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Comic Creator Yakup Karahan
Yakup Karahan
(b. 31 October 1964, Turkey/The Netherlands)
Yakup Karahan was born in Divrigi, Turkey in 1964. While still in high school, he took courses by the famous Turkish comic artist Oguz Aral. In 1982, Karahan made his comics debut when his work was published in humor magazines like Girgir and Firt. He studied sculpting at the University of Hacettepe, where he graduated in 1989. In 1992, he moved to The Netherlands. There, he continued to contribute work to magazine Girgir but also to several promotional and informational booklets.
He has held several jobs, from teacher to restaurant owner to bank manager. As a freelance comic artist, he has specialized in cartoons about "integration problems for Turks in Europe", "the relationship between Europeans and Turks" and "culture shocks". He is one of the first artists to include Turkish minorities such as Kurds and Alevites in his work. He founded Dutch/Turkish magazine Vreemd, the first magazine to display work of Dutch and Turkish comic artists side by side.
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Actress Park Min Young spoke about her kiss scenes with actor/boyfriend Lee Min Ho, drawing much attention from the public.On September 24th, KBS 2TV's 'Entertainment Weekly' visited Park Min Young on the set of a photoshoot.According to the report, the two stars started to have feelings for each other last month.Park's cheerful personality might have appealed to Micky Yoochun, as the top-rated singer has recently had a difficult time because of legal wrangling with his former agency SM Entertainment and the suspended activities of JYJ in Japan.Shortly after the news of the stars' relationship broke on Thursday, the agencies representing Park and Micky Yoochun denied that they are in a serious relationship, saying that they are just good friends.
Viewers were optimistic that it would lead to something in real life, but Lee Joon Gi decided to make his relationship with Jeon Hye Bin public, so everyone's hope was sort of crushed that day.She co-starred with Park Yoochun on Sungkyunkwan Scandal. MBC Wed-Thur 'Lucky Romance', which had its first airing the past 25th, raised expectations even with its very casting of 'Trust-to-see' Hwang Jung-eum and 'Eo Nam Ryu ' Ryu Jun-yeol.Park Min Young sat down for an interview with The Star for its May issue.The 31-year-old actress talks about some pretty serious stuff about her love life.
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Bianca Zannette Carrasco
Bianca, circa 2016
Missing Since 05/01/2016
Missing From San Antonio, Texas
Classification Endangered Missing
Race Hispanic
Date of Birth 07/21/1986 (34)
Height and Weight 5'1, 125 pounds
Clothing/Jewelry Description A blue denim jacket, pastel multicolored leggings and wedge shoes. Carrying a pink Prada purse and a black Prada wallet.
Distinguishing Characteristics Hispanic female. Black hair, brown eyes. Bianca has a large surgical scar on her abdomen and the letter "B" tattooed on her hip. She is right-handed and her ears are pierced.
Details of Disappearance
Bianca was last seen in the 16000 block of Walnut Creek Drive in San Antonio, Texas on May 1, 2016. Her husband, Joe "Daniel" Carrasco, said they got into an argument and he took their youngest child and left in his truck to go to work. He stated that after he left, Bianca left home on foot, leaving their other two children home alone, and he passed her in his truck as she walked down the street.
She has never been heard from again. Her phone has been turned off since 10:22 p.m. on May 1, which is completely uncharacteristic of her behavior; she never turned it off.
Bianca and Daniel had married after she got pregnant when she was eighteen years old; he's eleven years older and had previously been married to her aunt. Although they had three children over the next eleven years, their relationship was rocky and her family said Daniel tried to keep Bianca isolated from them. She and her mother were estranged at the time of her disappearance and hadn't spoken to each other in about five years.
Bianca studied at Odessa College and eventually graduated from the Galen College of Nursing in October 2015. She was working as a registered nurse at an oncologist's office when she went missing, and after she graduated nursing school she decided to divorce and immediately changed her relationship status on her Facebook profile from "married" to "divorced."
The Carrascos were still living together, but Bianca was casually seeing other men, a fact Daniel apparently discovered by looking through her phone. A few days before she disappeared, Bianca texted her sister saying, "Daniel emptied the account and opened another account without my name on it, so I have no access to money except my credit card which is almost at the limit. I will not be controlled by a man and money."
At 2:00 p.m. on the day she went missing she spoke to her sister for the last time and spoke about going to see a lawyer and about child custody issues. After her disappearance, Daniel didn't want to report her missing because he thought she had left voluntarily, but her sister insisted.
Police have investigated both Daniel and one of the men Bianca was seeing, but nobody has been named as a suspect in her case. Foul play is possible in Bianca's disappearance; her loved ones don't believe she would have walked out of her life and they describe her as a loving and responsible parent who wouldn't have left her children alone as Daniel claims she did. Her case remains unsolved.
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Home - Celebrities - Zuniga Daphne (Books)
1. American People of Guatemalan
2. Fifty Poems of Emily Dickinson
3. The Children's Shakespeare (Dove
4. Staying Together
1. American People of Guatemalan Descent: Ted Hendricks, Luisa Moreno, K. C. Porter, Daphne Zuniga, Francisco Goldman, Guatemalan American
Paperback: 88 Pages (2010-05-03)
Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Ted Hendricks, Luisa Moreno, K. C. Porter, Daphne Zuniga, Francisco Goldman, Guatemalan American, Willie Sims, Manny Marroquin, Hector-Neri Castañeda, Bridget Powers, Ryan Spilborghs, Oscar Isaac, David Campos, Estuardo Sanchez, Norma Torres, Benito Martinez, David Estrada, David Unger, Luis Beza, Hector Tobar, Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act, Anton Villatoro. Excerpt:Anthon Villatoro (born June 20, 1970) is a Guatemalan former professional cyclist . He attended the University of Colorado , where he raced with future US Postal teammate Tyler Hamilton . Villatoro won the 1991 Junior Tour of Guatemala, a gold medal at the 1994 Central American Games (team time trial) and placed fourth at the 1995 Pan American Games (time trial). In 1996, he represented Guatemala at the Olympic Games in Atlanta . He raced for the US Postal Service Cycling Team from 1996-1998 and then served as team captain for Team 7-UP from 1999 to 2000. He retired in 2001 to pursue business interests. References (URLs online) A hyperlinked version of this chapter is at Benito Martinez Benito Martinez (born June 28, 1963) is an American actor known as police captain (later city councilman) David Aceveda in FX Networks ' acclaimed crime drama The Shield . Additionally, he has voiced Coyote Smith in the video game Killer7 as well as a number of characters in the PC game Age of Empires III , and played a criminal on Firefly . He also had a featured role as a boxing manager in the critical and commercial hit film Million Dollar Baby . He was also an extra on Star Trek: The Next Generation as Salazar. Benito trained at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (LAMDA ) in Earls Court London England and was in the same class as the actor, Zen Gesner and actress Julie Hesmondhalgh . Martinez cu... ... Read more
2. Fifty Poems of Emily Dickinson (Ultimate Classics)
by Emily Dickinson, Glenda Jackson, Cheryl Ladd, Alfre Woodard, Daphne Zuniga
Audio CD: Pages (1997-02)
list price: US$12.98
Emily Dickinson was born into a prominent New England family. Sociable as a child, she grew increasingly withdrawn, and in later years became known as a recluse. Only seven of her poems were published during her lifetime. After Emily's death in 1886, her sister discovered the bulk of her poems and began publishing them, thus establishing Emily Dickinson as one of the greatest poets of the English language.Amazon.com Review
At the age of 23, Emily Dickinson receded from the socialwhirl of her prominent family into semiseclusion. For the remaining 23years of her life she was happiest when alone and writing. As sherequested in "The Prayer," "Great Spirit, give to me a heaven not solarge as yours, but large enough for me." Read by a group of verytalented celebrity women such as Meryl Streep, Sharon Stone, and AlfreWoodard, these pieces lean toward the somber side of Dickinson's work(which, as her fans know, is very somber indeed). Poems include"Shipwreck," "Will There Really Be a Morning?" and "To Know Just HowHe Suffered." (Running time: 45 minutes, 1 cassette)--C.B. Delaney ... Read more
What A Disappointment
A CD that contains fifty poems of my favorite poet read in part by perhaps my favorite actress Meryl Streep-- now that's a CD you can tip your hat to-- well not exactly. If there ever was a poet whose works do not need background music while being read, it has to be those of Miss Dickinson. If we have to have music connected with the poems, we can listen to those poems that Aaron Copland and Ned Rorem set to music. The music on this CD had become pretty much a mild aggravation, a little like getting two radio stations on a car radio late at night, when on poem number 33, "The Lonely House," I recognized Robert Schumann's famous "Traumeri"as the music swelled. There is no excuse for this.
The editors have allowed themselves to name some of the poems included here. Anyone who has ever read Dickinson knows that she never named any of her poems and that they are usually identified by first lines.It also would have been convenient for the listener if the words to the poems had been included with the CD. They are not. Neither are we told which reader is reading what poem. (In addition to Ms. Streep, Glenda Jackson, Stephanie Beacham and Sharon Stone read as well. While I recognize Glenda Jackson's voice and Ms. Streep's sometimes, I do not have the faintest idea what either Sharon Stone or Stephanie Beacham's voices sound like. I would gladly have paid more for a better produced CD.
Even all these shortcomings cannot mar the beauty of these rich and wonderful poems with such lines as "the sordid excellence as paradise" if they could just turn off the music!And many of Miss Dickinson's lesser-known poems are included, along with some of those most often anthologized, including my favorite poem "The Bustle in a House."
Dickinson was before her time
I've never been into poetry before but Ms Dickinson's poems just blow me away.The readers are perfect for the job - they put emotion and energy into the words making the CD a pleasure to listen to.Highly recommended.
Excellent Readings, But NOT the Poems Listed on the CD
These witty, sly, despairing performances breathe new life and new perspectives into the poems and the poet. Unfortunately, the poems listed on the back of the CD are NOT the poems you hear on the CD, which makes it difficult to know which actress is reading and exactly what she is reading. It's also impossible to directly access a poem directly --- everything falls under a 45 minute Track 1. Finally, this is Fifty Poems of Emily Dickinson, Volume 3. What happened to Volumes 1 and 2? I saw them once as cassettes, but never as CDs.
Perfect marriage of medium and message
Joan Allen, of all people, emerges as the stand out in this collection of wonderfully nuanced readings of poet Emily Dickinson's deceptively simple poems on nature and human truths. Just terrific!
The delivery is as smooth as Emily's poems
If you like Emily Dickenson (and I do) you will love this audio cassette. The readers include Meryl Streep, Sharon Stone, and other great female talents. They read the poems with style and a subtility that matches the work of the poet. After hearing the presentations, I came away feeling that the poems were studied by the readers and for the most part understood and delivered accordingly. Thumbs up! ... Read more
3. The Children's Shakespeare (Dove Kids')
Audio Cassette: Pages (1998-08)
list price: US$6.95
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: H. Altemus Co. in 1900 in 87 pages; Subjects: Children; Conduct of life; Children's stories; Drama / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Drama / Shakespeare; Literary Criticism / Shakespeare; ... Read more
Veeeerrrry short. Lovely illustrations. Note for educators: list of all plays at end of review
The stories are quite short as mentioned above, but still wonderful. And yet, I would not have minded a little more meat, even for the young listeners & readers. I look at these stories as a whetting of the appetite and mental preparation for the real and better thing.
One of my frustrations while trying to decide whether or not I should purchase this book was the lack of a complete list of the "plays" contained in the collection. I want to share them with you along with short notes regarding how they appear in the book:
The Winter's Tale: 8 pages, with a little over 2 pages of dialogue.
Romeo and Juliet: 10 pages, about 2 pages of dialog.
The Tempest: 4 page long synopsis, with good summary quote at the end.
A Midsummer Night's Dream: 7 pages with about 4 pages of dialogue.
King Lear: 8 pages with about 2 pages of dialogue.
Cymbeline: 8 pages with about 6 pages of dialogue.
The Taming of the Shrew: 9 pages, 5 pages of dialogue
Hamlet: 8 pages, 2 and a half of dialogue
Twelfth Night: 8 pages, 7 of dialogue
As You Like It: 8 pages, 5 of dialogue.
Pericles: 8 pages, 1 of dialogue. Basically a synopsis.
Shakespeare for kids fun for any age
This book is loads of fun! I bought it for my third grader, who is taking a field trip to see "Romeo and Juliet." I wanted him to have some familiarity with the storyline so he wouldn't be yawning cluelessly by the end of Act I. He loved it so much he wanted to discuss it! Even my husband who hates to read the stuff enjoyed it.
In short, the book is well done. It shortens the plays into a very long story-summary without the dramatic language that can be somewhat of a distraction. We're not talking Cliff's Notes here folks.This is just a handful of pages per play written on a level anyone can understand and enjoy. The book is not long so it's not intimidating. (Have you seen any books containing Shakespeare's complete works, lately? Mine could be used for a doorstop! It's huge!)
We paired this book with the comedy of "The Reduced Shakespeare Company's" version of Romeo and Juliet. My son is actually looking forward to the trip!
Fantastic introduction to Shakespeare for younger children
I read and reread this book as a youth. The stories read much like classic fairy tales with tragedy, irony, and moral lessons. The writing is very accessible and encouraged me to seek out the full length "stories" in their original (play script) form once I was old enough (6th/7th grade) to really read them.
For a child who has a love of literature, these retellings of the great plays may start a life-long interest in Shakespeare's art (as they did for me).
Lorenzo Schiavo and Felipe Gravier
Felipe Gravier and Lorenzo Schiavo review:
We think that Romeo and Juliet tells the story of two star-crossed lovers whose families are in a terrible fight which prevents them from coming together. How far the couple will go to be together becomes the focus of the story. Of his richest poetry. The opening and closing choruses are some of his most outstanding work. Romeo's It is a brilliant love story but not much more. It still possesses however some wooing of Juliet is fabulously written. The Friar gets the best lines. Mercutio is one the best friends of Romeo. It is not as good as Shakespeare has written but it's still a fabulous book and up there with his best work. One part of the play we didn't like was that for the tow families get arrange there two kids had to die.
The English language wasn't finally finished so Shakespeare had the liberty to create words and play with the language, as he liked. That's why It was so difficult to understand what each character wanted to express so the teacher had to explain us each of that words and teach us all the words in that age and told us which were the words in the English of today.
Interesting Storys
This book provides lots of Shakespeare's Storys like "A Midsummer's Night Dream" and "Hamlet" with a children's fairy tale twist. The storys are the same as Shakespeare's, but easier for children to understand.My favorite story was Hamlet because I had just seen the play.A while after we read Children's Shakespeare and it helped me to understandHamlet better. ... Read more
by Stockard Channing, Dermot Mulroney, Daphne Zuniga, Searn Astin Starring Tim Quill
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Imbalances in the health labour force: An assessment using data from three national health facility surveys
Janine Barden-O'Fallon, Gustavo Angeles, Amy Tsui
Accurate knowledge of the characteristics of the health labour force that can affect health care production is of critical importance to health planners and policymakers. This study uses health facility survey data to examine characteristics of the primary health care labour force in Nicaragua, Tanzania and Bangladesh. The characteristics examined are those that are likely to affect service provision, including urban/rural distribution, demographic characteristics, and experience and in-service training, for three types of providers (physicians, nurses and auxiliary nurses). The profiles suggest a pattern of urban/rural imbalances in Nicaragua and Tanzania. The Bangladesh facility survey did not include hospitals, thereby making concrete conclusions on the supply and distribution of providers difficult to make. Multivariate logistic regressions are used to assess the relationship between the urban/rural placement of providers by health need, population demand and facility characteristics. Health need, as measured by child mortality rates, does not have a significant association with the placement of providers in either country, unlike population size and annual growth rates. The mean number of years providers have worked at a facility is significantly associated with a decreased likelihood of rural placement for the three types of providers in Nicaragua. The mean age and percentage of female providers at each facility has a negative association with the placement of rural providers in Tanzania. The use of health facility data to profile the health care labour force is also discussed.
Health policy and planning
https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czj012
Health facility survey
Health labour force
10.1093/heapol/czj012
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Nicaragua Medicine & Life Sciences 100%
Tanzania Medicine & Life Sciences 78%
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Health Surveys Medicine & Life Sciences 62%
Bangladesh Medicine & Life Sciences 51%
Barden-O'Fallon, J., Angeles, G., & Tsui, A. (2006). Imbalances in the health labour force: An assessment using data from three national health facility surveys. Health policy and planning, 21(2), 80-90. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czj012
Imbalances in the health labour force : An assessment using data from three national health facility surveys. / Barden-O'Fallon, Janine; Angeles, Gustavo; Tsui, Amy.
In: Health policy and planning, Vol. 21, No. 2, 03.2006, p. 80-90.
Barden-O'Fallon, J, Angeles, G & Tsui, A 2006, 'Imbalances in the health labour force: An assessment using data from three national health facility surveys', Health policy and planning, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 80-90. https://doi.org/10.1093/heapol/czj012
Barden-O'Fallon J, Angeles G, Tsui A. Imbalances in the health labour force: An assessment using data from three national health facility surveys. Health policy and planning. 2006 Mar;21(2):80-90. doi: 10.1093/heapol/czj012
Barden-O'Fallon, Janine ; Angeles, Gustavo ; Tsui, Amy. / Imbalances in the health labour force : An assessment using data from three national health facility surveys. In: Health policy and planning. 2006 ; Vol. 21, No. 2. pp. 80-90.
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#include <list>

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#include <stdio.h>
#include <wchar.h>
#include <string.h>
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Q: Why doesn't Windows XP show "Total Size" and "Free Space" for USB flash disks? When I double click on My Computer, I can immediately see the Total size and Free space for internal and external HDDs, and inserted CD/DVD media, but in the same columns I cannot see these values for any USB flash drives. They are just empty. To see, I have to right click on USB drive letter, and select Properties.
Is there a trick to make Windows XP display USB drive's Total size and Free space in My Computer window?

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This is done for performance reasons. Windows XP knows nothing about the nature of a removeable disk. In some cases the media may be removed or changed and Windows will know nothing about it. This is the case with Floppy drives. It is all up to the device and it's drivers. Since the media can be changed at any time Windows can not determine the total and free space without actually reading the disk. With some devices this can take some time. This could produce a delay of several seconds (or more) every time you opened Windows explorer. To avoid these possible delays Microsoft decided not to show this information for removeable drives. In most cases there will be no work around. If one exists it would be in the properties for the device shown in Device Manager.

Source see post 4

A: Ok, I give a, I wish, accepted answer...
Regarding the previous comments on the question, we assume that Windows XP can't give the requested information in Mehper's question.

Snark: I suppose it's the behavior of XP not to show free space and total size on Removable Disk. Maybe because at the time XP was released, removable drives were slow and it would take a lot of time to parse them to calculate the used space. Even more on FAT where this info is not stored in the metadata but has to be calculated each time. I think it's stored in the metadata for NTFS. And the speed of removable devices has improved too.
r0ca: It's weird. I have Windows 7 as you have and I am able to format my 4go and 16go in NTFS. In that case, I'm 99% sure that have it format in NTFS would fix the issue. But if you can't afford due to Xbox, I understand ;)

A:
Is there a trick to make Windows XP display USB drive's Total size and Free space in My Computer window?

I'm not sure of any tricks to get the size to show up on those columns, but if you want to be able to see the total sizes of the disk from My Computer, a possible workaround would be to append (or prepend, depending on your preference) the size to the name of the device.
For example, a disk named 'Work' could be renamed to 'Work(8Gb)', 'Work8G' or even '8G Work'
this won't show free space remaining, but at least lets you know how big a drive is when you use it again.

A: I know I'm late to the game but hopefully this will help someone that's trying to get the "total space" and "free space" parameters on Windows XP (SP3) as I was. Unless I've missed it, my Google search came up with no answers. What I tried (successfully) was to use the portable app "Explorer++" file manager from https://portableapps.com/apps/utilities/explorerplusplus_portable. What a neat litte app as is so much that's on this site. I keep a USB stick with all my portable apps.....and any of them can be installed to any folder you desire on your Windows installation. I always make a folder on all of my computers labeled "My Tools". When I say "install"......it's only installed to "My Tools" folder. One last comment about the Explorer++ app.....you will have to add the "total space" and "free space" columns by right-clicking the column heading bar and selecting the desire parameter.

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Are you looking for Trigger Point Therapy in Breese? A small muscular nod, or specifically a trigger point, can be responsible for pain in parts of the body that are quite some distance from where the nodule is itself. It is common for a trigger point in the low to mid back to radiate pain and discomfort into the shoulders and neck. This neck and shoulder pain is likely to cause pain in the head that can be a dull ache or a sharp, intense pain.
This particular kind of therapy is designed to work on the nodule directly. There is specific, controlled pressure that is applied to the trigger point. After a few seconds of pressure, it is released. During this type of massage the patient participates and communicates by identified areas of discomfort as well as having controlled, deep breathing. By relieving the trigger points in a muscle, it is allowing the muscle knot to loosen. Patients often experience immediate relief following one treatment. Regularly scheduled trigger point therapy can give you the benefits of pain management from stress, injury, etc.
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THE NAUGHTY LADY FROM SHADY LANE: Awesome review of THE HARLOT!
Awesome review of THE HARLOT!
This novel is one more delightful addition to Ms Walker's literary portfolio and is one of those books that entertains as it educates. A reader cannot help but be better aware of the culture of those bygone days, yet the timelessness of the power of love to overcome the greatest of prejudices stands tall. I liked this novel a lot and wholeheartedly recommend it for the lovers of historical romance fiction. I give it a rating of 4.25 out of 5. Go here to read full review.


Lahinch's Sinead Sexton and Castletroy's Chloe Ryan are tied for third entering the final round of the Helen Holm Scottish Open Stroke Play Championship at Royal Troon.
The Irish pair both shot two under 73s around the Portland Course on Saturday but trail leader Annabel Dimmock by six shots after the Wentworth player added a 71 to her opening 70 to lead by five strokes from Anaelle Carnet of France on nine under par.
Sexton and Ryan share third with Sarah-Jane Boyd on three under but it was a tough day for many of the other leading Irish players.
Paula Grant, Maria Dunne and Olivia Mehaffey all shot four over 79s to share 17th place on two over par.
Moate's Amy Farrell shot a one under 74 to move up to tied 26th on three over with with Bangor's Victoria Bradshaw tied 31st on four over after a 76.
Ballybunion's Emma O'Driscoll (79) and Carlow's Aedin Murphy share 34th on five over with Carla Reynolds (79) tied 40th.


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Pompeo's settlements paves the way for Israel's annexation of all Palestine
In the event of annexation, Israel's popularity on the world stage would fall from bad to worse
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has hit another home run in the pro-Israel baseball derby.
On Tuesday, he renounced a 50-year-old US policy that Israeli settlements were contrary to international law and an impediment to a two-state solution.
As recently as 2016, the administration of Barack Obama permitted passage of a UN Security Council resolution condemning Israeli settlements, which raised the ire of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israel lobby.
An apartheid system
Pompeo offered several justifications for his decision. One was that the settlement issue was outside the jurisdiction of international law and that it was thus a matter for Israeli courts to decide.
If annexation happened, Israel would certainly exclude or disenfranchise the four million Palestinians living in the West Bank and Gaza. Otherwise, it would become a minority-Jewish state in which Palestinians would wield enormous political power. It's hard to see that happening.
The underlying assumption of Pompeo's claim regarding the law is that the West Bank and Gaza are not sovereign territories nor even occupied territories, but rather Israeli territory. Otherwise, Israeli courts would not have jurisdiction over them. From there, it's only a hop, skip and jump to Israeli annexation of all of Palestine.
In the event of annexation, Israel would be making itself even more unpopular than it already is on the world stage. International reaction to Pompeo's decision has already been hostile.
It's more likely, then, that Israel would create a Bantustan-like system in which Palestinians would be fobbed off with some form of self-governing authority, which would allow Israel to claim they were exercising self-determination.
There are only a handful of outlier nations which endorse Israel's occupation of Palestine. The United States is one of them. That turns the US into the same sort of a pariah state that Israel is. Further, it will strengthen the hand of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement and the international campaign for Palestinian rights.
Pompeo's new policy should also put pressure on Democratic presidential candidates to take more forthright stands on the Israel-Palestine question
The European Union and UN human rights office have both already opposed this new move and reaffirmed their own opposition to settlements. Decisions like the recent directive of the European Court for Human Rights that settlement products must be labelled as such in European markets will prove more popular.
Pompeo's new policy should also put pressure on Democratic presidential candidates to take more forthright stands on the Israel-Palestine question. Those candidates and liberal Israel lobby groups like J Street will come under increasing pressure to recognise the bankruptcy of the two-state solution.
That group's founder, Jeremy Ben-Ami, released a milquetoast statement urging Congress to reject White House policy by reaffirming the two-state solution. But the fact is that Congress doesn't make foreign policy. The president does. Congress is an after-thought when it comes to these matters and such a vote would have no legislative impact.
Towards one state
Renouncing the two-state solution hasn't happened yet, unfortunately.
But Pompeo's announcement and the Trump administration's approach to Israel is squeezing the life out of this option like a boa constrictor wrapping round its prey.
Palestinian and foreign demonstrators in Bilin opposite the settlements bloc of Modiin Illit (background) in the occupied West Bank on 4 October (AFP)
There is some important political context to this decision as well: news reports have noted that relations between Trump and Netanyahu have cooled considerably since the Israeli leader ran in two elections, in which he failed to win enough seats to form a new government.
Trump, as everyone knows, only likes winners, and Netanyahu is definitely not a winner anymore. Now we're facing the prospect of a likely third election. It would appear that either Netanyahu or a major pro-Israel donor like Sheldon Adelson has prevailed upon Trump to throw the prime minister a bone he can use in the upcoming fight.
The Israeli leader can now say that not only did he wrangle US recognition of Jerusalem as Israel's capital and the Golan Heights as Israeli territory, but a stamp of legitimacy for Israeli settlements as well.
Trump is also furious with the state department officials testifying en masse in congressional impeachment proceedings. Trump blames Pompeo for their perfidy, even though they're testifying against his direct orders.
Ultimately, Pompeo has no control over them and their decisions in this matter. But that doesn't stop Trump, the ultimate malignant narcissist, from judging anyone who doesn't do his full bidding as a traitor.
Thus, the Pompeo announcement is meant as a peace offering from the secretary of state to his unhappy boss. The former can argue that he's done a big favour for Israel and thus for Trump himself, who has a soft spot in whatever is left of his heart for Israel that does not, however, apply to American Jews.
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Bitter by Francesca Jakobi
October 23, 2018 Literature Love
Title: Bitter
Author: Francesca Jakobi
Genre: Women's' Fiction
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Date of Publication: 4th October 2018 (paperback)
Date of Review: 24th September 2018
It's 1969, and while the summer of love lingers in London, Gilda is consumed by the mistakes of her past. She walked out on her beloved son Reuben when he was just a boy and fears he will never forgive her. When Reuben marries Alice, he seems transformed by love – a love Gilda has craved his entire adult life. What does his new wife have that she doesn't? And how far will she go to find out? It's an obsession that will bring shocking truths about the past to light . . .
Structured around short, fast-paced chapters, this first-person narrative is told from the perspective of Gilda: a twice-divorced, middle-aged woman whose only child has just married. Whilst the protagonist has been characterised as a stereotypical, over-bearing, Jewish mother, this characterisation is uniquely three-dimensional, where past and present timelines are brought together allowing the reader to empathise with Gilda's heart-breaking story.
Affected by events of the past, Gilda's relationship with her son, Rueben, is a distant one and her jealousy towards Rueben's adoration of his new wife soon becomes an obsession for Gilda. But whilst the plot has an abundance of melancholic scenes, these are lifted by the narrator's wonderfully dry sense of humour, which is prevalent right from the very start. The author's strong metaphorical imagery is closely linked to this humour: 'I planned this outfit months ago but this tight, white suit is too tight and too white. And this hat, all the netting …'.
The novel's title is also metaphorical, with bitter being German for please. As a German girl living in an English boarding school in the early 1930s, when Gilda accidentally reverts to her native language with the use of the word bitter instead of please, she is ridiculed; highlighting Gilda's both physical and metaphorical displacement in life.
Whilst I wouldn't call this novel a psychological thriller as such, Gilda's obsession towards her daughter-in-law comes very close to the line. There are moments of high suspense which will have you holding your breath, which together with its tight chapter structure, makes for an incredible edge-of-the-seat ride: just one little push and things could have turned very nasty indeed on more than one occasion!
But whilst this story has hints of a creepy psychological thriller, it is more a story of love, kindness, and true enduring friendship. This was a thoroughly enjoyable debut and I look forward to reading more from this author. I recommend this book to anybody who likes Carol Mason, Kit de Waal, or Mary Paulson-Ellis
Under Literature Love's rating scheme this book has been awarded 5 out of 5 stars.
I absolutely loved this book and couldn't put it down.
I recommend you stop what you're doing and go and buy this book now!
Thank you to the author, publisher, and NetGalley
for an Advance Review Copy of this book
in return for an honest and unbiased review.
Francesca studied psychology at the University of Sussex, followed by a stint teaching English in Turkey and the Czech Republic. On returning to her native London she got a job as a reporter on a local paper and has worked in journalism ever since. She's currently a layout editor at the Financial Times.
Bitter is her first novel, inspired by her grandmother who was sued for divorce in the 1940s.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Bitter-Francesca-Jakobi/dp/1474607586/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1537798856&sr=8-1
https://www.waterstones.com/book/bitter/francesca-jakobi/9781474607582
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"Do what it takes" is our focus on helping our customers. This attitude captures the spirit and culture of W.O. Blackstone & Company Mechanical Contractors.
Mr. W. O. Blackstone, a steamfitter by trade, started W.O. Blackstone in 1937 with one truck and a helper. The business grew dramatically during World War II, with Mr. Blackstone adding to the work force as volume increased. Harry McDowell, a 1937 Mechanical Engineering graduate of NC State University, was released from active duty in the US Navy in 1946, and joined Mr. Blackstone as a full partner.
In 1958, Lewis Caswell, upon his graduation from the University of South Carolina with a Mechanical Engineering degree, was hired as an estimator/project manager. Mr. Blackstone retired in 1970, with McDowell succeeding him as President, and becoming majority stockholder. In 1982, McDowell retired and Caswell became President and majority stockholder. In 2013, after reaching an agreement with Caswell to purchase the majority of stock shares, Jeff Griffin assumed the role of President and CEO. Mr. Caswell remains Chairman. Griffin holds an MBA from the University of Colorado and an Economics degree from the University of South Carolina.
Our people love coming to work every day because we hold ourselves accountable to a high standard of quality craftsmanship. We are committed to treating each other the way we would like to be treated, and we have great customers who trust and rely on us. We are proud of our heritage and work hard every day to honor our foundation of hard work, customer service and commitment to excellence.


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Q: Insert data based on a condition I'm trying to figure out if it's possible to insert a list of objects into a table, using Dapper, but also applying some kind of check to see which data should be included.
var data = new List<TestInsertDataDto>
{
    new TestInsertDataDto { InsertId = 1, Value = 2 },
    new TestInsertDataDto { InsertId = 2, Value = 3 },
    new TestInsertDataDto { InsertId = 3, Value = 6 }
};

await connection.ExecuteAsync(@"
    INSERT INTO test_data (insertid, value)
    VALUES (@InsertId, @Value)
    -- I'd like to do a row per row check here to determine if the row should be
    -- inserted or if this row for some reason shouldn't be inserted. This check
    -- requires a query on the test_data table and a join on another table.", data)
;

A: You can insert your record conditionally based on another query with EXISTS or NOT EXISTS.
This would look like:
INSERT INTO test_data (insertid, value)
SELECT @InsertId, @Value
WHERE EXISTS (
    SELECT *
    FROM test_data
    WHERE -- some condition
)

A: You can do it. I would suggest you to create a stored procedure for this. pass the parameter to the procedure using dapper and try something like below code in your stored procedure
INSERT INTO table (id, val) SELECT @InsertId, @Value WHERE EXISTS ( SELECT * FROM test_data WHERE -- your condition )


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Your street is fat
By Jonathan Hiskes on Mar 10, 2010
These California designers and their imaginations. Steve Price shows people what their towns might look like if they were rebuilt along Smart Growth principles. At Narrow Streets: Los Angeles, David Yoon takes comically overbuilt streets in L.A. and Photoshops them down to a human scale. Here's his reinvention of Sunset Boulevard in Echo Park:
On Yoon's site, when you click the fat version of a street the skinny image pops out alongside. It's fun. He also takes location requests.
"I'm not saying that Narrow Streets is meant to be taken literally," Yoon says. "I think of it as concept art, and like all concept art it's meant to provoke discussion about the city, not as a foregone conclusion, but as a series of design choices. Sure, it's a do-over fantasy. But hopefully it sparks the imagination to also wonder: are the rules of the city really set in concrete? We're accustomed to our age of extreme makeovers when it comes to faces, bodies, and homes, but not our own urban environments. Time to ask: how can we re-invent what we have now?"
What we need now is some sort of giant street-squoosher to mash these monstrosities down to size. And a permit. Then again, if you have a squoosher, nobody's gonna hassle you about permits.
Here's the intersection of Van Nuys Street and Oxnard Boulevard:
Here's First Street in Japantown:
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Dark Souls: Remastered won't have cross-play
By Joe Donnelly 2018-01-17T14:16:59.16Z
Together, alone.
Following the PC reveal of Dark Souls: Remastered, there was talk of discounts for owners of the original game. Bandai Namco told us this wasn't the case, a community manager said price cuts were unconfirmed, before a different spokesperson said "there is no official discount announced for the title at this time." Clearly this story has more open ends than a Souls side quest.
What appears to be more certain, praise the sun, is the question of cross-play. With the Souls remaster set to feature on consoles and desktops alike, the folks at IGN raised the matter of online crossovers with the publisher.
Dark Souls: Remastered "will not have cross-platform play," said Bandai Namco.
Which seems pretty clear cut, even in the face of its pricing uncertainties. I guess we'll have to make do with "upscaled 4K resolution with 60FPS" in our return to Lordran on May 25.
If you're desperate to lock horns with your console counterparts, you could always wait for Rocket League's planned cross-play features. Be warned, though, players are still misbehaving in a number of ways some years after launch.
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Cape Town – Artist Diamond Platnumz didn't make it to an event on Tuesday night for the launch of the new music video Africa Rising from MultiChoice, because he missed his flight.
The pan-African satellite pay-TV operator is holding a Content Showcase at the Trou Aux Biches Resort & Spa in Mauritius but one of the six artists turned out to be a no-show on Tuesday evening.
Diamond Platnumz missed his flight from Belgium where he was performing, and didn't join the other artists from across Africa at the launch of the music video which features Davido Bongo from Nigeria, Ghana's Sarkodie, Tiwa Savage, Lola Rae and the South African band Mi Casa.
Journalists and guests from across Africa and Europe flew to Mauritius for MultiChoice's launch of the Africa Rising music video, part of a content extravaganza by MultiChoice.
The 5 minute long collaborative Africa Rising music video (complete with DStv Walka 7 product placement) is to celebrate what's positive in Africa.
MultiChoice on Monday announced record subscriber growth with the release of Naspers' financial year end results for the year until 2014.
Subscribers to DStv and GOtv are up by 1.3 million, taking MultiChoice's pay-TV subscriber base to over 8 million homes across 50 African countries.
"We believe that this campaign provides the ideal platform to showcase meaningful change amongst the people of Africa," says Nico Meyer, MultiChoice Africa CEO about the music video campaign.


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Patrick Gunning. Photo by Dave Chan
New Centre to Fight Cancer
A U of T Mississauga team is tackling some of the most fatal forms of the disease
September 21, 2015 | By Carla DeMarco
Patrick Gunning rattles off the names of lab equipment like some people might itemize tools in their garage, except it's unlikely that any among us own Surface Plasmon Resonance systems. This is just one of the high-tech instruments that the U of T Mississauga chemistry and physical sciences professor will purchase to outfit a new Centre for Cancer Stem Cell Therapeutics, based at UTM.
This past spring, Gunning was awarded $5.9 million for equipment and expanded lab space from the Canada Foundation for Innovation, the Ontario Research Fund and UTM. At the centre, Gunning will lead a team of researchers who are developing drugs to treat some of the deadliest cancers, such as leukemia (blood cancer) and glioblastoma (brain cancer), which are thought to originate from cancer stem cells.
And the Surface Plasmon Resonance system? "Through this instrument," says Gunning, "we can identify molecules that are going to bind to specific proteins within cells – with a view to eventually developing drugs from these molecules that kill cancer cells but not healthy cells – and we can do it more rapidly, at least 10 times faster. Where we were able to test just two molecules in a day, now we will be able to screen 20."
Along with chemistry-related equipment, the centre will purchase microscopes, computers and nuclear magnetic resonance
spectroscopes. Working under the same roof will be experts in medicinal chemistry, computational and molecular biology, stem-cell biology and clinical oncology, who will take a multipronged approach to the cancer puzzle.
By pooling the resources of all these researchers, the centre will have access to an unprecedented number of primary brain tumor samples to be used to test drug efficacy in the lab, without human subjects. They also plan to identify potential new drugs through data analysis, and to examine how proteins interact with the drugs with the aim of tailoring treatments according to the particular type of cancer. Overall, Gunning and his associates hope to develop drug therapies for at least four different conditions including two types of leukemia (acute myeloid leukemia and chronic myeloid leukemia) and brain cancer.
Additionally the centre's researchers actively plan to court investors and launch spin-off companies. They also aim to establish partnerships with other academic institutions, hospitals and foundations.
Gunning's bustling lab already employs nearly 30 people. With the launch of the centre he plans to add at least another 10 positions, including technicians, postdocs and four graduate students as well as some undergraduates.
"The personnel working in my lab help with design, chemistry, biophysical evaluation and cell biology to identify compounds that are suitable for preclinical trials," says Gunning. "They are going to be involved in every aspect of the drug discovery panoply."
Patrick Gunning talks about his cancer research
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john caird says:
I am very interested in Prof. Gunning's work on brain cancer cells. As a neurosurgeon, I treat children in Ireland with a variety of brain tumours, having worked in Toronto with Michael Taylor and Peter Dirks. I'd be interested to hear how Prof. Gunning's work ties in with work on medulloblastoma under way at Sick Kids. It's an area we still struggle with despite recent molecular advances in our understanding of what makes these tumours more or less responsive to therapy.
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Before Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone were dancing to his music, "La La Land" composer Justin Hurwitz was a teenager taking piano lessons at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee.
Before Ryan Gosling and Emma Stone were tap-dancing to his music, before he was nominated for three Academy Awards, "La La Land" composer Justin Hurwitz was a teenager taking piano lessons at the Wisconsin Conservatory of Music in Milwaukee.
"Beethoven and Chopin and Bach and Schubert and the repertoire I played influenced me as a composer for sure," Hurwitz told the Journal Sentinel.
After next Sunday, Hurwitz, 32, likely will be an Oscar-winning composer.
The former Fox Point resident recorded nearly 1,900 piano demos for "La La Land," a musical love story about aspiring actress Mia (Emma Stone) and stubborn jazz traditionalist Sebastian (Ryan Gosling).
Directed by Hurwitz's friend and former roommate Damien Chazelle, the movie is up for 14 Academy Award nominations, tying the record shared by "All About Eve" and "Titanic." Hurwitz has two entries in the best original song category — the film's bittersweet theme, "City of Stars," and the wide-eyed, tear-jerking "Audition (The Fools Who Dream)" — and he's the favorite to win for best original score.
"It's very flattering and exciting," said Hurwitz, who has already won two Golden Globes and a BAFTA Award for his work on "La La Land." "It's a great feeling to know we stuck to our guns and were tenacious and continued pushing to make this movie, and to make the version we wanted to make."
Hurwitz was just 10, living in Santa Barbara, Calif., when he started composing, four years after taking up piano.
"It was really consuming," Hurwitz said. "With piano, sometimes I was really into it, other times getting me to practice was like pulling teeth. But I would compose for hours. My parents would have to force me to go to bed."
His father, writer Ken Hurwitz, is a Whitefish Bay native, and the family spent summer vacations in Wisconsin. They moved to Fox Point when Justin Hurwitz was in eighth grade so he "could have a really great public school education," he said.
Hurwitz took hour-long piano lessons once a week with Stefanie Jacob, a piano teacher at the Wisconsin Conservatory for 30 years.
"Justin was one of my smartest students," Jacob said. "When he was a senior, he decided he was going to learn Beethoven's First Concerto. Not just the first movement — he was going to learn the whole thing, and he did. That's huge. … I was just really pleased that he had the self-discipline, and apparently he still does."
Hurwitz attended Harvard University after graduating from Nicolet High School in 2003. The first week of his freshman year, he co-founded the pop band Chester French, where he met Chazelle and became good friends with frontman D.A. Wallach, coincidentally a Milwaukee native.
"Back then, (Hurwitz) described himself as misanthropic," said Wallach, who has a funny cameo in "La La Land" as the over-the-top singer of an '80s cover band. "He was both self-aware and also eccentric, which is a unique combination. He's always done whatever he wanted to do and been very serious about his work and not cared about what other people think."
Hurwitz wrote songs and played piano for the band.
"We bring together years of jazz and classical training and try to hone the repertoire's most precious licks and passages into modern pop songs," he told the Journal Sentinel in 2004.
But during their sophomore year, Hurwitz and Chazelle became roommates, "and that changed everything," Hurwitz said. "He was taking filmmaking classes, I was taking music classes, and we were talking about movies we dreamed to make and how the music could work."
They left Chester French to focus on that dream — right before the group "had record deals thrown at them," Hurwitz said. "There was definitely a moment where we thought, 'Did we blow it? Did we miss our chance?' … And we had no idea if what we were working on was ever going to pan out."
Chazelle and Hurwitz released their debut movie collaboration, the low-budget film musical "Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench," in 2010. Hurwitz started working on the music for "La La Land" in 2011, working on the film full-time for a year. "But we couldn't get it made," Hurwitz said, due to lack of financing.
The two moved on to another project, "Whiplash," about a promising drum student and his abusive teacher. It was released to raves in 2014, and actor J.K. Simmons won a best supporting actor Oscar for his performance as the hard-driving teacher.
That movie led to a development deal with Lionsgate to make "La La Land," with Hurwitz working on the film's music, full-time, for two and a half years.
"One of the hardest things was finding an emotional balance between joy and optimism and sadness and melancholy," Hurwitz said of the music. "In the beginning, I was sort of feeling my way around the melodies, and recording idea after idea, with Damien rejecting them again and again. Once we had the main material composed, the process turned to shaping those melodies into songs and passing them off to our lyricists, and then I would start mocking those songs up and create digital renderings of what the orchestrations would sound like."
Those were just the songs. Hurwitz also spent eight months on the score.
"Normally on a movie you wait until a later cut, but because we thought the musical language was so important, it was scored from the very beginning of the editorial process," Hurwitz said.
Every note in "La La Land's" score has purpose. Flutes flirt and flutter in anticipation of a first kiss; xylophones quietly chime behind the recollection of a warm memory; and a single, melancholy piano note, performed on camera by Hurwitz himself, symbolizes a devastating reality.
Wallach lived just two blocks away from where the film was edited, and got to listen to demos before casting had begun.
"When I heard some of the songs, 'Audition' in particular, I thought, 'Oh my God, these are incredible,' " Wallach said. "This was a critical moment in both of their careers, and they were taking this huge risk, and at that moment I knew they were going to nail it."
"The volume of music that (Hurwitz) had to produce is just staggering, and he doesn't settle for just good enough," Wallach said. "Everything had to be perfect. If that meant writing the same part 30 times, no matter how agonizing that may be, he was always willing to put in the time. In some ways, the movie itself is a tribute to the music."
At the Academy Awards, Hurwitz could be rewarded for that music.
"It's a great feeling and I hope it does inspire people, whether in Milwaukee or other places, to pursue music or pursue any other creative dream," Hurwitz said.
Email Piet Levy at piet.levy@jrn.com.


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The 1960's: Then and Now
Listen as SPU students and faculty take you back to an era that has significantly influenced the United States today. This series highlights a collaboration of student and faculty research describing the political environment, culture, and civil rights movements of the 1960's. [Audio] [Video]
Tags:Civil Rights, History, Political Science, Politics
Augustine's Journey
Owen Ewald, C. May Marston Assistant Professor of Classics, discusses Augustine of Hippo's spiritual journey in the Confessions and how urban spaces typical of the later Roman Empire function as personal and theological milestones along the way. 2011 C. May Marston Lecture. February 15, 2011. [Audio] [Video]
Tags:Faith, History, Literature, Marston Lecture
Arms Control Negotiations as an Act of Faith
Guest speaker Keith A. Hansen, Senior Arms Control Negotiator with the US Department of State, shares his experiences and insights with History Professor Bill Woodward's and Political Science Professor Reed Davis' students. October 14, 2010. [Audio]
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2009 Darwin Symposium
A series of discussions examining Charles Darwin's influence in a variety of fields and exploring the application today of contemporary theories of evolution.
Darwin in Social and Historical Context Emeritus Associate Professor of Psychology Del McHenry talks about Darwin's life history, personality, and work; Associate Professor of History Rod Stiling discusses On the Origin of Species in the history of science; and Associate Professor of Philosophy Patrick McDonald presents "On the Friendship of Darwin, Design, and Creation." November 10, 2009. (1:19:09) [Video]
Taking Up Darwin in His Own Time: Church and Culture Associate Professor of English Christine Chaney talks about "Lady Novelists, Evolution, and the 'Natural History' of Real Life," and Associate Professor of Christian Ministry Jeff Keuss discusses "Thomas a' Kempis and Darwin: Death, Life, and Evolution in Victorian Theology." November 12, 2009. (1:04:49) [Video]
Darwin and 21st Century Biological Sciences Assistant Professor of Biology Eric Long discusses "Evolution, Ecology, and Endangered Species"; Associate Professor of Biochemistry Ben McFarland discusses "What Good Is Evolution? How Darwin's Theory Helps Us, From Termites to Proteins"; and Professor of Biology Tim Nelson presents "Endosymbiosis, a Combination of Darwinian and Non-Darwinian Evolution?" November 17, 2009. (1:07:21) [Video]
Darwin and 21st Century Social and Behavioral Sciences Associate Professor of Biology Cara Wall-Scheffler talks about "Closing Gaps in the Fossil Record? The Recent Lessons of Ardipithecus and The Emergence of Human Bipedality"; Assistant Professor of Psychology Bane Craft discusses "Evolutionary Psychology: The Role of Comparative Psychology in Understanding Human Behavior"; and Dean of the School of Psychology, Family, and Community Míchéal Roe addresses "Emergence," human behavior, and worldviews. November 19, 2009. (1:20:25) [Video]
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Day of Common Learning 2009: Transformational Leadership
The Day of Common Learning is a campus in-service day during which faculty, staff and students have the opportunity to participate together in a learning community outside of traditional classrooms.
Keynote Address: Transformational Leadership Ronald C. White. Emeritus Professor of American Religious History at San Francisco Theological Seminary. [Video]
Abraham Lincoln: Classical Orator Assistant Professor of Classics Owen Ewald and Associate Professor of Communications William Purcell consider Lincoln in the context of the tradition of classical oratory. [Audio]
Civil Discourse in a Coarsening Culture Ronald C. White, Emeritus Professor of American Religious History at San Francisco Theological Seminary, and Doug Strong, Professor of the History of Christianity and Dean of the School of Theology, address how Lincoln can be a guide for wisdom and witness. [Video]
From Just Paying the Bills to Intentional Living: Leadership Transforming the Off-Campus Housing Experience Associate Director of University Ministries Matthew Koenig and Sharpen Ministry Intentional Living Core students discuss the demographic changes at SPU which find more and more students commuting and how groups of students are responding through innovative forms of Christian community. [Audio]
Lincoln and the Lilacs Professor of English and Director of the Center for Scholarship and Faculty Development Susan VanZanten examines how Walt Whitman captured both Lincoln's magnificence and American grief. [Video]
Lincoln and the Possibilities of Prudential Politics Assistant Professor of Old Testament Bo Lim and Assistant Professor of Political Science Caleb Henry examine why prudential politics is so difficult. [Audio]
The Lincoln/Douglas Debate The SPU Debate Team recreates part of the Lincoln / Douglas debates that helped propel Lincoln onto the national stage. [Audio]
Lincoln on Education Professor of Education Chris Sink explores Lincoln's views on education in light of contemporary perspectives. [Audio] [Video]
Lincoln's Use (and Abuse?) of Presidential Power Professor of History Bill Woodward asks the audience to judge both Lincoln's actions and parallel instances today with regard to five transforming ways Lincoln wielded presidential power. [Audio]
Ode to Joy: Tragedy, Triumph and Transformation in the Life and Music of Beethoven Professor of Music Wayne Johnson looks at how adversity can help create qualities of determination, character and transformative leadership. [Video]
Transformational Leadership: In Practice and in Progress The John Perkins Center and Student Volunteer Coordinators introduce the John Perkins Center model of student leadership development and share stories of growth and engagement from student leaders currently serving in volunteer programs and at various stages along the leadership development continuum. [Video]
Transforming Leadership and the Power of Service Professor of Nursing Kathy Stetz and Assistant Professor of Journalism Rick Jackson discuss how Paul Farmer's journey offers insight for everyone, inside and outside medicine, on how real leadership arises from service anchored in vocation. [Audio]
Transforming Self to Transform Others: Lessons from the Prodigal Father Professor of Industrial/Organizational Psychology Margaret Diddams walks through the practices necessary to become a transformational leader and the unique types of changes that transformational leaders are most likely to make possible. [Audio] [Video]
U2 and the Future of Transformational Leadership Associate Professor of Christian Ministry Jeff Keuss looks at how U2 provokes leaders of the free world to reconsider everything from immigration policy to debt relief. [Audio] [Video]
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Vertebrate Biology | What Does It Mean to Be Human
Vertebrate Biology (BIO3432) Associate Professor of Biology Eric Long examines vertebrate life in an evolutionary context through the study of adaptations, comparative anatomy, paleontology, and natural history. Spring 2009.
What Does It Mean to Be Human: Psychology Assistant Professor of Psychology Bain Craft talks about the evolutionary model he uses to understand animal behavior and what determines animal and human choices. (3:22) [Audio]
What Does It Mean to Be Human: Philosophy Associate Professor of Philosophy Patrick McDonald expresses that reason is an important part of human distinctiveness. (5:46) [Audio]
What Does It Mean to Be Human: Scripture Professor of Christian Scriptures Rob Wall claims that the Bible is prepared to give a valuable part of the whole truth in a discussion on humanity as co-creators with God, but it cannot give an accurate scientific perspective. (9:30) [Audio]
What Does It Mean to Be Human: Evolutionary Biology Associate Professor of Biology Cara Wall-Scheffler describes the need to identify which stage of development a specific fossil within the evolutionary process is in order to locate specific, survival enhancing traits. (4:13) [Audio]
What Does It Mean to Be Human: Animal Behavioral Biology Associate Professor of Biology Janet Bester-Meredith draws connections between certain human behaviors and non-human animal behaviors. (11:15) [Audio]
What Does It Mean to Be Human: Q and A SPU professors answer student questions about the role of humanity in a scientifically informed Christian worldview. (42:34) [Audio]
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Ash Wednesday Service
Professor of Moral and Historical Theology Rick Steele presents the historical and theological background of Ash Wednesday and Lent and ways in which that liturgical season engages people today. February 25, 2009. (16:06) [Audio]
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The Nature of Cities
Professor Ron Boyce explores from multidisciplinary perspectives the character and content of cities from their origin to present pattern. Special emphasis is placed on the city theme in scripture. Topics include attitudes about cities over time, the spread of civilizations in history, the changing economic base of cities, and selected contemporary land-use and urban planning problems. Series of course lectures. [Audio]
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Prague Spring 1968 Commemoration
Professor of Music Eric Hanson commemorates the 25th anniversary of Prague Spring 1968 and reflects on the lives of the people he has met during his travels in Europe. April 21, 1993. (22:01) [Audio]
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Knowing and Trusting God, Our Father
Ellen Stamps shares personal stories of WWII, working with Corrie Ten Boom, and dating, encouraging listeners to seek and trust God in all circumstances. February 14, 1992. (33:46) [Audio]
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Templeton showed their strength through the interclub grades when they won both the Blank and Simon Cups yesterday at Waimairi Beach Golf Club, with their Woodward Cup side also narrowly missing out in the semi-finals.
They won the Blank Cup 6-2 over Harewood with wins to Zac Mason, Greg Hey, Mike Berry, Ben Langrope, Joe Gantley, and Cam Finlayson. For Harewood Gavin O'Hara and Neville Bamford won well. The Russley v Harewood semi-final was a tense affair with Harewood dethroning the seemingly invincible Russley side. All the matches went down to the wire, with Harewood coming out winners in five of the matches on the last two holes. The relatively young Russley team should be better for the experience, with Andrew Richardson, Nik Bull and Zach May getting their wins. By contrast the other semi-final was more comfortable for Templeton 5.5-2.5 over Weedons. Although Jonathan Steiller and Shaun Payne had good wins for Weedons, their team-mates were not able to support with Templeton getting wins to Mike Berry, Ben Langrope, James Moynihan, Anthony Woodgate, and a half to Greg Hey against Jessie Rich.
The Simon Cup Final saw Templeton eventually run out comfortable winners 6.5-1.5 over Rangiora. It was unfortunate that Rangiora had a couple of players out with their Club Champs Finals, but in the end Templeton were too strong, coming through in four matches on the last two holes. Wins to Richard Mills, Mike Robertson, Matt Ryall, Patrick Werahiko, Lance Gahan, Mike Beaudoin, and a half to Bruce Purdon against Mike Clapham cemented the victory. Craig Dickinson got the sole win for Rangiora.


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SEOUL, Nov. 22 (Yonhap) -- South Korea and Japan held working-level diplomatic talks in Seoul on Monday amid a renewed spat over the former's easternmost islets of Dokdo.
The talks between Lee Sang-ryol, the foreign ministry's director general for Asian and Pacific affairs, and his Japanese counterpart, Takehiro Funakoshi, came after tensions resurfaced following Japan's protest over the recent visit to Dokdo by South Korea's police chief.
Lee said that Seoul can never accept any Japanese claim to Dokdo, as Funakoshi repeated Tokyo's stance on the East Sea outcroppings, the foreign ministry said.
Friction over Dokdo was on full display last week when Japanese Foreign Minister Takeo Mori boycotted what was supposed to be a trilateral press conference involving his South Korean and U.S. counterparts, Choi Jong-kun and Wendy Sherman, in Washington.
South Korea has been in effective control of the islets with a small police detachment since its liberation from Japan's 1910-45 colonial rule.
At the talks, Lee also stressed the need to accelerate bilateral consultations to address the two countries' protracted rows over Japan's wartime forced labor and sexual slavery, the ministry said.
In addition, Lee reiterated South Korea's position against Japan's plan to discharge into the ocean radioactive water from its crippled Fukushima power plant.
Despite their differences over historical issues, the two sides shared the view on the need for continued communication to address those issues, the ministry said.
On the same day, South Korea's top nuclear envoy, Noh Kyu-duk, met Funakoshi who doubles as Japan's chief nuclear negotiator.
The two sides discussed cooperation to make substantive progress for the efforts to achieve the complete denuclearization and lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula, and agreed to continue close communication on North Korea-related issues, the ministry said


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Opinion Policy & Finance
Where are Japan's banks in the climate conversation?
Japan's Big Three banks represent some US$6.29 trillion in assets, but have been conspicuously absent from efforts by the banking sector to embrace the Paris Agreement and the SDGs.
A downtown plaza in Tokyo. Japan's Big Three banks have declared their support for the Sustainable Development Goals, but their investment decisions tell a different story. Image: tokyoform, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
https://www.eco-business.com/opinion/where-are-japans-banks-in-the-climate-conversation/
By Shin Furuno
5 minute read Dec. 11, 2018
On the 26 November, the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP-FI) released the draft of the Principles for Responsible Banking (PRBs), which aims to align the banking sector's business strategy with the goals of the Paris Agreement and the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
The Principles are expected to "provide the framework for the sustainable banking system of the future", and a major part of this redefinition will be how the banking sector can help finance the transition towards the decarbonisation of the global economy.
Developed by 28 leading banks including BNP Paribas, ICBC, Santander, Barclays, ING and Nordea, as well as banks from emerging economies such as India's Yes Bank and Nigeria's Access Bank, these banks jointly represent more than US$17 trillion in assets.
Unfortunately, Japan's three biggest retail banks—Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group (SMFG) and Mizuho Financial Group, together worth US$6.29 trillion in assets—were nowhere to be seen during the discussions.
Japan's big three banks: The world's top lenders to coal
While MUFG, Mizuho and SMFG recently identified coal-fired power as a significant environmental risk in their credit policies, their policies leave the door wide open for so-called "highly efficient coal power" and provide exceptions where projects have "national government backing".
Yet, UNEP has clarified that there is no room for new investments into coal under any scenario of keeping global warming below 2 degrees Celsius.
Numerous global banks have consequently restricted any new project finance for coal power or coal mining, and have begun restricting corporate finance to companies heavily involved in the coal sector. Japan's banks' coal policies clearly do not align with the Paris Agreement goals.
Yet according the latest report released at COP24, Japan's top three banks continue to offer massive loans to the top 120 global coal developers. They collectively rank first among global banks and provide nearly $31 billion between 2016 and 2018. Japan's Big Three Mizuho, MUFG, and SMFG are the first, second, and fourth biggest lenders to coal respectively.
On the domestic front, financial data compiled by 350.org Japan suggests that from January 2013 to July 2018, the country's Big Three banks together provided approximately $25 billion in lending and underwriting to Japanese coal developers, the same companies currently involved in plans to build 35 new coal plants in Japan. These include two new power stations in Kobe, near Osaka where Japan will host the G20 meeting in 2019. What is more, records suggest such lending increased after the 2015 Paris Agreement.
As of July 2018, the banks held a total of approximately $2.9 billion in shares and bonds of the top coal developer companies in Japan (MUFG, $1.828 billion; Mizuho, $705 million; and SMFG, $323 million).
Furthermore, the coal-fired power stations recently financed by Mizuho, MUFG and SMFG include controversial overseas projects such as Batang and Cirebon 2 in Indonesia and Nghi Son 2 in Vietnam. They that have been the subject of strong community opposition due to alleged human rights violations, continuing environmental damages and poor pollution standards that have adversely affected community livelihoods.
While on the surface Japan's banks have declared their support for the SDGs and commitment to the Equator Principles (EPs)—which purport to help banks minimise environmental and social risk in projects—these actions show that they are unwilling to undertake due diligence and fulfil their responsibility as project sponsors to ensure that these projects limit their impact on people, the environment and climate change.
If current practices continue, Japan's Big Three banks should be seen as being seriously out of step with the Paris Agreement, and should expect poor ratings by credit rating agencies and ESG index providers alike.
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Bank and Resona Bank are leading Japan's banking sector in this regard and have set the benchmark by ruling out new finance for coal power projects regardless of the technology used and their geographic location.
The PRBs released in November provide a useful tool to hold global banks to account and to assess whether they are taking concrete actions to decarbonise and adopt credit policies in line with global climate action.
If Japan's Big Three banks fail to get their house in order, their international reputations will be compromised. Ethical businesses, major clients and even retail customers may choose to shift their business to more socially responsible banks.
On the other hand, Japan's banks could seize the opportunity to align with the PRBs, and here are five ways they can do so:
Endorse the PRBs as participating banks
Signal their willingness to act responsibly by formally endorsing the Principles for Responsible Banking.
Adopt Science Based Targets
Set emissions reduction targets which include financed emissions through their lending and investment portfolios. Mizuho has said it is considering the adoption of Science Based Targets, an initiative that has been signed by 35 financial institutions worldwide. MUFG and SMFG should follow.
Improve risk disclosure in line with TCFD recommendations
Engage with non-government organisations and fully disclose the climate risks they are exposed to in their lending and investment portfolios in line with the recommendations of the Task Force on Climate Related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), especially for the most carbon-intensive sectors such as coal and tar sands. Without full disclosure and accountability for financed emissions, the "carbon reduction outcomes" of backing clean energy projects themselves cannot be considered progress.
Restrict finance for highly carbon-intensive sectors
Adopt credit policies in line with the Paris Agreement by ceasing any new finance for coal power and mining projects and restrict corporate finance to coal developers. Banks should do the same for other carbon-intensive sectors such as tar sands, extreme oil and gas.
Integrate climate change and indigenous rights in the Equator Principles
Participate actively in ongoing discussions to update the Equator Principles, and fully integrate climate risk mitigation and indigenous rights in project financing decisions.
Acknowledging that Japan's Big Three have pledged to review and improve the ambition of their social and environmental policies over time, we encourage the banks to publicly report on their progress before the G20 Finance Ministers Meeting to be held on 8-9 June 2019.
If Japan's banks can read the writing on the wall and make a clear shift away from coal towards decarbonisation, they stand to uphold their reputations and benefit from the burgeoning opportunities for green finance ahead.
Shin Furuno is Senior Regional Campaigner, Asia Finance, for 350.org, the global grassroots campaign on climate. This article was written for Eco-Business.


NEW MARTINSVILLE — The Wetzel County Convention and Visitors Bureau (Visit Wetzel County) will continue its prelude to the Back Home Appalachian Arts & Music Festival with Beatlemania Magic, set to take over New Martinsville's Lincoln Theater on Saturday, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m.
The concert follows January's special Lincoln Theater performance by Michael Cleveland and Flamekeeper, and is part of Visit Wetzel County's endeavor to offer entertainment leading up to the Back Home Appalachian Arts & Music Festival, now approaching its third year. Visit Wetzel County started such an endeavor last year, but this year the budget has increased, and the organization is excited about its scheduled talent.