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Here's What President Donald Trump's Cabinet Might Look Like
CP Current Page: Politics | Sunday, November 13, 2016
By Anugrah Kumar, Christian Post Contributor | Sunday, November 13, 2016
U.S. President-elect Trump (2nd R), his wife Melania Trump (R), Vice President-elect Mike Pence (4th R) and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) (3rd R) walk together to meet in McConnell's office at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, U.S. November 10, 2016. | (Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
President-elect Donald Trump is in the process of deciding who will serve in his new administration, and the list of possible picks includes both well-known and lesser-known figures.
Since Trump's tweet Friday, saying, "… Will soon be making some very important decisions on the people who will be running our government!" several names have figured, including media executive Stephen Bannon, diplomat John Bolton, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, Alabama Senator Jeff Sessions, retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson, former Arkansas Gov. Mike Huckabee, and many others.
Here are some possibilities for Trump's cabinet and other positions that you may recognize the name of, according to media reports.
Stephen Bannon: Trump's campaign CEO, Bannon is the executive chairman of Breitbart News. The president-elect is "strongly considering" him to serve as his White House chief of staff, according to The Washington Post.
However, some of Trump's close aides do not think Bannon is fit to be the highest ranking employee of the White House. Bannon has been accused of seeking personal gains.
"Back in March, I quit Breitbart News when it became clear to me that they had decided that loyalty to Donald Trump outweighed loyalty to their own employees, helping Trump smear one of their own reporters, Michelle Fields, by essentially calling her a liar for saying that she had been grabbed by then-Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski," wrote Ben Shapiro, former editor-at-large of Breitbart News, in an article in Daily Wire in August. Shapiro also wrote that Breitbart openly embraced the white supremacist alt-right under Bannon's leadership.
Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus addresses the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland March 16, 2013. | (Photo: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst)
: The Republican National Committee chairman is also being mentioned as a contender for chief of staff, according to Reuters. He emerged as a trusted adviser to Trump and helped encourage discipline in the campaign's final weeks. The president-elect gave him special thanks during his acceptance speech early Wednesday. "I tell you Reince is really a star and he is the hardest-working guy," Trump told the crowd.
Priebus was under pressure to distance the party apparatus from Trump, but he refused to do so and instead frequently traveled with the billionaire businessman. However, given that Trump projected himself as anti-government, an establishment figure as Trump's chief of staff appears to be problematic.
John Bolton: A senior fellow at American Enterprise Institute and founder of the John Bolton PAC, Bolton tweeted Wednesday, "Trump will rebuild the military that has suffered under #Obama, which is perfect opportunity to work w/ GOP Congress to reverse that trend."
Bolton is pro-Israel and former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations. He has served in both Bush administrations. In an interview on "Hugh Hewitt Show" in August, Trump suggested Bolton could be considered for the position, according to The Algemeiner.
Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich at CPAC, National Harbor, Md., March, 7 2014. | (Credit: The Christian Post/Sonny Hong)
Newt Gingrich: The former House Speaker is a leading Trump supporter and advised the real estate mogul during the campaign.
At a campaign rally in Ohio in July, Trump said, "Newt has been my friend for a long time and I'm not saying anything. But I can tell you in one form or another, Newt Gingrich is going to be involved with our government, that I can tell you. Newt is going to be involved."
Last summer, the former Georgia congressman said Trump had offered him a senior position if elected. "I said I want to be the senior planner for the entire federal government, and I want a letter from you that says Newt Gingrich is authorized to go to any program in any department, examine it and report directly to the president," according to The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
Stanley McChrystal: A retired U.S. Army General and member of JPMorgan Chase's Military and Veterans Affairs Executive Advisory Council, McChrystal is also a contender for the top foreign policy position, according to The New York Times.
However, McChrystal said in July that he would decline "any role" offered by Trump if contacted. "I have not been contacted by the Trump campaign. If contacted, I would decline consideration for any role," he told CNN at the time, when he was rumored to be a possible candidate for Trump's running mate.
McChrystal earlier served as the commander of Joint Special Operations Command and U.S. and international forces in Afghanistan. He quit the military in 2010 after criticizing President Barack Obama.
Former Republican U.S. presidential candidate and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie speaks during the second session at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. July 19, 2016. | (Photo:REUTERS/Mike Segar)
Chris Christie: On Friday, Trump asked his running mate, Mike Pence, to take over the transition team efforts from Gov. Christie, an early Trump backer and loyal adviser to the president-elect. Christie was instead named a vice chair of the transition, according to ABC News.
Christie endorsed Trump soon after leaving his presidential bid. Former President George W. Bush appointed Christie U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, a position he held from 2002 to 2008.
Will Trump appoint him the attorney general? "My sense is he has to go through Senate confirmation (and) that's a week and a half of Bridgegate (the George Washington Bridge lane closure issue) news," NJ.com quoted Matthew Hale, associate professor of political science and public affairs at Seton Hall University, as saying. "That doesn't make logical sense. It doesn't mean Trump won't do it. But I don't understand the upside of making him attorney general."
Jeff Sessions: Trump might choose to reward the Alabama senator for being an early supporter with a cabinet position in his administration. He was the first U.S. senator to back Trump way back in February.
Sessions is seen as one of the most conservative members of the Senate. And he could be considered for the position of attorney general due to his legal background as the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama and his term as the state's Attorney General in 1995-1997, according to Heavy.com.
Secretary of Health and Human Services
Republican U.S. presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson speaks at the debate sponsored by CNN for the 2016 Republican U.S. presidential candidates in Houston, Texas, February 25, 2016. | (Photo: REUTERS/Mike Stone)
Dr. Ben Carson: Former director of Pediatric Neurosurgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, Carson ran for the GOP presidential nomination this year, but left the race and later endorsed trump.
In May, Trump told Fox News host Bill O'Reilly that Carson would be suitable for HHS. When Carson was seeking GOP nomination, he strongly criticized "Obamacare," comparing the health care law to slavery. He also said liberals would turn the country into Nazi Germany. "And if you believe that same thing can't happen again, you're very wrong. But we're not going to let it happen," Carson said in 2014, according to The Washington Post.
Republican U.S. presidential candidate former Governor Mike Huckabee speaks as he participates in a forum for lower polling candidates held prior to the Republican presidential debate in Las Vegas, Nevada December 15, 2015. | (Photo: REUTERS/Mike Blake)
Mike Huckabee: Former Arkansas governor and 2016 presidential candidate, Huckabee could also be considered for the top job at HHS, according to The New York Times.
In 2013, Huckabee promoted a Hobby Lobby Appreciation Day, Jan. 5, in support of the Christian owners' stance on biblical marriage. "They are having to fight in court for the most basic American rights of freedom of religion and freedom of speech," wrote Huckabee on his Facebook page at the time. "The Obama administration insists that companies like Hobby Lobby bow their knees to the God of government health care mandates, even when those mandates are a clear and direct contradiction to their personal beliefs of faith."
Days before the presidential election, Huckabee tweeted, "Trump may be a car wreck, but at least his car is pointed in right direction. Hillary is a drunk-driver going the wrong way on the freeway."
Bobby Jindal: The former Luisiana governor is also being eyed by Trump for HHS, according to The Wall Street Journal. Jindal quit his presidential run within months, but did not publicly praise Trump even afterwards. He, however, said he'd support Trump after the latter secured the nomination, and criticized Trump's rival candidate, Hillary Clinton.
Rick Scott: The Florida governor who was one of the first Republicans to support Trump's campaign is also being seen as a possible appointee to the job. However, the day after the election he said he would not accept a job if offered, according to WSVN.com.
Scott serves as the national chairman of Trump's Rebuilding America Now PAC, but has never appeared in public alongside Trump during any campaign stops in his state.
Education Secretary
Dr. Ben Carson: Carson is listed also as a potential candidate to be the secretary of education, according to BuzzFeed. "We're having discussions," Carson told Fox News when asked about a possible job in Trump's Cabinet Friday. Carson has been vocal against President Obama's transgender bathroom policy, and has advocated for separate restroom for transgender people in schools.
Jeff Sessions: The Alabama senator's name has also appeared on the list as the potential next chief of the Pentagon, according to The Washington Post. One of Trump's first supporters on Capitol Hill, Sessions is the leader of Trump's national-security committee. He is an ex-Army officer and has earlier served on the Senate Armed Services Committee.
Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn: He ran intelligence for the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command, which includes SEAL Team 6 and Delta Force, and later also commanded the Defense Intelligence Agency, the U.S. military's overall intelligence organization. On Friday, Trump appointed Flynn as one of five vice chairs of his transition team, according to CNN.
Jon Kyl: The former Arizona senator is being considered for the top Pentagon job, according to The New York Times.
Kyl defended Trump in January after the billionaire said he could "shoot somebody and I wouldn't lose voters." "I think we all recognize that Donald Trump speaks loosely I don't think anybody actually thought that he would shoot somebody," Kyl said at the time, according to CBS5.
Kyl served as Senate Minority Whip, the second-highest position in the Republican Senate leadership.
Treasury Secretary
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Tim Pawlenty: The former Minnesota governor is on the shortlist for the position, which includes overseeing of the Internal Revenue Service. However, Pawlenty, president and CEO of Financial Services Roundtable, a Washington, D.C.-based industry advocacy group, withdrew his support for Trump and denounced him as unfit to hold public office after a 2005 video of the real estate mogul surfaced, showing the latter using graphically vulgar terms.
Interior Secretary
Arizona Governor Jan Brewer looks up as U.S. President Barack Obama addresses the National Governors Association in the State Dining Room of the White House in Washington February 24, 2014. | (Photo: Reuters/Kevin Lamarque)
Jan Brewer: The former Arizona governor is a possible candidate for the job, according to Politico. The Interior Department's jurisdiction includes public land development and exploration of oil, coal and gas. Brewer signed the Support Our Law Enforcement and Safe Neighborhoods Act in 2010.
Sarah Palin speaks at the Western Conservative Summit in Denver, Colorado, U.S., July 1, 2016. | (Photo: REUTERS/Rick Wilking)
Sarah Palin: Trump aides have also discussed tapping Palin for Interior secretary, and the president-elect has said he'd like to put Palin in his cabinet, Politico reports. Former Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate, Palin was earlier appointed chair of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, responsible for overseeing the state's oil and gas fields for safety and efficiency.
Agriculture Secretary
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Sam Brownback: The Kansas governor is a top contender for the role of carrying out Trump's positions on trade, according to The New York Times. He ran for president in 2008, but withdrew before the primaries began and endorsed eventual Republican nominee John McCain.
Brownback received a high rating by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, and has consistently supported a low tax and spend policy for government.
Commerce Secretary
Chris Christie: He is also listed as a potential candidate to head the U.S. Department of Commerce, which is responsible for creating jobs and promoting economic growth in the country. When Christie was in the race for GOP nomination, he talked a lot about tax reform and cutting government regulations.
Homeland Security Secretary
Jeff Sessions: The Alabama senator's name has figured also as a candidate for the role of guarding U.S. borders. He has raised concerns over illegal border crossings. "There is a crisis at our southwest border, one that in many ways exceeds the crisis we saw just two years ago, one that further undermines the integrity of our immigration system, but one that the most of the media has elected to ignore," he said in October, according to Newsmax.
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SPONSORED: Midnight Screening of The Room Is Audience Participation At Its Best
The Room, image courtesy of Wiseau-Films
The viewers are the performers at showings of what is popularly known as one of the worst films ever made.
By Alex Hanson, Content Specialist, W Media Group
"Spoons!" We all shouted and tossed handfuls of plastic spoons into the air. It was a little after midnight last Saturday night, and the crowded theater at Landmark Sunshine Cinema had been excitedly watching the corner of the shot, anticipating the pan to reveal a living room table adorned with pictures of spoons in frames. As soon as we saw it, we all shouted and threw our utensils toward the screen. This was one of my favorite moments from the midnight showing of the 2003 film The Room.
The Room was written, produced, directed by, and stars Tommy Wiseau. Popularly known as one of the worst films ever made, The Room has collected a huge cult following over the past 14 years. The movie's plot is simple, though meandering. Jonny (played by Wiseau) is a banker who has his world turned upside down when his "future wife" Lisa cheats on him with his best friend Mark. This film is hilarious to watch: there's little to no continuity, the characters' choices seem random at best. Furthermore, the acting and dialogue are painfully awkward. All said, the cult following isn't unwarranted. Fans of The Room have a deep love for this terrible film, finding joy in quoting Wiseau's awkward performance and memorizing every flaw in the film.
The Room's fandom is also motivated by the stories surrounding the production of the film. Wiseau is an enigma, and The Room was his passion project that turned out nothing like his vision. The production of the film was famously terrible, inspiring the popular book The Disaster Artist. Written by The Room lead actor Greg Sestero, this book outlines his friendship with the mysterious Wiseau and the antics and tragedies that lined the path to making The Room. The James Franco-directed film based on the The Disaster Artist is set to hit theaters on December 8th.
Fans of The Room, armed with an extensive knowledge of the film itself and trivia surrounding it, often pile into theaters across the country for midnight showings with extensive audience participation. Unlike The Rocky Horror Picture Show, which is also known for having a set of rules for audience participation, screenings of The Room do not feature live actors performing alongside the film in front of the screen. The viewers are the performers, shouting out jokes prompted by the film, trying to get laughs from other viewers. For every establishment shot of San Francisco (of which there are many), viewers shout "Meanwhile, in San Francisco!" When a character enters a room and leaves the door open, people scream "Close the door!" until they do. When spoons appear in picture frames in the living room, they yell "Spoons!" and throw plastic spoons in the air, as mentioned earlier. At some points, viewers run down to the screen and do a charade of holding up a character who is dangling over the edge of the building. While the audience's participation may be different depending on the city, screenings are fair game for individuals to start running jokes. If an audience member starts a joke and the crowd likes it, the group will adopt it into the rest of their screening.
On October 7th, I attended one of the regular midnight screenings at Sunshine Cinemas on Houston Street. Five theaters were packed with viewers. Tommy Wiseau himself visited each theater before the screenings started for a quick Q&A with the audience. He answered questions about ghosts, his favorite animated film ("one-oh-one doggies," which an audience member translated as "101 Dalmatians"), and his excitement for the upcoming The Disaster Artist film. After the Q&A, we watched a trailer for Wiseau and Sestero's film Best F(r)iends, to be released in 2018. Then, a makeshift commercial for Wiseau's apparel line. Based on the quality, one could reasonably guess Wiseau produced the commercial himself. Finally, the Wiseau-Films logo appeared on screen, and the audience cheered as the film began.
I cannot recommend enough that you go see a live screening of The Room. Shouting at the best worst film of all time in a room full of people who also have an intense love for this film is the perfect way to spend a Saturday night. Be sure to check out Landmark Sunshine Cinema for midnight showings. Look out for upcoming screenings with Q&As with Wiseau, where you can get to know a little better the mysterious enigma who created this cult masterpiece.
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Pamela J. Huggins Retires from Parker as VP &Treasurer
Source: www.gulfoilandgas.com 10/17/2014, Location: North America
Parker Hannifin Corporation, the global leader in motion and control technologies, announced that Pamela J. Huggins, Vice President and Treasurer will retire effective December 31, 2014, after 31 years of dedicated service. Robin J. Davenport, currently Vice President of Business Planning and Development, has been appointed to the newly created role of Vice President, Corporate Finance where she will assume responsibility for all of the functions currently reporting to Ms. Huggins in addition to business planning and development. David B. Ostro, currently Assistant Treasurer, has been promoted to Vice President, Treasurer, reporting to Ms. Davenport.
Ms. Huggins joined Parker in 1983 in internal audit, was promoted to manager, and subsequently held roles as a division controller and a director of mergers and acquisitions and strategic planning. She also served as controller for Parker's filtration group. She became Vice President and Treasurer in 2003 where she was responsible for all treasury functions, corporate credit, risk management, the company's retirement plans and investor relations. Ms. Huggins has been the voice of Parker to the investment community and has led many improvements in investor outreach including winning "Most Improved in Investor Relations" award by IR Magazine in 2008. She was named a "Women Worth Watching" award winner by Profiles in Diversity Journal in 2006. Huggins has also directed best practice improvements in treasury and reshaped the design and structure of the company's pension plans worldwide.
"Pam has accomplished a tremendous amount during her loyal tenure at Parker," said Jon Marten, Executive Vice President - Finance and Administration and Chief Financial Officer. "She will be missed not only for her contributions but as Parker's primary representative to the investment community and for the network of friends and colleagues she has established throughout our organization.
"Robin has all of the attributes and experience to succeed in her new role. She has been instrumental in developing the strategic planning discipline and has had oversight for approximately 60 transactions that Parker has completed during her career here. She also spent several years in investor relations and will be familiar to investors in her new role."
Ms. Davenport joined Parker in 2004. She has lead responsibility for the company's global mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, integration process and corporate strategic planning functions. She has overseen approximately 60 transactions during her career with the company adding more than $3 billion in annualized revenues. She has also coordinated the divestiture of 12 product lines and has designed and standardized the Parker acquisition integration process. Previously, she was Vice President, Business Development and Planning for CNH Capital Corporation (formerly Case Capital) with responsibility for the global merger, acquisition and strategic planning activities of the captive finance company. Prior to CNH, Ms. Davenport was Vice President and Regional Senior Lending Officer for Firstar Corporation (now US Bancorp). She holds a Master of Business Administration in Finance and Management Policy from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Illinois.
Mr. Ostro joined Parker in 1986 and has been Assistant Treasurer since 1996. He has played a leadership role in the treasury function including global cash management, debt and foreign currency exposure. He also manages capital structure matters such as share repurchases, debt ratings, banking relationships and fund management for retirement plans. He has a Master of Business Administration in Banking and Finance from Case Western Reserve University's Weatherhead School of Management and a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Miami University.
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In this April 28, 2020, file photo, a message is written on the front window of the Raging Bull Saloon which remains closed during the coronavirus pandemic in Augusta. Credit: Robert F. Bukaty / AP
Maine saw only marginal job gains in December as elevated coronavirus transmission continued to suppress growth.
The Maine Department of Labor said Tuesday that 3,600 new jobs were created in construction, transportation and warehousing, professional and business services, education services, health care and social assistance, and other other industries.
But those gains were largely offset by sharp losses in leisure and hospitality and public higher education of 1,800 and 1,200, respectively. That means Maine saw jobs rise to 588,900 over the previous month, only a net gain of 400 jobs.
December's anemic job growth mirrors the trend seen over the past three months as the state has grappled with a severe spike in coronavirus transmission, resulting in more than 31,600 infections since late October. That's six times as many cases as Maine saw from March through October.
Overall, Maine saw 7.6 percent fewer jobs across most sectors in December, compared with February 2020, before virus transmission took hold in the state. In specific sectors: Leisure and hospitality have 29 percent fewer jobs, information 14 percent, private education services 13 percent, state government 11 percent and local government 10 percent.
Those losses in state and local governments over the previous 10 months largely came from shedding jobs in prekindergarten through 12th grade schools and at higher education institutions, according to the Maine Department of Labor.
About 60 percent of job losses over that time have been in leisure and hospitality.
The state's jobless rate fell 0.1 percent to 4.9 percent in December. That's down from the pandemic high of 10.4 percent in April 2020, but above 3.2 percent in February 2020, ending a historic streak of record-low employment.
That jobless rate is below the national average (6.7 percent) and average across New England (6.9 percent). Just two New England states — New Hampshire at 4 percent and Vermont at 3.1 percent — have lower levels of joblessness.
Even as joblessness has sharply declined in Maine, there are still 33,200 Mainers without work across the state, according to Maine labor officials. That surpasses the high seen in April 2009 during the Great Recession, when 28,564 Mainers were out of work, state data show.
"Health concerns, childcare challenges, and other factors continued to prevent many jobless people from being available to work or from engaging in work search, as they normally would if not for the virus," the department said Tuesday.
Maine's labor force participation rate stands at 60.2 percent, down from 62.4 percent in February 2020. The labor force participation rate does not count those who have stopped looking for work.
If Maine's labor force participation rate stood at its pre-pandemic level, the state would have 25,000 more people in the workforce, according to the Department of Labor.
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Keen garden photographer Judy Lawrance shares some of her favourite locally-grown flowers.
As an enthusiastic plant and garden photographer, I attend many local and national flower shows during the spring, summer and autumn months.
The Malvern Spring and Autumn Festivals and the BBC Gardeners' World Live at the NEC are always a thrill for me as I can travel there and back, click away with my camera to my heart's content and come away with the most amazing variety of images – all in one day!
Despite the popularity and "wow" of the show gardens at the larger events, the floral marquees, in my opinion, offer the most variety and interest.
As you walk through the doorway of these canvas structures, you are met with a kaleidoscope of colour and a heady fragrance emanating from the huge bowls of perfumed flowers, usually lilies, placed near the entrance (perhaps to lure people in).
When you look around the marquee, every flower head is perfect, every leaf in its place and every colour coordinated.
Proud British growers man their stands and are only too willing to share their stories of how it all started for them.
Once inside, my first port of call is the Flowers From The Farm exhibit. These incredible stands are planned, constructed and manned by volunteer local flower growers.
Their imaginative, complex displays and the variety of British-grown flowers they use is impressive, to say the least.
Not only that, they are such a friendly bunch (excuse the pun) and are very happy to share information with anyone who takes an interest.
Flowers From The Farm, founded in 2011 by arable farmer Gill Hodson, is a network of independent like-minded artisan British flower growers spread over the UK. The 500-strong membership is a mixture of farmers, gardeners, smallholders and florists.
Some have small cutting gardens to feed their floristry businesses, some have acres of land growing a variety of flowers to supply shops, but no matter how big or small their plot, these dedicated and passionate creatives all have a common goal – to produce British, sell British and promote British-grown flowers, the ones that are perfumed, quirky, imperfect and beautiful!
You don't have to look far for a FFTF florist; there are several dotted around the West Midlands and Worcestershire (visit their website to find one near you).
Many of them run workshops, besides supplying funeral, corporate and more especially wedding flowers.
What could be better than a wedding bouquet to touch a bride's senses as she walks down the aisle, and table decorations that perfume the air.
The delicious smell of English roses, peonies, lilies and jasmine and the like, all playing their part in the memories of that special day.
On a similar note, and continuing the wedding theme, the Real Flower Petal Confetti Company at Wick in Pershore grow delphiniums – acres of them (above).
They are open to visitors just before harvest-time, but for only 10 days a year, so if you blink you'll miss it.
It's a sight to behold, as far as the eye can see: hues of pinks, blending into mauves, purples, whites and reds, and all of them grown for the purpose of making biodegradable confetti.
Here today, gone tomorrow. The day after the last visitor leaves, the crop is harvested, by hand, the colour being maintained by laying the petals out to dry in the sun. They are then packaged and offered for sale on their website.
Another British grower who has dedicated his life to growing British flowers is David Austin of David Austin Roses based in Wolverhampton. A visit to the gardens and tearooms is not to be missed.
Although many of his varieties repeat-flower, the best times to visit are June and September, when most varieties are in full bloom.
As you enter the gardens, the scent is in the air, subtle but penetrating, and you can't help but stoop down and take a bloom in the hand for a closer smell!
There are more than 400 varieties on sale, with names such as Judi Dench, Emily Bronte, Maid Marion and Scarborough Fair, evoking that sense of English-ness.
The gardens contain very little else other than rose bushes, climbers and ramblers. You'd think it would be too much, an overkill, but it's not; it's a place to linger and sit and contemplate.
As you enter the Long Garden, the central walkway, you realise that this is no ordinary place. This area, interlaced with rose-clad pergolas, contains a collection of old roses that flower just once a year.
Leading off from there, the formal, circular Victorian walled garden is divided into "pinwheel" sections, each section outlined with manicured box hedging and filled with English roses and repeat-flowering shrub roses.
These roses flower right through to the frosts of early winter.
The Renaissance Garden is as you'd imagine: Italian-looking with English rose bushes lining a long straight pool that runs down the centre, flanked by wide borders leading to a verandah with seating, a welcome respite on a hot summer's day.
Then of course, there's English lavender, sold all over the world and grown on our very own doorstep.
In mid-July in Snowshill, Broadway, there's an unmistakable perfume in the air, when the fields at Cotswold Lavender are in full bloom. For a small entry fee you can walk among the rows of plants, offering a great photo opportunity for families with small children.
Even in our British climate, there is hardly a month during the year when growers in the UK can't produce something of interest.
So it's heartbreaking to think that although £2bn a year is spent on cut flowers, only 12 per cent of the flowers sold in the UK are grown here. Flowers grown for the European market are imported from the likes of Kenya and Colombia.
On the 127 farms in Kenya, flowers are grown in polytunnels and picked by poorly-paid workers. They are watered three times a day and when cut, dipped in antibacterial solution before being chilled to put them in a state of semi-hibernation.
Under these controlled conditions, each flower is the same as the next, the same size head, the same length, the same shade, with very little or no perfume.
They are then flown overnight 4,000 miles to Holland, where they are sorted, graded and packaged before being auctioned and forwarded on to their final European destinations.
However, it's unrealistic to think that we can grow enough flowers in the UK to meet demand, at a price we're prepared to pay. With that in mind, the imported flowers in our supermarkets will always have the market share.
They are cheap and cheerful and easy to add to the weekly shop.
But for those special occasions, I believe we could all do more to support our British growers.
Their blooms have no air miles so are therefore environmentally friendly, they have character and soul, they have provenance, and best of all, they have perfume.
And if we have to pay a little more for these fresh, long-lasting, scented flowers, then I believe they are worth every penny.


The reply to an application filed under the Right to Information (RTI) Act has shown that the Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG) has gone way beyond the specified budget in setting up name boards for councillors.
The stipulated amount for making name boards for the councillors is Rs. 28,142 each. However the reply to the application provided by the MCG states that more than Rs. 15 lakh have been spent for setting up name boards for 35 councillors. At the stipulated rate, the total amount should have been Rs. 9,84,970. But the reply suggests that some of the councillors have been provided with more than one name board despite the fact that Punjab and Haryana High Court has forbidden signboards, hoardings and advertisement boards on main roads and inside lanes.
The reply however doesn't give the specific details about which councillors have got more than one name board.


A venture capital firm has launched a £252 million fund to invest in early-stage tech startups across Europe.
Northzone, which is based in Sweden, is looking to invest in early-stage tech startups across Europe, with a particular focus on startups from the finance and health sectors in London.
Northzone was founded in 1996 and has invested in a number of notable companies, including Spotify and MarketInvoice.
The company has three partners based in London and has strengthened its team, with Michiel Kotting joining as General Partner from Accel in London and Uncover Co-Founder Christopher Steinau joining its London office.
Northzone is one of a number of companies to invest in early-stage startups this year. Earlier this year, Partech Ventures announced a $440 million investment in growth-stage startups, whilst Clear Ventures revealed that it would be launching a $120 million fund for startups.
Northzone said that the new fund has been its biggest to date, following an especially busy year.
The company said that even though the condition of the market was unsettled, it had been their quickest ever fundraise, which came after a year of good returns for their investors.
The company added that for the last 20 years, it has been chosen as a partner for growth by entrepreneurs who have had an influential affect on the tech scene in Europe.
Northzone stated that the new fund would allow it to keep supporting the best innovative companies.


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First global atlas of soil bacteria reveals a small minority of species have dominated world soils
The dirt is alive with a million bacteria, but it appears they have unequal levels of representation. Researchers at the University of Colorado Boulder have created the world's first atlas of soil microbes, and have found that a small number of species represent more than half of their populations worldwide. 'A teaspoon of soil can have a million bacteria individuals, or cells,' says Manuel Delgado-Baquerizo, soil ecologist. 'Each of these can belong to one of thousands of different species.'
Delgado-Baquerizo's research was designed to discover the proportion of different types of bacteria species across the globe. However, he found that the same species kept reappearing. 'Of more than 25,000 bacteria species, we found that just 500 – two per cent of the total – accounted for half of the species in soils everywhere.'
When he says everywhere, he means everywhere. 'We collected soil samples from 237 different locations across six continents and 18 countries,' he lists. 'They spanned an entire range of climates, from deserts to grasslands to wetlands.' Variations of the 500 turned up in all of them.
Although microbes make up a large portion of the ecosystem's biodiversity, little is known about what particular species can do. 'We know that soil microbes are key for processes such as plant production, nutrient cycling, breaking down toxins, even climate regulation,' says Delgado-Baquerizo. 'What we don't know is which species are doing it, even among the most common.'
The new atlas could help researchers focus on the most abundant 500 species – a 'most-wanted list' – to determine what they are doing in world soils and why they are so dominant. Understanding their role in the ecosystem could hold the key to maintaining and enhancing soils in the future.
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Scouting the internet in search of beauty, I stumbled upon the panoramic photography of Peter Li. In a recent series, he combines a couple of things I love: architecture, churches, and photography. Time to share this artist with you.
Entering the website of Peter Li, it becomes evident quite quickly that this award-winning photographer is based in London. I landed on a wonderful full-frame shot of the hallway of the Natural History Museum, which I coincidentally visited around Christmas. The impressive skeleton of the large blue whale hangs in perfect symmetry in the beautiful hallway of the museum. A couple of slides later, a shot of the Tower Bridge can be spotted. Architecture and cityscape photography are the categories of choice here.
Beautiful as the slides are, they are not the reason why I came to Peter Li's site. Another series of works caught my eye. It revolves around some great churches, most of them in the UK. Li has photographed the architectural structure of the buildings, like the ceilings and the columns underneath it. And then the magic begins.
In postproduction the photographer stretches the interior, creating a unique viewpoint of that particular church. You have to look twice to get to grips with what it is exactly you are looking at. The photographs have some sort of sci-fi effect, because of the surreality of the image. It has got everything to do with capturing multiple dimensions into one frame. It creates a spectacle that could never be viewed at once by the human eye. The photos make you want to move your head up and backward, following the lines in the picture frame to figure it out. Once you try to ignore that feeling and look at the photos purely from a 2D-perspective, titles like Cocoon and Confetti seem oddly appropriate.
And don't forget the important element of light. All the photos in this series breath a different atmosphere, depending on the time of day or the season the picture was taken.
Peter Li's work of the blue whale came in first in the Architecture Category at the Epson International Pano Awards 2018. He is said to be working on making his photos available to the public by producing large prints. Keep track of the artist on his website or on Instagram.
Peter Li, Jack Frost – Yorkminster in late Autumn, 2018.
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Neelakanta Rajapuram Population - Vizianagaram, Andhra Pradesh
Neelakanta Rajapuram is a very small village located in Dattirajeru Mandal of Vizianagaram district, Andhra Pradesh with total 15 families residing. The Neelakanta Rajapuram village has population of 42 of which 23 are males while 19 are females as per Population Census 2011.
In Neelakanta Rajapuram village population of children with age 0-6 is 4 which makes up 9.52 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Neelakanta Rajapuram village is 826 which is lower than Andhra Pradesh state average of 993. Child Sex Ratio for the Neelakanta Rajapuram as per census is 1000, higher than Andhra Pradesh average of 939.
Neelakanta Rajapuram village has lower literacy rate compared to Andhra Pradesh. In 2011, literacy rate of Neelakanta Rajapuram village was 65.79 % compared to 67.02 % of Andhra Pradesh. In Neelakanta Rajapuram Male literacy stands at 80.95 % while female literacy rate was 47.06 %.
As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Neelakanta Rajapuram village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Neelakanta Rajapuram village.
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I want the second path in the wstring string above. I have tried other approaches, but they are detecting the space separated string by using escape character "\" . However the string I get from registry does not have it.How to get this done without having escape character (And not allowed to use boost::tokenizer)?


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The new head of South Africa's Independent Power Producers Office (IPPO), Tshifhiwa Bernard Magoro, reported on Tuesday that the next bidding round for the procurement of utility scale renewable-energy projects, often referred to as Bid Window 5, would be launched only in the second quarter of 2021.
Speaking during an energy roundtable held as part of the inaugural Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium, Magoro indicated that the IPPO was currently prioritising the finalisation of bid documentation for the so-called Risk Mitigation Power Purchase Programme (RMPPP).
A technology agnostic request for proposals (RFP) would be released "by the end of July" for the RMPPP and the IPPO would be seeking to procure some 2 000 MW of emergency energy to fill an immediate supply gap that had been identified in the Integrated Resource Plan 2019 (IRP 2019).
The IPPO, Magoro added, was in a position to launch the RFP after the National Energy Regulator of South Africa (Nersa) provided its concurrence, in late May, to a Ministerial determination submitted to it in February for the RMPPP.
Under Section 34 of the Electricity Regulation Act, the regulator's concurrence is required before government, through the IPPO, is allowed to initiate a procurement programme for new electricity capacity.
Nersa had not yet concurred, however, with a separate determination, also submitted to the regulator by Mineral Resources and Energy Minister Gwede Mantashe in February, for the various utility scale technologies outlined in the IRP 2019, including:
6 800 MW of solar photovoltaic (PV) and wind capacity for the years 2022 to 2024;
513 MW of storage to be procured for the year 2022;
3 000 MW from gas for the years 2024 to 2027;
And 1 500 MW from coal for the years 2023 to 2027.
On March 18, the regulator called for written submissions on this second determination by May 7, but also indicated that it would take a full six months to provide concurrence, as it intended hosting public hearings.
At the same time, Nersa justified foregoing public hearings for the RMPPP on the basis of the urgency involved.
Magoro, who left Eskom to take over as head of the IPPO on May 1, said work on the RMPPP RFP was at an advanced stage and that the document would be released in the coming month.
"For the first time, we are not going for a specific technology. We have left it as a technology agnostic programme where the bidders will provide the solution to the problems that have been indicated by the Eskom system operator – that is the 2 000 MW gap from 5am in the morning until about 9pm."
Fuel and nonfuel-based technologies would be considered and the power purchase agreements with Eskom could have a duration of between 10 and 20 years.
Magoro indicated that the IPPO was already giving consideration to the bid documentation for the procurement of technologies outlined in the second determination, but that the process would only proceed once Nersa had concurred.
"We are looking to the second quarter of next year for when we will be going out to the market for that determination."
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Welcome to Hsinchu City Taiwan, "the city of New Bamboo". Cooling breezes coming off the Strait of Taiwan keep the windy city cool and pleasant most of the year. Hsinchu Taiwan is off the main tourist map making it a delightful discovery for the deserning traveler. Hsinchu City Taiwan is over 400 years old and is the oldest city in Northern Taiwan. Chuchang, as it was originally called, was named and inhabited by the Aboriginal Tribe of Taokas. Today, only a small group identify as ethnic Taokas. Most of those who identify as Taokas live around the city of Puli in central Taiwan. The name of the city was changed to Hsinchu during the reign of Emperor Guangxu of the Qing Dynasty. Because of it's rich history, Hsinchu City Taiwan is the perfect home base when visiting northern Taiwan. Those who desire to know and understand the dynasties that ruled the island will find many museums and national historical sites throughout the City of Hsinchu.
Public transportation in the city of Hsinchu is efficient and regular. Buses and scooters are the primary means of getting around Hsinchu. Bright and colorful buses have regular routes throughout the city and the surrounding area. Most of the major tourist sites can be reached by the How-Tai Bus Company . The buses run frequently and are the easiest and most economical way to enjoy the city.
Eighteen Peaks Mountain is a delightful park and dates back to the Japanese Colonial Times. The park is a thick forest that has 18 mountain peaks. Wide paved paths make walking easy and the park is a favorite recreational spot. Take a deep breath and smell the fragrance of the many flowers and shrubs. The east entrance is best reached by buses 1, 1A, 2, 5 or 31. Route 20 will take you to the western entrance of the park.
Hsinchu Botanical Garden has over 300 species of plants. Enjoy discovering the many plants of Taiwan and the secrets that surround them. Learn about the Acacia, the eucalyptus, and the Ceylon olive and their many uses. As a bonus, the Hsinchu Zoo is a 5 minute walk from the garden entrance. This area can be accessed by most of the buses of the city. A short walk takes you to the City God Temple, one of the famous temples in the city. The East Gate Historical Site is also in this area. Constructed from granite with a magnificent arch entrance, this historical wall dates back to the time of the later Qing Dynasty.
These are just a few of the fantastic sites in Hsinchu City Taiwan. Check out the links at the bottom of the page for areas of interest and local accommodations. Discover the many eateries and restaurants that call Hsinchu City Taiwan home. While there check out the fantastic buffet at the Ambassador Hotel. The variety is unbelievable and the food is some of the best on the island. Let this be the year that you discover the hidden gems of northern Taiwan.Hsinchu City Taiwan is fun, historical, and unique. Come explore with us, this year in Taiwan.


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Whether Premier Wickremesinghe Wins Or Loses the No Confidence Vote, It will Be President Sirisena Who will Have Nowhere to Go After The Motion is taken Up On April 4.
Posted by Administrator on 1 April 2018, 12:38 am
by Rajan Philips
"What an anomalous position! The Prime Minister and other Ministers are collectively responsible to Parliament except one member of that Cabinet, the chief whose policy the whole Cabinet is carrying out. The Prime Minister and the other Ministers can be pilloried and thrown out for no fault of theirs, but the fountain-head of the faults and deficiencies in question will escape scot-free immunized by the Constitution itself."
– N.M. Perera, 1979. Critical Analysis of the New (1978) Constitution
Today is April Fools' Day. For Christians, it is also Easter Sunday. Skeptical wags will relish the coincidence, which occurs only three or four times a century. Here at home, Prime Minister Wickremesinghe may have been wishing the Joint Opposition's No Confidence Motion (NCM) to be nothing more than an April Fools' prank, or, failing that, in the week of the risen lord he (PM) too could rise from the near-death ordeal that he has been going through over two months and as many moons. Alas, there is no April Fools for PM. The NCM is no prank or pickle. The man is in a real predicament. Nor can Easter save him. The Christian message of Easter is that – one who sacrifices one's life for one's faith will live on even when dead. In politics and in public life, if you sacrifice your honesty for ill-gotten gains, you are spiritually dead even if temporally alive.
The Prime Minister already stands injured and insulted, by his co-executive's Gazette Extraordinary. With the stroke of the presidential pen, Maithripala Sirisena has gutted the PM's portfolio, removing the Central Bank and all matters economic and financial from the PM and relocating them in the Finance Ministry. That is where they have always been since the government of Prime Minister DS Senanayke and his Finance Minister JR Jayewardene. That is where they must always be. The younger forces in the UNP must reflect hard and realize that how positively differently the yahapalanaya government could have unfolded if Ranil Wickremesinghe did not commit the cardinal blunder of usurping the Central Bank and handing it over to his baby-boy governor and his wheeler-dealing UNP cabal.
1956 was the last time Easter fell on April Fools' Day. In Sri Lankan politics, that was a particularly bad year for the UNP and one that may seem to fit chronological extrapolation by a frequent political commentator to reach 2018 from 1953, 1956, 1964 and 1970. Never mind, predictions based on chronological extrapolation are no less flawed than astrological prognoses in electoral politics. The Prime Minister's predicament is all post-2015 and nothing pre-1977. Leaping over decades to imagine linkages, and creating narratives spiced with familial connections, is self-serving political commentary. However, it is possible to see a continuous curve in the way Ranil Wickremesinghe has been conducting politics throughout his political career starting from 1977. However, blaming his parents for his political failings is as pathetic as praising one's parents to sell one's political wares.
Yet, it cannot be said that the Prime Minister is not without an escape door, morally and politically. Morally, the opportunity for redemption is the fundamental condition of transformative justice, just as it is the essence of Christian teaching based on the New Testament. 'Eye for an eye and tooth for a tooth', on the other hand, is Old Testament thunder. Politically, Ranil Wickremesinghe will still have life in the UNP either as a beleaguered PM (if he wins the vote), or as an elder statesman of consequence (if he loses). It is the President who will have nowhere to run if the PM wins, and will become the sole scapegoat for blame against the government, if he loses. Either way, the President would have got his well- deserved comeuppance.
The comeuppance could even turn poetic if the JVP's notice to introduce a new (20th) constitutional amendment to rid of the executive presidency, which may now seem to be an objectively April Fools' prank, receives wheels of traction from what is now a seemingly farfetched prognosis of a Mahinda-Ranil collaboration to end the executive presidency and permanently punish Sirisena for betraying them both. In The Island yesterday, Lucian Rajakarunanayake outlined the latter possibility shedding rays of refractive light on what might be the current talk of the town's chattering classes. I will add my own speculative musings at the end of the article.
The politics and the consequences of No Confidence
The No Confidence Motion now before Parliament formally targets Prime Minister Wickremesinghe, but implicates everyone in parliament except, perhaps, the JVP. Those who governed before 2015, have no clean hands to complain of corruption in the court of equity, or to file a No Confidence Motion in the nation's parliament. The Joint Opposition revealed its soiled hands when it baulked on the JVP's call to expand the NCM to retroactively express no confidence in those who presided over government corruption before 2015. Post-2015, the UNP membership went along with the corruption of its own leadership and the cover up of its predecessors. The SLFP ministers are the scum of the earth, twice born two timers adept at making a potent mix of sleaze and incompetence. Together, the UNP, the SLFP and the JO make up about 90% of the 225-strong parliament. Which one of them has the moral arm to cast the first stone at any one of them?
Of the rest, the 13 members of the TNA are in their unique corner, almost literally like the 'boy on the burning deck' and insistently refusing to see no evil, touch no evil and hear no evil around them. The hard questions facing them are how long can they go on defending the Prime Minister? And what chance does a constitutional rapprochement, canvassed by Ranil Wickremesinghe, have of achieving lasting credibility in the south. Regardless of credibility, the Prime Minister's style of political management has not only derailed but has effectively botched the constitutional project. The TNA's Tamil critics will ask what has Ranil Wickremesinghe has accomplished despite his handsome promises to Tamils and other minorities, to merit the TNA's support in the April 4 – vote of confidence.
The drama in the south has a different script. To their credit, the TNA leader R. Sampanthan and his colleagues have been persistently trying to secure even the minimum blessing of Mahinda Rajapaksa for constitutional reform. But, unfortunately, there has been no reciprocal overture from the former President. Despite his panache for personal cordiality towards Tamil political and social leaders, the former President has been niggardly in demonstrating willingness to accommodate their politics. Among Ranil's opponents, like parliamentarian Athuraliye Rathana Thero, the TNA is coming under pressure to vote against the Prime Minster in keeping with the TNA's status as the 'official' Opposition. The more hardened of the southern critics are warning that the TNA's support for the Prime Minister could turn out to be the political kiss of death for the UNP. On other hand, Ranil's supporters will see a vote against the PM as betrayal by the TNA, no different from Sirisena's betrayal.
It is widely known that it was Mr. Sampanthan who ultimately convinced and persuaded Ranil Wickremesinghe to accept the common candidacy of Maithripala Sirisena in 2014 November. After three years, the TNA leader is facing a mess of dilemmas in having to take sides in the separation struggle of the government's two co-executives. In the matter of choosing, the TNA is damned if it leans one way and damned if it leans the other way. Its least damning option may be to abstain on the vote while hoping that Ranil will survive.
The 20th Amendment: Need not go down as an April Fools' prank
Ironically, but for totally different reasons, Mahinda Rajapaksa may also prefer to abstain on the vote, while hoping for Ranil's survival. He has already made it clear that he is not in favour of the NCM approach. His ostensible reason is that the exercise will only provide UNP the opportunity to strengthen itself. That of course remains to be seen. He has since added a rider that the NCM could succeed if it gets the support of President Srisena. That is a nice setup for the President to take responsibility if the NCM succeeds, and blame if it fails.
Apparently, even Dinesh Gunawardena has not been too happy with the stampede politics of his colleagues behind the NCM initiative. His fear is more rational but less likely, and it is the fear that Ranil Wickremesinghe and the UNP may call Sirisena's bluff, jettison Sirisena's government, and move to the opposition. That will project Ranil Wickremesinghe and the UNP into opposition mode, and give them the platform to jointly and severally attack Sirisena, the SLFP and the SLPP for the next years. But this is unlikely to materialize because attacking as a form of defending is not in Ranil's political DNA.
He is the master tactician of political survival operating below the radar, rather than taking his fight to the opponents openly and publicly.
The Prime Minister will be more at home conniving with J0 to get rid of the executive presidency – to teach Sirisena the lesson of his life, and for Mahinda to make most of his debarment from running for President again by becoming an executive Prime Minister without a President. Lucien Rajakarunanyake's elaboration of the current table talk in Colombo may seem farfetched now, but is not totally beyond the realm of possibility. All the ingredients are there on both sides (Ranil and Mahinda) to thicken this plot and let it brew to its final fruition. And the plot will work whether or not Ranil Wickremasinghe survives the vote this week, or succumbs to it.
He also has a third alternative – the one feared by Dinesh Gunawardena, for Ranil to resign, abandon Sirisena's government and start blasting the President from the opposition. For utmost effectiveness, Ranil Wickremesinghe must do the severance, if he were to do it at all, before April 4 and not after. Otherwise, a defeat next week will leave the Prime Minister irreparably wounded and a victory will leave him at best a permanently limping Prime Minister and Party leader.
The speculative Ranil-Mahinda connivance will not be without its drawbacks. Its first and the principal casualty will be the legal initiatives against government corruption, pre and post 2015. The next in line will be the much labored constitutional reform proposals. The fact of the matter is that even in the current circumstances the two initiatives are seriously stalled, even if not totally abandoned. The huge benefit is the real potential for ending the executive presidency, which has fallen off the political radar and the JVP's 20th Amendment proposal will not create much political traction on its own. A Ranil-Mahinda connivance, on the other hand, will make all the difference, that would be objectively positive, even if the subjective intentions may well to be just cynical opportunism. And there will be better chances for more changes without the executive presidency than under it as of now.
I will close with a brief clarification on the quote from Dr. NM Perera that I have inserted at the start of this article. The anomaly that Dr. Perera railed against in 1979, and the President's arbitrary powers to dismiss the Prime Minister and dissolve parliament at whim have somewhat been mitigated by the 19th Amendment. The latter has removed the President's powers to remove a Prime Minister and to dissolve parliament except after four and half years after its first convening. Yet, there still is confusion over no confidence motion and the insulation of the President from its consequences. It is not a coincidence that the last No Confidence Motion was in 1976, moved by the LSSP (then out of the United Front) against Prime Minister Sirimavo Bandaranaike over alleged violations of the Land Reform implementation process. Until then, No Confidence Motions were the opposition's stock in trade in the cut and thrust of parliamentary politics, even though they were never successful.
In 1976, Dr. Colvin R de Silva, who drafted the No Confidence Motion, took the matter to the people with a public lecture in which he placed the land reform transgression in the historical context of an ethical decay in the country's political and social life, and one that seemed to have assumed a high degree of impunity soon after independence. The decay seems to have gotten worse over the last ten years than any time before. And the No Confidence Motion next week is a kneejerk reaction and not a considered response to the ethical lapses and corrupt practices of successive governments.
No one knows what the No Confidence Motion can or will do in Sri Lanka's hybridized presidential-parliamentary system. Even those who are championing it now are not clear what its consequences will be. It is more than likely that Maithripala Sirisena will be the biggest loser in this adventure – that may leave him, minus his Prime Minister, minus his Party, and in less than two years minus his presidency. The boon of it all may well be the ending of the executive presidency, if it could happen at all through the unlikely agency of Mahinda Rajapaksa and Ranil Wickremesinghe. If it were to happen, politics will become a different business. The overhaul of the system would also facilitate the shedding of the old and the inspiring of new arrivals to politics. Everything sounds too good to be true. For now, we are stuck with farce of a No Confidence Motions and the possibility of a meaningless stalemate.
Courtesy:Sunday Island
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As Christmas is approaching some of my students want to tackle this beautiful story by Charles Dickens. The vocabulary is always very rich in his books, so I give you some help/translation for the first pages of the book.
2.Vocabulary list regarding the reading you can also listen to.
3. Power Point presentation with questions regarding the story.
May you be given light!
SUMMARY :Ebeneezer Scrooge's partner Marley is as dead as a door nail, that's for sure and Scrooge the old miser is in his counting-house not wanting to have anything to do with Christmas. As usual his employee, Bob Cratchit,is very cold because his employer doesn't want to spend money on coal. His nephew, Fred, comes to pay his uncle a visit and to wish him merry Christmas and to invite him to his home for Christmas dinner. In answer to this Scrooge is morose and only spits out angrily "Bah! Humbug! He behaves in the same way towards two portly gentlemen who drop by to ask for some money or help for the poor.
In the evening Scrooge takes his melancholy dinner in his usual glum tavern, reads his newspapers and then goes to his gloomy rooms and to bed. When he puts his key in the knocker, this turns into Marley's face. In the room there is a fire in the grate and spoon and basin are ready, but he can't see anybody. Everything is very strange when suddenly the bell begins to ring and Marley's enchained ghost leaps up and tells or warns Scrooge that he is continuously forced and punished to wander around the world to share what he didn't share with the others but could have shared. Scrooge is informed that he has one last chance to escape the same fate and that therefore three spirits will appear.
The first Ghost represents Christmas Past. The strange phantom looks like a child but also like an old man diminished to a child's proportions. It takes Scrooge back to the Christmases of his childhood school days, where he meets a lonely child, to his days as an apprentice at the jolly and generous merchant Fezziwig and his engagement with Bell, who left him because he became to absorbed in money and unable to love. Scrooge is very touched by what he sees and sheds tears of regrets.
Scrooge is lying in bed when the bells toll one. He is expecting the second Ghost of Christmas Present. He gets up softly and shuffles to the door and the moment his hand is on the lock he hears a strange voice calling him by hisname. He enters the room which has undergone complete transformation and is full of delicious food and green leaves.
The Ghost of the Present is clothed in one simple deep green robe, bordered with a white fur. Scrooge is being taken to the Cratchit family so he can see how it prepares a miniature feast in the simple house and he also discovers the crippled son, Tiny Tim. This boy is very courageous, kind and humble and warms Scrooge's heart. and he wants to know whether the boy is going to live.
The Spirit then takes Scrooge also to his nephew's family or their Christmas celebration which includs singing and playing games such as blind-man's buff.He is so delighted by what he sees that he wants to stay until the end. As the day passes the spirit is getting older and towards the end of the day he shows Scrooge two starving children. The boy is Ignorance and the girl is Want!
The Ghost of Christmas yet to come takes Scrooge through a sequence of strange scenes concerning an unnamed man's death. The latter sees a businessman speaking about the riches of the death man and some vagabonds are selling his personal things. One couple even expresses happiness about the man's death because now they don't have to pay back a debt.
The Ghost takes him to the churchyard where he sees his own name on the tombstone and is really shocked. He pleads with the Ghost to give him another chance and that he will change his stingy ways, his indifference towards others and celebrate Christmas. He then wakes up in his bed. He looks out of the window and is informed that it is Christmas and because this answer makes him so happy that he asks a boy to go and buy the biggest turkey available at the Poulterer's. He sends it then to the Cratchit house and attends Fred's Christmas celebration. Tiny Tim doesn't die and he treats him as if were his son, gives generous gifts to the poor and treats the other human beings with kindness and understanding.
DISCUSSION: Is money more important or human relationships? Why yes/no??
And the following link to the reading / audio or part of stave I of the story.
This is a list of vocabulary or expressions in general we heard in the reading.
What reason do you have to be morose? Was hast du für einen Grund, um so missmutig zu sein? Che motivo hai per essere così scorbutico?
to keep an eye on sb.Workshheet:Christmas Carol jd. überwachen sorvegliare qu.


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The use of knee height to estimate maximum stature in elderly Chinese Academic Article
Loss of height occurs in the elderly. Not only is this height valuable to assess, but it creates difficulty for comparisons using equations based on estimates of stature in adult populations which often overlook the loss of height with age. Alternatives, such as the use of arm-span or hip length as surrogates for maximum stature (MS) during adulthood, have been proposed. In a study of 247 (130 men and 117 women) adult ethnic Chinese living in Melbourne, Australia, we tested the hypothesis that knee height is independent of age and attempted to devise an equation for the estimation of maximum stature (MS) in the this elderly group (aged 65 yrs) of this population. Anthropometric indices, including body weight, stature, arm-span, and knee height were twice measured using standard methods described by Lohman et al., and averaged for use in the analysis. In both men and women, the younger adults were taller and had a greater arm-span than their elderly counterparts: however, there was no difference in knee height or body weight between the two groups. Knee height was not associated with age, while stature and arm-span correlated negatively with age. These findings suggest that knee height provides for a valid estimate of MS during early adulthood than arm-span. Knee height is independent of age and does not appear to decreased over time, in spite of an expected cohort effect in this population. Arm-span, however, appears to change with a cohort as well as with age. Thus, there is a place in a life-time nutritional assessment of the aged to measure both arm-span as an index of cohort status and knee height for an individual's maximum achieved stature.
Zhang, H
Hsu-Hage, BHH
Age Factors (MeSH)
Asian Continental Ancestry Group (MeSH)
Australia (MeSH)
Body Height (MeSH)
Follow-Up Studies (MeSH)
Knee (MeSH)
Leg (MeSH)
Journal of Nutrition, Health and Aging Journal
Asian Continental Ancestry Group


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Controversial 'American Dirt' Author Forced To Cancel Corte Madera Bookstore EventA Wednesday night appearance in Corte Madera by Jeanine Cummins, author of the controversial novel "American Dirt", has been cancelled after her publisher called off the remaining stops of her nationwide promotional tour over safety concerns.
San Francisco State To Reopen Science Building After Toxin Removal
Filed Under:Asbestos, Barbara Taylor, Ellen Griffin, Health, Lead Paint, San Francisco, San Francisco State, San Francisco State University, SFSU, Toxins, Updgrade
The Science Building at San Francisco State University. (SFSU)
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — San Francisco State University plans to reopen part of its Science Building in early May after it was closed when unacceptable levels of toxins were discovered last fall.
Lead, asbestos and mercury contamination were found in the building, which is over 50 years old. Work will soon be completed to reopen the offices and some of the research labs first.
SF State To Open Science Building This Spring After Removing High-Levels Of Toxins
SF State University spokeswoman Ellen Griffin said removing the toxins from the classrooms is a bigger job.
"There are some rooms that will take much longer to address and contingency plans will stay in place for at least a year for those rooms," she said.
The contamination was discovered during a routine environmental check at which point science students were moved to classrooms elsewhere on campus to continue their studies.
"To ensure that we don't have any confusion, we've made it clear to our students that the alternate classrooms and laboratory spaces that they've been assigned to for spring semester will stay in place throughout the spring semester," Griffin said.
Griffin added the hope is to eventually build a new facility or to do a complete rehab and upgrade of the existing one.