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Susan Heintzelman awoke one early Christmas Eve morning to a beautiful, starlight sky. While retrieving the morning paper, this active woman who "never falls" tumbled down a flight of stairs. She lay with both legs crumpled beneath her on the cold pavement.
"The team at Pathways Private Duty often fills in for the absence of family or friends by providing home care professionals to help with essential activities for short or extended periods," said Nancy Ruma, Vice President of Pathways Private Duty.
Pathways caregivers organized Susan's apartment for a safe convalescence, shopped, prepared meals, and helped her with personal care. "We take so many things for granted," said Susan.
Kathy began to notice that her mother, Geraldine, had increasing trouble solving problems as she cared for her ill husband. After the death of her father, Kathy's mother became increasingly confused and was eventually diagnosed with probable Alzheimer's.
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NIOS D.El.Ed 2nd Sem Result 2018 will be announced at official website dled.nios.ac.in. The Result for NIOS DElEd 2018 for the 2nd exam will be released on last week of October month.
The National School of Open Learning is all set to declare the D.El.Ed 2nd Sem Sep Examination result. As per the Official report, the evaluation of 2nd sem D.El.Ed has been completed on 15th October 2018.
Latest Update – NIOS D.El.Ed second semester examination results 2018 has been declared on 5th December 2018 at http://dled.nios.ac.in/attendancelogin/ResultISemlogin.aspx.
NIOS has successfully conducted the DElED 2nd examination for Subject Code 504 and 505 from 25th September 2018 to 29th September 2018 as per official Time table. After the exam, all the students are looking for their result. It is expected that the Official examination board of NIOS will publish D.El.Ed 2nd semester result on and before 5th December 2018.
To download the NIOS D.El.Ed 2nd Sem Result, visit the official website at dled.nios.ac.in. Students have to submit enrollment no. with the date for birth to check NIOS DElEd 2018 2nd sem exam Result.
About NIOS D.El.Ed – Diploma in Elementary Education (D.El.Ed) programme is a specifically designed package for in-service untrained teachers working in primary/ upper primary schools of different states of the country. The programme has been developed by the Academic Department, NIOS on the initiative of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD), Govt. of India.
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Trail site preparation, trail construction, rough grading and bridge abutments, fine grading of existing topsoil, topsoil placement, seeding, naturalization planting area preparation, shrub bed preparation, native species planting. Hard Landscaping: View Deck, Concrete Bridge Abutments, Bridge/Boardwalk, bat houses, turfstone, geogrid, brushpile habitat, amphibian habitat, fieldstone boulders, silt fence.
Silva Cell soil cell structural installation including: subgrade verification, granular base preparation and compaction, soil cement placement, silva cell placement, topsoil placement, clay backfill placement and compaction, geogrid and geotextile placement, boulder installation, tree and shrub installation; Included coordination with multiple trades: excavation, irrigation.
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Q: Matplotlib - export figure to png in memory buffer Is it possible to export a matplotlib figure as a png to a bytes type?
Here is the code I currently have:
def import_chart(df, x_label, y_label, title):
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    ax.plot(data[x_label], data[y_label])

    ax.set(xlabel=x_label, ylabel=y_label,
           title=title)
    image_name = 'test.png'

    fig.savefig(image_name)
    f = open(image_name, 'rb+')
    img = f.read()
    f.close()
    os.remove(image_name)

    return img

The image that is returned is of type class 'bytes'. I would like to avoid saving to the hard drive and reading it again. Something like this:
def import_chart(self, x_label, y_label, title):
    fig, ax = plt.subplots()
    data = self.file_data.get_column([x_label,y_label])
    ax.plot(data[x_label], data[y_label])

    ax.set(xlabel=x_label, ylabel=y_label,
           title=title)
    buffer = buffer.to_buffer(fig.savefig(), format='png')
    img = buffer.read()
    return img

A: I've been using this to render matplotlib images from a web server:
import base64
from io import BytesIO

...

buffer = BytesIO()
plt.savefig(buffer, format='png')
buffer.seek(0)
image_png = buffer.getvalue()
buffer.close()
graphic = base64.b64encode(image_png)
graphic = graphic.decode('utf-8')

return graphic

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You don't need power to make music with an original Game Boy.
Music made with a Game Boy or another classic machine, commonly known as the chiptune, is nothing new. YouTube's MrSeberi, aka Sebastian Bender, may have wanted to join the chiptune scene, but probably couldn't find any batteries for his original Game Boy. Instead, he turned the device into a drum machine with no power at all.
Bender put together a song using various Game Boy-themed sounds. The simplest of the bunch include pressing the A and B buttons, pressing the D-pad, and flicking the front and back with his finger.
When he gets into it, the song uses flings of the Game Boy's battery springs, tosses of Game Boy cartridges, the removal of a Game Boy Camera, flipping the on/off switch, and scraping the Game Boy's ridged side. You wouldn't think all of those things mixed together would sound like anything coherent, but they do.
Okay, so the feedback from almost inserting a pair of headphones into the Game Boy's headphone jack might require some power, but it's still a pretty abstract technique in terms of musical composition. We can only hope Bender has a Virtual Boy song coming up next.


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Q: react-native run-android > Error: Unknown Component MainActivity I'm running Arch Linux with Oracle JDK 7.
I can successfully
cd SampleAppMovies
react-native init SampleAppMovies

Now when I attempt
react-native run-android

I encounter:
Error: Unknown component: com.sampleappmovies/com.sampleappmovies.MainActivity

Any Ideas?


Why Does My Escrow Payment Keep Going Up?
If you've got a fixed-rate mortgage, you might expect your monthly payment to stay the same year after year. But from time to time, you may have noticed a surprise increase in the amount you have to pay — to your escrow account.
Nobody ever wants a bill to increase, and if there is no room in your budget for the unexpected, you may have trouble covering this monthly expense. If your escrow payment is slowly climbing, it's finally time to get down to the bottom of things. In this article, we'll help you figure out why your escrow payment keeps going up.
In most cases, a portion of a homeowner's mortgage payment every month is deposited into an account designated for mortgage-related expenses like property taxes and insurance. This account is called an escrow account. Escrow accounts are traditionally established at the time a person takes out their mortgage loan.
In some cases, homeowners are not required to have an escrow account. But much of the time, lenders insist on them to ensure that these required payments get made. Should you not have an escrow account, you are still expected to cover the cost of homeowners insurance and property tax payments.
What costs are put into your mortgage escrow account?
Once your lender establishes an escrow account for you, they will determine the annual cost of your homeowners insurance and property taxes and calculate a monthly amount that will satisfy those annual costs plus any required reserves.
Your servicer will also have 45 days to provide you with a statement that clearly outlines the total cost of the expenses that are paid using the funds in your escrow account in addition to when these payments are due.
Homeowners may fear that these additional expenses can hurt them financially if they are too high, but there are limits to how much a lender can require a homeowner to pay into their escrow. Guidelines established by the Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act state that lenders cannot require a cushion of more than two months worth of payments. After the payments are made into the account for the full year, the surplus, or any funds in excess of $50, must be refunded to the borrower.
Any changes made to your monthly payment will be explained to you in the yearly escrow analysis, which is provided by your mortgage servicer.
Your escrow analysis will reflect changes made to your monthly payments, but you can also find information regarding an escrow shortage. An escrow shortage is when the money in your account is less than what is needed to cover the cost of your mortgage-related expenses for the year.
Addressing an escrow shortage is simple. When your escrow account is short, you will be given notice indicating that an increase in property taxes or insurance is the cause. As a homeowner, even if the shortage isn't your fault, you are still responsible for the payment.
Failure to pay your property taxes can result in a lien on your home, foreclosure, fines and penalties. In addition, when homeowners insurance is not paid, you are at risk of being liable for damage to your home. Ultimately, if a borrower who does not have an escrow account does not make payments, lenders can open an account and charge them for the unpaid balance or add the unpaid balance to the total loan amount.
If the increase of the escrow payment is not manageable, one solution is to lower your mortgage payments to allow room in your budget for the additional money that will be needed for escrow. This can be done by refinancing or extending your repayment term. With a lower interest rate or more time to pay back your loan, you'll generally have smaller payments every month.
Your mortgage payment and interest may not change, but your escrow payment can vary from year to year. Although an escrow increase may seem like an inconvenience, escrow accounts have saved many homeowners from financial troubles. They help you manage the various mortgage-related expenses you are obligated to pay, budget accordingly and prevent you from falling behind on payments.


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Infrastructure as a Code startup Pulumi has secured $37.5 Million in Funding
Cloud engineering startup Pulumi has secured $37.5M in Series B financing.
Pulumi platform supports all public, private and hybrid clouds, such as Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform, and Kubernetes. Pulmini also supports 50+ other infrastructure providers, using recognizable languages and tools, such as Python, JavaScript, TypeScript, Go along with .NET/C.
The recent investment comes after several significant Product releases, including the addition of Pulumi 2.0 along with the unveiling of important new capabilities for Kubernetes. The latest financing brings the total funds raised to date to $57.5 Million, notes the announcement.
NEA partner, Aaron Jacobson, said, "Pulumi serves a critical need for businesses experiencing rapid transformation in this modern cloud era, accelerating cloud engineering by developers and infrastructure teams and enabling them to work together more closely. We are extremely pleased to have led this round and look forward to partnering closely with Pulumi to further accelerate the growth of the company and the benefits that it brings to cloud engineers worldwide."
Pulumi Founder and CEO Joe Duffy, said, "Three years ago, we set out on a bold mission to empower developers and infrastructure teams to make the most out of the modern cloud. The market transformation and success we've seen in that time has blown us away and I'm incredibly proud of the team and product we've built. Our community has grown into an amazing, welcoming place that embodies the company culture and, as our growing customer base sees their own successes, Pulumi's success follows. I'd like to thank Soma and Madrona, and Sheila and Tola, and now Aaron, Scott, Hilarie and the rest of the NEA team, for their belief in our vision and major contributions to our momentum. I can't wait to see what the Pulumi team, our customers and our community build in the years to come!"
Pulmini's Latest Funding
Pulumi empowers cloud engineering groups with the capability to leverage the cloud in all facets of their software, such as infrastructure provisioning, architecture, coverage, and testing.
The NEA led the latest funding round. Other participating investors include Madrona Venture Group and Tola Capital.
The newly raised funds will be employed to accelerate development and research along with expanding sales and marketing functions. The company will also keep on developing and lead the cloud engineering marketplace with its flagship infrastructure-as-a-Code platform.
Pulumi also announced several new executive appointments, simplifying its leadership bench to support its rapid expansion. Recently, the business achieved a 10X increase in adoption in the last twelve months and surpassed 1 million downloads per month, notes the announcement.
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Zack Snyder Reunites Justice League Cast to Film New Snyder Cut Scenes
Henry Cavill will return as Superman and Ben Affleck is back as Batman for new Justice League footage in the Snyder Cut, with Ray Fisher and Gal Gadot also joining the party.
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It looks like Zack Snyder will put the Justice League back together to film new scenes after all for the Snyder Cut on HBO Max. THR reports that Snyder will assemble Ben Affleck as Batman, Henry Cavill as Superman, Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman, and Ray Fisher as Cyborg for an approximately week long shoot that will be used to create new scenes for Snyder's Justice League cut. No word on whether Jason Momoa's Aquaman or Ezra Miller's Flash will be necessary.
As has been extensively and exhaustively detailed everywhere for nearly four years, Snyder left the Justice League movie before completing it after suffering an awful personal tragedy. Joss Whedon stepped in to finish the film, which required extensive rewrites and reshoots. The end result was something that nobody was particularly thrilled with: not the critics and fans who gave it a lukewarm reception, nor the studio with its tepid box office. Snyder himself claims to never have seen the theatrical cut, and for years rumors circled about how drastically different his version would be.
That will now come to pass some time in 2021 with the release of the Snyder Cut of Justice League. And while the film's first trailer contained nothing but footage that had never been seen before, it was never clear just how much of the movie still needed to be completed. Initial rumors that accompanied the official announcement of the Snyder Cut included the notion that portions of the film that hadn't gone before the cameras could be filled in with animatics or storyboards, essentially making the film something like a very long, very expensive Blu-ray extra.
But clearly that isn't the case, and Snyder is determined to finish his vision of Justice League as he wants. The notion of a week of filming with four of the film's stars (likely on a soundstage with some very large green screens) means that almost nothing is off the table. The inclusion of Ray Fisher's Cyborg is also raising eyebrows, as the actor has been drawing attention to what he calls "unprofessional" behavior on the set of Justice League during the reshoots by director Joss Whedon, as well as executives Geoff Johns and Jon Berg. Warner Bros. has since opened an investigation.
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"The Snyder Cut" is such an ambitious project that it won't even be a feature film. Instead it will take the form of a four hour limited series on HBO Max, so clearly no stone will be left unturned. There's no release date set, but it's expected some time in 2021.
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Territory and Origins
Art in Eboli
Notable Ebolitans
Eboli around the World
Monumental complexes
Stone Portals
Museums and cultural spaces
Nature areas
Typicalities
Traditional dishes and recipes
How to get to Eboli
From Spanish Viceroyalty to the Bourbons
During the first half of the sixteenth century the city almost doubled in population. This increase was matched by an increase in houses built within the city walls. The city was divided in parish districts and quarters; this distribution was kept untouched until the first half of the twentieth century. An important event happened in 1531. With official orders from Pope Clement VII the church of S. Maria della Pietà was elevated from church to Collegiate Church. This affected the organisation of all the local ecclesiastical activities and brought about an increase in construction however the clergy invested it's money in the restoration and enhancement of old churches rather that in building new ones. In 1562 the Cappuccini Monks arrived and settled in the S. Antonio de Vienne convent which had been abandoned. The church of S. Francis was enriched with frescoes by Andrea Sabatini. Other frescoes from the same period have recently been found in the church of the Madonna di Loreto and S. Maria ad Intra. Under the Doria, from 1640 until the abolition of feudalism, the upgrades to the city and its modernisation continues. The "tavolario" Pietro de Marino puts an estimate on the estate of Eboli following the extinction of the Grimaldi family and provides the first accurate description of the city; with its five doors, walls on the northern front, steep slopes on the west and on the east Tufara. In the 17th century there were five convents within the city centre of Eboli. There were hospitals for the care of the ill and pilgrims. It had an important intellectual class which included lawyers such as Prospero Caravita, priests and missionaries like Matteo Rippa known as l'Orientale and notaries, but most importantly it had proud and united citizens which were aware of their rights and prerogatives. It is with these citizens that anyone who came to Eboli with bad intentions had to deal with; all the people who came to the city wanting to take possession of Ebolitan goods and limit the city's rights. An example of this is the episode of the "Arco die Tredici" or Arch of the Thirteen, the killing of thirteen nobles in 1647 which still resounds in the people's memories as a symbol of rebellion against abuse and oppression.
It is in the 18th century that Eboli's population sees an important rise with a census of about 5,000 inhabitants. The city's goods were divided between University defences and land for civic use. The university's money was plagued by corruption and subject to boycott. Pacichelli describes Eboli in his book "The kingdom of Naples in perspective" in 1703. The expansion and modernisation of the city continues under the reign of Charles of Bourbon. Very few Ebolitans leave donations for the convent monks of St. Francis. They now administer a consolidated capital and their main interest is the maintenance of the property and heritage accumulated in the past. In 1742 St. Francis convent owns 50 properties of different types from forests to olive groves and uses the invested capital to build new dormitories and to pay for the work done by Nicola Lamberti, a master marble worker of Naples.
Half way through the century, the church of S.Antonio de Vienne is refurbished. It is often visited by King Ferdinand IV and Queen Maria Carolina in 1774 during their stay at their royal Casina di Caccia di Persano. In December 1761 works to refurbish the Collegiate Church begin, lead by maestro Pietro Desiderio di Angri, the marble sculptor Don Carlo Tucci and contract work by Sabato Confronto of Calvanicoo e Gennaro Contursi di Cava, both renowned entrepreneurs of their time. The church of St. Maria dell Grazie was also modernised. Still in the 18th century, as described by Natella regarding architecture, the atmosphere was Italian and European.
OTHER HISTORICAL PERIODS
From the Normans to the Swabians
From the Angioni to the Aragonese
High Middle Ages
The French decade and the Bourbon restoration
From the Risorgimento to the Great War
From fascism to 2000


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97th General Assembly, 1st Regular Session
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Establishes a pilot program to allow increased visitation of children with incarcerated mothers
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HB 300 - (0444L.01I)
Specifies that the criteria for domestic assault in the third degree includes three responses by law enforcement for alleged abuse or violation of an order of protection by the same person
Requires the Board of Probation and Parole to periodically review the case history of certain convicted offenders serving sentences of more than 15 years or life without parole
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Establishes a pilot program to increase the visitation rights of children with incarcerated parents
Establishes the Parent Time For Missouri Program in the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education to allow parents and legal guardians paid leave from work to help their children in their school
Designates the bridge on Interstates 55, 64, 70 and U.S. Route 40 crossing the Mississippi River between downtown St. Louis and southwestern Illinois as the "Congressman William L. Clay Bridge"
Establishes a prisoner re-entry program within the Department of Corrections for an offender who has served his or her full sentence and is relocating to St. Louis upon release
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We're at the forefront of ground breaking medicine and our clinical standards are a given, but it's the individual care we to each patient give that means 99% of them recommend HCA UK.
Our facilities include The Harley Street Clinic, The Lister Hospital, London Bridge Hospital, The Portland Hospital, The Princess Grace Hospital and The Wellington Hospital.
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Along with a competitive salary, the incumbent will also receive 25 days holiday, private healthcare and our company flexible benefits scheme.
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Олексі́й Васи́льович Бондаре́нко — старший прапорщик Збройних сил України, 79-та окрема аеромобільна бригада, учасник російсько-української війни.

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Heritage Protection for 221 Burke Road, Glen Iris
Amendment C255 has been prepared to introduce permanent heritage protection to 221 Burke Road, Glen Iris.
Varies the Schedule to Clause 43.01 Heritage Overlay to include HO586 221 Burke Road, Glen Iris with permanent heritage status.
Exhibition of the Amendment closed on Friday 21 April 2017.
As a result of exhibition, twelve submissions were received. At a meeting on 10 July 2017 Council considered a report (you can view a copy in the Documentation area of this page) on the submissions received. Council resolved to request the Minister for Planning appoint an independent Panel to hear the submissions and consider the proposed Amendment.
The Minister for Planning has appointed a two person Panel to consider the Amendment and submissions received on Amendment C255. A Panel Hearing was held on 18 September 2017 at Stonnington Council.
Council received the Panel's Report on 17 October 2017. In its report the Panel recommended that the C255 Amendment be adopted as exhibited with minor updates to the citation.
The Minister for Planning has approved Amendment C255 to the Stonnington Planning Scheme. The Amendment came into effect on Thursday 22 February 2018 when notice of its approval was published in the Victorian Government Gazette.
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8501.0 - Retail Trade, Australia, Feb 2014
Analysis - Total Retail
Analysis by Industry
Retail Trade, Australia (Media Release)
FEBRUARY KEY FIGURES
January 2014 to February 2014
$m
Turnover at current prices
22 986.3
Monthly Turnover, Current Prices - Trend Estimate
FEBRUARY KEY POINTS
The trend estimate rose 0.7% in February 2014. This follows a rise of 0.7% in January 2014 and a rise of 0.7% in December 2013.
The seasonally adjusted estimate rose 0.2% in February 2014. This follows a rise of 1.2% in January 2014 and a rise of 0.7% in December 2013.
In trend terms, Australian turnover rose 5.9% in February 2014 compared with February 2013.
The following industries rose in trend terms in February 2014: Food retailing (0.7%), Household goods retailing (1.0%), Cafes, restaurants and takeaway food services (1.2%), Other retailing (0.5%) and Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing (0.1%). Department stores (-0.4%) fell in trend terms in February 2014.
The following states and territories rose in trend terms in February 2014: New South Wales (1.0%), Victoria (0.7%), Queensland (0.5%), Western Australia (0.2%), Tasmania (0.9%), South Australia (0.3%) and the Northern Territory (0.4%). The Australian Capital Territory (-0.1%) fell in trend terms in February 2014.
ISSUE Release Date
March 2014 7 May 2014
April 2014 3 June 2014
May 2014 3 July 2014
June 2014 4 August 2014
July 2014 4 September 2014
August 2014 1 October 2014
CHANGES IN THIS ISSUE
This issue includes updated online retail turnover estimates for the January 2014 reference month. These estimates are provided and explained within the appendix section of this publication.
There are no revisions to the original estimates. Revisions to seasonally adjusted estimates are due to the concurrent methodology for deriving seasonal factors.
TIME SERIES DATA
Data available from the Downloads tab of this issue on the ABS website include longer time series of tables in this publication, the quarterly chain volume measures and the following additional current price monthly series:
Retail turnover by state and 15 industry subgroups in trend, seasonally adjusted and original terms
Retail turnover completely enumerated and sample sector, by six industry groups in original terms
Retail turnover completely enumerated and sample sector, by state in original terms
Retail turnover completely enumerated sector, total level in trend, seasonally adjusted and original terms.
For further information about these and related statistics, contact the National Information and Referral Service on 1300 135 070 or Amanda Biltoft on Sydney (02) 9268 4642.
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Le sikhisme au Canada est l'une des principales religions du pays après le christianisme, l'islam et le judaïsme et les sikhs forment le principal groupe de population sud-asiatique résidente dans ce pays. Les personnes pratiquant le sikhisme au Canada sont environ , soit 1,4% de la population canadienne.

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Arrivés au moment du jubilé d'argent de la reine Victoria, les sikhs sont donc présents au Canada depuis 1897. Les industriels de la Colombie-Britannique avaient voulu faire venir des immigrants asiatiques, mais cela n'alla pas sans résistance de la part des hommes politiques, des syndicats et des missionnaires chrétiens.

Le statut économique des Sikhs s'est amélioré après l'affaire de l'internement des Nippo-Canadiens en 1939-1945, puisque les Japonais ont souvent vendu leurs maisons à des Sikhs. À partir des années 1960, le processus d'immigration a été simplifié alors que le Canada libéralisait sa politique migratoire, ce qui entraîna une augmentation du nombre d'immigrants. Aujourd'hui, plusieurs communautés sikhes sont installées en Ontario et en Colombie-Britannique.

Difficultés d'intégration
À un niveau global, la communauté sikhe canadienne a bénéficié de la politique nationale de multiculturalisme, qui valorise officiellement les minorités culturelles. Elle a toutefois vécu des difficultés d'intégration dans différentes circonstances, parmi lesquelles la question du port du kirpan au Québec, ainsi que celle du port du turban pour un officier de la Police montée (section de la Gendarmerie Royale du Canada), du nom de Baltej Singh Dhillon. Dans ce cas-ci, le port du turban a finalement été accepté, mais la question a ressurgi plus récemment à propos du turban des footballeurs. En 2013, la Fédération canadienne de football refusait en effet le turban, alors même que la FIFA déclarait que ce couvre-chef était autorisé. Finalement, la Fédération s'est inclinée, mais la question du turban continue à faire des vagues dans le pays. Ainsi à l'automne 2019, à Montréal, un sikh s'est entendu dire dans la rue qu'il devait « couper son turban ».

Notes et références

Bibliographie

  Sandeep Singh Brar, Century of Struggle and Success The Sikh Canadian Experience, 13 November 2006 (Lire en ligne - Consulté le )
 Association for Canada Studies Révolution démo-religieuse du Canada : changements considérables dans le profil de la mosaïque en 2017 (Lire en ligne - Consulté le )

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Rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) are good to eat and a popular target for freshwater anglers.
They belong to the family Salmonidae, which originally comes from North America but has been introduced for aquaculture and recreational fishing to every continent except Antactica.
Rainbow trout were introduced to Western Australia in 1927 to provide recreational fishing in the south-west part of the State. They were originally released into streams between Albany and Gingin, but in most cases failed to establish self-sustaining populations due to the lack of suitable conditions.
In response, various groups of people, mainly volunteers, built a hatchery in Pemberton to breed trout to stock waterways.
In 1971, we assumed responsibility for the breeding and stocking program at the hatchery, which is now called the Pemberton Freshwater Research Centre (PFRC).
The species is also produced through aquaculture operations and has a farm gate value of more than $100,000 a year in WA.
The rainbow trout's upper body is dark olive green to bluish – the sides are lighter and the belly is silver-white. The head and body are heavily speckled. There are often pink, red or orange markings along the head and flanks.
Rainbow trout live for three to four years and can reach 5 kg. In nutrition-rich dams, trout can reach two kg in two years and three kg in three years. However, in nutrient-poor or overstocked dams, growth may be much slower.
Rainbow trout is a coldwater species inhabiting freshwater creeks, dams, rivers and lakes. It thrives at 5-20ºC but there are mortalities once water temperature increases to 26-27ºC. However, the trout produced at PFRC are unique because they have adapted to withstand the higher temperatures of local conditions.
Trout are also intolerant of low oxygen levels caused by heat and stagnation.
In the northern hemisphere some trout migrate between fresh water and salt water for breeding but in Australia most are restricted to fresh water. However, trout that are acclimatised to sea water at a young age may be reared in marine conditions until maturity. This offers potential for stock enhancement and aquaculture in saline water in WA.
To spawn, trout need a bed of gravel or small stones, with oxygenated sub-surface water filtering up through the rocky bed. These are usually found in mountainous upper reaches of rivers and tributaries.
However, most rivers and streams in south-west WA have sandy, silty bottoms unsuitable for digging a 'redd' (trough), in which trout lay their eggs. Even if the trout do attempt to mate, silt and lack of well-oxygenated waterflow combine to smother the eggs and larvae.
In suitable natural environments, the female trout digs a deep redd by lying on her side and flapping her tail to dislodge gravel. She releases eggs, which mix with milt (sperm) from a closely accompanying male and become lodged in the redd. The female then dislodges more gravel to fill in the redd.
After hatching, the larvae, called 'alevins', remain in the redd, absorbing the yolk sac. At this stage they look like tadpoles. Within two months, they become young fish (fry) and emerge to feed.
In WA rainbow trout are ready to breed at about two years of age and females can produce up to 2000 eggs per kilogram of body weight.
Trout are artificially spawned at the PFRC in June each year. Males and females are carefully removed from the broodstock pond and their abdomen gently squeezed to release eggs and milt. The eggs and milt are then combined, and after fertilisation, are washed and placed into incubators.
Once the alevins hatch they absorb their yolk sac and are then raised on a special diet.
Fry and yearling trout (eight to 12 months old) are stocked into south-west waterways each year.
Ex-broodstock trout are also stocked. While these larger fish are stocked for recreational angling, they also play an important role in controlling redfin perch, a feral species.
Adult and yearling trout eat invertebrates (both terrestrial and aquatic), including insects, beetles and nymphs. They also eat small fish including redfin perch, an introduced species that multiplies in number, eats out the food supply and becomes stunted in size as a consequence. Trout fry and fingerlings (trout that have grown to the size of a person's finger) eat small invertebrates.
Adult trout are the highest-order aquatic predators. However, redfin perch prey heavily on trout fry. Cormorants and other fish-eating birds can prey on young trout and even adult trout if the waterway is bare of cover such as aquatic weeds, logs and rocks the fish can hide under.


Carol Golden isn't her real name. She doesn't remember her real name or anything that happened before she was found in a Dumpster, naked and unconscious, on the beautiful Palos Verdes Peninsula in Southern California.
A very intriguing and entertaining mystery, the first I've read by this author, though he has written several books. Alan Cook knows how to engage his readers and keep them guessing.
The plot opens with the discovery by a restaurant kitchen worker of a naked bloody body of a female in a dumpster behind the restaurant. There is a slight pulse and she is transported to the hospital. Once she comes back to consciousness, she has amnesia, no memory of either her past or what happened to her. And so the mystery begins.
Rigo, who found the girl, feels a need to become her protector and feels responsible for taking care of her once she is released from the hospital. Because he lives with his parents, they invite her to stay with them, she has nowhere else to go and no identity. In fact, because she has amnesia and no one has reported a girl missing, no ID was found at the scene, she has become a non-person. This is significant because as a non-person she can not become a "person", not a citizen of anywhere, no fingerprints on file, she can not get proof of birth, driver's licence, can not travel anywhere, and literally has no record of ever existing. This particular subject of the plot made me wonder how many people in the world are "non-persons" for whatever reason.
She decides to go by the name of Carol Golden for the time being. Little by little she comes up with a thought that makes her wonder if it's a memory. Playing a game with Rigo she finds herself thinking in binary and realizes she must have been proficient at math. California doesn't feel right as where she lived, she feels more drawn to the east. I was fascinated with this process in the book. I think Alan Cook was very diligent in dealing with this process. I don't think I found any anachronisms overlooked as hidden memories, that is to say I don't think anything was said or thought of out of context.
A few searches for missing people do not turn up any leads, but a friend of Rigo's family has more connections and ideas and locates a possibility in North Carolina. The lawyer for that case sends Carol papers so she can fly out east. However, the missing girl's grandmother says no, this is not Cynthia. A dead end. But she now has a feeling she was recently in England. Especially when she rents a car and finds herself looking for a standard gear shift on her left, and feels she should be driving on the right. Carol is determined to follow her feelings, and follow them she does. With the papers and money the lawyer has supplied her with, she heads to England.
Memories begin to become more cohesive though the mystery deepens as she struggles with the fact that her attack was not a one-time thing and she is still very much in danger. Will she find out the truth of her identity? Will she find her attacker or worse, will he find her? Or is he stalking her even now.
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Supergirl season 1… I believe a girl can fly!
Not gonna lie- I started watching Supergirl when it premiered and after a few weeks it went to the DVR back burner… not because it wasn't fun but it conflicted with another show and I'm lazy. But with the recent release of season 1 on DVD I've been binging.
And it has been a most pleasant binge.
First of all, while there are several female superheroes on TV right now, Melissa Benoist's "Supergirl" is the best. Not because as a kryptonian she inherently has the best powers but because there's an innocence, a clear moral and ethical belief system, and she's the kind of role model I want for little girls. Her skirt might be short but it's not the focus… and neither is her cleavage. The focus is on the character. A nice change. She actually thinks about her actions (not just mopes about things in the past) and there are consequences. When she messes up and accidentally destroys something she shouldn't, she has to figure out how to do things right and go back out there to show everyone that she can be better. Someone to look up to. (Wish Snyder would get that through his head- we're supposed to look up to heroes, thus they need to do the right and moral things!)
Also, I want to note that Benoist looks like she can fight in the fight scenes- she never wears heels, her hair gets messed up (though honestly, why hasn't Supergirl figured out that a ponytail would be better than all that hair being loose?), and she doesn't try to look like the best. It's more important that she gets in there, than it is for her to throw a punch and pose…
I'm not gonna name names but basically all the other female superheroes on TV (and in movies) are wearing heels. Seriously? The best chick fight scene ever was in Leverage– first thing they both did was kick off the heels!
Generally, Supergirl passes the Bechdel Test which is wonderful since there have been female led shows in the past (and present!) that don't. For the record, many of the current superhero shows pass most of the time. There are several female characters- 3 leads!- and though they do discuss men often (come on, you've got two sisters hanging out together- they are going to tease each other about boys!) it is not the focus of their lives and conversations. And so many female villains… Refreshing! Now to work on the diversity aspect… I adore Mehcad Brooks as "James Olsen", but he is one of the few characters representing any minority groups. And that includes most of the bad guys- though when someone is an alien do they count as minority representation? There's also Hank Henshaw/Martian Manhunter (David Harewood), of course. But that's it. It seems that National City is on the west coast (a combo of LA and San Diego, apparently), so where is the diversity of southern California?
I want to say *spoiler* that I am wary of the upcoming appearance of Superman on the show. I really like that Supergirl focuses on Kara and Sups/Clark is off-screen or appears only via IM's, or is out of focus. And while I adore Tyler Hoechlin… I don't know how I feel about the character being more of a part of the show in season 2.
Initially, I did not like Calista Flockhart as "Cat Grant". She grated on my nerves. But she was supposed to. The character gained more depth through her relationship with Kara, which helped a lot because initially she was almost enough to make me stop watching. A lot more depth came from the revelation of kids, and regrets related to the eldest. Shocker, Cat Grant was a human being, with feelings and stuff! The same could be said for Maxwell Lord (Peter Facinelli), though… initially he was there just to be the billionaire attached to half of the bad things happening in National City (you know, when it wasn't an alien monster of the week…). But once Supergirl and the DEO (well, some of the DEO) decide he's too dangerous to be on the loose, Lord finally got some depth and became truly interesting! I also love that he's sort of the Wile E. Coyote of the universe- his plans never go quite right.
Supergirl is within the same multiverse as DC's other TV shows Arrow, The Flash, and Legends of Tomorrow, and for season 2 it has moved over to the CW with its sister shows. I am curious to see what this change does because one of the pieces that shows Supergirl is clearly different from the others is that it has a much lighter tone. Everything from the bright lighting in most scenes, to the use of colors (except for Felicity Smoak, the other 3 DC shows are notoriously bleak color wise), to the fluffy comedy dialogue. I am not complaining- it's a nice change of pace. Though just like the boys on their shows… waaaaaaaaaay too many people know Kara's secret identity. Girl needs to learn to keep her mouth shut.
You know what else is fun? All the actors from previous "Superman" universes. Dean Cain from the 90s Lois & Clark, Helen Slater- the 80s Supergirl, as the adoptive parents of Kara. Heck, even the previous TV "Supergirl", Laura Vandervoort, gets in on the action as a villain. Of course, then you have the stunt casting of Grant Gustin appearing as "Barry Allen/The Flash", in the first of hopefully many crossovers with the other DC shows (by the way, how adorkable was that episode?). And for season 2, the fantastic Lynda Carter appears. Carter of course, played "Wonder Woman" on TV back in the 70s. Yeah, it's a little hokey, but I love it. Is it wrong that I have hopes for Tom Welling to show up as some creepy villain… you know, since Clark Kent is taken.
And the relationships! Chyler Leigh's (Alex Danvers) sister chemistry with Benoist has brought tears to my eyes a few times. Most especially as *spoilers* Alex pleads with Kara to reject the false visions given to her by the Black Mercy alien and when Alex finally breaks down and confesses to Kara… Holy moly, the heart clenched! And the season finale… phew. Lucy Lane (Jenna Dewan-Tatum) breaking up with James… or begging him to take her back… And all of those looks Winn (Jeremy Jordan) throws at Kara… Oh lord, he is every person with a crush.
So … what are the flaws? The show isn't perfect. It is almost too fluffy and light at times. Though, that stops being a huge issue by mid-season (which happens some times… guess they found their feet). Not all the make-up effects are good- Livewire, anyone? Lordy, the pasty white is bad and poorly blended sometimes… like, her neck has no pasty white half the time. Sigh. Also… a prison full of aliens and so far they've all been bipedal humanoids. Sigh. Can we at least get some crazy fangs or something? Why do all the aliens have perfect teeth? And who is their galactic dentist because I'm gonna need their number.
Alright… so we know that I fell in love with the series through my binge and have officially moved it from the DVR to weekly viewing (even if it means that I have to stay awake later on a work night!)- but I'd like to hear what you think of Supergirl. Leave a comment with your thoughts!
Tags: Arrow, Barry Allen, Bechdel Test, Brainiac, Calista Flockhart, Cat Grant, Chyler Leigh, Clark Kent, David Harewood, Dean Cain, Geekery, Grant Gustin, Hank Henshaw, Helen Slater, J'onn J'onzz, James Olsen, Jenna Dewan-Tatum, Jeremy Jordan, Jimmy Olsen, Kara Danvers, Kara El, Laura Vandervoort, Legends of Tomorrow, Lois & Clark, Lucy Lane, Lynda Carter, Martian Manhunter, Maxwell Lord, Mehcad Brooks, Melissa Benoist, Nerdtastic Ramblings, Peter Facinelli, Supergirl, Superman, Television, The Flash, Tom Welling, Tyler Hoechlin, Wonder Woman
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Discussion in 'Wii - Emulation and Homebrew' started by metri3, Apr 16, 2011.
I recently received my sd gecko in the mail. My question is how do I boot/use swiss?
Ok, this may look like a long list, but it is actually quite simple. Also, I assume you already have a cMIOS. If not, use the one in the Neogamma r9 thread.
I can only add that the disc in the drive should be a retail one (can be a gamecube or a wii game), but that's just a detail.
The cmios I have is from "modmii". Will that one work?
It should. I'm not sure what one is used in modmii, but if for some reason it isn't working, just use the one in the neogamma r9 thread.
How do you create Ocarina/Gecko Codes to use in Swiss?
do i need an sd gecko to use wii swiss?


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A Bay Horse resident is urging drivers on the A6 to slow down after a BMW smashed through his garden wall on Wednesday morning, May 6.
John Askew said it was the fourth time a vehicle had careered off the road and into his garden, and the tenth accident he had seen on the A6 since moving into the property in Cockerham Road eleven years ago.
The incident, which occurred at 9.30am, resulted in the dark blue BMW smashing through the front wall of John's garden, causing stones to hurtle through his dining room window, smashing the window frame and a dresser inside.
John said: "Thankfully no-one was in at the time.
"It's normally artic lorries that end up through the wall, but the highways agency has changed the road layout and that seems to have stopped. But it hasn't stopped altogether, as you can see from the picture.
"A lot of people drive far too quickly down the A6, and they really need to slow down.
"By the looks of things the driver was going straight on, swerved to miss someone, and missed the junction completely.
Police say they got a call at 9.25am and arrived at the scene to find the driver with no significant injuries. The road re-opened at 11.30am.


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Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! – G. F. Handel – Messiah, HWV 56, Part I, Scene 5
ABOUT THE ORATORIO ARIA
From Messiah, HWV 56, Part I, Scene 5
Original key Bb Major
Composer George Frideric Handel 1685 – 1759
Poet Charles Jennens 1664 – 1725
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion!, a setting by Charles Jennens, was composed by George Frideric Händel in 1741 and premiered in march 1942. This aria takes place in part I, scene 5 of the Messiah.
Handel had been living in England for almost three decades when he decided to compose the Messiah in 1741. Until then, he had mostly written Italian operas and had only started composing in English ten years earlier. Written in twenty-four days, the oratorio was premiered six months later in Dublin. Despite the king's satisfaction (he even, stood up during the Alleluia to express his admiration), the oratorio had to face scandal, as many believed it to be inappropriate music for contemplation and prayer. It became a huge success in London only years 'after, around 1750.
The Messiah is divided in three different parts: the first part focuses on the annunciation of Jesus Christ and his birth, the second one on Christ's passion, resurrection and ascension, the third and last one on the promise of redemption for human kind. Often, the Messiah is performed around Christmas, but it can frequently be played around Easter time too.
In Handel's first versions, the orchestration was built around strings, trumpets and timpani. He later rewrote it for violin, viola, basso continuo, oboe, bassoon, timpani.
Handel- Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! ends part I of the Messiah, which focuses on the annunciation of Jesus Christ and his birth. It is the eighteenth aria of Scene 5 which is centered around the healing of Christ and redemption. The text originally comes Zachary's book, chapter 9. Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! is built around an ABA' structure. In this aria, the expression of joy is illustrated by virtuosic vocalizes at the vocal line but also in the orchestra parts. On behold, thy King cometh unto thee, the dotted rhythm seems to figure grandeur while the heathen of the middle section seems to be illustrated by the crotchets of the more legato and less virtuosic vocal line.
Original key – Bb Major
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Auto-Graphics selected to provide web-based resource sharing solution to Ohio libraries
Press Release: Auto-Graphics, Inc. [April 14, 1998]
Copyright (c) 1998 Auto-Graphics, Inc.
POMONA, Calif., April 14, 1998 -- Auto-Graphics Inc. has been selected to establish an Internet-accessible catalog that combines holdings of the State Library of Ohio and four regional library systems for the purpose of sharing resources among more than 100 of the state's nearly 250 public library systems.
The AccessOhio project utilizes the Ohio Public Library Information Network (OPLIN), a statewide telecommunications system funded by the State Legislature to connect nearly 700 public libraries, as well as schools and universities. OPLIN is the backbone for an information-sharing network, including commercial and locally developed databases, and a gateway to the World Wide Web.
The mission of AccessOhio is to create a consolidated catalog from participating libraries and an automated interlibrary loan (ILL) system that ultimately will allow patrons access in their local branch or from their own Internet-enabled computers at home or work.
The first phase of the Auto-Graphics contract calls for merging CD-ROM databases from the Northwest Library District and NOLA Regional Library System as the core of the new online catalog. Both consortia are users of Auto-Graphics' CD-ROM-based ILL system and "are the logical starting points for migrating the entire state to the web," said William Kliss, chief operating officer at Auto-Graphics.
The Ohio Shared Catalog which includes the Ohio Valley Area Libraries (OVAL) has been integrated and the Southwest Ohio Regional Libraries (SWORL) will be added to the online system later in 1998. The combined databases of AccessOhio are expected to contain approximately 1.7 million unique records.
In the merging process, duplicate titles are identified and attached to a single bibliographic record. The process also establishes a uniform format for all records to replace a long-term accumulation spanning 18 different vendors.
The contract's second phase involves loading the database for web-accessibility and implementation of Auto-Graphics' Impact/ONLINE ILLTM, which automates both the patron and administrative sides of an interlibrary loan transaction. Another module in the Impact/ONLINETM family -- Impact/ONLINE WebPACTM -- will enable patron access to the statewide catalog from any location via a web browser.
"If the desired title is not available at the patron's nearest branch, the system will determine availability elsewhere in the library network and initiate an ILL request," Kliss said. "All of the paperwork formerly associated with an interlibrary loan is handled electronically by the system."
Full access to the database for staff and patrons at 175 library facilities began in February, with other locations to follow throughout 1998, Kliss added.
Company Information Founded in 1950, Auto-Graphics Inc. (OTC:AUGR) provides information publishing and database resource sharing systems to the publishing and library communities.
https://librarytechnology.org/document/6659
Auto-Graphics, Inc.
Pomano, CA
Impact/ONLINE
Libraries:
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System announcements -- selection
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McKinnon, A., 2014, In: Journal of Classical Sociology. 14, 2, p. 203-221 19 p.
metaphor 100%
god 24%
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How important are Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) clinical markers to the long-term formal employment among people living with HIV in developing countries? A study in South Africa
Odek, W. O., Glendinning, A. & Charalambous, S., 2014, In: WORK: A Journal of Prevention, Assessment & Rehabilitation. 47, 2, p. 145-156 12 p.
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Developing Countries 86%
developing country 71%
Republic of South Africa 70%
Income Inequality in Advanced Capitalism: How Protective Institutions can Promote Egalitarian Societies
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capitalist society 100%
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difference in income 47%
liberalism 41%
International Solidarity in Social Movements
Flesher Fominaya, C. M., 2014, In: Interface: A Journal For and About Social Movements. 6, 2
The secularization of Scotland
Bruce, S., 2014, In: International Journal for the Study of the Christian Church. 14, 2, p. 193-206 14 p.
Secularization 100%
New Age Spirituality 18%
Public Sphere 17%
Using Weber and Foucault to understand the evolution of motives in a Tibetan Buddhist Organisation in Scotland
McKenzie, J. S., 2014, In: Culture and Religion. 15, 1, p. 100-117 18 p.
Max Weber 100%
Michel Foucault 68%
Buddhist 58%
Secularization 55%
"Spanish Indignados and the evolution of 15M: toward networked para-institutions" by Ismael Peña López, Mariluz Congosto and Pablo Aragón
Flesher Fominaya, C., 2014, In: Journal of Spanish Cultural Studies. 15, 1-2, p. 217-219 3 p.
The Other Secular Modern: an empirical critique of Asad
Bruce, S., 1 Dec 2013, In: Religion and Society. 4, 1, p. 79-92 14 p.
Talal Asad 100%
Anglophone World 22%
George Herbert Mead on humans and other animals: social relations after human-animal studies
Wilkie, R. & McKinnon, A., 30 Nov 2013, In: Sociological Research Online. 18, 4, 13 p., 19.
Social Relations 100%
symbolic interactionism 72%
sociologist 25%
Religion in Ashworthy 1958-2011: A sociology classic revisited
Bruce, S., 1 Nov 2013, In: Rural Theology. 11, 2, p. 92-102 11 p.
Sociology 100%
Clergy 77%
West Country 72%
Conformity 50%
Changing Patterns of Civil Society in Europe and America 1995-2005: Is Eastern Europe Different? (vol 26, pg 3, 2012): Corrigendum
Wallace, C., Pichler, F. & Haerpfer, C., Nov 2013, In: East European Politics and Societies. 27, 4, p. 757-757 1 p.
Eastern Europe 100%
Knowledge of the health impacts of smoking and public attitudes towards tobacco control in the former Soviet Union
Roberts, B., Stickley, A., Gilmore, A. B., Danishevski, K., Kizilova, K., Bryden, A., Rotman, D., Haerpfer, C. & McKee, M., Nov 2013, In: Tobacco Control. 22, 6, e12.
USSR 100%
public attitudes 83%
nicotine 70%
Tobacco 70%
smoking 70%
Comparing health status in Belarus between 2001-2010: a novel method using surveys with different response categories
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health status 62%
From secessionist mobilization to substate nationalism? Assessing the impact of consociationalism and devolution on Irish nationalism in Northern Ireland
Nagle, J., 20 Sep 2013, In: Regional and Federal Studies. 23, 4, p. 461-477 17 p.
nationalism 100%
devolution 90%
decentralization 54%
Enhanced broadband access as a solution to the social and economic problems of the rural digital divide
Townsend, L., Sathiaseelan, A., Fairhurst, G. & Wallace, C., Sep 2013, In: Local Economy. 28, 6, p. 580-595 16 p.
Digital Divide 100%
Broadband 65%
Social Problems 63%
Rural Communities 23%
Connectivity 23%
Police reform in Thailand post-2006
Poothakool, K. & Glendinning, T., Sep 2013, In: International Journal of Criminology and Sociology. 2, p. 371-384 14 p.
Thailand 100%
Police administration 75%
reform 52%
Does having a kin state lessen the likelihood of minorities engaging in secessionist mobilization? An analysis of the moderating influence of kin states
Nagle, J. M., 13 Aug 2013, In: Nationalism and Ethnic Politics. 19, 3, p. 287-309 23 p.
secessionism 100%
minority 50%
Group 12%
Family Structure, Female Employment, and National Income Inequality: A Cross-National Study of 16 Western Countries
Kollmeyer, C., 1 Aug 2013, In: European Sociological Review. 29, 4, p. 816-827 12 p.
national income 100%
family structure 76%
market institution 34%
Ideology and the Market Metaphor in Rational Choice Theory of Religion: A Rhetorical Critique of "Religious Economies"
McKinnon, A. M., Jul 2013, In: Critical Sociology. 39, 4, p. 529-543 15 p.
rational choice theory 100%
metaphor 65%
ideology 59%
Expectations and Experiences of Peacebuilding in Sierra Leone: Parallel Peacebuilding Processes and Compound Friction
Millar, G. M., 19 Jun 2013, In: International Peacekeeping. 20, 2, p. 189-203 15 p.
Sierra Leone 100%
reconciliation 20%
imagination 19%
Peacebuilding Plans and Local Reconfigurations: Frictions between Imported Processes and Indigenous Practices
Millar, G. M., Van Der Lijn, J. & Verkoren, W., 19 Jun 2013, In: International Peacekeeping. 20, 2, p. 137-143 7 p.
interaction 100%
peace 57%
Victimhood Status and Public Attitudes Towards Post-conflict Agreements: Northern Ireland as a Case Study
Brewer, J. D. & Hayes, B. C., Jun 2013, In: Political Studies. 61, 2, p. 442-461 20 p.
public attitudes 100%
Political leaders 19%
accommodation 16%
Beyond compliance and resistance: Polish Catholic nuns negotiating femininity
Trzebiatowska, M., May 2013, In: European Journal of Women's Studies. 20, 2, p. 204-218 15 p.
Nuns 100%
femininity 95%
Female Agency 85%
convent 50%
Religion in Gosforth, 1951-2011: A Sociology Classic Revisited
Bruce, S., May 2013, In: Rural Theology. 11, 1, p. 39-49 11 p.
Cumbria 47%
Chapel 32%
Secular and religious feminisms: a future of disconnection?
Llewellyn, D. & Trzebiatowska, M., May 2013, In: Feminist Theology . 21, 3, p. 244-258 15 p.
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feminism 60%
theology 30%
Religious Discourse 20%
Local provision of percutaneous coronary intervention increases stenting rates and reduces length of hospital stay in remote regional centre
Bruce, S., Smith, J. A. L., Atherton, I. & Leslie, S. J., 29 Apr 2013, In: Rural and Remote Health. 13, 1, p. 1-8 8 p., 2136.
Percutaneous Coronary Intervention 100%
Length of Stay 76%
Acute Coronary Syndrome 27%
time requirement 13%
The effects of early years' childcare on child emotional and behavioural difficulties in lone and co-parent family situations
Zagel, H., Kadar-Satat, G., Jacobs, M. & Glendinning, A., Apr 2013, In: Journal of Social Policy. 42, 2, p. 235-258 24 p.
child care 100%
family situation 81%
family 44%
Is Deindustrialization Causing High Unemployment in Affluent Countries? Evidence from 16 OECD Countries, 1970-2003
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de-industrialization 97%
Unemployment 76%
Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development 67%
Gender and consociational power-sharing in Northern Ireland
Hayes, B. C. & McAllister, I., Mar 2013, In: International Political Science Review. 34, 2, p. 123-139 17 p.
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national identity 95%
gender-specific factors 40%
Motive and opportunity: British Christian parties 1997-2011
Bruce, S., Mar 2013, In: Politics and Religion. 6, 1, p. 3-24 22 p.
Religion 100%
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political structure 71%
Greece's Big Smog: Neoliberal Austerity, Public Health, and the Environment
Xypolia, I., 13 Feb 2013, Monthly Review Magazine.
'You Are What You Research': Researcher Partisanship and the Sociology of the Underdog
Lumsden, K., 1 Feb 2013, In: Qualitative Research. 13, 1, p. 3-18 16 p.
Partisanship 100%
Boys 31%
Value Neutrality 28%
"Unity in Diversity": Non-sectarian Social Movement Challenges to the Politics of Ethnic Antagonism in Violently Divided Cities
Nagle, J. M., Jan 2013, In: International Journal of Urban and Regional Research. 37, 1, p. 78-92 15 p.
social movement 100%
Social Movements 83%
antagonism 82%
Church Affiliation and Trust in the State: Survey Data Evidence from Four Nordic Countries
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Nordic Countries 100%
Survey Data 98%
Church-state Relations 33%
Religiosity 30%
Religious Affiliation 29%
Comparing health status in Belarus between 2001 and 2010: a novel method using survey with different response categories
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Further Thoughts on Church Growth and Secularization
Bruce, S., 2013, In: Journal of Religion in Europe. 6, 3, p. 316-320 5 p.
Church Growth 90%
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Congregations 29%
Health problems and the transition from Communism in the former Soviet Union: towards an explanation
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Integrated schooling and religious tolerance in Northern Ireland
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Happy New Year! A time to remember the good old days and the days ahead
Gerald Smith
Special to the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
Happy New Year's to all of our readers. Thanks to all of you for your constant support and continued assistance in giving me ideas for columns over the last nearly nine years. Consider this, when I began writing this column, I was worried that I would run out of ideas for things to write about the history and heritage of the Broome County area. Now, over 450 columns later, I still find stories that I need to tell. The arrival of 2023 only gives me the impetus to continue that work – and all of you are a part of that.
In previous columns about the arrival of the new year, I have discussed making resolutions. It is something that many of us do, and few of us follow through with those resolutions. In looking at some of my earlier resolutions, I have actually had some success. In the last few months, I have lost 30 pounds of weight. Some of that was dedicated to healthy eating habits, and some because of medical issues. But never mind that, I am on my way to my personal goal before my 50th high school reunion in August. I have tried to make fewer errors in the columns – and there seems to have been fewer irate readers telling me what I wrote was wrong. I will try to do that once again in 2023.
More history:A bit of Cole for Christmas, and more memories of 'Unforgettable' voices
Economy:What's under construction in Broome County? Next steps for developments started in 2022
All-stars:Meet the Binghamton area's best: Here are your 2022 Elite Fall All-Star teams
In looking over some of the stories from the newspaper from 1950 to 1975 for this column, I found several common themes. First, there was the ubiquitous story of the New Year's baby in the area. Many families and many babies made their way into the newspaper – especially during the baby boomer period of growth in our region.
Of course, there were the yearly mentions of the various parades that would be televised – from the Tournament of Roses to others tied into a sports game. I will admit (and don't hate me for this), I do not watch football very often. But watching the parades connected with those games, was always something of a family tradition – made even more exciting after 1971 when the Smith household got its first color television.
Another activity common for New Year's Day was a family outing to go see a movie in one of the many theaters in the area. Like Christmas, New Year's Day was a common connection to the opening of new movies. I cannot say that all of them were blockbuster hits, but it provided an open venue and safe activity for the family. Looking over some of the movie ads during this period, I saw the names of theaters long gone from the area, such as the Strand in Binghamton, the Lyric in Endicott, and many others.
Another New Year's Day tradition was the family meal. In the Smith household, it was one made by my mother – usually ham with potatoes, vegetables, and something freshly baked for dessert. We did not go out to eat – usually the cost was prohibitive, and our grandparents and great-grandmother would come to visit. In looking over the newspapers for the period, though, it was a common occurrence and many of the restaurants also had some form of entertainment for the diners.
It was more common, though, that the musical entertainment was reserved for New Year's Eve, when many would go out to celebrate the arrival of New Year's. Maybe it would be watching Guy Lombardo and his Royal Canadians playing from the Waldorf Astoria in New York City, or later, watching Dick Clark and the crystal ball fall in Times Square.
So many years, so many New Year's, so many traditions. Every family seems to have them, and at this time of year, we should take stock in what makes us stronger as a family and as a community. The country remains divided over too many things, and the arrival of 2023 gives us a moment when we should pause and realize that we are stronger together and more alike than we are different. Enjoy the day and the moment – it all comes and goes too soon.
Gerald Smith is a former Broome County historian. Email him athistorysmiths@stny.rr.com.


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October 11, 2007 News & Opinion » Currents Feature
Forest Fodder
A group claims keeping wildlands pristine will lead to an economic windfall
By Tim Vanderpool
Tim Vanderpool
Erik Magnuson and David Baker think there's more money to be made in outdoor enjoyment than in mining or logging.
We're perched amid the trappings of outdoorsy retail--nylon fly above, collapsible chairs beneath--to make a fiscal point. And for the same reason, we're enjoying these camping accouterments inside the Summit Hut on Speedway Boulevard rather than at some sublime forest glen.
Here's the point: There's money to be made from folks who frequent Arizona's national forests--money to the tune of $2.2 billion each year.
Apparently, this news doesn't spike media Richter scales: Only one reporter has shown up for the Sept. 27 press conference, called by the Environment Arizona Research and Policy Center. But armed with numbers from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the group argues that keeping our forests wild is economically savvier than digging them up or cutting them down.
That throws industry's traditional rhetoric on its ear. But it gets more specific: Protecting our natural cash cows also means keeping them roadless--or at least not adding any more roads. And this catapults the whole issue straight into the big leagues.
Near the end of his tenure--following three years of intense review and scads of public meetings--President Bill Clinton invoked the Roadless Area Conservation Rule. The administrative measure placed roughly one-third of federal forest land off limits to mining, logging and road building.
But George Bush had a different take, and his administration sacked the rule four years later. Few were surprised; in its brief existence, the roadless measure had been fought by several states, lambasted by extractive industries and twice overturned in federal court. It was hardly the darling of a conservative president.
Administration officials defended their move by contending that states should decide where logging, mining and accompanying roads were allowed. But conservationists feared the states were more directly vulnerable to the entreaties of business, and the result would be a national patchwork of policies.
In response to its actions, the administration received a record number of comments--1.8 million--from concerned citizens. Of those, 95 percent supported restoring the Roadless Rule.
Researchers, meanwhile, concluded that forest areas untouched by roads were more likely to host vibrant ecosystems with diverse plants and animals. And they noted that about 60 million Americans get their clean drinking water from largely untrammeled forests.
Still, the administration's stance hardly occurred in a vacuum. Since taking office, President Bush has steadily reduced protections for endangered species and the environment. Consider his "Healthy Forests Initiative," which fast-tracks the permitting process for logging on public lands. Administration officials say the measure helps prevent fires through forest trimming. Critics call it a thinly veiled industry giveaway.
Those critics point to a December 2004 gathering of timber executives, where speakers included former timber lobbyist and current Forest Service chief Mark Rey. To an enthusiastic crowd, Rey boasted that logging on public lands would double during the Bush administration's second term.
That's no offhand pledge; the Forest Service has already planned new roads--many of them for logging--to traverse 34 million publicly owned acres. Taxpayers have already shelled out nearly $50 million just for roads into Alaska's Tongass National Forest. And the Forest Service has spent millions more subsidizing the construction of new timber roads under various credit programs.
But this raucous party crashed to a halt in September 2006, when yet another federal court reinstated the Roadless Rule. According to San Francisco Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Laporte, President Bush violated both the Endangered Species Act and the National Environmental Policy Act by imposing a new policy without assessing its environmental impacts.
Like tipsy revelers hamstrung between more beer or bedtime, the administration and its industry allies are mulling over options. In the meantime, lower-profile efforts to re-reverse the Roadless Rule are underway; this year, Vice President Cheney's home state of Wyoming filed its second challenge to the law in federal court. (The first challenge had been upheld, but became moot once Bush unilaterally discarded the rule.)
All of which brings us back to the Summit Hut on Speedway. In this interim between court decisions, groups like Environment Arizona are pushing the point that roadless forests are worth protecting--in more ways than one.
And despite its focus-groupy name, Environment Arizona has tapped potent truths. In a concise, crisp report, EA simply argues against killing the golden goose of pristine forests. "It gets back to factoring where the real economic benefit is," says spokesman Erik Magnuson.
"Is the benefit more from mining or more from ecotourism?" he asks. "This report shows there is much more to be gained from noninvasive wilderness protection than from strip-mining."
A call to the National Mining Association for its opinion wasn't returned.
But David Baker, owner of Summit Hut, could be a walking billboard for the economics of preservation. Baker says Hut customers come from across the country to Arizona's wildlands. And they spread their money around at restaurants and hotels--and in his shop. "Technical rock climbers, hikers, backpackers, birders, hunters, even people coming to observe rare species of reptiles," he says. "It's across the board, but the common theme is that people are interested in wild areas. It's a huge draw."
Not that Baker thinks all forests should be locked up. "Balance is achievable and desirable," he says. "But to diminish or pooh-pooh the value of wildlands because that's something you don't have an interest in, that's one-sided, too."
But if change starts at the top, it's starting disingenuously, says Magnuson. For example, "the Bush administration's entire plan, their Healthy Forests Initiative, is really just about logging. We need to be vigilant about attempts like that to subvert the will of the people."
And so efforts to show the other side of forest conservation will continue, he says. "Our intent is to make sure we have a commitment to preserving our wilderness. Because if we don't have that commitment, corporate interests are going to push for more roads, to do more logging and mining. And in the long run, that is going to jeopardize the tourism that we have here."
That's $2.2 billion worth of jeopardy, to be exact.
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Fuller Brush salesman still knocking on doors after 55 years
Marc Kovac The Columbus Dispatch
Drive around Centerburg or Ashley or Mount Gilead or Marion or Mansfield or Butler on a sunny day and you might see John Timms on a sidewalk, walking with a sample case in one hand and a little hand sweeper in the other.
The latter is a mainstay Fuller Brush product, perfect for picking up pine needles tracked into the house.
Timms would know. He has been using one for decades.
"It picks up toast crumbs, pet hair, grass shavings, pebbles, just anything like that, it'll pick up anything a big sweeper will," he said. "And there's no cords to trip over, no bags to have to empty out."
But wait, there's more — brooms and duster mops and witch hazel lotion and can openers. There's a coffee scoop at the end of a clip, perfect for keeping grounds in their bag. There's a foaming cleaner and bristly brush combination that'll take the gunk and offensive smells out of your garbage disposal.
"It's the best team I have," Timms said. "The brush, it's designed for cleaning the garbage disposal. And people have problems with the foul odor that comes out of there. It takes care of that."
There's furniture wax and cutting boards and knives and ceramic cookware. The list goes on and on.
It's quality stuff that'll last, and it's guaranteed, Timms will tell you. If you're not happy, he'll figure out a way to make things right.
"Most of the time, if people have a complaint, I don't bother the company with it," he said. "I take care of it myself."
Timms knows his business, and with good reason: He has been selling Fuller Brushes door to door for 55 years.
And he's still going strong, making the rounds across a wide swath of central Ohio, taking orders and delivering the goods, then repeating the cycle every five or six months.
A Vinton County native, Timms long has lived in Mount Vernon with his wife of four decades, Delores. They raised their four children there, and Timms worked at General Motors in Ontario and Westinghouse in Mansfield and as a pastor in his hometown.
And all that time, he moonlighted selling Fuller Brushes.
Back when he started, there was a bigger group of salesmen and women in the region, and Fuller Brush was a common, household name.
"Everyone knew it at one time," Timms said. "It was a little easier to get in the door, so to speak. … Those days are bygone days. You don't see anyone out there doing this anymore."
He has been at it long enough to have a list of regular customers he visits once or twice a year. People like BG Brochers, a retiree in Mount Vernon who has been buying products from Timms for about three decades.
She appreciates his gentle demeanor. Timms isn't a pushy salesman, and there's never any pressure to make a purchase, Brochers said.
"He is just the dearest man," she said. "He comes in the door, and you just want to make him stay for supper. … He just visits and lets you look through his catalog, and if he's got something new, he'll show it to you."
The stuff he sells works, too, said Brochers, who regularly buys supplies of carpet and fabric spot cleaners to deal with stains left by her two big dogs.
"It's really good stuff," she said. "I had to call him and ask him to order me some, because I was out. … You just want to buy something from him. I usually end up with $70 or $110, and I'm retired. I don't have that kind of money anymore. He is a jewel."
Jack Scott, also of Mount Vernon, has been buying product from Timms for about as long as Brochers. Just last month, he snagged a Fuller Brush can opener.
"I've been through more electric can openers," he said. "It does the best job I've ever had."
He added, "I've bought all kinds of stuff from him. It's always quality stuff, and he's always been more than fair."
But those are his regular customers. It's a little more challenging to find new ones, in a day when people are more skeptical of door-to-door peddlers and throwaway cleaning products can be bought for a buck at a discount store.
Also, "if they're under 40 years old, they'll get a puzzled look on their face because they've never heard of Fuller Brush," Timms said.
That's where a half a century-plus of sales experience comes in handy.
Timms is polite as he introduces himself to each potential customer. He asks if they'd like to see his specials for the month. He shows some of his display products and thumbs through the Fuller catalog for others. He knows a little bit about each one so he can answer questions.
Still, it's not an easy business. There's the weather; snow and ice aren't a good combination when you're pounding the pavement, looking for a sale.
Some communities have made efforts to bar door-to-door peddlers, and Timms has been escorted out of a few of those.
And then there are the dogs. A big one once broke through a door and bit Timms on the arm, sending him to the hospital for stitches.
"I got away too fast," he joked. "I didn't try to sell them anything."
Keeping a good attitude is a must.
"I can't expect to sell a dust mop or a broom every time," he said. "You can go for a whole day without selling anything, and then make up for it the next day. If you don't have persistence, you might as well hang it up."
He added, "You meet all kinds of people. There's people that will … tell you that they don't want any salesperson calling on them. You have to be able to somehow overcome the objections and keep a good mental attitude and be as positive as you can. You have to learn how to overcome opposition."
In the end, with a little time and patience and perseverance, there's a payoff.
Timms was making the rounds on one of his usual routes a few years back when he struck up a conversation with a woman raking leaves.
He felt like he was interrupting her yard work and was apologetic as he showed her brushes and cleaners.
"I tried to be as polite as I could," he said. "She was very nice to take the time to look and see what I had."
And she bought $779.94 worth of merchandise, Timms' biggest single sale to date.
"I was 71 at the time," he said.
Marc Kovac is a staff writer for The Columbus Dispatch.