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'Reverse culture shock' when students return to OWU after being abroad
Juniors Sarah Dailey (left) and Eilee Foley in Australia, where they both studied during the fall semester.
Coming back to a college campus after a long break is usually exciting for students.
After spending a significant period of time at home, many students are happy to be back on campus, with the freedoms that comes along with being in college.
But for students coming back from being abroad for a semester, the adjustment to coming back onto campus can be more difficult for them.
Juniors Kelsey Gallaher, Lauren Moore and Lidia Mowad all participated in the University College Cork, Ireland program this past fall.
Mowad said she picked this specific program because she spent a summer in Ireland four years ago to learn about the conflict in Northern Ireland.
Junior Jordan Bernstein also spent the fall semester away from campus, but she had a different experience than other students who were abroad.
Bernstein participated in the Wesleyan in Washington program in Washington D.C., where she had an internship with Senator Kay Hagan (D-NC.)
"My focus is on American government and I wanted to be in the heart of what I have been learning about and what I love," she said.
Bernstein's roommate, junior Eilee Foley spent her fall semester abroad at James Cook University (JCU) in Australia and junior Hannah Snapp participated in the Salamanca, Spain program.
Foley said she decided to study abroad in Australia because JCU offered her fulfilling psychology courses and she also got the opportunity to live in a small town on a beach.
Each student that was abroad has said that adjusting to life back on campus after being gone for a semester has been hard.
"It is difficult for everyone that comes back from taking some time abroad because there is a definite disconnect between yourself and the campus," Snapp said.
"I'm still struggling with some aspects but I have incredible friends that are making the transition much better. I also have great friends who were also abroad and with whom I can talk."
Mowad said she is feeling reverse culture shock upon her return to the United States.
"For the first month, it's going to be like you are just going through the motions; trying to get back into society," she said.
Gallaher said her biggest adjustment to being back at Ohio Wesleyan is the time change; and the time difference was also a big struggle for her while she was in Ireland.
Bernstein, Foley and Moore all said that adjusting back to the pace of college life and OWU has been challenging, but they are excited to be back in the community with their friends.
One of the biggest frustrations that some of the students faced prior to returning to OWU was not knowing where they were living once they came back to campus.
"My abroad friends and I kept calling and emailing them [Residential Life], and finally I heard on the Wednesday before classes started," Moore said.
"It was unnerving to not know who my roommates would be, how to pack and where I'd be placed until then."
Andrew Peterson, assistant director of Residential Life, said three things go into the planning of rooming assignments: where spots are open on campus, seniority or priority number and preferences of residence halls.
"The biggest challenge is assigning people to the building/room/roommates that they want to live with or with whom they are compatible," Peterson said.
"The difficulty is compounded as we don't know where those spaces may be until very late in the semester when we hear about students going abroad in the spring, leaving the university or graduating."
Additionally, Peterson said that ResLife cannot please every student all the time, and that the lack of off-campus options has nothing to do with the struggle of finding rooms for students coming back after a semester away.
Snapp said she is not pleased with her living situation and she is currently looking to move residential halls.
However, some of the other students said that they are happy with their living situation.
"Luckily, I ended up rooming with my four best friends who were all abroad too," Foley said. "ResLife came through in the end and provided us with a lovely dorm in Smith Hall."
Every person who participated in a study abroad program said it changed their outlook on life, and may have impacted potential career goals.
Mowad said she feels more cultured and has learned to become more observant of the world.
Bernstein said her opportunity to work in government in D.C. has helped her to figure out her area of focus.
According to Snapp, she learned more about herself during her time aboard and developed a deeper appreciation for travel.
Most students coming back to campus said that they were most excited to be back within the OWU community.
Foley said she missed the simple things, like the long lunch lines in the food court and seeing friendly faces around campus.
"I'm definitely putting my all into everything I do on campus, and I've been open to trying new things and not letting an opportune moment slip by," Moore said.
"Those four months went by way too fast, and I'm going to use every day here to appreciate everything here, because college has an expiration date!"
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Key and any garage or building access instructions and fees for replacement.
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Building Map and fire escape information.
A copy of your HOA Rules & Regulations.
Neighborhood information, including directions to the nearest grocery stores, highways, malls, major offices and popular restaurants (you can also include a directory of good take- out restaurants/menus too!).
Print out maps/directions to help your renter get around.
Local police and fire departments.
The number of a trusted neighbor.
Any maintenance or important building/property contacts.
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Sportsnet fires Don Cherry following Coach's Corner comments
By Sean LeahyNov 11, 2019, 3:45 PM EST
Rogers Sportsnet has fired Don Cherry following his comments during Saturday's Coach's Corner segment on Hockey Night in Canada.
"Sports brings people together – it unites us, not divides us," read the statement released by Rogers Sportsnet on Monday. "Following further discussions with Don Cherry after Saturday Night's broadcast, it has been decided it is the right time for him to immediately step down. During the broadcast, he made divisive remarks that do not represent our values or what we stand for. Don is synonymous with hockey and has played an integral role in growing the game over the past 40 years. We would like to thank Don for his contributions to hockey and sports broadcasting in Canada."
During a rant about seeing people in the Greater Toronto Area not wearing poppies to honor fallen soldiers, the 85-year commentator singled out immigrants ahead of Remembrance Day on Monday.
"I live in Mississauga, nobody … very few people … wear a poppy. Downtown Toronto, forget it, nobody wears a poppy. Now you go to the small cities … And the rows on rows … you people who come here, you love our way of life, you love our milk and honey, at least you can pay a couple bucks for a poppy or something like that," Cherry said. "These guys paid for your way of life that you enjoy in Canada, these guys paid the biggest price."
The negative response to Cherry's comments caused Sportsnet president Bart Yabsley to issue a statement on Sunday saying that the comments do no reflect what the network represents. Cherry's Coach's Corner co-host, Ron MacLean, apologized on Twitter and during Sunday's "Hometown Hockey" broadcast.
"Don Cherry made remarks which were hurtful, discriminatory, which were flat out wrong … I owe you an apology, too. I sat there, did not catch it, did not respond. Last night was a really great lesson to Don and me. We were wrong, and I sincerely apologize. I wanted to thank you for calling me and Don on that last night."
The NHL responded with a statement of its own:
Statement from the National Hockey League regarding Don Cherry's comments Saturday night: pic.twitter.com/zt57sLy5Fa
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) November 10, 2019
Cherry, who coached the Boston Bruins for five seasons before becoming a full-time hockey commentator with the CBC in 1981, refused to apologize, telling the Toronto Sun, "I have had my say." Following the news of his firing, he told the paper, "I know what I said and I meant it. Everybody in Canada should wear a poppy to honour our fallen soldiers."
No word yet on how Sportsnet plans to use the first intermission of the early Saturday Hockey Night in Canada game yet.
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Ten checks the state of Wisconsin uses to prevent and catch voter fraud

by The Badger Project, The Badger Project
January 18, 2021

A polling place in Eau Claire. Photo by Jake Olson.

BY HOWARD HARDEE, FOR THE BADGER PROJECT

Since Election Day, no evidence of widespread voter fraud has emerged in Wisconsin — or any other state.

But politicians, propagandists and social media influencers have sought to undermine the results of the presidential election in Wisconsin before and after Nov. 3.

With President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration set for Jan. 20, mistrust of the electoral system has continued festering despite a recount in Dane and Milwaukee counties that detected no signs of malfeasance — and added to Biden's lead by 87 votes. The former vice president won the state by more than 20,000 votes.

In general, vote fraud in Wisconsin is "exceedingly rare and is managed rather well by the current system," said Barry Burden, a political science professor and the founding director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "When apparent cases do emerge, they are usually detected without much difficulty."

Vote fraud occurs in every election, but not on a scale that comes close to overturning the results, said Reid Magney, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Election Commission, a bipartisan panel that administers the state's elections.

"There could be anywhere from 100 to 200 potential cases of election fraud of some kind," he said. "Most of it involves a felon voting. One hundred votes out of 3.2 million (total votes cast in Wisconsin in 2020) is extremely small."

The Wisconsin Election Commission has several failsafe measures in place for presidential elections — including fraud audits. Here are 10 reasons that voters can trust the results of the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin.

1. All voters are required to register

That involves proving residency in Wisconsin with a driver's license or state ID card, which are matched against Division of Motor Vehicle records, per the state's strict voter ID law.

"Over the past decade the state has adopted much tougher measures to regulate the voting process," Burden said. "In particular, the voter identification law adopted in 2011 is one of the strictest in the country. That may be seen as a heavy method of inhibiting vote fraud. But it is not actually well designed to address election related crimes. Its main purpose is to prevent voter impersonation. That type of fraud is exceptionally rare, easy to detect, and subject to substantial penalties."

Attempts to vote with a fake ID are exceptionally rare. It would be difficult, though not impossible, to create a fake Wisconsin driver's license or U.S. passport, Magney said. Not to mention, doing so could result in a criminal conviction.

"The reality is that the cost and effort to do that for one additional vote for the candidate of choice — especially balancing the risks of being caught — it's just not something that happens," he said.

Barry Burden, political science professor and director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison.

2. Photo ID is required to vote by mail

Voters who request an absentee ballot are also required to register by providing a copy of their photo ID.

Wisconsin is a rare state that requires absentee ballots be witnessed and signed by another person. "It is not clear that this requirement is effective in inhibiting absentee ballot fraud, but it is an extra step that must be taken to cast an absentee ballot," Burden said.

The state recently introduced online tools that let voters and election officials track ballots as they "wind their way through the system," Burden said. "These tools are quite helpful for providing transparency and as a check on potential crimes such as theft of absentee ballots from mailboxes."

3. Felons can't vote until completing their entire sentence... Probation too

Safeguards are in place to prevent the most common form of vote fraud — when a resident who is ineligible to vote due to a felony conviction attempts to cast a ballot. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections provides the commission with a regularly updated list of people convicted of felonies.

"We regularly match that with the voter list, and if there is an apparent match, we will flag that registration for the clerk to review it and make sure it's the same person," Magney said. "If it is the same person, then that voter is deactivated immediately."

If a person who hasn't completed their full felony sentence tried to register to vote on Election Day, they would most likely get flagged by an election worker. It's not a foolproof system; sometimes individuals fall through the cracks, Magney said. But those cases are usually discovered during a post-election audit which is mandated by state law.

Apparent cases of vote fraud often aren't intentional, Burden said.

"People who are on parole or probation from felony convictions are often unaware of election laws and assume that they are able to vote once their incarceration ends," he said. "Their attempts to vote can sometimes be labeled as purposeful vote fraud, but they are typically misunderstandings of the law."

4. Dead people can't vote

The Wisconsin Election Commission receives regular updates from the Wisconsin Vital Records Office of the state with death certificates, and deceased residents are removed from the voter list -- despite many claims to the contrary.

5. Potential vote fraud is investigated

Potential cases of vote fraud are directed to county district attorney's offices for investigation. The Wisconsin Election Commission reports such cases to the Wisconsin State Legislature and posts them online for public viewing.

6. Voting equipment is double-checked

After an election, officials check for discrepancies between the electronic and physical ballots by auditing a random sampling of 5% of the voting machines in the state.

This election cycle, between 180 and 185 units were audited, Magney said. Clerks in those municipalities were required to pull out the ballots and recount them by hand twice to detect any variations or problems.

The Wisconsin Election Commission audited 28 reporting units that used equipment from Dominion Voting Systems, which has been the subject of online disinformation and recently filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump lawyer Sidney Powell.

The audit found no issues with the Dominion machines, Magney said. Any variation between what the machines reported and the number of physical ballots would have been flagged and investigated.

"The idea that someone could have hacked those machines or manipulated those machines, and it wouldn't be caught by this audit, is just not credible," he said. "They got out the ballots and hand counted them in public — twice."

7. Residents can't vote more than once

Wisconsin is part of a 30-state group known as the Electronic Registration Information Center that provides reports on potential duplicate registration records in different states and flags registrants who might have died or moved.

"If you voted in one place and went and voted somewhere else, and registered to vote on election day, and used your real name and identification, that would be caught as well," Magney said.

The system also detects when somebody tries to vote in more than one state.

"The system has become a source of controversy because it is not perfectly reliable in every case, but it is nonetheless a tool that allows the state to look into records that may need to be updated or purged," Burden said. "Simply notifying voters that their records have been flagged can be a helpful alert in case another person was attempting voter registration fraud."

8. Residents can report suspected vote fraud

If a resident suspects they've witnessed a form of vote fraud, they can file a sworn complaint with the Wisconsin Election Commission. The public's eyes serve as another layer of protection for the integrity of the election.

"We receive very few sworn complaints," Magney said.

9. Thousands of election officers are on alert

Elections officers in Wisconsin take election crimes seriously, Magney said. A suspicious influx of online voter registrations or mailed-in voter registration forms likely wouldn't go unnoticed.

Photo by Jake Olson.

"Wisconsin has the most decentralized elections administration system in the country, with 1,850 municipal clerks," he said. "Having all of those eyes on the voter list, having all of that local ownership, is an important part of our election security system in that they know their voters."

10. Claims of vote fraud at an election-shifting scale don't make sense

A useful thought exercise for seeing through conspiracy theories is imagining how many people would have to keep it a secret. Rigging a Wisconsin election decided by tens of thousands of votes would require a massive level of coordination between thousands of election officers who have sworn to uphold the state constitution, Magney said.

"We make sure that elections officials are on the same page to follow the law and properly administer the election," Magney said. "The idea that everybody would be conspiring to change the election results or to somehow subvert the system is absurd."

The Badger Project is a nonpartisan, citizen-supported journalism nonprofit in Wisconsin.

This article first appeared on The Badger Project and is republished here under a Creative Commons license.
By The Badger Project on January 18, 2021 • ( 2 Comments )
A polling place in Eau Claire. Photo by Jake Olson.
BY HOWARD HARDEE, FOR THE BADGER PROJECT
Since Election Day, no evidence of widespread voter fraud has emerged in Wisconsin — or any other state.
But politicians, propagandists and social media influencers have sought to undermine the results of the presidential election in Wisconsin before and after Nov. 3.
With President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration set for Jan. 20, mistrust of the electoral system has continued festering despite a recount in Dane and Milwaukee counties that detected no signs of malfeasance — and added to Biden's lead by 87 votes. The former vice president won the state by more than 20,000 votes.
In general, vote fraud in Wisconsin is "exceedingly rare and is managed rather well by the current system," said Barry Burden, a political science professor and the founding director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. "When apparent cases do emerge, they are usually detected without much difficulty."
Vote fraud occurs in every election, but not on a scale that comes close to overturning the results, said Reid Magney, a spokesman for the Wisconsin Election Commission, a bipartisan panel that administers the state's elections.
"There could be anywhere from 100 to 200 potential cases of election fraud of some kind," he said. "Most of it involves a felon voting. One hundred votes out of 3.2 million (total votes cast in Wisconsin in 2020) is extremely small."
The Wisconsin Election Commission has several failsafe measures in place for presidential elections — including fraud audits. Here are 10 reasons that voters can trust the results of the 2020 presidential election in Wisconsin.
1. All voters are required to register
That involves proving residency in Wisconsin with a driver's license or state ID card, which are matched against Division of Motor Vehicle records, per the state's strict voter ID law.
"Over the past decade the state has adopted much tougher measures to regulate the voting process," Burden said. "In particular, the voter identification law adopted in 2011 is one of the strictest in the country. That may be seen as a heavy method of inhibiting vote fraud. But it is not actually well designed to address election related crimes. Its main purpose is to prevent voter impersonation. That type of fraud is exceptionally rare, easy to detect, and subject to substantial penalties."
Attempts to vote with a fake ID are exceptionally rare. It would be difficult, though not impossible, to create a fake Wisconsin driver's license or U.S. passport, Magney said. Not to mention, doing so could result in a criminal conviction.
"The reality is that the cost and effort to do that for one additional vote for the candidate of choice — especially balancing the risks of being caught — it's just not something that happens," he said.
Barry Burden, political science professor and director of the Elections Research Center at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Photo by Bryce Richter / UW-Madison.
2. Photo ID is required to vote by mail
Voters who request an absentee ballot are also required to register by providing a copy of their photo ID.
Wisconsin is a rare state that requires absentee ballots be witnessed and signed by another person. "It is not clear that this requirement is effective in inhibiting absentee ballot fraud, but it is an extra step that must be taken to cast an absentee ballot," Burden said.
The state recently introduced online tools that let voters and election officials track ballots as they "wind their way through the system," Burden said. "These tools are quite helpful for providing transparency and as a check on potential crimes such as theft of absentee ballots from mailboxes."
3. Felons can't vote until completing their entire sentence… Probation too
Safeguards are in place to prevent the most common form of vote fraud — when a resident who is ineligible to vote due to a felony conviction attempts to cast a ballot. The Wisconsin Department of Corrections provides the commission with a regularly updated list of people convicted of felonies.
"We regularly match that with the voter list, and if there is an apparent match, we will flag that registration for the clerk to review it and make sure it's the same person," Magney said. "If it is the same person, then that voter is deactivated immediately."
If a person who hasn't completed their full felony sentence tried to register to vote on Election Day, they would most likely get flagged by an election worker. It's not a foolproof system; sometimes individuals fall through the cracks, Magney said. But those cases are usually discovered during a post-election audit which is mandated by state law.
Apparent cases of vote fraud often aren't intentional, Burden said.
"People who are on parole or probation from felony convictions are often unaware of election laws and assume that they are able to vote once their incarceration ends," he said. "Their attempts to vote can sometimes be labeled as purposeful vote fraud, but they are typically misunderstandings of the law."
4. Dead people can't vote
The Wisconsin Election Commission receives regular updates from the Wisconsin Vital Records Office of the state with death certificates, and deceased residents are removed from the voter list — despite many claims to the contrary.
5. Potential vote fraud is investigated
Potential cases of vote fraud are directed to county district attorney's offices for investigation. The Wisconsin Election Commission reports such cases to the Wisconsin State Legislature and posts them online for public viewing.
6. Voting equipment is double-checked
After an election, officials check for discrepancies between the electronic and physical ballots by auditing a random sampling of 5% of the voting machines in the state.
This election cycle, between 180 and 185 units were audited, Magney said. Clerks in those municipalities were required to pull out the ballots and recount them by hand twice to detect any variations or problems.
The Wisconsin Election Commission audited 28 reporting units that used equipment from Dominion Voting Systems, which has been the subject of online disinformation and recently filed a defamation lawsuit against Trump lawyer Sidney Powell.
The audit found no issues with the Dominion machines, Magney said. Any variation between what the machines reported and the number of physical ballots would have been flagged and investigated.
"The idea that someone could have hacked those machines or manipulated those machines, and it wouldn't be caught by this audit, is just not credible," he said. "They got out the ballots and hand counted them in public — twice."
7. Residents can't vote more than once
Wisconsin is part of a 30-state group known as the Electronic Registration Information Center that provides reports on potential duplicate registration records in different states and flags registrants who might have died or moved.
"If you voted in one place and went and voted somewhere else, and registered to vote on election day, and used your real name and identification, that would be caught as well," Magney said.
The system also detects when somebody tries to vote in more than one state.
"The system has become a source of controversy because it is not perfectly reliable in every case, but it is nonetheless a tool that allows the state to look into records that may need to be updated or purged," Burden said. "Simply notifying voters that their records have been flagged can be a helpful alert in case another person was attempting voter registration fraud."
8. Residents can report suspected vote fraud
If a resident suspects they've witnessed a form of vote fraud, they can file a sworn complaint with the Wisconsin Election Commission. The public's eyes serve as another layer of protection for the integrity of the election.
"We receive very few sworn complaints," Magney said.
9. Thousands of election officers are on alert
Elections officers in Wisconsin take election crimes seriously, Magney said. A suspicious influx of online voter registrations or mailed-in voter registration forms likely wouldn't go unnoticed.
Photo by Jake Olson.
"Wisconsin has the most decentralized elections administration system in the country, with 1,850 municipal clerks," he said. "Having all of those eyes on the voter list, having all of that local ownership, is an important part of our election security system in that they know their voters."
10. Claims of vote fraud at an election-shifting scale don't make sense
A useful thought exercise for seeing through conspiracy theories is imagining how many people would have to keep it a secret. Rigging a Wisconsin election decided by tens of thousands of votes would require a massive level of coordination between thousands of election officers who have sworn to uphold the state constitution, Magney said.
"We make sure that elections officials are on the same page to follow the law and properly administer the election," Magney said. "The idea that everybody would be conspiring to change the election results or to somehow subvert the system is absurd."
The Badger Project is a nonpartisan, citizen-supported journalism nonprofit in Wisconsin.
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Q: Update several data bound user controls in a WPF/WCF Application My brain in stuck trying to resolve an issue i have encounted and some assistance would go a long way.
I have an application which downloads a data structure from a WCF service and the data is stored in an observable colletion property. I have a user control that contains a grid and is bound either on the user control initilizer or throught an x:Static databinding. The user control or the observable collection property can be accessed on the same machine more then once.
If I have multiple instance of the user control open and modify a record using the grid, I send the change to the WCF service which modifies the SQL database adds a few bits to the modified object and is passes it back to WPF (perhaps in future to other client apps through postbacks) app and the grid updates. However it only updates on that one particular usercontrols grid.
If I force the other user controls grid to rebind then the data change is reflected which is not what I want. So I decided to use LINQ to find the object to be modified in the observable collection, add then inserted the object to the collection using the IList.IndexOf to the place it was in the collection and remove the old object. Doing this method does seem to work fine but I have been reading that there is a better way of acheiving this.
Can anyone help shed some light on what I am trying to acheive or is the way that I have accomplished notifying all bound grids that a change is made the right/only of doing this all my properties implement inotifypropertychanged on there values.
Thanks in advance

A: The collection is created by the wcf service and handed over to a static class to provide access to it. The grids are bound to this static class.
According to your comments I have to rewrite my anser:
You have a static property the grids are bound to. If you assign a new collection to this property, the grids are still bound to the old one and therefore they do not update because from their point of view nothing changed.
If you change one item inside the the collection you changed the item and not the collection. So the bound grids wont update because fromt theit point of view nothing changed.
When you want to have the grids updated you have to register a ChangedEvent-Handler on all your collection items when they are added. Every time this handler is invoke because you changed one item of the collection you have to trigger the grids to update.
This is usually done by a view model that wraps the collection (the model). The grids then bind to this view model, which takes care of informing the grids (the views) of any change. Have a look at the MVVM design pattern which will provide you a standardized way to solve your problem.

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SOUTH AFRICAN OPPOSITION PARTY DA TO CONTEST ALL AVAILABLE MUNICIPAL WARDS
June 3, 2016 General
South Africa's leading opposition political party, the Democratic Alliance (DA), has announced that it will contest all available municipal wards throughout the country in the August 3 local government elections.
This will include all executive mayoral positions in the country's major cities, the DA announced Thursday in Cape Town, ahead of the deadline for the submission of party lists to the Independent Electoral Commission (IEC).
DA leader Mmusi Maimane said the party had announced its executive mayoral candidates, and has challenged the ruling African National Congress (ANC) party to do the same.
"I want to say to Gwede Mantashe (the ANC Secretary-General) and to (President) Jacob Zuma, 'Release your lists, release your mayoral candidates' so that we can see, so that South Africans know who they are voting for, don't mislead the people of this country," added Maimane.
"Let us all be clear of what we are going into, we have already told you who our people are, you can interrogate them as you have, but the ANC cannot play hide and seek with their candidates."
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The estimates for 2013 that I present here are the seventh in a series of studies conducted by the UN agencies and World Bank. They are based on the study reported in the Trends and Maternal Mortality 1990 to 2013 document. A total of 183 countries and territories with populations of at least 100,000, were included in this latest study representing not quite 100% of all births taking place globally. About 37% of these countries and territories had good civil registration systems. The remaining countries did not. So, the estimates are based on the kind of alternative data sources mentioned earlier, and on statistical modeling. The great news is that globally, the maternal mortality rate has fallen by 45% between 1990 and 2013. Moreover, all millennium development goal, or MGD regions of the world have experienced considerable reductions in maternal death. There were an estimated 280,000 maternal deaths in 2013. This translates to an MMR of 210 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births. The range of uncertainty indicates that the true MMR could be as low as 160, and as high as 290 deaths per hun, 100,000 live births. An MMR of 210 is really very difficult to grasp. It means that, even with a reduction of 45% in the MMR. About 800 women someone's mother, daughter, wife, or friend, die every day somewhere in the world. Let's take a closer look at the data. This table shows estimates of the global and regional MMRs. The range of uncertainty in the MMRs. The actual number of maternal deaths. And the adult lifetime risk of maternal death. These estimates reveal the stark discrepancies in maternal death experienced by women, depending on where they live in the world. As you can see, the so-called developing regions account for 99% of all maternal deaths. Stated another way, the MMR in the developing regions is 14 times higher than in developed regions, 230 versus 16 deaths per 100,000 live births. In terms of sheer numbers, Sub-Saharan Africa alone accounts for 62% of deaths, followed by Southern Asia, with 24% of deaths. Taken together, that is 86% of all maternal deaths worldwide. Think about that. The World Health Organization categories the MMR as extremely high if it is greater than 1000. Very high if it's between 500 and 999. High if it is between 300 and 499 and moderate if it is 100 to 299. An MMR of less than 100 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births is considered to be low. While none of the regions had an extremely high MMR, Sub-Saharan Africa was the only developing region with a very high MMR. Of the remaining developing regions, Southeastern and Southern Asia and Oceania had moderate MMR's, while Eastern, Central, and Western Asia, the caucuses. Northern Africa, Latin America and the Caribbean each had a low MMR. This map shows countries categorized by color according to their MMR. The darker the color, the higher the MMR. Sierra Leone is estimated to have the highest MMR at 1,100. A further 15 countries, all in Sub-Saharan Africa, had very high MMRs. Only two countries outside the Sub-Saharan African region, had very high MMRs, Afghanistan and Haiti. In contrast, only two countries inside the Sub-Saharan African region had a low MMR, Cape Verde and Mauritius. In terms of absolute numbers the two countries that accounted for one-third of all global maternal deaths are India at 17%, and Nigeria at 14% due in part to their large populations. From the perspective of adult life time risk of maternal death. We see a perhaps more disturbing picture. Globally, a woman's risk in maternal death is 1 in 90. For the developed countries, her risk is 1 in 3700, while in developing countries, it's 1 in 52. In Sub-Saharan Africa, a woman's lifetime risk of a maternal death is 1 in 38. At the country level, women in Chad and Somalia face the highest risk of maternal death, 1 in 15 and 1 in 18 respectively. One of the greatest challenges for Sub-Saharan Africa is HIV. While the proportion of maternal deaths attributed to HIV worldwide is relatively small at 2.6%. The countries of Sub-Saharan Africa account for 91% of these deaths. The proportion of maternal deaths attributed to HIV in Sub-Saharan Africa was 3.8% of all maternal deaths. Within Sub-Saharan Africa, South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Zambia, Lesotho, Namibia, Mozambique and the Gabon has had a proportion of maternal deaths attributed to HIV of 10% or more.


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Citgo 6 hauled back into custody amid Venezuelan opposition leader visit to DC
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Sergio Chapa Feb. 6, 2020 Updated: Feb. 6, 2020 7:35 p.m.
Citgo 6 hauled back into custody amid Venezuelan...
1of13Dennysse Vadell sits between her daughters Veronica, right, and Cristina holding a digital photograph of father and husband Tomeu who is currently jailed in Venezuela, at their home in Katy, Texas, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. Tomeu Vadell is one of six executives from Houston-based Citgo who has spent 15 months jailed in Venezuela on what their families say are trumped-up corruption charges. (AP Photo/John L Mone)Photo: John L Mone, STF / Associated Press
2of13President Donald Trump walks with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido at the White House, Wednesday, Feb 5, 2020. Guaido attended President Trump's State of the Union speech on Tuesday evening. (Doug Mills/The New York Times)Photo: DOUG MILLS, STF / NYT
3of13Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro waves during the opening ceremony of the judicial year at the Supreme Court of Justice in Caracas, on January 31, 2020. (Photo by Yuri CORTEZ / AFP) (Photo by YURI CORTEZ/AFP via Getty Images)Photo: YURI CORTEZ, Contributor / AFP via Getty Images
4of13Oil workers hang a Venezuelan flag at the Jose Complex during celebrations in Barcelona, Venezuela, May 1, 2007, as the state-run oil company PDVSA takes control of oil fields in the Orinoco Belt. Venezuela stripped the world's biggest oil companies of operational control over massive Orinoco Belt crude projects on Tuesday, a vital move in President Hugo Chavez's nationalization drive. REUTERS/Jorge Silva (VENEZUELA)Photo: JORGE SILVA / REUTERS
5of13*** BESTPIX *** WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 05: U.S. President Donald Trump walks with Interim President of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, after his arrival at the White House, on February 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. Later Today the U.S. Senate is expected to vote for acquittal in President Trumps impeachment trial. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)Photo: Mark Wilson, Staff / Getty Images
6of13Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) and Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido make statements for the press before a meeting on Capitol Hill February 6, 2020, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)Photo: BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI, Contributor / AFP via Getty Images
7of13Flags fly outside Citgo Petroleum Corp. headquarters stands in Houston on Feb. 14, 2019. MUST CREDIT: Bloomberg photo by Loren Elliot.Photo: Loren Elliott / Bloomberg
8of13FILE — The Citgo refinery in Lake Charles, La., Sept. 18, 2018. Citgo, a subsidiary of Venezuela's national oil company, could be splintered into pieces if the South American country's national oil company fails to make a $913 million bond payment due Oct. 28, 2019. (Todd Spoth/The New York Times)Photo: TODD SPOTH, STR / NYT
9of13Detained Citgo executive Alirio Zambrano, (third from left) and family members from left, Vanessa Zambrano, Jennifer Zambrano, Mickenzie Hill, Gabriela Zambrano Hill, Alexandra Zambrano Forseth, co-author, and Kiefer Forseth.Photo: Alirio Zambrano Family
10of13Pictured here, the family of detained Citgo executive José Luis Zambrano, far right, including mother Glayma, Stephanie, and Jessica, co-author.Photo: Courtesy Zambrano Family
11of13Sergio Cardenas holds a picture of himself with his father Gustavo as he sits on the lap of his mother Maria Elena Cardena, Gustavo's wife, at their home in Katy, Texas, Friday, Feb. 15, 2019. Gustavo, a Citgo executive, has been held in detention by the Venezuelan government along with five other Citgo employees since November of 2017, but their preliminary hearing has been postponed 12 times, leaving the families to question whether their loved ones are being held as pawns in a high-stakes political negotiation. The next hearing date is Wednesday, Feb. 20, 2019. (AP Photo/John L Mone)Photo: John L Mone, STF / Associated Press
12of13Jose Pereira (right) with his wife Mervis on their 30th wedding anniversary in 2017. Pereira is the former president of Houston-based Citgo and has been detained in Venezuela for 18 months.Photo: Courtesy photo
13of13Carlos Anez, 34, of Richmond said life has been a blur since his stepfather, Jorge Toledo, was arrested and detained in Venezuela in November 2017 along with several other former Citgo employees from Houston and Lake Charles on alleged corruption charges. Anez said his father, a U.S. citizen, has lost more than 40 pounds while being held in a detention center in Caracas for the past 14 months with little access to fresh air, medical supplies and food.Photo: Jill Karnicki / Staff photographer
Six executives with Houston refining company Citgo have been hauled back into custody in Venezuela after that nation's opposition leader, Juan Guaido, met with President Donald Trump at the White House.
Citgo executives Jose Luis Zambrano, Alirio Zambrano, Jorge Toledo, Tomeu Vadell, Gustavo Cardenas and Jose Pereira had spent the past two months under house arrest in Caracas after their November 2017 arrest in Venezuela.
Five of the men known as the "Citgo 6" are naturalized U.S. citizens, while the other is a legal resident. While working in Texas and Louisiana, the men were called to a meeting at Citgo's parent company, Petroleos de Venezuela SA, in Caracas, where they were arrested on corruption charges — allegations they deny.
Held for more than two years without trial, the men were placed under house arrest by a judge in December. But hours after Guaido's meeting with Trump, the men were again in official custody, family members confirmed Thursday.
The Trump administration recognizes Guaido as Venezuela's president after a disputed 2018 election in which incumbent Nicolas Maduro claimed victory. The U.S. administration has imposed crippling sanctions, unsuccessfully aimed at unseating Maduro, that have left the nation with chronic shortages of electricity, food, medicine and other necessities.
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Because there was no judge's order to take the men back into custody, family members of the men were puzzled by the arrests. Cristina Vadell, Tomeau Vadell's daughter who lives in Louisiana, said a family attorney confirmed he was taken into custody.
"For 16 hours we didn't know where he was," Cristina Vadell said. "Is he taking his medications? Is he eating? Is he sleeping? We don't know."
Politics: Citgo Six released under house arrest in Venezuela
While under house arrest, Tomeu Vadell stayed in the Caracas apartment of a family friend, sleeping on a mattress on the floor, she said. Family members sent food, medicine, vitamins and other supplies, and talked with him over a landline phone.
"Even though there were some improvements, there were some new challenges," Cristina Vadell said. "Every time I talked to him on the phone, he mentioned that he expressed an interest in coming home."
But those communications were cut short Wednesday. Vadell's mother, Dennysse Vadell, last spoke with him at 4 p.m. Wednesday. A couple of hours later, they learned from the family of another jailed Citgo executive that their loved one had been taken into custody. They tried calling him, but nobody answered. Their fears were confirmed by the family's attorney Thursday.
"Even under Venezuelan law, you can't hold someone for two years without a trial," Cristina said. "Under Venezuelan law, you should be released when that happens. So, we're not asking for any special treatment."
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In a Thursday afternoon statement, Citgo reiterated the company's support for the families of its jailed executives and called for them to be released.
"Citgo believes that the detention of these men violates their fundamental human rights, including the right to due process under law," the company said. "We pray for their safety, and for their families as they contend with all of the challenges presented by this lengthy separation from their loved ones. We continue to support the detainees' families, and we are grateful for the efforts of this administration and lawmakers on both sides of the aisle to bring these men home."
Sanctions: Houston companies caught in political tug-of-war over Venezuela
Julian Cardenas, a law professor at the University of Houston who sits on the Guaido-appointed board of directors for Petroleos de Venezula SA, said the arrests come at a time when the Trump administration is increasing pressure on the Maduro regime.
It also comes at a time when Guaido is building support by touring Europe, Canada and the United States. The Venezuelan leader was a guest at Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday, a day before the White House meeting.
Retaking the men into official custody, Cardenas says, appears to be a political tit for tat.
"One event was apparently retaliation for the other," he said.
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Sergio Chapa covers the oil & gas industry for the Houston Chronicle and writes for Texas Inc., a weekly Monday insert dedicated to covering the most powerful business leaders in Texas. Sergio was born and raised in the Lone Star State and studied journalism at the University of Texas at Austin. He previously worked at the San Antonio Business Journal, KGBT-TV in the Rio Grande Valley and Al Día in Dallas.
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Hmm, at this point i'm looking at lower kms cars but I do like the gordini's especially the interiors look nicer than the standard Clio III's. While the Megane R26s sparked my initial like for Renaults the new 250/265 shape is still my favourite at the moment. Also the R26 is a little too old for what i'm looking for.
Wow replies already. I did really like the Clio IV Cup drive, but I did find myself continuously grabbing to shift with the gear lever rather than the paddles, but I guess that's just a habit which would change if I got the auto. The power on a day to day basis I could see being really handy i.e over taking, up hills especially coming from a 1.6l. So I guess going to a bigger capacity or turbo engine will feel significantly better in any case. Wouldn't be going "off road" as such but maybe semi sealed roads or badly maintained sealed roads. Tommo, could you expand on what you mean by "resolved"? For the clio IV some demo models are getting close to the 30K mark and for the Clio III I've found a couple of 2012 demos lying around so essentially new which are sitting around 28-30K (is that too much?). i'm looking at newer low KMS cars that are still under warranty specifically from Renault dealers or dealers that can honour the Renault warranty at the moment. But if private sale bargain comes up I would entertain that.


Pamela Wiggins Siegel, co-founder of Costume Jewelry Collectors Int'l, is a freelance writer, editor, and appraiser specializing in antiques and collectibles with an emphasis on collectible costume jewelry. She is also the proprietor of shops on Ruby Lane and eBay which can be visited through her informational website: Chic Antiques by Pamela.
Pamela draws on her many years of experience in journalism, editing, and public relations to contribute graphic design, Web content, editing, and writing skills to CJCI. Her event planning background includes hosting several "mini" conventions for jewelry enthusiasts in Texas prior to co-founding CJCI, and assisting in the planning of numerous events as a public relations professional. This expertise guides her as she works with Melinda Lewis to plan CJCI's conventions for jewelry collectors welcoming attendees from around the globe.
Her book Warman's Costume Jewelry (Krause Publications) covers jewelry ranging from late-Victorian to contemporary collectible pieces. Her past work as an author includes writing the introduction for Warman's Jewelry 5th Edition (Krause Publications) and penning Buying and Selling Antiques & Collectibles on eBay (Thomson Course Technology). Her latest book is "Collecting with Kids" (Krause Publications).
Pamela has written for many national and regional publications, including CJCI Magazine published in 2010. She is currently a contributing editor with Heritage Magazine, and has written for Where GuestBook New York, Treasures Magazine, and Numismatist among many others including extensive work for TheSpruce.com. Pamela has also been a guest on a number of television and radio programs, and she enjoys lecturing for groups of all sizes on jewelry-related topics.
Pamela resides in Central Texas with her husband, Jay B. Siegel, who gleefully serves as her jewelry photographer. Jay also contributed his photography and editing skills to CJCI Magazine and continues to support CJCI in numerous ways. His photography also appears in Warman's Costume Jewelry.
I found your email address at the beadsite.com. I am a vintage clothing and accessory dealer and am trying to find out some more information on a beaded necklace that I purchased. It is signed Whitaker and I believe is made by Joyce Whitaker. It is dated to the early 70's. I couldn't find any info about her outside of that her beads are porcelain and that they are handmade. It is a huge macrame bib that extends almost to the edges of my shoulders. Are you able to provide me with any info?


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Q: Android: Eclipse build target empty, returns error and crash eclipse I was running Android development on Eclipse fine for couple of months now.
But after the Android SDK update, I cannot add library to the project anymore. It just return the following screen. The Project Build Target is completly blank as shown. I COULD add the library but as soon as I hit OK, it would crash Eclipse (Eclipse becomes unresponsive, I have to end task manually)
I tried updating ADT, Android SDK and the problem persists.
Reinstall ADT doesn't help either.
As you can see in the second screen shot, Android SDK is still functional.
If anyone could help me out, I would be much appreciated.
Thank you.

A: After uninstalling and reinstalling android related components piece by piece. I found out the The problem is with newly update (corrupted Android API 19) which caused the SDK failed to load and display properly in Eclipse.
I removed the API 19 and redownload it from Google and everything works as expected now.
Thank you.


This 75-acre (30-hectare) research and development park adjacent to the main campus of the University of Saskatchewan is recognized for its international success. It demonstrates the integration of academic, research, and applied technology venues in a marketable, interactive setting. Landscape image and amenities are considered a fundamental infrastructure component of this facility. Crosby Hanna & Associates has provided a full range of planning and design services at Innovation Place since its inception in 1979.


Anne Arundel County Public Schools (AACPS) released the updated results from the county-wide testing for lead content in school water sources on Friday, February 1st. Eight water sources at Arundel High tested positive for elevated lead content.
According to the letter that Principal Davenport sent home to students and parents Friday afternoon explaining the testing results, Microbac Laboratories Inc., a second private lab hired by the county to conduct the testing, collected 175 water samples from Arundel on Saturday, December 15th, 2018.
Out of the 175 tested outlets, eight samples (three consumable and five non-consumable), tested positive for levels of lead that exceeded the legal limit, set by the Maryland Department of the Environment, of 20 parts per billion (ppb).
According to the AACPS website, a consumable source is any source that is designated for water consumption like water fountains, ice machines, and hot water machines. Other drinking water sources like slop sinks, kitchen sinks, and hand sinks are considered non-consumable sources.
Although the legal limit for lead content in drinking water in Maryland is 20 ppb, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recommends an action level (AL) of 15 ppb for lead content in drinking water. However, due to the Safe Drinking Water Act, states are allowed to set the standards for the legal amount of lead content that is allowed in drinking water.
Arundel's testing results show the water fountains and bubblers (a type of water fountain) in the girl's locker room, Team Room 1, and the rightmost fountain near A109 (closest to C-hall) are consumable sources that exceed 20 ppb.
As for the non-consumable sources, two hand sinks in the G-Hall girl's bathroom, two hand sinks in the upstairs E-Hall girl's bathroom, and the hand sink in Team Room 3 all have a lead content that exceeds 20 ppb.
As previously reported in a November 8th article in The Pulse, Bob Mosier, Chief Communications Officer for AACPS, explained that water outlets that have tested positive for lead and exceeded 20 ppb, are shut off immediately and will not be used until retesting occurs and a negative result appears.
Aside from the eight samples which presented levels of lead that exceed 20 ppb, the testing results also show that nine consumable sources and eight non-consumable sources showed a lead content of higher than 1.0 ppb but lower than 20 ppb. Some of the sources deemed acceptable for consumption presented levels above the EPA recommended 15 ppb AL.
As for the non-consumable sources, multiple hand sinks around the building as well as multiple sinks in the cafeteria kitchen have levels of lead that don't quite exceed the legal limit but are above 1.0 ppb.
In an interview with The Pulse, Mosier explained that the school system has sampled all the schools in the AACPS system and is waiting on the rest of the results. He added that they have testing results for about 75% of the 126 county schools that were tested.
Lead, which bio-accumulates in one's body, is known to have a significant health effects on people, especially children. If a child is exposed to lead, even at a low level, they can experience damage to the peripheral and central nervous systems, learning disabilities, impaired formation and function of blood cells, growth, hearing, and risk of anemia.
In adults, a small amount of lead consumption isn't nearly as harmful. Excessive lead consumption can cause cardiovascular issues, decreased kidney function, and reproductive issues for both men and women.
"Any lead is a concern," Mr. Swetz, a science teacher at Arundel, said during an October interview with The Pulse in regards to how much lead consumption is dangerous for high school-aged children.
For the full testing results visit https://www.aacps.org/watertestresults.


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GINA BINOLE: Go on line for voter information
Gina Binole — Aug 31st, 1996
Check out Kitsap County's on-line voter's guide. The internet address is: http://www.wa.gov/kitsap/departments/auditor/vtrguide.html
The guide includes photographs and statements of candidates for county commissioner, Superior Court judge and state Court of Appeals judge.
To further assist voters, a direct link to the Secretary of State's Home Page, which lists information on candidates for state, congressional and legislative offices, will be included.
Don't have a computer? Check out the guide at the Kitsap Regional Library through its Internet connection.
* Martha Parsons had a few hundred campaign signs piled in her driveway Friday. Her husband, Guy, is a Democrat running for Mason County commissioner.
But she's not waiting to put them up. The pair just spent the week tearing them down.
"There isn't one anywhere," she said.
Parsons said the signs were an eyesore.
"We'd put one up, and everyone else would put theirs up around it," she said. "They were trashing the whole county."
The signs cost them about $158 to construct, plus donations of in-kind materials. Parsons said they're willing to take a loss, but they're sticking magnetic strips on the back and encouraging supporters to put them on their cars.
"People are going to vote on the issues, not how many signs you have," she said.
* With all this talk of family values, it's interesting to point out that at least one pair of politically active parents is keeping close tabs on its clan.
GOP stalwarts Margie and Steve Crowell have been taking their kids to government events since 1994.
Their 10-year-old son, Zach, recently met Newt Gingrich during a fund-raiser for U.S. Rep. Rick White. He also attended the Democratic and Republican gubernatorial forums at Bremerton High School this week.
"I just want my kids to know, to be aware and know the different points of view that are out there," Margie Crowell said.
* A Democratic gubernatorial contender has some pretty altruistic tendencies.
Seattle businessman Bryan Zetlen encouraged a forum audience this week to "vote for any of us. Vote for the Democrats. These are fine people."
Of course, Zetlen did say he was the best of the lot because of his business experience.
* Jay Inslee, a Bainbridge Island resident and Democratic contender for the governor's mansion, made a crack about his fellow Kitsap County challenger this week.
Poulsbo Republican Ellen Craswell, he said, is on the right.
But added Inslee: "I am just right."
Calendar: The Republican Women's Club will sponsor a forum for GOP legislative candidates in the 23rd, 26th and 35th districts.
The event takes place between 11:30 a.m. and 2 p.m. Monday, Sept. 9, at the Silverdale on the Bay Hotel. Reservations for the $15 luncheon must be made by Thursday, Sept. 5. Call Shirley Lomas at 360-779-4454 or Marjorie Williams at 206-842-6161 ... The Sun and the Kitsap County League of Women Voters will sponsor a forum for North Kitsap county commissioner contenders between 7 and 9 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5, at the National Guard Armory, 19133 Jensen Way NE, in Poulsbo.
The recent Bremerton forums for candidates for governor were taped and will be aired next month on Bremerton Community Access TV, TCI Channel 12.
The Democratic forum will air at 7 p.m. Monday and at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 12. The Republican forum will air at 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 5.
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Die spanische Futsalnationalmannschaft der Frauen (span.: ) ist eine repräsentative Auswahl spanischer Futsalspielerinnen. Die Mannschaft vertritt den spanischen Fußballverband bei internationalen Begegnungen. Als beste Resultate stehen zwei zweite Plätze bei den Weltmeisterschaften 2011 und 2013 zu Buche.

Geschichte
Die Spanische Futsalnationalmannschaft der Frauen feierte ihr Länderspieldebüt am 21. November 1997, im Zuge eines Turniers in Elche, gegen die Ukraine, das mit einem 7:1-Sieg der Ibererinnen endete. Da es bis zum Jahr 2010 keine offiziellen Wettbewerbe im Damen-Futsal gab, bestritt das Team in der Folge vor allem Freundschaftsspiele und kleinere Turniere. Im Dezember 2010 ging die erste Weltmeisterschaft in Torrejón de Ardoz und Alcobendas über die Bühne. Nach Siegen in den Gruppenspielen gegen Russland, Guatemala und Japan, scheiterten die Spanierinnen im Halbfinale mit 3:4 an Portugal. Den Titel gewannen die Brasilianerinnen durch ein 5:1 im Endspiel. Ein Jahr darauf erreichten die Spanierinnen bei der WM 2011 nach einem 4:3 Halbfinalsieg gegen Portugal das Endspiel, wo die Auswahl mit 3:4 nach Verlängerung an Turniergastgeber Brasilien scheiterte. Bei der Weltmeisterschaft 2012 in Portugal verloren die Spanierinnen im Halbfinale nach Elfmeterschießen gegen die Portugiesinnen, im Spiel um Platz drei setzte sich das Team mit 1:0 gegen Russland durch. Ein Jahr darauf sollte das Turnier in San Cristóbal (Venezuela) stattfinden, wegen logistischer Probleme verlegte die FIFA den Wettbewerb letztlich jedoch nach Spanien, wo die Spiele in Alcázar de San Juan und Ciudad Real ausgetragen wurden. Die Ibererinnen bestritten erneut ein starkes Turnier und gewannen ihre Gruppenspiele gegen Portugal, Japan sowie Costa Rica. Im Halbfinale setzte sich die Auswahl mit 4:1 gegen Russland durch und zog somit zum zweiten Mal in ein WM-Endspiel ein. Dieses verlor das Team jedoch, wie schon zwei Jahre zuvor, gegen Brasilien, das sich mit 2:1 durchsetzen konnte.

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Weltmeisterschaften
 2010 – Halbfinale
 2011 – 2. Platz
 2012 – 3. Platz
 2013 – 2. Platz
 2014 – 3. Platz
 2015 – 3. Platz

Europameisterschaften
 2019 – 1. Platz

Weblinks
 Auflistung aller Spiele auf futsalplanet.com (englisch)
 Offizielle Webseite der spanischen Fußballnationalmannschaften (spanisch, englisch)

Einzelnachweise

Spanien
Nationalmannschaft der Frauen
Futsal, Frauen
Nationalmannschaft (Frauen)
Frauensport in Spanien

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Welcome to Scallywags
Scallywags is an OFSTED registered playgroup that provides sessional care for children between the ages of 18months and 5 years. We were set up in 1989 by 'parents' to allow their children to socialize with other children of a similar age. In 2006 we moved to the grounds of West Hill primary school, we stayed there until July 2016 when our lease was terminated. Following this we sought new premises locally and found Florence Street Church Hall was vacant, after extensive renovations we reopened here in September 2016, this is within walking distance between both West Hill and Pye Green schools and we serve the local and surrounding community. We offer wrap around services for West Hill and Pye Green schools and Busy Buddies are happy to provide a before and after school club (dropping off and collecting from us). If you would like to come along to meet the staff please ring to make arrangements for a visit, we will be able to answer any queries you may have.
At Scallywags we aim:
To enhance the development and education of children under statutory school age in a parent-involving,community-based group.
To provide a safe, secure and stimulating environment
To work within a framework which ensures equality opportunity for all children and families.
We offer your child:
A specially tailored curriculum leading to the early learning goals.
Individual care and attention made possible by a high ratio of adults to children.
Fun and friendship with children and other adults.
The support of a personal key worker.
Opportunities for you and your family to be directly involved in the activities of the group and in your own child's progress.
We follow the EYFS and letters and Sounds curriculum
Personal social and emotional development.
Communication, language.
Mathematical development.
Understanding the world.
Physical development.
Expressive arts and design.
The learning which goes on in a playgroup forms the essential basis for school and beyond.
Scallywags Useful Links:
Both Cbeebies & Netmums.com are fun & full of useful information for all children.
Grant Awarded to Scallywags
The Graham Burnett Trust is delighted to award its first grant to Scallywags Playgroup.
Scallywags
Polo Shirts and Sweat Tops now available.
Please give your order to a member of staff.
Polo Shirt £8.00
Sweat Top	£9.00
Cash with Order Thank You.
© Scallywags Playgroup 2016 www.scallywags-playgroup.co.uk


This page notes details of Batteryman Micro-Cell (LIGHT/Thunder/Effect Monster) : decks, tips, effect and rulings. Learn and enjoy playing Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Links!
FLIP: Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Batteryman" monster from your Deck, except "Batteryman Micro-Cell". After this card has been flipped face-up, when it is destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, draw 1 card.
Flip effect allows you to Special Summon 1 Level 4 or lower "Batteryman" monster from your Deck, except this monster.
If it was destroyed by battle and sent to the Graveyard, after it was flipped face-up, you can draw 1 card.
Weak ATK and DEF stats.
This card provides great benefits and is one of the key cards in a Batteryman themed deck.
If this monster was destroyed face-down, you cannot draw 1 card.
Batteryman Industrial Strength is the boss monster amongst the archetype, that can only be Special Summoned by banishing 2 "Batteryman" monsters from your Graveyard, and its effect allows you to banish 1 Thunder-type monster to destroy 1 monster and 1 Spell/Trap your opponent controls. Batteryman D has good DEF stats and make your opponent unable to attack other Thunder-type monsters except Batteryman D. Batteryman AA gains 1000 ATK per "Batteryman AA" monster that is in ATK position, or 1000 DEF per "Batteryman AA" that is in DEF position. Batteryman Charger allows you to Special Summon another "Batteryman" monster from your Deck or Hand (except itself), when it was Normal Summoned. It also gains 300 ATK and DEF for every Thunder-type monster in your Graveyard. Batteryman Solar allows you to send 1 Thunder-type monster from your Deck to the Graveyard, when it was Normal or Special Summoned. It can also Special Summon 1 Batteryman token, when another Thunder monster was Special Summoned to the Field while this monster is on the Field. It can also change its name to any Batteryman monster's name in your Graveyard. Batteryman C can increase the ATK and DEF all Machine-type monsters you control, depending on the "Batteryman C" monsters that are in ATK or DEF position on your Field. Batteryman AAA can Special Summon another "Batteryman" monster from your Hand or Graveyard when it was Normal or Flip Summoned. Batteryman Micro-Cell can Special Summon any of the listed monsters except for Batteryman Industrial Strength and Batteryman Charger.
Battery Charger allows you to pay 500 LP to Special Summon any "Batteryman" monster from your Graveyard. Quick Charger is a Quick-play spell that adds 2 "Batteryman" monsters from your Graveyard to your Hand. Recycling Batteries returns 2 Thunder-type monsters with 1500 or less ATK from your Graveyard to your Hand. Super-Electromagnetic Voltech Dragon can be Tribute Summoned using 1 of either Batteryman D, Batteryman C, Batteryman AA, and receive corresponding effects.
Rai-Mei is able to search for the archetype's key monster cards after it was destroyed by battle and sent to the graveyard. Thunder Nyan Nyan is a Thunder monster with high ATK, which serves as a beater as well as banish material. Judgement of Thunder is a follow-up trap to destroy 1 card on the Field when a Thunder monster was Special Summoned to your Field.
This card looks weak but it's a nice +2 if your opponent attacks it face-down. Not too shabby!
No need marik where BRD?


Vivo is one of the most successful smartphone manufacturers in China this year. This company is the third-largest smartphone manufacturer in China at the moment, at least in terms of shipments. Vivo had managed to ship quite a few devices in the third quarter of this year, less than Huawei and OPPO, but still quite a lot. The company had increased their shipping numbers for over 100% compared to the same period last year, which is saying a lot. That being said, the company is expected to introduce the Vivo X9 and Vivo X9 Plus smartphones soon, and it seems like their new flagship smartphone is on the way as well, read on.
The company had introduced the Vivo Xplay 5 back in March this year, and that phone was quite interesting. The Vivo Xplay 5 is made out of metal and it sports a curved display on its front side, similar to the one Samsung utilized in the Galaxy S7 Edge. Well, it seems like a new Xplay-branded device is coming from Vivo, the Vivo Xplay 6. According to a new rumor that surfaced in China, the Vivo Xplay 6 will be introduced in China later this month, and go on sale in December, and this will be the company's new flagship smartphone. If the rumored info is accurate, this smartphone will sport a QHD (2560 x 1440) display, 6GB of RAM and 128GB of internal storage. Qualcomm's Snapdragon 821 64-bit quad-core processor will fuel this smartphone, along with the Adreno 530 GPU, and a 4,000mAh battery will be included on the inside. Vivo's Funtouch OS 3.0 will come pre-installed on this device, and we presume that the phone will be made out of metal, just like its predecessor and the upcoming Vivo X9 and Vivo X9 Plus smartphone.
What about its design? Well, we still don't know, though it is possible that it will sport a curved display up front, just like its predecessor, but we're expecting to see a somewhat different design this time around. If this info is accurate, then we'll probably see a number of leaks of the Vivo Xplay 6 in the coming weeks, so stay tuned for that, we'll do our best to keep you posted.


What procedure is used to fit an Intragastric Balloon?
An eligible patient may initially be given a sedative by a qualified medical practitioner to reduce any uncomfortable sensations. Thereafter an endoscope is passed through the mouth and throat to insert the Intragastric Balloon into the stomach. Once placed in the stomach the Intragastric Balloon is filled with air or saline, via a syringe or valve in the endoscope. The endoscope tube is then removed via the throat and mouth.
Intragastric Balloon procedures take about 20 minutes and patients are then monitored for a few hours thereafter for healthy post-operative recovery. In the absence of complications most patients are able to return home the same day otherwise, a night stay may be suggested subject to the surgeon's decision. During this time some side-effects may be experienced, which is why post-procedural guidelines are important to reduce any feelings of discomfort during recovery.
The Intragastric Balloon, also known as Gastric Balloon Surgery is a non-surgical, temporary weight loss treatment for obesity, in which a high quality and durable silicone bag are inserted into the stomach through the throat with an endoscope or gastroscope.
The kind of people who may not be eligible for Intragastric Balloon treatment are pregnant or breastfeeding women, people with addictions or psychiatric disorders, those surgically treated due to gastrointestinal tract disorders, people with inflammatory diseases, and those who lack commitment to a medically supervised weight loss and behavioral management programme.
Following a recommended liquid diet of water, milk, juice, jelly or liquid soap for the initial three days.
One major benefit of the gastric balloon is the avoidance of invasive surgery and the risks associated with surgery. As it only takes 15 minutes under a mild sedative you can go home the same day. This, in turn, means that a gastric balloon is less expensive than many surgical options. It is only temporary, offering support whilst you start to lose weight and become more active.
Gastric discomfort, nausea, and vomiting are common for the first few days following balloon placement but rarely continue in the longer term. Most people don't experience any complications at all but you should be aware of the risks. Bleeding or perforation can occur as a result of injury during the balloon insertion or removal. You may get a sense of heaviness in the abdomen, abdominal and/or back pain, gastroesophageal reflux (where stomach acid leaks out of the stomach) or indigestion. Although rare, leakage or deflation of the balloon could occur. The patient may experience vomiting and nausea immediately following the placement of gastric balloon. This often happens as the stomach adjusts to the presence of the silicone balloon.
Meanwhile, the insertion of the endoscope and other specialized instruments could lead to gastric lesions, which could cause bleeding and perforation of gastric walls. The procedure could also injure the walls of the esophagus.
Some patients also suffer from a stomach ulcer, which can be avoided by taking medications for as long as the balloon is in the stomach.There is also the possibility of simultaneous deflation of the gastric balloon. If not removed, the deflated balloon could cause stomach blockage.
The presence of a foreign object inside the stomach could have physiological consequences, such as dehydration and imbalance of electrolytes in the body.
Sleeve Gastrectomy is an irreversible weight loss procedure in which the stomach is divided into two partitions, creating a new stomach out of the smaller left part with laparoscopic .
The surgeon uses laparoscopy to place an adjustable lap band around the upper part of the stomach. The lap band which is made of silicone squeezes the stomach.