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According to the Encyclopaedia Britannica, Saint George probably lived during the 3rd century and died in Lydda, Palestine [now Lod, Israel]. His feast day is April 23. "He was an early Christian martyr who during the Middle Ages became an ideal of martial valour and selflessness. He is the patron saint of England."
"…. Legends about him as a warrior-saint, dating from the 6th century, became popular and increasingly extravagant. Jacob de Voragine's Legenda aurea (1265-66; Golden Legend) repeats the story of his rescuing a Libyan king's daughter from a dragon and then slaying the monster in return for a promise by the king's subjects to be baptized. George's slaying of the dragon may be a Christian version of the legend of Perseus, who was said to have rescued Andromeda from a sea monster near Lydda. It is a theme much represented in art, the saint frequently being depicted as a youth wearing knight's armour with a scarlet cross…."
From Britannica Online, Copyright © 1996 Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. All Rights Reserved
The Orthodox Church celebrates the feast of Saint George on April 23. The life of "GreatMartyr George the TrophyBearer," according to church tradition, is related in Lives of the Saints (Russian Orthodox Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, Washington, D.C.).
Icons bearing the image of Christ or saints are venerated as sacred in the Orthodox Church. They are painted on a wooden panel or done in mosaics. Icons of Saint George have been important in the Russian Orthodox Church since early times. The following collection of icons comes from the Novgorad Icon Gallery of the Novgorod State University in Russia. They date from the 12th to the 16th century.
Icon of Saint George
1130-1150 Icon of Saint George
Near 1170
Saint George and the Dragon
with scenes from his life
Beginning or first half of 14th Century Saint George and the Dragon
First Quarter of the 15th Century Saint George and the Dragon
First half or Middle of the 16th Century
Saint George has an important place in the Scouting and religious traditions of many lands. B-P wrote about the Patron Saint of Scouting in Scouting for Boys (1908). This page brings together a variety of interesting links relating to Saint George and Scouting.
Links to the History of the National Organization of Russian Scouts
NORS History and Traditions. The journey of NORS as related by the Chief Scout of NORS, Australia. Emblems of NORS. St. George and Russian Scouting.
NORS in Russia, 1909-1922. Some rare pictures of Scouting in Russia before the Revolution, including pictures of the First Chief Russian Scout, Colonel Oleg Pantuhoff. Several photos of Russian Scouts celebrating Saint George's Day are featured.
NORS in China, 1922-1949. Many Russians moved east to Siberia and Northern China during the Civil War between the Reds and the Whites from 1917 to 1922. A large number settled in China where they maintained the traditions of Russian Scouting. NORS was recognized by the World Organization from 1928 to 1945 as a Scouting organization "in exile."
NORS in the Philippines and France, 1949-1950. With the Communist takeover in China, most Westerners left the country. Many Russians were evacuated to the Philippines and brought Scouting with them. Also, Russian Scouting continued in France, America and other countries with large Russian emigré populations.
NORS in Australia, 1949-1996. A large number of Russians moved to Australia from the Philippines and China. NORS continues active in the Russian community in Australia to the present day.
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Archives For September 25, 2020
Tunisia: The "Democratizers" and The Islamists
– This blog post is an opinion article, my very personal "empirical perspective" on the foreign policy establishment and the democracy promotion industry approach to Tunisia –
Tunisia, a little-known country within US academic and foreign policy circles until the Tunisian people initiated the 2010-2011 popular protests and uprisings in several Arab countries termed the Arab Spring, has attracted during and after that a lot of attention on the part of a collection of mostly Washington DC-based democracy promoters, instructors, observers, supervisors, and other transitologists and consolidologists, as well as a bundle of self-proclaimed "experts "on Islam, political Islam, the Middle East and North Africa (MENA), and its "democratization", with a soft spot for liberal neo-conservatism, found in Washington DC think tanks and other entities part of the foreign policy establishment and the so-called democracy-promotion industry. It is worth noting that quite a few among them used to consider the Arabs and Muslims rather unfit for democracy, but with an excellent sense of timing, repackaged themselves as democracy promoters and instructors for that very Arab-Muslim world [1], including Tunisia.
Soon after the fall of Tunisia's autocratic regime of Pres. Ben Ali, as the country was embarking on democratic transition, they all descended en masse upon little Tunisia to give unsolicited advices, and even instructions, on how to proceed in order to build a democracy that would get their seal of approval, which sounded to the locals as the approval of the mighty United States, perceived at that time by many in the region as a relatively benevolent supporter of the Arab Spring uprisings against Arab autocracies, particularly in less strategically important countries of the MENA region like Tunisia.
At the same time, in the U.S., our "democratizers" made every effort to frame the narrative and the debate about democratic transition in Tunisia in terms largely favorable to the Islamists, thus contributing to their legitimization both in the US and internationally, in addition to ensuring them the support of the US government.
With the "noble" intent of preventing the concentration of power in executive hands in the future (and therefore a return to autocracy), through a mix of direct and indirect interferences and pressures, and thanks to the Ennahda Islamist party (which, as indicated, they promoted and supported) playing a pivotal role, the then Tunisian Constituent Assembly opted for a new hybrid political system (Jan. 2014) that combines elements of parliamentary and presidential systems of government. The mixed political system with proportional representation that was adopted, thanks to Ennahda Machiavellian manipulations, deceit, and political maneuvering, resulted in the emergence of a particularly fragmented parliament.
In addition to affecting negatively government stability, this type of system makes it necessary to forge broad-based governing coalitions. In the case of Tunisia, this means that Ennhda would invariably have to be included in it, given the Islamists continuous presence in the parliament as a stable, disciplined, and cohesive minority.
Moreover, under the pretext of mitigating tensions between Islamists and seculars, and to allegedly prevent excessive political divisiveness, building on the kind of "unanimism" that has prevailed in Arab societies, and on the concept of tawḥīd (unity), essential in the Islamic tradition, Ennahda pushed for the adoption of a mode of governance based on "consensus", thus making sure that no major decision could be made without the Islamist party consent; and, for their foreign policy establishment and democracy promotion industry sponsors, that nothing would fundamentally change in terms of the overall (neoliberal-inspired) political and economic orientations of the country.
A love affair with the Islamists
While promoting the integration of all main political formations into the political process of foreign nations is in principle part of the democracy promotion project of the United States, when it came to post-Arab Spring Tunisia, although the (reformed) Islamist Ennahda party [1B] was accepted by the political class and fully integrated into the post-Arab Spring political life of that country, and therefore didn't need any special treatment, our "democratizers" decided otherwise, they choose to focus almost exclusively on the Islamists, promoting and supporting them[1C]
They purposely ignored all the other players in Tunisian politics, particularly the progressives, but also the social democrats, and even to a certain extent the middle of the road secular democrats as well, although together they represent the majority of the Tunisian electorate; and, unlike the Islamists, do share America's core values of liberty, equality, democracy, and secular republicanism. (Secular, in the sense of considering politics as an autonomous sphere, with government institutions not subject to governance by religious entities.)
Thus, parading behind a veneer of academic "expertise" and objectivity, our "democratizers" worked hard at the Tunisian Islamists legitimization in Washington, through the publication of numerous articles and reports about the Arab Spring, political Islam, democratic transition in Tunisia, and so on, in newspapers (Op-eds) and mainstream think tank publications; swearing up and down that these Islamists are "moderate", representative of large segments of their society, true believers in democracy, staunchly pro-market, and won't constitute a threat to the interests of the US and its allies and clients in the region, if they came to power –to the contrary… After paving their way in such a manner, they provided them with various platforms in Washington to promote themselves and profess publicly their recently adopted democratic convictions.
As indicated above, although Tunisian secular democrats, social democrats, and progressives share most of America's core values, and largely outnumber the reactionary Islamists in Tunisia, practically none of them has been invited since the start of the Arab uprisings by mainstream think tanks, foreign policy circles and other entities somehow part of the democracy promotion industry, including in academia, to come to Washington, participate in the numerous panels about the "Arab Spring", democracy in the Middle East and North Africa, democratic transition in Tunisia ("the only Arab Spring success story", etc.), or/and to meet with US officials. Only Islamist officials and sympathizers have had that honor time and again, with very few secular exceptions, usually other (non-religious) conservatives, comfortable with the failed neo-liberal economic policy orientations of the previous regime, and today allied with the Islamists in government, eager as they are to perpetuate the pre-Arab Spring (economic) system characterized by cronyism and rentierism, and its inherent corruption, with just a few cosmetic changes along Washington Consensus lines. As to the Islamists themselves, it should be reminded that they don't question these neo-liberal policies, don't even talk about introducing susbstantive reforms to at least adapt them to post-Arab Spring Tunisia, except to stress the need to tackle corruption through moral education, and proposing to that effect simplistic measures with populist appeal.
The grip of our pro-Islamist "democratizers" over mainstream foreign policy circles, including government agencies at the highest level, is quite amazing, with most of them lining up behind our democratizers and their Islamist protégés.
In fact, and unfortunately, every effort has been made in Washington to avoid any in-depth discussion that would have allowed different perspectives and points of view to be expressed; not even addressing the historic, social, economic, including the effects of economic globalization and the role of international structures of power, to explain the "Arab Spring" uprisings. Rather, the conversation remained superficial, focusing on the unfolding of the Arab Spring events, and emphasizing culturalist explanations of Arab authoritarianism and, discursively, the uprisings; avoiding any indepth analysis of the causes of the Arab Spring, particularly those of a socioeconomic nature. This allowed our "democratizers" to better focus on Islam, and then on (moderate) Islamism as a very possible and desirable alternative to secular authoritarianism. It is worth noting here, that even authoritative and neutral UN agencies (not known for their "radicalism") have shown in fact-based analyses that years of neoliberal policies played a crucial role in the triggering of the Arab Spring social uprisings. When mention was made by our "democratizers" of the neoliberal-inspired economic model that prevailed in Tunisia, it was only to point out that it could have worked, had governance reforms along the lines of accountability, transparency, legal reform, and the litany of reforms at the heart of the neoliberal agenda, been implemented. A clear indication of the entwining of democratization and economic neoliberalism in the mind of our "democratizers"! One could say, with only a little exageration, that it seemed like democratization and the deepening of neoliberal economic reforms were the purposes of the Arab Spring uprisings. Bottom line: no discussions were allowed that might eventually call into question the validity of the said model, not even to examine ways, while remaining within the confine of economic liberalism, to "channel the power of the market to serve society", to quote a famous contemporary development economist and former World Bank chief economist known for his calls for reform, and certainly not for revolution. And the debate was redirected towards, and confined to issues of culture and religion, of Islamism Vs secularism, moderns Vs traditionalists / conservatives, as well as meaningless made-up issues such as "liberal Vs illiberal Islam", and so on.
The opportunity for influential foreign policy circles in Washington to start a discussion on truly relevant issues and make proposals for a more equitable global political and economic order, and a development model that prioritizes social well-being in developing countries, if only to prevent other social uprisings like those of the Arab Spring and consequentely would generate security and stability (more than military intervention), has been completely wasted. This would certainly have allowed the US to improve its image in Tunisia, the Arab world, and the developing world in general, by showing that it cares about the well-being of the people there; and, as important, to put its foreign policy in line with the aspiration of an increasing number of American citizens favorable to a foreign policy that promotes peace and cooperation rather than confrontation, as well as a fair and equitable global political and economic order. Unfortunately, the opportunity has been totally ignored because of ideological conformity, and, one could add, neoliberal ideological dogmatism and rigidity!
Without entering into a detailed analysis, which would be beyond the scope of this modest blog post, one could suggest a few possible explanations to this love affair between US democratizers and the Islamists of Tunisia.
Decoding the democratizers behavior:
Our democratizers perception of America's interests reveals a predilection for short-termism, based on shallow analyses fed by prejudice and a superficial neo-orientalist understanding of Islam, and essentialist stereotypes about Arab societies[2]. This is reflected in the disparaging assumption by several pundits, at least in the beginning of the Arab Spring, that religious grievances, or/and Islam itself, were important explanatory factors of the uprisings. The overwhelming levels of unemployment, particularly among youths, high poverty and inflation rates, widespread corruption, human rights abuses, extreme precarity, the dismantlement of education, health, and welfare public services, the worsening of inequalities, between urban and rural, coastal and inland regions neglected for decades and remaining largely under-developed, were barely relevant to our democratizers. Incidentally, this situation is getting more serious by the day, with the Islamist party Ennahda-led governments that have been ruling Tunisia practically since 2011, with the blessing of many in the democracy promotion industry in Washington.
Then, there is the simple-minded and foolish belief among our "democratizers" that promoting formal, disembodied, generic democratic institutions, without really taking into account the historic, social, and economic specificities of a country like Tunisia, as well as the backdrop of the crisis of globalization, would be enough for democracy to take hold in that country, that is — without having to seriously and urgently address the socioeconomic grievances of the people who rose against the dictatorship that oppressed them.
One can't help it but conjecture that our "democratizers", trapped as they are in their own prejudices, don't in fact believe that keeping the Tunisian and other Middle Eastern and North African peoples under (non-violent) Islamist influence and control, is good for the US and its allies? Not only the Islamists will keep their people quiet and under control (in accordance with the dictum that "religion is the opium of the people"), but also aligned with the existing neoliberal world order[3], under US stewardship? An order that, again, the Islamists don't question or even want to reform. It should be noted here in passing that the control of populations through the control of religion (Islam) is an old trick. It was one of the cornerstones of France's colonial policies in Algeria for example, but as we know, it … failed!
For some others among our democratizers, apparently overtaken by events, the US was still fighting the cold war, when the Islamists were considered the strongest bulwarks against the spread of communist influence in the Muslim world, and should be supported for that reason[4]. Today the communists are gone, but apparently, they have been replaced in the mind of our democratizers by those local secular democrats and progressives who dare, even if they are not necessarily anti-American[2], to claim some kind of relative political and economic sovereignty for their countries. In other words, most of those who know first-hand how devastating the effects of neoliberal globalization policies on developing countries like theirs can be, and who maintain that they need more than constitutional adjustments, and "liberalizing" reforms along Washington Consensus.
One should also mention the middle-of-the-road American liberals fascination with exotic, "dangerous", "threatening", political Islam/Islamism, which "fortunately can be "tamed" by democracy –or so they believe. A touching unshakeable faith in liberal democracy under any circumstances!
Academic opportunism did also play a role, particularly on the part of some newcomers to the field of Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies, eager to make a name for themselves, through the expedient use of mainstream think tank publications and newspapers' op-eds.
Finally, there is definitively the influence of the Muslim Brotherhood backers from the Gulf with deep pockets, over U.S. universities, and think tanks, which have benefited from their largesse.
Yet, remarkably enough, the Tunisian people have proven fully committed, in spite of huge obstacles engendered by a catastrophic economic situation[5] endured by their small peripheral developing country's economy, caught up in the whirlpool of neoliberal globalization and foreign interferences, to building democratic institutions that are truly indigenous, not imported, not transplanted. Institutions that include socio-economic rights as well, whether our neoliberal democracy instructors, usually anti-welfare state, anti-union, free-market aficionados, like it or not!
Moreover, it seems that Tunisians are led on the chaotic path of building their own version of democracy by a relatively cohesive social elite (We are not talking about the political class here), singularly knowledgeable and educated; with an organic link to its people, and this should entice our democratization advisers and instructors to tone down their arrogant interferences. Only Tunisians would know how to build a democracy that is rooted in their country's history, reflecting their people's social and cultural specificities. "Cultural" in a broad sense, not only religious, as our democratizers with their neoconservative culturalist fixation on Islam believe! Thus, Tunisians don't seem to need foreign interferences, and foreign coaching by "bidons" (phony) experts, as they are called by Francophone Tunisians, as wellas preachy, condescending, and unsolicited advice-givers, as they continue to forge their own path towards democracy and social justice!
One can't help it but wonder, wouldn't there be enough for our democratizers to do in the US these days, with all these anti-democratic forces rising? Shouldn't our democratizers focus on their own country after all, instead of wasting tax-payers' money trying to "democratize" a complex world that their lack of modesty and intellectual rigor prevents from understanding and respect, in all its diversity? Moreover, they don't seem to understand that their relevance today, given the large number of Americans who oppose US global interventionism particularly in the Middle East and North Africa, and accordingly the current administration nationalist inclination and disinterest in universalizing American values, at least as our democratizers understand them, is over!
[1A] See: http://www.mideastweb.org/log/archives/00000109.htm (Not to be missed, this real gem by one of our "experts": "the autocracy of the Arab world exists not despite, but because of, a certain measure of freedom." J
[1 B]: Ennahda has currently 52 out of 217 seats in the Tunisian parliament.
[1 C] One of the democratizers' arguments for supporting the Islamist Ennahda party and not the secular liberals is that it is a well-organized and cohesive political party, while the seculars of various tendencies are divided and lack discipline. But who can match the cult-like organization, discipline, and cohesiveness of a religious sect?
[2] Often providing approximations and general platitudes, divorced from their historic, social, economic contexts. The contention might be that a decontextualized, one-size-fits-all approach to Muslim and Arab countries is good enough for them, no matter the historical, social, political, economic specific conditions of each country, notably Tunisia. Most likely also: a blatant ignorance of these specificities!!
[3] In Tunisia, and in Morocco, Islamist parties are committed to the same pre-Arab Spring neo-liberal policies. See Cimini, G. (2017). The Economic Agendas of Islamic Parties in Tunisia and Morocco: Between Discourses and Practices. Asian Journal of Middle Eastern and Islamic Studies, 11(3), 48-64.
[4] Moreover, Ennahda has facilitated the sending of thousands of Tunisian Jihadists to join the ranks of the various radical Islamist groups, including ISIS, to fight the Syrian regime of El Assad, and in Iraq. This means that having Ennahda in power, or part of the power structure in Tunisia, can be useful in case of a need by some influential key players in the Middle East and North Africa confrontations, to use additional manpower from Tunisia, or/and Tunisian territory to set up logistics bases that could be needed for military interventions in the region, as Turkey has recently requested in the case of its intervention in neighboring Libya
[5] Thanks in large part to Ennahda and its allies' mismanagement of the affairs of the country.
– Nejib Ayachi
(The views expressed in this blog post are solely my own, and only mine.)
A good read about the topic: Managing Democracy, Managing Dissent, Capitalism, Democracy and the Organisation of Consent, Edited by Rebecca Fisher (See Edmund Berger contributions): https://corporatewatch.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/MDMD-Master-PDF1.pdf
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"Who frames the debate on the Arab uprisings? Analysis of Arabic, English, and French academic scholarship"
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"Who frames the debate on the Arab uprisings? Analysis of Arabic, English, and French academic scholarship" April 13, 2020
Tunisia is the sick man of North Africa January 26, 2020
The 2nd Post-"Arab Spring" Presidential Election in Tunisia September 15, 2019
The Individual Freedoms and Equality Committee (COLIBE) in the Tradition of the Reformist and Modernist Movement in Tunisia July 6, 2018
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– Democracy Triumphs in Tunisia's First Free Elections (Stuart Schaar, City University of New York)
– Tunisia: The Islamist-led democratic transition and the assassination of the opposition leader Chokri Belaid (Nejib Ayachi, the Maghreb Center)
– Wahhabism has no future in the new Tunisia, or in the Maghreb (Alaya Allani*, University of Manouba, Tunis)
– Why don't Algerians start a revolution? (Karim Amellal, Sciences-Po, Paris)
Calls for a coalition government in Tunisia ignore reality (Nejib Ayachi, The Daily Star, 12/12/2014)
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The Return of Tunisian Jihadists, Between Anger and Fear, a Strong Civil Society Mobilization.
The Tripartite Initiative and the Prospects of a Political Settlement in Libya (By Bacha Khayreddine)
Tunisian-Italian relations: the limits of a classic paradigm (Eugenio Dacrema, University of Trento, Italy.)


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Change of Weather Causes a Shift in Bay Area Aircraft Flight Patterns
Oakland, CA - Recent rain storms and the winds that precede them have caused more than just slick roads and dampened spirits -- they are also responsible for a change in flight patterns at all Bay Area airports, including Oakland International Airport (OAK).
On a typical day, jet aircraft arrive at and depart from OAK's main commercial runway in a westerly direction (arriving from the San Mateo Bridge and departing towards the Bay Bridge). However, on stormy days, flight arrivals and departures change to a more southeasterly direction (arriving from the Bay Bridge and departing towards the San Mateo Bridge). Flights inbound to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) fly over the East Bay Hills, Oakland and Alameda.
"This time of year we usually see an increase in the number of calls from citizens about the flight pattern changes," said Noise Compliance Supervisor Carole Wedl. "The public should be aware that flight patterns are different during rainy weather and changing winds."
OAK flights schedules are usually unaffected by weather, while its larger neighbor to the west, SFO, often experiences arrival and departure delays of an hour or more.
To report noise concerns, call the Noise Hotline at (510) 563-6463.
OAK is a revenue division of the Port of Oakland, an independent department of the City of Oakland, and served 13.5 million passengers and handled more than 600,000 metric tons of air cargo in 2003. In April, OAK broke ground on a $500 million Terminal Improvement Program that includes the renovation of and a five-gate addition to Terminal 2, and the construction of a multi-level parking garage. Program completion is expected in 2008.
OAK has over 200 flights a day on 11 domestic and international carriers to 38 nonstop destinations, including Atlanta, Boston, the Hawaiian Islands, Mexico, New York, Philadelphia (begins Oct. 31) and Washington, D.C., and seasonal service to the Azores (Portugal), Costa Rica and Sun Valley, Idaho. OAK consistently has the fewest weather-related flight delays in the Bay Area. Visit oaklandairport.com for more information.
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All starts with the IP you are supposed to bid on, that comes from this boring stuff called "XFF header" or from the other boring stuff called "click IP", and ends with the IP you finally get!
The X-Forwarded-For (XFF) HTTP header field is a common method for identifying the source of IP address of a client, knowing that with load balancer, adware, anti fraud and all that, most of the pops go through different proxies before reaching the advertiser..
The field contains the IPs used: the first IP is the original client IP, followed by each successive proxy that was used, and the last is the IP address that connects to the last proxy.
Beware, XFF does not contain the last IP making the connection!. To get the last IP making the call, system must read the actual IP header ("connection IP").
Theoretically, if the IP you get for your ad matches ANY of the IP in the XFF or in the connection IP, you are good to go. But all the IP verification systems do not do that, some take only the first IP in list, some other tha last one, etc etc.
As if the mess was not enough, many networks use trusted sources (such as Google proxy or Cloudflare proxy) so the IP list is reliable. But as it is possible to forge the history of IP, the XFF method is not used by everyone.
Bottom line: you often compare the real click IP with something you do not know where it comes from!
If you are a direct advertiser, this mess of XFF does not affect you much. You should only know that Google real time stats will simply show you crazy geo repartitions, but past day data is ok.
If you are an XML manager, this is a serious issue that affect your end of month bonus. Because XFF header is not a standard in the industry, plugging guys using XFF header with guys not using it create a HUGE discrepancy (30% at least).
How to solve IP discrepancies (for XML managers of course)?
Remove any "IP mismatch filter". You assume this is a mess, and it is better to remove a filter than using a dysfunctional filter. It's pragmatic, and deadly efficient.
Align your supply and demand: Partner using Xff header are plugged only on partners using XFF, and partners not using xff are plugged on partners not using XFF. it requests a little bit of work and complexity, but it works fine. As a reference, guys like Adkernel or 50onRed, by default, do not work with XFF, excepted if you ask for it. Yeesshh, by default, works with XFF.
Alternatively, make sure your tech team compares the advertisement IP with any IP found in the string (all IP in XFF header and also connection IP). And you should be good to go.
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Дофин Людовик Фердинанд (; ) — старший сын Людовика XV и Марии Лещинской, наследник французского престола. Отец королей Людовика XVI, Людовика XVIII и Карла X.

Биография

Ранняя жизнь
Рождение сына у Людовика XV широко праздновалось, так как после трагической череды смертей в 1710-е годы французская королевская семья стала очень малочисленной, и бездетная кончина молодого короля могла привести к борьбе за престол между его дядей Филиппом V Испанским и герцогами Орлеанскими.

Брак и дети
В 1745 женился на Марии Терезии Испанской (1726—1746), дочери Филиппа V и своей двоюродной тётке. Брак подкрепил антигабсбургский союз Бурбонов (Война за австрийское наследство). Однако в 1746 Мария Тереза, произведя на свет дочь, умерла (новорождённая пережила мать ненадолго), и наследник женился вновь в 1747 на Марии Жозефе Саксонской, дочери Фридриха Августа II, курфюрста Саксонии и короля Польши (как Август III), и Марии Жозефы Австрийской. Четверо старших детей подряд от этого брака (две дочери и два сына) также умерли в детстве. Затем родились три будущих короля Франции:

 Людовик Огюст, герцог Беррийский, впоследствии Людовик XVI;
 Людовик Станислав Ксавье, граф Прованский, впоследствии Людовик XVIII;
 Карл Филипп, граф д'Артуа, впоследствии Карл X.

У дофина были также две выжившие дочери: Клотильда, впоследствии королева Сардинского королевства, жена Карла Эммануила IV, и незамужняя Елизавета («Мадам Елизавета»), казнённая вслед за братом во время революционного террора.

Характеристика
Дофин Людовик был хорошо образован, любил музыку, предпочитал серьёзные разговоры охоте и балам. Был сторонником иезуитов, набожным и безупречным в личной жизни (в отличие от отца). Вокруг него группировалась клерикальная оппозиция королю. В этом отношении он напоминал своего деда герцога Бургундского (которому тоже не суждено было царствовать).

Смерть и погребение
Скончался в Фонтенбло от туберкулёза. Его пережили не только родители, но и дед Станислав Лещинский. Вдова дофина, Мария Жозефа Саксонская, умерла через два года (1767) от той же болезни.

Дофин погребён не рядом с предками в базилике Сен-Дени, а в соборе в Сансе (в Сен-Дени покоится только его сердце). После казни его сына Людовика XVI в январе 1793 некоторые предлагали похоронить казнённого короля рядом с отцом. В марте 1794 останки дофина были выброшены якобинцами из Сансского собора, но после Реставрации в 1814 по показаниям очевидцев найдены и вновь возвращены в прежнюю гробницу.

Семья
1-я жена (с 1745) Мария Тереза Рафаэла Испанская (1726—1746), дочь Филиппа V Испанского и Изабеллы Фарнезе

Дети:
 Мария Тереза (1746—1748)

2-я жена (с 1747) Мария Жозефа Саксонская (1731—1767), дочь польского короля Августа III и Марии Жозефы Австрийской

Дети:
 мертворожденный сын (1748)
 мертворожденный сын (1749)
 Мария Зефирина (1750—1755)
 Людовик Жозеф Ксавье (1751—1761), герцог Бургундский.
 мертворожденная дочь (1752)
 Ксавье Мария Жозеф (1753—1754), герцог Аквитанский.
 Людовик XVI (1754—1793), король Франции (1774—1792)
 Людовик XVIII (1755—1824), король Франции (1814—1815, 1815—1824)
 мертворожденный сын (1756)
 Карл X (1757—1836), король Франции (1824—1830)
 Мария Клотильда (1759—1802), жена (с 1775) сардинского короля Карла Эммануила IV.
 выкидыш (1762)
 Елизавета Филиппин Мари Элен (1764—1794)

Предки

Память
 Во французском телефильме  (2006 г.) роль дофина исполнил Дамьен Жуилеро (Damien Jouillerot).

Примечания

Ссылки

 Arbre généalogique sur l'Encyclopédie de Diderot.
 Genealogy.eu / descendance de Henri IV de France.

Принцы Франции (Бурбоны)
Наследники, не вступившие на престол (Франция)
Умершие от туберкулёза
Дофины Франции

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[ARCHIVED] Wright County Sheriff Activity Report for period ending December 19, 2016
On December 12, Steven David Johnson, 34, of Monticello, was arrested in Buffalo on a Chisago County warrant for domestic assault by strangulation. On December 12, Sara Jo Ann Gehrke, 22, of Buffalo, was arrested in McLeod County on Wright County warrants for simple robbery and trespassing violations. On December 12, Jordyn Nicole Graham, 29, of Crystal, was arrested in Sherburne County on Wright County warrants for 5th degree possession of a controlled substance and criminal damage to property and a Hennepin County warrant for 5th degree possession of a controlled substance. On December 13, Daniel Dennis Fay, 63, of Rockford, was arrested in Rockford on the charges of 4th degree assault of a peace officer and obstruction with force. On December 13, Empress Malcolm Watson, 31, of Coon Rapids, was arrested in Dakota County on Wright County warrants for domestic assault and violation of a no contact order. On December 13, Gregory Arthur Cleveland, 45, of Annandale, was arrested in Annandale on a Wright County warrant for terroristic threats. On December 13, Jason Matthew Armstrong, 47, of Rogers, was arrested in St. Michael on a Wright County warrant for 2nd degree burglary violations. On December 14, Rodney Jerome Hinrichs, 35, of Becker, was arrested in Albertville on the charge of driving after revocation inimical to public safety. On December 14, Callie Lynn Anderson, 20, of Delano, was arrested in Delano on a Wright County apprehension and detention order for 2nd degree assault violations. On December 14, Stephanie Ann Johnson, 51, of Buffalo, was arrested in Buffalo on a Wright County warrant for domestic assault violations. On December 14, Kelsey Laurelle Bergsnev, 26, of Coon Rapids, was arrested in Monticello on a Hennepin County warrant for theft violations. On December 14, Nicholas Raymond Vandermillen, 36, no permanent address, was arrested in Annandale on a Hennepin County warrant for 4th degree assault of emergency personnel. On December 14, Michael Jacob Jensen, 31, of St. Michael, was arrested in St. Michael on a Wright County apprehension and detention order for disorderly conduct. On December 15, Lavale Hunter, 22, of Minneapolis, was arrested in Buffalo on Wright County warrants for driving after revocation. On December 15, Ryan Alan Frisk, 42, of Monticello, was arrested in Monticello on the charges of domestic assault and interference with 911 communications. On December 15, Nicholas Oliver Anderson, 20, of Monticello, was arrested in Buffalo on a Wright County warrant for liquor consumption under 21. On December 15, Kirbi Marie Jackson, 33, of Big Lake, was arrested in Hennepin County on a Wright County warrant for check forgery. 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On December 16, Wyatt Joseph Vaa, 20, of Otsego, was arrested in Otsego on the charge of domestic assault. On December 16, Abdoulay Sackor, 28, of Minneapolis, was arrested in Anoka County on a Wright County warrant for receiving stolen property. On December 16, Molly Anna Schuler, 19, of Buffalo, was arrested in Buffalo on the charge of 5th degree possession of a controlled substance. On December 16, Russell Wesley Hanson, 21, of Cokato, was arrested in Buffalo on a MN Department of Corrections warrant for parole violations. On December 16, Carson Bradley Miller, 19, of Annandale, was arrested in Buffalo on the charge of 5th degree possession of a controlled substance. On December 16, Wesley Allen Haflich, 34, of Maple Lake, was arrested in Buffalo on the charge of 5th degree possession of a controlled substance. On December 16, Hunter Andrew Jenson, 19, of St. Cloud, was arrested in Benton County on Wright County warrants for check forgery and 5th degree possession of a controlled substance and a Stearns County warrant for check forgery. On December 16, Jonathan James Hareid, 19, of St. Paul, was arrested in Buffalo on the charge of 5th degree possession of a controlled substance and a MN Department of Corrections apprehension and detention order for 5th degree possession of a controlled substance. On December 16, Devonte Deshawn Dickerson, 19, of Minneapolis, was arrested in Albertville on the charge of receiving stolen property. On December 16, Nathan Alan Clark, 39, of Plymouth, was arrested in Monticello on the charge of giving law enforcement false information. On December 16, Barbara Jean Anderson, 53, of Watertown, was arrested in Delano on the charge of 3rd degree DWI refusal to test. On December 17, John Thomas Tilbury, 23, of Big Lake, was arrested in St. Michael on the charge of 3rd degree DWI. On December 17, Craig Joel Roush, 23, of Howard Lake, was arrested in Howard Lake on a Carver County warrant for disorderly conduct and a Hennepin County warrant for 3rd degree DWI. On December 18, Matthew Thomas Lyrek, 29, of Winsted, was arrested in Rockford on the charge of 3rd degree DWI. On December 18, Nicholas Robert Berg, 22, of Silver Lake, was arrested in Buffalo on a Wright County warrant for 4th degree DWI violations and McLeod County warrants for driving after suspension and uninsured motor vehicle. On December 18, Stephanie Nicole Pollock, 23, of Silver Lake, was arrested in Buffalo on a McLeod County warrant for a driver's license violation. On December 19, Charles Thomas Woodward, 21, of Delano, was arrested in Monticello on a Wright County warrant for theft violations. 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Q: Crashes from instanton.sys My new Lenovo X1 Yoga laptop (with Windows 10 Anniversary update) occasionally crashes - a Blue-Screen-of-Death appears, saying at the bottom what failed: InstantOn.sys. I found C:\Program Files\Lenovo\InstantOn\InstantOn.sys (version 3.0.0.0, dated to 10/14/2015), so it's some Lenovo driver, probably powering their Splashtop-based InstantOn mini-OS.

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*Is there an updated, non-crashing version of this driver?
Searching for Lenovo InstantOn download show me that there used to be a download called giui10ww.exe, but I can't find any recent version of it.

*I don't really care about this mini-OS, so how can I just disable the whole thing? I know I could stop the driver form loading by running sc config InstantOn start= disabled, but I'm concerned some other parts of this system would break even further.

A: Eventually I uninstalled by running C:\Program Files\Lenovo\InstantOn\unins000.exe - said "do you want to uninstall Lenovo EasySomething", and then the problem was gone. As always, YMMV

A: I found a description of instanton.sys at https://forums.lenovo.com/t5/ThinkPad-X-Series-Laptops/X240-and-X240s-new-software-Lenovo-InstantOn-Beta/m-p/1295809?page=1:
"... The software is called Lenovo InstantOn Beta and here's how it works:  Today, Windows 8 running on laptops, by default, goes to Sleep mode when the lid is closed.  This causes your programs to stop running, and your internet/VPN connection is dropped.  What InstantOn does, is change the meaning of the lid close action "Sleep".  Instead of immediately going to sleep mode when the lid is closed, InstantOn will make the system stay awake for 1 hour.  During this hour, the CPU is set to minimum speed, and the speakers/microphone/touchpad/LCD are turned off.  However your network connection and apps stay alive, they just run at a very slow speed.  InstantOn mode uses more battery than the system in Sleep mode, but less than the system that is simply idle without InstantOn.  The goal is to make a laptop behave more like a tablet (e.g. connected standby) where it can be resumed instantly, at least for 1 hour.  Currently, the software is only supported on Windows 8, and only on X240/X240s.  The software requires special BIOS support that only exists in these 2 systems.  If you have X240/X240s, and try it, let me know how it works for you.  Thanks!"
Oh dear, this is quite a worry for me, as I try to mitigate the fire-hazard of my BSOD-prone ThinkPad 13 Gen 2.  My current workarounds are 1) to disable the "advanced sleep" mode (using powercfg.exe /h off), 2) to remove all of the ways (e.g. lid-closing) that it might sleep or hibernate, and (most importantly) 3) to set its "Turn off the display" timer to "Never".  In particular: if its display goes dark for more than 30 seconds, then my laptop reliably enters a BSOD -- sometimes with the CPU running hot and the fan running at full speed, i.e. a significant fire-hazard.  The mention of BIOS support by this Lenovo engineer makes me concerned that, even without instanton.sys being loaded (and it's not being loaded at boot-time, according to ntbtlog.txt), the BIOS on my laptop may still have a "feature" which makes it responsive to hardware events for an hour after it was put to sleep.  Sigh.

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Q: Neural Network "Breeding" I just watched a Google tech talk video covering "Polyworld" (found here) and they talk about breeding two neural networks together to form offspring.  My question is, how would one go about combining two neural networks?  They seem so different that any attempt to combine them would simply form a third, totally unrelated network.  Perhaps I'm missing something, but I don't see a good way to take the positive aspects of two separate neural networks and combine them into a single one.  If anyone could elaborate on this process, I'd appreciate it.

A: They wouldn't really be breeding two neural networks together.  Presumably they have a variety of genetic algorithm that produces a particular neural network structure given a particular sequence of "genes".  They would start with a population of gene sequences, produce their characteristic neural networks, and then expose each of these networks to the same training regimen.  Presumably, some of these networks would respond to the training better than some others (i.e. they would be more easily "trainable" to achieve the desired behavior).  They would then take the genetic sequences that produced the best "trainees", cross-breed them with each other, produce their characteristic neural networks, which would then be exposed to the same training regimen.  Presumably, some of these neural networks in the second generation would be even more trainable than those from the first generation.  These would become the parents of the third generation, and so on and so forth.

A: Neural networks aren't (probably) in this case arbitrary trees. They are probably networks with a constant structure, i.e. same nodes and connections, so 'breeding' them would involve 'averaging' the weights of nodes. You could average the weights for each pair of nodes in the two corresponding nets to produce the 'offspring' net. Or you could use a more complicated function dependent on ever-further sets of neighboring nodes – the possibilities are Vast.
My answer is incomplete if the assumption about the fixed structure is false or unwarranted.

A: Neither response so far is true to the nature of Polyworld!...
They both describe a typical Genetic Algorithm (GA) application.  While GA incorporates some of the elements found in Polyworld (breeding, selection), GA also implies some form of "objective" criteria aimed at guiding evolution towards [relatively] specific goals.
Polyworld, on the other hand is a framework for Artificial Life (ALife).  With ALife, the survival of individual creatures and their ability to pass their genes to other generations, is not directed so much by their ability to satisfy a particular "fitness function", but instead it is tied to various broader, non-goal-oriented, criteria, such as the ability of the individual to feed itself in ways commensurate with its size and its metabolism, its ability to avoid predators, its ability to find mating partners and also various doses of luck and randomness.
Polyworld's model associated with the creatures and their world is relatively fixed (for example they all have access to (though may elect not to use) various basic sensors (for color, for shape...) and various actuators ("devices" to eat, to mate, to turn, to move...) and these basic sensorial and motor functions do not evolve (as it may in nature, for example when creatures find ways to become sensitive to heat or to sounds and/or find ways of moving that are different from the original motion primitives etc...)
On the other hand, the brain of creatures has structure and connections which are both the product of the creature's genetic make-up ("stuff" from its ancestors) and of its own experience.  For example the main algorithm used to determine the strength of connections between neurons uses Hebbian logic (i.e. fire-together, wire-together) during the lifetime of the creature (early on, I'm guessing, as the algorithm often has a "cooling" factor which minimize its ability to change things in a big way, as times goes by).  It is unclear if the model includes some form of Lamarkian evolution, whereby some of the high-level behaviors are [directly] passed on through the genes, rather than being [possibly] relearnt with each generation (on the indirect basis of some genetically passed structure).
The salient difference between ALife and GA (and there are others!) is that with ALife, the focus is on observing and fostering in non-directed ways, emergent behaviors -whatever they may be- such as, for example, when some creatures evolve a makeup which prompts them to  wait nearby piles of green food and wait for dark green creatures to kill them,  or some creatures may start collaborating with one another, for example by seeking each other's presence for other purposes than mating etc.  With GA, the focus is on a particular behavior of the program being evolved.  For example the goal may be to have the program recognize edges in a video image, and therefore evolution is favored in this specific direction.  Individual programs which perform this task better (as measure with some "fitness function") are favored with regards to evolution.
Another less obvious but important difference regards the way creatures (or programs in the case of GA) reproduce themselves.  With ALife, individual creatures find their own mating partners, at random at first although, after some time they may learn to reproduce only with creatures exhibiting a particular attribute or behavior. With GA, on the other hand, "sex" is left to the GA framework itself, which chooses, for example, to preferably cross-breed individuals (and clones thereof) which score well on the fitness function (and always leaving room for some randomness, lest the solution search stays stuck at some local maxima, but the point is that the GA framework decides mostly who has sex with whom)...
Having clarified this, we can return to the OP's original question...
... how would one go about combining two neural networks? They seem so different that any attempt to combine them would simply form a third, totally unrelated network. ...I don't see a good way to take the positive aspects of two separate neural networks and combine them into a single one...
The "genetic makeup" of a particular creature affects parameters such as the size of the creature, its color and such.  It also includes parameters associated with the brain, in particular its structure: the number of neurons, the existence of connection from various sensors (eg. does the creature see the Blue color very well ?) the existence of connections towards various actuators (eg. does the creature use its light?).  The specific connections between neurons and the relative strength of these may also be passed in the genes, if only to serve as initial values, to be quickly changed during brain learning phase.
By taking two creatures, we [nature!] can select in a more or less random fashion, which parameter come from the first creature and which come from the other creature (as well as a few novel "mutations" which come from neither parents).  For example if the "father" had many connections with red color sensor, but the mother didn't the offspring may look like the father in this area, but also get his mother's 4 neuron-layers structure rather than father's 6 neuron-layers structure.
The interest of doing so is to discover new capabilities from the individuals; in the example above, the creature may now better detect red colored predators, and also process info more quickly in its slightly simpler brain (compared with the father's).  Not all offspring are better equipped than their parents, such weaker individuals, may disappear in short order (or possibly and luckily survive long enough, to provide, say, their fancy way of moving and evading predators, even though their parent made them blind or too big or whatever...  The key thing again: is not to be so worried about immediate usefulness of a particular trait, only to see it play in the long term.


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Best Identity Theft Protection Benefit for Families: Why Definitions Matter
by Holly McCulloh
Identity Theft Prrotection
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Identity Protection for Families
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When it comes to choosing a family plan for identity theft protection, definitions matter. It's especially important with identity theft employee benefits, where the main terms are often used interchangeably without reflection on their meaning.
By helping your client understand what those words mean — and what they'll actually be getting in the long run — you'll be doing them a service because they need to know.
Let's start with an easy one.
The Fair and Accurate Credit Transactions Act of 2003 defines identity theft as "… a fraud committed using the identifying information of another person." 16 CFR §603.2
Not much wiggle room here. A clear, legal definition (as clear as legal terms can be, at any rate) means that everyone should be on the same page as to what identity theft involves. It's what these plans do about identity theft that makes them so different.
Now let's try a hard one.
A "family plan" is such a familiar concept that we sometimes forget how broad or narrow it can be. If a customer is looking for family plan benefits, make sure to clarify if those plans cover:
Children above the age of 18
Other household dependents
And what about deceased family members, whose identities can still be stolen? Are they covered?
Monitoring your accounts
Most identity theft protection plans will claim to "monitor your accounts." But which accounts? How closely are they monitored? How quickly do they respond?
There are three common account sources that are typically monitored by these programs:
More recently, however, the dark web is becoming more widely known as a major source of hacked account information. The problem is that the dark web's complexity and obscure access makes it impossible to find potential threats by applying the same monitoring algorithms and searches used to scan and scrape information off the public web.
To combat such menaces, privacy protection companies have to become more resourceful. At InfoArmor, we employ a highly trained team of human operatives who embed themselves deeply in these hidden exchanges and forums, gaining the trust of identity thieves where they lurk. This is necessary because technology alone is insufficient when working within the dark web. You can't merely "scan" the dark web — it doesn't work that way.
Identity theft recovery
Recovering your identity after a theft involves so much more than just recovering your employees' stolen funds. The trouble is that recovery policies can be all over the board in terms of what, exactly, they'll recover.
Identity theft victims may need to recover their credit accounts, credit ratings, Social Security accounts, and tax records.
An identity theft recovery plan will help the victim navigate through all these situations. It will usually cover any fees associated with freezing accounts, submitting record requests, and opening new accounts. It may help with interim finances — or it may not.
What many employee benefits recovery plans do not include — and this comes as a shock to most folks — is recovering the actual funds that were stolen. Some will request the return of funds from a defrauded company, but if that company or bank refuses, most pure recovery plans would see this as a problem for the firm's insurance company, instead.
The core of most identity theft protection benefits is actually information, not protection. Their goal is to alert the victim as quickly as possible whenever there's an attempt to hack their accounts or steal their identity. This can protect them from further damage and limit their losses, of course. But in truth, that's reactive rather than proactive protection.
Some employee benefit programs will offer training, videos, or one-sheets on how to protect yourself and your accounts. This is passive protection and can drastically reduce the risk of identity theft — if consumers follow their advice.
Finally, there are proactive measures, including monitoring the dark web for breaches and compromised information. When done right, data monitoring can tell employees and clients if their information has been exposed before it's used to commit fraud or identity theft.
Identity theft insurance
Just as it is in the health insurance industry, identity theft insurance plans vary widely in terms of what they cover and what they don't.
Some of the key points you should make sure the employer understands:
What are the maximum payouts, or caps?
Does it include reimbursement of stolen or unrecoverable funds?
Does it include quality of life payments if the consumer can't access frozen accounts?
Does it offer advances for victims of Social Security or tax refund fraud?
And yes, many home insurance policies list identity theft as a covered benefit. The problem is that most of them cap the damages at values as low as $500. Compare that to the average identity theft insurance plan that covers up to $15,000 — or PrivacyArmor which insures them up to $1,000,000.
Yes, every identity theft benefit is going to offer some form of customer service. But there are three very different levels of customer service:
Telephone or web support to ask questions
Assigned case managers who read from a script of what needs to be done
Full-time advocates who collect the information needed and then perform many of the required tasks on your employees' behalf
Always know your definitions when offering identity theft benefits
As you can see, it may be difficult for employers and their employees to understand what's really being offered. Does the identity theft benefit include recovery, protection, or insurance? All three? Help make it as clear as possible so they can make the right decision for their company and employees.
At InfoArmor, we believe everyone deserves the right to privacy, security, and above all else, peace of mind. This is why we're proud to offer industry-leading solutions for employee identity protection and advanced threat intelligence. From enterprise to employee, InfoArmor redefines how organizations combat an ever-changing cyber threat landscape. If you'd like more information on how we can help your organization protect its most valuable assets, reach out. We'd love to hear from you.
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1.06.2023 - Education, Kansas
Wichita private school, one of 8 finalists for Yass Prize, awarded $500,000
By Patrick Richardson
(The Sentinel) – A private school in Wichita, Kansas, which primarily serves African American students, was recently awarded $500,000 as one of the finalists for the prestigious Yass Prize.
Urban Preparatory Academy — a private, tuition-based, K-8 school that serves all students regardless of the family's socioeconomic status or their past performance — was started by Pastor Wade Moore in 2014 as an extension of the church, Christian Faith Centre, that he and his family founded in the basement of their home some 20 years ago.
Moore said they founded the school because parents were coming to him with children who were struggling in school — or simply being given social promotions.
"You know, one dad had twins in the sixth grade, and he said, 'they know my kid can't read, here he is in the sixth grade and can't read on a first- or second-grade level,'" Moore said.
The school started with eight students and grew to a total of 13 by the end of the first year.
While anyone is welcome to attend, the school is about 90% African American and primarily serves low-income families. The school now boasts 125 students.
"We don't limit it to anybody, for the majority it is … low income families that were…they felt like they didn't have a choice in their child's educational journey, and they were stuck, right?" Moore said. "You know, what can we do? And there was no choice.
"I mean, they couldn't afford a Trinity Academy, right, or Independent or Collegiate. Or, you know, some of the other Christian schools, so they come to us. And what we've done since then is help them navigate those systems and show them scholarship opportunities."
Moore said that a new student who comes to his school is immediately tested — not for acceptance, but for academic level.
"And so then, we began to work with that student, like an individualized plan, so we know where that kid is," Moore said. "And we test all of our students every month to see if they are losing any gains, if they're staying the same, or if they're gaining. So we've tested, we have diagnostics, and we have that data on every student every month. And you know, if we see a student who slipped this month, well, we work more with that student. What can we do to get them back up?
"And so we always know where they are academically. We even do a weekly progress report where the parents know week by week where their kids are. So you don't hear at, like, nine weeks that your kid is failing, right? We do a lot of intervention to prevent them from failing."
Moore stressed that a culture of accountability is central to the success of his students.
"Accountability, getting parents involved, letting parents know where their kids are in their educational journey, making sure the kids know where they are in their educational journey," Moore said. "One of the things that I talk to our kids about is, 'how many y'all took state assessments when you were in public (school)?' Of course, all the hands go up.
"'Did anybody ever go over the data with you and show you what was going on?' Nobody can remember that stuff, right? So they just take the test and, and if our kids don't know where they are, how are they going to know if they're passing or failing" They don't know what they need to improve."
The long process of applying for the prize
Moore said he'd begun the application for the Yass Prize — the ultimate winner of which was awarded $1 million — but lacking a grant writer, he put it on the back-burner.
"I thought, man, this thing is just, it's too big," Moore said. "I don't have a grant writer, I don't have the time that will be involved in it. You know, I'll learn about it. And I'll do it next year."
Moore said he'd gone back to it a few times and began putting in the required information, but he just felt like it was entirely too big for them and would take too much time.
"I got to the place where they started asking all the questions, and I'm like, 'I don't have time for this, I'm just gonna forget about this," he said. "But it automatically saves the information in the system. And I guess they check from time to time. And they saw that my application was incomplete. And so, of course, they want to clean the system up. And the lady says, `I encourage you to complete your application.'"
Moore said he effectively locked himself in his office at that point and banged out the application.
Much to his surprise, Urban Prep made the initial cut from over 2,000 applicants from 49 states to the initial round of 64, then the round of 32, and eventually — after trips to several places where coaches helped him refine his application and his pitch — to the final round of 8.
Part of the pitch is what the school will do with the money, and in Urban Prep's case, the school will be expanding to include high school, replacing outdated technology, and improving its transportation system.
What is the Yass Prize?
The Yass Prize is defined by four core principles that have the power to drive educational change for every child — STOP for Education:
The work must be Sustainable over time, meaning it can be funded independently without continual philanthropy by utilizing public programs that fund the entity where students are learning, regardless of sector.
The effort must be Transformational with innovative new approaches that employ 21st-century knowledge and technologies, changing the way students are educated and rich in content that is relevant and impactful across all communities.
Programs must be Outstanding or demonstrably successful by every measure that matters. We know what success looks like from the demand of parents for better options for their children.
The work requires no permission — Permissionless — and is free to exist and thrive without dependence on regulatory bodies whose rules are often at odds with parent demands and student needs.
In August of 2021, the STOP Award to Transform Education was established to honor and advance the work of education providers who delivered a best-in-class experience during the Covid pandemic. It is now called the Yass Prize for Sustainable, Transformational, Outstanding, and Permissionless education and celebrates the nation's best education providers.
The top $1 Million Yass Prize celebrates the country's education provider that best demonstrates the STOP principles. Last year's winner was Arizona Autism Charter Schools in Phoenix. In conjunction with The Yass Prize, the STOP Awards initiative provides over $16 million in support annually to honor educators who achieve and deliver for underserved children through the STOP principles.
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Patrick Richardson writes for the The Sentinel.
1.27.2023 - Kansas City, Opinion
Urban planners pushing downtown ballparks may like density, but Kansas City fans would opt for safety and convenience – like at the 'K'
By Jack Cashill


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So that's what I'll do and see what happens.
p.s. Barb - I just found out someone has written a book with me being one of the main characters in it. I knew her 8 years ago when I lived in Russia (with the Peace Corps). she basically and apparently slandered the heck out of me. Awful stuff coming up for me. It was a time I was in an awful depression and (in retrospect) cycling pretty badly and self-medicating with drinking. Isn't this awful? to be labeled and tagged in writing about a one-sided perspective coming from a self-righteous old biddy who likes to blame and point the finger in one of my most awful times of my life? Incredible....we can have a chat about it over thanksgiving!


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Sir Bobby Robson never picked fights or turned on his own players... Jose Mourinho failed to learn how to be a gentleman from the mentor who gave him his big break
Tottenham stick Harry Kane in the team every week hoping he'll recapture his form... but they need to coach him instead
Manchester United put in an unacceptable performance at Arsenal and it proved Louis van Gaal is still a long way off
Brendan Rodgers was too much like David Brent to succeed at Liverpool... it was three years of excuses, blame-shifting and bizarre motivation techniques
West Ham can be one of the top teams in England... but Olympic Stadium atmosphere will be diluted by all the non-Hammers
Manchester United are top of the Premier League... but I'd be amazed if they're still there by November
Mic up the refs and allow fans to drink beer in their seats... how football can learn from the Rugby World Cup
Callum Wilson deserves his praise... but Troy Deeney is the leader of the pack at Vicarage Road and warrants England call-up
Graham Westley is being treated like a criminal by some Peterborough fans... they need to give the new manager a chance
Arsenal need a player like Diego Costa in their side... Arsene Wenger made the same mistakes he always does against Chelsea
Ryan Shawcross' absence is a big factor in Stoke City's poor start and the only man to benefit is Jack Butland... he should be given a chance as England's No 1
Wales are about to become a big team again... their fans need to realise that they are going to be talked about now
Chelsea's players seem to have given up on 'pushover' Jose Mourinho... they have their own unity and weren't happy with his treatment of Eva Carneiro and John Terry
Brendan Rodgers is running out of time at Liverpool... his failures have set British coaches back years
Chairmen need to be allowed to sack their managers... sometimes it's the right move
Wales have the most expensive player in the world... they SHOULD qualify for Euro 2016, anything else would be a massive failure
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Celtic's success over the last three years has been 'fake'... the real challenge will come when Rangers return to Premiership
Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal was out-managed by Garry Monk... and the Dutchman simply let it happen
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Planning for Prosperity's Daniel Budreika was quoted in this recent Advertiser article 'Life after death is a worry for baby boomer parents' by Anthony Keane.
A standard will may cost you about $200 and a testamentary trust another $200, Budreika says. He prefers people appointing a professional to manage the trust rather than a friend or family member.
"Most people who get left as an executor of an estate have no idea what to do.
Review your nominated beneficiaries, check that dependants you nominate are allowed under current laws, and remember that your superannuation does not automatically form part of your will.
People wanting their super to be part of a will and testamentary trust need to make that nomination with their super fund.
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Anne D. Bernstein is an animation writer and illustrator. She has worked for multiple projects, including writing eight episodes of Daria and various spinoff media.
Bernstein attended South Side High School and went to the School of Visual Arts in New York, NY from 1979 to 1983, where she graduated with a Bachelor's Degree in Fine Arts. She started as a contributing editor to Paper magazine between 1984 and 1988 and as a sketch writer for Chucklehead before becoming a senior editor at Nickelodeon magazine, a magazine targeted to the child demographic of the network. In addition to supervising writers for the magazine, she also served as an editor for the comics section.
Between 1996 and the present she has worked as a writer or writer supervisor on several animated television programs. She was also a contributing editor at National Lampoon.
For MTV, Bernstein was Head Writer of MTV Animation Development, in charge of supervising freelance writers and writing show bibles and scripts. While never a head writer for Daria (there was no such title), she would write "The Daria Diaries", the first of two books based on the Daria TV series, and was responsible for the bulk of MTV's Daria website material. She ended up creating the entire extended Lane family for "Diaries" and later the show, as well as being responsible for Upchuck.
She remains in New York City as a self-employed writer and is currently blogging at Roadside America.
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Background: Radio-imaging is one of the most important tools in the diagnosis of spinal injury and helps to start a prompt and correct treatment to patients. Compared to CT, MRI allows better visualization of various tissues, including spinal cord and ligaments, not to mention discs and vessels. This study was done to evaluate the efficacy of low tesla MRI in acute spinal injuries.
Methods: Site of injury, neurological status of the patient etc., were noted from 78 patients included in the study. The neurological status was evaluated according to the American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale. Within 2days of admission, MRI was done. In case of doubt, radiographs for superior and articular processes was done where necessary. CT was done in case edema was seen without a fracture line.
Results: Most of the patients were males with the maximum of the patients being between the ages 21-50 years. Fall from height was the most common cause of injury and cervical region was the most common site. Osseous injury, ligament disruption and spinal cord injury were the most common MRI findings.
Conclusions: Being non-invasive procedure with high specificity and sensitivity, MRI is a preferred diagnostic tool to assess the spinal cord injuries.
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Kerslake RW, Jaspan T, Worthington BS. Magnetic resonance imaging of spinal trauma. Brit J Radiol. 1991;64(761):386-402.
Kulkarni MV, Bondurant FJ, Rose SL, Narayana PA. 1.5 tesla magnetic resonance imaging of acute spinal trauma. Radiographics. 1988;8(6):1059-82.
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Benedetti PF, Fahr LM, Kuhns LR, Hayman LA. MR imaging findings in spinal ligamentous injury. Am J Roentgenol. 2000;175(3):661-5.
Potter K, Saifuddin A. MRI of chronic spinal cord injury. Brit J Radiol. 2003;76(905):347-52.
Rahman ML, Haque ME, Zaman MS, Arafat MY, Alam MI. Management of spinal injury: experience in Rajshahi Medical College Hospital. TAJ: J Teachers Assoc. 2002;15(1):25-7.
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Gupta N, Solomon MJ, Raja K. Demographic characteristics of individuals with paraplegia in India-a survey. Ind J Physiotherapy Occupational Therapy Inter J. 2008;2(3):24-7.
Rao MUM, Tirumalaraju A, BujjiBabu P, Reddy S. Spinal Trauma evaluation by MRI-research article. IOSR J Dental Med Sci. 2015;14(10):74-83.
Bozzo A, Marcoux J, Radhakrishna M, Pelletier J, Goulet B. The role of magnetic resonance imaging in the management of acute spinal cord injury. J Neurotrauma. 2011;28(8):1401-11.
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Ramon S, Dominguez R, Ramirez L, Paraira M, Olona M, Castello T, et al. Clinical and magnetic resonance imaging correlation in acute spinal cord injury. Spinal Cord. 1997;35(10):664.
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Parbhoo AH, Govender S, Corr P. Vertebral artery injury in cervical spine trauma. Injury. 2001;32(7):565-8.
Taneichi H, Suda K, Kajino T, Kaneda K. Traumatically induced vertebral artery occlusion associated with cervical spine injuries: prospective study using magnetic resonance angiography. Spine. 2005;30(17):1955-62.
Kral T, Schaller C, Urbach H, Schramm J. Vertebral artery injury after cervical spine trauma: a prospective study. Zentralblatt Neurochir. 2002;63(04):153-8.


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Made a servant in her own home by her evil stepfamily, Al-Johara receives a wedding invitation from an old childhood friend. With the help of a neighbor, an eccentric, traditional old woman, Al-Johara might be able to attend her very first wedding – and finally be like her beautiful sisters.
Born and raised in France, Nora Al-Subai is a Qatari writer and director. She graduated from Carnegie Mellon University in Qatar with a degree in Computer Science. Her short film, 'My Hero' (2013), was named Best Short Film at the Ajyal Youth Film Festival and appeared in the markets of the Festival de Cannes and the Clemont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. 'Al-Johara' premiered at Ajyal, where it received the Special Jury Award. It also made its way to Cannes and the Sarajavo Film Festival.


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