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We work with clients on everything from one day of Magnolia consultancy to provide technical advice or user training, through to large implementation programmes and long term support and operation of Magnolia based websites against a formal service level agreement.
After a three month consultancy, design and implementation project, Priocept today launched the new Generali UK website.
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We often get asked whether Magnolia's Standard Templating Kit is the best way to go when planning out a new Magnolia project. In this article we discuss some of the pros and cons associated with the STK to help you decide whether it fits the requirements of your Magnolia project.
ITW (Illinois Tool Works) is a diversified manufacturer of industrial technologies that employs 60,000 people worldwide and has annual revenues in excess of $15 billion. This case study describes how Priocept assisted ITW with the development of a Magnolia CMS platform and its integration with an inRiver Product Information Management (PIM) system.
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In this article, we look at the difference between a CMS and a content repository, and how and why you might decide that a content repository is the right technology for your expanding content requirements.
Priocept has been appointed by Sheffield City Council to assist in the training and roll-out of their new Magnolia based website and content management platform.
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CISV Overview
CISV educates and inspires action for a more just and peaceful world.
We want to inspire people to become fully active members of a peaceful society.
CISV Structure
CISV is active in 70 countries and more than 200 cities worldwide. Together we want a peaceful future for all people. On our interactive world map you will find all CISV countries.
Local CISV Ottawa Chapter Team
Get to know the people who act for CISV purposes close to you.
At CISV, experience is based on four so-called content areas.
Click here to learn more ...
Looking for even more information. We've included some links to more information material, forms, etc....
Feel free to download according to your needs.
CISV offers international and local programs and activities for all ages..
We provide opportunities for youth to participate in international programs around the world. From the age of 11 years up to 99, there is so much to experience!
Local and National Programs and Events
Close to you, you can experience CISV in many ways:
from single events to weekend minicamps and regular monthly meetings.
Would you like to know what other people have experienced with CISV? Participants and parents have summarized their impressions for you.
Current International Programs
A list of invitations for the current year. Are there any programs you are interested in?
Which services can be expected?
Junior Branch
The Junior Branch (JB) is structured in three levels: local, national and international.
JB Events and Meetings
You are 10 or older? Come to our JB events - we spend our leisure time meaningful and have a lot of fun at the same time!
JB Team
The local team and the local board are responsible for the activities of the Junior Branch.
Become a CISV Leader
If you feel joy and enthusiasm in working with and for children and want to make new friends around the world, this is what you want to do.
Become Host Family
We are looking for host families that will give children and teenagers from many nations attending our locally hosted camps a home for a weekend.
Become a Chapter Member
Join as a family or an individual today! You are always welcome.
Calendar of Meetings and Events
CISV experiences are fun and exciting.
Come to one of our upcoming meetings or events
and get to know us.
As a non-profit organization, we ask you for your time, money or gifts in kind for more peace and friendship in the world.
Village: age 11 years, duration 4 weeks
A camp-based program for 11-year-olds lasting 28 days
The first Village, our original program, was held in 1951.
CISV Villages are international camps that inspire 11-year-old children to imagine a more just and peaceful world. The children come together from many different countries to take part in a variety of educational, cultural and fun activities.
Each Village welcomes delegations from 10-12 countries. Each delegation typically has two boys and two girls, and is accompanied by an adult leader. The camp is coordinated by adult staff, and supported by Junior Counsellors (age 16-17).
A Village creates a safe, fun setting in which your child will learn, with children from around the world, about each others' lives and cultures and how to communicate, cooperate and live together. The Village learning experiences, and the friendships made, will last your child a lifetime.
children with their leader
Jane Dunlop
program.chair@cisvottawa.ca
Amy Jarvis
Village Program Chair
Village participant at 11, writes 2 years after
For me, my village in Rome was a great first experience with CISV. There, for the first time, I dealt with issues such as poverty, racism, world peace in a playful way. That was exhausting but instructive. And from the PreCamp I already knew a bit of what to expect. In between were a lot of games, and a lot of sports. In the process, I made a lot of new friends. It took us a bit before we could all communicate, but then it worked out well and it was really fun. My host families were really cool and showed me quite a bit. That gave me an impression of the country. I am still in contact with many kids who were at my camp and a JC. It was a great experience. I like to remember it back. Since then I have been to two youth meetings and had an interchange. And on New Year's Eve I drive away with CISV again. Hopefully I'll meet someone from my village again one day.
Mother, several children in CISV
When my eldest, at 11, said he would like to go abroad for an international camp for four weeks, I thought that was a good idea. I hoped contact with peers from other cultures would broaden his horizons, bringing him both social and language proficiency.
Then when he came back I was surprised how very much he had evolved in both ways. He suddenly had friends all over the world, some of whom he still has contact with to this day, but he had also developed an enormous understanding of foreign languages. At CISV Camps, children learn how cohabitation works, even if not all are the same, and how to deal with being different.
This camp had another outcome: Two months later, the then almost twelve-year-old flew alone to Sweden and fulfilled his only birthday wish: To be able to visit his Swedish friends for a few days. These experiences are for him to this day "highlights" of his childhood and youth.
Meanwhile, all my children are CISV kids, we've had a lot of experiences, including as a host family and interchange family. And I still find it an important contribution to their social and emotional upbringing to enable my children to have CISV experiences.
Katharina H.
Village Leader with CISV Childhood Experience
I had my first CISV experience nineteen years ago. At the time, I was eleven, and was a rather cautious and introverted child. After four weeks I came home quite dirty, rich in experiences and knowledge and with a bunch of new friends. I continued to be rather cautious, but in these 4 weeks I not only learned that different languages and cultures do not have to be obstacles, but that it was also completely okay.
In the summer of 2014, I experienced my sixth CISV camp. I was allowed to accompany four great, eleven-year-old children as they made friends, became more open, more interested, more confident; How they began to ask questions and perceive injustices, how they consciously grappled with their own origins and learned to think globally, how they behaved in solidarity and empathy and helped to ensure that these 4 weeks for all unforgettable experience.
Of all my CISV experiences, I probably appreciate my last two when I was allowed to be a leader at Villages the most: Because I witnessed a well-functioning and harmonious Leaders Group (which consisted of very different personalities!), a safe and loving environment, within which quiet children suddenly shared opinions, anxious children could forget their homesickness, and self-assured children acted as links of the group.
Because It's All About The Children.
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Since 2016 House of Prayer & Hingham Congregational Church have collaborated on a week-long morning Vacation Bible School, and we're keeping that partnership going.
Join us in 2019 for Faith Exploration with Polar Pals July 29-Aug 2, 9 am - 12 pm at the Hingham Congregational Church, 378 Main Street Vacation Bible School is for children and youth ages 3 - 5th grade (young kids must be potty trained) to learn about and grow into God's love in Jesus!
Cost - $30 / child, $55 / family; scholarships available. Email pastorsara@hccucc.com.


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Населе́ние Кана́ды — народы, народности (население) проживающие на территории Кана́ды.

Население Канады по данным переписи населения Канады 2021 года составляет  человек. Перепись 2021 года зафиксировала 5,2 % прирост по сравнению с 2016 годом;  человек (перепись 2001 год). По численности населения Канада 37-е государство в мире (  ). Плотность населения (4,2 чел. на 1 км²) является одной из самых низких в мире (для сравнения в России 8,54 чел. на 1 км²).

Статистика
С 1900 года население Канады в млн человек, естественный прирост на 1000 человек, миграционный прирост (на 1000 человек) и суммарный коэффициент рождаемости (2,1 уровень воспроизводства населения).

Таблица

Население канадских провинций, территорий и Канады в целом (по переписи 2021 года)

Канада: 38 718 360 чел.

 Онтарио: 14 223 942 чел.
 Квебек: 8 501 833 чел.
 Британская Колумбия: 5 000 879 чел.
 Альберта: 4 262 635 чел.
 Манитоба: 1 342 153 чел.
 Саскачеван: 1 132 505 чел.
 Новая Шотландия: 969 383 чел.
 Нью-Брансуик: 775 610 чел.
 Ньюфаундленд и Лабрадор: 510 550 чел.
 Остров Принца Эдуарда: 154 331 чел.
 Северо-Западные территории: 41 070 чел.
 Юкон: 40 232 чел.
 Нунавут: 36 858 чел.

Уровень рождаемости в различных областях Канады (2006)
Атлантические провинции
 Ньюфаундленд и Лабрадор: 8,5 ‰
 Остров Принца Эдуарда: 9,7 ‰
 Новая Шотландия: 9,0 ‰
 Нью-Брансуик: 9,0 ‰

Центральные провинции
 Квебек: 10,9 ‰
 Онтарио: 10,6 ‰

Западные провинции
 Манитоба: 12,0 ‰
 Саскачеван: 12,1 ‰
 Альберта: 13,4 ‰
 Британская Колумбия: 9,9 ‰

Территории
 Территория Юкон: 10,0 ‰
 Северо-Западные территории: 16,0 ‰
 Территория Нунавут: 24,1 ‰

Крупные канадские города

(численность жителей в июле 2006, данные статистической службы Канады)

Возрастная структура

 0—14 лет — 17,6 %
 15—64 лет — 69 %
 старше 65 лет — 13,3 %

Средний возраст (по переписи 2006)
 Всего: 40 лет
 Женщины: 41,4 лет
 Мужчины: 38,6 лет

Средний возраст по провинциям и территориям
 Новая Шотландия: 41,8
 Ньюфаундленд и Лабрадор: 41,7
 Нью-Брансуик: 41,5
 Квебек: 41,0
 Британская Колумбия: 40,8
 Остров Принца Эдуарда: 40,9
 Онтарио: 39,0
 Саскачеван: 38,7
 Манитоба: 38,1
 Альберта: 36,0
 Территория Юкон: 38,4
 Северо-Западные территории: 31,2
 Нунавут: 23,1

Языковой состав

Родной язык
 Один из двух официальных языков: 81,1 %
 Английский: 67,1 %
 Французский: 21,5 %
 Другие: 17,6 %
 Китайский: 2,6 %
 Кантонский: 1,1 %
 Пенджаби: 0,8 %
 Испанский: 0,7 %
 Коренные языки: 0,6 %
 Итальянский: 0,6 %
 Украинский: 0,5 %
 Арабский: 0,5 %
 Немецкий: 0,4 %
 Тагальский: 0,4 %
 Польский: 0,3 %
 Португальский: 0,3 %
 Персидский: 0,3 %
 Урду: 0,3 %
 Русский: 0,3 %
 Корейский: 0,3 %
 Тамильский: 0,3 %
 Гуджарати: 0,2 %
 Греческий: 0,2 %
 Румынский: 0,2 %
 Несколько родных языков: 1,8 %

(*)Если не оговорено иное, все данные приведены по оценке Статистической службы Канады на 1 октября 2007.

Этнический состав

Этнический состав страны претерпел огромные изменения за последние тридцать лет, что вызвано кардинальным изменением курса иммиграционной политики. По данным 2001 года 32,22 % определили своё этническое происхождение как «канадцы» (в том числе 22,77 % как единственный ответ), 21,03 % указали на своё английское происхождение (в том числе 4,99 % как единственный ответ), 18,82 % указали на своё французское происхождение (в том числе 3,58 % как единственный ответ). В сумме, только 39,42 % проживающих в стране относят себя к потомкам переселенцев из Великобритании, Ирландии или Франции.

Так, за последние 10 лет мусульманское население Канады возросло на 82 % — с приблизительно 579 тыс. человек в 2001 году, до более 1 млн в 2011 году. Мусульмане составляют 3,2 % населения Канады, в то время как в 2001 году на них приходилось лишь 2 %. Две трети канадских мусульман проживают в трёх крупнейших городах страны — Торонто, Монреале и Ванкувере. В Торонто проживает самая крупная мусульманская община — 424 тыс. человек, в Монреале и Ванкувере, соответственно, более 221 тыс. и около 73 тыс. 200 человек. Это самое быстрорастущее сообщество в Канаде, отмечает ABNA.co.

До полутора миллионов представителей коренных народов (индейцев и эскимосов).

Иммиграция
В основном прирост населения происходит за счет иммиграции. Хотя основную экономическую отдачу от иммиграции приносят независимые квалифицированные иммигранты, половина всех въезжающих в страну попадает под программу воссоединения семей (супруги, несовершеннолетние дети или родители новых канадцев-спонсоров).

Канада — страна иммигрантов. Глобальная репутация Канады как высокоразвитой, мирной, свободной от этнических смут и конфликтов страны, где можно вырастить детей в спокойной обстановке, безусловно способствует росту иммиграции в страну. Новые канадцы, как принято здесь называть новоприбывших иммигрантов, в подавляющем большинстве селятся в крупных городах, что обусловлено ситуацией на рынке труда и имеющимися контактами. Через некоторое время почти все переезжают в пригороды, окружающие любой североамериканский город. Иммиграция вносит значительный вклад в экономику страны, начиная с правительственных пошлин и сборов за рассмотрение заявлений и заканчивая финансовым вкладом въезжающих, особенно семейных, от покупки недвижимости и мебели и будущими налоговыми поступлениями в бюджет.

Канада является третьей в мире страной по численности украинского населения (после Украины и России). По данным за 2011 год, число канадцев-украинцев составляло 276 тысяч человек, а ещё около 1 млн имели украинские корни.

Внутренняя миграция
Основными направлениями миграции населения внутри Канады уже много лет являются переселение молодёжи из сельских районов и маленьких городков в крупные города, а также массовый отток квалифицированной рабочей силы (инженеры, медсёстры, дизайнеры и пр.) и выпускников вузов на работу в США. Несмотря на большую площадь, приблизительно 80 % населения Канады проживает в пределах 200 км от границы с США. Торонто, безусловно, можно назвать самым сильным магнитом внутриканадской миграции на востоке страны. В связи с бурным ростом нефтегазовой промышленности и строительства в Альберте и Британской Колумбии наблюдается сильная тенденция оттока мобильного молодого населения из Центральной Канады, из Степей и Атлантических провинций в Западную Канаду.

См. также
 Города Канады
 Канада
 Аборигенные языки Канады

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Torre says MLB will investigate
By Peter Abraham
Globe Staff / October 24, 2011
ARLINGTON, Texas - Major League Baseball executive vice president of baseball operations Joe Torre said yesterday that his office would investigate the drinking that was going on during games in the Red Sox clubhouse this season.
"It's something we're concerned about, just to make sure that we get all the facts and that's my area,'' Torre said. "I know I have plans just to talk to some people.''
Jon Lester and Clay Buchholz have admitted to drinking during games, with Josh Beckett and John Lackey acknowledging making unspecified mistakes.
The players have denied reports that they drank in the dugout, claiming their actions were confined to the clubhouse. Sox owner John Henry and team president Larry Lucchino have said the team plans to look into the issue and gather further details.
Torre said there were no set plans for what MLB's investigation would entail. The drinking was not revealed until after the season, so timing was not a concern.
"It's something we're going to look at and find the best way to approach it, let's put it that way,'' Torre said. "That's one thing where I feel comfortable, the fact that I played and I managed. I have no problem talking to someone in regards to baseball, whether it's behavior or otherwise.''
The Sox are one of 12 teams that allow alcohol in the clubhouse. Torre said MLB could consider a ban throughout the game. But the bigger issue, he said, was making sure the players understood the weight of their actions.
"If we do happen to bar alcohol from the clubhouses, you have to understand the intent of this thing and what it looks like,'' said Torre, a former All-Star player who managed the Mets, Braves, Cardinals, Yankees, and Dodgers before accepting a position with MLB last year. "We're up there and we're role models, or we should be role models for the youngsters and how they behave.
"Guys understand that if they want to do something, they're going to do something. They're grown-ups. It's something where we implement rules that we feel would be best for the game and who we're being watched by. We've got to look at it.''
Commissioner Bud Selig, in an interview with MLB Network, said the clubhouse drinking by the Sox was something that bothered him.
"You never like to hear that. I'm very image-conscious about the sport and that's a great, proud franchise,'' Selig said. "I'm sorry for those stories because they're not helpful. But I also have great confidence that the Red Sox will get this cleaned up quickly.''
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Hike what Backpacker Magazine has ranked one of the top ten costal hiking trails in North America.
The trail starts just west of Miller's. This tide-dependent walk follows the inter-tidal coastline to Caine's Head State Marine Park where there's plenty of trails, to South Beach, through the fort & around the area.
The Caine's Head hike is a beautiful 5 mile coastal hike from Lowell Point (where Miller's Landing is) to Caine's Head State Marine Park. This hike was listed as one of the top ten hikes in Alaska by Alaska magazine. Once there, there is a hike up to Fort McGilvary too (*see hiking on Caine's Head to Fort McGilvary section).
Something is always happening along the beach on the five-mile hike to Caine's head. You might see a sea lion gorging himself on a fish, a humpback whale cruising the bay, or a flotilla of harlequin ducks, and the fishing could be hot for silvers or sea-run Dolly Varden. Backpackers also can get a taste of Alaska history by exploring the remains of Fort McGilvary, built to protect Seward during World War II, two miles beyond Caine's Head.
You must walk part of this hike on the low tide.
It is important to time your trip around the tides. The three mile stretch of beach between Tonsina Point and North Beach can be hiked only during very low tide.
It is not safe to hike a tide higher than a 2.5 foot tide on the tidelines. Miller's Landing will be happy to help you plan your trip and answer questions for you. Plan to stay at least until the next low tide or arrange to have Miller's Landing water taxi pick you and your gear up.
The first mile and a half of the trail is all upland, through the woods. It starts near Miller's Landing and goes to Tonsina Beach Bridge. You will know you are there because that is the first bridge you come to. There is also a picnic shelter there. In late June, July, August and September, there are also salmon spawning in the stream. You can fish from the beach here for salmon in late June through September for pink, chum and silver salmon. Dolly Varden are also caught here. You should allow about one hour from Miller's Landing to get this far.
From Tonsina Beach you must walk the rest of the hike on the low tide. It is all coastline the next 3 miles. The trail goes past eagle's nests, 1,000-foot cliffs, and tidal streams bulging with big silver salmon in late July and August. You may share this fishing hole with a few kayakers camped amid the driftwood, but otherwise your only company will be the sea otters, sea lions, eagles and breaching whales. Mid to late August is peak salmon spawning season.
You will not make it any further than this on the trail unless you plan this part of the hike on the low tide. Allow 1½ to 2 hours to get from Tonsina Beach to the North Beach of Caine's Head (the part you must walk on during the low tide).
At Derby Cove (one cove north of Caine's Head beach) you have the option of continuing to hike the beach trail around to Caine's Head, or hiking upland on another trail that will take you to the North Beach of Caine's Head.
There is a trail from Derby Cove to North Beach. The 2½ mile Alpine Trail splits off from this trail and takes you up to several mountain valley clearings and by a beautiful waterfall.
Planning the times to hike the tides: Depending on the height of the tide and how low it is going to be, you can hike from Tonsina Beach to Caine's Head from about 2 hours before low tide till 2 hours after. So if low tide is at noon, you can walk the beach portion of the trail from about 10 till 2 and you should leave Lowell Point around 8 am to allow yourself the most time to enjoy this area.
With a negative low tide you can probably walk the beach from 3 hours before low tide till 3 after low tide.
With a plus 3 foot low there is probably not enough time for the average person to go from Tonsina to Caine's Head without getting trapped somewhere along the way. We do not recommend hiking this section of the trail unless the tide is at least a 2.5 foot tide or lower.
With anything in between it is very important to leave Lowell Point at least 4 hours before low tide so that you can be at the points waiting for the tide to go out instead of watching it come in as you go along.
Remember to plan the return trip so that you will be walking on the low tides too. The tide will be low again in approximately 12 hours. You can also arrange for a water taxi pick-up (or drop-off) from Miller's Landing. Please be sure to make your water taxi arrangements in advance as there are no phones at Caine's Head. Miller's Landing has a 32 foot twin engine landing craft water taxi vessel that runs the bay every two hours or so, departing from Miller's Landing. The water taxi holds 14 passengers at a time.
What to do if the Tides Are Not Right For You To Hike?


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Alexandra Ocasio-Cortez and Bill Nye make joint appearance at SXSW
Jonathan Tilove, Austin American-Statesman
U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-New York, who required two overflow rooms for her appearance at South by Southwest Saturday, is, at, 29, the youngest woman ever to serve in Congress. If she were not, and if she were to be the constitutionally requisite age of 35 by the time the next president is sworn in, this women who is already known by her initials — AOC — would undoubtedly be the source of considerable excitement as a potential candidate for the Democratic nomination for president in 2020.
And if she were, her appearance in Austin this weekend might have marked the moment when she found her running mate — Bill Nye the Science Guy.
As Briahna Gray, senior politics editor with The Intercept, said that there was time for one last question before she drew the session, which was running over its hour allotment, to a close, there were whoops of excitement, including from Ocasio-Cortez herself, as the recognizable bow-tied figure of America's most famous science educator came to the mic.
"Oh my God," said Ocasio-Cortez, standing and applauding,
"Wow, greetings every one," Nye said. "Here is what I think is going on."
"As you know, I'm a white guy. I belong to two unions," said Nye. "But I think the problem from both sides is fear."
"People of my ancestry are afraid of having to pay for everything as immigrants come into this country," Nye said.
"So do you have a plan to work with people in Congress who are afraid?" Nye asked. "I think that's what's happening with many of the conservatives, especially when it comes to climate change."
And, Nye added, "Article 1, Section 8, Clause 8 of the U.S. Constitution refers to the `progress of science and useful arts.′ So when we address climate change, we are going to have clean water, access to the internet and renewable electricity for everyone. Let's go!"
Ocasio-Cortez applauded, briefly chanted, "Bill, Bill, Bill ... this is amazing," and proceeded to respond.
"Dismantling fear is dismantling a zero sum mentality," said Ocasio-Cortez, who said that means the "rejection outright of the logic that says that someone else's gain necessitates my loss and that my gain must come at the cost of another person."
"We are increasing our capacities for productivity so we can give without a take," said Ocasio-Cortez, a democratic socialist who believes it is time to rethink "this idea of how you are going to pay for it, this idea that there is a person that pays for it, reviewing progress as a cost instead of as an investment. The difference between a cost and an investment is that an investment yields returns."
Ocasio-Cortez, whose district includes parts of the Bronx and Queens, captured the popular imagination when she, seemingly out of nowhere, upended U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley, a Queens Democrat who was thought to be a potential future speaker of the House, in the 2018 Democratic primary. She hasn't had a quiet moment since, becoming a leading progressive voice, an architect of the Green New Deal, a source of concern for more moderate Democrats and a favorite target of Republicans and conservative media, who, whatever else, pay a lot of attention to her.
Ocasio-Cortez said that it is up to people like her audience to hold public officials accountable, not just during election season, because otherwise, they can pass off their opposition to parts of the climate change agenda by saying they are hewing to the views of their constituents, when, she said, they are actually responding to the views of their top donors.
That will change, she said, "when we raucously participate in government in the off-season in our own self governance."
"We've got to call our congressman as much as we call our local Chinese spot for takeout," she said.
And, she said, "Courage is self-propagating. Courage begets courage."
"The first person who stands up has to encounter the most amount of fear and discomfort," said Ocasio-Cortez. "But once that one person stands up, it becomes immensely easier for the second and the third and the fourth until it doesn't take any courage to stand up for something."
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A view of Hagia Sophia in Istanbul, Turkey
Europe's Christian churches concerned over Hagia Sophia
The Conference of European Churches (CEC) writes to the European Commission and UNESCO about the Turkish government's recent decision to convert Hagia Sophia to a mosque, saying that the move would potentially "create grounds for religious hatred and subsequent violence."
By Fr. Benedict Mayaki, SJ
The Conference of European Churches (CEC) has expressed its dismay at the decision last Friday by Turkish President, Tayyip Erdogan to convert Hagia Sophia into a mosque.
The ecumenical organization, representing 114 member churches in Europe, many of them Orthodox churches, made its concerns known in letters sent Wednesday to the European Commission and the United Nations Educational Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).
CEC's concerns
In the letter to the High Representative of the European Commission, Josep Borrell Fontelles, the CEC noted that the recent decision - which is "motivated by a petition to the Turkish Court" and supported by the Turkish president's office - questions "the validity of the presidential decree from 1934."
At the same time, "such an action would potentially create fertile ground for religious hatred and subsequent violence," the CEC letter stated.
In a separate letter to the Director-General of UNESCO, Audrey Azoulay, and the Director of the World Heritage Center of UNESCO, Mechtild Rössler, the CEC urged the international body to "undertake concrete action vis-à-vis the Turkish government in order to prevent the change of status of the existing world heritage site."
In the same vein, CEC President, Rev. Christian Kriegler reiterated the CEC's warning that this move could invoke grounds for religious intolerance and violence, adding that he had previously raised concerns with UNESCO and the European Institutions to "seek diplomatic influence preventing such an action."
Pope Francis: 'I think of Hagia Sophia, and I am very saddened'
Pope Francis, following the recitation of the Marian Prayer and recalling Sea Sunday, also made reference to the Basilica of Hagia Sophia, recently transformed into a mosque.
Turkey: Hagia Sophia Basilica to become mosque
Symbol of peaceful coexistence
CEC Vice President, Metropolitan Cleopas of Sweden, said that "in its status as a museum, Hagia Sophia brings together people and cultures from all over the world."
Expressing concern, he pointed out that a change in its status diminishes its "legacy as a universally accessible bridge uniting East and West, symbolizing the peaceful coexistence, mutual understanding, and solidarity between diverse people."
"We consider it inappropriate and harmful, in the 21st century, for Hagia Sophia, which is dedicated to God's Holy Wisdom and enables the faithful of both religions to meet and marvel at its grandeur, to become the cause of confrontations and conflicts," added Metropolitan Cleopas, echoing the words of Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew.
"In the spirit of Hagia Sophia's name, which literally translates to Holy Wisdom, we pray that wisdom and reason will ultimately prevail and Hagia Sophia will continue to operate under its status as a museum."
All member churches affected
CEC General Secretary, Jørgen Skov Sørensen, said that the recent developments reminded him of St. Paul's letter to the Corinthians: "If one member suffers, all suffer together with it; if one member is honored, all rejoice together with it. (1 Corinthians 12:26)
He points out that "this decision impacts churches that are directly affected." However, "all CEC member churches are disturbed by what we witness in Istanbul these days."
Originally constructed as a cathedral in the Byzantine Empire, the church was turned into a mosque after the Ottomans conquered Constantinople in 1453.
However, in 1934, Turkish leader Mustafa Kemal Ataturk decreed that it be turned into a museum. It has since then been a tourist magnet for millions of people every year, and is widely regarded as a symbol of religious coexistence.
Hagia Sophia is a UNESCO world heritage site in Istanbul.
In last Friday's decision, the Turkish government annulled its museum status and invalidated the 1934 decree.


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As the world knows, Adele recently unleashed her new album, 30, amid the fanfare and fan love that we are accustomed to seeing whenever she records new music. Adele is an artist who understands the power of big moments to create awareness and to build loyalty. She also cares about how her music is shared and sold — which is why she has clashed with streaming services over the years. For instance, in 2015, she initially restricted her album 25 from Apple Music and Spotify because she believed that they devalue music by giving too much of it away for free. This time around, she's taken Spotify to task for how it serves up albums to listeners through random shuffle play. And she has enacted a change that will benefit artist and fans.
Adele's Victory Explained
For some time, when we listen to albums on Spotify, the app has defaulted to playing the entire album on auto shuffle. This means that Spotify has prompted listeners to experience songs in some random order dictated by Spotify instead of people listening to songs in the sequence that the artist intended. Well, until Adele put her foot down.
She tweeted that she has convinced Spotify to disable the default auto shuffle mode. Going forward, an album can still be played on shuffle mode if a listener chooses that. But Spotify will default to playing an album in its intended order of songs.
She tweeted, "We don't create albums with so much care and thought into our track listing for no reason. Our art tells a story and our stories should be listened to as we intended."
Now that's what I call leverage. One artist enacts a change that will affect all artists.
Why Adele's Victory Matters
So, why does all this matter? When I shared an article about the demise of default auto shuffle on Facebook, my post inspired several comments. They fell into two camps:
1 It's high time that Spotify respects musicians and fans.
One of my Facebook friends put it best, "Spotify strongly discourages users from listening to albums: its absurd, mystifying UX design makes that very clear. The service wants me to shuffle and graze an infinite playlist, and I refuse to do that, for the same reason I won't read a single chapter of a novel or memoir and then set it aside to read another chapter by another writer with similar background or influences. I listen to music the way Adele makes and releases it."
Here's another representative comment: "GOOD. I hate spotify for that very reason. Artists create their albums in a certain way for a reason."
2 Music listeners really don't care.
On the other hand, I noticed a number of comments asking whether music listeners will even notice or care about Spotify presenting albums in their original order of songs the way artists intend.
One writer commented that people who actually listen to albums from start to finish are a vanishing breed. " . . . our style of listening is disappearing, as surely as 8-track tape," wrote one Facebook friend who grew up in the era of album-oriented music.
Another commented, "Modern and younger listeners are single-driven and the current pop scene generates singles and assembles album listing order aesthetically, with no underlying theme or concept. It is almost non-existent to have a concept record. Last popular one that comes to mind is Green Day's American Idiot record."
My take: Adele's victory over Spotify matters. Here's why:
Human beings matter more than algorithms. A machine no longer decides for you. A human being does. That's a victory for humanity in my book.
Music listeners and artists win. Yeah, we like to remix music. Customized playlists are fun! In fact, music listeners have been making their own mixes since the days of cassette tapes. But it's important that listeners have a choice by having access to the original source material recorded and shared the way the artist intended rather than have an app choose for them. Adele did something right for the listener. She restored the integrity of the artist/fan relationship.
"Singles first" is neither new nor permanent. It's true that today listeners are conditioned to consume music in bite-sized morsels while we go about our days exercising, working, and playing — which means we gravitate toward singles. But this behavior is not new. People consumed music mostly through singles decades ago until artists such as Bob Dylan and the Beatles ushered in a new era of album-oriented music, aided by the popularity of FM radio. But the resurgence of vinyl record sales underscores the reality that people do care about listening to albums. The point is that Spotify needs to allow listeners to adapt their preferences to their lifestyles, and that's what Adele is forcing Spotify to do.
There are times when artists respond to fans. There are times when artists lead fans. Adele is leading through her actions.
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Enrollment at publicly funded colleges is up, driven by a demand for an affordable college education and, for many students, a focus on workforce development with the real-life connec- tions to regional employers that are found at community colleges.
At the same time, state support for those state and community colleges is down sharply. So is student financial aid.
The results? Higher mandatory stu- dent fees. Steep cutbacks on the state's campuses. Increased class sizes. No money for faculty and staff pay raises, early retirement incentives for veteran faculty and staff and an increased reli- ance on adjunct faculty. Cuts to every- thing from library budgets to sports programs.
Overall, the result is an increased pressure on publicly funded colleges to do more with less, one of the driving forces in the state's economic growth.
Take, for example, Bunker Hill Community College.
BHCC is receiving $17.9 million in state support for the current fiscal year. That's down from the $22.1 million it received in fiscal year 2009.
Meanwhile, enrollment over that same time period has shot up at BHCC, from 11,009 in 2009 to approximately 13,000 this school year.
Similarly, state support for all state and community colleges in Massachusetts is down. State funding amounts to $948 million in the current academic year, down from $1.13 bil- lion in FY 2009. Meanwhile, a recent state Department of Higher Education report shows a 23 percent increase in undergraduate enrollment at the state's community colleges, state universities and University of Massachusetts cam- puses between fall 2001 and fall 2011. The report also shows that selected colleges and universities have wit- nessed dramatic fall-to-fall enrollment increases in the past year. Framingham State University's enrollment increased 15 percent, while Worcester State University's enrollment grew by 9 per- cent. These increases occurred despite a smaller pool of high school graduates across the state due to various demo- graphic changes.
Across the public higher educa- tion system, the report says, the rate of undergraduate enrollment growth – 18 percent – was more than double the rate of enrollment growth at pri- vate colleges and universities in the Commonwealth (7 percent) between fall 2006 and fall 2010. Massachusetts' 18 percent enrollment growth from fall 2006 to fall 2010 also outpaced that of peer institutions in other New England states, where enrollment grew by an overall 12 percent during the same period.
Massachusetts is comprised of 15 community colleges, nine state univer- sities, and the five-campus University of Massachusetts system. Although demand for public higher education is at an all-time high, state funding for public higher education has been cut by $164,227,471, or 16.4 percent of the entire budget for public higher educa- tion, since the FY 2009 budget, accord- ing to the Massachusetts Budget and Policy Center.
With unemployment in Massachusetts at nearly 8 percent, the demand for public higher educa- tion has exploded. According to the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education's website, more than 260,000 students enroll into one of the states 29 campuses annually.
While student enrollment isn't a problem, state and federal funding is. However, according to Katy Abel, a spokesperson for the Massachusetts Department of Higher Education, while students are paying more, Massachusetts is doing better than most states and even leads the nation in the number of people with associate degrees.
However, over the past three years, the budgets for higher education have been cut drastically. Since FY 2009, the budget for the five-campus UMass sys- tem has been cut $86.2 million, while community colleges have been cut another $42.6 million, and other state universities have lost $35.4 million from their budgets, MassBudget fig- ures show.
Unlike most private colleges and universities, where the majority of charges come from tuition, at state uni- versities and community colleges most of a student's cost is incurred in fees.
Another area that has seen decreased funding is student financial aid. According to Abel, in the 1980s, the MASSGrant program paid for a large portion of the cost for a student to attend college. Today it covers sig- nificantly less.
In addition to the MASSGrant pro- gram, the FY 2012 budget provides $87.6 million for the state scholarship program, a cut of $12.7 million when compared to the FY 2009 appropria- tion of $96.9 million, or $100.3 million in inflation-adjusted dollars, according to MassBudget.
Although state funding and finan- cial aid is down, Abel notes that Gov. Deval Patrick has been investing and improving infrastructure at existing college campuses. Abel also pointed out that the state only pays a portion of the cost to construct these new build- ings, while individual colleges work to raise the remaining balance of the cost.
One school that recently added a new building is Bunker Hill Community College, which unveiled its new state-of-the-art Health and Wellness Center last year. Although BHCC has set enrollment records in each of the last 12 semesters, they have also experienced cuts in their state funding.
In FY 2012 BHCC received $17,496,631 in state appropriations, down from the $20,897,000 it received in FY 2009, according to Mass.gov, and less than 30 percent of their $59,307,382 projected revenue for FY 2012.
However, because BHCC has seen such a dramatic explosion in its enroll- ment, the college has been able off- set some of the cuts in state funding through tuition and fees. According to Jesse M. Thompson, Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for Bunker Hill Community College, every percentage point enroll- ment increases will amount to nearly $330,000. At the time of our interview BHCC's enrollment was up 6 percent from the same time last year.
According to the Massachusetts Community Colleges website, com- munity colleges are a key to work- force development in Massachusetts. BHCC even offers programs with, among other companies, NSTAR and Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center. However, these programs receive little state funding and it's up to the colleges to collaborate with outside industry.
Although many schools might find ways to offset their losses in state appropriations this year, filling holes in their budget might be something they have to get used to, if they haven't already.
ADAM SENNOTT is former editor of Spare Change News.


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GUYANA: Man accused of raping 8-yr-old daughter collapses at Court
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(INEWSGUYANA) A 33-year-old father from the community Linden, who is being accused of raping his 8-year-old daughter, and who was scheduled to on Friday 13th, failed to happen after the suspect apparently had a seizure outside of the Courtroom.
Officers attempted to use Limacol to revive the man but this proved futile. He was subsequently rushed to the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) for medical attention.
According to information received, the 8-year-old girl allegedly walked into a probation office on her way home from school, and disclosed to the resident probation officer that she was being sexually abused.
INews understands that after a medical examination was done, it was confirmed that she was indeed being sexually molested.
The suspect was subsequently arrested and the child was placed into the custody of her aunt.
Family members have also confirmed that the child was being abused both sexually and physically for quite a while now, allegedly at the hands of her father.