This owners of this beautiful but steeply sloping coastal site wanted to create a simple and peaceful environment from which to enjoy their unique location. The landscape also needed to complement their highly contemporary home clad with copper and concrete designed by Lily Lewarne Practice.
The top terrace is designed as and easy access multi-functional space for relaxing and entertaining. Particularly requested was an astroturf lawn surface for the dogs and to provide an all year-round outdoor activity area.
Walking down the garden the client will move from the more ordered atmosphere of the terrace into the lower garden. The garden gradually becomes wilder freer and more naturalistic, whilst still incorporating some of the elements of the top terrace, so that there is still unity and cohesion.
With such stunning surrounding scenery it is important that the garden provides a relaxed and non-competitive environment from which to enjoy it. Carefully routed steps, retaining walls and placed boulders create a framework, whilst robust shrubs, and grasses are interwoven around them. Edges are blurred, giving the whole design a relaxed feel and meaning that maintenance is less demanding. The retreat with it's verandah is a simple structure at home in its setting. It's a place to relax, read a book, and enjoy views over the estuary.


"I'm out that book, then, if we sail in the morning," he muttered, as he trudged along after his friends. On the way toward the water front Benson had to pass a vacant lot surrounded by a high board fence on a deserted street. He had passed about half way along the length of the fence, when a head appeared over the top followed by a pair of arms holding a small bag of sand.
Whether either she or any one else had observed me, I was not going to run any chances of being seen. I called a passing steward. "Mrs. Erickson forgot her bag," I said, pointing hastily to it. "You'll find her over there with Mr. Whitson." Then I mingled in the crowd to watch her. She did not seem to show any anxiety when she received it.
The glint of sunlight brought into prominence the handsomely engraved letter "B" on its surface. An unexpected swerve of the limousine, as the chauffeur turned short to avoid a speeding army truck, caused both Kent and Mrs. Brewster to sway forward and the gold mesh bag slid to the floor, carrying with it the widow's handkerchief and gold vanity box.
The kid with its contents was deposited on the spot selected; a bag or box, containing ship's biscuits was then produced, dinner was ready, and all hands, nothing loth, gathered around the kid and commenced operations.
Even before the woman had uttered a word he had already begun to defend himself no, no, he neither could nor would buy anything. And with outstretched hands he prevented her from taking anything out of her little bag, declaring to himself that he would look at nothing. The dealer, however, a fat, amiable woman, smiled, certain of victory.
The next morning he alighted at Urshot station, and in the bag in his hand he carried, sealed in three tins, a supply of the Food of the Gods sufficient for all the chicks in Kent. It was a bright and beautiful morning late in May, and his corns were so much better that he resolved to walk through Hickleybrow to his farm.
Egerton Purvis from her card. But I was able to make no rational deductions, except that the name sounded aristocratic, and was quite in keeping with the general effect of the bag and its contents.
He had made good use of the two half-crowns, for he had not only feasted and was feasting still: on a bag of winkles and a saveloy but was washed and brushed and had gone to the length of a shoe-shine and a collar. "Been waitin' since eleven o'clock, sir," he said, getting up and pulling his forelock as Cleek appeared. "Didn't knock and arsk for no one, though not me.
Do you know what meddling with the folks without names, as you call 'em, is like? It is like riding at the quintain. You run full tilt at the board, but the board is on a pivot, with a bag of sand on an arm that balances it. The board gives way as soon as you touch it; and before you have got by, the bag of sand comes round whack on the back of your neck.
Thus Prestrud and Johansen had come to the conclusion that a double sleeping-bag was preferable to two single ones. I will not enter upon the discussion that naturally arose on this point. The double bag has many advantages, and so has the single bag; let it therefore remain a matter of taste. Those two were, however, the only ones who made this alteration.


The world of Malifaux is ever changing, and players have thoroughly enjoyed the 2E rules so far. Recently, Wyrd Miniatures announced that they were going to be upgrading the Avatar affects of the current masters in the game. Wyrd released the link for the Avatar Beta Playtest on Facebook yesterday evening and included some extra information on the beta.
There are forums dedicated to this beta specifically where they are looking for feedback on the functionality of the new Avatars, spelling, and more. The finalized set will be based off of player feedback, so if Malifaux is your game, be sure to check out the playtest. On every Tuesday between 4-6pm, Wyrd will update the file with the most recent amended files until they are just right.
For a brush-up on Avatar rules, check out pages 56-57 of the Malifaux 2E rulebook before downloading the playtest. The current playtest will end in March, with more upgrades coming for each faction, though these upgrades aren't likely to be seen until next week. If you've already downloaded the playtest, what are your thoughts?
Kingdom: The Angelic Wargame - back on Kickstarter to help bring this game to your tabletop!


Forbes calls Kathy Smith a "Fitness Titan" for good reason. With her iconic library of exercise videos, Kathy has stood at the forefront of the fitness and wellness industries for more than 30 years. And with her highly-acclaimed podcast and all-in-one workout app, Kathy remains at the cutting edge of a business she helped to pioneer.
What is Autophagy? What is its direct impact on heart disease, and many illnesses? How can we slow down the aging process? Hear my discussion with Kathy Smith and understand how our bodies work, all the way down to the cellular level.


Let's Make It Very Simple For The Generals – Foreign Courts Doing Business Here! Fraud!
The "problem" is that the Generals are fixated on the middlemen– the banks and their false claims of debt and the supposed desperate need for capital to pay their own salaries and "maintain our national defense".
What is so stupid about this is that we, their actual employers, are the ones that all the debt is owed to and we are the actual owners of all the assets.
So they are chasing Secondary Creditors around instead of addressing the actual Priority Creditors and they are asking technically bankrupt commercial banks for money and support that can only come from us.
They think Jacob Rothschild is the answer, but in fact he is the problem.
If these military men used the good sense they were born with, they would see through this little banker's ruse and simply ask us to forgive their "national debt" and fund their necessary operations.
American states and people are the Priority Creditors.
Bankers are Secondary Creditors trying to get in the middle and bilk everyone concerned.
Government including DOD is the Debtor.
So have a stroke of genius, Generals.
Talk to the actual Priority Creditors— because at the end of the day all the commercial banks are even more deeply in debt to us than you are.
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15 September 2017 : Original article
Polish Experience with Liver Transplantation and Post-Transplant Outcomes in Children with Urea Cycle Disorders
Edyta Szymańska1ABCDEF*, Piotr Kaliciński2ADE, Joanna Pawłowska3ADE, Sylwia Szymańska4E, Maciej Pronicki4D, Marek Stefanowicz2B, Joanna Teisseyre2B, Dorota Broniszczak2B, Dariusz Rokicki1ABDEF
1Department of Pediatrics, Nutrition and Metabolic Disorders, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
2Department of Pediatric Surgery and Organ Transplantation, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
3Department of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, Feeding Disorders and Pediatrics, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
4Department of Pathology, The Children's Memorial Health Institute, Warsaw, Poland
*Corresponding Author: Edyta Szymańska, e-mail: [email protected]
Submitted: 29 March 2017
In Press: 22 June 2017
BACKGROUND: Liver transplantation (LT) is recommended for various metabolic diseases, including urea cycle disorders (UCDs). The aim of this study was to determine indications and outcomes of LT for UCDs in the tertiary reference Children's Hospital in Warsaw, Poland.
MATERIAL AND METHODS: Medical charts of children with UCD who underwent LT between 2008 and July 2016 were retrospectively reviewed. The following parameters were analyzed: symptoms at time of diagnosis, age at diagnosis, age at transplantation, graft characteristics and survival, postsurgical complications, and biochemical and laboratory results before and after transplantation.
RESULTS: Twelve patients with UCD who underwent LT at a mean age of 5 y (0.5–14 y) received a total of 14 liver grafts. Four children (33%) received a living donor graft, while 8 (68%) got a deceased donor liver graft. A total number of transplanted organs consisted of 9 (64%) whole-liver grafts and 5 (36%) reduced-size grafts. The 30-day post-transplant patient survival rate was 100% and graft survival rate was 93% (13/14). For those with a post-transplant follow-up of at least 1 year (n=10/12), the 1-year patient survival rate was 100% and the graft survival rate was 85.7% (12/14). Median peak of blood ammonia at presentation was 653 (159–2613) µg/dL (normal <80 µg/dl), and median peak of blood glutamine was 1273.2 µmol/l (964–3900 µmol/l). There was 1 episode of hyperammonemia following LT, but it was not due to UCD. Six (50%) patients were diagnosed with some degree of developmental delay/neurological impairment before transplantation, which remained stable or slightly improved after transplantation. Patients without developmental delay before transplantation maintained their cognitive abilities at follow-up.
CONCLUSIONS: LT leads to eradication of hyperammonemia, withdrawal of dietary restrictions with low-protein diet, and potentially improved neurocognitive development.
Keywords: hyperammonemia, Liver Transplantation, Urea Cycle Disorders, Inborn

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War of the Rebellion: Serial 032 Page 0231 Chapter XXXIV. BURNING OF HOPEFIELD, ARK., ETC.
Obion County, I think. The cavalry expedition south starts to-day or to-morrow. I have heard nothing of importance from Dodge or from the Tennessee.
Numbers 2. Reports of Brigadier General James C. Veatch, U. S. Army, commanding District of Memphis.
CAPTAIN: In obedience to the orders of Major-General Hurlbut, I sent four companies of the Sixty-third Illinois Volunteers, under command of Captain Joseph K. Lemon, on board of the steamer Mill Boy, at 10 a. m. on the 19th instant, with orders to proceed, under convoy of the gunboat Cricket, to the village of Hopefield, on the Arkansas shore, and to burn every house in the place.
This duty was promptly performed, and Captain Lemon reported to me, with his entire command, on his return from the expedition at 5 p. m. on the same day. A lot of horses and mules were found in stable, unclaimed. They were brought over, and all delivered to Captain Walker, post quartermaster, to be held by him, subject to the claim of loyal owners, with one exception, which will be seen by reference to the report of Captain Lemon, here attached. I also append a copy of the order of Major-General Hurlbut, under which I acted, and a copy of instructions given to the officer commanding the expedition, and ask that they be considered a part of this report.
Memphis, Tenn., February 19, 1863.
SIR: By the within orders of Major-General Hurlbut, you are re-quired to destroy the village of Hopefield.
You will be vigilant and careful, and see that your men commit no depredations nor offer any insults to the in habitants.
Keep your guard well posted, so that no lurking band of guerrillas shall be allowed to approach without your knowledge.
As soon as you have executed the general's orders, you will return with your command, and report to these headquarters.


Times Square might be the most hashtag-worthy spot for ringing in the new year, but it's certainly not the best if you're a frugal partier seeking an equally grand experience.
Local businesses are notorious for hiking up their prices when big crowds are in town for a major event. The cheapest hotel rates in New Orleans and Atlantic City, for instance, can rise in excess of 300 and 500 percent, respectively, on New Year's Eve compared with their normal prices. The last thing you want to do in the final hours of 2018 is ruin your finances over one night of entertainment.
Fortunately, you have plenty of fun yet affordable options for celebrating #NYE2019. To help you decide where to count down to the new year, WalletHub compared the 100 biggest cities based on 28 key indicators of an epic New Year's Eve celebration. Our data set ranges from legality of fireworks to average price of a New Year's Eve party ticket to forecasted precipitation for Dec. 31. Read on for the winners, insight from a panel of experts and a full description of our methodology.
Curious to know how much cash Americans plan to blow this New Year's Eve or what makes this festive holiday so festive? Make sure to check out WalletHub's "50+ New Year's Eve Facts – Traditions, Spending & More" infographic.
What factors should people consider when choosing whether and where to travel for New Year's Eve?
What money-saving tips do you have for people planning to travel for New Year's?
What are the biggest New Year's Eve money wasters?
New Year's Eve falls on a Monday this year. How does holiday timing affect people's spending and travel plans?
We evaluated those dimensions using 28 relevant metrics, which are listed below with their corresponding weights. Each metric was graded on a 100-point scale, with a score of 100 representing the most favorable conditions for New Year's Eve partiers. For metrics marked with an asterisk (*), we used the square root of the population to calculate the population size in order to avoid overcompensating for minor differences across cities.
Sources: Data used to create this ranking were collected from the U.S. Census Bureau, Council for Community and Economic Research, Priceline, American Pyrotechnics Association, Federal Bureau of Investigation, U.S. Department of Transportation, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Walk Score, Eventbrite, AccuWeather, Kayak, Expatistan, Yelp, Numbeo, Local tourism offices, INRIX and WalletHub research.
Why is garland, TX even on this list lol, They're basically is nothing really there that exciting for Entertainment on New years Eve. Garland is just a Suburb City of the DFW Metro. Also they don't have big time Hotel Accommodations, Just like a typical Motel 6, best Western place. They have restaurants but like On The Border type places. Plano, Irving i can see but Irving is so boring anyways that everyone just travels to Dallas, or this year Arlington to Texas Live what just apparently started up.


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package com.example.irobandoid;

import java.io.IOException;
import android.view.ViewGroup;
import java.io.OutputStream;
import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.Set;
import java.util.UUID;
import android.os.Bundle;
import android.app.Activity;
import android.util.Log;
import android.view.Menu;
import android.view.View;
import android.widget.ArrayAdapter;
import android.widget.ListView;
import android.widget.SeekBar;
import android.widget.SeekBar.OnSeekBarChangeListener;
import android.widget.TextView;
import android.widget.Toast;
import android.bluetooth.*;
import android.content.Intent;
import android.transition.*;
public class MainActivity extends Activity {

	private static final String TAG = "TungBT";

	private BluetoothAdapter btAdapter = null;
	private BluetoothSocket btSocket = null;
	private Set<BluetoothDevice> pairedDevices;
	private ListView lv;
	private OutputStream outStream = null;
	private TextView fwdTextV, rotTextV;
	private SeekBar fwdBar, rotBar;
	private char fwdSpeed, rotSpeed;
	// SPP UUID service
	private static final UUID MY_UUID = UUID.fromString("00001101-0000-1000-8000-00805F9B34FB");
	// MAC address of FireFly
	private static String address = "00:06:66:0A:AB:27";
	Scene sceneConnecttoPC;
	ViewGroup rootView;
	@Override
	protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
		super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
		setContentView(R.layout.rootlayout);
		lv = (ListView)findViewById(R.id.listView1);
//		fwdTextV = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.FwdProgr);
//		rotTextV = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.RotProgr);

		btAdapter = BluetoothAdapter.getDefaultAdapter();
		if(!btAdapter.isEnabled()){
			Intent turnOn = new Intent(BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_REQUEST_ENABLE);
			startActivityForResult(turnOn, 0);
		}

		Log.e(TAG, "+++DONE CREATE +++");
	}

	@Override
	public boolean onCreateOptionsMenu(Menu menu) {
		// Inflate the menu; this adds items to the action bar if it is present.
		getMenuInflater().inflate(R.menu.main, menu);
		return true;
	}

	@Override
    public void onResume() {
        super.onResume();
        Log.d(TAG, "+ ON RESUME +");

	}

    public void setupbluetoothConnect() {
    	BluetoothDevice device = btAdapter.getRemoteDevice(address);
        try {
            btSocket = device.createRfcommSocketToServiceRecord(MY_UUID);
        } catch (IOException e) {
        	Log.e(TAG, "ON RESUME: Socket creation failed.", e);
        }
        //blocking connect
        btAdapter.cancelDiscovery();

        Log.d(TAG, "+ ON RESUME : connect socket +");
        try {
            btSocket.connect();
            Log.e(TAG, "ON RESUME: BT connection established, data transfer link open.");
        } catch (IOException e) {
        	try {
        		btSocket.close();
        	} catch (IOException e2) {
        		Log.e(TAG, "ON RESUME: Unable to close socket during connection failure", e2);
        	}
        }

        //say something to server
        Log.d(TAG, "+ DONE RESUME ready to say sth +");
        try {
            outStream = btSocket.getOutputStream();
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "ON SEND MSG: Output stream creation failed.", e);
        }
    }

	public void searchDevClick(View v)
	{

	  	if (!btAdapter.isEnabled()) {
	         Intent turnOn = new Intent(BluetoothAdapter.ACTION_REQUEST_ENABLE);
	         startActivityForResult(turnOn, 0);
	         Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Turning on..."
	        		 ,Toast.LENGTH_LONG).show();
	      }
	      {
//	    	 Intent getVisible = new Intent(BluetoothAdapter.
//	    		      ACTION_REQUEST_DISCOVERABLE);
//	    		      startActivityForResult(getVisible, 0);
	    	  Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Show Paired Devices",
	    		         Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	         ArrayList list = new ArrayList();

	         for(BluetoothDevice bt : pairedDevices)
	        	 list.add(bt.getName());
	         	//textView.setText(bt.getName());
//	         if(pairedDevices != null)
//	        	 list.add(pairedDevices.getName());
//	         else
//	        	 Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"NO Paired Devices",
//	    		         Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	         final ArrayAdapter adapter = new ArrayAdapter
	         	(this,android.R.layout.simple_list_item_1, list);
	         lv.setAdapter(adapter);

	         //v.setEnabled(false);
	      }
	}
	public void sendCommandtoiRobot(char msg){
		try {
            outStream.write(msg);
        } catch (IOException e) {
            Log.e(TAG, "ON SEND MSGE: Exception during write.", e);
        }
	}
	public void drive(char velocity, char rotatespeed) {
		sendCommandtoiRobot((char)137);
		velocity = (char) (velocity * 5);
		sendCommandtoiRobot(toHighBytes(velocity));
		sendCommandtoiRobot(toLowBytes(velocity));
		sendCommandtoiRobot(toHighBytes(rotatespeed));
		sendCommandtoiRobot(toLowBytes(rotatespeed));
	}

	char toHighBytes(char value ){
//	    """ returns two bytes (ints) in high, low order
//	    whose bits form the input value when interpreted in
//	    two's complement
//	    """
		char eqBitVal;
//	    # if positive or zero, it's OK
	    if (value >= 0)
	        eqBitVal = value;
//	    # if it's negative, I think it is this
	    else
	        eqBitVal = (char) ((1<<16) + value);
	    char charreturn = (char)( (eqBitVal >> 8) & 0xFF );
	    return charreturn;
	}
	char toLowBytes(char value ){
//	    """ returns two bytes (ints) in high, low order
//	    whose bits form the input value when interpreted in
//	    two's complement
//	    """
		char eqBitVal;
//	    # if positive or zero, it's OK
	    if (value >= 0)
	        eqBitVal = value;
//	    # if it's negative, I think it is this
	    else
	        eqBitVal = (char) ((1<<16) + value);
		char charreturn = (char)( eqBitVal & 0xFF  );
	    return charreturn;
	    //return ( (eqBitVal >> 8) & 0xFF, eqBitVal & 0xFF )
	}

	public void getControlDev(View v) throws IOException
	{
		Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"Beep",
		         Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
		Log.d(TAG, "...Data to send: " + "128" + "...");

		Log.d(TAG, "+ send msg +");

//        String message = "abc";
        char charmsg = 128;

//        byte[] msgBuffer = message.getBytes();
//        byte byteMSG = (byte)-128;
//        int intMSG = 128;
//        byte byteint = (byte) intMSG;
//        Log.d(TAG, "byte:"+ byteMSG + ",int:"+intMSG +",my mess:"+ msgBuffer);
        sendCommandtoiRobot(charmsg);
        charmsg = 132;
        sendCommandtoiRobot(charmsg);

	}
	public void CtrlRight(View v) throws IOException
	{
		drive(rotSpeed,(char) -1);
		Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"CtrlRight",
		         Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	}
	public void CtrlUP(View v) throws IOException
	{
		drive(fwdSpeed,(char) 32768);
		Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"CtrlUP",
		         Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	}
	public void CtrlLeft(View v) throws IOException
	{
		drive(rotSpeed,(char) 1);
		Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"CtrlLeft",
		         Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	}
	public void CtrlDown(View v) throws IOException
	{
		drive((char)-fwdSpeed,(char) 32768);
		Toast.makeText(getApplicationContext(),"CtrlDown",
		         Toast.LENGTH_SHORT).show();
	}

	public void ReconnectClick(View v) throws IOException {
		setupbluetoothConnect();
		sendCommandtoiRobot((char)128);
		sendCommandtoiRobot((char)132);
	}
	public void CtrlStop(View v) throws IOException
	{
		drive((char) 0,(char) 32767);

	}
	public void CtrliRobot(View v)
	{
		setContentView(R.layout.irobotconfigure);
		pairedDevices = btAdapter.getBondedDevices();
		setupbluetoothConnect();
		Log.e(TAG, "+++DONE getBT for robot");
		setupSeekBar();
	}
	private void setupSeekBar() {
		fwdTextV = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.FwdProgr);
		rotTextV = (TextView)findViewById(R.id.RotProgr);
		fwdBar = (SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.fwdBar);
		rotBar = (SeekBar)findViewById(R.id.rotBar);

		fwdBar.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(new OnSeekBarChangeListener() {

			@Override
			public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progress,
					boolean fromUser) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
				fwdTextV.setText(" "+progress);
				fwdSpeed = (char)progress;
			}

			@Override
			public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub

			}

			@Override
			public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub

			}

		});
		rotBar.setOnSeekBarChangeListener(new OnSeekBarChangeListener() {

			@Override
			public void onProgressChanged(SeekBar seekBar, int progress,
					boolean fromUser) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub
				rotTextV.setText(" "+progress);
				rotSpeed = (char) progress;
			}

			@Override
			public void onStartTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub

			}

			@Override
			public void onStopTrackingTouch(SeekBar seekBar) {
				// TODO Auto-generated method stub

			}

		});
	}
	public void CtrlConnectPC(View v)
	{
		setContentView(R.layout.connectpc);

	}

}

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Pictured: Alastair Ross FCIPR (assistant Director, Head of Public Policy Association of British Insurers)
Conference to examine impact of Brexit on Scottish businesses and public services. The event, organised by the Fraser of Allander Institute and Strathclyde Business School, heard from a numbers of speakers including Mark Taylor (Audit Scotland), John Edward (former head of Office in Scotland, the European Parliament, Professor Russel Griggs OBE, (Chair Scottish Government Independent Advisory Regulatory Review Griup), Jenny Stewart (head of Infrastructure and Government KPMG), Lynda Towers (Director of public law Morton Fraser), Katerina Lisenkova (Head of economic modelling, Fraser of Allander Institute), Ian Wooton (Professor of Economics and Vice Dean (research) Strathclyde Business School), Alastair Ross FCIPR (assistant Director, Head of Public Policy Association of British Insurers) and Scottish Brexit Minister Mike Russell


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Die Markthalle Café Prag an der Seestraße 10 in Dresden ist eine Verkaufshalle für den Lebensmitteleinzelhandel in Form von kleinen Marktständen. Das Haus gehört zum Gebäudekomplex Altmarkt 21–25 / Seestraße 2–16 und ist nach dem dort ursprünglich vorhandenen Café Prag benannt. Bei seinem Umbau 2012/2013 erfolgte eine Vergrößerung der Grundfläche zur rückseitig benachbarten Altmarkt-Galerie.

Geschichte

Das Café Prag am Dresdner Altmarkt wurde am 20. Dezember 1956 eröffnet. Neben Gastronomie wurden im Café zunächst Modenschauen gezeigt; nach zahlreichen Eingaben der Bevölkerung entschied sich der Betreiber HO, das Konzept des Hauses neu zu fassen. Das Café Prag wurde zu einem Varietétheater mit Tanzabenden und Gastronomie umgestaltet und in der Folge zu einem der beliebtesten Cafés der Stadt, wozu auch die hauseigene Mokka-Bar beitrug. Regelmäßige Veranstaltungen gab es im Café Prag ab Mai 1958.

Bis zum Bau der Berliner Mauer im Jahr 1961 traten im Café Prag Künstler aus beiden deutschen Staaten und dem Ausland auf. Nach dem Mauerbau wurde das Café Prag ein beliebter Auftrittsort für Künstler der DDR und der sozialistischen Staaten. Zum 20. Jahrestag der Gründung der DDR traten 1969 im Café Prag Die vier Brummers auf; andere Künstler, die zum Teil im Café Prag ihre ersten Auftritte hatten, waren Václav Neckář, Olaf Berger, Sandra Mo & Jan Gregor und Susi Schuster, die "Jodelkönigin der DDR". Auch Conferencier O. F. Weidling trat im Café Prag auf.

Das Café wurde 1988 für einen geplanten Umbau geschlossen; seitdem wird es nicht mehr als Tanzvarieté genutzt. Nach einem Umbau zu einem "Luxor-Palast" wurde es unter dem Namen Balducci's Café Prag 1991 als italienisches Restaurant neu eröffnet. Seit 2007 stand das Café Prag leer. In den Jahren 2012/2013 zu einer Markthalle umgebaut und erweitert, wurde es im Dezember 2013 als Markthalle Café Prag wiedereröffnet. Das Konzept der Patrizia AG scheiterte jedoch.

Seit 2016 befindet sich dort die Spielbank Dresden.

Baubeschreibung

Das siebengeschossige Gebäude des Café Prag wurde von Johannes Rascher entworfen und von 1953 bis 1956 im Stil des sozialistischen Klassizismus mit neobarocken Anklängen erbaut und in Anlehnung an Dresdner Bautradition mit einer Sandstein-Putzfassade versehen. Die unter den Arkaden befindlichen Reliefs wurden von Rudolf Wittig und Max Piroch gestaltet. Eine von Johannes Beutner gestaltete Glasmosaiksäule befindet sich im Eingangsbereich.

Das Gebäude ruht auf Pfeilern mit Laubengang im Erdgeschoss. Darauf befindet sich eine zweigeschossige Halle mit acht Fensterachsen, worauf die übrigen vier Geschosse des Gebäudes ruhen. Zwei säulenbestandene Loggien strukturieren die ersten drei dieser Geschosse und stellen eine Verbindung zur Gliederung der übrigen Fassade des Hauses her. Das oberste Geschoss nimmt die achtachsige Gestaltung des Erdgeschosses und der Halle wieder auf. Ein hohes Walmdach mit fünf Dachgauben bildet den oberen Abschluss des breiten Mittelbaus.

Literatur
 Gilbert Lupfer, Bernhard Sterra und Martin Wörner (Hrsg.): Architekturführer Dresden. Dietrich Reimer, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-496-01179-3.
 Walter May, Werner Pampel, Hans Konrad: Architekturführer DDR: Bezirk Dresden. VEB Verlag für Bauwesen, Berlin 1979.
 Dietmar Sehn: "Bitte warten, Sie werden platziert!" Dresdner Lokale in der DDR-Zeit. Wartberg, Gudensberg-Gleichen 2009, ISBN 3831319677, S. 10–11.

Weblinks

Einzelnachweise

Altmarkt (Dresden)
Prag
Gastronomiebetrieb (Dresden)
Bauwerk des Sozialistischen Klassizismus in Dresden
Erbaut in den 1950er Jahren
Seestraße (Dresden)

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CakePHP – my new best friend.
From the beginning of the year I decided to move from my home-grown PHP Framework to CakePHP. Here I will explain how I moved and which were the reasons for this. I will mention only the important things which drive me to this decision.
This entry was posted in CakePHP, Development, Frameworks, General, PHP and tagged advantages, Ajax, CakePHP, Community, Framework, Helper, modern, MVC, new technology, PHP on August 28, 2007 by Nik Chankov.


This study guide encourages engagement with the Bible, to gain a deeper understanding of migration in various biblical texts, and relate them to today's world.
Migration is a very divisive issue in our society today and the focus of intense political debate. So do the Bible's ancient texts offer any insights that might help us explore our attitudes to people migrating around the world today?
This six-session study guide looks at passages from both Old and New Testaments to explore a variety of ways in which the Bible addresses the subject of migration. Many of the biblical characters and, indeed, authors were themselves migrants, with deep experience of the challenges faced by those who find themselves settling far from home.
Through their study and discussion, group members are encouraged to deepen their understanding and explore what positive steps they might take to deal with the issues related to migration today.


Arrive Leh airport received by our representative and transferred to Hotel. Check in to the hotel. Complete rest for the day after welcome tea and coffee in Hotel. Walk around Leh town includes a visit to Leh Market, Leh Palace & Shankar monastery, overnight stay in Hotel.
After breakfast drive for Nubra Valley via Khardongla (World's highest motorable road, 18380 Feet). On arrive in Diskit check in the Camp, rest of the day at disposal for activities by owns, overnight stay at camp.
After Breakfast proceed for a short walk visit Diskit monastery and drive back to Leh, overnight stay at Hotel.
Morning transferred to Airport and fly back to Delhi with sweet memories of Ladakh.


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brings student-researchers together.
2021 Asia
Restrictions on Education for Rohingya Communities
by Armando Augello Cupi
This project's aim is to analyse the personal restrictions to which the Rohingya people are subjected in Myanmar, and in other areas of the world. The essay starts with a brief introduction of the country and then moves on to the main research topic: the restrictions on education for Rohingya communities. During the research process, I had the opportunity to conduct an oral history interview with a stateless Rohingya. This methodological approach has been fundamental to understand the Rohingya situation from a first-person view. The testimony of the interviewee has taken a central role accompanying us in the analysis of these delicate humanitarian issues. The project explores the access to fair and equitable school education, the COVID-19 situation within the community and restrictions on education in the Cox's Bazar refugee camp in Bangladesh.
The consequences of the colonialist period still continue to claim victims in the vastness of the Asian areas. The Rohingya Muslims, for example, are an ethnic minority located in northern Rakhine state, Myanmar, and for several years they have been hated, discriminated and persecuted for numerous reasons by a majority of Burmese Buddhists. Among the many motivations stand out ethnic and religious issues. A further one is that according to the local government, Rohingya Muslims do not even exist, instead, they are considered by the authorities as Bengali migrants, who crossed the border during the period of colonialism[1]. Most of them are stateless, as they cannot obtain citizenship by birth due to the 1982 Citizenship Law, which does not include the Rohingya on the list of 135 recognised national ethnic groups. Over the years, the limitations on the personal freedoms of the Rohingya have been increasingly compromised, as they are forced to live in areas enclosed by fences, as if they were prisoners, thus recalling the image of imprisonment in camps, the same images from the Second World War that history did not let us forget.
The Importance of Education Narrated Through Oral History
Among various restrictions, the lack of access to public education stands out. In Myanmar, Rohingya are forced to attend exclusive schools only for people belonging to their ethnic group. At the same time, children of refugees are not allowed to attend schools outside of the refugee camps in Bangladesh – The negative impact of such restrictions is particularly visible in the context of the Covid pandemic. While researching the issue of restrictions on school education, I sought the help of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to address this topic through interaction with a stateless person from the Rohingya ethnic minority. Since I am stateless, I decided to learn more about what it means to be stateless in Myanmar, with the aim of learning more about human rights and the Rohingya community. With the assistance of the UNCHR team, I met Zaw Min Htun, and we spoke several times on Zoom about many topics related to the situation of the Rohingya people, especially about the importance of school and university studies to guarantee equal and fair access to education. Oral history methodology allows us to learn about issues from the perspective of a person who is sharing emotions, feelings and, most importantly, a personal story.
Access to Education in Myanmar for the Rohingya people
Zaw Min Htun is a Rohingya who lives in Sittwe, the capital of the Rakhine State. He was born in Min Bya, which is a town in Rakhine State (Myanmar) and then he moved with his family to Sittwe where one of his family members gained a work promotion. Zaw is stateless, the Myanmar government does not recognize Rohingya citizenship although Rohingya are native of Rakhine State long before Burma became an independent country. Suffice it to say that his grandfather was a government primary head schoolteacher with 38 years of service. He has been also a judge member of Min Bya town court in 1947 under British rule and a representative member of Min Bya in Burma Constitution Committee in 1932. Unfortunately, the grandfather's career changed nothing in Zaw's life because now they are all stateless according to Myanmar autorithies, and that is totally unacceptable for them until the moment that the government will begin to consider Rohingya as an official ethnic group. Following in his grandfather's footsteps, Zaw became a volunteer teacher. In addition to this, he is also the Vice President of the Rohingya Student Union at the school where he teaches since 2017. Zaw knows very well the Myanmar education system. Throughout his life, Zaw studied in Sittwe. Starting from grade 0, he followed a primary school and high school curriculum designed only for Rohingya children. After graduation, he started a university course in history at Sittwe University. Rohingya students like Zaw are forced to adapt to many legal restrictions to complete their education and the situation has worsened over time: the educational conditions in which they find themselves are critical. Since 2012, they cannot even have access to normal Burmese universities, but only to institutes reserved exclusively for people belonging to the Rohingya ethnic minority. We have to keep in mind that the brutal military campaigns supported by Burmese Buddhists to oppress and massacre the Rohingya Muslims peaked in 1978, 1992 and the 2012 crisis, which persists to this day. Lack of citizenship and oppression with consequent limitations of human freedoms are the factors on which the Rohingya do not want to surrender because their will to have access to all fundamental human rights as written in Article 1 of the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights"[2] of 1948:
All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood.
In Myanmar, the right to equal access to education is still an issue: ethnic Rohingya students study in separate schools and Rohingya teachers don't have access to proper training. Zaw witnessed such discrepancies in his professional environment. Teaching was the calling that Zaw decided to pursue. He chose to become a volunteer teacher, a job position appointed by the government. The demand for new teachers has been increasing after the 2012 violence and the government hired about 500 new volunteer teachers[3]. One of them is Zaw – who mainly teaches English, mathematics, and history. Zaw noticed that many of his colleagues had no real training. Some of them even teach without having completed a regular course of study. In the areas dedicated to the education of the Rohingya, Zaw pointed out that there are substantial differences between the schools dedicated to the Rohingya students and all other schools in the Rakhine area:
"The most important is the lack of training that the government should provide for the teachers it employs, the Rohingya find themselves with no teacher training, leading to possible complications relating to the school educational environment[4]".
"The government's commitment to community development, education development, culture and related fields is not present in the Rohingya areas. The only part of the state that matters are the parts where they are not present, thus not allowing any kind of development opportunities for the Rohingya. The government provides free access to school services, schoolbooks, and some materials, but these are not sufficient to meet the needs of students and teachers. Only 30% of students are supported through government 'engagement'[5]".
Regardless all challenges, numerous Rohingya students prefer to work as teachers in order to help their community. At the same time, many students choose another alternative – to move abroad (if they are able to leave the country).[6]
Zaw Min Htun class before the pandemic situation.
Lack of Access to Information about the Pandemic
In a world where there is ignorance, manipulation will find its place easily. During the Covid-19 pandemic, the government[7] did not support the provision of educational services. During such sensitive time, no remote mode was guaranteed through the use of the Internet, forcing teachers and students to go to classrooms, thus ignoring the pandemic[8]. According to Zaw, due to the lack of literacy and the government's continuous lies, the importance of Covid-19 was systematically downplayed. Often, officials denied the existence of serious health risks. Meanwhile, the lack of trust between the government and ethnic Rohingya groups are continuously growing. According to Zaw, with the development of the pandemic, the government imposed immediately severe restrictions on access to schools in areas with Rohingya population.
Another Zaw Min Htun class in Sittwe.
Among their many activities aimed at inclusive and increasing literacy, Zaw Min Htun, along with other volunteers, created a volunteer group to help their community during the global pandemic caused by Covid-19. This need has arisen since the government – in the words of the interviewee – is ignoring the Rohingya by not providing adequate information and protection from the virus. Zaw has taken a leading role in the volunteers' team with the unequivocal aim of informing and campaigning on the Covid-19 issue. He is seeking help from people around the world and collecting donations for purchasing vaccines for his community. What Zaw and his team would like to see is more support for the community, especially the student community, as many of them depend on donations from individuals and NGOs.
Restriction on Education for Rohingya children in Cox's Bazar refugee camps
Many countries in Europe and around the world have opened their borders for Rohingya refugees. During the numerous attacks in Rakhine State, many Rohingya were forced to flee, finding refuge in neighbouring countries. Bangladesh is one of those countries bordering with Myanmar where more than 800,000 refugees are settled. Most of them have found a 'safe' place in the Cox's Bazar region, especially in the Kutupalong refugee camp establishment, to date, the largest refugee camp in the world[9]. Despite humanitarian aid from the Bangladesh government, education for refugee children does not remain one of the country's priorities. The government, as highlighted by a Human Rights Watch report, continues to block aid groups for Rohingya youth inside the camps, banning children who want to attend schools outside the camps. These restrictions are illegal and deny at least 400,000 refugee children the right to study[10].
Refugees settled in Bangladesh
Children without access to education
Such restrictive policies are expressed in the Refugee Relief and Repatriation Commissioner, in charge of implementing Bangladesh government policy on Rohingya refugees:
"If they stay for 20 years, you'll need a curriculum, but if it's just a year or two, then it's different … There is no possibility for them to take the Bangladeshi curriculum[11]."
Myanmar also refused to approve the use of its curriculum in the camps, so UNICEF, the UN children's agency, developed an informal education program[12]. According to the Bangladeshi government officials, the humanitarian crisis facing Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar territory will last for one to two years, however since this was stated, id est 2019, the crisis persists.
Power, ignorance, and hatred are the three pillars that have led mankind to decline countless times throughout history. The situation of the Rohingya and the campaigns of ethnic cleansing, deprivation of fundamental rights, and marginalisation against them is a living reality that needs to be addressed because many other ethnic minorities face similar problems. This research on the right to education for Rohingya people challenges some commonly shared perceptions of the world. In some parts of the globe, it is not simply taken for granted that the Rohingya people have emotions, feelings, and thoughts. Human rights should not be a privilege. Everyone should fight for them to be respected but, unfortunately, until this reality does not affect us personally, we will remain impassive in front of certain brutality. Becoming aware of different cultures and realities is a way to expand our knowledge through a critical eye. During my research, I often asked myself: What if a member of my own family was denied education? What if I did not have access to information about Covid? As Zaw emphasized during the interviews, culture, education, skills and competencies combined with critical thinking are the basis for forming a legitimate democratic government.
Sohel, Md. "The Rohingya crisis in Myanmar: Origin and emergence." Saudi J. Humanities Soc. Sci 2 (2017).
Zaw Min Htun, interview by Armando Augello Cupi, Rome, Italy, July 07, 2021.
Rahman, Mahbubur, and Haradhan Kumar Mohajan. "Rohingya-The Stateless Community Becoming the Lost Generation." Journal of Economic Development, Environment and People 8.2 (2019): 24.
Esveld, Bill Van. "Bangladesh: Rohingya Children Denied Education." Human Rights Watch. October 28, 2020. Accessed September 16, 2021. https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/12/02/bangladesh-rohingya-children-denied-education.
Esveld, Bill Van. "Are We Not Human?", "Denial of Education for Rohingya Refugee Children in Bangladesh". December 3, 2019. Accessed October 14,2021. https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/12/03/are-we-not-human/denial-education-rohingya-refugee-children-bangladesh
[1] Sohel, Md. "The Rohingya crisis in Myanmar: Origin and emergence." Saudi J. Humanities Soc. Sci 2 (2017).
[2] United Nation. «Universal Declaration of Human Rights», https://www.un.org/en/aboutus/universal-declaration-of-human-rights.
[3] Zaw Min Htun, interview by the author, Rome, Italy, July 27, 2021.
[7] During the pandemic, in February 2021, the Burmese military seized power after a coup, overthrowing the government led by the National League for Democracy and its leader Aung San Suu Kyi.
[9] USA for UNHCR, "Inside the world's five largest refugee camps". April 1, 2021. Accessed October 14 ,2021. https://www.unrefugees.org/news/inside-the-world-s-five-largest-refugee-camps/
[10] Esveld, Bill Van. "Bangladesh: Rohingya Children Denied Education." Human Rights Watch. October 28, 2020. Accessed September 16, 2021. https://www.hrw.org/news/2019/12/02/bangladesh-rohingya-children-denied-education.
[11] Esveld, Bill Van. "Are We Not Human?", "Denial of Education for Rohingya Refugee Children in Bangladesh". December 3, 2019. Accessed October 14,2021. https://www.hrw.org/report/2019/12/03/are-we-not-human/denial-education-rohingya-refugee-children-bangladesh
For further informations you can contact me through e-mail: armando.cupi@outlook.it
Below I will link to the Facebook page of the Rohingya Youths Committee for Covid in Sittwe, the page is managed by Zaw and his collaborators. Anyone who can make donations or help of any kind can contact them via Facebook or at Zaw's personal email which I will leave below.
Rohingya Youths Committee for Covid in Sittwe
Zaw Min Htun e-mail: htunzawmin618@gmail.com
I would like to thank the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for their help with the project, my teacher assistant Georgi Georgiev especially for all the things he has taught us during this year and for helping me in this project. I would like to thank Zaw Min Htun who provided his story and passion for this project. Featured images provided by Zaw Min Htun.
AsiaCovid-19educationlife historiesrefuge and refugees
Armando Augello Cupi
Stateless student of Global Humanities at Sapienza University of Rome and Global History Lab/Global History Dialogues at Princeton University.
One Reply to "Restrictions on Education for Rohingya Communities"
Afiya Khanom says:
Education is a fundamental right of a human being. Rohingya are not Bangladeshi; at the same time, the Myanmar Government refused the curriculum. That means they do have the right access to education. Is it mean that education is a fundamental right of everyone accepting refugees? No, do we have the equal right to study as human beings. The study shows the reality of the education crisis of the Rohingya people. Thank you.
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Adele was really upset that her audio was flawed during her Grammy performance.
So yesterday…..(thanks to Ellen)…. she had a chance to shine again when she appeared on The Ellen Show.
Ellen did everything she could to make the performance perfect.
She made her set similar to the Grammy's.
She made sure the piano mics wouldn't fall again and repeat Monday's fiasco.
Ellen even dimmed her studio lights to look as if Adele was the only one in the room.
Finally, Adele was able to sing her song without any strange audio sounds and be the diva that she is!
But…. now that Adele has performed her song again…it's still missing that Adele.. Adele-ness.
For example, there were some moments in the song where she was still a little pitchy. The blame could no longer be shifted to mic issues.
So…..I am going to blame it on her song.
I believe the song "All I Ask " …the song she had to perform TWICE… is a clunker of a song.
It still doesn't inspire me. It's long, boring, and not the best.
Older women should never attend music festivals.
Well, there are a lot of reasons why she shouldn't go. First, I think these older women are just trying to relive some youthful experience they had at an Aerosmith, KISS, Wings, Crosby Stills and Nash, or Rolling Stones concert.
Concerts that would still be ok in attending as an older woman would be Josh Groban, or Michael Buble. But, festivals like Coachella, Stagecoach, etc….are off limits to the aging concertgoer.
Either way, older women who go to festivals are fooling themselves with their actual state of mind and body. They aren't rocking the bohemian look anymore. They aren't free-spirted gypsies. Old lady hair might be more bleached, and body parts more saggy.
stay in a state of denial and look ridiculous at a concert that is too young for them.
Most of these women are probably divorced, and drinking/smoking way more than they should be for their age.
They have a false sense of self in how they really look against youthful concert goers. Their clothes/hair are out of date…maybe still rocking a perm or feathered hair.
They still believe if they put some lipstick on, or wear a bra outside a shirt, some tour manager will pull them from the crowd, bring them backstage for a private meet and greet, and get invited to an after-party.
They drink way more alcohol since they have way more money to spend on alcohol. They have about 30 years worth of money saved ….more than an average youth.
Finally, they wear risque things that they normally wouldn't wear at their over 55 clubhouse community pool.
First off, I want to say I wasn't too crazy about the Billboard Music Awards show.
How many times do we have to see Taylor Swift hug it out with her new beau, Calvin Harris?
We get it lovebirds. You showed the world your ability to have an adult relationship.
Even J-Lo was getting pissed off about your love. She probably whispered to Casper, why don't you hug me like that?
I was hoping you were taped in pretty good, because every chance you had, you were leaning forward with your cleavage hanging out.
I did want to say that your brother is a saint for putting up with your celebrity. He moved around a lot last night. First he was sitting behind you, next he was sitting with some model friend of yours, and finally, he earned a special spot next to you for one moment of the night. But, sadly, he was booted again for your love, Calvin.
I hope next year it will be the year of someone else winning awards.


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McDonald's fires CEO over relationship…
McDonald's fires CEO over relationship with employee
The Chicago-based burger giant also fired Chief People Officer David Fairhurst.
FILE – In this Wednesday, July 26, 2017, file photo, McDonald's CEO Steve Easterbrook is interviewed at the New York Stock Exchange. McDonald's said Sunday, Nov. 3, 2019, that Easterbrook has stepped down after violating company policy by engaging in a consensual relationship with an employee. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)
By Bloomberg | |
McDonald's Corp. fired Chief Executive Officer Steve Easterbrook because he had a consensual relationship with an employee, losing the strategist who revived sales with all-day breakfast and led the company's charge into delivery and online ordering.
The burger chain's board voted Friday to terminate Easterbrook, 52, after investigating the relationship, which violated company policy, according to a statement Sunday. McDonald's policy doesn't allow the CEO to have a relationship with anyone in the company. Chris Kempczinski, who runs U.S. operations, was promoted to president and CEO.
FILE – In this April 20, 2006 file photo, a McDonald's restaurant logo and golden arch is lit on Chicago's near North Side. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
McDonald's brought breakfast bowls to area restaurants in 2015. (File photo)
Gavina and the two other McCafe suppliers worked with McDonald's for years to create a proprietary espresso blend. The result culiminated in the national roll out of McCafe in May 2019.
McDonald's began serving Triple Breakfast Stacks in November 2018. (Courtesy of McDonald's)
"This was a mistake," Easterbrook said of his actions in an email sent to employees Sunday. "Given the values of the company, I agree with the board that it is time for me to move on."
On Monday McDonald's shed another top executive. The Chicago-based burger giant said Chief People Officer David Fairhurst had left the company, effective immediately.
McDonald's wouldn't say whether Fairhurst's departure was connected to Easterbrook's firing.
In a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, McDonald's said Easterbrook will receive 26 weeks of pay but forfeit millions in unvested stock options as part of his severance agreement.
Easterbrook's 2018 compensation totaled $15.9 million. That included $1.3 million in salary and the rest in stock options and incentive payments. Easterbrook is forbidden from working for a competitor for two years.
Breakout role
Easterbrook was seen as relentless in his push to capture a new generation of customers who would be willing to order through smartphone apps, pay online, and choose to have food delivered to home or work instead of venturing into the outlets. To stress urgency, he tied executives' compensation to the speed and breadth of the delivery rollout, and worked with vendors including UberEats.
His strategies are paying off: Same-store sales, a key metric of success, recovered with the arrival of all-day breakfast, and he axed poorly selling items and added new ones while creating lower-priced value menus to draw in diners. McDonald's shares have almost doubled since he took over in March 2015, more than twice the gain in the S&P 500 Index.
"You can make a very strong argument that Easterbrook was the best CEO in the restaurant industry," said Michael Halen, who covers the sector for Bloomberg Intelligence. The stock closed at $193.94 a share on Nov. 1, giving it a market capitalization of $147.3 billion.
Along the way, Easterbrook's changes caused some franchisees to chafe at the expenses being pushed down from the corporate headquarters in Chicago.
McDonald's independent group of franchisees, the National Owners Association, didn't immediately reply to requests for comment. Store owners are scheduling a private conference call to discuss how to respond and protect the brand, according to a person familiar with their plan who asked not to be identified.
"Large public companies are less likely to tolerate such behavior because of reputational risk concerns," said Yuen Teen Mak, a professor at NUS Business School in Singapore wrote in an email. "The nature of the business may also be a factor " after all, their target customers are families and children."
Regardless of Easterbrook's successes, the company's board had little room for error in how it handled the British executive's transgression at a time when even consensual relationships draw scrutiny — and especially when there's an imbalance of power. In May, the company revamped its harassment policy after coming under pressure from employees, labor advocates and members of Congress.
In a letter responding to an inquiry from U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth, from the chain's home state of Illinois, Easterbrook said the company has improved its policy and is committed "to ensuring a harassment and bias-free workplace."
#MeToo climate
"In the current #MeToo climate, it will be even more difficult for corporations to retain a CEO in such situations," said NUS' Mak. "It is absolutely the right thing for McDonald's to do and to do it swiftly."
For the first time in 19 years, more CEOs were dismissed for ethical lapses than for financial performance or board struggles in 2018, according to a study by one of the PriceWaterhouseCooper's units that analyzed CEO turnovers in the world's 2,500 largest companies.
Executives who depart after violating company policy typically don't get to collect severance and must forfeit any unvested long-term compensation. Easterbrook held unvested shares and stock options worth roughly $31.3 million as of Friday's close in New York, according to Bloomberg.
Easterbrook is divorced, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal, and also sits on the board of Walmart.
" At the time, the American Civil Liberties Union and the union-backed Fight For $15 just announced a handful of new lawsuits and 20 complaints to the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. They accused the company of failing to prevent misconduct including groping and inappropriate comments from supervisors, as well as retaliation for speaking up.
With Easterbrook now out of the picture, it's left to Kempczinski to continue the push into delivery and electronic ordering. He joined McDonald's in 2015 to oversee global strategy, business development and innovation. He most recently served as president of the U.S. business and, like Easterbrook, was deeply involved in the drive to expand online delivery.
'Important partner'
"Chris has been an important partner to me over the last four years and is the ideal person to take on the role of CEO," Easterbrook said in his departure note. Joe Erlinger, who joined the company in 2002, will become president of the U.S. business.
Kempczinski, who helped implement many of the recent changes as head of U.S. operations, will maintain his predecessor's focus on technology and believes the company's investments will pay off, according to an interview with the Wall Street Journal.
"There isn't going to be some radical, strategic shift. The plan is working," the new CEO told the Journal, adding that he wants to discuss any concerns with franchisees.
Kempczinski, who's also joining McDonald's board, is taking over a behemoth chain, with more than 38,000 locations in 100 countries, including 14,000 in the U.S.
He'll have to contend with stagnant customer traffic across the restaurant industry. Growth has been fueled in recent quarters by higher prices, but chains have struggled to bring in larger volumes of diners. Competition has intensified as consumers eat out less and buy more prepared foods from grocery stores.
In recent quarters, McDonald's has been one of the industry's best performers, with same-store sales rising 5.9% globally in the latest quarter, more than analysts had projected.
It hasn't been quite as easy in its home market, where heavy discounting by rivals and more competition at breakfast has made it harder to get customers in its doors, resulting in a slowdown in customer traffic last quarter. But those who do come in are spending more and more, keeping the company on comfortable footing.
The company has sought to renovate its image by remodeling its locations — but franchisees have complained about the high costs associated with changes like building a wall to hide the kitchen operations behind the cash registers. In 2018, it slowed the pace of remodels, letting operators complete them by 2022 instead of the initial goal of 2020.
The improvements have also included self-ordering kiosks and even extra drive-thru lanes in some locations.
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While looking at most media coverage and news analysis about the current economic crisis, you will find almost no references to how the situation is affecting young people. There is little, if any, talk of what is happening in our nation's schools and universities. However, for a number of reasons, it is easy to see that young people are being hit especially hard.
Most of the families that have bought homes under the terms of an adjustable rate mortgage in recent years are first-time buyers, which means many are inevitably younger families. These young families, who saw home ownership as something outside of their reach, were taken in by the low introductory interest rates of the adjustable rate mortgages.
Figures issued in early 2004 show that in age brackets of 35 and above, 70-80 percent of people already owned their homes at that time. For ages below 35, the figure was around 40 percent — so it is clear that families under 35 have been the driving force in home sales in the housing boom from the mid- to late-'90s up through today.
With the resetting of their adjustable rate mortgages, many of these young families are finding themselves unable to make their monthly payments and are facing foreclosure.
This is the same generation which has been targeted by the credit card industry, payday loan scanners, and other financial predators. Credit card debt alone has risen more than 104 percent in the past decade for people aged 18-24, with high interest rates and hidden fees piling on more with each bill. Many youth, who can only find jobs at or near the minimum wage, have been forced into living in a "minimum monthly payment" mindset.
But young homeowners are not the only ones feeling the heat of the current crisis. States are beginning to predict budget shortfalls due to drops in tax revenue, which will hit financially strapped public schools and universities even harder. Already, the Florida teachers' union, the FEA, is opposing the plan of that state's Republican-dominated Legislature to implement $20 billion in property tax cuts for the wealthy to supposedly confront the fiscal crisis facing public services.
The crunch that students in higher education have been feeling for a long time is also getting tighter in the current economic atmosphere. Many state universities started off the new school year with yet another round of tuition increases as legislatures slashed their budgets even further. One example is the University of Pittsburgh, where the United States Student Association (USSA) says the tuition increase is 6.5 percent this year, which translates into an average of $1,000 more in charges for each student. Pennsylvania today only provides 11 percent of the university's operating budget, down from a high of 32 percent in 1975.
The situation for students in the University of Illinois system, which instituted an increase of tuition and fees of 11.6 percent this year, is similar. Over the past decade, costs at the U of I have rocketed upward by more than 250 percent — five times the average rate of income growth and eight times the rate of inflation.
The situation in these two schools is being repeated across the country. Though many public universities have been forced to seek out ever-larger amounts of private financial support, it is usually the students who end up footing the biggest part of rising costs.
Youth and students are not just taking these attacks lying down, however. There have been significant battles on the education front in particular.
After intense lobbying by the USSA and other youth organizations, Congress recently passed (and President Bush was pressured to sign) the College Cost Reduction Act (HR 2669).
The passing of the bill represents the most significant increase in aid to students in more than 60 years. It will bring about an increase in the Pell grant maximum to $5,400 from $4,050, mandates a halving of Stafford Loan interest rates by 2013, limits the amount of debt repayment to 15 percent of monthly income after college, and expands loan forgiveness options for students who go into public service fields after graduating.
The victory in the fight for HR 2669 sets the stage for pushing the fight for education affordability and accessibility to a higher level. Many youth and student groups have fought for passage of the DREAM Act to help make college more accessible for immigrant youth. Although the Senate rejected the bill on Oct. 24, the Young Communist League USA has vowed to work for its passage in 2008.
With next year's election battles already heating up and politicians courting support, young people have to continue ramping up the struggle to make sure that the issues important to them — education, jobs, an end to the war, and affordable housing — get the attention they deserve.
C.J. Atkins is a youth activist from Arkansas.


Washington Post media columnist Margaret Sullivan disagrees with Sean Hannity that journalism is dead, but she admits that it is suffering from some self-inflicted body blows—namely the sharp drop in public trust—and she's advising her colleagues on how to restore it.
"'Maybe this situation calls for a return to the old view, which asks for less analysis and more reporting, less personality and more facts,' said David M. Shribman, executive editor of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, who spent 25 years in Washington with the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Boston Globe, where he won a Pulitzer Prize for history-conscious political columns.
What a novel idea—more reporting, less opinion—and maybe not working so hard to elect a president so that even the least informed voters can see through their agenda.
Sullivan says that despite the low marks for trust, the media rate highly when it comes to being a watchdog over government corruption. But according to Amy Mitchell, director of journalism research at the Pew Research Center, that is offset by the high numbers of those who see bias, which hurts trust.
Trust in the media has been eroding for decades as the media decided that advocating for a liberal agenda was more important than being accurate. And they were largely able to get away with it since they controlled the media outlets, from broadcast networks to newspapers and radio.
All of that changed with the launching of Fox News on cable in 1996 and the emergence of the Internet soon after, giving conservatives an opportunity to expose liberal media bias to an audience that had grown distrustful of the media over the years.
Liberals no longer fully control the media, with Fox News dominating cable news ratings, and sites like Breitbart, Drudge Report, Daily Caller and Newsmax attracting a large and loyal following, much to the dismay of the the liberal media.
That's pretty decent advice. But given their coverage of President Trump to date—and with Trump's frequent tweets about the "dishonest media"—it's not likely that the public's view of the media will improve anytime soon.


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Alien Arafat 2 – The Interview
What is the difference between Sicarii and Alien Arafat?
Well, Alien Arafat is a specific part of Michael Cook's brain. Sicarii is the largest piece of the pie, the MC, the artist, performer, and life is sometimes one big stage, so Michael and Sicarii are ALMOST synonymous. Ice grill is the producer. The beat guy. The crate digger. The sample fiend and lunatic that stays up to 3 am adding 1 decibel more of a reverb to an adlib lol. Alien Arafat is the knowledge bringer, the godbody holy tabernacle ministry, historical, spiritual intelligence aspect. So for these projects I just magnify THAT particular style, or character. Because I'm also an author. A rhyme author. And I very much approach songs like movies or books, memoir chronicles, so these are all characters in the tragic comedy that is Michael's life. I try to channel Arafat stuff but it all comes from a higher place, I'm just trying to take this information and translate it for the listener. Back in the day, maybe ALL Sicarii lyrics were Arafat style. That was my proper name, SICARII ARAFAT. I added the ALIEN part because in THIS day and age, what we do is so foreign, it's not like it would be fair to squeeze "Grapefruit Juice & Champion Hoodies" in-between 2 Chainz and Future music lol…and I fuck with Tity boi haha.
Do u ever feel u have to dumb it down for the listener?
Absolutely. I mean, if someone has really followed my entire catalog from "of epic proportion" in 01 to now, there can definitely be a case made for me, "dumbing it down". But honestly, it's just growth and evolution more than anything. It's not like I make stupid music to try and get famous. Nah never that. But at the same time, on my super early shit I was speaking another god damn language really, so I made a decision to simplify things and still say the same shit, just in a dialect the average hip-hop head can digest. I mean, we do this music for us, but obviously if we are pursuing a career we want the world to hear. And I need to relate to my fans, so I can't speak AT them or above them, I have to speak TO them. That was an early lesson. but it's also all subjective, because the uncivilized ear could hear my current stuff and still feel like I'm being "super lyrical" or "using big words", which I fucking loathe, compared to what's on the radio, so it's really all your perception. It's natural. I don't force shit. It was a natural evolution into something called an adult. Back in 01, I was a kid trying to sound smart. Now I'm weathered and jaded. But both the kid and the man were smart and knew they shit. 90% of people that were introduced to Sicarii through "of epic proportion" LOVE everything since then. But there is the 10% who hit me up on the Internet bitching that I don't still rap like lost children of Babylon. It's just not in me anymore. To be honest, I have tried. This AA shit is the closest I would ever want to go to that style.
On "Easter Sunday" you make a couple references to "anunnaki"… Do the knowledge! Explain "anunnaki" for those who don't know who or what it is…
Well, i could talk for hours about that or them. Basically though, it's much deeper than an episode of "ancient aliens". They leave out lots of shit, and i get it, they gotta sell a story, but they are still doing more good than harm so fuck it. The anunnaki are AN "alien" race from the 10th planet, Niburu which is orbiting the far end of OUR solar system. It comes thru our orbit every 36,000 years as it doesn't have a regular orbit around the sun; it orbits around our solar system and lives off a dwarf star at the other end. Basically, our solar system is binary. Meaning has TWO stars. Not one. TWO suns. It's very common. One has burnt out, but I'm guessing still provides some warmth, light or energy. For whatever reason, they came to Earth in ancient times to mine for gold in Africa. They needed it for something on their planet. When they got here, homoerectus was doing its thing on this planet already, so rather than mine the caves themselves; the ANNUNAKI spliced their DNA with homoerectus to create…US!! Humans. The holes in modern theories are all there. Look it up. Wake the fuck up and read something, or at least listen to this EP. The ANNUNAKI are basically the answers to all your questions. How did the pyramids not only get built, but built perfectly aligning to Orion's belt? How did we evolve much faster than any species on the planet? Why do religious texts talk of god or gods "coming down from the heavens" to create man? I could go on for days literally i used to bomb cats to this shit all the time, now the cats that i bombed, bomb other cats. Each one teach one. Read the "12th planet" by Zecharia Sitchin, who this EP is dedicated too. He was the OG. He was one of the only people on earth who could read and translate cuneiform texts written on cylinder seals by the Sumerian people who were the first major civilization on earth. So i trust him more than any charlatan or biter like Erik Von Daniken. Daniken is the wack commercial version of Sitchin. He is the shawty lo of ancient history. A parasite.
"Game of Thrones" is a really hard, bass heavy, banger of a track about your abilities as an MC. Since you beheaded Imperial Lex in Northampton have you decided whether you were going to continue to battle as a career or not? If so when can we expect to see you at it again? If not, will you be putting out another LP?
Yeah, i will battle again. It's good promo. At least it CAN be. The Lex battle was shit. And fuck him for not making it hot. He can rhyme, he had some angles and lines i thought were mildly entertaining but he had no clue how to deal with EN SABAH NUR, Apocalypse. When i battle, that's the identity i take, the god-pharaoh super villain from x-men and marvel comics. I love the mythology of comics. But yeah he was just too…human. I'm supposed to battle the homie Kinetik Dialekt from Boston, he is dope, he is an MC like me and the battle was supposed to go down in Maine, but i had some personal issues getting up there and then the event ended up getting cancelled so we'll probably do it down here after new year's. Hopefully, I can get some more battle rappers hearts to sacrifice; i got a few cats on my hit list. They don't want me in the IBATTLE league cuz I will run thru it decapitating and crucifying their most worshipped but very average rappers. And of course, I got another LP coming out. 2013. It's the ultimate album. It's really awesome. It will inspire feelings of awe. Straight rap record. I'm getting back on my supreme MC shit.
I noticed there was no hook on "Holy Blood, Holy Grail", yet it seems to work perfectly for that track, almost like it did back in the 90's. Was that sort of the style you were going for with this track/project?
Yes and No. I'm cut from THAT cloth. I can't help but be lost in the 90s cuz that's when i came up, grew up really. That's the music i LOVE. I LIKE some shit nowadays, but that's the music that changed my life. This project was intended to be more futuristic, whereas AA Pt. 1 was more old school. But still, some songs are just not destined to have a hook. Other songs are elevated to the next level with a chorus but it's really just an organic feeling. For some reason i just never even thought of that song with a hook. I'm glad you took that feeling from it though. I really know how to do this music shit broseph. I get a feeling when a song is COMPLETE, and i know when it's not. I try not to overdo it. One thing i am working on with the new LP is to shut the fuck up. Not talk over all the beats and scratches and just the music play.
On "Brain Storm" you have features from Asylum Lifetime and Poppa Bear. You all sound like you belong on that record together… Is there a possibility of a Sicarii/AsyLife project in the future?
I hope. Asy is my man yo. That is the CT version of me. We have both led a very similar life. We have already done a bunch of songs, and this joint here, was the last song we did for AA2 and the most recent song we did together. But it's the first to drop haha. I was actually just talking to him earlier today. We want to do an ep or something, it's just finding the time with busy careers and lives. The chemistry is there. He is on the LP twice, a real life joint called "Permanent Scars" and some wild out shit, "Nelson Court" produced by Norman Cratez. He is always sending me beats and shit. We gon see lol. He is amazing. And his crew, UNDERDOG RELIGION just dropped an album that's so dope. They are all on my next record, Sherm LaRock did a beat with Blak Flag on it too. They running CT talent wise in my opinion. And Pops is the Cape's best MC. I really want to produce an official Poppa Bear solo album. Me, Karate Face and Pops does beats too, he did "Charlie Sheen". The holy trinity of suicide king music. Put it out thru DCSKOR. Do it right. Myself, Pops and Asy are all the same person really. White street cats that been thru mad shit and spit grimy. I love that fucking song!! Jump [Karate Face]'s bass line was illy.
"Malachi Z. York", at the beginning of the track you said you were "Doin it like 94, no backups, no adlibs, just one straight take", is that really how it worked out? Also on that track you talk a lot about Larry Davis and Malachi Z. York? Who were they and why do they mean so much to you?
Yeah, well not one take, but there is no backups, no adlibs, no vocal stacking, just one straight vocal track for each verse and 2 panned tracks for the hook. Simple shit. Grimy and simple. And dope. I made that beat at your house too Nate, do u remember that? It was aiight right? And look at the amazing song it grew to be. All songs have destinies. Larry Davis was an NYC dude that received notoriety for shooting a few cops and basically not laying down. He beat mad cases and just was like, "fuck y'all crooked cops" so i gotta rock with that. Eventually he was convicted for something tho and they fucked him up in prison. He turned his life around tho. Dr. Malachi Z York is the leader of the Nuwabian Nation of Moors/Holy tabernacle Ministries which is a way of life that deals heavily with the ancient alien theories. He is bugged out. He was wrongly accused of mad counts of statutory rape and also sent to prison, but if u ask his people, he was like Jesus to them. I don't know what to believe with that shit, but i know he also stood up in court and said "I'm a Native American, your justice system can't judge me" so i gotta rock with that. And his lectures have mad jewels. That's the samples on the song. He goes in on white people from time to time too which is great. Neither of them, is nearly as important as the other line, "Zecharia Sitchin is a hero to me"…because he is. Google him. Just read and study and listen to his lectures. Legaldopespot exclusive: the song that i sampled for this beat is actually Malachi Z York's early r&b group lol. Before being a messiah from the 19th galaxy he was a struggling soul singer and producer…i GOTTA rock with that!!
Is "Dogfood" directed at anyone specific? After all you do say on the track "No point to a truce" and Bishop is on it… Or am I just trying to stir shit up?
LOL! U just doing what u do. I like that. Nah, all my beefs are deaded. Truth be told i did write that shit a couple years ago tho, so i think there was a few cats that inspired that shit. No one that you would think tho. We was just getting brolic. LDSpot exclusive: i did delete some adlibs at the end of the song where the beat just rocks out, cuz at the time I wrote it and when we recorded it was a while apart, but the lyrics were definitely aimed at loser dickriding mc's, and we recorded it in the midst of having some rivalries come to the surface, and with the adlibs that were on the end it COULD have been take another way and I wasn't trying to be a part of that. I'm good with everyone right now. I'm just doing me.
"Da Plague" is a very complex track…Break the core meaning of this track down for the people… where were you trying to take it?
Just kick some knowledge in a bugged out manner. That beat is just zombie shit. So i kinda just blacked out. The plague that I'm speaking about is more of the mind than the body. Or artistically. Art sucks in 2012 man. If Wu-tang clan came out today they would be laughed at and relegated to underground blogs. There is no one really waving that flag. The underground is dope but over populated with biters and knock offs and no one is a fan anymore. I started rhyming in 1996. I'm an MC. I'm also a fan. I paid my dues. Ten fold. I'm just trying to be solution minded. They are the plague and we are the cure. I'm not alone.
The EP has 2 bonus tracks on it; "Night of the Sentinels" is one of them. Both bonus tracks are produced by your producer alter ego, Ice Grill, is there any specific reason for that?
Well i think they both fit the project. This is an alien Arafat ep but there are sicarii songs that are Arafat shit too. "Night of the sentinels" was a joint i did with GODILLA from PA originally for my next LP. But it was so dope and really fit the vibe i had to put it on here. Me and Face were like, yo the ep is great, but its real short, it's like 7 songs, and we do so much damn music so there was no excuse. The reason that I produced both bonus tracks was more just how it happened. Karate Face produced this EP in every way shape and form. His beats and energy is what got me into it and even inspired this shit lyrically. And I'm very proud of the shit lyrically. Our chemistry and his all original, no sample production was amazing but i do some beats myself that fit right in. ALSO, and more so than any other reason, I wanted to give cats a bridge or BYFROST if u will, between this project and my next LP. I'm growing and evolving as a producer and nowadays i feel more excited to produce than rhyme almost. I'm on my shit Nate. This next LP might be my last, and if it is, i think i did everything i wanted to do, but the world has to hear these beats. I don't want to say too much, cuz there are biters and shit, but imp really onto something production wise, a kind of fusion between 2 worlds that i have a foot in, and love equally and have finally found the correct mixture of chemicals to blow the fucking laboratory up!! These bonus tracks are just a taste of the direction I'm taking it. We have talked before about how each sicarii LP is different from the last and also the fans check for sicarii solo albums the most out of all the shit i do. So naturally, that is where i wanna show my growth to the most amount of ears. It's some ultimate shit!
It's evident on the track "Brick Planet" that you get pretty personal… Is that ever hard for you to do? And are you ever nervous about the way it might be perceived?
Nah, not at all. That's the shit i do this for. That's my favorite song on here actually. Goosebump shit. And I'm so glad my suicide kings came on that journey with me, they both killed it. That's a powerful song. More than anything, i love the dialogue sample at the end, that's the realest shit. Really listen. With that being said, my next record won't be as overly personal as my past material. I have told my story. A few times over, the fans know everything about me, even too much, and if it's a new fan they can go back and check my catalog and really understand who Sicarii is as a person. So with the 4th album i just wanted to get busy. Ultimate rhymes. Ultimate beats. Straight hip-hop. Commercial. Underground. Raw. My rawest record yet. Just banging out. There are still a few real life sicarii songs that I'm known for, of course, but mostly it's just me rapping my ass off over awesome beats. Different concepts. there are A LOT of things that make me who I am, much more than JUST drugs or problems or depression and truth be told I'm not in that space anymore. Thank Allah. So this next record i kinda went back to before all that when i was just a 19 year old kid rapping because he loved it and felt compelled to do so. I'm still compelled. I'm showing the other pieces of what makes up Mike. Before the drugs and the streets i was kid. I like movies, i like comics, i like batman, i love superheroes, i like to read, i love knowledge and science, i like Dana Carvey, nahmean, and i LOVE hip-hop. So on this next joint we gonna talk about what else makes me tick. And in a lyrical way. And still parade corn ball mc's heads around on flag poles…i still like to just rap. And if you can't fuck with that, i do understand. maybe my life will suck again or i will want to tell those stories on a future project, and shit, but i have a sneaking suspicion that 99% of the people that rock with Sicarii gonna love this new shit…and a lot of people that aint on board yet, gonna be rocking with us…DCSKOR…more will be revealed! I love yall, peace to the seeds…
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We have had two empty squares since July 8, 2010. The Crew can't seem to get healed enough to tackle the last two 5 star terrains. Drat!
Pilot J wrote: We have had two empty squares since July 8, 2010. The Crew can't seem to get healed enough to tackle the last two 5 star terrains. Drat!
apparently Aquacache and thumbed our noses at a puzzle cache with the necessary D/T rating while we were at GW9. I wanted to sob when I found out. Should I also mention we were within 5 feet of the first stage AND another cacher was actively telling us about said cache? Yeah, we're not so smart.
You just had to remind me of that, didn't you.
Although, my official matrix has been filled out for quite some time, the WV Fizzy Challenge version is finally DONE!!
SSPG and I made our way north this morning and grabbed Amalya's House of Rock for the last square! It appears as though I will be heading back to FL for a few days, so I'm not sure when I can grab the final, but I'm just glad the last square is now filled in.
Aquacache wrote: Although, my official matrix has been filled out for quite some time, the WV Fizzy Challenge version is finally DONE!!
I just hope the gap between finishing the requirements and finding the final is not as great as it was for the WV DeLorme Challenge (nearly a year).
Aquacache & I made the pilgrimage to the final today. Glad he had his jeep. It helped make short work of it.
and I even left a RJTB - ok that's not entirely true. I left the TB Tag for a RJTB....the jeep was missing when I found it.
so relieved to have this one really, really, really done.