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Anna Dmoszyńska (ur. w 1942, zm. 21 lutego 2019) – polska specjalistka chorób wewnętrznych, hematologii i transplantologii klinicznej, prof. dr hab.

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Uzyskała stopień doktora habilitowanego, a 17 kwietnia 1992 otrzymała tytuł naukowy profesora w zakresie nauk medycznych. Otrzymała nominację na profesora zwyczajnego w Katedrze i Klinice Hematologii na Wydziale Lekarskim z Oddziałem Anglojęzycznym i Oddziałem Stomatologicznym w Akademii Medycznej im. Feliksa Skubiszewskiego w Lublinie oraz Katedry i Kliniki Hematoonkologii i Transplantacji Szpiku I Wydziału Lekarskiego z Oddziałem Stomatologicznym Uniwersytetu Medycznego w Lublinie.

Pełniła funkcję wiceprzewodniczącego Polskiego Towarzystwa Hematologów i Transfuzjologów.

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 2012: nagroda Ministra Nauki i Szkolnictwa Wyższego za osiągnięcia naukowe
 nagroda Ministra Zdrowia RP za osiągnięcia w pracy badawczej (trzynastokrotnie)

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2028 UCI Mountain Bike World Championships will once again be held in Saalfelden Leogang. The bike park pioneers from Salzburger Land were able to convince the UCI with their application.
Third Mountain Bike World Championship in Saalfelden Leogang
After an all-around successful World Championships 2020 and the World Championships 2012, the fight for the desirable rainbow jerseys will be held for the third time in the Epic Bikepark Leogang and Austria's largest mountain bike region Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn. From 30 August to 3 September 2028, Saalfelden Leogang will once again become the global epicenter of mountain biking. So far, officially confirmed are races in the disciplines Downhill, XCO, XCC and E-MTB which will be held on the challenging trails in the Epic Bikepark Leogang. Whether additional disciplines will be included in the program is currently not yet confirmed.
In Saalfelden Leogang, the UCI's decision is welcomed with great delight by Marco Pointner, World Championships organizer and CEO of Saalfelden Leogang Touristik: "We are thrilled that the World Champs 2028 will once again be hosted by us in Saalfelden Leogang. The World Champs 2020 was a complete success for Saalfelden Leogang and its region and the fact that we got chosen again, confirms our successful work. We are once again delighted to welcome both the mountain bike pros and the fans for these World Championships. This has great charisma for mountain biking in the region and beyond to all of Austria as well as internationally."
Kornel Grundner, World Championships organizer and managing director of Leoganger Bergbahnen, is also already looking forward to 2028 with anticipation: "The UCI's decision confirms the investments and work we have been doing here for more than 20 years. We want to continue to develop our bike park together with the scene and the world's best athletes and have been able to hold two successful World Championships and countless World Cups so far. Even though there are still a few years to go, we are already looking forward to the next big mountain bike highlight at Epic Bikepark Leogang."
All other UCI Mountain Bike World Championships in the coming years will take place in Scotland (2023), Vallnord (Andorra, 2024), Valais (SUI, 2025), Val di Sole (ITA, 2026), Haute Savoie (FRA, 2027).
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The fact that the 2028 World Championships will once again be held in Saalfelden Leogang also offers the reigning World Champion of 2022 and local hero Valentina Höll a new opportunity to win the home World Championships: "I am incredibly pleased that Leogang has been given the 2028 World Championships. There will certainly be a lot going on again for us bikers in terms of infrastructure, and I'm already very excited about that. In six years I'll be 26 years old and at the perfect downhill age. Until then, I will hopefully manage to get down a run at home without crashing. I'm really looking forward to it."
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Well-Read: June 2019
June 13, 2019 October 16, 2020 • Catie Disabato
Philip Cosores
Every month, publishers release dozens of amazing books, their gorgeously rendered covers winking at us from bookstore shelves and #bookstagram. As I scroll through the social media feeds of my best literary friends and favorite bookstores, it seems like everyone I know is constantly devouring dozens of books. At the same time, there's a low, sourceless murmur online, whispering that no one reads books anymore. In the last Pew Research Center survey on reading, they found that 24% of American adults don't read any books at all.
Presentation is important; the same piece of information can make you feel radically different things depending on how it's fed to you. For example, here's CNBC's reporting on that 2018 Pew survey:
Reading has been shown to improve your physical and mental health. Research from professors at UC Berkeley have found that the more children read, the greater their vocabulary growth and cognitive skills…But according to Pew Research Center, roughly a quarter of American adults don't read books at all. In fact in 2018, the research group released figures suggesting that 24 percent of American adults say they have not read a book — in part or whole, in print or electronically or audibly — in the past year.
Put like that, 24% feels big, doesn't it? A whole quarter of us are willfully denying themselves the glory and pleasure of the written word!!
But of course, 24% nonreaders means that 76% of Americans have consumed at least one book (in physical, e-, or audio format) in the year Pew researched. (And when they published their results, Pew made it clear that biggest nonreading demographics are adults with yearly income under $30K. This means reading should be thought of as tied to economic privilege, which is important to say but also something I don't have the space to properly tease out.)
76% is actually the big number; America is a nation of readers. We post pictures of our books on Instagram, yes, but we do it because people smash the like button. And people double tap because they also have a book open on their nightstand, bookmark shoved in or a corner dog-eared, maybe a few notes in the margins or passages underlined, a cataloguing of the words and moments we love.
Well-Read is a column for both the 76 percent and anyone from the 24 percent who wants to start a reading practice. I love independent bookstores, but also the public libraries that offer us the same books for free. I listen to audiobooks, read e-books on my phone, buy hardcovers at author events, and pick up used paperbacks for a discount — any format that works for you is perfect. And even if you don't finish a book that you pick up, the reading you did still counts.
Recommended reading for June:
Once More We Saw Stars by Jayson Greene
Pub. Date: May 14, 2019
In my personal reading, I tend to avoid books that everyone, everywhere recommends. Expectation clouds my experience; either the influence of the praise elevates a fine but not-great book in my estimation , or else the deafening applause drowns out the book's best qualities. Either way, my reading experience suffers as a result. Once More We Saw Stars is a memoir that was recommended by everyone, everywhere but it's also the rare book that's so good that no outside influence could mire its quality.
Greene's memoir begins with an accident. A stray brick falls from a windowsill and strikes his two-year-old daughter, Greta, in the head. She dies, but not instantly. This is something that the reader knows going in, but nevertheless Greene's engaging prose style keeps the reader present in the medical aftermath of the accident, with his daughter hospitalized, scanned, and operated on, moments of great uncertainty and even greater tension. By page three, my mouth was open; by page four, my thumb was in my mouth and I was biting down on it, softly.
Though Once More We Saw Stars will probably make you cry (especially if you're a water sign, like me), its overarching narrative is one of reconciliation, recovery, and hope. Greene and his wife, Stacy, work through their grief using both conventional methods, such as grief workshops, and less conventional ones, like visiting a ceremonialist in New Mexico. (The couple lives in Brooklyn, if they lived in Los Angeles, both of these methods would be conventional.) hen Stacy gets pregnant again, Greene invites us to join their fears, wonderment, and hope.
The Paper Wasp by Lauren Acampora
Pub. Date: June 11, 2019
Lauren Acampora's debut novel features elements you'll probably see a lot in the books I recommend: female best friends, realistic renderings of the celebrity industrial complex (one of the bestie pair, Elise Van Dijk, is a rising Hollywood star), and inappropriate obsessing.
28-year-old Abby Graven was once a promising artist, but now she hides her art, languishes in a job as a supermarket cashier, obsesses about Elise (her former bestie), and never talks about her unsettling, hyperrealistic, and fantastical dreams. At her high school reunion, Abby is thrilled to reunite with Elise, who offhandedly offers Abby a place to stay, should she ever visit LA. A few months later, Abby shows up on her doorstep.
From there, Acampora reveals the loneliness and uncertainty in Elise's seemingly glamorous LA scene, while Abby's haunted inner world takes on a nefarious life of its own. I'm recommending this novel for its silky-smooth beautiful language, its realistic-but-heightened version of Los Angeles, and because, frankly, it's the only time I've ever loved a novel that was written in the second person.
Tell Me How You Really Feel by Aminah Mae Safi
In the deepest part of my heart, where I keep my most precious things, there's a disembodied voice lustily whispering, "teenage romance, enemies to lovers." Aminah Mae Safi's second YA novel, Tell Me How You Really Feel, feeds this bottomless well of desire that I'll probably carry with me forever and ever amen.
Freshman year, Sana — a South Asian–Persian Muslim, high-achieving cheerleader, and sweet lil baby dyke — mustered up all her courage to ask out Rachel,a Jewish-Mexican aspiring filmmaker with her heckles up so high she can't see over them. Rachel assumed Sana noted her otherness, her queerness and was playing a prank. Sana assumed Rachel's harsh rebuttal was a declaration of hate. Sana nursed her crush for four years, until Rachel, under pressure from her film teacher, cast Sana as the lead in her all-important final project. As the teens spend more time together, feelings changed, emotions grew, and my squeaky little heart thump-thumped to it's familiar beat: enemies to lovers, enemies to lovers, enemies to lovers.
Safi chose the best structure for this kind of love story, the shifting first person, so we can see the misunderstandings from inside both girls' heads, and watch them separately change and grow from the most intimate perspective.
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Contract Termination Rights
By George Lawrence J.D.
How to Write Up a Legal Binding Contract
The Legal Effect of a Contract Venue Provision
How to Fill Out a Business Contract Between Two People
Legal Implications of Contracts
What Are the Terms for a Business Contract?
Most business deals are executed by contract. However, contracts are not written or entered into to bind the parties indefinitely. Most contracts include specific provisions that allow a party to seek termination of the agreement. Contract termination provisions may arise in a number of different situations. While the terms of the contract generally control when a party may seek termination, surrounding circumstances may also give rise to termination rights.
Fault or No-Fault
Contract termination rights often are found in contract provisions that allow a party to end the agreement for "cause" (fault) or no-cause (no-fault). Cause is often defined by the parties -- for example, the bankruptcy of one party could be a valid cause to seek termination of the agreement. No-cause termination generally only requires written notice to the other party a certain number of days prior to the desired end date. For-cause termination provisions are useful for binding a person or entity that is essential to a business deal, such as an agreement between partners in a business. No-fault termination provisions are common in service industry contracts, when the proposed arrangement is relatively temporary, such as contracts with a term of one year of less.
Triggering Event
The contract may also include triggering events that bring about termination. Some triggering events may give the parties the option to seek termination if the event occurs. For example, many businesses are formed to handle a specific event or to operate only for a limited amount of time. At the end of a certain amount of time, the contract could state that it ends automatically, unless the parties choose to continue working together. A limited liability company formed to sell t-shirts during the World Series, for instance, may contain a clause that triggers termination of the agreement after the World Series ends.
Other Termination Rights
Termination rights may arise in other contexts derived from the surrounding circumstances. For example, if circumstances are such that one party cannot perform its end of the bargain (because a necessary component of its performance is now impossible to obtain or find), the impossibility doctrine could apply. If one party does an act that essentially indicates to the other party that a breach is going to occur, the other party can terminate the agreement and immediately sue.
The Contract Controls (Generally)
In general, the terms of the contract control termination rights, but this is not always true. Termination rights may arise under the circumstances of a particular deal. Termination rights are useful for businesses both from an internal perspective (as between the business partners) and from an external perspective (as between businesses), Prior to exercising termination rights, the parties should carefully analyze the decision. Wrongfully terminating the agreement could expose a party to legal liability.
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Based in Traverse City, Mich., George Lawrence has been writing professionally since 2009. His work primarily appears on various websites. An avid outdoorsman, Lawrence holds Bachelor of Arts degrees in both criminal justice and English from Michigan State University, as well as a Juris Doctor from the Thomas M. Cooley Law School, where he graduated with honors.
Legal Defense to Rescind a Businesss Contract
Voluntary Termination of an Agreement
How to Get out of a Legal Contract Without Being Sued
Difference Between Implicit & Explicit Rights in Organizations
What Are the Causes of Action in Partnership Agreements?
What Is Legal Contract Age?
Termination of Contract by Mutual Agreement
The Advantages of a Dissolution of Partnership Agreement
Compensation for Termination of a Contract
1 Legal Defense to Rescind a Businesss Contract
2 Voluntary Termination of an Agreement
3 How to Get out of a Legal Contract Without Being Sued
4 Difference Between Implicit & Explicit Rights in Organizations


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Pledging Allegiance:
Naturalization is the process by which an alien (foreign-born resident) becomes an citizen of another country. Such papers can be an important source of information regarding the immigrant's place of origin, his or her original name, former residence, and date of arrival in the new country.
Canada. Immigrants to Canada have never been required to apply for citizenship. Until 1947, settlers from Great Britain were considered citizens of Canada and did not have to naturalize. Of those who applied, some did not complete the process. Evidence that the immigrant did complete it can be found in censuses, court minutes, homestead records, passports, voting registers and military papers. Citizenship information is reported in Canadian censuses beginning in 1901.
Prior to 1867, when Canada became a nation, naturalization was completed in accordance with the laws of the provinces or with British law. Between 1763 and 1947, non-alien residents of Canada were considered British subjects. Settlers from England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales did not have to naturalize in Canada.
Prior to War of 1812 — Some colonies had laws that required aliens to declare the length of their residence and the nature of their business. Some immigrants had to take loyalty oaths when applying for land grants and sometimes these records can be found with land records.
After War of 1812 — In New Brunswick, certificates of naturalization date from 1817, but in Upper Canada (Ontario) the law did not take effect until 1828. Laws for the other provinces were enacted later.
After 1867 — Most naturalization was a federal process, although provinces retained some jurisdiction over immigrants. Since 1867 certificates of naturalization normally were granted by the office of the Secretary of State for Canada. Petitions for citizenship were received by judicial courts, and they were then forwarded to that office for approval. Certificates of naturalization were returned to the courts, and then given to the applicants after they took an oath of citizenship.
In 1947 Canadian citizenship was established separate from British. The Family History Library has microfilm copies of many, but not all, Canadian naturalization papers and the National Archives of Canada in Ottawa has microfilm copies of naturalization papers for Upper Canada (Ontario), 1828-1850. The latter are available through interlibrary loan system to public libraries. Many Ontario and Quebec records appear to have been lost, especially for the years 1850-1865. Records made for all of Canada by the Department of the Secretary of State between 1865 and 1917 were destroyed. However, there is an index with information such as name, residence and court of certification at:
Records Control Citizenship Branch
Department of the Secretary of State
P.O. Box 7000 Sydney, NS,
Canada B1P 6G5
Border crossings from the United States to Canada or from Canada to the United States are and were fairly common. The official recording of those who crossed overland from the United States to Canada began in 1908. Border crossing for the time period 1908 to 1918 have been microfilmed. These records are available at:
National Archives of Canada.
The National Archives of Canada
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada K1A 0N3
In order to request the microfilms, you must first know what films you want to use. To do this, access a finding aid entitled Ships' Passenger Lists and Border Entry Lists in PAC, RG 76 (Records of the Immigration Branch): Microfilm Finding Aid (Ottawa: Federal Archives Division, Public Archives of Canada, 1986). You can request via interlibrary loan through your public library up to three microfilms at any given time. However, these records are not indexed by name, so in order to locate your ancestor you will need to know when he crossed over into Canada and have an idea of what border entry point he went through.
Under a U. S.-Canada agreement in 1894, immigrants destined to the U. S. were inspected and recorded by American immigrant inspectors at Canadian ports of entry. Until 1917 records of all entries at all Canadian ports — Atlantic and Pacific — were filed in Montreal, and are known as the Canadian Border Crossing Records - St. Albans Lists. After 1917, entries at land border ports west of the Montana/North Dakota state line were filed in Seattle, Washington, USA.
United States. In the U. S. naturalization is a voluntary act; naturalization is not required — has never been required. Of the foreign-born persons listed on the 1890 through 1930 censuses, 25 percent had not become naturalized or filed their "first papers." However, if your ancestor applied for U. S. citizenship those papers might reveal some important information. These records are, in many instances, much more valuable — genealogically — than ship passenger lists.
The first naturalization law was passed by U. S. Congress in 1790 and through much of the 20th century, an alien could become naturalized in any court of record. People usually went to the court most convenient to them, which usually was a county court. While the names and types of courts vary through the years, they may include the county, supreme, circuit, district, equity, chancery, probate, or common pleas court. Most researchers will find that their ancestors became naturalized in one of these courts. A few State supreme courts also naturalized aliens, such as the supreme courts of Indiana, Idaho, Iowa, Maine, New Jersey, and South Dakota. Aliens who lived in large urban areas sometimes became naturalized in a federal court, such as a U. S. district court or U. S. circuit court.
As a general rule, naturalization was a two-step process that took a minimum of five years. After residing in the United States for two years, an alien could file a "declaration of intent" (so-called "first papers") to become a citizen. After three additional years, the alien could "petition for naturalization." After the petition was granted, a certificate of citizenship then was issued. These two steps did not have to take place in the same court. As a general rule, the DI (Declaration of Intent) generally contains more genealogically useful information than the Petition, but a search for both should be conducted. Sometimes declarations include the alien's month and year (or possibly the exact date) of immigration into the United States and even the name of ship.
Derivative citizenship was granted to wives and minor children of naturalized men. From 1790 to 1922, wives of naturalized men automatically became citizens. An alien woman who married a U. S. citizen automatically became a citizen. (Conversely, an American woman who married an alien lost her U. S. citizenship, even if she never left the United States.) From 1790 to 1940 children under the age of 21 automatically became naturalized citizens upon the naturalization of their father. Unfortunately, however, names and biographical information about wives and children are rarely included in declarations or petitions filed before September 1906. From 1824 to 1906, minor aliens who had lived in the United States five years before their 23rd birthday could file both their declarations and petitions at the same time.
Special consideration was given to veterans. An 1862 law allowed honorably discharged Army veterans of any war to petition for naturalization — without previously having filed a declaration of intent — after only one year of residence in the United States. If your ancestor filed for a Homestead claim under the Homestead Act of 1862, or applied for a passport, the application for either may give the name of the court where the naturalization took place.
An 1894 law extended the same no-previous-declaration privilege to honorably discharged five-year veterans of the Navy or Marine Corps. Under an act in 1918 aliens serving in the U. S. armed forces during World War I were allowed to file a petition for naturalization without making a declaration of intent or proving 5 years' residence. More than 192,000 aliens were naturalized between May 9, 1918, and June 30, 1919. Other laws later enacted continued various preferential treatment provisions for veterans.
Where to find the records
Naturalization records from county courts may still be at the county court, or in a county or State archives, or at a regional archives. Some of these records or indexes have been published.
As a general rule, the National Archives does not have naturalization records created in state or local courts. However, some county court naturalization records have been donated to the National Archives.
If the naturalization took place in a federal court, naturalization indexes, declarations of intent, and petitions will usually be in the National Archives serving the state in which the federal court is located. Some of these indexes regional records services facility and records have been microfilmed.
Not all of our immigrant ancestors became U. S. citizens. Some filed the first papers, but never completed the process. Before starting the search for naturalization records, American researchers should trace their ancestors through the federal censuses. The 1930, 1920, 1910, 1900, and 1870 censuses all have columns pertaining to citizenship. While the information is not always 100 percent correct, it does provide clues. Under the question of whether or not an individual was naturalized, you are likely to see one of three abbreviations:
AL — this abbreviation was used to signify that the individual was still an alien (was not naturalized and had not begun the naturalization process).
PA — this abbreviation was used to signify that the individual had gone through the declaration of intent and had filed his "first" papers.
NA — this abbreviation was used to signify that the individual had completed the naturalization process and was a naturalized citizen.
Three important time frames pertaining
to American naturalization records:
Colonial period. If your ancestors arrived prior to the Revolutionary War non-British ancestors may have taken an oath of allegiance in the colony in which they resided. Many of these records have been published.
Revolutionary War to 1906. Before 1802, the records are limited in value and availability. After 1802 they are more complete, but could have been filed in any federal, state or local court. Check first in court records in the county or counties where your ancestor resided. People normally did not go great distances to file the papers.
After Sept. 27, 1906. While naturalization proceedings could have taken place in any U. S. District Court, or in any court of record, all proceedings were required to be recorded by the clerk of the court and a copy sent to a central office maintained by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (formerly the INS), 75 Lower Welden St, Saint Albans, Vermont 05479.
For pre-1906 naturalization records pinpoint the locations via census, land, tax records, and city directories in which your male ancestor lived from the time of his arrival in the United States through to his naturalization. Once you have plotted this, search each county courthouse for his naturalization papers. It is possible that the records you seek may be available on microfilm through your local Family History Center. Or you may need to actually contact the county about the records. Finally, it is always possible that your ancestor went to federal court. In which case, the records you need may be housed at one of the branches of the National Archives.
Some records have been transferred to regional branches of the federal archives or may be found in state archives.
County court employees may tell you that their naturalization records are at the National Archives or that their court never conducted naturalizations. Many current employees are not genealogists and may not be familiar with the court's older records. It is up to you to determine the location of older court records
Prior to the opening of Ellis Island in 1892, immigrants coming through the Port of New York City usually went through Castle Garden. While there are documented customs lists or passenger lists for New York City going back as far as 1820, Castle Garden was not opened until 1855. In the 40-year period from 1820 to 1860, according to The Source, two-thirds of the 5.4 million immigrants to the United States passed through New York. Castle Garden was an old fort and was located on the lower tip of Manhattan. By 1890 it was obvious that it was outgrowing its capabilities as more and more immigrants flooded in. So, in 1892, Ellis Island was opened. There are passenger lists for New York beginning in 1820 and going on up into the 20th century, but they are not all indexed. There is a 50-year gap in the indexing of New York passenger lists for New York from 1846 to 1897.
Immigration Records at the National Archives
See Guide 15 for more on ship passenger lists.
Naturalization Records at the National Archives
Alien Records at the National Archives
Passport Applications at the National Archives
Passport applications can be an excellent source of genealogical information, especially about foreign-born individuals. The National Archives and Records Administration has passport applications from October 1795-March 1925; the U. S. Department of State has passport applications from April 1925 to the present.
Foreign travel in the 19th century was much more frequent than one might expect. Overseas travelers included businessmen, the middle class, and naturalized U. S. citizens who frequently returned to their homelands to visit relatives.
Although 95 percent of mid-19th century passport applicants were men, many women traveled overseas. If the applicant was to be accompanied by his wife, children, servants, or other females under his protection, their names, ages, and relationship to the applicant were stated on the passport application. One passport was then issued to cover the whole group. Likewise, when children traveled abroad solely with their mother, their names and ages were indicated on the mother's passport application.
Many U. S. residents traveled overseas without holding a U. S. passport because:
Not Required. As a general rule, until 1941, U. S. citizens were not required to have a passport for travel abroad except for particular periods during the Civil War and World War I.
Aliens Were Ineligible. As a general rule, the U. S. government only issued passports to U. S. citizens, but aliens who had declared their intent to become a naturalized citizen could, at certain times, obtain a passport.
Passport applications for naturalized citizens may state the court and date of naturalization and the date and ship upon which the applicant immigrated to the United States. Evidence of the applicant's naturalization as a U. S. citizen may be detailed or cursory. Photographs have been required with applications since December 21, 1914.
Passport applications (1795-March 1925) may be searched at the National Archives in Washington, D.C.
Some National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) regional facilities have selected microfilmed passport records.
Copies of passport applications (1795-March 1925) can be ordered by mail from National Archives and Records Administration, Attention: Archives I Research Support Branch (NWCC1), 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20408-0001. You can also make an online request at http://www.archives.gov/contact/ and then clicking on the links in the following order:
"I have a question about research and records"
"People & Groups"
"State Department Files"
Select "Passport applications" from the drop-down box, and hit "Go".
Then click on the "Reference Request" link in the upper right.
Your letter or email must include: your name and mailing (postal) address; the passport applicant's name, year of birth, place of residence at the time the application was made, and the approximate year of travel.
British Denization
Some records of immigrants to Great Britain are in the Public Records Office and are described in PRO Records Information leaflets (see below). There are records of aliens becoming British subjects, by the processes of denization or naturalization.
A person who was a subject of the British Crown was known as a denizen, whether he obtained that status by birth or by grant. Aliens in Britain (particularly merchants) were subject to various disabilities, so denization was advantageous and could be granted by the Crown (by Royal Charter or by Letters Patent under the Great Seal). According to Mark D. Herber in Ancestral Trails, from the 16th century the rights of a denizen could also be granted by a private act of Parliament, but these parliamentary grants became known as naturalization because the person was then deemed to have always been a subject of the Crown.
Parliamentary naturalization required the applicant to receive the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper and take oaths of supremacy and allegiance. Some people (for example Jews and Catholics) were therefore unable to use this process and instead relied on the denization procedure until the requirements for the oaths were withdrawn in the 19th century. A third procedure was introduced in 1844 when the Home Secretary was empowered to grant naturalization to aliens by a certificate. Letters Patent of denization were published in the London Gazette and enrolled on the Patent Rolls. The Huguenot Society has published indexes to letters of denization and acts of naturalization from 1509 to 1800.
Under the Aliens Act 1792 all foreigners arriving in England were suppose to register with a Justice of Peace, providing their name, rank, address and occupation. Such surviving registration records can be found at the County Registry Offices.
Public Record Office's Family History publications are available for a nominal price. Check the various ones available by searching via the radio button at the PRO's bookstore.
Australian Denization
Immigrants to Australia who were not British subjects could elect to apply to the government for naturalization, also called denization. It was not compulsory. Those immigrants who were officially naturalized received certain rights and privileges, one of which that they were entitled to own land. The first naturalizations in Australia occurred in New South Wales in 1825. A previous residence in the colony of five years was required.
Naturalization became a federal government responsibility in 1903 and all "Applicants Files and Enrolled Certificates for naturalizations in all states and territories in Australia from 1904 are held by the AACT [Australian Archives, PO Box 447, Belconnen, ACT 26216], with an index to these maintained by the DOI [Department of Immigration & Ethnic Affairs, Central Administration, Benjamin Offices, Chan St., Belconnen, ACT 2617].
There is an alphabetical surname "Index to Naturalizations, 1849-1903" at the AONSW [Archives Office of New South Wales, 2 Glove St., Sydney, NSW 2000] that gives a register number and page reference for each person listed.
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Family History Library. Research Outline: Canada. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Salt Lake City, Utah, 1993.
Greenwood, Val D. The Researcher's Guide to American Genealogy (2nd edition). Baltimore, Maryland.: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1990.
Hall, Nick Vine. Tracing Your Family History in Australia: A Guide to Sources. Adelaide, Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Perth, New York, London, Auckland: Rigby Publishers, 1985.
Herber, Mark D. Ancestral Trails: The Complete Guide to British Genealogy and Family History. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1998.
Meade, Bishop William. Old Churches, Ministers, and Families of Virginia Reprinted with Digested Index and Genealogical Guide Compiled by Jennings Cropper Wise (two volumes). Originally published: Philadelphia, 1857. Reprinted: Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1966, 1978, 1995.
National Archives and Records Administration. Guide to Genealogical Research in the National Archives. Washington, D.C. (Revised 1985.) Available for purchase.
National Archives and Records Administration. Microfilm Resources for Research: A Comprehensive Catalog of National Archives Microfilm Publications. Washington, D.C., 1996. Available online or for purchase.
Newman, John J., American Naturalization Processes and Procedures, 1790-1985. Indianapolis: Indiana Historical Society, 1985.
Potter, Dorothy Williams.Passports of Southeastern Pioneers 1770-1823: Indian, Spanish, and other Land Passports for Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Mississippi, Virginia, North and South Carolina. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1982. [Chapter I—Spanish Passports in the Mississippi Valley, British and Spanish Passports in West Florida; Chapter II—War (Indian Agencies) and State Department (Territorial Agencies) Passports; Chapter III—State Passports.]
Schaefer, Christine, Guide to Naturalization Records of the United States. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1997.
Scott, Kenneth and Kenn Stryker-Rodda. Denizations, Naturalizations and Oaths of Allegiance in Colonial New York. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1975. [Introduction—Denization and Naturalization; source references; alphabetical listing of Denizations and Licenses (75 pp.); Oaths of Allegiance; Index of Persons Incidentally mentioned and in the Oaths of Allegiance]
Szucs, Loretto Dennis. They Became Americans: Finding Naturalization Records and Ethnic Origins. Salt Lake City, Utah. Ancestry, Inc., 1997.
Szucs, Loretto Dennis and Sandra Hargreaves Luebking. The Archive, A Guide to the National Archives Field Branches. Salt Lake City, Utah. Ancestry, Inc., 1988.
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The Committee on the Rights of the Child examined the situation in Georgia
74th session | Committee on the Rights of the Child | Sexual abuse
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On January 25th, 2017, the Committee on the Rights of the Child examined the situation of the rights of the child in Georgia during its 74th session (from January 16th to February 3rd).
BICE monitored the issues related to child sexual abuse and children with disabilities.
Examination of sexual abuse and children with disabilities in Georgia
In their alternative report, BICE and its Georgian partner Public Health Foundation of Georgia (PHFG) focused on two issues:
Child sexual abuse;
Children with disabilities.
During the pre-session of June 2016, advocacy efforts helped influence the drawing up of the list of issues addressed to the Georgian government. On this basis, the Georgian government should provide more concrete and detailed information compared to that contained in its periodic report.
The protection of the rights of the child in Georgia
The concerns expressed by BICE and PHFG were extensively taken into account by the Committee's experts.
The questions invited the Georgian government to provide precise information about the concrete measures that had been taken to protect:
Alleged child victims of abuse;
Children from negligence
Children from sexual abuse;
Children by implementing actions that aim at training professionals.
Furthermore, the Georgian government should provide recent statistical data on child sexual abuse in the country.
The Georgian government was asked to provide detailed and updated information about the measures that had been taken to make education available to children with disabilities (inclusive education). The measures that have been taken for the deinstitutionalisation of children with disabilities should also be described.
The Georgian government was also asked to provide statistical data on:
The number of children with disabilities who live with their family or in an institution;
The number of children who attend ordinary or specialised primary school;
The children who are out of school and those who have been abandoned by their family.
In the presence of the Georgian delegation on January 25th at the Palais Wilson in Geneva, the Committee on the Rights of the Child asked questions again to complement the answers provided to the list of issues.
At the end of this interactive dialogue, the Committee issued final observations and recommendations.
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All I wanted to do was crash this weekend, but there were a few things standing in the way between me and the couch. Turns out those things were very fun and a few were festive, so I didn't mind. We also sunk in a long Sunday afternoon nap, which feels like magic to tired eyes. What is is about weekend naps that just feel so good?!?
Her dress was just stunning!
On Sunday I broke out my holiday Cheer-Miester title and finished decorating the house for Fall. We also visited a pumpkin patch at a local church and found Ralph. Isn't he perfect?! We will still need to find a fairy-tail pumpkin so Ralph isn't alone. And because, how can you not have a fairy-tail pumpkin?
Made a apple cinniomion version of this yummy breakfast for Fall.
I'll share more on our Fall decorations Thursday!
After our nap we took an early evening Jeep ride to enjoy these 60 degree temperatures. It was perfect! I made some hot cocoa, got a blanket and a warm hat, and cuddle up while we drove the back roads looking at land.
We ended the night with a movie, and warm P.J. pants on the couch.
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The second game of the final was played on Wednesday in Italy. Reyer was faced with a big deficit from the first game and Galatasaray extended that margin earlier. The hosts fought back, taking the lead and cutting the margin in half several times in the second half, but a 72-65 win still left them short 155-140. With other offensive options being shut down, it was Kaela Davis who emerged to help the visitors keep the margin at the right levels.


A study based on the findings of a two-part experiment revealed empirical evidence that affective realism involves changes in visual perception. The paper titled "Seeing What You Feel: Affect Drives Visual Perception of Structurally Neutral Faces" was published in the journal Psychological Science on Feb. 27.
Effective realism is a term which describes the tendency of your feelings to influence the actual content of your visual perceptual. In other words, your feelings play an active role in what you see and in turn, how you experience it. According to Erika Siegel from the University of California and her co-authors from Northeastern University, the research showed human beings are active perceivers.
For the two experiments, where the researchers used a technique called continuous flash suppression (CFS), 43 participants were recruited. The method is useful for psychologists while studying mechanisms of visual processing, as it can allow them to present stimuli without the realization of the participants.
"In two studies, we used an interocular suppression technique, continuous flash suppression, to present affective images outside of participants' conscious awareness," the authors wrote.
In the end, participants were presented with five faces and asked to pick the one which best resembled the one they saw during the experiment. Even though the image displayed to the dominant eye was always neutral, the participants picked the face that matched the one presented outside their awareness.
Therefore, neutral faces were perceived as smiling because of the unseen affectively positive stimuli or were perceived as scowling when paired with unseen affectively negative stimuli.
For the second experiment, the researchers included an objective measure of awareness, asking participants to identify the orientation of the suppressed face. Once again, the unseen positive faces altered the perception of the seen neutral face. The researchers noted some previous studies have suggested negative stimuli have a greater influence than positive stimuli, which makes these results all the more interesting and worth exploring.
"These findings have implications for real-world situations and challenge beliefs that affect is a distinct psychological phenomenon that can be separated from cognition and perception," the authors stated.
The implications could include anything from regular social interactions to an intense scenario when jury members have to evaluate a defendant.


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Afghanistan's Tragedy: A Problem for the West July 2008
A 16-page report published by the United Kingdom think tank UGI to give general information about Afghanistan's contemporary history and conflict. Most useful for high school students.
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One of the first investigative reports to detail the inefficiency and corruption of American companies hired to reconstruct Afghanistan after the U.S. ousted the Taliban. The 30-page report first came out in 2006 but continues to be talked about and used as a source for other reporters and scholars. The New York Times, Washington Post, the BBC, Al-Jazeera and other major media have all alluded to the report in their stories about Afghanistan. She received the Project Censored award for Afghanistan, Inc. in 2007.
The report's findings were presented to U.S. Congress and law enforcement officials. Several years later, U.S. authorities revealed that four of the companies scrutinized in the report were under investigation, the owners of one company were convicted of corruption and jailed. In 2008, U.S. officials opened the office of Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction to audit and investigate U.S. taxpayers' money allocated to aid work in the war-torn country.
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Vegan Senator Cory Booker's New Bill Aims to Slow Slaughter Speed to Protect Animals, Workers
The Safe Line Speeds During COVID-19 Act would slow down slaughterhouse line speeds to protect workers, animals, and consumers.
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This week, vegan New Jersey Senator Cory Booker introduced the Safe Line Speeds During COVID-19 Act, which aims to protect workers, animals, and consumers from the dangers posed by higher line speeds in poultry, pig, and cattle slaughterhouses. Co-sponsored by several state senators and supported by a diverse coalition of groups— including the American Federation of Government Employees, United Food & Commercial Workers International Union, and American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals—the bill would prohibit meat processing and slaughter facilities from operating at dangerously high speeds that prevent social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
In April, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) approved a record number of waivers for poultry plants to start operating at breakneck line speeds, allowing them to slaughter up to 175 birds per minute, instead of the previously allowed 140 birds per minute. A recent analysis by the National Employment Law Project found that the plants that received these waivers have all had records of severe injuries, have been cited for worker safety violations, and/or have become COVID-19 hotspots.
"Since mid-March, outbreaks of COVID-19 have continued to surge in meatpacking plants across the country, infecting tens of thousands of workers and tragically killing more than 168.  The majority of these workers are from immigrant communities and communities of color," Booker said. "The situation has only worsened since the USDA has approved nearly 20 requests from meatpacking plants to exceed regulatory limits on line speeds despite the risks posed to workers, consumers, and animal welfare. The USDA should be in the business of prioritizing worker and consumer safety over the profits of large multinational meatpacking corporations, not the other way around. The Safe Line Speeds in COVID-19 Act will rein in the USDA's reckless oversight by limiting its ability to grant dangerous line speed waivers."
In addition to prohibiting increased line speeds during the COVID-19 crisis, the Safe Line Speeds During COVID-19 Act would require the Government Accountability Office to conduct a review of the USDA and the US Department of Labor to determine the effectiveness of their actions in protecting animal, food, and worker safety during the pandemic.
The new legislation is one of many ways Booker is advocating for a reformed food system. In his keynote speech at the National Food Policy Conference earlier this week, Booker noted the negative impacts the current system has on independent farmers, rural communities, public health, workers, and farmed animals. "The fact of the matter is that our current food system is interconnected with so many issues of justice in America: racial justice, health justice, environmental justice, economic justice," Booker said. "And our food system is fundamentally broken. It fails to reflect our collective values. And it is not a dramatization to say that the way we produce and consume food in this country is quite literally a matter of life and death."
Vegan Senator Cory Booker Demands Congress Slow Animal Slaughter Speed During COVID-19 Pandemic
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With all the changes going on, Disney's Hollywood Studios now has a reputation with many for being a "half day park". Other people think that it's not worth it to stop by, and say that they will wait until Star Wars Land and Toy Story Land are open. If you only spend a couple of hours at the park, or if you skip it all together, you're missing out. There is still plenty to see and do, even with all the closures. Here are five reasons to still love Disney's Hollywood Studios, even during all the changes.
There are some fantastic meet and greet character opportunities at Disney's Hollywood Studios. This is where you can find Sorcerer Mickey, he now hangs out in the back of the park. Other classic characters can be found near the front. You can meet some of your Pixar favorites such as Mike and Sully, or Buzz and Woody. Green Army Men are often on patrol near Toy Story Midway Mania!, waiting for a picture. Your little ones will love meeting some of their Disney Junior favorites. You can also find Phineas and Ferb, and Lightning McQueen and Mater. If you're there at the right time of the year you might find some Star Wars characters or some classic villains. If you love character pictures, you'll want to make Disney's Hollywood Studios part of your next vacation.
There are some amazing shows at Disney's Hollywood Studios that your whole family will love. Princess fans won't want to miss For the First Time in Forever: A Frozen Sing-Along Celebration, Beauty and the Beast-Live on Stage, and Voyage of The Little Mermaid. Preschoolers will sing and dance along with Disney Junior – Live on Stage!. While it's not a live show, your whole family will laugh at the antics of Kermit and the gang in Muppet*Vision 3D. For the best way to end your evening, grab your seats for Fantasmic!. The show will make you glad that you decided not to leave the park early.
One fun aspect of Disney's Hollywood Studios is the fact that you can feel like you are stepping into the movies. The Great Movie Ride will take you into scenes from several classics; with some surprises along the way. On Star Tours – The Adventures Continue, you'll ride into two different scenes from the Star Wars universe. Make sure you ride more than once, since there are over 50 possible ride combinations. On Toy Story Midway Mania!, characters from the films will help you play carnival style games. Two of the best places to head inside the movies are also live shows. Both Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular! and Lights, Motors, Action! Extreme Stunt Show will thrill you with their dangerous stunts, then they'll take you behind the scenes to show you some movie making magic. If you love movies, Disney's Hollywood Studios is still the place for you.
Even with all of the talk about changes, there are two rides that have pretty secure futures at Disney's Hollywood Studios. They also happen to offer two of the biggest thrills at Walt Disney World. Rock 'n' Roller Coaster Starring Aerosmith takes off so fast that your mind won't have a chance to catch up. You'll go through loops and a corkscrew at 60 miles per hour, and it's all in the dark. The Twilight Zone Tower of Terror is arguably the best drop ride on the planet. You'll drop 13 stories over and over again in a random sequence. Just when you think that you're headed back up, it will drop again. The ride's backstory adds to the thrill. Rock 'n' Roller Coaster and Tower of Terror are two of the best reasons to visit Disney's Hollywood Studios on your next vacation. They can't be missed.
If you want a meal in a fun environment that you will be talking about for years, you have to make Disney's Hollywood Studios a priority on your vacation. Sci-Fi Dine-In Theater Restaurant is unlike anyplace else that you've ever dined at before. Mom and Dad (or maybe Grandma and Grandpa) remember the days when drive in theaters were everywhere. One has been recreated at Disney's Hollywood Studios. Even though it is indoors, you'll feel like you're eating outside in your car. The movie trailers add to the fun. For another restaurant that will take you back in time, try 50's Prime Time Cafe. You'll eat in the family kitchen while watching a black and white TV, and your server will be a long lost member of your family. If you'd like a meal that is a bit more upscale, make a reservation at The Hollywood Brown Derby. It's a faithful recreation of the classic California restaurant, and it offers fine dining within a theme park. There are other fun places to eat as well, including a delicious Italian option, a character meal with the youngest members of your family in mind, and a peek inside the pizza restaurant from Toy Story. There is a lot to love when it comes to dining at Disney's Hollywood Studios. You don't want to miss out.


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from cogent.align import indel_model, pairwise
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__copyright__ = "Copyright 2007-2012, The Cogent Project"
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__maintainer__ = "Gavin Huttleuy"
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    independent_by_default = False
    default_value = default = 0.4
    lower = 0.0001

def makeIndelModelDefn(with_indel_params=True, kn=True):
    if kn:
        klass = indel_model.KnudsenMiyamotoIndelModel
    else:
        klass = indel_model.SimpleIndelModel
    if with_indel_params:
        a = IndelParameterDefn('indel_length')  # P(extend indel)
        r = IndelParameterDefn('indel_rate')    # indels per substitution
        return CalcDefn(klass, name='indels')(r, a)
    else:
        # not optimisable parameter, a constant. Another example is the alignment in an LikFunc
        return NonParamDefn('indel_model')

class FloatWithAttrs(float):
    def __new__(cls, value, **kw):
        return float.__new__(cls, value)
    def __init__(self, value, **kw):
        float.__init__(self)
        for (n,v) in kw.items():
            setattr(self, n, v)

def Edge(seq1, seq2, length, bin_data, switch=1.0, bprobs=None):
    # one sequence pair in, potentialy, a tree
    bins = len(bin_data)
    pair = pairwise.Pair(seq1, seq2)
    EP = pair.makeReversibleEmissionProbs([(bin.mprobs, bin.Qd) for bin in bin_data], length)
    tms = [bin.indel.calcTransitionMatrix(length) for bin in bin_data]
    if bins == 1:
        TM = tms[0]
    else:
        assert bprobs
        R = SiteClassTransitionMatrix(switch, bprobs)
        TM = R.nestTransitionMatricies(tms)
    assert min(TM.Matrix.flat) >=0, bin_data
    return EP.makePairHMM(TM)

class BinData(object):
    def __init__(self, mprobs, indel, Qd, rate=1.0):
        self.mprobs = mprobs
        self.indel = indel
        self.Qd = Qd
        self.rate = rate

    def __repr__(self):
        return 'Bin(Pi, Qd, %s, %s)' % (self.rate, vars(self.indel))

class AnnotateFloatDefn(CalculationDefn):
    name = 'annot'
    def calc(self, value, edge):
        return FloatWithAttrs(value, edge=edge)

class ViterbiPogDefn(CalculationDefn):
    name = 'align'
    def calc(self, edge):
        return edge.getaln()

class FwdDefn(CalculationDefn):
    name = 'fwd'
    def calc(self, edge):
        return edge.getForwardScore(use_cost_function=False)

class EdgeSumAndAlignDefn(CalculationDefn):
    name = 'pair'
    def calc(self, pog1, pog2, length1, length2, bin):
        edge = Edge(pog1, pog2, length1+length2, [bin])
        def _getaln():
            try:
                ratio = length1/(length1+length2)
            except (ZeroDivisionError, FloatingPointError):
                ratio = 1.
            return edge.getViterbiPath().getAlignable(ratio)
        edge.getaln = _getaln
        return edge

class EdgeSumAndAlignDefnWithBins(CalculationDefn):
    name = 'pair'
    def calc(self, pog1, pog2, length1, length2, switch, bprobs, *bin_data):
        edge = Edge(pog1, pog2, length1+length2, bin_data, switch, bprobs)
        def _getaln():
            ratio = length1/(length1+length2)
            (vtScore, result) = edge.getViterbiScoreAndAlignable(ratio)
            return result
        edge.getaln = _getaln
        return edge

def _recursive_defns(edge, subst, leaf, edge_defn_constructor, bin_args):
    """A defn which calculates a fwd score with an .edge
    attribute which can provide a viterbi alignment which can be
    provided to a similar defn"""
    scores = []
    args = []
    for child in edge.Children:
        if child.istip():
            args.append(leaf.selectFromDimension('edge', child.Name))
        else:
            (child_defn, scores2) = _recursive_defns(
                    child, subst, leaf, edge_defn_constructor, bin_args)
            child_defn = ViterbiPogDefn(child_defn)
            scores.extend(scores2)
            args.append(child_defn)
    child_names = [child.Name for child in edge.Children]
    assert len(child_names) == 2, child_names
    child_lengths = subst['length'].acrossDimension('edge', child_names)
    args.extend(child_lengths)
    args.extend(bin_args)
    edge_defn = edge_defn_constructor(*args)
    #fwd = FwdDefn(edge_defn)
    #scores.append(fwd)
    return (edge_defn, scores)

def makeForwardTreeDefn(subst_model, tree, bin_names,
        with_indel_params=True, kn=True):
    """Pairwise Fwd"""
    indel = makeIndelModelDefn(with_indel_params, kn)
    subst = subst_model.makeFundamentalParamControllerDefns(bin_names)
    leaf = NonParamDefn('leaf', dimensions=('edge',))

    if len(bin_names) > 1:
        switch = ProbabilityParamDefn('bin_switch', dimensions=['locus'])
        bprobs = PartitionDefn(
            [1.0/len(bin_names) for bin in bin_names], name = "bprobs",
            dimensions=['locus'], dimension=('bin', bin_names))
        edge_args = [switch, bprobs]
        edge_defn_constructor = EdgeSumAndAlignDefnWithBins
    else:
        edge_args = []
        edge_defn_constructor = EdgeSumAndAlignDefn

    mprobs = subst['word_probs']
    bin_data = CalcDefn(BinData)(mprobs, indel, subst['Qd'])
    bin_data = bin_data.acrossDimension('bin', bin_names)
    edge_args.extend(bin_data)

    (top, scores) = _recursive_defns(tree, subst, leaf, edge_defn_constructor,
        edge_args)
    defn = FwdDefn(top)
    #defn = SumDefn(*scores)
    return AnnotateFloatDefn(defn, top)

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Classic type of pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) is an uncommon ulceronecrotic cutaneous disease of uncertain aetiology characterised by broad zones of confluent ulceration with violaceous undermined margins. Some 50% of cases are associated with systemic diseases. The superficial granulomatous variant of pyoderma gangrenosum (SGPG) of the external genitalia is extremely rare Patients with this condition develop single or multiple ulcerated skin lesions often with sinus tract formation. The majority of these lesions were found on the trunk and limbs. SGPG is less likely to be associated with underlying disease processes than classic PG. We present a 58 year-old with recalcitrant penile ulceration demonstrated to be SGPG on biopsy. Although rare and poorly recognised, the histological features are sufficiently typical to allow the correct diagnosis to be established.


Under Hill's bill, judges would conduct private interviews with children 17 or younger who seek to marry, though 17-year-olds who have high school diplomas would be exempt from the interview requirement. The bill also would require that data on the prevalence of child marriage be collected. As we say, it's a start.


Everyone has "their" show…for my Dad it was Everybody Loves Raymond. I can see him like it was yesterday, sitting on the edge of his bed laughing and laughing at that show. For my husband, it's The Big Bang Theory. He watches marathons of it and just cracks up, even if he's seen the episode many, many times. For me, it's The Middle. I LOVE that show. It's the only show I laugh out loud to. I record it and sometimes watch each episode a couple of times because I always catch something the second time I may have missed the first time around. The show resonates with me on so many different levels.
The Middle is real. It doesn't sugarcoat the realities of life and in our world of perfect "facebook families" the Hecks are a breath of fresh air. I want to be their friend. I'm still catching up on recorded episodes and I watched one the other day where Frankie (mom) was trying to get a job. She was complaining to Mike (dad) that she kept getting asked in the interviews the philosophical question of "Who is Frankie Heck?" She had no idea. Together they decided "nice" and "hardworking" might be stretching the truth a bit so she asked her three kids to each give a word to describe her…Axl (son #1) came up with lazy, Brick (son #2) chose angry, and Sue (daughter) selected tired. Frankie got frustrated and walked off and Axl yelled, "We are just trying to help! You are being ungrateful!" The other two kids started clapping, nodding their heads saying "ungrateful, great word Axl!" So Frankie spends the rest of the show trying to figure out who she is.
I'm a contradiction. I'm the keeper of secrets and the shoulder that soaks up many tears. I'm the unwelcome voice of reason and the look that makes you look away. I'm passionate, loyal, and trustworthy, but I'm also emotional, sensitive, and stubborn. I'm a magician that can pull lost things from thin air and a gardener who nurtures, waters, and pulls the weeds of the many relationships I tend to. I see myself as weak but always find myself to be stronger than I ever imagined possible when I have to be. I don't let you in easily, but when I do, you get the whole me…the good, bad, and ugly. I have a temper, but I also have a generous heart. I'm not a risk taker with anything except relationships and then there's no risk too great. I can be inpatient and insecure but also independent and introspective. I make lots of mistakes and ask for forgiveness. My heart feels like it's going to burst with all the love and compassion I feel, but at the same time my head feels like it's going to explode from all the thoughts and worries I ruminate. I sometimes get so caught up in what I don't have, I forget what I do have. I'm grateful and spoiled. I'm silly and serious. I'm lazy and busy. I'm happy and sad. I'm perfectly imperfect.
But no matter what combination you get of me on a given day, I also know I'm enough.
And YOU are enough too.


OverviewA spin-off of the Jak and Daxter franchise that sees our heroes, fresh from saving the world in Jak 3, forced to participate in brutal races for their very lives.
Jak X -- Combat Racing revolves around Jak and his friends, who are poisoned and forced to compete in a racing tournament.
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If one can easily translate the complex into the 'simple' – one risks reducing out the essential argument which was posed in the first place. Sometimes, simple is simply not enough, or worse is a way of faking comprehension when one does not really grasp mechanism nor seek understanding. Sometimes what is celebrated as simple, is in reality advantageously obtuse.
We have all heard the famous Richard Feynman quote "If you can't explain something in simple terms, you don't understand it." While the principle rings with lofty enlightenment, and accordingly tugs at my heart to grant it free pass based upon its poetic conviction alone, nonetheless my mind raises an experience-based objection. Not all things are simple of course. But more to the point, many philosophical principles reside in a state of critical irreducibility, and cannot be simplified beyond a given level of complexity, without compromising the essence of the critical path logic contained in its integral form. Many principles of philosophy for instance, require the participant to up their game, and suffer (sometimes fatally) when the principle is translated into a weaker and supposedly more understandable form. It is not that the much venerated Dr. Feynman is wrong in his statement, rather that his statement can be shown to be wrong in common circumstances, without special pleading. It is a type of organic untruth called dicto simpliciter (see below). Feynman's simplicity apothegm also is a complex fallacy called the Wonka Golden Ticket or einfach mechanism. Later in this article you will see a list of popular Wonka Golden Ticket fallacies, in areas such as civil rights or philosophy, wherein the popular simple principle stands as a twisted and malevolent form of its original theme. It is pseudo-theory. It is an idea which is so strong in its simplicity, verisimilitude and perception, that it is installed as truth from the moment it is uttered; never vetted in its genesis, and is never allowed to be questioned again. Humans are ruled by this type of common fiat wisdom. This statement itself, ironically stands exemplary as to why 'simple' is not always the correct or clearest explanation. Sometimes, an effort to force simplicity constitutes nothing more than simpleton science itself.
An invalid null hypothesis or best explanation. An explanation, theory or idea which resolves a contention through bypassing the scientific method, then moreover is installed as truth solely by means of the apparent strength of the idea itself. Pseudo-theory which is not tested at its inception, nor is ever held to account thereafter.
This principle of skipping or short-cutting a portion of the critical logic of an irreducible concept, in the name of, or in the mistake of, simplicity we shall highlight below.
The materials physicist Percy Bridgman, commented upon the process by which we 'translate' abstract theories and concepts into specific experimental contexts and protocols. Calling this work of reduction and translation 'operationalism' – Bridgman cautioned that experimental data production is often guided by substantial presuppositions about the subject matter which arise as a part of this translation. Often raising concern about the ways in which initial questions are formulated inside a scientific context. True science is a process which revisits its methodological constructs (modes of research method) as often as it does its epistemological (knowledge) ones. Accordingly, this principle identified by Bridgman is the foundation of the philosophy which clarifies the difference between a complex understanding and its necessary components. If presuppositions are made in this very scientific process itself, are not even more risky suppositions then made in the process of translating complexity into simplicity?
When we alter a principle for clarity's sake, just as in the case of reducing complex scientific paradigms into simpler component tests, we translate and reduce sometimes the content of that principle. We inexorably change that principle. Especially if the principle itself was delineating a subtle aspect of philosophy to begin with. The ability to make a tenet of philosophy simpler, may stand more as an indication that the translation specialist did not get the subtle nature of its critical logic to begin with. When this is done as a matter of convenience in order to make the pseudo-principle go viral, or push selected answers, this is called being advantageously obtuse.
In pluralistic research, a team does not 'test the simplest constructs first'. This is the false notion of someone who has never once assembled a reduction critical path, nor prosecuted a scientific line of inquiry. A team will test those constructs which can be potentially falsified in short order first on the critical path – which often also are complex (not complicated) in their offing. This, for three reasons: 1) falsification is a more highly informative pathway of research, 2) The added information strengthens the ability to resolve other constructs in the critical path succession, and 3) this wastes the least amount of dwell time inside a series of critical path Query Oriented Normalization question series (especially when one is under stakeholder or stockholder pressure). If your 'skeptic' does not know what any of these things are – tell them to shut up and sit down before they hurt themselves.
Also, please note that complex, plural and complicated (the antithesis of simple), are not the same thing. Don't let your fake skeptic pull tricks by conflating the three or using special pleadings as to what is indeed complexity inside this context. Just because a construct adds a feature at risk under science, does not serve to make it 'less simple'. They are not lovers of simplicity, rather they fear the inability of their mind to grasp sufficient and necessary complexity.
…well if there is sufficient evidence for both, then I believe both happily. And then wait for more… I mean if the experimental data doesn't favour one of them, why should I believe the simpler one? […] I probably would because it's easier to understand, easier for my brain to work on, but if they both show sufficient data, then either of them might be right or neither of them might be right, so I'm happy to believe both until one is disproven.
When one presumes that what is true in general and/or under normal circumstances, is therefore true under all circumstances without exception.
Now of course, reduced simple constructs bear enormous usefulness inside science, and in particular systems modeling. Physics itself is a form of systems modeling, involving the principle of reductionism. Reductionism has served the sciences well. In physics, where there are well defined laws, it is often possible to use a micro-scaled descriptive principle to derive a macroscopic model. Nuclear reactions were first modeled in this micro-to-macro fashion, before a physical one was ever achieved by mankind.15 Take for instance, the simple mathematical relationship which describes the mass to energy conversion occurring inside a fission or fusion nuclear reaction.
Simple, right? But if you really want to understand nuclear dynamics, as I did as a young undergraduate, the actual formula which models the dynamic reaction in a nuclear core runs down the chalkboard of an entire side and one half of a typical medium-sized college classroom. A sad realization I encountered one day when Professor Farazin spent the first 15 minutes of class writing that equation up on the chalkboard. A very complex equation in reality, featuring simpler components and substrates. The neutron transport dynamics and kinetics, the core shape, neutron sinks, reflection dynamics and material makeup – all play into one complex interleaving producing a given fast neutron density. This gives us the brisance, thermal release and control profile of the nuclear chain reaction.
Let's make it clear here, that one's ability to cite the simple principle E=mc² does not in any way qualify one to understand nor teach nuclear core dynamics. Sometimes, simple is simply not enough, or might even constitute a way of faking it, when one does not really understand what is going on.
Had Neil DeGrasse Tyson actually invested any scientific experience/effort (the dreaded 'complexity') into this subject, he would know that calories-in calories-out dieting does not work, and inevitably leads to lower and lower consumption over time; finally resulting in the related chronic diseases from malnutrition which accompany this bad practice. It is simple, but it is also stupid. And you will find those who cannot distinguish between the two, to often be fascinated by the apparent brilliance of simpleness. But you see, actually investigating these constructs was not 'simple' enough for Neil. Neil, as all celebrity skeptics and science communicators are wont, was rent-seeking (see below).
But we must understand that, reduction is simply a method by which we digest necessary complexity – and is not tantamount to dismissing complexity nor making a model simple itself. Conflating these two principles can serve to be the genesis of much philosophical (and sadly, scientific) confusion.
Simplicity-seeking, much akin to Nassim Taleb's (as opposed to Gordon Tullock's earlier version) principle entitled rent-seeking, is a way of profiting by means of the least-effort method ascertainable. Rent-seeking involves seeking to increase one's share of existing wealth without creating or contributing value as a part of that process. Easy money, Easy science. Just as in economics, where the activities of cartels, bureaucracies and monopolies – seek to gain economically through no provision of value – even so, simplicity seeking is a form of intellectual and scientific laziness. Bard Ermentrout elicits this by means of a great point inside the quote above, with his statement "…for many biological systems, one can only guess at the mechanism.".
It is precisely our inability or lack of desire to handle and grasp complex body systems, along with the desire to make them simpler than they really are, that is the genesis of much misdiagnosis and mistreatment inside modern medicine. It is our wish to make things simple, which causes interventions based upon these fallacious understandings to indeed go wrong.
Let's examine an example of this in modern medicine; and in particular one of the primary hormone signal and control centers in the body, the thyroid gland.
The thyroid gland is an advanced, complex and highly interleaved system control head. Its function inside the pituitary-thyroid-adrenal axis is poorly understood. And while the thyroid releases at least 4 hormones (body control signals), T1, T2, T3 and T4 – we as a medical body have made the damaging mistake of assuming that the gland's role inside the body is simpler than it really is. We patent and prescribe T4 – Levothyroxine, repeatedly make easy billions of dollars, and call the science finished. Meanwhile millions of people are harmed by this form of rent-seeking: simplicity seeking.
As much as I would love to express some of the findings inside my philosophy in much simpler terms, as a technical and specification writer I find that I cannot in many cases, without compromising the material I wish to relate. Understanding as it turns out, is the ability to know when not to make something simpler, as opposed to the skill in doing so. Complexity many times, is asking the neophyte to up their game, not lower the standard of the material being presented. The principles I express in this blog are, many times discriminated inside levels of complexity to begin with. Spotting the magician's trick requires that one understand the subtle methodology being employed by the magician. 'Simple' in this context, of the art of the professional lie, is often simply a sales job.
1) Simple explanations have complex underpinnings. Our "simple" explanations are only simple, because we choose to contort reality in extremely exhaustive complexities in order to force simplicity. You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink. But if he does drink, that is not a simple action by any means, it may appear to be simple but that is an illusion on the part of the casual observer. Simplicity, many times, is only an illusion.
2) Beware of the tyranny of the simple. Simplicity as a principle of discretion is best suited for the clear application of judgments and governances, and as such is usually based on sets of laws and procedure which change only slowly and under great necessity. Laws only change as men change, and men are slow to change. Because of this, laws of governance are always behind current understandings. Unassailable principles of governance have little place in discovery and science.
4) Simplicity implies that enough data exists to warrant a conclusion regarding an observation, then further implies that a disposition must be tendered immediately. Simplicity in this fashion is sold through construction of a false dilemma, a fatal logical fallacy.
5) Simplicity which does not give way to the utility of an incrementally more complex, yet better explanatory paradigm, is not simplicity, rather utility blindness or Kuhn Denialism. Science is a progression of incrementally better utility in the explanatory basis of successive models. As this process progresses, models tend to gain more accuracy or applicability at the cost of added complexity. A focus on simplicity rather than utility can bias a person against the incremental nature of scientific explanatory progression.
6) Simple is a form of rent seeking. It is employed by a player who either does not understand the complex underlying principle or even worse desires to obfuscate that underlying principle to begin with. This usually involves a situation where the 'simplicity-seeker' is establishing a form of information control. An ability to derive and enforce a scientific paradigm without having to input the work, value or clarity normally incumbent with such a feat.
Paul Humphreys,"The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Science; Oxford University Press, New York, NY, 2016; pp.284-5.


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"Laughtertainment ", An Uncivilized Dimension In Radio These Days-Media Counsellors
MEDIA COUNSELLORS have observed an unpleasant development on some radio and TV stations that needs to be addressed.
The foundational principles of radio stations (or TV) are entertainment, education and information. But many radio stations in Ghana have added another element which we would like to label as "Laughtertainment".
"Laughtertainment" is the excessive use of "concert" presentation, especially by the usage of names of human sex organs or sexual language in a "concert"
manner, particularly in Twi language, adopted by some presenters of some radio stations. This is certainly not good, especially, for children who listen to such news or programmes.
News reading is supposed to be a serious programme but this jovial way of presentation has now been introduced into News. Sensitive sexual abuse issues such as rape, sexual molestation and sexual harassment are often presented in "laughtertainment" manner, indirectly teasing the offended person. This is not nice at all.
Slight "laughtertainment" may be used to spice some programmes but it should be noted that the repetitive mention of human private parts (sex organs) raw in Twi on radio and TV programmes is quite unethical, disgusting,
inappropriate and extremely uncivilized; and should not be condoned. Media Counsellors hereby plead with on-air personalities and producers of radio and
TV programmes to desist from the abuse of "laughtertainment".
Henceforth, it is suggested that the saying "Freedom of Speech" should be changed to "Freedom of Good Speech". People should be educated to use decent or polite language on radio and TV.
To all listeners, please, when you speak on radio or TV, do not provoke, do not incite. Let us all support to clean and calm the airwaves to maintain peace in Ghana.
Wilfred Yeboah-Kodie
(Project Coordinator)
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