At the beginning of March, Professor Mapstone sat down with The Saint for her first interview with a student publication since taking office in September.
While she may not be tallest in height of the 11 people who have held her post, Professor Mapstone's stature as an academic and university leader is not one that can be considered small by any standards.
At the beginning of March, Professor Mapstone sat down with The Saint for her first interview with a student publication since taking office in September. In the wake of Brexit and ongoing political instability, she spoke about the "baptism of fire" represented by such unprecedented tumult in British higher education.
She went on to describe her meetings with Scottish politicians and fellow university principals, as well as her global trips to meet St Andrews alumni.
Professor Mapstone added: "In six months, I've really [gotten] through a lot. I've also gone round every single school in the University, and I'm about two-thirds of the way around all the units and services, which to me is very important. […] I need to meet the people who cut the grass here because everybody has a part to play in St Andrews.
At the beginning of September, Professor Mapstone joined hundreds of freshers as a newcomer to St Andrews.
"I was a fresher too, and I did really feel that actually because I kept wandering around and going the wrong way, hoping that people didn't notice when I had to come out again," she said.
Similarly to real freshers, Professor Mapstone experienced her first Raisin Weekend last October –– though her embrace of St Andrews' most famous tradition was slightly different than most first years'.
"I was kind of braced for Raisin. […] I did go out on the streets quite a bit on the weekend and did a fair number of selfies with people dressed as bananas and things of that sort," Professor Mapstone explained.
Professor Mapstone is the second woman to lead the University in its 604 year history. Her predecessor, Professor Louise Richardson, was St Andrews' first female principal.
Throughout her career, Professor Mapstone has been a passionate supporter of gender equality. At Oxford, she was pro-vice chancellor for personnel and equality from 2009 to 2011 and established Ad Feminam, a program encouraging women to explore their leadership potential in academia.
"When I went [to Oxford], the place was still very, very male-dominated," Professor Mapstone said. "There were 30 colleges and only 10 of them admitted women, so if you were a woman in Oxford in the '70s were occasions where one really felt that that mattered.
Sometimes it was a bit hard to get your voice heard and so forth. And that didn't seem right to me. I think university is the place where you experiment with your voice. Actually, I've rarely been [hesitant] in expressing my views, but I did observe that there were women who did, I think, feel inhibited, or impeded, more or less because they were women, and they weren't being given opportunities.
As a student at Wadham College, Professor Mapstone benefitted from its relatively left-wing leanings.
Issues of equality form a large part of Professor Mapstone's outlook. Widening access for students from deprived backgrounds is one of her main priorities, and she recently led a review of this issue for the Scottish government.
In a February interview with The Saint, Students' Association President Charlotte Andrew said she thought the University often did not receive enough credit for its widening access initiatives.
The principal agreed with Ms Andrew, citing current widening access initiatives such as "First Chances" in Fife schools with the Robertson Trust.
She emphasised, however, that most efforts to close the attainment gap need to happen when students are still relatively young, so universities' capacity to help is limited.
Before Professor Mapstone is able to focus on such issues of inequality, she must navigate higher education's current challenge: Brexit.
Freedom of movement for staff and students is a key concern, as the University is eager to maintain its ability to easily recruit staff and students from across the EU.
This may prove difficult as the UK distances itself from the continent, but Professor Mapstone firmly believes in efforts to maintain greater access for EU academics and students.
Professor Mapstone also expressed hope the government would make special exceptions for the higher education sector.
"One of the issues that we may have to look at is whether the government actually says, as it were, bring in freedom of movement for particular highly skilled groups," she said.
Although the UK government has already discussed the status of international students, a consultation Professor Mapstone said "has been ready for quite some time" is yet to be officially issued.
"They're waiting for the higher education bill to go through the House of Commons and House of Lords, [and …] they are aware that there has been really powerful and I think actually quite effective lobbying showing how valuable international students are to universities and to the UK economy generally," she explained.
One of Professor Mapstone's ideas for encouraging freedom of movement is providing examples of the economic and intellectual benefits provided by international students and staff.
Another major political issue on Professor Mapstone's radar is the rise of US President Donald Trump. St Andrews' tendency towards a less politically active climate was disturbed earlier this year when students and locals protested President Trump and to attract students from disadvantaged backgrounds, we don't want to put them off because they're going to think they can't afford to live in St Andrews. In order to alleviate students' housing concerns, Professor Mapstone will consider several key points: availability of accommodation, future building and renovation plans, housing costs, and efforts to mitigate existing costs.
Additionally, she will convene a short-term working group on accommodation involving students, Residential Business Services, and the proctor.
Despite emphasising her understanding of student concerns over accommodation costs, the principal also defended the University's right and need to make money.
Regarding the renting out of student accommodation during the summer months, a complaint of some students, she emphasised the money is reinvested in ventures such as new sports facilities or reducing student costs for the upcoming year.
The principal also expanded on her installation address warning regarding the world's "post-truth" climate.
"I think universities have to have the courage to say that we are in, ideologically, a really testing situation at the moment, and universities are the places that you should expect people to both express that and explore this," she said.
In her installation address, the principal also warned against the idea of "trigger warnings" in academia, saying that universities and students should confront difficult ideas.
Overall, Professor Mapstone said she believed St Andrews was generally better than other universities at encouraging debate on controversial ideas.
One issue on which the principal might have reason to be less confident is that of future funding for the University. In her exit interview with The Saint, Professor Louise Richardson said that funding would be the greatest challenge facing her successor.
Professor Mapstone explained, "One of the things all universities have to do is to fundraise, so engaging in fundraising and engaging in philanthropic activity is a large part of my job, in the sense of speaking to potential prospects, speaking to our existing donors, and in many ways, although that's a demanding part of the job, it's a very enjoyable part of the job. I have conveyed many of the things that are wonderful about St Andrews to people who we want to support it.
However, the principal also noted the low base from which the endowment starts and added that the different fee status of English universities compared to Scottish institutions makes it easier for those organisations south of the border to raise capital.
One potential revenue source is charging Scottish and EU students tuition. This idea was suggested by Scottish Conservatives during the 2016 election.
Professor Mapstone, who previously suggested the introduction of variable tuition fees during her time at Oxford, did not wholly reject the idea of the Scottish government introducing tuition fees.
"I think that the Scottish government, as all governments are going to be post-Brexit, is going to be under a lot of financial strain," she said, "and I think it […] it makes sense for the Scottish government, like the rest of us, to ask itself a few questions. Everybody has to refresh their strategy from time to time, and I think it's worth asking a few questions about the whole tuition fee situation.
The principal also spoke at length on her personal background and connection to Scotland. Her field of expertise is Scots literature, and she explained, "I associate St Andrews kind of with quality of scholarship, quality of life, quality of place, and I knew a fair number of people here and when, really quite unexpectedly, the opportunity to give St Andrews some leadership came up, for me it was very resonant, because all my research career, all my scholarly career, has been devoted to Scotland.
Professor Mapstone's tendency to ignore the status quo, as evidenced by her extensive efforts to promote gender equality, has been apparent throughout her life.
It is worth noting the principal did not actually start her career in academia. Initially, she worked as an editor for Weidenfeld and Nicolson publishers and was even a "Mother of the Chapel" (shop steward for that workplace) in the publishers' division of the National Union of Journalists.
St Andrews is undoubtedly a unique university with unique challenges, and if one thing is clear from this interview, Professor Mapstone will not approach them in a "diminutive" fashion.


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SGT James A. Brooker was born in Hampton County, July 17, 1964, the son of the late Mr. Willie James Priester and Mrs. Beulah (Robert, Sr.) Davis. He received his education in the public schools of Hampton County and was a graduate of Wade Hampton High School in 1982. Brooker was a member of Revelation Ministries, Fairfax, South Carolina, where he served as an armor bearer for the pastor. He served in the United States Army. James Brooker's law enforcement career spanned over a 15- year tenure including the South Carolina Department of Corrections for seven years. In addition to, the Hampton County Sheriff Office in 2004 where he served with Road Patrol, the Narcrotics Division, as POC for the South Carolina Sex Offender Registry Team, Crime Scene Investigations SCCJA in March 2014, and finally as Sergeant since 2008. He was married to the former Barbara Henderson.
Brooker is preceded in death by his father, Willie James Priester, mother, Beaulah Davis, stepfather, Robert Davis, Sr., and uncles, Allen Davis and Henry Davis.
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Working Group Concepts of Justice in Global Comparison
How to be just?
The concept of justice has experienced an unprecedented boom in recent decades, not only in applied philosophy, but also in political discourse. Demands for justice permeate almost all the important areas of social and political debate. Social, intergenerational, and climate justice, for example, are key ethical ideals that challenge present-day governance structures and systems.
Research Objectives Concepts of Justice in Global Comparison: Justice between Universal Validity Claims and Cultural Conditioning
Established in May 2022, the research group will at first identify specific fields of investigation, where the respective concepts of justice will be studied. These will include, amongst others:
different historical periods in Europe, starting with Antiquity,
religious justice concepts in comparison,
various practices of social and cultural coexistence in European and non-European societies,
issues of environment and climate.
In order to specify and substantiate the fields of investigation, an inaugural in-house workshop has taken place in November 2022. This will be followed by a series of public and semi-public events. In addition, publications are planned.
While the Christian tradition (e.g. Thomas Aquinas) took up Plato´s and Aristotle´s concept of justice as part of social ethics, the social philosophy of the Enlightenment emphasised questions of institutional prerequisites for the possibility of justice, without, however, discarding the cardinal rule of the suum cuique ('to each their own') of the ancient and Christian tradition as formative premise. Only with the resurgence of justice discourses in the wake of John Rawls and his book A Theory of Justice, which shaped the modern debates, did aspects of procedural justice gain centre stage.
The ongoing debate on 'global justice' takes up these discourses and asks, whether at all or to what extent validity claims of specific justice postulates can be meaningfully raised beyond the boundaries of particular, historically evolved traditional communities - claims that are certainly denied by communitarian philosophies. What remains largely unheeded in these debates is the fundamental question, whether the central categories of contemporary justice debates, which are rooted in the theological and philosophical traditions of European intellectual history, are actually compatible with a global perspective. Attempts at an intercultural comparative study of justice concepts have so far barely progressed beyond the first initiatory steps.
And yet, a cursory review of the, albeit limited, body of relevant work shows that thinking in terms of justice categories does indeed seem to be something of a universal constant beyond all cultural differentiation. At the same time, however, from a systematically comparative perspective we know very little about the concrete norms of the respective justice concepts in different cultures. There seem to be certain similarities across many cultures with view to the close bond between concepts of justice and models of sociality, and the idea of 'to each their own', but at the same time these premises are substantiated concretely by very different forms of manifestation in detail.
The vivid multidisciplinarity of the Academy promises to be particularly conducive for an exemplary in-depth analysis from an intercultural comparative perspective. The variety of specific disciplinary approaches allows to address widely distinct tones and nuances that characterise the negotiation of justice issues in different cultures and communities. At present, the cultural range covered by the group includes Europe, the Islamic region, India, and Africa.
WS 2022/23: Lecture series on concepts of justice in different cultural contexts for the working group only
2023: Workshop with international guests to discuss ideas of justice in global comparison
Autumn 2023: Participation in the Academy Day of the Union of Academies in Berlin on the topic 'How to be just? Concepts of Justice in Global Comparison´
2023/2024: Lecture series with both in-house and external academic speakers for the general public
2024: International workshop on concepts of justice
2025: Conference 'Concepts of Justice in Global Comparison'
2026: Book publication (anthology)
Members of the Working Group
Prof. Dr. Gabriele Clemens Modern Western European History and European Integration History
Dr. Anne Dienelt Legal Studies / Public Law / International Law
Prof. Dr. Silke Göttsch-Elten European Ethnology / Folklore
Spokesperson Prof. Dr. Anna Margaretha Horatschek English Literature
Acting Spokesperson Prof. Dr. Stefan Oeter Deutsches und ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht
Prof. Dr. Angelika Redder Germanic Linguistics and General Linguistics
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South African tennis player Kevin Anderson made history on Monday when became the first South African since Wayne Ferreira in 1994 to advance to the quarter-finals in a Wimbledon tournament after beating Gael Monfils of France.
He will now face the eight-time Wimbledon champion Roger Federer in the quarter-finals.
This match is not only big because of Anderson, but it should also be noted that there is a South African connection between the two tennis players because Federe's mother was born here.
Lynette Federer, who is Roger's mom was born in Kempton Park in Johannesburg and her son has gone on to be one of tennis's best players in the modern era.
HuffPost asked Kevin Anderson's mother Barbara — who is in London — about her son's chances against "half-compatriot" Roger.
"We are really thrilled about Kevin reaching the Wimbledon quarter-finals because he has worked so hard all these years and is finally reaching his dreams. Reaching the quarter-finals has been his first goal, which has been achieved. And it happened on a court where he has had very close matches before and finally he was able to break the curse and win the match."
"My husband, who is in South Africa, was following with great interest and really delighted at the outcome. He always said to Kevin that he has the game to go the distance. That was his belief from when Kevin was really young and so far, it's coming to fruition. We are all really delighted.
"No matter who he plays, everything is the same. Kevin knows to play the ball and not be too concerned who is on the other side of the net. Obviously, it being Roger Federer, it will be in his mind and he will just give it everything he's got. It's just such an honour sharing the court with such a wonderful icon of tennis."
Barbara also went on to say that South Africa should be proud of the fact that this match has a SA connection.
"South Africa should be very proud of the fact that there are two South African connections in the quarter-finals. Roger's path was a little different to Kevin's as Kevin was in South Africa up until the age of 18. But certainly for South Africa, there should be added interest."
Federer and Anderson have clashed on four occasions and the former has won all four of those encounters.


In this edition of The Weekly 5, I'm sharing 5 reasons to stay on Disney property in a Walt Disney World Resort hotel or Disney Vacation Club Villa. With more than 25 resorts to choose from, there's almost certainly an option to fit your taste or budget.
When using disney Transportation you don't need to use a car seat, meaning no lugging heavy gear through the airport or paying a premium to rent a car seat! Beyond on property transportation options, Disney's Magical Express buses shuttle resort hotel guests to and from the Orlando International Airport free of charge.
Magic Bands are your modern key to a hassle free stay at the Walt Disney World Resort. Provided to resort guests free of charge, these wristbands act as your resort key, park ticket, PhotoPass card, and even a form of payment allowing you to charge to your room. Since they're waterproof, there's no reason to worry about removing your Magic Band at the pool, waterpark, or in the shower.
When it's time to order your resort Magic Bands, you have 8 color options to choose from. For an additional charge, themed Magic Bands and accessories can be purchased in most souvenir stores across Disney property.
Extra Magic Hours are times when select Disney parks either open early or close late for guests staying on Disney property. While not all rides and attractions are open at this time, most are, allowing for shorter wait times. Extra Magic Hours vary depending on the time of year, so make sure to check the full schedule on the Disney World website.
Disney Resorts fall into three categories; value, moderate and deluxe. Value resorts can start as low as $95/night, with deluxe villas ranging into the thousands. While deluxe resorts provide a luxuroius experience, value resorts also have a first class Disney touch.
When staying at any Disney World resort, don't forget to schedule your character wake up call. The kids will love it!
If there's one thing I guarantee about your trip to Walt Disney World, it's that you're going to buy souvenirs! As an added benefit of staying on Disney property, these items can be sent directly to your resort hotel. This means you don't have to worry about carrying them around all day or taking up room in your stroller.
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Movie trailer come out on internet. Some people like. Some people love. Some people whatever. But baby-men, they no like. Baby-men no like at all. Baby-men hate, because movie make baby-men mad. Baby-men click thumb-down button on video site, because thumb-down button means mad. Did baby-men mention they mad? They mad.
Baby-men liked old movie that baby-men saw when baby-men were babies, before internet was place where baby-men could put angry baby-thoughts. New movie no have men, have women. Women confuse baby-men. Women not men. Women not men at all!
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Study Shows Huge Benefits of Transitioning Away from Coal in China
China is the world's largest producer and consumer of coal. A team of international scientists led by Stony Brook University's Gang He, contend that China needs to transition away from coal to help the world achieve global decarbonization and improve the nation's environmental and human health. In a perspective paper published in One Earth, the team outlines steps that can be taken for an albeit difficult, yet just and quicker transition away from coal.
A coal transfer hub near Ordos, China
The study proposes a political-socio-economic perspective targeting an integrated value chain to highlight a few overarching strategies and implementing policies accelerating China's transition away from coal. This is different from the conventional discussion on coal transition, which usually centers on air pollution, carbon emission and competition from renewables.
"Our paper is an effort to include in the overall discussion the employment and social justice impacts, including environmental justice, of such a transition," said Dr. He, assistant professor in the Department of Technology and Society in the College of Engineering and Applied Sciences at Stony Brook University.
"The benefits of China's transition away from coal is huge. We estimate that the most aggressive coal-transition pathway could reduce premature death related to coal combustion by 224,000 in 2050, compared to the business-as-usual scenario," said Dr. He. "Similarly, our maximum estimated reduction in water consumption, arguably the most vital of all resources, is about 4.3 billion m3 in 2050."
The researchers argue that for a rapid transition away from coal, China needs to take these steps:
Retire coal generating plants earlier and cancel newly planned coal projects.
Reduce the nation's coal consumption beyond the massive power sector.
A rapid transition presents economic and social challenges that should be met with new economic opportunities.
Attempt to align the motivations and incentives of key business and government stakeholders, which are often not coordinated.
Dr. He emphasizes that a successful coal transition would involve changes that must take into account the well-being and economic security of some three million people who work in coal mining-related jobs in China, as well as another 500,000 who work within the coal power industry. A just transition away from coal, the authors write, also needs to accommodate low-income groups that rely on abundant, cheap and readily available coal for basic electricity and heating service.
To start the transition, the authors propose the creation of a dedicated task force charged with facilitating action plans to be carried out and a process that serves the best interests of affected stakeholders and China's diverse population.
Energy Transition Away from Coal in China Will Yield Benefits
University Releases Updated China Travel Advisory
University Issues Update on Coronavirus and Travel to China
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The problem here is while China is a one-party state, the decisions on generation are made on lower levels with regional officials.
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He crossed the finish line of his seven-day, 320-mile journey at Stony Brook on July 31, raising nearly $20,000 for Parkinson's disease research and mental health support.
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Baby Formula Advisory from Stony Brook's Department of Pediatrics
Ongoing supply chain disruptions of baby formula, combined with a recent safety recall, has led to a national shortage. As a result, Stony Brook Children's Hospital is getting numerous phone calls from distressed...
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Takeuchi Team Earns Secretary of Energy Achievement Award
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Q: MongoError: connect UNKNOWN I have a mongo server running on localhost:27017.
Using mongo console I can insert data in mongo db.
But when I try to connect it using node.js i get the above stated error.
Following is the code used:
    var MongoClient = require('mongodb').MongoClient;

    // Connect to the db
    MongoClient.connect("mongodb://127.0.0.1:27017/Kiosque", function(err, db) {
      if(err) {
      console.log("We arent connected "+err);
      }
    });

so i just run this file with node checkConnection.js
and I get the follwong error:
We arent connected MongoError: connect UNKNOWN

I have searched various answers but didnt get any solution? Can anybody help?

A: The problem is most likely with WinXP setup. I had exactly the same error trying to connect my Node js to my Mongo on WinXP x32 machine.
Then I installed Node js and Mongo on Win2008 machine with all the same settings for both of them - and finally read "Connected correctly to server" in console.
Well, even Microsoft had quit providing support for WinXP, no one to blame here.
There is solution to use 1.4.9 mongodb version with node js. Just put a file named package.json in your node.js project, whith content like this:
{
  "name": "myproject",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "description": "My first project",
  "main": "index.js",
  "dependencies": {
   "mongodb": "1.4.9"
   },
 "author": "yggdraa",
 "license": "Apache 2.0"
}

then run npm install.
This will install the mongodb module 1.4.9 which works on WinXP.
Good for testing, though it may lack some features you may need with you application later

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Delaware inmate who filed lawsuit over mental illness dies in apparent suicide
A convicted sex offender being held at Delaware's maximum-security prison on a probation violation charge has died by an apparent suicide, prison officials said Thursday.
Department of Correction officials said Brandon Lee Panchigar, 36, who has a reported history of suicide attempts, was found unconscious in his cell about 1 p.m. Wednesday. He was pronounced dead less than an hour later while en route to a hospital. His body was turned over to the Division of Forensic Science for an autopsy.
Panchigar was being held in lieu of $20,000 cash bail on a violation of probation for robbery, and an additional $10,000 secured bail for assault in a detention facility. Panchigar, who has been in and out of prison for many years, was convicted of fourth-degree rape when he was 12 years old.
In a handwritten lawsuit filed last February, Panchigar described himself as "SMI," meaning seriously mentally ill, and said he had tried to kill himself at least twice while in DOC custody. In a barely legible scrawl, he wrote of repeatedly ripping open his scrotum with his bare hands, and banging his head on steel doors and concrete walls.
US SUICIDE PREVENTION HOTLINE 988 SEES INCREASE IN CALLS: REPORTS
"I spent 6 months on PCO (psychiatric close observation) smearing feces, hurting myself and suffering in physical, emotional and psychological pain and anguish," wrote Panchigar, who also mentioned being under suicide watch while imprisoned at Rikers Island in New York City.
It is unclear whether Panchigar was under psychiatric observation at the time of his final suicide attempt. The nature of his injuries also was not disclosed.
In the lawsuit, Panchigar said that after he had "ripped myself open" again last January, he was "rudely patched up" and told by a nurse that she would let him bleed to death the next time.
A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit, saying Panchigar, who claimed he was the victim of medical neglect, discrimination and retaliation, had failed to state an actionable constitutional claim against anyone for deliberate indifference to a serious medical need.
Panchigar filed an amended complaint, which the judge said contained sufficient details to allege viable claims for constitutional violations. The judge nevertheless dismissed that complaint in November because of pleading deficiencies, while giving Panchigar one more opportunity to file a revised complaint.
On Monday, the judge ordered the case closed after Panchigar failed to meet a Dec. 16 deadline for filing a new complaint or making his intentions known in handwriting that was legible.
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The process of migrant integration can sometimes generate some degree of public anxiety and at times fear, especially during periods of economic downturn. With unemployment persisting in many countries, migrants are sometimes perceived as competitors for jobs, exerting downward pressure on salaries, and as a burden on the welfare system. However, experiences thus far suggest that these perceptions are largely unfounded. Not only do migrants tend to concentrate in just a few sectors such as construction, domestic services, and health care, but also these sectors tend to be those in which there is a deficit in the local job market, so that migrants most often fill jobs unfilled by the local population. However, negative perceptions can be deeply entrenched and are best dispelled through planned and sustained efforts.
Based on its recent experiences in implementing migrant integration projects in many parts of the world, IOM has found the following interventions useful and effective:
Dissemination of information in home countries on the rights and obligations of migrants;
Pre-departure / cultural orientation to travel-ready migrants to facilitate their adjustment to life in a new country;
Provision of advice and counseling related to services available to migrants in the host country, for example, through migrant resource centres (MRCs); and
Provision of vocational and language training to reinforce their skills.
In addition, awareness-raising in host countries on the cultural profile of the newcomers and highlighting their potential contribution to the host society, improves the perception and acceptance of the migrants by receiving communities and reduces the risks of discrimination and xenophobia.
Dimensions of Migrant Integration
Migrant integration involves a number of dimensions; these are, economic, social, cultural, political and legal. Ideally, migrants should be integrated in all these dimensions. However, not all host countries are willing and/or able to support migrants in all these. This also varies depending on the status of the migrants in the host country. While much discussion of integration focuses on ensuring migrants' ability to be gainfully employed and contribute to the local economy, more than this is required if migrants are to be full participants in their host society. And while some aspects of integration may only be relevant to settled migrants, such as certain political rights associated with nationality, other aspects, especially as they relate to migrants present in the territory on a temporary basis, require attention.
Some challenges policy makers and practitioners faced regarding migrant integration:
• What type or level of integration measures need to be provided for temporary / circular migrants? Should there be integration measures for irregular migrants?
• How to best manage migration and integration in a manner that ensures maximum benefits both for the individual and the society?
• How to ensure a socio-economic and political environment supportive of the effective incorporation of migrants into the host society?
• How can the risks of alienation and marginalization of migrants in receiving societies be reduced and how to avoid negative impacts on national security?
Migrant Integration Stakeholders
The responsibility for migrant integration rests with many actors: migrants themselves, origin and host countries, public and private institutions and communities. The experiences of individual migrants are a valuable source of information to aid understanding of the challenges of integration and for developing effective strategies to address these challenges.
Within governments, action is necessary at all levels – national, regional, municipal and local. Migrant integration requires an inclusive approach. Migration requires not only a "whole of government approach" but a "whole of society approach." The private sector and civil society in general can offer valuable assistance and ideas to facilitate migrant integration. Institutions at the local community level where nationals and non-nationals most often interact, such as schools, marketplaces and banks, are often in the best position to assess and address the particular needs of the community and migrants. Non-state actors therefore complement the efforts of governments owing to their grass roots presence to engage and assist migrants in their daily lives.
Migration does not end with the arrival of a migrant in a foreign country. Migration brings change that impacts on the lives and well being of both migrants and host societies. How to manage such change to the mutual benefit of all is one of the biggest challenges for governments today. It is expected that the challenge will grow with the rising global movement of persons, particularly temporary migration and rapid changes in global labour markets as well as demographic pressures.
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SRDRS Lead Mechanical Technician at Phoenix International Holdings, Inc.
SUMMARY DESCRIPTION:
The Submarine Rescue and Diving Recompression System (SRDRS) Lead Mechanical Technician participates in the operation of and corrective and preventative maintenance of the SRDRS, Submarine Rescue Chamber (SRC), assigned Deep Submergence Systems, and all associated rescue assets. The Lead Mechanical Technician supervises mechanical technicians, assigns maintenance tasks to subordinates, monitors accomplishments, and schedules preventive and corrective maintenance to meet operational schedules while providing leadership in a team environment. This position is based at Undersea Rescue Command (URC), Naval Base Coronado, San Diego, CA and reports to the Maintenance Manager. This is an "on call" 24-hour per day position.
CLASSIFICATION: Non-Exempt (hourly)
Schedule and direct corrective and preventive maintenance in support of operations and training.
Perform controlled maintenance as required by applicable instructions and controlled work packages (CWPs).
Complete required records and forms and maintain up to date documentation.
Keep supervisors informed of schedule impacts and status of maintenance and repairs.
Identify deficiencies noted in the performance of maintenance and initiate required corrective actions.
Participate directly in the mobilization of rescue assets.
Support submarine search and rescue response events and mission phases, 7-days a week, 24-hrs a day as required.
Obtain operational certification of SRDRS watch stations as directed and is required to qualify and perform watch standing requirements of the rescue systems.
Review CWPs for accuracy and completeness during opening and closing reviews.
Coordinate maintenance with Navy counterparts and provides periodic updates to maintenance status.
Interface with outside maintenance activities.
Supervise and train technicians in maintenance requirements and operational procedures.
Comply with established Phoenix QMS processes and procedures.
Associate degree, two years of formal mechanical and hydraulic training, or equivalent work experience of five years maintaining and repairing diesel generator sets, hydraulic power and control equipment, manipulators, and hydraulic tools.
Minimum of five years experience in Submarine Rescue or Deep Submergence Systems operation and maintenance.
In-depth knowledge of writing, reviewing, and working with CWPs.
Understands the use of hydraulic test sets, flow/pressure meters, and non-destructive testing.
Knowledgeable in Scope of Certification (SOC) systems.
Must qualify as Quality Assurance (QA) craftsman and inspector, as a minimum.
Ability to supervise personnel and maintenance.
Familiar with Lockout/Tagout safety procedures.
Significant physical effort required. Must be able to pass physical.
Self-motivated with the ability to work in a team environment and handle assignments independently.
Computer skills with competence in Microsoft Office Suite.
Expected to work a minimum of 8-hours per day while in the base facility and 12-hours per day when at sea or deployed.
Qualified or able to qualify as crane and forklift operator.
Must possess a current U.S. passport.
Ability to obtain a U.S. government security clearance.
Ability to travel worldwide, on short notice, for indefinite periods of time and must be available to travel on an emergency basis.
Ability to walk unassisted and carry 45 pounds.
Ability to pass an initial drug/alcohol screen and subsequent random tests.
Must pass the physical required for working offshore.
Phoenix International, Inc, is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, national
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Seattle Mariners chairman and managing partner John Stanton looks on from the back of the room during a news conference with the team's manager and general manager at the end of the 2018 season. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
Mariners' chairman frustrated by team's losing ways
John Stanton is encouraged by the M's minor-leaguers, but admit the product is tough to watch at times.
Tuesday, June 25, 2019 8:11pm
SportsMariners
By Ryan Divish
On the morning of the Seattle Mariners' 82nd game of the season, sitting at the mathematical halfway point of the 162-game marathon, chairman and managing partner John Stanton sat in the suite belonging to team president and CEO Kevin Mather, reading the day's in-house game notes and comprehensive minor-league report. He'd already perused a morning email with links to coverage of the team.
Winning or losing, traveling or at T-Mobile Park, this is part of Stanton's daily routine. An interview with The Seattle Times about the state of the 2019 season interrupted that routine. While not as reclusive to the media as the previous team chairman, Howard Lincoln, Stanton chooses his availability carefully, preferring the coverage to be about the organization rather than him.
In a few hours, he'd walk down to his normal seat in the first row of the park, ready to keep score, which he does at every game.
This was a busy game to score. The Mariners crushed the lowly Orioles, 13-3, aided by an eight-run third inning.
Seattle won the four-game series and finished the seven-game homestand against the two worst teams in the American League — Kansas City and Baltimore — with a 4-3 record.
One of those losses was a 9-0 drubbing by Kansas City, which took two of three games. Stanton was at the MLB owners meetings in New York and sat across from Royals owner David Glass while that game was being played. "It friggin' killed me. It was so bad,'" he said.
There have been plenty of games eliciting similar feelings from fans who know the Mariners' postseason drought — the longest in major professional sports — will continue for another season and probably beyond.
After 82 games, the Mariners were 35-47 record. A surprising 13-2 start was followed by a long run of bad baseball, including a 7-21 May. It might have been one of the most underachieving stretches in the team's past 15 seasons.
In his third season as chairman of an ownership group that replaced Nintendo of America in August of 2016, Stanton approved general manager Jerry Dipoto's "step-back" plan this offseason — a plan that saw Seattle decline to re-sign Nelson Cruz while trading stalwarts Robinson Cano, Edwin Diaz, Jean Segura, James Paxton and Mike Zunino to gain prospects and remove bloated contracts.
With an almost entirely new roster and minimal financial investment in certain aspects of the team — specifically, the bullpen — the Mariners have struggled, as predicted. Their defense is abysmal. The bullpen is a revolving mass of relievers acquired via trades, waiver claims and minor-league signings with a few carry-overs — all trying to prove they are credible big-league relievers, most with minimal success.
"I think we've done exactly what we've set out to do," Stanton said. "I try to resist the temptation to take a snapshot of a movie — even the midpoint of the movie. I view us as on a journey to have a sustainable, championship-caliber team as soon as we can."
And yet the losses — many of them blowouts and plenty of them noncompetitive — they have to bother Stanton, right? Going into Tuesday's game at Milwaukee, the Mariners had been beaten by five runs or more 17 times and had given up double-digit runs to an opponent 17 times.
Did he think they'd win more?
"It's in the range," he said. "I would've loved to have had a few more wins. I think about a few that we lost."
But he understood this kind of season was a possibility.
"The number of wins so far this season isn't, for me, the important metric on how we are doing," he said. "It's the success of the players. I'm not going to point to all the players in the minor leagues. But I'm also excited that some of the guys we picked up are exceeding expectations. Some may be performing a little under expectations, but I think we are exceeding expectations overall in terms of the quality of guys that we have added."
At times, the interview felt like Stanton was going through talking points, but he went off on a few anecdotal tangents, mentioning the three-error inning by Dylan Moore early in the season and how Stanton embarrassed his wife with his anger at that moment. The losing still bothers him.
"That's a frustration," he said "I hate to lose. My 23-year-old, when he went back to school that fall, he said, 'Dad, you need to enjoy the wins as much as you hate the losses. We can't get you to hate the losses any less, but you've got to enjoy the wins as much as possible.' I've tried. It's hard to take advice from your 23-year-old son. I have tried really hard. But we all collectively need to enjoy the wins more. All the people here, we hate to lose."
How they've lost games isn't enjoyable. He mentions the 9-0 loss again, apologizing to any fans who spent money on that game as the one contest they might see this season.
"If they came to that game, they were disappointed," he said. "And I'm sorry we didn't play better than that."
The poor play is galling at times. And he has to remind himself he approved the moves that led to it.
"I sit there with a pencil scoring every game, and the letter 'E' frustrates me," he said, referring to the 83 errors the Mariners have committed this season, easily the most in MLB. "There have been times where we've had a bunch of errors in a game. Those frustrate me."
But that isn't his biggest frustration. He most loathes some of the misconceptions about a situation he said the Mariners have been relatively clear in explaining.
"I guess if there is a point of frustration, I think it's being in a position, where sometimes, and even occasionally some members of the press, that there is a lack of understanding of our plan," he said. "Even though I think we've been as transparent as maybe any organization can be, beginning since last October. We were talking about what our plan was and what we were going to do.
"The big trades, the decision to not bring (designated hitter) Nellie (Cruz) back and be in a position where we get as much as we possibly can. When people don't get that, that becomes frustration."
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Community sports: Kamiak grad golfer to U.S. Junior Amateur


There has been a lot happening at LINI's Aquaculture and Training (LATC) since our last update!
In July, the foundations of the student accommodation housing were laid and the houses are now being constructed. The three houses are being built in a traditional North Sulawesi-style and will accommodate up to six people each.
The Centre received support from the Australian Consulate-General in Bali through their Direct Aid Program, the family of Sianawati Sugiarto (the owner of Blue Star), who kindly let LINI use their land, and from the Australian Volunteer for International Development (AVID) Program.
We are seeing amazing progress each day. It will not be long now until the houses are completed and we can welcome our first guests to stay at the Centre!
The LINI Aquaculture and Training Centre offers hands-on training, research and work experience in marine conservation and aquaculture. A number of aquaculture activities are being run at the Centre including breeding ornamental fish and a reef restoration program. Training modules are offered in marine conservation and aquaculture techniques.
If you are interested in learning more or visiting the Centre please contact us by email at: info@lini.or.id or telephone: +62 361 8427 168.


Apartment Leony is located near the center, but very quiet. In a few minutes you can reach the port and the sea. This spacious apartment which is located on three floors of a family home offers ample space for nine people. On the first floor, there is a large living room with seating units, TV / SAT, and a kitchen with dining area. The living room opens onto a large terrace with sea views. A single bed room nursery is also on this floor. On the first floor there are three double bedrooms, each room with its own bathroom with shower distribute and balcony with sea view.
The ground floor is an apartment consisting of a bedroom with double bed, a small kitchen and a bathroom with shower, a terrace with a view more. From any room in the house you have a beautiful view of the sea. All rooms are equipped with air conditioning and heating. In the house there is also wireless Internet access. Large garden on two levels is available, which donates you shade and protects you from other eyes. Three parking spaces are available.
pets are welcome in this house. The whole property is fenced.


With winter being in full swing here in Canada I think about the long days sitting looking out the window and having a nice cup of tea so today I have a 3D tea pot to share which is part of the Cozy Kitchen SVG Bundle! I changed it up a bit by not making it a Luminary Gift Box but you could easily leave it as is.
Other products: Cut File, White Card Stock, Versamark, Rose Gold Embossing Powder, Sparkle Glimmer Spray, Crystal Clear, Pebbles Pearlescent Chalks – Jewel Tones, Archival Watering Can Ink and die cutting machine.
Start by cutting and assembling the Teapot found here according to the directions out of white card stock with the panels cut from the Sweet Peony Paper Collection. The Peony flowers were stamped on white card stock using Versamark and heat embossed with Rose Gold Embossing Powder before die cutting with the matching die and distressing with Rhubarb Stalk ink. After the flowers were distressed they were shaped with the 3D Floral Basics Shaping Mold and the Deluxe Flower Shaping Kit before spritzing with Sparkle Glimmer Spray and dusting with Crystal Clear. Finally the centers were accented with Pastel Bead Stamens-Medium. The Peony bud and blossom cling stamp was stamped on white card stock using Watering Can and die cut with the matching die before coloring with pebbles pearlescent chalks and attaching as shown. Finally, the leaves were stamped on white card stock using Guacamole ink and die cut with the matching die before distressing with bamboo leaves ink.
another gorgeous work of art….
Just a very gorgeous project my friend!
Now I got that song stuck in my head as well, lol.
I absolutely love this teapot Joann!


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O USS Georgia foi um couraçado pré-dreadnought operado pela Marinha dos Estados Unidos e a terceira embarcação da Classe Virginia, depois do  e  e seguido pelo  e . Sua construção começou em agosto de 1901 na Bath Iron Works e foi lançado ao mar em outubro de 1904, sendo comissionado em setembro de 1906. Era armado com uma bateria principal composta por quatro canhões de 305 milímetros montados em duas torres de artilharia duplas, tinha um deslocamento carregado de mais de dezesseis mil toneladas e conseguia alcançar uma velocidade máxima de dezenove nós (35 quilômetros por hora).

O Georgia serviu durante a maior parte de sua carreira na Frota do Atlântico, com suas principais atividades consistindo em exercícios e treinamentos de rotina. Entre 1907 e 1909 fez parte da Grande Frota Branca durante sua viagem ao redor do mundo, enquanto em 1914 foi enviado para o México a fim de proteger interesses norte-americanos durante a Revolução Mexicana. Com a entrada dos Estados Unidos na Primeira Guerra Mundial em 1917, foi inicialmente usado como navio-escola e depois como escolta de comboios para a Europa. Foi transferido para a Frota do Pacífico em 1919, porém acabou sendo logo descomissionado em julho de 1920, sendo desmontado três anos depois.

Projeto
O trabalho de design na classe Virginia começou em 1899, após a vitória dos Estados Unidos na Guerra Hispano-Americana, que havia demonstrado a necessidade de encouraçados adequados para operações no exterior, resolvendo finalmente o debate entre os proponentes desse tipo e aqueles que favoreciam encouraçados de borda livre baixa com uso na defesa costeira. Os projetistas incluíram um arranjo sobreposto dos canhões principais e alguns dos canhões secundários, o que provou ser uma decepção significativa em serviço, já que o disparo de qualquer conjunto de canhões interferia nos outros, diminuindo a cadência de tiro.

O Georgia tinha 134,49 metros de comprimento total e tinha uma boca de 23 metros e um calado de sete metros. Ele deslocava 15 188 toneladas conforme projetado e até 16 352 toneladas em plena carga. O navio era movido por motores a vapor de expansão tripla de dois eixos avaliados em 19 mil cavalos de potência, com vapor fornecido por vinte e quatro caldeiras Niclausse movidas a carvão. O sistema de propulsão proporcionava uma velocidade máxima de dezenove nós (35 quilômetros por hora). Como construído, ele foi equipado com mastros militares pesados, mas estes foram rapidamente substituídos por equivalentes treliçados em 1909. Ele tinha uma tripulação de 812 oficiais e praças.

O navio estava armado com uma bateria principal de quatro canhões Mark IV de 305 milímetros calibre /40 em duas torres gêmeas na linha central, uma à frente e uma à ré. A bateria secundária consistia em oito canhões de 203 milímetros de calibre /45 e doze canhões de 152 milímetros com calibre /50. Os canhões de 203 milímetros foram montados em quatro torres gêmeas; duas delas foram sobrepostas no topo das torres da bateria principal, com as outras duas torres lado a lado com o funil dianteiro. Os canhões de 152 milímetros foram colocados em casamatas no casco. Para defesa de curto alcance contra barcos torpedeiros, ele carregava doze canhões de 76 milímetros com calibre /50 montados em casamatas ao longo da lateral do casco e doze canhões de 3 libras. Como era padrão para os navios capitais da época, o Georgia carregava quatro tubos de torpedos de 533 milímetros, submersos em seu casco na lateral.

O cinturão blindado do Georgia tinha 279 milímetros de espessura sobre os paióis e espaços de máquinas e 152 milímetros em outros lugares. As faces das torres de canhão da bateria principal (e das torres secundárias em cima delas) possuíam 305 milímetros de espessura. Cada torre repousava sobre uma barbeta de apoio que tinha 254 milímetros de blindagem. A torre de comando tinha 229 milímetros em seus lados.

Histórico de serviço

Início de carreira e Grande Frota Branca

O Georgia teve sua quilha batida em 31 de agosto de 1901 na Bath Iron Works, no Maine. Seu casco foi lançado em 11 de outubro de 1904, após os trabalhos de adaptação começarem. O navio foi comissionado na frota em 24 de setembro de 1906. O couraçado realizou um cruzeiro de preparação após a conclusão do trabalho de adaptação, antes de ingressar na 2.ª Divisão do 1.º Esquadrão da Frota do Atlântico. Ele partiu de Hampton Roads em 26 de março de 1907 para se juntar ao resto da frota na Baía de Guantánamo, Cuba; ali, os navios realizavam treinamento de artilharia. Depois, navegou para o Boston Navy Yard para reparos antes de comparecer à Exposição de Jamestown, que comemorou o 300.º aniversário da fundação da colônia de Jamestown. Uma frota internacional que incluía navios de guerra britânicos, franceses, alemães, japoneses e austro-húngaros juntou-se à Marinha dos Estados Unidos no evento.

Em 10 de junho, o navio participou de uma revisão naval para o presidente Theodore Roosevelt. Dois dias depois, ele partiu para a prática de tiro ao alvo em Baía do Cabo Cod, chegando em 15 de junho. Uma carga de propelente explodiu em sua torre traseira de 203 milímetros em 15 de julho, matando dez tripulantes e ferindo outros onze. No final daquele ano, o navio participou de manobras da frota no Atlântico e, em 24 de setembro, entrou em doca seca no Estaleiro Naval da Filadélfia para uma revisão.

O Georgia juntou-se à Grande Frota Branca em 16 de dezembro de 1907, quando partiram de Hampton Roads para iniciar a circum-navegação do globo. O cruzeiro da Grande Frota Branca foi concebido como uma forma de demonstrar o poder militar americano, particularmente para o Japão. As tensões começaram a aumentar entre os Estados Unidos e o Japão após a vitória deste último na Guerra Russo-Japonesa em 1905, particularmente sobre a oposição racista à imigração japonesa para os Estados Unidos. A imprensa de ambos os países começou a convocar a guerra, e Roosevelt esperava usar a demonstração de poderio naval para deter a agressão japonesa. A frota navegou para o sul até o Caribe e depois para a América do Sul, fazendo escalas em Port of Spain, Rio de Janeiro, Punta Arenas e Valparaíso, entre outras cidades. Depois de chegar ao México em março de 1908, a frota passou três semanas praticando artilharia. A frota então retomou sua viagem pela costa do Pacífico das Américas, parando em São Francisco e Seattle antes de cruzar o Pacífico para a Austrália, parando no Havai no caminho. As paradas no Pacífico Sul incluíram Melbourne, Sydney e Auckland.

Após deixar a Austrália, a frota virou para o norte para as Filipinas, parando em Manila, antes de seguir para o Japão, onde uma cerimônia de boas-vindas foi realizada em Yokohama. Seguiram-se três semanas de exercícios na Baía de Subic, nas Filipinas, em novembro. Os navios passaram por Cingapura em 6 de dezembro e entraram no Oceano Índico; eles carvoaram em Colombo antes de prosseguir para o Canal de Suez e carvoar novamente em Porto Saíde, Egito. A frota fez escala em vários portos do Mediterrâneo antes de parar em Gibraltar, onde uma frota internacional de navios de guerra britânicos, russos, franceses e holandeses saudou os americanos. Os navios então cruzaram o Atlântico para retornar a Hampton Roads em 22 de fevereiro de 1909, tendo percorrido 86 542 quilômetros. Lá, eles realizaram uma revisão naval para Theodore Roosevelt.

1910–1923

Ao longo do ano e meio seguinte, o Georgia conduziu uma rotina de manobras de treinamento e exercícios de artilharia em tempos de paz. Em 2 de novembro de 1910, ele participou de uma revisão naval para o presidente William Howard Taft em preparação para um cruzeiro para a Europa Ocidental com a Frota do Atlântico. Os navios pararam na França e na Grã-Bretanha e realizaram extensas manobras durante o cruzeiro. O navio e o restante da frota chegaram à Baía de Guantánamo em 13 de março de 1911. Ele voltou à sua rotina de treinamento em tempos de paz pelos próximos dois anos. Em 5 de junho de 1913, ele conduziu um cruzeiro de treinamento para aspirantes da Academia Naval dos Estados Unidos, seguido de uma reforma no Boston Navy Yard. No início de janeiro, ele foi enviado para as águas mexicanas para proteger os interesses americanos no país durante a Revolução Mexicana. Ele permaneceu lá de 14 de janeiro de 1914 a março, quando retornou brevemente a Norfolk. O navio voltou a cruzar o México durante o verão e, de agosto a outubro, operou em águas haitianas para proteger os americanos no país, que também passava por agitação interna.

O navio então entrou em dique seco para uma revisão, antes de retornar às águas cubanas para manobras com a frota. Ele chegou lá em 25 de fevereiro de 1915. O resto do ano foi dedicado a exercícios de treino com a Frota do Atlântico. Outra revisão, no Boston Navy Yard. Em 27 de janeiro, o Georgia foi desativado temporariamente. No mesmo dia da declaração de guerra dos Estados Unidos contra a Alemanha em 6 de abril de 1917, o navio foi reativado para serviço durante a Primeira Guerra Mundial. Ele foi designado para a 3.ª Divisão da Força de encouraçados, baseada em York River, Virgínia. Ele passou a maior parte da guerra treinando artilheiros para a Marinha de guerra em rápida expansão e conduzindo exercícios de treinamento tático. Durante este período, o navio frequentemente tinha mais de mil homens a bordo, apesar do fato de ter acomodações para dormir apenas 750. O comandante do navio na época, capitão Sumner Kittelle, levantou preocupações sobre as condições de superlotação a bordo do navio.

De setembro de 1918 até o fim do conflito, o Georgia foi designado para a Força de Cruzadores do Atlântico como escolta de comboio. A primeira operação do navio foi com o comboio 67, que partiu de Nova York em 23 de setembro; o restante da escolta consistia nos cruzadores blindados North Carolina e Montana e no contratorpedeiro Rathburne. O Geórgia teve que carregar 533 toneladas de carvão além do costume, o que degradou significativamente as suas navegabilidade. O navio, portanto, teve que ser amarrado para reduzir as inundações causadas pelo mar agitado, o que acelerava a propagação de doenças. Durante o cruzeiro, a tripulação sofreu 120 casos de gripe e 14 casos de pneumonia; 7 homens morreram como consequência. Mesmo com o carvão adicional, o navio não tinha combustível suficiente para chegar ao ponto de partida e teve que se separar do comboio para retornar ao porto. A Alemanha assinou um armistício com as potências aliadas, encerrando a guerra em 11 de novembro. Em 10 de dezembro, o navio foi equipado para servir de transporte para trazer soldados americanos de volta da França. Este serviço viu o navio transferido para a Força de Cruzeiro e Transporte. Ele fez cinco viagens entre dezembro de 1918 e junho de 1919, transportando quase 6 mil soldados no total. A primeira viagem, feita em companhia do encouraçado , chegou a Brest, na França, em 22 de dezembro de 1918.

O Georgia foi transferido para a Frota do Pacífico logo em seguida, partindo de Boston em 16 de julho de 1919. Ele transitou pelo Canal do Panamá e chegou a San Diego, onde se tornou a nau capitânia da 2.ª Divisão do 1.º Esquadrão. O navio foi para o Mare Island Navy Yard para manutenção periódica em 20 de setembro. O navio permaneceu lá até 15 de julho de 1920, quando foi desativado. Sob os termos do Tratado Naval de Washington de 1922, o navio foi vendido para sucateamento em 1 de novembro de 1923 e posteriormente foi desmanchado. O navio foi formalmente retirado do registro naval em 10 de novembro.

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Ligações externas

Classe Virginia (couraçados)
Navios de 1904
Navios construídos no Maine
Couraçados da Marinha dos Estados Unidos

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Carlson: Garnet Hathaway suspension 'completely excessive'
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The NHL has suspended Capitals forward Garnet Hathaway for three games for spitting on defenseman Erik Gudbranson during Monday's 5-2 win over Anaheim.
The incident occurred with 33 seconds remaining in the second period, with a fight breaking out behind the net just as Chandler Stephenson scored to give the Caps a 3-0 lead.
Gudbranson, who landed a sucker punch on Hathaway as the officials were breaking up the fight, received roughing and misconduct penalties on the ice, while Hathaway, who retaliated for the sucker punch by spitting on Gudbranson, received a fighting penalty and a match penalty, leading to a further ruling from the league.
The NHL has deemed Hathaway spitting on Gudbranson worthy of a three-game suspension, which includes a $24,193.53 fine, with the money going to the NHL Players' Emergency Assistance Fund.
John Carlson, Washington's alternate captain, reacted to Hathaway's suspension moments after it was administered during his weekly 106.7 The Fan appearance with Chad Dukes, presented by The Purple Heart. Carlson called the suspension "completely excessive."
"Yeah, I think it's completely excessive in my opinion," Carlson said Wednesday. "I know that there really hasn't been much to compare it to and whatnot. And we all know the situation, and we all know what happened, and no one likes the result, but there just isn't really anything to compare it to, which is the hard part, in terms of having a feeling on it."
The Capitals meet the Ducks again quite soon, in Anaheim on Dec. 6. Carlson anticipates the bad blood from Monday's result will probably carry over to their next encounter.
"Yeah, you'll know within the first couple minutes," said Carlson. "Sometimes they're in the other division and we don't see 'em too often, and there obviously was some bad blood that game. But sometimes, early on, you can set the tone of the game and it's business as usual. Sometimes, it really carries over right away, so I'm sure it won't be a ballet affair out there, but I think we'll know early on in that game in Anaheim."
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"You mentioned that you thought the three (games) is excessive, but of course we don't have anything really to base it off of," Dukes followed up. "Why do you think that's an excessive punishment if we don't have that kind of hard deck, as far as what should happen in instances like this?"
"I think because of the situation is the big one for me," said Carlson. "When you're getting punched in the face and you literally can't do anything to defend yourself, I feel like you just resort to anything that you can do, and in that situation, I think that was pretty much his only response to the situation."
"I think there could have been a lot of different things that could have happened out of his control that could have stopped it a lot earlier and a lot easier, and we wouldn't even be talking about this," he said. "So there's plenty of factors. I know (Brad) Marchand got into a little run-in with licking someone, and he didn't get suspended, so three games definitely seems pretty excessive to me."
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Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (Ezemvelo), is tasked with maintaining wilderness areas and public nature reserves in KwaZulu-Natal Province, South Africa. Constituted under the KZN Nature Conservation Management Act of 1999, Ezemvelo's key objective is to conserve the numerous cultural, histoårical, wetlands, alpine and marine treasures of KwaZulu-Natal for the benefit of present and future generations. With custodianship of 110 protected areas, ecotourism and
the effective management of indigenous biodiversity are critical to achieving this objective.
Ezemvelo has a strong focus on building tourism in the nature conservation areas of KwaZulu-Natal. The areas offer tourists a wide range of wildlife, including the big five â€" rhino, lion, elephant , buffalo and leopard, over 600 bird species, an array of flora, and activities from walking trails and horse-trails to ski, shore and inland fishing, diving, hunting and mountain climbing.
In addition, it is a known fact that through the promotion of ecotourism, there is enormous potential to create much needed green jobs to improve levels of employment, equity and equality.
COLLECTIVE MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES
Ezemvelo has a large stakeholder profile that assists the organisation in effectively delivering on its mandate. This includes local communities; the business sector; nongovernmental organisations and government departments.
The basic rationale for the formation of partnerships with these stakeholders is to ensure that Ezemvelo effectively applies biodiversity conservation principles in a collective way rather than on its own. The importance of protecting biodiversity, while growing the economy is always an issue to consider in many instances.


Severe winter weather can take many different forms in Middle Tennessee, including heavy snow, ice storms, extreme cold, sleet and even icy driving conditions. This wintry weather can knock out heat, power and telecommunications for hours, days or even weeks. Heavy snowfall and extreme cold can immobilize an entire region. Winter storms can be deceptive killers, because most deaths are indirectly related to the actual winter storm; people die in traffic accidents on icy roads and from hypothermia from prolonged exposure to the extreme cold.
Keep your emergency kit handy. Keep extra clothes, blankets, sand, shovel in the trunk of your car.
Watch for signs of frostbite, which may include loss of feeling and white or pale appearance in extremities.
Watch for signs of hypothermia, which may include uncontrollable shivering, memory loss, disorientation, incoherence, slurred speech, drowsiness and apparent exhaustion. If hypothermia is suspected, get the victim to a warm location, remove wet clothing and warm the center of the body.
Travel only when necessary, avoiding night time travel, and do not travel alone or on back roads.
Wear several layers of clothes, a hat, mittens and waterproof shoes etc.
Bring your pets inside during winter weather/extreme cold. Move other animals or livestock to sheltered areas with non-frozen drinking water.
When using kerosene heaters, maintain ventilation to avoid build up of toxic fumes, refuel outdoors and keep away from flammable objects.
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A Nigerian court on Tuesday dropped a high-profile corruption case against football federation president Amaju Pinnick and four top officials after the authorities withdrew the charges. The football bosses had been facing a raft of accusations including over the alleged theft of $8.4 million (7.6 million euros) paid by FIFA for Nigeria's participation at the 2014 World Cup in Brazil.
Judge Ijeoma Ojukwu said she had "no choice" but to order the case ditched after the prosecution asked to drop some of the charges. The government in September dissolved the anti-corruption agency prosecuting the case over its own graft scandal.
The case had been repeatedly adjourned since the football officials were charged in May as they failed to answer a summons to appear in court.
The ruling on Tuesday is not the end of Pinnick's troubles as he is facing another potential trial for graft.
Last month the authorities seized a dozen properties from senior officials of Nigeria's top football body, including Pinnick, in a fresh corruption probe.
Anti-graft agents took over 12 properties — half belonging to Pinnick, including a property in London — in the latest investigation to target senior football bosses.
Pinnick has remained at the helm of Nigerian football's governing body despite the graft allegations. He was sacked as vice-president of the Confederation of African Football (CAF) in July.


Champagne Vinaigrette: 1/4 C champagne vinegar, 1 TB honey, 1/4 tsp. salt, pinch freshly ground black pepper, 3/4 C good olive oil. Put the vinegar, honey, salt and pepper in a blender. Pulse to combine. With machine running, drizzle in olive oil. Blend well. Refrigerate until ready to use, shake before using.
Bring 2 quarts salted water to a boil. Add farro and simmer, stirring occasionally, for 45 minutes, until tender. Drain well and spread farro on a shallow dish to cool.
In a salad bowl, combine the greens, chicken, cooled farro, cranberries, dates, cheese, and salt. Toss with 1/2 cup Champagne Vinaigrette, adding more as needed. Divide the salad among plates and garnish with the almonds before serving.


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3G auction now on Sept 2
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The telecommunication regulatory body fixed September 2 for the much awaited auction of '3G'—the Third General mobile-phone services--by one month.
Sources said failure of appointing consultants for the spectrum auction and few unsolved disputed issues with the operators rendered the delay.
Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission (BTRC) sources said they rescheduled the existing auction date from July 31 to September 2 considering few aspects.
Officials said the 3G auction was supposed to be held on June 24 and then it is shifted to July 31.
As per the new schedule, the mobile-phone operators will have to submit application by July 10 while name of the qualified applicants for bidding would be published on July 18, consultation on the auction procedure on July 29, submission of bid earnest money on August 4 and letter of acceptance or rejection on August 14.
Meanwhile, the regulatory body formed a 14-member core committee headed by its Legal and Licensing Division Commissioner M Abdus Samad.
The committee has been assigned to complete 3G auction by the stipulated time.
Apart from this, the BTRC also formed another nine-member evaluation committee to scrutinize proposals of the mobile phone companies which will participate in the auction.
A total of 40 MHz of spectrum will be auctioned for eight blocks where a single bidder can bid for maximum two blocks.
The minimum allocation for a spectrum block is 5 MHz with base price of US$ 20 million for each MHz. The validity period for a 3G license will be for 15 years.
"Allahumma inni as'aluka 'Ilman naafi'an, wa rizqan tayyiban, wa 'amalan mutaqabbalan"
O Allah! I ask You for knowledge that is of benefit, a good provision and deeds that will be accepted. [Ibne Majah & Others]
Taslim Arefin
Dept. of ETE, FE


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IB aims to educate the "whole person"
IB encourages students to appreciate cultures and attitudes other than their own and to be informed and willing to communicate with others.
The IB approach to education is not encyclopedic. The emphasis is on helping students analyze their education and use it in meaningful, practical ways.
The IB DP's international acceptability allows for both flexibility and mobility.


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"Alternatives" to the medical mainstream, including traditional Chinese medicine, faith-healing, and anti-vaccination beliefs, provide a window into debates over health, well-being, and personal choice in the marketplace. During the 1970s, California was a hotbed of health activism and medical entrepreneurship, a climate where contested medicines met various economic and political ideologies. Single-issue health movements underlined the importance of medical freedoms and consumer autonomy, and this talk will examine two examples: Laetrile, a controversial cancer treatment, and MDMA (ecstasy). We will interrogate competing visions of health and freedom in California as well as beyond. This matters because it helps to address who constituted the insiders and outsiders in the medical marketplace, as well as in society more broadly. The rise of the right in the US, in short, was in constant negotiation with health advocates, drug researchers, and pharmaceutical policymakers. Using documents from the Cicely Saunders Collection (King's College) in London, Food and Drug Administration records, first-person patient accounts, medical literature, and news coverage, we will deliberate about the past and future of medical provision. This will underline how alternative medicines, conservatism, and anti-science ideals have had undeniable ramifications in the UK, Canada.
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Dr. Lucas Richert is a Lecturer in History at the University of Strathclyde with specialisms in pharmaceutical and mental health history. His major publications include one award-winning book, Conservatism, Consumer Choice, and the FDA during the Reagan Administration: A Prescription for Scandal, with a further monograph contracted at McGill-Queen's University Press. This forthcoming book is tentatively called 'Strange Medicines: Drugs, Science and Big Pharma in Culture'.
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Yearn for His presence constantly.
The circular form in which I have made this piece reflects this fundamental truth of the religious life. The verse reads over and over again just as the acts of seeking and yearning never end.
Each Hebrew personal name has a Biblical verse associated with it. This is a verse that incorporates the name itself or begins and ends with the same letters as the name. Many people add this personal verse at the end of their recitation of each Amidah—the central prayer of every service. Psalm 105:4 is my personal verse. Like the name David, it begins and ends with the letter Dalet.


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The Relationship Between Fertility and National Income
by Sami J. Karam 03/26/2016
We all heard that "demography is destiny". But how many of us truly believe it? If demography was destiny, the world would look very different today. The two demographic giants China and India would be uncontested economic and military powers. The United States would be a regional power struggling to keep up. Larger European nations such as Britain, France and Germany would barely register on the economic map, while smaller ones such as Switzerland and Finland would be invisible. Nigeria and DR Congo would be African powerhouses. Brazil, Indonesia and the Philippines would be the shining stars of their continents.
None of this is true because demography is not destiny. Population size alone does not set a country on a predictable course. Still, demography is, among other factors, an important determinant of destiny. While the rate of demographic growth (or decline) is important, what is more important is the age distribution of the population. Too many old people means an elevated dependency ratio and less income available for spending and investing. Too many young people means an overburdened education system and high unemployment.
The chart below shows for each country the percentage of the population that is aged 0-29 vs. per capita GDP based on purchasing power parity (PPP). The correlation is undeniable.
Countries with a smaller percentage of young people have higher GDP per capita. Many of these countries and regions, including the United States, Europe and China, have benefited from a demographic dividend while their birth rates declined in recent decades.
Conversely, countries with more young people have lower GDP per capita. Most of them are in Asia and Africa.
We can argue about causality. Are countries poorer because they have more children? Or do they have more children because they are poorer? Or are they both poorer and have more children because of a third factor?
Nothing is simple and all three are true. Countries are poorer because they have too many children, mothers have no time to educate themselves, and there is little or no disposable income to save or invest. But countries also have more children in part because they are poorer, have inadequate health services and suffer from high child mortality. And many countries are poorer and more fertile because female literacy is low and gender inequality is high.
What is known is that countries that experience a decline in their birth rate sometimes realize a demographic dividend, an economic boost that can last years or even decades. Improving health care and boosting literacy have been shown to break the cycle of extreme poverty and extreme fertility.
Meanwhile, this is the world that we face in the next few decades: rich countries that are getting older and poor countries that are very young. Working-age populations are shrinking in the rich countries while in poor countries, they are booming beyond those countries' abilities to educate them, shelter them and employ them.
The chart above shows that there are many outliers, countries that are either poor despite being relatively older, or richer despite being relatively younger. When we looked to see if the outliers have anything in common, it turned out that they do.
The first group (old and poor) are shown in red and are the countries that are former or current communist states. The second group (rich and young) are shown in black and are the leading oil and gas-producing nations. The yellow data points are the nations that are (or were) both communist and wealthy from energy resources.
Communism may be considered an "unusual" way of managing an economy since it conflicts with strong human instincts for creativity and innovation. Likewise, the huge accidental wealth that comes from finding oneself living on top of vast underground resources may also be deemed "unusual" (or certainly lucky) since it is probably rare, or perhaps even unprecedented, in several millennia of human experience.
If we remove the outlying red and black data points, we end up with the chart below with a much better regression and trend line and an r-squared of 0.78, a large improvement from 0.37 when all the data is included. The trend line is curved because the y-axis is on a log scale.
This reinforces the idea that in a large majority of countries, young populations tend to be far poorer. At first, this statement may ring intuitively true and uncontroversial, because young people have had less time to accumulate wealth, until one examines the magnitude of the wealth gap. The GDP per capita of the very youngest nations is less than 5% that of the oldest. The Central African Republic's is 1% of Switzerland's.
This is a constantly changing dynamic. And it remains to be seen whether the rich countries of the West can weather the aging of their populations and maintain their GDP per capita at current levels.
They may struggle to do so and we may find that over the long term, demography reasserts itself every so often, even if temporarily, as the leading driver of our destiny.
Sami Karam is the founder and editor of populyst.net and the creator of the populyst index™. populyst is about innovation, demography and society. Before populyst, he was the founder and manager of the Seven Global funds and a fund manager at leading asset managers in Boston and New York. In addition to a finance MBA from the Wharton School, he holds a Master's in Civil Engineering from Cornell and a Bachelor of Architecture from UT Austin.
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Working Age Population Around the World 1960-2050
America Without Immigration 2015-50
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Q: Dynamic product group rules don't work for inherited variant fields I've setup the following rule in a dynamic product group:

Both the parent product and it's variants can be found using the "preview" button, but only the parent product is recognised being in the dynamic product group on the Storefront. Things like promotions using the dynamic product group above don't work. They do work when I stop inheriting the name in those variants and simply copy paste the parents name. Any idea how I'm able to fix this?

A: By default all variants are being grouped into a single product listing entry in the storefront. I assume this is what you mean when you say that only the parent product is shown. In the preview all variants are always being listed separately for the sake of clarity. You can change the storefront representation of a product by editing a product in the administration:

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*choose the "Variants" tab

*click "Storefront representation"

*in the opening modal choose "Product listing"

*select "Expand property values in product listings" and select all the property groups you want to list separately


Make energy saving improvements to your main home, such as putting in extra insulation or installing energy saving windows or buying and installing an energy efficient furnace, and qualify for a tax credit.
Take required minimum distributions (RMDs) from your IRA or 401(k) plan (or other employer-sponsored retired plan) if you have reached age 70-½. Failure to take a required withdrawal can result in a penalty of 50% of the amount of the RMD not withdrawn. If you turned age 70-1/2 in 2011, you can delay the first required distribution to 2012, but if you do, you will have to take a double distribution in 2012—the amount required for 2011 plus the amount required for 2012. Think twice before delaying 2011 distributions to 2012—bunching income into 2012 might push you into a higher tax bracket or have a detrimental impact on various income tax deductions that are reduced at higher income levels. However, it could be beneficial to take both distributions in 2012 if you will be in a substantially lower bracket that year, for example, because you plan to retire late this year.
Make annual exclusion gifts before year-end to save gift tax (and estate tax if it is reinstated). You can give $13,000 in 2011 to an unlimited number of individuals free of gift tax. However, you can't carry over unused exclusions from one year to the next. The transfers also may save family income taxes where income-earning property is given to family members in lower income tax brackets who are not subject to the kiddie tax.
Businesses should consider making expenditures that qualify for the business property expensing option. For tax years beginning in 2011, the expensing limit is $500,000 and the investment ceiling limit is $2,000,000. And a limited amount of expensing may be claimed for qualified real property. However, unless Congress changes the rules, for tax years beginning in 2012, the dollar limit will drop to $139,000, the beginning-of-phaseout amount will drop to $560,000, and expensing won't be available for qualified real property. The generous dollar ceilings that apply this year mean that many small and medium sized businesses that make timely purchases will be able to currently deduct most if not all their outlays for machinery and equipment. What's more, the expensing deduction is not prorated for the time that the asset is in service during the year. This opens up significant year-end planning opportunities.
Businesses also should consider making expenditures that qualify for 100% bonus first year depreciation if bought and placed in service this year. This 100% first-year writeoff generally won't be available next year unless Congress acts to extend it. Thus, enterprises planning to purchase new depreciable property this year or the next should try to accelerate their buying plans, if doing so makes sound business sense.
Make qualified research expenses before the end of 2011 to claim a research credit, which won't be available for post-2011 expenditures unless Congress extends the credit.
These are just a few of the tax planning suggestions that Ms. Jones might suggest for you or your business so that you can save taxes. If you would like to schedule a consultation so that Ms. Jones can tailor a particular plan that will work best for you please contact our office.


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#if HAVE_CONFIG_H
#include <config.h>
#endif

#if YAZ_POSIX_THREADS
#include <pthread.h>
#endif
#include <errno.h>

#if HAVE_GNUTLS_H
#include <gnutls/gnutls.h>
#endif

#if HAVE_GCRYPT_H
#include <gcrypt.h>
#endif

#if YAZ_HAVE_EXSLT
#include <libexslt/exslt.h>
#endif

static int yaz_init_flag = 0;
#if YAZ_POSIX_THREADS
static pthread_mutex_t yaz_init_mutex = PTHREAD_MUTEX_INITIALIZER;
#endif

extern void yaz_log_init_globals(void);

#if HAVE_GCRYPT_H
GCRY_THREAD_OPTION_PTHREAD_IMPL;
#endif

void yaz_init_globals(void)
{
    if (yaz_init_flag)
        return;
#if YAZ_POSIX_THREADS
    pthread_mutex_lock(&yaz_init_mutex);
#endif
    if (!yaz_init_flag)
    {
        yaz_log_init_globals();
#if HAVE_GCRYPT_H
        /* POSIX threads locking. In case gnutls_global_init do not override */
        gcry_control(GCRYCTL_SET_THREAD_CBS, &gcry_threads_pthread);
#endif
#if HAVE_GNUTLS_H
        gnutls_global_init();
#endif
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        if (gcry_control(GCRYCTL_ANY_INITIALIZATION_P) == 0)
        {
            gcry_control(GCRYCTL_INITIALIZATION_FINISHED, NULL, 0);
        }
#endif
#if YAZ_HAVE_EXSLT
        exsltRegisterAll();
#endif
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    }
#if YAZ_POSIX_THREADS
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#endif
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The wee country that roared : supporting Open Access in Scotland through institutional repositories
Nixon, William J and Andrew, Theo and Macgregor, George and Proven, Jacqueline (2021) The wee country that roared : supporting Open Access in Scotland through institutional repositories. In: 16th International Open Repositories Conference (OR2021), 2021-05-31 - 2021-06-03, Stellenbosch University. (In Press)
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The 2019 CWTS Leiden statistics show 3 Scottish institutions in the Top 10 and 4 in the top 15 in Open Access. This presentation will focus on brief case studies of Scottish institutions and the growth of their institutional repository services as a demonstration of a wider national commitment to Open Access. It will also highlight Scotland's Open Access journey from 2004 to today through the experience and expertise of these institutions and the support of the Scottish Confederation of University and Research Libraries (SCURL). This journey will include the conditions of their local environments, key drivers and a mix of approaches for success, choice of platform(s) and the challenges, at an institutional level in embedding open repositories. These case studies taken together will demonstrate the drive to ensure Scotland's research is "Open for All" and further enable the global impact for research undertaken in Scottish institutions.
Nixon, William J, Andrew, Theo, Macgregor, George ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8482-3973 and Proven, Jacqueline;
Open Access, policies, declarations, research culture, open science, repositories, Library Science. Information Science, Library and Information Sciences
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