WATERFORD, Conn. (AP) - Police say a 61-year-old man whose dead body was found near a Connecticut mall this week is the apparent victim of a hit-and-run.
Police say Kim Weeks, of New London, was found Thursday morning neat the Crystal Mall in Waterford.
It is believed that he was struck by a vehicle either Wednesday night of early Thursday.
Lt. Dave Burton says police have identified and seized a blue Toyota Sienna minivan that may have been involved.


Awesome! So well said…and based on facts, not just emotion. Thanks for being such a strong voice in the celiac community.
Thanks! I love you twitter feed, by the way. I will never get over how amazingly well connected and vocal the celiac community is.
Dominos should be ashamed of themselves for their flippant attitude. Well thought out arguments, CC – and I hope you create your own "domino effect".
Bravo! Really thorough and well written post. I will be writing a letter to Domino's. I am living over their actions. I truly believe this is hurting our community so much. There is already so much misconception out there that this is a "fad" and people have no idea that cross-contamination is even an issue. How many times have I been told "can't you just take the croutons off the salad?" Now well meaning people are going to be ordering this "gluten free" pizza for my son when he is at their house and they will have no idea how harmful it is. I know the Celiac community is smart and we don't blindly trust a gluten free label. It's the rest of the world I'm worried about.
It is so great that you will be writing a letter to Domino's. I hadn't considered the impact this "gf" pizza would have on the non-gluten free community but you are absolutely right: people without celicas/gluten intolerance will order this pizza for their GF friends! This is one of the reasons that labeling laws are so important. I can also see similar problems arising in the professional field where an office might order pizza for an event and use Domino's GF pizza for Celiac employees.


Imagine 80 acres of pure nature open to the public at no charge, this place is Grace Farms. Every season offers something different to visitors that come to enjoy peace and nature in Fairfield county Connecticut.
This farm serves as a community center that holds many purposes. The center educates people about nature, conservation of wildlife and their environment, among other spiritual and art topics. One focus at Grace Farms is restoring the vast amount of land back to a sustainable ecosystem for local wildlife, the land was previously used as an equestrian farm. By allowing the previously mowed areas to grow into the meadows they once were the wildlife came back in strong numbers. Nearly 40 species of birds alone now live in the area including the once threatened and endangered Kestral Falcon.
Another issue close to the heart of Grace Farm is self-sustainability. The community garden found on the farm offers a prime opportunity to educate the public. The garden offers anyone to be actively involved in the garden for any number of reasons. Gardening is said to be a stress reliever, but the garden also allows staff to educate. People looking to start their own gardens at home may come in and learn about how to get started and maintain their own space. All produce is organic and never goes to waste. What isn't used at the on-site food area is donated to food banks and charities.
The objectives at Grace Farms aligns perfectly with it's president Sharon Prince. Sharon is heavily involved in charity work ranging anywhere from nature to human rights. Before becoming president of Grace Farms Sharon was the president of 66North where she developed and dispersed the outerwear to 100 stores in North America. With her success before coming to Grace Farms, the expectation is that this community center will only continue to evolve.


Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska adored silence. Only through her special relationship with Jesus Christ could she find the inner strength to pray, to contemplate, worship, and hear God, amid the "din" of her convent. I can only imagine the cacophony of that house of nuns. With Mother's Day commitments abound, I was reduced to attending 5:30 Mass tonight. I lasted 10 minutes—18 if you count the time before the Mass started. During my eight minutes for reflection, I tried to pray against the blaring, bad rock music. I failed. I asked God for the grace to maintain inner silence despite the noise. But my faith is not so strong as Faustina's—or Faustina's "din" was significantly less than the audio horror show.
At 5:40, I walked out of the church, not in disgust or protest, but in failure. Before me, God placed a huge challenge to my faith. He surrounded me with the loudest of terrible music and asked me to pray through it. I could not. Forgive me, Lord, but I am still growing in faith.
I suppose it's too much to ask the church to give us a few minutes of silence in which to pray, to prepare ourselves, before opening the church doors to a watered down version of pop music. I suppose the church feels that performing really awful music attracts teenagers to Mass. Lord, I pray not. I pray, first, that the kids have an appreciation of good rock and roll—good enough that the abomination at Mass would cause them great distress. Second, I pray that their faith is strong enough to sit in a church for 45 minutes and think about God, a difficult feat against the imposed temptation to think about how loud and terrible the music is.
If the kids go to 5:30 Mass to hear THAT, then I must say they suffer from a distorted understanding of God and a heretical disregard for music.


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Иван Вазов (; Сопот, 9. јул 1850 — Софија, 22. септембар 1921) је био бугарски песник, приповедач, романописац и академик. He was born in Sopot, a town in the Rose Valley of Bulgaria (then part of the Ottoman Empire). The works of Ivan Vazov reveal two historical epochs - the Bulgarian Renaissance and the Post-Liberation (from Ottoman Empire rule) epoch. Ivan Vazov holds the highest honorary title of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences - Academician. He acted as Education and People Enlightenment Minister from September 7, 1897, until January 30, 1899, representing the People's Party.

Биографија

Иван Вазов је рођен у Сопоту, у породици успешног трговца. Школу је похађао најпре у свом родном граду, а касније у Калоферу код учитеља Ботја Петкова, оца бугарског песника и револуционара Христа Ботева. Тамо се упознао с руском и француском литературом, а 1866. прешао је у Пловдивску гимназију где је учио грчки, турски и француски језик. Године 1870. Вазов је отишао у Румунију код свог стрица. Тамо је научио румунски и почео је читати румунску поезију. Истовремено је почео слати своје патриотске песме бугарским емигрантским часописима - Слобода и Отаџбина. Касније је неколико година радио као учитељ и преводилац. Прве песничке збирке Прапорец и гусла и Туга Бугарске је објавио 1875, а након ослободилачког Руско-турског рата 1878. године је изашла и његова збирка Избављење.

После ослобођења Бугарске учествовао је активно у друштвеном и политичком животу земље. Неколико година је живео у Пловдиву и био је представник Народне странке у Обласној скупштини. Пловдивски период је изванредно плодан у стваралачој биографији Вазова. Тада је почео издавати књижевно-научни часопис Наука, а заједно с Константином Величковом и књижевни часопис Зора. Истовремено је објавио своју чувени песничку збирку Епопеја заборављених (1881-1884) и приповести Немили-недраги (1883) и Стричеви (1884). Од 1886. до 1889. због политичких разлога Вазов напушта Бугарску и извесно време живи у Одеси где пише свој најпознатији роман Под јармом. Након повратка у Бугарску до краја свог живота остаје у Софији, написавши још пуно песничких књига, приповести, драма, критичких текстова, романа и путописа.

Године 1874, укључио се у борбу за независност своје земље од Османског царства. У Сопот се вратио 1875. године, где је постао члан месног револуционарног комитета. После неуспеха Априлског устанка 1876, морао је да побегне из земље, враћајући се у Галац, где је већина преживелих револуционара прогнана. Тамо је постављен за секретара одбора. Вазов је вероватно био под великим утицајем Ботева, који је био идејни вођа бугарског револуционарног покрета. Своје чувене песме почео је да пише са Ботевом и још неким бугарским емигрантима у Румунији. Године 1876, објавио је своје прво дело Забава и гусле, а затим Бугарске туге 1877. године.

Бугарска је повратила своју независност 1878. као резултат Руско-турског рата и Вазов је написао чувени Еп о заборављенима. Он је постао је уредник политичких ревија Наука и Зора. Међутим, због прогона русофилске политичке фракције поново је био приморан на изгнанство, овога пута у Одесу. Вративши се у Бугарску уз помоћ мајке Субе Вазове, почео је да предаје. Следећи Вазов боравак је био у Свиштову, где је постао државни службеник.

Он се преселио се у Софију 1889. где је почео да објављује ревију Деница.

Други познати радови

Нека од осталих познатих Вазових дела су романи Нова земља (1894), Под нашим небом (1900), Казаларска царица (1902), Песме Македоније (1914), Неће пропасти (1920) и драме Вагабондс (1894), Новинар? (1900), Борислав (1909) и Ивајло (1911).

Вазов је написао и прву бугарску научнофантастичну причу Последњи дан XX века (1899), прву бугарску фантастичну песму У Царству вила (1884) и још неке фантазијске поезије.

Историјска локација

Вазов дом у Софији претворен је у музеј, у коме се налази рестаурација његове резиденције са старинским намештајем, као и Вазов таксидермички очуван пас. Иако је музеј наизглед отворен од уторка до суботе, у пракси нема увек особља, те се посетиоцима саветује да се јаве унапред. Музеј се налази на углу улица Ивана Вазова и Георгија С. Раковског у Софији. Још један драгуљ музеја је његова велика кућа у Берковишти. Испуњена је поезијом у комбинацији са старим фотографијама краја и револуције, увећаним до величине постера. На другом спрату се налазе две велике сале за састанке, једна за мушкарце, друга за жене. Каучи на платформи служили су као кревети.

Дела

Романи
 Под јармом
 Нова земља
 Светослав Тертер
 Казаларска царица

Приповести
 Митрофан и Дормидолски
 Немили-недраги
 Стричеви
 Нора

Зборници
 Приче 1881-1901
 Шаролик свет
 Јутро у Банки
 Приче 1901-1921

Песничке збирке
 Прапорац и гусле
 Туга Бугарске
 Избављење
 Мајски букет
 Гусле
 Италија
 Поља и горе
 Сливница
 Звуци
 Поеме
 Скитничке песме
 Под нашим небом
 Јоргован ми замириса
 Љубав и природа

Занимљивости
Током Топличког устанака 1917. године књижевница Даница Марковић показала је одважност, супротстављајући се суровости бугарских војника. Даница је тада показала изузетну храброст и пожртвованост покушавајући да у Нишу дође до високих представника бугарске власти и да се бори за "српску ствар". Једном приликом била је и ухапшена и одведена у Нишку тврђаву и осуђена на смрт. Њена ситуација је била толико безнадежна да се за помоћ обратила бугарском колеги Ивану Вазову, човеку који је у том тренутку био на непријатељској страни. Вазов је реаговао, заједно са организацијом Црвени крст, и холандском краљицом Вилхелмином, успевши да је спасу.

Референце

Литература

 Ташев, Ташо. Министрите на България 1879–1999. София, АИ "Проф. Марин Дринов" / Изд. на МО, 1999.  / ISBN 978-954-509-191-  9. с. 74–75.
 Карчев, Петър. През прозореца на едно полустолетие (1900-1950), София, 2004, стр. 274.
 Михаил Арнаудов. "Македония като българска земя". (беседа, държана в Битоля на 4 юли 1941 г.)
 Бачева, Ирина и др. Кратък летопис. // vazovmuseum.com. Къща музей "Иван Вазов" - Сопот, 2013. Посетен на 2013-03-18.
 Аврамов, Румен. Комуналният капитализъм: Т.II. София, Фондация Българска наука и култура / Център за либерални стратегии, 2007. . с. 22.
 The Nomination Database for the Nobel Prize in Literature, 1901–1950. // Nobelprize.org.
 SCAR Composite Gazetteer of Antarctica: Vazov Point.
 Нацева, Розалина, Любен Иванов, Инес Лазарова, Петя Кръстева. Каталог на българските банкноти. Българска народна банка. С., 2004. , с. 107

 Bulgaria, R. J. Crampton, Oxford University Press, 2007,p. 30.,
 L'Histoire slavo-bulgare de Paisij de Hilendar. Traduction et commentaire  French translation and commentary by Athanase Popov. INALCO, 2004-2005. (retrieved on 15 November 2020)

Спољашње везе

 Страница посвећена Ивану Вазову
 Пројекат Растко-Бугарска: Иван Вазов

 Vazov, I. Under the Yoke. A Romance of Bulgarian Liberty. With an Introduction by E. Gosse. A New and Revised Edition. London, 1912
  Ivan Vazov's place in Bulgaria's heritage
 Ivan Vazov – The revolutionary poet

Рођени 1850.
Умрли 1921.
Бугарски књижевници

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Read the European Union Resolutions on The Cyprus Problem
Athens Macedonian News Agency: News in English, 16-12-13
Athens News Agency: News in English Directory - Previous Article - Next Article
From: The Athens News Agency at <http://www.ana.gr/>
[01] Greek programme absolutely credible, says EU spokesperson Breidthardt
[02] The targets and the foundations for the Greek economy have been set, says gov't spox
[03] 98,000 persons die every year from medical errors; no data on deaths in Greece
[04] Works at Macedonia airport postponed to Oct 2017
BRUSSELS (ANA/ Ch.Vassilaki)---European Commission spokeswoman Annika Breidthardt on Tuesday said that the Greek programme is absolutely credible when asked to comment on IMF officials statements on Monday on IMF's blog.
"We read very carefully the post of IMF officials" said Breidthardt adding that "the European institutions believe that the policies within the ESM programme are solid and can allow Greece to return to growth and to the markets". She also noted that "Greece has already implemented very important reforms and is on track to meet the agreed fiscal targets." She added that "all institutions will recognise these achievements".
Referring to the delegation in Athens, she noted that "staff from all institutions are currently in Athens to reach an agreement on the second review" and reiterated that "taking under consideration the up to date progress, an agreement is possible very soon if all parts participate constructively in the negotiations." Moreover, she underlined European Commission's commitment to this target.
Asked if the Economic And Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) could rule if the programme is credible in relation to the IMF doubts, Breidthardt said that the Greek programme has gone through "meticulous checkings by the Eurogroup and by other institutions as well as by the European Court of Auditors". As she stated, the ECOFIN is independent and lies to them to decide what they want to check and in general their order is related to the position on fiscal policies that refer to the eurozone in the whole.
The targets and the foundations for the Greek economy for 2017 have been set after the voting of 2017 state budget, said government spokesman Dimitris Tzanakopoulos during his briefing to the press on Tuesday.
The government position is clear, he said. "It will not accept legislation of measures after 2018" he said and once again ruled out the possibility of early elections.
Tzanakopoulos noted that during the debate in parliament on the state budget made clear the distinction between the government and main opposition New Democracy (ND) positions.
"On one hand the government's plan to defend the social majority, the completion of the second review and the restoration of the collective negotiations for the workers benefit and on the other hand ND leader Kyriakos Mitsotakis' plan that seeks the interruption of the negotiations and the destabilisation in order to impose a harsh austerity programme that will charge it to the current government".
Tzanakopoulos stressed that Mr. Mitsotakis' plan will fail, "it will collapse as the success story that ND's staff tried to revive collapsed during the debate in parliament".
98,000 persons die every year from medical errors in the Western world.
In Greece there is no official medical error log and therefore no data on deaths. "Medical errors in the specialties of surgery, paediatrics and pathology in our country is the result of several factors," the scientific head of the European research programme "Organisational Culture and Patient Safety", assistant professor of AUTH Medical School, Evharis Panagopoulos said to the Athens-Macedonian News Agency (ANA).
The results of the unit "Factors of preventing medical errors" of the programme "Organisational Culture and Patient Safety" concerning Greece showed that none of the participating hospitals had a formal medical error log.
A 47% -51% of respondents said that they made at least one mistake in the last month, while 4% -5% reported that errors were more than four. Also, in all three disciplines (surgery, paediatrics and pathology), the errors were mainly the result of poor or inadequate teamwork. It was found that women make fewer mistakes than men and more experienced doctors more errors than the inexperienced ones.
The Transport and Infrastructure Ministry will postpone the completion of works in Macedonia airport of Thessaloniki in order to avoid any safety problems as well as to safeguard the smooth operation of the airport during the summer season despite the fact that the project "was within the agreed schedule." The ministry took this decision following Fraport's request and lengthy negotiations. According to the ministry's announcement, the works in Macedonia airport that were supposed to start in January are postponed to October 2017. The works will be completed in March-April 2018 in order to safeguard the support and smooth tourist traffic for 2017 and 2018. Transport Minister Christos Spirtzis reached this decision to safeguard the safe operation of the airport as well as the interests of the Greek state and responding to the requests and concerns of northern Greek agencies, those involved in the tourism sector and at the same time supporting the efforts of the tourist world of Thessaloniki and northern Greece.
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Mission*Social is (from their website): "a unique workspace for social enterprises in San Francisco, providing affordable office space, shared resources, and the opportunity for informal dialog and collaboration among the organizations.
The space was originally home to the non-profit emerging market IT provider Inveneo. They decided to expand the space and open it up to other socially oriented firms. According to a CNET article, 8 organizations now call Mission*Social home.
As a post on the Cool Town Studios blog points out, socially oriented coworking spaces have been around for some time. The Hub, for example, was founded in 1995.
As a board member of a non-profit, social enterprise, the Society for New Communications Research, I can attest to the need for inexpensive, shared office space and the collaboration opportunities they provide.


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UT Law professor garners positive reviews for book published by Harvard
Harvard University Press has published a new book by Maurice Stucke, a University of Tennessee College of Law professor and a former trial attorney with the United States Department of Justice Antitrust Division.
The book, Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy, is co-authored by Ariel Ezrachi, a University of Oxford Faculty of Law professor and director of the University of Oxford Centre for Competition Law and Policy.
"In this thought-provoking exposé, Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice Stucke invite us to take a harder look at today's app-assisted paradise of digital shopping. While consumers reap many benefits from online purchasing, the sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching that make browsing so convenient are also changing the nature of market competition, and not always for the better," reads the book's description. "The changing market reality is already shifting power into the hands of the few. Ezrachi and Stucke explore the resulting risks to competition, our democratic ideals, and our economic and overall well-being."
The book is available now at bookstores and online booksellers and has received positive, high-profile reviews, including one from The Wall Street Journal (subscription required) and one by the Yale School of Management's Barry Nalebuff for Science Magazine.
"We owe the authors our deep gratitude for anticipating and explaining the consequences of living in a world in which black boxes collude and leave no trails behind. They make it clear that in a world of big data and algorithmic pricing, consumers are outgunned and antitrust laws are outdated, especially in the United States," writes Nalebuff. "They want their readers to agitate for new antitrust laws. Sign me up. When the masses get mad enough, perhaps they'll elect a new trust-busting Teddy Roosevelt for the digital era. In the meantime, we can hope the ideas discussed in Virtual Competition get on the political agenda."
Stucke is one of the nation's foremost experts on the intersection of law and technology. He has also co-authored the book Big Data and Competition Policy, published earlier this year by Oxford University Press, with Allen P. Grunes, an antitrust lawyer who co-founded the Konkurrenz Group with Stucke.
This month, Stucke will address competition authorities from around the globe on the subject of Big Data and competition policy and law at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's annual conference in Paris.
Reviews of Virtual Competition
Science (11/4/16)
The Wall Street Journal (11/28/16)
The Guardian (12/4/16)
The New York Review of Books (12/22/16)
Times Higher Education's Book of the Week, "Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy, by Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice E. Stucke" (01/05/17)
Articles related to Virtual Competition
Wired, "The Subtle Ways Your Digital Assistant Might Manipulate You" (11/29/16)
Inc., "Be Warned: How Apple, Amazon, Facebook and Google Just Might Control the World" (12/1/16)
Phys.org, "Think twice before trusting a digital assistant to do the shopping" (12/16/16)
Cited podcast, "How Online Retailers Ripped You Off These Holidays" (12/22/16)
La Stampa, "Cartelli digitali: dimmi chi sei e ti farò il prezzo più alto" (12/30/16)
Financial Times, "Policing the digital cartels" (01/08/17)
Pennsylvania's Wharton Business Radio, interview (01/09/17)
Reviews of Big Data and Competition Policy
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2010.12.08: December 8, 2010: Pat Waak writes: One government investment that has paid off: Peace Corps
Peace Corps Online: Directory: Brazil: Special Report: Political Activist and Brazil RPCV Pat Waak: 2010.12.08: December 8, 2010: Pat Waak writes: One government investment that has paid off: Peace Corps
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Pat Waak writes: One government investment that has paid off: Peace Corps
"Today Peace Corps is still alive. Those of us who served continue to remind President Obama, U.S. senators and representatives that Peace Corps is an important part of U.S. foreign policy. It invests in the infrastructure of countries that we need in our efforts to build economic solidarity and peace. It is also an investment in the leadership of our own country. The language skills, the economic understanding, and raised international awareness are all part of what must be a bipartisan effort to create a secure world. The dollars spent on the Peace Corps will be returned to public and private life for generations to come. We should all consider that to be dollars well spent." Pat Waak, Chairman of the Democratic Party in Colorado, served as a Peace Corps Volunteer in Brazil in the 1960's.
One government investment that has paid off: Peace Corps
Pat Waak, guest editorial
Next year the Peace Corps will celebrate its 50th anniversary.
The creation of the Peace Corps was recently noted as the most prominent lasting legacy of President John F. Kennedy. Almost every American now has someone from their family or close circle of friends who served in the Peace Corps, and most of us who served have rich memories and stories to share.
Sargent Shriver, President Kennedy's brother-in-law, would become the first director of the Peace Corps. In 1972 I was a member of Sargent Shriver's campaign staff when he ran as the Democratic nominee for vice president. A former volunteer to Brazil myself, I came to an awareness of the number of volunteers who go on to serve in public life.
In 1976 I became the deputy campaign manager for Sargent Shriver's bid for president. Often traveling with Sarge throughout the campaign, I met numerous former volunteers and heard the stories of the early days, and the decisions that had to be made in the early 1960s about how service would work and who would be allowed to serve. The discussions of language immersion, cultural training and living arrangements were a centerpiece.
Could women serve in isolated areas of different countries? When John Kennedy had included the concept of the Peace Corps in a speech, no one had suggested that it would be a men-only organization.
There were concerns raised, but the answer in 1961 was, yes, women would serve. They would turn out to be more proficient in learning the language, more likely to serve out their two years, and more successful in completing their assignment.
For me, Peace Corps would change my life. I had planned to be a medical missionary; however, Peace Corps offered a different kind of public service. I would be trained in community development. Ah yes, those community organizers have a root in government.
I would go on to dedicate the rest of my life in using the public sphere to improve the lives of my local to global community.
This past year I have been collecting narratives from prominent Coloradans who have served in the Peace Corps. Supreme Court Justice Greg Hobbs was a Peace Corps volunteer in South America. First Lady Jeannie Ritter served in Tunisia. Dr. David Hibbard was in the first group to go to Nigeria in 1961. Sen. Mark Udall's mother, Patricia "Sam" Udall, was a volunteer to Nepal. Denver businesswoman Juana Bordas was a volunteer to Chile. Colorado Court of Appeals Judge Daniel Taubman served in Peru. State Rep. Jeanne Labuda was a volunteer in Liberia. And let's not forget that Richard Celeste, president of Colorado College, is a former director of the Peace Corps. The list goes on and on.
Today Peace Corps is still alive. Those of us who served continue to remind President Obama, U.S. senators and representatives that Peace Corps is an important part of U.S. foreign policy. It invests in the infrastructure of countries that we need in our efforts to build economic solidarity and peace. It is also an investment in the leadership of our own country. The language skills, the economic understanding, and raised international awareness are all part of what must be a bipartisan effort to create a secure world.
The dollars spent on the Peace Corps will be returned to public and private life for generations to come. We should all consider that to be dollars well spent.
Pat Waak is chair of the Colorado Democratic Party. The views expressed in this guest editorial are those of Waak's and not necessarily those of the Denver Daily News. Respond at editor@thedenverdailynews.com.
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When this story was posted in January 2011, this was on the front page of PCOL:
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Support Independent Funding for the Third Goal
The Peace Corps has always neglected the third goal, allocating less than 1% of their resources to "bringing the world back home." Senator Dodd addressed this issue in the "Peace Corps for the 21st Century" bill passed by the US Senate and Peace Corps Director Ron Tschetter proposed a "Peace Corps Foundation" at no cost to the US government. Both are good approaches but the recent "Comprehensive Assessment Report" didn't address the issue of independent funding for the third goal at all.
Nov 8, 2010: The 50th Begins
University of Michigan commemorates 50th 16 Oct
Wittenberg University also has claim on 50th 31 Oct
Historical Marker Unveiled to Celebrate 50th 15 Oct
Directors Discuss Impact of Service 13 Oct
Mary Morgan writes: Some thoughts on the 50th 16 Oct
Colombia I Holds Reunion at Rutgers 31 Oct
Remembering the Early Program in Ghana 23 Oct
George Packer writes: Meaning of the Mid-Terms 2 Nov
Steve Driehaus Defeated for re-election 2 Nov
Michelle Obama's Uncle was PCV in India 1 Nov
Chic Dambach writes "Exhaust the Limits" 31 Oct
Alrick Brown Directs Documentary on Rwanda 31 Oct
Rajeev Goyal writes: Obama Does Nothing for Peace Corps 31 Oct
Dr. Paul Frommer Created Language for 'Avatar' 20 Oct
Cy Kukenbaker Directs Movie about Soccer in Malawi 15 Oct
Peace Corps has no Institutional Memory 14 Oct
Kristof and Stacia Nordin demonstrate permaculture in Malawi 9 Oct
Volunteer Stephanie Chance dies in Niger 8 Oct
Peace Corps volunteer Census hits 40-year high 4 Oct
Malaysia PM wants Peace Corps to Return 25 Sep
Volunteer Thomas Maresco Murdered in Lesotho 4 Sep
Johnathan Miller launchs Airborne Lifeline 26 Aug
July 20, 2010: Nita Lowey Pushes Expansion
Nita Lowey pushes $46.15 million PC funding increase 1 Jul
Anne Goddard helps lead ChildFund 12 Jul
PCVs Safe after bombing in Uganda 12 Jul
PCVs Evacuated from Northern Burkina Faso 7 Jul
Ben Masters promotes bamboo bicycles 6 Jul
Danny Dunbar is a fan of Brazil soccer 2 Jul
Christopher Hill leaves Iraq Embassy For Academia 2 Jul
NPCA holds YouTube contest 2 Jul
Larry Palmer nominated as Ambassador to Venezuela 30 Jun
Laurence Leamer writes: America Looks Like a Fortress 29 Jun
Ed Reed writes: Troops' service in Korea not in vain 28 Jun
Mary-Denise Tabar finishes tour in Iraq 24 Jun
Carrie Hessler-Radelet Sworn in as PC Deputy Director 24 Jun
PC Releases Comprehensive Agency Assessment Report 22 Jun
Michael Burden writes: The dilemma on your dinner plate 18 Jun
Safety at risk for Peace Corps volunteers? 17 Jun
PCVs in Southern Kyrgyzstan evacuated safely 15 Jun
Steve Harpt helps dropouts reconstruct their lives 11 Jun
Biden Meets with Peace Corps/Kenya Volunteers 11 Jun
19 Americans Sworn-in as PCVs in Indonesia 4 Jun
PC Celebrates Volunteers Return to Sierra Leone 3 Jun
John Cot� makes cross-country walk for US Troops 16 May
Memo to Incoming Director Williams
PCOL has asked five prominent RPCVs and Staff to write a memo on the most important issues facing the Peace Corps today. Issues raised include the independence of the Peace Corps, political appointments at the agency, revitalizing the five-year rule, lowering the ET rate, empowering volunteers, removing financial barriers to service, increasing the agency's budget, reducing costs, and making the Peace Corps bureaucracy more efficient and responsive. Latest: Greetings from Director Williams
Join Us Mr. President!
"We will double the size of the Peace Corps by its 50th anniversary in 2011. And we'll reach out to other nations to engage their young people in similar programs, so that we work side by side to take on the common challenges that confront all humanity," said Barack Obama during his campaign. Returned Volunteers rally and and march to the White House to support a bold new Peace Corps for a new age. Latest: Senator Dodd introduces Peace Corps Improvement and Expansion Act of 2009 .
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The cover art is Babel II by Richard Wagner. This is Richard's sixth and final cover illustration for 2011, and you can read an interview with him, conducted by James Worrad by clicking on the link below.
The Last Osama by Lavie Tidhar
illustrated by Steve Hambidge
I was riding through the lowlands, the horse's hooves scattering dry dust into the air. An inflamed red sun hovered on the horizon like a damaged eye, leaking tears of yellow and blue and tendrils of puss-like white clouds. A group of men in the distance were hanging Osama. I stopped my horse on the crest of the hill and looked down. They were too busy, drunk with power and excitement, to notice me.
Erasing the Concept of Sex From a Photobooth by Douglas Lain
illustrated by David Gentry
If we had stayed for the second half of the Elkind's party, if I'd been willing to swap after the art director's young wife danced for us by the lime green vinyl sofa, her bare feet making impressions on the orange carpet, then I never would have painted over the snapshots from the photobooth. If I'd given it a shot with her it might have turned out differently, and I'd wanted to do it. The way the director's wife moved to the acoustic cover of some old 80s pop song, the sight of her in a white blouse that reflected the red and yellow light coming from the open window, the way she parted her auburn hair on the side, these things made total indifference impossible.
Insect Joy by Caspian Gray
The crickets started screaming after Luis came back from the war. Theirs was the lowest form of communication; they did not so much exchange ideas as alternate between different ways of expressing alarm. When Amy noticed they were out of water gel and took their bowl to refill it, they screamed. When she sprinkled calcium powder on their food, they screamed. When she cleaned the tiny bodies of their dead brethren out of the cage, they screamed.
Digital Rites by Jim Hawkins
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Amber Holiday lies on her immaculate stomach and looks out from the swimming pool high on the Corfu cliffs at Bella Vista. She knows the cameraman she can see in her peripheral vision wasn't taking snapshots of the spectacular views over the rugged coastline of Paleokastritsa. He isn't interested in the roof of the Monestario, couldn't care less about the silver-encrusted iconostasis inside, is unimpressed by the perfect blue and turquoise Ionian Sea lapping gently into the sea caves in the sandstone strata far below. All he is interested in is the moment when she unhooks her bikini top, slips into the water for a quick plunge to perk up her nipples, climbs out, and stands glistening by the side of the pool like a newborn Athena bathed in the golden light of the sun that is dropping ever faster towards the open sea to the west.
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NATIONAL HARBOR, MD. – Laparoscopic retroperitoneal nerve-sparing surgery is a safe approach that relieves pain in women with deep infiltrating endometriosis, according to findings presented by Giovanni Roviglione, MD, at the AAGL Global Congress.
The prospective case series study with a single gynecologic surgeon in Verona, Italy, involved 382 women who had deep infiltrating endometriosis with sciatica and anogenital pain. All of the women had some level of nervous compression of somatic structures and infiltration of their fascial envelope.
The surgery involved whole decompression and partial neurolysis of nervous structures for most patients, while nearly 20% of women required complete neurolysis based on their level of infiltration. Most women (64%) had severe enough infiltration that a concomitant bowel resection was also necessary.
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Endometriosis that extends into somatic nerves and the sacral roots is a common cause of pelvic pain, Dr. Roviglione said.
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Pushback against Tiktok, the complicated mergers of Microsoft-Activision and Rogers-Shaw and Big Tech's financial woes.
With the new year nearly upon us, it's once again the time to take a look back at the top stories of the year. Welcome to Hashtag Trending, I'm your host, Ashee Pamma, and in this two-episode special, we'll be listing the top eight tech stories that emerged in 2022.
Pushback against TikTok
Popular Chinese short form video app, TikTok made the headlines in late 2022 after a number of states in the US announced measures to clamp down on the platform, highlighting national security concerns and fears that information of users are winding up in the hands of Chinese authorities. In 2020, the platform avoided a national ban, pushed by Trump's administration for similar concerns. Now, at least seven states, including Alabama, Maryland, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah and Texas have said they will bar public employees from using the app on government devices. Last week, the state of Indiana announced two lawsuits against the platform, alleging it misrepresents its approach to age-appropriate content and data security. Not much has been done on the federal level, however and pushback is mainly coming from states led by Republican governors, leading to a politically charged discussion about the platform's ban. The current pushback is neither likely to disrupt how daily users access the app. Senator Marco Rubio on the Senate Intelligence Committee has therefore introduced a new legislation that aims to ban TikTok from operating in the US. In response, TikTok said it is working with the US government to address these national security concerns and has purportedly taken independent steps to isolate US user data from other parts of its business.
2. Microsoft-Activision merger
The start of 2022 was marked by the biggest tech deal in history,with Microsoft's announcement to acquire video game publisher Activision Blizzard, for $95.00 per share, in a record all-cash transaction valued at US$68.7 billion. Microsoft was set to become the world's third largest gaming company behind Sony and Tencent, after the planned completion of the acquisition in August 2022. However the proposed merger has faced resistance for months from competitor Sony which makes the competing PlayStation console. Microsoft also faced the concerns of antitrust watchdogs around the world about losing access to popular Activision Blizzard game franchises such as Call of Duty. Microsoft has responded by promising to make Call of Duty available on Nintendo for 10 years, should the acquisition go through and said it made the same proposition to Sony. In latest developments, the acquisition has now been blocked by the Federal Trade Commission over concerns that the tech giant will control too much of the video game market. Microsoft has suggested in a statement that it will likely challenge FTC's decision.
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Big Tech faced the dreariest earnings call in years, in the last week of October. Alphabet, Amazon, Meta and Microsoft all reported dips in share prices and revenue after decades of unhinged growth, as they faced the impact of inflation, rising interest rates and a looming recession. It was reported that the four companies wiped out a combined US$350 Billion in market cap. Alphabet, Google's parent company saw a decline in revenue growth to 6 per cent from 41 per cent A YEAR earlier. Meta reported a 20 per cent drop in share price following continued decline in revenue throughout 2022 and the current quarter. In the last week of October, Meta's shares were trading at US$100.55, the lowest since 2016. Both Microsoft and Amazon also missed analysts' expectations in their October earnings calls, following which, both the companies' shares plummeted. Apple is the only tech giant that beat its quarterly earnings expectations, reporting record revenue of US$90.1 billion, up 8 per cent YOY, reflecting a steady demand for phones and computers.
4. Rogers-Shaw merger
2022 was definitely a bumpy one for the Rogers-Shaw merger saga. In March 2021, Rogers proposed a $26 billion takeover of Shaw Communications, a move that would reduce the number of Canadian wireless operators from four to three. Shortly after, Competition Bureau of Canada blocked the merger, arguing that the deal would hurt competition. To allay these concerns, Rogers and Shaw announced in August 2022, the sale of Shaw's wireless carrier company, Freedom Mobile to Quebecor's subsidiary Videotron. But this failed to convince antitrust regulators who opposed the telcos in a court battle in November 2022. At the time of the recording of this episode, the final verdict of this legal fight is yet to be delivered. If the tribunal approves the deal, the companies will apply to Canada's Industry Minister Francois-Philippe Champagne, who has the final say.
And that was part two of our trending stories for 2022. Thank you for listening to Hashtag Trending this year. Add us to your Alexa Flash Briefing or your Google Home daily briefing. Make sure to sign up for our Daily IT Wire Newsletter to get all the news that matters directly in your inbox every day. Have a happy new year!
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Though the technique is widely used it does not appear to be well understood. The palm – size fillets you'll get off that fish are wonderfully sweet and delicious, especially when deep-fried with hushpuppies, cheese grits and homemade coleslaw on the side. The relationship between total length and total weight was statistically significant (p< 0.05), showing an isometric growth. Regression methods are commonly used, apparently in ignorance of the more realistic proportional methods. Eating habits: White grunts are carnivores that feed on bottom-dwelling invertebrates. Average fish size is 2 to 6 lbs. Food Value: Outstanding table fare. Fish lengths back-calculated to all scale or otolith annuli are often used for estimating parameters of the von Bertalanffy growth equation in an attempt to increase sample size and presumably improve the fitted model. Also known as a Key West grunt. Fishery Bulletin- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The lining of the body cavity is black. Roughneck Grunt (Haemulopsis corvinaeformis Steindachner, 1868) is the second most important species caught as bycatch of the shrimp fishery in Pernambuco, Northeastern Brazil. Purpose: To increase abundances of targeted species by 20%. Light bluish-gray body with touches of bronze or yellow, fading to a white belly Horizontal, narrow blue stripes on head, ending at operculum; Mouth is red and large; Preopercle with black blotch; Similar Species: Other grunt species. Yet, each makes grunting noises (thus the name) when they grind their pharyngeal teeth together. For more information: Learn about new regulations for other snapper grouper species, effective March 30, 2020. Distribution & Size . One should use only lengths back-calculated to the most recent annuli when estimating growth parameters representative of a population. However, the population dynamic of this species is poorly known in the region. A Florida grunt fish favorite is Grits and Grunts. Sport fishermen on charter boats and head boats use manual and electric-powered reels to catch white grunts over natural and artificial reefs. 50 Crabs/Day not to exceed 100 Crabs/Vessel/Day. Very large specimens have a purple diagonal band running from the dorsal fin to the snout. North Carolina Department of Environment Quality, North Carolina Department of Environment Quality - Marine Fisheries, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources, North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality, Coastal Recreational Fishing Programs (CRFL), License Information, Applications, Permits, Shellfish Sanitation and Recreational Water Quality. Size Range: Common length — 45cm; Maximum length — 80cm. For example, an angler may retain 10 Gray Triggerfish and 10 White Grunt, or 5 Saucereye Porgy, 5 Lesser Amberjack, 5 Gray Triggerfish, and 5 White Grunt. The Fraser-Lee equation, the most commonly used back-calculated formula, follows neither of these hypotheses but is based on a misuse of linear regression. Total length ranged from 7 to 25 cm. ... red porgy and white grunts on the bottom spots. Baring this in mind, some of the information below may not be correct at the time of you reading this. I dry to increase time fishing and increase processing. The adults form schools with other species of fish over coral reefs or sandy bottoms. A total of 1,140 individuals was collected; 340 males (29.8%), 391 females (34.3%), and 409 were immature and could not be sexed (35.9%). Age at entry and age at full recruitment were age-1 for 1986–1991, compared with age-2 and age-6, respectively, for 1992–1995. estimated for red hind was 11 years, compared with 12 years for rock hind. popular potluck catches from docks and bridges, especially on the Gulf Coast. Back-calculated mean total lengths for 225 fish were 415, 614, 742, 839, 915, 976, 1044, 1100, 1156, 1209, 1256, 1283, 1299, 1332, and 1365 mm for ages 1 through 15, respectively. For smaller fish like white grunt, the limit is 100 pounds regardless of the number of fish it takes to reach that total weight. Mean length at age was significantly different between Knobbed Porgy collected in North Carolina through southeast Florida (northern region) and those collected in the Florida Keys (southern region). Lee's phenomenon can be simulated with use of size-selective mortality and moving averages to incorporate error dependency in lengths at age, To evaluate the appropriateness of using back-calculated lengths at formation of all annuli in growth analyses when size-selective mortality is present, we used simulated data based on von Bertalanffy growth parameters and total mortality for red grouper Epinephelus morio from the southeastern U.S. Atlantic coast. DISCLAIMER: Please note that bag limits and size limits change often. The aggregate bag limit applies to the following species: whitebone porgy, jolthead porgy, knobbed porgy, saucereye porgy, scup, gray triggerfish, bar jack, almaco jack, banded rudderfish, lesser amberjack, white grunt, margate, sailor's choice, and … Found both in the Gulf & Atlantic. No minimum size limit… Weight-length relations were not significantly different by sex. Traffic East/Southern Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa issue, please submit a DOTS ticket. Bag Limit/Size Limit: 5 Grouper (gag, black or red) per person per day – gag & black grouper must be 22 inches in overall length. Haemulon plumieri AKA: Common grunt, redmouth, ruby red lips Description: The white grunt's body is silver-gray with numerous blue and yellow stripes on the head and body. Most of the Unggoy present on the planet were killed in the battle; some were even killed by Jiralhanae and Yanme'e. * Striped Bass: Albemarle Sound Management Area: contact DMF for seasons, areas or other limits; Atlantic Ocean year-round: 2 per person per day at 28" TL minimum; Other coastal areas (excluding Inland Waters-regulations set by Wildlife Resources Commission), 2 per person per day at 18" TL minimum and unlawful to possess between 22" – 27" TL in Joint waters. In 2535, the … *If you are a DENR employee with an I.T. The length-weight relationship is logeW = −12.286 + 3.142 logeTL, where W = total weight in kg. SIZE: Usually about 6 inches; seldom larger. Gray triggerfish juveniles were captured in flotsam, before settlement, and being raised for 1 - 2 years to validate formation of first annulus. fish were landed in Texas, but others came from northwest Florida and Alabama (46%) and Louisiana (1%). The pectoral fins are chalky and the other fins are gray. In general, total length of females [12.85 ± 2.49 cm (mean± SD)] and males [12.72 ± 2.46 cm (mean ± SD)] were similar (p > 0.05). Levels of mortality from fishing (F) ranged from 0.31 to 0.69 for the entire period. Age and Growth of Red Hind and Rock Hind Collected from North Carolina Through the Dry Tortugas, Flo... Age, growth, and mortality of greater amberjack, Seriola dumerili, from the US Gulf of Mexico headbo... Age, Growth, and Mortality of Blueline Tilefish from North Carolina and South Carolina. Total instantaneous mortality estimates (Z) generated from catch curves of the Gulf of Mexico headboat fishery were 0.68 for 1988 and 0.70 for 1993. Results Patterson, C (Ed.) Fishing tips: Anglers usually do not target white grunts, but they catch them incidentally while fishing for porgy, triggerfish, groupers and snappers. Asymptotic length (L∞) and the growth coefficient (K) showed greater bias when estimated with back-calculated lengths at all annuli than when estimated only with back-calculated lengths at the most recent annuli whenever Lee's phenomenon (or its reverse) was present. Specimens were collected monthly from August 2011 to July 2012 and quarterly from October 2012 to June 2014. Rings formed on most otoliths between March and May, and are thus considered to be true annual marks. Species Closed Season Bag Limit Size Limit Restrictions; Cobia: May 1 to May 31 in state waters south of 032° 31.0 N latitude (Jeremy Inlet, Edisto Island) In federal and all other state waters, closed when Annual Catch Limit (ACL) is met The SPR level could be improved with a decrease in F, or an increase in age at entry to the fisheries. Our work can be the basis for future research, which allow us to contrast alternate hypotheses about the functioning of the system. Currently, white grunt are an unregulated species (no bag- or size-limit) in the commercial and recreational fisheries in Florida. Results also shows that primary producers and detritus (lagoon and shelf) contribute with 60.1% of the total ascendency. Method Estimates of M ranged from 0.14 to 0.43 for north Florida and from 0.29 to 0.38 for south Florida. Bag Limits (per person) BLUE CRAB (F) Recreational crabbing Blue crab info. Estimates of Z averaged 0.34 for north Florida and 0.95 for south Florida. The latter could be enhanced now if fishermen, particularly recreational fishermen, comply with minimum size regulations. It is not generally recognized that there are two equally plausible back-calculation hypotheses which can lead to significantly different back-calculated lengths. There is no citation for white grunt. Recruitment to the fisheries occurred between ages 5 and 8 for north Florida and ages 4 and 5 for south Florida. The pattern of heteroscedasticity in body length–scale radius plots is noted as a useful diagnostic in evaluating back-calculation hypothesis. Kelly has produced a nice grade of trout, with many over 18 inches, well above South Carolina's 14-inch minimum size limit. At night they migrate off the reefs to open, sandy, muddy or grassy areas to feed, typically moving off the reef shortly after sunset and returning to the reef just before sunrise. Mean lengths at age from back-calculations to the last annulus ranged from 121 mm at the end of age 1 to 740 mm at age 24 for north Florida, and 227 mm at age 2 to 495 mm at age 15 for south Florida. Growth in length by year t is described by the equation TLt = 813.5{1 - exp[-0.137(t + 1.03)]}. World record 5 pounds, 12 ounces; Florida record 11 pounds, 4 ounces. Blueline tilefish are susceptible to hook-and-line fishing at age IV and are fully recruited by age VI. The updated life history information should be useful to fishery managers in formulating effective management strategies. Blueline tilefish captured on headboats off South Carolina (mean = 609 mm TL) were larger than those from North Carolina (mean = 554 mm TL). Back-calculated lengths at age were used to derive the following von Bertalanffy growth equations: TLt = 1272 (1-e(-0.2272(t+0.7931))), and FLt = 1109 (1-e(-0.2270(t+0.7198))). Very light fish taste. It is recommended that back-calculation be restricted to procedures following one of the proportional hypotheses; that the difference between lengths calculated using the two hypotheses is a useful measure of the minimum uncertainty in back-calculation lengths; and that more attention be paid to validating back-calculation hypotheses by comparing observed and back-calculated lengths for individual fish. Juvenile white grunts reside inshore in seagrass beds. Instantaneous total mortality (Z) was 0.22 for 1972–1977. The fins of the Haemulon sciurus are yellow and black, and its tail is deeply notched. The white grunt produces an audible grunting sound. A 10lb fish is exceptional large. Size – blue-striped grunts usually grow up to a foot in length but it is known to grow up to 18 inches as well. light and temperature regimes simulating natural environment are being maintained. Non-saleable; recreational catch only Size limit: 40 cm Bag limit: 5 References. Size: Up to 18 inches Lengths at early ages back-calculated from younger age-groups sometimes are greater than lengths at the same age estimated from older age-groups, referred to as Lee's phenomenon. It does lose some money, but high level processors don't actually lose that much, since you can get a lot of dried fish from drying once. The oldest fish captured were age XV, and the largest was 780 mm TL and 5.6 kg. The interior of the mouth is bright red. Introduction The length-weight relationship for red hind was W = 1.8 × 10−7L2.614, where W = weight in kilograms, and was W = 6 × 10−9L3.193 for rock hind. Equations were derived to convert lengths: FL = -17.7319 + 0.8847(TL), and TL = 24.2327 + 1.1247(FL).
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Jeronimo Cantillo: Wiki, Bio, Age, Family, Career, Net Worth, Girlfriend
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Jeronimo Cantillo: Wiki, Bio, Age, Family, Career, Net Worth, Girlfriend, Nationality, Ethnicity, Instagram, Height, Weight, Wife, and Other Details: Jeronimo Cantello is a famous actor, guitarist, and musician. Jeronimo Cantello has recently been featured in a lead role in Netflix's remake of the world-renowned series Rebelde. In the entertainment industry, he is famous for his versatility in acting. Previously he was chosen for the kids choice award 2017. Jeronimo Cantello was also twice nominated for the TV and novel awards for his renowned biographical role of Kareth Morale. This extraordinary work of his in the famous series The Dynasty is appreciated worldwide. He has performed vital roles in popular series like Anibal Sensation Velasquez, Tormenta De Amor, and Hidden Truth. Apart from prominent roles in these series, he has also worked in the movie named Libertad.
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Cantillo was blessed to his parents on September 4, 1993, in Valledupar, Colombia. Jeronimo Cantello is the child of Milciades Cantillo Costa. His father, Milciades Cantillo Costa was a former congressman and political leader. Not only this, he was recognized as Romualda Saumeth, former district attorney. He has a sibling who is a dear brother to him. His brother, Milciades Cantillo is best known for playing Martín Elías in El hijo del Cacique. He is Jeronimo Cantello's fellow actor and singer. There is no information about his mother available on the internet.
He was enrolled in San Luis Beltran High School where he received his early and basic education. Later, Cantillo joined Universidad Javeriana but did not complete his graduation and dropped out of the university.
Born and brought up in Colombia, Jeronimo holds Colombian nationality and belongs to the Latino ethnicity. Based on his date of birth, we have found that his zodiac sign is Virgo. Cantillo is a very friendly and versatile young actor who has been liked by everyone around him.
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Jeronimo Cantello is a famous actor, guitarist, and musician. Jeronimo Cantello has recently been featured in a lead role in Netflix's remake of the world-renowned series Rebelde. In the entertainment industry, he is famous for his versatility in acting. Previously he was chosen for the kids choice award 2017. Jeronimo Cantello was also twice nominated for the TV and novel awards for his renowned biographical role of Kareth Morale. This extraordinary work of his in the famous series The Dynasty is appreciated worldwide. He has performed vital roles in popular series like Anibal Sensation Velasquez, Tormenta De Amor, and Hidden Truth. Apart from prominent roles in these series, he has also worked in the movie named Libertad.
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Real Name Jeronimo Cantillo
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Profession Actor, guitarist, and musician
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in centimeters– 177 cm
in meters– 1.77 m
in feet inches– 5'10"
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in kilograms– 67 kg
in pounds– 147 lbs
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Date of Birth 4 September 1994
Birth Place Valledupar, Colombia
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Nationality Colombian
Hometown Valledupar
School San Luis Beltran High School
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Ethnicity Latino
Hobbies/Interests Traveling, Listening to Music
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Father: Not Known
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Net Worth $1-5 million
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How Should Society View a Woman's Body?
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There is something seriously wrong with a society that frowns upon public breastfeeding, yet is fine with public urination by men.
Making a decidedly strong statement against body-shaming and asserting that girls are not a distraction, no matter what they wear, Alameda Unified School District (AUSD) in California has taken a radical approach by adopting a new dress code. According to the revised policies, students must still wear "bottoms, tops, shoes and clothing that covers genitals, buttocks, and areolae/nipples with opaque material." The code also bars clothing that depicts violent images, profane or pornographic material, hate speech or drugs. But changes to the dress code allow students complete freedom to wear what they want and feel comfortable in. This new policy is in a pilot phase for the 2018-19 academic year.
The AUSD's experimental dress code is based on the work done in 2016 by the Oregon chapter of National Organization for Women (NOW). Its model student dress code embodies the principle "dress codes should support equitable educational access and should not reinforce gender stereotypes." NOW's code also outlines how administrative enforcement ought to be done without body-shaming or oppression of anyone "based on race, gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, household income, gender identity or cultural observance."
Historically, school dress codes have impacted girls and gender expansive students in a disproportionately higher number compared to boys. A CNN article on body-shaming mentions several stories of insensitive treatment young girls have been subjected to in the name of infractions on dress code. A 15-year-old was given detention because her shorts were too short; her teacher went as far as saying that her dress was too suggestive and that "she was asking for it." A 9-year-old wearing a tank top on a 99°F day was reprimanded for violating the school dress code. A 13-year-old was told that she could not wear yoga pants because boys would get turned on and be embarrassed.
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Enforcement of these male chauvinistic dress codes is, at best, arbitrary. A tall girl with long hands or fingers would fail the test where the length of her shorts or dress has to be longer than the fingertips when the arms are held at the sides. A girl with a developed body is likely to get in trouble for wearing a top showing some cleavage, whereas a girl who is behind in her physiological development would get away with wearing the same kind of top. The Oregon NOW's code specifically addresses the latter issue with the guideline "cleavage should not have any coverage requirement." Yoga pants and other form fitting clothing are also considered kosher in NOW's dress code.
The sexist nature of dress codes and their enforcement goes beyond the confines of high school, all the way into the courts of Grand Slam tennis. Men routinely change their shirts on court without facing any repercussions. On hot days, Novak Djokovic would even take off his shirt and sit in his chair during changeovers. Yet when French tennis player Alize Cornet took off her shirt that she had inadvertently worn inside out during a 2018 US Open first-round match, she was penalized with a code violation. Cornet realized that she had her shirt backward coming off a break and took it off only to correct the mistake. Facing criticism of their handling of the situation, US Tennis Association apologized to Cornet and clarified the rules around players changing their shirts on court.
Dress codes for women do not stop in schools and on tennis courts. They are present for women of all ages, especially in Eastern cultures. While the debate in the American school system is about form-fitting yoga pants or shorts that are too short, women are expected to dress modestly at all times in Islamic countries. Saudi Arabia has a formal dress code for women, requiring them to wear an abaya, a loose-fitting, full-length robe. By law, Sudanese women have to cover their body when in public. In many Muslim nations, women are required to wear a burqa, a niqab or other variants of garments that cover their entire body and often the face. Some women may wear these garments out of choice or on account of their religious beliefs. But a vast majority have to do it because it is expected of them culturally.
Western women have had more freedom when it comes to the amount of skin they can expose and still be considered properly attired in public. Yet whether it is East or West, whether it is Islam, Christianity or Hinduism that is the religion of the land, what is considered appropriate attire for women in public is dictated by rules that are written by men. By and large, the logic attributed to these social norms and dress codes stems from the philosophy that just being able to lay their eyes on certain parts of a woman's body is reason enough for men to get turned on.
In an effort to keep their libido in check, appropriate dress and behavior codes have been authored by men, dictating what women can wear, how they ought to behave and conduct themselves in public. "In essence, the veil, much lauded by so-called Islamic teachings, is a protection for men against us voracious vixens of the mortal world. Not, as so many pundits state, a protection for women against men," says Jacqueline Pascarl in The Sydney Morning Herald article, "Burqas reveal more about men than women."
The Myth of Protection
It is a myth that dressing modestly in a hijab or even more conservatively in a burqa will protect women from sexual objectification, harassment and assault. In this moving narrative, a young Afghan refugee in Pakistan walking to school with his sister who was wearing a burqa, describes how men made sexually derogatory comments about her that he was too young to even understand. The brother and sister were emotionally traumatized every day, and the only thing the girl could do was shed silent tears behind her veil, the boy feeling angry and helpless.
In Iran, wearing a hijab was not mandatory until the Islamic Revolution of 1979. Yet many women avoid even taking a walk alone for fear of being groped by the piercing eyes of men or hearing their catcalls and vulgar comments. A woman walking alone without male protection is "looking for it" and is open for hunting. "Should women just disappear?" asks an Iranian girl in this harrowing description of sexual objectification experienced by women on the streets of Tehran.
In an interview with The Independent, Muslim women have shared their personal stories of sexual assault despite dressing modestly. One woman mentions how she was raped even when wearing a hijab; another woman talks about having her crotch grabbed in a crowded public place even though she was wearing a niqab; a 16-year-old narrates her experience of being groped by a tailor under the pretext of taking measurements for her dress in the presence of her mother.
In the world's most populous democracy, Indian women are routinely subjected to "eve-teasing," a term specific to South Asia that denotes various kinds of sexual harassment women experience in public places irrespective of the way they dress, behave or look. Two popular dresses women wear in India, the sari and the salwar, are both on the conservative side. Yet that does not stop them from being subjected to sexual harassment, much along the lines of the experiences of Iranian women in Tehran.
Dressing modestly will not help women escape becoming an object of sexual gratification in the eyes and minds of men. In today's society, men have established territorial ownership of public places. In a telling statement that public space is owned by men, and men alone, France, acknowledging that men have little control over their biological urges and urgencies, installed uritrottoirs in Paris.
Uritrottoirs are eco-friendly, open-air, completely exposed urinals installed on pavements in places with known public urination problems. Rather than question that if a woman can hold her bladder until she reaches a restroom to relieve herself, why can't men do the same, Parisians have taken the route of installing the abhorrent pissoirs in their capital city. Not surprisingly, uritrottoirs have drawn flak from feminist protesters who call the decision to install them in public places sexist.
Too Much to Ask for?
There is something seriously wrong in a society that frowns upon public breastfeeding, yet is fine with public urination by men. It is bizarre that men can worship goddesses inside a temple, but resort to eve-teasing outside the temple boundaries.
Not everyone is likely to be behind NOW's dress code for students in American public schools. Indeed, several men and women from different cultures would take serious offense at a dress code that condones ripped jeans, midriff-baring shirts and tank tops. They may feel that the reformist policies cross not just the limits of modesty, but also of decency.
Yet if we are to look deeper behind the rationale for the radical approach, it would become clear that NOW poses a profoundly perceptive question for us to ponder: How should society view a woman's body? Are women just eye candy, meant for the gratification of men? Is a girl "asking for it" when she wears something that could potentially turn men on? Should she be required to wear a garment covering her entire body in the hope of avoiding sexual objectification by men?
"Just because I'm wearing this doesn't mean that I want people to look at me sexually. I want to be seen as a woman. I don't want to have to feel bad about my body," says the 15-year-old who was disciplined for wearing shorts that were too short. Is that too much to ask for?
*[A version of this article was cross-posted on the author's blog, PoliSocioNomics]
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Walbusch is popular among many men as an outfitter and shirt specialist ("the shirt collar with no buttons"). The men's collection is flanked by a women's collection under the motto "fashion by women for women". The family business, headquartered in Solingen and with outlets in Austria and Switzerland, appeals to quality-conscious customers who value comfortable, high-quality clothing.
The primary emphasis of the company is its catalog business, although Walbusch is increasing concentrating on the combination of its catalog, online shop and specialty shops. Towards this end Walbusch is developing, along with BSI, a CRM multichannel mail-order business solution that covers its entire operative ordering and service process. As an added feature, in addition to mail-order business channels such as phone, written order entry, e-mail and Internet, Walbusch is also integrating the cash register software of its sales outlets into the BSI CRM solution and putting its innovative strength and customer proximity to the test in the process.


The renovation will impact the entire common area space of the 848,102 square-foot shopping center and will include a complete redesign of the flooring and seating areas, both public restrooms and the south mall entrance. The project begins February 2018 and is scheduled for completion in fall 2018. The center will remain open for regular business hours throughout the project.
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The south public restroom is CLOSED. Renovation began on Monday, February 12. Please use the north public restroom located between Hot Topic and Torrid.
Customized Tees has temporarily moved to the north court in front of Lee's Hallmark.
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30% of common area surface will provide carpeted seating areas.
New soft seating in variety of configurations and styles to encourage conversation and work space.