RTEMS contains well over a hundred [wiki:TBR/Website/Board_Support_Packages Board Support Packages (BSPs)], across over 20 different [wiki:TBR/UserManual/SupportedCPUs CPU Architectures]. What this means is that there is a lot of hardware dependent code that gets written, and that adding Doxygen to properly document it all can be a very complicated task.
As someone adding documentation and not doing actual development work, you might think it is not necessary to know some of the in and outs of BSPs. In actuality, this information will prove to be very useful. Doxygen documentation works by grouping things and their components (i.e. functions and other definitions), and by having brief descriptions of what each group does. You can't know what to look for or know how to group it or know how to describe it without some basic knowledge of what a BSP is. For more information on any of the above or BSPs in general, check out the [http://rtems.org/onlinedocs/doc-current/share/rtems/html/bsp_howto/index.html BSP Development Guide].
In addition to this, check out the page on [wiki:Developer/Coding/Doxygen Doxygen Recommendations], which also contains a fair amount of information that will not be covered here.
The @defgroup command is used only to define ''structure''. No actual documentation is generated as a result of its use. We must @ingroup things to the group we declare in order to create documentation. Even though it does not generate visible documentation, the @defgroup command is still very important. We use it in a way that seeks to emulate the structure of the libbsp directory itself. We do this by creating a hierarchy of groups for each CPU architecture and each BSP.
The doxygen.h contains only 2 Doxygen headers, both of which are of the second type. One header is used to create the groups for the arm architecture '''bsp_arm''', nesting it as part of the bsp_kit group, and the other creates an '''arm_shared''' group to house the code that is shared across all BSPs of this architecture. Because these are the second type of Doxygen header, where we place them does not matter. This allows us to place them in a standard doxygen.h file, and the end user is non the wiser. Note that this .h file should never be included by a .c file, and that the only group declarations that should be placed here are the declarations for the CPU Architecture group and the shared group.
There is also a doxygen.h file that exists at the root libbsp/shared directory, to @defgroup the the parent '''bsp_kit''' group (the only group to not be nested within any other groups) and to @defgroup the '''bsp_shared''' group, to serve as the holder for the libbsp/shared directory.
There is also a doxygen.h file that exists at the root bsps/shared directory, to @defgroup the the parent '''bsp_kit''' group (the only group to not be nested within any other groups) and to @defgroup the '''bsp_shared''' group, to serve as the holder for the bsps/shared directory.
If the architecture in which the BSP you are tasked with does not have one of these files already, you will need to copy the format of the file here, replacing the '''arm''' with whatever the CPU Architecture you are working with is. Name this file doxygen.h, and place it in the shared directory for that architecture.
Here we are using the @ingroup command to add groups to other groups, creating a hierarchy. The goal for libbsp is to have one single group that holds all other groups. This root group is the '''bsp_kit''' group. All groups should be added either directly to this group (if you are creating an architecture group) or added to one of its sub groups.
Here we are using the @ingroup command to add groups to other groups, creating a hierarchy. The goal for bsps/ is to have one single group that holds all other groups. This root group is the '''bsp_kit''' group. All groups should be added either directly to this group (if you are creating an architecture group) or added to one of its sub groups.
This is tricky. You may end up in a situation where your BSP uses code found in either the architecture shared directory, or the libbsp shared directory. Even though this code is logically associated with the BSP, as stated above: all files in the shared directory should be added to either the *architecture*_shared group, or some subgroup of it ''not'' the BSP group. You could make a note under the @brief line in the header (which shows up in the resulting documentation) that a particular BSP uses this code.


Tevai Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This may, or may not, be of any help: > > Think back to when you were growing up, or were a > young adult, or a full adult, to the things you > once upon a time WISHED you could have > done/learned/experienced, but couldn't pursue at > that time because you didn't have the financial > resources, or the time, or whatever the "can't do" > reason was. > > Whatever those things once were, at least some of > them are probably things you might be interested > in pursuing now. > > The importance of doing this is that, of the > universe of things you were once interested in, > anything you decide to do (or pursue) now would be > authentic to your own genuine self. > > Sometimes, when you actually do this, you find > that you are no longer interested in > whatever-it-was, and this is fine. You grew > beyond it, and this is a normal part of life. > > (I once had great interest in learning a number of > very specific foreign languages, but now I am > uninterested in most of them because I have "grown > beyond" those cultures, or I have no reasonable > expectation of writing about them. On the other > hand, the ones I continue to be interested in, ARE > of "passionate"/great interest to me. In the > larger geographical area where I live there are > various Friends of the Library groups who > absolutely LOVE my contributions of books and > learning materials on subjects I USED to be > interested in!) > > Go back and think about the girl you once were, > and what that girl dreamed of (or mentally "tried > on") as "wish upon a star" possibilities. > Somewhere in that very personal mental collection, > are very likely clues to the genuine deep > interests which could be your reality now.


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circle of Jonathan Richardson the Elder, c.1730
circle of Jonathan Richardson the Elder, ? Christopher Hawkins
Photo courtesy of Dave Penman (All rights reserved)
Overall height: 74 cm, Overall width: 61 cm
circle of Jonathan Richardson the Elder (1667-1745)
The portrait is dated here on stylistic grounds to c.1730. Traditionally, the sitter has been identified as 'Thomas Hawkins (son of John)'. A more plausible identification, however, is Christopher Hawkins (1694–1767), the father of Thomas Hawkins (TN22). To date the only comparison with a known likeness of Christopher Hawkins is the portrait by Ramsay (TN53), which depicts Christopher Hawkins aged about fifty. Even so, there is sufficient likeness between the two sitters to affirm that the present sitter is Christopher Hawkins. In addition, the sitter resembles the gentleman in TN69, who, it is suggested, is also Christopher Hawkins. Given that the present portrait and TN27 are in matching Rococo pierced frames, they may well have been treated as pendants, and TN27 may be a portrait of Christopher Hawkins's wife, Mary Hawkins.
The portrait was recorded as being on display in the Dining Room in 1928: the inventory of March that year, when the portrait still hung in the Dining Room, states, 'Thomas Hawkins of Trewinnard, died 1716, half length, full bottom wig, brown velvet coat and white jabot, 30in by 24in'.
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Iceland. According to CountryAAH, the total population in Iceland is 341,254 people in 2020. Iceland was thrown into a constitutional crisis in the spring, after President Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson refused to sign a bill that was voted on in the parliament. The proposal had been put forward by Prime Minister Davið Oddsson and aimed to prevent ownership monopoly in the mass media. Prime Minister Oddsson, however, was accused of tailoring the law to access a personal enemy, who controlled the media group Norurljós (Norrsken). Oddsson, who is leading the Conservative Independence Party, decided to announce a referendum on the bill. Opinion polls showed that the prime minister would lose big and he also met opposition from the government's collaborative partner, the middle-aged Progress Party. The government therefore decided to withdraw the bill.
Land area 103,000 km²
Total population 350.734
Residents per km² 3.4
Capital Reykjavik
Official language Icelandic
Income per capita $ 52,200
Currency Icelandic krona
ISO 3166 code IS
Internet TLD .is
License plate IS
Telephone code +354
Time zone UTC 0
Geographic coordinates 65 00 N, 18 00 W.
In September, Progress Party leader Halldór Ásgrímsson took over as prime minister and Davið Oddsson succeeded Ásgrímsson as foreign minister. The exchange was part of the coalition agreement that the two government parties had concluded after the 2003 general election.
During the fall, Iceland's elementary school teachers went on strike with demands for substantial salary increases. When no settlement was reached after eight weeks, the Althingi voted in November for a compulsory law that required teachers to return to work. The dispute would then be settled by arbitration.
Icelanders are descendants of Europeans, who from the year 874 began to arrive on the island. Today, the population is predominantly descendants of Norwegians, Scots and Irish. Iceland was an independent republic in the years 930-1264, but with the Treaty of 1263 it became subject to the Norwegian kingdom.
From 1381 Iceland and Norway were conquered by Denmark, but while Norway broke ties with the colonial power in 1814, Iceland continued as part of the Danish monarchy. Until the end of the century, there were no roads or bridges in the country, and the trade was in the hands of Danish companies.
Everything was restored in 1845 as an advisory assembly of 20 elected and 6 elected governors. In 1874, the thing gained a limited legislative authority in the country's internal affairs. In 1904, Iceland was granted a Council of State with its seat in Reykjavik and with responsibility to the Alting. By this, the country had become a parliamentary democracy. The voting rights were gradually extended to all adult men and women. In 1918, Iceland became an independent state in union with Denmark. Iceland declared itself neutral in conflicts between states and today has no form of armed defense. According to Icelandic wishes, Denmark was in charge of foreign policy. It continued until Germany occupation of Denmark in 1940. The Union agreement could be terminated after 25 years, which Iceland was preparing for. In the interwar period, renewal took place in agricultural legislation, modern farming practices were introduced and this contributed to the revitalization of agriculture. From 1920 there was a steady growth in fishery production and processing, and a significant expansion of the road network took place.
In May 1940, Iceland became occupied by England. The following year, Iceland entered into a military agreement with the United States and the English forces were replaced with North Americans. Under the agreement, the US was to leave Iceland at the end of the war. With the blessing of the Allies, Iceland was declared a republic at Þingvellir on June 17, 1944.


Next chapter will be the completion of their bonding. Meaning, lemons. It'll also be their honeymoon. They will be going to some island ... playing off their vows. After their wedding and 'honeymoon', things are going to pick up the pace with the action ... Aro, Jacob and their loons, they're preparing for battle. It's going to be insane. Magically crazy ... leave me some!
"May your bonds of love be blessed this day, the first night of the blue moons. May you always hold each other. May they have the strength to hang on during the storms of stress and the dark of disillusionment. May they remain tender and gentle as they nurture each other in their wondrous love. May these bonds be healer, protector, shelter and guide for each other, always and forever." With a wave of his hand, two powerful bindings moved from our bodies and wrapped around our fingers, glowing under our skin. "The perfect circle of the ring symbolizes eternity, as yours is an eternal love. This ring, only visible to your mate, is a symbol of that love and a reminder that you are unbroken and will be with each other, always. Lord Edward and Lady Isabella, you've bound yourselves to each other in the eyes of your friends and family. On behalf of all of those present, and by the strength of your own love, I pronounce you mated for all eternity. You may seal your vows with a kiss."
I cupped her cheeks and stared into her glowing eyes, seeing nothing but love, desire and absolute joy radiating from them. "I love you, sihrena," I whispered.
"I love you more," she murmured back. I dipped my head, brushing my lips with hers and our bonds sizzled all around us, making me even more aware of the need to fully connect with her. She moaned against my mouth, sliding her tongue between my lips. I tightened my arms around her and we lost ourselves in one hell of a kiss, only existing for each other and only this moment. The worries of Aro, Jacob and the pending war with the dark creatures were so far removed from our minds. All that remained was the need to mate with my sihrena, my mate, my life.
"We need to take these pictures," Alice chided. "I know you need to go do unspeakable things to each other, but it's important."
"One more," Marcus chuckled. I nuzzled Bella's hair, kissing her neck and smiled when the flash went off. "Okay, I'll post these to the website and we're good to go. Congratulations, my lord and my lady."
"Thank you, Marcus," I said. Our friends, family, they left the backyard and Bella and I had a few moments alone. She looked at me, her eyes glowing a deep amber. "You are so beautiful, Bella. I can't even ..."
"So are you, Edward," she whispered, standing on her tiptoes, brushing her lips with mine. "I need you, Edward. Ever since we exchanged our vows, our blood, I have to ..."
"I know, love," I said, silencing her rambling with a kiss. "We need to wait until the crowd leaves. Then, we're able to mate, complete our bond." I pulled her into my arms and swayed to the soft breezes in the backyard. She melted against me, her eyes locked on mine. "This may not be a traditional human wedding, but I wanted to dance with my mate, my sihrena."
"You romantic," she giggled, laying her head on my shoulder.
"I do try, love," I said, inhaling deeply and smelling her succulent fragrance, mixed with her heady scent of arousal. I focused my hearing to the house. I faintly heard Carmen and Eleazar get into the car. They were the last to leave, giving us the castle to ourselves. "We're alone."


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First of all, as you might have already seen, YukiONStudios has a new video up!
Anyway, I had to import all the project files and then make each project into a video file. I ended up saving to the external hard drive and then opening it, which copied it onto the internal hard drive, which is okay for now since I need to keep some of the videos readily available because I'm making a DVD with them.
It sounds so simple when I put it into words, but going through it was a long process and it was frustrating at times. Dx I'm glad though, because now I know what to do! Always export!
You know, I ordered four YGO! keychains (the ones I talked about earlier) and they still haven't arrived. Coming from Canada, you'd think they'd get here sooner. Apparently they were shipped last Monday. What happened? D; If they don't come tomorrow, I'll contact Kaze-Hime.


In a town crammed with more poets than a hefty English lit textbook, it's not surprising that we've had one on the City payroll since 2006.
The poet laureate is Victoria's de facto ambassador of words, whose poetry celebrates happenings, dissects disharmony and acts as a conduit through which poetry flows from all of our mouths and pens.
"The job is to get people connecting to the city through poetry," explains Victoria's fourth literary lionizer, Yvonne Blomer, named poet laureate for a four-year term last January.
Blomer has published three poetry collections, teaches writing at Camosun College and has hosted Canada's longest running weekly poetry series for the past six years. Planet Earth Poetry, held Friday nights at Hillside Coffee and Tea, began as Mocambopo in 1995 in the old Mocambo Café. It's been the hangout for the scene's literati, both local and visiting. Patrick Lane, Lorna Crozier, Marilyn Bowering, Don McKay and Wendy Morton have read there, hosted there and launched books and anthologies there.
Blomer, whose latest collection is As if a Raven, recalls keeping a journal that allowed her to talk to herself in words. There's that adage that poetry is, first, a conversation with oneself that is made public.
For those who appoint them, poet laureates are there to celebrate the state, but that has never meant tip-toeing the line like a nebbish clerk, eschewing alliteration because it just might be seen as provocative.
Blomer didn't waste time announcing that, as poet laureate, she would not be holding her tongue. Her first official reading was in February at a City Council meeting and she read a poem she'd written for the occasion called This salted table, our world.
Things got going in 2008, when Linda Rogers, followed by Janet Rogers in 2012, held the post. Both took on gritty topics like residential schools with lines that stuck in some throats: "kissing the pope's filthy ring" and tagging the prime minister as a prick. Janet had the best line this city has ever had thrust upon it in a piece she wrote for our 150th birthday: Victoria, I like to think, was born to handsome parents and abandoned awhile.
The poet is meant to be as much thorn as cushion. The laureate position requires the writing of three new original works each year that present ideas and issues important to Victorians. Words that might effect change — or, at least, tempt the notion of change.
Blomer brings up W.H. Auden who famously wrote that poetry makes nothing happen (albeit in a poem elegizing Yeats, who did make things happen as activist and politician).
Right now she's helping to hand off the Planet Earth Poetry series into hands of new host Daniel Scott, who takes over on September 18.
It was her tenure at Planet Earth, considers Blomer, that wasn't so far different from being poet laureate, helping put the words into mouths, inspiring new voices and veteran voices, reflecting introspection onto the spectrum of all that is our city, and measuring out lives in stanzas instead of coffee spoons.
Maybe poet laureate is that podium for our new official voice of rhyme … and perhaps reason.


With dozens of social marketing venues for its divisions and subdivisions, General Electric still retains central oversight, largely through its use of analytics.
As new platforms rise and fall, Paul Marcum, director of global digital marketing and programming at GE, keeps a close watch, game to test-drive their effectiveness. But he's just as willing to move on if the venue doesn't attract the desired audience. For instance, the company let its Foursquare presence go when it realized the platform was not a match for GE's marketing needs.
With brand, divisional and subdivisional social media presences on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Pinterest, Google+ and more, GE found that developing and deploying content and managing every response to each audience was too time-consuming for in-house resources.
Offloading content development has allowed the company to develop an overarching social media strategy that plays to each platform's strength. Marcum considers Facebook as "GE at its most accessible" because it has the most content and fastest response times. YouTube is an avenue to celebrate GE's technology and manufacturing impact with engaging videos.
Taken together these channels "humanize the organization in a way it never had been before," Marcum says.
He selects advertising agencies based on their expertise with specific social media formats. For instance, one agency skilled in visual presentation and video deals with Instagram content; another that is known for its ability to generate micro-content is tapped for Facebook and Twitter.
Marcum acknowledges that this "robust mix requires more overhead" in terms of managing it all but ultimately calls it time well-spent.
Marcum continues to finesse GE's social marketing approach, mostly through improved analytics. In the early days, Marcum received a PDF each week with basic results such as likes, fans and followers. But that was inadequate, because "it wasn't tailored to engagement or real time and really didn't reflect the opportunity in social media," he says.
Nowadays, GE uses homegrown analytics and visualization software that pings all social media APIs for data, including Google Analytics, Facebook and Twitter. Managers can access real-time customizable dashboards that illustrate performance on a daily basis.
Marcum says this model is far better for determining the best social media platforms for specific customer segments. His ultimate goal: to have clear visibility into cost per engagement.


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Howard Berman on Civil Rights
Voted NO on banning gay adoptions in DC.
Vote on an amendment banning adoptions in District of Columbia by gays or other individuals who are not related by blood or marriage. Reference: Amendment introduced by Largent, R-OK; Bill HR 2587 ; vote number 1999-346 on Jul 29, 1999
Voted NO on ending preferential treatment by race in college admissions.
HR 6, the Higher Education Amendments Act of 1997, would prohibit any post-secondary institution that participates in any program under the Higher Education Act from discriminating or granting any preferential treatment in admission based on race, sex, ethnicity, color or national origin. Reference: Amendment introduced by Riggs, R-CA.; Bill HR 6 ; vote number 1998-133 on May 6, 1998
Constitutional Amendment for equal rights by gender.
Berman co-sponsored a Constitutional Amendment:
Title: Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to equal rights for men and women. Summary: States that equality of rights under the law shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of sex. Source: House Resolution Sponsorship 01-HJR40 on Mar 22, 2001
Rated 87% by the ACLU, indicating a pro-civil rights voting record.
Berman scores 87% by the ACLU on civil rights issues
The mission of the ACLU is to preserve protections and guarantees America's original civic values - the Constitution and the Bill of Rights:
Your First Amendment rights-freedom of speech, association and assembly. Freedom of the press, and freedom of religion supported by the strict separation of church and state.
Your right to equal protection under the law - equal treatment regardless of race, sex, religion or national origin.
Your right to due process - fair treatment by the government whenever the loss of your liberty or property is at stake.Your right to privacy - freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into your personal and private affairs.
We work also to extend rights to segments of our population that have traditionally been denied their rights, including Native Americans and other people of color; lesbians, gay men, bisexuals and transgendered people; women; mental-health patients; prisoners; people with disabilities; and the poor. If the rights of society's most vulnerable members are denied, everybody's rights are imperiled.
Our ratings are based on the votes the organization considered most important; the numbers reflect the percentage of time the representative voted the organization's preferred position. Source: ACLU website 02n-ACLU on Dec 31, 2002
Berman scores 100% by the HRC on gay rights
Berman scores 100% by the NAACP on affirmative action
Berman co-sponsored recognizing Juneteenth as historical end of slavery
Berman signed H.R.3017&S.1584
Berman signed Equal Rights Amendment for men and women
Berman signed Student Non-Discrimination Act
Ratify CEDAW (Discrimination Against Women).
Berman co-sponsored Resolution on CEDAW
RESOLUTION Expressing that the Senate should ratify the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW).
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives that--
the full realization of the rights of women is vital to the development and well-being of people of all nations; and
the Senate should, therefore, give its advice and consent to the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women.
Source: H.RES.20 11-HRes20 on Jan 5, 2011
Berman co-sponsored providing benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees
Berman co-sponsored re-introducing the Equal Rights Amendment
Berman co-sponsored reinforcing anti-discrimination and equal-pay requirements
Berman signed Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act
Investigate deportation of Japanese during WWII.
Berman signed Relocation of Latin Americans of Japanese Descent Act
A bill to establish a fact-finding Commission to extend the study of a prior Commission to investigate and determine circumstances surrounding the relocation, internment, and deportation to Axis countries of Latin Americans of Japanese descent during WWII.
Establishes the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Latin Americans of Japanese descent.
Directs the Commission to extend the study of the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians to investigate U.S. relocation, internment, and (in some cases) deportation to Axis countries of Latin Americans of Japanese descent held in U.S. custody from December 1941 through February 1948; and recommend appropriate remedies.
Based on a preliminary study published in December 1982 by the Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians, Congress finds the following:
During World War II, the United States expanded its internment program and national security investigations to conduct the program and investigations in Latin America
Approximately 2,300 men, women, and children of Japanese descent from 13 Latin American countries were held in the custody of the Department of State in internment camps operated by the Immigration and Naturalization Service from 1941 through 1948.
Those men, women, and children either were arrested without a warrant, hearing, or indictment by local police, and sent to the United States for internment; or in some cases involving women and children, voluntarily entered internment camps to remain with their arrested husbands, fathers, and other male relatives.
Passports held by individuals who were Latin Americans of Japanese descent were routinely confiscated before the individuals arrived in the United States.
Despite their involuntary arrival, Latin American internees of Japanese descent were considered to be and treated as illegal entrants by the Immigration and Naturalization Service.
Source: S.69 & HR.42 2009-S69 on Jan 6, 2009
Berman signed bill honoring the 100th anniversary of the NAACP
Click here for a profile of Howard Berman.
Click here for HouseMatch answers by Howard Berman.
Click here for a summary of Howard Berman's positions on all issues.
Click here for a summary of Howard Berman's positions on the AmericansElect.org quiz.
2012 Governor, House and Senate candidates on Civil Rights: Howard Berman on other issues:
Elizabeth Emken
Gail Lightfoot
Retiring to run for other office:
Running for President:
TX-14:Ron Paul(R)
Running for Mayor:
CA-51:Bob Filner(D)
Running for Governor:
IN-6:Mike Pence(R)
WA-1:Jay Inslee(D)
Running for Senate:
AZ-6:Jeff Flake(R)
CT-5:Chris Murphy(R)
FL-14:Connie Mack(R)
HI-2:Mazie Hirono(D)
IN-2:Joe Donnelly(D)
MO-2:Todd Akin(R)
MT-0:Dennis Rehberg(R)
ND-0:Rick Berg(D)
NM-1:Martin Heinrich(D)
NV-1:Shelley Berkley(D)
NY-9:Bob Turner(R)
WI-2:Tammy Baldwin(D) Lost Primary 2012:
IL-16:Donald Manzullo(R)
NJ-9:Steven Rothman(D)
OH-2:Jean Schmidt(R)
OH-9:Dennis Kucinich(D)
PA-4:Jason Altmire(D)
PA-17:Tim Holden(D)
TX-16:Silvestre Reyes(D)
Retiring 2012:
AR-4:Mike Ross(D)
AZ-8:Gabby Giffords(D)
CA-2:Wally Herger(R)
CA-6:Lynn Woolsey(D)
CA-18:Dennis Cardoza(R)
CA-24:Elton Gallegly(D)
CA-26:David Dreier(R)
CA-41:Jerry Lewis(R)
IL-12:Jerry Costello(D)
IL-15:Timothy Johnson(R)
IN-5:Dan Burton(R)
KY-4:Geoff Davis(R)
MA-1:John Olver(D)
MA-4:Barney Frank(D)
MI-5:Dale Kildee(D)
NC-9:Sue Myrick(R)
NC-11:Heath Shuler(D)
NC-13:Brad Miller(D)
NY-5:Gary Ackerman(D)
NY-10:Ed Towns(D)
NY-22:Maurice Hinchey(D)
OH-7:Steve Austria(R)
OK-2:Dan Boren(D)
PA-19:Todd Platts(R)
TX-20:Charles Gonzalez(D)
WA-6:Norm Dicks(D) Abortion
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HC Linear IT Development Ltd. took account of the demands of the transport companies on the market, and developed a third-generation industrial on-board computer (On-Board Unit), which is scalable in performance and price and can be installed on local and inter-local public transport vehicles.
The OBU was developed by our company, hardware and software part as well. We customize the hardware and software modules based on the demands of the customer. For this development, we received Special Award from the Hungarian Association for Innovation.
This development is a one-box, modular equipment especially for vehicles of the public transport, which works reliable in the industrial environment.


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Вихрово — деревня в Серпуховском районе Московской области. Входит в состав Дашковского сельского поселения (до 29 ноября 2006 года входила в состав Райсемёновского сельского округа).

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Вихрово расположено примерно в 23 км (по шоссе) на северо-запад от Серпухова, на безымянном ручье, левом притоке реки Нара, высота центра деревни над уровнем моря — 156 м.

Современное состояние
На 2016 год в деревне зарегистрировано 1 садовое товарищество. Ранее в Вихрово находилось имение Александра Петровича Мантейфеля, от которого осталась только часть парка.

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Q: Adjusting 1 plot margins in a combined barplot? I'm trying to adjust the margins for 1 plot in a combined plot so the legend will fully show. I tried increasing the par(mar= for the left side and it doesn't change anything! The second and third graph share the same legend, so can I reduce the margins somehow between graph 2 and 3, or increase the right margins of graph 3 so the legend shows?
Here is my code:
par(mfrow= c(1,3))
par(mar=c(1.1, 1.1, 4.1, 8.8), xpd=TRUE) #margin lines
par(pin=c(1,2.8))  # plot areas for graphs

#graph 1
Cmatrix<- matrix(c(2.1, 1.9, 12.4, 12.7, 70.2), nrow=5, ncol=1)
rownames(Cmatrix)<- c("NA", "Never", "1-2 Times", "Monthly", "Weekly")
Cgraph<- barplot(Cmatrix,
    ylab= "Cumulative Percentage",
    main= "Collaboration",
    ylim= c(0,100),
    legend.text=T,
    args.legend=list(x=5.9, y=105, bty = "n"),
    space=4)

#graph 2
par(mar=c(1.1, 1.1, 4.1, 0), xpd=TRUE) #margin lines
par(pin=c(1,2.8))  # plot areas for graphs

DRmatrix<- matrix(c(1.8, 1.4, 2.5, 4.8, 16.9, 43.3, 29.4), nrow=7, ncol=1)
rownames(DRmatrix)<- c("NA", "Strongly Disagree", "Disagree", "Somewhat Disagree", "Somewhat Agree", "Agree", "Strongly Agree")
 DRgraph<- barplot(DRmatrix,
    xlab="Student Response",
    main= "Discovery & Relevance",
    ylim= c(0,100))
    #legend.text=T,
    #args.legend=list(x=6, y=105, bty = "n"),
    #space=0)

#graph 3
par(mar=c(1.1, 0, 4.1, 20.1), xpd=TRUE) #margin lines
par(pin=c(1,2.8))  # plot areas for graphs

Imatrix<- matrix(c(2.2, 1.6, 5.4, 11.8, 18.9, 38, 22.1), nrow=7, ncol=1)
rownames(Imatrix)<- c("NA", "Strongly Disagree", "Disagree", "Somewhat Disagree", "Somewhat Agree", "Agree", "Strongly Agree")
Igraph<- barplot(Imatrix,
    main= "Iteration",
    ylim= c(0,100),
    legend.text=T,
    args.legend=list(x=6.9, y=105, bty = "n"),
    space=4.5)
mtext("Average Student Responses to the LCAS Survey Categories", side = 3, line = -3, outer = TRUE)

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When the sun rises quite high in the morning, one should offer at least two Rakaats of Salaah. If he wishes, he could offer more. That is, four, eight, or twelve Rakaats. This is known as Chaasht Salaah. There is a lot of reward in offering this Salaah.


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Clusters, are stitches where two or more stitches are worked together.
They are mainly used as decorative stitches but working stitches together [tog] is also used to decrease the number of stitches in a row or round.
A cluster is a group of stitches joined closely together at the top and bottom, or sometimes at the top only. Where the stitches are joined top and bottom the pattern will normally have the details in the "Special Stitches" section and may be abbreviated as [cl].
Where the stitches are joined at the top only it will often be refered to as [tog], eg: dc3tog.
Make a standing tr, but omit the last yarn over and pull through two.
Make another two tr, omitting the last yarn over and pull through two.
Yarn over and pull through all four loops, to close the cluster.
A starting or beginning cluster can also be started with ch 3 for tr cluster or ch 2 for dc cluster.
When making a dc cluster you will be making half a stitch for each stitch and then yarn over and pull through all loops on hook to complete all of the stitchs at the same time.
Yarn over, put hook through indicated stitch, yarn over and pull through two.
Again, yarn over and pull through two.
Yarn over and pull through all four loops to complete the stitch.
When making a tr cluster you will be making two thirds of a stitch for each stitch and then yarn over and pull through all loops on hook to complete all of the stitches at the same time.
Yarn over twice, put hook through indicated stitch, yarn over and pull through two, yarn over and pull through two.
Again, yarn over and pull through two, twice.
As you can see with the clusters they are made into one stitch and there is one stitch at the top, no change in the number of stitches in the row or round.
With the [tog] stitches you can see that there are three stitches at the bottom but only one stitch at the top, thus decreasing by two stitches.
Hook through indicated stitch and pull up a loop, repeat in next stitch, yarn over and pull through all three loops on hook.
In next stitch, yarn over and pull through two.
When working more than one group of stitches together to decrease, fold your work over to avoid stretching the top loops of your stitches, and maintain a much neater look to your work.
When working large groups of stitches together, as with Catherine Wheel or Starburst stitches, especially if you are working with thicker yarns, using a tunisian hook can make it easier to keep all your stitches on your hook.
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Home ENGLISH Who is Bediuzzaman Said Nursi?
"I have just one purpose. That is; as I get nearer to my grave, we hear the sounds of Bolshevik owls (supporters) in this country of Islam. These sounds damage the tenets of faith of the Islamic World. It captivates the public, particularly the youth, by making them faithless. Fighting against them with all my strength, I am inviting the youth and the Muslims to faith. I am struggling against these faithless masses. Allah willing, I wish to enter Allah's presence through this struggle of mine. This is all I do."
Bediuzzaman Said Nursi
An Eminent Scholar of Islam, Imam Bediüzzaman Said Nursi was born in 1877 AD (1298 AH) in Bitlis, eastern Turkey, then Ottoman State. At a young age, he gained the admiration and affection of all classes of folk and the scholars throughout the whole Eastern Province of Ottoman. As well as his strong memory and intelligence, he was known with his purity, taqwa (avoidance of sins), and courage. He never hesitated to declare the right way (amr bil ma'ruf) and condemn the wrong way (nahy anil munkar) against unjust leaders and governors of the time. People mentioned of him as "the famous Mullah Said" in those years.
In 1893, he went to the city of Van upon the invitation of the governor, and for 15 years gave lectures there. During those years he studied and mastered positive sciences, as well. He even won debates against the teachers of chemistry and geography.
In 1898, he read news in a paper the governor showed, which would be a turning point in his life.
In that news British Minister of Colonies Gladstone had said to the British Parliament as he held the Quran: "We cannot rule over the Muslim as long as this Quran remains in their hands; we must do everything possible to remove the Quran away from Muslims, or alienate them against the Quran."
Those words distressed him, but caused him to take a decision that would change his life: "I will show and prove to the entire world that the Quran is a never-fading, inextinguishable spiritual Sun."
According to Imam Nursi, best solution to combat the plot to destroy Islam was to educate Muslims so that they surpass the West both intellectually and scientifically.
So he advocated for the establishment of an Islamic university in Eastern Anatolia, which he named "Medresetü'z-Zehrâ" where he planned the positive and religious sciences to be studied together to raise scholars and scientists for the needs of the age. He said, "The light of wisdom is positive sciences; the light of conscience is religious sciences. When two are combined, truth arises thereupon."
This Islamic university were to serve three goals:
1-Eradicate the conflict between so-called scientific thought and religion by teaching Islamic and positive sciences together.
2-Finish the conflict between the regular school (maktab), the theology school (madrasa), and the dervish lodge (takkah).
3-Attract students from the entire Islamic world to promote the unity and solidarity between Muslims.
He went to Istanbul to realize this idea. However, he could not completely accomplish what he wished for. He did not return home and preferred to stay in Istanbul, and initiated a struggle in social affairs.
After March 31st Incident, he was tried in a Martial Court and was acquitted. Then, he went to Tiflis via Batumi and then to the city of Van. He visited the tribes around Van, and he tried to educate them through his social, cultural and scientific lessons. After Van, he went to Damascus. Upon the insistence of the scholars in Damascus, he delivered a unique sermon in the Umayyad Mosque to a huge congregation of nearly ten thousand, a well hundred of which were prominent scholars of Islam. This magnificent sermon, which sets forth the problems of today's Islamic World and their solutions, was later published under the title "Damascus Sermon".
He fought in the First World War as the commander of a militia regiment that he formed out of his own students. During the war, he wrote his letter-based commentary of the Quran, called "Isharat-ul I'jaz" (Signs of Miraculousness), which is regarded as a marvel in the field of Qur'anic commentary. When Bitlis was occupied by Russians, he was injured and sent to Siberia as a POW. In Siberia, he led a life of captivity for two and a half years. Subsequently, he escaped and arrived at Istanbul on June 25th 1918, via Petersburg, Warsaw and Vienna.
In 1920, when Istanbul was occupied by the English army, he struggled against them.
He supported the movement of The National Independence Army. The newly formed Turkish government in Ankara appreciated his activities in Istanbul and invited him to the new parliament. He went to Ankara but was displeased at what he saw there. Most of the assembly members were ignorant of Islam and not observing the prayers. He issued a declaration to explain the importance of performing the prayers, upon which many resumed the prayers. Although The Independence War was won, the European style of thinking and living was spreading whereas attachment to Islam and faith was weakening. Being saddened by this fact, he went to Van after refusing many worldly offers to keep him in line with Ankara.
He started to lead a life of seclusion on Mountain Erek of Van, lecturing only few students and busying himself with reflection and worship. After a short time, Sheikh Said Rebellion broke out. Though he had no connection with this rebellion other than name similarity, he was exiled first to Istanbul in 1925, then to Burdur and Isparta, western Turkey. Then he was brought to Barla, a small town of Isparta. But that exile became the beginning of his great spiritual jihad in the way of serving the faith, as well.
Risale-i Nur Starts to be Written in Barla
Imam Said Nursi named the period of his life until the First World War as the "Old Said" period; the period from his captivity in Siberia to his seclusion in Van as the period that he was trying to get rid of the "Old Said" and trying to become the "New Said"; and the period he started to write the Risale-i Nur in Barla as the "New Said" period.
In Barla, he started to write the Risale-i Nur Collection which has become a means to prove the pillars of faith and Quran, and to obtain verified belief. He wrote three fourths of the Risale-i Nur (The Words, the Letters and the Flashes) that mainly articulates the tenets of faith.
He used an extraordinary method to distribute these works to the entire Anatolia (Turkey). He demanded his treatises to be transcribed in Qur'anic letters if people wanted to be his students. In those years when people were made to forget the Qur'an in all respects, Risale-i Nur Students who gathered around him in Barla and Isparta were preserving the Qur'anic letters by insisting to use them and duplicating the treatises. As the number of people duplicating the treatises multiplied, Risale-i Nur was secretly distributed all over Turkey in a short time. In this way people in Turkey could get rid of the doubts about their religion and strengthened their belief. "Man does cruelty, but destiny does justice." Enemies of Islam had isolated him in a village, but Allah sent him excellent students as helpers.
Such rapid spread and impact of the Risale-i Nur disturbed some people of the time.
He was brought from Barla to Isparta in 1934, and a year later he and his 120 students were arrested and tried in the Heavy Punishment Court of Eskişehir and sentenced to imprisonment.
Thereafter, he lived through a six years (1935-1943) of exile in Kastamonu, northern Turkey; trial and imprisonment in Denizli (1943), exile in Emirdağ (1943-1948), trial and imprisonment in Afyon (1948-1949), and a second exile in Emirdağ (1950- 1953). He was under constant surveillance and poisoned many times. His strategy was to attract the attention while relieving the students elsewhere. He corrected the hand written treatises that his students brought. He often took walks in the fields. Agents constantly watched and disturbed him. Despite all those problems, restrictions and oppressions a strong faith lesson quickly spread all over Turkey, Alhamdulillah.
In March 1960, he became severely ill. He made farewell to his friends and students, and left for Urfa, eastern Turkey, with a few of his students. After a troublesome journey due to the deterioration of his health and the harassment of the police, he arrived at Urfa.
In Urfa his hotel room was flooded with visitors while the police forced him to return. People raged against police, and prevented their taking him back.
On March 23rd 1960 (Ramadan 25th 1379 AH) Imam Bediüzzaman Said Nursi passed into the realm of eternity.
The next day, his funeral was carried by masses from the Ulu Mosque to the Mosque of Halilurrahman where he was first buried.
Two months after his death, a military coup seized power on May 27th 1960. On July 12th 1960, the coup officials opened his grave and his honourable body was taken to an unknown place, possibly to Isparta. Rahmatullahi Alayh.
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Canadiens take aim at struggling Sabres, cling to playoff spot
With two weeks remaining in the NHL's regular season, the surprising Montreal Canadiens barely cling to a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference, but a late-season run of home games may help out.
Perhaps beating the Buffalo Sabres would help to get to the playoffs for the first time in two years, too.
Montreal (39-28-7) hosts Buffalo on Saturday. The match will be the final one in the four-game season series, and due to a scheduling quirk, the first since the two clubs met the last time during Thanksgiving week.
Beating the struggling Sabres would be a start for the Canadiens, who hang on to the final wild card by just one point over the Columbus Blue Jackets, 85-84.
Montreal trails Carolina for the first wild card by two points. However, the upstart Hurricanes do have a game in hand to work with.
The Philadelphia Flyers (80 points) and Florida Panthers (78) are standings lurkers, but it would be a tall order, requiring perhaps a total collapse from one or two of the three teams above them and for the Flyers or Panthers to run out, for either squad to secure a wild card.
Montreal hosts four more games at Bell Center, and the Canadiens, who are 21-12-4 at home, will face the quixotic Panthers, Presidents' Trophy-winning Tampa Bay Lightning and rival Toronto Maple Leafs to round out their home schedule.
Goaltender Carey Price gave the Canadiens the lift they needed to hop back in playing position on Thursday, twirling his 44th career shutout by saving 28 shots in a 4-0 win over the New York Islanders in Montreal.
"He's always the No. 1 guy that can turn the momentum of the game and give the boys confidence. Even when we break down a little bit he's always there, and that's huge," forward Max Domi said of Price, who is now two shutouts behind Ken Dryden for third all-time in franchise history.
Montreal is 0-1-2 against the Sabres, having faced them back when Buffalo was playing some of the best hockey in the league.
However, the second half of the season has been a complete disaster for the Buffalo as expectations have come up short, fueling speculation of coaching or personnel changes.
The Sabres (31-33-9) have won just three times in their last 17 games (3-12-2) and dropped a 4-2 decision on Wednesday at home to Toronto.
Buffalo mustered just 22 shots against Maple Leafs backup goalie Garret Sparks, getting tallies from Casey Mittelstadt and Alexander Nylander.
Meanwhile, the Sabres allowed 45 shots by Toronto against their goalie Carter Hutton, including 38 over the first two periods.
"We knew the magnitude of this game, the rivalry," said Buffalo coach Phil Housley, whose club has not won consecutive games since early December. "We turned the puck over and then it came right back after us and we were chasing -- chasing a lot, killing a cycle. Then when we did have the puck, we didn't manage it very well."


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Georgia: trapped in a spiral of escalation
Georgia has been unable to find peace since the parliamentary elections in the end of October 2020. The resignation of Prime Minister Giorgi Gakharia, respected for his handling of the coronavirus pandemic, in conjunction with the imprisonment of opposition leader Nika Melia on 23 February 2021, is merely another low point in this trend. The neoliberal political elite are uninterested in the needs of a society stricken by a pandemic. Their egotism favours informal structures leading to a creeping "Russification" of the country.
By Dr. Stefan Meister
The third electoral victory of the governing party Georgian Dream (GD), followed by a series of manipulations and violations[1], have led to the opposition parties rejecting the results. Initiated by the largest opposition party, United National Movement (UNM), the seven other parties with a claim to seats in Parliament (with a few exceptions) have declined to accept them. They are calling for snap elections and accuse the GD of manipulating the election on a broad scale. The chief opponents, GD and UNM, have been radicalising for months. Players who were ready to make compromises, such as former UNM chairman Grigol Vashadze and former Prime Minister Gakharia, have left their parties entirely. What remain are the hardliners who are driving the escalation further.
Polarisation as mobilisation
The dichotomy, according to which the UNM supports integration in the West while the GD, and its founder Bidzina Ivanishvili, aims for closer ties with Russia, falls short.[2] Both parties are mainly defined by the egoism of the Georgian elite, self-enrichment and neoliberal policies with negative socioeconomic consequences for the majority of the population. In this regard it was no surprise that one of newly elected Prime Minister Irakli Gharibashvili's first acts in office would be to imprison opposition leader Nika Melia for violating the requirements of his probation from a questionable court verdict. In so doing he played into Melia's and the UNM's hands – they can now cast themselves as martyrs and victims of the ruling party.
Neither party is concerned with the country's future, or even with choosing between Russia and the West. Rather they care far more about their own paths to power. They both operate in terms of absolute power and a winner-takes-all mentality, and immediately upon acceding they would utilise administrative resources, courts and security apparatus against political opponents to maintain their hold on power while enriching themselves. Transparency International has revealed that among the largest donors to the GD for 2019/2020, 9 individuals and 15 companies underwent simplified procedures for winning state tenders.[3] While the richest man in Georgia, Bidzina Ivanishvili, makes all of the important decisions for the GD behind the scenes, former President Mikheil Saakashvili drives the polarisation and prevents compromises from his exile in Ukraine. None of them, are elected by the Georgian people. Ivanishvili just recently announced his complete withdrawal from politics. It appears all the more surprising that persons loyal to him assumed crucial roles in his party and the government after the election. New Prime Minister Gharibashvili exhibited two major defining characteristics during his first premiership (2013–2015): absolute vassal loyalty to Ivanishvili, and no interest whatsoever in compromises with the opposition. He will not make any important decisions without first coordinating them with Ivanishvili.
Egotism, corruption and informality
The fact that Georgian society has been ravaged by a social and economic crisis caused by the pandemic, in a country mainly dependent on tourism and the service sector, appears to be of no concern to the competing parties. According to the National Statistics Office, nearly 20 per cent of people in Georgia live below the poverty line.[4] A considerable portion of the population works in the informal sector and has received no social assistance benefits during the pandemic. Both parties represent the elite who privatised the country and hold out the best pieces of the pie for the highest bidder or themselves. Resigned Prime Minister Gakharia enjoyed high approval ratings because he managed the pandemic well during the spring and tried to dampen the economic ramifications of it.[5] He had to resign when he opposed the imprisonment of the opposition leader and showed some independence from both the party line and Ivanishvili, partially so as not to discredit himself. We have observed this pattern before over the years: once a prime minister or minister acts independently of the party founder, he or she has to go.
However, the accusation against the GD and Bidzina Ivanishvili – who became wealthy in Russia in the 1990s – that they wish to bring Georgia into Russia's orbit is misleading. The GD has certainly tried to peddle a more cooperative Russia policy than Mikheil Saakashvili in his final years in office, and thus achieved a certain loosening of tensions with Moscow. But the goal of transatlantic integration was never officially given up; in fact, an application for EU membership for 2024 is currently being prepared. What we have been observing in Georgia for some years now is worsening corruption and the strengthening of informal structures. The governing party is increasingly instrumentalising the security services and courts in its own interest, using them against the opponents. This utilisation of the courts and security structures was present in Mikheil Saakashvili's second administration, in keeping with the ruling party at the time, the UNM. By the end of Saakashvili's term, Georgia was among the countries with the highest incarceration rates per 100,000 residents.
Therefore, the "creeping Russification" is more one of a breakdown of successful reforms, the weakening of formal institutions in favour of informal ones, and more corrupt practices. The current policies of Georgian Dream and the Georgian political elite is thus moving away from the values and principles of the EU without the country having altered its geopolitical alignment.
Lack of political alternatives
What Georgia lacks is a third power that can represent policies other than the elitist egoism of the current leading parties. Polls show that the population wants this. According to a poll by the NDI/CRRC in the end of 2020, 30% of voters don't relate to any party.[6] The hope leading up to the parliamentary election that the new party Lelo, under its founder Mamukha Kazaradze, could be this third power quickly dissipated. Kazaradze, a former banker and businessman, was initially able to recruit many young, progressive and leftist supporters for his party. Yet it was quickly discovered that he would pursue policies similar to the GD and the UNM, more in the interest of preserving his business interests and less concerned with intra-party democracy. Lelo obtained just over 3 per cent of the votes in the parliamentary election. As long as Georgia is unable to establish alternative political movements with grassroots foundations, the business elite will continue to determine the country's fate in their own interests. One small glimmer of hope may be the founding of "The Greens" in late 2020, an offshoot of the youth organisation Young Greens. Yet this initiative may also have great difficulty establishing itself in the Georgian party system without considerable financial support and meeting its own demands for transparency and intra-party democracy. Like in other post-Soviet countries, parties in Georgia are usually electoral associations for (wealthy) individuals who change their agenda to suit the current political climate without a lot of fuss.
These circumstances make it difficult for the EU to mediate in the current conflict and support a comprehensive transition to the rule of law and democratic institutions. Such reforms are still at odds with the interests of much of the elite. One important and dominant Georgian policy in the last 15 years was integration into transatlantic structures. The USA and the EU always held great influence over political decisions in Georgia. In the current political crisis, too, it is US Ambassador Kelly Degnan and EU Ambassador Carl Hartzell who are trying to mediate between the conflicting parties. But for the first time we are witnessing, in the lead-up to the parliamentary election in 2020, Western players being criticised for their activities and involvement. In November 2019 Bidzina Ivanishvili, then Chairman of the GD, criticised US institutions such as NDI and IRI as partisan as they disseminate misleading polls to detriment the GD.[7] On the one hand Western partners are asked for support in the current political crisis, while on the other hand they are accused of being partisan if one's own interests in power are disadvantaged. EU and US representatives have thus become part of the spiral of escalation in Georgia without being able to resolve it. Re-elections would not put an end to this polarisation without an alternative power in play.
Chancing more EU
Ultimately, the EU is increasingly losing its transformative power due to its own internal crisis, the crisis in transatlantic relations under Trump, and its absence as a security power in a region where security is critical. The absence of the EU and the USA in the second Nagorno-Karabakh War in 2020 has had profound effects on the geopolitical situation in the South Caucasus. It has become clear to all three states that they cannot rely on Washington and Brussels when it comes to their security situation. This was a bitter realisation for the democratic forces and civil society in Armenia and Azerbaijan in particular. The stationing of "Russian peacekeeping forces" in Azerbaijan – previously the only country in the South Caucasus without Russian troops on its soil – and Turkey's interference in this war will lead to a stronger alignment toward Russia and Turkey in these three countries. This power shift and lack of prospects for joining the EU and NATO are worsening the disorientation in Georgia, once the country with the greatest transatlantic perspective in the region. Coupled with the increase in informal structures and corruption, the country could stray further from its democratic path.
The consequence for EU member states cannot be less, but rather more engagement. The European Neighbourhood Policy finally needs a stronger security policy component that both helps Georgia reform its security and legal structures and strengthens political engagement for mediation in regional conflicts. The willingness to strengthen multilateral platforms, provide peace missions, and expand the role of the EU Special Commissioner for the South Caucasus in the regional conflicts in Nagorno-Karabakh, Abkhazia and South Ossetia could be among these tasks. Various elements of EU policy, such as the establishment of infrastructure, promoting rule of law and economic investments should be incorporated in a comprehensive Eastern Neighbourhood Policy strategy that also entails more effective conditionality. Furthermore, Georgia should be offered prospects for membership; however, that will look in 10 to 15 years. Georgia needs a compass that parts of the EU can outwardly provide. However, without a political transition within the country and with real political alternatives, the spiral of escalation will continue to spin.
[1] ISFED explains about summary protocols of PVT polling stations
[2] Opinion: The West just lost Georgia
[3] Georgia's Political Finance in 2019: Revenues and Expenditures of Political Parties and Financial Oversight
[4] 2019 data: 19.5% of Georgia's population under absolute poverty line
[5] An approval rating of nearly 50 per cent is very high for a Georgian premier (PDF); p. 43., NDI, 2020
[6] An approval rating of nearly 50 per cent is very high for a Georgian premier. (PDF); Ibid., p. 64.
[7] Slamming NDI, IRI, Ivanishvili Says 'U.S.-founded Institutions Devalued' in Georgia
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By Dr. Sonja Katharina Schiffers and Vano Chkhikvadze
Georgian democracy on life support
Georgia's escalating political turbulence highlights a crisis in institutional legitimacy in the country. This democratic deficit risks dragging the country into autocratic rule and reproducing the worst elements of its northern neighbour.
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If anyone is capable of rescuing the country, it's women
Julia Kharashvili a woman who witnessed war, escaped from it, empowered herself and managed to empower other women around her - thirty years of commitment to peacebuilding and security.
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Resident Evil Village teaser shows it's not only Ubisoft games that have giant women
Someone wake up Alice Bee
News by Graham Smith Contributor
Published on Jan. 14, 2021
Some inhabitants of the RPS treehouse (Alice B) have been extremely vocal in their love of giant women in games, mainly some Assassin's Creed Odyssey DLC and then Immortals Fenyx Rising. Those are both Ubisoft games though, so now I get to crow about how influential we are: a teaser trailer for the next Resident Evil Village reveal suggests Capcom have been reading Alice's posts.
Check out this massive woman.
The teaser only shows a few glimpses of the game, because it's a trailer for a trailer. If you come back a week from now on January 21st at 2pm PST (10pm GMT) you'll see more in the Resident Evil Showcase, including a new trailer for Resident Evil Village. VIIIage.
Since it's due to be a showcase for the whole series and not just Resident Evil Haml8, there's hope it'll also bring an update on the Netflix animated series Resident Evil: Infinite Darkness, and maybe even the movie reboot.
I don't have any other information for you about this giant woman at this stage. I hope she is Mrs. X, and that Resident Evil 2's Mr. X is actually a devoted family man once he hangs up his bin bang trenchcoat for the day.
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Graham Smith
Graham used to be to blame for all this.


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Category New School
New Gymnasium Almost Complete
September 19, 2018, General, New School, News, Sports
The Piarist School gym, a project that has been in progress for almost two years, is finally nearing completion. There is still work to be completed before it is ready to be unveiled completely, however, we have some exciting news.
In December, the Piarist School will welcome Bishop John Stowe. He will be celebrating Mass with the students and faculty and blessing the new gymnasium before the Piarist Knights basketball season kicks off. WYMT will be broadcasting coverage of the opening game from our campus for the very first time.
As our school exists solely on donations, the gymnasium could not have been built without the help from our benefactors.
Thank you to everyone who helped make this dream a reality for our students.
EKB News covers the Difficulties the Piarist School Athletes Face without a Gym
February 8, 2016, New School, Sports
Piarist Knights 2015-16 previewOur Center Court preview takes a look at the Piarist Knights, who are playing games this season without a permanent home gymnasium to host games or hold practices. Makayla Colley tells us more.
Posted by EKB News on Wednesday, December 2, 2015
The school opened in a new location this year and lost the gym from our old location.
These students show their dedication to education and to their love of athletics by pursuing both despite the difficulties. The school is currently raising funds to build a gym.
Our Future Piarist School
August 7, 2014, New School
Many groups have been working very hard over the summer helping to renovate our "new" school building, which is located on old Route 23, across from Porter Elementary in Hagerhill. The School will be ready for use in August 2015, at the start of our 26th academic year. BUT we will remain in our current location for the entire 25th academic year, which begins August 15, 2014 with park day at the spillway at Jenny Wiley State Resort Park. We look forward to seeing you there. Students may arrive at the park beginning at 9 am, and the student-parent cookout will begin around 5 pm. This will be a great opportunity for students to meet their classmates and for parents to meet your children's teachers.
New School News
November 23, 2013, New School
New website for the Piarist School
As many of you know, the Piarist School will be moving to a new location in 2014. Major rennovations must be completed on the purchased building before the school is able to relocate. Teaming up with Absolute Video, the Piarist School has produced a new webpage that discusses the Piarist Fathers' mission in Appalachia, the school and the good that is done throughout the community. All donations can be made directly fromthe page through Paypal. Please take a moment to look at and pass along the website: Piarist Father's Appalachian Mission.
Preliminary plans for the new Piarist School are now available online.
Preliminary plans have been developed and created for the new location of the Piarist School.
Plans for the gymnasium can be found here.
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io & Titan, the soulful art pop project of Brooklyn songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Matt Schlatter, is going on tour this fall to support debut EP a dream of Two moons. Falcon Jane plays chill, groovy, plez rock. 7 pm. No cover.


German-born young dramatic soprano Mariella Baier discovered her passion for singing while studying music education at university. She subsequently was accepted at the Royal Conservatory Brussels, where she studied in the studio of Lena Lootens as well as with Margarida Codina Natividade. After receiving her master's degree, she took part in several master classes and studied under Grace Bumbry, both privately and through her Vocal and Opera Academy and then studied with David Lee Brewer.
To refine her craft she is working with voice teacher David Wakeham in Berlin, and coaches Tim Ribchester (Berlin), Klaus Sallmann (Staatsoper Berlin), Martin Wright (Staatsoper Berlin), Inge Spinette (La Monnaie, Brussels), Peter Tomek (La Monnaie, Brussels / Komische Oper Berlin), Carrie-Ann Matheson (The Metropolitan Opera, NYC / Zurich Opera), Jonathan Kelly (The Metropolitan Opera, NYC), Gregory Buchalter (The Metropolitan Opera NYC) and Mitchell Cirker (NYC).
As a participant in the International Lied Master Classes of Udo Reinemann (2010-2012), she had the opportunity to work with world-renowned singers and pianists, including Peter Schreier, Maciej Pikulski, Mitsuko Shirai, Hartmut Höll, Konrad Richter, Christiane Stotijn, Maria Bayo and Helmut Deutsch.
In addition to opera projects in Germany, Belgium, Holland and Italy, Mariella Baier has performed as part of the Young Artists Festival of Bayreuth and the Summer Academy of the Mozarteum Salzburg. Ms. Baier took part in the InCanto Summer Studio at Theatre Lüneburg, where she performed scenes from Le Nozze di Figaro (Contessa) and Der Rosenkavalier (Marschallin).
In March 2015 she made her debut at Lincoln Center NYC in the role of Sieglinde with NYC Lyric Opera. Another debut followed in June 2015: Mariella Baier sang the role of Micaela at the Festival de Santa Florentina, Spain, with the Catalonian Chamber Orchestra (Conductor: Diego Martin Etxebarría; director: Susana Gomez) and as Suor Angelica at the Narnia Festival in Italy (conductor: Timothy Leon; director: Fabrizio Pompei).
Mariella Baier returned to NYC in January 2016 to stay there for three months in order to work with her coaches at The Metropolitan Opera NYC (Jonathan Kelly, Gregory Buchalter) and also to sing the role of Sieglinde with the Opera Company of Brooklyn.
In summer 2017 Mariella Baier covered the role of Cio Cio San in Madama Butterfly at the Festival of the Aegean in Greece. She also performed there in several concerts. In August and September she can be heard in different concerts in Wörlitz and Bayreuth.
In 2018 she can be heard in different concert series.


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Last week I posted about this year's peach blossoms. This week's post will be about the orange tree blossoms.
The blossoms on my orange tree are never as large, attention grabbing, or spectacular looking as the peach tree's blossoms, but what they lack in looks they make up for in their sent. In previous years, the orange trees did not smell when the blossomed, but this year they did! I like the smell of orange tree blossoms, so to walk outside and smell the trees made me very happy.
Since the orange tree blossoms are not as nice to look at, I only took a few photos of the blossoms. Actually, I only took four.
I keep telling myself that next year I'll take more photos of the orange tree blossoms, but I never do. Sometimes the blossoms don't look "perfect" enough to take a photo of them, other times there aren't enough blossoms to take photos of. Still, I hope next year I'll take more photos of the orange tree blossoms.


At this time of the year, it's a tradition to review the past 12 months, and recall the outstanding moments of yet another successful year for Abora. Better than words, we'd like to do it with music: here is Abora Recordings – Best of 2015!
Bringing no less than 14 tracks (including a never-before-released intro edit of "Hope"), this mix compilation captures the finest moments of uplifting emotional and orchestral trance released on Abora throughout the year. Whether composed by artists who need no further introduction – SoundLift, Afternova, Ikerya Project, Etasonic, illitheas, Farhad Mahdavi, Kelly Andrew, Type 41, Claire Willis, Geert Huinink, Kim Kiona – or by new talented artists debuting on Abora – Nikolauss, Jaki Song, J2P, and many more – those top tracks will surely bring a smile to your face.
Ori Uplift, Abora's CEO and owner and host of Uplifting Only, then combined all these exceptional tracks into an amazing continuous mix for which he alone knows the secret.
Remember to close your eyes while you're listening. Let the music uplift you, or peacefully calm you down, and let your mind wander in a land of emotions.
Allow yourself to enjoy a wonderful and inspiring time with this mix compilation!


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By Jay Hovdey
These will be the lasting images of Breeders' Cup Friday, 2009:
Upon encountering his winning trainer John Shirreffs on the track after the Ladies Classic, an ecstatic owner-breeder Marty Wygod whipped off Shirreffs' trademark dark blue cap with the Mill Ridge logo and replaced it with a Breeders' Cup lid bearing the name of Life Is Sweet. Shirreffs did not protest...
After defeating favored Ventura in the Filly & Mare Sprint, Informed Decision was led into the winner's circle by her owner, George Strawbridge. Check that--George Strawbridge was pulled into the winner's circle by a still vigorous Informed Decision. "You saw that, did you?" Strawbridge said a little bit later. "Apparently I'm not even qualified for a minimum wage position. But she is so tough, even after running a race like that." Strawbridge also confirmed that champion turf mare and defending champ Forever Together would now be retired after her third-place finish to Midday in the Filly & Mare Turf...
Henry Cecil has not made winning a Breeders' Cup race a priority. He'd started only six before this year, without success, although Indian Skimmer and Royal Anthem hit the board in the Turf. An hour after Midday's easier-than-it-looked, one-length victory in the Filly & Mare Turf, the victorious Cecil was found wandering in the paddock gardens crowd, having a smoke and enjoying a quiet moment of anonymity. "You can come close, but you don't really know if you can do it until you finally do it," Cecil said. At 66, Cecil was attaining a late-inning highlight after 23 European classic wins and nine British championships. He will have another swing on Saturday with Twice Over in the Breeders' Cup Classic, while his nephew, Ben Cecil, saddles Ferneley in the Breeders' Cup Mile...
Despite Cloudy Knight's dead-game effort in the Marathon, Rosemary Homeister came up Man of Iron's dirty nose short of joining Blythe Miller and Julie Krone as women to have ridden Breeders' Cup events. Homeister was asked if she might have moved a tad soon when her big chestnut swooped from sixth to the lead around the final turn, but Rosemary insisted the 9-year-old Cloudy Knight pulled his way to the front all by himself. Miller, winner of the 2000 BC Steeplechase and now retired, was watching the Marathon alongside Cloudy Knight's trainer, steeplechase ace Jonathan Sheppard, who was happy enough with the result. "I can see why," Miller said. "I don't think that horse will be going over jumps any time soon."...
Golfing great and racehorse breeder Gary Player, walking through the crowd on the way to the paddock for the Ladies Classic, stopped and signed a number of autographs and posed for photos along the way. One enthusiatic fan saw Player and shouted to his pal, "Hey, look! It's Yves St. Laurent. Hey, Yves!" Did I mention that Grey Goose Vodka and Dos Equis were Breeders' Cup sponsors...
Six different trainers and owners and five different jockeys won Breeders' Cup races on the Friday program (Julien Leparoux doubled). The winners were trained in Ireland, England, Chicago, Pennsylvania, Kentucky and California. This is how a Breeders' Cup is supposed to work.


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The plan was to bowl on the right line and length. The plan was to bowl on the right line and length: Bishnoi
Digital Desk, Kolkata. Leg-spinner Ravi Bishnoi revealed that his plan was to bowl the right line and length on his debut for India. Bishnoi made a dream entry into international cricket on Wednesday, taking the wickets of Roston Chase and Rovman Powell in the same over and conceding just 17 runs in four overs of his quota.
Bishnoi's stellar performance laid the foundation for India's six-wicket win over the West Indies and earned him the player of the match award. Bishnoi is the first player from India's 2020 batch in the Under-19 World Cup to make his senior India debut.
The BCCI uploaded a video on Thursday, in which Bishnoi explained that the plan was to bowl in the right line and length. The plan was not to give much space to the batsmen, because when they open their hands, they will hit shots. Bishnoi, in conversation with senior leg-spinner Yuzvendra Chahal, said that they (West Indies) are one of the best teams in T20s and the plan was to bowl stump-to-stump and not give much space.
Before the start of the match, Bishnoi received his T20 cap from Chahal, the senior leg-spinner. When I got my first cap, I felt really good," Bishnoi said. It was a dream come true and it felt better when I got the cap from Yuzvendra Chahal. Everyone has a dream to play for India and when I got a chance to play, I tried to play to the best of my ability.
The 21-year-old Bishnoi also revealed how he was greeted by the Indian team, especially head coach Rahul Dravid. He said, playing for India is everyone's dream including mine. When I came to practice on the first day, I was excited and nervous. I felt great when Rahul Dravid sir welcomed me into the team.
"I enjoyed myself with my senior players during practice and net sessions, everyone gave good feedback and supported me to do better in those little things," he added. I have a lot to learn and will try to do my best to help the team win.
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MID-CENTURIA : Art, Design and Decor from the Mid-Century and beyond: Evelyn Ackerman Mosaic?
POST UPDATE: The mystery is solved see the comment below from Laura Ackerman-Shaw.
I just came across this bird mosaic on ebay and recognized the design as being from Evelyn Ackerman. In fact, the same "Peacock" design is on a tapestry that is currently being offered at Lawson-Fenning for $875. The seller doesn't have it listed as an Ackerman piece and I couldn't make out any markings/initials on the front or back. I wonder if it was actually created by Evelyn or is just a knock off? The thing that makes me doubt that the mosaic is an actual Ackerman piece is the fact that it is partially crafted from gravel and not entirely in smalti as the Ackerman mosaics that I have seen are. But, then I started thinking maybe it is a prototype or one-off? I am no expert, but I just got to wondering what if? OK, so then I asked myself "should I buy it cheap" and if it turns out to be an actual Ackerman piece consider it a score? or should I be honest and send the seller a note telling them to have it checked by an expert? hmmm...I have too much of a conscious, so I sent her an email. Below is the evidence. If anyone knows the answer to this mystery let us know.
Left: Ebay mosaic piece. Is this an Ackerman piece or a knock-off?
I'm so glad that you are a fan of my parents work. Just to let you know, they never used gravel in their mosaics and this mosaic is not one of their designs.
Yes, I am a big fan of your parents!! Thanks for helping solve this mystery. As I said, I didn't think they used gravel in their pieces, I guess my suspicions were correct. Someone must have been a big fan of your mom's work. Thanks again for your comment!


I hope you have enjoyed reading about "What is Spina Bifida?" and of the Famous People that have or had suffered from Spina Bifida. Sadly, we have come to the end of our "Spina Bifida Series". We now begin our "Cerebral Palsy Series" so please enjoy reading.
Jay Bradford Fowler was born in Boston, Massachusetts on 7 July, 1951. In 1987, he received a Bachelor of Arts in English at George Mason University where he was editor of Phoebe-The George Mason Review. He was born with spina bifida a congenital disease in which the spinal column does not close properly. Instead, part of the spinal cord protrudes, which can result in fluid on the brain or other neurological disorders. Fowler has paralysis below the waist. He could walk as a youngster, but he underwent eight operations by the time he was in high school. Fowler was also treated for degenerative arthritis throughout the 1990s.
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Gilbert has twice been awarded the Pulitzer Prize and has been a finalist on four other occasions. Most recently he was part of the reporting team that identified more than $15 billion in waste, fraud and abuse in the nation's farm subsidy programs, a series that was a finalist for the 2007 Pulitzer for public service. From birth his son Cary Gaul was rushed to a children's hospital where he was operated on several times for problems related to spina bifida. Doctors believed he would not walk at all, but as time went along, Cary proved them all wrong. With the help of braces and walkers, along with a strong will, he was able to gradually take more steps.
Buddy Winnett a Horse Jockey and trainer; legally blind and spina bifida. Born in West Virginia to a large family, Winnett was diagnosed with spina bifida, and wasn't expected to live past the age of 6. As he grew older, he dreamed of joining the Army or playing sports. But at the age of 12, an accident took one of his eyes, and he thought all of his dreams had been taken from him.
Judy Woodruff was born in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Judy served as the chief White House correspondent for NBC from 1977 to 1982, and covered Washington for The Today Show from 1982 – 83. She is the parent of three children including a son born with severe spina bifida. Her husband is Al Hunt, formerly of CNN and The Wall Street Journal, now Executive Editor of the Bloomberg News Washington, D.C, bureau.
Frida Kahlo was born on 6 July, 1907 and died on 13 July 1954. Frida was a Mexican painter, who has achieved great international popularity. She painted using vibrant colors in a style that was influenced by indigenous cultures of Mexico as well as European influences that include Realism, Symbolism, and Surrealism. Kahlo contracted polio at age six, which left her right leg looking thinner sometimes than the other (a deformity Kahlo hid by wearing long skirts). It has also been conjectured that she also suffered from spina bifida, a congenital disease that would have affected both spinal and leg development.
Bruce Martyn Payne was born on 22 November, 1960 in London, England. Bruce is an English actor and producer. Payne's first major film role in 1982 with Michael Blakemore's Privates On Parade in which he played the singing and dancing Flight Sergeant Kevin Cartwright. At the age of 14 he was diagnosed with a slight form of Spina Bifida. At age 16 he had a two year ordeal with the disease which required surgery to rectify. Bruce was held up in his hospital bed for 6 months after conquering the possibility of becoming paralysed.