In response to interest expressed by members of Senate to learn more about the University's investment framework, an information session dedicated to this subject will be held on March 19, 2019. This session is open to all members of Senate and CAMSR.
At its meeting of February 18, CAMSR consulted with the University's Office of Investments and experts from external organizations.
The Chief Investment Officer & Treasurer delivered a presentation on the Office of Investments' current responsible investment framework and practices. The presentation outlined the mission of the Office of Investments, described the Endowment's current responsible investment practices, and highlighted some of the challenges related to divestment from fossil fuel companies for the McGill Investment Pool and the benefit of integrating Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors into external manager's investment process.
Portfolio managers from Hexavest discussed the evolving demand for SRI products, as well as some of the challenges and opportunities involved in integrating ESG considerations into investment decision making. For more information on Hexavest, including its Annual Report on the integration of ESG issues, see: https://www.hexavest.com/en/publications-2/.
Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ)'s Head of Investment Stewardship presented the organization's approach to responsible investing, including the Stewardship Investing Report and investment strategy to address climate change. To learn more about the CDPQ's practices in SRI, see: https://www.cdpq.com/en/investments/responsible-investment.
The next CAMSR meeting will be held on April 17, 2019. Further details will be provided in the near future.
At the Board's December 13, 2018 meeting, it was agreed that CAMSR will make every effort to submit its report to the Board by the final Board meeting of the 2019 calendar year. CAMSR's next meeting will be held on February 18, 2019. This meeting will mainly be dedicated to reviewing the University's current SRI investment framework and consultation sessions with external investment managers and organizations.
At its meeting of December 3, 2018, CAMSR held the first round of consultation sessions with members of the McGill community. Presentations and information received by the Committee are available here (posted on January 8, 2019; updated on February 13, 2019).
1. What question is CAMSR considering and how is it related to its mandate?
"Taking due regard of the mission of the University, and the fiduciary duties of the Board, the Committee shall advise the Board on matters concerning social responsibility related to University investments within the mandate of the Investment Committee of the Board (CAMSR Terms of Reference, 2018).
To address the question, CAMSR, in line with the authority established under its terms of reference, may undertake studies of socially responsible investment policies and best practices and may propose to the Board revisions to existing policy, guidelines and practices concerning endowment investments. (CAMSR Terms of Reference, 2018).
2. CAMSR announced that it expects it would submit its report to the Board during the 2019-2020 academic year. Could CAMSR submit its report sooner?
CAMSR's plan is to submit to the Board a report during the 2019-2020 academic year. This timeline corresponds to the nature and amount of work that CAMSR needs to undertake in order to thoroughly examine the subject matter of the motion and formulate recommendations to the Board that take into account the Board's fiduciary duties and the University's mission.
CAMSR's process includes a number of activities it will carry out in the course of its work. These activities involve consultations with members of the community and subject matter experts. They also include consideration of practices in the area of socially responsible investment at other universities and within comparable sectors. Based on this process, the Committee will assess options and prepare a report for consideration by the Board. Based on the amount and nature of work involved, the established timeline is appropriate.
3. Will CAMSR share its report with the University community for comment before submitting it to the Board?
As a standing Committee of the Board, CAMSR has a duty to advise the Board and its responsibility is to report and make recommendations to the Board. Consistent with this mandate, CAMSR will submit its report directly to the Board. However, in the interest of transparency, CAMSR will continue to communicate on its activities. It will continue to publish summaries of its meetings and other pertinent information it considers in the course of its work. It will also submit, on a regular basis, progress reports to the Board, which, in turn, will submit reports to Senate. Members of the community may also submit written input or comments to CAMSR at: bog.mcgill [at] mcgill.ca.
CAMSR's next meeting will be held on February 18, 2019. Further details will be provided in the near future.
Further details on the consultation sessions will be available after the meeting.
The Committee to Advise on Matters of Social Responsibility ("Committee") is established under the authority of and is accountable to the Board of Governors (the "Board") of McGill University (the "University") and shall function as stipulated in these terms of reference and the Regulations of the Committees of the Board of Governors of McGill University (the "Regulations"). In accordance with the Regulations, meetings of Board Committees shall be held in closed session unless the Committee resolves to carry out a meeting or part of a meeting in open session.
a. Other than ex-officio members, appointments to the Committee are approved by the Board, normally on the recommendation of the Nominating, Governance and Ethics Committee.
· one student representative (member or observer of the Board).
c. The Chair of the Board and the Principal shall serve as ex officio members of the Committee.
d. The Chair of the Committee shall be appointed by the Board, normally on the recommendation of the Nominating, Governance and Ethics Committee.
e. The Committee may recommend the appointment of a Vice-Chair of the Committee, who shall be appointed by the Board, normally on the recommendation of the Nominating, Governance and Ethics Committee.
f. The Vice-Principal (Administration and Finance) shall serve as the Senior Steward to the Committee.
g. The Secretary-General or her/his delegate shall serve as Secretary and governance advisor to the Committee.
h. Where necessary or appropriate to facilitate and support the business of the Committee, the Senior Steward or Secretary may invite University staff to serve as resource persons for particular items of business before the Committee at a meeting.
For the purposes of the mandate of this Committee, the term "social injury" means the grave injurious impact which the activities of a legal person is found to have on consumers, employees, or other persons, or on the natural environment. Such activities include those which violate, or frustrate the enforcement of rules of domestic or international law intended to protect individuals against deprivation of health, safety, or basic freedoms, or to protect the natural environment. However, a legal person shall not be deemed to cause "social injury" simply because it does business with other legal persons which are themselves engaged in socially injurious activities.
Taking due regard of the mission of the University, and the fiduciary duties of the Board, the Committee shall advise the Board on matters concerning social responsibility related to University investments within the mandate of the Investment Committee of the Board.
iv. proposed alternate actions, other than divestment of holdings, as deemed appropriate by the Committee.
4.5 May seek input and feedback from the University community as deemed appropriate.
Shall consider, report on and make recommendations to the Board with respect to written expressions of concern from the University community about matters of social responsibility related to University investment policy within the mandate of the Investment Committee of the Board, in accordance with the following provisions.
d. all signatures must be collected during the same academic year (September 1st to August 31st) in which the petition is deposited.
a. shall consider the merits of an expression of concern and make findings based exclusively on the criterion of social injury defined in section 2.
d. seek expertise and advice from external bodies, as it deems appropriate.
a. Upon the conclusion of its consideration of an expression of concern, the Committee shall report to the Board in writing. The report shall include a summary of the expression of concern, the issue(s) of social responsibility raised and the extent of the concern among members of the University community based on the documents presented and representations made to the Committee, if any.
v. any other action deemed appropriate by the Committee.
c. Where the Committee has made a finding that social injury has occurred, in its consideration of possible actions, it shall take into account the gravity of the social injury, the potential effectiveness of various means of influencing corporate behaviour or of addressing the social injury, the University's need to adhere to sound investment policy, and consistency between the possible actions and the mission of the University.
a. The Committee shall meet as soon as is practicable after the date of a submission of a concern that meets the requirements specified above.
b. The Committee shall report to the Board regularly following its receipt of an expression of concern and at least once a year.
c. The Committee shall review its terms of reference at least once every five years and recommend any changes to the Board's Nominating, Governance and Ethics Committee.


I've picked the graphene theme because it looks great and you seem to have put some unique thought into it – great job! I'm code knowledgable but not an expert.
But now I need to get around the auto image crop & upload code.
Any suggestions or could you point me in the right direction?
Change the values inside the functions to the corresponding width and height that you want.
Note that this code in untested, but it should work. Let me know if you run into any problem.
Thanks Syahir… That did it! Picture upload and crop all works.
Before I head to the donate button (as everybody should), what is the best way to add a widget into the header?
The easiest way I can think of right now without modifying the theme's codes is by defining your own widget area in the child theme's sidebar.php, create a function that displays the widget area, hook that function to one of the action hooks available with the theme, and then use CSS absolute positioning to position the new widget area you just define.


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// Type definitions for bootstrap-year-calendar v1.1.0
// Project: https://github.com/Paul-DS/bootstrap-year-calendar
// Definitions by: Paul David-Sivelle
// Definitions: https://github.com/borisyankov/DefinitelyTyped

/// <reference path="../jquery/jquery.d.ts"/>

/**
 * Represent a context menu item for the calendar.
 */
interface CalendarContextMenuItem<T> {
    /**
     * The text of the menu item.
     */
    text: string;

    /**
     * A function to be called when the item is clicked.
     */
    click?: (event: T) => void;

    /**
     * The list of sub menu items.
     */
    submenu?: CalendarContextMenuItem<T>[];
}

/**
 * Represent an element to display in the calendar.
 */
interface CalendarDataSourceElement {
	/**
     * The name of the element. Used for context menu or specific events.
     */
    name?: string;

    /**
     * The color of the element. This property will be computed automatically if not defined.
     */
    color?: string;

    /**
     * The date of the beginning of the element range.
     */
    startDate: Date;

    /**
     * The date of the end of the element range.
     */
    endDate: Date;

	/**
     * Indicates whether only the half of start day of the element range should be rendered.
     */
    startHalfDay?: boolean;

    /**
     * Indicates whether only the half of last day of the element range should be rendered.
     */
    endHalfDay?: boolean;
}

/**
 * Options used for calendar customization.
 */
interface CalendarOptions<T extends CalendarDataSourceElement> {

    /**
     * Specifies whether the user can select a range which overlapping an other element present in the datasource.
     */
    allowOverlap?: boolean;

	/**
     * Specifies whether the beginning and the end of each range should be displayed as half selected day.
     */
    alwaysHalfDay?: boolean;

    /**
     * Specifies the items of the default context menu.
     */
    contextMenuItems?: CalendarContextMenuItem<T>[];

	/**
     * Specify a custom renderer for days.
	 * This function is called during render for each day.
     */
    customDayRenderer?: (element: JQuery, currentDate: Date) => void;

	/**
     * Specify a custom renderer for data source. Works only with the style set to "custom".
	 * This function is called during render for each day containing at least one event.
     */
    customDataSourceRenderer?: (element: JQuery, currentDate: Date, events: T[]) => void;

    /**
     * The elements that must be displayed on the calendar.
     */
    dataSource?: T[];

    /**
     * The days that must be displayed as disabled.
     */
    disableDays?: Date[];

	/**
     * The days of the week that must be displayed as disabled (0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, etc.).
     */
    disabledWeekDays?: int[];

	/**
     * The days of the week that must not be displayed (0 for Sunday, 1 for Monday, etc.).
     */
    hiddenWeekDays?: int[];

	/**
     * Specifies whether the data source must be rendered on disabled days.
     */
    displayDisabledDataSource?: boolean;

    /**
     * Specifies whether the weeks number are displayed.
     */
    displayWeekNumber?: boolean;

	/**
     * Specifies whether the calendar header is displayed.
     */
    displayHeader?: boolean;

    /**
     * Specifies whether the default context menu must be displayed when right clicking on a day.
     */
    enableContextMenu?: boolean;

    /**
     * Specifies whether the range selection is enabled.
     */
    enableRangeSelection?: boolean;

    /**
     * The language/culture used for calendar rendering.
     */
    language?: string;

    /**
     * The date until which days are enabled.
     */
    maxDate?: Date;

    /**
     * The date from which days are enabled.
     */
    minDate?: Date;

	/**
     * Specifies whether the beginning and the end of each range should be displayed as rounded cells.
     */
    roundRangeLimits?: boolean;

    /**
     * The year on which the calendar should be opened.
     */
    startYear?: number;

    /**
     * Specifies the style used for displaying datasource ("background", "border" or "custom").
     */
    style?: string;

	/**
     * The starting day of the week. This option overrides the parameter define in the language file.
     */
    weekStart?: number;

    /**
     * Function fired when a day is clicked.
     */
    clickDay?: (e: CalendarClickEventObject<T>) => void;

    /**
     * Function fired when a day is right clicked.
     */
    dayContextMenu?: (e: CalendarDayEventObject<T>) => void;

    /**
     * Function fired when the mouse enter on a day.
     */
    mouseOnDay?: (e: CalendarDayEventObject<T>) => void;

    /**
     * Function fired when the mouse leaves a day.
     */
    mouseOutDay?: (e: CalendarDayEventObject<T>) => void;

    /**
     * Function fired when the calendar rendering is ended.
     */
    renderEnd?: (e: CalendarRenderEndEventObject) => void;

    /**
     * Function fired when a date range is selected.
     */
    selectRange?: (e: CalendarRangeEventObject) => void;

	/**
     * Function fired when the visible year of the calendar is changed.
     */
    yearChanged?: (e: CalendarYearChangedEventObject) => void;
}

interface CalendarDayEventObject<T extends CalendarDataSourceElement> {
    /**
     * The element that contain the fired day.
     */
    element: JQuery;

    /**
     * The fired date.
     */
    date: Date;

	/**
     * The data source elements present on the fired day.
     */
    events: T[];
}

interface CalendarClickEventObject<T extends CalendarDataSourceElement> extends CalendarDayEventObject<T> {
    /**
     * The clicked button.
     */
    which: number;
}

interface CalendarYearChangedEventObject {
    /**
     * The new year.
     */
    currentYear: number;

	/**
     * Indicates whether the automatic render after year changing must be prevented.
     */
    preventRendering: boolean;
}

interface CalendarRenderEndEventObject {
    /**
     * The rendered year.
     */
    currentYear: number;
}

interface CalendarRangeEventObject {
    /**
     * The beginning of the selected range.
     */
    startDate: Date;

    /**
     * The end of the selected range.
     */
    endDate: Date;
}

/**
 * Calendar instance.
 */
interface Calendar<T extends CalendarDataSourceElement> {
    /**
     * Add a new element to the data source. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param element The element to add.
     */
    addEvent(element: T): void;

    /**
     * Gets a value indicating whether the user can select a range which overlapping an other element present in the datasource.
     */
    getAllowOverlap(): boolean;

	/**
     * Gets a value indicating whether the beginning and the end of each range should be displayed as half selected day.
     */
    getAlwaysHalfDay(): boolean;

    /**
     * Gets the context menu items.
     */
    getContextMenuItems(): CalendarContextMenuItem<T>[];

	/**
     * Gets the custom day renderer.
     */
    getCustomDayRenderer(): (element: JQuery, currentDate: Date) => void;

	/**
     * Gets the custom data source renderer.
     */
    getCustomDataSourceRenderer(): (element: JQuery, currentDate: Date, events: T[]) => void;

    /**
     * Gets the current data source.
     */
    getDataSource(): T[];

    /**
     * Gets the disabled days.
     */
    getDisableDays(): Date[];

	/**
     * Gets the disabled days of the week.
     */
    getDisabledWeekDays(): int[];

	/**
     * Gets the hidden days of the week.
     */
    getHiddenWeekDays(): int[];

	/**
     * Gets a value indicating whether the data source must be rendered on disabled days.
     */
    getDisplayDisabledDataSource(): boolean;

    /**
     * Gets a value indicating whether the weeks number are displayed.
     */
    getDisplayWeekNumber(): boolean;

	/**
     * Gets a value indicating whether the calendar header is displayed.
     */
    getDisplayHeader(): boolean;

    /**
     * Gets a value indicating whether the default context menu must be displayed when right clicking on a day.
     */
    getEnableContextMenu(): boolean;

    /**
     * Gets a value indicating whether the user can make range selection.
     */
    getEnableRangeSelection(): boolean;

    /**
     * Gets the data source elements for a specified day.
     *
     * @param date The specified day.
     */
    getEvents(date: Date): T[];

	/**
     * Gets the data source elements for a specified range of days.
     *
     * @param startDate The beginning of the day range.
	 * @param endDate The end of the day range.
     */
    getEventsOnRange(startDate: Date, endDate: Date): T[];

    /**
     * Gets the language used for calendar rendering.
     */
    getLanguage(): string;

    /**
     * Gets the maximum date of the calendar.
     */
    getMaxDate(): Date;

    /**
     * Gets the minimum date of the calendar.
     */
    getMinDate(): Date;

	/**
     * Gets a value indicating whether the beginning and the end of each range should be displayed as rounded cells.
     */
    getRoundRangeLimits(): void;

    /**
     * Gets the current style used for displaying data source.
     */
    getStyle(): string;

	/**
     * Gets the starting day of the week.
     */
    getWeekStart(): number;

    /**
     * Gets the week number for a specified date.
     *
     * @param date The specified date.
     */
    getWeekNumber(Date: Date): number;

    /**
     * Gets the year displayed on the calendar.
     */
    getYear(): number;

	/**
     * Renders the calendar.
     */
    render(): void;

    /**
     * Sets a value indicating whether the user can select a range which overlapping an other element present in the datasource.
     *
     * @param allowOverlap Indicates whether the user can select a range which overlapping an other element present in the datasource.
     */
    setAllowOverlap(allowOverlap: boolean): void;

	/**
     * Sets a value indicating whether the beginning and the end of each range should be displayed as half selected day.
	 * This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param alwaysHalfDay Indicates whether the beginning and the end of each range should be displayed as half selected day.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setAlwaysHalfDay(alwaysHalfDay: boolean, preventRedering: boolean?): void;

    /**
     * Sets new context menu items. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param contextMenuItems The new context menu items.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setContextMenuItems(contextMenuItems: CalendarContextMenuItem<T>[], preventRedering: boolean?): void;

	/**
     * Sets the custom day renderer. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
	 *
	 * @param handler The function used to render the days. This function is called during render for each day.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setCustomDayRenderer(handler: (element: JQuery, currentDate: Date) => void, preventRedering: boolean?): void;

	/**
     * Sets the custom data source renderer. Works only with the style set to "custom". This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
	 *
	 * @param handler The function used to render the data source. This function is called during render for each day containing at least one event.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setCustomDataSourceRenderer(handler: (element: JQuery, currentDate: Date, events: T[]) => void, preventRedering: boolean?): void;

    /**
     * Sets a new data source. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param dataSource The new data source.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setDataSource(dataSource: T[], preventRedering: boolean?): void;

    /**
     * Sets the disabled days. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param disableDays The disabled days to set.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setDisableDays(disableDays: Date[], preventRedering: boolean?): void;

	/**
     * Sets the disabled days of the week. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param disableDays The disabled days of the week to set.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setDisabledWeekDays(disabledWeekDays: int[], preventRedering: boolean?): void;

	/**
     * Sets the hidden days of the week. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param hiddenWeekDays The hidden days of the week to set.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setHiddenWeekDays(hiddenWeekDays: int[], preventRedering: boolean?): void;

	/**
     * Sets a value indicating whether the data source must be rendered on disabled days. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param  displayDisabledDataSource Indicates whether the data source must be rendered on disabled days.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setDisplayDisabledDataSource(displayDisabledDataSource: boolean, preventRedering: boolean?): void;

    /**
     * Sets a value indicating whether the weeks number are displayed. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param  displayWeekNumber Indicates whether the weeks number are displayed.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setDisplayWeekNumber(displayWeekNumber: boolean, preventRedering: boolean?): void;

	/**
     * Sets a value indicating whether the calendar header is displayed. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param  displayHeader Indicates whether the calendar header is displayed.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setDisplayHeader(displayHeader: boolean, preventRedering: boolean?): void;

    /**
     * Sets a value indicating whether the default context menu must be displayed when right clicking on a day.
     * This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param enableContextMenu Indicates whether the default context menu must be displayed when right clicking on a day.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setEnableContextMenu(enableContextMenu: boolean, preventRedering: boolean?): void;

    /**
     * Sets a value indicating whether the user can make range selection. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param enableRangeSelection Indicates whether the user can make range selection.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setEnableRangeSelection(enableRangeSelection: boolean, preventRedering: boolean?): void;

    /**
     * Sets the language used for calendar rendering. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param language The language to use for calendar redering.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setLanguage(language: string, preventRedering: boolean?): void;

    /**
     * Sets the maximum date of the calendar. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param maxDate The maximum date to set.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setMaxDate(maxDate: Date, preventRedering: boolean?): void;

    /**
     * Sets the minimum date of the calendar. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param minDate The minimum date to set.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setMinDate(minDate: Date, preventRedering: boolean?): void;

	/**
     * Sets a value indicating whether the beginning and the end of each range should be displayed as rounded cells.
	 * This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param roundRangeLimits Indicates whether the beginning and the end of each range should be displayed as rounded cells.
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setRoundRangeLimits(roundRangeLimits: boolean, preventRedering: boolean?): void;

    /**
     * Sets the style to use for displaying data source. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param style The style to use for displaying data source ("background", "border" or "custom").
	 * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setStyle(style: string, preventRedering: boolean?): void;

	/**
     * Sets the starting day of the week. This method causes a refresh of the calendar.
     *
     * @param year The starting day of the week. This option overrides the parameter define in the language file.
     * @param preventRedering Indicates whether the rendering should be prevented after the property update.
     */
    setWeekStart(weekStart: number, preventRedering: boolean?): void;

    /**
     * Sets the year displayed on the calendar.
     *
     * @param year The year to displayed on the calendar.
     */
    setYear(year: number): void;
}

/**
 * Basic calendar instance.
 */
interface BaseCalendar extends Calendar<CalendarDataSourceElement> {

}

interface JQuery {

    /**
     * Create a new calendar.
     */
    calendar(): BaseCalendar;

    /**
     * Create a new calendar.
     *
     * @param options The customization options.
     */
    calendar(options: CalendarOptions<CalendarDataSourceElement>): BaseCalendar;

    /**
     * Create a new calendar.
     *
     * @param options The customization options.
     */
    calendar<T extends CalendarDataSourceElement>(options: CalendarOptions<T>): Calendar<T>;

    /**
     * Function fired when a day is clicked (for bootstrap-year-calendar only).
     *
     * @param handler A function to execute each time the event is triggered.
     */
    clickDay(handler: (e: CalendarClickEventObject<CalendarDataSourceElement>) => void): JQuery;

    /**
     * Function fired when a day is clicked (for bootstrap-year-calendar only).
     *
     * @param handler A function to execute each time the event is triggered.
     */
    clickDay<T extends CalendarDataSourceElement>(handler: (e: CalendarClickEventObject<T>) => void): JQuery;

    /**
     * Function fired when a day is right clicked (for bootstrap-year-calendar only).
     *
     * @param handler A function to execute each time the event is triggered.
     */
    dayContextMenu(handler: (e: CalendarDayEventObject<CalendarDataSourceElement>) => void): JQuery;

    /**
     * Function fired when a day is right clicked (for bootstrap-year-calendar only).
     *
     * @param handler A function to execute each time the event is triggered.
     */
    dayContextMenu<T extends CalendarDataSourceElement>(handler: (e: CalendarDayEventObject<T>) => void): JQuery;

    /**
     * Function fired when the mouse enter on a day (for bootstrap-year-calendar only).
     *
     * @param handler A function to execute each time the event is triggered.
     */
    mouseOnDay(handler: (e: CalendarDayEventObject<CalendarDataSourceElement>) => void): JQuery;

    /**
     * Function fired when the mouse enter on a day (for bootstrap-year-calendar only).
     *
     * @param handler A function to execute each time the event is triggered.
     */
    mouseOnDay<T extends CalendarDataSourceElement>(handler: (e: CalendarDayEventObject<T>) => void): JQuery;

    /**
     * Function fired when the mouse leaves a day (for bootstrap-year-calendar only).
     *
     * @param handler A function to execute each time the event is triggered.
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Mike Daugherty
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Citi Card Data Breached Again
PII About 92K Japanese Customers Exposed Tracy Kitten (FraudBlogger) • August 8, 2011
Editor's Note: This story was updated Aug. 8.
Just over a month after Citigroup confirmed a breach of its online banking platform, a second breach affecting Citi customers has come to light. [See Citi Breach Exposes Card Data and Citi Breach: A Warning to Banks.]
On Aug. 7, The Japan Times reported that Citi on Friday confirmed a person involved with an outside business to which Citi Cards Japan Inc. outsourced part of its operations had allegedly stolen the card data and sold it to a third party. On Aug. 5, Citi Cards Japan, a Citigroup credit card division, issued a statement to confirm that personally identifiable information for 92,400 Citi Cards customers was suspected of being obtained and sold to a third party.
"The information that has been compromised includes account numbers, names, addresses, phone numbers, date of births, gender and the date the account was opened, and only affects CCJ cardholders," Citi says. "It has been confirmed that security information, including personal identification numbers and card security code (CVVs) has not been compromised."
Last month, Citi Cards Japan was quick to point out that the May online-banking breach did not impact any Japanese cardholders. No link between the two breaches is suspected at this time. Citi Cards says it has reported the incident to law enforcement and is closely monitoring accounts suspected of exposure for fraudulent activity.
"This is a CIO's worst nightmare," says Avivah Litan, a distinguished analyst at Gartner. "I am sure Citi is not sitting around and twiddling its thumbs as the hackers gain the upper-hand. But it does prove what a leaky sieve most large banks and corporations are when it comes to protecting customer data. There are so many points of compromise that it's very difficult for them to thwart all potential attacks."
Not the First Breach for Citi?
Citi alone has suffered its fair share of breaches. In 2009, The Wall Street Journal reported that the FBI had launched an investigation into an alleged Citibank computer breach linked to a Russian cybergang. Citi executives, however, vehemently denied the claim.
In 2006, Citi confirmed that company information had been breached through a third party, exposing information housed by its consumer and corporate banking arm. As a result, Citi was forced to block PIN-based transactions for customers in Canada, Russia, and the United Kingdom. And in late June, federal authorities arrested a former Citi executive who allegedly embezzled more than $19 million from the bank and its customers over a five-month period between July and December 2010. [See Citi Case Exposes Insider Risks.]
"There are many moving parts, many siloed systems and many decision-makers at large banks like Citi," Litan says. "That means many participants from different organizations have to come together and make fast decisions and implement those decisions quickly. That just doesn't happen in large companies."
Too many hoops means few technical advancements are implemented to catch and thwart fraud. "This should serve as a loud wakeup call to large banks like Citi, and smaller ones, too, that they need to act like small, nimble startup players who can move quickly to bolt down their forts," Litan adds. "Most of them know what and where their problems are. Now all they need to do is fix them."
Incident & Breach Response
FFIEC Guidelines: Catching Up to Best Practices in Device Identification and Identity Verification
Two Banks Closed on Aug. 5
Tracy Kitten
Director of Global Events Content and Executive Editor, BankInfoSecurity & CUInfoSecurity
A veteran journalist with more than 20 years' experience, Kitten has covered the financial sector for the last 13 years. Before joining Information Security Media Group in 2010, where she now serves as director of global events content and executive editor of BankInfoSecurity and CUInfoSecurity, she covered the financial self-service industry as the senior editor of ATMmarketplace, part of Networld Media. Kitten has been a regular speaker at domestic and international conferences, and was the keynote at ATMIA's U.S. and Canadian conferences in 2009. She has been quoted by CNN.com, ABC News, Bankrate.com and MSN Money.
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package com.nortal.jroad.client.ravimiregister;

import com.nortal.jroad.client.exception.XRoadServiceConsumptionException;
import com.nortal.jroad.client.ravimiregister.types.eu.x_road.ravimiregister.ATCKlassifikaator;
import com.nortal.jroad.client.ravimiregister.types.eu.x_road.ravimiregister.Haigus;
import com.nortal.jroad.client.ravimiregister.types.eu.x_road.ravimiregister.Hinnakokkulepe;
import com.nortal.jroad.client.ravimiregister.types.eu.x_road.ravimiregister.Myygiluba;
import com.nortal.jroad.client.ravimiregister.types.eu.x_road.ravimiregister.Pakend;
import com.nortal.jroad.client.ravimiregister.types.eu.x_road.ravimiregister.Piirhind;
import com.nortal.jroad.client.ravimiregister.types.eu.x_road.ravimiregister.Ravimvorm;
import com.nortal.jroad.client.ravimiregister.types.eu.x_road.ravimiregister.Soodustus;
import com.nortal.jroad.client.ravimiregister.types.eu.x_road.ravimiregister.Toimeaine;
import java.util.Date;
import java.util.List;

/**
 * Ravimiregister database X-Road service.
 *
 * @author Aleksei Bogdanov (aleksei.bogdanov@nortal.com)
 */
public interface RavimiregisterXRoadService {

  /**
   * ravimiregister.toimeained.v1 service.
   */
  List<String> findToimeained(Date date) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.toimeainedByIDArray.v1 service.
   */
  List<Toimeaine> findToimeainedDetailandmed(List<String> items) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.ravimvormid.v1 service.
   */
  List<String> findRavimvormid(Date date) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.ravimvormidByIDArray.v1 service.
   */
  List<Ravimvorm> findRavimvormidDetailandmed(List<String> items) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.ATCKlassifikaatorid.v1 service.
   */
  List<String> findATCKlassifikaatorid(Date date) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.ATCKlassifikaatoridByIDArray.v1 service.
   */
  List<ATCKlassifikaator> findATCKlassifikaatoridDetailandmed(List<String> items)
      throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.pakendid.v1 service.
   */
  List<String> findPakendid(Date date) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.PakendidByIDArray.v3 service.
   */
  List<Pakend> findPakendidDetailandmed(List<String> items) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.haigused.v1 service.
   */
  List<String> findHaigused(Date date) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.haigusedByIDArray.v1 service.
   */
  List<Haigus> findHaigusedDetailandmed(List<String> items) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.soodustused.v1 service.
   */
  List<String> findSoodustused(Date date) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.soodustusedByIDArray.v1 service.
   */
  List<Soodustus> findSoodustusedDetailandmed(List<String> items) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.piirhinnad.v1 service.
   */
  List<String> findPiirhinnad(Date date) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.soodustusedByIDArray.v1 service.
   */
  List<Piirhind> findPiirhinnadDetailandmed(List<String> items) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.hinnakokkulepped.v1 service.
   */
  List<String> findHinnakokkulepped(Date date) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.hinnakokkuleppedByIDArray.v1 service.
   */
  List<Hinnakokkulepe> findHinnakokkuleppedDetailandmed(List<String> items) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.myygiload.v1 service.
   */
  List<String> findMyygiload(Date date) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;

  /**
   * ravimiregister.myygiloadByIDArray.v1 service.
   */
  List<Myygiluba> findMyygiloadDetailandmed(List<String> items) throws XRoadServiceConsumptionException;
}


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May 11, 2013updated May 22, 2013
L. Leroy is Coming to America
Watch aficionados always look for a brand's heritage. And like the twists and turns of the watch industry, many brands that were important in the 18th century spent periods of dormancy. One such brand is L. Leroy, a prime purveyor of clocks and carriage clocks for officers of various Napoleonic campaigns. Later the house opened in London, and in 1854 was able to authenticate itself as a supplier of timekeeping for Britain's monarchy.
Fast forward to 1984, when production stopped completely. Then in 1988 the brand was sold, but the buyer never was able to restart it. In 2004 Festina Group owner Miguel Rodriguez acquired L. Leroy and he assigned Guillaume Tripet to oversee its resurrection.
During an interview with Elite Traveler at Baselworld2013 Tripet says he spent several years to "study the archives" and "re-start the workshop in France."
The CEO noted, "France is a country of luxury" and as of last year L. Leroy returned to Paris being sold on Place Vendome. Distribution in China, Hong Kong and Macau opened last year and some 100 watches were delivered. This year Tripet expects L. Leroy to produce 300 pieces and next year the goal is 700. He eventually sees production climbing to about 1,000 pieces, but very much wants to keep the house niche.
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Starting this fall Tripet is hoping to have L. Leroy watches sold in the U.S. and he is targeting New York and the West Coast. Prices range from $31,000 to $200,000 and there is no steel, only precious metals.
Tripet is passionate about the Franco-Swiss watch industry, having grown up on the border in Le Locle (home to Zenith, Ulysse Nardin, Christophe Claret, Vulcain) and then studied jewelry design in neighboring La Chaux-de-Fonds (Girard-Perregaux, Rolex, Cartier high watch making, Graham, Arnold, Corum, Jaquet-Droz, Gruebel Forsey all have production in the city). His watch career has included stops at Audemars Piguet, Omega and Perrelet, also owned by Rodriguez.
Like Napoleon's officers, Tripet seems ready for campaigns abroad accompanied by L. Leroy creations.


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Faculty of Theatre/
Joanne was first introduced to the magical world of theatre when she was 6, stuck in the lighting booth of Victoria Theatre while watching her mum bustle about on stage with students, working on their annual Drama Festival. Naturally, she progressed to being a part of theatre herself, as a student acting in school plays and musicals, and studying theatre as an A Level subject at Victoria Junior College (VJC). She went on to majoring in theatre at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore and obtaining her Masters in Creative Arts (Theatre) at the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Upon graduation, Joanne taught A level Theatre Studies and Drama at VJC for 8 years, and was part of the committee that revamped the A Level Theatre syllabus.
Over the next 8 years, Joanne was a theatre consultant at St Anthony's Convent Secondary, where she helped train the teachers for the O level drama syllabus, taught script analysis at LaSalle College of the Arts (Technical Theatre Department), lectured at National Institute of Education (NIE) (Theatre Department) and taught International Baccalaureate Drama at Anglo-Chinese School (Independent). She also conducted an array of script-writing and drama courses at various schools.
Besides teaching theatre, Joanne is also passionate about using theatre for social good. She believes in marrying her twin loves of theatre and cancer advocacy work and has produced a variety of shows - the most memorable being Brave Maeve - The Musical in 2013, which raised a significant sum of money for Children's Cancer Foundation and Viva Foundation for Children with Cancer. Besides being an active fundraiser and volunteer, Joanne is also the author of Brave Maeve, a children's book about cancer, which has been translated and distributed to more than 13 different countries.


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Confusion over Magu's status
by Lubem July 6, 2020
written by Lubem July 6, 2020
There are conflicting reports over the purported arrest of the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC),Ibrahim Magu.
While earlier reports said he was arrested ,the commission retorted that Magu was only invited to attend a probe panel by the Federal Government.
Meanwhile, the Department of State Services has denied report that Magu was arrested.
"The Department of State Services (DSS) wishes to inform the public that it did not arrest Ibrahim MAGU, Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as has been reported by sections of the media. The Service, has since, today, 6th July, 2020, been inundated with enquiries over the alleged arrest.
Peter Afunanya, Ph.D
Public Relations Officer,
Department of State Services,
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Sky Bet League Two - Matchday 18 Preview
With a break in proceedings last week, Sky Bet League Two is back and as always drama is set to unfold on Matchday 18...
In form U's travel to Newport
Third place Colchester United travel to fellow promotion rivals Newport County tomorrow in what should be a brilliant battle at the top of the table.
The U's have a good record against their hosts, who haven't beaten them for over 30 years in the EFL. Colchester are in good form with four wins from their last five, of which their resolute defence has played a key part, having only conceded one goal.
But Newport themselves have had a steely resilience about them and are a tough nut to crack at home – they have only lost the once in their last 11 home games. A win for the home side and they will go above Colchester in the table. It all makes for what should hopefully be a cracker on Saturday!
Mansfield Town on the March – but can they overturn poor Port Vale record?
The Stags are in brilliant form at the moment with just the one defeat in their last 22 league outings. This weekend they face a Port Vale side at the One Call Stadium, who are unbeaten in their last four trips there, going all the way back to nearly 30 years ago, in December 1988.
Vale have been solid at the back this season too and have only conceded two goals in their last four away games. A win for Mansfield though would consolidate their position in the play-off spots where just three points separate 7th and 3rd - in the battle for automatic promotion.
MK Dons to go top?
MK Dons haven't lost at home this season and will be very confident of notching another win this weekend when they welcome Macclesfield Town to Stadium MK.
A win for the Dons would see them knock Lincoln City off top spot, with the Imps out of action this weekend. Their current run of games, nine without defeat, is the second best in their entire history. Only their run of 12 games without defeat in 2015 has been better.
The visitors meanwhile are enduring a difficult campaign to date. Rooted to the foot of the table, only Bradford City in Sky Bet League One have lost more games.
It may be seen as a major upset if they were to pick up the three points this Saturday, but football can certainly deliver unpredictable moments.
Can Morecambe break Forest Green unbeaten home record?
Another of the unbeaten sides on their own patch this season are Forest Green Rovers. Having won eight and drawn just two of their opening 10 games at the New Lawn, they will hope to continue that run when they welcome Morecambe on Saturday.
The visitors are travelling well and are unbeaten on the road in their last four. In Rhys Oates, they have a player in a rich vein of form, with three of his five for the season all coming via impressive strikes from outside the box.
Can Curle's Northampton keep the Grecians at bay?
Keith Curle has transformed Northampton Town's season and the Cobblers are currently on a run that has lifted them up the table, with three straight league victories.
This weekend they travel to Exeter City, who despite starting the season in fine form are without a win in their last four league games. The Cobblers have a brilliant record at St James Park as well – with just the one defeat in their last ten visits there.
Exeter could climb back in to the automatic promotion places with a win, but such is the transformation that Curle has masterminded, this one won't be straightforward for the Grecians.
'Like winning the Lottery'
Richie Wellens described the feeling he had when he was given the job as Swindon Town manager as 'like winning the Lottery'. He will be hoping to be a winner on Saturday as he looks to transform the fortunes of his side when they face Carlisle United at the County Ground.
The home side are without a win in six and scoring has been their main issue with just three goals in that period. However, Carlisle have only won once in their 20 trips to Swindon.
Elsewhere, Crawley Town look to improve upon their recent poor form, having shipped nine goals in their last two outings. They travel to Grimsby Town who have improved in recent times, especially at the back, and haven't conceded at Blundell Park in their last three games.
Tranmere Rovers have been scoring for fun of late and they will hope to continue their impressive recent form as they travel to Crewe Alexandra at the weekend. A win for the visitors could well see them finish the day in the top three promotion places.
A new era will also get underway at Notts County, post Harry Kewell, as the home side welcome fellow strugglers Cheltenham Town this weekend, with Steve Chettle taking temporary charge at Meadow Lane.


Jordana Brewster attends The Art Of Elysium's 11th Annual Celebration on January 6, 2018 in Santa Monica, California.
Jordana Brewster's blue eyeshadow was a perfect complement to her dress!
Jordana Brewster attended the Art of Elysium Heaven Gala wearing a sleek side-parted chignon.


9. Interrupt what people are doing to have them come to the daily 15 minute stand up meeting.
Schedule the daily 15 minute stand up meeting on everyone's Outlook calendar with a 15 minute reminder, and then the ScrumMaster shows up 2 minutes late and politely waits for those team members who show up 10 minutes late to the meeting.
Question: How does a 6 month project get a whole year behind schedule? Even if you haven't read the book Mythical Man Month, it is common knowledge that the answer is one day at a time. The 15 minute daily huddles are not more important than contiguous hours of concentration and in-the-zone productivity.
Engineer: "No, we were just working on making the widgets slide across the screen smoothly by using the first Hermite basis function to interpolate an 'S' shape curve."
ScrumMaster: "Since I'm a non-technical person why don't you say that in English?"
Engineer: "The UI will look cool with smooth animation."
ScrumMaster: "Do you have an estimate for that?"
Lesson Learned: The 15 minute daily stand up meeting was supposed to ensure that team members do not spend a day getting sidetracked by tasks that are not important to shipping the product. What if, before there was Scrum, developers had already been through a couple development cycles on various projects and had an established track record of working on the correct tasks and shipping products on time? How does the 15 minute daily meeting correct something that wasn't broken? It doesn't.
Lesson Learned: A 15 minute reminder for a meeting that starts 10 minutes late just wasted 25 minutes of time for everyone on the team. Suppose that after the meeting developers go back to their desks and spend an additional five to 15 minutes to concentrate and focus on what they were doing before the meeting. The time around a 15 minute meeting adds up to about 40 minutes of distractions during an eight hour work day.
This can amount to weeks of man hours in the course of the development cycle. The question here is: was this time well spent? Does this daily meeting accomplish what it is supposed to accomplish, and does the benefit outweigh the cost? Is there a better way to accomplish the same thing, and without consuming the time?
Having the backlog in an Excel spreadsheet separate from the bug database just makes more work for everyone to maintain a to do list in two separate tools. It's obvious that development tasks and defects both have the same kind of data. In other words, database software does not know the difference between a dev task and a defect.
The only difference between a dev task and a defect is that a dev task comes before implementation and a defect is after implementation and includes steps to reproduce it. There should be no reason why dev tasks and defects can not be tracked with the same database, project management tool.
Best Practice: Some development tasks take a couple minutes to complete and some development tasks can take multiple days to complete. Instead of having the same conversation everyday with a Scrum Master, it would be better to put all tasks in a task management database.
The task database needs to have some kind of folder or query mechanism to view which tasks are being worked on today. Each person on the team can have their own folders and the folders can be called "WorkComplete", "WorkInProgress" and "WorkToDoNext". Each team member updates their own folders as they are switching tasks, and when they claim complete on a development task or claim fixed on a bug.
Everyone on the team, from their own machine, can see everyone else's folders, so they can see what other team members are working on. The time estimates or time remaining can also be entered into each task item. If anyone wants to know what team members are doing today, that person can just look at the "WorkInProgress" folders. TestTrack, DevTrack and FogBugz are three commercial off-the-shelf defect-tracking and project-management database tools that have features that can support this.
If you find value in visualizing the Scrum task board or if you still use a Gant chart, consider making a little graphics program that takes everyone's folders and tasks from the database and renders the tasks as nodes (like task cards on the Scrum board) in a directed acyclic graph of task dependencies on a horizontal axis time-line (like a Gant chart).
Then you can use a projector to display the rending on a wall. Imagine you can add little progress-status bars on each task for the hours estimated and hours remaining (like health bars above avatars). You can even have animated effects for when team members are at their desks claiming complete on tasks (like the animation of files going into the recycle bin in Windows Explorer).
Imagine these animated effects will look like a fireworks particle system when you reach 100 developers on a team. Developers whose actual hours closely match estimated hours will receive +3 experience points and completing a cycle will allow them to level up. W00t! Executives will be so entertained to have the real-time visualization of teamwork and productivity that they will forget to play-test the latest build of the game.
Best of all, this electronic Scrum board will scale from small teams of 5 game developers to large teams of 250 game developers. Don't forget to implement smooth-zooming to hyperbolic fish-eye view for large graph visualization (see Google images for those words).


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On House floor, Dem women call out abusive treatment by men
By Alan Fram | Associated Press
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's outrage over a Republican lawmaker's verbal assault broadened into an extraordinary moment on the House floor Thursday as she and other Democrats assailed a sexist culture of "accepting violence and violent language against women" whose adherents include President Donald Trump.
A day after rejecting an offer of contrition from Rep. Ted Yoho, R-Fla., for his language during this week's Capitol steps confrontation, Ocasio-Cortez and more than a dozen colleagues cast the incident as all-too-common behavior by men, including Trump and other Republicans.
"This issue is not about one incident. It is cultural," said Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., calling it a culture "of accepting a violence and violent language against women, an entire structure of power that supports that."
The remarkable outpouring, with female lawmakers saying they'd routinely encountered such treatment, came in an election year in which polls show women leaning decisively against Trump, who has a history of mocking women.
"I personally have experienced a lifetime of insults, racism and sexism," said Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif. "And believe me, this did not stop after being elected to public office."
Trump was captured in a 2005 tape boasting about physically abusing women, and his disparagement of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has included calling her "crazy." In an apparent reference to that tape, which drew attention during the 2016 presidential campaign, Ocasio-Cortez said men accost women "with a sense of impunity" every day, including when "individuals who hold the highest office in this land admit, admit to hurting women."
She also recalled that last year, Trump said she and three colleagues on the "squad" of progressive Democratic women of color should "go back" to their home countries — even though all but one were born in the U.S. and all are American citizens.
The lawmakers joining Ocasio-Cortez represented a wide range of the chamber's Democrats, underscoring their unity over an issue that is at once core to the party and capable of energizing its voters.
On the establishment side was No. 2 House leader Steny Hoyer of Maryland, a moderate 20-term veteran. His appearance, along with supportive words at a separate news conference by Pelosi, D-Calif., were a noteworthy contrast to occasional clashes Ocasio-Cortez has had with party leaders.
Ocasio-Cortez, 30, is a freshman who has made her mark as one of Congress' most insistent and outspoken progressives. Those speaking up included the three other "squad" members — Reps. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Rashida Tlaib of Michigan.
No Republicans spoke on the House floor. A Yoho spokesman emailed a statement in which the lawmaker said "no one was accosted, bullied, or attacked" during what he called a brief policy discussion.
Yoho, one of Congress' most conservative lawmakers, said Ocasio-Cortez doesn't have the "right to inflate, talk about my family, or give an account that did not happen for political gain. The fact still remains, I am not going to apologize for something I didn't say."
In a separate appearance, House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif., defended Yoho, 65, who will retire in January.
"When someone apologizes they should be forgiven," McCarthy said. He added later, "I just think in a new world, in a new age, we now determine whether we accept when someone says 'I'm sorry' if it's a good enough apology."
But Bread for the World, a nonpartisan Christian group that combats hunger, suggested it was reconsidering Yoho's continued membership on its board. Asked about his status, the organization said his recent behavior "does not reflect the values of respect and compassion that Jesus calls on us to exhibit." They said they have asked to speak to him "before we determine any further action."
Pelosi herself weighed in a separate news conference.
"It's a manifestation of attitude in our society really. I can tell you that firsthand, they've called me names for at least 20 years of leadership, 18 years of leadership," Pelosi said of Republicans.
Pelosi, who has five children, recounted that during a debate years ago on women's reproductive health, GOP lawmakers "said, on the floor of the House, Nancy Pelosi think she knows more about having babies than the Pope."
In an encounter Monday witnessed by a reporter from The Hill, Yoho berated Ocasio-Cortez on the House steps for saying that some of the increased crime during the coronavirus pandemic could be traced to rising unemployment and poverty.
Ocasio-Cortez described it on the House floor Thursday. She said Yoho put his finger in her face and called her disgusting, crazy and dangerous.
She also told the House that in front of reporters, he called her, "and I quote, a fucking bitch." That matched The Hill's version of what Yoho had said. Ocasio-Cortez was not there for that remark.
Ocasio-Cortez said Yoho's references to his wife and daughters as he explained his actions during brief remarks Wednesday actually underscored the problem.
"Having a daughter does not make a man decent. Having a wife does not make a decent man. Treating people with dignity and respect makes a decent man," she said. She added that a decent man apologizes "not to save face, not to win a vote. He apologizes, and genuinely, to repair and acknowledge the harm done, so that we can all move on."
Her voice trembled slightly as she said that her father, "thankfully," was no longer alive to see Yoho's treatment of her. But she said her mother saw it, "And I am here because I have to show my parents that I am their daughter, and that they did not raise me to accept abuse from men."
Other Democrats recalled their own experiences, taunted House Republicans' overwhelmingly white male membership and warned that the numbers of women lawmakers will only grow. Eighty-eight House Democrats and 13 Republicans are women.
"We're not going away," said Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Wash. "There is going to be more power in the hands of women across this country."
AP reporter Elana Schor contributed from New York.
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Marimba Ani tells us "Culture is a means by which a people protects themselves... [it] is the immune system of a people." Culture builds and establishes family, community, connection, identity and self-worth. As people of the African diaspora, we have had many aspects of our culture including language, song, traditions and foods systematically stripped from us. In an attempt to reclaim some of our cultural productions and connections, we offer Our Mothers' Kitchens.
The conversations, both spoken and unspoken, that take place in the kitchen are rich with details of our past and lessons for our future. With Our Mothers' Kitchens we employ food and literature as a means to deepen our understanding of our heritage, our culture and ourselves. By ingesting -reciting, memorizing and dissecting- the work of some of our great women storytellers, we are aligning with the African oral traditions that have been often times passed over by younger generations. We invite black folk (and their allies) into our kitchen where they will not merely be fortifying their body's immune system; but fortifying the immune system of our community. What is learned in this kitchen will exceed culinary and writing skills.
In the writing of Smart-Grosvernor, Shange, Hurston and Walker black folk will see reflections of themselves, their experiences, their culture and heritage. It is our hope that in search of their mothers kitchens, they will find their own.


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On the Echo of Love
September 22, 2015 by Andy Gillette
Love comes before grief.
It's an easy thing to forget, that love comes before grief.
During those first horrible days…during those early numbing weeks…during those initial months where there seems to be no bottom to the depths of your pain, it seems that desperate sadness has always been with you, and always will be with you. It's hard to imagine a world in which grief isn't all encompassing.
But, love comes before grief.
It seems that the pain of grief is the strongest emotion you've ever felt. It's not.
Grief is merely an echo of the louder love that came before. Grief is no more than a paler reflection of the vivid love you felt initially.
Grief is but a shadow. Sometimes an infinitely dark, black shadow with sheer edges that cut you from the rest of the world. But remember, there is no shadow without light, and the brighter the source the more defined the line of shade. The initial bright love inside of you for your son, for your daughter, was there first, and is still there now.
A child came before death; love — between two people — came before our children, and brought them into this world however briefly; and the love of our parents brought us here before.
As Tolstoy said, "Only people who are capable of loving strongly can also suffer great sorrow; but this same necessity of loving serves to counteract their grief, and heals them."
Know that as painful as the grief may be at a given moment, that emotion can never be stronger than the love that was there first; that love is still there, and can be a source of strength. It's proof that you're a loving parent.
Love comes before grief…
…And love will be there after.


A fellow student decided to make his diploma short film with the - at that time - new sequencer tool in Unreal Engine. I was responsible for the scene setup and lighting / shading in the engine.
This was a weekend of using Houdini & Houdini Engine for the first time. I always wanted to try out procedural modeling, and I was very satisfied with the results for the amount of time spent.
After creating the building in Houdini, it took me around 2h to set up this scene in Unreal Engine 4, which is an amazing timesaver.


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List of Danish government ministries, past and present. In Denmark, ministries change often, both when new governments are installed and during specific governments rule. Names are changed, the organizational structure is changed, some ministries are fused, some are discontinued, some are revived, some are newly created. There are currently 18 ministries in the Cabinet of Denmark. The Minister for Nordic Cooperation serves as a minister without portfolio, and thus no "Ministry of Nordic Cooperation" exists.

Current Danish ministries

 Ministry of the State ()
 Ministry of Business and Growth ()
 Ministry of Culture ()
 Ministry of Defence ()
 Ministry of Ecclesiastical Affairs () is with the Ministry of Education
 Ministry for Children, Education and Gender Equality ()
 Ministry of Employment ()
 Ministry of Energy, Utilities and Climate ()
 Ministry of Environment and Food  ()
 Ministry of Finance ()
 Ministry of Foreign Affairs ()
 Ministry of Health ()
 Ministry of Higher Education and Science ()
 Ministry of Immigration, Integration and Housing Affairs ()
 Ministry of Justice ()
 Ministry of Social affairs and the Interior ()
 Ministry of Taxation ()
 Ministry of Transport and Building ()

Discontinued or former, formal or informal names of ministries

Sources

 Rigsarkivets Samlinger Danish National Archives ("Rigsarkivet")
 Statsministerier - Ministries

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Liverpool vs Bournemouth Match Preview | My Hack Stuff
Liverpool vs Bournemouth Match Preview
The most common result of matches between Liverpool FC and AFC Bournemouth is 3-0. 3 matches have ended with this result.
During the last 6 meetings with Liverpool FC playing at home, Liverpool FC have won 5 times, there have been 1 draws while AFC Bournemouth have won 0 times. The goal difference is 12-3 in favour of Liverpool FC.
During the last 13 meetings, Liverpool FC have won 11 times, there have been 1 draws while AFC Bournemouth have won 1 times. The goal difference is 33-9 in favour of Liverpool FC.
AFC Bournemouth haven't won any of their last 6 games against Liverpool FC.
When playing at home, Liverpool FC have not lost to AFC Bournemouth in their last 6 encounters.
Liverpool FC have conceded a goal in each of their last 5 matches.
Liverpool FC wins 1st half in 43% of their matches, AFC Bournemouth in 42% of their matches.
Liverpool FC wins 43% of halftimes, AFC Bournemouth wins 42%.
The winner of their last meeting was Liverpool FC.
On their last meeting Liverpool FC won by 1 goals.
When Liverpool FC leads 1-0 at home, they win in 86% of their matches.
When AFC Bournemouth leads 0-1 away, they win in 76% of their matches.
When Liverpool FC is down 0-1 home, they win 45% of their matches.
When AFC Bournemouth is down 1-0 away, they win 14% of their matches.
AFC Bournemouth's performance of the last 5 matches is better than Liverpool FC's.
Liverpool FC have lost just 0 of their last 5 games against AFC Bournemouth (in all competitions).
In the last 5 meetings Liverpool FC won 5, AFC Bournemouth won 0, 0 draws.
Liverpool FC have lost just 0 of their last 5 Premier League games against AFC Bournemouth.
AFC Bournemouth have won just 0 of their last 5 Premier League games against Liverpool FC.
Liverpool FC scores 3 goals in a match against AFC Bournemouth and AFC Bournemouth scores 0.2 goals against Liverpool FC (on average).
Average number of goals in meetings between Liverpool FC and AFC Bournemouth is 3.2.
Average number of goals in the first half in meetings between Liverpool FC and AFC Bournemouth is 1.8.
Both teams haven't won their last match in Premier League.
Liverpool FC scores 2.26 goals when playing at home and AFC Bournemouth scores 1.39 goals when playing away (on average).
In Premier League, Liverpool FC has better performance than AFC Bournemouth.
Liverpool FC's performance of the last 5 matches is better than AFC Bournemouth's.
AFC Bournemouth has streak of 2 matches with 0 scored goals.
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MARKHAM, Ill. (AP) — Illinois State Police say they are investigating the fatal shooting of a man by police in suburban Chicago.
State Police Master Sgt. Jason Bradley says the shooting happened early Sunday outside a nightclub in Markham, about 20 miles southwest of downtown Chicago. Bradley says a Markham police officer fatally shot the man.
The Cook County medical examiner identified the slain man as 36-year-old Donte Jones, of Maywood, Illinois, who died at a nearby hospital.
Bradley says Markham police can provide more details about what happened. Markham Police Department officials didn't immediately respond to phone calls and emails seeking comment.
Markham Mayor David Webb Jr. also didn't respond to requests for comment.
Bradley says the State Police Public Integrity Task Force is investigating the shooting.


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Su Misu
Su Misu (b. 1990) currently lives and works in Taipei, Taiwan.
As a photographer, Su Misu is known for exploring gender, BDSM and LGBTQ+ topics. Coming from a medical background, she's interested in the "Synthetic", the "Unnatural", and other embodiments, using photography, video and performance to discuss the struggle between the real and the illusory. Her work draws from Lacan's psychoanalytic concept of the mirror stage, which is where a subject becomes alienated from itself and is introduced into an imaginary order. In her series "ihategoodbye" (2016), the artist, as the narrator in the documentation of a past relationship, looks closely at how she felt during those special moments, just before pressing the shutter of her camera. The virtual images reflect reality but are combined with the instability of alienation and estrangement.
Su Misu has participated in many important exhibitions, festivals and performances, including: "I am a fake but my heart is true, Part lIl", special performances on touring bus with audience participation on July 18 and film screening at Chi-Wen Gallery, Taipei (TW, 2020); "Every Man is an Artist" – Talking About Artists' Social Engagement, Chi-Wen Gallery, Taipei (TW, 2020); "Chi-Wen Produces:", Chi-Wen Gallery, Taipei (TW, 2019); "Mulan, Make Up!", Taiwan Academy in Los Angeles, Los Angeles (US, 2019); "Milan Meets Taiwan: Su Misu & NanaSSuS, Tempio del Futuro", Milan (IT, 2019); "Pink Night", Far East Film Festival, Udine (IT, 2019); "Su Misu solo-exhibition: I am a fake but my heart is true, Part II", Chi-Wen Gallery, Taipei (TW, 2019); "Fun Femme Festival, Lez's Meeting", Treasure Hill, Taipei (TW, 2017); "AbyssHot x Su Misu x Ching w/Soda Plains", Korner, Taipei (TW, 2017); "Wet", Foto Aura, Tainan (TW, 2016); "ihategoodbye, Su Misu x BDSM company x Zuvia De", Bengmipang, Kaohsiung (TW, 2016); "Androgyny XXX Party", Neo Studio, Taipei (TW, 2016); "ConText, BDSM Company", Chung Shan Creative Hub, Taipei (TW, 2014); "Maya Mai x Walker x Su Misu, Against Again Troupe", Taipei (TW, 2014); "Anti-oppressive", Tsai Jui-yueh Dance Research Institute, Taipei (TW, 2014); "Cave Project – Body Suspension", Taiwan UFO Cultural & Creative Park, Taipei (TW, 2014).
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You are here : Home Karnataka's prolonged drought is leaving animals thirsty
The Prolonged drought in the state is not just making life miserable for farmers. Karnataka's wildlife population, which relies on rivers, streams and ponds for survival, too is bearing the brunt of scanty rainfall. The worst since 1972, Karnataka's drought has left animals, especially elephants and tigers, in dire straits.
The worst hit of the lot is the jumbo population in the elephant ranges of Rajiv Gandhi National Park (Nagarhole), home to largest number of Asian elephants, followed by tigers in Bandipur, Bhadra and Anshi-Dandeli tiger reserves. "Lack of rain has altered their routine and they are increasingly raiding neighbouring farms in search of food and water. Elephants require huge quantities of water both for bathing and drinking," said officials from the state forest department.
The good news, however, is that parts of Karnataka have been receiving rain for the past 2-3 days, signs that things might improve if the skies open up over the next couple of weeks.
With traditional water resources drying up, the situation in most forest areas is grim. Wildlife activists are also worried that poachers could target animals stepping out of their habitats in search of water. Further, destruction of close to 2, 500 acres of forest cover in different incidents is making life miserable for the residents of the wild.
"We are doing our best to quench their thirst; we are getting tankers to fill waterholes frequented by animals. But we have been struggling due to the magnitude of drought this time," said forest minister Ramanath Rai.
However, not everyone has been welcoming of the government's attempts at filling the waterholes. "Drought is part of a complex natural climate cycle. There's no need for the forest department to fill up the innumerable waterholes using tankers. Such unscientific ideas must be ignored. The goal should be to conserve wildlife and its habitats with minimal human intervention," said Praveen Bhargav, trustee, Wildlife First.
Some wildlife activists said the government wasn't doing enough to meet the water requirements of the state's wildlife population, though it has allocated funds worth crores for villages reeling under the dry spell.
Another concern has been the rise in diseases among wild animals, again as a result of drought. C P Chethan, a vet, said dead animals and polluted water are playing havoc with lives of animals. Chethan pointed out how animals are falling sick after consuming contaminated water and said many such incidents have gone unreported in the last two months.
SHELTERED IN THE WILD
* Karnataka forests support 25% of elephant and 15% of India's tiger population
* State is home to five major national parks, 27 wildlife sanctuaries, seven conservation reserves and one community reserve
* Karnataka, declared the No.1 state in terms of India's tiger population, has five tiger reserves
* It has the largest elephant population in the country (6,088 as per 2012 census)
Source: The Times of India


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China's former chief trade negotiator has hit out at Beijing over its approach to the US trade war, saying it's not thinking "deeply enough" about it.
"If we have people who always talk about politics engaging in negotiations, we will never have a deal," Long Yongtu said on Sunday.
Long's comments come as tensions between the two nations appear to have thawed somewhat ahead of an expected meeting between the countries' presidents in Buenos Aires, Argentina, later this month.
China's former chief trade negotiator has hit out at his country's handling of rising trade tensions with the US, saying that Beijing is failing to think "deeply enough" about its approach to the conflict.
Speaking on Sunday, Long Yongtu, a former minister in China's foreign trade department, told a conference that China had been too politically driven in talks so far and should take a more pragmatic approach focused on the economic realities of the trade war.
"If we have people who always talk about politics engaging in negotiations, we will never have a deal," he said at the annual conference of the media outlet Caixin, according to a report from the South China Morning Post.
"We don't think deeply enough," he added.
In particular, Long singled out China's approach to tariffs on soybeans, one of the areas hardest hit by the trade war so far. China is the largest buyer of soybeans in the world, but it has placed a 25% tariff on soybean imports from the US and has turned to Brazil in an attempt to meet domestic demand.


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Meet Evelyn
Sterling Assisted Spotlight
Doing things strictly 'by the book' never was the method used by Evelyn and her husband of more than 60 years, John.
That's fine. Being innovative helped make a very happy life for them. From the way she met John to the places they've lived, Evelyn explained how their life together was forged from a can-do attitude about most everything.
During World War II, she stayed busy at USO events; basically, helping soldiers on leave have a good time during their visits home.
Since there was a strict no-dating policy, Evelyn found a way to circumvent that.
"I took him to church," she said. "It was love at first sight. He was a nice, clean-cut guy."
Finding creative means for more than 60 years
That may have been the first instance where Evelyn and John were creative, but by no means would it be the last.
The first home they built was on some property they were leasing near 13 Mile Road and Woodward. Actually, the owner could have taken the property, but, "We just did it. John, he was full of pep and I was probably as crazy as he was."
When John's father heard of the plan, he immediately bought the land on the condition the son and his wife would pay him back.
"They were just two young kids that did not know what they were doing," their daughter Barb said. "But there was a lot of love."
A new way of changing addresses
Eventually, Beaumont Hospital was being built on nearby property. That meant Evelyn and John had to move. Literally, that's what they did. They had the house physically moved a few miles away.
Evelyn was married to John for 62 years and had four children; daughters Barb and Nancy, plus sons Brian and John (who died a few years ago). Their desire to do things their way never changed with age. As time went on, they decided to purchase an old farmhouse in Almont. They weren't crazy with the idea of it being so close to the road, so — of course — they had it moved about 100 feet up the driveway.
As it turned out, John decided to make some unique upgrades to their home. They were not only incredibly practical, but were also exceeding progressive for the mid-1980s. They added a first-floor laundry room, made extra-wide doorways to accommodate wheelchairs (just in case) and included geothermal energy. They enjoyed that home for years, but as John died and Evelyn suffered a stroke, it was apparent the home had to be sold.
"It was so hard to sell it. My heart was just breaking, but it had to be done," Evelyn said. "But the family who bought it had two little girls and they were so sweet."


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Make A Difference Award
April is National Child Abuse Prevention Month. See what the Lincoln County Child Abuse Prevention Council has done to promote prevention and safe and healthy family interactions.
Make A Difference Awards Ceremony
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Helping kids an honor
The recipients of this year's Make-A-Difference awards were, from left, Brooke Ludemann, Liz Berglund, Trudy Merritt, Officer Josh Jacobi, and Angie and Mitch Mussleman. Not pictured, Nan Hynes.
By Mark Young
Published: Thursday, April 29, 2010 4:11 AM CDT
The North Platte Telegraph
There may be no greater service to the community than making a difference in a child's life.
One of the seven recipients of the Make-A-Difference awards, presented on Wednesday at the McKinley Education Center by the Lincoln County Child Abuse Prevention Council, is not far off from being a child herself as a sophomore in high school.
Brooke Ludemann is the first person in her teens to receive the Make-A-Difference award and she hopes that it's a trend that will continue.
"I hope this will show other kids my age that you can do things that make a difference in the lives of other kids in our community even if you are young yourself," she said.
Ludemann was recognized for starting up the "Coats for Kids" coat drive 2 years ago. Since then, hundreds of coats have been collected, cleaned and delivered into the waiting hands of a needy child. Ludemann is also responsible for chartering the North Platte chapter of Project Linus; next month she will be seeking volunteers to help her make blankets for children in need.
"It's really nice to be recognized and I hope it will draw attention to my Project Linus project," she said.
North Platte Police Officer Josh Jacobi was recognized for his daily work with children while on the job. Jacobi said he was particularly honored to be recognized and accepted it on behalf of his colleagues in law enforcement.
"I'm grateful to be recognized and it was definitely unexpected, especially as a law enforcement officer in general," said Jacobi. "This isn't a job where we typically get a pat on the back, but it isn't just me. Everybody involved in our department is out there everyday doing the same job I am."
Nan Hynes and Trudy Merritt were also recognized at the ceremony. Hynes is a member of the Council, an indication of her overall commitment to improving the lives of children. Hynes was honored for her devotion to her foster children as a foster parent and her work as an advocate for the Lincoln County Rape and Domestic Violence Prevention program. She is also a charter board member of the Bridge of Hope Child Advocacy Center.
Merritt said she was "pleased and honored" to be recognized for her work with the community's youth as the aquatics director and recreation leader for the city of North Platte. She has literally dived into her work, showing her devotion by teaching young people to swim and mentoring young people in the city's lifeguarding program. She also organizes the Platte River Fitness series, which includes several fitness events for children and young adults.
Liz Berglund accepted her award on behalf of her entire staff at the Kids First Preschool where she is the director. Besides devoting her career to helping young children excel, she has also devoted her life to the community's children through volunteer work at local schools and is a strong advocate of youth softball.
"You know, I work with 12 people at the preschool and each and every one of them is equally deserving of this," she said. "I'll take this back to them and share it with them all."
Angie and Mitch Mussleman were recognized for being "outstanding foster parents" in the community. Mitch admits that it's Angie who deserves all the credit.
"It's kind of exciting," he said. "We certainly weren't expecting something like this, but all the credit goes to my wife. I'm on the road a lot with the railroad, so I come home and do what I can, but Angie does the majority of it all and for her to be recognized is really cool."
By Kendra Potter.
KNOP News
Every April, the Lincoln County Child Abuse Prevention Council recognizes Child Abuse Awareness Month, by honoring folks in the community.
A ceremony was held to present the 2010 recipients with the Make a Difference Award.
Brooke Ludemann , Award Recipient, says, "I feel very honored getting an award like this, especially being only 16 years old. Two years ago I started a project called "Coats for Kids" and in these past two years, I've raised 300 coats for the community and usually hand delivered most of them. And most recently I started Project Linus, the chapter in North Platte, which donates blankets to the hospital for newborn babies, and I am in the process of getting donations for that, but definitely I like to give back to the kids and hopefully get more kids involved."
Angela and Mitch Musselman, Award Recipients, says, "I was really surprised, we were very surprised. We take in kids that are in between homes, we take kids long term. We get to see kids come into the home and when they leave we know we've made a difference in their lives. We know that they are going to be better off, they are gonna do better, they are going to enjoy life more. The kids make a big difference in our lives. They are fantastic, we learn new things everyday from our kids."
Seven total were honored with 6 awards given tonight.
The other award recipients include..
Nan Hynes, who is the case management supervisor of the hospital.
She was surprised tonight, as she is a board member for the prevention council.
Liz Berglund is the director and a teacher of Kids First Preschool and holds a yearly plant sale fundraiser.
Josh Jacobi is a North Platte Police Officer who is compassionate when dealing with family issues.
And Trudy Merrit is the director of the North Platte Rec center and has made a difference in countless youth.
Six to be honored at awards ceremony
Published: Tuesday, April 27, 2010 4:09 AM CDT
Each year the Lincoln County Child Abuse Prevention Council selects citizens who have demonstrated an exemplary dedication to the children of this community.
On Wednesday, at 4 p.m., in the McKinley Education Center, the annual Make A Difference awards ceremony will honor Nan Hynes, Liz Berglund, Josh Jacobi, Trudy Merritt, Brooke Ludemann and Angie and Mitch Mussleman. Hynes is a case management supervisor at Great Plains Regional Medical Center. Matt Fosket, child advocate at Bridge of Hope Child Advocacy Center said Hynes is an incredibly kind and considerate person.
"Nan is a person of strong conviction and a deep caring for children and their needs," reads her nomination letter. "She truly has a gift to make people and especially children realize their potential and it is good to know Nan is helping patients and families each day."
Hynes has also been a foster parent and a board member and advocate for the Lincoln County Rape and Domestic Violence Prevention program, as well as a charter board member of the Bridge of Hope.
Berglund is the director and teacher at the Kids First Preschool and organizes the yearly plant sale fundraiser at Kids First. She is aware of the different skill levels the children have and she incorporates those into the classroom and always makes the kids her first priority.
"Liz is also very active in her community," reads her nomination letter. "She volunteers at Cody School, is involved with Girl Scouts and has been very supportive of the softball leagues in North Platte. From preschool to church to sports, Liz is always involved and doing what is best for the children."
Jacobi is North Platte police officer and is known for his soft approach when dealing with family issues.
"Josh has a down-to-earth approach with families," reads his nomination letter. "He does an exceptional job in recognizing if a family has mental health issues, special needs or substance abuse issues. He works closely with other professionals to ensure the safety of the children he works with. He's a great team player when it comes to children's safety and he should be recognized for his compassionate and caring way of dealing with children."
Merritt is the director of the North Platte Recreation Center. Over her career, she had made a difference in countless youth and has been instrumental in teaching young kids to swim and become lifeguards.
Merritt is the race director for the O'Rourke Triathlon, Tinker Triathlon and the Jingle Bell Run and has become a mentor to many she has been in contact with who, in turn, have become tireless volunteers themselves.
"It is difficult to convey the inspiration that Trudy is to children and young adults," reads her nomination letter. "She exemplifies a healthy lifestyle. She lives it and those who know her are compelled to give their very best in all they pursue, from fitness to academics."
Ludemann is a 16-year-old sophomore at North Platte High School. Two years ago, she started her annual "Coats for Kids" coat drive and has collected, cleaned and delivered over 300 coats to area families. Some are delivered through churches, schools and other organizations, but Ludemann hand delivers the majority of the coats she collects through her project.
She has recently been approved to charter a North Platte/Lincoln County chapter of Project Linus and is planning a "Make a Blanket Day" in May. She and other volunteers will make blankets for children in the area who need them.
Angie and Mitch Mussleman are considered to be "outstanding" foster parents in this community who "make a huge difference every single day with children in their home," reads their nomination letter. "They exemplify patience, commitment, and authentic concern for the many challenges their kids face."


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Leopoldów may refer to the following places:
Leopoldów, Łódź Voivodeship (central Poland)
Leopoldów, Hrubieszów County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland)
Leopoldów, Łęczna County in Lublin Voivodeship (east Poland)
Leopoldów, Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship (south-central Poland)
Leopoldów, Białobrzegi County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)
Leopoldów, Lipsko County in Masovian Voivodeship (east-central Poland)