Is it ok to make people feel uncomfortable?
This post has been inspired by two very different sources – but they have come together to form a post and a message that I would like to share. One about speaking our truth and being ok with making people feel uncomfortable. Read on to find out why I think the answer to the question, "is it ok to make people feel uncomfortable?" is yes, and why I think we should be actively seeking to do so.
Recently I picked up a copy of DIVA magazine, something I read occasionally when the mood takes me or I spot someone on the cover I particularly have an interest in. On this occasion, Lea DeLaria, an openly gay actress, comedian and Jazz musician most well-known for her role in Orange Is The New Black, was featured on the cover. A quote from her interview read 'If I offended you, you needed it'. Lea explained that whenever she caused offence, for simply being who she was, she was able to recognise that it had nothing to do with her and everything to do with the person who was offended. This gave me a whole new insight into taking offence. She was happy to cause offence in order to highlight the judgemental, ill-informed and at times downright discriminatory views some individuals had. She knew that if people took offence with her, it was down to their internal beliefs, and nothing to do with her.
Moving on to inspiration number two. A few months ago I was kindly invited to sit on a panel discussing Postgraduate Mental Health. I joined two members of staff from the University Mental Health and Well-being team and another student who coordinates a group called Student Minds here at my university.
We invited questions from the audience and eventually got onto the topic of talking openly about our Mental Health experiences. A young woman from Spain talked about cultural differences in discussing Mental Health. How here in England greeting a colleague in the staff kitchen with 'Hi, how are you?' is simply that, a greeting. Whereas in Spain, this individual explained, it was a genuine enquiry as to someone's wellbeing. Here, in England, she finds it difficult to be truthful because she can tell that her honesty can sometimes make the other person feel uncomfortable.
This discussion really sparked a lot of energy and fire in me. It made me feel angry that she should feel this way, guilty and afraid of being honest and sharing something that was real and genuine for her. But it also made me feel clearer about a lot of things, including my vision for this blog and my work overall. I found myself thinking – and saying 'damn right, make people feel uncomfortable'. Especially when it comes to Mental Health. If we are willing to talk about our experiences, part of our responsibility is to make others uncomfortable, to help them question their own beliefs and stance due to their discomfort.
Now, I'd like to clarify that I'm not talking about exacerbating someone's Mental Health difficulties. Nor am I advocating being hurtful or unkind.
1. It is not our business or our fault if we make others feel uncomfortable due to their own misguided thoughts, beliefs or judgements. That is on them. And it's up to them to figure out whatever has got them triggered.
2. By making people uncomfortable and welcoming this discomfort in our conversations, by giving people space to untangle their misconceptions in an accepting and loving way – we can create real change. We can allow a huge amount of understanding and education to take place.
But what this requires is brave individuals to be comfortable with making other people uncomfortable and then being with their discomfort in a way that allows discussion and invites insight.
For me personally I do this in a few areas including Mental Health – particularly in academia, work/life balance, the L in LGBT and my own spirituality – all areas where I sometimes meet resistance.
For others it might be talking about their family situation, being childless by choice or otherwise, experiencing illness, experiencing abuse, sexuality, gender, medication, religion, race, the list is endless.
Real change always begins with someone being made to feel uncomfortable. Think of real, significant historical change. Think of the resistance that comes from people feeling uncomfortable with what they are seeing or experiencing. Instead of pushing back, what if we invited that discomfort and resistance to the table? What if we encouraged people to talk, in respectful ways about their views and opened up a dialogue where people are free to explore their beliefs and given the opportunity to change their mind, without judgement.
What if we could let people be honest, knowing that our discomfort comes from us, not them.
In doing so we could allow people to truly own their experiences and stories.
We could give people the freedom to completely be themselves.


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With Jesus Christ and His sacrament of Holy Communion at our core, we worship God and preach the Gospel in the beauty and ordered dignity of Christ-centered worship. We are a sacramental church, believing that God works through matter: in the waters of Holy Baptism and in the bread and wine of Holy Communion. He works through each of us as His Body, the Church.
All Saints is open to all who seek the comfort of the Holy Sacraments, the guidance of Scripture and God's companionship and love. If you are seeking a timeless and vibrant faith, with beautiful liturgy, traditional music, and Biblical preaching, we welcome you.
We invite you to make us your church home. We hope the information on our website will help to better acquaint you with our parish. Feel free to visit with us at coffee hour after the service. We look forward to seeing you again.


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The Australian Liberal Party, also known as Progressive Liberals, was a minor political party that operated in the state of Victoria in the late 1920s.

The party was founded early in 1927 in preparation for the state election to be held later that year. It believed that the Nationalist Party had abandoned liberal principles. An urban-based party, it opposed the rural malapportionment that existed in the Victorian Legislative Assembly at the time. At the election, the party succeeded in electing two of its candidates, Frederick Forrest in Caulfield and Burnett Gray in St Kilda. They were both re-elected in 1929 after withstanding strong challenges from the Nationalists. Forrest died in 1930 and Gray lost his seat in 1932, and the party subsequently faded away.

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Defunct political parties in Australia
Political parties established in 1927
1927 establishments in Australia
Political parties with year of disestablishment missing

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One thousand years from now, the buildings and languages that we know and recognise today will have begun to collapse. We will have a new North Star, visible in the space above us, followed by another two thousand years later. In ten thousand years, Chernobyl will finally be a safe place and in fifty thousand years the Niagara Falls will cease to exist due to erosion.
Many of us focus entirely on our current time on this Earth, which arguably we should, or we reminisce and study our past. This is because the future of Earth is often unsure, it is unknown and for some it is even irrelevant as we will not be here. Never the less, the BBC has created an extraordinary timeline of what our future generations can expect.
In 1,000,000 years, our people will witness the explosion of Betelgeuse, however ever it is thought we will be extinct just 4,000,000 years later. After 3,500,000 years have passed Earth will resemble Venus, with no life left on our planet. In one hundred quadrillion years, it is thought the Earth will finally plunge into the sun if it has not already been destroyed.
This may all seem very morbid, but we have a lot of time left, it's okay! It simply put into perspective how fragile our world is and so we must never take that for granted.


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Man crashes mini dirt bike in Pottstown, flees…
Man crashes mini dirt bike in Pottstown, flees scene (VIDEO)
An 18-year-old Pottstown man was injured after riding this small dirt bike at a high rate of speed and crashing into a pickup truck at the intersection of King and Warren streets. The man was taken by Goodwill Ambulance to Reading Hospital. (Photo by John Strickler/The Mercury)
An 18-year-old Pottstown man was injured after riding this small dirt bike at a high rate of speed before crashing into a pickup truck at the intersection of King and Warren streets. (Photo by John Strickler/The Mercury)
By Brandie Kessler |
PUBLISHED: September 5, 2012 at 5:05 p.m. | UPDATED: September 24, 2021 at 11:52 a.m.
POTTSTOWN – A man who allegedly ran a stop sign and crashed his mini dirt bike into a truck in the area of King and Warren streets Wednesday afternoon ran on foot from the scene of the crash before police located him, police confirmed.
Pending the ongoing investigation, Derrick Jackson, 18, of Pottstown, will likely be charged with traffic offenses, including leaving the scene of a crash. However, he was not immediately taken into police custody Wednesday afternoon. Instead, Jackson was transported by ambulance to Reading Hospital and Medical Center for treatment of a head injury he apparently suffered in the crash. Police confirmed he was not wearing a helmet.
Jackson was driving the mini dirt bike south on North Warren Street around 4:30 p.m. when he drove through the stop sign and struck a Chevrolet S10 pickup truck operated by Jamie Skean that was headed west on King Street, according to Pottstown Officer John Schmalbach. The dirt bike, Schmalbach noted, is registered with the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation but was not street legal given it did not have headlights or taillights, among other things.
The first officer on the scene reported seeing Jackson run on foot from the crash scene, although it wasn't immediately clear where Jackson ran to. Police were able to locate Jackson, and Goodwill Ambulance was called to the scene.
Skean, who was left trying to get his tire back on his truck so he could get home at the end of the workday, said he didn't initially realize his truck had been struck.
'I was headed home to Manatawny Street, I was almost there' when the crash happened, Skean said. 'I didn't even hear it. I didn't even see him. I thought there was another accident behind me.'
Skean noted that when he got out of his truck, he observed Jackson lying under the mini dirt bike. He watched as Jackson 'kind of rolled around to get his senses' before he got up and left the scene.
Police said it appears that Jackson was traveling at a high rate of speed give the damage done to his bike and the truck he struck.
'He hit hard enough to break the front fork' of the dirt bike, Schmalbach said. 'He snapped the front fork on both sides. And it was hard enough to knock the tire off the truck' he struck.
Traffic had a difficult time getting through the intersection of King and Warren streets in the area of the crash from the time of the crash until about 5:10 p.m. as police investigated and cleared the scene.
Jackson's condition was not immediately available Wednesday evening.
Follow reporter Brandie Kessler on Twitter @I_M_BrandieK.
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Updated Aug 23, 2020 - Politics & Policy
Axios-SurveyMonkey poll: The Biden-Harris bounce
Margaret Talev
Jill Biden, Joe Biden and Kamala Harris at the DNC. Photo: Olivier Douliery/AFP via Getty Images
Joe Biden gained ground with skeptical Democrats and a key slice of independents during the Democratic National Convention, a SurveyMonkey poll for Axios finds.
Why it matters: It's so important for Biden to actually turn out Democrats. And the intensity of Trump voters is still stronger than Biden voters.
Biden gained 9 points in favorability with independents — and shaved 5 points off his negative ratings.
That's a major improvement with these potential swing voters. (Biden went from -20 to -6 net favorability with independents.)
But even in this improved posture, only 32% of independents view him favorably.
And just 7% of those who voted for Donald Trump in 2016 hold a favorable view of Biden.
Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris each got 5-point bumps with Democrats coming out of the convention, compared with polling a week earlier.
Biden's favorability is now at 85% among Democrats; Harris' is at 77%.
And here's a talker: SurveyMonkey (2,946 U.S. adults polled Thursday and Friday, with a ±3 point margin of error for the full sample) found a healthy slice of Ds actually preferred a virtual convention.
Among Democrats who watched or followed coverage, 44% said the virtual convention was better than a traditional, in-person convention.
42% said it was about the same; just 12% say it was worse.
A pair of word clouds from the polling provides a snapshot of America's mood. The top three words Democrats used to describe the convention were "hopeful," "inclusive" and "united":
Graphic: SurveyMonkey
Republicans' top three words were "boring," "lies" and "joke":
55% of Democrats now say their party is united (+5 points from a week earlier).
The biggest shift came among self-described "moderate" Democrats, 63% of whom now say the party is united (+9).
"Very liberal" Democrats remain the least convinced the party can unify, with 31% predicting they'll still be divided in November.
Biden's gains with independents didn't extend to his party or his running mate:
SurveyMonkey says that among independents who watched the DNC or followed coverage, 11% have a more favorable view of the Democratic Party, 20% have a less favorable view, and 68% were unchanged.
Harris became a more familiar figure to American households over the course of the convention, but that didn't move her ratings with independents.
Methodology: This SurveyMonkey online poll was conducted Aug. 20–21 among a national sample of 2,946 adults in the U.S. Respondents for this survey were selected from the more than 2 million people who take surveys on the SurveyMonkey platform each day.
The modeled error estimate for this survey is ±3.0 percentage points. Data have been weighted for age, race, sex, education and geography using the Census Bureau's American Community Survey to reflect the demographic composition of the United States age 18 and over.
Alexi McCammond
Nov 24, 2020 - Politics & Policy
Reps. Ilhan Omar and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Photo: Brendan Smialowski/Getty Images
Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar are boosting a petition against Joe Biden nominating his former chief of staff to a new role in his administration, calling Bruce Reed a "deficit hawk" and criticizing his past support for Social Security and Medicare cuts.
Why it matters: Progressives are mounting their pressure campaign after the president-elect did not include any of their favored candidates in his first slate of Cabinet nominees, and they are serious about installing some of their allies, blocking anyone who doesn't pass their smell test — and making noise if they are not heard.


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Q: Unable to cover get set in apex test class I am unable to cover the following class get set method. Need help in creating test class
public class Aresult{

    public class Parent {
        public String type {get; set;}
        public String id {get; set;}
        public String sequence_id {get; set;}
        public String etag {get; set;}
        public String name {get; set;}
    }
}

Please suggest
@isTest
public class CirriusGetItemsResultTest {
    public static void myUnitTest(){
        Aresult.parent a = new Aresult.parent();
        a.type='hello';
        a.id='hello';
        a.sequence_id ='hello';
        a.etag ='hello';
        a.name ='hello';
    }
}

A: Your test method should use testmethod keyword or alternatively annotated with "@isTest" .You class is annotated with @isTest but not your test method .
Check the screenshot of test run result  screen when your test methods are properly annotated and when test methods are not

Clearly the one with annotated properly runs and provides necessary coverage
The below test code covers the class 100%
@isTest
 public class CirriusGetItemsResultTest {
    public static testmethod void myUnitTest(){
     Aresult.parent a = new Aresult.parent();
     a.type='hello';
     a.id='hello';
     a.sequence_id ='hello';
     a.etag ='hello';
     a.name ='hello';
   }
}

Also kindly note that purpose of test code is not just test coverage .Your wrapper might be invoked form your Visualforce controller or trigger or webservices etc and invoking those methods should automatically cover the wrappwr class

A: Adding to @Mohith Shrivastava's answer....
Looks like in this case getters did cover it although I know I have seen cases where it did not (could have been a number of thing though).
In the API 38.0 here are the results:
@isTest
public with sharing class junkTest { //0 of 5 lines covered
    public static testmethod void deserializeTest() {
        String t = '{"type":"t","sequence_id":"si","name":"n","id":"i","etag":"et"}';
        junkClass.Parent j = (junkClass.Parent) json.deserialize(t, junkClass.Parent.class);
        system.debug(t);
    }

    public static testmethod void deserializeAndGetTest() { //5 of 5 lines covered
        String t = '{"type":"t","sequence_id":"si","name":"n","id":"i","etag":"et"}';
        junkClass.Parent j = (junkClass.Parent) json.deserialize(t, junkClass.Parent.class);
        system.debug(j.type);
        system.debug(j.id);
        system.debug(j.sequence_id);
        system.debug(j.etag);
        system.debug(j.name);

    }

    public static testmethod void constructTest() { //5 of 5 line covered
        junkClass.parent p = New junkClass.parent();
        p.type = 't';
        p.id = 'i';
        p.sequence_id = 'si';
        p.etag = 'et';
        p.name = 'n';

    }
}

Now, off to delete these example classes so I do not accidentally package and release it by mistake :)

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Thursday 13th March at 7.30pm on Prime
By PRIME
Are You Smarter Than a Fifth Grader?
This popular quiz show hosted by Jeff Foxworthy has moved to Thursday night.
Adults test their general knowledge against five school children with questions taken directly from the textbooks of fifth graders. Each contestant is allowed to call on five very cute and endearing primary school children, to help them with the questions. At stake is a $US1 million prize, which if the adult doesn't crumble under the pressure, can be pocketed by answering 10 questions correctly.
Encore - Thursday 13th March at 9.30pm on Prime
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Beautiful certificate from the Electro-Printing-Block Company, Limited issued in 1859. This historic document was printed by C. & A. Doubble Company. This item has the signatures of the Company's Director's and is over 149 years old.
Etectro-printing was the processes of the Electro-Printing-Block Company (patented by Mr. H. G. Collins) supply the means of reproducing drawings, engravings, without the aid of copyist or engraver, not only of the same size as the original, but enlarged or reduced with strict accuracy to any extent that may be desired. Thus, from a woodcut or steel engraving a working plate or block can be produced that will yield impressions of any other required proportion.


This new machine takes the company's product line count to four.
"The clinical unit multiplies the number of markets Nu-Med Plus is able to serve with our technology," Nu-Med Plus CEO Jeff Robins said in the release.
The company developed this clinical inhaled nitric oxide product for healthcare providers to be able to provide in-office treatment options for various conditions and diseases, including high blood pressure, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and acute respiratory distress syndrome. This new unit is smaller, to simplify storage, and smarter, featuring a touchscreen for easy use and single-dose control.
Nu-Med is currently in the process of seeking approval from the FDA for three of its nitric oxide delivery consoles: this clinical unit, a fixed hospital unit and a portable unit.
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If you are a community-minded person who loves the smell of soil and rain and finds working in a garden brings a sense of well-being, you may be interested in volunteering to adopt a garden in Baker Park. Friends of Baker Park's Adopt-a-Garden Program allows members to stake a claim for an area of the park to keep weed-free and beautiful for one year.
Volunteers will be assigned a site on a first come, first-served basis. You may choose from a list of available sites or suggest a site to be kept weed free. To keep the garden sites looking beautiful, it is assumed the gardener will weed the site once or twice a month during the spring, summer, and fall. For maintenance of your site, garden weeders will need to supply their own tools and yard waste bags. Filled yard waste bags can be left next to any trash can for City removal. Garden adopters are not expected to install plantings or spread mulch, though if either is of interest contact Peter Brehm (see below) so that we can coordinate City approval and any needed reimbursement.
If you don't wish to take on the full responsibility of a garden site, perhaps you would be interested in assisting another gardener at his/her site. Your interest and availability can be matched with another gardener.
Call or email to suggest a site!
To participate in Adopt-a-Garden and request a site — or suggest one of your own – please fill out the volunteer application form and mail it to Friends of Baker Park, PO Box 4146, Frederick, MD 21705. Once we receive your form, someone will be in contact with you.


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Ed Galing, Erin E. Stead (Illustrator)
Tony was all white,
large, sturdy,
with wide gentle eyes
and a ton of love . . .
Follow this touching tale of a boy and his friendship with a horse, by the late poet Ed Galing and illustrated with remarkable tenderness by Caldecott-winning artist Erin Stead.
A Neal Porter Book
A New York City Public Library Notable Best Book for Kids
Praise For Tony…
"Astonishing."—Kirkus Reviews, starred review
"The tenderness of his words ("Tony was all white,/ large, sturdy,/ with wide gentle eyes/ and a ton of love"), combined with Stead's exquisite portraits, allows readers entry into the world shared by boy and horse."—Publishers Weekly, starred review
"The muted pencil drawings are gorgeous and soft, a comfort simply to view. The gray and aqua coloring puts readers in predawn's light, with the yellow highlights perfectly yielding a sense of warmth. The illustrations and text work together perfectly, conveying a story for readers of all ages."—School Library Journal
"A lovely tribute to a bygone service, especially for equine fans."—Booklist
Roaring Brook Press, 9781626723085, 32pp.
The late Ed Galing was born in 1917, spent his early years in the Lower East Side of New York City, and is a widely published poet.
Erin E. Stead has illustrated several children's books with her husband, Philip C. Stead. Their first picture book, A Sick Day for Amos McGee, won the Caldecott Medal. She has also illustrated And Then It's Spring (written by Julie Fogliano) and contributed to Eric Carle's What's Your Favorite Animal? The Steads divide their time between Ann Arbor, Michigan, and New York City.


This is another situation where using OneNote's integration with Outlook can offer a more streamlined solution than Outlook's built-in solution.
When you have a saved appointment, you can link it to a page in a OneNote Notebook where you can add additional information. From this OneNote page, you can then directly create Tasks in Outlook.
These tasks will have a reference to the OneNote item which hold a reference back to the appointment which also has a reference to the OneNote page.
So everything is linked automatically. Even cooler; Marking a Task completed in Outlook, will also mark it as completed in OneNote and vice-versa.
While the above explanation might sound a bit complicated, the entire process is actually very easy and quite natural to do.
Create your appointment in the Calendar.
Save the appointment/meeting/all day event item before clicking on the OneNote icon or the OneNote item and the appointment/meeting/event item won't be linked to each other (you can leave the item open, but you must save it).
Click on the OneNote icon on the Ribbon or Toolbar. This will bring you to OneNote.
In Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010, the OneNote button can be found in the Actions group when opening the Calendar item.
In Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2016, the OneNote icon is in its own group and shown as a large icon by default.
Choose where you want to create the notes for the appointment in OneNote (see this Quick Tip to set a default location or template).
Type your notes which you want to convert into one or multiple tasks.
Using a bulleted or numbered list might be handy, but is not required.
Using a short heading for the task is recommended as this will eventually become the title of your Task in Outlook.
Place your cursor in front of the paragraph or list item which you want to turn into a tasks.
Click on the Outlook Tasks button on the Home tab and choose when the task will be due. You can manually add a reminder or set Outlook's option to do this automatically (applies to Tasks and flagged messages).
Repeat step 5 and 6 to create additional tasks.
As said, you can mark the task as completed in either application (Outlook or OneNote). In OneNote, this can be done by simply clicking on the flag icon in front of the text representing the task. After a few seconds, the status change will be picked up automatically by the other application.
Creating an Outlook Task from within OneNote will add a reference back to the marked text in OneNote. If this OneNote page in a meeting note, then this will link back to the original meeting item as well so everything stays together.


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South City Theatre has released details about its October production and plans for upcoming performances. (File)
South City Theatre announces October production
By Emily Sparacino
Published 10:25 am Tuesday, September 29, 2020
South City Theatre will stage the world premiere of "Puzzle With The Piazza" by Mark Dunn on Oct. 22, 23 and 24 at 7:30 p.m. and Oct. 25 at 2 p.m. in the conference room of the Associated General Contractors of Alabama in Irondale.
Tickets are $16 general admission and $13 for students under 18 and seniors over 60. Tickets are available online at Southcitytheatre.com/get-tickets, or reservations can be made by calling the box office at (205) 621-2128 and leaving a message.
Masks will be required for audience members, and all other Coronavirus protocols will be followed.
Why the new performance location and play title?
"The SCT facility is too small to allow for social distancing, so we are making changes to accommodate the new normal," outgoing Artistic Director Sue Ellen Gerrells wrote in a press release. "In these challenging times, we are adding a bit of spice to the mix by rolling out an entire season of super-secret productions."
SCT's formerly announced season will move to 2021-22 when productions can be held in SCT's space in Pelham again.
"Until then, we will announce dates, times, auditions and production titles approximately two months before performance dates," Gerrells wrote. "We'll be staging small cast shows, in various locations, throughout our 20th anniversary season, and we're thrilled to be moving around the area to bring you the best theatrical experiences we can."
Leading the 2020-21 season is the world premiere of "The Puzzle With The Piazza," a full-length comedy-drama written by Mark Dunn.
It tells the story of a septuagenarian, who has one jigsaw puzzle among her large collection that she's never worked.
The puzzle contains 3,000 pieces, and she has less than a day to finish it because poor health has forced her to move in with her younger sister—without her puzzles.
This gentle, bittersweet play explores the fragility of family ties and the often much stronger bonds of friendship that lattice the final years of life.
Led by South City's incoming artistic director Donna Stinson Williamson, "Puzzle With The Piazza" boasts an impressive cast: Dianna Brown Murphree, Thomas Robinson, Katy Walker, Victoria Smith and Sally Montgomery.
"We are delighted to be partnering with the Associated General Contractors of Alabama on this inaugural production," Gerrells wrote.
For more information, visit Southcitytheatre.com.
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Editor's Note: I'm disappearing for a couple of days. Here's an older column just for fun.
If you arm me with a brush and a bucket of paint, what ensues could be considered house abuse in 27 states. There's always more paint on the floor and me than the walls. Michelangelo I am not.
Problem is, I don't really like white walls and it's just about as easy to find a good painter as it is to find a man with a full set of teeth in this county.
How right he was. When I head to the Big City Home Improvement Center they say, "Oh no! Here she comes. By the time she leaves we won't have one blue color sample left." I'm probably on the paint swatch terrorist list at the Sherwin Williams corporate office.
Luckily, the Pondering Prince of Painting knew how to talk me down. In about 30 minutes I had actually made a decision on a very light blue called Mountain Air for the guest room. He headed to town for a gallon and I headed to Gone Country Martha's. I was too nervous to watch the color being put up. My Compulsive Color Indecision was kicking back in.
I didn't trust him, but what could I do but go to bed with visions of color swatches dancing in my head. Morning couldn't come quick enough for me.
With that, he stuck yellow paint swatches under my nose and said, "No. We move on to yellow." Unfortunately, my Compulsive Color Indecision kicked back in and all I could see was red.
Spreading laughter around the world…one chuckle at a time.


On February 1, Vincent Touya joined Dachser USA as Managing Director at the company's US Regional Office in Atlanta.
Touya is from France and has held several managerial positions during his 30-year tenure with the family-owned company. Previously, Touya was responsible for the expansion of the air and sea freight business in France and North Africa. Prior to that assignment, he was Head of Sales for Dachser France's overland transport organization.


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BOXER COMMENDS GLOBE COMMITMENT TO ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING
THE U.S. SENATE COMMITTEE
ON ENVIRONMENT AND PUBLIC WORKS
For Immediate Release Contact: Peter Rafle, Senate EPW
February 15, 2007 (202) 228-3102 dir./(202) 302-7086 cell
BOXER COMMENDS GLOBE COMMITMENT
TO ACTION ON GLOBAL WARMING
Washington, DC – U.S. Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, today commended the delegates to a Washington meeting of the Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment (GLOBE), an international group of legislators from the G8-plus-five countries, for their commitment to action on global warming.
Senator Boxer said: "I want to commend the GLOBE group for their contribution to the international dialogue on global warming. With their help and the help of many others we can and will solve this worldwide problem."
"Change is happening in Washington D.C., and nowhere is it happening more rapidly than in the global warming area. The GLOBE commitment to action is an important part of bringing people together, from around the world, to find ways to avoid the worst effects of global warming."
The GLOBE delegates came together in Washington, DC, this week to urge leaders at the upcoming G-8 Summit to focus on the elements of an international agreement on global warming. Key elements of the GLOBE consensus released today include a recognition that the costs of inaction will be greater than those of action, and that the longer we wait, the more difficult it will be to solve the problem.
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Why Microsoft Might Wish the PC Would Die
Doug Ehrman, The Motley Fool, AOL.com
Jan 11th 2013 6:45PM
When The New York Times' David Pogue refers to a new device as a game changer, it is usually time to really listen up. In his recent piece on the much-anticipated Microsoft Surface Pro, he extols the not only the concept, but the execution of the tablet-notebook hybrid. Unlike some of the "convertibles" being rolled out at this year's Consumer Electronics Show, the Surface Pro appears to be both a real tablet and a real PC at the same time. If the device is as successful as Pogue suggests it might be, the best thing that could happen to Microsoft is for the PC to just get on with dying so that the Surface Pro can become the new gold standard in personal computing. This does not even begin to consider if the Surface Pro could be an Apple iPad killer.
Surface Pro highlights
The features that Pogue seemed most impressed with on the Surface Pro were the ease with which you can convert the device from a notebook to a tablet and vice versa. The magnetically attached keyboard easily affixes to the screen, making the device sleek and appealing. There are a few keyboard options available, ranging from a ultra-thin cover-keyboard, to one that has keys that actually move up and down for those that prefer the full tactile experience.
The other major highlight is that the Surface Pro has addressed and corrected several problems that were perceived to exist in the original Surface. At the top of this list is the fact that the Surface Pro will run a full complement of software, just like any laptop. The original Surface relied on apps from the Windows app store and was far more limited. One important observation that Pogue makes is that Microsoft is rapidly catching up in the breadth of the apps that are available in its ecosystem. Additionally, Microsoft has added additional ports and functions that seem like they should position the Surface Pro very well upon its release.
My longtime criticism of the iPad is that as much as it is a great device for consumption, it is not the first choice for production. When it is really time to do some work, we all reach for our laptop, not our iPads. As long as this remains the case, there is room to attack the iPad and win.
As part of his closing thoughts, Pogue explains that "for now, it looks as if the Surface Pro is, conceptually and practically, a home run. For thousands of people, it will be an ideal mobile companion." If the device is as robust as expected, it should be a major advance in the transition between the two types of devices. While I'm not sure the Surface Pro is practically not enough a laptop to make "death" too strong a term, it should be exciting.
Why kill the PC?
To put the numbers in context, in 2012, PC processors accounted for $31 billion in sales; by comparison, the mobile processor segment was about one-fifth the size. Editor Linley Gwennap's article in Microprocessor Report was recently quoted in a Barron's piece: "The problems of the PC market goes beyond tablets: this will be the third of the past four years that PC growth is less than 4%. A broader problem is that over the past few years, performance growth has slowed to a crawl." It further points out that "performance is increasing at just 10% per year for desktops and 16% for laptops, a far cry from the good old days of 60% annual performance increases. As a result, PC users have little incentive to upgrade their systems.'" By changing the advances in PCs from performance to form factor, Microsoft can make a major advance in consumer behavior.
Late last week, research firm IDC reported that PC sales for the fourth quarter declined by 6.4%, a much steeper decline than the 4.4% that had been expected. Even against the backdrop of Microsoft's release of Windows 8, sales dipped as other devices picked up the slack. In terms of market share, Dow component Hewlett-Packard remains at the top of the pack with 16.7% of the market, followed by Lenovo holding 15.7% and Dell with 10.6%.
The decline demonstrates the continuing trend that favors new form factors, making the timing of the Surface Pro's release somewhat ideal. The PC market remains enormous, eclipsing the mobile processor market, but the shift is impossible to escape. If the Surface Pro can lead this charge, Microsoft may be able to control some of the conversation, rather than simply being allowed to exist in the periphery.
Where the Surface Pro distinguishes itself is in the fact that it truly embraces the tablet form factor. The convertibles rolled out at the CES, while attempting to capitalize on the touchscreen functionality of Windows 8, are not as streamlined as the Surface Pro. The Microsoft device is a real tablet, and is like nothing else ever attempted.
From an investment perspective, I am a buyer of the stock ahead of the Surface Pro release. I am impressed with the efforts being made at the company, and I have a sense that Microsoft is fighting back against its slide toward mediocrity. Even if the Surface Pro is not a perfectly executed blockbuster, it will redirect the industry and put the company back at the center of the conversation. To me, that is a great place to put your investment dollars.
It's been a frustrating path for Microsoft investors, who've watched the company fail to capitalize on the incredible growth in mobile over the past decade. However, with the release of its own tablet, along with the widely anticipated Windows 8 operating system, the company is looking to make a splash in this booming market. In this brand-new premium report on Microsoft, our analyst explains that while the opportunity is huge, the challenges are many. He's also providing regular updates as key events occur, so make sure to claim a copy of this report now by clicking here.
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Many Americans suffer from a self-induced will to disbelieve anything that contradicts their desires or that would be unpleasant or fearful.
Word worship aggravates the condition. Americans have become legalistic and they pore over every word spoken by a public figure with the same intensity as superstitious and ignorant sorcerers once studied the entrails of birds.
Words are only symbols -- noises we make with our tongues and lips or lines we put on paper. We use them to communicate. These symbols, however, are not the reality they stand for, they are symbols of reality as perceived by the person using them. Communication is always inexact because no two human beings perceive reality in an identical way.
Words are given entirely more importance than they deserve. This misplaced emphasis is indicated by the folk sayings of the intelligentsia: "It is important to communicate" or "We must have a dialogue."
I suggest you keep this difference between symbols and reality in mind during the continuing hysteria over the summit. Hysteria is the right word too. Thousands of journalists will be converging on Geneva to cover a brief meeting that they will not be allowed to attend. One network journalist made the outrageous comment recently that the words President Reagan uses at the summit "will be the most important words ever spoken."
The summit is only a propaganda event and, thanks to television network executives who have more money than brains at their disposal, a media extravaganza. The political banalities spoken to the press in public will be analyzed, dissected, discussed, mulled over and picked to pieces by the word worshipers with knitted brows and grave voices. It will be the perfect example of the theater of the absurd.
This mindless and obsessive attention, of course, makes it that much easier for the principal actors to play whatever propaganda games they choose. The whole mess will have little to do with reality and have virtually no effect on it, unless political pressure created in the West encourages our side to make concessions. One hopes President Reagan will be too stubborn to do that.
The reality of the Soviet Union is revealed by its actions, not its words: inhuman repression of people under its control, insane secrecy, incessant, round-the-clock hate America propaganda, enormous military expenditures, unceasing attempts to foment Marxist revolutions in non-Marxist countries, brutal warfare in Afghanistan and continuous use of the big lie.
No wise person would waste time talking to a liar and the Soviet leader, Mikhail Gorbachev, is a liar. In Paris he said no country in the world gives Jews more rights than the Soviet Union. The world knows, of course, that no country in the world has a more virulent anti-Semitic official policy against Jews than the Soviet Union. The Soviets on the one hand force all Jews to carry passports indentifying themselves as Jews and on the other ruthlessly persecute those who try to practice their Jewishness.
Looking at actions rather than words, you can know this about the Soviet Union: its leaders hate your guts, hate your country, hate liberty, fully intend to destroy you and are working around the clock to do just that.
What is there to negotiate? The terms of our surrender? The manner of our death?
A wise American government would not be attending a summit, it would be breaking diplomatic relations with a criminal and dangerous government with which no compromise is possible because the basic premises of our two countries are mutually contradictory.


In every generation, there is what is often called, "the spirit of the times." There are ideas and beliefs that seem to take hold in the hearts of a large percentage of people. If we looked at our culture at present, there are certainly some ideas we could list. Many of these ideas are adorned with pleasant sounding labels, but when we take a look beyond the surface, we begin to see what's really going on.
Just a few days ago, I received a notice from my son's school stating that a particular class was preparing to teach the children to practice "mindfulness". Admittedly, being "mindful" sounds all well and good, but when you examine this concept through the light of Scripture, you quickly realize that the practice isn't rooted in the teaching of God's word, but in the beliefs of Buddhism. In fact, we were also informed that the teacher was organizing a weekend trip for the students to participate in a Buddhist worship service. I politely expressed my displeasure to the school.
As the saying goes, there is nothing new under the sun. During Jeremiah's time, the people of Judah and Israel were likewise being highly influenced by the false beliefs of their neighboring nations. Instead of developing a fidelity to the teaching of God's word, they had started to become enamored with the ways and the beliefs of the other nations. We're even told in these verses that the people had started to become "dismayed at the signs of the heavens" like their foreign neighbors were. The Babylonians are known to have developed astrology and the use of horoscopes, and you can see that these pagan practices were having an impact on the people of Judah. Interestingly, they continue to have an impact on people today.
But followers of Christ should be more discerning than that. At the moment we trust in Christ, the Holy Spirit took up residence within us. He marked us, sealed us, and continues to counsel us. He makes the Bible clear to us as we read it and helps us to see things as they really are so that we aren't taken captive by the spirit of the times or the deceptive philosophies that gain popularity during our generation.
As a matter of practice, exercise caution when you begin to see new beliefs gaining a foothold in our culture. Hold all things up to the light of Scripture. At present, our generation seems enamored with humanism, atheism, redefining marriage, redefining gender, and adopting the practices of new age spiritism and eastern religions. Please notice these things as they're taking place and resist their infiltration into your thinking or your household.
— Charles Colson & Harold Fickett, The Faith, 68.
— James Emery White, A Mind for God, 16.
I'm guessing that even if you aren't from the Philadelphia region, you're probably familiar with the Rocky Balboa statue near the Art Museum. Apparently, the mayor of Philadelphia and the mayor of Brockton, Massachusetts have agreed to a small wager. In Brockton, there's a statue of undefeated boxer, Rocky Marciano. If Philadelphia wins the Super Bowl, Brockton's statue will be clad in Eagles gear. If New England wins, Philadelphia's Rocky will be dressed in Patriots attire. I learned about this the other day while listening to sports radio, and the fate of these statues became a rather heated debate among the show hosts because of the sentimental and emotional value that is placed on them.
Interestingly, several years ago I saw a video of a religious service that involved four men carrying a large religious icon to the front of a building. As they were adjusting their stances, they lost their balance and the ornate statue wobbled, fell to the ground, and smashed. Horrified by what they saw, some of the people screamed and several began to cry.
How does something like a statue gain such a high level of importance to us? How does the work of a craftsman become an object of worship or an object of dread? In some respects, it comes down to our resistance toward the expression of genuine faith. We have a tendency that prefers to walk by sight and a statue is something we can see. If we come to the belief that it has some level of power over us, it's not hard to imagine it becoming an object of worship.
The process of crafting and worshipping idols is described in this passage because it was common among the people of Judah. This passage tells us about trees being cut down, worked on by craftsmen, decorated with silver and gold, placed in a fixed position, then worshipped. But the Lord made it clear as He spoke through Jeremiah that such idols have no real power. A belief in their power is nothing but folly or superstition. We're told that they're like a scarecrow. They can't speak, walk, do evil or good. Worshipping the work of another man's hands is foolishness.
Who then deserves our worship? Our worship should be directed to our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Like a tree, Jesus was also cut down when He was crucified and nailed to the beams of a cross. But unlike a tree, He didn't remain dead when He was cut down. He rose from death. He lives, and He offers the blessing of new life to anyone who will trust in Him.
Among Christ's disciples, one in particular struggled to believe that Jesus rose from death after being cut down and crucified.
Yet after Thomas saw the risen Christ, He believed in Him and worshipped Him as Lord and God. In Jesus we find true power over life and death. We revere and worship Him because He truly does have power over us.
When I was growing up, one of my favorite things to do was to walk through model homes. We moved twelve different times before I graduated high school, and some of the places we lived in weren't very nice, so I was frequently amazed and impressed with some of these buildings. I would stare at the architecture and imagine what it would be like to live in a place as nice as some of these buildings. They were beyond comparison when viewed side-by-side with the kind of homes I was used to.
Jeremiah made a comparison in this passage as well. He compared the Lord with the lesser things the people were choosing to worship. As Jeremiah dwelt on this dichotomy, he praised the Lord for His greatness. He acknowledged that there was no one like the Lord. The kings and the most prominent people on the earth didn't compare to the glory of the Lord. The idols fashioned out of wood, silver, or gold didn't compare. The most regal looking clothing colored with precious and expensive dyes didn't compare. The Lord alone is the true and living God.
As our faith in the Lord matures over time, this is the kind of perspective He begins to foster within us as well. We begin to appreciate His greatness. We begin to recognize that all the things that our hearts have ever desired, whether it be earthly riches, personal prestige, relationships, or anything this world might offer us, pales in comparison to the greatness of our God.
The Lord is worthy to be praised in the midst of our seasons of happiness. He is worthy to be praised in the midst of our seasons of sorrow and pain. When our hearts and minds are focused on giving Him the praise He deserves, He helps lift us up out of the muck of being overly focused on ourselves and our momentary concerns. He helps us to see beyond the moment we may feel stuck in and reminds us of the joy we possess as men and women who have experienced redemption and restoration through faith in Jesus Christ.
The Psalms are filled with praise toward God because of His greatness.
The truth is, we can never run out of reasons to give praise to God. He alone is worthy of it.
In your life and faith, don't settle for a cheap substitute for God. In Christ, we have been granted a living hope. We've been granted access to the throne of the Father. We've been granted joy that surpasses all earthly trials. This earth may offer us all kinds of alternatives to experiencing a vibrant relationship with the Lord, but these substitutions produce nothing but regret. Our hearts have been fashioned to only find satisfaction from the real thing.
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Fans of the HBO mob show "The Sopranos," never got the answer to the big question: Did Tony Soprano die in the last episode?
We last saw the Soprano family on June 10, 2007 eating at a New Jersey diner. Tony was knocking back onion rings. the family was getting together.
But it looked as if Tony was about to get knocked off at the diner. The show ended and we never knew.
Well, apparently Martha P. Nochimson of Vox asked the show's creator David Chase at a coffee shop.
Posted: 8/27/14 at 11:36 AM under News Story.


This paper presents a new method for embedding digital watermarks into Bezier polynomial patches. An object sur face is supposed to be represented by multiple piecewise Bezier polynomial patches. A Bezier patch passes through its four-corner control points, which are called data points, and does not pass through the other control points. To em bed a watermark, a Bezier patch is divided into two patches by PPM(Piecewise Parametric Modeling) method proposed in . Since each subdivided patch shares two data points of the original patch, the subdivision apparently generates two additional data points on the boundaries of the original patch. We can generate the new data points in any posi tion on the boundaries by changing the division parame ters in the PPM. However, the additional data points can be removed if some parameters for subdividing the patch have been known. In order to improve the tolerance against such attack, we deform the boundary curve of subdivided patches. As a result, the others can not either perceive the deformation, nor delete the watermarking.


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Moulay Ali Chérif (Anwar)  (), plus connue sous son nouveau nom Rissani ( « Er-Rissani » ; en tamazight ⵔⵉⵙⵙⴰⵏⵉ), et autrefois de Sijilmassa, est une ville de la province d'Errachidia, dans la région Drâa-Tafilalet, au Maroc.

Histoire
Rissani est l'ancienne capitale du Tafilalet. Sous le nom de Sijilmassa, elle est un ancien centre caravanier majeur du commerce transsaharien, le plus important du Maroc, au Moyen-Age. L'essentiel du trafic avec l'Afrique portait alors sur l'or, l'ivoire, les esclaves et le sel, en provenance du Soudan, qui comprend notamment l'actuel Mali.

Hassan al-Dakhil, l'ancêtre de la dynastie des Alaouites venu d'Arabie, se serait installé dans cette ville (alors Sijilmassa) au .

Economie

Le cuir du Tafilalet se faisait à Rissani, et n'avait pas d'égal dans le Maroc entier. Il s'agit d'un cuir fin et souple, fait de peaux de chèvres tannées avec des écorces de tamaris.

Rissani est resté un des grands centres commerciaux de la région, avec un grand souk, particulièrement animé de nos jours les mardis, jeudis et dimanches.

Sa situation comme carrefour entre le nord et le sud confère à la ville un statut important.

La ville, toujours communément appelée Rissani,  du nom de Moulay Ali Cherif, chef du Tafilalet au  et père de l'actuelle dynastie alaouite, dont le mausolée constitue un point d'attrait culturel, religieux et touristique local.

Administrativement, « Er-Rissani est une commune urbaine et donne également leur nom au caïdat et à la commune rurale d'er-Rissani.

Population et société

Démographie

Culture et patrimoine

Lieux et monuments
« Er-Rissani comporte une kasbah du  et des souks animés.

Personnalités liées à la commune
 Le rabbin Israël Abehassera, plus connu sous le nom de « Baba salé », y est né en 1890.

Notes et références

Ville au Maroc
Commune dans la région de Drâa-Tafilalet


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Q: Why my app keep opening when I use shortcut in Python? I tried to create a program to open a app with a specific shortcut but when I press my keys it keep opening and didn't stop until I stopped the program
import keyboard
import time
import subprocess

while True:
    if keyboard.is_pressed('ctrl+space+b'):
        subprocess.Popen([r"C:\\Program Files\\Everything\\Everything.exe"])
        time.sleep(1.5)

A: How about try this code
import keyboard
import subprocess
import threading

def run_my_program():
    subprocess.run([r"C:\Program Files\Everything\Everything.exe"])

while True:
    if keyboard.is_pressed('ctrl+space+b'):
        threading.Thread(target=run_my_program).start()  # launch up the subprocess in parallel so input is not delayed
        while keyboard.is_pressed('ctrl+space+b'):
            pass  # Wait until user lifts his hands off the keyboard


Originally built around 1545 with later additions, this private estate of around 1800 acres is located just 49 miles from central London.
Included on the site is a chapel, park, cricket pitch and extensive woodland. The house has an authentic interior which has not been subjected to extensive renovation, and contains many of the original furnishings.
There is an extensive library and the ground floor includes a large relatively unfurnished room. Many parts of the house also offer quirky atmospheric backgrounds for creative photography – for instance, the vaulted cellars, the yellow bathroom at top of the tower, the chapel, the cricket ground and pavilion etc.
A grand entrance hall with red carpet sweeping staircase is full of grandeur. A large open fire, the columns, the stained glass window at the top of the staircase, the original portraits that adorn the walls, and the huge ceiling height space all together make for an imposing entrance to this beautiful mansion house.
The formal dining room has a huge tapestry wall which has been beautifully kept to retain great detail with very little wear over the years. An open fire adds warmth to the huge space.
The sitting rooms vary in size and décor. The notable room is the grey room with it's stone fireplace, open fire, original carpets, gold gilded picture frames, crystal chandelier and large windows.
The pictures provided show only a part of this beautiful property, but they give an indication of the style and feel of the entire house.


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Historic photos shed some light on Speights' past
THROUGH THE AGES: Clockwise from top left are the Dewsbury branch of Speights in 1903, then the Mirfield store in 1906, 1993 and 1978.
Published: 10:31 Friday 19 October 2012
IT was a routine rummage through a shop storage room that shed some light on the history of a long-standing local business.
Speights lighting store has been established in Mirfield town centre for more than 100 years.
LOOKING BACK: Current store manager Anthony Pinder with a picture of the Speights workforce in 1914. (d214242)
But what current staff didn't know was that shortly after the turn of the last century, the firm had premises in Dewsbury.
They found four frames full of old pictures showing the Mirfield store in 1906, 1978 and 1993.
What they also found was an outside shot of the old Speights store in Corporation Street, Dewsbury, in 1903.
Store manager Anthony Pinder said: "We were clearing out downstairs and they were just stacked behind a piece of racking.
"They must have been on display at one point, whether it was in the shop itself or elsewhere."
Mr Pinder, who joined the company last year, said he only knew bits about the history of the business.
"I've been in lighting for 20 years and Speights is a company I've dealt with in the past," he said.
"I know it's been around a long time."
For many years the business was run by Kevin Speight, who employed his daughters Amanda and Penny in the shop. One of the pictures discovered recently shows a large workforce in 1914, putting together what appear to be dolls.
"I don't know what Speights did actually start out making," Mr Pinder said.
"They must have done all sorts of things, or started in one area and moved into lighting."
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Mr Pinder said he would now like to put the old pictures back on display.
"It's good to look back on these old pictures and see what has changed," he said.
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The Councilor for Youth of the City of Lorca, Agustín Llamas, together with the Director General of Youth of the CARM, Francisco Sánchez, and Manuel Semitiel, Cazalla Intercultural, have presented the guide "GlobaLab: 6 steps for global citizenship", result of A joint work of 380 people for 2 years.
El Edil explained that "4 organizations from Lithuania, Bulgaria, Cyprus and Spain joined forces to implement the GlobaLab-2 project, which aims to increase youth participation and enable them to contribute to meet global challenges. As a goal to improve the quality of youth work and to unite efforts of youth and educational institutions to make young people the promoters of global citizenship Youth and youth workers from these countries have been involved in this project that has provided a series of results Which aims to create, direct and share good practices in education for global citizenship. The organization that has represented Spain in this initiative has been Cazalla Intercultural.
The GlobaLab project was a laboratory for young people, where they had the opportunity to think about the problems they face each day from a global perspective.
The project has also enabled its participants to identify the effects of global problems in their own lives and make them more active and responsible, transforming their everyday views, attitudes and habits.
The guide: "GlobaLab: 6 steps for global citizenship" is one of the results of this process.
The final publication, developed by an international team of youth workers from Bulgaria, Cyprus, Lithuania and Spain, has as its main objective to provide a framework of skills that young people across Europe need to develop personally and professionally, so that they can cope with a Globalized and interconnected world.
These competencies are listed and explained in detail in the guide.
In addition, it aims to provide not only the vision, but also the practical tools to achieve them.
For this reason, most of this publication offers a series of educational tools that aim to support young people on their way to active and responsible global citizenship.
These tools are grouped into four training modules around the themes of environment, technology, mobility and responsible consumption, among others.
Llamas wanted to "congratulate Cazalla Intercultural for the work carried out in the project and in the preparation of the guide that we have the opportunity to get acquainted with. Once again, they consolidate themselves as an international reference organization for the study of Youth from a global framework in which intercultural collaboration allows us to grow as a better society. "


This gorgeous iced fruitcake is a wonderful, traditional way to welcome a new member of the family. The beautiful floral decorations, made from dainty fresh flower heads dusted lightly with caster sugar, are surprisingly simple to create.
For the Cake, first preheat the oven to 180°C. Grease a 23 cm square cake tin and line with nonstick baking paper. Beat the butter until it is soft and creamy, add the sugar and beat until the mixture is very light and fluffy.
Whisk the egg whites until they will hold a soft peak, then gradually beat them into the creamed mixture. Whisk the egg yolks until they are light, thick and creamy. Gradually beat them into the butter mixture.
Sift the flour and spices into the bowl and, using a large metal spoon, carefully fold them into the mixture. Gently mix in the brandy or whisky, then gently fold in the sultanas and slivered almonds.
Spoon a third of the mixture into the tin, spread evenly and sprinkle with half the peel. Add half the remaining mixture, sprinkle with the remaining peel, then spread the last of the mixture on top.
Bake in the centre of the preheated oven for 1 1/4–1 1/2 hours, or until a skewer inserted into the centre of the cake comes out clean. Remove from the oven, leave in the tin for 1 hour to cool, then remove the tin and transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
For the almond paste, sift the icing sugar into a bowl, mix in the almonds and mix to a stiff paste with the egg yolks, vanilla and rose water. Turn out onto a work surface, lightly dusted with icing sugar, and knead briefly until smooth. Roll out to a 38 cm square.
Put the cake on a 28 cm cake board and brush it all over with hot apricot jam. Lift the almond paste carefully onto the cake and smooth it evenly over the top and down the sides. Trim the excess from around the bottom. Leave overnight in a cool place to dry.
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Germany: 9 acts we'd like NDR to internally select for Eurovision 2020 in Rotterdam
Is Germany going the way of Switzerland and internally selecting its act for Eurovision 2020? Amid the ongoing silence from broadcaster NDR, Eurofans feel increasingly safe saying that Unser lied für Rotterdam won't be happening. As we wait for news, why not name our top picks for an internal selection? Here are nine artists on the tip of our tongues.
Benedikt Köstler
Benedikt Köstler may have a baby face, but his voice is all man. He proved that on the seventh season of The Voice of Germany, where he dropped his sonorous tones on some very soulful songs like Ben E King's "Stand By Me" and Elton John's "Your Song". Coached by Mark Foster throughout the show's run in 2017, he ultimately finished as runner-up to Natia Todua. You'll no doubt see the Eurovision connection: Georgian-born Natia went on to compete in Germany's 2018 national selection. Of the many talents to emerge from The Voice in recent years, he's the one who's set my radar alight. Here's hoping he gets a shot in Rotterdam. (William)
Nico Santos is one of Germany's most promising male acts. He's scaled the charts with songs like "Rooftop" and his latest collaboration with Eurovision winner Lena on "Better". They're proof that he's not only a great songwriter, but also a very talented singer. But he's also got that added ooomph that turns a singer into a star. The Voice of Germany coach also works within the German rap business, and understands what goes on in front of and behind the camera. (Florian)
Felix Brummer
Germany hasn't sent a song in German in 13 years. Now, off the back of some pretty chequered results, it's time that NDR go German, current and experienced. And, in a nod to all of Germany, why not call on an East German artist…something we didn't do in the last decade. Enter Felix Brummer (aka Kummer). The lead singer of the highly successful band Kraftklub released his debut solo album in 2019 — and to widespread acclaim. Just like the three Kraftklub LP's before, his album KIOX topped the album charts and has spawned multiple singles since then. One of them is "Bei Dir" in which he raps about how love can change one for the better. Rap and Hip-Hop are the fastest-growing genres in Germany. Felix Brummer would be a family-friendly representative of this trend. (Calvin)
The young singer-songwriter had her breakthrough with the clap-happy "Auf beiden Beinen" in 2017. Ever since then she's been moving from insider tip to regular guest on the charts. Her recent collaboration with German alumni Max Giesinger ("Auf das, was da noch kommt") took German airwaves by storm. Her remarkable voice and refreshing sounds bring texture to the German music scene — ingredients she could build on at Eurovision. (Florian)
One of Germany's hardest hitters on the pop scene, Namika brings a likeable sass that could slay the Eurovision stage, as well as give the German language a welcome return at the song contest. She's released a variety of uptempo songs, which give her a wide spectrum of possibilities for Eurovision — each one better than the next. (Pablo)
Germany has always been very close to sending great rock acts, but always stops just short of committing. With their folksy twists and big stadium-ready sounds, the guys at dArtagnan could certainly succeed if they ever want to try. Combining some great rock with some medieval theatrical flair, this would be one rousing act at Eurovision. (Pablo)
The Seeed
If you wanna hear the sound of Berlin, just listen to Seeed. This band has been absolutely killing it since they released their first track "Dickes B" back in 2001. The ten members of Seeed embody diversity, uniting people and connecting different cultures. And they are doing it in a very authentic way. Lead singer Dellé has a German mother, while his father is from Ghana. There are also members from Jamaica, France and Guinea as well. Seeed combine dancehall, reggae and hip-hop and fans love them, especially for their live shows which usually sell out within minutes. Seeed have sold around 2 million records. They don't think that they're above entering a song contest: they already took part in the German version of Eurovision — Stefan Raab's Bundesvision Song Contest, where they won with one of their biggest hits "Ding". (Rick)
Balbina
Born in the Polish capital Warsaw, singer Balbina moved to Germany with her family when she was just three years old. She's worked with stars like Herbert Grönemeyer and Die Atzen and recently covered a Rammstein song. Balbina is not the biggest name in the German music scene, but she has what it takes to stand out. Her style is very artistic and creative. She could also deliver a mind-blowing performance as the visual aspect is always important to her. Balbina's songs are in German — they're poetic and melodic at the same time, so even people who don't know the language might well fall in love with her. (Rick)
The German artist Alligatoah probably doesn't spring to mind when drafting a list of potential Eurovision artists. But he's definitely underrated and could do very well in the competition. Alligatoah is a 31-year-old German singer, rapper, DJ and producer. Even though he raps in all of his songs, his beautiful voice means he's more than able to tackle the choruses. Alligatoah writes his songs almost exclusively in the German language. His 2013 album "Triebwerke" topped the German charts for 45 weeks. In 2015, his album "Musik ist keine Lösung" reached third place for 53 weeks.
There's never been a comparable artist in Eurovision. He isn't just a normal rapper – he fills his text with social critique and irony — you can see that in many of his music videos, which he produces himself. The many layers of his text make it nice to listen to his music more than once: you will always find a deep quote that you missed the first time listening. Alligatoah also collaborated with the German group Santiano, who competed in the German national final back in 2014. (Julian)
Do any of these artists ring your bell? Who is your dream act to be internally selected for Germany?
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Faun would also be nice. They just released a new Album in November. Some of the new songs, like "Rosenrot" or "Sieben Raben", could do well (with a good staging).
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I think the issue with the proposed German-singing artists is that they are so deep into the singer-songwriter genre that the lyrics are vital to their success within Germany. Namika's "Lieblingsmensch" for example ("Favourite Human") only works if you understand the lyrics and get that it's a fresh take compared to standard love songs. Such an approach is bound to backfire on the Eurovision stage (think of Joci Pápai's "Az én apám"). Meanwhile, the background music in such songs is usually very laid-back and unremarkable. If you want to succeed with a song in your native language, the music needs… Read more »
Winon
Gregor Hägele with a proper song would be amazing. He has so good voice and charisma.
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Nico Santos seems a very obvious choice! I also like Lotte.
Namika won't do it me thinks!
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Musimakeup
Lotte and Namika could be dangerous 🙂 could be a good year for Germany.
I like a lot Namika and Balbina (it´s great to read her name, she´s far away from Mainstream Music in Gerrmany !)
Sorry, NIko Santos ist not my cup of tea.
ESCFan2009
NAMIKA <3 <3 Love all of her songs 😀
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You literally posted in September that there would be ULFR! I'm totally confused here!
I sat this on every German post, I'd love Tom Beck in Eurovision, but well, he's also an actor and has a new baby, so he might nt have time now. Rammstein, would be my other big option, as I love metal and we haven't had that much around on the last years.
We all fear the NDR will go the wrong path again. For years they are wasting our GEZ money. At least they could give us what Tibor suggested, somthing like Sanremo, a music festival for more than 80 Mill. people, what a chance they are not taking . I don't support our songs any more. You can be sure they have asked a typical Eurovision composer team for a song and chose some voice of Germany model and there you have your next German act, or something in that line. We can be sure to get nothing exciting, nothing original… Read more »
Roaring 20's are here
I guess Germany is overthinking what might work. UK the same.
VoXXclub can be the new KEiiNO. Winners of televote.
Roy Moreno
I honestly expected Aly Ryan here xD
Eurovisionfan12
Tim Bendzko would be the best choice, check on his new song "Hoch"
Has Germany ever sent an East German to the contest?
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one of the singer of the trio 1994 Germany: Mekado – Wir geben ne Party, one of them is born in East Germany former DDR
Felix Räuber (former singer of Polarkreis 18) would be the perfect choice for Germany. As a solo artist, he released some great songs, "Wall" and "Burning Sky" being two of them.
Good list. I would love to see someone like Balbina (three songs in and I'm already a fan of her music) or Lily Among Clouds representing Germany. The Seeed sounds cool too. And even if I'm not a hip hop fan, it could be interesting to see someone like Kummer in Eurovision.
Robbert
For me Joel Brandenstein.
I love Better! Nico and Lena really killed that track. Imagining a track like that coming from Germany would be awesome! Even if Nico doesn't represent Germany ever, maybe he could write a track? He seems to have a lot of talent.
garfieldsonic
I would love to see Max Giesinger, Maximilian Arland, & Helene Fischer represent Germany someday. 😀 I think any of these guys would do well in Eurovision. Slightly off topic, I would love to see Christina Stürmer represent Austria someday. 😀 I think she would do well in Eurovision. Also, I wish Andrea Jürgens (RIP T_T) was still alive because I would've loved to have seen her representing Germany someday, and surprised she never did because I think she would've done well. DISCLAIMER: I am well aware that all of the above mentioned probably would never do Eurovision and the… Read more »
All of the above are terrible. Honestly. All of them.
Frisian esc
If germany goes internal i would love adel tawil or CRO. Altough very unlikely.
Also tokio hotel would be kinda cool
I like the idea of Tokio Hotel, but even just Bill Kaulitz doing a solo entry would be cool.
Obviously, I don't want anybody to go internal, least of all Germany. They should instead try and establish a German Sanremo, reactivate Bundesvision Song Contest or something like that. Unfortunately, I doubt that this will happen. From this list the most interesting choice would be Balbina. I absolutely adore her voice and was obsessed with one of her songs a couple of years ago, called "Die Regenwolke" (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TMLyu3yFnco), but I also like her other stuff. I'm not sure if she would be comfortable with the 3-minute-rule, though. Alternatives would be Mine (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhICvxqSSDI) or Die Botschaft (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgWpVdawhqU) (for German lyrics), German-Austrian… Read more »
Erdnucki
I'm still hoping for Oonagh. ??
Benedikt Köstle, Lotte, Nico Santos or dartagnan for me but i don't think any of them will be in the national selection or internal ….
LINA PLEASE!! You should listen to her songs "Hype" and "Rebellen" and i would love to see her representing Germany at Eurovision 2020! and she does songs in German too! and they are great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8DxRcsLx1U – HYPE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dggy8IeQYaE – REBELLEN
Wow William! Great article! Thanks for your work.
Definitely this time a song in German, please.
Alligatoah – yeah! dArtagnan, The Seeed, Balbina, Namika…
PeterDeluxe
I Want Vanessa Mai, Helene Fischer, Modern Talking, Julia Lindholm, Aly Ryan or Rammstein for Germany.
escvegi
It's soo annoying that the German Delegation is giving us no f***ing Information at all..
I'd love to hear an entry in German, though it's very unlikely to happen.
Oh, I feel the same for some time. To say that Estonia had more entries in German in their Eesti Laul in the last three years than Germany did in their selections should be kinda disappointing. And yes, it was *only* Kaia Tamm. Says it all. Germany for some reason avoids their native language in ESC. Same goes for Switzerland and Austria, but it's even more striking with Germany because they are one of the "Big Five". I would REALLY like to hear the language again after 8 years.
That was one of the reasons why I liked voXXclub from a couple of years ago (singing in Bavarian); they also had a unique performance style that would have been interesting for Eurovision.
I wouldn't mind seeing the German entry taking France's approach, mixing German verses with some English in the choruses. It's been hit and miss for France with this type of song structure, but I think it could be beneficial for Germany's entries.
Joko97
Namika would do very well in Rotterdam. Fun fact Teske de Schepper a dutch singer and YouTuber covered Namika's song Lieblingsmench translated to (Lievelings)
Some of these are decent (eg Seeed, Lotte, KUMMER), but PLEASE don't advocate for Alligatoah, he's the worst. He's in a band called Trailerpark and they have the most homophobic, misogynist and racist songs ever. One of their songs is literally called "Rape Train" and they frequently use slurs etc
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biggest lie I've ever heard! stop spreading fake news!
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Oh, I have one for you : Germany should send RAMMSTEIN …. Till sings in german and their pyro-show will make it hot and cozy in the venue (okay….okay, dare to dream). Well, that will never happen …..so I would go with Seeed.
We just have to select Lilly Among clouds and we call #Berlin2021
Aly Ryan? ?
Laing's music sucks (my opinion) – okay, they can sing but the songs …….meh.
Wechselt die Beleuchtung would've been top ten (at least) if it got sent in 2015.
Breebroo1
BALBINA <3 <3
ESC Jonathan
MARK FORSTER!!!!! German pop and he is SOOOO successfull in Germany! Always dream that he represents us – could even win ?
+100000 and he would prob get 12pts from Poland as well sooo yea ?
fesclix
Most generic and boring German pop singer at the moment bäh
Nico Santos announced already that he won't be involved regarding a participation this year, but I'd really like him to try in another year.
Also I'm all in for Balbina and Kummer, they're really amazing. LEA, Laing or Moritz Garth would also be great choices imo.
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GLOBAL AWARENESS 101 - Let your VOICE be heard and get involved. OUR future depends on it!: BRAZIL: The US Department Of Agriculture Has Started Testing All Shipments Of Raw Beef And Ready-To-Eat Products From Brazil For Pathogens After Tainted Meat Bribery Scandal.
BRAZIL: The US Department Of Agriculture Has Started Testing All Shipments Of Raw Beef And Ready-To-Eat Products From Brazil For Pathogens After Tainted Meat Bribery Scandal.
CHICAGO: The US Department of Agriculture has started testing all shipments of raw beef and ready-to-eat products from Brazil for pathogens, an agency spokeswoman said on Monday (Mar 20), as fallout from a meatpacking industry scandal there widened.
China, the European Union, South Korea and Chile curtailed meat imports from Brazil, the world's biggest beef exporter, after inspectors were accused of taking bribes to allow sales of tainted food.
With other import curbs expected to follow, the scandal stemming from a Brazilian police operation codenamed "Weak Flesh" could deal a heavy blow to one of the few sectors of Latin America's largest economy that has thrived during a two-year recession.
The police investigation of Brazil's meatpacking industry is the latest to cast a spotlight on unsavory business practices in the country. Brazil is still reeling from massive graft scandals involving state-controlled oil company Petrobras and construction and engineering firm Odebrecht.
Police on Friday named BRF SA and JBS SA, along with dozens of smaller rivals, in a two-year probe into how meatpackers allegedly paid off inspectors and politicians to overlook practices including processing rotten meat and shipping exports with traces of salmonella.
JBS is the world's largest meat producer and BRF the biggest poultry exporter.
The companies have denied any wrongdoing, and authorities have said no cases of death or illness have been linked to the tainted meat investigation.
Brazil's President Michel Temer has sought to downplay the scandal, saying it involved only 21 of Brazil's more than 4,800 meat processing units. But Francisco Turra, head of Brazilian beef producers association ABPA, told reporters it had put the entire meat industry in jeopardy and "destroyed" a hard-won image of quality products.
China, which accounted for nearly one-third of the Brazilian meatpacking industry's US$13.9 billion in exports last year, suspended imports of all meat products from Brazil as a precautionary measure.
The European Union suspended imports from four Brazilian meat processing facilities, ABPA said on Monday, citing the nation's agriculture ministry.
Ricardo Santin, ABPA's vice president of markets, said two of the suspended plants process poultry, one beef and the other horse meat. One of the poultry plants is operated by BRF, said Santin.
In a statement, BRF said the company has not received any formal notice from Brazilian or foreign authorities related to the suspension of its plants.
Brazil's agriculture ministry did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
South Korea's agriculture ministry said in a statement that it would tighten inspections of imported Brazilian chicken meat and temporarily bar sales of chicken products by BRF.
More than 80 per cent of the 107,400 tonnes of chicken that South Korea imported last year came from Brazil, and BRF supplied almost half of that.
Common shares of BRF and JBS fell as much as 10 per cent early on Monday after posting heavy losses on Friday.
JBS was down 0.2 per cent at 4:30 p.m. (1930 GMT) as investors bet the scandal would have less effect on the world's largest meatpacker, while BRF was still down two per cent.
Shares of Minerva SA and Marfrig Global Foods SA , which are not involved in the investigations, also fell as traders fretted over the possibility of further import bans.
The scandal "could be enough to compromise temporarily Brazilian protein's acceptance worldwide," Credit Suisse Securities analyst Victor Saragiotto wrote in a Monday note to clients.
Chile is temporarily banning imports of all Brazilian meat products, the agriculture ministry said on Monday.
The European Commission said the scandal would not affect negotiations between the European Union and South American bloc Mercosur about agreements on free trade.
On the streets of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil's second-largest city, the scandal left many consumers in doubt.
"My freezer at home is full of meat, and I don't know what to do," said Maria Fonseca, a saleswoman. "Should I eat it or just throw it all away?
"It is an enormous waste. If I lived in the countryside, I'd start raising my own cows and chickens!"