, Stanford, and Charles Wood. In this period one can see the beginnings of a reaction against what has been called 'the sensational, sentimental and meretricious'. Parry's "I Was Glad" was sung in Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton, in 1913, though in company with works by Smart and Eyre. The Book of Common Praise (Toronto 1908) was widely used in Anglican churches.
An increase in the number of male choirs was another direct result of the influence of English cathedral tradition. Two such choirs which enjoyed considerable success were those of the Church of St Simon-the-Apostle, Toronto, led by Eric Lewis, and St George's Cathedral, Kingston, Ont, led by George Maybee; St George's sang at Westminster Abbey services in 1954 and 1965. Other outstanding Anglican church musicians of the 20th century include Gerald Bales, Hugh Bancroft, Vernon Barford, Edward Arthur Bishop (Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Quebec City), Giles Bryant, Frederick Chubb, Stephen Crisp, Frederick Egener, Arthur Egerton, Maitland Farmer, John Gallienne, Fred Geoghegan, Donald Hadfield, Albert Ham, Ned Hanson, Godfrey Hewitt, Derek Holman, Norman Hurrle, Frances Macdonnell, Donald Mackey, Kenneth Meek, Charles Peaker, John Tuttle, Patrick Wedd, Gerald Wheeler, Alfred Whitehead, and Leonard Wilson.
The work of Healey Willan, who came to Canada in 1913, led to a greater appreciation of Gregorian music and renaissance polyphony, and to a further rejection of sentimentality and display in church music. This is evident in "high" (ie, "Anglo-Catholic") church services such as those at the Church of St Mary Magdalene in Toronto, for which Willan directed the music for many years, and those at St Barnabas in Victoria, BC, led by Ian Galliford and at St James in Vancouver.
The development of Anglican church music in the Prairie provinces was handicapped until 1950 by the scarcity of organs between Winnipeg and Vancouver. Hugh Bancroft maintained a fine choral program in All Saints Cathedral Edmonton, continued by Jeremy Spurgeon, and good choirs flourished also in Calgary, Regina, and Saskatoon, as well as in Winnipeg and Brandon.
The Anglican Congress held in Toronto in 1963, with a massed male choir drawn from several cities, demonstrated vividly the growth of church music in Canada. The revised edition of The Book of Common Praise (Toronto 1938), while naturally drawing heavily on earlier hymnals, had provided a further unity for the Canadian church, and its successor, The Hymn Book (Canada 1971), was the product of a rapprochement with the United Church of Canada. A committee has been established to produce a new hymn book in the late 1990s intended, among other things, to contain gender inclusive language throughout. The Parish Psalter has been replaced as the standard book by The Canadian Psalter (both Anglican and plainchant versions, Toronto 1963), based upon the version of the psalms in The Canadian Book of Common Prayer (1959).
In the early 1970s many churches began raising funds through sales of recordings made by their choirs and organists, a certain sign of confidence in improved standards. Diocesan choir camps flourished, and the influence of the Royal School of Church Music had grown, particularly through choir festivals. A few churches retained the traditions long established of men's and boys' choirs, and the standard of music in these churches was comparable to that of the leading churches and cathedrals of England. It had long been the custom for English cathedral choirs to make concert tours throughout Canada, but this practice declined as the expense of hosting the choirs, now managed by concert agencies, reached unrealistic proportions. Nevertheless choirs from Canadian churches have continued on occasion to travel, primarily to England: the choir of St George's Cathedral, Kingston, Ont, made its third trip there in 1979; the choir of St. Paul's Cathedral, Regina visited there in 1990; and the choir of the Cathedral Church of the Redeemer, Calgary went there in 1991.
The influx of British-trained musicians stopped in the latter 1970s, when as a result of the tightening of immigration laws positions had to be offered to Canadians first. An additional problem in Quebec was the substantial decrease in the anglophone population after 1976, which made it increasingly difficult for Anglican churches to maintain their choirs. Across Canada British-trained musicians have joined US and a growing number of Canadian-born organists and choirmasters to bring a cosmopolitan breadth to the repertoire of major churches today. English cathedral music is supplemented by Palestrina, Josquin, Schütz, Bach, Handel, Haydn, and Mozart. The anthems and settings of Herbert Howells, Kenneth Leighton, William Mathias, and John Rutter are performed along with those of Alan Hovhaness, Gerald Near, and Leo Sowerby and those of the Canadians Bancroft, Bissell, Fleming, Holman, Naylor, Ridout, Whitehead, and Willan. Cathedrals such as St James' (Toronto), St George's (Kingston, Ont), and Christ Church (Vancouver), have performed Viennese masses on regular Sundays, occasionally with orchestra.
A factor which had a most significant impact on Canadian church music in the 1980s, was the introduction of the Book of Alternative Services of the Anglican Church of Canada (Toronto 1985). Although many churches had re-ordered the liturgy of the Book of Common Prayer, the language had remained traditional. However this new book, with the option of contemporary language, has led to an increase in congregational participation and a decrease in choral settings of the Eucharist. In order to use the language of the contemporary rites new music had to be found for the choir's participation. There has been a dearth of Canadian choral settings with the exception of Frances Macdonnell's Madawaska Mass, Richard Dacey's Priory Service, Patrick Wedd's Mass of the Crown of Life and a few others, but simple congregational settings by John Rutter, Martin How, William Mathias and others have become the norm. Although the national church has not sanctioned any one setting, the writing of simple congregational music for the alternative Eucharist liturgies has been promoted on a local scale through competitions or commmissions. The Diocese of British Columbia sponsored one such competition in 1987 won by Joyce Winnifred Evans (Denver Col), Robert Fleming (posthumously), and Jacobus Kloppers (Edmonton). Choral evensong has almost disappeared, and can only be found in a very few churches, and then often only on one Sunday of the month. These churches sing the office from the Book of Common Prayer, as the language of the new rite would negate the singing of most of the available settings for choir. The singing of the psalms has changed with the Book of Alternative Services and responsorial methods of performance are being introduced which use a cantor for the verses and congregation for refrains. Canadians George Black and John Gallienne have composed versions.
By 1991 a number of leading churches across the country were under the musical direction of women, eg, Frances Macdonnell at Christ Church Cathedral (Ottawa), Melva Graham at Grace Church-on-the-Hill (Toronto), and Alison Riseley at Christ Church Cathedral, Fredericton. In 1986 a new girls' choir was formed at St George's Cathedral in Kingston, Ont, one of the first cathedral girls' choirs established in the country.
With the decline in numbers of boys' choirs, the introduction of the Book of Alternative Services, tighter immigration restrictions, and the increase of mixed-voice choirs, a uniquely Canadian church music scene is a strong possibility as we approach the 21st century. The RCCO continued to support church music of all denominations, and the Anglican Foundation, a funding arm of the national church, provided scholarships for beginning organists which is encouraging a renewed interest in the instrument.
CMH vols 2, 5 and 9 contain many pieces for Anglican services and the introductions to these volumes describe various genres, practices, and practitioners.
See also Choir schools, Hymns and hymn tunes, Plainsong, Religions and music.
Fox, D. Arnold. "Music in the Maritime provinces," Year Book of Canadian Art, compiled by the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto (London and Toronto 1913)
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MacMillan, Sir Ernest. "The organ was my first love," CMJ, vol. 3 Spring 1959.
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Ingleton Wood awarded £20m funding Friday, 10th July 2020
We are delighted to announce that we have won over £20 million in funding for vital school projects from the Government's Condition Improvement Fund for 2020/21.
Ingleton Wood has secured almost 5% of the £434 million funding from the Department for Education – thought to be one of the largest amounts won by a single company nationally.
The investment for our education clients range from small repair projects such as fire door and boiler renewals to multimillion-pound school block replacements.
David Cresswell, Partner and education portfolio lead, said: "Our teams worked very hard at the end of 2019 to speculatively produce hundreds of bids and we were worried that when the announcement of this bid was delayed that it may be cancelled due to Covid-19.
"Clearly this announcement is not only fantastic for the successful schools but also the portion of the construction sector that supports them. From consultants like ourselves to contractors and suppliers, this fund became vital when it replaced the more traditional ways of capital allocation to schools.
"We look forward to delivering these projects for the schools and seeing the pupils and staff benefit as well as their wider communities."
We secured £2.26m for Grange Academy in Bedford to build new state-of-the-art teaching accommodation classrooms. Work is set to start later this year and finish by Christmas 2021.
Headteacher Catherine Assink said: "We have a range of extremely old and dilapidated portacabin type classrooms where you can literally push your fingers through the walls. I am passionate about the well-being of all my staff and pupils, so to be awarded this bid, which will enable us to have decent accommodation, is an excellent achievement.
"When I met David and his team, they suggested that we submit a bid, not to repair them, but to replace them. I didn't believe that we would ever be successful, not because the need wasn't patently evident but because over the years you become a little pessimistic in relation to the system.
"Now the funding has been approved, we have a chance to make a real difference for all the pupils and staff at Grange. I can't thank Ingleton Wood enough; their team's knowledge and dedication is excellent and the results are plain to see."
Condition Improvement Fund 2020/21 – Ingleton Wood's Top 5 Projects
School: Grange Academy, Bedford
Funding amount: £2.26m
Summary: Replacement of temporary buildings with new teaching accommodation.
School: Davenant Foundation School, Loughton
Summary: Replacement of four 1980s demountable units with new permanent accommodation
School: Christ Church Primary School, Erith
Funding amount: £1m
Summary: Three new permanent class bases to replace 1990s temporary teaching block
School: Kelvedon St Marys, Kelvedon
Funding amount: £566k
Summary: Removal of two 1980s demountable buildings and provision of purpose built nursery building
School: Mayflower School, Billericay
Summary: Internal improvement works
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To Defeat ISIS, We Must Call Both Western and Muslim Leaders to Account
And that includes the Saudi kings whose funding of Wahhabi doctrine gave rise to the scourge of Islamic extremism.
By Laila Lalami (November 15, 2015; The Nation)
What happened in Paris on November 13 has happened before in a shopping district of Beirut on November 12, in the skies over Egypt on October 31, at a cultural center in Turkey on July 20, a beach resort in Tunisia on June 26—and nearly every day in Syria for the last four years.
The scenario is by now familiar to all of us. News of the killings will appear on television and radio. There will be cries of horror and sorrow, a few hashtags on Twitter, perhaps even a change of avatars on Facebook. Our leaders will make staunch promises to bring the terrorists to justice, while also claiming greater power of surveillance over their citizens. And then life will resume exactly as before.
Except for the victims' families. For them, time will split into a Before and After.
We owe these families, of every race, creed, and nationality, more than sorrow, more than anger. We owe them justice.
We must call to account ISIS, a nihilistic cult of death that sees the world in black and white, with no shades of gray in between.
We must call to account Bashar al-Assad, whose response to peaceful protesters in the spring of 2011 was to send water cannons and military tanks to meet them.
We must call to account the governments of the United States, France, Britain, Russia, Iran, and many others, who lent support and succor to tyrant after tyrant in the Middle East and North Africa, and whose interventions appear to create 10 terrorists for every one they kill.
We must call to account George W. Bush and Dick Cheney, whose disastrous invasion of Iraq in 2003 and subsequent disbanding of the Iraqi army destabilized the entire region.
We must call to account the Saudi kings—Salman, Abdullah, and Fahd—whose funding of Wahhabi doctrine gave rise to the scourge of Islamic extremism.
When I was a child in Morocco, no clerics told me what to do, what to read or not read, what to believe, what to wear. And if they did, I was free not to listen. Faith was more than its conspicuous manifestations. But things began to change in the 1980s. It was the height of the Cold War and Arab tyrants saw an opportunity: They could hold on to power indefinitely by repressing the dissidents in their midst—most of them secular leftists—and by encouraging the religious right wing, with tacit or overt approval from the United States and other Western allies. Into the void created by the decimation of the Arab world's secular left, the Wahhabis stepped in, with almost unlimited financial resources. Wahhabi ideas spread throughout the region not because they have any merit—they don't—but because they were and remain well funded. We cannot defeat ISIS without defeating the Wahhabi theology that birthed it. And to do so would require spending as much effort and money in defending liberal ideas.
I am a novelist. Every year, I spend a great deal of my time giving readings or lectures at which, almost unfailingly, I am asked about Islam and Muslims and the wars now consuming the Middle East. I try to explain and contextualize, remind people about history and politics, bring in some culture and art into the mix. But every few months, when another terrorist attack happens, the work I do seems to be for nothing. What chance does someone like me have when compared with the power of well-funded networks?
The beheadings, the crucifixions, the destruction of cultural heritage that ISIS practices—none of these are new. They all happened, and continue to happen, in Saudi Arabia too. The government of Saudi Arabia has beheaded more people this year than ISIS. It persecutes Shias and atheists. It has slowly destroyed sites of cultural and religious significance around Mecca and Medina. To almost universal indifference, it has been bombing Yemen for seven months. Yet whenever terror strikes, it escapes notice and evades responsibility. In this, it is aided and abetted by Western governments, who buy oil from tyrants and sell them weapons, while paying lip service to human rights.
I have no patience anymore for people who claim that Muslims do not speak out. They do, every day. Muslims are the primary victims of ISIS, and its primary resisters. It is an insult to every one of the hundreds of thousands of Muslim victims of terrorism to lump them with the lunatics who commit terror. The truth is that ISIS unleashes its nihilistic violence on anyone—Muslim, Christian or Jew; believer or unbeliever—who doesn't subscribe to their cult.
I wish I could do something for the victims of terrorist violence. But I am a writer; words are all I have. And all I know is that I want, with all my heart, to preserve and celebrate what ISIS wishes to destroy: a multi-ethnic, multi-religious, multi-cultural life.
It's been some time coming but the French Centre now has a Blog. Le voilà!
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Irish Masonic Network is a page on Facebook which is open to Masons we have to date over 3,500 members and growing.
Here you'll find work that I've done for IMN which includes the IMN logo.
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If there's an animal mentioned in the title of a film, there's a good chance that you're going to cry by the end of it. Sometimes it's the animal itself, sometimes it's just the portal towards human emotion. This week, Lean on Pete opens to try and give your tear ducts some exercise. Whether it has to do with the animal who gives the movie its title or the events that happen to the protagonist, I'll leave for you to discover, but this is the sort of picture that would love for you to cry. Luckily though, it never feels manipulative. Andrew Haigh actually tells the story in a distant enough way that the organic moments of emotion are more on your part than on the part of the filmmaker or the actors. That's an accomplishment.
This movie is a drama that initially seems to be about a boy and his horse, before becoming something more. Teenager Charley Thompson (Charlie Plummer) has just moved to a new town with his father Ray (Travis Fimmel), something that seems to happen more than occasionally. Out on a run, Charley comes across a race track, and in talking to a horse owner there named Del (Steve Buscemi), lands himself a job. He takes to the work well, but is really struck by a fading horse named, you guessed it, Lean on Pete. Del is upfront about Pete needing to win races in order to last, but Charley seems not to listen. Then, when the inevitable is set into motion, Charley takes desperate steps to protect what he feels is his only friend in the world. Things take a real turn there, but I won't say much, since that discovery is what makes this movie something so different. Haigh wrote the adaptation of the novel by Willy Vlautin and directs here, with the supporting cast including Chloë Sevigny, Alison Elliott, Amy Seimetz, Steve Zahn, and more. The cinematography is by Magnus Nordenhof Jønck, while James Edward Barker contributes the score.
Lean on Pete takes a bit to warm up to. If we're being honest, when I first saw it, I wasn't a huge fan. Then, I sat with it a bit. Over the last month or so, it's grown on me. The film is definitely about the journey of Charley, and it's to Haigh's credit that he never pulls any punches. When the character suffers, you feel it, even if it's removed in a way. Plummer is quite good here, suggesting a bright future for the young actor that's not far off. It's a step below something to rave about, but it's quality cinema, suggesting that voters may in fact remember it at the end of the year.
Conceived in all likelihood as a potential Oscar vehicle, Lean on Pete could struggle to last into the awards season with this early release date, but it's not impossible. If nothing else, A24 will give it a little push, with Best Picture, Best Director (for Haigh), Best Actor (for Plummer), and Best Adapted Screenplay (also for Haigh) on the table. There isn't really an obvious category for it to make a play, but if the more independent minded precursors take to it, I could see it gaining momentum at the 11th hour. For now, it's just another early possibility to consider.
Be sure to check out Lean On Pete, opening in theaters this weekend!
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Emily Gravett, A F Harrold
An extraordinary tale of love, loss, imagination and not really being there, for fans of Roald Dahl and Neil Gaiman. Rudger is Amanda's best friend. He doesn't exist, but nobody's perfect. Only Amanda can see her imaginary friend - until the sinister Mr Bunting arrives at Amanda's door. Mr Bunting hunts imaginaries. Rumour says that he eats them. And he's sniffed out Rudger. Soon Rudger is alone, and running for his imaginary life. But can a boy who isn't there survive without a friend to dream him up? A brilliantly funny, scary and moving read from the unique imagination of A.F. Harrold, this beautiful book is astoundingly illustrated with integrated art and colour spreads by the award-winning Emily Gravett.
There are 224 pages in this book. This book was published 2015 by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC .
Emily Gravett is an award-winning children's author and illustrator who lives in Brighton, England. She is the winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal for Wolves and Little Mouse's Big Book of Fears. A. F. Harrold is an English poet (1975 - present). He writes and performs for adults and children, in cabaret and in schools, in bars and in basements, in fields and indoors. He was Glastonbury Festival Website's Poet-In-Residence in 2008, and Poet-In-Residence at Cheltenham Literature Festival in 2010. He won the Cheltenham All Stars Slam Championship in 2007 and has had his work on BBC Radio 4, Radio 3 and BBC7. He is active in schools work, running workshops and slams and doing performances at ungodly hours of the morning, and has published several collections of poetry. He is the owner of many books, a handful of hats, a few good ideas and one beard.
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Q: Nvarchar perform better than varchar? I am really surprisde to see that in my MS SQL table, I am defining a field varchar and doing group by with another table's field.
When I do the same thing with the column as nvarchar it is 3 second faster than varchar
when, theoretically, varchar should be faster because of 1 byte char.
Can anyone explain me why nvarchar is faster in this instance?
Thanks in advance.

A: Operating systems use Unicode internally. I think that makes nvarchar faster since it does not need any converting.


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At The Sanctuary we believe that all Christians are on mission for Jesus. Some of us travel around the world, some work hard in our own countries to resource those traveling, some go on short term trips to foreign countries, some serve locally at a food pantry or homeless shelter, but no matter how it looks, we're all called to give, pray, and to go serve somewhere.
OUR JULY FOCUS
Missionaries to Ethiopia & Thailand //
Sharing the Gospel & Rescuing Kids
We are excited to have the opportunity to celebrate two amazing families with roots at The Sanctuary who are making a big impact in our world! All of July, we are partnering with the Millar and Jennerson families by giving our finances, beyond the tithe, to empower their efforts to see people abroad transformed by the love of God and saved from despair.
The Millars
Jesse and Haley are missionaries to Ethiopia, called to spark "a missional movement from Ethiopia to Africa and the rest of the world." Over the last 4 years, they have served as International Pastors at Beza International Church in Addis Ababa, the capital and largest city of Ethiopia. With over 60 small groups throughout the city, Jesse and Haley are equipping the believers to realize their identity in Christ and become beacons of light in a darkened world. That from Ethiopia missionaries will be raised up and sent out bearing the good news of Jesus' freedom to all. In one of the poorest countries on the globe, they are prophetically declaring that "Africa will Arise"— that the hands of begging will turn into the hands of blessing. Jesse and Haley are currently overseeing the writing of a nine book discipleship curriculum to be used in their church and others across Africa.
Among the many joys of raising two kids (Zayma 2, Alister 8 weeks), Jesse enjoys playing music and writing, while Haley enjoys life most when she is running, biking, or playing soccer.
For more info on the Millars, go to: lightofnations.org/jesseandhaleymillar
The Jennersons
Cole and Abigail work with ZOE International in ChiangMai, located in the northern part of Thailand. Operating in five countries, ZOE International has two main goals; reach every person with the Gospel and Love of Jesus Christ and to rescue every child from human trafficking worldwide.
Having served in Thailand just over two years, The Jennersons are active in expanding the impact of ZOE. Cole helps with international fundraising efforts through videos and photos, while working heavily with the Thailand team in government relations and internal media needs. Abigail, wears many different hats at ZOE Thailand, including: working in the media department with Cole (capturing photos that tell stories about the life transformation that is happening in the lives of the kids ZOE rescues), teaching hospitality and barista coffee skills that ZOE young adults can use (to find sustainable work in the city in their future), and serving with the NextGen Ministry Team overseeing Jr. High weekly services & small groups (where she helps put on camps, events and disciple young people).
For more info on the Jennersons, go to: thesethaihearts.org
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With this little series I'd like to share my experiences from my study at a Dutch University of Applied Science. I study Global Project and Change Management in Zwolle, currently I am at the end of my 2nd year- only two more years to go!
So you also found a great study in the Netherlands and can´t wait to start your adventure there?
Great! This following list might help you to plan certain things before and during your study in the country of windmills, biclyes and and tall people.
Most probably you already had contact with this online platform, no matter for what kind of higher education institution you you applied to: you need to register your study choice via this platform first. As soon as you know where your appartment will be in the Netherlands also put this information into your studlink profile as your university might send you letter and other information during your study.
If your study programme is in Dutch most probably you will receive an extensive language course at the beggining of your study. If your programm is in English like mine you might have the oppertunity to still learn some Dutch at the univerisity. If you are interested in doing such a course inform yourself beforehand at your university and possible costs. If there is no provided course I really recommend you to still do a Dutch course on your own in your home country. I didn´t do one and I really regret that. Next to my study I have barely time to really dive into the language with the result that after two years I understand a lot of Dutch but I can barely speak it, only a few sentences. And especially if you study in a small town like me don´t expect everyone to be able to communicate in English. So therefore: Get your Dutch language skills on as you don´t just stay one semester but 3-4 years, and then it´s nice to at least have a samll friendly conversation with a Dutch person as they are quite chattable people.
To get this number is crucial when you stay longer in the Netherlands. You have to go the town council of your new home and have to register there. They need your ID and your rent contracts they also ask for your birth certificate however I still haven´t handed that in after two years and nothing happened 😀 But rather take it with you. when you get this number you can open a Dutch bank account and you can apply to Dutch subsidations, also when you have that number you can and should create your DIGID which is like your online personality details which you need to apply for various Dutch public services.
I got one because to me it is easier to pay my rent with a Dutch bank account, sometimes you can also pay it with a foreign credit card but when you have a Dutch giro card you are defenitely safe and it also offery you lots of benefits.
I recommend to you to get an account with the RABOBANK. You get a free account as a student, just bring your student ID. I could set it up with one employee in like 20 minutes and after a week you receive the card and a few days later your pin code. You also receive a little ´reader´ which enables you to do online banking. So far I am super satisfied with their service! A plus: if you transfer money to a German account( I assume any other European account) it´s on there the exact same day! Quitting your bank account is also easy and free of charge.
All the governmental higher education institutions in the Netherlands charge the same price for their Bachelor programmes. At the moment this price is €1980.- pery year. (May, 2016) You can pay the tution fee in rates each month (approximitaley this will be around €300) or you pay it all at once which is also possible. When you do that just keep in mind to safe up that money and be able to pay that amount around September/October each year. Please be aware that the Dutch universities are quite strict with you paying your fees on time! If you don't pay them you for example won't receive your student ID or they block your access to your school's intranet.
The first tip I want to share with you is that you should look out for some work oppertunities at your own university. For exmaple I am working as an assitant to the recruitment officer on a regular basis. But also only every now and then the univerisities have job offers for example to help out with various promotions within the university or promoting the university at fairs. Just regulary check your school's intranet. I assume when you study in a large student city like Maastricht or Amsterdam you could also find jobs where you don't need to speak fluently Dutch, however I don't have experiences in those cities. When you study in a small town like me then you have to speak Dutch to get a job. The Dutch also pay you higher wages the older you become. So please don't wonder when you are 18 and only get paid around 5 Euros per hour, this is indeed a normal wage for that age.
When you are German, stay within the family insurance of your parents, this is the easiest as you don't have to find one yourself and you can be in it until you are done with your study and only need to get your own insUrance when you start working a regular job. When you get a job in the Netherlands you need to have a Dutch insurance though!
This is probably the most obvious but best advice that I can give you 🙂 Get a cheap one within the country but invest in a big and high quality lock! Otherwise your bike is gone as quickly as you got it.
The OV card is the public transport card all the Dutch students use, they can travel for free eiher on the week days or the weekends,, you as a foreign student unfortunately can't get this offer. But a tiny plus: if you travel with a DÜtchie who owns such a card you get on your own train ticket 40% discount.
The Dutch train service provider NS offers group tickets for up to 10 people. If you get the maximum amount you only pay 7 Euros back and forth! Become a member of the various. facebook groups ( called grouptickets and then the name of the city). where you can form a group with others.The benefit: you don't need to travel with the other 9 people but you only need the same end-destination. Tickets can be bought online and you need a Dutch bank account. However only one person buys the tickets and the rest of the team members pay their amount to that person. So far I only made good experiences with those groups.
Every now and then the NS offers cheap day tickets or weekend tickets which you can buy online at the NS itself or at various Dutch shops. Check out this website for the latest offers and where you can purchase them.
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Home/Zodiac Sign/Libra & Sagittarius Love Compatibility: 5 Strengths & Weakness Of Their Relationship
Libra & Sagittarius Love Compatibility: 5 Strengths & Weakness Of Their Relationship
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Relationships between air and fire signs are usually quite dynamic, and a Libra and Sagittarius relationship is no exception. Both of these signs thrive on getting each other off in the bedroom, watching one another's successes, and in having the stability and security of a long-term commitment. Their potential faults in a relationship — such as Libra's capacity for over-analysis and Sagittarius' tendency to wander and roam — are tempered by their strong sense of communication and shared value system.
Both of these signs enjoy their fair share of imagination and adventurousness. Even though Sagittarius loves to travel, they will love coming home to their shared Libra household, adorned with all of the finer things that a Libra needs to be comfortable and secure in their space.
As for Libra, they will understand that the best relationships have an inherent sense of balance. They will know that a successful relationship involves a bit of give and take, and will be happy to accommodate the needs of their partner. When they partner with a Sagittarius, they will be able to achieve the balance of adventure and domesticity that helps them thrive, and they will find a stable partnership that has room to grow.
Here are some other strengths and weaknesses of a relationship between these two signs.
1. The S*x Is Amazing
Between Libra's deep capacity for tenderness and Sagittarius' attention and care, sex between these signs has a dynamite energy. Libra's air sets Sagittarius' fire ablaze. Libra lovers are careful and attentive to their partners' needs — they take pleasure in giving pleasure — and a Sagittarius has a directed, focused energy that will make the bedroom a scene of intensity and also tenderness.
In terms of communication, Libras are excellent at articulating their needs and perceiving the needs of their partner. There won't be hang-ups about one lover's capacity to perform or another. As Sagittarius is a matured fire sign, they will be able to take constructive criticism from their Libra lover with openness. Plus, Sagittarius' adventurous spirit means they are willing to go places where they haven't gone before.
2. Trust Is A Challenge
The main challenge in a Libra and Sagittarius relationship is trust. Even though Sagittarius is a sign built for a long-term relationship, they do have the capacity to swiftly change direction if something isn't working out for them. Sometimes, Sagittarius struggles to understand that their wild, roaming hearts can make their lovers nervous.
Sensitive Libra might feel insecure about Sagittarius' adventurous inclinations. Libra is a loyal sign, and they might worry that their Sagittarius partner doesn't share the same value system. All Sagittarius needs to do is show their Libra partner that their attentions are directed at them to soothe a Libra's nerves.
3. Their Heads Are Balanced With Their Hearts
Libras are an air sign, which means that they can live in their heads, and Sagittarius is a fire sign, which means they have passion, energy, and drive. Because Libras love balance, and Sagittarius loves having a direction to channel their energy, this creates a stable relationship. Intellect and romanticism will be well-balanced with physical and material needs. This won't be an all-consuming love affair that compromises either of these signs' directions.
Sagittarius likes to wander, which can stoke some anxiety on Libra's part. However, the fluid channel of communication that exists between these two signs ensures that they are able to talk about their anxieties and concerns in the relationship. Each wants the other one to be healthy and happy and understands that, sometimes, couples need to make compromises to ensure that they feel safe in one another's arms. In this relationship, one person's needs won't be prioritized above the other; they both know they need mutual care and support in order to succeed.
4. It Might Take Them A While To Make Up Their Minds
Libra and Sagittarius are open to commitments, but both of these signs want to make sure that the commitment is right before they give a relationship their everything. Early on, a relationship between a Sagittarius and a Libra might involve a lot of deliberation. Conversations about "what are we doing here?" might go around in circles.
Fortunately, Sagittarius' strong and directed fire will ensure that once they make up their minds, they aren't wavering. Plus, they can use that energy to nudge Libra toward the relationship — provided, of course, that Libra is already leaning toward making that decision already.
5. They Can Build Lives Together
A relationship between Sagittarius and a Libra means that they are invested in one another's successes. Libra loves to help those who are close to them achieve their highest goals and ambitions. With Sagittarius' direction and drive, they will love seeing their lover soar. Far from a selfish sign, Sagittarius will also be sure that whatever rewards they reap are shared with their partner. A Libra and Sagittarius relationship has a strong base for long-term success.
Both of these signs, once they commit, are in it for the long haul. Their value systems works similarly, in that both of them want to take time to make up their minds before investing in something long-term. This will pay off not only in establishing the early foundation of their relationship, but also with taking care of household items, and even setting up a household together. A Libra and Sagittarius relationship works because their passion for one another is tempered and sustainable due to their long-term vision and capacity for flight.
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ScienceDirect EBS Books: technical difficulties – FIXED!
Our ScienceDirect EBS Book Collection access is not working right. Hopefully they will fix it soon! Sorry for the inconvenience!
UPDATE! This problem has been fixed. If you have problems accessing our ScienceDirect EBS Book Collection, please contact a library staff member.
We are cancelling the STAT!Ref dental ebook collection due to the very high cost and lack of funds. This collection will no longer be available in STAT!Ref as of July 1st. We are currently working on replacing the content in other online formats and/or in print, so some titles from the cancelled collection will eventually be available again. Please contact the Dental Library for a list of those titles, or for information on other related resources.
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On March 1st the database "Thieme E-Book Library" will have a new name and a new look. Thieme is moving this database to a new platform and updating its interface to become MedOne Education.
The Library worker bees are hustling to make the necessary updates to the links in our catalog. If you have problems accessing anything in the collection previously known as Thieme E-Book Library, please contact your reference liaison.


McQueen said 53-year-old Davis has undergone the highest levels of review and scrutiny to earn the position.
"He has commanded at every level. Clearly, his record stood out above his peers," McQueen said.
Davis, a married father of three, lists the Bronze Star Medal and the Meritorious Service Medal with four oak leaf clusters among his honors.
He said he will work to help make sure soldiers get the resources and guidance they need.
Davis is filling the position held by Brig, Gen. Tammy Smith who is currently assigned to Yongsan Garrison in the Republic of Korea where she serves as deputy commanding general for sustainment at the 8th Army headquarters.
The primary role of the 98th Training Division is developing and providing drill sergeants that mold soldiers.
Known as Initial Entry Training, the 98th Training Division dates to World War I. The division, since 1959 a unit of the U.S. Army Reserves, has a mission of training soldiers in basic combat training, advanced individual training non-commissioned officers and officer professional development courses, Reserve Officer Training Corps and One Station Unit Training in engineer and infantry specialties.
Davis said his father, who died in 1995, was a lieutenant colonel who served in World War II, Korea and Vietnam, and who would have loved to see his son reach this plateau.
Davis got his start in ROTC at Eastern Michigan University, the school from which he has a bachelor's and master's degree in business administration.


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We are Malcolm and Nick Cameron. We are a young married couple; well Malcolm's not so young anymore!! We are both born again Christians and are based in London, we work full time at Spurgeon's College in South Norwood. Malcolm is the Chef Manager and Nick is the Postgraduate Administrator. We attend Lansdowne Evangelical Church in West Norwood. We got married in 1995 and ten years on are still very much in love...aaahhh! Neither of us have ever written a book before but felt that there was a need for such a book. Back in 1997 we could not find a Christian book that helped us with what we were experiencing - we prayed that one would become available but never expected to be the answer to our own prayers! We are a normal couple, with a normal life, with normal feelings but we do have a totally awesome God!


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Sports | January 25, 2023 7:36 am
Here's How Adam Vinatieri Is Teaching Rob Gronkowski to Kick Field Goals
Gronk will attempt a 25-yard FG during a live Super Bowl commercial
Adam Vinatieri has a tough task ahead of him.
By Evan Bleier @itishowitis
Before retired star tight end Rob Gronkowski won a trio of Super Bowls in New England with the Patriots (XLIX, LI, LIII) there was another player with an "i" at the end of his name who collected a three-pack of championship rings (XXXVI, XXXVIII, XXXIX) alongside Tom Brady and Bill Belichick a decade earlier.
A South Dakota native who got this start in pro football playing in NFL Europe, three-time Pro Bowl kicker Adam Vinatieri went on to play 24 seasons in the NFL and retired as the league's all-time leading scorer with 2,673 points. Perhaps even more impressive given the position he played on the gridiron, the 50-year-old finished his career — which also included a lengthy stint with the Indianapolis Colts and a fourth Super Bowl win — with 19 tackles. For those keeping score at home, that's 19 more tackles than Gronkowski, who won his fourth Super Bowl with Tampa Bay after he left New England, recorded during his 11 seasons of pro football.
Gronk may not have any tackles, but he might be getting his first career field goal with some help from Vinatieri as part of FanDuel's Super Bowl campaign. During a break in the action in the third quarter of Super Bowl LVII, Gronkowski will attempt a 25-yard field goal kick during a live commercial as part of the sports betting site's "Kick of Destiny" promotion. If he's able to make it, bettors who placed a wager on the game before kickoff will receive a bonus from FanDuel.
Though FanDuel won't be able to accept bets on the kick itself, Vinatieri would be putting his money on Gronk to make the kick if he could.
"Obviously, he can catch touchdowns and run over the dudes, but kicking a ball isn't the same. Catching touchdowns and kicking field goals are two different things," Vinatieri tells InsideHook. "Everybody thinks they can do it and that it's easy. It's not a sure thing and it's going to be difficult for him, but I think he can do it. If I was a betting man, I'd put my money on Gronk. I didn't get to play with him, but I wish I did because he's an awesome dude."
Rob Gronkowski and Adam Vinatieri's new ad for FanDuel ahead of Super Bowl LVII.
He knows that because he's been training Gronkowski to make his kick on February 12. And according to Vinatieri, who hadn't spent much extended with Gronk prior to coaching him, it's going pretty well.
"Rob's hilarious and he is exactly what everybody thinks he is. You don't even know when he's being serious or joking around," he says. "He's a fun guy who likes to joke around…but he's also a true professional. He wants to succeed. I know Rob's felt pressure before, but this is a different type of pressure. He knows what's on the line and he's trying to help a bunch of people. He's very, very serious about making this kick and he's putting in the time to make sure he does, which I love. He's a rock star."
A rock star who has been training his body as well as his mind under Vinatieri's tutelage. "Kicking is physical, but there's a mental side too. As much fun as Rob is, he's a guy who can clear his mind and really focus when everything's on the line," he says. "If you practice enough and get used to making the right contact enough times, you don't have to think about it anymore. You can really clear your mind and let your body take over. You have to keep your body in shape and be strong enough, but I'd say the difference between good kickers and unemployed kickers is about 75% mental."
Rob Gronkowski Was Tired of Bill Belichick, Not Football
Teaching an athlete like Gronk to kick is somewhat fitting for Vinatieri, as he was known for being a multi-faceted football player as opposed to just a kicker after he famously chased down and tackled Dallas Cowboys returner Herschel Walker on a kickoff during his first season in New England.
"It was a pride thing to not let anybody score touchdowns on me. Walker was way faster and more athletic, but I didn't want him to get to the end zone and I wasn't going to let him," he says. "How I caught him, I'm not sure. I was going to do everything I could to help win that game. But if you play long enough, you're unfortunately going to have one taken back to the house on you. I had a few of them."
Like Vinatieri, Gronkowski has had at least one long-shot touchdown run slip by him when he was on the field as a safety stand-in for the Patriots during the Miracle in Miami when the Dolphins were able to complete multiple lateral passes before getting the walk-off score against New England in December of 2018.
He may not have had a tackle on that play, but perhaps Gronkowski will get his field goal in February at the Super Bowl.
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Q: How to add/ change meta tags specific to the Contacts page? I have a shopping store (www.goorganics.us) in Magento using the "Magento ver. 1.7.0.2". Please guide me how to update the Title and other Meta Tags (for SEO) of my Contacts page?

A: The contact page comes from the module Mage_Contats.
To change the meta data you need to add this in local.xml layout file of your theme or inside the contacts.xml in the same theme.
<contacts_index_index>
    <reference name="head">
       <action method="setTitle" translate="title" module="contacts"><title>YOUR META TITLE HERE</title></action>
       <action method="setDescription" translate="description" module="contacts"><description>YOUR META DESCRIPTION HERE</description></action>
       <action method="setKeywords" translate="keywords" module="contacts"><keywords>YOUR META KEYWORDS HERE</keywords></action>
    </reference>
</contacts_index_index>

A: For Any CMS Page in Magento This is how you should update Meta Tags
Go to CMS -> Pages in Magento Admin
Click on the Page for Which you want to Update the Meta Tags from list  (Contact Page in Ur Case)
On The Left you Have Page Information Block ,
For Meta Title - Update your Page title. (Thats it)
For Keyword and Description tags
Switch Meta Data Tab.
Here you have the Requisite Fields you can easily update.
 Keyword and Description by default.
Its that easy. Cheers !!


Flowing like the cool summer breeze that blows over the Mediterranean Island (or can use Balearic Island) of Formentera where he lives, Swiss musician Massivan steps forward with his fourth solo album 'Family With 3 Hearts'. Filled with lounge, house and jazz influences, this shimmering long player is released in Australia by One World Music 14th July 2011.
Born the son of a Italian violinist living in Switzerland, early on Massivan enjoyed a classical education, starting with the violin at the age of six, then later also the drums. Stepping into audio-engineering and DJ'ing, his music career took a big step forward when in 2000 when he co-founded the label 'Modest Records'. Releasing five singles on the label under the pseudonym 'Josef's Ruhe', one of them, 'Zu?rihorn', was charted and played around the world by several high ranking djs including John Digweed, Sasha, Timo Maas and Steve Lawler.
After a collaborative effort with Jens Andersson under the guise 'Calmstreet' which resulted in the pop lounge album 'Third Wave' released in 2002, Massivan turned his attention back to his own musical works, releasing his first solo album called 'Daylife' in 2005 where he blended jazzy-chill-house with latin-beats. In 2006 he released his second solo album called 'Massenwahn' which saw him once again shift his musical focus to pure club-music, a mixture of electro-pop and psychedelic-trance. In 2007 for his third solo album 'Wide' Massivan again looked to further his scope, involving several live musicians to create a down-tempo classic that has heavy doses of jazz throughout.
The mood of 'Family With 3 Hearts' is inspired by the sun and endless summer nostalgia that comes from Massivan's life on his sundrenched island home. With vocals and carefully placed samples loosely flowing together over beats and soundscapes, this album is as delicate as it is captivating.
The lead single '2 B @ 1 With The World' features Massivan on vocals, along with violin by Mirco Pezzino, guitar by Peer Born laid across sundrenched beats that keep the mood light and airy from start to finish. Check out the official video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aGDigBprHHU. Other stand out gems on the long player include 'Blue Love (feat. Jen)', 'Aequinox' and 'Formentera Sunset', while 'Bring the Fonk' explores the jazzy, electro fonk parts with the inclusion of guitars played with perfection. 'Saturday Nite' offers a kind of very efficient house.
With the temperature in Australia on the decline, the timing couldn't be better for Massivan's 'Family With 3 Hearts' to pick you up and whisk you away to a place where the sun is shining and your cares are a long plane flight away.


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WEYI-TV | Asset Seizure Law
"Representative Gary Glenn, R-Midland, says the problem with that (is) it's an alleged theft ring. 'These bills would raise the legal standard of proof to clear and convincing evidence that anything seized by law enforcement was in fact connected to criminal activity,' says Rep. Glenn by phone Thursday.
...In 2013, law enforcement across Michigan seized $22 million in assets according to a report by Michigan State Police. But only 94-percent of law enforcement agencies submitted a report. ...The new bill would also mandate all agencies report what they have seized.
'We're just raising the bar to make sure our law enforcement officials can continue to do their job, but we protect the private property rights of innocent citizens,' says Glenn."
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Home to several historic landmarks, this charming mountain resort is perfect for many outdoor activities year-round.
Pontresina consists of the old village sections of Laret, San Spiert as well as Giarsun and the new sections on the mountain slopes. Nearby glaciers include the Morteratsch Glacier and the Roseg Glacier. The Morteratsch has a ski lift and a long run down the glacier. The Roseg Valley has a groomed cross-country ski trail along its length. The Church of S. Maria, Grand Hotel Kronenhof and the Spaniola tower are listed as Swiss heritage sites of national significance. The church has several significant paintings on the walls. A historical transport route of wine across the alps passes Pontresina and continues towards Davos across Scaletta Pass.
Stroll through the quaint central streets, discovering elegant hotels, beautiful buildings, and superb mountain views.


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Green Schools Bara ("Sekoly Maitso Bara") is a sub-project of the Integrated Rural Development Project (IRDP) in the Bara-Region (SoFaBa-FLM) and works in Fiherena Toliara Synod (SPFT) and Ihorombe (SPH) of the Malagasy Lutheran Church in the central south and south-west of Madagascar.

History

SoFaBa started with its educational in 1998, and the development of "Green Schools" was part of the programme. The main focus was, however, given to encouraging the parents in the Bara-region to send their children to school and to build school houses in cooperation with the local community.

In 2003 there started a new period in SoFaBa's educational work with a strong focus on the pedagogical work and on the general improvement of the quality of the existing schools. This includes a serious attempt to develop and introduce a Green Programme. The school in Ambatolahy in the Ankazoabo region became the first green pilot school.

A new level was reached in 2005/2006 when a compulsory and holistic "Green School Programme" with many different components was introduced in all schools. By this way, the educational work in the Bara-region started by SoFaBa was strengthened and qualitatively improved. The Green Schools Bara continue and improve the work started within the SoFaBa-project putting a special emphasis on modern pedagogy, methodical renewal and social issues  like the promotion of girls and children with disabilities. Furthermore, the Green Schools Bara cooperates with the government for reaching Education for All - one of the Millennium Development Goals

Objectives

Green Education is an integrated education that includes all subjects. The heart of the matter is an education about the interplay of all life, the sustainable use of natural resources and the respect for and love to all creation. This requires "integrated teaching" that makes the interdependence between the single human being, the community and the surrounding ecological system obvious.

Activities

Green Schools Bara works in remote and low developed areas in the central south-west of Madagascar. There are few or no other development organizations in this area, the state is poorly represented and many children have no possibility to go to school. The project supports the objectives of the Malagasy government to ensure a basic education of high quality for all children by 2015.

The project's main activities are:
 Construction of village schools
 Renovation and improvement of existing school
 Improvement of teaching
 Teacher's training
 Financial support to schools and teachers
 Support with equipment

In 2006, Green School Bara started with the elaboration and production of school books and pedagogical material. This resulted in a cooperation with the National Reading Centre at the University of Stavanger, Norway, and, in 2007, the creation of an independent publishing company, Vakoka Vakiteny.

Schools

The following schools are included in the project:
 Fiherena Toliara Synod (Atsimo Andrefana Region)
 Ambatolahy
 Andaka
 Angavo
 Mahabo
 Mahazoarivo
 Marosakoa
 Mitsinjo Soatanimbary
 Tamotamo
 Ihorombe Synod (Ihorombe Region)
 Ankasy
 Besakoa Anenjika
 Tsingilofilobe

Funding
Green Schools Bara is a project included in the Green Education Programme ProVert that is granted by the Norwegian Government (Norad) during the period 2007 - 2011. The financial support from ProVert will diminish gradually; at the same time the local shares will increase for ensuring the sustainability of the work. There will also be worked actively for finding individual partners supporting the single schools in these low developed and vulnerable area.

External links
 Vakoka Vakiteny official website

Education in Madagascar

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Alan L. Friel
Kyle R. Fath
Gicel Tomimbang
Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLP
Communications, Media & Internet
Revised Proposed CPRA Regs To Be Considered At October 21, 2022 Meeting
On October 17, 2022, the California Privacy Protection Agency ("CPPA" or "Agency") published Modified Text of Proposed Regulations ("Modified Regs") and Explanation of Modified Text of Proposed Regulations ("Explanation of Modified Regs"). The documents were published alongside an agenda for an upcoming public meeting on October 21 and 22 to be held by the Agency, where it will be discussing (and possibly taking action on) the Modified Regs.
Recall that earlier this year, on May 27, 2022, the CPPA published the first draft of the proposed CPRA Regs and initial statement of reasons. The Agency commenced the formal rulemaking process to adopt the Regs on July 8, 2022, and the 45-day public comment period closed on August 23, 2022. The comments submitted in response to the first draft of the Regs are available here.
Importantly, per California Administrative Law and Procedure, if the CPPA Board approves the rulemaking file for the Modified Regs for submission to the California Office of Administrative Law ("OAL"), a new public comment period will begin, calculated from the day the CPPA Board approves the proposed modifications. Depending on whether the Modified Regs are interpreted to introduce "major changes" vs. "substantial or sufficiently related" changes, a 45-day or 15-day comment period may commence. It is possible that the Agency Board will not approve the Modified Regs, in whole or in part, which could further delay the rulemaking process. It should also be remembered that the Agency is rulemaking in stages and the regulations on some of the more complex issues, like automated decision-making technology, including profiling and cybersecurity standards, are yet to even be proposed.
We use the term "CPRA" and "Act" to mean the CCPA as amended by the California Privacy Rights Act, and capitalized terms not defined in this post have the definition given in the Act or regulations. In applying the Modified Regs, keep in mind that the limitations on the Act's application to PI collected in the context of B-to-B communications and Human Resources activities sunset on December 31 of this year. In other words, the use of Consumer to refer to data subjects will no longer be limited to traditional consumers but refer to California residents regardless of the Collection context.
Modified Regs Highlights:
Reasonable Expectations of the Consumer. The CPRA requires a Business's Information Practices (i.e., collection, use, disclosure, sale, sharing, and retention of Personal Information ("PI") (see 11 CCR § 7001(o)), to be "compatible with the context in which the [PI] was collected" and "reasonably necessary and proportionate to achieve the purposes for which the [PI] was collected…." The Modified Regs apply a reasonable expectations of the Consumer standard and set forth factors to be considered in determining whether Information Practices are compatible with a Consumer's reasonable expectations given the context in which the PI was collected, and are reasonably necessary and proportionate. 11 CCR § 7002(b), (c) and (d). There is a lot to unpack here, including that a Notice at Collection may be insufficient to establish a Consumer's reasonable expectations depending on the intrusiveness of the practice and the Collection context. The implications on the scope of permitted Selling and Sharing of PI, and especially Sensitive Personal Information ("SPI") (e.g., precise location, sexual orientation, etc.), are implicated by the weighing of these factors and need careful consideration.
Dark Patterns. Revisions to § 7004 in the Modified Regs, such as regarding symmetry in choice and obligations not to impair or interfere with a Consumer's ability to exercise their choices, emphasizes the CPPA's focus on curbing the use of dark patterns in Information Practices. Relatedly, revisions to 11 CCR § 7009 clarify how a business's intent will be evaluated to assess whether an Information Practice is a dark pattern.
Notice at Collection. The Modified Regs propose to permit First Party and Third Party collectors of PI on on a website to "provide a single Notice at Collection that includes the required information about their collective Information Practices," streamlining the First and Third Party online collection notice requirements previously proposed. See 11 CCR § 7012(g).
Your Privacy Choices. The Modified Regs at § 7015 do not propose material changes to what was already proposed regarding the alternative "Your Privacy Choices" / "Your California Privacy Choices" opt-out links, but clarify where the associated opt-out icon should be placed and the appropriate size for the opt-out icon.
Sensitive Personal Information. The Modified Regs at § 7027(a) clarify that SPI that is not Collected or Processed to infer characteristics about a Consumer is not subject to requests to limit. The Modified Regs provide examples of instances when SPI may be collected but not used to infer characteristics about a Consumer, such as when a Business allows Consumers to search for sensitive content (e.g., articles about a health condition) via a search feature without other use of the data. The Modified Regs also eliminate the requirement for Businesses to provide notice of a conflict between uses of SPI requested by a Consumer and a prior limitation request.
Contracts Between the Business and its Service Providers or Contractors. The Modified Regs were revised at § 7050 to align more closely with the Act's statutory text and set forth more precisely what must be included in a written contract between Businesses and their Service Providers and Contractors. The Modified Regs also clarify that the permitted Business Purposes for which a Service Provider / Contactor may use PI apply even if not specifically enumerated in the underlying services agreement with the Business. However, they also clarify that a vendor will not qualify as a Service Provider or Contractor unless it has a written agreement with the Business that includes the contracting requirements set forth in the regulations.
Vendors to "Nonbusiness" Entities. The provisions regarding a Business acting as a processing vendor (e.g., cloud services) for a non-profit have been changed to treat the vendor as a Business controlling the PI for purposes of receiving and acting on Consumer requests (e.g., deletion) to the extent the vendor makes use of the PI for its own purposes (e.g., improving the vendor's products or services). See former Section 7051(a) and new Section 7050(g).
Third Parties. New Section 7052 (b) provides that Third Parties (including Non-Business Entities) that do not have a contract with a Business that Sells or Shares PI with it, meeting the contracting requirements of Section 7053, are prohibited from using the PI received from the Business. Proposed Section 7053(b)'s obligation that contracts between First Parties and Third Parties permitted to collect PI on the First Party's online service require them to look for and honor online preference signals was deleted "to simplify implementation." There are also material modifications to originally proposed First Party Do Not Sale / Share and Limit SPI pass-through notice obligations to Third Parties (but no change to the deletion request pass through).
Opt-Out Preference Signals. The Modified Regs no longer require Businesses to display the status of the Business' Processing of the Consumer's opt-out preference signal. Businesses may still optionally display whether it has processed the Consumer's opt-out preference signal as a valid request to opt-out of Sale/Sharing on the Business' website. See 11 CCR § 7025(c)(3) and (6).
Financial Incentives. The Modified Regs strike out the term "Financial Incentive" throughout Article 7 (regarding non-discrimination), indicating that data valuation requirements do not apply to all Financial Incentive programs, but only to those activities that result in a price or service difference based on the Consumer's exercise or non-exercise of a Consumer right (e.g., Do Not Sale/Share).
For more information on the impact of the Modified Regs, contact the authors or your SPB relationship partner. CPW will continue to cover the CPRA rulemaking process and other state privacy law developments, as well as federal legislative and regulatory efforts.
© Copyright 2023 Squire Patton Boggs (US) LLPNational Law Review, Volume XII, Number 291
Alan Friel is the deputy chair of the firm's Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice.
Alan is a thought leader in digital media, intellectual property, and privacy and consumer protection law, with three decades of relevant experience to address the intersection of law and technology.
Prior to joining the firm, Alan was a partner at a US law firm, where he led the US Consumer Privacy practice (in which he counseled clients on compliance with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and other data privacy regimes), and the retail, restaurant and e-commerce industry...
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Kyle Fath is counsel in the Data Privacy & Cybersecurity Practice. He offers clients a unique blend of deep experience in counselling companies through compliance with data privacy laws, drafting and negotiating technology agreements, and advising on the privacy, IT, and IP implications of mergers & acquisitions and other corporate transactions. His practice has a particular focus on the the ingestion and sharing of data by way of strategic data transactions, data brokers, and vendor relationships, the implications of digital advertising (as companies look toward...
Gicel Tomimbang is an associate in the Data Privacy, Cybersecurity & Digital Assets Practice.
A significant portion of Gicel's practice focuses on the intersection of healthcare with privacy. Clients frequently turn to her for advice and counsel on complex issues that arise under the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), the Confidentiality of Medical Information Act (CMIA), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), the FTC Act and the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule.
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Q: Read lines and match against pattern I can't figure this out. I need to look at every line in a file and check whether it matches a word that is given in a variable.
I started with command read, but I don't know what I am supposed to use after that. I tried grep, but I probably used it wrongly.
while read line; do
  if [ $condition  ] ;then echo "ok" fi
done < file.txt

A: Here's a quickie for you, simply what we're doing is
Line 1: While reading file into variable line
Line 2: Match a regex, echo the $line if matching the word "bird" echo that line. Do whatever actions you need here, in this if statement.
Line 3: End of while loop, which pipes in the file foo.text
#!/bin/bash
while read line; do
  if [[ $line =~ bird ]] ; then echo $line; fi
done <foo.text

Note that "bird" is a regex. So that you could replace it with for example: bird.*word to match the same line with a regular expression.
Try it with a file like so, called foo.text with the contents:
my dog is brown
her cat is white
the bird is the word

A: The easier way to do this, is using grep (or egrep).
grep bird file.txt

A: Here's a simple script that passes in two arguments (filename and variable)... There's also a hardcoded version beneath that.
#!/bin/bash

[ $# -lt 2 ] && echo "wrong number of args" && exit 1
file=$1
var=$2
while read line; do
    if  echo "$line" | grep -q "$var"; then echo "ok"; fi
done < "$file"
exit 0

[user@myserver ~]$ myscript file.txt some_text

Alternatively, if you prefer to hardcode the file (and variable)
 rather than passing in as an arguments...
while read line; do
    if  echo "$line" | grep -q "some_text"; then echo "ok"; fi
done < file.txt

A: Depending on what processing you want to do for each line, sed is another option. I'd only recommend it if you already intend to use sed on each line, though.
sed -n '/regex/p' foo.text

I'm using sed's -n option to suppress normal output. And I'm using the p command to print only the matching lines.
You could combine this with editing commands, too (the processing I was referring to).
sed -n '/regex/{s/pattern/replacement/;p}' foo.text

If you don't want to do any processing on each line, then I agree with steviethecat's answer that grep is the best solution, being the cleanest and fastest.
grep regex foo.text

If you want to do processing that requires additional Unix commands, then (and only then) do I recommend using read.