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UNICEF USA
Crisis for Ukraine's Children
As a result of the war in Ukraine:
6.5 million people are internally displaced
7.7 million, 90 percent of them women and children, have fled to Europe
altogether, 27.3 million people — including 7.1 million children — are in need of humanitarian assistance in Ukraine and in 19 countries in Europe
Working with partners, UNICEF quickly ramped up humanitarian relief operations when war in Ukraine escalated on Feb. 24, 2022, and continues working with partners inside the country to meet urgent needs. Here is a closer look at UNICEF's impact for vulnerable children and families.
Impact of UNICEF's humanitarian response to Ukraine war
UNICEF is delivering critical support to meet emergency needs inside Ukraine and in neighboring refugee host countries.
In health, over 4.6 million children and women in Ukraine have been able to access primary health care in UNICEF-supported facilities and through mobile teams.
In nutrition, over 115,000 caregivers of children under age 2 have received counseling in infant and young child feeding counselling.
In water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH), nearly 4 million people have gained access to safe drinking water, and nearly 1 million people have received critical WASH supplies.
In mental health and psychosocial support, UNICEF-supported interventions have reached 2.5 million children and caregivers while nearly 100,000 children and their families have benefited from case management and referrals.
In child protection, over 236,000 women and children have been reached by UNICEF-supported gender-based violence prevention, risk mitigation and response services.
In education, with UNICEF's support, over 857,000 children have been able to get back to learning, either in a school or in an informal setting, while another 421,000 children have benefited from learning interventions.
To expedite support to vulnerable families, close to 190,000 households have received multi-purpose humanitarian cash transfers.
A child protection crisis
The war in Ukraine created a child protection crisis of epic proportions. The rapid outflux of people — mostly children and women — fleeing the fighting and escalation in conflict that erupted on Feb. 24, 2022, dwarfed all other refugee crises of recent years in terms of scale and speed.
In less than three months, 7.7 million people were internally displaced and more than 6.4 million people — including nearly two-thirds of all children in Ukraine, at a rate of one child every second — had crossed into Poland, Romania, Moldova, Slovakia, Hungary and other neighboring countries, according to data from UNHCR, the UN's lead refugee agency.
The humanitarian situation continues to evolve and deepen at an alarming pace.
Even before the heavy weapons fire and air strikes on cities and civilian neighborhoods, insecurity and deprivation had become a way of life for families in Ukraine's eastern Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts due to a conflict that started in March 2014. Humanitarian needs have been particularly acute for those living in the vicinity of the 'contact line' separating government-controlled areas from non-government-controlled areas.
UNICEF's emergency response teams — on the ground in Ukraine since 2014, addressing impacts of conflict on children in the eastern region — have significantly scaled up operations all across the country since war escalated
UNICEF response teams have been on the ground on both sides of the contact line for the past eight years, delivering humanitarian assistance to impacted communities. The socio-economic and health impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic only compounded existing hardships.
Together with partners, UNICEF has been steadily ramping up support focusing on the hardest-hit areas, and is committed to sustaining and expanding its emergency response — leveraging its existing relationships and longstanding programmatic presence to reach the most vulnerable.
That includes those who remain in Ukraine and those who have fled to neighboring countries.
How UNICEF is helping children in Ukraine
UNICEF's humanitarian work in Ukraine has always focused on meeting critical needs for health care, safe water and nutrition, while also safeguarding children's rights and long term well-being and helping to strengthen critical systems and essential services.
For many years, and well before conflict started in the eastern region, UNICEF had been providing critical support to help close gaps in Ukraine's health system, particularly in the areas of childhood immunizations and HIV prevention. That support was significantly expanded as UNICEF rushed essential medicines, midwifery kits, surgical kits and other lifesaving supplies to health facilities where women were giving birth in makeshift basement bunkers.
Ongoing support for the UNICEF response in Ukraine — and in refugee-hosting countries — is needed as children and families continue to struggle to survive.
'Blue Dot' safe spaces provide support to children and mothers on the move
UNICEF is reaching vulnerable children and families who have fled Ukraine to neighboring countries from three dozen Blue Dot support centers strategically located along transit routes.
Set up by UNICEF and UNHCR along with local authorities and partners, these Blue Dots are an integral part of the UN's broader inter-agency refugee response plan for the region.
Assisting unaccompanied and separated children is a top priority. Protecting women and girls from gender-based violence and sexual exploitation is another.
Children have been killed. Children have been wounded. And children are being profoundly traumatized by the violence all around them. We must protect all children in Ukraine. Now. They need peace. — UNICEF Executive Director Catherine M. Russell
"Children have been killed. Children have been wounded. And children are being profoundly traumatized by the violence all around them," UNICEF Executive Director Catherine M. Russell said. "We must protect all children in Ukraine. Now. They need peace."
Afshan Khan, UNICEF's Regional Director for Europe and Central Asia said: "UNICEF is on the ground, doing its best to meet children's basic needs, but the only way out of the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine is for the conflict to end."
UNICEF's response in neighboring countries
Working with government and other partners, UNICEF is providing a range of support and services to children and women who fled Ukraine for neighboring countries in Eastern Europe and beyond.
As of Oct. 31, 2022, over 171,000 children and women had received primary health care services; over 319,000 had accessed mental health and psychosocial support; and over 395,000 children had accessed formal or non-formal education, including early learning through UNICEF-supported mechanisms.
UNICEF continues to ship emergency supplies while helping to shore up WASH and child protection services at border crossings and accommodation sites, and to help scale up and sustain quality education, health and child and social protection services for Ukrainian refugees and their host communities.
UNICEF reports details of its response and impact for refugee children and families in Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Moldova, Poland, Romania, Slovakia and other countries in situation reports posted here.
Help UNICEF save and protect Ukraine's most vulnerable children and families. Your tax-deductible contribution can make a difference. Donate today.
Within weeks of the war's escalation, the UNICEF USA Bridge Fund provided UNICEF with $15.2 million in accelerated funding to support rapid mobilization of resources and procurement of emergency supplies. Learn more about this impact investment tool that helps UNICEF act fast in a crisis.
Top photo: Valeria arrived in Romania on Feb. 28, 2022, after she and her mother fled from their home in Khmelnytskyi, western Ukraine. They have relatives in Poland and in Italy, but have yet to decide where they will go next. © UNICEF/UN0599229/Moldovan
Ballet Benefit Raises Funds to Help Ukraine's Children
The Ukraine Ballet Benefit has raised more than $800K to support Ukrainians in need.
UNICEF in Ukraine
A look at some of the ways UNICEF is supporting children and families impacted by the war Ukraine.
UNICEF Provides Warm Winter Clothes for Ukraine's Children
Winter clothes delivered by UNICEF help keep children in Ukraine warm as temperatures plummet.
Winter Relief for Ukraine's Children
UNICEF is scaling up life-sustaining programs to help children in Ukraine make it through the long winter. More help is needed.
Cash Assistance Program Brings Hope to Ukrainian Families in Crisis
Flexible humanitarian cash transfers help families devastated by war in Ukraine meet their most urgent needs.
A Cold, Dark Winter for the Children of Ukraine
Attacks on energy infrastructure are causing heat and power outages across Ukraine. [VIDEO]


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WA pedophile reoffending sparks law review
3:22pm Apr 11, 2018
The attorney general will look at law changes. (AAP)
The case of a pedophile who sexually abused two boys in WA after being deported from Canada for raping his stepson has prompted the attorney general to look at law changes.
The father of one victim found communication between his 12-year-old son and the 55-year-old man on social media, and a raid of the pedophile's regional house days later uncovered thousands of child exploitation images and videos.
Attorney General John Quigley conceded on Wednesday it was "a big problem" that pedophiles could relocate to rural areas and continue abusing children without the strictest possible monitoring.
The dangerous sex offenders act only allows for people who are in prison to be declared a DSO, not people who have been deported back to Australia after serving a prison term overseas.
But Mr Quigley said he would look at what laws might need to be changed.
"I can give you a guarantee ... when he is eligible for parole ... there will definitely be an application to the Supreme Court to have him declared a dangerous sex offender," he told reporters.
Sentencing judge Laurie Levy noted the offences were committed while the man was subject to Australian National Child Offender Register reporting obligations.
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"One can't help but wonder whether if you had been subject properly to the reporting conditions whether you would have been enabled to commit these offences," he said.
The victim's father said it was "abominable, disgusting" the man, who was jailed for 11 years, would be eligible for parole after nine years.
"He has not been monitored. If somebody would have bothered to do intrusive calls on him, walk in his house, look at his computers, look at his phones, it's all over," he told 6PR radio.
But deputy police commissioner Stephen Brown said the reality of resourcing meant WA's 3500 registered sex offenders could not all be tracked every day.
"I'm satisfied at this point in time ... all that was required by the WA Police was done," he said.
Police knew the man's past but there had been a "breakdown" in allowing him to work with children, Mr Quigley admitted.
"My understanding was that he was on a local register but he wasn't being managed by the sex offenders management unit, which is set up for the metropolitan area, that in the country, local stations have got to take the weight of that."
Federal Opposition Leader Bill Shorten said it was "every parent's worst nightmare" and he expected people deported to Australia to be checked.
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Clients today typically want a multimedia campaign that includes not only print ads, white papers and product briefs but Webinars and podcasts. "Spoken" content keeps the customer educated, involved, and aware of the client's brand.
But writing for the ear, rather than for the eye, requires some special tweaks. I first learned these back in the 1970s, writing for the Associated Press "broadcast wire" condensing stories which had been written for newspapers into an understandable three to six sentences for television and radio use. Many of the same rules can help get your points across in Webinars and podcasts.
Keep it short. The ear tires more easily than the eye. So does the poor person who must say what you wrote. Read your script aloud. If you're taking more than one or two breaths per sentence, those sentences are probably too long.
Stay away from improper nouns such as "it" and "he." When they are listening, people can't scan back to the beginning of the paragraph to remind themselves of what "it" or "they" are. Repeat your product name rather than saying "it" and repeat the name of a person rather than saying "he."
Use the active tense! This is even more important in spoken than in written content because, again, the ear cannot scan forward or backward for context the way the eye can. The active tense is also more interesting because it's closer to genuine speech and describes someone or something taking action. Compare the active tense "The Webinator instantly creates compelling Web pages…" with the passive tense "Compelling Web pages can be created with the Webinator…"
Get Conversational! Stop the narrative flow every now and then to remind the audience where you've been and where you're going with your presentation. "We began by talking about virtualization at the microprocessor level, and what it takes to manage such processor-level virtualization. Now, will take it up a level and talk about application virtualization. Application virtualization means…"
Get a beer. Imagine describing the content of your Webinar or podcast to a friend in a bar, at a barbecue or at the beach. You'd probably use simple, straightforward language, real-world images and skip the jargon. As much as possible, try to match this "real-world" tone in any marketing content you write for the ear.


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Power Rangers Update: Creative Team News Fuels Our Hope this Reboot Will Impress
By Campus Circle Staff
'Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers'
It looks like diehard Power Rangers fans are one step closer to getting the reboot they've been waiting for: the Hollywood Reporter has learned two writers and an executive producer have been chosen for the new film!
Ashley Miller and Zack Stentz will be handling the script for the Power Rangers reboot, and Roberto Orci will be the executive producer and developing the story.
Miller and Stentz both wrote the screenplay for X-Men: First Class and Agent Cody Banks, as well as episodes for "Fringe" and "Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles."
Orci's producing credits include The Amazing Spider-Man 2, Ender's Game, Now You See Me and "Transformers Prime." However, his writing credits are even more impressive with Transformers, Star Trek, The Amazing Spider-Man 2 and Mission Impossible III.
The announcement of this creative team basically means one thing: the new Power Rangers movie better be the "bee's knees," or else a bunch of '90s babies everywhere are going to be sorely disappointed.
The "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers" TV show that launched in 1993 was a hit. A story about six teenagers with ninja, super-human powers saving the world from evil forces captivated young audiences and prompted a '95 film (Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers), which raked in about $38 million domestically.
Since then, the Power Rangers have survived and thrived, thanks to countless movies and TV shows that still air to do this day.
However, the announcement of this new Power Rangers movie with franchise creator Haim Saban as a producer is what's exciting the first breed of fans. In addition to Saban's involvement on the film, Brian Casentini ("Power Rangers Megaforce," "Power Rangers Samurai" ) will be head of development and production, and Allison Shearmur (who oversaw Hunger Games and is producing the upcoming live-action Cinderella) is also producing.
So, it looks like if everyone on this creative just repeats what they've done on other films (excellent writing, staying true to the story, creative casting, etc.), there's no reason fans shouldn't be getting a kicka** Power Rangers reboot.
And hey, if this team really needs help with casting, we're more than willing to offer our suggestions!
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A heritage of hunting separates Nikko Stirling from its competitors. Nikko Stirling does not produce spectacles, jewelry, cameras or microscopes. We specialize only in Optics for hunting.
Our philosophy is to provide the hunters or target shooters with optics they need to be successful in their sport. Since 1956 this has been our goal. Today the Nikko Stirling range is a result of the evolution of solving the challenges faced by hunters throughout the world.
During 2016 Nikko Stirling was proud to be celebrating 60 years since its inception by Malcolm John Fuller (1924-1994).
Born in Australia, Malcolm Fuller had an early exposure to firearms and hunting on Australian farms that were abundant with wild boar, deer, goats, foxes and rabbits. This early exposure and subsequent lifelong pursuit of hunting larger game provided Malcolm Fuller with tremendous practical experience that has been a cornerstone to the development of riflescopes under the Nikko Stirling range.
Initially utilizing optics factories that were emerging in Japan in the 1950s, he founded the Stirling Scope Company Ltd in Tokyo, Japan to manufacture and export Nikko Stirling riflescopes to Europe, Africa and Australasia.
Few other makers of riflescopes can claim their origins in hunting; most are divisions of related optics factories. This distinction is particularly important in the development of today's range of Nikko Stirling riflescopes. Practical experience incorporated into our designs combined with manufacturing and component quality ensures the hunter's needs are met and satisfied.
Today the range of Nikko Stirling riflescopes offers a choice for all firearms enthusiasts. Serious hunters look to our DIAMOND series scopes, While new enthusiasts start out with a MOUNTMASTER scope on their air gun or .22 rifles.
8x Zoom –cross over for close and distance shoots. An advanced zoom range for modern scopes. Best mechanics and optics combined with bright and efficient illumination offers perfect scopes for close range and precise long-range shoots. Excellent field of view supplies best overview and supports quick acquisition on moving targets.
The Panamax series have been designed around an extremely wide angle field of view which is approx 20% more than the average comparable 1"scopes on the market today. Continuing with our proven hard anodized high grade aluminium main tubes the new design is not only visually appealing but also durable to handle heavy recoil rifles. Available as well with parallax adjustment on bell (AO) and illuminated reticle (IR). The illuminated models feature a red and green illuminated Half Mil Dot reticle and make it a top performer from Dawn-till-Dusk. This scope is sure to be a hit with hunters and recreational shooters everywhere.
The specialized Boar Eater 1-4x24 supports hunters and marksmen for quick acquisition on moving targets with an extreme wide field of view of remarkable 48m@100m (144 feet@100yds). Together with the professional designed reticle 4 Dot Extreme, a perfect match for driven hunts. As well for dynamic shooting competitions and use for fast shoots on close range. Like 3 gun competitions, black gun shooters or similar. Built for use on center fire and shotgun.
The Diamond LR (Long Range), available in both a 4-16x50, 6-24x50 and 10-40x56 variations.
Using premium grade lenses featuring the latest in optical coatings combined with a 30mm aircraft grade aluminium tube ensure maximum light transmission and clarity.
Interchangeable ballistic turrets with RTZ® (Return to Zero) can be customised for specific calibers and precise ¼" MOA increments ensure every shot is on target - First time, Every time!


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Junk food ads leading to heavier kids: McMaster study
Researchers at McMaster University are craving change after findings show the effect of junk-food marketing on children's eating habits.
Researchers crave change after findings show effect of marketing on children's eating habits
Clare Bonnyman · CBC News · Posted: Jul 05, 2016 1:35 PM ET | Last Updated: July 5, 2016
New research from McMaster University reports that junk-food advertising has a clear affect on children's food choices and consumption. (Associated Press)
Researchers from McMaster University are warning against the power of advertising to kids.
A study in the scientific journal Obesity Reviews, discovered that junk-food ads increased the amount of unhealthy food and beverage choices children made, as quickly as thirty minutes after exposure to the ad.
The increase has been astronomical. It's one of the major healthcare crises that we're faced with. - Bradley Johnston, McMaster University
In other words, Saturday morning cartoons and cereal are a more dangerous combo than previously thought.
Led by PhD student Behnam Sadeghirad, the study analysed 29 randomized trials that together provided data from more than 6,000 children. They looked at the marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages through numerous media platforms.
"The extensive exposure kids have to marketing of unhealthy foods and beverages via product packaging, TV and the Internet increases their short-term caloric intake and preference for junk food," said Sadeghirad in a press release.
Bradley Johnston co-authored the study of marketing's influence on childhood obesity. (McMaster University)
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A Canadian crisis
As of 2011, Statistics Canada reported that more than a quarter of all children from 5-17 years old in Canada have a BMI that classifies them as overweight or obese.
"The increase has been astronomical over the last 10-20 years," said co-author Bradley Johnston, Scientist at The Hospital for Sick Children and Assistant Professor at McMaster University.
"It's one of the major healthcare crises that we're faced with."
Research has also revealed that today, children are exposed to an average of five food ads per hour, and that unhealthy foods account for more than 80 per cent of all televised food ads in Canada, the U.S. and Germany.
A study of more than 29 randomized trials revealed that advertising influence's children to make unhealthy food and beverage choices almost immediately after watching. (Rich Pedroncelli/Associated Press)
Media-induced munchies
Results showed that unhealthy food choices were higher in children almost immediately after exposure to junk food ads.
In fact, the study looked at the choices children made up to 30 minutes after exposure to junk-food advertising. Children that were exposed to ads consumed 30 calories more than children who were not in that short time period.
And the power of marketing for children is no joke.
A recent study out of Ohio State University found that marketing vegetables as superheroes in school cafeterias as much as tripled the percentage of students choosing the items from the salad bar.
The study used characters like Miki Mushroom, Zach Zucchini and Suzie Sweet Pea, labeled as the Super Sprowtz to advertise the various vegetables on display.
Lead research Andrew Hanks said that while marketing to children can be seen as controversial, it "can have both positive and negative effects. We can harness the power of marketing to help us."
It's a message that McMaster researchers heard loud and clear when it comes to advertising.
"It does have an impact on children in terms of how much food they consume and their food choices," Johnston said.
Johnston says the next steps are a matter of education and knowledge sharing, to try and combat childhood obesity in Canada. (Jake May/Flint Journal/Associated Press)
When a child watches TV for an hour, he said, they're exposed to on-average of five commercials for junk food. This "can really leave an impression on a child's mind."
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For Johnston, the next steps are clear; people need to know the effect marketing has on their children.
"Getting this information into the hands of parents, into the hands of clinicians, and into the hands of policy makers" is crucial, he said.
Currently Quebec is the only province with a strict code enforced to prohibit commercial advertising to children under 13-years-old. Incorporated in the Quebec Consumer Protection Act, the legislation has been in force since 1980. It's action Johnston would like to see elsewhere in Canada.
"There are no strong restrictions or regulations from the federal government," he said. "It's time for us to revisit federal policies and provincial policies."
Turning to research, Johnston is now curious about what comes after 30 minutes, when children are exposed to junk-food ads.
"We need to better understand what is the impact over the longer term," he said.
Research for this study was funded in part by the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and the Canadian Institutes for Health Research Chair in Hypertension Prevention and Control held by Dr. Norm Campbell of the University of Calgary.
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Our Astrophotography section is headed by Kayron Mercieca.
Astronomy is a humbling discipline - the study of the Universe, its contents and the evolution of everything we are. It is a science that anyone with an interest can learn, practice and share at any level. There are two main branches of amateur astronomy - Observation and Astrophotography.
The former can be practiced by anyone at any age and can capture the imagination and interest of many who may not have been initially interested. With some learning and a little practice, the equipment used in Observation can provide stunning views of the night sky's objects (dependent on site of viewing and optical equipment being used). This ultimately requires little setting up and is fairly easy to get into.
The latter, Astrophotography, ranges from being relatively simple to get into (pointing a DSLR on a tripod at the night sky with semi-long exposures) to being extremely technical and highly specialised. Astrophotographers have to take into consideration the facts that the target is commonly invisible to the naked eye (requiring very long exposures of several minutes) and is constantly moving across the night sky (requiring a tripod that tracks this movement with motors). There are a large number of further complications to the whole ordeal if one wishes to get into this field but nothing that cannot be learned. What makes the entire effort and expense worth-while however, is that feeling you get when your images are captured and appear on your camera/laptop screen.
I have been practicing astrophotography since September 2012 and have learned an extreme amount from sheer experience, asking on online forums and composing my own images of deep space. Only five months after starting, I produced the Rosette Nebula in Narrowband image, which was a finalist image in the Astronomy Photographer of the Year 2013 international competition, hosted by the Royal Observatory Greenwich. Much of my salary has been spent on astrophotography, being my main hobby and one which I adore. Shortly after starting, I set up my own blog, Light Vortex Astronomy, which has become increasingly popular, now receiving over 200 hits a day from all over the world. The main attraction is my tutorials, which are very well-written with in-depth detail.
What you will find in this section is my heart and soul poured into astrophotography. Astrophotographs from members of the Gibraltar Astronomical Society, including myself, are on display. Moreover, tutorials written by myself, other members and also some useful ones found online are listed with a synopsis and are sectioned accordingly. This section also aims to discuss equipment and software used in astrophotography. Nothing replaces direct teaching however and the Gibraltar Astronomical Society aims to run courses (taught by me) which cover all aspects of astrophotography, from beginners to advanced. Above all, I am a firm believer that wanting, anybody can get into this amazing field. It simply requires practice, patience, investing in some equipment and to avoid mistakes and learn more effectively, guidance (as I sought from online forums when I started and still seek to this day!).
Please enjoy this section of the Gibraltar Astronomical Society. Everything I can do to build strong ties between members in terms of astrophotography, I will aim to do. Do not hesitate to contact me at any time with any questions you may have.


"The Depression was not fun," the late YouTube star, Clara Cannucciari, states in the very first episode of her Great Depression Cooking web series, above. Her first recipe---Pasta with Peas---would likely give your average urbane foodie hives, as would her knife skills, but Clara, who started making these videos when she was 93, takes obvious satisfaction in the outcome.
Her filmmaker grandson Christopher Cannucciari wisely kept Clara in her own kitchen, rather than relocating her to a more sanitized kitchen set. Her plastic paper towel holder, linoleum lined cabinets, and teapot-shaped spoon rest kept things real for several years worth of step-by-step, low budget, mostly vegetarian recipes.
Her fruit-and-gingham ceramic salt and pepper shakers remained consistent throughout.
How many television chefs can you name who would allow the camera crew to film the stained tinfoil lining the bottom of their ovens?
Nonagenarian Clara apparently had nothing to hide. Each episode includes a couple of anecdotes about life during the Great Depression, the period in which she learned to cook from her thrifty Italian mother.
She initially disliked being filmed, agreeing to the first episode only because that was grandson Christopher's price for shooting a pre-need funeral portrait she desired. She turned out to be a natural. Her celebrity eventually led to a cookbook (Clara's Kitchen: Wisdom, Memories, and Recipes from the Great Depression), as well as a video wherein she answered viewer questions with characteristic frankness.
To what did she attribute her youthful appearance?
Clean living and large quantities of olive oil (poured from a vessel the size and shape of a coffee pot).
How to avoid another Great Depression?
"At my age, I don't really care," Clara admitted, "But for the younger generation it's bad." In the worst case scenario, she counsels sticking together, and not wishing for too much. The Depression, as we've mentioned, was not fun, but she got through it, and so, she implies, would you.
The series can be enjoyed on the strength of Clara's personality alone, but Great Depression Cooking has a lot to offer college students, undiscovered artists, and other fledgling chefs.
Her recipes may not be professionally styled, but they're simple, nutritious, and undeniably cheap (especially Dandelion Salad).
Homemade Pizza---Clara's favorite---is the antithesis of a 99¢ slice.
The tight belts of the Great Depression did not preclude the occasional treat like holiday biscotti or Italian Ice.
Those on a lean Thanksgiving budget might consider making Clara's Poor Man's Feast: lentils and rice, thinly sliced fried steak, plain salad and bread.
Right up until her final, touching appearance below at the age of 96, her hands were nimble enough to shell almonds, purchased that way to save money, though cracking also put her in a holiday mood. Foodies who shudder at Pasta with Peas should find no fault with her wholesome recipe for her mother's homemade tomato sauce (and by extension, paste).
You can watch all of Clara's video's on the Great Depression Cooking channel. Or find Seasons 1 and 2 below.
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ShanghART S-Space is pleased to present a special project- Landscape by the artist group Birdhead on 5th June, 2016. The exhibition will last till 31th July, 2016. The first implement of this landscape project is in 2008 in UK.
The audience could take a photo before the white background with "风景"two Chinese characters. The interaction between the simple words background and the active people is easily make people image of the terrible condition of tourist interests. The plane landscape is not the focus of photography, but the stiff expression is duller than the constant environment.
SONG Tao and JI Weiyu set up Birdhead in 2004. They started their art creation through a large quantity of photography works, showing various social contradictions and controversies that have been ignored and evaded by people. Shanghai as their birthplace has been rising rapidly, but still houses its fragility and inferiority which is intended to be unveiled by Birdhead. And their works, like a blast of fresh air, has been brought to gradually break the fancy-looking shell of the city.
Recent exhibition include: Bitdhead- Art Unlimited Art Basel 2016, Basel, Switzerland, (2016); Birdhead- Welcome to Birdhead world again Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland (2016); Welcome to Birdhead World Again, ShanghART h-Space, Shanghai (2015); New Photography 2012, MoMA, NewYork, U.S.A.(2012); Reactivation - 9th Shanghai Biennale, Power Station of Art, Shanghai(2012); The 54th Venice Biennale - ILLUMInations, Venice, Italy (2011); China Power Station - part 4, Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino, Italy (2010); The World of Other's: A Contemporary Art Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Shanghai (2008); China Power Station II, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo, Norway (2007). And their solo exhibitions include: Welcome to Birdhead World Again-Beijing 2012, ShanghART Beijing, Beijing(2012); Birdhead: New Village, EX3 Centro per l'arte Contemporanea Firenze, Florence, Italy (2011); Artist File 2011 The NACT Annual Show of Contemporary Art, National Art Center, Tokyo, Japan (2011); Welcome to the World of Birdhead Again-2010, Guangzhou; Lianzhou (2010); Birdhead 2006+2007 Photography Show, BizART, Shanghai (2007).


In case you haven't heard by now, I like fashion. When it comes to geek fashion, one of my favorite subsets is subtle geek chic. In a way it's a visual secret handshake with your fellow fans. People who aren't familiar with it might just think it's a cool outfit. People who are will spot you as their kindred from a mile away.
You also may have heard I'm kind of/incredibly looking forward to The Force Awakens. With a desire to combine these two interests, I got a kick-in-the-rear to make it happen when the #Force4Fashion initiative was announced.
So in the countdown to Episode VII, I present to you: Everyday Cosplay Inspired by The Force Awakens. Today we begin with outfits encapsulating a First Order Stormtrooper.
Whether you're channeling an Imperial Stormtrooper or a First Order Stormtrooper, there's a lot of the color white coming into play. But it's the black areas in between (thanks to the gaskets and the body suit that's worn underneath the armor) that really provide contrast. Michael Kaplan's designs for the troopers of Episode VII are much more slick than their predecessors. When I first saw one of the Snowtrooper costumes at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, I overheard another fan ask his companion if that was an Apple logo on the armor. That modern, minimalism definitely shows up. Even in his Vanity Fair interview, Kaplan cited a "What would Apple do?" attitude.
So it's pretty easy to get the look with simple but bold black and white pieces. You don't have to spend a ton to do it and you can find pieces that will work at a variety of retailers. The first look features clothing from Forever 21, Express, and Macys with the boots being the biggest investment at $120 (when they're not on sale). I also threw in the Her Universe First Order/Resistance Tote as a small way to get a stormtrooper helmet in there.
I'm calling this dressier look the Fancy Finn because you can channel a good guy as a stormtrooper too. It's another example of if you want to look like an Episode VII stormtrooper, colorblocking is your friend. This time the pieces are from ASOS, Fossil, DSW, Kohls, and Macys. I even included a coat because for a lot of people it's winter right now and we don't have to stop embracing our fandom just because of some chilly air. The bracelet features a First Order symbol and even though it's listed as a men's jewelry piece, female Star Wars fans have never let that stop them before. In this case, it's possible the size is what helped it end up with that label.
Several of these apparel items have sale pricing as of this posting, but feel free to use these as a jumping off point and make your Stormtrooper Everyday Cosplay look your own.
If you put together a stormtrooper outfit, share it with us in the comments or on Twitter using #StarWarsEveryday.
And stay tuned, there are more The Force Awakens-inspired looks coming.


Manchester United interim boss, Ole Gunnar Solskajer, has insisted that Marcus Rashford can be in the same class as Harry Kane ahead of their showdown tomorrow.
Solskjaer takes his side to Wembley to face Tottenham on Sunday, and is convinced Rashford can prove he is just as lethal in front of goal as England skipper, Kane.
Rashford is thriving under Solskjaer, with three goals in his last four Premier League appearances.
"He can become a top, top striker.
"We can talk about Harry Kane and his class, and I'm sure Marcus [can get there] as well. He's got the potential to get up there.
"He's got frightening pace, he's now become stronger and can hold the ball up for us. He's a great link player and he's been brought up here. He's a very exciting player to work with.
"There were a couple of sessions here with the young kids – Chongy [Tahith Chong] and Angel [Gomes], him and Jesse [Lingard] – they played together in a certain way," Solskjaer said according to the Mirror.


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Comilang v. Commissioner of Registration was a 2011–2013 case against the Hong Kong Immigration Department by a former foreign domestic helper (Milagros Tecson Comilang) who is the sole custodial parent of a child (Zahrah Noor Ahmed) who has permanent residence status in Hong Kong. Comilang sought to challenge her own removal from Hong Kong on, inter alia, the grounds that it would effectively force Ahmed to leave Hong Kong and thus deprive her of all of the benefits she should enjoy as a Hong Kong permanent resident. The ruling against the applicants in the Court of First Instance had wider legal significance, as it established that neither the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights nor the Convention on the Rights of the Child are incorporated in Hong Kong law.

The applicants won a minor victory in May 2013 when the Court of Appeal quashed the decision of the Immigration Department denying a visa to Comilang on procedural grounds and ordered fresh consideration of her application for stay; however, this is not likely to result in Comilang's being granted a residence visa, and thus further legal challenges are expected.

Background
The first applicant, Milagros Tecson Comilang, is a native of the Philippines. She came to Hong Kong in 1997 to work as a foreign domestic helper, and continued in that line of work until 13 July 2005. After leaving employment as an FDH, she married Shaker Ahmed, a Pakistani national and Hong Kong permanent resident. Her husband then sponsored her to apply for a dependent visa. In 2006, while her application remained pending, her daughter Zahrah Noor Ahmed (the second applicant) was born. However, the marriage broke down when she discovered that her husband Shaker Ahmed was already married, and Ahmed withdrew his sponsorship of her application.

The Family Court awarded Comilang custody of her daughter; however, the Immigration Department ordered Comilang to depart from Hong Kong. In 2007, Comilang requested leave to seek judicial review against the Immigration Department's order, but Judge Michael Hartmann of the Court of First Instance denied leave. Comilang later applied to the Commissioner of Registration for issuance of an identity card, as well as for permission from the Director of Immigration to extend her stay in Hong Kong, but was refused both times. She appealed to the Registration of Persons Tribunal, which ruled against her in June 2010.

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Comilang was successful in obtaining leave to seek judicial review against the tribunal's decision. She received Legal Aid and was represented by Daly & Associates, which instructed barrister Gladys Li. Justice Johnson Lam of the Court of First Instance ruled against Comilang in June 2012. One complex legal question partially addressed by Lam's judgment was whether or not the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights is incorporated in Hong Kong law, and to what extent it imposes obligations on the Hong Kong government. In prior cases, most Hong Kong judges had declined to rule on this issue at all; they addressed only the simpler legal question of whether or not a claimant's rights under the ICESCR had been violated, and having found in all such cases that no violation had occurred, they were able to avoid the need to examine the question of incorporation. However, Lam observed (at para. 54):

Even though the ICCPR and ICESCR are given constitutionally [sic] backing in Article 39 of the Basic Law, it is also provided in the same article that these international conventions shall be implemented through the laws of Hong Kong.  In other words, they do not by themselves have the force of law. In determining the constitutional obligation on the part of Hong Kong under Article 39 to implement these conventions, one must have regard to the intent of the drafters of the Basic Law.

The Hong Kong Human Rights Monitor, in an August 2012 submission to the United Nations Commission on Human Rights on the implementation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in Hong Kong, pointed to Lam's ruling as an example which brought into question the Hong Kong government's commitment to preserving family rights under Article 23 of the ICCPR. Lam also noted (at para. 35 et seq.):

On 10 June 1997, the Central Government informed the United Nations' secretary general that the reservations and declarations entered by PRC when it ratified the CRC in 1992 would be applicable to Hong Kong with effect from 1 July 1997.  The immigration reservation in the CRC is as follows,

"The Government of the People's Republic of China reserves, for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, the right to apply such legislation, in so far as it relates to the entry into, stay in and departure from the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of those who do not have the right under the laws of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and to the acquisition and possession of residentship as it may deem necessary from time to time." ...

The CRC does not have the force of domestic law in Hong Kong.

In 2013, when the Hong Kong government stated in China's report under the Convention on the Rights of the Child that "The Convention as applied to Hong Kong will be taken into account in the courts of the HKSAR where appropriate", the Hong Kong Bar Association in its own submission to the Committee on the Rights of the Child objected, pointing out that Lam's ruling had recognised that the CRC is not incorporated in Hong Kong law and arguing that the Hong Kong government's statement misrepresented the extent to which domestic legislation takes into account the "best interests of the child".

Court of Appeal
In August 2012, Comilang appealed Lam's decision to the Court of Appeal. The appeal came before Chief Judge Andrew Cheung, Vice-President Frank Stock, and Justice Joseph Fok on 16 April 2013. Comilang brought up several grounds of appeal, but Fok in the unanimous opinion did not deal with most of them. The Court of Appeal allowed Comilang's appeal on the narrow ground that the Immigration Department had dealt with her letter requesting permission to stay in a "fundamentally misconceived" fashion by treating it as an application to remain in Hong Kong as a dependant of her daughter, and rejecting it on that basis because the daughter, who was four years old at the time of the initial application, lacked the economic capacity to support the mother. After this partial victory, Comilang now awaits a fresh decision by the Director of Immigration on her application to remain in Hong Kong.

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Trump's Silence on Russian Missiles Makes America Less Safe
Jon Wolfsthal
Foreign Policy Magazine• March 7, 2017
Russia presents security challenges to the United States and its allies for which the Trump administration has yet to indicate any kind of a policy direction or goals.
Russia presents security challenges to the United States and its allies for which the Trump administration has yet to indicate any kind of a policy direction or goals. In the nuclear arena, none of these challenges are more acute than Russia's ongoing violation of the 1987 Intermediate Range Nuclear Force (INF) Treaty. That Treaty, signed by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail Gorbachev, banned the Soviet Union and the United States from having or testing ground-launched missiles with ranges between 312 and 3,428 miles.
The INF Treaty and I kind of grew up together (yes, I am a geek and track my childhood, in part, through arms control agreements). In the 1970s, Russia deployed new nuclear-tipped missiles in Warsaw Pact states that could hit all of Europe. President Jimmy Carter and NATO responded with the dual-track decision, deploying American missiles in NATO states that could hit Russia, some in 15 minutes or less, while simultaneously seeking to negotiate elimination of such weapons on both sides. These missiles were highly destabilizing — they could reach London from Moscow in minutes, creating crisis instability and compressing decision times.
While the missiles were being deployed in Europe, over massive and prolonged protests, I was active in the nuclear freeze movement in New York, and later I did my first real college research on the dual-track decision. So my career came full circle when I became the senior director for arms control at the National Security Council in 2014, just after the U.S. government announced that Russia was violating the INF Treaty. That Russia was blatantly cheating on an agreement that helped end the arms race and was a cornerstone of post-Cold War nuclear stability was bad enough. Russia's steadfast refusal to even acknowledge its actions — reminiscent of its Cold War behavior — made clear how hard addressing this issue with Russian President Vladimir Putin would be.
To this day, Russia's behavior remains the same. Moscow has now reportedly begun to deploy a ground-launched cruise missile known as the SSC-8, while steadfastly denying that any such violation has taken place. At the same time, Russian officials take pains to justifying any hypothetical decision to violate the treaty on U.S. actions, including the deployment of regional missile defenses in Europe. Missile defenses are not constrained by the agreement and the United States goes to great pains to ensure that it remains in full compliance with its arms control treaty obligations.
Under President Barack Obama, the United States pursued three goals with respect to Russia and the INF Treaty: 1) deny Russia any military advantage from its violation, 2) work with and reassure European and East Asian allies that America's commitment to their security remained ironclad, and 3) work to convince Russia to come back into compliance with the INF Treaty. In the end, we were successful in two of the three goals, but clearly unable to convince Russia to fully implement the agreement despite repeated commitment to its goals.
Now, it seems, Putin has decided to press his luck by actually deploying the system, and President Donald Trump must manage this challenge at a time when he and many members of his inner circle are suspected of inappropriate or even illegal ties to Russia. Trump has said little and done less to address this issue, and in this vacuum Congress is already forging ahead with a chest thumping piece of legislation. A new pending bill would find Russia in "material breach" of the INF (a decision that can only be made by the executive branch), push the United States to develop its own systems for deployment in Europe, work to sell missiles to European allies to target Russia, and develop cruise missiles defenses in Europe to counter Russia's new missiles. These are all issues that the Obama administration considered, but it was not clear if these decisions would be affordable, improve NATO security, or convince Russia to return to INF compliance. It also seems highly likely that some of these steps would further undermine crisis stability in Europe. In addition, NATO states would not necessarily agree to these steps, which would undermine NATO alliance unity at a time when it is already under pressure — something that advantages Russia and not the United States. Regardless of your analysis of Russia's actions, Trump's inaction and Congress' proposals makes managing the strategic relationship with Russia and reassuring NATO allies much harder.
Dangerously, Russia's violation of the INF Treaty and noncompliance with other pacts removes — at least for now — new arms control agreements as a way to manage Washington's burgeoning bilateral strategic competition with Moscow. It is hard to see how even the master of the art of the deal could negotiate a new nuclear deal with Russia when it is violating one of the most important ones ever signed. Even this GOP Senate might have a hard time accepting that gift from Trump.
Why does this matter at all? Well, in one sense — it doesn't. The SCC-8 can reach targets that were already within range of Russia's strategic missiles. Thus, the military balance is not dramatically affected by this move.
In the larger sense, however, it matters a lot. With short flight times, stealth, and mobility, the SSC-8 cruise missiles is designed to deliver a nuclear surprise attack and undermines crisis stability in Europe. In addition, having these systems frees up Russian strategic missiles to more reliably target U.S. territory and to defeat any missile defenses designed to protect America. More dangerously, it puts metal behind the stated willingness of Moscow to use nuclear weapons early. And deployed in the far east, these systems also present a new way to target Japanese and South Korean allies and defeat U.S. missile defenses in those countries as well.
When the Obama administration left the White House, we left behind a playbook for how to address just this scenario. The legal and intelligence basis for taking a range of actions — including declaring Moscow in material breach of the INF Treaty and taking direct countermeasures that could prevent Moscow from gaining any advantage from its violation — are all available. Whether the Trump administration plans to avail itself of these options or pursue other steps remains unclear, as with so many other aspects of Trump's Russia policy.
Time, sadly, is not on America's side. If Russia's violations go unchallenged, then U.S. allies — already on edge — will increasingly question U.S. commitment to their security. In addition, if Russia cannot be convinced to return to compliance, it is hard to see how the New START strategic arms control treaty that effectively manages America's strategic nuclear competition can be extended or renegotiated when it expires in 2021.
America's reaction to this challenge must seek to make the country and its allies more secure, not less. Legally, the United States can find Russia in material breach of the INF and take countermeasures, even including the development and deployment of its own systems that would be otherwise prohibited by the treaty. However, doing so would likely undermine the cause of NATO unity, as the population of many member states, particularly in western Europe, are not ready to consider increasing nuclear deployments to counter Russian moves. However, other steps are possible, such as deploying additional conventional air to surface cruise missiles, such as the JASSM-ER in Eastern Europe, and finding other ways to remind Russia why INF was in its interest back in 1987 and remains so today. If done as part of a process to convince Russia to verifiably destroy the offending missiles and launchers and restore the INF Treaty to full health, these steps would be welcome across the U.S. political spectrum. But silence and the status quo are the worst of both worlds — they encourage Russian bad behavior and undermine both American leadership and European stability.
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Creating My University's Official Minecraft Server
FRISCO, TEXAS (MARCH 6, 2022) – Eric Aaberg shares the story of how he built the official Minecraft Server Project for The University of Texas at Dallas.
Man, just reading that title still gives me chills when I read it. As someone who has been playing Minecraft since the early dates, attended Minecon 2015, and has worked on countless projects revolving around Minecraft Servers that would reach 500,000 people – it's been awesome seeing our project "UT Dallas Minecraft" come to life over the past year and a half.
Not sure what's crazier, that we've truly created a server for our university, or that this project has been on the works since March 2020. Man does time fly, but anyways – let's dive into UT Dallas Minecraft.
COVID Made Life Remote… for Universities
COVID truly turned our world upside down, and for universities across the nation – everyone had to adapt. With UT Dallas switching to remote classes, I remember being an RA living on campus and how weird and life-less the campus was – nothing was happening. With our Esports Department already having an established Discord Server and online community, we noticed the activity skyrocket as things suddenly went virtual and remote. That's when I and a few others within our department at the time thought: How can we bring the campus to students in a digital format?
Answer: Minecraft.
The idea behind a University Minecraft Server wasn't just for students to be able to have fun, but also to bring accessibility and equal opportunity for all students at UT Dallas who were hundreds of miles away from our campus in 2020 & 2021.
The Truth About Setting Up a Minecraft Server
Esports already has such a misconception when it comes to how the industry, professional organizations, and even varsity esports teams work – however it's honestly a lot more similar to the traditional sports & entertainment industries when it comes to operations, planning, and work. When it comes to setting up a Minecraft Server, it's not as easy as just "starting a server up" – there are easily 100+ hours dedicated to setting up a Minecraft Server properly, building out the game/world, configuring plugins & settings, beta testing, etc. In addition, you need a full-on Minecraft Team to help you with the day-to-day operations, maintenance, and moderation of a Minecraft Server.
We had a few stages on creating the UT Dallas Minecraft Server:
Phase One: Capturing Awareness. We posted on social media, Discord, and the Reddit about starting a university-wide Minecraft Server. In addition, we created a form where students could sign-up for our beta testing & getting first access to the server. Results: 330 Responses
Phase Two: Building & Internal Testing. Our next stage, our Social Media Manager, our Head of Events, and I help build the base of the entire Modded Server. At first, we decided to go with a modded Minecraft Server for students to play on (oh boy, was that fun to setup…. but was a great experience for the 2 months it lasted).
Phase Three: Beta Testing. After the base of the server was built and playable, we rolled out invites to students for Beta Testing from the form we sent out – first 50, then 100, then 150. What we noticed immedietaly was that the server would not be able to support 20+ players consistenly (queue the very sad music…).
How could the server not hold over 20 players on at a time?? We purchased high-end servers, specs, etc. Seeing all of our hard work simply get crushed within minutes of launching the first Beta Test destroyed a lot of our hopes for the "team" at the time, as well as create panic (as would any game developer studio experience similarly when their game crashes on a big release).
Thankfully – this was just a "beta" test, but definitely heartbreaking. We spent the next few hours that Friday afternoon & evening doing sever optimization, googling every single potential error we were having in console, and testing over and over.
Conclusion: The modpack we used simply was not built for super large servers… despsite the "marketing" for it stating it was one of the best performing modpacks for optization.
The development of the UT Dallas Minecraft Team: During this phase, we had passionate players reach out to our department showing interest of helping out with the project – becoming known as our department's Minecraft Team to this date (with our own Student Minecraft Lead and coordinators).
Phase Four: Release. While we weren't able to figure out all of the kinks and small bugs with our modpack's performance, we kept at work to release the server before our deadline: Winter Break 2020. If there was a perfect time to release a new gaming opportunity for students to do in their freetime, it would be right before Winter Break as students would be able to play a lot more not having classes and exams in their daily schedule.
Marketing & Project Rollout
The marketing behind UT Dallas Minecraft definitely has been one of my favorite campaigns we've built for UT Dallas Esports & The University of Texas at Dallas. It's like combining my two favorite things: Minecraft & my university.
Lesson Learned: Things Will NEVER Go As Planned
As many game developers probably already know, you have to learn that things will never go as planned. This is honestly just a lesson for life in general: you have to expect the unexpected, what could possibly go wrong, and most importantly: adapt.
What did we learn? Modded Minecraft, while it adds tons of features to the game, is honestly not ideal for a large server that would be accessed by tens, hundreds, and even thousands of unique players. In addition, if we're talking about "accessibility" – not everyone would be able to run a modpack.
What is one thing we would change if we had to go back? Go vanilla, and focus on a "concentrated" Minecraft Server when it comes to features and gameplay. We definitely spent a lot of time on 2 variations of modded Minecraft, and sadly had to completely scrap them for our current version of UT Dallas Minecraft (vanilla).
That's a wrap! Enjoyed this campaign deconstruction, head over to my marketing blog for more. Want to get in touch? Shoot me an email at [email protected] (No newsletter signups please, and use this email and not other ones as this will get the fastest response).
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The collapse of the Russian economy is an unnerving prospect, so it was prudent of the International Monetary Fund to release $4.8 billion from its new $11.2 billion Russian bailout package. But it is far from clear that the Kremlin can carry out the reforms needed to make the Russian economy more stable.
This is not the first time the fund has leaned on Boris Yeltsin to deal with financial deformities. The Russian Government has been unable to come up with the money it needs to operate. That is because the tax system is dysfunctional. Rates are inordinately high, and few corporations or people bother to file tax returns. The Government has been forced to pay extraordinarily high interest rates -- sometimes above 50 percent -- to borrow rubles, but it still cannot meet its obligations.
The Government once again promised comprehensive changes in the tax system. Much of its package was approved by Parliament, but parts of it were defeated. That left the I.M.F. with a tough choice: Refuse to pay the money, and risk collapse, or give in on some of the demands it made during negotiations for the bailout. It wisely chose to trim the first payment by $800 million to send a message that it was unhappy but still willing to provide needed money.
President Yeltsin has imposed by decree some parts of the tax package that did not win parliamentary approval. That is an encouraging sign of his determination to make the needed changes, but governance by decree is undemocratic and ultimately self-defeating. It would be better if the Communist-dominated Duma and Mr. Yeltsin could agree on a package that both secures the needed money and has democratic legitimacy.
Russia also bought itself time by persuading investors to exchange $4.4 billion in ruble-denominated treasury bills for new dollar-denominated bonds that will not mature for as long as 20 years. That will save the country as much as $1 billion in interest payments over the next year. But the risk is that the cost of the dollar borrowing will soar if the Government is eventually forced to devalue the ruble. It may be a necessary gamble, but it is also one that could backfire, particularly if the price of oil -- Russia's major export -- remains depressed.
The I.M.F. is gambling in another way. With its latest commitment to Russia, its own lending reserves are dangerously low if another crisis develops suddenly. Alan Greenspan, the chairman of the Federal Reserve, advised Congress yesterday that the need for Congressional action to provide the requested $18 billion in additional I.M.F. funding is critical. The House, which has delayed too long, should promptly follow his advice.


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A woman made a powerful video of her mom to show the world what schizophrenia is like.
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Emily Robinson's mom has had schizophrenia since before Emily was born.
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From there on out, nearly every day has been a struggle.
But Emily wants the world to know there's so much more to her mother than her mental illness.
"She's just a really good person. She's a really good mom. She puts cards in the mail, and she calls and tells me she loves me and that she's proud of me," Emily says.
At the same time, she knows that schizophrenia is and always will be a part of her mother's life.
Which is why Emily wanted to find a way to show the world both sides of her mom — a complex and wonderful woman — with honesty and dignity.
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She kicked off the project with a raw and emotional video in which her mom talks about her immense love for her grandchildren (Emily's kids) while fighting through tremors (a side effect of her medication) and bouts of feeling confused and overwhelmed.
So far, the response to the video has been enormous. Emily says her mom is glad her story is being shared and making such a positive impact.
"I'd say people don't get it, but thousands of people do, millions of people do," Emily says. "But we don't talk about [mental illness]. That's the point of putting this out there. I need people to see mental illness from a place of love."
Watch Emily's incredible video and learn what living with schizophrenia is really like for millions of people worldwide:
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Q: Why I can't use arrow function for my plot of variables in a principal components analysis? (with ggplot2) I trying put arrows in my plot of variables in a principal components analysis (I use PCA function of a FactoMineR library) this:
# Generate random values for the data
data<-data.frame(runif(100,0,1),rnorm(100,2,9),runif(100,0,8),rnorm(100,10,25))
pca<-PCA(data,ncp=2,graph=F)

vPC1<-pca$var$coord[,1]
vPC2<-pca$var$coord[,2]
vlabs<-rownames(pca$var$coord)
vPCs<-data.frame(cbind(vPC1,vPC2))
rownames(vPCs)<-vlabs
colnames(vPCs)<-colnames(PCs)
circleFun<-function(center=c(0,0),diameter=1,npoints=100){
  r=diameter/2
  tt<-seq(0,2*pi,length.out = npoints)
  xx<-center[1]+r*cos(tt)
  yy<-center[2]+r*sin(tt)
  return(data.frame(x=xx,y=yy))
}
dat<-circleFun(c(0,0),2.3,npoints=100)
ggplot(dat,aes(x,y))+
  geom_path()+
  geom_text(data=vPCs,aes(x=vPC1*1.1,y=vPC2*1.1,label=rownames(vPCs)),size=3)+
  coord_fixed()+
  xlab("PC1")+
  ylab("PC2")+
  geom_segment(data=vPCs,aes(x=0,y=0,xend=vPC1,yend=vPC2),arrow=arrow(length=unit(0.5,"picas")),color="grey30")

I obtain the next error:
Error in do.call("layer", list(mapping = mapping, data = data, stat = stat,  :
  could not find function "arrow"

I don't understand if I have installed the package "graphics" that contains the function "arrow".

A: Arrow is now in the grid package so you just need to load the grid library:
library(grid)

Some of the confusion may be due to the fact that grid was loaded automatically by previous versions of ggplot (making grid functions visible/accessible to the user);
 now it's referred to via namespace imports instead, so you need to explicitly load grid if you want to use grid functions (or look at their help pages).

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From 1 January 2019, the government plans to begin monetization of subsidies for payment of housing services.
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"We are not changing the procedure of granting subsidies. The recipient must submit a statement to the authority of social protection of the population and give permission to the processing of personal data by the Bank. Then there is the electronic exchange of information between the social security authority, the Ministry of social policy, the Bank and the company that provides the service," – said muzichenko.
The Ministry of social policy noted that each recipient of subsidies will open a Bank account, presumably in the "Oshchadbank", which will be credited money. According to Muzychenko, with the account the money will be debited for subsidies.
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The Undertaker and Becky Lynch from WWE could be included to Rainbow Six Siege.
Tom L. TaylorSeptember 23, 2022
If a rumour is to be believed, WWE Superstars The Undertaker and Becky Lynch would be joining Rainbow Six Siege in the near future.
According to a report published by VGC, a data miner for Rainbow Six Siege named lungu r6 posted a series of photographs on Telegram that depict skins that very plainly resemble like The Undertaker and Lynch, indicating that they might be coming to the shooter. The images do not indicate whose character they will be applied to; nevertheless, the captions hint that The Undertaker will be for Blackbeard and Lynch will be for Thorn. Neither of these characters are named in the photographs themselves.
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Because the photographs on Telegram do not indicate when we may anticipate seeing the skins become available in the game, we will have to wait for an official statement to come from either WWE or Ubisoft. The images also reveal a new universal weapon skin and attachment skin with a sort of purple and turquoise camouflage pattern to them. These can be seen on both the weapon and the attachment.
Operation Brutal Swarm, the most current update for Rainbow Six Siege, was released earlier this month. With this update, the game's newest operator, Grim, as well as a redesigned map and a number of changes and improvements to the gameplay were implemented.
Ubisoft has also just recently announced a whole new series of Assassin's Creed video games. These games include the previously leaked Mirage, as well as a reveal of three other games, one of which is set in China, another of which is set in the highly requested location Japan, and a third that is codenamed Hexe and remains a bit of a mystery at the moment.
Since the departure of former CEO Vince McMahon from his position, the World Wrestling Entertainment company has been mired in some controversy over the past few months.
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My real name is Tom L Taylor, however, I go by Zentouro online (the origin of my name is a strange tale about an elven name generator and me being 8 years old). My concentration in Environmental Studies at Middlebury is on the role of film and media in shaping environmental perceptions and values. Both Chinese and Computer Science were electives for me.
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