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Sexuality / Gender
Same Sex Marriage Term Paper
Pages: 2 (624 words) · Bibliography Sources: 1 · File: .docx · Level: College Senior · Topic: Women's Issues - Sexuality
Some of those in support of same-sex marriages and civil unions cite the need for minority groups to enjoy the same civil rights enjoyed by everyone else. To advance their agenda, those in support of such unions liken same-sex marriage prohibitions to the retrogressive laws that prohibited interracial marriages. Further, according to Newton, one of the arguments advanced in support of same-sex marriages and unions is that "the standard criterion for permitting two individuals to marry is whether or not they love each other…" (64). Hence according to this argument, two individuals who love each other should be allowed to marry regardless of their sex.
On the other hand, those against same-sex marriages are of the opinion that "same-sex marriage poses a threat to the traditional family" (Newton, 51). In this case, same-sex marriage critics note that allowing such unions would end up occasioning irreparable damage to marriage as an institution. Further, most of those against same-sex marriages are of the opinion that it is impossible for such unions to fulfill the principle purpose of marriage i.e. procreation.
paper NOW! ⬇ It is important to note that at the federal level, same-sex marriages as well as civil unions are not recognized. However, a number of states have in the past extended some rights to same-sex relationships. States that permit marriages between individuals of the same-sex include Vermont, New York, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Iowa and Connecticut. It should be noted that similar laws have sailed through in both Maryland and Washington. However, these laws have not come into effect yet. It is also important to note that in Rhode Island and New Jersey, same-sex marriages which have legally been undertaken in other jurisdictions are recognized. However, there is no facilitation of such unions in these states. The number of states with express restrictions on same-sex marriages currently stands at 31.
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Happy Eastern to you all from the rainforest of Costa Rica and La Selva where Im now leading the photo-group for for my own company: Wild Nature photo tours. We have had an amazing diversity of animals and the forests are wonderful. Here a scaly-breasted hummingbird.
PS: The "bludder" of the wings is on purpose to give movement to the image.


Chitosan is derived from chitin, which is found in the exoskeletons of shellfish such as shrimp, lobster or crabs and the cell walls of some fungi.  Chitosan is considered environmental friendly for agricultural uses as it is easily degradable and non-toxic to humans. Chitosan shares a number of biochemical similarities with the cellulose found in plant cell walls. In common with cellulose, it is a long-chained linear, neutrally charged polymeric polysaccharide. Additionally, like cellulose, chitosan is used to construct mechanical and physical barriers that provide structural stability in plants.
Chitosan has been shown to induce/elicit natural defence responses in plants and it has been used as a natural compound to control pre and postharvest pathogenic diseases. It has been shown that fungal, bacterial and viral plant pathogens may be controlled by chitosan application. Although the research is somewhat variable, chitosan application has also been shown to increase yields, independent of pathogenic disease control, in several agricultural crops. Further, research has shown that chitosan increases the flavonoids and terpenoids in herbaceous resin producing plants.
Chitosan is found in many commercial agricultural products including General Hydroponics Chi Foliar Spray and several Grotek products. It is also likely an undisclosed component in many other additives that are sold through the hydroponics industry today.
Chitosan has been shown in a number of studies to be a potent elicitor of plant defense mechanisms which, in turn, have allowed plants to resist or tolerate a range of diseases.
Research has shown that chitosan is not only effective in halting the growth of plant pathogens, but it also induces morphological changes, structural alterations and molecular disorganization of the pathogen cells. It has been shown that various plant cells can respond to fragments of chitosan and initiate defense reactions, which lead to cause an accumulation of antibiotic phytoalexins to prevent infection of fungal diseases, stimulation of plant growth, induction of the root system and strengthening stem of plants. Further, chitosan induces SAR (systemic acquired resistance) in plants. Therefore, the antimicrobial action of chitosan comprises of more than one mode of action.
To date, there is strong evidence indicating that after chitosan application, plants can acquire enhanced tolerance to a wide variety of pathogenic microorganisms.
What this means, is that chitosan is shown to be an effective agent for preventing/controlling fungal, bacterial and viral pathogens in crops. Therefore, its addition to hydroponic solutions, or when applied via foliar, chitosan protects plants from disease.
The degree of chitosan's anti-microbial activity varies amongst bacteria and fungal species. Some research suggests that chitosan promotes beneficial bacteria (e.g. Bacillus subtilus) and fungi (e.g. Trichoderma harzianum) while being antagonistic towards pathogenic microorganisms. Therefore, chitosan is shown to suppress pathogenic microorganisms while having no impact on, or even stimulating some beneficial bacteria and fungi numbers. For example, research has demonstrated that the combination of chitosan and Bacillus subtilis AF 1 (bacteria), when used as seed treatments, showed better control of A. niger (causing crown rot of groundnut) and Fusarium udum (causing wilt of pigeon pea) than AF 1 culture alone. Additionally, studies with tomato crops have shown that the combination of chitosan with Bacillus pumilus increased the host defence reaction of the treated roots. For cucumber plants grown in the presence of nutrient solutions amended with chitosan, and inoculated by P. aphanidermatum, the host reactions were similar to those observed on chitosan-treated tomato roots. In other research, Bacillus subtilis strain GB03, B. amyloliquefaciens strain IN937a, and B. subtilis strain IN937b were trialed together with chitosan. Results showed that the combination the bacilli strains with chitosan resulted in significant growth promotion that was correlated with induced pathogen resistance in tomato, bell pepper, cucumber and tobacco.
Another study demonstrated that a combination T. harzianum (fungi) and chitosan activated host defense genes leading to physical and biochemical changes in plant cells involved directly or indirectly in disease suppression. The authors of this study concluded that inducing plant defense mechanisms by applying T. harzianum and chitosan, "particularly in combination", could provide protection of tomato plants against Fusarium crown and root rot, caused by Fusarium oxysporum.
Thus, chitosan can be used in conjunction with some beneficial bacteria and fungi to further increase disease resistance in plants. This makes chitosan ideal for use with some species of beneficial bacteria and fungi ('bennies') in hydroponics.
Pathogens such as Pythium and Fusarium can greatly reduce yields. Hence, by ensuring that pathogens are unable to infect crops the application of chitosan, through its disease preventive mechanisms, is shown to increase yields. However, improvements in plant growth have been reported after the application of chitosan treatment to a range of crops, which are thought to be independent of the effects on disease control.
These findings, however, should be balanced with information where other authors have found there were no growth promoting benefits displayed where chitosan was used in similar crop trials.
Therefore, while it is undoubtable that chitosan is a fantastic component for reducing the incidence of disease in crops, some skepticism should be applied to any claims that chitosan increases yields beyond its effects on disease control (at least for now).
Chitosan has been shown to control viral diseases in plants. While the antiviral mechanisms of chitosan are still not completely understood, it has been shown that chitosan can inhibit the replication of viruses through interfering with a few steps in virus life cycle or through improving the host antiviral immune responses to accelerate the process of viral clearance.
The antiviral effect of chitosan is dependent on the concentration. For example, Prospieszny et al. (1991) sprayed bean plants with chitosan concentrations ranging 0.00001- 0.1% 15 min before inoculation with alfalfa mosaic virus and found increasing inhibition of the virus with increasing concentration where complete inhibition at 0.01% was obtained. Another study showed the increase in chitosan, chitosan acetate, and chitosan hydrochloride concentration from 0.00005 to 0.01% to cause an increase in infection inhibition from less than 50% to 100% against bacteriophage.
Chitosan acts as a pathogen preventive through, among other things, eliciting plant defense mechanisms against disease. Although elicitors were first used to increase plant resistance to pathogens, it was found that the mechanism involved increased polyphenol levels. Therefore, although elicitors do not kill pathogens directly, they trigger plant defense mechanisms which results in an increase of polyphenolic compounds. Polyphenolic compounds are important in plants for several reasons. Firstly, they protect plants from biotic and abiotic stress factors. Indeed, some of these phenolic compounds are only induced when stress factors are present. Secondly, most of these metabolites are responsible for the organoleptic and qualitative properties of produce originating from such plants. For example, anthocyanins, constitute a pigment group responsible for the color of a great variety of fruits, flowers and leaves, and flavan-3-ols are polyphenols involved in the bitterness and astringency of tea, grapes and wine. Therefore, the application of chitosan not only allows us to control plant disease but to also increase the phenolic content of plants. For example, it has been shown that chitosan increased the total polyphenol content of grapes and strawberries.  Additionally, one study has shown that MeJA (Methyl jasmonate) and chitosan applications (together and separately) increased flavonoid and terpenoid content is several species of resinous plants.
Based on this information, while more crop specific research is needed, it is probable that chitosan increases the quality of herbaceous essential oil producing crops.
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 El Ghaouth, A., Arul, J., Wilson, C., Benhamou, N., 1994 Ultrastructural and cytochemical aspects of the effect of chitosan on decay of bell pepper fruit. Physiol. Mol. Plant Pathol. 44, 417–432.
 El-Mohamedy, R.S.R., Abdel-Kareem, F., Jabnoun-Khiareddine, H., and Daami- Remadi, M. 2014. Chitosan and Trichoderma harzianum as fungicide alternatives for controlling Fusarium crown and root rot of tomato. Tunisian Journal of Plant Protection 9: 31-43.
 Chibu, H.; Shibayama, H.; Arima, S.; Effects of chitosan application on the shoot growth of rice and soybean. Jpn. J. Crop Sci. 2002, 71, 206–211 and . Khan, W.; Prithiviraj, B.; Smith, D.L. Effect of foliar application of chitin and chitosan oligosaccharides on photosynthesis of maize and soybean. Photosynth. Res. 2002, 40, 621–624.
 Kulikov, S.N.; Chirkov, S.N.; Il'ina, A.V.; Lopatin, S.A.; Varlamov, V.P. Effect of the molecular weight of chitosan on its antiviral activity in plants. Prikl Biokhim Mikrobiol. 2006, 42, 224–228.
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Q: Rails sunspot-solr - words with hyphen I'm using the sunspot_rails gem and everything is working perfect so far but: I'm not getting any search results for words with a hyphen.
Example:
The string "tron" returns a lot of results(the word mentioned in all articles is e-tron)
The string "e-tron" returns 0 results even though this is the correct word mentioned in all my articles.
My current schema.xml config:
    <fieldType name="text" class="solr.TextField" omitNorms="false">
  <analyzer type="index">
    <tokenizer class="solr.StandardTokenizerFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.StandardFilterFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.LowerCaseFilterFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.EdgeNGramFilterFactory" minGramSize="2" maxGramSize="15" side="front"/>
  </analyzer>
  <analyzer type="query">
    <tokenizer class="solr.StandardTokenizerFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.StandardFilterFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.LowerCaseFilterFactory"/>
  </analyzer>
</fieldType>

What I want: The behaviour for the search string tron is okay of course, but I also want to have the correct matches for the search string e-tron.

A: The problem is that solr.StandardTokenizerFactory is splitting words by hyphens so "e-tron" generates the tokens "e", "tron". Presumably "e" is lost as solr.TextField filters with a minimum token size of 2.
This is one example that would show your specific problem.
<fieldType name="text" class="solr.TextField" omitNorms="false">
  <analyzer type="index">
    <tokenizer class="solr.WhitespaceTokenizerFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.WordDelimiterFilterFactory" preserveOriginal="1" />
    <filter class="solr.LowerCaseFilterFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.EdgeNGramFilterFactory" minGramSize="2" maxGramSize="15" side="front"/>
  </analyzer>
  <analyzer type="query">
    <tokenizer class="solr.WhitespaceTokenizerFactory"/>
    <filter class="solr.WordDelimiterFilterFactory" preserveOriginal="1" />
    <filter class="solr.LowerCaseFilterFactory"/>
  </analyzer>
</fieldType>

*

*solr.WhitespaceTokenizerFactory will generate tokens on whitespace. ["e-tron"]

*solr.WordDelimiterFilterFactory will split on hyphens but also preserve the original word. ["e", "tron", "e-tron"]

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package hdd

import (
	"strings"
	"errors"
	"os/exec"
	linuxproc "github.com/c9s/goprocinfo/linux"
	"unicode"
)
type Partition struct {
	Name			string			//e.g. sda1
	Path 			string			//e.g. /dev/sda1
	Number 			string			//e.g. 1
	Type 			string			//e.g. disk, part, crypt
	Size			string			//e.g. 1000204886016 alles in byte
	Free 			uint64			//%TODO

	MountPoint		string			//e.g. /tmp
	Status 			string 			//e.g. running
	Label 			string
	FSType 			string			//e.g. ext4, LVM2_member, swap
	UUID			string			//e.g. 8a7c2183-f8e4-4c20-8f5a-d7cb1c6196b6
	Owner 			string
	Group 			string
	Mode 			string			//e.g. brw-rw----

	/*Only Detectable in root Mode*/
	StartMB			string			//e.g. 10GB Für parted //%TODO
	EndMB			string

	PhysicalVolume	PhysicalVolume	// nil wenn mountpoint und visa versa

	Diskstat 		linuxproc.DiskStat

}

func (p *Partition) CreateLuksContainer(pwfile string) (LUKS, error){
	l := LUKS{Part:*p, KeyFile:pwfile}
	l.LuksFormat()
	l.LuksOpen()

	return l, nil
}

//Make sure, that the partitiontabel is not dos
func (p *Partition) SetLabel(s string) (error){
	h, err := p.GetHarddrive()
	if err != nil {
		log.Error(err.Error())
		return  err
	}

	cmd := sudo + " parted " + h.Path + " name " + p.Number + " " + s
	log.Info(cmd)

	parts := strings.Fields(cmd)
	head := parts[0]
	parts = parts[1:len(parts)]

	_, err = exec.Command(head, parts...).Output()
	if err != nil {
		log.Error(err.Error())
		return  err
	}

	return nil
}

func (p *Partition) GetAllContainer() (error) {//%TODO
	return nil
}

func (p *Partition) CreateFileSystem(fs string) (error) {
	cmdfs := ""
	switch fs {
	case "swap":
		cmdfs = "mkfs."
	case "ntfs":
		cmdfs = "mkfs.ntfs"
	case "ext4":
		cmdfs = "mkfs.ext4"
	case "zfs":
		cmdfs = "mkfs.zfs"
	default:
		return errors.New("Please provide a valid FileSystem")
	}

	cmd := sudo + " " + cmdfs + " " + p.Path
	log.Info(cmd)

	parts := strings.Fields(cmd)
	head := parts[0]
	parts = parts[1:len(parts)]

	_, err := exec.Command(head, parts...).Output()
	if err != nil {
		log.Error(err.Error())
		return  err
	}

	return nil
}

func (p *Partition) CreateNewPhysicalVolume()(error){
	if p.IsPhysicalVolume() == true {return errors.New("Contains already Physical Volume")}

	ph, err := CreateNewPhysicalVolumeFromString(p.Path, "")
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	p.PhysicalVolume = ph

	return nil
}

func (p *Partition) CreateNewPhysicalVolumeWithCMD(cmd string)(error){
	if p.IsPhysicalVolume() == true {return errors.New("Contains already Physical Volume")}

	ph, err := CreateNewPhysicalVolumeFromString(p.Path, cmd)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}
	p.PhysicalVolume = ph

	return nil
}

func (p *Partition) GetHarddrive() (Harddrive, error){
	h := Harddrive{}

	array, err := GetAllHarddrives()
	if err != nil {
		log.Error(err.Error())
		return h, err
	}

	for _, a := range array{
		for _, x := range a.Part{
			if x.Path == p.Path{
				a.init()
				return a, nil
			}
		}
	}
	log.Warning("No Harddrive Found")
	return h, errors.New("No Harddrive Found")
}

func (p *Partition) GetPhysicalVolume() (error){
	a, err :=GetPhysicalVolumeByString(p.Path)
	if err != nil {
		return err
	}

	p.PhysicalVolume = a
	return nil
}

func (p *Partition) IsPhysicalVolume() (bool){
	_, err :=GetPhysicalVolumeByString(p.Path)
	if err != nil {
		return false
	}
	return true
}

func GetPartitionFromString(PartDir string) (Partition, error){
	p := Partition{}

	hArray, err := GetAllHarddrives()
	if err != nil {
		log.Error(err.Error())
		return p, err
	}

	for _, h := range hArray {
		h.GetAllPartitions()
		if (len(h.Part)) > 0 {
			for _, pp := range h.Part {
				if pp.Path == PartDir {
					p = pp
				}
			}
		}
	}

	if p.Name == ""{
		log.Warning("No Partition Found")
		return p, errors.New("No Partitions found")
	}

	return p, nil
}

func GetAllMountedPartitions() ([]Partition, error){
	var Array []Partition

	data, err := GetAllMountedPartitionsAsStrings()
	if err != nil {
		log.Error(err.Error())
		return Array, err
	}

	for _, d := range data {
		p := Partition{}
		p, err = GetPartitionFromString(d)
		if err != nil {
			log.Error(err.Error())
			return Array, err
		}
		Array = append(Array, p)
	}

	return Array, nil
}

func GetAllMountedPartitionsAsStrings() ([]string, error){
	var a []string

	data, err := exec.Command("grep", "^/dev/", "/proc/self/mounts").Output()
	if err != nil {
		log.Error(err.Error())
		return a, err
	}

	lines := strings.Split(string(data), "\n")

	for _, line := range lines {
		if line == ""{continue}

		fields := strings.Fields(line)

		t, _ := isStringValidPartition(fields[0])
		if t == true{
			a = append(a, fields[0])
		}

	}

	return a, nil
}

func GetAllPartitionsByString(HDDDir string) ([]Partition, error){
	var x = 0
	funcf := func(c rune) bool {
		if (c == '"'){
			x = x + 1
			x = x % 2
		}
		if (x == 0){ return unicode.IsSpace(c)}	 // " is nicht offen
		return false							 // ein " ist offen
	}

	Array := []Partition{}
	data, err := exec.Command("lsblk", "-P", "-o", lsblkcmd,HDDDir).Output()
	if err != nil {
		log.Error(err.Error())
		return Array, err
	}

	out := string(data)
	lines := strings.Split(out, "\n")

	for _, line := range lines {
		if line == "" {break;}
		fields := strings.FieldsFunc(line, funcf)

		if !(clean(fields[0],"NAME") == "NAME"){
			if (clean(fields[5],"TYPE") == "part") {//Partition
				e := fields[0][len(fields[0])-1:]

				a := linuxproc.DiskStat{Name:clean(fields[0], "NAME")}
				p := Partition{Number:e, Name:clean(fields[0], "NAME"), Path:"/dev/" + clean(fields[0], "NAME"), Diskstat:a,
					MountPoint:clean(fields[6], "MOUNTPOINT"), UUID:clean(fields[7], "UUID"), Owner:clean(fields[8], "OWNER"), Group:clean(fields[9], "GROUP"),
					Mode:clean(fields[10], "MODE"), Type:clean(fields[5], "TYPE"), Size:clean(fields[3], "SIZE"), Status:clean(fields[11], "STATE"),
					FSType:clean(fields[13], "FSTYPE"), Label:clean(fields[14], "LABEL")}

				Array = append(Array, p)
			}
		}
	}

	//fmt.Println(Array)
	return Array, nil
}

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Women Peacebuilders in Yemen Advocate for the Re-Opening of Al-Riyyan Airport
The Hadhramaut women's peacebuilding group meeting with the Director General of the Al-Riyyan airport in January 2019.
Gender, Women and Democracy
The civil war in Yemen has been labeled the worst humanitarian crisis in the world. According to the UN's Office for Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), 24 million of Yemen's 29 million people are in immediate need of humanitarian assistance. Still, despite the difficulties, women peacebuilders in Yemen are working tirelessly to alleviate the suffering of their communities.
Yemeni citizens lack access to medical supplies and foodstuffs and do not have freedom of movement throughout the country or internationally. The conflict between the internationally recognized government and Ansar Allah (also called "Houthis") forces has left entire areas of the country isolated and deprived of basic necessities.
The Al-Riyyan International Airport in the coastal city of Mukalla (the capital of the Hadhramaut governorate) was closed in April 2015 after Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) overtook the city. Despite the city's liberation from AQAP the following year, the airport and the eastern Dhuba road remained closed. Without access to the airport, citizens in Mukalla have to travel over 200 miles on hazardous roads to the airport in Sayoun. For patients with severe medical conditions, this journey is dangerous or impossible.
"The case of my son was critical and he required oxygen all the time. Doctors could not diagnose his disease and we had to travel to Egypt for treatment," said a Yemeni woman from Mukalla, which was 200 miles from the nearest open airport. "On the way to Sayoun, he passed away."
yemen_women_peacebuiders.jpg
The women's peacebuilding group presenting on their advocacy campaign to key stakeholders and community members in March
Women's groups in the Taiz, Hadhramaut, and Marib governorates have been pressuring local officials and leaders to re-open humanitarian corridors and airports, and to raise awareness of the dangers of child recruitment into the military. In April, the women's group in Hadhramaut achieved a groundbreaking success when local authorities announced that the Al-Riyyan airport would be officially re-opened. "This accomplishment demonstrates the potential for women's empowerment and successful grassroots organization in the midst of conflict", said Les Campbell, Regional Director of the Middle East North Africa program at NDI.
Over the past year, NDI has provided technical and financial support to the women's peacebuilding team in Mukalla as they designed, launched and completed their advocacy campaign to re-open the Al-Riyyan airport. Their campaign followed a two-pronged approach: holding meetings with key stakeholders and decision-makers to apply pressure to re-open the airport, and utilizing creative means to raise community awareness and generate public support for the campaign's initiative.
In January after four months of advocacy, the governor of Hadhramaut accompanied the peacebuilding team on a field visit to the Al-Riyyan airport. This visit was covered by local media and television stations, and broadcast widely on social media. "Through networking and advocacy, the [women's group] was able to convey their demands to local government representatives and decision-makers in a peaceful manner...these women deserve to occupy senior leadership positions," said the deputy governor for youth affairs in Hadhramaut.
During the closing ceremony of the advocacy campaign a member of the Hadhramaut women's group proclaimed, "We were able to prove that women can make a difference. We have successfully achieved the goals we had when we started the project and will continue to address various community priority issues."
Simultaneously, the women's group utilized art and community gatherings as a medium for awareness-raising and advocacy. They produced a short stop-motion animation film titled "The Longest Way to Our Dreams", which portrays a young girl who suffers a life-altering car crash and is unable to seek medical attention due to the airport's closure. As a result, she loses the ability to walk and is confined to a wheelchair.
Throughout their campaign period, the women's group also held community gatherings in Hadhramaut where people affected by the road and airport closures could gather and share their stories. The women's group compiled ten of these personal accounts into a booklet called "Unforgettable." Populated with stories, children's drawings and poems, the booklet is a human depiction of the suffering caused by the conflict in Yemen. The women's group printed and distributed the booklet to thousands of key stakeholders throughout Hadhramaut, including English translations for international organizations such as OXFAM and CARE International. "In addition to generating national and international attention, this initiative was also a form of community healing and solidarity for the people of Hadhramaut", said Jeffrey England, Deputy Regional Director of the Middle East North Africa team at NDI.
In addition to their work as community activists, several of NDI's women peacebuilding partners have achieved national-level recognition by assisting in the mediation of prisoner exchanges between the warring parties and serving on the advisory council to UN Special Envoy Martin Griffiths.
In a final culmination of the women's group's advocacy efforts, the governor of Hadhramaut directed all airport staff and personnel to resume their positions starting on April 21. The airport schedule consists of a weekly flight from Mukalla to Socotra, an island off the coast of Mukalla, and to Aden, the recognized capital of the government led by Abd Rabu Mansur Hadi. There will also be international flights to Cairo, Amman and Muscat beginning in June.
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How can we come to the United States immediately?
I have Jordanian nationality and am married to an Egyptian accountant. We live in Egypt and we have a four month old American son. We are exposed to religious persecution and terrorism in Egypt, and are afraid for our son and want him to live a safe life in the United States. My husband does not have a U.S. visa and my visa will end in 2017. If we apply for the EB-5 visa, do we have any options to immediately come to the United States and to remain there until we receive green cards? We feel that we are in great danger.
The best option for you may be to apply as refugees from outside the United States. Your minor U.S. citizen son is not able to help you immigrate to the United States until he becomes 21 years old and is able to sponsor you as parents. EB-5 processing times currently are 14+ months and will not allow you to immigrate to the United States immediately until your I-526 petition is approved and you compete the consular processing step for an immigrant visa abroad unless you explore other work visa options available to allow you to come to the United States quickly - for example, the E-2 visa for small business investors and then structure the E-2 business properly to eventually apply for EB-5 inside the United States and ultimately adjust status to conditional permanent residents.
The fact that you are from Jordan is positive in that there is no backlog under the quota. However, once you file your I-526 investor petition, it could take more than 12 months, maybe as long as 18 months for it to be adjudicated given the backlog in the adjudication process with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services. You cannot apply for your and your wife''s immigrant visa until the I-526 petition has been approved. The fact that you have filed the I-526 petition does not enable you or qualify you for any other immigrant visa status. In fact it might make it difficult for you to acquire a B-1/B-2 nonimmigrant visitor visa or F-1 student visa, since in both cases you are required not to intend to immigrate to the United States. The only possibility would be to qualify for a long-term temporary work visa as an intracompany transferee under the L-1 classification or as an H-1B professional if you could find a sponsor, but that is not feasible since there are no H-1B visa numbers available until the next fiscal year effective Oct. 1, 2018. With a smaller direct investment with a bilateral trade agreement between the United States and Jordan and Egypt, you might qualify for an E-2 nonimmigrant visa.
UNHCR is the best organization to contact to see if you will qualify as refugees.
Filing for an EB-5 will ordinarily take 18-24 months to process the green cards and the fact the application is pending gives you no right to stay - in fact it can make it more difficult. You might be eligible for an E-2 investors visa based on a lesser investment amount if you direct and control the business, but that is not a green card; rather it allows you to stay for a fixed period of time depending on reciprocity.
There is no provision to get a visa to come to the United States in order to wait for EB-5 approval. It is currently taking about 14 months for EB-5 approval.


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Love means fading out so another shines brighter.
Right clothes. Right school. Right fiancé. As a Wyndemere, Arian's expected to abide by the rules. The most important: be perfect. But Arian's seemingly flawless life is far from it. An embarrassing expulsion from her father's alma mater spirals an already unhealthy obsession out of control, exposing a dark truth.
Faced with having to attend a small private college after a stint in rehab, Arian's ready to coast under the radar and repair some of the wreckage, but her father's looming control is like a vise choking off her air supply.
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Denver-based Brownfield Partners has started the $22 million demolition and environmental remediation of the former Schlage Lock facility in south San Francisco.
Schlage manufactured door hardware and lock parts on the 13-acre site from 1926 to 1999, and the property became contaminated from its manufacturing processes.
The site, located near Monster Park (formerly Candlestick Park), is now owned by Universal Paragon Corp. as part of its 600-acre, $500 million Brisbane Baylands development.
Over the years, numerous attempts to redevelop the parcel failed because of complicated environmental, legal and financial circumstances. Brownfield Partners created a plan for the demolition and secured the required insurance to cover the environmental and financial risks.
When work is complete in 2011, the redevelopment will include a variety of multi-family residential and commercial uses, as well as open space.
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Caught On A Whim: Unexpected places.
You can find beauty in the most unlikely places. For instance, I found these balls of twine while I was browsing around the hardware store with my husband. Amidst the hammers, screws and nails sat these bright little balls just beckoning for me to take them home. Of course, I had to grab three... one in every color. I'm sure they have some other purpose, but I snatched them up for.... well, crafting of course.


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We are proud to announce the upcoming launch of the new LSV Swim Teacher course. Officially known as 'SISSS00112 Swimming and Water Safety Teacher', the course is the nationally recognised training for swim teachers in Victoria.
The two-day, face-to-face course will be available from October 2019, following final trials in partnership with YMCA Victoria, Belgravia Leisure and Aligned Leisure during September. A blended version of the course (including online learning and a one-day face-to-face) is currently being finalised for release later in the year. The final stage of the initial rollout will be the development of the 'Babies and Toddler' and the 'Access Disability' courses in early 2020.
The LSV Swim Teacher course will be delivered in six easy to follow modules:
Water safety and aquatic rescue
Role of a swim teacher
Teaching and learning strategies
Water familiarisation
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LSV has worked with swimming experts (including Olympic Champion Mack Horton) during the development of the course content, and key industry personnel in the design of the LSV Swim Teacher License. The objective is to ensure best practice information is provided in a flexible manner to enable a clear and supported pathway into the industry.
Andy Dennis, General Manager: Public Training and Pool Safety says the points of difference with LSV's course will include a flexible approach to learning, an online portal to monitor PD activities and free CPR courses for LSV Licensed Swim Teachers. says.
"Furthermore, a new approach to Swim Teacher trainee hours is planned as part of a broader Industry engagement project," he said.
LSV CEO Nigel Taylor says LSV's move into the swim teacher training space aligns with key drowning prevention strategies that are consistently identified at state, national and international levels.
"We're pleased to be able to support the Victorian Aquatic Industry by offering cost-effective access to high-quality Swim Teacher training, that will assist in addressing the increasing demand for Swim Teachers," he said.
To see information on the Swim Teacher course please contact the team on 03 9676 6950 or monitor https://training.lsv.com.au/ for the release of upcoming courses.
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Discussion in 'other anti-malware software' started by curious george, Jun 9, 2008.
Alright, so im faced with the dilemma that maybe some of you can help me out of. I've been using BO clean from comodo for some time now, but i was wondering if i should revert back to threat fire...whats your opinion?
Any reason not to use both?
They seem to get along ok on my W2k machine. With TF being a behavioral detector and Boclean a blacklist scanner they should not overlap functions.
Or is it possible they could conflict when something is detected?
B) TF checks the nti virus data base after an intrusion has occured.
Hmmm... You misunderstood. He is asking about Boclean not CFP. Thread is named wrongly though.
BTW I am curious to know if these issues are still there. Any one please?
TF is far superior to BOClean.
You're right. Thanks for the correction aigle.


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DOI https://doi.org/10.1201/b18604
SubjectsComputer Science, Mathematics & Statistics
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Since the start of modern computing, the studies of living organisms have inspired the progress in developing computers and intelligent machines. In particular, the methods of search and foraging are the benchmark problems for robotics and multi-agent systems. The highly developed theory of search and screening involves optimal search plans that ar
Methods of Optimal Search and Screening
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"Puo". The elderly woman stands up from her seat as I enter the crowded bus. "No. No. Ecco." A younger woman gets up from next to her and allows the elderly woman to remain seated. I am 7 months pregnant, and accept the offer of the seat. Keeping one's balance on a crowded Italian bus is tough on any given day, even more so when you are great with child. The old woman briefly places her hand on my stomach and smiles. I smile back. I'm not one to be bothered by strangers touching my belly and I've become accustom to this sort of treatment by the Italians. It was the attention I craved and never received while pregnant with my first child here in the States. I would show up at a crowded Mass only to stand on my feet for an hour. My pregnant belly was rarely acknowledged. I was not looking for hand outs and I'm not pulling an entitlement card here, but it seems like common courtesy to let a pregnant woman have your seat.
Public transportation is the norm in Europe, so it just might be the unwritten rule that one gives up their seat to an elderly or handicapped person or a pregnant woman. But it wasn't just the bus where I received preferential treatment. I constantly had strangers patting my stomach. I was offered seats in restaurants, to cut in line at the grocery store, brought right to the front of security at the airport. It wasn't 100 percent of the time, but enough to notice. Is it just that Americans have no manners, or is something else going on here?
Seeing a pregnant woman in Italy was a rare occurrence. Living there for a year, I can count the number of them that I saw, on one hand. Being pregnant seems to raise you to celebrity status. A sighting causes excitement.
Despite it's deep Roman Catholic roots, the use of contraceptives in Italy is great, making it one of the most infertile countries in the industrialized world. Women choose not to be wives and mothers; choosing instead to pursue only a career. Many couples have moved to the city, where children are seen as an inconvenience rather than a blessing. But treating the random pregnant women with the respect they do, makes me wonder if deep down they actually crave the presence of children.
Maybe, it's not because we Americans are as ill mannered as I thought. Perhaps, we are spoiled (for now) by the pregnant women that we do have. The birthrate in America is dropping below the "replacement rate" and I wonder if in the not too distant future, we too will be craving the presence of children and pregnant women. Let's open our eyes and see our children as blessings. Because in so many ways, we cannot have a future without having children.
In the U.S., I have been treated *very* kindly when great with child! Including two cars going opposite directions that stopped 45-mile-an-hour traffic in both directions to let me cross the street. 🙂 I'm sorry your experience was different!
Or perhaps that's an indication that we are already craving children?


Over 30 tourism operators in Port Douglas and Cairns have joined the pledge to ban the use of plastic straws by businesses within the Great Barrier Reef. Australians use approximately 10 million straws every day which eventually make their way into our waterways and oceans where they damage corals and kill marine life. Nicole Nash is a marine biologist who founded The Last Straw on the Great Barrier Reef initiative in an attempt to remove all plastic straws off commercial vessels operating on the Great Barrier Reef.
"Straws are something that people don't think twice about using. They just get one in their drink and don't think about the environmental impacts and the fact that the straw will outlive them," Ms Nash said.
According to Ms Nash, single use plastic straws end up in the bellies of turtles and other marine life, causing them harm and resulting in their death. The 'Last Straw' initiative encourages commercial vessels and resorts operating on the Great Barrier Reef to remove all single use plastic straws and to promote the use of plastic-free alternatives. Ms Nash wants businesses to consider their single-use plastic consumption to help reduce the likelihood of straws ending up in the ocean.
Plastic is not only responsible for killing sea creatures, it also damages and kills coral. According to a study by the Australian Research Council (ARC), plastic was found to massively increase the risk of disease in 159 coral reefs throughout the Asia-Pacific region.
Dr Joleah Lamb from the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies said that coral which come into contact with plastic have an 89 per cent chance of becoming diseased, comparted to only 4 per cent of corals that were not touched by plastic waste.
"There's an estimated 11.1 billion pieces of plastic rubbish on the reefs in the [Asia-Pacific] area." Dr Lamb said.
Ms Nash said this was just the first step in changing things. Her campaign will stretch far beyond north Queensland, with her sights firmly set on the Whitsundays next, she hopes to cover the entire Great Barrier Reef area.


Working with school children, hear of the Waste project at Western Springs College in Auckland as a precursor to larger initiatives regarding Recycling, Landfill and Food scraps.
Co author and compiler of the book 'Carbon Neutral by 2020 with Quentin Atkinson; this has had superb reviews in this country, we hear how quickly it came together with a large number of expert contributors laying out most of the possibilities for NZ to become truly a sustainable green country by 2020.
As a psychologist she notes that humans need to belong and have warm human relationships, and be effective by doing something successfully that validates us and have the integrity to feel that we can be who we are, (or who I am).
Working in groups of people such as Transition Towns can really validate oneself and give feelings of belonging.
Niki as a tireless worker for social justice with loads of enthusiasm, lays out possibilities to engage in social, political and especially ecological change and inspires us all to never give up!


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HONG KONG (SE): Although becoming fewer in number, the presence of religious from various congregations and secular institutes of consecrated life are a precious part of the life of the Church, John Cardinal Tong Hon told a Mass celebrated at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception to mark the end of the Year of Consecrated Life on February 2.
HONG KONG (SE): On January 1, the World Day of Peace, John Cardinal Tong Hon urged people to be concerned with the various issues affecting the world and break the wall of indifference.
The bishop of Hong Kong concelebrated the Mass of the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, with Auxiliary Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing and other priests of the diocese, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Caine Road.
HONG KONG (SE): Although world leaders gathered in Paris for the United Nations Conference of Parties on Climate Change say that the eyes of the world are on them, judging by the scant coverage in some newspapers most eyes are probably looking elsewhere.
HONG KONG (SE): "Greatness lies in bringing people to God and that is why we venerate the life of St. Columban," Bishop Joseph Ha Chi-shing said at a Mass marking the 1,400th anniversary of the death of the sixth and seventh century saint celebrated at St. Joseph's in Central on November 21.
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The year was described as being a time to consciously make an extra effort to live out the meaning of mercy in action.
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Move away from the earthy greens of autumn and the festive greens of winter and instead opt for a soft pastel or mint green. Our sage, mint or avocado ties are ideal for bringing a soft splash of colour to a formal outfit, and look especially good when paired with a grey suit.
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Of course this is just a small selection of what we have to offer at Ties R Us. We have many other high quality ties throughout our site in the perfect pastel and spring shades, and as they're all available in a variety of sizes and styles there's bound to be one to suit you and your event. Happy browsing!


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There's always plenty of excitement in Elmhurst…winter, summer, spring or fall. Join the festivities every month of the year, with special events, performances and activities such as the St. Patrick's Day Parade, Art in the Park, the Pet Parade, the Explore Elmhurst Express Trolley, the Garden Walk and so much more.
Explore the colorful and rich history at the Elmhurst History Museum or the Elmhurst Art Museum with its McCormick House designed and built by Mie van der Rohe. Visit the Lizzadro Museum of Lapidary Art with its extraordinary exhibitions of gems and gemstone carvings dating back to the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644).
Shop and play in the bustling downtown, Elmhurst City Centre, which offers everything from urban boutiques to bowling, movies and exciting events. Give your taste buds a treat at over fifty delicious, delightful, delectable restaurants with cuisine from around the world. Revel to sounds of Mozart Beethoven and Mahler at the Elmhurst Symphony Orchestra. Take a leisurely walk, bike ride or jog down the pastoral 37-mile Illinois Prairie Path. View a "living museum" of indigenous plants and animals at the Great Western Prairie, or visit the city's impressive library in Wilder Park. Take time to smell the roses (and the Carmine Crab Apple, Bradford Pear and Chinese Dogwood) at the Elmhurst College Arboretum. Within this website, find more information on local shopping, dining, events and attractions in Elmhurst.
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Q: Synchronize blink animation for UITableViewCells I want special UITableViewCells to blink its borders. The problem is I can't synchronize borders blinking and my cells blink "randomly".
Here's what I have tried. I have self.borderAnimationStartDate to set initial time point. I add blinking animation when cell will be displayed and try to set "time offset" (beginDate) for cell's layer.
- (void)tableView:(UITableView*)tableView willDisplayCell:(UITableViewCell *)cell forRowAtIndexPath:(NSIndexPath *)indexPath
{
    // ...
    if (myCondition)
    {
         Z9EmptySlotCell* emptySlotCell = (Z9EmptySlotCell*)cell;
         emptySlotCell.isNew = YES;

         [emptySlotCell.backgroundCellView.layer addAnimation:self.borderAnimation forKey:@"color"];
         emptySlotCell.backgroundCellView.layer.beginTime = -[[NSDate date] timeIntervalSinceDate:self.borderAnimationStartDate];
        }
    }
}

- (CABasicAnimation*)borderAnimation
{
    if (!_borderAnimation)
    {
        _borderAnimation = [CABasicAnimation animationWithKeyPath:@"borderColor"];
        _borderAnimation.fromValue = (id)[UIColor colorWithRed:255.0/255.0 green:231.0/255.0 blue:153.0/255.0 alpha:1].CGColor;
        _borderAnimation.toValue   = (id)[UIColor clearColor].CGColor;
        _borderAnimation.duration = 2;
        _borderAnimation.repeatCount =  HUGE_VALF;
    }
    return _borderAnimation;
}

A: You can also achieve this functionality by using a NSTimer.
In you viewController, declare the NSTimer as either a property or an instance variable. Let's call it blinkTimer.
blinkTimer = [NSTimer timerWithTimeInterval:2.0 target:self selector:@selector(blinkCells) userInfo:nil repeats:YES];
[blinkTimer fire];

The blinkCells method can animate each visible cell as follows:
-(void)blinkCells
{
    NSArray *cells = [self.tableView visibleCells];

    for (UITableViewCell *cell in cells)
    {
        [cell.layer addAnimation:[self borderAnimation] forKey:@"color"];
    }
}

Make sure to remove the repeatCount line from the [self borderAnimation] method.
EDIT: In order to apply the animation to all the cells, you will need to collect them like so:
NSMutableArray *cells = [[NSMutableArray alloc] init];
for (NSInteger i = 0; i < [self.tableView numberOfSections]; ++i)
{
    for (NSInteger j = 0; j < [self.tableView numberOfRowsInSection:i]; ++j)
    {
        [cells addObject:[self.tableView cellForRowAtIndexPath:[NSIndexPath indexPathForRow:j inSection:i]]];
    }
}

You can collect them initially and store the cells in a property or instance variable.


The Washington Apple Pi Summer Computer Show and Sale ("The Garage Sale") will take place this Saturday, June 14 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM. The event is the largest gathering of Apple and Macintosh enthusiasts in the DC area. This is the place to buy, sell and bargain hardware and software used with Macs, according to the user group.


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Husband Jean Amédée Marie Anatole de Broglie, Prince de Broglie
Daisy Fellowes House, 69 Rue de Lille, 75007 Paris, Francia
The Hon. Daisy Fellowes (née Marguerite Séverine Philippine Decazes de Glücksberg) (29 April 1890 in Paris – 13 December 1962 in Paris),[1] was a celebrated 20th-century society figure, acclaimed beauty, minor novelist and poet, Paris Editor of American Harper's Bazaar, fashion icon, and an heiress to the Singer sewing machine fortune.
She was born in Paris, the only daughter of Isabelle-Blanche Singer (1869–1896) and Jean Élie Octave Louis Sévère Amanieu Decazes (1864–1912), the 3rd Duke Decazes and Glücksberg. Her maternal grandfather was Isaac Merritt Singer, the American sewing-machine pioneer. After her mother's suicide, she and her siblings were largely raised by their maternal aunt Winnaretta Singer, Princess Edmond de Polignac, a noted patron of the arts, particularly music.
Her first husband, whom she married 10 May 1910 in Paris, was Jean Amédée Marie Anatole de Broglie, Prince de Broglie (born in Paris on 27 January 1886). He reportedly died of influenza on 20 February 1918 while serving with the French Army in Mascara, Algeria, though malicious observers gossiped that he actually committed suicide as a result of his homosexuality having been exposed.
Their country estate was Compton Beauchamp House where they raised three daughters:
Princess Emmeline Isabelle Edmée Séverine de Broglie (Neuilly, 16 February 1911 – Onez, Switzerland, 10 September 1986). Married to Marie Alexandre William Alvar de Biaudos, Comte de Castéja (Paris, 6 April 1907 – Paris, 6 July 1983) in Neuilly, 8 November 1932. Accused of collaboration during World War II, Emmeline de Castéja spent five months in the prison at Frèsnes, France.[2]
Princess Isabelle Marguerite Jeanne Pauline de Broglie (Lamorlaye, 27 July 1912 – Geneva, 18 July 1960). Married to Olivier Charles Humbert Marie, Marquis de La Moussaye (La Poterie, 26 Mars 1908 – Paris, 20 October 1988) in Neuilly, 3 June 1931. Divorced in Paris, 13 April 1945. Isabelle de La Moussaye was a novelist.
Princess Jacqueline Marguerite de Broglie (Paris, 5 January 1918 – Crans-Montana, Valais 26 February 1965). Married to Alfred Ignaz Maria Kraus (Sarajevo, 28 November 1908–) in Neuilly, France, 6 October 1941. Divorced in Münster 3 February 1958. After her husband—a Siemens electronics senior manager who served as a counter-espionage agent with the [Abwehr]—[3] was accused of betraying members of the French Resistance during World War II to protect his wife, also a member of the Resistance, Jacqueline Kraus had her head shaved as punishment.[4]
Of her Broglie children, the notoriously caustic Fellowes once said, "The eldest, Emmeline, is like my first husband only a great deal more masculine; the second, Isabelle, is like me without guts; [and] the third, Jacqueline, was the result of a horrible man called Lischmann ...."[5]
Her second husband, whom she married on 9 August 1919 in London, was The Hon. Reginald Ailwyn Fellowes (1884–1953), of Donnington Grove. He was a banker, cousin of Winston Churchill and the son of William Fellowes, 2nd Baron de Ramsey.
They had one child, Rosamond Daisy Fellowes (1921–1998). She married in 1941 (divorced 1945), as her first husband, Captain James Gladstone, and had one son, James Reginald (born 1943). He married Mary Valentine Chiodetti in 1965. She married in 1953 (divorced), as her second husband, Tadeusz Maria Wiszniewski (1917–2005); they had one daughter, Diana Marguerite Mary Wiszniewska (born 1953).
Among Fellowes's lovers was Duff Cooper, the British ambassador to France. She also attempted to seduce Winston Churchill, shortly before marrying his cousin Reginald Fellowes, but failed.[6]
Fellowes wrote several novels and at least one epic poem. Her best-known work is Les dimanches de la comtesse de Narbonne (1931, published in English as "Sundays"). She also wrote the novel Cats in the Isle of Man.
She was known as one of the most daring fashion plates of the 20th century, arguably the most important patron of the surrealist couturier Elsa Schiaparelli. She was also a friend of the jeweller Suzanne Belperron.[7] She was also a longtime customer of jeweller Cartier.[8]
Daisy Fellowes died at her hôtel particulier on the Rue de Lille number 69, Paris[9]
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On the Road to Being: St Maximus the Confessor' Syn-odical Ontology
Dionysios Skliris
Тhe present volume articulates a "dromic ontology", based on the thought of Saint Maximus the Confessor. The meaning of this ontology is that being is not perfect in the beginning, but is expected to be realized after a historical trajectory ("δρόμος") at the end of History. In this sense, we are not yet "beings". We are "on the road" to being, which will be achieved in the future. This "ontology of the way" is based on a relevant "ontology of the mode". The conjunction of the two complementary approaches is that History is an itinerary (δρόμος) in which takes place a dialogue between on the one hand God's logoi, i.e. God's will for an accomplishment of nature in the future, and, on the other, man's modes, i.e. man's modifications of nature in response to the divine call. The locus of this dialogue par excellence is Christ Who by becoming a man assumes both the divine logoi and novel surprising modifications (tropoi) of the created nature, thus promoting the historical dialogue in unexpected ways. The work of this volume is first of all a philological investigation of Maximian terms, the ways they are used in different contexts, their syntagmatic and paradigmatic relations etc. The evolution in the use of these terms in relation to similar but also different uses by other Fathers before and after Saint Maximus is also of great interest. After this philological investigation comes a theological analysis of Saint Maximus' vision about what salvation is. Dionysios Skliris received a doctorate in the thought of St. Maximus the Confessor from the University Paris IV- Sorbonne. He studied classics and theology at the University of Athens and completed a Master's degree in Late Antique Philosophy and Byzantine History at the University of London (King's College) as well as a Master's degree in Byzantine Literature at the University of Paris (Sorbonne – Paris IV).
Category: Spiritual Counsels
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Leaders of Pittsburgh VA say water system safe from Legionnaires'
Since Legionnaires' is a form of pneumonia, he didn't feel he could risk contracting the disease.
Pittsburgh VA officials had veterans like Mr. Eason in mind Wednesday when they invited a reporter to hear all that they have done to make sure its water is safe and stop the outbreak that sickened 21 patients and killed five in 2011 and 2012.
"We really do want to get the word out," Pittsburgh VA director Terry Wolf said. "We want our veterans to continue to come to us."
She made her comments during an interview with the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette that also included regional VA director Michael Moreland and Ali Sonel, Pittsburgh VA's chief of staff, in their first public comments on the outbreak.
In addition to extra testing of the water for the Legionella bacteria and additional treatment of the water with chlorine, the Pittsburgh VA is spending $10 million to install new "mixing valves" on every shower head and faucet at its hospital in Oakland and H.J. Heinz health care facility near Aspinwall. That will allow the VA to increase the water temperature to 140 degrees to help kill Legionella.
The VA is spending $750,000 to map its water system and locate and get rid of "dead legs" that can be a source of Legionella by allowing stagnant water to fester, and building a database of its faucets and shower heads to track problems by examining their Legionella growth, temperature and pH levels.
Perhaps most important, the officials said, all the extra work and testing and treatment has continued to keep the Legionella bacteria under control. There has not been a Legionnaires' case that began at a VA facility since November, Dr. Sonel said.
In a change in protocol, if a patient is suspected to have pneumonia, he or she is given not only the urinary antigen test, but a sputum (mucus) test to determine Legionnaires'. The sputum tests -- which had not been regularly performed until the outbreak occurred -- can also be used to grow a Legionella culture that can then be compared to a sample of the bacteria in the hospital's water to see if the disease was contracted in the building.
Dr. Sonel said that more than 1,000 samples have been taken from water faucets, shower heads and other areas, 2 percent of which tested positive for Legionella.
That is a safe finding in any setting, since Legionella is present in many water systems and the goal is to keep the percentage down to minimize the risk of contact.
"Everything you do to maintain Legionella is to manage risk," Mr. Moreland said. "You can't eradicate it."
Mrs. Wolf said the Pittsburgh VA is still evaluating how to treat its water. It is exploring long-term methods such as using chlorine dioxide to replace the chlorination system now in place.
But the VA probably won't go back to the copper-silver ionization treatment system it was using when the outbreak occurred, she said. "I think we're very hesitant to go back to copper-silver because we believe it failed us," she said.
Water treatment consultants and current and former VA employees believe that the copper-silver system failed because Pittsburgh VA employees were not maintaining it properly.
Dr. Sonel does not believe that.
When the CDC came to Pittsburgh in November to analyze the problem, tests found that there were proper level of copper and silver in the water and it was not killing enough of the Legionella to be safe, Dr. Sonel said.
Despite all of that, as well as several completed and ongoing investigations into the outbreak, Mrs. Wolf said: "We have not been able to definitively say what caused the outbreak. We really can't say if it was the copper-silver, new construction, or the people [at the VA]."
For now, none of that is enough for Mr. Eason, who said he would go back only "if they could get an independent source to go in there and find that everything is fine, then I'd believe it."
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I attended the show at the Hard Rock Live and Stevie was fantastic! She came on stage a few minutes late due to some technical issues. She apologized to the crowd. She opened with Enchanted and the show continued. I can't remember the exact order of the songs but she did play Stop Draggin My Heart Around, Stand Back, Fall from Grace (which was my favorite), Sorcerer, Dreams and others. She closed with Beauty and the Beast and her voice is still phenomenal. Keep rocking Stevie! I would like to comment about the crowd at the show. I found it extremely annoying that people were yelling at us to "sit down". We could not stand very much at all during the concert and I was very disappointed. Stevie, when you do come back, please go to a different venue where we can stand up.
I attended the concert at Hard Rock Live and had 3rd row, center stage seats. Stevie was great in spite of some technical difficulty for her. She said, and I quote, "F****N Technology." Her voice was better than ever. The set was similar to previous concerts. I was a guest at the Hard Rock Hotel and noticed a large picture of Stevie hanging behind the Registration Desk where you check in. Unlike the Hard Rock Hotel in Orlando which has a framed costume belonging to Stevie, I didn't see any other articles belonging to her or Fleetwood Mac at this Hotel. I wonder what Stevie's thoughts are regarding the tragedy of Anna Nicole Smith which was unfolding in this very hotel where all of us were at the conert.
I was at the Hard Rock show on 2/6/07. I am a new fan to Stevie. Always knew who she was and loved Fleetwood Mac but was not that into her. My co-worker is a super fan and I had heard about her performances from other people about how good she is so I went. I listened to her albums for about a month before the show and was ready for a terrific show. Had great seats on the floor - about 10 rows in. very lucky. her voice is beautiful, she looked stunning and the show was magical. it was a very personal show and I was so grateful to share in that moment with Stevie with her band. the band was phenomenal as well. every song was great and I loved her costume changes. the only negative comment I have is about the crowd. I stood up for the entire show and enjoyed the music. I can't tell you how many people yelled at me to sit down or said I was irritating. frankly, I don't understand it but there were a few of us who could not contain our excitement and had to express ourselves. thank you fred for posting the set list. in case you didn't hear me that tuesday night - I LOVE YOU STEVIE!!!!
WOW IS ALL I CAN SAY...STEVIE IS TIMELESS AND MORE BEAUTIFUL THEN EVER...STEVIE WAS DRESSED ALL IN BLACK AND THAT JUST SHOWED OFF HER TINY FIGURE...ALMOST THE SAME AS WHEN I SAW HER YEARS AGO...HER ENERGY CONTINUES AND HER VOICE IS FLAWLESS...THE USE OF IMAGES BEHIND HER ON THE BIG SCREEN WAS REFRESHING...TO SEE STEVIE TWIRL ON SCREEN AND SWAY ON STAGE WAS BREATHTAKING...ME AND MY WIFE DID NOT MIND THE BEGINNING WAIT AS THE SHOW STARTED ABOUT 4O MINUTES LATE BUT STEVIE APOLOGIZING WAS EXTREMELY NICE AND CARING...MY WIFE WAS SO PLEASED WITH THE ENCORE PERFORMANCE BEING BEAUTY AND THE BEAST... THE OLD SILENT MOVIE OF BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ON THE BIG SCREEN AND STEVIE IN BLACK CAPE AND SCARLETT BRAIDS WAS SURREAL!!!...I WAS THROWN AWAY AND MY WIFE WAS SO PLEASANTLY PLEASED...SHE HAD BEEN WAITING TO HEAR THAT SONG ALL NIGHT...NEXT YEAR WILL BE ME AND THE WIFES 25TH ANNIVERSARY AND WE DO PLAN TO CELEBRATE IT AT A STEVIE NICKS CONCERT...SO HINT HINT PLEASE CONTINUE TOURING STEVIE WE LOVE YOU!!!...KEEP ROCKING AND BEING THE GREAT PERFORMER THAT YOU HAVE BEEN AND WILL ALWAYS BE!!!


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Save the Children receives a letter from one of its donors, Ms. Elaine Cua. She shares her story of how she became a child rights advocate.
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I was walking alone inside Fishermall, waiting for my hubby. I then saw a small red kiosk.
Who ever thought that a simple stroll at the mall would help me find my path towards a truly meaningful advocacy?
A girl named Karen approached me and introduced an organization called Save the Children.
I learned that Karen is a fundraising frontliner, whose goal is to spread awareness about children's rights – while also raising funds for children's programs.
While Karen was talking to me, I felt something inside in me. In that very moment, I realized that I really wanted to help people, especially children.
Children around us
Every day, I see street children begging for money.
These children are not wearing proper clothes and are not attending school. Many of them go through a whole day without eating anything.
Whenever I see them, I always wonder where their parents are. Why are these children suffering? I feel so much empathy for them.
This is why I'm eager to help children. Our future as a nation, after all, will depend on them.
So it's up to us to help educate the country's most vulnerable children. Together, we can provide the care and attention they never had.
I'm so thankful to be introduced to Save the Children.
I'm also thankful to learn that there are many others like me – who are eager to support children for as long as we can.
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1. Encourage a young person close to you to visit a local DV shelter to learn more about interpersonal violence.
Domestic Violence shelters can provide you with information on how to get involved in advocacy, provide you with information on prevention and risk reduction to share, and may be able to bring a presentation to your agency. Most shelters have volunteer programs that train you to answer hotlines and provide community outreach.
Help end violence against women, men, children, everyone by serving at your local anti-violence agency.


I have seen many beautifully written, bittersweet accounts of watching your "last baby" grow up. This will be the last time you experience those first fluttery kicks. This will be the last time you bring a newborn home. This will be the last time you watch your baby take first steps. This will be the last time your child smiles at you for the first time. My son is my first, but I know this feeling intimately. While he is my first he is also my last, my only child, and I am keenly aware of this precious and strange duality.
I can already hear you shouting at your screen "but he's only one! you'll change your mind!" or "how can you do that to him, he needs a sibling to grow up with!" To the first I say, I know that I only want one child in the same deep, soulful knowing that I knew I wanted to spend the rest of my life with my husband. Each time my husband and I talk about our choice to only have one child, we walk away from the conversation more excited about and sure of the decision, and I ask that you please respect that. I will talk about all our reasons another day; today I just want to reflect on the realities of raising an only child that have come up so far in our journey.
To the second worry, that my son needs a sibling; I want to assure you that we are accounting for his need for life long companionship and adjusting our lives accordingly. We moved to a very kid friendly neighborhood, walking distance to a beach, playground, and community school, to a house with a big yard and a basement we plan to finish into a movie/exercise/music space someday. This stretched our finances farther than they were in our previous home, but knowing he will be an only, we want our home to be a place other kids and families feel welcome. This is a really privileged choice to be able to make, and certainly not the only way to raise an only child, but it's an opportunity we had as a family that I am very grateful for. As parents we want to create an environment that is welcoming to everyone, and hopefully by having this home we can be a place our son's friends will feel like they are always welcome for a meal or a safe space, and our son's childhood will not be a lonely one.
We have a good friend who is an only child, and this summer we asked him for his advice on raising one. He was happy to oblige, but confused; my husband is an only child, why were we asking our friend for advice? My husband grew up an only child, but I don't think either of us really ever think of him as one. He grew up with his best friend in the same apartment building in NYC, their parents were part of the same community. They have a closer relationship than many siblings I know. After my husband's parents have passed away, he will not be without family, because of this wonderful brother he has shared his life with. In part because of this deep connection they share, we also understand with more gravity the importance of staying connected to our friends, especially as they have their own children. As my son outgrows his clothes, I delight in packing them up for friends babies. I also am grateful for and work to maintain our connections to our friends who choose not to have any children at all, and who love being honorary aunts and uncles to my son, with a different energy and experience than grown ups with their own kids. Despite being a family of three, I feel confident my son can grow up feeling surrounded and supported by a bustling, chosen, multi-generational family.
There are ways in which I fear I will always feel like less of a parent than parents with multiple kids. There are many struggles of parenting I will never face, and many joys I will not know because of our choice to have just one child. Despite this, I am deeply grateful to have known from the beginning that my son is both my first and last child. When my son turned one, I was acutely aware I would never be the mama of a baby again, and I both celebrated and mourned the transition. All at once I am constantly experiencing the wonder of the newness of parenting, and feeling the poignant gratitude, allowing myself to really see and savor each moment, that for me comes from knowing this is my one and only experience of these sweet times. I would love to hear from other parents of only children, and from only children themselves and what that experience is like for you.
Also a one & done family. We know that every exciting milestone is so important and take the time to breath in "THIS MOMENT" right here, right now. We are potty training now & I'm a bit emotional that we are almost done with having a toddler.
We're one and done too, but that wasn't the plan before Jo arrived. It's because of this that I'm so eager to move closer to my family. If Jo isn't going to have siblings, she should at least be near her cousins who are so close in age!
Thanks for sharing your thoughts - I struggle sometimes with my preference of being done having children (I never felt strongly about having any at all).


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The Duke of Cambridge opens BAFTA Piccadilly and launches BAFTA: Behind the Screens exhibition
Garter Day 2019
With great sympathy and sensitivity, you have spent the last 25 years working with children, young people and families to help them navigate the difficult path of grief.
A speech delivered by The Duke of Cambridge at the Child Bereavement UK 25th Birthday Gala Dinner
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Cumbria
The Queen and Members of The Royal Family attend Trooping the Colour 2019
Every life lost and every life-changing accident is one too many. And that is why you are all gathered here today. To raise awareness of these dangers, and to work together to prevent them.
A speech delivered by The Duke of Cambridge at the launch of a new River Thames safety campaign
The Queen visits Chelsea Flower Show 2019
It has taken a lot of hard work – and real commitment – to get to the point where you are all sitting here together today. And we should all feel proud that we're starting to see an impact.
A speech delivered by The Duke of Cambridge at a United for Wildlife Joint Taskforce meeting
The Duke of Cambridge and the FA launch 'Heads Up' mental health campaign
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Sussex launch Shout
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge launch The King's Cup Regatta
The message from Christchurch and the message from Al Noor and Linwood mosques could not be more clear - the global ideology of hate will fail to divide us.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at Al Noor Mosque, Christchurch, New Zealand
Members of The Royal Family attend events to mark ANZAC Day, 2019
The Duke of Cambridge visits New Zealand
A message from The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge to the people of Sri Lanka
The Duke of Cambridge to visit New Zealand
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge & The Duke and Duchess of Sussex message countries affected by Cyclone Idai
Message to the people of New Zealand from The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and The Duke and Duchess of Sussex
The Royal Family celebrates Commonwealth Day 2019
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Northern Ireland: Day Two
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge in Northern Ireland: Day One
You all deserve enormous credit for sitting around this table together to find a constructive way forward.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at a meeting of the Michelin Dundee Action Group
The Duke of Cambridge becomes Patron of the London Air Ambulance 30th anniversary campaign
Members of The Royal Family release images used in this year's Christmas Cards
But as we approach Christmas, Catherine and I feel strongly that praise for your work and recognition of your sacrifices is exactly what is due to you all.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at RAF Akrotiri, Cyprus
Not only are we grateful for you coming here to join our party, but also for the sacrifices you make on a daily basis on behalf of the nation.
A speech by The Duchess of Cambridge at a Military Families' Christmas Reception, London
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge deliver message of support for deployed military personnel and their families
We knew Vichai as a man who cared deeply about his family and also his community..
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the King Power Stadium, Leicester
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Leicester
I have seen on many occasions the power of football to unite communities...
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at a Football for Peace Graduation ceremony
You are creating a practical, powerful tool to help children use their smartphones and social media with confidence and with safety. I am so proud that this has sprung out of the Cyberbullying Taskforce work.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge on Social Media and Cyberbullying, BBC Broadcasting House, London
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the 2018 Tusk Conservation Awards, London
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visit Coach Core in Essex
And to the competitors goes the biggest thanks of all. You have once again left us humbled and inspired by your example, by your determination, by your service and by your sense of humour.
A speech by The Duke of Sussex at the Invictus Games Sydney 2018 Closing Ceremony
Prince Louis is the third child of The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge.
A statement from The Duke of Cambridge
The Duke of Cambridge unveils the UK's new nuclear fusion experiment at Culham Science Centre
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the Elephant Protection Initiative Consultative Group Meeting, Battersea
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference, Battersea Evolution, London
This is a global summit because the urgent challenge of the illegal wildlife trade is one we face as a global community.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the Illegal Wildlife Trade Conference Opening Reception
This trade has become the fourth largest criminal trafficking enterprise in the world, with billions of pounds flowing into the black market.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the United for Wildlife Financial Taskforce Declaration Signing
The Duke of Cambridge unveils new United for Wildlife declaration to tackle illegal wildlife trade
I was humbled by the dedication of the rangers who protect the unique population of desert rhino from poachers
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the British High Commissioner's residence, Windhoek
If we work together, we can find answers to the problems faced by this generation.
The Duke of Cambridge's speech during the inaugural SkillForce Prince William Award Graduation Ceremony
The Duke of Cambridge spends the day in Birmingham and Stourbridge
The Duke of Cambridge will visit Namibia, Tanzania and Kenya
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the Opening of Japan House, London
The positive impact of a mentally healthy workplace will last longer than any shift
The Duke of Cambridge's speech at the launch of the 'Mental Health at Work' initiative
The Great Exhibition of the North
Amiens was symbolic of the entente cordiale, the co-operation without which victory was impossible.
A speech by The Duke of Cambridge at the Battle of Amiens Centenary Commemorations


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