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Kliuci (în ) este un sat în comuna Perove din raionul Simferopol, Republica Autonomă Crimeea, Ucraina.

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Conform recensământului din 2001, majoritatea populației localității Kliuci era vorbitoare de rusă (%), existând în minoritate și vorbitori de tătară crimeeană (%) și ucraineană (%).

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Trail building expert: Phoenix 'becoming premier winter hiking destination in the US'
Hikers enjoy a walk up the North Mountain trail.
(Photo by Kevin Jimenez/Cronkite News)
According to Nielsen Local, Phoenix residents are 81 percent more likely than all U.S. adults to have been hiking or backpacking within the past year. (Photo by Kevin Jimenez/Cronkite News)
Arizona Trailblazers Hiking Club President Jim Buyens has seen his club's membership nearly double over the last year. (Photo by Kevin Jimenez/Cronkite News)
By Kevin Jimenez | Cronkite News
Monday, Dec. 28, 2015
In January 2013, the city of Phoenix shut down one of its busiest hiking spots because it was too popular.
Camelback Mountain's Echo Canyon Recreation Area had become inundated with hikers, and with it, worn-down trails and an overflowing parking situation that had brought a sea of complaints from surrounding residents.
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The city spent almost a year nearly doubling the number of parking spaces at the trailhead, from 68 to 135. The first quarter-mile of the summit trail was renovated, rebuilt and rerouted to improve footing, eliminate erosion-prone areas, improve hiker safety and increase long-term sustainability for the mountain.
The shutdown and subsequent improvements to the trail shined a spotlight on the growth of hiking across the Valley.
"The Greater Phoenix area is in a trail-building boom," said Matthew Woodson, founder and president of Okanogan Trail Construction, which led the renovations to Echo Canyon, as well as having led improvements to hundreds of miles of trails on the West Coast.
"Combine this building boom with the beauty of the Sonoran Desert, the growing number of retirees and the fantastic winter weather we have here in the Valley and you have what is becoming the premier winter hiking destination in the U.S.," Woodson said.
Hiking has always been a part of the Arizona desert's DNA. Nearly 50 years ago, in August 1966, the Phoenix City Council adopted a resolution that provided for "the protection and preservation of open space and wilderness within the Phoenix Mountain area."
"I have been working in the natural resource area for almost 30 years now, primarily in trails and mountain parks, and over the last several years I have seen the amount of use on the trails continue to grow," said Claire Miller, the north region park manager for the city of Phoenix.
Phoenix is now home to more than 40,000 acres of desert and mountain parks and preserves, and is one of the country's best hiking cities, according to National Geographic. According to Nielsen Local, Phoenix residents are 81 percent more likely than all U.S. adults to have been hiking or backpacking within the past year.
As trails have seen more traffic, maintenance has become critical.
"The Phoenix area continues to improve its trail infrastructure and invest in its upkeep," Woodson said. "All of the local governments have been embracing the need for more trails, as well as improving the poor condition of the old ones. By funding professional trail builders and providing volunteer training in proper maintenance techniques, the local governments have begun to embrace this need."
Woodson said the trail improvements are key to maintaining hiking's broad accessibility, especially for those who may be new to the activity.
"Good trails reduce the need for emergency rescues as well as providing a recreational experience that requires little training, only the ability to walk and carry water. As well, there are many new ADA (Americans with Disabilities Act) accessible trails that provide this nature experience to those with disabilities also," Woodson said.
Arizona Trailblazers Hiking Club President Jim Buyens has seen the impact firsthand. He said that his club last year had only 40 members and now they are up to 75, the largest it has ever been.
"They do some trail maintenance, the (Scottsdale McDowell Sonoran Preserve) is always expanding, it seems," Buyens said. "The county is building the Maricopa Trail, a 250-mile loop that goes around Phoenix. It shows that there is some commitment and that it's worthwhile and popular."
The city of Phoenix has wanted a way to track exactly how popular hiking is. The city is now in the process of implementing a new trail counter program to get hard data on trail usage.
"We will be able to actually document real numbers to see how many people are truly using those areas," Miller said. "In the past it's always been, 'Well, the parking lot fills and you can kind of guess,' but we really didn't have any good quantitative method to find those numbers, which is what we are doing now."
The city hopes to eventually install counters on all of the Valley's trailheads.
According to Miller, Phoenix has installed 13 trail counters and is planning to install an additional 27 counters on major trailheads throughout the city.
This program will help the city not only keep track of the hikers, but also be more efficient with the management and upkeep of its trails.
"We are really excited about that. Getting those numbers will actually help us direct a lot of our management decisions, some of our maintenance protocols, and it will hopefully help with staffing," Miller said.
Hiking in the Valley is unlike other major metropolitan areas in the U.S. because of the natural desert in which it is located. This includes the Scottsdale McDowell Sonoran Preserve, which at about 47 square miles is the largest urban preserve in the Americas, according to the city of Scottsdale.
"We are very fortunate here in the Valley of the Sun to have all of these mountain parks, spared from development by the wisdom of activists and municipal planners, so that we have pristine, remote desert right here in the middle of a huge city," Woodson said.
Hiking is more than just exercise, and people around the Valley are taking advantage of the peace and quiet.
"For me, the ease of getting to a trailhead and accessing this desert solace here is sublime," Woodson said. "A short hike into the preserve's natural environment provides room to decompress from all of the hustle of city living. Hiking trails are the new therapist."
Hiking also offers participants an activity that can be done without having to reach too much into their wallets, according to Miller.
"It's something you can do for relatively cheap with little to no investment. If you want to spend a lot of money on it, there is plenty of gadgets and great boots, but truly all it really takes is a good pair of tennis shoes and the will to get out in the outdoors," Miller said.
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Satan's Sadists è un film thriller del 1969 diretto da Al Adamson.

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Un gruppo di sette motociclisti, i Satans, capeggiati dal malvagio e sadico Angelo, imperversa sulla strade della California, uccidendo o stuprando vittime innocenti. La banda incontra due fidanzati che amoreggiano: i Satans stordiscono il fidanzato e violentano la ragazza. Infine li uccidono entrambi, e gettando la loro macchina, con loro dentro, in un dirupo.

Nel frattempo una coppia di anziani viaggiatori (un poliziotto e sua moglie), mentre si trova sull'autostrada, decide di dare un passaggio a Johnny, un giovane marine appena congedato e diretto a Los Angeles. I tre si fermano per pranzare in una tavola calda e, poco dopo il loro ingresso, i Satans entrano nel locale e iniziano a disturbare gli altri clienti. Il proprietario del locale li rimprovera e li invita ad andarsene, ma i motociclisti lo conducono all'esterno della tavola calda e lo uccidono brutalmente, riservando la stessa sorte alla coppia di anziani. La pazzia e il sadismo di Angelo sono tali che disgustano i suoi stessi compagni, soprattutto Mohicano.

Nel frattempo, Johnny e la giovane cameriera Tracy, trattenuti nel locale, riescono a fuggire e ad uccidere due dei membri della banda che li stavano sorvegliando. I due vengono braccati dai motociclisti, decisi ad eliminarli, ma Johnny, forte della sua esperienza come marine, non intende arrendersi senza combattere. Dopo alcuni scontri e sparatorie, Angelo viene colpito da Mohicano, che lo crede morto, ma poi muore per mano di Johnny. Angelo, che era rimasto solo svenuto, ritorna deciso più che mai ad eliminare il marine e la sua compagna. Johnny non si fa sorprendere e, poco prima che Angelo possa sparare, colpisce il sadico motociclista lanciandogli un coltello a serramanico alla gola, e decretando così la sua fine.

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The victim is described as a 22-year-old man from Horizon City. His name and condition have not been released.
Horizon City police are investigating a shooting that happened at about 10 p.m. Saturday behind the AT&T store near Horizon Boulevard and Darrington Road.
Horizon City police responded to a report of a down subject. When officers arrived, they found an unresponsive adult male bleeding on the ground.
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The investigation continues. Horizon City police are asking anyone with information to contact them at 852-1047.


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Although interest in all things relating to Hadoop is running high, there's a lot of contention these days behind the scenes between Cloudera, Hortonworks and MapR Technologies concerning when and where they can add value to the open-source platform.
To mitigate some of that contention, a large number of independent software vendors banded together to form ODPi, a non-profit consortium that focuses on, among other things, how to make sure the run-time environments surrounding Hadoop remain consistent across multiple distributions of an open-source platform. At the Apache Big Data conference hosted by The Linux Foundation, ODPi revealed it has become a gold sponsor of the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) that oversees the development of Hadoop alongside countless other open-source projects. ODPi is housed within the Linux Foundation.
John Mertic, director of ODPi, said a group made up of ISVs in the ODPi consortium (which counts IBM, GE, Splunk, EMC, SAS Institute, Infosys and Capgemini among its members) is trying to make sure there are enough checks and balances to prevent Hadoop from fragmenting into a set of incompatible distributions. While each distribution uses the same core base, it's become apparent that the leading providers of these distributions are creating extensions that could ultimately force ISVs to incur higher costs by having to support applications optimized for a particular instance of Hadoop.
Aiming to avoid that outcome, the ODPi provides a way for ISVs to exercise collectively their influence on the future direction of Hadoop, said Mertic. Becoming a gold sponsor of the ASF means that ODPi is now contributing dollars to the development of projects in a way that should increase its influence, he added.
Solution providers across the channel have a similar vested interest. Each extension to Hadoop might add value, but at the same time, it increases support costs. Both ISVs and solution providers need to make certain those extensions are not being added simply to lock customers into one distribution versus another.
Admittedly, not everyone in the Hadoop community understands or even appreciates what ODPi is trying to accomplish. But as Hadoop increasingly becomes the data center of the IT universe, there's a lot riding on control over its future direction. Rather than leaving that solely to the discretion of the distributors of Hadoop, the ODPi wants to make sure that the concerns of the larger Hadoop ecosystem are always going to be considered.


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The creative core of MadShag, flung far and wide up and down the Eastern Seaboard, reunited today in New York City for a day of pre-planning and holiday cheer. The designers, the directors, and the stage managers who will create Angels in America: Part Two: Perestroika next July had their first big meeting, and started to hash out details. There's a lot MORE to figure out, and critical questions remain unanswered...but at least we're started.
And finally, most of us ended the day by doing something completely unexpected for an experimental performance ensemble...we went to a Broadway show. The Sunday matinee of The Little Dog Laughed, to be specific, which was as funny as could be. When I grow up, I want to be Julie White.


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Weather in May
Average temperature in May
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May, the last month of the spring, in Koundara, is another torrid month, with average temperature varying between 24.9°C (76.8°F) and 38.1°C (100.6°F).
In Koundara, the average high-temperature is practically the same as in April - a still very hot 38.1°C (100.6°F). In May, the average low-temperature is 24.9°C (76.8°F).
In May, in Koundara, the rain falls for 3 days. Throughout May, 49.2mm (1.9") of precipitation is accumulated. Throughout the year, there are 72 rainfall days, and 1098.1mm (43.2") of precipitation is accumulated.
In May, the average length of the day is 12.7h.
What is the temperature in May in Koundara?
In May, the average high-temperature is 38.1°C (100.6°F), and the average low-temperature is 24.9°C (76.8°F).
How many days does it rain in May in Koundara?
In Koundara, in May, it is raining for 3 days, with typically 49.2mm (1.9") of accumulated precipitation.
What is the average length of the day in May in Koundara?
The average length of the day in May in Koundara is 12.7h.
Average high temperature in May: 38.1°C
The warmest month (with the highest average high temperature) is April (39.3°C).
The month with the lowest average high temperature is August (30.6°C).
Average low temperature in May: 24.9°C
The month with the highest average low temperature is May (24.9°C).
The coldest month (with the lowest average low temperature) is December (15.7°C).
Average rainfall in May: 49.2mm
The wettest month (with the highest rainfall) is August (305.1mm).
The driest month (with the lowest rainfall) is January (0mm).
Average rainfall days in May: 3 days
Months with the highest number of rainy days are August and September (17 days).
The month with the lowest number of rainy days is January (0 days).
Average daylight in May: 12.7h
The month with shortest days is December (Average daylight: 11.4h).
Weather Atlas: Koundara, Guinea - May weather forecast and climate information. Koundara, Guinea - May weather averages including high and low temperatures, humidity, rainfall, snowfall, daylight, sunshine, UV index, and sea temperature. [880175]


Trump wanted to put Bill Clinton's accusers in his family box. Debate officials said no.
ST. LOUIS — Donald Trump's campaign sought to intimidate Hillary Clinton and embarrass her husband by seating women who have accused former president Bill Clinton of sexual abuse in the Trump family's box at the presidential debate here Sunday night, according to four people involved in the discussions.
The campaign's plan, which was closely held and unknown to several of Trump's top aides, was thwarted just minutes before it could be executed when officials with the Commission on Presidential Debates intervened. The commission officials warned that, if the Trump campaign tried to seat the accusers in the elevated family box, security officers would remove the women, according to the people involved, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because the discussions were confidential.
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, the debate commission's co-chairman and a former Republican National Committee chairman, caught wind of the plot on Sunday and immediately moved to put an end to it. Fahrenkopf tartly warned a Trump staffer that if the campaign tried to put the four women in the family box, security personnel would remove them, according to people with direct knowledge of the conversations.
"Fahrenkopf said, 'no' — verbally said 'no,' that 'security would throw them out,'" Giuliani said.
That came shortly after commission officials told the Clinton campaign that they could not seat Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) with Bill and Chelsea Clinton and her husband, Marc Mezvinsky, in the Clinton family box. The discussions continued up until the debate programming began.
After issuing his warning, Fahrenkopf and co-chairman Mike McCurry, a former Clinton White House press secretary, took the stage to make pre-debate announcements.
At that point, the co-chairmen were not certain whether the Trump campaign would abide by Fahrenkopf's order. A Republican strategist later said that it was only when Fahrenkopf saw Giuliani leading the women to other seats that he knew the campaign had backed down.
Giuliani said Bannon kept pushing to have the women come out until three minutes before the debate began.
Bannon declined to comment late Sunday, but his role in coming up with the idea was confirmed by multiple Trump campaign advisers. Senior Clinton campaign officials said they were unaware of the Trump campaign's plans to try to seat the women in the family box.
Giuliani was highly critical of Fahrenkopf in an interview after the debate Sunday and said the Trump campaign is considering asking for him to step aside before the third and final debate, scheduled for Oct. 19 in Las Vegas.
Informed of Giuliani's comments, Fahrenkopf declined to respond.
Giuliani said it was unfair that the commission has allowed Mark Cuban, a billionaire Trump tormenter and Clinton surrogate, to sit in the front row, but would not permit Bill Clinton's accusers to sit in Trump's family box.
Giuliani said that experience led them to believe the campaigns could control their seats.
However, the staging of the second debate differed from the first.
In St. Louis, family members sat in an elevated box, while in Hempstead, N.Y., they were seated in the front row with other attendees.


Compared to the other pigs, if it is a she....she may just be barren. She definitely looks older. No *********** visible. No teets visible. Be a fine one to eat !!!
Ours honestly see very little pressure and have plenty to eat and hide in.
I finished off the jalapeno cheddar sausage last night. She ought to make a pile of it!
Where do you get that sausage Brandon? Been taking ours to Firetower and Greg's in Danielsville, both do great jobs IMO.
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I'd be wearing them jokers out.
Any of you guys taking a child to the turkey woods this weekend?
Me and my buddy Chad are taking his 9 year old daughter.
I wish, but my 2 son's have outgrown it. We certainly had great times when I could take them. Old Paintbrush bird. Franchi 20 guage with Heavy 7's. This was the last child weekend hunt we got to participate on. Back in 2015. Good luck Brandon this weekend.
My three have baseball, golf, swimming tournaments/meets. My wife and I are already playing zone coverage for these events....chasing longbeards before sports entered the equation is a distant memory at this point in our lives. It will come full circle at some point. Good luck to all those who can get after 'em this weekend and looking forward to the report!
My plans have changed a bit . My friend that has the daughter has had a scheduling conflict for in the morning.
So now I'm going with a guy that mobility impaired. Maybe we'll get him one.
Hey y'all we will he shutting down our processing shop for renovations and maintenance on March 31 we will be accepting hogs for processing until March 27. We will reopen for processing on June 1. Our retail store will remain open for our normal operating hours!
If you need an alternative check out Big Buck Deer Processing in Eatonton. Good folks, good work.
Success! I struck this gobbler mid morning yesterday and my buddy Keith had his 2nd Turkey ever. His wreck changed his life 5 years ago but his love for the outdoors pushes himself to still hunt and fish as much as he can physically can. It's a hunt neither of us will ever forget.
Not sure it can get any better than that Brandon! Hat's off to both of you!
GREAT stuff right there B!
Great stuff Brandon. I went down early Saturday AM and listened for gobbling but heard nothing. The quarry right beside us decided to fire up about 15 minutes after light, so it was difficult to hear my self think, much less hear a turkey gobble.
Saw your truck parked across the rd so I went out on front porch to listen for gobblers. Just bout gobbling time...quarry went in to full force mode. Seems they only run on Saturdays. I don't recall ever hearing them during the week.


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Economist Teresa Ghilarducci to testify before full House committee
A University of Notre Dame economist is among the witnesses scheduled to testify Thursday (Feb. 7) at a hearing of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce on the collapse of Enron and its implications for the retirement security of American workers.p. Teresa Ghilarducci, associate professor of economics and director of the Higgins Labor Research Center at Notre Dame, will present expert testimony on the national erosion of private pensions. The hearing will begin at 10 a.m. in 2175 Rayburn House Office Building.p. U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao will testify before the committee Wednesday on the Bush administration's views toward new safeguards for 401(k) plans. In addition to Ghilarducci, a panel that includes Enron employees and executives is scheduled to testify Thursday.p. Ghilarducci testified last week on pension law at a congressional oversight meeting in South Bend, Ind., convened by U.S. Reps. Tim Roemer, D-Ind., and George Miller, D-Calif., seniors members of the House Education and the Workforce Committee.p. One of the nation's leading experts in the field, Ghilarducci serves on the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation's advisory board and also is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Indiana Public Employees Pension Board. She has testified before congressional committees on six occasions since 1994 on the issue of retirement income security.p. Ghilarducci is the author of "Labor's Capital: The Economics and Politics of Private Pensions" and coauthor of "Portable Pension Plans for Casual Labor Markets: Lessons from the Operating Engineers Central Pension Fund." She has been a member of the Notre Dame faculty since 1983.


I have suffered from digestive issues since I was really young. I was diagnosed with GERD and a Hiatal Hernia at the age of nine and was immediately put on Aciphex (a PPI) and was on that until I was 18 years old. I started having severe bouts of abdominal pain and days where I could literally not leave the bathroom. The pain was so bad that I eventually could not go to school anymore. It was so bad that I did not even want to leave the house. I had such panic surrounded around my stomach that I was afraid to do anything. I became severely antisocial and really did not leave my house for over a year. The doctors found that along with Endometriosis I also suffered from Celiac Disease and a sensitivity to Dairy and Soy. I stopped eating Gluten, Dairy & Soy immediately and still do not eat it. I will occasionally I eat Soy from time to time now but when I do I notice my symptoms get a lot worse so I try to stay away from it entirely.
It took the doctors years to figure out what was causing my severe abdominal bouts and then finally they found that I had a Spastic Colon(IBS) as well as Gastroparesis which means "Paralyzed Stomach". My food does not digest as fast as it should and so the food starts to ferment and cause bloating, pain, heartburn, etc. I still suffer from GERD (and take Prilosec daily but am trying to wean off of it) and have been working hard to figure out what diet is best for me as I was a Raw Vegan for a year and realized it was not the best thing for me as I have a very difficult time digesting raw vegetables. I also find that my body reacts better to some meats. (lean and organic). I also have found that Food Combining (Which I learned through the Raw and Vegan lifestyle) helps immensely. It is very hard to stick to but I notice that when I do follow it, it helps so much.
I wanted to make this post because I know there are millions of other people out there who also suffer from a lot of the same digestive issues as me and I know how hard it can be and how painful. It's not something that is easily fixed but I truly believe with enough determination and knowledge that it can get better. I make sure to learn as much as I possible can and I suggest making a diary of what you eat and how you feel after you eat it. It helps to figure out which foods could be contributing to some of your discomfort. I would also look into a lot of the supplements I recommended above and try to eat a properly food combined meal and take note if you notice a difference in how you digest your food. Also, hugely important, STAY POSITIVE. Mind has a lot to do with how your stomach reacts. The more stressed out you are, the worse your symptoms will be so no matter how hard it gets just please try to stay positive and not give up. I know how hard it can be but you have to always keep on keeping on.


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Stamp Stories
Stamp Stories: Dragons
Delve into the symbolism of dragons in Chinese culture with the National Postal Museum and the National Museum of Asian Art. Educators share a dragon origin story and highlight dragons in Asian art objects and on postage stamps.
Dragon and Lunar New Year stamps
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Maureen: Hi, I'm Maureen from the National Postal Museum.
Jenn: Hi, and I'm Jenn from the National Museum of Asian Art.
Maureen: Welcome to Stamp Stories, where we explore topics that appear on postage stamps. New stamps come out every year on wide variety of topics. Today we're going to learn about a make-believe creature from China.
Jenn: Do you want to guess what the creature is? Let's look at clues in some art objects and see if you can solve the riddle.
So what creature has the body of a snake, that's covered with the scales of a fish, has the head of a horse with eyes of a rabbit, horns of an ox, talons of an eagle, and teeth like a tiger?
Did you guess "dragon?" That's correct!
Let's read a book and hear the story of how dragons ended up being a mixture of all those different animals.
Maureen: The Legend of the Chinese Dragon, written by Marie Sellier, illustrated by Catherine Louis and Wang Fei. Thank you to North South books for permission to use this book.
Once upon a time, long, long ago, the men, women, and children of China hunted, fished, and lived in tribes under the protection of benevolent spirits.
These spirits resembled the animals with which they had always lived. Those near the ocean had chosen the spirit of the fish, which glistens in the water.
Those in the mountains had adopted the bird, which is good at chasing clouds away.
Those in the low plains preferred the horse, which gallops as fast as the wind.
Those in the high plains put themselves under the protection of the serpent, which glides silently from one place to another.
Those in the fertile rice fields swore by the ox, friend of man and tireless worker.
In this way, the men, women, and children of China lived, each tribe under the protection of the fish, or the bird, or the horse, or the serpent, or the ox.
Sadly, the tribes were envious of one another, and often waged war among themselves in the names of their spirits.
They fought so much that one day the children of China decided that they had had enough of fighting and declared war on war.
They decided to create an animal that would protect all the people: an animal that was agile like the fish, free like the bird, fast like the horse, cunning like the serpent, and strong like the ox.
So, they took the body of the serpent and glued it to the scales of the fish. They took the head of the horse and attached the horns of the ox. Then they attached the head to the body, and added the wings of the bird.
They called this fabulous animal – which could fly in the air, swim in the ocean, and walk on land – DRAGON.
When the men and women of all the tribes of China saw the dragon that their children had created, they found it so beautiful that for the first time they made peace with one another, and they vowed never to wage war again.
They didn't always succeed and there were wars over the years. But the dragon still remains a symbol of peace, and plays an important role at Chinese celebrations.
Jenn: Like we learned in the book, dragons are important symbols in Chinese culture. The story ended by saying they were symbols of peace. But they also represent wisdom and power and are believed to bring good luck.
In stories from China, dragons can fly in the sky - even without wings! Dragons can also swim in the ocean.
Chinese dragons don't breathe out fire, they breathe out clouds. Dragons also make rain.
During the time of emperors and empresses in China, the dragon became the symbol of the royal family and the entire country of China. Count the number of claws on one paw of this dragon. Did you count five? Only members of the royal family could wear images of dragons with five claws. Let's zoom out and see more.
This is a chaofu, an important court robe worn by members of the royal family, like the gentleman you see here. It is over 100 years old. The dark blue color and the five-clawed dragon give us clues about the wearer of this court robe. This chaofu was worn by a high-ranking prince for important occasions, like religious or civic ceremonies.
Today, the dragon remains a symbol for celebrations, especially during Lunar New Year. Here, you see the dragon dance, a popular performance to ring in the Lunar New Year.
Lunar New Year is celebrated in many countries across Asia to mark the first new moon in the Lunar New Year calendar. One of the most famous of the world's Lunar New Year's festivals is the Spring Festival in China, where celebrations begin on New Year's Eve of the Lunar New Year and last for fifteen days. Because it's celebrated when the new moon occurs, the exact dates change every year, but Lunar New Year festivities always start sometime in late January or early February.
Maureen: Thanks, Jenn! I loved hearing about the different parts of the origin story for dragons! Dragons are such a powerful symbol in Chinese culture, and they've captured the imagination of people all over the world! The United States Postal Service has featured dragons on stamps a few times. Here you can see a Lunar New Year stamp series. 12 different animals are shown on these stamps, and they each get their own year in the 12 year cycle.
Here you can see the dragon stamp from that Lunar New Year series. Do you spot any of the features we learned about? I can see claws, scales, and a body that looks like a snake!
The last year of the dragon was in 2012, and the postal service celebrated it by putting out a set of dragon stamps. At the top of the set it says "Celebrating Lunar New Year" and along both sides you can see outlines of the twelve different animals in the lunar year cycle. Those outlines might look a little familiar – they are the same shapes we just saw on the stamp set from 2005! But the picture of the dragon on this stamp looks very different.
In the top corner of the stamp you can see the dragon shape from the other stamp. But this stamp just has the dragon's head on it. Here you can really see some other dragon features, like the sharp teeth of a tiger, and a head like a lion. This is part of a dragon puppet used to celebrate Lunar New Year, like in the video Jenn showed us.
Of course, China has also issued dragon stamps many times. Here are a few examples. These are from 1988, 2000, and 2012, which were all the year of the Dragon. The ones in the middle show dragons on Chinese art, in six different forms. The National Museum of Asian Art has many objects just like these, which give us an idea of how important the dragon is in Chinese culture.
And they've been important for such a long time, too – for thousands of years! Let's go back in history about 135 years, to 1887, when the first official postage stamps were issued in China. Do you see what they have on them? Dragons!
Dragons are so important in China, and dragons are also found in stories from all over the world. Here is a set of stamps from the US postal service that feature different kinds of mythical dragons. Can you find the one that looks like a Chinese dragon? Here's a hint – it's the only one without wings!
Jenn: That was a lot of fun exploring the topic of dragons! If you'd like to learn more about dragons in the arts of Asia, check out the National Museum of Asian Art's website for more fun content and resources.
Maureen: Thank you so much, Jenn, and thank you to our audience for joining us today. You can learn more about dragons on stamps and about all different kinds of other topics by visiting the National Postal Museum's website. We encourage you to just keep exploring!
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If you follow celebrity news, you're no doubt aware that actor Jim Carrey has been the target of a wrongful death lawsuit. While it's impossible for us to say exactly what happened in Mr. Carrey's case, the suit raises a number of concerns, none of which should be taken lightly. Many of the issues which will be discussed as this case moves forward will be unique to this particular suit, but there are also issues which may turn out to be relevant to many other wrongful death cases.
Many people might be wondering, because they haven't had personal experience with such a case, what exactly qualifies as wrongful death? What does that term mean in our legal system, and what can happen to a person if he or she is found responsible for causing a wrongful death?
What Is Wrongful Death?
Wrongful death is not a criminal charge, unlike assault or murder or negligent homicide. When those criminal acts occur, the state will file charges and pursue justice directly. A wrongful death claim, on the other hand, is a civil action taken by the surviving family members of a victim to recover financial damages for both actual expenses and the pain and suffering related to the death. The defendant in this type of personal injury suit stands accused of causing the victim's death by negligence or misconduct and might previously have been found guilty in criminal court. But they also might not have ever faced trial, or might have been found not guilty of criminal charges.
How Responsible Is Responsible?
Those accused of wrongful death may not seem to be directly responsible. Their level of culpability can still be decided by a jury. For instance, a case now underway is attempting to recover damages from the company that manufactured one of the guns used in the Sandy Hook shootings in December 2012. The company didn't pull the trigger and didn't sell the guns directly to the shooter, but the plaintiffs argue that the company's advertising sent specific, dangerous messages which may have influenced the shooter. Their claim is that the company should have foreseen this kind of result.
A similar idea has been put forth in the Carrey case. His girlfriend died of a prescription drug overdose last year, and her husband, with whom she had no contact at that point, claims that Carrey supplied her with dangerous drugs when he knew that she was prone to depression and had previously attempted suicide. Her death by overdose, the filing states, "was predictable and foreseeable" by Carrey.
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Lal Thanhawla (born 19 May 1938 or 1942) is an Indian politician and former Chief Minister of Mizoram, belonging to the Indian National Congress party. He holds the record for longest-serving Chief Minister of Mizoram, occupying the position for five terms: 1984 to 1986, 1989 to 1993, 1993 to 1998, 2008 to 2013, and 2013 to 2018. He served as President of the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee from 1973 to 2021. His electoral constituencies were Serchhip and Hrangturzo from where he successfully contested the Mizoram Legislative Assembly elections nine times, in 1978, 1979, 1984, 1987, 1989, 1993, 2003, 2008, and 2013.

Early life

Lal Thanhawla is the son of Hmartawnphunga Sailo and Lalsawmliani Chawngthu. He completed matriculation in 1958. He passed his intermediate examination (higher secondary) in arts in 1961. Thereafter, he studied BA at Pachhunga University College (then Aijal College), which was then affiliated to Gauhati University. He graduated in 1964.

Career

Lal Thanhawla started his career as Recorder in the office of Inspector of Schools under the Mizoram District Council, which was in turn under the Government of Assam. After that, he joined the Assam Co-operative Apex Bank as Assistant. In 1966, he joined the underground movement called Mizo National Front (MNF) as Foreign Secretary. He was captured and imprisoned at Silchar jail. After his release in 1967 he joined the Indian National Congress (INC) party. He was immediately appointed to the Chief Organiser of the Aizawl District Congress Committee. In 1973 he was elected President of the Mizoram Pradesh Congress Committee (MPCC), a branch of the Indian National Congress, and continued to win the presidency in every election till date. In 1978 and 1979 he was elected as a Legislator in Union Territory Elections.

In 1984, under his leadership, the Congress party swept the Union Territory and Thanhawla became the Chief Minister. In 1986, when the Mizoram Peace Accord was signed between India and MNF, he stepped down from his office to make way for Laldenga, the leader of MNF, to become the Chief Minister. This was part of the negotiation and settlement of the accord, and he was designated Deputy Chief Minister. Then Mizoram was declared a full state of India. In the first Mizoram Legislative Assembly election held in 1987, he was elected and after Laldenga was toppled through defections, became the Chief Minister in 1988. He continued the office after being re-elected in the 1989 and 1993 elections. In 1998 he lost the election. He eventually reclaimed in the 2003 elections.

In the 2013 Mizoram Assembly Elections, Thanhawla led the ruling Congress party to a victory winning 34 seats in the 40-member legislative assembly, two seats more than in the 2008 election. The major opposition party Mizo National Front (MNF) barely won five seats, while Mizoram People's Conference (MPC) won just one seat. In the 2018 Mizoram Assembly Elections, he lost the election for the second time.

In November 2021, Thanhawla announced his voluntary retirement from party leadership, saying to The Indian Express: "Politics is in my blood and I can never shrug it off. But I do think it is high time that I make way for someone younger. I am a grand old man now." President of INC, Sonia Gandhi formally accepted his resignation on 4 December. The next day, Gandhi appointed him as a member of the Congress Working Committee, and Lalsawta as the new President of MPCC.

Other activities

Lal Thanhawla is actively involved in sports and voluntary services. Among his major contributions are as
 Founder President of Mizoram Football Association
 Founder President of Mizoram Sports Association
 Founder President of Mizoram Hockey Association
 Founder Secretary of Mizoram Boxing Association
 Founder Secretary of Aijal Amateur Athletic Club
 Founder President of Mizoram Olympic Association
 Former President of Indian Olympic Association
 Chairman of North East Olympic Commission
 Founder President of Mizoram Journalists Association
 Founder editor of Mizo Aw (a daily newspaper) and Remna Palai (INC party daily news)
 Founder of Young Mizo Association at Zarkawt
 Founder Secretary of Aizawl Dramatic & Cultural Society

In addition he had served as Secretary of Central Information Forum; Chairman of Literacy Committee, National Development Council of India; Member of the 9th Finance Commission of India; and Member of the Shillong Club Ltd. and Country Club of India.

Award and recognition

 National Citizen Award in 1994
 Mother Teresa Lifetime Achievement Award in 2009
 Lalthanhawla Higher Secondary School, established in 2011 at Serchhip was named in his honor
 Lifetime Achievement Award from the Evangelical Fellowship of India (EFI) in 2014.
 A sport complex at Pitarte Tlang, Republic Vengthlang, Aizawl, was inaugurated in 2012 as Hawla Indoor Stadium.
 A public hall at Treasury Square, Aizawl, was inaugurated in 2015 as "Lal Thanhawla Auditorium".
 Doctor of Divinity (honoris causa) by Serampore College in 2019.

Allegations

Graft case
In 1995, officials of the Income Tax Department investigated a case of tax evasion by the Baid group, which operated a travel agency Capital Travels (Capital Tours (India) Pvt. Ltd.), in northeast India. On 13 September, they found a link of swindling government funds between Jodhraj Baid, head of the Baid group operating in Mizoram, Lal Thanhawla, the Chief Minister, and Santosh Mohan Dev, the Union Minister. Based on this evidence, two social workers, Zairema and Bualhranga filed a public interest litigation to the Supreme Court of India in 1996. The case file accused Thanhawla with Baid and Pushpa Sharma, an accountant of Baid, of corruption arising from disproportionate income and assets. Investigation was carried out by the anti-corruption wing of the Mizoram police from 1998, and P. Singthanga, Special Judge of the Prevention of Corruption Act, was appointed as the prosecutor. On 25 April 2003, a chargesheet was submitted by John Neihlaia, Commandant of the First Battalion of the Mizoram Armed Police, upon which the court ordered for an arrest. But Thanhawla had already obtained anticipatory bail in the previous December, so evaded jail. Baid and Sharma were detained in jail for a day until they got the bail. The first trial held in August 2003 found evidence of corruption.

In June 2006, Jodhraj Baid submitted a petition to Gauhati High Court on the incompetency of Singthanga, and subsequently to the Supreme Court, both of which dismissed the petitions. Thanhawla appeared before Singthanga in September and was again charge-sheeted. After several court hearings, T. Saikunga, special judge of a District and Sessions Court, dissolved Thanhawla's case on 26 February 2010 on the grounds that "there was no clear evidence" of money laundering.

Declaration case
When Lal Thanhawla filed candidature for the 2013 Mizoram Legislative Assembly from two constituencies, Serchhip and Champhai South, in which he failed to declare an immovable property. As his Chief Minister term was closing in 2018, his nomination papers were re-examined by Lalhriatrenga Chhangte, Deputy Controller of Mines at Indian Bureau of Mines in Kolkata, who knew that Thanhawla owns a plot of land in Kolkata, which did not appear in the property declaration. By then Thanhawla had been constructing a building in that land. Chhangte submitted corruption charges of Thanhawla under Section 125 A of the Representation of the People Act, 1951, on 17 January 2018 to the Chief Judicial Magistrate of Serchhip District. The accusation also included inconsistent date of birth declared by Thanhawla in the election papers. Thanhawla made excuses and did not appear before the court in the first two summons in March and April 2018, as his counsel Remsanga Nghaka reported "personal problems." Chhangte also filed a case to the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB) of Mizoram Police on 20 May 2018. The Vigilance Department, which was under Thanhawla, failed to issue permission for investigation.

On his first appearance before the court on 26 May, the Chief Judicial Magistrate Lalngaihmawia Zote acquitted Thanhawla of the age issue as the period of verification for election had lapsed. On the case of land ownership, he claimed that it was allotted to him by the Bengal government as a gift when the Kolkota New Town was expanded in 2011, and that ownership deeds were still officially uncertain in 2013 due to legal issues in that area. He then evaded several court summons under various excuses. The next year on 3 October 2019, he appeared before the court which gave a him a benefit of doubt for the ownership procedures and dismissed the case on account of lack of "evidence of mens rea." The court however declared that he was the legal owner of the land.

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 Biodata of Shri Lal Thanhawla
 Lalthanhawla Profile from E-Mizoram

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33|4355 By Erwin van Lun, May 11, 2009 in Chatbots.org news
Posted in Chatbots.org news
Summary: The transformation of chatbots.org to a worldwide business community of chatbot developers
After months of hard work, we're delighted to announce the new version of chatbots.org, creating a, in our opinion, world-class community platform for professional chatbot developers. We're glad we've managed to implement so many wishes of chatbot developers world wide and we've added lots of functionality that we believe advances the chatbot community across the world.
Please read on about our tightened mission, the new functionality, new content, the history, the community, the future, and how your participation could help you create success, learn and get in touch with professional partners.
Here's the new mission statement of chatbots.org:
To be the leading community
for chatbot developers, users and affiliate industry
on research, technology and innovation,
driving commercial success for all participants.
In our definition a chatbot is an artificial living entity designed to have conversations with real human beings. That can be a text conversation via computers, a spoken conversation or even a non-verbal conversation.
Chatbots can be found on screens, in the virtual world, but also in the real world, projected (with holographic projection, for example) or as physically talking and responding puppets, toys and robots.
The worldwide chatbot community doesn't yet have consensus on what terminology to use to address chatbots. Synonyms are virtual agents, interactive virtual agents (IVA), brand agents, branded agents, virtual assistants, virtual employees, conversational agents, embodied conversational agents (ECA), chatterbots, chatterbox or chat bots. Additionally there are a lot of local assumptions on the usage of the terms. We strongly believe that the chatbot community should collaborate worldwide to standardize terminology that will professionalize the market. Chatbots.org is willing to facilitate this discussion. We'll use the term 'chatbot' in the rest of this document.
Chatbot developers are by definition companies or individuals responsible for the user experience, including avatars, voice and textual responses. Chatbot developers typically co-operate with many other specialists, for example in the areas of design, voice technology, knowledge management, call center routing and holographic projection. We'll refer to these industries as affiliates.
We've added:
Three tabs. We've moved the chatbot directory to the Directory tab and introduced the tab 'business' and the community tab 'We, Why & How'.
Advanced chatbot classification. It's now possible for chatbot publishers to categorize chatbots in 'consumer themes' and 'characteristics'. The new categories appear in the left-hand sidebar. We've also added a sophisticated mechanism to cluster chatbots in a 'family', local variations or country implementations.
Business news. It's now possible to publish chatbot-related news on the website. By default, all chatbot publishers are allowed to write articles in this business tab. We've added an extra RSS feed, a Twitter feed, an archive, a commenting system and the ability to forward, share, tweet or print the articles.
Tagcloud: the most important terms used in the business tab will be shown in this interactive tagcloud. To be fair, this is just a gimmick. It's a nice gimmick, though.
Member profiles: visitors are now able to register, create a personal business profile and show their profile to the outside world. Profiles will appear on www.chatbots.org/experts/your_name (example). Members can choose to hide their profile as well.
Contact forms: it's possible to contact any individual member of the site via e-mail using a special form.
Search engine optimization: We've optimized all of our pages for search engines, focussing especially on the chatbot synonyms mentioned above.
Pseudo 3D header: The header of chatbots.org now has a 3D feel to it. We haven't spent a lot on this as we didn't on the animated favicon. Actually, to be fair, we've spend almost nothing, but in the future new financial streams will allow us to expand on this concept.
Commercial model
The commercial model of chatbots.org is still 'under construction'. However, in order to find a sustainable business model for Chatbots.org which allows us to continue our work, we're working on a sophisticated idea that includes sponsoring and affiliate marketing. We, the worldwide chatbot community, could also consider asking Chatbots.org to grow towards a world wide association of chatbot developers. Regardless of how the model will evolve, it will always be based on creating value for chatbot developers, users and affiliate industry. Value that should ultimately bring us some money in return.
In version 2.0, we've removed all advertising. This is because we strongly believe that advertising does not add value to our community. Additionally, a lot of chatbot developers spend money on Google Ads and we believe that the content on chatbots.org should drive users to the sites of these developers and not their advertising. Furthermore, the chatbot community could better spend money on developing the site in such a way that it adds value to them rather than sending it to Google and its shareholders. At last, we believe that chatbots represent the new era of automated business communication with individuals. Advertising was the automation of sending, but chatbots are strong listeners and will eventually fully replace advertising by brands. This vision is outlined in detail in the brand dialogue trend on erwinvanlun.com. We thought these three reasons were enough to remove the advertising.
In exceptional cases we do still show advertising. We still show advertisements in some search results. This is when the search term gives us a strong indication that chatbots.org could not deliver what the user is looking for. Advertising might then help them find a website that suits their needs.
We've had support of chatbot developers The Self Service Company and eCreation. With their help we've been able to spend time on the directory and find even more chatbots worldwide. We really appreciate their help. We'll continue to find partners that will improve our website.
As we're working with many volunteers who sometimes spend hours a year, hours a month, hours a week, or even hours a day, it appears to be very hard to list 'the' team. However, we identified those who have contributed most to the site during the past year: Xander Verduyn, Roberto Gilli, Karolina Kuligowska, Boris Toet, Dwane Yocum, Edwin van Asch, Ilonka Coenraad, and all those hardworking chatbot developers maintaining their own chatbots.
In January 2005, I launched mensmerk together with my first book Van Massamerk naar Mensmerk , which described the next ten years in media, marketing and brands. As the rise of brand agents was a key element of my vision described in this book and a lot of new (MSN Messenger) chatbots were launched in 2005, I decided to create a separate page, a listing of all chatbots in the Netherlands and a selection of chatbots worldwide. This page soon became the most popular page of the site.
When I launched the new version of Mensmerk.nl and its English equivalent in September 2007, I decided that although the chatbot pages didn't fit the new concept, I didn't want to get rid of this valuable page either and started to work on a new concept: chatbots.org.
Chatbots.org had its soft launch in January 2008 and was finally launched in April that year.
I continued to work on the site where I made all technical modifications myself.
In February this year I realized that the current economic climate forces companies to reduce costs and that chatbots are therefore getting a lot of attention again, resilience so to say. That's why I started to work very hard on a business plan and I soon found my new partner Boris Toet of Score-Advertising who appeared to be a very talented sparring-partner in concept, technology and design.
And the result is awesome! Thanks again, Boris, for our teamwork!
Although the new version is a great step forward for chatbots.org, it's only a small step for the chatbot revolution that is about to come. Therefore, chatbots.org will soon introduce new functionality, we'll work together with as much as chatbot community as possible, and we will improve our graphical design. We have many more ideas than those we've implemented right now. So subscribe to our RSS feed, Twitter feed or register to subscribe to our newsletter and we'll keep you posted!
The business tab is for any chatbot professional, professional affiliate or upcoming talent who'd love to write on this subject. Do you believe you can write interesting articles from a business point of view? Then you're invited to contribute to the community! Please don't hesitate to contact Erwin van Lun to find out how you could fit in.
Are you a professional designer and willing to help our design forward? Or are you a developer, a guru in building widgets, mobile apps or other innovative technology? We're really open to using innovative technology at chatbots.org, so please feel free to contact us in this case as well!
We're still looking for local chatbot warriors, the ultimate chatbot experts of their countries who can profile themselves through the country home pages www.chatbots.org/xx (for example: http://www.chatbots.org/pl). You'll help to make sure the chatbot directory for your country is complete. You'll be the first contact person for the press, the academic and the commercial world. Our search for local chatbot warriors continues until we've covered all countries in the world.
In any other cases, for an excellent idea, feedback on the site or simply to share thoughts, please don't hesitate to contact Erwin van Lun.
Chatbots.org is designed for you and only with your input and participation are we able to assist you even more in the future. And it's our mission to serve the chatbot community. It's our mission to serve you.
There are 4 comments:
Boris Toet May 18, 2009
Thank you too, for offering a solid end-goal vision. I think the result of our collaboration is an exact copy of the initial plans. I'm very curious how the following versions will develop!
Ehab El-agizy May 26, 2009
I like the hard work that was accomplished in the website. It's great to have tabs feature for more categorized and classified contents and for faster browsing as well. It'll be great also if you can add a facebook group for chatbots.org
Thanks Erwin for your effort, keep it up!
The new layout of chatbots.org is well designed. It was always an awesome site. However, now there is a sensation that it is more convenient to use, and more comfortable to read.
8-Man is my Robitron Nickname
Anonymous Jun 4, 2009
Hi 8-Man. Thanks for your compli.
We've spend a lot of time to make it easy to use. And we still have a few steps to go, especially in the header.
You use 8-man as nickname. We currently have the policy to use real names in the personal public profiles of members. We believe that professionals should reveal their identity in order to have an open discussion. But we also have our doubts as people might want to react anonymous, for example on particular kind of chatbots.
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We will NEVER spam you, nor publish or sell your details to any third party. We hate spam, just as much as you do.
What data does chatbots.org store?
We'll store all the details you enter on chatbots.org in our database and we maintain statistics of your visits with the sole reason to give you the best personalized service possible.
How does chatbots.org store my data?
We make use of Expression Engine, one of the largest weblog publication systems in the world. US President Barack Obama has used it for WhiteHouse.gov. Our system makes use of a MySQL database.
How do I access my data?
If you are a chatbots.org member, you can access your personal data through your account panel after you login. Additionally, your statistics (number of visits, numbers of reactions, duration of your visits etcetera) will be accessible to you in the future. If you are a guest, please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), founder and managing director of chatbots.org,with your question.
What data is shown?
Chatbots.org allows members to build their profile on a dedicated profile page and show it to the outside world to help them to build their reputation as a chatbot expert. Chatbots.org also allows members to turn off this option if they prefer. However, when members have written a post or a reaction, the name they've entered in their profile will always be shown, including a link to their profile. If people click this link, a blocked page may be shown (dependent on your preference). We will create an 'alias' option in the future for those members who do not want to use their real names, but we strongly believe that professionals should reveal their identity.
If you aren't a member, your e-mail address will be necessary when you leave a comment on the site, for follow-up comments, any questions we might have about your comment (which isn't very likely) or for direct reactions.
When will you use my contact details?
As a member or a guest, we probably know your e-mail address and in some situations also your telephone number or residential address details. We will NEVER spam you, nor publish or nor sell your details to any third party. We hate spam, just as much as you do.
We will use your e-mail address to notify you about new comments in a post you commented on earlier (you are able to turn this option off for eacharticle), for account settings confirmations (if you've changed your password, for example) or for occasional notifications on major changes in the site (typically 1-5 per year). Obviously, we'll use your e-mail address to send you the e-mail newsletters you've subscribed to. We may also approach you if you've left some brilliant comments on the site: we might want to work with you! We will not send you product or service offerings!
We will use your telephone details after we've tried to contact you via e-mail and this e-mail bounced, resulted in other error messages or you simply didn't answer for some kind of reason. If we have the impression your e-mail address doesn't work (anymore) we might contact you via phone.
We will use your residential address details when we need to ship something to you that we can't send by email. Additionally we'll mention your address on invoices.
Who can modify my data?
We have a very small team (typically max five persons) that has access to your personal data. Please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), founder and managing director of chatbots.org, for the most recent list of the individuals who can access your data. If you have subscribed to one of our newsletters, details like name and e-mail address will be made available to our e-mail service provider for single usage.
Is my data secure?
We´ll do all that we reasonably can to protect your data. Reasonable as we are not a large financial international institution or a military organization. You can expect us to follow all Expression Engine security guidelines, make backups and we don´t provide passwords to other individuals.
I received comment spam!
Unfortunately third parties try to destroy the web by putting comment spam (comments placed by robots, with links to dubious websites) onto websites and thus also on chatbots.org. We'll do everything we can to avoid comment spam whilst also avoiding barriers for people to react (making reactions too secure or too complex will kill the dynamics of the site). It´s all about balance. Comment spammers don't have access to your e-mail address. You can always unsubscribe to notifications on specific postings.
Please contact .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address), founder and managing director of Chatbots.org, if you have any additional questions.
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"Cultural studies," she replied.
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Bauer sat still, hiding her rage.
Stressed-out by the discovery of her accidental pregnancy, Bauer's friend had asked her to book the appointments needed to arrange an abortion.
It wasn't just a case of calling her friend's GP to arrange a time for her to request a termination.
First she needed to arrange a counselling appointment, which is designed to "protect unborn life", as German law puts it, and discourage a woman from going ahead with the procedure. Some of the clinics providing the service are run by churches – Bauer took care to avoid them, fearing that they would be judgemental.
Then she needed to hunt down a doctor who could prescribe pills for an early medical abortion. It became legal last year for doctors to publicise the fact that they provide abortions but they cannot indicate what kinds of service they provide, so Bauer had to call medical practices one by one.
"Berlin is a liberal city, so I thought it would be easier than it was," she says.
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Bauer was a third-year medical student at the time, so a few days later she emailed Medical Students for Choice Berlin, run by students at her university, telling them she wanted to start volunteering. She now works with them, campaigning for improved training on abortion for medical students, and raising awareness of the obstacles that [women] seeking an abortion may face.
Although Germany is widely perceived as a liberal country, its reproductive laws are surprisingly restrictive. Abortion isn't actually legal – it's just unpunished up to 12 weeks from conception, providing the woman has undergone the counselling session, followed by a waiting period of three days.
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