Hiding the face in public is incompatible with accountable adult participation in society making the justification for a 'burqa ban' obvious.
The standard of this woeful article is evident in the first three words, where the author refers to a "Senator Cory Belamy". Who is this person, and is he connected somehow to Cory Bernardi?
It appears that in its haste to publish this flame-bait, OLO's usual editorial standards have been applied. Dear oh dear.
An eminently sensible article James.
The justification for banning the burqa and niqab while accepting the hijab is very clear.
I find it interesting that so many arguments are based on the premise that the burqa or niqab wearer chooses to wear the ugly and uncomfortable garment. It must be uncomfortable, especially in hot weather, and so inconvenient when eating or speaking or any other activites such as driving. The face covering is bad enough but the long swathing skirts are also difficult to manage, especially if the wearer is looking after children or infants. Surely women would prefer to be free of such a garment and so the assumption must be that that the wearer is indeed coerced to wear it, by whatever means, as suggested by James Mangisi. To ban the burqa would free such women from the oppression of the burqa but would not insist she take up mini-skirts or make-up.
My goodness! I have never read such an ignorant one sided view in my life! and I'm not even Muslim! There are so many things wrong with this article. You do realise that you are arguing to also not allow face masks at a costume party, or masquerade party with your arguments on the social contract of personal accountability… and isn't that why we enjoy dressing up? Or does this practice not fit so nicely into your argument for 'womens rights' and 'the Australian tradition'?
If this is a form of coercion, then telling your children to do something in five seconds or they'll 'find out what happens'…5, 4, 3, 2….1 is a form of coercion. Also, any Christian Relgion that teaches children to obey their parents or risk not going to heaven/going to hell are committing human rights violations.
No one puts them selves through the pain of surgery, the wearing of high heels while standing and dancing for 6 hours, or the application of (very toxic) make-up for 20minutes a day because of choice… they do it out of fear. Fear that the other women at the party will be prettier, fear that their husbands will leave them if they don't look young, and the growingly popular fear that they will never find someone if they start to get wrinkles. This statement is enlightened, it is not advocating western women's rights, it is ignorant, head in the sand, stupid.
I am a friendly person, however the burqa prevents me from having even the smallest intraction with the wearer. The reason for this is that next time I meet that woman she won't know who on earth I am as it is a different woman. I then begin to objectify the wearers. Is this a benefit to our society? I know that it is certainly not.


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Clinton, S.C. – The Presbyterian College baseball team used a strong pitching performance from Eric Miles to help propel the Blue Hose to a 4-2 victory over UNC Asheville to open the three game series on Friday afternoon at the PC Baseball Complex.
- Eric Miles was strong once again on Friday as the junior tossed eight innings with the first 6.1 innings going by without allowing a hit. He finished the day allowing three hits and a pair of runs while striking out eight en route to the victory.
- Miles now has 17 career victories and is just four wins away from tying the Blue Hose D1 record for wins. Chandler Knox had 21 wins during his PC career which went from 2011-14.
- Johnny Cook had his sixth multi-hit game of the year to pace the Blue Hose offense. Cook also extended his hit streak to a team-high six consecutive games.
- Nick Guimbarda, with his eighth inning home run, moved into a five way tie for fifth in the Blue Hose D1 record book with his 15th career homer.
- Garrett Jones, with his seventh inning two-run single, picked up his first multi RBI game of his Presbyterian career.
- Jonathan White and Guimbarda both extended their reached base streaks to seven consecutive games on Friday.
- With the win, head coach Elton Pollock now sits at 299 career victories.
- Presbyterian also improves to 10-3 on its home field. The Blue Hose are also 9-4 on the year when they score first.
- Miles was strong from the opening of the game on Friday as he faced one over the minimum thru the first five innings as neither team could plate a run with Miles striking out five Bulldog batters.
- In the fifth, PC got on the board with an RBI double to the left center field gap from Ashby Smith that scored White to give the Blue Hose the 1-0 advantage.
- UNC Asheville broke through in the seventh with a pair of solo home runs to take a 2-1 lead.
- The Blue Hose responded in the home half of the seventh with the first two batters reaching before Smith sacrificed them over to second and third. Jones would then convert on a two-run single up the middle to give PC the 3-2 advantage.
- Guimbarda in the eighth added some insurance with a solo home run to left center before Matt Norton slammed the door for PC to earn a 4-2 victory.
- The Blue Hose continue their three-game series with the Bulldogs tomorrow at 2:00 p.m. with the game being shown on ESPN+.
- Sunday's series finale has been moved up to 11:00 a.m. due to pending inclement weather.


WorkSafeBC is increasing safety inspections of residential construction worksites for the next four months to help reduce the number of serious injuries caused by falls from heights. The aim of the initiative is to conduct 100 additional safety inspections per month through November at residential construction sites. WorkSafeBC officers will focus on the slope roofing and framing areas of single-family wood frame houses under construction.


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OLMSTED FALLS CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT LAUNCHES NEW FAMILY AND COMMUNITY L.I.N.K. INITIATIVE
Enhancing Family and Community Engagement is Focus of New LINK (Learn, Inspire, Nurture, Know) Program
Olmsted Falls, OH - June 2019 - Olmsted Falls City School District is excited to announce a new initiative focused on enhancing the critical partnership between school, home and community. The Family and Community L.I.N.K. program will focus on building high-quality partnerships between the schools, families and community members. The L.I.N.K. acronym stands for: Learn, Inspire, Nurture, Know.
"This new program represents the next logical step in our continued efforts as a district to ensure we are maximizing all aspects of community partnerships in our educational community," said Dr. Jim Lloyd, Superintendent of Olmsted Falls City Schools. "Community partnerships are one of the cornerstones of our district's strategic plan and having a person that lives within the community, has students within the school system and is dedicated to further building and strengthening our district in this area will yield great benefits to students as well as our school community as a whole."
Olmsted Falls City School District resident and parent Julianne Allen has been hired as the district's new Family & Community LINK Coordinator to lead the new initiative to implement programs, practices and policies that encourage strengthened partnerships between families, schools and communities, for the purpose of promoting student success. A 17-year resident of the Olmsted Falls City School District, Mrs. Allen has been an active volunteer who has held numerous leadership positions and dedicated countless hours to the schools. Most recently, Mrs. Allen served as president of the Olmsted Falls PTA Council. Mrs. Allen is pictured (center) along with Board of Education Vice President Linda Parkowski (left) and OFCS Assistant Superintendent Kelli Cogan (right) following their presentation, "A Partnership that Inspires & Empowers," at the 2019 Ohio PTA Convention.
"More than fifty years of research shows that students with involved parents are more successful in school. They earn higher grades, take more advanced coursework, have better attendance, graduate, and go on to higher education or career training," said Family & Community LINK Coordinator Julianne Allen. "I am proud to be part of a school system that is actively striving to find new ways to link the involvement of parents and community members to student learning."
"By welcoming partners into our schools, engaging in meaningful two-way communication, and providing parents with resources and tools they can use to support their students at home, we are building partnerships that will help students be successful in school and beyond," added Mrs. Allen. "I am excited to be part of these expanded efforts."
Preliminary groundwork on the new L.I.N.K. initiative got underway this spring with a number of information gathering efforts to establish a baseline of the district's current level of family and community engagement. Efforts included individual meetings with building principals as well as coordinating volunteers for the "Welcoming Walk-Through" project, which aimed to provide fresh insight into a visitor's view of each of our school buildings. A family survey is also in the works to gather further information and plan for L.I.N.K. first official year of activities. All of these preliminary efforts will help inform and shape the work of the L.I.N.K. initiative.
"While I believe our district does a nice job of connecting with families and places great value on these important relationships, there is always room for improvement," added Dr. Lloyd. "We look forward to reaching an entirely new and enhanced level of deeper partnerships with our families and community residents as a result of our new L.I.N.K. initiative."
Watch for increased presence of OFCS Family and Community L.I.N.K. opportunities as the 2019-2020 school year gets underway on August. Follow OFCS L.I.N.K. on Twitter: @OFCSLINK.
Kim Petrina
Olmsted Falls City Schools
(440) 427-6020 / kpetrina@ofcs.net

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ACG Schools are pleased to announce the appointment of Thea Kilian as Principal of ACG Tauranga from 1 August 2018.
Ms Kilian joins the school from her position as Deputy Principal of Long Bay College in Auckland, where her responsibilities include curriculum development and review, quality assurance, year level strategic leadership and development of student leadership.
She is also Learning Lead Principal of Oneroa Community of Learning, a position that sees her work with the principals of seven schools on Auckland's North Shore to develop strategies to improve and accelerate student achievement.
Previous to this, Ms Kilian held a number of senior leadership positions at Western Springs College in Auckland.
Ms Kilian has two children, a son aged 13 and a daughter aged 11. She holds a BSc degree with a double major in Mathematics and Botany and a BSc Post Graduate Honours degree in Mathematics.
She says she is passionate about the importance of a holistic education, and believes that expert teachers are a school's most valuable resource. Ms Kilian has herself been the recipient of a National Excellence in Teaching Award and a finalist in the 'I am Auckland' Awards, in the Youth Voice category.
Ms Kilian will start at ACG Tauranga on 1 August. Principal Shawn Hutchinson, who is leaving to take up the role of Principal at ACG School Jakarta, Indonesia, will finish on 29 June (end of Term Two). Mr Peter Stevens will be Acting Principal from 30 June to 31 July.
ACG Education CEO Schools & Early Learning, Clarence van der Wel said he was delighted with the appointment of such an experienced and academically focussed leader, and welcomed Ms Kilian to the ACG and Bay of Plenty communities.


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Sweet and savory Spanish flavors come together in this dish with sliced onions, mushrooms and raisins. Cooked with a light wine sauce to pull it all together. This scrumptious chicken dinner is served with rice pilaf!
1. Heat a skillet over medium heat. 2. Add 2 tablespoons of oil. 3. Saute the chicken 2 minutes per side until browned. 4. Add the sauce to the pan with the chicken. 5. Heat for 5 minutes until chicken is fully cooked. 6. Microwave rice and serve.
Tender chicken cooked in the sauce for 50 minutes at 350 was a different preparation but so easy and it melted in our mouths.
I will definitely order this again! Very light and not heavy at all! Great chicken dish!
We loved the sauce over the rice and the flavor of the chicken!
This is another great dish. The sauce is so yummy. I don't eat white rice but the chicken & sauce are great without it.


I don't think I'm alone in thinking that today's top-tier racecars are not as handsome as their counterparts from twenty five or more years ago. Fortunately, the 919 seems to translate much, much better to LEGO than the 962 or 917 ever have. Portuguese builder Manuel Nascimento constructed both the 2015 and 2016 Porsche 919 Hybrids in LEGO Technic form. They're extraordinary. Though the video is a little long for a walk around of two LEGO cars (Manuel does not speak English, so each question must be translated), it's well worth watching the whole thing.
According to Manuel both of these Porsche LEGO racecars move under their own power, steer, and feature electrically actuated doors. Both have single speed transmissions, as the builder says they are meant more for display than for running. As display pieces, they are truly top notch. The fine pieces available through Technic proved perfect for replicating even smallest details on the 919, such as the rear diffusers.
According to Manuel neither car features any custom-made pieces. Apart from the flexible white axle shafts used to form the wheel arches, all of the pieces are relatively common. The graphics were custom made by Manuel himself. Hopefully LEGO is listening and watching, because these are two of the best looking LEGO Porsches we've ever seen.


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Sterling Metals Samples Assaying 6,783.2 and 3,172.0 g/t Ag Equivalent from Sail Pond Project, NL
Sterling Metals Reports Rock Grab Samples Assaying 6,783.2 and 3,172.0 g/t Ag Equivalent from the Sail Pond Project, Newfoundland
Toronto, ON, January 6, 2021 – Sterling Metals Corp. ("Sterling" or the "Company") (TSXV:SAG) is very pleased to announce the results of its initial reconnaissance prospecting program on its recently acquired Sail Pond project ("Sail Pond" or the "Project") located in northwestern Newfoundland. Following acquisition of the Project in October 2020, the Company immediately initiated a work program comprised of prospecting, along with bedrock mapping, B-horizon soil sampling, and a 60 km2 LiDAR and orthoimagery survey (refer to Figure 1). The results reported herein, shown in the accompanying tables and figures, focuses on the prospecting portion of the 2020 exploration program which also acted to confirm the high-grade mineralization reported from historic rock samples. Note that rock grab samples are selective by nature and values reported may not represent the true grade or style of mineralization across the property.
The highlights of the 2020 prospecting component include:
Rock grab sample 15702 collected at the site of historic trench SPTR-01 assayed 1,880.0 g/t Ag, 0.38 g/t Au, 8.0 % Cu, 11.9 % Pb, 1.76 % Sb, & 4.59 % Zn, or 3,172.0 g/t Ag Equivalent* (refer to Figures 1 & 2).
Rock grab sample 15703 collected at the site of historic trench SPTR-02 assayed 4,526.1 g/t Ag, 0.9 g/t Au, 14.9 % Cu, 7.5 % Pb, 5.0 % Sb, & 9.6 % Zn, or 6,783.2 g/t Ag Equivalent* (refer to Figures 1 & 3). Historic rock grab sample 12591 collected adjacent to the site of sample 15703 assayed 2,030 g/t Ag, 7.08% Cu, 9.40% Pb, 0.27% Zn, 2.54% Sb, 0.46 g/t Au.
The prospecting program, which was partially completed in tandem with the soil sampling program, was focused within and adjacent to the two known zones of mineralization (Figure 1). The objectives of the rock sampling were twofold: to substantiate historical rock data in the vicinity of existing trenches; and to prospect for new areas of mineralization. Both objectives were designed to help improve future drill targeting. Mineralization across the project is associated with oxide, sulfide and sulfosalt minerals strongly associated with multi-generational stratabound and orogenic quartz veining within highly folded and thrust-bound altered dolostones.
More information on the mineralization of the project can be found at the company website and in the project 43101 at www.sterlingmetals.ca/sail-pond.
Mathew Wilson, President and CEO of Sterling, commented "These results confirm and enhance the high grade nature of the Sail Pond project. Sterling is very excited to be reporting what are, to the best of the Company's knowledge, some of the highest grade silver values to ever come out of Newfoundland – and nearly twice the silver grades of the previous best historic rock samples. In addition to the high grade silver, the results continue to demonstrate extremely high base metal grades. While we certainly have created a primary area of interest with the two highest grades of silver, the remaining samples are spread across 12km of this project which we feel continues to demonstrate the high grade district potential of this project. As the Company awaits the remaining results of our soil sampling work, we have received and begun interpreting our recently acquired LiDAR data. Our partners at Goldspot Discoveries Corp. (TSXV: SPOT) have started the process of compiling all of the known data on the project, which includes multiple campaigns of airborne and ground geophysics, soil sampling, prospecting, trenching, geological mapping, and mineralogical & structural analyses, all of which will be used to generate drill targets for the upcoming first ever drilling campaign on this district-sized high-grade silver and polymetallic project."
Table 1: Prospecting results from Sterling's first work program on the Sail Pond Project
* Assumptions used in USD for the silver equivalent calculation were metal prices of $25.00/oz Ag, $1,750/oz Au, $3.20/lb Cu, $0.85/lb Pb, $3.05/lb Sb, $1.10/lb Zn and recovery is assumed to be 100% as no metallurgical test data is available. The following equation was used to calculate silver equivalence: ((Ag_ppm*0.0321507*$25) + (Au_ppb*0.0000321507*$1750) + (Cu ppm*0.002205*$3.2) + (Pb_ppm*0.002205*$0.85) + (Sb_ppm*0.002205*$3.05) + (Zn_ppm*0.00220462*$1.1))/$25.00
Figure 1: Map of the Sail Pond Project showing locations of reported results.
Figure 2: Sample 15702 – oxidized vein material within highly altered and quartz-flooded dolostone
Figure 3: Sample 15703 – Oxidized and sulfide-rich vein within dolostone.
Roderick Smith, P.Geo., Chief Geologist of Altius Resources Inc., and a Qualified Person within the meaning of National Instrument 43-101 Standards of Disclosure for Minerals Projects, has reviewed and approved the technical information presented herein.
Analyses were completed at Eastern Analytical's Springdale, NL facility using a 34-element ICP analysis and along with the fire assay method for Au. The pulp duplicates derived from samples 15702 and 15703 were re-assayed and select elements are reported in Table 1.
Sterling Metals is a mineral exploration company primarily focused on Canadian exploration opportunities. The company is exploring for silver and base metals at the Sail Pond project in Northwestern Newfoundland.
Sterling Metals Corp.
Mathew Wilson, President & CEO
Email: info@sterlingmetals.ca
Website: www.sterlingmetals.ca
This news release contains certain "forward-looking information" within the meaning of applicable securities laws. Forward looking information is frequently characterized by words such as "plan", "expect", "project", "intend", "believe", "anticipate", "estimate", "may", "will", "would", "potential", "proposed" and other similar words, or statements that certain events or conditions "may" or "will" occur. These statements are only predictions. Forward-looking information is based on the opinions and estimates of management at the date the information is provided, and is subject to a variety of risks and uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual events or results to differ materially from those projected in the forward-looking information. For a description of the risks and uncertainties facing the Company and its business and affairs, readers should refer to the Company's Management's Discussion and Analysis. The Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking information if circumstances or management's estimates or opinions should change, unless required by law. The reader is cautioned not to place undue reliance on forward-looking information.
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Madonna, Rihanna, Sam Smith to perform at iHeartRadio Awards
Associated Press,
NEW YORK (AP) — Madonna, Rihanna and Sam Smith will perform at the second annual iHeartRadio Music Awards this month.
Iggy Azalea, Florida Georgia Line, Jason Aldean and Meghan Trainor will also hit the stage on March 29 at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, iHeartMedia announced Monday. Jamie Foxx will host the awards show.
Azalea and Smith are the top nominees, with five nominations apiece. Azalea, Smith, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande and Luke Bryan are nominated for artist of the year.
Swift will make an appearance, while other performers include Kelly Clarkson, Snoop Dogg, Jason Derulo, Jennifer Hudson, Alesso and Nate Ruess of fun.
The three-hour event will air live on NBC and iHeartMedia's radio stations.
http://www.iHeartRadio.com/awards


Our MarTech conference in San Jose kicks off this week, but we're already hard at work on planning our next event in Boston, September 16-18. And we'd love to have you as one of our speakers.
We're going to program this next MarTech a little differently than we have in the past. Previous MarTech agendas have been intentionally eclectic, with a wide variety of themes and presentation formats — because the field of martech has emerged in a highly eclectic fashion.
But marketing technology and operations is becoming a more mainstream profession. We're seeing patterns of martech management turning into rules and frameworks. And, as our latest salary survey revealed, the roles and responsibilities of marketing operations and technology are increasingly well-defined.
There are a lot more people coming into this profession — and a lot more people in it who are looking to advance their skills and understanding in a more structured way for the challenges that are unique to marketing operations and technology management.
So for this next MarTech, we're going to organize all of the sessions around concrete pain points in marketing operations and technology and their real-world, battle-tested, vendor-agnostic solutions.
If you would like to share your experience and insight with the community around a martech challenge you've faced and the way you addressed it — and we hope you are — we'd love for you to send in a proposal to speak on a solution to a martech challenge that you've tackled.
The best way to truly master something is to teach it to others.
Our call-for-speakers form is now open for proposals through Friday, May 24.
For martech vendors: we're open to having you speak in our editorial program. After all, you're no doubt one of the leading experts in your field. But because our audience is extremely skeptical of "pitches" from the editorial stage, we set a really high bar for vendors to speak in the editorial program.
Ready? We're super excited to hear your ideas. The sooner you send in your suggestion, the sooner we can review it — we'll be accepting speakers on a rolling basis up through the deadline of Friday, May 24. Session proposals that come in earlier definitely have an advantage.


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Winter is here and so is all of its wonderful fashionable clothing. As a stylist you get many of the Hollywood stars come to you for the seasonal makeover. As it happens Georgie Henly has come to you for one of your famous makeover. Help her to choose what clothes, accessories and makeup to wear so that she can fit the season in style.


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US Open – Follow the Tennis match between Martina Hingis / Flavia Pennetta and Elena Vesnina / Ekaterina Makarova live with Eurosport. The match starts at 20:00 on 6 September 2014. Our live coverage lets you follow all the key moments as they happen.
Head-to-head: see historical stats and visit our detailed profiles for Martina Hingis / Flavia Pennetta vs Elena Vesnina / Ekaterina Makarova. Get all the latest on Tennis: fixtures, results and tables.


Life speaks the truth to me!
Today, you will come across an important fact/figure/revelation that will create upheaval in your life. You might feel isolated, left alone or lost. If you are an observant, you had seen this coming and are mentally strong to face it.
you will feel there is no way forward.
person you had never thought you could become. You had deviated from your life purpose and it is taking you back on the path that you are suppose to unravel.
Don't challenge your life purpose. Instead see what best can be done to overcome this problem/situation. Ask your inner self to help you. Stay alone for some time and talk to yourself.
Yes! Life is difficult for each one of us in it's own way. You are a born fighter. Fight it out like all others who have made it big in life.
It might be a bit difficult today. You are feeling trapped in a situation. Can't leave the job as you need to pay your bills. Your family is dependent on you.
in this office. You are not able to portray your true potential.
the people who work for you.
grow in your career. There is a way to break every stone.
learning to handle a bigger tide in the future. But don't forget. Bigger the tide, bigger the reward.
Today you are withdrawing from a battle at workplace. Not because you are scared or afraid but because it is your strategy to win the bigger battle or the war.
You are forgiving someone for the wrong that he has done. You are demonstrating your greatness. You are gaining respect.
Your skill/knowledge/experience is far more powerful than others collectively. Hence, by letting go or withdrawing you are only making yourself irreplaceable.
Your beliefs and your decisions are right and rock solid. No one can alter them. This withdrawal shows your confidence in yourself and your skillset. You are only handling this situation in a more creative manner. You are far more powerful and strong from within. Continue planning for the bigger objective in your career and bypass the trivial ones like this.


Our wood grilles was our first and remains our most customizable product. With multiple models, sizes and wood species coupled with outstanding quality, they have no equal in the world.
Common Wood Species Sold - American White Ash, American Beech, Spanish Cedar, American Hickory, Brazilian Jatoba, African Cherry, American Soft Maple, American White Oak, American Poplar (Paint Wood) American Cherry, Honduran Mahogany, Asian Teak, American Black Walnut.
Many years ago we invested in our own wood molder and it allows us to use any non-endangered wood and maintain tolerances in the thousands. We invented specialized assembly tools that won't harm the wood like other companies. Great care was taken in the design of our moving parts. While they have been copied, they were not copied 100% and the differences are notable.
Our finishing shop stays very busy because they do such a great job. Along with our stain matching tools and methods we are able to produce a high quality finish. We can even match non-wood surfaces. Finishing in stages before assembly produces a quality finish that cannot be replicated in the field.
Our wood grilles have no equal!


Solid beech wood padded stool. Suitable for home but also for the contract.
Lady New stool is made in solid beech wood padded on structure. Combining one of the proposed fabrics it become very intriguing for an certainly original object and aesthetically interesting. This stool will give the right impact to the spaces you love without sacrificing the details, to the use of the best essences and a hint of elegance. Fascinating for its lines, makes no distinction between classic, modern and rustic style; it settle perfectly in any type of environment.


I owe 'Jericho' my whole time in America, really. It was a fantastic group of people to work with.
I'm not a broad comic, but I think I can be funny and I think I make people laugh.
My thing is, I like playing guys who have a really interesting internal monologue.
I've worked in the theater, television, and films. A five-hour TV series is certainly more time than a character I'd be playing in a film.


While we haven't had the opportunity to take a look at the 380X ourselves yet, early reviews show it beating out NVIDIA's GTX 960 by up to 25%, while trailing the higher priced GTX 970 by as much as 30%. Which makes it a smack in the middle option for users who are looking for a bit more performance than the GTX 960 offers, but don't want to shell out over $300 for a GTX 970 or R9 390. This is great news, as the R9 380X launches at a price-point of $229 for reference models, while custom variants will be priced as high as $250.
Specifications for the card are also smack in the middle, as to be expected. It features a full Antigua XT (Tonga XT) GPU core, which is of course based on the Antigua/Tonga Pro core found in the Radeon R9 285, and R9 380. The Radeon R9 380X packs 32 compute units with 64 stream processors on each. This brings the total number of cores to 2048, which is a rougly 14% increase from the R9 380's 1792. It also features 128 TMUs, and 32 ROPs. The Radeon R9 380X packs clock speeds of 970 MHz base clock with up to 1000 MHz boost clock. The card features 4 GB of GDDR5 memory which is paired with a 256-bit bus interface as well as a memory clock of 5.7 GHz that allows for up to 182.4 GB/s of memory bandwidth. However, overclocked models are expected to increase those figures substantially with core clocks exceeding the 1GHz mark, and memory clocks up to 6.0GHz.
The card is based on GCN 1.2 revision just as AMD's Fiji based R9 Fury cards. It features support and optimizations for DirectX 12, and Async Compute. It also has support for Vulkan, the Khronos Group's next-generation successor to OpenGL. It also of course, features support for AMD's CrossFireX, with scaling up to 4 cards. In addition to AMD's FreeSync, EyeFinity, VSR, and Liquid VR display technologies.
The R9 380X will be available soon at a number of retailers, and online stores, with models available from many of AMD's board partners, including XFX, Saphire, ASUS, GIGABYTE, and PowerColor.


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Nov. 25, 2019 / 9:33 AM
North Korea says artillery fired in possible violation of 2018 pledge
Elizabeth Shim
A photo released on Monday by KCNA shows Kim Jong Un (C), inspecting the defense detachment on Changrin Islet, North Korea. Photo by KCNA/EPA-EFE
Nov. 25 (UPI) -- North Korea may have violated a 2018 inter-Korea military agreement with its alleged practice firing of artillery near a disputed maritime border with the South.
Pyongyang's state-controlled news agency KCNA reported Monday Kim Jong Un provided field guidance during his visit with a military unit on Changrin Islet on the western coast.
The news agency also claimed artillery was fired, likely a violation of the Sept. 19 agreement between Kim and South Korean President Moon Jae-in, which stated both sides would cease all military hostilities at the border, in favor of improving ties.
North Korea has changed its strategy in 2019. Pyongyang has rebuffed the South's offer of talks, focusing instead on the United States while warning President Donald Trump to abide by a "year-end deadline" to cease "hostilities."
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Kim's visit to Changrin with his joint chiefs of staff chairman Pak Jong Chon and a group of officials of the Korean Workers' Party central committee comes at the tail end of regular provocations. In 2019, North Korea engaged in 12 rounds of provocations from May to October, when Pyongyang tested a new weapons system and a submarine-launched ballistic missile.
On Monday KCNA stated artillery was fired, but did not include images or published videos of the provocations, according to South Korean press reports.
North Korea did publish images of Kim inspecting 76mm coastal artillery, South Korean newspaper Hankyoreh reported.
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Koo Kab-woo, a South Korean analyst with the graduate school at the University of North Korean Studies, told the paper North Korea will "decide on the future of North-South relations" depending on "improvements" in U.S.-North Korea relations.
"They're asking President Moon's administration to pick a side," Koo said.
North Korea could also be pushing South Korean patience to its outer limits.
RELATED South Korea extending pact with Japan for sake of alliances, report says
Kim Dong-yub, an analyst at Kyungnam University, said North Korea is signaling its willingness to cut the "last cord" with the South, while asking Seoul for radical changes that would favor Pyongyang, according to Hankyoreh.
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To Cite: Hooshyar H, Rostamkhani P, Arbabi M, . Study on growth of Toxoplasma gondii tissue cyst in laboratory mouse , Jundishapur J Microbiol. Online ahead of Print ; 2(4):140-143.
Introduction and objective: Toxoplasma gondii is a widespread protozoan parasite that infects human and animals. Tissue cyst of T. gondii is an important source of human and other hosts infection including cats as definitive host. This study was carried out to determine growth of T. gondii tissue cyst in laboratory syurian mouse.
Materials and methods: Fifteen mice in three groups were infected with T. gondii by intraperitoneally inoculation. The mice of each group killed after two, three and four months. Ten smears of brains were prepared from each group and examined microscopically for Toxoplasma tissue cyst. The diameter of 17 cysts from each group was determined and recorded and the mean size in each group calculated.
Results: The mean diameters of tissue cysts were 49.4×44.8µm after two months and 64.5×55.7µ after three months of inoculation. After four months the mean diameter of tissue cyst reached to 60.6×53.48µ. The volume of tissue cysts grew within two and three months after inoculation but after four months the growth leveled off.
Conclusion: The present study showed that the mean diameter of tissue cyst grew during the first three months and after four months became stable and some may get compacted and lesser.


In the 1 year and 115 days I've been running this blog so far, I've used the word the 5,509 times, constituting about 6.0% of all my words. You'd think such a large sample size (over 91,000 words) would be an accurate representation of the English language, but, curiously, the is only used about 4.7% of the time in English. I suppose I have greater need for it, as I'm explaining abstract topics or something. Either way, that's pretty cool. However, despite all that usage, I've never given any glory to the word the. Come to think of it, I can't even define it. It seems I'm not the only one with that problem. A quick Google search for the definition of the word "the" yields several contrasting and obfuscating meanings, and, four results down, an article titled Why 'The' is So Difficult to Define. For the most part, it left me more confused than before, until it rather adeptly summed up the whole word as "a combination of the situations where it is appropriate". Oh, you want an etymology now? The word "the" basically sounded the same since Old English, and before that it was pronounced like sa or so. That's all. As a very simple word, it hasn't changed much.


A vanity URL is an unique web address that is branded for marketing purposes.
Vanity URLs are a type of custom URL that exists to help users remember and find a specific page of your website. Therefore your vanity URL should be easy to remember, use, and share. Your vanity URL will be NobleHour/vanityURL.
Once your vanity URL is setup users will be able to access your community using the link.
On the Profile tab scroll down to the bottom of the page.
Hover over the Vanity URL field and click.
Enter a Vanity URL and then click Save.


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Stopping automated attacks with shapeshifting websites
How we can defend against automated attacks? Tom Brewster takes a look...
by: Tom Brewster
2. Stopping automated attacks with shapeshifting websites
There's no information on per-appliance pricing yet, though. It's not going to be cheap, at least from what Ghosemajumder tells me: "We have been focused on the high end of the marketplace and enterprise-wide, all-you-can-eat annual usage licenses, at >$1 million/year."
Smarter security doesn't have to cost the earth, even if super-smart security does.
Another concern about such innovative technology is that it could be used as an excuse not to fix underlying issues with the architecture of the website. "It shouldn't be a bandaid over poor site design (i.e. the root causes should be addressed)," says Troy Hunt, web application security expert and Microsoft most valuable professional.
"There's a benefit to be had here but it's most advantageous when security hasn't been approached sufficiently in the first place, which makes you then question how likely the owners of the site are to seek out a dedicated security appliance and indeed if they are going to invest in security, would they not begin by fixing the underlying issues?"
Given that Shape's offering doesn't really protect against particular targeted attacks, such as manual SQL injection, or any manual attack for that matter, nor volumetric DDoS attacks, it certainly shouldn't be seen as a panacea for all your web app security woes. It's incredibly clever, and has huge potential for saving banks significant amounts of money they would have lost to fraud, but this isn't the one security appliance to end them all.
"I hope it is sold responsibly and that they are upfront about its limitations. It has value but if you are to be sure you are continuing to defend effectively you need to seek proper ongoing advice," adds Professor Alan Woodward, from the Department of Computing at the University of Surrey. "The treat changes so rapidly these days that it really isn't a complete substitute for having access to expertise that knows about the evolving threat and how to defend against it.
There are simpler, cheaper things people can do to deter attackers too. Take this novel idea that could fill the hole that Shape leaves when it comes to manual attacks: researchers from the University of Maryland have shown that just warning an attacker can cut the amount of time they spend on a website. That means that if you can create or buy software that detects suspicious behaviour, you can automate messages to attackers and deter them from whatever illicit activity they were planning.
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How cool would it be to have soles that never wear out on your shoes? Using old tires does not only make your soles virtually indestructible, they also make them green... even if it's made of old tires.
First of all, I would like to apologise for not having more pictures on this post. I made this mod a year ago and forgot to take pictures of the process (so I made drawings instead).
The only interresting part that we will use here is the tread. Note that the sidewalls of the tire could also be used, they offer the advantage of being easier to cut off the tire but are not perfectly flat (and do not look as cool). I will describe hereunder how I removed the tread from an old tire.
In my opinion, it is easier to start by removing the side walls. To do this you must be extremely careful with your knife while cutting hard rubber. Pieces of fingers tend to come easily off.
To cut a side wall off, you need to insert the blade next to the base of the thread all the way through the rubber (you will see it from inside the tire). If you feel you're stuck on something hard, you might be blocked against the Steel Belts: some sort of chain-link fence made to be ... hard to puncture... try a little lower. With your blade in, it's (relatively) easy to cut around the tire at the base of the thread. You will end up with three pieces (two sides and one large rubber ring).
Please do not send the unused parts to the incinerator or landfill... we have only one planet ! (bring them back to some place where they can be disposed off properly).
Since the next step is going to be though, you need to have something easier to work with than a rubber ring. All you need to do is to cut the ring open with your saw, you will end up with a rubber ribbon (that will unfortunately always want to go back to the ring shape).
This is the long, though and hard job (you've been warned).
In this step, you will need to separate the thread from the rest of that rubber ribbon you just made. This is hard. This is long ... but rewarding. Remember, you will end up with unique shoes !
To separate the thread from the rest of the tire, you need to secure your 'rubber ribbon' in a vice, and start slicing the thread from the the steel belts. The best way I found to do this, once you've done the first centimetres, is to scrape off the thread along the steel belts with your blade while holding the two parts apart (using e.g. locking pliers).
After what you've just done, this is piece of cake. Using your knife, pliers or anything else, remove or flatten the sole of your shoes.
Although most people use contact adhesive to glue soles to their shoes, I've had better results with super-glue. I therefore recommend starting off with contact adhesive (it stinks). You will be making adjustments with super-glue later if needed.
Now you need to be a little patient and let it dry.
Once dry, your shoe will look like a shoe on a black rubber flying carpet. Unless you find it coll that way, use scissors to roughly cut the excess tire thread around the shoe. You can then use your blade for a more precise cut around the shoe and make a nice finish.
If you're like me, some parts of the tire sole will not stick to the shoe... just use some super-glue to make it hold.
I personally made a pair of boots and a pair of sandals and am really happy with them.
Since tire rubber is harder than regular normal-shoe-rubber, do not expect as much grip as you had before modding your shoes. This is especially true for snow and ice. The plus is that the sole will last much longer.
Thanks, I've never seen it in any Belgian shop, is it different from other instant glues?
I never found or heard that we can repair our shoes with tires. I met a same problem but I simple throw it away but after seeing this post here onward if I met the same problem again I definitely use this work. To join the pieces what adhesive are you used Instant adhesive? Or something else?
Sory for the late reply. I indeed found instant adhesive much better than contact glue.
Wow that's an amazing use of old soles.
Thanks James, please let me know how it goes if you do this hack as well.


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The Southampton Youth Bureau's Studio 655 Music and Arts program meets every Wednesday 4:00PM-6:00PM at the Drop Spot. Youth in grades 5-12 are invited to create and record music, attend paint nights, participate in weekly crafts and more.


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Q: сумма свойств объектов в массиве Итак, имеем массив, элементами которого  являются объекты

var obj = [
    { model : 'a1',
      speed : 20,
      locate : "aa"
     },

    { model : 'a2',
      speed : 30,
      locate : "bb"
     },

     { model : 'a3',
      speed : 15,
      locate : "bc"
     },

    { model : 'a4',
      speed : 35,
      locate : "cd"
     },

];

Подскажите, пожалуйста, как можно   получить сумму всех  свойств speed каждого  объекта, причем объектов внутри массива может быть случайное кол-во.

A: Этот нехитрый пример склеивает свойства locate всех объектов вашей коллекции:

var arr = [
  {
    model: 'a1',
    speed: 20,
    locate: "aa"
  }, {
    model: 'a2',
    speed: 30,
    locate: "bb"
  }, {
    model: 'a3',
    speed: 15,
    locate: "bc"
  }, {
    model: 'a4',
    speed: 35,
    locate: "cd"
  }
];

document.body.innerText = arr.reduce(function(p,c){return p+c.locate;},'');

Надеюсь, поможет сдвинуться с места и сложить скорости.

A: при помощи Array.prototype получилось! Спасибо  за подсказки)

var arr = [
    { model : 'a1',
      speed : 20,
      locate : "aa"
     },

    { model : 'a2',
      speed : 30,
      locate : "bb"
     },

     { model : 'a3',
      speed : 15,
      locate : "bc"
     },

    { model : 'a4',
      speed : 35,
      locate : "cd"
     },

];

Array.prototype.sum = function (prop) {
    var total = 0
    for ( var i = 0, _len = this.length; i < _len; i++ ) {
        total += this[i][prop]
    }
    return total
}

console.log(arr.sum("speed"));

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In Southwark, throughout the year, we hope to offer range of events, activities and creative resources. If there is something in particular that you would like to see or help develop, please get in touch.
Also, ahead of 2020 Year of the Word, the Bishops' Conference would like to hear how people currently make use of Holy Scripture. The information, which is submitted anonymously, will help them to plan events and resources that will help you and those you meet to hear more effectively The God Who Speaks.


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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan (L) with young flag bearer during the Pride In London parade on July 7, 2018 in London, England. (Photo by Tristan Fewings/Getty Images for Pride In London)
Why Is Sadiq Khan a Favourite Target of Trump? You Know the Answer
Let's not mince words: the president is attacking London's mayor because he is Muslim, and because he is brown
Nesrine Malik
Sadiq Khan really gets under Trump's skin. You can hear it in his voice when he speaks about him, or read it in his tone when he tweets about him. When interviewed on his views on British politics yesterday, the president's usual congested, out of breath and bored drawl sharpened when he came on to Khan.
Even when he was ostensibly undermining Theresa May by saying that she "didn't listen to him" about Brexit, and posturing that he would walk away from a non-favourable trade deal with the UK, his pulse didn't seem to quicken once, as he did what he usually does, which is the opposite of what anyone would expect of a president on a diplomatic mission. Outrageous as his comments were, they were still broadly reading from the same script, one that he doesn't necessarily believe in or particularly care about as long as it telegraphs his status.
But on Khan he woke up. Before you knew it, he had issued several quick condemnations of London's mayor.
"Take a look at the terrorism that is taking place. Look at what is going on in London. I think he [Khan] has done a very bad job on terrorism", Trump said. "I think he has done a bad job on crime, if you look, all of the horrible things going on there, with all of the crime that is being brought in."
I don't want to be trite, nor slip into the trap of identity politics that is poisoning our modern discourse, but what could possibly set Khan apart from, let's say, the mayor of Manchester, who also, according to Trump's logic, failed to prevent a terror attack last year and therefore also did a "very bad job" on terrorism?
What could it be about Khan, merely a mayor, not even a member of government, that has meant that Trump, the president of the United States, would dedicate so much time to abusing him?
I am sorry to bring race or religion into this, it's ever so tedious and I am as bored of it as you are, but the inescapable fact is that the only difference is that Khan is Muslim and brown.
That alone however is not enough to incur Trump's wrath.
Sadiq Khan is also uppity.
Trump has no issue with women or Muslims or immigrants, as long as they know their place; as long as he is the one to bestow on them status and compliments; as long as they are silent when he makes oblique insults or untrue statements. Khan is not in the business of placation or ingratiation because he has a strong mandate in London that he is confident of, and because he has a Teflon composition.
We take it for granted because Khan is a don, but it must be unnerving, when trying to deal with the aftermath, bloodshed and social cohesion challenges after a terrorist attack, to have the president of the United States bearing down on you to score cheap points in his domestic political game.
When Khan wisely and calmly said that there was ''no reason to be alarmed'' by the visibly increased security presence in the streets of London after the London Bridge attacks, Trump spun it as Khan trying to minimise the threat of the attacks - but didn't challenge Theresa May when she said in response to the same attacks that ''everybody needs to go about their lives as they normally would''.
The clear implication is that Khan is deliberately minimising the threat of terror attacks and cannot be trusted to police the city effectively - because he is Muslim and therefore naturally, his loyalties lie elsewhere.
Khan merely said that Trump was '"ill-informed". That's another thing that makes him a supreme irritant to the president: he's not really spoiling for a fight and will not engage so as not to dignify. And so Trump must continue to smear him the only ways he knows how to, by coming to his city and blowing a chorus of dog-whistles, by mentioning Khan in the same breath as immigration "changing the fabric of Europe", and all the crime "that is being brought in" (by immigrants obviously as, no indigenous crime in London ever existed) and "all the terrorism that is taking place".
It's not subtle, is it. And it's not novel.
Where is the party of government? Running to Khan's defence? Alas, I bring you more bad news that must refer to anti-Muslim prejudice. As Trump gave the interview in which he insulted Khan, Tory MP Michael Fabricant tweeted an image of Khan as a pig blimp, being sodomised by another pig, as Trump laughed in the foreground.
There was no cavalry coming to his defence.
Not to suggest that all Tory MPs are Islamophobic - not until an inquiry that has for years been demanded goes ahead anyway. Those whose prejudice credentials have not been withdrawn are not alarmed by the bullying of Khan, because they need the bully on side.
May squirmed and smiled as Trump patronised her both in the press and in person. His gendered subordination of May was clear: the subtext painted a picture of a man amused by a woman PM who would not listen to his advice, but is a tough old gal anyway.
May knows that she must swallow this if it means maintaining the peace, not bristling when she is insulted, avoiding reading the room as London teemed with protestors.
Khan, on the other hand, free from the practical constraints of government and the personal constraints of spinelessness, will not take Trump's lazy racism lying down for the sake of an invite to a state dinner.
Nesrine Malik is a Sudanese-born writer and commentator who lives in London. She previously worked in the financial sector.
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Enjoy the whole month of May 2017, the EU-Philippines Business Network (EPBN) is hosting the first European Food Festival. During the entire month, participating restaurants around the Metro area will celebrate European cuisine at its finest.
The European Food Festival is celebrated in parallel with Europe Month, which also falls in the month of May.
Gourmets and food connoisseurs can expect to experience Europe's authentic cuisine and unique dishes through special menus prepared by participating restaurants. These special menus will only be available for the duration of the European Food Festival (May 1 – May 31) and will use imported European ingredients.
Guests can participate in the European Food Festival by visiting participating restaurants and ordering from the special European Food Festival Menu. Guests also stand a chance to win exciting raffle prizes from participating restaurants upon availing of a dish from the special menu.
Participating restaurants and importers include popular favorites such as Balkan, Bar Pintxos Tapas y Mas, Brotzeit, Carpacio, Caruso, Cyma, El Cirkulo, Enderun 101 Restaurant, Espressamente Illy, Illy, Impressions, Italfood Distribution Inc., Fly Ace Corporation, Le Deux Belges Corp, Metro Mart, Paul Boulangerie, Poco Deli, Pomurske Mlekarne D.D., Salvatore Cuomo, Tauro by Society Lounge, Café Mediterranean, Maria Louisa's at the Makati Garden Club, Santi's, Suncoast Brands International, Wedenberg International, and Wagner German Bakery.
The European Food Festival also hopes to introduce and promote the use of Geographical Indications, an internationally well known system used to identify a product as originating from a particular country, region, or locality where it's quality and reputation, among others, is linked to where the food comes from.
"Organizing the first European Food Festival in the Philippines is very special for us and is quite an honor. The EPBN is very excited to bring this food festival to life, with the invaluable cooperation from our food and beverage partners, participating restaurants, and importers. We hope to make the European Food Festival a yearly celebration and to continue our efforts in supporting the European-Philippine business community," says Florian Gottein, EPBN Project Director and ECCP Executive Director.
The European Food Festival 2017 is organized by the EU-Philippines Business Network (EPBN), a project co-funded by the EU and implemented by a consortium of European Chambers of Commerce based in the Philippines. Its aim is to provide a support framework for European companies, especially SMEs, interested in exporting to or investing in the Philippines. Through the European Food Festival, the EPBN hopes to support the Philippine food and beverage industry and overall trade relations between Europe and the Philippines.
HOW ARE THE RAFFLE TICKETS REDEEMED?
A. Customer who purchased a minimum of Php 400.00 from the menu of the participating European Food Festival restaurants are qualified to join this raffle.
B. Customer with Official Receipt can claim the raffle coupon to the manager of the participating European Food Festival restaurants.
C. One raffle coupon will be given for every Php 400.00 amount in the Official Receipt purchased during the European Food Festival.
D. Official receipts will be stamped "CLAIMED" upon release of raffle coupon.
Email Address and a x signature and drop in the drop boxes located at the counter. All raffle stubs should be submitted from 11:00 AM on May 2, 2017 until 11 PM on May 31, 2017.
A. Raffle of major prizes through raffle stubs will be drawn at 4:00 PM on June 14, 2017 at the European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines in 19F Philippine AXA Life Centre, Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City, in the presence of representative from Department of Trade and Industry.
1. RT Manila to Europe on Economy class from KLM Royal Dutch Airlines for Two (2).
2. Big Platter Gift Certificate from Balkan Restaurant worth 1,200.00.
3. Gift Certificate from Cirkulo Restaurant worth 1,000.00.
7. Gift Certificate from Caruso worth 1,200.00.
8. Gift Certificate from Brotzeit worth 500.00.
9. Gift Certificate from Cyma worth 2,000.00.
10. Gift Certificate from Tauro by Society Lounge worth 500.00.
11. Gift Certificate from Salvatore Cuomo worth 3,000.00.
12. Gift Certificate from Ma. Luisa Garden Room worth 1,000.00.
B. Each customer can only win once. Should a customer win more than one prize in the raffle, the higher valued prize will be awarded.
C. Prizes are fully transferable but not convertible to cash.
D. Winners must present the registered mail, winning claim stub and proof of identity (e.g. company ID, government issued ID) when claiming their prize at the ECCP office in 19F Philippine AXA Life Centre, Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Makati City.
E. Winners will be notified through registered mail. These winners must present the registered mail, winning claim stub and proof of identity (e.g. company ID, government issued ID).
F. Name of Winners will be announced through EPBN website. Prizes not claimed within 60 days receipt of notification shall be forfeited in favour of the ECCP upon approval from DTI.
G. All local gift checks/certificates prizes are valid for one year and All International Gift checks/certificates prizes are valid for six months.
H. All applicable taxes and surcharges shall be for the account of the winner.
I. All employees and officers of ECCP, EPBN and participating restaurants including their relatives up to second degree of consanguinity or affinity are disqualified from joining this promotion.
Sealed drop boxes shall be collected one day after the deadline for dropping of entries and brought to European Chamber of Commerce of the Philippines (ECCP) 19F Philippine AXA Life Centre, Sen. Gil Puyat Ave., Maka City for safe keeping under the custody of Valerio Mazzone – Project Manager. A DTI representative will be invited to be present in the opening of drop boxes and during the drawing of winners.
Per DTI FTEB Permit No. 5118 Series of 2017.
For more information on the European Food Festival and the latest details, visit www.epbn.ph/eufoodfest2017 or e-mail eff2017@epbn.ph.


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The Three Branches of Government
Grade Level:Upper Elementary
In this activity, students will use a Venn diagram to match primary source documents and photographs representing various functions of the government to their corresponding branch (or branches) of government.
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This activity can be used while studying the U.S. Government and Constitution. It can be shared with students as an introduction to, or review of, the three branches of government. For grades 3–5. Approximate time needed is 30–45 minutes.
Share the United States Constitution with students. Explain that the Constitution describes how the government is structured and how it operates. The Constitution is broken up into different parts called articles, and the first three articles set up the three branches of government and their powers – the legislative branch, the executive branch, and the judicial branch:
All legislative Powers herein granted shall be vested in a Congress of the United States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of Representatives. (Article 1)
The executive Power shall be vested in a President of the United States of America (Article 2)
The judicial Power of the United States, shall be vested in one supreme Court (Article 3)
The President, Congress, and the Supreme Court are all located in Washington, DC, the nation's capital. Each branch of government has different characteristics and different jobs to do, but sometimes these jobs overlap.
Inform students that, as a class, they will be working together to analyze different documents and match each document to its corresponding branch or branches.
Choose one document or photograph as an example and click orange "open in new window" icon in the lower right corner to examine the full image. Model careful document analysis for students to figure out what is happening. If the document connects to more than one branch, show how the document icon can be placed on the Venn diagram to reflect this. As students examine the written documents, they should focus on scanning for key words related to the different branches as opposed to reading entire documents.
Possible Modifications:
This activity can also utilize small group work. Students can work in small groups to place the documents and then report back in a full-group discussion. Student groups may place the documents in different sections of the Venn diagram and this could lead to a full-class debate.
This activity asks students to match 13 different documents. This activity can be shortened by analyzing and placing a reduced number of documents. The documents are organized by exterior building photographs, interior photographs of people, political cartoon representations, and government documents.
Answer Key and Additional Explanations
The following can be used as a reference as students examine and place the documents:
Photo - United States Capitol: This is where Congress works.
Political Cartoon - Vote on Military Bonus Bill: This cartoon depicts Uncle Sam and a Teddy Bear tallying aye and no votes coming out of the Capitol building as Congress votes on a new bill (proposed law).
Document - Sumner Civil Rights Bill: This is an example of a bill (proposed law) from the Senate. A bill does not become a law until it is passed by Congress and signed by the President. (This touches upon the Judicial Branch as well since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the Civil Rights Act of 1875, which resulted from this bill after it was debated and revised, unconstitutional.)
Photo - Exterior of The White House: This is where the President lives and works.
Photo - President Barack Obama Talks with Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office: This is the President's office in the White House. The Executive Branch includes the Vice President.
Document - Executive Order 10924: Part of the President's job includes making Executive Orders. These actions come straight from the President.
Photo - Supreme Court Building: This is where the Supreme Court works.
Political Cartoon - The Supreme Court Returns To Its Permanent Home: This cartoon shows the Supreme Court Justices walking into the Supreme Court Building.
Document - Opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States: This is an example of a Supreme Court case. The Supreme Court can decide if laws are in line with the Constitution.
Legislative and Executive Branches
Political Cartoon - Anyone Home?: This cartoon shows a proposed law that has been passed by Congress on its way to the White House for the President's approval. Congress and the President share the power to pass laws.
Executive and Judicial Branch
Photo - Supreme Court Justices Pose with President Ronald Reagan in The Supreme Court Conference Room: This photo could be sorted as the Judicial Branch, as it was taken in the Supreme Court building and features the Supreme Court Justices. However, the President is also included in this photograph.
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Branches
Photo - President Bush's State of the Union Speech: This photo could be sorted as a Legislative Branch photo, as it does show the interior of the Capitol. However, if you look closely, you can find members of Congress, the Supreme Court, and the President meeting for the President's yearly State of the Union speech.
Document - Nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor as Supreme Court Justice: This document includes all three branches. The President has the power to chose Supreme Court justices, but the Senate has to approve the President's choice.
When You're Done
When students have finished sorting the documents and click on "When You're Done," they should consider the following questions presented to them:
The Constitution creates three branches of government with separate powers (powers just for that branch) and shared powers (responsibilities that more than one branch shares). Why do you think the writers of the Constitution decided to create this type of system?
In this activity, you reviewed just a few of the job details of the three branches of government. Can you think of additional characteristics or responsibilities for each branch?
Finally, can you locate the three buildings for the three different branches on this map of the Washington DC?
Anyone Home?
Executive Order 10924 Establishing the Peace Corps
United States Capitol
Nomination of Sandra Day O'Connor as Supreme Court Justice
North and South Exterior of White House with Tulips and Fountains Visible
Supreme Court Opinion in Davis v. County School Board of Prince Edward County, Virginia
President Barack Obama Talks with Vice President Joe Biden in the Oval Office
President Bush's State of the Union Speech
Sumner Civil Rights Bill
Supreme Court Building
Supreme Court Justices Pose with President Ronald Reagan in The Supreme Court Conference Room
The Supreme Court Returns To Its Permanent Home
Vote on Military Bonus Bill
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Today on the blog we welcome author Robert Stone, with his guest post 'Becoming a Deep Sea Diver' as part of the blog blitz for his book, 'Chasing Black Gold' which was released on the 9th June 2015. There is also a fab giveaway to enter at the bottom of the page, so keep scrolling.
Author Robert Stone first came to Aberdeen Scotland in 1973 as a pioneer saturation diver in the early dangerous days of the North Sea. Retiring from diving in the mid 80's he became a serial entrepreneur – mostly on the wrong side of the law. He spent the next decade operating businesses all over the world from his Aberdeenshire home.
Chasing Deep Gold is the working title for next non-fiction book. It is a prequel to my book Chasing Black Gold and based on my commercial diving career in the 1970's and early 80's.
What follows here is little bit of how I got started in that industry.
At 11 years old I was working at my local swimming pool and one of the lifeguards brought in his scuba gear. He showed be how to use it and I went down in the shallow end. Looking in the drains at hair pins and band-aids fascinated me and I was hooked! I enrolled in a Course and did my first open water dive in a quarry in Ontario Canada.
I loved to read as a child and now was devouring everything I could on diving, coral reefs and the oceans of the world. I found 'Diving to Adventure by Hans Hass in my school library and checked it out several times. It was about a couple German teenagers who went to live in Bonaire for a year spearing fish, living on the beach and taking underwater photographs. Wow! For a snow bound Canadian it sounded the ideal life.
I started to dream of life as a deep-sea diver earning a living diving beneath the seas. Anyone around me who listened derided my ambitions saying the average life expectancy of divers was only a few short years.
I worked on construction sites in the summers and after school which allowed me to save up some money which I spent on a one-way ticket to Andros Island in The Bahamas. A 15 year runaway and totally unprepared for life on my own on a beach. I was very luckily befriended by the Dive Master at a hotel who gave me a job which included a room.
I helped out on the dive boat and with all the work dockside for about 6 months before having to run away because Immigration had heard of an illegal worker and they were coming to arrest me! Fortunately for me there were a couple guys my dive master knew who were heading to the States in a fast boat and would drop me off at Bimini Island on the way.
The next year and a half I dove for fish and lobster which I sold to hotels. I then started work with a guy who owned a 60 foot ex-trawler that we went lobster fishing with down in the Ragged Islands off Cuba. We made several trips before the Bahamian Navy Gunboats got word of us and we almost got caught. Not wanting to end up in Fox Hill Prison we stopped while we were ahead.
I ran into the two guys who had given me that ride to Bimini. Turns out they were part of a huge pot smuggling organisation. I ended up working with that group for a while before going back to my original dream of becoming a Deep Sea Diver.
One guy who befriended and advised me in those early years was a diver named Big John McLaughlin. He told me that working construction diving was a completely different type of diving and I needed to learn about it if I wanted to succeed. He gave me the details of a school he had worked at as an Instructor. So I went to The Divers Training Academy in Florida to learn the basics of Commercial Diving. I then headed over to New Orleans! I purchased all my own equipment and a van to put it in. I even purchased a drivers license as I didn't have one!
I now had my own air compressor, diving umbilical, radio, Miller Helmet, wet-suit, weight belt etc… All the stuff John had told me would make me stand out from the average guy and get me started. Had to lie about my age ( fake license came in handy) and also my Nationality as no insurance for under 18's and no work permit as I was Canadian.
Got my first job in which was in The Mississippi River. What a difference to the Islands! In The Bahamas 200 foot visibility was the norm! Here it was pitch black three foot below the surface and the currents were 3 or 4 knots! I spent the next year in 'The Big Muddy' before moving out to the swamps and finally offshore where the big money was!
ROBERT STONE was a serial entrepreneur – an enterprising individual, mostly on the wrong side of the law, who spent twenty-five years operating all over the world, before being arrested in Switzerland as a result of an international manhunt led by an Organised Crime Drug Enforcement Task Force.
Over the course of his career, Stone earned and lost several lifetimes' worth of fortunes, went to prison on three continents, used dozens of aliases, saw men die, and masterminded one of the biggest marijuana smuggling operations in criminal history.
Fuel smuggling in Africa, trading fuel with generals, rebels and businessman, was both his career high and, ultimately, what brought him down.
You can find out more about Robert Stone by visiting the website/social media sites below.


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Excuse Me, Is Your Tooth Ringing?
Author: Lakshmi SandhanaLakshmi Sandhana
A wireless receiver can be implanted into your tooth with the aid basic dental surgery. The implant can allow a person to receive digital signals from radios and mobile phones, from the privacy of their own head.
Soon the phrase "I've got something in my tooth" – instead of conjuring up fears of root canal surgery and the like – could refer to the latest in wearable wireless technology.
A new design for a tooth implant that receives digital signals from radios and mobile phones will be on display at the Science Museum in London beginning Friday.
Designed by Jimmy Loizeau and James Auger, research associates from MIT Media Lab Europe, this collaboration between the Science Museum and the Royal College of Art aims to increase public understanding of science, technology and the arts by showcasing young talent. Part of the "future products" exhibit, it is supported by the National Endowment for Science, Technology & the Arts.
"James and Jimmy's designs raises some real issues about how far we want to go with using biotechnology in our bodies; the possibilities are endless," said NESTA spokesman Joe Meaney.
With your jawbone playing antenna and your head the receiver set, your newly enhanced teeth could allow you to hear the alarm clock without waking your partner, tune into your favorite music and even receive stock market information while you're out playing golf.
Incorporating the technology is a relatively minor procedure. A micro-vibration device and a wireless receiver is implanted into a natural tooth during routine dental surgery.
Sounds are transferred from the tooth into the inner ear by bone resonance (digital signals being converted into audio). And for those who might be worried about a buzzing mouth, sound reception is assured to be totally discreet. "The vibrations are on a molecular level, so the user only experiences pure sound streaming into their consciousness," Loizeau says.
The implant is designed to work in tandem with either a dedicated device or a modified mobile telephone, which can pick up the long distance signals and transmit a local signal to the tooth receiver. Capable of being fully customized to suit user requirements, reception can be switched on and off at will with the aid of the dedicated device.
"We realize that having unwanted sound information arriving directly into the user's brain would resemble technological schizophrenia, therefore maximum control is essential." Auger says.
Currently the tooth works only as a receiver. "Basically for sound to be transmitted it needs to be created in the first place; speaking would (make moot) the discreet nature of the implant," Loizeau says.
For those high-volume lovers, the technology can be implanted in any number of molars. Having more than one tuneful tooth implanted creates a "surround sound" effect, a little like having lots of speakers in your car stereo.
With the minimal hardware required, estimated costs of the implant are quite low and because the dental surgery is pretty basic, the procedure is relatively cheap. With health issues being minimal, about the same as the issues rasied by the use of mobile phones, the tooth is expected to be available in markets in the near future.
Why would anyone want voices in their head?
"It offers a 'Darwinian' advantage to the user whereby they have an advantage over their competition, although not a random mutation but a chosen one," says Auger. "We are very interested in the ethical debate surrounding bionics and post-human evolution."


It is becoming increasingly evident that efforts by governments, NGOs, institutions and corporations to make REDD their principal strategy for reducing deforestation in countries with tropical rainforests are not working.
Big NGOs' support of REDD projects help polluter corporations to greenwash their image.
Article based on a field visit and conversations with villagers in 5 of the 7 most affected communities by this project.
Testimonies of community women impacted by carbon and forest conservation projects that today are included in the so-called Green Economy.
Social organizations try to prevent a Chiapas-California REDD agreement from going forward. They denounce the potential for increased emissions in California on the one hand and landgrabs in Chiapas on the other.
A story of the peoples of the Atlantic Forest in southern Brazil in a disputed territory where the green economy competes with community-based economies.
La Via Campesina International met in Surin, Thailand for the First Global Encounter on Agroecology and Seeds to share experience and construct a strategy and vision on agroecology and seeds.


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Hundreds of people gather in Mambwe district to witness this years' Malaila Ceremony of the Kunda people.
By News | August 31, 2013 - 11:22 | August 31, 2013 Community News
Hundreds of people have gathered in Mambwe district to witness this years' Malaila Ceremony of the Kunda people.
Breeze FM Staffer, Diana Ngwenyama reports that there is excitement among Kundas as they celebrate their annual event.
Meanwhile over two hundred thousand Kwacha has been spent towards preparations for the Malaila Ceremony of the Kunda speaking people.
Chairman of the organising committee, Dr Davison Kwendakwemi expressed confidence that the event will be a success.
Dr Kwendakwemi says that for the first time, operators of tourist attractions in the region have partnered with them through the Luangwa Safari Association.
He says participation from the tour operators would bring in more tourists to the event.
He, however, observed that a lot still had to be done to establish the place where the ceremony is held as a heritage site for the Kunda speaking people.


sunny with a chance of sweets.
want to say thanks!! to lifeanditsotherdrugs for nominating me for the Fashion Beauty Friend Friday Awards.
it was a sunshiny sunday.
nuggets and fries and mcflurries on the rooftop.
stopped at a local hotspot on the way home for shave ice.
this tiny place is run by two cute, old ladies. people line up from 10am - 5pm daily to get their fill of eccentric shave ice combinations.
and two huge blocks of custard.
you can even get shave ice with oatmeal or japanese azuki beans.
the picture was taken just before the rainbow one toppled over (while trying to get a close-up picture).
gawd...for the love of blog, i tell ya.
so i grabbed a few close-ups from yelp.com.
oh, and my mom made the most delicious chocolate mochi cake.
i've always wanted to wear glasses.
there are so many styles from geek to chic.
either way, it totally adds character.
to my dismay, my vision is still 20/20. lol.
so i guess i will in due time.
she wants to do my hair and dress me up like a nerd.
so something dorky may be forthcoming.
just a continuation of yesterday's post.
enjoyed the sun for a bit.
rode tricycles till my legs went numb.
fresh corned beef and all the acoutrements in the slow cooker.
"dinner will be ready at approximately...6pm."
i haven't travelled recently, so i thought i'd wear something that made me feel like i was elsewhere...walking around the cobbled streets of paris, sipping coffee at an outdoor cafe, taking in all the fashion and culture.
my mom gave me a bunch of vintage scarves, half of which i threw out years ago. dumb.
i try to make use of them...tied on my bags, as belts, bracelets, and, of course, as scarves.
it makes me feel le chic.
i came up with another idea for my guest post, so i'm sharing this with you now.
this shirt was a gift from my sister from japan.
upon first opening it, i thought, "WTH is this?!"
it seemed a mish-mash of ruffles and ric rac...some pieces just tacked on here and there, while left hanging in other places. and it wasn't quite yellow, and it wasn't quite green.
far reaches of my closet.
running out of options one morning, i tried it on.
a nice balanced fullness on top.
earlier this fall season i picked up a few sweaters when big shoulders, defined with shoulder pads, made a short-lived comeback. i have since snipped the shoulder pads out of them for a softer, less pronounced pouf.
now i don't feel like a football player anymore.
i must say i'm pleasantly surprised with essie nailpolish.
it lasts a long time without chipping.
i'm usually forced to change my polish because it's chipping...but now that i actually want to change it and try all the new colors, i can't. the polish still looks decent, and i feel like it would be wasteful to remove good polish!
this long weekend was one of firsts and discoveries.
or just hanging out at home.
i think i even picked up a germ or two as i'm feeling a cold coming on.
so, here's my weekend in photos.
it's vodka + cranberry juice.
noticed that evvry branch of our orange tree is covered with webs.
pulled beef, peppers, and onions served in warm tortillas with mexican rice and black beans.
it was decent, but look forward to trying something else.
send any great recipes my way, please!
these tomatoes don't stand a chance. as soon as they turn red, my dog eats them.
shave ice with ice cream at our favorite north shore general store.
i want to try this...anyone have a pair of shoes i can borrow?
attended my first turbo kick class. it was the longest hour ever. today, evvry muscle in my body is aching.
cuppa joe a no go.


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Kshitij Patil
Kshitij Patil joined Primal Space Systems as a full-time software developer after completing a year-long internship while pursuing his master's degree in computer science at North Carolina State University. Patil's coursework focused on game engine foundations, game engine design, and computer graphics. Prior to receiving his master's degree, Patil was an intern at Tonbo Imaging in Bengaluru, India, where he worked on computer vision and pattern recognition algorithms for camera field-of-view calculation, camera calibration, and multi-sensor alignment.
Patil received a Bachelor of Engineering in computer science from Birla Institute of Technology and Sciences, at the Pilani – Goa Campus in India.
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