The first section of our recital this year will be "Disney Memories." This will be a short show featuring our little ones. At the end of this show, these classes will be released and the auditorium will be cleared. We hope the students will purchase tickets for the second show, which will be the complete story of "Disney Memories". We feel that it is very important for the younger dancers to see the older students perform.
This show features our advanced dancers in their special character story roles. We are doing a medley and stories of "Mary Poppins, Moana, Mulan, and Megara from Hercules, This will include all classes ICD and above. If your child is only in the last section, " The Marvelous Miss "M's" of Disney", and you do not wish to see the entire show, please see the breakdown times.
"Miller's Magic" begins right after intermission. This part of the show contains the Father/Daughter Dance, Hip Hops, Lyricals, Poms, Irish and a variety of other numbers not in "Marvelous Miss "M's of Disney".
All students in levels Apprentice-Advanced are invited to audition for special roles in this year's recital, The Marvelous Miss M's of Disney! Auditions will be held January 19th at the Hampden studio. Please come 15-20 minutes early for your audition to get your number and warm-up. Dancers should audition for all possible parts for your level, regardless of your preference.


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The Last Stand of Hamid Karzai
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REUTERS/Lintao Zhang/Pool
By David Francis
For months, Afghan President Hamid Karzai has attempted to gain leverage over the United States by refusing to sign a bilateral security agreement that would keep American troops in Afghanistan past next summer. Now, DOD officials are attempting to push Karzai into a corner by forcing an endgame, threatening to pull out completely unless the Afghan president agrees to a force of 10,000 U.S. troops to protect U.S. interests there.
Karzai has been pushing back against the Americans and the security agreement for months. DOD officials wanted to have it completed by the end of 2013. However, Karzai has refused to sign the deal - despite its approval by an Afghan council of elders - and has continued to attempt to win concessions from the White House. It is widely believed that Karzai intends to push the agreement off until the Afghan presidential elections in April.
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Prior to this week, the Pentagon had threatened the so-called zero option as a last resort. In December, DOD chief Chuck Hagel said there is a "very real possibility" the zero option would be employed.
"If we don't have a bilateral security agreement, which I've noted, that means we can't protect our forces that would be here after 2014, no international partners will come, Afghanistan essentially will be alone. But we have no other options," Hagel said in an interview with CBS.
Despite the threat, Karzai continued to posture, demanding more concessions from the Americans. According to Austin Long, a professor of international affairs at Columbia University, DOD's decision to offer an all or nothing agreement is likely the last, best offer Karzai is going to get.
"The only debate inside the administration now is whether there's something between zero and 10,000 troops. DOD is really starting to dig in its heels on 10k," he said. "I don't really see the Pentagon being ok with a lower number [of troops], and I don't see the president, who is as frustrated as anyone, taking the effort to override intelligence and defense advice.
Related: U.S. Afghanistan Exit: A Quick End to Long War
Rock and a hard place
Now, Karzai is forced to choose between accepting the terms of the American deal - meaning the United States would be a factor in Afghan politics for years to come - or allowing the American troops to leave. The latter option could have serious consequences.
First, no U.S. troops means no U.S money, and without U.S. money, the Afghan government would fall apart. Second, the absence of the American military means Afghan security forces, which are notoriously incompetent, would not benefit from training and equipment from DOD. According to Lisa Curtis, a senior research fellow at the Heritage Foundation, Karzai has only himself to blame for this predicament. She said that he's reading the intentions of the White House incorrectly.
"Karzai is overplaying his hand. He believes the U.S. is desperate to leave troops…but I think he's miscalculating. There are plenty of officials in the white House who would wipe their hands clean and leave Afghanistan," she said.
Related: Hamid Karzai: From Afghan Hope to Afghan Villain
This theory is supported by Robert Gates' recently published memoir. In it, Gates said that President Obama was never truly invested in the Afghan war.
"The military is trying to get the White House to commit to a decent number of troops. Unfortunately the White House doesn't seem to deal with Afghanistan in a strategic way. It's more interested in wiping its hands clean and rushing for the exit."
Exit Karzai
According to Long, Karzai has one other option: He could refuse to sign the deal, claim the Afghan constitution that the Americans helped to draft was no longer binding, delay presidential elections and elect a new government. But with American money on the line, as well as the violence and chaos a new constitution would likely bring, a decision like this would be difficult for Karzai to make.
Instead, Long said, the security agreement is likely the last act of Karzai's decade-plus as president of Afghanistan.
"This probably is going to be his last big action," he said.
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Meet the Crew: 'Belles' Stage Manager Taylor Michiels
September 15, 2020 Behind the Curtain, Belles
Taylor Michiels is an analyst at Lumen where he provides executive reporting to the mass markets organization. This is his second time behind the scenes as stage manager. In addition, he served as assistant director and was a valuable asset to the entire team.
Taylor said: "This show was an incredibly unique opportunity to work with six talented actors and an intuitive director. Adapting to the constantly evolving way we were going to present the show, stepping in to help envision and create the socially distanced set, and learning a spectrum of new skills on top of normal duties was a challenge I enjoyed tackling. I'm proud of the hard work from everyone involved, and I'm ecstatic that we're able to infuse some theatre back into our community."
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Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020. Dementia data gaps and opportunities. Cat. no. AGE 105. Canberra: AIHW. doi:10.25816/xmer-mr26
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. (2020). Dementia data gaps and opportunities. Canberra: AIHW.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Dementia data gaps and opportunities. AIHW, 2020.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare. Dementia data gaps and opportunities. Canberra: AIHW; 2020.
Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 2020, Dementia data gaps and opportunities, AIHW, Canberra.
Persistent gaps in national data limit monitoring and reporting on dementia in Australia. Linking administrative data is helping overcome data limitations associated with determining the prevalence of dementia, and investment in a national dementia registry could deliver a world-class monitoring program over the longer term. The report discusses current dementia data gaps and identifies ways in which these gaps can be systematically and strategically addressed.
DOI: Link to DOI: 10.25816/xmer-mr26
Cat. no: AGE 105
There is under-reporting and/or inconsistent coding of dementia in key data assets
A key data gap for dementia is the lack of primary and secondary care data with dementia diagnosis information
14 national data assets were identified that can contribute to determining the prevalence of dementia in Australia
Australia is lacking comprehensive data on dementia in the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander population
The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) has produced 2 comprehensive reports on dementia in Australia (in 2007 and 2012) and in 2021 will release a third compendium on this major public health issue. The earlier reports were hampered by a lack of Australian prevalence data and other limitations in health and aged care data for addressing key policy questions about the extent and impacts of dementia on the Australian community and service systems.
This report takes a fresh look at the dementia data landscape in the light of changes in the health and aged care policy and data environments in recent years. It finds that some key data gaps persist—in particular, a lack of data on the diagnosis and management of dementia by general practitioners and other medical specialists—and that the My Aged Care system introduced in 2015 will only begin to deliver this year the data needed to support analysis of older peoples' assessed care needs.
Clinical information systems and electronic health records offer the opportunity to address long-standing gaps in health system information on dementia. However, the literature depicts a fragmented service system for people with dementia that can be a barrier to obtaining a diagnosis and accessing early support, suggesting that this is not merely a 'data gap' issue. By addressing the service gaps, key data gaps could also be addressed with minimal additional outlay. Sweden and some other European Union countries have taken a clinical quality registry approach and this would appear to offer the best prospects for addressing the needs of Australians living with dementia and, at the same time, generating purposeful data for national dementia monitoring. Australia has established disease registries for many other health conditions and procedures—the expertise to establish a dementia registry most certainly exists here—but with no cure and limited treatment options, dementia may present challenges to participation in a national registry. The Australian Dementia Network's current trial of a clinical quality registry for dementia is an important step in demonstrating the feasibility of this approach in the Australian context.
Linking existing administrative data from across the health and aged care systems appears to be the most feasible approach to dementia monitoring in the short to medium term. Data integration technology is proven, existing administrative data sets are generally of good quality, and the Australian Government's Boosting Dementia Research Initiative has invested in improving dementia data and methods, including through data integration, over the period 2019 to 2021.
To support these and future efforts towards a fit-for-purpose Australian dementia evidence base, this report advocates for a national dementia data framework to be established. The framework would contain objectives and strategies for improving dementia data, through national cooperation. Ideally, this would exist not as a stand-alone framework but as an integral element of the next national dementia strategy. Beneath the data framework would sit a data development plan for dementia detailing governance and resourcing arrangements to ensure that the objectives of the national data framework could be achieved.
Complementing these dementia-specific data initiatives, an aged care data improvement plan is recommended to elevate data governance for aged care data to the level currently afforded to national health system data, ensure the integrity and continuity of data through periods of aged care policy and systems reform, and link aged care data governance with the proposed new national dementia data development plan.


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UK startups dub new minister for small business "a breath of fresh air"
Written by Eric Johansson on Wednesday, 03 August 2016. Posted in Politics, Analysis
Entrepreneurs react to news that Margot James has been appointed minister for small business, consumer protection and corporate social responsibility
With the UK in political and financial upheaval, British startups cannot be blamed for urging the government to make the entrepreneurial landscape easier to navigate. Fortunately, given Theresa May's latest appointment to her cabinet, British entrepreneurs may be in luck: Margot James, MP for Stourbridge, has been designated minister for small business, consumer protection and corporate social responsibility.
Commenting on her appointment, James said: "I am delighted to be joining the ministerial team at [the department for business, energy and industrial strategy] and will do all I can to support businesses and employees in my new role."
As the co-founder of the Shire Health Group, a public relations and clinical trials organisation, James certainly knows a thing or two about the challenges entrepreneurs face. And, in light of this, the UK startup scene now hopes the new minster will use her experience to improve the climate for British SMEs. "I'm personally fed up of career politicians who go into politics having never really worked in the business world," said Sam Parton, co-founder of OpenPlay, the sport facility-booking startup. "Margot James should add a breath of fresh air to this role as she fundamentally understands how hard it is to create and grow a business and what barriers need addressing."
One such hurdle entrepreneurs must tackle is the question of how to fund their startups. "I would urge the minister to look closely at improving access to funding for small businesses," said Goncalo de Vasconcelos, CEO and co-founder of SyndicateRoom, the equity crowdfunding platform. "Whether it is tax incentives for investors or simpler regulation for businesses looking for investment, I hope early-stage financing is at the top of Margot James' agenda."
But funding isn't the only concern for SMEs, with the trimming of red tape ranking high on many entrepreneur's priorities. "I also hope that she'll do all she can to simplify business administration and remove some of the paperwork that is a legacy of the past," said Murray Harkin, founder of The Lyndon Agency, the PR firm.
While it remains to be seen which items she'll tick off the entrepreneurial wish list, the startup sector is evidently optimistic about having one of its own at the helm in Westminster.
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ProvSox spike smote PawSox
Posted on August 18, 2018 by David Brussat
Sketch of proposed stadium in Providence for relocated PawSox team. (Pawtucket Red Sox)
If the PawSox do decamp for Worcester in two years, as seems certain but is not, there is blame enough to go around. The team owners say Rhode Island did not really want them, and they got their first taste of scorn during the imbroglio that arose when the governor, Gina Raimondo, flip-flopped against the initial proposal to relocate to Providence.
I favored that proposal but opposed the owners' ridiculous opening gambit, which was treated by most opponents and the media as if it were a take-it-or-leave-it deal. So when Brown University joined Raimondo in turning tail, and leading owner Jim Skeffington died, the proposal quickly evaporated, and the PawSox future parked in limbo until the Apex proposal to remain in Pawtucket eventually emerged.
Today, if the Providence proposal had been accepted in 2015, the ProvSox or the ProSox (or the PawSox if the name were kept for valid sentimental reasons) might be finishing up their first season in the new stadium.
Two frauds halted that prospect in its tracks. First was the purposeful misinterpretation by the media of the owners' opening gambit as serious, even though it was obviously a starting point for talks. With the 38Studios scandal still fresh in the public mind, this knowing media falsehood tilted the public against the deal and paved the way for opponents to treat the issue as a private stadium vs. a public park – even though the city's new waterfront was already festooned with parks. Raimondo's flip and Brown's absquatulation sealed the fate of the proposal.
I was for it primarily because I hoped that the stadium, designed as a classic ballpark of old, along the lines of beloved Fenway Park, might have led to a rethink of the modernist style in vogue for redeveloping the I-195 corridor. That is, I had hoped that the stadium would cause the 195 commission to turn thumbs down on modernist design proposals then in the pipeline, and ask their developers to redo them to fit in with the traditional stadium and the mostly traditional neighborhoods of the Jewelry District and Fox Point across the Providence River. The result would have set new development in Providence on a track to strengthen rather than weaken the brand of the city and state, which is, or at least was, based on historical beauty. That would have boosted economic growth in the city and state (including Pawtucket).
Instead, the Providence proposal and its traditional stadium fell through, the modernist 195 projects moved forward, more of the same ilk were proposed, leading to the Fane Tower proposal – which, however overwrought and uncongenial to the city's historical fabric, is a logical progression of flawed development trends in Providence.
Some blame must accrue to those, like myself, who thought the owners of the PawSox should pay the entire bill for a new stadium, whether it was in Providence or Pawtucket. Since the team is owned by businessmen with a net worth of some $5-$6 billion, that seems reasonable. It is reasonable. But it is not the way such things are done. Thrown into the negotiations mix, first in Providence and then in Pawtucket, this attitude made a deal fair to city and state taxpayers more difficult to achieve politically.
When the venue switched from Providence back to Pawtucket, the bonanza of a team located amid a civic renaissance faded in the imagination of the owners. Even though the Apex site was more alluring than the current site, to the owners it seemed somewhat shopworn, the same-old same-old amid a potential rather than an actual urban revival. It did not glitter.
Flagging enthusiasm on the owners' part showed in their lack of attention to the design of the stadium. This was evident in the desultory sketches of the ballpark and its surroundings at the Apex site compared with those that accompanied the proposed relocation to Providence.
Remember, Providence and Worcester vie for second place in size to Boston in New England. Compared with Pawtucket, a much larger economic and financial advantage to the state and the team arose from the Providence site at the crossing of two interstates, on the banks of a beautiful river, amid a robust downtown economy. Losing that vision sapped the owners' interest, to the detriment of Pawtucket's hopes, and allowed Worcester to worm its way into the owners' minds if not their hearts. I think the owners probably feel they are stuck with Worcester after their poor treatment by Rhode Island.
But this is not over. Worcester has a signed piece of paper but it does not have a team. Not yet. Reviving the Providence proposal might tip the game back toward Rhode Island.
The most widely publicized sketch of proposed PawSox stadium in Pawtucket. (Pawtucket Red Sox)
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8 Responses to ProvSox spike smote PawSox
Tapestry Communications says:
Good analysis as I was quite involved in the Providence proposal. However! I think it is advisable for all concerned to never utter PawSox again, at least as far as the Pawtucket mayor is concerned. They must immediately look to #NextStepPawtucket – for instance, there is a TopGolf proposal for Cranston at the worst location imaginable – in the overdeveloped, admitted by RIDOT "failed intersection" areas of Sockanosset Crossroad and Pontiac and Reservoir – with huge community opposition – how perfect for the Apex location. The final decision – and we must treat it as if it is – of the PawSox opens up all kinds of potential for Pawtucket (yes, my home town, having left 30 years ago to better educate and provide for my family)… Soccer comes to mind. Moving municipal offices to McCoy and opening up a Garden City 2 in its place? What about the continuing threat of Hasbro to go to Providence for its worldwide headquarters? How about the Apex property? No time can be wasted in assuring the people and the business owners of Pawtucket that life goes on – and it starts today.
Indeed. The best shot for Pawtucket is building on its micro brewery consortium possibilities.
With one caveat – Hasbro moving to Providence for its worldwide headquarters makes sense. Providence is a world class city, no suburb is suitable for such.
Ed Iannuccilli says:
Wonderful summary, David. Unfortunate sad and inefficient world of sticky businesses practices in RI.
Michael Tyrrell says:
David, well said. ProJo coverage was generally negative.
Kate Bramson's reporting was more often detailed and informational, but it was always framed as a local drama vs. a forward-looking, can-do opportunity.
Sadly, Speaker Mattiello could have supported a statewide referendum, but chose not to risk his seat by placating his "price of tomatoes" constituency.
Skeffington's intitial, gold-plated Providence concept didn't help matters -it alienated many. The stealth purchase of a more suitable lot by Rhode Island Hospital doomed the bid in the Capitol City. How short-sighted and selfish can a community be? All that benefit, lost to Worcester… WORCESTER!!! Rhode Island may be a wonderful place, but its existing resources are limited and need our support. How could they screw this up?!?…
Very well said, David.
Mr. Downturn says:
Herr Brussat writes as knowledgeably as anyone about this history. We are dealing with the snakes and skunks of the Paw and Red Sox, and, for once, Rhode Island acted with a degree of statesmanship. Meanwhile, Massachusetts offers its corrupt resources to underwrite the boondoggle in Worcester. The Boston Globe makes a splash of supporting journalists, but has no compunction about undermining its own writers by making them recycle its prepared-in-advance press releases. I will make this prediction: In 20 years Worcester's public schools will be what Boston's and Oakland's are today: A crime of two centuries. Pawtucket should redirect its best offer to the New York Yankees and New York Mets; and this writer owes an apology to real snakes and skunks.
Brian Heller says:
I guess Mr. Brussat must have been out of the state for the better part of a year while the PawSox negotiated a stadium deal with the I-195 Commission in the person of Chairman Joe Azrack.
Mr. Brussat's absence would also account for his wildly ahistorical claim about the media. The ProJo, Mr. Brussat's Alma Mater, was all for the stadium and then some, even as the taxpayer price tag escalated on a seemingly monthly basis to nearly triple the original estimate.
Maybe I was out to lunch, Brian, but I doubt it. After Skeffington in April 2015 announced a deal that called for $120 million in public subsidies for an $85 million stadium, I don't think much changed. Maybe around the edges, but the public attitude toward the proposal remained set in concrete. The negotiations collapsed five months later, in September 2015. Anyhow, that's my impression of how things went down. Whether the Journal supported the proposal editorially is not to the point; the news coverage was generally negative in the Journal and throughout the local media, seeming more an attempt to lead public opinion, not to inform it. Newswise, that was unprofessional.


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Bandiera Rossa (em italiano, "Bandeira Vermelha"), também chamada de Avanti Popolo, uma parte do seu primeiro verso, é uma das mais famosas canções do movimento operário italiano. Esta marcha militar exalta a bandeira vermelha, símbolo do socialismo e do comunismo. A letra foi composta por Carlo Tuzzi em 1908; a música foi extraída de canções folclóricas da Lombardia.

Além da primeira letra em italiano, existem inúmeras variantes que são identificadas com certos partidos socialistas e comunistas. Os dois últimos versos "Evviva il comunismo e la libertà" foram inseridos à letra após a subida de Benito Mussolini ao poder na Itália; ao mesmo tempo, a letra original começava com "Compagni avanti alla riscossa" e foi modificada para "Avanti o popolo, alla riscossa". A palavra "comunismo" ao final da música também é frequentemente substituída por "socialismo", especialmente nas versões mais recentes da canção.

Bandiera Rossa é citada na peça para piano The People United Will Never Be Defeated! de Frederic Rzewski.

Em 1975, o cantautor Branco de Oliveira fez uma versão portuguesa para o reportório do Coro do Teatro de São Carlos, que o gravou no EP "A Internacional", editado pela "Metro-Som". Esse registo viria a ser reeditado em CD na compilação "Cânticos Revolucionários em Português" da mesma editora.

Excerto da letra

Hinos políticos
Comunismo
Socialismo

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Purchasing A Residence From State First, some history: House purchasers that look for a home mortgage are typically advisedto put down a minimum of 20% of the rate of the home. With the national typical home rate hovering around$240,900, that winds up being$48,180. Ouch!Yetan frustrating 69% of Americans have less than $1,000 in financial savings, inning accordance with a current survey by GOBankingRates.com. To these individuals, purchasing a residence might appear woefully unreachable.
house sell as is Fairburn: the easy way.
Consequently, the FHA recently changed its home mortgage policies to make sure that some borrowers can get approved for a brand-new FHA lending simply one year after a repossession, short sale, act in lieu of foreclosure, or personal bankruptcy as component of its new Back to Function Extenuating Circumstances program.
What To Deal On A Home Uses Over I agree with you. I will certainly never recognize why somebody would maintain their home on the marketplace month after month without lowering the price. Some sellers will tell their representatives there is someone available that will certainly believe its a value at this rate, but it doesn't function this way. Its priced too high if the home isn't getting any type of task.
An additional note earnings is really important in company, yet cash-flow is more crucial. In real estate, its quite feasible that a business can be cash-flow however successful adverse. Its likewise possible to exhaust money books as well as cannot meet financial obligation commitments, also if you intended on earning a lot of money in simply a few months.
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Personal Property. Anything thats not connected to the residence is personal property as well as youll have to negotiate for it. If you have no idea whether its personal property or otherwise, you need to write it right into your deal.
On this episode, we thought wed sit down with a life insurance expert to field your inquiries about safeguarding an entire life insurance policy plan. Joe McCarrie is referred to as the Insurance policy Individual, and also he was kind adequate in order to help us unmask a few of the most typically held misconceptions concerning the Infinite Banking Concept. Joe is sharing his golden rule for obtaining an insurance plan, as well as the ins as well as outs of taxes as well as interest rates. Joe has so much understanding to share; don't miss this episode of Purchasing Real Estate! More About This Program After we revealed that we were looking into attaching life insurance, most of you reached out with concerns, comments, and worries. To be honest, we do not feel qualified sufficient to respond to questions regarding the finer details of this technique. Natali has actually read a pair books on this topic, yet we are by no means experts.
They are normally dramatically less expensive (by as much as 30% to 40%) because there are extra co-ops. However expense isn't really every little thing. The approval procedure and also policies for a co-op are a lot more strict compared to for a condominium, calling for proof of net worth, liquid properties, tax returns, and also brokerage firm statements, in addition to a deposit of a minimum of 20% of the acquisition price.
You placed a bargain, and your deal is X, however you have a condition in there that states you will certainly enhance your offer by an X amount over various other quote as high as a details variable, he explains. So for instance, Sickness enter and also supply complete cost with a surge facet of $2,000 as long as whatever quantity you identify.
You ought to definitely include some conditions to your offer in order to protect yourself, however keep them to a minimum. Normal problems to an offer would certainly be that your deal depends on your home passing certain examinations, that sale of your personal house be completed initial or that you get the lending you intend on buying the house with.
When you have actually located several houses that meet your requirements, it's time to start inspecting some off of the checklist by reviewing their problem, the expense of any kind of repair services or upgrades, as well as the price of ownership generally. Specific concerns, such as poor pipes or a cracked structure, might be deal-breakers; but for this with the best knowledge or a desire to spend money, significant solutions may not be a reason for removal. Typically, you intend to consider the home's structural honesty, whether there is water damage or leakages, the problem of the pipes and also electrical systems, the age as well as problem of the roofing, and so forth.


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If we were to summarise this week, then it has all been about the Federal Reserve, nonfarm payrolls data and major US tech earnings results.
The Fed successfully triggered a stock market rally in mid-week that helped to propel the major US stock indices to new highs for the year, while the Dollar Index was pushed back towards its early January lows where it rebounded on Thursday ahead of today's jobs report. We had already anticipated that the Fed and its chairman Jay Powell would deliver a dovish surprise and as it turned out, that was indeed the case. This should not have come as surprise, but the markets' reaction suggests that the Fed was perhaps more dovish than had been anticipated. All of a sudden, the central bank's focus has shifted from a bias towards hiking rates to a completely neutral and data-dependent outlook. The FOMC will now be "patient" in determining future "adjustments" to interest rates given "muted inflation pressures." Reading in between the lines, the Fed may even lower interest rates should the economy deteriorate, as "adjustments" could mean a rate increase but also a cut. Mr Powell also confirmed reports that the Fed is evaluating its balance sheet strategy and will be finalising plans at the coming meetings.
As a strong jobs market was largely pre-empted by the Fed's big shift from hawkish to neutral on Wednesday, the blowout headline NFP number – which showed job creation nearly doubling up expectations at 304k vs. 165k eyed in January – caused little initial reaction in the markets as my colleague Matt Weller noted earlier. We also had a rather strong manufacturing PMI later on in the afternoon. Traders wondered what that might mean for interest rates given that the Fed is "data-dependant" again, so the dollar rebounded slightly and stocks started to ease off their best levels.
In terms of major earnings news, while the likes of Apple, Facebook and Amazon all beat expectations, disappointing guidance from Apple and more significantly Amazon took some shine off the numbers. AMZN slumped on Friday and this weighed down on the Nasdaq. If lower guidance becomes a trend, then it would become difficult for investors to justify holding stocks at these elevated levels and so we could see another potential correction in the coming weeks. The focus now turns towards European companies as we have now had most of the big US company results already.
Tuesday: As well as Aussie retail sales, we will have the Reserve Bank of Australia meeting first thing on Tuesday, while UK and US services PMIs will be released later on in the day.
Concerns over China — Australia's largest trading partner — is likely to be a major reason for the RBA to hold rates at the current record low rate of 1.5% for a 29th consecutive month and deliver a dovish outlook.
A recent Reuters poll suggests economists think the RBA will hold rates through to the third quarter of 2021. Only 6 participants expected a hike to come in March 2020 compared with 11 previously.
Wednesday: New Zealand's quarterly employment data due late in the day or Thursday morning NZ time.
In fact, NZ employment have grown in each of the past 5 quarters, and by better-than-expected results.
Over the past 12 quarters, NZ employment has only fallen once. Over that period, we have seen a good 10 readings that were above forecasts; one which met expectations and the only miss was the unexpected drop.
Thursday: The Bank of England's so-called "Super Thursday" is likely to be a damp squib for pound traders given the lack of progress in the Brexit process, with the exit date of March 29 fast approaching.
So, no one is expecting any changes in interest rates or QE — and it should be a unanimous decision from the Monetary Policy Committee.
Given that we have just seen the US jobs data, the Canadian employment numbers are likely to garner more attention than usual.
It is fair to say that in contrast to the US, Canadian employment figures have been far less impressive.
While there have been more beats than misses over the past few years, in 2018 we have seen a very mixed overall picture.
Out of the past 12 employment reports for the year 2018, only 6 have beaten expectations and of the 6 misses, four were unexpected drops in jobs.
But the trend since the second half of 2018 has been more positive.
There were notable increases in Canadian jobs in preparation for the Christmas period with employment in September rising by 63,300 and in November by a good 94,100. October and December saw only moderate increases.
Could overbought stocks come under renewed pressure?
So, with China out and economic news fairly on the light side, we are watching the stock markets closely for there's a possibility we could see another motion to the downside given the short-term "overbought" conditions on many indices and as most of the major US companies have reported their numbers. A potential drop in stocks could trigger safe-haven flows into the Japanese yen, Swiss franc and gold.


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The Ukrainians (, ) are the third-largest ethnic minority in Romania.  According to the 2011 Romanian census they number 51,703 people, making up 0.3% of the total population.  According to the 2021 Romanian census, there were 45,835 people who identified themselves officially as Ukrainians (0.24%), and 40,861 who declared that their language was Ukrainian. According to the 2021 Romanian census, there were 834 people (0.004% of the population) who identified themselves officially as Rusyns, and 594 who declared that their language was Rusyn. Ukrainians claim that the number is actually 250,000–300,000. Ukrainians mainly live in northern Romania, in areas close to the Ukrainian border. Over 60% of all Romanian Ukrainians live in Maramureș County (31,234), where they make up 6.77% of the population. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, in 2015, there were 345 ethnic Ukrainians born in Romania who lived in the United States of America at that time.

Sizable populations of Ukrainians are also found in Suceava County (5,698 people), Timiș County (5,953), Caraș-Severin County (2,600), Satu Mare County (1,397), Tulcea County (1,317), and Arad County (1,295). Ukrainians make up a majority in seven communes of Maramureș County (Bistra, Bocicoiu Mare, Poienile de sub Munte, Remeți, Repedea, Rona de Sus, and Ruscova) and three in Suceava County (Bălcăuți, Izvoarele Sucevei, and Ulma), as well as in Știuca, Timiș and Copăcele, Caraș-Severin. According to the 2002 census, 79% of Ukrainians were Eastern Orthodox, organized into the Ukrainian Orthodox Vicariate Sighetu Marmației; 10% Pentecostal; 2.8% Greek-Catholic, organized into the Ukrainian Greek-Catholic Vicariate Rădăuți; 2.1% Seventh-day Adventist; 1.2% Lipovan Orthodox and 2.9% stated they belonged to "another religion".

A second group of Ukrainians in Romania live in the Dobruja region of the Danube Delta. These are descendants of Zaporozhian Cossacks who fled Russian rule in the 18th century. In 1830, they numbered 1,095 families. Over the years they were joined by other peasants fleeing serfdom in the Russian Empire. In 1992, their descendants numbered four thousand people according to official Romanian statistics, while the local community claims to number 20,000. Known as Rusnaks, they continue to pursue the traditional Cossack lifestyle of hunting and fishing.

Other Ukrainians came under the policy of Romanianization following the collapse of Austria-Hungary over the whole of Bukovina and relinquishment of Russian Empire over Bessarabia in 1918; the Romanianization policies brought the closure of the Ukrainian public schools (all such schools were closed until 1928) and the suppression of most of the Ukrainian (Ruthenian) cultural institutions. The very term "Ukrainians" was prohibited from the official usage and some Romanians of disputable Ukrainian ethnicity were rather called the "citizens of Romania who forgot their native language" and were forced to change their last names to Romanian-sounding ones. Among those who were Romanianized were descendants of Romanians who were assimilated to Ukrainian society in the past. Among the latter were in turn the descendants of the Ukrainians who were Rumanized for centuries starting from the 14th century.

As an officially recognised ethnic minority, Ukrainians have one seat reserved in the Romanian Chamber of Deputies. Ștefan Tcaciuc held the seat from 1990 until his 2005 death, when he was replaced by Ștefan Buciuta. The Union of Ukrainians of Romania obtained 5,457 votes (0.09%) in the Chamber of Deputies election of 2020.

After 1989, a significant number of Ukrainian citizens (including ethnic Romanians/Moldovans from Ukraine) started immigrating to Romania (students, migrant workers, businesspeople, refugees). As of 2019, there are at least 18,000 Ukrainian-born people living in Romania, most of them living in large cities, such as Bucharest, Cluj-Napoca, or Timișoara.

Around 600,000 Ukrainians have fled to Romania since the start of the Russo-Ukrainian War.

Notable people
 Emil Bodnăraș - politician and army officer
 Ioan Dzițac - professor of mathematics and computer science
 Dmytro Hnatyuk - baritone opera singer
 Vasile Hutopilă - painter
 Mykhailo Mykhailyuk Ilkovych - poet, literary critic
 Simion Ismailciuc - sprint canoeist, won the Summer Olympics, two World Championships and three European Championships
 Olha Kobylianska - writer and feminist
 Anna Lesko - singer
 Ivan Pavlovich Maksimovich - Colonel of the UGA
 Miroslava Șandru - ethnographer and folklorist
 Antin Varivoda - Colonel of the UGA
 Nicodemus (Rusnak) - Ukrainian Orthodox metropolitan bishop of Kharkiv and Bohodukhiv

See also

 Ukrainian diaspora
 Danubian Sich
 Pokuttia-Bukovina dialect
 Romanians in Ukraine
 Moldovans in Ukraine
 Rusyns of Romania

References

External links
 Map of Ukrainian villages in Romania
 Article about the Ukrainians in Maramureș

Ethnic groups in Romania
Romania


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Along with Elizabeth Warren, another questionable is in the news. Two Native bloggers comment on "Queen Chief Warhorse," a woman who spoke at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Second Annual America Healing Conference.
"Queen Chief Warhorse, Tchefuncta Nation, Chahta Tribe"
By Debbie ReeseI registered for the Healing for Democracy conference yesterday, found a place to sit, and pulled out the conference program. Among the speakers for the Welcome was "Queen Chief Warhorse, Tchefuncta Nation, Chahta Tribe."
"Queen" gave me pause right away and its use cast doubt on the rest of the information provided. "Tchefuncta" and "Chahta" are not nations or tribes I have heard of before, but there are over 500 federally recognized tribal nations and I don't pretend to know about all, or even most, of them. Still, "Queen" made me uneasy.
That unease was confirmed when "Queen Chief Warhorse" took the stage and began delivering her remarks. She was wearing a necklace that was supposed to suggest Pueblo Indian or Navajo turquoise and silver. To most, it probably looked like the real thing. To me, it screamed imitation. I wondered where she got it.
Right away, she had most of the audience eating out of her hand. Working with the theme of "healing," her opening remarks began with calling out the limits of a black/white paradigm. That was fine, but then--for me--her train went off a cliff.
She started using "we" in ways that demonstrate she doesn't know much about tribal nations and our reservations. One statement after another was problematic. It was a "poor Indians" narrative, living on our "prison camp" and "the projects" reservations.
Her remarks were, in short, a mess for lot of reasons.
Her use of "we" was wrong. Using "we" as a keynote speaker to an audience who, I hazard to say, is fairly lacking in knowledge of American Indians, only added to the already-too-big body of misinformation about American Indians.
I did a quick bit of research and found photos of her in a Plains style headdress. Why was she wearing that?! When I have more time, I'll do some research on her and the "Tchunfuncta Nation, Chahta Tribe." Will I learn that the "Chahta Tribe" or the "Tchunfuncta Nation" are Plains people?(Excerpted from Debbie Reese's American Indians in Children's Literature, 4/25/12.)
Don't Know Much About Indians (but i let non-indians speak for them anyways) [Point]
By Gyasi Ross[T]wo champions of racial equity, W.K. Kellogg Foundation and Racialicious reporting from the Racial Equity conference, do not show the same respect for the Native ethnic discourse. They're not alone—nobody else does either. It's typical.
See, a woman that looked phenotypically black spoke on behalf of Native people at the W.K. Kellogg Foundation's Second Annual America Healing Conference. No big deal—there are plenty of Native people who are mixed with black, white and every other ethnicity. Still, she claimed to be a member of a Tribe that is not federally recognized, nor is there much of a historical record of such a Tribe's existence.
Still, despite her lack of Native credentials, the W.K Kellogg Foundation and Racialicious treated her speech as if she was a worthy speaker for Native people. Now, when a phenotypically black woman claims to come from a Tribe that hardly anybody (including other Natives) even seems to know about, purports to speak for Native people, it should raise some initial questions in people's minds about her legitimacy as a spokesperson. It should raise some questions just like it would raise questions if she were phenotypically white or phenotypically Asian and spoke as a representative of Native people. Although "looks" aren't the only criteria to be able to speak for Native people, someone that looks distinctively like a member of another ethnic group should still raise some reasonable questions.
Native people do, after all, have criteria. We are not an all-inclusive club that only requires a few feathers and/or a cool sounding "Indian Name" for membership.
Some of those questions might look like this: "Is she a member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe?" Being a member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe is definitely not the only criteria for authenticity, but it holds a certain level of presumptive validity. In this case, the answer is a resounding "no," and in fact, the Tribe she purports barely anyone has ever heard of before. Importantly, that question might lead to another reasonable question such as, "If he or she is not a member of a federally recognized Indian Tribe, do other Native people recognize that purported Native person as a leader or spokesperson (or even a Native)?"Evidence for the Tchefuncta Nation
For once I think the critics are being a little harsh on an alleged Native. A fair amount of info is available on "Warhorse" and her tribe.
White House pays Tchefuncta Nation visit in its 'White House'
By Sharon EdwardsThe piney woods of St. Tammany Parish was the setting for a recent White House Constituency Roundtable. Director Gail Adams of the Department of Interior's Office of Intergovernmental and External Affairs convened the meeting Thursday at the Tchefuncta Nation headquarters in Bonfouca, a historic American Indian village near Slidell.
Chahta Chief Elwin "Warhorse" Gillum of the Tchefuncta Nation presented a 25-page packet, which covers the economic development programs of the nation whose members, according to the 2010 census, are in 30 states. Gillum welcomed Adams to what she called "my nation's White House." She said she felt proud to be able to tell her elders that "today, the White House came to the woods."
Chahta Indians coming out of exile
By Ronni ArmsteadQueen Chief Warhorse (Ms. Elwin Green Gillum) organized a Pow Wow at 61357 Dixie Ranch Road, Slidell, Louisiana 70460; Historical Bonfouca, West Florida. The Pow Wow was preceded by a procession taking place at 10am on Northshore Blvd in Slidell. In her invitation Warhorse says: 'We will be coming out of 201 years of exile as prisoners of war and would like to extend this invitation to you, come and share this historical event and celebration. Coming out of exile is the beginning of another level that will give me the ability to fight further to save my NATION, our BURIALS, our HISTORY, our CULTURE and our LAND from being given to other tribes.' By other tribes, Queen Chief Warhorse may be referring to the white settlers and their children who have since laid claim to St. Tammany Parish. In her efforts to gain visibility and cultivate a larger network of friends and supporters, Queen Chief Warhorse has announced 'the selection of my Ambassador of the Tchefuncta Nation, Cousin and chief aide Cyril Neville.'
Ms. Elwin Gillum is a Black Indian who is working with historians to document the history of the Chahta Indians--cousins to the Choctaw. Ms. Gillum has unearthed documents from the days of the Louisiana purchase detailing the history of her people well before statehood. She is the direct descendent of the last Queen of the Tchefuncta Nation, who ruled over the nation when, as a part of the Florida Territory, they lived under treaty with Spain. Like the Seminole, who harbored Black people seeking to escape enslavement, Chahta bloodlines are now thoroughly intermixed. Because of generations of racial and ethnic admixture, the process of applying for federal recognition remains an uphill battle.
Chahta tribe's work for 2010 census is rewarded
By Sharon EdwardsThe Chahta tribe of American Indians in St. Tammany Parish have won an award for their efforts in the 2010 census. But members are not resting on their laurels. They are already making plans for the 2020 count.
The Chahta tribe received recognition from the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Census, for its support in 'raising awareness of and inspiring participation in the 2010 census.'Sure, the "Queen Chief Warhorse" and stereotypical Plains headdress are ridiculous. I'm guessing Gillum has a big ego and is largely responsible for the tribe's existence.
Her people seem to wear equally ridiculous Mardi Gras-style costumes at events. These costumes don't come from any pre-contact Indian culture. People invented them because they didn't have any traditional clothing of their own.
On the other hand, the BIA visit and Census recognition are evidence that the government takes the tribe seriously. Either the tribe is manipulating the feds or the feds are aware of the tribe's history and consider it legit.
Critics of Ross's column
The commenters on Ross's column identified some problems with it:Willow
When did "wigger" become an acceptable term to use? You set up an argument, and then nullify it. Why mention this woman's phenotypical looks at all if it doesn't matter in the assessment of her authenticity? You try to downplay that her blackness should make us "suspicious," but that's exactly what you mean. Why not just say it? I think maybe you should examine some of your own internalization of dominating ideas of race and heritage before you write article accusing others of a lack of respect. Seriously, you lost me at WIGGER.
A very disappointing article/argument from an author whose work I usually enjoy reading because he challenges the safety blankets that we Native people often retreat to. The presumptuous (assuming the organizers did not consider issues of authenticity) and passive-agressive (throwing into the mix phenotype and federal status and then taking it back) tone of this article was jarring. I personally feel that we as Native people need to sincerely acknowledge that none of us as a singular person or a tribe/nation is an arbiter of authenticity. We often criticize non-Natives for essentializing us, but we too often do it to ourselves to our own detriment. We have a multitude of perspectives, phenotypes, political statuses, histories, and "traditions" We say that Native identity is not a club, but we often treat it as such, like there is a some sort of universal litmus test that will completely affirm or deny membership. Perhaps Chief Warhorse's message, which the author does not elucidate, resonated with some Native and non-Native people.
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I really disagree with the reasons you oppose her, without wanting to defend her because I have never heard of her before and I don't know anything about her.. but first, regarding federal recognition, you say yourself that the state appoints comprador leaders to serve their own agenda, it is true and they also define Indigenous nations to suit themselves too, why is federal recognition of leaders a problem if federal recognition of nations isn't?On the other hand:Sarah
I've been watching videos of interviews with Queen Chief Warhorse. She comes across dismissive of actual federally recognized tribes. She regularly says she's done a lot of historical and genealogical research but unfortunately the specifics are not shared.
Her story has changed over time, back in 2002 she said her heritage was Cherokee from an ancestor named Andrew Green who came to Louisana from Georgie.
I think it would be fine for her to form a heritage interest group, to research, and encourage pride in heritage. But calling her group a Tribe (one that rightfully should be in nation to nation negotiations with the USA) is really problematic.Overall I'd say the Tchefuncta Nation is borderline--in a gray area between Indians and wannabes. It has some continuity with the past, but it's also "borrowing" things to fill in the gaps.
I wouldn't invite "Queen Chief Warhorse" to be the sole or primary Indian for an event. But she could be one among many speakers, giving the perspective of black Indians and other multiracial people. Unlike Reese and Ross, I wouldn't automatically dismiss her as a non-Native.
For more on black Indians, see Indian Blood = Black Myth? and Is Chris Brown Native?
Labels: black Indians, identity, wannabes
http://www.newagefraud.org/smf/index.php?topic=3672.0
"Queen Chief Warhorse, Tchufuncta Nation, Chahta Tribe" Elwin Green Gillum
"Her people seem to wear equally ridiculous Mardi Gras-style costumes at events"
If people knew the reasoning behind this it would not seem so ridiculous, but again sometimes one just needs to hear it from the horses mouth!
I know the reasons behind the Mardi Gras costumes and I still think they're ridiculous. Not to mention stereotypical.


A NEW course has been launched to help get unemployed single dads on Teesside back to work.
A NEW course has been launched to help get unemployed single dads on Teesside back to work. Chief writer BARBARA ARGUMENT hears how one dad is striving to get a job after bringing up his son alone.
PAUL BOWMAN has devoted every minute of the past 15 years to bring up his autistic son Gavin.
The teenager was only a few weeks old when his mum left.
"She said she couldn't cope and we've never seen her since," said 49-year-old Paul.
Since then he has given Gavin 100% of his life without the help of a partner or family.
It's scary, but also exciting for the lone dad who admits to dealing with "a kaleidoscope of emotions" over the changes in his life.
His first step is to join other single dads from Teesside on a programme at Stockton's Ragworth Community Centre which aims to help them get back to work.
Despite the hardship of bringing up a child alone, Paul says he wouldn't have it any other way.
"I have no regrets about looking after Gavin, but I could write a book about the problems parents of autistic children face," he said.
That includes being isolated and shouldering alone the burden of care. "Just sometimes when you're feeling low you come home and wish there was someone to talk to.
For the past three years, Paul who is a qualified painter and decorator, has been a volunteer at Daisy Chain, a charity which helps autistic children and their families.
Gavin, who goes to Abbey Hill School, is a cheerful and increasingly strong lad who loves woodwork and karaoke.
But his condition means in the blink of an eye he can switch to "giving it verbal" and being difficult.
His dad even carries cards to hand out to tutting passers-by so they will know why the teenager is acting the way he does.
"For getting on for 16 years I have been Gavin's mam and dad and his carer," said Paul.
"I get anxious about Gavin's future and what will happen to him when I'm not around.
Paul says he is plucking up the courage to go on the course which could see him finding paid work.
"What I'd really like to do is help people like me.
"It's been hard work and many's the time I have wanted to throw in the towel because I've felt out of my depth.
The course will run for eight days and Lou is urging single dads on Teesside to join up.
The Weeks of Discovery programme is open to lone dads living across Teesside, Hartlepool and Darlington.
For more information and a friendly chat about the course run by Pertemps People Development Group, call 495460 or 07843 267 309.


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Numbers 20
11 And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, 1and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.
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And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the
rock twice
At first it only brought out some drops, as Jarchi conjectures, and therefore Moses smote again, when it brought forth water plentifully: the Targum of Jonathan says,
``at the first time it dropped blood, at the second time came out much water.''
Could this be credited, it would make the agreement between this rock and Christ appear very manifest, from whom, when his side was pierced with a spear, there came out blood and water, ( John 19:34 ) for justification and sanctification. In what respect this rock was a type of Christ, as the other at Horeb, and the smiting of it an emblem of Christ being smitten with the rod of justice, according to the law of God, and of the abundance of water flowing from it, as typical of the abundance of grace, and the blessings of it, as coming through a smitten wounded Saviour, (See Gill on Exodus 17:6), where the same things are said of another rock as of this, and both types of Christ;
and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and
their beasts also;
there was enough for them and their cattle; for it came out in great quantities, in large streams, so that it ran down like a river, and which gave them drink as out of the great depths, ( Psalms 78:15 Psalms 78:16 ) , where the Psalmist makes mention of rocks in the plural number, for there were two that were smitten in two different places, and at two different times; the one was at Rephidim, the other, as here, in Kadesh; the one was in the first year of Israel's coming out of Egypt, this in the fortieth year of it; that was struck but once, this twice; of this second stone no mention is made by any traveller but one F1, who coming from Mount Sinai, says,
``we passed by a large rock on our left hand, in which, as in the other rock which Moses struck with his rod, appear, from the bottom to the top, openings where water hath gushed out.''
F1 See a Journal from Cairo to Mount Sinai, 1722. p. 42, 43. Ed. 2.
Numbers 20:11 In-Context
9 And Moses took the staff from before the LORD, as he commanded him.
10 Then Moses and Aaron gathered the assembly together before the rock, and he said to them, "Hear now, you rebels: shall we bring water for you out of this rock?"
11 And Moses lifted up his hand and struck the rock with his staff twice, and water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their livestock.
12 And the LORD said to Moses and Aaron, "Because you did not believe in me, to uphold me as holy in the eyes of the people of Israel, therefore you shall not bring this assembly into the land that I have given them."
13 These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the LORD, and through them he showed himself holy.
1. [See ver. 8 above]


The past few days have been quite warm. Actually, they've been down-right HOT.
Growing up, whenever it was hot out, my mom would refuse to put the oven on. In the days prior to us having central air it was a godsend, and then even after we finally had central air installed, the tradition stuck. Her logic was that heating up an oven would only heat the entire house more than what was bareable. So, this meant our dinners were either grilled, or in the rare event we needed something to be cooked in some sort of oven, we opted for the toaster oven, which emitted far less heat. Like most things you encounter when you're young, this is something that's stuck with me, and is the norm in my own kitchen.
With it being so hot this past week, I insisted on grilling. Not only does warm weather put me in the mood for grilling, I just couldn't stand the thought of heating up my oven to 425 degrees. It's making me sweat just thinking about it. So, since I couldn't make oven fries, I made grill fries! They had a perfect crisp (with a little char, of course) and were full of flavor even though I didn't season them too much. They were a perfect compliment to our grilled veggie burgers! You should make these.


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Brennan's work experience includes about two years as a Public Affairs Associate for Mayo Clinic's Department of Laboratory and Pathology and Mayo Medical Laboratories. Before moving to Rochester, she worked as the Events and Outreach Manager for the Arizona Opera in Phoenix with a yearly special events calendar that included more than 50 activities. She also served as a Media Relations Specialist for five years with the Fiesta Bowl in Scottsdale, AZ, editing more than nine publications, overseeing 100 media operations volunteers, and handling game week logistics at the media hotel and press box.
The new AANEM manager is active in the Rochester, MN, community, including working on fundraising and events for the local Boys & Girls Club and symphony orchestra. She has a B.S. degree in Journalism-Strategic Communications, with a minor in English from the University of Kansas in Lawrence.
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Q: How to get the name and value of a parameter using RequestParam? I want to get the name and value of a URL parameter using RequestMapping.
For instance, if I pass in the URL
http://localhost:8080/assignment2/trafficcameras?ip_comm_status=bad
I want to isolate the name of the parameter as "ip_comm_status".
And the value of the parameter as "bad".
How would I access the name and value of any parameter pair?
The problem is that I know how to get the value but not the name of a parameter.
ip_comm_status and camera_status are my valid parameter names.
So far I have:
    @ResponseBody
    @RequestMapping(value = "/trafficcameras", params = {"ip_comm_status", "camera_status"}, method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String parseParams(@RequestParam(value = "ip_comm_status", required = false) String ip_comm_status_val,
            @RequestParam(value = "camera_status", required = false) String camera_status_val) {

    }

A: You can just use Map<String, String> to get all request param names and values
If the method parameter is Map<String, String> or MultiValueMap<String, String> and a parameter name is not specified, then the map parameter is populated with all request parameter names and values.
Here is an example from baeldung

We can also have multiple parameters without defining their names or count by just using Map

@PostMapping("/api/foos")
@ResponseBody
public String updateFoos(@RequestParam Map<String,String> allParams) {
    return "Parameters are " + allParams.entrySet();
}

Which will then reflect back any parameters sent
curl -X POST -F 'name=abc' -F 'id=123' http://localhost:8080/api/foos
-----
Parameters are {[name=abc], [id=123]}

A: Look up @PathVariable.
   @RequestMapping(value = "/ex/foos/{id}", method = GET)
   @ResponseBody
   public String getFoosBySimplePathWithPathVariable(
   @PathVariable("id") long id) {
    return "Get a specific Foo with id=" + id;
}

A: Try this, I think you are miss placing value in @RequestParam attribute.
@ResponseBody
    @RequestMapping(value = "/trafficcameras", params = {"ip_comm_status", "camera_status"}, method = RequestMethod.GET)
    public String parseParams(@RequestParam(name = "ip_comm_status", required = false) String ip_comm_status_val,
            @RequestParam(name = "camera_status", required = false) String camera_status_val) {

    }

and you are not confusing it with defaultValue,(this value will be used in case no value is passed) of RequestParam i.e (@RequestParam(defaultValue='xx'))

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UNH Researchers Land Roles in NASA Mission to Study Outer Solar System
Researchers and engineers from the University of New Hampshire's Space Science Center (SSC) have been selected to be a part of a science mission by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) to sample, analyze, and map particles streaming to Earth from the edges of interstellar space.
"Our journey continues to discover and understand how the Sun controls the boundaries of our solar system and how it regulates the space environment where we send astronauts," said Nathan Schwadron, professor of physics and one of the deputy principal investigators overseeing the mission. "We will take the next leap in mapping our global heliosphere, which regulates the entry of galactic cosmic rays into our solar system. These galactic cosmic rays cause radiation exposure that poses risks for humans in space, can damage space instruments, adversely affect our satellites, and even influence the Earth's atmosphere."
Image of current mapping of heliosphere, done with IBEX, as it looks projected onto the heliopause, one of the boundaries around the solar system. The enlarged box from the map (upper right) shows the more detailed and higher resolution image that will be provided by the new IMAP mission. Image credit: Southwest Research Institute.
The Interstellar Mapping and Acceleration Probe (IMAP) mission, which is planned to launch in 2024, will help researchers around the world better understand the boundary of the heliosphere, a bubble surrounding and protecting our solar system. The heliosphere's protection from radiation strongly affects life on Earth. Within the heliosphere the constant flow of particles from our Sun, called the solar wind, collides with material from the rest of the galaxy. This collision sets up plasma boundaries in space that limit the amount of harmful cosmic radiation entering the heliosphere. IMAP will collect and analyze particles that are used to map the heliosphere's boundaries.
"IMAP will make the next generation of measurements to improve our understanding of the global heliosphere, space weather, and particle acceleration." said Schwadron.
The IMAP spacecraft will carry 10 science instruments including the IMAP-Lo instrument which is designed and will be built, in part, by a team of engineers and researchers at UNH. The IMAP-Lo instrument will provide imaging of the heliosphere and track the flow of interstellar neutral atoms.
"This mission continues to shine a light on the strength of UNH's space program and its scientists, some of the leading researchers in the field," said Harlan Spence, director of the Institute for the Study of Earth, Oceans, and Space (EOS) and IMAP co-Investigator. "This project comes on the heels of UNH's successful roles in NASA's MMS and Van Allen Probes missions and is a great testament to UNH's expertise. IMAP represents an outstanding opportunity for scientific discovery for UNH researchers and students."
UNH will also take the lead on the student-based portion of the mission that will give students of diverse backgrounds hands-on experience to design and build a CubeSat, a type of miniaturized satellite for space research, and scientific instruments to study the origin of energy particles in the innermost magnetosphere, a region surrounding the Earth in which charged particles are manipulated or affected by the magnetic field. One of the core objectives of the student project is to target underrepresented populations in STEM, partnering with core institutions like Howard University, Society of Women Engineers, Society of Black Engineers, University of Colorado and Washington, D.C.-area public high schools.
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