APPLICATION OF CISG: Stating that the facts point to the application of the CISG via Article 1(1)(a) or 1(1)(b), the Appellate Court remanded the case back to the Court of First Instance for it to determine the applicable law.
In a dispute arising out of international sale of goods the court must determine the applicable substantive law.
The dispute at hand arises out of an international sale of goods. The dispute contains a foreign element. The crucial question is what law should be applied, since the parties did not select the applicable law. The question is therefore to determine the applicable law.
The Court of First Instance applied the provisions of domestic law on the subject-matter, but it did not state the reasons for doing so.
Both legal doctrine and practice are familiar with the tacit exercise of party autonomy. The tacit exercise of party autonomy, or the implicit choice of law, is deemed to have taken place when the parties did not expressly select the applicable law, but it can be concluded from the contract and from the facts of the case that that they had an applicable law in mind and that they wanted the application of that law. However, if the court found that this was the case, it should have stated the reasons which led it to the conclusion that the parties had implicitly chosen the domestic regulation that would govern the subject-matter in a purely internal transaction.
The Appellate Court reminds of the existence of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods which serves to govern the international sale of goods. This Convention was signed in Vienna on 11 April 1980 and it entered into force on 1 January 1988. Both Yugoslavia (at present: State Union of Serbia and Montenegro) and FR Germany are Parties to the CISG. Yugoslavia has been a party to the CISG since 27 March 1985 and Germany since 21 December 1989 (the dates indicated are the dates of ratification or accession).
Pursuant to Article 1 of the CISG, the Convention applies to contracts for the sale of goods between parties whose places of business are in different States: (a) when the States are Contracting States or (b) when the rules of private international law lead to the application of the law of a Contracting State.
When ratifying the CISG, Yugoslavia did not make any reservations within the meaning of Article 95 of the CISG, so the provision contained in Article 1(1)(b) is to be considered binding upon the courts in the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, as it constitutes an integral part of the domestic legal system.
Several situations in which a court in the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro would have to apply the CISG on the basis of the rules of private international law can be identified (this, of course, if the CISG was not applied on the basis of Article 1(1)(a)).
The first situation is the one where the rules of Yugoslav private international law lead to the application of the Yugoslav law. In such circumstances, Yugoslav courts must apply the CISG and not the domestic regulation that would govern the subject matter in a purely internal transaction.
Secondly, it is possible that the rules of Yugoslav private international law lead to the application of the law of another Contracting State to the CISG. A court in the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro should apply the CISG and not the law that the Contracting State in question applies to internal sale of goods, unless the Contracting State made a reservation pursuant to Article 95 of the CISG. In the opposite case, when the rules of private international law of another Contracting State lead to the application of the law of the State Union of Serbia and Montenegro, the court in the Contracting State in question must apply the CISG, unless that Contracting State made a reservation pursuant to Article 95 of the CISG.
Finally, when the rules of private international law of a State which is not a party to the CISG lead to the application of the Yugoslav law, the court of the State in question may apply the CISG as a law of the Contracting State to the CISG.
Accordingly, since the dispute at hand arises out of international sale of goods, the Court of First Instance should determine the applicable law. At present, the facts of the case point to the application of the CISG either pursuant to Article 1(1)(a) or pursuant to Article 1(1)(b).
When the Court of First Instance determines the applicable law, it shall establish all legally relevant facts important for the application of that law and then, on the basis of that new and more exhaustive factual background, it shall render a new decision in this matter.
** Marko Jovanovic, LL.M. (U. of Belgrade) is a Doctorate student at the University of Paris 1 - Panthéon Sorbonne d at the University of Belgrade. Dr. Vladimir Pavic is an Assistant Professor in Private International Law and Arbitration, and Milena Djordjevic, LL.M. (U. of Pittsburgh) is a Lecturer in International Commercial Law at the University of Belgrade Faculty of Law.


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Skinny McLean
...it started by forcing me to do the weird "musical rally" thing with some of the most atrocious "music" I've heard in a long, long time, "Hooked on classics," a medley of well-known classical pieces - all heavily quantized to line up with the trite four-on-the-floor drum beat that's mixed in, telling me to "enjoy it." That just felt stupid
It wasn't "heavily quantised". Wasn't quantised at all.
It was a big hit worldwide in 1981, using the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra and selling many millions of copies. I remember it well 'cause it had people scratching their heads even back then, but it was seen as a possible gateway to peeps' beginning to appreciate classical music.
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o000o
To give the AI even the tiniest chance, probably.
And I suspect this is also the reason why Qualifying got removed. It's wrong to say PD has never known about Qualifying or such, as they did implement that in GT1, GT3, and GT4 (championship only).
ArR29
That's the craziest part, Kaz has raced professionally. He knows exactly how real racing works, so as I say, the catch up rolling start format is an "artistic" choice.
The problem here is the way they structured the main single player campaign. It was obviously design for grinding and they want the player to win all the time. Sport mode has all the proper racing structure. It has qualifying, damage, point system, grid and more realistic rolling start. A single player version of sport mode where you race with AIs instead of real people would probably be a good alternative.
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All live-recorded music played by humans that can be perfectly synchronized with a drum machine was either quantized, recorded to a metronome or click track (or to a drum machine, of course,) all of which produces the same effect. Maybe the RPO recorded it that way? I don't know. But I'm glad to hear that it's forty years old, though, and not something new. Either way, my point still stands - I found it entirely dreadful. It actually makes "A fifth of Beethoven" sound like a masterpiece.
Yeah, wasn't arguing your point mate, just correcting your assertion that it was quantised.
They obviously recorded it to a click track 'cause audio-quantising technology only appeared decades later.
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slthree
Fact Central
Help, Please
1. I bought a 25th anniversary edition and I don't see my 1.5 million credits
2. Is there any way to get rid of that horrible band at the bottom of the screen with all the different information squares?
3. How do I get out of that circuit Cafe menu thing to set up a custom race?
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Expensive microtransactions are making this a worde launch-day :-(
The opposite of it; there should be an option to race online or offline on each of the events, like events like GT Cup being given a choice for online or offline; the AI will fill the rest of the grid if the players who enter isn't full.
anxiety24
After being into the story for about 2h I actually like the new gameplay. I honestly think they got the progression thing right this time, but need more playing time to verify. By now, the races on the world tracks are pretty easy with a car matching the points.
Regarding the AI difficulty:
I preordered and therefor got the two GT3 cars, and gave them a try at the Suzuka GT3 Cup race. I'm a B(+)-Player in Sport Mode but the AI gave me a real challenge keeping up with them. They are really quick out of the corners and I even noticed them defending the racing line approaching corners after the long straight, so in sum they are really fast and decent. I tried setting the difficulty to "normal" then, but almost couldn't feel a difference. Don't know if its just me having to get used to the physics again after not playing for quite some time...
Same is with the track experiences: If I remember correctly, this was no challenge at all on GT Sport, and I completed almost all sections on familiar tracks in gold on the first attempt. In GT7, I hardly got silver on the first sector in Suzuka and just got close to gold on brands hatch, which I (thought I) know quite well.
All in all, I really like the game, the gameplay and of course the graphics. To me, its like a breath of fresh air after GT Sport and I'm curious what they have in store for us in the future (updates, DLC, etc.) Of course I would have loved to give the new cars like the F8 or AMG Black Series a try immediately, but its ok that you need to be in a game for a certain amount of time to get there. Just like in open world titles, where your character is weak and the map is undiscovered in the beginning.
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GTP_Imari
That's the impression I've always gotten - if they were human players, it'd be like they're afraid to press R2 more than halfway. Through rose-tinted glasses I always remembered GT4 AI being at least faster, but I just ran an Arcade Race with 10/10 difficulty and had a significant lead carved out just a few minutes in. I guess that was passable in the PS2 era, but jeez, this really has been an issue for a very long time.
It's been an issue since the first game basically. The difference then was that bad AI was the norm in just about every racing game, and the power of the hardware available (and general state of AI programming knowledge) meant that there were good reasons why the AI was never going to be spectacular.
As the years went on that became less and less the case, and somewhere in the late-PS2/early-PS3 generation the Gran Turismo AI fell to a level that was substandard compared to other games of the time. They've made incremental improvements, but they still seem set on making sure that it's unable to challenge anyone who can hold down the accelerator and keep a car mostly on the road.
That's fine, there's people that works for but the complete ignorance of anyone with driving skills higher than a bunch of asparagus is a gaping hole in the gameplay. GT Legends and GTR2 did better than this more than 15 years ago.
Reydawg Rey
Obviously PD is aware! Unfortunately their solution was not ready to be implemented into GT7 at launch. We have to wait and see what improvements Sophy will make and those who are disappointed with the AI and have not bought the game will simply wait. It's not good business on part of PD but the alternative would have been to delay the game substantially until sophy was ready.
They're aware, but they think that the way that the AI is in game now is good. This is intentional design.
GT4 and earlier it could have been hardware or programming limitations, but the fact that the career AI has performed basically the same since GT5 means we know it's a design decision. This is what Polyphony thinks good gameplay looks like, and even if they had better AI they wouldn't give it to you in career mode because that's not how they want a career to work.
They want short chase-the-rabbit races against slow cars. They think that's what the players want. People keep buying it, so it's hard to say that they're wrong.
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The GT3 Cup Race? I guess those races have independent difficulty settings separate from the options, shown in how those events have peppers on it (ranging from 1 to 5).
How many peppers for the event you played there?
CHEN255
kismet8051
Playing on PS5 & 65" OLED
The quickest review....
3 hours in......do not fear, it's brilliant!!!!
Yes, it's a slow burner at first, but really enjoyed it and I am blown away with the graphics and gameplay. It feels so different to GT Sport, but in a really good way. It takes about 2 hours or so to unlock multiplayer. AI are poor on career BUT set up a custom race and they are actually decent!! Way better than on sport, actually gave me a challenge.
Sound, really good.
Graphics, insane!
Physics, a massive step up from GT Sport! Great fun when all assists are off
Weather and time, rain is amazing, night looks stunning
Ray Tracing mode - Don't bother! It's not worth the sacrifice in performance. The performance mode is absolutely fine
Bugs? A few, a little bit of lag on replays (in performance mode when full grid, or certain tracks/time. 95% of the time, it's like butter
Wants? Full VR support on the new headset due next year, this would be a game changer!
Happy? Oh yes
So glad to read your impressions of Custom Race Mode. This was one of my go to modes in GTS and to find out that the AI is harder than in GTS is music to my ears, because I found them to be plenty hard enough in GTS. I'll check out Custom Races once i get some decent cars.
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Custom Race Mode with qualifying and the other things you mention would be job done.
Ahh, makes sense - explains why there are the peppers! If I remember correct, it was also 2-3 peppers out of the 5 - but hard to image how 5/5 peppers will play out then...
I didn't finish the races though yet (quitted early), so maybe they do make pitstops and refuel on the last lap (even if they certainly don't have to)
Mr_D
Very disappointing to hear about the AI. I knew it would likely be this way because there was no indication it wouldnt be and every indication (all previous iterations) that it would be bad. Real shame.
I'm on the fence now. I'll get it eventually but probably at a sale..
mariodiniz21
Having played all the GTs since GT1, and most of the racing simulators, I'm so happy with GT7 after playing for 1.5 hours last night.
Some might say the tire physics feel the same as GT Sport but that is so so wrong, the cars in GT7 feel so much better, more natural, alive and much more realistic at the limit, finally I can control the car over the limit again, like I do in real life, they don't have the same unrealistic behavior as in GT Sport, this is a huge improvement and so much fun. GT5 was good, but the physics were screwed on GT6 and GT Sport, I wasn't expecting at all that PD would correct these issues in GT7 but they did. Can't wait to get out of work today.
The car sounds are still crap, but who cares... the king is definitely back, at least for me!
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For most of the preview (until the 2nd trailer) yeah there were no indication (like the car sounds in GTS being improved after hiring Mike Caviezel while all previous iterations have terrible "vacuum cleaner" sounds). But close before release Sophy was announced but they did said that it'd be available at GT7 in future but not in launch.
How did you think that the car sounds are crap?? Car sounds aren't always exaggerated. GTS already made the car sounds pretty good.
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TotosaLoko
I was watching videos of the Le Mans circuit, the quality of the details of the environment around the track still inconsistent, with a lack of attention to detail as it was before, with some objects, textures and buildings coming straight from the Playstation 2. Disappointing. 😢
This is a rollercoaster like nothing I've experienced before. First I hated it, then I really enjoyed it, now I'm almost back to hating it again.
The horrible AI along with the insane distance of which the cars are spread out during the rolling starts is the big party pooper. With horrible AI I don't necessarily mean slow either, but stupid, always in your way, unsportsmanlike and unpredictable.
Then there's the constant messages from all the annoying characters. Oh, and the campaign itself is waaaay too linear. It's not as if you can just skip the menu books either, because you want to unlock everything on the map first, right?
Navigating through menus still feels as slow as ever, despite the fast loading times on PS5.
Oh yeah, and the HUD is too busy and not customisable either.
The cons outnumber the pros so far. I'm sure I'll live it whenever I've unlocked everything, but who knows when that'll be.
I think its clear that PD needs to bring patches
better AI
more custimization of HUD / remove wheel in cockpit
lower prices for microtransactions
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Most cars still sound like vacuums, based on the limited amount I played last night.
jrbabbitt
jimybee
I had bought the 25th also, I got my money, cars, music on my primary account, on alt account I got all but the credits. Can anyone explain...
These are vacuums and these are GTS' sound:
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Klondike_rush
Does the game support PS VR in any modes at all ?
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Ugh yeah that HUD thing has allways been GTs hallmark. This is our HUD, take it or leave it
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DonZonda
xXGalmOneXx
xXGalm OneXx
After playing several hours I somewhat find the cars lose grip way too easy especially FR cars oversteering like crazy with the smalles amount of throttle even on sport tires. I felt that especially in the License test on suzuka with the NSX in the hairpain. Almost Impossible to get it straight out of that corner...
I also spun out several Times on high speed ring and blue moon bay in high speed corners. Suddenly the rear feels like on ice.
gigio79
gigiotto59
GT7 is a racing game, my opinion is that priority should not be the quality of the images but that of the game. GT7 must be beautiful to play, entertain and fill the servers with users. GT sport has been doing this for over 4 years, I hope it will be the same for GT7. I got a mail from Amazon saying this evening they will delivery the game to my home. Can't wait to begin new era.
My first thoughts
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I'm not worried about the sounds, some cars are okay others aren't. To me most sound synthesized, and not mechanical, engine sound, gearshift sounds, etc. all a bit fake like always had.
I care much more about the driving physics.
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pburford
I have now played a couple of hours of the game and as yet I cannot say I had much fun, perhaps I was spoilt by the simplicity of GT Sport but GT 7 seems overloaded with side activities that I have to complete to actually get to the good stuff. If I have to do many more chase the rabbit 2 lap races I think will be seriously pi**ed off.
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As we revealed earlier this year Volkswagen are just about facelifting the Scirocco, we can now add that the revised car is on sale now with deliveries to start in October from £20,455.
That will get you the basic, 123 bhp, 1.4 litre TSI model and prices stretch up to £33,795 for the hottest 2.0-litre TSI 'R' producing 276 bhp.
As we documented in February the outside has changed only very slightly, revised head and brake lights and a new front bumper marking the only real changes.
Four trim levels are available: Scirocco, GT, R-Line and R.
The entry level Scirocco comes with a touchscreen infotainment system with DAB digital radio and six-disc CD changer, SD card reader, iPod and USB audio connectors and Bluetooth, air conditioning, automatic headlights and wipers, an auto-dimming rear view mirror, 17-inch 'Long Beach' alloy wheels, height-adjustable sports seats, and a multifunction leather-covered steering wheel (with paddleshifts on DSG models).
The GT model, from £22,305, adds the a bigger touchscreen navigation system, two-zone climate control, dark-tinted rear windows, 18-inch 'Interlagos' alloy wheels, front fog lights, front and rear parking sensors, a black roof lining, 'chequered flag' dash inserts and aluminium-look pedals and cloth and Alcantara upholstery.
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Q: PaaS Offerings for Node.js I keep finding blogs and articles that list Digital Ocean and Linode as having PaaS offerings for Node.js. This is bothering me because I've hosted apps on both Linode and Digital Ocean and although they do have one-click installs of Node.js or MongoDB stacks, You are still responsible as a developer for securing your infrastructure, managing it, upgrading it, etc.
Modulus is something i've been looking at that seems to be a truly PaaS platform for Node.js.
Am i misunderstanding the definition of PaaS or are all these blogs/articles talking about Digital Ocean and Linode having PaaS offerings for Node.js actually incorrect?

A: I align with your definition that VPS ≠ PaaS. Modulus has turned into Xervo. And Xervo has turned into dust. All the hip Node kids are with zeit now. This question is product related, not sure if this OK here on SO.

A: Digital Ocean is an IaaS (infrastructure as a service) which means that they offer you VMs (virtual machines) that you have to control (manage, update etc).
I read and article that they raised some money to offer PaaS offerings also.
PaaS is Platform as a service. Most notable may be Heroku which will run the app for you, but won't give you access to the underlying VM. Your headache is only the app and they manage the rest.
I can't say much about the individual offerings as one service may offer both PaaS and IaaS, but I hope I was clear about the difference.

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Pro-Biafra: Kanu Loses Bid To Retrieve Money, Passport
The Federal High Court in
Abuja on Tuesday dismissed an application by leader of Pro-Biafra group, Nnamdi Kanu, for the retrieval of his items held by the State Security Services (SSS).
Our correspondent reports that the items, include 2,200 dollars, N87,000 and Nigeria/British International Passports.
Kanu, David Nwawusi and Benjamin Madubugwu were charged with treasonable felony, unlawful possession of firearms and conspiracy.
In his ruling, Justice John Tsoho, held that the application lacked merit.
"I have considered the submissions of both counsel to the parties and found that Section 10 (7) of the Administration of Criminal Justice with which the objection of the prosecution hinges is not applicable here.
"I also hold that the prosecution was wrong to assert that the applicant should have approached the Attorney-General of the Federation with the request for the release of the items.
"There is no doubt that the defendant (Kanu) that owns the said items has been formally arraigned before this court, and therefore, the court assumes total control of proceedings," Tsoho held.
The judge further said: "just as the prosecution is not confined to only witnesses listed in the matter, they are not also restricted to the 70 exhibits listed in the proof of evidence.
"In the circumstance, the prosecution was right to be in the custody of the items since we cannot tell whether or not those items could become relevant in the trial.
"The application, therefore, lacked merit and it is dismissed,'' Tsoho held.
Chief Chucks Muouma (SAN), Counsel to Kanu, filed the application seeking the release of the items because they were not listed as exhibits to be tendered in court.
"My Lord, we have sought the retrival of the items because they will not be needed by the prosecution since they are not listed as part of exhibits to be tendered.
"My Lord, Section 10 (7) of the Administration of Criminal Justice which forms the strength of the prosecution's objection is not relevant in the instant case as the applicant had been arraigned.
"The prosecution cannot continue to hold on to Kanu's money as if to say he is standing Money Laundering trial.
"We urge the court to order the release of those items in the interest of justice,'' Muouma said.
On his part, Mr Mohammed Diri, the Prosecuting Counsel, urged the court to dismiss the application, saying that those items could still be used as evidence during the trial.
"My Lord, this is not the appropriate time for the application, at best it should be brought when the prosecution has closed it case.
"The court should close its eyes to the fact that the applicant sneaked into the country without the use of the two International Passports bearing his names.
"The court is therefore invited to take judicial notice of the travel documents as they have become real issues to worry about,'' Diri said.
The judge adjourned the matter till February 9 when the application for secret trial filed by the prosecution will be entertained.
In the interim, Tsoho orders that the close relations of the three defendants should be allowed to attend the trial subject to thorough security screening.
Tsoho also ordered that the defendants be returned to the Kuje Prison.
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Corpse Of Woman Found In Ebonyi Hotel Room
The police in Ebonyi State say they have discovered the body of a yet to be identified middle-aged woman in a hotel room in Abakaliki, the state capital. The spokesperson of the police in the state, Loveth Odah, stated this yesterday.
She said the body has deep cuts on the chest and neck and has been deposited in a mortuary. According to the spokesman, it was discovered at Crown Garden Hotel located along the ever-busy Afikpo road in the capital city.
Mrs Odah, who said that the victim was found in the pool of her own blood, said the suspect had been identified as one Uchenna Awoke.
She said the hotel manager, Emmanuel Eze, the supervisor, and other workers had been taken to the police station for questioning and accused the hotel management of negligence.
"The manager of the hotel, the supervisor and other staff of the hotel were taken to the station for questioning and I must confess to you that the whole thing is negligence on the part of the hotel management. How can a guest be murdered in a hotel room and days after, the management is not aware of the incident."
"We will investigate the matter properly and I assure you, the perpetrator of the act must be arrested and prosecuted. All we are asking is for the members of the public to avail the police of useful information that will lead to the arrest of the suspect."
Senate Passes S'East Dev Commission Bill
The Senate yesterday passed the South East Development Commission (Establishment) Bill 2018.
The proposed commission aims at enhancing the infrastructural development of the South East zone, which is grappling with huge ecological challenges.
It also seeks to act as a catalyst for the development of the commercial potential of the zone.
The proposed legislation requires the concurrence of the House of Representatives to become a bill of the National Assembly, and the President's assent to become a law.
Senators Stella Oduah (PDP-Anambra) and Samuel Anyanwu (PDP-Imo) jointly sponsored the bill read in the Senate on June 22, 2016.
Its passage in the Red Chamber followed the presentation of the report of the Committee on Establishment and Public Service by its former Chairman, Senator Emmanuel Paulker (PDP-Bayelsa), on the floor of the Senate.
The bill, after Paulker's presentation, was considered clause by clause by the committee of the whole, and amendments made by the lawmakers were read for the third time and eventually passed.
In his remarks, presiding Deputy President of the Senate, Ike Ekweremadu, commended his colleagues for a job well done.
In his words, "Every morning we pray that God should give us the grace to do only those things that will promote the peace and unity of this country.
"I believe that we have shown today that we are committed to the unity of this country, and it is this unity that will give us faith in this country.
"This faith will in turn help us to pursue peace and progress," he said.
Briefing newsmen after plenary, members the South East caucus of the Senate, led by Sen. Enhinnaya Abaribe (PDP-Abia), thanked their colleagues and members of the committee for their efforts.
Abaribe, who spoke on behalf of the caucus, urged the President to sign the bill into law "as soon as we tidy it up and bring to him, in the interest of the unity and progress of Nigeria".
"This will put to rest the long-drawn agitation in the South East, and the difficulties in the rehabilitation and reconciliation efforts that started at the end of the civil war.
"All things we see always will end up at the negotiating table, which is what we have done," he said.
The lawmaker said he hoped the House of Representatives would give concurrence to the bill as it went in the Senate.
When established, the South East Development Commission would be the third zonal interventionist body in the country.
2019: Oyedepo Predicts Peace In Nigeria
Bishop David Oyedepo, the Founder and Presideng Bishop, Living Faith Church Worldwide, on Saturday predicted that nothing would disturb the peace of Nigeria and its story would change for the better in the year 2019.
Oyedepo made the declaration at the just concluded annual prophetic gathering of the Winners' family, christened the "Dominion", in a satellite telecast of the church.
In the telecast monitored in Abuja, the cleric also declared that 2019 would be a year of "I have Dominion".
"Nothing will tamper with the peace of Nigeria; the story will change for the better in the name of Jesus.
"Nigeria shall not see bloodshed, the Prince of Peace will continue to dominate in Nigeria, in Africa and Nigeria is declared blessed.
"Anywhere you step, accident is forbidden; death will not come near you and our nation.
"Anything that is of grace in my life, I freely release upon you today.
"God has opened the year 2019 to us, celebrate Him because its our year of "I have Dominion," he said.
The Bishop added that the year 2019 would be a year of humbling testimonies for Nigeria and pace-setting testimonies.
He further declared that 2019 would be a colourful year for the nation.
According to the cleric, as long as Jesus has the final say on the issues of Nigeria, it will experience greatness.
Oyedepo said that there would be no more cause of alarm in any area of the nation and its citizens.
He advised Christians in Nigeria to delight themselves in the spirit of servant-hood, adding that the spirit of Christ is the spirit of servant-hood.
"The Spirit of Christ is the spirit of servant-hood. As you keep rising on the ladder of leadership, you must retain our spirit of servant-hood, constantly working to add value to others and be kingdom minded," he said.
According to him, dedication is at the root of dominion, saying: "Sow yourself as a seed by being totally dedicated to God and His Kingdom''.
He told his congregation that sacrificial giving guarantees the meeting of all their needs.
"When you engage in taking care of the well-being of others, God is also committed to your well-being," he explained. The cleric admonished Christians would engage in meeting the needs of the needy, every barrier on their path of destiny would be crushed.
"Nobody tampers with your life, your career, your family and goes away with it because you are promoted to God's kingdom.
"God will stand for your defence in the day of trouble. Every sacrificial giver has a defence around him in the day of trouble always have that in mind," he said.
He reminded his congregation that the Church is not a building; the Church is a people and the Redeemed of the Lord.


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I've just had an 'on this day' memory come up on my Facebook of me travelling back to the UK for my interview at Edge Hill. The fact that this was a whole year ago is absolutely absurd but here we are. Honestly, time flies.
All interviews are different, all courses have specific criteria or procedures to allow you onto the course. If you're a prospectus trainee teacher and the Edge Hill liked your application, you should, if not already, have an interview date. Hoorah! Now, what to do?
The most important thing you can do is to prepare. The interview process for Primary Ed QTS can seem quite daunting at first, but as long as you know your stuff and breathe, you'll be fine. There is a maths test, a short English writing task, a 10-15-minute one-to-one interview with someone from the panel, and finally a group task. It's nearly a full day.
Revise your basic maths, quick tips and tricks for multiplication/division/number facts. They provide you with areas that the test will cover so make sure you go over these beforehand. The English task isn't something you can really prepare for, just write from the heart with some good grammar thrown in and you'll be fine.
The interview is where you need to show your passion and enthusiasm, get your answers ready. "Why do you want to be a teacher" "What is the most important thing about teaching?" "What makes you make a good teacher?" – these aren't guaranteed questions, but they're likely to come up!
I spent the morning, the entire day, and all evening throwing up and feeling nauseous. I very rarely feel nervous at all, but I've never experienced anything like that. I think I felt this sick was because this is something I wanted so badly, I didn't apply for anywhere else because I didn't want to go anywhere else. A risky move, but I was sure it was Edge Hill. If I didn't get in, I didn't have a backup – don't do that, it's not smart. I spent the night before practising maths, reading notes, researching interview questions – don't do that either. Get all your prep done and go over it the week before but leave the night before to relax and chill out. This is so important.
You can definitely, undoubtedly do it. It's okay to feel nervous, and don't be scared to say "Sorry, I'm just feeling a little nervous." They'll help you and calm you down. That's one thing I can truly say about my interview process was that all the staff I spoke to were so kind and calming and really helped to chill me out. Don't worry.
Good luck to all and I hope to see you in September at Edge Hill (it's the best choice!). Thanks for reading!
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Saddler's Woods is a 25 acre site, and it takes approximately one and a half hours to complete the self-guided tree tour at a moderate pace. The majority of Saddler's Woods requires full mobility, however the North-South Trail is stroller and wheelchair accessible.
You can download and print a trail map and self-guided tree tour to take with you for a walk in the woods. There are 15 stops on the self-guided tree tour.
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When Vanessa travels to a remote island off the coast of Canada, she finds herself drawn into a world of ruthless whale hunters and criminals. Armed only with her camera and her faithful shrunken head, she must fight for her life to escape capture. But what happens when she comes face to face with a terrifying sea-serpent? Could this be the monster that locals have been telling her about?
Pacific Giants is the third in The Cryptid Files series of books by Jean Flitcroft which deal with cryptozoology, which is the study of strange creatures that some people have reported seeing, but for which there is no scientific proof. ...With scientific facts on this subject at the beginning of each chapter, this book draws the reader into the possibility of the extraordinary, and together with the excellent atmospheric narrative makes this book a page-turning, high tension journey into the world of cryptozoology.


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Lenzburg Castle – castle of knights and dragons
Towering on a cliff above the eponymous town Lenzburg Castle is one of the most beautiful hilltop castles in Switzerland. The castle complex still standing today was built over a period of approximately 900 years. During this time it served as a residence of counts and bailiffs from Bern as well as being the private home of a wealthy American family. Visitors crossing the drawbridge and entering the courtyard through the castle's wooden gate immerse themselves in its 1000-year long history.
Castle life between 1415 and 1956
The museum illustrates the lives and times of the castle's inhabitants from the times of the Bernese bailiffs during the Late Middle Ages, to the Renaissance and Baroque periods and eventually the lavish lifestyles enjoyed by the castle's private owners around 1900. Projections and audio installations describe the daily lives of the castle's former inhabitants.
Knights and nobles
From the 11th to the 15th centuries three aristocratic dynasties lived at Lenzburg Castle, the Lenzburgs, the Kyburgs and the Habsburgs. The newly opened knights' exhibition features shadow films introducing visitors to the lives and times of select members of these three families. A knight's lifestyle focused almost entirely on conflicts and power structures as well as courtly culture and the Christian faith. By exploring its rooms, visitors can learn more about the castle's former inhabitants.
The historical workshop
In the museum's historical workshop visitors can learn what it meant to be a knight or weigh out the punishment for different crimes in early post-medieval times on the scales of justice. Learn more about the historical reality of life as one of the castle's bailiffs or as one of the criminals who were once incarcerated here.
The children's museum and the castle's dragon "Fauchi"
Which child would not want to live in a castle, be a knight or a princess? In our kids' corner children can dress up, do arts and crafts and discover the castle's hidden corners. In the dragon research centre they can learn more about the characteristics of dragons, and those who are brave enough can even meet the legendary dragon "Fauchi"!
Living history in its original setting
A wide range of events, guided tours, workshops and demonstrations of old crafts breathe new life into the castle's ancient stones and a variety of cultural events such as the medieval market are popular tourist attractions.
1 April to 31 October 2022
Tuesday to Sunday and public holidays: 10 am to 5 pm
Mondays* closed
It is closed at the second Friday of July (Lenzburg Youth Festival).
* Easter Monday, Whit Monday: 10 am to 5 pm
Individual visitors
Castle museum, courtyard and bistro:
Adults: CHF 14.-
Apprentices and students (up to 26 years): CHF 10.-
Children (4 to 16 years): CHF 8.-
Family ticket A (2 adults + max. 5 children): CHF 35.-
Family ticket B (1 adult + max. 5 children): CHF 25.-
Courtyard and bistro:
Adults: CHF 5.-
Apprentices and students (up to 26 years): CHF 4.50
Children (4 to 16 years): CHF 2.50
Groups (as from 10 people)
Apprentices and students (up to 26 years): CHF 8.-
School classes: CHF 4.-
Castle museum and bistro:
Adults: CHF 3.50
Swiss Museum Pass
Museums-PASS-Musées
Raiffeisen Cards
Association of Friends of the Lenzburg Castle
Picnic areas around the Castle.
Dogs are not allowed in the inside of the castle.
The courtyard and bistro are wheelchair accessible.
The bistro offers snacks, coffee and cakes.
Hotel Krone, Lenzburg
Hotel Ochsen, Lenzburg
By rail to Lenzburg. Bus from the train station SBB to the castle car park or a 25minutes walk from the train station.
Parking lots are available at the castle.
Walk from Lenzburg to Lake Hallwil, ride a bicycle along the Aabach stream through leafy woods and sunny fields to Seengen and Lake Hallwil (no significant changes in altitude, an ideal family outing).
The car-free historical centre of Lenzburg offers various shops and a weekly market on Tuesdays and Fridays with fresh produce from the surrounding areas.
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Hotel Seerose, Meisterschwanden
Youth hostel, Beinwil
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Review: HEADS. – s/t
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Berlin trio Heads. is going to release their vinyl debut this spring on 8th May via This Charming Man Records. Band draws it's energy from 90's rock, postrock and shoegaze. And the fact that Magnus Lindberg of Cult of Luna took care of mastering the piece is a guarantee of high quality stuff.
Album was recorded live in heritage-listed hall Bikini Test in the Swiss Alps which added a natural warm feeling to the record. You can really tell there's something different right after you hear the first few seconds. It greatly adds up to that dark atmosphere of this mysterious record. Band recorded 13 track in three days and picked 6 of them for their upcoming EP. (Interesting numbers right ?!)
Simple sludgy and hard hitted bass that was burried in bogs deeper than black coal supplemented with drums that draw shady echo from their surroundings. Melancholic yet disturbing guitar calms you with distant yet close vocals just to rip your head apart in the following moments. I found it interesting that sometimes the rest of the band can change the character of a whole song while the bass doesn't change a thing and sludges its way through no matter what. And those are the things that I expect from a noiserock band. These guys made no mistake. Album ain't too experimental (I could use a bit more of that) but on the other hand it's going to be "listenable" to more people that aren't always that fond of experimentalal. All what's left to do now is look forward to 8th of March.
It's no surprise to learn that HEADS. will be going on tour with METZ in June and any other bands who like writing their name in capitals only. HEADS. are 1 Australian and 2 Germans making stripped-to-the-bare-bones noise rock that in places, gives a nod to that 90s grunge sound, alongside a gnawing, low-end scrape of disgruntled darkness. Similar to soon-to-be-touring-mates METZ, HEADS. are uncomfortably raucous in their dishevelled and somewhat nonchalant approach to creating sounds that can be reformed into music.
Opening track, A Murial Is Worth A Thousand Words, can barely stand up. It's staggering about everywhere, sloshing beer in every direction – utterly legless. The bending, grumble of crunching bass and steely drum patterns keep it upright, whilst vocalist Ed Fraser's Australian drone channels a Cobain-esque "don't fucking look at me" attitude. He's not quite at the point of seething, but there's a nastiness there and he wrestles strangulated chord after strangulated chord out of his guitar with menacing frustration. "How's about, I'm getting off my face…" he croons on the bizarrely titled Chewing on Kittens. He sounds beyond ruined as this dreamy-haze of throaty, rhythmic psychedelic rock pushes at your senses, scrambled guitar lines cutting in and out (think '68 and their turbulent efforts at keeping to any kind of formula) over the unsettling caterwaul.
Moving on, and Fraser can barely contain his disdain on Skrew – his sneering yelp almost forms a corporeal entity in the room, such is its presence. This off-kilter Drive Like Jehu scribble of indignant noise-punk is harrowing and bleak in its twisted and revolted drone and is absolutely thunderous to boot. It's the sound of waking up from a 24 session and realising that you're still drunk and trying to frantically piece together the 'scenes missing' from the night before.
HEADS. are uncomfortably raucous in their dishevelled and somewhat nonchalant approach to creating sounds that can be reformed into music..
There's an almost southern-rock twang to Fraser's voice on the moody-shift of Black River. His unusual drawl is laced with smoke and that harsh burn of a fine malt, whilst the post-punk sprawl of grinding bass, clattering cymbals and wailing guitar shred all remind you where the loyalty towards jagged, scratching noise really lies. A somewhat quieter and less vicious track, Black River relies on minimalist interjection from the bass, drums and guitar for the first part, only to clatter home in the song's noisy and choking coda Harvey Milk-style misery and loss. The crackling guitar creek of Foam, coupled with the huge-bass drum stamp brings to mind Dublin's Girl Band (who incidentally, would make fine touring partners with HEADS.) in all their discomforting glory.
"Where's Jim? Buried deep under somebody's driveway…" opens final track, The Voynich Manuscript setting the fear bar at an appropriate level. Poor Jim – he's pushing up the daisies and will never hear this ode, which is a scrawl of mangled, bass-heavy noise in the similar vein to Girls Against Boys – fractured, broken and slovenly garage rock that punches an amp-shaped hole in your stomach.
You need HEADS. This Australian-German three-piece are a bitter, discordant snarl that may just surprise you along the way. Catch them on tour in Germany with aforementioned noise-punks, METZ.
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Quieter Supersonic Jet Is on the Horizon with New NASA Program
By Elizabeth Howell
NASA is working with partners in the aviation industry to design new supersonic aircraft, like this concept plane, that generate softer sonic booms. (Image credit: Screenshot, Live Science/NASA)
A new passenger jet that can fly at supersonic speeds without the distinctive but earsplitting sonic "boom" generated when these superfast planes travel faster than the speed of sound is one step closer to getting in the air.
NASA has awarded a contract to Lockheed Martin Aeronautics to come up with a preliminary design for the supersonic jet. The company will receive $20 million over 17 months to come up with a preliminary design, according to NASA. The Lockheed team includes individuals from GE Aviation and Tri Models Inc., acting as subcontractors, the agency said.
NASA envisions a "low boom" aircraft that emits a supersonic "heartbeat," or a soft thump, rather than startlingly noisy sonic booms, when it breaks the sound barrier. At the end of its contract, Lockheed will be expected to outline the proposed jet's baseline requirements and design in order to meet NASA's expectations for the agency's Quiet Supersonic Technology (QueSST) program. [Supersonic! The 10 Fastest Military Airplanes]
After a demonstration version of the jet is built, the vehicle will undergo analytical and wind-tunnel tests, according to NASA.
"Developing, building and flight testing a quiet supersonic X-plane is the next logical step in our path to enabling the industry's decision to open supersonic travel for the flying public," Jaiwon Shin, associate administrator for NASA's Aeronautics Research Mission Directorate, said in a statement.
Once the jet is ready for flight tests, NASA will conduct low-boom flight demonstrations to gauge the public's response to quieter supersonic planes. The actual design and construction of the QueSST jet will be awarded under a future contract, NASA officials said.
The loud booms generated by supersonic aircraft prompted the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration to ban overland flights by these aircraft in 1973. NASA, however, said in a previous statement that it is working with the FAA to change those regulations. [Image Gallery: Breaking the Sound Barrier]
"We are working with other agencies across the world to support development of new noise certification for supersonic flight, so instead of being prohibited, it would be allowed over land and sea," Alexandra Loubeau, an acoustics engineer at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia, said in a statement released in late 2015.
The QueSST jet is the first in a series of X-planes that will receive funding in NASA's fiscal 2017 budget, as a part of the agency's New Aviation Horizons initiative. The initiative aims to make future aircraft safer, "greener" and more efficient, using metrics such as fuel use, emissions and noise to judge their performance.
The first flights under NASA's New Aviation Horizons initiative are expected to begin around 2020, depending on funding, the agency said.
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Elizabeth Howell, Ph.D., is a staff writer in the spaceflight channel since 2022. She was contributing writer for Space.com (opens in new tab) for 10 years before that, since 2012. Elizabeth's reporting includes an exclusive with Office of the Vice-President of the United States, speaking several times with the International Space Station, witnessing five human spaceflight launches on two continents, working inside a spacesuit, and participating in a simulated Mars mission. Her latest book, "Why Am I Taller?", is co-written with astronaut Dave Williams. Elizabeth holds a Ph.D. and M.Sc. in Space Studies from the University of North Dakota, a Bachelor of Journalism from Canada's Carleton University and (soon) a Bachelor of History from Athabasca University. Elizabeth is also a post-secondary instructor in communications and science since 2015. Elizabeth first got interested in space after watching the movie Apollo 13 in 1996, and still wants to be an astronaut someday. Mastodon: https://qoto.org/@howellspace
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Army Reserve-Puerto Rico employee is recognized for his 40 years of U.S. Government civil service
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Allan Echevarria, a Budget Analyst with the 1st Mission Support Command, U.S Army Reserve-Puerto Rico, (center) was recognized for his forty years of service in the United States government, during a civilian awards ceremony conducted at the Reserve installation's community club, Dec 20. Col. William Griffin, 1st Mission Support Command Chief of Staff (left) and Julio Aponte, 1st Mission Support Command, Command Executive Officer (right) presented the award. (Photo Credit: U.S. Army)
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PayPal never fixed my recurring billing issue. I therefore canceled the payment altogether and then upgraded all over again. I don't know why PayPal wasn't pulling the payment any more, but they weren't. I hope we are all squared away now. I don't if there is anything you can look into on your end, but if you can you might want to in case it happens to someone else.


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Expand Choice, but Keep the Public Interest in Mind
Forum: Should Reformers Support Education Savings Accounts?
By Nelson Smith
Matthew Ladner and Nelson Smith debated education savings accounts on the EdNext Podcast.
There are about a quarter million low-income kids enrolled in Nevada schools. Some of these children live in small rural communities, but most reside in the Clark County school district surrounding Las Vegas. Their numbers are concentrated in the state's worst-performing schools, and 49 of the 78 schools identified by the state as chronically failing are in Clark County.
The state's overall academic performance lags national averages, with its students scoring in the bottom quartile in both reading and math on the 2015 National Assessment of Educational Progress results. But the state's urgent task is to provide new, high-quality seats for the 57,000 students languishing in its worst schools, those occupying the bottom 10 percent of academic performance for at least three years. A new Achievement School District (ASD), modeled after those in Louisiana and Tennessee, is charged with transforming these very low-performing schools by taking in a small number (no more than six per year) and pairing them with successful charter networks, with the hope that they will return to district supervision once they're humming. The ASD has a distinct, limited mission, its resources aimed squarely at saving students who are stuck in intolerably lousy schools.
That work could be supplemented by a more general expansion of charter schools. The state has no cap on charters, and there is ample room to grow. Clark County has more than 19,000 students in charter schools, but they account for just 6 percent of the district's more than 336,000 public-school students. Furthermore, the sector's performance is far from exemplary at this point, and aggressive efforts by state charter officials to recruit top operators from around the country have been hampered by Nevada's abysmally low per-pupil funding.
However, the state has taken major strides to position its charter sector for increased success. New state revenues from last summer's tax hike will help attract strong operators to the state; the federal Department of Education has just awarded a $16 million grant for new charter start-ups; and reforms passed in 2013 and 2015 persuaded the National Association of Charter School Authorizers to declare Nevada's charter law the strongest in the nation.
Instead of keeping an unrelenting focus on students facing dire needs, however, Nevada is rolling the dice on another marquee program, a custom version of Education Savings Accounts (ESAs). Typically, ESAs are designed to provide education options to families who otherwise could not afford them. The Nevada program is explicitly not targeting low-performing schools or low-income families but rather is being made available to all, including affluent families who can already exercise choice by locating in a good school district or paying tuition for a private school.
That feature is what lost the support of longtime social-justice warrior (and founder of the pro‒school choice Black Alliance for Educational Options) Howard Fuller, who in July shocked many allies by stating his opposition to the Nevada plan: "Parental choice should be used principally as a tool to empower communities that face systemic barriers to greater educational and economic opportunities … I could never approve of a plan that would give those with existing advantages even greater means to leverage the limited number of private school options, to the detriment of low-income families."
That is not only a sound moral argument but also a good synopsis of the program's flawed economics. An ESA provides $5,100 per pupil ($5,700 for a low-income student or one with disabilities), which is supposed to secure a private-school spot. But average tuition for private elementary schools in Nevada is $8,558, and at the high school level, $10,322. That leaves a mighty big gap for a low-income parent to fill, but it's a much lesser lift for folks who bring home a generous paycheck.
Supporters argue that upscale families won't be tempted away from their public schools by the lure of ESAs, but indications are to the contrary. According to data from the state treasurer's office, early enrollment is coming mostly from well-off neighborhoods. "Overall, half of the nearly 3,100 applications submitted as of Oct. 28 list an address in a ZIP Code among the top 40 percent of median households in Nevada. That's in contrast to just 10.7 percent of applications from households with median incomes in the bottom 40 percent."
Now, my forum partner Matt Ladner dismisses this as a "poorly considered" argument because "nothing in American K–12 education (or higher education for that matter) employs a means test." Come again? Buying a home in Greenwich or Grosse Point or Chevy Chase so your child can attend a great public school certainly involves a hefty means test—and if you don't agree, ask the low-income folks in the urban centers down the road. Moreover, we apply means tests every day in deciding which students and schools will benefit from Title I and other programs that are federally-resourced but administered at the district level. True, no child would ever be told, "Your parents are too wealthy so you aren't allowed to attend this school." But that point misstates the issue. Susie's wealthy parents are already taking good care of her schooling and don't need an additional state subsidy. We ought to spend scarce public dollars on those who need the help. To use an analogy: Everyone pays taxes that fund the fire department, so everyone's entitled to protection. But that doesn't mean you send trucks to spray every house in town. You deploy them to the fires.
Here, let me note what I am not worried about: the set of church-state issues raised by the ACLU, which is currently suing Nevada state treasurer Dan Schwartz to halt implementation of the accounts because they will steer tax dollars to sectarian institutions. While Nevada's constitution is unusually direct in forbidding such funding—and about half of the state's private schools are sectarian—the ESA program has been carefully crafted to fit the contours of the U.S. Supreme Court's landmark Zelman v. Simmons-Harris decision (2002), which held that an Ohio voucher program allowed parents "to exercise genuine choice among options public and private, secular and religious."
Rather, my concerns are secular and pragmatic.
The Supply Side Is Weak
Right now there are 186 private schools in Nevada serving just over 29,000 students in a state with more than 450,000 students in public schools. According to a separate lawsuit that concentrates on funding issues, "very few of Nevada's private schools are in the urban core of Nevada's two largest cities, accessible to students in those neighborhoods." This sounds plausible, since just 23 percent of those enrolled in the state's private schools are minority students.
The scarcity of private options is conceded by ESA advocates, including Ladner. As he notes: "Few private schools exist in Nevada, and those that do mostly (and predictably) operate in areas with enough high-income families to support them"—a striking admission. He recommends focusing on the creation of new private school seats and on options outside of private schools.
Some of those nonschool options are appealing. I have a hard time objecting to a program that gives parents funding for tutoring and technology, so long as the available resources are of sufficiently high quality (an especially pertinent question in Nevada's vast rural areas). But parents may also need some help in sifting through vendor claims and judging the type and depth of services to purchase. For example, in a 2012 American Enterprise Institute paper examining No Child Left Behind's "supplemental educational services" (SES) provisions, Carolyn J. Heinrich and Patricia Burch noted a "critical threshold" in terms of how much time a student spends in tutoring: "Below 40 hours [of total tutoring time] we do not identify any statistically significant effects of SES on students' math and reading gains." They also found that online providers (who charged more for their services) were less likely to produce learning gains, a finding that regrettably parallels research showing dismal performance of virtual schools in the tuition-free charter sector. Findings like these suggest a strong need for robust, accurate information, provided by a disinterested third party.
As for new private schools, they won't just materialize automatically and may be of dubious quality. Hard experience in the charter sector teaches that you can't hothouse good schools, and that even replicating successful ones takes skill. We've learned that you need serious review of operator applications, plenty of due diligence about their track record, and a good long on-ramp to ensure a successful opening.
Nevada's ESA program provides none of these guardrails, relying instead on two assurances. One is found in Section 11 of the enabling legislation, which requires that schools and other vendors likely to receive more than $50,000 in ESA funds annually obtain a surety bond. This requirement will help the state avoid financial losses if a school goes belly-up, but it is no defense against shoddy operators, since such bonds are not exactly hard to come by. (Check surety company websites and you'll see repeated variations on "Bad Credit? No Problem!")
The act also requires that participating schools be accredited. But the provision only applies to private schools that are licensed by the state, and religious schools are exempt, creating a rather considerable loophole.
Of course, quality will depend mainly on parents making sound choices. But where one would hope for plentiful public information to help parents understand the performance of participating schools, Section 12 of the act requires only that the department publish aggregated results, sliced by grades and income levels, and that it conduct a survey
of parent satisfaction with the ESA program, not the schools.
Finally, the act allows the state treasurer to deny participation in the program to any entity that routinely fails to comply with the law, or fails "to provide any educational services required by law to a child receiving instruction." Stern-sounding but vague, these provisions don't actually provide a clear course of action when a school is doing a lousy job. While the ASD and other authorizers like Nevada's State Public Charter Schools Authority create contracts with clear performance expectations, the ESA program provides no apparent standards for judging whether public funds are buying strong outcomes.
Are Student Interests Protected?
Schools taken under the ASD umbrella will be open to all students currently enrolled and any others who satisfy geographic requirements. The state's charter schools are similarly open to all. Private schools, on the other hand, do not share this obligation to openness, and nothing in the program's enabling legislation directly addresses discrimination, further narrowing the chances that choice will be realized for those who need it most.
While the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled since 1976 that private schools cannot deny admission based on race, some states have upheld the right of private schools to expel students because of their own or their parents' sexual orientation. Nor are private schools required to enroll students with disabilities. According to the U.S. Department of Education, students with disabilities "do not have an individual entitlement to services they would receive if they were enrolled in a public school. Instead, the [local school district] is required to spend a proportionate amount of IDEA [Individuals with Disabilities Education Act] federal funds to provide equitable services to this group of children. Therefore, it is possible that some parentally placed children with disabilities will not receive any services while others will." A similar approach is taken for English language learners; district help is available if a private school chooses to enroll the student in the first place.
It must be possible to navigate the trade-offs between the public and private spheres when seeking to provide benefits of private schooling through the use of public funds. The Nevada program doesn't make much of an attempt.
I wish it were possible to applaud Nevada's Education Savings Accounts without reservation. The program is a bold stroke, and it has broken school choice out of the tiny, marginal voucher programs seen in other states. With some modifications, the program could have a vast and important impact without the unintended side effects noted here. Taking greater cognizance of income would not only direct the benefits of ESAs to where they are truly needed, but would also reduce the risks of overburdening existing private schools and of encouraging charlatans to open new ones simply to collect public monies. If the state is successful in its current court appeal and the ESA program moves forward, I would love to see the kind of robust Yelp-like parent evaluations Ladner envisions—so long as they're paired with strong oversight representing the public interest of all the taxpayers whose kids aren't attending ESA-financed schools.
Until such changes are made, the best way of getting help to high-need students in Nevada is through the two charter-based channels: a modest quickening of the pace at which the ASD takes in troubled schools for turnaround and a concentrated effort to attract high-caliber talent that can expand capacity and enhance performance in the state's public-charter sector.
Nelson Smith is an education policy consultant and senior advisor to the National Association of Charter School Authorizers.
This is part of a forum on education savings accounts. For an alternate take, please see "The Next Step in School Choice," by Matthew Ladner.
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THOMPSON IS ANOTHER SELECTION MADE BY THE CALIFORNIA RARE FRUIT GROWERS. IT IS A LARGE ROBUST FRUIT THAT CAN WEIGH UP TO 1.5 POUNDS. THE PULP IS SWEET AND FLAVORFUL, AND IT SEPARATES EASILY FROM ITS THICK RIND. THIS VARIETY IS SELF POLLINATING.


Things have been close to crazy around here.
The farmers who had been preparing their crops for the harvest had everything ready, only to find out that the carpenters in the village planned to tear down the barn where the grain was to be stored. It wouldn't have been so much of a problem if the farmers had adequate time to find other places to store the grain. Everything…everything that the farmers had been working towards now meant nothing if the grain couldn't be stored for the winter months. What is worse, some of the carpenters were helping out in preparing for the harvest. It didn't even occur to them that the tearing down of the barn, which they too were a part of, would affect their co-workers so adversely.
In other news, Anne has begun to choose walking as her primary means of locomotion. Everything happens so quickly; life happens so quickly. She walks a few steps, then the next few days we receive word from our parents that she walked more than twenty steps unassisted. We've stopped counting. All this happened in a span of a few weeks.
Faith has been thinking of maybe working part-time to spend more time with Anne. Much as I enjoy my job, the reality of it is I am quite significantly underpaid for the kind of work I provide. Money hasn't been an issue thus far, but it would help if the compensation matched what the stuff I bring to work everyday. I'd love to be able to give Faith the option of spending time with Anne during these formative years.
God has been faithful in big things and small. We just have to trust.


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Israel's final evacuation of Gaza set for Monday
Israel aims to begin the final stage of its military pullout from the Gaza Strip next Monday in order to complete it as scheduled on Thursday, Sept. 15, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Wednesday.
Sept. 7, 2005, 2:30 PM UTC / Source: Reuters
Israel aims to begin the final stage of its military pullout from the Gaza Strip next Monday to complete it as scheduled on Thursday, Sept. 15, Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz said on Wednesday.
The withdrawal of troops after 38 years of occupation follows the evacuation of 8,500 Gaza settlers and marks the first time Israel will give up Jewish settlements on land Palestinians want for a state.
Israel's army chief, Lt.-Gen. Dan Halutz, told a parliamentary committee that the withdrawal could be completed in as little as 24 hours, Israeli media said.
The final stage of the pullout must still be approved by Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's Cabinet on Sunday. It is expected to pass easily. The question of exactly how the territory will be handed to the Palestinians remained unclear.
Mofaz told reporters that Israeli troops would leave the now-demolished settlements at the same time as the corridor between Gaza and Egypt, which has agreed with Israel to post extra forces to try to stop Gaza militants from smuggling arms.
The Gaza withdrawal should be complete by the time Sharon addresses the United Nations General Assembly, where he is expected to win applause for a step seen internationally as a possible catalyst for peacemaking.
Israel gave up all 21 settlements in Gaza and four of 120 in the West Bank under Sharon's plan for "disengagement" from conflict with the Palestinians.
Palestinians welcome the withdrawal, but fear it was a ruse aimed largely at strengthening Israel's hold on major settlements in the West Bank, which they also want for a state. Israel captured Gaza and the West Bank in the 1967 war.


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A TEXAS TRADITION! NOW IN OUR 15th YEAR!
The late Vincent R. DeNino conducts the Longhorn Alumni Band in the 2012 TCMF
IT'S TCMF 15!
The Texas Community Music Festival kicked off in Austin April 29, 2006, at Central Market North, and drew approximately 10,000 over the four days to the central Austin location, far exceeding expectations, and setting the stage for what has now become a Central Texas tradition.
Over the years, the performances at TCMF have run the musical gamut, from traditional bierhaus music to full-sized orchestras; from Middle Eastern Bellydancers to Scottish pipe and drums to "All That Jazz." We've even had a few "zombie invasions!" Musicians range in age from 9 to well past 90.
If the music lives in Texas, the music's been performed LIVE at the Texas Community Music Festival.
For 2020, the festival celebrates its 14th anniversary!
Stay tuned, and check back. As the world moves into the new age, so will Live Music in Texas. And you'll find all of it right here, at the Texas Community Music Festival!
TCMF is organized, managed and promoted by the Austin Civic Wind Ensemble, Austin's oldest community band, and has been generously hosted over the years by Central Market North. Past hosts have also included the Park at The Triangle and Scholz Garten.
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1. Online and ICT-facilitated forms of violence against women have become increasingly common, particularly with the use, every day and everywhere, of social media platforms and other technical applications (A/HRC/32/42 and Corr.1). In today's digital age, the Internet and ICT are rapidly creating new social digital spaces and transforming how individuals meet, communicate and interact, and by this more generally, reshape society as a whole. This development is especially critical for new generations of girls and boys, who are starting their lives extensively using new technologies to mediate in their relationships, affecting all aspects of their lives. In the section below, the Special Rapporteur considers the phenomenon of violence against women facilitated by new technologies and digital spaces from a human rights perspective.
* The present report was submitted after the deadline in order to reflect recent developments.
 The present report was informed by inputs received from stakeholders pursuant to a call by the mandate holder for submissions, and a meeting, held on 16 and 17 January 2018, on due diligence to eliminate online violence against women, organized by the Due Diligence Project and the Association for Progressive Communications and hosted by the Global Women's Institute of the George Washington University.


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Seahawks at Packers feels too close to call, too good to miss
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Seattle Seahawks' D.K. Metcalf (14) catches a touchdown pass as Philadelphia Eagles' Avonte Maddox (29) trails during the second half of an NFL wild-card playoff football game, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke) — Matt Rourke
Seattle at GREEN BAY
Of all the weekend's games, the Sunday finale between the Seahawks and Packers at Lambeau Field is the toughest to call.
Both teams deserve to be here but have obvious flaws as well as explosive assets that can be the difference.
The Seahawks probably would be the choice had Chris Carson and Rashaad Penny not gone down for the season in the past few weeks. The Packers' run defense – 23rd on the season and 24th in average gain per carry allowed – has been their Achilles' heel all season, and one would think the Seahawks' fourth-rated ground game could have been the difference.
But even though Pete Carroll said earlier in the week that we should expect to see more of "Beast Mode" on Sunday, still only three weeks on the field after a year and a half on the couch, Marshawn Lynch isn't nearly the threat Carson and Penny are, and Robert Turbin and Travis Homer won't scare the Packers either.
But Russell Wilson, Tyler Lockett and D.K. Metcalf will put a real fright into the green and gold defense –14th against the pass, 18th in average gain allowed.
The difference may very well be one of the best pairs of pass rushers in the league in the Smith Brothers, Preston and Za'Darius, versus a Seahawks front that is much improved over recent seasons but still not exactly seven blocks of granite.
The problem with that hypothesis, however, is sometimes harassing Wilson is the worst thing you can do, as few extend plays and improvise as well as he does.
Historically, the edge would belong to Aaron Rodgers and the Packers' offense, but it doesn't run through A-Rod anymore; it spins off Aaron Jones now, and as great a season as the young running back has enjoyed, there may not be a team better suited to neutralize him than the Seahawks with Bobby Wagner and K.J. Wright. Wagner is the top tackling machine in the league, and he and Wright are two of the best four-down linebackers in the game in coverage.
Rodgers may have to reemerge as the point man Sunday – a task we know he is better suited to than anyone else in the game today – and Davante Adams gives him a chance to wake up the echoes. But the lack of a second consistent target in the passing game other than Jones has limited Rodgers and the offense at times this season.
Rodgers, Jones, Adams and "The Smiths" for the Packers, and Wilson, Lockett, Metcalf, Wagner and Jadeveon Clowney for the Seahawks are all capable of taking over a game and dictating the outcome, and whichever one or two does probably will decide the winner.
We can expect each defense to make life difficult for Rodgers and Wilson, but the group that more often gets the opposing quarterback to the ground should win the game.
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