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Tatweer Misr Partners with UNICEF and Abdel Wahab Foundation to Bring Color & Hope to Egypt's El-Borollos as Part of a Two-Week Symposium
Egyptian Real Estate developer, Tatweer Misr, is continuing its goodwill effort with a focus on art and development in 2017. In its latest CSR project, Tatweer Misr has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the United Nations International Children's Emergency Fund in Egypt (UNICEF) and Abdel Wahab Foundation. With this agreement, the foundation will provide alternative solutions for children and youth at risk of unsafe migration promoting community cohesion and helping young people and adolescents to become self-employed using artistic and vocational training. The foundation will leverage the International Symposium for Drawing on Walls and Boats held annually in the coastal village of Borollos (overlooking the Mediterranean Sea and Lake Borollos) with renowned Egyptian and international artists from around the globe to provide art and vocational training to youth and adolescents in Borollos and Baltim. The symposium will take place from 1 to 15 of October, 2017.
The artists will be working through the Abdel Wahab Art Foundation, in coordination with UNICEF, the National Coordination Committee on Combating Illegal Migration, the International Organization for Migration (IOM), and the Ministry of Youth and Sports within the framework of Meshwary project. During the symposium the artists will also interact with families through UNICEF on initiatives related to positive parenting and early childhood development.
"The encouragement of our creative youth, in projects that add value to our community and drive positive social change, is one of the founding principles of Tatweer Misr," says Dr. Ahmed Shalaby, Tatweer Misr Managing Director, adding that "over the years, we have sponsored art symposia as well as various entrepreneurial activities. The current project is an extension of our objectives and exemplifies the importance we place on those issues." Egypt has over a thousand slums boasting a population that exceeds 12 million underprivileged citizens. Unsurprisingly, these conditions have a negative psychological effect on those living in them where they often feel forgotten. As Shalaby explains, "our goal through this cooperation, is to equip youth in the area with comprehensive skills that would eventually result in sustainable careers. We also aim to bring joy to communities struggling with poverty and neglect through creating job opportunities and providing young people with a sense of hope and faith in their abilities."
Art has a substantial impact on humans and different colors can have various effects on their behavior and psychology. It can cross borders and build bridges and, if implemented in an insightful and innovative manner, it can be a powerful weapon to catalyze social change. This is the main objective of Abdel Wahab Foundation which was founded in 2014, and promotes enlightenment and sustainable development through art and culture in deprived communities. The Foundation, according to Dr. Abd El Wahab Abd El Mohsen, Chairman of the Foundation, "aims at empowering youth and children, in deprived and remote communities, by providing avenues of exposure and participation in art and culture."
This aligns closely with the priorities of UNICEF to engage, advocate and highlight interventions related to Youth and Adolescents, Early Childhood Development (ECD) and Children on the Move. As part of this agreement, UNICEF will be responsible for the coordination of the youth and ECD interventions taking place within communities during the symposium. According to Bruno Maes, UNICEF Representative, "we provide detailed guidance to the artists on how to engage with families and communities on Early Childhood Development (ECD). This includes, for example promoting key practices that parents can adopt on a daily basis like increasing eye contacts and smiling, reading picture books and playing with simple toys with the child involved." In addition, UNICEF provides a brief on the situation of the community in this area and the different interventions already undergoing with UNICEF's leadership. According to Mr. Maes, "this will help sensitize the artists to the problems in the area and give them the context of children development."
The houses that are being painted in Borollos are owned by people with very low income or depend on government subsidies. "Maintaining a home is the last priority for them," Shalaby says. Through this project, Tatweer Misr is not only offering free painting of buildings and boats, but also transforming the small village into a living gallery where creative pride is demonstrated in finished houses, and painted boats are sold as pieces of art that reflect the new-found transformation in the area. "This work," Shalaby says, "helps residents to see their homes and neighborhoods in a new light. The designs and colors can change the local perception of value."
The symposium will give young people of Borollos a significant opportunity to re-invent themselves and allow professional help in an area of their life which they do not get a chance to nurture often, one that will not only help them obtain new skills and generate a sustainable income, but also develop a new sense of community.
As it stands in 2016, Egypt ranks 120th in the UN's 2016 world happiness report. The World Happiness Report, reflects growing global interest in using happiness and subjective well-being as primary indicators of the quality of human development. There is nothing more psychologically impactful and cost effective as a simple coat of paint.
Tatweer Misr with Global Entrepreneurship Network break ground for the first GEN Entrepreneurship and Innovation Hub in MENA Region at Bloomfields' university campus
Tatweer Misr Sponsors Cairo University Engineering Students' Participation in the Shell Eco-Marathon taking place in Thailand
Tatweer Misr's Fouka Bay Awarded Top Mediterranean Resort by The Mediterrenean Resort & Hotel Real Estate Forum
Tatweer Misr signs exclusive MOU with emerging and innovative hotelier Kerten Hospitality to bring boutique hotels to Egypt
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Discussion in 'General' started by Zylark, Aug 1, 2003.
If were gonna go bf1942, ima go with the desert combat mod sniper rifle, what can i say, its just that much cooler!
but really, i want a lightning gun.
ooo i loss!!!!!! HAND-CUFF ME AND TAKE ME AWAY! woho!
ah, yes the 50cal US army sniper rifle. you can shoot straight through the engine block of a truck at 3 clicks distance. my weapon of choice in both Delta Force and Op: Flashpoint.
and of all these things, what i like the most is german aircrafts of the era. especially the FW190. the highpoint of propeller powered flying machines. some might claim the mustang (P41) was a bit better, but that is crap. in a dogfight situation anyways. the FW190 only had one drawback, fuel capacity.
nooooo!!!! how can it beeee!!!! .... o wait i'm still in 3rd, and zylark you'll be easy to pick off since all you've ever shot is a bebe gun! lol, obliv though, well i just have to wait for another video confrence.
i gotta sleep sometime right? and i slow my post count down to less than one ever three hours when i'm chattin to moonlighthigh.... so... that takes up alotta my time.
just been on a posting spree tho.
i'm sure there have been many days these past few weeks that my name hasnt even made it onto the top 10.
Hit 2 years and 800 posts at the same time.


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Trump looks like garden-variety Republican as president, for now
Joe Garofoli Nov. 9, 2016 Updated: Nov. 9, 2016 9:21 p.m.
Trump looks like garden-variety Republican as president,...
1of6President-elect Donald Trump smiles as he arrives to speak at an election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)Photo: Evan Vucci, Associated Press
2of6Hillary Clinton on the morning after the electionPhoto: JEWEL SAMAD, AFP/Getty Images
3of6President-elect Donald Trump, right, shakes hands with vice president-elect Mike Pence during an election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/ Evan Vucci)Photo: Evan Vucci, Associated Press
4of6NEW YORK, NY - NOVEMBER 09: Republican president-elect Donald Trump gives a thumbs up to the crowd during his acceptance speech at his election night event at the New York Hilton Midtown in the early morning hours of November 9, 2016 in New York City. Donald Trump defeated Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton to become the 45th president of the United States. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Photo: Mark Wilson, Getty Images
5of6President Barack Obama puts his arm on Vice President Joe Biden as they walk away from the podium after the president spoke about the election, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)Photo: Pablo Martinez Monsivais, Associated Press
6of6US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton makes a concession speech after being defeated by Republican President-elect Donald Trump, as former President Bill Clinton looks on in New York on November 9, 2016. JEWEL SAMAD/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto: JEWEL SAMAD, AFP/Getty Images
America has seen 18 months of Donald Trump, the presidential candidate who promised to build a wall on the Mexican border and deport a million unauthorized immigrants with criminal records on "day one, my first hour in office."
On Wednesday, the nation caught the first glimpse of what a President Trump would prioritize, and — at least initially — it sounded like the to-do list of a run-of-the-mill conservative Republican. And some items on that list may anger the working-class white voters whose fervor for Trump's anti-elite message carried him to the White House.
A Trump administration would return some of the nation's best-known conservative politicians — including former Alaska governor and reality TV star Sarah Palin, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, ex-New York Mayor Rudolph Giuliani, and former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton — back to public office. And it could put Wall Street executives in charge of the Treasury Department and oil company leaders in charge of the Department of the Interior.
Those were some of the names floating around Wednesday for the people who would put food in Trump's nearly bare policy cupboards.
"It's hard to fully understand what his broader policy interests are because his proposals were fairly thin," said John Hudak, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution and author of "Presidential Pork: White House Influence Over the Distribution of Federal Grants."
But as Trump's frosty relationship with House Speaker Paul Ryan, R-Wis., began to thaw Wednesday, the larger contours of a Trump presidency started taking shape. Its direction was clear: undoing what the Obama administration had created, starting with President Obama's signature Affordable Care Act.
"It's pretty high on our agenda, as you know," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., said Wednesday. "I would be shocked if we didn't move forward and keep our commitment to the American people."
President-elect Donald Trump shakes hands during an election night rally, Wednesday, Nov. 9, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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Aside from that, Americans still don't know much about the policies favored by its president-elect. That's because while Trump often promised he would make America great again, he didn't spend a lot of time explaining how.
And until Wednesday, it didn't seem like he could get much through Congress because the two Republicans in charge of shepherding legislation there — Ryan and McConnell — considered Trump so toxic they refused to campaign with him.
Blinded by the joy of having Republican control of the House, Senate and White House for the second time since 1929, Ryan on Wednesday seemed to have forgotten that only a few weeks ago he said he would no longer "defend" Trump, after watching his lewd remarks about women on the "Access Hollywood" tape.
Instead, Ryan gushed about how Trump "pulled off an amazing political feat," and offered that he had two "fantastic conversations" with Trump "just in the last 18 hours."
They started game-planning how Republicans would codify their conservative agenda into law and choose a conservative justice for the opening on the Supreme Court.
"The opportunity is now here," Ryan said. "And the opportunity is to go big, to go bold, and to get things done for the people of this country.
"I think the mistakes of the Republican government is that we didn't do the right thing at the right time," Ryan said. "I think the mistakes that we made in the past is we didn't seize the opportunity when it presented itself."
Republican president-elect Donald Trump delivers his acceptance speech as Vice president-elect Mike Pence looks on.
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While Trump's incendiary remarks about Muslims, Mexicans and women earned him headlines, former Mitt Romney adviser Lanhee Chen said Wednesday that in the past few weeks Trump the campaigner sounded much like a run-of-the-mill Republican — at least in the rare moments when he fleshed out policy. Trump's promises to "drain the swamp" in Washington, slash government regulations and end the Department of Education all sounded like standard fodder at a Republican state convention.
And many of the people on Trump's transition team, Chen said, are veterans of the Romney campaign or are other mainstream Republican operatives.
"At this point, it's shaping up like a typical Republican administration," said Chen, who did not support Trump. "I'm a little more optimistic in how he closed his campaign that he would be taking conservative positions."
The most prominent piece of policy that Trump mentioned in his victory speech Tuesday night was an infrastructure plan, legislation that could lend itself to bipartisan support. On Wednesday, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-San Francisco, said she called to congratulate Trump and "to find common ground for a robust infrastructure jobs bill."
Soon, however, Trump the first-time officeholder will run into the political realities of Washington, where unlike the campaign trail, every day isn't centered on a rally before thousands of cheering supporters.
He and Ryan disagree on entitlement programs. Trump wants to protect them, Hudak said, and Ryan wants to overhaul them. The two Republicans also differ on trade, as Trump wants to renegotiate trade deals while Ryan holds to the more traditionally Republican position of free trade.
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He'll certainly inflame environmentalists by considering Forrest Lucas, the founder of oil company Lucas Oil, for secretary of the interior, as has been mentioned.
And Trump may anger some working-class voters, whose overwhelming support in traditionally blue states like Michigan, Wisconsin and Pennsylvania ushered him to victory Tuesday, once he starts picking his Cabinet. Among the people being considered for Treasury secretary is Steven Mnuchin, one of his top fundraisers who works at the private investment firm Dune Capital Management and spent 17 years at Goldman Sachs.
Even though Trump has pledged to bring more people from the private sector into his Cabinet, Hudak said some of his blue-collar supporters might bristle at seeing Trump cozy up to Wall Street veterans.
"Putting a Goldman guy at the top of Treasury — you're going to have problem with optics," Hudak said. "It puts the president in a tough spot. You're going to have to put elites into these positions, whether they are business leaders or academics or politicians. It's not like you're going to put a guy who works at the corner store somewhere in charge of the Treasury."
Joe Garofoli is The San Francisco Chronicle's senior political writer. Email: jgarofoli@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @joegarofoli
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He has won numerous awards and covered everything from fashion to the Jeffrey Dahmer serial killings to two Olympic Games to his own vasectomy — which he discussed on NPR's "Talk of the Nation" after being told he couldn't say the word "balls" on the air. He regularly appears on Bay Area radio and TV talking politics and is available to entertain at bar mitzvahs and First Communions. He is a graduate of Northwestern University and a proud native of Pittsburgh. Go Steelers!
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Microsoft extending 360 warranty to three years
[UPDATE 2] An apologetic software giant to replace any console suffering "red ring of death" for free worldwide; extension applies to every console sold since launch; company will take $1.05 billion charge.
By Tor Thorsen and Brendan Sinclair on July 5, 2007 at 5:32PM PDT
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Today, Microsoft announced that it is once again revamping its warranty scheme for the Xbox 360. After mounting anecdotal evidence of the system's failure rate due to the dreaded "red ring of death" (three flashing red lights on the console's front panel), the publisher is changing its warranty to cover systems affected by the red ring for three years from the date of purchase. Any console that suffers the aforementioned failure in any territory the 360 is sold can be returned to Microsoft for repair for free, because the warranty also includes shipping charges.
"As a result of what Microsoft views as an unacceptable number of repairs to Xbox 360 consoles, the company conducted extensive investigations into potential sources of general hardware failures," the company said in a statement. The three-year extension is for all 360s, and will be retroactively applied to every console bought since the 360 launched. That means anyone who bought a console in November 2005 will be covered until November 2008.
[UPDATE] Peter Moore, Corporate Vice President of the Entertainment and Devices Division of Microsoft Interactive Entertainment Business, said he is personally sorry about anyone who's suffered a 360 failure. "We haven't done right by our customers, and for that I apologize," he told GameSpot. "We listened, and we're going to make it right." In an in-depth interview with GameSpot, Moore outlined the new warranty, and emphasized it would be "global" in nature.
Moore also shot down point-blank unconfirmed reports that Forza Motorsport 2 was "bricking" consoles. "It's not a software issue, guys," he assured GameSpot. "It's a variety of hardware issues which we're taking steps to rectify." Though he declined to name any issue specifically, Moore said that Microsoft has improved the 360 hardware to help ensure that future batches of 360 hardware will not suffer similar issues.
Customers who have already paid for repairs that would be covered by the new policy will be reimbursed automatically, according to Microsoft. As a result of this new warranty extension, the publisher said it will report a $1.05 billion to $1.15 billion charge to its earnings for the quarter ended June 30, 2007.
From its November 2005 launch onward, Microsoft's Xbox 360 has been plagued by reports of malfunctioning consoles. While the company downplayed reports of faulty hardware for the better part of a year after launch, last September it acknowledged that its original batch of systems was failing at an unusually high rate. Microsoft extended the standard 90-day warranty to a full year, and promised to reimburse all those customers who had already been made to pay for repairs.
In April, the company once again tweaked its warranty service, saying it would no longer charge shipping on repaired Xbox 360 consoles, and would extend the warranty on those repairs.
The new warranty extension arrives atop a growing tide of reports of 360 hardware problems, including a Monday DailyTech.com report quoting retailers as saying up to 33 percent of launch units fail. To help clarify the question of 360 hardware reliability, GameSpot conducted a week-long informal poll of its users, asking simply, "Has your Xbox 360 failed?"
Of the 49,934 respondents who said they owned a 360, 27,579 (55.2 percent) claimed to have had no problems at all. However, a startling 22,355 respondents--44.7 percent--claimed to have had at least one 360 fail. Some 13,858 respondents (27.8 percent) said they had one console die: of those, 10,012 (20.0 percent) said their console was replaced for free and 3,846 (7.7 percent) attested they had to pay. Others were even less lucky, with 3,619 (7.2 percent) saying they had suffered two dead 360s, and 4,878 (9.7 percent) reporting over two instances of hardware failure. (The initial percentages were slightly inaccurate--GameSpot regrets the error.)
The poll results are not definitive, and given the open nature of the poll's voting, its results could be manipulated. However, there is a wealth of anecdotal evidence pointing to a high 360 failure rate. Inside the GameSpot offices, 23 editors own 26 360s bought between November 2005 and January 2007. Eight have had their consoles fail completely at least once; of those, two editors suffering complete 360 failures on two occasions. Two others are experiencing ongoing problems, including USB port failure and intermittent cases of the "red ring." The remaining editors have encountered no hardware defects.
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Hello World!

I've often thought about starting a tech blog, but the effort has always stalled because I wasn't convinced I really had anything valuable to say. That may very well be true, but what I've realized is that it doesn't matter. This blog isn't targeted at the masses in the hopes that I'll gain fame and fortune. Rather, it's for my own growth, as I learn how to distill my thoughts and put them in writing. I've always found that writing something down helps my clarify my thoughts, and I'm hoping that this will be no different.

As for what I'll be writing about, I'm not quite sure yet. I have a few ideas around snippets of code that might be generally useful and some of the tools I use to write that code, but nothing concrete (yet).  I suppose only time will tell.

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For general French meaning of chinois, see Chinese. For the ethnic Chinese population of Réunion, see Chinois (Réunion).
Look up chinois in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
A chinois (English: /ʃiːnˈwɑː/; French pronunciation: [ʃin.wɑ]) is a conical sieve with an extremely fine mesh. It is used to strain custards, purees, soups, and sauces, producing a very smooth texture. It can also be used to dust food with a fine layer of powdered ingredient.
Chinois is a loanword from the French adjective meaning Chinese.
A related utensil is the tamis – a flat strainer through which food is pressed with a scraper or pestle.
A similarly-shaped utensil is the China cap, a reference to the conical Asian hats common in China. It is a perforated metal conical strainer with much larger holes than a chinois. A China cap is used to remove seeds and other coarse matter from soft foods, but produces a coarser-textured product than the chinois.
Both the chinois and the China cap often are used with a cone-shaped pestle. With the pestle tip placed in the bottom of the strainer, it is rolled against the sides of the device to work liquids and soft food through it. In this way, the chinois functions much like a tamis, and the China cap functions similar to a food mill. A small ladle can also be used instead of a pestle, allowing scooping solids from the sides of the strainer as well as pressing liquid through the mesh.
^ Alfaro, Danilo. "Chinois: Definition". About.com. About.com. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ "Chinois | Resource". Smartkitchen.com. Smart Kitchen Online Cooking School. Retrieved 4 December 2013.
^ Kimball, Christopher (July 2012). "Chinois Sieves Review". Cook's Illustrated (July 2012). Retrieved 4 December 2013.
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These are a series of 360 aerials that were used for a sales presentation. All footage shot was in 360 3D (stereo) and presented in an Oculus Go.
I was responsible for stitching, stabilizing, drone removal and stereo edit.


Was that agreement made contingent on their being permitted to issue the stock ?
Topic: CANADIAN PACIFIC RAILWAY-INCREASED CAPITAL.
It is made contingent on the Order in Council authorizing the issue.
I presume that principle can be applied to other legislation ?
That is a matter for the House to determine.
I understood from the government that an Order in Council had been passed by which the cost of the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway was to be submitted to the courts for determination. Has the minister got the Order in Council ?
Yes, 1 will hand it to the hon. gentleman.
This is a different submission from what the minister stated when the Bill was introduced. This is as to the effect or interpretation of section 20 of the company's charter of incorporation, as found in 44 Victoria, chapter 1, schedule A. The statement was made to the House that the actual cost of the construction of the road was to be determined bjs this submission in order to find out whether the 10 per cent earnings of the road had been effected or not upon the actual cost of construction. I see now that what is submitted to the courts is only an interpretation of the clause.
Bill reported ; read the third time, and passed.
Bill (No. 1141 to amend the Exchequer Court Act (the Minister of Justice).
PETITION OF RIGHT ACT AMENDMENT.
I would like to ask the Minister of Justice to state on what principle the Crown proceeds in withholding or granting fiats for petitions of right. I have had my attention directed to a large number of petitions which were submitted for fiats about two years ago. They relate to contracts between the Crown and persons who carried the mails. The Crown undertook to cancel the contracts under some supposed power contained in the contracts. * Counsel have advised the persons interested that the Crown had no right under the circumstances to cancel those contracts, and that they have good cause for claiming such damages against the Crown as would arise by reason of its having broken the contracts. These matters have been standing about two years. I brought them to the attention of the Postmaster General last evening, but, as the Minister of Justice as well as the Postmaster General is concerned in matters of this kind, I would like to ask him for more information on the subject. I have looked into the cases somewhat hurriedly; but it seemed to me that there was a fair case for the consideration of the courts in respect to a large number of claims, I think thirty or forty-at all events, over twenty; and these people have been held up, so far as any proceedings are concerned, for nearly three years. It appears to me that where there is an arguable case, there should bo no difficulty placed in its way, and I think the House might very well hear from the Minister of Justice at the present time what the policy of the Crown is in regard* to the matter. I have looked into the rule in England, and I do not see anything that would justify the government in keeping these people at bay so long. It seems to me that if there is any tendency at all in this matter, it is to allow the subject the freest possible right to proceed against the Crown. The Postmaster General may think that these claims are groundless, and that he was perfectly justified ini cancelling the contracts; but the real point for the consideration of the House and the country is not what the Postmaster General thinks about it, but what the courts will think about it when these claims are put before them. It amounts to a denial of justice to these people-'because their claims cannot be regarded as frivolous-that they should be held up in this way for a period of nearly three years.
Topic: PETITION OF RIGHT ACT AMENDMENT.
to know wliat the reasons may be which necessitated the long delay of the government in granting flats in the cases mentioned, but a statement of the principles which the present Minister of Justice intends to apply in all cases where applications are made for fiats for petitions of right. My hon. friend will understand immediately that that is a question of policy, and therefore, I should not like to state what my personal views are on the subject until such time as I have an opportunity to have those views confirmed by the government. I should not like to say that I would grant a fiat if an arguable case were submitted, if that were my view, because before I state my view, I should like to put it in writing and have the government approve of it, and then place it before the House not merely as my personal view, but the view of the government. I will therefore ask the committee to rise, and when I bring down a statement with reference to the Canadian Pacific Railway matter, I will also make a statement on the point to which my hon. friend has referred; because I quite understand that it is important that the House should have some authoritative statement of the views of the government on that subject.
administration it wll!l Ibe .hard for him to get a unanimous opinion. If this is the rule which is to be followed, in many instances those members of the cabinet who do not belong to tire legal fraternity and cannot see with the same pair of eyes as my hon, friend, would likely set up some other reasons than reasons of law against the granting of the petition. I submit that when he comes down again with this Bill, he should give his own views, as Minister of Justice, as to the course he will follow, and the rule he will carry out when petitions of right are lodged with the government.
I recollect hearing a very eminent authority in the British House of Commons, say, on a question somewhat analagous to this, that the government could have no opinion except the opinion of the law officers of the Crown. My hon. friend holds a position which corresponds with that of the law officers of the Crown in England, and, as has been well pointed out by my hon. friend behind me (Mr. Cas-grain), this is not so much a question of policy, in the ordinary acceptation of the term, as a question of what is right, from the standpoint of justice, with regard to these petitions. I entirely concur in the view that in respect of matters of this kind the government should adopt the opinion of the Minister of Justice, and, I .should also like to point out that, the provision in this Bill maxing it necessary, when security for costs is ordered, that somebody should give security, goes in the direction of granting the fiat with more liberality than in the past. The only reason why so called frivolous petitions were not allowed in the past was that it was not in the public interest to allow a claim to go to litigation for which there was no foundation and public moneys should not be wasted in .contesting such claims ; but, by the very proper Bill introduced by the Minister o,f Justice, providing that iu certain oases, where it seems expedient to the Governor in Council, security for costs should be given, the fiat should be issued, as a matter of course, on that condition being complied with.
I have no objection, to passing the Bill, as I think it is a proper one, but it is understood we are to have a statement from the Minister of Justice on the subject later in the session.
My view, of course, is that of the government, and my hon. friend has correctly expressed my own view with respect to this question, when he says that this Bill was not introduced merely for the purpose of adding something to the legislation already in existence. The object I have in view is to widen the gate, so far as 1 can, consistent with my duty to the Crown.


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The recent AJT Report talks about fighting the positive Cross Match or desensitization. Currently, many centers are using the combination of pheresis and low dose IVIG or high dose IVIG and rituximab is thrown in once in a while as well. The value of rituximab is still questioned. No one really knows how it is working in some and not in others.
There are few new agents:- one is bortezomib, a proteasome inhibitor that has shown some data in treating antibody mediated rejection. There are some centers using one cycle pre and one cycle post transplant as densitization technique. This has become a concern for many as people are starting to use it for indications that have not been systematically tested. The side effect profile of this drug is not trivial. It includes peripheral neuropathy, pyrexia, anemia, leukopenia and GI side effects.
Finally, the latest player in the market is eculizumab ( complement protein c5 inhibitor). It has worked in some centers to treat antibody mediated rejection. Is it a good idea to use it for desensitization. Its early to say.


Royal Ascot 2019 is set to be one of the most prominent events next year. During the five days, numerous racegoers come together to enjoy a vibrant atmosphere, world class hospitality and of course several horse racing fixtures.
All guests at Royal Ascot should exude nothing less than elegance with the most sophisticated clothing choices. Your apparel should radiate the charm and style that is Royal Ascot.
However, before you decide on what to wear, make sure you get familiar with Royal Ascot's firm yet impressive dress code. Perfect for crafting an impressive appearance!
Although they have different dress codes to adhere to, the four enclosures have similar rules all attendants should abide by.
Namely, brochure, fancy dress, novelty and branded or promotional clothing are prohibited on site.
Gentlemen are to keep it classy with either a black or grey morning dress. For example, waistcoat and tie, top hot, and black shoes. It's noted to avoid customising top hats with coloured ribbons or bands.
Ladies are to ensure that dresses and skirts are modest in length, i.e. falling just above your knee or longer. Any dresses and tops should have straps which are at least an inch or more.
For those who don't desire to wear dresses and skirts, trouser suits or jumpsuits are a statement alternative. Ladies are to ensure they are full length and are of matching material.
And lastly, hats should be worn however headpieces are acceptable as a notable alternative.
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Pattern and causes of tympanic membrane perforation at a private hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Author(s): Zephania Saitabau Abraham (1) Aveline Aloyce Kahinga (2), Kassim Babu Mapondella (2), Enica Richard Massawe (2), Emmanuel Ole Lengine (3) and Daudi Ntunaguzi2 ()
1 Department of Surgery-University of Dodoma, College of Health and Allied Sciences, Dodoma-Tanzania
2 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
3 Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Ekenywa Specialised Hospital, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
Correspondence: Zephania Saitabau Abraham Email: [email protected]
Citation: Abraham et al, Pattern and causes of tympanic membrane perforation at a private hospital in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. South Sudan Medical Journal 2019; 12(4):128-130 © 2019 The Author (s) License: This is an open access article under CC BY-NC-ND
Submitted: June 2019 Accepted: July 2019 Published: November 2019
Introduction: There is variation in the size, shape and position of tympanic membrane perforations; the degree of conductive hearing loss depends on the size and position of perforation.
Objective: To determine the pattern and causes of tympanic membrane perforation at a private health facility in Tanzania
Method: A hospital-based cross-sectional study in the ENT clinic at Ekenywa Specialised Hospital was conducted from January to May 2019. Ears were examined thoroughly by an Otorhinolaryngologist. Data were analysed using SPSS Version 21
Results: Two hundred and fifty patients were examined and 50 (20%) were found to have tympanic membrane perforations. Thirty (60%) were new patients while twenty (40%) were under review. Most 35(70%) were males. Central perforation predominated in 30 (60%), followed by subtotal in 10 (20%), total in 8 (16%) and marginal perforations in 2 (4%). The left ear was more affected in (60%) than the right ear. Bilateral perforations accounted for 5 (10%) of cases. Chronic suppurative otitis media was found in 35 (70%); other causes were acute suppurative otitis media in 13 (26%) and trauma in 2 (4%) patients
Conclusions: The clinical picture depicted in this study is similar to that found elsewhere. There is a need for prompt diagnosis of tympanic membrane perforation. Proper education on ear care in patients with perforated tympanic membrane is of paramount importance.
Keywords: Pattern, Causes, tympanic membrane, perforation, Tanzania
The tympanic membrane is an important structure lying obliquely between the external and middle ear. It has three layers: an outer squamous, middle fibrous and inner mucous layer [1].
Causes of tympanic membrane perforation include trauma, infectious agents, neoplasms and iatrogenic causes [1–3]. Trauma may result from foreign bodies lodged in the ear, unskilled instrumentation or aural toilet, sudden air compression as in boxing, hand-slap and blast. Acute suppurative otitis media (ASOM) and chronic suppurative otitis media (CSOM) are two main infectious processes [4–7].
The size and location of perforation affect the degree of hearing loss. Chronic infection may cause large perforations and hence greater hearing loss.
Studies have reported CSOM to be prevalent in Tanzania at rate similar to those in other developing countries such as Nigeria, Kenya, and South Sudan with all linked to low socio-economic status [4,8,9] and this can result in late presentation at available health facilities.
The aim of this study was to determine the pattern and causes of tympanic membrane perforations among patients attending an ENT clinic at the private hospital which serves the largest number of ENT clients in Dar es Salaam.
A hospital based cross-sectional study at Ekenywa Specialised Hospital was conducted from January to May 2019. Patients with otological complaints were examined by an Otorhinolaryngologist and recruited after giving a written informed consent. Data were analysed using SPSS Version 21. Permission to conduct the study was obtained from the hospital's ethical committee.
Fifty (20%) out of 250 recruited patients were found to have tympanic membrane perforations in one or both ears. Thirty (60%) of these 50 patients were new attendees while 20 (40%) were review cases. Thirty five (70%) were males. A third of the patients (34%) were aged up to ten years old. (Table 1).
A central perforation was found in 60% (Table 2). The left side was affected more commonly (60%) with both sides affected in 10% of patients (Table 3). A traumatic cause of perforation was unusual at only 4% whereas CSOM was commonest at 70%. The two cases of traumatic perforation of tympanic membranes were due to slap by sexual partners. (Table 4)
Tympanic membrane perforation is the commonest presentation in routine otorhinolaryngology clinical practice in both developed and developing countries. In our study, most patients were aged up to ten years and this may be due to high prevalence of the causes of tympanic membrane perforation in children similar to other studies done elsewhere [5,7].
CSOM was the cause of 70% of our cases of tympanic membrane perforation and this is in line with other studies done in Pakistan, Nigeria and India [4,10,11]. ASOM accounted for 26% of our cases, and this may be due to late presentation or inadequate management elsewhere. These findings reflect those from Nigeria and Nepal [4,6]. At times patients with ASOM may outweigh those with CSOM if they reported early to health care facilities where such prompt diagnosis may be established [5].
Traumatic tympanic membrane perforation in this study accounted for only 4% of cases similar to what has been seen in other countries where it was found to be the least common cause of tympanic membrane perforation [2,5]. Traumatic perforation of the tympanic membrane may be caused by foreign bodies in the ear and this may be multiplied by removing such foreign bodies by unskilled personnel. Audiological data was not presented in this study because of inaccessibility by patients to such a test due to expenses.
The pattern and causes of tympanic membrane perforation described in this study resembles those found elsewhere. There is a need to provide public health education on ASOM and CSOM and to equip health personnel working in other health facilities on how best to manage such otological conditions. Quick referral of patients with otological complaints to specialized centres where comprehensive ENT services are offered is of paramount importance if the goal of having ears free from diseases is to be achieved.
Acknowledgements: We thank Ekenywa Specialised Hospital for providing the facilities to conduct this study and also the participating patients
Competing interests: We declare we have no competing interests
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Another View: Millennial wedding vow: I don't — yet
The heroes of the divorce reverse are people under 45. Specifically, millennials and their Gen X elders.
This appeared Wednesday in the Chicago Tribune:
For years, people who married faced a grim statistic: Half of those giddy couples would divorce eventually. Maybe more than once.
But — happily — that is changing.
The U.S. divorce rate plunged 18 percent from 2008 to 2016, according to an analysis by University of Maryland sociology professor Philip Cohen. "All signs now point toward decreasing divorce rates ... in the coming years," he writes. "This is remarkable" because it is happening even while divorce is more culturally acceptable. (Exhibit A: Who'd have believed decades ago that we'd have a president who's been divorced twice?)
Guess who's driving this decline? Not the aging baby boomers. They're still divorcing at relatively high rates even into their 70s. That trend has been dubbed — insert cringe here — "gray divorce."
No, the heroes of the divorce reverse are people under 45. Specifically, millennials and their Gen X elders.
Unlike boomers, these young people tend to be pickier about whom they marry and at what age. They generally don't rush into marriage just out of high school or even out of college, but instead wait until they're established in careers and have money in the bank. They may live together as a couple, but they don't feel the same pressure to tie the knot, possibly because they've seen the ruin of divorce in the lives of their parents and grandparents.
These younger people are "putting marriage on a pedestal," Cohen tells us. "They don't want to enter into it until they're really sure." For them, he says, marriage is "a signal that says you have arrived."
This trend is, to borrow a word we learned from a millennial, clutch.
Don't get us wrong. We're not dissing marriage. A stable, loving marriage is good for your health, your bank account _ and for raising children.
But science tells us that the human brain doesn't fully mature until about age 25. Immature brains can make impulsive choices that they later regret.
This waiting trend may disturb older folks who followed a more traditional (rockier?) path and may be secretly, or not so secretly, wondering if there's something wrong with their progeny. There isn't. Remember: Unlike previous generations, many younger people have a ready supply of candidates at their fingertips in the era of Tinder and other dating apps. They can just keep swiping right.
Our advice for parents impatient to marry off a son or daughter? Relax. The older they get, the less likely you'll be stuck paying for the wedding.


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Interns promote locally grown food throughout the area
Three Iowa State interns are educating the community on locally grown produce
By Kayli Reese, The Gazette
Three interns from Iowa State University are spending their summer in Iowa to educate people on locally grown produce and promote the people who sell them.
The three women are here as part of the Iowa State University Extension and Outreach's Rising Star Internship program, which sends groups of students across the state to share their knowledge with communities.
Morgan Hoenig, local foods coordinator with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach and owner of Mogo Organic Farm, said this is the third year she's worked with interns from the program. The interns will be here until the last week of July, totaling their time in the area at 12 weeks, and work in four counties: Henry, Lee, Louisa and Des Moines.
Two years ago, Hoenig said she had design students that helped her more with the marketing farmers and farmers markets. Last year, she said they focused more on education in schools about locally grown food, but it proved to be too much driving around the various counties.
"This year, we're doing a blend of education and marketing," she said.
Hoenig said the interns have been traveling to libraries to present information about different foods and have kids try different things, like kohlrabi. Recently, they gave a presentation where community members tasted store-bought and homegrown strawberries to see the difference. They've also been making videos and social media posts about their experiences.
They've been presenting at the farmers market, too, she said, and have showed off a smoothie bike that mixed together fruit to create fresh smoothies on site.
Next month, Hoenig said they'll be focusing more on working in community gardens and food pantries.
Having the Rising Star interns here has been very helpful, Hoenig said.
"Local food is in season right now, so it's been good to have extra bodies out there in the community," she said.
Part of the benefit of locally grown food is the freshness, Hoenig said. Produce in stores can be sitting on shelves for a week, but she said produce from local growers can be only hours old upon purchase.
She also explained that the types of produce selected for stores is based on looks and what can ship well across the country. The appearance of fresh, local produce isn't a worry as much, she said, and produce that may not ship well is more readily available from local sellers.
"It doesn't look as perfect, but it tastes better," she said.
Part of Hoenig's job with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach is also to help farmers who are looking for resources and marketing and make them aware of learning opportunities in those areas. She also works to promote the farmers market.
Having customers know their farmers and where their food is coming from is important to them, Hoenig said. It also creates more revenue for the community when residents shop local.
"It helps support the local economy," she said. "It stays in the community."
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Brian Beutler/ June 7, 2017
Our Debt Limit Nightmares Are Coming True
But here's how Democrats can end Republican brinkmanship for good.
When the Republicans' legislative agenda started drifting sideways early in Donald Trump's presidency, it became easy to see how their dysfunction could precipitate a massive economic crisis. Just a few months later, we are nearing the brink of such a crisis.
In the wildly optimistic fantasies House Speaker Paul Ryan indulged after the election, his GOP Congress expedited the repeal of the Affordable Care Act, along with huge regressive tax cuts, on a partisan basis, and stapled a debt limit increase onto one of the bills before the summer. Those two main initiatives are now indefinitely waylaid, leaving Congress facing the prospect of increasing the debt limit through regular order, the rules and dynamics of which would require Republicans and Democrats to act together. Failure would leave the United States vulnerable to defaulting on its own debt, sinking the domestic and global economies through sheer incompetence.
A more accurate way to say this is that staving off catastrophe will likely require Democrats to rescue Republicans from their own extremism by providing Republican leaders a lot of votes. Democrats will thus be tempted to demand concessions from congressional Republicans in exchange for those votes. In general, indulging those temptations is a disastrous idea—but it is also possible to imagine Democrats using the GOP's bind, and general disarray, to end debt limit brinkmanship forever.
Intuitively, a bipartisan debt limit increase should be easier to imagine than one Republicans pass on their own. But intuition is misleading in this case. Passing a debt limit increase on a partisan basis would have been fairly easy for Republicans to do as a rider on a big piece of filibuster-proof legislation that the entire party was excited about. Like, say, massive tax cuts for the rich.
Outside of that context, things look much different. During the Obama years, Republicans transformed the debt limit "from a cheap partisan talking point into a sharp-edged spear used to extract policy concessions," as Vox's Matt Yglesias wrote on Tuesday. The legacy of that extreme tactical change has been to leave the Republican Party divided over whether the debt limit should be raised without hostage-taking—even under Republican rule.
Thus, Republicans today find themselves in this predicament: Steve Mnuchin, Trump's treasury secretary, says that it's "absolutely critical" that Congress promptly pass a clean debt limit increase, while Trump budget director Mick Mulvaney—a second-rate ideologue—says the administration may insist Congress attach right-wing spending cuts to any legislation that increases the debt limit. Politico reports that privately, and at the moment, Trump is siding with Mnuchin in this disppute. But Mulvaney, a congressman before his recent appointment, is joined in his reckless posture by his old allies in the ultraconservative House Freedom Caucus, and it's easy to imagine a handful of hardliners in the Senate—where a stand-alone debt limit can be filibustered—insisting on similar concessions in exchange for their debt-limit votes as well.
It is a near certainty, then, that Congress won't be able to pass a debt limit increase without Democratic votes, and quite likely that avoiding default will require a considerable number of Democrats—who, unsurprisingly, don't want to give away their votes for free. "Why would we make it easier for them to pass unpaid-for tax cuts by giving away a vote on raising the debt ceiling," Senator Chris Murphy told Politico. Senate Minority Whip Dick Durbin seconded Murphy, as did House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, who told reporters, "I don't have any intention of supporting a lifting of the debt ceiling to enable the Republicans to give another tax break to the wealthy in our country."
Unlike Republican efforts to extort partisan spending cuts from congressional Democrats and Obama in 2011, 2013, and 2015, there is at least a logic to the idea that Democrats shouldn't feel obligated to abet Republican efforts to cut rich people's taxes by providing them the borrowing authority required to do so. Especially when Republicans control the whole government.
But Republican debt limit threats under Obama had teeth (and were so reckless) precisely because they insisted on combining debt limit increases and extraneous measures in single bills. In the current legislative environment, the GOP tax agenda and the debt limit are (for better or worse) running on separate tracks. Paul Ryan could pinky swear not to raise taxes in exchange for Democratic debt limit votes, break his promise, and Democrats would have no recourse. In the grand sweep of history, it would be morally perverse for Democrats to allow the United States to default on its debt—vote against a clean increase in the limit—because they were worried Republicans might cut taxes in the future.
What Democrats can fairly demand is a single rule for presidents of both parties. It can't be the case that debt limit demands are an extortion tool Republicans alone get to wield when they're out of power, and Democrats shouldn't be expected to submit to that double standard. Giving Trump enough borrowing authority to get through his presidency without incident does nothing to stop Republicans from reprising their 2011 strategy against the next Democratic president. If Republicans need Democratic help to raise the debt limit, Democrats could fairly seek a multi-decade suspension of the debt limit—or preferably its outright abolition—in exchange for their votes.
If citing opposition to regressive tax cuts as a basis for withholding debt limit votes is a feint by Democrats—to gain leverage toward neutralizing the debt limit threat indefinitely—it would restore much needed stability to the U.S. legislative and financial systems at no cost. But everyone has to tread carefully, not least the Democrats, who by happenstance are far more competent and responsible than the president and his ruling party.
Brian Beutler @brianbeutler
Brian Beutler is a senior editor at The New Republic. He hosts Primary Concerns, a podcast about politics.
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A crude culture makes a coarse people, and private refinement cannot long survive public excess.
has vulgarisation gone further than in Britain. A nation famed not so long ago for the restraint of its manners is now notorious for the coarseness of its appetites and its unbridled and antisocial attempts to satisfy them.
goes hand in hand with the crude, violent and shallow relations between the sexes.
is not a sign of an increase in the authenticity of our human relations but a natural consequence of the unbridled hedonism that leads to chaos and misery. Take restraint away, and violent discord follows.
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Opening of the new V848 airway
Republic of Tajikistan has 35 air corridors with a certain countries. Three of this air corridors passing through The Republic of Tajikistan has 35 air corridors with neighboring states. Of these, three, passing through the points EGPAN, RAMAN, and FIRUZ connect the republic with the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan....
Radio navigation improvement in the airspace of the Republic of Tajikistan
In order to improve the level of radio navigation support for airways and approaches to the international airports of the Republic of Tajikistan, guided by the recommendations of the "Global Air Navigation Plan of ICAO" SUE "Tajikairnavigation" has concluded an agreement with the "Systems Interface" company on the supply of DME...
Cooperation enhancement
August 21, 2017 delegation of the Academy of Civil Aviation of Malaysia, headed by its director, Mr. Dolkhan bin Issa visited "Tajikairnavigation". Representatives of the Academy will hold a number of events, including practical and theoretical retraining of specialists to increase the capacity building of instructors of the...
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The Journey is My Favorite Part.
Going the Georgia Aquarium was everything I wanted and more! OMGosh talk about experiencing the underworld in their natural habitat. The Georgia Aquarium is the largest aquarium in the western hemisphere and the second largest in the world. It was the largest in the world from the opening in 2005 up until 2012 but China of course had to be bigger and better and built the now largest one in Singapore.
But this place is huge! As you walk though it, you're surrounded by glass windows displaying the largest, more interesting, intense fish I'd ever seen. My brother Kevin, my beautiful new sister Nardia and my most precious nephew was in town for the weekend and I had to show both them and myself this masterpiece for the first time.
While by now, I've lived in Atlanta for about 5 months, I'd surprisingly never made it out to the place but and I was thrilled to experience it with the people I love. And when I say that, I am talking mainly about showing my most favorite person in the world, my three-year-old nephew some badass sharks and underwater animals. I just really wanted to leave a visual impression on the kid that I only hope he'll remember years from now.
So going through the Aquarium, much like the zoo, I turned into a three-year-old alongside my nephew peering into exhibits. We saw sharks, dolphins, sea turtles, jellyfish, sward fish, and thousands of other interesting fish of all sizes and varying ancestors. There were even little windows where you can almost step out into a bubble which gives you almost an illusion that you're swimming with the fish. The aquarium gives you a chance to walk through tunnels where you're fully immersed underwater looking up to beluga whales and white fish sharks. In less words than more, the aquarium is awesome!
For organizational purposes, the aquarium is broke down by five galleries: River Scout, Dolphin Tales, Cold Water Quest, Ocean Voyage and Tropical Diver. Each exhibit corresponds to a specific environment.
Southern Company River Scout. The fish in this exhibit are fish known local to North America. It features an overhead river where you can see fish such as piranhas, electric fish and other freshwater life found in America.
AT&T Dolphin Tales. Right next to the River Scout is where you'll find the dolphin gallery. This gallery opened in 2011 making it the newest addition to the aquarium. This exhibit houses thirteen bottlenose dolphins who all swim around together impressing the viewers. If you're interested you can stay for the AT&T Dolphin Tales show which is included in your general admission ticket. The show last about 20-30 minutes and includes an informative/education videos before the show.
Georgia Pacific Cold Water Quest. This exhibit features animals found in the polar and temperate regions of the world. It contains the most mammal species in the aquarium ranging from beluga whales, sea otters, Japanese spider crabs, weedy sea dragons and African penguins.
Ocean Voyager. OK so this exhibit it the largest and by far the most impressive gallery in the entire place. It contains 6.3 million gallons of water (wow!) and several thousand fish. The "tank" measures out to be 284 ft x 126 get can as deep as 30 feet making it the largest indoor aquatic habitat in the world! The viewing window is spectacular, the fish are massive and there are scuba divers in the water who talk the audience about what's going on around them while giving cool facts about the animals inside. This exhibit features the life of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System and showcases the aquarium's whales and sharks. The Ocean Voyager one was my favorite hands down! And to top it off, when you leave the showroom, there's a cool underwater tunnel to take you to the next exhibit!
Tropical Diver. So the last but certainly not least exhibit features mainly Indo-Pacific tropical fish. This is where you find fish typically found in coral reefs such as sea horses, garden eels, clownfish, lobsters, jellyfish, turkeyfish and other tropical fish.
Every part of the aquarium is awesome. It's extremely visually appealing, educational and even at some parts hands on. For those who are touring in town, this is a must see! Unless you plan on going to China anytime soon, this will probably be the most impressive aquarium you can visit— I'll definitely be back to see it again!