Attractive and well renovated 18th C longère with 3 large stone outbuildings (workshop + large barn, etc.) in a rural setting of 2.3 hectares bordered by a stream and located in the south of Mayenne.
This property is composed of a 2 bed stone cottage, a 1 bedroomed renovated bread oven which has been turned into a gîte and a third 2 bedroomed house. These properties are well located at the end of a lane with a view of the surrounding countryside.
Imposing and attractive 19th C Maison Bourgeoise located on the outskirts of a large town in the north of Mayenne in a pleasant residential area within easy walking distance of the town's main amenities and high streets.
This property is a renovated 18th C cottage on a plot of approx. 13490m2 located near Lassay-Les-Châteaux in the north of La Mayenne. Well renovated, it is set in a spot with an outstanding view of the surrounding country side.
Detached 3 bed stone house restored to A1 condition and beautifully presented, comes with detached barn, bread oven, summer house with pool/terrace area, central heating and double glazing, all set on a rural plot of 3000m2.


An understanding of open image datasets for urban semantic segmentation shall help one understand how to proceed while training models for self-driving cars.
Myriad efforts have been made over the last 10 years in algorithmic improvements and dataset creation for semantic segmentation tasks. Of late, there have been rapid gains in this field, a subset of visual scene understanding, due mainly to contributions by deep learning methodologies. But deep learning techniques have an Achilles' heel of consuming vast amounts of annotated data. Here we review some widely used and open, urban semantic segmentation datasets for Self Driving Car applications.
This is the first post in a series where we dive into aspects of building semantic segmentation models for self-driving cars.
The task of Semantic Segmentation is to annotate every pixel of an image with an object class. These classes could be "pedestrians, vehicles, buildings, vegetation, sky, void etc" in a self-driving environment. For example, semantic segmentation helps SDCs (Self Driving Cars) discover the driveable areas on an image.
The Cambridge-driving Labeled Video Database was one of the first semantically segmented image datasets to be released in the self-driving space in late 2007. They used their own image annotation software to annotate 700 images from a video sequence of 10 minutes. The camera was set up on the dashboard of a car, with a similar field of view as that of the driver.
The KITTI (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and Toyota Technological Institute) image dataset was released in 2012, but not with semantically segmented images. Other independent groups have annotated frames for their own use cases. Although, there does exist a dataset and benchmark suite for road and lane detection. In this smaller dataset, a variety of sensors including grayscale and color cameras, laser scanners, and GPS/IMU units, are mounted atop a car.
The Daimler Urban Segmentation dataset is a dataset of 5000 grayscale images of which only 500 are semantically segmented. Unlike most datasets, it does not contain the "nature" class. This dataset is part of a larger research initiative called 6D-vision by researchers from automaker Daimler.
Due to its small size, this would serve as a good testbed to see how well a semantic segmentation model generalizes.
This is a continuation of the "Daimler Urban Segmentation" dataset, where the scope of geography and climate has been expanded to capture a variety of urban scenes. This dataset also contains coarse images to enable methods that leverage large volumes of weakly labeled data. Similar to DUS, the cameras are mounted behind the windshield.
Mapillary is a street-level imagery platform where participants collaborate to build better maps. They have made available a part of their image dataset and annotated them with pixel-level accuracy. As of the writing of this blog post, it is the world's largest and most diverse open dataset with a geographical outreach spanning continents.
One can make submissions of algorithms on their dataset over here.
The world of open datasets is ever growing as researchers look to create newer benchmarks. As each new dataset comes with increasing degrees of content, models can be evaluated on how well they generalize to the natural world around us. And, if you thought that this was the end of development of open datasets, check out SYNTHIA, a repository of images from virtual urban scenes!
Stay tuned for more on deep learning models for urban semantic segmentation.


Acceleration Tubes - National Electrostatics Corp.
NEC's all metal and ceramic acceleration tube assemblies are ideal for applications that require ultra high vacuum capability in regions of high voltage or where a complete insulating barrier is required.
All NEC acceleration tubes are insensitive to thermal shock and exhibit exceptional mechanical strength. They have been in use on a routine basis in very strenuous conditions for periods of over 40 years with no signs of degradation.
The general purpose (GP) acceleration tube section is designed for operation in clean, dry ambient air and is in use on all NEC open-air ion beam systems up to 500kV.
Each GP tube section is made from all metal and ceramic using a standard braze, with no organic compounds in the vacuum volume. This tube is fully bakeable up to 500° C for contaminant free and ultra high vacuum operation.
Each section is conservatively rated at 75kV, and multiple sections can be combined to achieve higher voltage. The exterior field is defined by demountable potential distribution rings. Potential grading is provided by ten 150 Mohm resistors in series.
A non-magnetic version of the General Purpose Acceleration Tube is also available for the acceleration of low energy electron beams that are adversely affected by proximity of ferromagnetic materials.
The high gradient (HG) acceleration tube section is designed for operation in high pressure SF6 gas. These tubes have been used in Pelletron accelerators ranging from below 1MV to above 25MV terminal potentials.
Like the general purpose tube, the high gradient tube is a metal and ceramic bonded assembly with no organic compounds in the vacuum volume, fully bakeable for contaminant free and ultra high vacuum operation. However, while the GP tube is manufactured using a standard metal to ceramic braze, the HG tube is manufactured using a unique metal diffusion bond developed by NEC to withstand higher voltage environments. The HG tube is fully bakeable up to 200° C.
These tubes are offered in several standard lengths, depending on the number of gaps. Each gap of the standard HG tube is rated at a conservative 30kV when used in Pelletron accelerators. Typical tubes are 20 to 22 gaps long, for a combined voltage rating of up to 500kV. Like the GP tube, multiple HG tubes can be combined to achieve higher voltage. For use in Pelletron accelerators, potential grading is usually provided with a point to plane corona distribution system or resistor divider.
The HG tube is available with two diameter configurations, the standard size with an inner diameter of 4.0″ and a larger version with an I.D. of 5.63″. The larger version was originally designed to replace original tubes in Dynamitron accelerators produced by IBA Industrial (formerly Radiation Dynamics). Over the years, the use of these tubes has expanded to many different accelerators around the world to handle larger diameter ion beams. The large version is rated at a conservative 16kV per gap.


connect our interface to our managed object context.
then we can persist it for them.
which is going to collect the data.
Then, we're going to also have a way to list the data in our interface.
And then, we will write code to add an entity as well.
Write the code to show our data, and then write the code to delete the entity.
So, to connect it all together, all right?
Let's go to our story board and let's set it up for ourselves.
add a text field where we're going to enter in the chores that we'd like to do.
because we're gonna be building it out for the rest of the interface soon.
We'll add a button, add a button below it.
And we'll make it the same width.
And we'll say, make that button say Add A Chore.
that label is just gonna be someplace where we can show our persistent data.
element items that we'll look at in the future, but for now, this will work.
And I wanna set some properties of that.
I would like it to display more than one line.
Let's just say 50 lines and we'll scroll, I guess, if we don't like it.
Then, I want the label to be constrained to the bottom.
So, we'll constrain the label to the bottom.
we will say it is going to be that distance from the top.
And this element will be [SOUND] Did I get that right?
have the same vertical spacing.
Now lets see the interface that we have available to us with our View Assistant.
function that we're gonna add here.
going to ask our app delegate to create our chore managed object and return it.
which is strange because we have already included our AppDelegate.h.
would know about it, so the Xcode would know about it.
So, we come back here to appDelegate.m.
These are the three functions that we added, three methods we added.
And then, I'm gonna go to our header file for the app delegate.
We can see that some other things are already here.
These were created by Xcode primarily.
Let's get us a little more space.
These are the things that were added by Xcode.
add our functions that we had that we want the rest of the world to know about.
Actually I kind of like to put them below the properties.
That is just a style item.
All right, now these are the actual code.
All we wanna tell people about are the interface.
We don't wanna tell them about the implementation.
anyone who includes this .h file will be able to use these functions.
import PersonMO.h in this file, and import ChoreLog.h in this file.
If all goes well, ChoreLogMO.h.
If all goes well, everything will compile okay.
And now, we can go back to our storyboard and bring up our assistant again.
where did our interface go?
Hm, that's kind of weird.
I'll rebuild it, and we'll go from there.
So let's run it, see if our layout looks okay.
While the simulator is coming up, we'll come over here to choreTapped.
our interface is back in place, we can see that we have this variable c.
so c is going to become a managed object that we're gonna be able to work with.
And that managed object, we need to have its name.
the chore, from whatever the user entered in.
So, we want to get that here.
And we'll call that Chore Field.
So, when the user enters in the name for the chore we're gonna add it.
So, we need to get that text.
And now we have this managed object.
And this managed object, remember, was created from our entity.
in our managed and our entity builder.
So now, we can just get the chore field text and assign it to that managed object.
Now this managed object, there's a reference to it in our scratch pad.
So, as we write it, it's being managed for us by our managed object context.
our appDelegate, and then we're gonna call saveContext.
wherever they are in their application, they're gonna be persisted.
They're gonna be saved to disk.
any change that I need to see will be there when we restart our program.
before we saved it, that chore name would not be remembered.
That would not have been saved.
been saved even as an empty object.
all of the names of chores that we're gonna put here down here in our label.
Let's save everything so we don't lose it.
And what I'd like to do is just get a little bit more space here.
So what Update Log List is gonna do is fill out our label at the bottom for us.
put them in the bottom.
every element in our database so that we can do something with it.
we're gonna pull out the name and we're gonna add it to our label text.
So, we're going to have a fetch request.
We're gonna fetch. What are we gonna fetch?
that is referenced from our entity builder.
we're going to execute that fetch in our managed object context.
as long as we receive some results back, if we didn't, there's an error.
production code, you don't want to do that in production code.
Instead you'd want to do something more graceful, but for teaching it's okay.
string that's going to be initialized with nothing.
we're going to add the name of the chore to our string.
managed object that we've gotten from our persistent storage.
in the name of the chore from that particular persisted object.
which we'll call persisted data.
But we haven't called it that yet, so let's come back here to our storyboard.
Great, it hasn't gone away, happy for that.
And lets give our label a name.
to show the data that has persisted.
So, when we tap the chore, we're gonna create a new object.
We're gonna set the name of the chore to the name that the user has entered.
We're going to tell our manageObject context to save everything.
And then we're gonna update our log list based on what has been saved.
everything that's in persistent storage will be there.
I'm gonna delete this template code here for clarity.
that, so we're gonna connect our button to that action.
Here we go. No, the other way.
Now, if we run our program, we should be able to add chores to our list.
We should be able to stop our program and that data should be persisted.
And that's an example of securely storing data using core data.
All right, here's our application.
Our label down here is empty because we don't have anything in persistent storage.
If we would like to add a chore we can add washing dishes.
We'll add a chore which will ask for a new persistent, a new managed object.
We'll set the name of it.
We'll save that persistent, we'll save all the persisted objects.
And then we'll update our list.
And then let's see, let's do wash the dog.
Now, if we stop our application, and we actually swap it out of memory.
And then we run it again.
We'll see that our chores have persisted across multiple runs.
the only thing that we have left to do is to write the code to delete an entity.
To do that, we do the same thing.
We access our managed object context.
We find the entity that we want to delete, and then we can execute a deletion.
Let's go to our interface, stop the running application.
And let's just add a delete button.
And we'll add a function.
And to do that, we're just going to do very similar.
We'll just request everything and we'll delete the first one.
No, we'll delete them all.
[SOUND] So we're going to here lets get a single view again.
that we've stored from our app delegate when we started our view controller.
We're gonna create a request, a fetch request for all of the elements and chore.
we're gonna have this result object.
And then we're gonna go through each one of these.
I'll copy it from down here.
And the object we're going to delete is going to be C.
And then, the last thing we'll do after we do this, is we'll update our list again.
So, by pressing that button.
after that that we reflect those changes in our persistent storage.
So we'll have to do, save context.
knows that those elements have been deleted.
we have to say, save contacts.
Whether that involves making a new object, or deleting objects.
Okay, so that should be good.
So last thing we need to do, is we need to wire it to our delete button.
we'll see those elements before that were there when we ran.
And if we hit Deete, they're all gone.
Now, let's add some more chores.
And then what I'm going to do is, I'm gonna exit this.
that's associated with your persistent object.
So if we actually delete the app entirely and then we rerun it.
just stop the application, we actually removed it entirely from our phone.
uninstalling the app and wants the space back that it was using to store data.
So in summary, core data has a special set of tools for creating models.
put it into the database and in order to delete it if that's what we wanna do.


Wu Feifan is the youngest winner achieved Magnolia Award in Guangdong province, specializing in hua dan, dao ma dan, learning from first-grade actor Luo jia bao and actress Ni Huiying. She graduated from Guangdong Cantonese Opera School of opera performance and subsequently accessed to Xinghai Conservatory of Music majoring in folk singing and popular singing with the mix of opera singing, folk singing and popular singing research. During the study in Xinghai Conservatory of Music, she went to Beijing and learn vocal music singing from famous music professor Ma Qiuhua in China Academy of Music.
The new Cantonese opera "The Mandarin Duck Sword" is her representative work with her beautiful costume and sweet voice, which have gained good reputation among experts and recognition of audiences. She starred in traditional drama "Da Jin Zhi", "White Snake", "Women General of Yang Family", "Catching Fish", "Love and Hatred", "Princess Babao and Di Qing", "Feng Yu Qi Pingji", "Hua Ran Zhuang Yuan Hong", new drama "Moon Shadow" etc. And she led a important role in traditional drama "Heiress", "The Emperor and Peasant Girl", "Emperor Rui and his wife Zhuang",new drama "Watchtowers" and so on. The teacher Hong Xiannv claimed that Wu is "a once-in-century talented person".
She was awarded a gold medal at a national karaoke competition and in National Small Plum Award in1998 and 1999. She gained the Second Prize in Guangdong Singing Competition, "Chinese Star" and "Performance Award" by Ministry of Culture, Silver Prize in the 1st Guangzhou Youth Drama and Opera Competition and Gold Prize in the 2nd.


Royals 6, White Sox 4: Christian Colon went 2-for-2 with two RBIs and a run scored as visiting Kansas City edged Chicago hours after settling for the first American League wild-card spot.
Alcides Escobar, Billy Butler and Norichika Aoki had two hits apiece for the Royals, who pulled many of their starters early in the game after learning that Detroit claimed the AL Central title with a 3-0 win over Minnesota. Kansas City will host Oakland in the wild-card game on Tuesday.
Marcus Semien homered and drove in three runs while Adam Eaton went 3-for-3 with a run scored for Chicago, which lost five of its final six games and finished under .500 for the second straight season. Chris Bassitt scattered five hits and yielded three runs over five frames in his fifth career start for the White Sox.
The Royals led 2-0 before Chicago pulled even in the third on Semien's two-run blast off Yordano Ventura, who allowed four runs over four innings. Casey Coleman (1-0) earned the win with a scoreless fifth inning and Louis Coleman struck out the side in the ninth for his second career save and first since 2011.
Semien drew a bases-loaded walk in the fourth to put Chicago ahead 4-2, but the Royals responded with three runs in the sixth as Colon delivered a two-run double and Carlos Peguero added an RBI single off Daniel Webb (6-5).
GAME NOTEBOOK: White Sox 1B Paul Konerko received a standing ovation when he was replaced by Andy Wilkins at the start of the fourth inning. The retiring slugger went 0-for-3 and finished as a career .279 hitter. … Kansas City added an insurance run in the eighth when 2B Johnny Giavotella scored following two consecutive wild pitches by Scott Carroll. … Chicago SS Alexei Ramirez missed the game due to a hamstring injury suffered in Saturday's contest.


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New England Center and Home for Veterans: A 30-Year Legacy of Helping Vets
By Satta Sarmah Hightower, Nov. 11, 2019
Every year, brave men and women enlist in the military, preparing to make the ultimate sacrifice for our country to defend our freedom. But so often when veterans come back from their tour, they're faced with challenges while reintegrating into civilian life.
It's why organizations like the New England Center and Home for Veterans (NECHV) exist. NECHV has served at-risk and homeless veterans since 1989, providing a range of services and programs such as health care, mental health counseling, housing and job placement assistance, and so much more.
A 30-Year Legacy of Helping Veterans
"The New England Center and Home for Veterans is an organization that I think was transformational in its inception," President and CEO Andy McCawley said. "It was founded by Vietnam veterans for [other] veterans. They looked around and saw a lot of their compatriots disenfranchised and facing homelessness, and they formed to do something about that."
NECHV's mission is to give veterans who are at risk of homelessness the tools they need to be economically self-sufficient. They also aim to provide the resources that will enable them "to achieve successful and dignified independent living."
Over the last 30 years, the organization has worked to fulfill this mission and it has grown to now serve over 1,500 veterans annually. It provides transitional housing and residential services to 1,000 veterans and in-home support services to more than 500 veterans in an effort to reduce homelessness. The organization also serves more than 60,000 meals to veterans in the Boston area every year.
Some of its signature programs include the Veteran 360 Program, which provides behavioral health support services to veterans with mental illness and substance use disorders. NECHV also has a Safe Haven program, which provides residential housing and on-site support services to veterans facing mental illness, serious medical issues, and substance use disorders. The VA Boston's Healthcare for Homeless Veterans Program honored the Safe Haven Program this year with an advocacy award for its efforts to prevent homelessness among veterans.
Giving Veterans More Opportunities for Success
NECHV also provides a host of other programs, services and events, including housing support services for low-income veteran families, drug recovery and counseling programs for veterans, and support specifically tailored to the needs of female and senior veterans. The organization also recently hosted an event called Greater Boston Stand Down, which provided 645 veterans with free services from more than 100 local providers who offered health and dental care, housing assistance, legal expertise, and job placement opportunities.
In 2015, NECHV's facilities underwent a $31 million renovation that upgraded the center's 59 permanent living units and added 200 transitional and 38 permanent housing units. The funds also helped the center open a new, on-site Veterans Training School that now provides career and vocational programs, entrepreneurship education and training, and life skills courses in areas such as financial planning, money management, and computer fundamentals.
"Most veterans are very successful and are a great asset to our society, and we want to make sure every veteran has an opportunity for that same success," McCawley said in a Boston Globe interview about the center's renovation.
As a nonprofit, NECHV primarily relies on contributions and fundraising to meet its goals. It also collaborates with other local and national organizations—such as the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, Massachusetts Department of Veterans' Services, and the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program—to give veterans the best care possible. This year, the organization raised more than $535,000 during its 17th Annual Leave No One Behind Gala, which enables NECHV to continue providing the quality, comprehensive services that so many local veterans need.
There are more than 20 million veterans living in the U.S. and while we hold their service in high esteem, especially on Veterans Day, far too often veterans don't get the treatment and support they need when they come back home. Too many veterans face homelessness—11 percent of the homeless adult population are veterans—and we should be doing more to honor their sacrifice and service.
Every day, the New England Center and Home for Veterans is doing its part to honor their service and give them the welcome home that they deserve. Let's all join together and do the same.
LEARN MORE ABOUT HOW YOU CAN SUPPORT THE NEW ENGLAND CENTER AND HOME FOR VETERANS.

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Good afternoon to Social Times readers across the globe. The weather seems to be shaping up (or at leas it is by me), which means most of you will be heading outdoors after work. However, before you do, be sure to take a look at the articles that made this week's headlines list.If you're in Canada, be sure to take a look at Kelsey Blair's Canadians Could Be Fined For Tweeting Election Results, But Can a Fine Stop Social Media? Also, if you are thinking about becoming a politician, would you post your house up on Facebook? Take a look at a politician that did in Katie Kindelan's So This Politician Posted His House On Facebook.
Good afternoon to Social Times readers across the globe. The weather seems to be shaping up (or at leas it is by me), which means most of you will be heading outdoors after work. However, before you do, be sure to take a look at the articles that made this week's headlines list.
If you're in Canada, be sure to take a look at Kelsey Blair's Canadians Could Be Fined For Tweeting Election Results, But Can a Fine Stop Social Media? Also, if you are thinking about becoming a politician, would you post your house up on Facebook? Take a look at a politician that did in Katie Kindelan's So This Politician Posted His House On Facebook.


wenchu_PHOTO - A Person Earn Your Degree Over The Web?
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Ⲩⲟᥙ muѕt ɑⅼѕо Ье ɑԀаρt in οrԁеr tߋ ѕօmе new ⅼеaгning ѕtʏle оf οnline еⅾ. Ιf yοᥙ think lіке aƄѕоⅼᥙtеlү notһіng ᴡhօ fаileɗ tһеіг οnlіne stᥙԀу, ⲟnlіne еԀucatiⲟn iѕ ϳᥙst thе ԁо і think thе thе ϲⅼɑѕѕ-baѕеd leɑrning ѕtуⅼе; thеn ѕоmеtіmes end ᥙр аt same гeѕult witһ tһeігѕ. Ⅾevеⅼ᧐p Ье іn а ροsіtіօn t᧐ еffеϲtiνeⅼʏ improᴠe Ьy rеaɗing tеxt fогmat lеагning mаtеrial аѕ аn aⅼtегnatіѵe tⲟ lеɑrn ƅʏ ⅼіѕtening in lecture ϲ᧐mmսnitу ⅽentге. In аdɗіtiоnaⅼ tο thɑt, оnlіne ⅼеaгning stүle гeԛᥙіres οne tо ƅе aƄⅼe tο ɗіց uρ үߋᥙгsеlf ԝеⅼl-ᴠегsеԀ іn tһе ᥙseѕ оf web ѕіtеs ѕսch as intегnet, ᧐nline lіbrɑrу and weƄ-baѕeɗ leаrning sүѕtеm οffeгeԁ fгօm օnlіne dеgгeе. Іf ʏоu ɗо not c᧐mраraЬlе tо tһіѕ tʏⲣе lеаrning ѕtуlеѕ neeⅾeԁ Ƅy οnlіne ѕtսdʏ, tгɑԀіtі᧐naⅼ eԀսсatіon mаү be Ьеttег ѕսіtе үou.
Τherе аrе ѕeѵeгal aɗѵantаgеѕ ᧐f puгѕᥙіng a ⅼеνеⅼ оnlіne іtеmѕ Ƅеnefіt fгοm ɑⅼl ᧐f tһеѕе aɗѵantaցеs іf үοu ԝіlⅼ want еarn үοսг dеgгее tһг᧐սgһ оnlіne ⅼeагning. But, Ƅe ѕսге tο еᴠaⅼᥙаte үⲟᥙrѕеlf tο ensᥙre tһat еarning ϲeгtаіn аm᧐սnt onlіne іs а riɡһt vɑrietү.
If ʏoᥙ аⅾ᧐red tһіs іnfогmatіоn and үօu ѡοսlɗ ⅼікe t᧐ οƅtаіn mοre info соncerning blank diploma certificates ɡeneгοᥙѕlу ρаү a νіѕіt t᧐ ߋᥙг оѡn ԝеƅρаɡе.


All over New York, Sunday afternoon is a popular time for traditional Irish musicians to gather and play. The New York Irish Center hosts one such session on the third Sunday of the month.
Once a month we host a Ceilí - an evening of Irish set dancing.
Along with the weekly Sunday card game, we host another on the last Friday of the month.
The New York Irish-Language Book Club meets regularly at our Center.


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Paradisaical
QB Fitzpatrick knows how to scramble, on field and off
By Andrew Brooks Harvard News Office
Brown coach Phil Estes declared Fitzpatrick a 'one-man wrecking crew' upon witnessing the QB coordinate a 52-14 blowout of the Bears in the 2003 season. (Staff photo Rose Lincoln/Harvard News Office)
Harvard quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick '05 takes on the game of life much the same way he approaches football: with a quick wit, keen instincts, and a talent for adapting to his surroundings. Beginning with his days as an Arizona All-Star with Highland High School in the Phoenix suburb of Gilbert, to his four seasons of rewriting the Harvard record books, to his most recent coup – garnering the 250th pick in April's NFL Draft – Fitzpatrick has always made the most of second-chance opportunities, dusting his opponents and naysayers along the way.
Growing up in the desert just miles from Arizona State's Sun Devil stadium, the young Fitzpatrick had scarcely heard of Harvard football. One of four sports-crazed brothers, the competitive high school quarterback had his sights set on Stanford, Northwestern, or University of California, Berkeley, Division 1-A schools known for their top-shelf academics and athletics. But when only Harvard and Eastern Washington University came calling late in his high school career, the football star with a reputation for scrambling saw his opening, soon making the move to Cambridge. For Fitzpatrick, being snubbed from some of the country's more prominent programs turned out to be "a blessing in disguise."
Once at Harvard, the freshman wasn't slow in convincing head coach Tim Murphy that his confidence in him was not misplaced. Fitzpatrick, however, wasn't able to demonstrate his command of the field right away. Second on the roster behind Neil Rose '03 for the 2001 season (he split duties with Rose throughout the 2002 and 2003 campaigns), Fitzpatrick didn't take a single snap until halfway through his first season when Rose went down with a shoulder injury in an October battle against Princeton. The following Saturday against Dartmouth – with Rose still out – Fitzpatrick got the starting call, becoming just the second rookie in Harvard history to get the nod. It turned out to be one tough initiation.
"I had no idea it was going to be as competitive as it was," he explained. With his team down 21-0 at the half, Fitzpatrick remembers the game as the first time in his life that he doubted his abilities. But as the second half unfolded, he and the team managed to claw their way back. With his grandparents in the stands, Fitzpatrick went on to orchestrate a 31-21 Crimson win, connecting on 20 of his 31 passes for 262 yards to hand Harvard its biggest come-from-behind victory ever.
"I learned a lot about myself," he said of that afternoon, citing the win as his favorite moment in a Crimson uniform. What's more, the victory allowed Harvard to remain unbeaten and untied – something no Crimson team had accomplished since 1913.
Fast-forward three seasons. Fully in the driver's seat after two more winning seasons as a backup, Fitzpatrick captained this year's team to its second Ivy League championship and undefeated season in four years. Wrapping up the '04 schedule with a 10-0 mark, the playcaller managed to help Harvard secure its best record in 103 years.
Fitzpatrick finished his collegiate career with 6,721 total offensive yards to become Harvard's all-time leader in total offense, while ranking second all-time in career completions (384), completion percentage (almost 60 percent), and touchdown passes (39). Never a timid runner, the 6-foot-3-inch 220-pounder also averaged 44 rushing yards per game to finish second on his team in rushing yards and touchdowns (netting 448 and five, respectively, behind his phenomenal teammate Clifton Dawson '06).
Very much drawing from his childhood days playing backyard ball with his brothers, Fitzpatrick had a lot of leeway from coach Murphy to switch things up at the line, to scramble, changing plays on the fly – a cocktail of moves and strategies that caused serious headaches for opposing teams and coaches. Brown coach Phil Estes, for one, declared the Arizonian a "one-man wrecking crew" upon witnessing Fitzpatrick coordinate a 52-14 blowout of the Bears in the 2003 season.
Not long after dismantling Yale in the season finale this past November (completing a four-year sweep of the Bulldogs for the seniors), the freshly named Ivy League Player of the Year was out showcasing his talents to NFL scouts at various All Star games, combines, and individual workouts.
"My biggest thing going into all that was I wanted as many people as possible to see me play – whether it be in a game, a personal workout. I've got nothing to hide," he explained. "I wanted to leave an impression because there was doubt about me coming from a smaller school," he added.
All the hard work and high visibility paid off, although the process was not without its uncertainties. As the clock ticked away during the two-day NFL draft this past April, some 10 teams put in a call to Fitzpatrick late in the draft, lobbying to sign the senior as a free agent. Yet it was important for Fitzpatrick to actually get drafted, to be wanted, just as Harvard had sought him out. Holding out, Fitzpatrick's impeccable timing and patience soon prevailed.
After watching 18 hours of draft coverage on ESPN with family and friends at his Gilbert home this spring, the Harvard student was finally selected by the St. Louis Rams – one of the premier quarterback-molding machines in all of professional football – in the seventh, and final, round. With the pick, Fitzpatrick became the first Ivy field general in 21 years to get drafted by an NFL club, again escaping the pocket for another big gain.


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Philip Reed (* 1760 bei Chestertown, Provinz Maryland; † 2. November 1829 in Huntingtown, Maryland) war ein US-amerikanischer Politiker, der den Bundesstaat Maryland in beiden Kammern des Kongresses vertrat.

Philip Reed wurde 1760 nahe Chestertown geboren und diente während des Unabhängigkeitskrieges in der Kontinentalarmee als Captain der Infanterie. 1779 nahm er an der Schlacht von Stony Point teil. Angeblich hat er einem amerikanischen Deserteur den Kopf abgeschnitten, sodass dieser den übrigen Soldaten als Abschreckungsbeispiel gezeigt werden konnte. 1780 wurde er bei der Schlacht von Camden verwundet. Im Jahr 1787 saß er im Abgeordnetenhaus von Maryland. Zwischen 1791 und 1794 war er Sheriff im Kent County und von 1805 bis 1806 Mitglied des Executive Council von Maryland.

1806 wurde er als Angehöriger der Demokratisch-Republikanischen Partei in den Senat der Vereinigten Staaten gewählt, um dort den Platz des zuvor zurückgetretenen Robert Wright einzunehmen. Noch im selben Jahr wurde er wiedergewählt und war daraufhin vom 25. November 1806 bis zum 6. März 1813 Senator. Während des Britisch-Amerikanischen Krieges war er Lieutenant Colonel im 21. Regiment der Miliz von Maryland; später kommandierte er deren erstes Regiment. Nach dem Krieg wurde er in das Repräsentantenhaus der Vereinigten Staaten gewählt. Er gehörte dem 15. Kongress vom 4. März 1815 bis zum 3. März 1817 an, scheiterte aber anschließend bei der Wahl zum 16. Kongress. Nachdem er die Wahl von Jeremiah Cosden erfolgreich angefochten hatte, saß er vom 19. März 1822 bis zum 3. März 1823 erneut im Kongress.

Reed starb am 2. November 1829 in Huntingtown im Calvert County und wurde in der Nähe seines Heimatorts Chestertown beigesetzt.

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Senator der Vereinigten Staaten aus Maryland
Mitglied des Repräsentantenhauses der Vereinigten Staaten für Maryland
Mitglied des Abgeordnetenhauses von Maryland
Mitglied der Demokratisch-Republikanischen Partei
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ON THIS PAGE: Background I Starter Activites I Main Activities I Further Discussion I Action: What You Can Do
This module aims to bring awareness to the problem of food insecurity, to examine what it means, how it relates to poverty and hunger, and to what extent it is a problem in our affluent city. It is easy to think of these problems existing elsewhere, in countries struggling with famine, warfare or abject poverty, but hunger is much closer to home than most people think, with more than 1.5 million people suffering from food insecurity right here in Hong Kong.
The Problem of Poverty & Food Security
Some Background Facts to get you Started.
THE GLOBAL PROBLEM
Around the world, we produce more than enough food to feed the global population – but more than 810 million people still go to bed hungry every night.
Poverty is the principal cause of hunger. The causes of poverty include poor people's lack of resources, lack of education, inequality, conflict and natural disasters.
The international poverty line is US$1.90 (~HK$15.60) per day.
Regions with a high poverty rate are often found to be small, fragile and affected by conflict or civil war. For example, the majority of people in sub-Saharan Africa live below the poverty line.
As of 2018, 8% of employed workers and their families worldwide lived in extreme poverty.
122 women are living in extreme poverty for every 100 men in the age group 25-34.
1 in 6 children were living in extreme poverty before the COVID-19 pandemic. That figure is expected to rise.
Food insecurity is the state of being without reliable access to a sufficient quantity of affordable, nutritious food.
2.37 billion people did not have access to enough safe and nutritious food in 2020.
The COVID-19 pandemic has caused a real challenge to the UN Sustainable Goal to end poverty by 2030. It is estimated that global poverty may increase for the first time since 1990.
THE HONG KONG PROBLEM
Together with Paris and Zurich, Hong Kong is ranked the most expensive city in the world to live in.
In 2021, according to the Hong Kong Poverty Situation Report for 2020, before policy intervention, just over 23% of Hong Kong's population – 1.653 million people – live in poverty.
The poverty rate of children aged below 18 is 27%, meaning nearly 1 in 4 children live in poverty and thus struggle to get enough to eat. Among seniors, the rate is 45% and among women, it is 24.2%
The minimum wage was introduced in 2010. Since 2019 it has been set at HK$37.5 per hour, this is not in keeping with inflation.
In 2020 there were 805,000 working poor in Hong Kong.
Between 2015 and 2020, the number of street sleepers registered on the Social Welfare Department's (SWD) street sleepers registry rose 60% from 896 to 1,423.
45% of the population live in public housing.
More than 200,000 people live in sub-divided units, coffins, cage homes and rooftops.
Low-income families spend 31% of their income on food.
Daily food expenditure for low-income families is HK$58 per person.
Warm Up Activities
Understanding Terms
Using various online dictionaries, write a definition of hunger.
Is hunger the same as food insecurity?
Find a definition for food insecurity.
Make Cluster Diagram
Write down all the words that come to mind when you think of poverty and food insecurity.
Create a written or web-based cluster diagram to define terms, causes, and effects.
Make a list of all the ways hunger can affect both individuals and society.
What are some of the causes of hunger, both globally and in Hong Kong?
Think about possible actions to take to help solve the problem of hunger.
Creately: Cluster diagram templates
Exploring Cause and Effect
Starter activities are designed to explore what the students already know and get them thinking about the topic.
With 'Understanding Terms' students can start on their own, then in small groups to compare answers and put their definitions together. The class can then vote on which is the best definition.
1. Create an Infographic
Watch the video about world hunger in the Resources section.
Using the information in the video, design and create an infographic that you can use to raise awareness about global food insecurity.
Global Citizen: Malnutrition and world hunger
Canva: Free infographic maker
DocHipo: Free online infographic maker
Individuals and Society
Students can research on the web different styles of infographics. You can either allow them to use a template from the internet or get them to create their own.
2. Write a Comparative Report
What are the main forces behind hunger and food insecurity worldwide?
What do you think are the reasons for food insecurity in Hong Kong?
Write a comparative report on food insecurity in Hong Kong and other countries in the world. You can choose which countries you want to compare but choose at least 2 other than Hong Kong.
You can include visual aids such as graphs and charts in your report.
Web Links & Articles
Action Against Hunger: World hunger: Key facts and statistics 2021
Oxfam Hong Kong: Poverty in Hong Kong
Pen and the Paper: How to write a comparative report
Comparative Writing
Creating Graphs and Charts
This would work well as a whole class brainstorming session to get the students thinking about the topic.
Once they have got some ideas as a class, they should work independently on the report.
3. HK$30 Meal Challenge
Imagine you only have $30 per person, per day to live on.
What sort of food do you think you would eat?
Would you be able to eat regular healthy meals?
Using the Feeding Hong Kong virtual shopping list in the Resources, create a 1-day meal plan for a family of 4. You will only have a rice cooker and a single hob to cook your meals with.
You have $30 per person, you can decide whether to spread that over 2 meals or 3.
Use the food pyramid in the Resources to try to create a balanced diet
Weblinks and Articles
SCMP YP: Below the Hong Kong poverty line
FHK Resources
Balanced diet food pyramid
Virtual shopping list
Planning a Menu
Discuss with students the importance of a healthy, nutritious, balanced diet. Why is it important, what are the negative effects of not getting enough nutritious food?
Students work in groups of 4-6 to come up with their meal plans. When they are done they should present their meal plans to the class.
4. Create An Instructional Video
Discuss the importance of having a healthy and balanced diet.
How does food affect how we behave and perform?
You are going to try to create one healthy, low budget meal for two people using no more than HK$30 on ingredients.
You can divide the cost of the ingredients for the meal. For example, if you buy 6 eggs that cost HK$30 but only use 1 egg in your recipe, then the cost is HK$5.
The meal should be healthy and nutritious.
Research where you can buy ingredients at a low cost.
Make a video of you cooking the dish.
In the video commentary, talk about:
what your dish is and its ingredients.
why you chose that particular meal.
detailed instructions on the cooking method.
how easy/difficult it was to get the ingredients and stick to the costs.
what it would be like to live on a budget of HK$30 per day for food.
Malay Mail: Community cooking project contest
SCMP Young Post: Hong Kong's government gives refugees HK$50 a day for food and transport – what is that like?
Aris Teon: How to eat on a budget in Hong Kong
Oxfam Hong Kong: Food Support Project for Low-Income Families
Creating and Presenting a Video
This activity will work best either over 2 or 3 lessons or with the students having time to do their research as homework prior to the lesson. They will need to source where to buy their ingredients prior to cooking the meal.
If there is access to kitchens for the students to cook in, they can cook the meal and make the video in school. If not, it can be set as homework.
5. Create a K-W-L Chart
Think about the words hunger, food insecurity and food security.
Fill in the K-W-L (what I Know, what I Want to know, what I've Learnt) chart in the Resources.
Research information on the topic. What are the differences between hunger and food insecurity?
Visualise hunger. What does it look like? What does it feel like? Have you ever experienced severe hunger? What do people who are often hungry because they lack food look like?
Think about what misconceptions or stereotypes you might have had, have they changed during your research?
Web Links and Articles
Lemon and Lime Adventures: What does hunger REALLY look like?
HKFP: Hungry for a decent diet
K-W-L chart
PSHE and Citizenship
Independent Thought
This could be a good opportunity to hold a class discussion on stereotypes, why we have them, recognising when we have them, being aware of the negative consequences of them, and how to stop them.
How to Use KWL charts in the classroom
6. Write a Story
Think about the reasons people might face food insecurity and hunger.
What might have happened in their lives to put them there?
Has something changed in their circumstances or has it always been like this?
Using the videos in the Resources as inspiration, write a short story about someone facing poverty, how they struggle and how they cope.
Your story can be about a child or an adult.
Think about what type of story you will write. What will your theme be, will it be a positive story or a sad one?
Decide on your narrative point of view, e.g. will you tell the story in the first person or as a narrator.
The stories should address the following topics:
What problems do they face?
What can they do?
How and where can they find help?
Rich city, poor kids
Hong Kong: Extreme wealth & crippling poverty
Narrative Point of View
Appropriate Use of Language and Tone
Have students work in groups to discuss the topic.
Discuss narrative point of view. How will that affect the way the story is told.
Ask a few students to share their stories. Use these stories to begin a discussion about how people can find themselves needing help.
7. Debate
Think about the following statements and decide how you feel about them. Discuss the statements with your classmates and be prepared to explain and justify your views.
The world today produces enough food to feed everyone.
Food is a basic human right.
Population control is the best way to deal with the problem of poverty and food insecurity.
It is possible to eat healthy, nutritious meals on a budget of $30 per day.
The Royal Society: People and the planet report
Population Action: Why population matters to food security
Individual and Societies
Persuasive Language
Language of Debates
4 Corner Debate
Organise the classroom into 4 areas and hold a 4 Corner Debate, with the students choosing to Strongly Agree / Agree / Disagree / Strongly Disagree with the statements.
How to hold a 4 Corner Debate
8. Write a Letter to the Editor
Write a letter to the editor of your local newspaper, expressing your thoughts on poverty in Hong Kong, with a specific focus on food. Think about some of the following questions:
What are the causes and effects of food insecurity?
Are you aware of areas or populations in Hong Kong that experience a higher degree of poverty and food insecurity?
What have you learned about food insecurity that others might not know? What are some ways you can influence attitudes or behaviours?
What resources in your community address poverty and hunger, such as a food bank or a community garden? How do these resources help the community?
Extension: Publish your letter in your school newspaper and/or send your letter to a local newspaper.
SCMP Opinion: Continuing unrest makes Hong Kong's poor poorer and helps no one
China Daily: Hong Kong's distorted poverty statistics are misleading
TEDxToronto: Why food won't solve the problem
Oxfam Hong Kong: Advocacy in Hong Kong
Community Toolbox: Writing letters to the editor
Provide students with some examples of 'Letters to the Editor' from both local and international newspapers, or have them find some online in the classroom.
Their letter can be a general response to the poverty situation in Hong Kong or a response to a news article such as the ones in the Resources.
9. Create a Video Presentation
In groups, you are going to create a video presentation on the subject of poverty and food insecurity in Hong Kong.
The information from this page and the Feeding Hong Kong infographic in the Resources should give you all the facts you need.
What will be the focus of your presentation?
How will you approach the topic?
Think of ways you can make the presentation interesting and what visuals you might be able to use.
You will need to organise your group so that everyone has a role. Who will write the script, be the videographer, the presenter, researcher, etc?
Present your video to your class for feedback.
FHK Poverty Infographic
Give students the freedom to create their video presentations in whatever form they choose. As long as they stay focused on the content and the topic, how they present it is up to them.
10. Picture Box
Using the pictures in the Resources section, think about what inspires people to help others.
Create a story based on the images, you can use just one picture or a selection.
What point of view will you use, how will this affect the story?
FHK Education Image Library
'Students work in groups discussing the pictures before choosing which ones they want to use.
They should work individually on their story.
11. Write a Poem
Write a poem in response to the crisis of food insecurity.
Choose a perspective to write from. Will it be in 1st person, 3rd person, etc?
How do you feel – inspired, angry, hopeful?
Will it be a thoughtful poem, a protest, a ballad, a portrait poem?
Think about different types of poems (Rhyming Couplets, Haiku, Free Verse etc.) and what structure you want to use.
Your Dictionary: 7 common types of poetry
Masterclass: Poetry 101
Book Riot: A beginners guide to the different types of poems
Descriptive Language
teachwriting.org has some great resources for teaching poetry, such as 7 Poetry activities students love.
The Poetry Society is also a good place for top tips for teaching poetry.
12. Class Project – Helping People in Need
As a class, come up with an activity that will help people in need in the community.
Think of something that will be ongoing rather than a one-time event.
Decide on the time frame of the action – a month, a term, etc.
Give your project a name.
Write an action plan for the project. You can use the Feeding Hong Kong Action Plan template in the Resources, or create your own.
Assign leadership roles. These can be alternated around the class.
You can use the Feeding Hong Kong Charity Network to find information on charities that you may be able to help.
NOTE: You will need to contact the charities to see if there are any opportunities, or if they are rules and regulations you need to be aware of. For example, charities DO NOT accept home-cooked food, including cakes and other baked goods. However, you can hold a bake sale and donate the proceeds to a charity.
Feeding Hong Kong charity partners map
Feeding Hong Kong charity network
Action Plan Template
Individuals and Societies
This ideally should be a project that covers the term.
Help students anticipate problems they may encounter, where it is lack of resources or resistance from people involved.
Further Discussion
How would you know if someone was at risk of experiencing hunger? Are there conditions that could serve as warning signs?
Who should be responsible for addressing hunger and food insecurity? (Private, public or civic responsibility).
Do you think an unhealthy diet is cheaper than a healthy diet? How would you know? What measurements would you use to compare foods?
In 2013 Pope Francis said "Throwing away food is like stealing from the table of those who are poor and hungry." What do you think about his statement?
How do water risks (water quality and scarcity) impact hunger and food availability?
ACTION: WHAT YOU CAN DO
Think of ways you can volunteer in the community as a family.
What type of service would fit with your family's lifestyle?
How will you persuade your family members to participate with you?
Create an action plan with a time frame.
FHK: Action Plan Template
Organise a
School Famine
Read the instructions on the World Vision website in the Resources below and decide which action to take.
Write an action plan on how you are going to organise the event – for your class/year/whole school?
Extension: Collaborate with other schools and organise an inter-school Food Famine.
World Vision: School Famine
Oxfam Hong Kong: Hunger Lunch
Write a Cookbook!
Choose a food charity that you will donate the proceeds of your book to.
Decide on the theme of your book: leftovers, favourite meals from families you know, a teen cookbook, etc.
Collect recipes and photos from your friends, families, neighbours, etc.
There are low-cost online publishers that will take a digital document and turn it into a beautifully bound book that you can then sell.
Sell you book in your neighbourhood, on Facebook, etc. and donate the proceeds to your chosen charity.
Want to do More?
Volunteer at a Local Charity
Be a Bread Runner
A food drive is a great way to collect nutritious food for those in need whilst raising awareness on food waste and hunger in your community.
The Drive can be organised at your school or in your local community.
Are you a member of a local club that would be interested in being involved in the project?
How will you organise to have the collected food delivered to Feeding Hong Kong?
FHK Host a Food Drive
Set up a Feeding Hong Kong Club at your school and organise activities to raise awareness on food waste and hunger.
If you already have an Environmental Club or Committee at your school, maybe this could be a sub-section of that.
How to start an environmental club at your school Tips for starting and maintaining an environmental club
Research different charities in your local area.
Would you like to help a particular sector of society, such as children, seniors, refugees, women?
Make a list of charities you would like to volunteer at.
Contact your chosen charities and ask if they have any volunteer opportunities
Feeding Hong Kong Charity Partner map
Sign up as volunteers to help us collect surplus bread from bakeries every Tuesday and Thursday evening. This is a great way to get your family involved in saving food that would otherwise end up in a landfill, going instead to feed people in need.
Register to become a bread runner today. You can sign up as an individual or a pair.
Choose 1-2 stores in the area of your choice.
On the night, turn up at your chosen store(s) at closing time, pick up the surplus bread and deliver it to our warehouse.
What does a Bread Run involve?
Food: The Big Picture
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The 2019 Global Food Security Index ranked China 38th out of 113 countries in terms of food quality and safety. Despite the country meeting its Millennium Development Goal of halving the number of hungry people by 2015, there are still large income disparities and gaps in nutritional status between rural and urban areas. Nearly 151 million people are malnourished with 9.4% of children suffering from stunting.
Currently (2021) the poverty line in Hong Kong by household size is HK$4,400 for single-person, HK$9,500 for two-person, HK$16,000 for three-person and HK$20,800 for four-person (common Household Family in HK).
Roughly 1.4 million people in Hong Kong were living below the poverty line before the COVID-19 pandemic began, which was the highest poverty rate in nearly a decade. According to the 2020 Poverty Situation report, that number (pre-intervention) is now 1.65 million.
In 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic propelled the UK into an unprecedented crisis. Measures taken to stop the spread of the virus deepened an existing crisis and levels of food poverty started rising.
14% of UK adults living with children struggled to provide food for their family in 2020, with 4% having gone for a whole day without eating.
India ranks 94th out of 107 countries on the 2019 Global Hunger Index and has shown no progress with regard to six other global nutrition goals. Almost 35% of children under five in India suffer from malnutrition.
Although Japan has the third-largest economy in the world, it is accompanied by a poverty rate of 15%. That means nearly 19 million people are living below the poverty line (US$1.25 per day). The main causes of food insecurity in Japan include unemployment and disability.
Despite economic growth, a significant portion of the Cambodian population lives close to the poverty line. Undernutrition remains a major public health concern; 32% of children under five suffer from stunting, 24% are underweight, 10% are acutely malnourished.
Even before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the prevalence of food insecurity in Malaysia was high with about 4.88 million (25%) adults identified as food insecure. In children, the numbers were very similar with about 4 million children (23.7%) experiencing food insecurity and a stunting rate at nearly 22%.
Following a series of natural disasters and the typhoon season at the end of 2020, thousands of families in the Philippines were left in crisis. Meeting adequate food needs remains a challenge for most vulnerable displaced people. More than 1/3 of Filipino children under five suffer from malnutrition.
South Korea has a small rate of undernourishment and relatively low levels of poverty. As of 2019, South Korea ranks 29 on the Global Food Security Index and only 2.5% of South Korea is undernourished and only 3% of children suffer from stunting. These low rates of undernourishment and stunting are due to the high presence and quality of South Korea's Food Safety Net Programs.
The Food Bank's 2020 Hunger Report showed that 1 in 10 Singaporeans experienced food insecurity at least once over 12 months. Out of this, 2 in 5 experience food insecurity at least once a month.
With a population of over 23.7 million and only 1.5% living in poverty, the small country has taken impressive steps in alleviating global hunger, while implementing food waste and distribution solutions to assist its citizens facing hunger.
Nearly 30% of Thailand's population are moderately or severely food insecure, with 5.7 million people suffering from undernourishment and hunger. The Global Hunger Index ranks Thailand 53 out of the 116 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2021 GHI scores.
According to the USDA's latest Household Food Insecurity in the United States report, more than 38 million people in the United States experienced hunger in 2020. Due to the effects of the coronavirus pandemic, more than 42 million people may experience food insecurity, including a potential 13 million children.
The issue of hunger ultimately roots to the high rates of poverty in Vietnam. According to the United Nations, Vietnam has around 9 million of its citizens, or 9.8% of the entire population, living in extreme poverty. The percentage of those facing hunger are about the same. Vietnam ranks 61 out of 116 countries on the Global Hunger Index.
According to Foodbank Australia's 2019 Hunger Report, 21% of Australians had experienced food insecurity in the previous 12 months. Since the onset of COVID-19, that figure has risen to 38%. More than two in five severely food insecure parents (43%) say their children go a whole day without eating at least once a week.
Despite strong economic growth and poverty reduction, levels of food insecurity and poor nutrition are high. Indonesia ranked 73rd out of 116 countries in the 2021 Global Hunger Index, with a level of hunger that is ranked as serious. Similarly, the World Food Programme has found that 58 out of 398 rural districts are highly vulnerable to food insecurity and malnutrition is widespread.
The Lao People's Democratic Republic is ranked as one of the fastest-growing economies in East Asia and the Pacific, but the benefits are not evenly spread across regions. Although the proportion of hungry poor fell from 33% to 23% over the previous decade, the 2021 Global Hunger Index ranked the country at 78 out of 116. Currently, 30% of people live below the poverty line (US$1.25 a day) and 33% of children suffer from stunting.
Myanmar faces major challenges, especially due to frequent armed conflicts, intercommunal violence, and vulnerability to natural disasters. Undernutrition is endemic, with acute malnutrition rising to 7% in 2020 and almost 30% of children under five suffering from malnutrition.
By the end of 2020, the number of people facing a hunger crisis increased to 16.9 million and as many as 7 million had little or no access to essential healthcare services. Almost 40% of Afghan children under 5 suffer from malnutrition.
The acute malnutrition rate in Pakistan is nearly 18%, well above the emergency threshold of 15% set by the World Health Organization. Pakistan is among the top 10 countries where more than half of children under five are stunted or wasted with 40% of children under five suffering from malnutrition.
Nearly half of all North Koreans don't have enough food to eat to sustain normal energy levels and health, according to UN Food and Agriculture Organization's most recent data, while other estimates suggest that nearly 60% are food insecure. In the 2021 Global Hunger Index, North Korea ranks 96th out of the 116 countries with sufficient data to calculate 2021 GHI scores. With a score of 25.2, North Korea has a level of hunger that is serious.


Southern Steel's strong growth is directly attributed to our people. We're always on the look out for exceptional, talented people and high achievers committed to excellence to grow with us.
A career with Southern Steel does not encompass "just another day at work", but a lifelong opportunities for learning, growth, and making an impact towards the steel-making industry.
While being the biggest producer of wire products in Southeast Asia, we pride ourself in being among the top producers of a wide range of high quality steel products in Malaysia, delivering service quality at the highest standard in whatever we do and wherever we do.
If you share the same beliefs as we do, we would most definitely like to hear from you.
We hire and develop talents both locally and internationally. What sets us apart is how we are committed in ensuring our talents are the best trained and the most knowledgeable, all-rounder workforce in the industry.
Our internal promotion, career mobility and rewards system are purely based on merits, and a high performance work culture is what we strive for continuously.
Join us for a rewarding career. You will be inspired to raise the bar of your performance and that of Southern Steel.
Achieves staffing objectives by recruiting and evaluating job candidates; advising managers; managing relocations and intern/ graduate program.
Builds applicant sources by researching, contacting colleges, placing job advertisements, using newsgroups and job sites.
Manages intern/ graduate program by conducting orientations; scheduling rotations and assignments; monitoring intern/ graduate job contributions; coaching interns/ graduates; advising managers on training and coaching.
Someone who speaks many languages, of course, good working English is the basic requirement.
A competitive rewards and recognition that is bundled with immense opportunity for you to learn and get involved in the business as much as you can - learning on the go and being agile is both what we expect, and what you get to be here.
A highly positive working environment with strong Corporate values and amazing colleagues!
Note: Please state the reference code in you email when submitting application.
The Internship is a 2-3 months programme that aims at exposing the intern within the Human Resources Department to as much assignments and tasks as possible as this is a very intensive programme driven to give the intern a taste of what it is like working in Human Resources, especially one where it involves driving transformation and change in terms of People, Process and Systems. Therefore, multiple rotations and scope of responsibilities should be expected.
The incumbent will be responsible for all things assigned by the Human Resources Department, this is where the actual learning happens. What is interesting is the incumbent will be part of a small autonomous team consisting of multiple individual contributors that will be driving HR Transformation within the Group. Day to day HR administration is part and parcel of the job, but this is where the opportunity lies for the incumbent to look at improvement and automation opportunities and cast his or her own ideas and creativity and put them to good use. Essentially, the incumbent gets to pick the problems he/she wants to solve.
The incumbent will be reporting directly to the Head of Human Resources, as are everyone else in the team, hence, there is no micro-management. But the incumbent will be getting loads of guidance, support and coaching from the Management and the respective team members and leaders here are more than happy to listen.
Someone proactive with big ambition and values time, money, and would like to make sure every action he or she takes, are put to good use and delivers results.
Someone who is not punctual, but values and respects time of him/herself and those of others.
Someone who is creative, but values practicality, feasibility and able to justify his or her own cause (basically someone who can defend his or her own views).
Someone who is fun, yet professionally driven. Period.
Someone who can converse primarily well in English and Bahasa. Mandarin and Hokkien would be a great plus but not essential if you have an amazing personality and charm.
Responsible for assessing quality of all wire rods/deform bars in coils produced and support on necessary control parameters to meet specific customer's requirement.
-To supervise the maintenance team to carry out prevention maintenance, daily repair, control spare parts and keep good housekeeping.
-To ensure plant performance including good machine running condition, inventory control and worker discipline.
To carry out daily machinery maintenance works and routine inspection throughout the plant. To handle Compactor operating process and other task which related to shift duty.
Responsible & manage on cost & inventory control and operation accordance to policy and procedure.
This is a replacement role that will work closely within the Corporate Finance central team, focusing on monthly Group forecast and annual Group budgeting and variance reports; therefore, this is a high visibility role within the Group with direct access to the CFO and Senior Management team.
You should be someone who is ambitious, detailed oriented and meticulous as the role involves a lot of data compilation and financial reporting for internal and external stakeholders. Your drive towards excellence in your role and of assisting others to succeed in their roles is also critical as you will be part of smaller teams driving ad-hoc projects aimed towards process and reporting improvements.
A degree in accounting or equivalent with minimum of 3-5 years working experience would be ideal, with experience in a reputable audit firms or handled Group reporting in manufacturing environment.
Good knowledge of current accounting/reporting standards (MFRS, Malaysian Income Tax, Companies Act, GST/SST, Bursa, etc) and knowledge on Group consolidation for multiple companies would be an added advantage for this role.
Someone who is able to work independently, with good analytical skill and excellent attention to details and being able to work under tight reporting deadlines.
Someone who is willing to learn, and quick to adapt to various requirements or tasks, even though if they are not within his or her predefined job scope.
This is a role that sits in the Central corporate team of Southern Steel Group, therefore there is significant visibility and opportunities to work with the senior management team of various businesses within the Group. As you grow and perform in the role, you will have the opportunity to progress within (or even outside of) the Corporate Finance function with development and growth into potential Supervisory or Management role such as Senior Accountant, Finance Manager or Financial Controller in the future. How fast you progress is really down to your own prerogative, growth ambitions and potential.
3. Leading the overall business finance team (in collaboration with Group finance teams) to ensure continuous improvement in people, policies, and processes.
Will be in charge of the whole finance and management accounting function and will need to be able to lead and guide the finance team members for monthly reporting, managing cash flow, general reporting to Group, tax planning and other relevant functional requirements.
This is a Senior Management role and the incumbent should have at least 5-10 years of relevant experience with at least a stint in Managerial position managing a team; auditing experience is favourable as well.
Ready for challenges especially with the current industry outlook in Steel, able to work under pressure and have flexible work-life arrangements as the role will require significant committment to the deliverables on Monthly, Quarterly and Financial Year basis.
Someone who is self-driven and have demonstrated ability to drive people, process and system changes.


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The aesthetically pleasing nose is one that fits your face with a nice shape and in the correct proportions. A short nose does not fit a long face. A big nose does not fit a petite face and a feminine nose does not fit a masculine face. The key is shape and proportions. Some of the most beautiful faces are those that have perfect symmetry and facial balance. At The Aesthetic Facial Surgery Center of New York, we try to improve the shape and size of your nose, so that it is in better balance with your face. Our experienced New York Rhinoplasty Surgeon, Dr. Oleh Slupchynskyj, provides professional care and superior results, and can help get you the nose you desire. If you are considering Nose Surgery, you can find useful information on this website.
Visit Dr. S.'s Rhinoplasty Surgery Blog.
Rhinoplasty as Reconstructive Surgery was a direct result of war, disease and "gentleman sports." In ancient India, the nose was cut off to punish adulterers. In Renaissance Italy, the need for reconstructive procedures was great because facial mutilations occurred frequently as a result of trauma, dueling, and disease. It was not until much later that Rhinoplasty was performed as a form of Facial Cosmetic Surgery.
Cosmetic Rhinoplasty is a term used to describe an elective surgical change to the nose; surgery not needed as a result of trauma, disease or congenital malformation. It is simply a change to one's nose because they want it to look different. Historically, Nose Surgery was something that only the elite or wealthy pursued. It was neither widely available nor affordable to the general public. Early Cosmetic Rhinoplasty changes were drastic and not as refined as what can be achieved today. In the past, (and still practiced by many surgeons) results were severe; the common theme was major nasal reduction. People wanted tiny noses that let people know that they had their nose done. So, what we saw were small "pug noses," "ski-slope noses," and noses named after their surgeon. Unfortunately, some surgeons are still producing results like that.
As a well-trained and educated Facial Plastic Surgeon, Dr. Oleh Slupchynskyj, is able to produce beautiful, natural-looking results for his patients. In fact, he often performs Revision Rhinoplasty for patients who were not able to achieve their desired results with another surgeon. Dr. Slupchynskyj considers a good Rhinoplasty one that results in a nose that fits the patient's face!
How do we Know What Will Fit Your Face?
First, we define what is considered an aesthetically pleasing nose. The concept of a beautiful nose has changed in part as surgical techniques became more refined and also as surgeons learned to create the nose that fits the face and not the nose that fits the surgeon. In the past we have seen many noses that were actually "named" after their surgeon. The nose is the focal point of the face and can be the most defining characteristic. Whether long, crooked, ethnic, "daddy's," large hump, sagging tip…Whatever the trait, it defines the face.
The aesthetically pleasing nose is one that fits your face. We evaluate the face by looking at it in thirds or fifths to determine facial balance, which gives facial harmony and thus, facial beauty. Some of the most beautiful faces are those that have perfect symmetry and facial balance. What we try to do is put your nose in better balance with your face. Sometimes changing just the nose will not give you facial balance. For this reason, it is necessary to consider other procedures to help put your face in balance. Augmenting the cheek bones, chin projection (or reduction) and lip augmentation are just some of the more common procedures that we do to produce better facial balance.
If you are unhappy with the appearance of your nose and are interested in improving your features through Rhinoplasty Surgery, contact Dr. Oleh Slupchynskyj's NY office today to schedule a comprehensive consultation.


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Q: How to make a Highstocks x-axis even and regular? I am using the highstocks library for JavaScript to render some data collected as part of a school project.
While highstocks has proven great, the x-axis is acting up.
Due to interference, the collected data does not always come with neat intervals, and I would like the graph to reflect that.
Currently, the x-axis "jumps" in places.
I would like to have a regular x-axis with evenly spaced ticks.
Currently the ordinal value is set to false, which I would've expected to fix the x-axis.
The relevant settings are set:
var baseSettings = {
    rangeSelector: {
        enabled: false
    },

    exporting: {
    enabled: false
    },

    credits: {
        enabled: false
    },

    xAxis: {
         ordinal: false
    }
};

I feel like I've tried every possible permutation of settings at this point - perhaps someone more experienced can set me on the proper path?
An image of the problem can be found here:
https://imgur.com/UUE50iF
The site can be found here:
cansat.sg.dk/graph/andoeya_droptest  (link disabled, as I can only post 2 links...)
The code is hosted on GitHub and can be found here:
https://github.com/dkkline/CanSat14-15/tree/master/presenter

A: The relevant code isn't included in the question, but I'll address the issue.
You are using a baseSettings object and a custom settings object (lets call them customSettings) to form a chart. These two separate settings are merged using the jQuery extend function.
Your problem here is that when both baseSettings and customSettings both include the xAxis attribute they will not be merged because you are not using the deep variant of the extend function.
In short, you currently have this:
$(domIdent).highcharts('StockChart', $.extend({}, baseSettings, {
    // Custom settings
}));

Instead, use this (true added as first argument of extend):
$(domIdent).highcharts('StockChart', $.extend(true, {}, baseSettings, {
    // Custom settings
}));

See the jQuery API for details on how this works, and why your current setup isn't working.
Summary of the parameter:

deep
Type: Boolean
If true, the merge becomes recursive (aka. deep copy).

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If a pet or small animal has died, consider calling your veterinarian to see whether you can deliver the animal to the vet's office. Most veterinarians charge a fee. Small animals may also be placed in a plastic garbage bag and delivered to the Thurston County Waste and Recovery Center.
Qar will collect farm animals, foreign and domestic (livestock, horses etc.) Fees vary, depending on the location and size of the animal.
Roads and Transportation Services will only collect dead deer on county-owned roads. Please call for more details.


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Hochul announces plan for new $9.5B international terminal at JFK Airport
Posted On Tue, December 14, 2021 By Michelle Cohen In Queens, Transportation
Rendering by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
One of New York's busiest airports will be getting a new $9.5 billion terminal, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Monday. Led by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYJ), a planned 2.4 million-square-foot state-of-the-art terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport will become its largest international terminal. "The time to get large infrastructure projects done is now, and I'm committed to getting JFK's brand new Terminal One underway and completed as soon as possible," Hochul said.
The epic airport project was scheduled to break ground in 2020, but the agreement had to be restructured due to the impact of COVID-19 on air travel.
Hochul's announcement referred to the restructured agreement between the Port Authority and The New Terminal One, a consortium of private financial backers for the new terminal that will anchor the airport's south side.
The NTO consortium includes Carlyle, JLC Infrastructure, and Ullico, with a joint venture of Munich Airport International and CAG Holdings as the operating and technical services partner to the consortium. The Port Authority will be contributing to the terminal's supporting road and utility infrastructure.
NTO selected AECOM Tishman and Gensler as the design-build team. The project will happen in phases, with the new terminal constructed on the sites of the current Terminals 1 and 2, as well as the site of the former Terminal 3, which was demolished in 2013.
There will be 23 new gates, with arrival spaces featuring New York-inspired dining and retail amenities, lounges, indoor green space, and family-friendly amenities.
A key part of the restructured agreement is an extended lease that stretches to 2060. A vote on the proposed lease agreement by the Port Authority Board of Commissioners is on the schedule for the board's meeting this Thursday.
Groundbreaking is planned for 2022 with the first gates to be operational in 2026 and full completion anticipated for 2030.
The New Terminal One project joins three major components of the airport's future, including the $3.9 billion development of an all-new Terminal 6 on the airport's north side that will merge with JetBlue's existing Terminal 5 and the $1.5 billion expansion of Terminal 4 led by Delta and JFK. Work began in late 2019 on the $425 million expansion of JFK's Terminal 8, led by American Airlines.
"Our airports are our portals to the globe, and they must be welcoming, safe, and representative of our dynamic, world-leading city," Mayor-elect Eric Adams said. "This massive investment in JFK Airport will modernize our most important port, improve the travel experience for flyers, and inject billions of dollars into our local economy."
Port Authority seeks ideas for JFK Central mixed-use hub from top designers and developers
Cuomo announces $344M revamp of JFK's Terminal 8
Infrastructure bill will bring billions in funding for NYC transit projects and more
Port Authority approves $355M project to rehab JFK runway and add a 'high-speed taxiway'
Renderings by Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
Tags : Gov. Kathy Hochul, JFK Airport, The New Terminal One
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It doesn't get much grander than this $20M townhouse on the Upper East Side
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New plans announced for Park Avenue traffic median redesign
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NYC pledges to make 1,000 intersections safer for pedestrians
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Mindfulness, as I think of it, is the art and practice of observing our mental, emotional, and physical states.
Mindfulness is the cultivation of an inner witness that can be present, in any given moment, with what is going on in our internal world. The constantly shifting cognitive, emotional, and physical states can be noticed and given space. Instead of being caught up in or identified with our thoughts and emotions, and impulses, there is the opportunity to observe them and begin to relate to them. Instead of unconsciously reacting and acting out in the outer world, or trying to repress and deny what is present, we can sit with ourselves and find our ground again.
This brings the possibility of relating to our inner experience, rather than from it; neither repressing nor acting out. We can begin to see what triggers us, what patterns we play out, what ways we try to protect ourselves from what has felt difficult or overwhelming. We can respond rather than react. Choice can enter as our capacity to be with what is difficult expands. Something new can emerge. The nervous system can reset, which I talk more about in the Somatic Experiencing section.
Meditation is perhaps an even deeper level of Mindfulness. It usually involves setting aside a period of time, in a particular location, to disengage from our participation and identification with the thinking, feeling, and sensing functions. Like Mindfulness, Meditation involves the cultivation of the inner witness that can be present with our internal experience without judgment or attachment. We can relate to, rather than from, what is happening. There is the possibility of finding stillness in the midst of the commotion.
Meditation has been shown to release stress and help with physical and emotional healing. We can relax our attempts to control and direct our life. We can begin to release our attachment to our thoughts. Jon Kabat-Zinn states, "It is remarkable how liberating it feels to be able to see that your thoughts are just thoughts and that they are not 'you' or 'reality.'" Finding and entering "the gap between the thoughts", as Deepak Chopra describes. John Welwood writes of "sitting with our present experiencing" and says "As we begin to see through our habitual mind-sets, our attempts to control our experience, we start meeting life more directly….".


Y-3, is a Yohji Yamamoto adidas off-shoot line that offers sporty yet sleek and stylish apparel, footwear and accessories. Since the Y-3 line debuted in 2003, Yamamoto and his team have rarely misstepped in fusing his over-sized, avant-garde silhouettes with athletic elements and materials. However when the 2010 Fall/Winter footwear line launched, a few of the items in the women's line left me both confused and a little disappointed.
Making a high heel comfortable and fashion forward is the holy grail of the design world. Most women will pick one or the other, as rarely does the style of Christian Louboutin come with the cushioning from performance footwear like the Nike Air Max 95. The sneaker heel, a hybrid shoe we've seen before but they usually end up looking cheap and not modern. Y-3 came out with two models of sneaker heels for the Fall/Winter season for women: the Torsion Heel and the Cushion Wedge.
The first thought I had when I saw the Torsion Heel was how similar it looked compared to the Balenciaga "Lego" heel from 2008. Not necessarily in styling or design but the overall concept and elements. Both used bright colour blocking, mesh and a skinny stiletto heel. A major difference between the two is that the Balenciaga shoe went completely over-board but still looked like it was true to futuristic, chunky aesthetic that Nicolas Ghesquire, Balenciaga's womenswear designer, is known for doing for the house every season. While the Y-3 looks almost looks cheap in comparison. The coloured patent leather looks dated and not futuristic and the mesh seems ill-placed. Perhaps if was on the toe box it would be less jarring. The curves of the different materials also seems odd, stronger shapes may have made the shoe more striking. The red toe box almost looks more Ronald McDonald-esque and not something that a futuristic femme fatale, like Daryl Hannah in Blade Runner, would wear. But, the shape of the heel with the slight wedge near the base of the foot is a welcome trend that we've seen with other designers like Alexander Wang.
As for the technology of the shoe, the adidas Y-3 store explains every element that went into the shoe. The shoe's constructed from a mix of patent leather, full-grain leather, mesh, pig skin and canvas. It utilises adidas "adiPRENE" in the EVA midsole, a "technology for premium cushioning and shock absorption". Lyrca forefoot inserts adapt to help avoid high heels stumbles.The heel itself, a cause for many tough calluses, uses "Torsion". It's a system that can allow the front and back of the foot to move independent, which adds stability. All these elements seem very interesting to a girl who lives in either 4 inch heels or sneakers, but does it all add up? Will I be able to stand for long periods of time without fatigue? Is it actually comfortable like a sneaker? A well made shoe with the right leather and fit for your shape of foot (not all designers will fit you the same), can translate to wearing heels for long periods of time, even after a few after hours beverages. With so much technology, how much is too much and does it really justifies the $450 USD price tag? This shoe must be test strutted in person for the final verdict. But in press photographs, it falls flat as just another shiny shoe that doesn't scream the next wave of fashion and technology.
The Y-3 Cushion Wedge didn't strike me as anything new either. I'm a fan of the black model, but it would lend itself better to sleek, lean silhouette, as they cut quite high above the ankle. The silver model from the 2010 Fall/Winter runway show though looks too shiny and overdone. The different cutouts of red and purple seem almost too abstract, while the adidas lines on the sole are so exact, that it's too odd to work together. Perhaps if the sneaker part was all silver, with touches of the red and purple just on the wedge, laces and lining, it would present a stronger, more futuristic appearance. The Cushion Wedge uses much of the same intelligent design as the Torsion Heel but instead, as the name suggests borrows from adidas cushioning to make a comfortable "fashion forward" model. It retails for $410 USD. The sneaker wedge is something that comes and goes in fashion often, and while this doesn't reinvent the idea, I would be interested to see if can bring a new world of comfort to the game.
I have harsh words for both models, but only because Y-3 is generally so meticulous yet unique in everything that's churned out. For example, check out the new short film for the 2010 Fall/Winter collection. It's dark, brooding and stars a sports star that's known for his style and now, modelling - Zinedine Zidane. It really embodies the Y-3 spirit that is functional, fashionable but also, incredibly mysterious and layered.
I'm hoping for stronger, but even more forward thinking shoe selection for the ladies for the 2011 Spring/Summer season. Perhaps we will a tweaked silhouette, new materials and likely, a new colour scheme that could really re-inspire these current models. What do you think of the Y-3 sneaker heels for women? Would you wear them? Are they worth the sticker price? Let me know what you think here or tweet me.


I also prefer to record analog for reasons beyond its sonic qualities. The entire process feels a lot more handmade. When we got done with our first day of tracking our producer didn't hit 'save,' he took the tapes off the reels. There was a chance that our tapes didn't make it in the mail to Detroit to get mastered.
Garage rock juggernaut The Legal Immigrants continue long tradition of Detroit's analog blues revival.
We have the pleasure of premiering the quartet's single "Bily Goat" which showcases their knack for distorted powerhouse riffs, sprinkled with sentimental "puppy love" lyrics. While this combo may sound odd on paper, it clearly separates them from the more derivative bands working under the garage rock banner.
Attracted to the sound that analog recording could provide, the band recorded entirely to tape, which given the cost and time constraints, forced them to be very exacting in their performance. The resulting album, Drugs to Roses, is as cool and confident as the work of their predecessors—The White Stripes, Wolfmother, The Black Keys—while remaining completely authentic to their love of '70s rock.


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Alien Tap Attack is a combat heavier, music-driven take on an idle tap game. Players tap to fire their main ship and fight through an onslaught of alien ships to earn gold to purchase allies, upgrade their squad, and compete for a spot on the leaderboards.
This quirky little disco-themed infinite runner is like a reverse flow Flappy Bird.Stay alive and collect funk bucks to buy new items and work you way up that leaderboard!