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FASD Day ACTION 9th of September 2015
The launch of the #TYTD2015 campaign, created by Fabrica, the Benetton group's communication research center, will take place on September 9, 2015, the International Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Awareness Day.
The launch consists of a 24-hour continuous action of non-conventional marketing that will be carried out worldwide, in order of Time Zone. Beginning at 9:09 am on September 9, 2015, local times, all the associations, organizations and institutions joining the initiative around the world will:
display materials of the campaign in their cities and communities, with the goal of creating surprise and stir
take pictures and make videos of the displayed materials, by involving as many citizens as possible
publish and spread them in the social media and on the Web.
The strength of this action is the viralization of the visual of the campaign in the Web community, by involving the highest number possible of people, theanks especially to the use of Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. The hashtags of the campaign are #TYTD2015 #FASDay #FASD #tooyoungtodrink.
To engage participants awards will be given in the following categories:
picture including the highest number people showing the visual
most original picture (no. of likes)
involvement of a celebrity (no. of likes)
To participate, insert the hashtag #TYTD2015.
The winners of the contest will be recognized as "Ambassadors of the #TYTD2015 campaign".
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WHAT'S FASD
The range of harm to an unborn baby due to drinking during pregnancy is called Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD). Alcohol can hurt the baby's brain, heart, eyes, and other organs.
Children with FASD can have a hard time learning, controlling how they act, and making friends. Drinking alcohol during pregnancy can cause lifelong harm to the unborn child.These nine months last a lifetime.
Let's keep them alcohol-free. FASD affects us all, but it is 100% preventable. Together we can prevent FASD! http://www.eufasd.org/awareness/fasd.php
When a pregnant woman drinks alcohol, so does her baby.
Alcohol is harmful for the baby: baby is too young to drink!
How does alcohol affect the baby?
Alcohol affects the baby's growth, especially the brain. The baby may be smaller than normal and may cry a lot. As the child grows, it may be hyperactive or difficult, and have trouble learning in school. As a teenager, many of these youth drop out of school, cannot keep a job, and get involved in criminal behavior.
Are all types of alcoholic beverages harmful?
Yes, wine, beer, hard cider, aperitifs, alcoholic fruit drinks, spirits such as rum or whiskey or vodka can all harm the baby. All types of alcoholic drink are harmful for the baby.
How much alcohol is harmful?
There is no safe amount of alcohol or safe time to drink during pregnancy or when planning to become pregnant. Even a small amount of alcohol can be harmful. It is safest NOT to drink at all during pregnancy.
What is FASD?
Fetal Alcohol Syndrome (FAS) and Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) are names given to the problems a baby may have if the mother drinks during pregnancy. Alcohol can cause delayed growth, birth defects, and brain damage. A person with FASD faces lifelong challenges.
Is FASD preventable?
Yes, by NOT consuming alcohol during pregnancy or while planning to get pregnant.
My friend drank in her pregnancy and her child is healthy.
Each pregnancy, child, and mother are different. It is better NOT to take the risk of harming the child.
I am pregnant and I have been drinking...
It is never too late to stop drinking. If you stop now, your baby will be healthier.
I'm not pregnant and I drink. How can I avoid the risk of having a child with FASD in the future?
If you don't use contraceptives, or if you want to have a baby, stop drinking now. Alcohol makes it harder to get pregnant, and increases the risk of miscarriages. Alcohol is harmful to the baby from the moment of conception onwards.
What can fathers do? What can friends and families do? What can all of us do?
Fathers can support the mother-to-be by respecting her decision not to drink. Many fathers also stop drinking during the pregnancy. In our society, drinking often plays a great role in social life. Sometimes pregnant women feel pressured to drink, too. Friends and families should respect her decision not to drink, and should help her to avoid situations where she usually drinks, like parties and bars. It is the responsibility of all of us to support mothers-to-be.
I think my child has FASD.
Talk with your doctor or health clinic about your concerns. The child with FASD can benefit from a caring and structured environment, as well as from special help (for example, speech therapist or physical therapist).
Tweets di @TYTD2014
"...We have to sensitize women, but also families and society as a whole, to the fact that drinking alcohol during pregnancy can harm the fetus...Sometimes people say that drinking a few glasses does nothing, this is not true..."
Erik Ravelo / Fabrica:
"...The Fabrica photographers took a picture of a real baby in our studio. The post-production of the campaign was made entirely in-house, from start to finish..."
INTERVIEWS BACKSTAGE
Father of the baby:
When you decide to have a child, you want it to be born healthy and live its life in the best way.
The way in that a woman spends the nine months of her pregnancy is so important. We have to sensitize women, but also families and society as a whole, to the fact that drinking alcohol during pregnancy can harm the fetus.
It is a very important thing. For this reason we have adhered to this initiative.
The fact that, for your self-interest and for your personal pleasure, you can put in danger your child, who has no power and totally depends on you, is very serious.
It is important to understand that drinking alcohol during pregnancy can hurt the unborn child.
Mother of the baby:
I think it is very important to sensitize mothers, parents and people in general, not to drink alcohol during pregnancy for the sake of the health of the unborn child. We hope to make people believe in the project and to understand the message as clearly as possible.
We also hope that families will spread this information.
For moms this is the message: do not drink alcohol during pregnancy, not even for a toast. Sometimes people say that drinking a few glasses does nothing, this is not true.
Family and friends, please collaborate with mothers in order to help pursue this goal.
I hope that people will talk about this problem, that can happen when a mother drink alcohol during pregnancy. Just the fact that we are speaking about it, it means the campaign has achieved a great success.
Erik Ravelo:
My name is Erik Ravelo, and I am responsible for Social Engagement Campaigns at Fabrica.
We are here to present our new campaign to raise awareness about not drinking alcohol during pregnancy.
Mum drinks, baby drinks ("Mamma Beve Bimbo Beve"), the campaign we launched few years ago, has been a great success. This year the goal is to develop an international campaign.
We were inspired by the traditional drinks of each country: brandy from the Balkans, the French champagne, Italian wine, the English and Irish whiskey, and Vodka of Eastern Europe.
We have worked with the eternal concept of the unborn child who, instead of being in the belly, is immersed in alcohol.
The Fabrica photographers took a picture of a real baby in our studio. The post-production of the campaign was made entirely in-house, from start to finish.	For us to convey such a sensitive and touching message is a big challenge. We have been asked to do a campaign that can shake people. Fabrica has always been very interested in helping those associations who may not have the means to develop a campaign like this. It is a great pleasure for Fabrica to help in creating a strong message, that can reach as many people as possible.
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2014 was really quite a good year for me overall.
Our wedding photos also arrived this month.
Was also a month that the hub and I were freaking busy with wedding preps.
So thankful for these bunch of crazy/helpful/wonderful peeps around us that showered us with so much care/love/help throughout this entire wedding.
Really enjoyed the Bangkok trip.
A trip that really changed my perspective of things (in a personal way).
I am thankful for the feedbacks and comments I've received from you all.
Best last two months of my year 2014 imo.
How about your year 2014?


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Cities: Skylines Parklife DLC - How to Use the New Systems in Your City
Cities: Skylines "Parklife" has arrived. Click through to learn how to keep Skylines' new recreation systems from putting your city in park.
by Fox Doucette
As with most things in Cities: Skylines, learning how to integrate the new mechanics and systems from the "Parklife" DLC into your city can be a case of trial and error ... mostly error.
After all, not only do you have the option to build new park types, treat them like a proper district for the first time, and play an impromptu game of Parkitect inside your metropolis, but there are sightseeing bus tours, new game mechanics involving noise reduction, a bunch of new maps, and some resources for modders.
I won't go into the modder resources; that stuff flies five miles over my head and is a subject you'll want to go to Skylines' existing modding community to get your head around. I'm a writer, not a coder or a programmer or a game designer.
Likewise, the free patch updates can best be summarized as "trees now reduce noise pollution, and the greater the concentration of trees, the greater the effect -- so plant forests between stuff like windmills and your city proper." And new maps, of course, mean new, fun places to build cities on, all of which work just fine with other DLC, and all of which are just begging you to build a brand-new city to take full advantage of the new features.
Now then, there are two main features to get to grips with here: park districts and sightseeing tours.
Park Districts
We begin with the bread and butter. Creating a park area is as simple as drawing it in exactly the same way you draw any other district in your city:
You then choose what kind of park you want. Your choices are City Park (something roughly akin to Central Park in New York City, with walking trails, activities, and trees and such), Nature Reserve (perfect for those parts of the map where the terrain makes it impractical for zoning), Zoo (animals!), and Amusement Park (a place with all the zip of Nuka-Cola.)
Ultimately, which one you choose depends on your play style.
Once you've drawn the district, you'll need a Main Entrance; this can be found in the standard Parks interface, where you'll notice some new tabs, one for each of the different park types. Click around and experiment; Skylines is not a game that benefits from a linear "do this, this, and this" attitude.
Main gates must have a road connection; you then build park paths to direct walking traffic through the park. You can also build side gates to allow more access points into the park, useful for preventing traffic backups near the park's main entryway.
At first, you'll only be able to place a couple of basic structures, and here is where leveling up enters into it.
Once your park reaches a certain entertainment rating and has received enough visitors, you can level it up, but you can't just plunk down a bunch of the same structure and expect it to work; there's a diminishing returns mechanic in play.
Instead, beautification matters. In a park district, trees, landscaping, and other means of making the land more attractive also add entertainment value. But the bar is set low enough that you don't need to go overboard.
Furthermore, the main gate allows you to set an admission price. The more attractive the park, the higher the price you can charge; the larger the tourist volume and population in your city, the larger the potential customer base.
Or you can make the park free and treat it as a loss leader for attracting people to other city services. The choice is again yours, but costs add up, especially in big parks and at higher levels. The game automatically raises the price for you about 20 percent at each level-up, and that seems a reasonable step size.
Policies, "Parklife" Style
"Parklife" includes policies that can be set for each park district. They work exactly the same way as district policies already in place in the game. It's precisely the same mechanic.
Policies include Animal Ethics for zoos, Advertising Campaigns to increase park visitor volume (especially useful when you've got the park up to the right entertainment value to level up but haven't quite cleared the visitor level bar), and setting a park as the Main Park so tourists prefer it, essentially saying to would-be visitors "this is why you'll want to come to the city."
There's even a park policy that improves non-DLC parks, the ones that have always been in the game, taking a bit of your treasury and satisfaction even higher than ever before.
Do you district? You know this stuff already. So have fun with it; Colossal Order made it user-friendly.
New Park Services
There's also a new building: the Park Maintenance building.
Not only does it work on the "Parklife" stuff, but it also adds a new booster to previous parks like Japanese gardens and basketball courts, giving them a boost to attractiveness as long as they're within the catchment area of the maintenance building.
But for "Parklife" buildings, the maintenance crews create a level that's on a slider in any given building's feedback to let you know how much of a bonus the object is getting.
Done correctly, this is a key part of keeping those entertainment and attractiveness values high enough to climb that level tree.
New Buildings!
Besides the maintenance building, there are also new DLC-specific buildings with their own requirements, which unlock based on what you do with your parks.
Most of them unlock at Level 6 unique buildings (the Small City milestone), and as with all other unique buildings, the game outright tells you what you need to do once you reach that point in order to complete the unlock.
The more interesting one, however, is the Castle of Lord Chirpwick; this one doesn't unlock until you've built all of the "Parklife" unique buildings, and besides nightly fireworks shows (which look awesome if you've got the day/night cycle enabled and a decent computer), it increases all other Unique Building attractiveness by 25 percent while raising the city's profile for tourists.
Lord Chirpwick offers a huge reward; if you're playing "Parklife," do everything you can to unlock the castle and make your entire purchase worth the while. Just know that it's like any other monument in the game in that you can't take your eye off the ball of making a great city to rush for it.
See the Sights!
There are two kinds of sightseeing tours: walking tours and bus tours.
They both work on the same principle, using existing public transportation mechanics; if you've created a bus line in your city, you have the know-how to make a sightseeing tour.
The difference is that unlike public transit, which is about getting people between their homes and their jobs, the value of a stop on a sightseeing tour is in the attractiveness of the landmarks you push your visitors past.
Which means if you have some well-placed parks in your city, you can line them up for people to visit them, amplifying their effect.
You can also create hot air balloons; these don't have routes, they just take to the air and view the city from above. Of course, the montgolfieres will stay in the general area of their launch pad, so if you put them near unique buildings, parks, and other high-attractiveness areas, you'll get the most satisfaction out of them.
Using these is simple and a great revenue source, and tours also improve the effectiveness of the locations they're guided past.
A New Way to Manage Tourism
Finally, Skylines has given the player a deeper dive into the data for how tourism is affecting the city.
Much like any other info panel, color-coded markers on the map show where the highest-appeal buildings are, making it easy to plan sightseeing tours around them.
Indeed, you're going to want to consult this view when you're working in that mode, because that's the only way you'll be able to visualize whether your efforts are working or just chewing through your money.
Plus, the budget panel now lets you know how much money tourists are spending and where they're spending it.
As with all things in Skylines, this is something players who have started to climb the learning curve already know; data visualization is how you stay on top of things in this game, from where the water pipes are to how hard the wind's blowing to, now, where the tourist traps are and whether any actual tourists are being trapped.
It's the glue that holds the whole strategy together, so make use of it.
But wait, there's more! The dev team added new assets clearly marked as tourism assets. Notice a bunch of campers, vans, and the like parked near your attractions? That's the game's way of telling you folks drove in just to see whatever their vehicles are parked in front of.
It's all holistic so you're not constantly in menu mode if you know what to look for.
And tourists themselves are now simulated much the same way as your Cims always have been, going about their business and able to be followed and tracked to get a good idea of their flow around your city.
Getting the most out of Skylines or any of its DLC involves knowing what's there, playing around with it until you get a good sense of how it works, then integrating it into your own strategy.
You can do as much or as little of this as you want, of course, but if you're paying for the content, you might as well use it.
So happy hunting! Leave a comment with a screenshot of your city's own Castle of Lord Chirpwick, and stick with GameSkinny for even more info on "Parklife" and other Cities: Skylines guides.
Fox Doucette
Sports guy with a serious strategy and simulation gaming jones. #SavePlayer1. If you like the NBA, click that "Website" link. It's good.
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Women-led charity WONDER Foundation Empowers Young Voices Affected by Migration
By Uzma Gulbahar on January 24, 2022 0 Comments
In light of International Day of Education on Monday 24 January, Good News Shared is showcasing inspiring organisations under this year's theme of 'Changing Course, Transforming Education.'
In keeping with the theme, WONDER is creating sustainable and transformative change in the lives of women and girls throughout the world. Established in 2012 as the Women's Network for Development and Educational Resources (WONDER) with a mission to empower women and their communities through education – now ten years strong, they are driving the force for improving access to quality education for girls and women globally.
Set up ten years ago by a group of young women with roots from all over the world – some of whom were studying international development whilst others were volunteering in communities – who came together to make the world a better place. Co-founder and Director of Programmes and Policy, Olivia Darby, shares the inspiration behind the charity.
"We knew that there were projects in the countries which we have links to that were really effective. They were being run by amazing women who were really helping women and girls, but they weren't part of the story because they didn't know it or they didn't have the right connections, or they didn't have the time to build those connections. They weren't being consulted on policy related, or practice related questions because they were too busy serving the women and girls in their communities. And that's where WONDER came from. We really wanted to bring recognition to this amazing work that is being done by so many women, the amazing leadership that these women show, and to give them the chance to be heard, the chance to access the different types of resources that they might need. Whether that's financial resources, or training – all of those kinds of things that we in this country take for granted. Whether it's funding or for example, someone offering training in project management, or the importance of having a website. These things just don't exist in a lot of the countries that we're working in. And that's kind of where it started from those humble beginnings and big dreams."
Working with 27 women-led local organisations globally, WONDER never set out simply to educate women and girls but to give them the tools to be leaders in their own lives. Indeed, WONDER's 'Being and Belonging' project aims to do just this by cementing young people as agents of change.
Being and Belonging is a youth solidarity project led by young people to engage peers, decision-makers and influencers in discussions around migrant integration by posing two simple questions: Who am I to you? Who are you to me?
The project empowers young voices by giving them a chance to reflect on identity and overcome how we categorise ourselves and others as good and bad or non-migrants. Given that current policies place the burden of "integration" on migrants, the policies ignore the challenges migrants face in high-churn areas. As a result, this surface-level way of thinking outlines integration as the ability to function, as opposed to flourish, in a society. The problem is that the diverse experience of migrants and other populations affected by migration are not appropriately reflected.
The Being and Belonging project aims to address this problem by empowering young people affected by migration to successfully use their voices to affect change.
Olivia shares how WONDER migration became a key theme of exploration. "One of our partners is the Baytree Centre in Brixton which focuses on migrant women and girls. It became very clear to us that migration was one of these cross cutting issues, because of the projects we're working with, for instance, projects in London that were working mainly with migrant and minority women, we were dealing with the consequences of migration there. But also on the other end, many of our projects were working in areas where people wanted to migrate for the chance to have a better life, which is a perfectly logical thing to want to do."
Building upon this, WONDER received funding for the FATIMA project, a collaborative project between five NGOs supporting the empowerment and social integration of migrant women across four European countries. Even before this, WONDER published research called 'Women Breaking the English Barrier' looking at the challenges that women face to access language learning in the UK.
Olivia shares the importance of the youth solidarity project Being and Belonging. "It became very clear that we needed to have conversations about integration, and we needed people to really spend time reflecting on what that meant to them. And how that also is so important when it comes to our sense of identity – because it is identity, these kind of sets of ideas of what is normal that we cling on to that prevent us from crossing those divides. It's looking at how we actually form meaningful connections with people from different backgrounds. Also, looking at the structures of power. How do we make policy? How do we have these discussions with people who have the ability to create change, recognising that we all have the ability to create change? How can we access other ways of creating change? And of course, understanding how these things work is very much something that comes from the environment you've grown up in, to a large extent. If your parents are talking about politics all the time, chances are you realise some stuff. But if your parents don't understand how anything works, then you're going to struggle with that."
The project includes a policy competition whereby young people are given the chance to propose ideas for creating meaningful innovation, that is integration focusing on communities thriving together not just tolerating one another.
Poorvika Mehra, a volunteer whose research inspired the Being and Belonging project shares the work she does with people between the ages of 16 to 25.
"We run programmes to help them be more sensitised to cultural differences, but also recognise their own underlying biases and the way that they view another person, keeping in mind, their perceived cultural background, and the knee jerk biases that all of us have when we think about being a migrant, or a person being Black or brown, or Roma, and the connotations that come with it. I never expected it to impact me in this way but I realised so much that I had biases as well because when you label a migrant as a good migrant, or some migrants as bad migrants, you're again labelling them and there are biases that come with that as well and like grouping that occurs in your brain where you're like, but 'migration in general is good.' The entire programme focused on sensitising young adults in that way, making them recognise that, you know, if you have these liberal biases, they might not be great either. And conservative biases aren't great either. And everything in between biases in general are not the best when you're talking about human interaction."
"I think a project like Being and Belonging teaches you that change doesn't have to be massive. It doesn't have to be a movement that has a standing of a million people or 200,000 people. It can be a conversation between 20 people, right? And you go away learning something new about something. And, you know, the conversation helps you question the way you live your life. And then there's a change right there. I think even the people who have participated have taken that away with them as well – the fact that you as an individual are an agent of change, and you can even affect a change in your immediate surroundings, for example. It might be a friend, it could be your mother, your family, it could be your school teacher, it could be anybody – the conversation you have is all you really need to start that process of change."
To find out more about WONDER Foundation, click here.
Uzma Gulbahar
Uzma Gulbahar holds a Bachelor of Arts in History from the University College of London. She is particularly interested in exploring untold stories surrounding marginalised groups, identity and culture.


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module Data.LiveFusion.Loop.Stmt where

import Data.LiveFusion.Loop.Common
import Data.LiveFusion.Loop.Expr
import Data.LiveFusion.Loop.Label
import Data.LiveFusion.Loop.Var

import Data.LiveFusion.Scalar.HOAS as HOAS

import Data.LiveFusion.AliasMap
import Data.LiveFusion.DisjointSet as Rates
import Data.LiveFusion.Util

import Data.List as List
import Data.Maybe
import Data.Set ( Set )
import qualified Data.Set as Set

import Prelude as P

data Stmt = Bind   Var Expr
          | Assign Var Expr
          | Case   Expr Label Label
          | Guard  Expr Label
          | Goto   Label
          | Return [Var]
          -- Array statements.
          -- They are here because some of them are stateful operations
          -- and they are backend specific.
          -- Perhaps there is a cleaner way to do this.
          | NewArray    Var  {- Array name -}
                        Expr {- Array length -}
          | ReadArray   Var  {- Variable to read into -}
                        Var  {- Array name -}
                        Expr {- Index -}
          | WriteArray  Var  {- Array name -}
                        Expr {- Index -}
                        Expr {- Element -}
          | ArrayLength Var  {- Variable to bind to -}
                        Var  {- Array name -}
          | SliceArray  Var  {- New array name (TODO: ugly) -}
                        Var  {- Array name -}
                        Expr {- Array length -}

bindStmt     = Bind
assignStmt   = Assign
caseStmt     = Case
guardStmt    = Guard
gotoStmt     = Goto
returnStmt   = Return
newArrStmt   = NewArray
readArrStmt  = ReadArray
writeArrStmt = WriteArray
arrLenStmt   = ArrayLength
sliceArrStmt = SliceArray

instance VarContainer Stmt where
  mapVars f stmt = go stmt
   where
    go (Bind v e) = Bind (f v) (mapVars f e)
    go (Assign v e) = Assign (f v) (mapVars f e)
    go (Case e l1 l2) = Case (mapVars f e) l1 l2
    go (Guard e l) = Guard (mapVars f e) l
    go (Goto l) = Goto l
    go (Return vs) = Return (P.map f vs)
    go (NewArray v e) = NewArray (f v) (mapVars f e)
    go (ReadArray v1 v2 e) = ReadArray (f v1) (f v2) (mapVars f e)
    go (WriteArray v ei ex) = WriteArray (f v) (mapVars f ei) (mapVars f ex)
    go (ArrayLength v1 v2) = ArrayLength (f v1) (f v2)
    go (SliceArray v1 v2 e) = SliceArray (f v1) (f v2) (mapVars f e)

instance LabelContainer Stmt where
  mapLabels f = go
   where
    go (Case e l1 l2) = Case e (f l1) (f l2)
    go (Guard e l) = Guard e (f l)
    go (Goto l) = Goto (f l)
    go s_ = s_

instance Analyse Stmt where
  binds = maybeToList . bindsMb
  references = go
   where
    go (Bind _ e)   = references e
    go (Assign _ e) = references e
    go (Case e _ _) = references e
    go (Guard e _)  = references e
    go (Goto _)     = []
    go (Return vs)  = vs

    go (NewArray _ e)       = references e
    go (ReadArray _ v e)    = v : references e
    go (WriteArray v ei ex) = v : references ei
                               ++ references ex
    go (ArrayLength _ v)    = [v]
    go (SliceArray _ v e)   = v : references e

class StmtContainer c where
  mapStmts :: (Stmt -> Stmt) -> c -> c

bindsMb :: Stmt -> Maybe Var
bindsMb = go
  where
    go (Bind v _) = Just v
    {-
    go (Assign v e)
    go (Case e l1 l2)
    go (Guard e l)
    go (Goto l)
    go (Return e)
    -}
    go (NewArray v _) = Just v
    go (ReadArray v _ _) = Just v
    {-
    go (WriteArray v ei ex)
    -}
    go (ArrayLength v _) = Just v
    go (SliceArray v _ _) = Just v
    go _ = Nothing

-- | Dependency order of two statements.
--
-- Currently two statements are equal if they:
--
--   * don't depend on each other, and
--
--   * either both bind a variable
--
--   * or both don't bind a variable
--
-- The equality is in terms of where to place the statement.
-- This is different from complete equality of even /clashing/
-- where two statements bind the same variable. See @clash@.
orderStmts :: Stmt -> Stmt -> Ordering
orderStmts s1 s2 = ord mbv1 mbv2
 where
  ord Nothing   Nothing   = EQ  -- No dep since they don't bind vars
  ord (Just v1) Nothing   = LT  -- Binding statements have precedence
  ord Nothing   (Just v2) = GT  -- ^^^
  ord (Just v1) (Just v2)       -- Both statements are binding:
    | v1 `elem` refs2 = LT      --  * s2 depends on s1
    | v2 `elem` refs1 = GT      --  * s1 depends on s2
    | otherwise       = EQ      --  * neither

  -- *Maybe* they bind variables
  mbv1  = bindsMb s1
  mbv2  = bindsMb s2

  -- Variables they reference
  refs1 = references s1
  refs2 = references s2

{- PROBLEM with `sortBy orderStmtms`:
Partial ordering does not seem to work properly because we use EQ Ordering
to mean there's no dependence relation between two statements.

In particualar the map is the following breaks it and stuff doesn't compile:
bpermute (map (+1) [0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9]) [3,2,6,8,5,3]

Sorting the following does nothing:
C := B                           B := A
D := C    = should produce =>    C := B
B := A                           D := C
-}

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- * Pretty printing

instance Show Stmt where
  show = pprStmt

pprStmt :: Stmt -> String
pprStmt (Bind v e)     = "let" +-+ pprVar v +-+ "=" +-+ pprExpr e
pprStmt (Assign v e)   = pprVar v +-+ ":=" +-+ pprExpr e
pprStmt (Guard p l)    = "unless" +-+ pprExpr p +-+ "|" +-+ pprLabel l
pprStmt (Case p l1 l2) = "if" +-+ pprExpr p +-+ "|" +-+ pprLabel l1 +-+ pprLabel l2
pprStmt (Goto l)       = "goto" +-+ pprLabel l
pprStmt (NewArray arr n)        = "let" +-+ pprVar arr +-+ "= newArray" +-+ pprExpr n
pprStmt (ReadArray x arr i)     = "let" +-+ pprVar x +-+ "= readArray" +-+ pprVar arr +-+ pprExpr i
pprStmt (WriteArray arr i x)    = "writeArray" +-+ pprVar arr +-+ pprExpr i +-+ pprExpr x
pprStmt (ArrayLength i arr)     = "let" +-+ pprVar i +-+ "= arrayLength" +-+ pprVar arr
pprStmt (SliceArray arr' arr n) = "let" +-+ pprVar arr' +-+ "= sliceArray" +-+ pprVar arr +-+ pprExpr n
pprStmt (Return vs)    = "return" +-+ (paren $ intercalateMap ", " pprVar vs)

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- * Fancy stuff

-- | Splits a list of statements to those required to define the given @Var@
--   and the rest.
extractWithDeps :: Var -> [Stmt] -> ([Stmt],[Stmt])
extractWithDeps v = extract [v]
  where
    extract vs stmts
      = let -- find statements that bind vs
            (found, rest) = partition (bindsAny vs) stmts
            -- find all variables those statements reference
            moreDeps = concatMap references found
            -- find statements that bind those
            (moreFound, rest') = extract moreDeps rest
        in  if null found then (found, rest)
                          else (found ++ moreFound, rest')

    bindsAny vs stmt = case bindsMb stmt of
                         Just v  -> v `elem` vs
                         Nothing -> False

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- * Loop specific

-- | Similar to @rewriteStmtLabels@ but rewrites index variables
--
-- TODO: Matching on variable name is ugly.
rewriteStmtRates :: IntDisjointSet -> Stmt -> Stmt
rewriteStmtRates rates = mapVars rw
  where
    rw v@(Var prefix uq)
      | prefix == indexPrefix
      = indexVar (Rates.representative uq rates)
      | otherwise
      = v
    rw v_ = v_

-- | In the final loop we choose just one label out of all
--   and use it everywhere where the same set of labels is used.
--
-- For example
-- @
-- body_3:
-- body_2:
--   elt_3 = f elt_2
--   goto yield_3
-- @
-- gets rewritten to use the smallest label
-- @
-- body_3:
-- body_2:
--   elt_3 = f elt_2
--   goto yield_2    <-- changed
-- @
rewriteStmtLabels :: [Set Label] -> Stmt -> Stmt
rewriteStmtLabels lbls = mapLabels rw
  where
    rw l = theSynonymLabel lbls l

-- | Two statement are considered to be clashing if they bind the same variable.
clash :: Stmt -> Stmt -> Bool
clash (Bind v1 _) (Bind v2 _) = v1 == v2
clash (Assign v1 _) (Assign v2 _) = v1 == v2
clash (Case p1 t1 f1) (Case p2 t2 f2) = (p1 ==? p1) && (t1 == t2) && (f1 == f2)
clash (Guard p1 l1) (Guard p2 l2) = (p1 ==? p2) && (l1 == l2)
clash (Goto l1) (Goto l2) = l1 == l2
clash (Return _) (Return _) = True  -- perhaps this could be relaxed
clash (NewArray v1 _) (NewArray v2 _) = v1 == v2
clash (ReadArray v1 _ _) (ReadArray v2 _ _) = v1 == v2
clash (WriteArray v1 _ _) (WriteArray v2 _ _) = v1 == v2
clash (ArrayLength v1 _) (ArrayLength v2 _) = v1 == v2
clash (SliceArray v1 _ _) (SliceArray v2 _ _) = v1 == v2
clash _ _ = False -- Although two expressions binding the same variable should technically clash.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-- * Noise

incStmt :: Var -> Stmt
incStmt v = assignStmt v incExpr
  where
    incExpr  = plusIntE `AppE` vE `AppE` oneE
    plusIntE = TermE (lam2 plusInt)
    vE       = varE v

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Amazon today announced that Argentine author Cristian Perfumo has won its Fourth Annual Literary Award for independent Spanish-language authors with his thriller El Coleccionista de flechas. The winning entry was selected from more than 1,800 submissions from 39 countries that were self-published through Kindle Direct Publishing (KDP) between July 1 and August 31.
Perfumo was one of five finalists whose books were reviewed by a panel of celebrity judges that included best-selling author and coach Ismael Cala, popular Latin American author Blanca Miosi, and Jordi Sierra i Fabra, a best-selling author from Spain.
To be eligible, stories had to be original works written in Spanish, published only through KDP in both digital and print formats, and available exclusively to Kindle through enrollment in KDP Select. The countries with the highest number of participating authors were (in order) Spain, Mexico, Argentina, the United States, and Colombia.


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A reform proposal to free Thailand from political deadlock
13 January 2014 16 January 2014 tdriUncategorizedPeople's Democratic Reform Committee, PDRC, reform committee, reform assembly, trusted neutral parties, Somkiat Tangkitvanich @en
Thai politics is once again at a dead end. The Democrat Party decided to boycott the upcoming Feb 2 general election. The anti-government People's Democratic Reform Committee (PDRC) vowed to stop it at all costs. With the Bangkok shutdown operation set to begin next week, tensions could spiral into violence.
Though the government said it would proceed with reform after the election, the conflicting sides and many citizens lack faith in that reform. If the election finally takes place, the anti-government movement is likely to continue its protests, making it hard for the new administration to govern the country.
On the other hand, cancelling the election as the PDRC demand would not be accepted by pro-government supporters and democratic-minded citizens.
In my opinion, the solution to the political conflict requires major national reforms conducted in a democratic manner.
Though both the government and the PDRC seem to agree that Thailand needs reform, they disagree on which should come first, the election or the reform.
I believe both stances are problematic as they aim at seizing political advantage more than aiming to create real reforms through cooperation.
The government's reform promise is seen as only a public-relations move to dampen political pressure without the intention to undertake real reform.
Meanwhile, the previous Democrat-led government did not show any political will in pushing reform proposed by the two national reform committees appointed by Abhisit Vejjajiva and led by former prime minister Anand Panyarachun and civic leader Dr Prawase Wasi.
The Yingluck government also paid no attention to reform recommendations from the committees. There have been no tangible developments from the reform council set by the Yingluck government.
This trend suggests that ruling governments have no incentive to reform. The PDRC's demand for reform, however, can be seen as an excuse to create a political vacuum. Also, many of the reform recommendations cannot be accomplished in a short period of time. Besides, they exclude other stakeholders from taking part in the reform process. This makes the PDRC's reform for "absolute democracy" just anti-democratic.
In my opinion, Thailand needs real reform immediately, but it must take place under democratic rules.
I believe that reform could succeed only under the following conditions:
1) all relevant parties must be included in the process, although the reform process must not be dominated by any party;
2) a mechanism to ensure the parties in conflict would accept the reform blueprint, and
3) a mechanism to at least partially ensure the government would carry out the recommended reform.
I offer here an example of a plan for reform which contains the elements mentioned above.
First, the reform process must start prior to the election because once a government is secured in power, it has no incentive to conduct reform.
I agree with the recommendation of the seven private sector organisations that urged the government to establish a reform body immediately, prior to the election.
This body should have legal status to ensure that it continues to exist after the election. Such a body would help establish public trust that reform would actually happen after the election.
Second, the reform body should be a "reform committee", not too big in size that it becomes a "reform assembly". For example, the body might be limited to 30 people; one-third could be recommended by the ruling parties, one-third by the opposition, and one-third could be representatives from different sectors in society (such as academia, business, agriculture, civil society, or labour), who could be the "trusted neutral parties".
The candidates for "trusted neutral parties" must be accepted by both the government and the parties in conflict. This arrangement would include parties in conflict without letting any side dominate the process.
The reform committee should also create a mechanism to work with reform-minded civic groups and promote public participation to make the reform process more broad-based.
Third, the committee's recommendations for the government should require just a little more than a majority such as 60% (18 out of 30 votes) to ensure the recommendations are accepted by the opposite side and the "neutral parties" as well.
This proportion is also not too high to make reform difficult, as it prevents recommendations from being blocked too easily.
Fourth, the reform committee should limit the scope of its recommendations to no more than four or five significant issues that drive the current political conflicts and which require immediate attention.
These issues might include rules related to acquiring state power, checks and balances on state power, corruption, populism and fiscal discipline, or justice issues relevant to the current conflict.
This does not mean that other issues such as education reform, inequality reduction, or the broader justice system are irrelevant, but only that these issues need continuous and long-term measures and should be carried out by an elected government under normal circumstances.
Fifth, the committee should offer reform recommendations along with timeframes to the government, starting with ones having high consensus and practical plans. The recommendations should provide a deadline as well, to provide tangible results for citizens. The committee could recommend more complex reforms afterwards.
Sixth, besides recommending reforms to the government, the committee should monitor whether the government is carrying out reform as recommended and within the timeframe. If the government does not carry out reform as recommended or shows an intent to delay or shun reform, the committee should have a duty to advise the government to "punish itself" by dissolving the parliament and holding a new election. This would create incentives for the government to carry out reform unless it wants to face public pressure.
These reform ideas are just examples I would like society to consider. I do not see any way out of the conflict unless every side, including the government and the opposition, commits to a credible reform process.
First published: Bangkok Post, January 10, 2014


Pecheritsa V.F. A new stage in Russian-Chinese relations: alliance or strategic partnership?
A NEW STAGE IN RUSSIAN-CHINESE RELATIONS: ALLIANCE OR STRATEGIC PARTNERSHIP?
Vladimir Fyodorovich Pecheritsa – Doctor of History, Professor of Far Eastern Federal University (Vladivostok).
The article describes the nature of contemporary Russian-Chinese relations; the author analyzes the factors contributing to the convergence of the two countries. The possible options for closer cooperation between Russia and China – implying the transition from strategic partnership to allied relations – are considered.
Key words: international relations, Russia, China, strategic partnership, alliance.


W. 244th Street is only one block. I believe it is there to guide students and others into Manhattan College. It really doesn't serve any other purpose as there are no stores or apartment buildings on the street.


Indian Cricket team coach Ravi Shastri on Wednesday displayed a don't-care attitude in a press conference after the much needed win of the team by 203 run against England in Nottingham. Although his answers are somewhat doubtful, but still they are fun listening to.
When asked about what was going in the head of Indian team while reverting back after the two defeat, he said that they were disappointed with the first two defeat and wanted to show up. He asked the team to show up some accountability and he is proud that they actually did that and competed positively against the opponents.
After the two defeat, he directed the Indian team to have less practise and more mental rest to clear their head and display accountability.
Ravi Shastri further told about the atmosphere that was created after India won the third match. He said it is only a match there is still a series to be played but the team believe that they can win anywhere in the world as they approach to become the best visiting team in the world.
To go against the team like South Africa, England and Australia and win against them is the strength of the Indian team added shashtri.
According to Shastri, this is the most clinical win of Indian team in his four years of experience as a coach. He said that winning against South Africa was a nasty job but to win against England team, Indian team stood up and done well in all the three departments.
When asked if he was surprised when England choose to field after winning the toss, he said that he was prepared to face that as the opponent played cheap bowling tricks in the last match but going against the flow, Indian team showed a tremendous efforts and came out with flying colours.


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Q: Declarations required for Mapbasic api calls I am trying to read a serial port by using api calls createfile, readfile, getcommstate, setcommstate etc...
this all requires the proper declaration of a structure "dcb"
typedef struct _DCB {
 DWORD DCBlength;
 DWORD BaudRate;
 DWORD fBinary  :1;
 DWORD fParity  :1;
 DWORD fOutxCtsFlow  :1;
 DWORD fOutxDsrFlow  :1;
 DWORD fDtrControl  :2;
 DWORD fDsrSensitivity  :1;
 DWORD fTXContinueOnXoff  :1;
 DWORD fOutX  :1;
 DWORD fInX  :1;
 DWORD fErrorChar  :1;
 DWORD fNull  :1;
 DWORD fRtsControl  :2;
 DWORD fAbortOnError  :1;
 DWORD fDummy2  :17;
 WORD  wReserved;
 WORD  XonLim;
 WORD  XoffLim;
 BYTE  ByteSize;
 BYTE  Parity;
 BYTE  StopBits;
 char  XonChar;
 char  XoffChar;
 char  ErrorChar;
 char  EofChar;
 char  EvtChar;
 WORD  wReserved1;
} DCB, *LPDCB;

My first question is how would you declare this in mapbasic?
Then how to determine the structures length?

A: DWORD = Integer (32-bit signed)
WORD = SmallInt (16-bit signed)
BYTE do not exist in mapbasic.
CHAR may be done as string*1
You have to create another DLL, that sits between mapbasic and your DLL. This DLL should translate to a record format, where Mapbasic understands all the fields.

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faqs.org > Rulings and Tariffs Home > Rulings By Number > 2005 NY Rulings > NY L82270 - NY L82325 > NY L82297
NY L82297
CLA-2-84:RR:NC:MM:106 L82297
Ms. Donna Bade
Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.
RE: The tariff classification of the "Mr. Clean Autodry Carwash" automotive cleaning appliance from China
Dear Ms. Bade:
In your letter dated January 26, 2005, on behalf of The Procter & Gamble Manufacturing Company, you requested a tariff classification ruling. You submitted a sample and descriptive literature with your request. The sample will be returned to your office.
The merchandise at issue is the "Mr. Clean Autodry Carwash " ("Autodry") automotive cleaning appliance. The merchandise, which is imported put up in retail packaging, consists of a pistol-grip "Autodry" dispersing appliance, a 6.7 oz. bottle of Starter Soap with Dry Rinse Polymer and a Starter Filter. The appliance and the filter are made in China, while the soap is made in Vietnam. The countries of origin are labeled as such on the retail packaging. The soap is formulated in such a way so as to promote a sheeting action during the rinsing action. The filter uses an ion exchange technology to remove impurities from the final rinse water to eliminate spotting or streaking. For tariff purposes, the "Autodry" would be considered a set for retail sale, with the essential character being imparted by the pistol grip "Autodry" appliance.
The "Autodry" appliance functions through a structure of internal tubing. The whole device is connected to a typical garden hose. Water is introduced into three separate tubes within the device and an exterior selector valve directs the flow of water out of the device. The first tube is directed straight through the appliance and out of one of the three nozzles on the face of the "Autodry" device. The second tube is directed past the soap reservoir where a venturi pump is used to create a vacuum and add the soap into the stream of water. The soap/water mixture exits the device through a second nozzle on the face of the device. The third tube directs the water through the filter before exiting through the third nozzle on the front of the device. There is a flow washer in the filter path to limit the water pressure as it passes through the filter to less than 50 psi.
In operation, the filter is inserted into the bottom of the appliance and then the reservoir is filled with the recommended liquid soap solution. The device is connected to a water supply by an ordinary garden hose. The water begins to flow through the appliance when a flow valve in the form of a toggle switch at the rear of the device is flipped on. Before that step, the dial at the rear of the device is rotated to the rinse setting in order to wet the surface of the vehicle. The stream that issues from the device during the rinse cycle appears from all available evidence to be in the form of a projection or dispersion of water and not in the form of a spray, as those terms are commonly understood. The next step involves selecting the soap setting and projecting a mixture of soap and water on to the surface to be cleaned. After this step, the dial is once again turned to the rinse setting to wash away excess soapsuds. The final step is to select the "Mr. Clean Autodry" setting. This setting sprays de-ionized water which has been routed through the filter and which combines with the polymer remaining on the cleaning surface to result is a spot fee finish when the surface has dried. Judging by the nozzle apertures in the face of the device, only the "Mr. Clean Autodry" setting will result in a spray. The rinse and soap setting apertures will result in a projection or dispersion of the water, water/soap streams.
In your inquiry, you expressed the opinion that the "Autodry" be classified in subheading 8424.20.90, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTS), as spray guns and similar appliances, other. You cited the language of the Explanatory Notes for this subheading, which may be found in EN 8424 (B). This language reads, in part, as follows:
(B) SPRAY GUNS AND SIMILAR APPLIANCES
Spray guns and similar hand controlled appliances are usually designed for attaching to compressed air or steam lines, and are also connected, either directly or through a conduit, with a reservoir of the material to be projected. They are fitted with triggers or other valves for controlling the flow through the nozzle, which is usually adjustable to give a jet or more or less divergent spray. They are used for spraying paint or distemper, varnishes, oils, plastics, cement, metallic powders, textile dust, etc.. They may also be used for projecting a powerful jet of compressed air or steam for cleaning stonework in buildings, statuary, etc.
Subheading 8424.20.90, HTS, does not include all mechanical appliances for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powders. Heading 8424 does include such appliances, but not all of the subheadings indented beneath the heading are so inclusive. Subheading 8424.20.90 includes only spray guns and similar appliances, other than simple piston pump sprays and powder bellows. As the ENs you cited instruct us, the goods of the subheading for spray guns and similar appliances perform their functions through "a jet or ... divergent spray." As we have stated above and as all available evidence shows the "Autodry" does not principally project a jet or spray of liquid or powder. The streams which emerge from the device in two out of the three settings cannot be characterized as a jet or spray. As such it cannot be included in that class or kind of good known as spray guns or appliances similar to that.
The applicable subheading for the "Mr. Clean Autodry Carwash" automotive cleaning appliance will be 8424.89.7090, HTS, which provides for other mechanical appliances for projecting. dispersing or spraying liquids or powders. The rate of duty will be 1.8 percent ad valorem.
This ruling is being issued under the provisions of Part 177 of the Customs Regulations (19 C.F.R. 177).
A copy of the ruling or the control number indicated above should be provided with the entry documents filed at the time this merchandise is imported. If you have any questions regarding the ruling, contact National Import Specialist Patrick Wholey at 646-733- 3013.
Robert B. Swierupski
Tariff No.: 8424.89.70 - Mechanical appliances (whether or not hand operated) for projecting, dispersing or spraying liquids or powder, nesoi


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Apex Legends devs reveal new plans to crack down on cheaters
Respawn Entertainment have revealed some of the steps that they will be taking to crack down on cheaters in Apex Legends.
Hamza Khalid
Apex Legends players have been complaining about the large amount of in-game cheaters for quite some time, and now Respawn have reassured fans that they're taking several steps to take care of this.
Ever since it first launched in 2019, Apex Legends has become one of the fastest growing battle royales with an extremely large player base. However, cheaters have been causing problems for fans that want to just have fun.
The issue of cheating has been impacting the community so much so that Respawn have issued multiple ban waves and outlined their plans to crack down on them. Now, after promising to take "huge steps" to crack down on them once and for all, they've finally started ramping up their efforts.
Various players have previously complained the game is becoming increasingly difficult due to the sheer number of hackers. Respawn tweeted out that they're "pursuing several options to crack down on cheating in Apex Legends."
Read more: Apex Legends: Ranked Arenas release date & more
They then listed the different steps that they're planning to take, such as hiring more people to help with manual bans, developing more tools to automatically detect and stop DDOS attacks, and investigating ways to catch and remove cheaters.
"Playing against cheaters sucks," the devs elaborated. "We'll keep you updated as we ship the above changes and pursue new ones."
Respawn making moves to tackle cheaters in #ApexLegends 🚫
Report them all and let's get these cheaters outta here 😈 https://t.co/u6bUknho1z
— Apex Legends News (@alphaINTEL) June 28, 2021
While this news was met with an enthusiastic response from various fans, some of them were quick to point out that Respawn had made similar promises in the past. "I'll believe it when it happens," wrote one user.
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Hopefully, we won't have to wait long to see these anti-cheat measures implemented. If they're successful, then they will surely help the entire player base.
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How Long did it take a Cattle Drive to go from Texas to the Cowtowns?
April 12, 2018 by Marshall Trimble
Jennifer Miller
The "Long Drive," which initially went up to Abilene, Kansas, was about 800 miles and could take as long as two months. It was about the same time and distance from the Nueces River, down near San Antonio, Texas, to Sedalia, Missouri. Trail drovers didn't push the cows hard, as they'd lose too much weight.
By 1871, railroads had pushed farther west across Kansas, and the arrival of farmers caused drovers to keep moving west. By 1874, towns like Dodge City, Kansas, emerged as the major cowtowns.
Marshall Trimble is Arizona's official historian and vice president of the Wild West History Association. His latest book is Arizona Outlaws and Lawmen; The History Press, 2015. If you have a question, write: Ask the Marshall, P.O. Box 8008, Cave Creek, AZ 85327 or email him at marshall.trimble@scottsdalecc.edu.
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Marshall Trimble
Marshall Trimble is Arizona's official historian and the Wild West History Association's vice president. His latest book is 2018's Arizona Oddities: A Land of Anomalies and Tamales. Send your question, with your city/state of residence, to marshall.trimble@scottsdalecc.edu or Ask the Marshall, P.O. Box 8008, Cave Creek, AZ 85327.
Can you give me any information about a photo where, somewhere in Arizona, a group of cowboys had their picture taken with a corpse? I heard they were drinking a toast to the dead man.
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Joanna Baillie
Full Name: Joanna Baillie
Bothwell, Scotland
Hampstead, London, England
Baillie was born on 11 September 1762. Her mother, Dorothea Hunter (c. 1721-1806) was a sister of the great physicians and anatomists William and John Hunter. Her father, Rev. James Baillie (c. 1722-1778), was a Presbyterian minister, and in his last two years Professor of Divinity at the University of Glasgow. Her aunt, Anne Home Hunter, was a poet.
Joanna Baillie was the youngest of three children; her twin sister died unnamed as a baby. Her one surviving sister was Agnes (1760-1861), and an elder brother Matthew Baillie, who became a London physician. Baillie was no dedicated scholar and her early passions were for the Scottish countryside. She had her own pony and her interest in stories was demonstrated by plays she created and stories she told. At home she was dealt with strictly and displays of anger or glee were discouraged. She was not taken to the theatre. The only drama she saw was a puppet show.
In 1769 the family moved to Hamilton, where her father was appointed to the collegiate church. Baillie did not learn to read until the age of ten, when she attended a Glasgow boarding school known for "transforming healthy little hoydens into perfect little ladies" (Carswell 266). There she wrote plays and demonstrated abilities in maths, music and art.
Baillie's father died in 1778 and their financial position was reduced, although Matthew Baillie went on to study medicine at Balliol College in Oxford. The rest of the family retreated to Long Calderwood near East Kilbride. They returned in 1784, as her uncle Dr William Hunter had died the year before and her brother had been left a London house and his collection, which is now the University of Glasgow's Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery). Her aunt, Anne Hunter, was a society hostess and a poet, and through her Baillie was introduced to the bluestockings Fanny Burney, Elizabeth Carter, and Elizabeth Montagu. She studied Corneille, Racine, Molière, Voltaire and Shakespeare, and began to write plays and poetry while running their brother's household until he married in 1791.
Joanna and her sister and mother moved houses several times, before settling in Colchester, where she began her Plays on the Passions. In 1802 they moved to Hampstead. In 1806 Mrs Baillie died. Anna Laetitia Barbauld and her niece Lucy Aikin were neighbours and close friends. She wrote letters to Sir Walter Scott and they would stay with each other.
When she reached her seventies, Baillie experienced a year of ill health, but recovered and returned to writing and correspondence.
"[Joanna Baillie] was anxious that all her works with the exception of her theological pamphlet be collected in a single volume, and had the satisfaction of seeing this 'great monster book' as she called it, which appeared in 1851, shortly before she died. Though no longer robust -- 'Ladies of four score and upwards cannot expect to be robust, and need not be gay. We sit by the fireside with our books' (Carhart, 62) -- she had remained in good health until the end. She died in 1851 in Hampstead, having almost reached her ninetieth year. Her sister, Agnes, lived on to be 100. Both sisters were buried alongside their mother in Hampstead parish churchyard, and in 1899 a sixteen-foot-high memorial was erected in Joanna Baillie's memory in the churchyard of her birthplace at Bothwell."
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Bella Forada is a traditional Spanish Finca that has been beautifully restored to its full glory without skimping on luxury. From the electronically-gated entrance an impressive driveway will lead you to the house.
This white-washed Finca with its "circular tower" comprises of bedrooms on each of the two floors. There are 5 bedrooms on the first floor and 2 on the ground floor, 1 of which has a separate entrance, possibly ideal for the less mobile.
Once you step through the front door, of the main house, you can see many examples of 'great effort' that has been made to ensure that the smallest of details has a Spanish feel, whilst offering guests the very highest standards of comfort and luxury. Whilst the use of dark wooden support-beams uphold the ceiling, carefully chosen pieces of real wooden furniture (made from Teak, Walnut and/or Mahogany) are strategically placed throughout the Finca, including the four-poster bed, to accentuate the country feel. The Spanish terracotta tiles line the floors throughout the property and the whitewashed walls, soft white/cream furnishings, bed-linen and drapes provide a sense of airy-coolness amidst the semi-dry landscape. Though, it is the delightful exterior of Finca Bella Forada that provides its Wow-Factor. Surrounded by a well maintained and discreetly fenced garden, with the rolling olive, lemon and lime groves stretched out beyond, the outdoor space seems never-ending, yet incredibly private.
The garden and terraced areas are floodlit for those warm summer evenings when it is necessary to cool-off by the pool, whilst listening to the singing Cicadas. At its heart lies the beautiful kidney-shaped swimming pool with Roman-style steps, and a separate Jacuzzi. The pool is surrounded by Balinese style four-poster sun-loungers with linen curtains for added protection, should you find the sun a little unbearable. The pool has also got built-in tiled stools, for those wishing to remain comfortably seated with a drink, whilst enjoying the Ibizian sun.
Bella Forada is a glorious 6-bedroom villa, in Ibiza. As the villa can sleep up to 18 guests, it makes this luxury holiday villa excellent value for large groups of friends or families. With multiple outdoor dining areas and two barbecues, you and your guests will want to spend most of your day by the private swimming pool.
- 1 x master bedroom (150x200) has an ensuite bathroom with hydro-massage shower and a covered terrace.
- 1 x Separate Annex building which houses 2 additional double bedrooms both have an ensuite shower room.
Bella Forada is only a short distance from Ibiza Town, in the middle of the Island surrounded by rich countryside and fruit trees, is Santa Gertrudis de Fruiter (hence the name). At its heart is the church of Santa Gertrudis, founded in 1797. The façade and the belfry have been altered several times and date back to the 19th century; and no doubt your eye will be drawn to its simple lines and striking colours that contrast against the surrounding greenery and the blue skies.
This once sleepy, whitewashed village has been influenced by modernity and art in a positive way. In the 1960's it was the original hang-out of hippies, artists and musicians gathered. Often out of work, penniless and hungry, they used their art-work to barter for goods and services. At Bar Costa, located at Plaça de l'Església, hang some of the original paintings contributed by these artists. The artistic influence has prompted the opening of many galleries and this in turn has drawn a modern but 'Bohemian' style of living to the area.
A gentle wander around the town will bring with it pleasant surprises, like the funky boutiques and artisan shops. This hip village is not overrun by trendy restaurants, chic cafes, bohemian bars and traditional tapas! For the Vegetarian and Vegans, try the Wild Beets, with a menu of raw, vegan and plant-based cuisine! Grab a seat outside one of the many cafés in the square, order a drink plus an Iberian cured-ham bocadillo (baguettes) and just soak in the atmosphere of this little Ibizian gem. This really is the perfect rural getaway, a quiet town but with enough life and fun for an evening out with the locals.
As Bella Forada is a great family villa, there's lots to do with the kids in the surrounding region. Take a trip to Santa Gertrudis, where horseback riding is available at Club Hipico Cuadras Es Puig. In Vía Púnica you'll find Escape Rooms Ibiza, which is a completely immersive interactive adventure and problem-solving gaming scenario. This is great for the kids and it's a real test of their guile. Who knows, you might discover your daughter or son outwitting you!
Assuming the weather is good (which is a certainty), make your way down to Figueretas for some Kayaking & Stand Up Paddling. Here you'll find clear waters with next to no waves. So, there's no excuses for losing your balance and making a splash!After the days fun and excitement, you are spoilt for choice in terms of restaurants and places to eat.
Transfers, Golf, Massage and Excursions can be booked locally, at an extra cost. Please enquire.
A wonderful house, typical Ibiza style. Big swimming pool with amazing views. Great Balinese beds, many sunbeds, a lovely jacuzzi a strong barbeque and lots more!
Typical Ibiza style. Big swimming pool with amazing views. Balinese beds, many sunbeds, jacuzzi, bbq.


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Drinking Coffee Can Help You Live Longer
Two new studies published in the Annals of Internal Medicine confirm drinking coffee can lead to a longer life
By Margaret Abrams • 07/11/17 12:01pm
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There's no need to feel guilty about your daily latte consumption, especially if you aspire to be ageless, à la Jennifer Lopez or Gwen Stefani . Two new studies published in the Annals of Internal Medicine confirm that drinking coffee can lead to a longer life, so start sipping accordingly, especially before a workout.
The first study, Coffee Drinking and Mortality in 10 European Countries: A Multinational Cohort Study, was quite comprehensive. The researchers looked at more than 520,000 people in 10 European countries and found that drinking more coffee could significantly lower a person's risk of mortality. Making your $6 almond milk latte more necessary than ever.
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The second study, Association of Coffee Consumption With Total and Cause-Specific Mortality Among Nonwhite Populations, surveyed more than 185,000 African Americans, Native Americans, Hawaiians, Japanese Americans, Latinos and whites, and found that the above findings were still true. Regular coffee consumption helps ward off heart, respiratory and kidney diseases, in addition to strokes, diabetes and cancer. Both studies separated the smokers and the nonsmokers, but found that it didn't change coffee's effects.
For those who usually feel guilty for their mid-afternoon caffeine pick-me-up, know that there's strength in numbers. Drinking two to four cups a day lowers your risk of death by 18 percent, in comparison to people who don't drink coffee at all. This afternoon, your cup of joe should taste entirely guilt-free.
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