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A letter to the Class of 2020
By Emmy Song | June 28, 2020, 9:49 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
Some lasting thoughts of a graduating senior
What are Blazers thankful for?
By Lucie Peyrebrune | Nov. 27, 2019, 11:20 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
With Thanksgiving right around the corner, Blair students have lots to be grateful for this year
Everything you need to know before getting ready for college application season
By Sneha Ojha | Oct. 2, 2018, 1:43 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
Seven things you must complete before applying to colleges
Concert for Valor a big hit for Blazers
By Robert Pfefferle | Nov. 12, 2014, 10:39 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
Take me out to the (long) ballgame
By Harini Salgado | Oct. 21, 2014, 11:32 a.m. | In Connections Blog »
If you follow baseball, you've probably heard of the 18-inning Major League Baseball (MLB) playoff game where the San Francisco Giants won against the Washington Nationals 2-1 on Oct 4.
What to do when you're feeling blue
By Aanchal Johri | March 2, 2013, 1:20 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
According to a report done by the American Physiological Association, young adults, ages 18 to 33, have reported the highest levels of stress.
How to avoid debt as a Senior
By Stacy Mathew | Feb. 13, 2013, 8:22 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
A lot of us didn't even know that senior year could cost so much, and plenty of us are already broke. Luckily, we have a few tips on ways that you can actually save for the last semester of High School
Around the school in 100 days
By Mimi Verdonk | Feb. 7, 2013, 2:16 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
48,000 minutes. 800 hours. 100 days. Yes, ladies and gentleman, today, Thursday, Feb. 7, is the 100th day of school (feel free to hold the applause).
The "fiscal cliff" in a jiff
By Aanchal Johri | Jan. 17, 2013, 6:11 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
After the Dec. 21 end-of-the-world scare passed, the next fear that overtook Americans was that of falling off the fiscal cliff.
Never Mind the Grind
By Mimi Verdonk | Oct. 13, 2012, 11:28 a.m. | In Connections Blog »
With the Homecoming dance just a week away, Blazers are already starting to envision the night.
Beefing on the Boulevard
By Mimi Verdonk | Sept. 26, 2012, 6:32 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
In the world of high school athletics, Blair and Northwood have a rivalry not unlike the Redskins-Cowboys.
Metro"fail": D.C.'s rail system
By Brittany Cheng | Aug. 13, 2012, 8:10 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
In the past month, Metro Alerts reported four disabled trains, four train malfunctions, five signal and power problems, three instances where all entrance escalators malfunctioned and one track issue – just on the Red Line alone.
Remembering the forgotten holiday
By Hannah Lynn | May 27, 2012, 7:08 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
It's the last weekend in May, which means that means schools close for a day, public pools open for the summer and, most importantly, malls are filled with sales. But wait, if these few days are meant for relaxation, then why do we call it Memorial Day Weekend? Oh yeah.
The Advanced Placement problem
By Mimi Verdonk | May 9, 2012, 11:02 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
There was a time when college credits were earned…in college. But that time is over. With the next two weeks dedicated solely to Advanced Placement (AP) testing, a significant chunk of Blair's student population is away taking a test with the hope of receiving college credit. Thus, the madness ensues.
Hats off to hats on
For some it's a simple snapback and for others it's a beanie. The classiest among us may bring out a fedora or a beret. No matter the form they take, hats are strictly prohibited to be worn by Blazers from 7:25 a.m. to 2:15 p.m. unless it serves religious purposes. So why the cap on caps?
Who's in the wrong?
By Stacy Mathew | Jan. 20, 2012, 4:29 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
A lot of students would prefer to be able to do whatever they want outside of school and not have to worry about facing the consequence of receiving punishments from school authorities.
Welcoming winter
By Langston Taylor | Dec. 1, 2011, 9:21 a.m. | In Connections Blog »
Forget December 22 - winter really starts now. The Thanksgiving weekend marks a distinct change in time, noticeable in more ways than nonstop Christmas music.
Playing by the rules pays off
By Saaraa Farooq | Oct. 25, 2011, 1:03 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
On Sept. 27, seven people were arrested in an SAT cheating scam in Long Island, NY after a 19-year-old sophomore at Emory University was arrested for accepting money to take the SAT for several students.
Spiritless in Silver Spring
By Mimi Verdonk | Oct. 13, 2011, 7:13 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
What's that other thing that happens this week, where people dress up and show their Blazer pride? Hint: It starts with school, and ends with week. But what's missing in the middle…? Oh yeah, spirit.
Thirteen years and a googol of memories
By Brittany Cheng | Oct. 4, 2011, 9:19 a.m. | In Connections Blog »
Little did I know, everyone's dear friend (sorry, Facebook) Google was celebrating its 13th birthday - and initiation into teenage-hood - with a cute birthday cake, streamers and balloons. Thank goodness the Google doodle alerted me!
By Alison Kronstadt | June 15, 2011, 10:12 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
When Blair administered the SAT on June 4, students were not prepared to start the test an hour and a half late.
PuzzlePa-WIN-za
By Valerie Hu | May 24, 2011, 1:15 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
Why sleep in during High School Assessment (HSA) week when you have the opportunity to win prizes? And these aren't just any prizes but huge prizes.
By Alison Kronstadt | May 6, 2011, 1:21 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
Students become progressively more restless as the calendar ticks down to winter or spring break, and we daydream endlessly about all the time we can spend in the non-academic world…
The real March madness
By Eli Schwadron | April 4, 2011, 10:12 p.m. | In Connections Blog »
For a minority of people, this is school on a regular basis. For most kids, the act of going ham on schoolwork doesn't take place until the end of the quarter.
Catastrophic cuts
By Allison Daitch | March 12, 2011, 11:05 a.m. | In Connections Blog »
Similar to the delicate balance in an ecosystem, each department in the Blair community performs a crucial job. If something were to happen to one position, whether it is a reduction or a complete cut, there will be a brutal chain reaction.


State attorneys general got a gift a few weeks back: a landmark case against the country's largest credit ratings agency, wrapped in a pretty bow and all but literally dropped at their doorstep.
That is, in essence, how the collaboration began between state AGs and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in their pursuit of Standard & Poor's. The lawsuits filed last week are the first -- and some think they will be the only -- to be filed against a ratings agency in connection with the 2008 financial crisis.
The suits allege that S&P misrepresented its investment analysis services as being "objective, independent and not influenced by its own or its clients' financial interests." Citing internal memos and emails to build its case, the DOJ alleges that the New York-based ratings agency was motivated by profit to give mortgage-backed bonds favorable ratings. Federal investigators say those misrepresentations contributed to more than $5 billion in losses to institutional investors from bonds rated between March and October 2007 -- the period just before the financial crisis.
Bennett Rushkoff, head of the D.C. Attorney General's Public Advocacy Section, said in nearly 20 years in government, it was the first time he'd seen such a level of information sharing from his federal counterparts.
Thanks to the U.S. Department of Justice's information sharing, the District of Columbia and 14 states joined the federal government in filing lawsuits against S&P. Although three other states (Connecticut, Mississippi and Illinois) had previously filed suit in prior years, the coordinated effort in recent weeks signals an improved partnership between states and feds.
As detailed in a recent Governing feature, state AGs and some federal agencies have historically clashed over who will fight financial fraud. One battle that left some states particularly sore occurred during the mid-2000s when several state attorneys general initiated actions against predatory and misleading loans and mortgages. The federal Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), however, put up a brick wall, claiming the states didn't have the authority to proceed. The issue stalled and the practices in question ended up having a major hand in the massive number of foreclosures that marked the start of the financial crisis.
But there are signs -- the S&P lawsuit being the latest -- that the relationship is improving. For example, 49 states and the federal government struck a historic, $25 billion agreement with the nation's five largest mortgage servicers last year to help struggling homeowners. (Oklahoma settled its case separately.) The joint agreement was partly a result of enforcement efforts by the Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force established by President Barack Obama in 2012. The task force's aim is to wage an aggressive and coordinated effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes.
Still, the seemingly more united relationship between states and federal prosecutors has its limits. For one, Connecticut, Mississippi and Illinois acted against S&P before the U.S. government did, filing their own lawsuits years before federal investigators were ready with theirs. Mississippi's lawsuit, filed in 2011, is still in the discovery stage of litigation. Meanwhile, in Connecticut and Illinois, S&P unsuccesfully attempted to have both cases thrown out.
Justin Marlowe, a Governing contributor and public affairs professor at the University of Washington, said the coordination this month with the S&P suits is likely unique to the financial crisis.
"I think there's a concerted effort on the part of the government to make sure there's some accountability," he said. "There haven't really been any high-profile prosecutions … of people directly involved in facilitating the financial crisis. I think this is an opportunity to do something very clear, very visible." Marlowe also noted that when it comes to finance law, a stronger case can be made at the federal level versus the state level.


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See behind the scenes in a live science lesson!
Staff have been working hard to find ways to make lessons engaging for students.
This can be more challenging when you have a practical subject, like Science or Design and Technology. But that hasn't stopped Mr Thomas, who let us peek behind the scenes at one of his lessons this week.
In the video below he explains how he has set up his classroom to make it easier to interact with the students. It's taken a lot of organising and is pretty impressive! The video features a highlights from just a few of the many experiments he demonstrated for students during the lesson:

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Please join NCADA on Monday, August 12, at the Norwood Hills Country Club.
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Post-1992 institutions play pivotal role in Clearing, says UK unive...
Post-1992 institutions play pivotal role in Clearing, says UK university leader
UNIVERSITY NEWS LAST UPDATED : 17 AUGUST 2022
Birmingham City University is gearing up for its largest ever Clearing operation - with more than 550 members of staff on standby to support and guide prospective students through the process of finding the right university place for them.
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As widespread reports fuel fears that students are set to miss out on higher education places this summer, post-1992 institutions such as Birmingham City University are set to play a pivotal role in meeting demand and, crucially, providing places on quality courses which match students' aspirations.
Birmingham City University's Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Academic) Professor Peter Francis, said: "Fears over sufficient university places fail to recognise the last 30 years of higher educational transformation, which has seen universities like ours playing an important and significant role in meeting the aspirations of many thousands of young people.
We are proud that we have worked hard to ensure we have an undergraduate portfolio that offers quality, choice and variety that meets the needs of employers, transforming the lives of our graduates – often the first in their family to go to university and from a wide range of socio-economic backgrounds. They go on to successful careers, in turn transforming the lives of others, making a real change to the world.
Professor Peter Francis, Deputy Vice-Chancellor [Academic] Birmingham City University
"As a forward-thinking university, we have invested heavily this year to deliver our biggest ever Clearing operation to ensure we are ready to meet demand from the moment hotlines go live. My best wishes to all those looking to secure places at university this year."
Birmingham City University will have over 120 operators manning its Clearing hotline, supported by hundreds of academic experts in specialist areas, all of whom will be working together to ensure a smooth and simple process to guide prospective students through what can be a stressful time and to ensure they find the right course for them in line with results.
It comes as Schools Minister Will Quince has revealed he himself used Clearing to secure a university place, as national data shows that in 2021, over 47,000 students found a university place through Clearing and 23% of this proportion went into the process without having applied to university in the first place.
Data experts DataHE estimate there are around 28,000 students not currently holding an offer of a university place, compared to 16,000 at this stage in the admissions process in 2019. Some of the rise is thought to be down to grades lowering as government regulators Ofqual are phasing activity to see grades return to pre-pandemic levels by 2023, following the last two years which saw higher than average grades during Covid when exams were cancelled and grades were based on teacher assessments.
Meanwhile, data from Marcomms Success highlights that increasing numbers of people are choosing to change their minds or trade-up during the Clearing process - a trend that has been on the rise since 2017. High achievers (53%) are now twice as likely to use Clearing for these reasons, versus those who did not achieve grades for their chosen course (27%), according to the research.
Birmingham City University's Clearing hotline opens at 8am on Thursday 18 August and will run until 10pm that day, then 8am – 10pm on Friday 19 August, and will remain open over the weekend. Last year saw the University make over 2,500 offers during Clearing, including over 900 on A-level results day itself.
Students will once again have the opportunity to visit Birmingham City University's campuses to see facilities and chat to staff, with drop-in open days taking place on Friday 19, Saturday 20 and Monday 22 August. After the initial August 18 peak, an outbound call model will also begin, providing additional information and support to specific groups of applicant and offer holders.
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Lug nuts from Japan made by KICS available in 42mm and 50mm size with either gold or black finish. It is close ended and will give your wheels a clean & raw look.
Project Kics Kyokyugen L42 & L50 Lug Nuts should be ordered at REV9 Autosport https://rev9autosport.com/kyokyugen-lug-nuts.html as they provide the best service and speed we've seen so far!
Does this come with the heptagon socket? Or should one be ordered separately?
It is included with the lug nuts!


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Q: Почему не работает eval("global a") в python? У меня еть строка "global a", где "a" переменная. Если написать код из одной только этой строки, то всё хорошо, но вот при попытке написать eval("global a") выскакивает ошибка
   global a
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SyntaxError: invalid syntax

Меня это поставило в ступор. Я много чего пытался сделать, что бы избежать ошибки, но она меня преследовала. Возможно я неправильно понимаю смысл функции eval() и она просто не способна на такое.
В оригинальной программе  я делал так:
for var in listik:
    eval("global " + str(var))

и всё равно ничего не работало. То есть у меня есть имя переменной (в списке), которую нужно сделать глобальной и eval, который не работает. Подскажите пожалуйста, что я делаю не так. Возможно eval() просто не может сделать такое или в моём случае есть какая-то более подходящая функция? Если что, то я знаю о опасности использования eval(), поэтому переменные у меня проверены и ничего плохого не произойдёт.

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1. In a medium sized saucepan, melt butter over a low-to medium heat and add molasses, white sugar, brown sugar and vanilla. Stir until the sugars and butter have melted and are well incorporated. Allow to cool slightly.
2. Once the butter and sugar mixture has cooled, add the egg and mix to combine.
3. Sift the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, cloves, pepper (if using), salt into the butter and sugar mixture. Add the fresh ginger and mix until combined.
4. Cover the pot with a lid, and place in the fridge until it is easy enough to roll into balls (about 1 hour).
5. Preheat the oven to 175C/150F and line a baking tray with baking paper. Roll the mixture into walnut sized balls and roll each ball in the remaining 1/4 cup white sugar. Place on the baking tray (don't press down) and bake for 13- 15 minutes. The cookies should have a nice 'ring' around the edge and a flat center which is cooked through. Leave the cookies to cool on the tray before transferring to a cooling rack.
6. Either in a microwave or double boiler, melt the white chocolate and dip the cooled cookies in the white chocolate. Decorate with sprinkles or leave plain.
Cookies should be stored in an air tight container – be warned, they will not last long.
* at a pinch, you could substitute black strap molasses for regular molasses, golden syrup, or honey – however, I haven't tested these substitutions. Black strap molasses is very strong, so if substituting, I would recommend increasing the substitution amount to 1/4 cup.
A soft, chewy yet fudgy ginger cookie with just the right amount of crunch – everything a ginger cookie should be. They are the perfect crowd pleaser!
These cookies are irrestibly soft and chewy. They have a slight crunchiness on the outer edge that gradually becomes more and more chewy, fudgy and soft as you bite your way to the center. Mmmm, they are much like these cookies, with a ginger cookie twist to them. They are spiced with cinnamon, cloves, ginger and sweetened with molasses…then they are dipped in white chocolate to make them extra festive and special.
These are going to look so sweet on the Christmas table this year, don't you think?
1. These ginger cookies are a one pot wonder so your kitchen won't look like a bomb has hit it afterwards.
2. We don't have to cream any butter – time and effort saver.
I guess they are a cookie baker's dream cookie – an amazing result for little to no effort required. A perfect cookie recipe for this busy season.
The baking secrets to these cookies are much like the secrets revealed in the chocolate chunk cookie recipe but let's recap here anyway.
Melted butter adds chewiness (and adds ease when baking!).
Baking Soda helps the cookies to spread rather than puff (like baking powder does), resulting in a beautiful flat, fudgy cookie.
White sugar adds crunch, whilst the brown sugar and molasses adds richness and a fudgy, chewy texture.
Chilling the dough enhances the flavours dramatically and enables easiness when rolling into balls.
The uncooked cookie dough balls are rolled in sugar before baking to give them extra crunch and will sparkle and glisten as you eat them.
These cookies are delicious and pretty without the white chocolate too, so if you're out of white chocolate – don't worry. Also, as much as I like the extra crunch and glisten, you could skip the end part of rolling the dough in extra sugar to cut down on the sweetness.
You are going to love making and eating these ginger cookies!
I have been receiving some awesome photos of your baking lately – thank-you!! It's so exciting to see you make WSB's recipes. Why not share these photos with everyone?


How might a network graph provide context for course syllabi? What could a digital humanities workshop in a class look like and offer? During Office Hours, three Digital Humanities Fellows from fall semester will present on digital activities—from Omeka exhibitions on Latin American history to topic models of the Slavic Review journal—that they integrated into their English, History, and Slavic Studies undergraduate courses.
All are welcome to attend; coffee will be provided!
For more information on current and past DH Fellows, visit our DH Fellows page. The deadline for applying to be a fall 2017 Fellow is Monday, April 3.
Kimberly Quiogue Andrews (English), "Countercultures"
Carlotta Chenoweth (Slavic Languages and Literatures), "Avant-Gardes and Émigrés: Digital Humanities Lab"
Brandi M. Waters (History, African American Studies), "Introduction to Latin American History"
The Fortunoff Video Archive for Holocaust Testimonies has been recording testimonies of survivors, witnesses, and bystanders of the Holocaust since 1979, when the project started as a grassroots effort here in New Haven. It currently holds more than 4,500 testimonies, comprising more than 10,000 hours of videotape, recorded by Yale and more than 30 affiliates worldwide.
Recently, the archive completed a number of important milestones including the digitization of its collection, the development of a digital access system, and the launch of a partner site program that provides remote access to testimonies at universities and research institutes.
Please join us for a presentation on Wednesday, February 8 at 3:30 pm in the Sterling Memorial Library Lecture Hall by the archive's director, Stephen Naron, who will discuss the history and recent developments of the archive, and some new initiatives underway to encourage use of the collection.
Books new to the Arts Library's general collection are featured to the left of the main desk on the first floor. We invite you to take a seat and explore! Circulating items are available to check out if you find something of interest. Staff members are available at the main desk for questions -- or email us.
Interested in learning how to build a database or code with R? Apply for a Digital Humanities Training Scholarship! Yale undergraduates, graduate students, and librarians are eligible to apply. These scholarships support participation in week-long DH workshops.
For more information, visit our Training Scholarships page. Not sure which workshop is right for you, check out our Off-Campus Workshops page or send us an email at dhlab@yale.edu.
The staff of Oral History of American Music (OHAM) have recently conducted interviews with Bright Sheng, John Luther Adams, Jabala Billy Hart, and Toshiko Akiyoshi. In the next few months, interviews are planned with Guy Klucevsek, David Lang, and first year composition students at the Yale School of Music. Additionally, OHAM staff released two new videos on their YouTube channel: "OHAM Remembers Pauline Oliveros" including historical footage from a 1983 interview; and "Reaction to Breaking the Waves, an opera by Missy Mazzoli." This video included excerpts from a recent OHAM interview and videos from the opera, all complemented by reflections from Fjola Evans, a student composer who attended the premiere. Finally, the German radio station Deutschlandfunk, produces a series called "Voices of America." On January 13, 2017, they aired the premiere of their hour-long program devoted to Oral History of American Music and its founder, Vivian Perlis.
The Music Library subscribes to many databases that bring full-text books and articles, streaming audio, and streaming video to your computer, anywhere in the world, 24/7.
Berliner Philharmoniker Digital Concert Hall is available once again to Yale students, faculty, and staff. Access is by IP address: Yale users must connect first from on campus or through VPN and create a login. Once registered, Yale users can login from anywhere on supported devices and apps, which include iOS and Android smartphones and tablets.
medici.tv has a monthly newsletter of new offerings. Subscribe by writing to medici.tv. Newly added recordings include Arthur Rubinstein performing Chopin from 1968 and a master class with William Christie and Paul Agnew. The latest live broadcast was of the premiere of Mark-Anthony Turnage's Remembering, performed by the London Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Sir Simon Rattle.
Met Opera on Demand has recently added some classic performances: Richard Strauss's Der Rosenkavalier from 1982, with Kiri Te Kanawa, Tatiana Troyanos, Judith Blegen, Kurt Moll and Luciano Pavarotti, directed by James Levine; and two radio performances of Beethoven's Fidelio (1993) and Verdi's I Vespri Siciliani (2004).
For an overview of music databases and ways to search the library's collections, see Music Research @ Yale; or go straight to a list of databases.
The library has a trial subscription through February 3rd to Routledge Handbooks Online, including 557 book chapters pertaining to music. Please explore and send any comments you have about this database to Suzanne or Jonathan.
The library has recently subscribed to The Economist, Drama Online, Kanopy Streaming Video Service of feature films and documentaries, and the complete content of 19th Century Masterfile with details on more than 20 million documents and 6500 periodicals, including arts titles. The index entries include links to full-text documents in HathiTrust and American Memory.
Finally, Ebrary has a new name and new links: ProQuest Ebook Central. For updated links, search for ebooks in Orbis or Quicksearch.
Several archival collections were processed this fall, and are open for research. These include the papers of two award-winning producers of Broadway hits and Classical performances: Thomas Z. Shepard and Goddard Lieberson, as well as the papers of Slam Stewart, prominent American jazz bassist. In addition, two YSM-related collections were processed: The Papers of Ruth Bracher, class of '21, and the Papers of Donald Currier, professor of piano from 1951-1989.
A brand new circulation desk area, complete with new comfortable seating, new locations for our computer workstations and self-service printing and scanning facilities, and a new office for Suzanne Lovejoy, Music Librarian for Reference and Instruction.
Two seminar rooms on the second floor that include large tables, pianos and whiteboards (both plain and stave). These rooms will also soon be installed with state of the art audiovisual systems, that will allow for laptops to be plugged into a large 80" wall mounted monitor along with a high definition audio system. Additional playback capabilities in these rooms will include, audiocassette, Blu-ray, compact disc, DVD, VHS, and vinyl.
Additional large study tables on the first floor.
A new front entrance leading from the corridor that now connects the recently opened York Street entrance to Sterling Memorial Library and the main Nave.
A new exhibition area, outside the front entrance to the Music Library, that provides the ability to display both physical and digital music special collection materials, including, for the first time, audio and video items that will be displayed on two large monitors positioned above new custom built exhibit cases. Our inaugural exhibit, A Riff on Ruff: Yale's Jazz Ambassador to the World, opens January 27th.
Stop by to see all of this for yourself during our regular hours! Additionally, please join us for an Open House, Jan 27th from 11am-1.30pm, to celebrate with library staff, the launch of the renovated Music Library. Refreshments will be served and tours of the new spaces will be given on an ad-hoc basis.


If you are over 55 you can legally access up to 25% of the money in your pension scheme – tax free! Pension Release, or pension unlocking is the early release of your funds. Pension release for over 55s is government backed by Financial Ombudsman Service or Financial Services Compensation Scheme (FSCS) should things go wrong.
What is the minimum pension fund eligible for this scheme?
We work with pensions from over £25,000, or if you have multiple pensions amounting to £25,000. These pensions are backed by government for a 25% tax free release, so nothing can go wrong.
What Sort Of Pension Scheme Is Eligible?
Personal Protected Rights, Retirement Annuity Contracts (old style), Stakeholder, Executive, Company and Section 32 Buy-Out Bonds.
How will this affect my state benefits?
Our advice to you would be establish your favoured pension release option and then check with your local benefits office in regards to your proceedings as there are several variables which will potentially affect your state benefit, which will be difficult to predict before getting in touch.
Will I need to pay interest on the released funds?
If you are over 55 you can legally access your pension scheme – tax free!
Will I need to be retired before I can consider the scheme?
You can release funds prior to your retirement however this is normally due to poor health or other special situations. We do not recommend employed members of occupational pension schemes to consider Pension Release as this could leave you with less than you need when you reach retirement age. If you're 55 or over you can legally access the money in your pension schemes(s) and backed by the government to receive up to 25% of this tax free.
Is pension release subject to extra tax?
Lump sum releases are tax free up to 25%. In other word, 25% of your pension release fund can be taken tax free.
Ongoing income from pensions however will be taxed at the basic or highest tax rate subject to your overall income level.
How will this affect my pension death benefits?
As with state benefits, our advice to you would be establish your favored pension release option and then check with your death benefits office in regards to your proceedings, this will be the best way to determine the effects as the pension release policy that you chose will determine if there will be any changes to your death benefits.
Are the any other important factors to consider?
Releasing funds from your pension early will reduce your pension income in retirement and may not be suitable for your circumstances so it is important to obtain legal advice before doing so.
The second is that if not done legally, releasing funds may incur penalties. Our recommended FCA consultants will present you with a completely transparent recommendations providing pension release advice on penalties, fees and charges so that both parties are aware of how to avoid any penalties.
Who is eligible for pension release?
How much can I release from my pension?
After our initial consultations we will contact pension providers on your behalf to find the best pension valuation, the higher the valuation the more you can release. Through long running relationships with FCA pension release companies we have ensured that we get the most competitive rates due to the amount of people we refer. Pension release is delivered in a lump sum, an income, or as both. To obtain the valuation we need your permission on a signed Letter of Authority, which we will send to you when you complete the online Pension Release Enquiry Form.
The standard maximum tax free cash lump sum is 25% of a pension fund, however this could be increased by drawing down a single payment avoiding an ongoing regular income and the extra funds would be taxable. When we evaluate your pension we will establish if this is a suitable option for you.
Will Someone Come See Me?
For us, communication is key to developing a successful client referral as there are a multiple of complex options to discuss. We will be in touch over phone and email and where possible you can visit us in Leeds or one of our national team members can visit you at home or work. We do not charge for this service so there is nothing to lose in contacting us.
Who are The Pension Release Service?
We offer services covering pensions release, pension unlocking and equity release. We only use pension providers who are UK based and Financial Conduct Authority regulated (FCA), which means you are protected under UK financial law.
Our consultations have the goal of successfully matching you with a suitable person or company whose services are designed to meet your needs; you will be provided with clear information and appropriately informed during and after the process; the advice we offer you is suitable and takes account of your circumstances; the products we provide perform and have acceptable standards to our recommendation; we continue to support you should you wish to change product, provider, submit a claim or make a complaint.
Many financial advisers are limited to offering products or services related to the company that they work for.
We are wholly independent which means we're not limited to any one financial advisor which means you can enjoy the option of choice as we will advices on a range of tailored solutions that are in your best interests.
We work with you to get to know you and to understand your situation before searching the whole of the market for the product or service we believe best meets your needs.
We go out on your behalf to review and negotiated the best rates for your pension release, once we have found you this contact we will put you in touch with them – you will be pre qualified and they will already be aware of your needs and all matters will then be handled by the FCA company.
We do not charge you for our services and only the FCAs charge you. Our recommendation to you will be transparent and inform you of cost and charges that your recommended FCA will ask for.
I am pleased with the service you provided and all the information you gave me was reassuring I made the correct decision. You staff were all very polite and helpful.
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Youngina es un género extinto de saurópsido (reptil) diápsido del Pérmico superior de Sudáfrica. Era de pequeño tamaño y su aspecto era similar al de los lagartos modernos, con los que no guarda parentesco alguno.

Youngina y unas pocas formas afines fueron clasificadas en el orden Eosuchia (propuesto por Robert Broom en 1924). Dicho orden se convirtió en un cajón de sastre que reunía muchos diápsidos basales (primitivos) que no eran claramente ni lepidosauromorfos ni arcosauromorfos. Romer propuso que el nombre Eosuchia fuese reemplazado por el de Younginiformes, en el que se incluyen unas pocas formas desde el Pérmico al Triásico.

Youngina es conocido de varios especímenes. Muchos de estos fueron atribuidos a espescies y géneros diferentes (como Youngoides y Youngopsis), pero más tarde se cayó en la cuenta de que no se diferenciaban de Y. capensis. El espécimen holotipo de Youngina fue descrito brevemente a principios del siglo XX por Robert Broom. El espécimen "Youngoides romeri" fue atribuido inicialmente a Youngina, pero más tarde se le dio su epónimo y una designación aparte en un artículo posterior. Acanthotoposaurus es también un sinónimo más moderno de Youngina.

Características

Youngina conserva muchas características de los cotilosaurios, como los dientes palatales y la ausencia de un orificio entre los huesos del hocico (fosa anteorbitaria). No obstante, las dos fosas de la parte posterior del cráneo muestran de inmediato que se trata de un diápsido.

Youngina era un reptil de tamaño medio con una longitud craneal de cerca de 7 centímetros, comparable en tamaño a algunos varanos de tamaño medio como el varano de Gould. Probablemente tenía articulaciones inmóviles entre el paladar y el neurocráneo, de manera similar al cráneo del tuátara, contrariamente a algunas afirmaciones iniciales acerca de la movilidad metacinética de las articulaciones basicraneales en Youngina y otros reptiles diápsidos primitivos.

Filogenia
Youngina alguna vez fue considerado como cercanamente relacionado con Acerosodontosaurus, y más distantemente a los tangasáuridos (Kenyasaurus, Hovasaurus, Thadeosaurus, y Tangasaurus), pero la monofilia de los younginiformes no ha sido demostrada en los análisis publicados de los reptiles diápsidos, y es por tanto probable que el grupo sea parafilético. Acerosodontosaurus es probablemente más cercano a los otros antiguos "younginiformes", en vez de ser pariente cercano de Youngina. A continuación se encuentra un cladograma siguiendo el análisis de Reisz et al. (2011) mostrando la posición filogenética de Youngina entre los diápsidos primitivos:

Referencias

Younginiformes
Fósiles del Pérmico
Fósiles de África

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CMP25Drawing
============

This is a quick implementation to draw lines from points to the Blue Bamboo P25 printer. You can use this to draw line images to the P25. An example of usage:

```
-(void)addSignatureFromPoints:(NSArray*)sigPoints
{
    uint16_t x = 0X19;
    uint16_t y = 0X46;

    printBuffer[bufferPtr++] = 0x1B;  // COMMAND
    printBuffer[bufferPtr++] = 0X58;  // COMMAND
    printBuffer[bufferPtr++] = 0X34;  // COMMAND
    printBuffer[bufferPtr++] = x;  // X
    printBuffer[bufferPtr++] = y;  // Y

    CMP25Drawing *drawing = [[CMP25Drawing alloc] init];
    [drawing startDrawingWithSize:CGSizeMake(x, y)];

    int pointsDrawn = 0;
    BOOL beginNewPath = NO;
    for (NSValue *val in sigPoints)
    {
        CGPoint pt = [val CGPointValue];
        if (pt.y > 60000)
        {
            beginNewPath = YES;
            continue;
        }

        if (!pointsDrawn || beginNewPath)
        {
            [drawing moveToPoint:pt];
            beginNewPath = NO;
        }
        else
        {
            [drawing addLineTo:pt];
        }

        pointsDrawn++;

    }

    NSArray *nums = [drawing stopDrawing];
    for (NSNumber *num in nums)
    {
        int n = [num intValue];
        printBuffer[bufferPtr++] = n;
    }

}
```

This example method is in my class that handles the P25 printing. The argument `sigPoints` is an array of NSValue CGPoints that make up the signature

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The punishment is fitting the crime
Workers shouldn't have to tolerate a culture of sexual harassment
By Todd Humber
If there is one bit of solace we can take from the Harvey Weinstein saga, it's this: The punishment is starting to fit the crime. We still live in a time when you can be caught — on tape — bragging about grabbing women's private parts and still be elected president of the United States.
But some men in powerful positions are finally losing credibility, jobs and money for their alleged lecherous ways. (See Roger Ailes and Bill O'Reilly at Fox News, Jian Ghomeshi at the CBC or Roy Price at Amazon.)
Weinstein, the famed movie mogul, was fired from his own company. But he wasn't fired for his inappropriate behaviour, he was fired because he was publicly outed by the New York Times.
His firm didn't oust him after he reached at least eight different settlements with women — including sexual harassment and unwanted touching. Instead, it gave him an employment contract that essentially gave tacit approval ot, and attached a price tag to, sexual misconduct.
If Weinstein "treated someone improperly in violation of the company's Code of Conduct," he was required to reimburse the costs of judgment or settlements to the firm, according to TMZ.
But the contract went even further — outlining penalties of $250,000 for the first instance, $500,000 for the second, $750,000 for the third and $1 million for each additional instance. It's like the company knew Weinstein couldn't control himself around women, so it attached escalating fees for each assault. It also means his firing was — unbelievably — potentially illegal.
One of the most interesting — and sad — parts of this story has been the proliferation of the #metoo hashtag on social media. Actress Alyssa Milano reportedly started it by saying, "If all the women who have been sexually harassed or assaulted wrote 'Me too' as a status, we might give people a sense of the magnitude of the problem."
On Oct. 16, I was flooded with posts that contained #metoo. Close friends posted openly to not only confirm they had been harassed or assaulted, but detailed the circumstances.
A former colleague spoke of a time she was working in Hong Kong as a jazz singer. Hotel management showed her the poster that promoted the band during her tenure — "It was a caricature of me in a tight, low-cut green dress with a tag line 'Voice so sexy, even the lobsters are red, or cooked!'" she wrote.
She was told it was part of her job to mingle with guests, and most nights were enjoyable. But one man, an official with a foreign government, visited often and went out of his way to speak with her. One night, he began asking inappropriate personal questions that she refused to answer.
"(He) threw a pile of $100 American bills on the table and said, 'Answer my questions now.' I stood, said I couldn't be bought and started to walk away. The man gripped my arm, tried to yank me back down, and said loudly, 'Everyone can be bought.' I stood there, in the middle of a packed restaurant, crying and trying to pull my arm away from a man twice my size who felt I owed him a conversation about sex (and lord knows what else)."
That nightmare is one story in an ocean of bad behaviour. Just hours after it began, #metoo had been used more than 200,000 times, according to the BBC.
Sarah Polley outlined her encounter with Weinstein in a column for the New York Times. The Canadian actor and director was pulled out of a photo shoot when she was 19 and summoned to Weinstein's office, with her publicist, who refused to leave her alone with him. Polley wrote: "A famous star, a few years my senior, had once sat across from him in the chair I was in now. Because of his 'very close relationship' with this actress, she had gone on to play leading roles and win awards. If he and I had that kind of 'close relationship,' I could have a similar career. 'That's how it works,' I remember him telling me. The implication wasn't subtle."
Turned off, Polley went behind the camera. One idea she began working on was a comedy about the craziest and worst experiences a group of successful female actors in Hollywood ever had on set.
"We were full of zeal for this project. But the stories, when we told them, left us in tears and bewildered at how casually we had taken these horror stories and tried to make them into comedy," said Polley. "They were stories of assault... it was impossible to reframe them any other way."
Weinstein pointed out he "came of age in the '60s and '70s when all the rules about behaviour and workplaces were different. That was the culture then."
This is the culture now — women are more comfortable standing up to this behaviour. We're doing a better job with the next generation in teaching them that they shouldn't have to tolerate this kind of behaviour. If we can't trust men in powerful positions to have common decency, we can at least show them there are serious ramifications for acting like Weinstein.
Maybe they'll think twice.
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Faith-Based Networking Can Enrich a Job Search
by SARAH E. NEEDLEMAN | March 10, 2009
When Amber Edwina Hampton began searching for her first post-college job last spring, she turned to a higher power for help and says her prayers were quickly answered.
But Ms. Hampton, a recent convert to Islam, hadn't left everything in God's hands. She also took advantage of her religious connections to network. Thus, a classmate at an Islamic school told Ms. Hampton about a job opening at the NYU School of Medicine. The classmate, already an employee at the medical school, also agreed to hand Ms. Hampton's resume to the hiring manager. Three weeks later, the 24-year-old was hired as a program associate.
If you're searching for work, consider reaching out to fellow congregants, spiritual leaders and others in your religious circle. These folks are often eager to help like-minded believers. What's more, many nonsecular institutions provide free job-search resources that are available to anyone.
Successful networkers say they often secure leads from their faith-based connections by bringing up their employment status in casual conversations about their lives. These conversations can take place after services, at holiday parties or at other religious gatherings, they say.
Mary Stutts, an associate pastor at Revival Center Ministries in Vallejo, Calif., says she regularly spreads the word about local job opportunities to worshippers before and after services. "In the last month, I've given out four job referrals," she says. Ms. Stutts even announces job opportunities from the pulpit when interesting ones open up locally. She learns of most openings from church members and through her work outside the church as a business-relationship consultant, she says.
Some religious groups use email and online forums to share job leads, facilitate networking and channel career advice. An example is the University of Washington's chapter of Hillel, a global foundation for Jewish students. It puts out a weekly email newsletter featuring ads for jobs and networking events in the Seattle area, says Josh Furman, a program coordinator for the group.
Alicia Post of New York says her rabbi regularly blasts emails about job opportunities in her area to current and past members of his synagogue who sign up for them. This past summer, an email describing an opening for an executive director at a Jewish nonprofit caught her eye. At the time, Ms. Post was in her seventh year at a similar organization and was craving a new and more challenging role. She expressed interest in the job to the rabbi, and he forwarded her resume to the nonprofit's chief executive officer. The 29-year-old Ms. Post landed the job in July.
Between Jobs Ministry, a group launched 15 years ago by a pastor at Northwest Bible Church in Spring, Texas, offers job-search assistance meetings weekly. The sessions are typically led by retired career experts and professionals, says Ed Bacon, a director at the ministry and a retired finance executive. The volunteers give talks on job-search topics, facilitate networking among members, critique resumes, organize mock interviews and provide emotional and spiritual support, he says.
Church membership and religious devotion aren't required, but attendees can expect the group to recite a Christian devotional during meetings, adds Mr. Bacon.
In 2006, Michael Schaffner joined the Between Jobs Ministry after being laid off from a position as chief information officer at an oil-field equipment company. A member introduced him to an executive recruiter who later got him an interview for a job as a director of information technology at a similar employer.
Ahead of the meeting, Mr. Schaffner was put in touch with a past member of the ministry who worked for the potential employer. This was helpful, he says, because he learned that the company uses Six Sigma, a business methodology he was familiar with. As a result, he added more details about his Six Sigma experience to his resume and listed it higher on the page. Mr. Schaffner, 57 years old, landed the job in April.
While many job seekers may rely on prayer for support and success, career experts warn against discussing faith when meeting with hiring managers or executive recruiters. "You don't want to turn it into a religious conversation," says Kevin Zwetsch, a partner with the law firm Fowler White Boggs Banker in Tampa, Fla. "You're veering off the path of what you're there for."
An exception might be if your involvement in religion can promote your candidacy, adds Mr. Zwetsch. For example, if you mention that you are a deacon at a church during a job interview, "that demonstrates leadership and community involvement," he says. But he warns that "if you go any further, employers will get skittish," because recruiters are prohibited by law from asking candidates questions about their religious beliefs unless they pertain to the job at hand. "[Religion] is one of those taboo topics," he says.
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Q: Is there a built-in way in pandas dataframes to include next/previous rows of slice if requested index is between integer index labels? Example dataframe:
    value
ind
1   2.3
3   4.4
5   3.3
7   6.6

and then I slice with:
df.loc[2:4]

Default output is going to be just:
3   4.4

But I want the upper and lower values included:
1   2.3
3   4.4
5   3.3

Is there a built-in way without some extra logic?

A: I am not sure if there's an in-built way for this, but you can get the upper and lower values you want specifying your boundaries and including them in your slice:
>>> r = 1
>>> df.loc[2 - r : 4 + r]

Out[75]:
     value
ind
1      2.3
3      4.4
5      3.3

So by adjusting the r you can specify how many next or previous rows to include
EDIT: Based on your comments below, try using iloc and not loc:
Assume this df:
>>> df

Out[108]:
     value
ind
1      2.3
3      4.4
5      3.3
7      6.6
11     7.4
21     6.7
33     7.8
34     2.3
35     6.9

# Boundary
>>> r = 2

# Using loc
>>> df.loc[2 - r : 4 + r]

Out[111]:
     value
ind
1      2.3
3      4.4
5      3.3

# Using iloc
>>> df.iloc[2 - r : 4 + r]

Out[112]:
     value
ind
1      2.3
3      4.4
5      3.3
7      6.6
11     7.4
21     6.7

A: If you don't care about the index, you could use shift()
s = slice(2,4)
df_ = pd.concat([df['value'].shift(1).loc[s], df['value'].loc[s], df['value'].shift(-1).loc[s]])

# print(df_)

ind
3    2.3
3    4.4
3    3.3
Name: value, dtype: float64

A: Short answer: No
The .loc[] method looks for the first index value equal to or larger the start value of the slice, and the reverse for the stop value of the slice.
If you need that extra logic (evaluate if the start value has an exact match, if not, get the next best lower value, and equivalent for the stop value), you have to do that using your own code (at least not pandas built-in, there might be a solution for that in the net already)
Working stub (no exception handling etc, assumes df is ordered by integer index, and fails if hitting first or last row):
def loc2(df, start, stop):
    r = df.loc[start:stop]
    if r.index[0]>start:
        start=df.index.to_list()[df.index.to_list().index(r.index[0])-1]
    if r.index[-1]<stop:
        stop=df.index.to_list()[df.index.to_list().index(r.index[-1])+1]
    return df.loc[start:stop]


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Dawn Covino Opens Up About Being Intersex!: Covino grew up in Long Island, New York, she had two siblings and was in the middle of three daughters. Her parents Carol and Thomas, weren't the kinds of people who talked about feelings – and not about bodies.
As a kid, she was a happy and outgoing child. But as soon as she turned 12, she began to feel out of place. When her friends discussed their periods, she felt out of business cause she had not got them yet.
Over the next few years, she eventually developed breasts, but yet not having periods or body hair made her feel different.
To conceal the fact about her different body, she would hide in the changing room after gym classes. She would even hide her body at home.
In 1989, when she was 15, her mother knew something was wrong and had arranged her first doctor appointment. She was traumatised that the doctor had called three more doctors after examining her.
She didn't get a clear idea about what was going on but only understood segments from the conversation. She didn't have a uterus and would never be a mother. Instead, she had to remove gonads because they were pre-cancerous. She went in for surgery a month before her 16th birthday.
After the surgery, doctors advised her to take estrogen pills for the rest of her life. Though heartbroken from learning that she would never be a mother, she yet tried to shut the whole thing that went in her life.
She went to university in New York to study criminal justice and psychology in 1991; she began having casual sex. Though this made her unhappy, she wanted to feel validated.
In February 2002, she met Robert, and they hit it off soon after. They got married on August 13, 2004. There were yet the uneasy feeling if not being able to become a mother.
In 2005, she and Robert began to look into adoption. They adopted one-year-old twins, a boy and a girl. She finally had her dream come true.
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When she was doing a DNA test on her twins to find more about their health history and more about them, she even did a DNA test on herself, to discover more about her heritage.
Two weeks later, DNA company, telling her that something was wrong with the sample.
She had written on the forms that she was female, but her sample showed XY chromosomes, which are male. Assuming that there had been a mix-up, she just sent off another piece.
After having a conversation with the doctor of the company, she found out that she had CAIS – complete androgen insensitivity syndrome. The doctor explained that it's when babies are born with an external female genitalia without ovaries and a uterus. Instead of these, they have internal testes and XY chromosomes.
She was relieved discover what was wrong in her and about why she had felt different for so long. She searched about unisex and more about her syndrome.
She called her mother and her mother burst into tears, revealing that all she wanted to do was protect her child. Her mother had planned to take this secret with herself even if it meant taking it to her grave.
She didn't tell Robert until she had visited a geneticist herself and had the diagnosis confirmed. She talked over dinner and told him about her discovery about herself. He felt relieved that it wasn't cancer she wanted to speak.
She found InterConnect, an online support group, through which she became friends with others who were intersex.
Approximately 1.7% of the population is intersex, but so many are scared of the judgement that comes from being open about it.
Intersex means the difference in sex traits or reproductive anatomy. Moreover, CAIS is a condition that comes under it, and affects one in 20,000 people.
Dawn had concluded her story by saying:
"Telling my story feels liberating. The ones in a similar situation should know they are not alone. I don't want others to suffer the way I did."
She continued, "CAIS doesn't define me – I'm a wife, a mum, a psychologist and friend. But, I'm not ashamed of my body or who I am any more."
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Already 6% into it and it's a sequel to The Paper Magician (review here) and surprisingly it's with the same characters so looking forward to what goes down!
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Test your mettle on the chess board in the all time favorite, battle of wits, knowledge, and strategy. Chess game is the ultimate computer chess that puts you in command of the army of pawns, knights, the Queen and the all important King. If you breathe and live chess, then this internet chess game is for you. Choose your difficulty. Can you handle the advanced difficulty, or are you merely a beginner? Countless game play options are available at your disposal as you create the best strategy for your army. The chess board is your ultimate battlefield.
The worldwide phenomenon of chess playing is now available online with Chess Game. The basics of each unit are applied. The powers and movements of the pawns, rooks, knights, bishops, the Queen and the King are there. Use them to ultimately bring the enemy's King down into submission. This will not be easy though. Find the weak links in their army, and crack them open to expose their King. Be ready for the attack and anticipate each move and countermoves. This will be a war of attrition, so prepare your mind for a grueling IQ match. Study your opponent. Know your enemy. And master your army on the chess board.


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Congratulations to Kingsmill Primary School for being awarded National School of the Month for the UK. This team are really making their way up the leader board and have already completed the Precious Water Mission and have shared what they have been up to through newsreels.
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1 MONKSPATH J+I SCHOOL ... 740
2 THE PARK PRIMARY 740
3 HORBURY ECO TEAM 240
4 LAKESIDE PRIMARY SCHO... 240
5 PLASHET SCHOOL 140
Calthorpe Park School hold another Water Festival
On the 8th of March, Calthorpe Park School hosted their second Water Explorer Water Festival in two years! The event was organised by a dedicated group of 30 students. For some it was their first Water Festival, while others had enjoyed being involved in organising last year's Festival so much
Calthorpe Park School are the UK's Team of the Month for March!
Posted on 5 April 2017
Our display showing children's posters and the start of the water walkway
Completing Challenges will help you climb the Water Explorer leaderboard. In addition, your project work can be used to support CREST and Eco-Schools Awards.
CREST Award (British Science Association)
Each year, over 32,000 CREST Awards are undertaken by 11-to-19-year-olds, giving them opportunities to explore real-world science, technology, engineering and maths projects in an exciting way.
Use Water Explorer Challenges as a basis for a CREST Bronze Award. To get the Award, you'll need to spend at least 10 hours on your project. Find out more about CREST Bronze Award here.
Tackle Water Explorer Challenges and gather evidence to apply for an Eco-Schools Award. Challenges address several Eco-School topics including Water, Waste, Biodiversity and Global Citizenship. Take the plunge and go for your Green Flag Award! Find out more about Eco-Schools England here.
Contact the Water Explorer team through [email protected] with any questions on how Water Explorer can help you achieve sustainability success.
Local Partner Global Action Plan
Global Action Plan UK (GAP UK) is an environmental behaviour change charity that has been helping people to adopt more sustainable lifestyles for over 20 years. GAP UK works with schools, communities and businesses to develop and deliver programmes that change behaviours.
GAP UK led the design of the global WaterExplorer programme and is coordinating its delivery across the 11 countries. You can find out more about us at www.globalactionplan.org.uk


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Extreme weather, natural disasters and the failure to mitigate and adapt to climate change were all in the top five global risks in terms of impact, according to the global survey. The report is based on the perceived risks from nearly 1,000 experts from around the world, most of whom were European men with expertise in economics and technology who worked at a business organization.
In terms of likelihood, weapons of mass destruction aren't on the list of top 10. Though the fear of war has increased as a result of the ongoing feud between President Donald Trump and North Korea's Kim Jong Un, environmental concerns have been prominently noted in the top five risks since 2011 in terms of both likelihood and impact. Extreme weather events were the second most likely global risk for 2014, 2015 and 2016—but were the number one risk in terms of likelihood in 2017 and 2018.
The report noted that the "impact of Hurricane Maria on Puerto Rico has starkly illustrated" how environmental problems can result in devastation of crucial infrastructure. In 2016, nearly 24 million people were displaced from their homes due to weather-related events—which were over three-quarters of all people displaced that year, according to the report. California, Chile and Portugal had extensive wildfires in 2017, with over 100 deaths in Portugal recorded.
Rising global temperatures and heatwaves could devastate food supplies, according to the report. More than three-quarters of the world's food comes from 12 plants and five animal species—which highlights the world's vulnerable food system. The report says there is a one in 20 chance per decade that heat, drought and floods will result in "widespread famine and hardship" as a result of the failure of corn production in the U.S. and China, which are the world's primary growers.
Technology-based concerns, including cyberattacks and data fraud, and theft were also in the top 10 among 30 global risks that could affect us over the next decade, according to the 1,000 experts and decision makers surveyed. Other events that pose a risk include large-scale involuntary migration, man-made environmental disasters, terrorist attacks, illicit trade and extremely overpriced assets, including housing, in a major economy or region. Top risks in terms of impact that were not also included in the top 10 risks in terms of likelihood were water crises, food crises, biodiversity loss and ecosystem collapse, and spread of infectious disease.


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CJP lauds role of bars for restoration of judiciary
Web Desk December 3, 2012
ISLAMABAD: Lauding the role of bar associations during the lawyers' movement for restoration and independence of judiciary, the Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry on Monday said "the Bar has special affiliation with courts and it left no stone unturned in supporting the movement of restoration of independent judiciary, rule of law and supremacy of Constitution in the country".
The Chief Justice said this while talking to an eight member delegation of Mianwali District Bar Association headed by its President Mr. Zafar Iqbal Khan and comprising other office bearers, who called on him here at the Supreme Court.
The Chief Justice further added that, "it was a movement that instilled in the legal fraternity the spirit of cooperation and struggle to achieve the cause of Constitutionalism. The movement generated awareness amongst the masses to fight for their rights and strengthened their belief in rule of law and supremacy of Constitution".
The delegation lauded the untiring efforts of the Chief Justice in improving the administration of justice in the country and his commitment and sincerity towards his profession. They appreciated the firm stand taken by him on principles which was a beacon of light for the rest of the judiciary.
The members also discussed the issues and matters of interest of legal/judicial fraternity and assured the Chief Justice of their unconditional support and full cooperation to standby judiciary in time of need.
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Why are you here? Creative thinking does not thrive from locking itself to each individual, it thrives from being shared; allowing ideas to spring, multiply and materialise into infinite forms. Financial restrictions for this process are not affecting individuals, but affecting the society of creative thinkers. In response, we need to be creative on how we can facilitate creative dialogues, and M_Y_O_M sets out to achieve this alongside other independent higher education models.


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Bowl of Hygeia Award 2022: Sivajanan Sivapalan
"When I came to Canada 10 years ago, I didn't know a single pharmacy professional; so, this OPA award is very humbling to be recognized by the wider profession. I find it a privilege to be able to serve the public and my community in the ways we can as pharmacy professionals."
Siva Sivapalan is a pharmacist and certified diabetes educator in the town of Beamsville, Ontario. Initially an international pharmacy graduate from the University of London, Siva became a pharmacist in Canada in 2011. Driven by a passion for patient care, Siva works closely with physicians and nurses in hospital practice at the National Health Service in care for the elderly, stroke rehabilitation, and obstetrics and gynecology. Additionally, Siva is a University of Waterloo co-op preceptor, and a University of Toronto and Dalhousie University clinical preceptor where he is dedicated to contributing significantly to the learning experience of his students. His commitment to the profession has been recognized through numerous awards and achievements including, Niagara This Week's readers' choice pharmacist 4 years in a row. In addition, his pharmacy has won the Pathways to Opportunity award twice. Siva enjoys volunteering and participating in fundraising initiatives to support the public and profession, and he currently serves as a member of the board of directors at the Ontario College of Pharmacists. Siva is a 2008 graduate of the University College London School of Pharmacy where he received a Master of Pharmacy.


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REANNZ joins CineGrid, creating new opportunities for engineer and artist collaboration
With CineGrid, REANNZ hopes to spark innovative uses of its nationwide, fibre optic high-speed network among its university, polytechnic & CRI members
REANNZ has joined CineGrid as a network member. CineGrid is an international research consortium focused on emerging applications in media intensive forms of art, entertainment, distance learning, scientific visualisation, remote collaboration and international cultural exchange. Through CineGrid, REANNZ hopes to spark innovative uses of its nationwide, fibre optic high-speed network among its university, polytechnic and CRI members.
CineGrid organises network test beds and hosts a variety of experimental digital media projects and periodically organises inter-disciplinary workshops and demonstrations to share results and identify new avenues of research. CineGrid activities are designed to help members foster new user communities that are eager to share their cultural, technical and human creativity with colleagues across the globe, linked by CineGrid and its network members, such as REANNZ. Both organisations share the goal of education and training of next-generation digital media and network professionals.
"CineGrid means engineers and artists working together… artists need technology to express their vision and engineers need the artists to show them the unimagined in order to inspire them," said Laurin Herr, CineGrid co-founder.
"Joining CineGrid is an important step forward for REANNZ and New Zealand," added Steve Cotter, REANNZ CEO. "CineGrid has nearly 10 years of global leadership in advanced applications for research and education networks. They engage students and practitioners across broad sectors in entertainment, education and information technology. And the one thing common to all these innovations is that they operate on fast, reliable advanced networks, like REANNZ."
REANNZ will take the lead in forming CineGrid NZ: a local chapter of CineGrid focused on the creation, use, distribution and preservation of extremely high-quality media on the network; pioneering new, collaborative workflows; and building a community of practice within industry and academia to exploit the proliferation of high-speed networking, grid and cloud computing and advanced imaging techniques for digital cinema, as well as for the science and engineering communities. There are local chapters of CineGrid in Amsterdam and Sao Paolo, Brazil, as well as the larger CineGrid community based in California.
"We welcome REANNZ to the CineGrid family," said Natalie Van Osdol, co-founder of CineGrid. "Our network members are a key element to CineGrid's success. They link us together with world-class networks and make our projects and demonstrations possible."
REANNZ hopes to engage Wellington's considerable creative and scientific community in pioneering new and innovative applications which are made possible by the REANNZ nationwide high-speed network connecting universities, Crown Research Institutes and private enterprises engaged in media-intensive creative and scientific work.
CineGrid members include Disney Studios, the Electronic Visualisation Lab at the University of Illinois Chicago, USC School of Cinematic Arts, National Center for Supercomputing Applications, the Qualcomm Institute at the University of California San Diego and Lucasfilm.
REANNZ is the Crown-owned company that owns and operates a high-speed, unrestricted broadband network (known to many as KAREN) for the New Zealand education, research and innovation communities. REANNZ and CineGrid are actively seeking member partners for upcoming events such as eResearch NZ, GLIF 2015 and the CineGrid workshop to be held in San Diego in December 2015.


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USAID launches partnership with Parliament of Sri Lanka to strengthen democratic governance Featured
The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) launched yesterday a Rs. 1.92 billion (USD$13 million) partnership with the Parliament of Sri Lanka to strengthen accountability and democratic governance in Sri Lanka.
"This project broadens our support to the independent commissions, Ministries, and provincial and local levels of government," said USAID Mission Director Andrew Sisson at the launch ceremony. "As always, we will support equal participation by men and women, as well as underrepresented groups in politics and leadership."
This three-year Strengthening Democratic Governance and Accountability Project (SDGAP) aims to improve strategic planning and communication within government and Parliament, enhance public outreach, develop more effective policy reform and implementation processes, and increase political participation of women and underrepresented groups in Parliament and at local levels.
Sisson also congratulated the Parliament on becoming the newest member of the United States' House Democracy Partnership program which supports peer-to-peer exchanges for partner legislatures around the world.
The Speaker Karu Jayasuriya chaired the launch and brought together key Parliamentary members and staff, including Cabinet Ministers, Deputy Ministers, Members of Parliament, Chairs of the Sectoral Oversight Committees, Chairs of Independent Commissions, and multilateral and bilateral donors.
SDGAP builds upon the success of USAID's recent collaboration with Parliamentary staff to strengthen capacity, knowledge base, and procedures. Highlights of that recently-completed project include supporting the capacity building of the new Sectoral Oversight Committees and staff, and updates to the Parliament's Standing Orders.
Since 1956, the U.S. government has invested over $2 billion in the areas of agricultural and enterprise development, environment and natural resources, education, health, good governance, and humanitarian assistance to benefit all the people of Sri Lanka.
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Jane Austen's sparkling wit returns to CSC's stage! Amateur matchmaker Emma Wodehouse has a penchant for meddling in the love lives of others. Her latest mission is to find a promising prospect for her less than promising friend Harriet. But when her efforts to play cupid go awry, Emma finds herself struggling to undo the damage. Audiences that clamored for CSC's productions of Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility surely will again when Austen's trademark storytelling returns to the stage in Emma.
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4-year-old accidentally shoots 8-year-old brother in Illinois, police say
by: Kelley Hoskins and Nexstar Media Wire
EAST ST. LOUIS, Ill. (KTVI) – Police are investigating after a 4-year-old accidentally shot and injured his 8-year-old brother in Illinois on Sunday.
Investigators say the two children were playing with a loaded handgun when it accidentally discharged at an East St. Louis home around 10:30 p.m.
The 8-year-old boy is hospitalized in stable condition.
According to police sources, the children were apparently shooting a video.
It's unclear how the children obtained the weapon, which reportedly belongs to a family member. An adult was inside the home at the time of the shooting.
Police said it's unclear whether the parents will face charges. The investigation is ongoing.
Police urged parents to keep weapons out of the reach of children and to always have a safety lock.
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(NEXSTAR) - A decade or two ago, it may have been impossible to track down many of the individuals who overran and occupied the United States Capitol on January 6th. The age of social media has given investigators and amateur internet sleuths a trove of images to pore over and match.
As of Tuesday, authorities had opened about 170 investigations into people who potentially committed crimes, according to the Associated Press. That number is expected to grow.
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