The Geronimo Stilton series is series of bestselling novels written by the famous Italian author named Elisabetta Dami and based on the children's book genre. It consists of a total of 63 books published between the years 2000 and 2015. All the books in the series were published by the Edizioni Piemme publishing house based in Milan, Italy, since the year 2000. The novels of this series were originally written in the Italian language and their English versions were published by the Scholastic Corporation, since the year 2004. Each of the novels in the series feature the main character in the form of Geronimo Stilton, who is also credited to be the author of the series. However, the original idea of the series is of author Elisabetta Dami, who has also written the novels of the series. Crediting Geronimo Stilton as the author and main character of the series is just a marketing strategy used by author Elisabetta Dami. In fact, the older novels of the series have been issued under the copyright of the pseudonym 'Geronimo Stilton', which was later changed in the newer books. Author Elisabetta Dami has said that she had intended to write the novels of this series for the children between the ages of 6 and 12. All the novels of the series feature Geronimo Stilton as the primary character, who is a talking mouse living in the fictional New Mouse City located on the Mouse Island. Author Elisabetta Dami has described Geronimo Stilton as a bestselling novelist, working as an editor and journalist for the well known fictional newspaper agency of the New Mouse City, called as The Rodent's Gazette. Geronimo's family consists of a younger sister by the name Thea Stilton, a cousin called Trap Stilton, and a loving nephew named Benjamin Stilton, who is just 9 years old.
The personality of Geronimo Stilton is like that of a mild mannered and a nervous mouse who likes nothing else except living his life in a quiet and peaceful manner. However, throughout the course of the novels of the series, it is shown that he often keeps getting involved in one or the other adventures along with Trap, Benjamin, and his sister Thea Stilton. Sometimes, his Aunt Sweetfur also joins him in the faraway adventures. All the books in the series are written in such a manner that they appear to be the autobiographical stories of adventures in the life of Geronimo Stilton. Initially, the series began in Italy and famous as a children's book series in the country. As of today, the series has become very much popular all over the world and has been translated into more than 35 foreign languages worldwide. The publishing rights of the English translations of Geronimo Stilton's graphic novels have been obtained by a publishing company named Papercutz. The graphic novels of the series have retained some of the original names of the popular characters from the original series, which were changed by the Scholastic Corporation while translating it into story books. A few of the named retained by Papercutz from the original series include Pandora and Patty Spring, which were changed to Bugsy Wugsy and Petunia Pretty Jaws respectively by the Scholastic Corporation. A few other books have been published under the series featuring Thea Stilton as the lead character.
The Geronimo Stilton books are also available on the CD and audio-cassette versions which have been published by the Scholastic Audio Books. The first three collections of the Audiobooks contain three stories each and the 10th book in the series is published as a single audio book. All the other audio books in the Geronimo Stilton series are published in pairings. The first 10 books of the series can be heard in the voice of Edward Hermann and the rest others in the voice of Bill Lobley. The novel series, Geronimo Stilton has also been adapted into an animated television series. A couple of seasons of the TV series consisting of 26 episodes each have already been completed and telecast in The Netherlands and Belgium, which started in the year 2009. Currently, the third season of the series is in production. Along with the graphic novels of the Geronimo Stilton series, the Papercutz publishing house has also published the graphic novels of Thea Stilton series, since the year 2013. The famous newspaper of Geronimo Stilton in the New Mouse City, The Rodent's Gazette, gets updated every several months and features the latest adventures and books of Geronimo Stilton. The paper is also the official website for the English readers all over the world. Since the year 2006, the Scholastic Corporation editors have stopped writing the top stories of the series. But, they still continue to update the Book Reviews section with the latest reviews, book covers, ad the summaries of the latest adventures of Geronimo Stilton.
The first novel of the Geronimo Stilton series was published under the title 'Lost Treasure of the Emerald Eye'. It was released by the Scholastic Paperbacks in the year 2004. The plot of this novel shows how Geronimo Stilton describes his first adventure when his sister Thea Stilton came across an old and mysterious map. After that, all the adventures in the life of Geronimo Stilton began and never actually stopped. In no time after the discovery of the mysterious and old map by Thea Stilton, Geronimo was dragged by her in her treasure hunt along with his cousin named Trap Stilton. Geronimo describes the adventure as the one which can never be forgotten. This novel was followed by another interesting novel titled as 'The Curse of the Cheese Pyramid'. This novel was released by the Scholastic Corporation publishing house in the year 2004. The plot of this novel once again introduces the members of the family of Geronimo Stilton, who are also the primary characters of the series.
Some of them include his cousin named Trap Stilton, his adventurous and lovely sister named Thea Stilton, as well as his favorite nephew named Benjamin Stilton. In the opening sequence of the plot of this novel, it is shown that Geronimo's father named William shows up suddenly and orders to take over the famous newspaper, The Rodent's Gazette. At first, he fires all the workers in the newspaper agency and then orders Geronimo to go on a tour to Egypt. He also asks him to meet professor Alrat Spitfur and obtain the knowledge of generating energy from the camel dung. While visiting Egypt, Geronimo studies about the Pyramids and secrets about the other Wonders in The Mouse World. After returning from Egypt, he makes a plan along with his colleagues to get rid of his grandfather. In the end, author Elisabetta Dami has managed to introduce the kids to the history and culture of Egypt along with entertaining them.


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Americans Voted To End War In Syria, But This Unelected Bureaucrat Lied To Overrule Them
Reported by Willis L. Krumholz | NOVEMBER 18, 2020
Read more at https://thefederalist.com/2020/11/18/americans-voted-to-end-war-in-syria-but-this-unelected-bureaucrat-lied-to-overrule-them/
Defense One, a subsidiary of The Atlantic, came out with a story last week about a man named Jim Jeffrey. If you haven't heard of him, don't feel bad, but he's pretty important in Washington, D.C. Under his fancy title, he's been appointed to oversee the U.S. fight against ISIS and what are supposed to be the limited operations of the American troops who still remain in Syria.
Jeffrey is now also a hero in D.C., because in the interview with Defense One he bragged about how he misled President Donald Trump and other top White House officials about the real number of U.S. troops in Syria. "We were always playing shell games to not make clear to our leadership how many troops we had there," Jeffrey told the Defense One reporter.
The Establishment Wants War in Syria
To say that the D.C. foreign policy establishment wants a U.S. ground presence in Syria is an understatement. During the Obama administration, partisan former Central Intelligence Agency Director John Brennan spent $1 billion from taxpayers per year trying to arm "moderate" rebels in Syria. What Brennan got was loads of American weapons in the hands of jihadists, including ISIS affiliates. In one example, a particular program trained 15,000 rebels in Jordan and returned them to Syria. Only "four or five" recruits out of the 15,000 turned up to fight. The rest either joined jihadist forces, including ISIS, or sold their American weapons to these forces.
The futility of regime change efforts didn't deter official Washington, however. Western media raved about "the white helmets." They also glossed over the fact that there were few moderate rebels and that many of America's preferred rebels to take on the dictatorship of Bashar al-Assad were guilty of unspeakable brutalities.
Meanwhile, a civil war pitting Muslim Sunnis against Shias — which was partly fueled by American money and weapons and certainly fueled by weapons and money from Gulf Sunni states, including Saudi Arabia — caused a humanitarian crisis. Millions of refugees flooded Europe. Into this chaos and power vacuum stepped ISIS, which at its pinnacle had amassed a huge amount of territory in Iraq and Syria.
On the campaign trail in 2016, Trump repeatedly promised to destroy ISIS and then get U.S. troops out of Syria. This was a large difference between Trump and his Republican primary opponents and then later Hillary Clinton, who argued that U.S. involvement in Syria should not be limited to destroying the Islamic State and that the United States should topple Assad.
Trump's view was that if Assad was toppled, the power vacuum would be greater, and the jihadist problem would worsen. He also argued that such a move was not in America's interest, had no clear exit strategy, and would cause an even greater humanitarian disaster, including thousands of dead American troops.
As president, Trump routinely called Syria a place of "sand and death." Multiple times he attempted to pull the United States out of Syria, only to be met with Assad allegedly striking civilians and official Washington clamoring for a response. Finally, in December 2018, Trump gave a withdrawal order. This led to the resignation (or firing) of Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, along with Brett McGurk, the former special envoy for Syria. Trump repeated that order in October 2019.
Jeffrey called Trump's decision to fulfill his campaign promise and remove U.S. troops from Syria "the most controversial thing in my fifty years in government." Each time Trump gave the withdrawal order, according to Jeffrey, Trump was "convinced to leave a residual force in Syria and the fight continued." In reality, officials kept troops behind far above the "residual force," unbeknownst to the president.
"What Syria withdrawal? There was never a Syria withdrawal," Jeffrey bragged. "When the situation in northeast Syria had been fairly stable after we defeated ISIS, [Trump] was inclined to pull out. In each case, we then decided to come up with five better arguments for why we needed to stay. And we succeeded both times. That's the story."
Officially, America has 200 to 400 troops on the ground in northeast Syria, ostensibly to guard the oil fields in that area held by U.S. Kurdish allies. Anonymous officials say the number is more like 900 today, however, and Jeffrey told Defense One that the number of troops in Syria is "a lot more than" the roughly 200 troops that Trump agreed to leave behind there in October 2019.
Defense One concluded its story by noting that Jeffrey didn't support Trump but agrees with Trump's "realpolitik" Middle East foreign policy and efforts to make North Atlantic Treaty Organization members pay more for defense. Jeffrey also said he views Joe Biden favorably. In fact, after signing a letter in 2016 that said Trump was unfit for the presidency, it appears as if Jeffrey still opposes Trump: "I know what I did in 2016, I do not disagree with that," Jeffrey said.
While Defense One quoted colleagues who said Jeffrey is a "consummate apolitical public servant," many others were upset by Jeffrey's admissions. Republican Rep. Jim Banks of Indiana, a member of the House Armed Services Committee, is furious and called for Jeffrey to be "punished."
Who Has the Power in America?
People in Middle America should be enraged by Jeffrey's interview. Washington, D.C., should be terrified that the American people might realize people like Jeffrey are only the tip of the iceberg. Jeffrey might be completely right about his view of the world and probably thinks he was doing the right thing, but that doesn't matter. It doesn't make Jeffrey's behavior any less abhorrent.
People didn't elect Jeffrey to anything. They elected Trump in 2016, and one factor in a bunch of working-class Americans opting for Trump was his promise not to start a new war in the Middle East. A large majority of Americans don't want U.S. ground troops in Syria. Even a large chunk of Democrats who abhor Trump technically agree with his Syria policy. Labeling Jeffrey a "public servant" is a sick joke. Jeffrey is serving himself, or at least serving his ideology — and he does have an ideology.
Yes, it was Trump's fault he hired people like John Bolton, a neoconservative ideologue who thought it was his job to stop Trump from following through with his campaign promises. Yet Trump isn't ideological, and he often filled positions based on the recommendations of those around him, many of whom were card-carrying members of the Republican establishment.
Either way, Trump took a lot of heat for his order to pull troops out of Syria. Mattis resigned, and Democrats, media outlets, and Republicans such as Liz Cheney attacked Trump. Detractors hurled constant accusations that Trump wanting to get U.S. troops out of Syria was yet further proof he was a stooge of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Trump's differences on foreign policy compared to the D.C. establishment, including over Syria policy, was even a significant factor in the FBI's decision to legitimize baseless conspiracy theories that Trump was an agent of Russia.
Let's step back for a second. Millions of working-class Americans, who also voted for Barack Obama, voted for Trump in 2016 because they wanted a change to policy. Now assume Trump is gone, and, truthfully, not much has changed on a fundamental level for many of these working-class citizens. What will happen when a large chunk of the American people realize their votes don't affect policy?
Trump was considered norm-breaking and obnoxious to these D.C. insiders. Have these insiders not considered that the same people who sent Trump to the White House to shake things up might eventually opt for someone even more norm-breaking than Trump?
Willis L. Krumholz holds a JD and MBA degree from the University of St. Thomas. The views expressed are those of the author only. You can follow Willis on Twitter @WillKrumholz.
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Exclusive: Dr. Ben Carson to Tour Refugee Camps in Jordan to Battle 'Premature Capitulation to Violence and Evil'
by Matthew Boyle & Jordan Schachtel 26 Nov 2015 Washington, DC
URL of the original posting site: http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2015/11/26/exclusive-dr-ben-carson-to-tour-refugee-camps-in-jordan-to-battle-premature-capitulation-to-violence-and-evil
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Dr. Ben Carson boarded a flight to the Middle Eastern nation of Jordan late on Thanksgiving to embark on a tour of Syrian refugee camps there on Friday, he told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview before the trip. The tour–which Carson is taking so he can learn more about how to solve the refugee crisis by resettling Syrians throughout the Middle East, rather than bringing any refugees to the United States of America or placing more in Europe–means the world-leading neurosurgeon is the first 2016 GOP presidential candidate to tour refugee camps in Jordan.
"I'm going to be visiting some of the refugee camps and some of the hospitals and talking to some of the people," Carson told Breitbart News in the exclusive phone interview on Thursday afternoon.
"I want to get a really good impression of what's going on over there with these refugees. There's a lot of Syrian refugees. There are not nearly as many as they had planned for. But as you may or may not know, the facilities are not conducive to having any refugees stay there—they're trying to get out of there. Also, I want to get a better impression of why Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, UAE, why are they so resistant to integrating Syrians into their populations? What is it, what's the dynamic between these various groups that makes them not want to help each other? I really want to get to the bottom of that."
Part of the reason why he's going is because Carson envisions a future where ISIS is decimated and wants to find solutions for how to proactively deal with large-scale problems in the Middle East before they get out of control again.
"I want us not to give up on the possibilities of peace over there," Carson told Breitbart News.
"I'm not being unrealistic or saying that we ought to sit down with a peace pipe with ISIS—that's just absurd. But let's say we get rid of ISIS: There's still a lot of work to be done over there. And I think we're a central part of that. We have been a very big part of that for many decades and the American influence, even though we were taking sort of a back seat and leading from behind, it's still very powerful. It needs to be cultivated in the right way. And that influence used in the right way not only leads to peace but increased quality of life for people because one of the things that an organization like ISIS springs up is because they appeal to the desperation of people who have no hope. We can help alter that dynamic."
Carson said he wants to find a solution to resettle the refugees closer to their homeland throughout the Middle East—and that he doesn't think the United States should be taking any here.
"For me it's not so much about taking refugees in here—I just don't think that's a good idea from the outset," Carson said hours before heading to Jordan. "It's really more about understanding the dynamic over there because I think we need to be working with some of the nations over there in terms of how do you resettle? And in terms of how do we form some kind of a coalition where you have peace and repatriate? That's what I'm looking for. I just think it's wrongheaded that the only solution is for us to take them here. That's not the right solution."
Jordan is one of the few countries in the ummah (Islamic world) that has aggressively provided for refugees fleeing from war-torn Syria.
The UNHCR, the United Nations' refugee agency, has taken point in providing assistance for refugees from Syria who live in Jordanian refugee camps. By the end of 2015, Jordan will have taken in over one million refugees, over 90% of whom came from Syria, while the rest will have arrived mostly from Iraq, according to UN data.
An aerial view shows the Zaatari refugee camp, near the Jordanian city of Mafraq July 18, 2013. The camp that holds roughly 115,000 Syrian refugees in Jordan about 12 km (eight miles) from the Syrian border. REUTERS/Mandel Ngan/Pool
Carson ripped President Barack Obama for comparing, as the president did in his Thanksgiving address, potential Syrian refugees in the United States to the Pilgrims.
"That's certainly not the way I see it," Carson said when asked to respond to Obama's comments. "If they were Pilgrims, they should be Pilgrims over there, not Pilgrims over here."
Obama had on Thursday morning compared Syrian refugees to the Pilgrims who settled in Plymouth, Massachusetts, nearly 400 years ago—who kicked off the tradition of Thanksgiving.
"In 1620, a small band of pilgrims came to this continent, refugees who had fled persecution and violence in their native land," Obama said. "Nearly 400 years later, we remember their part in the American story – and we honor the men and women who helped them in their time of need."
Carson told Breitbart News that what would be a truly "humanitarian act," one of "Christian love," would be finding ways to reintegrate Syrian refugees into Middle Eastern nations like Jordan—where he's touring on Friday—and society there, rather than bringing them here.
A picture taken on March 15, 2014 shows children collecting water from a truck at the sprawling desert Zaatari refugee camp in northern Jordan near the border with Syria which provides shelter to around 100,000 Syrian refugees. AFP PHOTO/KHALIL MAZRAAWI
"But again, we must get back to thinking: exactly what is a humanitarian act? What truly is an act of Christian love? And I think it is not running away from the situation over there," Carson said.
"It's trying to ameliorate the situation over there so that people can live in peace. I think there's been a premature capitulation to violence and evil. And I just don't think we have to get in and say there's no hope and no point to try to achieve some fairness over there, that there's no point in trying to get some of the people who have refugee camps to let the people out of the refugee camps and let them work. Many of them are people with skills—doctors, lawyers, dentists—who could be there helping. Why would you take people with those kinds of skills and just confine them to a refugee camp where they live on $95 a month? It just doesn't make any sense."
Jordanian government agencies, along with several NGOs and international partners, contribute to the relief efforts for refugees in the country. Amman opened the Zaatari refugee camp, located near the Syrian border, in 2012 to deal with Syrians fleeing the violence and turmoil of the war in their nation.
Documenting the initial surge of Syrians into Zaatari camp, journalist Carla Fibla wrote in 2012: "Every day, thousands of Syrian refugees walk early in the morning to the entrance of Za'atari camp and form a long queue. For hours, they wait for lorry deliveries, fighting for each centimetre of space."
The refugee population in Zaatari alone is estimated at around 83,000 people. Due to the continuing increase in population, the camp has faces a surge in crime and drug issues. The camp was said to reach maximum capacity when its population totaled 60,000, but its gates remain open.
In this Wednesday, July 29, 2015 photo, a Syrian refugee boy plays with a tire at Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan. (AP Photo/Raad Adayleh)
The conditions in Zaatari have become so rough for refugees that some now prefer to leave and take their chances in Syria, according to reports.
Majreeb Al Fhood refugee camp, located near Zaatari, has become another popular spot for Syrian refugees. Its current population stands at a little over 4,000, according to estimates from early 2015. The camp was built to deal with the over-population in the Zaatari camp. But 80 percent of the Syrian refugees don't live in refugee camps. They are dispersed among urban populations in the country's north–which has become dramatically reshaped, both from a security and a demographic standpoint, due to the war.
Syrian refugee children dressed in new clothes hold the hands of their grandmother while walking back to their shelter on the first day of the Eid al-Fitr holiday that marks the end of the holy fasting month of Ramadan at Zaatari refugee camp, in Mafraq, Jordan, Friday, July 17, 2015. (AP Photo/Muhammed Muheisen)
Carson, a doctor and world-renowned pediatric neurosurgeon, also said that he's planning to visit hospitals there. He compared this fact-finding mission to his August trip to the U.S. border with Mexico in Arizona, a trip on which this reporter accompanied him for Breitbart News and included a helicopter tour of cartel-controlled territory deep inside the United States.
"I'm hoping not only to see the refugees and the refugee camps, but I'm also hoping to be looking at the hospitals and how some of the children who are injured are being taken care of and what other services could potentially be offered to all the people from a physical standpoint," Carson said.
"I think unless we know those kinds of things we can't do the right thing in these negotiations. I learned so much last summer when I went down to the border. We all knew that the border is porous but to actually be there and to see it for yourself, to talk to the ranchers down there and hear their horror stories and talk to the sheriffs and the deputy sheriffs and hear what they go through and how they risk their lives protecting these people. You can't really appreciate it until you see it. That's what I think will happen here: I actually want to see the conditions, I want to hear from them, where they came from, what would be for them the ideal kind of outcome, what do they think is keeping them from getting there? Who are their friends? Who are their enemies? And I want to hear from a bunch of people. That's really how you form a solution as opposed to hearing from media outlets who are trying to distort it and be inaccurate."
Popular NGOs and humanitarian organizations, such as Doctors Without Borders, the International Rescue Committee, Save The Children, and dozens of other non-profits have come to Jordan in hopes to better the lives of those in desperate conditions.
Syrian refugees shop at the first hypermarket that is opened in Zaatari camp for Syrian refugees on February 6, 2014 in Jordan. With vouchers refugees can choose from a diverse list of food that are not normally included in conventional food rations. The voucher has a value of JD18 (U.S.$ 25) per person per month and is complemented by a monthly ration of rice, lentils, bulgur wheat, date bars, sugar and salt. (Photo by Salah Malkawi/ Getty Images)
Jordan, a country with a population of only 6.5 million people, will soon reach a point at which they must refuse entry to Syrians fleeing the war between Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad and opposition forces. But the conflict continues to see the mass slaughter of innocents, creating a situation where civilians will continue to do all they can to escape Damascus's borders.
Meanwhile, their Gulf neighbors–such as Saudi Arabia, which already has in place a tent city that can accommodate millions of people–refuse to take in a single refugee.
Carson compared the false choice Washington, D.C., is presenting–of either letting the Syrian refugees into this country and Europe or seeing them be killed–to the Iranian nuclear deal.
"Which of course is the same kind of thing we get with Iran—which is we either have to go to war with Iran or we have to sign this ridiculous deal when of course there are other choices," Carson said, adding that this trip will help him understand firsthand choices and solutions that are different from what the mainstream media and permanent political class are putting forward.
"What kind of conditions are there, and what can be done to improve them? But also, what kind of humanitarian help is necessary? We have the ability to do a lot and many other nations have the ability to do a lot too."
Carson wouldn't call on the rest of his 2016 competition to take similar tours of refugee camps, but he did say he thinks this puts him at an advantage to have a real solution to the problem.
"I never like to tell other candidates what they should do or what they should think, I just think that when I get to see things and experience them for myself rather than have them filtered through other people it makes a much bigger impression," Carson told Breitbart News when asked if he thinks everyone running should go. "Maybe the other people don't need that—I don't know. But I find it extraordinarily helpful."
Carson also laid out his strategy to defeat ISIS and how he'd do things differently from President Obama so far.
"First of all, I believe we have to really take the battle to ISIS and the goal has to be to eliminate them, not contain them or push them into one area," Carson said.
"And in order to do that we have to look at what works and what doesn't work. What has worked just recently when you look at the gains we've had in Syria by associating ourselves with the Kurds and allowing them to cut off supply lines to Sinjar, that city, that weakened it. Then when the Kurdish military forces went in with our special ops supported by air, they were able to topple that fairly quickly. That worked. That's a strategy that's very effective. There is no reason that can't work in some of the other cities, including Mosul.'
"Then, when you use your social media and all your other media to blast—remember how when they took the city, it's all over the place? It makes them look like the big guy. We need to do the same thing. You take it back from them and make them look like the little guy.'
"We need to do the same thing in the southern part of Iraq. They got a bad rap because in their face-off with ISIS they turned tail and ran and left all the millions of dollars of equipment which ISIS then inherited. Well, we didn't do it the same way there as we did it with Sinjar. We didn't have an adequate number of special forces. You have to have those there. You have to have Apache helicopters, and then all of a sudden the tide turns dramatically and you begin to take back the land, their "Caliphate.: And you blast that all over the world, the account that they're turning tail and running.'
"You try to hurt them, their pride, so their pride makes them come out and fight, and when they do, you wipe them out. And then you take their oil, and then you work with the world monetary systems so they have no ability to move money and so they have no ability to pay people. And you just continue to take the battle to them until they're gone. I think that's how you fight a war."
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Using whole foods to relieve menopause symptoms is one of the most basic things you can do for yourself at midlife. Whole foods have the power to nourish us, heal us, and make us thrive.
It makes sense because we are what we eat. Everything we put in our mouths becomes our blood, bones, skin, and brains. It even becomes our thoughts and emotions.
And food is a powerful drug. It's more potent even than your own hormones that may be out of control at the moment. Tap into that power of food and you can use it to make your menopause transition effortless.
Here are 5 easy ways to put wholesome foods to work for you. You can start right now to ease your journey through menopause. In no time at all you'll feel more energy, look younger, and have fewer hot flashes.
1. Cut out added sugar and refined carbohydrates.
These can raise insulin levels, promote weight gain and lead to more fat stores, especially around the belly, that promote higher levels of circulating estrogen.
2. Add more fruits, vegetables, and other foods to relieve menopause symptoms.
Phytoestrogens are some of the most powerful foods to relieve menopause symptoms. They are weak plant estrogens found in over 300 plants including blueberries, cherries, cranberries, carrots, bananas, beets, oranges, onions, peppers, oats, plums, olives, and potatoes.
Phytoestrogens bind to estrogen receptors and balance estrogen levels by having an estrogenic effect if your estrogen levels are too low. But they also block stronger estrogens if your levels are too high.
3. Increase fiber, especially flax seeds.
Flax seeds are rich in lignans which are particularly strong phytoestrogens. They have been shown in studies to help in both the prevention and treatment of breast cancer.
Lignans not only have anti-viral, anti-bacterial, and antioxidant properties but they also help lower LDL (bad) cholesterol, and raise HDL (good) cholesterol.
4. Avoid caffeine, spicy foods, and alcohol.
It's not forever. But these foods are all heat-producing substances and will contribute to hot flashes.
Instead, try cooling foods like melon, bean sprouts, celery, apples, asparagus, and grapes.
5. Eat only organic animal protein and dairy.
Most animal protein and dairy has been treated with hormones to speed the animals' growth. But those added hormones can compound an estrogen imbalance.
Stick with organic beef, chicken, pork, eggs, and dairy which is hormone-free.


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Daily Hampshire Gazette: A Bach rebirth: Matt Haimovitz returns to Valley, cello in hand, to reinterpret baroque masterpieces
April 18, 2016 · by oxingalemusic	· in Concert Preview, Feature, NEWS, PRESS.	·
You don't usually expect to find a classical cellist at a rock club. But Matt Haimovitz isn't your usual classical cellist. Now a resident of Montreal, where he teaches at McGill University, Haimovitz lived in the Valley for several years starting in the late 90s and taught at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Before and during that time, he got an itch to push the usual practices of classical cellists into new territory.
Starting at age 13, he found early and widespread success, recording with the likes of Zubin Mehta and the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, then landing an exclusive recording contract with Deutsche Grammaphon. But in the late 90s, he decided to expand his repertoire to include works of modern composers (including his wife, Luna Pearl Woolf), and he also took Bach's Cello Suites on a tour of restaurants, bars, night clubs and other unusual venues. His career path since then has been idiosyncratic and exceptionally interesting, blending classical cred, exceptional virtuosity and a wild-haired sensibility.
This month, Haimovitz returns to the Valley with cello in hand in support of a new recording of the Bach Cello Suites, this one drawn from a manuscript by Bach's wife, Anna Magdalena, and performed in part with baroque instruments.
Though he doesn't always perform when he's here, Haimovitz is still a frequent visitor to his old stomping grounds. "We get back often," Haimovitz said in a recent interview. "Luna has family in Amherst. We spend two weeks in summer in the Valley, and we come down periodically. Hopefully, the whole family will join me on this trip."
His March visit will offer listeners two days of chances to hear his latest take on Bach, and in keeping with his liking for alternative venues, some of those will be up close and personal, like his visit to the Esselon Café in Hadley.
The Bach Cello Suites are sublime, oft-visited pieces that create a remarkable sense of interweaving parts with just one player. They've been subject to interpretation by a very long list of virtuosic cellists since they were revived by cellist Pablo Casals in the early 20th century. They had previously gotten little attention, and were regarded more as studies than performance pieces. That was in part because of the lack of a manuscript signed by Bach himself, Haimovitz said.
"It turns out this one his wife, Anna Magdalena, made is the closest," he said. "The handwriting actually looks similar to Bach's."
He explained that what the manuscript lacks in dynamic (relative volume) markings, it makes up for in what's called "articulations," which include things like bowing instructions and other performance techniques.
"People complain that her articulations are very difficult, with things like three notes per bow," Haimovitz said. "But if you look closely, you start to see the language. In the end, it's a really faithful copy."
He explained that the Anna Magdalena manuscript has gone in and out of style, and even been discredited by some scholars. And in the meantime, many versions of the suites have been published. "We have dozens and dozens of different publications, with different cellists getting their hands on it, starting with Casals, each with their own fingerings and dynamics."
For example, he said, in Casal's recording, the cellist uses one draw of the bow across the strings to play all eight notes of the prelude. "But very clearly in Anna Magdalena's manuscript, it's three notes to a bow. Well, which three notes? As a detective, you have to make these decisions all the way through."
Haimovitz pointed out a truth of Bach's musical era that's not so true in the contemporary classical world.
"Bach intended the performer to use imagination and good musical taste to find solutions and make sense of it all. He precedes the time when a composer like Beethoven was very controlling [of performers]. It was another age, when there was much more trust between composer and performer."
Pairing old and new
For the current performances, Haimovitz has paired the Bach Suites with pieces he commissioned from contemporary composers, including his wife.
"I chose a variety," he said. "I wanted a range of composers, and I wanted to broaden what Bach himself was doing in the Suites. He was synthesizing a lot of the [musical] vernacular around him, sounds from Spain, Italy, Germany. I think if he'd come into contact with Hawaiian chant, Latin salsa, or Caribbean rhythms, he would have incorporated those as well."
That led Haimovitz to a disparate set of compositions. Philip Glass, he said, wrote "in a way" the most Bach-like overture, and others went further afield, like Du Yun, a Chinese-American composer who employs Serbian and Greek chant in her overture. The jazz-inflected sounds of Vijay Iyer appear in another overture, and that collaboration — "he wrote a brilliant piece," Haimovitz said — was the product of a cold call he made to Iyer. The other overture composers include David Sanford, Roberto Sierra, and Luna Pearl Woolf.
Haimovitz is invoking the baroque age not only in his interpreting of the works, but also in the instrumentation. Another factor that leads to confusion in manuscripts is the difference in modern instruments versus those of the era when Bach composed. To more authentically replicate the sounds of that era, Haimovitz is employing more than one cello on his current tour.
"One is the cello I normally play. I just change my bow — I use a baroque bow for Bach and a modern one for contemporary pieces."
Bach's Sixth Cello Suite, he said, was likely intended for a five-string variant of the cello called a violoncello piccolo. Haimovitz employs just such an instrument for that suite, as well as the overture (by Woolf ) he's paired with it.
"It's got gut strings, and it's tuned down a half step. It's amazing to hear the sixth played with it," Haimovitz said. "All the chords and the sarabande [section] cellists struggle through become much easier."
The lower tuning and gut strings increase the instrument's resonance, he explained, adding to a sense of the notes bleeding into each other.
'A Moveable Feast'
Haimovitz has dubbed his tour "A Moveable Feast," invoking Ernest Hemingway. And the feast does indeed move — the cellist will set up shop at smaller venues all along Route 9 over the course of two days, culminating in a UMass Bowker Auditorium performance Monday at 7:30 p.m.
"It comes from my interest in alternative venues and changing the context of where you present the music," he said. "It's a way to reach out and do a moveable part of the cycle in different locations, and then for that final part, we come back into the theater."
Fans with sufficient time can easily follow the local mini-tour, which visits Smith College, the National Yiddish Book Center, and Esselon Café Sunday.
Haimovitz says his love of unusual (and usually smaller) venues for classical music arises in part from how people listen.
"People are listening differently," he said. "Their expectations are different, and they're also dealing with different proximity. It's more intimate, and I'm more at one with the audience than on a stage."
The search for new context has led Haimovitz to rock clubs fairly often, too. "I like the challenge of that. I don't always know how it's gonna work in the end."
He says he's comfortable in small and large venues after years of doing both. "In the end, a theater can be great, too — everybody's so attentive."
Haimovitz' return to the Valley is also a return to where he began when he formed his own label, Oxingale, in Northampton, and released its first recording — a take on the Bach Cello Suites. Now, in conjunction with the label Pentatone, he's offering what he says is "a new recording and a rebirth. [The Bach Cello Suites] are sort of a lifetime project. With this second go-round, it's particularly significant and meaningful to come back to the Pioneer Valley to revisit this music and share some of these new discoveries."
By James Heflin
Read at: Daily Hampshire Gazette
Tags: alternative venues, anna magdalena, Bach Cello Suites, Bach Suites, bowker auditorium, cello piccolo, David Sanford, Du Yun, Esselon cafe, Luna Pearl Woolf, Matt Haimovitz, moveable feast, Philip Glass, roberto sierra, small venues, smith college, umass, vijay iyer
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Franco's Nationalists were aided by German and Italian Fascists, and planes of the Italian Fascist Aviazione Legionaria and the German Luftwaffe Condor Legion provided the aerial assault ahead of Franco's infantry, in an attack that was called Operation Rügen. In terms of military history, this was an important strike because the target was not military. It was, rather, a terror bombing assault on civilians, with no military presence in the town. The world looked upon the action with horror, recognizing that innocent civilians would not be exempt from war. It provided a frightening foretaste of the Second World War, showing that the Fascists, particularly the Luftwaffe, had no scruples about killing civilians. The attackers even chose Monday, the local market day, for the strike, to maximize potential civilian casualties.
By June 1937, Picasso had completed his monumental painting of this attack, "Guernica," considered by many to be his greatest painting, for the Exposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne at the Paris International Exposition, part of the 1937 World's Fair in Paris. The painting was then sent on a brief world tour, displayed in Scandinavia, London and New York. It helped to raise international awareness of the Spanish Civil War, and in the process spread Picasso's fame.
It is also probably the most successful artwork about war ever created.
When approaching heavy subjects, like war and death and poverty, there tend to be three distinct strategies. The most heavy-handed and simplistic is the tug at the heartstrings, the melodramatic, Romantic realistic depictions of the honorable suffering. This is the UNICEF commercial approach, and it seems to work — to a certain degree — for almost everyone. At least, it works in terms of making people feel guilty, stoking compassion, drilling upsetting images into minds.
But there's a question as to whether it prompts direct, responsible action. The second approach is the opposite, almost too cerebral: that is, to swap out realism for symbolism, allegory. An allegorical personification of disease; Mars as the embodiment of war; a woman wearing a blindfold and carrying a sword in one hand and a scale in the other, representing Justice. This is offers an intellectual, visual puzzle, but is unlikely to inspire anyone to join Doctors without Borders.
Brecht released the heartstrings in order to engage the minds of his audiences. He believed, and this has been found to be true, that spectators are more likely to be stirred to positive action if they are not bludgeoned into compassion. That too many photos of tear-stricken families prompts us to build up defensive barriers, to sympathize but then try to distance, to overlook, to dismiss, to rationalize that someone else will help. What percentage of us see an achingly sad UNICEF ad on TV and grab the phone to donate, as opposed to quickly changing the channel so as not to see upsetting imagery? Tackling the mind, instead, encourages further engagement, not defensive behavior.
To talk about war, to prompt change, to get the viewer to engage fully, a more cerebral and less Romantic approach tends to be more effective. As Rene G. Cepeda wrote, both Brecht and Picasso in "Guernica" used "art as a weapon for social change." Both used their "soft" weapons against fascism. Cepeda cites Brecht's text, "In the Fight Against Injustice Even Weak Weapons are of Use." The paintbrush or pen can be mightier than the sword, provided said sword is not about to strike you and your pen down.
The chaotic nature of the scene depicted can make it difficult to pick out specific figures. The chaos is intentional, and wonderfully evokes the horror and disarray of the attack by disorienting the viewer into sympathy with the victims. The scene is a room that is open at the left side. Animals and people are involved in the commotion, and it is often difficult to distinguish one from the other. A horse has fallen, after being harpooned with a spear, and a bull stands beside a weeping mother and her dead child.
Some details of interest include: tongues replaced by daggers, a bull's tail transforming into smoking flame, the severed arm of a soldier still holding a sword that sprouts flower petals, a wound in the open palm of the dead soldier (referencing the stigmata), and a light bulb that resembles the Evil Eye, a gypsy curse.
There are two images hidden within the body of the fallen horse: a human skull that may be seen in the horse's body, and a bull's head, ready to gore the horse's belly (the bull's head is formed by the horse's front leg, with its knee on the ground — the kneecap forms the nose on this hidden bull's head, while the bull's horn is formed within the horse's breast).
Art historians love to seek interpretations in art that may or may not have existed in the initial concept of the artists. For instance, much has been written about the symbolism of horses and bulls in Spanish culture (referencing bull fighting, for instance), and about Picasso's tendency to use the Minotaur (half man, half bull) as a sexual symbol. When asked about the symbolism, Picasso said, "[T]his bull is a bull and this horse is a horse . . . If you give a meaning to certain things in my paintings it may be very true, but it is not my idea to give this meaning. What ideas and conclusions you have got, I obtained too, but instinctively, unconsciously. I make the painting for the painting. I paint the objects for what they are."
That sums up nicely the general approach to finding symbolism in 20th-century art. It might be there, it might not. Your personal interpretation is what counts, what you the individual viewer feel the work is about. In this painting, over-interest in symbolic meaning can miss the point. The overall feeling of horror and chaos is more important than what the component parts symbolize.
Picasso shifted through a number of stylistic periods, his work growing ever more abstract. His concept of Cubism, in which naturalistic images (such as still-lifes or portraits) are broken up into constituent basic geometric forms that are then shuffled like a dropped deck of cards, later shifted into putty-like shapes and bodies, without weight, with elastic boundaries that could be altered and twisted at Picasso's will. The goal was to create a work more dynamic, absorbing and inspiring of wonder than any realistic painting could achieve.
For this work, a realistic image of the bombing of the town of Guernica, with corpses and screams in the night, would likely have felt melodramatic, saccharine, difficult to look at. It might have been Romanticized or it might have been so gritty that our reaction would be to shut down our ability to sympathize, as a defense mechanism. The figures are almost cartoonish, but then of course, when you look more closely, when you know the context, they are not. But the childlike abstraction pulls us in, whereas the same subject, handled as a photorealist blood-fest, would repel us.
Like all great art, its power transcends time, and can symbolize something current and topical for individuals of any era. During the Vietnam War, the painting became the backdrop for anti-war vigils in the museum. These were quiet, poignant protests against the horrors of war. But in 1974 an Iranian political activist, who claimed to be protesting Richard Nixon's pardon of William Calley after his role in Vietnam's My Lai massacre, vandalized the painting, using red spray paint to write "KILL LIES ALL" across it. The paint was easily removed and the work undamaged.
The vandal, who ironically later became an art adviser, waxed philosophical when interviewed six years after his attack. When asked why he did it, he said: "I wanted to bring the art absolutely up to date, to retrieve it from art history and give it life. Maybe that's why the Guernica action remains so difficult to deal with. I tried to trespass beyond that invisible barrier that no one is allowed to cross; I wanted to dwell within the act of the painting's creation, get involved with the making of the work, put my hand within it and by that act encourage the individual viewer to challenge it, deal with it and thus see it in its dynamic raw state as it was being made, not as a piece of history."
In this quote, he shows the slanted rationale of so many aggressive political protesters. He does not possess the subtlety to recognize that "Guernica" has been alive and pertinent to every generation since its creation, and has never been relegated to mere history. And while his action was damnable and, for all he knew, could have ruined the masterpiece forever, the fact that "Guernica" inspires such passions is a testament to its power and its enduring resonance in all eras.
There is a reason why painting is not photography, but it was not always known. There have been times when painting strove for naturalism -- to reproduce, as accurately as possible, what the eye sees in life. There have been times when what the eye sees is soiled, obscure, tainted by inhumanity. At one time, painting strove to show the perfection that must surely exist only in Heaven. That was the High Renaissance of Raphael. When that perfection had been captured, painting strove to distort what the eye sees, to distort that perfection for dramatic effect. That was the Mannerism of late Michelangelo. This is the true essence, the true power of painting. When photography arrived, painting no longer needed to reproduce our vision. And painting once again retreated from naturalism toward where it was most effective.
Welcome Picasso's Cubist abstraction. No naturalistic scene could be as true to the real sensations and feelings of destruction, death and war as the broken shards of life in Picasso's "Guernica." A portrayal of the gratuitous bombing of the Basque historical town, Picasso's bent and shattered creatures are made of concentrated pain, which passes on to the viewers, trapped in blocks of line and color, for us always to remember the capability of man to hurt man.


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CTF Corner
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New publication aims to open discussion on truth and reconciliation
OTTAWA — The Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) has released a new resource that aims to help teachers engage in discussions about indigenous issues. Entitled Truth and Reconciliation: What is it about?, the classroom discussion booklet was developed in partnership with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation.
"This booklet aims to support dialogue about residential schools and to explore how they have hurt generations of First Nations, Métis and Inuit people," said CTF president Heather Smith. "It is important that students better understand the history of residential schools and how Canadians must work collectively as part of the reconciliation process."
This booklet offers first person content from students — indigenous and non-indigenous — through words, thoughts, drawings and poems. This creative expression project was conducted as part of CTF's social justice program, Imagineaction.
The booklet is now available through CTF's online publications catalogue. ❚
Challenge mental health stigma in the classroom
Pauline Théoret
We all know and love someone who suffers from a mental disorder. Most of us have suffered short moments of depression and/or anxiety tied to specific life events — trials and tribulations of sorts.
Imagine for a moment that every single day of your life is a series of trials and tribulations, falling one on top of the other in an unceasing manner. Imagine the weight on your shoulders, but most of all on your heart and your soul. You can well imagine that you would feel lost, misunderstood, alone and different.
Some students in our schools today feel that way because they don't believe they have anyone to turn to — for solace, support, friendship and belonging. Mental Health Stigma — Challenging it together! is a discussion booklet for the classroom from the voices of students across the country. Students today want to make a difference, want to break down barriers and have a strong sense of right and wrong, but they may have preconceptions and misconceptions about mental illness. As their teacher, you can help them do more to challenge the stigma by having the classroom conversation. Engage your students to tackle the issue of mental health stigma at the school level.
As teachers, you can access an Imagineaction subsidy of $300 to help pay for awareness-raising campaign expenses. Let's challenge ourselves and our students; together we can help eliminate mental health stigma.
This booklet is now available through CTF's online publications catalogue. ❚
Pauline Théoret is a program officer of CTF's International and Social Justice Program. She is currently on leave.
Profits come before students in Uganda – report
A new study released Oct. 5 by Education International (EI) reveals how profits come before students and how legal standards in education have been disregarded by an edu-business operating in Uganda.
The EI report, Schooling the Poor Profitably, follows weeks of investigation into the operations of Bridge International Academies (BIA) in Uganda, where it has established 63 private for-profit schools since February 2015, with an estimated 12,000 fee-paying customers. This is the same company that attempted to intimidate Canadian researcher, Curtis Riep, by having him falsely accused and arrested while he was in Uganda last May.
The company has been the subject of significant criticism for failing to meet legal and educational standards, and a government order closed all the schools in August. Although the schools have since reopened temporarily, EI is keeping a watchful eye.
In summary, the key findings of the report are
nine of 10 teachers hired by BI are unqualified and unlicensed;
teachers read from a script as part of the BI "Academy-in-a-box," with pre-programmed curricula transferred to tablet e-readers;
BIA facilities are below par, with reports of "poor hygiene and sanitation" in school buildings, which often do not meet the basic requirements and minimum standards;
school fees prevent poor families from sending their children to school;
school fees are 20 per cent of family income — per child; and
drop-out rates are high — from 10 to 60 per cent.
The report can be downloaded at https://download.ei-ie.org. ❚
Dominica association earns World Teachers' Day award
The Dominica Association of Teachers is the 2016 recipient of the Norm Goble World Teachers' Day Award, which has been granted annually since 2014 to a Canadian Teachers' Federation (CTF) partner organization for its World Teachers' Day activities. The award is named in honour of Dr. Norman Goble, a former secretary general of the Canadian Teachers' Federation who helped spearhead the creation of World Teachers' Day. Recipients are chosen based on proposals for World Teachers' Day activities.
The award includes $1,000 for the recipient organization to carry out its proposed World Teachers' Day activities. In addition to the award, CTF has also cited the Fédération des Syndicats de l'Éducation Nationale in Togo for an honourable mention, which includes $500 for World Teachers' Day celebrations. ❚


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Q: Override ToString() in asp.net c#, basics. Doesn'twork Hi I have the Default aspx.
I want to test overriding default methods like to ToString().
Whenever I use ToString(), I thought with following code it has to add "my text";? why not?
public partial class test : System.Web.UI.Page
{

    public override string ToString()
    {
        return base.ToString() + "my text";
    }

    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {

        object test = 3333;
        Response.Write( test.ToString());
    }
}

A: You want to call
this.ToString();

or simply
ToString();

What you did created an object with the name test, not the type test, and called the default ToString of object (well, of int, in this case).
Alternatively, if you want to create another page with the type test:
test newPage = new test();
test.ToString();

A: As everyone said you are overriding the wrong method. If I understand correctly what you are trying to accomplish, then maybe an extension method is more appropriate :
public static class ObjectExtensions
{
    public static string ToCustomString(this object instance)
    {
        return instance.ToString() + "whatever";
    }
}

public partial class test : System.Web.UI.Page
{
    protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
    {
        object test = 3333;
        Response.Write(test.ToCustomString());
    }
}

A: The object test is not your class, it's just an object.

A: I would like you to rewrite your code in
protected void TestWrite(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    test test = new test();

    System.Diagnostics.Trace.Write(test.ToString());
}

and then write
protected void TestWrite(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
    test test = new test();

    object testObject = test;

    System.Diagnostics.Trace.Write(testObject.ToString());
}

You will call ever the overwritten tostring method.
We call it "dynamic binding" in object oriented programming. Please be confident about this subject if you want to understand what really means an Object in computer science.
And... as Unsliced said :

"The object test is not your class,
  it's just an object."

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Slack like emoji selector with apple/ios, twitter/twemoji, google, emojione, facebook, messenger and custom emoji support. I :heart: opensource.

Thanks to Cal Henderson @iamcal.

# Demo

![wdt-emoji-bundle gif](https://raw.githubusercontent.com/needim/wdt-emoji-bundle/master/wdt-emoji-bundle.gif "wdt-emoji-bundle gif")

# Installation

Use one of the following:
* npm `npm i wdt-emoji-bundle`
* bower `bower i wdt-emoji-bundle`
* pull in the source directly, load `wdt-emoji-bundle.min.js`, `wdt-emoji-bundle.css` and the `sheets/` directory

## Initialize

```javascript
wdtEmojiBundle.init('.your-inputs-selector');
```

### Advanced configuration

Tell the widget where to get the sheets from

```javascript
wdtEmojiBundle.defaults.emojiSheets.apple = './sheet_apple.png';        // default /sheets/sheet_apple_64.png
wdtEmojiBundle.defaults.emojiSheets.google = './sheet_google.png';      // default /sheets/sheet_google_64.png
wdtEmojiBundle.defaults.emojiSheets.twitter = './sheet_twitter.png';    // default /sheets/sheet_twitter_64.png
wdtEmojiBundle.defaults.emojiSheets.emojione = './sheet_emojione.png';  // default /sheets/sheet_emojione_64.png
wdtEmojiBundle.defaults.emojiSheets.facebook = './sheet_facebook.png';  // default /sheets/sheet_facebook_64.png
wdtEmojiBundle.defaults.emojiSheets.messenger = './sheet_messenger.png';  // default /sheets/sheet_messenger_64.png
```

===

Set emoji set default sheet

```javascript
wdtEmojiBundle.defaults.type = 'apple';
```

===

Hover color classes for picker's emoji's

```javascript
wdtEmojiBundle.defaults.pickerColors = [
  'green', 'pink', 'yellow', 'blue', 'gray'
];
```
===

Picker tab section's orders, higher is first. Bundle render the sections according to this values.

```
wdtEmojiBundle.defaults.sectionOrders = {
  'Recent'  : 10,
  'Custom'  : 9,
  'People'  : 8,
  'Nature'  : 7,
  'Foods'   : 6,
  'Activity': 5,
  'Places'  : 4,
  'Objects' : 3,
  'Symbols' : 2,
  'Flags'   : 1
};
```

### API

Render function takes any html string and convert to emojies based on the current bundle emoji type. (apple, google, twitter, emojione)

```javascript
var output = wdtEmojiBundle.render('Lorem ipsum :) :speak_no_evil:');
```

===

Event listeners: 'select', 'afterSelect', 'afterPickerOpen'

```javascript
wdtEmojiBundle.on('afterSelect', function (event) {
  console.log('element', event.el);
  console.log('emoji', event.emoji);
})
```

===

Auto open the emoji picker when the user types the colon key `:` in the input:

* Add class '.wdt-emoji-open-on-colon' to the input field that is going to have the emoji picker

# TODO:

- Better documentation :)
- Responsive Improvements.
- Better popup positioning.
- Open on colon support for contenteditables.
- Frequently used emoji list with localstorage and/or API.
- Provide more events; open, close, pickeropen, pickerclose etc.
- Custom emoji support.
- Skin color support for apple icons.
- Better contenteditable support, WYSIWYG?
- Check browser compatibilities.

---

<http://ned.im/wdt-emoji-bundle>

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Malinka – jednostka pomocnicza miasta Wisła, osiedle nr 5. Jedna z najbardziej rozległych dolin miasta Wisła. Zajmuje północno-wschodnią część miasta i jest położona po obu stronach potoku Malinka. Północna jej część położona jest na łagodnych i mocno nasłonecznionych zboczach Czupla i Malinowa. W tej części znajdują się najlepsze tereny zajęte pod uprawę rolną. Południowy obszar na stromo opadających zboczach Cienkowa jest bardziej zalesiony.

Położenie geograficzne
Dolina Malinki zamknięta jest z trzech stron (wschód, południe, północ) pasmami górskimi. Granica północna przebiega od Nowej Osady poprzez Czupel (882 m), Jawierzny (799 m) do Przełęczy Salmopolskiej. Częściowo na tym odcinku graniczy z gminą Brenna. Następnie biegnie w kierunku Malinowa (1117 m), gdzie graniczy z miastem Szczyrk. Wschodnia granica ciągnie się od Malinowa poprzez Malinowską Skałę (1152 m) do Zielonego Kopca (1152 m). Odcinek między Malinowską Skałą a Zielonym Kopcem jest częścią głównego pasma Beskidu Śląskiego łączącego Baranią Górę (1220 m) ze Skrzycznem (1257 m). Tędy przebiega granicą pomiędzy Wisłą-Malinką a należącą już do Żywiecczyzny gminą Lipowa. W rejonie Zielonego Kopca pasmo to łączy się z pasmem Cienkowa oddzielającym od południowej strony Malinkę od Czarnego. Obszar ten jest najwyżej położoną częścią Malinki. Pasmo Cienkowa łagodnie opada w kierunku zachodnim, począwszy od Zielonego Kopca poprzez Cieńków Wyszni (957 m), Cieńków Średni (717 m), Cieńków Niźni (720 m), kończąc na Nowej Osadzie. Od strony zachodniej dolina Malinki połączona jest z Wisłą wąskim przesmykiem znajdującym się między szczytami Czupla i Kozińców. W tym miejscu potok Malinka wpada do Wisły. Przebiega tędy jedyna droga łącząca dolinę z pozostałą częścią miasta. Droga ta łączy jednocześnie Wisłę ze Szczyrkiem.

Najniżej położonym punktem Malinki jest osiedle Bajcary (ok. 480 m), a najwyższym szczytem jest Malinowska Skała. Tereny zabudowane znajdują się na wysokości 480–800 m (osiedle Sadowy).

Wspólnoty wyznaniowe
Na terenie Malinki działalność duszpasterską prowadzą następujące Kościoły i związki wyznaniowe:
 Kościół Ewangelicko-Augsburski:
 parafia w Wiśle Malince
 Świadkowie Jehowy:
 zbory: Wisła-Malinka Dolna, Wisła-Malinka Górna (Sala Królestwa)

Turystyka
Malinka ma ważne znaczenie dla turystyki tego regionu. W Malince występują również źródła wód mineralnych, na które natrafiono podczas wierceń prowadzonych pod projektowany zbiornik retencyjny. Projekt budowy został zaniechany, jednak plan zagospodarowania przestrzennego miasta Wisły przewiduje rozpoznanie zasobów wód mineralnych, a po dokładnym ich oszacowaniu Malinka może stać się miejscowością sanatoryjno-klimatyczną.

Dolina ma dość luźną zabudowę mieszkalną. Znajduje się tutaj kilka większych domów wypoczynkowych, a w domach prywatnych kwatery dla turystów i wczasowiczów. Na terenach nadających się do uprawiania sportów narciarskich zbudowano wyciągi narciarskie. Ze szczytu Cieńkowa Niźniego prowadzi najdłuższa w Malince trasa narciarska o łącznej długości ok. 900 m i 200 m różnicy wzniesień. Nieco poniżej tego szczytu, na szlaku turystycznym w kierunku Zielonego Kopca, znajduje się Postrzedniańsko Polana. Należy ona do ostatnich w Beskidzie Śląskim, gdzie prowadziło się gospodarkę sałaszniczo-pasterską, charakterystyczną w przeszłości dla tych terenów.

W pobliżu Malinowa znajduje się Jaskinia Malinowska – jedyna w polskiej części Beskidu Śląskiego udostępniona dla ruchu turystycznego. W 2004 r. kilku mieszkańców Malinki przypadkowo odkryło wejście do największej obecnie znanej jaskini w Beskidzie Śląskim, nazwanej Miecharską. Jak na razie obiekt jest zamknięty dla samodzielnego zwiedzania, jednakże istnieje taka możliwość dla grup zorganizowanych.

Sport
W dolnej części pasma Cienkowa zlokalizowana jest skocznia narciarska im. Adama Małysza, wybudowana w latach 2003–2008, w miejscu istniejącej tam wcześniej skoczni "Malinka".

W styczniu 2014 r. oddano do użytku ośrodek narciarski o nazwie "Wyciągi Narciarskie Klepki Wisła Malinka" około 500 m na wschód od skoczni po północnej stronie Malinki, na południowych zboczach Czupla. Ośrodek ten dysponuje m.in. czteroosobowym wyciągiem krzesełkowym.

Przypisy

Dzielnice i osiedla Wisły

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Reducing Your Carbon Footprint at Work
By Kurina Baksh
Published: November 8, 2016
Carbon Footprint Defined
Why Reduce Carbon Emissions?
Three Steps to Reduce Carbon Footprints in the Workplace
A Step in the Right Direction
Strategies to reduce a corporate carbon footprint.
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Many businesses are taking steps to reduce their impact on climate change by managing their greenhouse gas emissions. As a consequence, these businesses are not only becoming more efficient, but also saving money. One way that businesses are successfully managing their greenhouse gas emissions is by reducing their carbon footprint.
A carbon footprint is defined as the total amount of greenhouse gases—in terms of tons of carbon dioxide (CO2)—produced to both directly and indirectly support human activities. Activities such as driving your car, heating your house or office with coal, oil or gas, and using electricity all emitted carbon dioxide and, thus, contribute to your carbon footprint. Furthermore, your carbon footprint is calculated as the sum of all carbon dioxide emissions, which were induced by your activities within a given time frame (usually a year).
The burning of fossil fuels either directly via coal, oil and gas, or indirectly via electricity, releases large quantities of carbon dioxide, as well as other gases into the Earth's atmosphere. The Earth's atmosphere behaves like a greenhouse, trapping heat. When carbon dioxide and other gases become trapped in the Earth's atmosphere, it forms a blanket around the Earth. The sun's rays are able to penetrate this blanket, warming up the Earth's surface. As a consequence, heat energy is produced, which radiates towards space. This outgoing radiation does not pass through the atmosphere and, as a consequence, it is reflected back towards the Earth where it is trapped. This heat has caused the global temperatures to increase by 1.5 degree Fahrenheit over the last 100 years. This rise in temperature not only causes sea levels to rise, but also results in increased ambient temperature, extreme weather events, and communicable vector-borne and zoonotic diseases—of all which have severe negative consequences on the health of workers
The workforce is a country's most diverse and powerful movement. Therefore, the workforce can be a successful tool in affecting change as it relates to the issue of climate change. Although the impacts of climate change on occupational health and safety have not yet been studied in detail, the effects that climate change may have on workers health and well-being can be mitigated by adopting these three strategies to reduce carbon footprint in the workplace. They are: (a) measure or assess carbon emissions in the workplace; (b) take action to reduce fossil fuel use; and (c) raise awareness among workers.
1. Measuring and assessing carbon emissions in the workplace
The main sources of carbon emissions in the workplace are:
Electricity that is used for lighting, heating, cooling, and IT equipment, such as computers, printers, photocopy machines, etc.
Fossil fuel use, including gas for heating and kitchen use
Vehicle fuel use, that is, workers who commute to work using their private vehicles
Waste production
Water consumption, as it requires a lot of energy for water to be treated, pumped and delivered
2. Taking action to reduce fossil fuels use
The most efficient and effective way to reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the workplace is to use as little carbon-emitting energies as possible, that is, improve energy use. Energy efficiency of the workplace can be improved using the following guidelines:
Ensure that the workplace is properly insulated and draught-proof; this also reduces energy bills
Install and use equipment with automatic power reducing features, such as sensor lights and timers
Use low energy bulbs
Avoid artificial lighting in the daytime if it is not needed
Heat or cool areas as needed
Ensure that heat or ventilation sources are not blocked
Consult workers before purchasing equipment and computers to avoid misuse, as well as to minimize waste
Train staff on using equipment in an eco-friendly way
Purchase equipment and computers with energy saver modes
Encourage workers who drive to and from work to switch to lower carbon-emitting alternatives, such as public transport, biking or carpooling
Provide workers with incentives for low-carbon transport, such as bus passes or flexible working hours
With regards to waste production and water consumption:
Reduce the use of resources and non-recyclable waste
Recycle as much materials as possible, such as paper, cans, plastic and glass
Consider purchasing recycled products, for example, printing paper
Ensure that water-saving measures are in place
3. Raising awareness among workers
Raising awareness is the most effective way reduce carbon footprint because it is effective in bringing about positive changes in the workplace. Raising awareness among workers as it relates to reducing their carbon footprint can be achieved by:
Sharing and spreading information: Brief workers on climate change and the potential impacts that it may have on their health and well-being
Organizing training sessions: Train workers on the best practices for reducing their carbon footprints in the workplace. Workers are more likely to take action if they understand the social and economical impacts of carbon emissions in the workplace
Inviting workers to take action: Encourage workers to measure their carbon emissions, then implement strategies to reduce these emissions. Get workers involved in the process so that can feel like their opinions are of value to the well-being of the organization. Additionally, workers can be encouraged to adopt carbon-lowering measures at home
The increase in greenhouse gases combined with the greenhouse effect, results in drastic changes to the climate, which has have several negative impacts on the labour force. Therefore, reducing your carbon footprint by employing energy saving strategies at work is important because more carbon dioxide is emitted at the workplace than in the home. As such, companies must try to reduce their carbon footprint (emissions) by at least 10 percent in order to facilitate positive impacts.
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Hazard Control
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Written by Kurina Baksh
Kurina Baksh is a Health, Safety and Environment Professional from Trinidad and Tobago. As a recent graduate in the field, she is trained to analyze and advise on a wide range of issues related to her area of expertise. Currently, she is an independent consultant who develops public outreach and education programmes for an international clientele. She strongly believes that increasing public outreach and education can promote hazard awareness and ultimately save lives.


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Ted Donner (Attorney) started his legal studies at Loyola University Chicago School of Law in 1987 after a ten-year stint as the box office manager of The Second City in Chicago. His professional experience since then includes work as a law clerk for Corboy & Demetrio, P.C., a summer internship at Welsh & Katz, Ltd., and work as an associate with Rock, Fusco, Reynolds & Garvey, Ltd. Before opening Donner & Company Law Offices LLC, he was an Associate and then Of Counsel to the litigation practice group at Altheimer & Gray, where his practice was concentrated in insurance coverage, antitrust and general commercial litigation. Ted is the President-Elect for the DuPage County Bar Association and a member of its Executive Committee. He was awarded the DCBA's Directors Award in 2008 and, in May, 2011, was named the DCBA's "Lawyer of the Year." He works with Loyola University Chicago School as an Adjunct Professor, where he has been teaching classes for over 25 years in advanced trial practice, pretrial litigation, negotiations, client counseling, appellate advocacy, and jury selection. He has served as a team coach for a number of Loyola's moot court teams including the ABA Negotiation Competition Team and the Chicago Bar Association Moot Court Team. In 1999, Loyola's Moot Court Honors Board named him as the guest of honor for their annual dinner, recognizing him for his "years of outstanding dedication and support" to the law school.
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Dell Announces Fall 2014 Founders 50 Class
Author - Ramon Ray
Today's businesses are run on technology. Recognizing the substantial role it plays in this, technology leader Dell has launched a program called Founders 50. The program, which was launched in the spring of 2014, acknowledges companies that have high potential to grow and disrupt their respective industries. Once chosen, businesses have access to support from Dell's experts on issues like technology, marketing and branding, and capital and networking opportunities.
Founders 50 reaches around the globe to reach businesses in all industries across the world. Dell sees each company as one to watch for that season, offering two years of entrepreneurial support from Dell. Once the two-year term is over, each business becomes a Founders 50 alumni, joining such notable names as Everloop and CloudFlare.
Focusing on Growth
With Founders 50, Dell focuses on growth for its members. The spring 2014 class was able to generate an impressive $2.2 billion in capital, with backing from multiple notable angel investors and venture capital funds. By first locating companies that show promise and then equipping them with the tools they need to excel, the Dell Founders 50 program is one that stands to help numerous growing businesses succeed.
This fall, Dell is expanding its program to recognize companies in other countries for the first time. The 2014 Founders 50 group includes businesses in America, Canada, France, and The Netherlands. Companies were divided into groups by industries, with representatives chosen for their ability to demonstrate growth in their segments.
Technology and Business
While most of the businesses were recognized for their contributions to technology, Dell's attention isn't exclusive to those businesses. In addition to acknowledging achievers in cloud and IT services, big data, security, software, and analytics, Dell's Founders 50 class includes achievements in education, healthcare, and travel. Technology is at the core of each member, however, with each business showing a clear use of innovation in the way they conduct business.
This year's Founders 50 class includes Dewsly, a company that facilitates safe communication between teachers, parents, and students, and Blue Marble Game Company, a healthcare business that uses electronic games to track and improve a patient's mental health.
While Dell chooses from among the most innovative companies, there is an application process. Companies that are revolutionizing their industries using technology are ideal candidates for the next Founders 50 class, which should be announced in the spring of 2015. Dell looks for companies on the verge of breaking through, having already landed venture capital or high-level angel investment funding. To qualify, businesses should be poised to break through, showing a preparedness for rapid growth and expansion into new markets. Once chosen, a business will be given the ability to explore new partnerships internally with Dell, as well as externally with other exciting businesses.
Dell believes that entrepreneurs are an important part of business today, boosting the economy and spurring job creation. This is just the latest of many ways Dell has supported small businesses over the years, including Dell Ventures, Entrepreneurs in Residence, and the Dell Women's Entrepreneur Network.
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Someone's added that Peanut Butter Jelly song to Turnstile's Holiday and we can't get it out of our head
By Simon Young
Enjoy this Buckwheat Boyz novelty single mashed up with the Baltimore hardcore band's bouncy single
(Image credit: Family Guy (Fox) | Turnstile (Jimmy Fontaine))
Sometimes, there'll be someone on the internet who comes up with an idea so obnoxious that it could just work.
Then there'll be someone with time on their hands who will action that idea and make it come to life.
It all started with a tweet by Tallahassee emo band Pool Kids, who reckoned that Baltimore quintet Turnstile would do "a mean cover of Peanut Butter Jelly Time" by the Buckwheat Boyz.
Eric Gonzalez – aka @tacopug (opens in new tab) – turned this thought into a very hard reality, by taking the annoying 2001 single and fusing it with delicious precision to Turnstile's Holiday.
If you know the Peanut Butter Jelly Time song, it makes total sense to pair it with the aggressive bounce of the hardcore band's Glow On highlight. The novelty single was turned into a meme with a dancing banana and later parodied on the Family Guy episode Stewie's Peanut Butter Jelly Time.
Food seems to be a unifying factor in this nonsense. Holiday itself has been used in a recent advert for Taco Bell's nacho fries, which are "seasoned with bold, Mexican spices and served with a side of warm nacho cheese sauce" (apparently).
So, we have Eric Gonzalez to thank for this ear worm, who seems to express regret for his own work, tweeting: "I really wish this didn't go so hard."
Internet users, however, have had a different opinion. "Perfection", "epic" and "God bless you, sir" are all compliments levelled at its creator.
Caution: once heard, never forgotten.
You could always watch Turnstile's video for the original version of Holiday to cleanse your mind, if only for a few minutes.
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