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11/3/21: Press Release announcing the Inaugural Countries Joining GGI
GGI Concept Note
9/22/21: GGI Inaugural Meeting Read Out
4/22/21: Press Release announcing GGI
Infographic: Scope of GGI
In April 2021, the United States and Canada announced a new effort—the Greening Government Initiative (GGI)— to engage governments around the world in greening government operations. This first-of-its-kind international community of practice will enable countries to share lessons learned, promote innovation, and help meet Paris Agreement commitments.
The Greening Government Initiative will serve as a platform for country representatives to share information and best practices, showcase innovation and success, and develop collaborative relationships with one another to accelerate national efforts to green government operations including climate resilience.
Common areas of interest could include activities such as increasing government's use of renewable energy, transitioning national government buildings and fleets to net-zero emissions, enhancing the resilience of government buildings, establishing governmental sustainable procurement policies, and identifying nature-based solutions.
All countries are invited to participate in GGI. To be considered a GGI participating country, a country representative must endorse the GGI Concept Note. View the list of participating GGI countries.
The GGI hosted its inaugural meeting on September 22, 2021. The meeting was open to all interested countries and occurred virtually. A readout of the meeting has been posted. The GGI Winter Meeting will take place virtually on January 19, 2022.
Please contact GGI@ceq.eop.gov for more information about GGI.
What is the Greening Government Initiative (GGI)?
The Greening Government Initiative (GGI) is an international community of practice that was launched by the Governments of the United States and Canada, in April 2021. GGI is a new initiative that enables countries to exchange information, promote innovation, and share best practices in order to green government operations and help meet Paris Agreement commitments.
What topics will GGI cover?
The scope of GGI is limited to national government operations. Greening government includes activities such as increasing government's use of renewable energy, transitioning national government buildings and fleets to net-zero emissions, enhancing the resilience of government buildings, and establishing governmental sustainable procurement policies, and identifying nature-based solutions. We welcome input from participating countries on topics that will help them green their government operations.
How does GGI relate to the Paris Agreement and Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs)?
The efforts of GGI are related to, but separate from efforts such as nationally determined contributions (NDCs) or Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), which focus on sectors beyond government operations. While greening government strategies may contribute to achievement of NDCs and other goals, such as SDGs, they are not a focus of GGI's activities.
What are the desired outcomes of GGI?
Through this effort, we seek to:
Build community of practice
Accelerate greening government efforts
Leverage international partnerships and utilize economies of scale
Strengthen foundation for industry collaboration
Amplify experimentation and innovation
Create momentum and inspire continuous improvement
Who serves as a GGI representative?
This initiative builds a community of practice for leaders and teams directly responsible for national government sustainability operations. The title will vary depending on government's organization.
How do countries get involved?
There will be up to four sessions organized each year for countries to share ongoing efforts, present initiatives, discuss new ways to work together, and help each other recognize and address challenges involved in the process of greening national government operations. Ahead of these sessions, there will be opportunities to suggest ideas, initiatives, challenges or other topics of interest to the community. As a community of practice, we also expect that governments will elect to collaborate on a bilateral basis as the United States and Canada has done over the past six years. We hope all nations will participate in bringing ideas to the group. Email GGI@ceq.eop.gov if you are interested in speaking at or attending future meetings.
Do countries have to meet certain criteria to be part of GGI?
All countries can participate in GGI. Governments are working to address common challenges to green their own government operations, GGI simply brings them together. Country representatives are being asked to endorse the Concept Note to be considered participants.
What level of commitment is required by participants?
There is no commitment required other than sharing and learning from others through GGI activities. There is no expectation for financial commitments or setting new goals. The GGI is intended to be a forum where government sustainability leaders navigating similar issues can engage in conversation to support best practices and further national objectives.
What other countries are involved?
Participation is expected to be broad as all national governments face challenges in greening their operations. Governments who elected participation between the Climate Week September 22, 2021, formal launch and November 2021 COP26 ministerial are considered inaugural participants. Other government participants will be welcomed on a rolling basis.
How will GGI support countries to overcome financial and technical challenges to their greening government goals?
GGI is a forum to share best practices, learn from colleagues and discover relevant tools and strategies to advance government sustainability agendas. There is, however, no funding available through this Initiative.
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Home Newsroom News and press releases OSCE holds discussion in Tajikistan on rehabilitation of prisoners charged with violent extremism and terrorism-related offenses
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OSCE holds discussion in Tajikistan on rehabilitation of prisoners charged with violent extremism and terrorism-related offenses
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DUSHANBE, 16 January 2013 –A roundtable meeting on disengagement, rehabilitation and reintegration of prisoners for violent extremism and terrorism-related offenses concluded today at the OSCE Office in Tajikistan.
The two-day event was organized by the OSCE Office in partnership with the United Nations Institute for Crime and Justice Research (UNICRI), one of the UN's five training and research specialized agencies, based in Turin, Italy.
The event brought together some 16 international experts and participants from Tajik government agencies who discussed good practices from all over the world in the prevention of radicalization in prisons, with a particular focus on Tajik approaches and experiences.
"The discussion focusing on the rehabilitation of extremism and terrorism convicts was the first of the kind held in Central Asia," said Ambassador Ivar Vikki, the Head of the OSCE Office in Tajikistan. "The participants had an opportunity to exchange experiences and learn about the cutting-edge international efforts to prevent violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism in prisons."
Douglas Stone, UNICRI Senior Adviser, said: "Efforts to detect, disrupt, pursue, detain and prosecute terrorists in order to defeat violent extremism will not be effective without countering the ideologies that enable recruitment into these criminal organizations." He stressed that the concept is also a part of the United Nations Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy aiming to counter the appeal of terrorism.
The event is part of a project run by the OSCE Office in Tajikistan to prevent and counter violent extremism and radicalization that lead to terrorism. In the current stage, the project focuses on the collaboration between governmental, international and civil society actors.
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Garbhor currently has a population of approximately 4,000 persons and is anticipated to grow to over 8,000 in 2040. Garbhor is an important religious town and hosts the Jal Jhulni festival annually which attracts over one lakh visitors over the festival period.
For the village, a comprehensive prepared Development Plan has been created considering a 25 year horizon period. The Development Plan includes a environmentally sensitive land use plan that identifies developable and Eco-sensitive parcels of land in and around the village that require to be preserved. Plans for efficient and environmentally sustainable management of civic infrastructure considering the existing and 25 year horizon period has been planned.
A transportation plan has also been developed that considers improves connectivity within the village and the surrounding areas and also makes special provisions for the movement of visitors/tourists during the festival.


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McAllen prostitution sting — April 2016
By Joshua Fechter
on April 19, 2016 9:30 AM
Astolfo Cantu Gracia, a 51-year-old Mercedes man, has been charged with prostitution, a Class B misdemeanor. He was arraigned on April 14, 2016.
Photo: McAllen Police Department
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Brunilda Vallejo, a 57-year-old McAllen woman, has been charged with prostitution — third or more, a state jail felony. She was arraigned on April 14, 2016.
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Michelle Lynn Johnson, has been charged with prostitution — third or more, a state jail felony. She was arraigned on April 14, 2016.
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Daniel Hernandez, a 44-year-old San Juan man, has been charged with prostitution, a Class B misdemeanor. He was arraigned on April 14, 2016.
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Daniel Guillen Rivera, a 37-year-old Mission man, has been charged with prostitution, a Class B misdemeanor. He was arraigned on April 14, 2016.
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Jose Alberto Estrada, a 35-year-old Alamo man, has been charged with prostitution, a Class B misdemeanor. He was arraigned on April 14, 2016.
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Alfredo Rangel, a 66-year-old McAllen man, has been charged with prostitution, a Class B misdemeanor. He was arraigned on April 14, 2016.
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Sabino Lopez Alejos, a 60-year-old Alton man, has been charged with prostitution, a Class B misdemeanor. He was arraigned on April 14, 2016.
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Ramiro Guajardo Sarmiento, a 51-year-old Edinburg man, has been charged with prostitution, a Class B misdemeanor. He was arraigned on April 14, 2016.
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Pio Ruiz Hernandez, a 59-year-old McAllen man, has been charged with prostitution, a Class B misdemeanor. He was arraigned on April 14, 2016.
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Juan Duran Roldan, a 59-year-old resident of Ackley, Iowa, has been charged with prostitution, a Class B misdemeanor. He was arraigned on April 14, 2016.
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Diego Alejandro Ramirez, a 21-year-old McAllen man, has been charged with prostitution, a Class B misdemeanor. He was arraigned on April 14, 2016.
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Heriberto Gonzalez, a 41-year-old McAllen man, has been charged with prostitution, a Class B misdemeanor. He was arraigned on April 14, 2016.
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Jose Espinoza, a 36-year-old Donna man, has been charged with prostitution, a Class B misdemeanor. He was arraigned on April 14, 2016.
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Cesar P. Garcia, Jr. is the former Director-General of the National Intelligence Coordinating Agency of the Republic of the Philippines. He is a graduate of the Philippine Military Academy class of 1970.

On 20 August 2008, Garcia resigned due to arthritis, and was succeeded by Major General Pedro Cabuay.

However, on 9 July 2010, President Benigno Aquino III appointed him as National Security Adviser.

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Learning Body Positivity From a 700-Year-Old Hindu Statue
In a sculpture of Parvati, the goddess of love, I found a rare reflection of myself
By Sulagna Misra Dec 10, 2015, 11:00am EST
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When I followed my friends into the South Asian section of the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco, I fell silent. Until then, I had walked through the various rooms of the museum making jokes and playing games. The large display of jars triggered discussions on what flowers or tea leaves we'd put in them. We debated which of the many bottles carved or covered in intricate designs had once contained hand cream, perfume, or alcohol. We made up dialogues for neighboring statues.
Among the stone deities of classical and late medieval era Hindu sculpture, though, I found myself retreating into my own mind. As I examined the female statues, I was too dumbstruck to voice my feelings: They're me.
That is, every statue of a woman revealed my own shape down to a tee: large hips and chests, small waists, rounded bellies, plump faces, dimpled chins, lips stacked like tiny, individual macarons. I felt ... not naked, exactly, but revealed. There I was, carved into stone for eternity, displayed as art. And it wasn't just one standout, an exception among many; I was the rule. My friends waited patiently outside as I lingered, drinking in the displays with my eyes. When I finally left, my head spun at the idea of being visually represented and reflected in a way that was simultaneously current and historical.
The same thing happened when I went to another Asian art museum across the country: the Freer and Sackler Galleries in Washington, D.C. I was again struck by the thirst I felt for seeing myself reflected in three-dimensional stone. I was almost embarrassingly excited, telling my friends before we went in and gesturing excitedly at them to look, look! at the statues. I didn't go as far as to stand beside them while gesturing meaningfully to them and then to myself, if only because my friends had already moved onto the next room.
There I was, carved into stone for eternity, displayed as art.
Many of the figures in both exhibitions resonated with me, but the one that looked most like me was a statue of Parvati, goddess of love, devotion, and divine strength. A sculpture in the Freer and Sackler exhibition also depicts her with her consort Shiva, the god of destruction.
Looking at them, I was reminded of the Hindu concept of darshan, which says that simply seeing the god or goddess in stone is enough for prayer. This is awfully convenient when my family and I go to a temple in India or a puja, a religious ceremony, in New Jersey. Pushing through the crowd, we can quickly back away once we've met the eyes of the statues of the goddess Saraswati, the god Ganesh, and so on, depending on the holiday.
In the book Human and Divine: 2000 Years of Indian Sculpture, the artist and author Balraj Khanna writes, "Indian sculpture is best understood in context for a full appreciation of what in essence is a means of communicating with the gods ... to enshrine the divine presence." Similarly, while it wasn't a religious connection I felt toward these museum statues, especially given the quiet, formal, anemic way they were displayed, they were sculpted to evoke charisma, and to leave a formidable impression.
According to Khanna, there were certain aesthetic guidelines for Indian religious iconography and art in the classical to late medieval eras of Indian history. A text called the Shilpishastra discussed the practicalities of sculpture, such as the balance between negative and positive shapes, body language such as mudras (gestures made by fingers and hands), and facial expressions meant to emulate total calm. The statues I saw were jutting their hips out and cocking their heads, so their bodies followed the curve of an "S." Some of them also sat with their legs crossed, with their bellies sitting on their hips, turning their torsos into teardrops. Their faces were serene, their smiles coy and compelling.
To my surprise, looking up the Parvati statue, I even found a note that read, "Parvati is shown with the large eyes, round breasts, narrow waist, and broad hips that were elements of ideal beauty for a woman in ancient India."
Ideal beauty — who, me?
I didn't suddenly see myself as the most beautiful woman in the room. I just felt seen.
I jest because I'm flattered, and yet it's true. Vidya Dehejia, a professor of Indian and South Asian Art at Columbia University, writes on the Metropolitan Museum of Art's website, "In India, the aim of art was never to imitate nature or to recreate reality through illusionistic devices; rather, the goal was to produce an idealized form."
This form wasn't even supposed to be based on nature. "Following such models specified in ancient texts, sculptors invariably produced an idealized female form with narrow waist, broad hips, and high, rounded breasts," continues Dehejia. "The arms, shapely and elongated, were created to resemble the slender, pliant bamboo shoot. Eyes were modeled on the lotus petal or the fish."
My waist isn't as tiny as the sculptures depict, obviously, and my arms aren't bamboo shoots. Yet even an idealized version of my body type is hard to find in contemporary art, on television, or in movies and magazines. I often scour the media for my body type, my mind doing tiny calculations and comparisons as the Terminator might, but instead of looking for John Connor, I'm looking for signs of softness in form or thickness of thigh. But the police detectives on TV and the women featured in magazines all look similarly sharp, toned, and slim, with few instances of variation. It's as though an actual Terminator arriving from the future wouldn't even know someone such as myself existed, much less existed in multiple.
The body-positive vibe I got from my museum visits isn't limited to Hindu sculpture. Take the much-shared Tumblr post featuring a photo of a kneeling Aphrodite sculpture, and the caption, "If Aphrodite had stomach rolls then so can I." Another Tumblr user reblogged it, adding a story about how his wife had been feeling bad about her body until he had shown her a picture he'd taken of a sculpture of Aphrodite at the Museum of Modern Art Chicago.
There are others. The "Body Positive Statues" Tumblr pairs art with aggressively body-positive writing. One of my favorite entries is a painting of a woman kissing her own reflection. The epigraph is a quote from the children's book Girls Under Pressure, by Jacqueline Wilson: "If you were Giovanni Annolfini in the Middle Ages then your ideal pin-up girl had a high forehead and a tiny bosom and a great big tummy. A century later Titian liked large firm women with big bottoms. Rubens liked his women large too, but wobbly. Goya's women were white and slender, then Renoir liked them very big and salmon pink."
The thing about having a beauty ideal is that there will always be someone who doesn't fit it.
The Tumblr's archives contain paintings from throughout history and the world, covering a range of body types. I can't help but wonder if this blog was started amid the same rush of feeling I experienced walking into that room of the Asian Art Museum: the joy of seeing myself in art.
As appealing as it is to identify myself with a classic beauty ideal, it also gives me pause. The Parvati statues rang true for me in part because my parents came from the same country as these statues. The women carved in stone resemble my aunts, my cousins, my grandmothers. But when I visit India and view television commercials featuring brown actors, I also can't help but notice that they tend to be light-skinned, which is idealized in modern India.
The thing about having a beauty ideal, in other words, is that there will always be someone who doesn't fit it. While I might relate to the curvy statue of Parvati, the tall and slender Padma Lakshmi may not. And in turn, should I feel bad because Lakshmi fits an ideal that I don't? I'm reminded of the Buzzfeed video "Women's Ideal Body Types Throughout History," which has good intentions, but conveys a wearying message. It's as though we need sourced, historical references that tell us when our bodies were considered more beautiful than those of other women — because right now, by virtue of having any reigning body ideal at all, the majority of us aren't.
But the elation I felt walking through those exhibits wasn't the result of me suddenly seeing myself as the most beautiful woman in the room. I just felt seen; my body wasn't an anomaly in my own space and time. We live at a time when all these images, statues, paintings can be found alongside each other, different ideals appreciated simultaneously. Yes, my body type is best depicted in an ancient Indian statue. But I stood in a room with it hundreds of years later, and saw myself.
Sulagna Misra is a freelance writer based in Los Angeles.
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In January 1999, Clarke and Nancy Gourlay with their 3 boys returned from Switzerland where they had been living for several years. Inspired by the magnificent Swiss cheeses, they set out to learn and practice the ancient and noble art of cheesemaking. The cool moist climate in the shadow of Vancouver Island's Mt. Arrowsmith proved to be ideal for grazing cows and ripening artisan cheeses, and Little Qualicum Cheeseworks found a home. They began milking cows and making cheese in 2001 and three years later settled on beautiful, Morningstar Farm. Sharing their farm with the public has always felt like an immense privilege and their passion is to see others inspired and empowered to know where their food comes from, how it's produced, and why that matters. Look for their delicious cheeses at your favourite Country Grocer.


Check out this Philippines itinerary 1 week trip that we did back in February 2009! This will give you a pretty good overview of what you can do in the Philippines in 6 days.
Flying from Singapore, we landed in Manila and directly (well, at least we thought!) took another flight to go to Boracay. Spending a few days on the paradisiac island, we the went back to Manila to explore the capital and its colonial past. We then travelled by bus from Manila to Banaue to finally visit the UNESCO World Heritage site with the world-famous rice terraces… Amazing!
Read on and start planning your trip! Don't hesitate to leave a comment if you need further details.
Shortly after landing in Manila, we took another flight with Zest Air directly to Boracay (1 hour flight). To be more precise, we landed in Caticlan on the "mainland" of Panay island. Then a short boat trip brought us to Boracay, where we found an nice accommodation on the longest beach: the White Beach. This beach is well-known for its white color and the amazing transparency of the water. It is divided in 3 stations that have different kind of accommodations / activities. Station 1 has all the best (and most expensive) hotels, station 2 is the center of the beach and has nice hotels, great restaurants and some interesting places dedicated to nightlife, and station 3 has cheaper options. We stayed in a nice hotel in station 3, and I would definitely recommend it.
Regarding activities, we really enjoyed snorkeling around the Crocodile Island. We joined a group of divers, as this location is usually not for snorkeling but for scuba diving. You have to be careful as currents can be strong, but this is definitely worth it! There are tons of fishes. However, I found the corals not so great in comparison to previous snorkeling sessions in Bali, Indonesia.
We took a night bus leaving at 10pm from Manila and arriving in 7am in Banaue. Most of the people come in Banaue to visit the amazing rice terraces, which are a UNESCO World Heritage Site and considered as the "Eighth Wonder of the World"! We dedicated 2 full days to it and we never regretted this decision! I would even say that you need 3 to 4 days if you want to do everything well without rushing.
We stayed at the B&B Banaue Homestay, where we really had a very good time: friendly people, good rooms and great guiding services! We spent the first day visiting the little town and enjoying the peaceful atmosphere of our B&B, when we were not dreaming while looking at the great landscapes surrounding us. This is really mesmerizing... We had lunch at the Sanafe Lodge & Restaurant, where you eat in a wide veranda with great views over the town and the rice terraces. Don't miss it!
On the second day, our B&B had organized us a full day trek around Banaue, in the rice terraces. We had an amazing time and our guide was able to share with us a great depth of details about their construction and their use. We had good hiking shoes that are definitely needed when you walk along the terraces.
Hi, I'm going to Philippines next year for one week. I've read your "Philippines one week itinerary" and I like it! It's so helpful for me.
But I need more nature theme destination. At least that what "nature" mean to me.
I would like to go to Boracay ,Surigao, Oslob and Palawan El Nido. And maybe other places that you recommend me.
So, it will be nice if you help me to plan the itinerary that include Boracay, Surigao, Oslob and Palawan.
If one week is not enough. It's okay. Just give me a picture about how long should I stay in Philippines.


This study is intended to investigate whether the Deferred Tax Expenses analysis can be employed to predict earnings management in Indonesia. This research will also compare the Deferred Tax Expenses method and the accrual method as the proxy of Earnings Management.
This study finds that Deferred Tax Expenses and the three accrual measures have positive and significant impacts on the probability of earnings management to avoid losses. This means the bigger the value of Accrual and Deferred Tax Expenses the bigger the probability of earnings management practices. Of the three models used, the Deferred Tax Expenses variable has similar significances compared to Total Accrual model and higher significances compared to the Discretionary Accrual models. This shown that Deferred Tax Expenses can be used as an alternative to Accrual Models in explaining the earnings management phenomena around the earnings threshold.
This study also shows that factors that affected earnings management can't explain the variation of Deferred Tax Expenses. Meanwhile it can be used to explain the three-accrual models significantly. This finding suggests that the use of deferred tax expenses as a proxy in earnings management in general basis are still in doubt.
Penelitian-penelitian mengenai manajemen laba menunjukkan bahwa penggunaan discretionary accrual menyebabkan terjadinya kesalahan dalam prediksi manajemen laba (Guay, et, al, 1996, Bernard & Skinner,1996). Kesalahan ini disebabkan adanya kesalahan dalam pengklasifikasian Total Accrual ke dalam bentuk Discretionary Accrual dan Non-Discretionary Accrual sehingga model akrual yang digunakan tidak lagi tepat. Pengujian oleh Dechow (1995) atas lima model akrual menemukan bahwa tidak ada diantara kelima model tersebut yang sungguh-sungguh tepat untuk digunakan mendeteksi manajemen laba.


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June 1, 2017 Melanie Safka
Photo©Maddy Miller
Today I am a Chinese fortune cookie ~ expect good news!
Your lucky numbers are 12-26-33-11-19-47
If you win you know where to find me…
Come one Come all~
Join the gathering!
I just got home, suffering from the usual withdrawal.
Not exactly sure what I am to do. The words fly around my head, relax regroup, now it's time to take care of yourself…
Enjoy something…
I remind myself of Jack Nicholson in the scene from that movie where he says some people eat noodle salad, I don't eat noodle salad… something of that sort.
I'm picking up bits and pieces, bits and pieces.
Kibbles and bits.
I don't have a dog anymore. My three cats run away for me when I come home. It takes them a while to get used to Beau Jarred and I coming back into their space. It's OK, I understand cats. I wouldn't like it if three cats came back from their travels and jumped into my house with their luggage, equipment, kitty litter boxes and Meow Mix. I might run into a corner and hide too. Mushu, the nearly feral "cattune" as we fondly referred to her when she was a kitten because her coloring was raccoon and so was the shape of her tail. Her legs were really short. We were not really sure she was all cat!
It took a year for her to say hello, the way cats say hello. And then that was only when she was sure I was sleeping. So she reverts back to her early "feralish" self. I know she's here. I saw her dart past my door when I opened it this morning. Neither of us eats noodle salad so we get along just fine.
I'm washing the concerts out of my clothes, but some of the shows go deeper.
There was Allison, teary reunions, silent parting.
People in their mid-50s early 60s who think of themselves as old when I only know them as kids 10 and 15 years younger than me in the 60's which were really the 70's… gathering around to hear "Peace Will Come."
Believing and dreaming.
All full of endless possibilities, and not understanding where they went.
Where does time go? Living long is coming to terms with everything we ignored and wouldn't look at, could never see.
"I will be the one who beats the system and lives to tell about it"~ the older woman.
"Do I look like a woman with a past?" and some tell me, no Melanie you look exactly the same.
And I'm glad they see what they want to see.
I hate to disappoint people.
So I morph into that Melanie person. It's a kind of magic trick. Make-believe, all to do with intentions my dear ones, intentions.
Neither of us eats noodle salad so we get along just fine.
Aug 2 Le Poisson Rouge New York City, NY
Aug 04 Turning Point Cafe Piermont, NY
Aug 06 The Suffolk Theater Riverhead, NY
Aug 11 Fox Theater, Steinbeck District Salinas, CA
Aug 13 Wild Honey Backyard Los Angeles, CA
(with LoveyDove, a benefit for the AutismThinkTank)
Nov 10 Green Wood Coffee House Ann Arbor, MI
Check Melanie's website for tickets and details: http://www.melaniesafka.com/tour/
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MELANIE MONDAY
Q & A with Melanie
Randy Morrison: Your painted rocks are truly precious. We collected stones together once at Point Judith, and your selections were not random, but purposeful. I didn't ask that day, but what draws you to a particular stone? How do you choose one, and what do they mean to you?
Melanie: Let's do that again Randy Mostly I see or sense beings in the stones. Some bring to mind a sentiment, the very one I was looking for. Others are pranksters and jokers. And they do and say all the things I wouldn't dare:) it's all there in the stone before I ever take a paint brush to it. I pick them up and if they speak to me no matter how absurd I answer. They want to be with me as much as I want to be with them. That is the way it works.
And wasn't that fun in Rhode Island looking and seeking out the perfect ones to be our Saints and companions!
Michelle Wilder Larson: Beau is so very talented-- I recently enjoyed your performance with him in Largo, FL-- are your other two children musical as well?
Melanie: Beau Jarred never ceases to amaze me and best of all inspire. Jeordie lives out in Arizona and plays out , original songs and ones she makes her own nearly every night. Jeordie, the pixie beast, because she's tiny but buff check out her website if you like me you'll like her:) http://jeordie.com/
Leilah is a writer in Nashville juggling family life, a career, songs and the books she writes children's books. One will be coming out very soon! Again check in on Leilah http://www.leilahmusic.com/
I would like it if we could all do shows together again, as we did when they were children. And we will… We will.
Michael Jovovich: "Afraid of the Dark"- an absolutely haunting song- was it just a snippet from a larger piece that never got released? What is the back story of the song?❤
Melanie: That was on Sunset and other beginning's, right?
I am in the process of putting together CDs of music I'm done over the years right now I believe that is available on Cherry Red Records,in England.
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/sunset-and-other-beginnings-expanded-edition/
Tom Bellows: Your version of Jim Croce's "Lover's Cross" is so beautiful. Is it available on CD at all? My album plumb wore out a couple decades ago.
Melanie: Jim Croce was brilliant, he had so many songs... "I won't hang upon no lovers cross for you." Many of his songs resonated with me .He had such a unique way of looking at things. Yes it is available on CD.
It's on Madrugada that is also available on Cherry Red Records.
https://www.cherryred.co.uk/product/madrugada-expanded-edition/
Paul Harrison: I have been a huge fan from the moment Brand New Key hit the Radio. I have this question, my best friend Jules, who has since passed away, used to tell me all the time that, Brand New Key was a very sexual song. Is there any truth to this? Not that it matters.
Melanie: That question leaves me in a quandary. I look at the words and I can see the sexual innuendo but when I wrote it, I was remembering with all my senses learning how to roller skate and using that key to tighten them, riding a bicycle with training wheels and then having them removed and my dad holding the back of the bike and when I found out he wasn't holding of course I fell!
It's a G rated song people's minds are rated X.
Matt Brysch: When are you coming to Salinas, CA, and how can I get tickets?
Melanie: It will be up on my website at any moment!
It is up on theirs.
The John Steinbeck festival in Salinas , California 8/11/17
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/melanie-summer-of-love-concert-tickets-35057387590
Jenn Mahlert: Do you enjoy meeting your fans? Do you have a special fan memory?
Melanie: There have been so many moments that bring a smile or touch the heart. As some of the people who have checked in with me here, there and everywhere over the years, or followed diligently, have an added meaning. Time and the quality of that time. Framing and imparting color to those memories.
When I would first meet with people who wanted to see me after a show, when time was on my side :) there were stories but now they are stories with memories. And, who would've thought, now it's history that is on my side.
My last meeting with a fan, was a girl named Allison who has Down syndrome. She sang my song to me, as a gift and I don't think I have ever had a more meaningful encounter or met a truer heart.
These "gifts" give me my reason. I know how important music can be.
And I have a deep respect for the connections I make through that music.
Angel Halpin: Where was your favorite place to sing?
Melanie: So many places so many favorites for so many different reasons. One that comes to mind and I don't know where it was but it was a very large theater, I think it was New York on the island maybe. Backstage in my dressing room there were all these costumes, one really struck my fancy, I had on my full length down to the ankles Bedouin wedding dress. And decided these 16 inch furry white bunny feet would be the perfect accent. I did the show as if nothing was odd or different and no one in the crowd said anything as I remember, but then again I could be wrong.
Vicky Luong: What is your favorite song that you wrote?
Melanie: Difficult...difficult question without only one answer.
Now the first song that popped into my head is Crazy Love. I wrote that song with Beau Jarred.
It's the one I can hear so many different people besides myself singing it.
Then I think Brand New Key- of course what an adorable song and for so many different reasons. I love it mostly because it means so much to so many others. ThenLay Down Candles In The Rain.
But of course , I Tried To Die Young because it's an acknowledgment for all of us who decide to survive.
Oh but the new one… Ruin just wait till you hear that!
Serease Skinner: Can I illustrate a children's book based on Alexander Beetle?!?!?!
Melanie: Oh dear Serease,
In a perfect world I could say yes but in actual fact if you did such a thing I'm afraid the Disney Corporation would be on you in two seconds flat as they are now the owners of the AA Milne estate.
You see AA Milne wrote Alexander as a poem that I remember as a child. When I was in my teens through lack of knowing I put music to it, when I put it on my first album ignorant to the facts, the AA Milne estate demanded my record label to remove that track from the album. I hadn't a clue that you weren't allowed to do that.
I am sure there are a lot of people who don't know the story and I am glad you asked the question so I could tell it, love Melanie
PS now having cleared that up, you have my complete permission to illustrate Alexander Beetle :)
Jeremy Woods Do you know when you're coming to the UK again?
Melanie: Not sure but it's not the lack of wanting.
Many people from all over: Melanie please come to Canada, Ohio, Nashville, Netherlands, Berlin, Scotland, Finland, Belgium, Korea, Brazil, Portland, Oregon, Chicago, Atlanta
Melanie: It isn't a lack of willingness
I assure you
There isn't one place mentioned where I wouldn't love to go!
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Muslim women most affected by Quebec's secularism law, Court of Appeal hears | CBC News Loaded
Muslim women most affected by Quebec's secularism law, Court of Appeal hears
As hearings on Quebec's secularism law continue before the Quebec Court of Appeal, a lawyer for the English Montreal School Board says the law overwhelmingly discriminates against Muslim women.
School board lawyer tells court only Muslim women have lost jobs due to Bill 21
Steve Rukavina · CBC News · Posted: Nov 08, 2022 2:17 PM EST | Last Updated: November 8, 2022
Protestors against Bill 21 gathered on the steps of the Quebec Court of Appeal Monday as the court challenge to Quebec's controversial secularism law got underway. (Steve Rukavina/CBC)
As the court challenge of Quebec's secularism law — commonly known as Bill 21 — continues this week before the Quebec Court of Appeal, groups contesting the law argued Tuesday Bill 21 overwhelmingly discriminates against Muslim women.
The Quebec government and several civil liberties groups are presenting arguments about a Superior Court decision last year, which upheld most — but not all — provisions of the law.
Enacted under the Coalition Avenir Québec government in June 2019, the secularism law prohibits public school teachers, police officers, government lawyers, a host of other civil servants and even some politicians from wearing religious symbols at work.
The province pre-emptively invoked the constitutional notwithstanding clause when drafting the legislation, in order to protect it from potential court challenges.
That means lawyers arguing against Bill 21 are trying to present arguments about provisions of the Constitution that generally cannot be overridden by the notwithstanding clause, including the right to gender equality.
Only Muslim women have lost jobs over Bill 21
Perri Ravon, the lawyer representing the English Montreal School Board, argued Tuesday that Bill 21 was designed to target one group in particular: Muslim women who wear the hijab.
"The expert evidence in this case accepted by the trial judge establishes that Bill 21 is likely to increase the prejudice faced by Muslim women more than any other group," Ravon told the panel of three judges.
Ravon noted that in the EMSB, eight people have lost jobs or been denied employment due to Bill 21. All were Muslim women.
New research shows Bill 21 having 'devastating' impact on religious minorities in Quebec
At the largest French-language school service centre in the province, the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal, Ravon noted that the human resources director was unable to provide an exact number of people who'd lost their job, other than to say 100 per cent of cases dealt with the hijab.
Ravon said she could find no examples of anyone in any organization across the province losing their job due to Bill 21 other than Muslim women.
"Who's losing their job because of Bill 21? What symbol is drawing negative attention? The hijab, every time," Ravon said.
Ravon said it was clear through statements from the CAQ government about gender equality that Bill 21 was designed in large part to target the hijab and that the original trial judge accepted this argument.
Constitutional lawyer Julius Grey has argued that Bill 21 focuses primarily on the headscarf worn by Muslim women. (Ivanoh Demers/Radio-Canada)
Julius Grey, the lawyer representing the Quebec Community Groups Network and the Canadian Human Rights Commission, agreed.
"The centre of this law, the jewel in the crown for the government, is the hijab," Grey told the court.
Grey and Ravon, along with the lawyer for a prominent women's group, the Fédération des Femmes du Québec, argued that Bill 21 should be struck down because it's clear it discriminates based on gender and that the guarantee of gender equality cannot be quashed by the notwithstanding clause.
Government argues law doesn't discriminate based on gender
The lawyer for the attorney-general of Quebec said its position is that the right to gender equality is a "general guarantee" that is not necessarily protected from being overridden by the notwithstanding clause.
Amélie Pelletier-Desrosiers also noted that most teachers are women, and so it's not necessarily discriminatory if Bill 21 affects women more than men in the teaching profession. She argued that any rule or code of conduct involving teachers will disproportionately affect women.
Christiane Pelchat, the lawyer for another feminist group, Droits des femmes du Québec, argued that rather than discriminating on the basis of gender, Bill 21 was in fact a safeguard against such discrimination.
"The state can't associate itself with a religion that suggests a woman cannot appear in public without being covered in some way," Pelchat said.
Quebec Attorney-General and Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette spearheaded Bill 21. Lawyers for the government say constitutional protection of gender equality is not total. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press)
Bill 21's impact on freedom of religion
Also debated Wednesday was whether Bill 21 infringes on the constitutional guarantee of freedom of religion.
Luc Alarie, a lawyer for the secular group Mouvement Laïque Québécois, argued that Bill 21 protects freedom of religion.
Alarie noted that parents have a constitutional right to educate their children about religion according to their own beliefs and thus the state has an obligation to maintain religious neutrality in schools.
Alarie argued that the behaviour of teachers has an enormous influence on their students and that religious symbols worn by teachers might communicate "moral values" that would affect students and thus deprive parents of their constitutional right to freedom of religion.
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"The state has an obligation to religious neutrality, regardless of the consequences that might have," Alarie said.
Molly Krishtalka, a lawyer for a group that opposes the bill, Coalition Inclusion Québec, countered that individual actions of state employees do not necessarily represent the views of the state.
"My colleague thinks that a teacher, by wearing a cross, is demonstrating that the entire state is adhering to the Catholic faith," Krishtalka said.
"It's not every single action by a representative that is going to bind the state to a religious view. The wearing of a religious symbol does not constitute the endorsement by the state of that religion," she said.
The arguments will continue until Thursday, with an additional day set aside next week in case the panel of judges has additional questions.
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Steve Rukavina has been with CBC News in Montreal since 2002. In 2019, he won a RTDNA award for continuing coverage of sexual misconduct allegations at Concordia University. He's also a co-creator of the podcast, Montreapolis. Before working in Montreal he worked as a reporter for CBC in Regina and Saskatoon. You can reach him at stephen.j.rukavina@cbc.ca.
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Opinion: Innovation, free rein evident in vaccine development
by The Oklahoman Editorial Board
Published: Sun, November 29, 2020 2:10 AM
Medical syringe is seen with Pfizer company logo displayed on a screen in the background in this illustration photo taken in Poland on November 16, 2020. (Photo by Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
This awful pandemic cannot end soon enough. When it does, it will be due in large part to one thing that is worth celebrating amid the considerable gloom — the bottomless supply of human ingenuity and innovation, as seen in the rapid development of COVID-19 vaccines.
Vaccines often take years to produce. In the case of COVID-19, however, it will be less than a year from arrival of the pandemic to the first rollout of vaccines, which the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says could happen in mid-December.
Pfizer announced earlier this month that its vaccine, developed with BioNTech, had shown to be 90% effective against this novel coronavirus. A short time later, Moderna brought more good news — a vaccine that is about 95% effective. Last week, federal government officials said the first 6.4 million doses of Pfizer's vaccine could be distributed next month, within 24 hours of the OK from the Food and Drug Administration.
These are tied to Operation Warp Speed, a partnership between the federal government and the private sector with a goal of producing a vaccine within one year. Encouraged to unleash their best and brightest, these drug companies came through in a big way.
Pfizer didn't receive funding from the program, but the company did "call on the government a couple of times, and it agreed to sell 100 million doses of its vaccine to the United States long before clinical trials were complete," writes Matthew Continetti, a resident fellow at American Enterprise Institute.
At nationalreview.com, Continetti touched on another important piece of this rapid development — getting government out of the way. He noted the widely reported bureaucratic delays in the early months of the pandemic that hurt the government's ability to track it, along with the CDC's early insistence on coordinating national testing and FDA regulations that made it more difficult for health agencies to test.
The result was a costly "lost month." But with Operation Warp Speed, "government lessened regulation," he wrote. "Policymakers reduced bureaucracy. They embraced experimentation and decentralization. They did what public officials do best: throw money at a problem. And now we have a vaccine."
Continetti said the operation exemplifies what Ronald Reagan, as governor of California, called the "creative society." Reagan argued that government has a key role in "mobilizing the full and voluntary resources of the people" but that it is not and should not be omnipotent. What's necessary, he said, is to have faith "in the collective wisdom and genius of the people."
The success of Operation Warp Speed, Continetti offers, "is a reminder that there is no limit to American ingenuity when government stands alongside the people rather than in front of them. It underscores the benefits of democracy and a large and resilient private sector."
Ultimately, he says, it "offers hope. Not just for an end to the pandemic. For national renewal." Amen.
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Armenia establishes diplomatic ties with Gambia
October 11, 2018 - 14:31 AMT
PanARMENIAN.Net - Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan on Wednesday, October 10 met his Gambian counterpart Mamadou Tangara who arrived in Armenia to attend the 35th Ministerial Conference of la Francophonie.
At the meeting, the foreign ministers signed a protocol on the establishment of diplomatic relations between the two countries, expressing conviction that the move will contribute to the development of bilateral and multilateral cooperation.
Mnatsakanyan said the Armenian side prioritizes cooperation with the African continent as an important platform for the development of ties, noting multilateral formats, in particular the International Organization of la Francophonie.
In this context, Mnatsakanyan and Tangara exchanged views on the agenda of the 35th Ministerial Conference of the WPF.
The Armenian capital of Yerevan is hosting the XVII Summit of La Francophonie on October 11-12.
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The American Association of Neurological Surgeons (www.aans.org), published an online article covering the statistics on brain injuries and sports. These statistics were compiled between 2008-2009 based on U.S. hospital emergency room visits.
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Murray served as captain in the 1st Maryland Regiment, commanded several privateers, and was commissioned lieutenant in the Continental Navy 20 July 1781, returning to private life in 1785.
Upon the organization of the U.S. Navy, Murray was commissioned captain 1 July 1798, and commanded Montezuma, Insurgente, and Constellation during the Quasi-War with France; Constellation against the Barbary pirates in the Mediterranean 1801–1803; and Adams in home waters in 1805.
From 1808 until his death 6 October 1821, Commodore Murray was superintendent of gunboats at Philadelphia, and, from 8 July 1813, also was first commandant of the Philadelphia Navy Yard.


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Environmental DNA Can Be Pulled from the Air
A proof-of-concept study uses eDNA in the air to detect mammals, expanding the technique beyond aquatic sampling.
Apr 7, 2021 | 4 min read
ABOVE: In the researchers' experimental setup, a naked mole rat burrow is equipped with a tube that passes through a peristaltic pump, which forces air through a DNA-capturing filter.
ELIZABETH CLARE
Researchers in the UK have successfully isolated airborne mammalian DNA, showing that in air, just as in water, animals leave behind invisible but useful traces of themselves that scientists can monitor. The results, published March 31 in PeerJ, represent a new direction for environmental DNA (eDNA) research that could one day lead to advances in forensic science and public health, in addition to ecological surveillance.
"This is really the first time airborne samples have been used to look at mammals, and it's very exciting," says Mark Johnson, an ecologist at Texas Tech University who has used airborne DNA to study plants and was not involved in the current work. Through his own research, Johnson adds, "we've learned that airborne DNA is a lot broader than what we originally gave it credit for, and I think this paper opens the door for expanding into new areas."
Environmental DNA is one of the fastest growing ecological tools for biomonitoring in aquatic systems, according to study coauthor Elizabeth Clare, a molecular ecologist at Queen Mary University of London. Its use is premised on the fact that all organisms leave genetic fingerprints wherever they go in the environment. That DNA can yield valuable information about what species frequent an area.
In the last few years, eDNA has helped scientists monitor endangered species, such as the highly protected great crested newt, as well as species such as the white shark that are difficult to track using conventional methods. As the tool has been further refined, researchers have also started pushing eDNA into new territories, including the detection of pathogens in the aquaculture industry and even the monitoring of terrestrial organisms, including mammals. But in all of these instances, the samples have come from water sources such as lakes or rivers, or in rare cases, moist soil.
See "Researchers Detect Land Animals Using DNA in Nearby Water Bodies"
To see whether eDNA could be detected in air, Clare started by designing a simple experiment looking for airborne mammalian eDNA in a small, three-meter by four-meter room housing a colony of 225 naked mole rats. "They had been established for a very long time in that room . . . so if DNA does accumulate [in air], it would be there," Clare tells The Scientist.
Drawing on existing aquatic eDNA procedures, Clare rigged a pump to draw air, rather than a water sample, through either a 45- or 22-micrometer filter. Because eDNA can come in a variety of forms—pieces of hair, skin, or free-floating, naked DNA—it was likely that she would capture particles of many different sizes. The team also tested different filtering times to see if the quantity of DNA differed after 5, 10, or 20 minutes. In total, the experiment generated a total of 12 samples (six from the air trapped within the mole rats' system of burrows and six from the open room) plus two positive and two negative controls.
Elizabeth Clare, a molecular ecologist at Queen Mary University of London, discusses how she pulled from techniques developed to sample environmental DNA, or eDNA, in water to search for genetic traces of mammals in the air.
PEERJ
All but two samples yielded mole rat sequences. Neither the filter size nor the time (and thus the volume of air being filtered) led to significant differences in DNA yield, although the burrows generated a stronger signal than the larger room did.
"It surprised us that it worked as well as it did right away," Clare says. "We had actually anticipated a bunch of things we were going to modify . . . that we never had to use. It worked the first time with the first thing we tried."
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The current study is a solid foundation for future work, says University of Amsterdam evolutionary ecologist Kathryn Stewart, who works with eDNA and was not involved in the current research. Clare sees a role for airborne DNA in spaces that can be difficult to access, such as burrows, caves, and hollows. Johnson had previously applied for a grant to use airborne eDNA to noninvasively monitor for white nose syndrome in bats, but at the time, the project was deemed too experimental.
After the successes of eDNA in aquatic science, "it's exhilarating to see somebody take it one step further and ask what other kinds of media we can extract DNA from," Stewart tells The Scientist. "The only claim that they make is that you can accurately collect DNA from the air, but we need that forward thinking momentum for the field. I think the challenges that lie ahead are also exciting opportunities."
One such challenge will be the issue of contamination. Despite carrying out their extractions in a clean hood, the team was surprised to find human DNA, but not mole rat DNA, in the study's negative controls, suggesting that the contamination is coming from the scientists themselves. In some samples, the human component was as strong as that of the mole rats', even within their burrows. For researchers targeting nonmammals, this is less of a concern, as the sequencing tools they use pick out only their species of interest. But for sampling aimed at detecting mammalian DNA, contamination is going to be "one of the biggest challenges," Stewart says.
Clare has already started to brainstorm possible means for addressing contamination, either by having researchers collect samples while wearing suits that include respirators, deploying dust traps in the field for days or weeks to passively collect airborne material—as Johnson does for his studies on plant airborne DNA—or by using so-called blocking probes during sequencing that keep human DNA from amplifying. She is also designing studies to better understand how genetic material behaves and persists in the air's changing environment. All of this is a push to validate airborne eDNA using the same rigorous standards applied to aquatic research.
The silver lining of human contamination, Clare says, is that it made her realize that airborne DNA could have forensic or public health applications. DNA from crime scenes is often degraded or sparse, but she was able to pull minute traces of the nucleic acid from the air and produce usable results.
Any such uses remain speculative, and Clare is quick to point out how much remains unknown. "In terms of what we could do with it, we're very much at the speculatory stage of this," she tells The Scientist. "Is extracting airborne DNA possible? Yes. Can we say anything beyond that? No."
See "Researchers Track Sharks and Whales Using DNA in Seawater Samples"
E.L. Clare et al., "eDNAir: proof of concept that animal DNA can be collected from air sampling," PeerJ, doi:10.7717/peerj.11030, 2021.
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New health care facilities are being built to new standards (for example in Canada CSA Z800-11) that significantly increase the area per bed compared to older facilities and drive the need to change patient care and support service processes to maintain sustainable resource levels of staff, supplies and equipment. New procurement models such as Private Public Partnerships (P3) can exacerbate this as they may limit key stakeholder input in the early stages of design when fundamental decisions impacting operations are made.
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Bishop Farrell: 'I think the whole world stopped'
A native of Ireland, Bishop Kevin J. Farrell recalled the election of John F. Kennedy, an Irish-American and Catholic, as the president of the United States as a time of inspiration and hope in his homeland.
By Cathy Harasta
The Texas Catholic
Bishop Kevin J. Farrell reflects on President John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic U.S. president, and what his assassination meant to Ireland, the bishop's homeland, and to the world.
The Texas Catholic: Where were you and what were you doing when the news reached you that President John F. Kennedy had been shot and killed in Dallas, Texas, on Nov. 22, 1963?
Bishop Farrell: It was almost 7 o'clock on a very cold, rainy Friday evening in Dublin. I was a junior in high school. My father would come home from work and we'd have tea—like dinner in the United States—at 6 o'clock. We would have the television on. The Angelus Bell would ring.
We would turn off the television and sit down at the table and have tea together. Then I remember that my father turned on the television at 6:30. I remember it so well. Instead of the usual newscaster or news set-up, there just was this person standing there with this very strange, sad-looking expression and talking about somebody who had been shot.
We had just turned it on, and didn't know who had just been shot.
Then I recall them saying that President Kennedy had been shot in Dallas, Texas.
I must say that I think the whole world stopped.
We lived under the threat of world war in Europe at that time, especially since the 1956 uprising in Hungary, so we always said, "Well, the world is going to go back to war again. What's going to happen to us? This is a tragedy."
I recall my father and my mother saying in Gaelic the Hail Mary and myself and three of my brothers trying to listen to the television.
It was a very emotional moment.
The Texas Catholic: Describe the reaction of the Irish as they tried to absorb the JFK assassination and how they viewed his legacy.
Bishop Farrell: We had activities the next day in the parish. My brother and I had to go down to the parish at 10 o'clock. Already, they had black drapes over the front entrance to the church. Usually, that was reserved for Good Friday. That gave you a sense of the sadness.
There were immediately a national holiday and days of mourning. The next day was Sunday, and I remember going to serve Mass, and the priest talking about the tragic death of this young Irish Catholic president.
In June, President Kennedy had gone to Ireland, and the whole country turned out. We shut the country down for three days.
I went with my father to see the president arrive, which, today, doesn't seem like a big journey. But to go to the airport in Dublin, you had to get about four public buses. It took about an hour to get to the airport. There were another half-million people there waiting to see this young president arrive.
Only when I went to see the Beatles arrive was there anything compared to that.
We loved this man. We didn't know too much about politics, nor were we interested. It was the person. It was the idealism. It was the willingness to change. That's what I remember most.
I remember following him when he was in Dublin. We went everywhere we possibly could just to get a glimpse of this person.
To us, he was the ideal. He was what we saw in the movies.
I always remember that's what I wanted to be—president of the United States, like everybody.
The Texas Catholic: As a Dallas resident since 2007, and a participant in a memorial observance on Nov. 22 in Dealey Plaza, what do you think the tribute can do for a city now 50 years removed from the assassination?
Bishop Farrell: I think that we have to try and get over Dallas as the "city of hate." And I think we have come a long way.
Just like today in our nation, also we are politically and ideologically divided to extremes. I think that probably in Dallas at that time, it was just like it is today. I think that Dallas was unfairly labeled as the 'city of hate.'
I think this unfortunate individual took up a gun to end the life of a great dream and, God only knows what would have been our future had President Kennedy continued to live.
But I don't think that we can dwell on that. We've got to rise above the tragedy of the moment. I think Dallas has done that in an exemplary way.
Tragic things happen in tragic places and situations every day of the week. Let us not live only in the past. But let us remember on this occasion the great idealism, how he brought, in many ways, the young of this nation back. I think of the Peace Corps. And I think of that great enthusiasm that I had as a young person to go out there and change the whole world. And we were going to do it. We had no idea what that world meant, was involved in, but we had a spirit that this man inspired in us all.
That's what I would hope that this anniversary is all about. It is all about giving life to a society that many times is so involved in itself that it fails to see the big picture.
To me, that's what this celebration is about—the great spirit of a great man. No matter what your politics may be, you have to admit that he did inspire this nation."
Bishop Kevin J. Farrell
Dallas Catholic Diocese
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A look at the five Dallas law enforcement officers who gave their lives while protecting citizens during a mass shooting in downtown Dallas in July 2016.
How a child with special needs inspired a high school volleyball team, community and a family who heeded God's call to protect life.
After a young runner collapsed at a Dallas marathon, grace and providence unfolded for those involved in the valiant effort to help her.
In the summer of 2016, 50 students and 25 chaperones from Dallas Catholic high schools traveled to Nicaragua for a 10-day mission trip.
Early on a November morning, Kenndrick Mendieta bounded from the gym at Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep toward the campus' athletic fields as clouds lifted on a fresh new day.


LOL. Love me some little bobby tables. Also, @xcdxc: lolololololol.
Since my brain decided to get serious: Probably as true as any other generalization. I imagine it's more about the different nerd cultures people are fostered in. Also, an abstraction oriented person probably doesn't just think about schools, they probably think about how common the failure to protect against SQL injection is ("Oh man, this one job I worked at... I can't believe people are still messing that up!").
I was hovering over it for the alt text.
Haha, hey I got that, I read xkcd but I'm smarter than the other people that read it. I'm so smart!
For me it looks more like the usual hype-cycle curve.
I was disappointed that this comic had no title text.


Agios Ioannis Peristeron is a small relaxing resort and offers visitors a few tavernas, two mini markets and a souvenir shop all located opposite the shingle beach. The pace of life is very slow here and is ideal for anyone who wants to sample traditional Greek life.
This low-key resort offers limited tavernas and bars and a peaceful environment. A local bus service operates to the nearby lively resorts of Moratika and Benitses for a change of scenery.
Not too much to do outside the hotel.
Nice quiet area with a few shops and restaurants. Corfu town is near by. The beaches are pebble rather than sand on this side of the island. Still very clean and tidy though.
The village has been awarded the Blue Flag and offers a long and narrow stretch of shingle which runs gently into the waters making it ideal for families. A choice of watersports are also available here.
Corfu Town, the island's capital, is only a 30 minute drive away where visitors can meander around the old town or visit the fortress. There are plenty of restaurants and bars to choose from and Corfu Town makes a great day trip.
Corfu Airport is approximately 18 km away - transfer time about 30 minutes.


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Neat Tucks were originally made to offer you a solution to solve the re-tucking issue during the warmer months when shorts would be worn. You can't wear traditional shirt stays with shorts. This is why Neat Tucks were designed to wrap around your thigh at an angle but still be unseen around your knee. At the time, the only accessory worn in that area was the ageless garter. Garters attach downward to hold up hosiery, while Neat Tucks attach upward to hold down shirt tails. Get it? It's like a garter and a traditional shirt stay had a Super Baby! Neat Tucks fit comfortably, are adjustable and attach and detach with the click of a button. You can get them on fast and get them off even faster, without having to undo the clips from your uniform or dress shirt.
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I'm using shell_exec() to execute a Twitter API Call.
That works fine when I authenticate correctly and put in a number for the id.
But when I try to put in a variable ($id), it screws up.
EDIT: The purists say I should be using PHP's built in curl methods, not the shell_exec. That's not working either.
Try printing the string echo "curl -u pxlist:Weekend1 -d 'id=$id' http://twitter.com/username/twitterlist/members.xml"; and see what it says. Probably there's something wrong with $id. How is it initialized?
use escapeshellarg() to properly encode $id for a command line argument.
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HOME |	Central America
Nicaragua Total Abortion Ban Challenged in Case of Cancer Patient
By Filadelfo Martinez
MANAGUA – A request to allow a Nicaraguan woman suffering from cancer to end her pregnancy so she can receive life-saving medical treatment is posing a challenge to the nation's strict ban on abortion.
The case became public when the request made by the sister of the cancer-stricken woman, now 10 weeks pregnant and identified only as "Amalia," was published Friday by local daily La Prensa.
The official response to the petition was not long in coming, with Nicaraguan Health Minister Guillermo Gonzalez telling reporters that a government-sponsored medical commission was already studying the case.
"Unfortunately, it seems that there are political interests behind this," Gonzalez said, without offering more details. He added that the government will not offer any remarks on the matter until the team of experts has issued a report and its "technical decisions."
"We'll comment on this case in due time," he said.
Leftist President Daniel Ortega once was a supporter of limited abortion rights, but after re-embracing Catholicism he supported a 2006 law that banned the practice in all cases, even when a women's life is at risk.
The law, enacted shortly before Ortega took office in early 2007, was strongly backed by religious leaders in the mostly Roman Catholic Central American country.
Several lawsuits have been filed with the Supreme Court challenging the total abortion ban as unconstitutional, although the justices have not yet issued a ruling.
The local press reported that Amalia's sister and directors of the local non-governmental organization Strategic Group against the Criminalization of Therapeutic Abortion brought the case to the attention of another NGO, the Nicaraguan Human Rights Center, or Cenidh, which described the woman's plight as "dramatic and painful."
Amalia, who has a 10-year-old daughter, is currently a patient at a state hospital in Leon, 90 kilometers (55 miles) west of Managua, where, according to her sister, she still has not begun receiving treatment because it would harm the fetus.
Dr. Oscar Flores, with the Strategic Group, said Amalia suffers from "metastasized cancer that has spread throughout the patient's body, a problem exacerbated by the pregnancy."
For her part, Cenidh President Vilma Nuñez told the local press that she has already petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights to grant "cautionary measures" on Amalia's behalf "so the (Nicaraguan) government ensures access to ... the effective treatment the patient requires."
Cenidh spokespersons said on Friday that the Strategic Group's directors also will bring the case to Supreme Court Justice Alba Luz Ramos.
According to Amalia's sister, the head of obstetrics at the Leon hospital told the family that abortion is not an option because it is against the law.
Flores, meanwhile, said "the Supreme Court must urgently rule" on the constitutional challenges to the therapeutic-abortion ban.


A time of stagnation has hit the wizard's tower. Fewer students have been coming to learn at the once famous tower. Dark wizard's are on the rise again. The tower has few allies and is not as trusting of the kingdoms as it once was. It's relations with the churches of gielinor have further been strained since the magi war.
However the current archmage is determined for the tower to rise once more. Understanding that the magical world has changed more significantly than ever the tower has made changes. The wizard's at the tower have become more reclusive and less inclined to help others in the world if it does not benefit them. The tower has even gone so far as to form an order of battlemages to enforce and protect the tower.
The future is uncertain for the tower. A new generation of wizards and witches will determine what the tower will become.
Welcome to the Wizard's Tower! We are once again starting back up. It is our goal to provide a place to learn magic roleplay as well as participate in magic centered plots. We welcome interaction from other groups and kingdoms. It is our policy to deal with things ic first and use ooc as a last resort to resolve issues. Please reach out to us if you would like to interact with your group or simply stop by!
We encourage antagonism with us, but ask to be informed ahead of time if we are going to be attacked in force. Feel free to reach out to Khaji for all questions relating to antagonism with the tower.
Thank you and happy roleplaying!
: Ishara is the current Archmage of the tower. She is a master of water and illusion magicks. Since the magi war the tower has seen a decline in students. Ishara has opted to take a more pragmatic approach to running the tower. The defense of the magical world and the tower are important to the archamge's agenda.
: Master Yasir serves as an adviser to the archmage. He is a man of few words and tends to keep a serious demeanor. His magic specialization is known to very few, although many suspect he is a mind mage.
: Head of Tower Resource Management.
Just a man, gentle and true to the non-combative applications of magic and their benefits to society. His old wrinkled face begets a smile from the depths of Morytania, forged after a good forty years at the wizards tower. He is a master of summoning and is an avid herbalist.
The Aether Guard are the elite battlemages and militant arm of the Wizard's Tower. They protect the island and assets of the tower. The order is under direct control of the archmage of the tower, however they will listen to the master's who advise the archmage to an extent.
Important Notice: While mages in general are powerful characters due to the nature of the tower the expectation is that characters will be operating at a reasonable level. While there may be some plot and event related exceptions most characters are expected to adhere to this soft cap. If you have any questions about your characters's abilities and power level just reach out to an admin. Likewise, students who are coming to the tower are expected to have an ability level that reflects their inexperience. While existing characters are welcome to enter as students, new characters are recommended in order to get the full experience.
The Ordo Magi are a group of dark wizards, witches, warlocks, and other dark magi. They believe in magical supremacy over non-magical people. The extent of this view varies and in fact some of the ordo is not necessarily "evil". The ordo once attacked the wizard's tower and shook its foundation during the first magi war. They scattered shortly after, but have reorganized themselves.
They are a threat to the magical world and frequently oppose the tower. Rumor has it that they may have agents within the tower.
The Ordo Magi will be the main antagonists for the wizard's tower roleplay. All are welcome to make ordo characters and this group will be developed alongside the tower. For more information reach out to Khaji.
Please allow for 3 pages of reserves.


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Lizzo hits out at Texas' anti-trans legislation and abortion policies in SXSW keynote speech
Lizzo hit out at Texas' anti-transgender legislation and abortion policies in a keynote speech as part of this year's SXSW festival at Austin Convention Centre.
READ MORE: 'Rumors', Lizzo's new song with Cardi B, is a dizzying, multi-layered return
Legislation introduced last month in Texas defines gender-affirming medical care for transgender youth "child abuse". The state's governor Greg Abbott proceeded to advise medical professionals and members of the public to report to state authorities if transgender youth were receiving gender-affirming care.
Additionally, Abbott called on the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services to investigate parents who provided their transgender children with gender-affirming care. The move has prompted strong backlash, including a lawsuit being filed against Abbott by the American Civil Liberties Union.
Late last week, Texas judge Amy Clark Meachum temporarily blocked the state from investigating parents who provide their transgender children with affirming medical treatments.
As Rolling Stone reports, the Houston-raised singer – whose keynote address was centred around her forthcoming Watch Out for the Big Grrrls reality series – slammed the legislation when talking to host Angela Yee on Sunday (March 13).
"I'm proud to rep Houston but I'm not proud to rep Texan politics right now. There are very regressive laws being passed," Lizzo told the audience.
"They're taking away the right for young children to have a chance to live authentically as themselves. It's a violation of human rights. Trans rights are human rights."
The singer also discussed Texas' heavily restrictive laws around abortion. Terminating a pregnancy is banned in the state after around six weeks of pregnancy, with no exception for pregnancies caused through rape or incest. It also authorises members of the public to sue anyone who carries out an illegal abortion for a minimum of $10,000.
"We got a lotta ugly babies y'all need to be handling instead of y'all being in people's homes and telling them what to do with their bodies and being all up in their uteruses," Lizzo said. "The abortion ban is atrocious as well. Mind your business. Stay out of my body."
Elsewhere during the talk, Lizzo confirmed a new album was coming "very, very soon", saying she was headed home after the event to work on mastering the record. "It's good. I worked real hard on it, so it better be good," she said.
Last month, during an interview with Variety, Lizzo called the album "one of the most musically badass, daring and sophisticated bodies of work I've done to date" and said she was "shocked" that it's a "love album".
Lizzo most recently released the Cardi B-featuring single 'Rumors' last year.
The post Lizzo hits out at Texas' anti-trans legislation and abortion policies in SXSW keynote speech appeared first on NME.
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Q: Barra de progresso não é atualizada corretamente Trabalhando com barra de progresso (JProgressBar) me deparei um problema em PropertyChangeListener. Aliás, não necessariamente em PropertyChangeListener, mas sim no momento de retornar a propriedade que está sendo atualizada.
Tarefa tarefa = new Tarefa();
tarefa.addPropertyChangeListener(new PropertyChangeListener() {
     @Override
     public void propertyChange(PropertyChangeEvent evt) {
          if("progress".equals(evt.getPropertyName())){
               int progresso = (Integer) evt.getNewValue();
               barra.setValue(progresso);
          }
     }
});
tarefa.execute();

Como dá para notar, é necessário que a propriedade a ser atualizada seja "progress", porém não é isso que ocorre. Pelo menos não inicialmente. A propriedade que é retornada é "state", com isso a condição não é aceita, e o valor da barra de progresso não é atualizado.
O que pode estar errado?

Eis a class Tarefa:
public class Tarefa extends SwingWorker<Void, Void> {
    @Override
    protected Void doInBackground() throws Exception {
        int progresso = 0;
        setProgress(0);
        while(progresso < 100){
             progresso++;
             setProgress(progresso);
        }
        return null;
    }
}

A: Quando for executar a tarefa, executa com SwingUtilities.invokeLater(tarefa);.
Lembrando que: toda estrutura do Swing não é thread-safe.

A: Acontece que o código está chamando o setProgress muito rápido e quando o evento é disparado o  progresso já está em 100%
Se colocar um Thread.sleep( 20 ); dentro do while vai ver que o evento vai ser disparado mais vezes.
OBS: Se o código rodar rápido de mais não faz sentido ter uma JProgressBar para monitorar o andamento da tarefa.

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CASA (Court Appointed Special Advocates) would like to invite you to their very first 5K Color Run on Saturday, July 21 at the Pleasanton River Park. This event will be a fundraiser to support the tireless work that CASA volunteers do for the children in foster care. This run will also help raise awareness in the community about the needs of these children who have been taken from their families.
Come out and join them for this day full of fun and color! All ages are welcome to run or walk this color filled 5K. Running will begin at 8 a.m. The first 75 registered participants will receive a dri fit T-shirt to wear for the run. Registration on the day of the event will be $35.
An award ceremony will be held after the race to recognize the first three runners that cross the finish line and ribbons will be given for all children participants. Food and plenty of drinks will b provided as well.
If you have any questions or would like to help sponsor this event, please contact Brianna Saroz at 830-480-4793.


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import buildcraft.api.blueprints.BptBlock;
import buildcraft.api.blueprints.BptSlotInfo;
import buildcraft.api.blueprints.IBptContext;
import java.util.LinkedList;
import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack;

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	public BptBlockIgnoreMeta(int blockId) {
		super(blockId);
	}

	@Override
	public void addRequirements(BptSlotInfo slot, IBptContext context, LinkedList<ItemStack> requirements) {
		requirements.add(new ItemStack(slot.blockId, 1, 0));
	}

	@Override
	public boolean isValid(BptSlotInfo slot, IBptContext context) {
		return slot.blockId == context.world().getBlockId(slot.x, slot.y, slot.z);
	}
}

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WE are the regional home for high school hockey.
The Cedar Rapids RoughRiders High School Hockey Association rosters athletes that are committed to competing at the pace and intensity of high school hockey. Athletes who are registered in a regional high school and who meet the academic requirements are eligible.
The RoughRiders compete in the Eastern Division of the Midwest High School Hockey League.
Make sure you visit the volunteer signup list, Roster list, and team calendar are posted.


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"Despite the above and the fact that the parties have negotiated and entered into a cost-benefit statement since then, it is now clear that the first respondent (TSC) broke the withdrawal agreement from this appeal with respect to the dispute and insisted on continuing in the greatest bad faith and in total disregard of the President." Knut lawyer John Mbaluto argued. The Commission unilaterally suspended the CBA with effect from 1 July 2019 and therefore refused the members of Knut, who constitute the majority of teachers, to use the agreement duly signed and registered in the courts, whose registration certificate has not been revoked. "It is ruthless and immoral for the first defendant to withdraw the withdrawal agreement from the cases," he said, adding that the appeal should be quashed and TSC should be ordered to bear the costs. The Code of Regulations and the Code of Conduct and Ethics of Conduct for Teachers form an integral part of this Agreement. In his appeal to the Court of Appeal, Knut complains that the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) failed to comply with the withdrawal agreement from all court disputes as a precondition for the negotiation and conclusion of the collective agreement (CBA). In the event that the provisions of the KNA should be amended after the signature of the agreement, the parties should comply with them by mutual agreement; in writing and signed by the representatives of Knut and TSC. Any modification and/or modification of the KNA affecting remuneration and benefits was authorized in the opinion of the SRC. This is what the law says, but the teachers` employer broke the procedure and decided to act as a lone ranger – and arbitrarily suspend the CBA. This Agreement is governed by the laws of Kenya. It is expected to remain in force for four years from 1 July 2017. The agreement is expected to remain binding on both sides until a new KNA has been negotiated and signed.
The call was to lift the clouds regarding the legality of the 2015 teachers` strike. (ii) following KNUT`s disruptive experience during the implementation phase of the current 2017/2021 Collective Agreement (CBA), whose life expires on 30 June 2021; The union calls on TSC to respect and abide by labor laws and regulations applicable to CbAs. It is important to bear in mind that article 191 of the Code of Regulations for Adolescents states that "every teacher has the right to fair working practices, as enshrined in the Constitution." The postponement of the CBA has devastated teachers as their employer continues to deny them promotions, salary increases and other ancillary support services. Teachers` dreams of climbing the career ladder were shattered after the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) issued, until May 2, 2019, a circular that would have abolished the three rosters in the teaching service and replaced it with career Progress Guidelines (CPG) in violation of the CBA. . . .
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