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Romania: a hostile home for its Roma | Ioanida Costache
Ioanida Costache
Ioanida Costache is a PhD candidate in ethno/musicology at Stanford University, where she works on issues of race and ethnicity, history and trauma as they intersect in Romanian-Roma musical-oral context. She is also a violinist, videographer and Roma activist.
The Roma people have historically been and continue to be one of Europe's most marginalized populations. In Romania, the situation of many Romani communities continues to be precarious as anti-Roma sentiment permeates society and rears its ugly head through continued persecution, enduring stereotypes and manifold efforts to push Roma to the periphery of society. Presently, Roma are continuing to fight for recognition of the 500-year enslavement on Romanian Territory and for recognition of the Roma Holocaust. In tangent with these ideological battles, Roma also struggle against racially-motivated harassment and violence, and continued segregation in schools and in the geography of cities across the country.
Historical events reach into the present and have affected the present reality for many Roma living in Romania. Unlike in the U.S. where the notion that a history of oppression hinders a minority group's socio-economic mobility is more accepted in mainstream thought, in Romania, majority discourse concerning Roma remains at a very superficial, non-critical level, unaware and unconcerned with the way in which slavery and genocide and the mentalities of majority society towards Romani people matter in the present. The enduring ripples of these historical events are refuted with willful ignorance. Poverty comes as a direct result of historical marginalization, segregation and oppression and it has its consequences. It carries a slew of corollary realties such as lack of educational opportunity, access to health care, to employment, and forms of institutional racism that are deeply imbedded in our society. A true reckoning with this history of oppression and persecution would begin to fill in the lacunae in history. It is through these cracks and fissures in a historical narrative that a truly recognizable Romani subjectivity in all its nuance and specificity is lost. And it's precisely the lack of knowledge which buttresses the false caricatures of Roma.
From the moment they set foot on 'European' territory, Roma people have been Orientalized, (in the sense that Edward Said gives to this term) exoticized and misrepresented. For centuries the Western imaginary has been filled with grotesque imagery of Roma as dirty and disease-ridden creatures that could blacken you with a single touch, to oversexualized, nameless, objects of the Western male gaze in artistic representations. The consistent othering of Roma, hinged on perceived difference, xenophobia and fear, lead to ceaseless persecution endured by Roma. From laws in the middle ages which expelled Roma from English territory ("Egyptians Act" of 1530) to restrictions on their movement during the Hapsburg Empire, to the enslavement in Romania, and to the Romani Holocaust, false notions of Roma as lawless criminals and thieves, as wayward and nomadic, inherently violent, overly sexual, primitive and uncivilized, pervade majority society's treatment of Roma. These stereotypes in some cases stem from particular behavior that was provoked by legal and societal conditions, as is the case of nomadism, which nonetheless remains a grossly overblown generalization. In other cases, the stereotypes associated with Roma were not at all unique to Roma, but rather the same tired tropes used to render humans into caricatures to justify colonial projects in Africa: By insisting on their 'primitive nature' the West managed to strip non-white bodies, including Roma, of their subjectivity, leaving in its place an image, or object.
Roma genocide
Imagine that you and your entire family were rounded up by gendarmes on a Thursday morning, put on a train to a wasteland, where for two years you were starved to near-death, watched as your mother was beaten to death or your sister was raped by soldiers. Then imagine that you were released from this living hell and thrown back into society but all your worldly possessions that were stolen from you upon deportation remained in the possession of your oppressors. You were expected to start from zero, and you did. Then years later, when you attempted to obtain a miserable sum of money as reparations from the State that committed this violence against you, you are caught in Kafkaesque bureaucracy and then finally denied even this paltry amount of money.
This is the lived experience of a number of Roma survivors of the Holocaust in Romania.
Between 1942-1944, under orders from Gen. Ion Antonescu, ca. 25,000 Roma were deported to Transnistria, a region north of Romania, which lies between the Bug and Dniester rivers, currently part of modern Ukraine. Less than half of those deported survived their interment in what has been called the Romanian Auschwitz.
In 2000, through Law 189/2000, the Romanian government recognized the persecution on ethnic grounds of Romani people during World War II. The law promises a number of benefits to survivors including the aforementioned pensions, free TV, radio and phone services, a yearly stay at a health and wellness spa, a half dozen free train trips, and a grave plot. There are just a handful of Roma survivors still living, and despite the fact that these pensions would hardly make a dent in the State budget, the Minister of Labor and Justice has continuously refused to take any action to rectify the situation in spite of considerable efforts from historians and activists on behalf of these survivors.
These few survivors who are denied these provisions, to which they are entitled by law, refused on the basis of absurd and impossible to fulfill requirements written into the law itself. In order to prove their deportation, Roma survivors must have attestation of both their deportation as well as their liberations from Transnistria. In situations where archives are difficult to collaborate with or are unable to provide the necessary documentation, the pension houses will accept witness statements from other deportees whose applications have been approved. However, the law requires that witnesses who are to be deemed credible must have been over the age of 10 at the time of their deportation. Among the dwindling number of remaining survivors of an event which took place almost 80 years ago, few if any survivors meet this inane requirement. Or, in cases in which pensions are granted, some survivors are misclassified as simply "displaced" peoples as opposed to deportees who were interned in concentration camps in Transnistria. The motivations behind the refusals received by these few survivors are purely bureaucratic as these decisions fall under the discretion of local pension houses.
This is the situation for Roma people in Romania, who on top of all these abuses and infringement of their rights were not included in a Holocaust commemoration event in January of this year—not one Roma survivor was decorated alongside their fellow Jewish survivors.
On evictions, displacement and housing
This is the situation of the Roma who are descendants of the Holocaust survivors, whose grandparents and great-grandparents and great-great grandparents were slaves—objects bought and sold, abused and killed at the will of their masters—for 500 years on Romanian territory, and they carry the plight of these historical traumas materially in the poverty and squalor they struggle to transcend in a society which sees them as refuse that needs to be disposed.
In a salient and recent example of this desire to be rid of the Roma, the mayor's office in Alexandrina, Romania, ordered two buildings where the majority of the residents are Roma to be placed by force. The residents are to be moved to the outskirts of the city – near the cemetery – to live in containers surrounded by fences. Such a move, far from any means of accessible transport, makes it even more difficult for the children to attend school. The actions proposed by City Hall amount to ghettoization, i.e. the displacement and segregation of a group in a position of littler power. The war on the poor continues. Society wants the 'poor', who most often are Roma, out of sight and out of mind, and in this case in cages next to a cemetery.
This is neither the first nor will it be the last attack on Roma people's right to housing. In 2010, close to 100 Roma families were evicted from Cluj-Napoca in the dead of winter with no more than two days notice. These families were moved to containers outside of the city of Cluj, where they had no hot water and shared bathrooms among 4 other families. Pata-Rât, where Cluj disposed of their Roma, is also where the city's garbage is dumped. Despite court proceedings which deemed the rushed eviction illegal, many of the Roma who were forced to move to Pata-Rât have remained there, in unsanitary, horrendous living conditions. Similarly, in September 2013, the mayor of Eforie, a coastal town in Constanta county, demolished 22 homes belonging to Roma. These families were left homeless for four days and then moved to unsafe temporary housing in an abandoned schoolhouse, only to be evicted again and forcibly moved to containers far from the city center.
These are a handful of cases that attracted media attention due to the large number of people targeted; yet housing abuses such as this occur frequently across the country. These forced evictions reveal a pattern of marginalization, ghettoization of Roma communities as a manifestation of anti-gypsy attitudes in Romania.
This kind of expulsion of Romani bodies from the center to the margins of our cities is part of a long legacy of segregation and marginalization throughout European history. In 1936 leading up to the Berlin Olympics Hitler purged the city of its Roma, rounding up 800 Roma and interning them in a camp in the suburb of Marzahn. The shipping containers in Alexandria are reminiscent of internment camps, as they are entirely surrounded by metal fencing. How it is possible are we not uncomfortable or uneasy when we see things happening in the present that so strongly mimic our past injustices against people? Is it a lack of knowledge and awareness of the resonances? Or is it a decision to turn a blind eye?
On hate speech
Comments on nearly any new story, article, Op-Ed about Roma, no matter what the subject matter, without fail always feature numerous instances of hate speech: ranging from "too bad Hitler didn't finish the job," to "You filthy one, stop with the commentary and objections, because you reek like a gypsy. You 'crows' [pejorative term for Roma] should be gassed, because if you were shot we would run the risk that one might get away. The cancer of society, that's what you all are!!!" (Jegoasa mica, mai lasa conetariile si obiectiile ca puti a tiganca de la o posta. Voi ciorile ar trebui gazati, ca daca va impuscam exista riscul sa mai scape vre-unul. Cancerul societatii, asta sunteti!!!) The latter is a comment recently directed toward the author.
Anti-Roma sentiment pervades the Romanian collective social imaginary. Internet trolling and hate speech though seemingly innocuous, feed ideologies of hate, which are no longer 'seemingly harmless' when left to fester, and subsequently leave the realm of the internet/our screens and present true danger to the lives of Roma people. Such an instance of violence occurred in April of this year in a town outside of Cluj-Napoca. Right before Orthodox Easter a video went viral of a young Roma woman, holding a baby and accompanied by another child, being beaten with a mop handle at a bus station in Zalau, Romania. The man beating her was a bus driver who refused to let her board the bus. Media coverage of racially motivated violence such as this are few and far between, however, instances of police brutality and hate crimes towards Roma are much more common than statistics show as many abuses go unreported. Moreover, due to latent anti-Roma sentiment, Romanian society lacks the critical consciousness to see these kinds of instances as human rights violations, choosing, rather, to justify the violence due to the behavior of the Roma. When it comes to us, the Roma, majority society's tolerance plummets. This level of argumentation—of justification of violence and harassment, bolstered by stereotypes and caricatures— denies Roma their basic human right to safety and security.
Today's Romania is a hostile home for Roma people as it is a country which fails to recognize the historical trauma of Romani people—their persecution as slaves and as victims of genocide—as well as the enduring ripples of those traumas and the Roma struggle for equality against a backdrop of racism and continued discrimination. Aside from the issues discussed about—lack of recognition of historical trauma, unequal access to housing and hate speech— Romani people in Romania, like in all of Europe, are subject to segregation in the education system as well as to forced sterilization. The situation of Roma described here is not unique to Romania by any means, as the rise of populism in Europe goes hand in hand with an attack on its most vulnerable communities, most notably in Salvini's reign of terror against Roma people, and in Ukraine with resurgent neo-Nazi violence towards Roma.
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Farrah Abraham single again: Her supposed boyfriend denies that they ever dated
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'Teen Mom OG' star was head over heels in man who claims they were never exclusive
by The Hollywood Bulletin (article) and Anne Sewell (video)
Farrah Abraham is single again, new boyfriend said they were never exclusive - Video
Farrah Abraham has been fired from "Teen Mom OG" because she didn't want to listen to senior producers from MTV about her work-related decisions. As fans will see on the next episode of "Teen Mom OG," senior producer Morgan J. Freeman will speak to Farrah about the way she's treating producers when she's working with MTV and her business decisions. He will be referring to a specific work project, where Abraham is filming herself performing sexual acts on a webcam. The senior producer gave Farrah an ultimatum.
If she continued to do this kind of work, she could not continue to film the show.
However, it sounds like Abraham is doing well despite not filming the show anymore. A few days ago, Abraham went public with the news that she was in a new relationship with a man named Aden Stay. She was spotted with him for a few photos, but Abraham kept saying that she knew it was love. She made it seem like this relationship was the one for him. But according to a new report, Farrah Abraham is currently single as the relationship is already over.
He never saw it as a relationship
According to the report, Farrah Abraham's new man supposedly released a statement about their relationship. The two have split, but he reveals that they were never in a relationship and they were never exclusive. A mutual friend set them up and they went on two dates. It's interesting that Farrah revealed that she was head-over-heels in love and she finally knew what love felt like.
Within two days, he had already called it off.
In his official statement, Aden reveals that he didn't know about Farrah Abraham's fame and the publicity she was receiving thanks to "Teen Mom OG" and her career in adult entertainment. Aden explains that she's a nice person and he wishes her well in the future, but his future doesn't involve her.
It sounds like Farrah may have moved fast with Aden, as she could have seen him as a possible husband.
She made the same mistake with Simon Saran, as she kept pushing him for an engagement ring before he was even ready. Now, Aden is distancing himself from Farrah by saying they went on two dates and didn't start a relationship. It's possible he got freaked out by the stories that surfaced of them together and with Farrah calling him a love interest.
What do you think about Farrah Abraham's breakup?
Do you think Aden was the one who ended things with Farrah because of the stories that surfaced about them together?
Anne Sewell

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Q: Prevent destruction of self after main? I'm writing some asynchronous I/O stuff in C++, and I need to prevent an object from being destructed until its handler for the asynchronous I/O is called. I'm trying to use shared_ptr and create my object with a static constructor so I can be sure that it is using reference counting. Then I save that in a weak_ptr until I start the asynchronous I/O, when I store it into another shared_ptr to be sure it doesn't become invalid during that time. Finally, I reset it when the callback completes. Here's an example:
#pragma once

#include <memory>
#include <functional>

using namespace std;

class SomeIO {
    std::weak_ptr<SomeIO> self;
    std::shared_ptr<SomeIO> savingSelf;

    void myCallback() {
        // do my callback stuff here
        savingSelf.reset();
    }
public:
    SomeIO() = delete;
    ~SomeIO() {}

    static shared_ptr<SomeIO> create() {
        auto self = make_shared<SomeIO>();
        self->self = self;
        return self;
    }

    void start() {
        savingSelf = self.lock();
        //startSomeAsyncIO(bind(self, SomeIO::myCallback));
    }
};

int main() {
    auto myIO = SomeIO::create();

    myIO->start();

    return 0;
}

My question is, what is going to happen after main returns? Will it stay alive until the final reference is released, or is this going to cause a memory leak? If this does cause a memory leak, how do I handle this situation so the asynchronous I/O can be canceled and the program can end without a memory leak? I would think that shared_ptr protects me from memory leaks, but I'm not so sure about this situation.
Thanks!

A: In C++ (as opposed to Java) , the program ends whenever the main ends. all other threads are terminated. memory leaks are not your problem since the program ends anyway and all the memory is deallocated.
you can use std::thread with std::thread::join to prevent you program from exiting too early :
int main (void){

std::thread myAsyncIOThread ([]{
    auto myIO = SomeIO::create();
    myIO->start();
});

//other things you program needs to do
myAsyncIOThread.join();
return 0;
}

you might want to be interested having a Thread-Pool in your program.

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Patch 1.2 is now out. It fixes two small issues (not worth redownloading though) and more importantly adds 1k versions of my skyboxes for weaker computers.
This mod replaces every skybox and almost every backdrop in the game with a new high resolution version made from scratch.
Additionally I changed the fog color in the Korriban modules to make the area model and the skybox blend better and I edited the SunAurora (the glow when looking into the sun) in some modules.
Other than that I recommend you just check out the screenshots as pictures say more than a thousand words And for the animated Manaan Underwater backdrop, check out the video.
If you find any issues or have any other comments, please let me know and I'll see what can be done.
HQSkyboxes_Part1.rar & HQSkyboxes_Part2.rar: These are the main files that includes every skybox and backdrop I made for the vanilla game. Download and extract BOTH of them!
Optional_BoSSR.rar: This is an AddOn to be used with Brotherhood of Shadows: Solomons Revenge and includes every skybox introduced by said mod. Note the installation instructions!
Optional_BoSSR_TarisDestroyed.rar: This is an AddOn for the BoSSR AddOn that replaces the BoS:SR Taris skybox with a version that shows the damage done by the Mandalorian invaders. The BoS:SR AddOn is required to use this one.
Optional_GreenDantooine.rar: This is an AddOn to be used with the Green Grass for Dantooine mod and replaces the Dantooine skybox with a version that has green grass. The main file is required for this to work properly.
Optional_TatooineNoClouds.rar: This AddOn removes the clouds from my Tatooine skyboxes bringing them closer to their vanilla appearance.
Optional_NoSeaFloorAnimation.zip: This removes the animation from the Manaan seafloor backdrop. Read the installation instructions!!!
In most cases you simply have to copy all files from the archive into your Override. Some of them do have special instructions however, so please read the Read Me file included with every download (it's not the same every time!!!).
The "ceiling" and "wall" in the underwater areas of Manaan don't blend at all. This is however only visible when going to first person mode and looking up. If you don't do this, you won't notice anything.
Gorgeous and Essential mod. Every play through should have this mod.


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With aspersions cast on the electronic voting machines (EVMs), the Congress on Monday asked the Election Commission to introspect and consider using ballot papers in future elections.
The demand from the Congress comes after a faulty EVM was detected in Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh last week that registered votes only in favour of the BJP even if a voter had cast ballot for other party or an independent candidate.
The AAP, too, had voiced similar apprehensions with Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal challenging the EC to allow it to prove that EVMs can be tampered with.
Addressing a press conference, AICC spokesperson Manish Tewari asked the EC to "walk the extra mile" to clear all doubts about the election process.
"If the stakeholders in the election process have apprehensions, the EC should go for paper ballots," Tewari said.
The Congress leader said the poll authority need not be an advocate of EVMs at a time when questions were raised about its accuracy.


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Le château de San Fernando de Bocachica est un château fort situé à Carthagène des Indes, en Colombie.

Situation

Le château de San Fernando de Bocachica est situé à la pointe sud de l'île de Tierrabomba, qui occupe le centre de la baie de Carthagène des Indes.

Histoire

La construction a débuté en 1753 sur les ruines du château de Saint Louis de Bocachica.

Liens externes
 château de San Fernando de Bocachica sur www.index-f.com

Bâtiment à Carthagène des Indes
Château en Colombie

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SENIOR PASTOR TRANSITION
Planning for the future of LifePoint Church
LEARN MOREASK A QUESTION
In 1987, Joe and Tricia Duke, along with several other families, founded LifePoint Church (at the time called Carroll Community Church). Joe has faithfully served as our church's Senior Pastor for over thirty years. Several years ago, Joe began sensing that another adventure was in his future and that his time at LifePoint would be coming to an end. In a sermon on April 11, 2021, he described some of the details of a three-year succession plan. Joe and the elders of our church are united around the process of finding the next Senior Pastor for our church.
This section of our website is devoted to keeping our church family informed about this transition. Here you'll find lots of information related to the Sr. Pastor succession process. We'll update this site as often as we have news to share about this significant and exciting season in the life of our church.
In our first Midweek episode in April 2021, Brad has a conversation with Joe & Tricia about the upcoming transition and what's next.
Joe's Succession Plan Announcement
If you missed the church service where Joe shared the details of his succession plan, watch the video to experience not only his words and heart behind this news, but to also see a recorded Zoom meeting of the elders. In that meeting they processed together more of the details of Joe's departure and our church's plans for the future.
Wrapped up first-round interviews. Began second-round Zoom interviews with several candidates, conducted by the entire elder team.
A group of elders continued conducting first-round Zoom interviews with several candidates.
The first round of candidates are vetted through our Bluewater benchmark, with multiple candidates sourced, numerous reach-outs and several conversations. Started first-round Zoom interviews.
The Senior Pastor succession search formally begins.
Introductory letter sent to another round of contacts.
LifePoint sends a list of over 300 possible contacts to Bluewater advisory.
The elders establish a benchmark of qualities we're looking for in a Sr. Pastor successor.
Introductory letter sent to the first round of contacts.
In a sermon on April 11, Joe announces the details of a three-year succession plan. In our worship service, the elders share their perspectives through a recorded Zoom meeting.
Joe sends a letter to our church family with information about his future departure and the succession timeline.
LifePoint enlists the services of Bluewater Advisory to aid in the search.
How long will this process take?
We anticipate the search process will take up to a year, but we are more interested in finding the best candidate than we are in sticking to a strict timeline. After the new senior pastor is hired, there will be a mentoring process of up to a year where he and Joe will work in tandem.
Who is doing the search?
We've partnered with BlueWater Advisory, a recruiting and consulting firm based here in Maryland. Bluewater is currently developing a candidate pool.
What kind of person are you looking for?
The elder team, in conjunction with Bluewater, have developed a metric of specific criteria that strong candidates will possess. These include qualities such as leadership and a fit with LifePoint theology, among others.
What will Joe and Tricia do after LifePoint?
Joe and Tricia's home, friends, and church family are in Maryland. They have no immediate plans to relocate. Joe will most likely continue ministry through a non-profit he hopes to start. His heartbeat is to see people understand and live out the message of grace. Presently, Joe and Tricia live equal flying and driving distance between their grandchildren who are in Colorado and the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
ASK YOUR OWN QUESTION
How You Can Be Praying
Here are some things you can pray for:
Pray for wisdom for the Joe and the elder team as they navigate this process
Pray for the right candidates to be added to the pool
Pray for Joe & Tricia as they anticipate the next chapter of their ministry
Pray for unity of heart and spirit in the LifePoint family


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2023's Big Games That Could Get Pushed Into 2024
sg December 19, 2022 in Gaming news - 1 Minute
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Video games are very hard to make, take years to finish, and require many people to work together to create them. As a result, video games are incredibly complex and more prone to delays than movies, books, or TV shows. So just because a game is set to come out in 2023 doesn't mean it actually will…
It should be noted that we can't tell the future and don't have any inside knowledge on these projects that we haven't already reported. So we could (and likely will) be wrong about some or even all of these. But as the pandemic continues to cause production problems around the world, it's harder than ever to ship a game on time. If these games do get delayed, I hope it spares the devs from having to crunch for months to get something out the door. But even delays can lead to crunch and overtime, as we've unfortunately learned this year.
Now, let's take a look at some games currently scheduled to launch in 2023 that we think might end up getting pushed back into 2024.
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Florida Keys: Visit to the Blue Hole - Big Pine Key
One of the few freshwater bodies of water in the Florida Keys is found on Big Pine Key. Called the Blue Hole, this small pond is an old quarry that has filled with rainwater over time. Because of its freshwater, the Blue Hole attracts a variety of wildlife to its shores, from Key deer to iguanas, snakes, and birds. It's also one of the few places in the Florida Keys where you can see a common Florida resident: the alligator.
Located approximately 3 miles off U.S. Highway 1, the main road through the Florida Keys, the Blue Hole is part of the National Key Deer Refuge. A small parking lot allows for easy parking. Once out of your car, there are a few hundred feet of trails to explore (yes, a few hundred feet - this is not a large area). Approximately 225 feet from the parking lot sits a covered viewing platform. From there, you can see the entirety of the Blue Hole.
On our last visit (March 2021), the two alligators who typically make the Blue Hole home were sitting next to the viewing platform, enjoying an afternoon swim. We saw small fish in the pond, along with a good-sized iguana near the viewing platform as well. If you're lucky, you might catch a glimpse of one of the island's small Key deer (though we've had much better luck seeing deer at nearby No Name Pub and in local neighborhoods over the years).
If you want to stretch your legs a bit more, the trail around the Blue Hole extends past the viewing platform for another several hundred feet. The information board at the entrance to the Blue Hole has a small map of a botanical trail around the pond, which shows you some of the different trees and bushes that are common on the island.
The Blue Hole is not a strenuous hike or walk, but if you need a break from the road and want to stretch your legs and see some wildlife, it's a good stop along the road.
Want to learn more about the Florida Keys? Pick up a copy of 101 Travel Bits: The Florida Keys and Overseas Highway to get more information on not just the Blue Hole, but many other great stops for your next trip to the Keys.
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BJP general secretary in-charge of Karnataka, Muralidhar Rao, today said the party's manifesto would have "path-breaking" declarations, and hinted at it having ideas regarding Kannada and culture.
Rao said the party was charged up and motivated to ?expose? the failures of the Congress.
BJP general secretary in-charge of Karnataka, Muralidhar Rao, today said the party's manifesto would have "path-breaking" declarations, and hinted at it having ideas regarding Kannada and culture.
"There is people's involvement in manifesto preparation and definitely on four, five issues we will have path-breaking declarations from the party when we come out (with the manifesto)," Rao said.
He was speaking at the "Meet the Press" organised by the Press Club of Bengaluru and Reporters Guild.
He listed out comprehensive resolution of farmers' issues, "radical" welfare declarations and programmes among the priorities.
He accused the Congress and its president Rahul Gandhi of "half-hearted" temple visits and called them "election Hindus", Rao said.
"BJP will have a completely different view. Not just visiting temples and mutts, but ultimately these mutts and temples should not be subjected to government control, harassment, threats and intimidation…..," he said.
He referred to the Siddaramaiah government's move to seek public opinion about bringing mutts and temples under its control which was later withdrawn following protests.
"If they (Congress) come again they will do it again. BJP will take dynamically different view; so mutts and temples and on issues related to culture BJP will have things differently," Rao said.
The state assembly polls would be a "watershed election", and a "very important one," he said.
It was not just crucial in the context of the state, but in the context of BJP's onward march, he said.
Rao said the party was charged up and motivated to "expose" the failures of the Congress.
"… in Karnataka the ground is ready. Both perception wise and feedback from the ground level there is large-scale anti-incumbency against the Congress government," he said.
For the BJP, anti-incumbency or the failures of the government and its performance would be the central subject, he added.
Rao said Siddaramaiah and the Congress had got "jittery" and started deviating from issues on realising their performance was not up to mark.
"Whether it is Kannada or state flag or Mahadayi or Lingayat issue, all these are issues on which he (Siddaramaiah) has woken up after four-and-half years…," the BJP leader said.
For a party that has ruled Karnataka for so long, talking about Kannada, state flag or Lingayat now, would not add credibility to it, he said.
Adding to the Congress' performance, "lack of unity among its leadership and failure to motivate its cadres has added to party's misery," he said.


The landlord must disclose whether there is insulation in the rental home, where it is, and what type and condition – so the tenant can make an informed decision. Good quality insulation helps keep the heat in during winter and out during summer.
A landlord who does not make a complete insulation statement or includes anything they know to be false or misleading is committing an unlawful act and may be liable for a penalty of up to $500.
Goodwin Realty Ltd are facilitating a programme to ensure all rental homes are insulated to government standard by the 1 July 2019.
A contractor has been engaged to inspect properties and report on the type and condition of existing insulation, to enable the correct completion of the rental insulation statement.
The contractor will also quote for the insulation of properties that do not have insulation, or insulation that does not meet government standards.
Quotes will be forwarded to owners by their property manager for approval and subsequent installation. Early approvals of insulation are recommended to ensure owners do not face the inevitable backlog of work that will eventuate closer to the 1 July 2019 deadline.
A similar backlog was evident with the recent installation of smoke alarms and many Auckland rental homes were not serviced within the required time frame, placing owners in jeopardy of prosecution under the new regulations.
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So suggests the new data released today by the Center for Disease Dynamics, Economics & Policy (CDDEP) via its ResistanceMap, an interactive online tool that allows users to track the latest global trends in drug resistance in 39 countries, and antibiotic use in 69 countries. CDDEP also issued the first-ever report on The State of the World's Antibiotics, 2015, that looks at the current state of global antibiotic use and documents alarming rates of bacteria resistant to last-resort antibiotics that can lead to life-threatening infections across the world.
Cause of antibiotic resistance: The greater the volume of antibiotics used, the greater the chances that antibiotic-resistant populations of bacteria will prevail in the contest for survival of the fittest. Two trends are contributing to a global scale-up in antibiotic consumption—(i) rising incomes are increasing access to antibiotics, which is saving lives but also increasing use— both appropriate and inappropriate—which in turn is driving resistance; and (ii) increasing demand for animal protein and resulting intensification of food animal production is leading to greater use of antibiotics in agriculture, and hence increasing resistance.
Trends in antibiotic use: Both human and animal antibiotic use is rising dramatically in low and middle-income countries (LMIC)—particularly China, India, Brazil and South Africa. This increase, driven by increased prosperity, includes a great deal of unnecessary and irrational use and poses a major threat to public health. In many countries, like India, antibiotics can easily be purchased over the counter without prescription.
Human consumption: Between 2000 and 2010, total global antibiotic consumption grew by more than 30%—from approximately 50 billion to 70 billion standard units (SU), based on data from 71 countries. Even though per capita consumption is still higher in high-income countries, the greatest increase in antibiotic use between 2000 and 2010 was in LMICs, where use continues to rise.
The countries consuming the most antibiotics overall in 2010 were India, 13 billion SU; China, 10 billion SU; and the United States, 7 billion SU. However, in per capita terms among these countries, the United States led in 2010 with 22 SU per person, compared with 11 SU in India and 7 SU in China
In most countries, about 20% of antibiotics are used in hospitals/healthcare facilities, and 80% are used in the community, either prescribed by healthcare providers or purchased directly by consumers without prescription. Perhaps half of community use is inappropriate, for minor ailments that will not benefit from treatment, but add to the burden of antibiotic resistance. Hospitals generate some of the most dangerous and difficult-to-treat infections, a result of heavy use of antibiotics (especially in LMICs, where antibiotics may substitute for infection control).
In hospitals 7 times more antibiotics are used when they are given post- rather than pre-surgery. This not only increases costs but also contributes to the potential for antibiotic resistance. Even when antibiotics are administered before surgery, the regimen or duration of the therapy may be suboptimal: from 19 to 86% of patients in hospitals in India received inappropriate antibiotic prophylaxis
Agricultural/Livestock consumption: As global demand for animal protein grows, antibiotics are increasingly used to raise food-producing animals in intensive production—mostly to promote growth, rather than treat disease. The result is an increasing prevalence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria in livestock, poultry, and aquaculture. Also many farmers are transitioning to intensive agriculture and often use antibiotics to optimize production. More antibiotics are used in poultry, swine, and cattle to promote growth and prevent disease than are used by the entire human population. Globally, livestock consumed at least 63,200 tons of antibiotics in 2010, accounting for nearly 66% of the estimated 100,000 tons of antibiotics produced annually worldwide, which is projected to rise to 105.600 tons by 2030.
In 2010, China was estimated to consume the most antibiotics in livestock, followed by the United States, Brazil, Germany, India, Spain, Russia, Mexico, France and Canada.
Animal antibiotic use provides no health benefits to the animals but accelerates antibiotic resistance. Recent analyses suggest that growth promoters have a smaller effect on animal growth than assumed. The countries with the greatest expected increases in food demand and animal antibiotic use currently have the least efficient farming systems. Emphasis should be on improving productivity without antibiotic growth promoters.
Trends in antibiotic resistance
The most recent worldwide estimates of global antibiotic resistance, published by the WHO in 2014, list Klebsiella pneumoniae, Escherichia coli, and Staphylococcus aureus as the three agents of greatest concern, associated with both hospital- and community-acquired infections.
In 2014 in India, 57% of the infections caused by Klebsiella pneumoniae, a dangerous superbug found in hospitals, were found to be resistant to the last-resort antibiotic class of drugs carbapenems, up from 29% in 2008. It was more than 60% resistant for four out of five drug classes tested. This is a dangerous trend as the Klebsiella bug is around 80% resistant to the drug class 3rd generation cephalosporins, 73% resistant to fluoroquinolones, and 63% to aminoglycosides. For comparison, these drugs, are still effective against Klebsiella infections in 90% of cases in USA and over 95% of cases in Europe.
India also has the highest rates of Escherichia coli (E.coli) resistance with strains of E.coli being more than 80% resistant to three different drug classes, thus increasingly limiting treatment options. E.coli resistance is also high and rising for many drug types in other regions too. In Europe, North America, South and Southeast Asia and parts of Africa, resistance to aminopenicillins—a broad-spectrum antibiotic class—is around 50%.
Incidence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA), a highly dangerous type of resistant pathogen contracted mostly in hospitals, has declined in Europe, USA, Canada and South Africa during the past eight years. However it is rising in sub-Saharan Africa, India, Latin America, and Australia and was recorded at 47% in India in 2014, and 90% in Latin American hospitals in 2013.
The report stresses that antibiotic stewardship (reducing the inappropriate and unnecessary use of antibiotics) is key to controlling antibiotic resistance. It lays out 6 strategies that should be incorporated in national antibiotic policies to halt its spread: (i) Reduce antibiotic need through improved water, sanitation and immunization; (ii) Improve hospital infection control; (iii) Dis-incentivize antibiotic overuse/misuse and incentivize antibiotic stewardship; (iv) Reduce and phase out subtherapeutic antibiotic use in agriculture; (v) Educate health professionals, policy makers and the public on sustainable antibiotic use; and (vi) Ensure political commitment to meet the threat of antibiotic resistance.
The report advises that limiting overuse and misuse of antibiotics are the only sustainable solutions. "A rampant rise in antibiotic use poses a major threat to public health. We need to focus 80% of our global resources on stewardship and no more than 20% on drug development. No matter how many new drugs come out, if we continue to misuse them they might as well have never been discovered," said Ramanan Laxminarayan, Director, CDDEP and co-author of the report.
One major drawback to focusing on drug development as a solution is that new antibiotics are significantly more expensive than those currently available—and hence unaffordable for most people in low and middle-income countries. "When it comes to antibiotic-resistant infections, the rich pay with their wallets and the poor pay with their lives," said Laxminarayan.
There is still hope to conserve antibiotic effectiveness for future generations. In May 2015, the World Health Assembly has endorsed the Global Action Plan on Antimicrobial Resistance, which calls on all countries to adopt national strategies within two years. The new CDDEP report could help countries take coordinated and research-backed action to alleviate the problem.
Instead of being the default treatment for mild ailments—like coughs, colds, and uncomplicated diarrhea— antibiotics must be treated as precious life-saving medicines, to be used rationally under medical supervision when needed.
Shobha Shukla, Citizen News Service – CNS


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Astronaut and gun reform activist Mark Kelly launches Arizona Senate campaign
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Mark Kelly speaks in favor of gun violence prevention legislation as his wife, former Rep. Gabby Giffords, looks on
Former NASA astronaut and gun reform activist Mark Kelly has announced he is running for Senate in Arizona. Kelly's life was upended in 2011, when his wife, then-Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, survived a mass shooting that took the lives of six people and wounded more than a dozen. In an announcement video (watch below), Giffords appears with Kelly as he recounts the shooting. "I thought then that I had the risky job" as an astronaut, he says. "Turned out, that you were the one who had the risky job." Since the shooting, the two have organized and lobbied relentlessly for stronger gun laws.
Kelly is entering what's expected to be a competitive Democratic primary to challenge Sen. Martha McSally for the last two years of the late Sen. John McCain's term. McSally became the second person appointed to succeed McCain after she lost a Senate race to now-Sen. Kyrsten Sinema last November, prompting the first appointee to step down. Having lost once, McSally is a juicy target for 2020.
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Date Posted: 07:30:52 03/24/06 Fri
Author: Cheryl
Subject: Bones & Veronica Mars news
http://www.tvguide.com/News/Entertainment/
DIG THIS: Fox has ordered a second season of Bones, which has been averaging 8.4 million viewers but as of late has enjoyed a boost in the Nielsens from its Tuesday American Idol lead-in.
TUESDAY IS MARSDAY: UPN's Veronica Mars is returning to its original time slot, Tuesdays at 9 pm/ET, starting March 28. The next new episode, however, airs April 11.
Thanks, Cheryl. That's great news! (NT) -- CW, 07:59:42 03/24/06 Fri
I have slightly different information regarding Veronica -- Vickie, 09:58:52 03/24/06 Fri


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Today I am going out to vote because it is one of the cool things we get to do in the United States as adults. Kids get the fun job of pulling their own teeth and running everywhere they go. We get this. I am exercising my right to my own opinion and I will be tolerant and understanding of those who don't agree with me. I will obey God's will to love all humans. After posting this from my phone that is so old it isn't smart anymore, I will leave my 40 year old home that cost over a 1/2 a million dollars, get in my 12 year old car, take my child to daycare and go to the job that I love but would be homeless without, then do my homework for a school that I have a private student loan for, then I will go and vote. I will channel my best Napoleon Dynamite attitude when asked who I am voting for with an angry "Whoever I feel like, GOSH!" because that is my right. Happy Election Day FB friends!


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Ashton Sautner is primed to be the first captain of the Abbotsford Canucks and is the perfect leader for the young AHL team
Photo credit: Utica Comets
"Ashton is such a good person, just a really good dude," said Abbotsford Canucks' head coach Trent Cull when asked about his veteran defenceman Ashton Sautner.
27-year-old Ashton Sautner is coming into his seventh season with the Vancouver Canucks' organization. The former captain of the Edmonton Oil Kings in the WHL has played in 23 NHL games and 242 AHL games over the past six years.
Sautner has been the best two-way defenceman for the Utica Comets over the past couple of seasons. Last year was a tough one for him as he was on the Canucks' taxi squad for almost the entirety of the season aside from a two-game loan to the Manitoba Moose.
Having a true feeling of regularity is just what the doctor ordered for the defenceman.
"It feels great," said Sautner. "Just to have simple things like a normal training camp again. We come in, get a normal training camp, preseason games, be around the great group of guys, it just feels normal again. I know there are still protocols and restrictions in place but just the excitement of knowing there's going to be fans in the building, family and friends coming to watch again, it's amazing."
This past summer, Sautner had options on where he was going to wind up. For him, it was an easy decision to come to Abbotsford and join the coaching staff and management that has been so good to him over the past six years.
"I've known RJ from the time that I signed with the Canucks. He was a big part of me coming back this season. Then, having Trent [Cull] and Gary [Agnew] as my coaches for the last four years made it even easier. We all have a really good relationship and it just made things so much easier when you're trying to decide where you want to play. It's been a long time since I've played consistent hockey games. It's been about a year and a half. Coming back to an organization that I'm familiar with and knowing that the team is moving to Abbotsford and having Trent, Gary, and RJ coming back — it just felt like it was the right fit for me."
Sautner isn't going to wow anyone when they peek at his EliteProspects page. He's just one of the most solid defencemen in the AHL who comes in night in and night out and does his job well. He calms down a pairing and can play on both special teams units if needed.
The extended time away from games whilst on the taxi squad gave him a chance to work on a lot of skills and he feels that though he is still the same type of defenceman, the added practice time and hours with different skills and skating coaches has helped him improve his overall game.
"It was tough but we were trying to make the best of the situation," said Sautner. "Being a part of the taxi squad for the majority of the year, we don't get that same game structure but there's a lot of things we did that helped improve my game. I got to work on a lot of things wherein a normal year you're playing lots of games and are always busy — you don't necessarily get that chance to key in on little things. Obviously, it wasn't ideal, a lot of things weren't ideal for everybody but I tried to make the best of it and just focus even harder during the summer to continue to grow my game. After all the work, I'm just so excited about coming back. When I found out the opportunity was here in Abbotsford, I was really excited about that. I'm just excited to get back into a game. I cannot wait to play next Saturday in Bakersfield."
During his time on the taxi squad, he spent a ton of time taking shots on Mikey DiPietro and hanging around with him away from the rink.
DiPietro will end up being the big star in Abbotsford this season. He looks like he has taken massive steps in his game after a long year that saw him get four games at the AHL level. Sautner knows how hard of a worker DiPietro is and knows how vital he will be for the Abbotsford Canucks' success this coming season. On top of that, Sautner knows that the AHL isn't the final destination for DiPietro and that he will be in Vancouver sooner than later.
"Mikey is huge for us, he's a very talented goalie," said Sautner. "I spent a lot of time with him on the taxi squad last season and he's just as amazing off the ice. The thing that we forget is how young he still is. Vancouver Canucks fans should all be really excited about him on and off the ice. He's an absolute rock back there. I think back to the year where we ended up getting shut down in 2019-20. He was so young, just in his first year as a professional and he came in and just took that net as the starter and ran with it. We are so excited to have him. We all know his goal is to continue to work here and get back to Vancouver as soon as possible."
So, all this being said, it feels like an absolute home run to have Ashton Sautner be the first captain of the Abbotsford Canucks. The group in Abbotsford is going to be very young. There are still cuts to come and that will help bolster the top end of the team but even with those additions through Vancouver substraction, Sautner remains head and shoulders above the rest to captain this team. He has worn a letter for Cull in the past and the coach knows how important Sautner is to the room.
"Sauts is a great example for young guys coming in," said Cull when asked about how Sautner has evolved into a leader for him. "It's just amazing to see how he interacts with his younger teammates, he's evolved as a leader. I feel like Ashton was a part of but also learned from some really good leaders in Utica. He started that in his time during the Travis [Green] days and then my days with guys like Wacey Hamilton, Carter Bancks, or Jaime Sifers. These are really good people that were great for our team and Ashton learned a lot from them. I love that we have that carry over with him being here right now. I'm only talking about having 13 players right now but my god, I think if you'd put the combined age of this team together, it feels like it might be 20 or 21. It's great to have Sauts as an older guy with a little bit of seasoning around him."
As for Sautner, I wanted to press him a little bit about the captaincy. It just feels like a perfect fit for him to be the guy captaining this AHL team. I asked him what he thought about being named the first captain in the history of the Abbotsford Canucks.
He didn't take the bait but instead gave a typical captain's answer as I expected.
"I try not to worry about that," said Sautner. "At the end of the day, it's a coach's decision. If I'm a guy they choose, it would be an honour. I wore a letter in Utica for the last couple of years and that was a good experience for me. I've had guys that have been great leaders in this league for a long time, I learned a lot from them. If it happens, it happens. It'll be a good experience either away."
Even though he is only 27-years-old, he is looked at as one of the older guys on the Abbotsford Canucks. He's been in and around the AHL since he was 20-years-old and has never looked out of place.
Ashton Sautner sends the @UticaComets crowd home happy with an overtime winner! #WBSvsUTI pic.twitter.com/PhlGLQER0U
— American Hockey League (@TheAHL) March 24, 2018
The idea of being the older guy has crept up on him.
"It's weird, I mean that's how fast time flies, right?" said Sautner as he chuckled about being called the old guy.
As a 28-year-old with a 21-year-old boss, I can see where he coming from.
"I started out young and we had great leaders like Wacey Hamilton, Carter Bancks and Richard Bachman," said Sautner. "They were the older guys who were the leaders and as I progressed throughout my career I learned leadership qualities as time went by. Now, here I am as a quote-on-quote older guy and it's exciting. We have some really exciting young players who have come in here and they're highly, highly talented. I am excited for the cohesiveness of having some older veteran guys that will mesh well with the younger talented group."
He's bang on. After we see a few more players pass through waivers, the Abbotsford team is going to be a great mix of AHL-NHL tweeners and some youngster who were tweens just a few years ago.
The team will have a ton of skill but will need leaders like Sautner to keep them level-headed as the highs and lows of an AHL season pass. The AHL is so different because of call-ups and the veteran rule. It's still a developmental league but every good AHL team needs some veterans like Sautner to keep the young guys on track to reaching their goal of playing in the NHL.
As for the coming season, Sautner is so excited to not only play games again but to do it in front of what is expected to be a wild Abbotsford fan base that should fill the arena on a nightly basis.
"We haven't played in front of fans in long time and it's an energy that we miss so much. Just to have that on top of coming into a new building, a new city and building a new fan base will be really exciting. I think we're going to have a great team that is super-competitive and we're going to give the Abbotsford fans something to cheer about here."
In conclusion, Sautner just makes too much sense to be the captain of the Abbotsford Canucks. He's got a long standing relationship with the organization, a strong bond with a coach who believes in him and as you can see from his quotes, he is a down to earth player who has learned how to lead at the AHL level.
Sautner is set to be one of the most consistent defenceman for the Abbotsford Canucks next season and he might as well have a "C" on his chest while he does it.


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How Facebook Hauled in a Record $2 Billion This Year
The company's explosive potential begins to rear its head
Insiders tell Bloomberg that Facebook is on track to generate a whopping $2 billion in revenues in 2010. The figure smashes the company's own expectations and is more than double what the company hauled last year, a reported $700 to $800 million. According to Bloomberg, the social network's swelling userbase has become irresistible to big-name advertisers including Adidas, JPMorgan Chase and Coca-Cola. Here's how bloggers are explaining the company's success:
Display Advertising "Facebook is making gains in so-called display ads--the banners, videos and other graphical promotions that appear on websites, reports Brian Womack at Bloomberg. "It may grab about 9.4 percent of that market in the U.S. this year, up from 6.6 percent in 2009."
It Has the Data, writes Willis Wee at Penn Olson:
It isn't just about being cool, fun and having a large user base. The key thing in advertising is data. Facebook has all the needed data for advertisers to target based on our profiles. In a few clicks, advertisers are able to create ads for a specific group of consumers. To advertisers, Facebook is the perfect platform to make sure money is spent on the right target group.
Games Are Important Too, writes Jolie O'Dell of Mashable: "The blockbuster success of casual games from studios such as Zynga add up to more coin in Facebook's coffers when users pay with Facebook Credits; for every dollar the user spends on Facebook Credits, the social network gets 30 cents."
Did Facebook Purposefully Lower Expectations? "The social network may be employing a tactic more common among publicly held companies: Set lower expectations of revenues or earnings so that you can beat them and then impress investors," writes Jackie Cohen at All Facebook. "This might make more sense given how hot the company's shares are on SecondMarket."
This Is Just the Beginning "Once Facebook has a true web-wide view (i.e., is connected with nearly all 1.1 billion people on the web), their scale becomes completely un-ignorable by all major advertisers," writes David Pakman at Ad Age. "They are already at this point today in many markets, but this will become true next year in essentially all online geographic markets." Pakman argues that with a payments system and a social ad network, Facebook will eventually reach $20 billion in revenue. Even more optimistic than Pakman is Wedbush analyst Lou Kerner who thinks Facebook could be woth $200 billion by 2015. He explains himself on Bloomberg TV:


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https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/German-soccer-star-hopes-coming-out-gay-will-help-11787708.php
German soccer star hopes coming out gay will help future athletes
Ciaran Fahey, Associated Press
Published 3:16 pm EST, Thursday, January 9, 2014
Wolfsburg's new player Thomas Hitzlsperger challenge for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and VFL Wolfsburg in Moenchengladbach, Germany, Friday, Aug. 19, 2011. less
Wolfsburg's new player Thomas Hitzlsperger challenge for the ball during the German first division Bundesliga soccer match between Borussia Moenchengladbach and VFL Wolfsburg in Moenchengladbach, Germany, ... more
BERLIN >> Encouraged by others who have come out as gay, retired soccer player Thomas Hitzlsperger is hoping going public will help make it easier for other sporting stars to do the same.
Homosexuality is seen as a major taboo in some sports, while not so much in others. Billie Jean King and Martina Navratilova, both openly gay, are two of the greatest tennis players in history. But big-time professional soccer, and the four major sports in the United States, are quite a different story - at least for now.
"(There is) a long way to go because we fear a reaction and we don't know what will happen. I can't imagine playing football and doing this at the same time," Hitzlsperger said in an interview with BBC Radio 4 on Thursday.
Hitzlsperger, no longer active but still regarded as the biggest name in soccer to say he is gay, spent years playing professionally in England, Germany and Italy. He also represented Germany at the 2006 World Cup.
His decision to go public was hailed overwhelmingly as a positive step in the German media as well as in England, reflecting the way attitudes have changed.
British tabloid The Sun labeled him a "Winner" in a side-by-side cover photo with Manchester United defender Chris Smalling, who was called the "Loser" for wearing an outfit resembling a suicide bomber for a costume party.
In Germany, Hitzlsperger has been commended for his courage. The country's mass circulation daily Bild led with "Respect!" on its front page, a day after Hitzlsperger made his announcement in an interview with German newspaper Die Zeit.
"Hopefully, by talking about it, it encourages some others, because they see they can still be professional football players, they can play at the highest level, and be gay," Hitzlsperger said in a video on his website. "It's not a contradiction, as I've proved."
Using anti-gay slurs and jokes on the sports field has been widely accepted as part of playing hard for years, so much so that in 1999 former Liverpool striker Robbie Fowler made lewd anti-gay gestures during a game toward Graeme Le Saux, who was playing for Chelsea. Le Saux, who is straight, was labeled a homosexual by many simply because he used to read the left-leaning Guardian newspaper.
On Thursday, in the wake of Hitzlsperger's announcement, Fowler took to Twitter to express regret and apologize for his actions of nearly 15 years ago.
"Getting a bit of stick for something that happened when I was a kid, naive and immature..I've apologised to @graemelesaux14, he accepted," wrote Fowler, who has retired from soccer and become a television commentator. "Obviously embarrassed looking back, but sadly cannot change what happened, you learn from mistakes growing up, and that I have."
Jason Collins, a former NBA player, came out last year and was regarded as the first active openly gay player in one of the big American sports. Like Hitzlsperger, Collins' announcement was met mainly with praise, rather than abuse.
Arjen Robben, the Dutchman who was a key player in leading the Netherlands to the World Cup final in 2010, downplayed stereotypes that athletes are scared to come out because they fear reprisals from teammates in the locker room.
"He's gay, and?" Robben said at a Bayern Munich practice session in Doha, Qatar. "I think it's quite normal and natural. I can also say here, I'm heterosexual. I don't see a problem."
FIFA, the governing body of soccer around the world, acknowledged that there is still work to be done within the game itself.
"Unfortunately, prejudices still exist within football," FIFA said in a statement. "FIFA is working hard to tackle these and hopes Thomas's statements will encourage greater respect and understanding in football and beyond."
Last February, American player Robbie Rogers declared he was gay as he announced his retirement. Rogers, now 26, has returned to action with the Los Angeles Galaxy. Former English player Justin Fashanu, who played for Norwich and Nottingham Forest, was the first soccer player to say openly that he was gay, in 1990. He committed suicide eight years later at age 37. Swedish defender Anton Hysen came out in 2011.
"I don't know if football is such a homophobic environment. People just speculate this would be the case," Hitzlsperger told the BBC. "Since we haven't seen a gay footballer in the Premier League or the Bundesliga, it's hard to say that this would happen. We would have to wait and see."


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Q: How do I get full power supply voltage across load? Why doesen't load have full voltage of power supply? I even tried with BJTs (both PNP&NPN) and even pmos yet none yielded full power supply voltage across load. Raising gate voltages does not help. Voltage source to thyristor gate has series resistance to limit gate current. Can a full bridge even provide full voltage?
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A: A full bridge can provide more or less full voltage if biassed correctly.
Use NMOS at the bottom, bias the gate positive with respect to the ground (the easy bit). Use PMOS at the top, and bias the gate negative with respect to the top rail (the hard bit, as it involves level shifting). That way, both top and bottom drivers will have minimal voltage drop.


So? What can I do for you? Many doulas have various packages that they offer. I have me. I like to tailor make what I provide for each woman, each family individually, depending on their needs. Typically I offer three prenatal meetings, (after the initial coffee meeting/interview) and one postpartum. Some women may need more and that can be arranged. I am available by phone/text and email all the time and will come to you as soon as you are in labor. We can labour in your home for as long as you feel comfortable doing so or I can meet you at the hospital. If you want pictures taken during your labour and birth I can certainly do that as long as you realize that my first concern is you and your comfort. I stay with you until baby is born and you are resting comfortably. During your labour we can employ any number things to help ease the pain of labour. Massage, hot/cold therapy, aromatherapy, relaxation, breathing. positioning, there are many things we can try. There are also the medical options available from the hospital. I have supported many women who planned to have medication and/or epidurals during their birth. My agenda is never to try and make you have a natural birth, my job, my wish, is to help you and whomever you have with you in the delivery room, have the best experience possible. If you want to try and have a drug free birth I will do my utmost to help you achieve that and if you want and epidural I will try and get you one in a parking lot. This is about YOU. YOUR BODY, YOUR BABY, YOUR BIRTH!


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Ellavina Tsosie Perkins (born 1940) is an independent linguist and scholar of the Navajo language.

She was a student of the late MIT linguistics professor Ken Hale. She received her Ph.D. from the University of Arizona; her dissertation dealt with word order and lexical scope in Navajo.

Perkins is on the board of directors of the Navajo Language Academy, under the auspices of which she is currently collaborating with Theodore B. Fernald on the Navajo Grammar Project, which aims to produce a reference grammar of the Navajo Language.
The project received a major grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities

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Sociopaths: Are They Born or Does a Person Become One?
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Think you're dealing with a sociopath in your life? If so, you've probably seen the indisputable signs they display on a daily basis. But have you ever wondered just how a person becomes a sociopath in the first place?
Known as antisocial personality disorder, according to the National Institute of Mental Health, sociopathy is a complex disorder in which a person has a long-term pattern of manipulating, exploiting, or violating the rights of others. Additionally, MedlinePlus says the exact cause of antisocial personality disorder is unknown, though there are certain factors medical professionals think play a role. To make things more complicated, reaching a diagnosis is difficult because sociopaths are often charming, manipulative, and controlled.
It basically comes down to nature versus nurture. Interestingly enough, both schools of thought claim risk factors of their own. Here's a look at both.
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Genetics often play a role in the developing sociopathic behaviors, and people with an antisocial or alcoholic parent are at an increased risk, the MedlinePlus article says. But whether a sociopath is born or made is still up for debate, as reaching a diagnosis depends on the individual in question.
One Psychology Today article takes a look at former Harvard professor Martha Stout's book The Sociopath Next Door for some more insight. The research shows as much as 50% of causes are based on genetics. The remaining percentage, then, is left up to environmental effects we don't really understand. What is certain, though, is that being dealt genes that lend themselves to sociopathy really can make a difference.
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Like several mental health conditions, antisocial personality disorder can develop from environmental factors during a person's upbringing. How often do you hear of people sitting on a therapist's couch talking about mommy or daddy issues? Well, according to HealthyPlace, a person's background can indeed lead them to become a sociopath. "Early life experiences or trauma, such as extreme poverty, abuse, rejection, and other adverse conditions can, if the biological nature allows, be part of the causes of sociopathy," the story reads.
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What if the treatment wasn't effective?
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The subject of early intervention brings us to our next topic. MedlinePlus explains conduct disorder, which is diagnosed in children and teens, is often a huge risk factor for sociopaths because it can lead to personality disorders in adulthood, particularly antisocial personality disorder. And for an adult to be diagnosed with antisocial personality disorder in the first place, he or she must have had conduct disorder during childhood.
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Is Luke Wrong About the Time of Jesus' Birth?
I wonder if you could clarify something that has me puzzled. According to the gospels of Matthew and Luke, Jesus was born during the reign of Herod the Great. But Luke also wrote that Joseph and Mary had to go to Bethlehem for a census by Quirinius while she was still pregnant, and this event has been dated at 6 A.D., or ten years after Herod the Great died in 4 B.C. There have been no historical records to indicate that any Roman census was held prior to 6 A.D.
I've done some research into this apparent discrepancy and have wondered if, perhaps, it was not actually Herod the Great, but one of his heirs apparent that was King at the time of Jesus' birth. But another thing that I discovered in my research is that the well-known historian, Josephus, never documented the slaughter of the innocents, even though he had written quite extensively about Herod the Great. It would seem that Josephus would write something about the mass slaughter of children.
I must be missing some important issue and am sure hoping you can clear this up for me.
Thanks so much for writing. This apparent mistake in Luke's timeline has been raised many times over the years as proof of the fallibility of the Biblical accounts. I think upon closer examination, you will find that it really doesn't hold up. It is important to go over all the historic facts we have first so one can understand what is known, what is stated and what is assumed.
Let's look at the Biblical passage in question and then we'll take it apart to see what specific historical claims are made.
Further, Matthew chapter 2 reports that Herod the Great ordered the slaughter "all the male children who were in Bethlehem and all its vicinity, from two years old and under"(Matt 2:16). We know that Herod died 4-2 B.C., so Jesus birth had to have been before his death - most likely by two or more years. Given these facts, scholars generally date Jesus' birth anywhere between 6 B.C. to 4 B.C.
Cyrenius (Quirinius) "had been consul"
We also know from other historical records that Herod Archelaus was deposed in 6 A.D., so this census must be about 6 or 7 A.D. So, the question goes, if Herod the Great died in 4 B.C. and Josephus tells us Quirinius' census wasn't until 6 A.D., then isn't this a contradiction?
Although on its face we seem to have a difficulty here, there are several pieces that we must consider before jumping to the conclusion that Luke and Josephus were speaking about the same event. Indeed, it seems that Caesar Augustus was the type of leader who ordered many censuses in his day. Records exist to show that Roman-controlled Egypt had begun a census as early as 10 B.C. and it was repeated every 14 years. And Augustus himself notes in his Res Gestae (The Deeds of Augustus) that he ordered three wide-spread censuses of Roman citizens, one in 28B.C., one in 8 B.C. and one in 14 A.D.2 In between there are several other censuses that happened locally across Rome. Luke's account corroborates the idea of multiple censuses for Judea when he writes "This was the first census taken while Quirinius was governor of Syria." Certainly, the word "first" implies that more than one census happened.
Taking all of this together, we have at least three censuses in the area of Judea - one in 8 B.C., one starting around 2 B.C. and one in 6 A.D. The only point that is really in question, then, is whether Luke was mistaken in ascribing this census to the time when Quirinius was in the role of Syrian Governor. Since Quirinius wasn't governor of the Syrian province until after Archelaus was deposed, critics claim Luke misidentified the census as the smaller one, which happened some 8-10 years after Herod died. Either Luke is wrong on his dating of Jesus' birth or Matthew made up the story of Herod the Great and the killing of the infants. Is this an accurate objection?
In studying this problem, there are two main solutions that Christian scholars offer, and each has some good merit. The first point is the terminology Luke uses when writing about Quirinius' governorship over Syria. In stating that Quirinius controlled the Syrian area, Luke doesn't use the official political title of "Governor" ("legatus"), but the broader term "hegemon" which is a ruling officer or procurator. This means that Quirinius may not have been the official governor of Judea, but he was in charge of the census because he was a more capable and trusted servant of Rome than the more inept Saturninus.
Justin Martyr's Apology supports this view, writing that Quirinius was a "procurator", not a governor of the area of Judea.6 As Gleason Archer writes, "In order to secure efficiency and dispatch, it may well have been that Augustus put Quirinius in charge of the census-enrollment in Syria between the close of Saturninus's administration and the beginning of Varus's term of service in 7 B.C. It was doubtless because of his competent handling of the 7 B.C. census that Augustus later put him in charge of the 7 A.D. census."7 Archer also says that Roman history records Quirinius leading the effort to quell rebels in that area at exactly that time, so such a political arrangement is not a stretch.
If Quirinius did hold such a position, then we have no contradiction. The first census was taken during the time of Jesus birth, but Josephus' census would have come later. This option seems to me to be entirely reasonable.
I hope these discussions have helped you further your understanding of the difficulties historians face when trying to piece together events from the limited records of the past. There is certainly no slam-dunk evidence that the Biblical accounts are wrong here. In fact, one must also remember that the Biblical accounts are themselves historic documentation and therefore have historic merit in themselves. The fact that we have outside corroboration of the possibility of multiple censuses strengthens Luke's report of the events as he has written them. To say that this is an error would be premature. God bless you as you seek Him.
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Around 2012, something started going wrong in the lives of teens.
In just the five years between 2010 and 2015, the number of U.S. teens who felt useless and joyless – classic symptoms of depression – surged 33 percent in large national surveys. Teen suicide attempts increased 23 percent. Even more troubling, the number of 13- to 18-year-olds who committed suicide jumped 31 percent.
In a new paper published in Clinical Psychological Science, my colleagues and I found that the increases in depression, suicide attempts and suicide appeared among teens from every background – more privileged and less privileged, across all races and ethnicities and in every region of the country. All told, our analysis found that the generation of teens I call "iGen" – those born after 1995 – is much more likely to experience mental health issues than their millennial predecessors.
What happened so that so many more teens, in such a short period of time, would feel depressed, attempt suicide and commit suicide? After scouring several large surveys of teens for clues, I found that all of the possibilities traced back to a major change in teens' lives: the sudden ascendance of the smartphone.
All signs point to the screen
Because the years between 2010 to 2015 were a period of steady economic growth and falling unemployment, it's unlikely that economic malaise was a factor. Income inequality was (and still is) an issue, but it didn't suddenly appear in the early 2010s: This gap between the rich and poor had been widening for decades. We found that the time teens spent on homework barely budged between 2010 and 2015, effectively ruling out academic pressure as a cause.
However, according to the Pew Research Center, smartphone ownership crossed the 50 percent threshold in late 2012 – right when teen depression and suicide began to increase. By 2015, 73 percent of teens had access to a smartphone.
Not only did smartphone use and depression increase in tandem, but time spent online was linked to mental health issues across two different data sets. We found that teens who spent five or more hours a day online were 71 percent more likely than those who spent less than an hour a day to have at least one suicide risk factor (depression, thinking about suicide, making a suicide plan or attempting suicide). Overall, suicide risk factors rose significantly after two or more hours a day of time online.
Of course, it's possible that instead of time online causing depression, depression causes more time online. But three other studies show that is unlikely (at least, when viewed through social media use).