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Trish Clowes – performing at this year's Galway Jazz Festival.
'Music... is such a powerful tool for change': Three New Commissions for Galway Jazz Festival
New work from Sean Carpio, Lauren Kinsella and Dónal O'Kelly; international artists include Daniele di Bonaventura, Trish Clowes and My Iris, Nils Okland, Kaja Draksler and Eve Risser, and the London Gay Big Band
Galway Jazz Festival takes place from 2 to 6 October and this year features three new commissions, a first for the festival. The programme, which was launched yesterday, includes over fifty events, featuring both Irish and international artists across concerts, workshops, film screenings, book discussions and visual displays.
New commissions
The first commission, Saoirse, to be performed on Thursday 3 October, is a new work by singer and composer Lauren Kinsella, inspired by the Connemara style of sean-nós singing. Accompanied by Tom Challenger on saxophone, Benedict Taylor on viola and Kit Downes on piano and harmonium, the performance will incorporate a contemporary approach to traditional singing.
Actor and writer Donal O'Kelly will perform the second commission on 5 October, Roxy's Head is Melted, which blends jazz, theatre and spoken word. The piece is based on activist Greta Thunberg's dog, which came from an animal sanctuary in Cork. O'Kelly describes the piece as a 'jazz words contemplation'.
The third commission, Bog Bodies on 5 October, is a collaboration between jazz drummer Sean Carpio, composer and multi-instrumentalist Robert Stillman, and Swedish jazz singer Andres Holst, inspired by the sounds and landscape of Connemara. The artists will respond to field recordings taken in the Inagh valley region of Galway and the concert will include a live performance and visual display.
Programme launch
At the programme launch in Sheridan's Wine Bar in Galway (13 August(, festival director Ellen Cranitch spoke about how the five-day event is responding to the social, economic and environmental issues of today:
The strand that runs through the festival this year is the…awareness of climate change. Music… is such a powerful tool for change and for… nurturing people and making people feel safe and also responsible.
The festival has a strong sustainability theme this year. Perhaps somewhat unusual for a music festival, Cranitch also spoke about a seed-planting event that's taking place on Sunday 6 October: 'We're going to do some planting [which is] going to be a lasting legacy. We're going to make a garden of pollinating plants'.
In line with the theme, the festival programme (printed on recycled paper, using 100% vegetable oil-based ink) included a loose sheet of seeds for festival-goers to plant at home, with a mix of seeds named by the festival: Daisy Gillespie, Dandelionel Hampton and Dearie Blossom.
Also at the festival
Norwegian Hardanger fiddle player Nils Økland, who blends folk and jazz, will be in concert with a band of saxophones, percussion and bass on 6 October at St Nicholas' Church, while Renaud Garcia Fons and Claire Antonini will perform their unique duet of double bass and theorbo in the Black Gate Cultural Centre on Friday 4 October.
The festival also includes a concert with pianists Kaya Draksler and Eve Risser, playing a duet performance with two grand pianos, in Mick Lally Theatre on 5 October. Saxophonist Trish Clowes will also be in the Mick Lally Theatre earlier that evening for a concert with her band, My Iris, on piano, organ, guitar and drums.
Galway singer and electronic artist Anna Mullarkey and Matthew Berrill will be in Electric on 4 October for a collaboration of electronic synth and saxophone, while Galway based hip-hop artist Celaviedemai will also perform in Electric on 5 October. Dance act Disconauts will be in Bierhaus on 5 October for a night of DJing with percussion and horn.
A series of concerts will take place in the Il Vicolo restaurant over the weekend, which can see attendees enjoy jazz ensemble performances after dinner, while a pop-up record and CD shop, Snagsiopa, will be selling music in Mick Lally theatre on 5 October, all day.
Download the festival programme below. For further details and booking, visit www.galwayjazzfest.ie
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Ailbhe Kenny
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Families of special needs students fear they'll lose school services in coronavirus shutdown
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May 21, 2020Education
by Jodi S. Cohen, ProPublica, and Jennifer Smith Richards, Chicago Tribune
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In Sangamon County in central Illinois, a father whose 10-year-old receives occupational and vision therapy at school was already concerned about how remote learning would affect his son and other students with disabilities.
Then he got a letter from his son's school district that made him worry even more. The letter asked parents to either accept the remote learning being offered, which amounted to a scaled-down version of what was provided when children were at school, or decline and acknowledge that they were "voluntarily waiving" their rights to a "free appropriate public education" and the ability to seek services from the school later.
The father and other parents of special needs students said the letters have stoked fears that their children won't get the education and other services, such as speech therapy or counseling, they are entitled to under federal law while schools are shut down to stem the spread of COVID-19. And if their children lose those services now, they worry, they may not be able to make them up or get them back when schools reopen.
"It is inappropriate that they are asking everyone to sign these forms to take it or leave it, and if you decline, we will have you waive your rights," said the parent, whose son receives services through the Sangamon Area Special Education District and who asked to remain anonymous to keep his child's identity private. "There are going to be thousands of parents who have no idea they have other options, and they will be forced to waive their rights without realizing they didn't have to do it."
After ProPublica Illinois and the Chicago Tribune obtained copies of letters from the Sangamon district and two other school districts and asked the Illinois State Board of Education about them this month, the state agency told school districts to stop using such language. The federal law that governs special education, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, or IDEA, guarantees students access to school and services to help them learn.
"At no time shall a school district request that a parent voluntarily waive their child's right to a (free appropriate public education)" or FAPE, according to the new guidance, which said federal law does not permit such waivers.
Despite the state agency's intervention, some parents of special education students, who number about 317,500 in Illinois, remain concerned. Those families often rely on a team of experienced school workers to help their children, and they have had to advocate for the services they receive.
In Chicago, the struggle over how to serve students with special needs came to a head this week. The Chicago Teachers Union filed a federal lawsuit Tuesday over the handling of special education during the pandemic, alleging that Chicago Public Schools and the U.S. Department of Education have failed to provide adequate resources and guidance. A directive to rewrite tens of thousands of individualized learning plans, in particular, has created an "impossible burden," according to the lawsuit.
Students and their families also are facing a hardship, according to a group of Chicago advocates who appealed last week to city and state education officials to issue new, clear expectations for what remote learning should include for students with disabilities. The group, Special Education Advocacy Coalition of Chicago, wrote that it had "grave concern" that too many Chicago Public Schools students weren't receiving meaningful schoolwork or other assistance. The level of access to schoolwork varies from school to school, the coalition wrote, and some students don't have assistive technology to help them communicate.
Emily Bolton, a Chicago Public Schools spokeswoman, said the district has not asked educators to rewrite students' entire learning plans but to "make basic accommodations and plans" to serve them. "Make no mistake: this lawsuit against the district is not about helping students — it's about avoiding the necessary steps to ensure our most vulnerable students are supported during this unprecedented crisis."
Department of Education spokeswoman Angela Morabito said: "This is nothing more than political posturing for a headline. It's sad to see the union making excuses for why they can't educate all students instead of figuring out a way to make it happen."
It doesn't appear that Chicago asked parents to sign the questionable waivers if they declined a remote learning plan. But an ISBE spokeswoman said she knew of three school districts that had sent letters including waiver language. It's unknown how many more districts might have sent them, but the agency's new guidance puts districts on notice that they shouldn't try to force parents to make such a decision.
ISBE also has told districts they should "communicate and collaborate creatively with parents" and determine with each student whether services will need to be made up when schools resume normal operations.
School officials and attorneys for the three districts said that parents and special education advocates misinterpreted the letters and that they had no intention of forcing parents to "take it or leave it." The option for parents to waive remote learning, they said, was intended for families who had decided they didn't want or need the distance-learning education and other services the district provided. If they didn't think the remote learning plans were sufficient, parents were allowed to request more or different services, district officials said.
The Department of Education reiterated last month that schools are obligated to educate students with disabilities during the coronavirus crisis. The Education Department's guidance came as schools in New Jersey drew attention for forcing parents of students with disabilities to sign waivers saying they wouldn't sue before the districts agreed to provide services online, according to HuffPost.
Federal law requires schools and families to work together to design individualized plans that set specific academic goals for students and the number of minutes schools will devote to meet them. The plans also specify other services, such as social work or physical therapy, that will be provided to students.
Mark Strawn, director of special education for the Sangamon district, said his teachers and other workers have "been going above and beyond to meet the needs of our students."
"You have to realize that IDEA was not written and adopted with a pandemic in mind," Strawn wrote in an email.
Cassie Clark, director of the Kaskaskia Special Education District in southern Illinois, also sent parents a letter that required them to accept remote learning, through online or paper learning packets, or to decline services. Families who opted out were asked to acknowledge that they were not entitled to the education.
"We had a duty to inform parents of that, as other programs were indicating some parents were seeking to simply opt out of services during this period," Clark said. She said no parents of students at the district's Bridges Learning Center, which serves students with special needs, declined services.
Attorney Brandon Wright, whose firm represents the Sangamon and Kaskaskia special education districts, said the option to decline services was intended for the small number of families who decided not to finish the school year, not for families who disagreed with the services offered.
"Certainly there was never any attempt for it to be misconstrued," Wright said. "In special ed, there is never a final answer. A parent can opt out today and tomorrow change their mind."
Yet Laura Myers, whose son is enrolled at Bridges, was concerned when she got the letter. She declined some of the virtual learning because her 7-year-old son Gabriel, who has autism and is nonverbal, doesn't have the attention span to handle it. She opted instead to work with him on paper packets and on sign language skills. She signed the form accepting the remote learning but also wrote that she wasn't promising not to challenge it in the future.
"It's all new and we are all trying to do the best we can, and we don't need people trying to trick us," Myers said. "That's how it felt."
Olga Pribyl, vice president of the special education clinic at the disability rights group Equip for Equality, said she was "alarmed" after learning of the letters and contacted ISBE. She commended the agency for taking "swift action to stop this illegal practice" and said any waivers signed by families should not be enforceable.
The group has advised parents to expect "some trial and error" during the pandemic and not to expect all services outlined in their child's individualized education plan. But it remains concerned that students with disabilities are getting "minimal" education and services.
"Now more than ever, it is critical that children and youth in special education get the supports and services they desperately need so they don't fall even further behind in school," Pribyl said.
Crystal Lake District 47, in Chicago's northwest suburbs, didn't request parents waive their rights but asked them to sign forms acknowledging that if they don't agree to the remote learning plan, they couldn't seek services later to make up for what they didn't receive.
Under federal law, students who aren't given the services mandated in their individualized education plan can get those services later. But it's unclear how schools will manage that because learning has been disrupted for the country's tens of millions of students.
The parents of a fifth-grade student in the Crystal Lake district initially refused to sign off on their daughter's remote learning plan. While it included writing and math, it didn't have the occupational therapy or social work that help her with her ADHD.
The parents, who requested anonymity to protect their child's privacy, asked the district to reconsider the decision, but the district declined. In an email to the family, director of special education Kelli Catini said that COVID-19 was an unprecedented crisis and that "it is not reasonable to expect that your child will continue to receive the same type of special education instruction or related services that he/she would have received if schools remained open."
The parents eventually signed off on their daughter's remote learning plan in late April but added language saying they did not waive their right to seek makeup services.
"Parents most likely will sign it and be OK or be done with it. Parents are overwhelmed trying to meet the needs of their students," said the girl's mother, a social worker in another school district.
"As a social worker myself, this is not the time I would abandon my services."
Catini said some parents have opted out of remote learning because of various concerns, including that the district could not guarantee confidentiality or privacy using electronic communications for such sensitive services as counseling. She said parents can always change their mind later and can file a due process complaint, a formal means of settling disputes.
Attorney Darcy Kriha, whose firm represents about 100 school districts, including Crystal Lake, said districts are facing huge challenges, including sick staff members, and may face limitations in what they can do while the pandemic is still raging. "I feel like it is kinder to let parents know the consequences of their decisions. It doesn't mean they don't have further rights" to fight for more services, she said.
"A parent's right to challenge what a district does is sacrosanct," Kriha said. "Those rights need to be respected at all times."
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Bunker Hill Village, TX
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Bunker Hill Village Profile
Bunker Hill Village is a very small city located in the state of Texas. With a population of 3,935 people and just one neighborhood, Bunker Hill Village is the 440th largest community in Texas.
Bunker Hill Village home prices are not only among the most expensive in Texas, but Bunker Hill Village real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.
Occupations and Workforce
Bunker Hill Village is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 94.55% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Bunker Hill Village is a city of managers, professionals, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Bunker Hill Village who work in management occupations (25.85%), sales jobs (14.24%), and business and financial occupations (12.07%).
Also of interest is that Bunker Hill Village has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in Bunker Hill Village telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.96% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
Setting & Lifestyle
In addition, Bunker Hill Village is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates". Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness'. But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.
Bunker Hill Village is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The city's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Bunker Hill Village's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
As is often the case in a small city, Bunker Hill Village doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
Bunker Hill Village Demographics
If knowledge is power, Bunker Hill Village is a pretty powerful place. 74.97% of the adults in Bunker Hill Village have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns.
The per capita income in Bunker Hill Village in 2018 was $120,034, which is wealthy relative to Texas and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $480,136 for a family of four.
Bunker Hill Village is a very ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Bunker Hill Village home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Bunker Hill Village residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Bunker Hill Village also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 11.72% of the city's residents. Important ancestries of people in Bunker Hill Village include English, German, Irish, European, and French.
Foreign born people are also an important part of Bunker Hill Village's cultural character, accounting for 22.39% of the city's population.
The most common language spoken in Bunker Hill Village is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Chinese.
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"My beauty you had early withstood, and as for my manners—my behaviour to you was at least always bordering on the uncivil, and I never spoke to you without rather wishing to give you pain than not. Now be sincere; did you admire me for my impertinence?"
"You may as well call it impertinence at once. It was very little less. The fact is, that you were sick of civility, of deference, of officious attention. You were disgusted with the women who were always speaking, and looking, and thinking for your approbation alone. I roused, and interested you, because I was so unlike them. Had you not been really amiable, you would have hated me for it; but in spite of the pains you took to disguise yourself, your feelings were always noble and just; and in your heart, you thoroughly despised the persons who so assiduously courted you. There—I have saved you the trouble of accounting for it; and really, all things considered, I begin to think it perfectly reasonable. To be sure, you knew no actual good of me—but nobody thinks of that when they fall in love. "Was there no good in your affectionate behaviour to Jane while she was ill at Netherfield?"


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Centre Assures Kerala High Court: Phase 3 of Vande Bharat Mission will Repatriate Indians in Bangladesh
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Due to COVID-19, the Government of India announced the suspension of international flights. As a result, a huge number of Indians still remain stranded in foreign countries. Many Indian citizens who wanted to come back home could not do...
Kerala HC Refers the Question of Charging More Fees for Virtual Classes to a Larger Bench
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The COVID-19 outbreak has allowed educational institutions to go virtual. Hence, most schools have made constant efforts to recreate classrooms via the Internet. But, this proved to be quite challenging for them. Additionally, it is difficult for students with...
Kerala HC Dismisses PIL Challenging the State Government's Decision to Conduct SSLC Examinations
The outbreak of COVID-19 caused examinations across the country to halt. Recently, the MHA allowed certain states to conduct their SSLC and HSLC examinations. The Kerala Government decided to go ahead with conducting exams. The suitor filed a writ...
"Bail is the Rule, Jail is the exception", Kerala HC Orders Enquiry into the Conduct of an Arresting Officer
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A full bench of the Kerala High Court pronounced judgment in April. It happened to be on the arrest of citizens in criminal cases during the lock-down. The order states the police officers need not arrest citizens for offences...
Kerala High Court: BCI Can Authorize a Full-Fledged Enquiry Into Misconduct by State Bar Council Members
The Attorney General Mr. K.K. Venugopal, questioned the misappropriation of Rs.7 crores by the trustees of the Bar Council of Kerala, in 2018. The Bar Council of India constituted a committee to inquire into the misappropriation. The Kerala High Court...
Kerala HC Directs the State Government to ensure effective coordination to ease Inter-State Travel
The outbreak of COVID-19 halted inter-state travel in India for months. For the past few weeks, the government has allowed people to travel. Some of the travellers experienced difficulties at state borders. Recently the Kerala High Court heard a...
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The Kerala High Court directed the Ernakulam district administration and the Cochin Corporation to work unison with the area manager for Southern Railways to ensure that all measures are taken to avoid the possible impact of floods during the monsoon season.


The Hon. P. Lynn Scarlett was the Deputy Secretary of the Interior from 2005 to 2009, having previously served as the Assistant Secretary of Policy, Management and Budget from 2001 to 2005. While at DOI, she chaired the federal Wildland Fire Leadership Council, the Climate Change Task Force, and co-chaired the First Lady's Preserve America Initiative on historic preservation. Before joining the administration, Scarlett was president of the Reason Foundation. She is now global Managing Director of Public Policy at The Nature Conservancy. She is author of numerous publications on science and decision making, conservation, and nature-based infrastructure solutions.


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Previews • Jun 02, 2021
June Preview: Art Auctions and a Return to Parties
By GINNY VAN ALYEA
June brings a host of new exhibitions and openings in area galleries and museums, as well as – thankfully, following a mostly closed 2020 – art benefits and art fairs taking place both in person as well as virtually. There are many choices available for participation, engagement and support.
Art benefit parties and art fairs have traditionally been the social nexus of the art world. Though Zoom carried us through much of the pandemic, art collectors, industry members and enthusiasts are all eager to reconnect in person through a shared love of art and a desire to support living artists and vital businesses and institutions. Following is a list of events coming up soon.
See you at the party!
Raul De Lara Smile #3 is part of WIP's art auction. Starting bid: $2,400
Chicago Artist Coalition's Work in Progress 2021
JUNE 9 @ 6pm (The auction preview and bidding is live now.)
WIP 2021 will be Chicago Artists Coalition's biggest night of the year, a virtual celebration of its 47 years as a non-profit organization dedicated to supporting contemporary Chicago artists. The event, taking place virtually on Wednesday, June 9, 2021, at 6:00 pm, highlights milestones of Chicago-based artists and curators and their influence both in and beyond the city. The event is free and open to the public and includes an art auction and recognition of the night's honorees, artists Nick Cave and Bob Faust, and CAC supporter Jeff Shapack. CAC will also give grants to six artists.
A ticketed Work In Progress 2021 VIP event will follow the free public portion of the evening and includes a private, virtual tour of Facility, Nick Cave and Bob Faust's multi-disciplinary creative space in Northwest Chicago. A live conversation with the artists follows the tour. Tickets for both the free and ticketed VIP WIP 2021 events are available at Eventbrite.
Part of MoCP's benefit auction: Seunggu Kim, Hanok Swimming Pool, August 2017.
MoCP's DARKROOM Benefit Auction
JUNE 10 @ 5:45 pm (The benefit auction opens one week before the event on Sothebys.com)
DARKROOM is the Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College Chicago's (MoCP) annual benefit auction and gala, which will be taking place entirely online. Photography enthusiasts will also have the chance to bid on celebrated contemporary and historical artists, including work by Dawoud Bey, Tabitha Soren, Alfred Stieglitz, Edward J. Steichen, Pete Souza, Victoria Sambunaris, Sandro Miller, Brian Ulrich, and more.
The virtual event will kick off with a pre-show DJ set with the founder and owner of famed Metro Chicago, who will be spinning 45s—in honor of the museum's 45th anniversary year—remotely from The GMan Tavern in Wrigleyville. Attendees will then enjoy a formal program and be able to engage virtually with MoCP staff, artists, fellow supporters, and surprise special guests during an interactive livestream. The evening will conclude with a virtual cocktail party hosted on Wonder.me
General admission to DARKROOM is completely free. VIP tickets start at $250 and go up to $1000, with a range of exclusive benefits. Visit mocp.org for more information.
Intuit's (Virtual) Visionary Ball
JUNE 10, 7–7:45pm
Join Intuit from home in celebrating 30 years of being Intuit! Special guest speakers, Intuit's famed silent auction, and profound art-driven stories that will uplift and inspire are all part of a reimagined Visionary Ball, Intuit's annual fundraiser, this year on Zoom
Registration has passed for the special $250 cocktail or wine Party-In-Place Package, but you can register for the free ticket until June 9 and you can browse the silent auction now. Highlights include works by Lee Godie and Wesley Willis, as well as select thrift store finds by unknown artists.
This year's Visionary Ball honors artist, art educator and researcher Lisa Stone.
Learn more register at the Visionary Ball website.
The Old Town Art Fair is also famous for its garden walk
The Old Town Art Fair Returns
June 12 and 13
After a cancellation in 2020 (the first in the 70-year history) the OTAF is returning to its traditional 2nd weekend in June dates this month (June 12 and 13). Art Fair Chair Anne Giffels announced that all artists from 2020 were invited back for 2021. "We are thrilled that more than 200, out of 250, artists are returning this year. It speaks to the appeal of the OTAF for artists as well as our guests," Giffels said. "We are committed to holding a Fair that follows strict safety protocols and welcomes everyone back to Old Town."
Safety measures for the 2021 Art Fair include a larger footprint for adequate room to move around as well as to accommodate spaced artist booths, plus other measures that are standard practice by now. There will also be additional space for food vendors.
New this year, pre-registration will be required for entry to the Fair and is live now.
Kwame Boama Mensa-Aborampa, painting
74th annual (Virtual) 57th Street Art Fair
Ongoing through May 2022
The 57th Street Art Fair was very hopeful for an in-person fair this year but they were not approved in time to meet their planning needs. Instead, they have built a robust virtual fair that is live online through May, 2022 and features more than 100 artists selling original works of art. You can learn more about different artists featured daily here.
The committee and the neighborhood is looking ahead to 2022, when they hope to see everyone in-person to celebrate the fair's 75th Anniversary.
Top thumbnail: past Work in Progress party-goers
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New Exhibitions Start May 28 - 29
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The main objective of this project is to provide assistance to the Ministry to create a legal basis for existing, as well as new, models of inter-municipal cooperation, to define key operational procedures, and to identify legislative or practical obstacles hampering inter-municipal cooperation. This will contribute to the transfer of new functions and finances to local self-governments and to the improvement of local capabilities in terms of service delivery.
Develop a final report on the technical assistance provided to the MRDI, and conduct monitoring of the inefficiencies and mistakes highlighted in the final report.


Getting to Villa Babar incorporates a delightful journey through traditional villages, via quiet country roads, wooded valleys, causeways across rivers and, finally, a simple track that winds through the swaying fields of rice.
Upon arrival, your senses will be awakened by the purity, spirit and timelessness of an extraordinary landscape. You will be greeted by welcoming Balinese smiles, the fragrance of tropical flowers and the constant sound of the waves.
The two-storey villa is characterised by white Yogya stone walls, cream terrazzo tiled floors, limewashed timbers, and a colonnaded walkway on either side, on both ground and upper floor levels. A single-storey guest wing, linked to the main building, presents two guestrooms and a media room. The style is modern and minimalist, cleverly blending sophisticated elegance with the ambience of the setting. The architectural concept reveals comfort and simplicity, while the interiors unobtrusively introduce natural materials, fabrics, and colours. There isn't anything ostentatious about this villa; the chic simplicity ensures that nothing detracts from the incredible view.
The awesome vista takes in Bali's chain of volcanoes from the mighty Mt Agung in the east, to Mt Pohen, Mt Sangkiang and Mt Batukau - the island's second highest volcano - which rises from its foothills just 20 kilometres away, and majestically stands guard over Villa Babar. On the seaward side is a windswept beach of glistening black sand, and a coastal panorama that extends all the way down to Uluwatu on Bali's southwestern tip. On a clear day you can see Java; to the east you can watch the sunrise behind Mt Agung and, to the west, the sunsets are amazing.
The villa is entered via an impressive open-air living room, complete with a soaring roof and an upper gallery on either side. Ocean breezes keep this welcoming living space delightfully fresh and cool.
It is simply furnished with large and comfortable cream sofas, ottomans, and a pair of carved coffee tables from Timor, together with a primitive Timorese wooden statue. A floating Yogya stone staircase leads to the upper floor, and a colourful framed patchwork of painted wood brings a splash of colour to the wall. This tropical room is open on two sides - on the seaward side is the garden, swimming pool and the ocean, while on the inland side is an ornamental pond presided over by a 'floating' 2.5-metre-high Buddha statue. Beyond the statue is an infinite vista of ricefields, unbroken by borders and fences, stretching as far as the eye can see. In another direction, a line of palm tress and jungle follows the path of a river.
The open plan dining room adjoins the feature kitchen, and has sliding glass doors on three sides, designed to be opened for a semi alfresco dining experience or closed when it becomes too breezy. A teak dining table, complete with stool seating, can accommodate up to 18 guests. With fabulous views of the garden, swimming pool and ocean, the dining room is complemented by mood lighting at night, and serenaded constantly by the rhythmic crashing of the waves on the beach below.
Open plan and adjacent to the dining room, Villa Babar's immaculate, designer kitchen reveals a discriminating taste for functional beauty and cutting-edge style. It is fully equipped with an imported oven and five-burner hob, a double-door refrigerator, a built-in wine cellar and wine fridge, a cappuccino/espresso machine, a microwave, and everything else that the chef needs in order to prepare delicious meals in accordance with your whims. This bright and airy kitchen is further enhanced by a sliding glass door at the far end overlooking the ricefields. A wet kitchen is tucked away out of sight at the back, linked by a hatch.
Entered from the open-air living space via antique double doors from Java, the spacious lounge features three sets of sliding glass doors on two sides, which maximise the views and allow for the cross ventilation of sea breezes. Alternatively, these doors can be closed for air-conditioned comfort. Furnished with an L-shaped segmented sofa, ottomans and a coffee table handcrafted from coffee wood, the room is equipped with a sophisticated Harman/Kardon music system presenting surround sound with seven speakers and a wide choice of music. There is also a billiard table and a selection of books and games to keep you entertained. A fitted shelf unit showcases some fascinating Indonesian artefacts including stone carvings and wooden statues, in addition to some tribal shields from Irian Jaya.
The media room is positioned in the single storey wing, with views of the mountains and ricefields. This spacious home theatre is equipped with a big, flat screen, satellite-channel TV and DVD player, as well as a library of books, DVDs and a computer for guest use with Broadband internet access.
There are gardens on all sides of the villa, including the Ganesha garden, and the Sumba garden, which is distinguished by a cluster of enchanting statues from Sumba. The entrance garden showcases an ornamental pond, presided over by a towering Buddha statue. The front garden is dominated by the swimming pool and a helipad rests to one side, for guests who choose to arrive in style with a thrilling helicopter ride along Bali's dramatic coastline. The garden is just footsteps away from the beach on an elevated buff, 13 metres above sea level. The beach is good for surfing although the strong currents make it dangerous for swimming. A walk along the beach at sunset is delightful.
The enticing 27 x 11 meter swimming pool is ideal for swimming laps, it is curved on one side, following the contours of the terraced garden, and there is a shelf at the inner edge, which is a nice place for relaxing in cool shallow water.
Each bedroom is equipped with a safe deposit box and an iPod dock, and each has an ensuite bathroom. All bedrooms are blessed with magnificent views of the coastline, ocean and gardens, or the mountains and ricefields, or - in the case of the master bedroom - a panoramic vista in all directions. While all of the bedrooms feature white walls and simple furnishings, each portrays a theme inspired by the Indonesian culture. Wherever you choose to sleep, the melody of the waves will lull you to sleep.
Babar is the master bedroom, characterised by glass doors on two sides, enabling access from both sides of the building. It features a Yogya stone floor under a soaring roof with open beams. It is furnished with a kingsize bed, which is fitted with a deep mattress resting on a base of antique ironwood planks. There is also hanging space, a fitted sideboard, wooden statues from Kalimantan, and a desk next to a wide window, overlooking the ricefields and Mt Batukau. There is a broad sunny terrace at the front of this room, offering wonderful views of the coastline and the night sky. Accessed by glass doors, the ensuite bathroom is light and airy, long and spacious, with picture windows positioned on three sides to maximise the stunning views. The bathroom is fitted with double washbasins, mirrors, a toilet, and double rainshowers.
Toraja The Toraja guestroom is located on the upper floor overlooking the ocean. Accessed via sliding glass doors, it features a soaring roof and is furnished with a kingsize bed, oriented towards the sea. There is also a pair of funky stone pebble lamps, artefacts from Toraja in Sulawesi, and a dressing area and hanging space behind the bed. The adjoining sunny, open-air bathroom is bordered by Yogya stone walls for privacy, yet still offers views of the ricefields and mountains. It is fitted with a bathtub for two in a cream terrazzo surround, twin washbasins, a large wall mirror and a toilet, all sheltered from the elements by an overhanging roof. There is also a raindrop shower open to the sky, complete with a handheld shower, a black pebble floor with stepping stones, and a fringe of yellow irises.
Asmat The Asmat guestroom is located on the ground floor facing the ocean and a pretty corner of the garden with a collection of stone statues from Sumba. The room features glass doors on three sides. It is furnished with a kingsize bed, coffee wood lamps, a colourful painting, and a shelf and storage unit immediately behind the bed. The adjoining garden bathroom is fitted with a bathtub for two with a huge, cream terrazzo surround, twin ceramic washbasins, a walk-in raindrop shower with the additional provision of a handheld shower, carved wall mirrors and a toilet hidden behind a low louvre door. The private garden features a small lawn, planted with torch ginger, shrubs and palms.
Dayak The Dayak guestroom is a spacious family room on the upper floor facing the ocean. It furnished with two kingsize beds and features hanging and storage space, and two sets of sliding glass doors at the front. The room is decorated with artefacts from the Borneo's legendary headhunters, the Dayak tribesmen, who inhabit Kalimantan's deep interior highlands. The ensuite bathroom is the same as the bathroom adjoining the Toraja guestroom.
Agung The Agung guestroom is located in the single-storey wing with views of the mountains and ricefields. It is furnished with twin beds that can be pushed together, and features built-in hanging space in one corner and storage shelves behind the bed. It is named after Mt Agung, Bali's highest and most sacred volcano, which can be seen from this bedroom on clear days, especially in the mornings and evenings. A painting of the mountain adorns one wall. Sliding glass doors open to the gardens on two sides of the room. The pretty garden bathroom is fitted with twin washbasins, a toilet and a raindrop shower that is open to the stars. The garden is planted with an ancient frangipani tree.
Ganesha The Ganesha twin-bedded guestroom and ensuite bathroom is located in the single storey wing with views of the mountains and ricefields, and its a mirror version of the Agung guestroom. It is named after the Ganesha Statue in the adjoining garden. Ganesha is the elephant headed Hindu God of making things happen and the remover of obstacles.
Sunny ground floor bathrooms are open to private walled gardens planted with flowering shrubs and palms, while upstairs guest bathrooms are open to the sky, bordered by stone walls for privacy and blessed with views of the mountains and rice fields. Each bathroom is fitted with a walk-in raindrop shower with the additional provision of a handheld shower, carved wall mirrors and twin washbasins; three boast dreamy oversized bathtubs. The master bathroom is characterised by picture windows, stunning views and double walk-in rainshowers.
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Monocot Leaves Vs Dicot Leaves: Definition, Structure, 15+ Differences, Functions, Examples
Monocot Leaves Definition
Dicot Leaves Definition
Leaves of Monocots and Dicots have different structures.
Functions of Monocot and Dicot Leaves
Difference Between Monocot and Dicot Leaves
Monocot Leaves Examples:
Examples of Dicot Leaves
Monocotyledonous plants have narrow, elongated leaves with parallel venation, which is used to distinguish them from dicots.
Monocot leaves are isobilateral because the colour on both surfaces of the leaves is same.
A proximal leaf base, or hypophyll, and a distal leaf hyperphyll make up the primordial monocot leaves. In dicots, the hyperphyll is the major structure of the leaf, but in monocots, the hypophyll is the dominant structure.
As previously stated, the venation is of the striate type, which is primarily longitudinally striate but can also be palmate-striate or pinnate-striate.
The veins on the leaf surface start at the base and travel up to the apex.
Because the leaf base comprises more than half of the circumference of the plant stem, most monocotyledonous plants have just one leaf per node.
Differences in stem development during zonal differentiation have been blamed for the existence of a bigger leaf base.
Dicotyledonous leaves are usually rounded, with reticulate venation, and are structurally and anatomically distinct from monocotyledonous leaves.A lead blade, also known as the lamina, is found on a typical dicot leaf.The lamina is the leaf's broadest section.
Dicot leaves are dorsoventral because the coloration of the dorsal and ventral parts of the leaves may be distinguished. The leaf's dorsal side is frequently more coloured than its ventral side.
In contrast to monocot leaves, which are directly linked to the stem, dicot leaves contain a petiole that connects them to the stem.
Some dicot leaves have little green appendages called stipules at the base of the petiole.
The midrib of dicot leaves goes through the leaf blade and runs the length of the leaf.
The reticulate venation is formed when several branches emerge on either side of the midrib. The number of leaves on a stem node varies per species, but dicots typically have two or more leaves emerging from a single node.
Dicot leaves are further classified into categories based on the leaf morphology, with some having simple leaves and others having compound leaves.
The following structures can be used to describe the internal structure or anatomy of monocot and dicot leaves:
The epidermis.
The epidermis is a dense layer of thin-walled barrel-shaped cells that makes up the outermost tissue in leaves. On both the upper and lower parts of the leaf, the epidermis is present. The epidermis is protected by the cuticle, which is a waxy covering that protects the leaf and prevents water loss.
The cuticle on the upper layer of the leaf is thicker than that on the lower surface in dicot leaves as the leaves are dorso-ventral.Monocots, on the other hand, have an epidermal layer that is almost the same thickness on both surfaces.
The epidermis is necessary because it is a waxy waterproof layer that inhibits the loss of surplus water. Furthermore, because it contains microscopic pores known as stomata, it plays a crucial function in gas exchange.
In monocot leaves, the number of stomata is identical on both surfaces. In dicot leaves, the lower epidermis has more stomata than the top epidermis.
Stomata are small openings that regulate the size of the stomata. They are found between bean-shaped cells called guard cells. In dicots, the guard cells are dumb-bell shaped.
The epidermis also contains subsidiary cells, which are typically found around the guard cells.
In the case of dicot cells, the upper epidermis contains large thin-walled cells called bulliform cells, which contain chloroplasts that give the leaves their characteristic green colour. These cells help the leaves roll in response to changes in the weather.
In monocot leaves, some epidermal cells are filled with silica, which are known as silica cells.
Mesophyll
The mesophyll is the leaf's ground tissue that lies between the upper and lower epidermis.
In dicot leaves, the mesophyll is divided into palisade and spongy parenchyma, whereas in monocot leaves, no such separation exists.
The palisade parenchyma is made up of vertically elongated cylindrical cells in one or more layers and is found directly under the top epidermis. There are no intercellular gaps because the cells are packed tightly together.
The palisade parenchyma's cells have more chloroplasts than the spongy parenchyma's cells.
The spongy parenchyma is found beneath the palisade parenchyma, with irregularly structured cells.There are fewer chloroplasts in these cells than in palisade parenchymal cells.
The spongy parenchyma's cells are loosely packed with many gaps, hence the name.
The exchange of gases between the cells is facilitated by these air gaps. Respiratory cavities, also known as sub-stomatal cavities, are the spaces between the stomata.
The dicot leaves' mesophyll is made up of isodiametric and thin-walled cells that are not divided into palisade and spongy parenchyma.
With some intercellular air gaps, the cells are compactly organised.
Figure: T.S. of a dicot leaf (sun-flower). Image Source: BrainKart.
Vascular Bundles
The vascular bundle, which runs beneath the mesophyll and along the veins of the leaves, is the innermost layer of tissues in plant leaves.
The vascular bundles are not all the same size, and the larger bundles are spaced out along the veins at regular intervals. Above and below the major vascular bundles, there are two patches of sclerenchyma cells.
The vascular bundles of the leaves are part of the plant's vascular system, which runs through several organs and encompasses the entire plant.
In terms of size and position, the vascular bundles in leaves have very different patterns.
The veins of dicot leaves are of varying sizes, generating a highly branching network. As a result, the vascular bundles found beneath such veins are different.
Monocot leaves have longitudinal veins that run parallel to the leaf blade and are joined transversally by tiny commissural veins, resulting in vascular bundles that are less varied.
A bundle sheath surrounds the vascular bundles, which are conjoint, collateral, and closed.
Dicot leaves' bundle sheaths are parenchymatous, but dicot leaves' sheaths are sclerenchymatous.
The vascular bundle's xylem tissue is found in the upper epidermis, while the phloem tissue is found in the lower epidermis.
Vessels and xylem parenchyma make up the xylem.In monocot leaves, the xylem is divided into metaxylem and protoxylem. Sieve cells, companion cells, and phloem parenchyma make up the phloem.
The functions of leaves are essentially identical in both dicot and monocot plants. The functions of leaves are influenced by the plant's species, environment, and age. Some of the roles of monocot and dicot plants are as follows:
The preparation of food via the process of photosynthesis is the most significant function of leaves in green plants. As one-fifth of the cells in the mesophyll contain chlorophyll-containing chloroplasts, the cells in the leaves contain chlorophyll. The leaves' big, broad surface allows more sunlight to be absorbed, which is necessary for photosynthesis.
The epidermis and cuticle of the leaves keep the plant from drying out by preventing excessive loss during transpiration.
Stomata, which are a necessary structure for the passage of water from the plant into the atmosphere via the transpiration process, are found on the leaves. This is necessary in order for the roots to take water containing minerals from the soil.
Stomata are engaged in the exchange of gases as well as promoting transpiration. During photosynthesis, the stomata take in carbon dioxide from the air and release oxygen.
Food created by the cells in the leaves of some plants, such as cabbage and lettuce, is stored in various ways in the leaves.
Monocot vs Dicot Leaves
Characteristics Monocot leaves Dicot leaves
Dicotyledonous leaves are usually rounded, with reticulate venation, and are structurally and anatomically distinct from monocotyledonous leaves.
The leaves of monocots are narrower, slenderer, and longer than those of dicots.
The leaves of dicots are wider and smaller than those of monocots.
The symmetry of monocot leaves is isobilateral.
Because the upper and lower surfaces of the leaves are distinct, dicot leaves are dorsoventral.
Venation
The longitudinal veins traverse the length of the leaf and are joined by microscopic commissural veins in monocot leaves, which have parallel venations.
The reticulate venation of dicot leaves is made up of veins of various sizes that are joined to form a complicated network.
Stomata
Monocot leaves are also known as amphistomatous because the number of stomata on the upper and lower surfaces of the leaves is equal.
The lower surface of dicot leaves has more stomata than the top surface. Some dicot leaves lack stomata on the upper surface, and these plants are known as hypostomatous.
Guard cells
The guard cells of monocot leaves are formed like dumbbells.
Kidney-shaped guard cells can be seen in dicot leaves.
Intercellular spaces
Monocot leaves contain reduced intercellular gaps due to the tight arrangement of the cells.
Because the cells in dicot leaves are loosely packed, there are more intercellular gaps.
The monocot leaves have both big and small vascular bundles.
The vascular bundles of dicot leaves are bigger.
Monocot leaves have two types of xylem: metaxylem and protoxylem.
In dicot leaves, the xylem is not divided into metaxylem and protoxylem.
The monocot leaves' bundle sheath is sclerenchymatous.
The dicot leaves' bundle sheath is parenchymatous.
Silica is heavily deposited in the epidermal cells of monocot leaf epidermal cells.
There is no silica deposition in the epidermal cells of dicot leaves.
Monocot leaves have bulliform or motor cells in their epidermis.
Bulliform and motor cells are absent from the epidermis of dicot leaves.
Monocot leaves have two types of mesophyll: spongy mesophyll and palisade mesophyll.
Dicot leaves have no distinct mesophyll.
Maize leaves
Maize leaves are the most common monocot leaves, with basic, ordered structures.
A normal maize plant has roughly 20 leaves, which might be in various states of development. A ripe maize leaf measures 70 cm in length and 8 cm in width.
The top blade, lower sheath, and auricle are the three parts of a maize leaf. Leaf cells are orientated and arranged in such a way that they produce parallel lines and an elongated shape.
The mesophyll and vascular tissue are encased by adaxial and abaxial epidermal tissue in the maize leaf blade.
There are two types of cells in the maize leaf epidermis: specialised cells and nonspecializedintercostals cells.
Stomatal complexes and three types of hair cells, enormous macrohairs, microbars, and bicellular hairs, make up specialised cells. These cells have a protective role to play.
A grass leaf is a monocot leaf with an extended structure that develops from the node and is made up of a basal cylindrical sheath that encircles the stem and other younger leaves.
On the outside, the sheaths are hollow cylinders that divide down one side. Typically, these sheaths form overlapping formations.
The leaf has an auricle, which can be an ear-like projection or a hairy edge near the base of the leaf blade.
A grass leaf's epidermis is made up of specialised hair cells that defend the plant from different hazardous substances.
Because the shape, texture, and hairiness of grass leaves vary between species and even within the same plant, they are frequently utilised as diagnostic criteria for grass distinction.
Mustard leaves
Mustard leaves are an example of a dicot leaf.
Mustard is a common dicot plant that is utilised in dicotyledonous plant research.
Mustard leaves begin to grow in 4 weeks, when they reach a length of 6-8 inches. In around 6 weeks, a mature mustard leaf will be 15-18 inches long.
Green leaves with reticulate venation are broad and green. The leaves are flattened dorsoventrally, with the ventral surface being lighter than the dorsal.
Mustard leaves have a few unique hair cells in their epidermis that protect them against water loss and toxic substances.
Mustard leaves are utilised as vegetables because they are high in nutrients that are beneficial to human health.
Mint is a rapidly growing plant with round lanceolate leaflets placed in opposing pairs on the stem.
The leaves are tiny, ranging in length from 4 to 5 inches. The size of the leaves, on the other hand, is determined by their age and maturity.
Reticulate venation is seen on the leaves, with a central midrib from which branched veins emerge.
The leaves' upper and lower surfaces are coated in microscopic hairs.
Mint leaves are fragrant and have a distinct mint scent. These leaves are utilised in a variety of foods in various civilizations.
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Guest Blog Post: How the Midwifery Model Benefits Families and Payers
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Childbirth is the leading reason for hospitalization in the United States.
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From the MN Health Action Group Maternity and Infertility Employer Purchaser's Guide.
The cost of having a baby in a hospital varies by nearly $10,000 across the United States. The analysis of 2011 data from 463 hospitals nationwide found the average bill for a maternity stay ranged from $1,189 to $11,986. Costs at hospitals with higher rates of cesarean delivery or serious pregnancy complications were much higher than those with lower rates, according to Health Affairs.
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Anxiety in a unavoidable event with modern lifestyles, and creates a sense of helplessness if it is lived with for long periods of time. All people in all walks of life feel some level of anxiety as a piece of their normal experience. Normally anxiety is felt in healthy amounts, it is a perfectly natural experience that motivates you to take action as appropriate. However, if anxiety is experienced excessively it brings with it symptoms such as shortness of breath, tight or sharp feelings in the chest, and other symptoms.
At the end of this article I am going to provide you with a short exercise you can do to feel better right now.
Naturally safe anxiety cures are remedies for anxiousness that provoke your system into banishing the repetitions of anxiety holistically without medication. Most natural anxiety cures are superior by not containing man-made poisons and the relating negative effects. Keep in mind, not every natural cure is on the same level. Don't fall into the trap of thinking that everything drug-free will work better than medication, however.
A few natural panic attack cures produce a broad reduction in anxiety, some will handle just a smallish part of anxious feelings, and some can comprehensively free you of your anxiety. Bodywork is a superb natural anxiety cure which relieves muscle tensions, relaxes you, and restores a regulated sleep cycle.
Insomnia or the inability to get to and stay asleep for the night is a common occurrence when feeling anxious.
To the surprise of some, Chamomile tea is one of the most popular healthy anxiety treatment. You can get the tea in small bags of permeable cloth, and it is fine to consume daily. Virtually all grocers in the US will have Chamomile.
There are herbal antidotes available which are holistic anxiety remedies. Valerian root is an herbal treatment commonly used for sleep issues. Valerian can be a good stop gap solution for those dealing with low level anxiety. Valerian is available both in gel capsules as well as suspended in alcohol (most common). While the capsule delivery can avoid the potent smell of Valerian, suspended in solution is the most effective delivery method.
If you're just beginning to explore what drug-free anxiety remedies are available, I suggest you try a few I discuss above to see which will be a great match for you. A Few of those listed do require you to integrate the practice into your schedule daily, but the peace and calm and improvement in the enjoyment of your life can definitely justify the extra work. Both proven and efficacious, breathing techniques are the most proven natural anxiety cures. They tend to be immediately effective and will produce longer and longer relief if they are used repeatedly and regularly.
Conscious and intentioned breathing is one of the most powerful and readily available natural anxiety cures there is. Breathing is the 'first line' to be affected at the onset of an anxiety attack. To change course of your emotions in a pleasant direction, it's difficult to beat intentioned respiration. Take a few minutes out of your day, each day, to inhale deeply, slowly, and intentionally.
How about some relaxation right now! This is easily one of the most effective and immediately applicable natural anxiety cures available. Unlike drugs (which includes valerian!), the only effects will be a calmness and a sense of control over your body and mind.
Start by placing either hand onto your chest and letting your arm really relax. Your hand should just be resting on your chest naturally. Let the deep rhythm of your breathing move your arm back and forth. Now begin slowing the pace of your breathing a little bit more with each breath. Pay attention to the sensation of weight from your hand on your chest. Without moving your hand at all, just become aware of the feeling of the fabric under the hand. Now as you slow your breathing down even further, notice how the cooling sensation as air flows in to your body… Continue breathing deeply and restfully, and enjoy how every breath brings you a bit more relaxation and comfort. That is now your tool to use any place that you want to feel much relaxed - DO IT!
Kris began experiencing prolonged anxiety and panic attacks over 10 years ago. As she struggled through a divorce and loss of more than one job, she was nearly devastated by her condition. After a very long period of self education, experimentation and learning, Kris finally discovered the keys to kicking anxiety. She now maintains a website dedicated to helping those that suffer from anxiety or panic.


The past ten years have seen an increase in the number of regional consultative processes focusing on migration. These non-binding fora bring representatives of states, civil society, and international organizations together at the regional level to discuss migration-related issues in a cooperative manner. This paper provides a comprehensive overview of regional consultative processes. It examines eleven regional processes and investigates the development and achievements of four of them in depth.


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The bath salts craze: It's not a fad...it's a nightmare
by Joseph Earnest January 8, 2013
Newscast Media WASHINGTON, D.C—Navy Medicine announced the launch of a new informational video and poster regarding the health risks and dangers of the synthetic amphetamine known as "bath salts" and other designer drugs. The new media products focus on the dangers of bath salts and are part of the long-term awareness and deterrence campaign Navy Medicine launched last year on synthetic and designer drugs.
According to Navy Medicine psychiatry resident Lt. George Loeffler at the Naval Medical Center San Diego, the adverse health effects from bath salt use can range from lack of appetite to kidney failure, muscle spasms, severe paranoid delusions, and psychosis. Several cases of long-term inpatient hospitalization and suicide have been reported and Loeffler has firsthand experience treating service members at Navy military treatment facilities with these symptoms.
"I would say not just as the naval officer, but as your doctor, bath salts will not only jack up your family and your career, it will jack up your mind and body too," said Loeffler in the PSA below:
The Bath Salts campaign's slogan, "Bath salts: It's not a fad…It's a nightmare," reflects the hallucinogenic effect of bath salts, which are a non-regulated designer drug comprised of a synthetic cathinone, or amphetamine, that can have a dangerous or debilitating effect on the user.
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Q: parsing infinite list into one list I have this task building a code using recursion. The task is taking a list who can have an infinite amount of lists inside it and making it one list.
This is so far what I have:
def flat_list(array):
    new_array =[]
    for i in range(0,len(array)):
        if len(str(array[i])) > 1:
            flat_list(array[i:i+1])
        else:
            new_array += array[i:len(str(array))-1]
            return new_array

These are the tests it needs to pass:
assert flat_list([1, 2, 3]) == [1, 2, 3]
assert flat_list([1, [2, 2, 2], 4]) == [1, 2, 2, 2, 4]
assert flat_list([[[2]], [4, [5, 6, [6], 6, 6, 6], 7]]) == [2, 4, 5, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 7]
assert flat_list([-1, [1, [-2], 1], -1]) == [-1, 1, -2, 1, -1]

Mine returns this:
flat_list([1, [2, 2, 2], 4])
my result: [1,[2,2,2],4]
right answer: [1,2,2,2,4]

I think my problem is with creating a new local variable of the new_array at each entry, How can I return one list with no other lists inside it?
This task is without using numpy, but if you can also show me how it can be done with numpy it will really educate me. :)
Thank you for answering

A: Try this:
def flatten(S):
if S == []:
    return S
if isinstance(S[0], list):
    return flatten(S[0]) + flatten(S[1:])
return S[:1] + flatten(S[1:])

How it works:
1. The list is passed as an argument to a recursive function to flatten the list.
2. In the function, if the list is empty, the list is returned.
3. Otherwise the function is recursively called with the sublists as the parameters until the entire list is flattened.

A: I suggest you the following suggestion: it iterates over the list and if the encountered item is a list, then it recursively flattens it before appending it to the resulting flattened list:
def flat_list(aList):
    result = []
    for i in aList:
        if isinstance(i, list):
            result += flat_list(i)
        else:
            result.append(i)
    return result

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from __future__ import unicode_literals

from django.db import migrations, models

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    dependencies = [
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            field=models.SlugField(max_length=10, unique=True, verbose_name='short url'),
        ),
    ]


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STARNES: If the New Variant is So Dangerous, Why Didn't Biden Implement an Immediate Travel Ban — and Close the Border?
The following is a transcript of Todd's morning commentary – heard daily on hundreds of radio stations.
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The White House says they are making plans to deal with what they are calling a new variant of the China Virus – Omicron – that's the name.
President Biden announced a travel ban from a number of African nations. And there could be more restrictions in the works – including possible bans on domestic airline travel for unvaccinated Americans. And even more shutdowns.
Ironically, when President Trump announced a travel ban, President Biden accused him of being racist and xenophobic.
An important word of caution from @Franklin_Graham about the so-called new variant. https://t.co/pO9NoAtHiR
— toddstarnes (@toddstarnes) November 29, 2021
What I find to be especially troubling is that just a day after announcing concerns about the "dangerous" virus, he was spotted inside a store unmasked – a direct violation of the store's policy.
And San Francisco Mayor London Breed was filmed dancing in a night club unmasked.
Which leads me to a very important question.
If in fact the new variant is so dangerous – why was President Biden shopping without a mask on? Why was San Francisco Mayor London Breed dancing unmasked at a night club. And if the new variant is so contagious – why wait three days before implementing a travel ban?
Franklin Graham cautioned Americans to be wary of any new crackdowns on civil liberties.
"Politicians are using this news as an opportunity to grab more power and exert more control," he wrote on social media. "While we have to be smart and take precautions to protect against the coronavirus, at the same time we must not let fear paralyze use."
Common sense would tell you to shut down the airports and the borders. Unless, of course, this has nothing to do with a public health emergency – and everything to do with yet another government power grab.
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On the face of it any woman taking her ex to court having already had a divorce settlement worth north of £10 million should be filed under greedy cow. But the action Alison Sharland is taking in a joint bid with fellow divorcee Vasha Gohil raises issues way beyond their own circumstances. Lawyers for both women have made the case that both erstwhile husbands were not so much economical with the truth in relation to their net worth, as being just plain fraudulent. And both men would be well aware that a penalty for telling divorce court porkies has rarely been applied.
The case reminds us of several unpalatable facts the law where women (almost always women) are seeking a fair division of the marital spoils. Although any reputable lawyer will urge his or her client to be upfront about what they own in terms of cash and property, there is every reason to suppose that advice is regularly ignored. People tell the court what they think they can get away with, having deployed a range of ingenious schemes to hide assets where the legal sun doesn't much shine.
These women only found out later that their former partners were worth very many more millions than they indicated. And it has to be said that it is only because they have certain funds at their disposal that they've been able to pursue a more just award. It's very rare for these settlements to be re-visited partly because of the courts disinclination to do so, and partly because very few ex spouses can afford to raise an action.
So although one of these women will never have to worry about where her next luncheon voucher is coming from, her bid will matters to tens of thousands of women who have been similarly cheated, but have been unable to do anything about it outside of not grinning but bearing it. A successful outcome for this duo will serve as a precedent, and perhaps persuade the judicial system that lying about your assets is perjury and should be punished as such pour encourager les autres to be honest.
It's worth noting too that we're living through times which makes it more and more difficult for ordinary people to navigate divorce and separation through a just court settlement. Legal aid in England and Wales has been withdrawn for all but the neediest of applicants which means, in effect, that people will again find themselves trapped in sometimes appalling and abusive relationships.
Meanwhile, up and down the country, women's refuges have shut up shop because councils, bearing the brunt of their own austerity cuts, have withdrawn essential funding. It has long been the case that many women stay in a profoundly unhappy or destructive relationship because, if they are the primary carers of children, they quite literally have no alternative. They don't have the funds to access an ever more difficult housing market, there is not sufficient social housing to cope with the demand, and now even the basic safety net of a refuge is unavailable for increasing numbers of those who might otherwise flee. And, let's face it, you have to be pretty desperate to take your kids into a houseful of strangers and think it the better option for them than their own home.
The UK government's answer to this growing body of misery is a plan to force housing associations to sell off their affordable homes, to force councils to decant homeless families away from familiar surroundings and make yet more "efficiency savings", to further restrict legal aid, and to turn a deaf ear to those third sector providers who warn them about the numbers of charitable ventures now having to shut up shop.
Meanwhile the Osborne Cameron combo continue the mirthless joke that they are blue collar conservatives interested only in the welfare of "hard working families", averting their eyes from the hundreds of thousands of very hard working families who have been pushed into poverty and rely on food banks to stop their families going hungry.
In this loser takes nothing society, the least the law can do is ensure that when families do break up there is fairness and justice in determining the settlement.
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Why has there never been any government investigation that yielded changed policies into Pakistani complicity in protecting Usama bin Ladin and the Taliban at a time that these forces were killing hundreds of Americans in Afghanistan and elsewhere?
How has large-scale U.S. aid to Pakistan continued without change and without this question being answered?
And why has there been no media or congressional interest into an extremely passionate issue (remember September 11?) in which there are arsenals of smoking guns?
A reader in response to this article said that everyone knows that at least part of Pakistan's government was protecting bin Ladin. Here's my answer: Might this fact not require some action on the part of U.S. policy and investigation on the part of the mass media? It is not comforting to be told that everyone knows that a country receiving huge amounts of aid and diplomatic support acts as if it is at war with the United States. Isn't this a bit more than a fun fact? How amazingly passive and accepting of aggression against it has American become?
In fact, Usama bin Ladin was killed on May 2, 2011, and the news was obvious about how he had been given safe haven and protected by at least some elements in Pakistan's government. Remarkably, there was no serious change in U.S. policy toward Pakistan despite the fact that this regime treated badly and threw into prison the Pakistani doctor who helped the United States get bin Ladin. Nothing is more immoral than to betray friends.
Note to Hillary: Of course Pakistan has gone after those elements in the Taliban that were directly threatening them. The problem is that it didn't do anything about those elements in al-Qaida or the Taliban who were directly threatening the United States. How many billions of dollars in aid was given by the Obama Administration to Pakistan despite that reality? And why hasn't U.S. policy changed almost two years after it became public that bin Ladin, the biggest single mass murderer of American civilians in history, was Pakistan's privileged guest?
This was a slip of major proportions and an exception to what administration officials said on a daily basis. Nothing had happened between December 2009 and May 2010 that showed a real change in Pakistani policy, except as I noted retaliations against those elements in the Taliban who had attacked Pakistan directly.
Indeed in October 2009 there was an event long-forgotten today that proved the opposite. David Rhode, an American journalist who had been taken prisoner by the Taliban and held for several months wrote an article in the New York Times describing in great detail his personal observations of Pakistani officials helping the Taliban.
This was at a time–in fact all these events were–when the Taliban was killing scores of American soldiers and terrorizing Afghans.
It was also at a time–in fact all these events were–when the Obama Administration was continuing to give billions of dollars to that same Pakistani government.
And today, more than three years after the Rhode and Clinton statements, this same situation continues.
What makes this even more scandalous is that I'm not aware of any major journalistic or government investigation about what Pakistan's rulers knew and when did they know it, followed by demands of punishment or firing for Pakistan officials and officers involved, and failing that followed by a reduction in U.S. aid and relations with Pakistan.
It's even more scandalous for this reason: Nobody in Pakistan has been punished for helping bin Ladin and the Taliban. No officials have been fired. Has the United States even demanded such steps be taken?
Only one man has been punished at all in regard to these events: the Pakistani doctor who helped the United States get bin Ladin. He's now in a Pakistani prison and reportedly been treated terribly. He's forgotten, too.
Remember that if you, as a non-American, ever think of taking some risk to help the United States. The Egyptian moderates who boycotted and jeered Secretary of State John Kerry whose policy backs the Muslim Brotherhood; the moderates in Iran, Lebanon, Syria, Turkey, and elsewhere have learned that lesson. So have Central Europeans who lack protection against Russia; Latin Americans who worry about Cuba and Venezuela while the late dictator Hugo Chavez is mourned as a hero in much of American mass media and intelligentsia; even Saudi Arabia and Israel, and other countries whose names would astonish you, have learned that lesson.
Did I mention that the Pakistani government is getting billions of dollars in U.S. aid, even at a time of great spending deficits in the United States?
The fact that nobody is even talking about this is another proof about how decadent U.S. politics and foreign policy have become. Obama gets praise for killing bin Ladin but not responsibility to do something about the reason why bin Ladin was able to remain safe for a decade after September 11 and continue planning attacks on America.