They choose to stay friends, which makes Josh and Nathaniel happy when they find out the news. Josh realizes that he still likes Rebecca, around the same time that he comes to terms with the fact that he and Greg aren't the same kind of friends as they used to be.
"I Have To Get Out," written by Rene Gube, explores different characters figuring out not only where they stand with each other but also with themselves. There were revelations happening left and right, even if they weren't that surprising to us.
Rebecca's happiness and the various romantic mixups were a long time coming, even if not all of them are the best idea.
At some point, the back and forth romantic feelings around Rebecca are getting to be too much. No one seems to know what they want, and there is always this moment where someone starts to feel things even if it doesn't make sense for them to explore them.
It isn't clear yet what she would do; maybe she could do theater in town or teach it or something else that hasn't been identified. But the way that she is thinking about it and exploring is progress that is always necessary for Rebecca.
It felt like maybe they could do it while they still dated, but Rebecca must have known all along that she didn't want to talk to him because talking would become a break-up.
And there isn't exactly a time stamp on them getting together, but there kind of is.
If Greg isn't careful, he will turn around for a second and Rebecca will be ready to date and someone else will swoop right in.
Then Nathaniel didn't understand what she needed to do for herself; they were at different points in their lives.
There are references made to therapy which is great, but outside of that he isn't doing much, and so he is around just at the right time to be roped back in.
Rebecca's biggest issue was Nathaniel and Greg and not knowing what to do there, so making that choice with Greg should have been it.
The worry becomes how will this all finally end. Unless they all get together, they need to have two of the three guys walk away which they aren't planning to do.
What did you think of the episode? Are you upset that Greg and Rebecca can't make it work? Are you excited that now Nathaniel (and Josh?) might have their chance? Or are you over the back and forth with the relationships and love triangles?
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Haw-Haw By Nigel Farndale
Haw-Haw
by Nigel Farndale
A riveting account of the most infamous traitors of the last century
Very Good Good Well Read
Haw-Haw Summary
Haw-Haw: The Tragedy of William and Margaret Joyce by Nigel Farndale
William and Margaret Joyce - Lord and Lady Haw-Haw - became one of the most mythologized, feared and ridiculed partnerships of the Second World War. His `Germany Calling' broadcasts and her pro-Nazi wireless talks were part of the very fabric of the Home Front. Yet, when the couple were captured in May 1945, only William was charged with high treason - despite its becoming apparent that he wasn't actually a British subject.
Authorized by William Joyce's daughter, Heather, and based on new interviews and unpublished letters, diaries and recently declassified Secret Service files, Haw-Haw is a meticulously researched biography: an incisive and shocking study of two people whose beliefs overrode everything.
'Makes Joyce's belief in the eventual victory of British fascism seem credible to today's readers. . . masterful use of source material' James Wood, Scotland on Sunday
'Exciting and endlessly fascinating' Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday (5 stars)
'Well-researched and fast-paced' Michael Burleigh, Sunday Times
About Nigel Farndale
Nigel Farndale is a columnist and feature writer for the Sunday Telegraph and has won a British Press Award for his interviews. He lives in London. This is his fourth book.
Short-listed for Whitbread Book Awards: Biography Category 2005

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Writing about Teaching
My friend and I planned a "writing day" at a private club on Sunset Boulevard. We'd be a brunch server's nightmare: get there early; find the best booth for people-watching; grab fresh muffins off the bar; set up camp, complete with computers, iPhones, and notepads, and order food and wine leisurely for five hours while we chatted, wrote, and tallied celebrity sightings.
In our booth next to the staircase that led up from the front desk, my goal was to start an essay about how I've moved home with my parents four separate times: once after college when I returned to school for a teaching credential; once when I divorced; once when I moved back from Georgia, and once to chip away at debt. I wanted to say something meaningful about "home" and the accessibility of my parents, and how that could be both tremendous and a crutch, which may have led to broader comments about the economy and my generation overall. But no.
Normally I stick with an essay topic once I get going. On this day, however, the subject matter veered in an unexpected direction as I wrote about my short teaching career: I found myself focusing on specific students who haunted the dreams of my late 20s. An essay about moving home four times not only didn't seem important anymore, it seemed way too broad a topic to cover in one piece.
As I took a break from writing to sip a glass of red wine, I noticed John Mayer sitting at the table behind us. Later, my friend pointed out a Jonas brother standing at the bar in front of us. Last time we were here, we saw Joe; this time we saw Nick. How we knew the names of two-thirds of the Jonas Brothers, we weren't sure, but we Googled them to confirm we weren't making shit up.
At one point, my friend whispered, "Eric Bana," and gestured toward the handsome man standing next to our table.
"Ohhhh, good one!" I said.
The expansive room, empty when we sat down, was now packed, and we had the best seat in the house. People were hovering. I wanted to invite Mr. Bana and his friends to join us; I could have been persuaded to skip "writing day" altogether. But I didn't. Celebrities like this club because it's camera-free, and no one acts like a fangirl.
Non-industry girls like me just squeal internally.
Soon after, I looked to my left and saw penetrating blue eyes peeking out from under an Eskimo-style fur hat that belonged to a skinny dude lurking in the corner.
I wanted to say, "You know you're in Los Angeles, right? Not Siberia? What's with the hat?"
Instead I whispered, "Jared Leto" in my friend's direction.
We were surrounded. I felt like I was an outsider at an Oscar party, only I wasn't invited. Instead, I wrote this:
Teaching Psychopaths
I was hired to teach freshmen, junior, and senior English the Friday before the first week of classes began in September 2000. At the first English department meeting, the department chair informed the group of the school's plans for me. She spoke slowly, trying not to scare us. She prefaced it with a caveat: "We are going to help Chelsey."
She paused.
"She's teaching freshman college prep, junior college prep, and junior and senior intermediate."
A collective gasp sucked the oxygen out of the room. Veteran writing and literature teachers stared at me as if I'd been given a death sentence, one that would be drawn-out and involve any number of medieval torture devices. That would turn out to be not far off.
"Oh my god, what are you trying to do to her?" one teacher asked.
My anxiety rose.
I learned the teacher who'd taught senior intermediate the year before had quit. She'd taught other classes for 20 magical years. I was 27 and looked 18. What would they do to me? What had I gotten myself into? I'd always wanted to be a writer, but that seemed lofty and unreachable in my 20s, so I blocked desire and aimed for what I thought I "should" do because that's what I'd always done. Many years would pass before I'd begin to pursue my true passion.
Student teaching in the fall semester of 1999 had already been an ordeal. I cried daily, thankfully not in front of my students. I'd had one freshman student who ruined every class period of an otherwise gentle group of ninth graders, especially on days when he'd forgotten to take his meds. I would know those days immediately when he'd walk through the door; he'd be manic and mouthy.
He was diagnosed with ADHD, but I was more inclined to think he was a psychopath. I referred to him as "Columbine" with close friends outside of school. He had the qualities one hears bystanders describe on the news after a heinous tragedy involving angry loners. He reminded me of an Eric Harris without a Dylan Klebold. I doubt, however, his Individualized Education Program had a box to check for "psychopath." He was disgusted with women, particularly his wishy-washy mother, whom he claimed was out every night drinking with friends. He declared this in front of the principal and other administrators. I was the only teacher who showed up for the meeting, and I wasn't getting paid. I was naïve to care what happened to him, I thought, but I did. His mother denied his claims of neglect, but his words silenced the room, and she grew sheepish. It was hard not to believe him.
Sitting in that meeting I wondered if I'd made a grave mistake becoming a teacher. Why did I spend a semester putting together a book-sized portfolio about how I was going to nurture America's youth when I had no clue what I was doing? This kid's life appeared unfixable. I was helpless. I was starting to realize teaching requires a person to be a substitute parent, psychologist, cheerleader, and punching bag—and I still had trouble taking care of myself.
Plus, this kid was mean. He once whispered something horrific in a 14-year-old girl's ear during class; her face dropped. I couldn't imagine what he could have said that caused her to look so changed, and she refused to tell me, but the moment appeared to have pulled the innocence right out of her. She thought if she repeated his words, she'd get in trouble.
The next year, as a 10th grader, Columbine was expelled. Not only was he malicious, he was also technologically savvy and had somehow shut down the computer lab. It took the computer science teacher three days to restore the computers to working order. This tickled the perpetrator. I often wonder what became of him; when I Google him, I find nothing to suggest he ended up a serial killer, but I'm not convinced otherwise.
Later, at the school that hired me, I deemed a second student a psychopath. (Diagnosing mental disorders as a layman was a shaky process at best, but it's possible I'm not wrong.) He was a chiseled, scary blond junior with dead blue eyes. The high school girls didn't pick up on his lack of empathy and anger toward women. I did. Usually when I'd ask other teachers for suggestions about how to deal with troublesome students, they'd say things like, "Talk to his mom. Do this. Do that." With Doll Eyes, they all said, "Get him out of your class NOW."
On days when he was absent, the room felt lighter. Everyone was less tense. On days when he was in class, the mood shifted. Everything was heavy. One day when he was disruptive, I booted him into the hallway, where he sat on a blue plastic chair and glared at me through the thick glass window, unblinking. It was unnerving. His eyes conveyed, "I'm going to return to school with a gun to shoot you."
I dreamed of black trench coats and piercing screams—when I was able sleep.
A week later, that same blue chair was still sitting outside my classroom door because I hadn't bothered to move it back inside. I was too distracted and frazzled, and it was now "the chair" for disrespectful shitheads. I don't know how I missed it: the permanent bold black marker. Someone had written on one of the metal legs, and it caught my eye as I scurried down the crowded hallway to seek temporary refuge in another teacher's classroom. It read "Fuck you, Miss Drysdale." It was a signpost for my short teaching career, and every student who'd walked the English halls for the entire week had seen it, meaning every student in the school.
Two thoughts went through my head when I saw it: a) Oh fuck, and b) I know exactly who did this.
But there was no way to prove it. The second I saw the chair, I hauled it down the stairs, across the quad, and into the administrators' building. I slammed it down in the disciplinary office and said, "So-and-so did this," even though I knew they couldn't punish him for it. The VP shook his head. He'd seen it all. This didn't faze him. I was new and rattled.
I had referrals to the vice principal pre-written in my roll book, ready to hand to Doll Eyes at a moment's notice. The magic number was four referrals. On the fourth, students were removed from class with an F for the semester. I daydreamed about serving him with number four. The happy occasion would come on a rare test day when I used Scantron sheets, instead of assigning essays I'd have to pick apart for hours during my weekend free time.
Free time. As if I had any.
I loved Scantron tests, but they were no-nos for English teachers; it meant students weren't writing. Sometimes it was a way to preserve my mental health, if only for a moment.
After I passed out the test, right away Doll Eyes began cheating off the girl in front of him. He'd peek over her shoulder without moving his head and bubble his sheet. Peek and bubble. Peek and bubble. She didn't notice. I didn't stop him. I waited and watched, grasping the edges of my podium, smiling. He was toast. I refrained from doing a happy dance.
He was cheating off the wrong girl. She missed class all the time in favor of Hollywood auditions. She didn't do the work. She would surely fail the test. She was beautiful and smart, but uninformed.
After class, I rushed to the Scantron machine and ran his test and hers through the machine to confirm what I already knew. The same red marks lined the sides of their sheets. I went straight to the VP's office (again) with both failed exams and a referral.
The VP was my friend. The students hated him, but he always had my back. Once, when I showed him the roster of one of my senior intermediate classes, he asked, "Why did they put all of these students together in ONE CLASS?"
He went down the list and provided one-line suggestions for how to deal with each of them; he knew them all. I remember a comment about a blonde girl who sat close to the front of the classroom:
"Oh god, just throw a blanket over her head," he said.
I laughed because I knew what he meant: There wasn't a damn thing we could do to make this girl a nice, well-behaved person, and it was frustrating. (Collectively, high school boys were awful. On occasion, individually, girls were worse. This girl was one of those.)
The intention second semester was for the school to shuffle students around so the disciplinary problems weren't all in the same room, and I could regain some sanity, but as it turned out, each student they planned to move had a "conflict" in his or her schedule, which meant all the same students stayed with me again. Except one, and he wasn't even a big problem. He decided I'd picked him out of the crowd and made an example of him.
"You hate me," he said.
It wasn't true, but I couldn't convince him.
I only hated Doll Eyes, and thankfully his chair in my class was empty before the end of the first semester. I can't Google Doll Eyes now to locate his rap sheet; he has the same name as a famous singer. (No, not John Mayer, but that would be funny under the circumstances.)
Columbine and Doll Eyes were the only students out of hundreds who had zero redeeming qualities. I liked plenty of the rest as humans-in-progress, but that didn't keep me in the profession. Teaching was an astronomical amount of work, and a pervasive lack of respect did me in, as did state standards and helicopter parents. Plus, the kids drove better cars than I did.
What the hell, man?
It was a cheap thrill to bubble in the final grades at the end of semester; when someone who'd made my life hell also earned an F and an "unsatisfactory" in citizenship, I would cry out, "F U!" as I scribbled in his or her permanent grade. I was too debilitated to care how hateful that sounded.
Here are other "highlights" from my five-semester teaching career:
On the first day of school, a different boy in all five classes raised his hand and asked, "Do you have a boyfriend?"
Once, a senior boy climbed on the roof of our mildew-ridden portable during a lecture because he was "bored."
In that same class, one student in the back of the room held up a sign in May that said, "Give up."
"I haven't given up yet, and I'm not about to start now," I said.
A snarky girl in front said, "Oh, you will."
A fellow newbie teacher and I codeveloped a unit for Lord of the Flies that involved the students creating their own islands. Unforeseen outcome: The students' islands became debaucherous meccas for sex and drugs. I scrapped grades for the whole project.
A curmudgeon-y substitute teacher made the tallest, bulkiest varsity football player cry, threatened his life, and took home a stack of essays I hadn't graded yet and never returned them. I had to write a report so he'd never work in our district again.
A fellow teacher tried to take me home after graduation when we were liquored up at a bar down the street: "Sober graduation," we joked.
When he propositioned me, I said, "Don't you have a girlfriend?"
"Don't worry. She won't be there," he said.
Once while reading Macbeth in class, I got fed up with all the interruptions.
"Anyone who wants to learn something, come with me," I said and walked out the door.
My seniors were puzzled but intrigued. One by one, they followed me into the English department hallway, leaving only two students behind in the classroom to goof off. The rest of the class period was heaven. Everyone paid attention and participated. I thought maybe I should hold class on the floor outside the room every day, but we were a fire hazard, blocking the exit, and I received a weird look from another teacher who passed us during her off period.
One of my students was stabbed in the neck at a park during a fight and was in the hospital. I told his friend to tell him I was "thinking about him" because I was worried he might die.
"You don't want me to tell him that," he said.
"Oh," I said.
Teaching high school was beyond stressful. I've never worked so hard for so little reward, but I was reminded of my minor positive impact on the day of graduation that first year when a student's parents searched a crowded football field to find and thank me for everything I'd done for their son. I was shocked I'd done anything right at all, and I cried with relief right there on the field in front of everyone.
So, it wasn't all bad.
Writing in the middle of a bustling brunch crowd was a new experience for me. I tend to write in the privacy of my own home, hiding. I'm an "edit as I write" kind of person. On this day, surrounded by the creative people of Los Angeles, 1,600 words flew out of me with minor effort. The nitpicky perfectionist in my head was taking a leave of absence and would return back at home. I should plan public writing days flanked by recognizable personalities more often.
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Mladic's Victims-Who Will Pay Compensation
Posted on 16 May 2012 at 06:57
In establishing General Ratko Mladic's guilt, the Prosecutor defines the accused's role in the context of Commander and indeed architect of Belgrade's action-plan and its execution in Bosnia & Herzegovina, whether formally acting as head of the JNA (Yugoslav National Army), or, after simply changing insignia, as Chief of the Republika Srpska Army. However, it appears no institution on whose behalf Mladic has acted will be held accountable, and the victims of his crimes are left to be satisfied with mere words of condemnation. What would be the consequences for those so directly harmed of a guilty verdict regarding General Mladic? The crimes and harm committed was done with purpose of plan sponsored by Milosevic's Belgrade, effectively unchallenged/acquiesced to by the international powers and even today left in tact as fruit of the genocide executed by Mladic's forces.
The UN, US, UK, France, Netherlands and every other nation and multilateral institution has either claimed sovereign immunity or similar argument to reject any responsibility toward the victims. While the Netherlands in word has accepted some fault, in the very specific betrayal of Srebrenica and Zepa, Washington and the big European capitals continue to even acknowledge the "deals" done in their name by their officials to handover these UN "safezones" and NATO "protected areas" to Milosevic and Mladic's killers. A drunken taxi-driver plowing into a school crosswalk may have more of a defense as to the consequences of his actions. Here again though the victims of Mladic's genocide are told to comfort themselves with the conviction of the man but neither the plan nor most critically its consequences.
Bosnia & Herzegovina had also brought a case against Serbia/Montenegro for genocide. However, with the explicit purpose of shielding Belgrade from responsibility/damages, the most relevant evidence was not delivered from the ICTY (International War Crimes Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia) to the ICJ (International Court of Justice) where the case was heard. (Why the evidence was not delivered continues to be a point of contention between the two institutions, but the Bosnia/Herzegovina victims and state are left holding the empty bag of remedies). A cause of action on behalf of victims against Republika Srpska may also be in order. However, since and beyond the Paris-Dayton Accords (in which I also participated), the Bosnians/Herzegovinians were lectured that territorial accommodation to Mladic's ethnically cleansed map was a necessity to end the war/genocide. Indeed, we were informed that if we did not accept then Bosnia & Herzegovina would be blamed for responsibility for the perpetuation of the conflict, the sieges (including Sarajevo) and the effective continuation of ethnic cleansing. The same logic continues to be pressed today upon Bosnia & Herzegovina's citizens and leaders to accept the status-quo of Mladic's map.
So whom do the victims of Mladic's crimes look to for substantive relief? Mladic smirks and gestures a cut-throat sign, (Photo Above), still proud of his deeds and conveying the message that his plan has succeeded regardless of the inevitable verdict of guilt. Ironically, as Mladic's trial starts, the guardians of Paris-Dayton Accords in effect put another stamp of approval upon Mladic's fruit-the refugees/displaced persons ethnically cleansed by Mladic will from now on be deprived of voting in their municipalities of origin. Read our Blog for Film: "Now Completing Mladic's Genocide in Srebrenica, Prijedor…". Of course, many either fear or cannot go back as those actively working to finish Mladic's action-plan are in positions of political, economic, social and/or law enforcement authority. As the BBC's Allan Little emphasized: Mladic's actions were "state sponsored" and that still continues today in Republika Srpska.
I have respect for the effort/work of those prosecuting Mladic before the ICTY. However, they and I know that Mladic's guilt is purposeless unless victims realize a clear remedy, at least relief that counters the fruit of Mladic's crimes and map. Then, we would finally have the door open to real peace and a sincere welcome to reconciliation.
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Herbert Werner (* 20. März 1941 in Teplitz-Schönau) ist ein deutscher Politiker (CDU) und ehemaliger Abgeordneter des Deutschen Bundestags.

Ausbildung und Beruf
Nach der Vertreibung aus seiner böhmischen Heimat kam Herbert Werner 1945 nach Württemberg und wuchs in Ulm auf. Nach seinem Abitur am Kepler-Gymnasium Ulm studierte er Geschichte und Anglistik an der Universität Tübingen und an der University of North Wales.

Nach seinem Studium wurde er Assessor am Gymnasium in Langenau und anschließend bis 1972 Studienrat und später Oberstudienrat am Humboldt-Gymnasium Ulm.

Werner ist seit 1975 verheiratet und Vater von sechs Kindern.

Politik
1972 wurde der CDU-Politiker als Nachfolger von Ludwig Erhard für den Wahlkreis Ulm Mitglied des Deutschen Bundestages, dem er bis 1994 angehörte.

Werner engagierte sich neben seiner Tätigkeit für die Belange des Wahlkreises Ulm unter anderem für die Bundeswehr, für Innen- und Sicherheitspolitik, für die Belange des Zivil- und Katastrophenschutzes sowie für Familienpolitik. Insbesondere engagierte er sich im Zusammenhang mit der Diskussion um die Legalisierung der Abtreibung als Gegner einer uneingeschränkten Fristenregelung.

Herbert Werner trat in seiner gesamten politischen Laufbahn für eine Wiedervereinigung Deutschlands ein. Bei der Abstimmung über die Hauptstadtfrage stimmte er für die Beibehaltung des Regierungssitzes in Bonn.

Schon vor Schaffung der Kinderkommission des Deutschen Bundestages war Werner von 1990 bis zu seinem Ausscheiden aus dem Parlament offizieller Kinderbeauftragter des Deutschen Bundestages.

Sonstige Ämter
Als Nachfolger von Josef Stingl wurde er 1991 Bundesvorsitzender der Ackermann-Gemeinde und bekleidete dieses Amt bis 1998. Von 1998 bis 2006 lebte Werner in Prag und wirkte dort bis zu seinem Ruhestand als Co-Geschäftsführer des Deutsch-Tschechischen Zukunftsfonds.

Seit 1991 ist Werner Sprecher der Arbeitsgemeinschaft der katholischen Vertriebenenorganisationen und gehörte ferner dem Zentralkomitee der deutschen Katholiken und dem Sudetendeutschen Rat an.

Ehrungen
2007 wurde Herbert Werner mit dem Großen Verdienstkreuz des Verdienstordens der Bundesrepublik Deutschland ausgezeichnet.

Papst Johannes Paul II. verlieh ihm 1995 für seine Verdienste um die Römisch-katholische Kirche den Gregoriusorden und ernannte ihn zum Cavaliere.

Die tschechische Regierung verlieh ihm für seine Verdienste um die deutsch-tschechische Aussöhnung 2007 die Tschechische Verdienstmedaille II. Stufe.

Die THW-Helfervereinigung Baden-Württemberg ernannte ihn als Dank für sein langjähriges Engagement für die Bundesanstalt Technisches Hilfswerk zu ihrem Ehrenvorsitzenden.

2006 erhielt er den Kunstpreis zur deutsch-tschechischen Verständigung des Adalbert-Stifter-Vereins.

Literatur
 Rudolf Vierhaus, Ludolf Herbst (Hrsg.), Bruno Jahn (Mitarb.): Biographisches Handbuch der Mitglieder des Deutschen Bundestages. 1949–2002. Bd. 2: N–Z. Anhang. K. G. Saur, München 2002, ISBN 3-598-23782-0, S. 941–942.

Weblinks
 Ackermann-Gemeinde
 Botschaft Tschechien
 THW-Helfervereinigung BW e.V.

Einzelnachweise

Bundestagsabgeordneter (Baden-Württemberg)
CDU-Mitglied
Mitglied des Zentralkomitees der deutschen Katholiken
Träger des Großen Bundesverdienstkreuzes
Träger des Gregoriusordens (Ritter)
Träger der tschechischen Verdienstmedaille
Politiker (20. Jahrhundert)
Lehrer
Deutscher
Geboren 1941
Mann

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A School Joke (not suitable for young people below 18 years and those of a sensitive disposition)
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A School Joke (not suitable for young people...
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A Very Smart Boy
A first-grade teacher, Ms. Williams, was having trouble with one of her students.
The teacher asked, "Jerry, what's your problem?" Jerry answered, "I'm too smart for the 1st grade. My sister is in the 3rd grade and I'm smarter than she is! I think I should be in the 5rd grade!"
Ms. Williams had had enough. She took Jerry to the principal's office. While Jerry waited in the outer office, the teacher explained to the principal that this was an exceptionally bright kid. The principal told Ms. Williams he would give the boy a test. If he failed to answer any of his questions he was to go back to the 1st grade and behave. She agreed.
Jerry was brought in and the conditions were explained to him and he agreed to take the test.
Principal: "What is 3 x 3?"
Jerry: "9."
Jerry: "36."
And so it went with every question the principal thought a 3rd grader should know. The principal looks at Ms. Williams and tells her, "I think Jerry can go to the 3rd grade".
Ms. Williams says to the principal, "Let me ask him some questions." The principal and Jerry both agreed.
Ms. Williams asks, "What does a cow have four of that I have only two of?"
Jerry, after a moment: "Legs."
Ms. Williams: "What is in your pants that you have but I do not have?"
The principal wondered why would she ask such a question!
Jerry replied: "Pockets."
Ms. Williams: "What does a dog do that a man steps into?"
Jerry: "Pants."
Ms. Williams: "What starts with a C, ends with a T, is hairy, oval, delicious and contains thin, whitish liquid?"
Jerry: "Coconut."
The principal sat forward with his mouth hanging open.
Ms. Williams: "What goes in hard and pink then comes out soft and sticky?"
The principal's eyes opened really wide and before he could stop the answer, Jerry replied, "Bubble gum."
Ms. Williams: "What does a man do standing up, a woman does sitting down and a dog does on three legs?"
Jerry: "Shake hands."
The principal was trembling.
Ms. Williams: "What word starts with an 'F' and ends in 'K' that means a lot of heat and excitement?"
Jerry: "Firetruck."
The principal breathed a sigh of relief and told the teacher, "Put Jerry in the fifth-grade, I got the last seven questions wrong."
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Rooster Jan 11, 2017
Outstanding Marianne ! Thanks for the morning laugh!
Marianne to Rooster Jan 15, 2017
You're very welcome, Rooster.
TheOtherTink Jan 11, 2017
I actually heard the questions about the bubble gum and shaking hands in middle school (but not from a teacher)... and I was well under 18!
Marianne to TheOtherTink Jan 16, 2017
Lol - also here, teachers were seldom telling jokes themselves, with a few exceptions, though.
But presently, opinions seem to have changed - lol.
There a few, though, which I remember, one about a speaking parrot and farmers, another about somebody sneezing in a bus, and some jokes about certain conflicts or differences between regional, cantonal, urban and rural populations, dialects and languages. And there were also many sexist and foul jokes.
Do you think that the teacher in this joke would be considered as sexist today?
Didge Jan 11, 2017
Fun story, Marianne but Jerry was a precocious lad.
On another occasion Mrs Williams had asked the class, "Who can think of a three syllable word and put it in a sentence?"
Hands went up here and there and she pointed to little Mary. "Beasutiful, Miss. "I think you are beautiful."
"Thank you, Mary. That's very nice.What's your word, Jill?"
"Wonderful, Miss. I think you are wonderful."
"That's so kind, Jill." then she saw Jerry's hand waving around and with some trepidation pointed to him. "What's your word, Jerry?"
"Urinate, Miss."
"I might have guessed.All right, can you put it in a sentence?"
"Yes, Miss. My dad thinks urinate but if you had bigger breasts you'd be a ten."
Marianne to Didge Jan 16, 2017
Lol - indeed, there's a problem with spelling, if comparing the "effects" of sizes 8 and 10, and that reminds me of another one with an even better description of bra sizes:
Which Bra are You?
A man walked into the ladies department of Myer's and shyly walked up to the woman behind the counter and said, "I'd like to buy a bra for my wife."
"Type?" inquires the man, "There's more than one type?"
"Look around," said the saleslady, as she showed a sea of bras in every shape, size, colour and material imaginable. "Actually, even with all of this variety, there are really only four types of bras to choose from ."
Relieved, the man asked about the types. The saleslady replied: "There are the Catholic, the Salvation Army, the Presbyterian, and the Baptist types. Which one would you prefer?"
The man asked about the differences between them.
The Saleslady responded, "It is all really quite simple. The Catholic type supports the masses; The Salvation Army type lifts the fallen; The Presbyterian type keeps them staunch and upright; The Baptist type makes mountains out of molehills."
Link: http://www.funny.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Funny.woa/wa/funny?fn=CLTKQ&Funny_Jokes=Which_Bra_are_You
Didge to Didge Jan 16, 2017
Got a laugh out of that one, it's very clever. I'm gonna keep a copy.
Lol - I was sure that you would like it (I added the link), namely the case of "lifting the fallen" or "making mountains out of molehills" ... .
xix Jan 11, 2017
In reality, the teacher would be fired for sexual harassment of a minor, even if he didn't realize it.
But it was funny.
Marianne to xix Jan 16, 2017
Maybe that sexual harassment should be redefined - or are you referring to the principal?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_harassment
xix to xix Jan 30, 2017
No, the teacher. She was asking the easily misconstrued questions. And as with many things, the person overhearing makes the determination if the person listening is or should be offended, even if they aren't.
The story is like a two-edged sword and should remind certain authorities that they are not so perfect.
There was no harassment.
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By Carrie Kahn • Nov 16, 2018
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Busloads of Central American migrants are arriving daily at the northern Mexican border city of Tijuana. For weeks, the so-called migrant caravan, made up mostly of Hondurans, has been coming northward toward the United States border. And now that many are arriving, many people there say they will apply for asylum or seek work in the United States. For the moment, though, they're in Mexico. And NPR's Carrie Kahn in Tijuana reports their arrival is straining Tijuana's resources and, in some circles, provoking anger.
CARRIE KAHN, BYLINE: Jacqueline Cardona (ph), her husband and three small children just arrived at a church-run shelter in Tijuana. They've been traveling from Honduras for weeks with the caravan. The shelter's just blocks from the huge steel fence separating this Mexican border city in San Diego, Calif.
JACQUELINE CARDONA: (Speaking Spanish).
KAHN: "On the one hand, I'm so relieved to have finally made it here," she says, as her 3-year-old daughter with a terrible cough clutches her leg. On the other hand, she says, she's terrified.
CARDONA: (Speaking Spanish).
KAHN: "I got my kids out of harm's way, out of a place where they were going to get killed alongside me. But now I feel like I just put them at risk again. We've gone whole days without food," she says. Cardona says she left Honduras after witnessing a brutal murder. The killers told her and her husband they were next. She says she's heard President Trump's tough rhetoric against the caravan and about families being separated.
KAHN: "I don't want to be separated from my kids, and I can't take the chance of them sending me back to Honduras, either. I don't know what to do," she says. Cardona is among the hundreds of migrants who've been arriving daily in Tijuana. City officials say nearly 2,000 have come this week alone and that thousands more are on their way. On the U.S. side, officials have been reinforcing, or what they call hardening, the border all week here, closing several vehicle traffic lanes into San Diego and soldering barbed wire atop the steel border fence running between the two cities...
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KAHN: ...Like in this section of the border, where the towering wall runs right into the Pacific Ocean. Thirty-two-year-old Jesus Villanueva (ph) sits on the beach where some of the migrants have been camping out. They watch the welders work as sparks fly over the wall into the Tijuana sand. Villanueva says his goal is to get to New York.
JESUS VILLANUEVA: (Speaking Spanish).
KAHN: "My family told me to come. They say there's plenty of work for me," he says. Villanueva says he can do all types of construction jobs, and the booming U.S. economy is providing plenty these days. He says he'll find a smuggler that will get him past the border guards. Twenty-two-year-old Melvin Callejas (ph), also from Honduras, says he can't afford a smuggler. He's stripped down to his underwear after swimming in the cold ocean waves. He says he hasn't had a shower in days. He, too, was headed for a job in New York.
MELVIN CALLEJAS: (Speaking Spanish).
KAHN: "We're determined to get across the border. We just want to work," he says, looking toward the tall fence.
CALLEJAS: (Speaking Spanish).
KAHN: Callejas says, "even if we have to die doing it." City and state officials say they're doing their best to accommodate the busloads of migrants arriving daily. Baja California's governor has asked federal officials for about $4 million to house as many as 5,000 migrants for months. Tijuana officials converted a city stadium into a shelter for about 500 people but say they're limited without those federal funds. The prospect of thousands more migrants arriving has put some Tijuana residents on edge.
(SOUNDBITE OF PROTEST)
UNIDENTIFIED PROTESTORS: (Chanting in Spanish).
KAHN: A crowd of local residents in Tijuana's affluent beachfront neighborhood protested the caravan, chanting, we want security, and, don't let any more come. They say city officials aren't protecting them from possible criminals and vandalism. Anxiety isn't limited to residents. Other migrants who've been in the city for months are concerned, too.
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SANTIAGO ALLEN: (Speaking Spanish).
KAHN: "This is the only place where you can legally request asylum," he says. "We just want to make sure everything is orderly and that no one tries to skip to the front of the line." Carrie Kahn, NPR News, Tijuana. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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The Role Of Notified Bodies Under The EU Medical Devices Regulation
By Janet Kube|August 28, 2019
The EU Medical Devices Regulation (MDR) was published on May 5, 2017. The impetus behind these new, more rigorous regulations was in part to reflect the substantial technological and scientific advances made by the medical device sector and in part a response to the need for regulations that would significantly tighten the controls around medical devices. The EU MDR is designed to enable the production of safer, more innovative devices, and it changes not only the responsibilities of manufacturers, but also the role of Notified Bodies.
Recertification of Notified Bodies
One of the main objectives of the EU MDR was to evaluate the existing Notified Bodies and identify which ones were qualified to ensure the safety and effectiveness of the products they were evaluating and certifying and to ensure conformity. In order for Notified Bodies to be able to issue MDR certificates for devices, they need to be recertified according to the new MDR regulations.
Starting on November 26, 2017, Notified Bodies began submitting applications to the relevant Competent Authorities to become designated under the EU MDR. Both BSI and TUV applied for MDR designation in November 2017 and underwent their joint audits by the European Commission in April 2018. In January 2019, BSI became the first Notified Body designated under the EU MDR.
However, reports indicate that 50 percent of EU Notified Bodies have not yet applied for MDR designation, which means that the process is significantly behind schedule in terms of MDR designation and operational readiness from the perspective of Notified Bodies. As such, manufacturers should reach out to their respective Notified Bodies to gain an understanding of where they are in their designation process. In some cases, it may make sense for a manufacturer to leave their existing Notified Body and maintain compliance with another Notified Body. In other cases, a Notified Body may fail recertification under the EU MDR and manufacturers may be confronted with a forced change of Notified Body.
Understanding the review timeline of Notified Bodies
The reality is not all current Notified Bodies will remain in business. Given this state of flux, manufacturers are advised to communicate with their respective Notified Bodies to clarify their intentions and timelines. Questions manufacturers may want to ask with Notified Bodies include:
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How long will it take for the Notified Body to complete its review?
Proactive communication with the Notified Body is critical for manufacturers to understand the delays their R&D teams may encounter in bringing a new product to market. With a shrinking number of Notified Bodies, review can take much longer than expected or previously planned for and manufacturers may need to shift their development plans accordingly.
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Article 18 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states:
"Everyone has the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion; this right includes freedom to change his religion or belief, and freedom, either alone or in community with others and in public or private, to manifest his religion or belief in teaching, practice, worship and observance."
Two caveats:
Don't try to change your religion if you live in some counries. Some countries that have a state religion have laws making you eligible to be executed by the government after a trial, or by your family in an honor killing if you change your religion from the official belief system.
Don't try to apply your religious beliefs in practice if it includes the need to discriminate against or to denigrate others. There may be human rights legislation in place that make such treatment a crime.
The essays listed below deal almost exclusively with North American constitutional law.
Separation of church and state is mandated by the 1st Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. Although this phrase is not specifically mentioned in the Constitution, the U.S. Supreme Court has interpreted the 1st Amendment as requiring such separation.
A similar principle has evolved largely through popular custom in Canada.
The result of this separation, in our opinion, has been a vigorous religious life coupled with a relative lack of religious persecution. Many countries have traditionally had closer links between state and religion. This has led (and continues to lead) to serious persecution of minority religions in many areas of the world.
Sampling of U.S., Canadian, other country's, and international laws, covenants, and constitutional protections of freedom of religion
Canadian conflict over the Canada Christian College & School of Graduate Theological Studies
13thcentury U.S. law:
The termination of America's oldest freedom: habeas corpus
18th century U.S. laws:
Religious Discrimination in Early America
1791 The First Amendment of the US Constitution
1988 Williamsburg Charter on the First Amendment
1786 Virginia's "Act for Establishing Religious Freedom"
1777 Thomas Jefferson's bill for religious freedom in Virginia
20th / 21st century U.S. laws and bills:
Federal abortion laws:
Laws restricting abortion
Parental notification and consent laws
Interstate travel to abortion clinics
The "FACE" law
Use of the RICO laws against pro-life groups
The "Born-alive Infants Protection Act"
Other federal laws:
Religious freedom and liberty (RFRA, RLPA, RLUIPA)
Workplace Religious Freedom Act *
Anti-Genocide law (Proxmire Act)
Laws restricting Internet content: (CPOA, CIPA, KIDS.US)
Why we opposed the Communications Decency Amendment
Laws oppressing or protecting homosexuals
Bill S. 1 of the 110th Congress to control paid stimulation of grassroots lobbying
State laws:
Religious discrimination in state constitutions
Can Atheists be excluded from "an office or public trust?" "Torcaso v. Watkins"
Criminalization of homosexual behavior
Divination in North Carolina
Ritual sacrifice of animals in Florida and Texas
Safe haven laws for abandoned newborns
Sex offenders: retributive justice may increase danger to society
"God" and "Christianity" in the constitution of the European Union
Congressional resolutions acknowledging American Muslims
Recognizing religious holidays in Massachusetts
Religious discrimination in the U.S. Postal Service
How legislators decide how to vote on bills with moral/ethical content
Oklahoma Republicans' resolution on morality, "debauchery" etc.
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The "Wall of Separation" between church & state, and the Istook "Religious Freedom" Constitutional Amendment
Guaranteeing personal religious freedom in the U.S.
Petition to regain and preserve religious freedom
Recent laws & court rulings affecting:
Public Schools, libraries, School Boards:
A general introduction:
Part 1: Overview. Prayers during school instruction time. Two major U.S. Supreme Court rulings: Engel v. Vitale & Lemon v. Kurtzman.
Part 2: What the U.S. Constitution prohibits (Cont'd).
Part 3: What the U.S. Constitution allows. Enforcing religious rights. Factors to consider: prayers in school.
Part 4: Factors to consider about prayers in school (Continued). List of landmark court rulings.
Equal Access Act regarding student clubs
Non-profit groups:
Political activities by churches & other non-profit groups
State, and municipal government issues:
Religious symbols in state & municipal displays, crests, mottos, logos, etc.
Prayer at municipal and county council meetings
Religious animal sacrifice in Florida
Misc. court rulings
Christian memorial crosses beside highways
Government funding of religious groups:
Government vouchers for religious schools
Charitable choice programs
Religious programming on TV
Harry Potter: church/state and library censorship issues
Organizing religious and other clubs in public schools
The Ten Commandments#:
Posting them in courts, schools etc.
Detailed analysis of the text: what they really say.
Government mottos, pledges, and oaths in the U.S.:
The National Mottos:
History and constitutionality of the motto
Basis, suitability and proposed uses
Municipal government's symbols
"So help me God" in court swearing-in ceremonies
Church/state separation issues
'Witchcraft" in the Criminal Code of Canada
Government interaction with religion
Government makeup and policy:
Religious policy of the incoming U.S. President & Congress, 2000 to 2003
Moral and religious aspects of the 2004 presidential election
Moral aspects of the 2006 budget and state of the nation speech
Religious aspects of the 2006 mid-term elections
Religious aspects of the year 2008 presidential elections
Human rights issues, worldwide:
Laws restricting hate speech
The 50th anniversary of the UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
United Nations' Declarations on Religious Intolerance
UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners
Government oppression of religion in Europe (1999)
Human rights in oppressive regimes
Proposed anti-discrimination law in New South Wales, Australia
Genocides & mass crimes against humanity - often religion based
Human rights defined, denied and restored: State sovereignty vs. individual human rights
Government matters, political parties, etc.:
Have the Democrats Lost Their Soul? An essay donated by Contributing Editor Susan Humphreys
How judges and justices interpret constitutions and laws: Two main methods
Impact of future appointments to the U.S. Supreme Court
Filibustering in the U.S. Senate
Copyright theft from our web site
Information on bills before Congress, contacting your senators or representative, etc.
Legal aspects of faith healing
The American "Family Tree" of the National Constitution Center
Taking the Congressional oath of office: religious aspects
See also statements on religious freedom and tolerance, in the U.S. and elsewhere.
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Sometime around 56 AD, the apostle Paul wrote to the church in Rome. His letter was arguably his theological masterpiece, and has continued to shape Christian faith ever since. The letter was brought to Rombe by Phoebe, a deacon from the church in Corinth. It is her story that Paula Gooder spins out to rigorously researched but thoroughly engrossing story.
Paula Gooder is a admired and established theologian whose gift it has been to share a warm, strong, and loving understanding of what it means to be 'in Christ' through accessible but rigorous writing and speaking.
A beautiful book which could usefully be read by old and young, by those seeking Jesus and by those who have come to be 'in Christ'. Phoebe brings to the surface the bravery and grace - even at times in disorder of the early church. In every 1encounter the truth of the Gospel Paul's letters recounts shines out as it's imagined hearers wrestle with its meaning.
This book is a really vivid and sympathetic picture of the world of the first Christians, opened up through the personality of Paul's colleague and friend, Phoebe. Very few people are as expert as Paula Gooder in communicating biblical scholarship clearly and creatively, and this first venture into historical story-telling will bring the biblical text freshly alive for a wide and enthusiastic readership.
Phoebe sets out into the narrative fusion without introduction, although context and notes on each chapter follow the text. Some reviewers have suggested that the introduction and notes should be read first. My choice was to dive into the narrative and find myself drawn into the possible worlds of the Corinthian and Roman church.


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This Black Friday, why not treat yourself to an acclaimed physics-based puzzle game about building structures using black balls of goo (and other goo balls of other colors, for that matter)? Because you most certainly can by downloading World of Goo HD in the App Store for absolutely free. Originally called World of Goo, World of Goo HD was released on iOS in December 2010 as a $9.99 game. Since then, it has undergone a number of pricing changes, undoubtedly the most enticing of which is the most recent one, which was put into effect just a few hours ago. Presumably in celebration of Black Friday, developer 2D Boy has made World of Goo HD available to download free of charge for the first time ever since its launch in the App Store. So, go ahead and get it if, for some reason, you haven't downloaded it before. If you can't see the video embedded above, please click here. World of Goo HD is available in the App Store for free. It's compatible with iPhone, iPod touch, and iPad running iOS 4.3 or later. Also available in the App Store is the game's "pocket" edition, simply called World of Goo and optimized for iPhone and iPod touch only. But unlike the currently free World of Goo HD, it costs $2.99 to download right now. Both World of Goo HD and World of Goo were updated last August with support for the 4-inch screen resolution of iPhone 5, iPhone 5s, iPhone 5c, and fifth-generation iPod touch. It was also then localized into French, German, Italian, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, and Spanish. See also: Black Friday Double Deal: Get Polaris Office On Sale And A Chance To Win An iPad Mini, Readdle's Top 5 iOS Applications Get Discounted By 50 Percent For Black Friday, and Lucky Clan's Black Friday Sale Sees Lots Of Photography Apps Get Discounted.


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Mick McCarthy Names Final Irish Squad Ahead Of Upcoming Games
Irish manager Mick McCarthy has named his final 25-man squad ahead of the upcoming games against Switzerland and Bulgaria.
As expected the young trio of Nathan Collins, Troy Parrott and Michael Obafemi are excluded as they join up with the U21's squad while Kieran Sadlier, James Collins and Darragh Lenihan also miss out.
Southampton striker Shane Long is another notable omission with his lack of game time at St Mary's this season likely to have cost him his place while Robbie Brady misses out due to injury.
Fulham midfielder Harry Arter is also absent as he requires a procedure on an ankle injury, while Shamrock Rovers midfielder Jack Byrne is rewarded for his terrific displays in the League of Ireland with a spot in the 25.
"The big thing in picking this squad has been game-time for the players," McCarthy told FAI.ie.
"I named a 40-man provisional squad a fortnight ago because so many of the players had yet to play for their clubs but thankfully that situation has improved dramatically since then.
"I watched James McCarthy play the full 90 minutes for Palace in the Carabao Cup on Tuesday while Alan Kelly was at Burnley on Wednesday night to see Jeff Hendrick and Kevin Long start against Sunderland.
"Alan Browne is back in the team at Preston and Mark Travers started for Bournemouth on Wednesday and saved three penalties. Conor Hourihane scored two goals for Aston Villa at Crewe on Tuesday and Glenn Whelan is playing again now that he has signed for Hearts. It is great to have them back on the pitch ahead of such a big game against the Swiss and then for the friendly against Bulgaria."
Republic of Ireland Squad
Goalkeepers: Darren Randolph (Middlesbrough), Keiren Westwood (Sheffield Wednesday), Mark Travers (Bournemouth)
Defenders: Seamus Coleman (Everton), Matt Doherty (Wolverhampton Wanderers), Shane Duffy (Brighton & Hove Albion), Richard Keogh (Derby County), John Egan (Sheffield United), Kevin Long (Burnley), Enda Stevens (Sheffield United)
Midfielders: Alan Judge (Ipswich Town), Callum O'Dowda (Bristol City), Alan Browne (Preston North End), Jack Byrne (Shamrock Rovers), Jeff Hendrick (Burnley), Conor Hourihane (Aston Villa), James McCarthy (Crystal Palace), Glenn Whelan (Hearts), Josh Cullen (Charlton Athletic), James McClean (Stoke City), Ronan Curtis (Portsmouth)
Forwards: Callum Robinson (Sheffield United), Sean Maguire (Preston North End), Scott Hogan (Stoke City), David McGoldrick (Sheffield United).
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Family Support, Our Families
Jennifer Parsons
Rebuilding a life for her family
Shannon Garcia knows firsthand the challenges of starting life over again for the better of her family. In 1997, Shannon suffered severe head trauma in a car accident. Both her mother and 5-month-old daughter die.
"In a moment, my life completely changed," she said. After the accident, she tried to forget the pain of her traumatic loss, but began on a downward spiral filled with alcohol and drugs.
She became pregnant, and gave birth to her daughter, Christina. She continued to use, and the child was placed into foster care for 22 months.
After Shannon worked hard to become clean, Christina was eventually placed back into her mother's care, but they struggled to build a relationship together.
She sought support from Children's Home Society of Washington, which offers various classes and support groups for parents and caregivers.
The Nurturing Parenting Program helped Shannon rebuild her relationship with her daughter while improving her parenting skills and learning effective discipline techniques.
"I appreciated meeting other parents who helped me understand I wasn't alone and provided me with lots of support," Shannon said.
Now, Shannon provides a loving, nurturing home for her four children, giving them a brighter future. "I'm happy and I can honestly say I am a good mom," Shannon said. "This has been a very long process, but I'm clean, happy and being the best parent I can be."
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A refugee travel document (also called a 1951 Convention travel document or Geneva passport) is a travel document issued to a refugee by the state in which she or he normally resides allowing him or her to travel outside that state and to return there. Refugees are unlikely to be able to obtain passports from their state of nationality (from which they have sought asylum) and therefore need travel documents so that they might engage in international travel.
The 145 states which are parties to the 1951 Convention Relating to the Status of Refugees are obliged to issue travel documents to refugees lawfully resident in their territory.
Refugee travel documents are passport-like booklets. Their cover bears the words "Travel Document" in English and French (and often in the language of the issuing state), as well as the date of the convention: 28 July 1951. The documents were originally grey, though some countries now issue them in other colours, with two diagonal lines in the upper left corner of the front cover. Bearers enjoy certain visa-free travel privileges extended by signatories to the convention.
Refugee Travel Document (United States) visa not required for Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, Croatia, Slovenia, Slovakia, Hungary and Cyprus.
Australian Convention Travel Document. This document by itself does not allow the bearer to return to Australia; for that, a separate visa must be obtained.
Australian Certificate of Identity. This document by itself does not allow the bearer to return to Australia; for that, a separate visa must be obtained.
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There is a successful forms of fiction which can easily morph into the basis for dozens of Hollywood movies (usually starring Hugh Grant, Katherine Heigl, or Cheech & Chong). An early model is Plautus's Menaechmi. The Menaechmi is a comedy about mistaken identity, involving a set of twins and includes various stock characters (Roman at the time but some still around on television sit-coms) including the parasite, the comic courtesan, the comic servant, the domineering wife, the doddering father-in-law and the quack doctor.
This is one of my favorite plays. You may be more familiar with more recent incarnations of the same story including Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors (and Twelfth Night to some degree), Goldoni's play I due gemelli venetian , and Wilde's The Importance of Being Ernest. Of course the idea of having look-alikes (twins) being confused is a common trop in literature, television, and movies (Cat Ballou, Dead Ringer).
Another successful narrative technique which I associate with Irving Wallace is the classic "many-to-one" map of developing conflict and slowly building curiosity (if not suspense) until it all comes together in an exciting and thrilling conclusion which ties up all the conflict and resolves all the curiosity. It's like a literary equivalent of the Big Bang, only in reverse.
Let's look at Michael Frayn's recent novel, Skios.
Take a delicious case of mistaken identity, sprinkle liberally with narrative u-turns, a constant flow of ironic twists and misdirected luggage, and characters confronted by an unfamiliar language, unfamiliar customs, and the modern ability of the cell phone to bring people together who think they are far apart when in fact they are near-bye but the cell phone doesn't differentiate location any more in this global village, and a secret nefarious plot developing behind the already convoluted plot of the novel, a plot that involves guns. Then when it all explodes (BANG!) at the end of the novel and it all becomes clear, we are treated to a modern classic version of the deus ex machina and the world returns to happiness and order.
Well, maybe not but the novel does reach at least a partial conclusion and most readers will be satisfied with the results. But as entertaining as this novel was, it didn't suggest anything more to me than that it was written by a clever author.
Speak After the Beep: Studies in the Art of Communicating with Inanimate and Semi-animate Objects, articles reprinted from The Guardian (1995).
Celia's Secret: An Investigation (US title The Copenhagen Papers ), with David Burke (2000).
Travels with a Typewriter (2009), a collection of Frayn's travel pieces from the 1960s and 70s from the Guardian and the Observer.
My Father's Fortune: A Life (2010), a memoir of Frayn's childhood.


First little customising project. | Nicki Kinickie Nicki Kinickie: First little customising project.
I have a faithful sweatshirt type jumper I bought from F&F at Tesco a couple of years ago which I still love dearly as it is cute and girly and so doesn't look too casual. It's a dusky pink with slightly puffy shoulders and has a print of a perfume bottle on the front. I love wearing it but felt it could do with a little extra bling so added three studs to each shoulder and wow! Subtle change but fab!
I am going to a girly festive gathering tonight so not sure if I will have the chance to customise the black tube top that I want to but if I do I will of course share! I am looking forward to turning my simple black top into something a bit more glam and unique.


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Georgia Southern men's basketball goes undefeated in summer European tournament
The team includes five seniors and multiple underclassmen.
Amanda Arnold
The Georgia Southern men's basketball team went on a weeklong European adventure and went undefeated in tournament play this summer.
The team's trip, which took place at the beginning of August, included many sightseeing tours. The team took went on a boat cruise, took a bike tour around Madrid, Barcelona and Sagrada Familia while participating in practice sessions at the Real Madrid basketball facilities.
The soccer fans on the team were ecstatic as they attended the Barcelona vs. Arsenal game and took a tour of Santiago Bernabeu, the Real Madrid soccer stadium.
"The teams we played against were a mixture of professional players and gave us great games," Byington told GSEagles. "I was happy with the way we played and that we were able to win all the games by double figures."
The team played three games over the course of the week and defeated Madrid and Barcelona. Senior forward Isaiah Crawley was the frontrunner against Madrid in the first game, tallying 19 points and five rebounds. Junior guard Trevion Lamar made his first appearance as an Eagle and contributed seven assists.
In the second game of the trip against the Barcelona Pros, sophomore guards Calvin Wishart and Elijah McCadden combined for 10 assists. Crawley had another strong showing as he led the team with 23 points and six rebounds to a 100-86 victory.
In their final game against another Barcelona pro team, Wishart led the team with 22 points and five assists as GS ran away with the 106-83 victory.
"I wanted our team to get better at basketball, experience and learn about other cultures and grow closer together," Byington said. "We definitely accomplished all three of those."
The team's full schedule has not yet been finalized, but basketball fans have rejoiced this offseason over the news that redshirt-senior guard Ike Smith has been granted a medical hardship waiver by the NCAA.
Amanda Arnold, The George-Anne Sports Editor, [email protected]
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Veteran British nature broadcaster Sir David Attenborough had to call in a team of lawyers to deal with online imposters who were using his name to send lewd messages to fans.
Attenborough has revealed he was shocked to find out fans had been receiving rude messages from hoaxers purporting to be the 87-year-old Tv star on websites such as Twitter and Facebook, and he immediately took legal action to have the fake profiles removed.
He tells Britain's The Sun newspaper, "There are at least two sites that say they are me and I have to get a lawyer to get them taken down. On Facebook and Twitter, there are obscene ones. They're horrible, rude - er, sexy-rude - so you have to get them taken down... God knows why they do it, I don't."
Attenborough goes on to insist he doesn't have accounts on any social networking website, and wants fans to know he is definitely not behind the saucy notes, adding, "So if anyone wants to know, I do not have any social networking (profiles). If you get a lewd message, it's not from me."
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J. Mayr & A. Fessler ist ein traditionsreicher Schreibwarenladen in der Kärntner Straße 37 im 1. Wiener Gemeindebezirk Innere Stadt.

Geschichte
Im Mai 1840 gründete Josef Mayr eine Zeichen- und Malrequisitenhandlung in der Kärntner Straße 37. Der Erfolg setzte ein und das Sortiment wurde stetig erweitert. Bald wurde das Unternehmen eines der führenden Schreib- & Papierwarengeschäft welches Büromaterial in verschiedene Gebiete der Monarchie und sogar an den kaiserlichen Hof lieferte.

Als Geschäftspartner kam A. Fessler dazu, das Unternehmen hieß daraufhin J. Mayr & A. Fessler.

Das Unternehmen überstand die Wirren des Ersten und Zweiten Weltkrieges. Jetziger Inhaber ist Alexander Jansa, das Unternehmen ist nach wie vor im Familienbesitz.

Mayr & Fessler führt Schreibgeräte, Lederwaren und Geschenke aus dem Luxussegment im Sortiment. Dazu bietet es Papierwaren und Drucksorten an.

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Positive trends for South Indian TV industry in Q3; Q4 expected to perform better
Broadcasters look forward to a more lucrative quarter after an approximate 8% growth in Q3
by Deepa Balasubramanian
Published - 03-December-2014
After a sluggish Q2 of 2014-15, which marks the beginning of the festive season, the broadcasters are expecting a positive growth during the last two quarter for the financial year 2014-15. The month of October has been fuelling growth due to Diwali and this has led to an approximate 8 per cent growth for the TV industry in the south.
Since there has been a change in the government, the market sentiments have been positive. For instance, Sun TV Network had reported 9.1 per cent growth in revenue during the Q2 FY2015, when compared to the corresponding quarter of the last year. However, Q-o-q performance as well as taxes (PAT) results was lower in Q2-2015. The group has reported a 7 per cent growth in HY-2015 revenue. While Raj Television Network net profit reduced sharply by 78.2 per cent during Q2FY2014 to Rs 7.55 million from Rs 34.6 million in the corresponding quarter of the previous fiscal. The net profit during this quarter is also much lower than the preceding quarter.
But, with the new government in place, 10+2 ad cap and with the expected commencement of BARC India, has that had an impact on the Q3 results and what are the expectations for the TV broadcast industry for the Q4 results?
Q3 results not up to expectation; Q4 is in the wait and watch mode
One of the leading broadcasters, on condition of anonymity said, "There is a huge variation in the growth figures from channel to channel. GECs having been doing well especially during the festive season (Diwali) and has seen a 15 per cent growth in South India. There has been an increase on month-on-month revenue for almost all the GECs. The advertising rates have also gone up due to the demand in the inventory, so brands have cut their ad spends post Diwali." He further added, "One needs to wait to see what advertisers are planning for the year 2015 as most of advertisers who work on Jan to Dec basis will start planning only by mid December. However, they have been talking big."
Shankar B, CEO, Fourth Dimension, who handles ad sales for Puthiya Thalaimurai Group, feels that though Diwali has brought in smile to their face, post Diwali as usual the market has been quiet lull. He said, "We are expecting a growth of 8 per cent during December and January since in Tamil Nadu, Pongal is supposed to be the second biggest festival after Diwali."
When IPL started, initially for the first two years, advertisers were keen on spending on IPL, which is in the Q1 of every year. But in Q1 of 2015-16, the world cup which comes every four years, will take away the major advertisers' attention. So the big advertisers will want to jump on the World cup bandwagon. Smaller advertisers who cannot afford spends on a big scale will either reduce their spends and be present in a small way during the World Cup or will choose top GECs and be present there to make sure that they don't fade out of the sight of the viewers.
Shankar remarked, "Though TV industry in South India has registered a 10 to 12 per cent growth, one needs to wait to see what happens in the last quarter, as the World Cup fever will show how many players were able to survive and do well."
Another leading broadcaster from Andhra Pradesh feels that though the market was expected to bounce back after election, nothing much has been seen. He added, "Stakeholders are still in the wait and watch mode. There is some kind of unhealthy competition in the market as the TRAI norms of the 10 +2 ad cap has not been followed by some of the broadcasters. So, there is no level playing field."
He further adds that there was a spike in advertising spends during Diwali and compared to corresponding quarter of the last year, this quarter has been doing better. He said, "The last quarter might see an increase in revenue only if the programs on the GECs are compelling, as there is the World Cup which is going to draw all the attention. Having said that, one may not expect a dramatic growth in the market. The growth could be somewhere around 8 to 10 per cent during the last quarter."
Shreyams Kumar M V, Director- Marketing & Electronic Media, Mathrubhumi said, " October and November were not exciting, although Diwali did give extra revenue. We hope to do well in January-March Quarter. Traditionally it's a good time for us. Christmas and New Year is showing positive trends. It's also an NRI home coming season for Kerala."
S Rajiv, Senior General Manager- Sales, Kairali TV remarked, "We were expecting a growth of 15 per cent for Kairali TV in Q3, but it has not been up to our expectation. But since Christmas, New Year and our internal events are yet to commence, we are expecting a considerable growth during the end of the third quarter. We are also spreading to the Gulf which will help us in increasing our revenues."
He also feels that Kerala has a low profile when compared to other regions in the market as jewellery and textile have decreased their spends.
While another broadcaster from Kerala feels quarter 3 has been performing better than the last quarter. He added, "Compared to Q1 and Q2, Q3 has been favourable and has been showing positive result for us. The revenue numbers have been good and have been roughly around 8 to 10 per cent. Automobile and retail have picked up well. Usually fresh financial activities get started up during Q4, so I am expecting better results."
Media Perspective on Q3 performance of broadcasters
Divya Gupta, CEO Dentsu Media said, "Overall weak; the lead player, the Sun Group has taken a beating. Though the General Elections did boost the news channels revenues in the second quarter, entertainment saw flattish growth and continued to remain so in the third quarter. Rate hikes, legal issues, producers and Arasu cable network troubles have all played a part in bringing down their market shares."
She added, "The competitors have reaped the benefits; Zee group has made timely investments and this has paid it rich dividend, taking their Telugu offering to the number 1 slot during primetime on weekdays. The Star-Asianet channels have also witnessed consistent growth in their revenues from second to third quarters. Vijay is now a clear number two in the Tamil market on the back of format shows that have caught the audiences' imagination. Star Suvarna though, has taken a hit due to the resurgence of ETV Kannada, which has benefitted from the Viacom takeover."
World Cup is said to be gobbling almost three-fourth of the advertising spends during the last quarter and the results for the GEC's and other genres are generally said to be near to abysmal. E-Commerce has been showing positive trends, while the Jewellery and the retail sectors have reduced their spends. But, broadcasters still have a ray of hope that Q4 will though not be the greatest for them but it might also not be that worse and it will vary depending on region to region in the southern market.
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RESCUE Hosts National Pet Idol Contest to Support Animal Rescue Efforts
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PHOENIX, Ariz. – Oct. 2 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — Look out American Idol, there's a new game in town. RESCUE, a non-profit 501(c)3, based in Phoenix, had such success with their first pet idol contest at the local level, that this year, they are taking it national. The national Pet Idol Contest will benefit the efforts of RESCUE, an organization that is dedicated to saving the lives of animals on euthanasia lists.


WE ARE OBSESSED WITH VLOGGING! I definitely had the mindset of only capturing Ramsey Kate related footage for these vlogs, but this has been my absolute favorite vlog yet- and we captured more than just my maternity pictures. Our Zaxby's run was absolutely hysterical. Carrying around the camera and talking into it has become more natural to us now, so we're able to be ourselves. We may vlog a lot more often than originaly intended, because it's so fun watching the footage back and seeing our mannerisms and how much fun we have together. It definitely makes us more aware of how truly blessed we are with this life and our little family. I've added our vlog below- enjoy!


We need devotion to enlightened beings and compassion to those who are not.
His Holiness the Dalai Lama last week urged women to take a more active role in promoting and guiding social values for humanity in the 21st century, noting that more equitable gender roles in society are fundamental to advancing humanity toward peace and economic prosperity for society as a whole.
Speaking to a delegation of 75 women from New Delhi at his official residence in Dharamsala, northern India, on 18 February, His Holiness explained that if more women took up leadership roles in fields such as politics it could have a positive impact on a global scale. He cited as an example former Indian prime minister Indira Gandhi, the first woman in the history of modern India to hold the post.
There is one thing which, when it appears in the world, appears for the detriment of many, for the misery of many, for the loss, harm, and suffering of many. What is that one thing? It is disunity in the Sangha. When the Sangha is divided there are mutual quarrels, mutual recriminations, mutual denigrations, and mutual rejections. In this situation, those who are unsympathetic to the Dharma remain unsympathetic, and some who are sympathetic change their minds.
"The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live." - Flora Whittemore.
responding to circumstances like robots.
"B-a-a-maste" was the key word Saturday morning in Mesa, where more than 300 people gathered to set the world record for the largest goat yoga class. For the effort, 351 people, 84 goats, two alpacas and a dairy cow spent their morning at the Mesa Amphitheater doing what has become a nationwide phenomenon.
People come from all over to try out goat yoga, said Sarah Williams, a goat yoga instructor.
Williams had been a yoga instructor for 12 years when she decided to try teaching goat yoga at AZ Goat Yoga three years ago. "Goats are perfect for yoga because unlike dogs who are really attached, goats like you just enough," Williams said.
In order to qualify for the Guinness World Record, the class had to be at least 30 minutes and everyone participating had to be over 18 years old.
I've put the word enlightenment in quotes above because, like 'God', enlightenment is a word loaded with misconceptions. Simply stated, the point of 'enlightenment' is to make one a better human being. That's it!


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Benedict XVI's final farewell to world's catholics
A frail Benedict XVI made his public farewell to the world's Catholics on Wednesday morning, hours after one of his closest allies – Sydney Archbishop George Pell – criticised his decision to resign and said the church needed a stronger leader.
Cardinal Pell, who was close to the Pope when both served on the key Vatican watchdog congregation and played an important role gathering support for him at the 2005 conclave at which Benedict was elected, said the resignation created a precedent and left the church in an even more uncertan position.
Cardinal Pell, Australia's only voter at the coming papal election, was unexpectedly candid in a television interview. He said: "People who, for example, might disagree with a future pope will mount a campaign to get him to resign."
He called the Pope a brilliant teacher but said government was not his strongest point. "He's got to know his theology but I think I prefer somebody who can lead the church and pull it togther a bit," he said.
Benedict was the first pope to step down voluntarily since 1294, and conservatives fear the precedent will open the church to other possible innovations at a time when it faces profound challenges.
In Rome – doing its best on Wednesday morning, bathed in pale winter sunshine – Benedict made a poignant farewell at his final general audience, threading his way in the popemobile through the thousands gathered in St Peter's Square for a scheduled audience. Pilgrims and wellwishers gave him an affectionate farewell, waving placards saying "goodbye and thanks".
But only those already scheduled to attend the audience were allowed in the square, leaving many thousands more pressed up against the barriers and down the street, leaving Benedict the same remote figure he often seemed during his papacy.
For those in the audience, it was a bonus to be part of history – academics from Birmingham, England, and students from Birmingham, Alabama, plus students from Stubenville, Ohio, a Japanese women's college, and former Anglicans from England.
There were plenty of prelates present, whose minds must have turned partly to the coming few weeks and a conclave lacking any strong favourites. Cardinal Pell said he was unlikely to be promoted, but did not rule it out. "It could happen – I'm Catholic, I'm a bishop, I'm a cardinal," he said.
But this final public appearance by the introverted Mozart-playing cat-lover was a chance to focus on the present and the past. Benedict has not commanded anything lik te popular appeal of his predecessor, John Paul II, but Catholics have responded to an endearing shy humility that has marked him amid his travails. He concluded with Our Father in Latin and a gently voiced blessing.
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Il concept store è un punto vendita caratterizzato da una combinazione insolita, per lo più di alta qualità, di gamme di prodotti e marchi rispetto ad un negozio tradizionale.

Le sue qualità distintive sono infatti quelle della eterogeneità di gestione, superficie e merceologia. L'obiettivo di un concept store infatti è quello di allestire un'esperienza di esplorazione e di scoperta da parte del cliente attraverso una pluralità di suggestioni, provenienti dalla varietà di prodotti esposti e dall'architettura stessa dell'ambiente. Per tali peculiarità esso si distingue sia dalla boutique che dal grande magazzino.

Storia
Nel 1950 a Londra la stilista Mary Quant aprì il suo negozio Bazaar lungo la King's Road. Divenne rapidamente il simbolo della Swinging London nel decennio successivo ma anche uno stile di vita, di marketing che diffuse la famosa minigonna e ad altri capi di abbigliamento, piatti, decorazioni, cosmetici od oggetti di cancelleria. Sempre nella capitale britannica, nello stesso periodo, venne inaugurato Biba.

Quello aperto a New York nel 1986 da Ralph Lauren può considerarsi il primo concept store: l'idea che guidava la struttura architettonica dell'ambiente era quella del lusso patriottico, in base al quale l'America doveva essere vissuta come un fantasmagorico set hollywoodiano. Con questo gesto si annunciavano i parametri essenziali della formula: occorre un'idea forte per progettare un ambiente capace di trasformarsi in un mondo compiuto, in un viaggio di esplorazione, in un'avventura di atmosfere affascinanti.

Il termine "concept store" nacque però nel 1991, coniato dal sociologo italiano Francesco Morace per definire questo tipo di luogo. Carla Sozzani ha recentemente aperto a Milano la Galleria Carla Sozzani, un punto vendita a metà strada tra una libreria e uno spazio espositivo, poi ribattezzato 10 Corso Como, il suo indirizzo. Vi sono mescolate fotografie, creazioni uniche (come quelle di Azzedine Alaïa), mobili, libri e un caffè. Durante la sua visita al luogo, il sociologo sopra citato affermò: «Niente più negozi di immagini, ecco il concept shop».

Altri Paesi europei hanno i loro concept store di riferimento, come l'Andreas Murkudis a Berlino che vende abbigliamento, cosmetici e accessori per l'illuminazione, o il Dover Street Market di Rei Kawakubo nel quartiere londinese Mayfair. Recentemente il concetto di Carla Sozzani è stato sviluppato anche in alcuni Stati asiatici.

Obiettivi e mezzi
La capacità di accoglienza e il comfort stabiliscono i punti cardine della strategia del concept store: l'obiettivo infatti è quello di incrementare il numero dei visitatori e aumentare la loro permanenza all'interno del negozio. Quanto più si prolunga la durata della visita, tanto maggiore appare la probabilità di acquisto. Al contempo, la varietà dell'offerta permette anche di differenziare i target cui sono rivolte le proposte di esperienza. Lo stesso luogo che durante la giornata può proporre articoli di design per la casa, profumi, moda – la sera può trasformarsi in un luogo di attrazione per l'aperitivo, o in una libreria con sala da tè. Lo scopo è sempre quello di creare un universo completo di attese e di bisogni intorno ad un argomento, capace di connettere la molteplicità di oggetti e di servizi articolati nello spazio del concept store. Le proposte del concept store sono iper-specializzate: l'idea deve essere in grado di fondere prodotti e servizi di qualità apicale nei diversi settori secondo un progetto di esperienza coerente e armoniosa. L'architettura dell'ambiente deve estremizzare la percezione dei prodotti: la scelta delle luci, delle musiche, degli aromi, deve avvolgere tutti i sensi dei clienti come l'approdo in una città sconosciuta.

Strategia di marketing
È possibile ricondurre la nascita dei concept store all'evoluzione del marketing contemporaneo: il punto vendita deve trasformarsi in un vissuto personale dei clienti carico di fascino, tanto da indurli a diffondere presso i loro conoscenti il desiderio di sperimentare la stessa immersione in un'avventura di shopping carica di glamour. L'allestimento del concept store produce di conseguenza una riduzione dei costi in pubblicità, dal momento che la conoscenza del marchio e dei prodotti viene diffusa spontaneamente dal pubblico. La strategia di marketing è prossima quindi alle tecniche contemporanee di guerrilla o di word of mouth, diffuse dal mercato americano a quelli di tutto il mondo. L'atmosfera culturale sulla quale fa leva la proposta dei concept store è quella del benessere totale, dell'edonismo individuale che brama armonie micro- e macro-cosmiche. Al contempo, questa formula di shopping esperienziale rappresenta un'intensificazione ulteriore della dimensione di "spettacolo della merce" di cui parlava Guy Debord già durante gli anni Sessanta.

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