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Channel NewsAsia (Singapore) 07/17/2019 18:00
The video streaming pioneer said in March that it was testing a 250 rupee (US$3.63) monthly subscription for mobile devices in India, where data plans are among the cheapest in the world.
Business Standard (India) 07/17/2019 11:10
Airtel beats rivals on premium price plans, expands broadband base.
The service provider was shipping the 50 Mbps plan for Rs 449 per month, but under this offer the company was providing a discount of Rs 100 on the monthly rental meaning that subscribers could get the 50 Mbps unlimited data plan for Rs 349 only ...
Hathway Introduces Lifelong Binge Offer, Providing Unlimited FUP Broadband Plan at Rs 399, 07/04/2019 07:40
BSNL Makes Massive Revision to Broadband Plans: Check Prices, Data and Other Benefits, 06/29/2019 21:57
You Broadband Starts Providing Unlimited Data Plans With 100 Mbps Starting at Rs 944, 06/19/2019 09:25
Advocacy group pledges six-figure ad buy to support Trump drug price plan
BioPharma Dive 07/17/2019 03:45
The push for the International Pricing Index comes one week after the administration dropped plans to impose a ban on rebates in Medicare, a proposal made in hopes of lowering out-of-pocket costs for prescription drugs.
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The Hill 07/16/2019 19:42
Harris vows to put 'people over profit' in prescription drug plan Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) wants the government to set prices for prescription drugs and force pharmaceutical companies to pay rebates if medications are sold at artificially high prices.
Medicine Hat, Alberta will now be able to get Freedom Mobile phone plans
Starting today customers can take advantage of introductory pricing, with 10GB of data and unlimited Canada-wide talk and text.
Bell ups throttle speed on unlimited data plans to 512Kbps, matches Telus, 07/08/2019 16:38
Virgin Mobile launches $75 10GB plan with overages, ups connection fee to $40, 07/04/2019 10:50
Telus launches new unlimited 'Peace of Mind' rate plans, device financing, 07/03/2019 07:00
Best prepaid cell phone plans of 2019
Digital Trends 07/15/2019 15:15
Prepaid cell phone plans may not be for everyone, but they have their virtues for those who need more control over their phone usage and bills.
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Tata Sky Broadband Offers Monthly Unlimited Data Plans Starting at Rs. 590
NDTV News (India) 07/15/2019 05:54
It must be noted that pricing of unlimited data plans differs from circle to circle.
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How Social Media Users Should Choose a Mobile Phone Plan
Social Media Explorer 07/14/2019 08:02
Here are several tips on how to choose a mobile phone plan: Choose Your Basic Needs Choosing the primary things you are looking for in a mobile phone plan is the first step.
Democrats take aim as Trump abandons drug pricing plan
ETHealthWorld (India) 07/13/2019 08:38
Democrats take aim as Trump abandons drug pricing plan, Health News, ET HealthWorld.
Jio Recharge- Reliance Jio 1.5 GB-Day Packs, Recharge Plans, Validity, Data, Other Benefits Here
Big News Network (UAE) 07/11/2019 17:44
The pack also offers unlimited calling, 100 SMSes per day and complimentary subscription to Jio's mobile applications.
CVS and other drug-plan providers surge after the Trump administration scraps a key part of its push to lower prices
Business Insider 07/11/2019 09:44
The rebate rule served as a centerpiece for the president's plan to reduce drug prices, and would've deprived PBMs of a crucial portion of their overall revenue stream.
Etisalat, du asked to halt pay-per-use data plans in UAE
Arabian Industry 07/11/2019 04:25
The Telecommunications Regulatory Authority (TRA) has asked UAE telecom giants Etisalat and du to halt pay-per-use data plans on prepaid lines, which see customers incur extra charges should they exceed their data limit.
Vodafone launches unlimited data plans for 4G and 5G
Mobile News Online 07/10/2019 06:13
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The ultimate guide to 5G: phones, plans, and coverage
PhoneArena 07/10/2019 06:03
This means that T-Mo's 5G plans will be unlimited and won't cost more than the current $70 per line monthly rates.
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Spotify Lite app launches on Google Play for those with modest data plans
GSMArena.com 07/09/2019 04:30
Spotify now has its own Lite app for people with stringent data plans and limited phone storage. The Spotify Lite app takes just 10MB (compared to the 100MB of the regular app) and allows you to monitor and limit the amount of mobile data it consumes. Spotify Lite supports both free and premium accounts and comes with the standard features like searching for artists, discovering new music and support for playlists. The light app is meant for developing markets and will launch in 36 countries across Asia, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa. Europe and the US won't get the app...
Trump presses on with reference pricing plan for medicines
PMLiVE 07/08/2019 18:07
According to the earlier plan, the pricing plan would apply to drugs in Medicare Part B, which covers drugs prescribed by a physician in a hospital or clinic.
Vodafone launch unlimited 5G data plans - and prices start at just £23 per month
Mirror - (UK) 07/08/2019 08:06
Vodafone customers that pick up one of the new data plans can also choose whether to add an entertainment pack to their plan too for £6 a month, that lets you choose from unlimited Spotify, Amazon Prime Video , Sky Sports Mobile or Now TV.
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Related: 5G in the UK The Lite data plan is recommended for users who just want to do web browsing, messaging, and music streaming.
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Feel like a change? Here's some great SIM-only phone plans with great value
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Meet at a Park 'n Ride just north of Abrams and carpool to the priority block. Atlasing will involve driving and walking along roads and trails to search for Wilson's Snipe, American Woodcock and owls. Free + open to the public!


Datuk Munirah earned her LL.B. (Hons) from the University of London and has 36 years of experience in various businesses since the early 70s, among others, as Managing Director and Chief Editor of a publishing house, and as Executive Producer in producing programmes for television. In the late 1970s, jointly with her husband, Robert Hercus, she set up the first independent software house in Kuala Lumpur. In addition, she is an active social worker who has contributed significantly to society for close to 40 years for the betterment of women and children in education. Working together with her childhood friends and other volunteers, Datuk Munirah is the main coordinator of a Soup Kitchen project for the benefit of the homeless in Kuala Lumpur.
Besides holding the Executive Director position in MGRC, Datuk Munirah is also the Managing Director of our holding company Synamatix and ultimate holding company Neuramatix Sdn Bhd. She is instrumental in driving the strategic operations of the group and is responsible for the accounting, legal, and administrative functions of our Company, including staff recruitment and career development of our employees.
Robert has more than 35 years of working experience in the field of information science, specialising in large scale computing infrastructure and computationally-intensive projects. He obtained his BSc (Hons) degree, majoring in Information Science from Monash University, Australia.
Robert moved to Malaysia in 1972 to set up the country's first Computer Science course at the Mara Institute of Technology. After serving as a Lecturer there for more than four years, he subsequently ventured into IT consultancy and was engaged by various Government agencies and private companies. Robert is most identified by his involvement in the establishment and implementation of the IT infrastructure and applications for Projek Lebuhraya Utara Selatan Sdn Bhd (PLUS). His development of automatic toll collection and the Touch 'n Go card systems were the first in the world for tolls and multi-company settlement. He also acted as an Advisor to Time Telekom Bhd on the establishment of their fibre optic network and to PUTRA on the establishment of their IT infrastructure to support their future Light Rapid Transit (LRT) operations.
Robert established MGRC's ultimate holding company, Neuramatix Sdn Bhd, in 2001 focusing on the creation of intelligent applications and devices in various domains including bioinformatics, machine translation, and advanced robotics. He is the inventor of the NeuraBASETM technology which is the basis for most of the applications developed by Neuramatix and its subsidiary companies. Robert currently sits on the Board of the Neuramatix Group of Companies.


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书籍简介: This Gold Stars workbook has been specially created to help develop early literacy skills. The authors, Betty Root and Monica Hughes, are literacy experts in the field of primary education. ENGLISH FOR AGES 5-6 includes helpful guidelines for parents, plus parent notes for the activities.The clearly designed pages and brightly coloured pictures make [earning both easy and fun.


Whether you're starting out, or have suddenly hit a rough patch after years of being open for business, learning how to manage your money is a difficult and often frustrating task. Unfortunately, some of us never truly master this skill, but if you wish to keep the doors of your business open, it's important to develop your money management skills.
Two important factors that influence your ability to get a handle on your money are profit and cash flow. Controlling your direct and indirect costs can maximise your overall profit. Creating positive cash flows by timing your payments to occur when they are the most advantageous to you is also important.
Doing so makes it easier to build cash reserve so that you can protect yourself against the very real possibility that you will run out of money at some point in the future. It will also ensure that you have adequate working capital to open and run your business.
A cash reserve is simply a portion of your earnings that you save rather than spend. Having a cash reserve, or cushion, makes it easier to weather difficulties that might occur later, such as a sudden slowdown in sales or an unexpected expense. A cash reserve also comes in handy if you want to expand your current business or start a new one in a completely different line.
Ideally, you will take steps to maximise your working capital and build a cash reserve, or cushion, while you are experiencing high sales and low costs. Similar to your personal finances, the business choices that you will need to make when you are cutting back to save are easier when you aren't facing a shortfall.
Sometimes circumstances make it nearly impossible to save, even when your sales are booming. If you've hit a bump in the road, or just want to boost your ability to build a financial cushion, the following three ways can help you manage your money more effectively and put you back on the road to financial stability and prosperity.
Pay bills on time, but not before they are due. The payment terms offered by vendors vary, but many offer terms such as 15/30/45/60 days to pay. You might want to pay closer to the last day of the term if your sales are slow, or if you've got a sudden expense to cover. One thing to keep in mind, however, is that many of these same vendors offer a discount of 5 to 15% of the total bill if you pay early, so don't neglect an opportunity to save money and build your relationship with your vendor.
Operate on a cash basis. As a business there are two ways that you can accept payment for your products and services, on a cash basis or a credit basis. With a cash basis, you receive payment up front at the time of delivery. If you operate on a credit basis, you wait for your customer to pay you later, typically, 15 to 90 days after delivery.
If you are running short of funds, or just need extra time to pay your bills to ensure you have sufficient working capital, you will want to encourage your clients to pay you up front with a cash payment, even if you need to offer a small discount for them to do so.
Keep in mind that when you operate on a cash basis, this doesn't necessarily mean that you will receive payment on the spot in the form of physical dollars. If your customer pays with a credit card, or check, you will need to wait for the processor to deposit the funds from the credit card transactions, minus any merchant fees, into your account.
You should also wait an appropriate amount of time for checks to clear after they have been deposited before you draw on the funds. You should take these factors into consideration when you prepare your budget based on your projected cash flow as well as when you make decisions about when during the term to pay your vendors and creditors.
Get Your "Ducks in a Row" ahead of time. While many small businesses try to avoid debt at all costs, taking some steps to have a line of credit waiting in the wings in case you need it can be a good idea to help ensure that you will have the capital that you need to take advantage of sudden expenses or even unexpected opportunities to expand the reach or lower the long term costs associated with running your business.
Lenders are more likely to grant requests for credit if they see that an applicant has both a good repayment history as well as a dependable means for repayment, which is why it's a good idea to go ahead and apply for a line of credit before you need one.
Learning to manage your money doesn't come second nature to most of us. We're here to help you if you need assistance getting a better handle on your money. In addition to bookkeeping services, we can help you have a better understanding of where your money is both coming from as well as where it's going. We can also assist you in creating a plan to help your business both survive and thrive. Why not get in touch today and find out more about the steps you can take to create a firm financial foundation for your business?


A minor part of my assets (which I don't even bother including in my Net Worth estimates) is a small wine collection. I don't drink much wine, but I enjoy reading up on the Australian wines that are "collectible" and have bought and stored a few bottles of Grange hermitage, De Bortoli "noble one" and some others. My biggest problem has been not having somewhere to store these wines. I initially did the usual "under the staircase" wine rack thing - but, especially in Summer, this is NOT a suitable location. Even with some insulation and air conditioning the humidity would not be optimum. I've now shipped the wines up to my parents farm, where they have a suitable underground wine cellar area, but I still not to set it up properly and monitor the conditions.
For information about the correct conditions for cellaring your wine collection, and information about available equipment, visit Wine Cellar Equipment.


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Hello, Welcome, Goodbye, Bon Voyage!
Issue 12, Semester 2, 2019
ANISHA THOMAS
Hello, welcome, goodbye, bon voyage! This is probably the least interesting article in this issue, but it's important, as much as we can, to do justice to narrative arcs. This article pays homage to yet another year of this glorious crusty rag, stained by the fingers of curious/bored lunch-eaters on levels one through five. Every year, De Minimis sets out its humble practice, with a dedicated vision for the year. Kidding, that would be truly luxurious for us to do. The editors of De Minimis are more often than not haphazardly trying to put together something on a weekly schedule when most of its audience and writers would much rather study (you're a law student, of course you're a bit of a nerd—even if there's a dearth of Instagram content involving artfully strewn textbooks amid half-drunk glasses of wine, save for Swotvac).
Illustration by Ying Wong
Golden Goose: International Students and Unimelb's Conflict of Interest
MAX FERGUSON
Since the airing of Four Corners' segment "Cash Cows" in April, the issue of international students at Australian universities has been a hot topic in the media. Many of Australia's most prestigious tertiary institutions have been accused of cashing in on the international student market, to the detriment of academic integrity, quality of education, and both international and domestic student bodies. The University of Melbourne has done little to assuage such fears, choosing instead to adopt an attitude of secrecy.
It must be stated at the outset, that the media hype around this issue has exposed some disgusting bigotry directed toward overseas students. This article in no way seeks to further this hardship, or cast any aspersions upon individuals or the countries from which they come. Rather, the goal is to contextualise the debate for all the relevant stakeholders, including international students themselves.
Image: The Confucius Institute on Faraday Street
Clerkship Workplace Guide
This article is based on my experience clerking at an unsafe law firm, going to market and securing a grad role and summer work. Based on my experiences, I hope that the following advice might be helpful to anybody currently struggling with the clerkship process.
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Life: A Little Message About the Deep Unknown
JOHNNY UDALL
And there I was, staring down the Dark Lord himself. Well, the interviewers for a graduate role at a large international firm. One partner was staring out the window, another screwing their face as my jokes flew over their head, and the HR lead was grinning as if I were the first customer in an American Apple store. The whole experience was a little creepy. I really wanted this graduate job, so I put on my best corporate face, answered their hypotheticals while channelling my inner-Elon Musk, and identified major problems in their workflows and client acquisitions that, honestly, they should have paid me for. Everything was going grand. Now, on my CV I have a cute little note about my mountaineering trips I took in my gap year. A solo glacial ascent of Norestliche Hängegletscher, Watzmann-Ostwand, summits of Steinernes Meer plateau, Mitterhorn, and a near death experience on Großvenediger. The partner who had been staring out the window suddenly got interested at this, telling me that her husband always climbs hills too, but she didn't understand why. Apparently, it's just too much effort for so little reward. She returned to her window.
Illustration: Johnny Udall
10 Mental Health Tips that you Never Asked For From Someone You Don't Know*
HANNAH HUNTERSMITH
*But also go to therapy
Practice self forgiveness. Try not to be so hard on yourself if you skip a gym sesh, fail a practice exam or spend too much money on an ASOS order. Step one is always to forgive and move on. There's science behind thinking habits and the creation of stronger pathways, so always try to reinforce positive pathways. Even if you don't mean it, physically think to yourself that it is okay and that you are okay. They will become your initial thoughts after a while.
Romanticise your own life. Pretend you're in a movie or that you are someone that you admire or love. Even something as mundane and boring as your morning train ride can be inspiring and adorable.
The best advice I was ever given. And it wasn't even given to me, it was given to my sister, Talia, from Bridget Jones (that is her actual name) and if for some reason this makes it to her — thank you, you changed my whole way of thinking. "The really great thing about really big life decisions is that you don't need to make them right away." It's wild. You think that these decisions need to be made right away because they feel so urgent. BUT, not only do you not have to make them right away, it is in fact the really great thing about them. Take as long as you need before you commit to dropping out.
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Comparing the Study Vibes of Mezzanine with Level 3 through Haikus
BEN STERN
In the Mezzanine
I find comfort from my peers
They are family
I'm on Level 3
People here are not my friends
The silence scares me
Ben is a Third Year JD Student.
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JD: The Playlist vol. 3
KARAN DESAI
Alright folks, brace yourselves.
Just like Pancake Parlour's famous syrupy, multi-stacked, banana-laden, god-tier(debatable?) dessert, or (Stephen King's) Pennywise the Clown — this. is. "IT". The big one. The doozy. What you all have been waiting for (and by 'you all', I mean the 1 person who listened to/followed the last playlist I made — shout out to them!). The playlist to end all playlists (... because I will be graduating soon, and this 3-part series is complete).
You know how it goes: mo' money, mo' songs. Finally, this one goes out to my fellow third years, ready to leave the halls and exit the (revolving) doors of MLS for the big, wide world out there (source of the mo' money). With good feelings, with bad feelings... with ALL the feelings.
There is 1 song for each 5-day week of all 12 weeks in our 6 entire semesters = a massif 72 weeks of the JD (plus a few bonus songs for those who did summer/winter subs or are extending!).
Honestly, I think Post Malone's recent release, Hollywood's Bleeding, could've applied perfectly to the JD experience. Trust Posty to appropriate from even as niche an area as a graduate law course. But he did, and he did it well. Although for the sake of balance, there is only a single Post feature. The rest touch other, more discrete genres than 'post-Malone' (think post-punk, post-rock etc).
I tried to avoid as many clichés as possible (e.g. Vitamin C's "Graduation Song") and made this playlist as appropriate for a graduate cohort as I could. But inevitably, as we go on into our future lives, we'll remember all the times we had together at MLS (#JD2017). And as our lives change, come whatever, we will still be departing this degree forever… so it's only fitting that we reflect upon our lives so far.
To conclude, in the wise words of Des'ree -- 'laife. oh laife. ohhhhh laaaaaiaiaife. ohhh laife (doo, doot doot doooo)'.
Karan is a Third Year JD Student and the 2019 De Minimis Layout Editor and Resident Playlist Creator.
Gay Conservatives Deserve a Seat at the Table
The queer movement and the LGBT+ community is an undeniable paradox. A movement that calls for intersectionality, diversity, and inclusiveness is awfully hostile towards anyone who doesn't think like them, anyone who doesn't hold the 'right' view. Which is anyone that doesn't subscribe completely to their ideology by the way.
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10 Ways to Procrastinate
S. M. EAGOL
So, it's come to this. You've got about 4-5 weeks left of study for the year (or your life, if you're lucky enough to be graduating) and you really feel that you should be knuckling down and studying hard to finish off the year strong. Or… you could procrastinate and leave everything till later, which is much more fun. Here are 10 ways to procrastinate that will leave you feeling happy enough to outweigh your guilt from not reading WorkChoices.
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Overs-hair-ing: Professionalism in the Law and Fuzzy Pits
YING W
Until recently, I hadn't shaved in about six months. What started as a way to let my legs heal from a particularly bad bout of ingrown hairs and razor bumps had evolved into an outward proclamation of my femininity and feminism. As I have not been bestowed with the genetics of my Southeast Asian forebears, my pits, and, to a lesser extent, my legs, blossom with hair when unattended, as flowers in spring.
But as the weather inevitably heats up, I've begun a process of existential interrogation. Would I be able to work at a law firm, or any professional legal capacity, and maintain the hairiness that has brought me such joy?
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A Brief History of Cheeseboards
LESTER OAKES
If Melbourne Law School were a country, the cheeseboard would be its national dish. At any one of dozens of events throughout the year, a spread of crumbled cheddar, stilton and brie will invariably be on hand, ranging from the simple affairs of lunchtime lectures, to the thousand-dollar constructions of networking and graduate events. In addition to providing a meal replacement for impecunious students, the cheeseboard itself bears a proud history, ranging from the humble origins of dairy in prehistory, to the heights of gastronomic invention in the modern age.
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Great Hack: A Review by Sam O'Connor
SAM O'CONNOR
I recently (finally) got around to watching Netflix's documentary on Cambridge Analytica (CA)'s use of personal data to persuade voters during the 2016 United States presidential election campaign, and the UK's 2016 referendum on membership of the European Union.
An Uplifting Experience
EDGAR BOX
For most of us, the logic governing the elevators at 185 Pelham Street appears to be the invention of a cabal of half-crazed building planners after being locked away in a basement for two weeks with nothing but a supply of opium and graphing paper. Elevators are selected and dispatched to calls seemingly at random, with no correspondence to the relative proximity between their destination and previous floors. An upward bound elevator accidentally boarded will sometimes suddenly reverse its direction of travel at your request, whilst other times you'll be dragged the length of the building before it deigns to deposit you at your location. You might wait three minutes in the lobby at 10:30am, whilst a carriage will instantaneously materialise itself for you on level seven at 4:00pm. As law students our lives are already not our own, governed by the operation of a thousand invisible systems, from the cold Boolean preference weighting in timetable allocations, to the inscrutable calculus of aptitude testing in clerkship applications. We cannot control most of these, but we can at least shine a light into some of these hidden corners, including the rules of by which the lifts operate. In all likelihood, you don't think too often about the lifts, but behind their seeming insanity is actually a hidden dance of mathematics — fascinating once laid bare, and even in its own way, beautiful.
Level 5 Lifts circa June 2019 - literally UPlifting. Image: De Minimis own.
Sunlight the Best Disinfectant, Community the Best Vaccine
FINBAR PIPER
My recent request to Melbourne Law School to disclose some basic financial and operational data was intended to inform a De Minimis article addressing the communication gap between student body and administration. I felt that by translating from policy and structure to outcome and implication, the student body would be more engaged in the institution of Melbourne Law School and invest something other than the $120,000 fees during their time here. The walls I came up against, both by email and in person, to the release of any information whatsoever led to a startled reassessment of the relationship between administration, student body, and broader society.
Rather than continuing in the more fundamental political debate about the value of knowledge as a public good, and a university's role in administering it, I offer an apolitical proposition to Melbourne Law School: that it could and should do more for the wellbeing of its community. Not only for the sake of the community, but for the benefit of the Law School itself.
WILFRED HIGGINBOTHAM*
*Note: Author is using a pseudonym
In light of the current headlines about wage theft in the hospitality industry, I thought I'd add my two cents, in case it helps prompt anyone to take action. You should!
I finally quit hospitality work about two weeks ago. I'd been in the industry for roughly five years, and during that time not one employer had managed to pay me consistently and correctly. I received a payout from one of my previous employers around a month ago. Here's how it happened.
Do Bisexuals Exist?
JACOB KAIROUZ
I was dumbstruck a few months ago when I watched an episode of Slutever entitled 'Do Bisexual Men Exist?'. I thought the question had been solidly answered in the affirmative. I thought the real question was, 'do hets exist? Aren't we all bi?' I thought we had established a consensus!
This certainly was a reality check. After managing to pull my head out of that bisexual fantasy world, I remembered that queers are used to having their identity policed. A TV show was seriously debating whether or not I exist. The truth hurts.
The War Against Music Snobs
Issue 9, Semester 2, 2019
LAURA S
A little while ago, being the generous soul I am, I offered a friend a lift. And being even more kind-hearted, I gave them full control of DJing through my phone that was plugged into my aux. Obviously, this was also an exercise in trust – were they going to dig through my photos and find my selfies from when I was eighteen? Or was I giving them full license to creep through my text messages? No – worse. After a few minutes of them flicking through my playlists, they looked over at me, laughed and said 'wow, your music taste really sucks.'
So, I laughed back, and pushed them out of the car.
RICHY GOODLAD
Sunshine on my neck
trees whispering in the wind
Nasonex cleanses
Richy is a First Year JD Student.
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You Are Not Your Grades
THEA WALTON
a crisp splash in the pool on a summer's day,
sighing, sliding into freshly-washed bed sheets,
a cold toilet seat on your soft, warm bum.
You are not your grades.
screaming Mr Brightside at the top of your lungs,
laughing so hard you can't breathe,
the moment you realise your new friends are now your good friends.
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the first time "v" became "and",
using Prima Facie in normal conversation,
forgetting how to spell judg(e)ment
the skip of your heart when your crush texts,
smiling at your lover from across a crowded room
a soft, gentle kiss on your neck.
the hole drilled in your chest when a loved one dies
and the memories you use to patch it,
every time your parents say 'I love you'
and the first time you really hear it.
every moment,
every feeling,
every breath.
Thea is a First Year JD Student.
You thought $27.50 was bad
JIMI MUIRHEAD
The De Minimis editorial team revealed the other week that LSS committee members are rewarded annually with a party worth an average of $27.50 per head. It's important to note how this remuneration compares to other societies representing law students.
The Graduate Student Association declares that it provides 'enrolled graduate students at the University of Melbourne with representation, events, training and support' and that the organisation is 'the heart of graduate student life'.The GSA received over $2 million a year in SSAF funding, the student services and amenities fee we all pay each year, as opposed to the reliance on corporate sponsorship by the LSS.[1] The students who sit on the GSA committee, many of whom have been law students in recent years, have been provided 'honoraria' payments. It is understood these have been upwards of $8,000 per member in recent years. The GSA admit committee members are paid on their website but fail to disclose how much. The most recent available financial statements show the GSA spend roughly $130,000 on these payments every year. De Minimis contacted the GSA committee for comment recently, however they have not yet responded.
DELINNA DING
I miss India. It's been more than a month since my internship at Human Rights Law Network as part of the subject Law and Legal Practice in Asia and I am still yet to fully process my time there. Those who know me know that I'm quite a private, but emotional person. I often find myself getting attached to my surroundings, taking things too personally, or thinking and overthinking things. It wouldn't be the first time someone pointed out to me that these are the precise attributes of lawyering which are unwelcome. After all, lawyers are supposed to be objective, unwavering, sharp – nothing less but also nothing more. But hey, I'm still working on it.
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L is For… Level 3 Study Area
CHARLES D
Editor's Note: With the culture war between the Mezzanine and Level 3 heating up this semester, De Minimis has decided to pick a side in the battle with a reprint of a love letter to the L3 study area, from the halcyon days of 2012.
Online Editor's Note: Mezz is better anyway xoxo
I've been storing this one up since February
Nothing causes me to feel as much as the level three study room: feelings of attachment and knowing, of love and security, of frustration and anxiety, at times of downright loathing. I wrote some months ago that law school is toxic for romance, but that was before I realised that I've developed feelings for something that are unrivalled to any I've experienced in my relatively short lifetime.
I'm in love with the level three study area.
Climate Strike: Friday 20 September
YING WONG
Australia is on the frontlines of the climate crisis; we are witnessing it daily – extreme drought, flash flooding, cold snaps and uncontrollable bushfires. Our neighbours in the Pacific are already experiencing the dramatic effects of sea-level rise. The science is indisputable – this is a climate emergency.
This Friday 20 September, 3 days before the UN Climate Emergency Summit, school students inspired by Swedish student Greta Thunberg are inviting the world to a Climate Strike, taking place from 2pm-4pm at Treasury Gardens in the City.
This is a global event to show politicians that people all over the world, from all walks of life, want immediate climate action, and to stand in solidarity with those who have already been hurt by the crisis. In March, a similar event drew 1.6 million people worldwide.
The University of Melbourne have endorsed the strike, and have stated that students and staff may strike without penalty.
If you're nervous about attending a strike or have never done so before, there will be a Uni contingent meeting at the Wilson Hall up on main campus at 12pm which will then join the larger student contingent at the State Library at 1pm. I am not affiliated with the Unimelb Climate Strike group but write this post in my personal capacity as a concerned citizen ~genuinely stressed~ about the fate of the planet. Hope to see you there.
Ying is a Second Year JD Student and De Min Online Editor.
Golden Shield Review
Last Saturday evening, I went to see the Melbourne Theatre Company's production of Golden Shield, by Melbourne-raised writer Anchuli Felicia King. King is just twenty-five years old, and went to our very own UniMelb, so I took my seat in Southbank Theatre with a feeling of hopeful anticipation.
Based on real events, Golden Shield is a LEGAL DRAMA following two American sisters in their battle against Cisco Systems, an American tech company which had assisted in the Chinese government's titular Golden Shield Project. The play skilfully explores a dynamic and interesting topic. King has deftly incorporated political and cultural dynamics into the legal drama framework, reinvigorating an otherwise-familiar scenario.
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LSS Approves Budget for Committee Party
Special Issue: Melbourne University Law Students' Society Elections
Issue 7, Semester 2
Editor's Note: This story was researched and written by members of the De Minimis editorial board in response to contact by a concerned member of the LSS committee. De Minimis does not advocate a specific position on this matter. We encourage all students to approach us for publication of their stories and thoughts about the goings-on at Melbourne Law School.
At the monthly general committee meeting on August 26th, the LSS committee approved expenditure of $2,500.00 on the annual end-of-year committee celebration party 'End of Reign' according to an anonymous source within the LSS committee. As per the minutes provided by LSS, the motion was passed with twenty-seven votes in favour, two against, one abstention, and one voting member not being present or allocating a proxy.
According to the source, the party to be held at Benjy's Karaoke Bar on Lygon St in October, has had an expenditure breakdown approved of $2000.00 allocated for a bar tab, and $500.00 allocated for food. When reached for comment, the LSS clarified that $2000.00 was the minimum expenditure required by the venue to secure a booking.

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Powell game warden shot grizzly in self-defense, prosecutor says
By CJ Baker
An off-duty game warden was "absolutely" acting in self-defense when he killed a charging grizzly in the Sunlight area last year, said Park County Attorney Bryan Skoric.
After …
Powell Game Warden Chris Queen told investigators that he was trying to take cover behind this tree as the grizzly sow charged him a second time. Authorities concluded that Queen acted in self-defense.
Photo courtesy Darrell Steward, Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation
Posted Thursday, June 14, 2018 8:10 am
After reviewing a Wyoming Division of Criminal Investigation report on the Oct. 25 incident, Skoric concluded that, given the circumstances, Powell Game Warden Chris Queen "was left with no other option" but to shoot the bear.
"While unfortunate that a grizzly bear with three cubs was killed, your investigation leads to no other conclusion that this was an act of natural self-defense by Chris Queen," Skoric wrote to DCI on April 4.
Queen had been hunting elk in the area at the time of the encounter and, as the Wyoming Game and Fish Department recommends, he was carrying bear spray. The veteran warden was also familiar with the spray, having successfully used it in an encounter with a bear years ago.
In this case, however, "bear spray was never an option," Skoric concluded. For one thing, the prosecutor said Queen didn't have enough time to drop his rifle: After being shot, the bear fell where the warden had been standing seconds before. Further, a strong wind was blowing at the bear's back.
In those conditions, Skoric said, Queen could have incapacitated himself or died if he'd tried to use the spray.
"On this occasion, he [Queen] acted in the only way he could to prevent serious injury or death to himself — something any person is entitled to do," Skoric wrote in his "declination letter." The letter was a formal notification to DCI investigators that no criminal charges would be pursued.
DCI's report on the incident and Skoric's letter were released to the Tribune last week in response to a public records request.
The female grizzly killed by Queen — known to the Game and Fish Department as No. 423 — is believed to have been roughly 21 years old.
According to department records attached to DCI's report, the bear had been trapped and removed from the Sunlight Creek area twice before. Department personnel first captured the bear in 2002, after it broke into buildings and got grain, and moved it to the East Fork of the Wind River. In 2011, the sow was trapped again in the Sunlight Creek area after she was caught eating a dead cow calf; whether she actually killed the calf was unknown, but she was moved to the Caribou-Targhee National Forest that straddles the Wyoming-Idaho border.
Game and Fish personnel had last documented the bear in 2013 in the Trail Creek area of the Shoshone National Forest; the sow had been spotted with a pair of 2-year-old cubs at that time.
Last October, Queen heard the mother bear before he saw her.
Queen later recounted to DCI that he'd started hunting for elk in the Little Sunlight/Trail Creek area around 4 p.m. that day. Eventually, he'd hiked through a narrow open area to try spotting some elk with his binoculars. Queen found none and, as he walked back to his horse and two mules, "he heard a quick hissing noise and turned to see a sow grizzly bear (No. 423) with three cubs approximately 30 yards behind him," DCI Special Agent Darrell Steward wrote in his report.
The mother bear took a couple big jumps toward Queen, coming within roughly 15 yards of the warden, according to his account to DCI.
Familiar with bears from his work with the Game and Fish and a seasoned hunter, Queen told DCI he recognized the charge as a bluff. He chambered a round in his rifle and yelled at the bear, and she turned back to her three cubs.
Queen kept backing away and felt he "was good," as he was putting distance between himself and the bears, agent Steward wrote.
But as Queen retreated and sought cover behind a tree, the bear came at him again. It began as another "false charge," with the grizzly again bouncing on its front legs and holding its head up as she rushed at Queen.
Queen again yelled at the bear, but the encounter dramatically changed.
"She went from second gear to fifth gear," Queen later recalled to DCI, saying the bear lowered her head and rushed toward him. The warden knew he wasn't going to be able to get away.
His thought at the time?
"I was screwed," Queen told DCI.
In an encounter with another bear in 2010, he said the bruin came within 5 to 10 yards before he sprayed and diverted it. Last October, however, his rifle was already in his hands and his bear spray was attached to his binocular harness; further, the wind was blowing hard — around 30 mph by Queen's estimation — and it was at the bear's back.
"Common sense dictates that spray is simply not effective with high winds unless your orientation to the bear is spot on," Skoric, the prosecutor, later wrote in his declination letter; he also noted that carrying bear spray is "something not required by law."
Queen took aim at the approaching grizzly and fired a single shot. The hand-loaded 7mm Remington magnum bullet hit the bear in the head and went through her vertebrae before coming to rest in her shoulder blade, DCI says; the bruin fell dead "where Warden Queen had been standing … only a fraction of a second before," agent Steward wrote of Queen's recollection.
Queen chambered another round and continued backing out of the area while the cubs went to their fallen mother. Game and Fish ultimately decided to leave the cubs at the site.
"This incident occurred late in the season, and cubs of the year have a decent chance of survival at that time," said Dan Smith, the Game and Fish's Cody Region supervisor. "It was decided to leave them there and give them a chance hoping they would den for the winter and have an even greater chance of survival as yearlings in the spring. The bears were not observed in the area in the following days."
Queen immediately reported the shooting to his supervisors at Game and Fish, starting with a call to Smith from his satellite phone around 6:30 p.m. The department, in turn, notified DCI and the Park County Sheriff's Office, who jointly investigated the incident.
A slew of Game and Fish and law enforcement personnel traveled to the scene the following day, the report says. They included agent Steward and Park County Sheriff Scott Steward (who is Darrell's brother) plus four people from the Game and Fish: Smith, Investigator Ira Leonetti, North Fork Game Warden Travis Crane and Large Carnivore Specialist Luke Ellsbury.
Agent Steward and Sheriff Steward interviewed Queen on the morning of Oct. 26, with Game and Fish investigator Leonetti sitting in.
Warden Queen recalled being calm throughout the brief encounter with the mother grizzly.
"After he shot No. 423, he was angry at himself, explaining that he had told other Game and Fish personnel they had to stop killing grizzlies, for fear the federal government may take over the management again and restrict hunting even further," agent Steward wrote of Queen's account.
Queen's shooting of the bear drew widespread publicity — especially since the warden's encounter came just months after Game and Fish took over management of the species.
Some wildlife advocates were skeptical of Queen's actions, with several providing comments to the publication Mountain Journal.
Jackson Hole attorney and wildlife advocate Deidre Bainbridge said she didn't know whether bear spray would have worked, "but I don't give the warden the benefit of the doubt," she told the Mountain Journal shortly after the incident. "He [Queen] should know how to behave in bear country to protect the bear, especially one with three cubs."
Sheriff Steward said Bainbridge was also one of roughly 50-60 people who contacted him with concerns about the incident.
"I was getting bombarded from all of the East Coast and all over the place with emails," he recalled.
In her email to the sheriff and prosecutor Skoric, Bainbridge said the investigation needed to include measurements, photos, witness and suspect statement and a necropsy with ballistic information and precise wind speed data.
Much of that information was compiled by DCI, whose investigation corroborated many of the details of Queen's account.
For instance, Queen had guessed that the wind was blowing roughly 30 mph; DCI Supervisory Special Agent Steve Herrmann pulled data from a weather station located less than 7 miles from the scene and found it had recorded wind speeds between 27 to 39 mph around that time.
Further, judging by the wound and the extensive damage to the bullet, agent Steward concluded the bear appeared to have been shot from a close range as Queen had described.
In his declination letter, Skoric praised DCI's investigation of the incident. Out of dozens of bear death reports he's reviewed over the years, "this was by far the most in-depth and thorough," he wrote.
Herrmann said it was the first bear death his office had investigated.
"From our standpoint, it's another case," he said. "And we go to the lengths that we go to ... — anything that's available we try to grab — in any kind of investigation."
Sheriff's Steward, who conducted his own investigation in conjunction with DCI, said he gives Queen "kudos" for waiting as long as he did to shoot.
"[Warden] Queen did what he could to not have to shoot the bear," the sheriff said. "But in the end that was the only recourse he had."
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Joseph Thomas Murphy, age 93, of Austin, Minnesota, passed away on Monday, January 3, 2022, at Mayo Clinic Health System Austin. Joseph was born July 25, 1928, in Lime Springs, Iowa to Goldie V. and Thomas J. Murphy. The family lived on a farm near Preston, Minnesota until 1939, when they moved to Austin, Minnesota. He attended schools in York Township, Preston, and Austin Catholic Schools. He married Audrey Ann Block on November 9, 1949, at St. Hyacinth Catholic Church in Owatonna, Minnesota. Joe worked at Hormel Foods in Austin for 42 years while they raised their 5 children. He enjoyed camping, swimming, traveling, walking, and taking care of his yard. He was an avid motorcycle enthusiast and enjoyed motorcycle trips with his two sons. Joe was an avid woodworker and made lawn furniture for 30 years. He was a member of St. Augustine Catholic Church, former member of Austin Moose Club, K.C.'s, and the YMCA. In his younger years he worked for Austin Daily Herald, Hirsch Clothing, McClaren's Laundry, and different farms around the area.
He is survived by his loving wife, Audrey; children, Pam (Joe) Dalager, Jodie (Tim) Weinhold, Mike (Jeanne) Murphy, Tom (Paula) Murphy, CDR, USN (Ret.), Andrea (Tim) Carew; 8 grandchildren; 10 great grandchildren; sister, Rosemary Crowley; and many other relatives and friends. Joseph was preceded in death by his parents, Thomas and Goldie Murphy; sisters, Mary Jane Erickson and Madeline Ashton.
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From Fear and Anger to Collective Purpose
in Counter Solutions — by David Korten — 14/11/2020
A few days ago, I participated in a webinar that introduced me to Paul Chappell, a thoughtful peace activist with an extraordinary history. Born in 1980, Chappell grew up in Alabama, the son of an immigrant Korean mother and a violent mixed-race father traumatized by military service in the Korean and Vietnam Wars.
His abusive home environment shaped in him a deep sense of alienation and rage. His behavior problems in school led to frequent disciplining. Chappell reports in a recent article, "A New Peace Paradigm," that he developed in high school what he calls a mass shooter personality: "Every day I fantasized about shooting the kids in my classes…."
Chappell went on to graduate from West Point in 2002, deployed to Iraq in 2006, and left the army as a captain in 2009 to become a dedicated peace activist. Chappell was captivated by a foundational question: What do we humans most need?
Humanistic psychologist Abraham Maslow is famous for his hierarchy of human needs. At the base were the essential needs for food and water. Security came next. Belonging was the third level, with esteem fourth. Self-actualization, which we might define as purpose and meaning, resided at the top. Chappell turns that hierarchy on its head. He observes that our most fundamental need is for purpose and meaning. It is so fundamental that when we believe important values are at stake, as in times of war or other emergency situations, it can override our need for food and safety.
I was reflecting on Chappell's insight while awaiting the presidential election results on Nov. 3. Terrified of the devastation four more years of a Trump presidency would surely bring, I began to ponder: What might be the relevance of Chappell's insight from his military service and troubled childhood for dealing with our deeply troubled and divided nation?
I began to listen more closely to Republican voices expressing their fear of Trump losing. Their fear was at least as intense as my fear of Trump winning. It seems that political battles most commonly center on cultivating fear and distrust of political opponents.
I wondered: Might we find our way beyond the hatred born of mutual fear to search for common purpose and meaning as President-elect Biden seems intent on doing?
As we move past the turmoil of the election, some among us are surely asking how they might contribute to our coming together. Are there conversations we might engage in to help us better understand one another?
It might begin with conversations that pose two fundamental questions to groups that span the political divide: As we think about our society, what do we most fear? And what are our most fervent hopes for the future?
Once we clearly identify and share our deepest fears and hopes, we may discover we have far more common ground regarding purpose and meaning than we ever imagined.
What greater purpose and meaning is there than working together to create a world that secures the health of Earth and the well-being of families and communities? That world would likely feature businesses rooted in local communities that employ local people to meet local needs for a fair return to local owners. It would likely feature deeply democratic governing institutions that facilitate local problem-solving and secure inclusive local communities against predatory intrusion, while facilitating cooperation and mutual sharing among communities.
I grew up as a small-town, White middle-class, Eisenhower Republican who understood the United States to be the envy of the world as a middle-class democracy with strong self-governing communities free of the extremes of wealth and poverty that I understood to characterize so much of the world. It was only after I experienced a deep immersion in poverty in Asia that I was able to see the poverty at home, even that of some of my close White friends with whom I had grown up in my all-White town.
As the Republican Party turned away from what I had understood to be its vision, I turned away from the Republican Party and to the Democratic Party. Ultimately, I came to recognize the limited choice our system gives us between two political parties, both dependent on the money of wealthy donors whose interests both parties ultimately serve.
As I have previously observed, we as a nation have always been far from the ideal I cherished in my youth. We are even further from it now. But my once-cherished values as a Republican were not that different than my current cherished values as a Democrat.
Republicans are most vocal in their distrust of big government. Democrats are most vocal in their distrust of big business. I agree with both. Big government and big business are both obstacles to the sharing of wealth and power within the middle-class communities that are essential to the well-being of the 7.8 billion living people of the living Earth.
It seems hardly a stretch to imagine that through open, honest conversations in which we share our deepest hopes and fears, we the people of the self-proclaimed United States might find shared meaning and purpose in a unifying vision of a future that aligns with our foundational values, despite our current politics.
That vision would likely feature strong families and communities. The families need not necessarily be limited to traditional forms. And rather than being exclusive and competitive, communities might be cooperatively linked in their dedication to the beauty and well-being of Earth and all its people.
The shared vision would likely give high priority to assuring every person access to secure dignified and adequately compensated employment—including opportunities for self-employment. Conventional welfare programs would be a last resort.
The primary function of national government might be limited to securing and supporting state and local communities in self-governing, self-care efforts that link urban centers and their surrounding rural neighbors. Purely private interest transnational corporations would be broken up and their useful elements restructured as worker or consumer cooperatives.
There would no doubt be initial resistance to elements of such a vision. Yet with goodwill and a bit of flexibility we might find a viable vision with near-universal appeal beyond the fear and anger of conventional electoral politics. At the least, it would be a meaningful quest in pursuit of a profound purpose.
Dr. David Korten is the author of "Agenda for a New Economy," "The Great Turning: From Empire to Earth Community," "Change the Story, Change the Future: A Living Economy for a Living Earth," and the international bestseller "When Corporations Rule the World." He is board chair of YES! Magazine, co-chair of the New Economy Working Group, a founding board member of the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies, president of the Living Economies Forum, and a member of the Club of Rome. He holds MBA and Ph.D. degrees from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business and served on the faculty of the Harvard Business School.
Originally published in YES! Magazine
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Melissa Harris-Perry left MSNBC in a blaze of glory.
Which, considering how the network has treated her over the past few months, speaks volumes about her character under duress.
MSNBC severed ties with Harris-Perry after she published an open letter last Friday detailing the ways in which the network was shutting out her show during election season. In exit negotiations yesterday, the network tried to get her to sign a non-disparagement clause, which would have restricted her comments about MSNBC to those that were "positive or in her academic work." Harris-Perry flatly refused, sacrificing her exit package for freedom of speech.
While Harris-Perry's sharp analysis and criticism will be sorely missed from the MSNBC roster, it will hardly disappear from the world. After all, she is a boss.


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Michael Levensohn,The Times Herald-Record
Monticello — Sullivan County's renewed economic vigor hasn't gone unnoticed on Wall Street.
Bond-rating agency Standard & Poor's has raised the county's bond rating to A from A-minus.
Today, county officials will hold a conference call with another rating agency, Moody's, which also may issue an upgrade.
The higher bond rating will pay immediate dividends in the form of lower interest rates on county debt.
Next week, the county plans to sell about $8.7 million in bonds to fund a number of infrastructure projects.
"One of the primary areas we focused on was their improving financial condition," said Robin Prunty, a director in S&P's public finance department. After years in the red, the county generated a healthy budget surplus last year.
Prunty said factors in the upgrade include the county cutting uncollected taxes in half, the diversification of the local job market and several major projects on the horizon.
The A rating is about average for local government. Ulster County also has an A rating. Westchester is the only county in New York to carry the agency's highest rating, AAA. Rockland is rated AA. Orange doesn't use S&P's ratings.
"It shows that we're coming out of our doldrums," said Sullivan County Treasurer Olga Parlow. "We're making progress."


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Laramière (occitanisch: La Ramièra) ist eine südfranzösische Gemeinde mit  Einwohnern (Stand ) im Département Lot in der Region Okzitanien.

Lage
Laramière liegt in einer Höhe von ca. 360 Metern ü. d. M. in der Causse de Limogne im Osten des Quercy nahe der Grenze zur ehemaligen Provinz Rouergue. Die nächstgelegene Stadt, Villefranche-de-Rouergue, ist etwa 15 Kilometer (Fahrtstrecke) in östlicher Richtung entfernt. Der Kantonshauptort Limogne-en-Quercy befindet sich 13 Kilometer nordwestlich.

Bevölkerungsentwicklung

Bis zur Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts hatte der Ort deutlich über 1000 Einwohner. Infolge der Reblauskrise im Weinbau und der Mechanisierung der Landwirtschaft ging die Einwohnerzahl seit der zweiten Hälfte des 19. Jahrhunderts kontinuierlich bis auf den Tiefststand der 1980er Jahre zurück.

Wirtschaft
Im Haut-Quercy wurde die Landwirtschaft jahrhundertelang in erster Linie zur Selbstversorgung betrieben, zu der bis ins 19. Jahrhundert hinein auch der Weinbau gehörte, der im östlichen Quercy jedoch komplett aufgegeben wurde. Heute spielt – neben der Vieh- und Geflügelzucht – der Tourismus in Form der Vermietung von Ferienwohnungen (gîtes) eine große Rolle im Wirtschaftsleben der Gemeinde.

Geschichte
Bis ins 12. Jahrhundert verlief eine Nebenstrecke des Jakobswegs (Via Podiensis) über Laramière; das im Jahr 1145 von den Augustiner-Chorherren mit einem Priorat bedacht wurde.

Sehenswürdigkeiten

 Die aus Werksteinen gemauerte ehemalige Prioratskirche wurde im 13. Jahrhundert im Auftrag der Augustiner-Chorherren erbaut und – nach den Wirren des Hundertjährigen Krieges (1337–1453) und der Hugenottenkriege (1562–1598) – im Jahr 1661 vom Jesuitenorden übernommen. Nach dessen Auflösung im Jahr 1762 standen die Gebäude lange Zeit leer, bis sie in den Anfangsjahren der Französischen Revolutionszeit als Nationalgut (bien national) verkauft wurden. Die Westfassade der Kirche zeigt ein mittig angespitztes gotisches Archivoltenportal, eine Fensterrose und einem imposanten Glockengiebel (clocher mur). Das einschiffige Kircheninnere ist rippengewölbt. Teile der Klausurgebäude – darunter der Kapitelsaal – stehen noch; sie werden heute bei Veranstaltungen genutzt. Das im Privatbesitz befindliche Kirchenbauwerk wurde im Jahre 1925 als Monument historique eingestuft.
 In Waldgebieten etwa drei bis vier Kilometer westlich des Ortes befinden sich mehrere neolithische Großsteingräber (dolmen) aus der Zeit der Megalithkulturen (4. Jahrtausend v. Chr.). Zwei davon stehen seit 1984 bzw. 1989 unter Denkmalschutz.
 Ein unbedachter Waschplatz (lavoir) liegt an einer Quelle im Wald.

Literatur
 Philippe Mery: Le prieuré Notre-Dame de Laramière. Édition du Crapaud, La Roche-sur-Yon 2007, ISBN 978-2-95291-450-5.

Weblinks

 Laramière, Daten zur Geschichte (franz.)

Einzelnachweise

Ort in Okzitanien

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NBA China Game Goes On as Tensions Persist
After nearly a week of uncertainty, a preseason game featuring LeBron James went ahead as planned, but players and executives weren't made available to the media
Backlash against the NBA sparked by a tweet in support of Hong Kong protesters shows how tricky it is to do business in China—and the difficult line companies must tread. Photo Composite: Crystal Tai
By James T. Areddy
and Ben Cohen
Updated Oct. 10, 2019 12:39 pm ET
SHANGHAI—After nearly a week of uncertainty as the NBA and China engaged in a tense standoff, an exhibition game between the Los Angeles Lakers and Brooklyn Nets went ahead as planned here Thursday—but with unusual restrictions that kept NBA players and executives from speaking to the media.
The fact that the game was played at all represented a retreat from the brink by both sides, restoring some normalcy in the midst of a geopolitical storm set off by a since-deleted tweet by a Houston Rockets executive supporting antigovernment protesters in Hong Kong.
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Maslul (, lit. Path, Way) is a moshav in southern Israel. Located in the north-western Negev near Ofakim with an area of 8,000 dunams, it falls under the jurisdiction of Merhavim Regional Council. In  it had a population of .

History
The moshav was established in 1950 by immigrants from Iran. Like several other moshavim in the area, its name is taken from the Book of Isaiah 35:8;
And a highway shall be there, and a way, and it shall be called the way of holiness; the unclean shall not pass over it; but it shall be for those; the wayfaring men, yea fools, shall not err therein.

References

External links
Maslul Negev Information Centre

Iranian-Jewish culture in Israel
Moshavim
Populated places established in 1950
Populated places in Southern District (Israel)
1950 establishments in Israel


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Armijska grupa Rohr (njem. Armeegruppe Rohr) je bila vojna formacija austrougarske vojske u Prvom svjetskom ratu. Tijekom Prvog svjetskog rata djelovala je na Talijanskom bojištu.

Povijest
Armijska grupa Rohr formirana je u 24. svibnja 1915. od jedinica koja su do tada činile Grupu Rohr. Njezinim zapovjednikom imenovan je Franz Rohr kojemu je načelnik stožera bio podmaršal Karl Scotti. Sjedište stožera armijske grupe bilo je u Villachu. Armijska grupa nalazila se u sastavu Jugozapadnog fronta, te je na Talijanskom bojištu držala položaje na južnim dijelovima koruških Alpa radi zaštite Koruške od prodora talijanskih snaga. U sastav armijske grupe ušle su 92. pješačka divizija, 57. gorska, te 59. gorska brigada koja je premještena s Istočnog bojišta.

Tijekom postojanja postrojbe u sastavu armijske grupe, osim u graničnim borbama, u nisu sudjelovale nekim značajnijim ratnim operacijama. Armijska grupa Rohr rasformirana je 23. siječnja 1916. godine kada je na osnovi njezinih jedinica formirana 10. armija.

Zapovjednici
Franz Rohr (24. svibnja 1915. – 23. siječnja 1916.)

Načelnici stožera
Karl Scotti (24. svibnja 1915. – 23. siječnja 1916.)

Sastav
svibanj 1915.: 92. pješačka divizija, 58. gorska brigada, 59. gorska brigada
kolovoz 1915.: 48. pješačka divizija, Grupa Fernengel, 92. pješačka divizija, 44. zaštitna divizija
listopad 1915.: 48. pješačka divizija, 94. pješačka divizija, 92. pješačka divizija, 44. zaštitna divizija
prosinac 1915.: 48. pješačka divizija, 94. pješačka divizija, 92. pješačka divizija, 44. zaštitna divizija, XV. korpus

Vojni raspored Armijske grupe Rohr u svibnju 1915.
Zapovjednik: general konjice Franz Rohr
Načelnik stožera: podmaršal Karl Scotti

92. pješačka divizija (podmrš. Langer)
183. pješačka brigada (genboj. Gössmann)
184. pješačka brigada (genboj. Jaschke)

57. gorska brigada (genboj. Lanzinger)

59. gorska brigada (genboj. Fernengel)

Vojni raspored Armijske grupe Rohr u listopadu 1915.
Zapovjednik: general konjice Franz Rohr
Načelnik stožera: podmaršal Karl Scotti

48. pješačka divizija (podmrš. Gabriel)
Pododsjek Fasser (puk. Fasser)
11. gorska brigada (genboj. Lawrowski)
12. gorska brigada (princ Schwarzenberg)

94. pješačka divizija (podmrš. Kuczera)
Pododsjek Zapad (potpuk. Gautsch)
Pododsjek Istok (potpuk. Fritsch)

92. pješačka divizija (genboj. Fernengel)
57. gorska brigada (genboj. Henneberg)
59. gorska brigada (puk. Dietrich)

44. zaštitna divizija (genboj. Nemeczek)
Pododsjek Schuschnig (puk. Schuschnig)
44. zaštitna brigada (puk. Majewski)
87. zaštitna brigada (genboj. Jellenchich)

Literatura
 Edmund Glaise-Horstenau, Osterreich-Ungarns Letzter Krieg, 1914-1918, Austrian Militarwissenschaftlichen Mitteilungen, Beč, 1931.
 John Ellis, Michael Cox, The World War I Databook, Aurum Press Ltd. 2001.
 Pétér Jung, The Austro-Hungarian Forces in World War I (1) 1914-16, Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2003.
 Pétér Jung, The Austro-Hungarian Forces in World War I (2) 1916-18, Osprey Publishing Ltd, 2003.

Vanjske poveznice
     Armijska grupa Rohr na stranici Austrianphilately.com
     Armijska grupa Rohr na stranici Austro-Hungarian-Army.co.uk
     Armijska grupa Rohr na stranici Valka.cz

Rohr


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Stay Calm: How the Egyptian and Tunisian Revolutions Can Remain Nonviolent
MATTHEW BISHOP - 2 FEBRUARY 2012
Revolution is in the mind. It is a thought before a whisper, a wondering before an assertion, a question before an answer. It evolves into a word or phrase from the tongue, a communication between two like individuals, expanding and gaining momentum until the point of some critical mass has been reached. It is in that critical moment when true Revolution-- the self-sustaining and relentless Revolution that can cut kings from citizens and empires from colonies-- begins to transform the human terrain of a community, a nation, or a world.
Something else takes place in the mind, and it is something that can turn a revolution into ruin, terror, civil war, and even genocide. It is a simple and familiar thing: Fear. Revolution is a time of very profound emotions-- hope, uncertainty, failure, success, and fear. Fear that revolution will go too far, fear that revolution will not go far enough, fear that the revolution will fail and a nation will revert to its old self, fear that the politics of revolution will take a wrong turn or that some terrible and corrupt party or individual will hijack the revolution. These are fears familiar to every revolution, and not at all unique. How groups and individuals react to these fears are the main forces that distinguish one revolution from the other.
Tunisia and Egypt are flooded with fear. Islamist factions fight liberal-secular factions. Those who try to find common ground discover every day just how difficult their task is. Democracy is not a guarantee of stability. Minority factions, feeling like their views are underrepresented (even when they are not) can react violently to a majority rule. People, in the course of revolution, tend to become very attached to their ideas for how the nation and its government should look, so that even when they are legitimately outvoted they protest the end results. In their minds, regardless of majority decisions, their own viewpoints are correct and deserve more attention. Furthermore, the minority vision for the future, in the opinion of that minority, is in constant danger over the course of revolution.
Politics and society change so rapidly over the course of revolutions that people become significantly more defensive of their beliefs. This, also, is a product of fear-- fear that how you understand the world will not matter, that your voice will not be heard, that the Revolution cares nothing for you and your opinions, etc.
It is an excess of this fear that leads to violence. Two million people died in the French Revolution. The revolutionaries constantly feared that troops would march into Paris and end the revolution, so they responded with violence, war, and outright mass slaughter. Reactionaries opposed the revolution on such a fundamental level, and feared it so much, that they raised armies to fight the Revolutionary Guard. Those who convened in Paris in the quiet summer of 1789 envisioned a world of natural and civil rights, where every family had enough bread to get by. It was a simple vision. By 1800 more than two million had been killed and a military dictatorship governed the nation. This happened, if we are to simplify an entire history in one word, because of fear.
Fear cannot exist with optimism. Fear exists when the mind concludes that optimism is unrealistic, and that a treasured dream is in fatal danger. It is a reactionary emotion resulting from some perceived threat or enemy. Fear, in the course of revolution, translates very easily into violence, and often into more permanent situations, such as secessionist movements or the formation of bitterly rival parties.
If we have one piece of advice that history can offer to Egyptians and Tunisians, it is this: Remain optimistic; do not be afraid. There is a durable sense of nationalist cooperation and goodwill in Tunisia and Egypt, and to this point their movements have been largely peaceful. Understand your enemy as your fellow countryman, and your revolutions will remain nonviolent. As long as political enemies understand that they are all revolutionaries, and that they are all interested in the goodwill of their countries and their people, there is nothing to fear. But once fear takes hold, it is a very difficult thing to fight back.
Matthew Bishop is the author of the upcoming "A Comparative Study of the Press in the American and French Revolutions" (Ohio University Press) due for publication on 2 April, 2012.
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Emergency Medical Services attempted to resuscitate the man, working on him "quite some time" before he was eventually pronounced dead, Allen said.
As of midnight Friday, police were unable to determine the nature of the injuries the man sustained.
"Usually we will have evidence that clearly indicates it's a shooting or whatever it is," Allen said. "We don't have that at this point."
The woman who was with him was taken in for questioning, and police were interviewing her after midnight, Allen said.
"We don't know if there was a fight that happened here or what happened exactly," Allen said.
The person who called in the shooting is the only one who reported hearing gunshots in the area, Allen said, but police are talking to neighbors to see if they heard anything suspicious.
"We have some other leads we're developing right now by doing the neighborhood," he said. "The information at the scene is very sketchy at this point but we do have a few leads we're following up on."
Police think the man was a resident at the home where he was found, Allen said.
As of midnight Friday, officers were awaiting a signed search warrant to enter the home.
Officers are investigating the case as a suspicious death, Allen said, which will likely be worked as a homicide.
More information on the case is expected at a 10 a.m. police briefing Friday.
Wichita police Lt. Jeff Allen says the circumstances behind finding a man's body in the front yard of a house in the 1700 block of South Roanoke are unknown as of late Thursday evening. (Matt Riedl/The Wichita Eagle)
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The junior will begin his quest this week in the West regional in Kansas and could cruise all the way to the Olympics.
Aaron Mallett is a hurdler, not a hurtler.
There's been a purpose in every speedy stride since he took up his sport at age 14, fixated on becoming an NCAA champion.
The finish line is in sight for the Iowa junior, who enters this weekend's NCAA West regional in Lawrence, Kan., seeded third in the 110-meter hurdles and expecting to improve on last year's fifth-place finish at the outdoor nationals.
Mallett is a three-time all-American and a two-time Big Ten Conference champion in his event. He set a school record by finishing in 13.40 seconds at last year's nationals in Eugene, Ore.
He is satisfied with none of that.
This year, coach Joey Woody decided to pull Mallett out of competition in the 400-meter hurdles so that he could concentrate on adding speed at the shorter distance. Mallett has responded, clocking a season-best 13.48 two weeks ago at the Big Ten championships, an indication that he is peaking at the right moment.
It's no surprise to Woody, a former star hurdler who claimed the NCAA 400-meter title in 1997 while competing at Northern Iowa. Woody remembers trekking to St. Louis to watch Mallett go through an impromptu winter workout with his track club in a basement. He saw a natural leader, someone not only concentrating on his own improvement but actively helping the other kids get better as well.
Woody also saw a young athlete who was unusually focused on his goals. Mallett loves to study video clips of hurdling greats such as Aries Merritt and David Oliver, straining to find something in their technique that will give him an edge.
But he still watches video whenever he can, aided by the Hawkeyes' Hudl account, which allows him to pore over his races juxtaposed with those of the all-time greats.
"I compare myself with the best to be the best," Mallett said. "I can teach myself how to fix something that I did wrong. That's something that a lot of people don't take the time to do.
What he's discovered is that his strength is as a closer, but that he needs to work on getting off to more explosive starts.
He will be keeping a close eye on Devon Allen of Oregon, a friend who also may be Mallett's biggest competition for a national title.
Mallett is one of 25 Hawkeyes who are competing Thursday through Saturday in Lawrence, all aiming to reach the nationals in Eugene two weeks later. For Mallett, his stay in Eugene may extend through the U.S. Olympic Trials July 1-10. He has already met the qualifying standard of 13.52.
He knows he would be a longshot for an Olympic berth at age 21. But that doesn't mean he's holding his dreams in check and waiting for the 2020 Games.
"I know my body will be prepared to go, and my head space will be right," Mallett said.
Woody said the training plan for Mallett was prepared with July in mind. He thinks Mallett can shave another two-tenths of a second off of his personal-best time.


The music of Broadway and Tin Pan Alley will be featured on Jan. 22 as the series "America's Music: A Film History of Our Most Popular Music" continues on the University of North Georgia's Dahlonega Campus. To complement the series, on Jan. 27 Dr. Esther Morgan-Ellis will be holding a recital of music made popular in movie theaters from 1905-13.
Dr. Esther Morgan-Ellis, who teaches music at the University of North Georgia (UNG), will sing songs made popular in movie theaters from 1905-13 in a recital on Jan. 27 in conjunction with the America's Music series.
The recital begins at 7 p.m. in the Schott Recital Hall located in the Nix Fine Arts Center on the Dahlonega Campus and is free and open to the public.
"I will be singing popular songs accompanied by period lantern slide images that were used in early movie theaters. They're really interesting and funny," Morgan-Ellis said. "I will also talk a bit about the practice and share some good quotes from the trade press."
The series, "America's Music: A Film History of Our Most Popular Music," continues at 6 p.m. on Jan. 22 with a look at Broadway and Tin Pan Alley in an episode of the Emmy-award winning series "Broadway: The American Musical." Throughout the series, which runs through Feb. 26, UNG takes a look at music that is uniquely American; all screenings will be on UNG's Dahlonega Campus and are free and open to the public. UNG also is holding several musical performances to compliment the series.
UNG is one of 50 sites selected nationwide to host the film series, a six-session program featuring documentary film screenings and scholar-led discussions of 20th-century music. The Jan. 15 screening focuses on blues and gospel music and features a screening of "Say Amen, Somebody" and "Martin Scorsese Presents the Blues."
Morgan-Ellis leads discussions about the historical context and social impact of each musical genre throughout the series.
"For more than a hundred years the United States has boasted the most influential popular music traditions in the world," Morgan-Ellis said. "American popular music has had a profound global impact in the commercial, cultural and artistic spheres. This film series is a wonderful opportunity to experience some of the startlingly original and deeply passionate music traditions that have arisen in America over the past century."
The "America's Music" series explores a different musical genre's influence on American life during each session. Funded by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities, all sessions will be held in the Library Technology Center on UNG's Dahlonega Campus.
The series takes place on consecutive Wednesdays in January and February. Participants are welcome to join any number of sessions, which start at 6 p.m. and last about 90 minutes to two hours. RSVPs are appreciated to julie.housknecht@ung.edu or 706-864-1807.
Jan. 29: Swing jazz is covered in an episode of "Ken Burns' Jazz" and the documentary "International Sweethearts of Rhythm."
Feb. 12: The histories of country and bluegrass are traced in the documentary "High Lonesome: The Story of Bluegrass Music."
Feb. 19: The emergence of rock and roll is featured in an episode of "The History of Rock and Roll."
Feb. 26: Latin rhythms from mambo to hip hop are the subject of an episode of "Latin Music USA" and the award-winning film "From Mambo to Hip-Hop: A South Bronx Tale."


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Minister Dr Mahendra Reddy says they had called for Expressions of Interest in August so that work on improving drainage could begin in the Central, Western and Northern Divisions.
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"Great job," Lincoln Elementary kindergarten teacher Bess Sheeks says, sending a student back to his partner, who in turn makes the trip to the teacher's desk.
The 26-year veteran teacher is having each student answer a math question to complete a quick teacher verification. The first student answered right away ("he's a high flyer," Sheeks says), while his partner is struggling.
Without committing to an answer to the question (3+2), he looks to his teacher for assistance.
She gives him no response, other than a slight tilt of the head and an encouraging raised eyebrow.
The student looks at his hand, holds up three fingers, then four, then finally his thumb.
Again, he looks to his teacher for confirmation.
Again, Sheeks stares him down.
"5?" His answer is half statement, half question.
As he heads back to his partner, Sheeks makes note of the student's ability to answer the question with a checkmark on a class roster and a mental note of his progress.
Sheeks says she has taken some big steps herself this year.
"I've grown the most this year with students working in teams," she said. Specifically, she has focused on teacher verification of student learning.
Getting there was a learning process, with help from a "great leader," a strong team and colleagues across the district.
Sheeks took a trip to Jefferson Elementary to see how staff there handled teacher verify while students worked in teams.
Sheeks said what she saw at Jefferson caused her to change some processes she had in place. As in the situation with the math question, she continues to see success.
Letting kids fail may seem counterintuitive to those who teach, especially those who have taught for two and a half decades. She also realized she, too, may fail. After her trip to Jefferson, she thought she should try something new to her.
If the students see it is ok for a teacher to learn from her mistakes, it is ok for them to learn from their mistakes, too.
Sheeks credits the culture Oman has cultivated at Lincoln for life-long learners to continue trying new techniques.
In her PLC (what Oman calls a "very strong kindergarten team"), Sheeks said they have been building processes, targets and standards-based planning. But they were missing teacher verify. That's what pushed her to visit Jefferson.
It has worked similarly for her own learning. Both Oman and Sheeks spoke of the ability for side-by-side coaching to be effective for teachers when students are working in teams.
Sheeks recalled a time when she shared with Oman a success story of pairing students together based on ability - a stronger student able to help a struggling student. She said Oman challenged her to pair students of similar ability, "two high-flyers together, two struggling learners together." Sheeks didn't know how it would turn out, but she tried it.
The students pushed themselves to another level. In the other groups, one of the struggling students had to be the leader. They struggled through but found the answer.
Oman beams as she speaks of correlation of the kindergarten learners and the teacher learner.
Sheeks considers it part of who she is, no matter the difficulty of the task.


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Lewis Capaldi has announced his second studio album, 'Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent'
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Following his recent comeback with the new single 'Forget Me', Lewis Capaldi has announced the upcoming arrival of his new full-length album, 'Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent'.
This second LP will be released on May 19th 2023 via EMI Records, so there's still a wait ahead – plenty of time to try out one of Capaldi's own frozen pizzas, then.
The news follows his chart-topping comeback single, 'Forget Me' ("I meet lady, lady leaves me, I whine about it in a pop song"), which was the Glasgow singer's first new material since his debut record, 'Divinely Uninspired To A Hellish Extent'. The 12-tracker, originally released in May 2019, would go on to become the UK's highest-selling album of that year, and the year to follow.
Moving forwards, then, Capaldi didn't have much of a desire to change his tactics. "I don't want to create a new sound for myself, or reinvent myself," he states. "The songs I want to write are emotional songs, about love or loss."
Instead, the singer decided to find an atmosphere from which he felt comfortable to create: "I felt like I was sounding better because I was just chilled out in my own gaff," Lewis recalls. "Also, a lot of this record was made with most of the same people who I worked with on the first one: TMS, Phil Plested, Nick Atkinson and Edd Holloway. At least one of them's on almost every song."
Although he has used 2022's various performances – including headline sets at TRNSMT and Latitude festivals – to admit that he's terrified to see how the new material will go down, it seems the success of 'Forgot Me' has eased Capaldi up a bit. "I'm ready," he announces, "and so are the songs."
You can pre-order 'Broken By Desire To Be Heavenly Sent' here for pre-sale access to a newly-announced 2023 world tour – full dates are available here. Tickets will be available next Friday, October 28th, with pre-sale opening 48 hours prior.
In the meantime, Lewis Capaldi has released an acoustic version of his current single, 'Forget Me', which you can view below:


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The Centers for Disease Control have recently reported that four million people in this country admit to driving while under the influence of alcohol.
As scarey as that statistic is, even more scarey is the fact that this astronomical number reflects only those who actually admit to driving drunk. It is therefore clear that the actual amount of persons operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated is greater than four million.
Drunk driving is a leading cause of injuries related to auto accidents. It is a significant contributing factor to motor vehicle crashes and should not be ignored.
It is for this reason that the CDC is making efforts throughout the country to encourages each state to increase checkpoints in an effort to discourage driving under the influence.
Miami auto accident attorney , Ruth E. Johnson, applauds such efforts to make the roadways safer and promote responsibility while drinking.
MSNBC reports that both of the Miami Beach police officers based on their involvement in an all terrain vehicle accident over the weekend.
The accident occurred when an on duty officer was driving his ATV vehicle with an unauthorized passenger in the rear. The vehicle crashed into two people who were on the beach. These two victims were hospitalized for their injuries. The woman who was in the rear of the vehicle was also treated , but for minor injuries.
The Miami Beach police department has conducted a thorough investigation after allegations that alcohol was involved in the accident and operation of the ATV. The police officer that was operating the vehicle has been terminated, along with another officer who was at the scene of the hotel where they met the female ATV passenger.


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This is about the essence of mountain.
If you climb, walk, run or ride the mountains then you know this place.
For me it probably is Snowdonia, perhaps Yr Wyddfa itself – we have a long history. How about you? Which distant peak keeps calling you back?