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Photographer documents 'lost villages'
by William Hollingworth
LONDON — Londoners are getting their first glimpse of the hundreds of Japanese villages suffering from the effects of depopulation.
Sam Seager, 29, is exhibiting photos he took from all over Japan to highlight the growing problem of the exodus from the countryside to towns.
His images show abandoned hotels and rural homes that have fallen into disrepair after elderly residents died and their children decided to stay in the towns.
Seager's interest was prompted by an article he read about the plight of residents in Ogama on the Noto Peninsula in Ishikawa Prefecture. Only six people are left in the village, which he visited, and there are plans to turn the location into a waste dump.
Seager, who studied Japanese and law at university, wanted to capture the effects of depopulation on camera, and visited several villages during a three-month tour that spanned 6,500 km.
He says he was "shocked" by the "consistent" way in which villages had been depopulated and virtually abandoned.
Seager found many residents were resigned to the situation and appeared to be happy and healthy with their lives despite the decline.
He was also keen to snap the more mundane, quirky and fun aspects of rural life, such as a couple ballroom dancing and a man standing beside a large bear killed by hunters.
One haunting image shows an abandoned room with a cat's skeleton laying on top of its hair.
He started his journey in the Goto Islands near Nagasaki in Kyushu, then moved his way up the northern coastline, which borders the Sea of Japan, up to Hokkaido.
The intrepid photographer also visited areas outside of Nagoya and the Izu Islands, southwest of Tokyo.
Seager, who works in marketing for a record company, would sometimes stay with the families of Japanese friends or just arrive in places and set up camp.
He says he was always struck by the "incredible generosity" of many strangers who would sometimes house and feed him.
He would always tell them the purpose of his visit before getting out his camera.
In an interview, Seager said the pattern would often be the same in each village — homes abandoned after the elderly died because no one wanted to buy them.
Many of the properties were old and dilapidated and the children who inherited them would sometimes use them to grow crops.
Some of the villages were abandoned or with a few residents just hanging on and trying to make a living by growing crops. He took photos of an empty hotel that had been constructed at the height of the bubble economy, and one shot depicts a people carrier that appears to have been abandoned on the edge of a cliff.
But despite the rather desolate air, he found most residents were not so despondent.
He said, "Even though the infrastructure was crumbling, elderly people were well.
"A lot of the people I spoke to seemed resigned to the situation. They don't feel like they can change things.
"They are living their lives in the village until it is unsustainable to do so."
Seager said that during his journey he tried to capture what is best summed up by the ancient Japanese aesthetic of "sabi" — a celebration of that which is old and faded with, at heart, a very Buddhist sense of life's transitory nature.
Seager's exhibition "Lost Villages" has been showing at the Orange Dot Gallery in Bloomsbury, central London.


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Portlethen picks up prize in annual ROV competition
Published: 07:00 Friday 08 April 2016
Portlethen Academy has won the Encouragement for Future Development prize during the team's first outing in an annual competition which sees pupils from across Scotland put underwater robots they have designed and built to the test.
The Scottish leg of the challenge, co-ordinated and hosted by Robert Gordon University (RGU), saw 11 schools put underwater robots they have designed and built to the test at RGU's Sir Ian Wood Building.
The major STEM initiative aims to inspire future engineers through hands-on experience of designing remotely operated vehicles (ROVs) used underwater in the oil and gas, defence, oceanology and marine renewables industries.
BP North Sea has been a major sponsor of the Scottish regional competition since its launch in 2008, with Subsea UK joining the company as headline sponsor for the second year.
The RGU event is one of 24 regional heats held around the world by the Marine Advanced Technology Education (MATE) Centre in California and will see the winning school team travel to compete in this year's international final which will be held at the NASA Johnson Space Centre's Neutral Buoyancy Lab in Houston, Texas in June.
It was the first time Portlethen Academy has entered a team in the competition, with sixth pupil and team leader Scott Robertson, saying it had been a very positive experience.
He said: "It was very different from what I initially expected – it is very demanding but it has been really good. We had an incident where one of the ROV's motor blades fell off but I think we did better than we expected."
Mackie Academy also entered a team in the 2016 competition but didn't win a prize.
Mackie team captain Koni Watson said she was pleased with how they performed.
"I think we did pretty well as we haven't had too much time to spend on building the ROV due to other commitments," she said. "We've really enjoyed it. I really like to find out how things work and building something with my own hands from scratch."
To date, Scottish MATE ROV has worked with 536 pupils from 34 schools over the past nine years.
For further information, please visit www.marinetech.org/rov_competition/

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Chef Batra has spent 20 years in culinary management inspiring hotel guests and patrons throughout Canada, the United States and international markets with his culinary creativity and expertise. His philosophy towards cooking relies on using the highest quality ingredients possible and applying a hint of fusion or a contemporary twist to highlight those ingredients.
While completing his Bachelor of Arts, Chef Batra's professional path began with learning the culinary fundamentals at the Maurya Sheraton in New Delhi. From Delhi, Chef Batra began his international journey of culinary passion that has seen him work in India, Bahrain, and the Sultanate of Oman before immigrating to Canada in 1994.
Under the mentorship of Chef Fred Zimmerman, also the captain of Team Canada at the Westin Calgary, Chef Batra had the opportunity to work beside the veteran chef and share creative ideas.
After dedicating five years to the Westin Calgary, Chef Batra moved on to another challenge at the Sheraton Suites Eau Clair in Calgary. His hunger to further stretch his culinary artisan took Chef Batra across the border to the Westin Waltham Boston in Massachusetts for seven years. Chef Batra came back to Canada in 2013 where he spent an additional four years honing his craft at the Westin Prince Hotel Toronto.
Chef Batra joined the Cambridge Red Deer Hotel & Conference Centre in the summer of 2017. He brings an abundance of hospitality experience to his role as Executive Chef. Inspired by his local and global experiences, Chef Batra is helping to recharge and renew our guests' palates with his innovative take on national and international favorites.
Chef Batra has received many awards for his passion and commitment to the culinary arts, from winning the Alberta Hotel and Lodging Association's Gold Key Award to being named a finalist for the prestigious White Hatter Award. In 2015, Chef Batra had the honour of working with Kraft Canada, where he had the opportunity to promote Kraft Products as the Executive Chef of choice and work closely with their marketing team.
Chef Batra is excited to wow guests with his comprehensive knowledge of Canadian, Indian, Arabian, Mediterranean and Asian, Californian, and South West American cuisines.


Local mom and founder of OneTinySuitcase.ca, Stacey, loves exploring her own backyard and shares a couple of her favorite outings in Alberta, Canada.
I live in Calgary, Alberta (Canada) and one of our favourite 'beat the crowd' activities is to go to Calaway Park in the last two hours of operation. The crowds and parking lot can get pretty crazy at the park during the day but it is open right up until 6pm. We like to go there around 4pm when all the other amusement park goers are leaving. Our kids don't have to wait in long lines, park is open right up to 6pm and we can incorporate some kind of 'dinner' into our trip there. Our twins usually only last about 1/5-2 hours at the park so this works perfectly for us!
We also live right at the gateway to Banff National Park. On the weekends, the park gate is packed with visitors. To avoid the line up of cars waiting to buy day passes into the park we always purchase an Annual Pass. The Annual Pass allows us to use the 'thru lane' on the far right side of all the ticket windows- we just drive right through avoiding the line ups. If you are travelling to Banff you can now order a pass by phone (http://www.pc.gc.ca/pn-np/ab/banff/visit/visit23_E.asp) and have it delivered to your home before you trip. I recommend doing this to avoid the line ups at the gate.
Thanks to Stacey for the insider secrets!! If you've been to Calgary or Banff, please share your tips in the comments below!


The approved postgraduate training programme for clinical neurophysiology is available from the GMC curriculum for clinical neurophysiology.
Applicants for specialty training at ST3 should also hold the full MRCP (UK) or MRCPH. Not all applicants who meet the required standard to continue will necessarily be offered a post due to the level of competition.
Trainees can enter specialty training in clinical neurophysiology at ST3 level. Training takes a minimum of four years (ST3-6).
Trainees who wish to achieve a CCT in neurology as well as clinical neurophysiology must have applied for and successfully entered a training programme which was advertised openly as a dual training programme. Alternatively, trainees may apply in open competition for a post in the second specialty, having completed training in the first. If successful, the Specialist Advisory Committee would advise on how much time and competence from the first specialty training could be allowed towards the second. Normally trainees having successfully completed a training programme in neurology will require 2 further years in clinical neurophysiology to achieve dual CCT.
The JRCPTB has detailed information on the curriculum and assessment for clinical neurophysiology.
Detailed entry requirements and all essential and desirable criteria are listed in the person specification 2017 for clinical neurophysiology ST3.


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Export of Voiles, Webs, Mats, Mattresses, Boards and Other Articles of Glass Fibres
Austria - Export of Voiles, Webs, Mats, Mattresses, Boards and Other Articles of Glass Fibres
Since 2014, Austria Export of Voiles, Webs, Mats, Mattresses, Boards and Other Articles of Glass Fibres grew 2.7% year on year. In 2019, the country was number 16 among other countries in Export of Voiles, Webs, Mats, Mattresses, Boards and Other Articles of Glass Fibres at €19,816,264.27. Austria is overtaken by Hungary, which was number 15 with €21,471,148.85 and is followed by Latvia with €15,279,274.78. Germany topped the ranking with €549,232,467.44 in 2019, +2.1% compared to 2018. United Kingdom, France and Belgium respectively ranked number 2, 3 and 4 in this ranking. Malta witnessed the best average annual growth at +168.1% per year, while Cyprus recorded the worst performance at -23.2% per year.
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When I was 14, I went to Denmark on a summer exchange. Between bouts of hiking, touring, and reckless teenage drinking, my friends and I were cut off from the English-speaking world.
It was 1990, in the dark ages before the Internet, when transatlantic phone calls cost around a dollar a minute, and the only way to mail your friends was to stick a stamp on a letter and hope it arrived home before you did.
There was no Guardian Unlimited or New York Times online to keep you appraised of the world—the best you could get was a two-day-old USA Today, which is how I found out about the Oka Crisis, three weeks after my friends.
Now I long for those days. During our last week in Ireland, my phone has been exploding with tweets, Facebook status updates and news alerts from five different apps. I can't do anything for more than a minute without being reminded that Kommandant Trumpolini is burning the world down, while my friends share the most recent outrages with each other.
From Belfast, where we had a long tour of what happens when you plunge headfirst into religious hatred, we took the bus to Dublin.
The border between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland is basically non-existent. There is a border on the map, but the only way you can tell you've crossed over is the speed signs switch from miles to kilometres. This may all change after Brexit, but for now, it's great.
My whole life I've wanted to visit Ireland. When I was a kid there was a Celtic music revival in Canada, and it seemed like you couldn't go into a bar without hearing a jam of "diddle-dee, diddle-dee" coming from the corner. I am one of those rare white creatures who is not Irish, not even a little, but I became infatuated with the idea of visiting Ireland from these trips to the pub.
It did not disappoint, except in the costs department, where it has disappointed greatly. The most expensive pints in Europe so far have been in Dublin, and I wondered how long it would be before Jo and I joined the long line of beggars on O'Connell Street, shaking paper cups for our next fix.
Silent Valley Mountain Park, Ireland.
Dublin is so expensive that we have finally joined Airbnb. For years I had avoided the room-renting app because of how the movement has driven up local rent costs around the world, but when the cheapest hostel room you can find on the weekend is $135 with an outside bathroom, you start to care less about the problems of the local rental market.
So around Ireland we've been staying in a series of homes. In Dublin, it was yappy dogs that shat on the floor. In Cork it was a kindly Irishwoman who treated us like her long-absent children. In Galway it was a dude who was happy to sell us beer out the fridge, so long as we sat with him in the living room and listened to the entirety of Lady Gaga's new album.
But getting back to the good part—Ireland certainly is stunning and needs to be seen by all. A friend drove us out to the Cliffs of Moher in far west County Clare, the cliffs carved out by the ocean for millions of years. It looks like a layer cake of sediment, each geological age marked in different coloured rock.
The Cliffs of Moher in County Clare.
This being Ireland, there are also churches everywhere, though the most awesome cathedrals aren't Catholic but rather Church of Ireland, the local Anglican denomination. I'm told it's a leftover from Oliver Cromwell's 17th-century sack of the island, where he turned all the disloyal Roman Catholic churches into loyal Protestant ones.
For heathens like me, they're all dramatically beautiful though, even the Galway Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St. Nicholas, which was only built in 1965, when cathedrals were in steep decline elsewhere in the world. It's majestic like the others, but it's less majestic when you realize it was built with a crane rather than rickety wooden ladders.
Galway's Cathedral of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven and St Nicholas—looks ancient, really only 50 years old.
Fifty-some years later, to say the church is unpopular with Ireland's young is a bit of an understatement—most young Irish we've met loathe it and won't be caught dead inside a functioning church.
Graffiti in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
"The eighth" refers to the eighth amendment of the Irish constitution, which bans abortion in all cases, except when the mother's health is in immediate threat. That's right, Irish women are expected to bear their rapists' babies.
It was a beautiful march on a beautiful day. This is why, even when it annoys me, I don't shut off my constantly buzzing phone. If I did, I would miss days like this, when you can remind yourself that no matter where you are, people are still standing up against bullying and hatred.


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Update on Feb. 22 assault at Wayside Central
Two victims, suspect identified as CMU students
2/23/2020 | Updated: 2/23/2020 1:15 PM
Contact: Heather Smith
Central Michigan University officials and police are assisting in the investigation of an assault involving a knife on multiple victims – two confirmed as CMU students – just before midnight Saturday at Wayside Central in Mount Pleasant. One CMU student is in custody. The two student victims were taken to local hospitals and are listed in stable condition. There is no ongoing threat to the campus community stemming from this incident.
The suspect was arrested on campus without incident around 2 a.m. Sunday morning following a coordinated search and investigation conducted by the Mount Pleasant Police Department and assisted by the CMU Police Department.
The safety and support of our campus community is our No. 1 concern. CMU staff and administration are supporting the victims and the CMU Counseling Center has several resources available for those who need support. Anyone who would like to speak with a counselor can call 989-774-3381.
I commend the swift action of our dedicated CMU police officers working alongside MPPD to ensure the safety of our students and the entire campus community. The university will update the campus community as additional information becomes available or is warranted.
Tony Voisin
Interim Vice President, Enrollment and Student Services


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Elderly (elderly people) are ages who are vulnerable to physical problems. When someone is old, the body starts to decline and the organs begin to not work optimally. The following tips are solutions for the elderly to stay healthy and be able to move as usual. Aside from that, don't forget to check out the excellent adaptive caregiving tools as well.
The brain's ability to think and remember will decrease with time. If you want to have a prime brain, try learning something new for you, doing crosswords, or reading newspapers and magazines.
Exercise is very good to avoid joint pain due to rheumatism. Suggested exercise for the elderly includes walking, yoga, swimming, and light exercise that is done regularly.
The age of twilight needs complex carbohydrates, such as brown rice, bread, dietary sugars, pasta, and nuts.
Healthy fats are useful for forming healthy cell walls. Healthy fats are contained in avocados, olive oil, and soybean oil. Oil that must be avoided is cooking oil.
Drinking enough water every day can reduce the risk of getting the disease. But it would be more optimal for the elderly to have water without minerals. Inorganic minerals in water will make the body work harder to remove minerals that are not needed by the body.
Soybeans are natural estrogen boosters. For older people, adding a lot of soybeans to each meal can make it healthier.
Through a blood test, people with old age will avoid thyroid problems experienced by postpartum and the premenopausal period.
General check-ups are carried out regularly, especially if you are entering the age of 40 and above. Check the blood for hemoglobin (Hb) levels, leukocytes, platelets, cholesterol, fat and glycerol, and blood sugar. This is done because the onset of the disease does not appear suddenly.
In addition to the tips above, keeping food healthy and nutritious is also very necessary. Do not be lazy to see a doctor if unusual things happen in your body.


Michels was the Prime Contractor for the construction of the USH 41 Freeway Mainline Project. Michels was responsible for the oversight of 14 subcontractors working on this project.
The project consisted of constructing 21 miles of 52' wide rural freeway concrete pavement. This project had multiple interchanges, ramps, and mainline paving. Ramps were constructed in stage construction to minimized traffic impacts on USH 41.
The concrete pavement totaled approximately 660,000 square yards at completion of the projects. All concrete for the highway construction was mixed at on site at a Michels' batch plant. 800,000 tons of crushed aggregate material was supplied and placed for building pavement structure from a Michels quarry. Michels provided an onsite mobile crushing plant to recycle concrete.


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Baroness Vere
Baroness Vere of Norbiton was appointed as a Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport on 23 April 2019. She was previously a Government Whip (Baroness in Waiting) from 21 December 2016 to 26 July 2019.
Before entering politics, Charlotte spent 4 years as the Executive Director of the Girls' Schools Association, including 6 months as the General Secretary of the Independent Schools Council. Prior to that she was the CEO of Big White Wall, an online mental health service, and Finance Director at Recruit Media, a digital recruitment agency. Her early career was spent in investment banking.
Charlotte studied Biochemical Engineering at University College London (BSc Eng) and completed a MBA at The Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University.
Baroness Vere has responsibility for:
roads (including Highways England)
motoring agencies (DVSA, DVLA, VCA)
buses and taxis
light rail (including tram, underground and metro systems)
devolution (including union connectivity and London transport)
Road Freight - Driving our Economic Recovery
In a recorded video presentation, the Minister will reflect on the road freight industry's importance in driving economic growth and working with the sector to address its long established labour market issues and other challenges.


Bordeaux's beauty and great quality of life has been attracting more and more people and business opportunities the past few years, and most of the newcomers are freelancers, entrepreneurs, or otherwise represent new business opportunities to boost the city's economy. Sharing a working space with other people eases the loneliness of building a project alone in a flat, is a great way to meet new people (and maybe even a business partners); so for nomads working in or visiting Bordeaux, here are 10 of the top co-working places in town.
Located in the very chic "Triangle d'or" District, the warm welcome of Eric the mastermind behind Wigi Bordeaux will immediately make workers feel at home. This smartly-designed open space also has access private-meeting rooms if needed and two renovated caves downstairs. The décor is luminous with a touch of humor (thanks to comic figures painted on the wall) and perfectly matches Wigi's philosophy: professionalism in a friendly and relaxed atmosphere. Pay for the time spent there (€3.85 ($4.39) an hour), have free access to amenities (drinks and snacks), and practice yoga or Pilates in one of the renovated caves' training lounges downstairs. Wigi also organizes theme-based events on a regular basis that are another great way meet people in a professional yet very friendly environment.
A freelancer and foodie? Look no further than Le Buro des Possibles (the office where everything is possible). In the animated Saint Michel District, workers will love this beautiful and colorful place and the super-friendly staff. Before starting on work, sit in the coffee area and try their granola for a healthy breakfast or a slice of their delicious cakes as a treat. After that, move to their working space or to the Buro des Possibles' meeting room,"Le Cocon", which fits up to 10 people. For €20 ($22.79) per day (€16 ($18.23) for students), workers have access to all the space and can eat as many of their yummy snacks as they wish.
Come to La Bicoque for coffee or to work. There is a real sense of peacefulness reigning in this quiet co-working space located in the heart of the city and only few steps away from the Hotel de Ville (the Mayor's office). There are several formulas available for one-time guests and daily users alike. Regulars and newcomers cross paths in a very smooth way, and that is certainly reinforced by the kindness of the owner, Maud, who reinforces La Bicoque's serene atmosphere.
On the corner of the trendy rue Ste Colombe, Le Bac à Sable is a spacious and vibrant working café that stands out by its heterogeneity. Very practical, it was created to give people the best conditions to work under. Work stations include high and low tables for those who want the feel of a real office as well as couches and swing chairs for those who want to feel at home. It has a time-based fee, but there are also daily (€20) ($22.79), weekly (€75) ($85.47), or monthly (€250 ($284.90) with a 10% discount for students) fees for those working on a longer project. Coffee, tea, and tasty biscuits are included in the price, and feel free to look for some inspiration in their tiny but rich library.
Close to Bordeaux's Chamber of Commerce, the Node-Aquinum is a co-working space dedicated to digital workers with a very competitive price of €250 ($284.90) per year. It is a great deal for a digital entrepreneur on a budget. If the membership is pretty inexpensive, it doesn't have a negative impact on the services offered by the staff. Supported by Aquinum, an association that links all the digital professionals in the Aquitaine region, the Node is a fantastic environment for networking and collaboration. In addition to that, the regular networking are great occasions to build a portfolio and socialize at the same time.
Atelier Zélium is a collaborative design and manufacturing facility located in the heart of Bordeaux. Not a typical workplace, it is dedicated to the craft industry. This incredible-looking structure has two main activities: conception/creation and co-working. On one hand, the staff creates décors, furniture, and many other objects for architects, designers, and the entertainment industry. On the other hand, it is also a space in which people can use the high-quality machines from the atelier to develop their projects with the help of experienced and talented professionals. The Atelier Zéluim's cordial atmosphere will definitively suit anyone.
In the praised Les Chartrons neighborhood, Weecolab is a medium-size co-working space suitable for digital entrepreneurs. The amazing stone architecture gives great character to this venue. Highly functional, Wecoolab has 12 desks with high-speed internet, a meeting room, and a nice kitchen for lunch breaks though there are many good restaurants nearby. The main advantage of this place is that subscribers have a 24-hour access 365 days a year, so those who get inspired at 3am won't have to wait until the next morning to work on a project.
There are several reasons to enjoy working in La Girafe's co-working space in the popular Les Chartrons neighborhood. The luminous offices that will cheer workers up even on the gloomiest-winter days. In addition to the numerous desks available in the open space, there are also two meeting rooms for those needing to meet with clients. As soon as the sunny days come back, work or spend the lunch break on La Girafe's outstanding 70-meter square terrace. Those who use their lunch break to hit the gym, shower and feel fresh before starting up work again. One last thing, those not sure about joining La Girafe can enjoy a free trial for one entire day. For those who subscribe, the monthly membership costs €300 ($341.90) a month.
L'Odysée is only a three-minute walk from Gare Saint Jean train station and great for workers who plan on staying in Bordeaux for a while (minimum subscription is one month). It can host up to 20 people in an open space and has two closed offices for business meetings. Those needing to blow some steam off, there is a large room dedicated to everyone as well as an open space, two closed offices, and a large relaxation room.
The Buro Club Bordeaux Quinconces et Grand Théâtre belongs to a total of 145 offices worldwide. Its two working spaces in Bordeaux are in two prestigious areas of the city: the Grand Théâtre and the Quinconces, one of Bordeaux's most visited attractions. Workers joining the Euro would benefit from the network's extensive expertise and will be exposed to various solutions to improve their business. Memberships start at €295 ($336.20) per month which includes closed-working spaces and the possibility for workers to use the Buro Club's address.


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Shadow Government: Heresy over defense Heresy over defense...
A front-row seat to the Republicans' debate over foreign policy, including their critique of the Biden administration.
Heresy over defense
In recent months, a new orthodoxy has crept into discussions of defense spending. This narrative holds that the United States spends too much on defense, is suffering economically because of it, and therefore the United States can and should make major cuts in the size of the defense budget. The orthodox view increasingly substitutes arbitrary ...
By Tom Mahnken
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In recent months, a new orthodoxy has crept into discussions of defense spending. This narrative holds that the United States spends too much on defense, is suffering economically because of it, and therefore the United States can and should make major cuts in the size of the defense budget. The orthodox view increasingly substitutes arbitrary budget targets for an appreciation of America's enduring interests. The alternative, heretical, view starts with an understanding of America's unique global role and then seeks to identify the strategy and resources needed to fulfill it. Mitt Romney began to challenge this orthodoxy in his speech on foreign policy last Friday at The Citadel. One hopes that this is but the first round of a much-needed debate on defense spending.
The Orthodox View: The current level of defense spending is unsustainable. The U.S. government will need to make major cuts in defense spending in upcoming years.
The Heresy: The Defense Department has already undertaken several rounds of cuts since the Obama administration took office, and the Obama administration plans to cut an additional $400 billion in defense expenditures. If the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction does not reach its targeted level of cuts, the Defense Department will face unprecedented automatic cuts. As former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates cautioned shortly before leaving office, additional cuts in defense will call into question the role that the United States has played in the world for more than half a century. As he put it, "The tough choices ahead are really about the kind of role the American people -- accustomed to unquestioned military dominance for the past two decades -- want their country to play in the world."
In recent months, a new orthodoxy has crept into discussions of defense spending. This narrative holds that the United States spends too much on defense, is suffering economically because of it, and therefore the United States can and should make major cuts in the size of the defense budget. The orthodox view increasingly substitutes arbitrary budget targets for an appreciation of America's enduring interests. The alternative, heretical, view starts with an understanding of America's unique global role and then seeks to identify the strategy and resources needed to fulfill it. Mitt Romney began to challenge this orthodoxy in his speech on foreign policy last Friday at The Citadel. One hopes that this is but the first round of a much-needed debate on defense spending.
The Heresy: The Defense Department has already undertaken several rounds of cuts since the Obama administration took office, and the Obama administration plans to cut an additional $400 billion in defense expenditures. If the Joint Select Committee on Deficit Reduction does not reach its targeted level of cuts, the Defense Department will face unprecedented automatic cuts. As former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates cautioned shortly before leaving office, additional cuts in defense will call into question the role that the United States has played in the world for more than half a century. As he put it, "The tough choices ahead are really about the kind of role the American people — accustomed to unquestioned military dominance for the past two decades — want their country to play in the world."
The United States may actually have to spend more on defense to defend U.S. territory, protect our allies, and safeguard our interests. In the words of the Congressionally-mandated 2010 Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel, "The [U.S.] force structure needs to be increased in a number of areas, including the need to counter anti-access challenges; strengthen homeland defense, including cyber threats; and conduct post-conflict stabilization missions. It must also be modernized." These are not the words of some paleo- or neo-conservative, but rather the findings of a group of 20 senior officials who have served Democratic and Republican presidents over decades. The Independent Panel called for an increase in the size of the U.S. Navy, the acquisition of a next-generation bomber, and new long-range strike systems. The panel acknowledged that although the Defense Department must do everything it can to achieve cost savings on acquisition and overhead, "substantial additional resources will be required to modernize the force."
The Orthodox View: Defense spending is a drain on the U.S. economy.
The Heresy: Defense spending provides tangible benefits to the American people both internationally and domestically.
Internationally, American military dominance has benefited the United States and the world as a whole. The fact that the U.S. Navy has commanded the maritime commons has allowed trade to flow freely and reliably, spurring globalization and lifting millions out of poverty. It is unclear whether the stability that American military dominance has yielded would continue in its absence. As Bill Clinton's Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Affairs, Joseph S. Nye, Jr., famously noted, security is like oxygen: you don't notice it until it begins to run out.
Domestically, defense does more to stimulate the U.S. economy than most things the U.S. government spends money on. The defense budget creates job and spurs the development of new technology. It is hard to think of other categories of government expenditure that are as stimulative of economic growth, yet the Defense Department was largely exempt from the Obama administration's stimulus plans.
The stakes are too high to accept the new orthodoxy on defense on face value. The American people deserve a full-scale debate over the direction of American national security. As last year's Quadrennial Defense Review Independent Panel put it, "Although there is a cost to recapitalizing the military, there is also a price to be paid for not re-capitalizing, one that in the long run would be much greater."
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A closet full of clothes with shoes, and everything that Lady Gaga wears at her concerts, now you could dress her as you want!
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Gustav Adolfs socken i Skåne ingick i Villands härad, ingår sedan 1971 i Kristianstads kommun och motsvarar från 2016 Gustav Adolfs distrikt.

Socknens areal är 15,88 kvadratkilometer varav 9,91 land. År 2000 fanns här 1 161 invånare. Huvuddelen av tätorten Viby med sockenkyrkan Gustav Adolfs kyrka ligger i socknen.

Administrativ historik
Socknen har medeltida ursprung. Namnet var före 1778 Viby socken.

Vid kommunreformen 1862 övergick socknens ansvar för de kyrkliga frågorna till Gustav Adolfs församling och för de borgerliga frågorna bildades Gustav Adolfs landskommun. Landskommunen uppgick 1952 i Fjälkinge landskommun som 1971 uppgick i Kristianstads kommun. Församlingen uppgick 2002 i Gustav Adolf-Rinkaby församling.

Den 1 januari 2016 inrättades distriktet Gustav Adolf, med samma omfattning som församlingen hade 1999/2000.

Socknen har tillhört län, fögderier, tingslag och domsagor enligt vad som beskrivs i artikeln Villands härad. De indelta soldaterna tillhörde Norra skånska infanteriregementet, Livkompaniet och Skånska dragonregementet, Christianstads skvadron, Majorns kompani.

Geografi
Gustav Adolfs socken ligger sydost om Kristianstad med Hammarsjön i söder. Socknen är en odlad slättbygd.

Fornlämningar
Från stenåldern finns en dös och oval stenkrets. Från bronsåldern finns rester av en gravhögar och skålgropsförekomster.

Namnet
Namnet gavs 1778 i samband med att kronprins Gustav Adolf döptes. Det tidigare namnet, Viby, skrevs 1401 Vigby, kom från kyrkbyn och innehåller vik och by..

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Indelningar i Kristianstads kommun
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What an adorable book about books, and dragons, and independent, brave little girls! When Rosehilda (what a name, amiright?!) wants books because she What an adorable book about books, and dragons, and independent, brave little girls! When Rosehilda (what a name, amiright?!) wants books because she knows how amazing and important they could be to her village, she is met with resistance. But our brave heroine doesn't give up. And even when all her attempts to bring reading to the village seem to be for naught, fearless Rosehilda once again braves the thing that all the villagers, even her teacher and grandfather, are afraid of.
I adore how the historical feel of this book makes it seem like it could be a forgotten tale from long ago in our own history (we used to have book dragons, y'all - don't you remember?) or a tale from an alternate universe. It's the best kind of fairytale - just believable enough to be magical.
Librarians will rejoice and young readers will giggle about this gentle reminder of how to treat your library books (and what to do when mayhem accide Librarians will rejoice and young readers will giggle about this gentle reminder of how to treat your library books (and what to do when mayhem accidentally ensues).
Jake is an enterprising youngster who knows that his library book wasn't treated correctly. When he comes up with a solution, he is greeted with the smiling face of the "librarian he adores," and the ability to borrow "not one, but four" more books to solve his...other problems.
The use of repetition and interjections make this tale perfect for a read-aloud audience, and fans of cumulative tales (This is the House that Jack Built, There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly, Me and Annie McPhee, etc) will definitely want to add this book to their personal libraries.
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A clever, imaginative prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice's Magic Garden will inspire readers who haven't yet discovered Carroll's work A clever, imaginative prequel to Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Alice's Magic Garden will inspire readers who haven't yet discovered Carroll's works, and give familiar readers a curious glimpse into the potential life of Alice, before the rabbit hole.
This could be a great addition to school units focusing on Carroll. The repetition of the idea that kindness is magical is a nice, relatable theme (especially in our current world) that will make the story accessible to younger children as well as older readers.
The illustrations of the school and bullies in gray tones are neatly juxtaposed with the colorful world of Alice. Stylistically, several pages employ a bookplate-looking box around the words. While this does add beauty and depth to the pages where it encompasses the text entirely, when it is used to highlight only partial sections of text it becomes more of a distraction.
While we are, thankfully, starting to see more and more books on bullying, most of these stories solve the problem of the bully by asking the child to While we are, thankfully, starting to see more and more books on bullying, most of these stories solve the problem of the bully by asking the child to stand up to the bully, usually with the help of friends, or by being the friend that comes to the rescue of another child. This is a thoughtful approach that works sometimes, but what about shy kids who lack confidence, or the kids that don't have friends to help?
"'I'm too little,' Teeny blubbered. 'I can't do it! Not alone!' But she had to, had to, had to. Tiny Teeny, on her own."
After summoning her brothers to help rescue her mother (who has been trapped in a bucket), Teeny is pushed out of the way with the assumption that she is too little to help. When all of the brothers also find themselves trapped in the bucket, it is up to Teeny to find her courage, put her plans into action and rescue the entire family.
Teeny is cute (especially in illustration, a tiny pink toad juxtaposed with the more expected brown, lumpy toad of her brothers), BUT she's also intelligent and brave. I love that her smarts show throughout the story - "Could we lift her out somehow?" and "You need a ladder" - even if the brothers aren't hearing. She doesn't need anyone to help her find the answer once she realizes that it is up to her (a little nudge to find her own bravery, which is often a hard thing to find), and though the illustrations show her enlisting help, this just highlights more great character traits, an ability to lead, be friendly and cooperative. Her plan didn't take muscles, "just brains and clever feet."
This is such a fresh and entertaining format for littles! It reminds me of the many years I spent happily reading Choose Your Own Adventure books, and This is such a fresh and entertaining format for littles! It reminds me of the many years I spent happily reading Choose Your Own Adventure books, and I am happy to report that my own daughter seems to be well on her way to enjoying those, too, based on her love of this book.
This one is for any child who can't sit still, and would rather be outside (in other words, every child). A beautiful book for introducing or encourag This one is for any child who can't sit still, and would rather be outside (in other words, every child). A beautiful book for introducing or encouraging an interest in photography, as well as a reminder to stop and notice nature - a wonderful lesson not just for kids!
The day I purchased this book at the bookstore, I sat and read thirty or forty recently published picture books. I only bought one: Arctic White by Da The day I purchased this book at the bookstore, I sat and read thirty or forty recently published picture books. I only bought one: Arctic White by Danna Smith (and three or four chapter books, and a couple of novels, and a board game, and...#bookstoreproblems).
Arctic White tells the tale of a little girl who hopes and waits for something more than white in all of the white of the Arctic, until the day her grandfather takes her on a journey to view the Northern Lights.
Like several of the books I've recently reviewed, the text is spare. In this story however, the spare text helps to emphasize the seeming lack of depth in the Arctic tundra in winter, where "everything is a shade of white" and "winter days are dark as night." Yet even with so few words, Danna Smith manages to imbue the text with subtle glances into deeper subjects, and reminds us that nature is never really lacking.
She neatly juxtaposes the warmth the little girl feels for her grandfather with the cold that "always finds a way to sneak inside your warmest parka." She reminds us of the hope the little girl feels, on the longest journey where "even footprints are white in the Arctic" through her grandfather's glowing lantern. Smith ties the wondrous beauty of nature and the Northern Lights back to the little girl's love of her grandfather, as the Northern Lights not only remind her to welcome the dark but also help her see "the twinkle in his eye." And since the little girl has an artist's eye for color (the blue-white versus the yellow-white versus the silver-white), of course she remembers the beauty through art.


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Olympic 1500m hopeful Mack Horton ready to emerge from the shadows
Not that long ago it would have been inconceivable most Australian sports fans wouldn't know the name of a rising 1500m swimmer, especially one ranked No.2 in the world, not to mention a year out from an Olympic Games.
Anyway, this is Mack Horton. He might win an Olympic gold medal in Rio. Everybody wave.
Such has been swimming's rapid demotion from popular sporting culture that athletes like Horton, from Melbourne, need a degree of introduction unless the opening ceremony falls within the next pay cycle.
Yet the 19-year-old could well be Australia's next distance champion. Grant Hackett's return to the ranks of the Dolphins has largely overshadowed Horton's steady rise, but it's the latter far more likely to be gracing a podium in Brazil.
With James Magnussen out after shoulder surgery, it will fall to sprint star Cate Campbell to headline the individual Australian assault at the FINA World Championships in the Russian city of Kazan in August.
The women's 4 x 100m relay – gold medalists from London – look virtually invincible yet outside of that it's a meet made for a new face to press their Olympic prospects.
Horton finds himself ranked number one in the 400m but like Hackett and Kieren Perkins before him, cherishes the 1500m, an event which Australia has an enduring and curious love affair with and one that could yet be rekindled in a little over 12 months' time.
And while the recent template for staying stars has been one of steely determination and focus – Perkins was swimming in his sleep – Horton could barely be more laidback.
It's helped that he's largely flown under the radar, but even so, he says he's at his best when he forgets swimming the moment he steps out of the water.
"Mentally, I don't really think about it too much, until you [journalists] ask about it. I deal with things as they come … I'll start getting serious when I'm over there in Russia getting ready," Horton said.
"For me, it needs to be done that way so it doesn't consume your life. If you're constantly thinking and stressing about it, it doesn't work. I tend to manage it fairly well myself and they [coaches] can see I'm doing OK."
Still, Horton admits he likes the sound of 'Mack Horton, world champion', even it would sharply focus the spotlight ahead of Rio, adding the kind of pressure he's so far been able to avoid in his swimming career.
"It goes all right [the idea of a world title]. I try not to think about it too much," he said.
"It would definitely add a lot of pressure going into Rio next year. But that's a good stepping stone and a marker for what could be to come in the following year. It could be all right."
The man Horton must beat in the Russia has become an unlikley comrade. Italian Gregorio Paltrinieri spent time in Melbourne at the start of the year training alongside Horton and his coach Craig Jackson.
Now Horton must find a way to erase the five-second gap between their personal bests, with Horton's 14:44.09s set at this year's Australian Championships in arrears of the 14:39.93s Paltrinieri set at last year's European titles.
"He actually came to train with me last year [November] for about a month. He's coming to train again at the end of this year as well. We're actually pretty good mates," Horton said.
"He just emailed my coach Craig and said he wanted to come and train with me. He came over with his coach and his physio. I showed him around Melbourne and we became good friends. He's a great guy."
Horton said the Dolphins had pulled together ahead of Kazan after the withdrawal of Magnussen and Kylie Palmer, who has taken a voluntary suspension as she fights drug allegations.
"We had a meeting about what happened to the team and who's missing out and all of that type of thing. We're all going OK. Everyone is focusing on what they need to do to swim the best they can," he said.
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This is the tour to take if you want to actively spend time in the wilderness, enjoy different natural habitats and watch birds and mammals. We go bog-shoeing in one of Europe's largest raised bogs with breath-taking views of bog-pools and experience the peacefulness of old-growth forests. To explore the most stunning contrasts of Nordic nature, we go canoeing and hiking in Matsalu and Soomaa national parks and other protected areas. In addition to excellent sightseeing and activities in natural settings we tour (by bike) medieval Tallinn Old Town, an increasingly popular UNESCO World Heritage site.
The Estonian coast is one of the main migration centerpoints in Europe. Up to 100 million migrating birds pass through in a year, drawing enthusiastic birders from all over Europe annually. But around 700 Brown bears, 600 lynxes, 200 wolves, 12 000 Elks, thousands of Raccoon dogs, 16 000 Beavers, 1500 Ringed Seals and other mammals also live in Estonia. Western-taiga-type forests alternate with huge bogs and semi-natural habitats rich in plant species. An extensive network of protected areas has been created to preserve this diverse nature; 22% of Estonia's land area is protected.
Bog-shoeing in one of Europe's largest raised bogs.
Very good opportunity to see the Brown Bear in its natural habitat.
Canoeing in Kasari River delta with beavers and bats flying over water.
Walking on paths of bears, wolves and lynx.
Hiking and exploring semi-natural habitats overflowing with plant species, wooded meadows and deep Nordic forests.
Sights and sounds of thousands of cranes and geese, and millions of songbirds on their spring and autumn mass migration; a variety of woodpeckers, aristocratic Black Grouse and Capercaillie, Hazel Grouse, Eurasian Pygmy Owl, Ural Owl.
Arrival in Tallinn. Then drive to Haapsalu. At sunset, we head off for a walk to listen to cranes, geese and watch their flight to their night stay. As we await dusk, we can also spot elks. Night in Haapsalu.
Western Estonia is penetrated by the East Atlantic flyway which is used during migration by millions of Nordic birds to stop, rest and feed. A magnificent sight unfurls when tens of thousands of cranes, geese and millions of singing birds migrate. Thus, Matsalu National park is one of the most important bird migration centerpoints in Europe. Estonia's coastal meadows, the largest reed beds on the Baltic Sea coast, shallow sea bays and islands offer migrating birds good feeding, resting and hiding opportunities. Many watchtowers near the migration route give observers opportunity to enjoy easily the sights and sounds as thousands of birds fly through the air.
We will visit the well-known Matsalu birdwatching towers to witness the spectacular mass bird migration. Just at sunrise, we walk to the Matsalu floodplain to watch the elks' mating game and enjoy enchanting landscape views. In the evening we drive to the southern Matsalu bay for a 3-4 hour long canoe ride between reedbeds of the Kasari River delta. While paddling we hope to see beavers, birds and bats chasing insects. Night in Haapsalu. The broad and well-maintained coastal meadows and floodplains of the Matsalu National Park offer good habitats for elks; beaver families live in the delta of the Kasari River. In Autumn elks are in the middle of the busiest mating season. Great bull elks with elaborate horns seek to catch the attention of the elk cows, scraping the soil, rustling bushes; if that does not sort out the winner, intimidating battles follow. In Spring Elk cows cautiously bring their small calves to the meadows to eat.
We drive to Soomaa National Park and take a half a day bog-shoeing hike to see unique bog landscape and experience the feeling of walking on wobbly land and take a stop at the watching tower for a picturesque view of the bog pools. We get acquainted with raised bog landscapes, unique plant habitats and the old-growth forest that towers between the bogs. Night in Soomaa.
"Soomaa" literally means "land of bogs" in Estonian. Soomaa National Park consists of bogs with rivers winding amongst them. Raised bogs are like huge sponges what hold vast amounts of water. Bogs started to develop after the last ice age about 12 0000 years ago. Biggest of them cover 10 000 hectares and the peat layer is 8 metres thick. Bogs have a mosaic structure with bog-pools and bog islands what were in the past used as a hiding place during wars. Nowadays rare species like golden eagle and wolves find shelter on bog islands.
Since old times people have used bog-shoes, what look like snow-shoes, to make walking on spongy bog soil easier. Nowadays bog-shoeing is fun option to spend time in nature and hike. If you can manage a walk, you can manage a bog shoeing tour.
Our morning starts before sunrise when we head out to view the Black Grouse lek. After that we are joined for the day by a research scientist who specializes in large carnivores, especially wolves. We explore Soomaa for marks of wolves and other mammals. Our guest scientist will talk about large carnivores – their biology, habitats and prey. Sometimes, remains of prey can be found. In case of good luck, on dark and silent nights, we may hear the howls of the wolves. Just before sunset, we'll search for European smallest owl – Pygmy Owl – and after dark, the Ural Owl. Night in Soomaa.
In the morning we drive to northeast Estonia's Alutaguse wilderness area where we'll tour the local forests before heading to the bear hide. The hide offers an excellent possibility to see bears, racoon dogs, red fox and, from time to time, wild boars. The hide accommodates 10 people comfortably, with bunk beds, a dry toilet, viewing windows, chairs and sleeping bags. Night in the bear hide.
Alutaguse, a huge forest and bog area, is situated in N-E Estonia near the Russian border. The forest area is typical Western taiga with aspen, birch, spruce and pine. Alutaguse forests are home to about 300 bears — one of the best Brown Bear areas in Europe! Bear droppings, tracks and claw marks on the trees are easy to find. In Autumn bears are stuffing their stomachs to prepare for winter hibernation. In Spring hungry bears awake from their 5-month long diet and begin to roam.
Guided bike tour in enchanting medieval Tallinn Old Town. Night in Tallinn.
The well-preserved medieval town structure and surroundings of Tallinn Old Town, originating from the 11th to 15th Centuries, give it a place on the UNESCO World Heritage list. Streets and houses have been protected by a mostly intact city wall, complete with guard towers. Buildings, churches, merchant and craftsman houses maintain their centuries-old authenticity. Nowadays cosy cafes, boutiques and art galleries add vibrant life to the medieval atmosphere.
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Facebook adding 500 employees to London headquarters in 2017
By Christian Nordqvist Published Nov 21, 2016 at 11:44 AM GMT
Facebook has announced that it will add 500 employees to its new London headquarters when it opens in 2017. The US online social media and social networking giant says its workforce in the UK will increase by 50%, with additional sales staff, project managers, marketers and engineers.
Vice President, EMEA (Europe, Middle East & Africa) Facebook, Nicola Mendelsohn, said:
"The UK remains one of the best places to be a tech company."
Most of the new employees will be based at the new headquarters in Fitzrovia in central London, near the capital's West End lying partly in the London Borough of Camden and the City of Westminster.
Described by The Daily Telegraph as 'the most powerful woman in the British tech industry,' Manchester-born Nicola Mendelsohn has been VP EMEA at Facebook since 2013. (Image: adapted from her social media page)
Ms. Mendelsohn announced the planned expansion at the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) Conference at Grosvenor House, London.
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Ms. Mendelsohn said regarding the UK:
"Many of those new roles will be high-skilled engineering jobs as the UK is home to our largest engineering base outside of the US."
Aquila, a solar-powered flying drone that provides Internet connectivity in isolated regions, was developed by Facebook's UK-based engineers. The company said many of its major innovations have been developed in Britain.
Aquila was developed in Somerset, the only Facebook UK site outside London.
Workplace, a platform that improves communications between employees within the same company, was developed at Facebook's London office. The platform was launched in October.
Facebook says its new headquarters will be in Fitzrovia in Central London. Five hundred new employees will be hired, which will increase its UK workforce by 50%. (Image: adapted from Google Maps)
Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg, described Workplace as an app "but I think about it more as a way of running a company."
Google announces massive London investment
Last week, Google announced that it was investing £1 billion in a new London head office, with the creation of 3,000 new jobs. The project is scheduled to be completed by the end of this decade.
The search engine giant currently has 4,000 employees in Britain, but with the new HQ in Kings Cross, London, that figure will rise to over seven thousand. The project will be Google's largest outside of the United States
In an interview with BBC News, Google's CEO Sundar Pichai said:
"The UK has been a tremendous market for us. We see big opportunities here. This is a big commitment from us – we have some of the best talent in the world in the UK and to be able to build great products from here sets us up well for the long term."
When Britons voted for Brexit – Britain Exiting the European Union – in a referendum on June 23rd, there was concern that large multinational corporations might move their operations out of London and into a city of an EU member state.
To have two technology giants announce major investments in London is great news for the country and its capital.
Sadiq Khan, the Mayor of London, said regarding Facebook's investment:
"Facebook's decision to expand in London is further evidence that London's strength as a tech hub keeps on growing."
"The capital's vibrant tech scene is the envy of Europe and Facebook's continuing commitment is another sign that London is open to talent, innovation and entrepreneurship from all four corners of the world."
The Chancellor of the Exchequer, Philip Hammond, said:
"This is big vote of confidence in Britain's leading position as a global tech hub and more evidence that leading firms are choosing to invest here."
"Our technology industry is central to securing future economic growth and this Government is committed to ensuring it continues to thrive. It's further proof that Britain is open for business and that we continue to be an outward-looking, world-leading nation."


Street Soccer USA: Sacramento Kicks Off!
Team Manager Chris Mann understands the power of sports and has been using sports to catalyze personal development for several years already. Now he's designing programming around Street Soccer USA and the Homeless USA Cup.
The program he leads in Sacramento is developed out of Mather Community Campus and Adolfo Youth Services. This collaborative service provides a comprehensive education and training program for homeless people seeking to change there lives. 182 singles and 55 families with 110 children as well as the Emancipated Foster Youth Program housing 40 residents populate the campus. While Chris has served over 500 people with life changing sports activities, this is the first soccer team of any kind he has implements. In Chris's words, "This event is a god-send to our program. We look forward to being in DC next year and playing with the other folks who are in this life changing event. We are training twice a week and we have been fortunate enough to play in an indoor facility and on site. As the weather turns we will practice in a church gym in our community. The 8 men and 4 women have been training for 2 months now and are very excited about this opportunity."
Way to go Chris. Best of luck to you and your team!


The Heidelberg Disputation represents the first time that Reformational theology emerges as a whole. In this work, Dr. Luther highlights 28 fundamental truths of the Christian faith. Almost every major issue of the Reformation is covered in bite-sized pieces. The Fellows outline the context, history, and impact of the disputation as a lead up the 500th anniversary of the Reformation. Sit back, relax, grab a drink, and enjoy the show.


This was heavily reported yesterday but just in case you missed it, a new cave, the twelfth, that likely held some Dead Sea Scrolls has been discovered and excavated. Unfortunately, no new scrolls or fragments of scrolls with texts were found. But they did find, pieces of six jars consistent with those that contained scrolls found in the other caves, papyrus and parchment fragments, a leather strap that might have been used to tie scrolls, Neolithic flint tools, and a carnelian stamp seal. Two modern pickaxes were also found, suggesting that the cave had been looted.
There are too many sources to list. But the Hebrew University of Jerusalem story has links for good quality photos here. The Logos Academic blog has additional photos and explanation here. The Washington Post has a good article here.
Although it is bit early to tell, this discovery might support at least two points. First, there are likely other caves yet to be discovered. Second, that some of the recent Dead Sea Scrolls fragments that have been sold recently might be authentic. But great caution should be exercised before we know more.
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In the United Kingdom, the first Royal Auxiliary Air Force squadrons are formed.
January 1 - French airline CIDNA is formed.
March 1 - Ryan Airlines begins regular services.
April - First in-flight movie shown on a scheduled flight: First National's The Lost World on Imperial Airways service from London to the continent.
April 13 - First scheduled airfreight service begins in the US.
April 15 - Ukvozdukhput begins services in the Ukraine.
May 1 - the Imperial Japanese Army Air Corps is established.
June 20 - Off New England, a United States Coast Guard Vought UO-1 becomes the first aircraft to pursue a rum-runner.
June 24 - Off New England, a United States Coast Guard Vought UO-1 becomes the first aircraft to assist in the capture of a rum-runner.
July 13 - Western Air Express is founded.
August 5 - Lloyd Aero Boliviano commences operations.
September 2 - Zeppelin USS Shenandoah breaks up in a storm and crashes, killing fourteen.
September 3 - The Spanish Navy aviation ship D�dalo, the only ship ever built capable of operating airships, balloons, and seaplanes, accompanies a Spanish fleet to Morocco to participate in the Rif War. Her aircraft and one of the airships she operates support the Spanish campaign to capture Ajir, which falls on October 2. She is the only European aviation ship to see combat between the end of the Russian Civil War and the beginning of World War II.
October 3 - The Royal Navy cruiser Vindictive launches a Fairey IIID floatplane by catapult. It is the first catapult launch of a standard British naval aircraft.
October 15 - a de Havilland DH.53 Humming Bird piloted by Flying Officer Campbell MacKenzie-Richards and also Flying Officer Riggs is successfully launched from the British airship R.33.
October 18 - Sadi Lecointe wins the Beumont Cup, with a speed of 194 mph (312 km/h).
October 26 - Schneider Trophy race flown at Baltimore, US. Won by Jimmy Doolittle (USA) in a Curtiss R3C at 374.2 km/h (232.6 mph).
Aero A.11
January 3 - Fairey Fox
January 5 - Short Singapore
Gloster Gamecock
February 22 - de Havilland Moth
March 10 - Supermarine Southampton
May 2 - Douglas C-1
May 10 - Armstrong Whitworth Atlas
June 4 - Marinens Flyvebaatfabrikk M.F.9
July 6 - Douglas DAM
July 7 - Boeing 40
July 29 - Bl�riot 155
August 24 - Supermarine S.4
29 August - Gloster III
November 9 - Fairey Firefly (biplane)
November 26 - Tupolev TB-1
May 15 - Junkers G.23 with Swedish Air Lines


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Brazil & Arab Countries Forum
Short film fest on pandemic living features Egyptian woman
Malak El Araby is one of the ten African women who have won the Ladima Foundation Short Film Competition. Films up to 2 minutes long are being shown with Portuguese subtitles supplied by the Brazilian-based African Short Film Festival.
Bruna Garcia Fonseca
bruna.garcia@anba.com.br
São Paulo – A festival of short films up to 2 minutes long is featuring ten African filmmakers' takes on life during the Covid-19 pandemic and its personal, economic and societal repercussions. The film fest is an initiative of the Africa in Motion Film Festival and the Ladima Foundation, an African NGO which encourages audio visual work by women.
The short films portray the problems facing many African women, in emotional stories that touch on domestic violence, the lack of opportunities, the burden of heightened care, and also on resilience and hope – as is the case with "Being," by Egypt's Malak El Araby, which presents a brighter outlook on the situation we are experiencing.
Also featured are films by women from Kenya, Ghana, South Africa and Nigeria. Each filmmaker got EUR 500 and got their work shown in multiple formats.
The films are available on the Africa in Motion website, with Portuguese subtitles supplied by Mostra de Cinemas Africanos (the African Film Festival), a project by Ana Camila Esteves of Brazil designed to broaden the reach and visibility of narratives in Portuguese-speaking countries. The short films are also available at the end of this story.
ANBA interviewed Malak El Araby (pictured at the top of this page) on Being – her second outing. The 21-year-old filmmaker is pursuing a degree in Film from the American University in Cairo, where she lives. The idea for the film occurred to her during the lockdown, which led her to question everything she missed. The intimate film includes pre-pandemic footage of people holding hands, hugging, walking the streets, gathering for birthdays and weddings, and even heading to the mosque to pray.
A still from Malak's short film
"During the lockdown, it made me think a lot about everything I missed, like going out with my friends, going to events like weddings and graduations, and simple things like just holding your friend's hand. It made me realize that all of us, we have little things that we all took for granted, and it was kind of a good thing that the lockdown made me realize all of these things," El Araby said. She also asked her friends what they missed the most, and they all mentioned everyday things.
"So I came up with the idea of why don't I make a short film and make people feel the same way I feel about this lockdown. Instead of just taking it as 'Lockdown and we're depressed,' the Covid-19, we can actually turn it into something positive and make people think 'Oh, at this time we can actually think about all the things we can work on and appreciate more, and when all of this is over we can actually appreciate it more'," she argued.
She said the film's purpose is to send out a positive message at a time of limitations. "I just wanted to tell people to appreciate what you have, and you should be grateful for everything."
A birthday celebration
Since the lockdown prevented her from hitting the streets, El Araby used footage taken with her phone and camera before the pandemic. "So I said 'Why don't I take footage of things I already shot and put them together with the things I wrote, which is the subtitles, and make a short film?'. Because I really wanted to shoot, but I was in lockdown, so I couldn't just go anywhere and shoot, because we had to stay home. So I just gathered all of my private footage and made it all into a short film," she recalled.
El Araby appears in some of the scenes, riding in the back of a motorcycle or walking. Additional footage of landscapes and friends and family give off a realistic, intimate vibe, she said.
She edited the film to make it look like images from an old TV set, to convey a memory-like quality to viewers. "But when all of this is over, hopefully it won't be a memory anymore," she said.
This is the second film by this passionate filmmaker who often makes travel videos of each country she travels to. "I like to story-tell about cultures and people through the camera," she said.
But "Being" is very close to her heart. "I was very emotional at the time and this is what I felt exactly, and I wanted people to feel the same way. I was sad at the time and I was pushing through it all and I wanted to be positive about it. I wanted to be positive about it too, so it was hard to do that. But I hope I managed to make people, like, look at it in a positive way. And I was honestly very scared and nervous to show it to the world, but it's a very good thing, because this is what I wanted to do in the beginning. The Ladima Foundation made this come true, streamed it to the world and show everyone what I wanted everyone to see and to feel. I am very grateful for this opportunity," she said.
The short film by Malak El Araby begins at 16'45" in the video below.
Translated by Gabriel Pomerancblum
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Die slowakische Davis-Cup-Mannschaft ist die Tennisnationalmannschaft der Slowakei. Der Davis Cup ist der wichtigste Wettbewerb für Nationalmannschaften im Herren-Tennis, analog zum Fed Cup bei den Damen.

Geschichte
Seit 1993 nimmt die Slowakei am Davis Cup teil. Den größten Erfolg feierte die Mannschaft Davis Cup 2005 mit dem Finaleinzug gegen Kroatien. Erst die fünfte Partie entschied das Finale zugunsten Kroatiens, als Mario Ančić glatt in drei Sätzen gegen Michal Mertiňák gewann. Erfolgreichster Spieler ist Karol Kučera mit insgesamt 33 Siegen, Rekordspieler ist Dominik Hrbatý mit 26 Teilnahmen innerhalb von 14 Jahren.

Aktuelles Team
Folgende Spieler traten bislang im Davis Cup 2012 für ihr Land an:
Martin Kližan
Michal Mertiňák
Filip Polášek
Lukáš Lacko

Finalteilnahmen
Die Ergebnisse der Finalteilnahmen werden aus slowakischer Sicht angegeben.

Siehe auch
Slowakische Billie-Jean-King-Cup-Mannschaft

Weblinks

Davis-Cup-Mannschaft
Daviscupmannschaft
Daviscup


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Samaritans Ireland has launched a new dedicated email address to reach even more people in need of emotional support across Ireland.
Young people in particular are expected to reach out to volunteers through jo@samaritans.ie, which is the latest initiative from the charity to support all those suffering alone.
The new email was launched as Samaritans Ireland revealed volunteers answered more than 625,000 calls for help in 2017 in the Republic of Ireland, as well as sending almost 25,000 text replies.
Volunteers also give support by written correspondence and face to face in branches, communities and festivals nationwide. In Northern Ireland almost 180,000 calls and 45,000 texts were answered in 2017.
Samaritans has 20 branches across Ireland (12 in the Republic of Ireland and 8 in Northern Ireland) with a total of 2,500 active volunteers. They primarily offer emotional support on the freephone 116 123 helpline and have answered 2.3 million calls since the freephone number was launched in April 2014.
Now, through a new dedicated Ireland only email jo@samaritans.ie, another generation of people will be able to seek and receive emotional support when most in need.
Jim Daly, Minister of State at the Department of Health with special responsibility for Mental Health and Older People, said: "It is a privilege to launch the new Samaritans Ireland email jo@samaritans.ie which will open up communications with more people in need of emotional support, especially those who may feel more comfortable going online and emailing for support as opposed to picking up a telephone.
Cindy O'Shea, Irish Regional Director with Samaritans, said the volunteers will be available on the new email 24 hours a day, seven days a week, just like the charity's freephone helpline and text message service.
"Samaritans volunteers in Ireland have answered 2.3 million calls since the launch of the freephone 116 123 launch in April 2014. We also reply to those who text us, write to us, and are happy for people to visit us in our branches across the country. Now, we will be able to reach even more people in need through our new email at jo@samaritans.ie," said Ms O'Shea.
"Our vision is to reduce suicide and feelings of suicide by alleviating emotional distress and by being there for anyone who needs support 24 hours a day, seven days a week. We are looking forward to being able to offer our support service to those who prefer to email us.


Several years ago our family lived, for a short time, in Darfur, Sudan because of an ongoing humanitarian crisis there. We set up a base in a small town and I traveled by helicopter, with a team of four others, back and forth out into the desert, so that we could help refugees in a remote area. We had free medical clinics, taught health lessons and our compound was known by everyone throughout that area.
On one night a Muslim man named David came to our compound and asked to speak to me. He had heard me talking about Jesus in the refugee camp and had some questions, but while we spoke, one of my team members came over and reminded me that it was time for our weekly church gathering around the fire. I apologized to David, and invited him to join in.
African nights are magical and we sat around a fire, out in the Sahara Desert, a hundred miles from cars or electric lights or the bustle of civilization. We sang several songs, we prayed and then the rest of the team asked me to tell a Bible story, as was our custom. I hadn't prepared anything and, as I took a breath and looked up at the millions of stars, I saw one twinkle and decided to tell the Christmas story.
Main point: After he rose from the dead, Jesus directed his disciples to look at the messianic prophecies to better grasp who he was and why he came.
So what: The prophecies are proof that Jesus is the Son of God who died for our sins. Read through the prophecies about Jesus this Christmas and marvel at the love of our Father.
OK, Chuck, I've been waiting for years for stories like this from you. I hope that you are collecting all of these "Untangled" stories for your new book. This is what I've been waiting for — your simple stories have always kept me going. Something about hearing it told from the perspective of a (only seemingly, I know) simpler setting, like a desert, a jungle, a 3rd world country without our complications, helps me see the point more clearly. From this one, I gather that I am to keep walking and keep talking Jesus, and that I only need the simple story and the simple resources at hand (a star). But if I don't walk and talk, then the Davids are forced to just walk on by, quiet seekers that are incomplete. Or … I could be the link in the chain that finally makes it all come together for them.
Your points about simplicity are VERY important. Billy Graham used to say that the problem with America is that everyone has been innoculated against Jesus. They got a little dose of it as a child and then they built immunity against it. In Muslim countries, especially if there is war, famine or disease, people are humble and are open to hearing this new story. It is like writing on a clean slate. The stories of their salvation sound just like something out of the book of Acts. Being there is not at all easy and is often dangerous, but when you see God at work you can't help but say, "Wow. It is an honor just to be here and see what he is doing. Merry Christmas.