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PART 2Patent Cooperation Treaty (continued)
National Phase (continued)
Marginal note:Application of Canadian legislation
155 (1) If an international application becomes a PCT national phase application, the application is considered, beginning on its national phase entry date, to be an application for a patent filed in Canada and, subject to sections 157 to 163, the Act and these Rules apply beginning on that date in respect of that application.
Marginal note:National phase entry date
(2) Subject to section 210, the national phase entry date of an application for a patent is
(a) if the applicant has not complied with the applicable requirements of subsection 154(3), the day on which the applicant complied with the requirements of subsection 154(1) and, if applicable, subsection 154(2) or, if the applicant complied with those requirements on different days, the latest of those days; and
(b) if the applicant has complied with the applicable requirements of subsection 154(3), the day on which the applicant complied with those requirements or, if the applicant complied with those requirements on different days, the latest of those days.
Marginal note:Small entity declaration
(3) For the purpose of subsection (2), an applicant is not considered to have paid the fee referred to in subparagraph 154(1)(c)(i), paragraph 154(2)(a) or clause 154(3)(a)(iii)(A) or 154(3)(b)(i)(A) or (ii)(A) until the small entity declaration has been filed.
Marginal note:Translation replaces original
(4) If a translation of the international application has been submitted under paragraph 154(1)(b), the translation replaces the text of the PCT national phase application.
Marginal note:Restriction
(5) The specification and the drawings contained in a PCT national phase application as a result of the replacement referred to in subsection (4) must not contain any matter not reasonably to be inferred from both
(a) the specification or the drawings contained in the application on its filing date; and
(b) the specification or the drawings contained in the application immediately before the replacement.
Marginal note:Clarification
156 (1) For greater certainty, in respect of an international application that has become a PCT national phase application, for the purposes of the Act and these Rules,
(a) documents or information included in the international application as filed are deemed to have been received by the Commissioner on the international filing date; and
(b) documents or information, other than the documents or information referred to in paragraph (a), furnished in accordance with the requirements of the Patent Cooperation Treaty before the application became a PCT national phase application are deemed to have been received by the Commissioner on the day on which they were so furnished.
Marginal note:Exception — sequence listings
(2) Paragraph (1)(b) does not apply in respect of sequence listings that do not form part of the international application.
Marginal note:Application considered open to public inspection
157 If an international application is published in English or French by the International Bureau of the World Intellectual Property Organization under Article 21 of the Patent Cooperation Treaty on or before its national phase entry date, the application is considered to be open to public inspection under section 10 of the Act beginning on the date of that publication.
Marginal note:Non-application of subsection 27(2) of Act
158 The requirements of subsection 27(2) of the Act regarding the petition and the application fee do not apply in respect of a PCT national phase application.
Marginal note:Non-application of certain provisions of Act
159 Subsection 27(7), sections 27.01, 28 and 28.01, subsection 78.1(2) and section 78.2 of the Act do not apply in respect of a PCT national phase application.
Marginal note:Non-application of section 78 of Act
160 (1) Section 78 of the Act does not apply in respect of a period of time fixed under the Act for furnishing to the Commissioner, in relation to an international application that has become a PCT national phase application, a document or information in accordance with the Patent Cooperation Treaty before that international application became a PCT national phase application.
Marginal note:Extension in accordance with Regulations under the PCT
(2) If the period referred to in subsection (1) ended in respect of the application referred to in that subsection on a day referred to in an item of Rule 80.5 of the Regulations under the PCT, that period is extended to the next day that is not such a day.
Marginal note:Filing date
161 The filing date of a PCT national phase application is the international filing date.
Marginal note:Filing date deemed to be within 12 months
162 For the purposes of paragraph 28.1(1)(b) of the Act and subparagraphs 28.2(1)(d)(iii) and 28.4(5)(a)(i) and (ii) of the Act, even if the conditions referred to in paragraph 28.4(6)(b) of the Act are not met, the filing date of the pending application or the co-pending application, as the case may be, shall be deemed to be within 12 months after the filing date of the previously regularly filed application if
(a) the filing date of the pending application or the co-pending application, as the case may be, is more than 12 months after the filing date of the previously regularly filed application, but within two months after the end of those 12 months;
(b) the pending application or the co-pending application, as the case may be, is a PCT national phase application or a divisional application resulting from the division of a PCT national phase application; and
(c) the right of priority, in respect of the previously regularly filed application, was restored under Rule 26bis.3 of the Regulations under the PCT and that restoration is, under Rule 49ter.1 of those Regulations, effective in Canada.
Marginal note:Application considered not to be referred to in paragraph 28.2(1)(c) or (d) of Act
163 An international application is considered not to be an application for a patent referred to in paragraph 28.2(1)(c) of the Act or not to be a co-pending application referred to in paragraph 28.2(1)(d) of the Act, unless it has become a PCT national phase application.
Marginal note:Patent not invalid
164 A patent that was granted on the basis of an international application must not be declared invalid by reason only that a fee referred to in section 154 was not paid.
PART 3Transitional Provisions
DIVISION 1Interpretation
Marginal note:Definitions
165 (1) The following definitions apply in this Part.
application preceding the coming-into-force date
application preceding the coming-into-force date means an application for a patent for which the filing date is before the coming-into-force date. (demande antérieure à la date d'entrée en vigueur)
category 1 application
category 1 application means an application for a patent for which the filing date is before October 1, 1989. (demande de catégorie 1)
category 2 application means an application for a patent for which the filing date is on or after October 1, 1989 but before October 1, 1996. (demande de catégorie 2)
category 3 application means an application for a patent for which the filing date is on or after October 1, 1996 but before the coming-into-force date. (demande de catégorie 3)
coming-into-force date
coming-into-force date means the day on which section 121 of the Economic Action Plan 2014 Act, No. 2 comes into force. (date d'entrée en vigueur)
former Rules
former Rules means the Patent Rules as they read immediately before the coming-into-force date. (anciennes règles)
Marginal note:Interpretation
(2) If the filing date of an application for a patent, other than a PCT national phase application, as determined in accordance with section 78.2 of the Act, precedes the coming-into-force date, the filing date of that application is, for the purposes of these Rules, the filing date determined in accordance with that section.
Marginal note:Reissued patents
166 For greater certainty, for the purposes of this Part, a reissued patent is considered to be issued on the basis of the original application.
Marginal note:Application of subsection 3(1)
167 For greater certainty, subsection 3(1) applies in respect of any time limit fixed by the former Rules that continues to apply under these Rules.
DIVISION 2Rules in Respect of Category 1 Applications
Marginal note:Non-application of certain provisions of these Rules
168 (1) Sections 14, 47 to 51, 55, 56, 58 to 63, 65, 74 and 93 to 96, subsections 97(2) and (3) and sections 98 and 104 do not apply in respect of a category 1 application.
Marginal note:Non-application of subsection 86(14)
(2) Subsection 86(14) does not apply in respect of a category 1 application at any time at which it is forfeited under subsection 73(1) of the Act, as it read immediately before October 1, 1989.
Marginal note:Application of section 100
(3) Section 100 applies in respect of a category 1 application only if a notice of allowance is sent on or after the coming-into-force date.
Patent Rules
3 - PART 1 - Rules of General Application
3 - Extension of Time
6 - Communications
13 - Presentation of Documents to Commissioner or Patent Office
16 - Confidentiality
19 - Register of Patent Agents
26 - Appointment of Common Representative
27 - Appointment of Patent Agents
33 - Representation
42 - Government-owned Patents
44 - Presentation of Application for a Patent
44 - General
53 - Petition
54 - Inventors and Entitlement
55 - Abstract
56 - Description
58 - Sequence Listings
59 - Drawings
60 - Claims
64 - Non-compliant Application for a Patent
67 - Reference to Previously Filed Application for a Patent
68 - Maintenance Fees — Application for a Patent
71 - Filing Date
72 - Addition to Specification or Addition of Drawing
73 - Request for Priority
77 - Restoration of Right of Priority
79 - Request for Examination
84 - Examination
88 - Divisional Applications
93 - Deposit of Biological Material
99 - Amendment to Specification and Drawings
104 - Corrections
112 - Maintaining Rights Accorded by a Patent
118 - Reissue
120 - Disclaimer of Any Part of a Patent
122 - Re-examination
124 - Registration of Documents and Recording of Transfers
128 - Third party Rights
129 - Abuse of Rights Under Patents
131 - Abandonment and Reinstatement
136 - Fees for Services
139 - Refund and Waiver of Fees
141 - PART 2 - Patent Cooperation Treaty
142 - Application of Treaty
143 - International Phase
152 - National Phase
165 - PART 3 - Transitional Provisions
165 - DIVISION 1 - Interpretation
168 - DIVISION 2 - Rules in Respect of Category 1 Applications
205 - DIVISION 5 - Rules Applicable to Certain Patents
210 - DIVISION 6 - Other Rules
236 - PART 4 - Repeal and Coming into Force
236 - Repeal
237 - Coming into Force
SCHEDULE 1 - Prescribed Forms
Schedule 2 - Tariff of Fees
SCHEDULE 3 - Transitional Provisions
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About the Works
About works
The Shawl - Psychology portraits...
"I do not mean that the expression portrait painter is not a job, but I think the expression on his face only a means to achieve psychology to achieve the contents of the portrait. The way to figure composed, as he understood drawing and color, has a crucial role for psychological value image ..."( Mica Popovic)
Through an interest in the classical approach to drawing and painting, to maybe a little more modern way, with different materials upotrbu, my idea was that, using that time as well as other components, to conjure up the experience and psychology of people who are on portraits.
Crude and bright colors, which is very close to me as an artistic expression, in this case used for the purpose of expressing the intensity of emotions that people, important to emphasize, are not bystanders in my life, but my closest, my everyday life. Favorite scarf that runs through drawings and paintings, as a symbol of something precious to me / it should show my connection to these people.
This is the beginning of a series of pictures of my future research that deals with the portrait on Human and figuration, the way the character is experiencing on Human and presents. Expressed itself carries a series of note intimism and introductory elements as elaborate expressive, unrestrained gestures and razbuktalog coloring.
This series of papers, combined techniques of drawing and painting (acrylic, autosprejevi, colored pencils, markers and collage) on paper, is an integral part of a complex story based on her art and pop idols. My interest in popular art comes from one of the "fathers" Pop Art, Andy Warhol (Andy Warhol). His appearance is not only interesting to me in the personalities of painters, but also as the emergence of "stars" in the field of visual arts.
This led me to engage in research concerning the notion of "stars", ie. celebrities, and all individuals that have marked the popular art of more contemporary times. Consequently, the singer Madonna, who is, in my opinion the biggest pop icons of our time, established itself as the perfect choice from which I draw the life and work data, and find inspiration for this series of images.
The very name of the series "Blonde Ambition" is actually the name of Madonna's world tour took place 1990th year, which marked the peak of her career and since then it is at all times be located at the top. Blonde Ambi-tion (blue ambition) is in some respects the most appropriate term that could be characterized her whole personality and everything that has so far achieved.
This group of papers explore Madonna's creativity through its many transformations and is based mainly on the analysis of portraits during her 23 years of active work and appearances in the media pit. Controversial, provocative and shocking, vulgar and sometimes on the edge of bad taste, but always different and new, Madonna was his constant changes created an entire philosophy. Each transformation of her character brings with it a story.
Following her portrait of the different phases, I paid attention to facial expressions and psiholigiju individual. The intense color as an important component, helps me explication of the general coloration of the scene and the atmosphere that prevails at the same time emphasizes the mime and movement.
The similarity with the procedure Vorholovim work in collage (the use of printed parts and repetition) was intentional. It represents a kind of replica of his productions and my omazoboma umetnicimajer Madonna as a pop icon of his time, deserved "Vorholovski portrait." I, always, that Vorholovskim Madonna portraits, serving at the same time repeating his system-power sources, and portrays himself.
My pictures have overt overtones of posters, which, with the help of add typography, inspired by Madonna's creative work, just to emphasize the character of my poetics based on widespread media world and what the average viewer is surrounded by every day, not to diminish the artistry of these works because they are , at the core, traditionally constructed images using classic materials.
Video Killed the Radio Star
1981st "Video Killed the Radio Star" (The Buggles) was the first music video aired on, then, only lansiranoj cable television station MTV (MTV Music Television), which will be started in a new era in the history of music and mass media. Visual experience, offering music videos as the main program of MTV, will eventually evolve into an ever richer content and will become a major manufacturer of new media of widespread water production - music stars, whose scale will become so large and dominant that essentially indicates the nature of musical industry today. As a haven of big Hollywood movie stars, so the powerful influence of MTV and TV screens to ground was crucial in the recognition that these new icons and our time. It is this phenomenon of pop music made by 80-year deals with this series of images through the prism of pop art painting.
As the most important thesis of the presentation of pop art as the art direction is taken that the pop image shows the relationship between society and mass media. Pop art is magic, and through media images pop artists want to show that the media have become an important and inevitable part of reality that is radically changed our mind and perception, our sense of value, and the relationship to the world and ourselves. Pop artist accepts his environment and at the same time does not criticize him or glorified, just watching. They are often referred to as what is in the pictures "of their landscapes," which indicates that subjects in the picture were not elected because of some formal qualities, but because opsteprisutni in everyday surroundings, and they paint what they see.
In this context, my paintings is a portrait seen as a mistake, because their essence is not to be hit or psychology of the character models - which is often the essence of the portrait. I am in this picture only adds to the idea of ??an indifferent pop art and realistic picture of a real time through the play provided by a television screen. My models are TV screens (like the Richter (Richter) used a photograph for capturing reality in his paintings) and "products" of media that I was bombarded from an early age. In order that the probability of this picture-worthy scene to mimic the TV, using, in addition to traditional painting techniques (oil on canvas), and autosprejevima to obtain grain structure that mimics the pixels on the screen. I picture format should be associated with TV screens kockastih format, often represented in the homes of 80-ies. Coloring the pictures is fresh and cheerful, light and color in accordance with video clips from the period in which they occur.
These images reflect the pop Arto and, in their liveliness and authenticity, see the spirit of 80's. My intention with this series of paintings is to become a link in the chain of production, where I am, of the existing water production, processed many times in different ways, developed a new and in their own way.
© 2016 Sonja Marunic. All Rights Reserved.

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Whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, or you just like spending time with the family, this is such a wonderful season. The children are furiously ripping the colorful paper and bows from their boxes with wild fantasies of toys and games. Warm clothes will be had along with full bellies of treats and dinner. To avoid the polite look of a forced smile, many kids will be the receivers of multiple gift cards.
This season is not only for the children and families. Retailers are counting their winnings. A surprisingly high number of businesses are dependent upon the holiday season to make or break them. Some will fold in the first quarter of the year. Too much reliance on one channel creates steep competition with no outlet. The ones that chose to hedge their bets into multiple channels are likely the ones that thrived.
And that my friends, is just one more reason why Bing Ads, despite its considerably lower volume, should not be ignored. But Bing Ads know that they have not been so effective at growing the revenue streams from the Yahoo! and Microsoft partnership. But that's not your concern. There are simply not as many advertisers there. In the world of supply and demand, that means the holidays are joyous on Bing Ads.
Microsoft realized a few years ago that advertisers were not adapting to their new way of doing things. It was hurting their relationship with Yahoo! and their profits. So, they essentially gave up being innovators. They have worked very hard to become clones of Google AdWords. That also means that they are always behind AdWords, but give them time.
1) They are not innovators any longer. Most features on Bing Ads work almost the same as their AdWords counterparts, with a few important distinctions. Unless you're ready to learn about Bing Ads deeper, think of them as the same.
Shopping: They have Product Extensions and Targets, but it's nowhere near what AdWords has.
YouTube: They don't have a video platform anywhere near what Google has.
Display: Their Contextual Network only supports text ads. It does exist, but the limitations on it make it harder to generate similar revenue streams from.
Quite simply, Bing Ads is primarily a way to expand the Search volume you are targeting with a somewhat different demographic. And their Bing Ads Import Tool is super easy to use. The cost-per-action is often frequently lower, although this varies by industry. Essentially, it is an outlet when you've begun maxing out some of your better keywords.
Setting a Bing Ads account is fairly easy nowadays. You can either create a new email address from Hotmail or one of the other Microsoft properties, or you can now turn your own email address into a Microsoft Account. Same thing Google does. If you have a Bing Ads account already, you can merely sign-in with a user name here or your Microsoft email account here. While you're at it, now would be a good time to download the Bing Ads Editor. Unsurprisingly, it is modeled after the Google AdWords Editor.
There are actually two ways to do this. You can see from the screenshot below how to begin the browser version. It's selectable from the 'Import Campaigns' option in the upper right. I am going to walk you through the one in the Bing Ads Editor.
This section requires Bing Ads Editor. If you've haven't downloaded in the past, go ahead and get it from the earlier link. You've first be given a greeting, immediately followed by a sign-in screen. If you have a regular user name you may log in. If you're using a Microsoft account you'll need to click the link option in the screenshot below.
After signing in, the Editor will require you to choose an account to download. It doesn't matter if it's empty. Go ahead and choose the account you want to work on. After that is finished downloading, go ahead and select the Import Button from the screenshot below.
Upon clicking the Import button, you'll see a drop down list that asks 'From Google', 'From Yahoo!', 'From Bing', and 'From a custom spreadsheet. For the purpose of this blog, you'll want to select 'From Google'. If this is your first time importing, you'll need to sign into Google on the next screen, shown below. Then click Next.
This will be followed by a list of all accounts accessible via that AdWords login. If that login accesses an MCC, you'll need to scroll through the list to find the appropriate account, select it, and click the Next button on that screen.
The following screen offers the option of importing all campaigns or deciding which campaigns you want to import. By selecting the option to choose, you'll see all of the AdWords campaigns available as shown in the screenshot below. Make your selections, and click the Next button.
This next screen is filled with options. Delete campaigns and ad groups in Bing Ads that have been deleted from the source (e.g. Google AdWords) is one that I use almost every time. The important part to remember is that the import cannot handle this with keywords and ads. While your import will add keywords and ads, it can't get rid of old ones. You'll need to do that manually. I usually use most of the settings on the left, although it sometimes repeats my existing Ad Extensions and throws up an error. If you haven't changed those since the last build, you can opt not to change that. If you want a different budget than Google, also consider not using that. The settings on the right are mostly for manually tagging your URL's. If you're unfamiliar with that process, you can leave those blank. Lastly, there's the Bing Merchant Center option.
Click close on the following screen. You may find you have some errors, which you will need to resolve. Then click "Post Changes" at the top. Finally, you're done. There are occasional extra errors thrown after the post, which you can handle separately. If you get stuck, call the Bing Ads helpline @ 1-800-518-5689. Their customer service is usually very helpful. Don't forget to check the browser to make sure everything looks right.


I attended the 'Healthier Lives, Wealthier Communities' in Edinburgh this week. A key theme was the importance of demonstrating added value and that the statutory and private sectors should also be required to report on this just as much as for Third Sector organisations. The other key issue was the growing recognition that Community Benefit Clauses will have an important role to play in social enterprises getting their foot in the door! Single Outcome Agreements (SOAs) were also on the agenda with NHS Health Scotland looking to deliver a series of SOA Planning events to make sure public health targets are delivered. This sounds like an excellent idea and an exercise that the LSENs could certainly benefit from. Senscot and SSEC have commissioned the Pool to review how social enterprise is figuring in SOAs. We'll have the full report next week but early indications are that it will make pretty depressing reading.
The Argyll and Bute SEN held their 2 day Trade Fair and Dragons Den this week. 70 delegates and speakers attended the event in Oban. Speakers over the 2 days included Jim Mather, MSP Minister for Enterprise, Energy and Tourism, Dharmendra Kanani, Director, BIG Lottery along with presentations from BRAG Enterprises, Social Investment Scotland, the Social Enterprise Academy, Argyll & Bute Council on Procurement and Recycle Fife on the theme of Adopt, Survive and Connect. This year's Dragons Den winners; Bute Community Land Company took away £5000 in an award from Firstport . Bridgend Kitchen Garden, Islay, Kintyre Recycling Ltd and Ardrishaig Community Trust also won prizes of £1000, £500 prizes and coaching sessions from the Social Enterprise Academy. See http://www.absen.org.uk for more details about ABSEN and the conference.
The Tayside SEN is involved in discussions around procurement with NHS Tayside. The NHS in Tayside is keen to engage with social enterprises in a drive to increase the sustainability of their procurement process. Members of the SEN are taking part in a pilot scheme delivering small contracts with support from the new Ready for Business Programme. If successful it could lead to consortia between members to deliver larger contracts.
Bookings are still open for the Ceilidh and the Dragons Den at New Lanark, 19th & 20th November. Booking forms at http://www.senscot.net/networks1st.


Bushmills owner Cuervo has launched a short film featuring poetry to support its St Patrick's Day activations for the Irish whiskey brand.
In the advert, singer-songwriter Foy Vance, reads verse written by fellow Northern Irish artist Jon Plunkett that celebrates the idea of home. The reading finishes with 'The Bushmills Toast', inspired by the Irish ritual in which a drink is taken as an expression of honour or goodwill.
The advert is available on Bushmills' social media channels and YouTube ahead of St Patrick's Day on 17 March, which this year falls on a Saturday.
Cuervo, which owns the Jose Curevo Tequila brand and is also known as Becle, last month released its full-year results for the 12 months of 2017. Sales in the year came in 6.4% up compared to 2016, on flat volumes. Its non-Tequila category, which features Bushmills, Stranahan's American whiskey, Hangar 1 vodka and Kraken rum - was up by a lesser 2.2% on a 0.9% dip in volumes.


"Sold our two houses in Westward Ho!last year and we also purchased our new one through this Agent. Every thing was done with the up-most of care, professionally, and they kept us up-to date through the whole process...which was not without its difficulties, and the many parties involved.. However, they ensured that all the transactions went as smoothly as possible, handling the transactions with care, sensitivity and with next to none personal service. Highly recommended, and would not hesitate to use them again."


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Q: rails asset-pipeline caching fonts rails 3.2.13 asset pipeline serving fonts from cache not logging?
I am using the following gem font-awesome-sass-rails and am having trouble with the font files being cached and the server not logging the request. I have recently upgraded from v2 to v3 of the gem. But rails is still serving v2 of the font files. If I remove the font files from the gem run bundler restart webrick clear the browser cache rails still serves the files. The only way I can bust the cache is if I change the font url in the sass file.
It seems font files are being cached by sprockets and cannot be cleared?
I have tried to clear the sass cache:
    rm -fr tmp/sass-cache
Any one have any suggestions?  I am also wondering if it is normal that requests for cached assets do not show up in the server log?

A: Okay this fixed it:
rake assets:clean

I am unsure why the fonts were the only files effected by having precompiled assets. I must have had partially precompiled assets.

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In late 2004, Kisumu bay, Lake Victoria, was covered in a blue-green hue. The algal bloom - a proliferation of cyanobacteria – demarcated an area of low oxygen and eventually decomposing algae, causing fish to suffocate or flee and contaminating the drinking water- a dead zone. Adapt-N, a software programme developed by researchers at Cornell University seeks to solve this problem.
Wind power in Kenya contributes only a small amount of the country's electrical power. However, its share in energy production is increasing. Kenya aims to generate 2,036 MW of wind power, or 9% of the country's total capacity, by 2030. With the project expected to match approximately 18% of the current national grid electricity-generation capacity, the Lake Turkana Wind Power Project shall become a renewable energy gem in the East African continuum.
Around the world, arable land or land that is suitable for agriculture is dwindling. The rural-to-urban migration and growing cities of the world have constricted the capacity of the rural populations to provide food, for both urban and rural populations. At the same time, our overall world population is increasing. How do we feed an additional 2 billion people by 2050? In Kenya, a US-based not-for-profit social enterprise called CAN YA LOVE (pronounced as Kenya Love), is working with a consortium of local partners, to erect pillar gardens in urban areas such as slums, community land spaces and in schools.
Another innovation with regard to solar energy category was that of solar roofing tiles presented by Strauss Energy. Strauss is into the business of incorporating solar cells - called Building Integrated Photovoltaic (BIPV) into building materials such as tiles. The solar tile is either made of a plastic material or mixture of plastic and ceramic components, with solar cells being overlayed on top. This model seeks to combine both the advantages of house roofing and power generation. The solar cells work in the normal way by converting sun's energy into power which is then channeled to power devices at home, office or factory.
Intasave, a not-for-profit and environmental enterprise is planning to use scalable nanogrid solar power systems to bring clean, reliable and affordable power to about 500 communities and 250,000 people in Kenya, South Africa and Mozambique within three years. After raising the initial US$100,000 through crowdfunding, construction of the hubs is already underway in villages in Kenya.


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Republica Populară Ucraineană (în ) a fost o republică formată pe teritoriul actualei Ucraine în urma Revoluției Ruse din 1917. În ciuda numelui, nu a fost o Republică Populară în spiritul statelor comuniste din perioada de după al Doilea Război Mondial, de aceea este uneori numită Republica Națională Ucraineană.

În urma amenințării invaziei din partea trupelor bolșevice, se aliază cu Republica Populară a Ucrainei Occidentale formată din teritoriile ucrainene din Imperiul Austro-Ungar, dar în 1920 întregul teritoriu este cucerit, iar bolșevicii înființează  Republica Sovietică Socialistă Ucraineană.

Evoluția teritoriului

Naționalism ucrainean
Revoluția ucraineană

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Das Schloss Wolfshagen lag am Haussee im Dorf Wolfshagen an der Grenze zwischen Brandenburg und Mecklenburg-Vorpommern an der Bundesstraße 198 östlich der Stadt Woldegk.

Ein bereits vorhandenes Renaissance-Schloss ließ der Begründer der Wolfshagener Linie des Hauses Schwerin, Otto Graf von Schwerin, Ritter des Johanniterordens und seit 1735 Träger des Hohen Ordens vom Schwarzen Adler, von 1727 bis 1738 durch ein Barock-Schloss von Jean de Bodt ersetzen. Dieses Schloss wurde von 1776 bis 1838 erweitert. Zuletzt wurden rechts und links je ein Außenflügel angebaut. Am Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges wurden das Schloss, die Orangerie und das Schweizerschloss zerstört und später vollständig abgetragen. An der Stelle des Schlosses befindet sich heute ein Park.

Grafen Schwerin-Wolfshagen
Wolfshagen ist in der Historie, nicht nur durch den Bau des Herrensitzes, eng verbunden mit der Genealogie der Grafen von Schwerin. Ursächlich vom Vogt Bernhard von Schwerin 1178 abstammend entwickelt sich die Familie zum größten Grundbesitzer in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Pommern und teils in Nordbrandenburg. Aus dem Stamm Alt-Landsberg stammt das Haus Schwerin Wolfshagen. Hermann Graf Schwerin-Wolfshagen (1776–1858) ist preußischer Generalmajor, Rechtsritter des Johanniterordens und eben Grundherr auf Wolfshagen. Seine Frau Rosalie war eine geborene Gräfin Dönhoff-Dönhoffstädt. Ihr Sohn Karl Alexander (1824–1893) übernimmt den Grundbesitz als Fideikommissherr, ihm gehören noch weitere Güter. Die Stiftung des Familienfideikommiss Wolfshagen 1877 ist auf ihn zurückzuführen.  Hermann Graf Schwerin folgt ihm. Seine Karriere begann als Zögling auf für dem Landadel so traditionsreichen Alumnat der Ritterakademie am Dom zu Brandenburg. Er ist nicht nur Kommendator bei den Johanniterrittern, sondern auch Kommendator des Deutschen Ordens Balley (Balley Utrecht), verheiratet mit Marie Freiin von Werthern. Dem Sohn Alexander Graf Schwerin (1882–1974) gehören neben Schloss und Gut Wolfshagen noch Hornshagen sowie Schlepkow, und mit Wehlack noch ein kleines Gut in Ostpreußen. Wehlack brachte seine Frau Enni Freiin von der Goltz mit in die Ehe. Graf Schwerin war Landschaftsrat, einer Nachfolgetitulatur der früheren Ritterschaftsräte. Alexander und Enni von Schwerin waren, wie weitere zahlreiche Vertreter des großen Adelsgeschlechts, Mitglieder der Deutschen Adelsgenossenschaft. Das Ehepaar lebte zuletzt in Bückeburg. Das Haus Schwerin-Wolfshagen wird heute unter anderem von den Nachfahren des Altwig von Schwerin und seiner zweiten Ehefrau Lore Junius präsentiert.

Rittergut
Kurz nach der Kaiserreichsgründung vermeldet das erstmals amtlich publizierte Generaladressbuch der Rittergutsbesitzer für das Königreich Preußen zu Wolfshagen eine Besitzesgröße von 711 ha, davon 66 ha Wasser. Wolfshagen ist ein kreistagsfähiges Rittergut der Grafen von Schwerin-Wolfshagen.

In etwa kurz vor der großen Wirtschaftskrise 1929/1930 beinhaltet die Begüterung Wolfshagen mit Rittergut Amalienhof und Vorwerk Yorksthat 1020 ha. Eigentümer ist der Rittmeister Alexander Graf von Schwerin. Verwalter ist Karl Schulz. 182 ha vom Amalienhof sind an Oberleutnant a. D. Gerhard von Marschall (1893–1955) verpachtet.

Gesamtensemble
Wolfshagen bildete in Gesamtheit mit Schloss, Kirche und Erbbegräbnis und zahlreichen weiteren Momenten ein einzigartiges Ensemble im alten Gutsland Brandenburg. Die Schlosslänge soll 65 m, die Höhe des Baukörpers 25 m betragen haben. Prunkstück des Herrenhauses war der so genannte Ahnensaal. Insgesamt hatte das Haus 70 bewohnbare Zimmer und unter anderem eine wertvolle Bibliothek.

Persönlichkeiten
 Wilhelm von Schwerin, Oberst, Grundbesitzer von Wolfshagen
 Herrmann von Schwerin, Generalmajor

Siehe auch
 Liste der Burgen und Schlösser
 Liste von Festungen

Literatur
 Hans-Joachim Dreger: Landschaftspark, Wolfshagen; in: Bund Heimat und Umwelt in Deutschland (Hrsg.): Weißbuch der historischen Gärten und Parks in den neuen Bundesländern; 2., überarbeitete Auflage, Bonn 2005; ISBN 3-925374-69-8; S. 38 f.
 Oliver Hermann und Melanie Mertens: Wolfshagen/Uckermark. In: Peter Michael Hahn und Hellmut Lorenz: Herrenhäuser in Brandenburg und der Niederlausitz. S. 643–648; gesamt 2 Bände: Einführung und Katalog. Kommentierte Neuausgabe des Ansichtenwerks von Alexander Duncker (1857–1883); Berlin: Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung Beuermann 2000; 2 Bde., 856 S., 275 farbige, 825 SW-Abb.; ISBN 978-3-87584-024-7
 Hans Joachim Helmigk: Märkische Herrenhäuser aus alter Zeit. Verlag Ernst Wasmuth Berlin, Druck Emil Hermann sen. in Leipzig, Potsdam, 1929, Seite 6 f., (Anm.: der Autor war in Wolfshagen)

Weblinks
 Erbbegräbnisstätte Familie von Schwerin-Wolfshagen

Einzelnachweise

Wolfshagen (Uckermark)
Wolfshagen (Uckermark)
Schloss Wolfshagen (Uckermark)
Bauwerk in Uckerland
Abgegangenes Bauwerk in Brandenburg
Zerstört in den 1940er Jahren
Wolfshagen
Parkanlage in Europa
Zerstört im Zweiten Weltkrieg
Wohngebäude im Landkreis Uckermark


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 Duggi (drum), traditional drum that accompanies shehnai and bauls musicians
 Duggi (town), a town in Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain


Norm "Mouse" Fieldgate was born January 12, 1932, in Regina Saskatchewan, and was a member of the first Lions' team in 1954.
Fieldgate's early football years were spent playing for the Regina Rams of the Canadian Junior Football League. After being recruited by the legendary Annis Stukus, Fieldgate was the first player signed by the Lions and spent his entire 14 year career with the club.
Fieldgate is widely regarded as one of the best of his time. The Norm Fieldgate Trophy, awarded to the most outstanding defensive player in the West Division is named in his honour.
Fieldgate, along with teammate By Bailey were the only two original BC Lions with the club when the Lions won their first Grey Cup Championship in 1964. He was named a CFL Western Division All-Star Team as a linebacker in 1959, 1960 and 1963, a year in which he was also named to CFL All-Star team.
Fieldgate played 223 games for the Lions and played at a variety of positions over his career. Although linebacker was where he made his mark, he also played downs at the defensive end, offensive end, corner linebacker and defensive back positions. Fieldgate was not a large man, but he oozed talent and natural athletic ability.
Following his career, Fieldgate created a successful business, and also served on the board of directors for the Lions in the 1980's. He still resides in the Vancouver area and is an active member of the team's alumni.


The LPAC Program was the 1st specialist course for Australian financial advisers seeking accreditation and/or advanced training to use ASX listed investments. In 2003 the ASX commissioned us to create the LPAC Program as a benchmark for the financial planning industry, and today the LPAC Program is in use by many Australian dealer groups, including some of the largest – as well as many boutique and specialist advisers. Since then the LPAC Program has been listed on the ASIC Training Register as providing RG 146 accreditation for the areas of Securities, Managed Investments and Derivatives. The FPA has also awarded the LPAC Program 36.5 CPD Points, which is the highest level of CPD points available for a course of this type.
The basic LPAC Program may be taken in self paced or face to face mode. For advisers who are not yet RG 146 accredited in securities, managed investments and/or derivatives, and who wish to use the LPAC Program to obtain their units of competency for entry level qualification as a financial adviser, the basic LPAC Program can be supplemented by additional assessment and examination. The additional examination, enrolment for it, and assessment are provided by Integrity Education Group, which has been selected to partner with us to provide this additional service for LPAC students. Upon successful completion of the LPAC Program, plus the examination and assessment provided by Integrity Education Group, students will be awarded a statement of attainment certifying the following units of competency: FNSASIC503WB Provide advice in Securities, and FNSASIC503VB Provide advice in Derivatives. The following are pre-requisites to the units listed above: FNSICCUS506B, FNSICCUS507B, FNSFMKT502B, FNSFMKT503B, FNSICADV502B, FNSICPRO502B. The LPAC Program is listed on the ASIC Training Register and can be found at http://asic.gov.au/online-services/search-asics-registers/asics-training-register.
Please note, in order to obtain units of competency and entry level qualifications and RG 146 accreditation in securities, managed investments and/or derivatives, the basic LPAC Program must be supplemented by the additional assessment and examination provided by Integrity Education Group. Enrolment forms and further information are available at: www.integrityeducation.com.au or by calling Integrity Education Group on 1 300 400 346.
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The Brevard High School Band has been invited to perform at Carnegie Hall.
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In RF testing, the output power level of signal generators is an important factor as they need to maintain spectral purity and level accuracy. The automatic leveling control (ALC) and various combinations of attenuators determine the power range of signal generators. In fact, the output power of signal generators needs to be as low as -120 dBm for receiver sensitivity testing, and the peak power requirement for RF power amplifier testing must be more than +20 dBm.
Although "power" is a pretty basic concept, it is important to understand the kind of ''power" you are referring to. Let's take a closer look at the difference between average power, envelope power, peak envelop power, and measurement applications for high/low output power.
The International System of Units defines the watt (W) as a unit of power – one watt is one joule per second and is used to quantify the rate of energy transfer. At direct current (DC) and low frequencies, voltage and current measurements are simple and straightforward. Power (P) is the product of voltage (V) and current (I).
For low-frequency signals, both voltage and current vary with time. The energy transfer rate (instantaneous power) also varies with time. In Figure 1 below, the instantaneous power shifts around cycles as represented by the blue curve. Average power is calculated by integrating the area under the P curve.
However, as frequency increases, voltage and current measurements become difficult and impractical, so engineers measure power directly. Figure 2 represents three continuous waves (CW) with the same voltage level but different frequencies. Pi (green curve) is instantaneous power and it varies with time, while Pavg (red line) is average power. Notice that average power remains constant and independent of frequency which is a good quantity for high-frequency signals. Let's take a closer look at different definitions of power for RF measurements.
As frequency increases, the impedance will vary. The term "average power" is very popular and is used to specify all RF and microwave systems as the instantaneous power variations are too fast to be meaningful. Average power is the average energy transfer rate across many time periods of the lowest frequency.
For some applications, engineers examine the effects of modulation or transient conditions without examining details of the RF carrier waveform. Figure 3 below illustrates high-frequency modulated signal power measurements. The upper graph represents the voltage envelope of the modulated signal. The lower left graph shows the instantaneous power of the signal in green and the average power in red.
The envelope power is measured by averaging the power over a time period that is long compared to the period of the highest modulation frequency, but short compared to the period of the carrier. The lower right graph shows the envelope power in red. The maximum envelope power is called "peak envelop power (PEP)" which is an important parameter that is used to characterize the output power of a modulated signal.
Many of the digitally modulated signals appear noise-like in the time and frequency domain. Power Complementary Cumulative Distribution Function (CCDF) curves help characterize the higher-level power statistics of a digitally-modulated signal. Use the CCDF of a signal generator to identify the peak-to-average ratio (PAR) of a signal waveform as shown in Figure 4. The signal waveform is a 64 QAM and symbol rates are at 1 Msps with a root-raised-cosine (RRC) baseband filter. The peak value is 5.95 dB above the average power. If the output amplitude (average power) set to 0 dBm, the PEP is equal to output amplitude plus PAR, i.e. +5.95 dBm.
The amplitude level setting on a signal generator cannot be greater than the maximum output power of the signal generator minus the peak-to-average ratio, or it may result in compression of the signal generator's amplifier. For example, the maximum output power of a signal generator is +18 dBm and the waveform's PAR is 5.95 dB. The maximum amplitude setting (average power) for the signal generator is +12.05 dBm (18 - 5.95 = 12.05).
Let's take a look at some examples. In Figure 5 (left panel), there are 3 different settings on the signal generator. The amplitude level is set at 0 dBm, and the frequency is set to 1 GHz.
B is a QPSK (quadrature phase shift keying) modulated signal with a symbol rate of 1 Msps; it uses an RRC (root-raised-cosine) baseband filter.
C is a 64-QAM (quadrature amplitude modulation) modulated signal with a symbol rate of 1 Msps; it uses an RRC baseband filter.
The signal analyzer's measurement results are on the right of Figure 5. The results include "Power vs. Time", "Mean power" (Average power), and "Peak-to-Mean" (PAR). Cable loss between the signal generator and the signal analyzer is about 1 dB.
The amplitude setting on a signal generator is "Average Power" (Mean Power for signal analyzer). You will notice that all three outputs' "Mean Pwr" measurement results are about -1 dBm (due to the cable loss).
The results of "Pk-to-Mean" are different for all three outputs. Result ① has a Pk-to-Mean measurement of almost 0 dB because it's a CW signal. Results ② & ③ are modulated signals and you can see the power variations in the time domain. A 64-QAM modulation signal has more power variations than a QPSK's. This means the Pk-to-Mean measurement of the 64-QAM modulation signal is bigger than the QPSK's. It is important to know the Pk-to-Mean value of the modulation signal before setting the amplitude level on a signal generator to avoid exceeding the maximum output power of the signal generator.
What Does Specification Say about Power?
Let's see how you can select the right signal generator for your measurement applications. Table 1 below shows the maximum amplitude specifications of Keysight's MXG/EXG signal generators.
There are several points you need to be aware of when reading this table.
Output amplitude is affected by frequency ranges and operating temperatures.
An option is available for the needs of higher output power, option 1EA in this example.
The step attenuator (in 5-dB step) provides coarse power attenuation to achieve low power levels. Fine power level adjustment is provided by the ALC (automatic leveling control) within the attenuator hold range.
The "Maximum output power" is for CW. Some datasheets list maximum output power for I/Q modulation which is referring to PEP.
If you need to go beyond the specified output power range, you can use an amplifier to increase the output power or an attenuator to decrease it. However, you will need to take the amplifier's gain uncertainty, and the attenuator's flatness and accuracy into consideration. Here are some test applications for high and low output power.
Signal generators offer precise and stable test signals for a variety of components and system test applications. An important specification of any signal generator is output power range. For specific applications, a high or low output power signal is applied to your test system. The signal distortion, broadband noise floor, amplitude, and phase flatness will affect the accuracy of the output signal. It is important to ensure the output power range and the amplitude accuracy are good enough for your measurements.
If you want to learn more about key specifications of signal generators and why they matter, visit the Keysight website and download our latest white paper, The Essential Signal Generator Guide.


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Prescribed fire is a useful tool for helping to manage habitat by impeding successional change and controlling invasive plants. Consequently, it is also valuable for increasing suitable habitat for amphibians and reptiles. Under some circumstances, though, fire can also be damaging to resident populations of reptiles and amphibians.
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On the Importance of Laughter
October 28, 2011 By Dr. Donald DeMarcoGeneral
Australian aborigines have a most imaginative myth that speaks to both the importance and to the elusiveness of laughter. They envisioned a Giant Frog who had swallowed all the waters of the world. Since life cannot continue without water, a dire predicament had been created. The only solution lay in making the Frog laugh, an action that would cause him to release the waters. One by one various animals passed by attempting to provoke a laugh. Neither monkeys, nor kangaroos, nor hyenas, nor, we must presume, Tasmanian Devils, could cause the Frog to erupt into laughter. At last an eel paraded by who stood delicately balanced on its tail. The Giant Frog's uproarious laughter flooded the world. Life was allowed to resume.
Without laughter, life, indeed, can become arid, dull, and tasteless as dust. Laughter is explosive, re-generating, health-giving. The aborigines knew this instinctively and this is why they created the ingenious myth of a Giant Frog producing a Deluge of life-affirming laughter.
It was this same slippery species that amused an urban sophisticate, Ogden Nash to write a short poem in its honor: "I don't mind eels/Except at meals–/And the way they feels." Humor is remarkably free of ethnic boundaries.
Why do we laugh? Life can wear people down. When it becomes too heavy, we need to counteract gravity with levity. Laughter unlocks, though only momentarily, the chains of responsibility. It lifts us from the weightiness of life. "Man laughs because he has a soul," wrote Bishop Fulton J. Sheen, "hence, the more spiritual a person is, the more enjoyment there is in [his] life. In this sense, humor is closely related to faith; it bids us not to take anything too seriously."
And this is why we have a continuing need for humorists, comics, clowns, punsters, jugglers, and acrobats. We need the occasional reprieve from life's pressures. Yet we love laughing, not only because of this reprieve, but also because it intimates that one day we will enjoy a permanent victory over heaviness. "Angels can fly," said, G. K. Chesterton, "because they take themselves lightly."
In King Lear, Shakespeare states: "The gods are just, and of our pleasant vices make instruments to plague us." This is a most elegant and trenchant phrase. However, there is decidedly nothing funny about it. Groucho Marx said essentially the same thing in ten fewer words and people laughed: "Time wounds all heels." By transposing "heals" and "wounds" and then playing on the equivocation of "heals" and "heels", the result is something that induces laughter. "Time heals all wounds" is popular; "time wounds all heels" is jocular. The latter rests on a parody and a pun, and still makes a point. In fact, its point becomes even more pointed. "Give him an inch and he thinks he's a ruler" is based on a pun, but it is also an amusing way of rebuking the greedy.
Humor conjoins the unexpected with the delightfully improbable. We think we are making the predictable journey from A to B and suddenly find ourselves on the Road to Utopia or sailing to Byzantium or flying to the moon. Humor is serendipitous, like The Three Princes of Serendip who, by chance, found something more valuable than what they originally sought.
The highly regarded comedian Fred Allen told of a scarecrow that was so menacing that the crows returned the corn they had stolen two years ago. We do not expect crows to be frightened thusly, or to have delicate consciences, or to make restitution. He also tells of a town in Maine that was so dull that one day the tide went out and never came back. Likewise, it is most amusing to invest a tide with enough sense not to return to a boring town. Then there is the fellow who could trace his family tree all the way back to the days when his family lived in it (was Darwin right?).
Laughter not only spans time and place, but the span of one's lifetime. Children laugh long before they can talk. Consider the following quatrain composed by a fourteen-year-old boy:
Each time that I pass by a church,
I stop to make a visit,
So that when I am carried in
Our Lord won't say, "Who is it?"
Old people can laugh long after they can no longer sing. They can still laugh despite their multitudinous aches and pains: "When your memory goes, forget it." And even a dog laughed at the spectacle of a cow jumping over the moon. St. Thomas Aquinas saw "laughter of the field made beautiful by flowers." He also saw "the laughter which makes the countenance of man beautiful."
We need the disciples of the Giant Frog to keep us inundated with laughter. For this curious convulsion is good both for soul and body, and for mind and heart. Scientists who have investigated the effects of laughter find a correlation between levity and longevity. This should not be surprising. He who laughs, lasts. Life may not always be a laughing matter, but laughter means that there is something else that matters.
Please help us in our mission to assist readers to integrate their Catholic faith, family and work. Tell your family and friends about this article using both the Recommend and Share buttons below and via email. We value your comments and encourage you to leave your thoughts below. Thank you! – The Editors
Dr. Donald DeMarco is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, St. Jerome's University, Waterloo, Ontario; a Visiting Scholar, Holy Apostles College and Seminary; a Distinguished Visiting Teacher, St. Hyacinth College, Granby, Massachusetts; Faculty Member at: Catholic Bible College of Canada; St. Joseph's College, Edmonton; Mater Ecclesiae, Rhode Island; Domus Mariae, Rhode Island; John Paul II Institute, Melbourne, Australia; and a Lecturer for the Sisters of Mary Immaculate, Cambridge, Ontario. He is the author of 21 books, including, How to be Virtuous in a Not-So-Virtuous World with Fr. Bill McCarthy, MSA (Los Angeles, CA: Queenship, 2007); several hundred articles in scholarly journals and in anthologies, and articles and essays appearing in other journals and magazines and in newspapers; and innumerable book reviews in a variety of publications. His education includes: B.S. Stonehill College, North Easton, MA 1959 (General Science); A.B. Stonehill College, 1961 (Philosophy); Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, 1961-2 (Theology); M.A. St. John's University, Jamaica, NY, 1965 (Philosophy); and Ph.D. At. John's Univ., 1969 (Philosophy). His Master's dissertation was "The Basic Concept in Hegel's Dialectical Method" and his Doctor's dissertation was "The Nature of the Relationship between the Mathematical and the Beautiful in Music". He is married to Mary Arendt DeMarco and they have five children.
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Rosselkhoznadzor, the Russian federal service for veterinary and phytosanitary surveillance, on January 9 lifted its temporary restrictions placed on pigs and porcine products from select farms and processing plants from the Brestskaya oblast in Belarus. The restrictions were previously imposed because of concerns of African swine fever in Belarus and in Russia.
Rosselkhoznadzor administrators lifted the restrictions, taking into account materials provided by the national veterinary services of the Republic of Belarus supported by description of the anti-epidemic measures taken in order to control African swine fever. It also took into account legal acts related to the issue as well as the outcomes of the inspection carried out by experts of the Rosselkhoznadzor Administration for the Bryansk and Smolensk oblasts in cooperation with the national veterinary services of Belarus from February 10, 2013 to May 10, 2013 at the Belarus plants involved in marketing of pork and its products.
Six establishments were affected by the restrictions.
Rosselkhoznadzor also reported that the previously affected processing plants may use pig farms located in the other oblasts of Belarus as a source of animals in case no temporary restrictions are imposed on them.
Rosselkhoznadzor will strengthen monitoring of products imported from these plants. Samples will be taken from ten consignments of products imported within at least three months. Rosselkhoznadzor has also made a request to the national veterinary services of Belarus to ensure monitoring tests of pigs and porcine products for African swine fever virus.


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Beyonce Applauds Meghan Markle For Including Black Traditions At Wedding
This Black History Month, Beyonce has been honoring a number of public figures who have contributed to their communities. On Wednesday (Feb. 20), Bey penned a heartfelt tribute to Duchess of Sussex, M…
February 21, 2019 10:32am
This Black History Month, Beyonce has been honoring a number of public figures who have contributed to their communities. On Wednesday (Feb. 20), Bey penned a heartfelt tribute to Duchess of Sussex, Meghan Markle for her philanthropic work and for her culturally-inclusive royal wedding.
In the post, which is published on her official website, Beyonce commended Markle on her "charitable work in communities of color." "Meghan's background as a film and tv actress has allowed her to use her platform for good," the singer wrote. "As a global ambassador for World Vision, she traveled to Rwanda to see how access to clean, safe water impacts children, an issue that is near and dear to our hearts. She also visited and supported the Myna Mahila Foundation in Mumbai, an organization that helps solve the menstruation challenges many women and girls in the community face."
Meghan Markle And Prince Harry Are Expecting Their First Child
The Lemonade artist also praised the Duchess for incorporating traditions from her own culture in her royal wedding to Prince Harry in May 2018. "[She] brought many Black traditions to her Royal Wedding including a Chicago-based Black pastor, an amazing gospel choir, and a young Black cellist" she continued. "At the wedding her culture was front and center, and she and Prince Harry have continued to push the race relations dialogue forward both near and far."
She concluded her note, by congratulating Markle on her pregnancy. "In honor of Black History Month, we bow down to one of our Melanated Monas," Bey added. "Congrats on your pregnancy! We wish you so much joy."
The tribute comes shortly after honored Markle on Instagram after winning Best International Group at the 2019 Brit Awards with husband, Jay-Z. The video showed the power couple standing in front of a reimagined image of Markle as the Mona Lisa as their single "Apesh*t" played in the background. "We wish you so much joy," Beyonce wrote in the caption of her Instapost.
Read Beyonce's full tribute here.
Thank you to the Brits for the award for Best International Group. I won this award back in 2002 with my besties, Kelly and Michelle. How lucky am I to have been in a group with my other best friend, the GOAT Hova. 🙌🏾 In honor of Black History Month, we bow down to one of our Melanated Monas. Congrats on your pregnancy! We wish you so much joy.
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When the lying has to stop – weekly briefing
Anti-racist champion Jeremy Corbyn campaigning in Margate in 2015. Photo: Flickr/Chris Beckett
Calling out the smear merchants for what they are is step one in ending this appalling and unprecedented witch-hunt, argues Lindsey German
I cannot remember a sustained witch-hunt of the sort set in train against Jeremy Corbyn over the summer. Starting with Margaret Hodge's despicable slur on him back in July, it has continued on a daily basis. In the course of the witch-hunt, the focus has increasingly moved from alleged incidents of antisemitism in Britain to questions of Israel and Palestine. As many have long predicted, the witch-hunts against individual party members have been overtaken by increasing attacks on Labour's leader himself.
There can be no doubt about what this represents - the serious attempt to remove a twice-elected Labour leader who has left wing politics, who supports a range of causes and movements including those for the Palestinians, who is committed to redistribution of wealth and power, who wants more money spent on decent public services, and whose election as prime minister would inspire working people around the world.
Such a vista is so horrifying to those who control our society that there is now an alliance of right wing Labour MPs, the print and broadcast media, the Tories and indeed Benjamin Netanyahu - all united on finding ways in which every day they can spread lies, innuendo, misunderstandings and misquotes which paint Corbyn as the devil incarnate, so filled with hatred that he represents an 'existential threat' to British Jews, according to some Jewish papers.
The latest attack is about a meeting where Corbyn was obviously making a joking remark about a group of Zionists at a meeting not understanding 'English irony'. The remark refers to specific people and is in the context of saying that the Palestinian ambassador understands this English irony better. Yes, that really is it, yet it has caused MPs Luciana Berger and Mike Gapes to question their membership of Labour.
It has also brought the most astonishing intervention from Tory Home Secretary Sajid Javid - yes he of the party of Boris Johnson and the burka insults, and of the hostile environment to immigrants which brought us the Windrush scandal. He demonstrates his total ignorance on the matter when he suggests that making this remark about Zionists makes Corbyn antisemitic against all Jews. He says that any similar remark about other groups such as Asians would be deemed unacceptable.
But he is the one who is here making the racist assumption. Not all Jews are Zionists - and indeed not all Zionists are Jews. Zionism is a political movement with a history, established in the late 19th century as antisemitism grew in Europe and aimed at securing a homeland for Jews. It was long a minority view among European Jews, until the events of the Holocaust understandably led to it gaining more support and to the establishment of the state of Israel. Today, extreme Zionists are emigrating to Israel and settling on Palestinian land in settlements deemed illegal under international law, but encouraged by Netanyahu and his friend Donald Trump.
The comparison Javid makes is wrong - a comparable reference would be to an Islamic political organisation or to Islamic extremism, a term used very frequently. When people refer to Zionists they refer not to all Jews but to a political movement - and are quite right to make the distinction. This is a fabricated row which takes a casual remark from a speech and turns it into an attack on all Jews. While it seems that the left can distinguish between Jews and Zionists, it seems that the right wing media can't.
These arguments about antisemitism are being used to try to damage Corbyn and to rehabilitate Israel's reputation at the exact time when it is threatening war with Iran, attacking Palestinians, trying to claim Jerusalem as its capital and increasing the illegal settlements, all egged on by Trump
The argument has become intertwined with Middle East politics and divisions within Labour. Reports of a barbecue hosted by Peter Mandelson where 20 MPs including deputy leader Tom Watson discussed this issue, Brexit and a new party are all too believable. A de facto split looks more and more likely to me, with antisemitism being heralded as the ostensible reason, although this has long been about major political differences. I for one am totally fed up with those MPs and journalists who claim they all thought Corbyn was a really good guy until all this. No, they didn't, they always opposed him, but this gives them a rationale.
I helped organise and spoke at a London meeting last week where 400 people packed into the hall and another 100 were turned away. The speakers all made clear their opposition to antisemitism and all racism, but also to the oppression of Palestinians which is a fact of life in Israel. The audience was very militant, very annoyed at the slurs and very committed to organising against them. This anger is a reflection of feelings inside and outside Labour across the country. It may be true, as some Labour members argue, that most people see through it, but it is corrosive nonetheless. And its aim is not just to demoralise the left, but to defeat it, and to defeat the broader Palestine solidarity movement which is so strong in Britain.
One question we should all ask is why, when there have been weeks of these lies and slanders towards Jeremy, has there been so little from Labour MPs defending him? Or Momentum? There has to be a concerted fightback and everyone needs to step up and argue against this witch-hunt. It isn't going to go away, with the IHRA definition of antisemitism likely to be adopted by the NEC. That, in turn, will lead to further attacks on the left. Central to fighting back has to be a determination to have serious debates - in the Labour Party, in the movements, in the media - on what Israel has done and what it is doing.
The constant slurs, lies and innuendo are the enemy of such debate. They have to stop. And we have nothing to fear from such debates. Perhaps those attacking Jeremy Corbyn do?
Time to isolate the fascists
It's very good news that the anti-racist movement led by Stand up to Racism is calling a mass demonstration against fascism and racism for November 17th. This is likely to unite very large sections of society, the majority of whom oppose racism. There is a worrying growth of racism and fascism in Europe - with widespread racism against Muslims and migrants, and a resurgence of antisemitism in central and Eastern Europe. Instead of blaming Labour's left for this rise, we should recognise that Corbyn's politics help to provide an antidote to it. We should also recognise that the fascists and far right are vile, but are massively strengthened by various forms of state racism, including immigration controls, anti-Muslim laws, Prevent and the like.
Here, Tommy Robinson threatens to build a fascist movement along with the dregs of UKIP. We cannot allow this to happen. This demo can't be built as routine. It needs the big unions and organisations, but we have to drill down into working class areas, into every housing estate, workplace, college and school. We have to mobilise in imaginative and inventive ways, and we have to link our anti-racism with the need to change capitalist society which is leading to racism and scapegoating. The stakes are high, and we need the left to get out on the streets.
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Back to the picture of the grimacing old man. Notice what I'm wearing. It's called a Tri Suit. In this case it's a single piece. It works in the water. Dries fairly quickly once you're on the bike. Like bike shorts this particular suit has a pad to cushion contact with the saddle. And when you're done on the bike, you just keep going. That pad I mentioned is thinner than most bike shorts, and you'll not really notice it when you're running. The point being I don't have to change clothes. I can go from the swim to the bike to the run without slowing down. You don't really need a special suit, you could do the entire race in a pair of swim shorts, but I've never regretted buying it.
In the old days we avoided synthetics and stuck to cotton. It held onto your sweat and clung to your back. But that's how we knew we were working hard. Then they started coming out with this stuff that wicked moisture away from your skin. It cost twice as much as the cotton so for a while I avoided it. But then one day I caved and got a cool looking tech shirt. And low and behold, it was kind of nice. I bought another one. The next thing you know I've got $2,000 worth of tech gear hanging in my closet. It's an addiction. You could live without it, but once you get used to it, it's hard going back. Keep in mind that most of the races you do will reward you with some kind of tech shirt. In time you'll have more than you know what to do with. So be patient with your initial purchases. In time the shirts will come to you.
The tri suit mentioned above doesn't tend to chafe between the legs because it's form fitting. However running shorts can. Especially when you're doing long distances. Some Body Glide lubricant can help. I've also found a pair of running shorts (the Inferno Split Short by Saucony) where they've arranged for the seam not to fall directly between the legs. Look for this sort of thing when you're shopping. On a twenty mile run it really makes a difference. I've also heard people recommend shorts with a form fitting inner short that goes down the leg, similar to what you have with a tri suit.
You're going to be out in the sun as you train. Look for clothing that provides some spf factor. This is especially important in the clothes you'll race in. You'll be out in the sun for hours at a time and the sun can easily penetrate simple cotton.
Compression wear is something tight enough to exert pressure on your muscles. Since recovery depends on getting the blood pooled in your leg muscles out of there and circulating, I can conceive of compression helping. I do worry that while it would increase the flow of blood out of the muscle it might inhibit the continuing flow of restorative blood back into the muscle. But there have been studies done which indicate that wearing compression socks during or after exercise can help with recovery. There are people convinced they run better with something wrapped tightly around their legs. But there isn't a whole lot of independent scientific study to support that. I've begun wearing a pair of compression cold weather tights lately and can't say I notice an improvement. I'd like to see some solid evidence before I'll be convinced. This isn't where I'd spend my money.


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The Golden State Warriors were in playoff mode early in their game against a LeBron James-less Los Angeles Lakers squad Thursday night.
Surely Snow has stressed to him, time and time again, that the organization is building toward something great.The president called the 7 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Looking back at the past 16 Stanley Cup champions is like an anthropological study of the NHL itself.Panthers left wing Mike Hoffman extended his points streak to 17 games with a late third-period power-play goal.
And no matter how much Arizona figured things out, there is nothing you can do against a team that makes all its tough shots.If you're chasing the playoffs from December or November every single year, especially this year, that's a really hard thing to do and you're going to come up short.It's really important to get a good start after this break, said Elias Pettersson, the team's star rookie.With that said, at 11 nobody in this organization's happy with where we're at.
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FAIL: Americans Now MORE Skeptical Of Women Claiming Sexual Harassment After Year Of #MeToo
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The #MeToo movement was supposed to increase awareness of the supposed danger and oppression American women face constantly. Instead, the movement, which demands men be ruined on mere allegations alone and suggests no allegation is false or exaggerated, seems to have made Americans more skeptical of accusations.
A survey from YouGov and the Economist shows after a year of the hashtag, Americans are shifting toward those accused without due process.
"When it came to questions about the consequences of sexual assault and misconduct, there was a small but clear shift against victims," the Economist wrote.
As always, "victims" stands in for "accusers."
The numbers are still clearly in accusers' favor, but have shifted over the past year.
In November 2017, 28% of American adults said "men who sexually harassed women 20 years ago should not lose their jobs today." As of September 2018, 36% now say the same. Men, women, and Trump voters have all seen increases in their responses, while fewer Clinton voters feel the same.
On the question of whether "false accusations of sexual assault are a bigger problem than unreported assaults," a larger percentage of each of the above four categories now agree. Women and Trump supporters in particular now see false accusations as more of a problem. In November 2017, 10% of women and 20% of Trump supporters said false accusations were a bigger problem. Now, 15% of women and 35% of Trump supporters say the same.
When asked if "women who complain about sexual harassment cause more problems than they solve," men actually showed no change, with about 31% agreeing now and in November 2017. More women, Trump supporters, and even Clinton supporters, agree with the statement.
"Surprisingly, these changes in opinion against victims have been slightly stronger among women than men," the Economist wrote. "Rather than breaking along gendered lines, the #MeToo divide increasingly appears to be a partisan one. On each of these three questions, the gap between Trump and Clinton voters is at least six times greater than the one between genders."
H/t The College Fix
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The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, 76 F5
Illustrated Bible of The Hague	Facsimile Edition
Illustrated Bible of The Hague, The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, 76 F5 − Photo 1
Illustrated Bible of The Hague, The Hague, Koninklijke Bibliotheek, KB, 76 F5 − Photo 10
The elaboration of this codex took place in the Benedictine Abbey of Saint Bertin, a center of culture and knowledge of the France of the 13th Century.
In the year 1200 they developed their own miniature, with an independent and original style and great quality, thus creating new rules for the Prayer Books, both private and public.
Even though the author of the illustrations is not known, the beautiful miniatures which depict him are part of a style known as the 1200 French Style: characterized by golden backgrounds of Byzantine influence, bright colors and plane figures, though maintaining some Romanic features.
Some experts state that the 45 illuminated pages which decorate this codex were meant to illustrate the preamble of a psalter.
A clear influence of the English psalters is evident, even though the reason for which it was not completed is unknown.
Each illuminated page is divided into four scenes, describing the history of the Old and New Testament, and the life and martyrdoms of the Saints. 172 colored scenes upon golden and silver backgrounds represent the cycle of Salvation, from Adam and Eve in the Eden, to the Final Judgement. In the folio 1v there is a beautiful map of Jerusalem, seeming to be introduced after the work was finished.
The text was included after the realization of the miniatures. Around the 13th Century texts in Latin and French were added. This led some experts to doubt the title of the codex, proposing "Jewish and Christian Chronicles" as the most correct.
This, and the originality of its miniatures, makes this codex a unique specimen.
A beautiful binding in green velvet, dated XVIII Century, with clasps carved with a Greek Cross, protects the pages of the manuscript.
The clear Byzantine influence of the illuminations, as well as the reproaches and complaints agains the court of Rome regarding the Second Crusade, which appear both in the first and the last pages, led some experts and the last owner, Joseph Désirè Lupus, to think that this codex was made for the Byzantine Emperor Manuel I Komnenos "The Great", famous for his charismatic character and his passion for the West. He gave permission for the two armies of the Second Crusade to pass through his lands. Even though the Byzantine troops tried to control the behavior of the Crusaders, many violent acts were committed between the French and the Greeks. It escalated to the verge of an open conflict with the Emperor Manuel I and the Crusaders.
This manuscript was part of the private collection of Joseph Désirè Lupus (1766-1822) until 1819, date in which king William I bought it. In 1823 it became part of the funds of the National Library of the Netherlands, where it currently remains.
18th Century green velvet binding, with clasps carved with a Greek Cross.
We have 1 facsimile edition of the manuscript "Illustrated Bible of The Hague": Biblia Ilustrada de la Haya facsimile edition, published by Orbis Mediaevalis, 2011
Biblia Ilustrada de La Haya
Manuscript book on parchment − 25.5 × 16.5 cm − 94 pp.
Late 12th century − Benedictine Abbey of Saint Bertin, France
North-West France
French, Latin
Former Owners
Joseph Désirè Lupus
Artists / Schools
1200 French Style; backgrounds of Byzantine influence; English psalters
45 full-page illuminations
Madrid: Orbis Mediaevalis, 2011
Commentary (Spanish) by Solera, Gregorio; Van der Vlist, Ed; König, Eberhard; Sanchez Prieto, Ana B.; Lopez Menaza, David
Full-size color reproduction of the entire original document, Illustrated Bible of The Hague: the facsimile attempts to replicate the look-and-feel and physical features of the original document; pages are trimmed according to the original format; the binding might not be consistent with the current document binding.


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