text:
ISPRS Journal Ph & RS
ISPRS Journal Geo-Info
ISPRS Highlights
ISPRS Profile
Strategic Plan for ISPRS Publications
The publications of ISPRS are in the following categories (related publications can be found here):
The International Archives of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences contain the peer-reviewed proceedings and the scientific and technical presentations of all ISPRS Congresses, Symposia and selected Conferences and Workshops, the series was established more than 100 years ago.
The ISPRS Annals of the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences contain selected full paper double-blind peer-reviewed scientific papers of ISPRS Congresses, Symposia and a number of Conferences and Workshops. The series was newly established in 2012.
The ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing is the official publication of the Society. It contains scientific and technical articles and reviews in the field of photogrammetry and remote sensing, and as such, endeavors to be a primary channel of communication on the scientific activities of ISPRS, for specialists in all countries working in the many disciplines applying photogrammetry and remote sensing.
The ISPRS International Journal of Geo-Information (ISSN 2220-9964) is the official open access journal on geo-information by ISPRS, published by MDPI online monthly.
The ISPRS eBulletin is the official bulletin of the Society. If contains such items as the ISPRS Annual Reports, general news of ISPRS activities, event reports of ISPRS sponsored conferences, officers lists, keynote speeches, book, project and technology reviews, minutes of Council and Technical Commission meetings, and calls for papers etc.
ISPRS Highlights (former official Bulletin of ISPRS).
The ISPRS Book Series in the Photogrammetry, Remote Sensing and Spatial Information Sciences includes high quality scientific papers, usually presented at ISPRS events, after peer-review. It also includes textbooks or translations of textbooks and books on advanced scientific topics that are not directly related to ISPRS events.
↑ Top ❘ Last Change 28-Sep-2019 (Problems and/or queries, send e-mail: wm) ❘ © ISPRS ❘ Imprint ❘ Privacy Notice


text:
Q: Core Data: Re-assign parent entity Using Core Data, what's the proper way to re-assign the parent entity?
I have a Car entities that has one-to-many relationship with wheels and is cascaded delete (if the car is deleted, all its wheels are also deleted).  Each wheel can only have one Car parent. How do I re-assign the wheel to a different Car?
For example:
Car-A has Wheel1, Wheel2, Wheel3, Wheel4 as its children.
I want to move Wheel1, Wheel2, Wheel3, Wheel4 to a new parent called Car-B.
Here's what I've done:
for (Wheel *wheel in carA.wheels) {
   wheel.car = carB;
}

However, the above throws error:
*** Terminating app due to uncaught exception 'NSGenericException', reason: '*** Collection <_NSFaultingMutableSet: 0x7fe0537dd2b0> was mutated while being enumerated.'

Besides the error being thrown, I also feel simply re-assign the parent entity as above is not the proper way.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

A: You are mutating the set directly within the for-loop which leads to the error. Assuming, the set is a NSMutableSet, the proper way to do this would be:
NSArray* wheels = [carA.wheels allObjects];
for (NSManagedObject* wheel in wheels)
{
    [carA removeObject:wheel]
    [carB addObject:wheel]
}

A: You cannot mutate a collection that you are enumerating. If you think about it, it is quite logical that this has to lead to problems.
The solution is to separate the items first.
NSSet *wheels = carA.wheels
carA.wheels = nil;
for (Wheel *wheel in wheels) {
  wheel.car = carB;
}

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaStackExchange


This is our go-to easy recipe that is perfect for replacing green or red chillies in any dish. It keeps well in the fridge, sitting alongside ginger-garlic paste. These are both boons for Indian and Thai/S. E. Asian cooking especially.
This is a lovely paste for drizzling. Ottolenghi made it to top a raita, but it can be used in soups, dals, salads, vegetables and anywhere else you want some heat.
This has to be one of our favourite Chilli Pastes/Jams. Some years ago my friend Franz shared the recipe for a chilli jam he was making at the time, and as I had chillies everywhere (in the freezer, on the bush, dried, drying), I made a couple of jars too. One I gave to my Thai friends, and they ate the whole (large) jar within a week, it was so good. They loved the heat and the sweetness.
This jam (use it as a paste, or if you like the heat it can be judiciously used in sandwiches and wraps) keeps very very well in the fridge.
A versatile Yemini-Israeli paste made from green coriander (cilantro), green chillies and earthy spices. It is a great use for left-over coriander, or those coriander stems that you don't want to discard. It is an alternative to our usual Coriander Paste, one that packs a bit of heat as well. It is a perfect accompaniment to pita with falafel, and also serves as a sauce, spread and dip. It can be stirred into soups and stews to spark them up. Spread a little on a sandwich or warm pita bread, drizzle it on pasta, or serve it with grilled halloumi or vegetables for an extra herby and spicy kick of flavour.
This Chilli Jam is more complex and refined that many others. Slow, slow cooking gives it an enduring and lingering natural sweetness which is enhanced with the addition of jaggery. It is another of our favourites, lasting a long time in the fridge and adding beautiful heating flavours to any dish. Mix some with oil to make a very special chilli oil.
Although it is called a jam, it is not a spread unless you are a chilli fiend. It is definitely a Chilli Paste to be used to add heat to dishes. It is as hot as you can imagine chillies to be, so spread it on your toast at your peril. However, the long slow cooking intensifies the sugars in the ingredients and the heat is a mature one that hits the back of the palate, compared to the biting heat of the raw or fresh pastes.
This chilli, garlic and coriander paste can be used as an accompaniment to dishes and meals, and as a flavour kick for dishes. Stir it into steamed rice, for example, or into any curry. It works particularly well with coconut milk based spicy dishes. Have it on the side of rice or curries, drizzle it into soups, spread a tiny amount on a sandwich, smear a little onto a snack.
Keep it handy too for spreading on your sandwiches and toast (try it with cheese!), and as a dip for snacks and finger food. It also goes well with idli, vadai and other Indian snacks. The paste keeps well for a week or so in the fridge if tightly covered.
This is the spicy, chilli paste of Goa, a thick paste of red chillies, garlic and spices ground in vinegar. It is spicy, tangy and hot.
This spice paste is traditionally used to stuff small vegetables like okra, small zucchini, baby eggplants etc. It goes particularly well with Stuffed Okra. It is a very hot paste – made from chillies with a few spices – so just a little is used. It can also used as a chilli paste, added to dishes to give them heat, or use in place of chillies in recipes. Add a little to yoghurt to make a spicy accompaniment to snacks. It keeps in the fridge for months and will freeze well.
This is a great vegetarian version of the Balinese Sambal based on tomatoes and shallots. You can add other items to this sambal, such as diced eggplant, ginger, curry leaves, even watercress and nuts. It can be served with any meal e.g. white rice, nasi lemak (Balinese Coconut Rice), nasi minyak (Balinese ghee rice), thosai, roti chanai. Or serve in or with any dish that needs a spice kick.
This jam is a great addition to any dish – for example, a pasta sauce of blended rocket, peas, grilled eggplant with a generous dollop of the Tomato Chilli Jam makes a wonderful supper.
It is a wonderful accompaniment to dishes, served like a chutney. Use it with dosa or flatbread. With a stirfried vegetable or tofu dish, stirred into a soup that wants a little more spice, smeared over pizza or farinata. Spread very thinly on toast and topped with bocconcini, fresh greens and herbs. Over plain rice. In a salad dressing. Drizzled over steamed or baked vegetables.
This is a simple and easy recipe for Sweet Chilli Sauce, a sauce that can be used in so many ways – with noodles or over vegetables, in a stir fry, as a dip, or as a condiment. Use it in sandwiches, add some to pasta sauces, and spread over grilled tofu or haloumi. You will find a million ways to use it.
The recipe's heat content depends on the chillies that are used. For mild chillies, add more. For firey chillies, stay with 3 or reduce to 2. My latest batch of sauce, made with 3 ripe chillies of the purple cayenne variety, is quite sweet with a delightful mild-medium heat perfect for a dipping sauce. If you like real HEAT, add more chillies. You can also boost up the amount of garlic should you prefer a garlic twist to your chilli sauce.
This is like a raw, deconstructed chilli paste! So very delightful, I had to include it here. Use it in or on any dish that needs a lift.


text:
The Isaac Industrial Relations Symposium 2012
"Using the Power of Working Relationships to Achieve Organisational Resilience and Sustainability: A Multi-Stakeholder Approach"
TIME: 2.00pm - 4.30pm
DATE: Friday 24 February, 2012
VENUE: ICT Theatre 1, Ground Floor, ICT Building, 111 Barry Street, Carlton
RSVP: To reserve your place at this free event please email:
isaac-workshop@unimelb.edu.au by 19 February, 2012. Please include Isaac Symposium in the subject line.
The symposium will concludewith a late afternoon reception.
Symposium Invitation Globalisation and Labour in the Pacific: Re-evaluating the 1890 Maritime Strike
The 1890 Maritime Strike, one of the largest ever in Australia, also involved New Zealand and Fijian workers, and its impact reverberated throughout the Pacific Rim because of the global structure of capital and labour in the maritime industry. British, European and American employers, politicians and academics took an interest in the dispute, part of a strike wave sweeping Europe, North America and Australasia in 1889-94.
The New Zealand Work and Labour Market Institute invite you to attend:
Globalisation and Labour in the Pacific: Re-evaluating the 1890 Maritime Strike Symposium
Time: 9.00am-5.30pm
Date: Thursday, 4 November 2010
Venue: Conference Room 1, Copthorne Hotel, 196-200 Quay Street, Auckland City, New Zealand
The symposium is organised by the Auckland Labour History Group and NZWALMI; in association with the Australian Society for the Study of Labour History and the Labour History Project.
Attendance: All welcome.
Fee: $40 includes lunch and refreshments.
RSVP By Friday, 22 October 2010 to: Institute Office Manager at nzwalmi@aut.ac.nz
1890_maritime_strike_symposium_invite_rc.pdf
1890_maritime_strike_symposium_registration_form_rc.doc
The Centre for Human Resource Management at the University of Melbourne and the Faculty of Business and Economics at Monash University invite you to attend:
The Isaac Industrial Relations Symposium 2010 In honour of Emeritus Professor Joe Isaac AO
DATE: Friday 20 August, 2010
VENUE: Woodward Conference Centre on Level 10 of the Law Building at the University of Melbourne.
RSVP: To reserve your place at this free event please email isaac-workshop@unimelb.edu.au by 16 August, 2010. Please include Isaac Symposium in the subject line. The symposium will conclude with a late afternoon reception.
See attached invitation for details.
flyer_concepts_2junefinal.pdf
Selected congress papers in JIR
Selected papers from the 23rd AIRAANZ Conference in Newcastle are now published as a symposium in the JIR, vol 52, no 1, February 2010.
Symposium - 90 years of the ILO: The significance for Australia and New Zealand
Organised by the Business and Labour History Group of the New Zealand Work & Labour Market Institute, Auckland University of Technology in association with the Auckland Labour History Group
AUT Conference Centre, Auckland
The International Labour Organisation (ILO) is dedicated to bringing decent work and livelihoods, job-related security and better living standards to the people of all countries. In 2009 the ILO celebrates its 90th Anniversary, against a backdrop of financial crisis and critical levels of unemployment around the world. Looking to the future means understanding the past, and as such the ILO's 90th anniversary celebrations allow us to reflect on its achievements in promoting rights at work and decent employment, enhancing social protection and strengthening social dialogue and tripartism on work-related issues.
The ILO is the world's oldest and only tripartite international agency, created in 1919 as part of the Treaty of Versailles that ended World War I, to reflect the belief that universal and lasting peace can be accomplished only if based on social justice. The first annual International Labour Conference began on 29 October 1919 in Washington DC. It adopted the first 6 International Labour Conventions. Today the ILO has 188 Conventions and Declarations and 199 Recommendations. In 1998 the 8 Core Conventions were consolidated into 4 International Labour Standards:
Freedom of association & right to collective bargaining
Abolition of forced labour
Elimination of Worst Forms of Child Labour
Equality of opportunity and treatment
Keynote Speakers include:
Peter Mackay (Business NZ). Peter Anderson (ACCI), Helen Kelly (President, NZCTU), Margaret Wilson (Professor of Law at Waikato University & former NZ Minister for Labour), and representatives of the ILO, ACTU, Australian Department of Education, Employment & Workplace relations, and NZ Department of Labour.
Papers are called for in the following areas:
What has been the significance of the ILO for Australia and New Zealand?
What influence have Australia and New Zealand had on the ILO?
What does the future hold for interaction of the ILO with Australia & New Zealand?
Abstracts of 300 words should be submitted to nzwalmi@aut.ac.nz by 15 September. These will then be refereed and authors will be informed of acceptance by 1 October. Papers accepted will be presented at the symposium and following refereeing of the full written papers they will be published in a special issue of the NZ Journal of Employment Relations in June 2010.
SYMPOSIUM ATTENDANCE
Attendance is open to all.
Please contact Ann Williamson at nzwalmi@aut.ac.nz or +64 (0)9 921 9999 ext 6505
Lunch will be provided.
A charge of $45 will apply.

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


text:
Walmart Organizational Structure
Feb 19, 2019 adminLogistics
A corporation's organizational structure is a formal composition of the task and reporting relationships that allows the corporation to control, coordinate, and to motivate its associates as one cohesive unit to ensure a common goal is achieved. Although there are only approximately seven (7) organizational structure types recognized, each organization has a way of pulling these components into one structured outline to portray the necessary relationships.When composing a structure for a particular organization, management looks for the most effective way to categorize departments and their relationships to achieve the highest level of production. Typically these kind of organizational structures are organized in a top-down manner.
Once the executive level is satisfied with the structure, it flows down to management. In some cases the organizational structure may not be visible, but judging by actions and specified reporting protocol the structure is intact and in use without a direct micromanagement style. Three of these particular organizations are Wal-Mart, Unilever & Starbucks.Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large discount department stores and a chain of warehouse stores; currently Wal-Mart is the world's largest public corporation by revenue. On January 28th, 2010 after much corporate research, Bill Simon; COO of Wal-Mart Stores Inc. released the news of its organizational realigning in what is said to be an attempt to make the retailer more efficient and better able to respond to it customers demands.
The retailer said it would re-organize its three (3) U. S. operations into three geographic units within the U. S. nd assign a president to each unit. These units were changed to Wal-Mart West, Wal-Mart North, and Wal-Mart South.
During this release Wal-Mart also stated that in the U. S. it would be aligning all of their operations into three (3) operating divisions as well. The operations would be under one leadership team; these operational categories would be Logistics, Real Estate, and Store Operations.
This divisional structure and approach works to Wal-Mart's advantage because each division is open to focus its efforts on specific goals such as product, service, or customers. Narrowing the focus llows Wal-Mart to effectively pinpoint specific processes and procedures that need change and adjust appropriately. Unilever is an Anglo-Dutch corporation that owns various worldwide consumer products; food, beverage, cleaning agents, and personal care product brands. Unilever is a dual-listed organization made up of Unilever N. V. in Rotterdam, The Netherlands and Unilever PLC in London, United Kingdom. Both Unilever companies have the same directors and operate as a single business. Ultimately Unilever represents another common organizational structure similar to that of Wal-Mart and Starbucks but in a hybrid form.
This organization operates with three (3) divisional regions, two (2) product segments, and five (5) functional segments. Unilever developed this structure for their own company to process procedures, improve communication, and to take advantage of resources. Starbucks Corporation is an international coffee and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle, Washington. Currently they are the largest coffeehouse company in the worlds with currently over 17,800 stores throughout 49 countries; over 11,000 in the U.
S. almost 800 in the UK, and nearly 1000 in Canada. On January 8, 2008 Starbucks Corporation appointed Howard Shultz as the new CEO. Not long after his newly appointed position in April of 2008, Shultz rearranged Starbucks organizational structure to better accommodate customer satisfaction. Shultz announced that this would be done with the expansion of their matrix organizational structure.
Their organization would re-organize its four (4) U. S. operations into Western/Pacific, Northwest/Mountain, Southeast/Plains, and Northeast/Atlantic.Howard Shultz believes Starbucks will be able to develop products specified to market appeal more rapidly after the appropriate adjustments have been made. Some of the major advantages to having this kind of organizational structure include maximized communication channels. The second (2) part of the Starbucks re-alignment structure is the continued support function of each location operating as their own department. By supporting the shared goals and visions of each location within the U.
S. divisions working as one cohesive unit within the U. S. the growth impact would be financially focused and lucrative.
Wal Mart Global Strategy
Wal-Mart's stores before opening the first Wal-Mart's. It
Global Marketing vs Domestic Marketing
Pepsi Supply Chain


I use vb 4.2.5, and some users report to me this error or bug (I test in my smartphone and yes, I have the same error).
If the user click to go to Profile or Messages, direct link or go to Search, others options of the profile page work fine, but this 2 options not work.
Attach a imagen, are in spanish, but it can view good.
"Doesn't work" doesn't really tell us much...what actually happens?
If in this page, if click in Profile or Messages (the options that are in a black circle) not go to Profile or Messages, It's as if you really click on "Search".
Can't view the profile, and can't view the messages trough this links, if click, go to search.
If is better, I can a screenshoot of go to when click in this options.
What is the error returned in the browser? You may need to view the site using the mobile style on your desktop and use the developer tools that all modern browsers come with.
Thanks Wayne Luke for your reply.
I try / test view my site using the mobile style on my desktop, in desktop work fine, not problem.
No error returned in smartphone, only, when click in the options I was indicate, go to Search option.
I try with others smartphones, same problem.
All users indicate to me the same problem.
If you want, I can indicate url, and user for login and view the problem.
In the past, re-upload the Default Mobile Style, but continue the problem.
Its important for me, the users they complain about this problem.
For a more updated Responsive experience with vBulletin, you should look into vBulletin 5 which under continuing development.
Loading the site, it is broken in the mobile style. The page never finishes loading and that will cause problems. I never see the footer. This will cause problems. It continually tries to load these gifs called greenoak.gif, army.gif, and imp.gif. They seem to be an exploit or something. My security blocks it.
Ok, if you need, I can create a user for your for test. The error doesn't occur on the desktop.
Yes, I know that this style hasn't benn update for many years.
You reommended to use the Mobile Suite with vb 4. I was think that, this Mobile Suite only can use in vb 5.x, and I was think only use with app's (and I don't use app's).
About for a more updated responsive experience with vBulleting, indicate to me I look into vBulletin 5, but with Mobile Suite or with my actual Default Mobile Style?
Ups, this I don't was view this error.
I disable all hooks by config.php and now appears the footer fine. Then, the problem is one plugin/product that I have install. But with disabled hooks, the first problem that I indicate in this thread, continue, not solved.
Like indicate, I can create user for you (send details for pm) and / or what sugest to me?
Like indicate, its important for me can use mobile style fine.
Again, t hank you very much for your attention and help.
Trying to view a members profile on mobile only shows activity, no link for about section.


EVERGLOW Capture the World Charts, MV surpassed 6 Million Views.
EVERGLOW released their debut album "ARRIVAL OF EVERGLOW" on 18, capturing iTunes K-pop charts around the world as well as their title track "BON BON CHOCOLAT" as well as his song "Moon," which first exploded overseas to demonstrate the power of the monster rookie.
The "BON BON CHOCOLAT" ranked No. 1 in the six countries of Britain, Qatar, the United States, Vietnam, Brazil and Sweden, second in Japan, Romania, Malaysia and Laos, third in Australia, Canada, France, Mexico, Singapore, and fourth in Germany, Hong Kong and Indonesia.
Following Spain's top spot, "Moon" has been receiving heated responses, sweeping the top five rankings in the U.K., Japan, the U.S., Germany, Singapore and Chile, as well as charts in about 20 countries at the same time it debuted.
It also proved once again that it is the hottest new girl group to capture the world in 2019, recording 5.14 million views on YouTube at 6 p.m. on 20, and 6.18 million at 8 a.m. on 21, 48 hours after the release of the music video.
Hot rookie EVERGLOW believes in showing the perfect stage performance and the visual with their concept of sparkling chic, is set to hold their debut ceremony on Mnet's "M Countdown" at 6 p.m. on May 21, and challenge the K-pop scene.
Attention focusing to EVERGLOW's move in the K-pop scene.


text:
Is the New BlackBerry Z10 Just Another Samsung Galaxy SIII?
Rosaura1234
Almost a week ago, RIM (now BlackBerry) introduced the most up-to-date mobile phone in its BlackBerry array of cell phones - the BlackBerry Z10. And next advanced fans have tore it apart to disclose the particular internals of the mobile phone. From the looks of it, the newest BlackBerry Z10 is quite like a Samsung Galaxy S3. Does the modern BlackBerry Z10 have a possibility against Samsung's record-breaking Galaxy S III? Let's give them a features contrast.
Size and Weight: The Galaxy S III can be longer and bigger - but in addition somewhat leaner - than the BlackBerry Z10. Despite being small, the BlackBerry Z10 is a bit heavy than the Galaxy S3.
Display: The Galaxy S III features a much bigger 4.8-inch screen to the Z10's 4.2-inch screen, but they have got virtually identical resolutions (BlackBerry Z10's 768 x 1280 LCD display and Galaxy S3's 720 x 1280 Super AMOLED panel) getting the Z10 look a bit clearer with regards to pixel density.
Processor: The North American model of the Galaxy S III gets the same processor as the Z10 - A dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Plus processor joined with 2GB of RAM. Both cell phones have plenty of power beneath the hood.
Video playback: Playback performance is smooth and crisp with both cell phones, but seeing that the Galaxy S III gets the incredible aspect with its greater and more vibrant display, it's the better selection for observing high-definition videos. In reality, it is extremely easy for you to convert Blu ray to Galaxy S3 for observing and play DVD movies on Galaxy S3. Moreover, the pop up play feature of the Galaxy S III is quite neat in the fact that we could multi-task while watching a video.
Camera: The Galaxy SIII involves 8MP rear camera and 1.9MP front camera, and BlackBerry Z10 comes with 8MP rear camera and 2MP front camera. Cameras are virtually the same!
Battery: the Z10's 1,800 mAh battery lasted 10 hours and 54 minutes of talk time, while the Galaxy S III's 2,100 mAh battery lasted 10 hours and 43 minutes. That's to say, they even get virtually identical battery life.
Other Specs: The two cell phones also have the identical 802.11b/a/g/n 2.4 GHz/5 GHz, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 4.0, and near-field communication support.
The main difference is in the software: while Samsung has adopted Android for the Galaxy SIII, BlackBerry has gone its own option with the BlackBerry 10 OS - and it is on this that its product differentiation hinges.
On the whole, the Blackberry Z10 seems to add many of the portion selections of the Samsung Galaxy S3 LTE. Further, what kind is the cell phone winner in your mind? Feel free to sound off your notions below!
Send a private message to Rosaura1234
Find all posts by Rosaura1234
Wonderful Entertainment: Play FLV Videos on the Forthcoming Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini!
NOW IN STOCK Apple iPhone 3GS 32G..300,Samsung Propel Pro..460,Nokia N97 36gb..350
HTC Touch HD, BlackBerry Storm 9500 & Many More Products Available For Sale.
storecube
Wts : Blackberry bold 9000 for $300usd
neilphones01
What is the difference between a Real estate agent and a real estate broker?
Quick Reply: Is the New BlackBerry Z10 Just Another Samsung Galaxy SIII?


text:
Q: 2-D Array Slicing without NumPy Import I'm learning how to work through 2-D arrays and am currently trying to figure out how to do this without the numPy import. A simple 1-D array could be sliced accordingly:
Array1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]
Array[start:stop:step]

But what if the array were to be instead:
Array2 = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]

I see that I can slice certain elements contained in the lists of the list like:
Array2[0][1]
2

However, what would be a possible method of slicing say elements 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 9 (or whichever values) while they are still contained in their respective lists.

A: There's no easy way to index nested lists the way that you want. However, you can achieve the effect of flattening the list (returning a single list, we'll call Array3) then indexing appropriately.
Array2 = [[1, 2, 3], [4, 5, 6], [7, 8, 9]]
Array3 = [item for sublist in Array2 for item in sublist]
Array3[2:]
>>>> [3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]

For more info, see How to make a flat list out of list of lists?


text:
The Darlena Lake Fellowship Program, Welcome Dulce Morales
August 15, 2014 Ayuda Para La Salud de Perros y Gatos
We are delighted to announce the start of a new Ayuda program for San Marcos La Laguna and surrounding villages on the western shoreline of Lake Atitlan. In honor of Darlena Lake, a long-time resident of San Marcos and enormous animal lover, The Darlena Lake Fellowship program officially began on 1 August.
The program is a joint effort between Ayuda, The Darlena Lake Trust, the Municipality of San Marcos, the University of San Carlos, and Dr. Isael Estrada Atz. It offers a 6-month, hands-on work experience to veterinary students from the University of San Carlos. Students are required to work under a licensed veterinarian prior to receiving their diploma.
Our first intern, Dulce Morales arrived on 4 August. Under the tutelage of Dr. Isael, she will provide basic veterinary care to dogs and cats in the village Mondays – Fridays, and will assist with surgeries during our regularly scheduled sterilization clinics. These services will be provided at a low-cost or for bartered services to needy local families with pets. Each case will be evaluated for the person's financial abilities.
This is a wonderful opportunity for all involved. The program is being piloted in San Marcos because it's the village in which Dalena lived. If the program is successful, Ayuda hopes to attract other donors to support similar internships in other villages around the Lake.
The fellowship offers great potential in Ayuda's effort to groom Guatemalan veterinarians to pick up the torch and take low-cost sterilization clinics well into the future. With a majority of Guatemalans in the highlands living under the international poverty line, it is critical to offer these services to avoid overpopulation and the spread of diseases which infect the canine/feline community as well as those which are zoonotic.
We wish to thank the Dalena Lake Trust for their belief in Ayuda's work, the Mayor of San Marcos for providing the building, land, water, and electricity, Centro de Salud Solola for their support with rabies vaccines, the University San Carlos for their support, and most of all Dr. Isael for taking on the added responsibilities of training the interns.
Locals, please help us welcome Dulce to the San Marcos/Lake Atitlan community! A special celebration is being planned for September. Watch for announcements!
Ayuda's daily work around Lake Atitlan is supported by Fondacion Brigitte Bardot, The Marchig Trust for the Animals, and private donors. Please help us continue our work through a financial donation. Thank you!
Previous postMarchig Animal Welfare Trust Awards 2014 Grant to Ayuda
Next postJoin Us For A Rooftop Sunset Party!


text:
, Showing 3595 results
All(3595)Articles(3595)
civil society organizations News
Nat'l Women Network launched with EU support
TNN / Oct 18, 2022, 08:10 (IST)
With the support of European Union, National Network of Women-Focused CSOs was launched in Chennai on Monday. This initiative is being implemented by Tiruchirappalli Regional Engineering College – Science and Technology Entrepreneurs Park (TREC-STEP).
No civilization can become great without understanding culture: Rajnath Singh
ANI / Jan 12, 2023, 22:26 (IST)
Mumbai: Civil society members show support for Congress leader Rahul Gandhi
Prominent civil society members on Sunday extended their support to Congress leader Rahul Gandhi's Bharat Jodi Yaytra.
Civil society representatives will walk with Rahul Gandhi to highlight various issues in Telangana: Madhu Yashki Goud
Congress MP Rahul Gandhi will enter Telangana at Makthal constituency on October 23. He is expected to take a two-day break for Diwali and resume his walkathon on October 26. His pada yatra is likely to cover 360-km for 13 to 15 days in the state.
Mata Amritanandamayi appointed chair of Civil 20
Activists hold meeting at lawyer's office in Ahmedabad
TNN / Jun 28, 2022, 08:33 (IST)
Members of the People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) and Ahmedabad Civil Society had to change their venue twice to hold a meeting on Monday evening to express solidarity with the recently arrested social activist Teesta Setalvad, former DGP R B Sreekumar and former IPS officer Sanjiv
Two cadaver donations in Civil Hospital
TNN / Aug 25, 2022, 08:16 (IST)
The families of Khamaba Jadeja, 50, a native of Kutch, and Shankar Katara, 40, a native of Jamnagar, consented for cadaver organ donations at Civil Hospital after which four kidneys and two livers were retrieved from the brain-dead patients.
Civil society key to policy-making: CM
Chief minister Ashok Gehlot said that voluntary organisations and members of civil society work at grassroot-level and play an important role in helping government schemes reach the needy.
Chandigarh: Organ donors' families honoured
On World Organ Donation Day, the department of hospital administration, PGIMER, in collaboration with NOTTO and ROTTO (North) inaugurated a two-day national deceased organ donation workshop. A total of 400 delegates from medical fraternity and civil society across the region participated in the workshop at Bhargava Auditorium, PGIMER.
Assam: Civil society group urges government to offer free vaccination
Apr 27, 2021, 13:03 (IST)
Leading civil society organization of Assam, the Axom Nagarik Samaj (ANS), has urged the government to give people free and universal vaccination amid a raging country-wide second wave of Covid-19.
Military reserves, civil defense worry Taiwan as China looms
AP / Sep 05, 2022, 09:39 (IST)
FM University to hold 'Vision 2040' meeting
TNN / Nov 24, 2021, 21:34 (IST)
Open house at Freemasons Hall on Sunday
The doors of Freemasons Hall at Masonic Lodge, Civil Lines, will be opened to citizens on Sunday from 10.30am to 2.30pm. An open house is being held for the exploration of the mystique of centuries, the old society of Freemasonry, and its 118-year-old heritage building.
'Bhoot bangla' no more: Freemasons dispel myths about arcane Civil Lines building
Ludhiana district administration and health department organizes 'eat right mela and walkathon'
Aug 07, 2022, 23:02 (IST)
Additional deputy commissioner (Khanna) Amarjeet Singh Bains flagged off the walkathon from Guru Nanak Stadium which ended at Ludhiana club after passing from various areas.
Successful democracies include 'thriving' civil societies: Blinken
PTI / Jul 28, 2021, 23:13 (IST)
All people deserve to have a voice in their government and be treated with respect no matter who they are, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Wednesday while noting that Indians and Americans believe in human dignity, fundamental freedoms, including freedom of religion.
Warfare areas have shifted from territorial frontier to civil society: Ajit Doval
PTI / Oct 28, 2021, 13:56 (IST)
Strike against Bru settlement in Kanchanpur
TNN / Sep 23, 2020, 14:34 (IST)
Normal life was paralysed in North Tripura's Kanchanpur on Tuesday following a dawn-to-dusk general strike called by Joint Movement Committee (JMC) – a platform of civil society organizations protesting against the government's initiatives to rehabilitate displaced Brus in different village of North Tripura.
Civils exam free coaching for tribal youth
SC man assaulted for participating in garba organized by OBCs
TNN / May 09, 2022, 03:35 (IST)
A 21-year-old man belonging to the scheduled caste (SC) community on Saturday filed a complaint with Chandkheda police alleging that eight members belonging to OBC (Other Backward Class) assaulted him badly for participating in a garba ceremony at Motera.


The majority of chordomas (50%) arise in the sacrum (the bottom of the spine); however, 30% arise at the base of the skull and the remaining 20% arise in other locations in the spine.
The treatment for chordoma depends on the size and location of your tumour.
The first treatment method for chordoma is surgery. The surgeon will remove the tumour and will aim to take out an area of normal tissue around it too; this is known as taking a margin. Sometimes surgery for chordoma cannot involve taking a margin of normal tissue due to the tumour's location, so in these cases, the margins of the removed tissue will show tumour cells when viewed under a microscope.
Radiotherapy will be given after surgery to kill off any local cancer cells left in the area of your tumour, including those not visible microscopically. If there are nerves and arteries involved and they cannot be removed along with the tumour, then the aim of the surgeon will be to reduce the size of the tumour so radiotherapy treatment after surgery will be more successful. If your tumour cannot be operated on then radiotherapy alone will be the treatment of choice.
Some surgery for sarcoma may have some impact on your quality of life afterwards. Spinal surgery may affect how your bowel or bladder works or how your legs work. Surgery in the sacrum may involve the removal of nerves that work the bowel or bladder. This may lead to some people needing a colostomy or urostomy following surgery. You will be told of any potential risks involved before you have surgery.
The treatment you receive should take into account your individual situation and your doctor or clinical nurse specialist should talk you through all possible treatment alternatives. You should also have the opportunity to ask any questions you may have regarding the future implications of your surgery. Please speak to your doctor or sarcoma clinical nurse specialist if you have any concerns about your treatment.
Radiotherapy uses high-energy radiation beams to destroy cancer cells. It is used in the treatment of chordoma after surgery to kill off any local cancer cells that are left in the area. It will also be used after surgery if your tumour has only been partially removed. If your tumour cannot be operated on then radiotherapy alone will be the treatment of choice.
There are newer methods of radiotherapy that are sometime used to treat chordoma. Stereotactic radiotherapy, image-guided radiotherapy (IGRT) and intensity-modulated radiotherapy (IMRT) all allow doctors to direct higher doses of radiation more accurately at the tumour and minimise the side effects of treatment.
Proton beam therapy can be effective in treating chordoma. It is a different type of radiotherapy that uses high-energy protons rather than high-energy radiation to deliver a dose of radiotherapy. Proton beam therapy can be more effective than regular radiotherapy as it can be delivered precisely to where it is needed. This reduces the risk of damage to the surrounding tissue or vital organs. It is not currently available in the UK; however, the NHS will pay for selected patients (including some sarcoma patients) to receive this type of treatment overseas (in the USA or Europe).
has come back after initial treatment (recurred) or spread to another part of the body (metastasised).


No matter the work or the industry, in today's business environment, success is very much dependent on how effectively we interact with others.
Since very few jobs can be performed with complete autonomy, the ability to influence others to achieve shared objectives, and the willingness to be, and hold others, accountable for actions and results are at the very core of exceptional performance.
At LEVEREDGE, all of our programs, materials, and coaching center around those two driving factors of success, influence and accountability.
Our approach to professional development features highly interactive blended learning solutions, which include skill practices, exercises, simulations, appraisal instruments, case studies, one-on-one consultations, peer feedback, field travel, etc. As your professional development experts, we will work with you to choose and customize the best learning solutions to achieve your desired outcomes, and ensure that new skills are learned, practiced, and most importantly, applied where it counts -- on the job!
Let us help your professional development initiatives... move forward!
© Copyright 2012 LEVEREDGE. All Rights Reserved.


text:
I am a "boring spender."- Serena Williams Reveals How She Spends Her Millions
Serena Williams has revealed how she manages her millions.
Starting at the age of 14, Williams has been chasing her tennis dreams. Her hard work paid off, and she became widely regarded as one of the greatest tennis players of all time.
As expected, money came pouring in as Williams soared in her career. In fact, according to the Women's Tennis Association (WTA), she has already earned over $92.54 million in prize money. And as of June, Williams' earnings reached an estimated $225 million.
However, the 38-year-old tennis icon doesn't really like to splurge. In a recent interview with People, Williams revealed that the only thing that makes her spend some of her millions is something she wants to buy for her 2-year-old daughter, Alexis Olympia Ohanian.
"I don't spend money. when I do it's on my daughter," Williams revealed.
In 2019, Williams was the only female athlete to make it into Forbes' list of the world's highest-paid athletes. And last year, she raked in $4.3 million in prize money. Another $25 million reportedly came from endorsements from sponsors such as Nike, J.P. Morgan and Gatorade, Forbes reported.
But despite being lucky enough to have this staggering amount of earnings, Williams is still looking to further her fortune. According to Williams, she usually invests her money and even referred to herself as a "boring spender."
"I usually invest my funds. I am the most boring spender ever. Don't spend it, invest it," Williams pointed out.
Given her age, Williams is kind of aware that time will come that she would have to leave the sport she once dominated.
However, even to this day, the American tennis superstar admitted that she is still learning how to treat herself. And just like any other woman, Williams is starting to contemplate about spending on jewelry.
Related Topics:Alexis OhanianOlymphia OhanianSerena Williams
2020 memories: Novak Djokovic won the Australian Open
Olympia is A Wild child, Same Way I was A Wild Child – Serena Williams
Serena, Venus Williams 'Grandparents' Of US Women's Tennis


The abbreviation of the journal title "Archivio storico italiano" is "Arch. Stor. Ital.". It is the recommended abbreviation to be used for abstracting, indexing and referencing purposes and meets all criteria of the ISO 4 standard for abbreviating names of scientific journals.
Archivio Arch. matches the stem "archiv-"
storico Stor. matches the stem "storic-"
italiano Ital. matches the stem "itali-"


Industry lift sliding door is made of double-layer hot-dip galvanized embossed steel plate, and the even columnar stripe is pressed on the surface; the core materials are polyurethane; the back plate of door panel is equipped with the steel reinforcing band. Make it smooth, beautiful, high-strength, corrosion-resistance and temperature-keeping. Power systems use domestic and imported industrial opener with fast operation, low noise, long life, etc; lift sliding door opens along the track up to 90 degrees turning vertical lifting, sliding to the ceiling, and a 45 degree incline lifting, does not occupy the indoor large private space. Make the door open completely and can be applied to all kinds of building.
2、Fully transparent aluminum lift sliding door: Door panels are made of aluminum alloy and polycarbonate glass with high transmittance. It is widely used in auto 4S shop, equipment exhibition hall, large shopping mall and other buildings. Polycarbonate PC board uses the raw materials from German,two kinds of thickness, 3mm-5mm, according to the width of doors and windows. It has a good UV resistance and its impact resistance is 100 times that of tempered glass. The door has a variety of colors to choose and a variety of hand anti-clipping functions.
Balance system: a high-quality built-out torsional spring balance, the service life of which reaches up to 50000-100000 times of working cycles.
Small doors of passengers: width of the door is less than 5500mm as required with a variety of sizes to choose from.
Small observed windows: a variety of sizes to choose.
Wind resistance load: 450N /㎡ in off state.
Industrial opener: Masterton, Sun Rising Huanzhao and other various types of industrial openers.
Drive voltage: single phase 220V ± 5% and three-phase 380V ± 5%, 50Hz .
Transmission mode: direct shaft drive and indirect chain drive.
Output torque: single-phase 50Nm-90Nm, three-phase 60Nm-300Nm.
Maximum weight of the door: 350Kg single phase, three-phase 700Kg.
Manual operation: mechanical and electrical clutch through manipulating the chain. Can also be manually operated by quick zipper operation ban also be realized.
Wireless remote control functions: to provide fast, convenient wireless control.
Controller: 24VAC, one-touch control of the OPEN / CLOSE / STOP, emergent stop of electronic switch lock .


text:
Riverside County Sheriff's in-custody 'justified homicides' outpace other large California departments
From 2005 to 2016, 41 percent of people who died while in-custody of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department died from "justified homicide."
Christopher Damien and
Evan Wyloge, Palm Springs Desert Sun
Published 4:04 p.m. PT June 21, 2018 | Updated 4:40 p.m. PT June 23, 2018
Between 2005 and 2016, 41 percent of people who died while in custody or in the process of arrest by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department died from a "justified homicide" by officers, a greater portion than every other large sheriff's office in the state.
Statewide, only about 15 percent of in-custody deaths result from a justified homicide, putting the portion of self-reported justified homicide deaths for the Riverside County Sheriff's Department at nearly three times the portion for all police, sheriffs' departments and state prisons in the state, according to data compiled by California Office of the Attorney General's OpenJustice initiative.
Among California's most populous 10 counties, the next sheriff's office on the list is the Sacramento County Sheriff's Department with 27 percent, then the San Bernardino County Sheriff's Department with 22 percent.
The numbers are even more pronounced for people of color: For whites, 35 percent of deaths while in the custody of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department are reported as homicides by law enforcement. But for black and Hispanic people, 47 percent of deaths while in the custody of the agency were counted as justified homicide by law enforcement.
For all law enforcement agencies in Riverside County, the number of in-custody deaths per 100,000 residents ranks second in the state among the most populous counties.
Riverside County Sheriff's Department police vehicle at the scene of a crime
(Photo: Desert Sun file)
What are 'in-custody' deaths?
A death in-custody is one that occurs in the process of arrest, by law enforcement use of force, when in temporary custody or when incarcerated in a city, county, or state correctional facility, according to Office of Attorney General documentation.
The data designate homicides as either justified or willful. These designations are determined by the investigation of the reporting agency.
Law enforcement agencies are required by law to report in-custody deaths to the state within 10 days. The agency annually publishes the compiled figures.
"The death in custody information is submitted to our office on a single, standard form that all law enforcement agencies use," a spokesperson for the Office of Attorney General said. "The data we have for each law enforcement agency is what is submitted by each agency."
A spokesperson for the Criminal Justice Statistics Center (CJSC), the Office of Attorney General department that manages OpenJustice, said the dataset is a repository of self-reported information. Since investigations into deaths might take longer than the 10 days mandated for initial reporting, reports are updated annually to reflect new findings as they become available. CJSC only collects and publishes the data, investigations of deaths are conducted by the law enforcement agencies.
"CJSC is not an investigative body," CJSC wrote in a press release. "The CJSC acts as a repository for the information submitted by reporting agencies; collecting, entering, and maintaining the data set; and reporting on it when requested."
But the sheriff's department says the attorney general's numbers are misleading because the Office of Attorney General uses a broad definition of what an "in-custody death" is.
The Riverside County Sheriff's Department Criminal Justice Building in downtown Riverside, June 19, 2018.
(Photo: Jay Calderon/The Desert Sun)
Riverside Sheriff: The numbers are complicated
When asked for comment, Riverside County Sherrif's Department first said that no in-custody deaths have ever occurred.
"The number is zero," a Riverside County Sheriff's Department spokesperson said. "We don't kill people inside our jail facilities."
But in-custody deaths, as reported, include deaths that occur in the process of arrest, meaning officer-involved shootings are considered in-custody deaths.
"Dying in an 'in-custody setting' means something very different to us," a spokesperson for the sheriff's department said. "As the Officer of the Attorney General defines it, these numbers include officer-involved shootings."
Sergeant Jim Bengston of the Riverside County Sheriff's Coroner Office said a coroner determines the manner of death, but criminal investigations happen at the station level.
"When a death occurs involving an inmate at a prison or county detention facility or when a person dies by the hands of law enforcement or in a situation with law enforcement involvement, a Coroner Review is immediately initiated," the Riverside County Sheriff's website says. "This investigation parallels the criminal investigation and is done to ensure that all facets of the death are looked at by professionals in the field of medical/legal death investigation."
While law enforcement agencies have been required by California law to report their in-custody deaths to the state's Department of Justice since 1961, it wasn't until 2005 that the data included deaths in the process of arrest. Another decade would pass before the numbers were made easily accessible to the public.
Now-U.S. Sen. Kamala Harris led the initiative to launch OpenJustice in 2016, while she was California's attorney general. Harris called it a "first-of-its-kind criminal justice transparency initiative." Before this data was only available by public records request or the discretion of the reporting agency.
Richard McCleary, professor of Criminology, Law and Society at University of California, Irvine, said the in-custody death data offers new insight into a controversial and confusing topic in criminal justice statistics.
Riverside County Sheriff Stan Sniff speaks to the Desert Sun editorial board on Wednesday, April 25, 2018 in Palm Springs.
(Photo: Richard Lui/The Desert Sun)
"The reporting of justified or willful are likely made by medical examiners, who complete the death certificate," McCleary said. "The certificates indicate e-codes, or external death codes, which comply to the standards of the International Classification of Diseases, used by all developed nations. The big classifications are homicide, suicide, and motor vehicle fatality. The data here are essentially the codes off of the death certificate."
Police accountability experts, like Merrick Bobb, co-executive director of the Police Assessment Resource Center, are not surprised that the language of reporting is disputed by the sheriff's department.
"Used in connection with homicide, a justified shooting is one that meets the legal test of a reasonable officer who believes that he, she, or some other person is in imminent danger," Bobb said. "Willful, on the other hand, is not an opposing designation. Willful reflects the mental state of an officer when he or she commits an act — intentionally, willfully doing something. But as far as a homicide by law enforcement being willful or justified, that would be a matter for the agency's internal affairs department to decide."
Only four of more than 8,000 in-custody deaths in California between 2005 and 2016 have been deemed a "willful homicide."
Riverside County Sheriff's Department said some cases were technically reported as in-custody homicide when, in reality, events were not so clear. This can lead to litigation. But unless criminal charges are filed against the officer, internal affairs investigations are sealed from public scrutiny.
In April, the family of Philip Garcia Jr. filed a wrongful death lawsuit against the Riverside County Sheriff's DepartmentF and the Cathedral City Police Department, alleging that excessive and unwarranted force led to his in-custody death in March 2017.Garcia was allegedly suffering from a psychiatric episode when he was arrested and eventually died from injuries sustained from this episode and while in custody of the sheriff's department.
Background: Lawsuit: He needed mental treatment, instead he was arrested and died in police custody
Related: Lawsuit claims Riverside County was negligent in inmate's death
Since in-custody deaths include any that occur in the process of arrest, deaths like Garcia's are often considered justified homicides as reported by the Riverside County Sheriff's Department.
"Where circumstances suggest an individual is both confrontational and exhibiting symptoms consistent with a medical emergency," Riverside County Sheriff Department said in a written statement, "we request emergency medical services stage near the incident and respond into the scene as soon as it is safe to do so."
In-custody deaths reflect jurisdictions
The numbers reported for city police, county sheriff and state prisons reflect the conditions of their different jurisdictions, whether that's the street or the cell block, because of the different type of work done by police and sheriffs' deputies. Sheriffs' departments manage jails, where people are held for weeks or months, while police are handling people in-custody for only hours or days. There are more "natural" deaths in sheriffs' departments, according to the data.
For local police departments, the portion of in-custody deaths attributed to justified homicide is 67 percent. For the Los Angeles Police Department, the portion of in-custody deaths that resulted from a justified homicide was 54 percent.
Jail populations have also changed over time, with the passage of prison reforms. The Attorney General's office said that the passage of Assembly Bill 109, the Public Safety Realignment initiative of 2011 increased the number of inmates incarcerated in county jails, run by sheriff departments, and decreased incarceration numbers in prisons managed by the state. As a result, the Office of Attorney General reports that, statewide, the share of deaths in-custody reported from county sheriff's departments increased. But in-custody justified homicides in the department have remained consistent through the reform.
The numbers are self-reported
As Riverside County Sheriff's Department is responsible for investigating and reporting their own numbers, they have identified that inconsistencies might occur across their 10 jurisdictions and 18 contract cities that hire the sheriff's department for police services.
"Jurisdictions may have different applications for the 'homicide' manner of death classification," Riverside County Sheriff Department said in a written statement. "Our high standard means the manner of death where there existed a confrontation with law enforcement near the time of death, is almost always classified as a homicide."
The Attorney General's office provides various "means of death" designations, including "drug overdose." And "manner of death" designations include "natural," "accidental," and "suicide," "cannot be determined," "pending investigation" and "other."
Riverside County sheriff's personnel gather near the La Quinta scene where a stolen car-pursuit ended.
(Photo: Sherry Barkas/The Desert Sun)
But Riverside County Sheriff's Department chooses to report these deaths as justified homicides following investigations.
"All deaths, where there exists a proximate use of force, however slight, are investigated by multiple department units and other agencies; including but not limited to, the initial unit involved, the Sheriff's Central Homicide Unit, the Riverside County District Attorney, the Coroner's Office, and the Grand Jury," the Sheriff's Department said in a written statement. "This multifaceted cooperative effort ensures the highest level of investigative integrity and public trust."
Riverside County Sheriff's Department has made reform efforts in recent years as reducing use of force has become a top priority, while portions of justified homicides have remained consistent.
"Our deputies now receive an additional 16 hours of training every two years wherein they are taught tactics and de-escalation strategies intended to reduce use of force encounters," the sheriff's department said.
© 2019 www.desertsun.com. All rights reserved.
Riverside County Sheriff's in-custody 'justified homicides' outpace other large California departments From 2005 to 2016, 41 percent of people who died while in-custody of the Riverside County Sheriff's Department died from "justified homicide." Check out this story on desertsun.com: https://desert.sn/2Ka7KyB


Plenty of competitors arrived at Portland Golf Club for the 115th U.S. Women's Amateur with a long list of accomplishments at the junior and college levels.
Susan Cavanagh was not one of them. She never competed in American Junior Golf Association events and her one year of college at the University of Connecticut was spent on the school's women's ice hockey team.
For 17 years, Cavanagh, 21, of Warwick, R.I., laced up her skates and competed at various levels of ice hockey, sometimes with boys. Her skills were good enough to play forward on the boys' team at Pilgrim High in Warwick, where she wasn't afraid to go into the corners and forecheck. And a postgraduate year at Cushing Academy in Ashburnham, Mass., led to a partial scholarship to UConn.
Hockey might be bigger within her family – Cavanagh's uncle, Joe, was a three-time All-America selection at Harvard and was invited to try out for the 1972 USA Olympic Team before a broken wrist ended that dream – but golf was also a passion. And after a successful summer of competitive golf in 2014, where she won the Rhode Island Women's Amateur and Women's Stroke Play, Cavanagh decided to quit hockey and withdrew from Connecticut, which doesn't have a women's golf program.
Now she's hoping a successful week in the Women's Amateur will lead to a college playing opportunity.
"With golf there's a future in many different ways," said Cavanagh. "With hockey, there's college and that's it.
Cavanagh has never backed down from a challenge. Being the third-oldest of 13 children – the oldest is 25 (Theresa) and the youngest is 8 (Richie) – has a way of toughening the mind and body. Growing up, Cavanagh shared a bedroom with four sisters. Secrets were hard to keep and there was no shortage of playmates.
Holidays were always fun. Cavanagh said the family didn't have time to wrap Christmas presents so everything was piled under the tree. And nobody was ever late for dinner, although sometimes benches were used to get everyone seated.
Last summer, Cavanagh caddied for Matt Doyle, the director of golf at the Dye Preserve in Jupiter, Fla., in the Rhode Island Open. That led to a job at the club and Cavanagh used the chance to not only make some extra money, but also hone her game at a facility used by several professionals, including Daniel Berger, Will Mackenzie and Azahara Munoz.
Cavanagh absorbed a lot from watching the pros practice. Always long off the tee, Cavanagh quickly realized that controlling her golf ball was just as important as hitting it far. Strong hand-eye coordination developed from years of ice hockey transitions well to golf.
With guidance from instructors Doyle and Tom Acciardo from Agawam Hunt Club, Cavanagh's home course, her game started to transform. Putting and short game were focal points.
Cavanagh is beginning to see the results of that work. Last month, she qualified for her first USGA championship with a 75 at Allendale Country Club in Massachusetts. Although she lost in Friday's championship match of the Rhode Island Amateur to Lisa McGill, 2 and 1, Cavanagh realizes the litmus test for her game comes this week in Portland.
To prepare for the biggest event of her burgeoning career, she played last week with former PGA Tour pro Brett Quigley, the 1987 U.S. Junior Amateur champion. Rhode Island native Brad Faxon, who is also at Portland Golf Club this week as part of the Fox Sports 1 broadcast team, was asked by Cavanagh's father, Richie, during a charity event if Faxon could give his daughter an on-site putting lesson. That so far has yet to occur.
Even though her family could make for a sizable gallery, only Cavanagh's 14-year-old brother, Danny, came to Portland. Danny, an up-and-coming golfer himself, will serve as her caddie.
But caddie duties aside, Cavanagh knows how much a strong performance could lead to a college scholarship. Several Division I coaches are here to support their current players and watch potential recruits.


text:
They Even Called Themselves 'Cuomosexuals.' Liberals Find an Excuse for Loving a Thug
Too little too late? Cuomo stripped of his honorary Emmy, given just last year.
By David Mills Published on August 24, 2021 •
Update: On Tuesday, the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced it was taking back the honorary Emmy awarded Andrew Cuomo last year. Cuomo was given the International Emmy Founders Award for "effective communication and leadership during the COVID-19 pandemic." He was stripped of the honor in light of the report detailing 11 incidents of sexual harassment. Cuomo's resignation became effective at midnight last night.
He's soon to be the former governor of New York. No one seems sad about it. Besides Andrew Cuomo himself, his family and friends, and people who tied their political careers to his. And some people who still love him, because it's a big country and includes people with terrible judgment.
For everyone else, it's don't let the door hit you on the backside on your way out, and don't don't don't leave a forwarding address. Just go away.
But everyone loved him the last couple of years. He was the great liberal hero. Possibly the next Democratic president. He made the hard decisions dealing with Covid-19. He did what Trump wouldn't do. A publisher paid him over $5 million for a book on "leadership lessons from the COVID-19 pandemic," apparently expecting it to be a huge seller. (It wasn't. The publisher lost millions.)
Here's the weirdest, creepiest thing. Some people loved him so much they called themselves — you won't believe this — "Cuomosexuals." I can't imagine even the staunchest liberal actually liking Cuomo, who is a vividly unpleasant human being, but apparently many not only liked him but had mad crushes on him. Ellen DeGeneres, Stephen Colbert, and Trevor Noah for three.
A Psychoanalyst Explains
How do his formerly adoring fans explain this? The New Yorker felt the need to ask a psychoanalyst to explain why so many good liberal people fanboyed about Andrew Cuomo. It does seem to require a psychological explanation.
For David Mills' description of Andrew Cuomo's hypocritical opposition to the death penalty, see his You Don't Really Believe That, Do You, Andrew Cuomo?
NYU's Virginia Goldner admits her own foolish attraction. "Reading the A.G.'s report, and listening to the Governor's cynical denials, spurs a kind of embarrassed clarity, similar to the feeling one experiences after running into an old ex. How could we have witnessed these same qualities — in Cuomo's case, the narcissism, the bullying, the hackneyed paternalism — and found them attractive?"
A very good question. He was, as I said, a vividly unpleasant man. A thug, in fact, who made his thug-ness part of his brand. The man no good father wants his daughter to marry.
Goldner explains that Cuomo "was radiating an eroticized masculinity that has within it hostility and a little tenderness. That combination of soft and hard — mostly hard, but also soft — is what so many women crave in some way." She called this "retrosexual." She also said gay men felt this too: "That's a figure that could easily be hot to a man." ("Gays fell for Cuomo" is about as homophobic a remark as I can think of.)
Why would a successful man like the governor harass women? Goldner explains this too. "Sexual harassment is not so much about sexual satisfaction," she says. It's a "sadomasochistic flirtation." The writer of the article, staff writer Lizzie Widdicombe, explains what this means. "The harasser enjoys creating sexual tension in the workplace, but what he really likes is the psychological torment. The harassed subordinates are forced to live in a state of fear and confusion." The abuser enjoys having such power over other people.
Why a Psychoanalyst?
I have two questions about this. Why would the magazine ask for a psychoanalyst's explanation? And is she right?
Why would The New Yorker ask a psychoanalyst to explain Cuomo's attraction? Psychoanalysis holds that behind the thoughts we know we're thinking (the conscious mind) are a lot of thoughts we don't know we're thinking (the unconscious mind). Those are a mess and cause a lot of our problems. Many of those thoughts deal with sexual weirdness.
So a mass mad crush on a thug like Cuomo and people calling themselves "Cuomosexuals" just begs for a psychoanalytic treatment. Something weird's going on.
Fair enough. But I think they're doing something even more useful to them. They're looking for an excuse. As Goldner admits, people could see Cuomo's faults. And they still loved him — not in spite of his faults but because of his faults.
They have no excuse for this. It's the very thing they attacked Trump voters for doing with Trump, loving him for his faults. How could they do it with Cuomo? How hypocritical is that?
Ah, says the psychoanalyst, we couldn't help it. Our unconscious mind made us do it. We were raised with the image of a "big, square" father figure and thuggish Andrew Cuomo made us feel like daddy loves us and will protect us. It's not our fault we fell for him.
I don't discount that. The mind's a very funny thing. Even the Apostle Paul didn't know why he did the things he didn't want to do and didn't do the things he wanted to do. The Fall of Man screwed up our psyches as much as anything.
But will Goldner, Widdicombe, DeGeneres, Colbert, Noah, or any other Cuomosexual excuse the "Magats" for doing the same thing with their guy? Trump offered the same combination of hard and soft. He attacked the liberals (hard) and sympathized with his supporters (soft). But no. Psychoanalysis only excuses liberals.
Was the Psychoanalyst Right?
And is the psychoanalyst right? I'd say yes, with limits. People want a strong father and might look for one even in a politician. A Christian would say that God made us to want a strong father. Sin messed up our ability to see the Father we should want, so we fall for really awful human substitutes.
But Goldner's answer hides the more important answer. She reduces everything to psychology and leaves out (among other things) politics. It's like explaining the flight of a ball by the energy with which it was thrown but not the direction in which it was thrown — noting the energy but not the purpose to which the energy was directed.
People's affections and judgments tend to follow their political commitments, and the more intensely they're committed, the more they'll adore the powerful person who incarnates those commitments. I think Cuomo's real attraction was that he hated Trump. They more thuggishly he hated the president, the more his supporters adored him.
Goldner sees this. "The Governor presented himself as an alternative to Trump, and New Yorkers embraced the comparison, swooning over Cuomo's Queens accent and his tough-guy shtick." She chooses the example his saying of Trump, "Forget bodyguards. He'd better have an army if he thinks he's going to walk down the street in New York." Oooh, tough. Take that, Trump. Don't mess with us.
So why did some people become giddy "Cuomosexuals"? I don't doubt the psychological explanation, but I think the reason's simpler: though Andrew Cuomo is mean little brute, he was their mean little brute.
David Mills is a senior editor of The Stream. After teaching writing in a seminary, he has been editor of Touchstone and the executive editor of First Things. His previous article for The Stream was Those Mean, Peevish Christians and the Life They Lose.
The Morning Brew: Biden Forgets He's Not a Dictator, and the Boss's Daughter Horses Around at the Olympics
Al Perrotta
The Morning Brew: NY's Harasser-in-Chief and a God-Praising, America-Loving Olympian
Six Biblical Lessons From Andrew Cuomo's Sudden Fall From Grace
Paging Defenders of Chief Justice John Roberts … and Never-Trumpers
Peter Wolfgang


The Bible literally means the book, and like any book, it has both a beginning and an end. In order to see the preciousness of the Bible and to understand its content, we must pay attention to how it concludes. Additionally, in order to appreciate the end of the Bible, we must first see its beginning.
The beginning of the Bible shows us a marvelous picture. God planted a garden in Eden and in this garden He put the man whom He had formed (Genesis 2:8). In the middle of this garden God caused the tree of life to grow (Genesis 2:9). The tree of life is a symbol of the life of God in Christ (John 15:1; 1:4). From the very beginning of the Bible, life is revealed. It was God's intention that His life would enter into us to be our life. However, at the beginning of the Bible there was no relationship between the life of God and the life of man. The life of God and the life of man were separate from each other and even opposite to each other. God was God, and man was man.
At the end of the Bible we see another wonderful picture. This picture is of a holy city, New Jerusalem (Revelation 21:2). The centre of this city is the throne of God from which flows the river of water of life. On each side of the river grows the tree of life (Revelation 22:1-2). This is a city which is full of life. This is a city saturated with the life of God, and in which man has been filled with the life of God (Revelation 21:10-11). In this city, God and man, man and God, are completely united, mingled and incorporated for eternity (Revelation 22:17).
These pictures at the beginning and the end of the Bible show us that God's focus is on life. The Bible shows that in order to accomplish His intention to enter into man and become man's life, God first became a man by the name of Jesus Christ (John 1:14). He came as the bread of life and the water of life to feed and to satisfy man (John 6:35; 4:10). He died on the cross to terminate sin and death and to release His divine life (John 19:34). Now as the life-giving Spirit (1 Corinthians 15:45b), Christ is able to give us life and to make us a part of the city of life.
Yourself as life in the Bible.
and receive You as my life.
Although the city of life, New Jerusalem, is at the end of the Bible, it is not just for the future. The Bible is a book on life, a book with life as its subject, and this life is a living Person, Christ. Today, we can continue to contact this living Person and enjoy and grow in His life through prayer, the Bible, and with other believers. As we do this, more and more we are becoming the city of life, New Jerusalem.


How can you become a better PCB designer? You know all the basics of printed circuit boards, but you want to go beyond that. Accomplish truly great things, and take your place amongst the legends of PCB design. So what can you do? What is it that separates the best PCB design pros from everyone else, and what does it take to be like them?
The guys from corporate generally want everything done as quickly as possible. Deliver your finished PCB ASAP, so that they can get the ball rolling and decrease time to market on the finished product. This is a terrible way to design. Going too fast often means cutting corners, or overlooking important design elements. This ultimately causes problems that will slow down production while you're forced to go back and redesign your PCB so that it works the way it should. Taking the time to ensure design quality the first time around will ultimately speed up the process in the long run. Make haste slowly.
That said, there are plenty of ways you can speed up the design process without cutting corners. Most electronics within a single product line share a lot of common components and circuitry. So if, for example, you use a 12VDC power supply in every product you design, it's best to use an already approved design. It's likely already been priced and sourced by others on your team for their own projects, so you know immediately where it is and how much it will cost. And if the part happens to be at the end of its life, then it's likely that other engineers within your company will have already found a suitable replacement that you can drop in. Before you design it again, check your centralized design repository to see what's already available that serves your purposes and meets the 3 F's: Fit, Form, and Function. This can save a tremendous amount of time overall.
Some engineers and designers might work best by themselves. They could lock themselves away in a room with nothing but their design until they've completed the task at hand. There's nothing wrong with this per se. However, the best PCB designers are adaptable. They may prefer to work alone sometimes, but not every project can be handled that way. They need to be able to work as a team as well, collaborating with other designers and, more importantly, learning from them. You'll find many instances during a project timeline, that requirements and scopes are not always locked, and sadly, if you're not constantly collaborating and involved regularly in meetings, chances are you might be designing against obsolete specs! That's the hallmark of any successful PCB designer: collaborate with others, and have the will to recognize and take advice from those who are more experienced or knowledgeable than they are about a particular design aspect.
As we mentioned in other blogs, some traditional pieces of PCB design wisdom are now obsolete, but continue to be passed down as facts. The great PCB design pros know all the rules and guidelines for good design practices, but they also know when those rules are helpful, and when they're simply a hindrance. An example would be the 45 degree routing angle. If you're not designing at a microwave frequency, this rule of thumb can be just a cosmetic thing at that point. Good designers don't just blindly follow the rules they were taught, but they don't just arbitrarily break them for the sake of breaking them, either. They're constantly working to solve problems in new and innovative ways, in order to do what's best for their design.
These are just a few of the things that great PCB design pros do. The most important thing they can do, though, is to remain humble and not think of themselves as great PCB design pros. No matter how good you are, there's always someone better, and there's always something you can learn from someone else. If you keep an open mind, listen to the advice and suggestions of your fellow designers, and never stop learning, then you too can be among the best PCB design pros, and teach us few things. We would love to discuss these and more rules around PCB Design at the upcoming PCB West Conference at booth 314. Click here to register.
For all those PCB Design pros out there, would there be any advice you would have for a new PCB designer? Comment below.


Making it Real has a new cover and will be releasded in paperback in time for Christmas, how cool is that? So today's snog introduces the new cover and revisits a cyber kiss.
And now, on with the snog!This is a bit of a cheat as the kiss isn't lip to lip at all, it's screen to screen. But as I met my husband online, I have a weakness for all things cyber -oo er!
And hold on to your wooly hats! Tomorrrow is the first day of Blissemas 2013!
And this year, the winner gets to pick their prize. I'm so excited!
Previous post Saturday Spanking – Really Cooking.
Next post The Big Blissemas Launch!
Loved this snog. It seemed so real to me!


You can select the best Metal Bed Frames – Twin Single Full Double to enrich your house. It's best to pay attention to the type and idea of your house before selecting residence furnishings. It aims to make the furniture you choose is appropriate with your home concept. It is advisable know the condition of the room in your own home so that you are proper in selecting furniture that is in accordance with the scale of the room in your house. As well as, the color issue of furnishings must also be adjusted to the color of the room wall paint in your home. When all parts are okay, then the end result will be very satisfying and every room in your home appears lovely and comfortable.
You may make the above Metal Bed Frames – Twin Single Full Double a reference in figuring out one of the best on your home. You can search for data within the type of articles, footage and movies by way of the web. You can use my website as among the finest residence references, so you'll find ideas, inspiration and ease in realizing your dream residence. Inside design, adorning the room, renovating the home, rework the house, all it requires planning and reference for max results and as expected. Residence is a crucial a part of your life, give the best for your dwelling.
It can save you the above Metal Bed Frames – Twin Single Full Double pictures to your computer, laptop computer, tablet and high-end mobile system. When you really feel not satisfied and want to see other photos, please open Bed Frame And Mattress Twin put up right here now. The extra references to the house you see and have, the simpler it will be to find the very best one for your dwelling. Residence furnishings reminiscent of tables, chairs, cupboards, tv, sofa, bed and others are required in your home to make your house full and function correctly.
You're required to finish any room inside your house with a variety of furniture. You should know that the bedroom needs a bed, mirror, wardrobe, dressing desk and so forth. Front room requires a visitor desk, guest chair, sofa and so forth. You should know intimately what furnishings you should place within the eating room. In essence, it's a must to fill each room in your home with the best furnishings. If you are on the lookout for the best Metal Bed Frames – Twin Single Full Double in your residence, it is best to alter it to your wants and features. Don't let your extravagant in looking for furniture that's unnecessary and in the end unused.
Do not forget to share this publish / picture to social media. Make your dream house right now. May be useful. thanks.


As part of 5 solo shows being exhibited, starting this week, John Custodio's striking On the Road:Structures, will surely be enough to make a visit to Soho this month.
Custodio's work will be joined by Barry Guthertz, Robert Kalman, Bruce Wodder, Jaime Johnson, and the Park West Camera Club 80th Anniversary Exhibition. The opening reception will be May 2nd from 6 to 8pm, and the closing date will be June 3rd.
Photographer Lee Backer will be exhibiting some of his latest works for the first time to the public; one exception was accepted in a juried competition earlier this year.
This series of color photographs follow the collection's namesake in theme – they were all taken at twilight as New York's various landscapes transition from the bustle of the day to its luminescent eve.
The exhibit will be at the Soho Photo Gallery in New York City.
My passion for natural landscapes began as a boy in rural northwest New Jersey. Exploring the woods, fields, and streams near my home, I found that certain places—a pine forest, a rock cliff, a rushing brook—beckoned me back. Three elements of the landscape—trees, rocks, and water—are recurrent subjects of my photographs.
In addition to the photos being exhibited, 50 images that summate the Edge of Night series have been turned into a book. There will be copies available at the opening reception at Soho Photo, Tuesday, January 5th, from 6-8 pm.
Burma, or Myanmar, is one of the many regions of Asia that many people have wished to experience, but never get the chance. Fortunately for those who do not get the chance to see it first hand, Bruce Wodder has taken beautiful photographs to share with the world.
In my new photographic project, I explore the beauty of Burma through its people, and one spectacular cow. This work covers much of the country and its indigenous people, including tribes from the remote Brown Zone. Ordinarily my personal work is shot on film using medium or large format to achieve the desired look. In this project, all the images are digital capture output to black & white.
Those who will be fortunate to be in New York during the month of May, the exhibit will carry through at Soho Photo Gallery until May 31st.
Lee Backer's latest project exploring nature will soon be on display in New York City. The New Jersey native has been photographing for over 40 years, now fully committed to his craft after retiring from working in Information Technology.
These images, taken in Death Valley and the White Mountains of California, explore the varied rhythms created by light and shadow. I found these rhythms in both landscapes and close-ups: the textures and undulating forms of sand dunes, the stripes woven into the clay hills, mosaic patterns in rock walls, and ripples of grain in ancient Bristlecone Pines. The photographs are printed in black and white to emphasize the shapes, patterns, and textures.
Opening Reception is March 4th, from 6-8pm. The exhibition will run from March 5th-March 29th.


A local officer who is no longer a member in good standing shall be privately notified and given at least two (2) weeks to renew membership prior to a recall or removal vote.
[...]Non-members may participate in Local work and attend Local meetings, but may not run or vote in Local officer elections, Local Subgroup officer elections, or the Annual Convention.
[...]Non-members may participate in Local work and attend Local meetings, but may not run or vote in Local elections, Local Subgroup elections, or the Annual Convention.
Nonfeasance shall be defined as an ongoing or repeated failure to execute Officer duties and maintain regular contact with other Local Officers, without making arrangements to be replaced or voluntarily stepping down from the position, or failure to maintain membership.


The Nativity Feast having passed, St. Basil took his staff and traversed all of the towns, in order to see who would celebrate his Feast Day with purity of heart. He passed through regions of every sort and through villages of prominence, yet regardless of where he knocked, no door opened to him, since they took him for a beggar. And he would depart embittered, for, though he needed nothing from men, he felt how much pain the heart of every impecunious person must have endured at the insensitivity that these people showed him. One day, as he was leaving such a merciless village, he went by the graveyard, where he saw that the tombs were in ruins, the headstones broken and turned topsy-turvy, and how the newly dug graves had been turned up by jackals. Saint that he was, he heard the dead speaking and saying: "During the time that we were on the earth, we labored, we were heavy-burdened, leaving behind us children and grandchildren to light just a candle, to burn a little incense on our behalf; but we behold nothing, neither a Priest to read over our heads a memorial service nor kóllyva, as though we had left behind no one." Thus, St. Basil was once again disquieted, and he said to himself, "These villagers give aid neither to the living nor to the deceased," departing from the cemetery and setting out alone in the midst of the freezing snow.On the eve of the New Year, he came upon a certain hamlet, which was the poorest of the poor villages in all of Greece. The freezing wind howled through the scrub bush and the rocky cliffs, and not a living soul was to be found in the pitch-dark night! Then, he beheld in front of him a small knoll, below which there was secreted away a sheepfold. St. Basil went into the pen and, knocking on the door of the hut with his staff, called out: "Have mercy on me, a poor man, for the sake of your deceased relatives, for even Christ lived as a beggar on this earth." Awakening, the dogs lunged at him.


text:
You are here: GeekSays Technology News » Android » Xiaomi Mi Store, coming soon to Europe
Xiaomi Mi Store, coming soon to Europe
Last updated on January 7, 2017 By Andrei Klein Leave a Comment
After Xiaomi announced that they're planning to expand to other markets, by opening the first online Mi Store in the United States, it's Europe's turn to receive the same treatment.
No signs of smartphones. Again.
Still, don't get to excited, as just like in the U.S., Europeans won't have access to phones. Unfortunately, the Xiaomi Mi Store will sell just wearables, headphones, external batteries and, hopefully, action cameras, according to Android Central.
Xiaomi's global vice president and former Android leader, Hugo Barra, declared during MWC 2015 that making smartphones available in other areas, besides Asian countries, is not between their top priorities right now. Currently, they're focusing on expanding in India, which is a very big an important market, with a huge potential.
So if you were planning to get your hands on the amazing Mi Note Pro, you'll have to wait a bit more. Still, this doesn't mean that the Xiaomi Mi Store will be useless, as a couple of amazing and most importantly, budget-friendly devices will be available for everybody. We're talking about the Mi Band fitness tracker, Mi Power Bank, with a capacity of 10000 mAh or the recently launched Mi Pro Action Camera.
How much until it will finally happen?
We're looking forward to the day when Xiaomi's smartphones will be available in other areas and, considering the company's growth, which is now the world's 5th smartphone manufacturer, it should happen sooner than you think. On the other side, there are other details, like the manufacturing and packaging processes or language gap, which are making this impossible to happen, at least for the moment.
What do you think about this move? If the Xiaomi Mi Store were to sell smartphones in your area, would you buy one?
Filed Under: Android
About Andrei Klein
A massive tech enthusiast who tries to keep with the latest releases, in particular Android and Nexus related news. Give him chocolate or a pack of oreos and he will talk for hours about cellphones and tablets!


Profine GmbH – International Profile Group – is a worldwide leading manufacturer of PVC-U profiles for windows and doors and a renowned provider of shutter systems and PVC sheets. With its KBE, KÖMMERLING and TROCAL brands, the Group has an excellent international standing at 29 sites in 22 countries. Profine Group manufactures at production facilities in Germany, France, Italy, Spain, Russia, Ukraine, the USA, China and the new facility at Vadodara, Gujarat. Profine Group, under its subsidiary profine India Window Technology Pvt Ltd., has invested Rs.60 crore in its facility in Gujarat and more to follow in due course of time. Initially profine has started with 3 extrusion lines with a production capacity of 3000 MT with future expansion plans to go upto 10 extrusion lines with a production capacity of 10000 MT.
KÖMMERLING's product range include Casement systems (outward & inward open window & door), Sliding window & door, Tilt & turn window, Lift & Slide door, Sliding folding door, Top hung window etc. However, the Casement System and Sliding System out of the vast range of products has made a significant impact in the Indian market and initially the company has started manufacturing above series in India.
The Casement windows are tailor-made virtually to any height and width and can be customized according to exact requirements. Plus, these windows are fitted to the highest standards and also enable easy cleaning of the outer glass panes. On the other hand, in Sliding windows, two or more frames slide horizontally on tracks to the left or the right. The windows are slightly raised above the track for smooth slide and also prevent dust from settling down in the track. These windows are ideal for homes that require space-economy. Meanwhile, the tilt and turn windows combine versatility with a smart, simple style ideally suited to modern homes.
Mr. Amir Hashmi, Regional Sales Manager, informed, "All our products are perfectly suited to the Indian market, and we have earned a lot of market goodwill by meeting the evolving customers' requirements in India. In fact, the market for good fenestration is heading towards new levels in the country, and the coming years will witness more positive signs."


text:
La rivière l'Estère ou fleuve l'Estère est un cours d'eau qui coule à Haïti dans le département d'Artibonite.

Géographie
Ce cours d'eau est à la fois un fleuve et un affluent du fleuve Artibonite. En effet, à l'approche des côtes haïtiennes, la rivière l'Estère se sépare en trois bras principaux. L'un d'eux coule à travers les basses vallées et se jette dans le fleuve Artibonite  les deux autres bras se dirigent vers la mer, l'un des deux se jette dans la baie Grand-Pierre près de la ville portuaire de Grande-Saline, non loin de l'embouchure du fleuve Artibonite, l'autre bras se jette dans la baie de la Tortue près de la ville portuaire des Gonaïves.

Hydrologie
Le bassin versant de l'Estère est de , le débit moyen (ou module) de /s, et le coefficient d'écoulement de .

Voir aussi

 Artibonite
 liste de cours d'eau d'Haïti

Notes et références

Cours d'eau en Haïti
Système hydrologique de l'Artibonite
Fleuve côtier en Haïti

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaWikipedia


text:
Guest editorial: Facebook's privacy woes are a good reminder nothing comes free
The following editorial appeared in The Dallas Morning News:
It's easy to forget how young the Silicon Valley companies that dominate so much of our lives really are. One need be only a freshman in high school to have been born in a time before Facebook existed. And a baby delivered on the day Google was incorporated would turn 20 only this September.
In just the single lifespan of a teenager, those two firms — along with many other competitors and allies — have generated riches and international clout to rival the nation's grandest commercial enterprises. Ad sales made Google's parent company the fifth-most-profitable in the U.S. last year, and Facebook's ads drove it to $10 billion in profits as well, enough to rank 20th among the Fortune 500.
Vast as these companies are, it's not the dollars involved that reveal how deeply embedded they have become in our lives. Some 1.4 billion people worldwide use Facebook daily. Google conducts as many as 40,000 searches per second.
In addition to greatly enriching the firms, this ubiquity has also created whole new digital economies and marketplaces for countless other companies. For the rest of us, it has provided constant and often extraordinarily helpful services and conveniences.
And it's all been free of charge. In lieu of payment, the companies ask merely for us to provide a peek into our most private lives and telling habits. We provide real-time information about families, friends, our likes and dislikes, locations, travel, eating, drinking, reading and viewing habits — and much more.
In short, we consent to be not their customer, but their product. They sell to third parties an opportunity to sell us things, to tell us all kinds of stories — true or trivial or just made up — and to influence our behavior as consumers and citizens.
For many, it has seemed a healthy exchange. You keep me in touch with my friends, long-lost cousins and classmates, and I'll let you have access to everything you want to know in order to sell my attention to your clients.
But the tides are turning. Many have been outraged by revelations that Russians and other have exploited Facebook's close knowledge of we, the users, to further inflame our public discourse, and how third-parties unscrupulously used users' personal data without their consent.
In its wake, more of us are second-guessing our relationship with Facebook, and with the countless other firms that trade access to our private lives for their otherwise free services.
Most Americans aren't ready to cut ties to their social media sources. But the companies would be foolish to ignore this moment of recalibration. The companies, and the users and everyone involved, should commit to auditing these relationships, if they are to remain healthy.
What should happen next?
We need a three-part compact between the Internet titans, users and government:
1. Companies are going to want to use our information – from search histories to friends lists to social media likes and dislikes — to better target the ads they sell to third parties. Fair enough. But they should make it easier for users to opt out and limit what information can be used.
They must enable users to block any firm from providing that information in a way that identifies the user to a third party. When exceptions are required by law, the users should be informed and the companies should insist on a subpoena or warrant.
2. Users should audit privacy settings on each app they use, and take the critical step of reconsidering which apps they sign into through Twitter, Google or Facebook. How well do you really trust the company behind the latest app you installed on your phone?
3. Congress and other governments must demand accountability from Facebook and others and insist on strong firewalls between the identities of the people whose data they use to sell adds and the firms who purchase them.


text:
Tag: turkey
A conversation on Greece's recent diplomatic foray into Africa on Pantelis Savvidis's (ERT3) Greek web channel "Anixneusis"
Speaking yesterday (Sunday 16th January 2022) with esteemed colleagues, Pantelis Savvidis, Retired General Ilias Leontaris, Nikos D Kanellos, and journalist Sakis Moumtzis on the weekly Sunday morning podcast "Anixneusis" – the free-to-air Greek web tv channel, administrated by Pantelis Savvidis – previously on ERT3.
We spoke about the validity of Greece's new diplomatic push into Africa. The historic ties between the continent and the Greek people and ultimately whether it was cause for optimism and a true renewal in relations or just another false dawn.
https://youtu.be/iN4goCTmSns
Continue reading "A conversation on Greece's recent diplomatic foray into Africa on Pantelis Savvidis's (ERT3) Greek web channel "Anixneusis"" →
gp13journalism Uncategorized Leave a comment January 17, 2022 1 Minute
At the forefront of Greece's new foreign policy drive: First-hand accounts from the Greek community in Libya
An edited version of this article appeared in my regular column in the Sept/Oct 2021 ed of Greek Business File Magazine – https://www.economia.gr/en/first-hand-accounts-from-the-greek-community-in-libya/
In November 2019, Greece was spurred into its biggest foreign policy shift in a generation. Borne out of the signing of the now-infamous Memorandum of Understanding between Libya and Turkey on delimiting maritime jurisdictions that encroached on Greece's internationally-recognised maritime boundaries, Greece quickly scrambled to re-discover diplomatic and economic ties that had been allowed to decaypretty much since Greece turned its focus towards Europe in the 80s. Now after two years, it's hyperactive foreign policy drive casts a wide net that encompasses vaccine diplomacy in countries as far afield as Rwanda, Kenya and Iran to joining the French-led peacekeeping mission in the Sahel. But the epicentre of this renewed push is still very much where it all began in Libya.
Continue reading "At the forefront of Greece's new foreign policy drive: First-hand accounts from the Greek community in Libya" →
gp13journalism Africa, Greek-Cypriot, Greeks Leave a comment October 14, 2021 October 31, 2021 5 Minutes
A New Chapter in Greek-African relations or just a flash in the pan?
An edited version of this article appeared in Greek Business File (July/August 2021 issue):
A new chapter in Greek-African relations or a flash in the pan?
When Minister of Foreign Affairs, Nikos Dendias heralded a new chapter in relations between Africa and Greece to a gathered host of African ambassadors for Africa Day to mark the establishment of the African Union late last month, it hardly made waves. Statements of good intention towards the oft-neglected continent are nothing new. But a flurry of recent diplomatic activity, including a new diplomatic mission in Dakar, Senegal and the announcement that Greece will contribute to the French-led peacekeeping mission in the Sahel, would suggest that Dendias's assertion might this time actually be backed by action.
Continue reading "A New Chapter in Greek-African relations or just a flash in the pan?" →
gp13journalism Africa, Ethiopia, Greeks, South Africa Leave a comment August 5, 2021 September 3, 2021 5 Minutes


Click here to see which clinics are currently available.
Riders' pricing also includes use of the facilities and day yards as available, use of equipment, and for clinics, the unmounted weapons skills session.
Unmounted participant pricing also includes use of facilities and equipment as needed.
Contact us to discuss possible use of one of our school horses.
NOTE: We have learned that some email replies from us have been going to junk mail folders. Please check your junk mail if you don't receive a reply. Thanks!
(Please put your name in the details so we can easily identify your payment).
Cancellation Policy: No refund will be given unless vet certificate or doctors certificate is shown.
Approval Policy: Acceptance is subject to application review and approval. A full refund will be given if application cannot be accepted. Application form must accompany booking.
By submitting this form I acknowledge and agree to the above policies.
Fill out the online form below, or contact us for a PDF form.
Where did you find out about the event?
Copyright © 2019 Historical Equestrian Games Australia. All Rights Reserved.


So convenient. Buy your suit jacket & suit pants separately to get the perfect sizes at Sheplers.
Circle S suit slacks feature western styling. Western front pockets and back flap pockets. Comfortable Ban-Rol III waistband. Crisp center crease. 100% polyester. Imported.