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A degree in international history and politics at the Graduate Institute in Geneva can lead to a career as an international historian and it also provides a set of tools for a practical career in politics and diplomacy as well as in the private sector. The same methods that make for a great international historian are a tremendous, indeed indispensable asset in the world of global politics. Of particular importance are the ways that historians illuminate the political relevance of questions of meaning, culture, mentalities and deep economic structures, locally and globally.
The International History and Politics Department at the Graduate Institute prepares you for an international career.
From academe to diplomacy to the corporate sector by way of the media, foundations and think-tanks effective analysis and practice of current international affairs need the contribution of an appropriate historical contextualisation and knowledge and this is what we offer to our master and PhD students helping them secure that quality advantage.
Through historical methodology, such as qualitative and textual analysis, applied research seminars conducted with practitioners in partner organisations, archival research and attention to structural change and continuities over time, students study international politics, policy-making, political systems and institutions, transnational actors and actions, and the history of culture, societies, markets and environment in a regional and/or global perspective.
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Studying International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute means acquiring a quality of training, an international network and a practical experience. It also means living in a city, Geneva, where international cooperation happened, happens and will continue to happen.
Past and present cohorts of master and PhD students have been extremely successful and are now employed in the private and public sector.
Master Student Placement After Graduation
Data collected since 2008 reveals that after graduation, the International History and Politics master students have been employed in all four sectors:
The third sector attracted 31% of our alumni, from which most graduates work for NGOs or think tanks.
The next favourite division is represented by the public sector, where 28% of our graduates work for international organisations and the Swiss Federal Administration amongst other institutions.
24% of our master graduates either continued their studies towards a PhD or conducted research as part of an academic institution.
The private sector accounted for 17% of our students who are working for a wide range of companies.
PhD Student Placement After Graduation
Information gathered since 2008 indicates that International History and Politics PhD graduates have been employed in all four sectors:
The academic sector was the most popular with 47% of our alumni conducting research as part of an academic institution.
The public sector appealed to 25% of our alumni, from which the majority work for international organisations.
The third sector attracted 19% of graduates, with most working for foundations.
The private sector accounted for 9% of our PhD graduates, most of who work for multinationals.
Why Study International History and Politics?
Frank Afari (Ghana), PhD Candidate in International History and Politics
"I had my previous university education in Ghana where I was brought up mainly on the nation-centred historiographical tradition that privileged the centrality of the state as an analytical category for studying history. Afterwards, I enrolled in the Graduate Institute's International History and Politics (IHP) doctoral programme to undertake a study of the human rights violations associated with the various political upheavals in Ghana's post-colonial history.
I encountered a faculty comprising top flight minds with expertise grounded in a combination of intersecting themes and specialisations cutting across transnational and regional spaces. Along with its diverse student population, representing some of the brightest students from all continents, I found myself in a truly stimulating intellectual environment. Through the doctoral seminars, lectures, tutorials, colloquia, discussions with my supervisors, and regular public lectures, international history has come alive to me in an exciting way.
Whether looking at the histories of transnational terrorism, financial markets, conflicts, humanitarian crises, nationalism, migration or identity politics, students of the IHP Department are exposed to a wide range of historiographies, which condition them to think cross-culturally and transnationally. Besides, IHP equips students with the methodological and conceptual approaches that are attentive to how the interactive dynamics of international relations shape the internal politics of nation states. Since I began my PhD project here, I have had the privilege of serving as a Teaching Assistant, which has afforded me the unique opportunity to reshape and perfect my research and teaching skills through guided practice in the institute's international environment."
Efrat Gilad (Israel), PhD Candidate in International History and Politics
"What I value most about the Graduate Institute is the diversity of students and faculty members.
There is no better way to challenge your own premises than in a seminar – or a brainstorming session over coffee – with a group of open-minded peers who come from different countries and speak different languages. This stimulating environment is exactly what I desired when I applied to the Institute.
While I cherish the years I spent at Tel Aviv University, the past year at the Graduate Institute has challenged me more than ever before. Just one year ago, I was living in Tel Aviv, graduating cum laude, holding a Research Assistant position, and was well on my way to a PhD. Still, I felt limited. I was in need of a major challenge, a completely new perspective in order to deconstruct narratives that were confining me as a historian and as a person. Due to its diversity, the Institute is not confined to any narrative and a critical reflection is almost built directly into this institution. For me, this is priceless.
At the Graduate Institute I found faculty members who know you by name and encourage you to follow your passion. The International History and Politics programme is rigorous and the professors are demanding, but they are also very generous with their time and advice.
Today, I am inspired and energised and feel that I have found a home from which I can pursue my academic goals. I am again on my way to a PhD, but the one I always wanted to write, not the one I thought I should write.
Finally, the Institute's location in the heart of International Geneva is ideal. Not only does this promote diversity, but the abundance of international organisations and archives within reach are imperative for a well-grounded, globally conscious historian."
Aditya Kiran Kakati (India), PhD Candidate and Teaching Assistant in International History and Politics
"International History is a field that was entirely new for me when I joined the Graduate Institute four years ago as an MA student. I have continued to study here as I have continually found the space to explore novel openings and have received great direction and support.
Now in the second year of my PhD, I have been able to pursue a minor in Anthropology and Sociology of Development that has greatly expanded the intellectual landscape I am exposed to. This is a unique opportunity that the Institute provides and I decided to continue to study here in order to avail myself of this opportunity. This interdisciplinary exposure has allowed me to reflect more strongly on my own work as well as on the discipline of history. My professors have been greatly supportive of my pursuit of multidisciplinary themes during my PhD in order to allow my perspectives to grow and curiosities to be sparked further. Additionally, the right guidance has been provided to channel this exposure productively.
I have also been involved in the Department as a teaching assistant; this experience has significantly nurtured my intellectual and pedagogical capacity. We perhaps combine the right balance between pedagogical instruction and pursuing our own research. The faculty members, apart from being highly distinguished in their own fields, also possess diverse and interesting personality traits. Our engagement with them is also personal, and having greater access to them provides us with an environment that extends beyond just academic guidance.
Our small and closely knit community, the highly international landscape of students and our relationships provide an ideal milieu in which to broaden our spectrum of thought, history and everything else in between."
Jonathan Matthew Schmitt (United States of America), PhD Candidate in International History and Politics
"As an American historian working on a critical history of the United States, it may at first seem strange that I chose to do my PhD at the Graduate Institute. My work, however, focuses on US history embedded in an international context that is only legible with reference to the larger world of which it was and is a part. The Department of International History and Politics at the Institute is the ideal place to pursue a project like this.
The Department provides students with the opportunity and the tools to approach their studies in more complex and innovative ways than do many other graduate history programmes around the world. At the Institute, students are immediately encouraged to engage particular historical questions, as always part of a larger field of questions, and never to isolate the history of a single culture, society or nation from the broader, global historical current.
The Department's faculty is unparalleled and the intellectual environment they foster is both challenging and collegial (a combination one rarely finds). The students here take scholarship very seriously and those that I have had the pleasure to get to know are not only working on fascinating and relevant topics, they are also genuinely committed to the historical discipline. In my experience, the Department of International History and Politics at the Graduate Institute is among the vanguard of contemporary historical studies and I count myself very fortunate to be a part of it."
The class representatives for the Master and PhD programmes at the Graduate Institute, engage with students to ensure their views on academics are continually represented. If you have questions about student life at the Institute, please feel free to contact one of our class representatives.
Shivangi Behera
Master in International History and Politics (First Year)
Christoph Buhne
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David Motzafi-Haller
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There are some things so serious you have to laugh at them.
Home Transmitting Sites Slovenia Nanos
Nanos is a 12 km long and up to 6 km wide karst plateau about 50 km southwest from the Slovenian capital city Ljubljana. Nanos and Snežnik are the most representative mountains in the Notranjska area. Nanos mountain is also close to the famous Postojna cave which is the longest cave system in the country as well as one of its top tourist sites. Transmitting site is located on the sharp cut edge of Nanos called Pleša.
First broadcasts from Nanos started in 1955. In 1960 a decision was made to build a complete transmitting site with all the infrastructure including a 50 m high tower. The site was completed at the end of 1962. At that time two radio stations and one television channel were broadcasted.
Transmitting site Nanos played also an important role in adopting PAL color television system in Italy. In 1970 there were first trial broadcasts from the Nanos site with color television (on channel 27) which were later replaced with regular broadcasts of TV Koper. Since at that time there were no color TV broadcasts in Italy and they haven't yet decided on color TV system (either PAL or SECAM), a lot of people started to watch color TV on PAL receivers. This later resulted in adoption of PAL system and expansion of private televisions in Italy. Analog broadcasting of TV Koper/Capodistria was switched off at 22:00 on 22 November 2010 to start broadcasting of Multiplex A on channel 27.
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HOME / ART AS INSPIRATION
Art and Literature, an Inspiration for Transformations
Transformations occur in relationships. These can be social, between humans and nature, between culture and technology, between development models and subjective dynamics, between formal and factual powers. What is transformed is the form of the relationship, the delicate adjustment between the systems. To promote transformations, it is necessary to understand the relationships that underpin the current state of things. Understanding means knowing its pillars, its assumptions, its mechanisms, its functioning, its causes and its effects, but it is also necessary to perceive its fissures, unveil its leaks, create its possibilities, empathize with its impossibilities, long for its states, suspect its permanence, desire its changes, feel its transcendence.
Knowing about transformation implies knowing relationships from different frameworks of understanding. And since relationships are not linear and univocal, but full of tensions and inexplicable, it is worth integrating the different ways of understanding reality that science and the arts have historically had. When the theories explain, the works apply; when concepts define, the arts inspire; when models predict, the arts trigger. Because art is one of the languages in which transformation is expressed and the complementary knowledge that allows us to know what it really is.


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Description Photograph shows water rushing through the Hydroelectric plant on Bucks Creek after a disastrous test of the system. Note from audio tapes: The penstock was first tested, sand and gravel jammed the gears and the fuses blew. There was fear that the Pacific roadbed would be blown away.


A normal menstrual cycle ranges from 28 to 35 days. If a period is late and not a result of pregnancy, it's possible to induce your period using one of the below Ayurvedic remedies. Please also consult your health care provider for assistance with your late period. It may be a sign of other health conditions.
Irregular menstruation mainly occurs due to thyroid abnormalities, PCOD issues or hormonal imbalance. The cycles can also be delayed due to mental stress, physical illness, improper lifestyle, anemia or travel.
In Ayurveda, anaartavam (delayed period) is caused due to excessive Kapha and Vata dushti. This is an imbalance of Kapha and Vata in the supportive systems of the body, the dhatus. Additionally, the apana vayu which expels the artavam (menstrual fluid) is blocked. Artavam is considered Pitta in nature and so foods which increase Pitta in the body are known to produce the desired results. Here are some Ayurvedic home remedies to increase Pitta, improve the downward energy of Vata and induce your period.
Take one spoonful of horse gram and one spoonful of black sesame seeds and soak them in two cups of water overnight. Boil this mixture in the morning and reduce the water quantity to one half cup. Add one spoonful of jaggery to the mixture and consume. Take this decoction regularly until you get your period. Discontinue once it arrives.
Cooking and eating raw papaya may help bring on a late period.
Drinking fresh pineapple juice twice a day is beneficial.
Do yoga asanas, oil massage, steam bath, butterfly asana and kapalabati breath, the breath of fire. These in particular may be very helpful.
Proper weight is very important to maintain good fertility.
Flax seeds, almonds, ginger, cinnamon, apples, walnuts and leafy vegetables are some beneficial foods which may help induce your period.
Aloe vera, ashoka, lodhra, ashwagandha and triphala are some useful Ayurvedic herbs that may help. Consult a qualified Ayurveda practitioner before consumption.


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Mercy High School names Class of 2016 valedictorian, co-salutatorians
Cromwell bans use of cannabis on public land
Yamartino appointed as Middlefield's first selectman
Former Cromwell BOE head recalled as 'exemplary person'
Haddam gets $1.8M grant to remediate mill brownfields
Middletown woman recalls dad's activism ahead of MLK Day
Middletown recess polls finds support for 2 short periods
Schools chief placed on paid leave amid misconduct probe
Middlesex United Way taps new president/CEO
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MIDDLETOWN >> Mercy High School announces that Madeline Jenkins has been named the valedictorian and Natalie Davoodi and Mackenzie Pias co-salutatorians of the Class of 2016.
Valedictorian Madeline Jenkins
According to a press release, Jenkins is the daughter of Joyce Jenkins of Berlin and Dave Jenkins of Middletown and distinguished herself in her junior year as the recipient of the Harvard Book Award and was a semifinalist in the Governor's Scholar program for outstanding academic achievement. She received the Mathematics Award in grade 11, the Chemistry Award in grade 10 and the Biology, Spanish and World History Awards in grade nine.
She is vice president of tutoring for the Mercy Chapter of the National Honor Society and a member of the Spanish National Honor Society. She has volunteered at Mercy and in her community, participating in several mission trips in New York and Pennsylvania as well as Hartford. She participated in the Middlesex Youth ARC for three years, Peer Ministry, Badminton Club, Students Against Destructive Decisions, Mercy Ambassadors and Fight Against Cancer Clubs. She has taken dance lessons the past 11 year. In the fall, she will be attending Boston College, according to Mercy.
Co-salutatorian Natalie Davoodi
Natalie Davoodi, daughter of Maria and Khenanieh Davoodi of Moodus, has been a scholar, athlete and leader throughout her four years at Mercy. According to a press release, her senior course schedule that includes courses at area colleges. She was a recipient of the Mercy academic scholarship based on her academic entrance exam score. She received the Brown University Book Award last year and the English Award her sophomore year. She was a selected participant of the Yale University Discover to Cure workshop, is vice president of the Spanish National Honor Society and a member of the Mercy Chapter of the National Honor Society. She has been a Mercy Ambassador and Fight Against Cancer Club member all four years and a musician with the Wind Ensemble and Jazz Band.
She took part in Gamelan Percussion at Wesleyan University for three years. During her senior year, she is vice president of the Medical Minds Club, a Peer Minister and Peer Minister Board member, a member of the Liturgical Choir and an editor of Epoch, Mercy's yearbook. She has been a four-year member of the Indoor and Outdoor Track and Field Team: she pole vaults for the team and received a Hartford Courant Honorable Mention. She participates in East Haddam Youth and Family Services, volunteers at St. Bridgid of Kildare Church in Moodus and Colchester Special Olympics Track and Field Team. She will be majoring in biochemistry in the pre-med path at the University of California San Diego in the fall.
Co-salutatorian Mackenzie Pias
Mackenzie Pias has taken Advanced Placement and Honors courses. According to Mercy, she is a member of the National Honor and French National Honor societies. She was a Mercy Ambassador for all four years and a member of the Youth Group at St. Peter's Church in Higganum since eighth grade. She has volunteered at the Haddam-Killingworth Recreation Department and the Catholic Heart Work Camp. She is a four-year member of Mercy's cross-country, indoor and outdoor track and field teams. She has been a cross-country captain for two years and a captain of the indoor and outdoor track teams this year. Last spring, she broke the school record with her teammates in the 4 x 800 and was named All-SCC First team and all state for the 4 x 800. She was named All SCC and New Haven Register All Area, four times; CHSCA All State, three times; SCC OrthoNow MVP and SCC Champ, two times. She was also named Class L Individual Champion, a SCC Scholar Athlete, CIAC Scholar Athlete and Mercy's Athlete of the Year for 2015-2016, according to the release.
The daughter of Andree and Eric Pias of Higganum will be a member of the pre-med program at the University of Connecticut this fall and the cross-country and track teams as well.


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You Are Here : Home / News/ Media room / Div 12: Bringing city-level amenities to country life
Lifestyle is synonymous with Division 12 especially in the rural areas, but Councillor Tony Latter doesn't accept that should come with any sacrifice in infrastructure standards.
He's secured millions of dollars to build better roads and new pedestrian pathways to keep communities connected.
"Caboolture West might be the biggest news story in our area but my focus is on how we can improve the lifestyle of people who already live here, especially when it comes to quality transport connections" he said.
"To keep our region moving we're investing $1 million widening Oakey Flat Road between Ashbrook Drive and Lakeview Road - that will include the creation of cycle lanes on each side of the road and constructing an intersection at.
"Thanks to funding support from the Federal Government, we will construct a new $900,000 pathway along the D'Aguilar Highway between Mt Mee Road to Scotts Lane.
"This project will ensure kids no longer need to walk by the side of the highway to get to school by providing them with safe passage away from vehicles.
"Delivering a well-planned region is a key focus of Council's 2021-22 Budget which means creating linkages between residential areas, schools and shops especially for the elderly and people living with disabilities.
"With my background in social work and child safety, I cannot stress enough how important projects that improve safety like this are, not only in Division 12 but across the entire Moreton Bay Region.
"I'm also passionate about building better sporting infrastructure, to keep kids active and also invest in these social hubs of our communities.
"I've secured a massive $4 million to redevelop the clubhouse at Petersen Road Sports Ground in Morayfield, and I can't wait for the celebration party that the touch footy and rugby union clubs will throw for this one.
"This was a combined effort from all three levels of government coming together to build a grassroots project for the region, with $1.5 million from the Federal Government and $1 million from Morayfield MP Mark Ryan's election commitment.
"This will be the second project delivered through Council's infrastructure agreement with the Caboolture Sports Club and other levels of Government, after our amazing upgrades to the Caboolture Cricket Club which you should really check out.
"I want to assure everyone in Division 12 that I'll keep you informed of everything happening at Caboolture West at every stage - starting by renaming the area to something that better suits the land, its history and character.
"Please get online and have your say because that is open from today.
"I want this new community to be better planned than Yarrabilba or Flagstone, so it becomes a new urban design standard in SEQ; but before that development even starts we need to know where infrastructure like roads and schools and parks will go to ensure it's an excellent outcome.
"That's what this Budget sets out to do."
Budget 2021-22 delivers a record $245 million capital works program and a renewed focus on community engagement, to ensure every action of Council aligns with the values of our local community.
Budget Highlights for Division 12:
$4 million for a clubhouse redevelopment at Petersen Road Sports Grounds, Morayfield.
$1 million for a road and intersection upgrade at Oakey Flat Road, Morayfield
$900,000 to construction a new pathway along the D'Aguilar Highway between Mt Mee Road and Scotts Lane.
$540,000 for a lighting upgrade to the Lindsay Road Sports Complex, Morayfield
$455,000 to install air conditioning at the Woodford Memorial Hall
$390,000 towards gravel road sealing at Dewhurts Road, Mount Delaney
$320,000 to for a bioretention renewal at Willowleaf Circuit Park, Upper Caboolture
$314,000 to resurface Basin Road, Wamuran
$300,000 for a netball court renewal at Woodford Showgrounds
$280,000 for stormwater renewal at The Rangeview Estate, Wamuran
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The Ghost / The Spectre / Lo Spettro / Lo Spettro de Dr. Hichcock (1963) ***
I'd been sitting on this movie for months. Knowing that it was the sequel to Riccardo Freda's wonderfully sick The Horrible Dr. Hichcock/L 'Orrible Segreto del Dottor Hichock, I felt compelled to put off watching it until I managed to track down a copy of its predecessor. I needn't have bothered waiting though; The Ghost is a sequel in name only, and has virtually no connection to the original film. In fact, this movie presents you with something close to the exact opposite of what they used to say at the beginning of the episode on "Dragnet"— the names are pretty much the only thing that hasn't been changed! The story still revolves around a doctor named Hichcock, he's still married to a woman named Margaret, his wife is still played by Barbara Steele (though I should point out that the Margaret-wife and the Barbara-wife were two different characters last time around), and Harriet Medin is still cast in the role of the conniving maid. Otherwise, the two stories have nothing to do with each other.
Now that I think about it, even one of the names has been changed a little bit. The Ghost's Dr. Hichcock (Leonard Elliot) is called John rather than Bernard, and his field of expertise is slightly different. Instead of working with anesthetics, John Hichcock has devoted most of his energies of late to developing a cure for a certain form of paralysis. The form he himself is afflicted with, as a matter of fact. Hichcock is for all practical purposes retired now, as the disease that took away the feeling in his legs has come to sap his vitality too much for him to practice medicine any longer, and he has given himself over to the care of another doctor named Charles Livingstone (Peter Baldwin, of The Space Children and I Married a Monster from Outer Space). Hichcock chose Livingstone because he was the only physician he could find who was willing to risk treating him with his own technique, which is radical enough to scare away most doctors. The trepidation of the medical establishment is perfectly understandable; Hichcock contends that two chemicals which are both powerfully toxic on their own will, when combined, not only counteract each other's lethal effects but undo the progress of his disease as well. Of course, one must make absolutely certain to get the dosage just right, or whichever chemical it is that is administered in too great a quantity will kill the patient.
Hichcock doesn't realize this, but that's just what his wife, Margaret (Steele, from The She-Beast and The Crimson Cult), is hoping will happen. Margaret is sick to death of being married to a morbid old cripple. Indeed, she and Dr. Livingstone have become lovers over the months that Charles has been dwelling under the Hichcock roof, and Margaret never lets slip an opportunity to harangue the young doctor in favor of mixing her husband's drugs incorrectly one of these days. Charles, for his part, wants his inconvenient patient out of the way just as badly as Margaret does, but he can't quite bring himself to kill Hichcock outright. Rather, Livingstone prefers to wait until his host dies of his own illness, on which the former doesn't seriously believe the two-toxin treatment will have any useful effect. But Margaret wins out in the end, and Livingstone is persuaded to botch the following evening's injection. The results are predictably deadly.
Dr. Hichcock was a wealthy man, and this point has not been lost on either conspirator. But Charles and Margaret are in for a string of surprises when the notary comes by to read the doctor's will. Margaret gets the house and its associated land, of course, but only one third of her late husband's liquid assets, and even then her inheritance is conditional on her continued employment of Hichcock's old maid, Catherine (Harriet Medin, who may as well be playing Martha from the last movie again). The bulk of his fortune is dedicated to the local vicar (Umberto Raho, from The Wild, Wild Planet and The Bird with the Crystal Plumage), whom Hichcock unaccountably never recognized for the smarmy little weasel he so obviously is. All the money is locked in the safe in Hichcock's old study, but when the notary goes to open it, he discovers that the key has gone missing from its usual resting place in the doctor's desk. This development leaves everyone's hands tied for the moment; evidently Scottish law in 1910 requires a special court order for a dead man's safe to be forced open.
And if they can find the key, it also gives Margaret and her lover a chance to keep their hands on a bigger share of Hichcock's money. The will didn't specify how much was supposed to be in the safe, you know. If the key should turn up, the scheming couple could pocket a certain proportion of it before the notary came back to see to its division according to the will. They spend most of a day tearing the house apart before Catherine remembers an important detail that just might solve the problem. She saw her master put the key to the safe in his vest pocket a couple of days before he died, and in all probability, that's where it can still be found. The catch is that Catherine is talking about the vest in which Hichcock was buried. Charles and Margaret are determined to get the money before the vicar, though, so after sunset, the two of them sneak out to the doctor's crypt, pry open his coffin, and go fishing around in his pockets. The key proves to be right where Catherine said it was. You know what isn't where it's supposed to be, though? All of Hichcock's money. The safe is empty of anything but a few old papers when Charles opens it up later.
But this is supposed to be a movie about a ghost, isn't it? Quite right, and as the days following Hichcock's demise wear on, it becomes increasingly clear that the doctor's spirit is haunting his killers. Hichcock's wheelchair begins roaming the mansion's corridors all by itself. Catherine starts talking in her sleep with the dead doctor's voice. Eventually, Margaret can scarcely get through a night without being menaced by visible manifestations of Hichcock himself. And while all that's going on, hints begin surfacing that Charles has secretly been pursuing an agenda of his own. For example, it occurs to Margaret that she wasn't actually in the room at the precise moment when Dr. Livingstone opened the safe— there was more than enough time before he showed her its empty confines for him to stash its contents in his medical bag, which he then took with him to work the night shift at the hospital. Not only that, when Margaret follows the directions of her husband's ghost (speaking, as usual, through the slumbering Catherine) in order to find the true hiding place of the Hichock fortune, all she turns up is an empty coffer. Finally, tensions between the two conspirators reach the point where Livingstone has had enough, and the doctor packs his bags to move out of the house, abandoning Margaret, the money, and indeed everything he committed his crime to get in the first place. But Margaret interrupts his packing, and she notices a bunch of expensive jewelry in one of his bags. Paying no heed to Livingstone's protests that the jewels were planted there by someone else, Margaret slashes her erstwhile lover half to death with a straight razor, drags his unconscious body to her husband's crypt, and sets him on fire. There's one important point of which Margaret is unaware, though— writer/director Freda has clearly seen Diabolique...
It may disregard The Horrible Dr. Hichcock almost entirely, but anyone who enjoys Mario Bava's moody, languorous gothics from the same era will find much to like about The Ghost. While it's true that Freda lacks Bava's visual flair, he has a similarly firm command of atmosphere in his own way, and is just as good at wringing a claustrophobic air of sinister secrecy out of a period setting. Even the absence of The Horrible Dr. Hichock's attention-grabbing necrophilia angle is partially made up for by this movie's much more effective use of Barbara Steele. The role of the gothic heroine is so tightly circumscribed that an actress with Steele's vibrancy will almost inevitably be wasted on it. Far better to cast her as a character with a pronounced bad streak, and give her more to do than faint, scream, and be rescued. What doesn't get compensated for in the transition between The Horrible Dr. Hichcock and The Ghost is the wonderful open-endedness that arose from the former movie's refusal to explain itself. All questions are answered and all loose ends tied up by The Ghost's conclusion, preventing Freda from repeating his trick of creating a movie that becomes more and more disturbing with each extra minute you spend thinking about it. Still, as a straight-ahead gothic, The Ghost succeeds more than it fails, although I do have to wonder why Freda felt compelled to present it as a sequel to a totally different and significantly better movie when it was perfectly capable of standing on its own two feet.


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Meeting with a Researcher from Germany Held at SUSU
A methodological workshop was held at the Department of Russian and International History of South Ural State University, where Acelya Bakir, a postgraduate student of University of Dusseldorf, Germany, delivered her presentation.
The postgraduate student came to Chelyabinsk for scientific internship as she is collecting materials for her thesis project on media representation of the Moscow processes of the Great Terror of 1936-1938, and is looking for academic advice from the SUSU historians on the methodological issues of her thesis. Most of her research work Acelya Bakir is performing at the Unified State Archive of the Chelyabinsk Region and the Scientific Library of the Chelyabinsk Region, where she is searching for historical information. At the methodological workshop Acelya Bakir presented her research project on Sehen, Hören, Mitmachen: Die mediale Inszenierung der Moskauer Schauprozesse in der Sowjetunion, 1936–1938 (To See, to Hear, and to Partake: Media Representation of the Moscow Show Trials in the USSR of 1936-1938) to SUSU students.
Head of the Department of Russian and International History Olga Nikonova shares on the principles of holding the methodological workshop, and on why the SUSU interns from abroad take part in it.
"We learn which methods the Western scientists use to work on historical problems, we compare Russian and foreign techniques, we discuss scientific projects, dispute about them and provide our recommendations. Bachelor's students, Master's students, postgraduates and teachers take part in the methodological workshop, and during the discussions everyone is equal."
Also Olga Nikonova explains why it is important for SUSU to collaborate with international scientists.
"When our guests visit us and present their scientific works, we do the supervision work, and help them progress in their projects or theses. Obviously, this is agreed upon with the German side. We use such visits to organise communication between Russian and foreign researchers, as well as between scientists and students. The process of scientific communication helps get to know each other better, and establish scientific contacts and collaboration. The visit by Acelya Bakir is the actual proof that such communication is fruitful."
It is for the third time that Acelya Bakir visits SUSU as a guest: in 2012 she participated in the Summer School organised by the university; her second visit to the international Summer School was already in the status of a lecturer. In 2012, within the frameworks of the Summer School for students from Germany, the Department's staff organised a visit to the state archive, where students were granted an opportunity to work with the archives and the cards of the German members of the Labour Army. Olga Nikonova notes that the experience gained during that Summer School became an impulse for the research work of Acelya Bakir:
"It was something new for the German students when they were invited to the archive to do research there. There is no such practice in Germany. It was an interesting experience for the participants of the Summer School."
Talking about how she chose the topic of her research, Acelya Bakir recalls the Summer School at South Urals, her academic advisor in Germany, and shares her plans:
"Back at my university I'm studying the Soviet history, and I'm particularly interested in the Stalin's period history. My academic advisor Beate Fieseler was the one who influenced my choice of the research topic, as for a long time she has been studying the repressions in the Soviet Union and the problems of covering those repressions by the media. I was awarded a grant by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation for development of my topic."
I believe that my work in the archive gave me a lot of useful information, which I hadn't had before. When I return home, I will have to read through all of it, study it and shape into my thesis. I've been working on this topic for a year now. I have a clear plan: 1 year for collection of empiric material, followed by a stage of the material analysing, and by writing of the work itself.
The attendees of the methodological workshop appreciated the presentation by Acelya Bakir, and the teachers and students asked many questions.
"There was plenty of questions from students. I delivered presentations on this topic in different cities and countries. But here people asked some new questions on this issue, and I'm very grateful to them for that," says Acelya Bakir.
During the time of her stay in Chelyabinsk postgraduate student of University of Dusseldorf Acelya Bakir managed to fulfil not only scientific programme, but a cultural one as well.
"My previous visits here did not last very long, just about 2 weeks. This time I have come for 2 months and have managed to learn more about the city. I like Chelyabinsk very much, and I think it's a big city with many opportunities and cultural events. Over the time of my stay I went to a performance to the Opera Theatre, to a hockey match of Traktor Ice Hockey Club, as well as on a most interesting excursion to Troitsk."
The Faculty of History of South Ural State University has deserved a reputation of a well-known scientific centre. Today, as SUSU has become a participant of Programme 5-100, its main strategic goal includes activating, supporting and expanding the contacts with foreign History institutes and departments. And the shortest way to achieve this is through live communication, experience exchange and direct contacts.
Marina Kovyazina; photo by: Oleg Igoshin


Went down to meet my editors at the London Book Fair this week. It was frenetic. I had to wear a badge saying "writer". I felt like a walking snack. The fair is not really for writers, apart from one or two big name ones who make key-note speeches, it is for the business end of books - the agents, the publishers, the money men. I think they all drink too much coffee because they all seemed to be buzzing - perhaps it is because they are in such close confines with their competitors. I was meeting my French and Italian editors at my agent's stand in a section called International Rights (which involves selling the rights to publish a book abroad. That is to say you are selling the same thing over and over again which is what you call a good trick if you can manage it). Consequently, this section is full of earnest Europeans hunched over tables anxious not to miss the "next big thing" but struggling to understand if they should indeed buy that book about Gothic cathedrals in Lincolnshire. I was thoroughly intimidated by the whole event. I do not think I know enough people - everywhere I looked agents were kissing scouts were kissing publishers. It seems to be quite a kissy business. And they were all on this incredibly tight schedule of back to back half hour meetings with each other. This made even the simplest thing like going to the toilet obviously quite stressful courtesy of the large, time-consuming queues. I heard one woman go into her meeting saying: "It's alright, I pretended to be disabled." You have to be quite ruthless to do that.
Using the disabled loo's - so desperate for a wee. I was working at the NEC at the Clothes Show one year, many more women were then than men so the queues for the ladies was miles long.
Eventually those desperate enough went to the gents, which was an amusing experience in itself.
Well, the French do it, don't they?
It always seems so daft, that a queue will form at the ladies' toilets, when the door to the disabled facilities stands open, the cubicle empty.
Like, what's the worst thing that can happen?
You open the door, relieved and happier, to the outside world, to find a person, sat in a wheelchair, in a puddle of their own pee, crying with embarrassment, surrounded by members of your family, and the world's press, all looking at you, like you did something BAD?
I've used the blokes' before.
Quite ruthless?! I'd go with VERY!
I was in a lift at the Book Fair and an editor (who just happens to be the scariest woman on the planet)leaned in to read my badge.
If she had spoken I would probably have keeled over.
One message I kept getting was that more authors should attend especially as members of the Society of Authors can go free.
I'm jealous, I really wanted to go. We were in London the weekend before so we were travelling home while everyone else was arriving. We really planned that badly. Maybe next year!
I couldn't face going, the appointment system seemed too frantic for words, with book companies desperate to sell me three lorry loads of books. I stayed at home with my piglets and a cup of tea, oh and my gorgeous children and husband, of course!
Hmm, I have obviously been in the States too long as it seems ridiculous to ignore the diabled loo if it's empty. If you have a small child with you, the other cubicles are often so small that the disabled loo is the only option.
If you were desperate for a wee, you could be considered disabled and would therefore qualify.
If the loo is empty I use it too. Actually I'm not scared on being told off by a genuinely disabled person when I come out as much as I am by a busy-body, so I always "speed wee".
The fair sounded horrible. Horrible but worthwhile?
Tasty snack! that's tickled me for days.
You know, I have always felt that the disabled stall in the loo should not get the same treatment as a disabled parking spot at the mall. If you park in that spot when you are not disabled then you are perhaps causing someone who should be able to use that space to have to park far away and walk or limp or wheelchair it up to the mall. But in a loo, you are in there for a minute at the most. And the disabled can wait their turn like everyone else. It's just there because they may need more space or the bar to help themselves up. Not because they have to pee worse than anyone else in the line. I use the disabled one all the time because I hate how close the door can be to the toilet sometimes in the regular stall, forcing me to back up right against it to get in and out.


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A Spectral City Novel
A Summoning of Souls
A Spectral City Novel #3
by Leanna Renee Hieber
Published by: Rebel Base Books
Imprint: Rebel Base Books
FICTION / Fantasy / Gaslamp
At the dawn of the twentieth century, New York City houses both the living and the dead. And when it comes to crimes of an otherworldly nature, it falls to the psychics and spirits of the city's finest secret agency—The Ghost Precinct—to serve justice beyond the earthly realm . . .
The ethereal denizens of New York owe a great debt to Eve Whitby, the young talented medium who leads the all-female spiritualists in the police department's Ghost Precinct. Without her team's efforts on behalf of the incorporeal, many souls would have been lost or damned by both human and inhuman means.
But now Eve faces an enemy determined to exorcise the city's ghostly population once and for all. Albert Prenze is supposed to be dead. Instead he is very much alive, having assumed the identity of his twin brother Alfred, and taken control of the family's dubiously made fortune. With unlimited wealth at his disposal, Albert uses experimental technology to banish ghosts to an eternal darkness forever.
To achieve his vicious ends, Albert plots to manipulate Eve and twist her abilities into a psychic weapon—a weapon that not only poses a threat to spirits but to everyone she cares for, including her beloved Detective Horowitz . . .
"The Spectral City is a spooky thrill . . . filled to the brim with beauty and peril."
—Cherie Priest, Locus Award-winning author
"Otherworldly mystery [with] gorgeous writing and slow burn of a romance."
—National Public Radio on A Sanctuary of Spirits
"Hieber's momentous third Spectral City fantasy sees tensions in the spirit world come to an explosive head…It is extremely satisfying to witness the scrappy heroes rise up . . . Hieber's latest fires on all cylinders."
—Publishers Weekly on A Summoning of Souls
Leanna Renee Hieber is an award-winning author, paranormal history expert, and podcast host. A regular speaker at Sci-Fi / Fantasy conventions, she's appeared on film and television on shows including "Mysteries at the Museum" and "Beyond the Unknown" and her podcast, "Dead Ringer," is forthcoming from Realm Media. She's a three-time Prism Award-winner for her debut novel, The Strangely Beautiful Tale of Miss Percy Parker, and a Daphne Du Maurier Award-finalist for Darker Still. After earning a BFA in Theatre Performance and a focus study in the Victorian Era, she spent many years in the professional regional theatre circuit, skills that serve her well as a speaker and a ghost tour guide for Boroughs of the Dead in New York. Leanna lives in New York, NY and can be found online at: LeannaReneeHieber.com
Andrea Janes is the Founder and owner BOROUGHS OF THE DEAD: New York City Ghost Stories, New York City's premier ghost tour company. Boroughs of the Dead has been featured on NPR.org, The New York Times, Jezebel, TODAY, The Huffington Post, Gothamist, The Travel Channel, CondeNast Traveler, Mashable, among others.
Andrea is also the author of the YA novel GLAMOUR and several short horror stories, and a fiction horror novel Boroughs of the Dead, (the inspiration for her company.) Visit boroughsofthedead.com
Elizabeth Kerri Mahon is the author of PRETTY EVIL NEW YORK: True Stories of Mobster Molls, Violent Vixens, and Murderous Matriarchs (Globe Pequot Press) and creator of the blog and book SCANDALOUS WOMEN. A pop culture diva, she's written for The Royal Representative, Heroes and Heartbreakers, Ever After Romance, and Criminal Element and been featured on the H2 show How Sex Changed the World, as well as The Travel Channel's Monumental Mysteries, and the Investigation Discovery show Tabloid. Elizabeth is a member of the Historical Novel Society, The Victorian Society of America, RWA, and RWA NYC. She can be found online at ElizabethKmahon.com.


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Q: Objective C syntax for message passing I'm trying following task:
I know we can calla method on button click by using:
[button addTarget:self action:@selector(performModalActionForButton)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

Method is like :
(void) performModalActionForButton:(NSString *)str
{

}

I want to send a string on button click to one method. How can I achieve this?
Thanks

A: there are two small mistakes in your code..

*

*if you use @selector and want to choose a function with a parameter you have do add a : ... so it is @selector(performModalActionForButton:)

*the object passed to the function always the sender of the message .. so the function would be:
- (void) performModalActionForButton:(UIButton *)button
{

}

In the function you can check the text on the button then... or the tag or whatever you want.

A: You have the button click trigger an action method that then sends the message whose argument is the string you want to send:
[button addTarget:self action:@selector(performModalActionForButton:)
forControlEvents:UIControlEventTouchUpInside];

- (IBAction)performModalActionForButton:(id)sender
{
    NSString *string = /* get the string you want to send */;
    [obj doSomethingWithString:string];
}

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Jenny Lewis May 18, 2019, The Commonwealth Room
By: Kevin Rolfe
The moment I walked into The Commonwealth Room I could feel the energy swirling throughout the venue. The buzz of excitement and anticipation was nearly tangible. The venue was sold out, and the audience was ready for the extremely talented Jenny Lewis to take the stage. The photographers were given their final instructions and we were escorted to the pit in front of the stage. As I walked through the doors to the main room I as big a crowd as I've ever seen at The Commonwealth Room. Once into the pit, I enjoyed a brief but entertaining conversation with some of the other photographers and a couple of people resting on the railing in the front row. But then that moment we all wait for when the venue goes black to signal the start of the show. It's one of the least spoken about moments in a concert, but the drama and excitement it provides creates one of my favorite moments in live music.
In a darkened venue we began to hear a familiar tune. It was Tommy Tune's 80s gem "867-5309/' Jenny" playing through the speakers as the band started to walk on stage. I looked to a photographer next to me and we both smiled and stated how perfect that was. Jenny later in the show joked about it suggesting it was silly. But I thought it was pretty clever.
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The Conservative movement of Judaism through its constituent organizations, including United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism of which BEKI is a member, issued a statement on January 29, 2017 in regard to the recent executive order related to immigrants and refugees. This statement and the underlying principles were discussed at length by the directors and officers at the most recent BEKI Board of Directors meeting. It was the consensus of the BEKI Board to bring this statement to the attention of the BEKI membership and community. The Board voted to support the statement and the underlying principle that action by government that is directed against a particular group defined by their religious beliefs stands against the values of Judaism.
The Board does not take such a statement lightly and does so with the understanding that this is a complex issue with many points of view and may not be speaking for its membership as a whole. That diversity of opinion and respect for each other's beliefs is part of what makes the BEKI community a strong and vibrant one.
In that regard, this is also a time when we can come together in reasoned discourse to share opinions and ideas. BEKI will be hosting a talk to facilitate such a conversation in the coming weeks. A copy of the statement of the Conservative movement follows and can also be found on the USCJ website.
Deeply rooted in our tradition, faith, and values, we are a people of immigrants. Throughout our history we often were the stranger in a strange land and were persecuted and attacked simply for being the other. As Jews, it is not only our religious values that speak to welcoming those who seek shelter and safety, but it is also a pillar of free, democratic nations.
Our religious tradition repeatedly forbids us from oppressing the stranger. For instance, Leviticus 19:34 commands us, 'The strangers who reside with you shall be to you as your citizens; you shall love each one as yourself, for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.' And Exodus, 'And you shall not wrong a stranger, neither shall you oppress them; for you were strangers in the land of Egypt.' It is a betrayal of Jewish history and our own Jewish values to stand quiet as victims of war and terror are left helpless — especially on the basis of religion.
The protracted war in Syria has created 7 million displaced persons within Syria alone and millions more throughout the Middle East, with refugees escaping through Turkey, the Balkans and Europe. Meanwhile, millions of undocumented immigrants in America live in fear of imprisonment, deportation or worse. The Conservative movement has continuously and consistently advocated for the rights of immigrants including pathways to citizenship and family reunification as a top priority. We call on the US government to reject policy proposals that would halt, limit, or curtail refugee resettlement in the U.S. or prioritize certain refugees over others; and urge President Trump and the U.S. Congress to instead take bold leadership by providing robust funding to support refugees around the world as well as provide necessary resources to refugees who are already resettled in the U.S.
Most importantly, the Conservative Movement completely rejects the targeting of individuals based on their religion. As Jews, it is an affront to our fundamental values. We are all enriched by the diverse set of experiences that immigrants bring to our society. We see it not only throughout our economy and educational system, but also in our synagogues, camps, schools, and institutions where people of diverse backgrounds, countries of origin and experiences come together to pray to the same God, who sees us all as equals. To do otherwise betrays the Jewish values we find deeply engrained in our faith and history.


I know I watch a lot of TV and that I really get into my shows. But last night I had such a moment of pure satisfaction watching Michael call Andy out on his BS that I sort of scared myself. Tell me you had it too!
Haven't you all worked with someone you knew was an idiot (maybe not quite as bad as Andy) — a person who somehow kept succeeding while you went batty trying to understand why? And haven't you just prayed for the day they'd stop being rewarded for their idiocy? Well, thanks to his extremely annoying behavior and rage issues, Andy's day finally came. And oh, how sweet it was.
We knew that losing Dwight would upset the delicate ecosystem of the Scranton office, but little did we know how much. The best line of the night came early on from Jim, as Andy went into overdrive with the ringtone antics (yikes!): "I miss Dwight. Congratulations, Universe. You win." Better the devil you know, right, Jim? And once again, the writers emphasized the fact that as hard to believe as it is, Dwight is a master salesman ("Give me something hard to sell," he told his new boss at Staples), as his absence left his former coworkers picking up a lot of his load.
Now I'm not copping to liking Angela or anything, but as always actress Angela Kinsey brought wonderful contradictions to her prickly office priss as she tearfully apologized to the returning Oscar (sort of), winningly confessed to Michael that Dwight went to New York to help her turn papers in on time, and then venomously turned on Andy. She was bereft without Dwight in the office, wallowing in her sorrow alongside Michael in the break room. And her pleasure later at having Dwight back in the office was almost endearing, with a nice hint of creepiness.
Plus, I gotta love her this week because it was her confession that led Michael to go to his true love, Dwight. For one hot second when Michael walked into the Staples and stalked the aisles in search of Dwight, I totally had an Officer and a Gentleman flashback. (I wouldn't have put it past the writers to somehow finagle having Michael carry Dwight out. No, scratch that. Dwight carrying Michael out.) The blocking of their reunion scene, with the pallet of paper between them, was noticeably fitting. As crazy as it sounds, Michael's epiphany truly summed up the big difference between Idiot Andy and Idiot Dwight: "I don't want somebody sucking up to me because they think I'm going to help their career," said Michael. "I want them sucking up to me because they genuinely love me." Dwight completes him. But he may still have to do Michael's laundry.
I'd never have imagined that the Pam/Jim/Karen triangle would be so skillfully kept as the subplot it should be. It is as much due to the light touches of the three actors as to the writers. Karen's furtive looks at Pam and Jim as they interacted during the prank spoke volumes. And the short, quiet moment she shared with Jim as he confessed with a simple "Yes" that he still had feelings for Pam might as well have been blared on loudspeakers. It's refreshing that Jim and Karen have mostly been so mature and honest, but that's a sure sign that the relationship will devolve, because the setup for the success for most long-term TV romances requires miscommunication and no confrontation.
It was really nice to have Oscar back in the office from his "gaycation" (good one, Kevin), with Michael once again ready to offend any and all of his sensibilities. It was vintage Michael to make Oscar's return party all about his "Mexicanity," complete with piñata but without the burros. And it was vintage Oscar to just accept the fact that the returning Dwight would get to break Oscar's piñata.
I remember some of your frustration after the Staples shredder episode. So how did you guys feel about the Staples presence in this one? Did it seem like a more natural fit to you? How much more annoying do you think Ryan will get? And who else thought that Andy would have been fired by the end of the episode?


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Chincoteague pony dies of suspected 'swamp cancer': Owner
The fungus-like disease known as "swamp cancer" has likely killed another Chincoteague pony, its buyback owner said Friday.
Chincoteague pony dies of suspected 'swamp cancer': Owner The fungus-like disease known as "swamp cancer" has likely killed another Chincoteague pony, its buyback owner said Friday. Check out this story on delmarvanow.com: https://www.delmarvanow.com/story/news/2019/07/12/swamp-cancer-kills-eighth-chincoteague-pony-cowboy-kisses-pony-swim/1712858001/
Julia Rentsch, Salisbury Daily Times Published 2:13 p.m. ET July 12, 2019 | Updated 2:26 p.m. ET July 15, 2019
Cowboy Kisses, a golden 2-year-old Palomino filly, was euthanized Thursday evening by veterinarians who determined she had probably contracted the infection, Joyce Glorioso wrote on Facebook in the Chincoteague Legacy Group, which had raised funds to buy Cowboy Kisses at auction and had donated her to the fire company so she could live out her life on Assateague Island.
"The vet is not 100% sure at this time but believes she had swamp cancer," Glorioso wrote Thursday night.
If it was swamp cancer, Cowboy Kisses would be the eighth Chincoteague pony to die from the infection since it was first reported afflicting herd members in 2018. The disease causes lesions and tumor-like masses to quickly grow on the body.
"The cowboys got her and brought her in, and the vet checked her right away. But there was nothing anyone could do to save her," Glorioso wrote.
Ponies eat hungrily once finished swimming at the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague Island, Virginia on July 25. (Photo: Staff photo by Jenna Miller)
The reasons the veterinarians were unsure about the diagnosis and the treatment Cowboy Kisses received are not yet known, Denise Bowden, spokeswoman for the Chincoteague Volunteer Fire Company, wrote in an email to The Daily Times.
"We don't have all the answers yet," Bowden wrote.
In April, the fire company instituted a swamp cancer vaccination program for the ponies. Though Cowboy Kisses received the course of three vaccinations, it was not enough, Glorioso wrote.
"She did receive the 3 vaccines but as we all know they were always said to be experimental with no guarantee," Glorioso wrote. "And although we are so, so sad to lose one of our babies, let's remember the entire herd and hope that for some reason, the vaccine just didn't work on her … and will for the rest of them."
Ponies with small cuts, bites or scrapes can become exposed to swamp cancer, which is actually a fungus-like oomycete called Pythium insidiosum. It can be very painful, and while it is curable, it is very difficult to cure and can cost thousands of dollars to treat.
The ponies that have died to date include Lyra, 13; Rain Dancer, six months; Essie, 5; Destiny's Shadowing Moonbeam, 3; Cathy's Lightning Rose, 2; Calceti'n, 5; and Elusive Star, 13.
Only one pony who contracted the infection has survived, Bowden wrote.
While some ponies battled swamp cancer for months, Cowboy Kisses had only days by the time she was found. She was seen to be hurt Wednesday by someone on a bus tour, but wasn't able to be caught and examined by a vet until Thursday, Glorioso wrote in a message to The Daily Times.
Cowboy Kisses was a member of the island's northern herd, and was the sixth foal born in 2017. According to the database, she had more than 20 full and half siblings born between 2008 and 2019.
"This is so very hard but we know when we love these beautiful, wild creatures, that something like this can happen," Glorioso wrote.
PHOTOS: Chincoteague Pony Swim 2018
Ponies reach the shore of the Assateague Channel at the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague Island, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
The first ponies reach the crowd at the 93rd annual pony swim in Chincoteague on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Ponies swim across the Assateague Channel at the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague Island, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
A pony reaches the shore of the Assateague Channel at the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague Island, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
A pony swims across the Assateague Channel at the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague Island, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Crowds gather to watch the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague Island, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Short downpours soaked the crowd at the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Crowds gather on the water to watch the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague Island, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Red smoke soon after 8 a.m. designates the beginning of the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Attendees wade through the mud after watching the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague on July 25. Staff photo
A dog even made the trip to see the ponies swim during the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
A large crowd came out for the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
The ponies cool down after the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
A pony stays close as it rains during 93rd Pannual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
A pony eats some grass after the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
The crowd enjoys watching the ponies cool down after the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
A baby pony needs a little extra guidance to get to the shore during the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
The ponies have a cool down period after the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
Some of the last ponies to make it to shore during the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
The crowd is very excited as the ponies start wandering around the marsh after the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
The crowd is very excited as the ponies approach land during the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
The ponies swim across the waters during the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
Spectators wait for a view of the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
Spectators get ready for a view of the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
The ponies have entered the water during the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
Spectators await the beginning of the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
Spectators await the beginning of the 93rd Spectators await the beginning of the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. in the rain on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
The ponies have arrived on the shore during the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
The ponies swim across the channel during the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
The Saltwater Cowboys heard the ponies thru the streets of Chincoteague Island, Va. to get them to the fair grounds where they will rest for the night on Wednesday, July 25, 2018. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
3-year-old Hudson Schroeder wathced for the pony parade at the 93rd annual pony swim in Chincoteague, Virginia. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Crowds reached out to pet the ponies after the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague Island, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Attendees waded through the mud after watching the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Saltwater cowboys lead Chincoteague ponies down the street after the pony swim on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
A boy chases his umbrella into the street before the pony parade in Chincoteague, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Onlookers bike through town before the pony parade in Chincoteague, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
3-year-old Hudson Schroeder watches for the pony parade at the 93rd annual pony swim in Chincoteague, Virginia. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
1-year-old Joey Schroeder waits for the pony parade at the 93rd annual pony swim in Chincoteague, Virginia. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Crowds watch the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague Island, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Attendees wade through the mud after watching the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
A saltwater cowboy coralls the ponies after the 93rd annual pony swim in Chincoteague, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Crowds reach out to pet the ponies after the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague Island, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Ponies eat hungrily once finished swimming at the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague Island, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Onlookers take pictures at the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague Island, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Crowds delight in the approach of the first ponies at the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague Island, Virginia on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
Sporadic downpours soaked the crowd at the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
A downpour soaks the crowd at the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
A downpours soaks the crowd at the 93rd pony swim in Chincoteague on July 25. Staff photo by Jenna Miller
The famous Saltwater Cowboys during the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
Chincoteague's Pony Swim began early Wednesday morning, gathering crowds despite the rain. Megan Raymond
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The 93rd annual pony swim warning flare went off at 9:17am on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 on Chincoteague Island, Va. to let the views know that the ponies were in the water to swim to shore. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
Spectators brave the muddy marsh during the 93rd annual pony swim on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 in Chincoteague Island, Va. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
The 93rd Pony Penning warning flare went off at 9:17am on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 on Chincoteague Island, Va. to let the views know that the ponies were in the water ready to swim to shore. Staff Photo by Megan Raymond
Chincoteague's Pony Swim began early Wednesday morning, gathering crowds despite the rain. Meg Ryan
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TLC's news series "Strange Love" explores the romantic journeys of some of these quirky individuals, including a woman with 50-foot-long hair who's married to a hairdresser, a full-time Santa looking for his Mrs. Claus, a Georgia woman with size 48NN breasts and a Los Angeles woman with 99-inch hips.
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argentina globalization impact analysis
Argentina had one of the most fast growing economies at the end of the century, but the huge amount of foreign debt interest payments and other factors made the government pegged the peso to US dollar in 1991 and limit the growth of money supply. That helped to decrease the inflation and increase the growth of GDP by almost 30% in four years. But by 1999 the economy suffered the worst decline since 1930's and Argentina entered the worst economic crisis in its history. The GDP decreased by almost 20%, unemployment drew significantly that caused many public protests and riots in the country. By 2002 the growth of GDP slowly returned and the new government taking different measurements to get the economy back on track. The current policies, such as restrictions on import, limitation of free trade, capital control and nationalization of big firms in Argentina seriously affected economic freedom of Argentina. In the last decade the political interference in the market place economy and banking system increased significantly.
Argentina is the second biggest country in South America. It borders with Paraguay, Uruguay, Brazil, Bolivia, and Chile. The political system in the country is presidential democracy, but it is relatively young, since Argentina returned to civilian government only in 1983. It is a federal country and it is made up of 24 provinces. It is overwhelmingly Catholic country, with almost 70% of population being Roman Catholics. Argentina is very rich in natural resources is one of the top producers of agricultural products in the world. The manufacturing sector of Argentina's economy accounts for more than 20% of the country's GDP and includes the production of chemicals, pharmaceuticals and auto parts. In 1999- 2002 Argentina suffered the worst economic downfall that caused significant declines in Argentine's GDP and growth of the inflation rate. Argentina started the 20th Century as one of the top 10 richest countries in the world and finished the century with the largest default in the nation's history. Throughout the 90's the government in Argentina started a policy of privatisation and trade liberalisation.
For a while the rate of Argentine Peso was almost the same as US dollar, the economy was growing and the level of inflation was significantly lower then in 80s. But in 1998 the combination of internal and external economic conditions led the country to a recession which ended in the crash of the economy in the end of the same year. "Strict controls on bank withdrawals were imposed amid widespread public protests and in early January 2002 Convertibility was abandoned and the currency was allowed to float, with an immediate steep devaluation. 2002 saw the economy shrink by 10.9%, and the social impact of the crisis was huge, leaving over 50% of Argentines below the official poverty line and well over 20% unemployed" (*). But inflation was controlled and the country managed to return to fragile growth in late 2002, led by import substitution and a rise in export prices. In 2003 banking restrictions and most currency controls were lifted and the economy returned to its normal phase. Since then it shows the stable growth and increase of income per head. If we look at the demographics of the country, Argentina's population as of 2010 is 40,764,561 residents, which make it the third most populated country in South America.
A disproportionate amount of people live in Buenos Aires compared to the very large size of the country. More then 15 million people live in the province of Buenos Aires. The population growth is a little bit lower the word's average ( 1% against 1.2%) and the birth rate is 17.34 birth/1000 population. Argentina is historically the country of immigration, people from all over the world moved to Argentina for many years. Recently, since the economic crisis, the number of immigrants lowered, but the immigration-friendly policies still make a lot of people arrive to the country every year. If we look at Argentina through the lens of Hofestede's Cultural Dimensions, we can get a deeper understanding of cultural environment and how different it is from the other countries. The Power Distance Index (PDI) for Argentina is 49, which is close to the world's average (56), but much lower then PDI in other Latin American countries, The higher level of PDI in other countries means that individuals value social status and have higher level of acceptance of unequal power distribution. The difference between Argentina and other Latin American countries can be partly explained with high level of migration from Europe during last century.
If we look at the level of Individualism (IDV) Argentina also have the middle position compare to the world's average (46 and 40 accordingly). This index shows us the level of interdependence between the me mbers of society. Most of the Latin American countries have lower IDV, that means that member of the society are more integrated in groups instead of looking after themselves and their direct family members only. In the dimension of Masculinity (MAS) Argentina scored 56, which is just a little bit higher then the world's average score of 50. Societies with higher masculinity level are more likely to have individuals that are driven by success, competition and putting the achievement at work first, while society with lower levels (feminine) are putting the quality of life first. Understanding this indicator can help us to understand that motivates individuals in specific country: the aspiration to succeed and be the best or doing what you love and living in the harmony. The last index we are going to look at is Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI). This index shows us the tolerance to ambiguity and uncertainty and to what extend the members of society feel threatened by it. The higher the level, the stronger the need for rules and order. Just like most of Latin American countries, Argentina has a higher level then the world's average (86 versus 65).
The low tolerance for uncertainty led to adoption and implementation of different regulations and policies in the country. This helps the society to structure life according to rules and legal systems, but does not necessarily results in individuals following those rules and laws (even with the high level of UAI there is lot of corruption and crimes in Argentina). This characteristic tells us that the society does not accept change easily and is very risk adverse. One of the conclusions that Geert Hofstede pointed out in his analysis for this index is that the large majority of predominantly Catholic countries have a low tolerance for ambiguity. Now let's see what part did globalization played in establishing current economic and cultural environment in Argentina.
Globalization Forces Analysis
Globalization in Argentina reached its peak during 1990's and the country was considered the globalization's model of economic success. The foreign investment capital was record high and that led the country to the economic boom, but by 2001 it all came to an end when the economy collapsed and Argentina entered the worst recession in its history. There are a lot of factor that contributed to the crisis, such as corruption in the country, very high government spendings, unbalanced public fiscal budget, enormous foreign debt level, poor policies and decisions on the part of government and IMF, and uncompetitive currency level. The policy to attach Peso to US dollar was made to attract foreign capital and decrease the prices for foreign goods, as well as control the level of inflation. During that time Argentina took a lot of different steps to become one of the global players in the world economy, the government signed numerous international agreements and the country became a part of some important international organizations.
In the beginning of 1999, Argentina's government entered a recession that was described by deflation, very high unemployment levels, and increasing poverty all over the country. The level of unemployment increased by almost 25% and the number of citizens who's level of life fall behind the poverty line became 50% of country's population. By the end of 2002 this number became almost 60%. Now the economic environment in the country is very much affected by government's interference. There are a lot of different non-traffic barriers that affect the freedom of trade in Argentina. The government still controls the amount of foreign investment in the country. They increased the voting rights in government owned companies by issuing a decree to bypass Congress. Another measurements that the state took are the new import permit regime that requires all companies to get the permission before importing anything and a law that requires authorization to purchase US dollars and all the importers to export goods of equal value.
Foreign companies tend to find it difficult to repatriate dividends or to pay royalties overseas. Also, the state-owned banks have the superior role in the country, leaving no competition in this sector. Another step that the government took to have a greater role in the economy is nationalizing several companies including Aerolineas Argentinas and Yacimientos Petrolíferos Fiscales, Argentina's energy company and one of the biggest firms in the country. Right now the future of globalization in Argentina is not clear and will largely depend on whether and how it handles the current global economic downturn, as well as on its ability to meet certain financial challenges.
My first recommendation for Argentina would be to bring the middle class back before the country can be able to participate in the global economy again. I believe that real underlying reason for the distress of Argentina was not only the politics or the economy, but the irresponsibility of its elite and the fact that the country was not ready for the changes that globalization brought to it. The privatization in Argentina led to the massive enrichment of certain social levels, so when the crisis hit and the peso collapsed, people who had foreign bank accounts and savings in dollars or euros were allowed to buy real estate and other national assets at a fracture of a prices. With the crisis, the rich got significantly richer, the poor got significantly poorer and the country's emerging middle class was wiped out. The next recommendation is to settle the external debt. Since his election in 2003, the president of Argentina has came out with a number of life-saving reforms for the Argentina's economy. But at the same time he has taken a hard line against IMF and US demands regarding debt restructuring and increasing free trade, making the relationships with Argentina's two major financiers even more tense.
When people talk about the crisis of 1999-2002 in Argentina, globalization is often called to be one of the key factors that drove the economy down. But Argentina doesn't have to be an example of everything that is wrong with globalization. It should have taught us a lesson of how properly functioning society and a strong government is the key to the developing of country's economy. Without these, a country cannot make a place for itself in the global marketplace. With distance and boarders disappearing as information and communication technology improve, countries don't have a choice whether they want to be a part of globalization or not. The only question is how to be prepared. And Argentina should logically be a vibrant heart of South American globalization with its has excellent products and first-rate skills.
(*) p. South America and South Atlantic Islands. January 2013. http://m.fco.gov.uk. References:
http://www.heritage.org/index/country/argentina
http://www.wikiwealth.com/country:argentina8
http://globserver.cn/en/argentina
http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/country-profile/south-america/argentina/?profile=today http://data.worldbank.org/country/argentina
http://www.migrationinformation.org/Resources/argentina.cfm
http://www.cyborlink.com/besite/argentina.htm
http://yaleglobal.yale.edu/content/argentina-stuck-periphery-globalized-world http://www.cid.harvard.edu/cidtrade/gov/argentinagov.html
http://voices.yahoo.com/argentina-dark-side-financial-globalization-5691054.html?cat=3 http://www.globalization101.org/what-argentina-thinks-about-globalization-an-interview-from-buenos-aires-2/


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Home | Uni | Applying for uni | Edinburgh via Brazil: taking the long way round through Adjustment
Amandine secured her place at the University of Edinburgh through UCAS Adjustment. She shares her unusual experience of getting into university, which included trekking through a Brazilian jungle…
I got into the University of Edinburgh through Adjustment and it was definitely the right path for me to take. When I applied to university, I got offers from two of my five choices – Bristol and Birmingham. Unfortunately, they had been my back-ups and I wasn't particularly keen on either. I looked through the UCAS website to see if there was anything I could do to apply to other universities and I came across Adjustment.
What is UCAS Adjustment?
Adjustment is a service that opens on A level results day and lasts until 31 August. During that period you can send out applications to universities in the hope that they will have a place available on your course of choice that they are willing to offer you. There are two conditions however:
your results must be higher than what your firm choice is asking for
from the moment you start the process of Adjustment, you only have five days (weekends included) to secure an offer from the university (or universities) you've contacted.
My experience of Adjustment – monkeys and madness
I chose to apply to Edinburgh because I had previously visited it and loved it, though I hadn't managed to include it among my final UCAS choices. Unfortunately at the time Adjustment opened, I was on a family holiday in Brazil with irregular internet and phone access – we could receive calls but we couldn't make them. For that reason, I began my application process on the very first day of Adjustment, while I still had internet. I sent my final grades, along with my personal statement and a sample of my written work, then followed this up with a call to the uni to confirm it had received all my information.
Luckily, the next two days were spent at a friend's house in San Paolo, where I had internet access and a phone. Unluckily, those two days were a Saturday and Sunday, and I hadn't counted on the fact that Edinburgh uni staff don't work on weekends. As a result, I had wasted two of my five days and for the next two I would be in the Pantanal wetlands with practically no way of getting in touch with anyone.
Amandine's odyssey
Once in the Pantanal we stayed in a lodge that advertised that it had a phone and internet access. As it transpired though, due to the lodge owner's phone plan, calls could only connect as far as Rio de Janeiro. So, my mother and I woke at 6.00 am on the last day of Adjustment (as Brazil is three hours behind UK time, the time I had to contact the Edinburgh staff was shorter than what others had), and still in our pyjamas, we found the man who owned the lodge and explained my situation and my need for a computer.
The owner left us waiting then returned ten minutes later with two lifejackets, which he told us to put on over our pyjamas and to get into one of the dinghy boats used for exploring the wetlands. We proceeded to cruise through the jungle for 45 minutes – we even stopped to see some monkeys and parrots along the way. Eventually we arrived at a collection of huts, which turned out to be a marine biology centre, the only place for miles with internet access, and where the lodge owner had booked me an hour of computer time.
Hello, ground control?
It was in pyjamas and a life jacket that I logged onto my email – and found that I had no reply from Edinburgh! I immediately emailed the admissions tutor and the admissions support team that I had initially sent my documents to, to inform them that I had travelled through the jungle for an hour to reach a computer and would like to hear back from them as soon as possible. I then gave my cousin (who was studying at Edinburgh at the time) my UCAS and email passwords and instructed him to get me a reply. I then got back into the boat and travelled back through the swamp to finally change out of my muddy pyjamas. Two hours later, I received a phone call from my cousin telling me I'd gotten an offer from Edinburgh and that he had accepted it on my behalf. And so began my time as a university student.
Advice on using UCAS Adjustment
My advice to students would be to look into all available possibilities to get into the university you want – there may be paths you didn't consider or know about. I would also advise being persistent and unafraid to chase up the uni staff; they may not realise the time constraints you're under or the specific circumstances you're in. There were many times during my Adjustment experience when I wanted to give up but I'm so thankful that I didn't because I went on to spend the most amazing four years at the University of Edinburgh and all because I'd trekked through a jungle to get my application in.
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Q: How to find vector normal to a one-form? Question:
Suppose I have some one-form (linear functional),
$f = \alpha \; \omega^1 + \beta \; \omega^2 + \gamma \omega^3$
for some basis forms $\{\omega^i\}$ and coefficients $\{\alpha, \beta, \gamma\} \in \mathbb{R}$. How do I find a vector normal to this one-form?
My thought process: Geometrically, one-forms give a sense of how far in a certain direction a vector "pierces" (e.g. how many isograms span the vector). I know the vector perpendicular to this one-form should scale with the number of isograms it pieces (i.e. if my vector $v$ originally pierces 2 isograms, then $2v$ will pierce 4 isograms. I'm not sure how to quantize this thought process using manipulations with the one-form given above.

A: You want to compute the kernel of $f$. Let $(e_1,e_2,e_3)$ be dual to $(\omega^1,\omega^2,\omega^3)$ and write $v = v^1e_1+v^2e_2+v^3e_3$. Then $f(v)=\alpha v^1+\beta v^2+\gamma v^3$. This vanishes if and only if $$\alpha v^1+\beta v^2+\gamma v^3=0.$$For instance, if $\gamma\neq 0$, then $$v = v^1e_1+v^2e_2+\left(\frac{-\alpha v^1-\beta v^2}{\gamma}\right)e_3 = v^1\left(e_1-\frac{\alpha}{\gamma}e_3\right)+v^2\left(e_2-\frac{\beta}{\gamma}e_3\right).$$So the kernel/normal space of $f$ has $(e_1 - (\alpha/\gamma)e_3, e_2-(\beta/\gamma)e_3)$ as a basis.