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Increase in number of Amur tigers found during first big cat count in 10 years
By Anna Liesowska
Hope for future of the rare species as census says there could be as many as 540 of them now living in the Far East.
While there has been no dramatic increase since 2005, there has been a modest rise and conservationists are pleased that the population has stabilised. Picture: Khingan Nature Reserve
The number of tigers living in the Russian Far East is on the rise, the first large-scale census in 10 years has discovered.
Carried out by animal charity WWF, the Ministry of Natural Resources and the Amur Tiger organisation, the research found about 540 of the big cats in the region.
While there has been no dramatic increase since 2005, there has been a modest rise and conservationists are pleased that the population has stabilised.
The census started in January, with a team of about 2,000 walking a total of 15,000km and covering a massive 150,000 sq km area.
Hi-tech GPS equipment was used to mark the exact spot where the tiger was found, and measurements were taken of the imprint to work out its size, whether it was male or female, and in which direction it was travelling.
The census started in January, with a team of about 2,000 walking a total of 15,000km and covering a massive 150,000 sq km area. Pictures: Yuri Smityuk / WWF Russia
According to preliminary results, between 310 and 330 adult tigers, and up to 85 cubs, were found in Primorsky Krai, and as many as 95 adults and 30 cubs in Khabarovsky Krai. Another six were found in the Jewish autonomous region and the Amur region.
The previous survey a decade ago counted between 423 and 502 Siberian tigers, accounting for about 95 per cent of the world's population of the rare animals.
Researchers also found between 60 and 70 Amur leopards as part of the survey this year.
Dr Sergei Aramilve, director of the Primorsky branch of the Siberian Tiger Centre, said: 'These results were expected by the majority of experts though it wasn't absolutely certain.
'Some experts, for example, had believed that the number of tigers was at a critically low level of between 250 and 300 individuals, while others on the contrary assumed the number had increased to 700.
'In any case, we can put away the assumptions since at the moment we know for sure the approximate number and the changes that have occurred in the population.
More commonly known as the Siberian tiger, the Amur tiger is listed as an endangered species. Pictures: Phoenix foundation
'So now is extremely important for us to identify the areas unfavourable for tigers and to make every effort to rectify the situation for the better.'
More commonly known as the Siberian tiger, the Amur tiger is listed as an endangered species. Five years ago Russia launched a national strategy to protect the animal, which is the largest of the five tiger species.
The census came at a particularly important time, following one of the worst winters in the region for decades. Two months-worth of snow fell during the month of December alone, leaving depths of up to one metre in places, a critical level for many animals.
Conservationists were most concerned about the rare Amur tiger, which had been badly affected in similar weather conditions in the 1980s with 30 of them dying.
The census started on January 31 with the reporting team walking through deep snow amid temperatures of -30C. Those counting the numbers of tigers tended to walk routes along rivers where the big cats like to rest. At times the team required special ski shoes to walk.
Naturally it is entirely possible that the same tiger has been counted twice and the final results of the census will be published in October.
Among the tigers living in the Far East are three released by President Vladimir Putin in May last year.
Cameras have spotted that tigress Ilona is preparing herself for the mating season, by leaving her scent and markings on a tree in the Khingan Nature Reserve. Pictures: Khingan Nature Reserve
Satellite signals beamed to Moscow from collar trackers has been showing the movements of Kuzya, Borya and Ilona and where they have preferred to spend their time.
Cameras have spotted that tigress Ilona is preparing herself for the mating season, by leaving her scent and markings on a tree in the Khingan Nature Reserve.
In one video she can be seen sniffing the pine tree, rubbing against it and then scratching it with her claws. She then found the camera and gnawed at the rope attaching it to the tree and bit into it. Fortunately it survived.
Vyacheslav Kastrikin, Deputy Director for Science at the Khingan Reserve, said this particular tree is used by other animals during mating season, including bears, wolves and boars, explaining why a camera is placed beside it.
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Nice to read about efforts to protect endangered species like Siberian Tiger.
Our planet is large enough for all species to co-exist.
Thomas McNeilly, New York
This has made me so happy. I don't however like the fact that poachers may see this. These cats need all the protection the world can give them.
Valerie, Canada
Wow...good to known about them.its our responsibility to protect them and give them their space for living .in India its easy to find tiger not as tough as in Russia .India and Russia are the only countries where tigers are living in wild. Watching such an magnificent creature of god in jungle is something's like winning a world cup for me and being a part and attached to them.Good job by forest department of Russia...
prithvi leuva, ahmedabad/india
It is an important research to protect this beautiful félin.Thanks to give us other news about them.
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Is it an organized ride for the Tail of Dragon ride or just a general meetup? Could join you if i get details.
Just an annual trip to Daytona Bike Week in March & to the Tail of the Dragon April 23-27. I've ridden up by myself for the past 4 years. This year I'm staying in Robbinsville - Little House on the Prairie. A small cabin off Tapoco Rd. If you are in the area, I'll buy you a drink!


Hi folks, heading out to Seville and the Cadiz areas of Spain in the next few weeks. First help me not dress like a doofus. Hints and tips on what folk are wearing so when I go my outfits don't scream "Merica!!" I'm normally an athletic skort and river shoe(Keens) wearer. Second, lists of places to see and places for yummy food are very welcome.
Help me dress well and see all the places and eat all the foods!
Unless you plan on visiting various houses of worship or doing fine evening dining or attending a gala opera opening, you should just wear whatever clothing is most comfortable for you; it's 100 degrees there currently which is officially Too Hot To Worry About Fashion. Barring excellent language fluency your americanness will be apparent no matter what you wear and it's not worth worrying about unless you're the kind of american who refuses to say please and thank you and is in general horrible to foreigners, which, by simply asking this question, it is obvious that you are not.
Agreed I wouldn't worry too much about what you are wearing! It's going to be very hot so whatever is comfortable is best.
Nthing that just wear whatever you want, with the quasi-exception of being somewhat covered in churches. Just for reference, I'm a man, and sometimes you see advice for men to not wear shorts in Europe. I've worn shorts in Europe and nobody has ever seemed to care. And guess what? The locals wear shorts, too. If you're polite and at least make a token effort to speak Spanish, nobody will care. And they're going to know you are American, anyhow.
-Real Alcazar. Buy tickets in advance; this is a must. Both the building and (especially) the gardens are amazing.
-There's a food market on the river - I forget exactly what it is called - but it was very easy to find all kinds of yummy things to eat there.
-You know about tapas, right? Tapas are delicious, and the experience of eating them is different from what it is here. You go up to the bar, order a couple of things and a drink, consume them, then move on to the next place (or order something else if you were suitably impressed). El Rinconcillo was excellent is also supposedly Seville's oldest bar (I think). It's touristy but still worth checking out. This place is seemed less touristy and was also great; it was like a grocery store crossed with a restaurant and had some tables out front. There are loads of places to get good tapas in Seville, but those are the two that stand out in my memory.
-When the sun goes down and it cools off everyone goes for a walk, called the paseo. Join them. Assuming you are staying in the old city, take a leisurely stroll across the river to Triana, stopping wherever strikes your fancy.
Another vote for Triana - It's been years since I was there, so specific suggestions won't be current but you want to go there.
2nd breakin' the law's recommendation for Real Alcazar. I'm neither a history nor botanical buff and I was still awed by the historic and botanical nature of it all. Those gardens were maybe one of my Top 3 favourite things about Spain.
I went to the Mercado de Triana (in... Triana) at night, for their oysters and champagne bar. Most things were closed but it looked like the market would have been fun during the day.
I also liked La Paella for a quick grab & go lunch (get there before 2pm).
If you're a meat eater, you gotta try the jamón iberico de bellota. I got hooked and then realized it was like $25 for like 3oz back home, so then I had to get unhooked. I would have tried to sneak some back had I known! Also try ALL the sherries, if you drink. The dry sherries are so nice and complex, it opened up a whole new category of booze for me (plus made me sympathize with Fraser and Niles Crane, for better or for worse).
Hopefully the worst of the heatwave is over by the time you arrive, but keep hydrated and try to keep out of the sun between noon-ish and 18h or so when the sun isn't as strong. If you need a rest, go to any church you see and sit at the back. It will be cooler, dark-ish and there will be interesting things to look at like statues of Christ with real clothes and human hair and things like that. Andalucía is baroque central.
I'm normally an athletic skort and river shoe(Keens) wearer.
We don't wear full-on athletic clothes that really look like something to wear to the gym on the street much (as opposed to "technical clothes" that mostly look like street wear), but TBH I've been wearing these Merrells lately so I really feel you. I think Tevas would be better than river shoes but eeeh you're here for walking so get comfortable.
In Cádiz you should eat fried fish and seafood (little octopuses fried in batter, grilled shrimps, and so on). Don't forget to have a traditional Andalusian breakfast of coffee with pan de mollete with olive oil (or manteca colorá, or jamón).
The south of Spain is ridiculously hot this time of year (I visited Sevilla in July last year and it was 108), so yes, wear whatever you think would be most comfortable. That said, I was most comfortable in short cotton or rayon summer dresses, and a couple of my friends wore cotton shorts and tank tops. We wore comfortable sandals and flip flops for walking (Reef.) Athletic skorts and Keens will single you out as a tourist, but you could find similar items that are still comfortable but not as "tourist-y." A simple white tank top with a cotton skirt goes a long way and is very versatile. Again, please wear whatever you like, these suggestions are only because you asked!
That area is also rife with churches and mosques of historical significance, so please be sure to carry some sort of shawl to cover your shoulders with if you need to. It really depends on whoever the security guard is at the gate, but in Cordoba I was not let into a cathedral because I had spaghetti straps on. After I'd bought a t-shirt and walked in, I noticed women in there with far more revealing tops, so it was pretty clear that the idea of what's revealing is relative.
Triana is a great neighborhood to walk around in, and there's tapas bars aplenty. Food is pretty good everywhere. But... please do yourself a favor and eat at conTenedor. The food was spectacular.
Well, if you don't want to look American, avoid sports gear and shoes (those are for playing sports) and oversized tee shirts altogether.
And since you're in Spain try buying some shoes at El Naturalista or Camper. They're neat and fashionable.
Wow, I was JUST in Sevilla and Cádiz! So very gorgeous. Seconding the Real Alcazar building and gardens in Sevilla. Definitely worth the ticket price. Also seconding people's recommendations to stay hydrated and find shade when possible.
In terms of clothing, our group of five Americans dressed generally the way we would at home, and I didn't see anyone giving us the side eye. I made an effort to look nice for dinners at night, but I think you'll be fine! Hope you have an incredible time!


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Working as a team ... members of Dunedin's transgender community Denise Gordon-Glassford (left) and Laurel McLachlan (right) with Otago academics Dr Althea Gamble Blakey and Dr Gareth Treharne.
Members of Dunedin's transgender community who have been working with Otago academics say they hope that because of their help, other transgender people will be met with a more capable and understanding healthcare system.
Laurel McLachlan and Denise Gordon-Glassford are two of a group of transgender community members involved in the University's Transgender Education Community of Practice (Teacup) research group.
The aim of the Teacup project is to develop safe and effective ways to include transgender community members in co-teaching health professional students in small groups.
"I hope that there will be a young version of myself in the future who won't have to hide for so long. I hope life will be much simpler and more positive for them."
Denise had the first government-funded gender confirming genital surgery under a system introduced in 2005 that ran until the surgeon retired leaving transgender people to once more travel overseas.
"This is a good example of why it is so important to make sure that we have appropriate healthcare within New Zealand," she says.
Laurel, who is 72, says she felt different from about the age of four or five, but kept it hidden until eight years ago when she started her social transition. Four years ago she travelled to Thailand for surgery.
The pair say they are honoured to be taking part in this project.
Laurel adds that her involvement in the project isn't for herself but for others.
"I have experienced nothing but informed and positive attitudes from my personal healthcare professionals. I got involved with Teacup so other transgender individuals would experience similar medical understanding.
The Teacup project is being led by healthcare pedagogy expert Dr Althea Gamble Blakey and Psychology Senior Lecturer Dr Gareth Treharne in collaboration with other teaching staff and transgender community members.
Dr Gamble Blakey says the project aims to enhance education around transgender issues. The teaching staff bring expertise on teaching, and the transgender community bring expertise in the form of lived experience and powerful stories of resilience.
"Having got to know the Teacup group, we have developed a community of practice in which it is possible to ask appropriate questions, query the language that gets used, and challenge thinking in respectful ways.
"Having got to know the Teacup group, we have developed a community of practice in which it is possible to ask appropriate questions, query the language that gets used, and challenge thinking in respectful ways."
"All these things are important for any teacher, but especially those who need to tackle 'difficult' topics like healthcare for marginalised groups.
Dr Treharne says he sees the project as a way to stand beside the transgender community and help them to have a voice in education about their healthcare.
Denise says it warmed her heart to see this project begin.
"I felt that finally someone else cared.
Information about support services for transgender people can be found at the website of Gender Minorities Aotearoa. Lifeline New Zealand is open 24 hours a day, seven days a week at 0800 543 354.


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Rolf Michel (* 21. Januar 1945 in Tambach-Dietharz) ist ein deutscher Physiker. Er ist seit 1984 Professor für Strahlenschutz an der Leibniz Universität Hannover. Seit 2010 ist er emeritiert.

Er war von 1999 bis 2006 und von 2008 bis 2016 Mitglied der deutschen Strahlenschutzkommission (SSK), deren Vorsitz er vom Januar 2008 bis einschließlich Dezember 2011 innehatte. Er gehört weiterhin (Stand 2021) dem SSK-Krisenstab an (zeitweise als Vorsitzender).
2008/2009 war er Präsident des deutsch-schweizerischen Fachverbandes für Strahlenschutz.

Für seine langjährigen Verdienste um den Strahlenschutz erhielt er am 17. September 2015 mit zwei weiteren Mitgliedern der Strahlenschutzkommission, der früheren Vorsitzenden Maria Blettner und dem damaligen Vorsitzenden Wolfgang-Ulrich Müller, das Bundesverdienstkreuz am Bande.

Schwerpunkte seiner Arbeit liegen in den Bereichen Strahlungstransport, Strahlungsnachweis und Radioanalytik, Produktion von Radionukliden in Kernreaktionen, Wechselwirkung der kosmischen Strahlung mit Materie und Radioökologie.

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 Strahlenschutzpraxis, Heft 1/2008, S. 96–100

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Traditionally, first-year, first-semester students at Oregon State University-Cascades were expected to interview two people on campus each week over the 10-week program. Those might be the heads of programs and departments, career development advisers, counselors, healthcare workers, dining hall employees and the like. But Goldsmith knew something different was needed.
"When we went remote, I didn't want to assign students more Zoom time than they already had," she recalled. "That's the last thing that I wanted to do."
Instead of sending students outward to get to know the university culture through talking with others, she had them turn inward in a desire to help them orient to a new kind of learning environment.
A background in small press publishing led Goldsmith to go after a university grant that would enable her to produce There Is No College in COVID, a small book that shares selected reflections submitted by the students during the 10-week course. The copyright is held by the university, and all money generated, aside from a small portion to cover production, goes into a student scholarship fund.
"I called it the COVID-19 Journaling Project," she explained in the preface. "The assignment was simple: Write two journal entries twice a week of any length about your experience as a college student during a global pandemic."
Students would submit their assignments each week through Canvas. If they weren't interested in having the reflection considered for publication, they could opt out by adding an asterisk to it somewhere on the page.
The results, as Goldsmith noted, "are deeply personal explorations of the meaning of college during a pandemic."
"Today, I sat for hours without even getting up, or hardly moving, really." — Hanna S.
Goldsmith, who has since moved to Illinois State University to serve as assistant director of the Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies Program, recently spoke with Campus Technology about the project. The following comments were edited for clarity and brevity.
Campus Technology: The students in this book are definitely frustrated. There's a certain level of frustration in the entries that if people would just follow the rules, this quarantining would be over faster.
Jenna Goldsmith: The culture of OSU-Cascades is very different from other university cultures. The students tend to be a little bit older than a typical college age. A lot of them are returners, a lot of them are students who took a few classes here and there at the community college in town and now have moved over to the university. And OSU-Cascades offers applied majors. And by applied, I mean the students are actually in the field, oftentimes, as they're getting their degree. So, I think that breeds a seriousness.
The other thing is that students, for better or for worse, can take 300-level classes in their second semester of school, which is not typical. If you're able to do that, that means that you can get into labs and internships that you wouldn't be in as a freshman. You can get into really applied classes. And they had to do all of those remotely. It's just not the same. So, context is important to this project as well, understanding that these are just not your typical college students.
The tone that you're sensing in these students and the seriousness is reflecting the fact that they're missing out on more than just what we would imagine a first-year student in a very traditional context would be missing out on.
"My main goal was to find comfort in the discomfort. To do this, I would put my phone away during the day so I could stay more in the present moment; rather than distracting myself by looking at other people's lives, I spent time by myself: hiking, swimming in the river, paddle boarding, painting, reading, and journaling." — Mckenzie M.
CT: It also surprised me that nobody seems to get mad at the college administration for the rules that they have to live under.
Goldsmith: In many ways, this book was sampling ideas and writing from the time of what I consider our golden age of compliance. This was before vaccines. This was before things really started to become politicized. There was a coffee shop near campus, for instance, that has, at this point, racked up hundreds of thousands of dollars in OSHA violations because they refused to comply. So that was happening right near campus at that time.
And I don't doubt that [students are] still complying ... the students are just great. They didn't use this assignment to disparage the people who are trying to help them.
"We keep each other at an arm's length, not able to see each other's faces, a literal mask hiding our humanity." — Spencer V.
CT: I don't recall seeing any discussion from the students about the level of quality of the online instruction they were getting. Do you think they gave up on having any quality education experience? Or was something else going on there?
Goldsmith: This was fall 2020. So, it was still very fresh. And I don't think anybody knew what good quality remote instruction looked like. Some people were better at it than others. In my evaluations from that semester, I was taken to task by a couple of folks because of some of the choices that I made, and I learned from those things. And I feel like I've grown a lot as an instructor because of some of those failures. At the time, I didn't really know I was failing.
We became almost interlopers on a world of instruction that has its own history. Online instruction has its own history, it has its own journals, it has its own pedagogy. You don't know what that is, because you haven't been trained.
In that first semester, nobody knew what they were doing. The students didn't know what they were getting. And I think that there was just this feeling of like, OK, everybody's doing the best they can, this will be over soon — which, of course, is not the case.
"I loathe the desk chair I sit in, I dislike the sound of my computer fan, and I've even found myself insulting my desk plant. The monotony is making me go insane." — Nathan S.
CT: These students come across as very articulate when it comes to describing their experiences. Was that what you would expect or did that surprise you?
Goldsmith: There were some things that I hoped for. And then there were some things that really surprised me.
Some of my students took liberties and did some more creative stuff, which I thought was fantastic, but I didn't expect. There was a student who wrote some poetry. There was a student who did something cool with music. And I was really happy to see that.
It's not that I wasn't expecting the insight that came through in the stories, because I knew that the students were very insightful just from having them in class. I think what surprised me was that they were very candid about the frustrations and the challenges. And that they really took this assignment seriously.
"Will there be a historic moment where the majority of Americans will leave the country on vacation? It's impossible to foresee what will happen, but it's hard to imagine the switch." — Wyatt D.
CT: What's the value of having students reflect and journal on their personal experiences?
Goldsmith: You know, they are someday going to look back on this, and it's going to feel surreal. It's not going to feel like it was real. But this makes it real. And I think that there's value to that.
I listened to a podcast recently that was talking about how as humans we tend to engage in "severe presentism," that every moment that we're in is like the worst moment or the best moment of our lives. It's just the way that our brains are able to sift through information.
And so likely over the course of their lives, though huge and major, this will start to fade off. And a book that captures the intensity and the complexity of the moment will be really nice for them to have.
Also, they might have had lots of people asking them how they were doing, but it occurred to me when I was thinking about the project that this might be the only time in their day when anybody cared about how they're doing. It could be the only time in their day when they were not doing something for somebody else — caretaking, babysitting, taking care of a parent, doing homework. It might have been the only time in the day where they were actually just doing something for themselves. And so, I also hope it had value in the moment to them — again, maybe unrealized at this point, but maybe they took away a journaling practice from it, maybe they took away a meditation practice from it. Who knows?
"I can't quite tell what I'm struggling with that's based on COVID and what is just college. Am I really bad at being a student or being a virtual student?" — Lucy F.
CT: If other instructors read this and think they should have been doing pandemic journaling with their students too, do you think it's too late?
Goldsmith: We're in a new moment. We're in a new and even in some ways more complicated moment. 2020 was bad. But there's something about 2021 that feels worse. I don't know what it is. Maybe it's because of the length of time. In 2020 at least we had January and February, whereas [in 2021] it's just been 12 months of difficulty.
So, we're in a new moment. I think asking students to begin reflecting now would be just as valuable.
"I started college during a global pandemic. How many people can say that?" — Colin B.
There is No College in COVID is available for $12.95 from Belt Publishing.

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Q: How can I modify the PolylinesOptions of Angular Components map-Directions-renderer? hi I'm trying to edit the PolylinesOptions of the <map-directions-renderer>  component  (component developed by Angular team) and I can't get results
I need to generate multiple renderers to generate different paths independent of each other,
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'I'LL GET YOU SACKED'
Travellers' fury over Sainsbury's 'discrimination' as staff refuse to appear in video showing them donating to food bank
Patrick Fitzharris and his uncle Jimmy went to the supermarket in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, on Saturday
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A PAIR of travellers have accused Sainsbury's staff of discrimination after they refused to appear in a video showing them donating to a food bank.
Patrick Fitzharris and his uncle Jimmy went to the supermarket in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, on Saturday and filled a trolley with £181 worth of goods.
A pair of travellers have accused Sainsbury's staff of 'discrimination' after they 'refused' to accept their food bank donationCredit: Deadline News
They had wanted to film the moment they handed over the products as part of the "Food Bank Challenge", which has been sweeping social media.
But employees told the men they didn't want to be on camera, sparking a row which Patrick filmed and posted it on Facebook.
Captioning the clip, which has been watched more than 170,000 times, Patrick claims one of the staff members "wouldn't do it" over "[us] being travellers."
In the footage, he can be heard saying: "It was a good gesture, I don't understand why you couldn't have done it."
The footage starts after the member of staff told the men they didn't want to appear on videoCredit: Deadline News
The refusal to appear on camera sparked a row between the traveller men and supermarket employees, which was captured on cameraCredit: Deadline News
A female worker then replies: "It shouldn't be about the publicity though should it, it should be about making the good gesture."
Patrick responds: "But that's the whole point of it it's the nomination when you're getting nominated for the homeless you be a big man.
Jimmy can then be heard calling the other employee present a "t**t" before Patrick adds: "Silly, honestly, just very very stupid."
A further clip shows Jimmy trying to follow one of the employees saying: "I'm going to make a complaint against you and get you sacked.
Sainsbury's staff told the travellers they were happy to accept the donation but didn't want to be filmedCredit: Deadline News
Jimmy can be seen following staff as he laments them for not accepting his donation, telling them he will get them sackedCredit: Deadline News
"You won't be the manager of this store for much longer."
Patrick then says: "We've got you on video as well saying that he feels like he's getting mocked."
A staff member responds: "We haven't refused it."
The men were taking part in the Food Bank Challenge, which involves people filming themselves donating a trolley of food at a supermarket, posting the video online and nominating friends to do the same with the hashtag #Foodbanknomination.
Staff provided the traveller men with a full refund for their trolley of goods which they had intended to donateCredit: Deadline News
The travellers claim their goodwill gesture was rejected because of discriminationCredit: Deadline News
People have 48 hours to complete the challenge, which was first started by traveller Watson Harrop, 30, of Bishops Auckland in County Durham, who went viral with his clip.
Speaking today, Jimmy said: "I was p***** off. Why are they being so spiteful? When it was the travellers that started this nomination off?
"I've been born and reared here all my life and my wife comes in every two or three days."
A spokeswoman for Sainsbury's said: "We are an inclusive retailer. Our colleagues explained they were not comfortable being filmed but would be happy to video the customers with their donation.
"Sadly this was refused and our colleagues were asked to provide a refund, which they arranged."
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My EU citizen's rights were taken without me having a say
Alice Bouilliez, 61, a retired British civil servant from Gers, is the main claimant in a legal case being referred to the European Court of Justice for a decision over whether Britons should keep their EU citizenship. Here she explains further her motivations.
By Alice Bouilliez
Mrs Bouilliez has written this piece following on from our publication of the news of the case being taken by French lawyer Julien Fouchet on her behalf, in our January edition.
Here I am, a citizen of the European Union whose rights and privileges have been stripped away from me without me being able to vote on the matter [because Britons abroad for more than 15 years lose voting rights].
Who is it that dares to say that I no longer naturally belong where I have made my home in total legality? That I should need a carte de séjour to confirm my duty to the state in which I live and work, when only yesterday I enjoyed full and fair rights and privileges?
My only privilege now is to pay my taxes; with what in return? Do I have freedom of movement to live and work in 27 countries? No! Why not? Because people living in a country that saw my birth, 1,000 miles away, and where I can no longer vote, who know nothing of my situation, have decided that 'they' are better off stripping 'my' rights away. What utter nonsense. How unfair is that?
The treaties demand that decisions on the welfare of European Citizens be taken as close as possible to the people concerned. Those people who voted in the referendum in 2016 live very far away from me.
They have other preoccupations, such as fishing rights or sovereignty, with gunboats to back up their arguments.
Those arguments had nothing to do with my situation and yet I have been fully affected by them in a negative way. I have lost my only rights to vote anywhere as a consequence, as well as my freedom of movement.
The mass media try to tell me that I am no longer a European Citizen but civis europeus sum! Once a European citizen, always a European citizen.
Rupert Murdoch was [in 2011, in relation to phone hacking allegations] visibly furious about being summoned to come before the Parliamentary Select Committee and vowed his vengeance in his newspapers. He appears to have managed.
I started to campaign for our rights when I realised that there was no one in power in the UK with the slightest regard for my situation or the situation of millions of others like me.
To be disenfranchised is a horrible feeling; with one decree you are thrown back into a state similar to that of childhood. Your voice does not matter, your opinions do not change anything. There is a feeling of being bereft.
The suffragettes were not fighting for something that they had lost nor for something that they had previously held. They were fighting for new rights. The arguments of the suffragettes and the abolitionist movement in the USA are just as valid now as they ever were.
I am fighting to regain my rights, to be counted as a grown-up adult.
What happens when you lose the right to vote? You are disenfranchised, this means that you become a child in the eyes of society. A child with no parent or guardian to take up your problems or worries.
Just as an orphan can ask for emancipation when his or her parents die and he or she has to take on the responsibility for a family, so do I ask to be emancipated, to be able to vote again as a fully-fledged European citizen once more.
Why was there no one there to speak up for me?
Unlike other European countries the United Kingdom has no member of parliament for those who live outside its borders. France in comparison does have parliamentary representatives for its expatriates, wherever they live in the world.
All the UK has are the consular services or the British Council (that British citizens have no access to).
Consular services have been reduced to mere trade envoys as Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe [a British-Iranian woman jailed in Iran since 2016 under controversial circumstances] has found to her cost. A British person outside the UK has no support or voice and there is no help.
Members of parliament are unreachable by people who are not their constituents. An MP is not allowed to reply to a letter from someone outside their constituency, as in the case of James Foley [an American journalist who was killed by Isis].
This system, or lack of it is fine if you have an MP. It is not so good if you don't have one. The only recourse is to write to the Upper House or Her Majesty The Queen.
I wrote to Lord Hestletine in 2016 and also to Lord Adonis and to Dominic Grieve who have since become part of the European Movement. The Queen however was unable to concern herself with 'political' matters.
Mrs Ratcliffe has an admirable husband who has publicised her case but how many Britons are there with no protection whatsoever?
Until January 2020 Britons had access to European Union consular services and ultimately judicial help through the European Union Court system. A person accused of a crime could ask for help from any European Union embassy or consular service. This is no longer true.
What are we to say to Mrs Page who had planned to live out her retirement in a lovely house in the French countryside surrounded by her horse, her dogs and her cats, when after the referendum her income from the UK was slashed by a third due to the Brexit vote, and who is now in a retirement home in Hungerford without her beloved animals?
What do we say to my godfather, Mike Johnson, whose two girls, who have always lived in France and are having difficulty getting their cartes de séjour, or the twins who went for French nationality: One was given it, but the other was denied it.
A great many of those worst affected are recently-arrived British women, widows, divorcees, wives of EU nationals. Some with children of dual nationality. Which jurisdiction will uphold the rights of divorced couples, in the future?
Collateral damage, you might say; as if that was a fair excuse.
Life is unfair, you might say. Yes – that is the reason for the existence of the courts and their justice system. Remember, last month, that all of these people were European citizens and totally and legally within their rights to be where they are now. They are now destitute of their rights.
What should we all do in these examples?
I do not feel that it is right to wave a flag of convenience, like some clandestine ship by taking the nationality of another European country and by virtue of that be recognised once again as a European citizen (many people cannot do this for various reasons).
I still am a European citizen and wish to stay so. I was given citizenship of Europe by virtue of my country joining the European Union in 1973. Reinforced in 1992 by the Maastricht Treaty. From that moment forward I have been a European Citizen I own that citizenship. It is a fundamental status. My inalienable right, part of my being.
One thing is certain, and that is that on the January 31, 2020 I was a fully-fledged European citizen with all the rights and obligations mentioned in the European Charter of Human rights.
Since that date no one has sent me a message personally to tell me that I am no longer a European citizen. If they had I would have contested it. Instead without warning, I was made aware that I could no longer vote in the municipal elections in March 2020. My name was absent from the register, with the humiliation of being singled out.
During the Brexit negotiations we have all been told that nothing was final until everything was signed. The social side was sadly forgotten.
Why have I been discriminated against? Although everyone understands that geopolitical states are often in flux, there is a growing group of families that are spread over the whole of Europe and these people are often highly educated and possess three or more languages. They need to be able to belong to a group that has distinct protections, rights and duties.
Who pays for my European citizenship? I pay for it at the moment through taxation in my chosen country France.
When on European soil the taxes of all European citizens are collected and a proportion is ring-fenced for European projects.
When outside European soil, the taxes of European citizens have always gone to the country of residence. This should not have to change. The finances of Europe will not suffer from giving me back my rights.
Civil rights are often made to sound like some outlandish impertinence. Nothing could be further from the truth. Basic human rights are the bedrock of society.
Mrs Bouilliez's case is one of several pro bono cases being undertaken by French avocat Julien Fouchet, who is crowdfunding towards expenses.
ECJ is to rule for first time on Britons' EU citizenship
EU citizens
Anti-Covid pill Paxlovid to be in French pharmacies by end of January
French MPs deny Covid vaccine pass comes too late to make a difference
How to get a Pacs in France and what differences to marriage


In Tanzania, the number of active users in the mobile money industry grew from just 170,000 in 2009 to over nine million by 2013. The Kenya Tea Development Agency – which is wholly owned by the 560,000 smallholders who grow tea for it – is the second-largest exporter of tea in the world. The Indian microfinance institutions (MFI) industry services over 33.8 million borrowers. These are three outstanding examples of market-based solutions to poverty that have achieved impressive scale. They are creating impact and improving the lives of millions. What are the secrets behind their success? Answering this question could help unlock the true transformative potential of market-based solutions to poverty.
Our new report, Beyond the Pioneer: Getting Inclusive Industries to Scale, looks at case studies across Asia and Africa to try to understand how inclusive business models have overcome scaling barriers and accelerated growth. Having previously presented the scaling barriers (click here to read part 1 and 2 of this series), in this final installment we discuss how barriers can be overcome and who can help.
In dozens of cases that we studied, the range and difficulty of scaling barriers were such that the firms were unlikely to resolve them on their own. They either simply lacked the resources and influence to do so effectively, or were dis-incentivized from taking the initiative. It is precisely when these kinds of intractable barriers emerge that industry facilitators can play a vital role, by acting to help resolve scaling barriers to the benefit of many firms, not just one.
We saw industry facilitators act in a variety of ways to help scale inclusive business models. They provided financial resources, built capacity, trained producers, educated consumers, engaged with government and regulators, formed new partnerships and even created entirely new entities that could help the industry succeed.
The versatility with which we saw facilitators intervene showed us that industry facilitator is a role that can be played by a variety of actors. Those who could potentially fulfill this role include: foundations and aid donors; mission-driven intermediaries; multilateral development agencies; state agencies and parastatals; industry associations and even investors.
The role of industry facilitator does not end once scale is achieved. In fact, scale itself brings with it new challenges such as the politics of serving the poor or the increasing pressure of commercial investors. We saw an example of these challenges in the case of the Indian MFI industry where, in 2010, the suicides of over-indebted clients were grabbing national headlines and sparking a political backlash. Sustaining scale requires that both firms and facilitators prepare for and address the new challenges that are often a corollary of scale.
The proliferation of market-based solutions to poverty has been one of the most exciting developments in the fight against poverty in recent years, and their lack of scale has been one of the great disappointments. The urgent challenge of the day is to help these solutions achieve scale, so that they can touch and transform the lives of the billions who suffer the consequences of poverty. We invite everyone interested in market-based solutions for the poor to read our report and engage in this important conversation, to help fulfil the rich promise of impact from these new models.


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Hi, Everyone–
Just a reminder that MME members have *exclusive* registration access for the pre-conference Googleplex visit until this Friday, May. 1. After this, remaining spots will be opened to all AEJMC members. You may also wish to check out our day-long pre-conference workshop on Media Entrepreneurship (registration details for this event can be found on AEJMC web site). To register for the Googleplex trip, click on the URL below.
Googleplex Visit Info:
Wednesday, August 5, 8:00am-3:00pm ($40 fee, limited to 29 participants, MMEC)
Want to get a look inside of Google? Join the Media Management & Economics Division for a site visit to Google's global headquarters. Learn about the latest developments in YouTube, Google Search and Google Play, and how they are changing the media industry globally, nationally and locally. Lunch provided, courtesy of Google. Shuttle bus will transport to and from the hotel (fee covers shuttle costs to and from Mountain View, CA). This off-site visit is open to MMEC members only until May 1, then is open to all AEJMC members for remaining spots. To sign-up for this exciting trip go to: https://aejmc2.wufoo.com/forms/visit-to-googleplex-mmec/. For questions, contact Louisa Ha at louisah@bgsu.edu. (MMEC)
See you in San Francisco!
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MME Division call for nominees for 2015 PF&R Award
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The Named Awards Committee of the MME Division is seeking nominations for the Division's Professional Freedom and Responsibility Award, which recognizes excellence in the promotion of free expression; ethics; media criticism and accountability; racial, gender, and cultural inclusiveness; and public service, as it pertains to media management, economics, and entrepreneurship (Note: these are the five PF&R areas recognized by AEJMC). The award is open to any person or institution, professional or academic that makes significant contributions to public advocacy for or has by their actions encouraged management practices that promote excellence in any of the five areas. The award recognizes actions by working management professionals, research, teaching or service activities, or any other relevant work.
The award may be granted to significant contributions made in the preceding year or over a lifetime, at the discretion of the Named Awards Committee. If the nominee is a not a member of the MME Division, preference will be given to nominees from the region of each year's annual convention. At its discretion, the Named Awards Committee may choose not to make a PF&R award in any year, if no suitable nominee is put forward. Self-nominations are not accepted for the PF&R award.
Nominations, along with any available supporting material, must be received (via mail or email), by the Division's Immediate Past Head, Bozena Mierzejewska by the deadline of May 1, 2015. In addition to materials supplied by nominators, nominees might also be contacted and asked to submit supporting any material as quickly as possible after that date. Supporting materials may include, but are not limited to documents and texts pertaining to research, media advocacy or expert testimony, media coverage, and peer acknowledgment.
The winner of the award will be notified well before this year's AEJMC annual conference in San Francisco, and the award will be presented at MME Division's Members' Meeting during the conference.
Please nominations by email to: bmierzejewska@fordham.edu
Or by post to:
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2015 Picard Award for Book and Monographs goes to…
…nominate publication that YOU think should get this award.
The MMEE Division is seeking nominations for the Robert Picard Award for 2015, to honor the author(s) of a book or a monograph published during the previous year (2014) that makes a significant contribution to the field of media management, economics and entrepreneurship.
The Division's Named Awards Committee selects the winner. Nominations must be submitted by May 1, 2015, to Immediate Past Head Bozena Mierzejewska. Each nominated book must specify why the book or work is outstanding (outside reviewer statements will be considered along with nominator statements).
The award is named in honor of Division member and senior scholar Robert Picard of Oxford University. Recent winners include: Eli Noam, Mark Deuze, George Sylvie. Last year the recipient was "The Social Media Industries" edited by Alan Albarran, New York: Routledge, 2013 imprint.
AEJMC members are invited to nominate books or monographs for the award. Self-nominations are acceptable. To nominate a work provide the following:
*A written nomination with a complete citation (title, author, publisher, and year of publication of the book) and a short statement on the book's contribution to the field of media management, economics and entrepreneurship. (Nomination may be emailed to bmierzejewska@fordham.edu.)
*Three copies of the work, whether book or monograph needs to be delivered by post.
The winners of the awards will be notified before the AEJMC annual convention in San Francisco, in August 2015, and the awards will be presented at the Media Management, Economics and Entrepreneurship Division's annual Members' Meeting.
Please mail nomination packets to:
Reminder: Call for nominations for 2015 Barry Sherman Teaching Award
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The Named Awards Committee of the MME Division is seeking nominations for the Barry Sherman Teaching Award, which recognizes excellence and innovation in the teaching of media management, economics, and entrepreneurship.
Any division member is eligible for the award but may not nominate himself or herself.
Nominations must be sent to Immediate Past Bozena Mierzejewska by May 1, 2015. Nominees will be contacted and asked to submit supporting material by May 26. Supporting materials will include:
Syllabi from one or two courses (graduate or undergraduate) devoted primarily to media management, economics or media entrepreneurship.
Up to three examples of supporting instructional materials in media management or economics. The supporting materials should demonstrate evidence of teaching excellence or innovation.
The award honors the memory of Barry Sherman, who was Lambdin Kay Professor in the Grady College of Journalism and Mass Communication at the University of Georgia at the time of his death in 2000. He served as director of the prestigious Peabody Awards from 1991-2000. During his 19 years at Georgia, the university honored Sherman twice for teaching excellence. In 1995, the International Radio and Television Society Foundation named him a Stanton Fellow for his "outstanding contribution to electronic media education."
The winner of the award will be notified before the AEJMC annual convention in San Francisco, in August 2015, and the award will be presented at the Media Management and Economics Division's annual Members' Meeting.
Call for nominations for 2015 Barry Sherman Teaching Award
What if you did not submit your paper but still want to be involved in Media Management, Economics, and Entrepreneurship division?
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Please volunteer to be a paper judge!
CALLING ALL REVIEWERS…
The Media Management and Economics Division (MME) of AEJMC needs your help judging papers for this year's annual conference in San Francisco.
If you volunteer to be a judge, you will be assigned 3-5 papers to read and evaluate in mid- to late April. The judging process is blind and conducted online using the All Academic Web site. The number of papers assigned to each judge will depend on the number of papers submitted and the number of volunteer judges.
MME policy states people who submit papers cannot serve as judges for the division. If you are not sure whether you will be submitting a paper this year, please consider volunteering as a judge now because I can always remove your name later if you decide to submit a paper. As always, judges for the MME division are free to submit papers to other divisions.
If you are willing to volunteer as a judge, please complete the Call for MME Paper Reviewers online at:
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Thank you in advance for supporting the MME division. If you have any questions about the judging process, please contact me at aroepnack@fordham.edu. Here's to a great AEJMC paper competition and convention in San Francisco.
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La Cruz del Ávila es una enorme cruz latina de neón que está ubicada en el Cerro Papelón del Parque nacional El Ávila (), que puede ser vista claramente durante la Navidad desde Caracas, Venezuela. La cruz se enciende tradicionalmente desde el 1 de noviembre de cada año hasta el 6 de enero del siguiente.

Historia
La idea de crear una cruz iluminada para representar la época navideña fue de Ottomar Pfersdorff, un ingeniero estadounidense que arribó a Venezuela en los años 1940, y que comenzó a laborar para la Electricidad de Caracas en 1948. Estando inspirado en la festividades decembrinas en Venezuela, decidió crear un ícono representativo de las mismas, así como del servicio eficiente de la EDC. Sus gestiones hicieron que el 1 de diciembre de 1963 el personal del Hotel Humboldt, en la cima del Ávila, cerrara las cortinas de treinta habitaciones desde el piso 1 al 14, y mantener las restantes encendidas por toda la noche, de tal manera que reprodujera la imagen de una cruz cristiana de 30 metros de alto. El consumo de energía fue de 384 kWh diarios.

Sin embargo, el gasto de electricidad que requería la cruz del hotel se hizo insostenible. A raíz de eso, en 1966 se instaló la cruz a la antena del canal Venezolana de Televisión, ubicada en el sector de Los Mecedores, a una altura de 1,760 metros. Esta estructura, de 30 x 20 metros, consumía 24 kWh diarios, y constaba de 120 lámparas fijas y cuatro lámparas de destello.

En 1982 se llevaría a cabo la construcción de una estructura aparte, cuya administración estaría a cargo de la Electricidad de Caracas. Esta nueva cruz, a 1,530 , fue hecha con hierro galvanizado adjuntado a una torre de transmisión cerca del propio Hotel Humboldt. Posee 74 reflectores de 150 vatios cada uno, por lo que su encendido requiere 11.100 vatios. Mide 37 metros de alto por 18 metros de ancho.

La costumbre es encender la cruz cada 1 de diciembre para señalar el comienzo de la temporada navideña, para luego terminar las celebraciones el 6 de enero, día de los Reyes Magos. Una excepción a esta regla fue en el 2007, cuando se encendió el 28 de noviembre y en el 2016 que se encendió el 1 de noviembre.

Ottomar Pfersdorff, el creador de la Cruz, se retiró de la EDC en 1970. Su fallecimiento en 1998 ocurrió curiosamente un 1 de diciembre, día tradicional del encendido de la cruz.

Es una de las cruces monumentales que se halla en dicho parque nacional, la otra siendo la Cruz de los Palmeros de Chacao, asociada con dicha tradición centenaria.

Referencias

Enlaces externos
 La Cruz del Ávila — Sitio web de la Electricidad de Caracas.

Cruces monumentales de Venezuela
Eventos en Caracas
Religión en Caracas


What is it about? Kung Fu Panda 3 is the newest Kung Fu Panda movie in the series. Po, a chubby panda that becomes the legendary Dragon Warrior and fights alongside other animal warriors, is defending China when he is reunited with his long-lost father. He takes him back to a panda village where Po must train a village of clumsy pandas to fight Kai, an enemy that threatens to take the life force out of all great kung fu masters.
How is it? 4/5 Kung Fu Panda 3 is visually terrific, funny movie. The animation is dazzling and Po's interactions with other pandas are hilarious. You do not need to see the other Kung Fu Panda movies to understand this one, however you do need basic knowledge of the main characters (Po; Master Shifu, his lemur teacher; Tigress, Monkey, Mantis, Viper, and Crane, the animals that fight alongside Po; and Mr. Ping, Po's adpoted father, a goose).
How funny is it? 3.5/5 Kung Fu Panda 3 is very funny, and much of the humor comes from either fun-loving, clumsy Po or his panda relatives, who also possess those qualities.
How are the visual effects? 5/5 The animation in Kung Fu Panda 3 is wonderful. The characters in the movie possess extraordinary abilities, such as flying or being able to jump over mountains, so the movie embraces this and provides dazzling special effects.
In conclusion, Kung Fu Panda 3 is an entertaining, awesome, and funny movie with great special effects.
Awesome review 🙂 please review zootopia next. I'm not sure if I should watch it and your review will help me decide!


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Physical Exam Information
These forms are for the 2021-2022 school year.
All Athletes Flow Chart
Winter Athletes Flow Chart
Spring Athletes Flow Chart
Forms must be completed for the current school year. Prior year's forms may not be used and should be discarded.
Physical exams for the 2021-2022 School Year must be dated June 1, 2021 or later. This is a PIAA rule.
The Comprehensive Initial Pre-Participation Evaluation (CIPPE) meets PIAA sports medicine guidelines. The CIPPE is designed to examine forthcoming student athletes' overall general health, and any other conditions that may prevent athletes from participating in a sport offered by Hempfield School District. MedExpress and other Urgent Care centers offer low-cost sports physicals for walk-in appointments.
2021-2022 CIPPE Form
2021-2022 CIPPE Recertification Form (Section 8)
2021-2022 CIPPE Doctor's Clearance (Section 9)
All athletes must complete the following forms before participating in a sport:
CIPPE form or CIPPE Re-certification form (see flowcharts for which is required).
Insurance Release Form
Drug Testing Consent Form
Possession/Use of Substance Policy Consent Form
NCAA Academic Eligibility Requirements (High School Only)
Copies of the CIPPE and CIPPE re-certification forms are available for download above, or can be picked up in the Athletic Director's office, or school offices. Sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of the CIPPE should be completed by parents prior to the physical exam. Section 6 of the CIPPE must be completed by a doctor. Other forms should be obtained from and returned to coaches.
Please call the Athletic Trainer at 717-618-7003 or e-mail with questions.
Athletic Trainer System Portal
All athletes must complete an Athlete Profile on the ATS portal. See the instructions page for creating an account and profile. Additionally, athletes can use the ATS system to complete their CIPPE paperwork.
Concussion Baseline Testing
Concussion baseline testing is a tool that the Athletic Training staff can use to assess athletes for potential brain injuries. The single test does not diagnose a concussion. Rather, athletes complete the baseline test, then if a head injury is sustained, they repeat the test. The scores of the two tests are compared and can be used to assess the extent of a brain injury.
All athletes are required to complete concussion baseline testing prior to trying out for a sport. As long as no head injuries are suspected, baseline testing is good for two years. ALL FIRST TIME STUDENT ATHLETES MUST COMPLETE BASELINE TESTING. Returning athletes may be required to renew the baseline testing. Call or e-mail the Athletic Trainer to find out if baseline testing needs to be renewed.
Concussion testing will be held in room 121 from 3:30 -5pm (last seating is at 4:30 ) on February 22nd and 23rd as well as March 1st. No sign up required.
Physicals must be submitted into the ATS portal by February 28th. The spring season officially begins March 7th 2022.
Spring Athletes will not begin to be cleared until after January 24th 2022. This in accordance with PIAA. Athlete submitting forms prior to January 24th will need to complete section 8 of the PIAA CIPPE form after Jan 24th 2022 for spring season.


Andy Warhol Silver Factory Perfume by Bond No . 9, Andy Warhol Silver Factory is named for the great New York factory in which famous US artist Andy Warhol hid away to complete some of his most remarkable works of art. Bond No. 9 launched this scent in 2007. This perfume, designed by Aurelien Guichard, introduces itself with top notes of lavender, bergamot and tart grapefruit. The core notes include warm incense, jasmine, iris and violet, while the base notes utilize cedar, amber and a number of Read More Read More resins to achieve a smoother, more aromatic effect. These warm notes work together to make this perfume ideal for use in winter and fall months.
Bond No. 9 is a US fragrance house based in the fashion capitol of New York City. It's named for its address in the heart of the vibrant and often exciting city, and was founded in 2003 by Laurice Rahme, an experienced member of the perfuming world. Over the years, the brand has sought to capture the essence of New York City landmarks and key players such as Andy Warhol himself. Since its founding, the brand's been responsible for creating over 120 perfumes and colognes. All products are original, authentic name brands. We do not sell knockoffs or imitations.


wyobraźnia – (n) Polish word meaning imagination; fancy; vision; the faculty or action of forming new ideas, or images or concepts of external objects not present to the senses.
I'm not Polish, nor do I speak the language, so you may wondering why I've chosen a Polish word for my manifesto. But remember the entire point of this manifesto is to reflect wonders, curiosities, and delights currently captivating me, and this word represents that for me in spades.
If you're a word lover perhaps you've had the experience of pure delight when a new word finds you. For me, with some words, this can be amplified exponentially. I get a little tingle of excitement; a felt sense that this new word and I are going to be good friends, and like in all good new relationships there is that little sense of wonder of what universal magic actually brought us into each other's orbit.
I was sitting in a waiting room, and being told that things were running a bit behind schedule, I pulled out a book – a book of poems by Wislawa Szymborska. Szymborska was a Polish poet and essayist, who won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1996.
As I was settling in for a read, another woman waiting, remarked that she was a great fan of Szymborska and asked what I thought. I guessed from her accent and how she pronounced the poet's name that she was Polish, and I mentioned that I had trouble, like so many other Americans I imagine, pronouncing Wislawa Szymborska's name correctly.
She laughed and said she thought it was because clearly American English lacked imagination – we didn't know how to arrange letters in exciting pairings. She said we lacked wyobraźnia. Needless to say I was smitten. What a delightful and extraordinary thing to say. I had her spell the word for me, and then just like that, she was called for her appointment, I for mine, and the encounter was over.
And yet I came away with a fabulous word, gifted to me in a rather curious fashion, and so of course it belongs in my manifesto.
Szymborska herself had a few things to say about imagination.
I think imagination is a very undervalued thing in our society. We offer a little leeway to artists and children, but in general the realm of imagination isn't a place we're encouraged to visit at length. Quick forays there only, if that.
But I think there can be no doubt that imagination stimulates creativity and innovation. Doesn't our world, collectively and individually, need us to imagine kinder, more peaceful, more inclusive solutions? Don't we need our imagination to truly reach into the magic of all we can become? I certainly think so.
I am a devotee of wyobraźnia, and all the expansive possibilities our imagining invites.
What about you? Are you exercising your imagination? Do you celebrate the arrival of fabulous new words into your world? Do tell – you know I love to hear.
Will my comment go through I wonder – battling to leave responses.
Well, this one came through Susan. I hope whatever is the obstacle will clear with ease.
I tried to say the 'word' on my own before listening to it on the audio. I didn't get it right 🙂 Language is so interesting. We're watching a Danish DVD series subtitled in English and it amazes and intrigues me the sounds of foreign languages and words that are foreign to me such as you provide.
Szymborska's saying about knowledge is so true – if we had the answers we'd slide into entropy!
I'm always fascinated by languages I don't know – which is just about all of them. I used to be disappointed that I didn't have an aptitude for languages, but I simply don't, and that's that.
That quote from Szymborska has me thinking about what creates the "right" temperature for things to thrive, and what blossoming conditions might be. I think perhaps thoughts of Spring are weighing very heavily on my brain of late.
I love that quote about imagination. I often feel that I'm lacking in that (and creativity), yet I am a curious person who explores whatever I don't know or understand to find out more.
Sounds like Szymborska's got you covered. 🙂 But your comment has me thinking about how we come to believe the things we do about ourselves, and sometimes build elaborate stories based on a foundation of air. We are very odd creatures, and worthy of curiosity.
As a frequent traveler in the Land of I Don't Know, I know that elusive territory well. In the past 7-10 years I've been such a constant visitor that I've been awarded citizenship. The way things are shaping up I may be queen in the next six months or so.
LOL Corky! Should a coronation be imminent do let me know. I know you'll score a fabulous looking crown, and I suspect there may more likely be a wand than a scepter.
Opportunities abound – and there's so much wonderfulness to be learned!
"Any knowledge that doesn't lead to new questions quickly dies out" was the underlying premise of my liberal arts college education. In a nutshell, we were tasked with remembering to keep on asking why– and then sharing our "light" with other people. What a cool word you've found as your manifesto. I like it.
A very useful teaching indeed Ally, and clearly one that's been serving you well.
What a delighful word and even more was the find for it- the chance encounter is what I guess the poet is talking about. When we are open to receive, the Universe manifests it for us to receive what we are looking/waiting for.
I absolutely agree. It was an entirely delightful bit of magic – one I like to call a cosmic wink.
I love the serendipity of encountering another enthusiast of that particular poet in that particular office… wow!
I know – pretty fun isn't it?!
Very excited by this wonderful word, Deborah. I was with my sister last night and she was sharing with me two books she had bought herself the day before… and then I read aloud this post which made us tingle. What were those books?
Oh wow Yamini – those look to be fabulous books, and on my list they go. Don't you love it when thread in the great web cross and help us see how connected things really are?! I so love that!
Wybraznia is a great word, and what a lovely story of how it came to you! Thanks for sharing.
I didn't know about Asimov's essay Anne – thank you for sharing your post about it. Very interesting indeed. Here's to creativity and all manner of co-conspiring, foolishness, and individual thought!


As many of you know, I donated a kidney to my husband a few years ago. Transplant recipients have to be on immunosuppressant drugs. These drugs lower their body's natural immune systems so that they do not reject the new transplanted organ (since it is a foreign object in the body). There are different drugs and different levels but regardless, they have to be taken every day or the transplant will fail. My husband takes his twice a day. He is also on quite a few other medications for other complications from kidney disease, the transplant and drug side effects. Needless to say, we have a LOT of prescriptions to fill each month.
I also have medications that I am on regularly so add that to the bill. We have changed insurance companies because of his work about three times in the last year. It is so scary to be uncertain which drugs will be covered and at what cost. There have been times when just one medication alone for my husband was around $2000 per month. I am not a person who gets rattled easily, but I will admit that I cried a lot during this time. He literally can not live without his medications.
And having gone from a $10 copay for my own medications to full price this time around has induced more uncertainty and crying. "How will we afford our medication that we can not live without each day?" is a serious question that I never wanted to face. Having to pay full price for prescriptions took away from our budget in other areas and the whole family felt the seriousness of the situation.
*This is a photo of our boys visiting Paul at one of his recent hospital visits.
When I was searching for a solution I heard of a prescription drug plan called LifeInCheck™ . The more I learned, the deeper I could breathe and the more hopeful I felt. LifeInCheck™ covers 175+ prescriptions that are available at no cost and these include 40 of the 100 most common prescriptions in the US and include certain medications for high blood pressure, antibiotics, mental health and more.
Not only that, but they have a 90% savings on other prescriptions.
After having so many disappointments from our insurance drug coverage I was still a little skeptical so I did a deeper dive. I used LifeInCheck™ prescription drug plan to search and compare prices to help me find the lowest price at a pharmacy near you and with over 54,000 pharmacies that accept the LifeInCheck™ card it was SO EASY! I liked that I could stay ot our current pharmacy. The stress was quickly subsiding and I really felt like this could be the answer we were looking for.
I signed up for LifeInCheck™ and you can too by clicking below for a free trial.
Now I know how to keep my LifeInCheck™ and not have to worry about our health when it comes to affording critical prescriptions. I encourage you to check it out, find the cost savings on your prescriptions and have one less thing to worry about.
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We are blessed to have solutions like LifeInCheck™ to help relieve the burden of drug costs for our family.
*This is Paul and our youngest son when we went to the Kidney Transplant Awareness walk in Chicago.
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You can get updates about our kidney transplant journey on my instagram .
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boleto.js

Introduction

Installation

Usage

Demo

Introduction

              In Brazil, there is a very commonly used payment method used for online purchases called Boleto Bancário, or bank slip.
              When a web-store issues a bank slip, they often display the document entirely (a full A4 page) for the customer to print and take to a bank or post office to be paid.

              Over the past few years, technology has evolved to the point where we can now simply use our smartphones to scan the bank slip's barcode and pay it immediately. There is no longer the need to have the entire document on-screen. We could display the only thing that matters: the barcode.

              This is where boleto.js comes in handy, generating barcodes using SVG
              that provide maximum sharpness in screens of any resolution or pixel density.

Installation

You can download boleto.js using npm, Bower or you can get its code.

 Using package managers

npm install boleto.js --save

bower install boleto.js

 Download the source from Github

Usage

Basic

            Include the library in your code

<script src="dist/boleto.min.js"></script>

            Add this tag where you wish to place the barcode

<div id="boleto"></div>

            And finally add the code to render the barcode

<script>
  var number = '34195000080123320318964221470004584410000002000';
  new Boleto(number).toSVG('#boleto');
</script>

Alternative Usage

            Instead of appending the SVG to the source code, you can store it in a variable. To do so, simply do not provide a CSS selector when generating the SVG:

<script>
  var number = '34195000080123320318964221470004584410000002000';
  // Data will be stored in a variable
  var boleto = new Boleto(number).toSVG();
</script>

Extra Features

boleto.js also provides a number of methods to help you display more information about the bank slip.

            Bank slip number (raw):

boleto.number();
// 34195000080123320318964221470004584410000002000

            Bank slip number (formatted):

boleto.prettyNumber();
// 34195.00008 01233.203189 64221.470004 5 84410000002000

            Barcode number:

boleto.barcode();
// 34195844100000020005000001233203186422147000

            Barcode checksum digit:

boleto.checksum();
// 5

            Nominal amount:

boleto.amount();
// 20.00

            Formatted amount:

boleto.prettyAmount();
// R$ 20,00

            Bank name:

boleto.bank();
// Itaú

            Currency:

boleto.currency();
// { code: 'BRL', symbol: 'R$', decimal: ',' }

            Expiration date:

boleto.expirationDate();
// Sun Nov 15 2020 22:00:00 GMT-0200 (BRST)

Demo

Try for yourself! Use your bank's mobile app to scan the code below. Or enter your own bank slip number.

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            <input type="text" name="number" value="34195.00008 01233.203189 64221.470004 5 84410000002000">
            <button type="submit" class="button fa fa-refresh"></button>
          </form>

              Number

              Number (pretty)

              Amount

              Amount (pretty)

              Expiration

              Bank

              Currency

              Barcode

              Checksum

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Known as the place "Where Hip Hop Lives," New York's globally recognized #1 radio station HOT 97 is teaming up with VH1 to take viewers on a behind-the-scenes look into the Big Apple's go-to destination for Hip Hop and R&B with the debut of "This Is HOT 97." "This Is HOT 97" is a 30-minute unscripted comedy series that gives viewers a look inside this iconic radio brand. HOT 97 may be the global mecca of Hip Hop and R&B music, yet this crew functions more as a family than a group of coworkers — they go hard for each other, but above all they live, eat and breathe HOT 97. The series will also feature cameos from the well-known celebrities who regularly visit HOT 97 as on-air guests including Kanye West, Macklemore, Rick Ross, Mack Wilds, Wale and many more. Each episode of "This Is HOT 97" will draw upon the ambitions, rivalries and quirky personalities of the cast to capture all of the comedic and sometimes downright awkward moments that happen at the station on a daily basis.


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until I can figure out something else..
My situation is completely parallel to yours. Except, I just graduated in May. And also, Im in Boston. I`m heavy into fitness as well and would love to make some supplemental income by starting a small business. I was going to create a greeting card business but im not sure if that field really intrugues me that much. If you want to exchange ideas, you know where to find me.
it`s a growing market and even if it doesn`t grow i don`t see it disappearing. there is definitely demand out there but also a ton of competition. think about the edge you will be offering. your passion will help you carry through tough times as a startup but rewards will be very good. since you have some time at work i suggest researching what you are about to do as much as possible before delving in.
that said, if you are looking for something to add supplemental income to your current income flow, consider paid surveys online. not sure if you have had experience with these but if you do get involved i have put together a site that gives away free tips and strategies that you can use. you can check it below.
good luck to you and keep us posted what you decide to do and how you did it!
I know a lot of customers who started a home based business selling custom printed sporting apparel. There is very little start up cost, all you need is a heat press and you are ready to get started. If you have contacts in the different sports, this might be an avenue to explore.
just thought of this....since you seem to be interested in the fitness realm, what about becoming a fitness coach online? there is a need for fitness consulting in a private environment. perhaps clients can express their feelings to you better online? tell you their weight, dimensions, their specific issues?
you can design a diet and exercise plan for them, be there as a coach to consult and hold them accountable....and ongoingly evaluate progress? with the technological advances today there is a lot that can be done over email/phone/video conferencing. the good thing about this is that you can communicate with clients at your convenience. they drop you a note whenever they have time. you evaluate their situation and respond to them whenever you have time.
you will definitely miss out on the human touch aspect, but then again maybe some would prefer not to have that to begin with. the gym i go to has a similar set up where a computer coaches/consults individuals interested in getting help. its private and confidential. gym members come and play around with the kiosk and the leave with a plan to follow for the next few weeks. they come back, evaluate and get back to it with a revised plan. worth looking into??