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Tribunal defines "historic injustice"
Lawyers are prone to creating "terms of art", i.e. a phrase which has a specific meaning within a particular branch of law, distinct from its usage in ordinary English. In Patel (historic injustice; NIAA Part 5A) India [2020] UKUT 351 (IAC ...
12th January 2021 By Alexander Schymyck
What are the 10 and 20 year rules on long residence?
The Immigration Rules allow people to apply to remain in the UK on the basis of long residence. Those here lawfully can apply for indefinite leave to remain following 10 years' continuous lawful residence in the UK. Those who had periods of overstay ...
5th January 2021 By Colin Yeo
Is carrying a knife enough to get you deported?
Earlier this year the Court of Appeal looked at the meaning of an offence causing "serious harm" for the purposes of deportation law. Being convicted of such an offence is one of the ways a person can find themselves facing automatic depor ...
15th December 2020 By Iain Halliday
UK breached European convention in deporting man without proper human rights assessment
It's rare to get a slobber-knocker of a case from the European Court of Human Rights like Unuane v The United Kingdom (application no. 80343/17). The court unanimously found that the UK's supposedly Article 8 compliant deportation rules don't pr ...
25th November 2020 By Bilaal Shabbir
Government can deport people who had successfully appealed against deportation
Last year, Nick wrote up the case of MA (Pakistan) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1252, summarising it as follows: If a foreign criminal wins their deportation appeal, can the Home Office try and deport them again, even ...
4th November 2020 By CJ McKinney
Human rights court approves deportation of man who arrived aged four
In Pormes v The Netherlands (application no. 25402/14), the European Court of Human Rights has approved the deportation of a man who had lived in the Netherlands between the ages of four and 29, on the basis of multiple convictions for indecent assaul ...
11th August 2020 By Bilaal Shabbir
There's actually no right to family life in the UK
Everyone in the UK has the right to respect for their family life under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights. But as a migrant from outside the European Economic Area, what do you actually need in order to be able to stay in the UK on ...
30th July 2020 By Iain Halliday
When is a foreign criminal not a foreign criminal?
That is the question answered by the Upper Tribunal in SC (paras A398 – 339D: 'foreign criminal': procedure) Albania [2020] UKUT 187 (IAC). The appellant was convicted of murder and sentenced to 15 years' imprisonment. So he is ...
22nd June 2020 By Iain Halliday
Strasbourg approves deportation of Dutch-born man from the Netherlands
Chucking people out of a country they were born in is hard. It usually takes something pretty dramatic or pretty terrible — or both, as in the case of Azerkane v The Netherlands (application no. 3138/16). The facts Mr Azerkane was born in the Ne ...
9th June 2020 By Bilaal Shabbir
Briefing: what is leave outside the Rules?
Anyone whose life consists of daily references to the Immigration Rules will tell you that the experience can feel a lot like deep ocean exploration in the Mariana Trench: despite constant research, you will still make new discoveries, even when you t ...
27th April 2020 By Alex Piletska
Flawed Calais camp process didn't breach human rights of children rejected
The Court of Appeal has returned to the legal issues arising from the closure of the Calais refugee camp in September 2016 and section 67 of the Immigration Act 2016, which forced the Home Office to develop a process for admitting unaccompanied childr ...
15th April 2020 By Alexander Schymyck
Reasonableness, removals and children back in Court of Appeal spotlight
The vexed issue of reasonableness, removals and children is back in the judicial spotlight once more in a new Court of Appeal ruling, Runa v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 514. The case involved an appeal against a refusal ...
14th April 2020 By Karma Hickman
You can now raise new matters before the Upper Tribunal
In Birch (Precariousness and mistake; new matters : Jamaica) [2020] UKUT 86 (IAC) the Upper Tribunal looks at the "precarious leave" provisions where a person wrongly believed that they had indefinite leave to remain. It also identifies a loophole ...
26th March 2020 By Nick Nason
Family life: substance over form
Uddin v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2020] EWCA Civ 338 is an important case in which the outgoing Senior President of Tribunals provides the judges who serve in his Immigration and Asylum Chamber with very strong guidance on mixed cred ...
18th March 2020 By Christopher Cole
EU children can be lawfully resident in the UK without exercising treaty rights
The Upper Tribunal judgment in MS (British citizenship; EEA appeals) Belgium [2019] UKUT 356 (IAC) confirms that certain EU citizen children in the UK can be considered lawfully resident for the purposes of Article 8 of the European Convention on Huma ...
19th November 2019 By Ben Amunwa
Court of Appeal revisits human rights in immigration appeals
Following on from the Court of Appeal's recent human rights "cheatsheet" in GM (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department, we now have a gem of a sequel that is Lal v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1925. ...
Disclosure of documents from family court proceedings
The recent – and by now infamous – case of Re Nasrullah Mursalin [2019] EWCA Civ 1559, in which a paralegal was sentenced to six months' imprisonment for disclosing papers from family proceedings to an immigration tribunal judge, has generated m ...
9th October 2019 By Rachel Francis
Court of Appeal cheatsheet on human rights in immigration cases
In GM (Sri Lanka) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 1630, handed down on Friday, the Court of Appeal provides a helpful summary of where we currently stand with private and family life cases under Article 8 of the European C ...
8th October 2019 By Iain Halliday
"In limbo": migrants stripped of leave to remain in the UK but can't be removed
The Court of Appeal has handed down guidance on "limbo" cases in RA (Iraq) v The Secretary of State for the Home Department [2019] EWCA Civ 850. These are cases where a migrant cannot be removed from the UK because, for example, conditions in thei ...
24th May 2019 By Bilaal Shabbir
Refugee to be deported to Somalia after 30 years in UK following robbery conviction
The Court of Appeal has upheld the deportation of a refugee known only as AM who entered the UK in 1987 aged 11. Having grown up and been educated in the UK, AM held several jobs at different times, had been married and had three estranged British chi ...
9th May 2019 By Colin Yeo
Don't forget about Article 8 in asylum cases
With so much focus on whether an asylum seeker has established a well founded fear of persecution in their country of origin, the question of whether their appeal falls to be allowed under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights is often ...
19th February 2019 By Iain Halliday
Briefing: statutory considerations in human rights appeals
Migrants who would otherwise have no legal right to remain in the UK can appeal against their removal on the basis of their human rights. Usually they rely on Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights, which protects the right to private an ...
30th January 2019 By Iain Halliday
Children of single parents: the sole responsibility and exclusion undesirable tests
Where parents have already or are relocating to the United Kingdom and both parents will end up in the UK (or one parent will and the other is deceased) then the Immigration Rules permit them to bring their children. The main requirements are that the ...
3rd January 2019 By Colin Yeo
Can children and parents apply to remain after seven years residence?
From a child's perspective, seven years of residence in the UK can be literally a lifetime. It may be the sum of all the child's experience and the UK may be the only home they know in any meaningful sense. On top of that, children do not make the ...
28th November 2018 By Colin Yeo
Supreme Court decides meaning of "precarious immigration status" and "financially independent"
The Supreme Court has allowed the appeal in the case of Rhuppiah v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2018] UKSC 58. Giving the sole judgment, Lord Wilson holds that a "precarious" immigration status is any status short of Indefin ...
Immigration tribunals lose their way in overcomplicated human rights rules
The appeal of Orhan Mendirez [2018] CSIH 65 is an interesting judgment from the Inner House in which both the Upper Tribunal and First-tier Tribunal come in for criticism. Both failed to approach their decision-making task, in an appeal focused on Art ...
9th October 2018 By Darren Stevenson
Doomed Article 8 application makes it all the way to the Court of Appeal
If there is one piece of advice practitioners take away from this post, let it be this: in ANY application you prepare, take the time and the effort to fully explain and particularise your client's circumstances in your letter of representations. In ...
Boys to men: how to prepare asylum appeals for young Afghans
There are a considerable number of asylum claims in the UK by young Afghan boys and men. The number should not be overstated, though. The latest immigration statistics show that Afghans are still outside the top five nationalities claiming asylum in t ...
21st June 2018 By Colin Yeo
Satisfying the Immigration Rules enough for Article 8 success
The test for an Article 8 claim to stay in the UK within the Immigration Rules is whether there are "insurmountable obstacles" to continuing family life outside the UK. But even if an applicant does pass this test, there is a further hurdl ...
1st June 2018 By Paul Erdunast
Hospital order not a conviction for purpose of foreign criminal definition
Seven year rule does not apply to EU children until they've lived in UK for seven years
English language ability and financial independence no help in human rights appeals
Not unfair to deny appellants' parents an interpreter at appeal hearing
10-year lawful residence rule requires 10 years' lawful residence, says tribunal
No implied limits on power to revoke indefinite leave to remain
Deportation appeal allowed after five year legal battle
Court of Appeal rules that Paposhvili decision has no effect on Article 8 medical cases
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Northwest students and faculty recently visited Northern Ireland to study childhood imaginary play and thinking in relation to C.S. Lewis's "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe." Above, students are enjoying a presentation by Dr. William Cunningham, a philosopher and acclaimed artist, at the C.S. Lewis Square in Belfast. (Submitted photos)
Students experience Northern Ireland, study child development
By Grace Niemeyer, communication assistant
Students investigated the original works of C.S. Lewis in the C.S. Lewis Reading Room at Queen's University after a lecture from the university faculty.
Students crossed a rope bridge suspended 98 feet in the air at Carrick-a-Rede.
Thirteen Northwest Missouri State University students embarked on a study abroad trip to Northern Ireland May 2-10 to study childhood imaginary play and thinking.
Dr. Keely Cline, assistant professor of psychology, and Elizabeth Dimmitt, senior instructor of psychology, led the trip. Both have a shared interest in childhood creativity, imagination and play, which led them to create a course last summer and take students on an exploration of London, based on "Peter Pan."
Lindsey Madsen, a Papillion, Nebraska, native who recently completed her master's degree in guidance and counseling at Northwest, participated in the London experience last year and joined the Northern Ireland group to gain additional insights about childhood play. "After having experienced London, I knew it would be an amazing opportunity, not to mention Ireland has always been a location I had dreamed of going," she said.
The May course was built on similar ideas of the previous experience and focused on the portrayal of the developmental psychology topics in C.S. Lewis's "The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe."
In coursework prior to traveling abroad, students explored the topics of childhood magical thinking, imaginative play and the role of experiences in nature for development prior to departure. Students analyzed how these topics are reflected in Lewis's book and how literature reflects these concepts.
The combination of coursework and travel helped students learn content related to psychology while increasing cultural understanding and competence.
"Going on this trip really helped me understand children in a better light, especially when it comes to imagination and play," Bridget Cunningham, a junior psychology major from Springfield, Missouri, said. "Knowing the psychology behind creativity and imagination now, I think I can empathize with children more deeply than I could before. That's a good thing, considering I want to eventually be a therapist."
For some students on the trip, studying abroad has always interested them. For Cunningham, her Irish heritage was even more of a reason to go.
"A lot of things drove my decision to go," Cunningham said. "For one, I've always wanted to study abroad. It's a great opportunity to really open up your mind to new cultures, new ways of life and experiences and get to grow as a person in ways not many other experiences can. Two, I'm an artist, so seeing that the class related a lot to creativity and imagination, I was immediately hooked."
The group traveled to Belfast where C.S. Lewis drew much of his inspiration. They also traveled to Kilbroney Forest, Tollymore Forest Park, Legananny Dolmen, Mourne Mountains, Crumlin Road Gaol and Giants Causeway. The trip concluded with a visit to the Dunluce Castle, Carrick-a-Rede Rope Bridge and a day to explore Belfast.
"Picking one part of the trip to call the highlight feels near impossible," Cunningham said. "But I would love nothing more than to have spent more time at the Giants Causeway. I could have spent hours there just listening to it and bathing in the natural wonderment of it all."
The study abroad package included the costs of international airfare, entrance fees and reservations. It included daily breakfast, transportation, special welcome and farewell dinners, cultural experiences with bilingual guides and academic and professional excursions.
"Having the chance to take what we studied and then see it come to life, it has a more lasting impact," Madsen said. "The people we interacted with, the culture, the history, that is what will remain with us. We will remember how we applied that knowledge in real time and how that knowledge enabled us to better understand the world."
Said Dimmitt, "I was so impressed with their critical-thinking processes and how they were travelers rather than tourists. I hope they were able to assimilate, retain, and interpret the complexity of the conceptual issues related to imagination, magical thinking, and creativity while studying the development process. Most importantly, I hope they grew not only as future professionals but as humans."
Northwest students and psychology faculty pose for a picture at Legananny Dolmen, a historic monument in County Down, Northern Ireland.

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Cardamom is another one of those spices quite famous for its use in Indian cuisine. Also used as a major component of chai tea and as a mulling spice. We put it in espresso but we aren't the first. It is a Turkish tradition, and I can see how it would help the extremely dark, bitter roasts they are famous for.
The spice lends the shot of espresso a rich flavour that compliments the strong brew wonderfully. It took a bit to achieve balance, as it is very potent. A couple shakes is all it takes to completely transform the cup in surprising ways. As enjoyable as it is to taste the mobile complexity in the cup itself, for me, the real fun is in the aftertaste. The cardamom flavour evolves with the coffee on your palate long after the last sip. I'm still tasting it subtly after finishing the shot fifteen minutes ago.
This is our third balanced and completed recipe for infused espresso. Two more to go, and we're ready for a cupping! That's tasting in non coffee house jargon. I'm excited! This coffee is so good, you don't even know.


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Whitney Houston is finally nominated for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
Whitney Houston nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Picture: Getty
By Rory O'Connor
@RoryOConnorTV
Whitney Houston has been nominated for a place in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, along with 15 other names.
The honour is one Whitney, who died in 2012, never received in her lifetime as she had not been put forward potentially due to her lack of songwriting credits.
Artists are eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame 25 years after the release of their first album, with a final decision to be made in 2020.
Whitney is among several other first-time nominees, including The Notorious BIG, Thin Lizzy and Pat Benatar.
A nomination doesn't always mean they will be successful in gaining a place in the hall, with Kraftwerk on the list for the sixth time this year.
More than 1,000 musicians, experts and critics will whittle down the nominees to decide the 2020 results.
Whitney Houston scores UK number one single with 'Higher Love' remix
Fans are also allowed to vote for their favourite act online, with the winner getting one extra "vote" in the final ballot.
Whitney Houston nominated for Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. Picture: PA
The artists they will choose between:
• Pat Benatar
• Dave Matthews Band
• Depeche Mode
• The Doobie Brothers
• Whitney Houston
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• Kraftwerk
• MC5
• Motörhead
• Nine Inch Nails
• The Notorious B.I.G.
• Rufus featuring Chaka Khan
• Todd Rundgren
• Soundgarden
• T Rex
• Thin Lizzy
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Australia's "Great Ocean Road" is Indeed Great!
The Great Ocean Road is one of the most spectacular drives, view-wise, in Australia and is up there with the best in the world. It stretches for hundreds of kilometers along the southern edge of the state of Victoria's rugged coastline. This curvy drive is reminiscent of the Pacific Coast Highway of California — except for one thing, here, you're driving on the left side of the road…so you may want to take care when gazing off into the ocean that you don't end up in the ocean. My friend Kay and I rented a car for two days and took to the open highway to experience it all for ourselves.
On one side we drove past the lush Otway Ranges and National Park filled with rainforests which contrasted much of the nation's parched outback. We spotted wild koalas sleeping lazily up in the eucalyptus trees. They weren't too hard to spot — just look for a big round 'lifeless' ball. I'm not being facetious when I call them lazy — these marsupials sleep around twenty hours a day. For the rest of their busy day, they will be munching on gum leaves, which are so toxic, the koala expends most of its body's energy on detoxifying his lunch once it's inside his system. They also don't actually drink water, but get their hydration from these same leaves.
This sloth-like ball of fur has an unusually small brain for its skull which is said to look like a pair of shriveled walnut halves leaving about 40% of the cranial cavity filled with fluid. It is the only animal on Earth with such a strangely reduced brain. Perhaps it is why they move so slow and seem so polite? Maybe they literally have "nothing" on their minds. The Koala needs large areas of healthy, connected forest and will travel long distances along tree corridors in search of new territory and mates. The ever-increasing human population on the coastal parts of Australia continues to reduce these corridors due to increasing agricultural and residential development, forestry and road-building, marooning Koala colonies in decreasing areas of bush. Save the koala here.
On the other side of the Great Ocean Road was exactly what it was named for — the ocean. The sight of stunning limestone cliffs, gorges, and arches carved out by crashing waves of the Pacific Ocean was awe-inspiring. The most famous and photographed of these scenic spots is the "Twelve Apostles." These yellowish-orange rock stacks ominously sit tall in the ocean and were once part of the mainland, but thanks to natural erosion they are now each their own sea skyscraper. Only seven or eight of the twelve are actually visible from the viewing points and no one seems to know for sure if there ever really were twelve — maybe it just sounded good.
We figured once we got out of the city, the 'funny' driving would be quite easy since we would just be going straight for several hours and certainly tried avoiding making right turns. Driving is usually second nature to most, but not when you are not only driving on the "wrong side" of the road but also sitting on the "wrong side" of the car.
There were some definite things that just felt plain odd. For example, as I normally sit on the left side of the car to drive, many normal habits were backwards now and it took actual concentration just to look up and to the left into the rear-view mirror (I ended up using the side mirror a lot more than usual) and also reaching up and to the right to put on my safety belt. This one was funny because even though sitting on the right side of the car in the states means the seat belt is also behind you to the right, since I was driving, my instant reaction was to reach back and to the left where I ended up playing "air seatbelt." Also, when in a quicker type situation like parallel parking, I tended to immediately reach down with my right hand to throw the car in reverse, but, alas, the gear shift was to my left.
The biggest, and funniest, difference of all was the fact that every time either of us went to make a turn we would instantly put on the windshield wipers by mistake because the lever for them was where our turn signal usually is. This was quite hilarious and I have to say that by the end of our journey — we had the cleanest windshield around.


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U.S. Broadens Response on INF Treaty
Arms Control and Proliferation Profile: France
Arms Control and Proliferation Profile: The United Kingdom
By Kingston Reif
After reviewing a range of military options to respond to Russia's alleged violation of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the Obama administration appears to have decided to pursue a broader approach that goes beyond its specific concerns about Moscow's noncompliance with the treaty.
In testimony at a Dec. 1 hearing held jointly by House Armed Services and Foreign Affairs subcommittees, Brian McKeon, principal deputy undersecretary of defense for policy, said that "Russia is not violating the INF Treaty in isolation from its overall aggressive behavior; therefore we concluded that our responses cannot focus solely on the INF Treaty."
"Accordingly," he added, "we are developing a comprehensive response to Russian military actions and are committing to investments that we will make irrespective of Russia's decision to return to compliance with the INF Treaty due to the broader strategic environment we face."
Reiterating the public assessment that it first made in July 2014, the State Department said last June that Russia is violating its INF Treaty obligations "not to possess, produce, or flight-test" a ground-launched cruise missile (GLCM) with a range of 500 to 5,500 kilometers or "to possess or produce launchers of such missiles." (See ACT, July/August 2015.)
Russia denies that it is breaching the INF Treaty. The Russian Foreign Ministry said in a Dec. 1 statement that the allegations are "groundless" and the United States has "not provided any proof" that Russia is "allegedly producing and deploying" banned missiles.
Defense and State department officials have said they do not believe Russia has deployed the prohibited missile.
At a December 2014 hearing held by the same House subcommittees as the recent hearing, McKeon said the Pentagon had conducted a military assessment of the threat "if Russia were to deploy" an INF Treaty-range GLCM "in Europe or the Asia-Pacific region." That assessment prompted a review of three kinds of response capabilities to ensure that Russia did not gain a significant military advantage from its alleged violation: "active defenses" to enhance the defense of locations the noncompliant GLCMs could reach, "counterforce capabilities" to actually attack these missiles, and "countervailing strike capabilities to enhance U.S. or allied forces."
McKeon did not provide details on the options, but did say that they were being discussed with allies and that some "would be compliant with the INF Treaty" but others "would not be."
At a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing on Sept. 29, 2015, Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work said the Obama administration was still in the midst of "negotiating" how to respond to the treaty breach but that if Russia fielded a noncompliant system, he would "expect" the United States to pursue one of the three categories of INF Treaty-focused options McKeon outlined.
At the Dec. 1 hearing, however, McKeon did not mention these options. Instead, he listed a number of broader steps that the United States already is undertaking and plans to undertake to bolster the defense of Europe in the face of Russia's actions in Ukraine, along with heightened nuclear saber rattling that has included more nuclear exercises.
McKeon's list included expanding bilateral and multilateral military exercises with European allies, positioning military equipment in central and eastern Europe, improving air defense systems in Europe, modernizing U.S. nuclear forces, and focusing on new threats to Europe, such as Russian cyberattacks.
He said that as the administration evaluates "the changed strategic environment in Europe, we are factoring Russia's increased cruise missile capabilities, including its INF [Treaty] violation, into our planning."
Puzzling Move
Rose Gottemoeller, undersecretary of state for arms control and international security, testified alongside McKeon at the Dec. 1 hearing and said the administration is "puzzled as to why" Russia thinks it needs a noncompliant GLCM since the targets in range of the new missile could be covered by Moscow's strategic nuclear forces. Gottemoeller also noted that the Russians have been developing new air- and sea-launched cruise missiles, which are not prohibited by the INF Treaty.
McKeon said the prohibited missile program would create new military threats to the United States and its allies, but did not elaborate, citing classification restrictions.
Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.), chairman of the House strategic forces subcommittee, expressed displeasure with the apparent change in the administration's approach. He said the specific response options prepared "a year ago for consideration are now going to…just blend in" to the broader response to other challenges posed by Russia. As a result, there will be "no action on the violation of the INF Treaty," he said.
McKeon said Russian officials would take notice of the broader military capabilities in which the United States is investing and "start to understand" that their treaty noncompliance "is not making them any more secure." If Russia continues in its noncompliance, he said, "we can always assess whether to take other measures." McKeon did not specify what those other measures might be or if they would come from the three response categories the administration had originally been considering.
Gottemoeller said that the U.S. "announcement of Russia's violation…has imposed significant costs on Russia" and prevented Moscow from developing the system "unconstrained."
She added that the administration continues to "consider economic measures with regard to the INF [Treaty]."
Policy Shift?
One European analyst said McKeon's testimony marked a clear shift away from the administration's previous focus on a response that was specific to the treaty and represents "a significant political decision." In a Dec. 28 email to Arms Control Today, Jacek Durkalec, nonproliferation and arms control project manager at the Polish Institute of International Affairs, said the change is "understandable" because many of the options for U.S. responses "would be relevant for deterrence and defense" of NATO even if Russia returned to compliance, especially defense against different kinds of Russian cruise missile threats. He added that the new framing of the response would also avoid the risk of contentious debate within NATO about how to respond to the violation.
But he expressed concern that the lack of clear and specific response could call into question the resolve of the United States to respond to arms control violations. Furthermore, he said, Russia might now have little incentive to return to compliance with the INF Treaty because the overall U.S. efforts to strengthen the defense of Europe will be made irrespective of Russia's compliance status.
In a Dec. 23 interview, Steven Pifer, director of the Brookings Institution's Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Initiative, said the approach described by McKeon did not necessarily reflect a shift in strategy and seemed to fit in the "countervailing" category of response options that McKeon first outlined in 2014. Pifer also said the approach gives the next administration the ability to pursue additional responses that are specific to the INF Treaty "down the road" if it so chooses.
In a Dec. 15 email, a Republican Senate staffer said, "Treating the INF Treaty violation as part of Russia's larger pattern of behavior is fine – as long [as] US actions truly address the strategic implications of the violation." According to the staffer, this "requires the US to adjust its nuclear posture to take into account the new reality of Russia's increasing reliance on nuclear weapons, particularly cruise missiles."
The fiscal year 2016 National Defense Authorization Act, signed by President Barack Obama on Nov. 25, calls for a plan for the development of the three kinds of response capabilities the administration said it had planned to pursue to counter Russia's new GLCM program and requires the Defense Department to make a recommendation on a response capability. (See ACT, November 2015.)
McKeon said the Defense Department will complete the report required by the bill.
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is there any news on a second stimulus check ? ( our community needs to know )
When the first stimulus check passed in March, it provided up to $1,200 in coronavirus relief payments per person. How much money a second stimulus check could contain is still up in the air, as US jobs continue to disappear for 16 straight weeks, taking a toll on the economy. Now, Washington lawmakers are growing closer to hammering out details for an additional stimulus bill to help American individuals and families.
Much of the debate so far has often centered on the question of if a new stimulus payment will happen in 2020, but there has been less public-facing discussion about how much money might be in the second stimulus check. The size of a new stimulus payment will depend in part on how big the entire rescue bill is, as well as how the funds are sliced up.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has indicated that the $1 trillion cap that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has for months set on the next stimulus package won't be enough.
"A trillion dollars is, OK, that's an interesting starting point, but it doesn't come anywhere near," Pelosi said Thursday. "We need $1 trillion for state and local [assistance]. We need another $1 trillion for unemployment insurance and direct payments. We need something like that, but probably not as much, for the [coronavirus] testing, tracing, treatment," Pelosi said. "What doesn't measure up is, oh, it can only be a trillion dollars."
For the last two months, proposals have surfaced over how big a second stimulus check should be, ranging from a single $1,200 payment up to $2,000 a month through the end of the pandemic.
Read on for what we're hearing from the Senate, House of Representative and the White House about the next relief check. And here's more information on when we think Washington will reach a decision and who might qualify for a second stimulus check if a new economic bill passes.
How much money would a second stimulus check get you?
Washington leaders are talking about these possible stimulus figures for individuals:
Nothing. Congress could focus its stimulus efforts on tax breaks for businesses as a way to boost US job numbers.
A $1,200 maximum single payment for individuals. Proposed by the Heroes Act passed by the House of Representatives. (This is not law. More below.)
More money for individuals than the Heroes Act proposes, as referenced by President Donald Trump on July 1.
A $2,000 monthly payment through the end of the pandemic and for three months after. Proposed by Sen. Kamala Harris.
$2,000 a month for up to 12 months. Proposed by Rep. Ro Khanna.
A $4,000 temporary travel tax credit (PDF). Proposed by the US Travel Association, after Trump embraced the idea in May. Sen. Martha McSally took the idea further and proposed a bill (PDF) that would give couples a $8,000 tax credit to cover travel expenses plus $500 for each qualifying child.
A payroll tax cut, proposed by Vice President Mike Pence and other White House officials, that would allow workers to keep more of their paychecks.
These figures represent the maximum sum we've heard. As with the first stimulus check, it's almost certain that Congress will include eligibility restrictions based on how much money you make annually, your age, the number of dependents you have and your US citizenship or residency status.
What does President Trump and his administration say about a second stimulus check?
The president has, over the past few weeks, come out as a firm advocate of a second round of direct payment to Americans.
"I support actually larger numbers than the Democrats," the president said July 1, referring to the $1,200-per-person amount the Democrat-led House of Representatives proposed in May. The Washington Post reported in June that the president has told aides he is largely supportive of sending a second round of checks to Americans.
The Senate's view? Timing, smaller package, maybe no money at all
"I'll be unveiling something, which will be a starting place, in a few weeks," Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said July 6 about a new stimulus package. And a new payment for individuals and families "could well be part of it," he added.
His Republican colleague Sen. Roy Blunt seconded the July timeline. "I think the [July] timing is going to be just about right for us to know what we need to know for a package that moves us into August, September and October," Blunt said June 30.
And while the Senate has not offered many specifics on what it will include in its proposal, McConnell has been clear what it won't. "I can't tell you what the amount is likely to be at this point, but it won't be $3 trillion," McConnell said late last month. He has previously stressed that the focus of another bill will be narrow and, if approved, will be the last. Republican senators are focused on including incentives to bring people back to work.
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This paper examines training policies in Mexico. We present the main characteristics of Mexico's educational and training systems, examining both public and private policies, and analyse how they impact on productivity and development. We highlight Mexican efforts overall in promoting education and training and conclude that greater levels of investment are required to boost skills and productivity. In short, both the level of education of the active population and the percentage of trained employees need to be increased.
CitationBarrera, A.; Llinas-Audet, Xavier; Escardíbul, J. International briefing 31: training and development in Mexico. "International journal of training and development", Desembre 2013, vol. 17, núm. 4, p. 310-320.


The ENUMERATE Survey Report on Digitisation in Cultural Heritage Institutions 2014 represents the third major study into the current state of digitisation in Europe. It is the result of a survey carried out by the ENUMERATE Thematic Network, with the help of national coordinators, in 33 European countries (in 11 languages). Almost 1.400 institutions answered the open call to participate between September and December 2013.
The project is funded by the European Commission under the ICT Policy Support Programme part of the Competitiveness and Innovation Framework Programme.


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Trinity Rutland to Host 'Western Star' Performance, Epiphany Potluck Party, January 11
January 2, 2020 | Homepage Headlines, News & Announcements
The Western Star Performance & Epiphany Potluck Party
85 West Street, Rutland, Vermont
The Western Star is an epic poem with songs celebrating the season of Epiphany and the return of the light. This event will celebrate the New Year, winter and Epiphany. Freewill offering gratefully accepted.
And so the ageing year began to die,
And each cold morn the sun grew later still,
And each lamented eve more heavy-lidded
Fell back beyond the wise king's earthly realm.
Until, that is, one frigid, glassy night…
A solo, storytelling performance in poetry and song (75-minute running time), The Western Star evokes a meditative, liminal atmosphere through the rhythms of language and flickering candlelight. The poem is a celebration of light in darkness, the turning of the seasons, and the ever-renewing hope of Epiphany. Come join Trinity Episcopal Church in making the journey of the Three Kings an unforgettably moving community tradition.
Jack DesBois
Jack DesBois is a Middlebury, VT-based actor, singer and poet dedicated to sharing joy through live performance. In addition to The Western Star, Jack's unique solo repertoire includes V is the Valley, a conversation with the folk songs of Vermont, and Shakespeare's Songs, a centuries-spanning exploration of the bard's music. He also performs with Opera Company of Middlebury and the Middlebury Bach Festival, and he is a Teaching Artist for Courageous Stage's Shakespeare, It's Elementary literacy programs. Visit jackdesbois.com to learn more about Jack. For more information about the upcoming performance at Trinity Church, contact Wendy Grace, office@trinitychurchrutland.org; 802-775-4368.
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As laid down in paragraphs 13.03 and 13.04 of the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League Regulations, the UEFA administration formed groups and seeded clubs for the second qualifying round in accordance with the club rankings established at the start of the season and with the principles set out by the Club Competitions Committee.
The 20 teams (four directly qualified and 16 pairs of teams from the first qualifying round that were indicated as winners of matches 1–16) were divided into two groups of ten teams.
Within the two groups, the 20 teams (four directly qualified and 16 pairs of teams from the first qualifying round indicated as winners of matches 1–16) were split equally into ten seeded teams and ten unseeded teams.
If any club from the first qualifying round had an individual coefficient that entitled it to be seeded in the second qualifying round, the winner of the first qualifying round match involving that club was automatically seeded for the second qualifying round draw.
For each group, two pots were prepared, one for the seeded teams and the other for the unseeded.
The balls containing the seeded teams were placed in one bowl and the balls containing the unseeded were put into another bowl. One ball was taken from each bowl and placed in a large empty bowl in the middle, where they were shuffled. The first team drawn will play its first match at home against the second team drawn.
The same procedure was carried out with the remaining balls to complete all the pairings of the first group and then repeated to determine the pairings for the second group.
League Path draw procedure
As laid down in paragraphs 13.03 and 13.04 of the 2019/20 UEFA Champions League Regulations, the UEFA administration seeded clubs for the second qualifying round in accordance with the club rankings established at the beginning of the season and with the principles set out by the Club Competitions Committee.
The four teams were divided equally as two seeded teams and two unseeded.
Two pots were prepared, one for the seeded teams and the other for the unseeded.
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The balls containing the names of the seeded teams were placed in one bowl and the balls containing the names of the unseeded were put into another bowl. One ball was taken from each bowl and placed in a large empty bowl in the middle, where they were shuffled. The first team drawn will play its first match at home against the second team drawn.
The same procedure was carried out with the remaining balls to complete all the pairings of the second qualifying round matches.
Clubs' coefficients are now determined EITHER by the sum of all points won in the previous five years OR by the association coefficient over the same period – WHICHEVER IS THE HIGHER (under a new system introduced for 2018/19 onwards).
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Corporations in the UK are facing pressure to not merely abstain from crime, but to actively prevent their staff committing it. Where once companies would not be culpable for the misbehaviour of staff, they are now being asked to have adequate measures in place to stop tax evasion and bribery, or face punishment.
After the Home Office published an anti-corruption strategy in December, some campaigners called for this approach to be applied to other types of economic crime.
Yet it is only now we are seeing what a prosecution under the Bribery Act 2010, which originated the approach under its section 7, looks like when it gets to court.
Ending in February, this first contested section 7 prosecution led to a guilty verdict for Skansen Interiors Limited (SIL), a refurbishment contractor. Many criticised the Crown Prosecution Service's (CPS's) decision to prosecute a small, dormant company for failure to prevent bribery.
At the least, the prosecution clearly wanted to send a message. Unfortunately, this may have left more questions than answers, and little guidance on when a company's procedures will be considered 'adequate' to sustain a defence and protect a company from liability.
Even so, companies should take this opportunity to reassess their own compliance programmes in light of the limited insight that can be gained from the prosecution's submissions in the matter.
Firms should also heed the warning that the CPS gave companies on how seriously they consider Bribery Act compliance when the prosecutor took this matter to trial.
The CPS alleged that SIL's former managing director Stephen Banks bribed the project manager of a real estate company, Graham Deakin, to help secure a tender for office refurbishment contracts worth £6 million.
After winning the tender, Banks circumvented financial controls in place at SIL to effect and conceal two payments to Deakin totalling £10,000.
A third payment of £29,000 was offered but discovered to be part of the bribery scheme by chief executive Ian Pigden-Bennett of SIL's parent Skansen Group before being paid.
After concluding its internal investigation, the group dismissed Banks and its commercial director, reporting its findings to the National Crime Agency and the City of London Police for further investigation.
SIL provided the CPS with a fairly clear cut example of a company that did not have sufficient controls in place. At the time of the bribery, it did not have a dedicated anti-bribery and corruption policy and attempted to rely on non-specific policies that referenced the need for dealing with third-parties honestly.
The firm argued that it was common sense to not pay bribes and therefore no specific policy to that effect was required. SIL also did not have a compliance officer and could not point to any employee designated to take on the responsibility for anti-bribery compliance.
The firm further could not show that any training had been conducted or that its employees had read the policies or agreed to comply with them.
In fact, SIL had a difficult time providing records showing any anti-bribery and anti-corruption culture at the company, and could not show that any response had been taken after the Bribery Act went into effect in 2010.
Of course, being a trial by jury, it is not clear which of these omissions were felt to make SIL's compliance programme so inadequate that it could not avail itself of the defence. Some would even argue that a group with only 30 employees did not need a compliance officer.
However, the other failures are fairly clear, even in a small company.
We would expect any company seeking to comply with the Bribery Act to have a basic code of conduct, be able to show training on that, and show that it had responded to the Bribery Act by appointing a member of senior management to be responsible for the company's initiatives to comply with the act.
On the other hand, having some or all of the anti-bribery controls that SIL lacked and that were flagged by the prosecution does not guarantee a successful 'adequate procedures' defence. Each company's business and risks are different, but the pressure is on to comply.


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Where is Mercer County, Pennsylvania?
Mercer County is a county equivalent area found in Pennsylvania, USA. The county government of Mercer is found in the county seat of Mercer.
With a total 1,767.94 sq. km of land and water area, Mercer County, Pennsylvania is the 1486th largest county equivalent area in the United States. Home to 114,884 people, Mercer County has a total 51421 households earning 44301 on average per year.


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Le  est un synode qui s'est réuni entre le mois de mai 359 et le  de cette même année dans la ville d'Ariminum (aujourd'hui Rimini), en Italie du Nord à la demande de l'empereur romain Constance II.

Les évêques de Vienne et de Narbonne suivent leur chef, l'évêque d'Arles Saturnin à ce concile qui définit un dogme différent du Symbole de Nicée (dogme arien).

Contexte historique
En 358, l'empereur romain Constance II demande la tenue de deux conciles, l'un rassemblant les évêques occidentaux à Ariminum (l'actuelle Rimini) et l'autre rassemblant les évêques orientaux (prévu à Nicomédie mais qui s'est en fait tenu à Séleucie d'Isaurie), pour résoudre la controverse arienne sur la nature de la divinité de Jésus-Christ, qui divisait l'Église du .

Le synode
Le concile de Rimini s'ouvre en  en présence de 400 évêques d'Occident. Dès l'ouverture du concile, les délégués de l'Orient présentent une formule de foi rédigée au préalable, compatible avec l'homéisme, qui soutient que le Fils est « semblable » au Père et non de « même substance » comme le défendait le symbole de Nicée.

Constance II enjoint les évêques à adopter le nouveau credo. Les évêques d'Occident restent dans un premier temps fidèle au mot de « substance ». Le le , le concile dépose les évêques illyriens Ursace de Singidunum et Valens de Mursa, envoyés par l'empereur. Une délégation de 10 évêques menée par Restutus de Carthage se rend par la suite auprès de l'empereur afin d'exprimer les sentiments des évêques mais celle-ci est confinée à Niké par Constance, qui refuse de la recevoir.

Des théologiens ariens convainquent la délégation de capituler et d'adopter la nouvelle formule. De retour à Rimini, celle-ci participe à convaincre les autres évêques d'Occident de recevoir le nouveau credo. Dans le même temps, le préfet du prétoire d'Italie, Taurus, est chargé par l'empereur de garder les évêques sur place et de faire pression sur eux pour les convaincre d'adopter la nouvelle formule de foi.

Pour réduire les derniers récalcitrants, Valens accepte de joindre des explications supplémentaires au credo. Au terme des délibérations, Misonius de Byzacène donne lecture de la nouvelle formule, qui est acceptée à l'unanimité le .

Conclusion du synode
La majorité des 400 évêques présent est fidèle au symbole de Nicée, mais signe un formulaire homéens sous la contrainte. La victoire obtenue par les ariens est exploitée pour obtenir une même décision au concile de Séleucie. En 360, Constance II convoquent les évêques à Constantinople pour entériner le nouveau credo.

Le concile de Rimoini fut considéré comme une défaite pour le trinitarisme. Le pape Libérius de Rome, défenseur du concile de Nicée, rejette le nouveau credo peu après le concile. Contemporain du concile, saint Jérôme écrit : « presque toutes les églises dans le monde entier sont souillées au nom de la paix et du monarque du fait de la collusion des ariens ». Hilaire de Poitiers, qui participe au concile de Séleucie, dénonce quant à lui la « tromperie » dont ont été victimes les évêques lors du concile de Rimini.

Évêques participants
400 évêques majoritairement partisans de l'homoiousisme participèrent au concile de Rimini, parmi lesquels les évêques africains partisans du credo de Nicée Restutus de Carthage et Misonius de Byzacène. Du côté des partisans des ariens se trouvent notamment Ursacius de Singidunum, Valens de Mursa, Germinius de Sirmium et Gaius de Pannonie.

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// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_DEVICE_SHUTDOWN_FLAGS, ItemEnum(_WDF_DEVICE_SHUTDOWN_FLAGS));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_DEVICE_STATE_FLAGS, ItemEnum(_WDF_DEVICE_STATE_FLAGS));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_DEVICE_PNP_STATE, ItemEnum(_WDF_DEVICE_PNP_STATE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_DEVICE_POWER_STATE, ItemEnum(_WDF_DEVICE_POWER_STATE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_DEVICE_POWER_POLICY_STATE, ItemEnum(_WDF_DEVICE_POWER_POLICY_STATE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_STATE_NOTIFICATION_TYPE, ItemEnum(_WDF_STATE_NOTIFICATION_TYPE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_POWER_POLICY_S0_IDLE_CAPABILITIES, ItemEnum(_WDF_POWER_POLICY_S0_IDLE_CAPABILITIES));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_POWER_POLICY_S0_IDLE_USER_CONTROL, ItemEnum(_WDF_POWER_POLICY_S0_IDLE_USER_CONTROL));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_POWER_POLICY_IDLE_TIMEOUT_CONSTANTS, ItemEnum(_WDF_POWER_POLICY_IDLE_TIMEOUT_CONSTANTS));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_POWER_POLICY_SX_WAKE_USER_CONTROL, ItemEnum(_WDF_POWER_POLICY_SX_WAKE_USER_CONTROL));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_POWER_DEVICE_STATE, ItemEnum(_WDF_POWER_DEVICE_STATE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_DISPATCH_IRP_TO_IO_QUEUE_FLAGS, ItemEnum(_WDF_DISPATCH_IRP_TO_IO_QUEUE_FLAGS));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_SPECIAL_FILE_TYPE, ItemEnum(_WDF_SPECIAL_FILE_TYPE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_DEVICE_IO_TYPE, ItemEnum(_WDF_DEVICE_IO_TYPE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_FILEOBJECT_CLASS, ItemEnum(_WDF_FILEOBJECT_CLASS));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_DEVICE_FAILED_ACTION, ItemEnum(_WDF_DEVICE_FAILED_ACTION));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_RELEASE_HARDWARE_ORDER_ON_FAILURE, ItemEnum(_WDF_RELEASE_HARDWARE_ORDER_ON_FAILURE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_DMA_PROFILE, ItemEnum(_WDF_DMA_PROFILE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_DMA_DIRECTION, ItemEnum(_WDF_DMA_DIRECTION));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_DRIVER_INIT_FLAGS, ItemEnum(_WDF_DRIVER_INIT_FLAGS));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_INTERRUPT_POLARITY, ItemEnum(_WDF_INTERRUPT_POLARITY));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_INTERRUPT_POLICY, ItemEnum(_WDF_INTERRUPT_POLICY));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_INTERRUPT_PRIORITY, ItemEnum(_WDF_INTERRUPT_PRIORITY));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_IO_QUEUE_DISPATCH_TYPE, ItemEnum(_WDF_IO_QUEUE_DISPATCH_TYPE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_IO_QUEUE_STATE, ItemEnum(_WDF_IO_QUEUE_STATE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_IO_TARGET_STATE, ItemEnum(_WDF_IO_TARGET_STATE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_IO_TARGET_OPEN_TYPE, ItemEnum(_WDF_IO_TARGET_OPEN_TYPE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_IO_TARGET_SENT_IO_ACTION, ItemEnum(_WDF_IO_TARGET_SENT_IO_ACTION));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_IO_TARGET_PURGE_IO_ACTION, ItemEnum(_WDF_IO_TARGET_PURGE_IO_ACTION));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_MEMORY_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE, ItemEnum(_WDF_MEMORY_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_EXECUTION_LEVEL, ItemEnum(_WDF_EXECUTION_LEVEL));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_SYNCHRONIZATION_SCOPE, ItemEnum(_WDF_SYNCHRONIZATION_SCOPE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_REQUEST_TYPE, ItemEnum(_WDF_REQUEST_TYPE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_REQUEST_REUSE_FLAGS, ItemEnum(_WDF_REQUEST_REUSE_FLAGS));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_REQUEST_STOP_ACTION_FLAGS, ItemEnum(_WDF_REQUEST_STOP_ACTION_FLAGS));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_REQUEST_SEND_OPTIONS_FLAGS, ItemEnum(_WDF_REQUEST_SEND_OPTIONS_FLAGS));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_TRI_STATE, ItemEnum(_WDF_TRI_STATE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_USB_REQUEST_TYPE, ItemEnum(_WDF_USB_REQUEST_TYPE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_USB_BMREQUEST_DIRECTION, ItemEnum(_WDF_USB_BMREQUEST_DIRECTION));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_USB_BMREQUEST_TYPE, ItemEnum(_WDF_USB_BMREQUEST_TYPE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_USB_BMREQUEST_RECIPIENT, ItemEnum(_WDF_USB_BMREQUEST_RECIPIENT));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_USB_PIPE_TYPE, ItemEnum(_WDF_USB_PIPE_TYPE));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WdfUsbTargetDeviceSelectConfigType, ItemEnum(_WdfUsbTargetDeviceSelectConfigType));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WdfUsbTargetDeviceSelectSettingType, ItemEnum(_WdfUsbTargetDeviceSelectSettingType));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_USB_DEVICE_TRAITS, ItemEnum(_WDF_USB_DEVICE_TRAITS));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_WMI_PROVIDER_CONTROL, ItemEnum(_WDF_WMI_PROVIDER_CONTROL));
// CUSTOM_TYPE(WDF_WMI_PROVIDER_FLAGS, ItemEnum(_WDF_WMI_PROVIDER_FLAGS));
// end_wpp

WDF_EXTERN_C_END

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Серби́нівка — село в Україні, в Лубенському районі Полтавської області. Населення становить 602 осіб. Входить до складу Гребінківської міської громади.

У селі знаходяться: поштове відділення, амбулаторія, середня школа, дитячий садок, будинок культури на 400 місць та бібліотека (11,3 тисяч одиниць збірників).

Географія
Село Сербинівка знаходиться на лівому березі річки Суха Оржиця, за 14 км від райцентру та 7 км від залізничної станції Мар'янівка. Вище за течією примикає село Степанівка (Черкаська область), нижче за течією примикає село Саївка, на протилежному березі - село Грушківка. На річці велика загата.

Історія

Історія хутору Семенівки (Воскресенського)
Землі хутору, заснованого в 1-й половині 18 століття, належали поміщикам Свічкам, а тимчасово користувався ними поміщик сербського походження Семен Ілліч Милорадович, якого місцеві жителі називали «сербин». Звідси й пішла назва хутора — Семенів, Семени, Сербинівка. Стараннями Семена Милорадовича у 1779 році була збудована кладовищенська дерев'яна Різдвяна церква (закрита 1820). На початку 40-х років 19 століття хутір перейшов у володіння поміщиків Раковичів і став називатися Воскресенське, хоча у документах ще довго зустрічається назва Сербинівка.

З вересня 1781 хутір входив до складу Пирятинського повіту Київського намісництва, з 1796 — до Малоросійської (до 1797 — Чернігівська), з 1802 — до Полтавської губернії.

За переписом 1859 року хутір Воскресенський (Сербинівський) налічував 42 двори, 320 жителів, а вже у 1900 році на хуторі налічувалось 58 дворів, 431 житель.

Історія хутору Чепурківки
Хутір Чепурківка заснований у 2 половині 18 століття збирачем старожитностей Андріаном Івановичем Чепою (зібрані ним матеріали використовували Д. М. Бантиш-Каменський при написанні «Історії Малоросії» та інші історики). Близько 1800—1805 рр. дружина Чепи заснувала школу для селянських дітей. Пізніше, після смерті Чепи, маєтком володіли його спадкоємці — Вольховські, Сєрова, Шмінке. У 80-х роках 19 століття маєток був зданий в оренду, а потім куплений Пирятинським земством. Понад 100 років на хуторі містилась сільська лікарня.

З вересня 1781 хутір входив до складу Пирятинського повіту Київського намісництва, з 1796 — до Малоросійської (до 1797 — Чернігівська), з 1802 — до Полтавської губернії.

За переписом 1859 року хутір Чепурківка налічував 26 дворів, 171 житель, вже у 1900 році на хуторі було 33 двори, 216 жителів, а у 1910 році — 49 дворів, 249 жителів.

Радянський період
На початку 20-х років ще існували окремі хутори Воскресенський і Чепурківка Воскресенської сільради Пирятинського повіту, з березня 1923 року віднесені до Пирятинського району Прилуцького округу. У середині 20-х років хутори були об'єднані в одне село, яке одержало назву Перше Травня.

Ще в 1921 році була невдачна спроба часткового розкуркулення заможних селян. Спроба не вдалася, оскільки всі, в тім числі і бідняки розуміли, що своє майно кожний селянин придбавав своєю працею. Проте вже в 1930 році частина селян стала жертвами жорстокого ставлення радянсього режиму: у них відібрали фактично все майно, а їх, разом з сім'ями, під вартою доправили до залізничної станції, де повантажили в товарні вагони. Потяг прибув у Вологодську область, де селяни були висаджені в лісі, де були змушені споруджувати собі житла у холодні весняні дні (березень-квітень).

Друга світова війна
У роки німецької окупації (19.ІХ.1941 — 19.ІХ.1943) гітлерівці розстріляли трьох жителів села та вивезли на примусові роботи до Німеччини 20 чоловік. У 1955 встановлено пам'ятник на честь воїнів-односельців (180 чоловік), що полягли на фронтах Німецько-радянської війни. На трьох братських могилах воїнів, загиблих у 1943 році, встановлено надгробки (1957, 1963, 1983).

Незалежна Україна
У 1992 році селу було відновлено колишнє найменування Сербинівка.

Відомі люди
 Головатий Ферапонт Петрович — колгоспник-пасічник, один з ініціаторів збирання коштів на оборону країни в роки німецько-радянської війни. Герой Соціалістичної Праці.
 Андріян Іванович Чепа — колекціонер документів з історії України та політик, помер близько 1822 р. на хуторі Чепурківка.

Примітки

Посилання
 Історія села Сербинівка
 Хутір (Слобідка) Семенівка (Семени, Сербинівка, Воскресенське)
 Хутір Чепурківка

Села Полтавської області
Населені пункти Лубенського району
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Flo discusses her teacher training experience where she had over 3500 hours of training in 9 months. Most well-known teachers have had similar types of training.
Is the credibility of yoga teachers and teacher training decreased because of the short term nature of teacher training now?
What are some areas to explore when deciding on a teacher training course?
Does the course require that trainees have experience taking yoga classes?
19:00 How do you extend the time (andthe cost) of teacher training when most yoga teachers now cannot support themselves with yoga alone? Yoga needs to become more professional, with specific qualifications, and programs must be accredited sufficiently to assure the public that yoga teachers are qualified.
20:36 Mentoring: Yoga Australia requires that any studentfrom a yoga teacher training course that is under a year must have mentoring to have a full year of training. Provides insight into teaching and the business of yoga.
25:00 Yoga Australia is changing their oversight of yoga teacher training courses. A training working group has developed a process to evaluate yoga teacher training courses. Every course will have a desktop audit annually, one course will have a face-to-face audit, and a grievance process has been developed for both trainees and graduates of teacher training courses as well as the public. There are currently approximately 100 teacher training organisations under the aegis of Yoga Australia.
How to maintain students and conduct a business.
6:55 Yoga is beautifully designed to be helpful in the prevention area in health systems and research is showing how yoga helps all systems of the body.
13:40 What are the roles of yoga teachers and yoga therapists in yoga's future?
16:34 Where will we be teaching?
20:50 How do we clean up yoga's reputation given recent ethical and criminal issues in the yoga community?
30.00 As the perception of yoga as a valuable, health-promoting tool becomes more widely known, regulation becomes more and more of an issue.
11:15 New Somatics Research: As the value of Yoga is researched in a variety of ways and this research shows the value of the holistic practice of yoga, it will become more evident that yoga helps a variety of conditions and will be of even more value to different populations like children, pregnant women, seniors and people with mental and physical health issues. Yoga will find a home in many institutions: schools, prisons, clinics,and hospitals.
16:00 Regulatory Concerns: Yoga needs to regulate itself or state legislatures will either regulate the industry or allow other certified modalities to take yoga' s place. Regulation allows the public and other yoga professionals recourse for a yoga teacher with insufficient knowledge and ability. Regulation is to remove the dregs at the bottom not the cream at the top.
24:45 Recent research shows that movement and meditation affect genes by turning some on and others off. Yoga's system turns on genes associated with movement that lead to better health. This system affects all systems, not just muscle, bones and fascia.
29:15 Harm in not being regulated: Without regulation, yoga will have no standing with legislative authorities. Yoga can be legislated out of existence if other regulated modalities complain about yoga and require that they not practice. All yoga teacher's/therapists will be the same in the public's perceptionas under prepared and harmful yoga teachers/therapists. There is no recourse for someone harmed by a yoga teacher and the industry has no recourse in regards to a yoga teacher with insufficient knowledge and ability.


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Blankenberge és una ciutat de Bèlgica, situat a l'embocadura del Blankenbergse Vaart i el Mar del Nord a la província de Flandes Occidental, que forma part de la regió flamenca. El 2010 tenia uns 19.879habitants.

Geografia i economia
 La ciutat de Blankenberge es troba a la frontera entre els pòlders fèrtils i la zona sorrenca de les dunes.

El nucli no tenia gaire importància econòmica, tret d'un petit port de peix, fins que al  el turisme balneari va desenvolupar-se al mar del nord. L'obertura de la línia ferroviària 51 al 1863 que va connectar el nucli a Bruges i a Heist i l'obertura del tramvia de la costa al 1890 que va connectar-lo amb Knokke i Oostende van fomentar la ciutat. El partit socialista belga (PSB) va crear-hi els primers hotels de turisme social.

Nuclis

Història
El primer esment escrit data del 1320: Scarphout era un nucli d'habitació més al nord, que el mar va submergir a la tempestat del 1334. Poc després, el 1358 una església nova i un petit castell van reconstruir-se a les dunes, més enretirats del mar. Al 1433, al regne del comte de Flandes, Felip III un hospital va construir-se. El segle després, un petit port poc còmode, va ser afegit al poble. El 1871 es va crear un port de peix, que mai no va funcionar ben bé i que va transformar-se en port de plaer després de la segona guerra mundial.
Al 1977, Blankenberge va fusionar amb Uitkerke.

Llocs d'interès
 El Casino
 L'antiga casa de la vila
 La riba del port amb les seves botigues i restaurants especialitzats en peix
 El port de Blankenberge: antic port de peix transformat en port esportiu amb 1000 emplaçaments
 La platja

Galleria

Fills predilectes de Blankenberge
 Michiel Gheraerts (Michael Gerardus): matemàtic
 Frédéric Leroy, poeta;
 Frans Masereel, gravador;
 Jacobus Meyerus, escriptor
 Sven Pieters, atleta;
 Frans Regoudt, pintor
 Willem van Hecke, pintor
 Brian Vandenbussche, futbolista;
 Jules Van Paemel, aiguafortista;
 Leo Van Paemel, pintor;
 Roger Wittevrongel, pintor;
 Ingrid De Vos, actriu;
 Tom Stubbe, ciclista.

Referències

Municipis de Flandes Occidental


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