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HomeTV ShowsAmerican IdolBrooke White – Jack and White "Undercover" EP – First Listen!
Brooke White – Jack and White "Undercover" EP – First Listen!
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Brooke White has a lot on her plate these days, but it's all good stuff. She recently gave birth to a baby girl London last week. And if that weren't enough–she and her musical partner, Jack Matranga–otherwise known as Jack And White–have just released an EP of covers aptly named Undercover.
Each decade is represented by a song–beginning with the 60's "California Dreaming" by the Mamas and the Papas and ending with the 2010 song, "Tighten Up", by the Black Keys. The duo takes the listener on a cool mini-musical tour of the last 50 years.
You can listen to a stream of the six song EP right here. And if you like, download Undercover at iTunes and Amazon.
Download Undercover
Download Undercover from iTunes
Download Undercover from Amazon
Listen to a steam of Undercover
Brooke White
Wednesday Ratings: SYTYCD Ratings Rise
Randy Jackson Sells Sibling Singing Competition to MTV
Brooke White Speaks of High Hopes & Heartbreak
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via Yahoo Music Don't miss this lengthy, but interesting interview with Season 7 Idol Brooke White from Lindsey Parker of Yahoo Music. Brooke chats about her time on Idol, how her season may have influenced
David Cook Gets A Little Help From His Friends
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David Cook was at the center of a mini-reunion of the Season 7 Idol cast when he and his band played a concert in Los Angeles last night. Michael Johns, Carly Smithson, Brooke White,
Brooke White, Michael Johns and David Archuleta – Let it Be – VIDEO
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David Archuleta surprised the crowd at the Brooke White/Michael Johns concert in Salt Lake City last night, as he joined them onstage in a performance of "Let it Be". Cool! Listen to the crowd scream


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Premiering tonight at 9:15 pm, Stories In Time host Ellouise Schoettler tells a story about swimming. Swimming is seen as a leisure activity, exercise, and a sport. For Ellouise, swimming is an important lesson in her family. This story is about overcoming fear, motivation, and courage.
For more information about Stories In Time, please visit here.
To watch previous episodes, please visit our YouTube Channel.


A scaled-down (half-size) version of Charles and Ray Eames' famous Elephant is now available - either as a child's toy or decorative object. Made from polypropylene in seven vibrant colours.
Black and White in stock - contact the store to order other colours, on an 8 week lead time.


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Q: Confusion Regarding How to Wrap an Execvp Call I am having trouble getting complete output of programs called with execvp. Here I am basically trying to wrap any program with a program that can filter input and output:
#define BUF_SIZ 8192
int main(int argc, char **argv) {
    int outp[2]; // r, w
    int inp[2];
    pid_t pid;
    char buf[BUF_SIZ];
    fd_set fds;
    struct timeval tv;

    tv.tv_sec = 0;
    tv.tv_usec = 300000;
    if (pipe(outp) < 0 || pipe(inp) < 0) return 1;
    if ((pid = fork()) < 0) return 2;
    else if (pid) {
        close(outp[1]);
        close(inp[0]);
        dup2(outp[0], STDIN_FILENO);
        dup2(inp[1], STDOUT_FILENO);
        execvp(*(argv + 1), argv + 1);
    } else {
        while (1) {
            FD_ZERO(&fds);
            FD_SET(STDIN_FILENO, &fds);
            FD_SET(inp[0], &fds);
            if (select(inp[0] + 1, &fds, NULL, NULL, &tv) < 0) exit(3);
            if (FD_ISSET(STDIN_FILENO, &fds))
                write(outp[1], buf, read(STDIN_FILENO, buf, BUF_SIZ));
            if (FD_ISSET(inp[0], &fds))
                write(STDOUT_FILENO, buf, read(inp[0], buf, BUF_SIZ));
        }
    }

    return 0;
}

If i use the program to call a shell sh, I get the following output (I do not receive a prompt):
$ ./shell sh
echo "test"
test
^C

And if I try to run Python; I receive no output:
$ ./shell python
print "test"
^C

Why am I not receiving (most) output?

A: The issue is, that the stdin of your shell and python interpreter is not a terminal. Both programs behave a bit different in that case:

*

*The shell does not issue a prompt

*Python wants to read its full script from stdin (until EOF) first

For example, for the python script to work you would have to catch EOF from your stdin (read returns 0) and in this case close the stdin of your python process. You can then invoke EOF by pressing CTRL+D on your terminal.
if (select(inp[0] + 1, &fds, NULL, NULL, &tv) < 0) exit(3);
if (FD_ISSET(STDIN_FILENO, &fds)) {
    int st = read(STDIN_FILENO, buf, BUF_SIZ));
    if (st > 0)
        write(outp[1], buf, st);
    else {
        close(outp[1]);
    ...

If you want to have an interactive terminal you would have to open a new pseudo-terminal, forkpty(3) will do most of the work for you.

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Ice Line Quad Rinks is an ice arena in West Chester, Pennsylvania, United States. The building consists of four NHL-regulation ice surfaces- each with a seating capacity of 500, concession area, and other amenities.

The rink is the home of a number of programs, including:

West Chester University of Pennsylvania men's ice hockey teams competing at the ACHA Division I level in the ESCHL and JV team at the ACHA DII level in the Colonial States College Hockey Conference (CSCHC). Hosted the latter's league playoffs in February 2016.
West Chester University women's ice hockey team competing at the ACHA Women's DII level in College Hockey East (CHE).
Philadelphia Junior Flyers Tier III Jr. A ice hockey team playing in the Eastern Hockey League (EHL).

In addition Ice Line hosts a number of Junior, youth, high school, and adult ice hockey games and tournaments, ice skating, and figure skating.

References

External links
 Ice Line
 WCU Men's Hockey
 WCU Women's Hockey
 PSU-B Hockey
 Villanova Hockey
 ShinnyUSA - Lifetime Adult Hockey

Sports venues in Pennsylvania
College ice hockey venues in the United States
Indoor arenas in Pennsylvania
West Goshen Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania

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Most people who know me, know that I have a particular love for New Zealand. I once lived and studied there, and completely fell in love with it's beautiful landscape, people and culture. I realise that banging on about it all the time can be a bit annoying, but today I feel that I am justified in mentioning it. Today the NZ parliament passed a bill for marriage equality – which is excellent in itself – but it was the reaction from the gallery upon hearing the news that had me crying.
The woman in the striped shirt is Louisa Wall, the openly gay MP who sponsored the bill. Louisa, well done you!
They are singing Pokarekare Ana, a Maori love song.
P.S. If someone wants to buy me a one-way plane ticket back to Wellington, I'd be mightily pleased.


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Similes and Metaphors
These come from actual high school essays:
Her face was a perfect oval, like a circle that had its two other sides gently compressed by a Thigh Master.
His thoughts tumbled in his head, making and breaking alliances like underpants in a dryer without Cling Free.
He spoke with the wisdom that can only come from experience, like a Guy who went blind because he looked at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it and now goes around the country speaking at high schools about the dangers of looking at a solar eclipse without one of those boxes with a pinhole in it.
She caught your eye like one of those pointy hook latches that used to dangle from screen doors and would fly up whenever you banged the door open again.
The little boat gently drifted across the pond exactly the way a bowling ball wouldn't.
McBride fell 12 stories, hitting the pavement like a Hefty bag filled with vegetable soup.
From the attic came an unearthly howl. The whole scene had an eerie, surreal quality, like when you're on vacation in another city and "Jeopardy" comes on at 7:00 p. m. instead of 7:30.
Her hair glistened in the rain like nose hair after a sneeze.
Her eyes were like two brown circles with big black dots in the center.
Bob was as perplexed as a hacker who means to access T:flw.quid55328.comaaakk/ch@ung but gets T:flw. quidaaakk/ch@ung by mistake.
Her vocabulary was as bad as, like, whatever.
He was as tall as a six-foot-three-inch tree.
The hailstones leaped from the pavement, just like maggots when you fry them in hot grease.
Long separated by cruel fate, the star-crossed lovers raced across the grassy field toward each other like two freight trains, one having left Cleveland at 6:36 p.m. traveling at 55 mph, the other from Topeka at 4:19p.m. at a speed of 35 mph.
The politician was gone but unnoticed, like the period after the Dr. on a Dr. Pepper can.
They lived in a typical suburban neighborhood with picket fences that resembled Nancy Kerrigan's teeth.
John and Mary had never met. They were like two humming birds who had also never met.
The thunder was ominous sounding, much like the sound of a thin sheet of metal being shaken backstage during the storm scene in a play.
The red brick wall was the color of a brick-red Crayola crayon.
He fell for her like his heart was a mob informant and she was the East River.
Even in his last years, Grandpappy had a mind like a steel trap, only one that had been left out so long, it had rusted shut.
The door had been forced, as forced as the dialogue during the interview portion of "Jeopardy! "
Shots rang out, as shots are wont to do.
The plan was simple, like my brother-in-law Phil. But unlike Phil, this plan just might work.
The young fighter had a hungry look, the kind you get from not eating for a while.
"Oh, Jason, take me! " she panted, her breasts heaving like a college freshman on $1-a-beer night.
He was as lame as a duck. Not the metaphorical lame duck, either, but a real duck that was actually lame. Maybe from stepping on a land mine or something.
Her artistic sense was exquisitely refined, like someone who can tell butter from I Can't Believe It's Not Butter.
She had a deep, throaty, genuine laugh, like that sound a dog makes just before it throws up.
The revelation that his marriage of 30 years had disintegrated because of his wife's infidelity came as a rude shock, like a surcharge at a formerly surcharge-free ATM.
The dandelion swayed in the gentle breeze like an oscillating electric fan set on medium.
It was an American tradition, like fathers chasing kids around with power tools.
She was as easy as the "TV Guide" crossword.
Her eyes were like limpid pools, only they had forgotten to put in any pH cleanser.
She grew on him like she was a colony of E. coli and he was room-temperature Canadian beef.
She walked into my office like a centipede with 98 missing legs.
Her voice had that tense, grating quality, like a first-generation thermal paper fax machine that needed a band tightened.
It hurt the way your tongue hurts after you accidentally staple it to the wall.

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Come out and "get lost" in the amazing inflatable Pumpkin Palooza Corn Maze.
Bounce out some of that energy. Come to the Kids' area to enjoy various bounce houses and inflatable obstacle courses.
All aboard for a fun ride! Our trackless trains will take you on a quick tour around our Pumpkin Patch, letting you take in the sights of fall.
Take control of your fear or feed your adrenaline; grab ahold and go for a zip!
You'll have a blast jumping on trampolines, doing front or back flips, and even bouncing as high as 20 feet in the air if you choose. The participants are strapped into safety harnesses with bungee cords attached to each side of the harness, and wenches hoist them into the air as they bounce higher and higher.
Ride with your friends (suitable for adults and children alike) in this swinging pirate ship carnival ride. You better have your sea legs before you climb aboard!
A little adventure for our younger citizens! Must be under 48 inches to ride and can be found in the Pumpkin Patch.
Let your child take a ride on a real pony.
Grab your boots and cowboy hats, it is rodeo time! Find your inner cowboy or cowgirl while having the time of your life on the coolest Mechanical Bull.
The Cosmic Tunnel is a mind-blowing attraction, guaranteed to test your senses! This is a rotating tunnel that you walk though. It distorts your balance to make you feel like you are floating in space.
The Reckless Ride rental is not for the faint hearted, so be brave, buckle up and get ready! Riders will experience a strong G force while feeling a fast spin movement!
The Tubs of Fun ride is just like the big amusement park rides where you spin and spin until you can't take any more! It's endless fun as the cup and arms spin!
Can you make it to the top? Come and test your rock climbing skills at Pumpkin Palooza.
Hop aboard the horse-drawn hay ride and take a scenic tour of our Community Park.
(Weather permitting) 3-5 minute rides aboard the hot air balloons. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
$20 for adults (16 and over), $15 for children. Sign-up and payment upon arrival.


Last Sunday saw another attempt at getting to grips with FOG. Graham was bored with fielding Russian armies and turned up with a Byzantine army; lancers, fortified camp and all. I stuck with my Mongol Conquest army, who won for a change, as I'm a slow learner and somewhat stubborn.
When a battle group is pinned by two enemy battle groups the player may select which enemy battle group to respond to.
Pursuit ends immediately if the pursuers fail to catch their routing opponent. Obvious when stated like this but it's not the case in DBMM.
Routers cannot be bolstered if there is any enemy within 6". This means you can push routing battle groups off table without risking formal pursuit if you wish.
Previously I had struggled with the effect of Commanders in combat and this game saw some clarity emerge.
There's no risk to a Commander if they aren't fighting in the front rank and then only if the battle groups receives at least two hits.
Likewise Commanders only influence quality re-rolls in combat when fighting in the front rank.
Finally, fighting Commanders do not influence the cohesion test of other battle groups; only the one they are fighting with.
As a result of all this I will try and keep a tighter rein on my use of Commanders in the next game.
Once we correctly applied the Points of Advantage, see last post, combats became both more decisive and quicker.
The effect of Commanders, again once properly applied, diminished somewhat. This speeded things up; it made battle groups taking cohesion tests less resilient.
The play sheets from the FOG website don't suit. I always seemed to choose the wrong page. As the game progressed, and I got tired, my selections got worse not better. I maybe drawn into writing my own.
The game was notable from a pure wargaming point of view. Prior to the game Graham had devised a cunning plan. It depended on him gaining the initiative and avoiding fighting on the Steppe. Graham lost the first dice roll and we fought on the Steppe. To make matters worse the battle took place on a completely open Steppe; not one piece of terrain survived the set up process. It's fair to say that Graham knew he was in trouble well before we'd deployed. The photo below seems to capture his post deployment mood perfectly.
Graham and I will be having another game a week on Sunday and then we plan to try either a medieval battle or games against new opponents. I don't propose to write any further reports on our progress for a while. We've reached the stage where we just need to practise and, unlike our early struggles, I don't think this will make very entertaining reading.


MMID 306, the only blue and orange unit to receive the G&W MMID logo, leads UBEG east, its destination the CSX interchange in Emory Grove.
MMID 306, having already crossed through downtown Westminster, is about to lead UBEG east, under the Rt. 140 overpass (to the photographer's back).
MMID 306 leads an eastbound UBEG past Reisterstown Lumber Co., as it is now less than a minute from entering the CSX interchange.
MMID 306 leads an eastbound UBEG past Barrick's stone yard, where the mty hoppers on the siding sit until the weather warms up.
On a very cold day, MMID 306 leads a UBEG east through New Windsor.
On a very cold day, MMID 306 leads a UBEG east out of Union Bridge.
MMID 2060 during switching at NVR Homes.
CORP 2066, the former MMID 306, leads a wb MMID UBHF, into the Sabillasville Horseshoe curve en-route to the CSX Highfield interchange.
MMID 2060, the Maryland Midland heritage unit, leads the eastbound UBHF, out of Highfield, and back to Union Bridge.
MMID 2060, the Maryland Midland heritage unit, leads the eastbound UBHF, back into Union Bridge.
MMID 2060, the Maryland Midland heritage unit, leads the eastbound UBHF.


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from madrona.features.forms import FeatureForm
from seak.models import Folder, Scenario
from django import forms

class FolderForm(FeatureForm):
    class Meta(FeatureForm.Meta):
        model = Folder

class ScenarioForm(FeatureForm):
    input_scalefactor = forms.FloatField(widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={'class': 'slidervalue'}), initial=1.0)
    class Meta(FeatureForm.Meta):
        model = Scenario
        exclude = list(FeatureForm.Meta.exclude)
        for f in model.output_fields():
            exclude.append(f.attname)

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I have been helping Mr M reclaim the illegal charges (detailed on this site) from HSBC. They have been unaware of my involvement and I have advised and drafted letters for him. Unfortunately for HSBC Mr M has kept all his paperwork.
This is from the original letter he received from Restons solicitors after the bank passed the account to them in 2007, where you can see that a "collection charge" of £1,203.02 was added to the account.
It is this sum that I have been trying to help Mr M recover, with interest (£814.32). Today he received an illiterate letter from HSBC claiming that the charge was not repayable to him because it had been "removed" and that he had been told this by Restons in a letter dated 4 February 2016, which enclosed a statement of account that "proved" that he had not paid the charges (Mr M had two accounts, and exactly the same as detailed below, happened on each):
Mr M says he has never received this letter. This is hardly surprising. Look at the date on the letter:
Note the phrase '"collection charges" have been removed'. And now look at the date on the statement it is claimed was sent with the letter:
This appears at the bottom of HSBC statements, explaining the difference between the two statements.
Here's Mr M's account balance on an HSBC statement in August 2011:
And the balance according to a letter received from Restons in August 2011 (which would appear to include the "collection charge" added at the start, less £4.57):
This balance agrees with the alleged Restons statement claimed to have been sent to him on 4 February 2016. So in August 2011, the bank's balance was different to Restons balance in the sum of the collection charge.
This chart shows the differences:
If the bank's statements up to repayment of the debt in February 2016 were available (they have been requested) they will show a credit balance, of the collection charge.
Mr M did receive this letter from Restons dated 3 February 2016, with a different style (barcodes, web address etc). The phantom letter of 4 February only materialised after he had written to Restons/HSBC reclaiming the collection charge.
For those that don't know, I estimate the total in illegal charges to be £1bn. I have informed the FCA of this new information, with a request that they now involve the Serious Fraud Office. I myself have reported it to the City of London Police Economic Crime Unit, who declined to take any action 2 years ago:
this article HSBC reported to the police for false accounting and forgery


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Executive, Standards & Practices
In his two-and-a-half hour Archive interview, Alfred Schneider (1926-2016) talks about his early career working for ABC shortly after the formation of the network. He discusses his early role in business affairs at ABC and his subsequent move to CBS in 1955, where he became the assistant to president Louis G. Cowan. He details his role in dealing with Standards & Practices at the network as well as his return to ABC, where he became head of their Standards & Practices department. He discusses the fallout of the Quiz Show and Payola Scandals and the legislation created in their wake. He talks about his role in establishing the National Association of Broadcasters' (NAB) Code of Standards as well as network reaction to government legislation. Schneider discusses The Untouchables, That Certain Summer, The Day After, and Soap as well as other television programs. Karen Herman conducted the interview on July 22, 2004 in New York, NY.
"I felt that if the government can tell us what to put in a program, they can tell us what not to put in a program. And if they can tell you to put one thing in a program, they can propagandize. You had to be very careful, even though the message was worthwhile, that we do not become a surrogate for government propaganda."
Alfred Schneider on working with Producer Leonard Goldberg on his TV movie Something About Amelia, which dealt with incest
Alfred Schneider on writer/producer Susan Harris's response to being told that a scene in Soap where women were discussing sex had to be cut
Alfred Schneider on the role of the government in regulating television content and President Nixon's attempt to encourage anti-drug messages in television programs
Alfred Schneider on his pride in his work on The Day After
Alfred Schneider on advice to aspiring Standards & Practices professionals
On his childhood and early influences; on his service during World War II; on how he came to work in ABC's legal department
On the early days of ABC; on the founder of ABC, Leonard Goldenson; on the first time he saw television
On creating, with ABC Executive Jim Stabile, what may have been the very first television package deal -- for The Danny Thomas Show; on his move to CBS as Assistant Director of Business Affairs and negotiating the contract for The Phil Silvers Show; on working on contracts for Peter Falk and Barbara Walters
On the Hollywood Blacklist; on working as Executive Assistant to the President of CBS, Louis G. Cowan
On the Quiz Show and Payola Scandals and his part in writing legislation in response to the scandals; on the Kefauver Congressional Committee's investigation of violence in television; on the networks' decision to create Standards & Practices departments
On the establishment of the Television Code and its contents; on working in Standards & Practices at ABC; on his greatest contributions to the TV movies and miniseries Something About Amelia, The Day After, and The Winds of War
On how the Italian-American reaction to The Untouchables led to ABC agreeing to not use the term "mafia"; on how a controversial episode of Bus Stop ("A Lion Walks Among Us") led to the demise of ABC President, Oliver E. Treyz, as well as further inquiries into the effects of violence on television
On an episode of Howard K. Smith: News and Comment ("The Political Obituary of Richard M. Nixon"); on the difference between how news and entertainment are handled in terms of censorship; on the Kennedy Assassination
On why ABC passed on All in the Family; on why ABC was able to take a risk on Soap and how the network dealt with the show's depiction of controversial topics; on the decision to not allow two men to kiss on Thirtysomething
On the power of advertisers in decisions made by Standards & Practices; on the Family Viewing Hour; on That Certain Summer; on Multiplication Rock, Super Friends, and Wonder Woman; on meeting with special interest groups and handling their concerns
On ABC Afterschool Specials and docudramas; on sit-in protests in response to Marcus Welby, M.D. and other ABC shows; on regulating portrayals of violence in Roots versus S.W.A.T. and The Six Million Dollar Man
On regulating Standards & Practices for Roots and Baretta; on Producer Danny Arnold throwing him off the set of Barney Miller; on Happy Days; on Three's Company
On working with Steven Bochco versus working with Aaron Spelling; on changes in the power of Standards & Practices with the rise of cable television
On the setup of the department of Standards & Practices at ABC; on overseeing the editing of feature films for television; on the television rating system and the V-chip; on how views of what is acceptable on television have changed over time
On how and when sexuality and other controversial topics became acceptable on television; on Standards & Practices and the presidency; on Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Newton N. Minow's "Vast Wasteland" speech
On Standards & Practices and the Vietnam War; on the role of government in regulating television content; on criticism he received over the years
On his legacy; on advice to aspiring Standards & Practices professionals; on advice to show creators in dealing with Standards & Practices professionals; on his book, "The Gatekeeper: My 30 Years as a TV Censor"
Alfred Schneider on why ABC passed on All in the Family
Alfred Schneider on Producer Danny Arnold throwing him off the set of Barney Miller
Alfred Schneider on how a controversial episode of Bus Stop ("A Lion Walks Among Us") led to the demise of ABC President, Oliver E. Treyz, as well as further inquiries into the effects of violence on television
Alfred Schneider on creating, with ABC Executive Jim Stabile, what may have been the very first television package deal -- for The Danny Thomas Show
Alfred Schneider on allowing nudity to be shown in The Winds of War
Alfred Schneider on an episode of Howard K. Smith: News and Comment "The Political Obituary of Richard M. Nixon"), and how it led to the formulation of a policy to protect news departments from the interference of sponsors
Alfred Schneider on sit-in protests by the gay community in response to Marcus Welby, M.D.
Alfred Schneider on negotiating the contract for The Phil Silvers Show as Assistant Director of Business Affairs at CBS
Alfred Schneider on regulating portrayals of violence in Roots versus S.W.A.T. and The Six Million Dollar Man
Alfred Schneider on why ABC was able to take a risk on Soap and how the network dealt with the show's depiction of controversial topics
Alfred Schneider on negotiating the depiction of the controversial subject matter of That Certain Summer
Alfred Schneider on the decision not to allow two men to kiss on Thirtysomething
Alfred Schneider on how the Italian-American reaction to The Untouchables led to ABC agreeing to not use the term "mafia"
Alfred Schneider on how an advertiser's displeasure with an episode of Howard K. Smith: News and Comment ("The Political Obituary of Richard M. Nixon") led to the formulation of a policy to protect news departments from the interference of sponsors
Alfred Schneider on the power of advertisers in decisions made by Standards & Practices
Alfred Schneider on advice to show creators in dealing with Standards & Practices professionals
Censorship / Standards & Practices
Alfred Schneider on the establishment of the Television Code and its contents
Alfred Schneider on working in Standards & Practices at ABC
Alfred Schneider on a controversial episode of Bus Stop ("A Lion Walks Among Us") and how it led to further inquiries into the effects of violence on television
Alfred Schneider on the difference between how news and entertainment are handled in terms of censorship
Alfred Schneider on meeting with special interest groups and handling their concerns about portrayals of certain groups and depictions of controversial topics on television
Alfred Schneider on working with Steven Bochco versus working with Aaron Spelling
Alfred Schneider on how and why portrayals of sexuality and other controversial topics have become more acceptable over time on television
Alfred Schneider on the role of the government in regulating television content
Alfred Schneider on the criticism he received over the course of his career and being the "conscience of the company"
Criticism of TV
Alfred Schneider on Chair of the Federal Communications Commission, Newton N. Minow's "Vast Wasteland" speech
Diversity in Television
Alfred Schneider on dealing with the Hollywood Blacklist as an executive at CBS
Alfred Schneider on the Quiz Show and Payola Scandals and his part in writing legislation in response to the scandals
Quiz Show Scandals
Alfred Schneider on an episode of Howard K. Smith: News and Comment ("The Political Obituary of Richard M. Nixon"), and how it led to the formulation of a policy to protect news departments from the interference of sponsors
Sex & Violence
Alfred Schneider, Standards & Practices executive, on how an advertiser's displeasure with an episode of Howard K. Smith: News and Comment ("The Political Obituary of Richard M. Nixon") led to the formulation of a policy to protect news departments from the interference of sponsors
Television and the Presidency
Alfred Schneider on the relationship between Standards & Practices and the presidency
Television Executive
Cop/Detective/Mystery Series
Medical Dramas
News and Documentary
Sci-Fi/Supernatural Series
Alfred Schneider on working as Executive Assistant to the President of CBS, Louis G. Cowan
Alfred Schneider on the founder of ABC, Leonard Goldenson
Alfred Schneider on the founder of ABC, Leonard Goldenson's testimony before Congress in response to the Payola Scandals
Alfred Schneider on working on issues of Standards & Practices with founder of ABC, Leonard Goldenson
Alfred Schneider on an episode of Howard K. Smith: News and Comment ("The Political Obituary of Richard M. Nixon"), which led head of ABC news, Jim Hagerty to formulate a policy to protect news departments from the interference of sponsors
Alfred Schneider on negotiating the contract for The Phil Silvers Show with writer Nat Hiken as Assistant Director of Business Affairs at CBS
Alfred Schneider on his pride in his work with ABC Executive Brandon Stoddard on The Day After
Alfred Schneider on how a controversial episode of Bus Stop ("A Lion Walks Among Us") led to the demise of president of ABC, Oliver E. Treyz
Alfred Schneider on allowing nudity to be shown in Herman Wouk's The Winds of War


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Online Graduate Degree
Master of Arts in English Degree Plans
The English Department offers two options leading to the Master of Arts degree designed to prepare students for entry to the professional world or further graduate study:
Track A – Masters of Arts degree (thesis option – 30 semester credit hours, including 3 research hours for thesis) – in literature study with an emphasis in American, African-American, or British literature.
Track B – Masters of Arts degree (non-thesis option - 30 semester credit hours for non-thesis) – with a generalist concentration in literary studies. With the approval of the Department Chair and the instructor, the student will devote three credits to a "Directed Reading and Research" course resulting in two or more longer papers.
In order to earn a Master's degree in English under Track A(thesis option), a candidate must complete the following departmental requirements:
Thirty hours of graduate work in English, including English 837 (Thesis in Progress), with an emphasis in African American, American, or British literature) , Required Core Courses: English 502, 533, and 638
Evidence that the student either has passed at least twelve semester hours of a foreign language or has a reading knowledge of some foreign language (such competency to be certified, through examination, by the Department of Foreign Languages)
A written comprehensive examination
End of program assessment that includes a comprehensive test, portfolio, and research completion and evaluation
An acceptable thesis based on an investigation of a subject approved by the Department and the University Graduate School
An oral defense of the thesis before the committee of graduate faculty advisors
A completed thesis approved by the University Graduate School
In order to earn a Master's degree in English under Track B(non-thesis option), a candidate must complete the following departmental requirements:
Thirty hours of graduate work in English for a general concentration in literature, Required Core Courses: English 502, 533, and 638
Evidence that the student either has passed at least twelve semester hours of a foreign language or has a reading knowledge of a foreign language (such competency to be certified, through examination by the Department of Foreign Languages)
End of program assessment that includes the comprehensive examination, portfolio evaluation, and research completion
An acceptable portfolio of at least six seminar-length analyses covering each of the areas of required studies (American, African-American, British, Criticism, Directed Study) with the portfolio to be evaluated by members of the graduate faculty
An oral review of the portfolio before the committee of graduate faculty advisors
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Master of Arts in English Two-Year Matriculation Plan
The student is expected to accomplish the following during the first year:
Arrange to confer with the Graduate Dean for advisement on specific requirements.
Demonstrate writing proficiency on the GRE or ENG 501.
Fulfill the M.A. language requirement if you do not have four semesters of a foreign language for your B.A
Submit official final transcripts of the B.A. (and any graduate coursework to be transferred) to the TSU Registrar, Graduate School Office, and English Department.
Form a committee of advisor and meet with them at least once a month.
Take English core course requirements as soon as possible.
Successfully complete 18 hours by the end of the first year.
The student is expected to accomplish the following during the second year:
Meet with the committee of faculty advisors to determine needed and to meet all degree requirements and obligations, according to the Graduate School schedule.
File a degree plan before the third semester in the program.
Successfully complete the remaining hours of your degree plan.
Schedule and take your oral examination in the final semester.
Form a committee of advisors and meet with them at least once a month.
Turn in the thesis and/or portfolio according to the Graduate School schedule. (This will allow time for the advisors to review and evaluate the work and to schedule a review of the portfolio or a defense of the thesis. This will also allow time for the candidate to incorporate recommended changes into the thesis.).
Apply for graduation and follow all requirements as established by the University's Graduate School Office.
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Remember the summer that wasn't from last year? According to NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, the cooler than normal temperatures of 2010 aren't likely to repeat in Southern California's inland valleys.
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Last year, temperatures were below normal for much of the year, with the San Jacinto Valley being the exception. The cooler than normal pattern has persisted into 2011, as a moderate La Nina condition in the equatorial Pacific continued.
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It is hard to believe that football season is just around the corner. High school teams are already practicing without coaches and college teams are working hard in the weight room. Before you know it, ESPN will be airing commercials for College Gameday and we will be watching football on Friday nights at the local high school.
It is already he case that 2017 football schedules have been released. College football schedules have been known for quite some time and almost all high schools have published their schedules on their website. Now, we just have to wait for the action to start.
One of the best websites for NFL and college football schedules is fbschedules.com. If you are looking for high school football schedules, check out hsfootballschedules.com. Instead of having to fight through the ads and videos on ESPN an Bleacher Report, these website will give you the website in which you can print it off or jus screenshot it to save on your phone.
Something you may want to consider is to screenshot it and make it the wallpaper of your iPhone or Android. This will allow you to make certain you always have the dates and times in which your favorite team will play this week. Even if you think you have memorized the schedule, there are always one or two games you will likely forget.
Which games are you looking forward to most this year? Your high schools rivalry game? One of the big SEC football games on Saturday afternoon? The kickoff of the NFL season?


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Theories on How the Dead Could Rise Again
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20. Microscopic Invaders
For just a second, consider what microscopic means. For those unaware, micro typically means small. Thus, the invasion would typically be something that would be so small that it is likely unable to be seen by the naked eye. Usually, this has to do with viruses or infections that can pass through the air. However, for this example, we are going to use gas instead. There are several gases that are clear and unable to be seen.
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Thus, someone could breathe in a gas that has been released into a home, locker room, etc. Usually, our bodies fight off particles floating around that we could breathe in. Our nose hairs fight a lot of this, funny enough. On top of this, granulocytes, lymphocytes, and monocytes help as well. However, if someone decided to make a gas that could bypass these natural protectors, this man-made gas could create a real zombie apocalypse.
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19. Radiation
You may not know this, but in America, we keep track of how often someone is exposed to radiation. This exposure happens every time someone has an x-ray, CT scan, and even an MRI. Radiation exposure tracking has been such a big deal that you right now are on a record that every hospital can attain access to. Why do we keep track of this? Simple. Radiation is dangerous and has been proven to kill living beings and even mutate them.
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Today, we know that radiation can help in treating things like cancer. However, it slowly kills people. Marie Curie, the woman responsible for most of our knowledge today on radiation, died from radiation poisoning due to her massive amount of exposure to it. Exposed to vast amounts, it is possible a real zombie apocalypse could come out of it if people even survive the major exposure they'll have to endure.
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18. Fungal Meningitis
While there are many things that can attack the body, a fungus can do more than some think. They can save lives, such as the case of how we discovered what we know now as the antibiotic medication, Penicillin. This accidental discovery by Alexander Fleming saved the lives of millions, with more antibiotics branching off of it. Yet fungi have also taken lives as well, putting through some severe illnesses. One of them is known as Fungal Meningitis.
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While normal meningitis is pretty bad, it's usually bacterial and can be treated relatively easily. Fungal meningitis has many of the same symptoms and has to be treated with antifungal medications. Yet, it's also possible to have this version of meningitis longer. Since it is a fungus, some wild chemist or biologist could add whatever they needed to it in order to give certain things to the person who will be infected by it. Possibly then creating our real zombie apocalypse scenario.
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17. Ophiocordyceps
Our first of a few parasites on the list is called Ophiocordyceps. Technically, it is a parasitic fungus that typically latches on to different species of insects that are often found in the jungles of Africa. In ants, this stuff becomes absolutely incredible. It will sort of force the ant to climb up and attach itself to the underside of a leaf, usually about 25cm from the ground. The ant will then die and the Ophiocordyceps will begin to grow.
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In a few days, the deadly spores will come about and can begin to infect humans that come in contact with it. If one does come in contact, it can actually infect people pretty easily. The Ophiocordyceps will then take over the brain of a person. It won't randomly put them on autopilot but it can cause them to make insane decisions. This is the same parasitic fungus used to create the zombies in The Last of Us video game. Obviously, it is heightened for drama but does have potential.
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16. Brainwashing
Brainwashing actually has been quite successful over the years. Thus far, we only know of a few instances of confirmed brainwashing that caused some big changes. The reason this can be hard to do is that it has to be a systematic overhaul of a person's beliefs and what they know to be true. It's like if someone told you that your name is not what it is. You know your name is what it has been and believing anything other than that was not possible.
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However, it has happened. Memorably, this occurred during the height of the Korean War. Colonel Frank Schwable was shot down and captured. He along with several other prisoners of war made false claims that the U.S. used germ warfare against Korean people. They claimed America dropped anthrax on them and much more. 21 American soldiers refused to return to the nation as well. This proved brainwashing had to have occurred. Zombie brainwashing anyone?
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15. Jewel Wasp
The Jewel Wasp is known for being parasitic. When females want to have their young, they will find a cockroach to lay their eggs in. The wasp will sting the roach in the brain, causing it to become immobile for a period. Yet it will still be able to walk around and some other complex behavior. The wasp will then literally drag the cockroach back to its burrow of sorts where it will lay one egg inside the insect on its abdomen.
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This wasp will actually allow the cockroach to go back to its own home too. The wasp will usually follow it and block up the entrance to its home, trapping it inside. About three days later, the wasp larva will hatch and begin to eat its way out of the roach from the inside. Literally, the mother wasp controlled the cockroach and forced it to become a walking zombie that will then become the larva's own personal zombie that it can control. Imagine if this were used in humans.
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14. Capgras Delusion
The Capgras Delusion is completely insane and was coined by French psychiatrist Joseph Capgras. It defines someone who holds a delusion that a friend, spouse, parent, or a close family member such as a pet has been replaced by an identical imposter. While it might seem strange, this is a completely real psychological problem people have faced. Officially, it belongs to various similar issues under the spectrum of the "delusional misidentification syndrome."
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This is an issue where a person misidentifies people, places, and even objects. Some believe that time has been warped or substituted too. It can be pretty mild for some and quite chronic in others. How could this influence a real zombie apocalypse, you ask? Simple. What if this delusion was possibly weaponized, causing people to believe everyone they know to be an imposter? They could go on a killing spree, appearing to victims as mentally out of it the entire time.
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13. Artificially Intelligent Zombie
Let's be honest, if there is one thing that you could actually believe could cause a real zombie apocalypse, it's artificially intelligent beings. Seeing as people are already afraid that there will one day be an invasion of robots or AI, it would not be shocking at all to see this happen. A person could program AI to become just like the zombies we know from the movies.
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They could equip them to be exactly the same as what we expect, thus causing them to walk or move the same way. These AI zombies of sorts could even be programmed to eat human brains. While technology that could do something like this is likely very distant in the future. Do not assume someone will not think of trying it. This might be the most realistic possibility of any on the list.
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12. Hymenoepimecis Argyraphaga Wasps
It is quite clear that you should never trust a wasp, especially those that belong to the horrific Hymenoepimecis Argyraphaga species. Found mostly in Costa Rica, this tropical wasp species targets orb weaver spiders to use as hosts for their young. Yes, another wasp species that lays its eggs inside other insects. When the time comes to lay eggs, the female wasp will sting the spider. This sting will actually paralyze the spider long enough for the wasp to lay the eggs in the spider's abdomen.
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Soon after this, the larvas will hatch and begin sucking the blood of the spider. Several weeks later, the larvas will inject a chemical into the spider that takes over its brain. It'll remain with the young throughout the weaving of a cocoon. Once molted the larva eat the spider and spent the next few weeks in the cocoon. They'll emerge a few weeks later as full-grown wasps. Creepy, huh?
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11. West Nile Virus
The West Nile Virus happens to be one of the deadliest diseases on the planet today. It is exclusively spread by mosquitoes, often found in multiple places around the world. However, it is the leading cause of mosquito-borne disease in the continental United States today. A person gets this by being bitten by a mosquito, but may not see any symptoms at all initially. While 1 in 150 people who get West Nile have an issue with their central nervous system due to the disease, this could be more.
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Essentially, if a person weaponized West Nile then they could make a virus that attacked the central nervous system exclusively or with other areas. Many get a fever with the issue, however, others see it much worse. Disorientation, tremors, convulsions, numbness, paralysis, and stupor occurs. If weaponized, all of this could be more intense and possibly even controlled. Thus, a real zombie apocalypse could come out of it.
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10. Drugs
Let us be clear here. It seems like a cop-out to say "drugs" and be done with it. However, we are talking about a real zombie apocalypse and how it could happen. Not including drugs on the list would be insane of us. To connect to our version of a zombie, we could add a lot of drugs to this list. Just for a few examples, we're going to use cocaine and meth. Cocaine is often snorted into the sinuses and goes into the brain, impairing it as well as giving it a major high.
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This is considered an "upper" on the street. There are various versions of it but all of them make you go completely insane. Most people with addictions to it are smaller, develop sores, and look horrific. Meth is similar, and it's usually injected into the bloodstream. Meth is made mostly out of household products you'll see under your sink as well as sinus medications like Sudafed. Like cocaine, it is an upper that could kill anyone who uses it. Most addicted to it will look horrific, like zombies.
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9. Augmented Reality
Unlike virtual reality, you are not entering a new world when it comes to augmented reality. Rather, the virtual world comes into our world. Games like Pokemon Go! are classic examples of augmented reality games, and they can be incredibly fun. Yet this type of system could become problematic if weaponized. Augmented reality usually takes a device like your phone to work, yet this could one day become more advanced and just need contacts, glasses, or injectable chips.
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Right now, tech companies are trying to make augmented reality more advanced. Some are attempting to make entire buildings into fully animated augmented reality on the inside via laser or light-based tech. If this type of thing were to become even bigger and weaponized, we could quite literally find ways to implant chips into the blood that affects the brain. From here, fully animated zombies could be used to make people assume a real zombie apocalypse is happening.
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8. Head Injury
Another from the world of possible cop-outs yet completely possible is a head injury. Like augmented reality, you do not always have to have real zombies to make people believe that real zombies exist. If someone were to be injured in the head, their brain will have several issues that will need to be addressed. This could include dizziness, disorientation, blurred vision, confusion, memory loss, hallucinations, convulsions, and so much more.
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Imagine for a second if we knew just the spot to hit someone and then abused this person to a point where they believe a real zombie apocalypse is taking place. Remember, in order for something to qualify as a zombie, it must "appear" as a member of the undead. It could even be a person of strange behavior. Thus, you could clearly make someone with a head injury believe something is happening when it is clearly not.
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7. Bath Salts
If you have ever seen someone that happened to be high on bath salts, you likely met someone who is absolutely insane. The bath salts are obviously made to use in the bathtub to help with different issues like sinus trouble or even muscle aches. If they are snorted, smoked, or made into a liquid and injected, they could clearly kill a person or make them crazy. Some believe this might be the most likely thing that could cause a real zombie apocalypse.
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The reason comes from a now-infamous cannibal attack that happened in Miami back in 2012. A naked Rudy Eugene horrifically attacked a 66-year-old homeless man named Ronald Poppo. He ate the man's face off! Somehow, Poppo survived the encounter and is now blind. This cannibalistic attack by a man high on bath salts could clearly become much bigger and result in people becoming crazed zombie-like cannibals.
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6. Candida Albicans Fungus
Another from the world of fungi is something many people come in contact with quite often. However, not all have issues with it funny enough. Essentially, Candida Albicans is a pathogenic yeast that can mostly be found in human gut flora. It is often detected in the gastrointestinal tract and mouth and can be seen in about 40-60% of even healthy adults. It can cause the growth of Candida, which results in an infection known as Candidiasis. This infection involves the overgrowth of fungus.
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While initially considered to be nothing of note if treated right away, a new study found that Candida Albicans could actually involve severe brain issues. A study done on mice found that it caused brain abnormalities that resembled that of Alzheimer's Disease as well as memory issues. Imagine if this was weaponized and people could be controlled, all having no clue what happened due to the Alzheimer's disease-like connection. That could become a true problem!
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5. Toxoplasma Gondii
Toxoplasma Gondii happens to be a member of the parasite family. This is actually a brain parasite, which is mostly found in rats. Once a rat is infected by it, the parasite can manipulate the brain with the parasite. For example, instead of running away from cats looking to eat them, it'll actually run toward them, seeking them out! A study on these infected rats found that they were attracted to the smell of cats and their urine.
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They'll often approach the cat and be killed and/or eaten by them, which results in the parasite moving onto the cat. This allows it to breed. Cases of the parasite have involved humans too, who likely got it from a cat, funny enough. Another study found that as many as 60 million people in the United States alone have been infected by or come in contact with Toxoplasma Gondii. If this is weaponized, it could control humans and make them become walking zombies looking for insane danger.
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4. Mad Cow Disease
I know what you're thinking, humans cannot get Mad Cow Disease due to the whole not being a cow thing. This is true, however, humans have an equivalent to this disease known as Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. This disease is caused by something called "prion." It's a type of protein that can trigger normal proteins in the brain to fold abnormally. This can actually affect both humans and animals. On top of this, it's even possible to spread to humans via infected meat products.
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This prion disorder of sorts is what triggers the Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease. This is a degenerative brain disorder that leads to dementia and affects people similar to Alzheimer's disease. The disease will cause memory issues, vision problems, memory loss, depression, loss of the ability to speak, and even sudden, jerky movements. All of this could lead one to believe they are seeing a walking zombie-like figure if they came in contact with a person that had a late-stage version of this.
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3. Nanobots
We are closer and closer to finding ways to use nanobots to solve a ton of problems for both humans and animals alike. Right now, it is uncertain how far we can go with them. The theory is that the possibilities are endless due to the fact that you can pretty much put them into anything. Specifically, we can inject them into the bloodstream and have them attack certain parts of the body to help us defeat diseases.
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Right now there are experiments with nanobots revolving around helping remove cancer issues too. However, due to the possibilities being so endless with nanobots, it's at least possible to see them used for evil. If a person decided to weaponize them and use them to take over the brains of human beings…this could turn into a real zombie apocalypse. Imagine people walking around mindless, having to do whatever someone claimed. They could force them to kill and even eat other humans!
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2. Cotard's Syndrome
Cotard's Syndrome is a rare disorder that is quite horrific to experience. People often call it the "walking corpse syndrome," if that tells you anything. This mental disorder causes people to have the delusional belief that they are already dead, do not exist, are putrefying, or they've lost their blood and/or internal organs. Essentially, these people assume are walking, talking members of the undead. The weird part of this is that they could have conversations with people that are alive.
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They will then just have the belief that they are ghostly figures, even if they need to do things normal humans must do like eat and use the restroom. This would be a compelling thing to use as a real zombie apocalypse, at least for those with this disorder. They could assume all are dead, though it would only be something they would see. This would not affect the rest of the world unless these people did something insane. However, we never said this apocalypse had to be something for all.
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1. Neurogenesis
Likely the most compelling possibility for a real zombie apocalypse can come from Neurogenesis. This is, in large thanks, to stem cell research that will soon make it possible for people to regenerate decaying organs. The procedure would work for most organs in our bodies but sadly not on the brain. Essentially, when we die our brain actually begins decaying from the outside in. The outer layers of the brain are pretty important and affect our memory, emotions, decision-making, logic, etc.
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Unless you decide to revive someone immediately, their outer brain function will be too far gone to bring them back. In a situation such as this, you could technically have an ordeal science has yet to see. If you could bring someone back to life who simply had the outer layer of their brain erased, they'd still be able to live due to the inner parts operating properly. They would just be a mindless zombie. If someone were to find a way to revive the recently dead using Neurogenesis, they could create an army of undead zombies.


Mrs. Cipriano received a Bachelor's Degree in Elementary Education from Misericordia University and Master's Degree in Elementary Education with a concentration in math from Arcadia University. She has certifications in Early Childhood, Elementary Education K-6, and Math & Science 7-9. She taught for 13 years in public school education until she became a Stay-at-Home mom for 6 years. This is Mrs. Cipriano's 5th year teaching at St. Isidore School and she and her husband have 2 children who attend the school. Mrs. Cipriano and her family are members of St. Isidore Parish and they like staying active as a family going to parks, swimming, biking, playing games and reading together.


Abstract: Doñana National Park (DNP) in southern Spain is a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve where commercial hunting and wildlife artificial feeding do not take place and traditional cattle husbandry still exists. Herein, we hypothesized that Mycobacterium bovis infection prevalence in wild ungulates will depend on host ecology and that variation in prevalence will reflect variation in the interaction between hosts and environmental risk factors. Cattle bTB reactor rates increased in DNP despite compulsory testing and culling of infected animals. In this study, 124 European wild boar, 95 red deer, and 97 fallow deer were sampled from April 2006 to April 2007 and analyzed for M. bovis infection. Modelling and GIS were used to identify risk factors and intra and inter-species relationships. Infection with M. bovis was confirmed in 65 (52.4%) wild boar, 26 (27.4%) red deer and 18 (18.5%) fallow deer. In the absence of cattle, wild boar M. bovis prevalence reached 92.3% in the northern third of DNP. Wild boar showed more than twice prevalence than that in deer (p<0.001). Modelling revealed that M. bovis prevalence decreased from North to South in wild boar (p<0.001) and red deer (p<0.01), whereas no spatial pattern was evidenced for fallow deer. Infection risk in wild boar was dependent on wild boar M. bovis prevalence in the buffer area containing interacting individuals (p<0.01). The prevalence recorded in this study is among the highest reported in wildlife. Remarkably, this high prevalence occurs in the absence of wildlife artificial feeding, suggesting that a feeding ban alone would have a limited effect on wildlife M. bovis prevalence. In DNP, M. bovis transmission may occur predominantly at the intra-species level due to ecological, behavioural and epidemiological factors. The results of this study allow inferring conclusions on epidemiological bTB risk factors in Mediterranean habitats that are not managed for hunting purposes. Our results support the need to consider wildlife species for the control of bTB in cattle and strongly suggest that bTB may affect animal welfare and conservation.
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Scottsdale Baby Found Dead After Mom's Booze-Filled Party
James King | June 21, 2010 | 3:01pm
The Scottsdale Police Department is investigating the death of a 4-month-old baby found dead in a baby seat next to her sleeping mother following a late-night party at the mother's Scottsdale apartment.
According to police, officers were called to an apartment complex near Scottsdale and McDowell roads around 5:45 yesterday morning.
At the scene, a neighbor of the victim told police that at 5:30 a.m., she noticed the front door to the baby's mother's apartment was wide open and that she could hear a child crying inside.
After about five minutes, the neighbor went into the apartment and found one baby (the dead girl's twin brother) crying in a crib and another baby motionless and blue in a baby seat placed next to her sleeping mother, who had been drinking and already had the cops called on her once that night after a verbal, domestic dispute with her baby-daddy.
The neighbor tried to wake the mother several times to no avail, but once she realized the baby wasn't breathing, she called police and shook the mother get her out of bed.
That's when the mother woke up and noticed her baby wasn't breathing and apparently freaked out -- "frantically" trying to revive the infant and running out the door, with the baby in her arms, to the apartment manager's home before emergency crews arrived.
The mother, according to police, had been partying in the apartment with about 15 friends for most of the night.
She told police she had put the baby to sleep in the baby seat about 11 p.m. and went back to partying.
Police were actually called to the same apartment about 12:30 a.m. responding to reports of a domestic dispute.
The mother and the dead girl's father had been arguing outside of the apartment. Police determined no crime had been committed but advised the baby-daddy to leave, which he did.
There have been no arrests in the case, but police say an investigation is under way. The dead girl's brother and two other children living in the apartment were turned over to Child Protective Services for placement with family members.
The cause of the baby's death has not been determined.


and contrast and contrast two leading sociological theories: Marxism and Functionalism. There are books for senior research paper high school contrasts between them, too. My friend Stacy and Priscilla are. They have some similarities and differences. Cognition, Cognitive psychology, Cognitive science 520 Words 3 Pages Open Document Compare and Contrast Libby Sacco Art History 320 Professor Bonnell 2/1/2010 Compare and Contrast Though overwhelmed while visiting the contemporary wing at the Baltimore Museum of Art, I was able to narrow my interests. The short story and poem I chosen to compare and contrast is Story of the Lost Son (Gospel of Luke) and The Boxer (Paul Simon and Brue Woodley. Both Kelvin and Amber genuinely care about me and my affairs, though.
This is what I value in a best friend the most. Or does pursuing actually bring any enhancements or happiness to peoples lives? If you are assigned to write a compare and contrast essay, it is important that you know and understand the purpose of this kind of paper. The Godfather is a 1972 American crime film directed by Francis Ford Coppola and produced by Albert. Ive always considered him my best friend since I met him because he had a certain aura about him. Although they are different in the areas of the time period, the plot, and the characters, they are similar in the areas of having violence, having family problems, drug issues in the movie. We like the same type of music and can appreciate the same type of literature. Anthropology, mile Durkheim, Karl Marx 1924 Words 6 Pages Open Document Compare and Contrast of Two Literary Works This paper compares and contrasts two different literary works, Country Lovers written by Nadine Gordimer and The Welcome Table by Alice Walker. Once you have made a good choice, we recommend undertaking the following the steps provided below.


Located in San Jose, California, The National Hispanic University is a small four year private college offering both undergrad and graduate programs. In the most recent statistical year 144 prospective students applied, and 142 were granted admission. Of those admitted 85 enrolled in the school. 350 students are enrolled on a full time basis, and 265 attend part time. In-state tuition for 2017/2018, excluding room and board, is $7,896 plus fees of $300.
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Alexandra Sholler, better known by her stage name Alison Wonderland, is an Australian electronic dance music DJ, singer and producer. Wonderland stepped onto the scene in 2012, working as a remixer on various tracks by several different artists and going on tour promoting her remixes. It was during these first few shows that she began garnering attention from the electronic dance community. She went on to release her debut solo album, Run, in 2015, with the album peaking at No. 6 on the Australian chart. The album earned her nominations in two categories at the ARIA Music Awards that year. Wonderland's latest project and second album, Awake, dropped in April 2018 to positive critical reviews. It peaked at No. 1 on the US Billboard Dance/Electronic Albums chart.
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World-renowned Australian 'fingerstyle-acoustic guitarist Tommy Emmanuel, CGP, and Britain's Martin Taylor, MBE, release their collaboration album.
Readers of The Beat would definitely join me in remembering the great singer and songwriter and performer who gave us the first taste of a different slant on rock and roll.
After a rather barren 2012, Cliff Richard fans have something to look forward to in 2013.


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Sent Jòrgi Negre Mont (en francès Saint-Georges-Nigremont) és una comuna (municipi) de França, a la regió de la Nova Aquitània, departament de la Cruesa, al districte d'Aubusson i cantó de Crocq.

La seva població al cens de 1999 era de 168 habitants. Està integrada a la Communauté de communes du Haut Pays Marchois.

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Come listen to Marcella explain to us all you need to know for Spring gardening. Seedlings to transplant along with acclimatization and then into getting your gardening bed ready. She will also dive into seeds, from heirloom to heritage and what the difference is.
Marcella has a love of gardening and is sharing her passion and successes with the community.


The interdisciplinary research project Farming Styles in Austria, 1945-1980 ran from 2009 to 2012 at the Institute of Rural History in St. Pölten/Austria (www.ruralhistory.at). The final results have recently been published in a special issue of the journal Historische Anthropologie on farming styles (issue 3/2012). The issue contains four articles by the project team directed by Ernst Langthaler. In addition, the rural sociologist Jan Douwe van der Ploeg, who has co-operated with the project team, outlines the genealogy of the farming styles concept.
The 'death of the peasantry' through conversion into either farmers or labourers in the decades after the Second World War is a widely established topos in current historiography. However, this account underestimates the multitude of farm development pathways between the extremes of accumulation and proletarianization. By drawing on Jan Douwe van der Ploeg's concept of farming styles, the article discusses theoretical and methodological tools suitable for exploring agrarian structural change as practice. Further, it assesses the empirical results of a research project using this toolkit in the light of current debates on agrarian transitions.
Productivism, promoted by state agencies, agricultural experts and farmers' organizations, strongly influenced the debates about post-war development of Austrian agriculture. This article explores the media discourses through which this 'expert system' communicated its productivist conceptions within the farming population as expressed by a widely distributed farmers' journal in Lower Austria. By applying geometric data analysis on the articles, different formations are outlined within a three-dimensional discursive space structured by (de‑)politicization, (de‑)commodification and (de-)autonomization. Further, the author identifies relations between different subject positions by which the journal's readers are addressed.
The phrase 'get big or get out' not only characterized the rationale of agricultural policy in the postwar Western world, especially in the late 1960s and early 1970s, but also affected the historiographical image of 'agrarian structural change' after 1945. From a micro-historical perspective on a vast number of family farms in two Lower Austrian regions from the mid-1940s to the mid-1980s, this article aims to follow the actors along their paths during the 'productivist transition'. A multi-level analysis reveals that between the extremes of farm expansion and abandonment, a multitude of development pathways emerged, thus highlighting strategies of how to get on with family farming in a challenging environment.
In this article, we discuss four case studies of peasant family farms based on narrative interviews. Situated in two different regions regarding ecological conditions and market infrastructure, these families faced different challenges, constraints and opportunities throughout the post-war period of structural change in agriculture. We distinguish four styles of farming according to their specific pattern of mobilising and allocating resources: labour-induced internal expansion, technology-induced external expansion, family orientated market superiority, and co-evolutionary growth.
This article summarizes the development of farming styles reserach in the Netherlands. It shows how these research results positively articulated with several new developments in Dutch agriculture. At the same time, though, these results also ran counter to the hegemonic views embodied in the Ministry of Agriculture, the Farmers Union and the Agricultural University. The article argues that the current agricultural crisis ceates, more than ever before, a need to reinvigorate inquiries into the heterogeneity of farming. The study of, and reflection on, differentiated development trajectories that were actively constructed during previous crises should be an integral part of such inquiries.
The issue can be ordered at the Böhlau-Verlag.


Eating Around Oakland- a sampling of the city's hot new restaurant scene.
By the time I was sharing a scrumptious small plate of ribs at Calavera 's happy hour with Facebook friend and fellow CCA alum, Shawn Walker-Smith (who I was meeting face to face for the first time), I began to see that what I had been hearing was happening in Oakland – that it was surpassing that city on the Bay to the west of it as the Bay Area food scene – began to clearly sink in.
It took me a while because the new hot eateries are not along the traditionally more "upscale" paths like College or Piedmonte Avenues, but in spots previously less traveled by tourists, even very frequent ones, like me. I attended college in Oakland – many years ago. I fell in love with it from the beginning, and have throughout my life considered it one of my special spots in the world. I always felt it was probably one of America's most underrated cities, and didn't deserve the "there's no there there" image that had been ingrained in everyone's consciousness regarding it. Still, some of these new hot spots are in areas of the city I previously felt should most likely be avoided, especially if one was on foot – like Sequioa Diner, along a somewhat seedy stretch of MacArthur Boulevard, right near my alma mater.
Another couple of Bay Are friends e-mailed to say they had been wanting to try a couple of places in Oakland, and gave me a choice of where I wanted to meet them for lunch – either Brown Sugar Kitchen or Miss Ollie's. "Oooh, tough choice", Shawn said, when I presented my options to him. Tanya Holland, chef behind Brown Sugar Kitchen, has attracted quite a bit of media attention for her "New Soul Cooking" at her eateries, which also include B-Side BBQ (now closed), in West Oakland, a still fairly rough and tumble section of town. We opted for Ms. Ollie's, though, located in Swan's Market, an early 20th century marketplace in downtown Oakland (a formerly blighted section that's come up greatly in the world, due in large part to a plan first put into motion by Jerry Brown who had served as mayor 20 years or so earlier, when I was in culinary school in the Bay area, as a matter of fact), renovated into a new community center which includes living spaces, small businesses and non-profits. I told Shawn that I had looked at Ms. Ollie's menu, and was a little wary when I saw jerk dishes there, as so often I find "jerk" dishes I order fall way short." They know what they're doing at Ms. Ollie's," he assured me, and the food did not disappoint. Not only were the jerk shrimp delicious, but I was introduced to a completely new dish – phoularie, described on the menu as split pea fritters, filled with okra and served with a tamarind sauce. Yum!
Then there was Calavera (located in The Hive (another "live, work, eat space in downtown Oakland) and those ribs we shared at happy hour. The ribs were accompanied by a shrimp ceviche flavored with pineapple and habaneros, and washed down with a very spicy, citrusy Margarita. Calavera is part of the nationwide movement towards a new wave of fine Mexican restaurants. The layers of spice in the food are richly textured and quite original (the ribs had hints of fennel), and the cocktail menu offers new and well thought out takes on Margaritas and related cocktails. The decor keeps your eyes searching the interesting folksy art objects placed throughout the eatery.
Yep, there is definitely a there there.
P.S. Shawn helms Tart Oakland, his own fledgling food business in Oaktown. A big thanks to him, and to Keith Criss of Tradigitalworks for sharing their pics.
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Those split pea fritters have me most intrigued! Am trying to imagine the spices used.


So, how do you pronounce Myléne?
Or Mill Lane... and that's how the name Mill Lane Studio came about!
Hi! I'm Myléne Hillam – teacher, demonstrator, author and award winning designer for the craft and hobby industry. My specialties include resin, jewellery making, paper crafting and mixed media and I work out of my studio in Brisbane, Australia.
I also work alongside manufacturers to develop products, design projects and teach classes/demonstrate for both the consumer and trade markets.
Enjoy visiting my site – you'll find links to my classes, galleries and shop, where you can purchase my books, tutorials, resin bangles and jewellery.
And don't forget to join me at these other places where you can keep up with all the goings on at Mill Lane Studio.
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Spacecraft Systems Engineering
Spacecraft Systems Engineering von Fortescue, Peter P. (eBook)
Verlag: Wiley
This fourth edition of the bestselling Spacecraft Systems Engineering title provides the reader with comprehensive coverage of the design of spacecraft and the implementation of space missions, across a wide spectrum of space applications and space science. The text has been thoroughly revised and updated, with each chapter authored by a recognized expert in the field. Three chapters - Ground Segment, Product Assurance and Spacecraft System Engineering - have been rewritten, and the topic of Assembly, Integration and Verification has been introduced as a new chapter, filling a gap in previous editions.
This edition addresses 'front-end system-level issues' such as environment, mission analysis and system engineering, but also progresses to a detailed examination of subsystem elements which represents the core of spacecraft design. This includes mechanical, electrical and thermal aspects, as well as propulsion and control. This quantitative treatment is supplemented by an emphasis on the interactions between elements, which deeply influences the process of spacecraft design.
Adopted on courses worldwide, Spacecraft Systems Engineering is already widely respected by students, researchers and practising engineers in the space engineering sector. It provides a valuable resource for practitioners in a wide spectrum of disciplines, including system and subsystem engineers, spacecraft equipment designers, spacecraft operators, space scientists and those involved in related sectors such as space insurance.
In summary, this is an outstanding resource for aerospace engineering students, and all those involved in the technical aspects of design and engineering in the space sector.
Dr Graham Swinerd is a Reader in Astronautics within the School of Engineering Sciences at the University of Southampton where he teaches courses in aerospace design, spacecraft systems design and astronautics. Prior to joining Southampton in 1987 he was employed by British Aerospace Space Systems, Stevenage. His research interests include orbit dynamics, space mission analysis, spacecraft attitude dynamics and control and space systems engineering.
Professor John Stark joined QMUL as Professor of Aerospace Engineering in 1992. This followed previous appointments at UMIST as a lecturer (1980/83), at Southampton in the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (1983/90) as a senior lecturer, and then an executive post at BAe Space Systems Ltd (1990/92). He has served as Head of Department at QMUL from 1992 to 1999, and 2003 to date. He teaches courses in the principles of spacecraft engineering, spacecraft design and space mission engineering, and his areas of expertise include electrospray technology, spacecraft propulsion, spacecraft design and direct printing.
Peter Fortescue retired as a Professor in the Astronautics Group, Department of Engineering Sciences at Southampton University in 1989.
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Students use creative tools in the Seesaw app or website to complete classroom activities like "What Colors Can You…"
Experiment with colors! Fill a paint palette with different colors of paint. Use a paint brush, or a dropper to mix different colors together. What new colors do you see? 1. Tap the add button. 2. Tap the photo tool to take a photo of your paint palette with all of your new colors! 3. Tap the microphone to tell about the colors that you mixed and the new colors that you made. 4. Tap the green check to add to your journal.
This activity can get messy! Make sure to cover desks with newspaper or plastic wrap to protect them. Also ice cube trays make great paint palettes and help students keep their colors organized.


You have arrived in Istanbul, but how will you get to the hotel? Do not worry, we will find you at either Atatürk Airport or Sabiha Gökçen Airport, and bring you home to Yasmak Sultan Hotel in our private vehicle. Please contact the front desk for more information and price list.
Everyday from 09.00 to 17.00 we provide laundry and dry cleaning service for our guests.24-hour room service is available for our guests.
24-hour room service is available for our guests.24-hour room service is available for our guests.24-hour room service is available for our guests.
Hotel Yasmak Sultan offers a Wellness Center for hotel guests. Our wellness center will ensure you won't have to compromise your exercise routine while you are our guest. After your work-out, unwind with a dip in our pool, relax in the sauna, enjoy the worlwide famous Turkish Bath or schedule a relaxing massage (by appointment only). Open daily from 8:30 am to 10:00 pm. The swimming pool and the fitness center services are free of charge for the hotel guests and the entrance fee for sauna and the Turkish Bath (Hamam) is 10 Euro per person per day.


I'll come right out and say it – I love zoos. And because of this, I've been to my fair share, local, foreign, big and small. But it's only recently that I became fully aware of the raging zoo debate. Is it ethical to claim we love animals and then keep them locked, caged and bolted up? Although many might scream 'No!" right off the bat, there is a lot to be taken into consideration. I won't pretend I have an answer, or actively take a side, but I also do not plan on stopping my zoo trips anytime soon. If nothing else, I need to keep up with the 'raging' debate', don't I?
The consumerism side is an obvious one. Zoos are a vast industry that attract more than 700 million visitors a year worldwide. Just in the US, zoos and aquariums rake in and annual $16 billion. Why stop, or even question something so profitable?
But let's look at the bright side of the debate first, shall we? In the last two decades, we as a society have become super aware of anything that might be even slightly politically incorrect or harming. To minorities, majorities, women, men, our bodies, our children, our food – you name it, somebody is out to protect it and its rights. My ironic tone gives away the fact that I think this is going too far. One obvious upside though, is that new issues have come into the spotlight, and created competition in the capitalist world we live in. As animal rights became more and more prominent, zoos have been forced to contend with each other on how their animals are treated and who has the more realistic habitats. The greatest profiteers from this are the animals themselves. Many cages and bars have given way to more realistic enclosures and zoos worldwide (the ones with the money to do so obviously) are doing everything they can to make human-animal interaction more intimate, while giving animals the space they need. These same zoos are spending more and more of their annual revenue on conservation and breeding programs, disease studies and mass education of endangered species.
One positive example of how these aren't just empty promises is the South China tiger, which, due to intensive conservation programs worldwide, now exists only in zoos, a large percentage of which will be experimentally released into the wild over time. Captive tigers overall are flourishing, with 15,000 to 20,000 worldwide, outnumbering their wild relatives five to one. This is due to the astounding amount of tigers that are still hunted for their pelts in both Asia and Africa, and zoos –the ones doing it right – do seem like the better place to be.
Onwards with the conservation side. A zoo owner interviewed for a documentary trailer Zoo Revolution, said what I firmly believe to be true "We'll only protect what we love, and we'll only love what we know." Aside from the fact that anyone can become entranced with an animal at a zoo and decide to start their own NGO to help save it, it's the children that really count. We are the ones responsible for raising whole new generations of conservationists, marine biologists and animal experts. These professions, like many others, are born out of passion, and passion isn't always easy to muster up from documentaries and picture books.
Just recently I went to Belgrade Zoo, and came across a little boy, walking behind his group of friends, with a serious look on his face and a notebook in hand. I couldn't resist sneaking a look, and right there, in scraggly eight-year old handwriting, were the names and features of all the animals he'd seen so far, and a checklist of the ones yet to be seen. I also witnessed the elation when he saw the white tiger, and the proud check that came with it.
So, hate zoos or love them – promise me one thing – that you'll take your kids to them.
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This hotel is conveniently situated less than 2 km away from Savannah / Hilton Head International Airport. The hotel provides the perfect setting for travellers who are seeking a refreshing night's sleep before or after a flight. Leisure travellers will appreciate the hotel's close proximity to an array of attractions and points of interest in the area, including the Might Eight Air Force Heritage Museum, the Savannah Civic Centre, and the Oglethorpe Speedway Park. Guests will find themselves in close proximity to an abundance of shops, restaurants and cocktail lounges. The hotel offers comfortable, tastefully-decorated guest rooms which come well equipped with modern amenities. The hotel offers a range of excellent facilities for the comfort and convenience of business and leisure travellers alike.
Great breakfast. Breakfast area good.


Seth Rogen is a sentient sausage: we know where this is going...or do we?
Kevin James: Mixed Martial Artist.
Kevin James' latest on its way to Blu-ray and DVD.
Swashbuckling, Queen Victoria, a dodo, Charles Darwin and plenty of Aardman charm.


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Guatemala joins the Hague Apostille Convention
On 19 January 2017, the Republic of Guatemala deposited its instrument of accession to the Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents (the "Apostille Convention"), making it the 113th Contracting State to the Convention. Following the usual procedural steps, the Convention will enter into force for Guatemala on 18 September 2017.
At the ceremony, which took place at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands (i.e. the Depositary), H.E. Mr Luis Raúl Estévez López, Ambassador of the Republic of Guatemala, and Ms Celeste Marinelli Block, Counsellor, represented the Embassy of Guatemala. On behalf of the Depositary, Head of the Publication, Treaties Division, Mr Jules van Eijndhoven and Senior Legal Officer Mr Mark Groen also attended the ceremony. Secretary General Mr Christophe Bernasconi and Principal Legal Officer Ms Mayela Celis represented the Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law (HCCH).
While not a Member State of the Hague Conference, the Republic of Guatemala is now a Contracting State to three Hague Conventions, the other two being the Convention of 25 October 1980 on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction and the Convention of 29 May 1993 on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption.
Pursuant to Article 12 of the Apostille Convention the Depositary shall give notice to the Contracting States of the accession of Guatemala.
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