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ABOUT OWAAT
ONE WOMAN AT A TIME "MOST WOMEN IN CYPRUS DON'T KNOW WHAT RIGHTS THEY HAVE!"
You can help yourself.
IN CYPRUS, NO LAW PREVENTS SELF-REPRESENTATION OR FROM "DOING IT YOURSELF" TO FILE IN COURT FOR NO CONTACT CIVIL PROTECTIONS.
OWAAT guides abused women to be empowered and place the law in their hands and
know their human rights;
become self-represented litigants;
self-help;
file for emergency no contact orders grounded on protections of their fundamental human rights of access to court, human dignity and privacy.
Your right to represent yourself means you can file to obtain a no contact order to prevent abuse. Your human right of access to court means you can self-help, fill out forms to file your claim for no contact in court.
DO IT YOURSELF IN COURT
Cyprus must ensure its women are afforded no less human rights against abuse than what is afforded to protect thousands of EU Member-state citizens and Council of Europe member citizens who enjoy protections against abuse in their own countries.
Thousands of European Union Member-state and Council of Europe member nation women self-help and self-represent in court to obtain no contact protections to end their abuse – on their own.
You can do it yourself too.
What is One Woman At A Time (OWAAT) - CYPRUS?
OWAAT means Cyprus has "Zero Tolerance" of Abuse Against Women.
OWAAT goals are aimed at empowering all abused women to prevent their violence by protecting their life and privacy. OWAAT objectives guide women how to place the law in their hands, become self-represented litigants, and obtain access to court for no contact civil protections against their abuser.
OWAAT encourages Cyprus courts to support OWAAT goals and objectives by adopting web-based "Self-help Forms" and instructions for self-represented litigants to print off, fill-in-the-blanks, e-sign and e-file in any Cyprus court with proper jurisdiction to grant civil equitable remedies, and as justice so requires.
OWAAT provides court web-links as model, modern court web-based management systems. Many EU Member-state courts and all U.S. courts websites share Self-Help forms and related links to court provided civil protection complaint and instructions to assist self-represented litigants.
OWAAT operated Complaint Clinics at the local level. Village of Kokkinotrimithia and Sisters of St. Joseph's Convent, Old City, Nicosia, opened OWAAT Complaint Centers in October 2014. Community volunteers pool resources for their local OWAAT Complaint Center. Business leaders and professionals offer valuable time, expertise and specialized skills. Municipalities and nonprofits donate facilities and computer technology. Growing networks of OWAAT volunteers sustain Complaint Centers for abused women in their communities to learn how to assert their fundamental human rights in court, in their own voice.
OWAAT IS A Sustainable Community-Court Collaboration
"Every woman in Cyprus can free herself from abuse because their supportive local communities and courts have "Zero Tolerance" of Abuse."" - Patricia M. Martin, Esq., U.S. Fulbright Scholar – Cyprus, One Woman At A Time (OWAAT)
HOW DID OWAAT BEGIN?
It takes a village to end abuse, One Woman At A Time.
Your Donation Is Why OWAAT achieves the following program objectives aimed at Zero Tolerance of Abuse Against Women in Cyprus:
Promote opportunities for women to meet in safe places in their own communities to discuss their issues about abuse;
Provide women with hands-on how to access court as a self-represented litigant training forms to learn how to self-represent and bring an expedited end to their cycle of abuse;
Provide women with one-on-one guidance on how to self-help and place the law in their hands;
Provide guidance to women in safe and familiar places where they live;
Guide women on how to fill out a complaint and follow instructions to file for civil no contact protections request in their courts;
Connect women with women to help each other become empowered as friends and neighbors, or other family members in need of legal protections to prevent abuse;
One Woman At A Time (OWAAT) – Cyprus is made possible by a U.S. Fulbright Scholarship Grant, 2014-2015.*
* One Woman At A Time (OWAAT) and the creators of this website acknowledge that theirs is not an official Department of State website or blog, or an official University of Nicosia website or blog, and that the views and information presented are their own and do not represent the Fulbright Program, CIES or the U.S. Department of State, or the University of Nicosia, Cyprus.
UNIVERSITY OF NICOSIA, ONE WOMAN AT A TIME PROJECT HOST INSTITUTION IN CYPRUS OWAAT is hosted by the University of Nicosia School Law Clinic Programme, Cyprus, with encouragement and support of the President of the Supreme Court of Cyprus and in the President of the Family Court, Nicosia, Judge George Serghides. Read More...
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ALEXANDRA M. HADJIDAKI & TEAM
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CTO & Project Manager for OWAAT Website & Branding Project - By Website & Branding team: Alexandra Hadjidaki, Ana Bujosevic and Daryna Dombik.
OWAAT Community Collaborators Network
Today, Cyprus volunteers offer OWAAT their valuable time, expertise and skills, information technology, offices and other pooled local resources for abused women to meet in a safe place to learn how to self-help, gain access to court, assert their fundamental human rights, and seek to end abuse by an immediate no contact court order.
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE GEORGE A. SERGHIDES European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France
"I consider OWAAT extremely important, inter alia, for the following reasons:
First, it is an original idea which serves helpless people, victims of abuse who may also be illiterate, impoverished and need access to justice. OWAAT strives to assist them in vindicating their fundamental human rights and liberties.
Second, it goes deep to the root of the problem of our society because it tries in the simplest possible way to give all the necessary information and legal tools to all those who need it, but they have no other means to find it."
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MERY MOLENAAR ATA-Certified Translator / OWAAT English – Dutch Translator
"I support OWAAT's mission to inform, equip and empower abused women by providing self-help guidance and placing the law in their own hands. Victims of abuse often do not know where to get help. I am proud to offer my services as volunteer translator and hope that the Dutch version of the website helps increase international awareness of OWAAT's work and lower the threshold for all women to seek help."
Mery was born and raised in the Netherlands, and currently lives in Colorado. She holds degrees in Education and Translation as well as an MSc in Physics. She is certified by the American Translators Association (ATA) for English into Dutch translation and serves as President of the Colorado Translators Association (2018-2020).
STELIOS ASPROFTAS STIKSIS MEDIATION SERVICES
"OWAAT is performing significant work in Cyprus. The combination of positive attitude and expertise of all OWAAT Collaborators are essential elements for success. "Zero Tolerance" of abuse against women in Cyprus will continue to succeed through OWAAT goals and objectives."
ALEXANDRA HADJIDAKI Front End Developer / CTO & Project Manager for OWAAT Website & Branding / Computer Science Sudent
"I decided to become a OWAAT Community Collaborator Volunteer because I truly believe that this could be the first domino falling down, encouraging a lot more change from within the community. My belief is that technology can connect people in ways that were not before possible."
DR. ANNA PLEVRI Lecturer, Department of Law, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, University of Nicosia / Lawyer
"Women suffer violence because they are women. Violence against women is, in every respect, human rights violations. Given the above, the OWAAT provides women the opportunity and ability to not only learn what their rights are and protect them, but to act truly in this direction. The action OWAAT is a contribution to society and to the overall protection of human rights."
DINA KAPARDIS MPhil Criminology, University of Cambridge
"ONE WOMAN AT A TIME is the essence of what a humanitarian movement should and can be. Protecting Human Rights and Empowering the individual by providing support and factually correct guidance."
ANASTASIA GEORGOULI Self-employed Electrical Engineer Consultant at JYA Engineering
"I support OWAAT program because I believe it will help women believe in themselves, the human rights that they own and the possibility of living a normal and calm life and also give them the means to request for this better life through simplified procedures."
CASSANDRA KOUPARI Kassandra Koupari & Partners / Lawyer and active supporter in representing human rights of both men and women, but especially victims of abuse of any kind
"You need not to resort to false allegations to have human rights. The Movement OWAAT is here to help you and remind you what are your human rights to be able to make an informed choice. I believe that the law should be amended so that processes become more accessible and simpler and used as easily as FACEBOOK, so you can connect and disconnect as easily. We welcome this positive energy to our right direction and evolution."
ALEXIS THEODOTOU Chief executive, ALEXIS THEODOTI & Co. LLC
"In our time, ever-more people around us every day we need our practical and ongoing support. Each of us has the ability, the opportunity and the obligation would say, to offer valuable assistance and support to our fellows, whose human rights are constantly violated."
NICOLA SMITH President, FREEDOM DOLLS INITIATIVE
"It is every women's human right to feel safe within their home. OWAAT brings the law to the women in a way that empowers the woman to take control of her life again to stand up to violence everyone has a right to live a life free of violence by clicking on the OWAAT web site ladies you have taken the first step to a new life."
CHRISTINA DEMETRIADES Life Coach & Careers Adviser Career & Life Coach
"The OWAAT project revolutionalizes the access to justice in Cyprus and holds promising potential for the end of women's silent domestic abuse. By promoting equal and easier access to justice, as well as awareness and application of Human Rights, it also sets a powerful, pioneering example to be followed in other areas where the judicial system can be improved in service of the citizens. As such, and by promoting gender equality socially and culturally in the long term, the OWAAT initiative is a catalyst for positive social transformation. Being part of such a network is truly inspiring and fulfilling!"
BLANCA CASIELLES Private Personal Interior Consultant for Home & Landscape Renovations / Spanish Instructor
"OWAAT is a hands clasped unity in the fight and defense of the human rights for women who suffer domestic violence. Patricia makes us aware of the great social problem that keeps many isolated and terrified women at home and provides an opportunity for men and women to work together for a common cause in her project. I can't feel but privileged to be an OWAAT Founder – Community Collaboration Network and put my two cents in."
CARLOS PARTASIDES Working at the Law Firm of Achilles & Emile C. Emilianides LLC
"OWAAT is of extreme importance especially in Cyprus because it aims at empowering not only the abused women but all the people in the Cypriot closed society to have "Zero Tolerance of Abuse Against Women". As the Cypriot Law System operates bureaucratically and with long delays, in my opinion QWAAT will provide the main easy accessible tool for women to defend their rights immediately by themselves or it will guide them to pursue their rights."
KATERINA ANDREOU Child Protection Specialist – Guidance Counselor
"This empowerment of victims that will inevitably assist these women is re-evaluating themselves in terms of productive members of society and not what their attacker led them into believing is paramount if attitudes in Cyprus are to ever change and these women claim back their lives."
ROSSELLA SALA LLM in European and Transnational Law / ONE Youth Ambassador / UNICEF Italy Local Coordinator
"OWAAT is based on our common belief that every woman must be given the opportunity to unleash her potential by learning her rights and how to protect them. To me, being part of this project is both a honour and a challenge: while I feel proud of belonging to a group that is making a difference in women empowerment in Cyprus, I am also aware the path before us is long and steep."
MIDIEIA MASOUKATIDOU OWAAT Greek/Russian Translator
"Violence against women is perhaps the most shameful human rights violation. It does not distinguish between borders, cultures or wealth. As abuse continues, we can not pretend to make real progress towards equality, development and peace. Unquestionably, the problem of abuse of women in Cyprus increased rapidly, and needs to be dealt with; it is great."
ALISA KHANDYUK Professor of Russian and Ukrainian Language and Literature / Translator
"First of all, I am a mother of two children. Whenever I pray to God I ask that they will be protected and that they will have a good life. My girls will eventually grow up and become women and I wouldn't want to think that there is the slightest chance that they will experience any form of abuse."
JULIA-GEORGIA TOPINTZI Professor of German Language and Literature / Translator and Coordinator of OWAAT's translation team / Law student at the University of Nicosia
"I decided to work for OWAAT because the counseling and the assistance offered in this organization can change the lives of many women that, even as we speak, are facing abuse and are in need of protection. The option to seek help and share their ordeal is not always an easy one to make. OWAAT is fighting for all those women who need support in order to stand on their own two feet and demand a better future for themselves and for their children."
SOPHIA PAPASTAVROU ABD / Department of Social Justice Education (SJE)
"OWAAT empowers women and girls by ensuring they receive the support they need so that in the long term become active participants in "rebuilding" their communities free from abuse, discrimination and harassment so that women's rights are respected. OWAAT's approach reflects the different needs of the women they serve, as well as meaningfully affirm the rights of women and girls in order to bring forth sustainable and long term change."
STEPHANIE WILLIAMS J.D. / Immediate Past Co-Chair, ABA SIL International Human Rights Committee
"I featured OWAAT Cyprus on Silent All These Years, as one of the 16 Causes to Support in 2016 because OWAAT provides women direct access to the laws and resources they need to become self-represented civil litigants. I promote OWAAT's world's first International Human Rights website that provides a comprehensive toolkit specifically designed to empower all abused women."
PHOEBE COLES Law, UCLAN, Cyprus
Phoebe quotes Martin Luther King for why she volunteered as an OWAAT Collaborator:
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere." She said: "I aspire to be in the centre of the fight against inequality and oppression as an International Human Rights lawyer. I particularly have a passion for women's rights."
OLUWATODIMU BANKOLE "TODI" UCLAN Law / human rights activist for the Council of Europe and Amnesty International / OWAAT Yoruba Translator
"I joined OWAAT because it is uniquely advocates for Women's rights, and it is an honour to work with such a distinguished and dedicated organization. OWAAT is educating both women AND men on what women's rights are and why there is a need for these rights to be defended, as a great need. Objectification of women is one of the main threats to women's rights in Cyprus that must be tackled with uttermost severity within our society."
ANTONIA MICHAELS UCLAN Law Student / OWAAT Greek Translator
"Sometimes we take our Human Rights for granted" and those who are abused remind us that our rights are something we …always need to fight for. OWAAT is an excellent organization which not only informs women about their human rights, but it also empowers them with the knowledge they need to take their life into their own hands and heal after all the suffering they have endured. What I want to do, is to help OWAAT fulfill this aim to the fullest. Volunteering is something that benefits both the person who is receiving the help and the person who is giving it."
SARAH ALSABTI OWAAT English – Arabic Translator
"I am so proud to be a member of this team who believe on an important issue like the abuse against the women. They also work hardly to create the solutions by following two different methods. The first method is by following a preventive method that includes spreading the culture of disapproval towards the offender and combating abuse in society. The second method is a healing method that works on spreads awareness of ones right to defend themselves without the need of an attorney. The second method also works on helping and supporting the victims. I hope that my work as a translator on the Arabic version of the website has been of help in spreading the website and the message as a whole"
AYS LIDZHANOVA Attorney / PhD in Law Candidate / OWAAT English – Russian Translator
"I am proud to be a part of OWAAT. There can be no question as to the critical importance of its mission. OWAAT has filled an important gap in the coverage of abused women protection issues in Cyprus, offering help and support to them. Knowing well its founders and leaders, I have every confidence that OWAAT has been making a major and irreplaceable difference in protecting abused women's rights. It is an honor and always energizing to work with the OWAAT team, all of whom bring so many resources, strength, and vision to make the world free of violence"
SPAVO Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family
"We support OWAAT to empower women reclaiming their rights."
ANDREI C. ROMAN Web Development Team
Andrei Claudiu Roman from Bucharest (Romania) said he decided to volunteer for OWAAT 'to serve with my skills an important cause. Discriminations and abuse against women are unacceptable and I hope that OWAAT will help as many women and families as possible.´
In June 2018 Andrei took the reins as OWAAT 'Top Techie' by generously offering OWAAT his over 8 years of experience as a highly specialized information technology expert. His technical skills made it possible for OWAAT-IT 2018 to go live as planned. Andrei is fluent in Romanian, Italian and English. His IT professional education includes help desk skills and programming languages like Python and Ruby. Andrei currently lives and works in Sweden
FEDERICA PASTORE Italian Translation Team
Federica Pastore from Milan, Italy joined OWAAT in January 2018 to help lead the OWAAT Italian Translation Team. Her leadership and Team efforts made it possible for OWAAT-IT to launch in 2018. 'In a world where human rights violations are still perpetrated, it is fundamental that everyone puts efforts into the cause, carrying out small and big actions to change the status quo.
OWAAT's goal is to provide support and legal defense tools to women victims of abuse and discrimination and for this reason I accepted with great enthusiasm to join the organization as a volunteer in the Italian translation team.', said Federica. She holds a Master Degree in Development, Environment and Cooperation – Curriculum Environmental Politics and Economy from the University of Turin, Italy.
CRISTIAN RIVA Italian Translation Team
Cristian Riva from Lecco, Italy volunteered in January 2018 to translate our OWAAT English version website to Italian. His leadership and Team efforts made it possible for OWAAT-IT to launch in 2018. "I believe that being a citizen in a democratic context ethically implies a personal commitment to improve our society in its cultural, political, environmental aspects.
Being a volunteer translator for OWAAT in Italian is an extraordinary opportunity to fulfil my moral obligations and to offer my contribution in order to combat any kind of violence against women, which represents one of the most intolerable barbarities of contemporary societies." said Cristian.
Cristian holds a Master Degree in Philosophical Sciences at RUB – Ruhr Universitat Bochum (Germany) and was a EVS Volunteer at YEE – Youth and Environment Europe in Prague, Czech Republic.
CONTACT OWAAT
Contact OWAAT.
Web Development by: Andrei Claudiu Roman, Alexandra Hadjidaki, Patricia Martin, Esq.
Branding & Web Design by: Daryna Dombik and Ana Bujosevic, Patricia Martin, Esq.
Editor (English): Patricia M. Martin, Esq.
Editors (Greek): Dr. Anna Plevri, Carlos Partasides, Dr. Christiana Cleridou, Athena Stavrinidou, and Patricia M. Martin, Esq.
Editors (Russian): Alisa Khandyuk, Patricia M. Martin, Esq.
Editors (Yoruba): Oluwatodimu Bankole "Todi", Patricia M. Martin, Esq.
Editors (Italian): Federica Pastore, Cristian Riva, Rossella Sala, Patricia M. Martin, Esq.
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE GEORGE A. SERGHIDES
European Court of Human Rights, Strasbourg, France
" I consider OWAAT extremely important, inter alia, for the following reasons:
In Golder v. United Kingdom (Appl. No. 4451/70, decision dated 21/2/1975, paras. 34-35), the European Court of Human Rights read the right of access to a court into the fair trial guarantee in Article 6 of the Convention. It also stated that one could not suppose compliance with the rule of law (to which emphasis is placed in the Preamble of the Convention) without the possibility of taking legal disputes to court. Τhis principle supported by many other cases of the ECtHR, including those affecting Cyprus directly, makes the role of OWAAT even more important.
As Victor Hugo (History of a Crime, Part II, § 10) profoundly observed:
"All the forces in the world are not so powerful as the idea whose time has come".
"An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come".
This holds true with OWAAT's idea, whose time has come in Cyprus. A University law clinic is established for this purpose, headed by a competent and specialized Fulbright scholar. The results from such an empirical study are expected to be tremendously helpful. Indeed, a rare and significant material is needed for such a dynamic positive change in our society.
New laws and Court's rules should be enacted and implemented to encompass this essential and novel idea.
Nicosia, 17 December, 2014.
Dr. George A. Serghides
President of the Family Court of Nicosia-Kyrenia"
Federica Pastore from Milan, Italy joined OWAAT in January 2018 to help lead the OWAAT Italian Translation Team. Her leadership and Team efforts made it possible for OWAAT-IT to launch in 2018. 'In a world where human rights violations are still perpetrated, it is fundamental that everyone puts efforts into the cause, carrying out small and big actions to change the status quo. OWAAT's goal is to provide support and legal defense tools to women victims of abuse and discrimination and for this reason I accepted with great enthusiasm to join the organization as a volunteer in the Italian translation team.', said Federica. She holds a Master Degree in Development, Environment and Cooperation – Curriculum Environmental Politics and Economy from the University of Turin, Italy.
Federica Pastore da Milano (Italia) si é unita a OWAAT nel gennaio 2018 per supportare il team di traduzione italiano OWAAT. La sua leadership e il lavoro di squadra hanno reso possibile lanciare OWAAT-IT nel 2018. "In un mondo in cui ci sono ancora violazioni dei diritti umani, é fondamentale che ognuno faccia qualcosa, con piccoli o grandi gesti, per cambiare la situazione attuale. L´obiettivo di OWAAT é di fornire supporto e strumenti di difesa legale alle donne vittime di abusi e discriminazioni e per questo motive ho accettato con entusiasmo di unirmi a OWAAT come traduttrice volontaria nel team italiano. ´, ha affermato Federica. Federica ha una laurea specialistica in Sviluppo, Ambiente e Cooperazione – curriculum Economia e Politiche dell´Ambiente presso l´Universitá degli Studi di Torino, Italia.
As of January 11, 2015, protection orders issued on or after that date are recognized by all EU Member-State Courts, and will be enforceable by Cyprus courts.
Cyprus, as a United Nations Member, agreed to espouse by the adoption of the following proactive measure to ensure women are afforded human rights protections against violence:
"Remove all laws that discriminate against women; review and revise all State policies and practices to ensure that they do not discriminate against women; and ensure that provisions of multiple legal systems, where they exist, comply with international human rights standards, including the principle of non-discrimination;
Ensure that legislation is in place that adequately addresses all forms of violence against women;
Act with due diligence to prevent violence against women; to investigate such violence; to prosecute and punish perpetrators, whether they are State or non-State actors; and to provide access to redress for victims;
Take positive measures to address structural causes of violence against women and to strengthen prevention efforts that address discriminatory practices and social norms;
Institute plans of action that are regularly monitored and updated by Governments in consultation with civil society, in particular, NGOs and women's groups and networks." *
* From United Nations General Assembly, July 6, 2016, Sixty-first session, A/61/122/Add.1 Report of the Secretary-General, In-depth study on all forms of violence against women at pp. 106.
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Thousands of European Union Member-state and Council of Europe member nation women self-help and self-represent in court to obtain no contact protections to end their abuse – on their own. You can do it yourself too.
Read and download forms.
Select the correct form to use, in Greek or English, depending on the language spoken by defendant you named in your complaint.
Read all instructions carefully.
The instructions also explain how to file your application in court, provide the defendant a copy by a process server.
A sample, simplified fill-in-the-blank questionnaire addendum form may be attached to your complaint application using the forms provided.
BECAUSE YOU ARE ALSO A EU MEMBERS STATE CITIZEN, IF YOU ARE ISSUED A PROTECTION ORDER BY A COURT IN CYPRUS, IT MUST BE HONORED TO PROTECT YOU FROM DEFENDANT WHEN YOU LEAVE CYPRUS TO WORK, TRAVEL OR RESIDE IN ANY OTHER EU MEMBERS STATE.
Other EU Member State courts, like Spain, provide litigant downloadable form for no contact used civil orders. If order is issued, then all EU COURTS must honor the Spain protection order on relocation of plaintiff, including in Cyprus.
In Spain, for example, the 2004 Spanish Protection from Violence Act (Ley Integral) was developed with strong involvement from women's organizations and contains a wide definition of violence including psychological forms of violence, such as sexual aggression, threat, compulsion, coercion and deprivation of free will.
For further information on the movement in Spain see the following websites: fundacionmujeres.com; elmundo.es; juntadeandalucia.es; malostratos.com; redfeminista.org.
Ex Parte Application Self-Help Forms – Instructions
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Self-Help Divorce Application
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OLUWATODIMU BANKOLE "TODI"
UCLAN Law
human rights activist for the Council of Europe and Amnesty International
OWAAT Yoruba Translator
"As a Nigerian, I understood domestic violence to be a norm; the unsaid rule is 'women should be seen and not heard' which influence certain behaviours. In Nigeria, in practice there is law but little or nothing done regarding domestic violence, especially in rural areas. Sex trafficking of Nigerian girls (especially in the South-South region of Nigeria) to Italy is a serious problem in Nigeria. I joined OWAAT because it is uniquely advocates for Women's rights, and it is an honour to work with such a distinguished and dedicated organization. OWAAT is educating both women AND men on what women's rights are and why there is a need for these rights to be defended, as a great need. Objectification of women is one of the main threats to women's rights in Cyprus that must be tackled with uttermost severity within our society."
MIDIEIA MASOUKATIDOU
OWAAT Greek/Russian Translator
OWAAT is aimed at women living in violent environments, providing direct help and counseling in cases that are in the nature of the emergency. Also, OWAAT assists in creating strategies to exit from the violent environment of abuse victims. I feel a great honor and pleasure that I support the OWAAT group which gives us not only great strength, also a hope for a better tomorrow."
ALISA KHANDYUK
Professor of Russian and Ukrainian Language and Literature
Before moving to Greece, my children and I used to live in Donetsk, a beautiful city in Ukraine. Currently Donetsk is at war and nobody knows when this terrible situation will end. A year ago I started a new life in Greece and I know how difficult it is for a woman to try and change her life. This is the reason why I work as a volunteer for OWAAT, to help these people in need as much as I can."
Cyprus is a United Nations Member which agreed to espouse to abide by all U.N. guiding principles to achieve access to justice of its constituents as follows:
"Promote victims/survivors' knowledge of their rights and remedies available to them and their capacity to claim them through effective access to justice." *
* From United Nations General Assembly, July 6, 2016, Sixty-first session, A/61/122/Add.1, Report of the Secretary-General, In-depth study on all forms of violence against women. at p. 106.
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SOPHIA PAPASTAVROU
Department of Social Justice Education (SJE)
"The long-term consequence of the Cyprus conflict referred to by the international community as the 'Cyprus Problem' rests on the bodies of Cypriot women. Violence against women on the island continues to be discounted within the mainstream narrative and as such, issues of gender and women's rights remain on the margins. The cases of violence that is actually being reported is overwhelming while the cases of violence whether psychological, emotional or physical that go unreported remain unsettling. OWAAT is necessary if not instrumental to address thevolatile state of abuse. OWAAT and its role as a Cyprus-born initiative is a beacon of hope for the women they serve and a reminder to all of us both locals and internationals alike that we do not lose sight of the human rights violations that women experience in frozen conflict conditions. The severity of intimate partner violence, domestic abuse, human trafficking and exploitation of migrant workers all sitting under the umbrella of gender based violence (GBV) must be placed at the highest priority of the issues that constitute the Cyprus Problem. UN Resolutions such UN Security Council Resolution 1325 continue to affirm that sustainable peace and development is impossible without the full and active participation of women in their society.
NICOLA SMITH
President, FREEDOM DOLLS INITIATIVE
Web: www.freedom-dolls.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/pages/Freedom-Dolls-Initiative
Tel: +357 24201774/96354632
Email: nicola@freedom-dolls.com
OWAAT is a growing force, empowering women to not just seek support through various help groups but to take the law into their own hands. By represe nting themselves they can stand before the court filing for access to court protection to prevent a violation of their human rights and CY constitutional rights to enjoyment of life, privacy, family, equal family rights, and freedom of association."
Since August 2012, University of Nicosia President Peristanis, Dr. Achilles Emilianides, University of Nicosia (UNIC) Head of the Law Department, and Dr. Antonios St. Stylianou, Director of UNIC Law Clinic Programme, have offered their support in furtherance of OWAAT goals and objectives this 2014-2015 academic year.
Under their able guidance, Ms. Martin monitored OWAAT implementation, and mentored UNIC Law Clinic students selected for this clinical community-court outreach and legal research project. In addition to OWAAT Host UNIC, this sustainable, fundamental human rights outreach program is made possible with support and encouragement from the Supreme Court of Cyprus, Family Court-Nicosia judiciary, administrative staff and The Fulbright Program, Cyprus. OWAAT operates at the local level. Growing numbers of Cyprus professional business and legal leaders REACT collaborators.
From left to right: Patricia M. Martin, Esq., OWAAT Fulbright Scholar, Christos Menelaous and Maria Kallenou, UNIC Law Clinic Students – OWAAT, not present: Carlos Partasides, Rafael Mougis, Andreas Constantinou, Anastasia Frangou and Panayiota Daniel, Fall, 2014.
CARLOS PARTASIDES
Working at the Law Firm of Achilles & Emile C. Emilianides LLC
My special interests are: International Human Right Law and International Commercial Law.
"OWAAT is of extreme importance especially in Cyprus because it aims at empowering not only the abused women but all the people in the Cypriot closed society to have "Zero Tolerance of Abuse Against Women". As the Cypriot Law System operates bureaucratically and with long delays, in my opinion OWAAT will provide the main easy accessible tool for women to defend their rights immediately by themselves or it will guide them to pursue their rights. With OWAAT by her side, the oppressed woman in Cyprus will finally find the strength and courage to raise her voice and claiming the obvious as all the women in developed societies should do."
On May, 30, 2015, the U.S. Fulbright Grant funding for OWAAT – Cyprus ends. But the OWAAT footprint to make its mark on Cyprus must continue to spread, grow and flourish as it creates positive social change, from the ground level up.
KEEP OWAAT AFLOAT ON THE ISLAND
Each year UNIC law students involved in OWAAT must continue to be uniquely challenged by legal research and clinical studies performed in a wide range of cutting edge human rights issues that face Cyprus daily. Students need to keep compiling new legal data, performing relevant data analysis on EU Member State Court-created, web-based civil complaint filing systems and continue to learn how to apply human rights law through critical thinking.
Students involved in OWAAT clinics learned first-hand how to create comparative legal analysis, and contrast model EU Court downloadable civil complaint forms to determine whether and how well Cyprus has adopted or begun to develop new modern online complaint templates for self-help assistance to guide women who cannot afford to hire legal counsel. Students find new ways adopted by other Courts which meet the needs of local women, and translate model forms and instructions, in Greek and English. Forms are used to update the OWAAT website, and are made accessible to women seeking self-help means to end their abuse by filing on their own for a no contact protection order.
Women in Cyprus will continually need to know their human rights and how to self-help to file for expedited proceedings to assert their rights to prevent unwanted contact and abuse.
Collaborators will continue to need ongoing guidance from OWAAT on how they, and their local community leaders and social services, can pool their resources and contact information.
Self-represented litigants will always need to know how to access court websites; where they can obtain guidance on when to observe court proceedings; how they may be engaged in a party-driven, out-of-court mediated negotiations; and where they may learn techniques to conduct a successful party-driven alternative dispute settlements for mutual no contact settlement.
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Continue To Create And Sustain A Cyprus Holistic Community-Court Collaboration,
Open more OWAAT Community-Complaint Clinics,
Keep open established OWAAT Compliant Centers in Village of Kokkinotrimithia and St. Joseph's Convent, Old City, Nicosia,
Achieve OWAAT aims to create and sustain the OWAAT Network of collaborators who help to spread the word in every Cyprus city, town and village, at home, in schools and the workplace.
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Accessing Human Rights To No Contact Against Stalking Abuse
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Patricia Martin, Esq., U.S. Fulbright Scholar – One Woman At A Time (OWAAT) – Cyprus
Ms. Patricia M. Martin is a U.S. Constitutional law civil rights litigator and international human rights advocate. In 2006, a law school friend specialized in family law called Ms. Martin for guidance on how to self-help to file for divorce. Ms. Martin began volunteering her evenings at local churches and social services to help women self-help to obtain access to court for no contact court orders. She discovered once abused women learned about their fundamental human right of access to court, they were empowered, and wanted to place the law in their hands, and fill out forms to file for protections. Women, even abused women, believed their courts would hear them. And courts do hear. E-access, self-help online forms and e-filings are how modern courts play a vital role to provide abused women information on how to prevent their own abuse within their courts.
Ms. Martin began research for a Fulbright Scholarship application, specifically on countries where legal gaps prevented abused women from gaining court access to end unwanted contact. In 2012, Ms. Martin read REACT to Domestic Violence: Building a Support System for Victims of Domestic Violence, published in 2011 by the Mediterranean Institute of Gender Studies, (MIGS), Cyprus. REACT findings compelled Ms. Martin to conduct further related research on whether Cyprus courts provide citizens interactive online processes, online template forms or any means for poor abused women to self-help and file pro se for expedited, no contact protection orders. She found Cyprus courts didn't provide anyone self-help forms online. Martin's research focused on whether Cyprus court filing procedures created other complexities for litigants, like prolonged proceedings that might be related the court's non-interactive website, and hand-carried, paper filings. Ms. Martin discovered the court's outdated procedures triggered other practical obstacles that in effect, precluded abused women from self-representation. Martin found European Court of Human Rights cases where the Court held Cyprus's prolonged court proceedings violated access to court human rights. Martin then compared her findings to other EU Member State courts and U.S. courts. She found Cyprus courts among the few member-state courts that did not provide forms for self-represented litigants to file civil complaints. Ms. Martin created One Woman At A Time, (OWAAT), a community-court collaboration aimed at empowering women to learn their human rights and place the law in their hands as self-represented litigants who self-help to obtain protection orders which end abuse. OWAAT is designed after like-kind U.S. and EU courts online, web-based, self-help interactive links which work with community-based outreach programs to guide abused women to gain access to court.
On August 1, 2013, Martin reacted to REACT and applied for a U.S. Fulbright Scholarship to conduct legal research in Cyprus and facilitate One Woman At A Time (OWAAT) in conjunction with the University of Nicosia Law Clinic Programme (UNIC). In March 2014, the Cyprus community and Cyprus-Fulbright Commission Review Committee Members selected Ms. Martin and OWAAT for funding by a U.S. Fulbright Legal Research Scholarship.
Today, Ms. Martin lives in Nicosia and works in Nicosia, surrounding villages throughout Cyprus and in the UNIC Law Clinic Programme to implement OWAAT. OWAAT community collaborators' volunteer efforts and enthusiasm have established One Woman At A Time as a household word, where Zero Tolerance of Abuse has placed a strong foothold on the Island. Because Cypriots understand "it takes a village to end abuse", one woman at a time will be able to end her abuse.
OWAAT offers Cyprus a blueprint on how to link abused women with each other in a community-court collaborative network of support that embodies to precept, "Zero Tolerance of Abuse Against Women".
OWAAT is raising awareness how mutual understanding to create positive social change from within is how peacekeeping between nations is secured.
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ROSSELLA SALA
LLM in European and Transnational Law
ONE Youth Ambassador
UNICEF Italy Local Coordinator
OWAAT Volunteer
LinkedIn: Rossella Sala
Day by day, woman by woman, we are building a fairer society where domestic violence is no longer acceptable nor tolerated."
KATERINA ANDREOU
Child Protection Specialist – Guidance Counselor
BSc (Hons) Psychology – University of Middlesex
MSc Occ. Psychology – University of Hertfordshire
Dip. Working with Young People at risk.
British Psychological Society Registered – UK'
"Having been brought up in the Middle East and Cyprus, Katerina then moved to the UK to study Psychology and remained there working for 11 years in the fields of Mental Health and Social Care before discovering her passion for Child Protection. Katerina has been a regional Child Protection Officer and has worked with all age ranges of adults and children both in assessment settings and support roles.
She has worked with both victims and offenders of sexual exploitation, domestic violence, substance mis-use and mental health issues and is an experienced risk assessor and case-work supervisor.
Katerina is an experienced professional with many years' experience working with agencies and partners ranging from Police, schools and prisons to social welfare and government departments and is committed to championing the rights and protection of all vulnerable adults and children. It is for these reasons that she is an avid supporter of OWAAT and the 'Self-help Your Right To No Contact' since it aims to empower abused women in CY to access court, self-represent, and end their own abuse.
SPAVO
Association for the Prevention and Handling of Violence in the Family
ALEXIS THEODOTOU
Chief executive, ALEXIS THEODOTOU & Co. LLC
Specializes in Banking and Insurance claims as well as Personal Injury and Corporate Litigation
"In our time, ever-more people around us every day we need our practical and ongoing support. Each of us has the ability, the opportunity and the obligation would say, to offer valuable assistance and support to our synthropous, whose human rights are constantly violated.
Helping to improve the quality of life and safeguarding the political and social equality and freedom of our co-citizens, we can greatly improve the perception and reaction of our society in relation to human rights violations in any extent and in any manner they happen. Let us not overlook the fact that in place can be found in the future related to our beloved.
The program "OWAAT – One Woman At a Time" is a citizens' initiative that aims to tackle such phenomena as the Cyprus society called to recognize and to ostracize, and by the Cypriot state called address them effectively.
DR. ANNA PLEVRI
Lecturer, Department of Law, School of Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, University of Nicosia
Read CV here
"Women suffer violence because they are women. Violence against women is, in every respect, human rights violations. Given the above, the OWAAT provides women the opportunity and ability to not only learn what their rights are and protect them, but to act truly in this direction. The action OWAAT is a contribution to society and to the overall protection of human rights. In this context, my participation in the Group of OWAAT is an honor for me, as I believe that human dignity, the right to be heard and in particular the right of access to court are fundamental human rights in need of effective protection (also) in Cyprus. As a lawyer, mediator and scholar, I am aware that the road for both combat and to prevent violence against women is long. It is indeed difficult to give all women the "voice" entitled and deserve. In any case, as a man, woman and team member OWAAT am more than willing to work towards it, supporting actions OWAAT."
ALEXANDRA HADJIDAKI
CTO & Project Manager for OWAAT Website & Branding
Computer Science Sudent
Fluent in English, Greek and Spanish
Email: alex.had92@hotmail.com
"I decided to be a Community Collaborator Volunteer because I truly believe that this could be the first domino falling down, encouraging a lot more change from within the community. My belief is that technology can connect people in ways that were not before possible.
A perfect example would be Patricia and me. Now imagine if technology could connect two people from opposite sides of the world, the potential it can have in such a small community. Knowing that I can make this difference nationally means the world to me, as a woman and as a person.
My hopes are that, through the website, we will be able to simplify and expedite this process for these women and anyone else in Cyprus who wants to learn more about their human rights faster than any other medium."
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The bootstrap html code works correctly, but navbar css code doesn't work at all. But! css code that isn't related to navbar-inverse works perfectly.
Where is my mistake? What did I wrong?

A: .navbar-inverse {
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you can write another css class for the navbar-inverse and write the background-color and put "!important" as it will overwrite the default navbar-inverse in bootstrap

A: try this code
bootstrap class conflict with your code
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The World's Greatest College Weekend
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If college is supposed to be the best four years of your life, what does that make the Little 500, which claims to be the "World's Greatest College Weekend"? The "Little Five" is an annual bike race for the Indiana University Student Foundation consisting of 33 teams of four, representing fraternities or sororities, student organizations, or non-sponsored teams put together by students. Non-Greek competitors don the title of "Cutters", taking the name of the local racers dramatized in the 1979 film Breaking Away.
The race takes place at Bill Armstrong Stadium in Bloomington on a quarter mile cinder track, modeled after the Indianapolis 500. It began in 1951, founded by Howdy Wilcox Jr., the executive director of the IUSF, who wanted to model the race after the Indy 500, which his father won in 1919.
For 50 miles, racers ride relay style on special bikes without toe clips, kick stands, water bottles, air pumps, untapped or unplugged handlebars, or any other accessory, all on a single-speed bike.
However, the race is only the climax to this amazing college weekend; benefit concerts begin mid-week. Performers have included local star John Mellenkamp, along with Ludacris and Lil Wayne. Foot races, other smaller bike races, and the women's race, all lead up to Saturday's main event.
An estimated 25,000 people attend the Little Five, including thousands of current Indiana students, plenty of alumni, and students of dozens of other colleges looking for a great road trip weekend. Supporters of different teams fill the stadium donning their team's colors or Greek letters, and the race begins.
All money raised by the event goes to the IUSF scholarship fund, so even more students can attend what cycling great Lance Armstrong called "the coolest event [he's] ever attended".
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← A less chaotic state: 2008's Iron Man
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Strong performances, lazy production leave 'Infinity War' uneven
Posted on April 28, 2018 by reelentropy
The mad titan, death incarnate, scrotumface. Images courtesy Walt Disney Motion Picture Studios.
7/10 It's upper-echelon for the MCU, but for half a billion dollars, does it have to be so ugly?
In Avengers: Infinity War, Earth's mightiest heroes are once again called to action to protect it from an unstoppable alien threat. This time it's Thanos (Josh Brolin), a mad god who has decided that the only way to save the universe from its inevitable heat death is to murder exactly half the population. To make this easier on himself, he is seeking the six infinity stones, artifacts from the dawn of time that, once collected, will allow him to accomplish his goals with a literal snap of his fingers.
Infinity War has a lot of effective moments and a lot that falls flat. Part of the trouble with creating crowd-pleasers that are supposed to be everything to everyone is you almost always end up with something uneven with some scenes far less interesting than others.
The film seems to have put a decent amount of effort into mitigating this effect. It's very roughly divided into several vignettes, about 10 minutes each, a division that ensures many scenes get the attention they deserve instead of being cut away from to move the plot along. It's so effective that I almost want a harsher divide with more blackouts — see Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban as a movie that used frequent blackouts brilliantly to shift a series' tone darker.
Infinity War, mostly through its spectacular cast that's been picked up over the years, finally delivers the intensity that's been missing from the MCU.
Infinity War makes a genuine effort to be a more severe film than its predecessors in the MCU, and that's probably what's best about it. Where many other entries are spoiled by characters cracking wise while chaos reigns around them — Captain America: Civil War, a movie about betrayal and bond-breaking constantly interrupted by snide remarks, was a particularly flagrant example — Infinity War takes itself seriously, and the audience takes it seriously as a result. Thanos is constantly torturing one character to get to another, and it creates several revealing relationship moments.
The entire 10-year history of these characters in film is brought to bear — you can't enter the series on Infinity War, and that's a good thing. This movie's mere existence, and the existence of all that came before it, is monumental, and incorporating all of that backstory instead of trying to make something more accessible is the right direction to go in.
The other thing Infinity War does systemically well is capture the magnitude of Thanos' power and threat. In the very first scene, he beats the Hulk (Mark Ruffalo) in a fist fight — in one of the only well-choreographed fight scenes in any Marvel movie — and later, he throws a moon at Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.). Ebony Maw (Tom Vaughn-Lawlor), his nightmarish black priest, drives home the idea of Thanos as an evil god, evangelizing to his victims about their noble sacrifice as they are murdered en mass.
There's a lot right about this movie, but it's the little things, those illusion-selling details that at times feel like they've been flat-out ignored, that take me out of it. Infinity War is a wonderfully conceived movie, and I want to lose myself in it, but I can't.
Thanos looks like a testicle. He looks like someone covered Arnold Schwarzenegger with a giant scrotum. It's awful. It looks half-finished. Peter Quill (Chris Pratt) making a joke about it doesn't do anything to help at all. One of the weak points for Justice League last November was how poorly animated Steppenwolf was, but Thanos doesn't look any better.
In previous MCU features, the studio has gone to great lengths to texture its characters and properly incorporate them into a photo-realistic world, but here they default to lazy motion-capture work with Thanos and the Black Order. In what feels like a conscious insult, Iron Man and Black Panther (Chadwick Boseman), two characters whose suits were given incredible detail in their own films, have it mostly stripped here — Stark looks like he's wearing a green man outfit, and T'Challa has gone from the richly textured suit from his own movie to what look like patterned pajamas in the crossover.
So in the first Avengers, the main villain who turned out to be Thanos equipped Loki with what turned out to be the mind stone to help him steal what turned out to be the space stone and conquer Earth, in order to further his quest to collect the same infinity stones that he just gave to Loki. I don't get it at all. How would Loki's conquest further his goals? Given that he collects all six of them in like, a day, Thanos must only now be going after the infinity stones, but why? When did his priorities change? What tactic had he previously been using in his quest to wipe out the universe? Was he going planet-by-planet and just got bored? That can't be, he'd already sent other agents, some of whom he didn't even trust, to retrieve the stones for him, so he must have been looking for a while. Why didn't he… my head hurts.
Remember when Rebecca Romijn and Alan Cumming sat through hours of makeup at a time to bring Mystique and Nightcrawler to life? That's the difference — they actually brought those characters to life. Mystique was walking around with her co-stars, and it looked like it on screen. These characters and performances were landmarks for comic book movies as an idea, proving that blue people could be created convincingly for the silver screen. But now, in a movie that is the great-great grandchild of those first X-Men movies featuring several characters who call for the same techniques and dedication, they default to a computer-generated main character who looks like a giant beansack.
Many of the sets aren't convincing. Scenes that take place on Titan and Vormir, despite taking place on alien planets, are in pretty mundane environments and could easily have been shot on location in parts of Scandinavia and the Middle East. Instead, they're drawn in a soundstage, and it's far too easy to tell the difference.
They recast Hugo Weaving and gave his character sweet fuck all to do, so, that's major points off.
As much as the spectacular cast — and Brolin in particular — elevates the film and does a great job of making the characters believable, just about nothing else is. I know I'm supposed to suspend disbelief, but I'm so, so, so tired of giving these movies a pass when they're not nearly what they need to be or what they could be. I'm so tired of saying "I see what they were going for" and triangulating the better movie they had in mind in my head and pretending the fascimile they put on screen is good enough, tired of seeing perfectly decent movies that feel more like missed opportunities.
Infinity War may be "the most ambitious crossover event in history," and it is damn ambitious. Nobody ever would have thought even one Avengers movie would work as little as 10 years ago.
But of course it works. Anything can work when you cut this many corners.
Leopold Knopp is a UNT graduate and managing editor of The Lewisville Texan Journal. If you liked this post, you can donate to Reel Entropy here. Like Reel Entropy on Facebook and reach out to me at reelentropy@gmail.com.
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'Dirty Dancing'—romance and dance at Hollywood Pantages
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When the film version of "Dirty Dancing." was released in 1987, Patrick Swayze not only danced his way into the heart of 17-year-old Frances "Baby" Houseman on screen, he captivated the collective hearts of women all across the country. Patrick Swayze is gone, but the memory lives on in the lush, romantic stage musical now at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre through Feb. 21.
In the summer of 1963. Dr. Houseman has taken his wife and two daughters on vacation to a resort in New York's Catskill Mountains. There are plenty of things to do from golf, swimming and hiking to dance classes. College boys play a dual role as waiters and escorts for the young ladies but in the end it is Baby who winds up having the time of her life.
The show begins with "The Magic Moment Merengue" which earned thunderous applause from the enthusiastic audience on opening night. This fast, furious and sexy ensemble dance number introduces us to the resort's dance staff, headed by Johnny Castle (Christopher Tierney). Tierney not only provides the necessary sex appeal and charm, he is a skillful, dynamic performer who has danced with Hubbard Street Dance Chicago, Les Ballet Jazz du Montreal, Houston Ballet and was in the North American premiere of "Dirty Dancing." He was also in the original cast of "Spiderman: Turn Off the Dark" on Broadway..
Gillian Abbott, a Julliard School graduate who began her professional career in Cirque du Soleil's Beatles LOVE show, plays the feisty "Baby" who wants to make the world a better place. Her life changes dramatically when she catches the eye of Johnny and becomes his dance partner.
Musical numbers include "The Time of My Life," "Hungry Eyes," "You Do Something to Me,"' "Do You Love Me?" and many, many more. The eight piece "Dirty Dancing" orchestra is conducted by Alan J. Plado and features two keyboards, guitar, saxophone, drums, percussion, bass and trumpet
Video and projection design by John Driscoll, coupled with the fluid set design by Stephen Brimson Lewis, give the show an amazing look. Choreography by Michelle Lynch, based on the original choreography by Kate Champion, is vibrant and exciting throughout with ballroom and Latin choreography by Craig Wilson. James Powell directed.
If you are looking for a perfect Valentine treat for your sweetheart, this show is the romantic answer. And be sure to bring a camera to snap her photo with a life-sized replica of Patrick Swayze in the lobby from Madame Tussauds Wax Museum.
"Dirty Dancing," at the Hollywood Pantages Theatre, 6233 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, runs through Feb. 21 only. For tickets, call 1-800-982-2787 or online at www.HollywoodPantages,com or www.Ticketmaster.com,,
If you have kids, then you've heard of R.L. Stine and his countless Goosebumps novels for young readers. I first experienced "Goosebumps" when I visited my sister in North Carolina and her youngest son Daniel gave me a few to read because he said, "They are funny and always have a surprise ending." And even though I wasn't a kid when I read them, I found them clever and amusing too.
The film "Goosebumps" stars Jack Black as a mysterious, elusive author who lives next door to Zach and his mother. They have just moved into the neighborhood to start a new life in a new state after the death of Zach's dad. As the teenager is unpacking his things from their car, he notices a girl in the window. She spots him too and comes to the fence between their two houses to say hello. Soon Stein comes out and tells the young man to stay away from his daughter. But why is the author so unfriendly? Ah, the answer is a mystery of course and it is the key to the cinematic story which is about to unfold featuring many of the monsters that the prolific author has created for young fans over the years,
At first Zach (Dylan Minnette) stays away, not wishing to cause trouble, but when he thinks Hannah Stein (Odeya Rush) may be in danger he enlists the help of a kid he met on his first day in his new school (Ryan Lee). They break into the Stein house to save her. Big mistake, but not for the plot.. Soon the monsters in the many Goosebumps stories come to life and that is scary fun.
As R.L. Stein says at one point in the movie, "Every good story has a beginning, a middle and… a twist." And it is those twists that make a Goosebumps tale so much fun. "Goosebumps" is rated PG for scary scenes involving all kinds of monsters from giant insects, an army of garden gnomes to an abominable snowman. The monsters are great fun, but their interaction with the town and the students, while clever and exciting, may be too intense for very young children.
"Sicario," written by Taylor Sheridan and directed by Denis Villeneuve, takes an engrossing violent look at U.S. efforts to control the Mexican cartels and eliminate illicit drug trafficking inside the USA and along the Mexican border. Emily Blunt plays Kate, a dedicated, very skilled FBI agent who has been selected to work with CIA agent Matt Graver (Josh Brolin) and the mysterious Alehandro (Benecio del Toro). Who is he, and why is he a part of the CIA/FBI team? We are kept in the dark, but so is Kate. She is told to keep her eyes open and remain vigilant. Things will be explained to her in due course.
As the pieces in the puzzle unfold we are brought into the undercover, covert tactics used by the FBI and CIA to find, capture or kill elusive drug lords who are wreaking havoc on both sides of the border.
Sicario, Spanish for hit man, is a clue to what is gong on in the film as the agents and Alehandro work together to track down a notorious drug lord hidden away in Mexico. While it is business for the agents, it appears to be personal for del Toro. But why and who is he anyway?
The film reveals the brutality of the drug lords. As "Sicario" begins we see Kate and other FBI agents confront a group of Mexican drug cartel members residing in the states, close to the border. After the bloody shootout that follows, agents make a horrifying discovery. In the walls of the drug smugglers' hiding place they find countless dead bodies stuffed insides the walls.
The cartel uses all sorts of terrifying ways to retain control over the people in their country who live in constant fear since anyone who gets in their way is killed. Often bodies are hung up in the town or victims are dissolved in acid. While much violence and cruelty is depicted or alluded to, it is never overly gratuitous, however, the film is not for the feint of heart. Rated R for depictions of violence and language.
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The NASA website NASA Rules & Regulations documents are until further notice a substitute for the previous NASA Rules and Regulations booklets.
The rules in the website NASA Rules & Regulations documents will apply.
Competitors will be required to obtain a NASA Members Handbook and NASA Competition License prior to taking part in Autograss racing.
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The 2019 Rulebooks have now been released and are available on the technical page of our website. This coincides with the new format which has a General rulebook for Saloons and Specials which will go alongside the class rulebooks. Class One has also been split up into vehicle types.
For drive axles and / or drive wheels control tyres will apply.
The application of control tyres will remain effective until 31 December 2021, however NASA reserve the right to modify the tyre regulations without notice at anytime. All tyres used on drive wheels after July 1st 2019 will have to be tested and agreed by NASA prior to use, approved tyres will be listed under option A or option B on the NASA permitted tyre list. Prior to July 1st 2019 competitors may use any existing stock of tyres as long as they meet the 2018 tyre regulations.
There will be 3 options, A, B and wet weather, competitors may use tyres that comply with either option on a drive axle, mixing and matching of option A and option B and / or wet weather tyres on the same axle is permitted.
All tyre identification markings must be present and visible on each of the tyre side walls. ( removal of identification markings is not permitted). The shore hardness value must be marked on all option A tyres, this marking must be clearly visible, non removable and applied during the tyre manufacturing process. (sticky labels or branding iron markings are not permitted ). Tyres that are not marked with the shore hardness value during manufacturing will be deemed as option B tyres and must comply with option B regulations.
The tread block / pattern / profile must be pre formed, made during the manufacturing process ( alteration or modification to original manufacturers tread pattern by tyre cutting is not allowed ). All tyres wether control tyres or other must have a speed rating of a minimum of 75 mph ( L speed symbol ). M and S tyres are permitted subject to drive and non drive axles and control tyre restrictions. Motorcycle tyres are prohibited.
Tyre hardness is restricted and must comply with the following. Random checks of hardness will be carried out by means of a durometer, the checks will be made by authorised NASA officials and tyres may be checked at anytime. Tyre manufacturers may incorporate a test block into the tyre tread pattern during the manufacturing process, otherwise readings will be taken from the most suitable tread block available. For non control tyres ( non drive wheels ) the shore hardness is free.
Control tyres option A and option B must have a minimum shore hardness of 60 when the tyre is new or in new condition, when tyres are tested in any other circumstances there will be a minimum of 55 to allow for tyre condition and temperature etc. No tyre should ever measure under 55 shore hardness, if an option A or option B tyre is measured under the minimum limit the driver will face disciplinary action.
Option A tyres must be of a type supplied by a manufacturer / supplier as shown on the NASA permitted list of suppliers only ( supplier list currently being updated ) the tyre tread pattern must be of a type permitted by NASA and subject to random testing as described.
Option B tyres must be an E marked car road going new or remould tyre that are permitted in law for road use only, the tyres must be available from any regular uk tyre distributor and must have a shore hardness rating of a minimum of 60 shore. The cost of the tyre must be such that it has or has had an initial sales value inclusive of vat of less than £50, NASA will maintain a register of approved option B tyre makes / patterns, tyres not on the register are prohibited.
It is the responsibility of the competitor to ensure that his / her option A or option B tyres comply with the NASA minimum shore hardness requirements.
When a tyre is inspected and is not to the satisfaction of the authorised NASA official then it is deemed as being in contravention of the NASA vehicle construction rules and will not be eligible for use. It is the competitors responsibility to contact a Scrutineer or authorised NASA official to confirm that tyres are eligible before use. Tyre tread patterns must be only as permitted by NASA, tyre tread patterns will be subject to regular review by NASA to ensure suitability for Autograss racing, NASA reserves the right to amend the permitted tyre tread pattern requirements at any time. Tyre width is restricted, the maximum allowed tyre width is 225.
Wet weather tyres are restricted and must be listed by NASA for wet weather use only. Wet weather tyres permitted will be listed separately by NASA and are exempt from shore hardness control, wet weather tyres can be fitted to any axle / wheel. Wet weather tyres are subject to NASA eligibility rules.
Tyres may be fitted with inner tubes, the placing of liquid into a tyre or inner tube is prohibited. The use of tyre softener is prohibited.
NASA will invite tyre suppliers to a tyre meeting during each season to discuss the next year and any concerns.
The following car will be added to the class 2 permitted vehicle list, it will have its own set of rules and they will be available by request prior to the release in a few weeks.
On line rules will be updated in the next few weeks.
The following changes have been made to the class 4 rules for 2019.
The original gearbox/transmission casing may be retained or replaced with any recognised automobile manufacturers standard production unit.
NASA are also looking for members who are willing to trial a Citroen/Peugeot using a 1360 engine with restrictions, on an experimental basis for 2019.
Following the October meeting, NASA scrutineers hoped to announce changes to class 2 suspension, there have been lots of discussions on the subject over the last 6 months with the main purpose for any change being, to reduce cost to the competitors.
Going into the October meeting a rule had been decided, it faced some criticism from scrutineers present, amendments were made at that meeting and the final format has been considered, due to the short time between now and the 2018 season the rule change will not be implemented until January 2019, conformation of the final rule will be issued during early 2018.
Anyone with anything to say on this or any other subject, especially if they have constructive ideas, should do so through the correct channels, club or league Scrutineers, club or league meetings or email NASA scrutineers direct, email addresses can be found on the NASA website.
During the 2017 season The scrutineering team will be working to bring you some new rule books, they will be steered more towards the individual classes, they will be easier to understand and we hope to do away with any grey areas there may have been in previous publications.
In 2017 we will work to the 2015 rule book along with any updates that have been agreed since then, there will be a simplified list below as a reminder to competitors, the rules will take immediate effect unless stated otherwise.
If there is anything that isn't clear then please. Contact your club or league scrutineers to make sure.
Please also remember that no car will be allowed to race without a blue roll cage tag in 2017.
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Following recent investigations, NASA wish to reiterate the rulings on the use of a Mini Pick Up. For more information, please see the Pick Up Guide from Vernon Mackenzie.
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How better content can beat 3D eye strain
By Adam Hartley
Sony, Sky, Virgin and others on 3D fatigue
How to avoid tired eyes when watching 3D
Well-produced 3D entertainment is clearly a welcome addition to blockbuster Hollywood fare and TV sports and event coverage for most of us.
But a small number of people find 3D uncomfortable watch. So does the fact a small number of viewers simply cannot enjoy the experience concern 3D advocates at Sony, Sky, Virgin Media and other such companies investing heavily in 3D gaming, movies and TV services?
A recent academic study into the effects of stereoscopic 3D at the University of California, Berkeley goes some way to explaining the cause of headaches and eye fatigue caused by three dimensional viewing, with professor of optometry and vision science, Martin S. Banks, explaining:
"When watching stereo 3D displays, the eyes must focus - that is, accommodate - to the distance of the screen because that's where the light comes from. At the same time, the eyes must converge to the distance of the stereo content, which may be in front of or behind the screen."
Or, as renowned film editor Walter Murch explains the issue: "3D films require us to focus at one distance and converge at another. And 600 million years of evolution has never presented this problem before."
Elsewhere, stereoscopic 3D gaming is coming under fire from some in the games industry, even though around five million 3D TVs are estimated to be sold in the US this year (and 15 million next year, according to Futuresource Consulting), with that figure inevitably going to rise considerably as the prices of 3D-ready sets fall over time.
So can the imminent slew of quality Tinseltown 3D fare and new Sky 3D content, alongside games such as Sony's forthcoming Uncharted 3 for PS3 help to resurrect some interest and excitement around 3D amongst cinephiles, gamers, games developers and TV viewers?
Sony: tech advancements the key
We put these questions to Sony UK, with a spokesperson telling us in response that: "in recent years, there has been significant technological advancement in the field of 3D content creation.
"More content creators are making 3D images that do not force the viewer's eyes and brain to work too hard to compensate for differences between their normal way of seeing in 3D and the created images; thus offering a more natural and comfortable 3D experience to viewers."
In terms of discomfort, eye strain and nausea, companies such as Sony are always careful to cover their backs, with the Sony spokesperson quick to add that: "Safety guidelines are expressed in the instruction manual that comes with every Sony BRAVIA 3D TV and Sony recommends that all viewers take regular breaks while watching 3D video images or playing 3D stereoscopic games.
"The length and frequency of necessary breaks will vary from person to person. You must decide what works best. If you experience any discomfort, you should stop watching the 3D video images or playing 3D video games until the discomfort ends; consult a doctor if you believe necessary.
"The vision of young children (especially those under six years old) is still under development. Sony recommends that you consult your doctor (such as a paediatrician or eye doctor) before allowing young children to watch 3D video images or play 3D video games. Adults should supervise young children to ensure they follow the recommendations listed above."
New way of viewing
When we asked Sky about these recent 3D discomfort studies and the apparent slow take-up of 3D TV, a spokesperson told TechRadar:
"Sky's focused on offering our customers the best 3D experience available. That's why we ask our content partners, as well as our own in-house production teams, to target the very highest standards of production. To help sustain this, we're investing in our own production teams, we're working with Skillset to train behind-the-camera British talent, and we're investing directly in 3D production, including most recently the BAFTA award-winning Atlantic Productions.
Sky's major competitor in the UK, Virgin Media, is also keen to promote its own 3D-on-demand offering to its consumers, with a spokesperson telling TechRadar: "3D is an exciting new format which adds a great new depth to shows and an incredible amount of realism.
"However, as some consumers may find, the new way of viewing can take some getting used to, so our 3D on demand service makes this simple by putting the viewer in control and is perfectly suited to anyone looking to enjoy 3D without being tied to a TV schedule.
"This way customers can get into the mood and make a real event of viewing 3D with family or friends, taking breaks as needed without missing a moment of the action."
The bottom line is this. If you happen to be one of the unfortunate minority of people who is more prone than most to experiencing discomfort from extended viewing of 3D movies, TV or gaming, then it's best that you learn to understand how often you need to take regular breaks in extended TV or gaming sessions to avoid getting these annoying headaches.
Adam Hartley
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Regular study and following the classes are indispensable for passing through the vast curriculum of the MBBS course. To conform to the need of the course and achieving high standard regular periodic class tests, assignments, item, card final and term final examinations are conducted by each department. The card final and term final examinations try to mimic the university conducted professional examinations (discussed below).
10% of the marks of written examination of each paper of each subject in the professional examinations are allocated to the scores obtained from in-course evaluations and class attendants. Only those students, who would acquire at least 60% marks in the in-course evaluations and attend a minimum of 75% of the classes are allowed sit in the professional examinations.
Pass Mark is 60% in each written, Oral, & Practical/Clinical Exam, Separately. Marks and pattern of questions in written examination in each subject are distributed as, 10% of the marks of written examination of each paper of each subject is allocated for formative assessment, 20% is allocated for MCQ and 70% for SAQ (Except in com. Medicine). There are separate answer scripts for MCQ examinations. There are twenty MCQ Questions for each written paper. Each question has got five items, Time allocation is 30 minutes for 20 MCQ questions, and two & half hours for the SAQ questions.
The students are expected to maintain the highest standard in their academic activities.
Every student must provide for himself/herself all the prescribed text books, dissecting instruments, medical equipment etc. The college will not supply these to the students.
All students are to carry their "Identity Card" while they are in the college.
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Fashionable dresses, untidy hair, slippers are not allowed in the college campus.
Rings, bangles are not allowed as they cause impediments to practical work.
Students may inform their problems / grievances / inconveniences to the Teacher Guide. The Guide will try to solve the problems of the students or refer them to the Principal.
Statement of the problems / grievances / inconveniences by the students must be in an orderly and disciplined manner. Any act of indiscipline on the part of any student including usage of abusive words or objectionable words and sentences, will make the students liable to punishment by expulsion from the college.
All types of demonstrations, processions, shouting in the college and hospital premises are prohibited and students, who involve are liable to be expelled from the college.
Political activities are not permitted in the college.
Any verbal or physical violence is liable to disciplinary action.
Smoking, alcoholism, narcotic drugs are strictly prohibited in the college and hospital campus.
Environment is to be kept clean.
Students should throw litters only to the waste paper baskets.
Closing of college and hospital gates, doors of the college or the hospital departments or creating obstacles to the normal functions of the college and/or the hospital are acts of gross indiscipline and students involved in such acts or any immoral actsare liable to be expelled from the college.
 Students must not misbehave with the staff or employees of the college or the hospital. Acts of misbehavior are also the acts of indiscipline and are liable to punishment.
A student has to continue paying his/her tuition fees and session fees till he/she passes final professional examination.
 Absence from classes individually or in group or in a mass without prior information/without valid reasons are punishable by imposition of Tk. 100/- fine for each class individually. Guardian will be informed of such acts.
Students are allowed to use the Library. They will seat and read. Books will be issued to the students for reading in the Library or in home, depending on availability.
Cost of loss or damage to college/hospital property is liable to be realized from the student found responsible for the loss or damage.
In case of illness or other unavoidable reasons for non-attendance, a written statement from the parent/guardian is to be presented to the teachers concerned, who in turn would submit it to the Principal for approval.
 All students who have successfully qualified their MBBS degree, are to undergo one year Internship Training (Hospital training) as per rules and regulations of BM&DC (Bangladesh Medical and Dental Council).
 At the time of admission into the college the students and parents / guardian will have to sign a bond that their children will abide by the rules and regulations of the college.
 The working days of college and hospital are from Saturday to Thursday. Friday is closed.


Change can be stressful. Often times, even positive and desired changes cause stress. Bariatric surgery is one example of a type of positive yet stressful event. The physical and emotional benefits associated with the surgery are exciting. However, to achieve the results certain lifestyle changes are necessary and adjusting to the new way of living is often stressful.
To help prepare individuals for bariatric surgery and the post surgery lifestyle there are multiple stages included in the bariatric surgery process. Prior to having the procedure one of the steps includes a pre-surgical psychological assessment. The goal of the evaluation is to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the individual's weight management, medical and psychological history.
After the assessment a written report will be provided (with client consent) to the client's bariatric surgeon. The client will also be provided a copy of the report for his/her records. The report will be completed and sent within two to three days following the assessment session.


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Join us @ Buzz Bomb on Wednesday nights for TRIVIA! Local Mistress of Trivia, Donna Smargiassi will be doling out 7 rounds of 5 questions each.
Donna has been involved with trivia locally for quite awhile as well as authoring questions for various trivia nights. Now she has a night of her very own and instead of the same set of questions you'll find everywhere else all of them will be fun, challenging, and handmade…just like our delicious craft beer!
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Oinousses, is a complex of Greek islands, located 8km west of Turkey. The complex is made up of nine islands. The largest of them is called Oinousses and this is the reason why it is called by this name. It belongs to the group of North Aegean islands. The main town of the islands is Oinousses, which is the actual name of the island itself. There are about 1000 inhabitants living on the islands. Most of them are situated in Oinousses. The islands are not very populated but it contains facilities to fulfil the basic needs of the inhabitants. There are for example a school for education, some churches, a Naval high school and a maritime museum.
The main occupations on the islands are seafaring, fishing and goat-herding. The islands are famous for its wine. Even in the ancient times the fame of its wine was well known throught the world. There are willow trees all around the islands. It is a perfect place to be near nature and to spend some pleasant hours. It has magnificent coves for swimming and an amazing water. You can take walks on the islands as well. It is a deserted island full of virgin natural beauties and incredible views. The islands also have a long history in shipping. When you go there you should also taste its seafood. Motor yacht charter Greece is at your service to make this holiday real for you. You will be satisfied by the journey on the yacht and everything that follows. It is our pleasure to offer you the best service to make your dream holiday come true. Sailing to Greece is an alternative holiday especially for people who are in love with the sea, the nature and with history. By taking yacht charter turkey, we assure you that you will not regret a moment and will never forget this holiday of a life time.


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