Why did I want to read Girl at the Grave? I expected a lot of gothic goodness and supernatural stuff.
What do I like about it so far? I'm on the verge of giving up on the book because it's not what I expected. All my expectations flew out the window when I started this book and realized this was more a historical non-supernatural book about what happened to her mother and why she killed Rowan Blackshaw's father. I don't particularly enjoy reading about this historical period.
Why did I want to read The Soul Keepers? A crew of the Harbinger who ferry souls of the dead? That sounsd cool! Also, I can hear the whispers of found family.
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Alex Ross (music critic)
Alex Ross (born 1968) is an American music critic. He has been on the staff of The New Yorker magazine since 1996, and he has written the books The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century (2007) and Listen to This (2011).
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Alex Ross at Chicago Humanities Festival in 2008
1968 (age 50–51)
St. Albans School, Harvard University
Jonathan Lisecki
Ross is a 1986 graduate of St. Albans School in Washington, D.C., having previously attended the Potomac School in McLean, Virginia. He is a 1990 graduate of Harvard University, where he studied under composer Peter Lieberson and was a DJ on the classical and underground rock departments of the college radio station, WHRB. He earned a Harvard A.B. in English summa cum laude for a thesis on James Joyce.
Journalism careerEdit
From 1992 to 1996 Ross was a music critic at The New York Times. He also wrote for The New Republic, Slate, the London Review of Books, Lingua Franca, Fanfare and Feed. He first contributed to The New Yorker in 1993 and became a staff writer in 1996.
BooksEdit
His first book, The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, a cultural history of music since 1900, was released in the U.S. in 2007 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux and in the U.K. in 2008. The book received widespread critical praise in the U.S., garnering a National Book Critics Circle Award, a spot on The New York Times list of the ten best books of 2007, and a finalist citation for the Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction. The book was also shortlisted for the 2008 Samuel Johnson Prize for nonfiction.[1]
His second book, Listen to This, was released in the U.S. in September 2010 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux and was published in the U.K. in November 2010.
AccoladesEdit
He has received a MacArthur Fellowship,[2] three ASCAP Deems Taylor Awards for music writing, and a Holtzbrinck fellowship at the American Academy in Berlin. In 2012 he received the Belmont Prize for Contemporary Music at the pèlerinages Art Festival in Weimar. In 2016, he was awarded the Champion of New Music award by the American Composers Forum.[3]
Alex Ross married director Jonathan Lisecki in Canada in 2006.[4][5]
Main article: Alex Ross bibliography
^ "BBC Four – 2008 Shortlist for Samuel Johnson Prize".
^ David Kelly (23 September 2008). "MacArthurs, Parked". Papercuts (The New York Times blog). Archived from the original on 23 April 2009. Retrieved 24 March 2009.
^ "Just Why Does New Music Need Champions?" by Anthony Tommasini, The New York Times, November 4, 2016
^ Bonanos, Christopher (November 7, 2007). "You'll happily be taken along for the ride". The Guardian. Retrieved 2008-08-12.
^ The Canadian Civil Marriage Act 2005 permits same-sex marriage.
The Rest is Noise. Articles, a blog, and a book.
"The Best Listener in America" – Alex Ross profile in The New York Observer, 9 October 2007
The 'Mash of Myriad Sounds' Michael Kimmelman review of The Rest Is Noise from The New York Review of Books
The Big Rewind: How The Rest Is Noise changes our understanding of 20th-century music, by Jan Swafford
From classics to pop, The Economist, October 28th, 2010
Paul Griffiths Music Critic of The New Yorker
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With this in mind, our economy in the United States (U.S.), over the past decade has gone into a major decline. Furthermore, there has been an escalated cost in healthcare; new proposals that would reduce healthcare spending/cost and a continued growing trend involving the use of Cam (Matthew et al., 2011). Because of the economy, jobs and insurance benefits were lost. Employees were laid off and offered Cobra benefits in order to preserve their medical insurance. The only problem was that Cobra insurance was twofold what they were paying.
Legislation that supports the establishment of Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs, 2009) was recently enacted into law as part of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and in 2012 the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services will begin contracting with the ACOs (Matthew et al., 2011 pp. 669).


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There is a round trip shuttle fee of $50 per camper. You can pay this online.
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Rider Stories: Jennifer – Perspectives on a city
Jenny's only regret when it comes to floristry? Not discovering it sooner. Surrounded by color, heady scents, and the early morning chatter of New Covent Garden Market, she's in her element. And with London street smarts gained from twenty years of biking its side streets and through its parks, Jenny's a rider with a clear vision about her city's future.
"Dreams are quite difficult to follow and actually try and fulfil because there's al ways that risk that it's going to fail, isn't there?," Jenny rationalizes. But floristry was a dream that she eventually found the time to pursue not just as a hobby, but as a career. Jenny describes her route into floristry as a natural process; a moment in which she finally conquered the fear of failure and followed a lifelong dream: "It's been an organic thing that's grown over time. I just love working with natural materials, and being around color. We live in a bit of a grey city and to be able to be around the smell of the flowers and the colors just does it all really."
"You can see how the tones and shades work together in a way that you could never do online. You'll see that the seasons change and the different flowers that come in and that will dictate my work."
Up and already at the flower market by 03:30am on most days, Jenny sees an entirely different side to the city than most Londoners: "It's early, but it's worthwhile to see the sunrise. There's something about the smell when I walk in through the door. It's not that it's glamorous at all, it's a tough life. But the flower market's like a community." It's not all petals and rosebuds, though. It's like a stock exchange at the New Covent Garden flower market, and maintaining relationships with traders to make sure you get the very best is key. "It's highly competitive, especially if you are going on a Thursday," Jenny tells us: "You want to get there really early to get the best things. It's got a lot to do with the relationships that you have with people and with the traders – because you're relying on them to bring in the goods for you."
But is it really necessary to wake up at dawn and haggle at the market nowadays? For Jenny, online shopping doesn't even come close: "You can see how the tones and shades work together in a way that you could never do online. You'll see that the seasons change and the different flowers that come in and that will dictate my work."
While Jenny was first discouraged by the fact she didn't have a car, she's since come to discover that delivering flowers by bike is not only doable, but liberating: "Cycling to deliver flowers is great. You don't get stuck in traffic. You can manage your time much more effectively. I go through the park; on the side roads. It's just so normal and so natural to deliver by bicycle." Having biked London's boroughs for over 20 years, Jenny's seen the mobility scene change drastically. But the city's got a fair bit of catching up to do as more city-dwellers are eagerly hopping on the saddle instead of the subway: "There used to be hardly any cyclists – it was pretty tough on the roads. Now the cycle lanes are great. But I've struggled with them because they feel a bit constrained: the volume of people that cycle now is great, but it's a lot more stressful."
And what does Jenny most want to defend about London? Well, it's just what makes the perfect bouquet: diversity. "I just think difference makes life interesting," Jenny smiles: "If we were all the same, it'd be pretty boring. Just like if we only had roses – life wouldn't be so interesting now, would it?"
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VICKI MICHELLE IS TOP OF THE GAME!
Ryan Beal October 2, 2020
Famed worldwide as the waitress, Yvette, in the smash-hit 'Allo 'Allo! on BBC1, Vicki Michelle MBE enjoys an extensive career in television, theatre and film. The list of her credits is truly breathtaking and she has acted alongside many of the 'greats'. She talks to Lynda Clark about her fascinating life and work and getting an MBE
'Allo 'Allo! was loved by the nation at the time and is still as popular as ever. It is being shown on the Drama Channel every day and there are three episodes shown on the Yesterday Channel on Sundays. It was such a fun show and there are very few comedies around now that are anything near as funny. I was in all 90 episodes and the scripts, direction and the way it was shot were really special. We played to a live audience so we had to get them laughing and it was so clever as it worked on two levels – the children loved it and the adults enjoyed all the double entendre's!
"It all began when my sister, Ann, and I went for a role in a new TV show called Come Back Mrs Noah written by David Croft and Jeremy Lloyd, who also wrote 'Allo 'Allo and starred Ian Lavender and Mollie Sugden. Ann got the part, which was great but there was also a role for a French maid who was a robot and Ann suggested that I should play her, which I did. It was a good series but sadly Kenny Everett's new show clashed with it on another channel and he was so popular that our show didn't really last long. I then got a call about a new series where they needed someone with a French accent, which of course was for 'Allo 'Allo! I went along and read for the part of Yvette and also for Michelle but I didn't hear anything for around six months. Then suddenly they contacted me and offered me the role for Yvette and the rest is history."
She has acted alongside the comedy greats including, The Two Ronnies, Sir Ken Dodd, Les Dawson, Dick Emery and appeared in numerous comedy and cult TV shows like Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads, Are You Being Served, Minder and The Professionals. Her film credits are also very impressive and she was in The Greek Tycoon with Anthony Quinn, Spectre with Sir John Hurt and The Silent Hours with Hugh Bonneville – and the list of credits goes on…
Vicki is also an accomplished musical performer and absolutely loved playing the role of the incorrigible Miss Hannigan in Annie, where she received much critical acclaim for her performance. She also loved the very diverse role of Lady Raeburn and night club singer Asphynxia in Salad Days. "I had always longed to play the role of Miss Hannigan but my daughter got there first as she played the part when she was at school and she was brilliant. I also adored playing Marilyn Monroe in a play called Hello Norma Jean – it was a very interesting take on her life and the story was that she had faked her death – it was a brilliant concept."
Vicki is always up for a challenge and bravely went on I'm a Celebrity… Get Me Out of Here! "I agreed to take part and then I must admit I did get cold feet but my daughter was so proud and encouraged me to go. It was a great team and I actually had no idea how brave I was! It was much, much harder than anyone watching could imagine – if you went on a trial, for example, you had to walk through the jungle for about a mile before you even started and that was very hard work. We had to lug the water up a steep hill so we could boil it and the food was disgusting! Miniscule portions of rice and beans and after a couple of days the pan you cooked them in got burnt and it all tasted really awful! Even if you won a trial the food they gave you was horrible – we had a possum and some strange large black bird! – I think everyone lost weight. I had a great time though and met some wonderful people and looking back I wouldn't have missed the opportunity. My family were so delighted and I was pretty proud of myself too."
Vicki Michellle MBE and Louise Michelle
Vicki works tirelessly for the various charities she supports and was awarded the MBE by the Queen in 2010. She is very proud to have been the longest-serving President of the Heritage Foundation in London, which was responsible for initiating the project that led to the building of the Bomber Command Memorial in Green Park. "I support many different charities but I was so happy to help get the memorial statue for the Bomber Command as they are very rarely recognised. It was headed up by Robin Gibb. David Graham and Alex Lom who worked tirelessly to get the statue put up and after 70 years it eventually happened! The Queen unveiled the statue in 2012 and that was truly very special. It is really beautiful and is a handsome bronze statue of five young airmen from Bomber Command in their uniform. They were quite incredible as most of the pilots were very young and so brave."
Vicki also presents her own live radio show every Sunday afternoon with her personal blend of chat, music, comedy, fun fact and special guests. "I really love my radio show – I play funky upbeat music which and gets everyone going and once the music starts I just can't sit down! At the end of the show I always play a classical number and on a recent show I played Rick Wakeman's version of Eleanor Rigby played in the style of Prokofiev – it's fantastic! I interview some of my best friends in the business and the time flashes by. It's truly the highlight of my week."
Usually Vicki would be doing panto at Christmas and she has played everything from The Wicked Queen in Snow White to Mother Goose in Jack and the Beanstalk. Sadly, this year because of the pandemic all pantos have been cancelled but Vicki is looking forward to 2021 when hopefully things will be different. "I adore playing in pantos and a couple of years ago it was my 29th pantomime season so I will miss it this year.
"I love all the work I do and being the eternal optimist I am looking to the future with the hope that everything sorts itself out and we are all back to treading the boards very soon."
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Eminem, Big Sean track on 'Shady XV' Upcoming Shady Records compilation features new Eminem songs and an all-star Detroit track Check out this story on detroitnews.com: http://detne.ws/1wDKb1A
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Six new Eminem tracks, including a collaboration with Detroiters Big Sean, Royce da 5'9", Dej Loaf, Danny Brown and Trick Trick, will be featured on the upcoming "Shady XV" compilation, according to a track listing released Wednesday.
"Detroit Vs. Everybody" is the name of the song that features the Detroit roundtable of MCs. The set also includes a new Bad Vs. Evil track, titled "Vegas"; a new cut from D12 ("Bane") and a song from Slaughterhouse that features Eminem and Yelawolf.
Other new Eminem tracks on the set include "Shady XV," "Die Alone" (featuring Kobe), "Fine Line," "Twisted" (featuring Skylar Grey and Yelawolf) and "Right For Me." The set also features "Guts Over Fear," the collaboration with Sia that was released in August.
The two-disc set also includes a 16-cut greatest hits assortment from Shady Records' 15-year history, which includes songs from Eminem ("Lose Yourself," in both original and demo form), D12 ("My Band" and "Purple Pills"), Obie Trice ("Wanna Know" and the "Cry Now" remix), Slaughterhouse ("Hammer Dance"), 50 Cent ("In Da Club" and "I Get Money") and more.
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Salter Gann Universal Promotions and Management is thrilled to announce the signing of Zoe Leunissen to our family. Zoe is a talented 16 year old R & B Singer with an old soul. Zoe is the 3rd artist to be signed to #White Lion Audio. She was brought to us by White Lion Audio for consideration of management. SGU is a signed management company for White Lion Audio.
#SGU is honored to be chosen to manager Zoe with her professional debut launch into her music career. We will be releasing her first single March 1st, "A Thing Called Life" followed with video.
After speaking with Zoe and Colleen Short (mom) it was very clear she'd be an asset to the #SGU Family.
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Supporting a parent with household routines and positive parenting.
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Sharing activities such as kicking a football, visiting the park, shooting hoops or a trip to the beach.
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Joining OzChild's volunteering services can be an incredibly rewarding experience. By volunteering with OzChild you can provide vital support to children by helping them access new opportunities and enabling them to thrive.
We offer ongoing professional development, support and supervision to ensure that you are confident in your volunteer role. Your support can make a real difference which benefit not only the child, but also their family and the communities in which they live.
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I have recently read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire by J.K. Rowling. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire would mainly fall under the genres of fantasy and mystery. This book is set with Harry being in his 4th year as a student at Hogwarts. He expects it to be just another school year. However, all his expectations take a turn for better or for worse when his name is drawn by the Goblet of Fire and he is now forced by an oath to participate in the Triwizard Cup. He's left with questions no one can answer, like who put his name in the cup since there was an age enchantment surrounding it? Is Voldemort behind it? Are people out to kill him? To find out what happens, read Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. I recommend this book to people who love fantasy and mystery books. By the way, if you are thinking about reading this book, be prepared to read a lengthy book of about 730 pages. Believe me, it's worth it!
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I setup my 75g FOWLR tank last Sept. It is doing very good so far. So I'm planning to covert it to a reef very soon.
Looking forward to attend one of the meetings and learn from the masters.
Welcome! Tank looks nice! Hope to see you on at the Feb 23rd meeting!
Wow! I really like the background...it looks beautiful!
Welcome to the boards Cesar!
By the way, where is the meeting information posted ? (date, time, place, etc).
Do I need something ? or I can just show up there?
Looks like there's going to be one on Feb 23rd.
The February meeting will be held at the home of Rick & Terry Loewen on Saturday February 23rd 2008. Doors open at 6:00PM.
However since I've never been to one of these meetings I do not know how that works.
just bring a smile! see you there!
You can either fill out the app and mail it to me with your payment (address is on the form), or fill it out when you come to the meeting.
There will be a raffle at the meeting so you might want to bring some cash. Other than that, you don't need to bring anything.
Yessir joining this club is something you won't regret.
I'll do my best to be on the meeting on Saturday, I'll bring the application and $$$/check for the registration.
Looking forward to meet some of you.
I just returned from the meeting, very good presentation, excellent frag demonstration, thanks for the advice of joining the club.
I had the opportunity to meet many of you, that was the best part.
Hey man nice meeting you, let me know how that chaeto goes...;.
glad you made it. very nice to meet you. glad you enjoyed the meeting. its a good bunch of folks.


However, in this guide, we are going to have a look at some of the best games to stream on Twitch which have the most number of views. Your Output scaled Resolution is the resolution of the stream that viewers will see. I myself found a little niche by doing this same thing. You just have to figure out which time yields your favourite audience. Video quality is most affected by your streaming bit rate.
Being a professional game streamer is no less real job than being a sport commentator or news reporter. Streamers with such milestones are more likely to have a higher number of subscribers and, thus, will generate more revenue for Twitch. These games are based on their popularity in the gaming community right now and can be streamed to gain a decent audience quickly. You can choose to capture only the inner window, or the entire window including the title bar. Bring a guest on from time to time and engage the audience. I play mostly older games with a smaller audience like old Zelda games. This game has one of the highest average viewer ratios on our list, and the games incredible popularity has been driven by Twitch as well, ironically.
So find a balance, and go from there. Remember above when you saw some recommended bitrates for each resolution setting? For example, Rocket League is extremely popular at weekends as opposed to weekdays! Not to worry, we've got you covered. While the game is awesome in its own right, its multiplayer mode sees millions of players log in every day looking to battle it off for the ultimate glory. Once it has been installed, open the app and click on Broadcast. Because of this, the best game to stream on twitch for you should be the one you like to play and the one that you are good at.
You will also have the ability to export older broadcasts to YouTube and create video highlights that will be saved on your Twitch channel forever. Broadcasting actual gameplay from your phone is a bit trickier. That's Cat's following has grown so loyal that she can count on having viewers no matter how obscure the game she's playing. On Android, you can use apps such as or to capture your screen and sharing it with the world. Surely there are times where more users are on twitch then others, I'm just curious when the peak hours are to help give myself a fighting chance as a new streamer. I would suggest following and stream at around 2500kbps.
To actually begin broadcasting, once again press the Share button, select Broadcast Gameplay, followed by Twitch, and click Start Broadcast. Those are the basics to get you started. You first need to login to your account. This is also to make your own life easier, since you can plan around having you stream on a set date. Twitch is probably the biggest game streaming platform out there that we have ever seen.
Be creative: invent funny and unusual phrases to different donation amounts. In addition to creating your own videos, signing up for an account will allow you to message and interact with other users, follow streams, and more. You could have a scene that displays the contents of a game window, or a scene that displays the contents of a game window and your webcam superimposed over it. Before you even worry about setting up your Twitch channel itself, you need to make sure your computer can handle the extra workload that streaming creates. The laptop was also perfectly capable of playing and streaming Overwatch and Fortnite. To add a source to your scene, make sure the scene is selected and right-click inside the Sources box. Select Preview Stream and Edit Scene to tweak your stream layout to your liking.
There are three different sources you can use to do this: Game Capture, Window Capture and Monitor Capture. Step 5: Edit your scene You should now have two sources in your scene -- a game source and a webcam source. Bitrates are a very in-depth and intricate subject so if you want to learn all of the intricacies you should go. You have to entertain your audience. And can you start with the laptop you currently own? Verdict: If you absolutely must, it is possible. The reason behind this is simply the fact that there is an audience for almost any game out there on twitch right now.
Moreover, Shih never forgets about his viewers, keeping eye on a chat window trying not to leave questions unreplied. Keep to a schedule Try to be consistent and keep to a schedule to make it easier for viewers to follow you. In this window, you can choose your Device if you only have one video streaming device, you should see your Webcam here and tweak how your video looks. Have fun with your viewers. This is no guarantee of longevity, so focus on the games that have some real staying power. Millions of people, it turns out.


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Акронимът ERIH се използава за Европейския научноизследователски указател за хуманитаристка периодика.('European Reference Index for the Humanities) В този указател се вписват заглавията на периодични издания, отговарящи на определени норми за академично качество на публикациите. Първото издание на указателя се появява в 2008 г. като впоследствие обхватът му бива разширен с включването и на издания за социалните науки, което довежда до промяната в името на ERIH Plus. Проектът представлява инститиционална алтернатива на добилите популярност комерсиални указатели (като Scopus или Web of Science).

Предварително условие за включване в Ерих е изданието да има международно призната регистрация с валиден ISSN. Оценката за качество се базира на публикациите излязи в предходните две години. Тя включва като минимум:
 прозрачна процедура за външно рецензиране (peer review)
 редакционна колегия от членове с академичен статус
 актуална информация относно авторите – техните имена и офоциални адреси
 резюме на международно употребим език към всяка от публикациите

Според авторството на материалите периодичните издания биват поделяни на 'международни' – с повече от 1/3 чуждестранни автори – и 'национални'; а за тях, когато повече от 2/3 автори са в една и съща институция определението е 'местни'.

Подразбиращото се сега он-лайн присъствие след 2020 г. ще стане задължително, а свободният достъп ще остане препоръчителен. Оценките се извършват текущо от национални експерти и международен съвет. Поддържането на организацията е поверено на Норвегия като съставлява част нейна система за индексиране CRIStin (the Current Research Information System in Norway).

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The standard weight for men and women according to height and age varies depending on which chart you consult. Standard weight is a term used by the medical profession and insurance industry that refers to how much you should weigh based on your height. The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company developed height-weight tables in 1943 when being underweight was more of a health concern than being overweight.
Revised in 1983 and again in 1999, the MET Life height-weight tables were developed and are still being used as a tool to standardize the identification of those persons having the lowest mortality rates. These tables started out being considered merely recommended guidelines for the average person, but evolved into the standard and a means for physicians and insurance companies to monitor patients and encourage them to conform to a healthy weight.
The MET Life tables for women apply to ages 25 to 59 and assume a 1-inch heel and 3 lbs. of clothing. A women who is 5 feet, 3 inches should weigh 111 to 124 lbs. if she has a small frame, 121 to 135 lbs. with a medium frame and 131 to 147 lbs. with a large frame. A woman who is 5 feet, 6 inches with a small frame should weigh 120 to 133 lbs., 130 to 144 lbs. with a medium frame and 140 to 159 lbs. with a large frame. Women who measure 5 feet, 9 inches and have a small frame have a standard weight of 129 to 142 lbs. A medium frame is 139 to 153 lbs. and a large frame is 149 to 170 lbs.
Frame size for women according to the MET is based on elbow breadth when the arm is bent to 90 degrees at the elbow. If you are 4 feet, 10 inches to 5 feet, 3 inches tall and your elbow breadth measures 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 inches, you have a medium frame. For women 5 feet, 4 inches to 5 feet, 11 inches tall, the breadth for a medium frame is 2 3/8 to 2 5/8 inches. Women 6 feet and taller with an elbow breadth of 2 1/2 to 2 3/4 inches have a medium frame. Narrower elbow breadths than those listed mean you have a small frame, while wider measurements mean you have a large frame.
Each branch of the military has different requirements to enlist. The Air Force uses the same weight requirements for men and women of the same height. If you are 5 feet, 9 inches, you must weigh between 128 and 186 lbs. to enlist. The Marines chart is similar for men, but has different requirements for women. For instance, a woman who is 5 feet, 9 inches can't weigh more than 169 lbs. The Army has different requirements for men and women, for prior service and non-prior service, as well as classifications by age. A woman who is 5 feet, 9 inches must weigh between 154 and 172 lbs.


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With DeAngelo Williams wearing pink shoes, Panthers ready to run _ finally
By Mike Cranston, AP
With Williams wearing pink, Panthers ready to run
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — DeAngelo Williams was a catalyst for the NFL's decision to allow players to wear pink cleats to raise awareness for breast cancer. Then he and the Panthers were off with a bye when the initiative began last weekend.
Williams will be a week late donning pink Sunday against Washington, while the Carolina Panthers hope the Redskins game marks the day they finally get their running game in gear and record a win.
That would be coming a full month late.
"We've kind of been behind a little bit in the games so we've had to abandon the run game faster than we would have liked," Williams said Wednesday. "We'll see. Each game takes on a different beast all in its own. We'll see if we can control the clock."
A year after rushing for a franchise-record 1,515 yards and 18 touchdowns, and combining with Jonathan Stewart for the most yards rushing by NFL teammates since 1984, Williams' numbers have declined in Carolina's 0-3 start.
Williams has been held to 41 carries for 180 yards and two touchdowns. Williams is getting 13.7 carries a game after averaging 17 a year ago.
The Panthers, who last year attempted a league-low 25.9 passes a game, have been throwing it an average of 36 times this year — without success.
"That's what we do, we run the ball," right tackle Jeff Otah said. "We've got to start out running the ball strong at the beginning of the game and keep on doing it."
Coach John Fox has attributed the decline in the rushing attempts to falling behind. That was the case in Carolina's 38-10 loss to Philadelphia in Week 1. The Panthers were in games until late the next two weeks, yet had 41 passes to 25 runs against Atlanta and 33 passes to 16 runs against Dallas.
"I can't call the plays, man," Williams said. "Whether we're running the ball or whether we're passing the ball we have to make our plays. That's something we've been inconsistent in, making our plays, as opposed to a year ago."
The running game last season took off after the bye week, and Williams would like a similar breakout Sunday while he honors his mom's successful battle with cancer.
Williams, who said he lost three aunts to the disease, didn't know his mother was diagnosed until after she was treated.
"She got it removed and she's been in remission," Williams said. "She's a five-year survivor."
Williams has since done charity work for breast cancer awareness, and in July went to Panthers director of community relations Riley Fields about lobbying the league to let players wear pink cleats. The NFL had already planned to have pink-wrapped goalposts, wristbands and gloves, but hadn't approved pink shoes.
The NFL decided to allow five or six players per team to wear pink cleats over two games. Williams and receiver Muhsin Muhammad, whose mother and mother-in-law are breast cancer survivors, are among the Panthers who will wear pink Sunday.
"She was flipping through the channels this weekend and she was calling me every time she saw somebody in pink," Williams said of his mother. "It meant a lot to her, so I know it meant a lot to a lot of the cancer survivors and families out there."
Wearing pink and facing the Redskins' suspect run defense would seem to be the perfect platform for Williams and Carolina to get out of their running funk. The Redskins rank 22nd in the league against the run, and the Panthers would like to take pressure off quarterback Jake Delhomme, who has seven interceptions and two lost fumbles.
"We can't throw a 30-yard or 40-yard bomb and on the next play we have a fumble or a pick or we jump offsides or do something to push us back 10 or 15 yards," Williams said. "We've just got to be consistent at what we do.
"It's not whether we run the ball more or less or that we pass the ball more or less. It's just that we're not making our plays on a consistent basis."
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Like a lot of things in this world, central heating systems have come a long way in a comparatively short space of time. Take combi boilers, for example. Here in the UK, we probably take them for granted – to the extent that quite a few of us probably don't really know how they work or how efficient they are. Our main considerations are that we're warm in the winter, the energy bill is under control and the boiler never (or hardly ever) breaks down.
Combi is shorthand for combination – meaning a boiler that provides us with hot water as well as central heating. You probably know that already. But did you know that the latest models have an efficiency rating of over 90 per cent? If it's getting to the time when you're considering a new boiler, you might also consider the fact that a brand-new energy-efficient model can pay for itself in a couple of years.
An A-rated combi boiler from Woodhead Boilers is just the job. With the Energy Savings Trust stating that over 60% of consumers annual energy bills are spent on boilers, there's a clear imperative to take action.
Simply replacing a G-rated boiler – the least energy efficient in the A-G ranking – with an A–rated one could save up to £300 a year. And not only is a modern combi boiler more efficient, its high-efficiency rating also means fewer CO2 emissions.
As we've already mentioned, an A-rated gas boiler works at over 90% efficiency, whereas a G-rated model is working at less than 70%. Effectively, this means that for every £1 you spend heating your home with the latter, 30 pence is wasted.
So…if the idea of replacing an old, out-of-date boiler is starting to make sense, then why not contact us for advice and a free quote?
A-rated combi boilers are more efficient for a number of reasons. Firstly, all modern gas or oil-fuelled models are known as condensing boilers. This means that the hot exhaust gases are passed through a heat exchanger, which condenses them, thus extracting heat energy (which would otherwise have simply been lost to the atmosphere) to help warm up water returning to the boiler from the radiators. It is in this way that an efficiency rating of over 90% can be achieved.
One example of such a boiler is the Intergas Combi Compact ECO RF boiler. A pioneer in the development of high-efficiency (HE) central heating engineering, Intergas has been striving to perfect its HE boilers for over 20 years now and the Combi Compact ECO RF represents its new generation. It is fitted with an RF module for remote control and direct communications via wireless room thermostats and comes with a 10-year warranty.
The Ideal Logic+ Combi C24 24kW boiler. This is a compact, reliable high-efficiency boiler with low emissions and a low component count. It has built-in frost protection and full modulation down to as low as 4.8kW, providing energy savings. It also has a large backlit display, user-friendly controls, an easily visible pressure gauge and comes with a seven-year manufacturer's guarantee.
The Worcester Bosch Greenstar 24Ri. This boiler is compact enough to be installed within a standard kitchen cabinet and is available in four different outputs – meaning that it will suit all kinds of property sizes. It has a built-in heating temperature control, has low emissions and, weighing just 22.6kg, is the lightest boiler in its class.
Each is a top-quality, A-rated energy-efficient combi boiler, and there are many more besides. But whichever make and model you choose, when you hire Woodhead Boilers to install and maintain it, you are guaranteeing yourself a level of service to match.
We offer a full range of combi boilers for all requirements and budgets, and can also install an entirely new central heating system if need be. Offering a professional, thorough and expert service is of the utmost importance to us, and besides the obligatory free quotation, we will send an engineer to your property for an inspection.
So if age and use are starting to get the better of your boiler, then why not take the plunge and invest in a new model? For your free, no obligation quote contact us today.


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A student who blurts out "I'm so hungry, I could eat a horse!" right before lunch may not realize he or she is using figurative language. Figurative language involves using words or phrases that do not have their everyday, literal meaning. When a student does use figurative language in the classroom, it becomes a teachable moment. In this case, the figurative language lesson plan practically writes itself.
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Teaching Figurative Language
Generally, teachers can use some help with lesson plans for teaching figurative language lists, and this page should provide teachers with useful background knowledge, figurative expressions for examples, and exercises for practicing figurative language. VocabularySpellingCity also has information for these specific types of figurative language: similes, metaphors, personification, idioms and hyperbole.
Figurative language is present in literature and even in everyday speech; it is used to embellish and transform language. Therefore, students need to become familiar with figurative language to better communicate with others as well as to further understand literary text. Figurative language can be part of reading, writing, comprehension, and vocabulary instruction. Grade-level teachers include similes, metaphors, personification, idioms, and hyperbole in their lesson plans. Lessons on figurative language concepts are particularly difficult for students who are English Language Learners (ELLs), as they may not understand the nuances of the language.
K-12 teachers can find figurative language learning objectives, as they relate to reading comprehension, in the ELA Common Core State Standards for reading under the Craft and Structure strand. Starting in third grade, students are expected to demonstrate knowledge of literal and nonliteral (i.e. figurative) language. Objectives become substantially more rigorous, since by 11th and 12th grade, students are expected to analyze and interpret figures of speech, like hyperbole and paradox.
Figurative Language Lists
VocabularySpellingCity provides K-12 teachers with free figurative language resources. Ready-made figurative language practice lists range from elementary to high school. Word lists can be used with interactive figurative language games, engaging activities, and printable figurative language worksheets to reinforce understanding of figurative language.
Students can play WhichWord? Sentences with a similes word list to learn how these figures of speech are used in practice. A Sentence Writing Practice activity would then allow students to try their hand at using each example of figurative language in a sentence. The MatchIt Definitions learning game will help students learn the definitions of the figures of speech. VocabularySpellingCity also recognizes the importance of student collaboration, and has created fun printable figurative language worksheets and activities that students can work on together.
Types of Figurative Language:
Hyperbole – exaggeration used to emphasize a point or to add excitement or humor.
I can smell my mom's brownies a mile away.
I have a ton of homework.
I've seen this movie a thousand times.
Idiom – expression in which the intended meaning is different from the literal meaning.
Don't judge a book by its cover.
It's raining cats and dogs.
Metaphor – direct comparison between two dissimilar things.
Her voice was music to my ears.
You are my knight in shining armor.
Snow covered the streets in a white blanket.
Personification – literary device used to give human characteristics to nonhuman objects.
The palm trees were dancing in the wind.
The carved pumpkin smiled at us.
The car's engine coughed its last breath.
Simile – comparison between two unlike things using the word "like" or "as."
The teenager is as hungry as a wolf.
The old man is as wise as an owl.
The new dad is as proud as a peacock.
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Common Core State Standards Related to Figurative Language
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.5
Demonstrate understanding of figurative language, word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.3.5.a
Distinguish the literal and nonliteral meanings of words and phrases in context.
Explain the meaning of simple similes and metaphors (e.g., as pretty as a picture) in context.
CCSS.ELA-Literacy.L.4.5.b
Recognize and explain the meaning of common idioms, adages, and proverbs.


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> A wrapper for the Matomo Tracking HTTP API

## Usage

First, install `matomo-tracker` as a dependency:

```shell
npm install --save matomo-tracker
```

Then, use it in your project:

```javascript
var MatomoTracker = require('matomo-tracker');

// Initialize with your site ID and Matomo URL
var matomo = new MatomoTracker(1, 'http://mywebsite.com/matomo.php');

// Optional: Respond to tracking errors
matomo.on('error', function(err) {
  console.log('error tracking request: ', err);
});

// Track a request URL:
// Either as a simple string …
matomo.track('http://example.com/track/this/url');

// … or provide further options:
matomo.track({
  url: 'http://example.com/track/this/url',
  action_name: 'This will be shown in your dashboard',
  ua: 'Node.js v0.10.24',
  cvar: JSON.stringify({
    '1': ['custom variable name', 'custom variable value']
  })
});

// … or trackBulk:
var events = [{
  '_id': 'AA814767-7B1F-5C81-8F1D-8E47AD7D2982',
  'cdt': '2018-03-22T02:32:22.867Z',
  'e_c': 'Buy',
  'e_a': 'rightButton',
  'e_v': '2'
},{
  '_id': 'AA814767-7B1F-5C81-8F1D-8E47AD7D2982',
  'cdt': '2018-03-22T02:33:52.962Z',
  'e_c': 'Buy',
  'e_a': 'leftButton',
  'e_v': '4'
}];
matomo.trackBulk(events, (resData) => {
  // done.
})
```

That's it. For a complete list of options, see [Matomo's Tracking HTTP API Reference](https://developer.matomo.org/api-reference/tracking-api).

## Advanced usage

If you renamed the tracking file `piwik.php` or `matomo.php` of your matomo instance, the following error will be thrown:

```js
new MatomoTracker(1, 'http://matomo.my-site.com/my-file.php'))
// ERROR: A tracker URL must end with "matomo.php" or "piwik.php"
```

To skip this check, simply pass `true` as third argument to the constructor:

```js
new MatomoTracker(1, 'http://matomo.my-site.com/my-file.php', true))
// OK
```

## License

[MIT License](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIT_License)

[npm-url]: https://npmjs.org/package/matomo-tracker
[npm-image]: https://img.shields.io/npm/v/matomo-tracker.svg

[travis-url]: https://travis-ci.org/matomo-org/matomo-nodejs-tracker
[travis-image]: https://img.shields.io/travis/matomo-org/matomo-nodejs-tracker.svg

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	Object3D.call(this);

	this.texture = null;
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Sprite.prototype = Object.create(Object3D.prototype);

Sprite.prototype.constructor = Sprite;

Sprite.id = MathUtils.generateID();

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Economic Sustainability: Pay up or Else
SMALL BUSINESSES are waiting up to 180 days to be paid for the services and products they provide to larger companies. One well-known company apparently waits almost 200 days – or around seven months – before paying its small suppliers.
Government set to name and shame big companies that don't pay suppliers on time
Now the business and enterprise minister, Michael Fallon, has had enough and is "going to war" on the issue. In an interview with the Sunday Telegraph he revealed plans to name and shame the companies that don't pay promptly.
"Large companies are sitting on an awful lot of cash at the moment and it is simply not fair if they don't pay their suppliers or sub-contractors on time. That is why I have urged the largest companies to sign up to the Prompt Payment Code, which is five years old this month.
"I wrote to all chief executives [in the FTSE 350] back in October, since when 54 more companies have signed up, half of those from the FTSE 350, but there are still many more to go. And next month I am going to list those who haven't signed. They have got another month to sign up."
Since the financial crisis, payment terms have been extended by many companies. The Forum of Private Business has a late payment "hall of shame", with Sainsbury's and Molson Coors the most recent additions.
Recent figures from BACS payment processing reveals that £36.5bn is owed to small firms in late payments. "Cash flow is the lifeblood of small companies," Fallon added. "Poor cash flow is how small businesses go under. £35bn owing would average out at around £30,000 per small company if you do the maths."
The government's latest research shows that smaller suppliers wait on average 41 days longer for payment than their contract stipulates.
"For the sake of small businesses and the economy, the Government must prioritise tackling the culture of poor payment, addressing the bully boy behaviour of these bigger companies," said the Forum's policy advisor Robert Downes.
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Was There Really a Nimrod, Really a Tower?
Part 2—2369-1943 B.C.E.—A Hunter, a Tower, and You!
To find out, we turn our attention to Nimrod, one of Noah's great-grandsons. Of him the Bible says: "He made the start in becoming a mighty one in the earth. He displayed himself a mighty hunter in opposition to Jehovah. . . . The beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel and Erech and Accad and Calneh, in the land of Shinar. Out of that land he went forth into Assyria and set himself to building Nineveh and Rehoboth-Ir and Calah."—Genesis 10:8-11.
Nimrod set himself up in opposition to the Creator, who had never intended that humans rule themselves. And when "he went forth into Assyria," Nimrod proceeded to expand his political realm, possibly by force of arms. If so, this made him "a mighty hunter" not only of animals but of humans as well.
Nevertheless, Nimrod did exist. Arabic tradition mentions him. His name, as Nimrud or Nimroud, occurs in the names of places in the Near East. Sumerian-Akkadian didactic poems report his heroic deeds. And Jewish historian Josephus refers to him by name.
Nimrod's political system, designed as it was to supplant God's rightful rulership over mankind, thereby took on religious overtones. People began building "a tower with its top in the heavens" to "make a celebrated name for [themselves]," not for God.—Genesis 11:4.
German archaeologist Walter Andrae did extensive digging in this area at the beginning of the 20th century. The shrine at the top of the ziggurat, he wrote, was thought to be "the gate . . . through which the God of heaven descends the ziggurat staircase to reach his earthly dwelling place." No wonder inhabitants of Babel claimed that the name of their city meant "Gate of God," derived from Bab (gate) and ilu (God).
But there are additional reasons for not doubting the Bible's account about Nimrod and his tower, as we shall see.
Nimrod, the first to merge religion with politics, set the pattern for all like subsequent alliances. Would it have divine approval? The principle later set out in the Bible that "a good tree cannot bear worthless fruit, neither can a rotten tree produce fine fruit" was about to be applied.—Matthew 7:18.
Originally, all earth's inhabitants spoke the same language.* But when Nimrod and his supporters undertook to build this tower in Babel, God manifested His displeasure. We read: "Accordingly Jehovah scattered them from there over all the surface of the earth, and they gradually left off building the city. That is why its name was called Babel [from ba-lalʹ, meaning "to confuse"], because there Jehovah had confused the language of all the earth." (Genesis 11:1, 5, 7-9) How frustrated the builders must have been when suddenly they were unable to discuss what had happened, much less reach a consensus as to why it happened! No doubt many theories were advanced, their diversity augmented by the inability of the language groups to communicate.
When these groups scattered into different parts of the earth, they naturally took along their religious theories. As time passed, these ideas, although basically the same, became colored by local tradition and events. From "only one religion" there soon arose "a hundred versions of it." Clearly, this first experiment in religious-political activity had turned out badly.
Its consequences have spanned the centuries to touch you, a fact you can appreciate if you have ever tried to discuss religion with someone of another faith. Even common religious words like "God," "sin," "soul," and "death" mean different things to different people. Apt are the words of English scholar John Selden, who 300 years ago said: "If the matter were well examined, you would scarce find three [persons] anywhere of the same religion in all points." This is mankind's heritage, all because of that mighty hunter of long ago who, being without the blessing of the Creator, was unable to complete his tower.
"None of the religions we know can come up with so many gods as the Sumerian-Assyrian-Babylonian," claims authoress Petra Eisele. She speaks of 500 gods, saying that some of the more extensive lists contain up to 2,500 names. Finally, in course of time, "the official theologians of Babylon fixed the hierarchy of the gods more or less definitely, dividing them into triads," says the New Larousse Encyclopedia of Mythology. One prominent triad of gods was composed of Anu, Enlil, and Ea. Another was made up of the astral gods Sin, Shamash, and Ishtar, also known as Astarte, the mother-goddess, consort of Tammuz.
Marduk, Babylon's most prominent god, later called Enlil or Bel, was a war god. Paths of Faith says that this "constituted a religious recognition of the historic fact that war was becoming an increasing preoccupation of the Babylonian servants of the gods." A mighty hunter like Nimrod, who preyed upon man and beast, would logically worship a god of war, not "the God of love and of peace" of whom the Bible speaks.—2 Corinthians 13:11.
Babylonian and Assyrian gods were amazingly "human," having the same needs and passions as mortals. This led to the development of religious rituals and practices, such as temple prostitution, that could hardly be considered of divine origin.
Witchcraft, exorcism, and astrology were also components of Babylon's religion. Petra Eisele claims that "it is quite possible that Western obsession with witches . . . is of Chaldean origin." And the Babylonians made amazing progress in the study of astronomy while trying to read the future in the stars.
The Mesopotamians also believed in the immortality of the human soul. This they indicated by burying objects with the dead for their use in the afterlife.
Now, consider for a moment some of the major religions of today. Do you know of any that teach that the human soul is immortal, that teach that God is a trinity of three gods in one, that allow immorality among its members to go unchallenged, that meddle in politics, or that have members who are more willing to sacrifice their lives to a god of war than to the God of peace? If so, then you have recognized modern daughterlike organizations of Babel, still propagating religious holdovers from the days of Nimrod's tower. Appropriately, the name "Babylon" is used in the Bible to designate the entire world empire of false religion.—See Revelation, chapters 17 and 18.
The New Encyclopædia Britannica says: "The earliest records of written language, the only linguistic fossils man can hope to have, go back no more than about 4,000 or 5,000 years." This time span fits in well with what Bible chronology allows.
Did the Cross Come From Babylon?
"Babylonia," "Chaldea," and "Mesopotamia" all refer to the same general area of what today is Iraq. Julien Ries of the Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve in Belgium writes: 'The cross is present in the ancient cultures of Asia, Europe, North Africa, and America [including] in Mesopotamia [where] the cross with four equal arms is the sign for heaven and the god Anu.' The "Expository Dictionary of New Testament Words" is more specific, saying that the cross "had its origin in ancient Chaldea, and was used as the symbol of the god Tammuz (being in the shape of the mystic Tau, the initial of his name)." So the cross is clearly of pre-Christian origin. Some have suggested that Tammuz, also called Dumuzi, was originally a king and was deified after his death. For example, O. R. Gurney writes in the "Journal of Semitic Studies": "Dumuzi was originally a man, a king of Erech." Could this be a possible reference to Nimrod, of whom the Bible says, "The beginning of his kingdom came to be Babel and Erech"? (Genesis 10:10) At present, there is no way of knowing for sure.


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Singapore opens first Dolby Atmos mixing theatre
By Silvia Wong2016-08-10T10:24:00+01:00
EXCLUSIVE: The facility has been installed at Mocha Chai Laboratories.
Mocha Chai Laboratories (MCL) has become the first Singapore post-production facility to install Dolby Atmos as well as the world's first to fit a Dolby Atmos mixing theatre with Christie's Vive cinema audio system.
Taking charge of the new mixing theatre is award-winning sound designer Lim Ting Li whose most recent work is Boo Junfeng's Apprentice, which premiered at Cannes' Un Certain Regard this year.
Lim recently joined MCL as director of sound. She graduated from the National Film & Television School in London with an MA in sound design. Her recent awards include the Verna Fields Award in sound editing at the MPSE Golden Reel Awards in Los Angeles and the best sound designer award at the 2013 Underwire Festival in London.
With the addition of a mixing theatre, MCL is now Singapore's first fully integrated digital film lab, offering final mix, online finishing and colour grading all under one roof.
For colour grading, the company has also installed at its new and expanded facility a five metre wide projection screen using Barco's 2K digital cinema projector and a Sony BVM-X300 OLED monitor for 4K HDR pictures.
Popeye, Kirsten Tan's feature debut produced by Ilo Ilo director Anthony Chen, and documentary filmmaker Tan Pin Pin's new untitled work will be the first from Singapore to be mixed in Dolby Atmos at MCL.
"Gone are the days when Singaporean filmmakers had to travel to other countries such as Thailand and Hong Kong just to have their final picture grade and cinema sound mix properly done. We also aim to cater for filmmakers from South East Asia to make use of our new facility," says filmmaker-turned-entrepreneur Chai Yee Wei.
MCL was launched by Chai as a digital film lab specialising in DCP in 2012 when not many options were available at that time for filmmakers like himself. He has previously directed four films, including two horrors, Blood Ties and Twisted, and two musicals, That Girl In Pinafore and The Voice Of China - I Want You.
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Women's Milestones: Pre-Revolution
Iranian women launched their struggle for rights in the early 20th century in an undeveloped society dominated and defined by a rigid patriarchy. Their struggle had to be waged on two fronts: Before they changed men's view of their social position they needed to educate themselves to the possibility of seeing the world beyond the patriarchal order. The concept of an equitable society, variegated and involved in implication, could not as yet be theorized. Rather, it was contained in and defined by the process of challenging the existing structures and norms; its dialectic forced men and women, caught between the past and the future, to choose their objectives piecemeal; its battles, never ending, was to be fought one by one as the circumstance permitted. It is within this framework that women's achievement of rights between 1906 and 1978 should be considered and the cost of the reversal forced on the Iranian women by the Islamic Republic judged.
Under the twin pressures of foreign imperialism and domestic socioeconomic instability Iranians from three segments of society, namely the intelligentsia, the merchant class and the clerical establishment unite to readjust the governing institution of the state. This was the first event of its kind in Asia and opened the way to significant change in Iran, heralding the modern era.
Women played an important role in these events. Their political activities ranged from circulating information, participating in demonstrations, and even taking up arms in protest. In an article published in Qanun newspaper, Malkom Khan wrote, "the rush of women to participate in the movement of humanity is surprising. The state of affairs is such that many of our noble women have gone ahead of men in promoting humanity. Women have understood the meaning and advantages of humanity much better than men, or rather non-men."
The revolution leads to the establishment of the Constitution and a parliament.
The electoral law expressly denies the suffrage to women along with minors, the mentally ill, and criminals. Women are told "their education and training should be restricted to raising children, home economics and preserving the honor of the family."
The American missionary school in Orumiyeh allows Muslim girls to enroll. Yousof Khan, a French convert to Islam, opened the École Franco-Persane for Muslim girls in Tehran, which was followed by another French school, Jeanne d'Arc, opened by two French sisters.
A Supplement to the Constitution defines the powers and responsibilities of the crown, the three branches of the government and enumerates a bill of rights.
The Women's Freedom Society (WFS) is founded.
This was a mixed-gender society, which had sixty female members, including Sedigheh Dowlatabadi and Taj ol-Saltaneh, daughter of Naser od-Din Shah. The organization's objective was to encourage women's involvement in sociopolitical matters and to familiarize members with cross-gender political debate and discussion. Religious zealots dissolved the organization after several violent attacks.
Mrs. Kahal publishes the magazine Danesh. This is the first journal published by a woman in Iran.
WFS returns under the name of The National Ladies' Society. The Society gave itself over to nationalist issues. The members opposed loans from foreign countries and foreign interference in Iran's internal affairs.
Women hold a conference in Tehran to discuss and plan for women's education.
The government employs an American financial adviser, Morgan Shuster, to put the country's finances in order. Russia issues an ultimatum giving the Majles (Parliament) the option of dismissing Shuster or facing occupation.
The ultimatum ignites mass protests, in which women participated. On one occasion women carrying pistols under heavy veils went to meet the president of the Majles threatening the deputies with death "if they wavered in their duties to uphold the liberty and dignity of the Persian people and nation."
Women offer money and jewelry to the Majles to establish a National Bank, and collected money to help the government pay off its debts to Russia.
In World War I, Iran remains neutral but is occupied by British and Russian troops.
Members from the Messengers for Women's Prosperity celebrate the International Women's Day for the first time in the city of Rasht.
Sedigheh Dowlatabadi opens the first girls' school in Isfahan, but is forced to close it after only three months. She also publishes two women's journals, Zaban-e Zanan (Women's Language) in Isfahan and Zanan-e Iran (Iran's Women) in Tehran.
Fakhr-e Afagh Parsa, Farrokhroo Parsa's mother, publishes Jahan-e Zan (Women's World) journal in Mashhad. The journal is violently opposed by religious zealots and Parsa and her family are forced into exile in the city of Qom.
Military commander Reza Khan seizes power.
Reza Khan becomes prime minister.
Qamar ol-Moluk Vaziri becomes Iran's first female vocalist to hold a formal public performance at Tehran's Grand Hotel.
Reza Khan is crowned king; eldest son Mohammad Reza is pronounced crown prince. During Reza Shah's leadership a link is established between gender equality and national progress, as women's affairs for the first time become important to government policy.
Sedigheh Dowlatabadi attends The International Women's Conference in Paris. Upon her return, she discards the veil and appears in public in European attire.
Women are provided with financial support to study abroad.
Ladies hats are exempted from taxes.
Mirza Abolqasem-e Azad establishes the first emancipation society.
The first conference on Muslim women begins in Damascus Syria. Sedigheh Dowlatabadi Mastureh Afshar and Mrs. Tabatabai represented Iran.
A new civil code is completed which secularizes the judiciary except for matters pertaining to the family. Family law is codified within the Shari'a, which maintains it largely within the jurisdiction of the ulama (Shiite clergy)
During the Congress of Oriental Women, Iran Erani makes an important speech concerning the status of women in Iran and proposes socialist remedies for the problems faced by women. Erani criticizes the existing system for "treating women like animals" and contends that women's emancipation is contingent on their economic independence through participation in production.
A new act removes religious minorities from the jurisdiction of the ulama and enables them to be governed by their own personal and family laws.
Recommended reforms at Damascus and Tehran conferences are presented to Majles. Women's demand for emancipation and electoral rights are refused.
Ardeshir Irani's film Dokhtar-e Lor (Lor Girl) is released. The film is the first to feature a female performer as a star. The actress, Ruhangiz, was a volunteer and a wife of a studio employee at the time. This role made her an automatic star.
Tehran University, Iran's first modern institution of higher education is officially inaugurated.
Reza Shah visits Turkey and is inspired by the modernization programs initiated by Mustafa Kemal Atatürk.
The government invites activist women and students from the Women's Teacher Training to a reception where a proposal is made to establish Kanun Banovan (Ladies' Center) under the presidency of Hajar Tarbiat.
The establishment of the Center is a significant step in giving women's movement legitimacy as it made it financially secure, protected against the harassment of fanatics and respected by the authorities.
Women are admitted to University.
Most of these women later acquired significant positions in public and social services. They included Shams ol-Moluk Mosaheb (senator), Mehrangiz Manuchehrian (lawyer and senator), Zahra Eskandari (educator), Batul Sami'I (educator), Tusi, Hayeri (educator), Shayesteh Sadeq (scholar of Persian and French literature), Tajo ol-Moluk Nakha'i (educator and inspector), Forugh Kia (medical doctor), Zahra Kia (university professor), Badr ol-Moluk Bamdad (author and advisor to the Ministry of Education), Seraj ol-Nesa (from India).
The veil is abolished.
The new mandate proves to be a difficult transition. For most women it was a traumatic experience due to their own religious values and fear of being assaulted by religious zealots. The policy was not popular and its forceful implementation remains a stigma on Reza Shah's reign. However, its effect as a sign of freedom and equality took root and many women remained unveiled after Reza Shah's abdication and exile.
The Marriage Act of Iran is added to the Civil Code.
The act eased ulama's hold on the family by making it compulsory to register marriages, divorces, and deaths in state notary offices. It also outlined punishments for those who failed to observe the minimum age of marriage (fifteen) for women.
The British and the Soviets invade Iran and force Reza Shah to abdicate. He is succeeded by his son Mohammad Reza Pahlavi.
Badri Teymourtash begins her career as a dentist in Iran. She is Iran's first female doctor.
Dr Fatemeh Sayyah becomes Iran's first female professor when the chair of Russian language and comparative literature at Tehran University is awarded to her.
Safieh Firuz, Hajar Tarbiat, and other like-minded women organized Hezb-e Zanan (Women's Party). Many of the members were later attracted to Prime Minister Qavam's Demokrat Party of Iran, established as a counterbalance to the Tudeh.
Mahin Oskouei begins her career as Iran's first female actress to enter the performance stage. She would become Iran's first female theater director.
Mehrangiz Manuchehrian becomes Iran's first female lawyer.
Manuchehrian practiced as an advocate from 1947 to 1968 and also served as professor of penal law at Tehran University from 1964 to 1968. In 1963 she became one of Iran's first female senators.
Dr Mohammad Mossadeq becomes prime minister.
Mehrangiz Dowlatshahi establishes Jam'iyat-e Rah-e Now (New Path Society). The organization's main objective is to work towards the extension of the franchise to women.
Ministry of Labor establishes the Welfare Council for Women and Children. The function of the council is to act as a general advisory body and provide assistance to female workers. The council's objective was to improve labor conditions for women and children through the avenues of law, social welfare and health.
The government asks the United Nations to assist in training welfare personnel. The first trained Iranian social worker is Sattareh Farman-Farmaian.
Shahla Riahi becomes the first Iranian woman to direct a feature film, Marjan.
Fourteen women's organizations join in a federation called the Organization for Cooperation of Women's Association.
Sattareh Farman-Farmaian establishes the first School of Social Work
The issue of women's enfranchisement is brought to the 19th Majles. The clergy objected strongly to the idea. Mohammad Taqi Falsafi denounces women's right to vote and Ayatollah Borujerdi vetoes the government's plan to hold a women's day parade in Tehran.
The New Path Society joins the Federation of Iranian Women's Organizations and places its family law program on the council's agenda.
The Shah marries Farah Diba
The Organization for Cooperation of Women's Association is dissolved and replaced by the High Council of Women's Organization of Iran (HCWOI) under the honorary presidency of Princess Ashraf Pahlavi.
Trained opera singer, Monir Vakili establishes Iran's first opera company.
An Esfahani woman, Hakimi, attempts to participate in the election for the Esfahan City Council and is barred.
At the urging of HCWOI, Prime Minister Alam announces that local elections are to be held under a new law, which does not prohibit women's participation.
Prime Minister Alam is pressured by the ulama to cancel the permission for women to participate.
The Association of Women Lawyers issues a statement on Human Rights Day, complaining about the government's retreat.
Members of the HCWOI attend the celebration for the anniversary of the unveiling ruling of 1935 and subsequently stage a sit-in to protest the government's withdrawal of the new electoral law.
The Shah introduces a six-point program of reform which includes extension of the franchise to women.
A major demonstration is held by the opposition against the program. The ulama denounce the program as unconstitutional and irrelevant as an alternative to the Shari'a.
A one day strike is announced by female teachers and headmistresses against the exclusion of women from the franchise.
The Shah holds a national referendum and officially launches the 'White Revolution'.
This was an extensive program of social reforms including raising literacy, reforming land ownership laws, improving rights for industrial workers, and extending franchise to women.
Women's enfranchisement is made official.
The government invalidates Article 13 of the Electoral Law, which excludes women from the franchise. The word male is also removed from articles 9 and 6 to bring it into line with the Constitutional reforms.
During the Islamic holy month of Muharram, in response to a call by Ayatollah Khomeini a large demonstration is held against the White Revolution. Khomeini issues a fatwa equating women's franchise to prostitution and is subsequently detained and exiled to Turkey and later Iraq.
Members of the HCWOI announce their readiness to participate in parliamentary elections.
Despite ongoing extremist threats and occasional violence, women organize a march in Tehran in support of their participation in the parliamentary elections.
A Congress of Free Men and Free Women is convened in Tehran to choose candidates to stand for the Majles. For the first time in Iranian history several women were included amongst the candidates.
For the first time in Iranian history women participate as both voters and candidates in the elections for the 21st Majles.
Six women are elected to the Majles including Hajar Tarbiat, Showkat Malek Jahanbani, Farrokhroo Parsa, Nayereh Ebtehaj-Samii, Mehrangiz Dowlatshahi, and Nezhat Naficy.
Mehrangiz Manuchehrian and Shams ol-Moluk Mosaheb are appointed as Iran's first female senators.
Senator Manuchehrian proposes a legislation that guarantees "full and complete equality of men and women, including equality in marriage, guardianship of the child, employment and women's right to employment free of the required husband's approval, and also equality in the right and condition of divorce, inheritance, and all other social, economic and civil matters."
Monir Vakili stages the first full-length opera production in Tehran and thus becomes Iran's fist female opera singer.
The HCWOI is dissolved and replaced by the Women's Organization of Iran (WOI).
Manuchehrian's bill is reprinted as the "Proposed Law of Family Based on the Principle of the Equality of the Rights of Men and Women Granted by HIM Mohammad Reza Shah to the People of Iran" in several issues of Ettela'at Banovan (Ladies Ettela'at) and is widely discussed in the press. The Bill proves to be too radical and is met by vehement opposition by the ulama and other conservative elements of society.
A seminar is held in Tehran's Hall of Culture to debate the general issues of interest to women and to draw up a set of proposals, based on which a bill might be introduced and passed in the Majles. The seminar concludes with a resolution about the problems women faced with respect to health, education, employment, and family and asked the government and the Majles to introduce and pass appropriate legislation.
Senator Manuchehrian introduces a bill in the Senate signed by fifteen senators regarding family law. This causes a furor amongst the ulama and they threaten to excommunicate Manuchehrian.
The government initiates an extensive family planning program to control population growth.
Iran's first prime ballerina, Aida Ahmadzadeh, and her husband Nejad Ahmadzadeh formally establish Iranian National Ballet.
The Majles prepares and passes the Family Protection Law. This was based on a much more moderate bill than the one proposed by Manuchehrian in the Senate.
A constitutional amendment allows the Queen to exercise regency in the event of the Shah's death and prior to their son's twentieth birthday.
Farrokhroo Parsa becomes the first woman to hold Cabinet position as minister of education.
Women's Literacy Corps and Health Corps are established.
The Majles passes a law volunteering unmarried female high school graduates without dependents to serve in the corps. Members are charged with spreading literacy and assisting with medical and agricultural projects in underdeveloped rural and urban areas.
The judiciary is opened to women with the appointment of five female judges, including the future Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi.
A new Passport Law is proposed which requires women to obtain written permission from their husbands for each trip they take abroad.
Hajar Tarbiat becomes the first woman in Iran to be elected to the senate.
Mahnaz Afkhami becomes secretary general of WOI.
The WOI and the ministry of health organize a six-day women's family planning conference. The event concludes with recommendations to raise the legal age of marriage and to abolish the provisions of Article 1031 of the Civil Code, which designates special circumstances allowing underage women to be wed.
A committee is established to study the 1967 Family Protection Law (FPL). Its recommendations include amendments to laws pertaining to child custody, joint ownership of family assets, and payment of alimony to divorced women from assets held by the family.
The 1970 Passport Law is brought to the senate for a second reading.
WOI's charter is amended to render its primary duty "defending women's individual, family, and social rights in order to achieve their complete equality in the society and before the law."
This marks a shift in the discourse on the women's movement as the organization transcended, at least in principle, the established doctrine of complementary gender roles.
At the request of the Association of the Women Lawyers, WOI announces the establishment of a special committee to review the FPL and recommend necessary amendments.
The FPL is revised and enhanced.
Iran participates and plays a leading role in the United Nations International Woman's Year, which passes an eleven-point resolution calling for the elimination of discrimination against women and equal opportunity and welfare for women from all walks of life.
The First World Conference on Women held in Mexico City concludes with a World Plan of Action. The preliminary plan for the UN World Plan of Action is devised and prepared by Iran and is distributed by the UN Economic and Social Council. Subsequently, Iran becomes the first country to prepare and implement a National Plan of Action for full interaction of women in the process of development.
At the conference, Iran also conceives, lobbies, and becomes the designated site of two important UN research, training, and policy organizations for women, namely the Institute for Research on Women and Development of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) and the International Research and Training Institute for the Advancement of Women (INSTRAW).
Mahnaz Afkhami becomes Iran's first minister of state for women's affairs. After France, this office was the second of its kind in the world.
Mehrangiz Dowlatshahi becomes Iran's first female head of a diplomatic mission when she is appointed ambassador to Denmark.
The Passport Law is amended and it is announced that women must obtain their husband's permission for traveling abroad only once.
Abortion is made legal with the consent of the husband. Unmarried women can obtain an abortion on demand.
A bill is presented to the Senate, which proposes to allow a woman to work part-time until her child(ren) reach(es) the age of three. This bill does not become law under the Shah, but is passed later as an Islamic law in the IRI.
The draft for the National Plan of action is presented to, and approved by a National Congress of Women of Iran on the anniversary of women's franchise. It is subsequently reviewed and discussed at local village, city councils, the meeting of governors of all provinces, and finally approved by the Cabinet.
On the eve of the Islamic Revolution, nearly 2 million women were gainfully employed in public and private sectors; 187928 women were studying in various branches of Iran's universities; Of nearly 150,000 women employees of the government, 1666 occupied managerial positions; 22 Majlis deputies and two Senators, one ambassador, three deputy ministers, one provincial governor, five mayors and 333 town and city council members were women. Moreover, WOI had 349 branches, 113 centers and covered 55 other organizations dealing with women's welfare and heath. The last registrar indicates that in 1977 alone, over a million women used the services. Most centers are trashed after the revolution.