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In Elementary for 4K through 2nd Grade we use the Superkids Reading Program by Zaner-Bloser. Usually ELA programs separate the different components of the curriculum (Reading, Spelling, Grammar, Handwriting, and Writing). Superkids approach to learning is to integrate all these components together in the student's learning. The program has two decodable readers, one for each semester with ten units each which is used for the whole class. The program also provides the classroom with small group leveled readers for students who are reading on different levels than their peers. There are ten books for each level (one book per unit). Each unit in Superkids has a main focus the student will learn and the stories that we read from the Superkids decodable and leveled readers were created to help teach the intended content for the unit. For example, each unit has certain spelling words (phonetic and memory) that the students will need to master. The words can be found in both their decodable and leveled readers. When a student encounters a word more often then they are more likely to succeed in learning the spelling and meaning of the word. This goes for all components of ELA. Students learn to write in different writing styles, but the program makes sure to connect it to the lessons and the offer many samples for the students to grasp an idea of the right way to create a story.
Now you may be wondering why the program is called Superkids. The program has fourteen Superkid characters who help teach us. Students are introduced to the Superkids in Kindergarten and they continue to grow with the Superkids until the complete 2nd Grade. The Superkids teach them more than just the ELA components. The Superkids also teach them ways to help others, to be a good friend, and how to be a good person. This program is about building the whole child and it has proven to raise the standards of reading because of the way they integrate all the ELA pieces. For more information on what is Superkids please visit their website.
We currently use the program called Progress in Mathematics by Sadlier-Oxford. This Math program contains twelve chapters. Each chapter has an intended focus with check-ups every few lessons and a test that covers the content learned. Each lesson begins with building prior knowledge and new knowledge which leads us into the guided practice. Guided practice means that the class is learning the information together with the teacher. Then they work on the independent practice on their own after the class has worked together on the guided practice. Lessons also contain problem solving word problems and critical thinking problems to build a more rounded math learner. Most lessons involve the use of manipulatives which are connecting cubes, counters, ten-frames, coins, etc. Students can use these manipulatives freely during both their guided and independent practice. For more information on this math program feel free to visit the website.
The program we use in Science is called Fusion by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. This program uses a consumable textbook, meaning that students can write inside it. The program has ten units and has many built-in investigations for each unit. Each investigation focuses on the lesson they will learn in their textbook, so they are doing either hands-on or virtual learning prior to learning the material being read in the book. The program has proven that students learn better when they experience the content in a more interactive approach where they can learn in multiple different ways. The textbook is built specifically for the grade level in mind. The amount of information is broken down into small chunks with excellent, colorful pictures to help them understand the content better. For more information on this program please visit their website.
For Social Studies we use the program titled Studies Weekly. This program uses weekly newspaper to help teach the content students are required to learn. Each weekly lesson contains a word list, vocabulary word, and high ordered thinking questions that come from the content they find in their newspaper. The program also integrates different reading and writing elements that help to bring a more universal learning experience. The program also gives teachers options to include multi-level learning experiences through other subjects such as Music, Art, and Science. For more information on what Studies Weekly is all about check out their website.
Our Religion curriculum uses the program called Alive in Christ by Our Sunday Visitor. This program contains seven units with three chapters each. The textbook is a consumable, so students can write, draw, and color in their books with colorful or real-life pictures which help to create a more engaged learner. Each unit has a theme and each chapter focuses on a main topic that is directly tied to the theme of the unit. For example, Unit 3's theme is focused on Jesus Christ. Each chapter teaches us that Jesus Christ is a Healer, to love, and how to pray. Each chapter contains scripture references and child friendly stories to help them understand the message of God. The first grade curriculum is teaching our students the basics of our faith because in the next year of their faith they will be preparing themselves to receive the Body and Blood of Christ. For more information about the Alive in Christ religious program take a look at their website.


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Treatment courts are a sentencing alternative that provide life-saving treatment to people living with substance use and mental health disorders.
Drug court was the first public health response to addiction within the criminal justice system. It recognized that treating the underlying problems of addiction and behavioral health stopped the revolving door of substance abuse, crime, broken families, and wasted resources. Instead of putting people behind bars, drug court demonstrated that a combination of treatment and support can lead even the most seriously addicted people in our justice system to lives of recovery, stability, and health.
Unlike a traditional court, in drug court, treatment providers ensure every participant receives an individualized, evidence-based treatment plan, and work as a team with law enforcement, probation, defense, prosecution, and judge to provide ongoing support. This individualized approach allows drug courts to identify and meet needs beyond clinical treatment, from education, employment, and housing assistance to family reunification, restitution, and healthcare.
Drug court is the single most successful intervention in our nation's history for leading people struggling with serious addiction out of the justice system and into lives of health and recovery.
President Obama spoke about #CJReform at the NAACP Annual Conference today. Here is what he had to say: "We should invest in alternatives to prison like Drug Courts…"
Last night, Congressman Stephen Lynch (D-MA) and Congressman Frank Guinta (R-NH) took to the floor of the House to offer an ammendment to increase Drug Court funding by $5 million. "We understand the good that Drug Courts do in our society," said Rep. Lynch. Rep. Guinta stated, "[Drug Courts] reduce crime, save money and serve families and children affected by substance abuse." Let's All Rise to thank these two outstanding champions of Drug Courts and those we serve!
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When Zafar was a platoon commander in Afghanistan during the Soviet war of 1979-1989, he put together an album that he has kept until this day. He labelled the album "Memory of Service" and studded its pages with photographs from his service and text cuttings that praised the Soviet military. On one page he stuck a banner that read "Glory to the defenders of the motherland". On another he glued stickers of the Soviet army insignia and the Soviet navy flag. Some of his photographs show him standing proudly in his uniform, his face determined, in Afghan landscapes.
His words contrast with his family history. As many others in Tajikistan, Zafar's family were repressed during the Stalin period. His uncle was shot and his mother's family were forced to go underground. Zafar's father, an underground Islamic preacher, was sent to the gulag twice for illegal religious activity. The early decades of Soviet rule in Tajikistan brought little joy and much suffering for Zafar's relatives. One is forgiven for assuming that they saw Soviet power more as a yoke than a boon.
Soviet soldiers in Afghanistan. Source: Central State Archive, Dushanbe, Tajikistan, fond 2015.
Yet, after the Second World War, things changed dramatically in Tajikistan. The republic, long an economic and political backwater, began to receive more attention from Moscow. In this period of worldwide de-colonisation, the Kremlin started investing heavily in Soviet Central Asia. It wanted to use the region, which had once wallowed in poverty, as a showcase to the Third World of the transformative power of Soviet socialism.
To this end, Moscow invested massive funds in Tajikistan. Agricultural production was increased; industry was developed; and infrastructure was improved all across the mountainous republic. Dushanbe became an industrial hub, and its population, fed by labour migration, nearly quintupled between 1936 and 1971. Zafar's family, too, left their home in the Karategin region during this time to find work in the capital.
Perhaps the biggest advances were made in education. In 1941 only 39 ethnic Tajiks and 11 ethnic Uzbeks completed secondary education in the republic. But by the 1960s, Tajikistan had more than twice as many students in higher education per capita as France and seventy times more than neighbouring Afghanistan. Universal eight-year education was virtually achieved in the early 1970s and Zafar, who finished secondary school in 1981, even contemplated enrolling at university, a prospect that would have been much less likely a generation before.
Tajik soldiers in World War II. The image is taken from Tadzhikistan v Otechestvennoi voine (Tajikistan in the Fatherland war), a volume published in 1975 to celebrate the Tajik contribution to the Soviet war effort.
The post-war socio-economic development transformed the relationship between state and society in Tajikistan. Just as the expansion of television and radio broadcasting plugged previously peripheral communities into a common Soviet media space, the vast increase in schooling widened the possibilities for political socialisation.
This occurred in the context of real improvements in many spheres of life. Zafar's parents had endured tragedy in the 1930s and 1940s, but Zafar's own generation came of age in a period of rapid economic and social advance. Indeed, Zafar's youth saw the narrowing of the socio-economic gap between Central Asia and the Western parts of the USSR. By the same token, it also witnessed the widening of the gulf between Tajikistan and Afghanistan, which had been similar in economic terms only sixty years before. Now Tajikistan was propelled ahead, leaving its neighbour in much greater poverty and underdevelopment. That disparity was to shape many Tajik soldiers' perceptions of Afghans during the 1979-89 war.
Afghan War memorial in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, the main site of Afghan War commemorations in Tajikistan. The bust shows Aleksandr Mironenko, a Dushanbe-born paratrooper who was killed in Afghanistan in 1980 and posthumously named a Hero of the Soviet Union.
Markus Göransson wrote his PhD about Soviet-Afghan War veterans in Tajikistan at the Department of International Politics Aberystwyth University. In 2013 and 2014 he conducted research in Tajikistan as a Junior Research Fellow of the University of Central Asia and an affiliated researcher with the Tajik Academy of Sciences.
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The Asian Shipowners' Association (ASA) warmly welcomes Japan's ratification of the Hong Kong International Convention (known as HKC and adopted in 2009) for the Safe and Environmentally Sound Recycling of Ships. Japan, one of the leading maritime nations in the world, has ratified the HKC and has been consistently active in promoting for some time now the ratification and early enactment of the HKC.
There have been significant improvements in recycling facilities around the world and the ASA firmly believes that now is the time for action. Shipping is an international industry and needs geographically-balanced green recycling yards throughout the world. Geographically-balanced ship recycling can only be achieved by international regulation. It is felt that the HKC is the only internationally- recognized instrument that can achieve this objective. Further, the ASA urges both India and China to ratify the HKC in the near future, and it is our strong desire that all parties recognize and actively promote earliest possible ratification by both India and China as both are key countries to meeting all three of the basic conditions for final enactment of the HKC. On the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the HKC, the ASA is convinced of steady progress towards early enactment of the HKC. The ASA welcomes by the recent series of ratification by several countries and that a number of other countries are also in the process of ratification. Japan's ratification will expedite the early enactment of the HKC.
The HKC covers the design, construction, operation and maintenance of ships, and preparation for ship recycling in order to facilitate safe and environmentally-sound recycling without compromising the safety and operational efficiency of ships. Under the HKC, ships to be sent for recycling are required to carry an inventory of hazardous materials, specific to each ship. Ship recycling yards are required to provide a "Ship Recycling Plan" that specifies the manner in which each ship will be recycled, depending on its particulars and its inventory.
The majority of ocean-going vessels are built in Asia and return to Asia at the end of their life. In support, the ASA strongly recommends its members to send ships to HKC-compliant yards or yards in the process of being certified in order to fulfil their obligation as good citizens with strong and committed Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). As the centre of Asian shipping, the ASA continues to be actively involved in green ship recycling.
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Bruce Lumpkin began his directing career as Resident Director for TUTS' Humphrey School of Musical Theatre in the late '70's. This experience brought him to the attention of Tony award winner, Director/Choreographer, Tommy
Tune, who saw his production of Company at TUTS. Under Tune's wing and later as collaborator, he worked on all of Tommy's Shows from The Best Little Whorehouse in Texas through Grand Hotel which he co-directed on
the West End at the Dominion Theatre. Off Broadway Bruce directed Summer of '69 and Criss Angel's Mindfreak.
Working in many regional theatres for over 20 years, he won the Barrymore Award for Best Director and Best Musical for his revisionist look at Cabaret at the Walnut Street Theatre in Philadelphia Currently Bruce is in the
process of developing a new piece based on the life of George Balanchine. Bruce is a member of AEA and SDC.
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Ron is celebrating 51 years of theatre experience as an actor, director, producer, and educator. He is a graduate of The Trinity Rep Conservatory in Providence Rhode Island and holds an MFA in acting and directing from Rhode Island College. He was a Theatre Instructor in The Houston Independent School District for 18 years and a Theatre Professor in the Lone Star College (where he was Artistic Director of The Kingwood and Cy-Fair Theatre Departments) for 18 years. In addition, he has taught acting classes for Stages Rep Theatre, Theatre Under the Stars, and
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He is the former Artistic Director of Way Off Broadway Productions, New Heights Theatre, and Celebration Theatre. Ron has acted in over 100 productions and has been a member of Actor's Equity Association for 32 years. Having directed over 150 shows, his work includes productions at Main Street Theatre ( THE LIGHT IN THE PIAZZA, INTIMATE APPAREL); Stages Rep Theatre (CASSEROLE, JANIS!); TheatreLab Houston ( THE SUM OF US, BREAKING THE CODE, CATHOLIC SCHOOL GIRLS); Unity Theatre ( BREADCRUMBS) Stageworks Theatre (THE GIFT OF THE MAGI, CROWNS); The Ensemble Theatre (JOANNE!, JUST A LITTLE MARK, CONSTANT STAR); Dirt Dog's Theatre Company (THE WHITE GUY ON THE BUS, CLYBOURNE PARK); Queensbury Theatre ( HAIRSPRAY, DREAMGIRLS, ANDREW LLOYD WEBBER'S WHISTLE DOWN THE WIND, OUTSIDE MULLENGAR); New Heights Theatre (VIEUX CARRE, PIAF, A...MY NAME IS STILL ALICE) Celebration Theatre (NEXT FALL, LOVE, LOSS, AND WHAT I WORE); and Houston's first Equity Theatre Project Production (Tennessee Williams' THE MILK TRAIN DOESN'T STOP HERE ANY MORE.) In New York, he directed at Theatre for the New City. He also directed two plays at The Edinburgh Festival. He has worked
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The Making of an Independent State
Iceland has been an independent State since 1944 and before that time, it was part of the Danish monarchy, similar to the status of the Faroe Islands and Greenland today. Denmark used to maintain centuries-long rule over Iceland since the 1380s, and had a profound impact on the latter, however, Iceland was never an official colony of Denmark.
In 1874, Iceland received its first Constitution from King Christian IX of Denmark, which entitled the Icelandic Parliament more elbow room for law-making. Nevertheless, Copenhagen still held the ultimate veto rights over the acts made and passed by Icelanders. However, this Constitution was actually a milestone of Icelandic independence movement and laid a foundation for the country's 1944 Constitution.
In 1904, when the Home Rule Act was introduced, administrative power over the domestic affairs of Iceland was transferred from Copenhagen to Reykjavík. After that, Iceland had been fighting for more jurisdictional responsibilities for itself as a nation. Gradually, the power of the King of Denmark over Iceland had diminished, and was becoming more symbolic.
Then, in 1918, a new Act of Union of the relationship between Iceland and Denmark stated that the former would remain its position in the union with Denmark, while gaining sovereignty over its territory. On the 17 June 1944, almost one year before the end of World War II, the Republic of Iceland was created based on the unilateral decision agreed to by both the Icelandic Parliament and the people, with a new Constitution adopted, and Denmark was not invited to the negotiation of the arrangement due to it still being under occupation at the time.
[Map of Iceland from the CIA Facebook, via Wikimedia Commons]
Leaders of Iceland
Iceland has a president, who acts as the head of state for the country, as well as a prime minister, who is head of government.
The first president of the country was Sveinn Björnsson, who was appointed by the Parliament. So far, there have been six presidents, including Vigdís Finnbogadóttir served as the fourth president from 1980 to 1996, who was the first female head of the country, and also the first democratically-elected female president in the world.
The president is elected every four years, with no limit as to how many terms can be served. Ólafur Ragnar Grímsson, the fifth president of Iceland, held that position between 1996-2016, making him one of the longest-serving heads of state in Europe.
The duties of the President of Iceland consist of six primary aspects, including a formal role in governance, the power to refuse laws, to have an influence on politics, (e.g. to appoint a candidate to form a government after a parliamentary election), to promote the national image of Iceland, to engage in various social occasions, and last but not least, to unifying the people. For instance, during the COVID-19 outbreak in 2020, the sitting President, Guðni Th. Jóhannesson, has been actively uplifting the morale of citizens by encouraging people to follow the guidelines for public health, to spend time on indoors activities such as reading, and attending the recent Great Icelandic Litter Picking Day (Stóri plokkdagurinn in Icelandic).
The Alþingi and National Elections
Despite the country's small population, (approximately 366,000 people), there are a number of political parties in Iceland, representing the various interests of social groups. Two of the most famous and longest-lasting include the Independence Party (Sjálfstæðisflokkurinn) and Progressive Party (Framsóknarflokkurinn), which usually enjoy the lion's share of votes in parliamentary elections. In addition, the Left-Green Movement (Vinstri Græn), the Social Democratic Alliance (Samfylkingin), and the Pirate Party (Pírata) are also among the popular parties in Iceland. New political parties have been emerging in recent years, such as the Liberal Reform Party (Viðreisn), the Centre Party (Miðflokkurinn) and People's Party (Flokkurfolksins).
Iceland has a unicameral (one chambered) parliament, which was established in 1843-45, and known in Icelandic as the Alþingi (or Althingi in English). It can be argued that it is the oldest known parliament in the world, as a version of it existed as far in the past as 930 BCE. The parliament has 63 seats, and the members are elected representatives from six electoral districts all over the country. Simply speaking, citizens of Iceland who are at the age of eighteen or over have the right to vote in the parliamentary elections.
Receiving the highest numbers of votes does not necessarily guarantee a given party leader the role of Prime Minister, especially since due to the proportional representation system, governing coalitions are common. After an election, the President of Iceland assesses the results and then asks the head of the party which he/she believes is the most likely to form a government to do so. If that task fails to be accomplished, the request would be passed down to the next party. The potential government is required to represent the majority of the parliament (at least 32 seats), meaning the need for negotiations with other parties and thus, coalition governments are not uncommon in Iceland.
The current Prime Minister, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, is the head of the Left-Greens and has led a government in coalition with the Independence and Progressive Parties since 2017.
By law, elections (Alþingiskosningar in Icelandic) are held every four years, but it is possible for elections to be held earlier if a government falls due to a 'no-confidence' situation., and this has happened frequently before. To name two of the best known previous cases, the governmental administration of Geir Haarde collapsed shortly after the 2008 Financial Crisis (Kreppa in Icelandic) and Jóhanna Sigurðardóttir then assumed the position. And Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson, who became the Prime Minister in 2013 was forced to step down in 2016 in the wake of the Panama Papers scandals.
As well, there are also municipal elections in Iceland, which entitles people living in different parts of the country to participate and have their voices heard in community affairs. The qualifications to vote in this type of elections are more relaxed, compared to the parliamentary versions, and voters do not necessarily have to have Icelandic citizenship.
Statue of Leif Erikson in front of the Hallgrímskirkja in Reykjavík [Photo by Marc Lanteigne]
The First World War caused serious damage to the economy of Iceland. However, afterwards there were opportunities for Iceland to restore its confidence via pursuing more independent diplomatic relations with other countries. The country it continued to develop its foreign policy in the late 1930s when it and its then-overseer, Denmark, were forced to be separated into two different camps opposing each other during the Second World War. Iceland was sheltered by the Allies, while Denmark was occupied by Nazi Germany until 1945.
However, Iceland was hesitant to declare war on Germany due to neutrality of its diplomatic policies, and wanted to shield itself from external conflicts, but British and then US forces were ultimately stationed in Iceland during the war. Iceland missed the opportunity to become one of the founding states of the United Nations, (although it did join in November 1946).
Nowadays, Iceland has been enjoying its membership in numerous regional and international organisations, and it was one of the foundation states of NATO. However, given its relatively smaller diplomatic capacity and prevalent small states and shelter ideology home, so far, it has only had opened a number of embassies and consulates abroad, and other Nordic states, such as Denmark, is partially assisting the former in terms of day to day diplomatic affairs in some regions of the world, such as handling visa applications to Iceland. Iceland is not a member of the European Union, but maintains close relations with that body and is a member of the Schengen Agreement, the European Economic Area (EEA), and the European Free Trade Association (EFTA).
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If I try to compile c-code (from a FMU exported by JModelica) with emcc, I get an error that the header file "gnu/stubs-32.h" was not found.
emcc -I /usr/include/ -I /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/ -I /usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/ -I /home/osboxes/Programme/JModelica/include/RuntimeLibrary/ -I /home/osboxes/Programme/JModelica/ThirdParty/FMI/2.0/ BouncingBall.c

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/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/gnu/stubs.h:7:11 fatal error: 'gnu/stubs-32.h' file not found

I already tried to provide the compiler with the required header files by installing libc6-dev:i386 . But it will not work because compiling 32-bit software on a 64-bit machine.
The guys from emscripten already told me, that there is no working 32-bit version of the emcc compiler available. So I think the only way is to go on with 64-bit...
I found in gnu/stubs.h the file which is responsible for the selection of the wrong header file:
#if !defined __x86_64__
# include <gnu/stubs-32.h>
#endif
#if defined __x86_64__ && defined __LP64__
# include <gnu/stubs-64.h>
#endif
#if defined __x86_64__ && defined __ILP32__
# include <gnu/stubs-x32.h>
#endif

Therefore I conclude that __LP64__ is not defined but should be defined to be able to use the 64-bit header files.
Does anyone has in idea how I am able to compile the c-code with emcc?
Addition (added 16.08.2019)
I started another try:
Compiling without system headers emcc -I /home/osboxes/Programme/JModelica/include/RuntimeLibrary/ -I /home/osboxes/Programme/JModelica/ThirdParty/FMI/2.0/ BouncingBall.c results in this error 'linux/limits.h' file not found.
So I visited the file where 'linux/limits.h' gets included. It is a header file of JModelica with name /../JModelica/include/RuntimeLibrary/jmi_utils.h:
...
#if !defined(NO_FILE_SYSTEM) && (defined(RT) || defined(NRT))
#define NO_FILE_SYSTEM
#endif

#ifndef NO_FILE_SYSTEM
    #ifdef _WIN32
      #include <windows.h>
      #define JMI_PATH_MAX MAX_PATH
    #else
      #define _GNU_SOURCE
      #include <dlfcn.h>
      #ifdef __APPLE__
        #include <limits.h>
        #define JMI_PATH_MAX PATH_MAX
      #else
        #include <linux/limits.h>
        #define JMI_PATH_MAX PATH_MAX
      #endif
    #endif

    #include <sys/types.h>
    #include <sys/stat.h>
#endif
...

So I defined 'RT' by passing emcc -I /home/osboxes/Programme/JModelica/include/RuntimeLibrary/ -I /home/osboxes/Programme/JModelica/ThirdParty/FMI/2.0/ BouncingBall.c -DRT to the emcc compiler and everything worked without errors.
But what are the variables RT and NRT? Do I have to worry about something by doing that?

My environment:

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*Ubuntu 18.10 (64-bit)

*JModelica (version r12614)

*Emscripten (emcc: 1.3820 / clang: 6.0.1 / Target: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu / selected gcc: /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/8)

A: First of all, why do you need to explicitly specify system headers?

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*if you just want to link to libc then it should be achieved by default

*if you need some specific library, then you would have to build it on your own, but for some libraries such as Zlib or SDL you could use Emscripten Ports machinery built into the emcc
On the bitness of the compiler: you probably use the 64-bit emcc compiler (I don't know, whether it exists as a 32-bit executable, I use 64-bit one), but the code it generates is AFAIK inherently 32-bit for now.
Meanwhile, are you tied specifically to JModelica? I'm not familiar with JModelica, but OpenModelica on Linux generates FMUs with the sources directory inside with configure script, so one could probably run something like emconfigure ./configure CC=-m32 (so it will target 32-bit code when accidentally falling back to native compilation from emconfigure, if it is still applicable). Then you could use emmake make, etc., as explained in the Emscripten docs. Hope the license on run-times of OpenModelica is acceptable...
Meanwhile, the Modelica by Example book already uses somehow OpenModelica+Emscripten to provide in-browser simulations.

A: The sources folder of the FMU from JModelica contains the c-files only. Thats why I have to grab the header-files from somewhere else.
JModelica: sources folder in the FMU
OpenModelica: sources folder in the FMU

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I always work on projects here and there. I'm hoping to do some more portrait work this Spring. I'm always trying to do more portrait work but don't always succeed in making time.
MV: I am always inspired by the people around me. I have the good fortune of knowing many photographers, musicians and artists whose creativity and energy invigorate me. I'm also inspired by activists – people who work to make the world a better place often at great personal sacrifice. They keep me from complaining about the small stuff and remain open to the world around me.
MV: I'd like to give a shout out to Chris La Putt for helping me get my first photo gig with Prefix. It changed the course of my life.
love this, and have been a huge fan of Maryanne's photography for a long time. she's definitely been an inspiration to me.


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Skawiński graduated from Wyspiański High School in Mława, where he met Waldemar Tkaczyk. Together they founded the band Kameleon. In 1974 both musicians were members of the band Akcenty, which became Kombi. The group disbanded in 1992. At the end of the 1980s he began a solo career as Skawiński, and in 1991 along with Waldemar Tkaczyk, Zbigniew Kraszewski and Piotr Łukaszewski founded the group Skawalker.

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Mikael Kingsbury extended his streak of World Cup gold medal wins to 12 in Deer Valley, Utah on Wednesday.
Kingsbury received a score of 87.33 in the super final to take gold, more than three points clear of second place Sho Endo of Japan who earned 84.44 points. Bradley Wilson of USA won bronze with 82.61 points.
With his 47th gold medal, Kingsbury adds to his all-time historic mark with the most moguls World Cup wins ever. After winning silver at Sochi 2014, Kingsbury will be favoured to win his first Olympic gold in PyeongChang in February.
Andi Naude, who will also represent Canada at PyeongChang 2018, finished sixth in the women's event after losing her balance following a jump mid-course.
The competition continues tomorrow in Park City, Utah when another series of moguls events will be held on the same track.


This Department is devoted to early clinical trials at Gustave Roussy. The Drug Development Department (DITEP) is tasked with offering patients, in whom therapy has failed, access to novel agents and with streamlining the development of new oncological drugs. It has been endorsed by the National Cancer Institute as a Centre for Early Clinical Trials (CLIP²). Since November 2016, the DITEP has obtained the ISO 9001v2015 certification (Quality Management System) for its activities of access to therapeutic innovations, management of early clinical trials, and scientific outreach.
Work at DITEP is led by a multidisciplinary expert committee: medical oncology, immunotherapy, radiotherapy, haematology, imaging, laboratory medicine and pathology.
Care is provided by a dedicated nursing team which is linked to all the professional input involved in clinical research: medical assistants, medical research assistants, research planners, clinical research associates and managers of blood and tissue sampling. In total, the team collaborating in the research programme counts more than 140 individuals.
Thanks to the commitment at Gustave Roussy and to partnerships negotiated with the pharmaceutical industry and with biotechnology companies, DITEP is facilitating a constant growth in the number of patients gaining access to innovatory therapeutic agents.
1st cancer center in Europe, 3000 professionals mobilized.


The second photo on the progress of the painting "The House That Jack Built" is posted above.
A fair amount of the items suggested by viewers of "The House That Jack Built" have been roughed in. There are several items still to be worked out and added.
As this painting progresses, artistic license prevails and items in the posted 'drawing' stage may be reworked, i.e. the radio, over the door, has been altered from a rectangle to a more conical shape.
Another example is the cuckoo clock which will change to a more rectangle shape because a birdhouse will be hung from one of the boards in the same area and I don't want the two to have a similar shape.
As mentioned in the last posting there might be a judgment call of inserting an intermission image on a future Monday evening post if I feel that the level of progress is not evident enough to show any major differences from the preceding week.
Today, Monday, September 29; Second progress photo of "The House That Jack Built".
Monday, October 6 and following Monday's; Post continuing progress images of "The House That Jack Built" painting.


The 100 plus attendees engaged in spirited discussion with Piyush Tantia, one of the foremost experts in behavioral economics, attests to the overwhelming success of Ogilvy Washington's What Drives Human Behavior Exchange. Mr. Tantia translated academic, often cerebral theories on behavioral economics into a set of application-driven insights easily grasped by the PR, government, and media professionals gathered on Wednesday morning. His hour long presentation was interactive and thought provoking, challenging the audience to question long held 'givens' and form new reality based insights.
Traditional View: All humans are rational.
The assembled crowd laughed and nodded in agreement because all could recall a time when they had made the less rationale choice. Tantia pointed to 4 reasons why we sometimes behave 'irrationally'.
The human brain is bombarded with millions of stimuli a day. To help us process this information, make timely decisions, and continue to live like functioning adults, our brain creates shortcuts in our thinking pattern. Decisions based on heuristics are often right, but these decisions are biased towards the familiar and safe. As a social marketer wanting to influence people to modify their behavior, quickly made decisions based on past deeds or misdeeds make our job more difficult. Humans also tend to focus on the short term. This focus makes it easier to enjoy a reality we understand than to sacrifice for a future we don't know. Self control is challenging for us all, at any age.
Most of us failed, even those who had taken the test before and knew what to look for. With limited general awareness, the products, messages, and information we push to our audience represents the gorilla, curtains, and missing player in the monkey scenario. Our goal is to be the players wearing white, passing the ball. Tantia's final insight into how irrational choices happen is that too many choices or negative information paralyzes a person's ability to make a choice. Instead they choose choice avoidance. The takeaway from this idea is that when giving your audience choices, remove the mediocre or trivial options, and only present worthwhile ideas for them to focus on.
With the above barriers, it is difficult to imagine influencing anyone's decision making process. But there are a number of small changes that decrease our propensity towards irrational choices and actually help facilitate change.
It turns out that keeping up with the Jones' is a very real phenomenon. We all look to our peers to make decisions and determine if our action and attitudes are within the mainstream. When trying to influence an audience, playing on their desire to fit in, or be part of the norm can bring about a change in action and attitude. Another small change is rethinking default settings. Studies have found that people use default settings as their main choice if they are unsure of what to do, or don't care. Instead of defaults representing the lowest common denominator, defaults should represent the ideal we want people to reach. The third small change, commitment devices, is making it difficult, or unpleasant for people to break a commitment.
One online organization has managed to combine all three of Tantia's change ideas into one, stickK.com. StickK provides consumers an opportunity to set goals for themselves, and use a combination of support, coercion, and negative financial ramifications to ensure they meet them. It is brilliant. StickK is the tangible practical application of behavioral economics to the world we live in.
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A Registered Dietitians's Take: Diet vs Medicine for IBD
Managing and treating inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with medication is often necessary for those who live with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. But for many, it's a difficult decision that often comes with pushback and worry. This week on Lights, Camera, Crohn's we hear from well-respected registered IBD dietitian and ulcerative colitis patient extraordinaire, Stacey Collins, about how she breeches this subject with patients and caregivers and how she utilizes her own patient journey to help empathize with those who are struggling to take the plunge.
Holding space and helping patients accept their reality
When it comes to needing medication, oftentimes conversations are harder on parents or caregivers, than the patients themselves. Stacey tries to encourage caregivers to find the support they need to accept the reality of their loved one needing medication to have a quality of life.
She says, "If someone wants to work with me on their nutrition "instead of medication," I try to understand where the person is coming from. Usually, it's from a place of fear, or uncertainty, and I really affirm that experience and hold space with them. Medications, side effects, accessibility, and adherence…it can all be so…heavy. There's plenty of room to hold those two truths: meds are hard. And they're often necessary."
Stacey says when having these conversations she always begins with listening and holding space and then she puts her clinical hat on to ensure that it's understood that these diseases are progressive and inflammatory, and that science shows that it's best to get ahead of the inflammation, often with a medical provider, rather than chasing down the symptoms and the inflammation while quality of life suffers.
"I see my role as a registered dietitian as supportive of both treatment goals: helping patients have a quality of life, while assisting with the inflammation. But, I can't provide medical nutrition therapy without the medicine component, and since diet isn't ultimately the cause of these diseases, it works best as a complementary therapy with the support of a GI team; not as a cure."
If patients aren't trusting of their GI provider, Stacey tries to encourage them to seek out an IBD-specific GI doctor, if possible, while ensuring there's also frequent follow-up with their local GI team, if they're living somewhere rural. She says a lot of these conversations are born out of not feeling supported by GI providers, so she tries to help patients find GI's who specialize in IBD, who are that are a better match.
"I'm upfront about not feeling comfortable about using nutrition in lieu of medication. That puts a lot of non-evidence-based pressure on my job as a dietitian, removes a lot of joy from the experience of eating, and further perpetuates the stigma associated with medicine. IBD is not a preventative metabolic disease, and patients should never feel blamed for eating their way into an autoimmune disease diagnosis. It's simply not true, and it's harmful messaging."
How Stacey's IBD journey inspired her to become a registered dietitian
At the time of her IBD diagnosis, Stacey was desperate for anything to stay alive. So, when it was either steroids, a biologic infusion, or having her colon removed, she was thankful the outcome wasn't terminal.
"I happily agreed to the meds without even thinking about it. Within a month, I felt like a "normal" college student again, and honestly the changes that I experienced within my body due to the disease itself (losing my long, thick hair in clumps from malnutrition; seeing my body change rapidly to look emaciated), were far more difficult than any side effects from the medication. I felt like it was very much a night-to-day scenario, and I was so grateful for the medications as a result."
But once she started feeling a little bit better and opened up to some family members about her disease, she heard a lot of negative chatter about the aggressive nature of the IV meds that she had "chosen" and thought, "Hmm. Maybe I'll try juicing and holistic wellness," never mind the fact that she was 21 years old with no professional support in making that decision.
"I quickly ended up hospitalized and needing an emergency Remicade infusion (the good ole days when hospitals kept it stocked in their pharmacy). The attending GI doc gave me some tough love, and really took the time to explain to me how "this is lifelong" and "you can't be late on an infusion, because your immune system will lose response to the medication" and that really clicked for me. It was a hard moment and a tough pill to swallow, but it was a lesson of "maybe my well-meaning family members don't know what's best for me, and I'm going to have to trust my body, this med, and this doctor."
In the years after, she went on to lose response to medications, start new ones, and it was always a night-to-day scenario all over again.
"I think this black/white sort of dichotomy of my experience on and off medication helped me accept that this was my reality pretty easily compared to others' experience perhaps where maybe they're less sick and the meds (not to mention the insurance gymnastics required to obtain them regularly) might seem daunting and leave people thinking, "Do I really need this?". I was able to truly see that meds (and a whole GI team advocating on my behalf repeatedly for access to them) absolutely are the reason I'm still here."
The challenge of receiving infusions
Infusions were psychologically a little "icky" for Stacey at first. She went from being a young, fun college student on campus with peers one minute… to driving 5 miles away to an infusion center where she was the youngest by a longshot, usually next to someone twice her age receiving chemotherapy or dialysis, and then she would go back to campus and pretend like nothing had happened.
"My boyfriend at the time (now husband) and I had a favorite haunt: Homeslice Pizza in Austin, Texas. Before my diagnosis, we were there on a date, and I spent the whole time in the bathroom. This was one of those places where there's only one toilet…so I'd immediately finish and get back into line for the bathroom.He was really kind and said, "It's okay! We'll take it to-go, and when you're feeling better, we'll come back and have a pizza day and celebrate!"
Stacey says they were both so grateful for the night-to-day improvement with medicine that they named infusion days "Pizza Days" and this gave her a reason to look forward to infusion days, instead of dreading them. Over the years, we started inviting our friends to "Stacey's Pizza Day" everywhere we moved: from Austin to Houston to Oklahoma City, and her friends had so much fun celebrating her infusion schedule every 2, 4, 6, or 8 weeks.
Utilizing research to help back the need for medication
As a dietitian, medications are out of Stacey's scope of practice. As a patient, she knows them to be helpful. She tries to connect patients to resources so they can make informed decisions for themselves with a GI team that they trust. Resources like the IBD Medication Guide on the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation's website are really useful, as well as IBD And Me if patients and caregivers are having some cognitive dissonance about finding a biologic that feels right for them.
"Then I'll ask them about what their takeaways were. Sometimes, talking out these conversations really helps patients find useful, effective ways to communicate to their GI doctor, so while I understand that it's not my role as a dietitian to provide guidance on medication selection, I'm happy to help patients sift through what sort of questions or concerns they need to express to their GI doctor. So often as patients we brush off our concerns or our fears because we don't want to be a bother, and I really encourage patients to have these hard conversations with their GI provider; A good doctor will want to know."
Why taking medication is not the "easy way out"
It's fine to struggle with medications; medications can be hard. It's not fine to feel shamed out of using them under the dogma of gut-health and over-supplementing, and unfortunately there's a lot of misinformation in the IBD space of people professing left and right how they've "healed their gut" naturally.
"I feel like I'm uniquely in the middle of loving the science of nutrition and needing modern medicine to still be here. For me, it's been damaging and debilitating to also make society comfortable with my need for medicine for so many years until I learned to let that go. Now I speak up when I can if it's worth my energy. There's nothing easy about needing medicine for life to stay alive, and the people who say otherwise just haven't seen that in their life, and that's okay. It's not okay for them to think their experience can be applied to all people with gut health issues though. Would also love to have clarification on "gut health." IBS? SIBO? Constipation? Nervous stomach? Gas? IBD? These are different things that can't have the same, convenient solution."
How we can rely on nutrition as a valuable tool in managing our IBD
Stacey sees nutrition as the shiniest, easiest available tool in a toolbox full of other tools: mental health, sleep, pain management/PT/movement, medicine, and surgery.
"Sometimes when I work with IBD patients, nutrition is not even the most important tool- it just depends on what's going on in each person's life. Maybe surgery is the most important tool, or it's mental health. Different life moments with IBD will require different tools, and while my obvious favorite tool is nutrition, the other tools mean a lot, too."
Nutrition is a tool that is compatible with all the other tools, and nutrition interventions might take some fine-tuning, mindset shifts, and some tailoring to each person's lifestyle. But the beauty is that it can be picked up as needed, and that's nutrition's superpower: it's a tool, and it's also a bridge for connection, safety, comfort, and a quality of life within the context of IBD.
"I teach my patients individualized nutrition for IBD as the remissive/relapsing beast that it is, not just for what it looks like during the time that I work with them."
Stacey's advice for patients
Expect non-linear. Try not to compare. Feel the feelings, let the energy and the emotion move through you whatever way it needs to, brace for impact, and know you're still here. Make room in your day to celebrate a good one!
Recognizing there can be two dualities that are true. You can hate needing medicine and be grateful that they kept you alive. You can feel deep sorrow for losing your health before you were old enough to acknowledge its presence and embrace this new, unprecedented, post-op reality, even though it's different than what you expected.
Embrace your emotions. You can cryabout the reality of having needed an ostomy and be thrilled to eat a chocolate croissant in a moving car without pain BECAUSE the ostomy granted you a pain-free eating experience. You can be fearful about choosing a j-pouch and celebrate that it's possible and wild to live with one.
Resenting the diagnosis is normal. You can resent your IBD diagnosis and be grateful for who you are with it (and thankful for all the people you've met because of your diagnosis!).
Lean on support groups and the IBD family. The support groups through the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation have been helpful for a lot of Stacey's friends, and for her personally. She's a huge fan of Spin4 and Team Challenge. Finding a safe, welcoming community who gets your reality (wherever that may be!) can be powerful and uniquely helpful.
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Why My Self-Injection Has Become a Family Affair


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Proposed erection of a manufacturing warehouse/distribution unit at Global Business Park, Newtownabbey, BT36 5QA.
Welcome to the Online Community Consultation for our client BLK BOX, who are a leading manufacturer of specialised gym equipment. This Consultation relates to a proposal by BLKBOX to develop a manufacturing warehouse/distribution unit with associated offices and car parking within the existing Global Point Business Park in Newtownabbey.
We are consulting with the local community to obtain initial views on the proposed development and hope this will help inform the design process prior to the submission of the planning application later this year.
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ABOUT THE PROPOSAL
BLK BOX are one of the U.K's leading manufacturers of strength and conditioning equipment who specialise in the facility design and fit-out of world class training centres. The company has expanded substantially since its inception almost 10 years ago and is now seeking new facilities to accommodate its growing manufacturing business. This proposal is required to meet BLKBOX's expansion needs and will cater for the company's projected growth over the next 2- 5 years.
BLK BOX are intending to relocate from their existing manufacturing and warehouse facility at Titanic Quarter in Belfast to a new fit for purpose manufacturing facility at the Global Point Business Park at Newtownabbey. It is estimated this will have a construction value of over £5mn and the new facility will create around 100 new jobs over the next 3-5 years.
The proposal relates to the lands within the Global Business Park, which is located east of the A8/Ballynure Road and north of the Ballyclare Road in Newtownabbey.
Aerial View- showing the site location in red and the wider Global Point Business Park outlined in blue.
The proposal will develop an existing serviced plot within the Business Park and will be accessed through the existing road along Global Point Avenue.
The Site is located within the centre of the existing Global Point Business Park and was specifically selected due to the planning status as a Business Park and due to it's proximity to a strategic road network. The site and surrounding lands are zoned as 'Land for Employment' in the draft Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan ("BMAP").
Extract from Map 2/001 of Draft Belfast Metropolitan Area Plan, showing the Lands Zoned for Employment Use shaded pink.
The Global Point Industrial Park was originally granted outline planning permission around 2010 and a subsequent permission was then granted to build 27 industrial buildings across the wider Global Point site in 2016 through Approval U/2014/0385/F. Only one building has been constructed on this site so far and it is located immediately south west of the proposed application site.
This proposal will partially supersede the previous permission for 27 buildings as it relates to several of the 27 plots.
As the Global Point Business Park is zoned for employment use and consequently there is a general presumption in favour of industrial developments.
What's Proposed
The proposal is for a new manufacturing and warehouse facility with associated office space for the relocation of the BLKBOX headquarters.
The Design Concept uses inspiration from the applicant's name and proposes a contemporary black box style building, that incorporates modern building materials and techniques to deliver a bespoke industrial and office building with contemporary clean lines. The proposal will create a singular building envelope, split up into 3 separate elements; manufacturing, storage and office space.
Computer Generated Aerial View of Proposed Development
The new building will extend to around 10,000m² and will provide approximately 3,850m² of storage, 5,000m² of manufacturing & 3,500m² of office and associated services space which is spread over 3 floors.
Elevation of Proposed Building, showing the manufacturing, office , R&D gym area and the entrance lobby
The external area around the building will be landscaped and will include associated staff and visitor car parking, circulation and service delivery areas and associated site works.
Computer Generated View of the Proposed Building Entrance
This will offer a high quality contemporary 'black box' design' with external hard and soft landscaping to maximise the integration of this site into this Business Park.
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At the end of this Consultation period the applicant, BLK BOX, intends to submit this planning application to Antrim and Newtownabbey Borough Council. In the meantime we are keen to hear the views of the local community and are carrying out this Consultation to help inform the design process prior to submission of the planning application later this year.
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Big fight in pool in Split; derby in Belgrade with no winner
Photo: VK Jadran Split
The Serbian and Croatian clubs continued their league seasons, while the semifinals of the Montenegrin Cup was completed this week.
This weekend in Croatia was highlighted by a fight between the players in the game between Mornar and Solaris at the end of the match.
Novi Beograd and Crvena Zvezda shared the points in the derby of the Serbian League third round.
2020/21 Croatian League, Day 2
Medvescak – Jug AO 9:17 (3:4, 1:6, 3:3, 2:4)
Mornar – Solaris 12:11 (2:3, 4:2, 4:3, 2:3)
Galeb – Jadran S 6:20 (2:3, 1:5, 1:5, 2:7)
Zadar 1952 – KPK Korcula 6:17 (2:2, 3:5, 1:5, 0:5)
POSK – Mladost 4:17 (1:5, 0:3, 1:5, 2:4)
Primorje bye
As water polo experts and fans predicted, the most exciting game of Day 2 of the Croatian League was an encounter between Mornar and Solaris. As water polo experts and fans expected, the most exciting match of Day 2 of the Croatian League was an encounter between Mornar and Solaris. But, the thrilling duel was ended with an incident. The teams provided an interesting game, but the big fight and punching between the players, that began with the final buzzer, spoiled good impressions.
Even the players who were on the benches got involved. The coaches tried to calm down their players, but these efforts gave no results.
Solaris started better and opened the match with a 2-goal lead (2:0 and 3:1). Midway through the second period, Mornar equalized (4:4) and shortly after went ahead. In the third quarter, Mornar earned a two-goal lead (7:5 and 10:8). Three minutes before the end, the hosts streched the margin to three (12:9). But Solaris didn't give in and cut the deficit (11:12) with just 37 seconds remaining on the clock. Solaris even had a chance to equalize, but Mornar's goalkeeper Kordic saved a shot from Pelicaric in the last second. After that, the fight started.
Titleholder Jug played its first match in the season and easily beat Medvescak 17:9 in Zagreb. As usual, Loren Fatovic was Jug's best scorer with six goals. Alex Obert, the center forward of the Team USA, debuted for Jug with a goal.
Mladost also showed no mercy. The Regional League winner downed POSK in Split – 17:4. Romanian center-forward Cosmin Radu nailed five goals, Luka Bukic scored five.
Jadran Split recorded an easy away win, as well as Jug and Mladost. Jadran defeated Galeb in Makarska – 17:4, with four goals by Nikola Milradovic.
Newcomer KPK Korcula collected its first points in the First Croatian League, by defeating Zadar 17:6.
1. Jadran S 2 – 6
2. Mladost 2 – 6
3. Mornar 2 – 6
4. Primorje 1 – 3
5. Jug AO 1 – 3
6. Solaris 2 – 3
7. KPK 2 – 3
8. POSK 2 – 0
9. Medvescak 2 – 0
10. Galeb 2 – 0
11. Zadar 2 – 0
2020/21 Serbian League, Day 3
Crvena Zvezda – Novi Beograd 11:11 (1:3, 5:2, 4:3, 1:3)
Sabac – Stari Grad 18:7 (5:1, 3:2, 4:0, 6:4)
Nais – Banjica 16:5 (6:2, 4:0, 3:2, 3:1)
Radnicki – Vojvodina 14:9 (6:3, 4:1, 1:2, 3:3)
Zemun – Partizan postponed
The third round of the Serbian League was closed by a late evening derby between the two Belgrade-based rivals. Crvena Zvezda hosted Novi Beograd 011 today.
Crvena Zvezda and Novi Beograd were the only two unbeaten teams after the 2nd round. Still, Novi Beograd was a favorite in today's match. The visitors started well and led 3:1 after the first eight minutes. However, Zvezda found its rhythm and was the better rival in the middle two quarters. Novi Beograd secured a point in the last eight minutes. Novi Beograd's Drasko Gogov (former player of Trieste) scored an equalizer – 11:11 three minutes before the end, and there were no goals in the remaining time. The top scorers were Veljko Tankosic (Crvena Zvezda) and Olympian Milos Cuk (Novi Beograd 011). Each scored 4 goals.
Other encounters were one-sided contests.
KVK Radnicki, the winner of the Serbian Cup, hosted Vojvodina. The home team secured the win before the middle break. At halftime, the difference was six goals (10:4). Vojvodina played better than Radnicki in the second half, but it was too late for a comeback. Nemanja Stanojevic was the best scorer with 4 goals.
Reigning champion Sabac, led by Montenegrin Filip Cardasevic (5 goals) taught a lesson to Stari Grad (18:7). Nais defeated Banjica, the youngest team of the league.
1. Novi Beograd 3 – 7
2. Crvena Zvezda 3 – 7
3. Sabac 3 – 6
4. Nais 3 – 6
5. Radnicki 3 – 6
6. Zemun 2 – 3
7. Partizan 2 – 3
8. Vojvodina 3 – 3
9. Stari Grad 3 – 0
10. Banjica 3 – 0
2020/21 Montenegrin Cup, semifinals, 2nd leg
There were no surprises in the Montenegrin Cup semifinals. Jadran and Primorac reached the final, which will be played next week (October 14 and 18).
Semfinals, 2nd leg
Jadran HN – Budva 12:10 (5:1, 3:2, 2:5, 2:2) – 1st leg 16:7
Cattaro – Primorac 6:14 (1:5, 2:3, 1:4, 2:2) – 1st leg 8:11.
Budva was better than Cattaro in the first game for the 3rd place.
For the 3rd place, 1st match: Cattaro – Budva 9:13 (2:2, 3:4, 2:3, 2:4)


On 2 January 2014 both the New York Times and the Guardian published editorials calling on the US Government to reevaluate its attitude towards Edward Snowden, who currently faces three criminal charges, including two under the 1917 Espionage Act.
Several members of Congress have indicated that they agree with the New York Times editorial.
Almost seven months on from the publication of a FISA Court Order that demonstrated that US phone data was being collected on a systematic scale, challenges this first Snowden revelation made possible have begun to be adjudicated in US federal courts.
At least six cases have been launched in the US since 6 June 2013. Of these, the petition of the Electronic Privacy Information Center to the US Supreme Court to have the FISA Court order vacated was denied on 18 November 2013. Others (Smith v Obama, First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles v NSA, Paul v Obama) have yet to be decided.
On 16 December, in the first of those two judgments, Judge Richard Leon ruled that the collection of metadata was "almost Orwellian" and "probably unconstitutional." While the ruling is not definitive – not least due to the contrasting judgment in ACLU v Clapper handed down days later – this high-level acknowledgement of the gravity of the concerns raised by Edward Snowden makes it difficult to deny his status as a whistleblower.
The cases adjudicated so far only concern phone metadata collection within the United States, which accounts for just a fraction of the activities revealed over the past seven months. Fourth Amendment protections only apply to US citizens and there is no obvious legal avenue through which to challenge NSA activities against non-US citizens undertaken under FISA powers. As recently as 26 February 2013, the US Supreme Court denied that Amnesty International USA had the standing to mount such a challenge. This precedent is itself being challenged in a suit just launched by the Center for Constitutional Rights.


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June 2015 Around Town
To The Beach and Beyond
Planet Beach Dunwoody is Perimeter North's newest concept to day spas. They are a full service, unlimited fully automated spa. "Spabiotics" is a unique term invented by Planet Beach to represent the merging of spa services and robotics. This new blended word represents the use of fully-automated push button spa services and products that are used to enhance the experience. The health and wellness include hydration treatments, Red Light Therapy, weight management treatments and massages. Additional services include teeth whitening; guided meditation, oxygen therapy UV and PB Glow spray tans. Planet Beach Dunwoody offers everything you need to achieve you total skincare, wellness and stress relief goals. Customers pay a low monthly membership fee for unlimited fully automated, push-button spa & UV services in a private room without the need of an attendant. Want a massage twice a week? Need a healthy and attractive spray-tan? Want to work guided meditation in to your schedule? Want to burn calories and detox with a hydration treatment? Check them out. Grand opening this month. Dunwoody Village shopping center. 5529 Chamblee -Dunwoody Rd, Dunwoody. PlanetBeach.com
Tax Heroes
About a dozen trained and certified tax preparers volunteered their time at Community Assistance Center during the first quarter of the year to help 434 households file their tax returns. Our Volunteer Income Tax Return (VITA) team continues to grow and serve more families and individuals each year. The service was available to any household in the Atlanta area earning less than $53,000 in 2014. If you're interested in joining our team next tax season and have experience preparing income tax forms or would like free training please contact Carlos at vita@ourcac.org. OurCAC.org
Pink's First Year
June will mark the anniversary of the opening of Pink Barre/Sandy Springs, a locally-owned barre fitness studio in City Walk. The owners and co-founders of the Pink Barre have broken into a market dominated by national barre fitness chains. (Purre Barre, Barre3, The Barre Method) but Pink Barre's practices go beyond its studio classes, curating meaningful experiences to empower women of all ages to inspire one another to live healthy and accomplished lives. As a result, they have had tremendous success in their first year. Owners Maureen Chatelain and Tara Joiner have now opened four metro locations. Visit them on Facebook at PinkBarreSandy.
In March, The Lovett School hosted the second annual Father/Son Dinner for Upper School boys and their fathers/guests. The purpose of the event was to celebrate the distinctive importance of the father/son relationship and the importance of cross generational relationships while focusing on the values of Lovett's character pledge, including: honesty, respect, responsibility, compassion, courage, and integrity. Five seniors shared personal testimony about their relationship with their fathers and the guest speaker was former NFL quarterback Archie Manning. Manning spoke to the boys and their guests about the importance of leadership and lessons learned over a lifetime in football and as a father to three boys. His tone was conversational and welcoming. One guest described the exchange this way, "It felt as though we were sitting around the Manning dinner table swapping stories." Manning engaged the audience, challenged the boys to lead in all aspects of their lives, and even confirmed that his son Peyton hopes to play another year in the NFL. Pictured is 10th grader Brady Tindall and his father, Tom Tindall.
Forbes Ranks Northside Hospital #23
Forbes has named Northside Hospital to its list of America's Best Employers in a survey that polled U.S. employees across all industries. Northside Hospital ranks number 23 in the magazine's list of 500 employers and is one of 14 Georgia employers included in the overall rankings. No other Georgia hospitals were ranked, and only one in the U.S. – the University of Iowa Hospital & Clinics – ranked higher than Northside. Forbes selected employers based on independent survey data from Statista.com. More than 20,000 American workers, across all industry sectors employing more than 2,500 workers, were anonymously polled. For more information, visit Careers.Northside.com.
Northside Hospital's Breast Cancer Screening and Treatment
With the generous support from the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Greater Atlanta Affiliate and It's The Journey, producer of the Atlanta 2-Day Walk for Breast Cancer, Northside Hospital is able to continue to provide funding for screening mammograms and other breast diagnostic procedures such as ultrasounds, biopsies and more for women who cannot afford them. In 2014, 1,703 underinsured women received breast cancer screening and diagnostic services through the Northside Hospital Cancer Institute. Fifteen breast cancers were detected. Early detection of breast cancer saves the lives of thousands of women each year. For more information, visit Northside.com/breastcancerscreenings.
BBQ and Softball
Andee's Army, a 501(c)3 nonprofit that provides assistance to families of children and youth receiving medical treatment for acquired brain injuries and other neurological injuries, is cooking up plans for the first annual Andee's Army Summer BBQ Festival at the American Legion Post 140 near Chastain Park, noon to 5 p.m. on Saturday, June 20. The barbecue cookoff will feature over 15 registered barbecue teams who will be slow cooking their culinary creations up to a day in advance. The day of events will consist of two contests and awards by both local celebrity judges and a People's Choice Awards. In addition to barbecue favorites, expect live entertainment, food, non-alcoholic beverages, beer and wine for purchase, and a 50/50 raffle. An Andee's Army invitational softball tournament will be hosted simultaneously by NYO at Chastain Park to round out a full day of family offerings. Tickets are $25, $10 for children 12 and younger. Reserve your spot no later than June 19. Designated parking and shuttles provided. The American Legion Post 140 is located at 3905 Powers Ferrry Road on Chastain Park. AndeesArmy.com/events.
Lemonade for Kids with Cancer
Alex's Lemonade Stand Foundation (ALSF), a nonprofit dedicated to finding cures for all kids with cancer, invites volunteers across the country to take a stand against childhood cancer when Alex's Lemonade Days returns, June 12-14. ALSF's National Lemonade Days began in 2004 when Alex Scott set her sights on raising $1 million to fight childhood cancer, including hers. Alex invited volunteers to join her in hosting lemonade stands to help achieve her goal one dollar and one lemonade stand at a time. Through the help of these volunteers, Alex would reach her goal before losing her life to cancer in August of that year. Each June, the weekend before Father's Day, supporters everywhere contribute to a cure. The Foundation was built upon the principle that you are never too young to make a difference in the lives of others. For more information and to sign up to host a lemonade stand, visit: AlexsLemonade.org/LemonadeDays.
Recently, a team of 20 dry cleaning owners from Japan, Australia, England and Canada visited Georgia and made a point of stopping at Presstine Cleaners in Buckhead, at the suggestion of dry cleaning equipment companies that serve the industry. These teams were preparing for an international dry cleaning show at the Georgia World Congress Center. Industry leaders visited Presstine to compare the machines used, the customer management, and the overall dry cleaning process. Groups were given a 45-minute tour of the facilities and the operational procedures of Presstine Cleaners.
Lounge Leader
Himitsu, the upscale lounge from the team behind Umi in Buckhead, announces award-winning mixologist Shingo Gokan as its creative director. The upscale lounge, which is set to open its doors adjacent to Umi in May, promises an intimate, Japanese speakeasy experience with a distinct modern vibe. The semi-private (reservation only) lounge will offer an elegant spot to enjoy a craft cocktail or some sake before or after dinner at Umi, along with bites from Umi chef Fuyuhiko Ito. Himitsu is located at 3050 Peachtree Road N.E.


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The Ladder: A Lesbian Review
1963 - 1971 (Creation)
1 box of 29 issues
Daughters of Bilitis
(1955 - c.1971)
The Daughters of Bilitis was set up in 1955 by Phyllis Lyon (pseudonym Ann Henderson) and Del Martin in San Francisco. The name 'Bilitis' was taken from a poem written by the French poet, Pierre Louys (1870 -1925), in which Bilitis is described as Sappho's lover on the Isle of Lesbos.
The aim of the women's group was 'for the purpose of promoting the integration of the homosexual in society' firstly through the education of the 'variant, with particular emphasis on the psychological, physiological and sociological aspects, to enable her to understand herself and make her adjustment to society...this to be accomplished by establishing and maintaining as complete a library as possible of both fiction and non-fiction literature on the sex deviant theme; by sponsoring public discussions on pertinent subjects to be conducted by leading members of the legal, psychiatric, religious and other professions; by advocating a mode of behaviour and dress acceptable to society'. Secondly, it aimed to educate 'the public at large through acceptance first of the individual, leading to an eventual breakdown of erroneous taboos and prejudices'. Thirdly, it aimed to participate in research and lastly, to investigate the penal code 'as it pertains to the homosexual.' (Taken from description in cover of The Ladder, the society's monthly publication).
Part of the Lesbian Archive and Information Centre Collection, transferred to Glasgow Women's Library in 1995.
Arranged chronologically.
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Welsh Icons News > Cymrupedia > Canals > Swansea Canal
Swansea Canal was constructed by the Swansea Canal Navigation Company between 1794-1798, measuring some 16 miles long and running from Swansea to Hen Neuadd Abercraf.
There were originally 36 locks on the canal to raise it from sea level at Swansea to 375 feet at Abercraf, and aqueducts at Clydach, Pontardawe, Ynysmeudwy, Ystalyfera, and Cwmgiedd to carry the canal across major rivers.
The canal was constructed to transport coal from the Upper Swansea Valley to Swansea for export, or for use in the metallurgical industries in the Lower Swansea Valley. The period 1830-1840 saw the development of towns around the canal. Clydach, Pontardawe, Ynysmeudwy, Ystalyfera, Ystradgynlais, Cwmgiedd and Abercraf came into being as industries developed at those locations.
The boats were 65 feet long, 7 feet 6 inches wide and carried 22 tons of cargo when fully laden. The last boat built on this canal was 'Grace Darling' in 1918 at the Godre'r Graig boat yard.
The canal company sold the canal to the Great Western Railway Company in 1872. The tonnage of coal carried on the canal was very high, with 400,000 tons transported down the canal to Swansea in 1888 alone.
The canal remained profitable until 1902, when losses were first reported. This decline in revenue and profits was largely due to the competition from its rival – the Swansea Vale Railway. The last commercial cargo carried on the Swansea Canal was in 1931, when coal was conveyed from Clydach to Swansea. Boats continued to operate on the canal after that date but only for maintenance work, with horse-drawn boats last recorded at Clydach in 1958.
The Swansea Canal was nationalised in 1947 and became part of the British Transport Commission. 1962 saw control of the canal passed to British Waterways, who remain responsible for the maintenance of the waterway and its structures to this day. In-filling of much of the canal has taken place in the past 50 years, and just five miles of the canal remains in water at the present time, largely from Clydach to Pontardawe where it is now a popular trail and is part of the route 43 of the National Cycle Network.
The canal empties from a viaduct into the River Clydach at the point where it joins the River Tawe. A project is underway to dredge the canal and to remove the Japanese knotweed that grows extensively around the Swansea Valley. The canal is an important habitat for water birds who mainly feed on the eels that live there. Local youngsters from Clydach often set up fishing off the banks of the canal to catch the eels.


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